Engineering 1960 Jan-Jun: Index

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“A” nickel for atomic fuel canning, 227
Al Electric Welding Machines, welding unit for Birmetals, Ltd., 695
A A value in surface measurement, 230-231
AAP-Allgemeiner Apparatebau GmbH, Tastotherm thermometer, 643
AASHO. See American Association of State Highway Officials
Abadan oil refinery, catalytic plant for, 333
— Soil stabiliser used in, by Cementation Co., 271
Abattoir for Kuwait (Iwel), 873
Abbott, E., Profilometer evolved by, 230
Abbott, M. B., on cost of computer time, 382
Abelson and Co (Engineers) Ltd., dumping truck, 480
Ablating materials, 535
Teflon as, 535
Ablation cooling for missile re-entry, 535
— Experiments, 535
— in hypersonic flows, by Prof. L. Lees, 535
Ablitt, H. F., on welding thick plates, 4. See LETTER, 149
Abrams, Dr. M., on consumer spending, 36
Abrasion resistant linings of basalt, 678
— Studies of fuel pellets (Martin Nuclear), 723
Abrasive tape, Eva-Smooth file with (Pickavent), 436
Absperrorgane in Rohrleitungen, by W. Volk (book), 868
Abwood Machine Tools Ltd., ASGl surface grinding machine, 818; sharpening machine, 856
Acbars Ltd., Perrin jig boring machines, 814
Accelerators, Plasma Physics—Thermonuclear Research (Pergamon Press), 330
— Radiographic, for UKAEA (Mullard), 650
Accelerometer, peak (Ferranti), 552
Access Equipment, Ltd., Tellescope service tower, 508
Accidents, aircraft, investigation of, 1
— Atomic, due to inadvertent criticality, 691 Individual and population hazards, 692 Reactor, 691-692
Survey of, 691-692
— Barton Bridge, 213
— at Boris Kidrik Institute, reconstruction of, 260
— Electrical, and their causes (report), 175
— on Ml Motorway, 477
Accident Prevention in Hand Rolling Mills in the Iron and Steel Industry, 9
Accident rate for jet aircraft, 191
— Road, 254
Position and prospects of, 73
— — Research paper on (DSIR), 611
— Royal Society for the Prevention of. See Royal Statistics, 477
Accles and Pollock Ltd., display at British Exhibition, New York, 333; research for Bluebird car, 735
Accounting and costing, key to, by J. A. R. Tainsh (review), 426
— Machine, Computronic (National . Cash
Register Co. Ltd.), 368
Accumulator, hydraulic (Industrial Hydraulics Ltd.), 551
?— Vehicles. See Battery; Motor vehicle;
Motor truck
?— See also Battery
Accuratool capstan lathe (Dowding and Doll), 816
ACD Bridge Co., Forth road bridge, 688; formation of, 688
ACEC. See Ateliers de Constructions Elec- trigues de Charleroi
Acetic acid resistant polyester Hetron 72 (Albright and Wilson), 679
Acheson Colloids Ltd., Emralon 820 low friction resin bonded ptfe, 559
Acheson Electrodes Corp. Ltd., nuclear graphite, 649; association with Union Carbide, 650
Acheson Industries Inc., Emralon resin bonded ptfe lubricant, 214
Acid tanks in Cobex pvc (Turner and Brown), 455
Plastic covers for (Permali Ltd.), 183 Acidity in wood (Timber Development Association), 503
— of wood, by Dr. V. E. Gray, 503 Ackeret, Jacob (Festschrift) (review), 363 Acoustic door for television studio, 785 Acoustics laboratory of BBC, 100
Acrow (Engineers) Ltd., formwork for Kariba Dam, 653
Acrow Group, acquisition of Thomas Storey (Engineers), Ltd. 237
Acrylic resins (Styrene Co-Polymers Ltd.), 39 Activities (trade publication), 628
— Group (trade publication), 628
Actuator, rotary torque. Carter (British Area), 837
Adams Bros. and Burnley Ltd., capacity (trade publication), 167
Adams, C. K., on portraits in National Portrait Gallery, 216
Adams, F. L., on world energy consumption, 810
Adams, J. B., director of CERN proton synchrotron division, 52; appointed director-general of CERN, 692; biographical note, 692
Adcock and Shipley Ltd., Bridgeport turret milling machine, 819
Addison Tool Co. Ltd., Federlci Ultraelectric spark machine, 380; Mediolanum tube bending machine, 779; Diamant belt grinder, 817
Additives for coal fired boilers, 639
— Fuel, for sludge prevention (Du Pont), 147
— Lubricant, 2
EP, 2
— Quenching oil, 775
Aden Airways, purchase of Argonaut aircraft from BOAC, 563
Adequate Weighers Ltd., Feedometer feed controller, 120; weighing machine for aerial ropeways, 416
Adhesive, Cascophen RS240-M (Leicester Lovell and Co. Ltd.), 6
— Hidux (CIBA), 711
— ptfe tape (AEI Ltd.), 247
— Redux (CIBA), 711
— Silicone, polyester tape (Permacel Tapes
Ltd.), 247
Adiabatic shear, 622
Adjusto-Speed unit, variable (Heenan and Froude Ltd.), 552
Adkins, B. M., on London’s traffic termini, 472. See LETTER, 542
Adler, Dr. J. F., on programmed fatigue testing of full size welded structural steel assemblies, 512
Administration and law in nuclear energy, progress of, by H. S. Marks (review), 529
— Planned by computer, 383
Admiralty Materials Laboratory, silicon nitride applications, 38
— Nuclear ships for Royal Navy, 196 Admittance bridge type TF978 (Marconi
Instruments Ltd.), 224
Adrema Ltd., merger with Farrington Manufacturing Co., 27
Adult education, worldwide register of (Aurea Publications), 458
Advances in semiconductor science, ed. by H. Brooks (review), 24
Advanced gas cooled reactor. See Atomic reactor, AGR
Reactor Group, study of fuel cost and efficiency, 617
— Mechanics of fluids, by H. Rouse (book), 96
— Technological Laboratories (USAEC),
plasma spray coating for atomic fuel elements, 788
Adventure in oil, by H. Longhurst (book), 594 Advertising on cable drums (AEI), 629
— Industry Advisory Council, Outdoor.
See Outdoor
— Regulations, by H. Brooke, 309
AEC Ltd., design of Routemaster bus, 271 AEI. See Associated Electrical Industries AEI-Birlec Ltd., automatic heat treatment plant for British Timken, 831
AEI-John Thompson, merger with Nuclear Power Plant Co. Ltd., 52
AEI Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd., price list (trade publication), 236
AEI (Manchester) Ltd., award of Sir George Earle trophy for industrial safety, 621; Pirani vacuum gauge, 683
AEI (Rugby) Ltd., Perigrip motor brake, 746; automatic temperature control on sintering furnaces, 759
AEI (Woolwich) Ltd., advertising on cable drums, 629 ; W. T. Henley’s Works, 125
Aerial, paraboloid radio, 168
— Radar, for Royal Radar Establishment
(John Curran Ltd.), 97
— Survey in Pakistan (Hunting Surveys Ltd.),
251
— Transmitter, rigid feed lines for, 241
— Transmitting, feed to, 241
— Tuned, Mobil-Antenna (Aveley Electric),
508
Aero-engine. See Aircraft engine Aerodynamic studies on motor cars, 412 Aerograph DeVilbiss Co. Ltd., spray gun nozzle, low mist type, 290
Aerojet-General Nucleonics Corp., neutron detection foils, 16; criticality of direct- cycle gas-cooled reactor, 420
Aeronautical engineering, dictionary of, by J. L. Nayler (book), 204
Aeronautics, Cranfield College of. See Cranfield College of Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Index, 866
Aeroplane. See Aircraft
— Engine. See Aircraft engine; Turbine, gas Aerospace Nuclear Safety Board, regulations
and code for atomic aircraft, 324
Aerostyle Ltd., Stripcoat film for spray booth protection, 183
Aeroweb honeycomb core for radar aerials, 97
— Panels (Ciba), 711
Africa, training engineers in, 344. See LETTER, 607
African Airways Hunting Clan, air service to Kariba Dam, 655
Ageing and human skill, by A. T. Welford, 611 Aggregates, roadmaking, granulators in, 219
— Sintered clay, for use in Aglite lightweight
concrete, 415
— Synthetic, for concrete, 187
Agip Nucleare, agreement with NPPC, 617; CNRN cooperation with gas cooled reactor, 617; agreement with CNRN, 617
Aglite lightweight concrete using sintered clay aggregate, by R. H. Evans and T. R. Hardwick, 415
AGR. See Atomic reactor, advanced gas cooled
Agricultural Engineers Association, export statistics, 461; tractor statistics, 701
— Machinery (Claas Bros.), 629 Exports of, 32, 277 Industry, design in, 33 Industry, manpower in, 33, 277 Industry, materials in, 33 Industry, plant and products in, ' Industry, research in, 33 Production during past years, 32
— Transformation (trade publication). Agriculture. See Irrigation; Tractor
Agua y Energia Electrica, power station, oil
circuit-breakers for (BTH), 20
Ahmadi Southwell Hospital, air conditioning for (Brightside), 757
Ainley, J., equipment for polio patient, 559 Air (trade publication), 364
— Bearing craft, research on, 46 Machines, 46
Research and applications at NEL, by M. Graneek and J. Kerr (report), 771
Air BP, fuel filtration unit, 765
— Bubbler system for ice prevention
seaways (Swedish Atlas Copco), 527
Air-car (Curtiss-Wright Corp.), 46
— Cleaners, Precipitron electronic, for Kalinin
mill (Westinghouse), 493
— Compressed. See Compressed air; Pneu
matic
— Compressor (trade publication), 364
Hymatic-Hydrovane (Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd.), 120
Rotary, MPR (Beiliss and Morcom), 577 —? — for sterile air, 57
Turbomatic, for air conditioning (York Shipley), 757
See also Gas compressor
— Conditioning, effect on productivity in
industry, 198
Handbook on, by J. Porges (book), 460 Plant for Southwell Hospital, Ahmadi (Brightside), 757
Residential and commercial, by C. H. Burckhardt (book), 835
Turbomatic compressors (York Shipley), 757
Air Control Installations Ltd., dust filter, 174
— Cooled heat exchangers (Wellington Tube
Works Ltd.), 128
— Cooling towers, Heller system, 650
— Driven utility tool, Powerpac (BEN
Patents Ltd.), 256
— Dryers (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 257
— Drying enamel, Carltonian (Wareing Bros.
and Co. Ltd.), 215
— Force, Royal. See Royal Air Force Royal Thai. See Royal Thai Air Force US. See United States
— Heaters (trade publication), 796
— at high temperatures, tables of
dynamic functions of, by A. S. ditelev, E. V. Stupochenko,
Samuilov, 1. P. Stakhanov, A. S. Pleshanov and I. B. Rozhdestvenskii (review), 363-364
— Lubricated bearings, 65
— Methods for the determination of toxic
substances in (book), 204
— Partner portable pneumatic aircraft starter
(Atlas Copco), 233
— Pollution, cleaning gases to prevent, 558 Control of, 174, See LETTER, 216 by motor car exhausts, 252
See also Clean Air Act; Smoke
— Pump, See Pump
— Races, national, GEC Osram Cup for, 701
— Safety, 191
Aircraft controls and instruments for, 191 Ground aids to, 191
— Screw, See Propeller
?— Service accessories (Schrader-Dubied), 27
— Speed, high, simulation under water, 749
— Survey, Hi-Spec (Hunting Surveys Ltd.), 151 for road planning, 151
— Traffic control by Apollo computer, 595 Control by Apollo computer, 625 Control, symposium on data handling
and display systems for, 596
— Training Corp. Statistical Services, com
puter uses, 383
— See also Atmosphere
Airborne optical beacon for missile tracking (Battelle), 879
— Systems, electrical requirements of, by
Dr. C. Starr, 515
— Tug, atomic powered, 323
Alrco DH121 aircraft, model in wind tunnel, 163; Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205
Aircraft accidents investigation, 1
— Airco DH121, model in wind tunnel, 163;
Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205
— Argonaut, last flight of for BO AC, 563;
sale of by BOAC, 563
— Atomic powered, 323 Powered, hazards of, 324
— Automatic landing systems, 191
— B-47 Stratojet converted to radio control
(Lockheed), 402
— Beechcraft TravelAir, use by Woods of
Colchester, 578
— Blackburn NA39, Goodyear wheels, brakes
and tyres, 400
NA39, rocket propelled sled for seat ejection tests on, 207
— Blind landing experiments, 191
Aircraft, Boeing 707, flying weather laboratory, 201; Skydrol fluids in, 310; escape slide for (Palmer), 400; first delivery to BOAC, 668; Conway jet engines for (Rolls-Royce), 707
— Brake, air cooled (Dunlop), 768
Hubs, ventilation fan for (Airscrew Co.), 768
— Bristol 188, supersonic, 163
— Caravelle, 603
— Cessna 3 IOC, use by Constructors John
Brown Ltd., 578
— Chance Vought F8U, Fluoroflex plastics in,
342
— Channel ferries, 571
— Comet IV airliner, fan cooled brake hubs
fitted, 768
— ?— 4C airliners for Middle East Airlines, 461
— Companies, mergers of, 125
— Competition, business and touring (Royal
Aero Club), 701
Royal Aero Club, 579
— Constant speed alternators for (Plessey), 565
— Controls and instruments, design for
safety, 191
— Convair 880-M jet airliner, for Japan Air
Lines (General Dynamics Corp.), 629
— Cushioncraft applications, 373
— de Havilland Dove, for executives’ use, 578 Dove, for Leyland Motors executive
flying, 621
—? Douglas DC-8 in service with KLM, 693
— Electra in service with KLM, 693
— Engine, atomic, US programme for, 324
Dart, 10 million hours logged (Rolls-
Royce), 690
Export of, 213
Export statistics, 873
Industry, position and prospects of, 106; exports, 106; manpower, 106; plant and product, 107; materials, 107; research, 107; design, 107
? Jet, Conway, for Boeing 707 aircraft (Rolls-Royce), 765
Testing, advanced, by A. W. Morley and J. Fabri (review), 762
Testing on the ground, 801
— Escape slide (Palmer), 400
— Exports, 213
— Fluoroflex plastics used in, 342
— Gannet, delivery to Indonesia (Fairey), 205
— Glider, Breguet 906, 336
— Gloster Javelin, 207
— Helicopter as a building crane, 385 Mil Mi 4 for Switzerland, 135
Night landings at Battersea Heliport, 361 RAF order for Whirlwind Mk. lO’s, 733 Rotors, plastic parts for (Kaman Aircraft), 146
Three nation competition for Indian order, 205
— Hovercraft applications, 373
as Channel ferry, 188
— — by P. R. Crewe and W. J. Eggington, 46 Exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York,
750
SRN-1 (Saunders-Roe), 46
— Industry, design in, 107
Exports, 106
of France, 603
Government aid to, 277
Manpower, 106
Materials, 107
by W. E. W. Petter, 112
Plant and product, 107
Position and prospects of, 106
in Northern Ireland, employment in, 81, 511
Regrouping of, 109
— ?— Research, 107
Summit conference influence on, 741
— Jet, accident rate for, 191
— — Blast screens for, at London Airport, 152
— Jindivik Mk. 2b, for Woomera weapon
trials (Government AircraftJFactory), 303
— Light, exhibition at Kidlington Airport, 578 Sales of (W. S. Shackleton Ltd.), 579
— Lockheed Hercules, boundary layer control,
163
JetStar ordered by Krupps, 579
Starfighter, European production, 237 Starfighter for Luftwaffe, 237
Starfighter, West German purchase of, 237
— Man-powered, Kremer competition for, 213
— Noise, 640
Demonstration against, 509
?— Nylon for electrical insulation in, 310
— Omniplane VTOL (Vanguard Air &
Marine Corp.), 62
— Passenger stairway, lightweight, Airscalator
(Strabor Ltd.), 162
— Piaggio Pl66 for Blackwood and Hodge, 578 P166 for John Laing and Co. Ltd., 578
— Pilotless, B-47 Stratojets converted (Lock
heed), 402
— Piper Apache, use by United Steel Co., 578;
use in business, 578; use by Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., 578; use by Whitbreads, 578
— Plans, full size, 19
— Private, for business, 578
— QB-47 pilotless aircraft, 402
— Research Association, transonic wind
tunnel, 163
— Rotorcycle helicopter (Hiller) production
by Westland Aircraft Co. Ltd., 125
— in Royal Air Force, 161
—• Runway safety barrier, 207
—-SCI, VTOL, vibrations on, 705
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Aircraft, SC5 Britannic freighter, full-scale plans of, 19
— Sea Venom, Mk, 21, low-speed wind tunnel
tests on, 337
— Seats (Microcell Engineering), 197
— Short SCI, research, 501
— Skydrol fluids in, 310
— Speed and human reactions,
B, O, Prowse, 191
— Starter, Air Partner portable
(Atlas Copco), 233
— Static interference in, 599
— Supersonic air transports, by B, S, Shen-
stone, 767
1— Transport of radioisotopes by, 259
— Undercarriage bearing, heat insulating, 432
— V-bombers, limitations of, 539
— Vanguard airliner, delivery to T,C,A,, 310
— Vickers VCIO jet transport, 163
VCIO jet transport, seating arrangement, 134
VCIO, jet airliner, Plessey electrics for, 563
VCIO, Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205
— Viscount airliner, for Austrian Airlines, 333 Airliner, sales of, 333
— Wallis Swallow, supersonic, 163
— Whirlwind helicopters for Kuwait (West
land), 63
— See also Aeronautics
Aire river, new bridge over (James
Sons Ltd,), 316
Airframe components, study of atomic radiation on, 324
Airhydropump high pressure (Madan), 462
by Capt.
pneumatic
Austin &
effect of
intensifier
Airlite telephone headsets (Airmed), 875 Airmec, exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873 Airmed, Ltd, Airlite telephone headsets, 875 Airpass II radar fire control system (Ferranti), 705
Airports, financial losses at, 365
—? London, aviation fuel pipeline, 361
Blast screens at, 152
— Palisadoes, lighting installation (GEC), 768 Airscalator lightweight aircraft passenger
stairway (Strarbor Ltd,), 162
Airscrew Co, and Jicwood Ltd,, ventilation fan for aircraft brake hubs, 768
Airship, atomic powered, 323
Powered (Goodyear), 692
Airslide conveyor system for bulk cement carrying ship (Fuller Huron), 797
Airwork Ltd,, purchase of share capital of Bristow Helicopters, 205; merger with Hunting-Clan Air Transport, 357; Furness Withy interest in, 357; Blue Star Line interest in, 357
Ajax Marine Engines Ltd,, adaptation of Leyland diesels for vehicle ferry Drake, 590
— Steelmaking process, 89
Akroyd, T, N, W,, on concrete strengths, 184, 408-9, 713, See LETTERS, 248, 313, 344; on ultimate loads in rock and concrete, 672 AKS Group, discussions with US-Euratom to continue Stuttgart atomic power project, 618
Alag synthetic aggregate for ciment fondu (Lafarge Aluminous Cement Co, Ltd,), 187
Alarm, fire, balanced beam type (Photoelectronics (MOM) Ltd,), 201
Albemarle report on Youth Service, 221 Albi-Willesden Ltd,, Albisaf fire resistant paint, 639
Albion baler fitted to 850 Implematic tractor (David Brown Ltd,), 336
Albion Motors Ltd,, price reductions, 205; Leyland diesel engines for, 765
Albisef fire resistant paint (Albi-Willesden), 639 Albright, G, H,, on building to resist nuclear attack, 851
Albright and Wilson (Mfg,) Ltd,, chemicals (trade publication), 460; Hetron 72 acetic acid resistant polyester, 679
Albu, A,, on review of Changing note, 204; Industrial graphical note, 796
Albu, C, J,, review of the Big X, 594; biographical note, 594; review of Science and Civilisation in China, 867; biographical note, 868
Alcan, See Aluminium Co. of Canada
Alco Products, diesel electric locomotives, 27; portable atomic power stations, 515; SMI-A atomic power station at Fort Greely, 515; atomic power plant at Camp Century, 515
Alcoa, See Aluminium Co. of America
Alcohol, furfuryl, in reduction of permeability of graphite, 110
Aldebert Engineering Co, Ltd,, vending machine coin test information, 238
Aldred, B, B., on lightweight fire protection, 185 Aldred, J, B,, on Russian company taxes, 148, 281, See LETTER, 216
Aldridge Industrial Oils, quenching oil additive, 775
Alegrd, R,, on Studies in Pyrometer Practice (book), 835
Alexander, Dr,, aluminium metallising experiments, 438
Alexander Engineering Co, Ltd,, Alexander- Turner sports car, 8
Alexander, George H,, Machinery, Ltd,, Tukon microhardness testing machine, 507; Loewe programme milling machine, 854
Alexander, R. L,, on Airhydropump high pressure intensifier (Madan), 462
Alexander-Turner sports car, 8
Algebraic plane curves, treatise on, by J, L, Coolidge (book), 868
— Theories, by L, E. Dickson (book), 764 Algeria, detergent factory for (Unilever), 765
— Oil revenues and taxes, 309
— Tyre factory for (Michelin), 765
Aline, P. G., on nuclear superheaters for reactors, 811
Alkalad paint (Federated Paints), 356
Allan, D. H. W., on statistical quality control (review), 59
machine tool exports, 181; Man the Maker and of A America, 202; biographical review of New Approach to Democracy, 795-796; bio-
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., coloured stainless steel wall cladding, 540; zirconium tubes for Hanford atomic reactor, 586
Allen, P. W., and Co. Ltd., binocular magnifier stand, 258
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co. Ltd., high pressure axial-flow gas compressors, 129; pipeline equipment for Nohorkatiya oil field pipeline, 595
Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, position and prospects, 555
Allied Electronics Ltd., transistorised power pack, 84
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., boiling water atomic reactor for Sioux Falls, 228; fuel cells to drive tractor, 272; proton synchrotron for Argonne National Laboratory, 388; HD6G tractor shovel (Mackay), 448; research cooperation with Italian CNRN, 603; uranium-thorium cycle development, 617; Pathfinder atomic reactor, 723 Alloys, forging (trade publication), 60
— High temperature, oil-ash corrosion of, 498
— Light. See Light Alloys
— See also under specific alloy types Allspeeds, Ltd., Kopp Variator variable speed
control, 642
Allward and Gouinlock, new building for Ford Motor Co., 316
Almanack, Whitaker’s, I960 (book), 204
Alnica VlIA Magnetic material (Auriema- Europe SA.), 183
Magnetic material (Indiana Steel Products Co.), 183
Alperin, M., on Vistas in Astronautics (review), 330
Alpha activity, identification of, 420
— HI mercury fluorescent lantern (Atlas
Lighting Ltd.), 20
Alternators, constant speed, for aircraft (Plessey), 565
— Motor, sets for transformer testing (Hack
bridge and Hewittic), 233
— for motor vehicles (Joseph Lucas Ltd.), 416
— for Nimrod synchrotron (English Electric),
811
— Set for
Day),
— Turbo,
station (C. A. Parsons and Co. Ltd.), 296
— for unmanned power stations (Electric
Construction Co. Ltd.), 56
— Welding (Small Electric Motors Ltd.), 450
— See also Generator; Turbo
Altitude, high, and satellite rockets, by Royal Aeronautical Society and British Interplanetary Society (book), 396
Alumina, Rokide flame-sprayed coating of, 847 Aluminised asbestos cloth (Turner Bros.), 247
— Mild steel (Coated Metals Ltd.), 39 Aluminium AG Menziken, illuminated aluminium handrails, 800
— Alloys, brazing, dry flux for (Wall Co -
monoy), 605
— ?— Busbar material, heat treated, 343
Butt welded joints, effect of mean stress on fatigue properties, by K. W. Gunn and R. McLester, 512
Conductor wire, 343
Aluminium Alloy Fabrications Ltd., aluminium canopy for circular building for petrol station, 79
Launch for Belgian Government (Universal Shipyards), 400
—- — Range of, 798
Systems, annotated equilibrium diagrams of, by H. W. L. Phillips (book), 167
Tens-50 (North American Aviation Inc.), 215
in water cooled atomic reactors, by E. C. W. Perryman, 292
— Anodic oxidation of, 573
— Boron carbide alloy products (High Duty
Alloys Ltd.), 503
— British imports of, 797
— Bronze corrosion resistance, 182
Fabrication, 182
Welding, 182
— Busbar material, purity of, 343
— Canopy for circular building for petrol
station, 79
— Casting alloys (trade publication), 699 for vacuum valve (Vacuum Research
Ltd.), 134
— Chromate oxidation of, 573
— Cladding for steam pipes, 847
Aluminium Co. of America, enamelling aluminium, 19; formation of Imperial Aluminium Co., with ICI, 229; Dri-line self-adhesive aluminium foil, 573
Aluminium Co. of Canada Ltd., subsidiary of Aluminium Ltd., 229; British outlet through Northern Aluminium Co., 229; aluminium exports, 797; aluminium transmission towers, Chute-des-Passes to Isle Maligne, 821
— Coach construction, 798
— Coal chute (Northern Aluminium Co,
Ltd,), 200
— Consumption in Great Britain, 523
— Design comparison with steel, 798 Aluminium Development Association, bus
queue shelter, 368; aluminium “ prefab ” design, 740; symposium on minium in Railway Rolling symposium on aluminium rolling stock, 798
— Door frames (Beanes), 740 Frames (Crittal), 740
— Ductwork (Creamer Industries Inc,), 284
— Effect of impact, 799
— Electrical conductor wire, resistivity of, 343
— Enamelling of, 19
— Extruded and drawn products (trade publi
cation), 492
— Foamed, 278 Aluminium Foils (Australia) Pty,, expansion
programme, 873
Coils and solenoids (Venesta), 775 Dri-line self-adhesive, 573
— Handrail with built-in lighting, 800 for Tema docks (Birmetals Ltd,), 284
— House, 740
— Industry, British, American interest in, 229
Argentine (Mirrlees, Bickerton &
171
for Little Barford “ B ” power
Use of Alu- Stock, 741; in railway
Aluminium Ltd., position and prospects, 523
— Magnesium silicate, hydrous, 471
Silicon busbar material, heat treated, 343 Silicon conductor wire, 343
— in metallising, 438
— Molten, pumps for, 572
—? Plate, thick, notch tests on (Northern Aluminium), 679
— Products, extruded (trade publication), 492
— Properties of, 798
— in railway rolling stock, 798
Rolling stock, symposium on, 741
— Railway trains, 798
— Riveting v. welding, 799
— Roofing shingles, 187
— Sections, production of, 798
— Sheet and strip (trade publication), 732
— in shipbuilding, 679
— Spirit tank for road tanker (W. P. Butter
field Ltd.), 271
— Strip mill, Sendzimir, for Birmetals, 694
— for structural use, by J. R. McMullan, 851
— Swarf handling, 486
— Thermal insulation (trade publication), 492
— Tin bearing alloy. Noral 730 (Northern
Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 39
— Transmission towers, Chute-des-Passes to
Isle Malignes (Aluminium Co. of Canada), 821
— for vehicle bodybuilders (trade publication),
460
— Wall cladding, 540 Panels (Beanes), 740
— Walterbryte B process for satin finish, 573
— — H process for satin finish, 573
— Walterisation L process for protection, 573
— Welded, factors influencing the fatigue
behaviour of, by J. E. Tomlinson and J. L. Wood, 512
— Window frames (Beanes), 740 Frames (Crittal), 740
Aluminium Wire and Cable Co. Ltd., cables (trade publication), 628
Alvis Ltd., position and prospects, 17
Amal Ltd., components (trade publication), 268 Amalgamated Engineering Union, new pay claim, 349; on shipbuilding apprentices strike, 645; annual conference, 645
Amalgamated Roadstone Corp. Ltd., motor truck tipper body, 303
Amazon cargo liner, 98; escalator for (J. and E. Hall Ltd.), 207; statistics, 350
America, Central. See Central America; Latin America
— Changing, —at work and play, by A. W.
Zelomek_(review), 202
— See also
North States American
Officials, road tests, 348
— Astronautical Society, advances
nautical sciences (review), 592
— Concrete Institute, thin shell
models, 513; annual convention, restoration of old concrete, 591
American Cyanamid Co., AM-9 chemical grout 850
— Douglas Fir Plywood Association, produc
tion statistics, 397
American Electric Power Service Corp., electric power direct form hot gas, 118
— Foundrymen’s Society, executive courses of,
81
— Institute of Industrial Engineers, collection
of industrial research reports, 749
of Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 130; 426
American Latex Products, Polyrubber, 279
— National Electrical Manufacturers’ Associa
tion, electric motor standardisation, 531
— Nuclear Society, winter meeting, 227; papers
invited for winter meeting, 228
American Pipe and Construction Co., concrete high pressure water pipes, 269; Pipemobile pipe laying machine, 720; duplication of Colorado River aqueduct, 720
— Power Conference, 723
— Rocket
table,
— Society
to St.
of Mechanical Engineers, Thermodynamic and transport properties of gases, liquids and solids (book), 96; fluid meters, 204
for Testing Materials, plastics testing and standardisation (booklet), 55; symposium on radioactivity in industrial water and waste water (review), 130; soil testing in highway design and construction (review), 266; Symposium on some approaches to durability in structures (book), 332
— Standards Association, Standardisation—
what’s in it for me? Proceedings of Conference on Standards (review), 95 American Thermocatalytic Corp., Pyrocore catalytic fume reactor, 252
American Webster Guardian, internal communications equipment, 538
— Welding Society, welding handbook, section
II (review), 131
— Young Presidents Organisation, 685
— Zinc Institute, talk on zinc trends, 847
— See also United States
Amersham radiochemical centre, extensions to (UKAEA), 692
AMF Atomics, Avogadro reactor for Sorin centre, 484
Ammeter, flush scale (Crompton Parkinson), 62 Ammonia plant of ICI Ltd., 595
Ammunition supply, by L. V, S. Blacker, 40 Amory, D. Heathcoat, on price reductions, 99 Ampex Electronics Ltd., Ampex tape recorder, 772; basic research centre, 861
— Tape recorder, 772
Amplification, microwave, with tunnel diodes (Bell Telephone), 403
Amplifier, d.c., type ADIA (Feedback Ltd.), 225
— Integrating (Pye), 715
— Low noise, for Bonn University (Marconi),
705
— Magnetic (trade publication), 530
— Microwave transistor (Bell), 371
Central America; Latin America; America; South America; United
Association of State
Highway
in astro
structural 591;
Society, interplanetary travel time- 137
of Civil Engineers, annual award Lawrence Seaway project, 513
Amplitrol vibratory feeder (Locker), 684
Amplivox Ltd., microphone insets (trade publication), 300
Analmatic equipment on exhibit at Moscow exhibition (Baird and Tatlock), 873
Analogies, dynamical, by H. F. Olson (review), 362
Analogue digital equipment. Cavalcade (Bristol), 737
— Simulation, by W. J. Karplus (review), 362 Analyser, Digital (EMI), 403
— Noise (Royston Instruments Ltd.), 122
— Pulse (Plessey Nucleonics), 16
Analysis, chemical, river pollution, by L. Klein (review), 834-835
Ternary alloys of plutonium with uranium and molybdenum, by E, Foster and G. Phillips, 811
— Chromatographic apparatus for, for Russia
(Griffin and George), 171
— Course in mathematical, by E. Goursat
(book), 460
— of deformation, by K. Swainger (book), 428
— of foundry materials (review), 730
— of grid frameworks and related structures,
by A. W. Hendry and L. G. Jaeger (review), 627
— and probability, aspects of, by I. Kaplansky,
E. Hewitt, M. Hall Jr. and R. Fortet (review), 396
— Sequential, of statistical data, 358
Analysts pocket book, by J. R. Majer (book), 699
Analytic geometry and calculus, elements of, by G. B. Thomas Jr. (book), 868
Analytical balance (Sartorius-Werke AG), 643
— Elements of mechanics, by T. R. Kane
(book), 428
Anchor blocks, distribution of stress in, by R. E. Rowe and J. Zielinski, 347
— Ground (W. E. Waite Ltd.), 256
Andersen, A. S., on Automatic Refrigeration (review), 666
Anderson, C. F., and Son, Collins’ Music Hall as timber store, 397
Anderson, Sir Donald, on coastal shipping, 701 Anderson, G. F., on Australian and U.K. markets, 853
Anderson, Lt. Col. G. M., on SNAP-2, reactor powered turboelectric generator for space vehicles, 756
Anderson, W. K., costs of control rods, 15 Anderton Shearer Loader, fabricated cutting drum for, 800
Andre Rubber Co. Ltd., solid rubber tyred guide wheels for overhead crane, 671 Andrex portable X-ray unit (Watson and Sons), 354
Anfimov, S. F., on British trade with Russia, 571
ANFO anti-fouling system for ships (Charlton, Weddle and Co. Ltd.), 457
Angle Bay deep water terminal for BP Ltd., 673
— Transmitter, Synchrotel (Kelvin and Hughes
Ltd.), 158
Anglo-American Corp, of South Africa, partnership with Montecatini, 618
Anglo-American and Rhodesian Selection Trust, financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660 Anglo-Great Lakes Corp., nuclear graphite, 650
— Israel Securities investment trust, 99 Angus, George, and Co. Ltd., slideway protection (trade publication), 204; Gear Book, 332
Angus Gear Book, by George Angus and Co. Ltd. (book), 332
Animals, effect of radiation on, 805 of radiation, on, atomic reactor for (Argonne), 388
Annealing, bright (trade publication), 835
— Magnetic, of soft metal alloys, 633
— of tubes in electric roller hearth furnace, 486 Annotated equilibrium diagrams
aluminium alloy systems, by Phillips (book), 167
Anodic protection of metals, 311 Anotrol anodic process for metal (Continental Oil Co.), 311
Ansaldo, CNRN to assist with atomic marine propulsion project and PLUTO type reactor, 617
“ Antarctic Crossing ” cinema film (BP Ltd.), 461
Anthony, L. J., on sources of information on atomic energy, 387
Anti-dazzle screen for motorway, 284
— Fouling for ships, ANFO system (Charlton,
Weddle and Co. Ltd.), 457
— Sigma hyperon, existence confirmed (Dubna
Research Institute), 553
Apache aircraft. Piper, use by United Steel Co., 578
APC. See Atomic Power Constructions Ltd. Aperture discs (Englehard Industries Ltd.), 122
— Flow of granules through, 434
Apollo computer for air traffic control (Ferranti), 595
— Type computer, air traffic control by, 625 Appelby-Frodingham Steel Co., continuous
benzol refinery, 423
Appliances, domestic. See Domestic
Applied heat for engineers, by J. B. O. Sneeden (book), 699
— Hydrodynamics, by H. R. Vallentine (book),
132
— Mathematics, examples in, by F. W. Kella-
way (book), 96
— Mechanics, by P. D. Collins (book), 699
— — Dynamics, by G. W, Housner and D. E.
Hudson (book), 167
Applied Mechanics Reviews, Ibb
Applied mechanics, worked examples in, by W. C. Durney (book), 96
— Statics, energy principles in, by T. M.
Charlton (book), 236
Apprentices in CEGB, 509
— Competition, international, 794
— in electricity supply industry, shortage of, 81
— Shipbuilding, earnings of, 645
— — Strike of, 645
— Wages in Scotland, 505. See LETTERS, 680,
744
Apprenticeships, by Ockenden Venture, 445 APV Co. Ltd., continuous benzol refinery, 423
of some H. W. L.
protection
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Aqueduct, Colorado river, duplication of (American Pipe and Construction Co.), 720
— Thirlmere, repairs to while in service, 696 Arabian Oil Co., first oilwell productive, 453;
oil leases held, 453
Aragon liner, statistics, 350
Arc furnace.
— Welding. See Welding Arch press.
Architect, naval.
— has prime responsibility, by E. D. Jefferiss
Mathews, 4
— Royal Society of British. See Royal Society
of British Architects
Architectural metalwork exhibition, 523 —? Sculpture, plastics in, 502
Arcmaker petrol driven mobile welding machine (Lincoln), 353
Arcon Group, Multiform prefabricated steel framed buildings, 545
— Structure building, 315
Ardern, L. L., on information by closed circuit television, 472. See LETTER, 505
Argentine, alternator set for (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day), 171
— BMC sales in, 493
— Trade with Britain, 237 Prospects of, 237
Argonaut aircraft, last flight of for BOAC, 563; sale of by BOAC, 563
— 50 channel VHF transmitter/receiver (Mar
coni), 675
— Type atomic reactor for Bologna University,
618
Argonne Meteorology Group, radon gas as meteorological tracer, 618
Argonne National Laboratory research programme, 88; mass spectrometer for heavy- atomic nuclei, 170; Janus Atomic reactor for effects of radiation on animals, 388; Allis Chalmers to build proton synchrotron, 388; atomic reactor accident, 691; Borax 5 atomic reactor, 723; civil engineering work for proton synchrotron completed, 724
Argyris, Dr. J. H., stress analysis, 669
Arlanza liner, statistics, 350
Arlman, J. J., on radioisotopes for study of Littoral Drift, 724
Arma Brown gyro compass and steering control equipment for Canberra liner, 463 Armature winding machine. Quickway (Midland Dynamo Co. Ltd.), 322
Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc., undersea pipeline for molten sulphur, 728 Armfield Hydraulic Engineering Co., turbine for Loch Ericht power station, 135
Armour Research Foundation, electric detonator resistant to friction, impact and fire, 564 Armourlite glass insulator discs for Kariba Dam (Pilkington), 659
Arms, Dr. H. S., on English Electric organic moderated reactor, 518; on cost of atomic power, 859
Armstrong, L. V., on diesel engine (book), 268 Armstrong Patents, exhibit at Birmingham Engineering Centre, 135
Armstrong Siddeley, motor car, production to cease, 845
Armstrong Whitworth (Metal Industries) Ltd., Overstrom vibrating screens, 295
Armstrong Whitworth, Sir W. G. (Aircraft) Ltd., rocket telemetry equipment for motor car testing, 220; beryllium machining plant, 455; Didas telemetering equipment for Bluebird car, 741
Army, German, rockets for (Nord-Aviation), 797
— US. See United States
Arnold coil winding machine (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.), 193
Arnold, W. C., on radioactive cylinders—tool for wear research, 433
Arnoldy, R., on Van Allen radiation belts, 243 ARO Machinery Co. Ltd., welding units, 856 Aromatic greases, uses of, 841
Arrol, Sir William, and Co. Ltd., formation of ACD Bridge Co., 688; fusarc welding of Forth Road bridge main towers, 688
Art competition, winners and their careers, 547 Artrite Resins Ltd., position and prospects, 389
Arts, Institute of Contemporary. See Institute
— Royal Society of. See Royal
Asbestolux for fire protection of steel structures (Cape Building), 851
—? Insulation boards (Cape Building), 851 Asbestos (trade publication), 492
—? Cement (trade publication), 492
Painting, 152
—• — Wall cladding sheet (Universal Asbestos), 541
—? Cloth, aluminised (Turner Bros.), 247
— Impregnated (trade publication), 732
— Paper insulations (trade publication), 667
— Sheets (trade publication), 26 Classification of, 26
Ascot racecourse, Tattersall’s new stand (George Wimpey and Co.), 152
ASEA, R3-ADAM reactor in Sweden, 51
Ash and dust removal plant for Little Barford “ B ” power station (John Thompson), 296 Ashdown, A. J,, on design of prismatic structures (review), 627-628
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co. Africa (Pty.), expansion plans, 357; order position, 357; zinc and lead furnace for Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co., 461
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co. Ltd., blast furnaces for Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 99 ; order position, 357; production and construction (trade publication), 628
Ashton, W. F., on fixed-coil display system for data extraction, 596
Ashton-Young Engineering Development Co. Ltd., Youngster electric power pack, 482
Asia and Far East, Economic Commission for. See under Economic
East, water resources in, 187
Asian Highway, Singapore to Istanbul, 219 Aslib, electronics group, 592
Asmag automatic speed control (trade publication), 96
See Furnace, electric
See Press
See Naval architects
Aspects of analysis and probability, by I. Kaplansky, E. Hewitt, M. Hall Jr. and R. Fortet (review), 396
Asphalt paving machine, tractor mounted (Frederick Parker Ltd.), 251
— Rubberised, road surface, 246
Asquith Machine Tool Corp., position and prospects, 523; new subsidiary Warner, Swasey Asquith Ltd., formed, 523; machine tools for China National Machinery Import Corp., 759; machine tools for China, 797
Asquith, R. W., on Asquith Machine Tool Corp., 523; on Warner, Swasey Asquith Ltd., 523
Asquith radial drill (Drummond-Asquith), 855 Asquith, William, Ltd., machine tools for China National Machinery Import Corp., 759; machine tools for China, 797
Assaying beryllium ores with boron triffuoride counters, 618
— and detecting beryllium ores wtith electronic
instruments, by S. H. U. Bowie, 618
Associated Automation Ltd., vending machine coin test information, 238; postal vending suite, 239
Associated British Machine Tool Makers, Lapointe Machine Co. as subsidiary in US, 99
Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., Kariba power station equipment, 43; electric motor type KN-D, 85; bar mill modernisation for Steel, Peech and Tozer, 99; control console for propulsion machinery of Canberra liner, 134; silicon controlled rectifier, 164; Centenary Neophone telephone handset, 207; adhesive ptfe tape, 247; colour comparator, 256; protection panels (trade publication), 268; electrical equipment for Colvilles new Gartcosh plant, 269; 220 MW turbo-generator for Candu atomic power station, 292; tower mounted friction winders for Warsop Colliery, 304; formation of Plant Applications Engineering department, departmental appointments, 325; manium rectifier for Australia, semi-conductor department formed, 461; electrification of Southern Region lines, 485; diesel engine protection and warning panel, 489; event recording machine, 508; electrical equipment for South African Railways, 555; Kuwait lanterns for
Rhodesia, 563; research merger with A. Reyrolle and Co., and C. A. Parsons and Co., 587; position and prospects, 621; research partnership with C. A. Parsons and Co. Ltd. and Reyrolle Co., 621; generators and sub-station equipment for Kariba Dam, 656, 658; switchgear for Kariba Dam, 659; Harker-Penwortham 275 kV overhead line, 673; electrical gear for Birmetals Sendzimir strip mill, 694; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750; order from Comision Fereral de Electridad of Mexico, 765; new research laboratory at Harlow, 802; see also A El Associated Industrial Consultants, management courses at Dunford College, 112; world wide organisation of, 221; C. W. Bocock appointed director of overseas operations, 221
Associated Lead, lead shielding chambers, 452 Associated-Rediffusion, new television studio, 5, 785
Association of British Chambers of Commerce, free trade in Central America, 453; report on change to metric system, 603 Chemical Manufacturers, chemical makers (trade publication), 492
— of Consulting Engineers, overseas work, 43 Management Engineers, main aims
of, 685
— of Light Alloy Refiners and Smelters Ltd,,
aluminium casting alloys (trade publication), 699,
— of Short-Circuit Testing Authorities (Inc.),
short circuit testing, rules of (publication), 201.
— of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and
Technicians, annual conference, 812
Astar, S. A-Co., John Thompson and Co Ltd., investment in, 325
ASTM. See American Society for Testing Materials
Aston Chain and Hook Co. Ltd., new toolroom built, 559; lighting for new toolroom, 559 Aston, J. G., on thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics (book), 396
Aston Martin, exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
Aston, N. C. Ltd., aluminium bronze plate and welding rod, 182
Astor, Lord and Lady, reception for Commonwealth journalists, 741
Astral refrigerators exported to US (Morphy- Richards), 485
Astronautical congress, proceedings of international, by F. Hecht (review), 490
— Sciences, advances in, American Astro- nautical Society (review), 592
Astronautics, vistas in, by M. Alperin and H. F. Gregory (review), 330
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Alco diesel-electric locomotives for, 27
ATE crystal chronometer (Communications Systems Ltd.), 480
Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, automatic mail transfer, Brussels, 200; associates of Westinghouse Corp., 724; study on pressurised water reactor, 724
Atkins, W. S., and Partners, design of mobile pallet for heavy loads, 302; overhead crane with rubber tyred wheels, 671
Atlantean bus, Leyland, removal of engine from, 271
Atlantic Research Corp., Micro-Mixer laboratory mixer, 747
— See also Transatlantic
Atlas Copco (Great Britain) Ltd., Air Partner portable pneumatic aircraft starter, 233; Ecco 40 spray gun, 322; rock drills in use on Vianden scheme, 689
Atlas light utility motor vehicle (Standard), 288
Atlas Lighting Ltd., lantern, 20
Atmosphere, corrosive,
H. H. Heath, 841
Atmospheric changes, signals by, 169
mercury fluorescent
bearing wear in, by
refraction of radio
325;
ger-
429;
?—Pollution. See Air pollution
Atom, physics of the, by M. R. Wehr and J. A. Richards (book), 764
Atomenergi, A.B., R3-ADAM reactor, 51; crossflow heavy-water atomic reactor, 196; fuel elements for Halden atomic reactor, 586
Atomic accidents due to inadvertent criticality, 691
Individual and population hazards, 692 Survey of, 691-692
— Age, Zeppelin in, by E. J. Kirschner,
323-324
— Assembly, subcritical, for secondary school
training, 160
— Attack, building to resist, by G. H.
Albright, 851
— Components, standardisation of, by J. A.
McCone, 756
— Energy activities, indemnification of, and
operations of advisory committee on reactor safeguards (USAEC) (review), 458 Atomic Energy Agency, International. See International
Anglo-Spanish exchange and co-operation, 196
Board, South African. See South African
Atomic Energy of Canada, Candu power station, 810
Commission, Danish. See Danish
— -— Demonstration plant for Puerto Rico,
618
Euratom Treaty on, 483
in Europe, policy of, 82
European programmes, 51
— — Exhibition, Italy, 617
Exploitation of technical information, 483
Future problems of, 52
Galbraith committee on, 260
Industry, Japan, 419
Industry, position and prospects of, 102; 102;
102; exports, 102; manpower, plant and product, 102; materials, research, 103; design, 103 Insurance, 483 in Italy, 603 in Japan, 419 Norwegian Institute for, 51 and nuclear physics, by G. J.
(book), 268
V. oil for power production, by G. Coke, 650
Patent rights, 483
Peaceful Uses of, 2nd International Conference on: Vol. 19 (review), 235; Vols. 31 and 32 (review), 459; Vol. 10 (review), 593; Vol. 13 (book), 835
Policy of Canada, public debate on, 124 Programmes, European, 52 Programme of Germany reduced nil, 160
Programme, Norway, 51 Project selected abstracts, 833 Research Establishment (Harwell) one- day leave of absence “strike” at, 221; special division for operation, maintenance and development of research reactors, 356; nuclear courses at, 196; “ water
tower experiment,” by Dr. T. E. Cran- shaw. Dr. J. B. Shiffer and Dr. A. B. Whitehead, 242; study of plasma instabilities, 553; continued operation for BEPO reactor, 618; see also Harwell Reactor School
Research Institute, Japanese.
Japanese
Review of secret material in US, 483
— •— Rome treaty on, 483
Sources of information, by L. J. Anthony, 387
in the Soviet Union, by A. Kramish (review), 795
Superheated steam from, by C. R. Braun and C. B. Graham, 723
Waste treatment and environmeiital aspects of (review), 130
— Engineering, safety in, 691
— Equipment, gas bearings in, 291
— Fallout, special vehicle to measure, 498
— Fuel alloys, 292
Cans for AGR complex, 788 Cans, beryllium for, 227 Cans of impermeable graphite, 649 Cans, stainless steel for, 227, 228 Canning, “ A ” nickel for, 227 Canning, impermeable graphite for, 227 Canning materials, British, 585 Canning Materials, US, 585 Canning, methods of, 227 Canning, monel metal for, 227 Canning, problems of, 227 Canning, stainless steel for, 228 Canning, Zircaloy for, 228
Chemical processing by Hanford atomic products operation, by A. M. Platt, 585 Corrosion resistant, solvent extraction for, 324
— — Cost, effect of optimisation, by R. J.
Rickert, 228
Cost and efficiency study, 617 Costs for N.S. Savannah, 692 Economic use in electricity supply system, by F. A. P. M. Theunissen, 810
Elements, beryllium as canning material, 190
Elements, chemical problems in dissolving, 585
Elements for Elk River atomic reactor (Martin Nuclear), 324
— — Elements for Enrico Fermi reactor, 586 Element failure in reactors, tracer system
for locating, by M. Poberskin, 292
Element, faulty, location by tracer elements, 292
Elements for Halden reactor, 586
Bene
to
See
Atomic fuel elements, hydraulic dejacketing of, 585
Elements, irradiated, mechanical handling of, 585
Element laboratory. Windscale works, 160
Element manufacture by Austro-Chem- atom, 292
Elements, plasma spray coating for (USAEC), 788
Element, plutonium isolation, 484
— — Elements, powered manipulator for
handling (GEC), 16
Element reprocessing plant, Eurochemic, 586
Element, semi-homogeneous, 227 Elements, uranium recovery from, 484 Liquid-metal as, 553
Pellets, abrasion studies of (Martin Nuclear), 723
Plutonium for enrichment of, 190 Processing plant in No. 2 Windscale Pile house, 788
— ?— for reactors in Europe, 52
Reprocessing, 585
Reprocessing uranium-zirconium alloy, by T. A. Gens, 324
Resources and reactor fuel costs, by Dr. W. H. Zinn and Dr. J. R. Dietrich, 859-860 Rods for DRAGON project at Winfrith Heath, 111
Solvents, 585 Spent, mechanical processing at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, by C. D. Watson and J. B. Adams, 585
Spent, pond storage for, 124 Spent, processing of, 585 for Tokai Mura, contract signed, 387 Uranium monocarbide as, 452 Wire type, 324
— Industrial Forum, on international prob
lems of financial protection against nuclear risk (review), 395-396
— Information for peaceful use, France and
Russia agreement on, 756
— Installation, health physics in (OEEC
book), 764
— Irradiation. See Radiation
— Law and administration, Stresa conference
on, 483
— Materials, ownership restrictions, 649 Testing of, 159
Testing facilities, by Sir John Cockcroft, 159
— Nuclei, heavy, mass spectrometer for
(Argonne), 170
— Pile, change of reactivity during operation,
by J. Codd and J. F. Hill, 811
EL3, France, 51
Noise, simplified theory of, 15
— Plant in space (Westinghouse), 724 Atomic Power Construction Ltd., A. Robens
labour relations consultant, 45; collaboration failure with GEC-Simon-Carves, 388 Costs, 859 Costs in US, 324 Generating costs, 51 Generating plant, conventional of, by B. L. Lloyd, 845
in Great Britain, Hinton, Brown and Rotherham, 859 Impact of, 810
for Italy, 51
Plant at Camp Century (Alco Products), 515
Plant containment tests 1959, results of, by A. Koiflat, 724
Plant design, course on, 452 Plant, endurance of, 190 Plant, Pathfinder, at Sioux Falls, 228 Plant project ENSI, 51
Plant for satellites and space vehicles, 515
Plant, SMl-A at Fort Greely (Alco Products), 515
-Plant, transportable PM-1, test flown (Martin Nuclear), 650
Plants, US military, 515 Programme, factors influencing the development of, by H. Cartwright, 859 Programmes, by Prof. Rostow, 160 Programme, Sweden, 724
Programme, White Paper on, 845 Prospects, IAEA world study of, 501 Station, Berkeley, pressure vessel tested, 324; Magnox canned uranium as fuel, 328; fuel changing with reactor under load, 328, 334; charge face machinery (John Thompson Ordnance Co.), 328, 334; graphite courses laid, 356; Wigner shrinkage experienced, 356; AEI’s loss on 621
— — Station, Candu, 220 MW turbo-generator for (AEI Ltd.), 292; completion date, 810
Stations, construction profits and losses, 227
Station, Station, Station, Station struction,
Station engineers, training by SADE, 618 Stations in Europe, 51
Station, Givet, approval for, 160
Stations, heat storage in, by Dr. Mar- guerre, 810
Stations, Heller system air cooling towers for, 650
Station, Hinkley Point, X-ray machine for, 16; new road to, 262
Station, on, 160; machine for (Motherwell Bridge and GEC-Simon-Carves), 356; progress at, 423
Stations, ideal locations for, 469
Station, India, siting of, by M, N. Chakravarti and M. R. Sirinvasan, 859
Station, Latina, boiler for, 324; training at Calder Hall, 420; (Nuclear Power Plant Co.), 603; analysis of reactor operations under difficult conditions, 618
combination with
W. L. Budge and
economics of, by
Czechoslovakia, 724
Dresden operational, 618 Dungeness, 196
EDF 2, France, under con- 51
Hunterston, progress report work resumed, 292; charge
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Atomic power station, Oldbury, proposal for, 196; possible consent for, 227; public inquiry into, 420
Station, Poland, postponement of, 650 Stations, portable (Alco), 515
Stations, portable modular (Martin Nuclear), 515
Station, Punta Fiume, for SENN, 292
Station, reduction of generating costs with AGR programme, 227
Station, SELNI, turbine for (Franco Tosi), 618
—• — Station, single reactor, proposed for Southern California Edison Co., 692 Station Sizewell, 196
Stations, small British, survey of, 517- 522
Station for Societa Ellettro-Nucleare Nazionale of Italy, 43
Station, Stuttgart, 618
Station, Tokai Mura, fuel contract signed, 387
Station Torbalina Valley, work commenced, 388
Station, Trawsfynnyd, glandless pumps for (Hayward Tyler and Co.), 228
in US, technological and economic factors affecting the rate of development of, by E. T. Hughes and N. C. Nelson, 810
— Powered weather station (Martin Co.), 371
— Programme, Canada, Parliamentary review
of, 16
— Propulsion of airborne rug, 323 of aircraft, 323 of aircraft, hazards of, 324 of airship, 323
Airship (Goodyear), 692
of cargo and passenger vessel
(Babcock and Wilcox (US)), 260
of merchant ship Savannah, for, 692
of ships, 190
Ships, burgee for, 355
of ships, CNRN to assist
Ansaldo projects, 617,
Ship for Italy, 260
—’ — Ships in Japan, 420
Ships, Ministry of Transport requirements for, 355
of ships, Norwegian project, 51
for ships, organic moderated reactor for, 228
Ship, panel for liability of, 388
of ships, plant for (Babcock and Wilcox),
789
for ships, by J. E. Richards, 811
of ships for Royal Navy, consideration by Admiralty, 196
of ships, running costs for, 190
ships, safety of, 860
of ships, safety problems, 355
Ships, shipowners consortium on, 355-356
of ships, smaller, possible nuclear reactor system for, by A. N. Byford, 553
— — Ships, waste disposal from, 355 Submarine,
Royal Navy,
Submarine
fixed, 756
Submarine, order for all-British, 277
of tanker (Fiat-Ansaldo), 617
— Radiation. See Radiation
— Reactor accidents, 691-692
Advanced boiling water, USAEC receive bids to supply and operate, 756
Advanced epithermal thorium (Atomics International), 124
Advanced gas cooled, Euratom discussion on, 618
Advanced Gas-cooled (Windscale), coolant circulator for, 20
advanced gas cooled, Windscale, progress of, 227
Advanced water systems, by W. E. Shoupp and J. H. Wright, 811
AGR, 787
AGR, containment of, 788
AGR, equipment for, 420
AGR, reprocessing of fuel, 585
Airborne, radiation experiments (USAEC), 586
for aircraft, limitations of, 323
—• — ARGONAUT type for Bologna University, 618
and atomic energy, fundamentals of, by H. Jacobowitz (book), 364
for Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 420
Avogadro, maximum power for calibration, 484
BATTELLE, lease to private industry, 124
— —BEPO, Harwell, continued operation
for. 618
BETA, design parameters and data, 586 BETA, gas cooled, design study by Danatom completed, 586
— — Boiling organic liquid, development
(Atomics International), 724
Boiling water, atomic superheaters for, by E. L. Zobroski, K. M. Horst and P. G Aline, 811
Boiling water, for Big demonstration (Consumers 756
Boiling water, for Big demonstration (GEC), 756
Boiling waler, experiments to reduce pressure rise in (Sargent and Lundy), 723
Boiling water (Mitchell Engineering), 520-521; ?
Boiling water, SENN, rating increased,
260
Boiling-water. Boiling water, Boiling-water, Boiling waler, Bonus, 723
Borax 5 (Argonne), 723
Buildings, symposium on at Glasgow
Royal College of Science, 292
Byproduct radiation, 195
Calder Hall type, sales difficulties, 195
Savannah
fuel cost
Fiat and
confirmation of second for
756
Dreadnought launching date
Rock Point Power Co.),
Rock Point
data on, 521
SENN, revisions to, 420
Sioux Falls, 228 small prototypes of, 196 superheat from, 228
Atomic reactor, CANDU, possible suspension of construction, 124
Charging machines, 334
Companies, associations and activities, 554, 809
Computer codes for (Martin-Nuclear), 388
CONSORT (Imperial College with GEC-Simon Carves), 324
CONSORT, construction of, 324
Control problems, 483
Control rods, cost, 15
Control rods, magnetic movement of, 260
Coolants comparison table, 723
Core for Belgium (Westinghouse Corp.), 52
Costs, 859-860
Course at Southampton University, 43 Crossflow heavy-water, Sweden (AB Atomenergi), 196
Daniels-Boyd concept, 292
Data table of, 521-522
Developments in Sweden, 51
DIDO, auto-control experiments using discontinuous feedback, Lawrence, 516
DIDO, auto-pilot for, 516 DIDO, reprocessing of fuel, DIDO, spent fuel from, as facility, 124
Direct-cycle gas-cooled (Aerojet-General), 420
Diverging trends in experimental techniques, 160
Dounreay, fast breeder, 51; Jabroc N material for top shield (Permali Ltd.) 228; core changes, 553
Dragon, at Winfrith Heath, 51; project transferred, 88; fuel rods for. 111; reprocessing of fuel, 585; Euratom’s financial participation, 586; high temperature experiments for (C. A. Parsons), 756; progress, 787
EL-4, French plans for, 260
Elevated-temperature critical experiment, by H. E. Brown, 324
Elk River, fuel elements for (Martin Nuclear), 324; progress of, 324
Enrico Fermi, sodium heat exchanger for, 484; fuel elements for, 586
Fast, neutron shields for, 292 Fluidised bed control, 15
Fuel costs and fuel resources, by Dr. W. H. Zinn and Dr. J. R. Dietrich, 859- 860
Fuel element failure in, tracer system for locating, by M. Poberskin, 292
Gas cooled (GEC-Simon-Carves), 518- 519; data on, 521
— — Gas-cooled heavy-water, for Czecho
slovakia, 420
Gas-cooled marine, by S. A. Bernsen, 87 Gas cooled, symposium of Franklin Institute, 292
Gas cooled, technical and economic development of, by R. D. Vaughan, 859 Gas-cooled, Windscale, safety valves for 52
Gas-suspension coolants for, by G. K. Rhode, 723
Halden, transfer function analyser, 16; fuel elements for, 586
HALLAM, multi-purpose, under construction, Nebraska, 123
Hanford, zirconium tubes for, 586
Heavy water moderated and cooled, 650 Heavy water type in Canada, 324
Helium cooled, gas turbine cycle for, 811 Herald, criticality achieved, 356; reprocessing of fuel, 585
Hero, 787
HERO advanced gas cooled, cool blowers for, 260
— — HFR, Holland, containment building
completed, 196; use of, 228
HIFAR in operation, Australia, 260; in operation at Lucas Heights, 650
High temperature gas cooled (de Havilland), 517-518; data on, 522
High-temperature gas-cooled, semi- homogeneous fuel element for, 227
High temperature, Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute, 292
High temperature, niobium and umbium in, 811
High temperature projects, 292
Hydrogen-cooled, 87
Hydrogen-moderated, 87
Internally cooled liquid-metal fuel, JANUS for effect of radiation animals (Argonne), 388
JASON (Hawker Siddeley), 161
JASON for Netherlands, 387
JRR-1 (Japan), 419
JRR-2 (Japan), 419
Kiwi, 755
Kiwi series, for atomic rocket engine tests, 484
LIDO, reprocessing of fuel, 585
Liquid cooled, two-phase heat transfer in, 124
Liquid fluidised bed programme, by M. R. Scheve, 723
Liquid fluidised bed, tests conditions, 723
Liquid-metal mobile-fuel, vection flow in, by F. G. E. M. Brower, 811
Liquids as prime components, 723 Loading and unloading of, 328, 334 Location of, by D. R. Griffiths, 40 Low power operation, 692
Magnox series, information from, 787 Maintenance of, 190
Manufacturers, associated companies of, al home and abroad, 522
Manufacturers, chart of British groups, 522
for marine propulsion, research (Rolls- Royce), 690
Materials, by B. R. T. Frost and M. B. Maldron (book), 167
Material testing, 159
Atomic reactor, medium and small, aspects of, 501
Merlin, television installation, 16
Model train to carry samples through, 860
Moderator, graphite as, 649 NESTOR for UKAEA, 387 NPD-2, Canada, progress of, 52
NRU, Savannah River, to reprocess 585
NRX, Savannah River, to reprocess fuel, 585
OMR, construction started in Idaho, 618
— — OMRE, modifications to, 692
Organic-cooled, by J. Brunings, 87
— •— Organic moderated (English Electric),
518; data on, 522
Organic moderated (OMR)
Siddeley), 190
Organic moderated (Hawker
519, 520; data on, 521
Organic moderated, for Italy, 124
(Hawker
Siddeley),
Chevasso,
on
by L. A. J.
585
irradiation
col-
553
on
under critical
natural con- Hammit and
Organic-moderated gas-cooled, 88
Organic moderated prototype for CNRN, 617
Organic moderated, for ships, 228 Organic moderated, small prototype of, 196
Organic moderated, status of, by Dr. C. Starr, 724
Orgel, Euratom to sponsor studies, 586 Orgel project of Euratom, 260 Pathfinder (Allis-Chalmers), 723
— — Pebble bed, nuclear space vehicles using,
by M. M. Leroy and J. J. Newguard,755 PLUTO, spent fuel from, as irradiation facility, 124; critical, Danish Atomic Energy Commission, 160; experimental performance of, 811; physics measurements during commissioning, by C. J. England and S. B. Wright, 811
PM-1 for US Army, 452
Power, for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 586
Powered turboelectric generator for space vehicles, SNAP-2, by Lt.-Col. G. M. Anderson, 756
Pressure vessels, symposium on at Glasgow Royal College of Science, 292
Pressurised water (Babcock and Wilcox), 517; data on, 522
— — Pressurised water
gow), 520; data on,
—• — Pressurised-water,
water in, 196
(Humphreys and Glas- 521
decontamination of
— ?— Pressurised-water, experiments to reduce
pressure rise in (Sargent and Lundy), 723
Pressurised-water, study of (Westinghouse and ACEC), 724
Pressurised-heavy-water, development of (Siemens-Schuckertwerke), 260
Process heat, competition with cheap coal, 195
Process heat, cost of, 195
Process heat for salt water conversion, 228
Process heat, uses of, 195 Process-liquid cooled, 123 Project, Japan, Government approval of, 16
R2, Sweden, criticality achieved, 650 R3/Adam, charge machine model, 388 R3-ADAM in Sweden (A.B. Atomenergi,
State Power Board and ASEA), 51
R4/Eve design (Bofors), 388 Reactivity control, 16 Reflector, graphite as, 649 for remote areas, 190
Research, at Boris Kidrik Institute, 196 Research, Harwell division for, 356 Research, high flux, in Russia, 452 Research, safety codes for operating, 388 Research, for South Africa, 292
— — Research, as teaching tool, 451
Safeguards, operations of advisory committee on, and indemnification of atomic energy activities (USAEC) (review), 458
Safety and control equipment, development of, 16
for ship propulsion, dimensions of, 190 Ship propulsion. Ministry of Transport call for tenders, 196
for ship propulsion, reliability of, by J. A. McCone, 452
for ship propulsion (smaller), by A. N. Byford, 553
for ship propulsion, UKAEA study on, 355
Simulator at Calder Hall for operator training (Short Bros. and Harland), 196 • Small, 469
Small, background to survey, 516 • Small, development costs, 501
Small, use in underdeveloped countries,
501
for space rocket, 755 Special purpose test, 159
SPERT-1, power excursions of, 484 SPERT-II, criticality achieved, 484 SPERT-IV, design programme, 484 SRE, 585
Steam cooled heavy water (Rolls-Royce and Vickers), 521; data on, 521
Steam generating heavy water moderated considered for Windscale, 553
Suitability of components, 159 SUSPOP, Euratom and KEMA, 586
— — Sweden, R3-Adam, 195
Swimming-pool, for CAMEN, 617 ——- Table of world companies, associations and activities, 619-620
Terphenyl as moderator and coolant, 190 for testing purposes, 160
at Thule, Greenland, 260
Tokai-Mura experiments, 650 Training for, Indonesia, 356 for training and research (Nuclear
Development Corp.), 228
Trawsfynydd, scanning equipment for neutron flux (Elliott-Automation), 484 TRIGA (General Atomics), 160
Atomic reactor, TRTGA, to be built under licence (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 160 TRIGA, General Atomic agreement with Vickers-Armstrongs and GiitehofiTnung- shutte Strekrade AG., 618
TRIGA, zirconium hydride moderated, 87
US programme, 515
— ?—• Vessels, by R. Mattera, 553
Water cooled, aluminium alloys in, by E. C. W. Perryman, 292
Whiteshell, Canada, 196
Whiteshell experiment (Canadian General Electric), 260
Zenith, in operation, 16
ZENITH, reprocessing of fuel, 585
— — ZOE, France, 51
— Rocket engine tests, 484
— Safety device, automatic, use with critical
assemblies, 15
— Science, revision of terminology, by D.
Clark, 859
— Ship, tenders for, 501
— Subcritical assembly as teaching tool, 451
— Superheaters for boiling water reactors, by
E. L. Zobroki, K. M. Horst and P. G. Aline, 811
— Terms, glossary of (UKAEA booklet), 553
— Transformations, chemical effects of,
international symposium, Prague (lAAE), 849
— Wastes, dumping of, by W. Boyd, 4 High activity, baked into montmorril-
lonite clay, disposal of, 196
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, OSWALD fast-pinch device for Science Museum, 356
Atomics International, zirconium hydride moderator, 87; advanced epithermal thorium reactor, 124; organic moderated reactor for ship propulsion, 228; atomic power plant for satellites and space vehicles, 515; Idaho, 618; reactor, 692;
reactor development, 724; alliances with European atomic companies, 724 Auckland Harbour Bridge, toll revenue, 7 Audio frequency power meter type TFI34 7 (Marconi Instruments Ltd.), 290
— Power meter, 6IOC (Dawe), 480
Augers, threaded sectional, for salt drilling ' (Kennametal Inc.), 7
August-Thyssen Hiitte, proposed merger with Phoenix-Rheinrohr, 437
Auriema, Ad. Inc., time code generator for test data, 86; counter-timer, 194; Turner microphone, series 250, 289
Auriema-Europe, SA, Alnica VIIA magnetic material, 183
Austin Hopkinson Co., new plant in Nantlle Valley, 853
Austin, James, and Sons Ltd., new access bridge to Kirkstall Forge Engineering Works over river Aire, 316
Australia, cost of living in, by G. B. Lincolne, 441
— Disinterest in markets, 853
— Expansion boom in, 668
— Expansion of economy, 277
— Export/import balance, 733
— Gift of Leyland buses to Indonesia, 621
— Import controls relaxed, 63
— Imports of crude oil, 805
— Industrial development of, 873
•— Industrial expansion, 629
— Lignite deposits, 493
— Loans from New York and Switzerland, 629
— Motor-car production statistics, 733 Australia and New Zealand Bank, production
index, 333
— Oil and gas discovered at Rough Range, 805
— Production increase, 333
— Radio telescope for, 498
— Search for oil in, 805
— Wash-day in, 441
Australian Aluminium Co., supply of aluminium strip to Aluminium Foils (Australia) Pty., 873
Australian Atomic Energy Commission, atomic reactor for, 420; Lucas Heights to commence radioisotope production, 650; HIFAR atomic reactor in operation, 650 Australian Iron and Steel Co., expansion in recent years, 873
— Timber (trade publication), 396 Austria, electrical industry, 411
— and European Free Trade Association, 411
— Industrial position and prospects of,
— Iron and steel industry, 411
— Motor industry, 411
— Road building, 42 Austrian Airlines, Viscount aircraft for.
Viscount aircraft chartered from Olsen Airtransport, 333
Austro-Chematom, manufacture of atomic fuel elements, 292
Auto-Robot capstan lathe (Herbert), 856 Auto Timer time switch (Horstmann), 602 Auto-Tutor electronic teaching machine, 741 Automatic Canteen Co., formation of Rowe Automatic Merchandising, 205
—• Control. See Control
Automatic Control in Soviet Industry, 58
— Merchandising, 222
— Production lines in Russia, by O. Tedder, 90
— Refrigeration, by S. A. Andersen (review),
666
— Safely device, atomic, use with critical
assemblies, 15
— Shops, by J. B. W. Toole, 222. See LETTER,
248
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd., vehicle actuated traffic lights, 488
— Vending exhibition, international, 222 Installations. 223
— — Machines. See also Vending Machines Automation and computation, British conference on, 455
— Instruments and electronics exhibition, 715;
Sperry ultimate safety device on show, 724
— and machine tool elements, by F.
Koenigsberger, 869-870
— Telephone techniques for, by D. B. Foster,
726
OMR atomic reactor, modification to OMRE boiling organic liquid
411
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Automation Today and Tomorrow, by L. L. Goodman (review), 130
Automobile dictionary. Van Nostrand, 266
— Federation, International. See Automobile
— See also Motor car
Automotive development trends in US, 709, 722
— Engineers, Society of. See Society of
Automotive Engineers
Autosnax, automatic vending of food at, 223 Auxiliary Rolling Machinery Ltd., edge trimming, slitting unit and scrap chopping units for Birmetals Ltd., 695
Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, electric power direct from hot gas, 118
Aveley Electric Ltd., Mobil-Antenna tuned aerial, 508; Rohde and Schwartz frequency meter, 682
Aveling-Barford Ltd., position and prospects, 261; road roller, 576
Aven Progressive Teeth hacksaw blade (Hacksaws Ltd.), 84
Averbach, Dr. E., on memory capacity of the human eye, 705
Avery Historical Museum, early scales and weighbridges, 676
Aviation fuel pipeline, Walton to London Airport, 361
Avo Ltd., Supermatic coil winding machine, 551; Mark 4 valve tester, 552
Avogadro atomic reactor at maximum power for calibration, 484
Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd., polyurethane for printing rollers, 422
Avonmouth Docks Improvement Scheme, use of Moldcote for concrete forms, 284 Avonmouth-London Airport-Fawley oil pipeline (Esso), 789
Axiomatics of Classical Statistical Mechanics, 298
Axon, Dr. P., on research in Ampex Electronics Ltd., 861
Inter-
Con-
Balfour Beatty and Co., formation of national Power and Engineering suitants, 485
Balfour, Lord, on prosperity, 531
Baling machine (Medway Paper Sacks 576
Ball bearings. See Bearings
— Plastic (Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd.),
407
Ballistics, selected topics on, by W. C. Nelson (review), 592
Balloons of polyethylene for lifting gondola, 303
Baltospot X-ray unit (Pantak Ltd.), 417
Bame, J. L., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Bananas, ripening and warehousing, 18 ?— Warehouse conveyor system, 18 Band pass filters (Salford Electrical Instruments Ltd.), 272
— Saw (Startrite Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 257 Banff, gondola ski-lift (Dominion Bridge Co.
Ltd.), 164
Bank, Australia and New Zealand, production index, 333
— Co-operative, Ioan to NUR to support
rail strike, 221
— European Investment, 286
— Holiday Act of 1871, suggested amendment,
9
Change of date, 9
— Line, ships ordered for (William Doxford &
Sons), 563
— Loans to industry, 405
— Rate, comments on, 145
Effect on engineering industries, 181
— World, See International Bank Banknote counting machine (Thomas de
Rue and Co.), 239
Machine, Notemaster, on exhibit British Trade Fair, New York (De Rue), 751
Ltd.),
la
at
La
it
B-47 Stratojet aircraft converted to radio control (Lockheed), 402
Babcock and Wilcox Co. (US), ten year agreement with Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico of Trieste, 260; cooperation with Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, 603; 5 MW swimming pool reactor for CAMEN, 617; reactor for Fiat-Ansaldo atomic propelled tanker, 617; consulting agreement with Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, 617; tests on gas-suspension coolants for atomic ractors, 723
Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., pressure vessels for Scottish Gas Board, 262; pressurised water atomic reactor, 517; coal fired boiler for Ford’s Dagenham power house, 587; boilers for Ferrybridge “ B ” power station, 624; computer work in pipe stress analysis, 736; boilers for AEI Mexico order, 765; position and prospects, 789; European subsidiaries, 789; boiler for Thorpe Marsh power station, 789; export orders, 789; boiler for Richard Thomas and Baldwins and Colvilles, 789; nuclear propulsion plant for ships, 789; agreement with Waagner-Biro, 789; nuclear power contracts, 789; boilers for tanker, 836; boilers for Westfield coal gasification works, 865
Babcock and Wilcox, Vereeniging, draft tubes for Kariba Dam, 657
BAC (Machine Sales) Ltd., vending machine coin test information, 238
Bacterial spores, mechanism of action of compounds that protect against radiation damage, by Dr. E. L. Powers, 724
Baddeley Engineering Co. Ltd., oxygen and fuel gas distritution box, 322
Bag filters (trade publication), 796
with air jet cleaning, Holmes-Retroflux (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 321
— Packer (trade publication), 835
?— and sack filling weigher (Scale Co. Ltd.), 192 Baghdad University, development of solar stills, 260
Bagrit, L., on Elliott Automation Ltd., 757 Bailey Meters and Controls Ltd., capacitance relay, 875
Bailey, R., on industry in Austria, 411; on world watchmakers confront the Swiss, 474; on Italian cars styled for European market, 644; on upward trends in Europe’s Electricity, 748; on machine tool firms react to freer trade, 813
Baillieu, Lord, on next ten years in management, 349
Bain, William, and Co. Ltd., line towers Beauly-Kintore supergrid (North Scotland Hydro-Electric Board), 348
Baird and Tatlock, Analmatic equipment exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
for
of
on
Bakelite Ltd., plastic doors for railway carriages, 215; Warerite laminates for railway carriage compartments, 215; Vybak DVR262 pvc sheet, 343; gelcoat of resin, 407; plastic wall panel research, 540
Baker, D. A., on awkward loads, 377; on awkward loads, 505 See LETTERS, 440, 574
Baker Perkins Ltd., merger with Wm. Douglas and Sons Ltd., 17; manufacturing agreement with Paul Troester and Leonh Herbert, 701; TBE Bulletin, 730; work bench, 747; heat transfer (trade publication), 796
Baker Traveloader transporter, side loading (Materials Handling Equipment Ltd.), 48 Bakker, Prof. C. J., obituary, 692
Balance, analytical (Sartorius-Werke AG), 643
— Quick weighing (Griffin and George Ltd.), 193
— Sheets, the truth about, 153
Balchin, N., on labour relations, 547 Balding Beaver milling machine (Stedall), 819 Baldwin Instrument Co.
gauges for Birmetals mill, 694
Baler, Albion, fitted to 850 Implematic tractor (David Brown Ltd.), 336
Ltd., thickness Sendzimir strip
Banner, E. H. W., on electronic measuring instruments (review), 528
Bar feeding and handling equipment at Pratt, Levick and Co. Ltd., 172
— Hollow bored (trade publication), 460
— Mill modernisation by Steel, Peech and Tozer,
99
— Racks (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 258 Barcelona Fair, Morris cars on show at, 701 Barclay, Curie Co., boilers for tanker, 836 Barclays Bank, financial aid for Kariba Dam
project, 660
Bardsleys Colchester Ltd., ladders (trade publication), 764
Barge, Dracone flexible, 293
— Dracone inflatable (P. B. Cow), 368
— Manipulating equipment (Donald Ross &
Partners Ltd.), 392
— Multiple drill, for submarine hole drilling
(Joy), 753
— Self-inverting (IHC), 432 Barimar Ltd., welding repairs, 57 Barium fluoride, as lubricant additive, 2 Barker, Dr. T. C., on Pilkington Brothers and
the Glass Industry (book), 725
Barlow-Whitney Ltd., tunnel burner, 256 Barnes honing machine (Gaston E. Marbaix), 816
Barnes press (George Cohen), 818
Barr, P., on electrostatic precipitation wire machine, 452
Barrell, Dr. H., review of La Mesure Precise du Temps, 25-26; biographical note, 26 Barrere, M., on rocket propulsion (review), 592 Barrier, safety, for aircraft runway, 207 Barrus, E. P. (Concessionaires) Ltd., Devcon marine repair kits, 729 Barton Bridge, casualties at. Barton, G. W., on
Co. Ltd., 10 Barwell, Dr. F. T.,
Gleitlager and Walz-Bohrreibung, 234- 235; biographical note, 236
Basalt as abrasion resistant lining, 678
— Deposits, Kalenborn, 678
— Fused cast, properties of, 678
?—Tiles for abrasion resistant linings (R. B. Hilton Ltd.), 678
Bashforth, G. R., on manufacture of iron and steel (book), 26, 764
Basic electronics, by Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and Neville Inc. (book), 268
—? Manual for engineers, by S. H. Tidestrom (book), 204
Bastian and Allen Ltd., electrode boilers, 501 Batchcounter, electronic (Electronic Machine Co. Ltd.), 199
Batcher, counter, three decade (F. C. Robinson and Partners Ltd.), 86
Batching plant (trade publication), 332 Bateman, E. H., on railways into roads, 377 Bathyscaph, Trieste, 62
Battelle Memorial Institute, titanium production, 74; lease of atomic reactor to private industry, 124; atomic fuel alloys, 292; effects of high pressure and heat on materials, 337; on magnetohydrodynamics, 371; uranium monocarbide as atomic fuel, 452; improved flux for submerged arc welding, 605; hot cracking in steels, 705; Corrosion and Deposits in Coal- and Oil-fired Boilers and Gas Turbines (review), 731; cold extrusion of titanium, 759; diffusion welding, 775; development of chromium iodide decomposition process for high purity chromium, 847; airborne optical beacon for missile tracking, 879 Battersea Heliport, night landings at, 361 Battery cases, plastic, for guided missiles (Prewitt Aircraft), 146
— Charger (Oldham and Son Ltd.), 642
— Exide-Ironclad marine (Chloride Batteries
Ltd.), 450
— Lead storage, by H. G. Brown (book), 628
— Lightweight, for electric vehicles (Chloride
Batteries Ltd.), 63
— Motor car, hire purchase for (Oldham &
Son), 629
— Operated truck, electronic guided Robotug
(EMI), 173
— Vehicles. See also Motor vehicle; Motor
truck
— See also Accumulator; Cell
Arthur
reviews
213
Guinness, Son &
of Betriebssichere
Baty, J. E., and Co. Ltd., reflex projector, 779 Bauer, A. A., on Constitutional Diagrams of Uranium and Thorium Alloys (review), 561-562
Baumaschinen und Baueinrichtungen, by O. Walch (review), 267
Baxter, Prof. A. D., review of Selected Topics on Ballistics, 592; review of Rocket Propulsion, 592; review of Space Technology, 592; review of Advances in Astronautical Sciences, 593; biographical note, 594
Baxter, B., on teach yourself naval architecture (book), 594
Baxter, J. M., review of Industrial Thermal Insulation, 834; biographical note, 835
Bayley, Dr. F. J., review of Jet Propulsion Engines, 762; review of Advanced Aero Engine Testing, 762; review of Explosions, Detonations, Flammability and Ignition, 762; biographical note, 764
Bayonet connectors (trade publication), 428 BBC. See British Broadcasting Corporation BCIRA. See British Cast Iron Research Association
Beacon, airborne, optical, for missile tracking (Battelle), 879
Beam, electron, as production tool, 556 Uses of, 557
— Laminated timber, Glu-Lam, 6
— Theory of, by T. Iwinski (review), 267-268
— Welded, weld details on fatigue of, by
Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
BEAMA. See British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Association
Beanes, A., and Co. Ltd., metal windows (trade publication), 530; aluminium window frames, 740; aluminium wall panels, 740; aluminium door frames, 740
Bearing, air lubricated, 65
— Aircraft undercarriage, heat insulating, 432 Research and applications at NEL, by
M. Graneek and J. Kerr (report), 771
— Alloy, Noral 730, tin-aluminium (Northern
Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 39
— Ball, unlubricated, 843
— Bronze, continuous casting of, 605
— Gas, applications of, 291
— ?— in atomic equipment, 291 Design of, 291 Hydrodynamic, 291 Hydrostatic, 291
— High temperature, Metamic cermet
material for (Morgan Crucible), 679
— Knife-edge, by P. J. Geary, 362
— Material, graphite as, 842
— Needle cage (INA Needle Bearings Ltd.),
321
— Surfaces, by W. Wernitz (review), 234 Metals as, table of, 842
Resin bonded ptfe as, by E. R. Braithwaite, 214
— Thin shell. Vanwall, 80
— Tufnol, for Canberra liner rudder and
propeller shafts, 534
— by G. Vogelpohl (review), 234
— Wear in corrosive atmospheres, by H. H.
Heath, 841
Beas river scheme, hydraulic model, 385 Beaton, W. G., on factory building, 616 Bechtel Corp., atomic energy activities, 809 Beck, C. J., costs of control rods, 15
Becker, Prof., investigation of temperature of interstellar gas, 705
Beddoes, Dr. Thomas, historic note, 14
Bedford, A. W., review of Sent Flying, 730; biographical note, 732
Bedford chassis body for bulk and sack loads (F. E. Callow (Engineers) Ltd.), 271
Beechcraft Travel Air aircraft, use by Woods of Colchester, 578
Beeching, Dr. R., biographical note, 501 Beecroft, Thomas, and Co., Ltd., Holman checkmatching unit, 314
Beer, S., review of Key to Accounting and Costing, 426-7; review of Theory of Storage, 426-7; biographical note, 428
Beet sugar factories for Russia (Vickers and Bookers Ltd.), 173
Handling machinery for Russia (Vickers and Bookers), 99
Beilby layers in lubricants, 214
Belgian Government, aluminium launch for (Universal Shipyards), 400
Belgian Utilities, approval for atomic power station at Givet, 160
Belgium, industrial advantages in, 873
Belix stable power supply (Metrix Instruments Ltd.), 257
Bell Asbestos Mines, position and prospects of, 89
Bell, C., on unified screw threads, 505
Bell, E., on laundry rooms in Australia, 441 Bell, F., unmanned gas holder station at Newbury, 630
Bell Punch Co., Sumlomatic calculating machine, 207
Bell, R. M., on railway and industry comparisons, 254
Bell, S. W., on Mathematics for Higher National Certificate (review), 298
Bell Supaheat underfloor draught fire, 108
Bell Telephone Laboratories, photographic memory for telephone exchanges, 65; automatic mail transfer, Brussels, 200; direct measurement of tunnel diode characteristics, 337; microwave transistor amplifier, 371; microwave amplification with tunnel diodes, 403; ferreed electromechanical switch, 435; low noise satellite radio system, 599; magnetic annealing of soft metal alloys, 633; semi-conductor studies, 737; gallium phosphide crystals, 737; gallium arsenide crystals, 737; indium antimonide crystals, 737; incompatibility of radar and micro-wave communications, 877
Beiliss and Morcom Ltd., MPR rotary compressor, 577; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
Belt conveyor. See Conveyor
— V (trade publication), 268
— Weighing machine, SV Weightometer
(Merrick Scale Mfg. Co. Ltd.), 194
as
Belting (trade publication), 364
— Poly-V (Turner Bros.), 448 Belvedere-Sydenham gas filled super-tension
cable, 789
Ben Line, new ships for, 531
Ben Nevis Distillery Ltd., plant extension, 454; new equipment, 454; process details, 454
B.E.N. Patents Ltd., Powerpac air driven utility tool, 256; Controlube lubricator for compressed air lines, 417
Bench, mobile work (Mann Egerton), 551
— Saw (trade publication), 594
— Work (Baker Perkins Ltd.), 747
Bends, geometry of, by W. Sellar (book), 132 Bending cold plate for pressure vessels, 758
— Machine, tube, Mediolanum (Addison), 779
— Rolls for GEC, for 3 in plate, 758 Bendix Aviation Corp., aviation communication and navigation equipment for Royal Swedish Air Board, 99; flying weather laboratory, 201; effect of radiation on electronic equipment, 306; radiation effect data, 306; Doppler radar for West Germany, 397
Bene, G. J., on nuclear energy (book). Benefits, fringe, by (review), 867 Benjamin Electric fittings, 450
Bennett, G. A., on electrical bonding of catho- dically protected and unprotected ships, 371
Bennett, J. D., winning design for elevated roadway, 251
Benson, C. S., on advanced structural design (book), 562
Benson, F, A., on electric circuit theory (book), 167
Bentley, F. R., on sharing out the value of production, 326
Benzol refinery, continuous, 423
BEPO reactor, Harwell, continued operation for, 618
Berger, Lewis (Great Britain) Ltd., Berger- cron, fast curing stoving enamel, 39 Bergercron, fast curing stoving enamel (Lewis Berger Ltd.), 39
Bergmann Unical desk calculator (Kenneth Miles), 240
Berk Exothermics Ltd., exothermic compound plant installed, 486
Berk, F. W., and Co., Ltd., metal spraying wire gun, 13
Berkeley atomic power station, pressure vessel tested, 324; Magnox canned uranium as fuel, 328; charge face machinery, 328, 334; graphite courses laid, 356 ; Wigner shrinkage experienced, 356; AEl’s loss on, 621
Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, staff recruitment programme, 586
Berlin motorship, 98
Berman, P. A., on gas turbine cycle for helium cooled reactor, 811
Bernays, E. L., on Manipulating Public Opinion (essay), 749
Bernhardt, E. C., on processing of thermoplastic materials (book), 96
Bernsen, S. A., on gas-cooled reactors, 87 Berridge, P. S. A., on strengthening the Royal Albert Bridge, 864
Beryllium for atomic fuel cans, 227
— for atomic fuel canning, 585
— as canning material for atomic fuel elements,
190
— Extrusion (Chesterfield Tube Co.), 663
— Fuel cans for AGR complex, 788
— Machining, 455, 663
— Monitor (UKAEA), 379
— Ores, assaying with boron trifluoride
counters, 618
Electronic instruments for detecting and assaying, by S, H. U. Bowie, 618
— Production, pilot plant for (TI Technologi
cal Centre), 662
Problems in, 662 and properties, 75 Safety in (ICI), 117
— Sections, production of, 662
— Shaping, 663
Besco section roll (Edwards), 816 Besco-Truecut guillotine (Edwards), 778 Bessemer converter, original, on exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750
Best, K. H., on concrete in the tropics, 851 BETA atomic reactor, design parameters and data, 586
— ?— Reactor, gas cooled, design study com
pleted by Danatom, 586
Beta counter, high sensitivity (UKAEA), 484 Philips low-level, PW4127/02, 388 Betatron, mobile (Pantak Ltd.), 778 Betriebssichere Gleitlager, by G. Vogelpohl (review), 234
Betteridge, W., on nimonic alloys (review), 203
Betzel, A. E., Engineering Co., pipe wrapping machines, 846
Bevan, A., on nationalisation, 437 Bevel gear. See Gear
Bevin, Ernest, life and times of, by A. Bullock (book), 547
Beyerle, Dr, K., gas centrifuge development, 291
Bibliography, heat (1958), 666
— Monolingual, scientific and glossaries, by
E. Wiiser, 165
— of publications, 1938-59, BCURA (book),
428
Bicentenary, Salter, George, and Co., Ltd., 676 BICERA. See British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association
Bickerdike, R. L., on permeability of graphite, 110
Bicycles, exports of, 587
— Lamps, review by IVhich? 253
— Reflectors, review by IThichl 253
Big Rock Point boiling water reactor demonstration (GEC), 756
Big Rock Point boiling water reactor demonstration, operation of (Consumers Power Co.), 756
Big X, by H. Searls (review), 594
268 F. M.
Ltd.,
physics and atomic
Wistert (book), 530;
fluorescent lighting
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 {I960)
Bigg, W. D., on fatigue of welded structures, 513
Biggs, J. M., on Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (review), 627
Bigwood, Joshua, and Son Ltd., joist straightening machine, 49; Traughber dust filters, 174
Bikini self-balancing temperature indicator (Fielden Electronics Ltd.), 418
Biles, Sir J. H., and Co., bulk cement carrying ship for Wilsons (NZ), 797
BIMCAM. See British Industrial Measuring and Control Apparatus Manufacturers"' Association
Bins, storage (trade publication), 796
Binns, A., review of Hydraulic Presses and Extrusion Equipment, 528; review of Kerbspannungslehre, 529; review of Welding Techniques, 529; biographical note, 530
Binocular magnifier stand (P. W. Allen and Co. Ltd.), 258
Birfield Industries Scholarship Awards, 645
Birfield Ltd., Laycock de Normanville overdrive units, 661; purchase of shares in Gelenkwellenbau and Glaenzer Spicer SA, 661; notes on associated companies, 661; position and prospects, 661
Birkett, Lord, on preservation of National Parks, 309
Birks, J. B., on Progress in Dielectrics (book), 699
Birlec-Efco (Melting) Ltd., pilot plant for ore testing, 360
Birlec Ltd., box furnaces (trade publication), 764
Birlefco. See Birlec-Efco {Melting} Ltd.
Birmetals Ltd., aluminium alloy handrails for Tema docks, 284; installation of Send- zimir aluminium strip mill, 694
Birmingham Engineering Centre, exhibitors at, 135; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
— Lancaster motorway, route of, 7
— Museum of Science and Industry, engines to
be run at, 217
—? Productivity Association, seminar on
Variety Reduction, 397, 455
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., possible merger with Charles Roberts and Co., 325; diesel locomotives for British Railways, 765
Birmingham Small Arms Co., reinvestment of funds from sale of Daimler Co., 823
Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co., formation of new company, 63
— University, highway and traffic engineering
course, 445; pulsed subcritical assembly, 451
BISF. See British Iron and Steel Federation
Bishop, A. S., on Project Sherwood: US programme in controlled fusion (review), 459
Bishop, 1. N., on spark-ignition engines, 824 Bismuth, cavitation by, by H. L. Hovenak (paper), 228
Bison concrete purlins (Concrete Ltd.), 385
— Precast concrete floor slabs (Concrete Ltd.),
513
— Rock drills in use on Vianden scheme. Bituminous mixture testing, centrifuge
(Soiltest Inc.), 194
Bivariate normal distribution function
related functions, tables of (book), 835
B.K.S. Ltd., polyester resin contactor covers, 173
Black, E. R., on British industry, 286
Black-Friars bridge, historic note. 14
Blackburn Aircraft Co. Ltd., merger with Hawker-Siddeley and de Havilland, 125
Blackburn NA39 aircraft, Goodyear wheels, brakes and tyres, 400
Aircraft, rocket propelled sled for seat ejection tests on, 207
Blacker, L. V. S., on ammunition supply. 40 Blackman, Keith, Ltd., centrifugal fans (trade publication), 364
Blackman, R. B., on measurement of power spectra (book), 530
Blackman, R. V. B., on Jane’s fighting ships (book), 460
Blackstone and Co. Ltd., diesel engines for emergency power at River Clyde tunnel, 625
Blackwood and Hodge, order for Piaggio PI66 aircraft, 578; twin power scraping machine 746
Blade, hacksaw, Aven Progressive Teeth (Hacksaws Ltd.), 84
Steadfast, 436
— Saw, Dafile, FlexiFile, 436
Blakeborough, J., and Sons, exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Blakeslee, G. S., and Co., degreasing and phosphating together, 39
Blakey, J., on University Mathematics (review), 298
Blast furnaces for Richard Thomas and Baldwins (Ashmore Benson Pease), 99 at Rourkela steelworks, 391
— Screens for jet aircraft at London Airport,
152
Blaw Knox Ltd., Hydrascoop excavator, 258; testing atomic reactor for aircraft use, 324 Blender, liquid (trade publication), 764
Blind Landing Experimental Unit (RAE). 191
— Machinists employed by Simms Motor
Units, 381
— River uranium mines, 650
— Workers, employment of, 349 Block storage heaters, 697, 810
Blockade, economic, by W. N. Medlicott (review), 330
Blom, G., on statistical estimates and betavariables (review), 59
Blondin concrete deliverer at Kariba Dam, 654
Blood pressure follower, Winston-Green (Winston Electronics, Ltd.), 27
Blue Star Line, interest in Airwork Ltd., 357 Blue Streak missile (de Havilland), 62 —- — Missile, abandonment of, 539 Missile, mobile bases for, 277
Missile, redundancy caused by cancellation, 685
Bluebird motor car. Aeroweb panels for, 711, 735; design of, 734; model, 739; aerotechniques used in, 741; Didas telemetering equipment in, 741; lubrication data from, 843; measuring gauges on, 843
Bluebird motor car for European markets (Nissan), 530
BMW Triebwerkbau GmbH, position and prospects of, 421; small gas turbine, 643
BNFMRA. See British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association
Board of Trade, survey on capital investment, 161; census of automatic vending machine sales, 222; permission for firm to move refused, 341; export statistics, 365; index of industries and products, 762
Board-making machine (Reed Corrugated Cases Ltd.), 91
Boat building with epoxide moulds, 663
— Jet driven. Turbocraft (Dowty Marine
Ltd.), 21
— Motor, aluminium alloy, launch, for
Belgian Government (Universal Shipyards), 400
Radio control on Thames launch, 261
— Plastic (Palmcraft), 663
— Show, 135
— Small, sales position, 135
— Turbocraft sales (Dowty Marine), 135
— See also Yacht
Boby, William, Co., water treatment equipment, 27
Bockris, J. O’M., on Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry (book), 835
Bocock, C. W., appointed director of overseas operations of Associated Industrial Consultants, 221
Bodybuilders, motor vehicle, aluminium for (trade publication), 460
Boeing Airplane Co., flying weather laboratory, 201; static discharge from aircraft, 599; small gas turbines, 766
Boeing 707 airliner, Conway jet engines for (Rolls-Royce), 765
Airliner, escape slide for (Palmer), 400 Airliner, first delivery to BOAC, 668 Airliner as flying weather laboratory, 201 Airliner, Skydrol fluids in, 310
Bofors Group, design for R4/Eve reactor, 388 Bogie, coach, for Milan underground system, 207
— See also Truck
Bogle, J. M. L., on government aid to consulting engineers, 277
Bogoliubov, N. N., on theory of superconductivity (review), 593
Bogue Electric Co., Belco division agreement with Head Wrightson and Co., 397
BOIC. See British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd. Boilers (Babcock and Wilcox), 789
— Additives for (Combustion Chemicals Ltd.),
639
— Automatic control, instruments for (Kelvin
Hughes Ltd.), 129
— Coal fired, deposits and corrosion in
(review), 731
Fired, for Ford’s Dagenham power house. 587
Fired, fuel additive equipment for (Wallace and Tiernan Ltd.), 639
— Domestic back. Forum, 108
— Economics of automatic control, 129
— Electrode (Bastian and Allen Ltd.), 501
— Feed pump. See Pump
— Flues, sulphur recovery from, 174
— Gas-fired, Diplomat, 180
— Heating (trade publication), 764
— for Latina power station landed at 324
— for Little Barford “ B ” power (Foster Wheeler Ltd.), 296
— Oil fired (Stuttard Ltd.), 192 Fired, deposits and corrosion view), 731
— Sinupac packaged (Cochran), 747
— Steambloc (Spencer-Bonecourt-CIarkson), 789
— Wilson’s economic, at Rolls-Royce Ltd., 129 Boilermakers, strike of, 781
Bologna University, ARGONAUT type reactor for, 618
Bolts (trade publications), 428
— Fatigue life for, 494
Bolt, F. D., on technical problems of broadcasting, 241
Bolted frame, collapse behaviour of, by T. M. Charlton, 218
Boltmaster transfer press (Rockwell), 257 Bombrini Parodi-Delfino, uranium-thorium cycle development, 617
Bomu to Bonny pipeline, Nigeria (Shell-BP), 385
Bond, J. A., on Practical Ironmaking (review), 395
Bond Worth, Wilton carpet with woven in heating element, 468
Bonding, electrical, of ships, 371
— Metal to rubber, by S. Buchan (book), 204 Bonn University, investigation of temperature
of interstellar gas, 705
Bonny to Bomu pipeline, Nigeria (Shell-BP), 385
— River dredging operations, 385 Bonus atomic reactor, 723
— Schemes, advantages of, 822
Are not what they seem, by R. J. B. Stein, 822
— — How they work, 822 and ratefixing, 822
Boom, lightweight, of honeycomb construction, 97
Booth, A. E., on microwave data tables (book), 332
Booth, James, Aluminium Co., half interest purchased by Kaiser Aluminium and Delta Metal Co., 229; expansion programme, 295; Loewy rolling mill for, 295; expansion and re-equipment programme, 365; formation of, 555
Booth, James, and Co., renamed James Booth Aluminium Co., 229
Booth, Dr. L. G., on structural forms of timber roofs, 414
Boral alloys (High Duty Alloys Ltd.), 503
Borated graphite as neutron shield (Morgan Crucible Co.), 292
Borax 5 atomic reactor (Argonne), 723 Borchardt, F. A., Ltd., gas heating equipment, 501
Borg, S. F., on Advanced structural Analysis (review), 626-627
Boring machine, FB2 fine (Stuart Davis), 817 Horizontal, model GL80 (Monks Crane Ltd.), 157
Horizontal, Optimetric (Kearns), 818 Jig (Newall), 819
-Jig, Perrin (Acbars Ltd.), 814 Vertical (George Richards), 815 —? Tools (trade publication), 562 Boris Kidrik Institute, research atomic reactor opened, 196; reconstruction of criticality accident at, 260; fatal accident due to supercriticality, 691
Boron-aluminium carbide alloy products (High Duty Alloys Ltd.), 503
— Trifluoride counters for assaying beryllium ores, 618
Borough Polytechnic, disagreements on postgraduate courses, 812
Borsig, position and prospects of, 421 Bosphorus suspension bridge, design by N. B. Steinman and Partners, 187
Bossong Co. Ltd., cartridge hammer guns and tools, 418
Boston Marine and General Engineering Co. Ltd., Hoskinson smokeless and odourless incinerator, 489
Boltogas bottled gas for industrial power (Shell-Mex, BP), 175
Bou-Hassid to Mostaganem pipeline, 437 Boundary Dam power station, transformer for (GEC), 400
— Layer control aircraft, Hercules (Lockheed), 163
Boving and Co. Ltd., turbines for Kariba Dam, 656, 657; combined flow and non-return valve, 799
Bovis Ltd., Associated-Rediffusion television studio, 785
Bowater Board Co., new plant at Catawba. S. Carolina, 563
Bowater-Eburite Packaging, new plant for, 135 Bowaters Carolina Corp., opening of paper pulp mill, S. Carolina, 126
Bowden (Engineers) Ltd., Bowdenftex mechanical remote control system, 610
Bowdenflex mechanical remote control system (Bowden), 610
Bowes Committee on inland waterways, 254
Bowie, S. H. U., on electronic instruments for detecting and assaying beryllium ores, 618
Bowl vibratory screens (Sinex Engineering Co. Ltd.), 85
Bowling alley, closed circuit television for (Pye), 205
Bowmaker, position and prospects, 229 Bowman, Sir James, on 1960 coal production, 171; on coal industry, 845
Box furnaces (trade publication), 764
Boyd, G. M., on references by code, 217; review of Guide to Reference Material, 796; biographical note, 796
Boyd, Dr. R. L. F., review of Vistas in Astronautics, 330; biographical note, 332
Boyd, W., on dumping atomic wastes, 4; agreement with Arthur D. Little, Inc. on Daniels-Boyd atomic reactor concept, 292
Boyd, Winnett, on ice pack prevention in St. Lawrence Seaway, 526
Boyd, Winnett, Associates, investigation into ice pack prevention for St. Lawrence Seaway, 526
Boydell, E., and Co. Ltd., Muir Hill lOB hydraulic dumper, 225; Muir Hill loader, 609
BP Desomil deodorising fluid (BP Ltd.), 668 BP Firemaster, propulsion units of, 431 BP Refinery Canada Ltd., Ville d’Anjou oil refinery, 836
B and R. Relays Ltd., transistorised relay, 552 Brackets, joist, for mines, 800
Bracknell, Dolman and Rogers Ltd., change machine, 239
Bradley, D., on hydrogen as reactor coolant, 87 Bradma Mailing Machines Ltd., Inserta M3000 envelope filler, 481
Braithwaite and Co., Pahlavi bridge, 284 Braithwaite, E. R., on resin bonded ptfe as a bearing surface, 214
Brake, aircraft, air cooled (Dunlop), 768
— Disc, for Bluebird car (Girling), 735 Grinding machine (Lumsden), 854
— Drums, thermal stress behaviour in, T. P. Newcomb, 369-370
— Electric motor. Perigrip (AEI), 746
— Hubs, aircraft, ventilation fan for (Airscrew Co.), 768
— Motor car, in racing, 80
— Service guide, Ferodo (book), 460
— See also Dynamometer
Braking, continuous, programme delayed by BTC, 621
Brancker, Dr. A. V., on solar stills in Iraq, 260 Brand, Charles, and Son, twin road tunnel under River Clyde, 625
Brandes, on influence of silicon in cast iron on corrosive wear, 470
Brass, Dr. P. D., administration of grants to Universities by Rubber Research Centre, US, 555
Braun, C. F., OMR atomic reactor, Idaho, 618 Braun, C. R., on superheated steam from nuclear energy, 723
Braun, W. J., radioactive cylinders—tool for wear research, 433
Braunstone power hacksaw (A. A. Jones and Shipman), 481
Brayshaw Furnaces Ltd., liquid bath furnace, 855
Brazilian Atomic Energy Commission, Kennedy and Donkin as consultants, 452; atomic power station proposed, 452
Brazing of aluminium and titanium alloys, dry flux for (Wall Colmonoy), 605
— Induction heater for (Delapena), 589
— Machine, Elga-Record (Elektro- und Gasapparatebau GmbH), 610
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Brecknell, Dolman and Rogers Ltd,, ticket issuing and change-giving machines, 238; coin test information for automatic vending machines, 238; employment of mental patients, 477
Brefcon, consortium for supply of petrol refinery plant, 301
Breguet 906 glider, 336
Bren Manufacturing Co., sheet grading by thickness and surface finish, 86
Brett, L., on transportation, 781; on internal decentralisation, 781; on migration, 781 Brewer, R. C., on numerically controlled machine tools, 871-872
Brewing of ales and stouts, 10 Bricks, fire.
Brickell, Dr. F., review of University mathematics, .
Applied to Electrical Engineering, 298- 299; biographical note, 300
Bridge, admittance, type TF 978 (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 224
— Auckland Harbour, toll revenue, 7
— Barton, casualties at, 213
— Black-Friars, historic note, 14
— Channel, compared with tunnel, 469 Details of, 475
Road, erection of first tower, 688 Road, foundations and anchorages (John Howard and Co. Ltd.), 688
Road, fusarc welding of main towers
(Sir William Arrol and Co.), 688 road, pier construction details, 688 ? Road, statistics, 688
— “ Grid-iron,” strengthening at Farringdon
station, 315
— Medway, contracts and tenders for, 845 Contractors, 850
Model tests on, 850 Statistics, 850
— Onikan, Lagos, illuminated handrail for, 800
— Pahlavi, opening of, 284
— Railway, over River Avon (Evesham),
modernising, 114
— over River Aire for Kirkstall Forge, 316 —• Road, high level approach to, 250
— Royal Albert, strengthening the, by P. S. A.
Berridge, 864
— Severn, alterations to approaches, 187
— Suspension, over Bosphorus, design by
N. B. Steinman &. Partners, 187
— Tay road, proposals on, 7
— See also Aqueduct
Bridgeport turret milling machine (Adcock and Shipley), 819
Bridges, S. N., Co. Ltd., power tool production, 693; historic note, 693; John Brown and Co. interest in, 693; home decorator outfit, 873
Bridgman, P. W., materials at ultra high pressures, 803
Brighton Beach Heliport vetoed, 493 Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co., bar mill modernization for Steel, Peech and Tozer, 99; rolling mills for B.I.C.C., 727
Brightside Heating and Engineering Co., air conditioning plant for Southwell Hospital, Ahmadi, 757
Brimelow, E. L, review of Welding Handbook, 131-132; biographical note, 132
Brimelow, T., on closed circuit television, 441. See LETTER, 505
Bristol 188 supersonic aircraft, 163
Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd., historical note on, 197; project stress office, 477
Bristol Aeroplane Plastics, Bristol Pipe of reinforced epoxy resin, 710, exhibit at International Pipe and Pipeline Exhibition, 710
Bristol Aircraft Co. Ltd., merger with Vickers and English Electric, 125; Timtape telemetry equipment, 737; Cavalcade analogue digital equipment, 737; Fresco frequency sampler, 737
Bristol Pipe of reinforced epoxy resin (Bristol Aeroplane Plastics), 710
Bristol-Siddeley, aero engines in service 873 Gamma Mk. 201 rocket engine, 336 Proteus engine for Bluebird car, 734 “ Project X,” 341
Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., Proteus engines for unmanned power stations, 56
— University, testing structural efficiency of
Pratt trusses, 614
— Valve clip (Haven), 716
Bristow Helicopters Ltd., Airwork Ltd. purchase share capital of, 205; activities of, 357
Britain: an Official Handbook (Central
Office of Information) (book), 492
Britannic freighter aircraft. See SC5 British Aluminium Co. Ltd., Rigidall Seamwall wall cladding, 540; research for Bluebird car, 735
British American Oil Co. Ltd., new refinery at Port Moody, 17; helium discovery in Saskatchewan, 228
British Association for the Advancement of Science, growth of, 109; report on change to metric system, 603
British Area Regulators Ltd., double beat valve, 609; Carter rotary torque actuator, 837
British Automatic Co. Ltd., vending machines on railway stations, 223; exhibit at Vending Exhibition, 237; vibro-massage machine, 239; Midgie embosser for vinyl tape, 353
British Boiler Accessories Ltd., Rosenblad heat exchangers, 609
British Broadcasting Corp., television coverage, 23; ribbon microphone, 100; high- quality loud-speaker studies, 100; acoustics laboratory of, 100; measurement and evaluation of non-linear distortion in transmission chain, 101; stereophonic reproduction by D. E. L. Shorter, 149; frequencies used, 168; television network linking, 168; television transmitters, 168; special equipment, 168; special vehicles 169; microwave radio link vehicle, 169; scientists and engineers employed by, 253; television film studios, Ealing, equipment of, by N. F. Chapman (book), 460; BBC handbook (book), 492; increase
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t.
in income, 493; stereophonic broadcasting, by D. E. L. Shorter and G. J. Phillips, 707; programme switching, control and monitoring, by R. D. Petrie and J. C. Taylor (book), 732; central vacuum cleaner plant for television studios, 761 British Celanese, aluminium cladding on plant steam pipes (Thomas Cotton), 847 British Cellophane, acquisition of Donaldson and Filer of Glasgow and Pretoria Paper Products (SA), 237
— Coal Utilisation Research Association,
small bore central heating systems, 72; bibliography of publications, 1938-59 (book), 428
British Coke Research Association, Coke and Chemistry USSR, 202
British Columbia Electric Co., purchase of Hat Creek coal deposit, 301
British Columbia Power Corp., formation of International Power and Engineering Consultants, 485
— Commonwealth. See Commonwealth British Computer Society, discussion of
computer problems, 664
British Conference on Automation and Computation, 455
British Construction Equipment (book), 594 British Constructional Steelwork Association, fire protection of steelwork, 109, 115; Building with Steel (new journal), 426
British Crane Co., formation of, 629 British Destiny, tanker, 98 British Electrical and Allied
Association, greenhouse 636; London meeting
Manufacturers of tomorrow, with Conseil
Europeen de la Construction Electro- Domestique, 709
British Electrical Development Association, annual report, 765
British Electrical Power Convention, defects in household appliances, 36; 780; papers presented, 844
British Electrical Repairs Ltd., reel lifter, 747 British Employers’ Confederation, intake to skilled trades in industry, 373; support for Commonwealth technical trainng week, 781
— Engineers, famous, by L. Halward (book),
204
—? — Handbook 1929 (book), British Ermeto Corp., exhibit
Engineering Centre, 135 British European Airways, prospects, 197; lower fares, 629; total traffic, 629; total profits, 629
— Exhibition in Moscow (1961), 109 New York, See British Trade Fair British Gas Council, bulk methane transport
and import, 205
British Geon Ltd., PVC and nitrile rubbers (trade publication), 364; pvc paste, 439; new plant for pvc manufacture, 523
British Glass Industry Directory and Buyers Guide (book), 732
— High-Speed Diesels,
(book), 530
British Hoist and Crane mobile crane, 642.
— Hotels and Restaurants Association, Hotels
and Restaurants Throughout the British Isles and N. Ireland, 1960, 796
British Hydrocarbon Chemicals, three factories, to be built, 523
— Hydromechanics Research Association,
model intakes for Kariba dam, 653, 656; coal/water pumping experiments, 719 British Indicators (Sales) Ltd., John Bull dial gauge, 819
— Industrial Measuring and Control Apparatus
Manufacturers’ Association, annual lunch of, 197
— Inland Waterways, Ross barge manipu
lating equipment, 392
— Institute of Management, conference on
company success, 1; national conference of, 36; changing pattern of consumer spending, by Dr. M. Abrams, 36; meeting on interfirm comparison, 153; conference on computers, 465; Midland Management Conference, remarks by R. R. Hopkins at, 547
— Institution of Radio Engineers, petition
seeking Royal Charter, 603
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., cables for Elder and Fyffes banana warehouse, 18; cable loom for trotting track, 399; rise in cable prices, 621; cables for Kariba Dam, 656, 658; self-controlled copper rolling, 727; new rod mills installed, 727; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750; domestic heating cables, 789; annual report, 789; purchase of Telcon Cable Co., 789; purchase of Scottish Cable Co., 789; price increases, 789; effect of Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 789
— Internal Combustion Engine Research
Association, experiments in stress distribution, 272; piston for variable compression ratio engine, 704
— Interplanetary Society, high altitude and
satellite rockets (book), 396
— Iron and Steel Federation, Accident Prevention
in Hand Rolling Mills in the Iron and Steel Industry (publication), 9; conference on forge modernisation, 173; properties of steel (trade publication), 460; “ Hazard,” cinema film on safety, 477; annual report, 709; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750
— and Steel Research Association,
opment and information services, nitrogen in steel, investigation, 232; research (GEC Applications), 295; automatic forging steel, 487; heat transfer experiments electric steel making, 771; research open-hearth furnace refractories, 879
— Kid Tanners Association, conditions membership, 501
— Leather Manufacturers Research Asso
ciation, radiation in leather curing, 388; finances of, 501
132
at Birmingham
position and
by C. Morgan-Jones
Co. Ltd., Iron Fairy
See Correction^ 746
devel- 130; 215; stock control vacuum furnace for and Vacuum Industrial of in on
of
British Lift Slab Ltd., concrete slab floors, 820
— Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment,
Council of. See Council
— Manufacturers, register of (Federation of
British Industries) (book), 492
— Mining Equipment Export Association,
formation of, 773; special meeting, 836 British Motor Corp. Ltd., exports, 63; labour disputes, 189; expansion schemes, 213; possible proclamation to workers on benefits of regular work and pay packets, 221; electricians strike settled, 221; pay increases at, 221; expansion plans, 261; J2 light utility motor vehicle, 288; US sales, 373; *
493; output marred plant at Bathgate, 629; facture in Midlands, British Trade Fair, Bathgate plant capacity, 836; production statistics and future plans, 836; hours of work, 836; fall in output, 861; Minimotor van, 876
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association,
corrosion resistance of aluminium bronze, 182; improved standards for chromium plating, 742; instrument to test plating thickness, 742
British Nylon Spinners Ltd., nylon and rubber for Dracone inflatable barge, 368
British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd., formation of, 693; investing companies, 693; purchase of shares in MIFERMA, 693
British Overseas Airways Corp., escape slide for Boeing 707 aircraft (Palmer), 400; service through Cairo resumed, last Argonaut aircraft flight for, 563; sale of Argonaut aircraft, 563; record operating profit, 661; position and prospects, 661; first Boeing 707 aircraft accepted, 668
British Oxygen Chemicals Ltd., melamine plastics (trade publication), 667; emulsions (trade publication), 732
British Oxygen Co., position * . .
325; oxygen pipeline to ICI Billingham works, 725
British Oxygen Engineering plants for Scottish Gas Board, 269
British Oxygen Gases Ltd., welding instruction, 9; shrink fitting with liquid nitrogen, 201; Saffire gas cutting equipment for merchant ships, 201; powder cutting underground at Merthyr Vale colliery, 457
British Oxygen Linde Co., Durgapur installation 325; Rourkela installation, 325; Port Kembla installation, 325; oxygen plant for Rourkela steelworks, 391; tonnage oxygen plant for Westfield coal gasification plant, 865
British Oxygen Wimpey Ltd., oxygen plant at Spadeadam rocket research station, 325
British Petroleum Co. Ltd., oil welltestsat Kim- meridge, 63; retail outlets in Canada, 63; activities of, 63; automatic control simulator, 173; survey for oil in Great Britain 183; distillation simulator design, 307; interest in Abadan refinery, 333; new, refinery at Dinslaken, W. Germany, 333; film “ Antarctic Crossing,” 461; history of (book), 594; BP Desomil deodorising fluid, 668; deep water terminal at Angle Bay, Milford Haven, 673; oil refinery for Kwinana, Australia, 765; Ville d’Anjou oil refinery. 836; fuel and oils for Bluebird motor car, 843
British Petroleum Equipment 1959-60 (book), 460
British Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd., drilling at Kimmeridge, 493
British Petroleum Tanker Co., new tanker for, 531
British Plasterboard (Holdings) Ltd., lease of Ferguson House, 693
— Productivity Council, seminar on Variety Reduction, 397; 455
British Racing Motors, failure of valve springs, 496
British Railways, wage policy, 81; comparison with French, 148; strike, public sympathy with, 189; case for one overall union for, 189; a young man’s view on, 253; Guille- baud report on, 253; engineers and scientists employed by, 253; engineers’ salaries, 341; electrification and modernisation, by Sir Brian Robertson, 341 ; distant signal automatic warning system, 368; equipment for, 373; modernisation plan, 373; safety demonstration of electrified lines, 393; future of, by S. Greene, 413; public address systems for Harlow, Essex, and Stratford-on-Avon (Easco Electrical (Holdings) Ltd.), 429; research facilitires for, 466; electrification of Southern Region lines, 485; possible re-organisation, 501; decentralisation and trade unions, 584; Margam marshalling yard, 665; welded track, 685; Bedford— St. Pancras diesel service, 685; diesel locomotives for (Birmingham Railway Carriage), 765; development of improved buffers and couplings, 769; diesel cranes ordered (Cowans, Sheldon and Co. Ltd.), 793; order to English Electric for diesel locomotives, 797; long section welded track, 832; strengthening Royal Albert Bridge, 864-865,
British Recording Club, 772
British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co, Ltd., position and prospects, 555
British Resin Products Ltd., steering column fairing in polyethylene, 407; polyethylene colourants (trade publication), 460; joining polyethylene (trade publication), 460: plastic kick plates for refrigerators, 471 ; copolymerisation process for polyethylene, 503; Rockite dough moulding plastic, 605
— Road Federation, on parking problems, 253; exhibition of car parking at Institution of Civil Engineers, 348; inner London ring Motorway, 571; motor taxation and road building, 836
Argentine sales, by strikes, 629; ; motor car manu- 640; exhibit at New York, 751;
563;
and prospects.
Co., oxygen
British Ropes Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
— Rubber Producers Research Association,
road surface research, 246
— Safety Council, oil heater approval, 404.
See LETTER, 440; Safety Spotlight Isotopes, 484; on stiletto heels, 584
— Scientific Research Association, flowmeter
for liquids, 122
— Shipbuilding Compendium, 1960 (book),
628
—? Shipping, by R. H. Thornton (book), 562 British South African Co., financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660
— Standards Association, improved standards
for chromium plating, 742
—• — Institution, company standards department (booklet), 19; glossary of terms in automatic controlling and regulating systems, 40; joint agency with Canadian Standards Association, 109; restandardisation of gear hobs, 173; equivalent steelspecifications, 183; standard for metal arc welding, 759; filters for welding operations, 91; filters for welding, 423; oil heaters, 595; industrial glove, 605
— Steel Castings Research Association, equiva
lent steel castings specifications, 183
British Steel Construction (Wednesbury) Ltd., steelwork for rebuilding factory of Joseph Sankey and Sons Ltd., 186-187
British Steel Corp., formation of British Investment Corp. Ltd., 693
British Sugar Corp., improved efficiency, British Thomson-Houston Ltd., 132kW circuit breakers for power station, exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
British Timken Ltd,, automatic heat treatment plant installed, 263; automatic heat treatment plant (AEI-Birlec), 831
British Titan Products Co. Ltd., sulphuric acid plant commissioned (Chemical Construction (GB) Ltd.), 295
—? Trade Fair (New York), 531; Tube Investments stand at, 333; Accles and Pollock display, 333; preview of, 429; Fordson tractor exhibit, 461; exhibitors at, 750; details of, 750; shipbuilding exhibit at, 797; Shipbuilding Day, at, 852; success of, 852
— Transport Commission,
locomotives by (Brush repairs to Sharpness docks, 219; increase of wage bill, 253; lease of ground to Regent Oil Co., at Cardiff, 316; financial difficulties, 373; performance and efficiency tests; Southern Region modified Merchant Navy Class 3 Cyl. 4-6-2 Express Passenger steam locomotive No. 35020 (book), 428; delay on continuous braking programme, 621; development of improved buffers and couplings for railways, 769; Performance and Efficiency Tests with Brush Traction Type 2 1,260 bhp. A-l-A /l-l-/f Diesel Electric Locomotive No. D5516, 796
— Waterways, concern over syndets effluents
into rivers, 880
— Welding Research Association, aluminium
bronze welding, 182 ; symposium on fatigue in welded structures, 512; advisory service, 729
Britmac Electrical Co. Ltd., ring main sockets, 368
Britten-Norman Co., Cushioncraft ground effect machine, 373
Brittle materials, extrusion of, 759 Brno Trade Fair, motor car repairs at, 429 Broach, push type (Marley and Co. Ltd.), 48 Broaching can be put to better use, by M. Jellis, 862-863
— Methods of, 862-863
Broadbent, H. R., on skyscrapers into airports, 640
Broadbent, J. T., on draughts and fires, Broadcasters, National Association of. National
Broadcasting, permissible distortion in,
— Programme monitoring in, 100
— Sound, programme switching, control and
monitoring, by R. D. Petrie and J. C. Taylor (book), 732
— Stations, guide to (Wireless World) (book),
732
— Stereophonic, by D. E. L. Shorter, 149 Summary of the present position, by
Dr. G. J. Phillips and D. E. L. Shorter, 707
— Technical problems of, by F. D. Bolt, 241 Problems of, by J. C. Gallagher, 168 Problems of, by Ing. Dr. R. D. A.
Maurice, 305
Problems of, by E. L. E. Pawley, 22
of, by D. E. L. Shorter, 100,
Ore
453
oil
20;
797; exhibitors
diesel Electric),
electric
161;
376
See
101
Problems
149 Brockhouse, J.
prospects, moulder;
publication), 594 Brockhouse Steel Structures, cinema film
“ On Schedule,” 668; prefabricated school buildings, 668
Brocklebank Shipping Line, annual report,
693
Brodoim Peks, order to Cochrane and Co. for marine boilers, 873
Bromide paper, radiographic recording on, by R. O. Couchman, 64
Bronx Engineering Co. Ltd., pay-off stand for Birmetals, 695
Bronze, aluminium. See Aluminium
— Bearings, continuous casting of, 605
— SAE 660, table of properties, 605 Brooke, Henry, Minister of Housing, on
homes for the aged, 153; on advertising regulations, 309; on water from River Stour, 309; on housing, 531
Brookhirst, Igranic Ltd., uniselector control for CVA milling machine at Humber car factory, 199
Brookman, R. S., Ltd., Selfeedrills unit drilling machine, 857
Brooks, H. (Ed.), advances in semiconductor science, 24
& Co. Ltd., position and 53; Lester LI 50 injection 290; grinding heads (trade
Broom, H. S., on Broom and Wade Ltd., 161
Broom and Wade Ltd., sterile compressed air for Pfizer Ltd., 57; on position and prospects of, 161
Broschart, C. B., on young engineer (book), 560
Brower, E. M., on natural convection flow in reactors, 811
Brown, A. F. C. on fatigue strength of studs, 430
Brown Bayley Group, annual report, 621
Brown Bayley Steels Ltd., position and prospects, 621
Brown Boveri and Co. Ltd., design of automatic welding machine for turbine rotor welding, 263; cold roll drives for Rourkela steelworks, 391; lighting installation Rourkela steelworks, experiments, 600
Brown Bros. and Co., acquisition of, 17
Brown, David, Industries Ltd., pinion bobbing machine, 48
Brown, David, Ltd., 850 Implematic tractor with Albion baler, 336; increase in gearbox production, 365; gearbox for Bluebird car, 734
Brown, David, Machine Tool Division, exports of machine tools, 836; order from Czechoslovakia, 836; gear bobbing machine, 855
Brown, D. W., on thermocouple shielding materials, 807
Brown, F. H. S., on economics of nuclear power in Great Britain, 859
Brown, H. E., on elevated-temperature critical experiment reactor, 324
Brown, H. G., on lead storage battery (book), 628
Brown, John, and Co., interest in S. N. Bridges Ltd., 693
Brown, John (S.E.N.D.) Ltd., formation of, 27
Brown, K., on Package Design Engineering (review), 763-764
Brown and Root (Sudamericana) Ltd., Tantan- gara dam, 284
Brown, S. G. Ltd., Arma Brown gyro compass and steering control equipment for Canberra liner, 463
Brown, W. R., annual statement of Power- Gas Erection Co., 357
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, commemoration plaque for, 43; Royal Albert Bridge, 864
Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard, commemoration plaque for, 43
Brunings, J., on organic cooled reactors, 87
Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd., dieselelectric locomotives delivered to BTC, 161; generators for Royal Thai Air Force, 461; DC motor controller, 746
Brussels, automatic mail transfer system, 200 BSA Motor Cycles Ltd., general purpose petrol engine, 194
See British Standards Institution See British Transport Commission Industries Canada, registration of company, 389
BTR Industries, Ltd., position and prospects, 389; subsidiaries of, 389
Bubbler, air, system for ice prevention in seaways (Swedish Atlas Copco), 527
Buchan, S., on rubber to metal bonding (book), 204
Buchanan Bros. Ltd., dial thermometer, 224 Buchanan, C. D.,
conflict, 611
Buckingham, H., on (review). 528
Buckley and Taylor, synchrotron alternators, 811
Buckton testing machine, 384
Budd Co., Tatnall and nuclear divisions to merge, 237; zirconium tubes for Hanford atomic reactor, 586
Budge, W. L., on combination of nuclear and conventional power generating plant, 845 Budget, comment on, 469
— Depreciation and, 181
— Effect on hire purchase, 595
— Reactions to, 555
Buffers, railway, development of improved type (BR), 769
Hydraulic (Dowty), 769
Builders’ Master, London Association. See London
Building, Arcon structure, 315
—? for Atomic reactors, symposium on at Glasgow Royal College of Science, 292
— Cladding, Skinstone (Holland and Hannen
and Cubitts), 502
— Classification Committee, International.
See under International
— Composite construction, 752
— Controls proposed by Radcliffe Committee, 637
— Crane Building yard estate at Sheerness, 341
— Factory, by W. G. Beaton, 616
Design, 616
— Fillers (trade publication), 492
— Fink truss, 315
— Glass in (trade publication), 396
— Glu-Lam timbers for, 6
— Heating system, control in, 392
— High, conditions for (LCC), 821
— Industry, wage claims in, 117
— Insulation in, 316
— Materials exports to Sweden, 333
— Prefabricated, in India (Taylor Woodrow (Building Exports) Ltd.), 99
Steel framed, Multiform (Arcon), 545 — Principles of modern (DSIR book), 628 — Projects and public works, calculations of the cost price and provisional price of, by R. Tofani (book), 268
— Radiation protection in (UAEC report), 415
— Reinforced concrete, examples of design, by C. E. Reynolds (book), 835
— Research, Division of (Canada), precast concrete for winter building (report), 219 Station, stone preservatives, 57; Sites and Foundations, 851
— to resist nuclear attack, by G. H. Albright. 851
for
391; hypersonic
BSI. BTC. BTR
on pedestrian-vehicle
Principles of Electronics
flywheels for Nimrod
Bay (trade publication), 396 Developments Ltd., Sheerness dockconversion, 63; port and industrial
10
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Building service (trade publication), 530
— School, prefabricated (Brockhouse), 668
— Steel (trade publication), 396 Building with Steel (new journal), 426
— Trades Employers, National Federation of.
See National
— Wall cladding for, 540
— Wind loading on. See LETTERS, 248, 441
— Winter, precast concrete for (report), 219 Bulk loads, Bedford chassis body for, 271 Bulldog garden spades and forks, 372
Bullock, A., on life and times of Ernest Bevin (book), 547
Bullows, Alfred, and Sons Ltd., spray gun for vitreous enamels, 192
Bull's Metal and Marine Ltd., reserve propeller for Canberra liner, 400
Bungalow in aluminium (Coseley), 740
— Heat storage system for, 804
Bunker, coal, level indicator (National Coal Board), 393
— Ore, basalt tile lined, 678
Burckhardt, C. H., on Residential and Commercial Air Conditioning (book), 835
Burdon, E. S., on preventing fretting corrosion, 712-713
Bureau of Mines. See United States National
— of Standards. See United States National Burgee for atomic propelled ships, 355 Burgess Products Company Ltd., noise
silencing equipment for unmanned power stations, 56
Burglar, science and, by C. V. Hart, 749
Burmah Oil Co. (Pipe Lines), orders placed for Nohorkatiya pipeline equipment, 595; agents for Oil India (Private) Ltd., 595
Burmeister and Wain, new company in Portugal, 205
Burmeister and Wain’s Maskinog Skibsbyggeri, order position, 389
Burner, exhaust fume (General Motors), 252
— Tunnel (Barlow-Whitney Ltd.), 256
Burton, C. R. C.,on geologists’ and engineers’ fees, 773; on subsidies for consulting engineers and geologists, 836
Burton, J., on methods of measurement and control in industry (book), 132
Bus, automatic passenger loading recording equipment for (West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd.), 201. See LETTERS, 313, 377
— Leyland “ Atlantean,” removal of engine
from, 271
Gift from Australia to Indonesia, 621
— in lieu of trains, 542
— Queue shelter (Aluminium Development
Association), 368
— Routemaster, front subframe of, 271 Plastic upholstery in, 311
— Vacant Seat Indicator, 313. See LETTER, 377 Busbar material, aluminium alloy, heat
treated, 343
— — Aluminium, purity of, 343 Business Archives, exhibition of, 469
— Economists’ Group, the
management, 677
— Efficiency Exhibition, 591;
exhibitors, 668
Butler, J., on compression
economist in
statistics and
and transfer moulding of plastics (book), 204
Butler, R. A., on traffic wardens, 245; on affairs of the ETU, 381
Buton pipe, glass reinforced, with nitrile rubber-pvc lining (Esso), 710
Butterfield, W. P. Ltd., fabrication of aluminium bronze products, 182; aluminium spirit tank for road tanker, 271
Butyl rubber for inner tubes, 273 Seals for Skydrol fluids, 310 for tyres, 273
BX Plastics Ltd., polythene film (trade
publication), 60; polystyrene plant for Russia, 99
Byerly, W. E., on Elementary Treatise on Fourier’s Series (review), 730
Byford, A. N., on nuclear reactor for smaller ships, 553
Byrne, J. G., on testing concrete and mortar in tension, 384
CABLES (trade publications), 96, 628
— Canada-UK (Submarine Cables Ltd.), 789
— CANTAT, to Canada, 301
— Domestic heating (BICC), 789
— Drums, advertising on (AEI), 629
— Electric, cross bonding technique (W. T,
Glover and Co.) ,789
— Elements, Merplex pvc, 602
— Joints, electric, epoxy resin for (Johnson &
Phillips Ltd.), 565
— for Kariba Dam, 658
— Loom for trotting track (British Insulated
Callender’s Cables Ltd.), 399
— Polythene-insulated pvc, 18
— Rack (trade publication), 396
—- RE (trade publication), 300
— Semi-flexible, for radio frequency, 241
— Super-tension, gas filled, Belvedere-Syden
ham, 789
— Tester (trade publication), 268
— Trans Pacific telephone, 301
Cable and Wireless Ltd., construction and maintenance of Pacific telephone cable, 301
— See also Power transmission; Wire
Cabot, G. L., carbon black plant to be built in Italy, 873
Cadbury-Brown, H. T., new building for Royal College of Art, 63
Cadmium sulphide crystals (AEI), 802
Cage winders (trade publication), 332
Cairncross, Dr. A. K., on Clydeside industry and people, 446; historic note on Clydeside, 446
Calculating machine, Nisa (General Trade Equipment), 576
—- — Sumlomatic (Bell Punch Co.), 207 Calculations of the cost price and provisional price of building projects and public works, by R. Tofani (book), 268
Calculator, desk, Bergmann Unical (Kenneth Miles), 240
Calculus and analytic geometry, elements of, by G. B. Thomas Jr. (book), 868
Calcutta Port Trust, equipment for tugs, order placed, 797
Calder Hall, AGR complex. 787
Atomic reactor, sales difficulties, 195 Atomic reactor simulator at, for operator training (Short Bros. and Harland), 196 Use of nuclear process heat, 788 Calendar clocks (trade publication), 764 California University, research on air-bearing machines, 46
Calimaster fuel pump test machine (Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd.), 329
Callen, H. B., on Thermodynamics (book), 796 Callow, F. E. (Engineers) Ltd., Bedford chassis body design for bulk and sack loads, 271
Calver, C. M. G., Ltd., machine equipment (trade publication), 562
Cam Gears Ltd., take over of steering division of George Kent Ltd., interest in by George Kent Ltd. and Gear and Tool Co., 523
CAM BA Register of British Industrial ducts for Canada (book), 364
Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd., high crimination potentiometer, 158; thermocouple for pipes, 193
Cambridge University, collapse behaviour of bolted frame, by T. M. Charlton, 218; symposium on fatigue in welded structures, 512. See Correction^ 641
CAMEN, interest in atomic marine propulsion, 617; coordinating fall-out measurement stations, 617; coordinating atmospheric radiation check stations, 617; laboratory construction at San Piero a Grado, 617
Camera, Image Orthicon (EMI), 668
— Recording, for satellite positions, 243
— Stereoscopic television (Pye), 716
— Television. See Television
— Tube, television, with memory (EMI
Electronics Ltd.), 122
— Wreciss wide angle, for guided missiles, 211 Cameron, Dr. H. K., appointed manager of
GEC atomic energy division, 324
Camies, B. S., on principles of frequency modulation (book), 132
Caminer, D. T., on computers, 465
Cammell Laird, position and prospects, 757; holdings in English Steel Corp., 757
Camp Bird, formation of Rowe Automatic Merchandising, 205
Camp Century atomic power plant (Aleo Products), 515
Campbell, D., tests on Turbocraft, 21; Bluebird motor car design, 711, 734
Campbell, D. P., on process dynamics (review), 131
Camvac. See Vacuum Research {Cambridge} Canada, atomic energy policy of, public debate on, 124
Programme, Parliamentary review of, 16
— Cable from UK to (Submarine Cables
Ltd.), 789
— CANTAT cable link to, 301
— Concrete use in, 219
— Economic position of, 135
— Electrical exports to, 109
— Hydro-electric power in, 187
— Rise in deficit of international payments, 461
— Roadbuilding programme, 251
— Uranium production, 650
Canadian General Electric Co., power reactor experiment at Whiteshell, 260
— National Research Council, Division of
Building Research. See Building Research Canadian Pacific Line, Empress of Canada launched, 702
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., track inspection with Hydrail car, 62
— Standards Association, joint agency with
British Standards Institution, 109
Canal, Grand Contour, 574, 681, 848
— Manchester Ship, 851
— Suez, Pye VHF radio for, 27
— Welland, construction contracts, 7
Canberra liner, 28, 431; AEI control console for propulsion machinery, 134; statistics, 350; design details (Harland and Wolff), 366; Hyston watertight doors for (J. Stone and Co.), 336; reserve propeller for (Bulls), 400; Arma Brown gyro compass and steering control equipment for, 463; Tufnol bearings for rudder and propeller shafts, 534
Candu atomic power station, 220 MW turbogenerator for (AEI Ltd.), 292
Power station, completion date, 810 Reactor, possible suspension of construction, 124
Cannon, L., on ETU troubles, 547
Canopy, aluminium, for circular building for petrol station, 79
CANTAT cable link to Canada, 301
Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico of Trieste, ten year agreement with Babcock and Wilcox (US), 260; construction of nuclear ship, 260; cooperation with Babcock and Wilcox (America), 603; consulting agreement with Babcock and Wilcox (America), 617
Capacitance bridge, TF1342 (Marconi), 449
— Relay (Bailey), 875 Capacity (trade publication), 167
Cape Building Products Ltd., Asbestolux for fire protection of steel buildings, 851
Cape Sable, merchant ship to carry unboxed export cars to US, 365
Capital Airlines, plan to stop foreclosure proceedings, 701
— Investment, Board of Trade survey on, 161 Capper, P. L., on mechanics of engineering
soils (book), 667
Capps, A., bungalow run by sunshine, 804 Capps, A. W., on inventors and inventions, 717; on speaking our minds, 776
Capps, M., heat balance calculations for bungalow run by sunshine, 804
Capricorn. See Plain Words articles Capsule for Project Mercury (McDonnell Aircraft Corp.), 634
Car, motor. See Motor car
— Parking. See Motor car parking
— Rail. See Carriage
gear 523; Ross
Pro-
dis-
Caravelle aircraft, 603
Carbide, aluminium-boron, alloy products (High Duty Alloys Ltd.), 503
Carbon (trade publication), 460 Carbonitriding, closed quench furnace for (Electric Resistance Furnace Co.), 84
Carborundum Co. Ltd., silicon ceramics, 38; silicon carbide foam, 279; pumps for molten aluminium, 572; Fiberfrax fibrous refractory ceramic, 572
Carburising, gas, closed quench furnace for (Electric Resistance Furnace Co.), 84
Carchidio, M., on CAMEN projects, 617 Carcinotron microwave valve. Parliamentary concern about, 601
Valve, radar jammed by, 601
Card, punched. See Punched card
— Vending machine, 238
Cardiff, oil terminal for Regent Oil Co., 316 Careers, choice of (booklet) (Ministry of Labour), 626
— Physics as, by N. Clarke (book), 204
— Review of books on, 94
Carflow conversion system for grain/car carrying ships, 625
Cargo handling through ship’s side, 28
— Liner. See Liner
— Ship. See Ship
Carlton Cycles Ltd., taken over by Raleigh Industries Ltd., 333
Carlton engineering service for collieries (NCB), 760
Carltonian air-drying enamel (Wareing Bros. and Co. Ltd.), 215
Carmel College, timber shell roof for synagogue, 720
Carnegie Corp., contribution to Australia’s radio telescope, 498
Carpet, Wilton, with woven in heating element, 468
Carrera GT Porsche motor car, 386
Carriage, railway, aluminium, stress determination, 799
Bogie for Milan underground system, 207 Construction in aluminium, 798
Plastic doors for (Bakelite Ltd.), 215 Seats for (Microcell Engineering), 197 Stress analysis of, by A. H. Lucas, 669 Warerite laminates for (Bakelite Ltd.), 215
Carrier, straddle, medium capacity (Hyster Co.), 85
Carroll, L., on Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale (review), 428; on Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic (review), 428
Carron Co., cargo transporter, 28
Carron Iron Works, history of, 14
Carron, W. J., on unofficial action by shop stewards, 645
Carruthers, J. H., and Co., Flowmaster vertical centrifugal pump, 701; European demonstration tour, 701
Carslaw, H. S., on conduction of heat in solids (book), 132
Carsons Bros. (Productions), exhibit at
National Business Efficiency Exhibition, 668
Cartagena to Mostaganem submarine pipeline proposed, 437
Carter, B. and F., and Co. Ltd., clutches (trade publication), 268
Carter Controls Inc., rotary torque actuator, 837
Carter, E. F., redesign of internal combustion engine, 252
Carter, J. M., on new research, 713-714
Carter and Parker Ltd., “ live storage ” system at, 93
Carter rotary torque actuator (British Area), 837
Carter Thermal Engineering Ltd., air-conditioning plant
Cartmell, E., on (book), 167
Cartridge hammer
Co. Ltd.), 418
Cartwright, H., appointed director of industrial power, UKAEA, 160; on nuclear power programme, 859
Casaccia laboratories to replace Ispra Research Centre, 617
Cascelloid Co., moulding with Rockite dough moulding plastic, 605
Cascophen adhesive, 6
Case, J., on strength of materials (book), 364 Case, J. I., Co. Ltd., Terraloader shovel loading machine, 379
Cases, packing, of plywood (Venesta), 294 Rapid closure of, 294
— Plywood export (Venesta), 294
Cash rank, lightweight (General Trade Equipment), 171
Cass testing chromium plating, 742
Cassagne, P., demonstration of compatible colour television, 707
Cassie, W. F., on mechanics of engineering soils (book), 667
Casson, Sir Hugh, new building for Royal College of Art, 63
Cassuto, A., review of To Feed the Hungry. See LETTER, 76
Cast irons (trade publication), 667
Corrosion in, 470
Foamed, 279
High duty (trade publication) 460
Influence of silicon on corrosive wear, by Graham, Prado, Collins, Brandes and Farmery, 470
Nickel, Ni-Resist (INCO-Mond), 471 Spheronic (S. Russell and Sons Ltd.), 471 Castelco (GB) Ltd., miniature switches (trade publication). 204
Castelli, F., on SELNI power station output, 618
Casting alloys, aluminium (trade publication), 699
—• — Nickel (trade publication), 732
— Aluminium, for vacuum valve (Vacuum
Research Ltd.), 134
— Continuous, of bronze bearings, 605
— Mechanised, for glass moulds (Dilworth &
Carr)i 525
— of plastics for printing rollers, 422
— Steel, specifications, 183
for Kalamazoo chemistry for
guns, Bossong
Ltd., 198 engineers
(Bossong
Catalytic combustion chamber, DSIR, 252
— Exhaust fume burner (General Motors), 252
— Fume reactor. Pyrocore (American Thermo-
catalytic Corp.), 252
Cathode-ray-labelled plan display, by N. J. Smith and P. F. Heggs, 596
Tube, display-storage (d.s.t.), 706 Cathodic protection of metals, 31 I Cathodically protected and unprotected ships, electrical bonding of, by G. A. Bennett, N. S. Dempster and A. J. Wallace, 371
Catmur Machine Tool Corp., press feeder, 814; Moore jig grinding machine, 856
Cattermole, K. W., review of Synthesis of Linear Communications Networks, 331- 332; biographical note, 332
Cauer, W., on synthesis of linear communications networks (review), 331
Caulking, cold (trade publication), 60 Caustic soda (trade publication), 868 Cavalcade analogue digital equipment (Bristol), 737
Cavitation by bismuth, by H. L. Hovenak (paper), 228
— Erosion, tests on, by R. Mathieson and
J. M. Hobbs,
Cawkell, A. E.,
136 on Cawkell Research and Electronics Ltd., 523
Cawkell Research and Electronics Ltd., taken over by Simms Motor and Electronics Corp., 523; equipment for Zeta project, 523
Cawley Plastics, Tufplas pvc and glass polyester laminate, 439
CEA. See Commissariat a V Energie Atomique CEGB. See Central Electricity Generating Board
Ceilings, heated, 602 Cell, fuel. See Fuel cell Cement, asbestos (trade publication), 492 Painting, 152
wall cladding sheet (Universal Asbestos), 541
—• Carrying ship, bulk, for Wilsons (NZ) Portland Cement Ltd. (Henry Robb Ltd.), 797
— and Concrete Association, concrete facing
slabs (booklet), 219; Canadian engineers, petition for elevated roadways, experimental work blocks, 347; tests on Medway Bridge model, 850
— See also Concrete
Cementation Co. Ltd., use of soil stabiliser in Abadan, 271; Kariba coffer dam, 653; preliminary works for Kariba Dam, 653, 655
Cementation Co. (Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., exploration drilling for Kariba Dam, 653
Cementation Group, new shipyard construction in Rio de Janeiro, 63; Pahlavi bridge, 284
CEN. See Centre d'Etude de I'Energie Nucleaire
Centenaries, engineering, 14
— Neophone telephone handset (AEI), 207 Central America, free trade area, 453
Undeveloped markets in, 333
Central Electricity Generating Board, annua report, 37; generation of electricity by low temperature plasmas and MHD methods, 118; order for transformers, 161; atomic reactor operator training at Calder Hall, 196; Fluidrive couplings, 453; employment statistics, 509; salaries in, 509; students and apprentices in, 509; training in, 509; prospects after training, 509; low grade fuel plan, 624; Harker- Penwortham 275 kV overhead line, 673; Pattern of Power, 761; Anglo-French
power project commenced, 761; manpower in, 780. See also Atomic power stations: Power stations
— Heating. See Heating
— Office of Information, Britain: an Official
Handbook, 492
Central Rediffusion Services, Associated- Rediffusion television studio, 785
Centralube Ltd., Hercules foot pump for heavy lubricants, 224
Centre d’Etude de I’Energie Nucleaire (CEN), 483
Centre for Interfirm Comparison, conference on company success, 1
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, social research in industry, 700
Centrifloc clarifiers at Abbey Works steelworks, 865
Centrifugal fans (trade publication), 364
— Governor (Electro Dynamic), 552
— Pump. See Pump
Centrifuge for bituminous mixture testing (Soiltest Inc.), 194
— Gas, development, 291
for uranium enrichment, 291
Centropress laminating machine (Mather and Platt), 759, 779
Century of traction engines, by W. J. Hughes (book), 562
Ceramic, fibrous refractory, Fiberfrax (Carborundum), 572
— Sheaths for thermocouples, 807
— Silicon, for high temperatures, 38 Cermet, Metamic, as hot bearing material
(Morgan Crucible), 679
247, properties of, 679
— Sheaths for thermocouples, 807
CERN. See European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Cessna 3IOC aircraft, use by Constructors John Brown Ltd., 578
Ceylon, telephone equipment for, 99
Chains and chain drives (trade publication), 132
— Stores, data processing in, 199
— Testers’ Association of Great Britain,
annual general meeting, 685
Chair for disabled factory workers (Remploy), 733
Chalk River atomic reactor accidents, 691 Mechanical handling of fuel, by J. W. Langhaar, 586
Research reactors NRX and NRU, Savannah River to reprocess fuel for, 585
host to visiting 219; design com- * - . 251;
on stress in anchor
Chamberlain Industries Ltd., increase tractor output, 333
Chambers of Commerce, Association British. See Association
Commonwealth and Empire Congress of, 531
Chambers, S. P., chairman-elect of ICI Ltd., 301; on sale of polythene process knowledge, 301
Chambon MSA300 grinding machine (Southern Engineering), 354
Champion Spark Plug Co. Ltd., high speed closing of packing cases, 294
Chance Vought Aircraft Co., new wage contract, 781
F8U aircraft. Fluoroflex plastics used in, 342
Chandos Committee on replacement of Queen liners, 350, 469; operation of Queen Mary liner replacement, 773
Chandos, Lord, on personnel training, chairman of Chandos Committee, on Northern Ireland, 510 ; on collaboration with A. Reyrolle and and C. A. Parsons and Co., 587; annual review of AEI, 621; on loss on Berkeley nuclear power station, 621; on research partnership with Reyrolle and Parsons, 621; on Electricity—The New Horizon, 780
Change, Plain Words on, 312 Change-giving machines (Brecknell, Dolman &
Rogers Ltd.), 238-239 Changing America—at work and play, by A. W.
Zelomek (review), 202 Channel Bridge, compared with tunnel 469 details of, 475
— English, car ferry services, 188. See
LETTER, 280
— — Crossing without a tunnel, 188 Hovercraft as ferry, 188 Survey of, 457
— Ferries, air, 571
— Power link, Anglo-French, 709
— Tunnel, Anglo-European railway link by,
181
—? — Compared with bridge, 469 Cost of, 475 Effect on railways, by Sir Brian Robertson, 181
— — Pros and cons of, 475
Study Group, report of, 475, 571. See
LETTER, 640 Chantiers de I’Atlantique (Penhoet-Loire),
construction of liner France, 702 Chapanis, A., on Research Techniques in
Human Engineering (review), 698 Chapman, N. F., on equipment of BBC television film studios, Ealing (book), 460 Chappuis universal press (Stuart Davis), 854 Charge machine model for R3'Adam reactor, 388
Charger, battery (Oldham and Son Ltd.), 642 Charging machines for atomic reactors, 334.
See also 328
Charlesworth, Dr. G., appointed head of London traffic management unit. Ministry of Transport, 253
Charlton, T. M., on collapse behaviour of a bolted frame, 218; on energy principles in applied statics (book), 236
Charlton, Weddle and Co. Ltd., ANFO antifouling system for ships, 457
Charnock, Prof. George Frederick, historic note, 14
Chart, Gantt, 423
— Recorder, flat bed (Unicam Instruments
Ltd.), 122
— See-How work loading (New Industrial
Charting and Publicity Ltd.), 432
Charter Shipping Co. of Bermuda, tanker under construction, 836
Charter Steam Shipping Co., launching of tanker Mantua, 595
Chartered engineers, common title for, by Sir Willis Jackson, 317
Chase and Sons, polyethylene tapes, 846 Chaste, R., demonstration of compatible colour television, 707
Chatwin, Thomas, and Co. Ltd., small tools (trade publication), 132; non-cylindrical turning (trade publication), 562
Chemic, review of Chemical Engineering Practice, 58-59; biographical note, 60 Chemicals (trade publication), 460
— Analysis. See Analysis
?— Apparatus, corrosion of, by G. L. Schwartz and M. M. Kristal (review), 731
Chemical Construction Co. (G.B.) Ltd., filtering and chemical recovery equipment, 174; sulphuric acid plant for British Titan Products Co. Ltd., 295; phosphoric acid (trade publication), 732; sulphuric acid plant for Greece, 836
— Effects of nuclear transformations, inter
national symposium, Prague (lAAE), 484, 849
— Engineering practice, by H. W. Cremer and
T. Davies (review), 58
— Grout, AM-9 (Cyanamid), 850
— Industry in Northern Ireland, 511 Society of. See Society
—? Makers (trade publication), 492
— and physical constants, table of (book), 132
— Pipeline, Southampton to Severn, 293 ?— Plant for Russia (PG Engineering), 99 Turbro (Turner and Brown), 455
— Processing of power reactor fuels, by A. M.
Platt, 585
— Reviews, Russian (Chemical Society), 266
— Road transport in bulk, 264
— Society, Russian
Chemistry, 266; Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry, Reviews, 266
— Thermodynamics, elementary, by D. Shir-
eby (book), 364
Chemists, Cosmetic, of Great Cosmetic
Chemistry for Engineers, by (book), 167
— of high octane fuels, 566
— Inorganic, Russian journal
Society), 266
— Micro, symposium on, at Birmingham, 171
of
341; 350; AEI Co.,
Journal of Inorganic
266; Russian Chemical
Britain. See
E. Cartmell
of (Chemical
Chemistry, organic fluorine, recent developments in, by Prof. J. C. Tatlow (lecture), 873
— Physical, Russian journal of (Chemical
Society), 266
of steelmaking, by J. F. Elliott (review), 165
— and physics of glasses and glass technology,
426
Cheque handling, automatic, by FRED (EMI), 811
Cherdyntsev, Prof. V., on enriched uranium in nature, 724
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (US), road-rail vehicle, 265
Chesterfield Tube, Co., extruding beryllium, 663
Chesterman, James, and Co. Ltd., rules and tapes (trade publication), 594
Chestnut, H., on servomechanisms and regulating system design (book), 428
Chilanga Cement Ltd., cement supply for Kariba Dam, 653
Chile earthquake disaster, 836
Chilver, A. H., on strength of materials (book), 364
Chimneys and smoke. Plain Words on, 344 China, machine tools for (William Asquith), 797
China National Machinery Import Corp., import of machine tools from Asquith’s, 759
— Productivity and innovations in, by Po I-Po,
836
— Science and civilisation in, by J. Needham
(review), 867
Chittagong, port improvements, 251
Chloride Batteries Ltd., lightweight electric vehicle batteries, 63; Exide-lronclad marine battery, 450
Chock, universal towing (Ford), 303
Chow, Ven Te, on open-channel hydraulics (book), 364
Christian! and Nielsen Ltd., BP’s deep water terminal. Angle Bay, Milford Haven, 673; Medway bridge, 850
Chromalloy Corp., molybdenum production, 74; high purity chromium from decomposition of the iodide, 847; properties of lochrome, 847
Chromatographic analysis apparatus for Russia (Griffin and George), 171
Chromium, high purity, from decomposition of the iodide, 847
— Iodide, high purity chromium from, 847
— Plating, Cass testing, 742 Corrodkote testing, 742
Duplex nickel undercoats for, 743 —? — Improved standards for, 742 Chronometer, ATE crystal (Communications Systems Ltd.), 480
— Crystal (Sperry), 716
Chrysler Corp., experiments to limit car exhaust fumes, 252; Duplex nickel plating process, 743
Chubb and Son’s Lock and Safe Co., Ltd., lever locks, 708; Security range of locks, 708
Chuck, Fimax magnetic (Darwins Ltd.), 289 Church, electric heaters for (Ecko), 501
Church, G. A., on problems in the strength o materials (book), 268
— Lighting (GEC), 501
— Maintenance and equipment news for
(magazine), 501
— Planned giving campaigns, 501
— Thermodare heating systems for, 501 Churchill, Charles, and Co. Ltd., Spiropoint
drill grinder, 290
Churchill, J. F., on Skydrol fluids, 310 Churchill Machine Tool Co. Ltd., TWA roll grinding machine, 815
Chute for coal, aluminium (Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 200
— Coke, basalt tile lined, 678 Chute-des-Passes to Isle Malignes aluminium
transmission towers (Aluminium Co. of Canada), 821
CIBA (A.R.L.) Ltd., Glu-Lam timbers for new building, 6; Aeroweb panels for Bluebird car, 711, 735; Redux film adhesive, 711; Hidux film adhesive, 711
Ciment Fondu, synthetic aggregate for, 187 Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., trends machining rates, 790
Cinema film. See Film, cinema
Circuits, a.c., theory of, by S. Fich and J. Potter (book), 396
— Active, conductance design of, by K. Pullen, Jr. (book), 132
— Analysis, electrical, by K. Stephen (book), 460
— Breaker. See Switchgear
— Coaxial, rented from GPO, 168
— Electric, theory, by F. A. Benson and D. Harrison (book), 167
— Electronic, theory, by H. J. Zimmermann and S. J. Mason (book), 96
— Transistor, for engine ignition, 537 Circulator, coolant, with gas bearings for
Windscale reactor (Ruston and Hornsby), 20 Citroen Co., new plant at Rennes, 373 City of New York cargo ship, fitted with Carflow system, 625
Civil Engineering Construction Conciliation Board, exposed work wage rates, 43
Contractors, Federation of. See Federation
Industry, design in, 143. See LETTER, 280 Industry, exports of, 142
Industry, manpower in, 142
Industry, materials in, 143
Industry, plant in, 142
Industry, position and prospects of, 142
Industry, research in, 143
Problems overseas, conference on, 851
?—? — Sites, safety legislation for, 213
— Service Clerical Association, annual conference, 781
Pay Research Unit, report on salaries, 853
Scientists, pay increases for, 853
Shorter hours claim, 285
Civilisaticn and science in China, by J. Needham (review), 867
CLA value in surface measurement, 230-231 Claas Bros., farm machinery, 629; offer of factory site in Australia, 629
Claas, H., inspection of Australian site for proposed Claas Bros, plant, 629
Clack, E. J., sculptures at Ferguson House, 693 Cladding, aluminium, for steam pipes, 847
— for buildings. Skinstone (Holland &
Hannen and Cubitts), 502
— for walls, 540
Clamp, drill, magnetic, Magnetor (Melbro Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 256
— Lifting, for plate (Interlas Ltd.), 13
— Pipe, for fork truck (Hyster Co.), 417
— Work (Odoni Equipment Ltd.), 12
Clark, Charles, and Son (Commercial Vehicles), bought by Owen Organisation, 823
Clark, D., on revision of terminology in atomic science, 859
Clark, George F., press feeder, 814
Clarke, Chapman and Co. Ltd., deck machinery for Siren lighthouse tender, 367; reversing turbine, 779
Clarke, N., physics as a career (book), 204 Clarke, R. W., Atomic Energy Project selected abstracts, 833
Clarkson, H., and Co., backing for Dracone Operations Ltd., 293
Clausen, H., on speaking our minds, 808 Clay aggregate, sintered, for use in Aglite lightweight concrete, 415
Clay, H. M., on older worker and his job, 611 Clay, montmorrillonite, disposal of high activity atomic wastes baked into, 196
Clayton, H., on heavy electrical equipment, 216 Clayton, James, Lecture, by W. G. Lovell, 566 Clean Air Act, application of, 174; Plain
Words on, 344; garbage disposal and, 500
— Production, factory design for, 820 Cleaner, ultrasonic, filter for (Dawe Instru
ments Ltd.), 48
Rapiclean (Ultrasonics Ltd.), 84
— Vacuum, Electrolux 65, 244
Series motors in, 533
Cleaning gases at high temperature, by Dr.
W. Strauss and Prof. M. W. Thring, 558
— Machine, floor, Jetstream (Kent Floor Ma
chine Co. Ltd.), 577
— and Maintenance Exhibition, London, 189
— Units, ultrasonic, using semi-conductors
(Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 211
— Vacuum, for BBC television studios, 761 Cleary, A. B., on engineering graduates of
Nottingham, 607
Clegg, H. A., on New Approach to Industrial Democracy (review), 795-796
Clegg, J. W., on uranium ore processing (review), 236
Clelands Ltd., Triton underwater oil drilling platform, 629
Cleveland, A. E., on spark-ignition engines, 824 Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd., formation of ACD Bridge Co., 688
Cliffe Hill Granite Co. Ltd., automatic stone batching plant installed, 456
Climax Molybdenum Co., molybdenum production, 74
Clocks, calendar (trade publication), 764 Close, R. A., review of Scientific Background, 763; biographical note, 764
Cloth, aluminised asbestos (Turner Bros.), 247 Clothing Trade Exhibition, International
(I960), 314; 607
Clough, P. J., on metallising activities, 438 Clubs for engineers, 153
Clutches (trade publication), 268
— Ball, Stieber Rollkupplung (Machine Shop
Equipment Ltd.), 837
— Disc (Westool Ltd.). 716
— Magnetic (Crofts (Engineers) Ltd.), 321
— Slipping (Metaducts Ltd.), 840 Clyde river, twin road tunnel, 625 Clydesdale portable machine tools (David
Reekie and Sons Ltd.), 258
Clydeside employment statistics, 446-447
— Engineering growth on, by H. J. Novy, 446.
See LETTER, 504, 542, 744
— Historic note on, by Dr. A. K. Cairncross,
446
— Industry and people, by Dr. A. K. Cairn
cross, 446
— New firms and industries in, 447
— Yearly emigration from, 446
CNRN. See Comitato Nazionale per Richerche Nucleari
CO;. See Carbon dioxide
Coach, railway. See Carriage; Railcar
Coal Board, National. See National Coal Board
— Bunker level indicator (National Coal
Board), 393
— Cheap, competition with atomic reactor
process heat, 195
— Chute, aluminium (Northern Aluminium
Co. Ltd.), 200
— Fires, underfloor draught, 108
— Gas. See Gas
— Gasification works, high pressure. West
field, 865
— Hat Creek deposit, Canada, 301
— Industry, by Sir James Bowman, 845 in Europe, position and prospects of, 83 National Union of Mineworkers’ proposals for, 81
Position and prospects of, 1
Prospects in Europe, 539
TUC study of, 81
Wage claim in, 117 —? — in Yorkshire, 549
— Market for (report), 309
— Mine. See Colliery
— Mining industry. See Coal industry Opencast, in Derbyshire, 81
— Production for 1960, 171
— Situation and prospects in Europe (ECE
report), 1
— Stocks and production, 27
— Tar Research Association, Coke and
Chemistry USSR, 202
— Trades Directory and Colliery Year Book
(book), 396
— Transported by pipeline, 719
— Transportation by pipeline, 793
Coal Utilisation Research Association, British. See British Coal Utilisation Research Association
— Water experimental pumping system, 719 Coalfields in Wales, 647
Coated Metals Ltd., aluminised mild steel, 39 Coatings, epoxy resin, 439
— for exhaust valves (trade publication), 492
— Fluidised plastics, 604
— Plastic, Whirlclad division, 439
?— Unichrome Super vinyl, 503
Coaxial circuits rented from GPO, 168
Cobex pvc acid tanks (Turner and Brown), 455
Cochran and Co., marine boilers for Brodo- impeks, 873
Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd., Sinupac packaged boiler, 747
Cockburns of Glasgow, safety valves for gas cooled reactor at Windscale, 52
Cockcroft, Sir John, on atomic material testing facilities, 159; on CERN’s proton synchrotron, 228; to preside over radiation section of Royal Society of Health spring meeting, 228; on steam generating heavy water moderated atomic reactors, 553
Cockcroft, Dr. W. H., review of Mathematics for Higher National Certificate, 298; biographical note, 300
Cockerell, W. D., on Industrial Electronics Handbook (review), 528
Cockett, A. H., on low-temperature techniques (book), 594
Codd, J., on change of reactivity of pile, 811 Cohen, George, 600 Group Ltd., Pingon P200 tower crane, 418
Cohen, George, Sons and Co. Ltd., Barnes press, 818
Cohn, C. E., atomic pile noise, 15-16
Coils, aluminium foil (Venesta), 775
— Spring. See Spring
— Winding machine (Westool Ltd.), 85
Machine, Arnold (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.), 193
Machine, Supermatic (Avo Ltd.), 551 Coin collecting telephone, 238
— Counting machine, Sautocount (ICC
Machine Co.), 239
Coin Insulation Ltd., polyester resin contactor covers, 173
— Operated mechanisms, 238
— Tests in automatic vending machines, 238 Coke and Chemistry USSR, 202
— Chutes, basalt tile lined, 678
Coke, G., on oil v. atomic energy for power production, 650
— Gasifier, pressurised (Constructors John
Brown Ltd.), 295
Coking installation, Rourkela steelworks, 391 Cold Box refrigerator (GEC), 570
— Caulking (trade publication), 60
— Flow forming, future techniques, 826
— Heading machine, Peltzer and Ehler
(Rockwell), 449
Cole, S., organisation of lAAE international symposium, Prague, 849
Coles Emperor mobile crane (Steels Engineering Products Ltd.), 322
Collapse behaviour of a bolted frame, by T. M. Charlton, 218
Collcutt, R. H., on stock control, 232
Collector trolley for travelling cranes (Fuller Electric Ltd.), 85
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield. See Cran- field
Colliery, engineering service for (NCB), 760
— Managers, National Association of. See
National
—? Merthyr Vale, modernisation, 457
— Monkton Hall, AM-9 chemical grout, 850
— Warsop, tower mounted friction winders
(AEI Ltd.), 304
— Woodend, experimental hydraulic transport
system, 719
— Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
(book), 396
— See also Mines; Coal
Collins, on influence of silicon in cast iron on corrosive wear, 470
Music Hall as timber store, 397
P. D., on Applied Mechanics (book).
le
Collins’ Collins, 699
Collis, system.
& Sons, Transveyor conveyor
333
See Accidents
Collisions.
Colonial Development Corp., financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660
Colonial Stores (USA), automatic vending machines in, 223
Colorado Interstate Gas Co., petroleum removal from gas gathering system, 719 Colorado River aqueduct, duplication of (American Pipe and Construction Co.), 720 Colour comparator (AEI), 256
— and human activity, by M. Deribere (book),
396
— Television. See Television
— Visual problems of, symposium at National
Physical Laboratory (review), 166
Colourants, polyethylene (trade publication), 460
Columbian Carbon, new plant to be built in Italy, 873
Columbium. See Niobium
Colvilles Ltd., 68 in hot strip mill for, 27; position and prospects, 261; new plant at Gartcosh, 269; plant extension, 293; power house extension at Ravenscraig (GEC), 333; formation of British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd., 693
Combustion Chamber, catalytic, DSIR, 252
Combustion Chemicals Ltd., additives for boilers, 639
Combwich Comecon.
Aid
Comet IV fitted, 768
— 4C aircraft for Middle East Airlines, 461 Comision Federal de Electridad of Mexico, order to AEI Ltd., 765
port, reconstruction of, 262
See Council for Mutual Economic
aircraft, fan cooled brake hubs
Comitato Nazionale per le Richerche Nucleari, functions of, 483; research cooperation with Allis-Chalmers, 603; assistance to Fiat and Ansaldo on atomic marine propulsion and PLUTO type reactor project, 617; uranium-thorium development, 617; cooperation with Nucleate on gas cooled reactor, cooperation with Euratom-USA gramme, 617; budget for research, agreement with Agip Nucleate, Fiat and Montecatini, 617; prototype organic atomic reactor for, 617; search for radioactive minerals in Italy, 617
Commer Cars Ltd., assembly line production in Dunstable plant, 54
Commer | ton commercial vehicle, 270 Commercial Shearing and Stamping Co., liner plates (trade publication), 530
Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique (Belgium), functions of, 483
Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique (CEA), functions of, 483
Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique de Saclay, licence agreements with Edwards High Vacuum Ltd., 589
Commissariat Franfais de I’lndustrie Atomique isotope production, 618
Committee on Company Law, Lord Jenkin, 823
— on Consumer Protection, report on guaran
tees, 349
— for Economic Co-operation in Central
America, free trade conference, 453
— on Solid Smokeless Fuels, 637 Commonwealth countries, low demand for
consumer goods, 603; urgent need of capital investment, 603
Commonwealth Development Finance Co. Ltd., financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660
Commonwealth Edison, Dresden atomic power station operational, 618
— and Empire Chambers of Commerce,
congress of, 531
— and Empire year book, by R. S. Russell
(book), 492
— Journalists, reception for, 741
— Mining and Metallurgical Congress, S,
Africa for 1961 meeting, 848
— Prime Ministers’ meeting, 603
— Scientific and Industrial Research Organisa
tion, floor warming experiments, 468
— Students, Victoria League and, 413
— Technical Training Week, 445, 781
— Telecommunications Conference, 301
— See also Australia: etc.
Communications centre, London as, 687
— Conference, Office Management Associa
tion, 429
— Contract, tactical scatter (Westinghouse),
797
— Engineering, measurement of power spectra,
by R. B. Blackman and J. W. Tukey (book), 530
— Internal, 538
— and language. Plain Words on, 472. See
LETTER, 681
— Micro-wave, radar incompatibility with, 877
— and navigation equipment for Royal
Swedish Air Board (Bendix Aviation Corp.), 99
— Networks, synthesis of linear, by, W.
Cauer (review), 331
Communications Systems Ltd., ATE crystal chronometer and electronic pulse source, 480
Compagnie Francais d’Entreprises, crossChannel bridge, 475
Compagnie Francais des Petroles, oil production and distribution of Saharan oils, 648 Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Ltd., liner France launched, 702
Company law, Jenkins committee on, 381, 823
— Success, conference on, 1
Comparator, colour (AEI), 256 —? Parometer (Sanders), 380
— for viscosity (Control Developments Ltd.),
120
Compass, gyro, Arma Brown, for Canberra liner, 463
Compatible colour television demonstration, 707
Competition, aircraft. Royal Aero Club, 579
— Apprentice, international, 794
— Business and touring aircraft (Royal Aero
Club), 701
— Industrial art, winners and their careers, 547 Complex variable, functions of, by J. Pierpont
(book), 530
Components (trade publication), 268 Composite construction, economies with, by F. A. Lefever, 752
Compressed air bench grinder (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd.), 157
Equipment (trade publication), 364 Lines, Controlube lubricator for (B.E.N. Patents Ltd.), 417
Sterile, for Pfizer Ltd. (Broom and Wade Ltd.), 57
See also Pneumatic Compression, high, barriers to, 566
— Ratio, effect on piston engine, 156
— ?— Variable, in internal combustion engine,
704
— and transfer moulding of plastics, by J.
Butler (book), 204
Compressor, air. See Air compressor
— Blade protection with Rokide coatings
(De Havilland), 847
— Gas. See Gas
— Hydrovane (Hymatic Engineering Co.), 27 Compri-Strip (Thomas W. Ward), 279 Computation and automation, British conference on, 455
Computer Abstracts, new name for Computer Bibliography, 233
— for administration planning, 383
— Analogue, Elliott G-PAC Mk. 2 (Panellit
Ltd.), 225
— Apollo, for air traffic control (Ferranti), 595,
625
— Assembly, 664
Computer Bibliography, renamed Computer Abstracts, 233
— Charges for use, 373
Computer codes for atomic reactors (Martin- Nuclear), 388
— Components, 664
— Conference on, 465
— Decisions by, by E. R. Davies, 382. See LETTER, 472
— Designs by, 382
— for designing engine mountings to control
shake, by E, Stepp, 598
— Deuce general purpose (English Electric), 383
— Digital, reliability, by J. K. Webb, 664 RPC-400 (Royal McBee), 550 Stantec-Zebra, on display, 269
— Discussion of problems by British Computer Society and Institution of Electrical Engineers, 664
— Electronic, simple approach to, by E. H. W. Hersee (book), 428
— Engineering, LGB-30 (Royal McBee Corp.), 208
— the executive and, 465
— in Government service, 664
— Human errors with, 664
— IBM 403, for New York city real estate dept., 563
— Maintenance, 664
— Mechanical limitations of 664
— Misconceptions arising, 465
— Motor car suspension design by, 598
— Pegasus, for piping stress analysis, 736
— for process control (English Electric), 382
— Process control by, 382
— in production, 373
— Programme for analysis of neutron scatter
ing experiments (UKAEA), 516
? for Hi-Spec air surveys (Elliott Bros.
(London) Ltd.), 151
Library (IBM), 373 for thermal neutron flux, 15
— Programming of, 373
— Research on traffic flow, 437
— for road planning, 151
— for Royal Navy, 709
— Solves complex suspension geometry
problems, by K. L. Hoyt, C. F. Maddox, N. R. Miller and D. F. Zawada, 598
— Study of xenon poisoning, 403
—? Time, cost of, by M. B. Abbott, 382
— to translate Russian, 467
— type 1301 (International Computer), 746
— in use, 35
— Users, revised philosophy for, 465
— Uses of, 383
Computing Devices of Canada, PHI navigation system, 397
Computronic accounting machine (National Cash Register Co. Ltd.), 368
Comtois, W. H., on determination of pressure in water system, 811
Conch International Methane Ltd., jointly owned by Royal Dutch Shell Group, Continental Oil, Union Stockyards and Transit Co., 205
Concrete, accelerated-cure, 581
— Aglite lightweight, using sintered clay
aggregate, 415
— Bison precast floor slabs (Concrete Ltd.),
513
— Brushed, as a road surface, 544
— in Canada, 219
— Deteriorated, restoration of, 591
Concrete Development Co. Ltd., railway bridge near Evesham, 115
— Facing slabs (booklet), 219
— Formwork designers handbook, by H. R.
Gill (book), 796
— Frames, precast, for buildings (Concrete
Ltd.), 513
— Freezing and thawing tests on lightweight
aggregate, by P. Kleiger and J. A. Hanson, 513
— Garages, 276
— Hardeners (trade publication), 460
— High pressure water pipes, 269
Concrete Industries (Australia), concrete high pressure water pipes, 269
— Institute, American. See American
Concrete Ltd., cinema film “Precast Concrete,” 348; Bison concrete purlins, 385; precast frames for buildings, 513; Bison floor slabs, 513; Key-Bison electrical ducts, 513
— Mixers (trade publication), 764 14NT/R (Winget Ltd.), 48
— and mortar, testing in tension, by D. P.
O’Clery and J. G. Byrne, 384
— Normal cure, 581
— Old, new life for, 591
— Pipes, inflatable rubber forms for (Fuller
form), 513
— Precast aerated (Thermalite Ytong Ltd,), 295 Cinema film on, 348
— ?— for winter building (report), 219 —- Predictable strength of young, by
Narayanan, 580. See LETTER, 713
— Prepakt, 591
— Purlins, Bison (Concrete Ltd.), 385 —- Reinforced, buildings of, examples
design, by C. E. Reynolds (book), 835
Simply explained, by O. Faber (book), 300
Special rods for and rods (wire and bar) for pre-stressing (book), 460
Without shuttering, 385
— and rock, ultimate loads in, by T. N. W,
Akroyd, 672
— Shells, Styrofoam wire supported forms for,
513
— Shuttering hardener, Moldcote, 284
— Slab floors (British Lift Slab Ltd.), 820
— Steel composite construction, 752 Composite members, tables on (book),
796
— Strength development after casting, by
M. S. Thompson, 713
— -— Near freezing point, by J. M. Plowman,
78, 248, 441. See LETTERS, 184, 313, 344, 408
Testing, apparatus and materials for, 580
— Synthetic aggregate for, 187
— in tropics, by K. H. Best, 851 Condenser tubes (trade publication), 167 Condesco drip regulator (Lyne Frank &
Wagstaff), 747
Condor Formula Junior car, details of, 352 Condor Motor Car Co., Condor junior formula car with Triumph Herald engine, 352 Condoyannis, G. E., on scientific Russian (book), 204; on scientific Russian, 394 Condrup Ltd., spanners and wrenches (trade publication), 562
Conductance design of active circuits, by K. A. Pullen Jr. (book), 132
Conduction of heat in solids, by H. S. Carslaw (book), 132
Conductor wire in aluminium alloy, 343
Aluminium, resistivity of, 343
Conduit, rubber (Vulcascot (Great Britain) Ltd.), 226
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, wage claim, 117; F. Foulkes leader of, 285; on shipbuilding apprentices’ strike, 645
Conference, Amalgamated Engineering Union, 645
— American power, 723
?— Automation and Computation, British, 455
— Civil engineering problems overseas, 851
— Civil Service Clerical Association annual
781
— Commonwealth telecommunications, 301 —? Communications, Office Management Association, 429
— Company success, I
— Computers, 465
— Economic Commission for Asia and Far
East, 187
— Electronic telephone exchanges, 848
— ETU annual, 781
— Fluid mechanics, proceedings of (Texas
University) (book), 868
— Forge modernisation, BISF, 173
— Hot dip galvanising (book), 300
— Geneva, on General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade, 845
— Industrial challenge of nuclear energy,
Stresa, 51, 483, 649
— Institute of Sewerage Purification, 809
— Institution of Plant Engineers, 346, 729
— International heat transfer, 714
— •— Peaceful uses of atomic energy. See
Atomic energy
Safety of life at sea, 860
— Ionising radiation, 484
— National Association of Colliery Managers,
845
— National electronics, proceedings of (book),
460
Fire protection, 309
Power farming, Cheltenham, 277
— Non-destructive testing in electrical engi
neering, 473
— Nuclear science and engineering, 723
— Overseas engineering problems, 773
— Planning for road safety, 611
— Radioisotopes in physical science and
industry, 484
— Residential, on major developments in
liquid fuel firing 1948-59 (book), 796
— Science in the New Nations (Israel), 413
— Semiconductors, proceedings of (review), 24
— Shipbuilding, sponsor for shipbuilding day
at British Trade Fair, New York, 797
— Social research in industry, 700
— Solid mechanics, proceedings of (book), 835
— Standards, American Standards Association,
Proceedings of (review), 95
— Stresa, 51, 483, 649
— Summit, influence on aircraft industry, 741
— World power, 792, 859; sun as energy
source, 805; solving power shortage problems, 810
Confindustria, annual meeting, 453; Italian employment statistics, 453
Congress of Commonwealth and Empire Chambers of Commerce, 531
— International astronautical, proceedings of,
by F. Hecht (review), 490
— International Federation of Automatic
Control (Moscow), preliminary notice, 77
— International Federation of Automatic
Control, 455
— International Scientific Film Association,
Prague, 849
— International scientific management, 341
— Mining and metallurgical. Commonwealth,
S. Africa for 1961 meeting, 848
— Occupational Health, proceedings of (book),
530
—? Scientific Management, 349
— Traffic, 1960, 249
Connector, waste, Key-Conex (Key Engineering), 20
Connectored assemblies, fabrication manual for, 385
Connell, Charles, and Co. Ltd., completion of motorship Craigallian, 19; order position, 531; diesel liner for Ben Line, 531; tanker construction, 836; cranes in tandem for heavy lifts, 836
Conseil Europeen de la Construction Electro- Domestique, London meeting with BEAMA, 709
Consett dam, building to commence, 187 Consett Iron Co. Ltd., new plant to use L.D. &
Kaldo oxygen steelmaking processes, 173; formation of British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd., 693
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd., compressed air bench grinder, 157; FL 18 W pneumatic pick, 379; compressed air sludge pumps for Thirlmere aqueduct repair, 696
Consolidated Vacuum Corp., Evapor-ion titanium vapour high vacuum pump, 679 CONSORT atomic reactor (Imperial College with GEC-Simon Carves), 324
Reactor, construction of, 324
Consortium of shipowners on atomic propelled ships, 355-356
Constance, J. D., on how to become a professional engineer, 94
Constant current source, Quan-Tech (Sylvan
Ginsbury Ltd.), 418
Constantin (Engineers) Ltd., Fuller Airslide conveyor system and Fuller Kinyon pumps for bulk cement carrying ship, 797
Constantine, T., on rough linings for fluid flow experiments, 878
Constitutional diagrams of uranium and thorium alloys, by F. A. Rough and A. A. Bauer (review), 561
Constock International Methane, bulk methane transporters, 205
Construction (trade publications), 396, 530
— and behaviour characteristics of tyres, by
T. French, 274
— Composite, economies with, by F. A. Lefever, 752
— Equipment, by J. V. Turner, 53
British (book), 594
— Plant (trade publication), 628
Tests on, 443
— and production (trade publication), 628 Constructional industry, position and prospects of, 429
— Steelwork Association, British. See British Constructors John Brown Ltd., pressurised
coke gasifier, 295; oil terminal for Regent Oil Co. at Cardiff, 316; use of Cessna 3I0C aircraft, 578; liquid blender (trade publication), 764
Consulting Engineers, Association of. See Association
— — Subsidies for, by C. R. C. Burton, 836
Consumers Advisory Council, activities of, 36; oil heater safety tests, 404
— Association, activities of, 36
— Expenditure for 1959, 171
— Goods, Commonwealth demand for, 603 Polish Government cuts and increases in
prices, 563
— Protection, Committee on. See Committee
— Spending, by Dr. M. Abrams, 36 Consumers Power Co., operation of boiling
water reactor for Big Rock Point demonstration, 756
Contactor covers in polyester resin (B.K.S. Ltd.), 173
Container for radioactive material, 259 Continental Can Co., metallising equipment, 438
Continental Carbon, new plant to be Italy, 873
Continental Distributors Ltd., soil (trade publication), 732
Continental Oil Co., Anotrol anodic for metal protection, 311
Contracts, export, conditions of, 301
Controls (trade publication), 268
— Apparatus, nuclear, 15
— Automatic, of boilers, 129
of forging press, 18
Glossary of terms (BSl), 40
•—? — International Federation of, congress of, (Moscow), preliminary notice, 77
— — of metal spraying (Metallizing Equip
ment), 226
Control Developments Ltd., viscosity comparator, 120
— ElectroniK, for AEI sintering furnace
(Honeywell), 759
— Equipment, automatic, for Little Barford
“ B ” power station (Evershed Vignoles Ltd.), 296
— Gear (trade publication), 96
— in industry, methods of, by J. Burton (book),
132
— of machine tools, uniselector, 199
— Photoelectric (trade publication), 300
—? and production, automatic, course on, 487
— Rod and actuator servicing machine, 328 for atomic reactor, cost, 15
Atomic reactor, magnetic movement of, 260
Winding gear for (UKAEA), 484
— Schemes, magnetic logical elements for
(English Electric), 633
— Valve (trade publication), 428
Controller for DC motor (Brush), 746
— Lighting (Londex), 482
— for machine tools, (GEC), 416
— Master (trade publication), 96
— Metrowatt (Metrix), 715
— Recorder, Servograph, transistorised
(Fielden Electronics Ltd.), 121
— Registration (Elcontrol Ltd.), 13
— Reperforator (Venner), 715
— Viscosity (Smiths), 480. See Correction,
746
Controlube lubricator for compressed air lines (B.E.N. Patents Ltd.), 417
Convair Ltd., design study for atomic powered bomber aircraft, 324
Convair 880-M airliner for Japan Air Lines (General Dynamics Corp.), 629
Convection flow, natural, in liquid-Metal mobile-fuel nuclear reactors, by F. G. Hammit and E. M. Brower, 811
Convention, British electrical power, 780; papers presented, 844
— Electronics and instruments, 641
— International plastics, 506
— Thermonuclear, proceedings published, 196 Converters, electrical (Transipak), 550 Conveyancer Fork Trucks Ltd., yard truck,
684
Conveyor, automatic, for glass bulbs, 294
— Belt (Farrow and Jackson), 508
Idler, Meco (Mining Engineering Co.
Ltd.), 495
— for documents (Lamson), 684
— Idlers, Limberoller (Joy Sullivan), 480
— for “ live storage ” system, 93
— Miniveyor, self-contained (Joy-Sullivan
Ltd.), 120
— Screw (trade publication), 428
— System, Airslide, for bulk cement carrying
ship (Fuller Huron), 797
for banana warehouse, 18
Limberope rope (Joy Sullivan), 480
Pneu-Spout, 454
Transveyor (J. Collis and Sons), 333 Conway jet engines for Boeing 707 aircraft (Rolls-Royce), 765
Coode and Partners, Windward Islands harbour works and pier, 315
Cook, Sir William, design of AGR complex, 787
Cookery, table top, Culinaire appliances for, 212
Cooking, historic note, 144
Coolants, atomic reactor, comparison table, 723
Reactor, terphenyl as, 190
— Circulator with gas bearings, for Windscale
reactor (Ruston and Hornsby), 20
— Gas-suspension, for atomic reactors, 723 —- — Suspension, for power reactors, by
G. K. Rhode, 723
— Pump (Small Electric Motors Ltd.), 450 Coolidge, J. L., on Treatise on Algebraic
Plane Curves (book), 868
Cooling, ablation, for missile
— and drying equipment,
(Dunford and Elliott), 495
— Towers (trade publication),
— ?—? Air, Heller system, 650
re-entry, rotary
535 louvre
ast
IC'
di
Si
764
Ltd.),
— ?— Honeycomb filled (Thermotank
304
— of underground fission wastes, by Perring, 196
Cooper, C., obituary, 318. See LETTER, 409 Cooper, F., Turbocraft design consultant, 21 Cooper, J., on what the workers want, 509 Cooper, K., Envoy car design, 352 Cooper racing car, 44
Cooper, S. M., new chairman of Fafnir Bearing Co., 17
Co-operative Bank, loan to NUR to support rail strike, 221
Copenhagen Motor Show, Morris MiniMinor motor car at, 429
Copenhagen, road/rail plan for, 753
Copland, Sir Douglas, on Australian expansion boom, 668
Copolymerisation process for polyethylene (British Resin Products), 503
Copper (trade publication), 60
— Alloys (trade publication), 60
?—? — See also Bronze; Gunmetal
?— Foamed, 279
— Order, from China, 135
—• Price stability, 461
— Products Development Association, for
mation of, 485
— Rolling, self-controlled (British Insulated
Callender’s Cables), 727
Copperad Wallstrip hot water skirting board heater, 468
Copy mill (trade publication), 594
Copying service (Rank-Xerox Ltd.), 24
Coriell, A., on memory capacity of the human eye, 705
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, hypersonic wind tunnel, 600
Cornick, H. F., on Dock and Harbour Engineering (review), 794
Cornigliano, steelmill, expansion, 461 Cornwall, A. H., on Trofdek panel production in US, 461
Corporation of Trinity House, Siren lighthouse tender (J. Samuel White), 367
Corrodkote testing chromium plating, 742 Corrosion, anodic, control of, 311 Protection, 311
—-Between adjacent ships, 371
— in cast iron, 470
— Cathodic protection, 311
— of chemical apparatus, by G. L. Schwartz
and M. M. Kristal (review), 731
— and deposits in coal- and oil-fired boiler
and gas turbines (Battelle) (review), 731
— Fretting, greases to prevent, 424. See
LETTERS, 505, 574, 712
— Group of Society of Chemical Industry,
conversazione 1957, 311
— of high temperature alloys by oil-ash, 498
— Marine, handbook, by T. H. Rogers (book),
796
— Pipeline, tapes to prevent, 846
— Protection of steel, Kenderisation for, 639
— Resistance of epoxies, 711
— Science Society, formation of, 181 Corrosive atmospheres, bearing wear in, by
H. H. Heath, 841
—? Liquids, pump for (QVF Ltd.), 379
— Wear of cast iron, influence of silicon on, by
Graham, Prado, Collins, Brandes and Farmery, 470
Coseley Buildings Ltd., Crane Bay buildings (trade publication), 396; aluminium bungalow, 740; order from Canada, 823; safety of buildings in fires, 823
Cosford, F. J., on Granolithic floors, 476 Cosmetic Chemists of Great Britain, papers of 1959 congress, 233
Cosmetic Science, 233
— Science, by A, W. Middleton (book), 594 Cosmic radiation, research report on, 601
— Ray investigations, 601
COSPAR. See International Committee on Space Research
Cossor Instruments Ltd., oscilloscope model 1091, 158
Cost control, integrated, in the office, by F. M, Knox (book), 835
— of living in Australia, 441
Costa, O., on cost of atomic power, 859
Costain, Sir Richard, on Richard Costain Ltd., 725
Costain, Richard, Ltd., annual statement, 725; contracts and works, 725; acquisition of Foundation Engineering Co., 725; acquisition of Piling and Construction Co., 725; co-operation with Raymond International and De Long Corp., 725; trading profits, 725
Costain, Richard (Southern Rhodesia) Ltd., townships at Kariba site, 653, 654; road and excavation contracts at Kariba Dam, 655; traverse path for Blondin cableways at Kariba Dam, 655
Costing and accounting, key to, by J. .4. R. Tainsh (review), 426
— in building and public works by R. Tofani
(book), 268
— Importance of, 397
Cotton, H., on Basic Technical Electricity (book), 764
Cotton industry in N.W. England, 583
in Northern Ireland, 510
Wage rise in, 349
— Mills, demolition of, in Lancashire, 17
J. K.
Cotton, S. J., on Mathematics for Telecommunications Engineers (book), 868
Cotton, Thomas, and Co., aluminium cladding for British Celanese steam pipes, 847 Cottrell, Prof. A. J., review of Growth and
Perfection of Crystals, 667; review of Precipitation Processes in Steels, 667; review of Internal Stresses and Fatigue in Metals, 667; biographical note, 667 Couchman, R. O., on radiographic recording on bromide paper (Kent Alloys Ltd.), 64 Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum
Equipment, Petroleum Equipment 1959/60, 460
— Housingfor the aged, 153
— for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon), 286 Counter batcher, three decade (F, C. Robinson
and Partners Ltd.), 86
— Beta, high sensitivity, 484 Philips low-level, 388
— Scintillation, general purpose (Research and
Control Instruments), 16
— — for hospitals (Ekco Ltd.), 16
— for sheets, Batchcounter/Slipinserter, 199 Counter-timer (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 194 Counting, liquid scintillation, of tritium, 484
— Machine for banknotes (Thomas de la Rue
and Co.), 239
County Water Softener Co., purchased by G. and J. Weir Ltd., 563
Couplings, electromagnetic, Magnaflow (Westinghouse), 839
— Flexible, ptfe, 342
Ptfe, by — Thierry, 573
— Fluid (Fluidrive), 453
— Railway, automatic (Dowty), 770
Development of improved type (BR), 769
— See also Clutch
Course of atomic power plant design, 452
— on automatic production and control, 487
— Diesel fuel system maintenance, 329
— Executive, of American Foundrymen’s
Society, 81
— Highway and traffic engineering at Birming
ham University, 445
— Management, Dunford College, 112 Research Institute for Management
Science, 853
— in mathematical analysis, by E. Goursat
(book), 460
—- Nuclear, at Harwell, 196 at McGill University, 196 at Saclay, 196
— Post graduate, Northampton College
Advanced Technology, 645
— on road materials, 681
— Sanitary engineering, European, 152
— Work study, 745 Courtaulds, expansion of interests, 237 Courtburn Positioners Ltd., welding positioner,
380
Courtney, Pope (Electrical) Ltd., fluorescent strip lighting (trade publication), 236
Courtney-Pratt, exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Cousins, F., comment on, 547 Coventry Climax engine, 754 Coventry Climax Engines Ltd.,
Trophy awarded to, 80 Coventy Controls Ltd., thermal publication), 300
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co.
orifice gauge, 857
of
Ferodo Gold
relays (trade
Ltd., Matrix
Covers, plastic, for acid tanks (Permali Ltd.), 183
Cow, P. B., and Co., Ltd., Dracone barge manufacture, 293; dracone inflatable barge, 368
Cowans, Sheldon and Co. Ltd., diesel cranes for British Railways, 793
Cox, F. J., appointed technical representative for D. Napier in S.E. Asia, 135
Cox, Sir H. Roxbee, retired from chairmanship of National Council, 221
Cox, N. S., labour supervision on strengthening Royal Albert Bridge, 865
Crabtree, J. A., and Co. Ltd., miniature domestic circuit-breakers, 840
Cracking, hot, in steels, 705 Craftsmanship, Plain Words on, 574 Craftsmen in Midlands industry, 612 Craig, John S., and Co. Ltd., paints for marine use (trade publication), 868
Craigallian, motorship, 19
Cramer, J. S., on motoring costs, 464 Crane Bay buildings (trade publication), 396 — Cargo-handling, design by J. M. Whiteford, 368
— Coles Emperor mobile (Steels Engineering Products Ltd.), 322
—? Crawler (trade publication), 332
— Derrick (trade publication), 332
—- Diesel, for British Railways (Cowans, Sheldon and Co. Ltd.), 793
— Electric (trade publication), 332
Slewing jib (Taylor Stoker Co. Ltd.), 193
— Helicopter as, 385
Crane, Howard, and Partners, design for rebuilding of Joseph Sankey and Sons, Ltd., factory, 186
— Mobile Iron Fairy (British Hoist and Crane), 642. See Correction, 746
Tower (Steels Engineering Products Ltd.), 12
— Overhead (Strachan and Henshaw Ltd.), 609 Rubber tyred, 671
Crane Packing Ltd., condenser tubes (trade publication), 167; Thredseal ptfe tape, 343; Fluoseal glass filled ptfe pump seals, 605
— Shop (trade publication), 332
— in tandem for heavy lifts (Charles Connell),
836
— Tower, Pingon P200 (George Cohen 600 Group Ltd.), 418
— Tractor (Witlor Ltd.), 50
— Travelling, collector trolley for (Fuller Electric Ltd.), 85
— at Weeton reservoir (Morris), 761
— See also Derrick; Gantry; Transporter Cranfield College of Aeronautics, course on automatic production and control, 487
Crankshaw, F., review of Selected Methods of Analysis of Foundry Materials, 730; biographical note, 732
Cranshaw, Dr. T. E., ‘water tower experiment,’
242
Cranston, R. S., managing director of Adrema Ltd., 27
CRASM control rod and actuator servicing machine, 328
Crawler crane (trade publication), 332 Creamer Industries Inc., aluminium ductwork, 284
Creative ability. Plain Words on, 504 Credit squeeze, 603, 845
Creed and Co. Ltd., teleprinter equipment (trade publication), 132; tape perforator (trade publication), 796; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Creep of engineering materials, by I. Finnic and W. R. Heller (review), 166
— Strength of silicon nitride, by Parr, Martin and May, 38
Cremer, H. W., on chemical engineering practice (review), 58
Cresta motor car, overdrive unit for, 496 Crewe, P. R., on Hovercraft, 46 Crimes of Khrushchev, 202
Crittall-Aquafont Group, resumption of metal casework, 765
Crittall Manufacturing Co. Ltd., aluminium window frames, 740; aluminium door frames, 740
Crocker, Dr. V. S., review of Proceedings of International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 593-594; biographical note, 594
Croft, Sir Arthur, on Crofts Engineers (Holdings) Ltd., 595
Crofts Engineers (Holdings) Ltd., position and prospects, 595; overseas expansion, 595
Crofts (Engineers), Ltd., Ritespeed geared electric motors (trade publication), 96; magnetic clutch, 321
Crompton-Lanchester Lecture, by Dr. A. Fogg,
632
Crompton Parkinson Ltd., flush scale ammeter, 62; totally enclosed fan cooled range of electric motor, 86; electric motors for overhead crane, 671; electrical gear for diesel locomotives, 765
Crompton, Thomas, and Sons Ltd., automatic plating plant, 127
Cropping and pointing machine (Norton), 814 Cross-channel. See Channel
Crosse and Blackwell (Holdings) Ltd., take over bids by Nestle Alimentana and Fisons, 17 Crossland, A., on “ mass affluence,” 73 Crossland, Prof. B., on Airhydropump high pressure intensifier (Madan), 462
Crouch, H. F., on nuclear rockets for lifting manned stations into space, 756
Crow Carrying Co. Ltd., bulk liquid road transports, 264
Crownamics Ltd., firebrick protecting glaze, 573
Crowther, Sir Geoffrey, on education (Crowther Report), 117
Crowther Report on education, 117 Crowthorn Engineering Co. Ltd., order position, 301; shaping machine, 857
Crowthorne road safety track, 821
Crozier, W. F. G., winning design for elevated roadway, 251
Cruachen power station, tenders for, 316 Crucilite silicon carbide furnace elements (Morgan Crucible), 751
Crystal chronometer (Sperry), 716
— Cutting machine (Salford Electrical), 507
— Growth and perfection of, by R. H.
Doremus, B. W. Roberts and D. Turnbull (review), 667
? Single, with electron beam, 557
— of refractory compounds, 211
— Semiconductor, dendritic process for pro
duction of, 339
Culham Laboratories construction to start (UKAEA), 692
Culinaire cooking appliances for table top cookery, 212
Cullin, G. E., on move of industry to the south, 248
Cullwick, E. G., on electromagnetism and relativity (book), 204
Cunard Co., annual report, 693; report on other interests, 693; purchase of Eagle Airways, 693
Cunard Steamship Co., proposals for “ Queen ” replacements, 350
Cunard Steamship Line, annual report, 693 Cunningham, Sir Graham, on Triplex Glass Co., 765
Curling and trimming machine (Moon
449
Curran, John, Ltd., radar aerial for
Radar Establishment, 97
Current relays (trade publication), 530
— Source, constant, Quan-Tech (Sylvan Gins-
bury Ltd.), 418
Currie, R. M., on Work Study (review), 427 Curtain walls, 540
in Arcon Multiform buildings, 545 Curtis, H. W., review of Nuclear Science and Technology and of Nuclear Technology, 165, 166; biographical note, 167
Curtis, W. F., on repairs and income tax, 405 Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corp., Air-car, 46; production of large NSU-Wankel type engines, 275; NSU Wankel type aero engine, 320
Curve surveying, by R. B. M. Jenkins (book), 628
— Tracer (trade publication), 268 Cushioncraft. See Aircraft Cusset, F., on vocabulaire technique (book), 428
Customs formalities and railways, 181 Cuthbert, F. L., on thorium production technology (review), 561-562
Cuthbertson, J. R., on hidden costs of nuclear Power, 52
Cutlery industry in Yorkshire, 549
Cutting drum, fabricated for Anderton Shearer Loader, 800
—- Fluids, 791
— Gas, Saffire equipment for (British Qxygen), 201
— Machine, crystal (Salford Electrical), 507
Cutting oil, spray equipment for (Wakefield- Dick), 50
— Powder, underground, 457
— Techniques, ultra-high-speed (Lockheed),
327
— Tools. See Tools
CVA Jigs Moulds and Tools Ltd., milling machines for Humber car factory, 199
Cyanamid of Great Britain Ltd., Superfloc 16 flocculating agent, 215; AM-9 chemical grout, 850
Cycle. See Bicycle
— Motor. See Motor cycle
Cyclo Chemicals Ltd., detergents (trade publication), 492
Cyclone aerofoil fan (Matthews and Yates Ltd.), 121
— Basalt tile lined, 678
Cyclops and Lines, scale models, 17
Cylinders, diesel engine, wear measurement of, 433
— Heads rebuilt by welding (C. W. G. Lacey
and Co.), 386
— Radioactive, a tool for wear research, 433 Cyrogenic engineering, by R. B. Scott (review),
235
Cyrogenics, progress in, by K. Mendelssohn (review), 459
CZ Scientific Instruments Ltd., Zeiss measuring microscope, 289
Czechoslovak Building Research Institute, reinforced concrete without shuttering, 385 Czechoslovakia, atomic power station schedule, 724
— Gas-cooled heavy-water atomic reactor for
420
— Increase in engineering output, 873
— Machine tool industry, 461
Safety
Bros.),
Royal

DAFILE saw blades, FlexiFile, 436
Daimler Co., purchased by Jaguar Car Co., 823 Daimler SP250 motor car, plastic body for, 311 Dalby, D. J. W., on Jarrah and karri heavy duty timbers, 784
Dallow Lambert and Co. Ltd., wet collector system for dust, 93; Unimaster dust collector, 416
Dam, Consett, building to commence, 187
— Dhanauri escape, hydraulic model, 385
— Ichang, proposed for Yangtze river, 219
— Kariba, cost of, 651; labour force, 651; map
of area, 651; special reports on, 651-660; design details, 652; site plan of, 654; floods at, 655; construction phasing and programme, 655-656; section through, 657; transmission of current from, 658; development of transmission system, 659; high level plan, 659; financing of, 660; potential of, 660
— Limpet, for dock gate repairs, 219
— Malpasset, failure of, 3O9
— Moran, 821
— on River Dez, Iran, 316
— Serre-Ponton, in use, 309; construction
statistics, 309; cost of, 309; capacity of, 309
— Tantangara, progress of, 284; completion
of, 721
— Tumut pond, virtually completed, 721 DAME data acquisition and monitoring equipment (de Havilland Propellers Ltd.), 263
Danatom, gas cooled reactor design study BETA completed, 586
Daniel, E., basic research centre for Ampex Electronics Ltd., 861
Daniel, T. E., on domestic demand for electric power, 844
Daniels-Boyd atomic reactor concept, 292 Danish Atomic Energy Commission, PLUTO material testing reactor critical, 160
Dargue Bros., exhibit at Birmingham Engineering Centre, 135
Darlington Insulation Co. Ltd., steam pipe insulation, 718
Dart aircraft engine, 10 million hours logged (Rolls-Royce), 690
Dartford-Purfleet tunnel, tenders for southern approaches, 797
Darwins Ltd., Fimax magnetic chuck, 289 Data acquisition and monitoring equipment, DAME (de Havilland Propellers Ltd.), 263
— Collection system, IBM 357, 199
— Extraction, fixed-coil display system for, by
W. F. Ashton, 596
— Handling and display systems for air traffic
control, symposium on, 596
for guided missiles, 737
— Processing equipment, radar, 596
Machine (De La Rue Bull Machines Ltd.), 199
System KDP 10 (English Electric), 383
— Recorder, sub-miniature (Royston Instru
ments Ltd.), 122
Datafonic equipment for Newbury unmanned gas holder station, 630
— Remote control equipment for unmanned
power station (Sound Diffusion Ltd.), 56 Davey, Paxman and Co., experimental heat pump, 697
David, S. C., on product design and tooling (book), 132
Davidson and Co. Ltd., air heaters (trade publication), 796
Davidson, W. C., on Nuclear Power Year Book I960 (book), 699
Davies, E. R., on how computers help to make decisions, 382. See LETTER. 472
Davies, Dr, H. L., review of Ordinary Differential Equations, 300; biographical note, 300
Davies, M. B., on Scientific Background (review), 763
Davies, R. W., on life on Mars, 243
Davies, T., on chemical engineering practice (review), 58
Davis, N, V., on Aluminium Ltd., 523
Davis, Stuart, Ltd., FB2 fine boring machine 817; Chappuis universal press, 854
Davis, W. K., on World reactor firms, 809 Davy, Sir Humphry, historic note, 14
Davy and hot for, tion), 628
Davy and United Roll Foundry, resignation of M. A, Fiennes, 812; H. H. Utley appointed managing director, 812
Dawe Instruments Ltd., filter for ultrasonic cleaners, 48; sound level meter, 192; 445 ULF oscillator, 321; filter frequency, 416; 6I0C audio power meter, 480; 1431 vibration meter, 551; vibration monitor type 1434, 577; Milliclamp tong tester, 683; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873 Dawson, William and Son Ltd., Guide to the Press of the World, 266
DC-8 Douglas aircraft in service with KLM, 693
DCX thermonuclear device, 552 Death on the roads, 254 Debye-Schere X-ray powder specimens, preparation of in evacuated silicon capillaries, AERE report, 452
Decaux, B., on precise measurement of time (review), 25
Decca Co. Ltd., navigation system vetoed by ICAO, 539
Decca navigational system vetoed by ICAO, 493
Decca Radar Co., position and prospects, 53 Decentralisation, internal, by L. Brett, 781 Decision making by computer, by E. R. Davies, 382. See LETTER, 472
Decker, Maj. R. S., on nuclear rocket for space vehicle propulsion, 755
Decontamination of pressurised water reactors, by J. L. Zegger and G. P. Pancer, 196
— Radioactive, detergent for, 356
— Sweeper with remote control (Tennant), 692 de Dain, A., aluminium metallising experiments, 438
Dedshete sound-deadening material (Supra Chemicals), 471
Deflection in stress analysis of railway coaches, 670
De Forest, Dr. Lee, thermionic valves, 319 Deformation, analysis of, by K. Swainger (book), 428
de Gaulle, Mme., launching of liner France, 702 Degenhardt and Co. Ltd., agents for Carl Zeiss electron beam welding machines, 589 Degreasing and phosphating together (Du Pont Co. and Blakeslee Co.), 39
— and phosphating with Waltersolv (Walterisa-
tion Co. Ltd.), 147
— Plant (ICl Ltd.), 449
Degussa, formation of NUKEM with Rio Tinto, 650
de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Blue Streak ballistic missile, 62; merger with Hawker- Siddeley and Blackburn, 125
de Havilland Aircraft Proprietary, take over of Australian Government engine factory, 135
Dove aircraft for executives’ use, 578 Dove aircraft for Leyland Motors’ executive flying, 621
de Havilland Engine Co. Ltd., cool blowers for HERO atomic reactor, 260; high temperature gas cooled atomic reactor, 517- 518
Gnome engines for Whirlwind Mk. 10 helicopters, 733
de Havilland Propellers Ltd., DAME data aquisition and monitoring equipment, 263; cable tester (trade publication), 268; curve tracer (trade publication), 268; torque motors (trade publication), 300; Pottermeter flow meter, 507; possible redundancy, 539; Rokide coating for propeller and compressor blade protection, 847 De-icing systems, Sierracote and Sierragio, 397 —• — Spraymat (Napier), 397 Delapena and Son Ltd., work table adjustable for height and angle of surface, 86;
5 kW induction heater for brazing, 589 De La Rue Bull Machines Ltd., data processing
machines, 199
de la Rue, Thomas, and Co., new works for, 237; banknote counting machine, 239; Notemaster bank note counter on exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751 de Laval marine turbines, 269 De Long Corp., Triton underwater oil drilling platform, 629; co-operation with Richard Costain Ltd., 725
Deloro Stellite Ltd., jigs and fixtures (trade publication), 594
Delrin plastic (Du Pont), 311 Delta Metal Group, position and prospects, 555; partnership with Kaiser Aluminium
6 Chemical Corp., 555
Delta Metals Co., purchase of James Booth Aluminium Co., shares, 229
Demag electric furnaces for Steel. Peech and Tozer (GWB Furnaces), 455
Democracy, industrial, new approach to, by H. A. Clegg (review), 795-796
Dempster, N. S., on electrical bonding of cathodically protected and unprotected ships, 371
Dendritic process for production of semiconductor crystals, 339
Denhams Engineering Co. Ltd., heavy duty lathes (trade publication), 562
Denmark. See Danish
Dennis, J. B., on mathematical programming and electrical networks (book), 364
Denny, Admiral Sir Michael, on Cammel Laird, 757
Density and moisture of soils, d/M gauge for (Soiltest Incorp.), 418
Dentists’ remuneration. Royal commission on, 317
Deodorising fluid, Desomil (BP Ltd.), 668 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, survey of machine tool industry, 19; Automatic Control in Soviet Industry, 58; catalytic combustion chamber, 252; oil heater safety, 404, See LETTER, 440; grant to National Institute of Industrial Psychology, 445; pulsed subcritical assembly, 451; grant to British Leather Manufacturers Research Association, 501; survey of cost of research, 539; Industrial
Research and Development Expenditure, 1958, 539; Training Made Easier, 584; pamphlet on training the older worker, 611; miscellany of foreign technical papers, 626; Principles of Modern Building, 628; magnetic properties of nickel ferritealuminates, 633; social research in industry, 700; research council to be formed with Machine Tool Trades Association, 741; annual report, 741; research associations supported by, 741; grants by, 741 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), research on chromium iodide decomposition for high purity chromium, 847
Depledge, J. D., on draughts and fires, 376. See LETTER, 504
Deposits and corrosion in coal- and oil-fired boilers and gas turbines (Battelle) (review), 731
Depreciation and the Budget, 181 Derbyshire, opencast coal mining in, 81 Deribere, M., on colour and human activity (book), 396
D’Erlanger, Sir Gerard, on BOAC, 661 Derman, C., on Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers (review), 867 Derrick cranes (trade publication), 332 ?— See also Crane
Descriptive geometry, by E. G. Pare, R. O, Loving and 1. L. Hill (book), 236
Design by computer, 382
— Engineering, and national characteristics.
Plain Words on, 848
— Mechanical, and analysis, by R. R. Slaymaker (book), 204
— of plant with models, 398
— of prismatic structures, by A. J. Ashdown
(review), 627-628
Desk calculator, Bergmann Unical (Kenneth Miles), 240
Desomil deodorising fluid (BP Ltd.), 668
— Disinfection and deodorising, service for
fishing vessels (Norsk Braenselolje), 668 Desoutter Bros. (Holdings) Ltd., annual report, 523
Detector, flame, MacEye (Urquharts (1926) Ltd.), 417
— Oil (Smiths), 354
Detergents (trade publication), 492
— Factory for Algeria (Unilever), 765
— for radioactive decontamination, 356
— Synthetic, annual consumption of, 880 Sewage problems with, 880 Detilleux, E., on Eurochemic, 586 Detonations, by B. P. Mullins and S. S.
Penner (review), 762
Detonator, electric, resistant to friction, impact and fire (Armour Research), 564
Deuce general purpose computer (English Electric), 383
Deutsche Messe und Ausstellungs AG, organisation of Hanover Fair, 668
Devcon marine repair kits (Barrus), 729 Development Corp, for Wales Ltd., to attract new industries, 646; Sir Miles Thomas appointed Chairman, 646
?— Districts, 531
— Engineering, and politics. Plain Words on, 640. See LETTER, 713
— and research. See Research and development
Devereux, R. C. de B. appointed chief engineer of Wellcome Foundation, 9 de Veubeke, B. F., on rocket propulsion (review), 592
Dewhurst and Partner Ltd., hand or automatic motor starter, 157
Dewpoint controller for heat treatment plant (Foxboro-Yoxall), 831
Dexion organisation at Russian trade exhibition, 429
Dez river project, Iran, 316
DHI2I Airco aircraft, model in wind tunnel, 163
Aircraft, Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205
Dhanauri escape dam, savings made by hydraulic model use, 385
Dial gauge, John Bull (British Indicators), 819 Dialectrics, progress in, by J. B. Birks (book), 699
Diamonds, industrial, extending the life of, 499 Orientation for maximum wear, 499
— Tool production, Russian expansion, 269 Diaphragm, material selection, 406
Dickens, John B., Moldcote, concrete shuttering hardener, 284
Dickerson, R. F., uranium monocarbide as atomic fuel, 452
Dickinson, F, G., on draughts and fires, 441 Dickson, G. K., review on Uranium Ore Processing, 236; biographical note, 236
Dickson, J. H., on laboratory instruments (book), 236
Dickson, L. E., on Algebraic Theories (book), 764
Dictionary of aeronautical engineering, by J. L. Nayler (book), 204
— Automobile, Van Nostrand, 266
— of guided missiles and space flight. Van
Nostrand’s (book), 132
— Mathematics, German-English, 794
— of terms used in theory and practice of
mechanical engineering, by J. G. Horner (book), 764
Didas telemetering equipment in Bluebird car, 741
Didier-International, refractory linings for blast furnaces at Rourkela steelworks, 391
DIDO atomic reactor, spent fuel from, as irradiation facility, 124; auto-control experiments on using discontinuous feedback, by L. A. J. Lawrence, 516; autopilot for, 516; reprocessing of fuel, 585 casting pressure, by V. von Reimer (book), 835 grinding handtool, Grasso Sll (Morris), 481
Hebezeuge, by H. Ernst (review), 267
Diefenbaker, Mrs. John, launching of Empress of Canada, 702
Dielectric and magnetic devices, solid state, by H. W. Katz (review), 24
Diesel-electric locomotive. See Locomotive — Engine. See Engine, diesel
— Hydraulic drive for vehicle ferry Drake, 590
— Injector maintenance machine. Servicemaster (Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd.), 329
— Modern, by D. H. Smith (review), 25
— Train service Bedford to St. Pancras in operation, 685
Dietrich, Dr. J. R., on nuclear fuel resources and reactor fuel costs, 859-860
Differential equations, ordinary, by W. Kaplan (review), 300
Diffractometer, multiplane (Seton Creaghe Engineering Ltd.), 417
Diffusion welding (Battelle), 775
Digest of Elementary Chemical Thermodynamics, by D. Shireby (book), 364
Digital analogue equipment. Cavalcade (Bristol), 737
— Analyser, high speed (EMI), 403
— Computer. See Computer
— Recorder (trade publication), 300
Dillon, C. D., on European-American trade, 27
Dilworth and Carr Ltd., mechanised casting plant for glass moulds, 525
Dimensional control in precision manufacturing, by J. L. Gadzala (book), 96
Din, F., on low-temperature techniques (book), 594
Dinslaken oil refinery, progress of (BP Ltd.), 333
Diodes, silicon diffusion, automatic plant for production of (Ferranti Ltd.), 91
— Tunnel, direct measurement of characteristics, 337
Microwave amplification Telephone), 403
Dipkota plastic coating system Construction and Maintenance
Diploma of Technology awarded Wallis, 221
Diplomat gas fired boiler, 180 Directors, Institute of. See Institute Directory, coal trades, and colliery year book (Iliffe and Sons) (book), 396
— German industries export, SEIBT (book), 236
— Industrial, of Wales and Monmouthshire (book), 492
— Opportunities for Qualified Men, 189 for school leavers (1959) (review), 94, (book), 492
— Opportunities for graduates (1959) (review), 94, 204
— Overseas trade, national (book), 492
— Periodicals published by International Organisations (book), 132
— Public relations, 202
— Railway Officials and Year Book (book), 300
— Shipowners, Shipbuilders and Marine
Engineers (book), 796
Disabled people, employment for (Remploy), 733
Disarmament and engineering development. Plain Words on, 640. See LETTER, 713 Discs, aperture (Englehard Industries Ltd.), 122
— Brake, grinding machine (Lumsden), 854
— Grinding machine (Jackman), 856 Discharger for sacks or drums, Liftip (Russell
Construction Ltd.), 121
Dispenser, liquid. Mastermeasure (Lynch), 779 Disperser for viscous solutions (Steele and Cowlishaw Ltd.), 225
Distillation plant (trade publication), 835
— Simulator, BP design (Winston Electronics Ltd.), 307
Design (BP Co. Ltd.), 307
— of water using atomic process heat, 228 Distillers Co. Ltd., interest in British Geon Ltd., 523; interest in British Hydrocarbon Chemicals, 523
Distillery, control of materials in, 454 Distington Engineering Co., record iron foundry production, 63; foundry record of, 429
Distribution box for oxygen and fuel gas (Baddeley Engineering Co. Ltd.), 322
— of stress in anchor blocks, by R. E. Rowe and J. Zielinski, 347
Dividing engine (Gear Grinding Co.) 819 Dix, G. P., on strontium as direct power source, 860
Dixon, J. C., motor vehicle noise, 514 D.J. Equipment (Hersham) Ltd., spot welding machines (trade publication), 268
DNS platinum plating solution (Johnson Matthey), 639
Docks, Avonmouth, improvement scheme, 284
— Dry, owners and the budget, by J. O. M. Fisher, 555
— Gate repair, limpet dam for, 219
— and harbour engineering, by H. F. Cornick (review), 794
— Labour shortage, 381
— Queen Elizabeth II, silting problems with
lock, 851
— Tema, aluminium alloy handrails for
(Birmetals Ltd.), 284
Dockyard, Sheerness, conversion of (Building Developments Ltd.), 63
Doctors’ remuneration. Royal commission on, 317
Document conveyor (Lamson), 684
— Copier (trade publication), 835 Kopit (Hall Harding Ltd.), 416
—? — Xerox 914 (Rank-Xerox Ltd.), 609
— Preservation by lamination (booklet), 175 Dodge, H. F., on sampling inspection tables,
358
Dodge truck, forward control cab, 270 Dohm Ltd., portable welder, 121
Dolci, D., To Feed the Hungry (review). See LETTER, 76
Dollar Exports Council, The New West, 485 Dollfuss, A., gondola fitted with polyethylene balloons, 303
Dolomite brick plant at Rourkela steelworks, 391
Domenjoud, on atomic fuel costs and resources, 860
Domestic appliances, defects in, 36
— ?— Industry, position and prospects of, 178; exports of, 178; manpower in, 178; plant and power in, 178; raw material in, 179; research in, 179; design in, 179 Series motors in, by D. J. Pitstow, 532 Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd., gondola ski-lift for Banff, Canada, 164
Dominion Engineering Co. Ltd., grinding mills (trade publication), 132
Donaldson and Filer, acquired by British Cellophane, 237
Donkin, C. T. B., on elementary practical hydraulics of flow in pipes (book), 96
Door, acoustics, for television studio, 785
— Frames, aluminium (Beanes), 740 Aluminium (Crittal), 740
— Hyston watertight, for Canberra liner
(J. Stone and Co.), 336
— Locks, motor car, Zero-Torque, 80
— Plastic, for railway carriages (Bakelite
Ltd.), 215
Doppler broadened resonance absorption of neutrons scattered in thick targets, programme for calculation of, by 1. C. Pyle, 516
— Radar for West Germany (Bendix), 397 Doremus, R. H., on Growth and Perfection of
Crystals (review), 667
Dorman Long (Africa) Ltd., steelwork for cableway and bridge at Kariba Dam, 654, 655; draft tubes for Kariba Dam, 657 Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering) Ltd., cross-Channel bridge, 475; formation of ACD Bridge Co., 688
Dorman Long (Steel) Co. Ltd., formation of British Qre Investment Corp. Ltd., 693 Dormitories (trade publication), 530
Dorset, oil in, 493
Dorstener Maschinenfabrik AG, dolomite brick plant for Rourkela steelworks, 391 Dosimetry measurements at Boros Kidrik Institute, 260
Dott Ing. Giuseppe Torno and Co. formation of Ompresa Kariba (Pvt) 653
Double-Plus washing machine (General trie), 308
Douglas Aircraft Co., Skydrol 7000 hydraulic fluid, 310; salary cuts, 781; Sky Bolt missile programme, 797
Douglas Corp., profits, 365
Douglas DC-8 aircraft in service with KLM, 693
Douglas Fir Plywood Association, plywood production in US, 461; Trofdek production, 461
Douglas, J. L., on engineering graduates of Nottingham, 607
Douglas, Lord, of Kirtleside, on BEA fares and profits, 629
Douglas, William, and Sons Ltd., merger with Baker Perkins Ltd., 17
Dounreay fast breeder atomic reactor, 51; Jabroc N material for top shield (Permali Ltd.), 228; neutron shield for, 292; report on delays at, 292; core changes, 553 Dove aircraft, de Havilland, for executives’ use, 578
de Havilland, for Leyland Motors executive flying, 621
Dow, R. B., on fundamentals of advanced missiles (review), 490
Dowding and Doll Ltd., punch presses for Russia, 237; turret punch presses (trade publication), 594; Accuratool capstan lathe, 816
Dowty, automatic railway coupling, 770
— Hydraulic railway buffer, 769
Dowty Hydraulic Units Ltd., transmission units for vehicle ferry Drake, 590
Dowty Marine Ltd., Turbocraft jet driven boat, 21 ; sales of Turhocraft boat, 135 Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd., underpinning with hydraulic pit props, 251
Dowty Nucleonics Ltd., indicating lamp with built-in test, 192
Doxford, William, and Sons (Engineers) Ltd., turbocharged marine engine, 256; order for ships for Bank Line, 563
Dracone barge construction details, 293
Dracone Developments Ltd., division of National Research Development Corp., 293; Dracone inflatable barge development. 368
— Flexible barges, 293
— Inflatable barge (P. B. Cow), 368 Dracone Operations Ltd., Dracone barge
operations, 293; backed by Hambros Bank and H. Clarkson and Co., 293
Drafting table, duplex, 185
Dragon atomic reactor, 51; transferred, 88; fuel rods for. 111; exchange of information with USAEC, 356; expenditure programme, 484; reprocessing of fuel, 585; Euratom’s financial participation, 586; Signor Franco appointed engineer-in- chief, 617; inauguration of, 618; impermeable graphite fuel cans for, 649; high temperature experiments for (C. A. Parsons), 756; progress, 787
Drake vehicle ferry, converted to diesel hydraulic drive, 590
Drakelow “ C ” power station, boiler feed pumps for (Harland), 595
Dransfield, F., review of Grosse Dampf- kraftwerke; Planung, Ausfiihrung und Bau (review), 560; biographical note, 562
Dravo Corp,, effect of US steel strike, 587; position and prospects, 587; Dravo Pioneer tug with three rudder steering, 587; Stora-Kaldo oxygen process for steelmaking, 587
Dravo Pioneer tug, three rudder steering, 587 Draw press, Schuler (Pearson Panke), 817 Drawer unit, Victoria (James H. Randall and Son Ltd.), 577
Drawgear, high speed railway, development of, 769
Drawing aid and pantograph combined. Quickdraw (Quickdraw Co. Ltd.), 97
— Engineering, with worked examples, by
F. Pickup and M. A. Parker (book), 667
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (I960)
15
Drawn and extruded aluminium products (trade publication), 492
Dreadnought nuclear submarine, launching date fixed, 756
Dredging in Bonny River, 385 Dresden atomic power station operational, 618 DriBright polish (Marley), 244
Dri-line self-adhesive aluminium foil, 573 Drill barge for submarine multiple drilling (Joy), 753
— Clamp, magnetic, Magnetor (Melbro
Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 256
— Grinder, Spiropoint (Charles Churchill &
Co. Ltd.), 290
— Head, multispindle, 423
— Rig for salt mine (Landis Steel Co.), 7
— Rock, Atlas Copco, on Vianden scheme, 689 Bison, on Vianden scheme, 689
~ — (Holman Bros. Ltd.), 226
— Twist, standardisation of, 19
Drilling machine, auto-change (Kerry’s), 815 Radial, Asquith (Drummond-Asquith), 855
Radial, MAS (Elgar), 856 Selfeedrils units (Brookman), 857
— Percussive-rotary (review), 866
Drip regulator, Condesco (Lyne, Frank Wagstaff Ltd.), 747
Drive, chain (trade publication), 132
— Diesel-hydraulic, for vehicle ferry Drake,
590
— Electric motors and, by A. Leonhard
(book), 868
— Hydraulic, for diesel locomotives, 61
— Hydrostatic, for machine tools, by D.
Firth, 827
— Mechanical and hydraulic (booklet), 866
— Synchronisation of, 838
— Unit, flexible, Nibru-Max (Roland Goodall
Ltd.), 550
— Vibrating, electric motor for (Grantham
Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 86
Driver fatigue, 270
Driving test, of Institute of Advanced Motorists, Plain Words on, 248. See LETTERS, 313, 409
Dropforging hammer. See Hammer Druckguss, by V. von Reimer (book), 835 Drums, brake, thermal stress behaviour in, by T. P. Newcomb, 369-370
— Cutter (Surform), 436
— Discharger, Liftip (Russell Construction
Ltd.), 121
— Lifter, Grab-O-Matic (St. Clare), 684 Drummond, W., review of Foundations of
Thermodynamics. See LETTERS, 345, 606, 712, 744; review of Thermodynamic
functions of Air at High Temperatures, 363-364; biographical note, 364
Drummond-Asquith Ltd., Asquith radial drill, 855
Dry-dock. See Dock
Dry Dock Owners and Repairers Central Council, budget restrictions discussed, 555 Dryers for air, gas and liquid (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 257
— Hair, series motors in, 533
— Mould (trade publication), 167
— Spin, series motors in, 533
Drying and cooling equipment, rotary louvre (Dunford and Elliott), 495
— Gas, by refrigeration, 729
— Techniques, by O. Krischer and K. Kroll (book), 132
Drysdale Co. Ltd., gastight seal for rotating shaft. 61
DSIR. See Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Dubied, Edouard, and Cie SA, alliance with Scovill Mfg. Co., 27
Dubna Research Institute, existence of positive anti-sigma hyperon confirmed, 553 Duct fittings, Velflo (Wilmot Breeden Ltd.), 225 Ducting, exhaust (Modern Air Co.), 831
— Reinforcement with Terylene (Goodyear),
147
Ductwork, aluminium (Creamer Industries Inc.), 284
Duet domestic scale (Geo. Salter and Co. Ltd.), 676
Dugdill, John, and Co. Ltd., adjustable lighting fittings (trade publication), 236
Dumb post office, France, 223 Dummer, G. W. A., on modern components (book), 236
Dumper truck, hydraulic, Muir (E. Boydell and Co. Ltd.), 225
Red Devil (Winget), 683
— Vehicle (Thwaites), 380 Dumpleton, O. W., review of Heat
electronic
Hill lOB
and Mass
Transfer, 202; biographical note, 204
Dumping hopper (Pearson), 380
— Truck (Abelson), 480
Diesel (C. H. Johnson), 551 Duncan, A. H., on computer decisions, 472 Dunford College, management courses, 112 Dunford and Elliott Process Engineering Ltd., rotary louvre drying and cooling equipment, 495
Dungeness atomic power station, 196
Dunlop Industrial Products (Pty) Ltd., neoprene tank linings, 247
Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., tyres for Bluebird car, 735, 738; testing tyres at worldrecord speeds, 738; tyre construction for record speed cars, 738-739; air cooled aircraft brake, 768
Dunn, J. M., on Webb coal tank engine, 809 Dunsley underfloor draught fire, 108
Dunton, C. E., strengthening of “ grid-iron ” bridge at Farringdon station, 315
Duoplasmatron ion source (Oak Ridge), 553 Duplex nickel undercoats for chromium plating, 743
— Plating process, availability in UK, 743
Du Pont de Nemours, E.L, and Co., degreasing and phosphating together, 39; fuel additive for sludge prevention, 147; Hypalon rubber, 147; neoprene latex, 147; Mylar polyester film, 183; neoprene synthetic rubber, 247; Delrin plastic, 311; Teflon ptfe, 342; Elastomers Notebook, 343 Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom) Ltd., Viton fluorinated rubber for fire-walls, 311 Duque de Caxias oil refinery, 301
Durable Plastics, plastic coating of metals, 439 Durance river, Serre-PonQon dam on, 309 Durgapur steelworks, India, progress report on, 154; finance of, 154; planning of, 154; training for, 155; oxygen installation at (British Oxygen Linde), 325; in production, 668; open hearth furnaces for (Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp.), 668; mills brought into use, 797
Durham, City of, Pye television for traffic control, 265
Durham, County, building of Consett dam to commence, 187
Durham, J., on telegraphs in Victorian London (book), 117
Durham Water Board, Consett dam and reservoir, 187
Durney, W. C., on worked examples in applied mechanics (book), 96
Diirr, A., on Hydraulische Antriebe (review), 331
Durst, C. S., on wind loading on buildings, 248. See LETTER, 441
Dust chamber, experimental, 499
— Collecting machine (trade publication), 764 Machine, Handte (Visco), 683
Machine, Unimaster (Dallow Lambert and Co. Ltd.), 416
Dust Control Processes Ltd., smut control (trade publication), 764
— Filter (Air Control Installations Ltd.), 174 Traughber (Joshua Bigwood and Son
Ltd.), 174
— Free floors, 476
— Wet collector system for refuse plant, 93 Dustproof electrical equipment, 499
Dyke, J. R. J., on NSU-Wankel rotary piston engine, 148-149
Dynamic loads on gear teeth, measurement of, by Dr. H. Kohler, 209
Structural design for, by C. H. Norris et al. (review), 627
Dynamical analogies, by H. F. Olson (review), 362
Dynamics, applied mechanics, by G. W. Housner and D. E. Hudson (book), 167
— of particles and of rigid, elastic and fluid
bodies, by A. G. Webster (review), 363
— Process, by D. P. Campbell (review), 131 Dynamometer car, track mounted (MEXE),
443
— for new Vauxhall Motors laboratory
(General Electric Co., US), 536
— for new Vauxhall Motors laboratory
(Heenan and Froude Ltd.), 536
— Performance, 402
— Three-dimensional, improved, by A. J. P.
Sabberwal, 401
— See also Brake
Dyson, R. A., and Co., tilt-deck trailer for Shell Oil Co., 271
E-A Automation Systems Ltd., formation of, 757
Eagle Airways, purchase by Cunard Co., 693 Earle, Sir George, trophy for industrial safely awarded to AEI (Manchester), 621 Easco Electrical (Holdings) Ltd., British Railways passenger announcement systems for Harlow, Essex and Stratford-on- Avon, 429
East African Airways Corp., purchase of Argonaut aircraft from BOAC, 563
East Pakistan, urban development in, 251 Ebonite, expanded, 278
ECAFE. See United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
Eccles (Birmingham) Ltd., lift truck, 684 Eccles, Admiral Sir John, chairman
Dracone Operations Ltd., 293
Ecco 40 spray gun (Atlas Copco Ltd.), 322 Echo., inshore survey craft, 457
Echols, L. S., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Echuca Bearings, and Ransome
Eckert, E. R. G., (review), 202
of
consortium with Skefko
& Maries, 693 on heat and mass transfer
Economic blockade, by W. N. (review), 330
— Commission for Asia and Far
regional technical conference, 187
Medlicott
East, 4th Colombo,
— Commission for Europe, coal situation and
prospects (report), 1; economic survey of Europe, 629
— Survey of Europe, 629
Economic Survey lOQO (HM Treasury), 531 Economics for the mineral engineer, by E. J.
Pryor (review), 95
— of nuclear power in Great Britain, by
Hinton, Brown and Rotherham, 859
— of Nuclear Power, Vol. 2, by 1. R. Maxwell,
P. W. Mummery and P. Sporn (review), 299
Economist in management, 677
Economy, world, Europe in, 858 EDF. See Electricite de France
Edge Tool Industries, position and prospects of, by H. W. Hunt, 421
Edgleys Ltd., office furniture (trade publication) 835
Edsel motor car (Ford), 148
Educating the engineer, by E. D. Lambe
J. M. Fowler, 607
Education, adult, worldwide register (Aurea Publications), 458
— of engineer, by G. B. Lincolne, 542
— Engineering, joint advisory committee,
— for management, U.K. advisory council
477
— Mathematics and industry (book), 764
— Technical, and the smaller firm, by
Silbertson, 362
and
of
709
on,
D.
— Technical, residence and, by D. Silbertson,
362
— by television closed circuit, 9
— See also Course: Training, etc,
Edwards Air Force Base, ultra-high speed metal machining test with supersonic sled, 622
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Besco-Truecut guillotine, 778; Besco section roll, 816
Edwards, Sir George, on cheaper, faster mass transport, 437
Edwards, H. N., and Partners Ltd., repair of “live” sewers, 187
Edwards High Vacuum Ltd., synchrotron pumping system, 158; Speedivac EB2 electron beam welding machine, 589
Efficiency, mechanical, of piston engines, by G. Wilkins, 156
Egbert, P. T., on demand for capital goods in North America, 701
Eggington, W. J., on Hovercraft, 46 EIC. See Electronics Industry Council 850 Implematic tractor with Albion baler (David Brown Ltd.), 336
Ekco Electronics Ltd., nucleonic instruments (trade publication), 268; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Ekco, Ltd., scintillation counter for hospitals, 16; electric heaters for churches, 501; Thermostore block storage heater, 697 EL3 atomic pile, France, 51
EL-4 atomic reactor, French plans for, 260 Elasticity and plasticity for engineers, theoretical, by D. E. R. Godfrey (book), 364
— Theoretical, by C. E. Pearson (book), 364 Elastomers Not ebook (Du Pont), 343 Elcontrol Ltd., registration controller, 13;
current relays (trade publication), 530; position and prospects, 621
Elders and Fyffes Ltd., warehouse conveyor system for bananas, 18; use of Cushioncraft machines in plantations, 373
Electr-O-Volt controls for AEI sintering furnace (Honeywell), 759
Electra aircraft in service with KLM, 693 Electric Autolite Co., experimental transistor circuits for engine ignition, 537
— Circuit. See Circuit
Electric Construction Co. Ltd., generators for unmanned power stations, 56; circuit breakers (trade publication), 204; alternators for emergency power at River Clyde tunnel, 625
— Current. See Current
— Detonator resistant to friction, impact and
fire (Armour Research), 564
— Field plotter FP92 (Servomex), 682
— Furnace. See Furnace
— Generator. See Alternator: Generator and
Turbo
— Locomotive. See Locomotive, Electric
— Motor. See Motor., electric
— Power, Anglo-French channel link, 709
— Power, by C. R. King, 197
Direct from hot gas, 118
Direct, strontium 90 as source, 860
Pack, Youngster (Ashton-Young), 482 See also Electricity: Power
— Railways. See Railways: British Railways Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd., mould
closer for hot shells, 12; closed quench furnace for gas carburising and carbontriding, 84; mould dryers (trade publication), 167; automatic heat treatment plant for British Timken Ltd., 263; quenching oil additives, 775
— Smelting, testing ore for, 360
Electrical (trade publications), 96
— Accessories (trade publication), 204
— Accidents and their causes, 1958 (report),
175
— Appliance industry, formation of one group
for Western Europe, 709
— Bonding of cathodically protected and
unprotected ships, by G. A. Bennett, N. S. Dempster and A. J. Wallace, 371
— Breakdown, metal whiskers and, 433
— Circuit. See Circuit
— Duct system, Key-Bison (Concrete Ltd.),
513
— Engineers’ Exhibition. 450, 552
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution Ken Jones, by D. O. Summers (review), 94
— Engineering, conference on non-destructive
testing. 473
Higher, by J. Shepherd, A. H. Morton and L. F. Spence (review), 299; (book), 428 Mathematics applied to, by A. G. Warren (review), 298
Problems in, by S. P. Smith (book), 868
— Equipment (trade publications), 204
Flameproof and dustproof, 499
of passenger car, by E. A. Watson, 786
— Exports to Canada, 109
— Industry in Austria, 411
— Manufacture—The New Horizon, by H. G.
Nelson, 780
Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd., bid for Lancashire Dynamo Holdings, 197; withdrawal of offer for Lancashire Dynamo, 293; FRED, figure reading electronic device, 812
— Networks. See Networks
— Plant industry, design in, 176. See Correc-
tions, 216
Industry, exports of, 176
Industry, manpower in, 176
Industry, plant and products, 176; materials in, 177; research in, 177; design in, 177
Industry, position and prospects, 176
— Power Engineers’ Association, on position
of student apprentices, 81
— Proving station (trade publication), 796 Electrical Remote Control Co., automatic tea
break timer Mk. 2, 563
— Requirements of airborne systems, by Dr.
C. Starr, 515
— Research Association, expansion of activi
ties, 467. See LETTER, 542; floor warming research, 468; experimental dust chamber, 499; flameproof and dustproof electrical equipment, 499; high voltage impulse testing, 706
— Safety, by H. W. Swann (book), 562
— Sleeving, thin walled ptfe (Polypenco Ltd.),
573
— Trade directory (Benn Bros. Ltd.), (book),
732
— Trades Union, F. Haxell re-elected secre
tary, 285; F. Foulkes re-elected president.
285; examination by TUC, 285; remark^ by R. A. Butler on, 381; inquiry proposal, 413; reply to Trades Union Congress, 547 ; investigation by TUC, 611; annua 1 conference, 781
— Year Book, I960 (Emmott and Co.), (book)
868
Electricians, strike of, at BMC, 221
Eleclricite de France, EDF I atomic power station, Chinon, France, 51; EDF 2 atomic power station, France, under construction, 51; approval for atomic power station at Givet, 160; functions of, 483; engineering study of Kariba Dam project, 660
Electricity, (book),
— Council,
by, 253; greenhouse of tomorrow, 636
— Demand expanding, 748
— Direct conversion of radioactive
SNAP-3 (Martin Nuclear), 124
Domestic demand for, by 844
— Europe’s, upward trends in,
748
— Generating Board, Central.
— Generation by direct heat conversion, 567 by direct magneto-hydrodynamic method,
568
by direct thermionic method, 567 by direct thermoelectric method, 567 by low temperature plasma and MHD methods, 118
— Growth of demand, 780
— and magnetism for engineering students, by
A. W. Hirst (review), 203
— and magnetism, principles of, by Y. Rocard
(book), 796
— The New Horizon, by Viscount Chandos,
780
— Production statistics, 748
— Regulations, 175
— Supply, Garcke's manual of. Vol. 56 (book),
236
Industry, graduate trainees shortage in, 81
The New Horizon, by C. R. King, 780 System, economic use of conventional and nuclear fuels in, by F. A. P. M. Theunissen, 810
— Undertakings of the world (book), 428
— Users force supply pace, 780
Electrics, motor car, meet increasing loads, 786 Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., industrial process washing machine for British Timken, Ltd., 263
Electro Dynamic Construction Co. Ltd., centrifugal governor, 552
Electro-Mechan Heat Ltd., Sagu 125 roll seam welding machine, 448
Electro Methods Ltd., EMLH lamp housing, 449
Electrochemical constants, handbook of, by R. Parsons (book), 628
Electrochemistry, modern aspects of, by J. O’M. Bockris (book), 835
Electrode salt baths (trade publication), 764 Electrolux 65 vacuum cleaner, 244 Electrolytic etching machine (Electromark), 379 Electromagnetic couplings, Magnaflow (Westinghouse), 839
Electromagnetism and relativity, by E. G. Cullwick (book), 204
Electromark (GB) Ltd., electrolytic etching machine, 379
Electromechanical switch, high-speed (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 435
— Switchgear (GEC), 534
Electron beam as production tool, 556 Uses of, 557
Welding, 588-589 Welding machines, 588-589
— Flux, soft, measurements on, 243 —- Gun, construction of, 556 Power supplies for, 556
Uses in industry, 556
— Microscope, intensifying tube for (AEI), 803
— Microscopy centre, St. Thomas’s Hospital,
677
— Physics, by O. Klemperer (book), 594
— Source, silicon carbide semiconductor as,
101
— Tubes, materials and techniques for, by
W. H. Kohl (book), 699
Electronic circuit theory, by H. J. Zimmermann and S. J. Mason (book), 96
— Components, modern, by G. W. A. Dummer
(book), 236
— Engineers, Laplace transforms for, by J. G.
Holbrook (book), 332
— Engineering Association, annual review, 794
— Equipment, effect of radiation on (Bendix
Aircraft Corp.), 306
— Forum for Industry (EFFI),
— Greenhouse, 636
— Instruments for detecting
beryllium ores, 618
Electronic Instruments Ltd., portable gamma ray monitor, 158
Electronic Machine Co. Ltd., electronic batchcounter, 199
— Measuring instruments, by E. H. W.
Banner (review), 528
— Pulse source (Communications Systems
Ltd.), 480
—• Stencil scanner, Gestefax (Gestetner), 751
— Teaching machine, Auto-Tutor, 741
— Telephone exchanges, conference on, 848
— Valves. See Valves
Electronics (trade publications), 300, 530
— Basic, by Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and
Neville Inc. (book), 268
— Conference, proceedings of the national
(book), 460
— and control, industrial, by R. G. Kloeffler
(book), 628
— Handbook, industrial, by W. D. Cockerell
(review), 528
— Historic note, 319
— Industry Council, formation of, 453
Design in, 139 Exports of, 138 Manpower in, 138
basic technical, by H. Cotton
764 scientists and engineers employed
energy to.
T.
by
E. Daniel,
R. Bailey,
See Central
266
and assaying
Gammagraph
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ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Electronics industry, materials in, 139 Plant and products in, 138 Position and prospects of, 138 Research in, 139
— Instruments and automation exhibition, 715; Sperry ultimate safety device on show, 724
— and Instruments Exhibition and Convention, 641
— Intermolecular circuitry, 319, 338
— Molectronic telemetering devices, 319, 338
— Molecular, developments in, 319, 338
— Phase three in, 319
— Principles of, by H. Buckingham and E. M. Price (review), 528
— Terms in, 592
ElectroniK control for AEI sintering furnace (Honeywell), 759
Electroplating, chromium. Cass testing, 742
— Chromium, Corrodkote testing, 742
— Chromium, Duplex nickel undercoats for, 743
— Chromium, improved standards for, 742
— Instrument to test thickness (BNFMRA), 742
— Plant, automatic (Thomas Crompton and Sons Ltd.), 127
— Process, Duplex, availability in U.K., 743
— Process, Harshaw semibright nickel, 743
— Process, Perflow nickel, 743
— Solution for platinum, DNS (Johnson Matthey), 639
— Tests for, 742
Electropolishing to increase wire strength, 211 Electroshops, automatic vending machines, 223 Electroshop 24 vending machine, 239 Electrostatic precipitation machines, 452 — Precipitator, Holmes-Elex (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 174
(Sturtevant Eng. Co. Ltd.), 174 Electrotechnical Commission, International. See International
Elektrische Antriebe, by A. Leonhard (book), 868
Elektrisk Malmletning, AB, direct writing recorder, 682
Elektro-und Gasapparatebau GmbH, Elga- Record brazing machine, 610
Elementary Mechanics, by D. A. Quadling and A. R. D. Ramsay (book), 364
— Practical hydraulics of flow in pipes, by
C. T. B. Donkin (book), 96
Elements of Calculus and Analytic Geometry, by G. B. Thomas, Jr. (book), 868
— Furnace, demands on, 774
— of modern mathematics, by K.
(book), 236
— of physical metallurgy, by A.
(review), 60
— of Radio Engineering, by H. 1.
(book), 699
— Transuranium, by G. T. Seaborg (review), 561-562
Elephant Chemical Co., new plant in Barmouth, 853
Elettronica Metal Lux s.p.a., agreement with Plessey Co. Ltd., 487
Elevated motorways, 250
— Roads, 250
— Roadway, winning designs, 251 Elevated-Temperature Critical Experiment Reactor, by H. E. Brown, 324
Elevator, screw, self contained (James Hodgkinson (Salford) Ltd.), 120
Eley, G. C. R., on Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 421 ; new elections to board, 421 Elga-Record brazing machine (Elektro- und Gasapparatebau GmbH.), 610
Elgar Machine Tool Co. Ltd.. MAS copying lathe, 815; MAS radial drill, 856
Elinder, E., on Swedish building materials, 333 Elk River atomic reactor, fuel elements for, (Martin Nuclear), 324; progress of, 324 Elliott, A., on laboratory instruments (book), 236
Elliott-Automation Group, formation of, 171 Elliott Automation Ltd., purchase of Isotope Developments (Beenham) Ltd., 205; export orders, 365; scanning equipment to chart neutron flux at Trawsfynydd atomic reactor, 484; Panellit ISl 609 information system, 576; formation of mation Systems Ltd., 757; Instruments, Electronics and Exhibition, 757; Optimal control unit, 757; annual report, 861; agreements with National Cash Register Co., and Manufacture de Machines de Haut-Rhin (Manhurin), 861; position and prospects, 861
-Elliott, B. (Machinery) Ltd., Velox 6 hacksaw, 418
Elliott Bros. (London) Ltd., computer programme for Hi-Spec air surveys, 151; control panel for Ben Nevis Distillery Ltd., 454
Elliott, G. D., on Practical Ironmaking (review), 395
Elliott G-PAC Mk. 2 analogue computer (Panellit Ltd.), 225
Elliott, J. F., on physical chemistry of steelmaking (review), 165
Ellison, George, Ltd., fuse switch, 450
Elpac spectrochemical sample packing machine (Hilger and Watts), 682
Elvy, F., cleaning and maintenance exhibition, London, 189
Elwell, Edward, garden Tool Kaddy, 372 Embassy Machine and Tool Co. Ltd., Kampf FKl die sinking machine, 448
Embosser for vinyl tape, Midgie (BAC Ltd.), 353
Emery, F. E., report on industrial psychology, 700
EMI Electronics Ltd., television camera tube with memory, 122; export journal EMI Electronics Post, 130; Robotug electronic guided battery truck, 173; television for traffic control, 265; agreement with Fairbanks Whitney Corp., 389; high speed digital analyser, 403; Emidec 2400 logic units, 403; Emidata tape decks, 403; television cameras at National Association of Broadcasters’ Exhibition, Chicago, 563; •vibrator, 576; Image Orthicon camera,
E-A Autoexhibit at Automation oil refinery
668; Robotug automatic tractor, 684; Emicon 400 positioning control, 854; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
EM! Electronics Post,, export journal of EMI Electronics Ltd., 130
EMI Sales and Service Ltd., Minifon tape recorder, 772
Emicon 400 positioning control for machine tools (EMI), 854
Emidata tape deck (EMI), 403 Emidec 2400 logic unit (EMI), 403 Emigration from Clydeside, 446
Emperor mobile crane. Coles (Steels Engineering Products Ltd.), 322
Empire and Commonwealth Year Book, by R. S. Russell (book), 492
Employee training, 509
Employment in aircraft industry in Northern Ireland, 81
— of blind workers, 349
— Clydeside, 446-447
— for disabled people (Remploy), 733
— in Italy, 453
— in N.E. England, statistics, 478
— Non-industrial, Gowers committee on, 477
— Scheme for Northern Ireland, 595
— Statistics, 309, 853 CEGB, 509 London, 686-687
in Midlands, 613 for N.W. England, 583 for Wales, 646
in Yorkshire, 548
— Surveys, by Helen Wood, 307
— in US, 145
Empress of Canada liner, statistics, 350; launched by Mrs. Diefenbaker, 702; statistics, 702; Foster Wheeler boilers for, 703
Emralon resin bonded ptfe lubricant (Acheson Industries Inc.), 214
— 820 low friction resin bonded ptfe (Acheson
Colloids Ltd.), 559
Emulsions, Vandike range of (trade publication), 732
Enamel, Carltonian air-drying (Wareing Bros. and Co. Ltd.), 215
— Stoving, Bergercron (Lewis Berger Ltd.), 39
— Vitreous, spray gun for (Alfred Bullows &
Sons Ltd.), 192
as wall cladding, 540 Enamelling aluminium, 19 Energy consumption, world, per capita, 810
— Policies in Europe, 82
— Principles in applied statics, by T. M.
Charlton (book), 236
— Production, cost of, 810
— Storage methods, 810
— Transfer processes, 568
— Transportation, by R. L. Hearn, 805
Enfield India Ltd., multispindle drill head. 423 Engelhard Industries Ltd., aperture discs, 122; thermocouples, 122, 806
Engelbart Co.,
618
Engine, aero.
— Diesel, air
Ltd.), 643
— -— for Albion Motors Ltd., 765
by L. V. Armstrong and J. B. Hartman (book), 268
British high-speed, by C. Margan-Jones (book), 530
for cranes (Rolls-Royce), 793
Cylinder wear measurement in, 433
Exhaust pyrometer (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 290
Fuel system, maintenance of, 329
MAN, for supertanker. See Correction, 112
Marine, turbocharged (William Doxford and Sons), 256
for motor vehicles, 722
for oilfields (trade publication), 60
Protection and warning panel (AEI), 489 Sulzer, for Ben Line ships (David Rowan), 531
Sulzer, for new BP tanker, 531 for US trucks (Leyland), 765
— Dividing (Gear Grinding Co.), 819
— Heat, subsonic ramjet for demonstrating
(P. A. Hilton and Co.), 206
— Internal combustion, high compression
barriers in, 566
Combustion, mechanical efficiency of, 156
Combustion, noise in, 566
Combustion, redesign by R. M. Heintz, A. L. London
Combustion, with variable compression ratio, 704
— Jet propulsion, by O. E. Lancaster (review),
762
— Marine, industry in Germany, 421
? (Richardsons, Westgarth), 27
— Motor-car. See Engines, petrol: Motor-car
engines
— NSU-Wankel. See NSU-Wankel
— Oil, world directory of manufacturers, by
D. S. D. Williams (book), 332 See also Engine, diesel
— Petrol, conversion losses, 824 General purpose (BSA), 194 Pumping and friction losses, 824 Regaining efficiency, 824 Tare losses, 824 Exhaust fume tests on new type, 252 See also Aircraft engine: Boat: Motorcar engine: Tractor
— Piston, effect of compression ratio, 156 Effect of load, 156
Effect of lubricant viscosity, 156 Mechanical efficiency of, by G. Wilkins 156
Pumping losses in, 156 Test methods, 156
— Rocket. See Rocket engine
— Spark-ignition, possible paths to improved
part load economy, by A. E. Cleveland and I. N. Bishop, 824
— Stratified-charge, 722
— Test Facility, Pystock, 801
— Traction, a century of, by W. J. Hughes
(book), 562
partnership with Montecatini,
See Aircraft engine cooled (R. A. Lister and Co.
and E. F. Carter, 252
Engineers, basic manual for, by S. H. Tides- trom (book), 204
— Chartered, common title for, by Sir Willis
Jackson, 317
— Chemistry for, by E. Cartmell (book), 167
— Clubs for, 153
— Consulting, Association of. See under
Association
— Employed by BBC, 253
by Electricity Council, 253
by railways, 253
by Scottish Electricity Boards, 253
— Famous British, by L. Halward (book), 204
— Geology as applied to the work of, by J.
Goguel (book), 332
for, by J. M. Trefethen (book), 167
— Guild, survey of qualified members of engi
neering institutions, 253; survey of engineers salaries, 317; on engineers’ salaries, 445
— Handbook 1959, British (book), 132
— Influence of, by G. Ville, 349
— Origins of, by Sir George Thompson, 317
— Professional, how to become a, by J. D.
Constance (review), 94
— Salaries, 445
— Salary statistics, 317
— Status of. Plain Words on, 808
— Training of. See Course: Education: Train
ing, etc.
— UKAEA recruitment, 356
— Year book, Kempe’s, by C. E. Prockter
(book), 492
— Young, by C. B. Broschart (book), 560
— See also under Civil, Electrical, Mechanical,
etc.
ENGINEERING, citations in US, 1; Charles Cooper, former Joint Editor, obituary, 318. See LETTER, 409. See also Engineering Information Service
Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, agreement with trade unions on hours, 285
— Apprentices. See Apprentices
— Aspects of future research, by E. M. Lewis,
513
— Centre, exhibit at Poznan International
Trade Fair, 701
— Contracts. See Contracts
— Design and national characteristics. Plain
Words on, 848
— Development and politics. Plain Words on,
640
— Drawing with worked examples, by F.
Pickup and M. A. Parker (book), 667
— Education. See Education
— Electronics Association,
for industry (book), 266
— Employers’ Federation,
pointed president, 349
— Growth on Clydeside, by LETTERS, 504, 505, 542, 744 and around London, by H. J. Novy,
electronic forum
V. Everard ap-
H. J. Novy, 446.
See in
686
in the Midlands, by H. J. Novy, 612. See LETTER, 640
in North East of England, by H. J. Novy, 478, See LETTERS, 542, 606, 640, 712
in North West (Merseyside), by J. H. Novy, 582. See Correction, 745
in Northern Ireland, by H. J. Novy, 510 in Wales, by H. J. Novy, 646. See LETTERS, 714, 744
in Yorkshire, by H. J. Novy, 548
— Guided missile, by A. E. Puckett and
Ramo (review), 490
— History of, 14
— Industries, effect of bank rate on, 181 in Europe (HMSO book), 725 in N.W. England, 583 Position and prospects, 181 Wage claim position in, 17 ENGINEERING INFORMATION SERVICE, 189;
Mechanical and Hydraulic Drives (booklet), 866
— Institute of Canada, annual meeting, 851
— Institutions, presidents of. Plain Words on,
184
survey of qualified members, 253
— Laboratories. See Laboratories: National
Engineering: National Physical
— in London, 686
— Materials, creep of, by 1. Finnic and W. R.
Heller (review), 166
and Design Exhibition, displays at, 531
— Mathematics in, by J. Irving and N. Mullin-
eux (book), 460
— Problems, overseas, conference on, 773
— Service for collieries (NCB), 760
— and Shipbuilding Unions, Confederation of.
See Confederation
— Soils, mechanics of, by P. L. Capper and
W. F. Cassie (book), 667
— Standards. See British Standards Institu
tion: Standards
— Students, electricity and magnetism for, by
A. W. Hirst (review), 203
— Union, Amalgamated. See Amalgamated Confederation of Shipbuilding and. See
under Confederation
— and workshop practice, modern, by W. A.
Tuplin (book). 96
England, C. J., on physics measurements during commissioning of Pluto, 811
Engleund, Prof. Anker, papers, 428
English Channel, car ferry services, 188 Crossing without a tunnel, 188. See LETTER, 280
Hovercraft as ferry, 188
— •— Re-survey by Royal Navy, 457
English Electric Aviation, merger with Bristols and Vickers, 125
English Electric Co. Ltd., Sir George Nelson and, 45; totally enclosed electric motor, 50; back-pressure steam turbo-generators (trade publication), 60; diesel engines for oilfields (trade publication), 60; marine auxiliary steam turbo-generators (trade publication), 60; hydroelectric power scheme at Hirfanli (Turkey), 79; Liberator washing machine, 308; trial of sequential sampling machine, 359; possible production of sequential sampling machine, 359; main propulsion machinery for Siren lighthouse tender, 367; process control
S.
computer, 382; Deuce general purpose computer, 383; KDP 10 data processing system, 383; Lord Nelson on position and prospects of, 421; electric locomotive for Sudan Railways, 431; rocking motors, 431; organic moderated atomic reactor, 518; high tension tap changer, 552; magnetic logical elements for control schemes, 633; nuclear graphite. 650; transformers for Kariba Dam, 658; generating plant for River Tagus power project, 701; mill drive motors for BICC new rod mills, 727; diesel locomotives for British Railways, 797; alternators for Nimrod synchrotron, 811; research on bearing wear in corrosive atmospheres, 841 English Electric Valve Co., travelling-wave tubes, 705
English Steel Corp., Ltd., use of Sellotape pipe-line identification tape, 361; files (trade publication), 562; Cammell-Laird interest in, 757; position and prospects, 757; Vickers Ltd. interest in, 757
English, teaching of, by R. Quirk and A. H. Smith (review), 626
Enrico Fermi atomic reactor, sodium heat exchanger for, 484; fuel elements for, 586 Enrico Fermi Institute, Hydromagnetic Laboratory of, liquid metal research, 119
ENSI, Italian nuclear power plant project, 51 Ensign Conveyor Co. Ltd., automatic stone batching plant, 456
Enterprise Engine &. Machinery Co., continuous casting of bronze bearings, 605
Envelope filler, Inserta M3000 (Bradma), 481 Envoy Formula Junior car, details of, 352 Epoxide moulds for boat building, 663 Epoxies, corrosion resistance of, 711 Epoxy coating, Parglas, 439
— Resin coating, 439
for electric cable joints (Johnson and Phillips Ltd.), 565
Lining for pipes (Transcontinental Gas),
719
Pipe, reinforced, 710 Pipe, table of uses, 711 Plastic, glass reinforced, 146 Equations, ordinary differential, by W. Kaplan (review), 300
Equipment of the BBC Television Film Studios at Ealing, by N. F. Chapman (book). 460
— and plant (trade publications), 764, 796, 835 Erad Manufacturing Co. Ltd., demountable
steel car ramp, 276
Erbium as tracer element, 292
Erdi, L., aluminium canopy for circular building for petrol station, 79
Erdi and Rabson, synagogue for Carmel College,
720
Ericsson Telephones Ltd., computer for study of xenon poisoning, 403; control equipment for automatic stone batching plant, 456
Ernst, H., on Die Hebezeuge (review), 267 Erosion, cavitation, tests on, by R. Mathieson and J. M. Hobbs, 136
— Machine, spark, VJK2 (Strojexport), 482 Errington, Sir Eric, on Esso’s Fawley-London
Airport-Avonmouth oil pipeline, 789
Erroll, F. J., on undeveloped markets in Central America, 333
Esaki diode. See Tunnel Diode
Esaki, Dr. L., solid state tunnel diode, 403 Escalator for Royal Mail Lines liner Amazon (J.
and E. Hall Ltd.), 207
Escape slide for aircraft (Palmer), 400 Essex lapping machine (Rockwell), 817 Esso Petroleum Co., Dracone barge tests, 293;
pipeline link from Fawley to ICI at Severnside, 293; pipeline Fawley to London Airport, 293; new storage tanks at Milford Haven refinery, 668; Fawley- London Airport-Avonmouth oil pipeline, 789; tape to protect pipelines, 846
Esso Research and Engineering, glass reinforced Buton pipe with lining of nitrile rubber-pvc mix, 710
Estafette light utility motor vehicle (Renault), 288
Estimating in building and public works, by R. Tofani (book), 268
Etablissements Merlin et Gerin, social research in industry study, 700
Etching machine, electrolytic (Electromark), 379
Ether Langham Thompson, formation of Ether Langham Thompson (Italiana) Ltd., 733
Ether Langham Thompson (Italiana) Ltd., formation of, 733; marketing organisation for company group, 733
Ethiopia, trade prospecting in, by George Nelson, 429
Ethylene glycol manufacture (ICI), 293
— Oxide manufacture (ICI), 293
— Production in Australia, 63 Eucalyptus diversicolor, 784 Eucalyptus marginata, 784
Euclid (GB) Ltd., scraper TS-24 for Shellabear Price Ltd., 431
Euco hydraulic nut (Euco Tools Ltd.), 767
Euco Tools Ltd., Euco hydraulic nut, 767; hydraulic nut, 778
Eucumbene-Tumut tunnel virtually completed, 721
Euratom. See European Atomic Energy Community
Eurochemic, atomic fuel element reprocessing plant, 586; consulting contract to W. J. Fraser and Co., 788
Europe, atomic energy in, policy of, 82 Energy programmes, 52 Energy programmes, survey of, 51 Power stations in, 51 Reactors, fuel for, 52
— Coal industry in, 1
— Economic survey of, 629
— Electricity, upward trends in, by R. Bailey,
748
— Energy policies in, 82
— Engineering industries in (HMSO book), 725
— Euratom’s power plans for, 586
•— Fuel supplies in, 213
— Impact of Common Market, 858
— Iron and steel industry in (book), 60
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Europe, machine tool production and export statistics, 813
— Motor car production statistics, 644
— Nuclear fabrication plants, 52 Projects, 52
Research centres, 52
— Position and prospects of coal industry in, 83
— Pricing policies for fuel, 213
— Rate of recovery, 858
— Shipping industry, 858
— Steel industry, 858
Industry, long term trends and problems of (HMSO book), 858
Output in, 109
— US trade in, 27 Trade with, 73
— in the World economy, 858 European-American Nuclear Data Committee, first working meeting, 387
European Atomic Energy Community, HFR reactor in Holland, 228; Orgel atomic reactory project, 260; United States collaboration to be more flexible, 452; Treaty on atomic energy, 483; contract with KEMA for SUSPOP reactor study, 586; sponsorship of studies for project ORGEL, 586; financial participation in OEEC project DRAGON, 586; power plans for Europe, 586; general report for 1960, 586; take over of Ispra research centre, 617; discussions with AKS Group to continue Stuttgart atomic power project, 618; discussion on advanced gas cooled reactor, 618; UK entry into to be discussed, 756; general report on activities, 805; radiation on animals, 805; research on uranium materials, 805; US joint programme with, German dislike of, by H. E. Kahl, 860
— Broadcasting Union, duties and organisa
tion, 305
— Coal and Steel Community, in Europe’s
energy policy, 82; steel output of, 109; troubles in members’ coal and steel industries, 437; coal and steel prospects in Europe, 539
— Common Market, and Europe’s energy
policy, 82; integration of six members, 469; UK and, 469; machine tools and, 813; state of, 813; disinterest in detente with European Free Trade Area, 845; impact on Europe, 858
— Economic Community, trade discriminations
of, 27; exports and, 29.
—-Free Trade Area, energy policy and, 82; tariff cuts, 493; suggested detente with European Common Market, 845
Trade Association, exports and, 29; Austria and, 411; machine tools and, 813
— Fuel needs. Hartley Report on, 648
— Industry, social research in, 700
— Investment Bank, 286
— Nations cooperation on under-developed
countries, 1
— Nuclear Energy Agency, Stresa conference,
51; survey on radioactivity measuring stations, 227; difficulty associated with high staff turnover, 420; forecast of uranium demand, 649
— Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
closed television circuit for synchrotron, 16; investment programme, 16; 25 GeV proton synchrotron, 228; proton synchrotron, stray proton beam found, 586; death of Prof. C. J. Bakker, 692; J. B. Adams appointed director-general, 692 Plastics (Economic Documentation Office, Holland) (book), 492
— Productivity Agency, Stresa conference, 51;
European Refrigeration and its practical applications (book), 96; Melman report commissioned by, 181; report on railway productivity, 405; Russian Technical Literature (bulletin), 592; conference on social research in industry, 700
— Refrigeration research and its practical
applications (book), 96
—-Sanitary engineering, course on, 152 Eurovision television network, 305 Eva-Smooth file with abrasive tape (Pickavent), 436
Evans, Joseph, and Sons (Wolverhampton) Ltd., multicylinder hydraulic pump, 416; 853 W/M hydraulic pump, 482
Evans, O., appointed head of AEI’s plant applications engineering dept., 325
Evans, R. H., on Aglite lightweight concrete using sintered clay aggregate, 415
Evapor-ion titanium vapour high vacuum pump (Consolidated Vacuum), 679
Eve, J. L., Construction Co. Ltd., 275 kV supergrid over river Severn, 348; 275 kV line from Beauly to Kintore, 348
Event recording machine (AEI), 508
Everard, V., president of Engineering Employers’ Federation, 349
Everett, R. L., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Evershed and Vignoles Ltd., gas distribution control equipment, 129; automatic control equipment for Little Barford “ B ” power station, 296
Ewin, Prof. B. B., on radioactive waste disposal in sandstone, 420
Exactor Ltd., Exactor-Trabon lubricating system, 591; lubrication blockage indicator, 591
Exactor-Trabon lubricating system, 591 Examples in applied mathematics, by F. W. Kellaway (book), 96
Excavators, how to be a star driver, 57
— Hydrascoop (Blaw Knox Ltd.), 258 Excitation of turbine generator by semiconductors (West Penn Power Co.), 599
Executive courses of American Foundrymen’s Society, 81
— Flying for, 578
— Promotion chances survey, 45 Exhaust ducts (Modern Air Co.), 831
— Fume burner, catalytic (General Motors),
252
Motor car, limiting of, 252. See LETTER, 409
— Pyrocore catalytic reactor for (A
Thermocatalytic Corp.), 252
merican
Exhaust pyrometer for diesel engine (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 290
— Valves, coatings for (trade publication), 492 Exhibition of architectural metalwork, 523
— Boat Show, 135
— British, in Moscow (1961), 109
— British Trade Fair (New York), 333,
429, 461, 531; exhibitors at, 750; details of, 750; shipbuilding exhibit at, 797; shipbuilding day, 797; exhibitors at, 852; success of, 852
— Brno Trade Fair, 429
— of Business Archives, 469
— Business efficiency, 591
— of car parking by British Road Federation,
348
— Cleaning and maintenance, London, 189
— Copenhagen Motor Show, 429
— Electrical engineers, 450, 552
— Electronics and instruments, 641
— Engineering materials and design, 531
— Forestry machinery, 442
— Geneva Motor Show, 429
— German Industries Fair, Hanover, 610, 643;
statistics on, 668
— Helsinki motor show, 733
— “ Ideal Home,” housing display at, 317
— Instruments, Electronics and Automation,
715; Sperry ultimate safety device on show,724
— Interdependence of exhibitors at, 603
— International automatic vending, 222
Clothing trade, 1960, 314, 607
Hardware, trades, 574
Machine tool, 543, 814, 854
Plastics, 506
— Leipzig Spring, 639
— of light aircraft, Kidlington Airport, 578
— Mechanical handling, 281, 642, 684
— Milan Fair, 617
— National Association of Broadcasters’,
EMI television cameras on display at, 563
?—? — Business Efficiency, statistics and exhibitors, 668
— of nuclear activities, Italy, 617
— Open Day, by I. M. Slade, 782
— Permindex permanent industrial, Rome, 823
— Physical Society, 122, 158
— of plastics machinery in Russia, by R. H,
Windsor Ltd., 493
— of plastics in Russia, ICI Ltd., 493
— Poznan International Trade Fair, Engineer
ing Centre to exhibit at, 701
— of printing techniques, Paris, 378
— Production, International Computers and
Tabulators Ltd., exhibit, 759
Lines, Plessey Co. Ltd., 91
— on rocket astronomy at Science Museum,
117
— Russian, in London (1961), 109
— St. Erik’s Fair, 493
— Science masters, Southampton University,
160
— of Scientific Instrument Manufacturers’
Association in Moscow, 873
— Travelling industrial, exhibitors in, 595
— Utrecht international technical spring
fair, 668
— Valencia Fair, Morris cars on show at, 701
— Vending, 237
— Young Contemporaries, Plain Words on,
408
Exide-lronclad marine battery (Chloride Batteries Ltd.), 450
Exothermic compounds, manufacturing plant for (Thomas Robinson and Son), 486
Expanded Metal Co,, mesh for anti-dazzle screen, 284
Expanded rubber (trade publication), 868
Expanded Rubber Co. Ltd., neoprene rubber foam, 279; expanded rubber (trade publication), 868
Expanding industry (Board of Trade pamphlet), 531
Expandite Adhesives Ltd., formation of, 333
Expandite Group, formation of Expandite Adhesives Ltd., 333
Expandite Ltd., building fillers (trade publication), 492
Expenditure, consumer, for 1959, 171
Explorer VI satellite, 243; soft radiation experiment in, 243
Explosions, detonations, flammability and ignition, by B. P. Mullins and S. S. Penner (review), 762
— Nuclear, USAEC utilisation of heat
released, 420
Explosive forming of metal plates (Vickers), 695
Exports in 1959, 29
— Agricultural machinery, 32, 277
— Aircraft, 213
Engines, 213
Engine industry, 106
Engines, statistics, 873
Industry, 106
— Aluminium (Aluminium Co. of Canada),
797
— Atomic energy industry, 102
— Bicycles, 587
— Building materials to Sweden, 333
— Cases of plywood (Venesta), 294
?— Civil engineering industry, 142
— Contracts, conditions of, 301
— Copper to China, 135
— Council, Dollar. See Dollar Exports
Council
— Directory of German industries, SEIBT,
(book), 236
— Domestic appliance industry, 178
— Electrical, to Canada, 109
Plant industry, 176
— Electronics industry, 138
— Extended delivery dates, 603 Export-Import Bank of Washington, 286
— Increase in, 205
— ?— Value and volume of, 205
— Instruments industry, 138
— Japanese transistors to US, 237
— Locomotive industry, 104
— Machine tools, 37, 269
Tools, by A. AIbu, 181
Tools (David Brown), 836
Tool industry, 66
— Markets of GEC, 135
Export of mining machinery industry, 70
—? Motor car, to Argentine, 493 Car, BMC, 63 Cars to Sweden, 301 Cars, unboxed to US, 365 Cars to US, 145, 301 Vehicles, 30
— Office machinery, 34
— Processing machinery industry, 140
— Radioisotopes, 388
—? Railway rolling stock,_104 _
— Relationship with
Community, 29
— Relationship with
Association, 29
— Rolling stock, 757
— to Russia, 637
— Statistics, 365 for 1959, 109
— Steel, 109
—? Tractors, 461 from Germany
Deutz), 63
Rise in, 701
— Transformers (Fuller Electric), 161
— to US, record established, 145
— US, of steel, 109
Exposed work, wage rates for, 43
Express Dairies Ltd., automatic vending of foods, 223
Extensometer using Moire fringes (Ferranti Ltd.), 158
Extractive metallurgy, by J. Newton (book), 202, 796
Extruded aluminium products (trade publication), 492
?— and drawn aluminium products (trade publication), 492
Extrusion of beryllium, 663 Brittle materials, 759
— Cold, of titanium, 759
— Equipment and hydraulic presses, by
E. Muller (review), 528
Eye, human, memory capacity of, 705
Eyers, J., review of Corrosion of Chemical Apparatus, 731-732; review of Corrosion and Deposits in Coal- and Oil-fired Boilers and Gas Turbines, 731-732; biographical note, 732
Eyles, G., on driving tests, 409
European Economic
European Free Trade
(Klockner-Humboldt-seal.

F-ALLOY as high temperature rubbing 279
Faber, O., on heating and ventilating (book), 132; on Reinforced Concrete (book), 300
Faber, Oscar, and Partners, factory for Texas Instruments Ltd., 820
Fabri, J., on Advanced Aero Engine Testing (review), 762
Fabrica de Artefatos de Aco Tupy S.A., position and prospects of, 421
Facing slabs, concrete (booklet), 219 Factory accidents. See Accidents
— Building, by W. G. Beaton, 616
— Building, cost of, 616
Design, 616
— Design for clean production, 820
— Inspectorate, HM, electrical accidents and
their causes (report), 175
— Modernisation, 186
— Rebuilding, 186
— Scheme in Northern Ireland, 595 Facts from Figures, by J. Moroney, 358 Fads and fallacies in the name of science, by
M. Gardner (review), 394. See LETTER, 440
Fafnir Bearing Co., purchase of Fischer Bearings Co., 17
Fafnir rig test for greases, 425 Fair, trade. See Exhibition Fairbanks Whitney Corp., agreement with EMI Electronics Ltd., 389
Fairey Air Surveys Ltd., photo-printer, 747 Fairey Aviation Co. of Australasia Pty. Ltd., Ultramicrotome, 13; Wreciss camera for guided missiles, 211
Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd., delivery of aircraft to Indonesia, 205; bought by Westland Aircraft Co., 325
Fairey Marine Ltd., lifeboat, 336
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., historic note, 14; railway bridge near Evesham, 115; fabricated steelwork for strengthening Royal Albert Bridge, 865
Fairmont Hydrail car for rail track inspection, 62
Falcon motor car (Ford), 824
Fallout, atomic, special vehicle to measure, 498
— Measurement stations, coordination by CAMEN, 617
Famous British engineers, by L. Halward (book), 204
Fan, aerofoil type. Cyclone (Matthews Yates Ltd.), 121
— Axial flow (trade publication), 364
— Centrifugal (trade publication), 364
— Heater with thermostatic control (General
Trade Equipment Ltd.), 157
-Turbo-Cyclone (Matthews and Yates Ltd,), 353
— Ventilation, for aircraft brake hubs
(Airscrew Co.X 768
Farley, T. A., on soft electron flux, 243
Farmer, F. R., review of Indemnification of Atomic Energy Activities and Operations of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 458-459; biographical note, 460
Farmery, on influence of silicon in cast iron on corrosive wear, 470
Farming, national power conference, Cheltenham, 277
— Underground, by R. Zahour, 365
— See also Agriculture; Irrigation; Tractors Farrar, D, J., biographical note, 477 Farringdon station, strengthening of “ gridiron ” bridge, 315
Farrington Manufacturing Co., merger with Ad rema Ltd., 27
Farrow, H. M., on metallising activities, 438 Farrow and Jackson Ltd., belt conveyor, 508 Farthings, call for, 171
Fast-pinch device, MAGGI, 356 Device, OSWALD, for Science Museum, 356
Fastenings (trade publication), 428
— for interior tiles and fittings. Spire Speed, 631
Fatigue behaviour of welded aluminium, factors influencing, by J. E. Tomlinson and J. L. Wood, 512
— and internal stresses in metals, by G. M.
Rassweiler and W. L. Grube (review), 667
— Life for nuts and bolts increased, 494
— Properties of aluminium alloy butt welded joints, effect of mean stress on, Gunn and R. McLester, 512
— Strength of butt welded joints, the, by Dr. W. Glide, 512 of butt welds in mild steel, Newman, 512
of fillet welded joints, by T. R. Gurney, 512
of studs, by A. F. C. McClimont, 430
Values of mild steel Neumann, 512
— Tests at RAE, 494
— Testing programmed, of
steel structural assemblies, by Dr. J. G. Whitman and Dr. J. F. Alder, 512
— of welded beams and girders, weld details
on, by Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
— of welded joints in high-strength steels, by
Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
— of welded structures, 512. See Correction,
641
?—? of welded structures, metallurgical aspects of future research on, by W. D. Bigg, 513 Fawley-London Airport-Avonmouth oil pipeline (Esso), 789
Faxi offset litho printing machine (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 449
Fearon, J. H., on Progress in Non-Destructive Testing (book), 732
Federal Ministry for Nuclear Energy and Waterworks, Germany, functions of, 483
— Power Board, railhead for Kariba Dam, 654 Federated Paints Ltd., Alkalad paint, 356;
Strathclyde paint, 356; UKAEA approval for Alkalad and Strathclyde paints, 356
Federation of British Industries, industrial survey, 277; reunion dinner, 477; register of British Manufacturers (book), 492; symposium on reliability of military equipment, 559; inquiry into trends in industry, 805; labour shortage, 845
— Civil Engineering Contractors, data on
and causes of accidents, 213; training courses on safety, 213; on idle road making machinery, 637 _
— Manufacturers " . _ -
ment, testing with MEXE, Birmingham Construction
Federici Ultraelectricspark machine (Addison), 380
Feed controllers, electropneumatic (Lindars Automation Ltd.), 50
Feedometer (Adequate Weighers Ltd.), 120
— Pump. See Pump
— Weighing machine (Wm. Gardner and Sons), 508
Feedback Ltd., DC amplifier type ADIA, 225 Feedback resolver, synchro (Sperry), 467 Feeder, Amplitrol vibratory (Locker), 684 Feedometer feed controller (Adequate Weighers Ltd.), 120
Felt, A. E., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Ferguson House, details of, 693
Ferodo Brake Service Guide (book), 460
Ferodo Gold Trophy awarded to Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd. 80
Ferranti Ltd., automatic plant for production of silicon diffusion diodes, 91; extensometer using Moire fringes, 158; peak accelerometer, 552; Apollo transistorised computer for air traffic control, 595; Apollo type computer for air traffic control, Kariba Kariba Dam sub-stations, 659; Ferranti- Shirley viscometer, 682; Airpass II radar fire control system, 705; Pegasus computer for piping stress analysis, 736
Ferranti-Shirley viscometer (Ferranti), 682 Ferreed electromechanical switch (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 435
Ferry, air, for cars across Channel (Silver City Airways), 188
— Hovercraft as, 188
— Princess of Tasmania, 98
— Sea, for cars across Channel, 188
— Services for cars across Channel, 188
— Space, model of, 163
— Vehicle, Drake, converted to diesel hydrau
lic drive, 590
Ferrybridge “ B ” power station, equipment installation, 624; low grade fuel system, 624; opening of, 709
Fiat Motor Co., Multiple 600 light utility motor vehicle, 288; cooperation with Westinghouse Corp., 603; agreement with CNRN, 617; CNRN to assist in atomic marine propulsion project and PLUTO type reactor project, 617; production statistics, 644; list of current models, 644; employee-employer relationship, 644; comparison with other European manufacturers, 644; car styling, 644; 500 Giardiniera car, 876
Fiat-Ansaldo, atomic propelled tanker, 617 Fibercast Co., glass reinforced epoxy pipe, 710 Fiberfrax fibrous refractory ceramic (Carborundum), 572
Fibre pipes, pitch, for sewer repair (Key Engineering Co. Ltd.), 187
Fich, S., on theory of AC circuits (book), 396 Field, electric, plotter FP92 (Servomex), 682 Field, E. W., on education and research in machine tool industry, 741
by K. W.
increasing
by R. P.
Brown, and W.
welds, by A.
full size welded
of Construction Equip- of construction equipment 443; bursary for course at University, 445; British Equipment (book), 594
625; power transformers for Dam, 656; transformers for
18
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189
(I960)
Fielden Electronics Ltd., Servograph transistorised recorder-controller, 121; Bikini self-balancing temperature indicator, 418 FIEN. See Italian Forum for Nuclear Energy Fiennes, M. A., resignation as managing director of Davy and United Roll Foundry, 812
Figures, facts from, by J. Moroney, 358
— String, and other monographs (Chelsea
Publishing Co.), 562
Files (trade publication), 562
— Eva-Smooth, with abrasive tape (Picka-
vent), 436
Filene’s, Wm., U-Serv-U Centre, automatic vending installation, 223
Fillers, building (trade publication), 492
Film, cinema, “ Antarctic Crossing ” (BP Ltd.), 461
“ Hazard,” on safety, 477
International festival of industrial, 776 International Scientific Association, congress in Prague, 849
“ Live and Let Live,” on safety, 477 “ The Magic of a Name ” (Rolls-Royce), 690
“On Schedule,” 668
Precast concrete (Concrete Ltd.), 348 Road sweepers (Lewin Road Sweepers Ltd.), 297
— Polyester, 183
— Polythene (trade publication), 60
— Stripcoat, for spray booth, 183
— Studios, BBC television, Ealing, equipment
of, by N. F. Chapman (book), 460
Filters for alpha activity monitors, 420
— Bag (trade publication), 796
with air jet cleaning, Holmes-Retroflux (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 321
— Band pass (Salford Electrical Instruments
Ltd.), 272
— Dust (Air Control Installations Ltd.), 174 Traughber (Joshua Bigwood and Son
Ltd.), 174
— Elements, ribbon (Tecalemit), 564
— Frequency (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 416
— Rigimesh material for (Sintered Products
Ltd.), 343
— for ultrasonic cleaners (Dawe Instruments
Ltd.), 48
— for viewing welding operations, plastics for,
B.S., 91
— for welding, B.S., 423 Filtration unit for fuel (Air BP), 765 Fimax magnetic chuck (Darwins Ltd.), 289 Financial protection against nuclear risk,
international problems of (review), 395- 396
Finch, K. W., on Trinidad power problems, 792 Fine Hardwoods Association, use of Dri-line self-adhesive aluminium foil, 573
Finish, surface, sheet grading by (Bren Manufacturing Co.), 86
Fink truss building, 315
Finlay Engineering, exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
Finnic, I., on creep of engineering materials (review), 166
Finsider Group, US Steel Corp, interest in part purchase of, 563
Fiol Roca, Morris motor car exhibit at Barcelona Fair, 701
Fire alarm, balanced beam type (Photoelectronics (MOM) Ltd.), 201
— Control, radar, Airpass 11 (Ferranti), 705 System (Sound Diffusion (Autother-
matic) Ltd.), 297
— Detection equipment for Hoover Co.
(Sound Diffusion), 797
— Engine, Leyland Firemaster, for Glasgow
Fire Service, 336
— Loss statistics, 309, 469
— Protection conference, national, 309 for steel structures, 851. See LETTER, for structural steelwork (report), 109,
— Research Organisation, Joint, tests
Asbestolux protected steel structures,
Station, tests on fire protection structural steelwork, 115
— Resistant paint, Albisaf (Albi-Willesden),
639
— Service, Glasgow, Leyland Firemaster
fire-engine for, 336
— Underfloor draught, 108. See LETTERS, 280,
313, 376, 441, 504, 744
— Walls, Viton fluorinated rubber for (Du
Pont), 311
— Whisky warehouse, 469
Firebrick protective glaze (Crownamics), 573
— See also Refractory
Firemaster, BP, propulsion units of, 431
— Fire-engine for Glasgow Fire Service
(Leyland), 336
Fireproof Tanks Ltd., oil and solvent resistant industrial gloves, 605
Firm, smaller, and technical education, by D. Silbertson, 362
Firth Cleveland, control of Solartron Electronic Group by, 89
Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd., tank gauge, 226; tank gauge (trade publication), 268; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Firth Cleveland Steel Strip Ltd., steel strip and flattened wire (trade publication), 460; hardening and tempering lines, 701; export of steel strip to Eastern Germany, 701
Firth Cleveland Tools Ltd., exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
Firth, D., hydrostatic drives for machine tools, 827
Firth-Derihon, position and prospects of, 229 Firth, Thomas, and John Brown Ltd., forge development scheme, 18; position and prospects of, 229; interest in Firth- Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd., 757
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd., increase in demand for stainless steels, 589; new plant for, 589; prosperous year ahead, 757; Thomas Firth and John Brown interest in, 757
Fischer Bearings Co., taken over by Fafnir Bearing Co., 17
Fisher Governor Co., fuel oil blending equipment, 638
Fisher, J. O. M., on the budget and dry dock owners, 555
Fisher and Ludlow Ltd., Carflow conversion system for grain/car carrying ships, 625
Fishing vessels. Desomil disinfection and deodorising service for (Norsk Braen- selolje), 668
Fison-Airwork Ltd., activities of, 357
Fison’s Ltd., bid for Crosse and Blackwell (Holdings), Ltd. 17
Fission, nuclear. See Nuclear
— Product data, prediction of performance of
electrostatic precipitation wire machine using, by P. Barr and L. G. Ralfe, 452
— Wastes, cooling of underground, by
J. K. Perring, 196
Fitch, S. H., safety device for critical assemblies, 15
Fixed-coil display system for data extraction, by W. F. Ashton, 596
Fixtures (trade publication), 835
— and jigs (trade publication), 594
— Jigs and cutting tools, by H. C. Town
(review), 866
Flame detector (Honeywell), 778
MacEye (Urquharts (1926) Ltd.), 417
— Sprayed coatings of alumina, Rokide, 847 Flameproof electrical equipment, 499
Flammability, by B. P. Mullins and S. S. Penner (review), 762
Flats, multi-storey, milk delivery truck (Ross Auto Engineering Ltd.), 269
Flatford Mill, preservation of appearance, Fleming, Sir Alexander, thermionic valves, Flemings, M. C., “ . - •
(review), 730
Flexball mechanical remote control system (Vofa-Werk), 610
Flexible couplings. See Couplings
— Drive unit, Nibru-Max (Roland Goodall
Ltd.), 550
Flexibox Ltd., Mark 15A lapping machine, 224 FlexiFile Dafile saw blades, 436
Flexure Devices, by P. J. Geary, 362 Flight to the moon, equipping man for, 634
— Space, and guided missiles. Van Nostrand’s
dictionary of, by G. Merrill (book), 132 Floating dock. See Dock
Flocculating agent Superfloc 16 (Cyanamid), 215
Flood barrier proposed at Long Reach on river Thames, 348
Thames, technical possibilities (HMSO), 348
— Control project, Fraser River, 821
— Waverley Committee on, 348
Floodlighting for trotting track (National Electrical and Engineering Co. Ltd.), 399
Floor cleaning machine, Jetstream (Kent Floor Machine Co. Ltd.), 577
— Concrete slab (British Lift Slab Ltd.), 820
— Dust-free, 476
— Granolithic, by F. J. Cosford, 476
— Noises, steps to measure, by E. G. Marklew,
674. See LETTER, 680. See Correction, 745
— Slabs, Bison precast concrete (Concrete
Ltd.), 513
— Warming experiments, 468
Flooring, wood, Permatred, for vans (Permali), 407
Flow behaviour in non-Newtonian slurries, 196
— Compressible, introduction to theory of, by
Shih-I Pai (book), 96
— of granules through apertures, 434
— Meter, portable, for gases (Wilh. Lam
brecht), 610
Pottermeter (de Havilland), 507
— in pipes, elementary practical hydraulics of,
by C. T. B. Donkin (book). 96
Flowmaster vertical centrifugal pump (J. H. Carruthers and Co.). 701
Flowmeter for liquids (British Scientific Research Association), 122
Flues, boiler, recovery of sulphur from, 174 Fluids, advanced mechanics of, by H. Rouse (book), 96
— Flow experiments, rough linings for, by
T. Constantine, 878
— Mechanics, proceedings of conference on
(Texas University) (book), 868
— Meters, their theory and application
(ASME report), 204
Fluidised plastics, coating with, 604
Fluidrive Engineering Co. Ltd., hydraulic drive for diesel locomotive, 61; fluid couplings, 453; annual report, 453; order position. 453
Fluor Corp. OMR atomic reactor, Idaho, 618; modifications to OMRE reactor, 692
Fluorescent lantern, mercury (Atlas Lighting Ltd.), 20
— Lighting fittings (Benjamin Electric Ltd.),
450
— Strip lighting (trade publication), 236 Fluorinated rubber. Viton, for
(Du Pont), 311
Fluorine chemistry, organic, recent ments in, by Prof. J. C. Tatlow 873
Fluoriflex plastics used in aircraft, 342
— T (Resistoflex Corp.), 342
— TIOOI (Resistoflex Corp.), 342
— TS (Resistoflex Corp.), 342
Fluoseal glass filled ptfe pump seals (Crane), 605
Flux for brazing aluminium and titanium alloys (Wall Colmonoy), 605
— for submerged arc welding, improved
(Battelle), 605
Flying for executives, 578
?—• Sent, by W. Pegg (review), 730
— Weather laboratory in Boeing 707 aircraft,
201
Flywheels for Nimrod synchrotron alternators (Buckley and Taylor), 811
FMCE. See Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment
Foam rubber process, 279
Foamed aluminium, 278
— Plastic as insulation material, 278
— •— Materials, 278
• as packaging material, 278
Foamsil insulation (Pittsburgh Corning), 279
Fogg, Dr. A., on performance measurement of the complete car, 632
Foil, aluminium, coils and solenoids (Venesta), 775
Dri-line self-adhesive, 573
— Neutron detection (Aerojet-General Nu
cleonics), 16
Foley, D. D., on uranium ore processing (review), 236
Fono, Dr. A., on economy of long distance gas pipelines, 793
Food, atomic irradiation of, cancellation of US Army’s programme, 124
Irradiation of, pilot plant at Wantage Radiation Laboratories, 124
— Mixers, series motors in, 534 Foodarama refrigerator (Kelvinator), 570 Foodstuffs, radiation treatment of, 733
Foot pump for heavy lubricants, Hercules (Centralube Ltd.), 224
Forbes, R. J., on man the maker (review), 202 Force balance for pressures (Kelvin and Hughes Ltd.), 158
Ford Foundation, growth of, 109
Ford Motor Co. (Canada), new headquarters building, 316
Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Levapad, Levascooter and Levacar air-bearing machines, 46; Dagenham Halewood, plans, 261;
New York, ment, 523;
sales and production, 555; output and overseas sales of Tractor Division, 563; coal-fired boiler for Dagenham power house, 587; quayside facilities at Dagenham, 587; record output, 629; Levacar development, 722; research on high strength steels, 775; tractor production to Basildon, 823; truck production to Slough, 823; Falcon motor car, 824; new demands by workers, 853
Ford Motor Co. (US), Edsel motor car, 148; plastic materials for interiors, 311; profits 365; wind tunnel, 412
Ford, T. B., position and prospects, 661
— Thames light utility motor vehicle, 288
— Universal towing chock, 303
Forestry Commission, forestry machinery exhibition, 442
— Machinery exhibition, 442
Forge, development scheme of Thomas Firth and John Brown Ltd., 18
— Modernisation, conference on, 173 Forging alloys (trade publication), 60
— Automatic, 487
— Drop. See Drop forging: Hammer
— Hammer. See Hammer
— Machine, cold (Greenwood and Batley), 815
— Press. See Press
Forgo, L., on air cooling towers, 650 Forks, garden. Bulldog, 372
— Trucks (trade publication), 332
Electric Rapide (Lansing Bagnall Ltd.), 642
Pipe clamp for (Hyster Co.), 417 Forklift trucks (Matbro Ltd.), 27 Forming, cold flow, future techniques, 826
— Explosives, of metal plate by (Vickers) 695 “ Formula Junior,” racing-car formula, 44 Formwork (trade publication), 530
— Concrete, designers handbook, by H. R.
Gill (book), 796
Forschungsberichte des Wirtschafts-und Ver- kehrsininiteriums Nordrhein-Westfalen, by K. Leist and J. Weber (review), 331
Fort Greely atomic power plant, SMl-A (Alco Products), 515
Fortet, R., on Aspects of Analysis and Probability (review), 396
Forth Road bridge, erection of first tower, 688; foundations and anchorages (John Howard and Co. Ltd.), 688; main towers, Fusarc welded (Sir William Arrol and Co.), 688; pier construction details, 688; statistics, 688
Fortinox stainless alloy for watch and instrument springs (Samuel Fox), 91
Forum back boiler, 108
Foster Brothers Ltd., polythene pipe flanges (trade publication), 428
Foster, D. B., on telephone techniques for automation, 726
Foster, E., on chemical analysis of plutonium with uranium and molybdenum, 811
Foster Transormers Ltd., Metaduct slipping clutch, 840
Foster, W. N., on Trinidad power problems, 792
Foster Wheeler Corp., rotatine disc contactors for Duque de Caxias oil refinery, 301
Foster Wheeler Ltd., boilers for Little Barford “ B ” power station, 296 boilers for liner Empress of Canada, 703
Foulkes, F., re-elected president ETU, 285; leader of Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 285
Foundation Engineering Co., acquired by Richard Costain, Ltd., 725
Foundations and sites, by A. D. M. Penman, 851
Foundry engineering, by H. F. Taylor, M. C. Flemings and J. Wulff (review), 730
— Iron, boom in, 773
Record neering),
— Materials, selected methods of analysis
(review),
Foundry Mechanisations (Baillot) Ltd., mechanised casting for glass moulds, 525
?— Record of Distingion Engineering Co., 429 Foundry Suppliers Ltd., King portable hardness tester, 683
— See also Castings: Moulding Foundrymen’s Society, American.
American Foundrymen's Society Four Window Girl, by S. Mead (review), 763 Fourier’s series, elementary treatise on, by
W. E. Byerly (review), 730
Fowler. Prof. J. M., on educating the engineer, 607
Fox, Samuel, and Co. Ltd., Fortinox alloy for watch and instrument 91; Jethete steels, 439; interest in Shep- cote Lane Rolling Mills Ltd., 589
Foxboro-Yoxall dewpoint controller for heat treatment plant, 831
Frame, bolted, collapse behaviour of, by T. M. Charlton, 218
— Press, Prestige (William Jones Ltd.), 225 Frameworks, grid, and related structures,
analysis of, by A. W. Hendry and L. G. Jaeger (review), 627
France, agreement with Russia for exchange of atomic information for peaceful use, 756
— Aircraft industry, 603
— Atomic energy programme in, 51
— Atomic power station EDF 1 at Chinon, 51
— Bid for Indian nuclear power station, 603
— Channel power link with, 709
— Exploitation of Sahara, 648
France Fenwich, William, and Co. Ltd., Goodwood cargo ship with free-piston gas turbine, 92
— the Great Wall of: The Triumph of the
Maginot Line, by V. Rowe (review), 560
France liner, statistics, 350; Plain Words on launching of, 680; launched by Mme de Gaulle, 702; statistics, 702; 773
— Marketing of Sahara oil, 493
— Nuclear budget of, 51
— Nuclear industry, 603
— Production statistics, 725
— Railways in, 83. See LETTER, 148
— Supply of natural gas to Paris from Lacq,
648
— See also French
Franco, Signor, appointed engineer-in-chief of OEEC DRAGON project, Winfrith Heath,
617
Franco-English channel power link 709 Franco Tosi, turbine for SELNI power station,
618
Frankenstein-Beaufort Organisation, Dracone barge manufacture, 293
Franklin Institute, symposium on gas cooled atomic reactors, 292
Franklin, P., on functions of complex variables (book), 396
Frascati synchrotron centre, research at, 617 Fraser, D. A. S., on statistics—an introduction
(review), 59
Fraser River, power potential of, by R. E. Potter. 821
Board, power and flood control projects, 821
Fraser, W. J., and Co., collaboration agreement with UKAEA, 788; consulting contract with Eurochemic, 788; effluent treatment plant for Rolls-Royce, 788
Fraser, W. L., on Babcock and Wilcox Group, 789
FRED figure reading electronic device (EMI), 811
Free Trade Areas. See European Areas in Central America, 453 Freedom of Speech, Plain Words on, 712. See
LETTER, 776
Freefone telephone service, 27 Freeman, Fox and Partners, Forth road bridge,
688; Medway Bridge, 850
Freeport Sulphur Co., undersea pipeline for molten sulphur, 728
Freer Fans Ltd., axial flow fans (trade publication), 364
French production, magazine of, 233
— See also France
French, T., on construction and behaviour characteristics of tyres, 274
Frenger Ceilings Ltd., Spire Speed fastenings, 631
Frequency filter (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 416
— Meter model TSA 501 (Venner Electronics
Ltd.), 157
Rohde and Schwartz (Aveley), 682
— Modulation, principles of, by B. S. Camies
(book), 132
— Modulated radio signal, 168
— Sampler, Fresco (Bristol). 737 Fresco frequency sampler (Bristol), 737 Fresnel zone, radio transmission, 168 Fretting corrosion, greases to prevent, 424.
See LETTERS, 505, 574. 712 Freyssinet Organisation, J. V. Turner ap
pointed chairman, 53 Friction, locomotive wheel, 65
— Piles, comparative behaviour of (review),
266
— Winders, tower mounted, for Warsop Col
liery (AEI Ltd.), 304
Fringe benefits, by F. M. Wistert (book), 530, (review), 867
Frisch, O. R., on Progress in Nuclear Physics (book), 868
Fritz, J. J., on thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics (book), 396
Frost, B. R. T., on nuclear reactor materials (book), 167
F8U Chance Vought aircraft, Fluoroflex plastics used in, 342
Fuel Abstracts and Current Titles, 490 “ Additives, anti-knock, 566
for sludge prevention (Du Pont), 147
— Aviation, pipeline for, Walton—London
Airport, 361
— Cells for power storage, 793
for tractor drive (Allis-Chalmers), 272
— Consumption in motor cars, by P. D.
Richardson, 112
— Economic use in electricity supply system,
by F. A. P. M. Theunissen, 810
— Filtration unit (Air BP), 765
— Gas distribution box (Baddeley Engineer
ing Co. Ltd.), 322
— Handling (trade publication), 132
— High octane, chemistry of, 566 Octane refining practice, 566 Octane, by W. G. Lovell, 566
— Institute of. See Institute
— Liquid, firing, residential conference on
major developments 1948-59 (book), 796
— Low grade, high efficiency from 624
— Needs, European, Hartley Report on, 648
— Oils, blending to close tolerance (Mobil
Oil Co.), 638
Blending equipment (Fisher), 638
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Fuel pipeline transport of, 361
— Policy of Government, by R. Wood, 733
— Pricing policies in Europe, 213
— Pump. See Pump
— Research Station, tests on new type of petrol
engine, 252
— Smokeless, collaboration between Gas
Council and National Coal Board to produce, 637
Committee on solid, 637
— Solid, transport by pipeline, 719
— Supplies in Europe, 213
— System, diesel, maintenance of, 329
— Transport by pipe, 719
— See also under specific types of fuel Fuelling valve, anti-spill (Zwicky Ltd.), 297 Fuller Electric Ltd., collector trolley for travelling cranes, 85; transformer export, 161
Fuller Huron Airslide conveyor system for bulk cement carrying ship, 797
Fuller Kinyon pumps for bulk cement carrying ship, 797
Fullerform Continuous Pipe Corp., inflatable rubber forms for concrete pipes, 513
Fulmer Research Institute, corrosion in cast iron, 470
Fumes, exhaust, from cars, limiting of, 252 Function, bivariate normal distribution, and related functions, tables of (book), 835
— of Complex Variables, by P. Franklin
(book), 396
Variable, by J. Pierpont (book), 530
— of real variables, theory of, by J. Pierpont
(book), 562
Fundamentals of advanced missiles, by R. B. Dow (review), 490
?— of Nuclear Energy and Power Reactors, by H. Jocobowitz (book), 364
Furfuryl alcohol in reduction of permeability of graphite, 110
Furnaces (trade publication), 835
— Annealing, for Birmetals (Stordy), 694 Electric roller hearth (GWB Furnaces
Ltd.), 486
— Box (trade publication), 764
type (trade publication), 204
— Closed quench, for gas carburising and car
bonitriding (Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd.), 84
— Electric arc, installation at Steel, Peech «&
Tozer, plant, 55
Demag, for Steel, Peech and Tozer (GWB Furnaces), 455
— Elements, Crucilite silicon carbide (Morgan
Crucible), 751
Demands on, 774
?— Flash annealing, for Birmetals (GWB Furnaces), 695
?— Halcyon hot air circulator, 180
— High temperature (trade publication), 764 Temperature, materials for, 774 Temperature vacuum, 774
— Liquid bath (Brayshaw), 855
— Open hearth, for Durgapur steelworks
(Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp), 668
Hearth refractories, research (BISRA), 879
— Radiant jet (trade publication), 835
— Sintering, Honeywell Electr-O-Volt and
ElectroniK controls for, 759
— Steelmaking, recovery of iron oxide from,
174
— Vacuum (GEC and Vacuum Industrial Appli- * cations),'295
— Zinc and lead, for Rhodesia Broken Hill
Development Co., 461
Furness Withy, interest in Airwork Ltd., 357 Furniture, garden, Simcett, 372
?— Office (trade publication), 835
Fusarc welding main towers of Forth road bridge (Sir William Arrol and Co.), 688
Fuse switch (George Ellison Ltd.), 450
• Hidutac (GEC), 354
Fusion, controlled, US programme in; project Sherwood, by A. S. Bishop (review), 459
Fylde Water Board, Morris cranes at Weeton reservoir, 761
Fylingdales Moor radar system, 597
— Natural beauty spoiled at, 309
GABOR, Prof. D., on containing the plasma of a thermonuclear device, 756
Gabriel, Wade and English Ltd., Glu-Lam timber, 6
Gadd, E. R., review of Nimonic Alloys, 203; biographical note, 204
Gadzala, J. L., on Dimensional control in precision manufacturing (book), 96 Gaensheimer, Dr. J., solid lubricants, 2 Galbraith Committee, on atomic energy, 260;
on atomic propelled ships, 355; rejection of Vickers Nuclear proposal for atomic reactor, 553
Gaitskell, H., on nationalisation, 437
Gale, W. K. V., review of Practical Ironmaking, 395; biographical note, 396
Gallagher, J. C., on technical problems of broadcasting, 168
Gallium arsenide study for semiconductors (Bell), 737
— Phosphide production (Bell), 737 Study for semiconductors (Bell), 737
— as tracer element, 292
Galione, Prof. S., on atomic fuels, 617; on organic moderated atomic reactor, 617; on atomic reactor of ARGONAUT type, 618
Galvanisers Association, Hot Dip. See Hot Dip
Galvanising, hot dip, international conference on (book), 300
— Manual (book), 26 Gamma rays, 242
Irradiation experiments, 692 Monitor, Gammagraph portable (Electronic Instruments Ltd.), 158
— Radiation. See Radiation
Gamma rocket engine, Mk. 201 (Bristol- Siddeley), 336
Gammagraph portable gamma ray monitor (Electronic Instruments Ltd.), 158
Gannet aircraft for Indonesia (Fairey), 205 Gantmacher, F. R., on applications of theory of matrices, 24; on Theory of Matrices (review), 730
Gantry. See Crane
Gantt chart, 423
Garage, concrete, 276
— Self erection kits, 276
— Wooden, 276
Garbage disposal by Caloric incinerator, 500 Problems, 500
— Sink disposal unit. Wastemaster, 500 Garcke’s manual of electricity supply. Vol. 56
(book), 236
Garden furniture, Simcett, 372
— Labour, 372
— Mowers, power driven Sprite (Ransomes),
372
Radio-controlled (Webb), 372
— Tool Kaddy (Edward Elwell), 372
Gardner, F. W., on C. A. Parsons and Co., 587 Gardner, L., on handling of radioactive material in transit, 377
Gardner, M., on Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (review), 394. See LETTER, 440
Gardner, Wm., and Sons (Gloucester) Ltd., feed weighing machine, 508
Garrard, C. J. O., appointed deputy general manager of GEC, 324
Garrett, Sir William, on earnings in industry, 381
Garton, J. W., on Brown Bayley Group, 621
Gas bearing. See Bearing
— Board, Scottish. See Scottish Southern. See Southern
— Bottled, Bottogas and Propagas, for indus
trial power (Shell-Mex BP), 175
— Carburising, closed quench furnace for
(Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd.), 84
— Centrifuge development, 291
for uranium enrichment, 291
— Cleaning at high temperature, by Dr. W.
Strauss and Prof. M. W. Thring, 558
— Coal, high pressure pipelines for, 719
— Compressors, high pressure axial-flow
(W. H. Allen Sons and Co. Ltd.), 129
— Council, collaboration with National Coal
Board to produce smokeless fuels, 637
— Cutting equipment, Saffire (British Oxygen),
201
— Detector (lEC-Sieger Ltd.), 577
— Distribution control equipment (Evershed
and Vignoles Ltd.), 129
Under high pressure, 129
— Dryers (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 257
— Drying by refrigeration, 729
— Electrically conducting, 568
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— Gathering system, petroleum removal from
(Colorado Interstate), 719
— Heating equipment (Borchardt), 501
— for heating houses, 180
— Holder station, unmanned, at Newbury, 630
— Hot, electric power direct from, 118
— Injection plant for Kuwait Oil Co., Ltd., 524
— Liquefied petroleum (LPG),175
— Natural. See Natural gas
— Noble, determination of impurities in, 15
— from oil plant, Onia-Gegi process, for
Japan (Humphreys and Glasgow), 171
— Pipelines, economy of, by Dr. A. Fono, 793
— Plant (trade publication), 628
— Producer plant (trade publication), 796
— Suspension coolants for atomic reactors, 723 Coolants for power reactors, by G. K.
Rhode, 723
— Thermodynamic and transport properties of
(book), 96
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Utilisation by cleaning, 558
— Works. See Gasworks
— See also under specific gases Gasification plant, Lurgi high pressure, 719
— Works, Westfield, 865
Gasifiers, free piston, SEME type GS-34, for Goodwood cargo ship, 92
— Pressurised coke (Constructors John Brown
Ltd.), 295
Gasoline. See Petrol
Gasworks, Lockstock Hall, gas dehydration plant (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 729
— Westfield, Lurgi process at, 865
Gatland, K. W., review of Guided Missile Engineering, 490; review of Fundamentals of Advanced Missiles, 490; review of Proceedings of International Astronautical Congress, 490-491; biographical note, 492 Gatwick Airport, financial losses at, 365 Gauge control, 829
— d/M for density and moisture of soils
(Soiltest Incorp.), 418
— Design of, by S. A. J. Parsons (review), 833
— Dial, John Bull (British Indicators), 819
— Orifice, Matrix (Coventry Gauge), 857
— Receiver, 831
— Strain. See Strain gauge
— Tank (trade publication), 268
— Tank (Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd.),
226
— Vacuum, Pirani (AEI), 683
Gauging, 829
Gears, accurate finish lengthens life, 497
Gear, A. M., and Associates, Multiform prefabricated steel framed buildings, 545
— Bevel, Uno Olsson non-circular, 303
— Book, Angus, by George Angus and Co. Ltd.
(book), 332
— Cutting machine, history of, by R. S. Wood
bury (review), 834
— Effect of speed on, 497
Gear Grinding Co. Ltd., dividing engine, 819; gear grinding machine, 857
— Helical, recent developments in, by C.
Timms, 497
— Hobs restandardised (BSI), 173
— Hobbing machine (David Brown), 855
— Involute, testing machine (Goulder), 448
— Shaving machine (W. E. Sykes Ltd.), 855
— Spur, recent developments in, by C. Timms,
497
— Teeth, measurement of dynamic loads on
by Dr. H. Kohler, 209
Gearbox, production increase (David Brown), 365
Gearson, H,, on channel tunnel survey, 640 Geary, P. J., on flexure devices, 362; on torsion devices, 362; on knife-edge bearings, 362 GEC-Simon Carves, CONSORT atomic reactor, 324; charge machine for Hunterston, 356; collaboration failure with, APC, 388; gas cooled atomic reactor, 518-519 Gelcoat of resin (Bakelite), 407 Gelenkwellenbau, purchase of shares by Bir- field Ltd., 661
Gemini racing car, 44
General Atomics TRIGA reactor, 87; high temperature atomic reactor project, 292; agreement with Gutehoffnungshutte Ster- krade AG for manufacture and sale of TRIGA reactors and access to design information on HTGC reactors, 618; agreement with Vickers-Armstrongs for manufacture and sale of TRIGA reactors, 618
General Certificate of Education postponement, schoolchildren’s strike over, 445
General Dynamics Corp., zirconium hydride moderator, 87; TRIGA atomic research reactor, 160; Hopkins Laboratory as base for project Orion, 324; Convair 880-M airliner for Japan Air Lines, 629
General Electric Co. Ltd., power manipulator for handling atomic fuel elements, 16; Twin-Zone radiant heaters, 84; export markets of, 135; subscriber trunk dialing equipment, 201; ships’ electric range, 289; vacuum furnace for British Iron and Steel Research Association, 295; Double-Plus washing machine, 308; K. J. Wootton appointed general manager, 324; C. J. O. Garrard appointed deputy general manager, 324; Dr. H. K. Cameron appointed manager atomic energy division, 324; R. N. Millar appointed managing director of engineering group, 324; work at Ravenscraig for Colvilles, 333; order from Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 333; transformers for Saskatchewan Power Corp., 333; Nightstor heaters for St. Mary’s Island lighthouse, 336; Hidutac switch fuses, 354; night landing lighting for Battersea Heliport, 361; transformer for Boundary Dam power station, 400; machine tool controllers, 416; silicon controlled rectifier, 417; Hunterston atomic power station, 423; church lighting, 501 ; electromechanical switchgear, 534; Cold Box refrigerator, 570; laboratory backing for MO Valve Co., 601; radiant electric heating for stress relieving, 695; turbo generators for Kincardine generating station, 695; Nightstor block storage heater, 697; Osram Cup for National Air Races, 701; Wagner 3 in bending rolls installed, 758; airport lighting at Palisadoes Airport, 768; propulsion and generating equipment for bulk cement carrying ship, 797; free water pressure suppression technique investigation, 811; graduated artificial daylighting for underpass, 851
General Electric Co. (US), atomic aeroengine design study, 324; polygorskite, 471; dynamometers for new Vauxhall motors laboratory 536; self-powered wheel, 537; cooperation with SENN, 603; supply of boiling water reactor for Big Rock Point demonstration, 756; Sky Bolt missile guidance system, 797
General Motors Corp., catalytic exhaust fume burner, 252; fire loss at Livonia works (US) 1953, 309; (US), profits, 365; mobile military power plant, 756
General Motors Ltd., expansion plans, 261; T. P. Williams on building code, 309
General Nuclear Engineering Corp., nuclear demonstration plant for Puerto Rico, 618 General Post Office, control of radio interference, 22; rented coaxial circuits, 168; extension of subscriber trunk dialling, 201; drive-in automated counter at Luton post office, 213; drive-in counter at Leicester post office, 213; automatic vending in, com- code 539;
Geometry of conical pipes, bends and joints, by W. Sellar (book), 132
— Descriptive, by E. G. Pare, R. O. Loving and
I. L. Hill (book), 236
German Army, rockets for (Nord-Aviation), 797
English mathematics dictionary, 794
— Industries export, SEIBT directory of,
(book), 236
German Industries Fair, Hanover, 610, 643; statistics on, 668
Germanium rectifier (AEI) for Australia, 429 Germany, atomic energy programme reduced to nil, 160
— Eastern, import of Firth Cleveland steel
strip, 701
oil pipeline to Volga, 301
— Engineering in, aspects of, (reviews), 331
— Marine engines industry, 421
— Motor car industry production, 145
— Production statistics, 725
— Shipbuilding industry, position and pros
pects of, 351
— Tractor export (Klockner-Humboldt-
Deutz), 63
— West, atomic energy programme, 51
Doppler radar ordered from Bendix Aviation Corp., 397
—- — Military orders for Greece, 429
Nuclear science teaching equipment in, 153
PHI navigation system tests, 397
Purchase of Lockheed Starfighter aircraft, 237
“ Work longer hours ” campaign in, 221 Gesellschaft fiir Linde’s Eismaschinen AG., oxygen plant for Rourkela steelworks, 391 Gesipa air-hydraulic riveting tool (Trend Industrial Equipment Ltd.), 193
Gestefax electronic stencil scanner (Gestetner), 751
Gestetner Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair New York, 751; Gestefax electronic stencil scanner, 751
Ghana Broadcasting System, four Marconi transmitters for, 53
Giardiniera Fiat 500 car, 876
Gibb, Sir Alexander, and Partners, Kariba power station, 43; Loch Ericht power station, 135; Kariba dam intakes, 653; Palisadoes Airport, 768
Gibb, Coyne, Sogei (Kariba) (Pvt) Ltd., civil engineering consultants for Kariba Dam, 660
Gibbings, J. C., on thermodynamic theory, 712 Glide, Dr. W., on increasing the fatigue strength of butt welded joints, 512
Gilkes, Gilbert, and Gordon Ltd., hydro-electric generator, 480
Gill, H. R., on Concrete Formwork Designers Handbook (book), 796
Gillams, J. L., review of Economics of Nuclear Power, 299-300; biographical note, 300 Ginsbury, Sylvan, Ltd., Arnold coil winding machine, 193
Girders, welded, weld details on fatigue of, by Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
— See also Beams: Bridges: Floors
Girling, Ltd., disc brakes for Bluebird car, 735 Givet atomic power station, approval for, 160 Glaenzer Spicer SA, purchase of shares by Birfield Ltd., 661
Glasgow Fire Service, Leyland Firemaster fire-engine for, 336
— Royal College of Science, symposium on
atomic reactor buildings sand pressure vessels, 292
Glass Age Development Committee, Motopia, 251
— in buildings (trade publication), 396
— Industry, British,
guide (Society of Glass (book), 732
in N.W. England, 582
Pilkington brothers and, by Dr. T. C. Barker (book), 725
— Moulds, mechanised casting for (Dilworth
and Carr), 525
— Reinforced plastic, 146
Plastics (trade publication), 699
— Research centre (Pilkington Bros.), 269
— Technology and glasses, chemistry and
physics of, 426
Society of. See Society of Glass Technology
— as wall cladding, 541
Glass Yarns and Deeside Fabrics Ltd., position and prospects, 389
Glasses and glass technology, chemistry and physics of, 426
Glattungstiefe method of surface measurement, 231
Glaze, firebrick protective (Crownamics), 573 Glazov, A.
Methods
764 Glazov, N.
Methods
764
Glenfield &
20
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (I960)
?I
Glued laminated timber, production standards for structural, 385
Glu-Lam timbers for buildings, 6
GLX-W niobium steels (National Steel Corp,), 605
Gnome engine for Whirlwind Mk. 10 helicopters (De Havilland), 733
— Project under preparation, 484
Goacher, Martin and Co., coloured polyester wall panels, 541
Godfrey, D. E. R., on theoretical elasticity and plasticity for engineers (book), 364
Goggomobil light utility motor vehicle, 288
Goguel, J., on geology as applied to the work of an engineer (book), 332
Goodall, Roland, Ltd., Nibru-Max flexible drive unit, 550
Goodden, R. Y., new building for Royal College of Art, 63
Goodhart, Dr. A. L., on road safety, 611
Goodman, L. L., on automation today and tomorrow (review), 130
Goodman, Leon, Displays Ltd., display for Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 531
Goodrich, B. F., Chemical Corp., interest in British Geon Ltd., 523
Goodrich-High Voltage Astronautics Inc., high voltage ion source development, 553
Goodwin Sands, survey of, 457
Goodwood, cargo ship with free-piston gas turbine, 92
Goodyear Aircraft Corp., airship, 323; nuclear design, 692
Goodyear Corp., inflatable concrete pipe, 513
Goodyear Tyre and Rubber
Terylene hose and ducting reinforcement, 147; Hi-Miler tyres, 265; Pliolite 5352 latex foams, 279; wheels, brakes and tyres for Blackburn NA39 aircraft, 400; rubber material for atomic shielding, 724
Gordon and Gotch Ltd., pencils for glossy surfaces, 39; Sellotape, 247; pipeline identification tape, 361; polyethylene tape, 846; vinyl tape, 847
Gordon, I., on Scottish students, 504;
See LETTER, 680
Gosheron, John, and Co. Ltd., Melinex Transonex Thermosetting tape, polyethylene tape development, 846
Gotham Co. Ltd., plastering (trade lication), 26
Goulder, J., and Sons Ltd., involute gear testing machine, 448
Goursat. E., on course in mathematical analysis (book), 460
Goux, C., on guide to thermometry (book), 332 Governor, centrifugal (Electro Dynamic), 552 Gowers Committee on non-industrial employment, 477
G-PAC Mk. 2 Elliott analogue computer (Panellit Ltd.), 225
GPO. See General Post Office Grab-O-Matic drum lifter (St. Clare), 684 Graber, V., on Rourkela steelworks, 776 Graduates, directory of opportunities for (1959) (review), 94
— Directory of opportunities for, 204
Graham, R., on influence of silicon in cast iron on corrosive wear, 470
Graham, C. B., on superheated steam from nuclear energy, 723
Graham, L. W., on permeability of graphite, 110
Grand Bahama, growth and development, 365 Tax concessions, 365
Ground Contour Canal, 574, 681, 848
Grand, K. W. C., elected President, Institute of Transport, 781; biographical note, 781
Grand Union Nite and Day Automatic Supermarkets, automatic vending machines in, 223
Graneek, M., on air bearings, 771
Granolithic floors, by F. J. Cosford, 476 Grantham Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd., electric motor for vibrating drive, 86; rocking motors, 431
Granton Harbour, oil storage terminal (Regent Oil Co.), 301; oil terminal for Regent Oil Co., 316
Granulators in roadmaking aggregates, 219 Granules, flow through apertures, 434 Graphite, atomic (Acheson Electrodes Corp. Ltd.), 649
— ?— (Anglo-Great Lakes Corp.), 650
(English Electric), 650
(Graphitwerk AG), 650
(Kopemiihl), 650
(National Carbon Co.), 650
— ?— (Nuclear Graphite Ltd.), 650
(Powell Duffryn), 650
— ?— (Siciete Pechiney), 650
(Siemens-Plania-Griesheim), 650
(Speer Carbon Co.), 650
(Union Carbide), 650
(United Carbon Products Co.), 650
(Vereinigte Werke), 650
— — Moderator and reflector, 649
Prices and production, 650
UKAEA purchase of entire output, 650
— as bearing material, 842
— Borated, as neutron shield (Morgan Crucible
Co.), 292
— Courses for Berkeley atomic power station, . 356
— for high temperature furnaces, 774
— Impermeable, for atomic fuel
— ?— as atomic fuel cans, 649 Manufacture of, 649 New form of, 124
— as lubricant, 2
— Lubrication mechanism, 214
— Nuclear use, 649
— Pilot plant for reduction of
(Hawker-Siddeley), 650
— Reducing the permeability of,
R. L. Bickerdike and L. W. Graham, HO
— as a structural material in conditions of
high thermal flux, by Dr. A. J. Kennedy, 260
Graphitwerk AG, nuclear graphite, 650 Grasso Sil die grinding handtool (Morris), 481 Graton and Knight Ltd., belting (trade publication), 364
atomic powered powered airship
rubber forms for
Co. (G.B.) Ltd.,
744.
base
247;
pub-
canning, 227
permeability
by W. Watt,
Graving dock. See Dock
Gray, Dr. V. E., on acidity of wood, 503
GRB silicon carbide, 38
Grease, aromatic, uses of, 841
— Fafnir rig test for, 425
— to prevent fretting corrosion, 424, See
LETTERS, 505, 574
Greece, military orders from Western Germany, 429
— Sulphuric acid plant to be built (Chemical
Construction), 836
Green, Alan, M.P., on order position of Walmesley (Bury) Group, 53
Green, Sir John, on position and prospects of Thos. Firth and John Brown ; Firth- Derihon and Shepcote Lane Rolling Mills, 229
Greene, S,, on rail strike and pay demands, 117; on rail strike, 221; on future of railways, 413
Greenhouse, electronic, 636
Greening, W. E., on Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski (review), 868
Greenland, atomic reactor at Thule, 260 Greenwood and Batley Ltd., cold forging machine, 815
Gregory, H. F., on Vistas in Astronautics (review), 330
Gregory (Hedgerley) Ltd., wooden garages, 276 Gresham Automation Ltd., unitised sequence control system, 726
Gresham and Craven India, position and prospects of, 229
Greszczuk, L. B., wire supported
forms for concrete shells, 513 Grid frameworks and related
aniysis of, by A. W. Hendry
Jaeger (review), 627
— See also Supergrid
“ Grid-iron ” bridge at Farringdon station, strengthening of, 315
Griffin and George Ltd., chromatographic analysis apparatus for Russia, 171; quick weighing balance, 193; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Griffiths, D. R., on location of atomic reactors, 40
Griffiths, F., on manufacturing techniques of the future, 825
Grigg, Charles S. W., Ltd., Weldall deep draw hydraulic press, 224
Grimes, J. E., review of Linear Structural Analysis, 267; review of Theory of Beams, 267-268; biographical note, 268
Grinding handtool, die, Grasso SI I (Morris), 481
— Heads (trade publication), 594
?— Machine, belt, Diamant (Addison), 817 Bench, compressed air operated (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd.), 157
Centreless, for uranium oxide slugs (Wickman-Scrivener), 91
Chambon MSA300 (Southern Engineering), 354
? Disc (Jackman), 856
for disc brakes (Lumsden), 854 Drill, Spiropoint (Charles Churchill Co. Ltd.), 290
Gear (Gear Grinding Co.), 857
History of, by R. S. Woodbury (review), 833
— ?— Internal, spline (Rockwell), 683 Jig, Moore (Catmur), 856
— -— Lumsden 230X (Alfred Herbert Ltd.),
353
Roll, TWA (Churchill), 815
Spline (Jones and Shipman Ltd.), 49 Surface (trade publication), 594 Surface, ASGl (Abwood), 818
? Surface, Lumsden, with automatic feed
control (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 84
Type 2018/4 (Rudkin and Riley), 380
— Mills (trade publication), 132
— Operations, 791
Gross-Gronomski, L., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Grosse, D. J., on children of the Sun, 76; on choosing one’s words, 681
Group activities (trade publication), 628 Ground aids, safety, for aircraft, 191
— Anchor (W. E. Waite Ltd.), 256 ?— Effect machines, 46
— Movement, proceedings of the European
Congress on (book), 428
— W'ater hydrology, by D. K. Todd (book),
132
Grout, chemical, AM-9 (Cyanamid), 850 Growth and perfection of crystals, by R. H. Doremus, B. W. Roberts and D. Turnbull (review), 667
Grube, W. L., on Internal Stresses and Fatigue in Metals (review), 667
Grumman Aircraft Co., study of effect of atomic radiation on airframe components, 324 Guarantees, uses and abuses, 349
Guest Keen Iron and Steel Co., formation of British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd., 693; expansion plans approved by Iron and Steel Board, 789
Guidance system for Sky Bolt missile (Northrop), 797
Guide to the Press of the World, 266
— to Reference Material, by A. J. Walford
(review), 796
— to thermometry, by C. Goux (book), 332 Guided missile. See Missile
Guillebaud report, 285; on railways, 253; on railway pay, 341; effect on other unions 381
Guillotine, Besco-Truecut (Edwards), 778 Guilt complex. Plain Words on, 280 Guinness, Arthur, Son and Co. Ltd., brewing methods old and new, 10; history of, 10
Gulbenkian grant to Royal College of Art, 63 Gumpel M., on life on Mars, 243
Gun, cartridge hammer, Bossong, 418
— Electron, construction of, 556 Power supplies for, 556 Uses in industry, 556
— Wire, for metal spraying (Berk and Co, Ltd.),
13
Gunmetals (trade publication), 460
Gunn, K. W., on effect of mean stress on fatigue properties of aluminium alloy butt welded joints, 512
Gurney, T. R., on fatigue strength of fillet welded joints in steel, 512
GiitenhofTnungshutte Sterkrade AG,, blast furnaces and steam turbo blowers for Rourkela steelworks, 391; agreement with General Atomic for manufacture and sale of TRIGA reactors and access to design information on HTGC reactors, 618
Guy, A. C., on elements of physical metallurgy (review), 60
Guy, S. A., of Givors, scale models, 17
GWB Furnaces Ltd., control gear (trade publication), 96; air, gas and liquid dryers, 257; Demag electric furnaces for Steel, Peech and Tozer, 455; electric roller hearth furnace for Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd., 486; flash annealing furnace for Birmetals, 695
Gyro, CL 11 Rotorace (Sperry), 487
— Compass, Arma Brown, for Canberra liner, 463
Gzowski, Sir Casimir Stanislaus, by L. Kos- Rabcewicz-Zubkowski, and W. E. Greening (review), 868
Styrofoam
structures,
and L. G.
HACKBRIDGE and Hewittic Electric Co. Ltd., motor-alternator sets for transformer testing, 233; mobile pallet for heavy loads, 302
Hacksaw blades (Steadfast), 436
Aven Progressive Teeth (Hacksaws Ltd.), 84
?— Braunstone power (A. A. Jones and Shipman), 481
Hacksaws, Ltd., Aven Progressive Teeth Hacksaw blade, 84
— Velox 6 (B. Elliott (Machinery) Ltd.), 418 Hadfields Ltd., die steel (trade publication),
699; pressure vessels (trade publication), 835
Hafnium (trade publication), 667
Hailsham, Lord, opening of Heating and Ventilating Research Association, 569
Hair dryers, series motors in, 533
Halcrow, Sir Willliam, and Partners, Tema docks, 284
Halcyon hot air circulator furnace, 180
Halden atomic reactor, transfer function analyser, 16; fuel elements for, 586
Hale, D. K., on ion exchange (book), 594
Hales, J. S., on room draughts and fires, 280; 376-377. See LETTER, 376
Hall, C. A., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Hall Engineering Ltd., position and prospects, 555
Hall Engineering (Holdings) Ltd., sale of motor body division to Standard-Triumph International, 555
Hall Harding Ltd., position and prospects, 389 Kopit document copier, 416; Superdraft paper, 439
Hall, J. and E., Ltd., escalator for Royal Mail Lines liner Amazon, 207
Hall, M., Jr., on Aspects of Analysis and Probability (review), 396
Hall, P. C., on Hall Engineering group, 555 Hall and Pickles Ltd., position and prospects, 555 HALLAM atomic reactor, multi-purpose, under construction, Nebraska, 123
Halward, L., on famous British engineers (book), 204
Hambros Bank, backing for Dracone Operations Ltd., 293
Hamilton, E., review of Four Window Girl, 763; biographical note. 764
Hammer, counterblow drop forging (B and S Massey Ltd.), 193
— Drop, control (trade publication), 562
— Drop forging, counterblow (B. and S. Massey
Ltd.), 193
Hammerson Property and Investment Trust, building programme in Australia, 397; purchase of Royal Mail Hotel, 397
Hammit, F. G., on natural convection flow in reactors, 811
Handbook of electrochemical constants, by R. Parsons (book), 628
— of heating, ventilating and air conditioning,
by J. Porges (book), 460
Handbuch fiir Schiffsingenieure urid Seemas- chinisten, by K. lilies and - - -
(review), 267
Handled tools (trade publication). Handling equipment for Spencer (Mitchell Engineering), 171
— Remote, television equipment for, 16
— and treatment of iron ores (book), 332 Handrails, aluminium alloy, for Tema docks
(Birmetals Ltd.), 284
— with built-in lighting, 800
Handte dust collectors (Visco), 683
Hanford atomic reactor, chemical processing of power reactor fuels by the atomic products operation at, by A. M. Platt, 585; receiving, storage and mechanical treatment operations at, by L. L. Zahn, Jr., 585; zirconium tubes for, 586; plutonium recycle programme, 618
Hannay, N. B., on Semiconductors (review), 362-363
Hanover Fair. See German Industries Fair Hansen, R. J., on Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (review), 627
Hanson, J. A., on freezing and thawing tests on lightweight aggregate concrete, 513
Harbour and dock engineering, by H. F. Cornick (review), 794
-— Works at St. George’s, Windward Islands, 315
Hardeners, concrete (trade publication), 460 Harding, D. A., review of Vibration Engineering, 561; biographical note, 562
Harding, G., on Hall Harding Ltd., 389; on new materials for tropical use, 389
Hardness, micro, testing machine, Tukon (George H. Alexander), 507
— Tester, King portable (Foundry Suppliers
Ltd.), 683
Hardware Trades Fair, International, 574 Hardwick, T. R., on Aglite lightweight concrete using sintered clay aggregate, 415
E. Ludwig
562 steelworks
Hardy Spicer Ltd., writ for libel against shop steward, 285; position and prospects, 661; Rzeppa constant velocity joint, 661
Harker-Penwortham 275 kV overhead line (CEGB), 673
Harkess, A., on Britain’s railways, 148
Harland Engineering Co., turbo-generating plant for North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, 63; boiler feed pumps for Drakelow “ C ” power station, 595
Harland and Wolff Ltd., Canberra, new liner for P. and O. Line, 28; design details of Canberra liner, 366; Tufnol bearings for Canberra liner rudder and propeller shafts, 534; position and prospects, 757
Harlow Research Laboratory (AEl), 802
Harper Engineering and Electronics, position and prospects, 293; purchase of Samuel Platt Ltd., 293; purchase of Exeter and Plymouth airports, 293
Harrington, L. Taylor, on the truth about balance sheets, 153
Harris, A. J. and A. D., extension to Harris College, 365
Harris, C. O., on introduction to stress analysis (book), 268
Harris College of Further Education, extensions to, 365
Harrison, D., on electric circuit theory (book), 167
Harshaw semibright nickel plating process, 743 Hart. Dr. C., appointed director of London Master Builders’ Association, 153
Hart, C. A., on training African engineers, 344. See LETTER, 607
Hart, C. V., on science and the burglar, 749
Hartley Committee on Europe’s needs of energy, 82; report on European fuel needs, 648
Hartman, J. B., on diesel engine (book), 268
Hartsilver, L., review of Modern Diesel, 25; biographical note, 26
Harvard University, red shift experiments by Prof. Roscoe and Mr. Rebka, 242; Russian translated by computer, 467
Harvey, A. E., equipment for polio patient, 559
Harvey, G. A., and Co., pressure vessels for Scottish Gas Board, 262
Harvey, J. J., and Pressurecast Ltd., patternsand moulds (trade publication), 628
Harwell. See Atomic Energy Research Establishment: Harwell
Harwell Reactor School, course in radiation protection, 160
Hassi Messaoud oilfield, 309, 648
Hastings of West Africa Ltd., illuminated handrail for Onikan Bridge, 800
Hat Creek coal deposit, Canada, 301
Hatton, A. P., on thermodynamic theory, 606-607. See LETTER, 744
Haven Engineering Co., Ltd., Bristol valve clip, 716
Hawker Siddeley Group, annual statement, 89; merger with Blackburn and de Havilland, 125; position and prospects of, 161
Hawker Siddeley Nuclear Power Co., fuel rods for DRAGON project. 111; JASON atomic reactor, 161; organic moderated atomic reactor (OMR), 190; 10 kW
JASON reactor for Netherlands, 387; NESTOR reactor for UKAEA, 387; organic moderated atomic reactor, 519- 520; pilot plant for reduction of permea bility of graphite, 650
Hawley, W. G., on impulse-voltage testing (book), 204
Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd., new tanker for BP 531; Sulzer diesel engines for BP’s new tanker, 531
Hawthorne, Prof. W. R., Dracone flexible barge design and development, 293
Haxell, F., re-elected secretary of ETU, 285
Hay, Dr. H. J., high speed rotor of extreme stability, 242
Haydon, A. W., Co., miniature electric motor, 875
Hayman, Sir Graham, on BTR Industries Ltd., 389
Hayward Tyler and Co., glandless pumps for Trawsfynnyd power station, 228
“ Hazard,” cinema film on safety, 477
Head Wrightson and Co., PLUTO reactor for Danish Atomic Energy Commission, 160; transport of heat exchange vessels for Bradwell nuclear power station, 313; agreement with Belco division of Bogue Electric Co., 397
Head Wrightson Iron and Steelworks Engineering, L.D. and Kaldo oxygen steelmaking plant, 173
Head Wrightson Processes Ltd., formation of industrial furnaces division, 523; water softeners (trade publication), 764
Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd., hot metal cars (trade publication), 764
Heading machine, cold, Peltzer and Ehler (Rockwell), 449
Headsets, Airlite telephone (Airmed), 875
Heafield Industries Ltd., Saferhelm Mk, Il protective helmet, 290
Health, occupational, proceedings of congress on (book), 530
— Physics in Nuclear Installations (OEEC
book), 764
— and Safety Laboratory, Nuclear, Italy, 51 Heap, Joshua, and Co. Ltd., threading machine,
120; screwing machine, 818; tangential screwing machine, 854
Hearn, R. L., on transporting energy, 805 Heart-lung machine, Melrose, on exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750
Heat, applied, for engineers, by J. B. O. Snee- den (book), 699
— Atomic reactor process, competition with
cheap coal, 195
Reactor process, cost of, 195 Reactor process, uses of. 195
— Bibliography (1958), 666
— Byproduct of nuclear fission, 123
— Conduction in solids, by H. S. Carslaw
(book), 132
— Effect on materials (Battelle Memorial
Institute), 337
— Engines, subsonic ramjet for demonstrating
(P. A. Hilton and Co.), 206
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Heat engines, and thermodynamics, by D. H. Marter (book), 796
— Exchangers, air-cooled (Wellington Tube
Works Ltd.), 128
of cheap materials, J. Schneller and B. Pokorny, 564
for exhausts, 252
Rosenblad (British Boiler), 609
Sodium, for Enrico Fermi reactor, 484
— — System for bungalow run by sunshine,
804
— and mass transfer, by E. R. G. Eckert
(review), 202
Mass transfer. International journal of, 233
— Pump, experimental (Davey, Paxman &
Co.), 697
— Released by nuclear explosion, USAEC
utilisation of, 420
— Storage in nuclear and conventional power
station, applications of, by Drs. Mar- guerre, 810
System for bungalow, 804
— Transfer (trade publication), 796
Conference, international, 714
Experiments in electric steel making (BISRA), 771
Two phase, in liquid cooled atomic reactors, 124
— Treatment plant, automatic (AEI-Birlec),
831
Plant, automatic (Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd.), 263
Plant, dewpoint controller for (Foxboro- Yoxall), 831
Plant, oil coolers for (Heenan and Froude), 831
Quenching oil additives, 775
Heaters (trade publication), 96
— Air (trade publication), 796
-— Block storage, 697. 810
— Electric, for churches (Ekco), 501
— Fan, with thermostatic control (General
Trade Equipment Ltd.), 157
— Generator, induction (Pye Ltd.), 353
— Induction, for brazing (Delapena), 589
— Nightstor, for St. Mary’s Island lighthouse
(GEC), 336
?— Oil, new British Standard for, 595
Plain Words on, 440
Safety of, 404. See LETTER, 440
— — Tallent Slimline and Streamline, safety
approval, 404
— Radiant, Twin-Zone (GEC), 84
— Skirting board, 468
— Surface (trade publication), 204
Heath, H. H., on bearing wear in corrosive atmospheres, 841
Heating boilers (trade publication), 764
— Cables, domestic (BlCC), 789
— Central domestic, control of, 602
by hot air circulation, 180
NCB loan scheme for, 405
Running costs, 180
— Small bore system, 72, 180
Types of, 180
— of churches. Thermodare system for, 501
— Equipment, gas (Borchardt), 501
— by floor warming, 468
?— Handbook on, by J. Porges (book), 460
— Houses by gas, 180
Heating Investments Ltd., Repitroh Anticipator for heating control, 392
— Radiant electric for stress relieving (GEC),
695
— by skirting board panels, 468
— Systems, control of, 392
— and ventilating industry, year book, 628
?— and ventilating, by O. Faber (book), 132
— and Ventilating Research Association
opened by Lord Hailsham, 569; formation of, 569; sponsors for, 569
Heatrea Ltd., heaters (trade publication), 96 Heavy water, cost of, 650
Possible production in OEEC area, 650
? Production, solar stills in, 260
Reactor. See Atomic reactor USAEC exports in 1959, 692
— — World production capacity, 650 See also Atomic reactor
Hebezeuze, Die, by H. Ernst (review), 267 Hecht, F., on proceedings of international astronautical congress (review). 490
Hedin Ltd., ovens and furnaces (trade publication), 835
Heels, stiletto, and safety, 584
Heenan and Froude Ltd., dynamometer for new Vauxhall Motors laboratory, 536; Ad- justo-Speed variable speed unit, 552; water coolers for Birmetals strip mill, 694; Heenan strip former, 817; oil coolers for heat treatment plant, 831
Heenan strip former (Heenan and Froude), 817
Heggs, P. F., on cathode-ray-labelled plan display, 596
Heiden, J. A. v.d,, review of Aspects of analysis and Probability, 396; biographical note, 396
Heintz, R. M., redesign of internal combustion engine, 252
Helical-spring suspension, by L. G. Lidin (book), 396
Helicopter. See under Aircraft
Heliport, Battersea, night landings at, 361
— Moscow, 873
— Vetoed for Brighton beach, 493
Helium, cost of, 228
— Finds in Saskatchewan, 228
Heller, Dr. L., on air cooling towers, 650
Heller, W. R., creep of engineering materials (review), 166
Helmet, Saferhelm Mk. II protective (Heafield Industries Ltd.), 290
Helsinki Motor Show, Morris cars at, 733 Hemp, W. S., biographical note, 477 Henderson, John M., and Co. Ltd., derrick cranes (trade publication), 332
Hendry, A. W., on Analysis of Grid Frameworks and Related Structures (review), 627
Henley Cables Ltd., cables for Southern Region electrification scheme, 485
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co. Ltd., cables (trade publication), 96; absorbed by AEI, 125; historic note on, 125
Hennessy, Sir Patrick, on Ford Motor Co.,
555; on neglect of roads, 555
Henniker, Brigdr. M., review of Great Wall of France: the triumph of the Maginot Line (review), 560; biographical note, 562 Henrion, F. H. K., design work of on display at Institute of Contemporary Arts Exhibition, 317
Hepworth and Grandage Ltd,, Hepolite engine components plant expansion programme, 389 ; new works at Sunderland, 733
Herald atomic reactor, criticality achieved, 356; reprocessing of fuel, 585
Herald car sales in US, 397
— Engine, Triumph, for Condor car, 352
— Motor car production by Japanese Hino
Motor Co., denied, 269
Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., Lumsden surface grinding machine with automatic feed control, 84; agreement with Landis Machine- Maiden, 205; Lumsden 230X grinding machine, 353; Auto-Robot capstan lathe, 856
Herbert Committee on engineers salaries, 253 Herbert, Leonh, manufacturing agreement with Baker Perkins, 701
Hercules boundary layer control aircraft, Lockheed, 163
— Foot pump for heavy lubricants (Centralube
Ltd.), 224
Hermes Electronics (USA), agreement with Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., 397
HERO atomic reactor, advanced gas cooled, cool blowers for, 260, 787
Hersee, E. H. W., on simple approach to electronic computers (book), 428
Herwald, Dr. S. W., on molecular electronics, 338
Hetron 72 acetic acid resistant polyester (Albright and Wilson), 679
Hewitt, E., on Aspects of Analysis and Probability (review), 396
Heyman, Dr. J., review of Hyperstatic Structures, 626-627; review of Advanced Structural Analysis, 626-627; review of Structural Design for Dynamic Loads, 627; biographical note, 628
Heywood, Dr. R. B., fatigue tests of nut and bolt systems, 494
HFR atomic reactor, Holland, containment building complete, 196; materials testing, 228
Hi-Dyne/Dual Fluidrive hydraulic drive, 61 Hi-Miler tyres (Goodyear), 265
Hi-Spec air survey (Hunting Surveys Ltd.), 151 Hi-Tip loader (Weatherill Ltd.), 746
Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Co. (GB) Ltd., spectrograph for timber research, 513; analysisof Tanolith and Pyrolith solutions, 513
Hidroelectrica Espanola, River Tagus hydroelectric project, 701; generating plant ordered from English Electric,.701
Hiduminium 400 alloys (High Duty Alloys Ltd.), 503
Hidutac switch fuses (GEC), 354 Hidux film adhesive (CIBA), 711 HIFAR atomic reactor in operation, Australia, 260; in operation at Lucas Heights, 650
Higgins apparatus for continuous ion exchange, 586
Higgs Motors Ltd., enclosed electric motor, 353 High altitude chambers and pressure suits, by Dr. E. W. Still. 634
and Satellite Rockets (book), 396
High Duty Alloys Ltd., Hiduminium 400 series, 503; Boral. 503; aluminium-boron carbide products, 503
— Speed components, stress distribution in,
272
— Temperature alloys, oil-ash corrosion of, 498 High Temperature Instruments Corp., HTM
Mono-Filament strain gauges. 240
Properties of materials at, 371 Silicon ceramics for, 38 Strain gauging, 240
— Tension tap changer (English Electric), 552 Higham, D. W., review of Automatic Refrigeration, 666; review of Refrigeration Manuals, 666; biographical note, 667
Higher Electrical Engineering, by J. Shepherd, A. H. Morton and L. F. Spence (review), 299
Highton, C. J., review of Indemnification of Atomic Energy Activities and Operations of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 458; biographical note, 460; review of Progress in Nuclear Energy: Law and Administration, 529-530; biographical note, 530
Highway, Asian, Singapore to Istanbul, 219
— Design and construction, soil testing
(review), 266
and vehicle characteristics, relation between (review), 266
— for London, competition, 251
— Needs studies (review), 266
— Officials, American Association of State.
See American Association
— Research Board (US), highway needs
studies 1958 (review), 266; relation between vehicle characteristics and highway design (review), 266; study of the comparative behaviour of friction piles (review), 266; night visibility 1958 (review), 266
— and traffic engineering course, Birmingham
University, 443
— See also Roads
Hilger and Watts Ltd., Elpac spectrochemical sample packing machine, 682; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Hill, Dr. C., on underdeveloped countries, 341; Latin American tour, 765
Hill, Charles, and Sons, Ltd., repairs to Sharpness dock gates, 219
Hill and Co. (Tools) Ltd., vice (trade publication), 732
Hill, H. E., on Birfield Ltd., and associated companies, 661
Hill, 1. L., on descriptive geometry (book), 236 Hill, J. F., on change of reactivity of pile, 811 Hill, J. J., lecture tour of Russia, 781
Hill, Dr. R. B., review of Creep of Engineering Materials, 165; biographical note, 167 Hiller Aircraft Corp., Rotocycle helicopter production by Westland Aircraft Co., 125 Hillman Husky motor car at Geneva Motor Show, 352
— Minx motor car, steering column fairing in polyethylene for, 407
Hilton, P. A., and Co., subsonic ramjet for demonstrating heat engines, 206
Hilton, R. B., Ltd., basalt abrasion resistant lining tiles, 678
Hinckley, G. L. F., on experimental system for automatic radar target detection and digital coded plot extraction and transmission, 597
Hind Rectifiers Pvt. Ltd., Westalite selenium rectifiers, 455
Hindenlang, A. W., on terminology, 40
Hindle, W. R., on sequential method of sampling, 358
Hingley, N., and Sons, exhibit at Birmingham Engineering Centre, 135
Hinkley Point, atomic power station, 250 kV X-ray machine at, 16 ; new road to, 262 Hino Motor Co. (Japan), Herald car production by denied, 269; contract with Renault for car production, 269
Hinsley, J. F., on non-destructive testing (book), 60
Hinton, Sir Christopher, on economics of nuclear power in Great Britain, 859
Hire purchase and the Budget, 595 for motor car batteries (Oldham and Son), 629
Restrictions, 845
Statistics, 595
Hirfanli (Turkey), hydroelectric power scheme at, 79
Hirst, A. W., on electricity and magnetism for engineering students (review), 203
Historical development of social policy, by M. Milhaud, 9
History, British Petroleum (book), 594
— Cooking, 144
— Engineering, 14
— Gear cutting machine, by R. S. Woodbury
(review), 834
— Grinding machine, by R. S. Woodbury
(review), 833
— Guinness, Arthur, Son and Co. Ltd., 10
?—? Milling machine, by R. S. Woodbury (review), 866
— Salter, George, 757
— Scales and Weighbridges, 676
— Sheffield Smelting Co., 725
— Taylor Woodrow, 229
— Technology, Society for. See Society
— Telegraph companies, 117
— Tool (trade publications), 628
— Wakefield Castrol, 325
Hitchman, Sir Alan, appointed UKAEA external relations and commerical policy post, 811
Hives, Lord, appointed chairman of National Council, 221
Hobs, gear, restandardised (BSl), 173
Hobbing machine, gear (David Brown), 855 for pinions (David Brown Industries Ltd.), 48
— Press for mould forming (Hydraulic Engi
neering Co.), 84
Hobbs, J. M., on cavitation erosion tests, 136
Hodge, E. D., review of Mathematics and Mathematicians, 427-8; review of Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale, 428; review of Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic, 428; biolographical note, 428
Hodge, L. D., on safety in handling radioisotopes, 484
Hodgkinson, James (Salford) Ltd., screw elevator, 120
Hoesch Walzwerke AG, plastic coated metals, 374. See Correction, 679
Hofacker, K., on Stahlbeton Tabellen (book), 796
Hoffman, R., on Van Allen radiation belts, 243 Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., position and prospects, 621
Holbrook, J. G., on Laplace transforms for electronic engineers (book), 332
Holden, A. N., on Physical Metallurgy of Uranium (review), 561-562
Holden and Brooke Ltd., JTV series centrifual pumps, 322
Holidays, planning. Plain Words on, 76
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts Ltd.,contractors for Pilkington glass research centre, 269 harbour works and pier at St. George’s, Windward Islands, 315; Strand Palace Hotel, 348; extension to Harris College 365; Skinstone building cladding, 502
Holland, materials testing reactor HFR to be used by Euratom and Reactor Centrum Nederland, 228
Holley, M. J. Jr., on Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (review), 627
Holliday, W. C., on welding thick plates, 149
Holloway Bros. (London) Ltd., building service (trade publication), 530
Holman Bros. Ltd., rock drill, 226
Holman check-matching unit (Thomas Beecroft and Co. Ltd.), 314
Holman Group, expansion of, 89
Holme Moss television transmitter, BBC, 169 Holme Pierrepoint power station, 373 Holmes-Elex electrostatic precipitator (W. C’ Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 174
Holmes, Dr. M., on Pratt trusses, 614 Holmes-Retroflux bag filter with air jet cleaning (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 321
Holmes, W. C., and Co. Ltd., Holmes-Elex electrostatic precipitator, 174; Holmes- Retroflux bag filter with air jet cleaning, 321 ; gas dehydration plant for N.W. Gas Board, 729; bag filters (trade publication^ 796
Holmium as tracer element, 292
Holt, H. E., on Australian industry, 873 Homes for the aged, 153. See LETTER, 216 Home decorator outfit (Bridges), 873 — Internal communications in, 538.
— See also House
Hommel surface thermometer (Rubert and Co. Ltd.), 550
Honeycomb construction, lightweight boom of, 97
— Core, Aeroweb, for radar aerials, 97 Honeywell clock controlled thermostat, 602 Honeywell Controls Ltd., millivoltmeter (trade publication), 268; new instrumentation for BEPO atomic reactor, Harwell, 618; water plant controls for Willington “A” power station, 697; Electr-O-Volt and ElectroniK controls for AEl sintering furnaces, 759; flame detector, 778
Honing machine, Barnes (Gaston E. Marbaix), 816
(Thomas Mercer Ltd.), 192
Hood Medal awarded to W. Nurnberg (Royal Photographic Society), 749
Hooghly Docking and Engineering Co., tug equipment for Calcutta Port Trust tugs, 797
Hooker, A. V., on Architect’s responsibility. See LETTER,4
Hooker Chemical Corp., Hetron 72 acetic acid resistant polyester, 679
Hooper, Sir Frederick, on Management Survey (book), 698
Hoore, A. B., on drawing office space, 185
Hoover Ltd., fire control system installed (Sound Diffusion Ltd.), 297; expansion programme report, 389; position and prospects, 389; fire detection installation for Merthyr Tydfil plant (Sound Diffusion), 797; effect of credit squeeze on, 861
Hopkins Laboratory as base for Orion project, 324
Hopkins ,R. R., on Vauxhall Motors employeeemployer relationship, 547
Hopper, dumping (Pearson), 380
Hopthrow, H. E., on inland waterways, 254 Hopwood, H., on graduate engineers in industry, 542
Horner, J. G., on Dictionary of Terms Used in the Theory and Practice of Mechanical Engineering (book), 764
Horst, K. M., on nuclear superheaters for reactors, 811
Horstmann Auto Timer time switch, 602
Hose reinforcement with Terylene (Goodyear), •47
— Stainless steel, for remote viewing equip
ment (Power Auxiliaries Ltd.), 16
Hoselitz, K.., review of Solid State Magnetic and Dielectric Devices, 24 ; biographical note, 26
Hoskinson smokeless and odourless incinerator (Boston Marine), 489
Hospital, scintillation counter for (Ekco Ltd.), 16
— Southwell, Ahmadi, air conditioning for
(Brightside), 757
— St. Thomas’s, electron microscopy centre,
677
Hot Dip Galvanisers Association, Galvanising Manual (book), 26
— Metal cars (trade publication), 764
Hotels and Restaurants Throughout the British Isles and N. Ireland, 1960 (book), 796
— Strand Palace, modernisation of, 348 Hotflow circulating pump (Sealed Motor Construction Co. Ltd.), 257
Hotpoint Co,, position and prospects, 621 Hours of labour at BMC Bathgate plant, 836
— —• Civil Service claim for shorter, 285 42 hour week, 445
New demands by Ford workers, 853 Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation on, 285
Staggering of, by A. J. White, 413 West German campaign for longer, i Houses of aluminium, 740
— Heating by gas, 180 Housing, council, for the aged, 153.
LETTER, 216
— Display at “ Ideal Home ” exhibition,
— Minister of, on homes for the aged, 153
— Recommendations for, 531
— See also Home
Housner, G. W., on applied mechanics: dynamics (book), 167
Houston Texas Gas and Oil Corp., pipelines tape wrapped to prevent corrosion, 846
Hovenak, H. L., on cavitation by bismuth (paper), 228
Hovercraft. See Aircraft
Hovercraft Development Ltd., experimental air-bearing machines, 47
Howard, John, and Co. Ltd., foundations and anchorages for Forth Road Bridge, 688
Howard medal awarded to C. Stein, 413 Howard, R. C., on semi-homogeneous fuel element, 227
Howard, W. W., Bros. and Co. Ltd., Australian timber (trade publication), 396
Howden, James, manufacture of sinter plant to Lurgi specifications for Spencer steelworks, 171
Hoyt, K. L., on computer solves complex suspension geometry problems, 598
HTGCR. See Atomic reactor, high-temperature gas-cooled
HTM Mono-Filament strain gauges (High Temperature Instruments Corp.), 240
Huang, E. Y., on Manual of Current Practice for Design, Construction and Maintenance of Soil-Aggregate Roads, 316
Hubs, aircraft brake, ventilation fan for (Airscrew Co.), 768
Huckle and Durkin, Southwell Hospital, Ahmadi, 757
Hudson, C. H., review of Production Tooling Equipment; Design of Jigs, Tools and Gauges, 833; review of Tool Engineering, 833; biographical note, 835
Hudson, D. E., on applied mechanics: dynamics (book), 167
Hudson, J. L., Sales Mart, failure of automatic vending experiment, 223
Hudswell, Clarke and Co. Ltd., diesel locomotive design, 61
Hughes Aircraft Co., transistorised radiation detection instruments, 618; solid state ionisation chamber, 618
Hughes, E. T., on nuclear power in US, 810 Hughes, Dr. J. E., on metal whiskers and electrical breakdown, 433
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ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (I960)
Hughes-Johnson Stampings Ltd,, exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
Hughes, W. J., on a century of traction engines (book), 562
Human activity and colour, by M. Deribere (book), 396
— Engineering, research techniques in, by A. Chapanis (review), 698
— Reactions and aircraft speed, by Capt. B. O.
Prowse, 191
— Skill and ageing, by A. T. Welford, 611
Humber car factory, uniselector control for CVA milling machines at (Brookhirst, Igranic Ltd.), 199
Humboldt Bay plant to use free water pressure suppression technique (Pacific Gas), 811
Hume and Tottenham, synagogue for Carmel College, 720
Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd., Onia-Gegi gas from oil process plant for Japan, 171; pressure vessels for Scottish Gas Board, 262; plant layout models, 398; pressurised water atomic reactor, 520; Westfield coal gasification works 865
Hungary, trade agreement with U.K., 205
Hunt, J. B., on engineer training, 287. See LETTERS, 344, 607
Hunt, H. W., on Edge Tool Industries, 421 Hunter, A. M., on iron oxide recovery, 280 Hunter, G. (London) Ltd., pallet truck, 682 Hunterston atomic power station, progress report, 160; work resumed, 292; charge machine for (Motherwell Bridge and GEC- Simon Carves), 356; progress at, 423
Hunting-Clan Air Transport, merger with Airwork Ltd., 357; British and Commonwealth Shipping interest in, 357
Hunting Surveys Ltd., Hi-Spec air surveys, 151; aerial survey in Pakistan, 251
Hurseal time switch, 602
Hutchings, E. E., on government research grants, 542
Hutchinson, J, S., on position and prospects of BOC, 325
Hutchinson, W. P,, on liquid scintillation counting of tritium at 22“ C, 484
Hydrail car for rail track inspection, 62 Hydramandrel hydraulic mandrel (Larrad (Hydrajaws) Ltd.), 86
Hydrascoop excavator (Blaw Knox Ltd.), 258 Hydraulic accumulators (Industrial Hydraulics Ltd.), 551
— Car lift (C. C. Wakefield and Co. Ltd.), 276
— Drive for diesel locomotive (Fluidrive Co.
Ltd.), 61
— Dumper, Muir Hill lOB (E. Boydell and Co.
Ltd.), 225
Hydraulic Engineering Co., bobbing press for mould forming, 84
— Fluid, non-inflammable, Skydrol 500A and
Skydrol 7000, 310
— Mandrel, Hydramandrel (Larrad (Hydra
jaws) Ltd.), 86
— Models, 385
— Network in London (London Hydraulic
Power Co.), 718
— Nut, Euco (Euco Tools Ltd.), 767, 778
— Pit props for underpinning (Dowty), 251
— Platforms (trade publication), 332
— Presses (trade publication), 562
and extrusion equipment, by E. Muller (review), 528
Norton Super-Speed, 170
Weldall deep draw (Charles S. W. Grigg Ltd.), 224
— Pump, variable flow (Sutcliffe Hydraulics
Ltd.), 13
— Railway buffer (Dowty), 769
— Seals, butyl rubber for Skydrol fluids, 310 -— Systems, uses of, 718
— Transport system, experimental at Woodend
Colliery, 719
Hydraulics departments for Universities, by Dr. R. Silvester, 546
— Elementary practical, of flow in pipes, by
C. T. B. Donkin (book), 96
— Open-channel, by Ven Te Chow (book), 364
— Research Station, model of Usk estuary,
821; silting of Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 851
— See also Hydrodynamics: Irrigation: Water Hydraulische Antriebe, by A. Diirr and O.
Wachter (review), 331
Hydro-electric generator (Gilkes and Gordon), 480
Plants in Sweden, 51
Power in Canada, 187
Power in Israel, 415
Power from Mediterranean, 415
Power plant for River Tagus hydroelectric project (English Electric), 701
Power proposal for Yangtze River, 219 Power scheme at Hirfanii (Turkey), 79 Power scheme. Loch Awe, 316
Power scheme, pumped storage, Luxembourg, 689
Power, Snowy Mountains scheme, progress of, 284, 721
Power, transmission of, 793 Hydro-electric Progress in Canada, 1959, 187 Hydrodynamics, applied, by H. R. Vallentine (book), 132
Hydrogen-cooled reactors, 87
— Moderated reactors, 87
— as reactor coolant, by D. Bradley, 87 Hydrographic Department of Royal
re-survey of English Channel, 457
Hydrokenetic torque converters for (Rolls-Royce), 793
Hydrology, ground water, by D. K. (book), 132
Hydromagnetic Laboratory of Enrico Institute, liquid metal research, 119
Hymatic Engineering Co., Hydrovane compressor, 27; three nation tie-up, 27; Hyma- tic Hydrovane air compressor, 120; bar feeding and handling equipment, 172; air compressor (trade publication), 364
Hymatic-Hydrovane air compressor (Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd.), 120
Hypalon for diaphragms, 406
-— Rubber (Du Pont), 147
Foam, 279
Hyperon, anti-sigma, existence confirmed (Dubna Research Institute), 553
Hypersonic flows, ablation in, by Prof. L. Lees, 535
— Wind tunnel, 600
Hyperstatic structures, by J. A. L. Matheson (review), 626-627
Hypnotism in market research, 531
Hyster Co., medium capacity straddle carrier, 85; pipe clamp for fork truck, 417; DW20A soil compacter, 551
Hysteresis electric motor Division), 226
Hyston water-tight doors
(J. Stone and Co.), 336
(Smiths Aviation
for Canberra liner
Navy,
cranes
Todd
Fermi
Hydromechanics Research Association, British See British
Hydrostatic drives for machine tools, by D. Firth, 827
— Transmission, 590
Lucas, 690
Hydrovane compressor (Hymatic Engineering Co.). 27
Hygrometer alarm (Shaw Moisture Meters), 716
I-PO, Po, on productivity China, 836 lAAE. See International
Energy
IAEA. See International Atomic Energy Agency
IASS. See International Associatioti for Shell Structures
IBM 357 data collection system, 199
— 403 computer for New York city real estate
dept., 563
— Stretch for USAEA, 563
IBM United Kingdom Ltd., computer programme library, 373
ICAO. See International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICC Machine Co., Sautocount coin counting machine, 239
Ice packs in St. Lawrence Seaway, prevention of, 526
— Prevention in seaways by air bubbler system
(Swedish Atlas Copco), 527
Ichang dam proposed for Yangtze river, 219 Idaho Reactor Testing Station, wire fuel experiment, 324
Ideal butt welding machine (Startrite), 816 “ Ideal Home ” exhibition, housing display at, 317
Idrac, J., on measurement and instruments of measurement (book), 628
lEC-Sieger Ltd., gas detector, 577 Ignition, motor car, 786
— by B. P. Mullins and S. S. Penner (review),
762
— Systems, transistor switched, by G. E.
Spaulding, 537
IHC, self-inverting barges, 432
lilies, K., on Handbuch fiir Schiffsingenieure und Seemaschinisten (review), 267
Illinois University, floor warming experiments, 468
Ilmberger, Peter, lacquer spraying unit, 610 Ilorin Palm cargo ship, trials of (Swan Hunter), 135
Image Merchants, by 1. Ross (book), 749
— Orthicon camera (EMI), 668
IMDBI. See Industrial Mining and Development Bank of Iran
Imperial Aluminium Co., formation of, 229 Imperial Chemical Industries (Australia) Ltd., co-operation with Shell Chemicals (Australia) Ltd., 63
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., titanium—? wrought products (trade publication), 26; copper and copper alloys (trade publication), 60; titanium production, 74; beryllium and zirconium production, 75; niobium production, 75; price reductions by, 99; safety in beryllium production, 117; Terylene for hose and ducting, 147; Melinex polyester film, 183; formation of Imperial Aluminium Co. with Alcoa, 229; Dracone barge tests, 293; new plant at Severnside, 293; pipeline link with Esso refinery, 293; sale of polythene process, 301; ptfe products, 343; titanium jigs (trade publication), 364; degreasing plant, 449; silicone rubbers (trade publication), 460; aluminium extruded and drawn product (trade publication), 492; plastics exhibition in Russia, 493; DP 42 silicone fluid, 573; DPI II silicone emulsion, 573; DP 44 silicone antifoam, 573; M 437 silicone antifoam, 573; M 436 silicone antifoam, 573; R 212 flexible silicone resin, 573; ammonia plant for Severnside works, 595; safety in welding, 645; zirconium and hafnium (trade publication), 667; basalt abrasion resistant tiles, 678; titanium (trade publication), 699; pvc and polythene pipe, 710; oxygen pipeline from BOC to supply Billingham works, 725; aluminium sheet and strip (trade publication), 732; plant for polyethene production, Australia, 805
Imperial College, CONSORT atomic reactor, 324; cosmic ray investigations, 601
Implematic tractor, 850, with Albion baler (David Brown Ltd.) 336
Imports of aluminium to UK, 797
— Controls, relaxation in Australia, 63
— Prices and wage pressures, OEEC report on,
405
— from Russia, 637
— Statistics for 1959, 109
— into Sweden, 493
— into UK, 493
Impresa Ing. Lodigiani SpA, formation of Impresa Kariba (Pvt) Ltd., 653
Impresa Unberto Girola, formation of Impresit Kariba (Pvt) Ltd., 653
Imprese Italiane All’Estreo SpA, formation of Impresa Kariba (Pvt) Ltd., 653
Impresit Kariba (Pvt) Ltd., main contractors for Kariba Dam, 653; formation of, 653
and innovations in
Agency for Atomic
Impulse testing with a storage tube, by E. L. White, 706
— Voltage testing, by W. G. Hawley (book),
204
Impurities in noble gas, determination of, 15 INA Needle Bearings Ltd., needle bearings with cage, 321
Incandescent Heat Co. Ltd., high duty cast iron (trade publication), 460; new furnaces for Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd., 493; gas plant (trade publication), 628; radiant jet furnaces (trade publication), 835
Incentive schemes in industry, 326
Incinerator for garbage disposal. Caloric, 500
— Hoskinson smokeless and odourless (Boston
Marine), 489
INCO-Mond, Ni-Resist nickel cast iron, 471 Income tax, repairs and, 405
Inconel Ni-chromium alloy wire for Viton reinforcement, 31 I
Ind Coope, use of Dove aircraft, 578
Indemnification of Atomic Energy Activities and Operations of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (USAEC) (review), 458
Independent Grocers Alliance “ Elmer,” self- serve automatic vending, 223
Index Aeronauticus, 866
India, atomic power station, siting of, by M. N. Chakravarti and M. R. Sirinvasan, 859
— Bankers’ tour of, I
— Durgapur steelworks, progress report on,
154; finance of, 154; planning of, 154; training for, 155
— Engineering training in, 155
— Indus river waters to be shared with
Pakistan, 316
— Nuclear power station construction, France
bids for, 603
— Order for high altitude helicopters, 205
— Steel production in, 145
Production increase, 390
Indian Central Board of Irrigation, hydraulic models, 385
— Railway Board, plant for
training, 237
Indian Steelworks Construction (ISCON), Durgapur steelworks, panics forming, 155
Information, Scientific, Proceedings of International Conference on, 666
— System, Panellit ISI 609 (Elliott-Auto-
mation), 576
Infra-red spectrometer (Unicam Instruments Ltd.), 122
Ingersoll Locks Ltd., Lok-Eeze graphite lock lubricant, 708
Ingham, H. S., on Metallizing Handbook (book), 764
I ng we cargo ship fitted with Carflow system, 625 Injection moulder, Lester LI50 (Brockhouse), 290
Injector, diesel. Servicemaster maintenance machine for (Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd.), 329
Inland Waterways Association, on awkward loads, 440, 441
Bowes Committee on, 254 British. See British See also Canal: River, etc. Inner tubes of butyl rubber, 273 Innocenti (Milan), slabbing mill for Cornig- liano steel mills, 461
Inorganic chemistry, Russian journal of (Chemical Society), 266
Inserta M3000 envelope filler (Bradma), 481 Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd., nylon morse taper sleeves, 49; plastic balls, 407
Inspection, introducing efficiency into, P. A. McKeown, 829
— See also under specific methods
materials and items inspected
Institute of Advanced Motorists, driving
by
and
test
personnel
Co. Ltd. 154; com-
Indiana Steel Products Co., production of Alnica VllA magnetic material, 183
Indicator, Multisign panel (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 715
— Speed (Vactric (Control Equipment) Ltd.),
158
— Temperature, Bikini self-balancing (Fielden
Electronics Ltd.), 418
— for valve position (Vacuum Research
(Cambridge) Ltd.), 226
— See also under specific types Indien-Gemeinschaft Krupp-Demag GmbH,
Rourkela steelworks construction, 390
Indium antimonide study for semiconductors (Bell), 737
— Radioactive isotope of, 242 Indonesia, delivery of Fairey aircraft, 205
— Leyland buses as gift from Australia, 621
— Russian training reactor for, 356
Induction heater for brazing, 5 kW (Delapena), 589
Generator (Pye Ltd.), 353
— Motor. See Motor, electric
Indus river, India and Pakistan to share waters of, 316
Industrial Association of Wales and Monmouthshire, Industrial Directory of Wales and Monmouthshire (book), 492
Industrial Challenge of Nuclear Energy, 51 Industrial and Commercial Finance Corp., loans to industry, 341
Industrial Credit and Investment Corp., 286
— Democracy, new approach to, by H. A.
Clegg (review), 795, 796
— Directory of Wales and Monmouthshire
(Industrial Association of Wales and Monmouthshire) (book), 492
— Electronics Handbook, by W. D. Cockerell
(review), 528
Industrial Fan and Heater Co., exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
?— Fuel Efficiency Diary for 1960, by H. B. Locke (book), 26
Industrial Hydraulics Ltd., hydraulic accumulators, 551
Industrial Magnets Ltd., magnetic separator, 550
— Mining and Development Bank of Iran
(IMDBI), 286
— Psychology Research Groups, study in
industrial psychology, 700
— Research and Development Expenditure
(DSIR) (book), 539
— Survey, FBI, 277
— Therapy Organisation, employment of
mental patients, 477
— Use of isotopes. Vol.
Conference (review),
— Welfare Society, on
summer time, 9
19, UN International
235
Bank Holidays and
Industry, British, and World Bank, 145
— Concentration in the Midlands, 612
— European, social research in, 700
— Increasing optimism and output of, 73
— Inquiry into trends (Federation of British
Industry), 805
— Mathematics and education (book), 764
— in the Midlands, historic note on, 612
— People—the most important factor in, by
F. S. Walker, 346
— Pneumatics for, by F. X. Kay (book), 60
•— and public relations, 749
— and railway comparisons, by R. M. Bell, 254
— and trade of United States, investigation of
(Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith), 171
Inferation electric skirting board heater, 468 Inferation (Holdings) Ltd., financial interest, by Savage and Parsons Ltd., 357
Information on atomic energy, by L, J. Anthony, 387
— Central Office of. See Central
— Service, BISRA, 130
Engineering. See Engineering Information Service
of. Plain Words on, 248. See LETTERS, 313, 409
— of Contemporary Arts exhibition, 317
— of Directors, recordings of 1959 conference,
58; Isotopes at Work, 259, 677; Company Law Committee, 381
— of Fuel, Eue! Abstracts and Current Titles,
490; Residential Conference on Major Developments in Liquid Fuel Firing 1948-59, 796
— of Metals, annotated equilibrium diagrams
of some aluminium alloy systems, I H. W. L. Phillips (book), 167
— of Nuclear Physics (Russia), recovery
uranium and isolation of plutonium spent fuel elements, 484
— of Patentees and Inventors, survey
inventors, 717, 848. See LETTER, 776
— of Sewerage Purification, conference, 809
— of Social Studies, historical development of
social policy, by M. Milhaud, 9
— of Transport, I960 traffic congress, 249;
K. W. C. Grand elected President, 781 Institution of Aviation Medicine, high air speed simulation under water, 749
— of Civil Engineers, Sir Herbert Manzoni
elected President, 317; car parking exhibition by British Road Federation, 348; formation of Joint Advisory Committee on Engineering Education, 709; conference on overseas engineering prob- blems, 773; conference on civil engineering problems overseas, 851; Conversazione, 851
— of Electrical Engineers, export contract
conditions, 301; annual dinner, 317; symposium on data handling and display systems for air traffic control, 596; discussion of computer problems, demonstration television. Advisory Committee Education, conference on electronic telephone exchanges, 848
— of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
loan library costs, 58
— of Gas Engineers, annual general meeting,
865
— of Locomotive Engineers, annual lunch,
341; symposium on Use of Aluminium in Railway Rolling Stock, 741; symposium, aluminium in railway rolling stock, 798
— of Mechanical Engineers, Councils of,
export contract conditions, 301 ; computer in production (discussion), 373; Proceedings of the Automobile Division, 562; James Clayton Lecture, by W. G. Lovell, 566; Crompton-Lanchester Lecture, by Dr. A. Fogg, 632; change of membership by-laws, 677; formation of Joint Advisory Committee on Engineering Education, 709; symposium on fuel element and heat exchanger heat transfer, 714; formation of Nuclear Energy Group, 788
— of Mining Engineers, R. A. Moore elected
president, 812
— of Naval Architects, Royal. See Royal
— of Plant Engineers, annual conference, 346;
annual conference, 729
— of Production Engineers, Improved Material
Utilisation (booklet), 19; Material Utilisation in the Meta! Working Industries (booklet), 19; journal of, 233
— of Professional Civil Servants, pay increase
for scientists negotiated, 853
— of Structural Engineers, research scholarship
on light alloys, 79
— of Works Managers, L. Sutton appointed
education officer, 509
Institutions, engineering, presidents of. Plain Words on, 184
Instruments, aircraft, design for safety, 191
— for automatic boiler control (Kelvin
Hughes Ltd.), 129
— Electronic, for detecting and assaying
beryllium ores, 618
— Electronics and Automation Exhibition,
715; Sperry ultimate safety device on show, 724
— and electronics exhibition and convention
641
— Electronic measuring, by E. H. W. Banner
(review), 528
— for engineering geology, by N. V. Glazov
and A. N, Glazov (book), 764
— Industry, design in, 139 Exports of, 138 in London, 687 Manpower in, 138
by
of
in
of
664; of compatible colour 707; formation of Joint on Engineering 709; annual report, 709;
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
23
Instruments industry, materials in, 139 Plant and products in, 138 Position and prospects of, 138 Research in, 139
— Laboratory, by A. Elliott and J. H. Dickson
(book), 236
— Manufacturers’ Association, Scientific.
Scientific
— of measurement, by J. Idrac (book),
— Scientific, Manufacturers’ Association.
Scientific
— Springs, Fortinox stainless alloy
(Samuel Fox), 91 Instrumentation, nuclear, 15 Insulation, aluminium thermal (trade lication), 492
See
628
See
for
pub-
— Asbestolux boards (Cape Building), 851
— Asbestos paper (trade publication), 667
— in buildings, 316
— Electrical, nylon in aircraft, 310
— with foamed plastic material, 278
— Foamsil (Pittsburg Corning), 279
— Industrial thermal, materials, applications,
methods, specifications, by A. C. Wilson (review), 834
— in Northern buildings, by R. E. Platts, 316
— for steam pipes (Darlington Insulation Co.
Ltd.), 718
— Thermal, Thermalite, 541 Insurance in atomic energy, 483
— for atomic radiation damage, 88
— Institute of London, lecture on science and
the burglar, 749
— Nuclear Installations Act, 88
— for Radioactive contamination, 88 Integers, reciprocals of, from 1000 to 9999, by
T. H. Redding (book), 732
Interfirm comparison, 1
Interlas Ltd., plate lifting clamps, 13 Intermit Ltd., position and prospects, 661 Intermolecular circuitry in electronics, 319, 338 Internal-combustion engine. See Engine. See also Aircraft engine; Motor-car engine: Motor boat: Tractor; Turbine, gas
International Agency for Atomic Energy (lAAE), international symposium, Prague, 849
— Association for Shell Structures, colloquium
on precast shells, 152; activities and officers of, 152
— Associations, Union of. See Union
— Astronautical Congress, Proceedings of, by
F. Hecht (review), 490
— Atomic Energy Agency, mobile training
laboratory for isotope handling, 124; tritium for water study, 187; research contracts awarded, 196; activity in, 196; students with fellowships, 196; staff of, 196; safety codes for operating research reactors, 388; world study of atomic power prospects, 501; study of small reactors, 714
— Automatic Vending Exhibition, 222
— Automobile Federation, conditions of
design for land speed record cars, 734 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, nuclear investments, 51; loans, 145; British industry, 145; formation of International Development Association, 277; loan to Societe Petroliere de Gerance, 309; loan for Indus river project, 316; loan to Iran for River Dez project, 316; loan to develop ore transportation from Mauretania, 648; financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660; loans for major works, 773
— Building Classifiecation Committee, classi
fication of asbestos sheets, 26
International Business Machines Ltd., IBM 357 data collection system, 199; IBM 403 system for New York city real estate department, 563; IBM Stretch for US Atomic Energy Authority, 563; see also IBM
Internatic nal Civil Aviation Organisation, adoption of Vor-dme navigational system for world air routes, 493; Decca navigation system vetoed, 539; VOR/DME navigation system accepted, 539
•—Clothing Trade Exhibition, I960, 314, 607
— Committee on Space Research, 3rd full
meeting, Nice, 243
International Computers and Tabulators Ltd,, 1301 computer, 746; exhibit at Production Exhibition, 759; production recording equipment, 759
— Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, 860
— Congress of Scientific Management, 341 International Crane and Excavator Corp,,
formation of, 629
— Development Association, formation of, 277
— Electrotechnical Commission, Recommen
dation for Heat-Treated Aluminium Alloy Busbar Material of the Aluminium- Magnesium-SUicon Type, 343; Recommendation for the Resistivity of Commercial Hard Drawn Aluminium Electrical Conductor IFire, 343; Recommendation for an International Specification for Aluminium Conductor Wire of the Aluminium- Magnesium-SiHcon Type, 343; Recommendation for Commercial Purity Aluminium Busbar material, 343
— Federation of Automatic Control (Moscow),
congress of, preliminary notice, 77; international congress, 455
— Festival of Industrial Films, 776 International Finance Corp,, 286 International Furnace Equipment Co. Ltd.,
gas producer plant (trade publication), 796 International General Electric Co., nuclear power plant tender, 51
— Hardware Trades Fair, 574
— Heat Transfer Conference, 714 International Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer, 233
— Machine Tool Exhibition, 543, 814, 854
— Monetary Fund, 286
International Nickel Co. Inc., nickel steels, 471; annual report, 485; production statistics, 485; Thompson mine production, 485; formation of Copper Products Development Association, 485
— Plastics Exhibition and Convention, 506
Consul-
International Power and Engineering tants, formation of, 485
— Problems of financial protection
nuclear risk (review), 395, 396
— Road Federation, road projects in under
developed countries, 251
?— Scientific Film Association, congress in Prague, 849
— Space Science Symposium, 1st, 243
— Standards Organisation, standardisation of
twist drills, 19; rubber tests, 39
International Standard Triumph Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751 Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij, half interest in NAM, 629
Interpares, AB, building materials, 333 Interplanetary travel timetable (American
Rocket Society), 137
Interstellar gas, investigation of temperature, 705
Intertex International Inc., textile plant for Russia, 99; Kalinin textile mill. 493
Introduction to plasticity, by W. Prager (book), 300
— to product design and tooling, by S, C,
David (book), 132
— to stress analysis, by C. O. Harris (book),
268
— to theory of compressible flow, by Shih-I
Pai (book), 96
Inventions and patents in USSR (abstract journal), 426
— Plain Words on, 440
— See also Patents
Inventors and inventions, survey of, 717. See
LETTERS, 776, 808, 848
— Legal aid for, 717. See LETTER, 808
— Survey of, 717
— Tax allowances for in Russia, 381 Inveresk Paper Co., position and prospects, 357 Inverforth, Lord, on G. D. Peters and Co., 621 Investment, capital. Board of Trade survey
on, 161
— Overseas by Britain, 286
?—? Trust, Anglo-Israel Securities, 99
— in US, 461
Involute gear testing machine (Goulder), 448 lochrome, properties of, 847
Ion exchange, by J. E. Salmon and D. K. Hale (book), 594
Continuous, Higgins apparatus for, 586 as a continuous process, by K. R. Poole, 586
? Processes, jerked bed, 586
— Source, Duoplasmatron (Oak Ridge), 553 Ionisation chamber, solid state (Hughes Aircraft Co.), 618
Ionising radiation, conference on industrial applications of, 484
Iowa University, research on air-bearing machines, 46
Ippolito, Prof. F., on Euratom take over of Ispra research centre, 617; on investment in Italian nuclear industry, 618
Iran, power, irrigation and flood control project on River Dez, 316
•—? World Bank loan for River Dez project, 316 Iranian Oil Services Ltd., gas turbine for (Ruston and Hornsby), 134
Iraq, solar stills in, by Dr. A. V. Brancker, 260 Ireland, Northern. See Northern Ireland Iridium, production and properties, 75
— as tracer element, 292 Iron, cast. See Cast iron Iron Fairy mobile crane (British Hoist
Crane), 642. See Correction, 642 Iron-57, gamma radiation from, 242
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Ores, handling and treatment of (book),
332
— Oxide, recovery from steel furnace, 174.
See LETTERS, 216, 280
— and Steel Board, estimate of steel output
and capacity, 109; agreement with Steel Co. of Wales and Richard Thomas and Baldwins co-operation scheme, 293; permission for Colvilles expansion, 293; quarterly report and statistics, 677; Guest Keen Iron and Steel Co. expansion plans approved, 789
— — Industry in Austria, 411 Industry in Europe (book), 60
— Institute, abstract and book title index cards, 234; handling and treatment of iron ores (book), 332; Precipitation Processes in Steels (review), 667
Institute, West of Scotland. See under West
Manufacture of, by G. R. Bashforth (book), 26, 764
Research Association, British. See British
— See also Cast iron; Steel; Metallurgy Ironmaking, practical, by G. D. Elliott and
J. A. Bond (review), 395
Ironwork, structural. See Bridge; Floor; Roof; Steelwork; Structure
Irradiation, atomic, of by-products, 123 Facility, spent fuel pond storage as, 124 of food, cancellation
programme, 124
of food, pilot plant at tion Laboratories, 124
of food, US Army’s programme, 124
of meat, 123 Potatoes, 123 Selling scope, 123 Spent fuel pond storage as facility for, 124
Testing of, 159 Utilisation of, 123
— Experiments, gamma-ray. Irrigation, Indian Central
Indian
— Trench linings, 284 Irvine, Dr. K. J., review
Physical Metallurgy, note, 60
Irving, J., on mathematics in engineering (book), 460
Irwin, E. G. and Partners Ltd.,
against
of US Army’s
Wantage Radia-
cancellation of
692
Board of. See
of 60;
Elements of
biographical
physics and
atomic fuel element laboratory at Windscale, 160; fuel processing plant in Windscale No. 2 Pile House, 788
Isaac, P. C. G., review of Symposium on Radioactivity in Industrial Water and on Waste Treatment in Atomic Energy, 130, 131; biographical note, 132; review of River Pollution 1: Chemical Analysis, 834, 835; biographical note, 835
ISCON. See Indian Steelworks Construction Co. Ltd.
Isle Malignes to Chute-des-Passes aluminium transmission towers (Aluminium Co, of Canada), 821
Isopad Ltd., surface heaters (trade publication), 204
Isotope Developments (Beenham) Ltd., purchased by Elliott Automation Ltd., 205
— Industrial use of. Vol. 19, UN International
Conference (review), 235
-— Radioactive. See Radioisotopes
— at work (booklet), 259, 677
Ispra Research Centre, Euratom to take over, 617; Casaccia laboratories to replace, 617
Israel, hydro-electric power in, 415
Istanbul to Singapore highway, 219
Italatom Co,, Italatom plant for uranium processing, 618
Italian Forum for Nuclear Energy (FIEN), 617 Italy, atomic activities exhibition, 617
?— — Power for, 51
— ?— Propelled ship for, 260
Reactor at Chevasso, 124
— Employment statistics, 453
— Mars Spectrometry Laboratory, 51
— Motor industry statistics, 644
— National Synchrotron Laboratory, 51
— Nuclear Health and Safety Laboratory, 51 Industry investment, 618
Power, 603
Power plant project ENSI, 51
—- — Power station for, 43
Research in, 51
—- — Studies Centre, 51
— Permindex permanent industrial exhibition,
Rome, 823
— Problem of partial prosperity in, 812
— Production statistics, 725
— Punta Fiume atomic power station for
SENN, 292
— Radioactive minerals search by CNRN, 617 ?— Road building, 42
— Russian oil imports to, 773
— Shortage of skilled labour, 812
— Unemployment in, 812
Iwel Engineering Ltd,, abattoir for Kuwait, 873 Iwinski, T., on theory of beams (review), 267, 268
JABROC N material for top shield on Dounreay reactor (Permali Ltd.), 228
Jackass Flats, tests of atomic rocket engines, 484
Jackman Machine Tool Co. grinding machine, 856
Jackson, A., on Steelmaking for (book), 699
Jackson, G. G., on Mitchell boiling water atomic reactor,
Jackson, Sir Willis, on common engineers, 317
Ltd., disc
Steelmakers
Engineering 520, 521
title for all
Jaeger, Prof. J. C., on rock failures at low confining pressures, 283
Jaeger, L. G., on Analysis of Grid Frameworks and Related Structures (review), 627
Jaguar Car Co. Ltd., historical note, 823; purchase of Daimler Co,, 823; increase of production facilities, 823
Jalo Roto-Edger, 372
James, Sir John, on world shortage of rod and wire, 357
Jammet, Dr. H., on bridging the gap between physics and biology, 691
Jane’s Fighting Ships, by R, V, B. Blackman (book), 460
JANUS atomic reactor for effects of radiation on animals (Argonne), 388
Japan Air Lines, Convair 880-M airliner for (General Dynamics Corp.), 629
Japan Atomic Energy Co., contract signed for fuel for Tokai Mura, 387
Japan, atomic energy in, 419 Energy industry, 419 Energy Research Institute, high temperature atomic reactor, 292, 419; three reactor experiments at Tokai-Mura, 650
Japan Atomic Power Co,, 419 Propulsion of ships, 420 Reactor project. Government approval of, 16
— Export of transistors to US, 237
Japanese Institute for Chemical Research, gamma-ray irradiation experiments, 692
Jarrah heavy duty timbers, by D. J. W. Dalby, 784
JASON atomic reactor (Hawker Siddeley), 161
— Reactor for Netherlands, 387
Jaspar Co., automatic mail transfer, Brussels, 200
Jaumotte, A., on rocket propulsion (review), 592
Javelin aircraft, Gloster, 207
Jeffares, A. N,, on Scientific Background (review), 763
Jelley, M,, on draughts and fires, 376
Jellis, M., on broaching can be put to better use, 862, 863
JENER, See under Joint Establishment for Nuclear Energy Research
Jenkin, Lord, committee on Company Law, 823 Jenkins Committee on Company Law, 381 Jenkins, R. B, M,, on curve surveying (book), 628
Jenkins, W, J. and Co, Ltd., fuel handling (trade publication), 132; dense medium washer (trade publication), 764
Jenson and Nicholson Ltd. marine paints (trade publication), 26
Jerked bed ion exchange processes, 586 Jessop-Saville Ltd., forging alloys (trade publication), 60
Jet aircraft. See Aircraft
Jet propulsion engines, by O. E. Lancaster (review), 762
Laboratories, missile system, 233 Jethete steels, development of, 439 JetStar aircraft, Lockheed, ordered by Krupps, 579
Jetstream floor cleaning machine (Kent Floor Machine Co. Ltd.), 577
Jewell, Dr. N. T., on Australian lignite deposits, 493; on Australian power demands, 493 Jig boring machine (Newell), 819
Machine, Perrin (Acbars Ltd.), 814
— Design of, by S. A. J. Parsons (review), 833
— and fixtures Grade publication), 594
— Fixtures and cutting tools, by H. C. Town
(review), 866
— Grinding machine, Moore (Catmur), 856
— Titanium (trade publication), 364
Jindivik Mk. 2b aircraft for Woomera weapon trials (Government Aircraft Factory), 303 Job Evaluation, by J. W. Morris (book), 764 Jobling, James A., price reductions by, 99 Jocobowitz, H., on fundamentals of nuclear energy and power reactors (book), 364 Jodrell Bank, exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750
John Bull dial gauge (British Indicators), 819 Johnson, C. H. (Machinery) Ltd., portable mud pump, 354; screed vibrator, 481; diesel dumping truck, 551
Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd., rare earth metals (trade publication), 492; DNS platinum plating solution, 639
Johnson and Phillips Ltd., circuit breaker (trade publication), 96; oil switches, 206; epoxy resin for electric cable joints, 565 Joinery (trade publication), 732
Joint Advisory Committee on Engineering Education, need for University Institutions in Great Britain, 709
— Establishment for Nuclear Energy Research
(JENER), Norway, 51
— Fire Research Organisation, tests on
Asbestolux protected steel structures, 851 Joints, bends and pipes, conical, geometry of, by W. Sellar (book), 132
Jointings and packings (trade publication), 460
— Strip (trade publication), 492
Joist brackets for mine, 800
— Straightening machine (Joshua Bigwood
and Son Ltd.), 49
Jones, A. A., and Shipman Ltd., spline grinder, 49; Braunstone power hacksaw, 481; surface grinder (trade publication), 594
Jones, Ken—Electrical Engineer, by D. O. Summers (review), 94
Jones, Prof. R. B., the optical lever, 873 Jones, Sir Walter Benton, on United Steel Cos. Ltd., 89
Jones, William, Ltd., Prestige arch presses, 85; Prestige frame press, 225
Jost, H. P., on fretting corrosion, 574
Journal of the Institution of Production Engineers renamed Production Engineer, 233
Journal of Mathematical Physics, American Institute of Physics, 130, 426
Journal of Nuclear Energy, Part C, 330
Journal of West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, 204
Journalists, Commonwealth, reception for, 741 Joy Manufacturing Co., multiple drill barge for submarine hole drilling, 753
Joy-Sullivan Ltd., Miniveyor conveyor, 120; Limberope conveyor system, 480; Limberoiler idlers, 480
Joyce Loebl, exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873 JRR-1 (Japan) atomic reactor, 419 JRR-2 (Japan) atomic reactor, 419 Jugoslavia. See Yugoslavia
Jurich. L., on nuclear powered airship, 692
KAHL, H. E., on German dislike of US-
Euratom programme, 860
Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corp., purchase of James Booth Aluminium Co. shares, 229; partnership with Delta Metal Group, 555
Kalamazoo Ltd., air-conditioning plant for, 198 Kaldo oxygen steelmaking process, 173 Kalenborn basalt deposits, 678
Kalinin textile mill, contractors for, 493 Kaman Aircraft, plastic parts for helicopter rotors, 146
Kampf FKl die sinking machine (Embassy Machine and Tool), 448
Kane, T. R., on NSU-Wankel engine, 184-185; on analytical elements of mechanics (book), 428
Kang-chang, Prof. Wang, research on positive anti-sigma hyperon, 553
Kantorowicz, O., on draughts in rooms, 313,
504. See LETTERS, 376, 744
Kantrowitz, Dr, A., on power direct from hot gas, 118
Kaplan, W., on Ordinary Differential Equations (review), 300
Kaplansky, 1., on Aspects of Analysis and Probability (review), 396
Kapp, Prof. R. O., review of Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, 394-395; biographical note, 396. See LETTER, 440 Kariba Dam, special reports on, 651-660;
cost of, 651; labour force, 651; map of area, 651; design details, 652; site plan of, 654; floods at, 655; construction phasing and programme, 655-656; section through, 657; transmission of current from, 658; development of transmission system, 659; high level plan, 659; financing of, 660; potential of, 660; lake, 651 ?—Power station, 43; equipment, 43; in
operation, 43; output of, 43
Karplus, W, J., on Analogue Simulation (review), 362
Karri heavy duty timbers, by D. J. W. Dalby, 784
Kart, racing, “ Royal Mouse,” 386 Karun river, Pahlavi bridge over, 284 Katz, H. W,, on solid state magnetic and dielectric devices (review), 24
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Kaufmann, Prof. W. J., on radioactive waste disposal in sandstone, 420
Kay, F. X., on pneumatics for industry (book), 60
Kay, Prof. J. M., CONSORT atomic reactor, 324
Kaycee Industries Ltd., formation of Hind Rectifiers Pvt. Ltd., 455; licensees of Westinghouse, 455
Kazakh University, enriched uranium in nature, 724
KDG Instruments Ltd., elected to membership of Scientific Instrument Manufacturers Association, 397
KDP 10 data processing system (English Electric), 383
Kearns, H. W., and Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 53; Optimetric horizontal boring machine, 818
Kearns, Sir Lionel, on position and prospects of H. W. Kearns and Co., 53
Kearsey, H. A., on pumping studies on aqueous thoria studies, 196
Kearton, C. F., biographical note, 501 Keedwell, M. J., on buses in lieu of trains, 542 Keelavite Hydraulics Ltd., servo valve, 818 Keenan, J. J., on strontium as direct power source, 860
Keene, D. H., on room draughts, 744
Keery, W. J., on Tabulation of Data on Receiving Tubes (book), 868
Keeton Sons and Co. Ltd., hollow bored bars (trade publication), 460; shears (trade publication), 594
Keir, J. L., and Co. Ltd., Medway Bridge, 850 Kelland, G. W., on car design for high speed, 149
Kellogg International Corp., hand method of pipe stressing, 736
Kellogg, M. W., Co., Port Moody oil refinery,
17; model test rig for piping layouts, 736 Kelvin and Hughes Ltd., instrumentation for automatic boilers, 129; force balance for pressures, 158; Synchrotel angle transmitter, 158
Kelvinator Co. Ltd., co-operation with Savage and Parsons Ltd. on low temperature test cells, 357; Foodarama refrigerator, 570
KEMA, contract with Euratom for SUSPOP reactor study, 586
Kempe’s Engineers’ Year Book, by C. E. Prockter (book), 492
Kendall Co., polyethylene tape, 846 Kendall and Gent Ltd., piano-miller, 194 Kenderi, T., Kenderisaiion process for steel protection, 639
Kenderisation process for protection of steel, 639
Kennametal Inc., threaded sectional augers for salt drilling, 7
Kennedy, Dr. A. J., on graphite as a structural material in conditions of high thermal flux, 260
Kennedy and Donkin, consultants to Brazilian Atomic Energy Commission, 452; Harker- Penworlham 275 kV
Kennedy, G., on cost
schemes, 859; on power station, 859 Kent Floor Machine Co.
cleaner, 577
Kent, George, Ltd., temperature measurement (trade publication), 268; steering gear division transferred to Cam Gears Ltd., 523; interest in Cam Gears Ltd., 523; quadrature suppressor, 715
Kenwood electric rotisserie, 144 Kerr, J., on air bearings, 771 Kerrey, C. G., winning design for elevated roadway, 251
Kerrigan, J. V., on radioactive waste disposal in sandstone, 420
Kerry Group Manufacturing Division, lathes (trade publication), 562
Kerry’s (Engineering) Co. Ltd., auto-change drilling machine. 815
Ketch Plastics, steering column fairing in polyethylene, 407
Key to Accounting and Costing, by J. A. R. Tainsh (review), 426
Key Engineering Co. Ltd., Key-Conex connector, 20; pitch fibre pipes for repair, 187; Key-Bison electrical system, 513
Keys and locks, historical note, 708 Key-Bison electrical duct system (Concrete Ltd.), 513
Key-Conex waste connector (Key Engineering Co. Ltd.), 20
Khruschev, crimes of, 202 Khulna, improvements to, 251 Kick plate, plastic, on refrigerator (Lee), 471 Kidlington Airport, exhibition of light aircraft, 578
King, C. R., on electric power, 197; chairman of Electricity Council, 197; on New Horizon—Electricity Supply, 780
King, George W., acoustic door for television studio (Associated-Rediffusion), 785
King portable hardness tester (Foundry Suppliers Lid.), 683
Kinnear Moodie and Co. Ltd., experimental tube tunnel, 219
Kirkstall Forge Engineering Works, new access bridge to (James Austin and Sons Ltd.), 316
Kirschner, E. J., on Zeppelin in the atomic age, 323-324
Kitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie AG., basalt abrasion resistant tiles, 678
Kiwi atomic reactor, 755 Reactors for atomic rocket engine tests, 484
K and L Steelfounders and Engineers Ltd., new plant at Newburn-on-Tyne, 55
Kleiger, P., on freezing and thawing tests on lightweight aggregate concrete, 513
Klein, E. H., on Rolled Zinc Trends, 847 Klein, L., on River Pollution 1: Chemical Analysis (review), 834-835
Klein, M., on Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers (review), 867
Klemperer, O., on electron physics (book), 594
Klixon thermostat (Metals and Controls
Corp.), 643
KLM, Electra and Douglas DC-8 aircraft put into service, 693; record year report, 693 Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG., tractor production and exports, 63; position and prospects of, 421; portable gas turbine, 643
Kloeffler, R. G., on industrial electronics and control (book), 628
Klystron, reflex, radio valve, 168 Knapsack-Griesham AG., coaling with fluidised plastics, 604
Knife, trimming (Stanley), 436 Knife-edge bearings, by P. J. Geary, 362 Knolleys, Viscout, on English Steel Corp., 757 Knox, F. M., on Integrated Cost Control in the
Office (book), 835
Koenigsberger, F., on automation and machine tool elements, 869-870
Kohl, W. H., on Materials and Techniques for Electron Tubes (book), 699
Kohler, Dr. H., on measuring dynamic loads on gear teeth, 209
Kolbe, H., on Der Wirtschaflliche Dampf- kesselbetrieb (review), 331
Koifiat, A., on results of 1959 nuclear power plant containment tests, 724
Kopemuhl, nuclear graphite, 650
Kopit, document copier (Hall Harding Ltd.), 416
Kopp Variator variable speed control (Allspeeds Ltd.). 642
KoppcTs Export GmbH, coke oven gas and by product plant for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Korolyov, A. A., on Rolling Mills (review), 866 Kos-Rabcewicz-Zubkowski, L., on Sir Casimir
Stanislaus Gzowski (review), 868
Kramish, A., on Atomic Energy in the Soviet
Union (review), 795
Kremer man-powered aircraft competition, 213 Krischer, O., on drying techniques (book), 132 Kristal, M. M., on Corrosion of Chemical
Apparatus (review), 731
Kroll, K., on drying techniques (book), 132 Krupp, Friedrich, steel melting shop for
Rourkela steelworks, 391; position and prosects of, 421; order of Lockheed JetStar aircraft, 579
Krupp-Ardelt, Demag and Kampnagel, cranes for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Krupp-Demag, maintenance workshops for Rourkela steelworks, 391; training of Indian engineers, 391
Krupp-Indien-Handelgesselschaft and Stahl- werke Bruninghaus, railway system and rolling stock for Rourkela steelworks, 391 Krupp, Stahlban, Demag, Jucho, Hein, Lehman, Rheinstahl Union Bruckenbau, and Siegener AG., steel melting shop for Rourkela steelworks, 391
KT silicon carbide, 38
Kuhn, Dr. T. E., on Canadian roadbuilding programme (leaflet), 251
Kuwait, Iwel abattoir for, 873
— Lanterns for Rhodesia (Siemens Ediswan),
563
Kuwait Oil Co. Ltd., construction of gas injection plant, 524; Southwell Hospital, Ahmadi, 757
— Whirlwind helicopters for (Westland), 63 Kwikform Ltd., formwork (trade publication),
530
Kwinana, Australia, oil refinery for BP Co., 765 Kyoto University, gamma-ray irradiation experiments, 692
LA BRUGEOISE et Nivelles Co., automatic mail ttansfer, Brussels. 200
Laboratory, acoustics, of BBC, 100
— for AEI at Harlow, 802
— of English Electric Atomic Power Division,
841
— Instruments, by A. Elliott and J. H. Dickson
(book), 236
— Mixer, Micro-Mixer (Atlantic Research
Corp.), 747
— Technicians and Assistants (HMSO book),
699
— See also National Engineering; National
Physical
Labour-management relations, by C. Wiedemann (book), 132
Labour, Ministry of, safety legislation for civil engineering sites, 213
— Party, discussions in, 117
Future of, 285; on clause four, 285
Clause four and nationalisation, 437
H. Nicholas elected treasurer, 547
and the Trade Unions, 547
Upheaval within. 812
— Relations, 547
— Relations in Yorkshire, 549
— Shortage of, 845
at docks, 381
-in Italy, 812
— See also Manpower
Lacey, C. W. G.. and Co., rebuilding cylinder heads by welding, 386
Lachman, F., on Spectrochemical Abstracts (book), 764
Lacq natural gas reserves, 648
Lacquer spraying unit (Peter Ilmberger), 610
Ladders (trade publication), 764
Lafarge Aluminous Cement Co. Ltd., Alag synthetic aggregate for ciment fondu, 187
Lagging, pipe (trade publication), 364
Lagos Executive Development Board, illuminated handrail for C)nikan Bridge, Lagos, 800
Laight, B., biographical note, 477
Laing Development Co., Ferguson House, 693
Laing, J. M., on road building capacity of idle machinery, 637
Laing, John, and Son (Holdings), formation of Laing Lex Ltd., 261
Laing, John, &. Sons Ltd., Avonmouth docks scheme, 284; order of Piaggio Pl66 aircraft, 578; Ferguson House, 693
Laing, John, and Son (Rhodesia) Ltd., Kariba coffer dam, 653; road and rail contracts for Kariba Dam, 654; airport for Kariba Dam, 654
Laing Lex Ltd., formation of, 261
Lake Windermere vehicle ferry Drake converted diesel hydraulic drive, 590
Lambe, Prof. E. D., on educating the engineer, 607
Lambrecht, Wilh., portable flow meter for gases, 610
Laminates, plastic (trade publication), 868 Laminated timber, glued, production standards for structural, 385
Glu-Lam, 6
Laminated Wood Ltd., Glu-Lam timber, 6 Laminating machine, Contropress (Mather and Platt Ltd.), 759, 779
Lamp, bicycle, review by Which*l^ 253
— Bulbs, automatic conveyor for, 294
— Housing, EMLH (Electro Methods Ltd.),
449
— Indicating, with built-in test (Dowty
Nucleonics Ltd.), 192
— See also Light; Lighting
Lamson Engineering Co. Ltd., document conveyor, 684
Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products Ltd., weld control timer, 48; stock purchase by Metal Industries. 293
Lancashire Dynamo Holdings, bid by Metal Industries for, 197; bid by EMI for, 197 Lancashire Dynamo Nevelin Ltd., Starters (trade publication), 96
Lancashire Steel Corp. Ltd., expansion plans, 357; position and prospects, 357; annual statement, 357
Lancashire Steel (Rhodesia) (Private) Ltd., position and prospects, 357
Lancaster-Birmingham motorway, route of, 7 Lancaster, O. E., on Jet Propulsion Engines (review), 762
Lance, powder. Oxwelds ACL4 (Union Carbide International Co.), 289
Land and General Developments Ltd., Moto- park car parking system, 496
Land and Marine Contractors Ltd., effluent pipeline into Usk estuary for Monsanto Chemicals, 821
Land speed record cars, design conditions, 734 Landau, L. D.. on lectures on nuclear theory (review), 491-492
Landing, blind, experimental unit (RAE), 191
— Systems, automatic, for aircraft, 191 Landis Machine-Maiden Ltd., tube thread
cutter 13G, 157; agreement with Alfred Herbert, 205; threading machine, 508 Landis Steel Co., drill rig for salt mine, 7 Landwirtschaftlicher Wasserbau, by G.
Schroeder (review), 267
Lane, P. H. R., on fatigue of welded structures, 641
Lang, J. C., on Clydeside industry, 446 Lang, John, and Sons Ltd., 8B2 lathe, 816 Lang Pneumatics Ltd., annual report, 523; pneumatic equipment for Ford Motor Co., 523
Langdon, Dr. F. J., on drawing offices. See LETTER,185
Langhaar, J. W., on mechanical handling of Chalk River and PRDC fuel, 586
Langley Alloys, plug valve type F, 20 Language and communication, Plain Words on, 472. See LETTER, 681
— Russian, translated by computer, 467 Lansing Bagnall Ltd., Rapide electric fork
truck, 642
Lantern, fluorescent mercury (Atlas Lighting Ltd.), 20
— Kuwait, for Rhodesia (Siemens Ediswan),
563
Lany, J., on automatic speed equalising device, 838
Laplace Transforms for Electronic Engineers, by J. G. Holbrook (book), 332
Lapointe Machine Co. as subsidiary of Associated British Machine Tool Makers, in US, 99
Lapping machine mark 15A (Flexibox Ltd.), 224
Larrad (Hydrajaws) Ltd., Hydramandrel hydraulic mandrel, 86
Latex, neoprene, new type (Du Pont), 147 Lathes (trade publication), 562
— Capstan, Accuratool (Dowding and Doll), 816 Auto-Robot (Herbert), 856
— Copying, MAS (Elgar), 815
— Heavy duty (trade publication), 562
— Profiling, Ravensburg (Sykes Machine
Tool), 855
— Screwcutting, DMIO (Mitchell), 816
— Sliding and surfacing, with automatic
screwcutting (John Lang), 816
— Turret, Prelector (Ward), 814
Latin America, Free Trade Areas in, 453
Latina atomic power station, boiler, 324; training at Calder Hall, 420; Nuclear Power Plant Co., 603; analysis of reactor operations under difficult conditions, 618 Latrobe Valley lignite deposits, 493 Latvian Institute of Physics, applications for radioactive isotopes, 124
Launch. See Boat
Launderette, coin operated, 223 Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., Asmag automatic speed control (trade publication), 96
Laurie, J. B., appointed commercial general manager, UKAEA, 160
Lavender, D., on motor vehicle noise, 514 Law and administration in nuclear energy, progress of, by H. S. Marks (review), 529
— Atomic, and administration, Stresa confer
ence on, 483
Lawrence, J. R., review of economics for the mineral engineer, 95-96; review of introduction to mining, 95-96; biographical note, 96
Lawrence, L. A. J., on auto-control experiments on DIDO using discontinuous feedback, 516
Laycock de Normanville overdrive unit (Birfield Ltd.), 661
Layout of plant with models, 398 L.D. oxygen steelmaking process, 173
Lead former (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.), 322 (Technical Devices Co.), 322 Lead iodide, as lubricant additive, 2
— Shielding chambers (Associated Lead), 452 Leak detection (AEI), 802
Leardini, T., on training atomic power station engineers, 618
Leather curing, radiation in, 388
— Industry, research policy of, 501
Leathley, Commdr. D., appointed Chief Engineer Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, 381; biographical note, 381
Lee Refrigerators, plastic kick plates, 471 Lectures on Nuclear Theory, by L. D. Landau and Ya. Smorodinsky (review), 491-492
— on theory of functions of real variables, by
J. Pierpont (book), 562
Leeds University, proceedings of the European Congress on ground movement (book), 428 Leeford (London) Ltd., Rotaped magnesium track links for tractors, 208
Lees, Prof. L., on ablation in hypersonic flows, 535
Lefever, F. A., on economies with composite construction, 752
Legal aid for inventors, 717. Leicester Lovell and Co.
RS 20-M adhesive, 6; (trade publication), 699 Leipzig Spring Fair, 639 Leist, K., on Forschungsverichte
schafts- und Verkehrsministeriums Nordrhein-Westfalen (review), 331
Leitz, E. (Instruments) Ltd., GP65O contour projector, 818
Lemon, Sir Ernest, on screw thread standardisation, 437
Leonardo da ^inci liner, statistics, 350 Leonhard, A., on Elektrische Antriebe (book), 868
Leroy, M. M., on nuclear space vehicles using pebble bed reactors, 755
Leslie (Kensington), new building. Royal College of Art, 63
Lesser, J. E., and Sons Ltd., dormitories (trade publication), 530
Lester LI50 injection moulder (Brockhouse),. 290
Levacar air-bearing machine (Ford), 46
— Development (Ford), 722 Levapad air-bearing machine (Ford), 46 Levascooter air-bearing machine (Ford), 46 Level gauge, ultrasonic, for mixer-settler tanks,.
692
— Indicator, Levelog (Thomas Industrial), 550 for liquids, 15
— Precision, with cross and plumb vials
(Moore and Wright (Sheffield) Ltd.), 84
Levelog level indicator (Thomas Industrial), 550
Levens, A. S., on nomography (book), 364 Lever Bros., steam piping system at Merseyside, 718
Lever lock (Chubb), 708
Levin, Allan, Ltd., shop crane (trade publication), 332
Levine, C., on training African engineers, 607 Lewin Road Sweepers Ltd., Mechanical Orderly road sweeper, 297; Sweepmaster roadsweepers, 297; film on roadsweepers, 297
Lewis, D. T., on ultimate particles of matter (book), 562
Lewis, E. M., on future research—engineering aspects, 513
Lewis, 1. A. D., on millimicrosecond pulse techniques (book), 428
Lex Garages Ltd., formation of Laing Lex Ltd., 261
Leyland Albion (East Africa), Ltd., formation of, 797
Leyland “ Atlantean ” bus, removal of engine from, 271
Leyland buses, Australia’s gift to Indonesia, 621
Leyland Firemaster fire-engine for Glasgow Fire Service, 336
Leyland Motors Ltd., price reductions by, 99; price reductions, 205; position and prosects, 261, 293; students build “ Royal Mouse ” racing kart, 386; purchase of de Havilland Dove aircraft, 578; diesel engines for vehicle ferry Drake, 590; de Havilland Dove for executive flying, 621; diesel engines for US trucks, 765; diesel engines for Albion Motors Ltd., 765; formation of Leyland Albion (East Africa) Ltd., 797; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
LFBR. See Atomic reactor^ liquid fluidised bed LGB-30 engineering computer (Royal McBee Corp.), 208
Liberator washing machine (English Electric), 308
Libraries, duplicates in, 76-77
— Television for, 394. See LETTERS, 441, 472,
505
Licences, road transport, 264
Licencia, marketing of Kenderisation steel protecting process, 639
Lidin, L. G., on helical-spring suspension (book), 396
LIDO atomic reactor, reprocessing of fuel, 585 Liege University, special rods for reinforced concrete and rods (wire and bar) for pre-stressing (book), 460
Lifeboat (Fairey Marine Ltd.), 336
Lift, hydraulic, for car (C. C. Wakefield and Co.
Ltd.), 276
— Trucks (trade publication), 332
— Truck (Eccles), 684
Lifting clamps, plate (Interlas Ltd.), 13
Liftip sack or drum discharger (Russell Construction Ltd.), 121
Light alloys, research scholarship on, 79
Light Metal Forgings Ltd., exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
— from sewerage waste, 804
— Traffic, vehicle actuated (Automatic Tele
phone), 488
— See also Lamps; Lighting
Lightfoot, Dr. E., review of Analysis of Grid Frameworks and Related Structures, 627; review of Design of Prismatic Structures, 627-628; review of Introduction to
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Relaxation Methods, 628; biographical note, 628
Lighthouse, St. Mary’s Island, Nightstor heaters for (GEC), 336
— Tender, Siren (J. Samuel White), 367 Lighting (trade publications), 236
— in aluminium handrail, 800
— for churches (GEC), 501
— Controller (Londex Ltd.), 482
— Day, graduated artificial, 851
?—? Fittings (trade publication), 236
Adjustable (trade publication), 236 Fluorescent (Benjamin Electric Ltd,),450
— Fluorescent strip (trade publication), 236
— of motorways, 274
—? at Palisadoes Airport (GEC), 768
— for photography, by W. Nurnberg (book),
749
— for portraiture, by W. Nurnberg (book), 749
— Road, improvements for safety, 274
— for toolroom , 559
— See also Floodlighting; Lamps; Lights Lignite deposits in Latrobe Valley, 493 Lillywhite, T., on reforms in Treasury methods,
781
Limberoller idlers (Joy Sullivan), 480 Limberope rope conveyor system (Joy Sullivan), 480
Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. Ltd., tractor mounted asphalt paver, 251
Limpet dam for dock gate repairs, 219
Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd., Arcmaker petrol driven mobile welding machine, 353; AS200 mobile welding machine, 778; submerged arc welding machine, 857
Lincolne, G, B., on income and leisure, 441; on educating the engineer, 542-543
Lindars Automation Ltd., electropneumatic feed controllers, 50
Lindfield, M., on GEC-Simon Carves gas cooled atomic reactor, 518-519
Lindley, B. C., on large scale power by direct conversion, 567
Linear structural analysis, by P. B. Morice (review), 267
Linen industry in Northern Ireland, 510 Liners for 1960, 350
— Amazon, 98; escalator for (J. and E. Hall
Ltd.), 207
— Amazon, statistics, 350
— Aragon, statistics, 350
— Arlanza, statistics, 350
— Canberra (P. and O.), 431
AEI control console for propulsion machinery, 134
Arma Brown gyro compass and steering control equipment for, 463
Cargo handling through side, 28
Design details (Harland and Wolff), 366 Hyston water-tight doors for (J. Stone and Co.), 336
Reserve propeller for (Bulls), 400
— — Statistics, 350
Tufnol bearings for rudder and propeller shafts, 534
— Cargo, Amazon, 98, 207, 350
— Empress of Canada, Foster Wheeler boilers
for, 703
of Canada, launched by Mrs. Diefenbaker, 702
of Canada, statistics, 350, 702
— France launched by Mme de Gaulle, 702 Plain Words on launching of, 680 statistics, 350, 702, 773
— Leonardo da Find, statistics, 350
— New, for Shaw Savill, 27
— Optimum size for, 702
— Oriana, statistics, 350
— Plates (trade publication), 530
— Queen Elizabeth, Chandos
replacement for, 350, 469 Elizabeth statistics, 702
— — Mary, Chandos report on
for, 350, 469
Mary, replacement for, 773
— Southern Cross, sister ship for,
— Transvaal Castle, statistics, 350
— Windsor Castle, statistics, 350
Lines Brothers (Deutschland) GmbH, marketing organisation for Lines Group, 17
Lines Brothers (Ireland) scale toy animals, 17 Lines Group, activities of, 17
Linings, basalt abrasion resistant, 678
— Rough, for fluid flow experiments, by T.
Constantine, 878
— Tank, in neoprene, 247
Link-Belt Co., screw conveyors (trade publication), 428
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), 175 Liquid blender (trade publication), 764
— Dispenser, Mastermeasure (Lynch), 779
— Dryers (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 257
— Flowmeter for (British Scientific Research
Association), 122
— Level indicator, 15
— and liquid mixtures, by J. S. Rowlinson
(book), 300
— Metal. See Metal
— Methane, bulk transport of, 205
— Nitrogen, shrink fitting with, 201
— Pump for, vertical self priming (Precision
Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd.), 13
— Road transport in bulk, 264
— Scintillation counting of tritium at 22’ C,
by W. P. Hutchinson, 484
— Thermodynamics and transport properties
of (book), 96
Lister, George, on George Lister and Sons Ltd., 523
Lister, George, and Sons Ltd., notable works by, 523; exhibition of architectural metalwork, 523; racing car bodies, 523; craftsmen and apprentices employed by, 523
Lister, R. A., and Co. Ltd., air cooled diesel engines, 643
Little, Arthur D., Inc., agreement with W. Boyd on Daniels-13oyd atomic reactor concept, 292
Little Barford “ B ” power station, design and layout, 296; equipment in, 296; steam generators at, 432
Littoral Drift, radioisotopes for study of, by J. J. Arlman 724
report on
replacement
350
Litzler, C. A., Co. Inc., Contropress laminating machine, 759
“ Live and Let Live,” cinema film on safety, 477
Livesley, Dr. R. K., review of Elementary Treatise on Fourier’s Series, 730; review of Theory of Matrices, 730; biographical note, 732
Lloyd, B. L., on combination of nuclear and conventional power generating plant, 845
Lloyd, F. H., and Co., consultants to Indian Railway Board, 237
Lloyd, H., on legal aid for inventors, 808
Lloyd, Brig. T. L, railways into roads plan, 37; on road and rail transport, 312, See LETTERS, 377, 542
Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Rules Regulations for the Construction Classification of Steel Ships (book), Register Book 1959-60 (book), 562
Loads, dynamic, on gear teeth, measurement of by. Dr. H. Kohler, 209
Structural design for, by C. H. Norris et al (review), 627
— Effect on piston engines, 156
— and strain, combined recording of, by E.
Spencer, 874
— Ultimate, in rock and concrete, by T. N. W.
Akroyd, 672
Loader, Hi-Tip (Weatherill Ltd.), 746
— Muir Hill (E. Boydell and Co. Ltd.), 609 Loading chart, work, See-How (New Industrial
Charting and Publicity Ltd.), 423
Loading machine. Terraloader shovel (J. 1. Case Co. Ltd.), 379
Loadmobile garden trolley, Simcett, 372 Loans to industry, 341
— to local Councils, 637
— World, statistics, 286
Lobeck Casting Processes, manufacturing agreement with Albert Mann Engineering Co., 301
Lobito, port of, ore loader for, 91 Local Authorities. See Municipal
Loch Awe hydro-electric scheme, 316
Loch Ericht power station, contracts awarded by North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board, 135
Lock, Dr. J. M., review of Cyrogenic Engineering, 235; biographical note, 236; review of Progress of Cyrogenics, 459; biographical note, 460; review of New Methods in the Theory of Superconductivity, 593; biographical note, 594
Lock Joint Co. (US), concrete high pressure water pipes, 269
— and keys, historical note, 708
— Lok-Eeze graphite lubricant for
Locks Ltd.), 708
— Security (Cuubb), 708
?— Silting by density currents, 851
— Washers (trade publication), 428 Locke, H, B., on fuel efficiency
(book), 26
Locker Industries Ltd., Amplitrol feeder, 684
Locker units (Vaz Dias International N.V.), 49 Lockhart, Sir Allan E., appointed managing director of pipework division of Stewarts and Lloyds, 325
Lockheed Aircraft Corp., design study for atomic powered bomber aircraft, 324; ultra-high-speed cutting techniques, 327; B-47 Stratojets converted to radio controlled aircraft, 402; ultra-high speed metal machining, 622
Lockheed Hercules boundary layer control aircraft, 163
— JetStar aircraft, ordered by Krupps, 579
— Starfighter aircraft, European production of,
237
Aircraft for Luftwaffe, 237
Aircraft West German purchase of, 237 Lockstock Hall gasworks, gas dehydration plant (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 729 Locomotive Act of 1865, 355
— Diesel, for British Railways (Birmingham
Railway Carriage), 765
for British Railways (English Electric), 797
Electric (Alco), 27
Electric, for BTC (Brush Electric), 161 Electric, cab of, 3(33
Electric, No. D5516, performance and efficiency tests with Brush traction type 2 1,250 b.h.p. A-l-A A-l-A (BTC) (book), 796
Hydraulic drive for (Fluidrive Co. Ltd.), 61
?—??—with hydraulic drive (Hudswell, Clarke and Co. Ltd.), 61
— Electric, for Sudan Railways (English
Electric), 431
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— I have known, by J. N. Maskelyne (book),
530
— Industry, position and prospects of, 104;
exports, 104; manpower, 104; plant and product, 104; materials, 105; research, 105; design, 105
— Productivity, 405
— Steam, No, 35020, Southern Region modi
fied Merchant Navy Class 3 cyl. 4-6-2 Express Passenger, performance and efficiency tests (book), 428
Webb, 809
— Wheel friction, 65
LoebI, Joyce, and Co., elected to membership of Scientific Instrument Manufacturers Association, 397
Loewe programme milling machine (George H. Alexander), 854
Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd., rolling mill for James Booth Aluminium Co. Ltd., 295
Logic, symbolic, and the game of logic, by L. Carroll (review), 428
— Unit, Emidec 2400 (EMI), 403
Logical elements, magnetic, for control schemes (English Electric), 633
Lok-Eeze graphite lubricant for locks (Ingersoll Locks Ltd.), 708
Lola, racing car, 44
Loma Machine Manufacturing Inc., manufacturing agreement with Albert Mann Engineering Co., 301
345.
and
and
530;
(Ingersoll
for 1960
vibratory
Lomac Fireproofing Ltd., fire protection of steelwork. See LETTER, 185
Londex Ltd., lighting controller, 482
London, A. L., redesign of internal combustion engine, 252
London Airport, blast screens at, 152; aviation fuel pipeline, 361; financial losses at, 365; Fawley-Avonmouth oil pipeline (Esso), 789
London-Birmingham motorway, Yorkshire extension to, 79
— as a communications centre, 687
— County Council, town expansion, 405;
conditions for high buildings, 821
— Employment statistics, 686-687
— Engineering in, 686
— Engineering growth in and around, by H. J.
Novy, 686
London Fan and Motor Co., exhibit at Birmingham Engineering Centre, 135
— as focal point in national and international
scene, 687
— Growth of industry, 686
— Historic note on industry, 686
— Hydraulic network (London Hydraulic
Power Co.), 718
London Hydraulic Power Co., London’s hydraulic network system, 718
— Industries in, 686-687
— Inner ring motorway, 571
— Instrument industry in, 687
— Master Builders’ Association, Dr. C. Hart
appointed director, 153
—? New highways for, competition, 251 London Planetarium, Spire
631
— Postgraduate Medical
heart-lung machine on Trade Fair, New York, 750
?— Traffic termini, 472. See LETTER, 542
— Transport Executive, Victoria tube recom
mendations, 7; Brunel commemoration plaque, 43; “ Silver R ” underground
train, 62; wage claim rejection, 117; checking bus route loading, 201. See LETTERS, 313, 377; experimental tunnels for underground railway, 219; design of Routemaster bus, 271; strengthening of Farringdon station “ grid-iron ” bridge, 315; new tube railway cars (Metropolitan- Cammel), 757
— Travel Committee, proposals for new
Victoria tube line, 7
Long Reach movable flood barrier on Thames proposed, 348
Longhurst, H., An adventure in oil (book), 594 Longley, James, and Co. Ltd., woodwork (trade publication), 396
Longley, P. H., on safety of Coseley buildings in fires, 823
Lord, Sir Leonard, on motor vehicle production, 30
Lorries. See Motor Fehicle
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, fatal accident due to supercriticality, 691
Loudspeaker studies of BBC, 100 Lovejoy Bros, aluminium coal chute, 200 Lovell, W. G., on high octane fuels, 566; on noise in internal combustion engines, 566 Loving, R. O., on descriptive geometry (book),
236
Low-speed Wind Tunnel Tests on a Sea Venom (Mark 21) (HMSO), 337
Low-temperature techniques, by D. Din and A. H. Cockett (book), 594
Lubricants, Beilby layers in, 214
— Heavy, Hercules foot pump for (Centralube
Ltd.), 224
— Metals as, 2 Organic, 2
— Molybdenised (trade publication), 460. 492
— Resin bonded ptfe Emralon (Acheson In
dustries Inc.), 214
— Solid, by Dr. J. Gaensheimer, 2
Inorganic, 2 Organic, 2
— Viscosity, effect on piston engine, 156 Lubricating oil, radio assay of, 433 See also Oil
— System, Exaclor-Trabon, 591
Lubrication blockage warning device (Exactor Ltd.), 591
— Bluebird motor car to yield data on, 843
— Mechanisms, graphite and ptfe. 214
— of road vehicles, 665
?— See also Air-lubricated Lubricator for compressed air lines. Con- trolube. (B.E.N. Patents Ltd.), 417
Lucas, A. H., on stress analysis of railway coaches, 669
Lucas Heights, Hl FAR atomic reactor in operation, 650; to commence radioisotope production, 650
Lucas hydrostatic transmission, 690
— IP60 hydraulic pump, 690
Lucas. Joseph, Ltd., employer-employee cooperation, 9; alternator for motor vehicles, 416
Ludwig, E., on Handbuch fur Schiffsingenieure und Seemaschinisten (review), 267
Luftwaffe, Lockheed Starfighter aircraft for,
237
Lumsden Machine Co. Ltd., brake disc grinding machine, 854
— Surface grinding machine with automatic
feed control (Alfred Herbert Ltd.), 84
— 230X grinding machine (Alfred Herbert
Ltd.), 353
Lunar suit, 635 Lunik 11, radiation experiment in, 243 Lupus Midget circuit-breakers (MCB Co.), 840 Lurgi Apparatebau-Gesellschaft, sinter plant specifications for Spencer steelworks, 171; gas cleaning plant at Rourkela steelworks, 391
Lurgi high pressure gasification plant, 719
— Process at Westfield coal gasification works,
865
Luton post office, drive-in automated counter at, 213
Luxembourg, River Our power project at Vianden, 689
Lyle Shipping Co., Cape Sable to carry unboxed export cars to US, 365
Lynch Productions Ltd., Mastermeasure liquid dispenser, 779
Lyne Frank and Wagstaff Ltd., Condesco drip regulator, 747
Lyons, Claude, Ltd., power supply unit type PV25OB, 353
Lyons, Sir William, Jaguar Car Co., 823
Speed fastenings,
School, Melrose exhibit at British
Ml Motorway, coach tests, 265; accidents on, 477
M 60 tank, US Army, 303
MacColl, J., on Factories Acts, 729 MacEwan, M., on road casualties, 611 MacEye flame detector (Urquharts (1926)
Ltd.), 417
Macfarlane, M. J., on work for waterways, 313; on awkward loads, 440. See LETTER, 505; on Grand Contour Canal, 574 Machine equipment (trade publication), 562
— and noise. Plain Words on, 776 Machine Shop Equipment Ltd., boring tools
(trade publication), 562; Stieber Roll- kupplung ball clutches, 837
— Tools, by A. R. Metral (book), 268 Advisory Council, proceedings
reports of, 181
Controllers (GEC), 416
Elements and automation, by F. Koenigs- berger, 869-870
and European Common Market, 813
— and European Free Trade Association, 813 European production and export atis- tics, 813
Exhibition, international, 543, 814, 854 Exports, 37
Exports, by A. AIbu, 181 Exports (David Brown), 836 Firms react to freer trade, by R. Bailey, 813
Historical note, 790
Hydrostatic drives for, by D. Firth, 827 Industry, Czechoslovakia, 461
Industry, design in, 67
Industry, DSIR survey of, 19
Industry, exports in, 66
Industry, manpower in, 66 Industry, materials in, 67 Industry, Melman report on, 181 Industry, orders increase in, 637 Industry, plant and products, 66 Industry, position and prospects, 66 Industry, research in, 67
? Manufacture, W. J. Morgan on, 37
Numerically controlled, by R. C. Brewer, 871-872
Parliamentary sub-committee on, 181 Portable, Clydesdale (David Reekie and Sons Ltd.), 258
Trades Association, education and research programme, 19; statement on Parliamentary reports, 181; annual general meeting, 741; research council to be formed with DSIR, 741
Machining beryllium 455, 663
— Rates, forecasting for 1970, 790
— Techniques, ultra-high-speed (Lockheed),
327
— at ultra high speed, 622
Mackay Industrial Equipment Ltd., Allis- Chalmers HD6G tractor shovel, 448
Mackenzie, J., review of Physical Chemistry of Steelmaking, 165; biographical note, 167 MacLachlan, V. D., chairman of BIMCAM, 197
MacLellan, D. A. S., on apprentices’ pay in Scotland. 680. See LETTER, 744
Macmillan, H., on progress of Spanish economy, 461
Macpherson front suspension for motor vehicles, 288
Mac. See also Me
Madan, Charles S., and Co., Ltd., Airhydropump high pressure intensifier, 462
Maddocks, K., on Nuclear marine reactor safety, 88
Maddox, C. F., on computer solves complex suspension geometry problems, 598
Magazine of French Production. 233 MAGGI fast-pinch device, 356
“ Magic of a Name ” cinema film (Rolls- Royce), 690
Maginot Line, by V. Rowe (review), 560 Magnaflow electromagnetic couplings (Westinghouse), 839
Magnesium alloys MSR and ZTY (Magnesium Elektron Ltd.), 215
—? Aluminium silicate, hydrous, 471 Magnesium Elektron Ltd., MSR and ZTY magnesium alloys, 215
— Track links for tractors, Rotaped (Leeford
(London) Ltd.), 208
Magnetic amplifier (trade publication), 530
— Annealing of soft metal alloys, 633 —? Chuck, Fimax (Darwins Ltd.), 289
— Clutch (Crofts (Engineers) Ltd.), 321
— and dielectric devices, solid state, by H. W,
Katz (review), 24.
— Drill clamp, Magnetor (Melbro Machine
Tool Co. Ltd.), 256
— Logical elements for control schemes
(English Electric), 633
— Material, Alnica VHA, 183
— Properties of nickel ferrite-aluminates
(DSIR), 633
— Recording equipment, Midas (Royston
Instruments Ltd.), 705
— Separator (Industrial Magnets Ltd.), 550 (Rapid Magnetic Machines Ltd.), 50
— Tape continuous loop playback unit (Roy
ston Instruments Ltd.), 122
Deck, Emidata (EMI), 403
Magnetism and electricity for engineering students, by A. W. Hirst (review), 203
Electricity, principles of, by Y. Rocard (book), 796
Magnetor magnetic drill clamp (Melbro Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 256
Magnetohydrodynamics, electricity generation by, 118
— Method of direct generation of electric power, 568
Magnetohydrodynamics, power concept, 780
— Problems of, 119
— Research report on (Battelle), 371 Magnifier, binocular, stand for (P. W. Allen and Co. Ltd.), 258
Magnox atomic reactors, information from, 787
— Canned uranium as fuel for Berkeley power station, 328
Mail, automatic transfer, in Brussels, 200 Mains, electric. See Cable
Main Lines Across the Border, by O. S. Nock (book), 699
Maintenance and cleaning exhibition, London, 189
Majer, J. R., on Analysts’ Pocket Book (book), 699
Makins, Sir Roger, discussions with USAEC, 756
Malby’s Metal-Cals Ltd., self-adhesive nameplates and metal-cals, 471
Malcolm and Allan (London), Ltd., graduated artificial daylighting for underpass, 851
Maldron, M. B., on nuclear reactor materials (book), 167
Mallet, Sir V. A. L., on Skefko Ball Bearing Co., 693
Mallinckrodt Chemical, partnership with Montecatini, 618
Mallinckrodt Nuclear Corp., Uranium oxide, 586; association with NUKEM, 650
Malpasset dam, failure of, 309
M.A.N., position and prospects of, 421; diesel engine for supertanker. See Correction, 112
Man the maker, by R. J. Forbes (review), 202 Man-powered aircraft, Kremer competition for, 213
Management, congress of international scientific, 341
of scientific, 349
— Courses by Associated Industrial Consul
tants at Dunford College, 112
Research Institute for Management Science, 853
— Economist in, 677
— Education for, U.K. advisory council on,
477
?— Next ten years in, by Lord Baillieu, 349
— Research, by Lord Nelson, 341, 413
— Science, Research Institute for. See
Research
— Selection Index, fall in, 611
Management Selection Ltd., decrease in executive appointments, 611
— Survey, by Sir Frederick Hooper (book), 698 Management/engineer relations, by R. Runnels, 685
Management-labour relations, by C. Wiedemann (book), 132
Mance, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. O., on track costs, 312. See LETTER, 345
Manchester Corp. Waterworks, repairs to Thirlmere aqueduct, 696
— Ship Canal, 851
-— — Canal, annual report of, 325
Manchester University, rough linings for fluid flow experiments, 878
Mandoval Ltd., vermiculite, 109, 115
Mandrel, hydraulic. Hydramandrel (Larrad (Hydrajaws), Ltd.), 86
Manhattan Project, accidents occurring, 691 Manipulating Public Opinion, by E. L. Bernays (essay), 749
Manipulators, Master Slave, for radio-active materials (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 16
— Powered, for handling atomic fuel elements
(GEC), 16
Manley and Regulus Ltd., sink mixer, 368
Mann, Albert, Engineering Co., manufacturing agreement with Loma Machine Manufacturing Inc., and Lobeck Casting Processes, 301; purchase of share capital of Roll Race Conveyors Ltd., 301
Mann Egerton and Co. Ltd., mobile work bench, 551
Mannesmann Schanzlin Vereinigte supply plant for Rourkela steelworks, 391; pipework system for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Manpower in agricultural machinery industry, 33, 277
— Aircraft industry, 106 Engine industry, 106
— Atomic energy industry, 102
— CEGB, 780
?— Civil engineering industry, 142
— Domestic appliance industry, 178
— Electrical plant industry, 176
— Electronics industry, 138
— Increase in Russia, 145
— Instruments industry, 138
— Locomotive inudstry, 104
•— Machine tool industry, 66
— Mining machinery industry, 70
?— Motor industry, 30
Office machinery industry, 34
?— Processing machinery industry, 140
-— Railway rolling stock, 104
— Shipbuilding industry, 68
— See also Labour
Mantua tanker, launching of, 595
Manual of Current Practice for Design, Construction and Maintenance of Soil-Aggregate Roads, by E. Y. Huang, 316
— of Mathematical Physics, by P. I. Richards
(book), 364
Manufacture of Iron and Steel, Vol. 2, by G. Reginald Bashforth (book), 26
Manufacture de Machines de Haut-Rhin (Manhurin), agreement with Elliott- Automation Ltd., 861
Manufacturers’ Equipment Co., Ltd., “live storage ’’ system of goods storage, 93
— Register of British (Federation of British
Industries) (book), 492
Manufacturing techniques of the future, by F. Griffiths, 825
Manzoni, Sir Herbert, president of Institution of Civil Engineers, 317; biographical note, 317
Map maker. Vertical Sketchmaster (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 158
Mapal reamer with renewable blades
and Crane Ltd.), 226
Marbaix, Gaston E., Ltd., Barnes machine, 816
Marchant, H. S., on British goods in
Marconi Instruments Ltd., admittance bridge type TF 978, 224; audio frequency power meter type TF 1347, 290; T 1342 capacitance bridge, 449
Marconi International Marine Communication Co. Ltd., position and prospects of, 421; Argonaut 50 channel VHF trans- mitter/receiver, 675
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd., Vidicon camera, 16; four transmitters for Ghana, 53; wide-band transmitter trade publication), 300; agreement with Hermes Electronics (USA), 397; position and prospects of, 421; special low noise amplifier for Bonn University, 705
Marelli Co,, electrical equipment for Corni- gliano steelmills, 461
Margam marshalling yard, 665
Marguerre, Dr. Ferdinand, on heat storage in power stations, 810; on thermal stroage schemes, 859
Marguerre, Dr. Fritz, on heat storage in power stations, 810; on thermal storage schemes, 859
Marine auxiliary steam turbo-generators (trade publication), 60
— Corrosion Handbook, by T. H. Rogers
(book), 796
— Engineers, shipowners and shipbuilders,
directory of (book), 796
— Engines (Richardsons, Westgarth), 27 See also Engine
— Paints (trade publication), 26
— Repair kits, Devcon (Barrus), 729 Market for coal (report), 309
— Research, hypnotism in, 531
in motor car industry. Plain Words on, 148
Society, hypnotism in market research, 531
— Undeveloped, in Central America, 333
— See also Trade
Marketad Ltd., heated propagating tray, 636 Marketing stunts. Plain Words on, 744 Markham and Co. Ltd., turbines for Kariba Dam, 657
Markland Scowcroft Ltd., storage tanks (trade publication), 428
Marklew, E. G., on floor noises, 674; on measuring floor noises, 680. See Correction, 745
Marks, H. S., on Progress in Nuclear Energy: Law and Administration (review), 529
Marley and Co. Ltd., push broaches, 48 Marley DriBright polish, 244
Marley polish applicator, 244
Marples, Ernest, road and bridge tour of Europe, 53; on road safety measures, 316; on National Safety Contest, 661; urban traffic planning policy, 685
Mars, presence of life on, 243 Mars Spectrometry Laboratory, Italy, 51 Marsden, C. P., on Tabulation of Data on Receiving Tubes (book), 868
Marshak, R. E,, on meson physics (review), 491 Marshalling yard, Margam, 665
Radio control of, 297
Marter, D. H., on Thermodynamics and the Heat Engine (book), 796
Martin Co., design of atomic powered seaplane, 324; atomic powered weather station, 371
Martin Nuclear, SNAP-3 system of nuclear auxiliary power, 124; fuel elements for Elk River reactor, 324; computer codes for atomic reactors, 388; atomic power plant for satellites and space vehicles, 515; portable modular atomic power stations, 515; PM-1 transportable nuclear power plant test flown, 650; abrasion studies of fuel pellets, 723
Mary Kathleen Uranium, position and prospects, 587; output and sales, 587; ore resources, 587
MAS copying lathe (Elgar), 815
— Radial drill (Elgar), 856
Masefield, P., on transatlantic air travel, 571 Maskelyne, J. N., on locomotives known (book), 530
Mason, K., on inventors, 776
Mason, S. J., on Electronic circuit (book), 96
Mass and heat transfer, by E. R. G. (review), 202
?—?— Transfer, international journal of, 233
— Spectrometer for heavy atomic nuclei
(Argonne Nat. Lab.), 170
Massage, vibro, machine for (BAG Ltd.), 239 Massey, B. and S. Ltd., counterblow drop forging hammer, 193; drop hammer control (trade publication), 562; trimming press, 815
Massey, Prof. H. S. W., U.K. representative on International Committee on Space Research, 243
Massey-Ferguson Ltd., new labour conditions agreement, 153
Master Builders’ Association, London. See London
— Controller (trade publication), 96
Master Slave, radioactive material manipulator (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 16
Mastermeasure liquid dispenser (Lynch), 779 Mastiff stacking truck (J. E. Shay Ltd.), 642 Matbro Ltd., forklift trucks, 27; lift trucks (trade publication), 332
Materials (trade publications), 26, 364, 460, 492, 667, 699, 732, 868
Materials Handling Equipment (Great Britain) Ltd., Baker Traveloader transporter, side loading, 48
— for high-temperature furnaces, 774 ?— Improved utilisation (booklet), 19
— Properties at high temperatures, 371
— Research Laboratory (DSIR Australia),
research on chromium iodide decomposition for high purity chromium, 847
— and techniques for electron tubes, by W. H.
Kohl (book), 699
— at ultra high pressures (NPL), 803
Mathematical analysis, course in, by E. Gour- sat (book), 460
— Formulae and tables, by I. Szabo (book),
268
— Physics, Journal of, 130, 426
Manual of, by P. I. Richards (book), 364
— Programming and electrical networks, by
J. B. Bennis (book), 364
Mathematicians and mathematics, by R. E. Moritz (review), 427
Mathematics applied to electrical engineering, by A. G. Warren (review), 298-299
Examples in, by F. W. Kellaway (book), 96
— Dictionary, German-English, 794
— Education and Industry (book), 764
— Elements of modern, by K. O. May (book),
236
— for Higher National Certificate, by S. W.
Bell and H. Matley (review), 298
— and mathematicians, by R. E. Moritz
(review), 427
— in physics and engineering, by J. Irving and
N. Mullineaux (book), 460
— Source book in, by D. E. Smith (book), 835
— for telecommunications engineers, by S. J.
Cotton (book), 868
— University, by J. Blakey (review), 298
Mather and Platt Ltd., Contropress laminating machine, 759, 779
Matheson, J. A. L., on Hyperstatic Structures (review), 626-627
Mathews, E. D. Jefferiss, on architects’ prime responsibility, 4
Mathieson, E., on cavitation erosion tests, 136 Matley, H., on Mathematics for Higher National Certificate (review), 298
Matrices, applications of theory of, by Gant- macher, 24
— Theory of, by F. R. Gantmacher (review),
730
Matrix orifice gauge (Coventry Guage), 857
Matter, ultimate particles of, by D. T. Lewis (book), 562
Mattera, R., ou atomic reactor vessels, 553
Matthew, W., ou driving tests, 313. See LETTER, 409
Matthews and Yates Ltd., Cyclone aerofoil fan, 121; Turbro-Cyclone fans, 353
Maudling, Rt. Hon. R., on training engineers, 477; opening of Mechanical Handling Exhibition, 642
Mauretania, World Bank load to develop ore transportation from 648
Maurice, Ing.-Dr. R. D. A., on technical problems of broadcasting, 305
Maxon Construction, nuclear demonstration plant for Puerto Rico, 618
Maxwell, D., on shipping world year book and who’s who (book), 492
Maxwell, 1. R., on Economics of Nuclear Power, Vol. 2 (review), 299
May, K. O., on elements of modern mathematics (book), 236
Mayer, A., on summary of soil mechanics (book), 132
Mayer, R. W., on servomechanisms and regulating design (book), 428
Mayne, S., on dissatisfaction at Harwell, 221
Mayo, E., experiments of psychology in industry, 700
McAlpine, Alfred, and Son Ltd., rebuilding Joseph Sankey and Sons Ltd., factory, 186- 187
McAlpine of Hillington, Rigidex waste traps, 20
McAlpine, Sir Robert, and Sons Ltd., aircraft for executive flying, 578
MCB Co. (Manchester) Ltd., Lupus Midget circuit-breakers, 840
McCall and Co., water micro-straining units, 701 McClimont, W., on fatigue strength of studs, 430
McCone, J. A., on reliability of ships atomic reactors, 452; on standardisation of nuclear components, 756 _
McCorquodale, ' ~
report, 381
McCormick, J.
861
McDermott, J.
Mechanical engineering, dictionary of terms used in theory and practice, by J. G. Horner (book), 764
Research Laboratory, 1958 report of, 65
— Handling Exhibition, London, 281, 642, 684
— and hydraulic drives (booklet), 866 Mechanical Orderly road sweeper (Lewin Road
Sweepers Ltd.), 297
— Power, piping, 718
— Vibration, theory of, by Kin N. Tong
(book), 628
— World Year Book (Emmott and Co. Ltd.), 732 Mechanics, by J. L. Meriam (book), 460
— Advanced, of fluids, by H. Rouse (book), 96
— Analytical elements of, by T. R. Kane
(book), 428
— Applied, by P. D. Collins (book), 699 Dynamics, by G. W. Housner and D. E,
Hudson (book), 167
Reviews, 266
Worked examples in, by W. C. Durney (book), 96
— Axiomatics of classical statistical (book), 290
— Elementary, by D. A. Quadling and A. R. D.
Ramsay (book), 364
— of engineering soils, by P. L. Capper and
W. F. Cassie (book), 667
— Fluid, proceedings of conference on
(Texas University) (book), 868
— Solid, proceedings of conference on (book),
835
Mechanisation of Thought Processes, N.P.L. symposium (book), 300
Meco conveyor belt idler (Mining Engineering Co. Ltd.), 495
Meddings, W. J., Ltd., multispindle drill head, 423
Medical products, radiation treatment of, 733
— Research Council, study in industrial
psychology, 700
Mediolanum tube bending machine (Addison), 779
Mediterranean, hydro-electric power from, 415 Medlicott, W. N., on Economic Blockade (review), 330
Medway bridge, contracts and tenders for, 845; contractors, 850; model tests on, 850; statistics, 850
Medway Paper Sacks Ltd., baling machine, 576 Meissner, J., Co., marketing agreement with Leonard Smith (Engineers) Ltd., 397
Melamine plastics (trade publication), 667 Melbro Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Magnetor magnetic drill clamp, 256
Melchet, Lord, chairman of Adrema Ltd., 27 Melinex base Transonex Thermosetting tape (John Gosheron and Co. Ltd.), 247
— Polyester film (ICl), 183
Melman report on machine tool industry, 181 Melrose heart-lung machine on exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750
Melting with electron beam, 557
Men, qualified, directory of opportunities for, 189
Mendelssohn, K., on progress in cyrogenics (review), 459
Mensforth, E., on position and prospects of Westland Aircraft Co., 125
Mental patients, employment of, 477 Mercer, Thomas, Ltd., honing machine, 192 Merchandising, automatic, 222
Merchant ships. See Ships; Liners; Tankers, etc.
Mercury Project, capsule for (McDonnell Aircraft Corp.), 634; US space programme, 634
Meriam, J. L., on mechanics (book), 460 Merlin atomic reactor, television installation, 16 Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd., diesel J'uel system maintenance school, 329; master fuel pump test machine. Servicemaster diesel injector maintenance machine, 329
Merplex pvc cable elements, 602
Merrick Scale Mfg. Co. Ltd., SV Weighto- meter belt weighing machine, 194
Merrill, G., on Van Norstrand’s dictionary of guided missiles and space flight (book), 132 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, investigation of industry and trade of United States, 171
Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp., crossChannel bridge, 475
Mersey tunnel, traffic usage of, 571 Merseyside, engineering growth in, by J. H.
Novy, 582
— Industries in, 582
— Shipping industry in, 582 Mertainen, ore/oil carrier, holds of, 400 Merthyr Vale colliery modernisation, 457 Merz and McLellan, consulting electrical and
mechanical engineers for Kariba Dam, 656, 658
Meson physics, by R. E. Marshak (review), 491 Mesta Machine Co., slabbing mill for Corni- gliano steelmills, 461
Mesure Precise du Temps, by B. Decaux (review), 25
Metaducts Ltd., slipping clutch, 840 Metals as bearing surfaces, table of, 842 Metal Box Co. Ltd., new Glasgow plant, 53
— Brittle, extruding, 759
Metals and Controls Corp., Klixon thermostat, 643
— for diaphragms, 406
— Hot, cars (trade publication), 764
Metal Industries Group, who, what and where (trade publication), 628
Metal Industries Ltd., bid for Lancashire Dynamo Holdings, 197; purchase of Lancashire Dynamo stock, 293; overdraft to be cleared, 789
— Institute of. See Institute
— Liquid, research in (Enrico Fermi Institute),
119
— as lubricants, 2
— New, ductile and massive, 74
— Plastic coating processes, 439
Metal Propellers Ltd., acquisition of Standard Steel (1929) Ltd., 237
— Rare earth (trade publication), 492
— to rubber bonding, by S. Buchan (book), 204
— Spraying, automatic control for (Metal
lizing Equipment Co. Ltd.), 226
Wire gun for (Berk and Co. Ltd.), 13
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
27
Metal and Thermit Corp., Unichrome Super vinyl coating system, 503; development of plating processes, 743
— Unlubricated, 842
— Wall cladding, protected (Robertson Thain),
540
— Whiskers and electrical breakdown, 433
— Working industries, material utilisation in
(booklet), 19
Metal-cals, self adhesive (Malby’s), 471 Metals. See also Metallurgy: Microphotographs Metalectric Furnaces Ltd., box-type furnaces (trade publication), 204; electrode salt baths (trade publication), 764; high temperature furnaces (trade publication), 764; bright annealing (trade publication), 835
Metallising with electron beam, 557
— Equipment (Vacuum Research), 438
— Historical note, 438
— Protection and good looks by, 438
Metallizing Equipment Co. Ltd., automatic control for metal spray, 226
Metallizing Handbook, by H. S. Ingham and A. P. Shepard (book), 764
Metallurgical aspects of future research on fatigue of welded structures, by W. D. Bigg, 513
Metallurgy, extractive, 202
— Extractive, by J. Newton (book), 796
— Physical, elements of, by A. C. Guy
(review), 60
of rolling, by F. H. Scott (book), 667
? (review).
of uranium, by A. N. Holden 561-562
— See also Iron and Steel Institute:
of Metals: Microphotographs: etc.
Metallux resistors (Plessey), 487 Metalwork, architectural, exhibition, 523 Metamic cermet as hot bearing material (Morgan Crucible), 679
— Sheaths for thermocouples, 807
— 247, properties of, 679
Metarock Ltd., concrete hardeners (trade publication), 460
Metcalfe, C., on EMI Electronics Ltd., and Fairbanks Whitney Corp., 389
Meteorological tracer, radon gas as (Argonne), 618
Meter, audio frequency power, type 1347 (Marconi Instruments Ltd.), 290
— Power, 6IOC (Dawe), 480
— Fluid, their theory and application (ASME
report), 204
— Frequency, model TSA 501 (Venner
Electronics Ltd.). 157
— General purpose, edgwise mounting (Taylor
Electrical Industries), 205
— Parking, 245
— Selectest multirange (Salford), 779
— Sound level (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 192
— Telephone costs (Smiths), 207
— See also under specific types Methacrylate copolymer as sludge prevention
fuel additive (Du Pont), 147
Methane, bulk transport of, 205
— Liquid, aluminium ships for transport, 679 Methane Pioneer, bulk methane carrying ship,
205
Methods for the determination of toxic substances in air (book), 204
— Organisation and, by G. E. Milward
(review), 58
Metral, A. R., on machine tools (book), 268 Metric system, change to, 603
Metrix Instruments Ltd., Belix stable power supply, 257; Metrowatt controller, 715
Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., “ Silver R ” underground train for LPTB, 62; exports of rolling stock, 757; tube railway cars for London Transport Executive, 757
Metropolitan Electric Cable and Construction Co. to cease production, 789
Metropolitan Water Board, water microstraining units, 701
Metrowatt controller (Metrix), 715
MEXE. See Military Engineering Experimental Establishment
Mexico National Railways, diesel-electric locomotives for, 27
Meynaud, R., on coal and steel prospects in Europe, 539
MHD. See Magnetohydrodynamics
MHFA-1 sludge prevention fuel additive (Du Pont), 147
Micanite and Insulators Co. Ltd., laminates (trade publication), 868
Michelin Co., tyre factory for Algeria, 765 Michigan University, model train for carriage through reactor, 860
Micro Methods Ltd., microphotography, 833 Micro-chemistry, symposium on, at Birmingham, 171
Micro-Mixer laboratory mixer search Corp.), 747
Micro-straining units (Glenfield 701
Microballoon phenolic spheres. Microcell Engineering, seats road and rail vehicles and ships, 197
Microcell Ltd., position and prospects, 389 Microfilming service (Rank-Xerox Ltd.), 24 Microhardness testing machine, Tukon (George H. Alexander), 507
Micrometer, TMl (Testing Machines Inc.), 577 Microphone development, 100
— Insets (trade publication), 300
— Ribbon (BBC), 100
— Turner seris 250 (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 289 Microphotography (Micro Methods Ltd.), 833 Microscope, Zeiss measuring (CZ Scientific
Instruments Ltd.), 289
Microscopy, electron, centre at St. Thomas’s Hospital, 677
Microstore store racks (James H. Randall), 746 Microtome, Ultra (Fairey Aviation Co. of Australasia Pty. Ltd.), 13
Microwave amplification with tunnel diodes (Bell Telephone), 403
— Communications, radar incompatibility
with, 877
— Data tables, by A. E. Booth (book), 332
— Radio links, 168
Institute Foundry,
plastic
sample
(Atlantic Re-
& Kennedy),
663
for aircraft,
Microwave Radio Link vehicle, BBC, 169
— Transistor amplifier (Bell), 371
— Valve, Carcinotron, 601
Midas magnetic recording equipment (Royston Instruments Ltd.), 705
Middle East Airlines, Comet 4C aircraft for, 461
Middleton, A. W., on cosmetic science (book), 594
Midgie embosser for vinyl tape (BAC Ltd.), 353
Midland Dynamo Co. Ltd., Quickway armature winding machine, 322
Midland Heating and Ventilating Co. Ltd., cooling towers (trade publication), 764
Midland Motorway link, proposed elevated roadway, 250
Midland Silicones Ltd., silicones (trade publication), 364
Midlands, concentration of industry in, 612
— Craftsmen in, 612
— Employment statistics, 613
— Engineering growth in, by H. J. Novy, 612.
See LETTER, 640
— Historical note on industries in, 612
— Industrial prominence of, 612
— Motor car industry in, 613, 640
— Non-ferrous metal industry, 612
— Output statistics, 613
Miers Transport Ltd., bulk milk road transports, 264
MI FERM A. See Societe des Mines de Per de Mauritanie
Migration, by L. Brett, 781
Mikardo, L, on TUC, 812
Mil Mi 4 helicopter for Switzerland, 135
Milan Fair, 617
Milan-Rome-Naples motorway. Via del Sole, 4
— Underground system, coach bogie for, 207
Miles Highvolt Ltd., neutron generator, 137; pulsed subcritical assembly, 451
Miles, Kenneth, Bergmann Unical desk calculator, 240
Miles, R. B., on Principles of Servomechanisms (book), 732
Milford Haven oil refinery, new storage tanks for, 668; deep water terminal for BP Ltd. at Angle Bay, 673
Milhaud, M., on historical development of social policy, 9
Military Engineering Experimental Establishment, tests on civilian construction plant, 443; track-mounted dynamometer car, 443; facilities offered, 443
— Equipment, reliability of, 559
Milk delivery truck for multi-storey fiats (Ross Auto Engineering Ltd.), 269
— Marketing Board, vending machine sales,
222
— Road transport in bulk, 264
— Vending machine, Sankey Vendo, 239
Mills, cotton, demolition of, in Lancashire, 17
— Grinding (trade publication), 132
— Paper pulp, S. Carolina (Bowaters Carolina
Corp.), 126
— Rolling. See Rolling mills
Millar, R. N., appointed managing director of GEC engineering group, 324
Miller, F., and Co. (London) Ltd., thread guide, 12
Miller, J. D., on variety reduction techniques, 455
Miller. N. R., on computer solves complex suspension geometry problems, 598
Miller, R. N. B., on plastics moulds (book), 332 Milling machine, copy (trade publication), 594 history of, by R. S. Woodbury (review), 866
for Humber car factory, uniselector control in (CVA Jigs, Moulds and Tools Ltd.), 199
Loewe programme (George H. Alexander), 854
Plano (Kendall and Gent Ltd.), 194
Swivelling turret. Balding Beaver (Sted- all), 819
Three dimensional programme controlled (Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd.) 12
Turret, Bridgeport (Adcock and Shipley), 819
Milliclamp tong tester (Dawe), 683 Millimicrosecond pulse techniques, by 1. A. D.
Lewis and F. E. Wells (book), 428 Millivoltmeter (trade publication), 268
— Philips (Research and Control Instrument
Ltd.), 448
Mills, C. H. G., on motor vehicle noise, 514
Milward, G. E., on organisation and methods (review), 58
Minami, J. K., on Structural Design for dynamic loads (review), 627
Mines, coal. See Colliery
— Joist brackets for, 800
— Safety in. See Safety in Mines
— United States Bureau of. See United States
National
— See also Coal: Collieries: Mining: Ores Mineral engineer, economics for, by E, J.
Pryor (review), 95
— Resources, our, by C, M, Riley (book), 699
— Wealth of the Sahara, 648
— See also Coal: Mining: Ores
Mineworkers, National Union of. See National Mini-Minor, Morris motor car at Copenhagen Motor Show, 429
Mini-Minor, Morris motor van, 876 Mini-Motel motor-car trailer, 340
Mini-Rex refrigerator for Mini-Motel trailer, 340
Minic, scale models, new factory at Canterbury. 17
Miniform tape recorder (EMI), 772
Mining Engineering Co. Ltd., Meco conveyor belt idler, 495
— and engineering year book. South African
(book), 594
— Industry, expansion of, 836
— Introduction to. Vol. I: Text Vol. 11, by
B. Bohuslav StoCes (review), 95
— Machinery industry, design in, 71
Industry exports, 70
Industry, manpower in, 70
Industry, materials in, 71
Industry, plant and products in, 70 Industry, position and prospects, 70
Mining machinery industry, research in, 71
— and Metallurgical Congress, Common
wealth, S. Africa for 1961 meeting, 848
Minisifter sifting machine (Thomas Robinson and Son), 486
Ministry of. See under Education, Health, etc. Miniveyor self-contained conveyor (Joy- Sullivan Ltd.), 120
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Scotchply reinforced plastic, 146; Scotch- pak metallised polyester film, 183
Minoprior and Spencely and Macfarlane, improvement plans for Chittagong and Khulna, 251
Minx motor car, Hillman, steering column fairing in polyethylene for, 407
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, alternator set for Argentine, 171; generating sets for Royal Thai Air Force, 461
Missiles, advanced, fundamentals of, by R. B. Dow (review), 490
— Ballistic, automatic testing equipment for,
233
as replacement for artillery, 233
?— — Sergeant, 233
— Blue Streak (de Havilland), 62
— Blue Streak, abandonment of, 539
— Blue streak guided, mobile bases for. 111
— Engineering, guided, by A. E. Puckett and
S. Ramo (review), 490
— Guided, data handling for, 737
— — Plastic battery cases for (Prewitt Air
craft), 146
Plastic cylinder for (Zenith Plastics), 146 and space flight. Van Norstrand’s dictionary of, by G. Merrill (book), 132
Wreciss wide angle camera for, 211
— Re-entry, ablation cooling for, 535
— Seacat, orders for (Short Bros.), 595
— Skybolt, guidance system (Northrop), 797 Programme (Douglas), 797
Size of V-bomber for carrying, 539
— System (Jet Propulsion Laboratories &
Sperry Rand Corp.), 233
— Tracking, airborne optical beacon for
(Battelle), 879
— See also Rocket: Satellite
Mitchell Construction Co., plutonium separation plant at Windscale, 618
Mitchell, D., and Co. Ltd., DM10 lathe, 816
Mitchell Engineering, handling equipment for Spencer steelworks, 171; equipment for AGR reactor, 420; boiling water atomic reactor, 520-521
Mitsubishi Group (Japan), holdings in Arabian Oil Co., 453
Mitsui Group (Japan), holdings in Arabian Oil Co., 453
Mitteldeutsche Emaillierwerke M. Fratschmer, basalt abrasion resistant tiles, 678
Mixer, concrete, 14NT/R (Winget Ltd.), 48
— Food, series motors in, 534
— Laboratory, Micro-Mixer (Atlantic Re
search Corp.), 747
— Sink (Manley and Regulus), 368
Mixfiow mixing valve for hot water systems (Sealed Motor Construction Co. Ltd.), 418
MK Electric Ltd., switches (trade publication), 96; ascessories (trade publication), 204; MO Valve Co., Carcinotron microwave valve. 601
Mobil-Antenna tuned aerial (Aveley Electric), 508
Mobil Oil Co., blending oil fuel to close tolerance, 638
Model of Airco DH 121 aircraft in wind tunnel, 163
— Bluebird car, 739
— Charge machine for R3/Adam reactor, 388
— Fiat-Ansaldo atomic propelled tanker, 617
— Hydraulic, 385
— Lines Group, 17
— of Medway Bridge, tests on, 850
— NSU-Wankel engine, 281
— of picking-up and paying-out gear (Tele
graph Construction and Maintenance Co. Ltd.), 368
— for plant layout a’nd design, 398
— of space ferry, 163
— Tar oil plant (Whessoe Ltd.), 400
— Train to carry samples through atomic
reactor, 860
— of Usk estuary, 821
Moderator, atomic reactor, terphenyl as, 190
— Low-temperature, by F. J. Webb, 87 Modern Air Co., exhaust ducts, 831
— Building, principles of (book), 628
— Diesel, by D. H. Smith (review), 25
— Electronic components, by G. W. A. Dum
mer (book), 236
— Engineering and workshop practice, by
W. A. Tuplin (book), 96
— Physics, by H. A. Wilson (book), 204 Modular Concrete Co. jet aircraft blast
screens at London Airport, 152
Modulation, frequency, principles of, by B. S. Camies (book), 132
Moffitt, J. K., on Tabulation of Data on Receiving Tubes (book), 868
Moisture and density of soils, d/M gauge for (Soiltest Incorp.), 418
Moldcote concrete shuttering hardener (John B. Dickens), 284
Molectronic subsystem, 319, 338
— Telemetering devices, 319, 338
Molecular electronics, developments in, 319, 338
Molins Machine Co., exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Molybdenised lubricants (trade publication), 460, 492
Molybdenum disulphide, as lubricant, 2
— Disulphite, as lubricant, 2
— for high temperature furnaces, 774
— Production techniques, 74
Mond Nickel Co. Ltd., nickel alloy steels (trade publication), 26; gunmetals (trade publication), 460; improved standards for chromium plating, 742
Monel metal for atomic fuel canning, 227
Monitor, atomic radiation, for hands and clothing, 15
Radiation, type PNl 1072 (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 226
Monks and Crane Ltd., horizontal borer, model GL80, 157; Mapal reamer with renewable blades, 226
Monkton Hall Colliery, AM-9 chemical grout, 850
Monmouthshire and Wales, industrial directory of (book), 492
Monographs and string figures (Chelsea Publishing Co.), 562
Monorail, Orleans experimental 399
Monsanto Chemicals Ltd., Skydrol non- inflammable hydraulics fluids, 310; effluent pipeline into Usk estuary, 821
Montecatini, low pressure system for polyethylene, 503; agreement with CNRN, 617; partnership with Anglo-American Corp, of South Africa, Engelbart Co., and Malinckrodt Chemical, 618
Montmorrillonite clay, disposal of high activity atomic wastes baked into,
Montreal-Portland oil pipeline, 836 Moon Bros. Ltd., trimming and machine, 449
Moon, equipping man for a flight to, Moore jig grinding machine (Catmur), 856 Moore, R. A., elected president. Institution of Mining Engineers, 812; biographical note, 812
Moore, R. V., amendment to cost curve graphs of atomic power by R. D. Vaughan, 859 Moore and Wright (Sheffield) Ltd., precision level with cross and plumb vials, 84
Moran Dam, 821
Moran, P. A. P., on Theory of Storage (review), 426
Morar, ore carrier, 98 Moretti, racing car, 44 Morgan Crucible Co. Ltd., borated graphite for neutron shield, 292; plumbago stoppers (trade publication), 364; carbon (trade publication), 460; Metamic cermet as hot bearing material, 679; refractories (trade publication), 732; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751; Crusilite silicon carbide furnace elements, 751; non-metallic materials for thermocouples, 806
Morgan, Dr. K. Z., dosimetry measurements at Boris Kidrik accident reconstruction, 260 Morgan, W. J., on machine tool manufacture, 37
Morgan-Jones, C., on British high-speed diesels (book), 530
Morice, P. B., on linear structural analysis (review), 267
Moritz, R. E., on Mathematics and Mathematicians (review), 427
Morley, A. W., on Advanced Aero Engine Testing (review), 762
Moroney, J., on facts from figures, 358 Morphew, K. L., review of Electricity and Magnetism, 203; biographical note, 204 Morphy-Richards, export of Astral refrigerators to US, 485; new factory at Dundee, 485
Morris, B. O., Ltd., Grasso Sll die grinding handtool, 481
Morris, Dr. G., review of Probability and Statistical inference for Engineers, review of Rapid Statistical ~ 867; biographical note, 868
Morris, Herbert, Ltd., electric publication), 332; cranes reservoir. 761
Morris, J. W., on Job Evaluation (book), 764 Morris Mini-Minor motor car at Copenhagen Motor Show. 429
— Motor cars at Barcelona and Valencia
Fairs, 701
Cars at Helsinki Motor Show, 733
— Series FG cab, 270
Morris, W. S., on Aleo future programme, 27 Morse, Sir Arthur, on position and prospects of Bowmaker finance house, 229
Morse taper sleeves in nylon (Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd.), 49
Mortar and concrete, testing in tension, by D. P. O'Clery and J. G. Byrne, 384
Morton, A. H., on Higher Electrical Engineering (review), 299; (book), 428
Morton Salt Co., drill rig for salt mine, 7 Moscow. British exhibition in (1961), 109
— Heliport, 873
Mossbauer, Dr. R. L., radiation experiments, 242
Mossner, Prof. K. E., on interdependence of exhibitors at international fairs, 603 Mostaganem to Bou-Hassid pipeline, 437 Mostaganem to Cartegena submarine pipeline proposed, 437
Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd., charge machine pressure vessel for Hun- terston, 356; Hunterston atomic power station, 423
Motopark car parking system (Land and General Developments Ltd.), 496
Motopia, elevated roads in, 251 Motor-alternator sets for transformer testing (Hackbridge and Hewittic), 233
— Boat. See Boat
— Cars, aerodynamic studies on, 412 Alexander-Turner sports, 8
Armstrong Siddeley, production to cease, 845
Batteries, hire purchase for (Oldham and Son), 629
Bluebird, Aeroweb panels for, 711, 735; design details, 734; aero-techniques in, 741 ; Didas telemetering equipment in, 741; lubrication data from, 843; measuring gauges on, 843
Brakes in racing, 80
British formula junior, by G. Wilkins, 352
— ?— BRM, failure of valve springs, 496
Compact quality, will sell overseas, by J. Rabson, 754
Condor Formula Junior, 352
Conversions to, 8
Daimler SP250 plastic body, 311
Design concepts, 754
Design for motorways, by G. Wilkins 116. See LETTER, 149
?—? — Deterioration of weatherstrip in transit. 343
196
curling
634
867; Calculations,
cranes (trade
for Weeton
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (19 60)
167
663
Motor car door locks, Zero-Torque, 80
Economics of, 8
Edsel (Ford), 148
Electrical equipment of, by E. A. Watson 786
Electrics meet increasing loads, 786 Engine, Coventry Climax, 754
— —- Engine, Coventry Climax, Ferodo
trophy for, 80
Engine mountings to reduce car shake, computers for design of, 598
Engine, Triumph Herald, for Condor car, 352
Engine, new Vauxhall laboratory for, 536 Engine. See also Engine, petrol
Envoy design, 352
European manufacturers, 644
Exhaust fumes, 252. See LETTER, 409
Exported unboxed to US (Lyle Shipping), 365
Exports to Argentina, 493
Exports of BMC, 63
Exports to Sweden, 301
Exports to US, 145, 301
Ferried across English Channel, 188
Fiat 500 Giardiniera, 876
Fiat models, 644
? Ford Falcon, 824
Fuel consumption in, by P. D. Richardson, 112
•—? — Generating systems, 786
Hillman Husky, at Geneva Motor show, 352
Hillman Minx, steering column fairing in polyethylene for. 407
Hydrail, 62
? Hydraulic lift for (C. C. Wakefield and Co.
Ltd.). 276
Ignition, 786
Industry, Australia, 733
Industry, expansion in Liverpool area, 357
Industry, Italy, statistics of, 644
Industry, market research in. Plain Words on, 148
— ?— Industry in Midlands, 613, 640
Industry in N.W. England, 582
Industry, record output, 629
Industry. See also Motor industry
Interchangeability of components, V. G. Raviolo, 805
by
Italian, styled for European market, by R. Bailey, 644
Limiting exhaust fumes from, 252
Massed produced v. specialist produced, 845
Miles per gallon of, 824
Morris, at Barcelona and Valencia Fairs, 701
Morris Mini-Minor, at Copenhagen Motor Show, 429
Nissan Bluebird for European markets, 531
Noise in, 514
? NSU Prince with Wankel engine, 320
Overdrive units, demand for, 661
Parks, multi-storey, 251
Parks over railways, 7
Parking, British Road Federation on, 253 Parking, British Road Federation exhibition of at Institution of Civil Engineers, 348
Parking meters, 245
Parking, Motopark system, 496
Performance measurement of, by Dr. A. Fogg, 632
?— ?— Peugeot-404, 876
Phantom V for HM The Queen (Rolls- Royce), 690
Plants, disposition of, 145. See LETTER, 248
Plastic mouldings in, 311
Porsche Carrera GT, 386
Porsche, plans for larger, 514
Porsche RS60, 386
Production in Germany. 145
—? — Production, statistics for Europe, 644 Purchase tax on, 245
Racing, British contribution to, 80
Racing, Cooper, 44
Racing, designs of, by G. Wilkins, 44
Racing, Gemini, 44
Racing, lack of support for, 514
? Racing, Lola, 44
Racing, Moretti, 44
Racing, Stanguellini, 44
Radioactive warning sign for, 259
Ramp, demountable steel (Erad Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 276
? Repairs at Brno Trade Fair, 429
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II, drop test for, 690
— ?— Running costs, 8
Safety belts for, 812
? Sales in Sweden, 301
Sales in US, 373, 397
Shake, computing engine mountings to reduce, 598
Small, US production, 571
Spanish import restrictions, 701
Sports, 8
? Sports, Swedish, Volvo P1800, 116
Suspension dampers, British, 80
? Suspensions, designing with computer
aid, 598
— •— Test reports on, 632
— — Testing, rocket telemetry equipment for,
by G. Wilkins, 220
— — Trailer, Mini-Motel, 340
? Transport of, railway vehicles for
(Newton Chambers and Co.), 587
— ?— Triumph Herald convertible, at Geneva
Motor Show, 352
Triumph Herald, sales in US, 397
US market for, 754
US purchasing statistics, 722
Vauxhall Cresta, overdrive unit for, 496
— ?— Vauxhall Velox, overdrive unit for, 496
?—? — Volkswagen, new design forecast, 514
— — Wind tunnel tests on, 412
— Coach, Reliance, modified for tests on Ml
motorway, 265
— Cycle valve tappets. Stellite tips fitted to, 589
— Electric, brake. Perigrip (AEI), 746
DC, comroller (Brush), 746
Motor, electric, and drives, by A. Leonhard (book), 868
Drives for Kalinin mill (Westinghouse), 493
Enclosed (Higgs), 353
Geared, Ritespeed (trade publication), 96 Hysteresis (Smiths’ Aviation Division), 226
Miniature (A. W. Haydon), 875
Rotor shafts, automatic machine line for manufacture of, 90
Series, in domestic appliances, by D. J. Pitstow, 532
? Series, electrical characteristics, 532
Series, mechanical construction, 532 Series, speed control of, 534
Standardisation of, 531
Starters (trade publication), 96
Starter, hand or automatic (Dewhurst and Partner Ltd.), 157
Totally enclosed (English Electric), 50 Totally enclosed fan cooled (Crompton Parkinson), 86
Type KN-D (Associated Industries Ltd.), 85
for vibrating drive (Grantham Engineering Co. Ltd.), 86
— Industry in Austria, 411
Design in, 31
? Expansion in Scotland or Wales, 63
? Manpower in, 30
Materials for, 31
Plant and products, 30
Position and prospects of, 30
Research in, 31
Motor Industry Research Association, mechanical efficiency of IC engines, 156; wind tunnels for motor cars, 412; research on noise in cars, 514
Who’s Who in (book), 204
See also Motor-car industry
— Outboard (Perkins Outboard Motors
Ltd.), 164
Motor Panels Ltd., hull for Bluebird car, 735
— Racing, British contribution, by G. Wilkins,
80
— Rocket. See Rocket
— Rocking (English Electric and Grantham
Electrical Engineering Co.), 431
— Show, Copenhagen, Morris Mini-Minor
motor car at, 429
— Show, Geneva, British firms at, 429
— Show, Helsinki, Morris cars at, 733
— Taxation and road building, 836
— Torque (trade publication), 300
— Truck, dumper, Muir Hill lOB hydraulic
(Boydell), 225
— Vehicles, alternator for (Joseph Lucas Ltd.),
416
for atomic fallout measurement, 498 BMC J2 light utility, 288
Bodybuilders, aluminium for (trade publication), 460
Characteristics and highway design, relation between (review), 266
?— ?— Commer J ton commercial, 270
Design improvements, 270
Diesel power for, 722
Dodge forward control cab, 270
Driver fatigue, 270
Dumper (Thwaites), 380
Dumping truck, diesel (C. H. Johnson), 551
Electric, increasing demand for (Smiths Delivery Vehicles), 63
Electric, lightweight batteries for, 63
?— — Export of, 30
Ferry Drake, conversion to hydraulic drive, 590
Fiat Multiple 600 light utility, 288
Ford Thames light utility, 288
Goggomobil light utility, 288
Industry, outlook for 1960, 30
Light utility, by G. Wilkins, 288
Lubrication of, 665
Macpherson front suspension for,
Microwave radio link, BBC, 169
Morris series FG, cab, 270
Noise, effect of panel damping
Motorway, Vienna-Salzburg, 42
— Yorkshire, 549
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Forth road bridge, 688 Mould closer for hot shells (Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd.), 12
— Dryers (trade publication),
— Epoxide, for boat building,
range of
Electrical
Electrical
diesel
288
treatments on, by C. H. G. Mills, j. C. Dixon and D. Lavender, 514
Renault Estafette light utility, 288
Seats (Microcell Engineering), 197
?—? — Special, for radio link, 168
Standard Atlas light utility, 288
Statistics, 269
Transmission, reduction of noise in, 496 Truck body in kit form (Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd., and Willowbrook Ltd.), 271
Truck tipper body (Amalgamated Roadstone Corp. Ltd.), 303
US Air Force maintenance policy, 137 Van, Commer, production of, 54
? Van, Mini-Minor, 876
Vans, Permatred wood flooring for (Permali), 407
Volkswagen Transporter light utility, 288 Motoring, cost of, by J. S. Cramer, 464
— Increase of and future tendency, 464
— Report on, 464
— Statistics of, 464
— Through the next ten years, 722
— Trends, 464
Motorised wheel (General Electric (US)), 537
Motorship Berlin, 98
— Craigallan, 19
Motorway, anti-dazzle screen for, 284
— Birmingham-Lancaster, route of, 7
— Continental, 42
— Elevated, 250
— Inner London ring, 571
— Lighting of, 274
— Link, midland, proposed elevated roadway,
250
— London-Birmingham, Yorkshire extension
to, 79
—-Ml, accidents on, 477
Modified Reliance motor coach tests on, 265
— Milan-Rome-Naples, Via del Sole, 42
— Motor car design for, by G. Wilkins, 116.
See LETTER, 149
— Opened and proposed, 7
— Trieste Federal Highway, 42
— Forming, bobbing press for (Hydraulic
Engineering Co.), 84
— Glass, mechanised casting for (Dilworth &
Carr), 525
— and patterns (trade publication), 628
— Plastics, by R. N. B. Miller (book), 332 Moulding machine, Lester L150 injection
(Brockhouse), 290
— of plastics, compression and transfer, by
J. Butler (book), 204
— Plastic, in motor cars, 31 I
— Rockite dough compound, 605
— See also Foundry
Mountings, motor car engine, design to control shake, computer technique for, by E. Stepp, 598
Mouse, self-propelled seam welding machine (Phoenix Rubber Co. Ltd.), 417
Moving with the times. Plain Words on, 312 Mower, garden, radio-controlled (Webb), 372
— power driven Sprite (Ransomes), 372 Mowlem, John, and Co. Ltd., Consett dam and
reservoir, 187
MPR rotary compressor (Beiliss and Morcom), 577
MSR magnesium alloy (Magnesium Elektron Ltd.), 215
MTTA. See Machine Tools Trade Association Mud pump, portable (C. H. Johnson), 354 Muir Hill lOB hydraulic dumper (E. Boydell and Co. Ltd.), 225
Muir Hill loader (E. Boydell and Co. Ltd.), 609 Muirhead and Co. Ltd., precision instruments (trade publication), 268; D-944 tape
recorder, 481
Mullard Equipment Ltd., radiographic accelerator for UKAEA, 650; miniature photocell, 715
Mullens, H. H., appointed chairman of C. A. Parsons and Co., and Reyrolle and Co., 587 Muller, E., on Hydraulic Presses and Extrusion Equipment (review), 528
Muller, H. G., investigation of temperature of interstellar gas, 705
Mullineux, N., on mathematics in physics and engineering (book), 460
Mullins, B. P., on Explosions, Detonations, Flammability and Ignition (review), 762
Multiform prefabricated steel framed buildings (Arcon), 545
Multipoint scanner (West Instrument), 507 Multisign panel indicator (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 715
Multi-storey flats, milk delivery (Ross Auto Engineering Ltd.),
Mummery, P. W., on Economics Power, Vol. 2 (review), 299
truck for
269 of Nuclear
Municipal Journal Ltd., 1960 Municipal Year Book, 266
— Year book, 1960, 266
Munse, Dr. W. H., on weld details on fatigue of welded beams and girders, 512; on fatigue of welded joints in high-strength steels, 512
Muntz, Alan, and Co., SEME type GS-34 free- piston gasifiers for Goodwood cargo ship, 92
Murdoch, R., on pumping studies on aqueous thoria slurries, 196
Murphy Radio Ltd., radio control of railway marshalling yard, 297
Murrumbidgee river, Tantangara dam on, 284 Murray, D., on Steel Curtain (Book), 96 Murrell, K. F. H., review of Research Techniques in Human Engineering, 698-699; biographical note, 699
Museum, Avery Historical, 676
— Birmingham, of Science and Industry,
engines to be run at, 217
— Science. See Science
Mylar polyester film (Du Pont), 183 Myton Ltd., multi-storey car parks, 251
National, Certificate, higher, mathematics for, by S. W. Bell and H. Matley (review), 298
— Coal Board, East Midland Division
programme, 27; possible wage claim on, 117; Sir James Bowman on I960 coal production, fuel appliances, level indicator, central heating laboration with smokeless fuels, service for equipment, man, 853
— Council, Sir
chairmanship, 221; Lord Hives appointed as chairman, 221
— Directory of Overseas Trade (book), 492
National Electrical and Engineering Co. Ltd.,
floodlighting for trotting track, 399
— Engineering Laboratory, research on gear wear, 497; extruding brittle materials, 759; air bearings, 771
— Federation of Building Trades Employers,
study of Radcliffe Committee proposals, 637
— Fire Protection conference, 309
— Gas Turbine Establishment, Pystock engine test facilities, 801
— Institute of Industrial Psychology, annual report, 445; research programme, 445; DSIR grant to, 445; study in industrial psychology, 700
of Nuclear Physics, Italy, 51
— Parks, preservation of, 309
— Physical Laboratory, symposium on visual problems of colour (review), 166; mechanisation of thought processes, symposium (book), 300; materials at ultra high pressures, 803
?— Portrait Gallery, Plain Words on. See LETTER, 216
— Power farming conference, Cheltenham, 277
— Production Advisory Council for Industry,
machine tool report, 181
National Research Corp., experimental metalmetallising, 438
— Research Council of Canada, investigation
and mapping of permafrost areas, 753
National Research Development Corp., Dracone Developments division, 293
— Safety Contest, 661; list of companies sponsoring, 661
National Smelting Co., plastic covers for acid tanks, 183; Stelvetite ducting in smoke stack, 439; new beryllium extraction plant, 439
National Steel Corp., niobium steel, GLX-W series, 605; forecast of natural gas piping demand for I960, 719
— Synchrotron Laboratory, Italy, 51
— Union of Mineworkers, proposals for coal
industry, 81; possible wage claim, 117 of Railwaymen, wage claims, 81; strike threat, 117; threatened strike of, 221; loan to, by Co-operative bank, for strike support, 221
Nationalisation, Labour Party’s clause four, 437
Natural gas at Lacq, France, 648 Pipelines, 719
— Rubber Development Board, road surface research, 246
Naval Architects, Royal Institution of. See Royal
— Architecture, teach yourself, by B. Baxter (book), 594
Navigation and communication equipment for Royal Swedish Air Board (Bendix Aviation Corp.), 99
— System. PHI, 397
Decca, vetoed by ICAO, 493, 539 VOR/DME accepted by ICAO, 539 VOR/DME, for world air routes, 493 Navy, Royal. See Royal Navy Nayar, N., on siting of India’s power station, 859
Nayler, J. L., on dictionary of engineering (book), 204
N’Changa Consolidated Copper
171; manufacture of solid 309; CRE coal bunker
393; loans scheme for by solid fuels, 405; col- Gas Council to produce 637; Carlton engineering collieries, 760; New mining 800; A. Robens to be chair
H. Roxbee Cox retired from
first atomic
aeronautical
NA39 Blackburn aircraft, Goodyear wheels, brakes and tyres, 400
— — Aircraft, rocket propelled sled for seat
ejection tests’on, 207
NAM. See Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij Nameplates, self adhesive (Malby’s), 471 Namyet, S., on Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (review), 627
Nantlle Valley, new factory for, 853
Napier, D., and Son Ltd., F. J. Cox appointed resident technical representative for SE Asia, 135; to operate independently of mergers in aircraft industry, 197; manufacturing agreement with Sierracin Corp., for Sierracote and Sierragio processes, 397; Spraymat de-icing system, 397; aero engines in service, 873
Naples-Rome-Milan motorway. Via del Sole, 42 Narayanan, R., on concrete strengths, 313; on predictable strength of young concrete, 580. See LETTER, 713
Nash and Thompson Ltd., Vertical Sketchmaster SI4 map maker, 158
National Air Races, GEC Osram Cup, 701
— Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Kiwi atomic reactors, 755; Project Rover, 755
— Association of Broadcasters Exhibition,
Chicago, EMI television cameras on display, 563
— Association of Colliery Managers, conference, 845
— Book League, exhibition of business archives, 469
— Business Efficiency Exhibition, statistics and exhibitors, 668
National Carbon Co., nuclear graphite, 650
National Cash Register Co. Ltd., Com- putronic accounting machine, 368; agreement with Elliott-Automation Ltd., 861
Mines Ltd.,
Fluidrive conveyor system installed, 453 NCK Rapier Sales Co. Ltd., excavator instruction booklet, 57
Neal, R. H., and Co., export drive, 629 Nebraska, HALLAM atomic reactor under construction, 123
Neckar Water Softener Co., water treatment plant for Willington “A” power station, 697
Nederlandse Aarolie Maatschappij (NAM), Triton underwater oil drilling platform, 629 Needham, J., on Science and Civilisation in China (review), 867
Needle bearings with cage (INA Needle Bearings Ltd.), 321
Nelson, G., on trade prospecting in Sudan and Ethiopia, 429
Nelson, Sir George, created baron, 45
Nelson, H. G., on New Horizon—Electrical Manufacture, 780
Nelson, Lord, on management of research, 341, 413; on English Electric Co. position and prospects of, 421
Nelson, N. C., on nuclear power in US, 810 Nelson, W. C., on Selected Topics on Ballistics (review), 592
Neoprene latex, new type (Du Pont), 147
— Rubber foam (Expanded Rubber Co.), 279
— Synthetic rubber, 247
— Tank linings, 247
Nestle Alimentana, bid for Crosse and Blackwell (Holdings), Ltd. 17
NESTOR reactor for UKAEA, 387 Netherthorpe, Lord, joined board of Richard Costain Ltd., 725
Networks, electrical, and mathematical programming, by J. B. Dennis (book), 364
— Linear communications, synthesis of, by
W. Cauer (review), 331
Neuber, Dr. Ing., on Kerbspannungslehre (review), 529
Neutron booster target, 451
— Detection foils (Aerojet-General Nucleo
nics), 16
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29
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Hit
Ki-
Neutron diffraction equipment with 30 day scanning cycle, 160
— Experiment, pulsed, 451
— Flux scanning equipment at Trawsfynydd
atomic reactor (Elliott-Automation), 484
— •—Thermal, computer programme for, 15
— Generator (Miles Highvolt Ltd.), 137
— Physics, teaching tools, 451
— Scattered in thick targets, programme for
calculation of Doppler broadened resonance absorption of, by I. C. Pyle, 516
— Scattering experiments, computer pro
gramme for analysis of (UKAEA), 516
— Shields for fast atomic reactors, 292
— Shielding materials, 503
— Source, large pulsed, 15 Pulsed, 451
— Spectrometry, 451
— Time-of-flight,45l
New Approach to Industrial Democracy, by H. A. Clegg (review), 795-796
New Industrial Charting and Publicity Ltd., See-How work loading chart, 423
New Jersey Zinc Co., titanium-zinc alloy, 847 New Town proposals, 405
New York city real estate office, IBM, 403 apparatus installed, 563
New Zealand, Credit Export Scheme, 286; production increase, 333
Newall Group Sales Ltd., jig boring machine, 819
Newage Machine Tools Ltd., thread cutting machine, 819
Newbury unmanned gas holder station, 630 Newcomb, T. P., on thermal stress behaviour in brake drums, 369-370
Newcomen Society Transactions (book), 764 Newguard, J. J., on Nuclear Space Vehicles using pebble bed reactors, 755
Newman Industries, sales increase after standardisation of electric motors, 531
Newman, N., awarded C.B.E., 45
Newman, R. P., on fatigue strength of butt welds in mild steel, 512
Newspapers and other periodicals, statistics of(HMSO), 298
Newton Chambers and Co., railway vehicles for motor car transport, 587; expansion at Waterside works, 693; position and prospects, 693
Newton, J., on Extractive Metallurgy (book), 796
Newton Victor, casting to house radioactive source, 301
Neyrpic-France, flood gates and radial gates for Kariba Dam, 652, 656
NGN Electrical Ltd., vacuum pump, 289 Ni-Resist nickel cast iron (INCO-Mond), 471 Nibru-Max flexible drive unit (Roland Goodall Ltd.), 550
Nicholas, H., elected treasurer of Labour Party, 547; biographical note, 547
Nickel alloys (trade publication), 667 High (trade publication), 364 Steels (trade publication), 26
— Cast iron, Ni-Resist (INCO-Mond), 471
— Casting alloys (trade publication), 732
— Ferrite-aluminates, magnetic properties of
(DSIR), 633
— Foamed, 279
— Plating process, Harshaw semibright, 743 Process, Perflow, 743
— Steels (International Nickel), 471
— Undercoats, Duplex, for chromium plating,
743
— World production, 485 Nigeria, loan by UK, 733 Night visibility 1958 (review), 266 Nightstor block storage heater (GEC), 697
— Heaters for St. Mary’s Island lighthouse
(GEC), 336
Niles, N. O., on plane trigonometry (book), 167 Nimonic alloys (trade publication), 699
— Alloys, by W. Betteridge (review), 203
— Welding (trade publication), 492
Nimrod synchrotron, alternators for (English Electric), 811
Flywheels for alternators (Buckley and Taylor), 811
I960’s, outlook of, 29, 66, 102-107, 138
196O’s, Plain Words on, 4
Niobium in high temperature atomic reactors, 811
— Production techniques, 75
— Steel, GLX-W series
Corp.), 605
Nisa calculating machine Equipment Ltd.), 576
Nissan, A. H., on Textile cesses (book), 732
Non-destructive testing, progress in, by E. G. Stanford and J. H. Fearon (book), 732 Non-ferrous metal industry in Midlands, 612 Noral 730, tin-aluminium bearing alloy (Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 39
Nord-Aviation, rockets for German Army, 797 Nordhoff, Dr. H., on Volkswagen cars, 514 Norfolk, railway to road conversion, 37, 79 Normalair Ltd., experimental pressure suit, 634 Norman and Dawbarn, Palisadoes Airport, 768 Norris Bros. Ltd., design of Bluebird car, 734 Norris, R. J., on Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (review), 627
Norsk Braenselolje, 668; Desomil deodorising and disinfection service for fishing vessels, 668
North American Aviation Inc,, Tens-50 aluminium alloy, 215; purchasing policy, 269
North Atlantic Treaty Organiation, weapons policy of, m
North East England, engineering growth in, by H. J. Novy, 478. See LETTERS, 542, 606, 640, 712; employment statistics, 478; expansion of industry, 478; population changes, 479; shipbuilding in, 479
North, James, and Sons, North Jomac industrial gloves, 605
North Jomac industrial gloves (James North and Sons), 605
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, turbo-generating plant (Harland Engineering Co.), 63; contracts for power station at Loch Ericht, 135; tenders for Cruachan power station, 316; Loch Awe scheme, 316; 275 kV overhead line between Beauly and Kintore, 348
North Thames Gas Board, bulk methane imports and storage, 205; pvc tape to protect pipelines, 846
North West England, engineering growth in, by H. J. Novy, 582; glass industry in, 582; industries in, 582; motor car industry in, 582; population statistics, 582; shipping industry in, 582; cotton industry in, 583; employment statistics, 583; engineering industry in, 583; production output statistics, 58T See Correction, 745
North West Machine Design Co., formation of new company, 63
North Western Gas Board, gas dehydration plant (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 729
North Western Road Car Co. Ltd., Reliance motor coach modified for tests on Ml motorway, 265
Northampton College nology, course on design, 452; post engineering, 645
of Advanced Tech- nuclear power plant graduate courses in
(National Steel
(General Trade
Engineering Pro-
for
Nissan Motor Co., Bluebird small car European markets, 531
Nitrile rubber (trade publication), 364 for diaphragms, 406 Nitrogen, liquid, shrink fitting with, 201
— in steels, 215
Noble gas, determination of impurities in. Noble and Lund Ltd., cold sawing machine.
Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd., tin-aluminium bearing alloy. Noral 730, 39; aluminium coal chute, 200; subsidiary of Aluminium Ltd., 229; van body in kit form, 271; aluminium for vehicle bodybuilders (trade publication), 460; aluminium thermal insulation (trade publication), 492; extruded aluminium products (trade publication), 492; expansion policy, 523; notch tests on thick aluminium plate, 679; new rolling mill at Rogerstone, 679; symposium to promote aluminium for shipbuilding, 679; aluminium cladding for steam pipes, 847
Northern Ireland, employment in aircraft industry in, 81; cotton industry, 510; employment in, 510; engineering growth in, by H. J. Novy, 510; linen industry, 510; textile industry, 510; unemployment in, 510; aircraft industry in, 511; chemical industry, 511; financial investment in industry, 511; employment scheme, 595; small factory scheme, 595
Northern States Power Co. of Minnesota, boiling water reactor (Allis-Chalmers), 228
Northrop Corp., Sky Bolt missile guidance system, 797
Northumberland Straits road/rail sea crossing, 43
Norton Grinding Co., Rokide flame sprayed coatings, 847
Norton, Sir James Farmer, and Co., Ltd., cropping and pointing machine, 814; swaging machine, 854
Norton Super-Speed hydraulic press, 170 Norway, atomic energy programme in, 51 Ship propulsion project, 51 Norwegian Institute for Atomic Energy, 51
— Royal Society of Sciences, historic note, 14 Notch stress theory, by Dr, Ing, H, Neuber
(review), 529
— Tests on thick aluminium plate
Aluminium), 679
Notes on pipework design, by A. (book), 132
Notemaster bank note counter on
(Northern
A. Smith
exhibit at
15
857
Nock, O. S., on Main Lines Across the Border (book), 699
Nohorkatiya oilfield, pipeline to refineries in Assam and Bihar, 595
Noise, aircraft, 640
Demonstration against, 509
— Analyser (Royston Instruments Ltd.), 122
— Atomic pile, simplified theory of, 15
— Floor, steps to measure, by E. G. Marklew,
674. See LETTER, 680. See Correction, 745
— in internal combustion engines, research on,
566
— and machines. Plain Words on, 776
— in motor cars, research on, 514
— Motor vehicle, effect of panel damping
treatments on, by C. H. G. Mills, J. C. Dixon and D. Lavender, 514
— Reduction in vehicle transmission, 496
— Silencing equipment for unmanned power
stations (Burgess Products Co. Ltd.), 56 Nomography, by A. S. Levens (book), 364 Non-Destructive Examination, Society of. See Society
Testing in electrical engineering, conference on 473
Testing, by J. F. Hinsley (book), 60
British Trade Fair, New York, (De La Rue), 751
Nottingham University, Engineering Graduates’ Association, 607
Novy, H, J., on engineering growth on Clydeside, 446, See LETTERS, 504, 542, 744; on engineering growth in the North East of England, 478. See LETTERS, 542, 606, 640; on engineering growth in Northern Ireland, 510; on engineering growth in Yorkshire, 548; on engineering growth in North West (Merseyside), 582. See Correction, 745; on engineering growth in the Midlands, 612. See LETTER, 640; on engineering growth in Wales, 646. See LETTERS, 714, 744; on engineering growth in and around London, 686; on industry in the North-East, 712
Nozzle, spray gun, low mist type (Aerograph DeVilbiss Co. Ltd.), 290
NPACI. See National Production Advisory Council for Industry
NPD 2 atomic reactor, Canada, progress of, 52 NPPC, agreement with Agip Nucleate, 617 NRC Eqiipment Corp., electron beam equipment, 557; electron beam welding machine model 2405, 588
NRU atomic reactor, research. Savannah River to reprocess fuel, 585
NRX atomic reactor, research. Savannah River to reprocess fuel, 585
NSU Prince motor car with Wankel engine, 320 NSU-Wankel engine, epitrochoid fixed casing for, 472
Engine, epitrochoidal shape of casing and gearing of, 148
Engine, installed in NSU Prince car, 320 Engine, internal shape of cylinder, 76
— ?— Engine operating statistics, 320 Engine performance statistics, 320
Engine, relationship between ratio of angular speeds of shaft and rotor and ratio of radii of rotor gear and output shaft, 184
Engine, teaching model of, 281
Engine, tests on, 275
Nucleanor SA, Torbalina Valley atomic power station, 388
Nuclear budget of France, 51
Nuclear Chemical Plant, collaboration agreement with UKAEA, 788
— Control apparus, 15
Nuclear Development Corp., atomic reactors for training and research, 228; mobile military power plant, 756
Nuclear Energy Group, formation of, 788
?— Energy, industrial challenge of, Stresa conference on, 51, 483, 649
Italian forum for, 617
Journal of, part C, 330
and power reactors, fundamentals of, by H. Jacobowitz (book), 364
Proceedings of Stresa conference on industrial challenge of (HMSO), 649
—• — Progress in: law and administration, by H. S. Marks (review), 529
Research, Joint Establishment for, Norway, 51
Superheated steam from, by C. R. Braun and C. B. Graham, 723
See also Atomic energy
— Explosion, USAEC utilization of heat re
leased, 420
— Fabrication plants, locations in Europe, 52
— Fission back-pressure power, 123
— ?— Byproducts, 123 Byproduct heat, 123 See also Fission
— Fuel. See Atomic fuel
Nuclear Graphite Ltd., nuclear graphite, 650
— Health and Safety Laboratory, Italy, 51
— Installations, health physics in (OEEC book),
764
Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act (1959), changes under, 88; enforcement of, 483-484
— Instrumentation, 15
— Marine reactor safety, by K. Maddocks, 88
— Materials, ownership restrictions, 649
— Physics and atomic energy, by G. J. Bene
(book), 268
National Institute of, Italy, 51
Progress in, by O. R. Frisch (book), 868
— Power, auxiliary, system of, SNAP-3 (Mar
tin Nuclear), 124
Economics of. Vol. 2, by I. R. Maxwell, P. W. Mummery and P. Sporn (review), 299
Nuclear Power Group (TNPG), formation of, 52, 587
Hidden costs of, by J. R. Cuthbertson, 52 Nuclear Power Plant Co. Ltd., merger with
AEI-John Thompson, 52 ; construction of Latina atomic power station, 603
? Year Book 1960, by W. C. Davidson
(book), 699
See also A tomic power
Station. See Atomic power station
— Projects in Europe, 52
— Reactor. See Atomic reactor
— Recording apparatus, 15
— Research Centre (C. A. Parsons and Co,),
high temperature experiments for Dragon reactor project, 756
Centres, locations in Europe, 52
in Italy, 51
?—? Risk, international problems of financial protection against (review), 395-396
— Rockets for lifting manned stations into
space, by H. F. Crouch, 756
for space vehicle propulsion, by Lt. Col. H. R. Schmidt and Maj. R. S. Decker, 755
— Safety equipment, 15
— Science and Engineering Conference, 723 Teaching equipment in West Germany,
153
—? — and technology (review), 165
— Ship liability, panel for, 388
— Space vehicles using pebble bed reactors,
by M. M. Levoy and J. J. Newguard, 755
— Studies Centre, Italy, 51
— Technology, by W. Riezler and W. Walcher
(review), 166
— Theory, lectures on, by L. D. Landau and
Ya. Smorodinsky (review), 491-492
— Transformations, chemical effects of, 484
Nuclei, heavy atomic, mass spectrometer for (Argonne), 170
Nucleonic instruments (trade publication), 268
Nudelman, A. V., on Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 1955-59 (book), 428
Nuffield Organisation, import of cars into Spain, 701
NUKEM. See Nuklear Cliemie lurgie GmbH
Nuklear Chemie und Metallurgic mbH (NUKEM), formation . .
Tinto and Degussa, 650; manufacture of atomic fuels, 650; association with Mallincrodt Nuclear Corp., 650; cooperation with Rio Tinto Daw Ltd., 650
NUR. See National Union of Railwaymen Nurnberg, W., award of Hood biographical note, 749; on Photography (book), 749; for Portraiture (book), 749
Nuts (trade publications), 428
— Euco hydraulic (Euco Tools Ltd.), 767
— Fatigue life for, 494
— Hydraulic (Euco), 778
— Spire Speed (Simmonds Aerocessories), 197 Nuttall, Edmund, and Sons and Co. Ltd., experimental tube tunnel, 219
Nutting, Capt. A., on position and prospects of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., 229
Nylon for electrical insulation in aircraft, 310
— Morse taper sleeves (Insley Industrial Sup
ply Co. Ltd.), 49
— 6 blocks (Polypenco Ltd.), 247
und Metal-
Gesellschaft of, by Rio
Medal, 749; Lighting for on Lighting
OAK Ridge National Laboratory, high temperature atomic reactor project, 292; Duoplasmatron ion source, 553; test of atomic fuel element hydraulic dejacketing machine, 585; sodium reactor experiment, 585; mechanical processing of spent power reactor fuel, by C. D. Watson and J. B. Adams, 585; supercriticality accident, 691; accident at Thorex pilot plant, 692
Obituary, Cooper, C., 318. See LETTER, 409
Observatory, space, 341
Obsolescence, Plain Words on, 542
Occupational health, proceedings of congress on (book), 530
Oceanic Control Centre, Prestwick, formation, of, 597
Ockenden Venture, industrial apprenticeships, 445; hostel at Birmingham, 445
O’Clery, D. P., on testing concrete and mortar in tension, 384
Odoni Equipment Ltd., work clamps, 12 OECD. See Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEEC. See Organisation for European Economic Cooperation
Oettinger, Prof. A. G., on computer translation of Russian language, 467
Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades Association, National Business Efficiency Exhibition, 668
— Bill in Parliament, 477
— Boy, compensation for injury, 645
Office Equipment Co., office supplies (trade publication), 835
— Furniture (trade publication), 835
— Integrated cost control in, by F. M. Knox (book), 835
— Machinery, exports of, 34
Industry, design in, 35 Industry, manpower in, 34 Industry, materials in, 35
Industry, plant and production, 34 Industry, research in, 35
— Management Association, communications conference, 429
— Supplies (trade publication), 835
— Workers’ conditions, 477
Ogden, W. E., on Delta Metal Group, 555 OGRA thermonuclear device, disappointment with, 553
Oil, adventure in, by H. Longhurst (book), 594
— Appliances Manufacturing Association, oil
heaters to comply with BS 3300, 595
— Ash corrosion of high temperature alloys,
498
— V. atomic energy for power production, by
G. Coke. 650
— Based rust preventative (trade publication),
732
— Coolers for heat treatment plant (Heenan
and Froude), 831
— Crude, Australian imports, 805
— Cutting, spray equipment for (Wakefield-
Dick), 50
— Detector (Smiths), 354
— Drilling platform, underwater, Triton, 629
— Engine. See Engine, diesel
— Exploration in Great Britin. 183
Oil Feed Engineering Co., position and prospects, 389
— Fired boiler. See Boiler
— Fuel, blending to close tolerance (Mobil
Oil Co.), 638
— ?— Blending equipment (Fisher), 638
— Gas from, Onia-Gegi process for Japan
(Humphreys and Glasgow), 171
— Heaters. See Heaters
— Imports, Russian, to Italy, 773
— ?— Russian, to Scandinavia, 773
Russian, to U.K., 773
Oil India (Private) Ltd., Burmah Oil Co. (Pipe Lines), appointed agents, 595
— Lubricating, radio-assay of, 433
?— Pipeline. See Pipeline
— Pump. See Pump
— Quenching additive, 775
— Refinery, Abadan, catalytic plant for, 333 Control unit. Optimal (Elliott), 757 Dinslaken, progress of, 333
Duque de Caxias, 301
Kwinana. Australia, for BP Co., 765 Milford Haven, storage tanks for, 669 Port Moody, 17
for Turkey, 171
Ville d’Anjou (BP), 836
— Saharan, problems with, 648
— Storage tanks for Esso’s Milford Haven
refinery (Whessoe) 668
—Terminal at Cardiff for Regent Oil Co., 316 at Granton Harbour for Regent Oil Co., 316
— Transport by pipeline, 719
— Wells, tests at Kimmeridge, 63
— See also Lubrication; Petroleum
Oilfields, diesel engines for (trade publication), 60
— Dorset, 493
— Hassi Messaoud, 309
?— Saharan, 493
Okotie-Eboh, Festus, on finance of Nigerian development plan, 733
Oldbury atomic power station, proposed, 196; possible consent for, 227; public inquiry into, 420
Older Worker and His Job, by H, M. Clay, 611 Oldham and Son, hire purchase for car batteries, 629; battery charger, 642
Olsen, Fred, Airtransport, rental of Viscount aircraft to Austrian Airlines, 333
Olson, H. F., on Dynamical Analogies (review), 362
Omniplane VTOL aircraft (Vanguard Air and Marine Corp.), 62
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OMR. OMRE. On the
See Atomic reactor See Atomic reactor
Record, by M. Williams-Thompson (book), 749, 808
IGPZ, ball-bearing factory, 90
O’Neil, Ford and Richard Colley, factory for Texas Instruments Ltd.,820
Onia-Gegigas from oil process plant for Japan (Humphreys and Glasgow) 171
Onikan Bridge, Lagos, illuminated handrail for, 800
Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission, Parsons turbo generator for Richard L. Hearn power station, Toronto, 205; completion date for Candu atomic station, 810
Open-Channel Hydraulics, by Ven Te (book), 364
Open Day, arousing interest with, by Slade, 782
Open-hearth furnace. See Furnace Opportunities for graduates, directory of (1959) (review), 94
— for qualified men, directory of, 189
— for school leavers, directory of (book), 492
— for school leavers, directory of (1959),
(review), 94
— Technical, Plain Words on, 40
Optical beacon, airborne, for missile tracking (Battelle) 879
— Lever, some developments of, by Prof. R. B.
Jones (lecture), 873
Optimal oil refinery control unit (Elliott), 757 Optimetric horizontal boring machine (Kearns), 818
Orderly progress in surface measurement, by R. E. Reason, 230
Ordinary differential equations, by W. Kaplan (review), 300
Ordish, J., on pitch fibre industry, 775 Ordman, N. N. B., review of Dock and Harbour Engineering, 794; biographical note, 796
Ore bunker, basalt tile lined, 678
— Carrier Morar, 98
— Iron, handling and treatment of (book), 332
— Loader for port of Lobito, 91 -— Oil carrier Mertainen, 400
— Testing for electric smelting, 360
Pilot plant for (Birlec-Efco), 360 ?— Uranium, processing, by J. W. Clegg and D. D. Foley (review), 236
Organic fluorine chemistry, recent developments in, by Prof. J. C. Tatlow (lecture), 873
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 571
— for European Economic Co-operation, iron
and steel industry in Europe (book), 60; DRAGON reactor project, 88; Towards a New Energy Pattern in Europe (report), 213; Project Dragon, exchange of information with USAEC, 356; shortage of labour in Britain, 373; report on wage pressures and import prices, 405; report on conference on social research industry, 700; remodelling of, 725; survey of Europe’s electricity, 748; Health Physics in Nuclear Installations, 764; Europe and the World Economy, 858; see also Dragon project
— and methods, by G. E. Milward (review),
58
Orgel atomic reactor project of Euratom, 260; Euratom to sponsor studies, 586
Oriana liner, statistics, 350
Orifice gauge, Matrix (Coventry Gauge), 857 Orion project, Hopkins Laboratory as base for, 324
Orr, J., secretary of Engineers Guild, 253; on career prospects in BTC, 253
Oscillator 445ULF (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 321
Oscilloscope model 1091 (Cossor Instruments Ltd.), 158
Osmium as tracer element. 292
Osram Cup for National Air Races (GEC), 701 Osram Lamp Works, automatic glass bulb conveyor installed, 294
OSWALD fast-pinch device at Science Museum, 356
Oswald, J. W., on fretting corrosion, 505. See LETTER. 712
Ottingnon, R. F., review of Foundry Engineering, 730; biographical note, 732
Otto, Dr. C., and Co., coking installation and stoves at Rourkela steelworks, 391
Our Mineral Resources, by C. M. Riley (book), 699
Our river power project, 689
Outboard motors (Perkins Outboard Motors Ltd.), 164
Outdoor Advertising Industry Advisory Council, advertising code, 309
Output statistics of Midlands, 613 Ovens (trade publication), 835
— Coke. See Coke oven
Overdrive units for cars, demand for, 661 for Vauxhall Cresta and Velox cars, 496 Overseas Aviation Ltd., purchase of Argonaut aircraft from BOAC, 563
Overstrom Screens, vibrating screens, 295 Owen, Sir Leonard, on Britain’s power policy, 692
Owen Organisation, purchase of Charles Clark and Son (Commercial Vehicles), 823
Owen Racing Motor Association, comment on BRM car failure, 496
Oxidation of plutonium, 452 Oxweld ACL4 powder lance (Union Carbide
International Co.), 289
— C65 scarfing torch (Union Carbide), 257 Oxygen distribution box (Baddeley Engineering Co. Ltd.), 322
— Installation at Durgapur steelworks, 325 at Port Kembla steelworks, 325 at Rourkela steelworks, 325
— Pipeline from Lackenby (BOC to Billing
ham (ICI), 725
— Plant at Rourkela steelworks, 391 for Scottish Gas Board, 269
at Spadeadam rocket research station (British Oxygen Wimpey), 325
— in steelmaking, L.D. and Kaldo processes,
173
Oxygen for steelmaking, Stora-Kaldo process
(Dravo Corp), 587
power
Chow
I. M.
PACIFIC Gas and Electric Co., Humboldt Bay plant to use free water pressure suppression technique, 811
— Telephone cable, 301
Pacinotti, Dr. Antonio, historic note, 14
Package design engineering, by K. Brown (review), 763-764
Packaging material, foamed plastic as, 278
Packings and jointings (trade publication), 460
— Machine, Elpac spectrochemical sample
(Hilger and Watts), 682
Page, G., on housing, 531 Page, R. G., on copper prices, 461 Pahlavi bridge, opening of, 284
Pai, Shih-I, in Introduction to theory of compressible flow (book), 96
Paint, Alkalad (Federated Paints), 356
— Fire-resistant, Albisaf (Albi-Willesden), 639
— Marine (trade publication), 26
— for marine use (trade publication), 868
— Spray booth protection with Stripcoat film
(Aerostyle Ltd.), 183
— Strathclyde (Federated Paints), 356 Painting asbestos cement, 152
Pakamac Group, entry into domestic appliance field, 629; Pakamatic refrigerator, 629
Pakamatic refrigerator (Pakamac Group), 629 Pakistan aerial survey (Hunting Surveys Ltd.), 251
— Atomic Energy Commission, plans for
nuclear centres and orders for equipment, 650
— East, urgan development in, 251
— Indus river waters to be shared with India,
316
Palisadoes Airport lighting (GEC), 768 Palladium, production and properties, 75 Pallet, mobile, design for heavy loads (W. S. Atkins and Partners), 302
— Truck (Hunter), 682
Palmcraft plastic boat (Palmers), 663 Palmer Aero Products Ltd., escape slide, 400 Palmers Reinforced Plastics Ltd., Palmcraft plastic boat, 663
Palnut Co. Ltd., lock washers (trade publication), 428
Pancer, G. P., on decontamination of pressurised water reactors, 196
Panel damping treatments on motor vehicle noise, effect of, by C. H. G. Mills, J. C Dixon and D. Lavender, 514
— Indicator, Multisign (D. Robinson and Co.
Ltd.), 715
Panellit Ltd., Elliott G-PAC Mk. 2 analogue computer, 225
Panellite ISI 609 information system (Elliott- Automation), 576
Pantak Ltd., Baltospot X-ray unit, 417; mobile betatron, 778
Panther Ceilings, heated ceilings, 602 Pantograph and drawing aid combined. Quickdraw (Quickdraw Co. Ltd.), 97
Paper, asbestos, insulations (trade publication), 667
— Industry, position of, by C. Snelling, 357
— Making methods, 126
— Pulp mill, S. Carolina (Bowaters Carolina
Corp.), 126
— Superdraft (Hall Harding), 439
— Testing (trade publication), 364
Paradise, R. S., on problems in the strength of materials (book), 268
Parcar Ltd., multi-storey car parks, 251
Pare, E. G., on descriptive geometry (book), 236
Parglas epoxy coating, 439
Park Royal Vehicles, design of Routemaster bus, 271
Parker, Frederick, Ltd., tractor mounted asphalt paver, 251
Parker, M. A., on engineering drawing with worked examples (book), 667
Parkes, J. J., on position and prospects of Alvis Ltd.. 17
Parking of motor cars. See Motor-car parking Parkinson Howard Ltd., Tema docks, 284 Parometer comparator (Sanders), 380 Parr, Martin and May, on creep strength of silicon nitride, 38
Parry and Son (Tools) Ltd., saw bench (trade publication), 594
Parsons, C. A., Co., 550 MW turbo-alternator for Tennessee Valley Authority, 27; turbo generator for Ontario Hydro Electric station Richard L. Hearn, Toronto, 205; turbo-alternators for Little Barford “ B ” power station, 296; research merger with AEI and A. Reyrolle and Co., 587; chairman’s annual statement, 587; research partnership with AEI, 621; turbo generators for Ferrybridge “ B ” power station, 624; high temperature experiments for Dragon reactor project, 756
Parsons Powergas, formation of, 765
Parsons, R., on handbook of electrochemical constants (book), 628
Parsons, Ralph M., Co., formation of Parsons Powergas, 765
Parsons, S. A. J., on Production Tooling Equipment (review), 833
Parsons turbines. See Turbine, steam
Particles of matter, ultimate, by D. T. Lewis (book), 562
Passenger announcement systems, British Railways, for Harlow, Essex, and Stratford- on-Avon (Easco Electrical (Holdings) Ltd.), 429
Patents Gazette, Russian, 94
— and inventions in USSR (abstract journal),
426
— Protection in Russia, 73
— Rights in atomic energy, 483
— Russian, 73, 94
Paterson, W. C., on big loads by sea, 313
Paterson water treatment plant at Abbey Works steelworks, 865
Pathfinder atomic power plant, Sioux Falls, 228
• Reactor (Allis-Chalmers), 723
Patterns and moulds (trade publication), 628 Pattern of power (CEGB brochure), 761 Paul, K. S. (Molybdenum Disulphide) Ltd., molybdenised lubricants (trade publication), 492
Pavements, high level, 316
Pavings Development Group, visit to U.S.A. 348
— Machine, asphalt, tractor mounted (Frederick Parker Ltd.), 251
Pawley, E. L. E., on technical problems of broadcasting, 22
Pay increases for civil service scientists, 853 Pay-off stand for Birmetals (Bronx), 695 Payne, D., on Undersea Pipeline for Molten Sulphur, 728
Peace River project, 43
Peake, H., on position and prospects of Steel Co. of Wales, 125
Pears, J., appointed to UKAEA, 811
Pearson, C. E., on Theoretical Elasticity (book), 868
Pearson Panke Ltd., Schuler draw press, 817 Pearson, T. B., and Sons (Engineers) Ltd., dumping hopper, 380
Pedestrians Association, planning for road safety conference, 611
Peebles, Bruce and Co., turbo induction generator for Loch Ericht power station, 135
Peel, H. I. F., on Elements of Radio Engineerin (book), 699
Pegasus computer for piping stress analysis (Ferranti), 736
Pegson Ltd., Sultan centrifugal pump, 481 Pelapone Ltd., Trenchmaster power rammer, 482
Pelly, D., on coastal shipping and railways, 701 Peltier effect in refrigerator, 570
Peltzer and Ehler cold heading machine (Rockwell), 449
Pencils for glossy surfaces (Gordon and Gotch Ltd.), 39
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Carron cargo transporters in new liner Canberra, 28
Penman, A. D. M., on sites and foundations, 851
Penner, S. S., on Explosions, Detonations, Flammability and Ignition (review), 762 Penstocks for Kariba Dam, 656
Pentechnique Ltd., tachometer, 609 Penwortham-Harker 275 kV overhead line (CEGB), 673
People—the most important factor in industry, by F. S. Walker, 346
People and Productivity, by A. B. Waring, 9 Perflow nickel plating process, 743
Perforator, tape (trade publication), 796 Performance and efficiency tests: Southern Region modified Merchant Navy Class 3 Cyl. 4-6-2 Express Passenger steam locomotive No. 35020 (book). 428
Perhapsatron thermonuclear device, disappointment with, 553
Perigrip electric motor brake (AEI), 746 Periodical Proprietors Association, representatives at reception for Commonwealth journalists, 741
— Published by International Organisations
(book), 132
— References by code, 217
Perkins Outboard Motors Ltd., range of outboard motors, 164
Permacel Tapes Ltd., silicone adhesive polyester tape, 247; polyethylene tapes, 846 Permafrost areas, investigation and mapping, 753
Permali Ltd., plastic covers for acid tanks, 183; Jabroc N material for top shield on Dounreay reactor, 228; Permatred wood flooring for vans, 407
Permalloy .magnetic annealing of, 633 Permatred wood flooring for vans (Permali), 407
Permeability of graphite, reduction of, by W. Watt, R. L. Bickerdike Graham, 110
Permindex permanent industrial Rome, 823
Perminvar, magnetic annealing of, Perrin jig boring machine (Acbars Ltd.), 814 Perring, J. K., on cooling of underground fission wastes, 196
Perrott, Sir Donald, retirement from UKAEA, 811
Perry, J., on Fluidrive Engineering Co., 453 Perryman, E. C. W., on aluminium alloys for water cooled reactors, 292
Personnel training, by Lord Chandos, 341 Perth-O-Meter for surface measurement, 231 Peters, G. D., Ltd., position and prospects, 621 Petree, J. Foster, on Charles Cooper, 409 Petrie, R. D., on Programme Switching, Control and Monitoring of Sound Broadcasting (book), 732
Petrobras. See Petroleo BrasUeiro SA Petrol consumption in Britain, 1957, 252
— Engine. See Engine, petrol. See also
Aircraft engine; Boat; Motor-car engine; Tractor
— Tax, 245
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Duque de Caxias refinery, 301
Petroleum Equipment, Council of British Manufacturers of. See Council
1959/60, British (book), 460
— Gas, liquefied (LPG), 175
— Handbook (Shell International) (book), 796
— Institute of France, search for oil in Aus
tralia, 805
— Products distribution, 789
— Removal from gas gathering system (Colo
rado Interstate), 719
— See also Oil
Petter, W. E. W., on future of aircraft industry, 109; on aircraft industry, 112
Peugeot 404 motor car, 876
Pfizer Ltd., sterile compressed air (Broom and Wade Ltd.), 57
P.G. Engineering Ltd., chemical plant for Russia, 99; zinc and lead furnace for Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co. 461; plant construction (trade publication), 628; formation of Parsons Powergas, 765
and L. W.
exhibition.
633
Phantom V motor car for H.M. The Queen (Rolls-Royce), 690
Phenolic spheres, Microballoon, 663 Pheonix-Rheinrohr, proposed merger with August-Thyssen-Hiitte, 437
PHI navigation system (Computing Devices of Canada), 397
Philips low-level beta counter, PW4127/02, 388
— Metallic arc welding of long section welded
railway track, 832
— Millivoltmeter (Research and Control Instru
ments Ltd.), 448
Philips, N.V., Gloeilampenfabrieken, wear in industrial diamonds, 499
Philips Thermocoax miniature thermocouple wire (Research and Control Instruments), 407
Philosophy, revised, for computer users, 465 Phillips, A. L., on welding handbook (review), 131
Phillips, D. W., on engineering growth in Wales, 714
Phillips, G., on chemical analysis of plutonium with uranium and molybdenum (report), 811
Phillips, Dr. G. J., on Summary of the Present Position of Stereophonic Broadcasting, 707
Phillips, H. W. L., on annotated equilibrium diagrams of some aluminium alloy systems (book), 167
Phillips, N. F., review of Package Design Engineering, 763-674; biographical note, 764
Phillips Petroleum Co., Montecatini low pressure system for polyethylene, 503; high density polyethylene, 503; OMR atomic reactor, Idaho, 618; carbon black plant to be built in Italy, 873
Philplug Products Ltd., cold caulking (trade publication), 60
Phlogopite, comment on, 471 Phoenix Rubber Co. Ltd., Mouse self-propelled seam welding machine, 417
Phosphating and degreasing together (Du Pont Co. and Blakeslee Co.), 39
with Waltersolv (Walterisation Co., Ltd.), 147
Phosphor Bronze Co., position and prospects, 661
Phosphoric acid (trade publication), 732 Photo-printer (Fairey Air Surveys. Ltd.), 747 Photocell, miniature (Mullard Ltd.), 715 Photoelasticity in observation of stress distribution, 272
Photoelectric controls (trade publication), 300 Photoelectronics (MOM) Ltd., balanced beam fire alarm, 201
Photography, lighting for, by W. Nurnberg (book), 749
Photomicrograph. See Microphotograph Physical and chemical constants, table of (book), 132
— Chemistry, Russian journal of (Chemical
Society), 266
of steelmaking, by J. F. Elliott (review), 165
— Metallurgy, elements of, by A. C. Guy
(review), 60
of rolling, by F. H. Scott (book), 667 of Uranium, by A. N. Holden (review), 561-562
— Society, exhibition, 122, 158; Handbook^
122
Physics, American Institute of. See American
— of the atom, by M. R. Wehr and J. A.
Richards (book), 764
— as a career, by N. Clarke (book), 204 Physics and Chemistry of Glasses and Glass
Technology (new journal), 426
— Electron, by O. Klemperer (book), 594
— Latvian Institute of. See Latvian
— Manual of mathematical,
(book), 364
— Mathematical, Journal of,
— Mathematics in, by J.
Mullineux (book), 460
by P. 1. Richards
130, 426
Irving and N.
— Measurements during commissioning of
Pluto, by C. J. England and S. B. Wright, 811
— Meson, by R. E. Marshak (review), 491
— Modern, by H. A. Wilson (book), 204
— Nuclear, and atomic energy, by (j. J. Bene
(book), 268
Progress in, by O. R. Frisch (book), 868 Piaggio Pl 66 aircraft for Blackwood &
Hodge, 578
Aircraft for John Laing and Co. Ltd., 578 Piccard, Prof. A., Trieste bathyscaph, 62 Pick, pneumatic, FL 18 W (Consolidated Pneumatic), 379
Pickavent Eva-Smooth file with abrasive tape, 436
Pickering, A. E., channel crossing, 280 Picking-up and paying-out gear, model of, 368 Pickup, F., on engineering drawing with worked examples (book), 667
Piercy, Lord, on taxes and productivity, 181 Pierpont, J., on functions of
(book), 562
Piles, friction, comparative
(review), 266 Piling and Construction Co.,
Richard Costain Ltd., 725 Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry, by
Dr. T. C. Barker (book), 725 Pilkington Bros. Ltd,, glass research centre,
269; glass in buildings (trade publication), 396; glass wall panels and cladding, 541; Armourlite glass insulator discs for Kariba Dam, 659; historical note, 725 Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale, by L.
Carroll, 428 Pilots, airline, increase work loads on, 191 Pinch experiment, fast toroidal. Spider, 553
— Valves (Rowe), 800
Pingon P200 tower crane (George Cohen 600
Group Ltd.), 418 Pinion. See Gear; Gearing Pipes, bends and joints, conical, geometry of by W. Sellar (book), 132
— Clamp for fork truck (Hyster Co.), 417
— Concrete, inflatable rubber forms for
(Fullerform), 513
— Epoxy resin lining for (Transcontinental
Gas), 719
real variables
behaviour of
acquired by
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Pipes, epoxy resin, table of uses, 711
— Fittings in pvc, 710
— Flanges, polythene (trade publication), 428
— Flow in, elementary practical hydraulics of,
by C. T. B. Donkin (book), 96
— for fuel transport, 719
— Glass reinforced Buton, with nitrile rubber-
pvc lining (Esso), 710
— Lagging (trade publication), 364
— Large diameter, placed by machine, 720
— Laying machine. Pipemobile (American
Pipe and Construction Co.), 720
— Pitch fibre: information and data sheets
(manual), 775
Fibre, for sewer repair (Key Engineering Co. Ltd.), 187
— Plastic, bright future for, 710 Reinforced, list of makers, 711
— Polythene, market for, 710
— Ptfe lined, 342
— Pvc, pros and cons of, 710
— Reinforced plastic, 710
— Steam, aluminium cladding for, 847
— Systems, control valves in, by W. Volk
(book), 868
— Thermocouple for (Cambridge Inst. Co.
Ltd.), 193
— Water, concrete high pressure, 269
— Wrapping machines (Betzel), 846 Materials, 846
— See also Tube
Pipeline, aviation fuel, Walton to London Airport, 361
— Bomu and Bonny, Nigeria (Shell-BP), 385
— Bou-Hassid to Mostaganem, 437
— Chemical, Southampton to Severn, 293
— for coal transportation, 793
— Corrosion, tapes to prevent, 846
— Development of, 719
— Effluent, into Usk estuary, 821
— Fuel transport by, 361
— Gas, economy of, by Dr. A. Fono, 793
— High pressure, for coal gas, 719
— Identification tape (Gordon and Gotch), 361
— Multipurpose, 792
— for natural gas, 719
— Nohorkatiya oilfield to refineries in Assam
and Bihar, 595
— Oil, Fawley-London Airport-Avonmouth
(Esso), 789
Portland-Montreal, 836
in Sahara, 7 Transport, 719 from Volga to East Germany, 301 ?— Oxygen, from Lackenby (BOC) to Billingham (ICI), 725
— Petrol, PLUTO, historic note, 125
— of plywood, 415
— Saharan, capacity increase, 309
— Submarine, Mostaganem to Cartagena
proposed, 437
— to transport coal, 719
— to transport solid fuels, 719
— Under Mediterranean sea for Sahara oil, 648
— Undersea, for molten sulphur, by D. Payne,
728
Pipemobile pipe laying machine (American Pipe and Construction Co.), 720
Piper Apache aircraft, used by United Steel Co., 578
— Tripacer aircraft, use in business, 578 Aircraft, use by Pressed Steel Co. Ltd.,
578
—? — Aircraft, use by Whitbreads, 578 Pipework design, notes on, by A. A. (book), 132
Pipework and Engineering (Bristol) VP200 vacuum plant, 379
Piping, computers to analyse stress, 736
— High temperature, stressing, 736
— Layout, model test rig for (Kellogg),
— Mechanical Power, 718
— Power to a Thirsty Country, 792
— Stressing methods, 736 Pirani vacuum gauge (AEI), 683 Pisa University, use of CAMEN reactor, 617 Piston engines, effect of compression ratio, 156 Effect of load, 156
Effect of lubricant viscosity, 156 Mechanical efficiency of, by G. Wilkins, 156
—? — Pumping losses in, 156
? Test methods, 156
— Variable ratio (Bicera), 704
Pit props, hydraulic, for underpinning (Dowty), 251
Pitch Fibre Pipe Association of Great Britain, Pitch Fibre Pipes: Information and Data Sheets, 775
Pipes: Information and Data Sheets (manual), 775
Pipes for sewer repair (Key Engineering Co. Ltd.), 187
Pitman, K., on roads and communications, 377 Pitstow, D. J., on series motors in domestic appliances, 532
Pittsburgh Corning, Foamsil insulation, 279 Plane trigonometry, by N. O. Niles (book), 167 Planetarium, London, Spire Speed fastenings, 631
Planning for Road Safety Conference, 611 Piano-miller (Kendall and Gent Ltd.), 194 Plant (trade publications), 204
— Construction (trade publication), 628
?— Design with models, 398
— Engineer, versatility of, 729 Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering handbook, by W. Staniar
(book), 868
— and equipment (trade publications), 167,
764, 796, 835
— Layout with models, 398 Plasma experiments, 553
— Instabilities, study at Harwell, 553
— Low temperature, electricity generation by,
118
Plasma Physics—A ccelerators—Thermonuclear Research (Pergamon Press), 330
— Spray coating for atomic fuel elements
(USAEC), 788
— of thermonuclear device, containing, by
Prof. D. Gabor, 756
Plaster sprayer, Stediflo Tri-Coatcr (W. J. Roberts and Sons Ltd.), 224
Plastering (trade publication ).26
Plasticity and elasticity for engineers, theoretical, by D. E. R. Godfrey (book), 364
— Introduction to, by W. Prager (book), 300 Plastics (trade publication), 492
— in architectural sculpture, 502
— Balls (Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd.),
407
— Battery cases for guided missiles (Prewitt
Aircraft), 146
— Boat, Palmcraft (Palmers), 663
— Body for Daimler SP250 motor car, 311
— Coated steel sheet, 374. See LETTER, 504.
See Correction, (>19
Sheet as wall cladding, 540
— Coating of metals, 439
System, Dipkota (Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co.), 604
— Compression and transfer moulding of, by
J. Butler (book), 204
— Covers for acid tanks (Permali Ltd,), 183
— Cylinder for guided missile (Zenith Plastics),
146
?—? for diaphragms, 406
— Doors for railway carriages (Bakelite Ltd.),
215
— Engineering Handbook (book), 796
— Epoxy resin, glass reinforced, 146
— European (Economic Documentation Office,
Holland) (book), 492
— Exhibition and convention, international,
506
in Russia, ICI Ltd., 493
— for filters for viewing welding operations,
B.S., 91
— Fluidised, coating with, 604
— Fluoroflex (Resistoflex Corp.), 342
— Foamed, as insulation, 278 as packaging material, 278
— Future techniques, 826
— Glass reinforced, 146
Reinforced (trade publication), 699
— Industry, Society of the. See Society
— International Symposium on, 55
— Introduction to (book), 594
— Kick plate on refrigerator (Lee), 471
— Laminates (trade publication), 868
— as lubricants, 3
— Machinery exhibition in Russia by R. H.
Windsor Ltd., 493
.— Materials, foamed, 278
— Melamine (trade publication), 667
— Models to determine stress distribution, 272
— Moulds, by R. N. B. Miller (book), 332
— Mouldings for motor cars, 311
— Parts for helicopter rotors (Kaman Air
craft), 146
— Pipe, bright future for, 710
Reinforced, 710
Reinforced, list of makers, 711
— Powdered, 604
— for printing rollers, casting of, 422
— Reinforced, gelcoat for smooth surface, 407 Scotchply (3M Co. Ltd.), 146
Strength of, 146
— Rockite dough moulding (British Resin), 605
— Sheet welding machine (trade publication)
268
— Testing and standardisation, 55
— Upholstery in Routemaster bus, 311
Plate, bending cold for pressure vessels, 758
— Explosive forming (Vickers), 695
— Lifting clamps (Interlas Ltd.), 13
— Liner (trade publication), 530
— and shells, theory of, by S. Timoshenko and
S. Woinowsky-Krieger (book), 428
— Steel, X-ray inspection equipment, 260
— Welding thick, by H. F. Ablitt, 4. See
LETTER, 149
Platforms, hydraulic (trade publication), 332
— Trestles, adjustable (General Trade Equip
ment Ltd.), 225
—? for underwater oil drilling, Triton, 629 Plating, electro. See Electro
Platinum plating solution, DNS (Johnson Matthey), 639
— Production and properties, 75
— as tracer element, 292
Platt, A. M., on chemical processing of power reactor fuels by the Hanford atomic products operation, 585
Platt, Samuel, Ltd., purchased by Harper Engineering and Electronics, 293
Platts, R. E., on insulation in Northern Buildings, 316
Playback unit, continuous loop magnetic tape (Royston Instruments Ltd.), 122
Plenty and Son, equipment for Calcutta Port Trust tugs, 797
Pleshanov, A. S., on Thermodynamic Functions of Air at High Temperatures (review), 363- 364
Plessey Co. Ltd., production lines exhibition, 91; automatic equipment for transistor manufacture, 199; Metallux resistors, 487; agreement with Elettronica Metal Lux s.p.a., 487; electrics for Vickers VCIO aircraft, 563; licensing agreement with Westinghouse Corp., 563; licence agreement with Precision Mechanique Labinal. 565; constant speed alternators for aircraft, 565
Plessey Nucleonics Ltd., pulse analyser, 16; radiation monitor type PNl 1072, 226
Plint and Partners Ltd., spring tests. See Correction 367
Pliolite 5352 latex foam (Goodyear), 279
Ploughshares, automatic production line for manufacture of, 90
Plowman, J. M., on concrete strength near freezing point, 78. See LETTERS, 184, 313; on concrete strengths, 248, 441. See LETTERS, 344, 408
Plugs and sockets, ring main, 368
Plug valve, type F (Langley Alloys), 20
Plug-Stat, thermostat for plug-in heaters (Pullin and Co. Ltd.), 12
Plumbago stoppers (trade publication), 364
Plummer, D. P., review of Process Dynamics, 131; biographical note, 132
Pluto atomic reactor, experimental performance of, 811
Reactor, physics measurements during commissioning, by C. J. England and S. B. Wright, 811
Pluto atomic reactor, spent fuel from as irradiation facility, 124
— Material testing reactor critical, Danish
Atomic Energy Commission, 160
PLUTO petrol pipe line, historic note, 125 Plutonium, abrading in vacuum 452
— Breeding from uranium 238, 649
— for Dounreay fast-breeder reactor, 553
?— for enrichment of atomic reactor fuel, 190
— Filings, preparation of, 452
— Isolation from spent fuel elements, 484
— Natural, 811
— Oxidation of, 452
— Plants, safety measures in, 196
— Price fixed by governments, 649
— Production plant, France, 51
— Recycle programme, Hanford, 618
— Separation plant at Windscale (Mitchell
Construction Co.), 618
— with uranium and molybdenum, ternary
alloys of, chemical analysis of, by E Foster and G. Phillips, 811
Plywood bonding, Trofdeck system, 397
— Export cases (Venesta), 294
Plywood Fabricator Service, Trofdeck system used under licence, 397
— Pipelines of, 415
PM-1 atomic reactor for US Army, 452
—? Transportable nuclear power plant test flown (Martin Nuclear), 650
Pneu-Spout conveyor system, 454 Pneumatic drill. See Drill
— Pick, FL18W (Consolidated Pneumatic),
379
— Starter for aircraft, portable. Air Partner
(Atlas Copco), 233
— See also Compressed air; Air compressor Pneumatics for industry, by F. X. Kay (book),
60
— Uses of, 718
P and O Group, position and prospects, 293
P and O liner Canberra. See Canberra
Poberskin, M., on tracer system for locating fuel element failure in atomic reactors, 292 Pocket creaser (Reece Folding Machine Co.), 314
Pointing and cropping machine (Norton), 8H Poisoning, xenon, computer study of, 403 Pokorny, B., heat exchanger using cheap materials, 564
Poland, atomic power station, postponement, 650
— Government cuts and increases in consumer
goods prices, 563
Polio patient, equipment for, 559
Polish Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of Tihralion Problems, 330
Polish applicator (Marley), 244
— DriBright (Marley), 244
Politics, engineering development and. Plain Words on, 640. See LETTER, 713
Pollution, air. See Air
— River; chemical analysis, by L. Klein
(review), 834-835
Polyester fibre, Terylene, for hose and ducting, 147
— Film, Melinex (ICI), 183
Mylar (Du Pont), 183
— Hetron 72, acetic acid resistant (Albright &
Wilson), 679
— Metallised film, Scotchpak (3M Co. Ltd.),
183
— Plastics for wall panels, 540
— Resin contactor covers (B.K.S. Ltd.), 173
— Tape with silicone adhesive (Permacel
Tapes Ltd.), 247
— Wall panels, coloured (Martin Goacher), 541 Polyethylene balloons for lifting gondola, 303
— Colourants (trade publication), 460
— Copolymerisation process for (British Resin Products), 503
— High density, 503
— Joining (trade publication), 460
— Montecatini low pressure system, 503
— Plant for Australia (Shell and ICI), 805
— Steering column fairing for Hillman Minx motor car, 407
— Tape, 846
Polygorskite, production and uses of, 471
Polymer Corp., styrene-butadiene latex foam, 279; Whirlclad division for plastic coating of metal, 439
Polypenco Ltd., nylon 6 blocks. 247; plastics (trade publication), 492; thin walled ptfe electrical sleeving, 573; ptfe (trade publication), 699
Polyrubber (American Latex Products), 279 Polystyrene plant for Russia (BX Plastics), 99 Polytetrafluoroethylene (trade publication), 699
— Coatings, resin bonded, properties of, 214
— for diaphragms, 406
— Electrical sleeving, thin walled (Polypenco Ltd.), 573
— Flexible couplings, 342
— Flexible couplings, by Thierry, 573
— Lined Pipes, 342
— Lubricant, resin bonded Emral on (Acheson
Industries Inc.), 214
— Lubrication mechanism, 214
— Pump seal, glass filled Fluoseal (Crane), 605
— Products (ICI), 343
— Resin bonded, as a bearing surface, by E. R.
Braithwaite, 214
Bonded Emralon 820, low friction (Acheson Colloids Ltd.), 559
— Tape, adhesive (AEl Ltd.), 247
Thredseal (Crane Packing Ltd.), 343 Polythene film (trade publication), 60
— Pipe flanges (trade publication), 428 Market for, 710
— Sale of process knowledge (ICI), 301 Polyurethane foam, casting in situ, 278, 279
— for printing rollers (Avon India Rubber Co.
Ltd.), 422
Poly-V belting (Turner Bros.), 448
Polyvinyl chloride cable elements, Merplex,602 Coated steel, 439
•—? — Coated steel switchgear panels (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 639
Cobex, acid tanks (Turner and Brown), 455 Paste (British Geon), 439
—- — Pipe fittings, 710
Pipe, pros and cons of, 710
Powder, Telcovin (Telegraph Construction), 439
Polyvinal chloride rubber (trade publication) 364
Sheet, Vybak DVR 262 (Bakelite Ltd.) 343
Tape, Polyvil PP, 846
Polyvil PP pvc tape, 846
Poole, K. R., on ion exchange as continuous process, 586
Populariser, Plain Words on. See LETTER, 40 Population changes in N.E. England, 479 Porges, J., on heating, ventilating and air conditioning (book), 460
Porsche Carrera GT motor car, 386
— Motor car, plans for larger model, 514
— RS 60 motor car, 386
Port, Chittagong, improvements to, 251
Port Kembla steelworks, oxygen installation at (British Oxygen Linde), 325
Port Line, annual report, 693
Port of Lobito, ore loader for, 91
Port Moody oil refinery, M. W. Kellog Co., 17 Portable Welders Ltd., portable arc welder, 49 Portland-Montreal oil pipeline, 836 Portraiture, lighting for, by W. Nurnberg (book), 749
Portugal, Burmeister and Wain in, 205 Positioner for welding (Courtburn), 380 Positioning control, Emicon 400 (EMI), 854 Post office, dumb, France, 223
General. See General
See also Mail
Postage stamp vending machines, 238
Postal vending machine suite (Associated Automation Ltd.), 239
Potato, atomic irradiation facility for, 123 Potentiometer, high discrimination (Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd.), 158
Potter, J. L., on theory of AC circuits (book), 396
Potter, R. E., on power potential of Fraser River, 821
Pottermeter flow meter (de Havilland), 507 Powder cutting underground, 457
— Fluidised, Squeegee solids pump for (Henry
Simon Ltd.), 194
— Lance, Oxweld ACL4 (Union Carbide
International Co.), 289
Powell, A. E., on cost of atomic power, 859; on hybrid power stations, 859; on India’s first atomic power station, 859
Powell, Prof. C. F., on cosmic radiation, 504
Powell Duffryn Carbon Products Ltd., nuclear graphite, 650
Power Auxiliaries Ltd., stainless steel hose for remote viewing equipment, 16
— Back-pressure, of nuclear fission, 123
?—? Concept, magnetohydrodynamic, 780
— Conference, American, 723
—? Direct coversion of large scale, by B. C. Lindley, 567
— Electric. See also Electric; Electricity Power-Gas Erection Co., position and prospects, 357
Power-Gas group, new contracts of, 99
— Generation, combination of nuclear and
conventional plant, by W. L. Budge and B. L. Lloyd, 845
— Mechanical, piping, 718
—? Meter, audio, 610C (Dawe), 480
— Ministry of, possible consent for Oldbury
atomic power station, 227
— Pack, transistorised (Allied Electronics Ltd.),
84
Youngster electric (Ashton-Young), 482
— Pattern of (CEGB brochure), 761
?— Piping to a thirsty country, 792
— Plant, mobile military (GMC and NDA),
756
Small, radial turbines for, 766
See also Hydro-electric; Power station; Atomic power station
— Potential of Fraser River, by R. E. Potter,
821
— Production, cost of, 810
Power Reactor Development Corp., fuel elements for Enrico Fermi reactor, 586
— for remote areas from atomic reactor, 190
— from sewerage waste, 804
?— Source, SNAP-2 space auxiliary, 755
— Spectra, measurement of, by R. B. Black
man and J. W. Tukey (book), 530
— Station, atomic. See Atomic
Boundary Dam, transformer for (GEC), 400
Building in 1959, 129
Drakelow “ C,” boiler feed pumps for (Harland), 595
Ferrybridge “ B,” low grade fuel system, 624
Ferrybridge “ B,” opening of, 709
Heat storage in, by Drs. Marguerre, 810
• Holme Pierrepoint, 373
Hybrid, by A. E. Powell, 859
Kariba, equipment, 43
Kariba. in operation, 43
Little Barford “ B,” design and layout 296; equipment in, 296
? Little Barford “ B,” steam generators at,
432
?—• — Loch Ericht, contracts awarded by North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board, 135
Planning, design and construction of large, by K. Schroder (review), 560
? Ratcliffe on Soar, 373
Richard L. Hearn, Toronto, turbo generators for (Parsons), 205
at Rourkela steelworks, 391
Thorpe Marsh, boiler for, 789
Transducers to control, 296 Tumut 1, completion of, 721
Unmanned, for South Western Electricity Board, 56
Willington “ A,” Neckar water treatment plant installed, 697
Willington “ B,” steam turbine rotor for, 431
See also Power plant; Substation
— Storage and transmission, 793
— Supply, stable, Belix (Metrix Instruments
Ltd.), 257
? Unit type PV250B (Claude Lyons Ltd.),
353
— Transmission from Kariba, 658, 659
Lines, rigid, for transmitter aerial, 241 Overhead line, Beauly to Kintore, 348
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (I960)
Power transmission, overhead line, Penwor- tham-Harker, 673
Piping, 792
Towers, aluminium, Chute-des-Passes to Isle Malignes (Aluminium Co. of Canada), 821
See also Gearing; Drives: Transmission
— World Conference. See World Power
— See also Energy
Powerpac air driven utility tool (BEN Patents Ltd.), 256
Powers, Dr. E. L., on chemical protection from radiation damage, 724
Pownall, J. F., on Grand Contour Canal, 681, 848, See LETTER, 574
Poznan International Trade Fair, Engineering Centre to exhibit at, 701
Practical ironmaking, by G. D. Elliott and J. A. Bond (review), 395
Prado, on influence of silicon in cast iron on corrosive wear, 470
Prager, W., on Introduction to Plasticity (book), 300
Pratt, Levick and Co. Ltd., installation of bar feeding and handling equipment, 172
Pratt trusses, stuctural efficiency of, by Dr. M. Holmes, 614
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Co. Ltd. (US), design study for atomic aero-engine, 324 Precipitation machines, electrostatic, 452
— Processes in steels (ISl) (review), 667 Precipitator, electrostatic (Sturtevant Eng. Co.
Ltd.), 174
— Holmes-Elex electrostatic (W. C. Holmes &
Co. Ltd.), 174
Precipitron electronic air cleaners for Kalinin mill (Westinghouse), 493
Precision Components (Barnet) Ltd., storage bins (trade publication), 796
Precision Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd., vertical self priming pump for liquids, 13
— Instruments (trade publication), 268
— Manufacturing, dimensional control in, by
J. L. Gadzala (book), 96
— Mechanique Labinal, constant speed alter
nators for aircraft, 565
Precoated strip. See Strip
Predvoditelev, A. S., on Thermodynamic Functions of Air at High Temperatures (review), 363-364
Preece, G. E., on de Havilland high temperature gas cooled reactor, 517-518
Prelector turret lathe (Ward), 814
Premise Engineering Co., protective screen for radiation, 507
Prepakt concrete, 591
Preservatives for stone, 57
Presidents of engineering institutions. Plain Words on, 184
President Steyne Gold Mining Co., neoprene tank linings installed, 247
Presland, C. W., review of Automation Today and tomorrow, 130; biographical note, 132
Press, arch. Prestige 500 and 1,000 ton (William Jones Ltd.), 85
— Barnes (George Cohen), 818
-— Double action (Wilkins and Mitchell Ltd.), 258
— Draw, Schuler (Pearson Panke), 817
— Feeder (Clark), 814
— Forging, with automatic control, 18
— Frame, Prestige (William Jones Ltd.), 225 Press, H., on Stauanlagen und Wasserkraft-
werke (review), 267
— Hobbing, for mould forming (Hydraulic
Engineering Co.), 84
— Hydraulic (trade publication), 562
and extrusion equipment, by E, Muller (review), 528
Norton Super-Speed, 170
— Punch, for Russia (Dowding and Doll), 237
— Rivet (Rhoden), 354
— Transfer, Boltmaster (Rockwell), 257
— Trimming (B. and S. Massey), 815
— Turret punch (trade publication), 594
—? Universal, Chappuis (Stuart Davis), 854
— Weldall deep draw hydraulic (Charles S. W.
Grigg Ltd.), 224
Press, William, and Son Ltd., Walton to London Airport fuel pipeline, 361
—? of the world, guide to, 266
Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., body-chassis for Volvo P 1800 car, 116; Roadrailer road-rail vehicle, 265; negotiations for new factory at Jarrow, 429; use of Dove aircraft, 578; use of Piper Tripacer aircraft, 578; plant for press tools at Jarrow, 733
Pressure, force balance for (Kelvin and Hughes Ltd.), 158
— High, effect on materials (Battelle Memorial
Institute), 337
— Intensifier, Airhydropump (Madan), 462
— Suit, experimental (Normalair Ltd.), 634
— ?—? and high altitude chambers, by Dr. E. W.
Still, 634
— Ultra high, materials at (NPL), 803
— Vessels (trade publication), 835
for atomic reactors, symposium on at Glasgow Royal College of Science, 292
Bending cold plate for, 758
Design practice, survey of, 553
for Scottish Gas Board, 262
Strip wound, for high pressure (Vickers Armstrongs (Eng.) Ltd.), 162
Prestige Advertising, Slik spanner campaign, 493; inflatable world globe, 797
Prestige arch presses, 500 and 1,000 ton (William Jones Ltd.), 85
— Frame press (William Jones Ltd.), 225 Prestressed concrete. See Concrete, prestressed Prestressing rods for reinforced concrete (wire
and bar) and special rods (book), 460 Prestwick Airport, financial losses at, 365
— Oceanic Control Centre, formation of, 597 Pretoria Paper Products, acquired by British
Cellophane, 237
Preussische Bergwerks-u Hutten AG., basalt abrasion resistent tiles, 678
Prewitt Aircraft, plastic battery cases for guided missiles, 146
Price, E. M., on Principles of Electronics (review), 528
Price fixing, Prof. B. S. Yamey on, 333
— Reductions, 99, 205
Price reductions in Poland, 563
Prichard, T. A., review of Directory of opportunities for graduates (1959), 94; review of Directory of Opportunities for school leavers (1959), 94; review of Ken Jones— Electrical Engineer, 94; review of How to become a professional engineer, 94; biographical note, 96
Prime Ministers, Commonwealth, meeting, 603 Princess of Tasmania, ferry, 98
Princeton University, research on air-bearing machines, 46
Principles of electronics, by H. Buckingham and E. M. Price (review), 528
— Frequency modulation, by B. S. Camies
(book), 132
— Servomechanisms, by A. Tyers and R. B.
Miles (book), 732
Printer, photo (Fairey Air Surveys Ltd.), 747 Printing machine, offset litho, Faxi (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 449
— Packaging and Allied Trades Research
Association, paper testing (trade publication), 364
— Rollers, polyurethane (Avon India Rubber
Co. Ltd.), 422
— Techniques exhibition, Paris, 378
Prismatic structures, design of, by A. J. Ashdown (review), 627-628
Probability and analysis, aspects of, by I. Kaplansky, E. Hewitt, M. Hall Jr. and R. Fortet (review), 396
— and statistical inference for engineers, by
C. Derman and M. Klein (review), 867 Problems in the strength of materials, by R. S. Paradise and G. A. Church (book), 268
Proceedings of the European Congress on ground movement (book), 428
— of the Second United Nations International
Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (HMSO) (book) (review), 459, 460, 593, 835
— of the Sixth Midwestern Conference on
Fluid Mechanics (Texas University) (book), 868
Process chart, sensorimotor, 584
— Control by computer, 382
— Dynamics, by D. P. Campbell (review).
Processing machinery industry, exports of, Industry, manpower in, 140 Industry, materials in, 141 Industry, plant and products in, 140 Industry, position and prospects of, Industry, research in, 141
— of thermoplastic materials by E. C. Bern
hardt (book), 96
Prockter, C. E., on Kempe’s engineers’ year book (book), 492
Product design, tooling and, by S. C. David (book), 132
Production and construction (trade publication), 628
— and control, automatic, course on, 487 Production Engineer, new name for Journal of
the Institution of Production Engineers, 233 Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering Research Association, tapping
torque and thread strength (report), 327
— Exhibition, International Computers and
Tabulators exhibit, 759
— French, magazine of, 233
— Index, Australia and New Zealand Bank’s,
333
— Lines, automatic, in Russia, by O. Tedder,
90
Exhibition, Plessey Co. Ltd., 91 Production Machines Ltd., formation of, 63
— Output statistics for N.W. England, 583
— Sharing out the value of, by F. R. Bentley,
326
— Statistics, 725
— Tooling equipment, by S. A, J, Parsons
(review), 833
Productivity in industry, effect of air conditioning on, 198
— Locomotive, 405
— People and, by A. B. Waring, 9
— Railway, EPA report on, 405
— in steel industry, 245
— and taxes, by Lord Piercy, 181 Professional engineer. See Engineer Profiling lathe, Ravensburg (Sykes Machine
Tool), 855
Profilometer, evolved by E. Abbott at Michigan University, 230
Profits, taxation of company, 148. See LETTER, 216
— Taxation of company, 281 Programme library for computers (IBM), 373
— Switching, control, and monitoring in
sound broadcasting, by R. D. Petrie and J. C. Taylor (book), 732
Programming, mathematical, and electrical networks, by J. B. Dennis (book), 364
Progress in cyrogenics, by K. Mendelssohn (review), 459
— Dielectrics, by J. B. Birks (book), 699
— Non-destructive testing, by E. G, Stanford
and J. H, Fearon (book), 732
— Nuclear Physics, by O. R, Frisch (book), 868 Project Dragon, See Dragon
— Gnome, See Gnome
— Mercury. See Mercury
— Rover. See Rover
—Sherwood. See Sherwood
— “X.” See“A'”
Projection welding machine (trade publication), 268
Projector, contour, GP650 (Leitz), 818
— Reflex (J. E. Baty and Co. Ltd.), 779 Props, hydraulic pit, for underpinning (Dowty),
251
Propagas bottled gas for industrial power (Shell-Mex BP), 175
Propagating tray, heated (Marketad Ltd.), 636 Propeller blade protection with Rokide coatings (De Havilland), 847
— Reserve, for liner Canberra (Bulls), 400 Propulsion, rocket, by M, Barrere, A, Jau-
motte, B. F, de Veubeke and J, Vanden- kerckhove (review), 592
— Units of BP Firemaster, 431
Prosser, H. S,, on Humphreys and Glasgow pressurised water atomic reactor, 520
Protected metal wall cladding (Robertson Thain), 540
Protection by metallising, 438
— Panels (trade publication), 268
Proteus gas turbine for Bluebird car (Bristol- Siddeley), 734
Turbine for unmanned power station (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd,), 56
Proton beam, stray, found at CERN proton synchrotron, 586
— Synchrotron, Argonne, civil engineering
work completed, 724
for Argonne National Laboratory (Allis Chalmers), 388
CERN, stray proton beam found, 586 — CERN’s 25 GeV, completed ahead of schedule, 228
Proving station, electrical (trade publication), 796
Prowse, Capt. B, O,, on aircraft speed and human reactions, 191
Pryor, E, J,, on Economics for the mineral engineer (review), 95
Psychology, industrial, study in, 700
Ptfe. See Polytetrafluoroethylene
Public opinion, manipulating, by E, L, Bernays (essay), 749
Public Relations Directory, 202
and industry, 749
— Works and building projects, calculations
of the cost price and provisional price of, by R. Tofani (book), 268
Loan Board, loan terms to local Councils, 637
Puckett, A. E., on guided missile engineering (review), 490
Puerto Rico, atomic demonstration plant for, 618
Water Resources Authority, superheat from boiling water reactor 228
Pullen, K. A. Jr., on conductance design of active circuits (book), 132
Pullin, R. B., and Co. Ltd., “ Plug-Stat ” thermostat for plug-in heaters, 12; magnetic amplifier (trade publication), 530
Pulp mill for paper, S. Carolina (Bowaters Carolina Corp.), 126
Pulse analyser (Plessey Nucleonics), 16
— Source, electronic (Communications Systems Ltd.), 480
— Techniques, millimicrosecond, by I. A. D. Lewis and F. H. Wells (book), 428
Pulsed neutron sources, 451
Pumps, boiler feed, for Drakelow “ C ” power station (Harland), 595
— for bulk cement carrying ship (Fuller Kinyon), 797
— Centrifugal (trade publication), 268
Flowmaster vertical (J. H. Carruthers and Co.), 701
JTV series (Holden and Brooke Ltd.), 322 Sultan (Pegson Ltd.), 481
— ?— Univac (Henry Sykes Ltd.), 507
— Circulating, Hotflow (Sealed Motor Construction Co. Ltd.), 257
— Coolant (Small Electric Motors Ltd.), 450
— for corrosive liquid (QVF Ltd.), 379
— Fuel, Calimaster test machine for (Merlin
Engineering Co. Ltd.), 329
— Glandless for Trawsfynydd power station
(Hayward Tyler and Co.), 228
— Heat, experimental (Davey, Paxman and Co.),
697
— for heavy lubricants, foot operated, Hercules
(Centralube Ltd.), 224
— High vacuum. Evapor-ion titanium vapour
(Consolidated Vacuum), 679
— Hydraulic, Lucas lP60, 690
Multicylinder (Joseph Evans and Sons (Wolverhampton) Ltd.), 416
Variable flow (Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd.), 13
for VCIO and DH12I aircraft (Serry- Vickers), 205
853W/M (Joseph Evans), 482
— for molten aluminium, 572
— Oil, Wanner 328 (Step Industrial Equipment
Ltd.), 322
— Portable mud (C. H. Johnson), 354
— Seals, Fluoseal glass filled ptfe (Crane), 605
— Sludge, Simplite (William R. Sherwood
Ltd.), 258
— Solids, for fluidised powders. Squeegee
(Henry Simon Ltd.), 194
Torque-Flow (Scott), 778
—? Submersible, Short tours (Sumo Pumps Ltd.), 121
— Telesig screw (Telehoist Ltd.), 716
— Vacuum (NGN Electrical Ltd.), 289
— Vertical self priming, for liquids (Precision
Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd.), 13 Pumped storage project, Luxembourg, 689 Pumping losses in piston engines, 156
— Studies on aqueous thoria slurries, by R.
Murdoch and H. A. Kearsey, 196
— System for synchrotron (Edwards High
Vacuum Ltd.), 158
?— Units for Thirlmere aqueduct repairs (Henry Sykes Ltd.), 696
Punch presses for Russia (Dowding and Doll), 237
Punched card systems for automation, 869 Punta Fiume atomic power station for SENN, 292
Purchase tax, 245
Purfleet-Dartford tunnel, tenders for southern approaches, 797
Purlins, Bison concrete (Concrete Ltd.), 385
Putman, Dr. J. L., on industrial application of radioisotopes, 677
PVC. See Polyvinyl chloride
Pye Ltd., new plant for, 135; closed circuit television for bowling alley, 205; television for traffic control, 265; induction heater generator, 353; stereoscopic television camera, 716
Pye Radio, radio equipment for tugs and launches, 261
Pye Telecommunications Ltd., VHF radio for Suez canal, 27
Pye, W, G., and Co., Ltd., integrating amplifier, 715
Pyle, I. C., on programme for calculation of Doppler broadened resonance absorption of neutrons scattered in thick targets, 516
Pyrocore catalytic fume reactor (American Thermocatalytic Corp.), 252
Pyrographite, new form of graphite (Raytheon Co.), 124
Pyrolith solution, spectrograph analysis on, 513 Pyrometer for diesel engine exhaust (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 290
— Practice, studies in, by R. Alegre (book), 835 Pyrometry techniques, 806-807
Pystock Engine Test Facility, 801
QATTARA Depression for hydro-electric power, 415
OB-47 aircraft, pilotless, 402
Quadling, D. A., on elementary mechanics (book), 364
Quality control, statistical, by D. H. W. Allan (review), 59
Quan-Tech constant current source (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.), 418
Quasi-Arc Ltd., automatic welding machine for turbine rotors, 263; PR25O welding rectifier, 321
Queen Elizabeth liner, Chandos report on replacement for, 350, 469; statistics, 702
Queen Elizabeth II Dock, silting problems with lock, 851
Queen Mary liner, Chandos report on replacement for, 350, 469; replacement for, 773 Quenching oil additives, 775
Quenouille, M. H., on Rapid Statistical Calculations (review), 867
Quenzine quenching oil additive, 775
CJuickdraw Co. Ltd., Quickdraw combined drawing aid and pantograph, 97
Quickfit and Quare, exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Quickway armature winding machine (Midland Dynamo Co. Ltd.), 322
Quirk, R., on Teaching of English (review), 626 QVF Ltd., glass valve for use with corrosive liquids, 20; pump for corrosive liquids, 379; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 531
R2 atomic reactor, Sweden, criticality achieved, 650
R3-Adam atomic reactor in Sweden (A.B. Atomenergi, State Power Board and ASEA), 51, 195; charge machine model, 388
R4/Eve reactor design (Bofors), 388
Rabson, J., on compact quality cars will sell overseas, 754
Raby, I., Envoy car design, 352 Race-discrimination in US trades unions, 349 Racks, bar (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 258
— Cable (trade publication), 396
— Microstore storage (James H. Randall), 746 Radar aerial for Royal Radar Establishment
(John Curran Ltd.), 97
— Automatic detection by, 597
Target detection by, 596
— Data processing equipment, 596
— Doppler, for West Germany, 397
—? Establishment, Royal. See Royal
— Fire control system. Airpass II (Ferranti),
705
— Incompatibility with micro-wave com
munications, 877
— Jamming by Carcinotron microwave valve,
601
— System, Fylingdales Moor, 597
— Target detection and digital coded plot
extraction and transmission, experimental system for automatic, by G. L. F. Hinckley, 597
— Uses of, 596
Radcliffe Committee, proposal for building controls, 637; study of proposals by National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 637
Radhakrishnan, R., on duplicates in libraries, 76-77
Radiant heating, electric, stress relieving with (GEC), 695
— Jet furnaces (trade publication), 835 Radiation on animals, JANUS atomic reactor
for research (Argonne), 388
— Atmospheric, check stations coordinated by
CAMEN, 617
—? Atomic, avilability of, 123
Byproduct, 195
Effect on airframe components, 324
—? ?— Insurance for, 88
Monitor for hands and clothing, 15 Protection, course at Harwell, 160
— Cosmic, research report on, 601
— Damage in bacterial spores, mechanism of
action of compounds that protect against, by Dr. E. L. Powers, 724
Chemical protection from, 724
Sulfhydryls as protection from 724
— Detection instruments, transistorised
(Hughes Aircraft Co.), 618
— Effect on animals, 805
— ?— Data (Bendix Aircraft Corp), 306
on electronic equipment (Bendix Aircraft Corp.), 306
— Experiments on airborne atomic reactors
(USAEC), 586
in Lunik II, 243
— Gamma, from iron 57, 242
— Ionising, conference on industrial applica
tions, 484
— in leather curing, 388
— Monitor type PNI 1072 (Plessey Nucleonics
Ltd.), 226
— Protection in buildings (UAEC report), 415 Lectures on, 88
— — Screen for (Premise), 507
— Soft, experiment in satellite Explorer VI, 243
— Treatment of food, 733
of medical products, 733
— Van Allen belts in geomagnetic sto.ms, 243
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Radiation, weak atomic, sequential sampling
to monitor, 15
— See also Irradiation Radio aerial, paraboloid, 168
— Assay of lubricating oil, 433
— Control of tugs and launches on River
Thames, 261
— Controlled garden mower (Webb), 372
— Engineering, elements of, by H. I. F. Peel
(book), 699
— Engineers, British Institute of. See British
Institute
— Frequency, semi-flexible cables for, 241
— Frequencies used by BBC, 168
Radio Heaters Ltd., plastic sheet welding machine (trade publication), 268
— Interference, 168
Responsibility of GPO to control, 22
— Interferometers in satellite tracking, 243
— Links, microwave, 168
Microwave, vehicle for, BBC, 169 Special vehicles for, 168
— Signal, frequency modulated, 168
— Signals, refraction by atmospheric changes,
169
— System for satellite, low noise (Bell), 599
— Telephony control of railway marshalling
yard (Murphy Radio Ltd.), 297
— Telescope for Australia, 498
— ?— for US Navy in West Virginia, 207
— Transmission, Fresnel zone, 168 of television pictures, 168
Transportable link equipment type EMI ML6C, 169
— Transmitters of BBC, 23
— VHP equipment for Suez Canal (Pye), 27
— See also Wireless; Television; Radar;
Transmitter receiver; Valves
Radioactive contamination, insurance for, 88
— Cylinders, a tool for wear research, 433
— Decontamination, detergent for, 356
— Energy direct conversion to electricity, SNAP-3 (Martin Nuclear), 124
— Isotopes. See Radiosotopes
— Material, container for, 259
Master Slave manipulator for (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 16
— Source, casting to house (Newton Victor),
301
— Tracer elements for faulty atomic fuel
element location, 292
System for locating fuel element failure in atomic reactors, by M. Poberskin, 292
— Warning sign for car, 259
— Waste disposal in sandstone, 420 Radioactivity in industrial water and waste
water, symposium on (ASTM) (review), 130
— Measurement stations, 227
— Rise expected, 228
Radiochemical centre, Amersham, extensions to (UKAEA), 692
Radiographic accelerator for UKAEA (Mul- lard Equipment Ltd.), 650
—• Recording on bromide paper, by R. O. Couchman, 64
Radioisotopes, applications for, research at Latvian Institute of Physics, 124
— Applications and techniques, 228
— Export figures, 388
— Handling, mobile laboratory for training in
(IAEA), 124
— Industrial application of, 677
— for industry, by R. S. Rochlin and W. W.
Schultz (book), 204
— Inspection of welds with, 15
— Mailing, 259
— Production to commence at Lucas Heights,
650
— Regulations for transporting, 259
— Safe handling of, 484
— Sale of, 259
— Sale by SORIN, 618
— Sea transport of, 259
— Spreading use of, 388
— for study of Littoral Drift, by J. J. Arlman,
724
— Transport of, 259
— Transport by aircraft, 259 by railways, 259
— Uses in physical science and industry, con
ference on,484
— for water and soil surveys, 721
Radiovisor Parent Ltd., controls (trade publication), 268; photolectric controls (trade publication), 300
Radium as tracer element, 292
Radon gas as meteorological tracer (Argonne), 618
Rails, long welded, 832
— See also Railway track
— Transport costs, 254. See LETTER, 312
— Road plan for Copenhagen, 753
Sea crossing, Northumberland Straits, 43 Vehicle, Roadrailer (Pressed Steel Co. Ltd.), 265
Railcar. See Carriage^ railway
Railroad, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Alco diesel-electric locomotives for, Tl
— See also Railway
Railways, Anglo-European link by channel tunnel, 181
— Board, Indian, plant for personnel training, 237
— Breakdown cranes, diesel, 793
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British. See British Railways
— British gauge, 181
— Buffers, development of improved type (BR), 769
— Buses in lieu of, 542
— Car parks over, 7
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Channel tunnel effect on, by Sir Brian Robertson, 181
— Conversion League, 254 into roads, 37, 377 into roads in Norfolk, 79
— Coupling, automatic (Dowty), 770
— Development of improved type (BR), 769
— Customs formalities and, 181
— Cutting, strengthening at Farringdon Sta
tion, 315
•— Drawgear, high speed, development of, 769
Railway, electric, safety demonstration of, 393
— Employees, threatened strike of, 221
— Engineers’ salaries, 341
Soil mechanics for, by U. G. K. Rao (book), 332
— in France, 83. See LETTER, 148
— Future of, by S. Greene, 413
— Gauges, 181
— and industry comparisons, by R. M. Bell,
254
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Main lines across the Border, by O. S.
Nock (book), 699
— Marshalling yard, Margam, 665
Yard, radio contrlo of (Murphy Radio Ltd.), 297
— Mexico National, diesel electric locomotives,
for, 27
— Modernisation of, 181
— Monorail, experimental track at Orleans,
399
— Officials and year book, directory of (book),
300
— Productivity, EPA report on, 405
— Rolling stock, aluminium in, 798 Stock, aluminium in, 741, 798 Stock exports, 757
Stock industry, position and prospects of, 104; exports, 104; manpower, 104; plant and product, 104; materials, 105; research, 1()5; design, 105
Stock. See also Carriage; Locomotive
— Russian gauge, 181
—? Signalling. See Signal
— Spanish gauge, 181
— Stations, automatic vending machines on,
223
— Sudan, electric locomotive for (English
Electric), 431
— Termini, London, 472
— Track costs. See LETTER, 345
Inspection with Hydrail car, 62
—• —• Welded, 685 Welded long sections, laying
taining, 832
See also Rails
— Traffic in Yorkshire, 549
— Trains in aluminium, 798
Diesel service Bedford to St. operation, 685
Punctuality of, 317
—? — Silent, Skyway, S. Rhodesia, 1 Underground, ” Silver R,” 62
— Transport of radioisotopes by, 259
— Tube. See Underground; London Transport
Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London
Transport Executive
— Unions and decentralisation, 584
— Vehicles for motor car transport (Newton
Chambers and Co.), 587
— See also Societe Nationale des Chemins de
Per Fran^ais
Railwaymen, National Union of. See National
— Pay increases, 285
— Wage claims, 81, 117
Raleigh Cycle Co., possible merger with Tube Investments, 587
Raleigh Industries Ltd., take-over of Carlton Cycles Ltd., 333
Ralfe, L. G., on electrostatic precipitation wire machine, 452
Ramjet, subsonic, for demonstrating heat engines (P. A. Hilton and Co.), 206
Rammer, Trenchmaster power (Pelapone Ltd.), 482
Ramo, S., on guided missile engineering (review), 490
Ramp, demountable steel car (Erad Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 27o
Ramsay, A. R. D., on elementary mechanics (book), 364
Rance river tidal hydro-power scheme, 373, 385 Randall, James H., and Son Ltd., Victoria drawer unit, 577; Microstore store racks, 746
Range, ships’ electric (GEC Ltd.). 289
Rank Precision Industries, exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Rank-Xerox Ltd., copying and microfilming service, 24; Xerox 914 document copier, 609; Xerox copying (trade publication), 835
Ransome and Maries Bearings, consortium with Skefko and Euchuca, 693
Ransomes and Rapier Ltd., centrifugal (trade publication), 268; fork Grade publication), 332; concrete (trade publication), 764
Ransomes Sprite garden mower, 372
Rao, U. G. K., on soil mechanics for railway engineers (book), 332
Rapiclean ultrasonic cleaner (Ultrasonics Ltd.), 84
Rapid Magnetic Machines Ltd., magnetic separator, 50
Rapide electric fork truck (Lansing Bagnall Ltd.), 642
Rapier, N. C. K., Sales Co. Ltd., crawler crane (trade publication), 332
Rare earth metals (trade publication), 492 Rassweiler, G. M., on Internal Stresses and Fatigue in Metals (review), 667
Ratcliffe on Soar power station, 373 Ratefixing and bonus schemes, 822
Rautiefe method of surface measurement, 230 Raven solid fuel rocket motor, 243
Ravensburg profiling lathe (Sykes Machine Tool), 855
Raviolo, V. G., on automotive development trends in the USA, 709, 722; on high strength steel research, 775; on interchangeability of car components, 805
Ray. See Cosmic; Cathode Ray; X-Ray^ etc. Raymond International, co-operation with Richard Costain Ltd., 725
Raytheon Co. Pyrographite, 124
Reactivity control for atomic reactor, 16 Reactor, atomic. See Atomic reactor
Reactor Centrum Nederland, HFR reactor in Holland, 228; 10 kW JASON reactor ordered, 387
Reactor School, Harwell, course in radiation protection, 160
and main-
Pancras in
134
pumps trucks mixers
Reamer, Mapal, with renewable blades (Monks
and (2rane Ltd.), 226
Reason, R. E., on surface measurement, 230. See LETTERS, 408, 808
Rebbeck, Sir Frederick, on Harland and Wolff, 757
Rebka, red shift experiments, 242
Receiving tubes, tabulation of data on, by C. P. Marsden, W. J. Keery and J. K. Mofflt (book), 868
Reciprocals of integers from 1000 to 9999, by T, H. Redding (book), 732
Recontainers Ltd., steel buildings (trade publication), 396
Recorder, chart, flat bed (Unicam Instruments Ltd.), 122
— Controller, Servograph, transistorised (Fiel-
den Electronics Ltd.), 121
— Data, sub-miniature (Royston Instruments
Ltd.), 122
— Digital (trade publication), 300
— Direct writing (AB Elektrisk), 682 Recording apparatus, nuclear, 15
—- Club, British, 772
— Combined, of load and strain, by E.
Spencer, 874
— Equipment, Midas magnetic (Royston
Instruments Ltd.), 705
— Machine, event (AEI), 508
Tape. See Tape recorder
— Tape. See Tape
Rectifier, germanium (AEI), for Australia, 429
— Selenium, Westalite (Hind), 455
— Silicon controlled (AEI), 164 Controlled (GEC Ltd.), 417
— Welding, PR250 (Quasi-Arc Ltd.), 321 Red Devil dumper trucks (Winget), 683
— Shift experiments. Harvard University, by
Prof. Roscoe and Mr. Rebka, 242
—? — Theorem, testing of, 242
Redding, T. H., on Reciprocals of the Integers from 1000 to 9999 (book), 732
Reddish, Sir Halford, on career prospects and the qualified man, 189
Redhead, John, and Sons, cargo liner for Frank C. Strick and Co., 531
Redux film adhesive (CIBA) 711
Reece Folding Machine Co., pocket creaser, 314 Reed Corrugated Cases Ltd., boardmaking machine, 91
Reed Paper Group, rubber tyred overhead crane, 671
Reekie, David, and Sons Ltd., Clydesdale portable machine tools, 258
Reel lifter (British Electrical Repairs Ltd.), 747 Re-entry of missiles, ablation cooling for, 535 References by code, 217
Reference material, guide to, by A. J. Walford (review), 796
Refinery, benzol, continuous, 423
— Oil. See Oil
Refining of high octane fuels, 566
— Zone, with electron beam, 557
Reflectors, bicycle, review by Which 253 Refraction of radio signals by atmospheric changes, 169
Refractories (trade publication), 492, 732
— Ceramic, fibrous, Fiberfrax (Carborundum),
572
— Compounds, crystals of, 211
— Materials. See also Firebricks
— Open-hearth, furnace, research on (BISRA),
879
Refrax silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide, 572
Refrigeration, automatic, by S. A. Andersen (review), 666
— for gas drying, 729
— Manuals (Refrigeration Press) (review), 666
— Research, European, and its practical
applications (book), 96
Refrigerators, Astral, exported to US (Morphy- Richards), 485
— in British homes, 570
— Designs and materials for, 570
— Foodarama (Kelvinator), 570
—• Mini-Rex, for Mini-Motel trailer, 340
— Pakamatic (Pakamac Group), 629
— Peltier effect type, 570
— Plastic kick plate for (Lee), 471
—? Price stability of, 570
— Small, US market for, 485
Regent Oil Co., storage terminal at Granton Harbour, 301; Cardiff oil terminal, 316; Granton Harbour oil terminal, 316
Regent Street Polytechnic, reorganisation plan for, 509
Register of British Manufacturers (Federation of British Industries) (book), 492
— Worldwide, of adult education (Aurea
Publications), 458
Registration controller (Elcontrol Ltd.), 13
Regulating system and servomechanisms design, by H. Chestnut and R. W. Mayer (book), 428
Reinforced concrete. See Concrete
Association, meeting, 415
— Plastic, Scotchply (3M Co. Ltd.), 146
Relation between vehicle characteristics and highway design (review), 266
Relativity and electromagnetism, by E. G. Cullwick (book), 204
Relaxation methods, introduction to, by F. S. Shaw (review), 628
Relay, capacitance (Bailey), 875
— Current (trade publication), 530
— Thermal (trade publication), 300
— Transistorised (B and R Relays Ltd.), 552 Reliability of equipment, 559
Reliance motor coach modified for tests on Ml motorway, 265
Remote control system, Bowdenflex mechanical (Bowden), 610
System, Flexball mechanical (Vofa- Werk), 610
Remploy Ltd., employment for the disabled, 733
Renault Estafette light utility motor vehicle, 288
Renault Machine Tools (UK) Ltd., formation of, 759; factory premises for, 759
Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Long Reach flood barrier, 348; BP’s deep water terminal. Angle Bay, Milford Haven, 673; graduated artificial daylighting for underpass, 851
Renold Chains Ltd., chains and chain drives (trade publication), 132
Repairs and income tax, 405
Reperforator controller (Venner), 715
Repitrol Anticipator for heating control (Heating Investments Ltd.), 392
— Heating control system, 392
Republic Steel Corp., titanium sheet, 295 Resale price maintenance and the shoppers’ choice, by Prof. B. S. Yamey, 333
Research, communication in, by Dr. G. Sutherland, 741
Research and Control Instruments Ltd., general purpose scintillation counter, 16; variable transformer with separate windings, 85; direct reading vibration meter, 86; Philips Thermocoax miniature thermocouple wire, 407; Philips millivoltmeter, 448
— and development, cost to industry, 539 Cost in US, 307
Value of, 307
— Future—engineering aspects, by E. M.
Lewis, 513
— Industrial statistics on, by K. P. Sanow, 307
— Institute for Management Science, manage
ment courses, 853
— Management of, by Lord Nelson, 341, 413
— Scientific, by D. Wilfress, 845
— Scientist, status of, by Lord Nelson, 413
— Techniques in human engineering, by
Chapanis (review), 698
Reservoir, Weeton, Morris cranes at, 761 Residence and Technical Education,
D. Silbertson, 362
Resins (trade publication), 699
—? Acrylic (Styrene Co-Polymers), 39
— Bonded ptfe as a bearing surface,
E. R. Braithwaite, 214
— — Ptfe coatings, properties of, 214
Ptfe Emralon 820, low friction (Acheson Colloids Ltd.), 559
Ptfe lubricant Emralon (Acheson Industries Inc.), 214
— Epoxy, for electric cable joints (Johnson &
Phillips Ltd.), 565
Glass reinforced, 146
— Flexible silicone, R212 (ICI), 573
— Gelcoat of (Bakelite). 407
Resistivity of commercial hard drawn aluminium electrical conductor wire, 343 Resistoflex Corp., patent process for extrusion, 342; Fluoroflex-TlOOl, 342; Fluoroflex TS, 342; Fluoroflex-T, 342; ptfe flexible couplings, 573
Resistors, Metallux (Plessey), 487
— Thin-film, evaluation of, 435 Resolver, synchro feedback (Sperry), 467 Responsibility, Plain Words on, 606 Restaurants and hotels throughout the British
Isles and N. Ireland, 1960 (book), 796
Restrictive Trade Practices Act, effect cable companies, 789
Retail Trading Standards Association, guarantees, 349
Reynolds, C. E., on Examples of Design Reinforced Concrete Buildings (book), 835
Reynolds Metals Co., association with Tube Investments, 229; aluminium house, 740
ReynoIds-TI Aluminium, purchase of British Aluminium Co., 229
Reyrolle, A., and Co., high voltage switchgear for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 135; research merger with AEI and C. A. Parsons and Co., 587; partnership for research with AEI, 621
RF cables (trade publication), 300
Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitatswerk AG, to receive power from Vianden scheme, 689
Rhode, G. K., on gas-suspension coolants for power reactors, 723
Rhoden Partners Ltd., rivet press, 354
Rhodes, Brydon and Youatt Ltd., centrifugal pump for molten aluminium, 572
Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co., zinc and lead furnace for, 461
Rhodesia Power Lines (Pvt) Ltd., Kariba Dam power transmission lines, 659
— Steps to improve African workers’ status,
749
Rhodesian Anglo-American Group, financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660
Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co., position and prospects, 357
Rhodium, production and properties, 75
RHR Productions Ltd., film for Rolls-Royce “ The Magic of a Name,” 690
Ribbon filter elements (Tecalemit), 564 Richard L. Hearn power station, Toronto, turbo generators for (Parsons), 205
Richards, George, and Co. Ltd., vertical boring machine, 815
Richards, J. A., on Physics of the Atom (book), 764
Richards, J. E., on nuclear power for ship propulsion. 811
Richards, P. 1., on manual of mathematical physics (book), 364
Richardson, H., on aesthetic qualities of timber, 280
Richardson, P. D., on fuel consumption in motor cars, 112
Richardsons, Westgarth (Hartlepools) Ltd., marine engine orders, 27; new offices in Washington, DC, 237; automatic turbine rotor welding machine installed (QuasiArc), 263
Rickert, R. J., on atomic fuel cost, 228
Ricketts, T. S,, on Westfield high pressure coal gasification works, 865
Ridley, B. K., review of Advances in Semiconductor Science, 24-25; biographical note, 26; review of Semiconductors, 362- 363; biographical note, 364
Riezler, W., on nuclear technology (review), 166 Riggs, C. O., on strontium 90 as direct power source, 860
Rigidall Seamwall wall cladding (British Aluminium Co.), 540
Rigidex plastic waste traps (McAlpine of Hillington), 20
Rigimesh filter material (Sintered Products Ltd,), 343
Riley, C. M., on Our Mineral Resources (book), 699
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Ring main sockets (Britmac), 368
Rio Tinto, formation of NUKEM Degussa of Germany, 650
Rio Tinto Dow Ltd., cooperation NUKEM, 650
Ritespeed geared electric motors publication), 96
with
with
(trade
Ritson, G. S. F., on developments in Wales, 744 River Aire, new bridge over (James Austin and Sons Ltd.), 316
— Beas scheme, hydraulic model, 385
— Bonny dredging operations, 385
— Clyde twin road tunnel, 625
— Dez project, Iran, 316
?— Durance, Serre-Ponqon dam on, 309
— Fraser, power potential of, by
Potter, 821
— Indus, India and Pakistan to share
of, 316
— Karun, Pahlavi bridge over, 284
— Murrambidgee, Tantangara dam on,
R.
E.
waters
284
— Our power project at Vianden, Luxembourg,
689
— Pollution I: Chemical Analysis, by L.
Klein (review), 834-835
— Rance tidal hydro-power scheme, 373, 385
— Severn, supergrid over, 348
— Stour, industrial water from, 309
— Tagus hydro-electric project, generators
ordered (English Electric), 701
— Thames, Long Reach movable flood
barrier proposal, 348
Radio control of tugs and launches, 261 —? Yangtze, proposed dam at Ichang, 219 Rivers, P., on wind effect and damage, 441 Rivet press (Rhoden), 354 Riveting of aluminium, 799
— Tool, air-hydraulic, Gesipa (Trend Indus
trial Equipment Ltd.), 193
Road accidents, 254
Position and prospects of, 73 Research paper on (DSIR), 611 Statistics, 477
— Bridge, German, high level approach to, 250
— Building, Continental practice, 42 ? and motor taxation, 836 by W. Schiiepp, 42
— Campaign Council, 254; new highways for
London competition, 251
?— Conversion of railways into, 37, 377
— Deaths, 254
— Elevated, 250
— Federation, British. See British
— Federation, International. See Inter
national
— Improvements to existing, 255 Spending on, 7
— Lighting, improvements for safety, 274
— Machinery, spare capacity for road building,
637
— Materials, course on, 681
— Neglect of, by Sir Patrick Hennessey, 555
— Plans by air survey and computer, 151
— Rail plan for Copenhagen, 753
Sea crossing, Northumberland Straits, 43 Vehicle, Roadrailer (Pressed Steel Co. Ltd.), 265
— Railways conversion into, in Norfolk, 79
— Research Laboratory, granulators in road
making aggregates (report), 219; road surface research, 246; tyre research, 273; motorway anti-dazzle screen, 284; computer research on traffic flow, 437; alterations for rural road junctions, 611; course on road materials, 681; road safety track at Crowthorne, 821
Roads to Resources ” Canadian roadbuilding programme, 251
— Roller (Aveling-Barford), 576
— Safety Conference, planning for, 611 Summer campaign for, 253 Track at Crowthorne, 821
— Soil-aggregate, manual of current practice
for design, construction and maintenance of, by E. Y. Huang, 316
— Surface, exposed aggregate, 544
—r — Improvements, by D. R. Sharp, 544
Research, 246
Rubberised asphalt, 246
for safety, 544
— Surfacing, rubber in, 246
?— Sweepers (Lewin Road Sweepers Ltd.), 297
— System, British, inadequacy of, 255
— Tests by AASHO, 348
— Traffic review, 24k See LETTERS, 312, 377,
472, 542
— Transport of awkward loads, 264. See
LETTERS, 313, 377, 440, 505. 574, 680
— — Capital expenditure in, 254 of chemicals in bulk, 264 of large loads on, 262 Licences, 264
of liquids in bulk, 264 Principles of, by T. I. Lloyd, 345
— Vehicles. See Motor car; Motor vehicle, etc.
— Works, proposed 1960 budget and pro
gramme, 637
Spare machinery capacity for, 637
— Study on, 265
— See also Highway; Motorway; Underpass Roadbuilding programme in Canada, 251 Roadcraft (HMSO book), 661
Roadmaking aggregates, granulators in, 219 Roadrailer road-rail vehicle (Pressed Steel Co. Ltd.), 265
Roadway, elevated, winning designs, 251 Robb, Henry, Ltd., bulk cement carryingship for Wilsons (NZ), 797
Robbins, R. M., on vacant seat indicator for buses, 377
Robens, A., labour relations consultant to Atomic Power Constructions, 45; appointed chairman. National Coal Board, 853 Roberge Automatic Grocery Store, automatic food vending installation, 223
Roberts, Sir Alfred, on cotton industry wage rise, 349
Roberts, B. W., on Growth and Perfection of Crystals (review), 667
Roberts, Charles, and Co., possible merger with Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., 325
Roberts, Sir Peter, on Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd., 693
Roberts, W. J., and Son Ltd., Stediflo TriCoater plaster sprayer, 224
Robertson, A., on science teaching, 40
Robertson, Sir Brian, on railway wage offer, 117; on Channel Tunnel and its effect on railways, 181; on electrification schemes and modernisation of railways, 341
Robertson Thain Ltd., ventilators (trade publication), 167; protected metal wall cladding, 540
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., Sendzimir strip mill for Birmetals Ltd., 694; cut-to- length unit for Birmetals Ltd., 695
Robinson, D., and Co. Ltd., Multisign panel indicator, 715
Robinson, E. S. and A., Ltd., employment of mental patients, 477
Robinson, F. C., and Partners Ltd., three decade counter batcher, 86
Robinson, J. C., on Thomas Robinson and Son, 485
Robinson, Thomas, and Son Ltd., building for Ben Nevis Distillery Ltd., 454; Pneu- Spout conveyor system, 454; return to full production, 485; exothermic compound manufacturing plant, 486; Minisifter sifting machine, 486; dust collector (trade publication), 764; bag packer (trade publication), 835
Robotug automatic tractor (EMI), 684
— Electronic guided battery truck (EMI), 173 Rocard, Y., on Principles of Electricity and
Magnetism (book), 796
Rochlin, R. S., on radioisotopes for industry (book), 204
Rock and concrete, ultimate loads in, by T. N. W. Akroyd, 672
— Drill (Holman Bros. Ltd.), 226
Atlas Copco, on Vianden scheme, 689 Bison, on Vianden scheme, 689
— Failures at low confining pressures.
Prof. J. C. Jaeger, 283
— Triaxial tests on, 283 Rockefeller Foundation, contribution
Australia’s radio telescope, 498
Rocket astronomy, exhibition at Museum, 117
— Engine, atomic, tests on, 484 Bristol-Siddeley Gamma Mk. 201, 336 Project “ X ” (Bristol-Siddeley), 341
— for German Army (Nord-Aviation), 797
— Motors (Rolls-Royce), 690 Solid fuel. Raven, 243
— Nuclear, for lifting manned stations into
space, by H. F. Crouch, 756
for space vehicle propulsion, by Lt.-Col. H. R. Schmidt and Major R. S. Decker, 755
— Propelled sled for seat ejection tests on
Blackburn NA39 aircraft, 207
— Propulsion, by M. Barrere, A. Jaumotte,
B. F. de Veubeke and J. Vandenkerckhove (review), 592
— Satellite, and high altitude (book), 396
— Scout, 243
— Society, American. See American
— Sounding, Skylark, 243
— Space, atomic reactor for, 755
— Telemetry equipment in motor car testing,
by G. Wilkins, 220
— See also Missile; Satellite
Rocking motors (English Electric and Grantham Electrical Engineering Co.), 431
Rockite dough moulding plastic (British Resin), 605
Rockweld Ltd., shielded arc (trade publication), 268
Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd., three- dimensional programme controlled milling machine, 12; tapping machine, 50; Boltmaster transfer press, 257; Pcitzer and Ehler cold heading machine, 449; internal spline grinding machine, 683; Essex tapping machine, 817
Rocol Ltd., molybdenised lubricants (trade publication), 460
Rods, control, for atomic reactor, cost, 15
?— for reinforced concrete and rods (wire and bar) for prestressing (book), 460
Rodgers, J., on sub-committee on machine-tool production, 181; on expanding industry and development districts, 531
Rogers, T. H., Marine Corrosion Handbook (book), 796
Rohde and Schwartz frequency meter (Aveley), 682
Rohrleitungen, Absperrorgane in, by W. Volk (book), 868
Rokide coating for propeller and compressor blade protection (de Havilland), 847
— Materials (Norton Grinding Co.), 847
Roll grinding machine TWA (Churchill), 815 Roll Race Conveyors, Ltd. share capital acquired by Albert Mann ~ Co., 301
Rollers, printing, polyurethane India Rubber Co. Ltd.), 422
— Road (Aveling-Barford), 576
Rolling, copper, self-controlled (BICC), 727
— Mills, accident prevention, 9 Aluminium (Northern Aluminium Co.
Ltd.), 679
Hot strip, 68 in (Davy and United Engineering), 27
Hot strip, for Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 27
for James Booth Aluminium Co. Ltd. (Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd.), 295
Modern, by A. A. Korolyov (review), 866 Rod, for BICC (Brightside), 727 at Rourkela steelworks, 391 Sendzimir aluminium strip,
metals Ltd., 694
— Physical metallurgy of, by F.
(book), 667
— Stock. See Railway. See also
Locomotive; Railcar
Rollpin spring fastener (Tempered Spring Co. Ltd.), 576
Rolls-Royce Ltd., installation of Wilson boilers, 129; steam cooled heavy water atomic reactor, 521; activities, 690; drop test for Silver Cloud II car, 690; Phantom V car for HM the Queen, 690; Dart engines logged over 10 million hours, 690;
nuclear reactor for marine propulsion, 690; rocket motors, 690; cinema film “The Magic of a Name,” 690; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750; Conway jet engines for Boeing 707 aircraft, 765; effluent treatment plant (W. J. Fraser and Co.), 788; diesel engines for cranes, 793; Hydrokinetic torque converters for cranes, 793; areo engines in service, 873
Rome-Naples-Milan motorway, Pih del Sole, 42
— Permindex permanent industrial exhibition,
823
— Treaty on atomic energy, 483
Romig, H. G., on sampling inspection tables, 358
Rontgen rays. See X-rays Roof, shell, inverted umbrella, 820
— Timber shell, for synagogue, 720 Structural forms of, by Dr. L.
Booth, 414
Roofing shingles in aluminium, 187
Rootes, B., on traffic problems and driving tests, 685
Rootes Group, record output, 629; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
Rope conveyor system, Limberope Sullivan), 480
— Terminal (trade publication), 428 Ropeways, aerial, weighing machine
(Adequate Weighers Ltd.), 416
Roscoe, Prof, red shift experiments, 242 Rose, B., review of Meson Physics, biographical note, 492
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Rose, Downs and Thompson Ltd., overseas markets for, 357
Rosen, A., on soft electron flux, 243 Rosenltlad heat exchanger (British Boiler), 609 Ross Auto and Engineering Ltd., milk delivery truck for multi-storey flats, 269
Ross, Donald, and Partners Ltd., barge manipulating equipment, 392
Ross Gear and Tool Co., interest in Cam Gears Ltd., 523
Ross, 1., on Image Merchants (book), 749 Rostow, Prof, on atomic power programme, 160
Rotaped magnesium track links for tractors Leeford (London) Ltd.), 208
Rotherham, on economics of nuclear power in Great Britain, 859
Rotisserie, electric (Kenwood), 144 Roto-edger (Jalo), 372
Rotors, helicopter, plastic parts for (Kaman Aircraft), 146
— High speed, of extreme stability, 242
— Shafts, electric motor, automatic machine
line far manufacture of, 90
— Steam turbine, for Willington “ B ” power
station, 431
— Turbine, automatic welding machine for (Quasi-Arc Ltd.), 263
Rotorace gyro, CLl 1 (Sperry), 487
Rotorcycle helicopter (Hiller), production by Westland Aircraft Co. Ltd., 125
Rough, F. A., uranium monocarbide as atomic fuel, 452; on Constitutional Diagrams of Uranium and Thorium Alloys (review), 561-562
Rough Range, Australia, oil and gas discovery, 805
Roughness. See Surface
— Tester (Rubert), 855
Rourkela steelworks, oxygen installation at (British Oxygen Linde), 325; India, progress report, 390; details of, 390; contractors, 390-391. See LETTER, 776
Rouse, H., on advanced mechanics of fluids (book), 96
Routemaster bus, front sub-frame of, 271 Plastic upholstery in, 311
Routing attachment (B. S. Varley), 121
— Machine LC6 (Wadkin Ltd.), 814
Roux, Dr. A. J. A., research director of South African Atomic Energy Board, 292
Rover Car Co. Ltd., record output, 629; new works at Pengam Moor, 733
Rover Project, 755
Rovex, scale models, 17
Rowan, David, Sulzer diesels for Ben Line ships, 531
Rowe Automatic Merchandising, formation of, 205
Rowe, R. E., on distribution of stress in anchor blocks, 347
Rowe, V., on the Great Wall of France: the triumph of the Maginot Line (review), 560 Rowe, W. H., and Son Ltd., pinch valves, 800 Rowlinson, J. S., on Liquids and Liquid Mixtures (book), 300
Royal Aero Club, observers for Kremer man- powered aircraft competition, 213; aircraft competition, 579; business and touring aircraft competition, 701
— Aeronautical Society, rules for Kremer man-powered aircraft competition, 213; high altitude and satellite rockets (book), 396
— Air Force, aircraft in, 161; V-bomber group, 277; high air speed simulation under water, 749; supplies flown to Chile earthquake area, 836; goodwill tour to South America, 836
— Aircraft Establishment, Blind Landing
Experimental Unit, 191; calibration of strain gauges, 211; fatigue tests, 494; manufacture of impermeable graphite, 649
— Albert Bridge, strengthening the, by P. S. A. Berridge, 864
— College of Art, Gulbenkian grant, 63; new building, 63
— College of Science, cosmic radiation, 601
— Commission on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration, 317
— Institution of Naval Architects, historic comment on, 14
— Mail Lines liner Amazon, escalator for (J. and E. Hall Ltd,), 207
Royal McBee Corp., LGP-30 engineering computer, 208; RPC-4000 digital computer, 550
“ Royal Mouse ” racing kart, 386
— Naval College, pulsed neutron experiment, 451
Royal Navy, nuclear ships for, consideration by Admiralty, 196; work study in, 437; computer for, 709; construction of second nuclear submarine confirmed, 756; nuclear submarine Dreadnought to be launched, 756
Hydrographic Department, re-survey of English Channel, 457
— Photographic Society, award of Hood
Medal to W. Nurnberg, 749
— Radar Establishment, radar aerial for (John Curran Ltd.), 97
— Rhodesian Air Force, purchase of Argonaut aircraft from BOAC, 563
— Society, formation of, 14; history of, 14 of Arts, industrial art competitions,
winners and their careers, 547
of British Architects, architectural metalwork exhibition, 523
of Health Congress, Sir John Cockcroft to preside at spring meeting, 228
for the Prevention of Accidents, summer campaign for road safety, 253; industrial safety and shoes, 584; award of Sir George Earle trophy for industrial safety to AEI (Manchester), 621
— Swedish Air Board, communication and
navigation equipment for (Bendix Aviation Corp.), 99
— Thai Air Force, generating sets for, 461
Royston Instruments Ltd., continuous loop magnetic tape playback unit, 122; noise analyser, 122; sub-miniature data recorder, 122; Midas magnetic recording equipment, 705
Rozhdestvenskii, I. B., on Thermodynamic Functions of Air at High Temperatures (review), 363-364
RS 60 Porsche motor car, 386
Rubber for atomic shielding (Goodyear), 724
— Butyl, for inner tubes, 273
Seals of, 310
— Conduit (Vulcascot (Great Britain) Ltd.),
226
— Development Board, Natural. See Natural
— for diaphragms, 406
— Expanded (trade publication), 868
— Foam, Hypalon, 279
Neoprene (Expanded Rubber Co.), 279 Process, 279
Silicone, 279
Viton, 279
— Forms, inflatable, for concrete pipe (Fuller
form), 513
— Hypalon (Du Pont), 147
— Hysteresis losses in, 273
— to metal bonding, by S. Buchan (book), 204
— Nitrile, for diaphragms, 406
?— Producers Research Association, British. See British
— PVC and nitrile (trade publication), 364
— Research Centre, money grant to British
Universities, 555; supporting companies, 555
— in road surfacing, 246
— Silicone (trade publication), 460
— Synthetic, neoprene, 247
— Tests on, 39
— Tyre plant for Russia (Rustyfa), 453
— Viton fluorinated, for fire-walls (Du Pont),
311
Rubberised asphalt road surface, 246
Rubbish, disposal problems, 500
Rubert and Co. Ltd., Hommel surface thermometer, 550; roughness tester, 855
Rubert, M. P., on measuring surface roughness, 230-231, 408. See LETTER, 808
Rubery, Owen and Co. Ltd., glass reinforced plastics (trade publication), 699
Rubery Owen Organisation, final assembly of Bluebird car, 735
Rudkin and Riley Ltd., grinding machine type 2018/4, 380
Ruef, F., on MAN diesel engine, 112; on awkward loads, 680
Rules and tapes (trade publication), 594 Runnels, R., on management/engineer relations, 685
Runway safety barrier for aircraft, 207 Rusinoff, S. E., on Tool Engineering (review), 833
Russell Construction Ltd., Liftip sack or drum discharger, 121
Russell, R. S., on Commonwealth and Empire year book (book), 492
Russell, S., and Sons Ltd., Spheronic cast iron, 471; cast irons (trade publication), 667
Russia, Academy of Sciences, Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 1955-59, by A. V. Nudelman (book), 428
— Agreement with France for exchange of
atomic information for peaceful use, 756
— Atomic energy in, by A. Kramish (review),
795
— Automatic production lines in, by O.
Tedder, 90
— Expansion of diamond tool production, 269
— Exports to, 637
— Imports from, 637
— Increase of manpower in, 145
— Oil imports to Italy, 773
Imports to Scandinavia, 773
Imports to U.K., 773
Pipeline Volga to East Germany, 301
— Patent protection in, 73
— Plastics exhibition by ICI Ltd., 493
Machinery exhibition, R. H. Windsor Ltd., 493
— Profits of industry in, 148, 216, 281
— Punch presses for (Dowding and Doll), 237
— Research atomic reactor under construc
tion, 452
— Rubber tyre plant for (Rustyfa), 453
— Spaceship Satellite, 677
— Tax allowances for inventors, 381
— Technopromimport list of plant wanted, 733
— Trade with, 637 with Britain, 571
Exhibition, Dexion organisation at, 429
•—? — with, prospects, 773
with US, 37
— Training reactor for Indonesia, 356 Russian exhibition in London (1961), 109 Russian Patents Gazette, 94
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Russian, Scientific, by G. E. Condoyannis (book), 204, 394
Russian Technical Literature (bulletin), 592
— Translated by computer, 467
Rust preventative, oil-based (trade publication), 732
— See also Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., coolant circulator with gas bearings for Windscale atomic reactor, 20; gas-turbine for Iranian Oil Services Ltd., 134; engines to drive pumps, Thirlmere aqueduct repair, 696
Rustyfa Consortium, rubber tyre plant for Russia,
Ruthenium, Rydzewski, reactor sity, 43
Rzeppa constant velocity joint, 661
S.A. Tool and Gauge, licensing arrangements sought for Australian production, 812
Sabberwal, A. J. P., on improved three dimensional dynamometer, 401
Sachs, W., on strikes, 584
Sack and bag filling weigher (Scale Co. Ltd.), 192
— Discharger, Liftip (Russell Construction
Ltd.), 121
—? Loads, Bedford chassis body for, 271
Saclay atomic reactor accidents, 691
— Nuclear courses at, 196
SADE, training of atomic power station engineers, 618
Safeguards, atomic reactor, operations of advisory committee on, and indemnification of atomic energy activities (USAEC) (review), 458
Saferhelm Mk. II protective helmet (Heafield Industries Ltd.), 290
Safety in the air, 191
— Atomic engineering, 691 Propelled ships, 355, 860
? Reactor, development of equipment for,
16
— Barrier for aircraft runway, 207
— Belts for motor cars, 812
—? in beryllium production (ICI), 117
— Cinema film on, “Hazard,” 477
Film on, “ Live and Let Live,” 477
— Codes for research reactors, 388
— Contest, National, 661; list of sponsoring
companies, 661
— and control equipment, atomic, 16
— Council, British. See British
— Device, atomic, automatic, use with critical
assemblies, 15
Ultimate (Sperry), 724
— Electrical, by H. W. Swann (book), 562
— on electrified railways, 393
— Equipment, nuclear, 15
— Industrial, Sir George Earle award to AEI
(Manchester), 621
— Laboratory, Health and. Nuclear, Italy, 51
— Legislation for civil engineering sites, 213
— of life at sea, international conference, 860
— in Mines Research Establishment, flame
proof and dustproof electrical equipment, 499
— Oil heaters, 404. See LETTER, 440
— in plutonium plants, 196
— Radioisotope handling, 484
— Road, planning for, conference, 611
— — Summer campaign for, 253
— of road surfaces, 544
— Roadcraft (HMSO book), 661
— Shoes and, 584
— Stiletto heels and, 584
— Track, road, at Crowthorne, 821
— Training courses of Federation of Civil
Engineering Contractors, 213
— in tunnel construction, 625
— Welding, 645
Saffire gas cutting equipment for merchant ships (BOG Ltd.), 201
— Powder cutting outfit (British Oxygen), 457 Sagu 125 roll seam welding machine (Electro-
Mechan), 448
Sahara, mineral wealth of, 648
— Oil pipeline in, 7
Pipeline, capacity increase, 309
Problems of, 648
— Oilfields, production of, 493; marketing
organisation, 493
Saint. See St.
Salamander sheaths for thermocouples, 807 Salaries in CEGB, 509
— Cuts (Douglas Aircraft), 781
— of engineers, 445
Herbert Committee on, 253
— of Railway engineers, 341
— Statistics of professional men, 317
Salford Electrical Instruments Ltd., band pass filters, 272; crystal cutting machine, 507; Selectest Super K multirange meter, 779; Selectest Super 50 multirange meter, 779
Salmon, J. E., on ion exchange (book), 594
Salmon, Kurt, Associates Inc., formation of Kurt Salmon and Production-Engineering Associates, 685
Salt baths, electrode (trade publication), 764
— Mine, drill rig for (Landis Steel Co.), 7
?—- Water conversion using heat, 228
Salter, Geo., and Co. Ltd., bicentenary, 676; Duet 676; bicentenary, 757; 757; products of, 757
Saluggia Centre, Italatom plants for uranium processing, 618
Salzburg-Vienna motorway, 42
Sampling Inspection Tables, by H. F. Dodge and H. G. Romig, 358
— Machine, sequential, trial of (English Elec
tric), 359
— Sequential method, by W. R. Hindle, 358
— ?— to monitor weak atomic radiation, 15 Samuilov, E. V., on Thermodynamic Functions
of Air at High Temperatures (review), 363-364
Sand tunnelling, shield for, 821
Sanders, J. P., and Co, (Trutools) Ltd., Paro- meter comparator, 380
Sanderson and Porter, high temperature atomic reactor project, 292
Sandover, J. A., on Theodolite Practice (book), 764
Sandstone, radioactive waste disposal in, 420 Sandvik (Asia) Ltd., tungsten carbide plant for Poona, 668
Sandvik Steel Works, formation of Sandvik (Asia) Ltd., 668
Sandys, D., on Anglo-Argentine trade, 237; meeting with demonstrators, 509; on Seacat missile order, 595
Sanitary engineering, European course on, 152 Sankey, Joseph, and Sons Ltd., rebuilding of Bilston factory, 186; island site for automatic vending machines, 223
Sankey Vendo refrigerated milk machine, 239
Sanow, K. P., on statistics on research, 307
Sargent and Lundy, experiments on pressure rise in PWR and BWR containment vessels, 723; free water pressure suppression technique investigation, 811
Sartorius-Werke AG, analytical balance, 643 Saskatchewan Power Corp., GEC transformers for, 333
Satchwell room thermostat, 602 Satellites, atomic power plant for, 515
— Explorer VI, 243; soft radiation experiment
in, 243
— Nuclear-electric power for, 124
— Radio system, low noise (Bell), 599
— Rockets and high altitude (book), 396
— Spaceship, Russian launching, 677
— Tracking, 243
— See also Missile: Rocket
Saul, A. G. A., on concrete strengths, 344. See LETTER, 441
Saunders, Prof. O. A., on change of membership by-laws of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 677
Saunders-Roe (Anglesey) Ltd., manufacture of laminated timber, 6
Saunders-Roe Ltd.,SRN 1 Hovercraft, 46 Saunders-Roe Structures Ltd., illuminated handrail for Onikan Bridge 800
Sautocount coin counting machine (ICC Machine Co.), 239
S.A.V. Hydraulics Ltd., enlargement of plants, 135
Savage and Parsons Ltd., Master Slave radioactive material manipulator, exports of, 16; remote handling equipment with television, 16; diesel engine exhaust pyrometer, 290; expansion programme, 357; co-operation with Kelvinator Ltd., on low temperature test cells, 357; financial interest in Inferation (Floklings) Ltd., 357; cable rack (trade publication), 396
Savannah nuclear merchant ship (Babcock and Wilcox (US), 260; atomic fuel costs for, 692
Savannah River to reprocess atomic fuel from NRX and NRU research reactors, 585
Saw, band (Startrite Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 257
— Bench (trade publication), 594
— Blades, Dafile, FlexiFile, 436
— See also Hacksaw
Sawing machine, cold (Noble and Lund Ltd.), 857 Saxby and Farmer (India), position and prospects of, 229
Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., construction of experimental power reactor started, 586
Sayers, J. E., on recovery of iron oxide from air, 216. See LETTER, 280
SCI VTOL research aircraft. Short, 501 Research aircraft, vibrations on, 705 SC 5 Britannic freighter aircraft, 19
Scale Co. Ltd., weigher for sack and bag filling, 192
— Domestic, Duet (Geo. Salter and Co. Ltd.),
676
Waymaster (Precistion Engineering Co. (Reading) Ltd.), 676
—? and Weights, historical note, 676 Scandinavia, Russian oil imports to, 773 Scandium as tracer element, 292
Scanner, Gestefax electronic stencil (Gestetner), 751
— Multipoint (West Instrument), 507 Scarfing torch. Oxweld C65 (Union Carbide),
257
Scarlett, N. A., on greases to prevent fretting corrosion, 424. See LETTERS, 505, 574
Scheve, M. R., on liquid fluidised bed reactor programme, 723
Schlosser, J. E., thermal neutron flux, 15 Schmalz, Dr. G., historic note on, 230 Schmidt, Lt.-Col. H. R., on nuclear rocket for space vehicle propulsion, 755
Schmidt, H. W., on surface measurement, 808- 809
Schneller, J,, heat exchanger using cheap materials, 564
Scholarships, Birfield Industries awards, 645
— Research, on light alloys, 79
School buildings, prefabricated (Brockhouse), 668
— Leavers, directory of opportunities for
(1959) (review), 94; (book), 492
— Secondary, atomic subcritical assembly for
instruction in, 160
— of Work Study, courses on work study, 745 Schrader-Dubied, tyre valves and air service
accessories, 27
Schroder, K., on Grosse Dampfkraftwerke: Planung, Ausfiihrung und Bau (review), 560
Schroeder, G., on Landwirtschaftlicher Was- serbau (review), 267
Schuepp, W., on road building, 42
Schuler draw press (Pearson Panke), 817
Schultz, W. W., on radioisotopes for industry (book), 204
Schwartz, G. L., on Corrosion of Chemical Apparatus (review), 731
Sciaky Bros. Inc., electron beam welding machine type VX24, 588
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines Ltd., projection welding machine (trade publication), 268
Science and civilisation in China, by J. Needham (review), 867
— Cosmetic, by A. W. Middleton (book), 594
— Fads and fallacies in the name of, by M.
Gardner (review), 394. See LETTER, 440
— Masters Exhibition, Southampton Univer
sity, 160
— Museum, exhibition on rocket astronomy,
117; OSWALD fast-pinch device, 356; original Bessemer converter on exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 750
— in the New Nations (Israel), conference on,
413
— Nuclear teaching equipment, in West
Germany, 153
— Space, 1st international symposium, 243
— Teaching, by A. Robertson, 40 Scienta Sineca, 202
Scientific background, by A. N. Jeffares and M. B. Davies (review), 763
— Film Association, International. See Inter
national
Scientific Film
849
— Instrument
delegation statistics, 397; exhibition in Moscow, 873
— Management. See Management
— Research. See Research
— Russian, by G. E. Condoyannis (book), 204,
394
Scientists, Civil Service, pay increases for, 853
— Employed by BBC, 253
by Electricity Council, 253
by railways, 253
by Scottish Electricity Boards, 253
— Research, status of, by Lord Nelson, 413
— UKAEA recruitment, 356
Scintillation counter, general purpose (Research and Control Instruments), 16
for hospitals (Ekco Ltd.), 16
— Liquid, counting of tritium at 22° C, by
W. P. Hutchinson, 484
Scotchpak metallised polyester film (3M Co. Ltd.), 183
Scotchply reinforced plastic (3M Co. Ltd.), 146 Scotland, apprentices’ wages in, 505, 680
— Engineering growth in, 446. See LETTERS,
505, 744
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in.
See Institution
— Motor industry expansion in, 63
— North of, Hydro-Electric Board. See
under North
Scott, F. H., on physical metallurgy of rolling (book), 667
Scott, George, and Son (London) Ltd., Torque- Flow solids pump, 778
Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert, Forth road bridge, 688 Scott, R. B., on cyrogenic engineering (review), 235
Scott, survey ship, 457
Scottish Cable Co., absorbed by BlCC, 789 Scottish Electricity Boards, scientists and engineers employed by, 253
Scottish Gas Board, pressure vessels for, 262; oxygen plants for, 269; layout model of Westfield plant, 398; Westfield high pressure coal gasification works, 865
Scout rocket, 243
Scovill Manufacturing Co., formation of new subsidiary companies, 27
Scraper TS-24 for Sheilabear Price Ltd. (Euclid (GB) Ltd.), 431
Scraping machine, twin power (Blackwood Hodge), 746
Screed vibrator (C. H. Johnson), 481 Screen, anti-dazzle, for motorway, 284
— Blast, for jet aircraft at London Airport, 152
— Bowl vibratory (Sinex Engineering Co.), 85
— for radiation protection (Premise), 507
— Vibrating, Overstrom (Armstrong Whit
worth (Metal Industries) Ltd.), 295
Screws (trade publications), 428
— Conveyors (trade publication), 428
— Cutting lathe. See Lathe
— Propeller. See Propeller
— Threads, standardisation of, 437 Screwdrivers (trade publication), 594
— Ratchet (Steadfast), 436 Screwing machine (Heap), 818 Tangential (Heap), 854
Scrivener, Arthur, Ltd., centreless grinding machine for uranium oxide slugs, 91 Sculpture, architectural, plastics in, 502 Sea, safety of life at, international conference on, 860
Sea Venom aircraft, low speed wind tunnel tests on (HMSO publication), 337
Seaborg, G. T., on Transuranium Elements (review), 561-562
Seacat missiles, orders for (Short Bros.), 595 Seals, Butyl rubber, 310
— Gastight for rotating shaft (Drysdale Co,
Ltd.), 61
— High temperature rubbing, F-alloy as, 279
— Pump, Fluoseal glass filled ptfe (Crane), 605 Sealed Motor Construction Co. Ltd., Hotflow
circulating pump, 257; Mixflow mixing valve for hot water systems, 418 Searls, H., on the Big X (review), 594 Seats for aircraft, road and rail vehicles and ships (Microcell Engineering), 197
— Ejection tests on Blackburn NA 39 aircraft,
rocket propelled sled for, 207
Seawall, Sheerness, 784
Seaway, St. Lawrence, award of American Society of Civil Engineers, 513; prevention of ice packs in, 526
Secondary schools, atomic subcritical assembly for instruction in, 160
Sections, cold rolled (trade publication), 204
— Roll, Besco (Edwards), 816
Sectional Concrete Buildings Ltd., concrete garages, 276
Security locks (Chubb), 708
See-How, work loading chart (New Industrial Charting and Publicity Ltd.), 423
Seely, V. B. J., to join Acrow Group board, 237 SEIBT: export directory of German industries, (book), 236
Seifert, H. S., on space technology (review), 592 Seismic survey for oil in Great Britain, 183 Seismograph Service Ltd., survey for oil in Great Britain, 183
Selectest K multirange meters (Salford), 779 Selenium, amorphous, for electron microscope intensifying tube (AEI), 803
— Rectifiers (Hind), 455
Selfeedrils unit drilling machine (Brookman), 857
Sellar, W., on geometry of conical pipes, bends, and joints (book), 132
Sellier, M., study of trade union action in companies, 700
Sellotape (Gordon and Gotch), 247
— Pipeline identification tape (Gordon &
Gotch), 361
SELNI power station, turbine for (Franco Tosi), 618
Seiwood, William R., Ltd., Simplite sludge pump, 258
Semiconductor crystals, dendritic process for production of, 339
—? Devices, uses of, 319, 338
—• Excitation for turbine generator (West Penn Power Co.), 599
Semiconductors Ltd., automatic transistor manufacture equipment, 199
— by N. B. Hannay (review) 362-363
— Science, advances in, ed. by H. Brooks
(review), 24
— Silicon carbide, 101
— Studies (Bell), 737
— for ultrasonic cleaning units (Westing
house), 211
Sendzimir aluminium strip mill for Birmetals, 694
SENN atomic power station at Punta Fiume, 292
— Boiling water reactor, rating increased, 260 Water reactor, revisions to, 420
— Co-operation with GEC of America, 603 Sensorimotor Process Chart, 584
Sent Flying, by W. Pegg (review), 730 Sentichart temperature recorder (Techne (Cambridge) Ltd.), 321
Separator, magnetic (Industrial Magnets Ltd.), 550
(Rapid Magnetic Machines Ltd.), 50 Sequence control system, unitised (Gresham), 726
Sequential Analysis of Statistical Data (Columbia University Press), 358
— Method of sampling, by W. R. Hindle, 358
— Sampling machine, trial of (English Electric),
359
Sergeant ballistic missile, 233
Series motors. See Motor, electric
Serre-Poncon dam, in use, 309; construction statistics, 309; cost of, 309; capacity of, 309
Service tower, Tallescope (Access Equipment), 508
Servicemaster diesel injector maintenance machine (Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd.), 329
Servo valve (Keelavite), 818
Servograph recorder-controller, transistorised (Fielden Electronics Ltd.), 121
Servomechanisms, principles of, by A. Tyers and R. B. Miles (book), 732
— and regulating system design, by H. Chest
nut and R. W. Mayer (book), 428
Servomex Controls Ltd., FP92 electric field plotter, 682
Seton Creaghe Engineering Ltd., multiplane diffractometer, 417
Severn Bridge, alterations to approaches, 187
— River, supergrid over, 348
— to Southampton chemical pipeline, 293 Sewage disposal problems with syndets, 880 Sewel and King, Envoy car, 352
Sewell, R., review of Mekhanicheskoye Oborudovaniye Prokatnikh Tsekhov, 866- 867;
Sewers, “ Sewerage tute
— Waste
Sewing machines, series motors in, 534 Shackleton, W. S., Ltd., light aircraft sales, 579 Shaft coupling. See Coupling
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Rotating, gastight seal for (Drysdale Co.
Ltd.), 61
— Rotor, electric motor, automatic machine
line for manufacture of, 90
— Spline, automatic line for production of, 90 Shaping machine (Crowthorne), 857
Shapley, W. H., on cost and value of research and development, 307
Shares, plough, automatic production line for manufacture of, 90
Sharman, Allen, Gay and Taylor, undersea pipeline for molten sulphur, 728
Sharp, D. R., on road surface improvements, 544
Sharpening machine (Abwood), 856 Sharpness docks, repairs to, 219
Shaving machine, gear (W. E. Sykes Ltd.), 855 Shaw, F. S., on Relaxation Methods (review), 628
Shaw', John, and Sons (Salford) Ltd., hydraulic presses (trade publication), 562
Shaw Moisture Meters, hygrometer alarm, 716 Shaw Saville Line, new liner for, 27
Shay, J. E., Ltd., Mastiff stacking truck, 642 Shears (trade publication), 594
— Adiabatic, 622
Sheerness dockyard conversion (Building Developments Ltd.), 63
— Naval base converted to port and industrial
estate (Building Developments Ltd.), 341
— Seawall, 784
Sheet, aluminium (trade publication), 732
— Asbestos, classification of, 26
— Counter for. Batchcounter'Shipinserter, 199
— Grading by thickness and surface finish
(Bren Manufacturing Co.), 86
— Plastic-coated, for wall cladding, 540
— Precoated, 375. See LETTER, 504
— Steel, increase of (Steel Co. of Wales), 171
— Titanium (Republic Steel Corp.), 295 Sheeting, translucent (trade publication), 396
Sheffield and Eccleshall Co-operative Society, special milk delivery truck for multi-storey flats, 269
Sheffield Smelting Co., bicentenary, 725
Sheffield University, dynamic loads on gear teeth, 209
Shell-BP Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd., pipeline between Bomu and Bonny, 385
Shell Chemicals (Australia) Ltd., co-operation with ICI (Australia) Ltd., 63; refinery expansion, 63
Shell Chemicals Ltd., price reductions by, 99; pvc and polythene pipe, 710; plant for polyethylene production, Australia, 805
Shell Cos., expansion in Australia, 301 Shell-Fran^ais, purchase of Saharan crude oil, 648
Shells, hot, mould closer for (Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd.), 12
Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd., Petroleum Handbook, 796
Shell-Mex and BP Gases Ltd., Bottogas Propagas for industrial power, 175
Shell (5il Co., tilt deck trailer for (R. Dyson and Co.), 271
Shells and plates, theory of, by S. Timoshenko and S. Woinowsky-Krieger (book), 428
— Pre-cast, colloquium on (IASS), 152
Shell Research Centre, corrosion in cast iron, 470
Shell roof. See Roof
Shell Structures, International Association for. See International Association
Shellabear Price Ltd., scraper TS-24 for (Euclid (GB) Ltd.), 431
Shelter for bus queues (Aluminium Development Association), 368
Shenstone, B. S., on supersonic air transports, 767
Shepard, A. P., on Metallizing Handbook (book), 764
Shepcote Lane Rolling Mills Ltd., position and prospects of, 229; plans for capacity increase, 589; installation of Steckel and Sendzimir mills, 589
Shepheard, Sir Victor G., on success of British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Shepherd, J., on Higher Electrical Engineering (review), 299; (book), 428
Sherwood project: US programme in controlled fusion, by A. S. Bishop (review), 459
Shields, neutron, for fast atomic reactors, 292
— for sand tunnelling, 821
Shielded arc (trade publication), 268
Shielding, atomic reactor, of wood laminate, 228
Rubber for (Goodyear), 724
— Chambers, lead (Associated Lead), 452
— Materials, neutron, 503
Shiffer, Dr. J. P., water tower experiment, 242 Shingles, roofing, in aluminium, 187
Shinwell, E., on trade unions, 812
Ship, ANFO anti-fouling system for (Charlton, Weddle and Co. Ltd.), 457
— Atomic propelled, tenders for, 501
Propulsion of. See Atomic propulsion Reactor for. See Atomic reactor
— for Bank Line (William Doxford and Sons),
563
— Bulk cement carrier, for Wilsons (NZ)
Portland Cement Ltd. (Henry Robb Ltd.), 797
— Cargo, City of New York, fitted with
Carflow system, 625
Goodwood, with free-piston gas turbine, 92
Handling through side of, 28
Ilorin Palm, trials of (Swan Hunter), 135 Ingwe, fitted with Carflow system, 625 Willowpool, fitted with Carflow system, 625
— Corrosion between adjacent, 371
— Decks, hanging. Carflow system, 625
— Electric range (GEC Ltd.), 289
— Electrical bonding of, 371
— Grain/car carrier, Carflow conversion
system, 625
— Inshore survey craft, Echo, 457
— Jane's fighting, by R. V. B. Blackman
(book), 460
— Lighthouse tender. Siren, for Trinity
House (J. Samuel White), 367
— Merchant, atomic propelled. Savannah.
See Savannah
— Motor, Berlin, 98
— Nuclear propulsion of. See Atomic
propulsion
— Ore/oil carrier, Mertainen, ore holds, 400
— Propulsion, atomic. See Atomic propulsion
— Seats for (Microcell Engineering), 197
— Steel, Lloyd’s Register of rules and regula
tions for the construction and classification of (book), 530
— Survey, Scott, 457
— See also under specific types of ship
Shipbuilders, shipowners and marine engineers, director of (book), 796
— See also Institution of Engineers and Ship
builders in Scotland
Shipbuilding Advisory Committee, to consider aspects of industry’s future, 584
— Aluminium in, 679
— Apprentices’ strike, 645
Table of earnings, 645
— Compendium, British, 1960 (book), 628
— Conference, sponsor for shipbuilding day
at British Trade Fair, New York, 797
— Day at British Trade Fair, New York, 797
— Employers’ Federation, working hours, 285;
on apprentices’ strike and pay claim, 645
— and Engineering Unions, Confederation of.
See Confederation
— Exhibit at British Trade Fair (New York),
797
— Industry, British, exhibit at British Trade
Fair, New York, 750
Design in, 69
Germany, position and prospects of, 351 Manpower in, 68
Materials in, 69
Order position improved, 629
— — Plant and products in, 69
Position and prospects, 68, 73, 181
Shipbuilding industry, report on past years, 68
— — Research in, 69
Unemployment increase in, 509
— in N.E. England, 479
Shipley, Dr. T., review of Visual Problems of Colour, 166; biographical note, 167
Shipowners consortium on atomic propelled ships, 355-356
— Shipbuilders and marine engineers, directory
of (book), 796
Shipping, British, by R. H. Thornton (book), 562
— Coastal, the fate of, 701
— Industry in Europe, 858
in N.W. England and Merseyside, 582
— Lloyd’s Register of. See Lloyd's
— Rules and regulations for the construction
and classification of steel ships, Lloyd’s Register of (book), 530
— World Year Book and Who’s Who, by
D. Maxwell (book), 492
Shipyards, British, by Col. T. E. Smith. 595
— New, construction in Rio de Janeiro
(Cementation Group), 63
Shireby, D., on digest of elementary chemical thermodynamics (book), 364
Shirkov, D. V., on theory of superconductivity (review), 593
Shoes and industrial safety, 584
Shops, automatic, by J. B. W. Toole, 222. See LETTER, 248
— Crane (trade publication), 332
— Stewards, unofficial action of, by W. J.
Carron, 645
Shoppers’ choice, resale price maintenance and, by Prof. B. S. Yamey, 333
Short Brothers and Harland Ltd., full size aircraft plans for SC5 Britannic freighter, 19; employment position and prospects. 81; atomic reactor simulator for operator training at Calder Hall, 196; orders for Seacat missiles, 595
Short SCI research aircraft, 501
Short-circuit testing, rules of (publication), 201 Short Fours submersible pumps (Sumo Pumps Ltd.), 121
Shorter, D. E. L., on stereophonic reproduction, 149; on technical problems of broadcasting, 100; on Summary of the Present Position of Stereophonic Broadcasting, 707
Shoupp, W. E., on Advanced Water Reactor Systems, 811
Shovel loading machine, Terraloadr (J. 1. Case Co. Ltd.), 379
— Tractor, Allis-Chalmers HD6G (Mackay),
448
—• — (Yale and Towne), 482
Show. See Exhibition
Shrink fitting with liquid nitrogen, 201
SIAM Di Telia, marketing agreement with British Motor Corp.. 493
Siemag, cold rolling mill for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Siemens Edison Swan, electrification of Southern Region lines, 485
Siemens Ediswan, Kuwait lanterns for Rhodesia, 563
Siemens Electrical Group, site for factory in Belgium, 873
Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., electrification of Southern Region lines, 485
Siemens and Halske AG, instruments and control equipment for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Siemens-Plania-Griesheim,
650
Siemens-Reiniger-Werke, apparatus for steel inspection, 260
Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG, development of pressurised heavy water reactor, 260; power station and distribution gear for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Sierracin Corp., agreement with Napier Ltd., for manufacture of Sierracote and Sierragio processes, 397
Sierracote de-icing coating (Sierracin and Napier), 397
Sierragio de-icing coating (Sierracin and Napier), 397
Sifting machine. Minisifter (Thomas Robinson <& Son). 486
Signal generator, high frequency (Taylor Electrical Instruments Ltd.), 85
— Radio, frequency modulated, 168
Refraction by atmospheric changes, 169
— Railway, distant automatic warning system,
368
Silbertson, D., on residence and technical education, 362; smaller firm and technical education, 362
Silicate of aluminium magnesium, hydrous, 471 Silicon capillaries, preparation of Debye-
Schere X-ray powder specimens in, 452
— Carbide foam (Carborundum Co.), 279 Furnace elements, Crucilite (Morgan
Crucible), 751
__ GRB, 38
as high temperature ceramic, 38
KT, 38
Refrax silicon nitride bonded, 572 Semiconductor, 101
— in cast iron, influence on corrosive wear, by
Graham, Prado, Collins, Brandes and Farmery, 470
— Ceramics for high temperatures, 38
— Controlled rectifier (AEI), 164 Rectifier (GEC Ltd.), 417
— Diffusion diodes, automatic plant for
production of (Ferranti Ltd.), 91
— Nitride bonded silicon carbide, Refrax, 572 Creep strength of, by Parr, Martin and
May, 38
Silicones (trade publication), 364
— Adhesive polyester tape (Permacel Tapes
Ltd.), 247
— Antifoam, DP44, M436 and M437 (ICI), 573
— Emulsion, DPI 11 (ICI), 573
— Fluid, DP42 (ICI), 573
— Resin, flexible, R212 (ICI), 573
— Rubbers (trade publication), 460 Foam, 279
Silver City Airways, channel car ferry service, 188; cross channel ferry aircraft, 571; new aircraft under consideration, 571
Silver Cloud II car, drop test for (Rolls- Royce), 690
“ Silver R ’’ underground train, LPTB, 62
Silvester, Dr, R.. on hydraulics departments for Universities, 546
Simcett, garden furniture, 372; Toolmobile, 372; Loadmobile, 372
Simmonds Aerocessories Ltd., formation of new company with Mecano-Bundy GmbH. 197; control valve (trade publication). 428; fastenings (trade publication), 428; Spire Speed fastenings, 631
Simms Motor and Electronics Corp., take over of Cawkell Research and Electronics Ltd., 523
Simms Motor Units, exports of, 205; employment of blind machinists, 381
Simon, Henry, Ltd., Squeegee solids pump for fluidised powders, 194; hydraulic platforms (trade publication). 332
Simplex Electric, heated ceilings, 602
Simplifix Couplings, exhibit at Birmingham Engineering Centre. 135
Simplite sludge pump (William R. Seiwood Ltd.), 258
Simson. M. R. F., on one-bedroom dwellings, 217
Simulator, automatic control (British Petroleum), 173
Sinex Engineering Co. Ltd., bowl vibratory screens, 85; Sinex vibrating table, 224
Sinex vibrating table (Sinex Engineering Co. Ltd.), 224
Singapore to Istanbul highway, 219 Sink disposal unit. Wastemaster, 500 —• Mixer (Manley and Regulus), 368
Sinter plant, Lurgi specifications, for Spencer steelworks, 171
Sintered Products Ltd., Rigimesh filter material, 343
Sintering with electron beam, 557
— Furnace. See Furnace
Sinupac packaged boiler (Cochran), 747
Sioux Falls boiling water reactor (Allis- Chalmers), 228
Siren lighthouse tender (J. Samuel White), 367 Sisson, Jonathan, historic note, 14
Sites and foundations, by A. D. M. Penman. 851
Site and Plant (Site Publications Ltd.), 866 Sizewell atomic power station. 196
Skate, atomic propelled submarine, visit to Portland, 356
Skefko Ball Bearing Co., jubilee year celebrations, 693; historic note, 693; position and prospects. 693; consortium with Echuca Bearings and Ransome and Maries Bearings. 693
Sketchmaster, vertical map maker (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 158
Ski-lift, gondola type for Banff, Canada (Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd.), 164
Skidding, tyres to prevent, 273
Skill, human, and ageing, by A. T. Welford, 611 Skilled men, training of, 373
Skillman electric merchandiser automatic vending machines. 223
Skinner. W. R.. company name changed Weir, Drysdale Service (London), 197
Skinstone building cladding (Holland Hannen and Cubitts), 502
Skirting board heaters. 468
Sky Bolt missile guidance system (Northrop), 797
— •— Missile programme (Douglas), 797 Missile, size limitations of V-bombers for
carrying, 539
Skycopies Ltd., document copier (trade publication), 835
Skydrol 500A non-inflammable hydraulic fluid, 310
— 7000 non-inflammable hydraulic fluid, 310
— Fluids in aircraft. 310
Butyl rubber seals for, 310
by J. F. Churchill, 310
Skylark sounding rocket, 243 Skyliner incorporating Plane Facts, 202
Skyway silent train, S. Rhodesia, 134
Slabbing mill for Cornigliano steelmills (Mesta Machine Co.), 461
Slade, 1. M., on arousing interest with an open day, 782
Slate industry, decline in. 853
Slaymaker, R. R., on mechanical design and analysis (book), 204
Sled, rocket propelled, for seat ejection tests on Blackburn NA39 aircraft, 207
— Supersonic, ultra-high speed metal mach
ining test with, 622
Sleeper, H. P., jr., pulsed neutron sources, 15 Sleeves, morse taper, in nylon (Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd.), 49
Sleeving, ptfe electrical thin walled (Polypenco Ltd.), 573
Slideway protection (trade publication), 204 Slik spanner advertising campaign, 493 Slimline oil heater, safety approval (Tallent), 404
Slipinserter, Soag (Soag Machinery Co.), 199 Sloan, P., on Russian profits, 216
Slogans, Plain Words on, 216
Sludge prevention, fuel additive for (Du Pont). 147
— Pump, Simplite (William R. Seiwood Ltd.),
258
— See also Sewage
Slurries, aqueous thoria, pumping studies on, by R. Murdoch and H. A. Kearsey, 196
— Non-Newtonian, flow behaviour in, 196 Small Electric Motors Ltd., welding alternator,
450; coolant pump, 450
Smaller firm and technical education, by D. Silbertson 362
Smelting, electric, testing ore for, 360
— Furnace. See Furnace
SMl-A atomic power plant at Fort Greely (Aleo Products), 515
Smith, A. A., on pipework design (book), 132
Smith, A. H., on Teaching of English (review), 626
Smith Aircraft Instruments Ltd., bayonet connectors (trade publication), 428
Smith, Charles, and Son (Woodcraft) Ltd., exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
Smith, D. B., British representative on global water resources panel, 187
Smith, D. E., on Source Book in Mathematics (book), 835
Smith, D. H., on modern diesel (review), 25
Smith, F. H., on plastic coated steel sheet. 504 Smith, Frank H., on information by television, 505. See LETTERS, 441, 472; see also On the Shelf articles
Smith, Leonard (Engineers), Ltd., marketing agreement with J. Meissner Co., 397
Smith, M. G. R., design improvements to Royal Albert Bridge, 865
Smith, N. J., on cathode-ray-labelled plan display, 596
Smith, S. P., on Problems in Electrical Engineering (book), 868
Smith, Col. T. E., on British shipyards, 595
Smith, W., on Hawker Siddeley organic moderated atomic reactor, 519-520
Smith-Rose, Dr. R. L., on magnetic properties of nickel ferrite-aluminates, 633
Smiths Aviation Division, hysteresis electric motor, 226
Smith’s Delivery Vehicles, activities of, 63; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751, 765
Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., SEME type GS-34 free piston gasifiers for Goodwood cargo ship, 92; launching of tanker Mantua, 595
Smiths Industrial Instrument Division, oil detector, 354; viscosity controller, 480, 631. See Correction, 146
Smiths Instruments Ltd., telephone cost meter, 207
Smoke and chimneys. Plain Words on, 344 Smokeless fuels. See Fuel
Smorodinsky, Ya., on lectures on nuclear theory (review), 491-492
Smut control (trade publication), 764
SNAP-2, reactor powered turboelectric generator for space vehicles, by Lt.-Col. G. M. Anderson, 756
— Space auxiliary power source, 755
SNAP-3, System of Nuclear Auxiliary Power, (Martin Nuclear), 124
Sneeden, J. B. O., on Applied Heat for Engineers (book), 699
Snelling, C., on position of paper industry, 357 Snizek, J., on small reactor study, 714
Snow, Frederick S., and Partners, report on lightweight fire protection for structural steelwork, 109, 115
Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme, progress of, 284; progress report, 721
Soag Machine Tools Ltd., Torrington coil spring winding machine, 817
Soag Machinery Co., Slipinserter, 199
Soag Slipinserter (Soag Machinery Co.), 199
Soaking pit installation at Rourkela steelworks, 391
Social policy, historical development of, by M. Milhaud, 9
— Research in European industry, 700
— Studies, Institute of. See Institute
Societa Ellettro-Nucleare Nazionale of Italy, nuclear power station for, 43
Societe Chimique de Gerland, neoprene tank linings, 247
Societe Electrique de I’Our, Vianden hydroelectric scheme, 689
Societe des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie, interest in by BOIC, 693
Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Fran^ais, organisation and operational trends, 83. See LETTER, 148
Societe Pechiney, nuclear graphite, 650
Societe Petroliere de Gerance, Ioan from World Bank, 309
Society of Automotive Engineers, Radioactive Cylinders—a tool for wear research, by W. C. Arnold, V. T. Stonehocker, W. J. Braun and D. N. Sunderman, 433; National Automobile Week, 824
— of Chemical Industry, corrosion group,
conversazione 1957, 311
— of Glass Technology, Physics and Chemistry
of Glasses and Glass Technology (new journal), 426; British Glass Industry Directory and Buyers Guide, 732
— for the History of Technology, Technology
and Culture, 560
— of Non-Destructive Examination, defects in
welds, by Dr. R. Week, 172
— of the Plastics Industry, Plastics Engineering
Handbook, 1^6
— for Promotion of Urban Renewal, activities
of, 781
Sockets and plugs, ring main, 368
Soda, caustic (trade publication), 868
Sodium heat exchanger for Enrico Fermi reactor, 484
— Reactor experiment. See Atomic reactor,
SRE
Soil-aggregate roads, manual of current practice for design, construction and maintenance of, by E. Y. Huang, 316
— Chemical grout to seal, 850
— Compacter, DW20A (Hyster Co.), 551
— d/M Gauge for density and moisture of
(Soiltest Incorp.), 418
— Mechanics of engineering, by P. L. Capper
and W. F. Cassie (book), 667
for railway engineers, by U. G. K. Rao (book), 332
Summary of, by A. Mayer (book), 132
— Stabiliser used by Cementation Co., in
Abadan, 271
?— Testing (trade publication), 364, 732
—? — in highway design and construction (review), 266
— and water surveys using isotopes, 721 Soiltest Inc., centrifuge for bituminous mixture
testing, 194; soil testing (trade publication, 364; d/M gauge for density and moisture of soils, 418
Solar energy, 805
— Stills at Baghdad University, 260 in heavy water production, 260
in Iraq, by Dr. A. V. Brancker, 260
— See also Sun
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
37
Solartron Electronic Group, control of, by Firth Cleveland, 89; card operated automatic shop, 223; digital recorder (trade publication), 300; factory extension (Taylor Woodrow), 629; exhibit at Moscow exhibition, 873
Solartron Industrial Controls Ltd., spectrometer (trade publication), 268
Solartron-John Brown, automatic supermarket, 642
Solenoids, aluminium foil, 775
Solid mechanics, proceedings of conference on (book), 835
— Pump for fluidised powders. Squeegee
(Henry Simon Ltd.), 194
— State magnetic and dielectric devices, by
H. W. Katz (review), 24
— Thermodynamics and transport properties
of (book), 96
Solutions, viscous, disperser for (Steele and Cowlishaw Ltd.), 225
Solvay et Cie, caustic soda (trade publication) 868
Sonett, C. P., on soft electron flux, 243 Soothill, R. G., on Turner and Newall, 89 Sopwith, Sir Thomas, on Hawker Siddeley Group, 89
Sorefame-Portugal, steel linings for Kariba Dam intakes, 656
Sorin centre, Avogadro reactor at maximum power for calibration, 484
Prototype organic reactor for CNRN, 617
Sale of isotopes produced by missariat Fran^ais de ique, 618
Sound-deadening material,
Chemicals), 471
Sound Diffusion (Auto
Spear and Jackson Ltd., tool history (trade publication), 628
Specifications, steel, equivalents, 183
— See also British Standards Institution;
Standards; Standardisation
Spectra, power, measurement of, by R. B. Blackman and J. W. Tukey (book), 530 Spectrochemical abstracts, by E. H, S. van Someren and F. Lachman (book), 764
— Sample packing machine, Elpac (Hilger &
Watts), 682
Spectrograph for timber research, 513 Spectrometer (trade publication), 268
— Infra-red (Unicam Instruments Ltd.), 122
— Mass, for heavy atomic nuclei (Argonne
National Laboratory), 170
Spectrometry Laboratory, Mars, Italy, 51
— Neutron, 451
Speech, freedom of, Plain Words on, 712. See LETTER, 776
Speed, aircraft, and human reactions, by Capt. B. O. Prowse, 191
— Control, Asmag automatic system (trade
publication), 96
Kopp Variator variable Ltd.), 642
— Equalising device, automatic,
838
— Indicator (Vactric (Control
Ltd.), 158
— Unit, variable, Adjusto-Speed
Froude Ltd.), 552
(Allspeeds
by J. L^ny,
Equipment)
(Heenan &
rindustrie
Dedshete
Com- Atom-
(Supra
iatr,'
H ‘
V"
'11
Thermatic) Ltd., Datofonic remote control equipment for unmanned power station, 56; fire control system for Hoover Ltd., 297; Datafonic equipment for Newbury unmanned gas holder station, 630; fire detection equipment for Hoover Co., 797
— Level meter (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 192 Sound Services Ltd., cinema film “ Precast
Concrete,” 348
— Stereophonic, for television, 707
South African Atomic Energy Board, 5 MW atomic research reactor for, 292
Mining and Engineering Year Book (book), 594
South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Ltd., position and prospects of, 125; slabbing mill for (United Engineering and Foundry Co), 125; steelwork for Tattersall’s stand at Ascot, 152; formation of British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd., 693
South Essex Waterworks, application for River Stour water refused, 309
South of Scotland Electricity Board, high voltage switchgear for (Reyrolle), 135; atomic reactor operator training at Calder Hall, 196; GEC turbo generators for Kincardine extension, 695
South Western Electricity Board, unmanned power stations, 56
Southampton to Severn chemical pipeline,
— University, course on nuclear reactors,
science masters exhibition at, 160 Southern California Edison Co., proposal single reactor power station, 692 Southern Cross liner, sister ship for, 350 Southern Electricity Consultative Council, defects in household appliances, 36
Southern Engineering and Machinery Co. Ltd., Chambon MSA300 grinding machine, 354 Southern Gas Board, unmanned gas holder station, Newbury, 630
Southern Research Institute, wire strength increased by electropolishing, 211
Southern Rhodesia, Skyway silent train, 134 Southwell Hospital, Ahmadi, air conditioning plant for (Brightside), 757
Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 1955-59, by A. V. Nudelman (book), 428
— Industry, automatic control in, 58
Soviet Union, atomic energy in, by A. Kramish (review), 795
Space, atomic plant for, 724
— Auxiliary power source SNAP-2, 755
— Ferry, model of, 163
— Flight and guided missiles. Van Norstrand’s
dictionary of, by G. Merrill (book), 132
— Nuclear rockets for lifting manned stations
into, by H. F. Crouch, 756
— Observatory, 341
— Programme, US, Project Mercury, 634
— Research, international committee on.
International
International cooperation, 243
— Rocket, atomic reactor for, 755
— Science symposium, 1st international,
— Technology, by H. S. Seifert (review),
— Vehicles, atomic power plant for, 515 Nuclear, using pebble bed reactors, by
M. M. Levoy and J. J. Newguard, 755
Propulsion, nuclear rocket for, by Lt.- Col. H. R. Schmidt and Major R. S. Decker, 755
SNAP-2 reactor powered turboelectric generator for, by Lt.-Col. G. M. Anderson, 756
Spaceship Satellite, Russian launching, 677 Spades, garden. Bulldog, 372
Spadeadam rocket research station, oxygen plant installation (British Oxygen Wim- pey), 325
Spain, atomic energy exchange and cooperation with United Kingdom, 196
— Difficulties of car importation, 701
— Economic progress of, by H. Macmillan, 461 Spanners (trade publication), 562
— Slik, advertising campaign, 493
Spark erosion machine VJK2 (Strojexport), 482
— Ignition engines, possible paths to im
proved part load economy, by A. E. Cleveland and 1. N. Bishop, 824
— Machine, Federici Ultrelectric (Addison),
380
Spaulding, G, E., on transistor switched ignition systems, 537
293
43;
for
See
243
592
Speedivac EB2 electron beam welding machine (Edwards High Vacuum Ltd.), 589
Speer Carbon Co., nuclear graphite, 650 Spence, L. F., on Higher Electrical Engineering (review), 299; (book), 428
Spencer-Bonecourt-Clarkson, Steambloc boilers, 789
Spencer, E., on combined recording of load and strain, 874
? Spencer (Melksham) Ltd., ore loader for port of Lobito, 91
Spencer steelworks, handling equipment for (Mitchell Engineering), 171; Lurgi specifications for sinter plant, 171
Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd., price reductions by, 99; synchro feedback resolver, 467; super clean area in Brentford factory, 487; CL II Rotorace Gyros, 487; historical note, 661; redundancy dismissals caused by Blue Streak cancellation, 685; crystal chronometer, 716; ultimate safety device to be tested by UKAEA, 724; ultimate safety device on show at Instruments Electronics and Automation Exhibition,
724
Sperry Rand Corp., missile system, 233 Sperry-Vickers, hydraulic pumps for Vickers VCIO and DHI21 aircraft, 205
SPERT-1 atomic reactor, power excursions of, 484
SPERT-II atomic reactor, criticality achieved, 484
SPERT-IV atomic reactor design programme, 484
Spheronic cast iron (S. Russell and Sons Ltd.), 471
Spider fast toroidal pinch experiment, 553 Spin dryers, series motors in, 533
Spire Speed fastenings (Simmonds), 631 Nuts (Simmonds Aerocessories), 197 Spirit tank, aluminium, for road tanker (W. P. Butterfield Ltd.), 271
Spiropoint drill grinder (Charles Churchill and Co. Ltd.), 290
Spline grinder (Jones and Shipman Ltd.), 49
— Grinding machine, internal (Rockwell), 683
— Shafts, automatic line for production of, 90 Sporn, P., on power direct from hot gas, 118;
on Economics of Nuclear Power, Vol. 2 (review), 299
Spot welding machines (trade publication), 268 Spot-On, scale models, 17
Spray equipment for cutting oils (Wakefield- Dick), 50
— Gun, Ecco 40 (Atlas Copco Ltd.), 322 Nozzle, low mist type (Aerograph
DeVilbiss Co. Ltd.), 290
for vitreous enamels (Alfred Bullows and Sons Ltd.), 192
— Plaster, Stediflo Tri-Coater (W. J. Roberts
and Son Ltd.), 224
Spraying, metal, automatic control for (Metallizing Equipment Co. Ltd.), 226
—? — Wire gun for (Berk and Co. Ltd.), 13
— Unit for lacquer (Peter Ilmberger), 610 Spraymat de-icing system (Napier), 397 Spring, coil, winding machine, Torrington
(Soag), 817
— Fastener, Rollpin (Tempered Spring Co.
Ltd.), 576
— Helical, suspension, by L. G. Lidin (book),
396
— Instrument, Fortinox stainless alloy for
(Samuel Fox), 91
— Multileaf, design and testing, 133, See
Correction, 367
— Watch, Fortinox stainless alloy for (Samuel
Fox), 91
Sprite garden mower (Ransomes), 372
SPUR. See Society for Promotion of Urban Renewal
Spurrier, Sir Henry, annual statement of Leyland Motors Ltd., 261
Squeegee solids pump for fluidised powders (Henry Simon Ltd.), 194
Squire, N., on Water Engineer’s Handbook (book), 835
SRN-1 Hovercraft (Saunders-Roe), 46
St. Clare Engineering Ltd., Grab-O-Matic drum lifter, 684
St. Eriks Fair, Stockholm, 493
St. Helens Cable and Rubber Co., to cease production, 789
St. Helens Crown Glass Co., historical note,
725
Lawrence Seaway, traffic in, 245; award of American Society of Civil Engineers, 513; prevention of ice packs in, 526
Mary’s Island lighthouse, Nightstor heaters for (GEC), 336
Thomas’s Hospital, electron microscopy centre, 677
Stacking truck. Mastiff (J. E, Shay Ltd.), 642 Staffordshire Potteries Ltd., use of Dove aircraft, 578
Stahl, R., Maschinenfabrik, transporter, 610 Stahlbeton Tabellen, by K. Hofacker (book), 796
Stainless alloy. Fortinox, for watch and instrument springs (Samuel Fox), 91
— Steel. See Steel
Stairway, lightweight, for aircraft passengers, Airscalator (Strabor Ltd.), 162
Stakhanov, 1. P., on Thermodynamic Functions of Air at High Temperatures (review), 363-364
Stallmeyer, Dr. J. E., on weld details on fatigue of welded beams and girders, 512; on fatigue of welded joints in high-strength steels, 512
Stamp vending machines, 238
Stand for binocular magnifier (P. W. Allen and Co. Ltd.), 258
Standard Atlas light utility motor vehicle, 288 Standards Association, American. See American
Standard Bank, financial aid for Kariba Dam project, 660
— Department, company, operation of, 19
— of living in Australia, 441
Standard Oil (New Jersey), half interest in NAM, 629
— Organisation, International. See
national
Standard Steel (1929) Ltd., acquired by Propellers Ltd., 237
Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd., formers (trade publication), 96;
Inter-
Metal
tranS’
trans-
St.
St.
St.
formers (trade publication), 204; Stantec- Zebra digital computer on display, 269 Standard-Triumph International, expansion at Merseyside, 261; Herald car production by Japanese Hino Motor Co. denied, 269; purchase of motor body division of Hall Engineering (Holdings) Ltd., 555; record output, 629
— United States Bureau of. See United
States national
Standardisation of electric motors, 531
— Nuclear components, by J. A. McCone. 756
— Plain Words on, 408
— Plastics, 55
— of screw threads, 437. See LETTER, 505
— of twist drills, 19
— What’s in it for me? Proceedings of Con
ference on Standards held by American Standards Association (review), 95
Stanford, E. G., on Progress in Non-destructive Testing (book), 732
Stanford Research Institute, high purity single crystals of refractory compounds, 211; static discharge from aircraft, 599
Stanger, R. H. Harry, Laboratories, floor noise experiments, 674
Stanguellini racing car, 44
Staniar, W., on Plant Engineering Handbook (book), 868
Stanley trimming knife, 436
Stanley Works (GB) Ltd., screwdrivers (trade publication), 594
Stantec-Zebra digital computer on display, 269 Starfighter aircraft, Lockheed, European production of, 237
— — Lockheed, for Luftwaffe, 237
— — Lockheed, West German purchase of, 237 Starkman, E. S., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Starr, Dr. C., on electrical requirements of airborne systems, 515; on status of organic moderated atomic reactors, 724
Starter, aircraft, Air Partner portable pneumatic (Atlas Copco), 233
— Electric motor (trade publication), 96
— Motor, hand or automatic (Dewhurst &
Partner Ltd.), 157
Startrite Machine Tool Co. Ltd., band saw, 257; Ideal butt welding machine, 816 Static interference in aircraft, 599
Statics, applied, energy principles in, by T. M. Charlton (book), 236
Statistical calculations, rapid, by M. H. Quenouille (review), 867
— Data, sequential analysis of, 358
— Estimates and transformed beta-variables,
by G. Blom (review), 59
— Inference and probability for engineers, by
C. Derman and M. Klein (review), 867
— Mechanics, axiomatics of classical (book),
298
— Quality control, by D. H. W. Allan (review),
59
— Thermodynamics and thermodynamics, by
J. G. Aston and J. J. Fritz (book), 396
Statistics—an introduction, by D. A. S. Fraser (review), 59
Statistics of Newspapers and other Periodicals (HMSO), 298
Stauanlagen und Wasserkraftwerke, Part 1, by H. Press (review), 267
Stead, J., and Co. Ltd., handled tools (trade publication), 562
Steadfast, hacksaw blades, 436
— Ratchet screwdriver, 436
Steam pipes, aluminium cladding for, 847
— Power, uses of, 718
— Roller. See Road roller
— Superheated, from nuclear energy, by C. R.
Braun and C. B. Graham, 723
— Turbine. See Turbine
Steambloc boilers (Spencer-Bonecourt-Clark- son), 789
Steamship. See Liner; Ship, etc,
Stebar, R. F., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Stedall Machine Tool Co., Balding Beaver milling machine, 819
Stedeford Committee, rail unions dubious about workings of, 584
Stedeford, Sir Ivan, on position and prospects of Tube Investments Ltd., 17; chairman of Tube Investments Ltd., 293; biographical note, 501; meeting with rail union leaders, 584
Stediflo Tri-Coater plaster sprayer (W. J. Roberts and Son Ltd.), 224
Steel buildings (trade publication), 396
— Building with (new journal), 426
— Castings specifications, 183 Steel and Co., export drive, 629
Steel Co. of Wales Ltd., position and prospects of, 125; increase of sheet steel, 171; co-operation with Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 293; formation of British Ore Investment Corp. Ltd., 693; water recovery plant at Abbey Works, 865; tests of BISRA flexible panels, 879
— Concrete composite construction, 752 Composite members, tables on (book),
796
— Curtain, by D. Murray (book), 96
— Design comparison with aluminium, 798
— Die (trade publication), 699
— Distribution of, in industry, 109
— Exports of, 109
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Frame constructions, 752
— Furnace. See Furnace
— Heat treatment of. See Heat treatment
— High-strength, fatigue in welded joints of,
by Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stall- meyer, 512
Strength, research on (Ford), 775
— Hot cracking in (Battelle), 705
— Industry, developments in, 277 ECSC troubles in, 437 in Europe, 858
Europe, long term trends and problems in (HMSO book), 858
Heavy demand for products, 709 Home consumption, 277
— — India, 390
— — Position and prospects of, 73 Prices in, 245
—? — Production in, 277
Productivity in, 245 Prospects in Europe, 539
— —? Record output, 373
US production decrease, 373
— — US, strike of, 37, 145, 587
in Yorkshire, 548
— Jethete, development of, 439
— Manufacture, by G. S. Bashforth (book), 764
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Mild, aluminised (Coated Metals Ltd.), 39 Fatigue strength of butt welds in, by R. P.
Newman, 512
— Nickel (International Nickel), 471 Alloy (trade publication), 26
— Niobium, GLX-W series (National Steel
Corp.), 605
— Nitrogen in, 215
— Output in Europe, 109
Steel, Peech and Tozer, installation of electric arc furnaces, 55; redevelopment, 89; bar mill modernisation by, 99; Demag electric furnaces from GWB Furnaces Ltd.. 455
— Plate inspection X-ray equipment, portable
(Siemens-Reiniger-Werke), 260
— Precipitation processes in (ISl) (review), 667
— Prices, by R. Summers, 709
— Production, 109
in India, 145
— Properties of (trade publication), 460
— Pvc coated, 439
— Rail. See Rail
— Rope. See Rope
— Sheet, increase of (Steel Co. of Wales), 171
— Ships, Lloyd's Register of rules and regula
tions for the construction and classification of (book), 530
— Specifications, equivalents, 183
— Stainless, for atomic fuel cans, 227, 228, 585 Fuel cans for AGR complex, 788
Hose for remote viewing equipment (Power Auxiliaries Ltd.), 16
New demands for, 589 as wall cladding, 540
— Strip. See Strip
— Structural assemblies, welded, programmed
fatigue testing of, by Dr. J. G. Whitman and Dr. J. F. Adler, 512
— Structures, fire protection for, 851
— Switchgear panels, Stelvetite pvc coated
(John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 639
— Timber composite construction, 752
— US exports, 109
Steele and Cowlishaw Ltd., disperser for viscous solutions, 225
Steelmaking, electric, heat transfer experiments (BISRA), 771
— Kaldo oxygen process, 173
— L.D. oxygen process, 173
— Physical chemistry of, by J. F. Elliott
(review), 165
— Process, Ajax, 89
— for Steelmakers, by A. Jackson (book), 699
— with Stora-Kaldo oxygen process (Dravo
Corp.), 587
Steels Engineering Products Ltd., mobile tower cranes, 12; Coles Emperor mobile crane, 322; export drive, 629
Steelwork Association, British Constructional. See British
— Structural, fire protection of, 109, 115.
See LETTER, 185
New techniques, 109, 115
Steelworks, Cornigliano (Genoa), expansion at, 461
— Durgepur. See Durgepur
— Port Kembla, oxygen installation at, 325 ?— Rourkela, 390. See LETTER, 776
Oxygen installation at (British Oxygen Linde), 325
— as status symbol, 709
— Water recovery plant at Abbey Works, 865 Steering column fairing in polyethylene for
Hillman Minx motor car, 407
— — Equipment for liner Canberra, 463
— Three-rudder, in tug Dravo Pioneer, 587 Stein Atkinson Vickers Hydraulics Ltd.,
enlargement of plants, 135
Stein, C., Howard medal awarded to, 413
Stein, R. J. B., on Bonus Schemes are not what they seem, 822
Steinman, N. B., and Partners, design of suspension bridge over Bosphorus, 187
Steinmuller, Gummersbach and Babcock, boilers for Rourkela steelworks, 391
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ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (1960)
Stellite tips fitted to motorcycle valve tappets, 589
Stelvetite pvc coated steel (Summers), 439 Coated steel switchgear panels (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 639
— Wall cladding (John Summers and Sons), 540 Stencil scanner, Gestefax electronic (Gestetner),
751
Step Industrial Equipment Ltd., Wanner 328 oil pump, 322
Stephen, Alexander and Sons, licence from Turbin Aktiebolaget de Laval Ljungstrom, to build de Laval marine turbines, 269
Stephen, K., on electrical circuit analysis (book), 460
Stepp, E., on computer technique for designing engine mountings to control
Stereophonic broadcasting, by Shorter, 149
Summary of the present
Dr. G. J. Phillips and D. E. L. Shorter, 707
— Sound for television, 707 Stereoscopic television camera (Pye), 716 Sterilisation, cold, of medical products, 733 Sterling Metals Ltd., magnesium track links
for Rotaped tractor tracks, 208
Stevens, E. C., presidential address to Institution of Plant Engineers, 346
Stewart, A. C., on Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., 161 Stewart, D. H., on Hanford plutonium recycle programme, 618
Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., position and prospects of, 161; pipework engineering division, 325
Stieber Rollkupplung ball clutches (Machine Shop Equipment Ltd.), 837
Stiletto heels and safety, 584
Still, Dr. E. W., on high altitude chambers and pressure suits, 634; on Project Mercury, 634
Stillite Products Ltd., pipe lagging (trade publication), 364
Stills, solar, at Baghdad University, 260 in heavy water production, 260 Stirling Boiler Co. Ltd., boilers for Ferrybridge “ B "power station, 624
Stofes, B. Bohuslav, on introduction to mining. Vol. 1: Text Vol. 11 (review), 95
Stock control, by R. H. Collcutt, 232 Rules for, 232
Savings by efficient, 232 Stockpiling, 805
Stockwell, A., on industry in the North East, 640. See LETTER, 712
Stone batching plant, automatic (Ensign Conveyor Co. Ltd.), 456
Stone, J., and Co., Hyston water-tight doors for Canberra liner, 336
Stone preservatives, 57 Stone, R. S., pulsed neutron sources, 15 Stonehocker, V. T., radioactive cylinders—a tool for wear research, 433
Stoppers, plumbago (trade publication), 364 Stora-Kaldo oxygen process for steelmaking (Dravo Corp.), 587
Storage bins (trade publication), 796
— Live system, 93
— Theory of, by P. A. Moran (review), 426
— Tube, impulse testing with, by E. L. White,
706
Stordy Engineering Ltd., annealing furnaces for Birmetals, 694
Store racks, Microstore (James H. Randall), 746
Storey, T., to join Acrow Group board, 237 Storey, Thomas (Engineers) Ltd., acquisition by Acrow Group, 237
Stour river, industrial water from, 309 Stourbridge Refractories Co. Ltd., refractories (trade publication), 492
Stoving enamel, Bergercron (Lewis Berger Ltd.), 39
Strabor Ltd., Airscalator lightweight aircraft passenger stairway, 162
Strachan and Henshaw Ltd., overhead crane, 609; overhead crane with rubber tyred wheels, 671
Straddle carrier, medium capacity (Hyster Co.), 85
Straightening machine for joists (Joshua Bigwood and Son Ltd.), 49
Strain gauge, HTM Mono-Filament (High Temperature Instruments Corp.), 240 Resistance type, calibration of, 211
— Gauging at high temperatures, 240
— and load, combined recording of, by E.
Spencer, 874
Strand Electric and Engineering Co. Ltd., Associated-Rediffusion television studio, 785
Strand Palace Hotel, modernisation of, 348 Strang, Lord, on preservation of National Parks, 309
Strang, Dr. W. J., biographical note 477 Strathclyde paint (Federated Paints), 356 Stratified-charge engine, 722
Stratojet B-47 aircraft converted to radio control (Lockheed), 402
Strauss, Dr. W., on cleaning gases at high temperature, 558
Streamline oil heater, safety approval (Tallent), 404
Strength of Materials, by J. Case and A. H. Chilver (book), 364
Materials, problems in, by R. S. Paradise and G. A. Church (book), 268
— Young concrete, by R. Narayanan, 580 Strengthening the Royal Albert Bridge, by
P. S. A. Berridge, 864
Stresa conference, 51; on atomic law and administration, 483; on the Industrial Challenge of Nuclear Energy, proceedings of (HMSO), 649
Stress, alternating. See Fatigue
— Analysis, introduction to, by C. O. Harris
(book), 268
of railway coaches, by A. H. Lucas, 669
— in anchor blocks, distribution of, by R. E,
Rowe and J. Zielinski, 347
—? Determination in railway coaches, 799
— Distribution in high speed components, 272
— Effect of mean, on fatigue properties of
aluminium alloy butt welded joints, by K. W. Gunn and R. McLester, 512
shake, 598
D. E. L.
position, by
Stress, internal, and fatigue in metals, by G. M. Rassweiler and W. L. Grube (review), 667 — Optical elastic
— Relieving (GEC),
— Thermal,
T. P. Newcomb, 369-370 Stressing high temperature piping, 736 Strick, Frank C,, and Co., new cargo liner for, 531
Strike, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell), 221
— at BMC, 189
— BMC output marred by, 629
—? Boilermakers, 781
— Electricians, at BMC, 221
— Ideas about, 584
— Pattern of, in 1959, 189
— Railway, public sympathy with, 189
— Railway employees, threatened, 221
— by W. Sachs, 584
— of schoolchildren over GCE examination
postponement, 445
— Shipbuilding apprentices, 645
— of steelworkers in US, 145
— Unofficial, and wage claims, 81
— US steel indutry, 37, 587
String figures and other monographs (Chelsea Publishing Co.), 562
Strip, aluminium (trade publication), 732
— Former, Heenan (Heenan and Froude), 817
— Jointing (trade publication), 492
— Mill, aluminium Sendzimir, for Birmetals,
694
Hot, 68 in (Davy and United Engineering), 27
Hot, for Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 27
— Precoated, potential markets for, 374 Forming and joining, 374
Manufacturing methods, 375
Pros and cons of, 374
Protection of cut edges, 374
Uses of, 374. See LETTER, 504
— Steel, exports to East Germany, 701
and flattened wire (trade publication), 460
— Wound high pressure vessels (Vickers-
Armstrongs (Eng.) Ltd.), 162
Stripcoat film for spray booth protection (Aerostyle Ltd.), 183
Strojexport Ltd., VJK2 spark erosion machine, 482
Strontium 90 as direct power source, 860 Structural analysis, advanced, by S. F. Borg and J. J. Gennaro (review), 626-627
Linear, by P. B. Morice (review), 267
— Design, advanced, by C. S. Benson (book),
562
for dynamic loads, by C. H. Norris et al. (review),
— Efficiency of Pratt trusses, by Dr. M.
Holmes,
— Engineers,
— Forms of timber roofs, by Dr. L. G. Booth,
414
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures, aluminium for, by J. R. McMullan, 851
— Analysis of grid frameworks and related, by
A. W. Hendry and L. G. Jaeger (review), 627
— Hyperstatic, by J. A. L. Matheson (review),
626-627
— Prismatic, design of, by A. J. Ashdown
(review), 627-628
— Reinforced concrete. See Concrete
— Shell, International Association for. See
International Association
— Steel, fire protection for, 851
— Symposium on some approaches to durabil
ity in (ASTM Book), 332
— Welded. See IVelded
Stuart, A. A., and Son (Glasgow), building contract for Loch Ericht power station, 135 Studs, fatigue strength of, by A. F. C. Brown and W. McClimant, 430
Stupochenko, E. V., on Thermodynamic Functions of Air at High Temperatures (review), 363-364
Sturtevant Engineering Co. Ltd., electrostatic precipitator, 174; central vacuum cleaning plant for BBC television studios, 761
Stuttard, D. E., Ltd., oil fired boiler, 192 Stuttgart atomic power project, 618 Stylus method of measurement of surface finish (report), 231
Styrene-butadiene latex foam (Polymer Corp.), 279
Styrene Co-Polymers Ltd., acrylic resins, 39 Styrofoam, wire supported, as concrete form, 513
Submarine, atomic powered, order for allBritish, 277
Skate, 356
Submarine Cables Ltd., Canada-UK cable, 789
— Nuclear, confirmation of second for Royal
Navy, 756
Dreadnought, launching date fixed, 756 Subscriber trunk dialling extension, 201 Substations for Kariba Dam, 659
Sudan, Railways, electric locomotive for (English Electric), 431
— Trade prospecting in. by George Nelson, 429 Sudasch, E., on Welding Technique (review),
529
Suez Canal Authority, Pye VHF radio for, 27; British trade team to visit, 269
Sugar, beet, factories for Russia (Vickers and Bookers Ltd.), 173
? Handling machinery for Russia (Vickers and Bookers), 99
Sulfhydryls as radiation protection, 724
Sulphur, molten, undersea pipeline for, by D. Payne, 728
— Recovery from boiler flues, 174
Sulphuric acid plant for British Titan Products Co. Ltd. (Chemical Construction (GB) Ltd.), 295
Plant for Greece (Chemical Construction), 836
Sultan centrifugal pump (Pegson Ltd.), 481 Sulzer diesels for Ben Line ships (David Rowan), 531
Engines for BP’s new tanker, 531
determination of. See Photo-
with radiant electric heating b95
behaviour in brake drums, by
Sumlomatic calculating machine (Bell Punch Co.), 207
Summer Time, proposed extension, 9
Summers, D. O., on Ken Jones—Electrical Engineer (review), 94
Summers, John, and Sons Ltd., position and prospects, 261; Stelvetite pvc coated steel, 439; Stelvetite pvc wall cladding, 540; Stelvetite pvc coated steel switchgear panels, 639; formation of British Ore Investment Corp., Ltd., 693
Summers, R,, on steel prices, 709
Summit Conference, Paris, 677;. influence on aircraft industry, 741
Sumo Pumps Ltd., Short Fours submersible pump, 121
Sumpner, R. M., on variety reduction techniques, 455
Sun as energy source (World Power Conference), 805
— See also Solar
Sunderland and South Shields Water Co., Consett dam and reservoir for, 187
Sunderman, D. N., radioactive cylinders—tool for wear research, 433
Sunshine, heat from, storage system, 804 Supaheat underfloor draught fire (Bell), 108 Super-Speed hydraulic press, Norton, 170 Superconductivity, new method in theory of, by N. N. Bogoliubov, V. V. Tolmachev and D. V. Shirkov (review), 593
Superdraft paper (Hall Harding), 439
Superfioc 16 flocculating agent (Cyanamid), 215 Supergrid over river Severn 348
Superheat, fossil, 859
Superheater, atomic, for reactor, 811
Superior Propane Ltd., fire at Lachine plant, 823; purchase of Coseley buildings, 823
Supermarket, automatic (Solartron-John Brown), 642
Supermatic coil winding machine (Avo
551
Supersonic sled track, ultra-high speed machining test with, 622
Suppressor, quadrature (George Kent
715
Ltd.),
metal
Ltd.),
627
614
Institution of. See Institution
Supra Chemicals and Paints Ltd., Dedshete sound-deadening material, 471
Surface finish, measurement by stylus method (report), 231
Sheet grading by (Bren Manufacturing Co.), 86
— Heaters (trade publication), 204
— Measurement, AA value in, 230-231
CLA value in, 230-231 Glattungstiefe method, 231
Orderly progress in, by R. E.
230. See LETTER, 808 Rautiefe method, 230 Traganteil method, 231
— Roughness, measuring, by M. P.
230-231. See LETTER, 408, 808
— Thermometer, Hommel (Rubert
Ltd.), 550
Surform, drum cutter, 436
Surform Tools, exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
Survey, aerial, in Pakistan (Hunting Surveys Ltd.), 251
— Air, Hi-Spec (Hunting Surveys Ltd.), 151 for road planning, 151
— Craft, inshore. Echo, 457
— Ship Scott, 457
— Seismic, for oil in Great Britain, 183
— of water and soil using isotopes, 721 Surveying, curve, by R. B. M. Jenkins (book),
628
Suspension bridge. See Bridge
— Dampers, motor car, British, 80
— Geometry problems, complex, computer
solves, by K. L. Hoyt, C. F. Maddox, N. R. Miller and D. F. Zawada, 598
— Helical-spring, by L. G. Lidin (book), 396
— Motor car, designing with computer aid, 598 SUSPOP atomic reactor project, study by Euratom and KEMA, 586
Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd., variable flow hydraulic pump, 13
Sutherland, Dr. G., on communication of research, 741
Sutherland, R. O., on helping the British inventor, 848
Sutter, Dr. K., method of stress analysis, 670 Sutton Coldfield television transmitter, BBC, 168
Sutton, E, P., review of Jacob Ackeret, 363; biographical note, 364
Sutton, L., appointed education officer of Institution of Works Managers, 509; biographical note, 509
SV Weightometer belt weighing machine (Merrick Scale Mfg. Co. Ltd.), 194
Svantesson, S,, on Foundations of Thermodynamic theory, 345, 744-745, See
LETTERS, 606, 712
Swaging machine (Sir James Farmer Norton), 854
Swainger, K., on analysis of deformation (book), 428
Swallow supersonic aircraft, Wallis, 163
Swan Hunter, Jlorin Palm cargo ship trials, 135 Swann, H. W., on electrical safety (book), 562 Swarf, aluminium, handling of, 486
Sweden, atomic power programme, 724 Reactor developments in, 51 Reactor R2, criticality achieved, 650
— Building material export to, 333
— Hydro-electric plants in, 51
—? Imports, 493
— Motor car sales in, 301
Swedish Air Board, Royal. See Royal
Swedish Atlas Copco, air bubbler system for ice prevention in seaways, 527
Swedish Power Board, crossflow heavy-water atomic reactor, 196
Sweeping machine, remote control for decontamination (Tennant), 692
Road (Lewin Road Sweepers Ltd.), 297 Sweepmaster road sweeper (Lewin Road Sweepers Ltd.), 297
Sweet Hill Studios Ltd., proposed film studios near Brighton, 725
Swimming pools, private, 812
Swinton underfloor draught fire, 108
Reason,
Rubert,
& Co.
Switches (trade publication), 96
— Electromechanical, high-speed (Bell Tele
phone Laboratories), 435
— Fuse (George Ellison Ltd.), 450
Hidutac (GEC), 354
— Miniature (trade publication), 204
— Oil (Johnson and Phillips Ltd.), 206
— Time (Hurseal), 602
Auto Timer (Horstmann), 602
Switchgear, circuit breaker (trade publication), 96, 204
?— — Breakers, Lupus Midget (MCB Co.), 840
— — Breakers, miniature domestic (Crabtree
and Co. Ltd.), 840
Breaker, oil, 132 kW for power station (British Thomson-Houston), 20
Switchgear and Cowans Ltd., new factory, 661; position and prospects, 661
— Electromechanical (GEC), 534
— High voltage, for South of Scotland
Electricity Board (Reyrolle), 135
— Panels, Stelvetite pvc coated steel (John
Summers and Sons Ltd.), 639
Switzerland, loan to Australia, 629
— Mil Mi 4 helicopter for, 135
— Production statistics, 725
— Road building, 42
— Watchmaking industry, 474
Sydenham-Belvedere gas filled super-tension cable, 789
Sydney Radiophysics Laboratory, control of new radio telescope, 498
Sykes, A., review of History of the Grinding Machine, 833; review of the History of the Gear Cutting Machine, 834; biographical note, 835
Sykes, Henry, Ltd., Univac centrifugal pump, 507; pumping units for Thirlmere aqueduct repairs, 696
Sykes Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Ravensburg profiling lathe, 855
Sykes, W. E. Ltd., gear shaving machine, 855
Sylglas Co., oil-based rust preventative (trade publication), 732
Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd., lead former, 322; Quan-Tech constant current source, 418 Symbolic logic and the game of logic, by L. Carroll (review), 428
Synchro feedback resolver (Sperry), 467
Synchrotel angle transmitter (Kelvin and Hughes Ltd.), 158
Synchrotron, CERN, closed television circuit for, 16
— Frascati centre, research at, 617
— Laboratory, National, Italy, 51
— Nimrod, alternators for (English Electric),
811
Flywheels for alternators (Buckley and Taylor), 811
— Proton. See Proton Synchrotron
— Pumping system (Edwards High Vacuum
Ltd.), 158
Syndets. See Detergents, synthetic
Synthesis of linear communications networks, by W. Cauer (review), 331
Synthetic rubber. See Rubber
Sytz, W. E., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Szabo, I., on mathematical formulae and tables (book), 268
TABLES of the Bivariate Normal Distribution Function and Related Functions (National Bureau of Standards) (book), 835
— Physical and chemical constants (book), 132
— Thermodynamic Functions of Air at High
Temperatures, by A. S. Predvoditelev, E. V. Stupochenko, E. V. Samuilov, I. P. Stakhanov, A. S. Pleschanov and I. B. Rozhdestvenskii (review), 363-364
— Vibrating, Sinex (Sinex Engineering Co.
Ltd.), 224
— Work, adjustable for height and angle of
surface (Delapena and Son), 86
Tabulation of Data on Receiving Tubes, by C. P. Marsden, W. J. Keery and J. K. Moffitt (book), 868
Tachometer (Pentechnique Ltd.), 609
Tactical scatter communications contract (Westinghouse), 797
Tagus river hydro-electric project, generators ordered (English Electric) 701
Tainsh, J. A. R., on Key to Accounting and Costing (review), 426
Talbot, B. Chetwynd, on position and prospects of South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 125
Talbot Stead Tube Co., safety belts for representatives’ cars, 812
Tallent Slimline oil heater, safety approval, 404
— Streamline oil heater, safety approval, 404 Tallescope service tower (Access Equipment),
508
Tallon Co., employment of mental patients, 477 Tanks, acid, in Cobex pvc (Turner and Brown), 455
Plastic covers for (Permali Ltd.), 183
— Aluminium, for spirit carrying road tanker
(W. P. Butterfield Ltd.), 271
— Gauge (trade publication), 268
— Gauge (Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd.),
226
— Linings in neoprene, 247
— Mixer-settler, ultrasonic level gauge for, 692
— Storage (trade publication), 428
— US Army, M60, 303
Tanker, atomic-propelled (Fiat-Ansaldo), 617
— British Destiny, 98
— Mantua launched, 595
Tanolith solution, spectrograph analysis of, 513 Tantalum for high temperature furnaces, 774
— Production techniques, 75
Tantangara dam, progress of, 284; completion of, 721
Tap changer, high tension (English Electric), 552
Tape, abrasive, Eva-Smooth file with (Picka- ventf, 436
— Deck, Emidata (EMI), 403
— Magnetic, continuous loop playback unit
(Royston Instruments Ltd.), 122
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Tape perforator (trade publication), 796
— Permacel, 846
— Pipeline identification (Gordon and Gotch),
361
— Polyester, with silicone adhesive (Permacel
Ltd.), 247
— Polyethylene, 846
— Polyvil PP pvc, 846
— to prevent pipeline corrosion, 846
—. ptfe adhesive (AEI Ltd.), 247
Thredseal (Crane Packing Ltd.), 343
•— Recorders, 772
' Ampex, 772
D-944 (Muirhead), 481
Minifon, 772
— Recording, historical note, 772
— — Principles of, 772
— and rules (trade publication), 594
— Self adhesive, 846
— Transonex Thermosetting, Melinex base
(John Gosheron and Co. Ltd.), 247
— Vinyl (Gordon and Gotch), 847
Midgie embosser for (BAC Ltd.), 353
Tappets, motorcycle valve, Stellite tips fitted to, 589
Tapping machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 50
Essex (Rockwell), 817
— Torque, thread (report), 327
Tar oil plant model (Whessoe Ltd.), 400 Target detection, automatic, by radar, 596 Tariff cuts at St. Eriks Fair, 493
— and trade, general agreement on, Geneva
conference on, 845
Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd., factory for Texas Instruments Ltd., 820
Tastotherm thermometer (AAP-Allgemeiner Apparatebau GmbH), 642
Tatlow, Prof. J. C., on organic fluorine chemistry (lecture), 873
Tatnall measuring systems, 237
Tattersall’s new stand at Ascot racecourse (George Wimpey and Co.), 152
Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, case study of social research in indust^, 700
Tax allowances for inventors in Russia, 381
— Concessions, Grand Bahama, 365
— on petrol, 245
— and productivity, by Lord Piercy, 181
— Purchase, 245
— Travelling allownces, 245
Taxation of company profits, 148, 281. See LETTER, 216
— Motor, and road building, 836
— Reduction of, effect on industry, 637
Tay road bridge, proposals on, 7
Taylor Electrical Industries, general purpose meter, edgewise mounting, 205
Taylor Electrical Instruments Ltd., high frequency signal generator, 85
Taylor, F., and Sons (Manchester), export drive, 629
Taylor, H. F., on Foundry Engineering (review) 730
Taylor, Dr. H. G., on progress of research, 467 Taylor Hobson Research Laboratory, surface measurement research at 230
Taylor, J. C., on Programme Switching, Control and Monitoring of Sound Broadcasting (book), 732
Taylor Stoker Co. Ltd., electric slewing jib crane, 193
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, copy mill (trade publication), 594; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Taylor Woodrow (Arcon) Ltd., Multiform prefabricated steel framed buildings, 545 Taylor Woodrow (Building Exports), Ltd., prefabricated buildings in India, 99
Taylor Woodrow (Canada) Ltd., new building for Ford Motor Co., 316
Taylor Woodrow Construction, factory extension for Solartron, 629
Taylor Woodrow Ltd., historic note, 229
TBE Bulletin (Baker Perkins Ltd.), 730
Tea break timer, automatic (Eelctrical Romote Control Co.) ,563
Teach Yourself Naval Architecture, by B. Baxter (book), 594
Teachers to teach themselves, 245
— Technical, exchange plan with US, 584
Teaching of English, Iw R. Quirk and A. H. Smith (review), 626
— Equipment for nuclear science in West
Germany ,153
— Machine, Auto-Tutor electronic, 741
— of neutron physics, 451
— Science, by A. Robertson, 40
— Technical, standards in, 245
— See also Education
Tecalemit Ltd., ribbon filter elements, 564
Techne (Cambridge) Ltd., Sentichart temperature recorder, 321
Technical Devices Co., lead former, 322
— Education. See Education
Technical Information Co., Russian Patents Gazette, 94
— Opportunity, Plain Words on, 40
Technical Possibilities of a Thames Flood Barner (HMSO), 348
— Training week. Commonwealth, 445, 781 Technical Translations (new journal), 426 Technicians and assistants, laboratory (HMSO
book). 699
Technology and Culture (new quarterly publication), 560
Technopromimport, plant required by Russia, 733
Tedder, O., on automatic production lines in Russia, 90
Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd., atomic safety and control equipment, 16
Tees-side, engineering growth in, 478. See LETTER, 640
Tees-side at Mid Century, 640, 712
Teflon as ablating material, 535
— as lubricant, 3
— ptfe (Du Pont), 342
Telcon Cable Co., absorbed by BICC, 789
Telcon. See also Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co. Ltd.
Telcovin pvc powder (Telegraph Construction), 439
Telecommunications, Commonwealth Conference, 301
Telecommunications engineers, mathematics for, S. J. Cotton (book), 868
Telegraph companies, historical notes, 117
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co. Ltd., RF cables (trade publication), 300; cage winders (trade publication), 332; model of picking-up and paying-out gear, 368; plastic coated metal process, 439 Telcovin pvc powder, 439; Dipkota plastic coating system. 604; heating boilers (trade publication), 764
Telegraphs in Victorian London, by J. Durham (book), 117
Telehoist Ltd., Telesig screw pump, 716 Telemetering equipment, Didas, in Bluebird car, 741
Telemetry equipment, rocket, in motor car testing, by G. Wilkins 220
Timtape (Bristol), 737 for unmanned gas holder station at
Newbury, 630
Telephone cable, trans-Pacific, 301
— Coin collecting, 238
— Cost meter for (Smiths), 207
— Equipment for Ceylon, 99
— Exchanges, electronic, conference on, 848 Photographic memory for (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 65
— Freefone service, 27
— Handset, Centenary Neophone (AEI), 207
— Headsets, Airlite (Airmed), 875
— Installation costs (GPO), 539
— Subscriber trunk dialing extension, 201
— Techniques for automation, by D. B. Foster,
726
Telephony, radio, for control of railway marshalling yard (Murphy Radio Ltd.), 297 See also Valves; Radar; Radio; Television
Teleprinter equipment (trade publication), 132 Telescope, radio, for Australia, 498 for US Navy in West Virginia, 207 Telesig screw pump (Telehoist Ltd.), 716 Televising internationally, 305
Television Advisory Committee, recommendation of 625 line standard, 773
— American programmes, 9
— Cameras at National Association of Broad
casters’ Exhibition, Chicago (EMI), 563 Stereoscopic (Pye), 716
Tube with memory (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 122
— Centre, BBC, central vacuum cleaning plant
for 761
— Closed circuit, for bowling alley (Pye), 205 Circuit, for CERN synchrotron, 16 Circuit, in the home, 538
Circuit, instructional, 9
Circuit, for library, 394. See LETTERS, 441. 472. 505
— Colour, aspects of, 397
— Compatible colour demonstration, 707
— Coverage by BBC, 23
— Eurovision network, 305
— Film studios, Ealing, BBC, equipment of,
by N. F. Chapman (book), 460
— Increase of programme capacity, 773
— for Merlin atomic reactor, 16
— Pictures, radio transmission of, 168
— Recommendation of 625 line standard, 773
— for remote handling, 16
— Standards, 305
— “ Standards converter,” 305
— Stereophonic sound for, 707
— Studio, Associated-Rediffusion, 785
— Traffic contol, 265
— Transmitters of BBC, 23 Holme Moss (BBC), 169 Sutton Coldfield (BBC), 168
— for tyre tests (Dunlop), 739 Tellurium-135, 403
Tema docks, aluminium alloy handrails for (Birmetals Ltd.), 284
Temperature controller (West Instrument Ltd.), 49
— Indicator, Bikini self-balancing (Fielden
Electronics Ltd.), 418
— Measurement (trade publication), 268
— Measurement. See also Pyrometry; Thermo
couple; Thermometer
— Recorder, Sentichart (Techne (Cambridge)
Ltd.), 321
Tempered Spring Co. Ltd., Rollpin fastener, 576
Tennant, G. H., Co., remote control lamination sweeper, 692
Tennessee Valley Authority, 550 MW alternator (C. A. Parsons Co.), 27
Tens-50 aluminium alloy (North American Aviation Inc.), 215
Terbium as tracer element, 292
Terminology, by A. W. Hindenlang, 40
— in atomic science, revision of, by D. Clark,
859
Terphenyl as moderator and coolant for atomic reactor, 190
Terraloadr shovel loading machine (J. I. Case), 379
Terylene hose and ducting reinforcement (Goodyear), 147
Tesamoll self-adhesive foam strip, 279
Tests on construction plant, 443
— See also under specific types of test and
materials and items tested
Testing machine, for concrete and mortar (Buckton), 384
See also under specific types of testing machine
Testing Machines Inc., TMI micrometer, 577
— Non-destructive, by J. F. Hinsley (book),
60
in electrical engineering, conference on, 473
— See also Test
Tewson, G. E., review of Economic Blockade, 330; biographical note, 332; review of Work Study, 427; biographical note, 428; review of Atomic Energy in the Soviet Union, 795; biographical note, 796; review of Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski, 868; review of Fringe Benefits, 867-868; biographical note, 868
Texas Instruments Ltd., new plant at Bedford, 820
Texas University, Proceedings of Conference on Fluid Mechanics, 868
Textile engineering processes, by A. H. Nissan (book), 732
— Industry in Northern Ireland, 510
— Mill, Kalinin, contractors for, 493
Wool, training in (DSIR pamphlet), 611
— Plant for Russia (Intertex International), 99 Thai Air Force, Royal. See Royal
Thames flood barrier, technical possibilities of (HMSO). 348
— Light utility motor vehicle (Ford), 288
— River, Long Reach movable flood barrier
proposal, 348
—- — Radio control of tugs and launches, 261 Thames Steam Tug and Lighterage Co. Ltd., radio control of tugs and launches, 261
Theilacker, J. S., costs of control rods, 15 Theodolite practice, by J. A. Sandover (book), 764
Theoretical elasticity and plasticity for Engineers, by D. E. R. Godfrey (book), 364 Theory of AC circuits, by S. Fich and j. L.
Potter (book), 396
— Beams, by T. Iwinski (review), 267-268 Thermal insulation. See Insulation
— Relays (trade publication), 300
— Storage schemes, 859
Stress behaviour in brake drums, by T. P. Newcomb, 369-370
Thermalay underfelt for floor warming, 468 Thermalite thermal insulation, 541
Thermalite Ytong Ltd., precast aerated concrete, 295; expansion plans, 295
Thermionic method of direct generation of electric power, 567
— Valve. See and under specific types
Thermit welding of long section welded railway
track, 832
Thermocoax, miniature thermocouple wire, Philips (Research and Control Instruments), 407
Thermocouples (Engelhard Industries), 122,
806
— Ceramic sheaths for, 807
— Cermet sheaths for, 807
— Elements, 806
— for high temperatures, 806
— Metamic sheaths for, 807
— Non-metallic materials for (Morgan
Crucible, 806
— for pipes (Cambridge Inst. Co. Ltd.), 193
— Salamander sheaths for, 807
— Sheathings for, 806
— Shielding materials, survey of, by D. W.
Brown, 807
— Wire, Philips Thermocoax miniature (Re
search and Control Instruments), 407
— See also Pyrometer Thermodare block storage heater, 697
— Heating system for churches, 501 Thermodynamic functions of air at high temperatures, table of, by A. S.Predvoditelev,
E. V. Stupochenko, E, V. Samuilov, 1. P. Stakhanov, A. S. Pleshanov and I. B. Rozhdestvenskii (review), 363-364
— and transport properties of gases, liquids,
and solids (book), 96
Thermodynamics, by H. B. Callen (book), 796
— Chemical, elementary, by D. Shireby (book)
364
— Foundations of, 345, 744-745. See LETTERS,
606, 712
— and the heat engine, by D. H. Marter (book)
796
— and statistical thermodynamics, by J. G.
Aston and J. J. Fritz (book), 396
— by G. J. Van Wylen (book), 167 Thermoelectric method of direct generation of
electric power, 567
Thermometals (trade publication), 492 Thermometer, dial type (Buchanan Bros. Ltd.), 224
— Hommel surface (Rubert and Co. Ltd.), 550
— Tastotherm (AAP-Allgemeiner Apparate
bau GmbH), 643
— See also Pyrometer; Thermocouple Thermometry, guide to, by C. Goux (book), 332 Thermonuclear convention, proceedings published, 196
— Devices, 553
Containing plasma of, by Prof. D. Gabor, 756
Thermonuclear Research, Accelerators—Plasma Physics (Pergamon Press), 330
Thermoplastic materials, processing of, by
E. C. Bernhardt (book), 96 Thermosetting tape, Transonex, Melinex base (John Gosheron and Co. Ltd.), 247 Thermostat, clock controlled T852A (Honeywell), 602
— to control heating systems, 602
— Klixon (Metals and Controls Corp.), 643
— Plug-Stat, for plug-in heaters (R. B. Pullin
and Co. Ltd.), 12
— Room, Satchwell, 602
Thermostore block storage heater (E. K. Cole Ltd.), 697
Thermotank Ltd., honeycomb filled cooling tower, 304
Theunissen. F. A. P. M., on economic use of fuels in electricity supply system (paper), 810; thermal storage schemes, 859
Thickness gauges for Birmetals strip mill (Baldwin Instruments), 694
— Sheet grading by (Bren Manufacturing Co.),
86
Thierry, T. P., on Fluoroflex plastics, 342 Thirlmere aqueduct, repairs to, while in service, 696
Thomas, G. B., Jr., on Elements of Calculus and Analytic Geometry (book), 868
Thomas Industrial Automation Ltd., Levelog level indicator, 550
Thomas, Sir Miles, chairman of Development Corp, of Wales, Ltd., 646
Thomas, Richard, and Baldwins Ltd., order for hot strip mill, 27; blast furnaces for (Ashmore Benson Pease), 99; sinter plant for Spencer steelworks, Lurgi specifications, 171; co-operation with Steel Co. of Wales, 293; main drives for hot steel mill (GEC), 333; Spencer works, 421; annual statement, 421; order for new furnaces placed 493; formation of British Ore Investmen Corp. Ltd., 693; waste heat boiler (Babcock and Wilcox), 789
Thompson, Sir George, on origin of engineers, 317
Thompson, John, and Co. Ltd., second Berkeley pressure vessel tested, 324; investment in S. A. Astar Co., 325
Thompson, John, Industrial Constructions Ltd., ash and dust removal plant for Little Barford “ B ” power station, 296
Thompson, John, Ordnance Co., charge face machinery at Berkeley atomic power station, 328, 334
Thompson, John (Wolverhampton), Ltd., plant for Duque de Caxias oil refinery, 301
Thompson, K., on employee training 509 Thompson, M. S., on concrete strengths, 71 3 Thompson Mine production, 485
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., heat exchanger for exhausts, 252
Thorburn, M., Condor car design, 352
Thorex pilot plant accident. Oak Ridge National Laboratories, 692
Thoria slurries, aqueous, pumping studies on, by R. Murdoch and H. A. Kearsey, 196 Thorium alloys, constitutional diagrams of, by
F. A. Rough and A. A. Bauer (review), 561-562
— Production technology, by F. L. Cuthbert
(review), 561-562
Thorium-uranium cycle development, 617
Thornton, A. G., exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 751
Thornton, R. H., on British shipping (book), 562
Thornton Research Centre, cast iron corrosion, 470
Thorpe Marsh power station, boiler for (Babcock and Wilcox), 789
Thought processes, mechanisation of, NPL symposium (book), 300
Thread cutting machine (Newage), 819
Machine, tube, 13G (Landis Machine- Maiden Ltd.), 157
— Guide (F. Miller and Co. (London) Ltd.), 12
— Screw, standardisation of, 437
— Standardisation, 437. See LETTER, 505
— Strengths (report), 327
— Tapping torque (report), 327
— See also Screw
Threading machine (Landis), 508
Types UR and UT (Joshua Heap and Co. Ltd.), 120
— See also Tapping
Thredseal ptfe tape (Crane Packing Ltd.), 343
Thring, Prof. M. W., on cleaning gases at high temperature, 558
Thule, Greenland, US Army to instal atomic reactor at, 260
Thulium as tracer element, 292
Thwaites Engineering Co. Ltd., dumper vehicle, 380
Ticket-issuing machines (Brecknell, Dolman and Rogers Ltd.), 238
Tidal hydro-power, River Rance scheme, 373, 385
Tidestrom, S. H., on basic manual for engineers (book), 204
Tiles, basalt abrasion resistant, for linings (R. B. Hilton Ltd.), 678
Tilt-deck trailer for Shell Oil Co. (R. A. Dyson and Co.), 271
Timber, Australian (trade publication), 396
— Development Association, fabrication
manual for connectored assemblies, 385; production standards for structural glued laminated timber, 385; acidity in wood, 503
— Glu-Lam for buildings, 6
— Glued laminated, production standards for
structural, 385
— Heavy duty, jarrah and karri, by D. J. W.
Dalby, 784
— Mechanical, properties of, 785
— Research, spectrograph for, 513
— Roofs, structural forms of, by Dr. L. G.
Booth, 414
— Shell roof for synagogue, 720
— Steel composite construction, 752
— as structural material, 280
Time code generator for test data (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 86
Time-of-flight, neutron, 451
— Precise measurement of, by B. Decaux
(review), 25
— Study machine (AEI), 508
— Switch (Hurseal), 602
Auto Timer (Horstmann), 602
Timer, automatic tea break (Electrical Remote Control Co.), 563
— Counter (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 194
— for weld control (Lancashire Dynamo), 48 Timms, C., on spur and helical gears, 497 Timoshenko, S., on theory of plates and shells
(book), 428
Timtape telemetry equipment (Bristol), 737
Tin-aluminium bearing alloy. Noral 730 (Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 39
Tipper body for motor vehicle (Amalgamated Roadstone Corp. Ltd.), 303
Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, hydro
electric power scheme at Hirfanli (Turkey), 79
Titanium (trade publication), 699
— Alloys, brazing, dry flux for (Wall Col-
money), 605
— Cold extrusion of, 759
— Jigs (trade publication), 364
— Production techniques, 74
— Sheet (Republic Steel Corp.), 295
— Vapour high vacuum pump. Evapor-ion
(Consolidated Vacuum), 679
— Wrought products (trade publication), 26
— Zinc alloy (New Jersey Zinc Co.), 847
TMI micrometer (Testing Machines Inc.), 577 TNPG. See Nuclear Power Group
Todd, D. K., on ground water hydrology (book), 132
Tofani, R., on calculations of the cost price and provisional price of building projects and public works (book), 268
Tokai Mura atomic power station, contract signed for atomic fuel, 387; atomic energy laboratories, 419; atomic reactor experiments, 650
ENGINEERING. VOL. 189 (1960)
Toledo Woodhead Springs Ltd., multileaf springs, 133. See Correction^ 367
Tolmachev, V. V., on theory of superconductivity (review), 593
Tomlinson, J. E., on factors influencing the fatigue behaviour of welded aluminium, 512
Tong, Kin N., on theory of mechanical vibration (book), 628
Tong tester, Milliclamp (Dawe), 683 Toogood, Ltd., Glu-Lam timber, 6 Tools (trade publications), 562, 594
— Air driven utility, Powerpac, 256
— Boring (trade publication), 562
— Cartridge hammer, Bossong, 418
— Chests (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 321
— Cutting, jigs and fixtures, by H. C. Town
(review), 866
— Design of, by S. A. J. Parsons (review), 833
— Engineering, by S. E. Rusinoff (review), 833
— Handled (trade publication), 562
?— History (trade publication), 628
— for home use, 436
Tool Kaddy for garden tools (Edward Elwell), 372
— Materials and geometry, 790
— Portable, series motors in, 533
— Small (trade publication), 132
— Wear in ultra-high speed machining, 623 Toole, J. B. W., on automatic shops, 222.
See LETTER, 248
Tooling aids (trade publication), 204
— Equipment, production, by S. A. J. Parsons
(review), 833
— Introduction to product design and, by
S. C. David (book), 132
Toolmobile garden trolley, Simcett, 372 Toolroom, lighting for, 559
Tooma-Tumut tunnel, excavation completed, 721
Toothill, G. C., review of Analogue Simulation, 362; review of Dynamical Analogies, 362; biographical note, 364
Torbalina Valley atomic power station, work commenced, 388
Torch, scarfing. Oxweld C65 (Union Carbide), 257
Toroidal pinch experiment, fast. Spider, 553
Torque actuator. Carter rotary (British Area), 837
— Converters, Hydrokenetic, for cranes (Rolls-
Royce), 793
Torque-Flow solids pump (Scott), 778
— Meter. See Dynamometer
— Motors (trade publication), 300
Torrington coil spring winding machine (Soag), 817
Torsion Devices, by P. J. Geary, 362 Torsionmeter. See Dynamometer
Towards a new energy pattern in Europe (report), 213
Towers, aluminium transmission, Chute-des- Passes to Isle Malignes (Aluminium Co. of Canada), 821
— Cooling. See Cooling tower
— Crane. See Crane
— Service, Tallescope (Access Equipment), 508 Towing chock, universal (Ford), 303
Town, C., on Cutting Tools, Jigs and Fixtures (review), 866
Town and Country Planning Association, New Town proposals, 405; Howard medal award, 413
— Expansion, LCC, 405
— New. See New Towns
Toxic substances in air, methods for the determination of (book), 204
Toxin CW60B as ships’ anti-fouling (Charlton, Weddle and Co. Ltd.), 457
Toys, Lines Group, 17
Tracer, curve (trade publication), 268
Track links for tractors in magnesium, Rotaped (Leeford (London) Ltd.), 208
— Railway, welded, 685
Welded, laying and maintenance, 832
Traction engines, a century of, by W. J. Hughes (book), 562
Tractor crane (Witlor Ltd.), 50
— Exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York
(Ford), 461
— Export of, 461
from Germany (Klockner-Humboldt- Deutz), 63
Rise in, 701
— Fuel-cell driven (Allis-Chalmers), 272
— 850 Implematic with Albion baler (David
Brown Ltd.), 336
— Output increase (Chamberlain Industries
Ltd.), 333
— Robotug automatic (EMI), 684
— Rotaped magnesium track links for (Leeford
(London) Ltd.), 208
— Shovel (Yale and Towne), 482
— •— Allis-Chalmers HD6G (Mackay), 448
— Use, production and sales of, 32 Trade agreement, Anglo-Hungarian, 205 •— with Argentine, 237
— Board of. See Board
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
Trade Fairs and Promotions Ltd., St. Eriks Fair, Stockholm, 493
— and industry of United States, investigation
of (Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith), 171
— Mission to visit United Arab Republic, 269
— with Russia, 637
— with Russia, prospects, 773
— with Russia, statistics, 571
— Secrets, Plain Words on, 376
— and tariffs, general agreement on, Geneva
conference on, 845
— Union action in companies, 700
Inquiry into, comment on, 45 and the Labour Party, 547 Race-discrimination in US, 349 Trades Union Congress study of coal industry,
81; rail union meetings with, 221; examination of ETU, 285; ultimatum to ETU, 547; Electrical Trade Union investigation, 611; on collective bargaining, 823; evidence to committee on company law, 823; on take-over-bids, 823
Railway case for one overall, 189; decentralisation and, 584
See also under names of specific unions
— US, in Europe, 27, 73
Traffic, air. See Air
— Congress, 1960, 249
— Control, television for, 265
Traffic Engineering and Control (new publication), 592
— Flow, computer research on, 437
— Lights, vehicle actuated (Automatic Tele
phone), 488
— Planning policy, E. Marples on, 685
— Road, review, 245. See LETTERS, 312, 377,
472, 542
— Termini, 472. See LETTER, 542
— Wardens, 245
Traganteil method of surface measurement, 231 Trailer, Mini-Motel, 340
— Tilt-deck, for Shell Oil Co. (R. A. Dyson
and Co.), 271
Train. See Railway train
Training atomic power station engineers, SADE, 618
— in CEGB, 509
— Commonwealth Technical Week, 445
— of employees, 509
—? Engineers in Africa, 344. See LETTER, 607 in New Nations,by J. B. Hunt, 287 Statistics, 287
Syllabus, 287
Vacation work, 287
See also Engineers
— Made Easier (DSIR pamphlet), 584
— Older workers, 611
— Personnel, by Lord Chandos, 341
— of skilled men, 373
— Technical, Commonwealth Week, 445, 781
— Today for Tomorrow (guide), 781
— Welding, at British Oxygen, 9
— See also Course; Education
Transatlantic cable (Submarine Cables Ltd.), 789
Trans-Canada Air Lines, Vanguard airliner for, 310
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., epoxy resin lining for pipes, 719
Transducers to control power station, 296 Transfer and compression moulding of plastics, by J. Butler (book), 204
— Function analyser at Halden reactor, 16
— Press, Boltmaster (Rockwell), 257 Transformers (trade publication), 96, 204
— for Boundary Dam power station (GEC),
400
— for Central and Area Electricity Boards, 161
— Export of, 161
— Testing of, 233
— Variable, with separate windings (Research
and Control Instruments Ltd.), 85
Transipak Ltd., converters, 550 Transistor amplifier, microwave (Bell), 371
— Circuit for engine ignition, 537
— Japanese export to US, 237
— Manufacture, automatic equipment for
(Plessey Co.), 199
— Switched Ignition Systems, by G. E,
Spaulding, 537
— Uses of, 319, 338 Transistorised radio valves, 101
— Relay (B and R Relays Ltd.), 552 Transla Ltd., translation service, 797 Translation of Russian by computer, 467
— Service (Transla Ltd.), 797
— Technical (new journal), 426 Translucent sheeting (trade publication), 396 Transmission, hydrostatic, for vehicle
Drake, 590
— Lines. See Power transmission
— Lucas hydrostatic, 690
— Motor-vehicle, noise reduction in, 496
— Radio, Fresnel zone, 168
of television pictures, 168
— See also Drive; Power
Transmitter aerial, rigid transmission for, 241
— for Ghana (Marconi), 53
— Losses in aerial feed, 241
— Radio and television, of BBC, 23 Transmitter/receiver, Argonaut VHF
channel (Marconi), 675
— Television, Holme Moss (BBC), 169
Sutton Coldfield, BBC, 168
— Wideband (trade publication), 300 Transmitting aerial feed, 241 Transonex Thermosetting tape, Melinex
(John Gosheron and Co. Ltd.), 247 Transport, air. See Air; Aircraft; Aviation
— Cheaper and faster, by Sir George Edwards,
437
— Facilities, future of, 254
— and General
note, 547
— Institute of.
— Ministry of,
Trawsfynydd atomic power station, glandless pumps for (Hayward Tyler and Co.), 228; scanning equipment to chart neutron flux (Elliott-Automation), 484
Treasury, increase of pay for Government scientists, 853
— Methods, reforms in, by T. Lillywhite, 781 Treatise on algebraic plane curves, by J. L.
Coolidge (book), 868
Trefethen, J. M., on geology for engineers (book), 167
Tremor-Osnur, Morris motor car exhibit at Valencia Fair, 701
Trenchmaster power rammer (Pelapone Ltd.), 482
Trend Industrial Equipment Ltd., Gesipa air- hydraulic blind riveting tool, 193
Trestles, adjustable platform (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 225
Trier, H., on Die Zahnformen der Zahnrader (review), 331
Trierer Walzwerke AG, plastic coated metals, 374. See Correction, 679
Trieste bathyscaph, 62
Trieste Federal Highway motorway, 42
TRIG A atomic reactor (General Atomics), 160 Reactor, General Atomic agreement with Vickers-Armstrongs and Gtitehoffnungs- hutte Starkrade AG., 160, 618
Reactor, zirconium hydride moderator in, 87
Trigonometry, plane, by N. O. Niles (book), 167
Trimming and curling machine (Moon Bros.), 449
— Knife (Stanley), 436
— Press (B. and S. Massey), 815 Trinidad power problems, 792
Trinity House, Corporation of. See Corporation
Tripacer aircraft. Piper, use in business, 578 Piper, use by Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., 578 Piper, use by Whitbreads, 578
Triplex Safety Glass Co., expansion of production capacity, 765
Trist, Eric L., case study of social research in industry, 700
Tritium concentrations in water for flow studies, 187
— Detection of, 484
— Liquid scintillation counting of al 22° C, by
W. P. Hutchinson, 484
Triton underwater oil drilling platform, 629 Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd., Stellite tips fitted to motorcycle valve lappets, 589 Triumph Herald car sales in US, 397 Convertible motor car at Geneva Motor Show, 352
Engine for Condor car, 352
Troester, Paul, manufacturing agreement with Baker Perkins, 701.
Trofdeck plywood bonding system, 397 Trofdek Ltd., US production of panels, 461 Trolley, collector, for travelling cranes (Fuller Electric Ltd.), 85
Troth, F., libel writ issued against, 285
Trotter, J. R., review of History of the Milling Machine, 866; review of Cutting Tools, Jigs and Fixtures, 866; review of Gesellschaft zur Fdrderung der Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Bihr- und Schiesstechnik: Untersuchungen uber das Drehschlag- bohren, 866; biographical note, 868 Trotting track, floodlighting for, 399 Troughton and Young (Lighting) Ltd., lighting fittings (trade publication), 236
Truck, battery-operated electronic guided, Robotug (EMI), 173
— Electric, Rapide fork (Lansing Bagnal
Ltd.), 642
— Dumper, Red Devil (Winget), 683
— Dumping (Abelson), 480
— Fork (trade publication), 332
Electric, Rapide (Lansing Bagnal Ltd.), 642
Pipe clamp for (Hyster Co.), 417
— Forklift (Matbro Ltd.), 27
— Lift (trade publication), 332
— Lift (Eccles), 684
— Pallet (Hunter), 682
— Stacking, Mastiff (J. E. Shay Ltd.), 642
— Yard (Conveyancer), 684
— See also Bogie; Motor vehicle Trusses, Pratt, structural efficiency of.
Dr. M. Holmes, 614
Trust, investment, Anglo-Israel Securities, 99 Tubes, annealing, in electric roller hearth furnace, 486
— Bending machine, Mediolanum (Addison),
779
— Cathode-ray, display-storage (d.s.t.), 706
— Condenser (trade publication), 167
— Electron, materials and techniques for, by
W. H. Kohl (book), 698
Tube Investments Ltd., position and prospects, 17; association with Reynolds Metals, 229; new capital to be raised, 293; stand at British Exhibition in New York, 333; possible merger with Raleigh Cycle Co., 587; investigation of beryllium production problems, 662; research for Bluebird car, 735; exhibit at British Trade Fair, New York, 852
Tube Investments Technological Centre, pilot plant for beryllium production, 662
— Railway. See London Transport; Under
ground
— Receiving, tabulation of data on (book), 868 Tube Reducing Corp., zirconium tubes for
Hanford atomic reactor, 586
— Thread cutter 13G (Landis Machine-
Maiden Ltd.), 157
— Travelling-wave (English Electric), 705
— Zirconium, for Hanford atomic reactor, 586
— See also Pipe
TUC. See Trade Union Congress
Tufnol bearings for Canberra liner rudder and propeller shafts, 534
Tufplas pvc and glass polyester laminate (Cawley), 439
Tugs, Calcutta Port Trust, equipment for (Plenty and Son), 797
— Dravo Pioneer, three rudder steering, 587
— Radio control on river Thames, 261
Tukey, J. W., on measurement of power spectra (book), 530
Tukon microhardness testing machine (George H. Alexander), 507
Tulloch Construction Co. Ltd., rope terminal (trade publication), 428
Tumut-Eucumbene tunnel virtually completed, 721
Tumut pond dam virtually completed, 721 Tumut 1 power station, completion of, 721 Tumut 2 pressure tunnel holed through, 721 Tumul-Tooma tunnel, excavation completed, 721
Tumut works. Upper, virtually completed, 721 Tungsten carbide plant for Poona (Sandvik), 668
— for high temperature furnaces, 774
— Production techniques, 74
Tunnel burner (Barlow-Whitney Ltd.), 256
— Channel, compared with bridge, 469; cost
of, 475; pros and cons of, 475; inadequacy of report, 571
See also Channel Tunnel Study Group
— Construction, safety in, 625
— Dartford-Purfleet, tenders for southern
approaches, 797
— Diode, direct measurement of character
istics, 337
Microwave amplification with (Bell Telephone), 403
— Eucumbene-Tumut, virtually completed, 721
— Mersey, traffic usage of, 571
— Pressure, Tumut 2, holed through, 721
— Tooma-Tumut, excavation completed, 721
— “ Tube ” railway, experimental, 219
— Twin road, under River Clyde, 625
— Wind. See [Vind
Tunnelling in sand, shield for, 821 Tuplin, W. A., on modern engineering and workshop practice (book), 96
Turbin Aktiebolaget de Laval Ljungstrom, permission to Alexander Stephen and Sons to build de Laval marine turbines, 269
Turbines, de Laval marine, 269
— Gas, corrosion and deposits in (Battelle)
(review), 731
Cycle for helium cooled reactor, by P, A. Berman, 811
Free-piston, in use, 92 for Iranian Oil Services Ltd. (Ruston and Hornsby), 134
Portable (Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG), 643
Proteus, for Bluebird car, 734
Proteus, for unmanned power stations, 56 Small (Boeing), 766
Small (BMW Triebwerkbau GmbH), 643 See also Aircraft engine
— Generator, semiconductor excitation of
(West Penn Power Co.), 599
— Hydraulic. See also Hydro-electric; Power
plant
— for Loch Ericht power station (Armfield
Hydraulic Eng. Co.), 135
— Radial, for small power plants, 766
— Reversing (Clarke, Chapman
779
— Rotors, automatic welding
(Quasi-Arc Ltd.), 263
— Steam, rotor, for Willington
station, 431
See also Turbo-generator
— Water, efficiency of, 65 for Kariba Dam, 656
— — for Kariba, intakes for, 652, 656 Turbo-alternators for Little Barford “ B ”
power station (C. A. Parsons and Co. Ltd.), 296
for Tennessee Valley Authority (C. A. Parsons and Co.), 27
— Electric generator for space vehicles,
SNAP-2 reactor powered, by Lt.-Col.
G. M. Anderson, 756
— Generators, back-pressure steam (trade
publication), 60
for Candu atomic power station (AEI Ltd.), 292
Induction, for Loch Ericht power station (Bruce Peebles and Co.), 135
for Kariba Dam, 656, 657, 658 for Kincardine station (GEC), 695 Marine auxiliary steam (trade publication), 60
Plant for North of Scotland (Harland Engineering Co.), 63
—? —- for Richard L. Hearn power station, Toronto (Parsons), 205
Turbo-induction generator for Loch Ericht power station (Bruce Peebles and Co.), 135 Turbocraft jet driven boat (Dowty Marine Ltd.), 21
— Boat sales (Dowty Marine), 135
Turbro chemical plant (Turner and Brown), 455 Turbro-Cyclone fans (Matthews and Yates Ltd.), 353
Turkey, oil refinery for, 171
Turnbull, D., on Growth and Perfection of Crystals (review), 667
Turner, B., on Midlands car production, 640- 641
Turner and Brown Ltd., Turbro chemical plant and equipment, 455; Cobex pvc acid tanks, 455; acid degreasing unit, 455
Turner Bros. Asbestos Co. Ltd., position and prospects of, 89; aluminised asbestos cloth, 247; V belts (trade publication), 268; Poly-V belting, 448; packings and jointings (trade publication), 460
Turner, J. V., appointed chairman of Freys- sinet Organisation, 53; on construction equipment, 53
Turner microphone, series 250 (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 289
Turner and Newall Ltd., annual report and accounts, 89; pressure testing plant pipes, 861; working conditions at Widnes plant, 861; position and prospects, 861; historical note on, 861; order position, 861 Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd., painting asbestos cement (booklet), 152; asbestos and asbestos cement (trade publication), 492; asbestos paper insulations (trade publication), 667; impregnated asbestos (trade publication), 732
ENGINEERING, VOL, 189 (1960)
Turning, non-cylindrical (trade publication),
562
Turpin, B. H., on QVF Ltd., 531
Turret lathe. See Lathe
Twin-Zone radiant heaters (GEC), 84 Twist drills. See Drills
Twistor wire, 633
Tyers, A., on Principles of Servomechanisms
(book), 732
Typewriter developments, 35
Tyrad Electric Ltd., SS block storage heater,
697
Tyres, butyl rubber for, 273
— Construction and behaviour characteristics
of, by T. French, 274 for world records, 738-739
— Factory for Algeria (Michelin), 765
— Inner tubes of butyl rubber, 273
— Motor, Hi-Miler (Goodyear), 265
— to prevent skidding, 273
— Rubber, plant for Russia (Rustyfa), 453
— Testing at world record speeds, 738
— Valves and air service accessories (Schrader-
Dubied), 27
UAM Plastics Ltd., translucent sheeting (trade publication), 396
Uddeholm Ltd., weight calculator (trade publication), 364
UKAEA. See United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Ulster, engineering growth in, 510
Ultimate loads in rock and concrete, by T. N. W. Akroyd, 672
— Particles of matter, by D. T. Lewis (book),
562
Ultra Electric (Holdings) Ltd., expansion plans and new capital, 587
Ultramicrotome (Fairey Australasia Pty. Ltd.), Ultrasonic cleaners, filter ments Ltd.), 48
— — Rapiclean (Ultrasonics Ltd.), 84
— Cleaning units using semiconductors (West
inghouse Electric Corp.), 211
•—? Level gauge for mixer-settler tanks, 692 Ultrasonics Ltd., Rapiclean ultrasonic cleaner, 84
Undercarriage bearing, aircraft, heat insulating, 432
Underdeveloped countries, by Dr. C. Hill, 341 Atomic reactors for, 501
•— — European cooperation on, 1 Underground railway cars (Metropolitan-
Cammell), 757
Experimental tunnels for, 219 Train, “ Silver R,” 62 Victoria tube project, 7
See also London Transport Executive Underpass, graduated artificial daylighting for, 851
Underpinning with hydraulic pit props (Dowty), 251
Unemployment in Italy, 812
— in Northern Ireland, 510
— in Shipbuilding industry, 509
— Statistics, 309, 853
— in Wales, 853
Unicam Instruments Ltd., infra-red spectrometer, 122; fiat bed chart recorder, 122 Unichrome Super vinyl coating system (Metal and Thermit Corp.), 503
Unilever, detergent factory for Algeria, 765 Unimaster dust collector (Dallow Lambert and Co. Ltd.), 416
Union Carbide International Co., tungsten production, 75; Oxweld C65 scarfing torch, 257; Oxweld ACL 4 powder lance, 289; association with Acheson Electrodes Corp. Ltd., 650; overseas expansion, 661; position and prospects, 661; annual report 661
Union Carbide Nuclear Graphite Division, nuclear graphite, 650
Union Carriage and Wagon Co, (Pty.) Ltd., motored coaches for S. African Railways, 555
Union Francaise d’Annuaires, national directory of overseas trade (book), 492
— of International Associations, directory of
periodicals published by international organisations (book), 132
— Trade. See Trade Union and under name of
specific unions
Uniselector control for CVA milling machines at Humber car factory (Brookhirst Igranic Ltd.), 199
United Arab Republic, British trade team to visit, 269; Federation of Industries, British trade team to visit, 269
United Carbon Products Co., nuclear graphite, 650
United Engineering and Foundry Co., slabbing mill for South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 125
United Glass Ltd., mechanised glass mould casting, 525
United Kingdom, entry into Euratom to be discussed, 756
United Kingdom Advisory Council on Education for Management, 477
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Development and Engineering Group, new appointments in, 160; JASON reactor bought by, 161; longer life for electronic valves, 337; study of reactors for ship propulsion, 355; approval of Alkalad and Strathclyde paints, 356; detergent for radioactive decontamination, 356; recruitment of scientists and engineers, 356; beryllium monitor, 379; sources of information in atomic energy, by L. J. Anthony, 387. See Correction, 452; radiation in leather curing, 388; development of high speed digital analyser with EMI, 403; historical note, 483; functions of, 483; high sensitivity beta counter, 484; winding gear for control rods, 484; vehicle to measure atomic fallout, 498; computer programme for analysis of neutron scattering experiments, 516: Glossary of
SPERT-I power excusions of. Indemnification of Atomic Energy vities. Parts 1-4 and 5 (reviews), power demonstration programme, IBM stretch equipment installed, spent atomic fuel processing by private companies, 585; airborne reactor radiation experiments, 586; uranium-thorium cycle development, 617; decentralisation of control of nuclear byproducts, 618; export of heavy water in 1959, 692; Project River, 755; Kiwi atomic reactors, 755; bids to supply and operate advanced boiling water reactor, 756; discussions with UKAEA, 756; plasma spray coating for atomic fuel elements, 788
Atomic Industrial Forum, free world’s requirement of uranium, 649
Atomic power in, technological and economic factors affecting, by E. T. Hughes and N. C. Nelson, 810
Atomic reactor programme, 515
Automotive development trends in, 709, 722
British exports to, 145
British motor car market in, 754
Bureau of Reclamation, rock tests, 283 Capital investment and returns, 461 Economic development of western states, 485
Employment in, 145
— — Euratom collaboration to be more
flexible, 452
Euratom programme, German dislike of, by H. E. Kahl, 860
Export of British cars to, 301
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, colour bar in, 349
Investment in British industry, 397 Investigation of industry and trade of (Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith), 171
Loan to Australia, 629
Motor car imports, registration of, 571 Motor car purchase statistics, 722 Motor car sales, 397
National Bureau of Mines, titanium production, 74; tungsten production, 75 National Bureau of Standards, preservation of documents by lamination, 175; properties of materials at high temperatures, 371; Tables of the Bivariate Normal Distribution Function and Related Functions, 835
— — Navy, radio-telescope for, in West
Virginia, 207
Production statistics, 725
Programme in controlled fusion: project Sherwood, by A. S. Bishop (review), 459 Research and development in, 307 Review of secret atomic energy material, 483
Rubber Research Centre, money grant to British Universities, 555; supporting companies, 555
Small car production 571
Space programme. Project Mercury, 634 United States Steel Corp., annual report, 453; wage rates, 453; position and prospects, 453; possible purchase of interest in European steel companies, 563
Steel exports, 109
Steel industry, strike in, 37, 145, 587 Steel production decrease, 373 Technical teacher exchange plan, 584 Television programmes, 9
United States, trade in Europe, 27
Trade with Europe, 73
Trade with Russia, 37
See also America; American
United Steel Cos. Ltd., production statistics, 73; annual statement, 89; Jethete steels, 439; use of Piper Apache aircraft, 578; formation of British Ore Investment Corp., Ltd., 693; furnace roof tests, 879
United Steel Structural Co. Ltd., Multiform prefabricated office building, 545; tests on composite constructions, 752
— Tanners Federation, conditions of member
ship, 501
Unitised sequence control system (Gresham), 726
Univac centrifugal pump (Henry Sykes Ltd.), 507
Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co. Ltd., asbestos sheets (trade publication), 26; asbestos cement wall cladding sheet, 541
Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp., tantalum and niobium production, 75
Universal Shipyards (Solent) Ltd., aluminium alloy launch for Belgian Government, 400
University Grants Committee, University Institutions on Britain, 709
— Hydraulics departments for, by Dr. R.
Silvester, 546
— Mathematics, by J. Blakey (review), 298
— See also under names of specific universities Unlubricated ball bearings, 843
— Metals, 842
Uno Olsson non-circular bevel gears, 303 Upholstery, plastic, in Routemaster bus, 31 1 Uranium alloys, constitutional diagrams of, by F. A. Rough and A. A. Bauer (review), 561-562
— Demand from industry, 649
— Depleted, uses for, 484
— Enriched, in nature, 724
— Enrichment facilities in US, 88
— Future trends, 649
— Geology of (book), 332
— Governmental restrictions on, 649
— Hexafluoride, enriched, price of, 650
Gaseous, enrichment of, 292
— Magnox canned as fuel for Berkeley power
station, 328
— Materials, research on, 805
— Mines, Blind River, 650
— Monocarbide as atomic fuel, 452
— Ore processing, by J. W. Clegg and D. D.
Foley (review), 236
— Oxide (Mallinckrodt Nuclear Corp.), 586 Gamma UsOg, discovery of, 337
Slugs, centreless grinding machine for (Wickman-Scrivener), 91
UKAEA purchase (Mary Kathleen Uranium), 587
— Physical metallurgy of, by A, N. Holden
(review), 561-562
— Price of, 88, 649
— Processing, Italatom plant for, 618
— Production, Canada, 650
— Recovery from spent fuel elements, 484
— Thorium cycle development, 617
— World production of, 649
Requirements, 649
Reserves, 649
— Zirconium alloy fuel reprocessing, new
developments in, by T. A. Gens, 324
— 235 in nature, 724
— 238, breeding plutonium from, 649
Urbana University, manual of current practice for design, construction and maintenance of soil-aggregate roads, by E. Y. Huang, 316
Urquharts (1926) Ltd., MacEyes flame detector, 417
Urwick, Lt.-Col. L. F., review of Organisation and Methods, 58; biographical note, 60
USA EC. See United States Atomic Energy Commission
Usk estuary, effluent pipeline for Monsanto Chemicals, 821; model of, 821
USSR Patents and Inventions (abstract journal), 381, 426
— See also Russia; Soviet
Uta (Australia) Ltd., Tantangara dam, 284
Utley, H. H., appointed managing director, Davy and United Roll Foundry, 812; biographical note, 812
Utrecht International Technical Spring Fair, 668
V-belts (trade publication), 268 V-bomber aircraft, limitations of. Vacant Seat Indicator, 313. Vacchelli, G., on pelled tanker. Centre, 618
Vactric (Control indicator, 158
Vacuum brake. See Brake
— Cleaner, Electrolux 65, 244 Series motors in, 533
— Cleaning plant for BBC television studios,
761
— Furnace (GEC and Vacuum Industrial Appli
cations), 295
High temperature, 774
—? Gauge, Pirani (AEI), 683
Vacuum Industrial Applications, vacuum furnace for British Iron and Steel Research Association, 295
Vacuum Metallising Processes, metallising equipment, 438
— Plant, VP 200 (Pipework &
379
— Pump, See Pump Vacuum Research (Cambridge)
ium casting for vacuum position indicator for metallising equipment, 438
— Valve, aluminium casting for (Vacuum
Research Ltd.), 134
Valencia Fair, Morris cars on show at, 701
Vallentine, H. R., on applied hydrodynamics (book), 132
Valve clip, Bristol (Haven), 716
— Combined flow and non-return
799
— Control (trade publication), 428 -in pipe systems, by W. Volk (book), 868
— Double beat (British Aera), 609
— Electronic, longer life for (UKAEA), 337
— Exhaust, coatings for (trade publication),
492
— Fuelling anti-spill (Zwicky Ltd.), 297
— Glass, for use with corrosive liquids (QVF),
20
— Hydraulic, for machine tool operation, 870
— Microwave, Carcinotron, 601
— Mixing, Mixflow, for hot water systems
(Sealed Motor Construction Co. Ltd.), 418
— Pinch (Rowe), 800
— Plug, type F (Langley Alloys), 20
— Position indicator for (Vacuum Research
(Cambridge) Ltd.), 226
— Radio, reflex klystron, 168
— — Transistorised, 101
— Safety, for gas cooled reactor at Windscale
(Cockburns of Glasgow), 52
—- Servo (Keelavite), 818
— Tappets, motorcycle. Stellite tips fitted to,
589
— Tester mark 4 (Avo Ltd.), 552
— Tyre, and air service accessories (Schrader-
Dubied), 27
— Vacuum, aluminium casting for (Vacuum
Research Ltd.), 134
Van, motor. See Motor vehicles
Vanadium pentoxide as catalyst for exhaust fumes, 252
Van Allen radiation belts in geomagnetic storms, 243
van de Hulst, Prof. H. D., president of International Committee on Space Research, 243
Vandenkerckhove, J., on rocket propulsion (review), 592
Vanguard Air and Marine Corp., Omniplane VTOL aircraft, 62
Vanguard airliner, T.C.A. to take delivery, 310 Van Nostrand’s automobile dictionary, 266 Dictionary of guided missiles and space flight, by G. Merrill (book), 132
van Someren, E. H. S., on Spectrochemical Abstracts (book), 764
Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and Neville Inc., on basic electronics (book), 268
Vanwall thin shell bearings, 80
Van Wylen, G. J., on thermodynamics (book), 167
Variables, functions of complex, by P. Franklin (book), 396
— Real, theory of functions of, by J. Pierpont
(book), 562
Variety Reduction seminar, 397, 455 Varley, B. S., routing attachment, 121 Vaughan Associates Ltd., 3 in bending rolls for GEC, 758
Vaughan, R, D., on gas-cooled reactor, 859 Vaughn, R. L., on ultra-high speed metal machining, 622
Vauxhall Cresta car, overdrive unit for, 496
Vauxhall Motors Ltd., expansion plans, 261; new plant at Liverpool, 357; construction of new laboratory, 536; employeeemployer relationship, 547; record output, 629; pneumatic system in Luton plant, 718; fall in output, 861 ; objections to Hooton Park site for factory, 861
Vauxhall Velox car, overdrive unit for, 496 Vaz Dias International N.V., locker units, 49 VC 10 Vickers jet transport aircraft, 163; seating arrangement, 134; Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205; Plessey electrics for, 563
Vehicle. See Motor vehicle; Motor car
Velflo duct fittings (Wilmot Breeden Ltd.), 225 Velox 6 hacksaw (B. Elliott (Machinery) Ltd.), 418
Velox motor car, overdrive unit for, 496 Vending exhibition, international automatic, 222; exhibits at, 237
— Installations, automatic, 223
— Machines, 237
Automatic, coin tests in, 238
for cards, 238 Coin operated, 238 Electroshop 24, 239 Illustrations of, 239 for postage stamps, 238 Postal suite (Associated Automation Ltd.), 239
Sales, census of, 222
Venesta Foils Ltd., aluminium foil coils and solenoids, 775
Venesta Plywood Ltd., plywood export cases, 294
Venner Electronics Ltd., frequency meter model TSA 501, 157; reperforator controller, 715
Ventilating, handbook on, by J. Porges (book) 460
— and heating, by O. Faber (book), 132 Industry, year book, 628 Ventilators (trade publication), 167 Vereinigte Osterreischische Stahlwerke, steel
melting shop for Rourkela steelworks, 391 Vereinigte Werke, nuclear graphite, 650 Vermiculite (Mandoval Ltd.), 109, 115 Verneuil technique, 211
Vertical Sketchmaster map maker (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 158
Vessels, atomic reactor, by R. Mattera, 553
— High pressure, strip wound (Vickers Arm
strongs (Eng.) Ltd.), 162
Via del Sole, Milan-Rome-Naples motorway, 42 Vianden hydro-electric scheme, Luxembourg, 689; statistics, 689
Vibrating drive, electric motor for (Grantham Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 86
— Screens, Overstrom (Armstrong Whitworth
(Metal Industries) Ltd.), 295
—-Table, Sinex (Sinex Engineering Co. Ltd.), 224
Vibration Engineering, by W. K. Wilson (review), 561
— Mechanical theory of, by Kin N.
(book), 628
— Meter, direct reading (Research
Control Instruments Ltd.), 86
ENGINEERING, VOL. 189 (I960)
160; agreement with for manufacture and reactors, 618; exhibit Fair, New York, 751
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., merger with Bristols and English Electric, 125; VCIO jet transport aircraft, seating arrangement, 134; atomic subcritical assembly for secondary school training, 160; VC 10 aircraft, Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205; Viscount aircraft sales, ,333; Viscount aircraft for Austrian Airlines, 333; Capital Airlines debt, 701
Vickers Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., strip wound high pressure vessels, 162; display at Engineering Materials and Design Exhibition, 531; explosive forming of metal plates, 695
Vickers Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., new liner for Shaw Savill Line, 27; Empress of Canada launched, 702
Vickers and Bookers Ltd., sugar beet handling machinery for Russia, 99; beet sugar factories for Russia, 173
Vickers Ltd., interest in English Steel Corp., 757 Vickers Nuclear Engineering Ltd., steam cooled heavy water atomic reactor, 521; steam cooled heavy water moderated reactor rejected by Galbraith Committee, 553
Vickers VC 10 jet transport aircraft, 163; Sperry-Vickers hydraulic pumps for, 205; Plessey electrics for, 563
Victor Products (Wallsend) Ltd., compressed air equipment (trade publication), 364
Victoria drawer unit (James H. Randall and Son Ltd.), 577
Victoria Joinery Ltd., joinery (trade publication), 732
— League, activities of, 413
— Tube project, recommendations, 7 Vidaurreta y Compania S.A., agricultural
transformation (trade publication), 628
Vidicon camera (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd.), 16
Vienna-Salzburg motorway, 42
Villa, F., on SELNl power station turbine, 618 Ville d’Anjou oil refinery (BP), 836
Ville, G., on influence of engineers, 349 Vince, J., on NSU-Wankel engine, 472 Vinyl coating system. Unichrome Super (Metal and Thermit Corp.), 503
— Protection Tape (Gordon and Gotch), 847
— Tape (Gordon and Gotch), 847
Midgie embosser for (BAC Ltd.), 353 Visco Engineering Co. Ltd., Handte dust collectors, 683
Viscometer, Ferranti-Shirley (Ferranti), 682 Viscosity comparator (Control Developments Ltd.), 120
•— Continuous control of, 631
— Controller (Smiths), 480. See Correction,
746
Automatic (Smith’s), 631
— of lubricant, effect on piston engine, 156 Viscount airliner for Austrian Airlines, 333 Sales, 333
Visibility, night, 1958 (review), 266
Vistas in astronautics, by M. Alperin and H. F. Gregory (review), 330
Visual problems of colour, symposium at National Physical Laboratory (review), 166 Viton for diaphragms, 406
— Fluorinated rubber for fire-walls (Du Pont),
311
— Rubber foam, 279
Vitreous enamels, spray gun for (Alfred Bullows «& Sons Ltd.), 192
as wall cladding, 540
Vitrinomat automatic vending machines, 223 Vocabulaire technique, by F. Cusset (book), 428
Vofa-Werk, Flexball mechanical remote control system, 610
Vogelpohl, G., on Betriebssichere Gleitlager (review), 234
Voimavaunu, O. Y., Nuffield distributors for Finland, 733
Volga oil pipeline to East Germany, 301
Volk, W., on Absperrorgane in Rohrleitungen (book), 868
Volkswagen Cars, new design forecast, 514; new plant for, 514; production statistics, 514
Volkswagen Transporter light utility motor vehicle, 288
Volta river project, 43
Voltmeter. See also Millivoltmeter Volvo P 1800 sports car, Swedish, 116 von Reimer, V., on Drickguss (book), 835 VOR-DME navigational system, adopted for world air routes, 493; accepted by ICAO, 539
Vulcascot (Great Britain) Ltd., rubber conduit, 226
Vybak DVR 262 pvc sheet (Bakelite Ltd.), 343
WAAGNER-BIRO,
and Wilcox, 789
Wachter, O., on
(review), 331
Wadkin Ltd., weld dresser for Birmetals Ltd.,
Wage claim, AEU, 349
in building industry, 117 in coalmining industry, 117 in engineering industry, 117 Position and prospects of, 117 Railway, 117 Railwaymen, 81
and unofficial strikes, 81
— Contract, Chance Vought Aircraft Co., 781
— in European countries, similarity of, 547
— Growing tension on, 189
— Incentive schemes in industry, 326
— Increase, railwaymen’s, 285
— in industry, by Sir William Garrett, 381
— Offer, railway, 117
— Pressures and import prices, OEEC report
on, 405
— Rates for exposed work, 43
— Rise in cotton industry, 349
— for shipbuilding apprentices, 645 Wagner and Co., 3 in bending rolls for GEC, 758 Wailes Dove Bitumastic Ltd., Walton to
London Airport fuel pipeline, 361
Waite, W. E., Ltd., ground anchors, 256
Wakefield, C. C., and Co. Ltd., hydraulic car lift, 276; 60th anniversary, 325; historical note, 325; new building for, 325
Wakefield-Dick Industrial Oils Ltd., cutting oil spray equipment, 50; Road Vehicle Lubrication, 665
Walch, O., on Baumaschinen und Baueinrich- tungen (review), 267
Walcher, W., on nuclear technology (review), 166
Waldrich, lathes for Rourkela steelworks, 391 Wales, coalfields in, 647
— Employment statistics, 646
— Engineering growth in, by H. J. Novy, 646.
See LETTERS, 714, 744
— Industry in, 646
— Mechanical industries in, 647
— and Monmouthshire, industrial directory of
(book), 492
— Motor industry expansion in, 63
— New industries in, 647
— Training for new industries, 647
— Unemployment in, 853
Walford, A. J., on Guide to Reference Material (review), 796
Waling, Prof. J. L., wire supported Styrofoam forms for concrete shells, 513
Walker, F. S., on people—the most important factor in industry, 346 _
Walkinshaw,
Particles and of Rigid, Elastic and Fluid bodies, , _ ,' ‘ ‘ .
review of Lectures on Nuclear Theory, 491-492; biographical note, 492
Wall cladding, 540
Wall Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd., dry flux for aluminium and titanium alloy brazing, 605
— Curtain, 540
in Arcon Multiform buildings, 545
— Panels, aluminium (Beanes), 740
Wallace, A. J., on electrical bonding of cathodically protected and unprotected ships, 371
Wallace and Tiernan Ltd., fuel additive equipment for coal fired boilers, 639
Wallis, S., awarded Diploma of Technology, 221
Wallis Swallow supersonic aircraft, 163 Walmsley (Bury) Group, order position, 53 Walterbryte B process for satin finish aluminium, 573
Walterbryte H process for satin finish aluminium, 573
Walterisation Co. Ltd., Waltersolv degreasing and phosphating, 147; Walterbryte H process for satin finish aluminium, 573; Walterbryte B process for satin finish aluminium, 573; Walterisation L process for aluminium protective treatment, 573 Walterisation L process for aluminium protection, 573
Waltersolv degreasing and phosphating (Walterisation Co. Ltd.), 147
Walz-Bohrreibung, by W. Wernitz (review), 234 Wankel engine, tests on, 275. See also NSU- Wankel
Wanner 328 oil pump (Step Industrial Equipment Ltd.), 322
Wansbrough-Jones, Sir Owen, appointed director of British Oxygen Co., 325
Wantage Radiation Laboratories, pilot plant for atomic irradiation of food, 124; radioisotopes, 228; water and soil surveys using radioisotopes, 721; food radiation experiments, 733; cold sterilisation for medical products, 733
Ward Leonard controls for friction winders at Warsop Colliery, 304
Ward, Thomas W., Ltd., Industrial Group, demolition of cotton mills, Lancashire, 17; Compri-Strip, 279; batching plant (trade publication), 332; stone storage bins and screens, 456; jointing strip (trade publication), 492; Prelector turret lathe, 814
Ware, Dr. A. A., review of Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 459; review of Project graphical note, 460
Wareing Bros. and Co. drying enamel, 215 Warerite laminates for partments (Bakelite Ltd.), 215
Waring, A. B., on people and productivity, 9 Warner and Swasey Co., formation of new subsidiary Warner, Swasey Asquith Ltd., 523 Warner, Swasey Asquith Ltd., formation of, 523
Warren, A. G., on Mathematics Applied to Electrical Engineering (review), 298
Warren, J. A., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566; oldest member of Institution of Civil Engineers, 584; biograhical note, 584
Warrington, G., review of Principles of Electronics, 528; review of Electronic Measuring Instruments, 528; review of Industrial Electronics Handbook, 528; biographical note, 530
Warship. See under specific type of warship
Warsop Colliery, tower mounted friction winders (AEI Ltd.), 304
Warwick Rim and Sectioning Co. Ltd., cold rolled sections (trade publication), 204
Warwickshire County Council, work study on roads, 265
Washbourn, Rear-Adml. R. E., appointed Director General of Weapons to Royal Navy, 381; biographical note, 381
Washers (trade publications), 428
— Dense medium (trade publication), 764
— Lock (trade publication), 428 Washing machines, domestic, 308
Double-Plus (General Electric), 308 Industrial process (Electro-Chemical
Engineering Co.), 263
Liberator (English Electric), 308
Series motors in, 533
Waste, atomic, disposal into montmorrillonite clay, 196
Dumping of, by W. Boyd, 4
— Connector, Key-Conex (Key Engineering),
20
— Disposal from atomic propelled ships, 355
— Disposal problems, 500
— Fission, cooling of underground, by J. K.
Perring, 196
— Radioactive, disposal in sandstone, 420
— Traps, Rigidex plastic (McAlpine of Hilling
ton), 20
— Treatment in atomic energy (review), 130
— Water, radioactivity in (review), 130 Wastemaster sink disposal unit, 500
Watch springs. Fortinox stainless alloy for (Samuel Fox), 91
Watches, world production statistics, 474 Watchmakers, world, confront Swiss, by R.
Bailey, 474
Watchmaking industry, Swiss, 474
Water, coal experimental pumping system, 719
— Coolers for Birmetals strip mill (Heenan
and Froude), 694
— Decontamination in atomic reactors, 196
— Engineer’s Handbook, by D. Wilkinson and
N. Squire (book), 835
— Grid proposal,1848
— Heavy. See Heavy water
— Hydrology, ground, by D. K. Todd (book),
132
— Micro-staining units (Glenfield and Ken
nedy), 701
— Pipes, concrete high pressure, 269
— Pollution, notes on, 666
Research Laboratory, Notes on Water Pollution, 666; syndets in rivers, 880
— Power. See Hydraulic; Hydro-electric;
Power plant; Power, water; Turbine, hydraulic
— Recovery plant at Abbey Works steelworks,
865
— Resources in Asia and Far East, 187 global, study of, 187
— Salt, atomic process heat for conversion of,
228
— Softeners (trade publication), 764
— and soil surveys using isotopes, 721
— Supply. See Irrigation
— System, hot. Mixflow mixing valve for
(Sealed Motor Construction Co. Ltd.), 418 Two-phase, determination of pressure in, by W. H. Comtois, 811
— Tight doors, Hyston, for Canberra liner
(J. Stone and Co.), 336
— Tower experiment, by Dr. T. E. Cranshaw,
Dr. J. B. Shiffer and Dr. A. B. Whitehead, 242
— Treatment equipment (William Boby Co.), 27 Plant for Willington “A” power station
(Neckar), 697
— Turbine efficiency, 65
— Waste, radioactivity in (review), 130 Waterways, British. See British Inland. See British Inland
— Inland, Bowes Committee on, 254. See
LETTER, 312
— See also River; Canal; Navigation, inland Watson, E. A., on electrical equipment of
passenger car, 786
Watson and Sons (Electro-Medical) Ltd., Andrex portable X-ray unit, 354
Watt, W., on permeability of graphite, 110 Waverley Committee on East Coast floods, 348 Waymaster domestic scale (Precision Engineering Co. (Reading) Ltd.), 676
Wear of bearings in corrosive atmospheres, by
H. H. Heath, 841
— in diesel engine cylinders, measurement of,
433
— Research, radioactive cylinders as tool for,
433
— Tool, in ultra-high speed machining, 623 Weather laboratory, flying, in Boeing 707 aircraft, 201
— Station, atomic powered (Martin Co.), 371 Weatherill Ltd., Hi-Tip loader, 746 Weatherstrip on motor cars, deterioration in
transit, 343
Weaver, N. C., chairman of Harper Engineering and Electronics, 293
Webb Coal Tank Engine Preservation Fund,
809
Webb, F. J., on low temperature moderators, 87 Webb, G. H., on Desoutter Bros, and Lang
Pneumatics, 523
Webb., H. C., prototype radio-controlled garden mower, 372
Webb, J. K., on data on reliability of digital computers, 664
Webb, T. B., on Babcock and Wilcox pressurised water atomic reactor, 517
Weber, J., on Forschungsberichte des Wirt- schafts- und Verkehrsministeriums Nordrhein-Westfalen (review), 331
Webster, A. G., on Dynamics of Particles and of Rigid, Elastic and Fluid Bodies (review), 363
Webster, Dr. F., on traffic flow, 437; award of Wolfe Award for 1959, 437
Wechsler, Prof. V., research on positive antisigma hyperon, 553
Week, Dr. R., on defects in welds, 172; on developments and problems in welding, 346; on fatigue in welded structures, 512; on welding processes, 729
Weedy, B. M., review of Higher Electrica Engineering, 299; biographical note, 300 Weeton reservoir, Morris cranes at, 761
Wehr, M. R., on Physics of the Atom (book), 764
Weigher for sack and bag filling (Scale Co. Ltd.), 192
Weighing machine for aerial ropeways (Adequate Weighers Ltd.), 416
Belt, SV Weightometer (Merrick Scale Mfg. Co. Ltd.), 194
Bench type (General Trade Equipment), 171
Feed (Wm. Gardner and Sons), 508 Weight calculator (steel) (trade publication), 364
— and scales, historical note, 676 Weightometer, SV, belt weighing machine
(Merrick Scale Mfg. Co. Ltd.), 194
Weir, Andrew, Shipping and Trading, Management of Bank Line shipping, 563
Weir, Sir Cecil, on technical teacher exchange plan, 584
Weir, Drysdale Service (London), new name for W. R. Skinner, 197
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., purchase of County Water Softener Co., 563; distillation plant (trade publication), 835
Welbourn, D. B., review of Handbuch fur Schiffsingenieure und Seemaschinisten, 267; review of Baumaschinen und Bauenrichtungen, 267; review of Land- wirtschaftlicher Wasserbau, 267; review of Stauanlagen und Wasserkraftwerke, 267; review of Die Hebezeuge, 267; biographical note, 268; on NSU-Wankel engine, 281; on awkward loads, 313. See LETTER, 377; review of Forschungsberichte des Wirtschafts- und Verkehr- ministeriums Nordrhein-Westfalen, 331; review of Der Wirtschaftliche Dampfkes- selbetrieb, 331 ; review of Die Zahnormen der Zahnrader, 331; review of Hydraulische Antriebe, 331; biographical note, 332; review of Teaching of English, 626; biographical note, 628
Welds, butt, in mild steel, fatigue strength of, by R. P. Newman, 512
— Control timer (Lancashire Dynamo,) 48
— Defects in, by Dr. R. Week, 172
— Details on fatigue of welded beams and
girders, by Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
— Dresser for Birmetals Ltd. (Wadkin Ltd.),
695
— Fatigue strength values of mild steel, by A.
Neumann, 512
— Inspection of, with radioisotopes, 15
X-ray equipment, portable (Siemens- Reiniger-Werke), 260
— in pipelines protected by pvc tape, 846 Weldall deep draw hydraulic press (Charles
S. W. Grigg Ltd.), 224
Welded aluminium, factors influencing the fatigue behaviour of, by J. E.Tomlinson and J. L. Wood, 512
— Beams and girders, weld details on fatigue
of, by Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
— Joints, butt, in aluminium alloy, effect of
mean stress on fatigue properties of, by K. W. Gunn and R. McLester, 512
Butt, increasing the fatigue strength of, by Dr. W. Gilde, 512
Fillet, fatigue strength of, by T. R. Gurney, 512
in high-strength steels, fatigue of, by Dr. W. H. Munse and Dr. J. E. Stallmeyer, 512
— Railway track, 685
Track, long sections, laying and maintenance, 832
— Steel structural assemblies, programmed
fatigue testing of full size, by Dr. J. G. Whitman and Dr. J. F. Alder, 512
— Structures, fatigue criteria in, 512. See
Correction, 641
Fatigue of, by W. D. Bigg, 513
Welding alternator (Small Electric Motors Ltd.), 450
— of aluminium, 799
— Aluminium bronze, 182
— Argon arc to rebuild cylinder heads (C. W,
G. Lacey and Co.), 386
— of cylinder heads (C. W, G. Lacey and Co.),
386
— Developments and problems in, by Dr. R.
Week, 346
— Diffusion (Battelle), 775
— with electron beam, 557, 588-589
— Filters for, B.S., 423
— Handbook, section II, by A. L. Phillips
(review), 131
— Instruction (Biritish Oxygen), 9
— Machine, arc, portable (Portable Welders
Ltd.), 49
— — Arcmaker, petrol driven mobile (Lin
coln), 353
— — Automatic for turbine rotors (Quasi-Arc
Ltd.), 263
— — Butt, Ideal (Startrite), 816
— — Electron beam, 588-589
— — Mobile AS200 (Lincoln), 778
— — Plastic sheet (trade publication), 268
— — Portable (Dohm Ltd.), 121
•— — Projection (trade publication), 268
— — Roll seam, Sagu 125 (Electro-Mechan),
448
— — Sagu 125 roll seam (Electro-Mechan), 448 Seam, Mouse self-propelled (Phoenix
Rubber Co. Ltd.), 417
— — Spot (trade publication), 268 Submerged arc (Lincoln), 857
— Metal-arc, standard for (BSI), 759
— Metallic-arc, Philips, of long section railway
track, 832
— Nimonics (trade publication), 492
— Operations, plastics for filters for viewing,
B.S,, 91
— Positioner (Courtburn), 380
— Processes, by Dr. R. Week, 729
— Rectifier, PR25O (Quasi-Arc Ltd.), 321
— Repairs (Barimar Ltd.), 57
— Safety, 645
iM.
ENGINEERING, VOU 189 (1960)
Welding Society, American. See American
— Submerged arc, improved flux for (Battelle),
605
— Technique, by E. Sudasch (review), 529
— Thermit, of long section railway track, 832
— Thick plates, by H. F. Ablitt, 4. See
LETTER, 149
— Units (ARO Machinery Co.), 856
for Birmetals Ltd. (Al Electric Welding Machines), 695
Welford, A. T., on ageing and human skill, 611 Welkom Gold Mining Co., neoprene tank linings installed, 247
Welland Canal, construction contracts, 7 Wellcome Foundation, R. C. de B. Devereux appointed chief engineer, 9
Wellington Tube Works Ltd., air-cooled heat exchangers, 128
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp., open hearth furnaces for Durgapur steelworks, 668
Wells, F. H., on millimicrosecond pulse techniques (book), 428
Wemco Refactory Co., pumps for molten aluminium, 572
Wernitz, W,, on Walz-Bohrreibung (review), 234
West, Allen and Co. Ltd., master controller (trade publication), 96; proving station (trade publication), 796
West, G. B., pulsed neutron sources, 15
West Instrument Ltd., temperature controller, 49; multipoint scanner, 507; exhibit in travelling industrial exhibition, 595
West Penn Power Co., semiconductor excitation for turbine generator, 599
West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, Journal of, 204
West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd., automatic passenger loading recording equipment for buses, 201
Westelite selenium rectifiers (Hind), 455 Westfield, Lurgi high pressure gasification system installed, 719; high pressure coal gasification works, 865
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., position and prospects of, 229; selenium rectifier plant for Hind Rectifiers Pvt. Ltd., 455
Westinghouse Electric Corp., licensing agreement with Plessey Co. Ltd., 563; atomic reactor core for Belgium, 52; ultrasonic cleaning units using semiconductors, 211; energy storage system for hypersonic wind tunnel, 499; experimental refrigerator using Peltier effect, 570; cooperation with Fiat Co., 603; associate of ACEC, 724; study on pressurised water reactor, 724; atomic plant in space, 724; tactical scatter communications contract, 797; gas turbine cycle for helium cooled reactor, 811; Magnaflow electromagnetic couplings, 839 Westinghouse Electric International Co., molectronic research, 319, 338; drives for Kalinin textile mill, 493; Precipitron electronic air cleaners for Kalinin mill, 493
Westland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Whirlwind helicopters for Kuwait, 63; position and prospects of, 125 ; production of Rotocycle helicopter for Hiller Aircraft Corp., 125; purchase of Fairey Aviation, 325; lighting installed at Battersea Heliport (GEC), 361; Whirlwind helicopter as a building crane, 385
Westofen, soaking pit installation for Rourkela steelworks, 391
Weston, G. E., on automatic shops, 248
Westool Ltd., coiling winding machine, 85; disc clutch, 716
Wheel friction, locomotive, 65
— Self-powered (General Electric, US), 537 Whessoe Ltd., oil terminal for Regent Oil Co.
at Cardiff, 316; model of tar oil plant, 400; oil storage tanks for Esso’s Milford Haven refinery, 668
Whirlclad. See Polymer Corp.
Whirlwind helicopter as a building crane (Westland), 385
for Kuwait (Westland), 63
— Mk. 10 helicopter, RAF order for, 733 Whiskers, metal, and electrical breakdown, 433 Whisky warehouse fire, 469
Whitaker’s Almanack, 1960 (book), 204 Whitbreads, use of Piper Tripacer aircraft, 578 White, A. J., on staggered hours, 413
White, Sir Bruce, Wolfe Barry and Partners, Long Reach flood barrier, 348
White, E. L., on impulse testing with a storage tube, 706
White, J. Samuel, and Co. Ltd., Siren lighthouse tender, 367
Whiteford, J. M., design and model of cargohandling crane, 368
Whithead, Dr. A. B., water tower experiment 242
Whiteshell atomic reactor, site for, 196
— Power reactor experiment at (Canadian
General Electric), 260
Whitman, J., on plasma spray coating for atomic fuel elements, 788
Whitman, Dr. J. G., on programmed fatigue testing of full size welded structural steel assemblies, 512
Who, what and where (trade publication), 628 Who’s Who in the motor industry (book), 204 Wiblin, E. R., review of Industrial Use of Isotopes, Vol. 19, 235; biographical note 236
Wickman-Scrivener, centreless grinding machine for uranium oxide slugs, 91
Wideband transmitter (trade publication), 300 Wiedemann, C., on labour-management relations (book), 132
Wiese, W. M., on noise in internal combustion engines, 566
Wiggin, Henry, and Co., Ltd., high nickel alloys (trade publication), 364; thermometals (trade publication), 492; coatings for exhaust valves (trade publication), 492; welding nimonics (trade publication), 492; nickel alloys (trade publication), 667; Nimonic alloys (trade publication), 699; nickel casting alloys (trade publication), 732
Wigner, shrinkage at Berkeley atomic power station, 356
Wild Barfield Electric Furnaces Ltd., electron beam welding machines, 588; high temperature vacuum furnaces, 774
Wilford, A. T., on exhaust fumes, 252 Wilfress, D., on scientific research, 845 Wilkins, G., on racing car design, 44; on motor racing, 80; on designing cars for motorways, 116. See LETTER, 149; on mechanical efficiency of piston engines, 156; on rocket telemetry in motor car testing 220; on light utility motor vehicles, 288; on driving experience with the Wankel engine, 320; on British formula junior motor cars, 352
Wilkins, L. T., review of Statistical Control, of Statistics—an Introduction, and of Statistical Estimates and Transformed BetaVariables, 59-60; biographical note, 60
Wilkins and Mitchell Ltd., double action press, 258
Wilkinson, D., on Water Engineer’s Handbook (book), 835
Wilkinson, D. F., on vacant seat indicator, 313 Williams, D. S. D., on oil engine world directory of manufacturers (book), 332
Williams, J. A. C., on fads and fallacies in the name of science, 440
Williams, J. C. B., review of International Problems of Financial Protection against Nuclear Risk, 395-396; biographical note, 396
Williams, Dr. T. E. H., review of Highway Research Board (US) publications, 266— 267; review of Soil Testing and Highway Design and Construction, 266-267; biographical note, 268
Williams, T. P., on General Motors building code, 309
Williams-Thompson, M., On the Record (book), 749, 808
Williamson, Sir Thomas, suggestions on strikes sent to, 584
Willington “A” power station, Neckar water treatment plant installed, 697
Willington “ B ” power station, steam turbine rotor for, 431
Willis, W. G., on energetic outlook in the North East, 606
Willowbrook Ltd., van body in kit form, 271 Willowpool cargo ship fitted with Carflow system, 625
Wilmot Breedon Ltd., Velflo duct fittings, 225 Wilson, A. C., on Industrial Thermal Insulation (review), 834
Wilson, Dr. B., computer for study of xenon poisoning, 403
Wilson economic boilers installed at Rolls- Royce Ltd., 129
Wilson, F. J., and Son, Strand Palace Hotel, 348 Wilson, H. A., on modern physics (book), 204 Wilson, R. E., on atomic fuel costs for N.S. Savannah^ 692
Wilson, W, K., on vibration engineering (review), 561
Wilsons (NZ) Portland Cement Ltd., ship for bulk cement carriage (Henry Robb Ltd.), 797
Wilton carpet with woven in heating element (Bond Worth), 468
Wimpey, George, and Co., hydroelectric power scheme at Hirfanli (Turkey), 79; Tattersail's new stand at Ascot racecourse, 152
Winckler, J. R., on Van Allen radiation belts, 243
Wind loading on buildings, 248, 441
— Tunnel, hypersonic, 499, 600
Tests, low-speed, on Sea Venom Mk. 21 aircraft, 337
Tests on motor cars, 412
— Transonic, Aircraft Research Association, 163
Winders, cage (trade publication), 332
— Tower mounted friction, for Warsop Col
liery (AEI Ltd.), 304
Windermere, Lake, vehicle ferry Drake converted to diesel hydraulic drive, 590
Winding gear for control rods (UKAEA), 484
— Machine, Torrington coil spring (Soag), 817 Window frames, aluminium (Beanes), 740 Aluminium (Crittal), 740
— Metal (trade publication), 530
Windscale Works, powered manipulator for handling atomic fuel elements (GEC), 16; coolant circulator for atomic reactor (Ruston and Hornsby), 20; safety valves for gas-cooled reactor (Cockburns of Glasgow), 52; atomic fuel element laboratory, 160; progress of advanced gas-cooled reactor, 227; steam generating heavy water moderated atomic reactor considered for, 553; plutonium separation plant (Mitchell Construction Co.), 618; atomic reactor accident, 691; ""
plex, 787; No. 2 Pile house processing plant, 788
Windsor Castle liner, statistics, 350 Windsor, R. H., Ltd., plastics exhibition in Russia, 493
Windward Islands, harbour works
St. George’s (Holland and Hannen and Cubitts Ltd.), 315
Winfrith Heath Atomic Energy Establishment, 82; Dragon reactor project, 51; fuel rods for Dragon project. 111; Signor Franco appointed engineer-in-chief. Dragon project, 617
Winget Ltd., 14NT/R concrete mixer, 48; Red Devil dumper trucks, 683
Winmarleigh motor trawler, 98
Winston Electronics Ltd., Winston-Green blood pressure follower, 27; distillation simulator to BP design, 307
Winston-Green blood pressure follower, 27
Wire, aluminium alloy conductor, 343
Conductor, resistivity of, 343
Wire Equipment Manufacturing Co., pumps for molten aluminium, 572
— Flattened, and steel strip (trade publication),
460
— Gun for metal spraying (Berk and Co. Ltd.),
13
— Rope. See Rope; Ropeways
— Strength increased by electropolishing, 211
— Twistor, 633
Wireless Telegraphy Act (1949), 22
— Telephony. See Radar; Radio; Telephony;
Television
— and wireless telegraphy. See Radar; Radio;
Telegraphy; Television
Wirtschaftliche Dampfkesselbetrieb, Der, by H. Kolbe (review), 331
Wistert, F. M., on Fringe Benefits (book), 530; (review), 867
Witlor Ltd., tractor crane, 50
Woinowsky-Krieger, S., on theory of plates and shells (book), 428
Wolfe Award to Dr. F. Webster, 437
Wood, acidity in (Timber Development Association), 503
of, by Dr. V. E. Gray, 503
Wood, B., on cost of thermal storage schemes, 859
— Flooring, Permatred, for vans (Permali), 407 Wood, Helen, on employment surveys, 307 Wood, J. L., on factors influencing the fatigue
behaviour of welded aluminium, 512
Wood, R., on Government fuel policy, 733 Wood, W. F., appointed acting head of research reactor special division at Harwell, 356 ?— as wall cladding, 540-541
Woodbury, R. S., on History of the Grinding Machine (review), 833; History of the Gear Cutting Machine (review), 834; on History of the Milling Machine (review), 866
Woodend Colliery, experimental hydraulic transport system, 719
Woods of Colchester, use of Beechcraft Travel- Air aircraft, 578
Woods, W. A., on NSU-Wankel engine, 76 Woodside Die Sinking Co. Ltd., tooling aids (trade publication), 204; fixtures (trade publication), 835
Woodward, C. D., review of Standardisation— what’s in it for me?, 95; biographical note, 96; on oil heaters, 440
Woodwork (trade publication), 396
Wool textile mills, training in (DSIR pamphlet), 611
Woollen industry in Yorkshire, 548
Woomera Rocket range, Wreciss wide angle camera for guided missiles, 211
— Weapon trials, Jindivik Mk.2b aircraft for
(Government Aircraft Factory), 303
Wootton, K. J., appointed general manager of GEC 324
Work bench (Baker Perkins Ltd.), 747
— Clamps (Odoni Equipment Ltd.), 12
— Loading chart, See-How (New Industrial
Charting and Publicity Ltd.), 423
— Study, by R. M. Currie (review), 427
Course, 745
— — on roads, 265
in Royal Navy, 437
— Table adjustable for height and angle of
surface (Delapena and Son), 86
Worked examples in applied mechanics, by W. C. Durney (book), 96
Workers, what they want, by J. Cooper, 509 Working conditions, super clean (Sperry), 487 Works Managers, Institution of. See Institution
Workshop practice, modern engineering and, by W. A. Tuplin (book), 96
World Bank. See International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
— Energy consumption per capita, 810
— Globe, inflatable (Prestige), 797
— Health Organisation, symposium on use of radioisotopes, 388
— Loans, statistics, 286
— Power Conference, 792; sun as energy source, 805: solving power shortage problems, 810, 859
— Press, guide to, 266
Worldwide Register of Adult Education (Aurea Publications), 458
Wrapping machines, pipe (Betzel), 846
Wreciss wide angle camera for guided missiles, 211
Wrenches (trade publication), 562
Wright Air Development Centre, molectronic research, 319, 338
Wright, J. H., on Advanced Water Reactor Systems, 811
Wright, S. B., on physics measurements during commissioning of Pluto, 811
Wrightson, Sir John, on Head Wrightson Processes Ltd., 523
Writing, direct, recorder (AB Elektrisk), 682 Writing in Industry (Vol. 1), 794
Wulff, J., on Foundry Engineering (review), 730
Wiiser, E., on bibliography of glossaries, 165
Wyatt, L. M., review of Transuranium Elements, 561; review of Physical Metallurgy of Uranium, 561-562; review of Constitutional Diagrams of Uranium and Thorium Alloys, 561-562; review of Thorium Production Technology, 561-562; biographical note, 562
Wynn, Robert, and Sons Ltd., transport by road of 130 ton roll housing, 264

“ X ” Project (Bristol-Siddeley), 341
X-ray equipment, portable, for steel plate and weld inspection (Siemens-Reiniger-Werke), 260
X-ray machine, 250 kV, at Hinkley Point, 16
Powder specimens, Debye-Schere, preparation evacuated in silicon capillaries, AERE report, 452
Unit, Andrex portable (Watson and Sons), 354
— ?— Unit, Baltospot (Pantak Ltd.), 417
Xenon poisoning, computer study of, 403 Xenon-135, 403
Xerox copying (trade publication), 835
— 914 document copier (Rank-Xerox Ltd. 609

YACHT repairs, do-it-yourself, 729
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., tractor shovel, 48
Yamey, Prof. B. S., on resale price maintenance and the shoppers’ choice, 333
Yangtze river, proposed dam at Ichang, 219
Yankee Atomic Electric Co., nucleate boiling and boric acid approved for use in reactor, 356
Yard truck (Conveyancer), 684
York Shipley, turbomatic compressors for air conditioning system, 757
Yorke, R., review of Mathematics Applied to Electrical Engineering, 298-299; biographical note, 300
Yorkshire, basic industries of, 548
— Coal industry in, 549
— Cutlery industry in, 549
— Employment statistics, 548
— Engineering growth in, by H. J. Novy, 548
— Growth of industry in, 548
Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd., electric roller hearth furnace installed, 486
— Labour relations in, 549
— Motorway, 549
?—? Rail traffic in, 549
— Resources of, 548
— Small firms in, 548
-— Steel industry in, 548
— Woollen industry in, 548
Young Contemporaries Exhibition, Plain Words on, 408
— Engineer, by C. B. Broschart (book), 560 Youngster electric power pack (Ashton-Young), 482
Youth Service, Albemarle report on, 221 Ytterbium as tracer element, 292
Yugoslav Nuclear Energy Commission, reconstruction of accident at Boris Kidrik Institute, 260
Yugoslavia, atomic reactor, research, opened at Boris Kidrik Institute, 196
Yust, V. E,, on noise in internal combustion engines, 566

ZAHN, L. L. Jr., on receiving, storage and mechanical treatment operations at Hanford, 585
Zahnformen der Zahnrader, Die, by H. Trier (review), 331
Zahour, R., on underground farming, 365
Zapparo, Signor, on Fiat-Ansaldo atomic propelled tanker, 617
Zawada, D. F., on computer solves complex suspension geometry problems, 598
ZEBRA, zero energy breeder assembly, comment on,228
Zegger, J. L., on decontamination of pressurised water reactors, 196
Zeiss, Carl, electron beam welding machine type ES1002, 589; Degenhardt and Co. appointed U.K. agents, 589
Zeiss measuring microscope (CZ Scientific Instruments Ltd.), 289
Zelomek, A. W., on changing America—at work and play (review), 202
Zener, Dr., on transistorised radio valves, 101 Zenith atomic reactor, in operation, 16 Reactor, reprocessing of fuel, 585 Zenith Plastics of California, plastic cylinder for guided missile, 146
Zeppelin in the Atomic Age, by E. J. Kirschner 323-324
Zero-Torque motor car door locks, 80
ZETA, thermonuclear device, effect of new knowledge of plasma behaviour on, 119 disappointment with, 553
Zidpark multi-storey car park system, 251
Zielinski, J., on distribution of stress in anchor blocks, 347
Zimmermann, H. J., on Electronic circuit theory (book), 96
Zinc, rolled, trends, by E. H. Klein, 847
— 67 in red shift experiment, 242
— Titanium alloy (New Jersey Zinc Co.), 847
Zinn, Dr. W. H., on nuclear fuel resources and reactor fuel costs, 859-860
Zircaloy for atomic fuel canning, 228 Zirconium (trade publication), 667
— for atomic fuel canning, 585
— Hydride in foaming aluminium, 279
Moderator, 88
Moderator in TRIGA reactor, 87
— Production and properties, 75
— Tubes for Hanford atomic reactor, 586
Zobroski, E. L., on nuclear superheaters for reactors, 811
ZOE atomic reactor, France, 51
Zone refining with electron beam, 557
ZTY magnesium alloy (Magnesium Elektron Ltd.), 215
Zwicky Ltd. ,anti-spill fuelling valve, 297

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