Engineering 1961 Jan-Jun: Index

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AASTRUP, A., on dams resistant rock, 894
Abattoir for Barbados, 736
Abbott, Dr., Profilometer, Micrometrical Manufacturing Co., 258
Abel, R. C., review of Hover Craft, 708; biographical note, 708
Abetti, Dr. P. A., Project EHV manager, 85
Ablative material (Martin Co.), 909
Abrasive cutter (trade publication), 68
— Grits, Macolaepp (Monks and Crane), 135
— Medium, Aloxite, 586
— Wear, laboratory testing for, 546
— — Resistance, studies of, 546-547
— Wheel, Artifex (Finishing Aids Ltd.), 835
Abroad, touring, take a tomato R. S. Campbell, 799
Absence from Work—Incidence, Control, 413
Absenteeism, 413
Abstracts, publication and use of, 719
Abutments, rock, safety of, by L. Muller, AC circuit. See Circuit
— Generators. See Generators
— Motors. See Electric motors Accelerator, electrostatic, 488
— Linear electron, to be built at Stanford University, 488
Heavy ion experiments with, 832
LINAC, for Moscow Trade Fair (Vickers Research), 673
for weld examination ment Ltd.), 191
X-band (Vickers), 673
— Van de Graff, for Padua Voltage Corp.), 488
—? Van de Graff, for Texas Institute, 488
Accelerometer (Technical Ceramics Ltd.), 826
Access Equipment Ltd., Clinch tube joints, 101
Accidents, atomic, explosion at National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, 148
Reactor, 355
Reactor, HRE-2, 355
Reactor, Marcoule, 355
Reactor in 1960, 355 Reactor, table of, 355 Reactor, SL.l, 355 Reactor, Teakettle, 355 Reactor, WTR, 355
— Brooklyn air crash, 1
— Building industry, 209, 381
— Falling objects, statistics on, 824
— - Foot injuries, 51 3
Accidents—How They Happen, 721
— Motor car, diagonal safety belts, 718
— Motorway, distribution, 625
— Munich air crash, I
— Prevention Group, safety regulations, 381
— Road, casualties, 856
during Christmas holiday, 9
— Royal Society for the Prevention of. See
Royal
— Statistics for industrial, 556, 721
— at Vauxhall Motor Co., 513
— to young workers, prevention of (Ministry of Labour leaflet), 721
— See also Explosion
Accumulator, hydro-pneumatic (trade publication), 364
ACD Bridge Co. Ltd., Forth Road Bridge, 10, 449; Severn Road Bridge contract, 379; purchase of trailers with protected wheels (Taskers), 651
Acetal plastic for gear pump, Delrin (Du Pont), 507
Acid corrosion in boilers, preventing, 782-783
— Fumes, ducts for, 474
— Storage tank, 474
Acme plastics welding machine (H.F. Industrial Services Ltd.), 628
Acrow (Engineers) Ltd., Acrow V-Formwork, 466-468
Acru Electric Tool Manufacturing Co. Ltd., spring winding tool, 826
Actuators, rotary (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 527
Adams, Sir Grantley, opening of deep water harbour in Barbados, 733
Adams Trainer machine (Lodge Equipment Ltd.), 912
Adams, W. F., on safety aspects of motorway design, 625
Adamson, C., on High Voltage Direct Current Power Transmission (review), 22
Adapta-Charts Ltd., charts (trade publication), 112
Adcora A3 polyamide cured coaltar/epoxy (E. and F. Richardson), 506
— Coatings, 506. See LETTER, 136
— P6 neoprene coating (E. and F. Richardson), 506
— SP solventless epoxy coating (E. and F. Richardson), 506
Add-On alarm unit (Thomas Industrial Automation Ltd.), 766
Addison Electric Co. Ltd., induction tracer, 660
Addison, E. N., on plant and customers’ requirements, 566
Addison, H., on An Engineer Looks at the Arab Revolts, 624; review of African Revolution, 746; biographical note, 748; review of Irrigation and Hydraulic Design, 675-676; biographical note, 676
Addison Tool Co. Ltd., Bahler tube bending machine, 251; Cefmo cutting-off machine, 251; belt grinding machine, 319; Jungbluth friction saw, 527; circular saw, 559; on plant and customers’ requirements, 566 Additive oils, 521
Adequate wiring, by W. F. Jarvis, 784
Adhesion tester (Hoyt Metal Co.), 529
Adhesives (trade publication), 808
— (Atlas Preservative Co. Ltd.), 698
— Impact, Evo-Stik 633 (Evode Ltd.), 633
— Dry film (British Tego Gluefilm Ltd.), 421
— Neoprene, to prevent bonnet shake (Du Pont), 855
— Redux, for aluminium (CIBA (ARL), Ltd.), 587
— to replace spot welding, 687
Adkins, J. E., on Large Elastic Deformations and Non-Linear Continuum Mechanics (book), 496
Adlard, E. R., research on gas analysis, 645
Administration, Plain Words on, 344
Admiralty station, Dounreay, Capt. H. A.
Kidd appointed to command, 420
Adrema (London) Group, Bradma addressing machines for Czechoslovakia, 159
Advance Components Ltd., transistor tester, 598; power supply instruments, 891
Advance Motor Supplies, expansion of export business, 905
Advertising Publications Co. Ltd., exhibitions arranged, 685
Advice to a Lecturer, by Michael Faraday (book), 464
Aeberli, A. E., on Deriaz reversible pump-turbine, 228
AEC Ltd., vehicle order from South Africa, 777
AEC Vehicles (SA), order position, 429
AEI Appliances Ltd., formation of, 17; to direct activities of AEI Hotpoint and AEI Gala, 17; export organization, 17; Lord Chandos appointed chairman, 17; R. C. Wood appointed managing director, 17
AEI-Birlec Ltd., continuous casting equipment for Ley’s Malleable Castings Co. Ltd., 202; electric furnace, 555
AEI-Davy United Steelworks Automation Unit, formation of, 533
AEI Electronic Apparatus Division, miniature silicon diode, 41
AEI Engineering, 262
AEI-Gala Ltd., overseas sales of AEI-Hotpoint Supermatic washing machines, 328
AEI-GRS, exhibit at Rand Show, 465
AEI-Hotpoint Ltd., gas fired stoving plant installed (Parkinson Cowan), 203; supermatic washing machine, 326-328
AEI Marine Dept., dryer, 352
AEI Plastics (Aldridge) Ltd., polyethylene pattern letters, 551
AEI Radio and Electronic Components Division, Loudspeakerphone office communicator, 384
AEI. See also Associated Electrical Industries Aerial delivery packs, honeycomb as impact absorber, 90
— Survey of Skelmersdale new town area (Fairey Air Surveys Ltd.), 673
— System, corona rings for, 205
Aero Controls Ltd., pipeline couplings to eliminate expansion joints, 461 Aero-engine. See Aircraft engine Aero-Thermodynamics and Flow in Turbomachines, by M. H. Vavra (review), 110
Aerobee-Hi rockets, 899
Aerodynamics for Engineering Students, by E. L. Houghton and A. E. Brook (book), 24
— Research at NPL, 709
Aerograph-DeVilbiss Co. Ltd., spraying
urethane foams for insulation, 438
Aerojet-General Nucleonics, ML-1 atomic reactor, 388; cores for USAEC gas cooled reactor experiment, 223
Aeromaritime Ltd., Electro-Clock elapsed time indicator, 826
Aeronautical exhibition, international, Paris, 694
Aeroplane. See Aircraft
— engines. See Aircraft engine; Turbine, gas Aerostable suspension of Renault Dauphine
car uses neoprene, 481
Aerostyle Ltd., Megastraton paint spraying plant, 571, paint spraying plant, 767
Aeroweb honeycomb, 90. See Production information sheet No.
(CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 361 Aesthetics, British journal on, 574 AETR project. See Atomic reactor, advanced epithermal thorium
African Revolution, by J. Cameron (review), 746
Aggregate, concrete, specification and handling for large dams, 894
— Lightweight, use of, by V. V. Stolnikov, 894
— for roads from slag, 342
— Specification based on Dokan Dam, by
D. N. W. Earp, 894
— for Warragamba Dam, by T. B. Nicol, 894 Agincourt, HMS, historical note, 7 Agricultural Credit Corp., 299
Agricultural Engineers Association, export statistics for agricultural machinery, 159; meeting on exports, 201
— Equipment, design and development in, 164 Future exhibitions on, 165
electrostatic
598; airless
LETTER, 180
1
Agricultural equipment industry, expansion and investment in, 167
External factors affecting, 165 Industry, forecast for 1961, 167 Industry, long term research in, 167 Industry, management and labour in, 166 Industry, plant and materials supply in, 167
Industry, production in, 167
Market trends in, 166
Outlook for 1961, 164-167
— and Industrial Fair, European, Sweden, 181
— Industry, intensive mechanization of, 299
— Machinery exports, 159
Imported into Sweden, 181
Agricultural Research Institute, on European Common Market, 761
— Tractor. See Tractor
Agriculture, ready mixed concrete for, 235
— See also Farm : Tractors
Agusta-Bell 204B helicopter aircraft, de Havilland Gnome engines for, 673
Agusta Helicopter Manufacturing Co., order to de Havilland Engine Co., for Gnome turbine engines, 17
Aidas Electric Ltd., Sadia electric water heater, 699
Air bearings. See Bearings
— Bridge across Channel, 681
— Clean, conference, proceedings of diamond
jubilee international (National Society for Clean Air (book), 68
National Society for. See National Year book, 870 _ _
— Compressed.
matic
— Compressor.
— Conditioner,
Ltd.), 693
Velovent
Ltd.), 528
— Conditioning and fire precautions, 142 and refrigeration exhibition, International, 834
Swimming pool, 511
Unit, Airwell, 816
Unit, Guardaire (Winston Electronics Ltd.), 816
Units, packaged (Carlyle Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd.), 403
Air Control Installations Ltd., Velovent air conditioner, 528
— Cylinders (Scovill Manufacturing Co.,
Schrader Division), 87
— Ducts of Plasticell, 834
Air Ministry, integrated air traffic control system, 478
Air-O-Line pneumatic control unit, Batch (Honeywell), 826
Air pollution. See also Smog
Control, symposium on (ASTM), 200 Air Pumps Ltd., Travelair power pack compressor, 827
Air Products (Great Britain) Ltd., liquid hydrogen production, 898
— and rain, radioactive fall-out in, by D. H.
Pierson et al, 60
Air Registration Board, longer overhaul life for Rolls-Royce Avon engines granted, 497
— Route traffic control centre, IBM 650
RAMAC computer for data processing in, by H. R. Johnson, Jr., J. E. Erickson, J. E. Speers and J. O. Egloff, 479
Upper, 478
— Safety, combined operations for, 478
— Screws. See Propellers
Air Trac drilling rig, Gardner-Denver (Wickman Ltd.), 145
— Traffic control, computer aids for, 479 Control, future developments in, 478 Control, need for better, 1
Control system, integrated, 478 Growing volume of, 1
— Transport, outlook for 1961, 160-163 Airbrosse electric hand brush, Peugeot
(Rudson Wood and Co. Ltd.), 848
Aircraft, Airedale, on show at Coventry, 641
— Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, I
— Atomic power for ramjet propulsion, Propulsion for, USAEC suspends
gramme, 632
— Avro 771, BS75 ducted fan engine for,
— Avro-748, 1, 684
— BAC One-Eleven (British Aircraft Corp.
Ltd.), 683
— Beagle-Auster Airedale, 684
— Blind landing, development
Visual Glide Path Indicator
— Bristol Britannia, order from
ways, 233
— British Aircraft Corp, type 107, BS75 ducted
fan engine for, 204
— British, presenting in Paris, 684
— CI60 Transall, France, Britain and West
Germany co-operate on, 113
— C160 Transall, Nordaviation and Weser
and Hamburger co-operate on, 113
— Cl60 Transall, Rolls-Royce engines for, 113
— Caravelle (Sud Aviation), 429
— Caravelle, flight simulator of, for Alitalia
Air Line (Redifon), 801
— Carrier Enterprise, reactor critical, 192 Hercules renamed Vikrant for Indian
Navy, 429
Vikrant commissioned for Indian Navy, 429
— Comet, Olympic Airways place repeat
order, 465
Aircraft Components Ltd., historical note, 694
— Components, testing for life on, 502
— Dart Herald, 1
— Dart Herald, for Maritime Central Airways
(Handley Page Co.), 265
— Dart Herald, for Nordair (Handley Page
Co.), 265
— Dassault Mirage III, first flight of, 429
— de Havilland Dove 8 for J. C. Bamford
(Excavators) Ltd., 257
— DH 125 (de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.),
577
— Engine, Avon jet, longer overhaul life for
(Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 497
Avon jet, for Mirage III aircraft (Rolls Royce), 429
Conway jet, for VCIO aircraft (Rolls- Royce Ltd.), 233
Gnome, for Boeing-Vertol 107 and Agusta-Bell 204B helicopters (de Havilland Engine Co.), 673
Gnome turbine (de Havilland), Gyron Junior, trial flight of
aircraft with (de Havilland), 269 Industry, exports of, 133 Leonides (Alvis Co.), 61 Lift/thrust, Bristol Siddeley
turbofan, 710
17 Javelin
Pegasus
See Compressed air; Pneu-
See Compressor
Airtemp (Chrysler Airtemp
(Air Control Installations
800
pro
204
of British System, 533 Ghana Air-
Lift-thrust, for VTOL aircraft, 710-711 Pegasus, for VTOL aircraft, Bristol
Siddeley, 684
Propeller turbine, for light aircraft
(Rover Co. Ltd.), 293
Rear mounted, advantages of, 882
Spey, for BAC One-Eleven aircraft
(Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 683
Spey, development of (Rolls-Royce
Ltd.), 787
Starter, steam operated (AEI Ltd.), 403 — Tyne, for Cl60 Transall aircraft (Rolls-
Royce Ltd.), 113
— Engineering workers, rejection of wage
increase, 9
— Executive, jet engined, 577
— Export sales, 541
— Gloster Javelin, trial flight with de Havilland
Gyron Junior engines, 269
— Hawker VTOL, Pl 127, progress report on,
461
— Helicopter, Agusta-Bell 204B, de Havilland
Gnome engines for, 673
Boeing-Vertol 107, de Havilland Gnome engines for, 673
in Royal Navy, 273 S64 Sikorsky skycrane (United Aircraft
Corp.), 320
— Hovercraft. See Hovercraft
— Industry, Paper Protection Mask, 667
— Jane’s all the world’s, by J. W. R. Taylor
(book), 396
— Landings, automatic, with Para-Visual
Director (PVD) equipment, 402
— Light, propeller turbine for (Rover Co.
Ltd.), 293
— and missiles, manufacture of, by M. P.
Guibert (review), 706
— Navigation, moving display map for, 852
— Noise tests on, 377
— Noratlas to be replaced by Cl60 Transall
aircraft, 113
— NX-2, nuclear powered, tests on, 16
— Outlook for 1961, 34, 122-125
— Para-Visual Director (PVD) equipment for
(Smiths Aviation), 402
Aircraft Porous Media Inc., filter assemblies, 188
— Propeller fatigue, 503
— Propeller test rig, 503
— Servicing anytime anywhere, 694-695
— Short SCI, 684
— Short SC5 (Short Bros. and Harland Ltd.), 683
— Short VTOL, model of, 684
— Show at Coventry (W. S. Shackleton
(Aviation) Ltd.), 641
— Spitfire: story of a famous fighter, by B.
Robertson (review), 23
— Structures, introduction to the theory of,
by D, Williams (review), 157
— Supersonic airliners, studies on, 820 Problems in, conference on, 761
— Terrier, on show at Coventry, 641
— Undercarriage fatigue, 502
— Undercarriage testing, 502
— Vickers Vanguard, 1
— Vickers VCIO, Conway jet engines for, 233
— Vickers VCIO, details of, 882-883
— Vickers VCIO, English Electric constant
speed generator drives for, 809
— Vickers VCIO, order from BOAC, 233
— Vickers VCIO, order from Ghana Airways,
233
— Vickers Viscount, All Nippon Airways, 465,
873
— Vickers Viscount, order from Ghana Air
ways, 233
— VTOL, Bristol Siddeley Pegasus engine
for, 684
— VTOL, commuter carrying capacity of, 241
— VTOL, lift/thrust engines for, 710-711
— War planes of the second world war:
fighters, by W. Green (review), 23
— XI5 rocket, re-entry nose cone for (North
rop), 41
Airedale aircraft, Beagle-Auster, 684
— •—on show at Coventry, 641
Airfields and roads overseas, use and control
of vegetation on, by K . E. Clare, 829 Airflow buffing mops (W. Canning and Co.), 586
ENGINEERING, VOL, 191 (1961)
Airmix powder mixer (Wm. Gardener and Sons
(Gloucester) Ltd.), 692 Airport, Baghdad international, 888
— Brussels, Marconi radar units for, 609
— Civil, operating losses, 159
— Kuwait international, 888
— Oxford, new control tower, 833 Airtemp air conditioner (Chrysler Airtemp
Ltd.), 693
Airwell Co., air conditioning unit, 816 Aitken, Sir Robert, on Birmingham University, 689
Aiton and Co. Ltd., exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Akimenko, A. D., on Continuous Casting of Steel in Commercial Use (book), 576
Akroyd, T. N. W., on failure mechanism of saturated concrete, 658-659
Alarm, fire, in BBC Television Centre, 402 Colarm (Walter Kidde Co. Ltd.), 352
— Overhead line (trade publication), 200
— Switch (AEI Ltd.), 190
— Unit, Add-On (Thomas Industrial Auto
mation Ltd.), 766
Albu, A., on modernization needs railwaymen. See LETTER, 92; on how hasty innovation caused disaster, 183; review of Short History of Technology, 395; biographical note, 396; on making small arms in Pakistan, 853
Alcan of Canada, aluminium busbars for Komati power station, 618
Alcan Industries Ltd., equipment for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52; Noral 28S alloy for lens mounts, 179; high purity aluminium (trade publication), 264; aluminium roof for Weeton reservoir, 321; aluminium for pontoon for Esso at Milford Haven (Whittingham and Mitchell), 343; aluminium suspension clamp, 507; Noraltrace traced pipework, 550; Noral- duct transformer coolers, 803; Noral 3s alloy tubes for heat exchanger, 867
Alcan (UK) Ltd., aluminium in the home, 130; aluminium for cables (trade publication), 640; covered hopper railway wagons of aluminium, 717
Alcol Holding Pty, and subsidiaries, bought by Metal Industries Ltd., 397
Alcon Thames centrifugal pump (Arthur
Lyon and Co.), 826
Alcosa vacuum pump (William Allday and Co. Ltd.), 145
Alder, R. B., on Electromagnetic Field, Energy and Forces (review), 297-298
Alders (Tamworth) Ltd., variable speed paper machine drive installed (Crompton Parkinson and Brookhirst Igranic Ltd.), 334 Alers Hankey, J., screening for busbars at
Komati power station, 618
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale motor car, 329
Algebra, Boolean, and its applications, by J. E. Whitesitt (book), 808
Alitalia Air Line, Caravelle flight simulator for (Redifon), 801
All Nippon Airways, Viscount aircraft for, 465, 873
All-Union Chamber of Commerce, Russian, sponsorship of British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Allday, William, and Co. Ltd., Alcosa vacuum pump, 145
Allen, Edgar, and Co. Ltd., Trackwork Engineering, 765
Allen, P. W., and Co. Ltd., spot light, 353; magnifier, 444; viewer, 766
Allen-Stoeckicht gear units for CEGB (W. H.
Allen, Sons and Co.), 429
Allen, V. L., on Trade Unions and the Government (review), 363
Allen, W. D., on Neutron Detection (review), 396
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Allen-Stoeckicht gear units for CEGB, 429; turboalternator for Rhodesian Triangle Sugar Estates, 809
Alley Compressors Ltd., Alley air compressors, 763
Allied Electronics Ltd., Altron power supply, 383
Alloy, lightweight, for space engineering, 613 Alloy Metals Review, 274
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— of precious metals, table of, 210
— of precious metals, uses in brazing, 210-211
— Steels (trade publication), 808
— See also under specific alloy types Aloxite abrasive medium, 586
Alpha active materials, apparatus for determining the mechanical properties of, M. J. Notely and P. M. French (paper), 456 Alshawi, Major General M., on Basrah Petroleum Co., 25
Alternator sets, diesel. National/Brush for Machinoimport (Hawker Siddeley), 809
— for transport vehicles, the application of,
by Dr. W. D. Sutherland, 492
— Turbo, for Rhodesian Triangle Sugar
Estates (W. H. Allen and Sons), 809
— See also Generator; Turbo
Altron power supply (Allied Electronics Ltd.), 383
Alumina ceramic (trade publication), 808 Aluminised asbestos curtaining material (Turner Bros. Asbestos Co. Ltd.), 243 Aluminium (trade publication), 808
— and aluminium alloys, inspection and testing
procedure for, BS LlOO (BSI), 407
— Brazing paste (Eutectic), 135
— Busbars for Komati power station, 618 Large, pass tests, 618
Testing for Komati power station, 618
— for cables (trade publication), 640 Aluminium Co. of America, transmission
towers for GEC “ Project EHV,” 11; aluminium furniture designs, 130
Aluminium Co. of Canada Ltd., aluminium railway wagons with covered hoppers, 717 Aluminium Co. Ltd., transformer coolers from integral sheet, 803
Aluminium compounds, US Bureau of Standards research programme on, 269
Aluminium Corrugated and Troughed Sheeting (brochure), 47
Aluminium Courier, 207
Aluminium Development Association, Aluminium Corrugated and Troughed Sheeting, 47; Aluminium Courier, 207
— Extrusions (trade publication), 298
— Foil for cooking, 207
— for food packaging, 207
— Furniture, 130
?— Heat exchanger (Wellington Tube Works), 867
— High purity (trade publication), 264
— in the home, 130, 207
— Honeycomb (trade publication), 808 (CIBA), 90-91
Doors (Otis Elevator Co.), 91 Platens (Pasolds), 91 Waveguides (Marconi), 91 —? Ladder (H. C. Slingsby Ltd.), 207 ?— Launders, Marinite used for, 770
— and magnesium alloys, elevated temperature
properties of (ASTM book), 110
— Makes light work, 207
— Mast for yawl Manita (British Aluminium),
47
— Panels adhesive bonded (Bonallack Ltd.),
587
Aluminium Plant and Vessel Co. Ltd., renamed APV Co. Ltd., 429
— Pontoon for Esso at Milford Haven
(Whittingham and Mitchell), 343
— Railway wagons with covered hoppers
(Alcan (UK) Ltd.), 717
— Roof for Weeten reservoir, 321
— Sheet (James Booth Aluminium Co.), 587
— Ships, fire protection for (Turners Asbestos
Cement Co. Ltd.), 407
— Stud welding tool (Crompton Parkinson),
399
— Suspension clamp (Alcan Industries Ltd.),
507
Aluminium-tin bearings for big ends (Glacier), 446
— Tracer pipes, 550
— for trawlers, 275 Alumino-silicate glass development, 551 Alvis Co. Ltd., Alvis Leonides engine, 61;
Royal Air Force and South African Air Force orders for Alvis fire crash tenders, 61; Stalwart cargo carrier, 61; demand maintained for Alvis 3 litre motor car, 61 Alwaye thorium plant, India, 725
Alyn tube cutting machine (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 517
Amalgamated Engineering Union, annual ference, 625; overtime work for members, 625; wage claim by, 625
Amber Oils Ltd., silicone grease in aerosol pack, 343
Ambuco Ltd., Waagner-Biro gas scrubber, 14; Ambuco Venturi fume cleaning plant, 890 America. See United States', see also Latin America
American Atomic Energy Corp., trials of Winston beryllium monitor, 905
American Dayco Corp., testing radiator hoses to destruction, 21
American Industrial Hygiene Convention, 905 American Institute of Industrial Engineers, request for reports on research, 689
American Machine and Foundry Co. Ltd., atomic reactor for Teheran University, 16; Master Slave manipulator, 103; swimming pool reactor for McMaster University, 725; atomic reactor for Lardarelle power station, 800; Automatic Pinspotter machine for ten-pin bowling, 889
American Marc Inc., marine diesel engines, 594 American Motors Corp., gifts to customers, 113 American Nuclear Society, winter meeting of, 686
American Rocket Society, meeting with Institute of Aerospace Science, 856
American Society for Testing Materials, methods of physical and chemical testing of industrial water, 15; elevated temperature properties of aluminium and magnesium alloys, 110; symposium on Hydraulic Fluids (review), 157; use of radioisotopes for soil density measurements, 192; Symposium on Air Pollution Control (book), 200; Symposium on Newer Metals (review), 332; Symposium on Durability and Weathering of Structural Sandwich Constructions (book), 364; Symposium on Effect of Water- Reducing Admixtures and Set-Retarding Admixtures on Properties of Concrete (review), 462; Symposium on Durability and Weathering of Structural Sandwich Constructions (review), 806; Basic Mechanisms of Fatigue (review), 903
— See also United States Ames Crosta Mills and Co. Ltd., use
bellows, 739
AMF Atomics Inc., Tokai-Mura reactor, 16; design of on-power
refuelling machine, 148; atomic reactor for Buffalo University, 456
AMF Ltd., Tissuglas glass fibre tissue paper, 275; Maxim Aquavap evaporator, 651; Automatic Pinspotter machine for ten-pin bowling, 889
Amigo Machine Co. Ltd., feed unit, 859 Ammunition, rifle, 830
Amosite asbestos, Caposite (Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Ltd.), 519
Ampere demand meter (Ferranti Ltd.), 444 Ampex Great Britain Ltd.,
recorder, 650
Amplifier with low noise (Marconi), 400-401
— Maser, 401
— X-ray image, Marconi,
hospital, 397
Amstel Club, How the Amstel Club Works, 865; meeting at Zurich, 865; United Dominions Trust as member for UK, 865 AMT (B’ham) Ltd., unit heads (trade publication), 24
AMY automatic yarn monitor for linen industry, 813
Analogue devices for network analysis, by P. G. Kendall and P. G. Parrot, 302 Analyser, differential, 864
Analysis, chemical, of cast iron and foundry materials, by W. Westwood and A. Mayer (review), 66
— Grundlagen der, by E. Landau (review),
364. See LETTER, 477
— Rapid, of freshly mixed concrete, by C. D.
Turton, 659
— Spectrochemical (trade publication), 872
Anatrol, an analogue on-line process control computer, by M. James and W. T. Lee (paper), 181
Analytical techniques and remote handling of samples used in the processing of samples from HTGC loop irradiations, by P. E. Brown et al, 520
Anderson, A., on Astracon electronic tube, 236 Anderson, Sir Donald, on liner Canberra, 753 Anderton coal shearer and loader, 603 Anderton Foundry Co. Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Andrews, W. H., on diffusion and absorption coeflicients of beryllium, 696
Angle Bay, Milford Haven ocean terminal for BP Co., 626, 633
Anglesey, new factory for Midland Electrical Manufacturing Co., 217
— Wylfa, atomic power station, application to
Ministry of Power for consent for, 288
Atomic power station, public inquiry into, 632
Anglia motor car, 823
Angus, George, and Co. Ltd., Bellofram diaphragm seals, 629
Animated display device, Movotron (Technical Designs Ltd.), 851
Ankobra bridge, Ghana, 765 Annealing for quality and economy, 202 Annunciator (Londex Ltd.), 692
Ansaldo, negotiations with Euratom for ship’s atomic reactor, 256; study of plans for atomic propelled tanker ship, 288
Antarctic expedition, Australian. See Australian
Antenna, by L. Thourel (book), 364 Anthology of Houses, by M. Pidgeon and T. Crosby (book), 264
Anti-Corrosion Manual, 1960 (review), 156 Antisigma-minus hyperon, discovery of, 104 Antitrust Laws of the United States of America, by A. D. Neale (review), 427-428
Apelt, C. J., on Field Computations in Engineering and Physics (book), 496
Apex Construction Ltd., Apex cutter mill, 12; drier, 57; Apex blending machine, 251; laboratory press, 253; vacuum driers (trade publication), 364; process equipment (trade publication), 364; exhibits at Leipzig Trade Fair, 641; sales to Leuna- Werke WV, 641; sales to Schleifmaschinen- Werke, 641
Apex Marine Ltd., use of Kraft honeycomb in boatbuilding, 90; Ceabird Mk II boat, 90; Ceawren boat, 90; Ceacruiser boat, 90
Apollo project (Martin Co.), 856
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., ore handling plant ordered from GEC Ltd., 113
Appliance, domestic, industry, poor sales for 1960, 309, 365
— Electric and industrial furnaces by V.
Paschkis and J. Persson (book), 298
Application des Gaz, Camping Gaz stoves and lanterns distribution through Camping Gaz International, 152
Applicator for protection tapes (Gordon and Gotch), 739
Apprentices, building, increase in, 185
— National, dinner, 689 Apprenticeship schemes, 209 APS Stechkin pistol, 830
APV Co. Ltd., APV plate evaporator, 430-432 Aqaba deep water port, 888
Aqualeo oil fired immersion heater (Lion Stamping Co. Ltd.), 352
Aquavap evaporator, Maxim (AMF Ltd.), 651 Arab Revolt of 1955-1958 : Divide and Lose, by lonides (book), 624
An engineer looks at, by H. Addison, 624 Araldite epoxy resin (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 375 —? — Resin styling models (Austin), 855 Arborite Co, (UK) Ltd., plastic laminates, 375 Arborite Ltd., use of automated plastic laminating presses, 740
Arc (BOC journal), 774
Arc furnace. See Furnace, electric
Arc Manufacturing Co. Ltd., welding machine, CO2 process, 529; on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 568
—? Welding. See Welding
Archaeological societies, instruments required for, 476
Archdale, James, biographical note, 702
Archdale, James, and Co. Ltd., Preselect radial drilling machine, 702-704; historical note, 702; automatic platen machine for Ferranti Ltd., 841
Architects, naval. See Naval architects Architecture, industrial, by J. F. Munce (book), 540
— Naval, basic, by K. C. Barnaby (book), 640 Arcon Monitor Roof (Taylor Woodrow
(Arcon)), 897
Arctic microwave cooking oven (Lewispoint Holdings Ltd.), 240
Ardleigh Engineering Ltd., thermostat, 527 Argentina, UK export prospects in, 193 Argentine, development of uranium deposits, 387
— IAEA experts to
processing, 387
Argonaut atomic
University, 632 Argonne National
Master Slave manipulator, 103; design of SL-1 atomic reactor, 148; shut-down of EBWR atomic reactor, 419
Argosy aircraft, Armstrong Whitworth, 1 Argus computer for Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd. (Ferranti Ltd.), 365, 366
for ICI Ltd. (Ferranti Ltd.), 365, 366
Argus computer in process control, by W. F. M. Payne, 181
Argyris, C., on Understanding Organisational Behaviour (book), 608
Arid zone hydrology, by Prof. H. Schoeller, 55 Ariel Hotel, Foamglas roof for (Russell Diplock Associates), 698
Ariel Motor Co., Ariel Leader motorcycle, 194-196
Arithmic gearbox (Mattersons Ltd.), 188 Arm, mechanical. General Mills (General Mills Inc.), 103
Armaments, design and development in, 34
— Future exhibitions and trade fairs on, 35
— Industry, expansion and investment in, 37 External factors affecting, 35
Forecast for 1961, 37 Long term research in, 37 Management and labour in, 36 Plant and materials supply in, 36 Production in, 37
— Market trends in, 36 ?—? Outlook for 1961, 34
Armco Ltd., Idealarc submerged arc squirt welding machine, 416
Armour Research Foundation, metal fibre seals, 475
Arms, small, improved: army fire power, by R. M. Ogorkiewicz, 830-831
in Pakistan, 853
Armstrong, Richard M., licence agreement with Dicon SA de CV, 497
Armstrong Whitworth Equipment Ltd., servo valve, 485
Armstrong Whitworth (Metal Industries) Ltd., new equipment for roll production shops, 39; gyratory crushers (trade publication), 396
Armstrong Whitworth, Sir W. G., Aircraft Ltd., Argosy aircraft, 1; orders placed for fire detection equipment, 769
Army Fire Power: Improved Small Arms, by R. M. Ogorkiewicz, 830-831
Arnot, W. D., on designer and writer, 552; on library minded engineers and scientists, 312; on national use of technical information, 719. See LETTER, 885
Arrol, Sir William, and Co. Ltd., Forth Road Bridge, 10, 449, 451; bridge for Regents Canal Dock, 483
Articles and Events service of ENGINEERING, 746 Artifex abrasive wheel (Finishing Aids and Tools Ltd.), 835
Artrite Ltd., new formulated resins, 773 Arundel, L. L., on fast cutting with carbon dioxide coolant, 266-267
Arup, Ove, and Partners, nuclear research centre for Oxford University, 832; roof of Smithfield Market, 863
Asbestos, aluminized, curtaining material (Turner Bros. Asbestos Co. Ltd.), 243
— Amosite, Caposite (Cape Insulation &
Asbestos Products Ltd.), 519
— Based insulation material, Marinite
(Marinite Ltd.), 770
— Cement (trade publication), 264
— Industrial applications, by D. V. Rosato
(review), 263-264
— Origin, production and utilization, by
W. E. Sinclair (review), 263-264
— Textiles (trade publication), 808
Ascension Island, Nike-Zeus computer for, 269 Asea, Vaster&s, atomic reactors for Marviken atomic power station, 16
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., agreement with Pennsylvania Enginering Corp., 25; furnaces for Broken Hill Pty. Co., 25; blast furnaces for Ford Motor Co., 201; fifty blast furnaces (trade publication), 576 Ash well, D. G., on Mathematical Tool-Kit for Engineers (review), 232
Ashworth, D. S., review of Transformers and Generators for Power Stations, 806; biographical note, 808
Asphalt, mastic, transporter for (Braham, Patterson and Benham Ltd.), 319
Associated Bearing Co., formation of, 665; plant for India, 665
Associated British Machine Tool Makers, Sir Greville Maginness resigns as Chairman, 348; E. Parkinson resigned from the board, 348; J. W. Butler elected chairman, 348
Associated Cement Co. of India, member of AVB Co., 765
Associated Commercial Vehicles, share capital of Transport Equipment (Thorneycroft) bought, 299
Associated Electrical Industries Ltd., export drive, 17; formation of AEI Appliances, 17; thermal generating unit for Australia, 69; oil circuit breaker, 87; appointed as electrical consultants to Indian Government, 109; generators for McKay Creek power station, 187; flow transmitter, 189; alarm switch, 190; distribution transformers for London Electricity Board, 233; high voltage tap changers for CEGB, 233; Ediswan RF power valve, 253; formation of British Space Development Co., 257; AEI Engineering, 262; control board for Russian tyre factory, 267; line protector, 279; W. D. Sinclair appointed manager of rectifier engineering, 397; Dr. J. C. Read appointed consultant on rectifiers, 397; steam aircraft engine starter, 403; exhibit at Rand Show, 465; electric locomotive for South African Railways, 465; exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; profit statement, 533; position and prospects, 533; activities of, 533; possible loss on Berkeley atomic power station, 533; development of British Visual Glide Path Indicator System, 533; formation of AEI-Davy United Steelworks Automation Unit, 533; Easter School of, 556; on plant and customers’ requirements, 566; on electrical equipment and customers’ requirements, 568; formation of British Space Development, 585; Lord Chandos’ statement awaited, 585; to form joint company with GEC Ltd., 601; electrical equipment for Philippines cotton mill.
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Freemantle and J. S.
609; position and prospects, 633; Lord Chandos’ report, 633; export orders, 633; increased turnover, 633; steam condensers for CEGB, 665; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705; research arrangements with C. A. Parsons Co., 737; Channel cable to link UK and French grid systems, 753; turboelectric propulsion machinery for liner Canberra, 754; mine winding gear, 787; discussions at BEAMA export conference, 841; Walmsley Group order paper machine drives for Russia, 897; see also AEf
Associated Electrical Industries (Manchester) Ltd., oil circuit breaker, 418
Associated Electrical Industries (Rugby) Ltd., Machine Tool Drives (trade publication), 68; electronic equipment (trade publication), 608
Associated Engineering Group, position and prospects, 61; capital expenditure programme, 61; overseas expansion, 61; increased turnover and profits, 61; subsidiaries of, 61; development programme, 61; overseas subsidiaries of, 61; trading results before tax, tables of, 61; associated companies, 61; purchase of Pistone Borgo, 61; purchase of Societe E. Demolin, 61; South African associated companies, 61; purchase of S.A.F. de Pistone Borgo, 61
Associated Motor Cycles, position and prospects, 457; increasing sales, 457; formation of Indian Co., 457; trading profit, 457
Associated Television, formation of British Space Development Co., 257; new studios opened at Elstree, 505; formation of British Space Development, 585
Association of British Chambers of Commerce, sponsorship of British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Association of Consulting Engineers, increase in membership, 888; annual report, 888; overseas work of members, 888
ASTM. See American Society for Testing Materials
Aston Martin DB4 motor car, 329; comfort and performance, 663
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., to take over motor car manufacture from David Brown Industries Ltd., 61; take over operations of Tickford Ltd., 6!
Astra atomic reactor. See LETTER, 5 Astracon electronic tube development (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 236, 565
Astronomy, dynamical, introductory treatise to, by H. C. Plummer (book), 464
— Radio, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Spherical, compendium of, by S. Newcomb (book), 332
Aswan High Dam, 624
— Hydro-electric scheme, 888
Atkins, 1. R., on New Survey of BBC Experimental Colour Transmissions (book), 364 Atkins, W. S., and Partners, atomic energy centre at Dacca, 734; Durgapur steelworks, 735
Atlantic crossings, pros and cons of, 585 Atlantic Research Corp., laboratory mixing machine, 597; time and events sequencing apparatus, 175
Atlas Copco (Great Britain) Ltd., air compressors, 253; Roughrider tractor compressor unit, 797
Atlas digital computer, first production model (Ferranti Ltd.), 609
Atlas Preservative Co. Ltd.^ adhesives, 698
Atmospheric pollution. Clean air; Smog
Atomenergi, AB, atomic reactors for Marviken atomic power station, 16
Atomic accidents. See Accident
— Activity in Scandinavia, 563-564
— Applications for valves (trade publication), 776
— Assembly, sub-critical, details of (Vickers-Armstrongs), 487-488
Sub-critical, details of (Societe Anonyme de Machines Electrostatiques), 487-488 Sub-critical, Uranie 11, 487
— Building programme in Norway, 564
— Clock, 705
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Gammacell irradiator, 727
— Energy Centre, Dacca, 734
Atomic Energy Co. of Sweden, formation of, 563; activities of, 563
Engineering, Marine and Welding Exhibition, 519, 527, 559, 629
in North Chili, by E. Friedmann M., 148 Peaceful uses of, agreement between Russia and UKAEA, 800
Peaceful uses of, photographic exhibition on (Ilford Ltd.), 192
Programme for Czechoslovakia, 15 Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Dr. R. Spence appointed deputy director, 632; Dr. W. Wild appointed head of chemistry division, 632; Wigner energy release carried out on BEPO atomic reactor, 632; investigations into neutron spectrum measurements, 696
— Engineers and physicists, University training facilities for, 104
Training of, role of computers in, 864
— Explosives, development for peaceful purposes, 224
— Fuel, beryllium canning of, 725 and canning, 664
Cartridge, burst, principles of detection of, by F. T. Law, 599
Ceramics as, 368 Cermets as, 369
Coated particle research, 455
Comprehensive study of, 368-369 Element, burst, detection of radioactivity from, 599
Elements, course on at Imperial College, 420
Elements, irradiated, new machining method, 104
Elements, neutron temperature in reactors when moderator is closely associated
See Air pollution;
with, by R.
Harper, 455
Atomic fuel element skips, protection of, 506 Elements for superheating, 59
Elements, types of failure, 599
ENGINEERING research report on, 368-369
for Finland, US to supply free of charge, 104
Natural uranium, USAEC send to Turkey, 456
Testing (South African Atomic Energy Board), 609
Thorium as, by U. M. Staebler, 896 Uranium alloys as, 368
Uranium carbide as, 369
Uranium dioxide as, 368
Uranium metal as, 368
Atomic Industrial Forum Inc., C. H. Weaver elected president, 148
— Insurance protection, new formula for
calculating, USAEC, 896
— Materials, US view on, 781
— Mechanisms of Fracture (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology) (review), 903
— Planning in Brazil, 147
— Plant, Egypt’s long range plans for, 832 High power density prototype, agreement between USAEC and Consumers Power Co. and GEC Ltd. (US), 192
— Power in Brazil, the case for, 147 Commonwealth investment in, 725 Facility, Hallam, 420
Atomic Power Group, contract for Sizewell atomic power station, 287, 288
Latin America survey of, 147 Plant, Humbolt Bay, 419 Plant, Pathfinder, 419
Plant, PM-3A, for McMurdo Sound (Martin Co.), 16
Plant of 700 MW(e) to be built in US, 632 Plant for USAEC, design by Atomics International, 256
Plant, Valle de Torbalina, Centrales Nucleares del Norte apply for permission to establish, 456
Programme, civilian, in the US, 419 for ramjet propulsion, 800
Station, Anglesey, public inquiry into, 632
Station, Australia to consider, 832 Stations (Babcock Station, Berkeley, laboratories at, 768
Station, Berkeley, Ltd., 533
Station, Berkeley, progress report, 287 Station, Bohunice, Czechoslovakia, 15 Station, Bradwell, first reactor in operation by August, 832
Station, Bradwell, progress report, 287 Station, Dungeness, progress report, 288 Station, Hamstead, Isle of Wight, no news available, 288
Station, Hinkley Point, model of, 850 Station, Hinkley Point, progress report, 288
Station, Hunterston, progress report, 288 Station, Hunterston, X-ray check of reactor pressure vessels, 235
Station, India to build second, 664
Station, Marviken, approval sought for, 16
Station, Obrigheim, formed to build, 256
Station, Oldbury, tenders invited for, 288
— ?—Stations, outlook for 1961, 114-117 Station, Shippingport, 419
Station, Sizewell, contract awarded to Atomic Power Group, 287, 288
Station, Sizewell, work commenced, 520 Stations, steam turbines for, 295 Stations, table of, 287
Station, Trawsfynydd, progress report, 288
Station, Trawsfynydd, valves for burst slug detection system (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 788
Station, Trombay, Canada gives reactor headers as gift, 256
Station, Voronezh, first turbine completed, 192
Station, Wylfa, Anglesey, application to Ministry of Power for consent for, 288
Steel for, cinema film (USAEA), 256
— Projects, USAEC investment in, 419
— aircraft carrier Enterprise,
achieved in reactor, 192 Aircraft, NX-2, tests on 16
Aircraft, USAEC suspends for, 632
Ships, Euratom projects on, 768 Ships, general safety requirements 520
Ships, general technical conditions (Bureau Veritas publication), 520
Ships, projects for, submissions
& Wilcox Ltd.), 697 CEGB open atomic
possible loss by AEI
new company
criticality
(Convair),
programme
for,
for
.... to
Euratom by France, Germany, Holland and Italy, 16
— Ship Savannah, reactor to operate at
10 per cent full power, 148
Ship, speculation on in UK, 356 Submarine, contracts for second for UK, 224
Submarine, electrical propulsion machines for (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors Ltd.), 488
Submarine Dreadnought, plastic coated lead bars as ballast (Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 135
Submarine, George Washington, underwater record, 224
Submarine Sam Houston launched, 388 by M. W. Thring (book), 298
— Prospects in Finland, report on, 16
— Radiation. See Radiation
— Reactor, accidents. See Accidents
Advanced epithermal thorium, critical assembly (Atomics International), 224
Advanced gas cooled, Windscale to be completed in July, 664
Aqueous homogeneous, 420
Argonaut, for California University, 632 Astra. See LETTER, 5
BEPO, for production of tellurium, 243
Atomic reactor, BEPO, Wigner energy release carried out, 632
Beryllium oxide, experiment, USAEC assign design, construction and test to General Atomics, 256
— •— Big Rock Point, 419 Boiling water, 419
Boiling water, for Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 800
Bonus, 59, 419; under construction in Puerto Rico, 148
Borax IV, 896 Borax V, 59, 419
BR3 Mol, 768
for Buffalo University, 456
Burst slug detection equipment, 599
Calder Hall type, plutonium recycle in, by L. J. Barbieri et al (paper), 455
Calder Hall, twelve months continuous operation completed, 256
Camp Century, shut down ordered, 256
Canada-India, 725; opening ceremony and address, 356
CANDU, 725
Carolinas Virginia tube, 420
Control rod drives, improved technique for, 632
Critical safety in, 355
Data processing equipment for (Sunvic Controls Ltd.), 600
in Denmark, table of, 564
Detection system for burst slugs, 599
— — Diphenyl (Marquardt Corp.), 800
Dresden, shut down due to breakage, 224 Drum type precipitator for (Intertechnique), 599
Dual purpose, USAEC to build, 664 EBR-I, 420
EBR-2, 420
EBWR, 419; shut down at Argonne National Laboratory, 419
Elk River, 59, 896; criticality expected, 419
ESSOR, 388
Euratom to participate in costs of, 768
Experimental gas cooled, 420
Experimental, outlook for 1961, 114-117
Fast burst, project of USAEC, 224
Fast, Dounreay, criticism of, 664
Fast, Dounreay, gas entrainment problems in, 664
Fast, Dounreay, problems encountered in, 664
Fast, pulsed neutron method to aid calculations, 696
Fast sodium cooled, 420
— — Fuel cycles of, comparison between
thorium-uranium 235 and uranium 238- uranium 235, by T. R. S. Shanstrom, 896 Future systems for, 600
Gas cooled, 420
Gas cooled, experiment at National Reactor Testing Station of USAEC, 223 Gas entrainment in, 664
for Germany, contract awarded (North American Aviation Inc.), 104
Gift from Canada to India, 148 Gift from Curtiss-Wright Corp.
Pennsylvania State University, 455
Harwell school courses on, 832
Haskell Canyon, 419
Heavy water, 420
Hector, for Winfrith Heath (Fairey Engineering Ltd.), 104
— — High temperature, Australian Atomic
Energy Commission plans for, 488
HRE-2, accident, 355
Instrumentation in, 191
Investigations, 896
Irradiation, oxidation of uraniumdioxide by water vapour under, by B. R. Harder, et al, 60
— — in Israel, progress report on, 192
Jason, future uncertain, 632
JEEP in Norway, 563
Kahl/Main, 768
Kiwi-A3, completion of, 388
LAM PRE-1, criticality achieved, 664 for Lardarelle power station (Mitchell Engineering and American Machine and Foundry Co.), 800
Licence granted to Pennsylvania State University, 16
— — Licence granted by USAEC for Washing
ton State University, 388
— — Licence for National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, 632
Low power, Petten, tender issued for building to house, 256
Low temperature process steam, 832 Lynchburg Source, request to modify from Babcock and Wilcox Co., 800
for Malaya University, 16
Marcoule, 768; accident, 355
— — Maritime gas cooled, critical experiment,
safety fuse for, 16
Materials, properties of, and the effects of radiation damage, conference,
— —? ML-1, critical, 664 ML-1, delivery to National
Testing Station, 388
Moata, critical (Australian Energy Commission), 632
Molten salt, 420
Molten Salt experiment, use of thorium in, 896
—? — Nestor, criticality achieved at Winfrith Heath, 456
Neutron temperature in when moderator is closely associated with fuel elements, by R. G. Freemantle and J. S. Harper (paper), 455
in Norway, table of, 564
NPD, 725 NRU, 725
NRX, 725 Nuclear merchant ship, experiments with
by Babcock and Wilcox Co., 800
Nuclear superheat, 419
for nuclear superheating, by R. E. Rice and M. Norvick, 59
OCDRE, 725 OMRE, 419
Organic cooled, 419
388
to
Reactor
Atomic
Atomic reactor, organic cooled and moderated commercial interest in, 456
Organic cooled, prototype, 420 Organic moderated and cooled, design for Baden Wurttemberg Power Plant Planning Association given to Atomics International, 632
for Ohio State University (Lockheed
Aircraft Corp.), 104 Pathfinder, 59 in Philippines, 104 Plants, superheat, under construction in
US, table of, 60
Pluto, physics measurements during the commissioning of, by C. J. England et al, 224
Power, Euratom projects, 768 Power, schedules by Euratom, 768 Pressure vessel welds, Pantak x-ray units to check, 235
Pressurised water, 419 Pressurised water, USAEC terminate, 456
Pressurised water, USS Enterprise, 192 Process tubes of Zircaloy 2, 60 Rl, Stockholm, 563
RC-1 undergoing modifications at Casac- cia Nuclear Centre, 488
Research, for London, Liverpool and Manchester Universities, 753
Resonance absorption in, L. Dresner (book), 112
S2DS, now critical, 664 Safety aspects for Philadelphia Electric
Co. proposed construction, 224 Savannah River, 420, 909 — “ Shields at Stillington (Whessoe Ltd,), 512 Ship, Euratom contracts and negotiations for, 256
Ship, Savannah to operate at 10 per cent full power, 148
Silicon carbide for, by Dr. G. H. But er (paper), 455
Simulators, 864 ^Simulator, Elliott ND481, for Berkeley
Nuclear Laboratories, 864
Simulator, experiments that may be performed on,864
Simulators (General Precision Systems Ltd.), 864
Simulators, hire of (IBM Data Centre), 864
Simulator (Miles Highvolt Ltd.), 864 Simulator (Short Bros. and Harland Ltd.), 532
Simulator, Simlac, for Calder Hall Operations School (Short Bros. and Harland), 864
Simulator (Vickers Armstrongs), 864 Simulator, Vickers Mark Ila block dia. gram of, 864
Site criteria (USAEC), 456 SL-1, accident and explosion in, 355 SL-1, bowing of boron strips in, 355 SL-1, committee to consider future use of, 664
SL-1, control rods sticking, 356 SL-1, explosion at Idaho, 148 SL-1 high power operation of, 356 SL-1, loss in shutdown reactivity margin, 356
SL-1, radiological units and measurements, 356
SL-I, severe damage to core of, 388 SL-1, use of boron as burnable poison, 355
Small pressurised water, 59
— — SNAP 2 Development System, now
critical, 664
Sodium, experiment, 896 Spectral Shift Control, USAEC appoint
Babcock and Wilcox to study, 664
Spectral shift controlled, thorium cycle in, by H. C. Edlund, 896
? Supercriticality in, 355 Superheat development, GEC Ltd. (US) to build, 256
for superheated steam generation, 59 Superheating, by R. E. Rice and M. Norvick, 59
— ?— Superheating, Russian, 60
— — Superheating, US, 60 in Sweden, table of, 564
Swimming pool, for McMaster University, 725
Tape type precipitators for, 599 Teakettle, accident at, 355
— for Teheran University (American Machine and Foundry), 16
Thermal sodium cooled, 420 Thorium (Consolidated Edison Co.), 419 Thorium, Consolidated Edison, influences of thorium on the design of, by H. S. Barringer and J. C. Deddens, 896
Thorium, fuel element assembly for (Consolidated Edison), 896
Thorium, fuel element loading of, 896 Thorium, power distribution in, 896 Tokai-Mura, US to aid Japan with, 16 Tory II A-1, first power test, 800 Triga, for Bandung Institute of Technology, US to aid, 800
Triga, for Columbia University, 632 Triga, at Cornell University, 800 Triga, simplified instrumentation for (General Atomics), 519
at Trorabay, India, opened, 148 for Tuwaitha proposed, Russian report on, 256
Universities applying for grants to build, 104
in universities, by Dr. N. S. Grassam, 60 in universities, USAEC funds for, 60 in US, 419
Vallecitos boiling water, 419
for Venezuela under construction, 147 Vera, critical, 356
Vera, UKAEA release of information on, 631
— — Water moderated, in Denmark, 564 Windscale, beryllium cladding programme abandoned, 664
Windscale, charge-discharge machine for, 519
IF?
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Atomic reactor. Windscale, failure detection equipment in, 600
WTR, accident in, 355
Yankee Atomic Electric Co., 419
ZEEP, operation of, 725
Zero Power, at Cornell University, USAEC to provide fuel for, 800
— Refuelling machine, on-power, design
(AMF Atomics), 148
— Research centre, Latvia, 104 Centre, Oxford University, 832 CERN physicists to study in Russia, 348 Expansion of, 800
— Photographic emulsions used in (Ilford
Ltd.), 192
— Rocket engine, development of, 140, 800 Engine, proposals for research on, 388
— Steam supply system for power generation,
USAEC invite utility companies to participate, 192
— Structures, research on, 832
—? Superheating, economic attractions of, 59
— Technique, use of air and gas bearings in,
255-256
— Training in Prague, 15
— Waste problems in France, 16
Atomics International, E. D. Needham appointed director, 148; critical assembly for advanced epithermal thorium atomic reactor, 224; design of atomic power plant for USAEC, 256; design of organic moderated and cooled reactor for Baden Wurttemberg Power Plant Planning Association, 632; superconducting magnetic alloy, 909
Atul Products, Ltd., expansion and training programme, 577
Audco plug valve (Audley Engineering Co. Ltd.), 353
Audley Engineering Co. Ltd., Audco plug valve, 353
Auriema, Ad., Inc., Eclipse “ Whispering Power” packaged boiler, 12; high fidelity pick up, 220; RES temperature controller, 318
Auster Aircraft Ltd., acquired by BEAGLE, 833
Austin Hopkinson and Co. Ltd., compressed air motors, 763
Austin Motor Co. Ltd., disk brake conversion set for Austin-Healey Sprite motor car (Donald Healey Motor Co.), 197; estimate of replacement cars required for UK, 365; Gypsy motor vehicles ordered by film companies, 497; industrial gas-turbine engine, 417; development of gas turbine vehicle engine, 424; automatic gear manufacturing machines installed (Churchill), 458; “ Seven ” motor car towing Nymph caravan on continental tour, 497; Healey motor car restyled and power increased, 760; styling models in Araldite epoxy resin, 855
Australia, atomic power station, 832
— Atomic programme of, 725 —? Beryllium supplies in, 488 —? Ferrous forging in, 741
— Graduate immigrants wanted, 9
— Imports, 577
— Imports of UK cars, 365
— Internal credit squeeze, 577
—? McKay Creek power station in service, 187
— Migrant, by J. M. Giles (review), 746-747 —• Motor car sales tax, 365
—• Steelworks projects in, 741
— Supertanker berth at Sydney, 735
— Tax concessions, 429
— Thermal generating unit for (AEI Ltd.), 69
— Trade missions, 429
— Trading balance, 577
Australian Antarctic Expedition, oil, depot at Mawson Base (BP), 25
Australian Atomic Energy Commission, plans for high temperature atomic reactor, 488; Moata atomic reactor critical, 632; creation of, 725
Australian Iron and Steel Co., orders placed with Head Wrightson (Australia) Pty. Ltd. for plant, 541; tinplate cut up line for, 741 Australian Mechanical Engineering, 741 Australian Motor Industries Ltd., sound trading conditions, 299; sales increase, 299
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, oil depot at Macquarie Island (BP), 25
Austria, Contracts with Russia, 785
— Export Council for Europe mission to, 549
— Increase in industrial production, 681
—? Pathfinder Mission for, 681
Authors, notes for (Iron and Steel Institute publication), 494
Auto Safety Devices, motor car safety belts, 261 Auto-Unit marine water pressure set (Megator Pumps and Compressors Ltd.), 445 Autocar Road Tests (review), 462-463 Autoclean Ltd., motor car safety belts, 261 Autodyne, by O. Benedikt (book), 428; (review), 775
Automatic machine (trade publication), 68 (Rockwell Machine Tool), 354 Single spindle, Bechet (Dowding and Doll Ltd.), 14
Automatic Pinspotter machine for ten-pin bowling (American Machine and Foundry Co.), 889
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd., Branch Exchange (trade publication), 112; exhibit at Moscow British Trade Fair, 697; Inductorphone, 697
Automatic Vending Exhibition, 721
Automation, business (Block and Anderson Ltd.) 706
—? and computation, British conference on. See British
Automobile. See Motor car Automobile Association, touring dept., 799 Automotive Engineers, Society of. See Society
Autonomies, research at NPL, 709
Autopak arc welding equipment (Rockweld Ltd.), 203
Autopoint time switch (Venner), 88
Autoradiography of detector foils, neutron density measurement by, by A. Ertaud and P. Zaleski, 388
Autosafe Ltd., nylon safety lap belt for motor cars, 179
Autoset (Production) Ltd., swivelling wheel unit with brakes, 788
Autovista petrol pump (BP Ltd.), 206 AVB Co., member firms of, 765; project at Durgapur, 765
Aveley Electric Ltd., Jahre system capacitance standards, 254; Grossen Uphi universal meter, 351
Aveling-Barford Ltd., orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673
Avery, W. and T. Ltd.,
Universal Testing historical note, 542
Aviation, British, 1960, tionaries book), 68
— Instruments, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Civil, Ministry of, on airport operating
losses, 159
— Ministry of, agreement with US Federal
Aviation Agency on secondary radar, 1; research for on fast cutting of steel with carbon dioxide as coolant (Morfax Ltd.), 266-267; integrated air traffic control system, 478; rocket propulsion establishment, 899
Avon engine, longer overhaul life for (Rolls- Royce Ltd.), 497
— Jet engines for Mirage III aircraft (Rolls
Royce), 429
Avro 748 aircraft, 1, 684
Axle finishing machine (L. J. R. Sanders Engineering Co.), 727
— Planetary, Rockwell, 873
Axoil gear pumps (Drysdale and Co. Ltd.), 537 Azaroff, Dr. L. V., appointed director of
Illinois Institute of Technology X-ray diffraction laboratory, 85
BABAUD, M. J., on graphical recording, 804 Babcock and Wilcox (Caldeiras) SA., position and prospects, 697
Babcock and Wilcox Co., experiments using Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor, 800; request to modify Lynchburg Source Reactor, 800; initial fuel shipment to atomic propelled ship Savannah, 288
Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., order placed for Ferranti Argus computer, 365, 366; exhibit at Engineering Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; pressure vessels, boilers and piping for Sizewell atomic power station, 520; to study Spectral Shift Control Atomic Reactor for USAEC, 664; position and prospects, 697; profits, 697; atomic power station contracts, 697; installations for CEGB, 697; subsidiaries of, 697; member of AVB Co., 765
“ Baby ” hand bandsaw (Soag Machine Tools Ltd.), 384
BAC One-Eleven aircraft (British Aircraft Corp. Ltd.), 683
Backing-off attachment (A. A. Jones and Shipman Ltd.), 859
Bacon, F., historical note, 7
Bacon, F. T., fuel cell development, 268
Baden Wurttemberg Power Plant Planning Association, design of organic moderated and cooled reactor given to Atomics International, 632
Badenia Calculators Ltd., folding office, 504 Bader, Scott, and Co., Ltd., pvc pastes and primers (trade publication), 872
Baghdad International Airport, 888 Baghdad drainage project, 888
— Pact, 624
Bagnall, W. G., purchased by W. H. Dorman, 809
Bahler tube bending machine (Addison), 251 Bailey, A. B., on liquid hydrogen as rocket fuel, 899
Bailey, C. H., Ltd., operation in Malta GC, 728 Bailey Industries Malta Ltd. See BIM Ltd. Bailey (Malta) Ltd., activities of, 728
Bailey Meters and Controls Ltd., Digilog printout scanner, 13
Bailey, R., on selling commercial vehicles in Europe, 146; on if Britain joins the European Common Market, 792
Baily, C. W., design of Jaguar XK engine, 887 Baker, L. R., on machine tool availability, 620 Baker Perkins Ltd., continuous weigher, 102; rotator set, 559
Baking, outlook for 1961, 164-167
Balance, gas density, 780
Balancing machine for engines (Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co.), 335
Balderhead reservoir, dam for (Richard Costain (Civil Engineering) Ltd.), 333 Baldwin Industrial Controls, air drill, 531 Bale splitter (Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd.), 383 Balfour, Beatty and Co. Ltd., duplication of Blackwall Tunnel, 349-350; AVB project at Durgapur, 765
Ball bushings (trade publication), 776
— Drives, recirculating (trade publication), 776 Ball, R. D., review of The Autodyne, 775;
biographical note, 776
— Surface testing machine, Talysurf (Taylor,
Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 58
— Units, conveyor, Omni-track, 339 Ballantine voltmeter (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.),
279
Balligand, Dr. P. L., appointed deputy director of IAEA, 420; biographical note, 420 Ballistic camera. See Camera
— Manned space flight, America’s, by G. V. E
Thompson, 662
Balloons, pipe-sealing (George MacLellan and Co., Ltd.), 803
Baltospot X-ray unit (Pantak Ltd.), 319
Balzers High Vacuum Ltd., high vacuum equipment (trade publication), 676
Bamford, J. C. (Excavators) Ltd., de Havilland Dove 8 aircraft purchased, 257
Banana tube system for colour television, 814-
815
Band conveyors. See Conveyors
B andsaw. See Saw
Bandung Institute of Technology, US to aid with Triga atomic reactor, 800
Banister, Harry, and Partners, new factory for British Enka Ltd., 483
Bank Bridge Rubber Co. Ltd., neoprene soles and heels for industrial safety boots, 211 Bank, Export-Import. See Export-Import
— Rate, effect of, 386
Effect on Germany, 386 Movements in, 257
— World. See International Bank Banker’s Guide to Marine Insurance of Goods,
by V. Dover and G. A. Calver (book), 364; (review), 774-775
Banks, Sir Joseph, historical note, 7 Bar, water (trade publication), 840 Bara d. Dr. M. L., on low level jet weather phenomenon, 749
Barauni power station, 86 Barbados, abattoir and flying fish plant in, 736
— Deep water harbour, 733
Barber Greene ditching machine (Jack Olding
and Co. Ltd.), 798
Barbieri, L. J., et al, on plutonium recycle in Calder Hall type reactor, 455
Barber Electrical Services Ltd., Straightaway convector-drier, 584
Barclay Curie, engines for P and O ships, 299 Barclays Bank Ltd., to hire a cheque sorter/ reader from IBM, 25; interest paid by South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 105 Bardahi Products Ltd., No-Melt grease, 587;
calcium based grease, 587 Bariloche Physics Institute, IAEA grant to, 387 Barkas, W. W., on behaviour of timber, 527 Barlow and Young, deep water harbour,
Barbados, 733
Barnaby, K. C., on Basic Naval Architecture (book), 640
Barney, W. W. J., Corp., new bus station at
George Washington Bridge, 627 Barnhill Secondary Modern School, use of Pye closed circuit television, 447
Barnsley, J., and Co. Ltd., Thames crossing of supergrid, 52
Barrels of plywood (Venesta Plywood Ltd.), 803 Barringer, H. S., on influences of thorium on design of Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor, 896
Barrus, E. P. (Concessionaires) Ltd., hydraulic rams (trade publication), 200
Bartho, F. T., review of AC Motor Control and Distribution Gear, 575; biographical note, 576
Bartram, Col. R. A., on review of Sunderland shipbuilding, 113
Base Group, Leonard and Grant as consulting engineers, 809
Baskets, metal (trade publication), 496 Basrah Petroleum Co., agreement to increase port dues, 25
Bassett-Lowke Ltd., models for industry, 850-
851
Batch Air-O-Line pneumatic control unit (Honeywell), 826
— Counters (Pentechnique Ltd.), 857 Batching machine, counter (Photoelectronics
(MOM) Ltd.), 254
— Plant, Mixconcret (Service Engineering), 145 Baths, 44
— Bilston (Bilston Foundries), 44
— Princess (Bilston Foundries), 44 Bath-in-the-kitchen unit, Bink (Bink Unit
Developments Ltd.), 584 Bathroom, is there one in your house? (Bilston
Foundries publication), 44
Battelle Memorial Institute, electrolytic machining process, 175; development of electrochemical machining, 300; new data on tungsten sheet, 337; research on compressive strengths of metal columns, 337; research on coated particle atomic fuel, 455; research on tantalum, 469; cold extrusion technique for titanium, 545; research on Magnesium-lithium alloys, 613; roll bonded sandwich panels, 619 Battersea College of Technology, course on fractuie of metals, 281
Battery, electric, rechargeable, Permabeam
(Chilton Electric Products Ltd.), 472
— Tubular cell (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.),
254
— See also Cell
Bauer, P. T., on Indian Economic Policy and Development (review), 838-839
Baxenden Chemical Co. Ltd., chemical formulation for sprayable urethane foams, 438 Baxter, Prof., on Australian Atomic Energy
Commission plans for high temperature atomic reactor, 488
Baxter, Prof. J. P., on beryllium canning of atomic fuel, 725
Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd., collapsible ducting, 375
Baybutt, S., on Leyland Motors Ltd., 841 Bayham Ltd., R and G level gauge, 528 BCAC. See British Confernece on Automation and Computation
BEAGLE. See British Executive and General Aviation Ltd.
Beagle-Auster Airedale aircraft, 684
Beakley, G. C., on Engineering: The Profession and Elementary Problem Analysis (review), 607
Beams, Glulam. See Glulam BEAMA. See British Electrical and Allied
Manufacturers Association
Beardmore, William, and Co. Ltd., falling demand for castings and forgings, 105; no dividend paid to parent company, 105; capital expenditure of, 105; position and prospects, 105; cable saddles for Forth Road Bridge, 452
Bearing, air and gas, application in the atomic field, 255-256
— Air and gas, disadvantages of, 255
— Air and gas, historical survey of, 255
— Air and gas, load capacity variation of, 255
— Air and gas, pressure fed, 255
— Air and gas, pressure variation in, 255
Bearing, air and gas, self acting, 255
— Air and gas, start up problems with, 255
— Air and gas, vibrational instability of, 255
— Boxes, automatic machining of, 334
—. Bushes, ptfe/bronze (Bound-Brook), 178
— of Deva metal (Universal Metallic Packing
Co.), 178
— DU (Glacier Metal Co. Ltd.), 178
— Gas, hydrodynamic type, principles and
applications of, by G. W. K. Ford et al, 255
— Graphite (Morgan Crucible Co.), 178
— Layouts for pelletizers (Roballo Engineer
ing Co. Ltd.), 788
— Material, dry, DQ (Glacier Metal Co. Ltd.),
178
Fluorosint (Polypenco), 178 Nylatron GS (Polypenco), 178 Ptfe bronze, 178
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Ptfe, unlubricated, 178
— Repair service (trade publication), 540
— Reticular 20 per cent tin-aluminium, deve
lopment and performance of, by P. G. Forrester, M. J. Neale and A. D. Newman, 446
— Surfaces, avoiding seizure, 41
Dry, DG and DL treatments for (Glaciei Metal Co. Ltd.), 788
— Thrust, parallel surface. See LETTER, 48
— Tin-aluminium, for big ends (Glacier), 446 Beaver, Sir Hugh, conference on professional
engineers, 277; on engineers, 442
Bechet single spindle automatic machine (Dowding and Doll Ltd.), 14
Beck, Sir Adam, power station, 218
Beck and Pollitzer, transport of British exhibits to British Trade Fair in Moscow, 429
Beck, S. D., on Simplicity of Science (review), 330
Bedding, A. R., on engineer’s status, 276-277 Bedford, Italians in. See LETTERS, 136, 244 Beeching, Dr. R., appointed chairman of Railways Board, 405, 480; appointment welcomed by Engineers’ Guild, 593; study groups for British Railways, 817; press conference, 817; study of overseas railway developments, 649
Beeby, G. H., on safety begins in the boardroom, 556
Beer, S., review of Decisions, Values and Groups, 870; review of Notes on Operations Research, 870; biographical note, 872 Behaviour, organizational, understanding, by
C. Argyris (book), 608
Belidor, B. F., historical note, 7
Bell Automatic Design System, BLADES (Bell), 269
Bells in St. Paul’s Cathedral, 281
Bell Telephone Co., prolonging orbital life of satellites, 845
Bell Telephone Laboratories, computer designed by computer, 269; BLADES Bell Automatic Design System, 269; electromagnetism by superconductivity, 336; continuous light from optical maser, 337; speech synthesized by digital computer, 781; solar cells, 877; electrochemical polishing of germanium and silicon, 909
Bellofram diaphragm seals (George Angus and Co., Ltd.), 629
Bellows, pvc (Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 739
Belmos Co. Ltd., flameproof starter, 598; flameproof remote control (trade publication), 748
Belt conveyor. See Conveyor
?— Drive, Poly-V (William Kenyon Ltd.), 536
Powergrip (William Kenyon
Ltd.), 536
Wedge (trade publication), 708 ?— Safety, assemblies for motor
BS 3254 (BSI), 718
Diagonal, are best in car accidents, by
D. C. Herbert, 718
Motor car, anchorages for, 261
Motor car. Bluebird car tests on, 261 Motor car, cost of, 229
Motor car, manufacturers, committee of, 229; members of the committee, 229 Motor car, summarizing, 229 Motor car, table of manufacturers of, 261 Motor car, tests on, 229
— Seat, assemblies for motor vehicles, BS 3254
(BSI), 229
— Vee, wedge-belt, SpacesaVer (Fenner), 86 Belting (trade publication), 264
Belyankin, F. P., on behaviour of timber, 627 Ben Patents Ltd., position and prospects, 17; portable air compressor, 189
Bending machine, pipe, Staffa (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 190
Tube, Bahler (Addison), 251
Tube, Staffa-Herbert (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 825
Bendix Corp., agreement with Simms Motor and Electronic Corp., 801
Bendix electric fuel pump (Motor Books and Accessories Ltd.), 855
Benedikt, O., on the Autodyne (book), 428; (review), 775; on Solution of Magnetic Circuits by Graphical Methods (review), 296
Benjamin Franklin Bridge, insurance policy covering atomic explosion, 356
Bennett, H. E., on Noble Metal Thermocouples (book), 551
Bennis Thermoflash Ltd., distillation plant (trade publication), 364
Benson, C. S., on Graphic Statics (book), 904 Bentley Engineering Co., knitting machinery ordered by Technoproimport, 429
Bentley motor car, orders taken at New York automobile show, 505
Bentone and Stone Ltd., pneumatic equipment, 763
BEPO atomic reactor for tellurium production, 243
Reactor, Wigner energy release carried out, 632
Beranek, L. L., on Noise Reduction (review), 871
Bergbaumechanik, by J. Maercks and W. Ostermann (book), 872
Berkeley atomic power station, progress report, 287; possible loss by AEI Ltd., 533; CEGB open atomic laboratories at, 768
Berkeley Nuclear Research Laboratory, progress report, 287; opening of, 388; Elliott ND481 atomic reactor simulator for, 864
Berlinetta Grand Touring motor car, 65
— Motor car, Ferrari, 329
Bernadini, Prof. G., similarity between moon and electron, 205
Berne Union. See Union d'Assureurs des Credits Internationaux
Berry, G., review of Noise Reduction, 871; biographical note, 872
Berths built at Mombasa Harbour, 828 Beryllium canning of atomic fuel, 725
— Cladding for Windscale atomic reactor
abandoned, 664
— Compounds, US Bureau of Standards
research programme on, 269
— Conference on metallurgy of, 757
— Diffusion and absorption coefficients of, by
W. H. Andrews, 696
— Monitor, electronic, Winston, 905
— Oxide Atomic Reactor Experiment, USAEC
assign design, construction and test to General Atomics, 256
— Supplies in Australia, 488
Beta-emitting isotopes, identification by liquid scintillation counting, by W. P. Hutchinson (paper), 456
Betatron, Siemens, for Head Wrightson Tees- dale (Pantak Ltd.), 267
Bethlehem Steel Co., second deck for George Washington bridge, 51
Bethlehem Steelworks, reorganization of, by F. W. Taylor, 8
Betriebstechnik: Grundlagen (Verlag Chemie) (book), 332
— Verfahren und Operationen (Verlag Chemie)
( book), 112
Better Opportunities in Technical Education (White Paper), 45, 53
Bevelling machine. Pullmax (Alfred Herbert Ltd.), 562
BEWAG project of Euratom, 768
Beyer Peacock Co., position and prospects, 769; profit, 769; diesel hydraulic locomotives, 769; agreement with S. and S. Corrugated Paper Machinery Co., 769; voluntary liquidation of Metropolitan- Vickers Beyer Peacock Co., 769
Beyer Peacock (Hymek) Ltd., diesel hydraulic locomotives, 769; diesel hydraulic locomotive for British Railways, 788
Beynon, D. B., on foremen training 177 Bi-Nickel process (Electro-Chemical and W. Canning), 135
Bibliography on Axial-Flow Compressors, including Blades, Cascades and Other Related Material, by R. Bramley and E. McCoy (UKAEA book), 104
BIC Construction Co. Ltd., submarine power cable from Jura to Kintyre, 777
BICERA. See British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association
Bicycle. See Cycle
Bierman, H., Jr., on Capital Budgeting Decision (book), 200
Big ends, tin-aluminium bearings for (Glacier), 446
Big Rock Point atomic reactor, 419
Biggs, W. D., on Brittle Fracture of Steel (review), 871-872
Bigwood, Joshua, and Son Ltd., heavy machine tools, 763
Bihar, Barauni power station, 86
Bikini temperature controller (Fielden Electronics Ltd.), 652
Billig, K., on Structural Concrete (book), 708 Bilston Foundries Ltd., Is There a Bathroom in Your House'll 44; Bilston baths, 44; Princess bath, 44
Bilton, J., on two-element fluid couplings, 885 BIM Ltd., activities of, 728; Solar water heaters, 728; association with Jablo Ltd., 728
Bin controller (Thomas Industrial Automation Ltd.), 190
— Litter, “ Town Number One,” Design
Centre award for (G. A. Harvey and Co. (London) Ltd.), 712
Binary coded scale, 346
Bink Unit Developments Ltd., Bink bath-in- the-kitchen unit, 584
Biology, space, by J. S. Hanrahan and D. Bushnell (book), 364
Bioul, A. J, L., on safety screen instead of safety belt for motor cars, 229
BIP Chemicals Ltd., export of plastics chemicals, 257
BIP Engineering Ltd., export of plastics machinery, 257
Biplex filter (Zwicky Ltd.), 559
— Fluid filter (Zwicky Ltd.), 188
Bird, G. L. H., appointed education officer of Machine Tool Trades Association, 53; biographical note, 53
Birfield Group, position and prospects, 149; quarterly trading results, 149; position and prospects, 565
Birks Store, new department store for, 159 Birmingham, new shopping centre for, 691 Birmingham-Preston Motorway, Lancashire County Council award contracts to Sir Alfred McAlpine and Sons and Leonard Fairclough Ltd., 233
Birmingham Small Arms Co., centenary, 7; share capital of Churchill Machine Tool Co. purchased, 348
Birmingham University, application for grant for atomic reactor, 104; symposium on Computers for the Chemical Engineer, 180; M.Sc. degree in highway and traffic engineering. 689. See LETTER, 790; pulsed neutron generator installed, 696; model of roof of, 863
Birth of the Bomb, by R. W. Clark (book), 576 Birwelco Ltd., use of British Oxygen Alyn Mark I tube cutting machine, 517
Bishop. R. E. D., on damping a rotating shaft, 312-313, 654, See LETTER, 588
BISRA. See British Iron and Steel Research Association
Bitumen handling, fire precautions in, 217
Bitumen, roofing, exports of (William Briggs and Sons), 489
BP Book of Motor Cycle Racing, by M, Walker (review), 807
BP Gases Ltd., Camping Gaz stockists, 152 Black and Decker Ltd., Handy Utility electric tool, 106; battery powered hand drill, 628
Black, Prof. M., appointed as consultant to British Executive and General Aviation, 348; biographical note, 348
Blackburn, P. G., on protective coatings, 136- 137
Blackett, Prof. P, M. S., Thomas Hawksley Lecture, 323
Blackman, Keith, Ltd,, exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Blackman, R. V. B., on Jane’s Fighting Ships (book). 396
Blackwall Tunnel, duplication of, 349-350 Blackwood, John, Hodge and Co., appointed as U.K. representatives of Ellicott Machine Corp., 25
Blade fan, protection for, 506
— Turbine, long exhaust, research on (English
Electric Co.), 303
BLADES Bell Automatic Design System (Bell), 269
Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Ltd., centenary, 7; valves for nuclear applications (trade publication), 776
Blanchard, C. H., on Introduction to Modern Physics (book), 158; (review), 607-608
Blanks, steel, preparing for cold forging, 634 Blankets, electric, outlook for 1961, 168-171 Blast furnace. See Furnace
— Major rock plug, near dam, by F. L.
Lawton and M. D. Lester, 895
Blasting experiments to study effects on buildings, 482
— Studies, experimental (National Research
Council of Canada booklet), 482
Blaw Knox Ltd., supergrid towers for Thames crossing, 52; paving machine, 253; Batchmaster for Nickoils Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd., 235; Gyramixer for Nickoils Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd., 235; Vari- speed truckmixer, 598
Blend furniture range, 272
Blending machine. Apex (Apex Construction Ltd.), 251
Suba (Suba Hydraulics Ltd.), 858
Waring Aseptic Dispersall Blendor (Waring Products Corp.), 403
Waring Blendor (Winston Electronics Ltd.), 102
Bleuet butane stove (Forges d’Alais), 150
Bliss, E. W., Co., equipment for converting metal powder into strip, 587
Block and Anderson Ltd., Business Automation^ 706
Blowpipe, cutting. Firefly (BOC Ltd.), 221 Blue Scout rocket, as transport for radio telescope, 237
Blue Streak missile, cost of, 381
Bluebird motor car, tests on safety belts, 261 Blueprint for integrated flow production of steel, 805
Blyth B power station, overhead crane for (Cowans, Sheldon and Co. Ltd.), 884
Board, control, components (trade publication), 748
Board of Trade, co-operation with BEAMA on display at International Household Goods and Hardware Fair, 133; approval for Murphy Radio Ltd. system for continuous weighing of belt conveyed solids, 203; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705; discussions at BEAMA export conference, 841; see also Export Credit Guarantee Dept.
Boardroom, safety begins in the, by G. H. Beeby, 556
Boat, Ceabird Mk. 11, use of Kraft honeycombe in, 90
— Ceacruiser, use of Kraft honeycombe in,
90
— Ceawren, use of Kraft honeycomb in, 90
— Glass reinforced plastic for (trade publica
tion), 298
— Motor cruiser (Thornycroft), 132
— Plasticell sandwich construction for (Water
croft), 834
— Ranger (Dell), 132
— Show, International, 45, 132. See Correc-
tion, 89
— Small, increase in, 45
— — Users, Ministry of Transport consider
seamanship tests for, 381
Boatbuilding, use of Kraft honeycomb in, 90 Boby, Robert, Ltd., continuous malt making plant. 741
Bockris, J. O’M., on Physiochemical Measurements at High Temperature (review), 66
Bodies, rigid, elementary treatise on the dynamics of a system of, by E. J. Routh (book), 428
Bodley, F. H., on simple computing relays, 181
Boeing-Vertol 107 helicopter aircraft, Havilland Gnome engines for, 673
Bohemia, radioactive deposits in, 15 Bohunice atomic power station, Czechoslovakia 15
Boichenko, M. C., on Continuous Casting of Steel (book), 428
Boiler circulation, analysis of, 545
— Coal-fired (Cochrane and Co.), 354
Fired, industrial, efficiency of, by C. D.
Gunn, 534-535
— Control by computer, 366
— Electrode (HVE Electric Ltd.), 485
— ENGINEERING survey report on, 522
— House Practice, by J. N. Williams (review),
538
— Manufacturers comments on, 566
— Oil-fired (Henry Wilson and Co. Ltd.), 352
— Outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Packaged, Eclipse ” Whispering Power ”
(Ad. Auriema Ltd.), 12
— Preventing acid corrosion in, 782-783
— Redfyre Centramatic 35, Design Centre
award for (Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd.), 712
Boiler scaling equipment, ultra-sonic, Crustex Descaling (H.N. Electrical Supplies Ltd.), 397
— Sinupac (Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd.), 534
— Stone-Platt (Stone-Platt Industries Ltd.), 652
— Stone-Vapor (J. Stone and Co.), 762
— Vertical, Cochran (Cochran and Co., Annan,
Ltd.), 534
Boilerhouse plant, outlook for 1961, 114-117 Boilermakers’ Society, agreement to forego ” dirty money,” 281
Boiling, film, 631
— Mechanism, 631
— Nucleate, 631
Role of surface conditions in, by P.
Griffith and J. D. Wallis, 631
Boley, A. B., on Theory of Thermal Stresses (book), 68
Bolinders Co. Ltd., V-belts, 445 Bolster outfit for press (Hunton Ltd.), 484 Bolts, close-fitting (S. Marsden and Sons), 452
— Grip, Gilbert Roberts, for Forth Road
Bridge (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 452
— and nuts, outlook for 1961, 70-73 Bolton, J. E., formation of Solartron Electronic Group Ltd.), 874
Bolton, Thomas, and Sons, Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705; installation of copper extrusion plants, 773; stock acquired by British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., 777
Bomb, birth of the, by R. W. Clark (book), 576 Bombay, opening of Canada-India atomic reactor, 356
— State, Kyna hydro-electric power project,
829
Bonallack Ltd., aluminium panels adhesive bonded, 587; Pneumarator bulk transport vehicle, 766
Bondsman Footware Ltd., industrial safety boots, 211
Bonnell, R. P., on Woomera’s optical range, 750-751
Bonnet shake prevented by Du Pont neoprene, 855
Bonus atomic reactor, 59, 419; under construction in Puerto Rico, 148
Booker Bros., McConnel Co., profits, 897; position and prospects, 897; subsidiaries of, 897; credit arrangements for customers, 897; partnership with Societe Anonyme Des Gaz Industriels, 897
Booker Group, combining with SOGAZ (SA des Gaz Industriels) of Brussels, 777; subsidiaries of, 777; to buy SA Chaudieres Samson, 777; interests of, 809; formation of Triveni Engineering Works, 809; licence agreement with George Fletcher Co., 809; licence agreement with Duncan Stewart Co., 809; licence agreement with Peter Britherhood Co., 809
Bookers Engineering Holdings Group, interests of, 809
Bookers Sugar Machinery Group, records in orders and output, 897
Boole, G., on Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences (book), 776
Boolean Algebra and Its Applications, by J. E. Whitesitt (book), 808
Booth, James, Aluminium Co., Delta Metals Co. interest in, 565; Kaiser Aluminium Corp, interest in, 565; aluminium sheet, 587
Booth, spray (trade publication), 396 Booth’s Distilleries Ltd., use of pvc compressed air line, 771
Boots, industrial safety (Bondsman Footware Ltd.), 211
— Safety, 513
Borate glasses, by L. Ya. Mazelev (review),
361
Borax Consolidated Ltd., liaison with Rauma- Repola Oy to import Timber impregnated timber, 867
Borax IV atomic reactor, 896
— V atomic reactor, 59, 419
Borden Co., plans for factory in Mexico with
British Industrial Plastics Co., 257 BORE. See Beryllium Oxide Atomic Reactor
Experiment
Borgward, turnover of, 257; public ownership proposed, 257; position and prospects of, 257
Borgward, Dr. C., prospective purchase of Borgward Co., 257
Boring head, Briney (Precision Gear Machines
and Tools Ltd.), 354
— Machine, earth, Salem (F. Taylor and Sons
(Manchester) Ltd.), 796
Electronic horizontal, Kearns (H. W. Kearns and Co. Ltd.), 18-20
Fine (Burna Engineering^Co. Ltd.), 222 Portable,
Co.). 486 Vertical, for Armstrong Whitworth
(Richards),
Bornu Railway extension in Nigeria, 732 Boron as burnable poison in SL-1 atomic reactor, 355
— Chemistry, Soviet research in (Consultants
Bureau) (book), 808
— by J. A. Kohn, W. F. Nye and G. K. Gaule
(book), 676
— Strips, bowing of, in SL-I atomic reactor,
355
— 10 nucleus, 832
— 11 nucleus, 832
Bottling, outlook for 1961, 164-167 Bouche, C., on Kolbenverdichter: Einfuhrung in Arbeitsweise, Bau und Betrieb von Luft- und Gasverdichtern mit Kolben- bewegung (book), 640
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd., development of Suproform rubber press technique, 367
Boulton Scaffolding Ltd., scaffold tube coupler, 384
Bound-Brook Bearings Ltd., ptfe bronze bearing bushes, 178
Bourceau, M., on classification of atomic propelled ships, 520
Bowden, W. R., on criticism of motor car salesmen, 113.
Bowers. E. H., review of Symposium on Hydraulic Fluids, 157; biographical note 158
Bowling, ten-pin,Automatic Pinspotter machine for (American Machine and Foundry Co.), 889
— Ten-pin, historical note on, 889
Bowmakers, annual statement, 257; overall hire purchase debt, 257; growth of consumer credit in UK, 257; association with Lloyds Scottish Finance Ltd., 257; association with E. Gutzwiller of Basle, 257; profits, 257; assets, capital and reserves, 257; association with Societe Holding de Financement et de Credit SA (Eurocredit), 257
Boydell, E., and Co. Ltd., Muir-Hill concrete dumping truck, 189
Boyle, R., historical note, 7
BP Research Centre, oil consumption studies, 846-847
BPS Machinery and Spares, appointed sole agents for Staehely gear hobbing machines, 577
BR3 atomic reactor. Mol, 768
B and R Relavs Ltd., position and prospects, 17
Brackets, stair, for scaffolding (Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd.), 57
Bradley, J., on communications satellites, 892 Bradma Ltd., addressing machines for Kovo of Czechoslovakia, 159
Bradwell atomic power station, progress report, 287; first reactor in operation by August, 832
Braham, Patterson and Benham Ltd., mastic asphalt transporter, 319
Braintree, Lord, on Darlington and Simpson Rolling Mills Ltd., 193
Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Co. Ltd., AVB project at Durgapur, 765
Braithwaite and Co. (India), Ltd., AVB project at Durgapur, 765
Brake, disc, conversion set for Austin-Healey Sprite motor car (Donald Healey Motor Co.), 197
for motor cars, 501
on railway wagons, 881
— Hose, plastic (Tecalemit and John Bull
Rubber Co.), 17
— Modern, are they always good enough? by
G. Wilkins, 197
—‘ Propeller, Dunlop (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 852
— See also Dynamometer
Brameast Textile Machinery, order placed by Technoproimport, 429
Bramley, D. H., on preparing the engineer for management, 411
Bramley, R., on Bibliography on Axial-Flow Compressors, including Blades, Cascades and Other Related Material (book), 104
Branch exchange, telephone (trade publication), 112
Brancker Memorial lecture, 241
Brand, Charles, and Co. Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Branson Europa NV., Sonogen ultrasonic generator, 827
Branson Instruments Inc., ultrasonic cleaning equipment, 335
Brattel Electric Co. Ltd., Braun Turbo Heater fan heater, 548
Braun Turbo Heater fan heater (Brattel Electric Co. Ltd.), 548
Bray, E. N., Ltd., protective relay, 418
Brazil, atomic planning in, 147
— Case for atomic power in, 147
— Electricity supply and demand in, 147
— Hydroelectric plants, 147
— IAEA assistance to Radioisotope Labora
tory, 387
— IAEA experts to visit, 387
— IAEA grant to, 387
— Lack of electric power in, 147
—• Mambucaba project, 147
— National Cancer Institute, IAEA assistance
to, 387
— Rio Grande hydro-electric project, contract
ing companies, 379
Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Kennedy and Donkin to draft invitations to tender, 147
Brazing alloy, copper-palladium-nickel-man ganese, 211
Gold-copper, 211
Nickel-manganese-palladium, 210
Palladium-nickel, 211
Precious metal, 210-211
Silver-copper, 211
Silver-copper-palladium, 210
Silver-palladium-manganese, 210
Special purpose (Engelhard Industries), 210
— Paste, aluminium (Eutectic), 135
Breath, analysis of, 645
Brelite expanded perlite (Expanded Minerals Ltd.), 698
Bresler, B., on Design of Steel Structures (book), 708
Brewing, advances in Canada, 741
— Outlook for 1961, 164-167
Brick efflorescence, research to eliminate, 40
— Fire. See Firebricks
Brick Institute of California, research to eliminate brick efflorescence, 40
Brickwork, exposed, cleaner surfaces for, 40 Bridge, air, across Channel, 681
— Ankobra, Ghana, 765
— Benjamin Franklin, insurance policy cover
ing atomic explosion, 356
— Channel, controversy, 681
Discussion on, 437
— Clifton, model of, 862
— Construction, Dywidag system, 320
— Foot, in prestressed concrete for Ceylon
University, 730
— Forth (Redpath, Brown and Co.), 149
Road, cable saddles for (William Beard- more), 452
Road, cable splices for (Cable Covers Ltd.), 453
Road, climbing platform on, 10
Road, close fitting bolts for (S, Marsden and Sons), 452
Road, contractors for, 10, 448-454 Road, constructional details of, 448-454 Road, erecting main towers, 451
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Bridge, Forth, road, Gilbert Roberts grip bolts for (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 452 Road, main tower fabrication, 450 Road, protection for steelwork, 449 Road, spinning the cables, 453 Road, superstructure, 448
Road, wire cable for (Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd.), 516
— George Washington, new bus station at, 627
— George Washington, second deck for, 50-51,
177
— Grimsby/Hull, proposal for, 177
— Isle of Wight-mainland, 480
— Medway, model of, 862
— Model of, 863
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81
— Port Mann (John Laing and Son Canada)
Ltd.), 731
— Projects, 888
— Regents Canal Dock, 483
?— River Tagus, contractors for, 482
— Roads and dams (trade publication), 576 Kaduna River, Nigeria, 736
— Runcorn-Widnes, flame cleaning of, 321
— Severn Road, contracts issued, 379
— Thelwall (Redpath, Brown and Co.), 149
— Tromso, 320
— Universal (Marconi Instruments Ltd.), 319
— Walt Whitman, insurance policy covering
atomic explosion, 356
Bridgeman, M. R., on tankers and Suez Canal, 633
Bridges, S. N., and Co. Ltd., Luxury Life power domestic equipment, 472
Bridgestone Liquified Petroleum Gas Co., new refrigerated tanker ship for, 439
Bridgewater Canal, historical note, 7 Bridgework, high tensile wire for, 516 Briggs, H., historical note, 7
Briggs, William, and Sons, position and prospects, 489; Ross Spur Motorway, 489; activities of, 489; exports of Bitumetal roofing, 489; subsidiaries of, 489
Bright, A. W,, on sub-critical assemblies, 685 Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co, Ltd., rolling mills for English Steel Corp., 113, 127; blooming mill for Iscon Steelworks at Durgapur, 193; order position, 193; acquisition of Graham Firth Steel Products Co., 193; acquisition of Metal Mouldings Ltd., 193; group profits, 193 Brightside Heating and Engineering Co., position and prospects, 193; order position, 193; overseas contracts, 193
Brindley, J., historical note, 7
Briney boring head (Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd.), 354
Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd,, Australian interests to be taken over by British Aircraft Corp. (Australia) Pty, 897
Bristol Aircraft Co. Ltd., participation in British Aircraft Corp., 169
— Britannia aircraft, order from Ghana
Airways, 233
Bristol Pneumatic Tools Ltd., Bristol portable air compressor, 796
— Portable air compressor (Bristol Pneumatic
Tools Ltd.), 796
Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., licence from Maybach Motorenbau GmbH to produce Maybach diesel engines, 69; BS75 ducted fan engine for aircraft Avro 771 and BAC 107, 204; exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; recording instruments for ramjet engine, 545; Pegasus engine for VTOL aircraft, 684; Pegasus lift/thrust turbofan engine, 710; diesel hydraulic locomotives, 769
Bristol Siddeley Journal, 588
Bristol University, new School of Chemistry (Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (GB) Ltd.), 365
Britain to cooperate with France and West Germany building Transall C 160 aircraft, 113
— if she joins the European Common Market,
by R. Bailey, 792
Britannia aircraft, Bristol, order from Ghana Airways, 233
Britax (London) Ltd., motor car safety belts 261 British Aircraft Corp. (Australia) Pty., formation of, 897; to take over aircraft and guided weapons interests of Bristol Aeroplane Co., English Electric Co., and Vickers Ltd., 897; Sir Daniel McVey appointed chairman, 897
British Aircraft Corp. Ltd., Type 107 aircraft, BS75 ducted fan engine for, 204; BAC One-Eleven aircraft, 683; instrument wing of, 700; Vickers participation in, 769; English Electric Co. Ltd. participation in, 769; Bristol Aircraft Co. participation in, 769; formation of British Aircraft Corp. (USA) Inc., 777; Vickers VC 10 aircraft, details of, 882; formation of British Aircraft Corp. (Australia) Pty., 897
British Aircraft Corp. (USA) Inc., formation of. 111', C. Clarkson appointed head of, 111', A.V-M. W. C. Sheen appointed director of military sales, 777; Air Chief Marshal Sir Hubert Patch appointed head of overseas military sales. 111
British Aluminium Co. Ltd., aluminium mast for yawl Manita, 47; aluminium furniture, 130; traced pipework, 550
— Association for the Advancement of
Science, annual meeting, 137; noise atmoyance and its assessment, by Prof.
E. J. Richards. See LETTERS, 376, 476
— Aviation, 1960, Sell’s (Business Dictionaries
book), 68
British Broacasting Corp., experimental colour transmissions, new survey of, by I. R. Atkins, A. R. Stanley and S. N. Watson (book), 364; BBC Handbook 1961 (book), 396, 872; Television Centre fire alarm system, 402; new short wave transmitters for (Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd.), 433; order placed with Pye Ltd. for mobile control rooms, 577; designs department, 678; research department, 678; television picture quality, 678- 679
British Building Supplies Ltd., use of DOSP steel flooring, 511
British Cast Iron Research Association, translation of Russian Castings Production, 701 British Celanese Ltd., steam supply from
Spondon “ H ” plant, 637
British Central Electrical Co., 13 amp multisocket, 88
British Coal Utilisation Research Association experiments with coal and boiler performance, 534; methods for determining sulphur trioxide concentrations, 782
British Columbia, flexible submarine pipeline to Vancouver Island (BICC), 45
British Columbia Toll Highway and Bridges
Authority, new ferry boats for, 641 ?—? Commonwealth. See Commonwealth Year Book, by R. S. Russell (review), 747-748
— Compressed Air Society, standards, 763
— Conference on Automation and Computa
tion, revival of, 83; luncheon, 83
British Cycle Corp., redundancies expected, 141 and Motor Cycle Industries Association, position of the industry, 141
— Economy, growth in (Political and Econo
mic Planning) (review), 574
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Asso
ciation, statement on railway electrification, 25; overseas drive by, 133; meeting of export managers and senior executives of electrical industry, 133; export directory, 133; cooperation with Board of Trade for display at International Household Goods and Hardware Fair, 133; jubilee year, 289; export conference, 289; committees of, 289; conditions of contract 289; A. M. Browne elected president, 447; H. H. Mullens elected deputy president, 447; arc welding electrodes (trade publication), 808; golden jubilee export conference, 841
British Electrical Power Convention, 137, 849; presidential address, 817
— Employers’ Confederation, efficient use of
manpower, 97; on misuse of labour in industry, 657; on payroll tax, 657
British Enka Ltd., new factory for, 483 British Ermeto Corp. Ltd., Ermeto stop valve, 528
British European Airways, excess capacity problem, 201; passenger statistics, 201; profits, 201; table of traffic and staff figures, 1960, 201
British Executive and General Aviation Co. Ltd., Prof. M. Black appointed consultant, 348; Prof. A. D. Young appointed consultant, 348; M. Langley appointed technical director, 348; T. D. R. Carroll appointed deputy chief designer, 348; exhibit at Farnborough Show, 497; Airedale and Terrier aircraft on show at Coventry, 641; setting up by Pressed Steel Co., 833; acquisition of Auster Aircraft Ltd., 833; acquisition of F. G. Miles Ltd., 833
British Federal Welder and Machine Co. Ltd., on welding equipment and customers requirements 569
— Firms, guide to 25,000, 518
— Food Manufacturing Industries Research
Association, booklets, 522
British Geon Ltd., Geon pvc and Hycar nitrile rubber for Niplas cable sheathing, 179; nitrile rubber (trade publication), 232 British Guiana, Tapakuma Scheme, 735 British Hoist and Rope Co. Ltd., mobile crane
(trade publication), 200
— Hydromechanics Research Association,
conference on fluids sealing, 440
British India Electric Construction Co., association with Johnson and Phillips Ltd., 865; enlargement of production, 865
British Industrial Plastics Co., profits, 257; plans for factory in Mexico with Borden Co., 257; exports, 257; annual meeting, 257; share offer made by Turner and Newall, 257
British Industrial Products for Canada, CABMA Register of (book), 68; (review), 748
?— Industry, concentration in, by R. Evely and I. M. D. Little (review), 23
by J. H. Dunning and C. J. Thomas (review), 775-776
? in Moscow, 705
See also Industry British Institute of Management, Register of
Management and Industrial Consultants, 8; Foremen Training conference, 177; Absence f:om Work—Incidence, Cost and Control, 413; J. Marsh appointed director, 513; conference on work study, 900; members of conference panel, 900
British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., Pluto Channel pipeline, 45; flexible submarine pipeline from British Columbia to Vancouver Island, 45; conductors for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52; cable laying equipment for Russian cable-laying ships, 233; formation of British Space Development Co., 257, 585; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705; Channel cable to link UK and French grid systems, 753; raising new capital, 777; bank overdraft, 777; loan from Prudential, 777; loan from Telcon, 777; acquisition of stock of Thomas Bolton and Sons, 777; submarine power cable from Jura to Kintyre, 111
British Insulated Callenders’ Construction Co. Ltd., crossing towers for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52; laying flexible submarine pipeline, Magna Pipeline Co., 131 British Insulated Callenders’ (Submarine Cables) Ltd., flexible submarine pipeline for Magna Pipeline Co., 131
— Internal Combustion Engine Research Asso
ciation, engine measurements by radio telemetry, 84
— Interplanetary Society, proposals for space
flight, 662; European Symposium on Space Technology, 685; symposium on communications satellites, 892; symposium on liquid hydrogen as a rocket propellant, 898
British Iron and Steel Federation, forecast of steel capacity for 1962, 45; C. R. Wheeler elected president, 53; request to Iron and Steel Board for increase in prices, 713; reaction to price changes in steel, 905
— Iron and Steel Research Association,
Research on Rolling of Strip (book), 264; measuring strip speeds without contact, 781; experiments on rapid sulphur from steel, 613
British Journal on Aesthetics, 574
— Locomotives (book), 428
— Manufacturers, FBI register
(book), 396
British Monorail Ltd., monorail UKAEA at Winfrith Heath, veyor system for Wilmot Breeden, 837
British Motor Corp., development of gas turbine vehicle engine, 424; orders for sports cars taken at New York automobile show, 505; use of Gloucester as shipping port, 541; working to full capacity, 617; new CAB 2 plant at Longbridge, 617
— National Committee for Non-Destructive
Testing, conferrence of, 553
Committee on Space Research, plans for UK’s second satellite, 645
British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, Survey of Nickel and Chromium Recovery in the Electroplating Industry, 267; development report, 587; annual report, 803; copper tube test, 803
British Nylon Spinners Ltd., nylon wagon sheets, 275
British Olivetti Ltd., typewriter market in UK, 212
— Overseas Airways Corp., order for Vickers
VC 10 aircraft, 233; use of Avon jet engines, 497; electronic ticket issuing system installed, 601
British Overseas Fairs Ltd., Stockholm Trade Fair site rates, 617
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., formation of Davy British Oxygen Ltd., 25; computer controlled plate cutting equipment for Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., 39; Firefly cutting blowpipe, 221; handling liquid oxygen, 375; Alyn tube cutting machine, 517; oxygen cutting machine, 561; Chromoid No. 101 stainless steel welding electrode, 619; prototype gas analysis equipment, 645; Arc, 774
British Oxygen Engineering Ltd., use of Foamglas insulation on oxygen tanks, 698
British Pens Ltd., powered pencil sharpener, 472
British Petroleum Co., Ltd., oil depot at Macquarie Island for Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 25; fuel depot at Mawson Base for Australian Antarctic Expedition, 25; production of U.K.’s indigenous oil, 25; Autovista petrol pump, 207; visitors to refineries and installations, 365; new ocean terminal at Angle Bay, Milford Haven, 626, 633
British Piston Ring Co,, new plant for, 61 British Plastics, annual review, 834
British Polar Engines Ltd., marine diesel engine, 559
— Productivity Council, on loss to industry by
accidents, 381
— Racing and Sports Car Club, Racing Car
Show, 65
British Railways, modernisation modernisation 379; modernisation needs railwaymen. See LETTER, 92; Dr. R. Beeching appointed chairman, 405, 480; modernisation,
Sheffield area, 465; closing down of branch lines and stations, 513; lines, closure, 513; public complaints, 513; staff shortages, 513; Sulzer diesel engines for (Vickers Armstrongs), 595; modernisation plan of, 622; laboratory for engineering research, 681; opposition from road and air, 681; reduction in orders placed to contractors, 769; diesel hydraulic locomotive for, 788; study groups, 817; modernization programme, 817; Plasticell air ducts for, 834; model of bridge, 863; trials of disk brakes for wagons, 881; report on electric train failures, 884
British Resin Products Ltd,, Cellobond polyester resin, 475; Cellobond Polyester Resins, Technical Manual, 507; dough moulding compound, 619
— Road Federation, proposal to cut down
road user taxes, 341; road development, 817; annual meeting, 817; report of, 817 Services, exhibit at Leipzig International Fair, 397; delivery of gear cutting machine to West Germany ,429; transport of Redi- fon’s Caravelle flight simulator to Rome, 801
British Ropes Ltd., orders from Leipzig Fair 673; wire rope maintenance (trade publication), 776
British Rototherm Co. Ltd., Zero Re-Set bi-metal thermometer, 891
British Sarozal Ltd., Hygro-Robot packaged dehumidifiers, 57; multi-pin connectors, 318; Thies universal psychrometer, 351
— Shipbuilding Research Association, P. G.
Hodgkinson appointed chief production engineer, 217
British South African Co., annual statement, 357; profits, 357; interests of, 357; financing of Commonwealth Aluminium Corp., 357; association with Consolidated Zinc Corp., 357; association with Kaiser Aluminium, 357; loan for Kariba dam project, 357; Interest in Rhodesian Alloys and Rhodesian Iron and Steel, 357
British Space Development Co., formation of, 257; firms forming consortium, 257; formation of, 585; aims of, 585; technical committee set up, 585; G.K.C. Pardoe appointed chairman, 585
British Standards Institution, BS 3288 on specification for insulator and conductor fittings for overhead power lines, 87; BS 3329 on gear planing and shaping machines, 173; BS 693 on welding of mild steel, 173; BS 2062 on basic dimensions for hobs, 173; code CP 332: 601 on gas equipment, 176; BS 449 on use of structural steel in buildings, 186; BS 3254 on seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles, 229 ; BS 2634 on roughness comparison specimens, 267; collection of information on domestic electrical contracting charges, 381; BS.LIOO on inspection and testing procedure for aluminium and aluminium alloys, 407; use of cold formed steel sections in buildings, 483; BS 2994 on cold rolled steel sections, 483; BS 3254, on safety belt assemblies for motor vehicles, 718; Conference of Standards Engineers, 761; views on guarantees, 761; standards, 763
— Steel Castings Research Association, forma
tion of Steel Castings Development Committee, 551
— Steel Founders Association, cinema film
“Your eyes are Precious,’’ 381; formation of Steel Castings Development Committee, 551
British Sugar Corp. Ltd., use of pvc-coated steel sugar diff users, 699
British Tabulating Machine Co., merger with Powers-Samas Accounting Machines Ltd. to form International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., 193
British Tego Gluefilm Ltd., dry film adhesives, 421
British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd., development of Kearns electronic horizontal boring machine, 18-20
— Trade Fair, Moscow, film show, 265;
exhibitors taking part, 429, 465, 541, 609, 697, 705, 713; follow up after, 758-759 and Industries Mission to Iraq, 785
— Transport Commission, Project, 262; exhibit
at Rand Show, 465; to build engineering research laboratory, 681; diesel hydraulic locomotives for, 769; preservation of steam locomotives, 241; see also British Railways; British Road Services; British Waterways
British United Airways, order placed for ten BAC One-Eleven aircraft, 683
British United Shoe Machinery Co. Ltd., development of Kearns electronic horizontal boring machine, 18-20
— Visual Glide Path Indicator System,
development of, 533
?— Waterways, bridge for Regents Canal Dock, 483; conversion from water cooled to air cooled engines, 594; improvement schemes on River Trent, 558
— Weed Control Council, symposium on
Industrial Weed Control, 621
Brittle fracture of steel, by W. D. (review), 871-872
Brix, V. H., review of Translation Russian for Scientists, 706-707; graphical note, 708
Broadway Welding Supplies Pty. Ltd., Diesel- iner welding machine, 727
Brockhouse Group, extensive mechanisation of foundry of R. J. Hunt and Son Ltd., 836 Brockhouse, J., and Co., position and prospects, 17; annual meeting, 17; overseas subsidiaries of, 17
Brockhouse, J. (South Africa), position and prospects, 17; profits, 17
Brockhouse, J. L., on J. Brockhouse and Co., 17 Brocklebank, Sir John, on Cunard Steamship Co., 801
Broken Hill Pty. Co., converter furnaces ordered from Davy and United Engineering Co., 25; tinplate cut up line for, 741
Bronx Engineering Co. Ltd., pinch rolls, 13; Pinch-Pyramid plate bending rolls for US, 341; on machine tools and customers requirements, 569; heavy machine tool, 763 Bronze (trade publication), 264
— /ptfe bearing bushes (Bound-Brook), 178;
bearing materials, 178
Broom, H. D., on Broom and Wade, Ltd., 17 Broom and Wade Ltd., profits, 17; subsidiary companies, 17; position and prospects, 17; on air compressors and customers’ requirements, 567
Broomwade-Belge SA, position and prospects, 17; profits, 17
Brook, A. E., on Aerodynamics for Engineering Students (book), 24
Brooke, H., on housing, 309; proposed new town at Skelmersdale, 405; on Gunners- bury building scheme, 413; on proposed new town at Dawley, 657; rejection of application to mine ironstone by opencast methods, 689
Brookes, B. C., on report writing improves with morale, 315-316
Brookhaven National Laboratory, construction commenced on High Intensity Radiation Development Laboratory, 520
Brookhirst Igranic Ltd., variable speed paper machine drive installed at Alders (Tam- worth) Ltd.), 334; Australian sales organisation, 397
Brossel Freres SA, trucks for ECM use, 206 Brotherhood, Peter, Ltd., licence agreements with Booker Group and Triveni Engineering Works, 809
Brouha, L., on Phisiology in Industry (book), 776
Brown Bros., steering gear for Empress of Canada liner, 605; steering gear for liner Canberra, 755; lateral thrust bow propeller for liner Canberra, 755
Brown, D., on David Brown Corp., 61
Brown David, Corp., position and prospects, 61; profits, 61; contributions to National Insurance Scheme 61; increase in orders,, 61; plant investment, 61; Radicon worm reducer units, 61; cooperation with EMI Electronics Ltd., 61; increased orders for tractor division, 61; exports, 61; regrouping of manufacturing units, 61
Brown, David, Corp. (Sales) Ltd., doublevolute pumps (trade publication), 298
Brown, David, Industries Ltd., gear testing machine, 56; Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., to take over motor car manufacture from, 61
Brown, David, Machine Tool cutting machine for West
Brown, David, and Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd., re-established as separate unit from David Brown Corp., 61
Brown, David, Tractors Ltd., re-established as separate unit from David Brown Corp., 61 Brown, E. W., on Introductory Treatise on Lunar Theory (book), 298
Brown, H. F., on diesel losses on US railways. See LETTER, 92
Brown, I. D., on Absolute Judgments and Operative-Inspector Relations, 447
Brown, John, and Co. Ltd., frigate for Royal Navy, 69; Clydebank Yard, new towing carriage for shipyard laboratory, 433
Brown, John, Land Boilers, formation of consortium with Foster Wheeler Ltd., 325 Brown, John, Ltd., interest in Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, 737
Brown, John (SEND), Ltd., charge-discharge machine for Windscale atomic reactor, 519 Brown Knight and Truscott Ltd., formation of Kompass Register Ltd., with Engineering Ltd., 518
Brown, P. E., et al., on remote handling and analytical techniques used in the processing of samples from HTGC loop irradiations, 520
Brown, S. G., Ltd., steering control system for liner Canberra, 755
Brown and Tawse Plant Ltd., Lambert Hydrocon mobile crane, 661
Brown, W., on Exploration in Management (review), 540
Browne, A. M., elected president of BEAMA, 447, biographical note, 447; on BEAMA export conference, 841
Browning FN pistol, 830
— Machine gun, 831
Browning’s Electric Co. Ltd., Com-Centric commutator lathe, 486
Brown’s, David, by D. Donnelly (book), 428 Bruges, Dr. E. A., on mixing gases, 213. See LETTER,313
Brunner, H., appointed vice-president of Union d’Assureurs des Credits Inter- nationaux, 873
Bruntons (Musselburgh) Ltd., Forth Road Bridge, 453
Brush application of paint, 2
— Electric hand, Peugeot Airbrosse (Rudson
Wood and Co. Ltd.), 848
Brush Crystal Co., PZT crystals, 21
Brush Electrical Engineering, exhibit at Rand Show, 465
Brussels Airport, Marconi radar units for, 609 Bryan, J. G., on Shortest Route to Optimum Design, 860-861
Bryant Electric Co., circuit breaker load centres (trade publication), 748
Bryce. M. D., on Industrial Development: Guide for Accelerating Economic Growth (review), 707
Bryden, G., backing for F. T. Clark’s ideas on horticultural machinery, 670
Bryson Industries Ltd., Australian distributors for Jaguar Cars, 299
BT Stacking truck (Rolatruc Ltd.), 444
BTR Industries Ltd., position and prospects, 257; subsidiaries of, 257; order position, 257; modernisation programme, 257; profit margin increase, 257; labour shortage, 257; belting for National Coal Board, 257; hose products, 257; aero products, 257; group profits, 257; capital investment, 257; compressed air line from Geon RA 170 pvc, 771; nylon/ cotton conveyor belts for NCB, 867
Bubble chamber, controlled sensitivity, by
B. Hahn et al (paper), 192
Buccleuch Estates, development as Thorney- bank Industrial Estate, 497
Buchanan Bros. Ltd., Clyde Economy pressure gauge, 858
Buck and Hickman Ltd., MagneTRACE milling machine, 767
Buckland, Dr. W. R., review of Statistics Manual, 574; biographical note, 576
Budd Co., adhesives to replace spot welding, 687
Budgeting, capital, decision, by H. Bierman Jr., and S. Smidt (book), 200
Buffalo University, licence to operate atomic reactor, 456; AMF Atomics Inc. build reactor for, 456; US AEC assistance to, 456 Buffing mops. Airflow (W. Canning and Co.), 586 Builders Copper Tube, copper tubes and fittings, 673; Ferranti Sirius computer for data processing, 673
Building apprentices, increase in, 185
— Construction, applied, by A. Medlycott
(book), 496; (review), 806
— Design and development in, 78
— Future exhibitions of, 78
— Guildford Cathedral, by B. Geen, 690-691
— Industry, accidents 209 jr
Accident rate in, 381
Expansion and investment in, 81 ? External factors affecting, 79 Forecast for 1961, 81 Lack of advance in, 309 Long term research in, 81 Management and labour in, 80 1960 as record level, 209
? Plant and materials supply in, 80
— — Production in, 81 Productivity in, 209 Trends in, 209
— Market trends in, 79
— Operations, mechanization of, 794-795
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81. See LETTER, 180
— Prefabricated, protection for, 11
— and Public Works Exhibition, 685
— Research Station, loan of vans to DSIR for
noise research, 348; mechanization of building operations, 794; sound and thermal insulation, 680; use of models for lighting research, 869
— Scheme, Gunnersbury, 413
— Sheets, plastic coated (Dorman Long
(Steel) Ltd.), 105
— Site, mechanical aids on, 794-795
— Slabs, plastic faced. Spectra Glaze (Lille-
shall Co. Ltd.), 47
Building, tender for Petten low power atomic reactor building issued, 256
— Umbrella, completed for S. and J. Litchen
Ltd., 186
— Units of Aerated concrete (Thermalite
Ytong Co.), 321
— Work, increase in, 465
Buildings, blasting experiments to study effects on, 482
— Heating, report of the Heating and Ventilat
ing Research Association, 880
— Large, locating fires in, 402
— Prefabricated (trade publication), 200
Tubular steel components for (Tube- wrights Ltd.), 186
— Use of cold formed steel sections in, 483
— Use of structural steel in. BS 449, 186 Built by Davy-United, 225; (trade publication), 708
Bulkheads, sound reducing, of Kraft honey- combe, for Deltic locomotive (English Electric Co.), 90
Bull, John, Rubber Co., licence from Tecalemit to produce plastic brake hose, 17
Bullers Ltd., insulators for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52
Bulletin for Industry, 309
Bullows, Alfred, and Sons Ltd., paint spraying machine, 56; Hydra-Spray Golden spray gun, 858
Burna Engineering Co. Ltd., fine boring machine, 222
Bunsen, R. W., historical note, 7
Buoys, marine. Trinity House, solar cells to power, 877
Bureau of Standards. See United States National Bureau
Bureau Veritas, classification of atomic propelled ships, 520 ; Maritime Technical Committee, 520; General Technical Conditions for Nuclear Ships, 520
Burford, E. F., on British Trade Fair Moscow, 759
Burgess, K. S., on sub-critical assemblies, 620 Burgess, R. E., on Progress in Semi-conductors (book), 112; (review), 638
Burmah Shell Oil Co., talks with India, 405
Burmeister &.Wain, marine diesel engines, 43; difficult order position, 325; new type diesel engine, 325; engine for East Asiatic Co. tanker Java, 325; diesel engines, 594
Burner for car exhaust gas, Smog-Burner (Chromalloy Corp.), 175
— Gas (Gas Council), 531
(Prior Stokers Ltd.), 530
(trade publication), 464
Burness Corlett and Partners, trawlers for Pelagic Trawling Co., 69
Burnett, C. R., on Introduction to Modern Physics (book), 158; (review), 607-608
Burnout point, 631
Burns Commission on Fiji Islands, 873
Burns and Russell Co., development of plastic faced building blocks, 47
Burnside Quarry Co., busy year, 489
Burrard Dry Dock Ltd., ferry boats for British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridges Authority, 641
Burrill, J. W., on pressure vessel codes, 344
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., cheque sorting machine for Lloyds Bank Ltd., 25
Bus, diesel engined (Klockner-Humboldt- Deutz), 595
Engined (Leyland), 595
Engines (FNAG), 595
Bus-bars, aluminium for Komati power station 618
Aluminium, large, pass tests, 618
Aluminium, testing for Komati power station, 618
Bus station, George Washington, 51, 627
Bush, E. H., on four factors govern petrol consumption, 215. See LETTER, 276
Bushings, ball (trade publication), 776 Bushnell, D., on Space Biology (book), 364 Business Automation, 706
— Equipment, design and development in, 118 Future exhibitions on, 119
Market trends in, 119
Outlook for 1961, 118-121. See LETTER 212
Industry, expansion and investment in 121
Industry, external factors affecting, 119 Industry, forecast for 1961, 121 Industry, long term research in, 121 Industry, management and labour in, 120 Industry, plant and materials supply in, 120
Industry, production in, 120 Business Methods Index, 156
B. U.S.M. Co., jigs and fixtures, 18
Butane lanterns. Camping Gaz (Forges d’Alais) 150-152
— Stove, Bleuet (Forges d’Alais), 150
Camping Gaz (Forges d’Alais) 150-152 Butler, J. W., elected chairman of Associated British Machine Tool Makers, 348
Butler, R. A., on Rome Treaty and European Common Market, 649
Butter, Dr. G. H., on silicon carbide for nuclear reactors, 455
Butters, B., appointed chairman of Morris and Butters, 299
Butters Bros., orders for Canada and Poland, 465; orders from UK shipyards, 465;, cranes for Furness Shipbuilding Co. dry dock, 465; formation of Morris and Butters with Herbert Morris Ltd., 299 Buttresses for dams, lateral stability of, by J. R.
Rydzewski, 895
Buxton, C. R., on Translation from Russian for Scientists (book), 24; (review), 706
BW Valve Co. Ltd., Winn-Flexiseat valves, 153 BX Plastics Ltd., Cobex clear pvc, 374;
plastics (trade publication), 808
Bylock Electric Ltd., Tablevac combined vacuum cleaner and occasional table, 504
C 160 Transall aircraft, Britain, France and West Germany cooperate on, 113; Nordaviation and Weser and Hamburger cooperate on, 113; Rolls-Royce engines for. 113
Cab, crane, plastic (Moto Plastics Ltd.), 739
Cabinet, assembly, dust-free (Plannair Ltd.) 101
— Filing (trade publication), 112
Cables, aluminium for (trade publication), 640
— Channel, 302, 309, 753
— Laying ship. See Ship
— Reeling machine, Metool (Metropolitan
Tool and Products Ltd.), 417
— Saddles for Forth Road Bridge (William
Beardmore), 452
— Sheathing, Niplas pvc/rubber (Greengate &
Irwell Rubber Co.), 179
— Splices for Forth Road Bridge (Cable
Covers Ltd.), 453
— Submarine power, between Jura and
Kintyre, 777
— Wire, for Forth Road Bridge (Dorman Long
(Steel,) Ltd.), 516
— See also Transmission*, Wire Rope
Cable and Wireless, Ltd., Cammell Laird to build cable laying ship for, 299
Cableform Ltd., photoelectric detector, 416
Cables Covers Ltd., cable splices for Forth Road Bridge, 453
CABMA Register of British Industrial Products for Canada, 68; (review), 748
Cadiz power station, capacity to be doubled, 273
Cadoff, I. B., on Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (book), 428
Caidin, M., cn Race for the Moon (book), 200 Caine, M., on S Man (review), 496
Cairncross, Prof. A., appointed Economic Adviser to the Government, 97; biographical note, 97; on state of the roads, 341; on need for Commonwealth trade, 405
Cairo International Agricultural Fair, British exhibits at, 333
Calculations, Plain Words on, 719
Calculus of finite differences, treatise on, by G. Boole (book), 776
Calder Hall atomic reactor, twelve months continuous operation completed, 256 Operations School, Simlac atomic reactor simulator for (Short Bros. and Harland), 864
Type reactor, plutonium recycle in, by L. J. Barbieri et al. (paper), 455
Caldwell, on export incentives in Australia, 429 California University, RUM remote underwater manipulator, 143; installation of Argonaut atomic reactor, 632; design of Tory IIA-l atomic reactor, 800
Californium, 832
Calor Gas (Distributing) Co. Ltd., propane for gas-operated trucks, 375
Calorifier, Norden (Holden and Brooke Ltd.), 827
Calow, J. R. B., on trends in piston-ring wear in automative gasoline engines, 521
Calumet and Hecla, finned tube, 242
Calver, G. A., on Banker’s Guide to Marine Insurance of Goods (review), 774-775
Cambay power station project, India, 627
Cameo,'Inc., new factory in N. Ireland, 609; gas-lift valves, 609
Camera, automatic (Ilford Ltd.), 325
— Ballistic, use on Woomera WRE range, 750
— Outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Performance, use on Woomera WRE range,
751
— Target aircraft, use on Woomera WRE
range, 751
— Television, closed circuit, Nev Eye (Notting
ham Electronic Valve Co. Ltd.), 650
EMI mini-camera (EMI Electronics Ltd.). 650
for Radio Italiana Televisione (Marconi), 541
— WRE interception single shot, 751 Cameron, Dr. A., on parallel surface thrust
bearings. See LETTER, 48
Cameron, J., on African Revolution (review). 746
Cameron, S., on Self-Organising Systems (review), 538-539
Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., cable laying ship for Cable and Wireless Ltd., 299
Camp Bird Ltd., Colforg forging press, 102
Camp Century atomic reactor, shut down ordered, 256
Campagnie Fran^aise dds Petroles, formation of Total Oil Products (GB) to operate in UK, 1
Campbell, Gifford and Morton Ltd., report on iron and steel potential in Nigeria, 841
Campbell, R. S., on Take a Tomato when Touring Abroad, 799
Camping Gaz International, butane stoves and lanterns (Forges d’Alais), 150-152; equipment stockists in UK, 152
Camping Trade Association of Great Britain, formation of, 152
Camrex Paints, Ltd., maintenance paints (trade publication), 872
Can opener, Edlund (Metcalfe and Co. (1950) Ltd.), 848
Canada, advance in brewing in, 741
— Atomic programme of, 725
— CABMA register of British industrial pro
ducts for, 68; (review), 748
— Gift to India of atomic reactor, 148
of reactor headers to Trombay atomic power station, 256
— Imports from UK, 341
— India Atomic reactor, 725; opening cere
mony, 356
— Iron ore production, 729
-— Nickel cast iron in, 738
— Sales prospects of nuclear products over
seas, 15
•— Six Million HP River Project, 306-307
— Trade balance with US and UK, 159
— Unemployment in, 9
— Uranium research in, 16
Canadian Association of British Manufacturers CABMA Register of British Industrial Products for Canada (book), 68
Canadian Breweries Ltd., continuous malt making process, 741
Canadian Government, exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
•—? National Railways, aluminium railway wagons with covered hoppers, 717
—? North Atlantic Westbound Freight Conference, increase in shipping costs, 233
— Nuclear Association, formation of, 223 Canadian Pacific Co., liner Empress of Canada,
605; 769
— Pulp and Paper Association, research on
load bearing capacity of ice, 186
Canadian Steel Wheel Ltd., position and prospects, 737
— Uranium Research Foundation, formation
of, 16
Canadian Vickers, profits, 769; position and prospects, 769
Canal, Bridgewater, historical note, 7
— Gharraf, model of, 471
Canberra liner, details of, 754-755; maiden voyage of, 753, 754-755; nickel in (International Nickel Co. (Mond) Ltd.), 838 CANDU atomic reactor, 725
Canning of atomic fuel with beryllium, 725 Canning, W., and Co. Ltd., Bi-Nickel process, 135; Stapol sisal mops, 586; Airflow buffing mops, 586
Cannon (GA) Ltd., Cannonlux kitchen unit 436
Cannonlux kitchen unit (Cannon (GA) Ltd.), 436
Capacitance standards, Jahre system (Aveley Electric Ltd.), 254
Capacity and frequency meter (Solartron), 596 Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Ltd., Caposite amosite asbestos, 519; Rocksil rock wool, 519; exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Capital allowance on motor cars, 649
— Budgeting Decision, by H. Bierman, Jr., and
S. Smidt (book), 200
— Investment, increasing rate of, 309 Caposite amosite asbestos (Cape Insulation
and Asbestos Products Ltd.), 519 Capps, A. W., on solar energy claims, 620 Capricorn. See Plain Words articles; see also LETTER, 477
Captain Foley trawler, use of aluminium in, 275 Car Driving for Beginners (review), 24
Car Loader (Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd.), 717
— Motor. See Motor Car
Caravan, Nymph Newtone Coachworks),497 Caravelle aircraft, 429; flight simulator of, for Alitalia Air Line (Redifon), 801
Carbides, sintered, as cutting tools for steel, 514
— Uranium, bibliography of, 456
Carbon dioxide coolant for fast cutting of steel, 266-267
— Disulphide causes piling danger, 483 Carbon and Its Uses, 774
Carbon-14, half-life, 455 Carborundum Co., Ltd., ceramic tools, 763 Cardiac difribillator (Westinghouse Electric
Corp.), 175
— Monitor (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 175
— Pacer (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 175 Careers, conventional, 89
— in industry and technical education, year
book of, by H. C. Dent (review), 158. See LETTER, 180
Cargo carrier. Stalwart (Alvis Co.), 61
— Ship. See Ship
Carlton Tower Hotel, completion of, 159 Carlyle Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd., packaged air conditioning units, 403 Carmen, Worshipful Company of. See Worshipful
Carneiro, O. A. D., on Mambucaba Power Project in the Central Southern Region of Brazil, 147
Carnelloe mine project, public enquiry into, 480 Carolinus Virginia Tube atomic reactor, 420 Carr, D. P., on trackwork engineering, 765 Carr, L. H. A., on Relativity for Engineers and Science Teachers (review), 263; on Testing of Electrical Machines (review), 575-576
Carret, W. O., historical note, 7 Carrier, straddle (Hyster Co.), 12
Carrington, Lord, on aircraft carriers, 273 Carroll, T. D. R., appointed deputy chief designer of British Executive and General Aviation, 348; biographical note, 348
Carron, W, J., on AEU members and overtime work, 625; to speak at National Apprentices dinner, 689
Carter, C. F., on Science of Wealth (book), 200 Carter Gears Ltd., variable speed gear, 693 Carton board creaser (PATRA), 603 Cartwright, W. F., on not wisely but too well, 589
Casaccia Nuclear Centre, RC-I atomic reactor undergoing modifications, 488
Cascelloid Ltd., translucent sheeting publication), 232
Case crawler shovel machine (J. 1. Case Ltd.), 798
— Instrument (trade publication), 640 Case, J. I., Co. Ltd., case crawler
machine, 798
Cases, plywood (Venesta Plywood Ltd.), 905 Cassie, Prof. W. F. review of Landscape of Roads, 494-495; biographical note, 496; on teaching traffic engineering, 790
Casson, Sir Hugh, interior design of liner Canberra, 755
Casson, W., on supplying electrical energy in bulk, 284
Cassuto, A., on nuclear fuel costs, 505 Cast-to-form tools (trade publication), 904 Cast iron. See Iron
Casting cleaning machine (Sinex Engineering Co. Ltd.), 660
— Continuous, of steel, by M. C. Biochenko
(book), 428
— Continuous, of steel, in commercial use, by
K. P. Korotkov, H. P. Mayorov, A. A. Skvortsov and A. D. Akimenko (book), 576
of steel, Weybridge continuous process (Continuous Casting Co. Ltd.), 773
— Falling demand for, 105
ENGINEERING. VOL. 191 (1961)
Castings, foundry, in epoxy resin (J. Hobkirk Sons and Co.), 375
— Fractured, repairs to (Metalock), 46
— Metal (Wandsworth Foundry), 866
— Pearlitic malleable, Lepaz (Ley’s), 202 —? Production, Russian, translation of, 701
— Repairs to, 46
— System, cold (Alec Tiranti Ltd.), 867 Castlehill Sand and Gravel, busy year, 489 Catalogue of Lewis’s Medical, Scientific and
Technical Library, 1957-1959, supplement to (book), 24
— Radioactive chemicals (UKAEA), 192 Sources (UKAEA), 192 Catalytic cleaning of fumes, 126
Catchpole, E. J., on metal honeycomb core, 180. See LETTER, 313
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Levertons of Spalding as main dealers, 235
Cathedral, Guildford, cost of, 657; donation by engineers, 657; building of, by B. Geen, 690
Cathode-ray polarograph, Nashton (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 677
Catmur Machine Tool Corp., Ltd., Vero Autodrill turret head drill, 628
CAV Ltd., transistorised invertor, 132; ac generators, 132; fuel injection (trade publication), 298; Leo HI computer ordered, 333; alternators for transport vehicles, 492; exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; ac generators, 536; DPA distributor fuel injection pump, 602
Cawkell Research and Electronics Ltd., Tele- Remscope television monitor, 318; materials tester, 693; contract with UKAEA, 801
Cayzer, Sir Nicholas, on research in shipbuilding, 309
CBA Engineering Ltd., Port Mann bridge, 731 CD Productions Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Ceabird Mk. 11 boat, use of Kraft honeycomb in, 90
Ceacruiser boat, use of Kraft honeycomb in, 90 Ceawren boat, use of Kraft honeycomb in, 90 Cedric motor car, Japanese, 95
Cefmo cutting-off machine (Addison), 251 CEGB. See Central Electricity Generating Board
Cell, crane overload warning (Salford Electrical Instruments Ltd.), 271
— Electric, rechargeable, Permabeam (Chilton
Electric Products Ltd.), 472
•— Fuel, by G. J. Young (review), 774 Hydrogen-oxygen, 268 New, promises higher voltages, 268 Sodium, 268
— Lead telluride, 648
— Membrane permeation (Ionics Inc.), 237
— Solar (Bell), 877
Experiments, 877 to power Trinity House marine buoys, 877
Cellobond polyester resin (British Resin Products Ltd.), 475
Cellobond Polyester Resins Technical Manual, 507
Celoria, F., on give us the tools, 476
Cement, asbestos (trade publication), 264 Cement and Concrete Association, Digital Computers, 66; model tests for Hammersmith flyover, 247; on cement in road bases, 380; Design and Construction of Open Air Swimming Pools, 511; model testing service, 862; tests on bridge models and flyover, 862
— Pozzolanic, 483
— in road bases, 380
— from steelworks slag (Voest Steel Works),
512
— See also Concrete
Cementation Group, Maple Cross research centre opened, 187; Dr. R. A. Scott appointed head of research centre, 187 Census of population, 505
Centenary, Birmingham Small Arms Co., 7
— Blakeborough, J., and Sons, 7
— Engineering, 7
— Industrial, 7
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
413
Central Electricity Generating Board, London supergrid “ ring,” 52; Thames crossing of supergrid, 52; contractors for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52; table of power station construction by in 1960, 113; high voltage tap changers ordered from AEI Ltd., 233; Grid System, 284; nationwide control for electrical power network, 303; transmission towers to have better appearance, 307; total power sales, 365; West Burton power station boilers ordered from International Combustion Ltd., 365, 371; turbo-alternators for West Burton power station ordered from English Electric Ltd., 365, 371; Allen-Stoeckicht gear units ordered from W. H. Allen Sons and Co., 429 supergrid switching equipment ordered from English Electric Co. Ltd., 429; increase of charges for electricity, 541; order placed with Parsons and Co. Ltd. for turbo-generators, 605; reorganisation of regional structure, 609; public inquiry into atomic power station for Anglesey, 632; Spondon “ H ” plant supplies steam to British Celanese Ltd., 637; contract with AEI Ltd., for steam condensers, 665; orders placed with C. A. Parsons Co., 737; Berkeley atomic laboratories, functions of divisions of, 768; Berkeley atomic laboratories, shielded area of, 768; opening of atomic laboratories at Berkeley, 768; estimates of future power requirements, 849; dry cooling towers for Rugeley power station (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 884; see also Atomic Power Station; Power station
Research Laboratories, preventing acid corrosion in boilers, 782-783
?— Office of Information, Professional Engineers, 141
Central Research Laboratories Inc., Model 7 master slave manipulator, 104
Central Statistical Office, index of industrial production, 309
— Transport Consultative Committee, closing
down railway branch lines and stations, 513; annual report, 513
Centrales Nucleates del Norte, application to establish atomic power plant at Valle de Tobalina, 456
Centrax Ltd., licence to manufacture Rockwell planetary axles, 873
Centres, live, for lathes (Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd.), 222
Centrifugal pump. See Pump Centrifuge, gas, for uranium separation,, development of, 223
— Wet, Hydrocyclone (Liquid-Solid Separa
tions Ltd.), 82
Centromor, Furness Shipbuilding Co. floating dock for United Ships Repair Yards, 265 Ceramic, alumina (trade publication), 808 ?—? as atomic fuels, 368
— Cutting tools for steel, 515
— Silencers for motor cars, 95
— Special, by P. Popper (book), 708
— Thermoelectric materials (Westinghouse),
813
— Tools (Carborundum Co. Ltd.), 763 Cermets as atomic fuel, 369
— by J. R. Tinklepaugh and W. B. Crandall
(book), 808
Cesioterax medical irradiation device, 15
Ceylon, electrical power schemes in, 881
— Geological survey of, 387
— IAEA experts to visit, 387
— Loan from World Bank, 881
— Projects in, 881
— University, prestressed concrete footbridge
for, 730
Chagall, D., review of Lincoln Lords, 296-297; biographical note, 298
Chain drives (trade publication), 576
— Treatment plant (Incandescent Group), 661 Chalmers, B., on Physical Examination of
Metals (book), 298; (review), 639 Chambadal, P., on mixing gases, 313. See LETTER, 213
Chambal Valley Development Scheme, 143 Chamber, bubble, controlled sensitivity, by B. Hahn et al, 192
—-Ionisation (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 891
— Mean-current fission ionisation, saturation
characteristics of, by J. A. Dennis and W. R. Loosemore, 520
Chamberlain Industries Ltd., Staffa pipe bending machine, 190; Staffa-Herbert tube bending machine, 825
Chamberlain Plant Ltd., portable compressors, 222
Chambers, S. P., on ICI Ltd. and ECM, 801 ChamferTrode grooving electrodes (Eutectic), 835
Chandos, Lord, on engineers and society, 277, 442; statement awaited on AEI Ltd., 585; on AEI Ltd., 633
Chandrasekhar, S., on Principles of Stellar Dynamics (book), 496
Channel bridge controversy, 681
Discussion on, 437
— Cable, to be commissioned in September,
309
Design of, 302
Executive Committee, Channel cable to link UK and French grid systems, 753
for linking French and UK grid systems, 753
— Ferry services and air bridge, 681
— Pipeline, Pluto, historical note, 45
— Tube, discussion on, 437
Channel Tunnel Co., annual meeting of, 856 Controversy, 681
Discussion on, 437
and ECM, 856
Study Group, 437, 856
Chapman, R. D., on stress-strain temperaturetime relationship for refractory materials 455
Charge-discharge machine for Windscale atomic reactor, 519
Charlton Weddle and Co. Ltd., heating coils for MV Pindar, 242
Charnley, C. J., on control developments from Mesucora, 804
Charts (trade publication), 112
—? System, Movigraph Rotadates, 127 Charting progress through the works, 127 Chaseside Engineering Co. Ltd., Loadmaster shovel loader, 796
Chaudieres Samson SA, bought by Booker Group and Sogaz (SA des Gaz Industriels) of Brussels, 777; renamed International Samson, 777
Chemical analysis. See Analysis
— Consumption in Commonwealth, 341
in UK, 341
in Western Europe, 341
— Containers in pvc, 474
— Engineers, analysis of sciences and tech
niques used by, 185
Computers for, symposium on, 180
— Engineering education and practice, survey
of, by Prof. R. E. Johnstone, 185
Practice, by H. W. Cremer (book), 298 Chemical Equipment Engineering Ltd., batch drying stove, 145
— Industry, effect of ECM tariff changes, 341 in Europe, 34!
— Kinetics, alphabetical index to tables of,
homogeneous reactions (National Bureau of Standards circular), 66
— Machinery exports, 70. See LETTER, 136
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— and physical testing of industrial water,
methods of (ASTM), 15
— Plant Exhibition, German, 677 Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Plastics, exports, 257
— Processing Nomographs, by D. S. Davis
(review), 110
— Radioactive, UKAEA catalogue of, 192
— Reduction techniques (Sherritt Gordon
Mines), 587
Chemistry, boron, Soviet research in (Consultants Bureau) (book), 808
— Physical, of dyeing, by Dr. T. Vickerstaff
(book), 705
Cheque sorter/reader hired to Barclays Bank Ltd. (IBM Ltd.), 25
— Sorting machine for Lloyds Bank Ltd.
(Burroughs), 25
Cherry, J., on choice of cutting tool materials, 514; on cutting tool design and utilisation 570
Chetwynd, B., on proposals for reform in steel industry, 105; on South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 105
Chevenard-Joumier laboratory furnace (Shandon Scientific Co. Ltd.), 13
Chevrolet Corvette motor car, 687
Chieftain tank, infra red direct control system for, 45
Chili, electrical power in, 147
— Nuclear energy in north zone of, by E.
Friedmann M., 148
Chilton Electric Products Ltd., earth leakage circuit breaker, 351; Permabeam rechargeable electric cell, 472
Chimney, insulated (Uni-Tubes Ltd.), 680
— Reinforced concrete, by C. P. Taylor and
L. Turner (review), 67
China, building up motor car industry in, 95 China Navigation Co., refit for ship Kuala Lumpur, 699
— Trade with, 233 Chipbreaker drill, 570
Chisotron medical irradiation device, 15 Chlorine, residual, controller for (Wallace and Tiernan Ltd.), 661
Chorafas, D. N., on Statistical Processes and Reliability Engineering (review), 362
Christian! and Nielsen, bid for contract on Volta River project, 333; new berths at Mombasa Harbour, 828
Christie, E., on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 568
Christmas holiday, road accidents during, 9 Chromatograph, gas, Griffin D6 (Griffin and George Ltd.), 778-780
Chromatography, 778
— Gas, 645
Chromium and nickel recovery in the electroplating industry, survey of (DSIR book),, 267
•— Plating (trade publication), 298
Chromoid No. 101 stainless steel welding electrode (BOC Ltd.), 619
Chronometer, historical note, 7
Chrysler Airtemp Ltd., Airtemp airconditioner, 693
Chrysler Corp., Turboflite gas turbine engined motor car, 663
Chrysler Institute of Engineering, first UK engineer selected by, 689
Chu, L. J., on Electromagnetic Field, Energy and Forces (review), 297-298
Chubb and Sons’ Lock and Safe Co. Ltd., Chubb “ Standard Quality ” safe, 642
Chucks, magnetic (trade publication), 68
Chugg, W. A., on can Glulam stresses be increased safely, 590; on laminated timber, 829
Churchill, Charles, and Co. Ltd., demonstration of automatic manufacture of layshaft gears, 458
Churchill Gear Machines Ltd., automatic machines for gear manufacture for Austin Motor Co., 458
Churchill Machine Tool Co., share capital purchases by Birmingham Small Arms Co., 348; Sir Greville Maginness resigns as chairman, 348
Churton, J., on sound and thermal insulation, 680
Cia Constructora Nacional, S.A., formation of Companhia Anglo-Brasileira de Con- strucoes (CAB), 379
CIBA (ARL) Ltd., aluminium honeycomb, 90; Aeroweb Honeycomb Production Information Sheet No. 1, 362; epoxy bonding and pattern making, 375; Araldite epoxy resin, 375; inclusion in CIBA United Kingdom Ltd., 565; Redux adhesive for aluminium, 587; aluminium honeycomb (trade publication), 808
CIBA Clayton, inclusion in CIBA Kingdom Ltd., 565
CIBA Laboratories, inclusion in United Kingdom Ltd., 565
CIBA Ltd., formation of CIBA
Kingdom Ltd., 565; arrangements with Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd. for expansion of Atul Products Ltd., 577; manufacturing processes and technical information for Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd., 577; training of Atul Products Ltd. personnel, 577
CIBA United Kingdom Ltd., formation of, 565; as holding company for CIBA Laboratories, CIBA Clayton and CIBA (ARL), 565; Dr. h.c. R. Kappeli made chairman, 565; Sir Arthur Vere Harvey appointed managing director, 565; Clayton Aniline Co. to be bought, 565
Cinema, drive in, Trinidad, steel structure for screen (Sanders and Forsters Ltd,), 187
— Film. See Film {cinema)
Circuit, alternating-current, theory, introduction to, by J. B. Earnshaw (book), 904
— Breaker. See under Switchgear
— Printed, automatic etching of, 773
— Tester (A. W. Haydon Co.), 416
— Transistor, analysis, by M. V. Joyce and
K. K. Clarke (book), 608
Cirola and Lodigiani, bid for contract Volta River project, 333
Citroen “ deux chevaux ” motor car, 95
— DS 19 motor car, 592
Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act, 801 See also Aviation
— Defence, increase in costs, 447
— Engineering (trade publication), 576 in the Commonwealth, 730 Contractors, Federation of, handbook
(review), 806
Design and development in, 78
Future exhibitions of, 78
Handbook, by L. C. Urquhart (review), 68
Industry, expansion and investment in, 81 Industry, external factors affecting, 79 Industry, forecast for 1961, 81
Civil engineering industry, long term research in, 81
Industry, management and labour in, 80 Industry, plant and materials supply in, 80
Industry, production in, 81
Market trends in, 79
Outlook for 1961, 78-81. See LETTER, 180 Plant, proving tests on, 795
Use and control of vegetation in, 829
— Estimates, grants for new buildings at
Sussex University, 447
Clamp, hydraulic, swing, Newton (Power Jacks Ltd.), 271
— Suspension, aluminium (Alcan Industries
Ltd.), 507
Clan Line, two cargo ships ordered, 1
Clapham, M. J. S., appointed overseas director of ICI, 533; biographical note, 533
Clare Bros. Ltd., Convexionaire air heater, I'll
Clare, K. E., on vegetation on roads and airfields overseas, 829
Clarendon Laboratory, site of new nuclear research centre for Oxford University, 832
Clark Bros. Co., gas turbine licence to Hawker Siddeley Brush Turbines Ltd., 271
Clark, C., on European Common Market, 761
Clark, F. le Gros, on Growing Old in a Mechanized World (book), 133
Clark, F. T., research on horticulture machinery, 670
Clark, Graham, lecture, 244, 549, 556, 714
Clark, R. H., on Development of the English Traction Engine (review), 363
Clark, R. W., on Birth of the Bomb (book), 576
Clarke, Chapman and Co., level luffing deckcranes (trade publication), 158
Clarke, K. K., on Transistor Circuit Analysis (book), 608
Clarke and Stanfield, floating dock for United Ships Repair Yards, 265
Clark’s Press Equipment Ltd., strip oiler, 251 Clarkson, C., appointed head of British Aircraft Corp. (USA) Inc., 777; biographical note. 111
Class distinction. Plain Words on, 552
Clausen, H., on can design be taught in universities, 376. See LETTERS, 476, 789; on designer and writer, 508
Clay, fire. See Firebricks
Clay Products Promotional Fund, research to eliminate brick efflorescence, 40
Clayton Aniline Co., to be bought by CIBA United Kingdom Ltd., 565
Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd., Clayton-Still heat exchange tube, 528
Clayton-Still heat exchange tube (Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd.), 528
Clean Air Act, requirements of, 549
Conference, proceedings of diamond jubilee international (National Society for Clean Air book), 68
National Society for. See National Clean Air Year Book, 870
Cleaner, vacuum, central plant. Dustmaster (Sir George Godfrey and Partners), 372
Combined with occasional table. Table- vac (Bylock Electric), 504
— — Outlook for 1961, 168-171
Cleaning equipment, ultrasonic (Branson Instruments Inc.), 335
— Machine for castings (Sinex Engineering
Co. Ltd.), 660
— Plant, fume, Ambuco Venturi (Ambuco
Ltd.), 890
— Ultrasonic, equipment, 83
Clearways face shield (Safety Products Ltd.), 319
Cleaver, A. V., on liquid hydrogen as rocket fuel, 899
Clegg, S., historical note, 7
Clerk Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem, 862
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd., Forth Road Bridge, 10, 449
Clevite Corp, of America, Clevite PZT spark pump, 21
Clifford, J. E., electrolytic machining process, 175
Clifton and Baird Ltd., cutting machines, 763
Clifton Bridge, model of, 862
Climate. See Meteorological
Climax Molybdenum Co., designing in steel (trade publication), 808
Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Co., exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 673
Clinch tube joints (Access Equipment), 101 Cling-Sling lifter (G. D. Peters and Co. Ltd.), 629 Clinker, ferric, in dam construction, 483 Clinometer (Hilger and Watts Ltd.), 726
CLM, miniature inspection lamp, 253
Clock, atomic, 705
•—? Bonus (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 280
— Outlook for 1961, 74-77
—- Synchronous, 784
— and watch yearbook, 1961 (book), 576 Closing machine for wire rope (Larmuth &
A Bulmer Ltd.), 144, 172
Cloths, glass (trade publication), 264
?—? Wire, stainless steel, Micro-Hollander (United Wire Works Ltd.), 439
Cloud seeding, new theory for, 175
Club, Amstel. See Amstel Club
— Golden Shoe, 856
— YZ, formed by Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents, 824
Clutch, reversible locking (Renold Chains Ltd.), 537
— See also Coupling
Clyde Economy pressure gauge (Buchanan Bros. Ltd.), 858
Clydeside shipyards, order position, 817
CNEN. See Italian Comitato Nazionale per TEnergie Nucleare
COj. See Carbon Dioxide
Coal-analysis unit, automatic, for Netherlands State Mines (Rontgenapparatenfabriek), 469
— Battle with oil, 273
— Board, National, See National Coal Board
— Cleaning and blending, 273
— Cost of, 849
—• in Czechoslovakia, 15
— Developments in the burning of, 534
— Fired industrial boilers, efficiency of, by
C. D. Gunn, 534-535
Coal import attempt from US by Steel Co. of Wales, 689
— Industry, outlook for 1961, 160-163
in Ruhr, 177
Shortage of skilled labour in, 141
— Mechanized cutting and loading of, by
R. Shepherd and A. G. Withers (book), 608
— Mine. See Colliery
— Mining industry. See Coal industry
— and oil, comparative efficiencies of, 534
— Plough, 603
— Price increase, 141
— Ruhr, cost of, 849
— Shearer and loader, Anderton, 603
— Tar/epoxy, polyamide cured, Adcora A3
(E. and F. Richardson), 506
— Thin seam mining, 669
— Trepanner, 603
— Unmined reserves, 273
— US, cost of, 849
— from vending machines, 721 Coalmining industry, position of, 9
Coast Erosion and Defence (DSIR publication), 187
Coatbridge, unemployment in, 217
Coatings. Adcora anti-corrosive (E. and F.
Richardson), 136, 506
Coating Contractors Ltd., formation of, 506; anti-corrosion coatings for industry, 506. See LETTER, 136
— of Geon 121 pvc to protect duct (Plastic
Coatings Ltd.), 803
— Hypalon, in use in French gas industry, 243
— Metal, sprayed (trade publication), 232
— Nylon powder for (Dohm Ltd.), 835
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Plant, dip (Lionel Hook and Sons Ltd.), 8 58
— Plastic (trade publication), 264
Cobex clear pvc (BX Plastics Ltd.), 374 Cochran and Co. Annan Ltd., coal fired boiler, 354; series II vertical boiler, 534; Sinupac boiler, 534
Cochrane, Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph, on commuter carrying capacity of VTOL aircraft, 241; Brancker Memorial lecture, 241
Cock, blow-down, Mobrey (Ronald Trist and Co. Ltd.), 559
Cockaday, P., on industry’s attack on polio, 4 Cockburns Ltd., ultrasonic cleaning apparatus installed, 83
Cockerell, C. S., awarded Viva shield of the Worshipful Company of Carmen, 447 Cockcroft, Sir John, address at centennial of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 413 Cocks, W. J. F., on operation of electrical plant in hazardous areas, 281
Code of ethics for US electrical industry, 565
— for pressure vessels, need for unification,
238. See LETTER, 344
Coding machine, Dedruma Ltd.), 827
Cody, S. F., historical note, Coffee grinder, electric
Appliances Ltd.), 848
Cohen Bros. (Electrical) Ltd., Kwiklift lorry mounted crane, 101
Cohen, George, 600 Group Ltd., Pingon tower crane, 628; skip loader, 661
Cohen, George, Sons and Co. Ltd., Jones rail crane, 189
Cohen, 1. B., on Birth of a New Physics (book), 872
Colarm fire alarm (Walter Kidde Co. Ltd.), 352 Cold Forging Ltd., installation to produce steel blanks for cold forging, 634
— Formed sections, standard for, 483
— Rolling, push-button integrated, 490 Cole, E. K., Ltd., infra-red heaters, 418 Cole, H., review of Borate Glasses, 362;
biographical note, 364
Cole, Henry A., and Co. Ltd., electronic motor controller, 652
Cole, S., appointed Director General of IAEA, 148
Colforg forging press (Camp Bird Ltd.), 102 Collectors, sludge (trade publication), 428
— Wood refuse (trade publication), 428 Colleges, advanced courses in US, 317
— of Advanced Technology, list of, 888;
running costs of, 888; transfer of command from Local Authorities to independent governing bodies, 888
— of General Practitioners, formation
Medical Recording Service, 556
Collets Holdings Ltd., For You, 494
Colliery, Kellingley, high speed shaft sinking at, 380, 397
— Low pressure stowing in, 482
— See also Coal
Collis, J., and Sons Ltd., handling equipment for liner Canberra, 755
Collisions. See Accidents
Colombo Plan, Canada gives India an atomic reactor, 148
Colonial territories, UK engineers in, by J. G. Orr, 715
Colour meter. Colourmeter (Hilger and Watts), 58
— Oxides (Ferro Enamels Ltd.), 603
— Television. See Television
Colourmeter colour meter (Hilger and Watts), 58 Colquhoun, Brian, and Partners, abattoir and flying fish plant in Barbados, 736
Columbia Pictures Corp., order placed for Austin Gypsy motor vehicles, 497
— University, RUM remote underwater
manipulator, 143; Triga atomic reactor installed, 632; operation of pool type reactor, 632
Columns, metal, research on compressive strength of (Battelle Memorial Institute), 337
— Tied, give a large clear floor area, 764 Colvilles Ltd., ore handling plant ordered from
GEC Ltd., 113; securities sold back to general public, 325; infra-red plant installed for drying ladle stoppers (GEC), 367 Colyer and Southey Ltd., Kamm enlarger, 144 Com-Centric commutator lathe (Browning’s Electric Co. Ltd.), 486
Combined Development Agency, purchase of uranium ore from South Africa, 609
Combined Development Corp., overseas options relinquished, 505
Combustion, catalytic, for cleaning fumes, 126 Combustion Chemicals Ltd., fuel oil improver (trade publication), 872
Combustion Engineering Inc., operation of SL-1 atomic reactor, 148
Combustion Engineering Ltd., consortium with Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. and Mitchell Engineering, 333
Comet aircraft, Olympic Airways place repeat order, 465
Commercial vehicle. See Motor vehicle Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique, safety on atomic propelled ships, 520
Committee on drop forging. Ministry of Labour reappoints, 593
Common Market (monthly review), 110 Common Market, European. See European
Common Market
Commonwealth Aluminium Corp., financing by British South Africa Co., 357; association with Consolidated Zinc Corp., 357; association with Kaiser Aluminium, 357
— British, Year Book, by R. S. Russell (review),
747-748
— Civil engineering in, 730
—• Co-operation in education, 722-723
— and Europe (Economist Intelligence Un t
Ltd.) (review), 747-748
— Investment in atomic energy, 725
— Need for trade in, 405
— Production statistics, 556
— South Africa decides to leave, 533 Africa investment in, 357
— Technical Training Week, 720, 721;
exchange of UK trainees with Commonwealth, 761; firms participating in, 737; John Laing Co. participation in, 824
— See also Australia: etc. Communication and indexing of scientific
information, 688
— Microwave, low noise for, 400-401
— the problem of—science and industry
conference, 137
— Technical, gap in. 753 Communications centre, flexibility for, 510 Communications and Electronics Abstracts, 806 Communications satellites, active, by Dr.
G. E. Mueller, 893 Coded speech transmission with, 892 Cost analysis of, 893 Engineering and economics of, 892 Communications Satellites Inc., formation of,
749
Intercontinental, by E. A. Laport, 893 Orbital life of, 893 Symposium on, 892
by G. V. E. Thompson, 892-893
— Space resources for, 585
—? World, Satellite stations for, 585 Communicator, office. Loudspeakerphone (AEI), 384
Compacta kitchen unit, 436 Compaction machines, table of cost trials on, 795
Compagnie Francaises de Phosphates de rOceanie, manganese mining in New Hebrides, 201
Compagnie pour I’Etude et le Developpment des Echange Commerciaux (Compadec), River Tagus bridge, 482
Companhia Anglo-Brasileira de Constructes (CAB), formation of, 379; Rio Grande hydro electric power scheme, 379
Companhia Nacional de Navegacao, motor ship ordered from Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, 333
Company activities (trade publications), 676, 708
— British, moving into Europe, 209 Moving into ECM, 209
Promoting UK space effort, 585 Compass, gyro (Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd.), 560
Complete Scientist (Leverhulme Study Group Report) (book), 776
Components (trade publications), 540, 776
— Tester (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.), 692 Compound, intermetallic, mechanical properties of, by J. H. Westbrook (review), 463
Compressed air line, Geon 170 pvc, 771 See also Pneumatic
Compression devices, magnetic, in thermonuclear work, 324
Compressors, air. Alley (Alley Compressors Ltd.),763
(Atlas Copco), 253
— — and customers’ requirements, 567
Hestair (Hamworthy Engineering Ltd.), 145
Hydrovane (Whittaker, Hall and Co. (1929) Ltd.), 763
(Joy Sullivan Ltd.), 827 Portable (BEN Patents Ltd.), 189 Portable, Bristol (Bristol Pneumatic
Tools Ltd.), 796
Textbook on (F. M. A. Pokorny) (book), 708
Tractor unit, Roughrider (Atlas Copco (Great Britain) Ltd.), 797
— Axial-flow, bibliography on, including
blades, cascades and other related material, by R. Bramley and E. McCoy (UKAEA book), 104
Flow, UKAEA bibliography on, 104
— ENGINEERING survey report on, 523
— Outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Piston-cylinder, by C. Bouche and K.
Wintterlin (review), 640
— Portable (Chamberlain Plant Ltd.), 222
— Power pack. Travelair (Air Pumps Ltd.),
827
— Steam, rotary (Drum Engineering Co. Ltd.),
763
— Vane type (Shorrock Superchargers Ltd.), 65 Compton, Sir Edmund, on losses at civil
airports, 159
Computation and Automation, British Conference on. See British
— Field, in engineering and physics, by
Thom and C. K, Apelt (book), 496
— Process control, the need for more, by
Gallon (paper), 181
Computer aids for air traffic control, 479
— Analogue, for classroom (Short Bros.
Harland Ltd.), 536
Computer, analogue, for educational instruction (Redifon Ltd., 888)
and digital, 864
On-line process control: Anatrol, by M. James and W. T. Lee (paper), 181
Solartron SC 30 (Solartron Electronic Group Ltd.), 874-876
— Argus, for Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. (Ferranti
Ltd.), 365, 366
for ICI Ltd. (Ferranti Ltd.), 365, 366
— for boiler control, 366
— for the chemical engineer, symposium on,
180
— for chemical plant, 366
— Components, “ do it yourself,” PACE
(Electronic Associates), 87
— (Computers and Tabulators Ltd.), 555
— Controlled plate cutting (BOC Ltd.), 39
— Designed by computer, 269
Computer Developments Ltd., formation of, 193
— Digital and analogue, 864
Argus, in process control, by W. F. M. Payne (paper), 181
Atlas, first production model (Ferranti Ltd.), 609
(Cement and Concrete Association book), 66
Control of large plants by, 366
Speech synthesized by (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 781
— Efficiency, 366
— Emidec 2400, for Ministry of Pensions and
National Insurance, 325
— Emidec 2400, for Royal Army Ordnance
Corps, 325
— Ferranti Mercury, optimisation procedure
on, 860
— General purpose electronic analogue, by
R. J. A. Paul, 864
— IBM 650 RAMAC, for data processing in
an air route traffic control centre, by H. R. Johnson, Jr., J. E. Erickson, J. E. Speers and J. O. Egloff, 479
— Leo III, for CAV Ltd. (Leo Computers
Ltd.), 333
— LEO III, for Dunlop Rubber Co., 665
— LEO III, for wage calculations, 593
— Nike-Zeus, for Ascension Island, 269
— On-line digital, for Samuel Fox and Co. Ltd.
(E-A Automation Systems Ltd.), 701
— Packaging for export, 203
— in Population census, 505
— and programming, by K. A. Redish, 180
— Sirius, for Metropole Industries Group
(Ferranti Ltd.), 673
Computers and Tabulators Ltd., computer, 555
— in training atomic engineers, 864
— and variables, 860
Computing centre (Electronic Associates Ltd.), 809
— Relays, simple, by R. J. Redding and F. H.
Bodley (paper), 181
— Service, postal (English Electric Co.), 153 Concast A.G., licence to build continuous steel
casting plant to Distington Engineering Co., 365
Conch Methane Services Ltd., design of refrigerated tanker ship for Bridgestone Liquified Petroleum Gas Co., 439
Concrete, aerated, building units of (Thermalite Ytong Co.), 321
— Aggregates, specification and handling for
large dams, 894
— Dams for wide valleys, 895
— Dumping truck, Muir-Hill (E. Boydell &
Co. Ltd.), 189
— Effect of frost on, 321
— Footbridge, prestressed, for Ceylon Univer
sity, 730
— Freshly mixed, rapid analysis of, by C. D.
Turton, 659
— for Hilton Hotel, 627
— for Italian dams, 483
— Lean, 380
— Linings for tunnels, 415
— Mixing machine, batch (Construction
Machinery Ltd.), 797
Machine, Winget 31 TS (Winget Ltd.), 810-812
— Ready mixed, for industry and agriculture
235
— Reinforced, chimneys, by C. P. Taylor and
L. Turner (review), 67
Piling and piled structures, by F. E. Wentworth-Shields, W. S. Gray and H. W, Evans (review), 297
— Saturated, failure mechanism of, by T. N. W
Akroyd, 658-659
— Structural, by K. Billig (book), 708
— Symposium on effect of water-reducing
admixtures and set-retarding admixtures on properties of (ASTM) (review), 462
— Testing laboratory for Imperial College, 673 Condensation, film, 631
Condensers, steam, for CEGB (AEI Ltd), 665 Condolios, E., on hydraulic washing and grading of sands, 894
Conductor fittings for overhead power lines, BS 3288 specification (British Standards Institution), 87
Cone, nose, re-entry, for X 15 rocket aircraft (Northrop), 41
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, meeting with employers to discuss labour relations in motor car industry, 9; meeting with employers, 281; rejection of request by Vickers-Armstrongs and Swan Hunter, 556
Conferences, annual trade union, 348
— BEAMA export, 841
— British, on Automation and Computation.
See British
— British National Committee for Non
Destructive Testing, 553
— Canadian North Atlantic Westbound
Freight, increase in shipping costs, 233
— Clean air, proceedings of diamond jubilee
international (National Clean Air Society book), 68
— Education for Management, 886
— Engineering Education, OEEC, 513
— Engineering Societies of Western Europe
and the United States, representation at Conference on Engineering Education, 513
Conferences, European, for management consultants, 381
Ministers of Transport, 473
— Fluid sealing, 440
— Foremen training, 177
— Hendon Local Productivity Association, 408
— Industrial hygiene, 341
— — Weed control, 621
— International Labour Organisation, 888
— International Reinforced Plastics, 790 Safety Belt Association, 229
— Machine Translation of Languages
Applied Language Analysis, 854
— Metallurgy of beryllium, 757
— Mines rescue superintendents, 802
— National Industrial Safety, 556, 689 Power, 5
Power Farming, 299
— Nigerian industrial development. Sir
man Kipping leads UK delegation, UK companies represented, 149
— North Atlantic Passenger, 585
— Nuclear fusion research, 323
— Operational Research Society, 757
— Plasma physics, 323
— Plastering developments, 553
— Professional Engineer, 277, 442-443
— Railway modernisation, 181
— Reactor materials and the effects of radia
tion damage, 388
— Royal Statistical Society, 686
— Safety of Life at Sea, 520
— Science and Industry—the Problem of Com
munication, 137
— Shipbuilding, 665
— Standards Engineers, 761
— Supersonic aircraft, 761
— Technical libraries in industrial organisa
tions, 262
— Timber engineering, 552
— Union d’Assureurs des Credits Inter-
nationaux at Vienna, 873
— Work study, 900
Congress on combustion engines, 508
— Cybernetics, proceedings of, 538
— First international of International Ergo
nomics Association, 48
— Food science and technology, 589
— International Commission on Large Dams,
894
— Mesucora, and exhibition, 804
— Science, international (book), 593
— Society of Automotive Engineers, Inter
national, 687
Conn, G. K. T., on Semiconductor Technology (book), 68; (review), 638
Connector, continuity (Hepworth Iron Co. Ltd.), 425
— Gunmetal, Konaxal (Kay and Co.), 857
— Multi-pin (British Sarozal Ltd.), 318 Connell, C. R., on Charles Connell and Co., 457 Connell, Charles, and Co. Ltd., two new ships
for P and O, 299; new assessment of rateable value for shipyard, 457; position and prospects, 457
Consett Iron Co. Ltd., securities sold back to general public, 325; Cromwell Lock extension on River Trent, 558; opening of Hunnsgill plate mill, 777
Consolidated Edison Co., thorium atomic reactor, 419; fuel element assembly, 896; influences of thorium on design of reactor, H. S. Barringer and J. C. Deddens, 896
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd.,
Magnamatic screwdriver, 100 Consolidated Zinc Corp., association with
Commonwealth Aluminium Corp., 357; association with Kaiser Aluminium, 357 Consoweld Corp., use of automated plastic laminating presses, 740
Constellation cooker (Creda), 616 Construction, building. See Building
— Equipment exhibition, international, 641
— — International exhibition, 796
— Industry, increase in employment, 381 Construction Machinery Ltd., batch concrete
mixing machine, 797; Wakefield self loading dumper vehicle, 797
— Plant (trade publication), 608
— Structural sandwich, symposium on dura
bility and weathering of (ASTM) (review), 806
Constructional equipment, 794-795 Growth factors in, 794-795 Constructional Services Ltd., triaxial tests on non-metallic brittle materials 659
— Steelwork Simply Explained, by O. Faber
(book), 158; (review), 806
Constructors John Brown, extensions to polypropylene plant for ICT Ltd., 457; joint ownership of Wycon Services with Fisons Co., 497
Consul Classic 315 motor car, by G. Wilkins, 760
Consultants Bureau, Soviet Research in Boron Chemistry (book), 808
— Line management and the, 8
— and Management, industrial, register of, 8 Consulting Engineers, Association of. See
Association
Consumer packaging for export, convention on, 822
— Plain Words on, 789
Consumers Power Co., agreement with USAEC for prototype atomic plant, 192; atomic reactor at Big Rock Point, 419 Contact, electrical (trade publication), 298
— Headed (trade publication), 808
— Lens. Sphercon, 358
Contactor (Dewhurst and Partner Ltd.), 279
— Heating control. Progress (M.T.E. Control
Gear Ltd.), 280
Containers, collapsible, Portolite (Marston
Excelsior Co.), 867 User comment on, 310
— in pvc for chemicals, 474 Continental-Diamond Fibre Ltd., use of
automated plastic laminating presses, 740 Continuity and phase tester (Martindale Electric Co. Ltd.), 280
Continuous Casting Co. Ltd., Weybridge continuous casting process for steel, 773
Continuum mechanics, non-linear, and large elastic deformations, by A. E. Green and J. E. Adkins (book), 496
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961
Contract engineering (trade publication), 676 Control Developments from Mesucora, by
C. J. Charnley, 804
— Remote, flameproof (trade publication), 748
— Systems, automatic, introduction to the
statistical dynamics of, by V. V. Solodovnikov, 776
Controller, bin (Thomas Industrial Automation Ltd.), 190
— Electric-motor, electronic, 652
— Electronik (Honeywell Controls Ltd.), 772
— for gun welding machine (Lancashire
Dynamo), 14
— Proportional action (Honeywell Controls
Ltd.), 399
— Thermostatic, Leonard (Walker, Crosweller
and Co. Ltd.), 14
Convair, Ltd., tests on NX-2 nuclear powered aircraft, 16
— Dynapak machine, 555
Convector-drier, Straightaway (Barber Electrical Services Ltd.), 584
Convention, American Industrial Hygiene, 905
— British electrical power, 137, 791, 849;
presidential address, 817
— Consumer packaging for export, 822 Converter (Meterflow Ltd.), 279 Convexionaire air heater (Clare Bros. Ltd.), 727 Conveyors (trade publication), 158
— Armoured flexible, plough for (NCB), 820
— Ball-units, Omni-track, 339
— Belt, Meco (Mining Engineering Co. Ltd.),
531
in nylon/cotton for NCB (BTR Industries Ltd.), 867
— Belts in terylene/cotton (ICI Ltd.), 739
— Chain (trade publication), 496
— and customers’ requirements, 568
— ENGINEERING survey report on, 524
— Framework (Richard Sutcliffe Ltd.), 319
— Pneumatic (trade publication), 158
— Sovex (Sovex Ltd.), 837
— Swivel-Piler for (Stephens-Adamson Mfg.
Co. of Canada Ltd.), 717
— Systems (trade publication), 158 (British Monorail Ltd.), 837
— Weighing system, continuous (Murphy
Radio Ltd.), 203
Conway jet engines for VCIO aircraft (Rolls-
Royce Ltd.), 233
Coode and Partners, reconstruction of Cromwell Weir on River Trent, 558; Indus Basin Projects, 730; Escravos Bar in Nigeria, 731; deep water harbour Barbados, 733; new berths at Mombasa Harbour, 828
Cook, E. J., on building apprenticeship scheme, 185
Cook, Sir William, appointed Member for Reactors, UKAEA, 324
Cooke Troughton and Simms Ltd., M 15 series biological microscope, 62-64; historical note, 62
Cooker, Creda Constellation, 616
?— Double oven (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 616
— Fiesta (Moffats Ltd.), 752
— Gas, for elderly people, 176
— Hood, ductless (Gold Star Domestic
Appliances Ltd.), 816
— Outlook for 1961, 168-171 Cooking with aluminium foil, 207
— Oven, microwave, Arctic (Lewispoint
Holdings Ltd.), 240
Coolant, carbon dioxide, for fast steel cutting, 266-267
Cooler for cutting oils (L. Sterne), 100
— Transformer, from integral sheet, 803 Cooper, A. R., on engineers in management,
277, 443
Cooper, B. K., on Railway Locomotives (book) 428; (review), 606
Cooper Committee, reference to 373 Cooper Formula junior motor car, 65 Cooper, G. A., on losses by railway diesels,
92
Cop-Ex Copy-Out paper, 873
Copelin, P., on motor industry depression and employment position, 97
Copes Regulators Ltd., desuperheater, 529 Copestick, L. B., formation of Solartron
Electronic Group Ltd., 874
Copier, drawing (trade publication), 112 Copper and alloys (trade publication), 298 See also Bronze
— Extrusion plants, 773
— Free-turning (trade publication), 298 Copper-gold brazing alloy, 211
— from ore without melting, 587 Copper-palladium-nickel-manganese brazing
alloy, 211
Copper-palladium-silver brazing alloy, 210
— Pipes, fittings for (trade publication), 540 Copper-silicon-nickel alloy, Mallory 53 (Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 835
Copper-silver brazing alloy, 211
— Tube test (British Non-Ferrous Metals
Research Association), 803
Copying unit, hydraulic, Hydro-Copier (Vero
Precision Engineering Ltd.), 444 Cordiner, R., testimony before Senate Investigating Committee, 657
Cork material, granulated, Hydrocor (Expan- dite Ltd.), 551
Cornelius, P., on Electrical Theory on the Giorgi System (review), 839-840
Cornell University, research on car safety belts, 718; Triga atomic reactor under construction, 800; USAEC to provide fuel for Zero Power atomic reactor, 800
Cornish Mining Development Association, aims of, 480
Corona rings for aerial system, 205
Corrector cargo winch (Laurence Scott and Electromotors Ltd.), 528
Corrosion, acid, preventing in boilers, 782-783
— Adcora coatings to combat (E. and F.
Richardson), 506
— Anti-, manual, 1960 (Scientific Surveys
Ltd.) (review), 156
— Dry, in engineering plant, 646
Getting to grips with,646-647
— in engines, 521
— of mild steel, inhibiting (National Chemical
Laboratory), 845
•— in motor car bodies, 687
— Pipeline, defeating, 512
Corrosion, preventative, CRC2-26 (Hellerman
Ltd.), 699
— Problems—and Four Solutions, 506 of petroleum industry (review), 156
— Protection painting system, Ferrogel (John
S. Graig and Co. Ltd.), 47
— Reaction Consultants, CRC2-26 corrosion
preventative, 699
— Research (United States Steel Corp.), 687
— of steel, Kenderisation to prevent, 237 Corvette motor car, Chevrolet, 687
Coseley Buildings Ltd., pre-fabricated steel buildings, 225; directors tour of Far East, 225; overseas prospects, 225
Cosmic ray research, photographic technique for, 236
COSPAR. See International Committee on Space Research
Cossor Ltd., radar reflectors of Kraft honey- combe, 90
Cost of Freedom, by H. C. Wallich (review),
839
Costa Rica, loan from World Bank for new power station, 307
Costain, Hansen and Yuncken, construction of department store for Birks Store, 159 Costain, Richard (Civil Engineering) Ltd., dam for Balderhead reservoir, 333
Costain, Richard, Ltd., extensions to Nottingham University, 483; Escravos Bar in Nigeria, 731; association with Raymond International, 731; deep water harbour, Barbados, 733
Costing, guide to principles of, in European non-ferrous metals industry (review), 199 Cottage Textile Development Corp., cotton mills in Philippine Islands, 609; order for electrical gear to AEI Ltd., 609; equipment for cotton mills ordered from Platt Bros. (Sales) Ltd., 609; order placed with Ruston-Paxman for diesel engines, 609
Cottingham, Dr. W. H., to study nuclear research in Russia, 348
Cotton, Dr. F. H., review of Synthetic Rubber Technology, 676; biographical note, 676 Cotton/nylon conveyor belts for NCB (BTR Industries Ltd.), 867
Cotton, R. F., review of Technique of Photomicrography, 230; biographical note, 232 Cotton/terylene conveyor belts (ICI Ltd.), 739 Cotton, Thomas, Ltd., flame cleaning Runcorn- Widnes bridge, 321
Coulson, Prof. C. A., review of Electromagnetic Field, Energy and Forces, 297-298; biographical note, 298
Council of Industrial Design, design in engineering, 554
— of International Organisations for Medical
Science, 593
— for Scientific and Industrial Research,
report for 1960, 753
— Workers, wage increases, 447 Counters, batch (Pentechnique Ltd.), 857
— Batching machine (Photoelectronics (MOM)
Ltd.), 254
Counting machine, marking (Hellermann
Ltd.), 596 Countries, developing, aid for, 505 Coupler for scaffold tubes (Boulton Scaffold
ing Ltd.), 384
Coupling, Duolastik Torque Transfer Link (Metalastik Ltd.), 536
— Fluid, two-element, 853. See LETTER, 885
— Gear, flexible, Nyflex (Sier-Bath Gear &
Pump Co. Inc.), 371
— Pipeline, to eliminate expansion joints
(Aero Controls Ltd.), 461
— See also Clutch
Courier Satellite, G. F. Senn and P. W.
Siglin, 893 Courses, advanced, in US colleges, 317
— Atomic fuel elements at Imperial College,
420
— Export studies, 593
— Fracture of metals, 281
— Harwell Reactor School, 832; for senior
technical executives, 420
— Hydraulics, 97
— Indexing, 674
— Industrial oil hydraulics, 97
— Information scientists, 110
— Introduction to Industry, 281
— LCC, 373
— Post graduate, scheme by Institution of
Chemical Engineers, 793
— Spirax Postal Instruction, 217
Courtney, E. L., on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 569
Coutts Bank Ltd., closed circuit television installed, 905
Cowans, Sheldon and Co. Ltd., overhead crane for Blyth B power station, 884
Coventry Climax Engines Ltd., Coventry Climax Fire Pump engine, 842; historical note, 842
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., machine tools for Russia, 873
Coventry Laminates Ltd., model motor cars, 21 Coventry Radiator and Presswork Ltd., increase in capacity, 61
Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd., petrol and diesel engines, 132; hydraulic reverse reduction gearbox, 132
Cowan, Col. P. J., historical note, 7 Cowan, T. W., historical note, 7
Cox, H. L., review of Structure of Metals—a Modern Conception, 903-904; review of Atomic Mechanisms of Fracture, 903-904; review of Basic Mechanisms of Fatigue, 903-904; review of Metal Fatigue, 903- 904; review of Friction and Wear, 903- 904; biographical note, 904
Cox, Sir Harold Roxbee, appointed chairman of DSIR council, 657; biographical note, 657
Cox and Wright Ltd., work transporters for shoe industry, 635
Crabtree miniature circuit breakers, 88
Crack detection inks and powders (Southern Tools Ltd.), 275
Craig, John S., and Co. Ltd., Ferrogel corrosion protection painting system, 47
Crandall, W. B., on Cermets (book), 808 Cranes (Butters Bros.), 465
— Cab, plastic (Moto Plastics Ltd.), 739
Cranes, crawler mounted (trade publication), 200
— Deck, level luffing (trade publication), 158
— Designed from first principles, 206
— Jib, tubular design (Tubewrights Ltd.), 636
— Leptoptilus (Holland Cranes), 206
— Lorry Loader (R. H. Neal and Co. Ltd.), 383 Mounted, Kwiklift (Cohen Bros.), 101 Mounted, Lorain (Vales Plant), 100
— Mobile (trade publication), 200
(Hyster), 554
Lambert Hydrocon (Brown and Tawse Plant Ltd.), 661
(Priestman Bros. Ltd.), 797
Rapier, export sales of (Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.), 577
— Overhead, for Blythe B power station
(Cownas, Sheldon and Co. Ltd.), 884
— Overload warning cell (Salford Electrical
Instruments Ltd.), 271
Crane Packing Ltd., shaft seal, 56
— Rail, Jones (George Cohen Sons and Co.
Ltd.), 189
— Tower, 794
—- — Pingon (George Cohen 600 Group Ltd.) 628
— Truck, diesel electric (Steel Engineering
Products Ltd.), 796
— Tubular jib design for dry dock, 636
— See also Hoist: Derrick
Cranfield Work Study School, use of models, 868
Crash fire tenders, Alvis (Alvis Co.), 61
Craven, B., on studies of reactions between uranium dioxide and graphite, 256
Craven Bros. Ltd., roll turning lathes for Armstrong Whitworth Ltd., 39; horizontal milling machine for Armstrong Whitworth Ltd., 39
Craven Electronics Ltd., Craven continuous belt weighing machine, 890
Cravens Ltd., new rolling stock for Metropolitan Line, 820
Crawley College of Further Education, Redifon analogue computer for, 888
Crawley Industrial Products Ltd., Crawley Midget Miner, 669; Crawley-Wilcox Continuous Miner, 669; sensing device, 669
Crawley Midget Miner (Crawley Industrial Products Ltd.), 669
Crawley-Wilcox Continuous Miner (Crawley Industrial Products, Ltd.), 669
CRC2-26 corrosion preventative (Hellerman Ltd.), 699
Creaser, carton board (PATRA), 603
Creda Constellation cooker, 616
Creda Ltd., hob and oven units, 436
Credit, consumer, growth in UK, 257
Creed and Co. Ltd., teleprinters (trade publication), 640
Creek, F. R. L., on latest practice in generator design, 282
Creep testing machine (Mohr and Federhaff AG.), 530
Cremer, H. W., on Chemical Engineering Practice (book), 298
Cresap, M. W., Jr., on Westinghouse Electric Corp., 325
Criticality, effect of density of hydrogen and uranium on, by E. V. Garner and K. D. B. Johnson (paper), 456
Croda Ltd., rust preventatives (trade publication), 264
Cromer, Q. C., on Thermal Engineering (book), 364
Crompton Parkinson Ltd., tubular cell battery, 254; variable speed paper machine drive installed at Alders (Tamworth) Ltd., 334; testing aluminium bus-bars for Komati power station, 618; slip ring motors, 661; fractional H.P. motors for Fisher and Paykel, 897
Crompton Parkinson (Stud Welding) Ltd., aluminium stud welding tool, 399
Crompton, R. E. B., historical note, 7
Cromwell Lock extension on River Trent, 558 Cromwell Weir reconstruction on River Trent, 558
Cronsistor elapsed time indicator (Transipak Electronic Engineers), 767
Crookes, Sir William, historical note, 7 Croome, A., on Hover Craft (review), 708 Croppers and presses (trade publication), 68 Crosby, T., on Anthology of Houses (book), 264 Crosby Valve and Engineering Co. Ltd., Masoneilan control valve, 352
Cross-Channel. See Channel
Cross chord tool, 570
Crossley Bros. Ltd., taper turning lathe, 251; Crossley-Trurnit screw thread hammering machine, 398; Trurnit thread forming machine, 629
Crow, E. L., on Statistics Manual (review), 574 Crow, William L., Construction Co., new bus station at George Washington Bridge, 627 Crowe, S., on Landscape of Roads (review), 494-495
Crowthorne Engineering Co. Ltd., centre lathes (trade publication), 24
Croydon County Borough, redevelopment of municipal offices, 873; expansion of services, 873
Crucibles (trade publication), 808
Cruddace, R. G., on liquid hydrogen as rocket fuel, 899
Crushers, gyratory (trade publication), 396
— Hazemag (Joy-Sullivan Ltd.), 13
Crustex Descaling ultra-sonic boiler scaling equipment (H.N. Electrical Supplies Ltd.), 397
Crystals and Crystal Growing, by A. Holden and P. Singer (book), 808
— Growth (Faraday Society) (review), 394
— Melt temperature control for, 772
— PZT (Brush Crystal Co.), 21
CSEU. See Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
CT live centres for lathes (Insley Industrial Supply Co. Ltd.), 222
Cub electric drill (Wolf Electric Tools Ltd.) 106-108
Cultivator, Landmaster 150, exhibit at Cairo Fair (Landmaster Co.), 333
— Rotary, Gardenmaster 85 (Landmaster
Ltd.), 670-672
Cumming, A. P., on civil engineering contracts 180
Cunard Eagle Airways, position and prospects, 801
Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd., tenders for new Atlantic liner, 341; position and prospects, 801; profits, 801
Cunard White Star Co., operation of Q-3 ship, 801
Cunningham, J. W. B., appointed managing director of UKAEA Engineering Group, 324
Curium-242 as heat source, 800
Curran, Edward, Engineering Ltd., Foamglas in curtain walls, 698
Currie, R. M., on work study, 900
Curry, W. T., on working stresses for structural laminated timber, 829
Curtain coating with paint, 3
— Wall, use of foam glass in, 698
Curtaining material of alminized asbestos (Turner Bros. Asbestos Co. Ltd.), 243
Curtis, A. R., on propagation of thermal waves through graphite with uniform cooling, 224
Curtiss-Wright Corp., gift of atomic reactor to Pennsylvania State University, 455
Cut-off machine (A. and S. Osmond, Ltd.), 561 Trenches made quicker and cheaper, 350 Cutter, abrasive (trade publication), 68
Cutting machines (Clifton and Baird Ltd.), 763 Oxygen (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 561 for tube, Alyn (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 517
Tubefile (General Precision Systems Ltd.), 766
Cutting-off machine (trade publication), 24 Machine, Cefmo (Addison), 251
— Oils and occupational dermatitis, 184
— Technique for tubing, 337
— Tool design and utilization, by J. Cherry^
570-571
Inserted tips, 570
Materials, choice of, by J. Cherry, 514- 515
—? — Surform (Firth Cleveland), 100 Cybernetics, congress on, proceedings of, 538 Cycle industry, short time working in, 141
— Motor. See Motor cycle
Cyclone dust collector (trade publication), 496 Cylinders, air (Scovill Manufacturing Co. Schrader Division), 87
— Block liners sprayed (Metco Ltd.), 771
— Pressure variations in petrol engines, by
J. P. Soltau, 361
Cyprus, capital expenditure for, 585
— Development schemes for, 585
— Proposed extensions to port facilities at
Limassol and Famagusta, 585
— UK aid to, 585
— UN economic survey mission to, 585
Cyrogenics, progress in, by K. Mendelssohn (book), 872
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, foundation of Research Institute of Nucleonics, 15
— Atomic energy programme, 15
— Bohunice atomic power station, 15
— Coal in, 15
— Industrial application of radioiscMopes, 15
— Medical irradiation devices in, 15
— OMNIA trade corporation, 15
— Polythene plant for, 609
— Research Institute of Nucleonics, 15
— Uranium resources of, 15
DACCA University, atomic energy centre, 734 DAF motor car. See LETTER, 4
Dahomey, IAEA assistance mission to, 387 Daimler Benz Co., use of disc brakes, 501 Daimler Co. Ltd., acquired by Jaguar Cars Ltd., 389; Fleetline passenger vehicle, 389; SP250 motor car, 687
Dale, E., on Great Organisers (booK , 464; (review), 640
Dale, John, use of Marinite for aluminium launders, 770
Daly, B. B., on small fan efficiencies, 620
Dalziel, S., on human implications of work study, the case of Pakitt Ltd., 183
Dam, ageing of facing membranes of, by J. Thevenin, 895
— Aswan high, 624
— for Balderhead reservoir (Richard
(Civil Engineering) Ltd.), 333
— Built above non-resistant rock,
Aastrup and S. Sallstrom, 894
— Concrete, for wide valleys, 895
— Dokan, aggregate specification based on
the, by D. N. W. Earp, 894
— Earth, sealing, 895
— Esch-sur-SOre, protected by synthetic rub
bers, 11
— Ferric clinker in, 483
— Gandhi Sagar, inaugural opening of, 143
— Guma Valley, 731
— for India, 730
•— Italian, concrete for, 483
— Kariba, project, British South Africa Co.,
loan for, 357
— Large, innovations in construction of, 894-
895
International Commission on. See International
Specification and handling of concrete aggregates, 894
— Lateral stability of buttresses for, by J. R.
Rydzewski, 895
— Maintaining impervious faces of, 895
— Major rock plug blast near, F. L. Lawton
and M. D. Lester, 895
— Mangla, 730
— Manicouagan, 306
?—? Outlook for 1961, 78-81
— Rana Pratap Sagar, work commenced, 143
— River Koyna, 829
— Roads and bridges (trade publication), 576
— Rockfill, sealing, 895
— Safety and economy factors for, by H. K.
Fairbanks and R. A. Sutherland, 895
— Tarbela, 730
— Underground works of, 894
Dam, Warrag^iba, aggregates for, by T. B. Nicol, 894
— Wide river, Russian experience of, by G. A.
Rousseaux and V. P. Likhachev, 895 Damp, insulation for, 680
Dampcourse, No. 3 Pluvex (Ruberoid Co. Ltd.), 619
Damping a rotating shaft, 312. See LETTER, 654
Daniels, T. H. and J., Ltd. model layouts for training, 868
Danish Atomic Energy Commission, formation of 564; participation in Halden project, 564
— See also Denmark
Danube River, improvement of cargoes on, 473 Darchem Engineering Ltd., timber dome for insulation erection, 512
Darlington Forge Ltd., forging steel rings, 635 Darlington and Simpson Rolling Mills, Ltd., position and prospects, 193; record output, 193; production increase, 193; profits, 193
Dart Herald aircraft, 1; for Maritime Central Airways (Handley Page Co.), 265; for Nordair (Handley Page Co.), 265
Dartford Paper Mills, adaptation of Flygt electric sewage pump, 517
Darwent, T. J., on shortest route to optimum design, 860-861
Darwins Ltd., magnetic chucks (trade publication), 68
Dassault Mirage III aircraft, first flight of, 429 Data converting, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Handling, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Logging scanner (Microcell), 222
— Processing (trade publication), 608
Equipment for atomic reactors (Sunvic
Controls Ltd.), 600
Equipment, design and development in, 118. See LETTER, 212
—- — Equipment, future exhibitions on, 119 —? — Equipment industry,
investment in, Equipment affecting, 119 Equipment industry, forecast for 1961, 121
Equipment industry, labour and management in, 120
Equipment industry, long term research in, 121
— — Equipment industry, plant and materials
supply in, 120
Equipment industry, production in, 120 Equipment, market trends in, 119 Equipment, outlook for 1961, 118-121 Outlook for 1961, 118-121
Systems, automatic, by R. H. Gregory and R. L. Van Horn (book), 264
— Recording, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Reproducing, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Storing, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Transmitting, outlook for 1961, 118-121 Dauncey, S. R., review of Science in Space,
67-68; biographical note, 68.
Dauphine motor car, Renault, aerostable suspension uses neoprene, 581
Davey, Paxman, and Co. Ltd., diesel unit for New Hebrides manganese mines, 201; propulsion machinery for Canadian ferry boats, 641
David Brown’s, by D. Donnelly (book), 428 David, E. E., Jr., on Waves and the Ear (book), 776
David, Shri V. V., on Gandhi Sagar Dam, 143 Davidson and Co. Ltd., pneumatic conveyors (trade publication), 158; Sirocco air heater, 890
Davies, E. O., on Seiwood Orbital engine, 789- 790. See LETTER, 853
Davies, W. J., on foremen training, 177 Davis, D. S., on Chemical Processing Nomographs (review), 110
Davis, F. A., on Statistics Manual (review), 574 Davis, H. M., on general purpose integrating flame photometer, 388
Davison, G. H., review of Occupational Information: Its Development and Application, 22; biographical note, 24
Davison, J., on employment and training of foremen, 212
Davy-Ashmore Group, plant for Poland, 873
Davy Ashmore Ltd., formation of, 25; formation of Davy British Oxygen Ltd., 25 Davy British Oxygen Ltd., formation of, 25 Davy and United Engineering Co., converter furnaces for Broken Hill Pty. Co., 25; formation of Steel Processes Division, 25; merger with Power-Gas Corp, to form Davy-Ashmore, 25; rolling
English Steel Corporation, 113, 127; Durgapur (trade publication), 576; Built by Davy- United (trade publication), 708; Durgapur steelworks, 735; patents on non-contact strip speed measuring equipment, 781
Davy and United Instruments Ltd., gamma ray thickness gauges, 777; contract with Stankoimport, 777; Gaugemeter System of Automatic Gauge Control, 777
Davy-United Ltd., Built By Davy-United, 225; blooming and slabbing mill for A/S Norsk Jernverk, 225; breaking-down mill for ICI Ltd., 225
Dawe Instruments Ltd., vibration limiter, 351; acquired by Simms Motor and Electronics Corp,, 801
Dawley, new town proposed at, 657
Dawson Brothers Ltd., dunking machine, 190; solvent degreasing plant, 422
Dawson, R. F., on analysis of cost of road improvement schemes, 373
Day, J. R., on Railway Locomotives (book), 428; (review), 606; on More Unusual Railways (review), 608
Daystrom Ltd., Xactray thickness measurer, 222
Dayton, Dr, W. R., on atomic materials, 781
D. C. and Young (Engineers) Ltd., wrapping and filling machines (trade publication), 364
DCX-I facility, three years successful operation of, 800
DCX-2 facility, to be in operation by autumn, 800
DD seal (Flexibox Ltd.), 820
Haas, W. A., elected chairman of Netherlands atom Forum, 455
Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Dove 8 aircraft for J. C. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd., 257; formation of British Space Development Co., 257; Redux process press installed (Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd.), 367; Prospects for aircraft, 577; DH 125 aircraft, 577
Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., order for Gnome turbine engines from Agusta Helicopter Manufacturing flight of Gloster Javelin Gyron Junior engines, engines for Boeing-Vertol 107 and Agusta- Bell 204B helicopters, 673
Havilland history, an outline of, by C. M. Sharp (book), 540
Dehumidifier, packaged, Hygro-Robot (British Sarozal), 57
Deighton, M. O., on precision relay pulse generator 388
de Klerk, Senator, opening of uranium metal plant in Johannesburg, 520
de Lacroix, G. R. J. E. L., review of Manufacture of Aircraft and Missiles, 706; biographical note, 708
Delaney Gallay Ltd., motor car safety belts, 261 De Laval Ljungstrom (Great Britain) Ltd., steam turbines (trade publication), 298; adjusting gear tooth contacts in situ, 701
De Laval Ljungstrom Turbine Co., adjusting gear tooth contacts in situ, 701
Delaware River Port Authority, insurance policy covering Benjamin Franklin Bridge and Walt Whitman Bridge against atomic explosion, 356
Delforce, C. G., on plant and customers requirements, 566
Dell Quay Yacht Yard Ltd., Ranger boat, 132
Delrin acetal plastic for gear pump (Du Pont), 507
del Rio, C. S., appointed head of IAEA reactor division, 632
Delta Metal Co., interest in South Africa with McKechnie Bros., 565; interest in James Booth Aluminium with Kaiser Aluminium Co., 565; C. H. Edwards and Sperryn and Co. brought into the Group, 565; export sales, 565; profits, 565; lorry with bonded aluminium panels, 587
Deltadyne pressure switch (Pall Corp.), 486 Deltic locomotive, sound reducing bulkheads of Kraft honeycomb (English Electric Co.), 90
Demag AG, order placed with David Brown Machine Tool Division for gear cutting machine, 429
Demolition and Construction Co. Ltd., Maple Cross research centre for Cementation Group, 187
Denmark, atomic reactors in, 564
— Atomic work, international assistance for, 564
— Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Riso research centre in, 564
— Water moderated atomic reactors, in, 564
— See also Danish
Dennis, J. A., on saturation characteristics of mean-current fission ionisation chambers, 520; on fast neutron counter for dosimetry, 520
Denny-Brown stabilisers for liner Canberra, 755
Dent, Allcroft (Overseas) Ltd., operation in Malta GC, 728
Dent, H. C., on Year Book of Technical Education and Careers in Industry (review), 158. See LETTER, 180
Denver Equipment Co., flotation machines, 738
Denyer, (j. E., review of Science Survey, 1, 330; review of Frontiers in Science, 330; review of Men and Molecules, 330; review of From Galaxies to Man: A Story of the Beginnings of Things, 330; review of Eye on Research, 330; review of Scientific Research in British Universities, 330; biographical note, 332
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Fire Protection in Factory Buildings, 142; Sound Absorbing Materials, 211; survey of salt wastage in electroplating industry, 267; Survey of Nickel and Chromium Recovery in the Electroplating Industry, 267; rubbers (trade publication), 298; Scientific Research in British Universities (review), 330; survey of noise in London, 348; Forces Applied to the Floor by the Foot in IValking, 652; grants for special research, 753, 761; grant to Oxford University for nuclear research centre, 832; grant to Rubber and Plastics Research Association of Great Britain, 845; see also under specific establishments
— of Technical Cooperation, creation of, 505
Derating, industrial, 665
Deriaz, P., Deriaz reversible pump-turbine, 226-228; biographical note, 226
Deriaz reversible pump-turbine (English Electric Co.), 226-228
d’Erlanger, L. F. A. S., on Channel Tunnel and ECM, 856
Dermatitis, occupational, and cutting oils, 184
Derrick, Hallen (MacGregor and Co.), 652
— Unit (Thomas Smith and Sons (Rodley) Ltd.), 425
— See also Crane
Derry, T. K., on Short History of Technology (review), 395
Derwent, Lord, on road maintenance, 473; on road development, 817
Descaling tool, pneumatic (Etablissements Barthod), 399
Desert, revolt in the, by T. E. Lawrence, 624
Design, advanced, calls for advanced testing, 717
— Centre Awards for 1961, 712
— of cutting tools and utilisation, by J. Cherry, 570-571
Design Forecast, 131
Design, hydraulic, and irrigation, by S. Leliavsky (review), 675-676
— Industrial, moves into engineering, by W. H. Mayall, 554-555
— Optimising routine, 860
— Optimum, shortest route to, by J. G. Bryan and T. J. Darwent, 860-861
— Simpler, complicate production, 602
— Systems, preliminary, by J. J. Jerger (review), 674
— Teaching at university, 376. See LETTERS, 476, 508, 789
— Training for, 555
Desuperheater (Copes Regulators Ltd.), 529 Detector, gas. Sieger (Newage (Manchester) Ltd.), 726
— Mapel Holiday (Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd.), 890
— Photoelectric (Cableform Ltd.), 416
— Short circuit (Spembly Ltd.), 351
de Trafford, R. E. F., on Elliott-Automation Group, 833
Detwiler, C. G., personnel neutron dosimeter, 191
Deutsche Gold-Und Silbersvheideanstalt Vor- mals Roessler, patent on bearing surface treatment, 41
Deutschmark, increase in value of, 341 “ Deux chevaux ” motor car, Citroen, 95
Deva metal bearings (Universal Metallic Packing Co.), 178
Development Insurance Fund, International, United Nations report on, 473
— Loan Fund, conditions imposed by, 265
Devenish, W. H., British delegate to lEC, 40
Devereux and Davies, general hospital for Trinidad, 733
De Ville, E., on Heat Engines (book), 872
Dew point meter (Shaw Moisture Meters), 416
Dewar, J. P., on polishing stainless steel, 586
Dewhurst and Partner Ltd., contactor, 279;
EGO electronic grading operator, 484
Dexion Ltd., DOSP steel flooring, 511
DG dry bearing surface treatments (Glacier Metal Co. Ltd.), 788
DH 125 aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.), 577
D. H.; An Outline of de Havilland History, by C. M. Sharp (book), 540
Diamond as cutting tool for steel, 515
— Man-made (General Electric Research Laboratories), 211
Dick, A., on Standard Triumph International, 480
Dicke, R. H., on Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (book), 298; (review), 607-608 Dicon SA de CV, licence agreement with Kestner Evaporator and Engineering, 497; licence agreement with Richard M. Armstrong, 497
Dictating machine (trade publication), 112 Dictionary of Electronics, by H. Carter (book), 640
Die casting machine (Strojexport), 221
— Press, for car body panels, 460
— Punching machine, Edel (F. J. Edwards Ltd.), 485
— Steels (trade publication), 808
Dielectric material, Eccospheres (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
Diesel-electric power units, outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Engine. See Engine
— Engineers and Users Association, meeting of, 595
— Exhaust Fume Abatement Society, campaign
to reduce diesel exhaust fumes, 835
— Power units, outlook for 1961, 114-117 Dieseliner welding machine (Broadway Welding Supplies Pty. Ltd.), 727
Diesoleum tanks for Macquarie Island oil depot, 25
Differences, finite, treatise on the calculus of, by G. Boole (book), 776
Diffusers, sugar, pvc-coated steel for, 699 Difribillator, cardiac (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 175
Digilog print out-scanner (Bailey Meters), 13 Digital coded scale, 346
Digital Computers (Cement and Concrete Association), 66. See also Computer
Diligence, Plain Words on, 476. See LETTER, 589
Diode, silicon, miniature (AEI), 41
Dip coating with paint, 3
Diphenyl atomic reactor (Marquardt Corp.), 800
Diplock, Russell, Associates, Foamglas for roof of Ariel Hotel, 698
Direct-current machines. See Electrical machines
Directory, Kompass Register, 549
— of Opportunities for Graduates (review),
158; (book), 428
— Railway Officials and Year Book (book), 396
— Swedish export, 1960 (General Export
Association of Sweden) (review), 331
Disaster, how hasty innovation caused, by A. AIbu, 183
Disc brakes. See Brake
Discharges, high current, measurement of pressure gradient in, by M. G. Rusbridge, 456
Discriminator, transistor pulse-height, by L. Stanchi, 224
Dishmaid dishwashing machine (Electrolux), 340
Dishwashing machine. Dishmaid (Electrolux), 340
Disk brakes. See Brake
Display device, animated, Movotron (Technical Designs Ltd.), 851
— Map, moving, for aircraft navigation, 852 Disposomatic waste disposer (Haigh Engineering Co. Ltd.), 536
Distillation engineering, progress in (Verlag Chemie book), 232
— Plant (trade publication), 364
— Plant for crude oil (ICI Ltd.), 587
Distillers Co. Ltd., coal burning experience, 577; Micro metering pump, 14; research for on fast cutting of steel with carbon dioxide as coolant (Morfax Ltd.), 266-267 Distington Engineering Co., continuous steel casting plant for Shelton Iron and Steel Co., 365; licence from Concast A.G. to build continuous steel casting plant, 365
Distribution gear and AC motor control, by R. T. Lythall (review), 575
Ditching machine, Barber Greene (Jack Olding and Co. Ltd.), 798
Djakarta Atomic Energy Institute, IAEA to advise, 387
DKW, Junior motor car, 501
DL dry bearing surface treatments (Glacier Metal Co. Ltd.), 788
Dobbie Mclnnes Ltd., Teledep ullage indicators, 270
Dock, dry (Furness Shipbuilding Co.), 465
— Dry, tubular jib design crane for, 636
— Fenders (Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.), 771
— Floating, for United Ships Repair Yards
through Centromor (Furness Shipbuilding Co.), 265
— Labour relations at, engineering industry’s
concern about, 141
Documentation, Journal of, 706
Dodds, Dr. D. M., lectures at AEI’s Easter School, 556
Dohm Ltd., Dohm-Yorax syphon, 825; nylon powder for coating, 835
Dohm-Vorax syphon (Dohm Ltd.), 825 Dokan Dam, aggregate specification based on the, by D. N. W. Earp, 894
Dolby, E. R., historical note, 7 Dollar Exports Council, renamed Western
Hemisphere Export Council, 641
Dollis Hill research station of GPO, 910-911 Dollond, J., historical note, 7
Dolphin vertical pump (Hamworthy Engineering Ltd.), 353
Domestic aids, design and development in, Forecast for 1961, 171 Future exhibitions on, 169 Industry, external factors affecting, Industry, long term research in, 171 Industry, management and labour
171
Industry, plant and materials supply in, 171
Industry, production in, 171 Market trends in, 170 Outlook for 1961, 168-171
— Appliance industry, low level of activity in,
309, 365
— Equipment, 472, 436
Power, Luxury Life (S. N. Bridges and Co. Ltd.), 472
Dominion Malting (Ontario) Ltd., continuous malt making process, 741
Dominion Reefs, withdrawing from uranium field, 223
Donald, W. C., on consultancy, 381 Donnelly, D., on David Brown’s (book), 428 Doors of aluminium honeycomb (Otis Elevator Co.), 91
— Fire, in factories, 142
— Machine access, lightweight (Lynester
Products Ltd.), 87
Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering) Ltd., Forth Road Bridge, 10, 449; steelwork for Runcorn-Widnes bridge, 321
Dorman Long and Co. Ltd., annual report, 105; price reduction in rolled steel products, 105; group profits, 105; reserve, 105; activities of, 105; position and prospects, 105; plastic coated steel (trade publication, 264; securities sold back to general public, 325
Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd., reserve of, 105; position and prospects, 105; activities of, 105; plastic coated building sheets, 105; pvc coated Terylene ventilation ducting installed, 475; capital expenditure on Middlesbrough Wire Works, 516; wire cable for Forth Road Bridge, 516
Dorman, W. H., Ltd., Fairbanks-Morse to sell Dorman diesel engines in US, 265; diesel engine, 527; on diesel engines and customers’ requirements, 567; English Electric Co. Ltd., offer for share capital of, 809; purchase of W. G. Bagnall, 809
Dosimeter, neutron, for personnel, 191 Dosimetry, fast neutron counter for, by J. A.
Dennis and W. R. Loosemore, 520 DOSP steel flooring (Dexion Ltd.), 511
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Dough moulding compound (British Resin Products Ltd.), 619
Douglas Aircraft Co., roll bonded sandwich panels, 619
Dounreay Admiralty station, Capt. H. A. Kidd appointed to command, 420
— Fast atomic reactor, criticism of, 664; gas entrainment problems in, 664; problems encountered in, 664
Dounreay Symposium cinema film (UKAEA), 256
Dove Bros. Ltd., Guildford Cathedral, 690-691 Dove 8 aircraft for J. C. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd. (de Havilland), 257
Dover, V., on Banker’s Guide to Marine Insurance of Goods (review), 774-775 Dow Chemical Co., instrument training programmes, 824
Dowding and Doll Ltd., Bechet single spindle automatic machine, 14; tool grinder (trade publication), 68; automatic (trade publication), 68; Schaffner milling machine, 484
Downham, Dr. E., on damping a rotating shaft, 588. See LETTER, 654
Dowson, A. G., on Italians in Bedford, 244 Dowty Electrics Ltd., Hermic switches, 86 Dowty Equipment Ltd., activities of, 694-695; servicing facilities of, 694-695; stand at Paris International Aeronautical Exhibition, 694; historical note, 694
Dowty, Sir George, on Malta production, 69
Dowty Group, activities of, 694-695; historical note. 694; servicing facilities of, 694-695; stand at Paris International Aeronautical Exhibition, 694; small boats, 45
Dowty hydraulic pit proper (Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd.), 517
Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd., Dowty hydraulic pit prop, 517
Dowty-Moog servo-valve (Dowty Rotol Ltd.), 818-819
Dowty Rotol Ltd., licence agreement with Moog-Servo Controls Inc., 818; Dowty- Moog servo valve, 818-819; testing of aircraft components, 502
Dowty Seals, Ltd., Malta subsidiary, Malta Rubber, 69; new type silicone seals, 519; manufacture in Malta, 728
DPA distributor fuel injection pump (CAV Ltd.), 602
DQ dry bearing material (Glacier Metal Co. Ltd.), 178
Dragline excavator, walking, RapieR (Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.), 697
Dragon Project, construction of core structure (Neratoom), 104
Drainage and Irrigation Department of Malaya, Krian irrigation scheme, 736
— Laundry, pitch fibre piping for (Key Engi
neering), 243
— Pipes (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474
— Project at Baghdad, 888
— System at Khartoum, 888
Draper, C. S,, on Inertial Guidance (book), 540 Draughtman’s templates. Speedraft (Keuffel and Esser Co.), 87
Dravo industrial space heater (Powell Duffryn Modulair Ltd.), 858
Drawing copier (trade publication), 112
— Office equipment and materials exhibition,
national, 5
Dreadnought submarine, plastic coated lead bars as ballast (Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 135 Dresden atomic power station, reactor shutdown due to breakage, 224; reactor becomes critical, 419; design of atomic reactor, 419
Dresner, L., on Resonance Absorption in Nuclear Reactors (book), 112
Drew, G. A., on Anglo-Canadian trade, 159
Drier (Apex Construction Ltd.), 57
— Convector, Straightaway (Barber Electrical
Services Ltd.), 584
-— Gas, Holmes-Kemp (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 532
— Vacuum (trade publication), 364
— See also Dryer
Drill, air (Baldwin Industrial Controls),
— Design and utilization, 570
— Chipbreaker, 570
— Electric, Cub (Wolf Electric Tools
106-108
— Electric, Safetymaster (Wolf Electric
Ltd.), 106-108
— Hand, battery powered (Black and Decker
Ltd.), 628
— Oil feed, 570
— Rock, Handril (Holman Bros.), 397
— Rock, Holman Silver 3 Handril (Holman
Bros. Ltd.), 498-500
— Spiralpoint, 570
-— Turret head, Vero Autodrill (Catmur), 628 Drilling, electronically controlled (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 837
— Ladder, at Loch Awe, 10
— Machine, multi-spindle (Strojexport), 221 Multi-spindle (B. Elliott (Machinery)
Ltd.), 562
— Machine, radial, Archdale Preselect (James
Archdale and Co. Ltd.), 702-704
— Rig, Gardner-Denver Air Trac (Wickman
Ltd.), 145
(Joy-Sullivan Ltd.), 628
Drink and driving. Plain Words on, 180
Drivall Ltd., post driver, 693
Drives, ball, recirculating (trade publication), 776
— Belt, Poly-V (William Kenyon and Sons Ltd.),
536
Powergrip (William Kenyon and Sons Ltd.), 536
— Chain (trade publication), 576
— Constant speed, for generators on Vickers
VCIO aircraft (English Electric), 809
— Hydraulic and hydrostatic, outlook for
1961, 164-167
—? Hydraulic, Hydro-Titan (Keelavite Hydraulics Ltd.), 102
— Machine tool (trade publication), 68
— Wedge belt (trade publication), 708 Driving and drink, Plain Words on, 180 Droop and Rein milling machine, 399 Drop forging. See Forging
Drum, distribution (Light and Power Accessories Co. Ltd.), 485
Drum Engineering Co. Ltd., rotary steam compressors, 763
— Making plant (Moon Bros. Ltd,), 484
— Opener (Moon Bros. Ltd.), 826 Dry-Dock. See Dock
Dryer (AEI Marine Dept.), 352
— Spin, Scales-Spin (Summerscales), 272
— Spray (Engineering Appliances Ltd.), 692
— See also Drier
Drysdale and Co. Ltd., Axoil gear pumps, 537 DU bearings (Glacier Metal Co. Ltd.), 178 Dual-Trol recycling timer (Industrial Timer Corp.), 859
Dubo retaining rings (Fan Disk Ltd.), 867 Ducts for acid fumes, 474
— Air, of Plasticell for British Railways, 834
— Protected by Geon 121 pvc coating (Plastic
Coatings Ltd.), 803
Ducting, collapsible (Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.), 375
— Effluent, protection for, 506
— in pvc-polyester (Tanks and Linings Ltd.), 507
— Pvc, steel reinforced, Vacuflex (Recon
(Pipelines) Ltd.), 835
— Ventilation, pvc coated Terylene (Robert
Watson and Co.), 475
Dufay Ltd., formation of Dufaylite Developments Ltd., 90
Dufaylite Developments Ltd., honeycomb developments, 90
Dufton, R., appointed director of research at St. Dunstan’s, 556; biographical note, 556 Dummer, G. W. A., on Electronic Equipment Reliability (book), 232; (review), 362 Dump hauler vehicle, rear, Shawnee Poole, 797 Dumper vehicle, self-loading, Wakefield (Construction Machinery Ltd.), 797
Dumping truck, concrete, Muir-Hill (E. Boydell and Co. Ltd.), 189
Dungeness atomic power station, progress report, 288
Dunking machine (Dawson Bros. Ltd.), 190 Dunlop Advisory Services Ltd., use of factory planning models, 868
Dunlop Chemical Products Division, sprayed seals of rubber latex for mines, 802 Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., plan for tyre factory in Nigeria, 341; LEO HI computer installed, 665; propeller brake, 852 Dunlop propeller brake (Dunlop Rubber Co.
Ltd.), 852
Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd., overseas sales, 421 ; position and prospects, 421
Dunning, J. H., on British Industry (review), 775-776
Dunsheath, Dr. P., collection of donations for
Guildford Cathedral, 657
Duolastik Torque Transfer Link coupling (Metalastik Ltd.), 536
Duplex traced pipework (Reynolds Metals Co.), 550
Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd., Viton for petrol pump seals, 475; raw neoprene, 211
Du Pont de Nemours Co., position and prospects, 565; fall in income, 565; overseas business, 565
Du Pont de Nemours International SA., raw hypalon, 243; resistor compositions, 135 ? Viton petrol pump gaskets, 855 Du Pont Information Service, Delrin acetal plastic for gear pump, 507
Duraglas reinforcing (Turner Bros. Asbestos
Co. Ltd.), 343
Duramat reinforcing (Turner Bros. Asbestos
Co. Ltd.), 343
Durgapur (trade publication), 576
— Industrial area, 765
Development of, 765
— Steelworks, 735
Brightside blooming mill commissioned, 193
—? — Mr. Nehru’s visit to, 565 Progress of work, 25 Schedule, 741
Durham motorway, proposal to use disused railway track, 320
— University, symposium on “ Urban Survival
and Traffic,” 93, 473
Dust cabinet, 343
— Collector, cyclone (trade publication), 496
— Collecting plant (Tilghman’s Ltd.), 457
— Collection (trade publication), 708 Dustmaster central vacuum cleaning plant
(Sir George Godfrey and Partners), 372 Dyeing, physical chemistry of, by Dr. T. Vicker- staff (book), 705
Dynamic Behaviour of Thermoelectric Devices, by P. E. Gray (review), 111-112
— Equilibrium as economic aim, by J. Hen
nessey, 249
— Self-pinched plasmas in thermonuclear
work, 323
Dynamical astronomy, introductory treatise to, by H. C. Plummer (book), 464 Dynamics of halting a line of traffic, by W. A. Woods, 655-656
— Statistical, of automatic control systems,
introduction to, by V. V. Solodovnikov (book), 776
— Stellar, principles of, by S. Chandrasekhar
(book), 496
?—? of a system of rigid bodies, elementary treatise on, by E. J. Routh (book), 428 Dynamo. See Generator
Dynamometers, hydraulic, Machinoimport order from Heenan and Froude, 333
— See also Brake
Dynapak machine (Convair), 555
Dyson, J. and J., Ltd., steelworks refractories
(trade publication), 264
Dywidag system of bridge construction, 32o
E-A Automation Systems Ltd., on-line digital computer for Samuel Fox and Co. Ltd., 701 Ear, saves and, by W. A. van Bergeijk, J. R.
Pierce and E. E. David Jr. (book), 776 Earle, Bourne and Co. Ltd., new heat treatment
furnaces installed (GWF Furnaces), 367
Earle, Sir George, trophy, of Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents, awarded to John Laing Construction Ltd., 689
Earltram Ltd., electronic control for work transporter, 635
Earnings, average, 89
— Engineers, survey of, 89
— See also Income; Salary; Wages
Earnshaw, J. B., on Introduction to AC Circuit Theory (book), 904
Earp, D. N. W., on aggregate specification based on the Dokan Dam, 894
Earth Boring Machine Co., Ebco portable boring machine, 486
East African Railways and Harbours Authority, new berths at Mombasa Harbour, 828 East Asiatic Co., new tanker Java, 325; engine for tanker Java ordered from Burmeister and Wain, 325
East Central Nuclear Group, abandonment of heavy water project, 800
Eastern-Bloc, UK exports to, 233; UK trade with, 233
Ebco portable boring machine (Earth Boring Machine Co.), 486
EBR-1 atomic reactor, 420 EBR-2 atomic reactor, 420 EBWR atomic reactor, 419
Reactor shut down at Argonne National Laboratory, 419
Eccles, Sir David, on Government White Paper Better Opportunities in Technical Education, 53; to speak at National Apprentices dinner, 689; on transfer of command of Colleges of Advanced Technology from Local Authorities to independent governing bodies, 888
Ecco radar reflector (Emerson and Cuming Co.) 149
Eccoshield atomic radiation shielding material (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
Eccospheres dielectric material (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
Echo-sounder, Metron (Marconi), 339
Ecker, R., on current trends in steam turbine design, 294
Eclipse magnetic strip (James Neill and Co.), 343
— “ Whispering Power ” packaged boiler
(Ad. Auriema Ltd.), 12
Economic aim, dynamic equilibrium as, by J, Hennessey, 249
— Association, International Congress of, 854
— Conditions 1960, survey of (OEEC), 45
— Growth, guide for accelerating: industrial
development, by M. D. Bryce (review), 707
— — Stages of, by W. W. Rostow (review), 674
— Policy and development of India, by P. T.
Bauer (review), 838-839
Economics of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom, by J. R. Parkinson (review), 463-464
Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd., Commonwealth and Europe (review), 747-748
Economy, British, growth in (Political and Economic Planning) (review), 574
— in light and heat, 648
— in materials, models make for, 862-863 Economy pressure gauge, Clyde (Buchanan
Bros. Ltd.), 858
—? and safety factors for dams, by H. K. Fairbanks and R. A. Sutherland, 895
— World, changes in, 133 Eczema, facial, in sheep, 159
Edel die punching machine (F. J. Edwards Ltd.), 485
Eden, H. A., review of Guide to the Principles of Costing in the European Non-Ferrous Metals Industry, 199; biographical note, 200
Eden, J. F., mechanization of building operations, 794
Edgleys Ltd,, furniture (trade publication), 112 Edinburgh Corp, Water Department, use of “ pillow ” tanks, 310
Edinburgh, HRH Duke of, on canning and freezing of food, 1; opening of National College of Food Technology, 1; to attend meeting of Illuminating Engineering Society, 408; Graham Clark lecture, 244, 549, 556, 714; Patron of National Apprentices dinner, 689; Prize for Elegant Design, 712; opening of Royal College of Technology, 761
Edison; a Biography, by M. Josephson (book), 428; (review), 807
Ediswan RE power valve (AEI Ltd.), 253 Edlund can opener (Metcalfe and Co. (1950) Ltd.), 848
Edlund, H, C., on thorium cycle in spectral shift controlled reactors, 896
Education, chemical engineering, and practice, survey of, by Prof. R. E. Johnstone (paper), 185
— Commonwealth cooperation in, 722-723
— Engineering, conference on, OEEC, 513 in Russia, by S. P. Timoshenko (review),
330
— Further, Staff college for. See Staff
— for management. Conference on, 886
— Ministry of, sponsorship of National Col
lege of Food Technology, 1; subject exemptions to holders of O.N.C. Diplomas 447; Whitworth Fellowships offered by, 824
— Plans for Ghana, 723
— for science and industry, 413
— Technical, abstracts from British sources
(National Foundation for Educational Research), 838
— ?— Better opportunities in (White Paper), 45
53, 556
and careers in industry, year book of, by H. C. Dent (review), 158. See LETTER, 180 Government’s ten-point scheme, 53 in Nigeria, 722 in Nyasaland, 722 in Rhodesia, 722
— and Training of Professional
Engineers (Institution of Engineers booklet), 317
— See also College; Courses;
Training, etc.
Educational instruction, analogue computer for (Redifon Ltd.), 888
Educational Productions Ltd., Car Driving for
Beginners (review), 24
Edwards, C. H., Co., inclusion in Delta Metals Co., 565
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., stock list (trade publication), 68; Edel die punching machine, 485 Edwards, H. D., review of Chemical Processing
Nomographs, 110; biographical note, 112 Edwards High Vacuum Ltd., induction furnace,
596; Reciprotor vacuum pressuiepump, 598 Edwards, Prof. R. S., on electricity, 791 Efco Furnaces Ltd., shaker hearth furnaces (trade publication), 428
Effluent ducting, protection for, 506
— Pipes (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474
Egelstaff, Dr. P. A., review of Neutron Detection, 396; biographical note, 396; on the measurement of a scattering law for a moderator, 520
Egloff, J. O., on IBM 650 RAMAC Computer for Data Processing in an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, 479
EGO electronic grading operator (Dewhurst and Partner Ltd.), 484
Egypt, long range plans for atomic plant, 832 EHV Project (GEC (US)), 11; 85 Ekco Electronics Ltd., licence agreement with
Wilcox Electric Co., 421 Elastomers, outlook for 1961, 70-73 Elcontrol Ltd., water sampler, 101; flame
failure unit, 254; oil-burning control equipment, 762
Elderly people, workshops and employment for, 413
Electric Construction Co., Ltd., motor generator, 280
Electric furnaces. See Furnaces
— Generator. See Alternator; Generator;
Turbo
— Locomotive. See Locomotive, electric
— Machine. See Electrical machine; see also
Alternator; Generator; Motor; Turbo
— Mains. See Cable
— Motor. See Motor; electric
Electric power. See Electrical power; Electricity; see also Power
— Railways. See British Railways
Electric Resistance Furnace Co. Ltd., heat treatment furnaces (trade publication), 428 Electrical appliance industry, poor sales for 1960, 365
— Contacts (trade publication), 298
— Contracting costs, domestic, collection of
information on, 381
— Contractors, Roll of Approved, 308
— Energy in bulk, supplying, by W, Casson,
284-285
— Engineer, place of formal study in the post
graduate training of (Institution of Electrical Engineers), 317
— Engineers Exhibition, 280; 418
Post graduate training for, 317
— Equipment and customers requirements, 568 ENGINEERING’S survey report on, 524 for industries other than coal mining,
installation and maintenance of flameproof and intrinsically safe, 281
for motor cars, 286
— Explosion shapes tough metals (GEC(US))
645
— Grid system, 284-285
Systems of France and UK linked by Channel cable, 753
— Industry, order statistics, 785
Research in, 881
Ten year plan for, 849
US, Code of Ethics, 565
— Machines, direct-current, by H. B, Ranson
and E. T. A. Webb (book), 872
— — Testing of, by L. H. A. Carr (review)
575-576
— Networks and linear graphs, by S. Seshu
and M. B. Reed (book), 640
— Plant, operation on hazardous areas, by
W. J. F. Cocks, 281
Regulations governing operation of in petroleum installations, 281
(Trade publications), 748
— Power, CEGB sales, 365
— — Control, warning system for (Ferranti
Ltd.), 40
Convention, 137, 791; in Europe, by J. H. M. Sykes, 791
Network of CEGB, nation-wide control of, 303
Networks, design calculations for, 302 Networks, Electrical Research Association analyser to study problems of, 302 Networks, fault studies in, 302 Networks, power flow studies in, 302 Networks, general aspects of, 302
— ?—? Networks, restriking voltage in, 302 Networks, transient stability studies in,
302
Schemes in Ceylon, 881
Systems, Russian, map of interconnections, 305
Units, outlook for 1961, 114-117
See also Electricity; Power
Electrical Remote Control Co, Ltd., latching relay, 252; Star timer, 279
— Research Association, analyser to study
problems of electrical power networks, 302; annual report, 677
— Technicians training in India, 109
—? Theory on the Giorgi System, by P. Cornelius (review), 839-840
— Transmission system, Russian, map of, 304 Electricity Commission of New South Wales,
thermal generating unit ordered from AEI Ltd., 69; order placeed with Ferranti Ltd. for transformers, 69
— Demands for the future, 817
— Direct conversion of heat to, by J. Kaye
and J. A. Welsh (review), 111-112
— Do’s and Don’ts, 308
— Generated by lead telluride cells, 648
— Increase in charges, 541
— Industry, outlook for 1961, 160-163
— Safety first with, 308
— Supply Commission of the Union of South
Africa, boiler drums for, 270; Komati power station, 618; use of aluminium busbars, 618; contractors for Komati power station, 618
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Electricity supply industry, standardization in, 285
Tapping the grid, 284
— Thermal, improved efficiency for, 237
— Undertakings of the World (book), 396
— See also Electrical power; Power Electrics, motor car, 286
Electro-Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd., BiNickel process, 135; zinc electrodeposition plant for France, 135
Electro-Clock elapsed time indicator (Aero- maritime Ltd.), 826
Electro-erosion machining of metals, by A. L. Livshits (book), 158
for profiling grooves, 301 Electro-erosive production machinery (Vy- skumny Ustav Mechanizacie A Automal- izacie), 301
Electro-hydraulic servo controls, use of, 818-819 Electro-magnetic spsed signal and pulse generators for neufron chopper-spinning units, by L. V. Lewis, 388
Electro Tech Corp., gold plating, 83 Electro-technical commission, international. See International
Electrochemical machining, basic principles of, 300
Technique of, 300
— Polishing. See Polishing
Electrode, dropping mercury, device for the synchronization of two, by W. H. wood (paper), 456
— pH (W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd.), 58
— Welding. See IVelding electrode Electroluminescence, 648
Electroluminescent panel. Locator Electric), 88
Electrolux Ltd., Dishmaid dishwashing ine, 340
Electrolytic machining process (Battelle orial Institute and Steel Improvement and Forge Co.), 175
Electromagnetic field, energy and forces, by R. M. Fano, L. J. Chu and R. B. Alder (review), 297-298
— Machines, evolution of, by Dr. E. Kuffel
(book), 606
Electromagnetism by superconductivity (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 336
Electrometer, dynamic, UNIVEL, 15 Electron accelerator, linear, Stanford University, 488
— Heavy, new theory for, 205
— Optics in television, by 1. I. Tsukkerman
(book), 776
— Similarity with muon or mu meson, 205 Electronic Associates Ltd., PACE “ do it
yourself” computer components, 87; analogue computing centre, 809
— Assemblies, microminiaturization of, pro
ceedings of symposium on, by E. ” Horsey and L. D. Shergalis (review),
— Engineering Assoc., London meeting,
— Equipment (trade publication), 608
Reliability, by G. W. A. Dummer N. Griffin (book), 232; (review), 362
for Swedish Air Force (Marconi), 397
— Function blocks, molecular, outlook for
1961, 33
— Grading operator, EGO (Dewhurst &
Partner Ltd.), 484
— Ignition system for motor cars (Joseph
Lucas Ltd.), 501
— Motor controller (Henry A. Cole and Co.
Ltd.), 652
— Nuclear, proceedings of the symposium on
nuclear electronics (review), 426
— Storage tube, high resolution, Tenicon
(Mullard Ltd.), 236
— Tube, Astracon, development of (Westing
house Electric Corp.), 236, 565
Electronics and Communications Abstracts, 806 Electronics, dictionary of, by H. Carter (book), 640
— Exports, 133
Forecast for 1961, 33
Long term research in, 33
Management and labour in, 32
Plant and material supply in, 32
Production in, 32
— Future exhibitions and trade fairs on, ?— Industry, expansion and investment in,
— Japanese research progress, 613
— Nuclear, symposium (review), 426
— Plastics for (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
— and telecommunications, design and deve
lopment in, 30
— and telecommunications industry, external
factors affecting, 31; market trends in, 31
— and telecommunications, outlook for 1961,
30
Electronik controller (Honeywell Controls Ltd.), 772
Electroplating industry, survey of nickel and chromium recovery in (DSIR book), 267
— — Wastage of salts in, 267 Electrostatic accelerator, 488
— Generator Group, Van de Graaff generator
for Oxford University nuclear research centre, 832
— Paint spraying plant, Megastraton (SAMES
(GB) Ltd. and Aerostyle Ltd.), 571
— Precipitation (trade publication), 496
— Spraying of paint, 2
Electrotechnical standards, rationalization of, 40
Electrotechnology, introduction to, by S. J. Kowalski (book), 428
Elegance and power in continental cars, by G. Wilkins, 592
Element isotope 103, discovery of, 832
— New, 832
Elettrotecnica Rini S.p.A., relays and protectors, 609
Eley, G. C. R., on Richard Thomas and Baldwins, ors, 289
Elite motor car (Lotus), 65, 687
Elizabeth, H.M. Queen, at Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford, 761
Elk River atomic reactor, 59, 896; criticality expected, 419
Ellicott Machine Corp., agreement with Stothert and Pitt, 25; John Blackwood, Hodge and Co. appointed as UK representatives, 25
Lock-
(MK
mach-
Mem-
F. 198 265
and
30
32
Elliott-Automation Group, formation Rotron Controls Ltd., 289; agreement with Rotron Controls Corp., 833; position and prospects, 833; turnover, 833; annual report, 833; order position, 833; licence agreement with Jervis B. Webb, 833; agreement with Warner and Swasey, 833 mechanization of the Post Office, formation of joint company with bold’s Nachfolger, 833; association Litton industries, 833
Elliott Automation Ltd., cooperation Litton Industries Inc., 357; formation of Elliott-Litton Ltd., 357; control valves (trade publication), 776
Elliott, B. (Machinery) Ltd., multi-spindle drilling machines, 562
Elliott Bros. (London) Ltd., computers for export, 203; packaging export computers, 203; formation of Rotron Controls Ltd., 289; sequence selector, 418; private symposium and exhibition on Analytical Instrumentation of Industrial Process Control, 720; instrumentation system for gas flow control, 805
Elliott, J. F., on Thermochemistry for Steelmaking (review), 231-232
Elliott-Litton Ltd., formation of, 357
Elliott ND 481 atomic reactor simulator for Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, 864 Elliott-Nucleonics Ltd., water radioactivity monitor, 58
Elliott, R. L., on automatic 1,000 channel read-out system, 456
Elliott, S. W., visit to Russia, 761
Ellison, D., Ltd., liquid distribution control unit, 416
Ellison, George, Ltd., air break switchgear, 354 Elsom, C. H., and Partners, research centre at Maple Cross for Cementation Group, 187 Elstub, St. J. de H., appointed chairman of ICl metals division, 533; biographical note, 533
Elysia, trials of Ferrogel corrosion protection painting system, 47
Embassy Machine and Tool Co. Ltd., Wiest indexing machine, 102
Emelyanov, Prof. V. S., head of Russian delegation to UK, 800
Emerson and Cuming Co., plastics for electronics, 149; Microcell Ltd. as UK marketing agent, 149; Ecco radar reflector, 149; Eccoshield atomic radiation shielding material, 149; Eccospheres dielectric material, 149
Emerson Electric Manufacturing, licence agreement with Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products, 233
Emhart (UK) Ltd., unit glass melters for Forster’s Glass Co., 83
EM-2 rifle, 830
EMI Electronics Ltd., Emidec 2400 computers for Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 325; instrument housing in polyester resin, 475; data processing (trade publication), 608; EMI minicamera television camera, 650; electronically controlled drilling, 837; EMI- Grimston positioning table, 837; closed circuit television for Coutts Bank Ltd., 905 EMI-Grimston positioning table (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 837
EMI Ltd., Fairbanks-Morse as agents for, 265; Emicon control system for milling machine, 399
EMI mini-camera television camera (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 650
Emicon control system for milling machine (EMI Ltd.), 399
Empire State Atomic Development Associates Inc., formation of, 256; to build superheat atomic reactor, 256
Employment in manufacturing industries, table of, 309
— Statistics, 97, 281, 381, 793
for Scotland, 881
Employment and Workshops for the Elderly, 413 Employment of young people, 721
Empress of Canada liner, 769; details of, 605; maiden voyage of, 605; sold to India, 713 E.M.S. Electrical Products Ltd., Trolleymaster collector track, 383
Emulsions, photographic, used in atomic research (Ilford Ltd.), 192
Encapsulation of electric motor windings with epoxy resin, 293
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill (review), 607-608
End-quench unit (Metallurgical Services), 444 ENEA. See European Nuclear Energy Agency Energy distribution in thermonuclear work, 323
— Loss, sources of in thermonuclear work, 324 Enfield Chemicals Ltd., lagging paints (trade
publication), 904
Enfield Rolling Mills Ltd., electrode materials for welding equipment (trade publication) 872
Engelhard Hanovia Lamps Ltd., Hanovia Turboflo fan heater, 548
Engelhard Industries, special purpose brazing alloys, 210; immersion gold solution (trade publication), 264; platinum metals (trade publication), 298
Engine, aero. See Aircraft engine
— Aircraft. See Aircraft engine
— Atomic rocket, development and research
on, 388, 800
—? Automotive gasoline, trends in piston-ring wear in, by J. R. B. Calow and S. R. Epton, 521
— Balancing machine (Tinius Olsen Testing
Machine Co.), 335
— Bleed air, valve for, Hymatic (Hymatic
Engineering Co. Ltd.), 425
— BS75 ducted fan (Bristol Siddeley), 204
— Combustion, congress on, 508
— Cooling systems, thermostatically con
trolled, 521
— Cooling times, 521
— Corrosion in, 521
— Diesel, and customers’ requirements, 567 (W. H. Dorman and Co. Ltd.), 527 ENGINEERING survey, report on, 522 Manufacturers of, 594
833; Ley- with
with
Engine, diesel, marine, 594
Marine (British Polar Engines Ltd,), 559 Marine (Burmeister and Wain), 43 Marine (Gdtaverken), 42
Marine for large ships, 42-43
Marine, by C. C, Pounder (review), 902 Marine (Sulzer Bros. Ltd.), 42 Perkins, for Volga motor car, 641
—? — (Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques), 560
Stationary, 594 —• — Sulzer, for ~ ' ' ' - "
Armstrongs), Sulzer, for
Curie), 299
Sulzer, for P. and O. ships (David Rowan) 299
Transport (trade publication), 298 for trawlers (Bristol Siddeley), 69 Turbochargers for (Hawker Siddeley Brush Turbines Ltd.), 786
US sales of W, H. Dorman Ltd., 265 —• — for vehicles, 595
Versatile, continues to thrive, 594-595 See also Aircraft engine; Diesel; Motorcar engine
— Ducted fan, cuts fuel and noise, 204
— Fire pump, Coventry Climax (Coventry
Climax Engines Ltd.), 842-844
— Heat, by E. De Ville (book), 872
— Industrial, outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Internal combustion, new type (William R,
Seiwood Ltd.), 637
Combustion. See also Turbines, gas
— Marine. See Engine, diesel
— Measurements by radio telemetry
(BICERA), 84
— Motor-car. See Engines, petrol; Motor-car
engines
— Oil. See Engine, diesel
— Orbital, Seiwood (William R. Seiwood), 682
See LETTERS, 789, 853
— Parts, measuring operating temperatures
of, 663
— Petrol, cylinder pressure variations in, by
J. P. Soltau (paper), 361
and diesel (Coventry Victor Motor Co. Ltd.), 132
—? — More power by smooth fuel burning, 361 See also Aircraft engine; Motorcar —? Ramjet, recording instruments for, 545
— Rocket, atomic, 388, 800
— Simplifying, 140
— ?—? Thermodynamic data for, 269
— Run hotter and live longer, 521
— Temperatures, hardness testing for, 433
— Traction, English, development of, by
R. H. Clark (review), 363
Rally at Birmingham, 508
— (Trade publications), 298
— Vertical shaft (Villiers Engineering Co.
Ltd.), 693
— Zed crank, 790
Engineers’ earnings, survey of, 89
— in Colonial territories, by J. G. Orr, 715 Engineers’ Guild, survey of engineers’ earnings,
89; formation of Wine Club, 317; conference on the professional engineer, 442-443; appointment of Dr. Beeching welcomed, 593
— Library-minded. See LETTER, 312
— Looks at the Arab Revolts, by H. Addison,
624
— in management, by A. R. Cooper, 443
— Mathematical tool-kit for, by H. A. Webb
and D. G. Ashwell (review), 232
— Post-university on-the-job training for, by
E. J. Manganiello and V. F. Hlavin, 317
— Preparing for management, by D. H.
Bramley, 411
— Professional, conference on, 442-443
Employment and development, conference on, 277
(Ministry of Labour booklet), 141 Status of. See LETTER, 276
— Relativity for, and science teachers,
L. H. A. Carr (review), 263
— in society, by Lord Chandos, 442
— and the technician, by D. J. Mann, 442
— Women as. Plain Words on, 620
— See also Civil; Electrical; Mechanical, etc. ENGINEERING, Foremen Training conference,
177; survey of foremen problem, 177; research report on atomic fuels, 368-369; questionnaire to engineering firms, 522; survey on engineering plant, 522-526. See LETTER, 552; Articles and Events service, 746; plant inquiry of, 753; see also Engineering Ltd.
Engineering Appliances Ltd., spray dryer, 692 ?— Centenaries, 7
— Centre, organization of group stands at
trade fairs, 397; “ British Equipment for Mexican Industry ” stand at Mexico City exhibition, 397
— Contract (trade publication), 676
— Contribution to the future, 442-443
— Courses. See Courses
— Design. See Design
— Education. See Education
— Heat transfer, by H. Schenck (review), 156
— High degree of, by F. B. Roberts (ICI Ltd.
booklet), 177, 185
— Industrial design moves into, by W, H.
Mayall, 554-555
— Industries, capital investment in, 241
Concern about labour relations at docks and ports, 141
? Effect on if Britain joins the European
Common Market, 792
in New Zealand, historical note on, 745 Order statistics, 785
— Instruments. See Instruments
— Laboratory. See Laboratory; National
Engineering; National Physical
Engineering Ltd., participation in formation of Kompass Register Ltd., 518
— Management, by S. A. Robertson (book),
68; (review), 426
— Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy
Exhibition, 519, 527; exhibits at, 559, 629
— Metallurgy, by R. A. Higgins (book), 872
— and physics, field computations in, by
A. Thom and C. J. Apelt (book), 496
— Plant. See Plant
British Railways (Vickers- 595
P. and O. ships (Barclay
by
Engineering products, exports of, 341
— The Profession and Elementary Problem
Analysis, by H. W. Leach and G. C. Beakley (review), 607
— Progress, human aspects of, by Sir Willis
Jackson, 817
— Project (trade publication), 676
— Reliability, and statistical processes, by
D. N. Chorafas (review), 362
Engineering Replacements increase in profits, 61
— Standards. See British
tion; Standards
— Students, aerodynamics
Houghton and A. E. Brook (book), 24
— Studies in secondary schools (LCC report).
373
— Technology and safety, by R. Hurst, R. N.
Lyon and C. M. Nicholls (review). 111
— Training. See Training
— See also Civil; Electrical; Mechanical, etc. Engis Ltd., Hyprez grinding and lapping
compounds, 173; Hyplicator for Hyprez compounds, 173; diamond lapping machine, 890
England, C. J., et al., on physics measurements during the commissioning of Pluto, 224
English Aviation Ltd., instrument wing of, 700 English Electric Canada Division of John Inglis Ltd., hydraulic turbines for Grand Rapids power station, 265
English Electric Co. Canada, large transformer for Ontario Hydro, 389
English Electric Co. Ltd., Kraft honeycomb sound reducing bulkheads for Deltic, locomotive, 90; postal computing service, 153; Super Stainees welding electrode, 211 stearn turbines and condensers for second atomic submarine, 224; Deriaz reversible pump-turbine, 226-228; gas turbine locomotive, 239; propulsion equipment for Cable and Wireless Ltd. cable laying ships, 299; research on long turbine exhaust blades, 303; weldability (trade publication), 332; turbo-alternators for West Burton power station, 365, 371; position and prospects, 389; annual statement, 389; accounts, 389; losses of subsidiaries, 389; profits, 389; supergrid switching equipment for CEGB, 429; quality control system for sheet metal, 459; exhibit at Rand Show, 465; vibrator motor, 517; rotary actuators, 527; turbines for Canada, 541; on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 568; award of scholarships and exhibitions, 593; double oven cooker, 616; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 758; participation in British Aircraft Corp., 769; copper extrusion plant for Thomas Bolton and Sons Ltd., 773; constant speed generator drives for Vickers VCIO aircraft, 809; offer for share capital of W. H. Dorman, 809; propulsion machinery for hydrographic survey ship of Royal Australian Navy, 841; diesel electric installations for New Zealand Railways, 841 ; diesel electric installations for Cable and Wireless Ltd., 841 ; dry cooling towers for Rugeley power station, 884; Australian interests to be taken over by British Aircraft Corp. (Australia) Pty., 897
English Electric Group, exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
English Electric Valve Co., vapour valves for BBC transmitters, 433
English Steel Corp., rolling mills ordered from Davy and United Engineering Co. and Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co., 113, 127; forging steel rings, 635; orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673; position and prospects, 737; profits, 737; sales, 737
English Steel Forge and Engineering Corp., position and prospects, 737; shortage of skilled labour, 737
Engraver, abrasive (trade publication), 24 Enlarger, Kamm (Colyer and Southey Ltd.), 144 Entreprise Aboux and Cie, use of coatings for gas industry, 243
Enterprise atomic propelled aircraft criticality achieved in reactor, 192
Entwistle and Kenyon, bought by Group, 489
Environmental Effects on Materials and Equipment (National Academy of Sciences), 606, 706
Epoxy/coal tar, polyamide cured, Adcora A3 (E. and F. Richardson), 506
Epoxy coating, solventless, Adcora SP (E. and F. Richardson), 506
— Resin, Araldite, styling models of (Austin),
855
Epton, S. R., on trends in piston-ring wear in automotive gasoline engines, 521
Equation, one velocity neutron transport, approximate solution of in an infinite medium, by G. Rowlands, 224
Equilibrium and deformation of elastic solids, by V. Volterra and E. Volterra (book), 840
— Dynamic, as an economic aim, by J.
Hennessey, 249
Equipment and Engineering Co. Ltd., Simplex hydraulic jack, 798
— Environmental effects on (National
Academy of Sciences), 606
— Non-standard (trade publication), 748 Ergonomics Association, International. See
International
Erickson, J. E., on IBM 650 RAMAC computer for data processing in an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, 479
Ermeto stop valve (British Ermeto Corp. Ltd.) 528
Ernst, Wilhelm, und Sohn, Hiitte: des Ingen- ieurs Taschenbuch (book), 232
Erosion and defence of the coast (DSIR publication), 187
Erroll, F., on management consultants, 381 Ertaud, A., on neutron density measurement by autoradiography of detector foils, 388 Escalators, lifts and paternosters (trade publication), 158
Esch-sur-Sure dam, protection with synthetic rubbers, 11
ESCOM. See Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa
Holdings Ltd.,
Standards Institu-
for, by E. L.
Hypalon
carrier,
Prestige
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Escravos River, mole construction on, 731 Esperance Longdoz, iron granulation plant, 126 Essen, Dr., awarded Russian Poplov medal, 705; atomic clock, 705
Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd., application for licences to prospect in Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, 25; new butyl rubber plant to be built at Fawley refinery (Foster Wheeler), 333; aluminium pontoon at Milford Haven (Whittingham and Mitchell), 343; exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Essor atomic reactor, 388
Estevez, J. M. J., on Manipulation of Thermoplastic Sheet, Rod and Tube (book), 24 Estuary, Tees, hydraulic model of, 877 Etablissements Barthod, pneumatic descaling tool, 399
Ether Ltd., flame controller, 417
Ethics, code of, for US electrical industry, 565 Ethylene-oxide (trade publication), 264 Ethylene production (trade publication), 708 Euclid (Great Britain) Ltd., Euclid crawler tractor, 796
Euphrates and Tigris rivers, regime of, by lonides (book), 624
Euratom. See European Atomic Energy Commission
Europe, chemical industry in, 341
— Commercial vehicle production, table of,
146
— and the Commonwealth (Economist Intel
ligence Unit Ltd.) (review), 747-748
— Export Council for. See Export
— UK firms moving into, 209
— US private investment in, 209
— Western, imports from UK, 341 —• — Promising markets of, 681 European Agricultural and Industrial Fair,
Sweden, 181
European Atomic Energy Commission, projects for atomic reactors for ship propulsion submitted by France, Germany, Holland and Italy, 16; research centre to be built at Karlsruhe, 16; formation of Transatom information office with UKAEA and USAEC, 192; contract with Hamburg Gesellschaft fiir Kernener- gieverwertung and Interatom for atomic ship propulsion project, 256; negotiations with French Atomic Energy Commission for ships atomic reactor, 256; negotiations with Fiat and Ansaldo for ships atomic reactor, 256; negotiations with Netherlands for ships atomic reactor, 256; Ispra Centre of, 387; Karlsruhe Transuranium Institute of, 387; negotiations with Netherlands, 387; research programme in branch establishments, 387; setting up of Joint Research Centre, 387; seventy contracts for, 387; United States agreement with, 388 ; Italian Government hands over Ispra Nuclear Research Centre to, 488; contract for cooperation with Plasma Physics Institute, 696; fusion research contract with French Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique, 696; fusion research contract with Italian Comitato Nazionale per I’Energie Nucleate, 696; annual general report, 768; atomic power reactors schedules, 768; BEWAG project, 768; contact with Institute of Nuclear Studies, 768; contact with UKAEA, 768; contact with KEMA Co., 768; KBWP project, 768; nuclear ship propulsion projects, 768; ORGEL Project, 768; to participate in reactor costs, 768; power reactor projects, 768; research activities of, 768; SELNl Co. project, 768; take over of Ispra centre, 768
European Coal and Steel Community, cost of coal, 849
— Committee of Paint and Printing Ink Manu
facturers’ Associations, 841
— Common Market, countries, table of tech
nical regulations for commercial vehicles, 146; range of trucks designed for, 206; transport regulations, 206; UK companies moving into, 209; fast growth of, 649; imports of member countries, 649; UK imports to, 649; as an export market, 649; effects on UK food prices if UK joins, 761; if Britain joins, by R. Bailey, 792; UK exports to, 792; and UK, Government decision awaited, 801; and the Channel Tunnel, 856
— Conference of Ministers of Transport, 473
— Economic Community, growth of countries
in, 473
— Electric power situation, by J. H. M. Sykes,
791
— Exports Council, activities of, 149
— Free Trade Association, expansion in rail-
borne goods traffic, 473
— General Galvanisers Association, Bulletin,
774
— Management consultants visit UK, 413
— Non-ferrous metals industry, guide to the
principles of costing in (review), 199
— Nuclear Energy Agency, to collaborate with
IAEA, 16
— Organisation for Nuclear Research, experi
ments on similarity between muon and electron, 205; three physicists basic nuclear research in Russia,
European Productivity, 209
— Productivity Agency, European Produc
tivity, 209
— Symposium on Space Technology, 685
— Transport of goods by rail, 473 Europium oxide, bibliography of, 456 Eurospace launcher plan, 623
Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd., aluminium brazing paste, 135; EutecTrode 66 welding electrode, 211; QuenchWeld process for cast iron, 835; ChamberTrode grooving electrodes, 835; EytecTrode welding electrode, 835
EutecTrode welding electrode (Eutectic), 835 EutecTrode 66 welding electrode (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 211
Evans, D. S., on scales for coding quantities electrically, 346-347
Evans, H. W., on Reinforced Concrete Piling and Piled Structures (review), 297
Evaporating system. Multiflash (G. and J. Weir Ltd.), 604
Evaporation plant for seawater (G. and J. Weir) 497
Evaporator, Maxim Aquavap (AMF Ltd.), 651
— New, fresh water from the sea, 604
— Plate, APV (APV Co. Ltd.), 430-432
— Seawater (International GEC), 439
Evely, R., on Concentration in British Industry (review), 23
Events in 1961 (ENGINEERING booklet), 244 Evered, D. S.,on Rocket Propellant Handbook (review), 200
Evo-Stik impact adhesive 633 (Evode Ltd.), 407 Evode Ltd., Evo-Stik impact adhesive 407, 633 Evolution of an Engine—the Jaguar XK, by
B. Lister, 887
Ewart, William, and Son Ltd., collaboration with Short Bro. and Harland, 635; electronic inspection device for linen yarn, 635; AMY automatic linen yarn monitor, 813
Exactor Ltd., Exactor Trabon lubrication equipment, 762
Excavating machine, Loering (NCK-Rapier Ltd.), 798
Excavator, RapieR walking dragline (Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.), 697
Exchange, branch, telephone (trade publication), 112
Excitation systems for generators, 283 Executive and work. Plain Words on, 376 Exhaust gas burner for motor cars, Smog-
Burner (Chromalloy Corp.), 175
— Pulse studies, generator for, by W. A.
Woods, 128-129
— Sizes for steam turbines, 284
Exhibition, agricultural and food equipment, 165
— Armaments, 35
— Arrangement of (Advertising Publications
Co. Ltd.), 685
— Automatic vending, 721
— British Trade Fair (Moscow), 713; British
exhibits ready for transit to, 429; exhibitors at, 465, 541, 609, 697, 705; films at, 265; follow up after, 758:759
— Building and civil engineering, 78
— Building and public works, 685
— Cairo International Agricultural Fair,
British exhibits at, 333
— Commercial vehicles, international, 146
?— of craft training at Merthyr Tydfil College,
737
— Data processing and business equipment,
119
— Domestic aids, 169
— East German Republic, in Moscow, 809
— Electrical engineers, 280, 418
— Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear
Energy, 519, 527; exhibits at, 559, 629
— European Agricultural and Industrial Fair
(Sweden), 181
— Furniture, 272
— German Chemical Plant, 677
— Heating and insulating, 5
— of the Institute of Physics and the Physical
Society, 58
— International Aeronautical, Paris, 694
— — Boat Show, 45, 132. See Correction, 89 Construction Equipment, 641, 796 Household Goods and Hardware Fair,
133
Labour, Turin, 509
Refrigeration and air conditioning, 834 Trade Fair (Poznan), British Exhibitors at, 873
— Leipzig Fair, 641 ; British exhibitions at,
273, 397; orders for UK exhibitors, 429, 673
— Malta GC, 728
— Materials processing, 71
— Mesucora, and Congress, 804
— Mexico City, Engineering Centre group
stand exhibit, 397
— Modern jewellery, 277
— Motor car shows, 95
— National, drawing office equipment and
materials, 5
Laboratory apparatus and materials, 5
— New York automobile show, orders taken
for sports cars at, 505
— Photographic, on peaceful uses of atomic
energy (Ilford Ltd.), 192
— Plastics, 5
— Power plant and prime movers, 114
— Poznan International Fair, 641
— Private, and symposium on Analytical
Instrumentation of Industrial Process Control (Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd.), 720
— Racing Car Show, exhibits at, 65
— Rand Show, UK exhibitors at, 465
— Royal Show, 888
— Russian trade and industry, exhibits for, 299
— Scientific and engineering instruments, 75
— Service industries, 161
— Stockholm Trade Fair, 617
— Sydney Trade Fair, 541
— Telecommunications and electronics, 30
— and trade fairs, future, on production
plant, 27
— Transport, 123
Eximbank. See United States Export-Import Bank
Expanded Metal Co. Ltd., research on plaster protection for steelwork, 343
Expanded Minerals Ltd., Brelite expanded perlite, 698
Expanded plastic. See Plastic
Expanded Plastics Ltd., expanded polystyrene mouldings (trade publication), 232
Expandite Adhesives Ltd., adhesives (trade publication), 808
Expandite Ltd., line marker (trade publication), 200; Hydrocor granulated cork material, 551; Hydrofoil waterstop, 551; interlay for black-tops (trade publication), 808; water bar (trade publication), 840
Expedition, Australian Antarctic See Australian
— South Greenland, St. Andrews University
See St. Andrews
Experts, Plain Words on, 440
Exploration in management, by W. Brown (review), 540
Explosion, electrical, shapes tough metals (GEC(US)), 645
— in SL-1 atomic reactor, 355
Explosives, atomic, development for peaceful purposes, 224
Exports of aircraft, 541
— Aircraft-engine industry, 133
— to Argentina, 193
— Chemical machinery, 70. See LETTER
— Comparison table of, 133
— Conference of BEAM A, 841
— Convention on consumer packaging for, 822
— Council for Europe, OEEC approve forma
tion of, 45; pathfinder missions to countries, 549; optimistic view of UK exports, 549; Pathfinder Missions to countries, 681
— Credit Guarantee Department, 585, 873, 897
— Directory, Swedish, 1960 (General Export
Association of Sweden) (review), 331
— to Eastern-Bloc, 233
— to ECM countries, 649
— Electronics industry, 133
— Engineering products, 341
— to European Common Market, 792
— Facing up to the realities, 133
— Failure record, 681
— Gas machinery, 70. See LETTER, 136
— Germany, increase in car, 25
Export Guide (GEC booklet), 133, 193, 201, 617 Export-Import Bank, loan to Ghana, 333; loan to Marinduque Iron Mines Agents Inc., 587
— Instruments industry, 133
— Instruments, table of, 76
— to Jordan, 265
— to Latin America, 341
— Locomotive manufacturing industry, 681
— of Machine tools, 365, 673
— Machinery to Canada, 341
to US, 341
— Market, small firms in, 45
— Motor cars, 365
Cars in “ completely knocked down condition,” 724
Vehicles, 146
— to Nordic market, 617
— Office machinery, 333
— Optimistic view of, 549
— Packaging for computers, 203
— Plastics machinery, 257
— Plastics materials, 257
— Prospects, 617
— to Russia, 299
— Sales, 241
— Shipbuilding industry, 681
— Shipping costs, increase in, 233
— to Spain, 299
— Steel, 45
— Studies, courses in, 593
— to Sweden, 617
— Trends, inquiry into, 849
— to Western Europe, 341
Exporters, services to, 617
Extractor fan. See Fan
Extrusions, aluminium (trade publication), 298
— Cold, technique for titanium, 545
— Plants for copper, 773
— Steel (trade publication), 872
Eye injury in industry, 381
— on research, by G. R. Taylor (review), 330
FABER, O., on Constructional Steelwork Simply Explained (book), 158; (review), 806
Faber, Oscar, and Partners, model of factory roof of Texas Instrument Co., 863
Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre, diesel engined bus, 595
Face shield. Clearways (Safety Products Ltd.), 319
Facel Vega Faceilia motor car, 592 Faceilia motor car, Facel Vega, 592 Facing machine, horizontal (A. Kitchen-D.
Walker Ltd.), 766
Factor of safety, based on probability, by N. L. Svensson, 154-155. See LETTER, 313 Factories, access for fire appliances, 142
— Act, 1959, 201
Factory accidents. See Accidents
— Buildings, fire protection in, by G. J.
Langdon-Thomas (DSIR publication), 142
— Chief inspector of, annual report of, 721
— Design and fire precautions, 142
— Fire doors in, 142 Extinguishers in, 533
Fighting in (Ministry of Labour book let), 217
Precautions in, 217
— Model (Molins Machine Co. Ltd.), 868
— Planning models (Dunlop Advisory Service
Ltd.), 868
?— Safety routes in, 142
Fafnir Bearing Co., new factory at Hednesford, 541
Fahnestock, S. L., on aluminium furniture, 130 Failure, probability of, 155
Fair, trade. See Exhibition
Fairbanks, H. K., on safety and economy factor for dams, 895
Fairbanks-Morse, to sell Dorman diesel engine by agreement, 265; importation of EMI electronic products, 265; agents Alfred Herbert machine tools, 265 Fairclough, Leonard, Ltd., contract Birmingham-Preston Motorway, 233 Fairey Air Surveys Ltd., aerial survey Skelmersdale new town area, 673
Fairey Engineering Ltd., Hector atomic reactor for Winfrith Heath, 104
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., technical assistance agreement with Westinghouse Electric International Co., 333; consortium with Mitchell Engineering and Combustion Engineering, 333; contracts taken at Leipzig Fair, 497; exhibit at Moscow British Trade Fair, 497; diesel engines for East Germany, 497
Fall-out, radioactive, in air and rain, by D. H. Pierson et al, 60
—? — Reduction in, 60
Famagusta, proposed extension to port facilities, 585
Fan blades, protection for, 506
Fan Disk Ltd., Dubo retaining rings, 867
— Extractor, Super Minex (Jones and Stevens
Ltd.), 240
— Heaters, 548. See LETTER, 620
Fanghanel, P., and Co., Ltd., mattress spring testing machine, 404
Fano, R. M., on Electromagnetic Field, Energy and Forces (review), 297-298
Faraday Medal awarded to Dr. J. Stratton by Institution of Electrical Engineers, 348
Faraday, Michael, historical note, 7; by A. E. Jeffreys (book), 264; (review), 395; on Advice to a Lecturer (book), 464
Faraday Society, Crystal Growth (review), 394 Farming art, irrigation as, 54
— Increase in labour costs, 299
— See also Agriculture; Irrigation; Tractors Farnborough Show, BEAGLE exhibit at, 497 Fast Burst Reactor project of USAEC, 224 Fasteners (trade publication), 264
— and screws (trade publication), 776 Fatigue, aircraft propellers, 503 Undercarriage, 502
— Basic mechanisms of (ASTM) (review), 903
— Metal, by J, A. Pope (review), 903 Fault locator, line (Ferranti Ltd.), 418
Faust, Dr. C. L., electrolytic machining process, 175
Fawcett Preston and Co. Ltd., hydro-pneumatic accumulator (trade publication), 364
Fawley refinery, new butyl rubber plant to be built (Foster Wheeler), 333
FBR Project of USAEC, 224
FCI, interest paid by South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 105
Feates, F. S., et al, on Vacuum Ultra-Violet Source Radiation of High Intensity, 388 Federation of British Industries, meeting on exports of Agricultural Engineers Association, 201; survey of industrial trends, 241; cost, output and price comparison statistics, 241 ; trade team on tour in Spain, 273; mission to Nigeria, 341; FBI Register of British Manufacturers, 1961 (book), 396; biographical notes on scholarship winners, 793; scholarship scheme, 793; inquiry into industrial and export trends, 849
— of Civil Engineering Contractors, sponsor
ship of International Construction Equipment Exhibition, 641; Handbook (review), 806
Federation Europeenne d’Associations Nationales d’lngenieurs, representation at Conference on Engineering Education, 513 Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment, sponsorship of International Construction Equipment Exhibition, 641 Feed control system (Richardson Scale Ltd.), 399
— Pumps. See Pumps
— Unit (Amigo Machine Co. Ltd.), 859
— Water. See IVater
Feedback Ltd., square-wave generator, 188 Feeding machine, transfer (Turner Bros. Ltd.), 144
Fei, G., on market for typewriters, 212 Felbeck, Dr. D. K., review of Brittle Fracture of Steel, 871-872; biographical note, 872
Felt, roofing. Venales self-locking nails for, 483 Fenders, dock (Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co,), 771
Fenner, J. H., and Co. Ltd., SpacesaVer wedgebelt Vee belts, 86; wedge belt drives (trade publication), 708
Fenton, G. W., on engineers on British Railways, 92-93
Fenwick, Gore and Partners, 8
Ferguson, C. N., exchange visit to Australia, 761
Ferodo Ltd., Taylor Woodrow to build new factory for, 289; friction materials (trade publication), 766
Ferranti Ltd., warning system for electrical power control, 40; transformers for Australia, power station project, Nigagara, 239; Argus computers ordered for ICI Ltd. and Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 365, 366; line fault locator, 418; ampere demand meter, 444; new works at Thornybank Industrial Estate, 497; first production model of Atlas digital computer, 609; Sirius computer for Metropole Industries Group, 673; packaged electrical substation for T. Wall and Sons (Meat and Handy Foods) Ltd., 701; reorganisation and modernisation programme, 841; automatic platen machine for, 841; Mercury computer, optimisation procedure on, 860; experiments with solar cells, 877
Ferrari Berlinetta motor car, 329 Ferrari Superamerica motor car, 592 Ferric clinker used in dam construction, 483 Ferritic alloy steels, table of uses of, 274 Ferro Enamels Ltd., new factory completed, 603; colour oxides, 603
Ferrogel corrosion protection painting system (John S. Craig and Co. Ltd.), 47
Ferry services across Channel, 681 FEST, contracts with Russia, 785 Festschrift Richard Grammel, by K. von Sanden(book), 200
Ffestiniog pumped storage scheme, switchgear for (GEC), 651
Fiat, negotiations wtih Euratom for ships atomic reactor, 256; study of plans for atomic propelled tanker ship, 288
Fiberfil Inc., strengthening of thermoplastics with glass fibres, 406
Fibre, metal, seals, 475
— Terylene polyester, sewing thread (John
Smith and Co., 587
Fibreboard, flameproof, Pyrestos Dribord (Pyrestos Ltd.), 375
Fibreclad Ltd., demonstrations of newly formulated resins, 773
Fidler, A. G. S., investigation on new town proposed for Dawley, 657
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Field method for measurement of helium in natural gases, by M. Wilkins et al, 60 Fielden Electronics Ltd., Bikini temperature controller, 652
Fiesta cooker (Moffats Ltd.), 752 Fighters: war planes of the second world war, by W. Green (review), 23
Fiji Islands, Burns Commission on, 873; salt produced from seawater by geothermal heat, 873
Filing cabinet (trade publication), 112 Filling machines (trade publication), 364 Film boiling, 631
— Cinema, ‘Dounreay Symposium’ (UKAEA),
256
“ Heat of the Matter ” for Gas Council (Stewart Films), 265
— — “ Putting Things in Motion,” 198 “ Steel for Nuclear Power” (UKAEA),
256
“ Your Eyes are Precious,” 381
— Condensation, 631
Filter assemblies (Aircraft Porous Media Inc,,) 188
— Biplex (Zwicky Ltd.), 559
— Fluid, Biplex (Zwicky Ltd.), 188 —? — Uniplex (Zwicky Ltd.), 188
— Regulator, air (C. A. Norgren Ltd.), 252
— Stainless steel wire cloth for, Micro-Hollan
der (United Wire Works Ltd.), 439
— Uniplex (Zwicky Ltd.), 559
Filtration and deaeration (trade publication), 232
Fins, roll damping, for small ships (Vosper Ltd.), 537
Financial backing for ideas, 96
— Incentives for Management, by R. C. Smith
(review), 539-540 Finish, hammer (trade publication), 904
— Industrial, practical manual of, by B. M.
Letsky (review), 199-200
Finishing Aids and Tools Ltd., Artifex abrasive wheel, 835
Fink, D. G., on Physics of Television (book), 808
Finland, atomic fuel for, 104
— Atomic prospects in, 16
— Exports to North America, 333
Finn, D.,on Public Relations and Management (review), 394
Finnish Atomic Energy Commission, report on atmoic prospects in Finland, 16
Fire alarm in BBC Television Centre, 402 Colarm (Walter Kidde Co. Ltd.), 352
— Appliance access in factories, 142
— Crash tenders, Alvis (Alvis Co.), 61
— Detection equipment (Sound Diffusion
(Auto-Thermatic) Ltd.), 769
— Doors in factories, 142
— Extinguishers in factories, 533 (Nu-Swift Ltd.), 533
— Fighting equipment, table of minimum
standards, 217
in factories (M inistry of Labour booklet), 217
— How to avoid in the works, 217
— Locating in large buildings, 402
— Losses in UK, 533
— Power, Army: improved small arms, by
R. M. Ogorkiewicz, 830-831
— Precautions and air conditioning, 142 in bitumen handling, 217
in factories, 217 and factory design, 142 Open planning defeats, 142
— Protection for aluminium ships (Turner
Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd.), 407
Association, Fire Protection Bulletin, 217 Fire Protection Bulletin, 217
Fire protection in factory buildings, by G. J.
Langdon-Thomas, 142 for steelwork, plaster as, 343
— Pump engine, Coventry Climax (Coventry
Climax Engines Ltd.), 842-844
— Services, outlook for 1961, 160-163 Firebricks, (trade publication), 232
— Mullite (trade publication), 808
— See also Refractory materials Firefly cutting blowpipe (BOC Ltd.), 221 Firms, British, guide to 25,000, 518
— Small, better backing for ideas of, 96 in export market, 45 Firma Fromag, design and construction
large keyseating machine, 335
of
Firth Cleveland Pumps Ltd., self-priming pumps (trade publication), 298; irrigation pumps for Sudan Government, 333
Firth Cleveland Tools Ltd., Surform cutting tools, 100
Firth-Derihon Stampings, positions and prospects, 105; increased turnover and profits, 105
Firth, T. C., on Brightside Group, 193
Firth, Thos., and John Brown Ltd., annual review, 105; subsidiaries of, 105; group profits, 105; group outlay, 105; position and prospects, 105; forged steel rolls (trade publication), 640; interest in Firth- Vickers Stainless Steels, 737
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd., position and prospects, 105; record output, 105; trading profit, 105; position and prospects, 737; profits, 737
Fischer, Dr. E., to study nuclear research in Russia, 348
Fish, flying, plant for processing in Barbados, 736
— Ladder for River Trent, 558
Fisher and Paykel, historical note, 897; products and production, 897
Fisons Co., joint ownership of Wycon Services with Constructors John Brown, 497
Fisons Pest Control, chemical plant for Russia, 497
Fission ionisation chambers, mean-current, saturation characteristics of, by J. A. Dennis and W. R. Loosemore, 520
Fittings for copper and polyethylene pipes (trade publication), 540
— Valve (Newman, Hender Group), 571 Fitzgerald, J. J., personnel neutron dosimeter,
191 Fitzmaurice, Sir Maurice, historical note, 7 Fixing tool, Hilti (Ucan Developments Ltd.),
254
Flame cleaning Runcorn-Widnes bridge, 321
— Controller (Ether Ltd.), 417
— Failure unit (Elcontrol Ltd.), 254
Flanges, soaker, two-piece (Universal Asbestos), 87
Fleck, Lord, opening of CEGB atomic laboratories at Berkeley, 768
Fleet building, design information on, 510; mechanical services in, 510
Fleetline passenger vehicle, Daimler, 389 Fleming, N., consultant on noise in London, 348
Fleming Radio (Developments) Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair Moscow, 758
Fletcher, George, Co., licence agreement with Booker Group, 809; productive capacity increased, 897
Flexibiliser for epoxy resins (Shell Chemical Co. Ltd.), 739
Flexibox lapping machines, Alfred Herbert Ltd. appointed agents for, 865
Flexibox Ltd., DD seal, 820
Flexiseat valve, 153
Flexon controlled-flexing expansion joints (Flexonic Corp.), 716
Flexonic Corp, of Canada Ltd,, Flexon controlled-flexing expansion joints, 716
Flight Refuelling (Holdings) Ltd., exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Flight, space. See Space
Flint and Neill of London, roof for Birmingham University, 863
Floating dock. See Dock
Floor, forces applied to by the foot in walking (DSIR paper), 652
— Warming, off-peak, control of, 880
— Wood, double boarded, Taurus (Horsley,
Smith and Co. and J. A. Hewetson and Co.), 243
Flooring material, anti-static, Phengard (Phoenix Rubber Co.), 512
— Steel, DOSP (Dexion Ltd.), 511
Florida West Coast Nuclear Group, abandonment of heavy water project, 800
Flory, K. S., appoitned director of Paint Manufacturers’ Joint Executive Council, 841 ; biographical note, 841
Flotation machines (Denver Equipment Co.), 738
Flow coating with paint, 3
— of fluids in round pipe, pressure drop for
(M. W. Kellogg Co. book), 153
— Indicator, sight (B. Rhodes and Son Ltd.), 531
— Transmitter (AEI Ltd.), 189
— in turbo-machines and aero-thermodyna
mics, by M. H. Vavra (review), 110
Flowmeter (Meterflow Ltd.), 254 Fluid couplings. See Couplings
— Flow in round pipes, pressure drop for
(M. W. Kellogg Co. book), 153
— Hydraulic, Silcodyne H and M (ICI Ltd.),
667
Symposium on (ASTM) (review), 157
— Particle systems and fluidization, by F. A.
Zenz and D. F. Othmer (review), 230-231
Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems, by F. A. Zenz and D. F. Othmer (review), 230-231
Fluorosint bearing material (Polypenco), 178 Flurscheim, C. H., lectures at AEI Easter School, 556
Flygt electric sewage pump, 517
Flying conditions, rough, simulator for (Short Bros. and Harland Ltd.), 677
— Fish. See Fish
Flyover, Hammersmith, details of, 246-247 FN Browning pistol, 830
—- General-purpose machine gun, 831
— Self-loading rifle, 830-831
Foam monitor, Super-Jet (Pyrene Co. Ltd.), 484
Foamglas in curtain walls (Edward Curran Engineering), 698
— Foamed glass (Pittsburgh Corning), 698
— Roof for Ariel Hotel (Russell
Associates), 698
Fogg effect, 434 Foils, detector, autoradiography of, density measurement by, by A. and P. Zaleski, 388
Fonadek (Branson) Ltd., dictating machine (trade publication), 112
Food equipment, design and development in, 164
Future exhibitions on, 165
Industrv, expansion and investment 167
Industry, external factors affecting, —? — Industry, forecast for 1961, 167
Industry, long term research in, 167 Industry, management and labour in, Industry, plant and materials supply in, 167
Industry, production in, 167
Market trends in, 166
Outlook for 1961, 164-167
— Freeze dried, have come to stay, 756
— Industry, developments in, I
— Investigation Organisation, laboratory of.
See LETTER, 276
— Mixer, Peugeot Squirrel (Rudson Wood &
Co. Ltd.), 848
— Packaging with aluminium, 207
— Research laboratories. See LETTER, 276
— Science and technology, congress of, 588
— Technology, National College of. See
National
Foot injuries, incidence of, 513
Footbridge. See Bridge Footwear, safety, 513
For You (Collets Holdings Ltd.), 494 Forano Co., agreement with Metex, 333 Foratom, Netherlands Atom Forum as representatives for Netherlands, 455
Ford, G. W. K., et al., on principles and applications of hydrodynamic type gas bearings, 255
Ford Motor Co. (Australia), orders, 299; exports to Thailand, 299; orders for Fiji and New Guinea, 299; dismissal of workers, 429
Ford Motor Co. Ltd., three-day week, 97; meeting with National Joint Ford Negotiating Committee, 97; new blast furnace
Diplock
neutron Ertaud
in.
165
166
for, 201; foundation for new blast furnace, 265; increase in sales in Switzerland, 465; installation of multi-weld assembly lines, 515; coal burning experience, 577; installation of Unicarb furnace, 635; world assembly plants of, 724; Consul Classic 315 motor car, 760; attention to Young Farmers, 888; exhibit at Royal Show, 888; Fordson Super Major Agricultural Tractor, 906-908; historical note, 906
Ford Motor Co. (US), Toledo Woodhead Springs Ltd. to supply leaf springs to, 133; 704 gas turbine engine, 370; Levacar system, 622
Ford specials, construction of, by J. Mills (review), 638
Fordham, S., on Silicones (book), 496
Fords (Finsbury) Ltd., orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673
Fordson Super Major Agricultural Tractor (Ford Motor Co. Ltd.), 906-908
Foreign Press Association, speech by S. Lloyd, 617
Foreman, A. J. E., on propagation of thermal waves through graphite with uniform cooling, 224
Foremen, employment and training of. See LETTER, 212
— Fitting to modern industry, 177
— Problem, ENGINEERING survey on, 177
— Training Conference, 177
Forest Products Research Laboratory, examination of timber with radioisotopes, 749 Forestry Commission, survey of Sitka spruce trees, 749
Forged steel rolls (trade publication), 640 Forges d'Alais, Camping Gaz butane stoves and lanterns, 150-152
Foiling, cold, preparing steel blanks for, 634 reappoints
— Drop, Ministry of Labour
committee on, 593
?—? Falling demand for, 105 —• Ferrous, in Australia, 741 —? Hammer. See Hammer —- Press. See Press
— Steel rings, 635 Forgo, Dr., Heller system for
towers, 884
Formwork, V-, Acrow (Acrow Ltd.), 466-468
Forrester, P. G., on development and performance of reticular 20 per cent tin-alumin- ium bearings, 446
Forster’s Glass Co. Ltd., automatic control system installed, 83
Fortemat horizontal bandsaw (Monks and Crane Ltd.), 726
Forth Bridge Joint Board, contracts for Forth Road Bridge, 10
Forth Road Bridge, climbing platform on, 10; contractors for, 10, 448-454; Redpath, Brown and Co. on, 149; superstructure, 448; constructional details of, 448-454; protection for steelwork, 449; main tower fabrication, 450; erecting main towers, 451; cable saddles for (William Beard- more), 452; close fitting bolts for (S. Marden and Sons), 452; Gilbert Roberts grip bolts for (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 452; cable splices for (Cable Covers Ltd.), 453; spinning the cables, 453; wire cable for (Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd.), 516 Fortuin, Dr. G. J., on industrial hygiene, 341 Forward Trust, operation of GEC Ltd. extended credit plan, 159
Foster, Arthur (Constructional Engineers) Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Foster Wheeler Corp., contractor for Marin- duque Iron Mines Agents Inc,, 587
Foster Wheeler John Brown Land Boilers Consortium, formation of by John Brown Land Boilers and Foster Wheeler Ltd., 325 Foster Wheeler Ltd., formation of consortium with John Brown Land Boilers, 325; butyl rubber plant at Fawley, 333
Foulkes, C., landscaping at BP's Milford Haven terminal, 633
Foundry accessories (trade publication), 808
— Casting in epoxy resin (J. Hobkirk
Co.), 375
— Iron, reducing scrap in, 38
— Materials and cast iron, chemical
of, by W. Westwood and A. (review), 66
— Mechanised moulding transforms, 836 ?— See also Casting; Moulding
Fouvy, C. L., on noise annoyance, 376-377. See LETTER, 476
Fox, Samuel, and Co. Ltd., use of and comments on Paper Protection Mask, 666; use of on-line digital computer, 701
Foxborough Co. Ltd., milling machine used as lathe, 127
Fraade, D. J., on continuous measurement of moisture, 720
Fracture, atomic mechanisms of (review), 903 —? Brittle, of steel, by W. D. Biggs (review), 871-872
— of metals, course on, 281
France, atomic propulsion of ships project submitted to Euratom, 16
— Atomic waste problems, 16
— Channel cable to link with UK grid system,
753
— to cooperate with Britain and West Ger
many building Transall C 160 aircraft, 113
— Demand for heavy industry, 681
— Enriched uranium from US, 388
— Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Gas industry use of hypalon coatings, 243
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Rolling mills for East Germany, 497
— See also French
Francis, A. J., on Hyperstatic Structures (book), 112; (review), 806
Franken, H., on Contactor Switchtear (review), 296
Franks, E., review of Asbestos: Its Industrial Applications, 263-264; review of Asbestos: Its Origin, Production and Utilization, 263-264; biographical note, 264
Franzen, A., salvage of ship Vasa, 625
dry cooling
(Engineers),
Sons &
analysis Mayer
Freedom, cost of, by H. C. Wallich (review), 839
Freeman, Fox and Partners, Severn Road Bridge, 379; Forth Road Bridge, 448
Freeman, Hardy and Willis, exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Freemantle, R. G., on neutron temperature in reactors having moderator closely associated with fuel elements, 455
Freeze dried foods, 756
— Drying, outlook for 1961, 164-167 Plant (Mitchell Engineering Ltd.), 335 Freight wagon. See iVagon
French Atomic Energy Commission, negotiations with Euratom for ships atomic reactor, 256; drum type precipitator for atomic reactors, 599
— Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique, fusion
research contract with Euratom, 696
French National Committee, maintaining impervious faces of dams, 895
— See also France
French, P. M., on apparatus for determining mechanical properties of alpha active materials, 456
French, W. and C., Ltd., bridge for Regents Canal Dock, 483
Frequency and capacity meter (Solartron), 596 Friction materials (trade publication), 776
— and wear (review), 903
Friedman, M. E., on use of nuclear energy in north zone of Chili, 148
Frigate. See Ship
Frith, Dr. R., instrumentation for UK’s second satellite, 645
Frontiers in Science, by E. Hutchings, Jr. (review), 330
Frost, effect of on concrete, 321
Froude, W., historical note, 7
Fry, Sir Leslie, on UK-lndonesia trade, 265 Fuel, atomic. See Atomic
— Cells, by G. J. Young (review), 774
Hydrogen-oxygen, 268
New, promises higher voltages, 268
?— ?— Sodium, 268
— Consumption of motor cars, research on, 112,215-216. See LETTER, 854
— Cuts made by ducted fan engine, 204
— Element. See Atomic
— Injection (trade publication), 298
— Liquid. See also Oil Fuel
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Policy and mining manpower, 9
— Pump. See Pump
— for rockets, 898
— Smooth burning means more power, 361 Fuller, A. B., on Tasker Bros., 248
Fullway Accelerator circulating pumps. Progress (Precision Electrical Products), 890 Fumes, acid, ducts for, 474
— Catalytic cleaning of, 126
Furnaces (trade publication), 808
— Bell-type (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 891
— Blast, fifty (trade publication), 576 Mohr designed, 665 Slag from, 342
— Diffusion (Royce Electric Furnaces Ltd.), 486
— Electric (AEI Birlec Ltd.), 555 Arc melting, for Steel, Peech and Tozer (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 82
Industrial and appliances, by V. Paschkis and J. Persson (book), 298 for Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd. (GEC Ltd.), 517
— Heat treatment (trade publication), 428
— High temperature (trade publication), 496
— Induction (trade publication), 464 (Edwards High Vacuum Ltd.), 596
— Laboratory, Chevenard-Joumier (Shandon Scientific Co. Ltd.), 13
— (Metalectric Furnaces Ltd.), 635
— Roller hearth (trade publication), 428
— Shaker hearth (trade publication), 428
— Tube (trade publication), 464
Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., floating dock for United Ships Repair Yards through Centromor, 265; dry dock under construction, 465; Butters Bros, cranes ordered for dry dock, 465
Furniture (trade publication), 112
?—? Aluminium, 130
— Blend range of, using Stelvetite vinyl coated steel (Hygenic Wireworks Ltd.), 272
— Designers, metal makers prod, 130
—? Exhibition, 272
— Office (trade publication), 112
— with a purpose, 504
— Study and development of steel for, 130
— Use of Stelvetite vinyl coated steel, 272 Fuse, safety, for Maritime Gas Cooled Reactor Critical Experiment, 16
Fusion research, controlled—applications of physics of high temperature plasmas, by R. F. Post, 323
Future, engineering’s contribution to, 442-443 Fylde Water Board, aluminium roof for Weeton reservoir, 321
GADOLINIUM oxide, bibliography of, 456
Gagarin, Maj. Y. A., space flight by, 549, 557; 623, 662
Galaxies to man, from, a story of the beginnings of things, by J. Pfeiffer (review), 330 Gallic 16 centre lathe (Mondiale), 554
Gallon, L., on need for more process control computation, 181
Galvanising, hot dip (trade publication), 840 Gambin milling machine, 554
Gamma ray source container (Solus Schall Ltd.), 223, Spectrometer, 520, Thickness gauges (Davy Instruments), 777
Gammacell irradiation unit, 519
— Irradiator (Atomic Energy Ltd.), 727 & United of Canada
Gammon Johnston Duck and Piper, Torno, bid for contract on Volta River project, 333
Gandhi Sagar Dam, inauguration of, 143
Gang-plank, inflatable (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.), 771
Gardener, Wm., and Sons (Gloucester) Ltd., Airmix powder mixer, 692
Gardening, be your own expert, by Dr. D. G. Hessayon (book), 706
Gardenmaster 84 Rotary Cultivator (Landmaster Ltd.), 670-672
Gardner-Denver Air Trac drilling rig (Wickman Ltd.), 145
Garner, E. V., on densities of hydrogen and uranium and their effect on criticality, 456
Garrard and Co. Ltd., models in silver, 852 Garrod, R. 1., Taylor-Hobson Talysurf, 258 Garton, J. W., on Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., 697
Gas analysis technique for hospitals, 645
— Appliances, safety measures for, 176
— Bearings. See Bearings
— Centrifuge development for uranium separa
tion, 223
— Chromatograph. See Chromatograph
—• Chromatography, 645
— Cooker for elderly people, 176
— Council, campaign with Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents on “ Use Gas the Safe Way,” 176; cinema film “ Heal of the Matter” (Stewart Films), 265; gas burner, 531
— Density balance, 780
— Detector, Sieger (Newage (Manchester)
Ltd.), 726
— Entrainment in atomic reactors, 664
— Equipment, BSl code CP 332: 601 on, 176
— Industry, outlook for 1961, 160-163
Use of hypalon coatings in France, 243
— — Who’s who in (Gas Publications Ltd.)
(book), 428
— Machinery exports, 70. See LETTER, 136
— Meters, Zephyr (Parkinson Cowan), 159
— Mixing, Gibbs’ paradox and. See LETTERS,
213, 313
— Mixtures (trade publication), 464
— Natural. See Natural Gas
— Poisoning, deaths through, 176
Gas Purification and Chemical Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 17; turnover, 17; trading profits, 17; subsidiaries of, 17
— Recycle system, Morgantown, 224
— Safe use of, in the home (leaflet), 176
— Scrubber, Waagner-Biro (Ambuco Ltd.), 14
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Use the safe way, campaign, 176
— See also under specific gases
Gases, natural, helium in, field method for the measurement of, by M. Wilkins et al, 60 Gasincation, Lurgi, regulation and distribution with, 805
—? Oil (trade publication), 708
Gaskets of Viton for petrol pumps (Du Pont), 855
Gasoline. See Petrol
Gate Machinery Co. Ltd., Imor lathe, 562 Gates, S. G., on recession in motor car industry, 17; on Tecalemit Ltd., 17
Gatland, K. W., on Spaceflight Technology (book), 708; (review), 902
Gauge, pressure, Clyde Economy (Buchanan Bros. Ltd.), 858
— Control, Gaugemaster system of, auto
matic (Davy and United Instruments), 777
— Thickness, gamma ray (Davy and United
Instruments), 777
Outlook for 1961, 74-77
—? for ultra high vacuum (Westinghouse), 85 Gaugemaster system of automatic gauge control (Davy and United Instruments), 777
Gaule, G. K., on Boron (book), 676
Gay, K. B., appointed director of North American Space and Information Systems Division, 148
Gaz de France, use of hypalon coatings, 243 G. and E. Engineering Ltd., screening for busbars at Komati power station, 618
Gear coupling, flexible, Nyflex (Sier-Bath Gear and Pump Co. Inc.), 371
— Hobbing machine, Lees-Bradner (Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd.), 726
— Layshaft, produced automatically, 458
— Machines, automatic, for Austin Motor Co. (Churchill), 458
— Planing and shaping machines, BS 3329, 173
— Shaving machine. Red Ring (Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd.), 144
— Testing machine (David Brown Industries Ltd.), 56
— Tooth contacts, adjusting in situ (De Laval Ljungstrun), 701
— Units, Allen-Stoeckicht, for CEGB (W. H. Allen Sons and Co.), 429
— Variable speed (Carter Gears Ltd.), 693
— Worm, reducer unit. Radicon (David Brown Corp.), 61
Gearbox, Arithmic (Mattersons Ltd.), 188
— Automatic, Hobbs Mecha-Matic, 357
— ENGINEERING survey report on, 523
— Hydraulic reverse reduction (Coventry Victor Motor Co. Ltd.), 132
Geen, B., on Building of Guildford Cathedral, 690-691; consulting services for Guildford Cathedral, 691
Geiger-Muller counters, self-quenching, temperature effect of, by A. Peeva and T. Karatoteva, 192
Gemmill, M. G., on ferritic steel alloys, 274
General Atomics, USAEC assign design, construction and test of Beryllium Oxide Atomic Reactor Experiment to, 256; simplified instrumentation for Triga atomic reactor, 519
General Controls Ltd., gas control valve, 766
General Descaling Co. Ltd., closed-circuit television, 789
General Dynamics Corp., atomic fuel for Finland, 104; research and development of gas cooled reactors, 420
General Electric Co. Ltd., agreement with Nippon Denkyoku Kabushiki Kaisha for manufacture of graphite, 15; power manipulator with joy-stick control, 104; ore handling plants for Appleby- Frodingham Steel Co. and Colvilles, 113; lime handling plant for Priest Furnaces, 113; Export Guide, 133, 193, 201, 617; extended credit plan, 159; association with International Computers and Tabulators Ltd. to form Computer Developments Ltd., 193; infra-red plant for drying ladle stoppers, 367; transformer/relay unit for petrol tanker grounding, 403; roller hearth furnaces (trade publication), 428; room heater, 418; induction furnaces (trade publication), 464; exhibit at Rand Show, 465; wind tunnel for Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford, 469; high temperature furnaces (trade publication), 496; electric furnaces for Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd., 517; Sto-a-way sink water heater, 584; liquid earthing resistor, 597; tape type precipitator for atomic reactors, 599; burst atomic slug detection system, 600; to form joint company with AEI Ltd., 601; services to exporters, 617; switchgear for Ffestiniog pumped storage scheme, 651; control board components Grade publication), 748; trainee exchange scheme with Commonwealth, 761; to pool resources with Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., 777; discussions at BEAM A export conference, 841; formation of International Systems Control, 881; guidance system for Seaslug guided missile, 909 General Electric Co. (US), agreement with USAEC for prototype atomic plant, 192; Vallecitos boiling water atomic reactor, 419; executive convicted of price rigging, 657; experiments with thermionic converter and thermoelectric generator, 237; formation of Empire State Atomic Development Associates Inc., 256; leak detector, 102; “ Project EHV,” 11; transmission towers for EHV, 11; Project EHV, 85; suspension of atomic propulsion for aircraft programme, 632; tough metals shaped by electrical explosion, 645 General Electric Co.-Simon Carves Group, Pantak X-ray units to check reactor pressure vessel welds, 235; Hunterston atomic power station pressure vessels, 235 General Electric Research Laboratory, manmade diamonds, 211
General Export Association of Sweden, Swedish Export Directory, I960 (review), 331
General Mills Inc., design and development of manipulator equipment, 103; Mills Mechanical Arm, 103; joint ownership of Nuclear Equipment Ltd. with Savage and Parsons Ltd., 103
General Motors Corp., diesel engines, 594; Friction and Wear (review), 903
General Motors Holden, order for presses placed with US Industries (Great Britain) Ltd., 397; order for presses placed with Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., 397; order for presses placed with Vickers- Ruwolt (Pty) Ltd., 397; plant in Australia, 724
General Post Office, tower building for new Museum telephone exchange, 219, 236; design information on Fleet Building, 510; Telex switching exchange, 510; letter delivery service, 622; mechanization by Elliott-Automation Group, 833; machine sorting of mails, 910-911; Dollis Hill research station, 910
General Precision Systems Ltd., Tubefile cutting machine, 766; atomic reactor simulators, 864
General Steel Wares Ltd., McClary-Easy air heater, 752
General Trade Equipment Ltd., “ Peppy ” electric pepper mill, 472
General Trust, formation of British Space Development, 585
Generating unit, thermal, for Australia (AEI Ltd.), 69
Generation of power, steel in, 274 Generator (trade publication), 332
— Alternating-current (CAV Ltd.), 132, 536 Current, for transport vehicles, 492
— Design, latest practice in, by F. R. L.
Creek, 282-283
— Drives, constant speed (English Electric),
809
— Excitation systems, 283
— for exhaust pulse studies, by W. A. Woods,
128-129
— High frequency (Wild-Barfield Electric
Furnaces Ltd.), 726
— Induction (Pye Ltd.), 825
— Lightweight, atomic powered (Westing
house), 800
— Motor (Electric Construction Co. Ltd.), 280
— Motor, for welding, Lincoln (Lincoln
Electric Co. Ltd.), 578-580
— Neutron, 696
— Precision relay pulse, for use with pulse
amplitude analysers, by M. O. Deighton, 388
— Rotor cooling, 282
— Speed signal and pulse, electromagnetic, for
neutron chopper spinning units, by L. V. Lewis, 388
— Square-wave (Feedback Ltd.), 188
•— Standby, automatic starting of (UKAEA and Pyropress Engineering Co. Ltd.), 788
— Stator enclosure, 283 Windings, 282
— and transformers for power stations,
R. Langlois-Berthelot (review), 806
— Trigger (Winston Electronics Ltd.), 318
— Turbine, larger ones predicted by West
inghouse Electric Corp., 303
— Turbo, for large power stations, 605 Outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Ultrasonic, Sonogen (Branson Europa
NV), 827
— Van de Graaff, for Oxford University
nuclear research centre, 832
— Wind powered, progress in, 677
— See also Alternator; Turbo Geneva, International Motor Show, 592 Geon I2I pvc coating for duct protection
(Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 803
Geon RA170 pvc for compressed air line, 771 George Washington atomic propelled submarine, underwater record, 224
George Washington Bridge, bus station at, 51, 627; second deck for, 50-51, 177
George, W. and J., and Becker Ltd., historical note, 778
Georgia Institute of Technology, USAEC assistance to, 456
Geothermal heat for salt from seawater, 873
— Power station project at Lake Taupo,
New Zealand, 98
— Projects in New Zealand, 732, 745
German capital exports, 250
— Chemical Plant Exhibition, UKAEA
exhibit at, 677
— Defence Problems, by H. E. Jahn, K.
Nejer and H. Pfeill (review), 838
— Federation of Workers, 249
— Mathematics vocabulary, 477
Germanium, electrochemical polishing of, 909 Germany, atomic propulsion of ships, project submitted to Euratom, 16
— Atomic reactor contract awarded to North
American Aviation Inc., 104
— Bank rate effect, 386
— Deutschmark, value of, 341
— East, exhibition at Moscow, 809
Polythene plant for, 609 Rolling mills for, 497
— Economy of, 249
— Motor car boom in, 365 Car exports, 25
— — Car industry, production in, 410
— — Car sales and production statistics, 365
— Obrigheim atomic power station, formation
of new company to build, 256
— Prosperity in, 249
— Ruhr area. See Ruhr
— State owned enterprises in, 322
— Trade union membership, 141
— West, cooperation with France and Britain
building Transall C160 aircraft, 11 3
Investment strength of, 209
Motor-car exports, 201 Motor-car output, 201
— — Order placed with David Brown Machine
Tool Division for gear cutting machine, 429
Pipeline developments in, 473 Getz Bros. and laminate, 619
Ghana Airways, aircraft, 2J3; aircraft, 233; aircraft, 233
— Ankobra bridge, 765
— Atomic energy programme, 725
— Diesel power station for, 734
— Draft agreement with Volta Aluminium
Co., 333
— Education plans for, 723
— Loan from Export-Import Bank, 333 from UK Government, 333
from United Slates Development Loan Fund, 333
from World Bank, 333
— National Research Council of. See
National
— River Volta Project, 333, 725 Gharraf canal, model of, 471
Gibb, Sir Alexander, and Partners, Thames crossing of supergrid, 52; Wairakei geothermal project in New Zealand, 732 Gibbons, D., et al, on radioactivation analysis, 388
Gibbs’ paradox, mixing gases and. See LETTERS, 213, 313
Gibson, A. F., on Progress in Semiconductors (book), 112; (review), 638
Gibson, J. E., on Design of Cylindrical Shell Roofs (book), 904
Gilbarco Ltd., control valves, 445
Gilbert Roberts grip bolts for Forth Road Bridge (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 452
Giles, J. M., on Migrant Australia (review), 746-747
Giorgi system, electrical theory on the, by P. Cornelius (review), 839-840
Girard, A., aluminium furniture design, 131 Girders. See Beams; Bridges: Bloors
Girling Ltd., trials of disc brakes on railway wagons, 881
Giulietta Sprint Speciale motor car, Alfa Romeo, 329
Giusti, T,, and Son Ltd., use of and comments on Paper Protection Mask, 666
Glacier Metal Co. Ltd., DU bearings, 178; DQ machinable dry bearing material, 178; lin-aluminium bearings for big ends, 446; bearing repair service (trade publication), 540; on plant and customers’ requirements, 566; on air compressors and customers’ requirements, 567; on conveyors and customers’ requirements, 568; DG and DL dry bearing surface treatments, 788
Glasgow University, new swimming pool, 159 Glass, alumino-silicate, development of, 551
— Borate, by L. Ya. Mazelev (review), 362
— Cloths (trade publication), 264
— Fibre tapes (trade publication), 264
Tissue paper, Tissuglas (AMF Ltd.), 275 to strengthen thermoplastics, 406 —• Foamed, Foamglas (Pittsburg Corning), 698 as load bearing insulation, 698 —? Gold film (Triplex), 357
— Melters (Emhart (UK) Ltd.), 83
Glass, W., on Johnson and Phillips Ltd., 865 Glass window, Idlewild. See LETTER, 212 Glassware (trade publication), 676 Gleichstrombahnen und Gleichstromfahrzeuge (VDE-Verlag) (book), 904
Gleichstromfahrzeuge und Gleichstrombahnen (VDE-Verlag) (book), 904
Gleiser, M., on Thermochemistry for Steelmaking (review), 231-232
Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., hydraulic engineering development laboratory, 878-879
Glenhill (Office Furniture) Ltd., office furniture (trade publication), 112
Glentoran, Lord, opening of Cameo Inc. factory in Northern Ireland, 609
Glickstein, C., on Basic Ultrasonics (book), 232 Glide path indicator system, British visual, development of, 533
Gliner, B. M., on Determination of the Mechanical and Technological Properties of Metals (book), 68
Glossop, A. A., on bring on the singing girls, 408
Gloster Javelin aircraft, trial flight with de Havilland Gyron Junior engines, 269 Gloucester, use of as shipping port for car exports, 541
Glued laminated timber, structural, production standards for, 590
Glulam beams, adhesives used in, 591
Applications of. 590
— ?—• Knot frequency in, 590
Moisture content of, 590
Strengths of, 590
Stress grades of, 590
— Stresses, can they be increased safely, by
W. A. Chugg, 590-591
Gnome turbine engines (de Havilland), 17; for Boeing-Vertol 107 and Agusta-Bell 204B helicopters, 673
Godfrey Electrical Industries Pty, amalgamation with Lancashire Dynamo Coates Pty, 397; formation of M. I. Australia Pty, 397
Godfrey, Sir George, and Partners, Dustmaster central vacuum cleaning plant, 372; Waterous rotary pump, 529
Goedkoop, Dr. J. A., appointed research managing director of Reactor Centrum Nederland, 632; biographical note, 632
Gold-copper brazing alloy, 211
Gold film glass (Triplex), 357
— Plating (IDM Electronics Ltd.), 83
— Solution, immersion (trade publication), 264 Gold Star Domestic Appliances Ltd., ductless
cooker hood,816
Golden Shoe Club, 856
Golden spray gun, Hydra-Spray (Alfred Bullows and Sons Ltd.), 858
Goodenough Pumps Ltd., centrifugal pumps (trade publication), 298
Goodeve, Sir Charles, appointed president of Iron and Steel Institute, 181
Goodman, T. P., on Kinematics: A German- English Glossary, 156
Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), to participate in Slate Pension Scheme, 9; Goodyear Pension Trust Fund, 9; Rebound rubber hose, non-crushable, 587; dock fenders, 771; inflatable gangplank, 771
Gordon and Gotch (Sellotape) Ltd., association with Mystic Adhesive Products, 666; self- adhesive paper tape, 666; Paper Protection Mask, 666; adhesive labels (trade publication), 112; applicator for protection tapes, 739
Gordon, James, and Co., Simplex Mono recorders, 805
Gordon, M., appointed managing director of Kompass Register Ltd., 518
Gorell, J. H., on honeycomb cores as structural materials, 313
Gorjistan liner for Strick Line (John Readhead and Sons), 665
Gotaverken, marine diesel engines, 42
Gould, Lt.-Cmdr., R. T., historical note, 7 Government and science, by C. P. Snow (review), 839
— Trade unions and, by V. L. Allen (review),
363
— Overseas, service with (White Paper), 715 GQ Parachute Co., nylon safety harness for
motor cars, 179; motor car safety belts, 261
Grading operator, electronic, EGO (Dewhurst and Partner Ltd.), 484
Gradsko Saobracajno Preduzece, Leyland Worldmaster buses for, 577
Graduates, directory of opportunities for (Cornmarket Press) (review), 158
Graduation, first two years after, 382. See LETTER, 440
Graham Clark Lecture, by HRH Duke of Edinburgh, 244, 549, 556, 714
Graham Firth Steel Products Co., acquired by Brightside Group, 193; orders from Leipzig Fair, 673
Grammel, Richard, Festschrift, by K. von Sanden (book), 200
Grand Rapids power station, hydraulic turbines for (John Inglis Ltd.), 265
Granulation of molten iron, 126
Graphs, linear, and electrical networks, by
S. Seshu and M. B. Reed (book), 640
Graphic statics, by C. S. Benson (book), 904 Graphite bearings (Morgan Crucible Co.), 178
— Nippon Denkyoku Kabushiki Kaisha to
manufacture under agreement with GEC Ltd., 15
— Nuclear, commercially available.
LETTER, 5
— with uniform cooling, propagation
thermal waves through, by A. J. Foreman and A. R. Curtis, 224
— and uranium dioxide, reactions between, by
B. Craven, 256
— and uranium oxide, reactions between
under heat, 256
Grassam, Dr. N. S., lecture to Institution of Nuclear Engineers, 60; on Nuclear Reactors in Universities, 60; biographical note, 60
Grave, D. S., new factory for British Enka Ltd., 483
Graves, Dr. J., formation of Medical Recording Service, 556
Graves, Dr. V., formation of Medical Recording Service, 556
Graving dock. See Dock
Gray, J. L., on Canadian approach to atomic power, 356
Gray, P. E., on Dynamic Behaviour of Thermoelectric Devices (review), 111-112 Gray, W. S., on Reinforced Concrete Piling and Piled Structures (review), 297
Grease, calcium based (Bardahi Products Ltd.), 587
— No-Melt (Bardahi Products Ltd.), 587
— Radiation resistant, testing of, 191
— Silicone, in aerosol pack (Amber Oils
Ltd.), 343
Great North Road, general modernization of, 320
Great Organisers, by E. Dale (book), 464 Greece, IAEA to assist Greek Nuclear Research Centre, 387
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19
Greece, IAEA expert to visit, 387
Greek Nuclear Research Centre, IAEA to assist, 387
Green, A. E., on Large Elastic Deformations and Non-Linear Continuum Mechanics (book), 496
Green, Sir John, on Brown Ltd., 105 Greencoat Electronics prospects, 17
Greengate and Irwell pvc/rubber cable sheathing, 179
Greenhalgh, G. H., review of Scandinavian Research Guide, 331-332; biographical note, 332
Greenland, South, St. Andrews University expedition to. See St. Andrews
Gregory, D., historical note, 7
Gregory, J., historical note, T
Gregory, R. H., on Automatic Data Processing Systems (book), 264
Greiner, Emil, agents in US for Winston Electronics Ltd., 905
Grenfell, Cmdr. H. F. P., on MTD (Mangula) Ltd., 457
Gresham and Craven Co., position and prospects, 357
Grid System, 284
Linking of France and UK, 753 Operation and protection, 285 Griffin D6 Gas Chromatograph (Griffin George Ltd.), 778-780
Griffin and George Ltd., glassware (trade publication), 676; historical note, 778; Griffin D6 Gas Chromatograph, 778-780 Griffin, N., on Electronic Equipment Reliability (book), 232; (review), 362
Griffin and Tatlock Ltd., historical note, 778
Griffith, P., on Role of Surface Conditions in Nucleate Boiling, 631; on heat transfer, 631
Griffiths (Lambeth) Engineering Co. Ltd., Pedi-Power power tug, 767
Grimsby/Hull Bridge, proposal for, 177 Grinding, centreless, of rubber (A. Scrivener Ltd.), 635
— Compound, Hyprez (Engis Ltd.), 173
— Machine, belt (Addison Tool Co. Ltd.), 319 Centreless, Hartex (Rockwell), 253 Coffee, electric (Norel Electrical Appliances Ltd.), 848
Tool (trade publication), 68
Grit, abrasive, Macolaepp (Monks and Crane), 135
— Stores on M1 Motorway, 11
Grodsky, Dr. M., on project Apollo, 856 Grooves, profiling by electro-erosion, 301 Grosberg, Dr. P., review of Mechanics for Textile Students, 675; biographical note, 676
Grossen Uphi universal meter (Aveley Electric Ltd.), 351
Ground effect machine. Skimmer, 637
Machines, outlook for 1961, 122-125 Groups, decisions and values, by D. Willner (review), 870
Grove Building (Hanworth) Ltd., new factory for Spring Grove Laundry, 764
Grunberg, H., on Camping Gaz equipment, 150 Grundlagen der Analysis, by E. Landau (review), 364. See LETTER, 477
Guarantees, British Standards Institution’s views on, 761
— Customers’ rights under, 348
Guardaire air conditioning unit (Winston Electronics Ltd.), 816
Guenault, P. H., on Control of Monopoly in the United Kingdom (review), 427-428 Guest, G. R., on diesel engines and customers’ requirements, 567
Guidance, inertial, by C. S. Draper, W. Wrigley and J. Hovorka (book), 540
Guide, banker’s, to marine insurance of goods, by V. Dover and G. A. Calver (review), 774-775
—? to 25,000 British Firms, 518
Guildford Cathedral, building of, by B. Geen, 690-691
Cost of, 657
Donations from engineers, 657
Guinness, Arthur, and Co. Ltd., plans for brewery in Nigeria, 341
Guma Valley Dam, 731
Guns, machine, 831
— 105 mm, British, for M60 tank, 45
— Machine, Browning, 831
— ?— FN general purpose, 831
— Spray, Hydra-Spray Golden (Alfred Bul-
lows and Sons Ltd.), 858
— Submachine, 830 Lanchester, 830 Schmeisser, 830 Sterling, 830
Gunn, C. D., on efficiency of coal fired industrial boilers, 534-535
Gunner, A. M., on off-peak heating, 276 Gunnersbury building scheme, 413
Gurklis, Dr. J. A., electrolytic machining process, 175
Gutzwiller, E., of Basle, association with Bowmakers, 257
GWB Furnaces Ltd., electric arc melting furnaces for Steel, Peech and Tozer, 82; new furnaces for Earle, Bourne and Co. Ltd., 367; bell-type furnace, 891
Gyro compass (Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd.), 560
— Integrating (Ketay Ltd.), 859
— Sub-miniature (Lear Inc.), 153
Gyron Junior engine, trial flight of Javelin aircraft with, 269
Gyroscope, miniature integrating, MIG (Minneapolis-Honey well Regulators Corp), 700
Thos. Firth and John
Ltd., position and
Rubber Co., Niplas
Hahn, B., on controlled sensitivity bubble chamber, 192
Hahn and Kolb Great Britain Ltd,, Tornomat shaping machine, 596
Haigh Engineering Co. Ltd., Disposomatic waste disposer, 536
Hair as packaging material. See LETTER, 93 Hairlok Co. Ltd., packaging plan for computers for export, 203
Hairlok Laboratories Ltd., experimental packaging of computers for export, 203 HAL Technical Society Digest, 774
Halcrow, Sir William, and Partners, Victoria Line underground railway, 414; Strath- farrar and Kilmarnock project, 471; supertanker berth at Sydney, Australia, 735; Tapakuma Scheme in British Guiana, 735; Krian irrigation scheme in Malaya, 736
Halden project in Norway, 564 Hales, S., historical note, 7
Hall effect and related phenomena by E, H. Putley (book), 264; (review), 638
Hall Harding Ltd., drawing office (trade publication), 112
Hall, H. T., on materials at high pressures, 614-615
Hall, J., on precoated steel strip, 48
Hall, J. and E,, Ltd., electric platform hoists (trade publication), 158; lifts equipment (trade publication), 158; “Paternoster” lifts, 338. See LETTER, 476; refrigerating plant for liner Canberra, 755
Hallam atomic power facility, 420 Hallen derrick (MacGregor and Co.), 652 Hallikainen, K. E., on application of analysis instruments, 720
Halo shower unit (Reinforced Plastic Developments), 44
Hambro, Sir Charles, tour of Mexico, 641 Hamburg Gesellschaft fur Kernenergieverwert- ung, contract with Euratom and Interatom for atomic ship propulsion project, 256 Hamilton Ltd., rubber road marking posts, 321 Hamilton Safe Sines rubber road marking posts (Hamilton Ltd.), 321
Hamilton, William, new ship for P and O, 299 Hammer finish (trade publication), 904 Hammering machine, screw thread, Crossley- Trurnit (Crossley Bros. Ltd.), 398 Hammersmith flyover, details of, 246-247 Model of, 862
Hammond, P., review of Relativity for Engineers and Science Teachers, 263; biographical note, 264; review of Contactor Switchgear, 206; review of Textbook of High Voltage Technology, 296; review of Solution of Magnetic Circuits by Graphical Methods, 296; biographical note, 298; review of Michael Faraday, 395; biographical note, 396; review of McGraw- Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 607-608; review of Introduction to Mechanics, Matterand Waves, 607-608; review of Introduction to Modern Physics, 607-608; review of Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 607-608; biographical note, 608; review of Electrical Theory on the Giorgi System, 839-840; biographical note, 840
Hammond profile polishing machine (Morris), 56
Hampshire, Esso seek oil prospecting licence for, 25
Hamstead, Isle of Wight, atomic power station, no news available, 288
Hamworthy Engineering Ltd., Hestair air compressor, 145; Dolphin vertical pump, 353 Hancock and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., flame planer, 529; on welding equipment and customers requirements, 569
Hancock, H., on Theory of Maxima and Minima (book), 776
Hancock, N. N., on post graduate training of electrical engineer, 317
Handbook, civil engineering, by L. C. Urquhart (review), 68
Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft, I ; for Maritime Central Airways and Nordair, 265
Handling (trade publications), 158, 708 Handling, data, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Paper (trade publication), 158
— Plant, mechanical. ENGINEERING
report on, 524
— Remote, and analytical techniques
the processing of samples from
survey
used in HTGC
HADDON, D., on W. H. Dorman Ltd., 265
Hadfields Ltd., jaw breakers (trade publication), 396; die steels (trade publication), 808; alloy steels (trade publication), 808
Hagan Controls Ltd., power positioner, 859 Hague, Sir Kenneth, on Babcock and Wilcox
Ltd., 697
loop irradiations, by P. E. Brown et al, 520 Handril, Holman Silver 3, rock drill (Holman Bros. Ltd.), 498-500
Handy Utility electric tool (Black and Decker), 106
Hanger (Luminated Ceilings Ltd.), 597 Hanovia Turboflo fan heater (Engelhard Hanovia Lamps Ltd.), 548
Hanrahan, J. S., on Space Biology (book), 364 Hansen, V., Heizol-Handbuch fiir Industrief- euerungen (review), 263
Hanton, W. A., on Mechanics for Textile Students (book), 68; (review), 675 Harbour, deep water, for Barbados, 733
— Mombasa, four berths built at, 828
— Salaverry, Peru, model of, 470. See LETTER,
685
— Works overseas, 888
Harcourt, W. V., review of Commonwealth and Europe, 747-748; review of British Commonwealth Year Book, 747-748; biographical note, 748
Hardcastle, A. F., on control of off-peak floor warming, 880
Harder, B. R., on oxidation of uraniumdioxide by water vapour under reactor irradiation, 60
Hardness, significance in abrasive wear, 546
— Testing for engine temperatures, 433 Hardware and household goods fair, international, 133
Hardypick Ltd., queries on equipment, 762 Hare, J., chairmanship of talks between employers and unions in motor car industry, 593; meeting of British Employers Confederation, 657; on improving industrial labour relations, 888
Harland Engineering Co. Ltd., order placed with W. H. Allen Sons and Co. for Allen- Stoeckicht gear units for CEGB, 429
Harland and Wolff Ltd., modernisation and completion of aircraft carrier Eikrant for Indian Navy, 429; diesel engines, 594
Harper Engineering and Electronics Group, new companies added to, 325; profits, 325; Samuel Platt Ltd. joins group, 325; Morrisflex Group joins group, 325; J. B. and S. Lees joins group, 325; Spembly Ltd. joins group, group, 325
Harper, John, and publication), (trade publication), 904
Harper, J. S., on neutron temperature in reactors having moderator closely associated with fuel elements, 455
Harriman Ripley Inc., Moorgate and Wall Street, 505
Harrison, Dr. D., review of Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems, 230-231; biographical note, 232
Harrison, J., historical note, 7
Harrison, R. W., accident to, 824; membership of YZ Club, 824
Harrison, T. R., on Radiation Pyrometry and its Underlying Principles of Radiant Heat Transfer (review), 427
Harrison, W. J., work on air and gas bearings, 255
Hart. Dr. C. A., review of University College, Ibadan, 747; biographical note, 748
Hartenberg, Prof. R., on Kinematics: A German-English Glossary, 156
Hartex grinding machine, centreless (Rockwell), 253
Harvesting machinery, outlook for 1961, 164- 167
Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere, appointed managing director of CIBA United Kingdom Ltd., 565
Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London) Ltd., boiler drums for Mitchell Engineering Ltd., 270; Design Centre award for “ Town Number One ” litter bin, 712
Harvie-Watt, Sir George, on Monotype Corp., 489
Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment. See Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell Mirror Machine Experiment, model to test, 877
Harwell Reactor School, course for senior technical executives, 420; courses, 832
Haskell Canyon atomic reactor, 419
Haslett, A. W., on Science Survey, 1 (review) 330
Hassan, W., design of Jaguar XK engine, 887 Hassell and McConnell, new department store for Birks Store, 159
Haviland, R. P., on spacecraft, 623; on communications satellites, 893
Hawk missile, companies producing for NATO 397
Mobile launchers for (Northrop Corp.) 397
Hawker Pl 127 VTOL aircraft, progress report on, 461
Hawker Siddeley Avro 771 aircraft, BS 75 ducted fan engine for, 204
Hawker Siddeley Brush Turbines Ltd., gas turbine pumping sets for trans-Syrian pipeline, 271; products of, 271; turbocharges for diesel engines, 786
Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd., small boats, 45; to exhibit at Sydney Trade Fair, 541 ; jet engined executive aircraft, 577; space research, 585; formation of British Space Development, 585
Hawker Siddeley Industries Ltd., exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 465; National/Brush diesel alternator sets for Machinoimport, 809
Hawker Siddeley Nuclear Power Group, Nestor atomic reactor for Winfrith Heath, 456; Langley plant to close down, 488; to close Langley works, 505; to close down, 632; future of Jason atomic reactor uncertain, 632
Hawkins, J., demonstration in US of Winston Beryllium electronic monitor, 905
Hawley, C., on Lincoln Lords (review), 296-297 Hawthorne, E. P., on nuclear graphite, 5 Haycock, A. H., on Principles of ' ’ Woodworking: Sawing and
(review), 903
Haydon, A. W., Co., de motor, 13; motor, 101; circuit tester, 416
Hayes Grammar School, use of Pye closed circuit television, 447
Hayters (Sales) Ltd., self-propelled scythe, 767 Haywood, H. C. F., on weather protection for production cars, 687
Haywood, R. W., review of VDl Steam Tables, 840; biographical note, 840
Hazemag crusher (Joy-Sullivan Ltd.), 13 Heads, unit (trade publication), 24
Head Wrightson (Australia) Pty. Ltd., orders for ore treatment plant, oxygen steelmaking plant and tinplate cut-up plant received from Australian Iron and Steel Co., 541; tinplate cut up plants, 541, 741
Head, Wrightson and Co. Ltd., filtration and deaeration (trade publication), 232; cooling towers (trade publication), 396; electrostatic precipitation (trade publication), 496
Head Wrightson Iron Foundries Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Head Wrightson Iron and Steelworks Engineering Ltd., ore handling plant for Appleby- Frodingham Steel Co. and Colvilles, 113; lime handling plant for Priest Furnaces, 113; oxygen steelmaking plant for Australia, 541
Head Wrightson Machine Co., tin plate cut-up plant for Australia, 541, 741
Head Wrightson Minerals Engineering Ltd., ore treatment plant for Australia, 541
Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd., Siemens betatron for (Pantak Ltd.), 267; Redux process press for de Havilland Aircraft Co., 367; steel bridge for Regents Canal Dock, 48,3
325; indirect exports of
Co. Ltd., SG iron (trade 808; cast-to-form tools
Machine Planing
stepping
Headland Gauges Ltd., Microtechnica profile projector, 528
Healey, Donald, Motor Co., disc brake conversion set for Austin-Healey Sprite motor car, 197
Health, Royal Society for the Promotion of. See Royal
Heart 'lung machine, Melrose, 705
Heat to electricity, direct conversion of, by J. Kaye and J. A. Welsh (review), 111-112
— Engines, by E. De Ville (book), 872
— Exchange tube, Clayton-Still (Clayton
Dewandre Co. Ltd.), 528
— Exchangers (trade publication), 396
— ?—Aluminium (Wellington Tube Works),
867
— Flux, critical, 631
— Geothermal, for salt from seawater, 873
— Industrial (trade publication), 640
— Insulation. See Heat
— and light economies, 648 “ Heat of the Matter ” cinema film
Council (Stewart Films), 265
— Source, curium 242 as, 800 Heat transfer engineering, by H.
(review), 156
— Transfer, forced convection,
studies for water in rectangular
for Gas
Schenck
burnout channels
and round tubes, by R. A. Debortoli et al, 631
by P. Griffith, 631
Medium (trade publication), 904
Radiant, radiation pyrometry and its underlying principles of, by T. R. Harrison (review), 427
Water, technology, 631
— Treatment furnaces (trade publication), 428 of steels, by H. Stiidemann (book), 904 Heater, air, Convexionaire (Clare Bros. Ltd.),
727
McClary-Easy (General Steel Wares Ltd.), 752
?— — Sirocco (Davidson and Co. Ltd.), 890
— Block storage (Thermodare (Great Britain)
Ltd.), 880
— Convector, outlook for 1961, 168-171
—? Fan, Braun Turbo Heater (Brattel Electric Co. Ltd.), 548
— Fan, Hanovia Turboflo (Engelhard Hanovia
Lamps Ltd.), 548
— Fan, small, 548. See LETTER, 620
— Fan (Solatron Electronic Group), 548
— Immersion, oil fired, Aqualeo (Lion Stamp
ing Co. Ltd.), 352
— Infra-red (E. K. Cole Ltd.), 418
— Room (GEC Ltd.), 418
— Space, industrial, Dravo (Powell Duffryn
Modulair Ltd.), 858
— Water, electric, Sadia (Aidas Electric Ltd.),
699
Sink, Sto-a-way (GEC), 584 Storage, I960 sales, 365 Heathcoat, J., historical note, 7 Heather, D. S., on Associated Motor Cycles, 457
Heating buildings, report of the Heating and Ventilating Research Association, 880
— Central, circulating pump for (Pulsometer
Pumps Ltd.), 222
— Coils for MV Pindar (Charlton Weddle &
Co. Ltd.), 242
— Control contactors. Progress (M.T.E. Con
trol Gear Ltd.), 280
— Domestic, by W. F. B. Shaw (book), 428
— Electromagnetic, in thermonuclear work,
323
— Floor, for swimming pool, 511
— and Insulating Exhibition, 5
— Jacket, Isojacket (Isopad Ltd.), 486
— Mechanism for thermonuclear work, 323
— Methods in thermonuclear work, 323
— Off-peak, 276
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81
— of paint, 2
?—? Storage, 880
— Tape, Hotfoil (MEI Co. Ltd.), 339
Heating and Ventilating Research Association, report on heating buildings, 880
Heavy water. See Water
Heck, negotiations between Tecalemit Ltd. and authorities regarding new factory, 641 Hector atomic reactor for Winfrith Heath (Fairey Engineering Ltd.), 104
Hedley, Thomas, Ltd., coal burning experience, 577
Heels and soles of neoprene rubber for industrial safety boots (Bank Bridge Rubber Co. Ltd.), 211
Heenan and Froude, hydraulic dynamometers for Machinoimport, 333
Helical Bar and Engineering Co. Ltd., table of weights and sectional areas (trade publication), 540
Helicopter. See Aircraft Helium in natural gases, field method of measurement of, by M. Wilkins et al, 60
Hellenic Shipyards, launching of ship Hope, 1
Heller System for cooling towers, 884 Hellermann Ltd., marking counter,
CRC2-26 corrosion preventative, degrease and spray phosphate (trade publication), 872
Helstrom, C, W,, on Statistical Theory of Signal Detection (review), 395
Hematite pig iron (Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Co,), 641
Hendon Local Productivity Association Conference, 408
Hendry, D., contracts with Russia, 905 Hennessey, J,, on dynamic equilibrium as economic aim, 249; on nationalisation takes a different twist, 322; on when unfair shares mean bigger shares, 386; review of Antitrust Laws of the United States of America, 427-428; review of Control of Monopoly in the United Kingdom, 427-428; biographical note, 428; review of Inflation and Society, 495-496; biographical note, 496; review of Financial Incentives for Management, 539-540; biographical note, 540; review of Growth of the British Economy, 574-575; biographical note, 576; review of Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership, 639-
World
596;
699;
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
640; biographical note, 640; review of Stages of Economic Growth, 674; biographical note, 676; review of Industrial Development: Guide to Accelerating
Economic Growth, 707-708; biographical note, 708; review of British Industry, 775-776; biographical note, 776; review of Indian Economic Policy and Development, 838-839; biographical note, 840 Henshel’s Handbook on Locomotives (review), 838
Henson, A. F., review of Radioisotopes; A New Tool for Industry, 464; biographical note, 464
Hepworth and Grandage Ltd., development programme of, 61
Hepworth Iron Co. Ltd., continuity connector, 425
Herald motor car. Triumph, price cut, 465; Herald motor car. Triumph, by G. Wilkins, 581
Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., Fairbanks-Morse as US agents for, 265; Pullmax bevelling machine, 562; agents for James Archdale and Co. Ltd., 704; appointed agents for Flexibox lapping machines, 865; historical note, 901; research department of, 901; current projects of, 901; electrical laboratory of, 901
Herbert, Edward G., Ltd., agents for Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Cos. engine balancing machine, 335
Hercules aircraft carrier, renamed Pikrant for Indian Navy, 429
Hermic switches (Dowty Electrics Ltd.), 86 Hershkowitz, B. H., on rockets, future reliability concepts and ramifications, 140
Heslop, Dr. J., review of Physical Examination of Metals, 639; biographical note, 640 Hessayon, Dr. D. G., on Be Your Own Gardening Expert (book), 706; on Be Your Own Lawn Expert (book), 706
Hestair air compressor (Hamworthy Engineering Ltd.), 145
Hewetson, J. A., and Co. Ltd., Taurus double boarded wood floors, 243
Hewitt, D. J., on quality control of production, 804
Heynes, W. M., on Jaguar engine, 887; on milestones in the life of an automobile engineer, 887; design of Jaguar XK engine, 887
H.F. Industrial Services Ltd., Acme plastics welding machine, 628
Hickish, Dr. D. E., on industrial hygiene, 341 Hicks, D. C., accident to, 824; membership of YZ Club, 824
Hiduminium 400 as thermal neutron shielding material, 455
Higgins, R. A., on Engineering Metallurgy (book), 872
High Definition Television Ltd., closed circuit television for schools, 650
High Duty Alloys Ltd., hiduminium 400 as thermal neutron shielding material, 455
High Holborn, road widening scheme at, 480 High Intensity Radiation Development Laboratory, construction commenced, 520
High Speed Steel Alloys Ltd., Alloy Metals Review, TIA
High Vacuum Engineering Ltd., formation of Vacuum Research (Cambridge) Ltd., 83
High Voltage Engineering Corp., Van de Graaff accelerator for Padua University, 488; Van de Graaff generator for Oxford University nuclear research centre, 832 High-Voltage technology, textbook of, by G. Lesch (review), 296
Highway engineering, Birmingham University M.Sc. degree in, 689. See LETTER, 790
Handbook, by K. B. Woods (review), 494 by L. J. Ritter, Jr., and R. J. Paquette (review), 494
— Trans-Canada (Laing), 865
— See also Motorway; Road
HILAC heavy ion linear accelerator experiments, 832
Hilditch, J. B., historical note, 7 Hildred, Sir William, on airlines, 1 Hilger and Watts Ltd., Colourmeter colour meter, 58; scintillation counter, 188; clinometer, 726; spectrochemical analysis (trade publication), 872
Hill, D., research on gas analysis, 645
Hill, E., on shipyards and workers, 281
Hill, Philip, Higginson, Erlangers Ltd., Moorgate and Wall Street, 505
Hill, Dr. R. B., review of Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Compounds, 463; biographical note, 464
Hill, R. G., on vehicles and diesel engines, 595 Hillhead Hughes Co. Ltd., tests on new type precipitator, 403
Hillier, J. A., on instrumentation for traffic studies, 493
Hilti fixing tool (Ucan Developments Ltd.), 254 Hilton Hotel, 627
Hilton, Dr. W. F., on communications satellites, 893
Hind Construction Co. Ltd., AVB project at Durgapur, 765
Hindson, R., on national use of technical information, 885-886
Hindustan Aircraft, HAL Technical Society Digest, 774
Hindustan Machine Tools Factory, production increasing, 741
Hingorani, N. G., on High Voltage Direct Current Power Transmission (review), 22
Hinkley Point atomic power station, progress report, 288; model of, 850
Hinton, Sir Christopher, policy of, 768 Hinton, L. T., on electronics industry, 265 Hipope Mule sack loader (H. C. Pope Ltd.), 767 HIRDL. See High Intensity Radiation Development Laboratory
Hirn, G. A., work on air and gas bearings, 255 History, de Havilland, an outline of, by C. M. Sharp (book), 540
Hitachi Ltd., electronic research, 613
Hlavin, V. F., on post university on-the-job training for engineers, 317
H.N. Electrical Supplies Ltd., Crustex Descaling ultra-sonic boiler scaling equipment, 397
Hobs (trade publication), 24
— Basic dimensions of, BS 2062, 173
— Unit (Creda), 436
Hobart Manufacturing Co. Ltd., use of and comments on Paper Protection Mask, 666 Hobber (trade publication), 24
Hobbing machines, gear, Staehely, BPS Machinery and Spares appointed sole agents, 577
—? — Gear (Strojexport), 220
Hobbs Mecha-Matic automatic gearbox, 357 Hobbs Transmission Ltd., Hobbs Mecha- Matic automatic gearbox, 357
Hobkirk, J., Sons and Co., foundry casting in epoxy resin, 375
Hoblyn, E. H. T., on exports of gas and chemical machinery, 136
Hobson, H. M., Ltd., Model 7 master slave manipulator, 104; exhibit at Engineering Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; liquid level controller, 529
Hodgkinson, P. G., appointed chief production engineer to British Shipbuilding Research Association, 217; biographical note, 217
Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 697; shortage of skilled manpower, 697; spending on plant and machinery, 697
Hoists, 794
— Electric platform (trade publication), 158 —? See also Crane; Transporter: Derricks Holden and Brooke Ltd., Nordon calorifier, 827 Holden, A., on Crystals and Crystal Growing
(book), 808
Holden, H. A., review of Practical Manual of Industrial Finishes, 199-200; biographical note, 200
Holder, electrode. Terrier (Interlas Ltd.), 57 Holiday, Christmas, road accidents during, 9 Holiday detector, Mapel (Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd.), 890
Holland, atomic propulsion of ships project submitted to Euratom, 16
Holland. See also Netherlands
Holland Cranes, Leptoptilus crane, 206 Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (Great Britain) Ltd., concrete foundation for new blast furnace at Ford Motor Co., 265; School of Chemistry for Bristol University, 365; redevelopment of civic centre for Keyn- sham Urban District Council, 365; use of tower cranes, 794
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (North West) Ltd., factory for British Enka Ltd., 483
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (Scotland) Ltd., swimming pool for Glasgow University, 159
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (Trinidad) Ltd., Port of Spain maternity hospital, 733 Holler, K., on Norway and overseas capital, 233
Holloway Bros. Ltd., foundations for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52
Holloway, P. W. E., on training for civil engineers, 442
Holman Bros. Ltd., Handril rock drills, 397; historical note, 498; Holman Silver 3 Handril rock drill, 498-500; exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 673
Holmes-Catalytic combustion fume cleaning process (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 126 Holmes-Kemp gas driers (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 532
Holmes, W. C., and Co. Ltd., catalytic fume , cleaner for Kinloch (Provision Merchants) Ltd., 126; hydrogen sulphide scrubber (trade publication), 428; Holmes-Kemp gas driers, 532
Holroyd, John, and Co. Ltd., bronze (trade publication), 264
Holt, A. F., redeveloptnent of Croydon municipal offices, 873
Holyhead, unemployment in, 217 Home, aluminium in, 130, 207
— Deaths in the, 176
— Equipment for, 436
— Safe use of gas in (leaflet), 176
Honeycomb, aluminium (trade publication), 808
(CIBA), 90-91
Doors (Otis Elevator Co.), 91 Platens (Pasolds), 91 —? — Waveguides (Marconi), 91
— Commercial, 90-91. See LETTER, 180
— as impact absorber for aerial delivery packs,
90
-— Kraft, in boatbuilding, 90 —- — Profiled sections of, 90 Radar reflectors of, 90 for sound reducing bulkheads for Deltic locomotive (English Electric Co.), 90
— Makers of, 91
— Production information sheet no. 1, Aero
web (CIBA(ARL) Ltd.), 361
— Properties of, table, 91
— Structures, 180. See LETTER, 313
— Table of comments on, 91
— Technique (Dufaylite Developments Ltd.),
90
Honeywell Controls Ltd., control system for Forster’s Glass Co., 83; Protectoglo flame failure relay, 220; pulse switch, 279; proportional action controller, 399; recording instruments for ramjet engine, 545; Electronik controller, 772; Batch Air-O-Line pneumatic control unit, 826 Honing machine (trade publication), 68 Hood, cooker, ductless (Gold Star Domestic Appliances Ltd.), 816
Hook. Lionel, and Sons Ltd., dip coating plant, 858
Hoover Ltd., fall in profits, 421; position and prospects, 421; future expansion, 421; to exhibit at Sydney Trade Fair, 541; participation in Commonwealth Technical Training Week, 737
Hopkins, M. R., Taylor-Hobson Talysurf, 258 Horizon British Productions, order placed for Austin Gypsy motor vehicles, 497
Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd., suspension towers for supergrid Thames crossing, 52
Horsey, E. F., on Proceedings of Symposium on Microminiaturisation of Electronic Components (review), 198
Horsley, Smith and Co. (Hayes) Ltd., Taurus double boarded wood floors, 243
Horton, H. L., on Machinery’s Handbook (book), 576
Hose, brake, of plastic (Tecalemit and John Bull Rubber Co.), 17
— Polyethylene, 275
— Radiator, testing to destruction (American
Dayco Corp.), 21
— Rubber, non-crushable. Rebound (Good
year), 587
Hospitals, expanding programme for, 753
— Gas analysis technique for, 645
— General, for Trinidad, 733
— Maternity, for Port of Spain, 733
— Toronto, Marconi X-ray image amplifier for,
397
Hot Dip Galvanisers Association, hot dip galvanising (trade publication), 840
Hotel, Ariel, Foamglas roof for (Russell Diplock Associates), 698
?— Carlton Tower, completion of, 159
— Hilton, 627
— and Restaurants in Great Britain and
Ireland (book), 396
Hotfoil heating tape (MEI Co. Ltd.), 339 Houghton, E. L., on Aerodynamics for
Engineering Students (book), 24
Houldridge, D. L., on technical college libraries, 92
Houses, anthology of, by M. Pidgeon and
T. Crosby (book), 264
— is there a bathroom in your? (Bilston
Foundries publication), 44
— Purchase and Housing Act, 1959, 44
— Solar, 508. See LETTER, 620
Household goods and hardware fair, international, 133
Housing associations. Government loans for, 309
— Instrument, in polyester resin (EMI), 475
— and Local Government, Minister of, public
inquiry into Carnelloe mine project, 480
— Minister of, appointment of Sir Richard
Manktelow to conduct public inquiry into Skelmersdale new town, 657
— Ministry of, proposed new town at Dawley,
657
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81
Hovercraft can fill the transport gap, 582-583
— by A. Croome (review), 708
Hovercraft Development Ltd., development of Hovercraft systems, 582-583
— Jet systems, 582
— Performance over waves, 583
— Sidewall or curtain 582
— Systems and configurations, 582
— Undersurface configurations, 582
Hovorka, J., on Inertial Guidance (Book), 540 Howard, John, and Co. Ltd., Severn Road Bridge contract, 379
Howard, P. M., on hair for packaging, 93
Howard, Dr. P. R., review of High Voltage Direct Current Power Transmission, 22: biographical note, 24
Howard, W. W., Bros. and Co. Ltd. mahogany for America’s Cup Yacht, 475
Howe, Lord, opening Racing Car Show, 65
Howitt, L. C., swimming pool for Manchester, 511
Howland, W. E., on finding the ideal site, 4 See LETTER, 213
Hoyt Metal Co, of Great Britain Ltd., adhesion tester, 529
HRE-2 atomic reactor accident, 355
HTGC loop irradiations, remote handling and analytical techniques used in the processing of samples from, by P. E. Brown et a!., 520 Hudson, C. H., review of Marine Diesel Engines, 902-903; biographical note, 904
Hughes Aircraft Co., Mobot manipulator, 520 Hughes, C., development of Seiwood Orbital engine, 682
Hughes, P. M., on national use of technical information, 821-822. See LETTER, 885
Hull/Grimsby Bridge, proposal for, 177 Human aspects of engineering progress, by
Sir Willis Jackson, 817
?— Capacity and production, 133
— Implications of work study, the case of
Pakitt Ltd., by S. Dalziel and L. Klein, 183
Humble Oil and Refining Co., use of finned tubes, 242
Humbolt Bay atomic power plant, 419
Hume and Tottenham Ltd., design of timber dome, 512
Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd., arrangements with CIBA Ltd., for expansion of Atul Products Ltd., 577; manufacturing processes and technical information from CIBA Ltd., 577
Humphreys, Howard, and Sons, Guma Valley Dam, 731
Humphries, J., review of Spaceflight Technology, 902; biographical note, 904
Hungary, Motor Transport Scientific Research Institute, sulpho-nitro cementing of steel and cast iron, 85
Hunslet Engine Co. Ltd., exhibit at Rand Show 465
Hunt, R., Ranger boat design, 132
Hunt, R. J., and Son Ltd., extensive mechanization of foundry, 836
Hunter, Sir Ellis, on rate burden on steel, 105; on Dorman Long and Co., 105; on Red- path Brown and Co., 149
Hunter, G. J., on determination of radioiodine, 60
Hunterston atomic power station. X-ray check of reactor pressure vessels, 235; progress report, 288
Hunton Ltd., press bolster outfit, 484
Hunting Technical Services Ltd., survey of and drainage design for Indus Basin, 512
Hurst, R., on Technology, Engineering and Safety (review), 111
Husband and Co., bridge for Regents Canal Dock, 483; prestressed concrete footbridge for Ceylon University, 730
Hutchings, E., Jr., on Frontiers in Science (review), 330
Hiitte: des Ingenieurs Taschenbuch (Wilhelm Ernst und Sohn) (book), 232
Hutton, G., on Inflation and Society (review), 495-496
Hutton, Prof. R. S., on New Library of Science and Invention, 688
Huyghens, C., historical note, 7
HVE Electric Ltd., electrode boiler, 485 Hydra-Spray Golden spray gun (Alfred Bullows and Sons Ltd.), 858
Hydrapak hydraulic pump (Tangyes Ltd.), 603 Hydraulic design and irrigation, by S. Liliavsky (book), 54, 298; (review), 675-676
— Drive, Hydro-Titan (Keelavite Hydraulics
Ltd.), 102
— Drives, outlook for 1961, 164-167
— Engineering development laboratory of
Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., 878-879
— Equipment and customers’ requirements,
568
— Equipment, ENGINEERING survey report
on, 523
— Fluids, Silcodyne H and M (ICI Ltd.), 667 Symposium on (ASTM) (review), 157
— Investigations, 470. See LETTER, 685
— Press. See Press
— Pump. See Pump
— Research, international association for.
— See International, 585
— Tipping gear (Telehoist Ltd.), 83 Turbine. See Turbine; Power plant
Hydraulics, applied and fundamental, 878-879
— Course on, 97
— Industrial oil, course on, 97
— Research Board, hydraulic model of Tees
Estuary, 877
Station, Coast Erosion and Defence, 187
— See also Hydrodynamic; Irrigation; Water Hydraulics and Pneumatics Ltd., hydraulic
valve control, 530
Hydro-Copier hydraulic copying unit (Vero Precision Engineering Ltd.), 444
Hydroelectric power in Bombay State at Kyna, 829
Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Sir Adam Beck power station, 218; effect of blasting on buildings, 482; turbines ordered from John Inglis Co., 541
Hydro-electric power in New Zealand, 745 in Norway, exploitation of, 563 Schemes, 888
Scheme, Aswan, 888 Scheme, Loch Awe, 10 Hydro-Titan hydraulic drive (Keelavite Hydraulics Ltd.), 102
Hydrocarbon oils duty, 713
Hydrocon mobile crane, Lambert (Brown and Tawse Plant Ltd.), 661
Hydrocor granulated cork material (Expanditc Ltd.), 551
Hydrocyclone wet centrifuge (Liquid-Solid Separations Ltd.), 82
Hydrodynamic lubrication, 434
— Type gas bearings, principles and applica
tions of, by G. W. K. Ford et al, 255
Hydroflo high pressure pump (Tangyes Ltd.), 561
Hydrofoil waterstop (Expandite Ltd.), 551 Hydrogen, liquid, behaviour in space, 899 Production plants, 898
as rocket propellent, 898-899
Spillage hazards, 898
Thermal insulation for, 898
— Moderated lattices, resonance escape
possibilities and self-shielding factors in, by A. J. Taylor, 224
— Oxygen fuel cell, 268
— Rocket fuel, ignition troubles with, 899
— Sulphide scrubber (trade publication), 428 ?— and uranium, densities of, and their effect
on criticality, by E. V. Garner and K. D. B. Johnson (paper), 456
Hydrology, arid zone; recent developments, by Prof. H. Schoeller, 55
Hydrostatic drives, outlook for 1961, 164-167 Hydrovane air compressors (Whittaker, Hall and Co. (1929) Ltd.), 763
Hygienic Wireworks Ltd., Blend range of furniture using Stelvetite vinyl coated steel, 272
Hygiene, industrial, conference on, 341 Hygro-Robot packaged dehumidifier (British Sarozal), 57
Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd., Hymatic engine bleed air valve, 425; flow control valves, 857
Hypalon coatings in use in French gas Industry, 243
Hypalon, raw (Du Pont), 243
Hyperon, antisigma-minus, discovery of, 104 Hypersilid chemical pump (Lee, Howl and Co, Ltd.), 560
Hyperstatic structures, by J. A. L. Matheson and A. J. Francis (book), 112;(review), 806 Hyplicator for Hyprez compounds (Engis Ltd.), 173
Hyprez compounds, Hyplicator for (Engis Ltd.), 173
Hyprez grinding and lapping compound (Engis Ltd.), 173
Hyster Co., straddle carrier, 12
Hyster mobile crane, 554
IAEA. See International Atomic Energy Agency
Iago Steam Trawler Co., use of aluminium in trawlers, 275
Ibadan University College, by J. T. Saunders (book), 428; (review), 747
IBM Data Centre, hire of atomic reactor simulators, 864
IBM 650 RAMAC Computer for Data Processing in an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, by H. R. Johnson, Jr., J. E.
Erickson, J. E. Speers and J. O. Egloff, 479 IBM United Kingdom Ltd., development of continuous wave optical maser, 129
Ice, load bearing capacity of, 186 Iceland, IAEA expert to visit, 387 — University, hospital of, IAEA assistance
to, 387
ENGINEERING. VOL. 191 (1961
21
ICOLD. See International Commission Large Dams
ICRU. See International Commission Radiological Units and Measurements
Idaho, explosion of SL-1 atomic reactor in.
on
on
Idaho, explosion of SL-1 atomic reactor in, 148 Idealarc submerged arc squirt welding machine (Armco Ltd.), 416
Ideas, financial backing for, 96
— Plain Words on, 136
— of small firms, better backing for, 96 Idlewild window in hurricane. See LETTER, 212 IDM Electronics Ltd., gold plating, 83
lEC. See International Electro-Technical Commission
I.F. transformers, miniature (Wireless Telephone Co. Ltd.), 153
Ignition system, electronic, for motor cars (Joseph Lucas Ltd.), 501
without coil or battery, 21
Ilford Ltd., photographic emulsions used in atomic research, 192; photographic exhibition on peaceful uses of atomic energy, 192; increase in turnover, 325; increase in exports, 325; technical agreement with S.E. De Productos Photo- graficos SA Valca, 325; German subsidiary, 325; possible extensions in Europe, 325; extension to Australian facilities, 325; automatic camera, 325; extension to Ramsden Laboratories, 325; new organization for home sales, 325; solution to production bottlenecks, 325
Illinois Institute of Technology, X-ray diffraction laboratory, 85; Dr. L. V. Azaroff appointed director of X-ray diffraction laboratory, 85; metal fibre seals, 475
Illuminating Engineering Society, Duke of Edinburgh to attend meetings, 408; “ Recommendations for Good Interior Lighting,” 408
Illumination. See Light; Lighting; Lamps Imhof, Alfred, Ltd., instrument cases (trade publication), 640
Imor lathe (Gate Machinery Co. Ltd.), 562 Impact absorber for aerial delivery packs, honeycomb as, 90
Imperial Aluminium Co. Ltd., aluminium for trawler fitments and fishrooms, 275; aluminium extrusions (trade publication), 298; purchase of aluminium foil container division of Prestige Group, 489; Unitrace traced pipework, 550; aluminium (trade publication), 808
Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand, to take minority interest in YIM-Yorkshire Fittings (Australia) Pty Ltd., 61
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., joint ownership of Yorkshire Imperial Metals with Yorkshire Copper Works (Holdings) Ltd., 61 ; position and prospects, 149; new capital to be raised, 149; capital investments, 149; profits, 149; A High Degree of Engineering, 177, 185; concern for staff, 177; engineers employed by, 177; breakingdown mill from Davy-United, 225; Integron finned tube, 242; silicones (trade publication), 264; plasterboard (trade publication), 264; zirconium (trade publication), 298; titanium (trade publication), 298; copper and alloys (trade publication), 298; free-turning copper (trade publication), 298; to establish plant in Rotterdam, 341 ; new research laboratories at Runcorn Heath, 341; order placed for Ferranti Argus computer, 365, 366;
isocyanate foams, 438; polypropylene plant capacity to be doubled, 457; Propathene polypropylene, 457; Tufplas process tank for (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474; H. Smith appointed technical director, 480; change in high level posts, 533; St. J. de H. Elstub appointed chairman of metals division, 533; M. J. S. Clapham appointed as overseas director, 533; to build crude oil distillation plant, 587; position and prospects, 601; sales, 601; assets, 601; home sales, 601; exports, 601; expansion in UK, 601; construction programme, 601; polythene plants for Europe, 609; formation of Nuclear Developments Ltd., 631 ; meeting to discuss silicone hydraulic fluids, 667; Silcodyne H and M hydraulic fluids, 667; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705; Silcoset 100 silicone rubber, 771; Silcoset 103 silicone rubber, 771; Silcoset 104 silicone rubber, 771; formation of Nuclear Developments Ltd., Til', effect of ECM, 801; position and prospects, 801; Tubc- in-Strip transformer coolers, 803; titanium (trade publication), 808; Terylene in industry (trade publication), 840; heat transfer medium (trade publication), 904 Imperial College of Science and Technology, application for grant for atomic reactor, 104; course on atomic fuel elements, 420; expansion of, 626; extensions to, 673; concrete testing laboratory for, 673; pulsed neutron generator installed, 696
Import-Export Bank, conditions imposed by, 265
— of motor cars to US fall, 69
— from Russia, 299
— from Spain, 299
Impresit, bid for contract on Volta River project, 333
IMR bench press (H. G. Stevens Co. Ltd.), 57 Incandescent Group, chain treatment plant, 661 Incandescent Heat Co. Ltd., gas mixtures (trade publication), 464; industrial heat Grade publication), 640
Incentives, financial, for management, by R. C. Smith (review), 539-540
Income distribution, table of characteristics, 89
— and taxes. Plain Words on, 312
— See also Earnings; Salary; Wage Incorporated Consultants Ltd., 8 Index of industrial production, 309 Indexers, Society of. See Society
Indexing and communication of scientific information, 688
— Course on (Society of Indexers), 674
— Machine, Wiest (Embassy Machine), 102
India, atomic power plant for, 664
— Atomic programme of, 725
— Atomic reactor as gift from Canada, 148 Reactor, Trombay, 148
— Cambay power station project, 627
— Canada-India atomic reactor at Bombay,
356
— Dams proposed by, 730
— Heavy electrical training in, 109
Industrial development at Durgapur, 765
— Importation and use of oil, 405
— Industrial Training Institutes in, 109
— Machine tool prospects in, 741
— Narmada Valley Project opened, 731
— Purchase of Empress of Canada liner, 713
— Skefko to build ball bearing factory in,665
— Third five year plan, 881
— Thorium plant at Alwaye and Trombay, 725
— Training electrical technicians in, 109 Indian Co., formation of, 457
— Economic policy and development, by
P. T. Bauer (review), 838-839
— Engineers to train in UK, 109
— Government, AEI appointed as electrical
consultants, 109
— Navy, aircraft carrier FZZeraz/r commissioned,
429
Indian Oil Co., plans to import oil from Russia, 405
Indian Steelworks Construction Co., Durgapur steelworks, 25, 565
Indicator, elapsed time, Cronsistor (Transipak Electronic Engineers), 767
— Voltage range (Martindale), 56 Indonesia, IAEA experts to visit, 387
— Spinning mills for, 265
— US aid for Triga atomic reactor for
Bandung Institute of Technology, 800
Induction motor. See Motor, electric
— Tracer (Addison Electric Co. Ltd.), 660
Inductorphone (Automatic Telephone and Electric Ltd.), 697
Indus Basin Projects, 730 Projects, grants for, 730 Survey of and drainage design for (Hunting Technical Services Ltd.), 512
Industrial and agricultural fair, European, Sweden, 181
— Architecture, by J. F. Munce (book), 540
— Consultants and management, register of, 8
— Derating, 665
— Design. See Design
— Development, guide for accelerating econ
omic growth, by M. D. Bryce (review), 707
— Engineers, American Institute of. See
American
— Hygiene. See Hygiene
Industrial Models, models, 868
— Oil hydraulics, course on, 97
— Organizations, new technical libraries in,
conference on, 262
— Products, British, for Canada, CABMA
register of (review), 748
— Production, index of, 309
Overall, 309
Statistics, 713
— Relations Handbook (book), 593 in motor car industry, talks on, 480 Industrial Salvage, 241
Industrial Timer Corp., Dual-Trol recycling timer, 859
Industrial Trade Fairs Ltd., transport and organizers for British Trade Fair in Moscow, 429; UK exhibitors for Sydney Trade Fair, 541
— Training Council, list of Regional Com
mittee chairmen, 793; nine Regional Committees set up, 793
— Training Institutes in India, 109
— Trends, inquiry into, 849
Statistics on, 241
— Weed Control Conference, 621
Industrija Motora Rakovica, production rights for Leyland Worldmaster chassis, 577
Industry, British, concentration in, by R. Evely and I. M. D. Little (review), 23
by J. H. Dunning and C. J. Thomas (review), 775-776
in Moscow, 705
— Bulletin for, 649
for (Treasury publication), 309
— Effect of payroll tax on, 437
— Introduction to, course on, 281
— Nationalized, and public ownership, by
W. A. Robson (review), 639-640
— Other than coal mining, installation and
maintenance of flameproof and intrinsically safe electrical equipment, 281
— Physiology in, by L. Brouha (book), 776
—? Plain Words on, 685
— and science—the problem of communica
tion, conference, 137
— Scottish, growth of, 881
— Technical education and careers in, year
book of (review), 158. See LETTER, 180
— University’s research for, 434-435
Inertial guidance, by C. S. Draper, W. Wrigley and J. Hovorka (book), 540
Inflation and society, by G. Hutton (review), 495-496
Information departments, use for selling, by E. N. Simons, 395
— Scientific, indexing and communication, 688
— Scientists, activities of, 653, 719, 821 Course, 110
— Services, library and, 885
— Technical, national use of, 653. See
LETTERS, 719, 757, 821, 885
Infra red direct control syslem for Chieftain tank, 45
— — Heaters (E. K. Cole Ltd.), 418
Plant for drying ladle stoppers (GEC), 367
Xenon searchlight for M60 tank, 45 Infrared Physics, 838
Ingard, U., on Introduction to Mechanics, Matter and Waves (book), 364; (review), 607-608
Inglis, John, and Co. Ltd., hydraulic turbines for Grand Rapids ^ower station, 265; reactor headers station, turbines
Commission of Ontario, 541
Ink, crack detection (Southern Tools Ltd.), 275 Inland waterways. See also British Waterways; Canal; River
Innovation, hasty, how it
A. Albu, 183
Insley Industrial Supply lathe centres, 222
Inspection unit, X-ray, house), 673
caused disaster, by
Co. Ltd., CT live
portable (Westing-
Inspector-operative relations, absolute judgments and, by I. D. Brown, 447
Institute of Advanced Motorists, Sir Howard Roberts and Sir Richard Nugent appointed to Council of, 856
— of Aerospace Science, meeting
American Rocket Society, 856
— of Industrial Engineers, American.
American
— of Marketing and Sales Management,
— of Nuclear Studies, contact with Euratom,
768
— of Petroleum, Model Code of Safe Practice
in Petroleum Industry, 281
— of Physics, exhibition of, 58
Institution of Chemical Engineers, questionnaire sent to members, 185; Prof. E. Johnstone’s inquiry among, 411; scheme for post graduate courses, 793
— of Civil Engineers, joint meeting with
Institutions of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 244; discussion on Channel tunnel, tube and bridge, 437; formation of British National Committee, 585; members of International Association for Hydraulic Research, 585; aid to Commonwealth Technical Training \\'eek, 720
— of Electrical Engineers, joint meeting with
Institutions of Civil and Mechanical Engineers, 244; Place of Formal Study in the Post Graduate Training of an Electrical Engineer, 317; Proceedings of, 317; Lord Nelson made Honorary Member, 348; Faraday Medal awarded to Dr. J. Stratton, 348; on growing importance of electronics, 856
— of Locomotive Engineers, jubilee celebra
tions, 377; lunch, 681; fiftieth anniversary, 681
— of Mechanical Engineers, The Private Car
(book), 24; B. G. Robbins retires from post of secretary, 217; K. H. Platt appointed as secretary, 217; joint meeting with Institutions of Civil and Electrical Engineers, 244; Education and Training of Professsional Mechanical Engineers, 317; Thomas Hawksley Lecture by Prof. P. M. S. Blackett, 323; Proceedings of Automobile Division (book), 428; presentation of paper on tin-aluminium bearings, 446; investigations on high pressure boilers, 545; aid to Commonwealth Technical Training Week, 720
— of Metallurgists, Structure of Metals—a
Modern Conception (review), 903
— of Nuclear Engineers, first lecture by Dr.
N. S. Grassam, 60
— Structural Engineers, aid to Commonwealth
Technical Training Week, 720
Instituto Nacional de Industria, loan from Eximbank for enlarging Cadiz power station, 273
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaiones Cien- . of
with
See
113
tificas, information of construction atomic reactor for Venezuela, 147 Instruments, analysis, applications of,
K. E. Hallikainen, 720
— for archaeological societies, 476
— Aviation, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Cases (trade publication), 640
— Exports of, 76
— Housing in polyester resin (EMI), 475
— Industry, exports of, 133
— Medical, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Power supply (Advance Components Ltd.),
891
— Scientific and engineering, design and
development, 74
and engineering, future exhibitions of, 75 and engineering, industry, expansion and investment in, 76
and engineering, industry, external factors affecting, 75
and engineering,
1961, 77
—? — and engineering,
research in, 77 and engineering,
and labour in, 76 and engineering, industry, plant and
materials supply in, 76 and engineering, market trends in, 75 and engineering, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Sensitive manufacture of, 700
— Talyrond and Talysurf (Taylor, Taylor &
Hobson Ltd.), 737
— Technology, Society of. See Society
— Training programmes of Dow Chemical
Co, 824
Instrumentarium, exhibition
by
industry, forecast for
industry, long term
industry, management
for Trombay atomic 256;
for Hydro
slow expansion. Electric
power
389;
Power
of spectacle frames in New York, 333; sale of manufacturing rights to Metzler, 333 Instrumentation in atomic reactors, 191
— Power plant, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— for traffic studies, by J. A. Hillier, 493 Insulating and heating exhibition, 5
— Slabs (trade publication), 264 Insulation for heat, damp and noise, 680
— Load bearing, foamed glass as, 698
— Material, asbestos based, Marinite (Marinite Ltd.), 770
Machinable, uses of, 770 Polyester, Rosite (Rosite Ltd.), 507
— Sound, 680
— Spraying urethane foams for, 438
— Thermal, 680
(Industrial buildings) act, 142 for liquid hydrogen, 898 Panels of Plasticell, 834 Insulator fittings for overhead power lines,
BS 3288 specification (British Standards Institution), 87
Insurance fund, international development, United Nations report on, 473
— Marine, of goods, Banker’s guide to, by
V. Dover and G. A. Calver (book), 364; (review), 774-775
Insurance protection, atomic, new formula for calculating, LSAEC, 896
Tntegron finned tube (ICI Ltd.), 242 Intercontinental Satellite Communications System, by E. A. Laport, 893
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation, symposium on safety requirements for atomic propelled ships, 520 Interatom, contract with Euratom and Hamburg Gesellschaft fur Kernenergiever- wertung for atomic ship propulsion project, 256
Interlas Ltd., Terrier electrode holder, 57; Sigma arc welding machine, 527; on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 569
Intermetallic compounds, mechanical properties of, by J. H. Westbrook (review), 463 Intermit Ltd., on diesel engines and customers requirements, 567; on air compressors and customers’ requirements, 567
Internal-combustion engine. See Engine; Aircraft engine; Motor engine; Tractor; Turbine^ gas
International Association for Hydraulic Research, 585
— Atomic Energy Agency, assistance for
Czechoslovakia’s atomic programme, 15; to collaborate with ENEA, 16; report on atomic prospects in Finland, 16; atomic fuel for Finland, 104; S. Cole appointed Director General, 148; D. R. Toll appointed special assistant to Director General, 148; Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 323; agreement on research with Government of Monaco and Oceanographic Institute of Monaco, 387; assistance missions to Dahomey, Liberia and Nigeria, 387; experts and atomic equipment to be sent to many countries, 387; Dr. P. L. Balligand appointed deputy director, 420; symposium on safety requirements for atomic propelled ships, 520; Dr. D. Popovic appointed director of safeguard division, 632; D. W. Pearce appointed head of health, safety and waste disposal, 632; C. S. del Rio appointed head of reactor division, 632; C. Simano appointed head of technical supplies, 632; request from Yugoslavia for assistance for Triga atomic reactor, 632; contract with US and Norway for enriched uranium fuel, 800; Nora zero power critical assembly made available to by Norway, 800
— Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
loans for small electrical schemes, 307; loan to Costa Rica for new power station, 307; loan to Ghana, 333; loan to Japanese National Railways, 649; loan to Ceylon, 881
— Boat Show, 45, 132. See Correction, 89 International Boilers and Radiators Ltd.
combining with SOGAZ (SA des Gaz, Industriels) of Brussels, 777; to buy SA Chaudieres Samson, 777; production commended, 897
International Business Machines Ltd., cheque sorter-reader hired to Barclays Bank Ltd., 25
— Classification Society, conditions as applied
to atomic propelled ships, 520
International Combustion Ltd., boilers for West Burton power station, 365, 371
International Combustion Products Ltd., rod decks (trade publication), 396
— Commercial Vehicles Exhibition, 146
— Commission on Large Dams, Congress of,
894
on Radiological Units and Measurements, report on SL-I, atomic reactor, 356
— Committee on Space Research, plans for
UK’s second satellite, 645
International Computers and Tabulators, Ltd., formation of, 193; overseas markets, 193; position and prospects, 193; profits, 193; 1301 computer, 193; formation of Computer Developments Ltd. with GEC Ltd., 193; customer service, 193; subsidiary companies, 193; formation of company in Holland with Ruys’ Handels- vereeniging NV, 193; Computer College, 193; Vickers participation in, 769
International Congress of Science, 593
— Construction Equipment Exhibition, 641
796
— Economic Association Congress, 854
— Electro-Technical Commission, annual
meeting, 40; opened by Dr. Radhakrish- man, 40; rationalisation of electrotechnical standards, 40
— Ergonomics Association, first international
congress, 48
International General Electric Co., transistorises D.C. power supply, 41; encapsulated distribution transformer, 425; seawater evaporator, 439;. aerosol packs of cold cure rubber, 551; plan for communications satellites, 749; formation of Communications Satellites, Inc., 749
— Household Goods and Hardware ”
Cologne, 133
— Labour Exhibition, Turin, 509 Organisation, conference, 888 International Marine Radio Co. Ltd.,
lifeboat radio, 561
International Morrison-Knudson Co.
River Tagus bridge, 482
— Motor Show, Geneva, 592 International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ni-Hard
nickel cast iron, 738
International Nickel Co. (Mond) Ltd., new type of alloy steel,
Canberra, 838
International Rectifier Ltd., rectifiers, 13; selenium rectifiers, rectifiers, 403
— Refrigeration and Ai
bition, 834
— Reinforced Plastics Conference, 790
•— Safety Belt Association, conference of, 229
Fair,
Solas
Inc.,
407; Nickel in S.S,
Co. (Great Britain)
silicon rectifiers, 41;
85; silicon stack
r Conditioning Exhi-
22
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
International Samson, new name for SA Chaudieres Samson (qv), 777; G. Reniers appointed chairman, 777; Sirmind appointed vice-chairman, 777 International Silver Co., sponsorship of powder metal research at Stevens Institute of Technology, 267
International Standard Triumph, assuming responsibility for car condition at time of delivery to customer, 480; record car sales at New York automobile show, 505 International Systems Control, formation of, 881; Dr. D. N. Truscott appointed managing director, 881
— Wrought Non-Ferrous
M.
M.
Metals Council, Guide to the Principles of Costing in the European Non-Ferrous Metals Industry (review), 199
International Ytong Co. AB., association with Laing Group, 321
Intertechnique, drum type precipitator for atomic reactors, 599
Introduction to Industry, course on, 281 Invention and science, library of, 688
New library of, by
688
Inverawe power station. Awe barrage, 10
Invertor, transistorised (CAV Ltd.), 132 Invest-Import, power station equipment for Barauni power station, 86
Investment, capital, increasing rate of, 309 Investment Corp, of India, to participate in Skefko bearing factory in India, 665
— in manufacturing industries, table of, 309
— in Nigeria, 341
— Private, rise in, 309
— South African, in Commonwealth, 357 lodine-l32, 243
Ion, heavy, linear accelerator experiments, 832 Ionic injection in thermonuclear work, 324 Ionics Inc., membrane permeation cell, 237 lonides, on Divide and Lose: The Arab Revolt of 1955-1958 (book), 624; Regime of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates (book), 624; Water Resources of Transjordan and Their Development (book), 624
Ionisation chambers, fission, mean-current, saturation characteristics of, by J. A. Dennis and W. R. Loosemore, 520
(Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 891 Ionosphere, radio waves in, by K. G. Budden (book), 496
Iraq, British Trade and Industries Mission to, 785
— Demand for greater industrialization, 785 —? Negotiations with Iraq Petroleum Co., 25
— Oil revenues increase, 25
Iraq Petroleum Co., negotiations with Iraq Government, 25; gas turbine pumping sets for trans-Syrian pipeline (Hawker Siddeley Brush), 271
— Russian report on proposed atomic reactor
at Tuwaitha, 256
Irish Sugar Co., freeze dried food factory opened, 756
Iron, additional costs to production, table of, 713
— Cast, chemical analysis of, and foundry
materials, by W. Westwood and A. Mayer (review), 66
— —? Linings for tunnels, 415 Nickel, Canadian uses of, 738 Nickel, Ni-Hard, 738
QuenchWeld process for welding (Eutectic), 835
Sulpho-nitro cementing of, 85
Welding to steel, 469
— Curtain countries, representatives at talks
at Joint Nuclear Research Institute, 104
— Foundry, reducing scrap in, 38
•— Industry, increasing costs in 713 Potential in Nigeria, 841
— Magnetic, Super Permo (Samuel Osborn &
Co. Ltd.), 619
— Molten, granulation of, 126
— Ore, Canada now ready to produce, 729 See also Ore
Iron Ore Co., Canadian participation in, 729
— Pig, hematite (Millom Hematite Ore and Iron
Co.), 641
Output of, 373
— SG (trade publication), 808
— and Steel Board, depreciation allowance for
South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 105; estimate of expenditure on modernisation of steel industry, 617; report on steel industry to Ministry of Power, 617; Development in the Iron and Steel Industry, 617; request from British Iron and Steel Federation for price increase, 713; report for 1960, 849; steel price increases, 905
-—? — Holding and Realisation Agency, sale of steel companies securities, 325
Industry, development in, 617
Institute, Sir Charles Goodeve appointed President, 181; annual general meeting, 181; proposed visit to USA, 477; Notes for Authors, 494
— — Trade Confederation, suspension of
members by Steel Co. of Wales, 9
— See also Steel; Metallurgy
Ironstone, opencast mining of, application by Richard Thomas and Baldwins rejected, 689 Ironwork, structural. See Bridge; Floor; Column; Roof; Steelwork; Structure Irradiated atomic fuel elements, new method of machining, 104
Irradiation, atomic reactor, oxidation of uranium-dioxide by water vapour under, by B. R. Harder et al, 60
— Device, medical, Cesioterax, 15 Medical, in (Czechoslovakia, 15 Medical, Chisotron, 15
— Effects on semiconductors (Oak Ridge
National Laboratory), 469
— Loop, HTGC, remote handling and analy
tical techniques used in the processing of samples from, by P. E. Brown et al, 520
— Unit, Gammacell, 519
— See also Radiation
Irradiator, Gammacell (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.), 727
national reference
Prof. R. S. Hutton,
tunnel from Loch
Irrigation as an engineering science, 54
— as farming art, 54
— and hydraulic design, by S. Leliavsky
(book), 54, 298; (review), 675-676
— Projects in Northern Rhodesia, 905
— in Punjab, 730
— Scheme, Krian, in Malaya, 736 World, 54-55
Irving Air Chute Co., nylon safety harness for motor cars, 179; motor car safety belts, 261
ISCON. See Indian Steelworks Construction Co.; see also Durgapur
Isle of Wight, Hamstead atomic power station, no news available, 288
Plans for bridge or tunnel to mainland, 480
Isocyanate foams (ICl Ltd.), 438
Isojacket heating jacket (Isopad Ltd.), 486 Isopad Ltd., Isojacket heating jacket, 486 Isotopes, beta-emitting, identification liquid scintillation counting, by W. Hutchinson (paper), 456
by
P.
Isotope Developments, cobalt unit for automatic control unit for Forster’s Glass Co., 83
— 103 element, discovery of, 832
Ispra Nuclear Research Centre, 387; Italian Government hands over to Euratom, 488; take over by Euratom, 768
Israel, atomic reactors being built, U.S. assistance with, 192
— IAEA expert to visit, 387
Italian Comitato Nazionale per I’Energie Nucleare, fusion research contract with Euratom, 696
Italians in Bedford. See LETTERS, 136, 244
Italy, atomic propulsion of ships project submitted to Euratom, 16
— Boom conditions in, 681
— Concrete for dams, 483
— Economic expansion of, 721
— Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Ispra Nuclear Research Centre handed over
to Euratom, 488
— OEEC report on, 721
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Television cameras ordered from U.K., 541
— Unemployment in, 721
Ivanov, Yu. M., on behaviour of timber, 627
JABLO Ltd., association with BIM Ltd., 728 Jacks built into revolving workpiece table (H. W. Kearns and Co. Ltd.), 131
— Hydraulic, Simplex (Equipment and Engineer
ing Co. Ltd.), 798
Jacket, heating. Isojacket (Isopad Ltd.), 486 Jackson, H. S., on Translation from Russian for Scientists (book), 24, 902; (review), 706 Jackson, J. M., on Control of Monopoly in the United Kingdom (review). 427-428
Jackson, Sir Willis, opening of AEI’s Easter School, 556; on human aspects of engineering progress, 817
Jaggi thread whirling machine (Vaughan Associates Ltd.), 145
Jaguar Cars Ltd., position and prospects, 97: full time working continued, 97; “ nep ” talk by Sir William Lyons, 97; XKSS motor car, 329; GT motor car, 329; position and prospects, 389: exports, 389; increase in US sales, 389: profits, 389; acquisition of Daimler Car Co.. 389; sales increasing, 389; sports car fast^’r, lighter, quieter, bv G. Wilkins, 393; E-tvpe motor car. 393; increase in sales in Switzerland, 465; production of E type mr>tor car, 491; evolution of XK engine, 887
Jahn, H. E., on German Defence Problems (review), 838
Jahre system capacitance standards (Aveley Electric Ltd.), 254
James, Dr. A. T., gas density balance, 780 James, D., review of Introduction to the Theory of Aircraft Structures, 157-158; biographical note, 158
James, M., on anatrol: an analogue on-line process control computer, 181
James Motor Cycle Co. Ltd., short time working, 141
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, by J. W. R. Tavlor (book), 396
Jane’s Fighting Ships, by R. V. B. Blackman (book), 396
Japan, colour television service, 505
— electronics research progress, 613 ?—? Exports to US, 209
— Motor car industry, 95
— Radio production, 209
— Sewing machine exports from, 209
— Steel production, 617
— Television set production, 505
— Tokai-Mura atomic reactor, 16
— Tokaido railway line, 649
— Transport facilities in, 649
— World Bank loan to Japanese National
Railways, 649
Japanese Atomic Energy Commission, plan for atomic power station, 632; irradiation tests to be made by Westinghouse Electric International, 632
Japanese Cedric motor car, 95
— National Railways, World Bank loan to, 649 Jarvis, W, F., on adequate wiring, 784
Jason atomic reactor, future uncertain, 632 Java tanker, Burmeister and Wain engine for, 325 Javelin aircraft, Gloster, trial flight with de Havilland Gyron Junior engines, 269 Jaw breakers (trade publication), 396
J.D. Tractors Ltd., Deera-Lanz crawler loader, 484
JEEP atomic reactor in Norway, 563 Jefferson, S., on Radioisotopes: A New Tool for Industry (review), 464
Jeffreys, A. E., on Michael Faraday (book), 264; (review), 395
Jenkins, A., on technical college libraries, 137 Jennison, Dr. R. C., instrumentation for UK’s second satellite, 645
Jephcott, Sir Harry, retires from chairmanship of DSIR council, 657
Jerger, J. J., on Systems Preliminary Design (review), 674
Jessen, Dr. G. N., formation of Sphercon Contact Lens Co. Ltd., 358
Jewellery, modern, exhibition of, 277 Jig boring machine (Strojexport), 221 Jobs, unfilled, statistics on, 97
Johnson British Electric Ltd., position and prospects, 17
Johnson, H. R., Jr., on IBM 650 RAMAC Computer for Data Processing in an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, 479
Johnson, K. D. B., on densities of hydrogen and uranium and effect on criticality, 456 Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd., electrical contacts (trade publication), 298; Noble Metal Thermocouples, by H. E. Bennett (book), 551; seam-welding wheel blanks (trade publication), 808; headed contacts (trade publication), 808; Mallory 53 alloy of nickel-silicon-copper, 835
Johnson and Phillips Ltd., repeater switch, 144; position and prospects, 865; turnover, 865; profits, 865; overseas subsidiaries of, 865; association with British India Electric Construction Co., 865
Johnson, R. M., on computers for data processing, 593
Johnstone, Prof. R. E., on survey of chemical engineering education and practice, 185; on work of chemical engineers, 185; inquiry among members of Institution of Chemical Engineers, 411
Joint, expansion, controlled-flexing. Flexon (Flexonic Corp.), 716
Pipeline couplings to eliminate (Aero Controls Ltd.), 461
Joint Nuclear Research Institute, talks between Iron Curtain country representatives, 104; proton-synchrotron experiments, 104; new bubble chamber, 104; discovery of antisigma-minus hyperon, 104
Joint Radio Committee, 785
— Tube, Clinch (Access Equipment), 101 Jones, A. A., and Shipman Ltd., honer (trade
publication), 68; agreements with Praga Tools Corp., 741; backing-off attachment, 859
Jones, R. A., to attend Chrysler Institute of Engineering, 689
Jones rail crane (George Cohen Sons and Co. Ltd.), 189
Jones and Stevens Ltd., Super Minex extractor fan, 240
Jones, Sir Walter Benton, on United Steel Companies, 105
Jordan, imports from UK, 265
— US aid for, 265
Jordan, R. H., on plant and customers’ requirements, 566
Josephson, M., on Edison: a
(book), 428; (review), 807 Josephy, N. H., on machine tools
mers’ requirements, 569 Journal of Documentation, 1Q6 Journal of the National Research
Thailand, 706
Biography
and custo-
Council of
Joy International SA, overseas operations of, 193
Joy Manufacturing (Canada), products, 193
Joy Manufacturing Co., subsidiaries of, 193; manufacturing in the Commonwealth, 193; position and prospects, 193; exports, 193 Joy-Sullivan Ltd.,
exports, 193;
pressor, 827 Joy-Sullivan N221 Joyce, M. V., on
(book), 608 Jugoslavia. See Yugoslavia Jungbluth friction saw (Addison Tool Co.
Ltd.), 527
Junior powder pump (Mono Pumps Ltd.), 532 Jura to Kintyre submarine power cable, 777
, Hazemag crusher, 13; drilling rig, 628; air com
double drum slusher, 350 Transistor Circuit Analysis
KADUNA River, Nigeria, road bridge over proposed, 736
Kay and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., Konaxal gunmetal connectors, 857
Kahl/Main atomic reactor, 768
Kaiser, consulting engineers for Volta River project, 333
Kaiser Aluminium Corp., association with Commonwealth Aluminium Corp., 357; association with Consolidated Zinc Corp., 357; interest in James Booth Aluminium Co., 565
Kamm enlarger (Colyer and Southey Ltd.), 144 Kane, Douglas (Sealants) Ltd., Loctite sealant resins, 134
Kappeli, Dr. h. c. R., chairman
United Kingdom Ltd., 565
Karatoteva, T., on temperature self-quenching Geiger-Muller 192
Kariba dam project, British South loan for, 357
of CIBA
effect of
counters,
Africa Co.
Karlsruhe, site for new Euratom research centre, 16
Karlsruhe Transuranium Institute of Euratom, 387
Kaye, J., on Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity (review), 111-112
KBWP project of Euratom, 768
Kearney and Trecker CVA Ltd., agreements with Praga Tools Corp., 741
Kearns, H, W., and Co. Ltd., Kearns electronic horizontal boring machine, 18-20; revolving workpiece table with built in jacks, 131
Keays, H. de J., on standardisation in engineering plant design, 552
Keelavite/Gury hydraulic pumps (Keelavite Hydraulics Ltd.). 189
Keelavite Hydraulics Ltd., Keelavite/Gury hydraulic pumps, 189; Hydro-Titan hydraulic drive, 102
Keele College, request for University status, 657 Keepin, G. R., on neutron pulsing techniques, 696
Kellingley Colliery, high speed shaft sinking
at, 380, 397
Kellock, A., review of Migrant Australia, 746- 747; biographical note, 748
Kellog International Corp., ethylene production (trade publication), 708
Kellogg, M. W., Co., Pressure Drop for Flow of Fluids in Round Pipe, 153; development of sodium fuel cell, 268
Kelvin and Hughes (Marine) Ltd., radar systems for liner Canberra, 755
KEMA Co., contract with Euratom, 768 Kendall, P. G,, on analogue devices for network analysis, 302
Kenderi, T., development of Kenderisation protection of steel, 237
Kenderisation protection of steel, 237 Kennedy and Donkin, to draft invitations to tender for Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, 147
Kennedy, President, suspension of atomic propulsion for aircraft programme, 632 Kent, Esso seek oil prospecting licence for, 25 Kent, George, Ltd., Russian students visit factory, 865
Kent Kordless Ltd., powered pencil sharpener,
472
Kenyon, William, and Sons Ltd., Powergrip belt drive, 536; Poly-V belt drive, 536
Kenyon, William, and Sons (Thermal Insulations), Ltd., Foamglas foamed glass, 698 Keppie, Henderson and Partners, swimming pool for Glasgow University, 159
Kerr, C., Jr,, development of roller road for traffic, 481, 497
Kerry’s (Ultrasonics) Ltd., Omark stud welding machine, 532; on miscellaneous plant and customers’ requirements, 569
Kestner Evaporator and Engineering, licence agreement with Dicon SA de CV, 497 Kestrel radio telephone (Marconi), 825 Ketay Ltd., integrating gyro, 859
Keuffel and Esser Co., Speedraft draughtsman’s templates, 87
Key Engineering Co. Ltd., pitch fibre piping for laundry drainage, 243
Keynsham Urban District Council, redevelop- and Hannen
ment of civic centre (Holland and Cubitts (GB) Ltd.), 365
Keyseating machine, large, for Bronze and Brass Co. Ltd. Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 335
Khartoum drainage system, 888
Kidd, Capt. H. A., appointed to Admiralty station at Dounreay, 420
Kidde, Walter, Co. Ltd., Colarm fire alarm, 352 Kier, J. L., and Co., Ltd., new berths at Mombasa Harbour, 828
Kilburn, Dr., development of Atlas computer, 609
Kinematics: A German-English Glossary, by Prof. R. Hartenberg and T. P. Goodman, 156
Kinetheodolites, use on Woomera WRE range, 750
Kingsbury, A., work on air and gas bearings, 255
Kingsford, P. W., on Biography of F, W. Lanchester (book), 110; on F. W. Lanchester: Life of an Engineer (book), 428
Kinloch (Provision Merchants) Ltd., catalytic combustion fume cleaner installed, 126
Kinnear Moodie and Co., high speed shaft sinking, 397; Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Kintyre to Jura submarine power cable, 777 Kipping, Sir Norman, delegation to Nigerian Industrial Development Conference, 149
Kirchhoff, G. R., historical note, 7
Kirk, Geo. F., Ltd., umbrella building for S. and J. Litchen Ltd., 186
Kirov Works, turbine for Voronezh atomic power station, 192
Kirschbaum, E., on Destillier- und Rektifizier- technik (review), 263
Kirtleside, Lord Douglas of, on BEA 201
Kit, B., on Rocket Propellant Handbook (review), 200
Kitchen, bath-in-the-, unit, Bink (Bink Unit Developments Ltd.), 584
— Equipment, domestic, 584
— Power for, 472
— Unit, Compacta, 436
— Unit, Cannonlux (Cannon (GA) Ltd.), 436
— by J, E. Walley (book), 158
Kitchen A.,-D, Walker Ltd., horizontal facing machine, 766
Kiwi-A3 atomic reactor, completion of, 388 Kiwi-B test programme, 800
K and L Steelfounders and Engineers, orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673
Klein, L., on human implications of work study: Pakitt Ltd., 183
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, trials of ParaVisual Director (PVD) Equipment, 402 Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, diesel engined bus, 595
Knollys, Lord, on trade with Russia, 758
Koering excavating machine (NCK-Rapier Ltd.), 798
Koffman, J. L., review of Railway Locomotives, 606-607; review of British Locomotives, 606-607; biographical note, 608
Kohn, J. A., on Boron (book), 676 Kolbuszewski, Prof., on traffic engineers, 689 Kollbrunner, C. F., on Hydraulic Bending Press (book), 232
Komati Power station, use of aluminium busbars, 618; contractors for, 618
Kompass Register, 518, 549; formation by Engineering Ltd. and Brown Knight and Truscott Ltd., 518; M. Gordon appointed managing director, 518; aims and objects of register, 518
Konaxal gunmetal connectors (Kay and Co.), 857 Korea, IAEA expert to visit, 387
— Suwon Institute of Agriculture to receive
IAEA assistance, 387
Korotkov, K. P., on Continuous Casting of Steel in Commercial Use (book), 576
Kotah Barrage inauguration of, 143
Kovo, order to Bradma Ltd. for addressing machines, 159
Manganese (Mortimer
command
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Kowalski, S. J., on Introduction to Electrotechnology (book), 428
Koyna River dam, 829
Kraft honeycomb in boatbuilding, 90
Profiled sections of, 90
Radar reflectors, 90 Sound reducing bulkheads for Deltic
locomotive (English Electric Co.), 90 Kraushaar, W. L., on Introduction to Mech
anics, Matter and Waves (book), 364; (review), 607-608
Krauss-Maffei, diesel-hydraulic locomotives, 595
Kresser, T. O. J., on Polypropylene (book), 496 Kreutz, Fritz, of Dusseldorf, bearings for
Hammersmith flyover, 247
Krian irrigation scheme in Malaya, 736 Kroger, F. A., on Progress in Semiconductors (book), 112
K.S.M. Stud Welding Ltd., stud welding machine, 628
Kuala Lumpur, ship, refit for, 699
Kucher, Dr. A. A., Levacar system, 622 Kuffel, Dr. E., on Evolution of Electromagnetic Machines (book), 606
Kuhn, N., on German mathematics vocabulary, 477
Kuljian Corp., Barauni power station, 86 Kuwait International Airport, 888
Kwiklift lorry mounted crane (Cohen Bros.), 101
Kyle, J. M., second deck for George Washington bridge, 51
Kyna hydro-electric power project in Bombay State, 829
LABELS, adhesive (trade publication), 112 Labgear Ltd., Unicam power supply, 318 Laboratory apparatus and materials exhibition, national, 5
— of Food Investigation Organisation. See
LETTER, 276
— Food research. See LETTER, 276
— Hydraulics (Glenfield), 878
— Testing for abrasive wear, 546
— See also National Engineering: National
Physical
Labouchere, Sir George, on Anglo-Spanish trade, 299
Labour in agricultural and food equipment industry, 166
— in building and civil engineering industry, 80
— in data processing and business equipment
industry, 120
— in domestic aids industry, 171
— Exhibition, international, Turin, 509
— Immobility, 97
— and management in armaments industry, 36 in production plant industry, 28
in telecommunications and electronics industry, 32
— in materials processing industry, 71
— Ministry of, survey on demand for tech
nicians, 53; Professional Engineers. 141; Eire Eighting in Eactories, 217; Industrial Relations Handbook, 593; reappointment of committee on drop forging, 593; inquiry into earnings of manual workers, 625; Ministry of Labour Gazette, 625; wage statistics, 625; regulations for unsealed radioactive substances, 632; Accidents— How They Happen, 721; Prevention of Accidents to Young Workers, 721; report for 1960, 793; employment figures for Scotland, 881
— Misuse in industry, 657
— Organisation, International. See Inter
national
— in power plant and prime mover industry,
116
— Relations at docks and ports, engineering
industry’s concern about, 141
— Relations, industrial, improving, 888
— Relations in motor car industry, meeting to
discuss, 9
— in scientific and engineering instruments
industry, 76
— in service industries, 161
— Shortage of, 209, 437
—? Skilled, shortage of, 209, 241
— in transport manufacturing industry, 124
— See also Manpower Lac Jeannine mine, 729
Ladder, aluminium (H. C. SUngsby Ltd.), 207
— Drilling at Loch Awe, 10
Ladle stoppers, infra red plant for drying (GEC), 367
Lagging paints (trade publication), 904
Laing Development Co., development of Thornybank Industrial Estate, 497; new shopping centre for Birmingham, 691
Laing Group, association with International Ytong Co. AB., 321
Laing Housing, estates developed or begun, 865 Laing, John, Co., discussion session by directors and pupils, 824; participation in Commonwealth Training Week, 824
Laing, John, Construction Ltd., award of Sir George Earle Trophy, 689; new shopping centre for Birmingham, 691
Laing, John, and Son (Canada) Ltd., Port Mann bridge, 731
Laing, John, and Son, major works of, 865; work for Vickers Armstrongs, 865; work for Head Wrightson, 865; work for Petrochemicals, 865; work for Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 865; work for Mobil Oil Co., 865; work for British Transport Commission, 865; work for Bowater Packaging, 865; annual review, 865; housing estates, 865; overseas schemes, 865
Laing, W. K., awarded Sir George Earle trophy, 689; on training people, 824; on John Laing and Son, 865
Laird, J., historical note, 7 Laird, M., historical note, 7 Lake Taupo geothermal power station project. New Zealand, 98
Lambert Hydrocon mobile crane (Brown and Tawse Plant Ltd.), 661
Lamberton and Co., Ltd., tube upsetting machine, 507
Lamble, J. H., on technical college libraries, 212-213. See LETTER, 244
Laminate, decorative. Respatex (Getz Bros. and Co.), 619
Laminate, plastic (Arborite Co. (UK) Ltd.), 375 Laminated timber, glued, structural, production standards for, 590
Working stresses and stress grading for, 829
Laminating presses, automated for plastics (Pathex (Canada) Ltd.), 740
Lamp, inspection, miniature (CLM), 253 —-Tungsten filament, microminiature, Mite-t-
Lite (Thorn Electrical), 237
— Xenon, for searchlight for M60 tank, 45
— See also Light: Lighting
LAMPRE-1 atomic reactor, criticality achieved, 664
Lanark Avalanche Shed (Laing), 865 Lancashire County Council, contracts for
Birmingham-Preston Motorway awarded to Sir Alfred McAlpine and Sons and Leonard Fairclough Ltd., 233
Lancashire Dynamo Coates Pty., amalgamation with Godfrey Electrical Industries Pty., 397; formation of M.I. Australia Pty., 397
Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products Ltd., controller for gun welding machine, 14; licence agreement with Emerson Electric Manufacturing, 233; transistorized photoelectric equipment, 825
Lancaster, J. F., on pressure-vessel codes, 238. See LETTER, 344
Lancaster, new university for, 657
Lanchester, F. W., biography of, by P. W.
Kingsford (book), 110; Life of an Engineer, by P. W, Kingsford (book), 428 Lanchester sub-machine gun, 830 Lancia Zagato Appia motor car, 592 Lands, backward, water brings to life,
A. N. M. Robertson, 54-55
Landau, E., on Grundlagen der Analysis (review), 364
Landmaster Ltd., Landmaster 150 rotary cultivator exhibit at Cairo Fair, 333; Gardenmaster 85 Rotary Cultivator, 670-672
Landscape of roads, by S. Crowe (review), 494- 495
Lane, L, tour of Far East for Coseley Buildings Ltd., 225
Lang, N., development of fan heaters, 548 Lang Pneumatic Ltd., Pneutomation News, 198 Langdon-Thomas, G. J., on fire protection in factory buildings, 142
Langley, Brigadier C. A., report on electric train failures, 884
Langley, M., appointed technical director of British Executive and General Aviation, 348; biographical note, 348; formation of Tiltman-Langley Ltd., 348
Langlois-Berthelot, R., on Transformers and Generators for Power Stations (review), 806
Language analysis, applied, and machine translation of language, conference on, 854
— Machine translation of, and applied lan
guage analysis, conference on, 854 Lanterns, butane. Camping Gaz (Forges d’Alais), 150-152
Lapham, J. H., review of Banker’s Guide to Marine Insurance of Goods, 774-775; biographical note, 776
Laport, E. A., on Intercontinental Satellite Communications System, 893
Lapp Insulator Co., corona rings for Machias Bay radio station aerial, 205
Lapping compound, Hyprez (Engis Ltd.), 173
— Machine, diamond (Engis Ltd.), 890 Flexibox, Alfred Herbert Ltd. appointed
agents for, 865
Lardarelle power station, atomic reactor for (Mitchell Engineering and American Machine and Foundry Co.), 800
Larmuth and Bulmer Ltd., wire rope closing machine, 144, 172
Latex rubber sprayed seals in mining, 802 Synthetic, use of “ pillow ” tanks to transport, 311
Latham, G. H., on Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., 357
Lathes, centre (trade publication), 24 —? — Monarch (Rockwell Machine Tool Co.,
Ltd.), 384
— Commutator, Com-Centric (Brownings’
Electric Co. Ltd.), 486
— Copying (Strojexport), 220
— CT live centres for (Insley Industrial Supply
Co. Ltd.), 222
— Gallic 16 (Mondiale), 554
— Imor (Gate Machinery Co. Ltd.), 562 Milling machine used as, 127
— Roll turning, for Armstrong Whitworth
(Craven), 39
— Taper turning (Crossley Bros. Ltd.), 251
— Turret, automatic (Strojexport), 220
—? — (Technoimpex Foreign Trading Co.), 485 Latin America, atomic power survey, 147 Imports from UK, 341
Lattices, hydrogen moderated, resonance escape possibilities and self-shielding factors in, by A. J. Taylor, 224
Latvia, atomic research centre to be established by Russia, 104
Lauf-Lumenite (Pty) Ltd., new factory for, 61 ; increase in profits, 61
Launch, motor. See Boat
— Steam, modern, and steamboats, 574
— See also Boat
Launchers, mobile, for Hawk missile (Northrop
Corp.), 397 Launders, aluminium, Marinite used for, 770 Laundry drainage, pitch fibre piping for (Key
Engineering), 243
— Linen hire (Spring Grove Laundries Ltd.),
669
Laureau, R., appointed President
Europe Continental Co., 389 Laurence, Scott and Electromotors
trical machinery and control electrical propulsion machines
atomic propelled submarine, 488; Corrector cargo winch, 528
Law, F. T., on principles of burst cartridge detection system, 599
Laws, antitrust, of the United States of
America, by A. D. Neale (review), 427-428
— Trade union, by N. A. Citrine (review), 363 Lawn, be your own expert, by Dr. D. G.
Hessayon (book), 706
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, discovery of new element, 832
Lawrence, T. E., on revolt in the desert, 624
Lawson, E). F., on Technique of Photomicrography (review), 230
Lawton, F. L., on major rock plug blast near dam, 895
Layout, 3-D model, use and abuse of, 868-869 Layshaft gears produced automatically, 458 Lazard Bros., discussions at BEAMA export conference, 841
Lea, F. C., on Machining of Steel (book), b8 Leach, H. W., on Engineering: The Profession and Elementary Problem Analysis (review), 607
Lead Development Association, lead pigments (trade publication), 264
Lead Industries Association, Lead, 648 Lead Plymax X-ray screens (Venesta), 343
— Pigments (trade publication), 264
— Telluride cells, 648
Leader Motorcycle, Ariel, 194-196; general data on, 196
Leak detector (GEC (US)), 102
— Micro-, detection of Vacuum Research), 83 Leander class frigates, three to be built for
Royal Navy, 69
Lear Inc., sub-miniature gyro, 153 Learning, World of (book), 396 Leaute, Prof. A., opening address of Mesucora
Exhibition and Congress, 804
Leber, G., plan for German trade unions, 141 Lectralevel liquid level control system (Londex Ltd.), 597
Lecturer, advice to, by Michael Faraday (book), 464
Lee, Howl and Co. Ltd., Hypersilid chemical pump, 560
Lee, J. E., entertains Russian students, 865
Lee, P., foundation of Coventry Climax
Engines Ltd., 842
Lee, W. T., on anatrol: an analogue on-line process control computer, 181
Lees-Bradner gear bobbing machine (Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd.), 726
Lees. J. B., and S., inclusion in Harper Engineering and Electronics Group, 325
Legal and General Assurance Society, Millbank Development, 809
Leicester, Lovell and Co. Ltd., use of “ pillow ” tanks, 310
Leipzig Fair, 641; British exhibitors at, 273; British Road Services Exhibit at, 397; order for UK exhibitors, 429; UK orders at, 673
Leliavsky, S., on Irrigation and Hydraulic Design (book), 298; (review), 675-676 Lemass, S. F., opening of freeze dried food plant of Irish Sugar Co., 756
Lens, contact, Sphercon (Sphercon Contact Lens Co. Ltd.), 358-360
— Mounts of Noral 28S alloy (Taylor, Taylor
and Hobson), 179
— Zoom, television, Varotal (Taylor, Taylor
and Hobson Ltd.), 737
Leo Computers Ltd., Leo III computer for CAV Ltd., 333
Leo III computer for CAV Ltd. (Leo Computers Ltd.), 333
for Dunlop Rubber Co., 665 for wage calculations, 593 Leonard and Grant, consulting engineers to
Base Group, 809 Leonard mixing valve, 44
— Thermostatic controller (Walker, Cros-
weller and Co. Ltd.), 14
Leonides engine (Alvis Co.), 61
Lep Transport, transport of British exhibits to British Trade Fair in Moscow, 429
Lepaz pearlitic malleable castings (Ley’s), 202 Leptoptilus crane (Holland Cranes), 2O6 Lesch, G., on Textbook of High Voltage Technology (review), 296
Lesser, J. E., and Sons Ltd., prefabricated buildings (trade publication), 200
Lester, M. D., on major rock plug blast near dam, 895
Letsky, B. M., on Practical Manual of Industrial Finishes (review), 199-200
Letter mail, processing of, 910-91!
Letters, pattern, in polyethylene (Atl Plastic (Aldridge) Ltd.), 551
Levacar system (Ford), 622
Level gauge, R and G (Bayham Ltd.), 528
— Indicator, Levelrator (Thomas Industrial
Automation Ltd.), 12
— Liquid, controller (H. M. Hobson Ltd.), 529 Levelrator level indicator (Thomas Industrial
Automation Ltd.), 12
Leverhulme Study Group Report: Complete
Scientist (book), 776
Levertons of Spalding, dealers for Caperpillar Tractor Co., 235; reclamation of worn tractor parts, 235
Lewis, E. F., petition to Board of Trade, 333 Lewis, H. K., and Co., Supplement to the Catalogue of Lewis's Medical, Scientific and Technical Library, 1957-1959 (book), 24 Lewis, John, and Sons, trawlers, 275
Lewis, L. V., on Electro-Magnetic Speed Signal and Pulse Generators for Neutron Chopper Spinning Units, 388
Lewis Research Centre, aero space propulsion research, 317; graduate training, 317
Lewispoint Holdings Ltd., microwave Arctic cooking oven, 240
Lewis’s medical, scientific and technical library, supplement to the catalogue of, 1957-1959 (book), 24
Leybold’s Nachfolger, formation of new company with Elliott-Automation Group, 833 Leyland Motors Ltd., export of vehicles, 69; increase in vehicle of Leyland engines for ECM trucks, Standard-Triumph annual report, 225; position and prospects, 225; overseas prospects, 225; group turnover, 225; profits, 225; demand for diesel engines, 225; order position, 225, 299; order from Southdown Motors, 299; production rights for Worldmaster chassis for Industrija Motora Rakovica 577; diesel engined bus, 595; installation of nitriding plant, 635; bus orders received 841; buses for Edinburgh Corp., 841; buses for Trent Motor Traction, 841; buses for Western Welsh Omnibus, 841; buses for Birkenhead Corp., 841
Leyland Worldmaster chassis, production rights for Industrija Motora Rakovica, 577 Ley’s Malleable Castings Co., Ltd., Lepaz pearlitic malleable castings, 202; continuous casting equipment installed, 202
Liardet, G. E., on Simms Motor and Electronic Corp., 801
Liberia, IAEA assistance mission to, 387 Librarians and information officers.
LETTERS, 821, 885
Library, Lewis’s medical, scientific and nical, 1957-1959, supplement to catalogue to (book), 24
— Minded engineers and scientists, 212.
LETTERS, 244, 312
— National Lending, of Science and Techno
logy, 688
— National Reference, of Science and Inven
tion, 688
— New, of science and invention, by Prof.
R. S. Hutton, 688
— (Public Lending Right) Bill, 230
— Science Museum, 688
— Technical college. See LETTERS, 92, 137, 212
— Technical, new, in industrial organisations,
conference on, 262
Licencia, licensing authority for Kenderisation steel protection process, 237
Liddel, Dr. D., historical note, 7 Life at sea, safety of, conference on, 520 Lifeboat radio. Solas (International Marine Radio Co. Ltd.), 561
Lift equipment (trade publication), 158
— Escalators and Paternosters (trade publica
tion), 158
— Paternoster, 338. See LETTER, 476 Operation of, 338
Lifter, Cling-Sling (G. D. Peters and Co. Ltd.), 629
— (Martonair Ltd.), 561
— Sack, Teleloader (Telehoist Ltd.), 541 Light, continuous, from optical maser (Bell
Telephone Laboratories), 337
— and heat economies, 648
Light and Power Accessories Co. Ltd., distribution drum, 485
Light, spot (P. W. Allen and Co. Ltd.), 353
— Standard, absolute, research at NPL, 709
— See also Lamp: Lighting
Lighthill, Prof. M. J., studies for supersonic airliners, 820
Lighting, interior, recommendations for good (Illuminating Engineering Society), 408
— Research, use of models, 869 -— See also Lamps: Lights
Likhachev, V. P., on Russian experience of wide river dams, 895
Liliavsky, S., on Irrigation and Hydraulic Design (book), 54
Lilleshall Co. Ltd., Spectra Glaze plastic faced building slabs, 47
Lilley, Prof. E., on ultra-ionospheric flight of radio telescopes by Blue Scout rocket, 237 Limassol, proposed extension of port facilities, 585
Lin, T. Y., on Design of Steel Structures (book), 708
LINAC linear accelerator for Moscow Trade Fair (Vickers Research), 673
Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd., historical note, 578; Lincoln motor generator for welding, 578-580
Lincoln Lords, by C. Hawley (review), 296-297 Lincoln Motor generator for welding (Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd.), 578-580
Lindley, A., on exports and overseas visits by executives, 201
Lindley, Dr. B. C., review of Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity, 111-112; review of Dynamic Behaviour of Thermoelectric Devices, 111-112; biographical note, 112 Line Management and the Consultant, 8
— Marker (trade publication), 200
— Overhead, alarm (trade publication), 200
— Protector (AEI Ltd.), 279
Linen industry, AMY automatic yarn monitor for, 813
Research Association, AMY automatic yarn monitor, 813
— Yarn, electronic inspection device for, 635 Liner Canberra, details of 754-755; maiden
voyage of, 753, 754-755; nickel in (International Nickel Co. (Mond) Ltd.), 838
— Cunarder for Atlantic, tenders to be issued,
341
— for cylinder blocks, sprayed (Metco Ltd.),
771
— Empress of Canada, 769; details of, 605;
maiden voyage of, 605; sale to India, 713
— Gorjistan for Strick Line (John Readhead &
Sons), 665
— Oriana, 753, 769
— Passenger, Russian design for, 809
— Windsor Castle, model of, 851
— See also Ships:
Linings, cast iron, for tunnels, 415
— Concrete, for tunnels, 415
— No-bolt, halve tunnelling time, 414-415 Link-Belt Co., waste treatment plant (trade
publication), 428; sludge collectors (trade publication), 428; sprockets (trade publication), 904
Lion Stamping Co. Ltd., Aqualeo oil fired immersion heater, 352
Lipton Products Ltd., on hydraulic equipment and customers’ requirements, 568
Liquid distribution control unit (D. Ellison Ltd.), 416
— Level control system, Lectralevel (Londex
Ltd.), 597
Controller (H. M. Hobson Ltd.), 529
— Oxygen. See Oxygen
— Separating solids suspended in, 82
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Liquid-Solid Separations Ltd., Hydrocyclone wet centrifuge, 82
Lister, B., on panorama of performance, 65; on grand touring cars today, 329; review of BP Book of Motor Cycle Racing, 807; biographical note, 808; on evolution of an engine—the Jaguar XK, 887
Litchen, S. and J., Ltd., umbrella building completed for, 186
Lithgow, Sir William, tour of South America,
I; on shipbuilding techniques, 1 Lithgows Ltd., possible establishment of shipyards in South America, 1
Lithium compounds, US Bureau of Standards research programme on, 269
•— Irradiating to produce tritium, 696
— Magnesium alloys, research on, 613 Litter bin, “ Town Number One,”
Centre award for (G. A. Harvey (London) Ltd.), 712 Little, I. M. D., on Concentration in
Industry (review), 23
Littlejohn, W. G., review of Technology, Engineering and Safety, 111; biographical note, 112
Litton Industries Inc., co-operation with Elliott Automation Ltd., 357; formation of Elliott-Litton Ltd., 357; association with Elliott-Automation Group, 833; sound recording equipment for Radio Eirean, 873
Liverpool Steam Ship Owners’ Association, annual report, 405
Liverpool traffic jams, 177
— University, application for grant for atomic
reactor, 104
Research atomic reactor for, 753 Living standards, high, from cheap power, 98
— and working, Plain Words on, 885
Livshits, A. L., on Electro-Erosion Machining of Metals (book), 158
Lloyd, Major General C., on Commonwealth Technical Training Week, 721
Lloyd, F. H., and Co., foremen training, 177 Lloyd, S., on shortage of labour, 209; on increase in national productivity, 209; Budget speech, 617; speech to Foreign Press Association, 617
Lloyds Bank Ltd., cheque sorting machine installed (Burroughs), 25
Lloyds Packing Warehouses Ltd., transport of British exhibits to British Trade Fair in Moscow, 429
Lloyds Scottish Finance Ltd., association with Bowmakers, 257
Load/strength relationship, 154 Loader, automatic (Precision Gear), 417
— Crawler, Deere-Lanz (J.D. Tractors Ltd.),
484
— Sack, Hipope Mule (H. C. Pope Ltd.), 767
— Shovel, Loadmaster (Chaseside Engineering
Co. Ltd.), 796
— Skip (George Cohen 600 Group Ltd.), 661 Loadmaster shovel loader (Chaseside Engineering Co. Ltd.), 796
Location system for staff (Westrex Co. Ltd.), 173
Locator electroluminescent panel (MK Electric), 88
— for line faults (Ferranti Ltd.), 418 Loch Awe hydroelecttic scheme, 10 Ladder drilling al, 10
Tunnel to Inverawe power station, 10 Loch Turret Spillway, model of, 470
Lock, Cromwell, extension of on River Trent, 558
Lock mechanisation on River Trent, 558 Lockheed Aircraft Corp., atomic reactor for Ohio State University, 104
Lockspeiser, Sir Ben, to speak at National Apprentices dinner, 689
Lockwood and Carlisle Ltd., automatic welding of pistons, 203
Lockwood, W. H., on device for synchronisation of two dropping mercury electrodes, 456
Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers Association, British Locomotives (book), 428; (review), 606; exhibit at Rand Show, 465
Locomotives, British (book), 428; (review), 606
— Costs of, 681
— Deltic, sound reducing bulkheads of Kraft
honeycomb (English Electric Co.), 90
— Diesel, losses on US railways. See LETTER,
92
— Diesel-hydraulic (Beyer Peacock Co.), 769
— Diesel-hydraulic, for British Railways (Beyer
Peacock (Hymek) Ltd.), 788
— Diesel-hydraulic (Krauss-Maffei), 595
— Diesel-hydraulic, Taurus (Yorkshire Engine
Co. Ltd.), 652
— Electric, for South African Railways (AEI
Ltd.), 465
— Gas turbine (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 239
— Henschel’s handbook on (Henschel Werke
GmbH) (review), 838
— Manufacturers, exports, 681
Future standardisation of products, 681
— Outlook for 1961, 122-125
— Railway, by J. R. Day and B. K. Cooper
(book), 428; (review), 606
— Steam, preservation of, 241
Loctite sealant resins (Douglas Kane (Sealants) Ltd.), 134
Lodge Equipment Ltd., Adams Sport training machine, 912
Lodge Plugs Ltd., alumina ceramic (trade publication), 808
Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd., copper extrusion plant for Thomas Bolton and Sons Ltd., 773 Londex Ltd., pressure switch, 280; power factor regulator, 418; pressure switch, 444; Leclralevel liquid level control system, 597; annunciator, 692; contactors (trade publication), 748; electromagnetic valves (trade publication), 776
London Aluminium Co. Ltd., factories moved to new plant at Wombourn, 173
— County Council, survey of noise in London, 348; educational responsibilities, 373; Engineering Studies in Secondary Schools, 373; courses, 373; High Holborn road widening scheme, 480; bridge for Regents Canal Dock, 483
London Electricity Board, distribution transformers ordered from AEI Ltd., 233
— General Shipowners’ Society, losses caused
by tally clerks strike to members, 141 London and Overseas Freighters Ltd., carriage of Russian oil, 873
London, noise survey, 348
— Supergrid “ ring ” around, 52
— Transport Executive, Victoria Line under
ground railway, 414-415; new rolling stock for Metropolitan Line, 820; see also Railways, underground
— Underground Railways. See London Trans
port Executive; Railways, underground
— University, research atomic reactor for, 753 Longmore, W. J. M., tour of South America
641
Loom, shuttleless, Onemack (Mackie and Sons)
761
Loop irradiations, HTGC, remote handling and analytical techniques used in the processing of samples from, by P. E. Brown et al, 520
Loosemore, W. R., on saturation characteristics of mean-current fission ionisation chambers, 520; on fast neutron counter for dosimetry, 520
Lorain lorry mounted crane (Vales Plant), 100 Lorry. See Motor vehicle
Lorry Loader crane (R. H. Neal and Co. Ltd.),
383
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Kiwi-B test programme, 800
Los Angeles, withdrawal from Improved Cycle Boiling Water Project, 388
Lotts Equipment, distributors of National shower cubicle, 44
Lotus Elite, motor car, 65, 329, 687 —? Formula junior motor car, 65 Loudspeakerphone office communicator (AEI),
384
Lovell, Prof. Sir Bernard, exhibition of work of at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Low Moor Fine Steels Ltd., steel extrusions (trade publication), 872
LOX. See Oxygen, liquid Lubricants (trade publication), 264 Lubricating oils. See also Oil Lubrication equipment, Trabon (Exactor Ltd.),
762
— Hydrodynamic, 434
Lubricators, Stauffer pressure screw, in nylon (Trendon Ltd.), 47
Lucas Heights " “
Commission method for ments, 104
Lucas, Joseph, Ltd., components for Austin gas turbine vehicle engine, 424; electronic ignition system for motor cars, 501; DL3 windscreen wiper, 855
Luitakila River irrigation scheme, 905 Lumenated Ceilings Ltd., hangar, 597
Lunar theory, introductory treatise on, by E. W. Brown (book), 298
Lung/heart machine, Melrose, 705
Lurgi gasification, regulation and distribution with, 805
Lutyens, D. M., on Physics of Television (book), 808
Luxury Life power domestic equipment (S. N. Bridges and Co. Ltd.), 472
Lymer, A., on mechanical sealing as it stands today, 572-573
Lynchburg Source Reactor, request to modify from Babcock and Wilcox Co., 800
Lynester Products, Ltd., lightweight machine access doors, 87
Lynn, C., development of roller road for traffic, 481, 497
Lyon, Arthur, and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., Alcon Thames centrifugal pump, 826
Lyon, R. N., on Technology, Engineering and Safety (review), 111
Lyons, Sir William, on Jaguar Cars Ltd., 97; “pep” talk to Jaguar workers, 97; on Jaguar Cars Co., 389; on Jaguar Co. policy, 887
Lysak, W. W.,
development.
Ml Motorway, grit stores along, II
M2 Medway Motorway, tenders issued, 233
M15 microscope, biological (Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd.), 62-64
M60 tank, British 105 mm gun for, 45; infra red xenon searchlight for, 45
MacDonald, R., on The American Way, 92
MacGregor and Co, (Cargo Handling) Ltd., MacGregor sliding roof for railway freight wagons, 402; Hallen derrick, 652
MacGregor sliding roof, 402
Machias Bay radio station, US Navy, 205
Machine access doors, lightweight (Lynester Products Ltd.), 87
— Direct current, by H. B. Ranson and
E. T. A. Webb (book), 872
— Electrical, testing of, by L. H. A. Carr
(review), 575-576
— Electromagnetic, evolution of, by Dr.
Kuffel, (book), 606
— Guns. See Guns
— Sorting gives a better service, 910-911
— Sport by, 912
— Tools (trade publications), 24, 68
—- —? Availability, 620
Customers’ requirements, 569
Drives (trade publication), 68
ENGINEERING’S survey report on, 525 exports, 673
Heavy (Joshua Bigwood and Son Ltd.), 763
Heavy (Bronx Engineering Co. Ltd.), 763 Heavy (W. H. A. Robertson and Co.
Ltd.), 763
“ — Heavy (Rushworth and Co. Ltd.), 763 Industry, exports, 365
Industry, good order position, 365
Industry, orders above average, 777 Industry, sales statistics, 365
Machine tools, orders and deliveries, table of statistics on, 841
Performance, improving, 901
Production, 673
Prospects in India, 741
— — Rise in orders and deliveries, 841 for Russia, 873
Trades Association, G. L. H. Bird appointed education officer, 53; machine tool order statistics, 69; exports, 365; deliveries, 365; sales statistics, 365; order position of industry, 365; increase in machine tool industry production, 673; answers to queries, 763; statistics on orders, 777
Machinery’s Handbook, by H. L. Horton (book), 576
Machining, electrochemical principles of, 300 Technique of, 300
— Electro-erosion, of metals, by A. L. Livshits
(book), 158
— Electrolytic (Battelle Memorial Institute
and Steel Improvement and Forge Co.), 175
— of steel, by F. C. Lea and E. N. Simons
(book), 68
Machinoimport, hydraulic dynamometers ordered from Heenan and Froude, 333; order to Hawker Siddeley for National/ Brush diesel alternator sets, 809
Mackay Industrial Equipment Ltd., Morewear Goose detachable dumper truck, 596
Mackay, K., discussions with Herr W. Ulbricht on diesel engines for East Germany, 497 Mackenzie, J. D., on Physiochemical Measurements at High Temperature (review), 66 Mackie and Sons, Onemack shuttleless loom, 761 Maclay, J. S., appointment of committee on power stations, 373
Maclean, L, on standards, 761
MacLellan, George, and Co. Ltd., pipe-sealing balloons, 803
MacLeod, C. J., new method of reservoir construction, 350
MacMillan, Rt. Hon. H., address at centennial of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 413
Macolaepp abrasive grits (Monks and Crane), 135
Macpherson, N., opening ceremony of new Anglesey factory for Midland Electrical Manufacturing Co., 217
Macquarie Island oil depot (BP Co.), 25 Mac, See also Me
Maercks, J., on Bergbaumechanik (book), 872 Magco Ltd., magnetic vibrator, 252
Magga Dan ship, transport of diesolium tanks to Macquarie Island, 25
Maginness, Sir Greville, resigns as chairman of Associated British Machine Tool Makers and Churchill Machine Tool Co., 348 Magna Pipeline Co., order to BICC for flexible submarine pipeline, 45; flexible submarine pipeline ordered from Callenders, 131; natural gas pipeline from British Columbia to Vancouver Island, 131 Magnamatic screwdriver (Consolidated Pneumatic), 100
Magnesium and its alloys, by C. S. Roberts (review), 297
— and aluminium alloys, elevated temperature
properties of (ASTM book), 110
— Compounds, US Bureau of Standards
research programme on, 269
Magnesium Data Manual^ 224
— Lithium alloys, research on, 613
Magnetic alloy, superconducting (Atomics International), 909
— Circuits, solution by graphical methods, by
O. Benedikt (review), 296
— Compression devices in thermonuclear
work, 324
Magnetic and Electrical Alloys Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705 Magnetic iron, Super Permo, 619
— Strip, Eclipse (James Neill and Co.), 343 MagneTRACE milling machine (Buck
Hickman Ltd.), 767
Magnifier (P. W. Allen and Co. Ltd.), 444 Mahogany for yacht, 475
Mahr tester (Henry Pels and Co. Ltd.), 629 MAIB. See Malta Aids to Industry Board Mail, automatic reading of, 911
— Destination sorting of, 910
— Extraction coding of, 910
— Letter, processing of, 910-911
— Machine codes on, 911 Sorting gives a better service, 910-911
— Preparation in post offices, 910
— Public coding of, 911 Mains, electric. See Cable Makarov PM pistol, 830 Makins, Sir Roger, on criticism of Dounreay
Fast Atomic Reactor, 664
Malaviya, K. D., on oil tanks with Standard Vacuum and Burmah Shell, 405
Malaya, Krian irrigation scheme in, 736
— University, atomic reactor for, 16 Mallett, Sir Victor, on Skefko Ball Bearing Co.,
665
Mallory 53 alloy of nickel-silicon-copper (Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 835
Malt making, continuous process, 741
Malta Aids to Industry Board, applications received by, 69
Malta, investment incentives in, 728
— Market research survey for, 69
— Marsa Industrial Estate, new factories for,
69
Malta Rubber, new factory for in Malta, 69 Malta, trade fair, 728
— UK companies manufacturing in, 728
— Workshop of the Mediterranean, 728 Mambucaba Power Project in the Central
Southern Region of Brazil, by O. A. D. Carneiro, 147
Man, from galaxies to, a story of the beginnings of things, by J. Pfeiffer (review), 330
— How to make him feel at home in space,
by G. V. E. Thompson, 623
Management in agricultural and food equipment industry, 166
— in building and civil engineering industry, 80 — Centre, Sundridge Park, courses in export
studies, 593
Management Consultancy, progress of, 381
— Consultants Association, 8; visit arranged
for European consultants, 413; use of 3-D models, 868
— •— European conference of, 381
— in data processing and business equipment
industry, 120
— in domestic aids industry, 171
— Education for, conference on, 886
— Engineer in, by A. R. Cooper, 443
— Engineering, by S. A. Robertson (book), 68 by S. A. Robertson (review), 426
— Exploration in, by W. Brown (review), 540
— Financial incentive for, by R. C. Smith
(review), 539-540
— and industrial consultants, register of, 8
— and labour in armaments industry, 36
— and labour in production plant industry, 28
— and labour in telecommunications and
electronics industry, 32
— Line, and the consultant, 8
— in materials processing industry, 71
— in power plant and prime mover industry,
116
— Preparing the engineer for, by D. H.
Bramley, 411
— and public relations, by D. Finn (review), 394 •— in scientific and engineering instruments
industry, 76
— in service industries, 161
— in transport manufacturing industry, 124 Manchester, swimming pool, 511
— University, application for grant for
atomic reactor, 104; facilities for training nuclear engineers and reactor physicists, 104; research atomic reactor for, 753
Mandoval Ltd., research on plaster protection for steelwork, 343
Manfield Ltd., electronically controlled work transporter installed, 635
Manganese Bronze and Brass Co. Ltd., large keyseating machine bought from Mortimer Machine Tool Co. Ltd., 335; lateral thrust bow propeller for liner Canberra, 755
Manganese-copper-palladium-nickel brazing alloy, 211
— palladium-nickel brazing alloy, 210
silver brazing alloy, 210
Manganiello, E. J., on post university on-the- job training for engineers, 317
Mangla Dam, 730
Manicouagan Dam, 306
— River hydroelectric project, 306-307 Power schemes on, 306
Manipulating equipment (Nuclear Equipment Ltd.), 103
Manipulator, closing the gap in, 103
— Heavy duty (A. C. Wilson and Partners Ltd.),
104
Duty, with bagging system, 103
Duty (Palatine Tool), 104
— Master Slave (American Machine and Foun
dry Co. Ltd.), 103
Slave (Argonne National Laboratories), 103
Slave, model 7 (Central Research Laboratories Inc.), 104
Slave, model 7 (H. M. Hobson Ltd.), 104 Slave (Pye Ltd.), 103
— Mobot (Hughes Aircraft Co.), 520
— Power, with joy-stick control (GEC), 104
— Remote underwater, RUM, 143
Manita yawl, aluminium mast for (British Aluminium), 47
Manitoba Hydroelectric Board, hydraulic turbines for Grand Rapids power station ordered from John Inglis Ltd., 265
Manktelow, Sir Richard, appointed by Minister of Housing to conduct public inquiry into Skelmersdale new town, 657 Mann, D. J., on engineer and technician, 442; on professional engineers, 277
Manners, N., on food research laboratories, 276 Manpower, making the best use of, 97
— Mining, and fuel policy, 9
— Misuse, of, in industry, 657
— See also Labour
Manual, anti-corrosion, 1960 (Scientific Surveys Ltd.) (review), 156
— of industrial finishes, practical, by B. M.
Letsky (review), 199-200
Manufacturing industry, capital expenditure in, 465
Decline in unemployment in, 381
Table of investment, employment and output 309
Map display, moving, for aircraft navigation, 852
— Holder (trade publication), 776
Mapel Holiday detector (Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd.), 890
Marco Conveyor and Engineering Co., copper extrusion plant for Thomas Bolton and Sons Ltd., 773
Marconi Group, radio and communications equipment for liner Canberra, 755
Marconi Instruments Ltd., voltmeter, 58; universal bridge, 319; position and prospects, 389; X-ray image amplifier, 397; sales tour of Germany and Scandinavia, 577; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Marconi International Marine Communication Co. Ltd., Metron echo-sounder, 339; position and prospects, 389; exhibit at British Trade Fair Moscow, 758; Kestrel radio telephone, 825
Marconi Italiana, losses, 389
Marconi Ltd., aluminium honeycomb waveguides, 91
Marconi Research Laboratories, study of amplifiers with low noise characteristics, 400-401
— Television, closed circuit, as aid to motor car production, 334
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 389; electronic equipment for Swedish Air Force, 397; new short wave transmitters for BBC, 433; television cameras for Radio Italiana Televisione, 541; radar units for Brussels Airport, 609; connection with Regie des Voies Aeriennes, 609; use of and comments on Paper Protection Mask, 667
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Marconi X-ray image amplier for Toronto hospital, 397
Marcoule atomic reactor, 768; accident, 355
Margam Slag Co. Ltd., formation of, 342; processing of blast furnace slag, 342
Margaret, HRH Princess, on Keele College, 657 Marinduque Iron Mines Agents Inc., copper plant in Philippine Islands, 587; loan from Export-Import Bank, 587
Marine diesel engines, by (2. C. Pounder (review), 902
Engines. See also Engine, Diesel Marine Diesel News, 198
Marine engines. See Engine; Turbine; Marine propulsion
— Exhibition, Engineering, Welding and
Nuclear Energy, 519, 527; 559, 629
— Insurance of goods. Banker’s guide to, by
V. Dover and G. A. Calver (book), 364; (review), 774-775
Marine Marchande, safety on atomic propelled ships, 520
Marine propulsion, outlook for 1961, 122-125
— — See also Engine: Turbine; Propeller Marinite Ltd., Marinite asbestos based insulation material, 770; Marinite for aluminium launders, 770; Marinite television tube supports, 770
Maritime Central Airways, Dart Herald aircraft for (Handley Page Co.), 265
— Gas Cooled Reactor Critical Experiment,
safety fuse for, 16
Marker, line (trade publication), 200
Market research survey for Malta Government, 69
— Trends in agricultural and food equipment,
166
in armaments, 36
in building and civil engineering industry, 79
in data processing and business equipment, 119
in domestic aids, 170
in materials processing industry, 71
in power plant and prime mover industry, 115
— — in production plant, 27
in scientific and engineering instruments, 75
in service industries, 161
in telecommunications and electronics industry, 31
in transport manufacturing industry, 123
— See also Trade
Markham and Co. Ltd., charge-discharge machine for Windscale atomic reactor, 519
Marking machine (Phillips Bros. and Ellis Ltd.),
Marples, E., on motor car safety belts, 229; on M2 Medway Motorway, 233; on tender for new Cunarder Atlantic liner, 341; formation of committee on docks and harbours, 513; on railways, 681; on city to city road transport, 817
Marples, Ridgeway and Partners Ltd., Hammersmith flyover, 246-247
Marquardt Corp., diphenyl atomic reactor, 800 Marron Machines Ltd., Super-Stork sanding machine, 827
Marryat and Scott Ltd., lifts, escalators and paternosters (trade publication), 158
Marsa Industrial Estate, Malta, new factories for, 69
Marsden, S., and Sons, close fitting bolts for Forth Road Bridge, 452
Marsh, J., appointed director of British Institute of Management, 513; biographical note, 513
Marshall, E., Design Centre award for transistor radio, 712
Marshall, R. F., lectures at AEI’s Easter School, 556
Marshall Sons and Co. Ltd., orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673; Road-Marshall Highwayman road roller, 798
Marston Excelsior Ltd., Portolite collapsible containers, 867
Martin, Dr. A. J. P., gas density balance, 780; gas chromatography technique, 778
Martin Co., operating licence for critical experimental facility, 15; PM-3A nuclear power plant for McMurdo Sound, 16; project Apollo, 856; ablative material for Pershore ballistic missile, 909
Martindale Electric Co. Ltd., voltage range indicator, 56; phase and continuity tester, 280
Martonair (Canada) Ltd., use of Vyon plastic for air valve silencing, 243
Martonair Ltd., lifter, 561; on plant and customers requirements, 566; on pneumatic equipment and customers requirements, 568
Marviken atomic power station, approval sought for, 16
Maser amplifier, 401
?— Optical, 401
Continuous light from (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 337
Continuous wave (IBM), 129
Maserati motor car, 329 Mashinoimport, 758
Mask, paper protection (Gordon and Gotch), 666 Masoneilan control valve (Crosby Valve), 352 Masonry, silicon treatments for, 587
Massa, C., on Hydraulic Bending Press (book), 232
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, centennial, 413; Notes on Operations Research (book), 428; USAEC assistance to, 456; Notes on Operations Research (review), 870; Atomic Mechanisms of Fracture (review), 903
Massey-Ferguson Ltd., position and prospects, 489; coal burning experience, 577
Mast, aluminium for yawl Manita (British Aluminium), 47
Master Slave manipulator. See Manipulator Masterlock blocks (Metalock), 46
Mastiff tractor shovel (Matbro Ltd.), 797 Matbro Ltd., fork trucks (trade publication), 158; Mastiff tractor shovel, 797
Materials (trade publications), 232, 264, 298, 808, 840, 872, 904
Materials and drawing office equipment exhibition, national, 5
— Environmental effects on (National
Academy of Sciences), 606
— and equipment, environmental effects on
(National Academy of Sciences book), 706
— Handling, vibrator motor to help, 517
— High temperature, research at NPL, 709
— and laboratory apparatus exhibition,
national, 5
— Models make for economy in, 862-863
— and plant supply in armaments industry, 36
— and plant supplies in production plant
industry, 29
— and plant supply in telecommunications and
electronics industry, 32
— Processing, design and development in, 70 Future exhibitions on, 71
Industry, expansion and investment in, 73 Industry, external factors affecting, 71 Industry, forecast for 1961, 73
Industry, long term research in, 73 Industry, management and labour in, 71 Industry, market trends in, 71 Industry, production in, 72
— Processing, outlook for 1961, 70-73. See LETTER, 136
— Supply in agricultural and food equipment
industry, 167
in data processing and business equipment industry, 120
in domestic aids industry, 171
and plant in building and civil engineering industry, 80
in power plant and prime mover industry, 116
in scientific and engineering instruments industry, 76
in service industries, 162
in transport manufacturing industry, 124
— Tester (Cawkell Research and Electronics
Ltd.), 693
Mathematical Tool-Kit H. A. Webb and D. 232
McLean, Leslie, Ltd., Tipp-Ex Type-Out and Cop-Ex Copy-Out papers, 873
McLeod gauge (NGN Electrical Ltd.), McMaster University swimming pool reactor, 725
McMurdo Sound, PM-3A nuclear plant for (Martin Co.), 16
384 atomic
power
for Engineers, by G. Ashwell (review).
Mathematics, modern, great ideas of, by J. Singh (book), 808
— Teachers, shortage of, 888
— Vocabulary, German, 477
Mather and Platt, trade with Russia, 457; position and prospects, 457; turnover, 457; profits, 457; trade with Russia, 705; historical note, 705; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705; alternator for Rhodesian Triangle Sugar Estates, 809
Mather, W. L., on trade with Russia, 705 Matheson, J. A. L., on Hyperstatic Structures (book), 112; (review), 806
Mattei, J., on manufacture in Malta GC, 728 Matter, waves and mechanics, introduction to, by U. Ingard and W. L. Kraushaar (book), 364; (review), 607-608
Mattersons Ltd., Arithmic gearbox, 188 Matthews, J., on shipyards and workers, 281; on powers of union officials, 593
Mattress spring testing machine (P. Fanghanel and Co. Ltd.), 404
Testing machine (Vi-Spring Ltd.), 404 Matz, W., on Warme- und Stoffaustausch in Arbeitsdiagrammen (review), 263 Maudling, R., on exports, 241 Maudslay, J., historical note, 7
Maufe, A. de L., elected chairman of Motor Car Safety Belt Manufacturers Committee, 229
Maufe, Sir Edward, Guildford Cathedral, 690 Maunsell, G., and Partners, Hammersmith flyover, 246-247
Mavor and Coulson Ltd., reduction of scrap level in iron foundry, 38
Mawson Base oil depot (BP Co.), 25 Maxfield, M. W., on Statistics Manual (review), 574
Maxim Aquavap evaporator (AMF Ltd.), 651
Maxima and minima, theory of, by H. Hancock, (book), 776
Maxwell Clerk, reciprocal theorem of, 862
Maxwell, J. C., historical note, 7
May and Hassell, Timbor impregnated timber 867
Mayall, W. H., on industrial design moves into engineering, 554-555
Maybach diesel engines for trawlers (Bristol Siddeley), 69
Maybach Motorenbau GmbH, licence to Bristol Siddeley to produce Maybach diesel engines, 69
Mayer, A., on Chemical Analysis of Cast Iron and Foundry Materials (review), 66
Mayorov, H. P., on Continuous Casting of Steel in Commercial Use (book), 576
Mazelev, L. Ya., on Borate Glasses (review), 362
McAlpine, Sir Alfred, and Sons, contract for Birmingham-Preston Motorway, 233
McAlpine, Sir Robert, and Sons, completion of Carlton Tower Hotel, 159; new building for E. S. and A. Robinson Group at Bristol, 626; extensions to Toronto subway, 734
McCance, Sir Andrew, on education for science and industry, 413
McClary-Easy air heater (General Steel Wares Ltd.), 752
McCobb, P., aluminium furniture design, 131 McCorquodale, Lord, on apprenticeship schemes, 209
McCoy, E., on Bibliography on Axial-Flow Compressors, including Blades, Cascades and Other Related Material (book), 104 McDowell, John, historical note on patents for concrete mixing machines, 810
McFadzean, Sir William, on exports, 549; on selling to Western Europe, 681
McGowen, H. E., Jr., on Cameo Inc., 609
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (review), 607-608
McKay Creek power station in service, 187
McKechnie Brothers, common interests with Delta Metal Co., 565
McKenzie, C. H., appointed chairman of committee on power stations in Scotland, 373
McKenzie Committee, formation of, 373
McKinlay Electrical Manufacturing Co. Ltd., model of bridge for British Railways, 863
MCP Melita Ltd., operation in Malta GC, 728
McVey, Sir Daniel, appointed chairman of British Aircraft Corp. (Australia) Pty., 897
Me. See also Mac
Meal and pellets (Pine and Son Ltd.), 423
Mears Bros. Ltd., foundations for Thames crossing of supergrid, 52
Measurement of surfaces, 258-260
Measurer, thickness, Xactray (Daystrom Ltd.), 222
Measuring unit (Venner Electronics Ltd.), 445 Mecha-Matic automatic gearbox, Hobbs, 357 Mechanical aids on site, 794-795
— Engineers, professional, education and training of, 317
— Handling plant. ENGINEERING survey report on, 524
— Properties o intermetallic compounds, by J. H. Westbrook (review), 463
— Sealing as it stands today, by A. Lymer, 572-573
— Waveguides, by M. Redwood (book), 608
Merchandise Marks Act of 1926, 233
Merchandise Marks Committee, public inquiry on imported refrigerators, 233
Mechanics, matter and waves, introduction to, by U. Ingard and W. L. Kraushaar (book), 364; (review), 607-608
— Non-linear continuum, and large elastic deformations, by A. E. Green and J. E. Adkins (book), 496
— Quantum, introduction to, by R. H. Dicke and J. P. Wittie (book), 298; 607-608
— for Textile students, by W. A. (book), 68; (review), 675
Mechanised world, growing old in, Gros Clerk (book), 133
Meco belt conveyor (Mining Engineering Co. Ltd.), 531
Medcalfe and Co. (1950) Ltd., Edlund can opener, 848
Medical instruments, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Irradiation device, Cesioterax, 15 Device, Chisotron, 15
— Recording Service, aims and objects of, 556; formation of, 556
— Science, council of international organisations for, 593
— Scientific and technical library, Lewis’s,
1957-59, supplement to the catalogue of (book), 24
Mediterranean, Malta GC the workshop of, 728
Mediterranean Wire Ropes, MAIB approve application for Malta production, 69
Medlock, R. S., entertains Russian students, 865
Medleycott, A., on Applied Building Construction (book), 496; (review), 806
Medway Bridge, model of, 862
— Motorway M2, tenders issued, 233
— River, radar installation on, 465
Megator Pumps and Compressors Ltd., AutoUnit marine water pressure set, 445
Megastatron electrostatic paint spray (Acro- style Ltd.), 571, 598
MEI Co. Ltd., Hotfoil heating tape, 339
Meissner, C. R., on Sixth National Symposium on Vacuum Technology (book), 364
Mellor, H. and T. (Engineers) Ltd., foil press, 190
Melrose heart/lung machine, 705
Melters, glass (Emhart (UK) Ltd.), 83
Melting furnace. See Furnace
Membrane permeation cell (Ionics Inc.), 237
Memmert, G., on resonance absorption in heterogeneous systems, 456
Men and molecules, by C. R. Theilcr (review), 330
Mendelssohn, K., on Progress in Cyrogenics (book), 872
Menrow pump (Mono Pumps Ltd.), 820
Menzel, Prof. D. H., on ultra-ionospheric flight of radio telescopes by Blue Scout rocket, 237
Menzies, L. J., appointed president of Union d’Assureurs des Credits Internationaux, 873
Mercantile Bank, loan to Ceylon, 881
Mercedes Benz, GP motor car, 65; motor car production, 410; 220SE motor car, 501
Merchant ships. See Ships; Liners: Tankers, etc.
Mercury computer, Ferranti, optimisation procedure on, 860
— Electrodes, dropping, device for the synchronisation of two, by W. H. Lockwood (paper), 456
— Satellite, 623
Programme of US, 662
— Space project, US, 557
Meridian, precision indication of the, equipment, PIM, 700
Mersey, bridge recommended for, 177
— New tunnel recommended, 177
Merseyside, unemployment in, 217
Merthyr Tydfil College, exhibition of craft training, 737
Merz and McLellan, Progress in Power, by J. Rowland, 296; Wairakei geothermal project in New Zealand, 732
Mess- und Regeltechnik (Verlag Chemie book), 200
Mesucora, control developments from, by C. J. Charnley, 804
— Exhibition and Congress, 804
Metachemical Processes Ltd., electrochemical machining process, 300
Metal alloys, precious, table of, 210 —? — Precious, uses of in brazing, 210-211
— Cast, making moulds for with undercuts, 866
— Casting. See Casting
— Coatings, sprayed (trade publication), 232
— Columns. See Columns
— Cutting with carbon dioxide coolant, by L. L. Arundel, 266-267
— Determination of the mechanical and technological properties of, by B. M. Gliner (book), 68 (review), Hanton by F. le
Metal fatigue, by J. A. Pope (review), 903
— Fibre seals, 475
— Filled polyester compound, 867
— Fracture of, course on, 281
Metal Industries Ltd., purchase of Alcol Holding Pty, and subsidiaries, 397
— Machining of. See Machining
Metal makers prod furniture designers, 130
— Newer, symposium on (ASTM) (review), 332
— Non-ferrous, European industry, guide to the principles of costing in (review), 199
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Physical examination of, by B. Chalmers and A. G. Quarrell (book), 298; (review), 639
Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd., Mapel Holiday detector, 890
— Plastic working of, 434
— Platinum (trade publication), 298
— Powder to produce metal sheet, 267
to strip, equipment for converting (E. W. Bliss Co.), 587
— Precious, years, two hundred, by R. E. Wilson (book), 264
— Sheet. See Sheet
— Structure of—a modern conception (Institute of Metallurgists) (review), 903
?—? Tough, shaped by electrical explosion (GEC (US)), 645
— See also Metallurgy Metalaces (Metalock), 46
Metalastik Ltd., Duolastik Torque Transfer Link coupling, 536
Metalectric " trolled Lloyds, Motor Leyland Motors Ltd., 635
Metallisation Ltd., sprayed metal coatings (trade publication), 232
Metallizing Equipment Co., renamed Metco Ltd., 771
Metallographic specimens (trade publication) 808
Metallurgical Services, end-quench unit, 444
Metallurgy of beryllium, conference on, 757
— Engineering, by R. A. Higgins (book), 872
— See also Iron and Steel; Metal; Metallographic; Foundry: Steel; etc.
Metalock (Britain) Ltd., repairs to fractured casting, 46; Metalock keys, 46; Metalaces, 46; Masterlock blocks, 46
Metco Ltd., sprayed liners for cylinder blocks, 771; Metco News, 771
Metco News, 771
Meter, ampere demand (Ferranti Ltd.), 444
— Frequency and capacity (Solartron), 596
— Gas, Zephyr (Parkinson Cowan), 159 (Sturtevant Engineering), 805
— Universal, Grossen Uphi (Aveley Electric Ltd.), 351
— Water (Parkinson Cowan Measurement), 825 (Parkinson Cowan), 597
Meterflow Ltd., flowmeter, 254; converter, 279
Meteorological experiments by Texas University, 749
Metex, agreement with Forano Co., 333
Metool cable reeling machine (Metropolitan Tool and Products Ltd.), 417
Metox oxide resistors (Welwyn Electric), 56
Metron echo-sounder (Marconi), 339
Metropole Industries Group, Ferranti Sirius computer for data processing, 673
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., output declined, 769; Vickers participation in, 769
Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd., bus bodies for Gradsko Saobracajno Pre- duzece, 577
Metropolitan Line, new rolling stock for, 820
Metropolitan Tool and Products Ltd., Metool cable reeling machine, 417
Metropolitan-Vickers Beyer Peacock Co., voluntary liquidation of, 769
Metzler, purchase of rights to manufacture spectacle frames from Instrumentarium, 333
Mexican industry, British equipment for. Engineering Centre’s group exhibit, 397
Mexico City Exhibition, Engineering Centre group stand exhibit, 397
— IAEA experts to assist in, 387
Micanite and Insulators Co., historical note, 421 ; subsidiaries of, 421 ; products, 421
Michael and Partners Ltd., reservoir for River Dove Water Board, 350
Michel, A., on hydraulic grading and washing of sands, 894
Michigan (Great Britain) Ltd., tractor shovel, 598
Michigan University, USAEC assistance to, 456
Micro-Hollander stainless steel wire cloth (United Wire Works Ltd.), 439
Micro-leak detection (Vacuum Research), 83
Micro metering pump (Distillers Co. Ltd.), 14
Microcell Electronics Division, data logging scanner, 222
Microcell Ltd., agreement with Emerson and Cuming Co. to market plastics for electronics in UK, 149; position and prospects, 257; Plasticell expanded pvc, 551, 739, 834
Micrometrical Manufacturing Co., formation of, 258; Profilometer, 258
Microminiaturisation of electronic assemblies, proceedings of symposium on, by E. F. Horsey and L. D. Shergalis (review), 198
Microphotography. See Photomicrography Microscope, biological, M15 series (Cooke Troughton and Simms Ltd.), 62-64
Microtechnica profile projector Gauges Ltd.), 528
Microtopography, surface, by S. (review), 576
Microwave communication, low 400-401
— Radio. See Radio
Midget Miner, Crawley (Crawley Products Ltd.), 669
Midland Bank Ltd., Forward sibsidiary of, 159
Midland Electrical Manufacturing factory in Anglesey, 217
Midland Industries Ltd., MilThcrMatic steam trap, 153
Furnaces Ltd., atmosphere con- batch furnace for Stewarts and 635; Unicarb furnace for Ford Co., 635; nitriding plant for
Midland Silicones Ltd., silicone treated paper (trade publication), 232; MS4 silicone grease, 343; new plant for, 551; production of methyl chloride commenced, 551; cold cure silicone rubber, 551; silicone compounds (trade publication), 808; suppliers of processed silicone rubber (trade publication), 872
MIG miniature integrating gyroscope (Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulators Corp.), 700
Migrant Australia, by J. M. Giles (review), 746-747
Miles, F. G, Ltd., acquired by BEAGLE, 833
Miles Hivolt Ltd., 487; subcritical assemblies, 487. See LETTER, 620; agents for Intertechnique drum type precipitator, 600; zone refiner, 660; atomic reactor simulator, 864
Miles, John, and Partners, iron granulation plant, 126
Milford Haven, Angle Bay ocean terminal for BP Co., 626, 633
Milhaud, M. J., on problems of international organisations, 593
Mill, cutter. Apex (Apex Construction Ltd.), 12
— Housing, silver replica, presented to Mr. Nehru, 565
— Pepper, electric, “ Peppy ” (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 472
— Provender (Turner-Heesen), 423
— Pulverising, model of, 850
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Millbank Development, Vickers Building, Plasticell thermal insulation panels for, 834, 809
Miller, E., on Thermoelectric Devices (book), 428
Millet, Levens Ltd., printed matically etched, 773
Milling, end, 571
— Face, 571
— Machine, control system (EMI Ltd.), 399
(Droop and Rein), 399
Gambin, 554
Horizontal, for Armstrong Whitworth (Craven), 39
as lathe, 127
MagneTRACE (Buck and Hickman Ltd.), 767
Range of (TOS), 234
Schaffner (Dowding and Doll Ltd.), 484
(Strojexport), 221
of unit construction, 234
Vertical (Technoimpex), 416
— Outlook for 1961, 164-167
Millom Hematite Ore and Iron Co., relining blast furnace, 641; hematite pig iron, 641
Mills, J., on Construction of Ford Specials (review), 638
Mills, Lord, on iron and steel industry. 111
MilTherMatic steam trap (Midland Industries Ltd.), 153
Mine, Carnelloe, project, public inquiry into, 480
— Lac Jeannine, 729
?—? Low pressure stowing in, 482
— Rescue Superintendent’s Conference, 802
— Winding gear (AEI Ltd.), 787
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; Ores; Winding
Miner, Continuous, Crawley-Wilcox (Crawley Industrial Products Ltd.), 669
— Midget, Crawley (Crawley Industrial Products Ltd.), 669
— Mechanical, in faulted shale, by L. B. Underwood, 894
Mineral oils. See Oils
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Resources, apathy towards, 480
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores
Minerva Mouldings Ltd., handles for Wolf electric soldering irons, 619
Mini-camera television camera, EMI (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 650
Mini-Minor motor car, 823
Minima and maxima, theory of, by H. Hancock (book), 776
Mining, coal, thin seam, 669 See also Coal; Colliery Mining Engineering Co. Ltd., Meco belt conveyor, 531
Mining equipment (trade publication), 496
— and kindred subjects, historic books on (book), 296
— Manpower and fuel policy, 9
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81
— Research Establishment, sensing device, 669
— Sprayed seals of rubber latex in, 802
— Techniques in Mont Blanc tunnel, 143
Minipack water pressure system (Mono Pumps Ltd.), 560
Minirupteurcircuit breaker (Societe SERMEC), 275
Ministry of. See Education; Health, etc.
Ministry of Labour Gazette, 625
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Corp., MIG miniature integrating gyroscope, 700
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., use of lead telluride cells, 648
Mirage III aircraft, Dassault, first flight of, 429
Mirrlees, exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 465
Mirror Machine Experiment, Harwell, model to test, 877
Missiles and aircraft, manufacture of, by M. P. Guibert (review), 706
— Ballistic, Pershing, 909
— Blue Streak, cost of, 381
— Hawk, companies producing for NATO, 397
Mobile launchers for (Northrop Corp.), 397
— Outlook for 1961, 34 Missiles and Rockets, 198
— Seaslug, guidance system for (GEC Ltd.), 909
Mississippi River, revetment construction on, 627
Mistless spraying of paint, 2
Mitchell Engineering Ltd., boiler drums for South Africa, 270; consortium with Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. and Combustion Engineering, 333; freeze drying plant, 335; uses of Marinite, 770; design of boiling water atomic reactor for Lardarelle power station, 800; experience in South Africa, 533; formation of Mitchell Engineering Proprietary Ltd., 533
Mitchell Engineering Proprietary Ltd., formation of, 533
Mitchells, Ashworth, Stansfield and Co. Ltd., motor car safety belts, 261
Mitcheson, T., Ltd., trawlers for Pelagic Trawling Co., 69
Mite-t-Lite microminiature tungsten filament lamp (Thorn Electrical), 237
Mitsubishi Nagasaki, diesel engines, 594 Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, refrigerated tanker ship for Bridgestone Liquefied Petroleum Gas Co., 439
Mitsui Bussan Kaysha, contract for Viscount aircraft on behalf of All Nippon Airways, 465
Mitsui Co., acceptance of first Viscount aircraft for all Nippon Airways, 873
Mixconcrete batching plant (Service Engineering), 145
Mixing machine, concrete (Construction Machinery Ltd.), 797
— ?— Concrete, Winget 3i TS (Winget Ltd.), 810-812
Domestic, outlook for 1961, 168-171 Food, Peugeot Squirrel (Rudson Wood and Co. Ltd.), 848
High speed. Waring (Winston Electronics Ltd.), 251
Laboratory (Atlantic Research Corp.), 697
Powder, Airmix (Wm. Gardener and Sons (Gloucester) Ltd.), 692
Reverse drum (Winget Ltd.), 798
MK Electric Co. Ltd., Locator electroluminescent panel, 88
ML-1 atomic reactor, delivered to National Reactor Testing Station, 388; criticality, 664
Moata atomic reactor critical (Australian Atomic Energy Commission), 632
Mobil Oil Co., SETRA rig for testing radiation resistant oils and greases, 191
Mobot manipulator (Hughes Aircraft Co.), 520 Mobrey blow-down cock (Ronald Trist and Co. Ltd.), 559
Model of bridge, 863
— Clifton Bridge, 862
— in Cranfield Work Study School, 868
— Engineering’s universal language, 850-851
— Factory (Molins Machine Co. Ltd.), 868 •—? — Planning (Dunlop Advisory Service Ltd.), 868
- Roof, 863
— Full size, 851
— Gharraf canal, 471
— Hammersmith Flyover, 862
— Hinkley Point atomic power station, 850
— Hydraulic, of Tees Estuary, 877
— (Industrial Models), 868
— for industry (Bassett-Lowke Ltd.), 850-851
— for industry (Partridge's Models Ltd.), 856, 862-863
— for industry (Westway Models Ltd.), 849
— Layouts, 3-D, use and abuse of, 868-869 for training (T. H. and J. Daniels Ltd.), 868
— for lighting research, 869
— Liner Windsor Castle, 851
— Loch Turret Spillway, 470
— Make for economy in materials, 862-863
— Medway Bridge, 862
— Motor cars (Coventry Laminates Ltd.), 21
— for planning (Simon Engineering), 868
— Pulverising mill, 850
— Roof of Birmingham University, 863
— Salaverry Harbour, Peru, 470. See LETTER, 685
— Short VTOL aircraft, 684
— in silver (Garrard and Co. Ltd.), 852
— Slabbing mill at Abbey Works, 850
— Smithfield Market roof, 863
— Styling, in Araldite epoxy resin (Austin), 855
— Testing service of Cement and Concrete Association, 862
— Thermonuclear theory test, 877
— Uses of, 856, 862-863
— Visual Planning Systems, 868
— Working, 868
Kits of (Weyco Sales Ltd.), 868
Moderator, measurement of scattering law for, by P. A. Egelstaff, 520
Modern Machine Tools Ltd., position and prospects, 17
Moffats Ltd., Fiesta cooker, 752
Mohr and Federhaff AG., universal testing machine, 530; creep tester, 530
Mohr, John, and Sons, agreement with Newton Chambers and Co. for production of Mohr designed blast furnaces, 665; historical note, 665; furnace for Republic Steel Corp, of America, 665; furnace for United States Steel Corp., 665
Moisture content, measurement of, by K. Ukai, 894
— Continuous measurement of, by D. Fraade, 720
Mole construction on Escravos River, 731 Molecular electronic function blocks, outlook for 1961, 33
Molecules and men, by C. R. Theiler (review), 330
Molins Fliptop Packaging machine (Molins Machine Co. Ltd.), 610-612
Molins Machine Co. Ltd., Molins Fliptop Packaging machine, 610-612; model of factory, 868
Molten Salt atomic reactor experiment, use of thorium in, 896
Molybdenum disulphide oil additive (trade publication), 872
Mombasa Harbour, berths built at, 828
Monaco, agreement on research with IAEA and Oceanographic Institute of Monaco, 387
Monaghan, G., on two-element fluid couplings, 853-854. See LETTER, 885
Monarch centre lathe (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 384
Mond, Dr. L., historical note, 7
Mond Nickel Co. Ltd., chromium plating (trade publication), 298
Mondiale Gallic 16 centre lathe, 554
Mondolfo, Dr. L. F., new theory on silver iodide cloud seeding, 175
Monitor, automatic, for linen yarn industry, AMY, 813
— Foam, Super-Jet (Pyrene Co. Ltd.), 484
— Water radioactivity (Elliott-Nucleonics Ltd.), 58
Monk, A., and Co. Ltd. fish ladder for River Trent, 558
Monks and Crane, Macolaepp abrasive grits, 135; Fortemat horizontal bandsaw, 726 Mono Pumps Ltd., Junior powder pump, 532;
Menrow pump, 820; Minipack water pressure system, 560
Monometer, vacuum, NEL (NGN Electrical Ltd.), 857
Monopoly, control of in the UK, by P. H.
Guenault and J. M. Jackson (review), 427- 428
Monorail installation for UKAEA at Winfrith
Heath, 397
Monotype Corp., exports and new equipment, 489; new plant at Dunfermline, 489; annual report, 489; position and prospects, 489
Mont Blanc tunnel, mining techniques in, 143 Moog-Servo Controls Inc,, servo valves, 818;
licence agreement with Dowty Rotal Ltd., 818
Moon Bros. Ltd., drum making plant, 484; drum opener, 826
Moon, race for the, by M. Caidin (book), 200 Moore, H. R., on Associated Engineering
Group, 61
Moore, R. V,, appointed managing director of
UK.AEA Reactor Group, 324 Moorgate and Wall Street, 505 Mops, buffing. Airflow (W. Canning and Co.),
586
— Sisal, Stapol (W. Canning and Co.), 586 Morale, report writing improves with, by B. C.
Brookes, 315-316
Morecambe Electrical Equipment Co, Ltd., switchboards, 701
Morewear Goose detachable dumper truck
(Mackay Industrial Equipment Ltd.), 596 Morfax Ltd., research on fast steel cutting with
carbon dioxide as coolant, 266-267; specialist services (trade publication), 576; servicing equipment (trade publication), 676
Morgan Crucible Co. Ltd., graphite bearings, 178; tube furnaces (trade publication), 464; Carbon and Its Uses, 774
Morgan, J. H., on spending for farm mechanistion, 299
Morgan Refractories Ltd., firebricks (trade publication), 232; mullite firebrick (trade publication), 808
Morganite Carbon Ltd., Carbon and Its Uses, 774
Morganite Crucible Ltd., crucibles, furnaces and foundry accessories (trade publication), 808
Morgantown gas recycle system, 224 Morocco, IAEA experts to visit, 387 Morris, B. O., Ltd,, Hamnieind profile polishing machine, 56; abrasive cutter (trade publication), 68
Morris and Butters, formation of by Butters Bros. and Co. and Herbert Morris Ltd., 299: B. Butters appointed chairman, 299; A. Sykes appointed managing director, 299
Morris, Herbert, Ltd., conveyor systems (trade publication), 158; formation of Morris and Butter with Butters Bros. and Co., 299
Morris, J., on damping a rotating shaft, 621. See LETTERS, 312, 654
Morris Motors Ltd., return to overtime working, 480
Morrisflex Group, inclusion in Harper Engineering and Electronics Group, 325 Morrison-Knudsen, bid for contract on Volta River project, 333
Morse. Sir Arthur, on Bowmakers, 257
Mortimer Machine Tool Co. Ltd., large keyseating machine for Manganese Bronze and Brass Co., 335
Morton, B., on openings for new works in US, 136
Moscow, British industry in, 705
— British Trade Fair, See British Trade Fair
(Moscow)
— East German Republic Exhibition, 809 Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Pantak x-ray units to check reactor pressure vessel welds, 235; Hunterston atomic power station pressure vessels, 235
Moto Plastics Ltd., plastic crane cab, 739 Motor boat. See Boat
Motor Books and Accessories Ltd., Bendix electric fuel pump, 855
Motor car accidents, diagonal safety belts are best in, by D. C. Herbert, 718
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale, 329
Alvis 3 litre (Alvis Co.), 61
Aston Martin DB4, 329; more comfort and performance for, 663
Austin Healey, restyled and power increased, 760
Austin Healey Sprite, disc brake conversion set for (Donald Healey Motor Co.), 197
Austin Seven, towing Nymph caravan on continental tour, 497
Berlinetta Grand Touring, 65
Bluebird, tests on safety belts, 261
Bodies, corrosion in, 687
Body panels, press dies for, 460
Boom in Germany, 365
Brakes, modern, are they always good enough?, by G. Wilkins, 197
British, rising sales in Switzerland, 465
Capital allowance on, 649
Cedric, Japanese, 95
Ceramic silencers for, 95
Chevrolet Corvette, 687
Citroen “ deux chevaux,” 95
Citroen DS19, 592
—? — Components, 410
Consul Classic 315 fills the gap in the Ford range, by G. Wilkins, 760
Continental, power and elegance in, by G, Wilkins, 592
Motor car, Cooper Formula junior, 65
Corrosion free finish, 687
— — DAF. See LETTER, 4 Daimler SP 250, 687
Designed to Feel at Home Anywhere, by J. Rabson, 724
— •— Disc brakes, 501
— — DKW junior, 501
Motor Car Driving for Beginners (r&vic'si), 24 Motor car electrical equipment, 286 Electrics, reliability of, 286
Electrics are taking over new tasks, by
J. Rabson, 286
Electronic ignition system for (Joseph Lucas Ltd,), 501
Engine, Jaguar XK, by B. Lister, 887 Engine, rear, revolution in racing cars, by G. Wilkins, 630
Engine, sports, in stainless steel, 139 Engine, stainless steel, TnT (Tyce Engineering Corp.), 139
Exhaust gas burner, Smog-Burner (Chromalloy Corp), 175
Export in “ completely knocked down condition,” 724
Exports fall, 365
Exports from Germany, 201
Exports from Germany increase, 25
Facel Vega Faceilia, 592 Ferrari Berlinetta, 329 Ferrari Superamerica, 592 Firms, short time working in, 309 Ford Anglia, 823
Formula junior, 65
Fuel consumption in, 112, See LETTER, 854
Grand touring, today, by B. Lister, 329
— — Imports in US, 69
Increase of, 215
Industry, in China, 95
Industry in Germany, 410
Industry, industrial relations talks, 480 Industry in Japan, 95
Industry, labour relations in, meeting to discuss, 9
Industry in Poland, improvising in, 95 Industry, short time in, 97
Industry, statement signed by unions and employers, 593
Industry, strikes in, 593
Industry. See also Motor industry
Jaguar E-type, details of, 393; production of, 491
Jaguar GT, 329 Jaguar, lighter, faster, quieter, by G.
Wilkins, 393 Jaguar XKSS, 329 Lancia Zagato Appia, 592 Lotus Elite, 65, 329, 687 Lotus formula junior, 65 Maserati, 329 Mercedes 220SE, 501 Mercedes Benz, production, 410 Mercedes GP, 65 Mini-Minor, 823 Minor faults in, 823 Model (Coventry Laminates Ltd.), 21 New models’ teething troubles, by J.
Rabson, 823
Orders taken for UK cars at New York automobile show, 505
Outlook for 1961, 122-125 Petrol consumption research, 215-216 Peugeot 404, 592
Plastics in, 687
Preparing for a foreign tour, 799 Motor Car, Private (book), 24 Motor car production, closed circuit television as aid to, 334
Production compromise, 823
Production, weather protection for, by H. C. F. Haywood, 687
Quality in, 95
at Racing Car Show, 65
Racing, rear engine revolution in, by G. Wilkins, 630
Racing, show, exhibits at, 65
Renault Dauphine, aerostable suspension uses neoprene, 581
Safety belts, anchorages for, 261
Safety belts. Bluebird car tests on, 261 Safety belts, cost of, 229
Safety belt manufacturers, committee of, 229; members of committee, 229
Safety belts, summarising, 229 Safety belts, table of manufacturers of, 261
Safety belts, tests on, 229 Safety screen instead of safety belt by A. J. L. Bioul, 229
Safety straps for, 179
Sales, continuing depression in, 97 Salesmen, more effort needed by, 113 Shows, 95
Small, stimulus to research. See LETTER, 4
South Africa reduce import quota, 69 Sports, engine in stainless steel, 139 Sports, orders taken at New York automobile show, 505
Standard, tuning kits for (Speedwell Ltd.), 65
Superchargers (Shorrock Superchargers Ltd.), 65
Testa Rossa Ferrari, 65
Trends in, 410
Trends in design, 95 Triumph Herald—13 per cent
Power, by G. Wilkins, 581; price tion, 465
Turboflite with gas turbine (Chrysler Corp.), 663
Volga, Perkins diesel engine for, 641 Volkswagen, new design for, 410 Zaporozhets, production in Russia, 95 See also Motor vehicle
— Compressed air (Austin Hopkinson and Co. Ltd.), 763
— Cycle, Ariel Leader (Ariel Motor Co.), 194-196
Industry, short time working in, 141 Racing, BP book of, by M, Walker (review), 807
— Electric, AC, control and distribution gear, by R. T, Lythall (review), 575
Motor, electric, Controller, electronic (Henry A. Cole and Co. Ltd.), 652
DC (A. W. Haydon Co.), 13
Improved protection for windings, 293 Slip ring (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.), 661 Split-field (Vactric), 101
Stepping (A. W. Haydon Co.), 101 Windings encapsulated with epoxy resin, 293
— Generator (Electric Construction Co. Ltd.),
280
for welding, Lincoln (Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd.), 578-580
— Industry, extended period for H.P. repay
ments, 133
Research Association, research on safety belts, 229; facilities available, 724; proving ground, 823; research and development facilities, 823
Who’s who in the (book), 840 See also Motor-car industry
— Internal-combustion. See Aircraft engine;
Engine: Motor-car engine; Motor car; Tractor
— Launches. See Boat
— Lorries. See Motor vehicles
— Marine. See Engine; Marine propulsion;
Turbine
— Petrol. See Engine, petrol; Boat; Motor
car; Tractor
— Show, International, Geneva, 592
— Transport Scientific Research Institute,
Hungary, sulpho-nitro cementing of steel and cast iron, 85
— Vehicles, alternators for, 492
Austin Gypsy, ordered by film companies, 497
— — Bus. See Bus
Bulk transport, Pneumarator (Bonal- lack and Sons Ltd.), 766
Commercial, European production, 146 Commercial, exports, 146 _ Commercial,
146
Commercial, Bailey, 146
— — Commercial,
ECM countries, table of,
— ?— Daimler Fleetline, 389 Diesel engine for, 595 Dumper, See Dumper Engine, gas-turbine (Austin), 424 Industry, full-time working, 381
Lorries, heavy, table of technical regulations for in ECM countries, 146
Manufacture, outlook for 1961, 122-125 (Passenger Insurance) Bill, 197, 229 Pollution Control Board, tests on Smog- Burner car exhaust gas burner, 175
Safety belt assemblies for BS 3254 (BSI), 718
Seat belt assemblies for, BS 3254 (BSI), 229
Trucks designed for ECM, 206 Trucks, outlook for 1961, 122-125 'Truck. See also Truck Vans, outlook for 1961, 122-125
— Vibrator (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 517 Motorway accident distribution, 625
— Birmingham-Preston, Lancashire County
Council award contracts to Sir Alfred McAlpine and Sons and Leonard Fairclough Ltd., 233
— Design, safety aspects of, by W. F. Adams,
625
— Durham, proposal to use disused railway
track, 320
— Ml, grit stores along, 11
— Medway, M2, tenders issued, 233
— Ross Spur (William Briggs and Sons), 489
— Tunis project, 809
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Forth Road Bridge, 10, 448; report on Liverpool traffic jams, 177; recommendation for new tunnel and bridge for Mersey, 177; Runcorn- Widnes bridge, 321; duplication of Blackwall Tunnel, 349-350; Severn Road Bridge, 379; Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Moulds, cast metal, making with undercuts, 866
— in Tandium metal, 866
Moulding compound, dough (British Resin Products Ltd.), 619
— Expanded polystyrene (trade publication),
232
— Mechanised, transforms foundry, 836
— See also Foundry
Mountford, J., and Co., sub station for North Western Electricity Board, 867
Mounting, flexible (Silentbloc Ltd.), 425 Movement simulated on flat picture (Technical Designs Ltd.), 851
Movigraph Rotadates chart system, 127 Movotron animated display device (Technical Designs Ltd.), 851
Moxey Ltd., copper extrusion plant for Thomas Bolton and Sons Ltd. 773
MTD (Mangula) Ltd., annual report, 457; position and prospects, 457
M.T.E. Control Gear Ltd., Progress heating control contactors, 280
Mu meson, similarity with electron, 205 Mueller, Dr. G. E., on active communications satellites, 893
Muir-Hill concrete dumping truck (E. Boydell and Co. Ltd.), 189
Mullard Equipment Ltd., linear accelerator for x-ray examination of welds, 191; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 758 Mullard Ltd., transistor power unit, 189; Tenicon high resolution storage electronic tube, 236; melt temperature control for crystals, 772
Mullard Research Laboratories, Banana tube system for colour television, 814-815
Mullens, H. H., elected deputy president of BEAMA, 447; on A Reyrolle and Co., 633; on C. A. Parsons Co., 737
Muller, L., on safety of rock abutments, 894 Muller-Munk, Peter, Associates, study of steel for furniture, 130
Miillett, L. B., transferred from UKAEA to National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, 632
Mullite firebrick (trade publication), 808
Multiflash evaporating system (G. and J. Weir Ltd.), 604
Multi-socket, 13 amp (British Central Electrical Co.), 88
Munce, J. F., on Industrial Architecture (book), 540
Muntz, Alan, and Co. Ltd., automatic air valves, 270
Muon, similarity with electron, 205
Muramatic deckwelder (Murex Welding Processes Ltd.), 561
Murex Welding Processes Ltd., Muramatic deckwelder, 561
Murphy Radio Ltd., Board of Trade approval for system for continuous weighing of belt conveyed solids, 203
Museum telephone exchange, tower building for, 219, 236
Mystic Adhesive Products, association with Gordon and Gotch (Sellotape) Ltd., 666
N.A.G. Press, Watch and Clock Yearbook, 1961 (book), 576
Nails, self-locking. Venales, for roofing felt, 48,3 Nairn, P., review of Principles of Machine Woodworking: Sawing and Planing, 903; biographical note, 904
Napier, D., and Sons Ltd., losses, 389; to exhibit at Sydney Trade Fair, 541
Napier, R., historical note 7 Narmada Valley Project opened in India, 731 Nash and Thompson Ltd., Nashton cathode-ray polarograph, 677
Nashton cathode-ray polarograph (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 677
National Academy of Sciences, Science in Space (review), 67; Environmental Effects on Materials and Equipment, 606, 706
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, proposals for research into nuclear rocket engine, 388; licence to operate atomic reactor, 632; plans for UK’s second satellite, 645; development of atomic rocket engine, 800
— Apprentices dinner, 689
— Association for Clean Air, research on diesel
oil additives, 835
National/Brush diesel alternator sets for Machinoimport (Hawker Siddeley), 809
— Cancer Institute of Brazil, IAEA assistance
to, 387
— Certificates of Commerce, 447
— Chemical Laboratory, inhibiting corrosion
of mild steel, 845
National Coal Board, recruiting campaigns, 9; manpower statistics, 9; revenue increase, 141; rise in wages bill, 141 ; meeting with National Union of Mineworkers, 141; wage offer refused, 141; shortage of skilled labour, 141 ; demand for pvc belting, 257; mechanisation programme, 273; sales campaign, 273; cleaning and blending coal, 273; battle with oil, 273; A. Robens appointed chairman, 405; low pressure stowing in mines, 482; spring campaign, 577; drive to increase productivity, 603; mechanisation, 603; use of Anderton coal shearer and loader, tre- panner and plough, 603; success of sales efforts, 641; demonstration houses opened in Pimlico, 641 ; on coal imports from US 689; sale of coal from vending machines, 721; plough for armoured flexible conveyor, 820; nylon/cotton conveyor belts for (BTR Industries Ltd.), 867
— College of Food Technology, opened
Duke of Edinburgh, I ; sponsored Ministry of Education, 1
— Council of Social Service, Employment and
Workshops for the Elderly, 413
— Drawing Office Equipment and Materials
Exhibition, 5
— Engineering Laboratory, studies of abrasive
wear resistance, 546-547
— Federated Electrical Association, agreement
on costs and profits, 381
— Federation of Building Trades Employers,
apprenticeship scheme, 185; annual report, 209; index of work, 209; trends in building industry, 209; sponsorship of International Construction Equipment Exhibition, 641
— Foundation for Educational Research, ex
perimental use of closed circuit television in schools, 447; Technical Education Abstracts from British Sources, 838
National Gas and Oil Engine Co. Ltd., exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 465
— Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, heat and
power surveys, 549
Safety Conference, 556, 689
Salvage and Recovery Council, main aims of, 241; Industrial Salvage, 241
— Inspection Council for Electrical Installa
tion Contracting, Roll of Approved Contractors, 308
— Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, to
assume responsibility for particle accelerators from UKAEA, 632; L. B. Mullett transferred from UKAEA, 632; Nimrod proton synchrotron, 632; aid to Oxford University for nuclear research centre, 832
— Joint Advisory Council, on misuse of labour
in industry, 657
Ford Negotiating Committee, meeting with Ford management, 97
— Laboratory Apparatus and Materials Exhibi
tion, 5
— Lending Library of Science and Technology,
688
— Old People’s Welfare Council, report on
workshops and employment for the elderly, 413
— Paint Federation, formation of Paint M tnu-
facturers’ Joint Executive Council,841
— Physical Laboratory, research on materials
at high pressures, 614-615; researchat, 709
— Power Conference, 5 Farming Conference, 299
National Production Advisory Council, meeting of, 209
— Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, explosion
at, 148; gas cooled reactor experiment, 223
— Reference Library of Science and Invention,
688
— Research Council of Canada, research on
load bearing capacity of ice, 186; Experimental Blasting Studies, 482
Council of Ghana, health physics unit set up, 725
Development Corp., financial backing for ideas, 96; powers of, 96; activities of, 96; purpose of, 96; backing for small firm’s ideas, 96
—- Shower cubicle (Watts Metal Industries Ltd.), 44
— Society for Clean Air, Clean Air Year Book,
870; Proceedings of Diamond Jubilee International Clean Air Conference (book), 68
— Swedish Road Board, research on car safety
belts, 718
— Union of Mineworkers, development of
coal shortage, 9; meeting with National Coal Board, 141; National Coal Board wage offer refused, 141
of Vehicle Builders, disapproval of unofficial strikes, 447
Nationalisation Acts, 322
— Takes a Different Twist, by J. Hennessy, 322 Nationalised industry and public ownership,
by W. A. Robson (review), 639-640
NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Natural gas pipeline from British Columbia to Vancouver Island, 45, 131
Naval architecture, basic, by K. C. Barnaby (book), 640
Navigation, aircraft, moving map display for, 852
— of rivers, 55
Navigator, Decca, Mark 10 (Decca Navigator Co. Ltd.), 390-392
Navy, Royal. See Royal Navy
Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines, haulageway through hard rock, 380
NCK-Rapier Ltd., crawler mounted cranes (trade publication), 200; position and prospects, 697; record turnover, 697; Koering excavating machine, 798
Neal, R. H., and Co. Ltd., Lorry Loader crane, 38.3
Neale, A. D., on Antitrust Laws of the United States of America (review), 427-428
Neale, M. J., on Design and Performance of Reticular 20 per cent Tin-Aluminium Bearings, 446
Neat, W. N., review of Fundamentals of Rocket Propulsion, 200; review of Rocket Propellant Handbook, 200; biographical note, 200
Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maat- schappij, motor ship for Companhia Nacional de Navegacao, 333
Needham, E. D., appointed director of Atomics International, 148
Negretti and Zambra Ltd., contract engineering (trade publication), 676
Neher, K., on German Defence Problems (review), 838
Nehru, J., inauguration of Gandhi Sagar Dam and Kotah Barrage, 143; visit to Durgapur steelworks, 565; presentation of silver replica of mill housing Io, 565; opening of Narmada Valley project, 731
Neill, James, and Co. (Sheffield) Ltd., Eclipse magnetic strip, 343
NEL. See National Engineering Laboratory NEL vacuum manometer (NGN Electrical
Ltd.), 857
Nelson Engineering Co. Ltd., non-standard equipment (trade publication), 748
Nelson, Lord, made Honorary Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 348; biographical note, 348; on English Electric Co. Ltd., 389
Neoprene for aerostable suspension of Renault Dauphine motor car, 581
— for bonnet shake prevention (Du Pont), 855
— Coating, Adcora P6 (E. and F. Richardson),
506
— Covers for circuit breakers, 275
— Raw (Du Pont (UK) Ltd.), 211
— Soles and heels for industrial safety boots
(Bank Bridge Rubber Co. Ltd.), 211 Neratoom, construction of core structure of
Dragon Project, 104
Nervi, Dr. P. L., George Washington bus station, 51, 627
Nesterov, M., on building development in Russia, 299
Nestor atomic reactor. Winfrith Heath, criticality achieved, 456
Netherlands Atom Forum, formation of, 455; W. A. de Haas elected chairman, 455; representation at Foratom, 455
— Negotiations with Euratom, 387
— Negotiations with Euratom for ship atomic
reactor, 256
— State Mines, installation of automatic coal
analysis unit, 469
— See also Holland
Neutrino reactions, further studies of, 909 Neutron chopper spinning units, electro
magnetic speed signal and pulse generators for, by L. V. Lewis, 388
— Counter, fast, for dosimetry, by J. A. Dennis
and W. R. Loosemore, 520
— Density measurements by autoradiography of
detector foils, by A. Ertaud and P. Zaleski, 388
— Detection, by W. D. Allen (review), 396
— Diffusion measurements, 696
— Dosimeter for personnel, 191
— Exploration, 487. See LETTERS, 620, 685
— Generators, 696
— Method to aid calculations in fast atomic
reactors, 696
— Production, 696
— Pulsed, techniques, 696
— Spectra applications, 696
— Temperature in reactors having moderator
closely associated with fuel elements, by R, G. Freemantle and J. S. Harper, 455
Neutron, thermal, shielding material, hidu- minium 400 as, 455
— Transport equation, one velocity, approximate solution of in an infinite medium, by G. Rowlands, 224
Nev Eye closed circuit television camera (Nottingham Electronic Valve Co. 650
New Hebrides manganese mines, diesel equipment for, 201
New, P. and A., Ltd., hammer finish publication), 904
New York automobile show, orders for sports cars taken at, 505
?—? — City Transit Authority, new subway cars ordered from St. Louis Car Co., 497 Port, plan for world trade centre, 405 Port of. Authority, study of arterial facilities, 50
State Power Authority, developments at Niagara, 218
New Zealand atomic energy programme, 725 Development of resources in, 745 Diverse industry, 745 Electric power statistics, 98 Electricity Department, power statistics, 98; historical note, 98
Facial eczema in sheep investigation, 159
? Future development in, 745
?— —? Geothermal power station project at
Lake Taupo, 98
?— — Historical note on engineering industry in, 745
Hydro-electric and geothermal moves in, 745
Ministry of Works, goethermal project at Wairakei, 732
New industries operating in, 745 New sources for power stations, 98 Population increasing in, 745 Power projects under construction, 98 Water power and cheap electricity in, 98 Newage (Manchester) Ltd., Sieger gas detector, 726
Newall, A. P., and Co. Ltd., bolts for Forth Road Bridge, 10; Gilbert Roberts grip bolts for Forth Road Bridge, 452
Newcomb, S., on Compendium of Spherical Astronomy (book), 332
Newman, A. D., on design and performance of reticular 20 per cent tin-aluminium bearings, 446
Newman, Hender and Co. Ltd., Newman-Velan valves, 629
Newman, Hender Group, valves and valve fittings, 571
Newman Industries Ltd., encapsulating electric motor windings with epoxy resin, 293 Newman-Velan valves (Newman, Hender &
Co. Ltd.), 629
Newmark Instruments Ltd., AMY automatic linen yarn monitor, 813
Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd., agreement with John Mohr and Sons to produce Mohr designed blast furnaces, 665; historical note, 665; position and prospects, 697; high turnover, 697; order position, 697; close working with Ransomes and Rapier Ltd., 697; capital expenditure, 697; acquisition of Ronuk Ltd., 697; subsidiaries of, 697; Design Centre award for Redfyre Centramatic 35 boiler, 712
Newton Swing Clamp hydraulic clamp (Power Jacks Ltd.), 271
Newtone Coachworks, continental tour of Nymph caravan, 497
NFBTE. See National Federation of Building Trades Employers
NGN Electrical Ltd.. McLeod gauge, 384;
NEL vacuum monometer, 857 Ni-Hard nickel cast iron, 738 Niagara, power and park developments at, 218
— Power stations at, 218
Niagara Screens and Plant Ltd., oil country equipment (trade publication), 396 Nicholls, C. M., on Technology, Engineering and Safety (review), 111
Nicholson, J., trial flight of Javelin aircraft with Gyron Junior engines, 269
Nickel cast iron, Canadian uses of, 738 Iron, Ni-Hard, 738
— and chromium recovery in the electro
plating industry, survey of (DSIR book), 267
— in Liner Canberra, 838
— Manganese-palladium brazing alloy, 210
? Palladium-copper brazing alloy, 211
—? Palladium brazing alloy, 211
— Silicon-copper alloy, Mallory 53 (Johnson
Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 835
— Undercoats, Bi-Nickel process (Electro-
Chemical and W. Canning), 135 Nickolls Ready-Mixed Concrete Ltd., Blaw- knox Batchmaster and Blaw-Knox Gyra- mixer installed, 235
Nicol, T. B., on aggregates for Warragamba Dam, 894
NIFES, See National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service
Nigeria, Bornu Railway extension, 732
— Brewery for, 341
— Development recommendations, 341
— Federation of British Industries mission to,
341
— IAEA assistance mission to, 387
— Iron and steel industry potential, 841
?— Mole construction on Escravos River, 731
— Road bridge over River Kaduna proposed,
736
— Technical education in ,722
— Tyre factory, 341
— UK investment in, 341
?— United Africa Co, scheme for textile plant in, 341
Nigerian Federal Government, reports commissioned by on iron and steel industry potential in Nigeria, 841
— Government Railway, assets and liabilities
vested in Nigerian Railways Corp,, 732
— Industrial Development Conference, Sir
Norman Kipping leads UK delegation, 149; UK companies represented 149
— Railways Corp., assets and liabilities of
Nigerian Government Railway vested in 732; extension of Bornu Railway, 732
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Nikalium aJloy propellers for liner Canberra, 754
Nike-Zeus computer for Ascension Island, 269 Nilsen, Oliver J. (Australia) Ltd., agreement with A. Reyrolle and Co., 769; formation of Reyrolle Nilsen (Australia) Ltd,, 769
Nimrod proton synchrotron, 632
1961, Events in (ENGINEERING booklet), 244 ?—? Outlook. See Outlook
Niplas pvc/rubber cable sheathing (Greengate and Irwell Rubber Co.), 179
Nippon Denkyoku Kabushiki Kaisha, agreement with GEC Ltd. for manufacture of graphite, 15
NISRC. See National Industrial Salvage and Recovery Council
Nitrile rubber (trade publication), 232 Nitrogen, high purity plant (Petrocarbon
Developments Ltd.), 398
Nitrovit pellets (Pine and Son Ltd.), 423
Nixon, F., on need for more engineers, 442 No-Melt grease (Bardahi Products Ltd,), 587 Noble metal thermocouples, by H. E, Bennett (book), 551
Noguchi, I., aluminium furniture design, 131 Noise annoyance and its assessment, by Prof.
E. j. Richards. See LETTERS, 376, 476
— Insulation for, 680
— Low, for microwave communication, 400-
401
— Reduction, by L. L. Beranek (review), 871 by ducted fan engine, 204
— Research at NPL, 709
— Survey in London, 348
— Tests on aircraft, table of, 377
Nomographs, chemical processing, by D. S. Davis (review), 110
Non-destructive testing (trade publication), 264 Non-ferrous metals. See Metal
Nora zero power critical assembly available to IAEA in Norway, 800
Noral 28S alloy, lens mounts of (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson), 179
Noralduct transformer coolers (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 803
Noraltrace traced pipework (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 550
Noratlas aircraft to be replaced by C 160 Transall aircraft, 113
Nordair, Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft for, 265
Nordaviation, C 160 Transall aircraft, 113 Norden calorifier (Holden and Brooke Ltd.), 827 Norel Electrical Appliances Ltd., electric coffee grinder, 848
Norgren, C. A., Ltd., air filter regulator, 252
Norris, Henty and Gardners Ltd., transport diesels (trade publication), 298
Norris, Maj. Gen. Sir Kingsley, on careers in Australia, 9
Norsk Jernverk A/S, blooming and slabbing mill from Davy-United, 225
North American Aviation Inc., contract for atomic reactor for Germany, 104
Space and Information Systems Division,
K. B. Gay appointed director, 148
North Atlantic Passenger Conference, 585
— — Treaty Organisation, Hawk missile for,
397
Westbound Freight Association, increase in shipping costs, 233
North British Locomotive Co. Ltd., exhibit at Rand Show, 465; torque converter, 763
North Carolina State College, USAEC assistance to, 456
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, sub
marine power cable from Jura to Kintyre, 777
— Western Electricity Board, increase in
charges for electricity, 541; sub station for (J. Mountford and Co.), 867
Northampton College of Advanced Technology, course for information scientists,! 10
Northrop Corp., re-entry nose cone for X 15 rocket aircraft, 41; Q-Ball sensor, 41; mobile launchers for Hawk missile, 397
Norway, atomic building programme in, 564 Reactors in, 564
Reactor JEEP, 563
— Enriched uranium 235 fuel contract, 800
— Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Halden project in, 564
— Hydro-electric sources in, 563
— Institute of Atomic Energy, 563
— Nora zero power critical assembly available
to IAEA, 800
— Outside capital investment in, 233
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Pegmatite deposits in, 563 Nostalgia, Plain Words on, 588
Nose cone, re-entry, for X 15 rocket aircraft (Northrop), 41
Notely, M. J., on apparatus for determining the mechanical properties of alpha active materials, 456
Nottingham Electronic Valve Co. Ltd., Nev-Eye closed circuit television camera, 650
Nottingham University, extensions to, 483 Nozljector oil purifier (Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd.), 531
NPD atomic reactor, 725
NPL. See National Physical Laboratory NRDC. See National Research Development Corporation
NRU atomic reactor, 725
NRX atomic reactor, 725
Nu-Swift Industries Ltd,, fire extinguishers, 533; profits table, 533; position and prospects, 533
Nu-Swift Ltd,, three-shift working commenced, 201; heavy orders placed, 201
Nubex Standard silicone treatment for masonry (Nubold Developments Ltd,), 587
— T4 silicone treatment for masonry (Nubold
Developments Ltd.), 587
— W silicone treatment for masonry (Nubold
Developments Ltd.), 587
Nubindex silicone treatment for masonry (Nubold Developments Ltd.), 587
Nubold Developments Ltd., Nubindex, Nubex Standard, Nubex T4 and Nubex W silicone treatments for masonry, 587
Nuclear Developments Ltd., formation of, 631, 777
Nuclear Electronics, Proceedings of the symposium on nuclear electronics (review), 426
— Energy, engineering, marine and welding
exhibition, 519, 527; exhibits at, 629
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution Nuclear Engineering Ltd., exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Nuclear Equipment Ltd., manipulating equipment, 103
— Fusion research, conference on, 323
— Power, steel for, cinema film (UKAEA), 256
— Propulsion, by M. W. Thring (book), 298 ?—? Reactor. See Atomic reactor
— Society, American. See American
— Superheating, economic attractions of, 59
— See also Atomic Nucleate boiling, 631 Role of surface conditions in, by
Griffith and J. D. Wallis, 631 Nuclei of boron 10 and boron 11, 832 Nucleus boron 10, 832 Nuffield Organisation, use of Gloucester
shipping port, 541 Nugent, Sir Richard, appointed to Council
Institute of Advanced Motorists, 856; biographical note, 856
Nuraphalte roofing method, 483
Nuts and bolts, outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Speed (trade publication), 640
Nuttall, E., Sons and Co. Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
NX-2 nuclear powered aircraft, tests (Convair), 16
Nyasaland, technical education in, 722 Nydqvist and Holm AB (Nohab), atomic reactors for Marviken atomic power station, 16
Nye, W. F., on Boron (book), 676
Nyflex flexible gear coupling (Sier-Bath Gear and Pump Co. Inc.), 371
Nylatron GS bearing material (Polypenco), 178 Nylon/cotton conveyor belts for NCB (BTR Industries Ltd.), 867
— Glass fibres to strengthen, 406
— Powder for coating (Dohm Ltd.), 835
— Safety straps for motor cars, 179
— Stauffer pressure screw lubricators (Trebdon
Ltd.), 47
— Wagon sheets (British Nylon Spinners Ltd.),
275
— Washers, 867
Nymph caravan (Newtone Coachworks), 497
OAK Ridge National Laboratory, irradiation effects on semiconductors, 469
O’Brien, W. J., Decca Navigator design, 390 Obrigheim atomic power station, new company formed to build, 256
Occupational information, development and application, by C. L. Shartle (review), 22 OCDRE atomic reactor, 725
Oceanograhic Institute of Monaco, agreement on research with Monaco Government and IAEA, 387
O’Cedar Co., bought by Prestige Group, 489
O’Dea, W. T., on university action on factors of safety, 313
OEEC. See Organisation for European Economic Cooperation
Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades Association, petition to Board of Trade, 333
— Equipment (trade publication), 112
Office Equipment Co. Ltd., equipment (trade publication), 112
— Folding (Badenia Calculators Ltd.), 504
— Furniture (trade publication), 112
— Machinery, export earnings of, 333
Ogden, W. E., on Delta Metal Co., 565 Ogorkiewicz, R. M., on army fire power: improved small arms, 830-831
Ohio State University, atomic reactor for (Lockheed Aircraft Corp), 104
Oils, additive, 521
— Additive, molybdenum disulphide (trade
publication), 872
— Battle with coal, 273
?— Burning control equipment (Elcontrol Ltd.), 762
— and coal, comparative efficiencies of, 534
— Consumption studies (BP Research Centre),
846-847
— Country equipment (trade publication), 396
— Crude, distillation plant for (ICI Ltd.), 587
— Cutting, and occupational dermatitis, 184
— Depot on Macquarie Island (BP Co.), 25 at Mawson Base (BP Co.), 25
— Diesel, additive, Redex DD (Redex Ltd.),
835
— Engines. See Engine, diesel
— Equipment, 1960, production value, 341
— Feed drill, 570
— Fuel, improver (trade publication), 872
— Gasification (trade publication), 708
— Hydraulics, industrial, course on, 97
— Hydrocarbon, duty, 713
— Importation and use in India, 405
— Production in UK, 25
— Purifier, Nozljector (Sharpies Centrifuges
Ltd.), 531
— Radiation resistant, testing of, 191
— Revenues for Iraq increase, 25
— Switch. See Switchgear
— Viscosity, 847
— See also Lubrication: Petroleum
Oiler for strip (Clark’s Press Equipment Ltd.), 251
Oilsand Project, atomic explosives for, 224
Old, B. W., review of Corrosion Problems in the Petroleum Industry, 156-157; review of Anti-Corrosion Manual, 1960, 156-157; biographical note, 158
Oldbury atomic power station, tenders invited for, 288
Olding, Jack, and Co. Ltd., Barber Greene ditching machine, 798
Olsen, Tinius, Testing Machine Co., engine balancing machine, 335
Olympic Airways, improved passenger carrying figures, 465; repeat order for more Comet aircraft placed, 465
Omark Industries Inc., stud welding machine, 532
— Stud welding machine (Kerry’s (Ultrasonics)
Ltd.), 532
OMF-Ferralba open press (Rushworth and Co.), 353
Omni-track conveyor ball-units, 339
OMNIA trade corporation of Czechoslovakia, formation of, 15
OMRE atomic reactor, 419
O’Neill, Capt. T., on Government loan to Short Bros. and Harland, 429
Onemack shuttleless loom (Maclie and Sons), 761 Onslow, Earl of, gift of land for Guildford Cathedral, 690
Onsrud routing machine, 554
Ontario, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of. See Hydroelectric
Opel, increase in sales in Switzerland, 465 Opener, can, Edlund (Metcalfe and Co. (1950) Ltd.), 848
— for drums (Moon Bros. Ltd.). 826 Operations research, notes on (M.I.T.) (book),
428; (review), 870
Operation Spear, compensation plan for employees affected by (Steel, Peech and Tozer Co.), 824
Operational Research Society, conference of, 757
Operative-inspector relations, absolute judgments and, by I. D. Brown, 447
Opportunities for graduates, directory of (review), 158
Optical maser, 401
Continuous light from (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 337
— —? Continuous wave (IBM), 129
— Range of Woomera WRE, 750-751
— Square (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 417 Optics, electron, in television, by 1. 1. Tsukker-
man (book), 776
— Outlook for 1961, 74-77
Optimum design, shortest route to, by J. G. Bryan and T. J. Darwent, 860-861
Orbital engine. Seiwood, 682. See LETTERS, 789, 853
— Life of communications satellites, 893 Orders, shortage of, 241 Ordinary National Certificates Diplomas, Ore, iron, Canada now ready to produce. Organisation for European Economic
operation, approval for setting up European export council, 45; survey of economic conditions for 1960,45; recommendation for UK to increase investments and exports, 45; visit to BP refineries and installations, 365; Conference on Engineering Education, 513; report on Italy, 721; Problem of Rising Prices, 793 Organisers, great, lay E. Dale (book), 464; (review), 640
ORGEL Project of Euratom, 768; ESSOR atomic reactor, 388; twelve contracts signed, 388
Oriana liner, 753, 769
Orlit Ltd., new factory for Spring Grove Laundry, 764
Osborn, Samuel, and Co. Ltd., Super Permo magnetic iron, 619
Oscilloscope, portable (Solartron), 14
— (Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd.),
384
Osmond, A. and S. Ltd., cutting-oft' machine (trade publication), 24, 561
Ostermann, W., on Bergbuamechanik (book), 872
Othmer, D. F., on Fluidization and Fluid- Particle Systems (review), 230-231
Otis Elevator Co., aluminium honeycomb doors, 91
Outardes River hydroelectric project, 306-307 Outlook for 1961, 26, 30, 34, 70, 74, 78, 114, 118, 122, 160, 164, 168
Output in manufacturing industries, table of, 309
Ove Arup and Partners, extensions to Nottingham University, 483
Oven, cooking, microwave, Arctic (Lewispoint Holdings Ltd.), 240
— Unit (Creda), 436
Overhead line alarm (trade publication), 200 Overprinter (Rejafix Ltd.), 252
Owen, Sir Leonard, appointed Member for Production and Engineering, UKAEA, 324 Oxford Airport, new control tower, 833
— University, accelerator panel, 832; equip
ment for nuclear research centre, 832; nuclear research centre for, 832
Oxidation of uranium-dioxide by water vapour under reactor irradiation, by B. R. Harder et al, 60
Oxide, colour (Ferro Enamels Ltd.), 603
— of europium, bibliography of, 456
— of gadolinium, bibliography of, 456
— of praseodyium, bibliography of, 456
— Resistors, Metox (Welwyn Electric), 56
— of samerium, bibliography of, 456
— Sintered, as cutting tools for steel, 515
— of uranium. See Uranium oxide Oxygen-hydrogen fuel cell, 268
— Liquid, handling (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.),
375
PACE “ do it yourself” computer components (Electronics Associates), 87
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., construction of boiling water atomic reactor, 800
Packaging computers for export, 203
— Consumer, for export, convention on, 822
— Food with aluminium, 207
— Machine, Molins Fliptop (Molins Machine
Co. Ltd.), 610-612
— Material, hair as. See LETTER, 93
— Outlook for 1961, 164-167
Padua University, High Voltage Corp, install Van de Graff accelerator, 488
Paint, application systems, 2-3
— Brush application of, 2
— Conventional spraying of, 2
— Curtain coating with, 3
— Dip coating with, 3
Paint, electrostatic spraying of, 2
— Flow coating with, 3
— Heating, 2
— Industry, representation on European
Committee of Paint and Printing Ink Manufacturers’ Associations, 841
— Lagging (trade publication), 904
— Maintenance (trade pubheation), 872
— Manufacturers’
formation of, director, 841
— Multicoloured,
771
— Primer, pvc (trade publication), 872
— Roller coating with, 3
— Spray, electrostatic, Megastatron (Aerostyle
Ltd.), 598
— Spraying, airless, 2
Machine (Alfred Bullows), 56
— ?— Mistless, 2
Plant, airless (Aerostyle Ltd.), 767 Plant, electrostatic, Magastraton (SAMES (GB) Ltd., and Aerostyle Ltd.), 571
— System, which should you use, 2-3
— Tumbling process, 3
— Undercoat, Porterbond (Sissons Bros.), 771 Painter Bros. Ltd., anchor towers for Thames
crossing of supergrid, 52
Painting system, corrosion protection, Ferrogel (John S. Craig and Co. Ltd.), 47
Pakistan Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA to advise, 387
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, plans of, 725; atomic energy centre at Dacca, 734
— Atomic programme of, 725
— Small arms in, 853
— UK loan for railway wagon purchase, 465 Pakitt Ltd., the case of, human implications of
work study, by S. Dalziel and L. Klein, 183 Palatine Tool and Engineering (Surbiton) Ltd., heavy duty manipulator, 104
Palin, H. M., on cycle and motor cycle industry, 141
Pall Corp., Deltadyne pressure switch, 486 Palladium-copper-nickel-manganese brazing alloy, 211
— Manganese-silver brazing alloy, 210
— Nickel brazing alloy, 211
Manganese brazing alloy, 210
— Silver-copper brazing alloy, 210 Pallion shipyards, modernisation of, 127 Palmer Aero Products, increased turnover, 257 Palmer, D. S., review of Statistical Theory of
Signal Detection, 395; biographical note, 396
Palmers Hebburn, difficult year for, 769 Pammar Marketing Ltd., Tipp-Ex Type-Out and Cop-Ex Copy-Out papers, 873
Pandit, Mrs. V. L., formal commissioning of Eikrant aircraft carrier, 429
Panels, aluminium, adhesive bonded (Bon- allack Ltd.), 587
— Electroluminescent, Locator (MK Electric),
88
— Motor car body, press dies for, 460
— Rayescent, Westinghouse, 648
— Sandwich, roll bonded (Battelle Memorial
Institute), 619
Panorama of performance, by B. Lister, 65 Pantak Ltd., X-ray units to check reactor pressure vessel welds, 235; Siemens betatron for Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd., 267; Baltospot X-ray unit, 319; X-ray unit, 531
Paper, Cop-Ex Copy-Out, 873
Paper Equipment Distributing Co., paper handling (trade publication), 158
— Handling (trade publication), 158
— Machine drive, variable, 334
— Maturing machine (trade publication), 396
— Protection mask (Gordon and Gotch), 666
— Self-adhesive, Spi-seal (Spicers Ltd.), 375
— Silicone treated (trade publication), 232
— Tape, self-adhesive (Gordon and Gotch), 666
— Tipp-Ex Type-Out, 873
— Tissue, glass fibre, Tissuglas (AMF Ltd.)
275
Papropack, paper sack manufacture, 333; new factory in UK, 333
Paquette, R. J., on Highway Engineering (review), 494
Para-Visual Director (PVD) equipment aircraft (Smiths Aviation), 402
Pardoe, G. K. C., appointed chairman
British Space Development, 585; communications satellites, 892 Parglas, dust cabinets, 343 Paris, British aircraft in, 684
— International Aeronautical Exhibition, 694 Park and power developments at Niagara, 218 Parker, Frederick R., Ltd., design of motor
cruiser boat for John I. Thornycroft and Co. Ltd., 132
Parkers (Ancoats) Ltd., Timbor impregnated timber, 867
Parkes, J. J., on Alvis Co., 61
Parkinson Cowan Industrial Products, Zephyr gas meters, 159; gas fired stoving plant for AEI-Hotpoint, 203
Parkinson Cowan Measurement, water meter, 597, 825
Parkinson, E., resigns from board of Associated British Machine Tool Makers, 348
Parkinson Howard and Associates, bid for contract on Volta River project, 333
Parkinson, J. R., on Economics of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom (review), 463-464 Parr, G., review of Edison: A Biography, 80’7-808; biographical note, 808; obituary notice, 808
Parrot, P. G., on Analogue Devices for Network Analysis, 302
Parsons, C. A., and Co. Ltd., order for turbogenerators from CEGB, 605; position and prospects, 737; increased capacity of, 737; increased turnover, 737; profits, 737; orders from CEGB, 737; research arrangements with AEI Ltd. and Reyrolle Ltd., 737
Parsons, C. A., Nuclear Research Centre, research report on the work of, 368-369 Parsons Marine Turbine Co., main machinery for aircraft carrier Eikrant, 429
Parsons Powergas, plant construction (trade publication), 608
Partridge’s Models Ltd., models for industry, 856, 862-863
Parzen, E., on Modern Probability Theory and Its Applications (review), 362
Pasadena, withdrawal from Improved Cycle Boiling Water project, 388
Paschkis, V., on Industrial Electric Furnaces and Appliances (book), 298
Pasolds Ltd., aluminium honeycomb platens, 91
Paste, brazing, aluminium (Eutectic), 135
— Preperite rust remover (Pyrene Co. Ltd.),
834
— pvc (trade publication), 264, 872
Patch, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hubert, appointed overseas director of British Aircraft Corp, biographical note, 777
Patents. See Inventions Paternosters, lifts and publication), 158
Operation of, 338. Pathex (Canada) Ltd., laminated presses, 740
Pathfinder atomic power plant, 419
— Atomic reactor, 59
Pathfinder Missions. See Export Council for Europe
PATRA. See Printing and Allied Trades Pattern letters in polyethylene (AEI Plastics (Aldridge) Ltd.), 551
Paul, R. J. A., on general purpose electronic analogue computer, 864
Pauling and Co. (Contractors) (Overseas) Ltd., Tapakuma Scheme in British Guiana, 735 Pavia University, historical note, 7
Paving machine (Blaw-Knox Co.), 253 Paxton, R., to testify before Senate Investigating Committee, 657
Payne, P. P., and Sons Ltd., flexible strapping tape, 445
Payne, W. F. M., on argus digital computer in process control, 181
Paynes Jiffytape Ltd., waterproof cloth tape, self adhesive, 771
Payroll tax, 549, 617, 657 Effect on industry of, 437 Peake, H., on Steel Co. of Wales, 193 Pearce, D. W., appointed head of IAEA health, safety and waste disposal division, 632
Pearce, Sir William, historical note, 7
Pearl and Dean (International) Ltd., sole concessionaires for Moscow Trade Fair Cinema, 265
Pearson Machine Tool Co. Ltd., hydraulic power pack, 562
Pedi-Power power tug (Griffiths (Lambeth) Engineering Ltd.), 767
Peebles, Bruce, Co., agreement with Rega Brucker and Co. for joint production, 565; full size model of electric motor, 851
Peeva, A., on temperature effect of selfquenching Geiger-Muller counters, 192
Pegasus engine for VTOL aircraft, Bristol Siddeley, 684
Pegasus Laboratories Inc., manufacturing rights for equipment to Telehoist Ltd., 429
— Lift/thrust turbofan engine, Bristol Siddeley,
710
Peglers Ltd., fittings for copper and polyethylene pipes Grade publication), 540 Pegmatite deposits in Norway, 563
Peierls, Prof. R., attendance at centennial of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 413 Pelagic Trawling Co., six new trawlers ordered, 69
Pellets, Nitrovit (Pine and Son Ltd.), 423 Pelletizers, bearing layouts for (Roballo Engineering Co. Ltd.), 788
Pels, Henry, and Co. Ltd., Steelworker universal machine, 562; Mahr tester, 629 Peltier effect, 648
Pencil sharpener, powered (Kent Kordless Ltd.), 472
Penistone Pure Malt Vinegar Co. Ltd., use of “ pillow ” tanks, 310
Penn, W. S., on Synthetic Rubber Technology (review), 676
Penney, Sir William, appointed deputy chairman of UKAEA, 324
Pennsylvania State University, licence granted for atomic reactor, 16; free loan of enriched uranium to, by USAEC, 455; Curtiss-Wright Corp., gift of atomic reactor to, 455
Pensions and National Insurance, Ministry of, Emidex 2400 computer for, 325
— Scheme, State, Goodyear Tyre and Rubber
Co. in, 9
Pentechnique Ltd., batch counters, 857 People, market value. Plain Words on, 244
— Speaking to them through their skins, 412
— Young, employment of, 721
Pepper mill, electric, “ Peppy ” (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 472
“ Peppy ” electric pepper mill (General Trade Equipment Ltd.), 472
Perchlorethylene as solvent degreaser, 422 Performance, panorama of, by B. Lister, 65 Pergamon Press, Infrared Physics, 838
Perim cargo ship, tests of Marconi Metron echo-sounder (P. and O.), 339
Perkin, Prof. A. G., historical note, 7
Perkins Engines Ltd., on diesel engines and customers’ requirements, 567; diesel engine for Volga motor car, 641; Perkins diesel Four power unit, 891
Perkins, F., Ltd., Marine Diesel News, 198; sales, 489; power pack diesel set, 530
Perkins Group, small boats, 45; visit of G. Seeber, 193; exhibit at Poznan International Fair, 641
Perkins Outboard Motors Ltd., outboard motors for St. Andrews University South Greenland Expedition, 25
Perlite, expanded, Brelite (Expanded Minerals Ltd.), 698
Permabeam rechargeable electric cell (Chilton Electric Products Ltd.), 472
Permafence Ltd., protection for prefabricated building, 11
Permali Ltd., reinforced plastics tubing
(trade publication), 872 Permeameter, direct reading, 700 Permeation cell, membrane (Ionics Inc.), 237 Perrin, M. W., on work study, 900 Pershing ballistic missile, 909 Personalities, Plain Words on, 757
Personnel Administration Ltd., use of 3-D models, 868
Perspex, 374
Persson, J., on Industrial Electric Furnaces
and Appliances (book), 298 Peru. See Salaverry Harbour Petbow Ltd., generator (trade publication), 332 Peters, G. D., and Co. Ltd., Cling-Sling lifter, 629 Petree, J. F., on Loss of the Waratah, 244 Petrocarbon Developments Ltd., high purity nitrogen plant for UKAEA, 398
Petrol consumption, factors governing, by
E. H. Bush, 215-216. See LETTER, 276 and sparking plug efficiency, 215 and traffic density, 215 and weather, 215
?— Motor. See Aircraft engine; Boat; Engine;
Motor car; Tractor
— Pump. See Pump
— Tanker, road, transformer/relay unit for
grounding (GEC), 403
Petroleum industry, corrosion problems in (Society of Chemical Industry) (review), 156
Model code of safe practice in, 281
?— Installations, regulations governing operation of electrical plant in, 281
?— Spirit (Conveyance by Road) Regulations of 1957, 403
— See also Oil
Petten, low power atomic reactor, tender issued for building to house, 256
Petters Ltd., exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 465; marine diesel engines, 594
Peugeot Airbrosse electric hand brush (Rudson Wood and Co. Ltd.), 848
— 404 motor car, 592
— Squirrel food mixer (Rudson Wood and Co.
Ltd.), 848
Pfeiffer, J., on From Galaxies to Man, a Story of the Beginnings of Things (review), 330
Pfeill, H., on German Defence Problems (review), 838
pH electrode (W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd.), 58 Phantoscope, use in radiation spectrometry and
radiation counter characteristics, 191 Phase and continuity tester (Martindale
Electric Co. Ltd.), 280
Phengard anti-static flooring material (Phoenix Rubber Co.), 512
Philadelphia Electric Co., USAEC approve safety aspects of proposed Peach Bottom atomic power reactor, 224; research and development of gas cooled reactors, 420 Philip, George, and Son Ltd., map holder
(trade publication), 776
Philippine Islands, atomic reactor for, 104;
IAEA experts to visit, 387; copper production plant for, 587
Phillips Bros. and Ellis Ltd., marking machine, 12; Star hot press machine, 891
Phillips, Col. W. E., on Massey-Ferguson, 489 Phoenix Rubber Co. Ltd., Phengard anti-static flooring material, 512
Phoenix Textiles, application to MAIB to set up factory in Malta, 69
Phone system for pressurised suits (Spembly Ltd.), 100
Phosphate spray and degrease (trade publication), 872
Photoelectric detector (Cableform Ltd.), 416
— Equipment, transistorised (Lancashire Dy
namo), 825
Photoelectronics (MOM) Ltd., counter batching machine, 254
Photographic emulsions used in atomic research
(Ilford Ltd.), 192
— Exhibition on peaceful uses of atomic
energy (Ilford Ltd.), 192
— Technique for cosmic ray research, 236 Photometer, flame, general purpose integrating, by H. M. Davis, 388
— Spectro- (Unicam Instruments Ltd.), 58 Photomicrography, technique of, by D. F.
Lawson (review), 230
Photomultipliers and their applications, by
J. Sharpe, 761
Phototheodolite, use on Woomera WRE range. 750
Physical changes in solids at high pressure, 614 ?— and chemical testing of industrial water, methods of (ASTM), I 5
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Examination of metals, by B. Chalmers and
A. G. Ouarrell (book), 298; (review), 639 Physical Society, exhibition of, 58 Physicochemical measurements at high tem
perature, by J. O’M. Bockris, J. L. White and J. D. Mackenzie (review), 66
Physics and engineering, field computations in, by A. Thom and C. J. Apelt (book), 496
— High polymer, research at NPL, 709
— of high temperature plasmas, applications
of, controlled fusion research, by R. F. Post, 323
— Infrared (Pergamon Press), 838
— Measurements during commissioning of
Pluto, by C. J. England et al, 224
— Modern, introduction to, by C. H. Blan
chard, C. R. Burnett, R. G. Stoner and
R. G. Weber (book), 158; (review), 607-608
— New, birth of a, by I. B. Cohen (book), 872
— Plasma, conference, 323
— of television, by D. G. Fink and D. M.
Lutyens (book), 808
Physiology in industry, by L. Brouha (book), 776
Pick-up, high fidelity (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 220 Pickles, Sir John, presidential address to
British Electrical Power Convention, 817 Pictorial Machinery Ltd., step and repeat machine, 555
Picture, flat, simulating movement on (Technical Designs Ltd,), 851
Pidgeon, M., on Anthology of Houses (book), 264
Pierce, Dr. J. R., on Waves and the Ear (book), 776; on communications satellites, 892
Pierson, D. H., et al, on radio-active fall-out in air and rain, 60
Pigments, lead (trade publication), 264
Piled structures, and reinforced concrete piling, by F. E. Wentworth-Shields, W. S. Gray and H. W. Evans (review), 297
Piling danger caused by carbon disulphide, 483
— Reinforced concrete, and piled structures,
by F. E. Wentworth-Shields, W. S. Gray and H. W. Evans (review), 297
Pilkington Bros., development of aluminosilicate glass with Triplex Safety Glass Co. Ltd., 551; new research laboratories, 713
Pilkington, Dr. L., on research, 713
“ Pillow ” tanks, user comments on, 310
Pilot Works Ltd., croppers and presses (trade publication), 68
PIM Precision Indication of the Meridan equipment, 700
Pin inserter (Rhoden), 100
— Manufacture, report on, by A. Smith, 8 Pindar motor ship, heating coils for (Charlton
Weddle and Co. Ltd.), 242
Pine and Son Ltd., installation of Turner- Heesen provender mill, 423; Nitrovit formulation pellets and meal, 423
Pingon tower crane (George Cohen 600 Group Ltd.), 628
Pinions. See Gear; Gearing
Pinspotter machine, automatic, for ten-pin bowling (American Machine and Foundry Co.), 889
Pipes, aluminium, traced, 550
— Bending machine, Staffa
Industries Ltd.), 190
— Copper and polyethylene,
(trade publication), 540
— for drainage and effluent (Tough Plastics
Ltd.), 474
— Motion, taking care of, 716
— Round, pressure drop for flow of fluids in
(M. W. Kellogg Co. book), 153
— Sealing balloons (George MacLellan and Co.
Ltd.), 803
— See also Tube
Pipeline, Channel, Pluto, historical note, 45
— Corrosion, defeating, 512
— Couplings to eliminate expansion joints
(Aero Controls Ltd.), 461
— Developments in Western Germany, 473
— Natural gas. from British Columbia to
Vancouver Island, 131
— Steel, plastic coated, X-Tru-Coat (Republic
Steel Corp.), 512
— Submarine, flexible, from British Columbia
to Vancouver Island (BICC), 45
— Trans-Syrian, gas turbine pumping sets for
(Hawker Siddeley Brush), 271
Pipework, traced (British Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 550
British launching of, 550
Duplex (Reynolds Metals Co.), 550
Noraltrace (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 550
— ?— Unitrace (Imperial Aluminium Co. Ltd.),
550
Piping, pitch fibre, for laundry drainage (Key Engineering), 243
Pistols, 830
— APS Stechkin, 830
— FN Browning, 830
— Makarov PM, 830
Pistons, automatic welding of (Lockwood and Carlisle Ltd.), 203
— Ring wear in automotive gasoline engines,
trends in, by J. R. B. Calow and S. R. Epton, 521
Pistone AE Borgo, purchased by Associated Engineering Group. 61; new foundry and machine shop for, 61
Pit prop, hydraulic, Dowty (Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd.), 517
Pitch fibre piping for laundry drainage (Key Engineering), 243
Pittsburg Corning Glass Corp., Foamglass foamed glass, 698
Planer, flame (Hancock and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.), 529
Planet Products, gear pump in Delrin acetal plastic, 507
Planing machine, gear, BS 3329, 173
— and sawing; principles of machine wood
working, by A. H. Haycock (book), 68; (review), 903
Plank, R., on Refrigeration Handbook (book), 676
Plannair Ltd., dust-free assembly cabinet, 101 Planned Products (Metallurgy) Ltd., metallographies specimens (trade publication), 808
Planning, models for (Simon Engineering), 868 Plain Words on, 4, 48, 92
Plant (trade publications), 306, 364, 428, 464, 496
— in agricultural and food equipment industry,
167
— Civil engineering, proving tests on, 795
— Construction (trade publication), 608
— and customers’ requirements, 566
— in data processing and business equipment
industry, 120
— design standardization, 552
— in domestic aids industry, 171
— Engineering, survey by ENGINEERING,
522-526. See LETTER, 552
— Large, digital computer controls, 366
— Makers, reply to users’ criticism, 566-569,
762-763. See LETTER, 620
— Management applications, by D. G.
Thompson, 180
— and materials supply in armaments indus
try, 36
Supply in building and civil engineering industry, 80
Supply in production plant industry, 29 Supply in telecommunications and electronics industry, 32
— M iscellaneous, and customers’ requirements,
569
ENGINEERING survey report on, 526
— in power plant and prime mover industry,
116
— in scientific and engineering instruments
industry, 76
Plant in service industries, 162
— in transport manufacturing industry, 124
— Users, plant makers reply to, 566-569,
762-76T See LETTER, 620
Plasinter Co. Ltd., plastic coatings (trade publications), 264
Plasma, dynamic self-pinched, in thermonuclear work, 323
— High temperature, applications of physics
of, controlled fusion research, by R. F. Post, 323
— Physics Conference, 323
Institute, contract for cooperation with Euratom, 696
— Semi-static self-pinched, in thermo-nuclear
work, 324
Plaster protection for steelwork, 343 Plasterboard (trade publication), 264 Plastering, conference on developments in, 553 Plastic Coatings Ltd., plastic coated lead bars as ballast for submarine Dreadnought, 135; pvc bellows, 739; Geon pvc 121 coating for duct protection, 803
Plastic Contact Lens Co., association with Sphercon Contact Lens Co. Ltd., 358
Plastic working of metals, 434
Plastics (trade publication), 808
— Acetal, for gear pump, Delrin (Du Pont),
507
— Brake hose (Tecalemit and John Bull
Rubber Co.), 17
— Chemicals exports, 257
— Coated building sheets (Dorman Long
(Steel) Ltd.), 105
Steel (trade publication), 264
— ?— Steel pipeline, X-Tru-Coat (Republic
Steel Corp.), 512
— Coatings (trade publication), 264
— Crane cab (Moto Plastics Ltd.), 739
— for electronics (Emerson and Cuming Co.),
149
— Exhibition, 5
— Expanded, uses of, 834
— Faced building slabs. Spectra Glaze
(Lilleshall Co. Ltd.), 47
— Glass fibres to strengthen, 406
Reinforced, for boats (trade publication), 298
— Laminates (Arborite Co. (UK) Ltd.), 375
— Laminating presses, automated (Patex
(Canada) Ltd.), 740
— Linings for reservoirs. See LETTER, 93
— Machinery exports, 257
— Material, Vinagel, 867
— in motor cars, 687
— Outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Reinforced, book of practice, 507
— ?— International conference, 790
— Research on, 845
?— Tubing, reinforced (trade publication), 872
— Welding machine for. Acme (H.F. Industrial
Services Ltd.), 628
Plasticell air ducts for British Railways, 834
?— Expanded pvc material (Microcell Ltd,), 551, 739, 834
— Sandwich construction of boat (Watercroft),
834
— Thermal insulation panels, 834
Plate, anti-cavitation, for grease pump (Tecale- met Ltd.), 271
— Cutting, computer controlled (BOC Ltd.),
39
— Evaporator. See Evaporator
Platens of aluminium honeycomb (Pasolds), 91 Platform, climbing, on Forth Road Bridge, 10 Plating, Barrel (trade publication), 496
— Chromium (trade publication), 298
— Gold (IDM Electronics Ltd.), 83
Platinum metals (trade publication), 298
Platt Bros. and Co., spinning mills for Indonesia, 265
Platt Bros. (Sales) Ltd., cotton mill equipment for Philippine Islands, 609
Platt, K. H., appointed secretary of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 217; biographical note, 217
Platt, Samuel, Ltd,, inclusion in Harper Engineering and Electronics Group, 325 Plessey Co. Ltd., formation of British Space Development, 585; agreement with Rini International for manufacture of Rini products, 609; memory system for Atlas digital computer, 609; demonstration of equipment, 785
Plessey Nucleonics Ltd., tape type precipitator for atomic reactors, 599; selector valve for burst slug detection system, 788; ionization chamber, 891
Plough for armoured flexible conveyor (NCB), 820
Plowman, Dr. J. M., review of Constructional Steelwork Simply Explained, 806; review of Applied Building Construction, 806; review of Symposium on Durability and Weathering of Structural Sandwich Constructions, 806; review of Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors’ Handbook, 806; biographical note, 808
Plummer, H. C., on Introductory Treatise to Dynamical Astronomy (book), 464
Pluto Channel pipeline, historical note, 45
?— Physics measurements during the commissioning of, by C. J, England et al, 224 Plutonium base charges for industrial/commer- cial use, 223
— Recycle in Calder Hall type reactor, by
L. J. Barbieri et al, 455
Plutonium-239, 896
Pluvex damp course. No, 3 (Ruberoid Co. Ltd.), 619
Plymax, lead. X-ray screens (Venesta), 343 Plywood (trade publication), 264
— Barrels (Venesta Plywood Ltd.), 803 ?—? Cases (Venesta Plywood Ltd.), 905
— Manufacturers’ Association of British
Columbia, plywood (trade publication), 264
PM Makarov pistol, 830
PM-3A nuclear power plant for McMurdo Sound (Martin Co.), 16
Pneumarator bulk transport vehicle (Bonallack and Sons Ltd.), 766
Pneumatic control unit. Batch Air-O-Line (Honeywell), 826
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Pneumatic equipment (Bentone and Stone Ltd.), 763
and customers’ requirements, 568
— ?— ENGINEERING survey report on, 524
— See also Compressed air; Compressor Pneumatic Tent Co. Ltd., UK agents for
Camping Gaz, 152
Pneutomation News, 198
P. and O-Orient Steam Navigation Group, orders for three new ships placed, 299
P. and O.-Orient Lines, maiden voyage of liner Canberra, 753, 754-755; liner Oriana, 753; tests of Marconi Metron echo-sounder on ship Perim, 339
Poisoning, gas, deaths through, 176
Pokorny F. M. A., Textbook on Air Compressors (book), 708
Poland, improvising in motor car industry, 95
— Polthene plant for, 609
— Urea fertiliser plant for (Power-Gas Corp. Ltd.), 873
Polarograph, cathode-ray, Nashton (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 677
Polhammar (or Polhem), C., historical note, 7 Polhem (or Polhammar), C., historical note, 7 Polio, industrial response to. See LETTER, 4 Polishing electrochemical, of germanium and silicon (Bell), 909
— Machine, profile, Hammond (Morris), 56
— Stainless steel, by J. P. Dewar, 586
Politechnico di Milano, effects of frost on concrete, 321
Political and Economic Planning, effect of payroll tax on industry, 437; Growth in the British Economy (review), 574
Polonium-beryllium radioactive source, 488 Polwarth, Lord, on Scottish industry, 881 Poly-V belt drive (William Kenyon and Sons Ltd.), 536
Polyamide cured coal tar/epoxy, Adcora A3 (E. and F. Richardson), 506
Polyester compound, metal filled, 867
— Insulation material, Rosite (Rosite Ltd.),
507
— Pvc ducting (Tanks and Linings Ltd.), 507
— Resin (trade publication), 808
Cellobond (British Resin Products Ltd.), 475
Cellobond, technical manual (British Resin Products Ltd,), 507
Instrument housing (EMI), 475 Polyethylene hose, 275
?— Pattern letters (AEI Plastics (Aldridge) Ltd.), 551
— Pipes, fittings for (trade publication), 540
— Porous (trade publication), 264 Polymer, high, physics, research at NPL, 709 Polymer Corp, of Canada, to build a new
plant in UK, 333
Polymethyl methacrylate. Perspex, 374 Polypenco Ltd., Fluorosint bearing material, 178; Nylatron GS bearing material, 178
Polypropylene, by T. O. J. Kresser (book), 496
— Propathene (ICI Ltd.), 457
Polystyrene mouldings, expanded (trade publication), 232
Polytetrafluorethylene. See Ptfe Polythene plants for Europe, 609
Polyvinyl chloride bellows (Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 739
Chemical containers, 474
— — Clear, Cobex (BX Plastics Ltd.), 374 Clear, cost of, 374
Clear, uses of, 374
— — Coated sugar diffusers, 699
Coated Terylene ventilation ducting (Robert Watson and Co.), 475
Ducting, steel reinforced, Vacuflex (Recon (Pipelines) Ltd.), 835
Expanded, Plasticell (Microcell Ltd.), 551, 739, 834
Geon 170, for compressed air line, 771 Pastes (trade publication) 264
Pastes and primers (trade publication), 872
— — Plastic coating for duct protection in
Geon 121 (Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 803
Polyester ducting (Tanks and Linings Ltd.), 507
Rubber cable sheathing, Niplas (Greengate and Irwell Rubber Co.), 179
Pongrass Bros. (Engineering) Pty. Ltd., manifold valve, 727
Ponsford, E. R., formation of Solartron Electronic Group Ltd., 874
Pontoon, aluminium, for Esso at Milford Haven (Whittingham and Mitchell), 343
Pool, swimming, air conditioning and floor heating for, 511
Open air, design and construction of (Cement and Concrete Association booklet), 511
Pope, H. C., Ltd., Hipope Mule sack loader, 767
Pope, J. A., on Metal Fatigue (review), 903 Poplov medal, Russian, awarded to Dr. Essen, 705
Popovic, Dr. D., appointed director of IAEA safeguard division, 632
Popper, P,, on Special Ceramics (book), 708 Population census, 505
— Working, statistics on, 793
Porous Plastics Ltd., Vyon units supplied to Martonair (Canada) Ltd., 243; porous polyethylene (trade publication), 264
Port Aqaba, deep water, 888
Port Cartier, ore carriers operating from, 729
— of Gloucester, used for shipping cars for
export, 541
— Labour relations at, engineering industry’s concern about, 141
— of London Authority, new dock shed for
United States Lines, 483
— Mann bridge (John Laing and Son (Canada) Ltd.), 731
— of New York, plan for world trade centre,
405
— of New York Authority, study on arterial
facilities, 50
— of Spain, maternity hospital for, 733 Portable Welders Ltd., spot welding gun, 144;
on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 568
Porterbond paint undercoat (Sissons Bros.), 771
Porterfleck multicolour paint (Sissons Bros.), 771
Portolite collapsible containers (Marston Excelsior Co. Ltd.) 867
Portugal, Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Scheme for increasing industrialisation, 681 Posford, Pavry and Partners, diesel power
station for Tema, Ghana, 734
Positioner, powered (Hagan Controls Ltd.), 859 Post driver (Drivall Ltd.), 693
— Office. See General Post Office; see also
Mai!
Post, R. F., on controlled fusion research— applications of physics of high temperature plasmas, 323
— Rubber, road marking, Hamilton Safe Sines
(Hamilton Ltd.), 321
Postal computing service (English Electric Co.), 153
Potter, F. H., on window in a hurricane, 212 Pounder, C. C., on Marine Diesel Engines (review), 902
Powder, crack detection (Southern Tools Ltd.), 275
— Nylon, for coating (Dohm Ltd.), 835 Powell, D. C., on Manipulation of Thermoplastic Sheet, Rod and Tube (book), 24
Powell and Co. Ltd., Vertolifter stacking truck, 383
Powell Duffryn Modulair Ltd,, Dravo industrial space heater, 858
Power aids from abroad, 848
—r Cheap, high living standards from, 98-99
— Conference, national, 5
— Electric. See Electrical; Electricity
— Electrical. See Electrical; Electricity
— and elegance in continental cars, by G.
Wilkins, 592
•— factor regulator (Londex Ltd.), 418 Power-Gas Corp,, merger with Davy United to form Davy Ashmore Ltd., 25; project engineering (trade publication), 676; sulphuric acid (trade publication), 808; urea fertiliser plant for Poland, 873; licence for Toyo Koatsu process, 873
— Generation, atomic steam supply for,
USAEC invite utility companies to participate, 192
Steel in, 274
Power Jacks Ltd., Newton Swing Clamp hydraulic clamp, 271
— for kitchen and table, 472
— Lines, overhead, specification for insulator
and conductor fittings, BS3288 (British Standards Institution), 87
— Ministry of, Esso Petroleum seek prospect
ing licences for Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, 25; conservation of fuel supplies, 217; application received for consent for atomic power station at Wylfa, Anglesey, 288
— More by smooth fuel burning, 361
— Pack diesel set (F. Perkins Ltd.), 530
— — Hydraulic (Pearson Machine Tool Co.
Ltd.), 562
Hydraulic, Telepak (Telehoist Ltd.), 541
— and park developments at Niagara, 218
— Plain Words on, 276
— Plant, design and development in, 114
— ?—? Future exhibitions on, 114
Industry, expansion and investment in, 116
Industry, external factors affecting, 115 Industry, forecast for 1961, 117 Industry, long term research in, 116 Industry, management and labour in, 116 Industry, market trends in, 115 Industry, plant and materials supply in, 116
Industry, production in, 116
— ?—Instrumentation, outlook for 1961,74-77 Outlook for 1961, 114-117
— —? See also Power station; Substation;
Atomic power station
— Station, atomic. See Atomic
Barauni, 86
Blyth B, overhead crane for (Cowans, Sheldon and Co. Ltd.), 884
Cambay project, India, 627 Construction by CEGB in 1960, table of, 113
Conventional and atomic, outlook for 1961, 114-117
Diesel, for Ghana, 734
Geothermal, project at Lake Taupo, New Zealand, 98
Inverawe, tunnel from Loch Awe barrage, 10
Komati, use of aluminium bus-bars, 618; contractors for, 618
Lardarelle, atomic reactor for (Mitchell Engineering and American Machine and Foundry Co.), 800
Large, turbo-generators for, 605 McKay Creek, Australia, in service, 187
— — in New Zealand, new sources for, 98 at Niagara, 218
Nuclear. See Atomic power station Rugeley, dry cooling towers for (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 884
in Scotland, committee to consider,
— — Sir Adam Beck, 218 Steam turbines for, 294-295 Transformers and generators for,
R. Langlois-Berthelot (review), 806 on Waikato River, 98 West Burton, CEGB order boilers turbo-alternators, 365, 371
See also Power plant; Substation
— Supply, Altron (Allied Electronics Ltd.), 383 Instruments (Advance Components Ltd.), 891
Transistorised, d.c. (International General Electric), 41
Transistorised, Trylab (Rocke International Corp,), 660
Unicam (Labgear Ltd.), 318
— System, unified, Russia will have, by Prof. V. A. Venikov, 304-305
— Transmission, high voltage direct current, by C. Adamson and N, G. Hingorani (review), 22
See also Gearing; Drives; Transmission
— Unit, diesel, Perkins Four (Perkins Engines
Ltd.), 891
Electric, diesel and diesel-electric, outlook for 1961, 114-117
Transistor (Mullard Ltd.), 189
— Water. See Hydraulic: Power plant;
Hydro-electric; Turbine, hydraulic
Powergrip belt drive (William Kenyon and Sons Ltd.), 536
Powers-Samas Accounting Machines Ltd., merger with British Tabulating Machine Co. to form International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., 193
Poznan International Fair, 641; British exhibitors at, 873
Pozzolanic cement, 483
Praga Tools Corp., increase in production, 741; agreements with Kearney and Trecker CVA Ltd., 741; agreements with F. Pratt and Co. Ltd., 741; agreements with A. A. Jones and Shipman Ltd., 741
Prague, atomic training in, 15
— Technical University, atomic training
courses, 15; new buildings for, 15
Praseodyium oxide, bibliography of, 456
Pratt, F., and Co. Ltd., agreements with Praga Tools Corp., 741
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Co., suspension of atomic propulsion for aircraft programme, 632
Precious metal years, two hundred, by R. E. Wilson (book), 264
Precipitation, electrostatic (trade publication), 496
Precipitator, drum type, for atomic reactors (Intertechnique), 599
— New type (Simon-Carves Ltd.), 403
— New type, tests on, 403
— Tape type, for atomic reactors, 599 Precision Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd.,
Progress Fullway Accelerator circulating pumps, 890.
Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd., Red Ring gear shaving machine, 144; Briney boring head, 354; automatic loader, 417; Lees-Bradner gear bobbing machine, 726; recirculating ball drives, 776
Precision indication of the Meridian equipment, PIM, 700
Preece, Cardew and Rider, deep water harbour Barbados, 733
Preperite Paste rust remover (Pyrene Co. Ltd.), 834
Preselect radial drilling machine, Archdale (James Archdale and Co. Ltd.), 702-704
Press, automated, for plastic laminating (Pathex (Canada), Ltd.), 740
— Bench, IMR (H. G. Stevens Co. Ltd.), 57
— Bolster outfit (Hunton Ltd.), 484
— and croppers (trade publication), 68
— Dies for car body panels, 460
— Foil (H. and T. Mellor (Engineers) Ltd.), 190
— Forging, Colforg (Camp Bird Ltd.), 102
— Hot, machine. Star (Phillips Bros. and Ellis
Ltd.), 891
— Hydraulic bending, by C. F. Kollbrunner
and C. Massa (book), 232
Hand (Tangyes Ltd.), 603
— Laboratory (Apex Construction Ltd.), 253
— Open, OMF-Ferralba (Rushworth and Co,),
353
— Printing, offset (Rotaprint Ltd.), 532
— Reduc process (Head Wrightson Teesdale
Ltd.), 367
— Screw making (Smeral Works), 301
?— Suproform rubber, development of technique (Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd.), 367
— Tools (Vernon Tools Ltd.), 763
— See also Machine tools
Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., Picture Press, 225; labour problems at Oxford, 225; widening range of products and customers, 225; opportunities for graduates employed by, 281; exhibit at British Trade Fair Moscow, 759; set up of British Executive and General Aviation Ltd., 833; acquisition of Auster Aircraft Ltd., 833; acquisition of F. G. Miles Ltd., 833; control tower at Oxford Airport, 833; profits, 833; position and prospects, 833; sales of Prestcold refrigerators, 833
Pressure drop for flow of fluids in round pipe (book), 153
— Gradient, measurement of in high current
discharges, by M. G. Rusbridge, 456
— Ultra-high, effects on solids, 614-615
— Vessel codes, need for unification, 238. See LETTER, 344
Design of, 238 ? Legal control of, 238
Pressurised suits, phone system for (Spembly Ltd.), 100
Prestige Group, position and prospects, 489; increase in turnover, 489; purchase of Entwistle and Kenyon, 489; sale of aluminium foil container division to Imperial Aluminium Co., 489; purchase of O’Cedar Co., 489
Preston-Birmingham Motorway, Lancashire County Council award contracts to Sir Alfred McAlpine and Sons and Leonard Fairclough Ltd., 233
Preston Woodworking Machinery Co. Ltd., belt sanding machine, 727
Price, H. L., appointed director of regulation for USAEC, 632; biographical note, 632 Prices, rising, problem of (OEEC report), 793 Priest Furnaces, Ltd., lime handling plant ordered from GEC Ltd., 113
Priestman Bros. Ltd., mobile crane, 797
Prime movers, design and development in, 114 Future exhibitions on, 114
Industry, expansion and investment in, 116
Industry, external factors affecting, 115 Industry, forecast for 1961, 117 Industry, long term research in, 116 Industry, management and labour in, 116 Industry, market trends in, 115
Industry, plant and materials supply in, 116
Industry, production in, 116 Outlook for 1961, 114-117 Primer. See Paint
Prince, J., on Ferranti Ltd., 841
Princess bath (Bilston Foundries), 44
Printed circuits. See Circuits
Printed Circuits Ltd., printed circuits automatically etched, 773
Printing and Allied Trades Research Association, carton board creaser, 603
Printing press, offset (Rotaprint Ltd.), 532
Prior Stokers Ltd., gas burners (trade publication), 464; gas burner, 530
Private Car (book), 24 Probability, factor of safety based on, by N. L.
Svensson, 154-155. See LETTER, 313
— of failure, 155
— Theory, modern, and its applications, by
E. Parzen (review), 362
Probe, low-level weather, 749
Problem of rising prices (OEEC report), 793 Process control computation, the need for more, by L. Gallon (paper), 181
— Equipment (trade publication), 364
— Tubes of Zircaloy 2 for atomic reactors, 60 Products (trade publications), 640
— British industrial, for Canada, CABMA
register of (review), 748
Production in agricultural and food equipment industry, 167
— in armaments industry, 37
— in building and civil engineering industry, 81
— in data processing and business equipment
industry, 120
— in domestic aids industry, 171
Production Engineering Group, report on iron and steel industry potential in Nigeria, 841
Production Engineering Ltd., investigation of scrap reduction for Mavor and Coulson Ltd., 38
— and human capacity, 133
— Industrial, index of, 309
Statistics, 713
—- in materials processing industry, 72
— Overall industrial, 309
— Plant, design and development, 26 External factors affecting, 27 Forecast for 1961, 29
?—? — Industry, expansion and investment in, 29 Industry, long term research in, 29 Industry, management and labour in, 28 Industry, plant and material supplies, 29 Industry, production in, 29
List of future exhibitions and trade fairs, 27
Market trends in, 27
Outlook for 1961, 26-29
— in power plant and prime mover industry,
116
— in production plant industry, 29
— in service industries, 162
— Simpler designs complicate, 602
— in telecommunications and electronics
industry, 32
— in transport manufacturing industry, 124 Professional engineer. See Engineer Profiling grooves by electro-erosion, 301 Profilometer, 258
Programming and computers, by K. A. Redish, 180
Progress Fullway Accelerator circulating pumps (Precision Electrical Products), 890
—? Heating control contactors (M.T.E. Control Gear Ltd.), 280
— in power, by J. Rowland, 296
Project (British Transport Commission), 262 Project Dragon, construction of core structure (Neratoom), 104
Project EHV, (GEC (US)), 11, 85
— Engineering (trade publication), 676
— Oilsand, atomic explosives for, 224
— Sherwood (USAEC), 85
Projector, profile, Microtechnica (Headland Gauges Ltd.), 528
Prop, pit, hydraulic, Dowty (Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd.), 517
Propagation of thermal waves through graphite with uniform cooling, by A. J. E. Foreman and A. R. Curtis, 224
Propane for gas-operated trucks (Calor Gas (Distributing) Co. Ltd.), 375
Propathene polypropylene (ICI Ltd.), 457 Propellant, rocket, handbook, by B. Kit and
D. S. Evered (review), 200
Liquid hydrogen as, 898-899 Propeller, aircraft, fatigue in, 503 Test rig for, 503
— Brake, Dunlop (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.),
852
— Nikalium, for liner Canberra, 754
— Water tunnel for research on, 813 Propulsion, atomic. See Atomic propulsion —? Nuclear. See Atomic propulsion
— Ramjet, nuclear power for, 800
— of ships. See Atomic propulsion: Marine
propulsion: Turbines: Propellers
Protection mask, paper (Gordon and Gotch), 666 Protectoglo flame failure relay (Honeywell Controls Ltd.), 220
Proton synchrotron, Nimrod, 632 Prototypia equipment, 804 Provender mill. See Mill
Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd., loan to British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., 777
Psychrometer, universal, Thies (British Saro- zal Ltd.), 351
Ptfe bearings, 178
Unlubricated, 178
— Bronze bearing bushes (Bound-Brook), 178
— -— Bearing materials, 178
— Tape (trade publication), 264 Public address unit (Reditune Ltd), 445
— Ownership and nationalized industry, by W. A. Robson (review), 639-640
— Relations and management, by D. Finn (review), 394
— Works and building exhibition, 685 Puckey, Sir Walter, on revival of BCAC, 83 Puerto Rico, Bonus atomic reactor under construction, 148
Hydroelectric stations in, 148
— — USAEC advice on atomic matters, 148 Pullmax bevelling machine (Alfred Herbert
Ltd.), 562
Pulsafe welding shield (Safety Products Ltd.), 57
Pulse, exhaust, studies, generator for, by W. A. Woods, 128-129
— Height analyser, Sunvik, 696
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Pulsometer Pumps Ltd., central heating circulating pump, 222
Pumps (trade publications), 298
— Air. See Compressor
— Centrifugal (trade publication), 298
Alcon Thames (Arthur Lyon and Co.), 826 Anti-corrosion coating for, 506
Transkem (Transkem Pumps Ltd.), 693
— Chemical, Hypersilid (Lee, Howl and Co.
Ltd.), 560
— Circulating, for central heating (Pulsometer
Pumps Ltd.), 222
Progress Fullway Accelerator (Precision Electrical Products), 890
— for concrete, 794
— Double-volute (trade publication), 298
— Drainage (Sumo Pumps Ltd.), 354
— Engine, fire, Coventry Climax (Coventry
Climax Engines Ltd.), 842-844
— ENGINEERING survey report on, 523
— Feed (trade publication), 298
— Fire (trade publication), 298
— Fuel, electric, Bendix (Motor Books and
Accessories Ltd.), 855
Injection, distributor, DPA (CAV Ltd.). 602
— Gear, of acetal plastic Delrin (Du Pont), 507 Axoil (Drysdale and Co. Ltd.), 537
in Delrin acetal plastic (Planet Products), 507
(Joseph Young and Sons Ltd.), 353 Ltd.), 271
— High pressure, Hydroflo (Tangyes Ltd.), 561
— Hydraulic, Hydrapak (Tangyes Ltd.), 603 Keelavite/Gury (Keelavite Hydraulics
Ltd.), 189
— Irrigation, for Sudan Government (Firth
Cleveland Pumps Ltd.), 333
?— Menrow (Mono Pumps Ltd.), 820
— Metering, Micro (Distillers Co. Ltd.), 14
— Outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Petrol, Autovista (BP Ltd.), 206
Viton gaskets for (Du Pont), 855
with viton seals (Wayne Tank and Pump Co. Ltd.), 475
— Powder, Junior (Mono Pumps Ltd.), 532
— Rotary, Waterous (Sir George Godfrey <&
Partners Ltd.), 529
— Self-priming (trade publication), 298
— Sewage, electric, Flygt, 517
— Spark, Clevite PZT (Clevite Corp.), 21
— Turbine, reversible. Deriaz (English
Electric Co.). 226-228
— Vacuum, Alcosa (William Allday and Co.
Ltd.), 145
— Vacuum-pressure, Reciprotor (Edwards
High Vacuum Ltd.), 598
— Vertical, Dolphin (Hamworthy Engineering
Ltd.), 353
(Sykes Ltd.), 660
Punching machine, die, Edel (F. J. Edwards Ltd.), 485
Punjab, irrigation in, 730
Purifier, oil, Nozljector (Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd.), 531
Purse!, C. A., on USAEC Superheat Programme, 60
Putley. E. H., oh Hall Effect and Related Phenomena (book), 264; (review), 638
“ Putting Things in Motion,” cinema film, 198 Pvc. See Polyvinyl chloride
Pye Ltd., Master Slave manipulator, 103; formation of British Space Development Co., 257; closed television for schools, 447; mobile control rooms for BBC, 577; formation of British Space Development, 585; orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673; demonstration of equipment, 785; induction generator, 825
Pye Telecommunications Ltd., radar installation on River Medway, 465
Pye, W. G., and Co. Ltd., pH electrode, 58
Pyrene Co. Ltd., Super-Jet foam monitor, 484; Paste Preperite rust remover, 834
Pyrestos Ltd., Pyrestos Dribord flameproof fibreboard, 375
Pyrometer, radiation (UKAEA), 191
and its underlying principles of radiant heat transfer, by T. R. Harrison (review), 427
Pyropress Engineering Co. Ltd., automatic starting of standby generators, 788
PZT crystals (Brush Crystal Co.), 21
PZT spark pump, Clevite (Clevite Corp.), 21
Q-BALL sensor (Northrop), 41
Quality, controlling on a national basis, 668 Quantum mechanics, introduction to, by R. H.
Dicke and J. P. Wittke (book), 298; (review), 607-608
Quarrell, A. G., on Physical Examination of
Metals (book), 298; (review), 639 Quarrying, outlook for 1961, 78-81 Quebec Cartier Mining Co., operation of, 729 Queen Mary College, pulsed neutron generator
installed, 696
Queen Mary trailer, 248
QuenchWeld process for welding cast iron
(Eutectic), 835
Quickfit and Quartz, to exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 265
Quinn, E. M., review of Trade Unions and the Government, 363; review of Trade Union Law, 363; biographical note, 364
QVF Ltd., to exhibit at Moscow Trade Fair, 265
R1 atomic reactor, Stockholm, 563
Rabson, J., review of Car Driving for Beginners, 24; biographical note, 24; on motor cars and accidents, 229; on motor car electrics, 286; review of Autocar Road Tests, 462-463; biographical note, 464; review of Construction of Ford Specials, 638; biographical note, 640; on cars designed to feel at home anywhere,
724; on are new (car) models teething trouble prone?, 823
Racing car. See Motor car Show, 65
— Motor cycle, BP book of, by M. Walker
(review), 807
Radar console (Decca Radar Ltd.), 530
— Installation on River Medway, 465
— Outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Reflector, Ecco (Emerson and Cuming Co.),
149
of Kraft honeycomb, 90
— Secondary, agreement between US Federal
Aviation Agency and Ministry of Aviation, 1
— Unit, typhoon spotter (Tokyo Shibaura
Electric Co.), 577
Radiation, atomic, shielding material, Ecco- shield (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
— Counter characteristics, use of phantoscope,
191
— Damage, effects of, and properties of
reactor materials, conference, 388
— Limits, revision of (USAEC), 15
— Pyrometry and its underlying principles of
radiant heat transfer, by T. R. Harrison (review), 427
(UKAEA), 191
— Resistant oils and greases, testing of, 191
— Spectrometry, use of phantoscope, 191
— Vacuum ultra-violet source, of high inten
sity, by F. S. Feates et al, 388
— See also Irradiation
Radiator hoses, testing to destruction (American Dayco Corp.), 21
Radicon worm reducer gear unit (David Brown Corp.), 61
Radio astronomy, outlook for 1961, 74-77
— Committee, Joint. See Joint Radio-Eirean, sound recording equipment for
(Westrex Ltd.), 873
— Emergency (Telefunken GmbH), 252 Radio Italiana Televisione, order placed with
Marconi for television cameras, 541
— Lifeboat, Solas (International Marine
Radio Co. Ltd.), 561
— Microwave, link and television and tele
phone services, 236
— Production in Japan, 209
— Research Station, Winkfield tracking station
for satellites, 174
— Station, Machias Bay, US Navy, 205
— Telemetry, engine measurements
(BICERA) 84
— Telephone, Kestrel (Marconi), 825
— Telescope. See Telescope
— Transistor, Design Centre award for (Ultra
Radio), 712
— Transmitter. See Transmitter
— Waves in ionosphere, by K. G. Budden
(book), 496
— See also Radar; Television; Thermionic;
Valve
Radioactivation analysis, by D. Gibbons et al 388
Radioactive Chemicals (UKAEA catalogue),
192
Radioactive deposits in Bohemia, 15
— Fall-out in air and rain, by D. H. Pierson
et al, 60
— Materials, increased use of, 192
— Source of polonium-beryllium, 488
of radium-beryllium, 488
Radioactive Sources (UKAEA catalogue), 192
— Substances, unsealed, regulations for, 632 Radioactivity, detection of, from burst atomic
fuel slugs, 599
— Water, monitor (Elliott-Nucleonics Ltd.), 58 Radioiodine, determination of, by G. J.
Hunter ei al, 60
Radioisotope examination of timber, 749
— Industrial application in Czechoslovakia,
15
— Manual on (USAEC), 16
— New tool for industry, by S. Jefferson
(review), 464
— in soil density measurement, 192 Radium-beryllium radioactive source, 488 Raikes, T. H. C., survey of export opportunities in Central and South America, 641
Rail transport, goods, in Europe, 473 passenger, decline in, 473
Railway, Bornu, extension in Nigeria, 732
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British. See British Railways
— Locomotives. See Locomotive
— More unusual, by J. R. Day, (review) 608
— Officials, directory of, and year book (book),
396
— Outlook for 1961, 160-163
— Products for (trade publication), 608
— Rolling stock. See Rolling stock. See
also Locomotive: Wagon
— Track (trade publication), 676
— Track, disused, proposal to use for Durham
Motorway, 320
— Trackwork for, 765
— Train brake. See Brake
Electric, failures of, 884
— Tube. See Railways, underground: London
Transport Executive
— Underground, Metropolitan Line, new roll
ing stock for, 820
Victoria Line, list of consulting engineers and contractors, 414
Victoria Line, tunnelling equipment for, 414
See also London Transport Executive
— United States, diesel losses. See LETTER 92
— Wagon. See Wagon
— World, 1960, by H. Sampson (book), 200;
(review), 608
Railwaymen, by C. Vincent (review), 608
— Modernisation needs. See LETTER, 92 Rain and air, radioactive fall-out in, by D. H.
Pierson et al, 60
Raliegh Cycle Co., four-day week, 141 Rams, hydraulic (trade publication), 200 Rambler Automobile Assembly, new factory in Malta, 69
Ramjet engine, recording instruments for, 545
— Propulsion, nuclear power for, 800
Ramsden Laboratory, extensions to (Ilford Ltd.), 325
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam, work commenced,
143
Rand Show, UK exhibitors at, 465 Range, optical, of Woomera WRE, 750-751 Ranger boat (Dell), 132 Rank Organisation, formation
Space Development Co., 257 Rank Precision Industries, Ltd., cinema film
“ Putting Things in Motion,” .
television unit, 650; operations of subsidiaries of, 737
Rank Television, formation of British Space Development, 585
Rank-Xerox Ltd., drawing copier (trade publication), 112
Ransome and Maries Bearing Co. Ltd., ball bushings (trade publication), 776
Ransomes and Rapier Ltd., fire pumps (trade publication), 298; export sales of Rapier mobile crane, 577; orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673; close working with Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd., 697; RapieR Walking Dragline excavator, 697 Ranson, H. B., on Direct Current Machines (book), 872
Ranstad, Sweden, new uranium works being built, 223
Rapier mobile crane, export sales of (Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.), 577
RapieR Walking Dragline excavator (Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.), 697
Rates, effect on shipyards, 457
— Effect on steel industry, 105 Rating and Valuation Bill, 665 Rauma-Repola Oy, liaison with Borax Consolidated to import Timbor impregnated timber, 867
Rawlinson, J., duplication of Blackwall Tunnel, 349-350; High Holborn road scheme, 480
Ray. See Cathode ray: X-ray, etc. Rayescent panels, Westinghouse, 648 Raymond International, Escravos
Nigeria, 731; association with Costain Ltd., 731
RC-1 atomic reactor undergoing modifications at Casaccia Nuclear Centre, 488
Reactor, atomic. See Atomic reactor
Reactor Centrum Nederland, Dr, J. A. Goedkoop appointed managing director of research, 632
Read, Dr. J. C., appointed consultant on rectifiers to AEI Ltd., 397
Read-Out system, automatic 1,000 channel, by R. L. Elliott (paper), 456
Reader, R. W., on Seiwood Orbital engine, 789, 853
Readhead, John, and Sons, drop in profit margins, 665; liner Gorjistan, 665; position and prospects, 665
Reading matter, Plain Words on, 508 Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd., concrete for Hilton Hotel, 627
Reamer, quick spiral parallel, 570 Spiral taper pin, 570
Reason, R. E., Taylor-Hobson Talysurf, 258 Rebound rubber hose, non-crushable (Goodyear), 587
Reciprocal theorem of Clerk Maxwell, 862 Reciprotor vacuum-pressure pump (Edwards
High Vacuum Ltd.), 598
Recon (Pipelines) Ltd., Vacuflex steel reinforced pvc ducting, 835
Recorder, Simplex Mono (James Gordon Co.), 805
— Tape, for television (Ampex), 650 Recording, data, outlook for 1961, 118-121
— Tape, video, by J. L. Bernstein (book), 708 Rectifiers (International Rectifier Co.), 13
— Selenium (International Rectifier Co.), 85
— Silicon (International Rectifier Co.), 41
— Silicon stack (International Rectifier Co.),
403
Red Ring gear shaving machine (Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd.), 144
Redding, R. J., on simple computing relays, 181 Redex Ltd., Redex DD diesel oil additive, 835 Redfyre Centramatic 35 boiler. Design Centre award for (Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd.), 712
Redifon Ltd., flight simulator of Caravelle aircraft for Alitalia Air Line, 801; analogue computer for educational instruction, 888; computer for Welsh College of Advanced Technology, 888; computer for Crawley College of Further Education, 888 Redish, K. A., on computers and programming, 180
Reditune Ltd., public address unit, 445 Redpath, Brown and Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 149; annual report, 149; increased output, 149; railway electrification, 149; work for Thelwall Bridge and Forth Bridge, 149; increase in orders, 149
Redux adhesive (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 587
— Process press for de Havilland Aircraft Co.
(Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd.), 367 Redwood, M., on Mechanical Waveguides (book), 608
Reed and Mallik Ltd., Forth Road Bridge concrete viaducts, 10
Reed, M. B., on Linear Graphs and Electrical Networks (book), 640
Reeling machine for cables, Metool (Metropolitan Tool and Products Ltd.), 417
Rees, I., review of Roll Pass Design, 198; biographical note, 200
Refiner, zone (Miles Hivolt Ltd.), 660 Reflector, radar, Ecco (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
of Kraft honeycomb, 90 Refractories, outlook for 1961, 70-73
— Steelworks (trade publication), 264
— Stress-strain time-temperature relationship
for, by R. D. Chapman, 455
See also Firebricks
Refrigeration and air conditioning exhibition,
International, 834
— Handbook, by R. Plank (book), 676
— Plant for Millbank Development, Sulzer, 809
— Foreign, identification sought for, 233
— Outlook for 1961, 168-171
Refuse collectors, wood (trade publication), 428
Rega Brucker and Co., agreement with Bruce Peebles for joint production, 565
Regeltechnik, Mess- und (Verlag Chemie book), 200
Regents Canal Dock, steel bridge for, 483
Regie des Vois Aeriennes, connection with Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd., 609
Regime of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates, by lonides (book), 624
Register of British Industrial Products for Canada, CABMA (book), 68; (review), 748
— of Management and Industrial Consultants,
8
Regulator, power factor (Londex Ltd.), 418
Reines, Dr. F., studies of neutrino reactions, 909
Reinforced concrete. See Concrete
Reinforced Plastic Developments Ltd., Halo shower unit, 44
Rejafix Ltd., overprinter, 252
Relativity for Engineers and Science Teachers, by L. H. A. Carr (review), 263
Relay box, telephone controlled (Westinghouse), 784
— Computing, simple, by R. J. Redding and
F. H. Bodley (paper), 181
— Control (Westinghouse), 417
— Flame failure, Protectoglo (Honeywell Con
trols Ltd.), 220
— High voltage (UKAEA), 271
— Latching (Electrical Remote Control Co.
Ltd.), 252
— Protective (E. N. Bray Ltd.), 418
— Rotary stepping (Thorn Electrical Indus
tries Ltd.), 293
— (Square D Ltd.), 12
— Transformer unit for petrol tanker ground
ing (GEC), 403
Reliance Manufacturing Co., position and prospects, 897
Remote handling and analytical techniques used in the processing of samples from HTGC loop irradiations, by P. E. Brown et al, 520
Renault Car Co., increase in sales in Switzerland, 465; Dauphine motor car, aerostable suspension using neoprene, 581
Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, ocean terminal for BP Co. at Angle Bay, Milford Haven, 626, 633; extension of Bornu Railway in Nigeria, 732
Reniers, G. M., appointed chairman of International Samson, 777
Rennie, J., historical note, 7
Renold Chains Ltd., reversible locking clutch, 537; chain drives (trade publication), 576
Renwick, Sir Robert, on British Space Development Co., 257; formation of British Space Development, 585
Reports, Plain Words on, 653
— Writing improves with morale, by B. C.
Brookes, 315-316
Techniques of, 315-316
Republic Aviation Corp., tests on metal fibre seals, 475
Republic Steel Corp., corona rings for Machias Bay radio station aerial, 205; X-Tru-Coat plastic coated steel pipeline, 512; Mohr blast furnace for, 665
RES temperature controller (Ad.Auriema Inc.), 318
Research and Control Instruments Ltd., stud welding (trade publication), 332
Research, eye on, by G. R. Taylor (review), 330 Research Institute of Nucleonics, Czechoslovakia, foundation of, 15
— University’s, for industry, 434
Reservoir, Balderhead, dam for (Richard Costain (Civil Engineering) Ltd.), 333
•— Plastic-lined. See LETTER, 93
— Weeton, aluminium roof for, 321
Resins, anti-stick. See LETTER, 4
— Epoxy, Araldite (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 375 Araldite, styling models of (Austin), 855 to encapsulate electric motor windings,
293
Flexibiliser for (Shell Chemical Co. Ltd.), 739
Foundry casting in (J. Hobkirk Sons and Co.), 375
— New formulations (Artrite Ltd.), 773
— Polyester (trade publication), 808
Cellobond (British Resin Products Ltd.), 475
Cellobond, technical manual (British Resin Products Ltd.), 507
Instrument housing in (EMI), 475
— Sealant, Loctite (Douglas Kane (Sealants)
Ltd.), 134. See Correction, 343
Resistance welding. See Welding
Resistor compositions (Du Pont), 135
— Liquid earthing (GEC), 597
— Oxide, Metox (Welwyn Electric), 56
Resonance absorption in heterogeneous systems, G. Memmert, 456
in nuclear reactors, by L. Dresner (book), 112
— Escape probabilities and self-shielding
factors in hydrogen moderated lattices, by A. J. Taylor, 224
Resources, unified, development of, 54
Respatex decorative laminate (Getz Bros. and Co.), 619
Restaurants and hotels in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (book), 396
Restrictive Practices Court, 761
Court, Registrar of, collection of information on domestic electrical contracting charges, 381
Revel Engineering Co. Ltd., industrial washing machine, 560
Revetment construction of Mississippi River, 627
Revolt, Arab, of 1955-1958: divide and lose, by lonides (book), 624
— in the desert, by T. E. Lawrence, 624
Revolution, African, by J. Cameron (review), 746
— in wire rope manufacture, 172
Reynolds Metals Co., aluminium furniture designs, 130; Duplex traced pipework, 550
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961>
Reyrolle, A., and Co. Ltd., Reyrolle class LMT switchgear, 290-292; improvement in orders, 585; position and prospects, 633; annual report, 633; orders, 633; profits 633; research arrangements with C. A. Parsons Co., 737; agreement with Oliver J. Nilsen (Australia) Ltd., 769; formation of Reyrolle Nilsen (Australia) Ltd., 769
Reyrolle Nilsen (Australia) Ltd., formation of, 769
RF power valve, Ediswan (AEI Ltd.), 253 R and G level gauge (Bayham Ltd.), 528 Rhine River, improvement of cargoes on, 473 Rhoden Partners Ltd., pin inserter, 100 Rhodes, B., and Son Ltd., sight flow indicator, 531
Rhodes, Brydon and Youatt Ltd., feed pump (trade publication), 298
Rhodes, Joseph, and Sons Ltd., up-cutting shears, 692
Rhodesia, Northern, irrigation schemes, 905; crops of, 905
—? Technical education in, 722
Rhodesian Alloys, British South Africa Co. interest in, 357
Rhodesian Iron and Steel, British South Africa Co. interest in, 357
Rhodesian Triangle Sugar Estate, turboalternator for, 809
Rhodin, J. G. A., historical note, 7
Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd., profits, 289; increased turnover, 289; easing in demand for steel, 289; annual report, 289; increase in wages, 289; reduced profit margins, 289; capital expenditure, 289; new medical centre at Ebbw Vale, 289; development of Spencer steelworks, 325; Ebbw Vale scheme, 325; quality control system installed Electric), 459; GEC electric installed, 517; application for mining of ironstone rejected, 689; of Spencer Works, 805; Spencer Works for production in April, 1962, 809
Richards, Prof. E. J., on noise annoyance, 476-477. See LETTER, 376
Richards vertical boring machine for Armstrong Whitworth, 39
Richards, W. J., appointed director of Staff College for Further Education, 657; biographical note, 657
Richardson, E. and F., Ltd., formation of Coating Contractors Ltd., 506; coating formulations, 506; Adcora coatings, 506 Richardson, P. D., on fuel consumption in cars, 854
Richardson, R. J., and Sons Ltd., mobile site shotblasting service, 627
Richardson Scale Ltd., feed control system, 399 Richardson, W. G., on diesel engines and customers’ requirements, 567; on air compressors and customers’ requirements, 567 Richardsons, Westgarth and Co. Ltd., exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; to pool resources with G.E.C. Ltd, 777
Richmond, Michael, nylon safety harness for motorcars, 179
Ricketson, B. W. A., on liquid hydrogen as rocket fuel, 899
Ridley, Lord, on Consett Iron Co., 777; on National Coal Board, 777
Rifles, 831
— Ammunition, 830
— FN self loading, 830-831
— Winchester, 831
Rigby, W., review of Development of the English Traction Engine, 363; biographical note, 364
Rigg Bros., new factory for Rigg Welts in Malta, 69
Rigg, R., on Rigg Bros, and Rigg Welts, 69 Rigg Welts, new factory in Malta, 69 Riley, Dr. R. V., review of Chemical Analysis of Cast Iron and Foundry Materials, 66; biographical note, 68
Ring, piston. See Piston rings
— Retaining, Dubo (Fan Disk Ltd.), 867
— Steel, forging, 635
Rini International, agreement with Plessey Co. for manufacture of Rini products, 609 Rio Grande hydroelectric project, Brazil, contracting companies, 379
Rio Tinto Co., formation of Nuclear Developments Ltd., 631, 777
Riso research centre in Denmark, 564 Ritolastic waterproofing, 512
Ritter, L. J., Jr., on Highway Engineering (review), 494
River Ankobra bridge, Ghana, 765
— Danube, improvement of cargoes on, 473
— Dove Water Board, new reservoir for, 350
— Escravos, mole construction on, 731
— Kaduna, Nigeria, road bridge over, pro
posed, 736
— Koyna dam, 829
— Luitakila irrigation scheme, 905
— Manicouagan hydroelectric project, 306-307
— Manicouagan, power schemes on, 306 —? Medway, radar installation on, 465
?— Mississippi, revetment construction on, 627 ?— Navigation, 55
— Outardes hydroelectric project, 306-307
— Rhine, improvement in cargoes on, 473
— Tagus bridge, contractors for, 482
— Tigris and Euphrates, Regime of,
lonides (book), 624
— Transport, 55
— Trent, quickening traffic on, 558
— Trent Navigation, improvement scheme,
558; lock mechanization, 558; Cromwell lock extension, 558; dredging plant on, 558; Cromwell weir, 558
— Tunnel driving under, 349-350
•— Volta project, companies bidding for contracts, 333; work to start soon, 333 —? Waikato generating stations, 98
— Wear shipyard modernization, 113, 127 R. and M. Plant Ltd., formation of, 841; hiring out of contractors’ plant, 841
Road accidents. See Accidents
— Aggregate, slag as, 342
— and airfields overseas, use and control of
vegetation on, by K. E. Clare, 829
sheet metal (English furnaces opencast building
by
Road bases, cement in, 380
— Campaign Council, symposium on Urban
Survival and Traffic, 93, 473
— Casualties, 856
— Construction, dawdling pace of, 817
— Dams and bridges (trade publication), 576 ?— Deaths, sharp fall in, at Christmas, 97
— Great North, general modernization of, 320
— Interlay for black-tops (trade publication),
808
— Improvement schemes, analysis of the cost
of, by R. F. Dawson, 373
— Improvement schemes. Ministry of Trans
port expenditure on, 373
-— Landscape of, by S. Crowe (review), 494-495
— Maintenance, expenditure on, 473
— Marking posts, rubber, Hamilton Safe
Sines (Hamilton Ltd.), 321
— Marshall Highwayman road roller (Marshall
Sons and Co. Ltd.), 798
— Modernization, 817
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81, 160-163
— Projects, 817
— Research Laboratory, cost of road improve
ment schemes, 373
— Roller, Road-Marshall Highwayman, 798
— System (Westinghouse), 622
Traffic rides “ piggy-back ” on, 481, 497
— Safety, factors affecting, 97
?— Safety (Protective Headgear) Bill, 229
— Slaughter, reducing next Christmas, 9
— Tests, Autocar (review), 462-463
— Toll, 473
— Traffic. See Traffic
— User taxes, proposal to cut down, 341
— Widening scheme at High Holborn, 480
— See also Bridge: Highway; Motorway
Roballo Engineering Co. Ltd., bearing layouts for pelletizers, 788
Robbins, B. G., retires as secretary of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 217
Robbins, Lord, on British South African Co., 357
Robens, A., on coal and mechanical aids, 273; appointment as chairman of National Coal Board, 405; opening of NCB demonstration houses in Pimlico, 641; on coal from vending machines, 721
Roberts, C. S., on Magnesium and Its Alloys (review), 297
Roberts, F. B., on A High Degree of Engineering (ICI Ltd. booklet), 177, 185
Roberts, Gilbert, grip bolts for Forth Road Bridge (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 452
Roberts, Sir Howard, presentation of Sir George Earle trophy to W. K. Laing, 689 on YZ Club, 824: appointed to Council of Institute of Advanced Motorists, 856; biographical note, 856
Roberts, Sir Peter, on Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd., 697
Robertson, A. N. M., on water brings backward lands to life, 54-55
Robertson, B., on Spitfire: The Story of a Famous Fighter (review), 23
Robertson, Sir Brian, on future of railways, 681; on locomotive costs, 681
Robertson, D. R., Skimmer ground effect machine, 637
Robertson, M. F., review of Exploration in Management, 540; biographical note, 540 Robertson, S. A., on Engineering Management (book), 68; (review), 426
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co. Ltd., heavy machine tools, 763
Robertson, W. S., on Scottish industry, 881 Robinson, A., and Co. Ltd., ship’s telegraph, 425 Robinson, D., and Co. Ltd., Rodene process timer, 190; bonus clock, 280; Rodene batch control timer, 318
Robinson, E. S. and A., Group, new building for, at Bristol, 626
Robinson, Thomas, and Son Ltd., chain conveyor (trade publication), 496
Robson, W. A., on Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership (review), 639-640
Rochdale, Lord, chairman of docks and harbours committee to be formed, 513; chairman of Cotton Board, 513
Rock abutments, safety of, by L. Muller, 894
— Drill, Holman Silver 3 Handril (Holman
Bros. Ltd.), 498-500
— Non-resistant, dams built above,
A. Aastrup and S. Sallstrom, 894
— Plug blast, major, near dam, by F.
Lawton and M. D. Lester, 895
by
L.
— Wool, Rocksil (Cape Insulation and
Asbestos Products Ltd.), 519
Rocke International Corp., Trylab transistorized power supply, 660
Rocket, Aerobee-Hi, 899
— Analysis of faults occurring, 140
— Blue Scout, as transport for radio telescope,
237
— Design studies, 899
— Engine, atomic, research on, 388, 800 Simplifying, 140
Thermodynamic data for, 269
— Fuels, 898
— Future Reliability Concepts and Ramifica
tions, by B. H. Hershkowitz, 140
— LOX/Liquid hydrogen propelled, 899
— Outlook for 1961, 34
— Propellent Handbook, by B. Kit and D. S.
Evered (review), 200
— Propellent, liquid hydrogen as, 898-899
— Propulsion, fundamentals of, by R. E.
Welch, Jr., and R. F. Strauss (review), 200
— Reliability, lessons learned in, 140
— Solid propellent (Thiokol Chemical Corp.),
662
— V-2, 662
Rocksil rock wool (Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Ltd.), 519
Rockweld Ltd., Autopak arc welding equipment, 203
Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Hartex centreless grinding machine, 253; automatic machine, 354; Monarch centre lathe, 384
Rockwell planetary axles, 873
Rockwell Standard Corp., Rockwell planetary axles, 873; licence for Centrax Ltd. to manufacture Rockwell planetary axles, 873
Rocol Ltd., lubricants (trade publication), 264; molybdenum disulphide oil additive (trade publication), 872
Rod decks (trade publication), 396
— Thermoplastic, and sheet and tube, man
ipulation of, by J. M. J. Estevez and D. C. Powell (book), 24
— Weld filler (trade publication), 264
Rodene process timer (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 190
Rodene batch control timer (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 318
Rodgers, Dr. J. W., review of Symposium on Newer Metals, 332; biographical note, 332 Roe, A. V., Canada Ltd., interest in Canadian Steel Wheel Ltd., 737
Roebling, John A., and Co., Forth Road Bridge, 453
Rogers, J. R., to visit UK on trainee exchange scheme, 761
Rolatruc Ltd., pallet truck, 252; BT stacking truck, 444
Roll pass design (review), 198
— Pinch (Bronx Engineering), 13
— Steel, forged (trade publication), 640 Roller coating with paint, 3
— Road, Road-Marshall Highwayman (Mar
shall Sons and Co. Ltd.), 798
System (Westinghouse), 622
— Traffic rides “ piggy-back” on, 481, 497 Rolling, cold, push-button integrated, 490
— Mills, cold, automated, 490
France to supply East Germany, 497
— Stock, outlook for 1961, 122-125 See also Locomotive: Wagon
— Strip, research on (BISRA) (book), 264 Rolls-Royce Ltd., engines for Transall C160
aircraft, 113; Conway jet engines for VCIO aircraft, 233; formation of British Space Development Co., 257; Avon jet engines for Mirage HI aircraft, 429; exhibit at Rand Show, 465; longer overhaul life for Avon engines, 497; orders taken at New York automoi?ile show, 505; to exhibit at Sydney Trade Fair, 541; formation of British Space Development, 585; formation of Nuclear Developments Ltd., 631; budget limits home market for cars, 649; Spey engines for BAC One-Eleven aircraft, 683; formation of Nuclear Developments Ltd., 777; development of Spey jet engine, 787; rocket design studies, 899 Romania, polythene plant for, 609 Rome Treaty, 649, 761
Ronson Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 759
Rontgen rays. See X-ray Rontgenapparatenfabriek Evershed-Enraf, coal-analysis unit for Netherlands State Mines, 469
Ronuk Ltd., acquired by Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd., 697
Roof, aluminium, for Weeton reservoir, 321
— Arcon Monitor (Taylor Woodrow (Arcon)), 897
— Birmingham University, model of, 863
— Cylindrical shell, design of, by J. E. Gibson
(book), 904
— Factory, model of, 863
— Foamglas for, of Ariel Hotel (Russell
Diplock Associates), 698
— Lights, translucent (UAM Plastics Ltd.), 179
— Sliding, MacGregor, 402
for railway freight wagons, 402
— Smithfield Market, model of, 863
— Trusses for dock shed (Tubewrights Ltd.),
483
Roofing, Bitumetal, exports of (William Briggs and Sons), 489
— Felt, Venales self-locking nails for, 483
— Nuraphalte method, 483
Rootes (Australia) Ltd., demand for vehicles maintained, 299
Rootes, G., on statement signed by employers and unions in motor car industry, 593
Rootes Group, price cuts, 465; sales increase in Switzerland, 465; orders taken at New York automobile show, 505; reviving sales, 513; dismissal plan shelved, 513; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705 Rootes, Lord, tour of North America, 641; on opportunities in the Western Hemisphere, 641
Rootes Motors Inc., US Federal Trade Commission drop charges against, 365 Rope, wire. See Wire-rope
Rosato, D. V., on Asbestos: Its Industrial Applications (review), 263-264
Rose, William, Ltd., ptfe tape (trade publication), 264
Rosenlew, W., half interest in Papropack, 333 insulation
Rosite Ltd., Rosite polyester material, 507
Roskill, O. W., and Co. (Reports) Owns Whom, 833
Roskill, S. W., on War at Sea, (book), 200
Ross Spur Motorway (William Sons), 489
Rossenbeck, Dr. M., research on petrol consumption, 215-216
Rostow, W. W., on Stages of Growth (review), 674
Rotaprint Ltd., Tone, 22; offset printing press, 532
Rotary cultivator. Gardenmaster 85 (Landmaster Ltd.), 670-672
Rotator set (Baker Perkins Ltd.), 559 Rothwell, S. H., on Paternoster lifts, 476 Rotor cooling for generators, 282
Rotron Controls Corp., formation of Rotron Controls Ltd., 289; agreement with Elliott-Automation Group, 833
Rotron Controls Ltd., formation of by Elliott Bros. (London) Ltd. and Rotron Controls Corp., 289
Roughness comparison specimens, BS 2634 on, 267
Roughrider tractor compressor unit (Atlas Copco (Great Britain) Ltd.), 797
Rousseaux, G. A., on Russian experience of wide river dams, 895
Routh, E. J., on Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of System of Rigid Bodies (book), 428
Ltd., Who
1939-1945
Briggs &
motor car
Economic
Routing machine (Onsrud), 554
Rover Co. Ltd., propeller turbine engine for light aircraft, 293; increase of authorized capital, 673
Rowan, David, engines for P. and O. ships, 299 Rowing machine (Herbert Terry and Sons Ltd.), 912
Rowland, J., on progress in power, 296 Rowlands, G., on approximate solution of one velocity neutron transport equation in infinite medium, 224
Rownson Conveyors Ltd., conveyors (trade publication), 158
Royal Air Force, integrated air traffic control system, 478
?— Aircraft Establishment, tests on nylon safety harness for motor cars, 179; new wind tunnel for (Bedford), 469; development of British Visual Glide Path Indicator System, 533; studies for supersonic airliners, 820; moving map display for aircraft navigation, 852
— Army Ordnance Corps, Emidec 2400
computer for, 325
— Australian Air Force, Mirage HI aircraft
as re-equipment for, 429
— Australian Navy, hydrographic survey ship
for, 841
— Automobile Club, recommends safety
harness to motorists, 229; research on diesel oil additives, 835
— College of Advanced Technology, new
buildings opened by HM the Queen, 761 of Science and Technology, application for grant for atomic reactor, 104
of Surgeons, research on gas analysis technique, 645
?— Fine Arts Commission, approval of tower building for new Museum telephone exchange, 219, 236
— Jordan Air Force, use of Alvis Leonides
engine, 61
— Malayan Air Force, use of Alvis Leonides
engine, 61
— Navy, guided missile destroyers for, 273 —? — New style ships for, 273
Three frigates to be built, 69 Use of helicopters, 273
— Show,888
— Society for Prevention of Accidents,
campaign with Gas Council for “ Use Gas the Safe Way,” 176; award of Sir Sir George Earle Trophy to John Laing Construction Ltd., 689; formation of YZ Club, 824
for the Promotion of Health, sound and thermal insulation, 680
— Statistical Society, conference of, 686
— Swedish Navy, Boeing-Vertol 107 and
Agusta-Bell 204B helicopters for, 673
— Technical College, renamed Royal College
of Advanced Technology, 761
Royce Electric Furnaces Ltd., diffusion furnace 486
Rubbers (trade publication), 298
— Applied science of, by W. J. S. Naunton
(book), 676
— Centreless grinding of (A. Scrivener Ltd.),
635
— Cold cure, aerosol packs of (International
GEC Inc.), 551
— Cold cure silicone (Midland Silicones Ltd.),
551
— Latex sprayed seals in mining, 802
Synthetic, use of “ pillow ” tanks for transport, 311
— Nitrile (trade publication), 232
— and Plastics Research Association of Great
Britain, formation of, 845; research on rubber and plastics, 845; grant from DSIR, 845
— Posts for road making, Hamilton Safe
Sines (Hamilton Ltd.), 321
— Pvc cable sheathing,
Irwell Rubber Co.),
— Research on, 845
— Silicone, processed,
publication), 872
Silcoset 100, 103 and 104 (ICI Ltd.), 771
— Synthetic, technology, by W. S. Penn
(review), 676
as protection for Esch-sur-Sure dam, 11 Ruberoid Co. Ltd., No. 3 Pluvex dampcourse, 619
Rubert and Co. Ltd. adjustable spanner, 660 Rubery, Owen and Co. Ltd., MacGregor sliding roof for railway wagons, 402
Rubinsky, L, on finding the ideal site, 213 Rugeley power station, CEGB, dry cooling towers for (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 884 Ruhr, coal industry in, 177
— New industries for, 177
—• Steel industry in, 177
RUM remote underwater manipulator, 143 Runcorn-Widnes bridge, flame cleaning of, 321 Rural Cooperative Power Association, Elk River atomic reactor, 419
Rushworth and Co. Ltd., heavy machine tools, 763
Rushworth and Co. (Sowerby Bridge) Ltd., OMF-Ferralba open press, 353
Russell, R. S., on British Commonwealth Year Book (review), 747-748
Russia, agreement with UKAEA on peaceful uses of atomic energy, 800
— Agriculture in, during 1960, 273
— to assist Czechoslovakia’s atomic pro
gramme, 15
— Atomic research centre in Latvia, 104
— Cable ships ordered from Wartsila-
Koncernen, 233
— Capital investment in industry, 697
— CERN physicists to study basic nuclear
research in, 348
— Chemical industry in, 273
Plants for (Wycon Services), 497
— Consumer goods production, 273
— Contracts with Solartron Electronics Group
via VO Mashpriborgintorg, 905
with UK and Austria, 785
— Electrical transmission system in, 304
— Engineering education in, by S. P. Timo
shenko (review), 330
— Export of oil to India, 405 of oil to Sweden, 265
Niplas (Greengate and 179
suppliers of (trade
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Russia, exports to UK, 299
— Import of machinery from Sweden, 265
— Imports from UK, 299
— Industrial growth in, 273
Output figures, 273
— Interconnection of electrical power systems,
305
•— Machine tools for, 873
— Orders placed for Crustex Descaling ultra
sonic boiler scaling equipment, 397
— Paper machine drives for (AEI Ltd.), 897
— Passenger liner design, 809
— Purchase of control board from AEI Ltd.
for tyre factory, 267
— Space flight facts, by G.V.E. Thompson,
557
— Space vehicle success, 309
— Superheating atomic reactor, 60
— at Sydney Trade Fair, 541
— Tilghman’s Ltd. to supply dust collecting
plant to, 457
— Tractor production in, 273
— Trade with Sweden, 265
— Trade with UK, 233, 299, 713, 785
— Trading history with Mather and Platt Ltd.,
457
— Unified power system, by Prof, V. A.
Venikov, 304-305
— Vostok manned space ship success, 549, 557
— Vostok satellite, 623
— Zaporozhets baby car production in, 95
Russian All-Union Chamber of Commerce, sponsorship of British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Russian Castings Production, translation of, 701 Russian earth satellites, table of, 557
— Experience of wide river dams, by G. A.
Rousseaux and V. P. Likhachev, 895
— Poplov medal awarded to Dr. Essen, 705
— Space Flight Facts Reconciled, by G. V. E.
Thompson, 557
— Trade and Industry Exhibition, exhibits
for, 299
— Translation from, for scientists, by C. R.
Buxton and H. S. Jackson (book), 24; (review), 706; note on, 902
Rust preventatives (trade publication), 264
— Remover, Paste Preperite (Pyrene Co. Ltd.),
834
— See also Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., diesel power equipment for New Hebrides manganese mines, 201; exhibit at Rand Show, 465
Ruston-Paxman Ltd., diesel engine for Philippine cotton mills, 609
Rustyfa consortium, 267
Ruys’ Handelsvereeniging NV, formation of new company in Holland with International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., 193
Rydzewski, J. R., on lateral stability of buttresses for dams, 895
Ryle, Prof. M., exhibition of work of, at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
S Man, by M. Caine (review), 496 S2DS atomic reactor now critical, 664
S64 Sikorsky skycrane helicopter (United Aircraft Corp., 320
Sack loader, Hipope Mule (H. C. Pope Ltd.), 767
Saddles, cable, for Forth Road Bridge (William Beardmore), 452
Sadia electric water heater (Aidas Electric Ltd.), 699
S.A.F, de Pistone Borgo, purchased by Associated Engineering Group, 61
Safe practice, model code of, in the petroleum industry, 281
— “ Standard Quality,” Chubb (Chubb
Sons’ Lock and Safe Co. Ltd.), 642-644 Safe Use of Gas in the Home, 176 Safety, air, combined operations for, 478
— Aspects of motorway design, by W. F.
Adams, 625
— Begins in the board room, by G. H. Beeby,
556
— Belt assemblies for motor vehicles, BS, 718 Association, International. See International
— Belts Diagonal, are best in car accidents,
by D. C. Herbert, 718
Motor car, anchorages for, 261
Motor car. Bluebird car tests on, 261 Motor car, cost of, 229
Motor car, manufacturers, committee of, 229; members of the committee, 229
— — Motor car, summarizing, 229
— ?—• Motorcar, table of manufacturers of, 261
— — Motor car, tests on, 229
— Boots, industrial (Bondsman Footware
Ltd.), 211
— Campaign on safe use of gas in the home,
176
— Critical, in atomic reactors, 355
— and economy factors for dams, by H. K,
Fairbanks and R. A. Sutherland, 895
— Engineering and technology, by R. Hurst,
R. N. Lyon and C. M. Nicholls (review), 111
— Factor of, based on probability, by N. L.
Svensson, 154-155. See LETTER, 313
— First with electricity, 308
— Footwear, 513
— Fuse for Maritime Gas Cooled Reactor
Critical Experiment, 16
— Industrial, National Conference on, 556
— of Life at Sea, Conference on, 520
— Measures for gas appliances, 176
— National industrial, conference, 689
Safety Products Ltd., Pulsafe welding shield, 57; Clearways face shield, 319
Safety regulations, 381
— Requirements for atomic propelled ships,
520
Safety Report, 513
Safety on the roads, factors affecting, 97
— of rock abutments, by L. Muller, 894 —? Routes in factories, 142
— Screen instead of safety belt for motor cars,
by A. J. L. Bioul, 229
Safety straps of nylon for motor cars, 179 Safetymaster electric tool (Wolf Electric Tools
Ltd.), 106-108
Saint. See St.
Salaries and wages. Plain Words on, 408 Salaverry Harbour, Peru, model of, 470. See
LETTER, 685
Salem earth boring machine (F. Taylor and Sons (Manchester) Ltd.), 796
Salesmen, motor car, more effort needed by, 113
Salev fork lift truck, 554
Salford Electrical Instruments Ltd., crane overload warning cell, 271
Sallstrom, S., on dams built above non-resistant rock, 894
Salt from seawater and geothermal heat, Fiji Islands, 873
Salvage, industrial (NISRC book), 241
— of ship Vasa, 625
Sam Houston atomic propelled submarine launched, 388
Samerium oxide, bibliography of, 456 SAMES (GB) Ltd., Megastraton electrostatic
paint spraying plant, 571; activities of^, 685 Sampler, water (Elcontrol Ltd.), 101 Sampson, H., on World Railways, 1960 (book),
200; (review), 608
Samson, T., on trackwork engineering, 765 Sand, hydraulic grading and washing of, by
E. Condolios and A. Michel, 894 Sandeman, Dr. E. K., on communications satellites, 892
Sanders and Forsters Ltd., steel structure for screen of Trinidad drive-in cinema, 187
Sanders, L. J. R., Engineering Co., axle finishing machine, 727
Sanderson Fabrics, Sovex conveyor installed, 837
Sanding machine, belt (Preston Woodworking Machinery Co. Ltd.), 727
Sandvik Swedish Steels Ltd., tungsten carbide for turning steel, 507
Sandwich constructions, structural, symposium on durability and weathering (ASTM book), 364
— Plasticell construction for boat (Water
croft), 834
Sankey-Sheldon Ltd., Unistruts for Shell Centre, 380
Satellites, communication, 749
Active, by Dr. G. E. Mueller, 893 Coded speech transmission with, 892 Cost analysis of, 893
Engineering and economics of, 892 is on the way, by G. V. E. Thompson, 892-893
Orbital life of, 983 Symposium on, 892
System, intercontinental, by E. A.
Laport, 893
— Courier, by G. F. Senn and P. W. Siglin, 893 —? Mercury, 623
— Outlook for 1961, 30
—? Plans for UK’s second, 645
— Prolonging orbital life of (Bell Telephone
Co.), 845
— Russian, table of, 557
— Stations for world communications, 585
— Tracking station for, Winkfield, 174
— Vostok, 623
Saturation characteristics of mean-current fission ionisation chambers, by J. A. Dennis and W. R. Loosemore, 520
Saunders, J. T., on University College Ibadan (book), 428; (review), 747
Savage and Parsons Ltd., joint ownership of Nuclear Equipment Ltd. with General Mills Inc., 103
Savannah, atomic propelled ship, reactor to operateat 10% full power, 148; initial fuel shipment made from Babcock and Wilcox, 288
Savannah River atomic reactor, 420, 909 Saw, band (trade publication), 68
Hand “ Baby ” (Soag Machine Tools Ltd.), 384
Horizontal, Fortemat (Monks and Crane
Ltd.), 726
Sugimoto, 554
— Circular (Addison Tool Co. Ltd.), 559
— Friction, Jungbluth (Addison Tool Co.
Ltd.), 527
Sawhney, B. S., appointed chief of Triveni Engineering Works, 809
Sawing and planing: principles of machine woodworking, by A. H. Haycock (book), 68; (review), 903
Saxon Engineering Co. Ltd., screens (trade publication), 364
Sayers, Dr. B. McA., review of Self-Organising Systems, 538-539; biographical note, 540 SCI aircraft. Short, 684
SC5 aircraft, Shoft, 683
SC30 analogue computer, Solartron (Solartron Electronic Group Ltd.), 874-876
Scaffold tubes, coupler for (Boulton Scaffolding Ltd.), 384
Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd., stair brackets for scaffolding, 57; Strateline cradle winch, 351; castor wheels (trade publication), 540
Scaffolding, stair brackets for (Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd.), 57
Scale, binary coded, 346
— for coding quantities electrically, by D. S.
Evans, 346-347
-— Digital coded, 346
Scales-Spin spin dryer (Summerscales), 272 Scaling equipment, ultrasonic, for boilers,
Crustex Descaling (H.N. Electrical Supplies Ltd.), 397
Scandinavia, atomic activity in, 563-564 Scandinavian Council for Applied Research
Scandinavian Research Guide (review), 331 Scandinavian Research Guide (review), 331 Scanner, data logging (Microcell), 222
— Print-out, Digilog (Bailey Meters), 13 Scattering law, measurement of for a modera
tor, by P. A. Egelstaff, 520
Schaffner milling machine (Dowding and Doll Ltd.), 484
Schagen, Dr., on banana tube system for colour television, 815
Scharle, W., on production plants for liquid hydrogen, 898
Schenck, H., on Heat Transfer Engineering (review), 156
Schlatter, H. A., Ltd., butt welding machine, 562
Schmeisser sub-machine gun, 830
Schmidt, E., on Einfiihrung in die Technische Thermodynamik (review), 263; on VDI Steam Tables (review), 840
Schneeberger, Dr. M., to study nuclear research in Russia, 348
Schoeller, Prof. H., on arid zone hydrology, 55 Schools awarded scholarships and exhibitions by English Electric Co. Ltd., 593
— Closed circuit television for (High Definition
Television Ltd.), 650
Circuit television for (Pye), 447
— Leavers, directory of opportunities for
(book), 428
Statistics on, 793
— Secondary, engineering studies in (LCC
report), 373
Schrader’s, A., Son, division of Scoville Manufacturing Co., air cylinders, 87
Schwarz, H. F,, Decca Navigator development 390
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines Ltd., on plant and customers’ requirements, 566; on welding equipment and customers’ requirements, 568
Science, education for, 413
— Frontiers, by E. Hutchings, Jr. (review), 330
— and government, by C. P. Snow (review), 839
— and industry—problem of communication,
conference, 137
— International congress of (book), 593
— and invention, library of, by Prof. R. S.
Hutton, 688
National reference library of, 688
— Museum Library, 688
— Simplicity of, by S. D. Beck (review), 330 Science in Space (review), 67
Science Survey (1), by A. W. Haslett and John St. John((review), 330
— Teachers, and engineers, relativity for, by
L. H. A. Carr (review), 263
— and technology, McGraw-Hill encyclopedia
of (review), 607-608
National lending library of, 688
— of wealth, by C. F. Carter (book), 200 Scientific information. See Information
— Instruments. See Instruments
Manufacturers Association of Great Britain, pleased with results of Moscow Trade Fair, 905
— Research. See Research
— Research in British Universtities (review),
330
Scientific Surveys Ltd., Anti-Corrosion Manual, 1960 (review), 156
— Technical and Medical library, Lewis’s
1957-59, supplement to the catalogue of (book), 24
Scientist, complete (Leverhulme Study group report) (book), 776
— Information. See Information scientist
— Library-minded. See LETTER, 312
— Translation from Russian for, by C. R.
Buxton and H. S. Jackson (book), 24, (review), 706; note on, 902
Scintillation counter (Hilger and Watts Ltd.), 188 Symposium, 520
— Counting, liquid, identification of beta
emitting isotopes by, by W. P. Hutchinson (paper), 456
Scotland, power stations in, committee to consider, 373
— Unemployment in, 217
Scott, Bader and Co. Ltd., polyester resin (trade publication), 808
Scott, Sir Giles G., Forth Road Bridge, 448
Scott, Dr. R. A., appointed head of Cementation Group research centre, 187; biographical note, 187
Scott and Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners, proposed road bridge over River Kaduna in Nigeria, 736
Scottish Gas Board, regulation and distribution with Lurgi gasification, 805
— Industry, growth of, 881
— Universities, application for grant for
atomic reactor, 104
Scotts’ Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., frigate for Royal Navy, 69
Scovill Manufacturing Co., air cylinders, 87 Scrap, reducing in an iron foundry, 38 Scratching of sheet metal, paper tapes prevent, 666
Screens (trade publication), 364
— X-ray, of lead Plymax (Venesta), 343
Screwdriver, Magnamatic (Consolidated Pneumatic), 100
Screws and fasteners (trade publication), 776
— Making press (Smeral Works), 301
— Thread hammering machine, Crossley-
Trurnit (Crossley Bros. Ltd.), 398
— Wood, cold flow formed, 398
Scrivener, A., Ltd., centreless grinding of rubber, 635
Scrubber, gas, Waagner-Biro (Ambuco Ltd.), 14
— Hydrogen sulphide (trade publication), 428 Scrubbing tower (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474 Sculling machine (Herbert Terry and Sons Ltd.),
912
Scythe, self propelled (Hayters (Sales) Ltd.), 767 S.E. De Productos Photograficos S.A. Valca, technical agreement with Ilford Ltd., 325
Sea, safety of life at, conference on, 520
— War at, 1939-1945, by S. W. Roskill (book),
200
— See also Seawater
Seaboard and Western Airlines, application to carry passengers on Atlantic route, 489
Seaborg, Dr. G., nominated as chairman of USAEC, 148; biographical note, 148; on price cuts in uranium, 809
Seal applications, 573
— Basic types, 572
— DD (Flexibox Ltd.), 820
— Diaphragm, Bellofram (George Angus &
Co. Ltd.), 629
— Engineering, 572
— Future developments in, 573
Seal of metal fibre, 475
— of rubber latex, sprayed, in mining, 802
— Shaft (Crane Packing Ltd.), 56
— Silicone (Dowty Seals Ltd.), 519
— Viton, for petrol pump (Du Pont), 475 Sealant resins, Loctite (Douglas Kane (Sealants) Ltd.). See Correction, 343
Sealing, fluid, conference on, 440
— Mechanical, as it stands today, by A. Lymer,
572-573
— Mechanism of, 572
Seamanship tests for small boat users considered by Ministry of Transport, 381
Searchlight, xenon infra red, for M60 tank, 45 Seaslug guided missile, guidance system for (GEC Ltd.), 909
Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles, BS, 229 Seawater evaporation plant (G. and J. Weir), 497
— Evaporator (International GEC), 439
— — New, 604
— Salt, from, using geothermal heat, Fiji
Islands, 873
Sections, cold formed, standard for, 483 Sectional areas and weights, table of (trade publication), 540
Seeber, G., official visit to UK, 193
Seizure of bearing surfaces, avoiding, 41 Selection by elimination. Plain Words on, 853 Selector, sequence (Elliott Bros.), 418
Selenium rectifiers (International Rectifier Co.), 85
Self-Changing Gears Ltd., torque converter, 661
Self-organising systems, by M. C. Yovitts and S. Cameron (review), 538-539
Selling, use information departments for, by
E. N. Simons, 385
Sell’s British Aviation, 1960 (book), 68 SELNI Co. project of Euratom, 768 Seiwood Orbital engine (William R. Seiwood),
637, 682. See LETTERS, 789, 853
Seiwood, William R., Ltd., new type internal combustion engine, 637; Seiwood Orbital engine, 682
Semiconductors, high temperature operation (Westinghouse), 41
— Irradiation effects on (Oak Ridge National
Laboratory), 469
— Progress in, by A. F. Gibson, R. E. Burgess,
and F. A. Kroger (book), 112; (review), 638
— Technology, by G. K. T. Conn (book), 68;
(review), 638
Sensing device (Mining Research Establishment), 669
Sensor, Q-Ball (Northrop), 41
Sequence selector (Elliott Bros.), 418 Sequencing apparatus, time and event (Atlantic
Research Corp.), 175 Serenia tanker ship, 769 Service Electric Co. Ltd., electric whistle, 532 Service Engineering Co. (Northampton) Ltd.,
Mixconcrete batching plant, 145
Service industries, design and development in 160
Expansion and investment in, 162
External factors affecting, 161
Forecast for 1961, 163
Future exhibitions on, 161 Long term research in, 163 Management and labour in, 161 Market trends in, 161
— — Outlook for 1961, 160-163 Plant and materials supply in, 162 Production in, 162
Service IVith Overseas Governments, 715 Services (trade publications), 640
— Specialist (trade publication), 576 Servicing equipment (trade publication), 676 Servo controls, electro-hydraulic, use of, 818-
819
— Valve. See Valve
Servomechanisms and basic synchros (Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and Neville Inc.) (review), 262
— by P. L. Taylor (review), 262
Seshu, S., on Linear Graphs and Electrical Networks (book), 640
SETRA rig for testing radiation resistant oils and greases (Mobil Oil Co. and UKAEA), 191
Severn Road Bridge, contracts issued, 379 Sewage pump, electric, Flygt, 517
— Purification in Singapore, 735 Sewer inspection by television, 789 Sewing machine exports from Japan, 209 SG iron (trade publication), 808
SGE Signals Ltd., exhibit at Rand Show, 465 Shackleton, W. S. (Aviation) Ltd., aircraft show at Coventry, 641
Shacklock, B. W., review of Symposium on Effect of Water-Reducing Admixtures and Set-Retarding Admixtures on Properties of Concrete, 462; biographical note, 464
Shaft, bent. See LETTERS, 312, 588, 621, 654
— Coupling. See Coupling
?—? Rotating, damping and whirling of. See LETTERS, 312, 588, 621, 654
— Sinking at high speed at Kellingley Colliery,
330, 397
Shale, faulted, mechanical miners in, by L. B. Underwood, 894
Shanahan, C, E. A., review of Thermochemistry for Steelmaking, 231-232; biographical note, 232
Shandon Scientific Co. Ltd., Chevenard-
Joumier laboratory furnace, 13
Shanstrom, R. T. S., on comparison between thorium-uranium 235 and uranium 238- uranium 235 fuel cycles for reactors, 896 Shaping machine, gear, BS 3329, 173 Tornomat (Hahn and Kolb), 596 Shares, unfair, when they mean bigger shares, by J. Hennessy, 386
Sharp, C. M., on D.H.; An Outline of de
Navilland History (book), 540
Sharpe, J., on photomultipliers and their applications, 761; lecture to Russian audience, 761
Sharpener, pencil, powered (Kent Kordless Ltd.), 472
Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd., Nozljector oil purifier, 531
Sharpies Process Engineers, orders taken at
Leipzig Fair, 673
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Shartle, C. L., on Occupational Information: Its Development and Application (review), 22
Shavers, dry, outlook for 1961, 168-171 Shaw Moisture Meters, dew point meter, 416 Shawnee Poole Ltd., Shawnee Poole rear dump hauler vehicles, 797
Shears, up-cutting (Joseph Rhodes and Sons Ltd.), 692
Sheathing, cable, in Niplas pvc/rubber (Greengate and Irwell Rubber Co.), 179
Sheen, A. V-M. W.C., appointed director of military sales of British Aircraft Corp. (USA) Inc., 777; biographical note, 777 Sheep, facial eczema in, 159
Sheet metal from metal powder, 267 Quality control, 459
Tapes to prevent scratching of, 666
— Thermoplastic, and rod and tube, manipula
tion of, by J. M. J. Estevez and D. C. Powell (book), 24
— Wagon, nylon (British Nylon Spinners
Ltd.), 275
Sheeting, aluminium, corrugated and troughed (brochure), 47
— Translucent (trade publication), 232
Shell Centre, accessability of services in, 380; use of Unistruts, 380
Shell Chemical Co. Ltd., flexibiliser for epoxy resins, 739
Shell Co. of Australia Ltd., supertanker berth at Sydney, 735
Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd., Shell Centre, 380; Thornton trace reader, 596
Shell Mex Ltd., Camping Gaz stockists, 152 Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., oil gasification
(trade publication), 708; tanker Serenia, 769
Shell Research Ltd., measuring operating temperatures of engine parts, 433; research on additive oils, 521; measuring operating temperatures of engine parts, 663
Shelton Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., order position, 149; installation of continuous steel casting plant, 365
Shepard, Cmdr., space flight of, 662 Shepherd-Barron, W. P., review of Civil Engineering Handbook, 68; biographical note, 68
Shepherd, R., on Mechanised Cutting and Loading of Coal (book), 608
Shepley Booth and Associates, new factory for Fafnir Bearing Co., 541
Shergalis, L. D., on Proceedings of Symposium on Microminiaturisation of Electronic Components (review), 198
Sherritt Gordon Mines, chemical reduction techniques, 587
Sherwood project (USAEC), 85
Shield, face Clearways (Safety Products Ltd.), 319
?— Welding, Pulsafe (Safety Products Ltd.), 57 Shielding material for atomic radiation, Ecco- shield (Emerson and Cuming Co.), 149
Thermal neutron, hiduminium 400 as, 455
— Thermal, materials, 455
Ship, aircraft carrier, Hercules, renamed Fikrant for Indian Navy, 429
— Aircraft carrier, Fikrant, commissioned for
Indian Navy, 429
—? Aluminium, fire protection for (Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd.), 407
— Atomic propelled, general safety require
ments for, 520
— Atomic propelled, general technical condi
tions for (Bureau Veritas publication), 520
— Atomic propelled. Savannah, initial fuel
shipment made from Babcock and Wilcox, 288
— Atomic propelled Savannah, reactor to
operate at 10 per cent full power, 148
— Atomic propelled, speculation on in UK,
356
— Atomic propulsion of, Euratom projects on,
768
See also Atomic propulsion
— Cable laying, Cammell Laird builds for
Cable and Wireless Ltd., 299
— Cable laying, Russian order to Wartsila-
Koncernen for two, 233
?— Cargo, Perim, tests of Marconi Metron echo-sounder (P and O), 339
— Destroyer, guided missile, for Royal Navy,
273
— Elysia, trials of Ferrogel corrosion protec
tion painting system, 47
— Fighting, Jane’s, by R. V. B. Blackman
(book), 396
— Foreign, carry UK overseas trade, 405
— Frigate, three to be built for Royal Navy, 69
— Hydrodynamics Laboratory, water tunnel
for propeller research, 813
— Hydrographic survey, for Royal Australian
Navy, 841
— Kuala Lumpur, refit for, 699
— Magga Dan, transport of diesolium tanks to
Macquarie Island, 25
— Model. See Model: Tank
— Outlook for 1961, 122-125
— Pindar, heating coils for (Charlton Weddle
and Co. Ltd.), 242
— Propulsion. See Atomic propulsion; Engine;
Marine propulsion: Propeller; Turbine
— Research at NPL, 709
— for Royal Navy, new style of, 273
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Small, roll damping fins for (Vosper Ltd.),
537
— Tankers. See Tanker
— Telegraph (A. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 42
— Trials of Ferrogel corrosion protection painting system, 47
— Trawlers. See Trawler
— Fasa, salvage of, 625
— Waratah, loss of. See LETTER, 244
— World Hope, launched, 1
— Yawl, Manita, aluminium mast for (British Aluminium), 47
— See also under specific types of ship Shipbuilding Conference, 665
— Economics of in the UK, by J. R. Parkinson (review), 463-464
— Industry, drop in exports, 681
Position of, 1
Shipbuilding, welding in, joint symposium on, 213
Shipping costs, increase in, 233
— Management, research and work study in,
309
— Merchant, position and prospects, 405
— Outlook for 1961, 160-163
Shippingport atomic power station, 419 Shipyards, Clydeside, order position, 817
— Increase in orders, 201
— Laboratory tank, towing carriage for, 433
— Modernisation on River Wear, 113, 127
— Naval orders for, 273
— New rates a blow to, 457
— Output statistics, 201
— Pallion, modernisation of, 127
— Support for, 69 Shoes, safety, 513 Shoppers Guide, 761
Shopping centre for Birmingham, 691
Shorrock Superchargers Ltd., van type compressors, 65
Short Bros, and Harland Ltd.,modernisation of Pallion shipyards, 127; government loan for, 429; exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519; atomic reactor simulator, 532; classroom analogue computer, 536; collaboration with William Ewart and Sons Ltd., 635; electronic inspection device for linen yarn, 635; simulator for rough flying conditions.677; SC5 aircraft, 683; SCI aircraft, 684; VTOL aircraft model, 684; development of AMY automatic linen yarn monitor, 813; atomic reactor simulators, 864; Simlac atomic reactor simulator for Calder Hall Operations School, 864
Short circuit detector (Spembly Ltd.), 351
Short SCI aircraft, 684
— SC5 aircraft (Short Bros. and Harland Ltd.),
683
— VTOL aircraft, model of, 684
Shotblasting service, mobile site (R. J. Richardson and Sons Ltd.), 627
Shovel machine, crawler. Case (J. 1. Case and Co. Ltd.), 798
—? Tractor (Michigan (Great Britain) Ltd.), 598 Show. See Exhibition
Showers, 44
Shower cubicle. National (Watts Metal Industries Ltd.), 44
— Unit, Halo (Reinforced Plastic Develop
ments), 44
Sicard Inc., Sicard Snow Master snowblower, 742-744; historical note, 742
Siebe, Gorman and Co. Ltd., motor car safety belts, 261
Sieger gas detector (Newage (Manchester) Ltd.), 726
Siemens betatron for Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd. (Pantak Ltd.), 267
Siemens and Halske, AG., closed circuit television for traffic control, 493
Sier-Bath Gear and Pump Co. Inc., Nyflex flexible gear coupling, 371
Sierra Leone, Guma Valley Dam, 731
Sigma arc welding machine (Interlas Ltd.), 527 Sigmund Pumps Co., exports increased, 897 Signal detection, statistical theory of, by C. W. Helstrom (review), 395
Sikorsky helicopter, S64 skycrane (United Aircraft Corp.), 320
Silcock, R., and Sons Ltd., use of DOSP steel flooring, 511
Silcodyne H and M hydraulic fluids (ICl Ltd.), 667
Silcoset silicone rubbers, 100, 103 and 104 (ICI Ltd.), 771
Silencers, ceramic, for motor cars, 95
Silentbloc Ltd., flexible mounting, 425 Silicon carbide, future for, 455
for nuclear reactors, by Dr. G. H. Butter, 455
Transistors (Westinghouse), 41
— Diode, miniature (AEI), 41
— Electrochemical polishing of, 909
— Nickel-copper alloy, Mallory 53 (Johnson
Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 835
— Rectifiers (International Rectifier Co.), 41
— Rubbers, Silcoset 100, 103 and 104 (ICI
Ltd.), 771
— Stack rectifiers (International Rectifier Co.),
403
Silicones (trade publication), 264
— Compounds (trade publication), 808
— by S. Fordham (book), 496
— Grease in aerosol pack (Amber Oils Ltd.),
343
— Rubber, cold cure (Midland Silicones Ltd.),
551
Processed, suppliers of (trade publication), 872
— Treated paper (trade publication), 232
— Treatments for masonry, 587
Silver 3 Handril rock drill, Holman (Holman
Bros. Ltd.), 498-500
Silver-copper brazing alloy, 211 Palladium brazing alloy, 210
— Iodide cloud seeding, new theory for, 175
— Models (Garrard and Co. Ltd.), 852
— Palladium-manganese brazing alloy, 210 Silvester, R., on scale models for hydraulic
investigations, 685
Simano, C., appointed head of IAEA technical supplies, 632
Simlac atomic reactor simulator for Calder Hall Operations School (Short Bros. and Harland), 864
Simmering-Grax-Pauker AG., exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Simmonds Accessories Ltd., Speed nuts (trade publication), 640
Simms Motor and Electronic Corp., position and prospects, 801; profits, 801; fuel injection equipment for Ford Motor Co. (US), 801; agreement with Bendix Corp., 801; acquisition of Dawe Instruments Ltd., 801; subsidiaries of, 801
Simon-Carves Ltd., precipitator, new type, 403; swimming pool for Manchester, 511; civil engineering (trade publication), 576; polythene plants for Europe, 609
Simon Engineering, models for planning, 868
Simon Handling Engineers Ltd., AEI Ltd. to supply with control board for Russian tyre factory, 267; handling (trade publication), 708
Simons, E. N., on Machining of Steel (book), 68; on use information departments for selling, 385
Simplex hydraulic jack (Equipment and Engineering Co. Ltd.), 798
— Mono Recorders (James Gordon and Co.), 805
Simplicity of science, by S. D. Beck (review), 330
Simpson, C. R. H., review of More Unusual Railways, 608; review of World Railways 1960, 608; review of Railwaymen, 608; biographical note, 608
Simulators, atomic reactor, 864
Reactor, Elliott ND 481, for Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, 864
Reactor, experiments that may be performed on, 864
Reactor (General Precision Systems Ltd.), 864
— Reactor, hire of (IBM Data Centre), 864 Reactor (Miles Highvolt Ltd.), 864 Reactor (Short Bros, and Harland Ltd.), 532
Reactor, Simlac, for Calder Hall Operations School (Short Bros. and Harland), 864 Reactor (Vickers Armstrongs), 864 Reactor, Vickers Mark Ila, block diagram of, 864
—? for rough flying conditions (Short Bros. and Harland Ltd.), 677
Sinclair, W. D., appointed manager of AEI Ltd. rectifier engineering dept., 397
Sinclair, W. E., on Asbestos; Its Origin, Production and Utilization (review), 263-264
Sinelnikov, K. D,, magnetic field configuration, 877
Sinex Engineering Co. Ltd., casting cleaner, 660 Singapore, sewage purification in, 735
Singer, P., on Crystals and Crystal Growing (book), 808
Singh, J., on Great Ideas of Modern Mathematics (book), 808
Singham, Dr. J. R., review of Heat Transfer Engineering, 156; biographical note, 158
Singing at work, by A. A. Glossop, 408 Single point tool design, 570
Sink water heater, Sto-a-way (GEC), 584
Sinot, H. J., on small motor car as stimulus to research. See LETTER, 4
Sinupac boiler (Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd.), 534
Sirius computer for Metropole Industries Group (Ferranti Ltd.), 673
Sirmind, M., appointed vice-president of International Samson, Hl
Sirocco air heater (Davidson and Co. Ltd.), 890 Sisal mops, Stapol (W. Canning and Co.), 586 Sissons Bros. and Co. Ltd., Porterfleck multicolour paint, 771; Porterbond paint undercoat, 771
Site, building, mechanical aids on, 794-795
— Ideal. See LETTERS, 4, 213
Sitka spruce trees. Forestry Commission’s survey of, 749
Sizewell atomic power station, contract awarded to Atomic Power Group, 287, 288; work commenced, 520
Skefko Ball Bearing Co., position and prospects, 665; new bearing factory in India, 665; formation of Associated Bearing Co., 665
Skelmersdale, aerial survey of (Falrey Air Surveys Ltd.), 673
— Public inquiry into, 657
— Site for new town, 405
SKF Gothenburg, to participate in Skefko bearing factory in India, 665
SKF Works, automatic machining of bearing boxes, 334
Skimmer ground effect machine, 637
Skin, speaking to people through their, 412
Skips, fuel element, solventless epoxy protection for, 506
Skvortsov, A. A., on Continuous Casting of Steel in Commercial Use (book), 576 Skycrane development, progress in, by W. W. Lysak, 320
SL-1 atomic reactor, accident and explosion in 355; bowing of boron strips in, 355; committee to consider future use of, 664; control rods sticking, 356; explosion at Idaho, 148; high power operation of, 356; loss in shutdown reactivity margin, 356; radiological units and measurements, 356; severe damage to core of, 388; use of boron as burnable poison, 355
Slabbing mill. Abbey Works, model of, 850 Slag from blast furnaces, making good use of, 342
— as road aggregate, 342
— Steelworks, cement from (Voest Steel
Works), 512
— Uses of, 342
Slingsby, H. C., Ltd., aluminium ladder, 207 Slot-cutting machine (Strojexport), 221 Sludge collectors (trade publication), 428
— See also Sewage
Slusher, double drum, Joy-Sullivan N221, 350 Small arms. See Arms
Small Electric Motors Ltd., 134. See Correction, 343
Smart and Brown (Machine Tools) Ltd., position and prospects, 17
Smeral Works, screw making press, 301 Smelting furnace. See Furnace
Smidt, S., on Capital Budgeting Decision (book), 200
Smith, A., report on pin manufacturing process, 8
Smith, F. H., on just Mr. Smith’s way, 137; on library minded engineers and scientists, 244. See LETTERS, 92, 137, 212, 312; See also On the Shelf articles
Smith, H., appointed technical director of ICI Ltd., 480
Smith, John, and Co. (London) Ltd., terylene polyester fibre sewing thread, 587
Smith, John, of Rodley Ltd., reservoir for River Dove Water Board, 350
Smith, K. C., on liquid hydrogen as rocket fuel, 898
Smith Patterson Co. Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Smith, R. A., proposals for space flight, 662 Smith, R. C., on Financial Incentives for Management (review), 539-540
Smith, Col. T. E., on shipbuilding orders, 1 Smith, Thomas, and Sons (Rodley) Ltd., derrick unit, 425
Smith, W. A., on boilers and customers’ requirements, 566
Smithfield Market, model of roof of, 863 Smiths Aviation Division, KLM trials of Para-Visual Director (PVD) equipment, 402
Smog-Burner car exhaust gas burner (Chrom- alloy Corp.), 175
SNAP 2 Development System atomic reactor, now critical, 664
Snow, C. P., on Science and Government (review), 839
Snow Master snowblower, Sicard (Sicard Inc.), 742-744
Snowblower, Sicard Snow Master (Sicard Inc.) 742-744
Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, research on car safety belts, 718
Soag Machine Tools Ltd., “ Baby ” hand bandsaw, 384
Soaker flanges, two-piece (Universal Asbestos), 87
Sociedade Reunidas de Fabricacoes Metalicas Lda. (Sorefame), River Tagus bridge, 482 Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecan- iques, diesel engines, 560
Societe Anonyme Internationale de Telegraphic sans Fil Electronics, order placed with Marconi’s for radar units, 609
Societe Anonyme de Machines Electro- statiques (SAMES), sub-critical atomic assembly, details of, 487-488
Societe Anonyme Des Gaz Industriels, partnership with Booker Brothers, McConnel Co., 897
Societe Chemaplast, synthetic rubber protection for Esch-sur-Sure dam, 11
Societe Coehba, Esch-sur-Sure dam, 11
Societe E. Demolin, purchased by Associated Engineering Group, 61
Societe Holding de Financement et de Credit SA (Eurocredit), association with Bowmakers, 257
Societe SERMEC, Minirupteur circuit breaker, 275
Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress, 687
— of British Paint Manufacturers, formation
of Paint Manufacturers’ Joint Executive Council, 841
— of Chemical Industry, Corrosion Problems
in the Petroleum Industry (review), 156; symposium on Industrial Weed Control, 621
— Engineer in, by Lord Chandos, 442
— of Indexers, course on indexing, 674
— Inflation and, by G. Hutton (review), 495-
496
— of Instrument Technology, transactions of,
781
Sockets, electric, 88
— Multi-, 13 amp (British Central Electrical
Co.), 88
Sodium atomic reactor experiment, 896
— Fuel cell, 268
SOGAZ (SA des Gaz Industriels) of Brussels, to combine with Booker Group through International Boilers and Radiators, 777; to buy SA Chaudieres Samson, 777
Soil density measurement using radioisotopes 192
Solar cells (Bell), 877
Experiments, 877
for Trinity House marine buoys, 877
— Energy, utilisation of. See LETTER, 508
— House, 508. See LETTER, 620
Solar Weld Languepin Ltd., spark erosion equipment, 560
Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd., fan heater, 548; Solartron SC 30 analogue computer, 874-876; historical note, 874; new offices at Farnborough, 897; contracts from Russia via VO Mashpriborgintorg, 905 Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd., portable oscilloscope, 14; digital voltmeter, 354; oscilloscope, 384; frequency and capacity meter, 596; digital voltmeter, 858
Solas lifeboat radio (International Marine Radio Co. Ltd.), 561
Solberg, H. L., on Thermal Engineering (book), 364
Soldering iron, electric (Wolf Electric Tools Ltd.), 619
Solent bridge, plans for, 480
Soles and heels of neoprene rubber for industrial safety boots (Bank Bridge Rubber Co. Ltd.), 211
Solids, effects of ultra-high pressure on, 614-615 — Elastic, equilibrium and deformation of, by V. Volterra and E. Volterra (book), 840 — Physical changes under high pressure, 614 — Suspended in a liquid, separating, 82 Solodovnikov, V. V,, on Introduction to the Statistical Dynamics of Automatic Control Systems (book), 776
Soltau, J. P., on cylinder pressure variations in petrol engines, 361
Solus Schall Ltd., gamma ray source container, 223; non-destructive testing (trade publication), 264
Solvent degreasing, maximum efficiency in, 422 Somers, Walter, Ltd., use of Movigraph Rotadates chart system, 127
Sonogen ultrasonic generator (Branson Europa NV), 827
Soss, W., on R. Cordiner, 657
Sound absorbing materials (booklet), 211 — Diffusion (Auto-Thermatic) Ltd., fire detection equipment for Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., 769
— Insulation, 680
— Reducing bulkheads of Kraft honeycomb for Deltic locomotive (English Electric Co.), 90
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
South Africa, atomic energy programme, 725 Decision to leave Commonwealth, 533 Export statistics, 201 Import restrictions, 201
Imported car quota reduction, 69 Investments in Commonwealth, 357 Modification of present policy, 565 Order placed with AEC Ltd., for vehicles, 777
Union of. Electricity Supply Commission of. See Electricity
Uranium metal plant opened at Johannesburg, 520
Uranium oxide deliveries, 223 Uranium refining pilot plant at Johannesburg, 609
South African Atomic Energy Board, testing of nuclear fuels, 609
South African Railways, electric locomotive for (AEI Ltd.), 465
South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 105; trading profit, 105; interest paid to FCI and Barclays Bank Ltd., 105; depreciation allowance by Iron and Steel Board, 105; steel production at Cargo Fleet works, 105
South Wales Electricity Board, use of “ pillow ” tanks, 311
South Wales Switchgear Ltd., technical training activities of, 721
South West Suburban Water Co., use of “ pillow ” tanks, 310
Southampton University, application for grant for atomic reactor, 104; facilities for training nuclear engineers and reactor physicists, 104; installation of atomic sub-critical assembly, 487; Prof. B. Thwaites appointed professor of theoretical mathematics, 785
Southdown Motors Ltd., new buses and coaches ordered from Leyland Motors Ltd., 299
Southern Tools Ltd., crack detection inks and powders, 275
Sovex Ltd., Sovex conveyors for Sanderson Fabrics, 837
Soviet Research in Boron Chemistry (book), 808
— See also Russia
Space biology, by J. S. Hanrahan and D.
Bushnell (book), 364
— British companies promoting UK effort in,
585
— Engineering, lightweight alloys for, 613
— Exploration, UK’s restricted activity in, 549
— Flight, ballistic manned, America’s, by
G. V. E. Thompson, 662 by Major Y. A. Gagarin, 549, 557, 662 Knowledge from, 557 Proposals for, 662 of Cmdr. Shepard, 662
Soviet, facts reconciled, by G. V. E.
Thompson, 557 Techniques, 557 Technology, by K. W. Gatland (book),
708; (review), 902
— How to make a man feel at home in, by
G, V. E, Thompson, 623
— Programme, UK, 623
— Project Mercury, US, 557
— Resources for communications, 585
— Science in (review), 67
— Ship, manned, Vostok, success of, 549, 557
— Technology, European symposium on, 685
— Vehicles, Russian, trade and prestige follow,
309
See also Missile; Rocket; Satellite SpacesaVer wedge-belt Vee belt (Fenner), 86 Spain, Centrales Nucleares del Norte make application to establish atomic power plant at Valle de Torbalina, 456
— Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Scheme for increasing industrialisation, 681
— Trade with UK, 299 Spalding, A. R., on
(book), 364 Spalding, Prof. D. B., in die Technische review of Warme- Arbeitsdiagrammen, 263; review Destillier- und Rektifiziertechnik, .
review of Heizol-Handbuch fiir Industrie- feuerungen, 263; biographical note, 264 Spanner, adjustable (Rubert and Co. Ltd.), 660 Spark erosion equipment (Solar Weld Languepin Ltd.), 560
— Pump, Clevite PZT (Clevite Corp.), 21 Sparking plug efficiency and petrol consumption, 215
Speaking to people through their skins, 412 Spear, Operation, compensation plan for employees affected by (Steel, Peech and Tozer Co.), 824
Specialist services (trade publication), 576 Specification. See British Standards Institution and under specific subjects
Spectra Glaze plastic faced building slabs (Lilleshall Co. Ltd.), 47
Spectral Shift Control Atomic Reactor, USAEC appoint Babcock and Wilcox to study, 664
Controlled reactors, thorium cycle in, by H. C. Edlund, 896
Spectro-photometer (Unicam Instruments Ltd.), 58
Spectrochemical analysis (trade publication), 872
Spectrometer, gamma-ray, 520
Spectrometry, radiation, use of phantoscope, 191
Speech synthesized by digital computer (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 781
— Transmission, coded, with communications
satellites, 892
Speed nuts (trade publication), 640
— Unit, variable (Strojexport), 220 Speedraft draughtsman’s templates (Keuffel &
Esser Co.), 87
Speedwell Ltd., tuning kits for standard motor cars, 65
Speers, J. E., on IBM 650 RAMAC Computer for Data Processing in an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, 479
Spembly Ltd., phone system for pressurised suits, 100; inclusion in Harper Engineering and Electronics Group, 325; short circuit detector, 351
Spence, Sir Basil, and Partners, extensions to Nottingham University, 483
Spence, Dr. R., appointed deputy director of AERE, Harwell, 632
Spencer, H. F., opening of Richard Thomas and Baldwins medical centre at Ebbw Vale, 289; on industrial hygiene, 341; on Spencer Works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd., 809
Spencer (Melksham) Ltd., handling equipment for deep water harbour, Barbados, 733
Spencer, Walter, and Co. Ltd., hobs (trade publication), 24
Sperry Europe Continental Co., formation of, 389; R. Laureau appointed president, 389
Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 389; formation of Sperry Europe Continental Co., 389; to exhibit at Sydney Trade Fair, 541; gyro compass, 560
Sperryn and Co., inclusion in Delta Metals Co., 565
Spey engines for BAC One-Eleven aircraft (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 683
— Jet engine, development of (Rolls-Royce
Ltd.), 787
Speyer, E., on Solar Energy Claims, 508; See LETTER, 620
Sphercon Contact Lens Co. Ltd., Sphercon contact lenses, 358-360; formation of, 358; association with Plastic Contact Lens Co., 358
Spherical astronomy, compendium of, by S. Newcomb (book), 332
Spi-seal self-adhesive paper (Spicers Ltd.), 375 Spice, H. R., on plastic lined reservoirs, 93 Spicers Ltd., Spi-seal self-adhesive paper, 375 Spiralpoint drill, 570
Spirax Postal Instruction Courses, 217
Spirax-Sarco Group, expansion of educational facilities, 217; Spirax Postal Instruction Courses, 217; export business, 217
Spitfire: The Story of a Famous Fighter, by B. Robertson (review), 23
Splitter for bales (Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd.), 383
Spondon “ H ” plant, steam supply to British Celanese Ltd., 637
Sporidesmium Bakeri, 159
Sport by machine, 912
— Training machine, Adams (Lodge Equip
ment Ltd.), 912
Sports car. See Motor car
Engine. See Motor car engine
Spragg, R. C., review of Surface Microtopography, 576; biographical note, 576
Sprague Electric Co., agreement with Telegraph Condenser Co., 601
Spray booths (trade publication), 396
— Gun, See Gun
— Phosphate and degrease (trade publication),
872
Spraying, airless, of paint, 2
— Conventional, of paint, 2
— Electrostatic, of paint, 2
— Machine, paint (Alfred Bullows), 56
— Mistless, of paint, 2
— Plant, paint, airless (Aerostyle Ltd.), 767 Spring Grove Laundries Ltd., linen hire
laundry, 669; automation in, 669; new factory for, 764
Spring, mattress, testing machine (P. Fanghanel and Co. Ltd.), 404
Testing machine (Vi-Spring Ltd.), 404
— Winding tool (Acru), 826
Sprite motor car, Austin-Healey, disc brake conversion set for (Donald Healey Motor Co.), 197
Sprockets (trade publication), 904
Spruce trees, Sitka, Forestry Commission’s survey of, 749
Spurrier, Sir Henry, on Leyland Motors Co., 225; letter to Leyland stockholders, 225
Sputnik, trade follows, 309
SPWR, atomic reactor. See Atomic reactor, small pressurised water
Square D Ltd., relay, 12; push-button stations, 859
— Optical (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 417 Squires, B. J., on Tilghman’s Ltd., 457
Squirrel food mixer, Peugeot (Rudson Wood and Co. Ltd.), 848
S and S Corrugated Paper Machinery Co., agreement with Beyer Peacock Co., 769
SSCR. See Spectral Shift Control Atomic Reactor
St. Andrews University South Greenland Expedition, Perkins outboard motors for, 25
St. Dunstan’s, R. Dufton appointed director of research, 556
St. John, J., on Science Survey, 1 (review), 330 St. Louis Car Co., subway cars for New York City Transit Authority, 497; order with Westinghouse for propulsion equipment, 497
St. Paul’s Cathedral, bells to be re-hung, 281 Stabilisers, Denny-Brown, for liner Canberra, 755
Stacey, E. F., on sound and thermal insulation, 680
Staebler, U. M., on thorium as nuclear fuel, 896 Staehely gear bobbing machines, BPS Machinery and Spares appointed sole agents, 577 Staff College for Further Education, W. J.
Richards appointed director, 657
— Location system (Westrex Co. Ltd.), 173 Staflfa-Herbert tube bending machine (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 825
Staffa pipe bending machine (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 190
Staffordshire, North, University College of. See University
Stair brackets for scaffolding (Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd.), 57
Stalwart cargo carrier (Alvis Co.), 61
Stanchi, L., on transistor pulse-height discriminator, 224
Stanchion. See Beam; Column
“ Standard Quality ” safe, Chubb (Chubb and Sons’ Lock and Safe Co. Ltd.), 642-644
Standard Resistance Welders Ltd., resistance welding machine, 383
Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd., fire alarm system for BBC Television Centre, 402; electronic ticket issuing system for BOAC, 601; products for railways (trade publication), 608
Standard-Triumph International, three or four day week, 97; suggested pay cuts, 97; Marconi closed circuit television installed as production aid, 334; price cuts, 465; increase in sales in Switzerland, 465; world assembly plants of, 724
Standard Vacuum Oil Co., talks with India, 405 Standards Engineers’ Conference, 761
— United States National Bureau of. See
United States National
Stanford University, linear electron accelerator to be built, 488
Stankoimport, 713, 758
Stanley, A. R., on New Survey of BBC Experimental Colour Transmissions (book), 364 Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd., Victoria Line underground railway, 414
Stapleton, R. R., on sprayed seals of rubber latex for mines, 802
Stapol sisal mops (W. Canning and Co.), 586 Star hot press machine (Phillips Bros. Ellis Ltd.), 891
— Timer (Electrical Remote Control Co.
Ltd.), 279
Starrett, L. S., Co. Ltd., Bandsaw (trade publication), 68
Starter, flameproof (Belmos Co. Ltd.), 598
— Steam operated, for aircraft engines (AEI
Ltd.), 403
State Pension Scheme, Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. to participate, 9
Static, anti-, flooring material, Phengard (Phoenix Rubber Co.), 512
Statics, graphic, by C. S. Benson (book), 904 Stations, push-button (Square D Ltd.), 859 Statistical Bulletin of the Tin Council, 473 Statistical processes and reliability engineering, by D. N. Chorafas (review), 362
— Society, Royal. See Royal
— Theory of signal detection, by C. W.
Helstrom (review), 395
Statistical Year Book (United Nations), 713 Statistics manual, by E. L. Crow, F. A. Davis and M. W. Maxfield (review), 574
Stator enclosure in generators, 283
— Windings in generators, 282 Status symbols, 649
Stauffer pressure screw lubricators in nylon (Trendon Ltd.), 47
Steam, superheated, generation by atomic reactor, 59
—? Supply, atomic, for power generation, USAEC invite utility companies to participate, 192
— Tables, VDI, by E. Schmidt (review), 840
— Trap, MilTherMatic (Midland Industries
Ltd.), 153
— Turbine. See Turbine
Steamboats and Modern Steam Launches, 574 Steatite and Porcelain Products Ltd., insulators for Komati power station, 618
Stechkin APS pistol, 830 Stedeford, Sir Ivan, on cycle industry, 141 Steel, alloy (trade publication), 808 New type (International Nickel Co. (Mond) Ltd.), 407
— Blanks, preparing for cold forging, 634
— Brittle fracture of, by W. D. Biggs (review),
871-872
— Capacity, 1962, forecast of, 45
— Castings Development Committee, forma
tion of by British Steel Founders Association and British Steel Castings Research Association, 551; information service of, 551
Steel and Co., Steel House offices of, 897
Steel Co. of Wales Ltd., suspension of melting shop workers, 9; iron granulation plant, 136; order position, 193; position and prospects, 193; output statistics, 193; development plans, 193; ore supplies, 193; improving export record, 193; securities sold back to general public, 325; formation of Margram Slag Co., Ltd,, 342; sheet metal quality control system installed (English Electric), 459; attempt to import coal from US, 689; rolling steel for Russia, 785; model of slabbing mill at Abbey Works, 850
— Components, tubular, for pre-fabricated
buildings (Tubewrights Ltd.), 186
— Consumption, general outlook of, 45
— Continuous casting in commercial use, by
K. P. Korotkov, H. P. Mayorov, A. A. Skvortsov and A. D. Akimenko (book), 576
Casting of, by M. C. Boichenko (book), 428
— Cutting with carbon dioxide coolant, by
L. L. Arundel, 266-267
— — Tools for, 514-515
— Designing in (trade publication), 808
— Die (trade publication), 808
— Exports, 45
— Extrusions (trade publication), 872
— Ferritic alloys of, table of uses of, 274
— Flooring, DOSP (Dexion Ltd,), 511
— Furnace. See Furnace
— for furniture, study and development of, 130
— Heat treatment of, by H. Stiidemann
(book), 904
treatment of. See also Heat Treatment
— High speed, analysis table of, 514
— High speed, as steel cutting tools, 514
Steel House, new offices for Steel and Co., 879
Steel Improvement and Forge Co., electrolytic machining process, 175; development of electrochemical machining, 300
— Industry, capital investment in, 373 Competitive times in, 149 Costs in, 105
Dilemma facing in 1961, 45 Expenditure on modernisation, 617
? Increasing costs in, 713
Investment in, 45 in Nigeria, 841
Productive capacity of, 617 Production record, 849
Steel industry, proposals for reform in, 105
Qualified optimism in, 105
Rate burden on, 105
in Ruhr, 177
Securities sold back to general public, 325
— Integrated flow production of, 805
— Machining of, by F. C. Lea and E. N. Simons (book), 68
— Mild, inhibiting corrosion of (National
Chemical Laboratory), 845
Welding of, BS 693, 173
— for nuclear power, cinema film (UKAEA), 256
— Output of, 373
Steel, Peech and Tozer, order placed for electric arc melting furnaces (GWB Furnaces Ltd.), 82; production commenced on automated cold rolling mill, 490; compensation plan for employees affected by Operation Spear, 824; electric arc reconstruction, 824
— Pipeline, plastic coated, X-Tru-Coat (Republic Steel Corp), 512
— Plastic coated (trade publication), 264
— in power generation, 274
— Price changes since 1956, 905
Increase request, 713
Table for UK and foreign countries, 713
— Production, additional costs to, table of, 713 Costs, 437
Statistics, 849
World, 105
— Protection by Kenderisation, 237
— Pvc-coated, sugar diffusers, 699
— Rings, forging, 635
— Rolls, forged (trade publication), 640
— Rope. See Wire rope
— Sections, cold formed, BS 2994, 483
— ?— in buildings, use of cold formed, 483
— Stainless, car engine, TnT (Tyce Engineering
Corp.), 139
No. 101 Chromoid welding electrode for (BOC Ltd.), 619
— — Polishing made easier, by J. P. Dewar,
586
Sports car engine, 139
Wire cloth, Micro-Hollander (United Wire Works Ltd.), 439
— Structural, use in buildings, BS 449, 186
— Structure for drive-in cinema screen,
Trinidad (Sanders and Forsters Ltd.), 187
— Structures, design of, by B. Bresler and
T. Y. Lin (book), 708
— Sulpho-nitro cementing of, 85
•—? Sulphur removal from, 613
— Trends in, 373
— Tungsten carbide for turning (Sandvik
Swedish Steel Ltd.), 507
— Vinyl coated, Stelvetite (John Summers &
Son Ltd.), 272
— Welding cast iron to, 469
— Weybridge continuous casting process for
(Continuous Casting Co. Ltd.), 773
— See also Iron and Steel
Steel Wheel and Axle Pty., position and prospects, 737
Steelmaking, thermochemistry for, by J. F. Elliott and M, Gleiser (review), 231-232
Steels Engineering Products Ltd., orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673; diesel electric truck crane, 796
Steelwork, constructional, simply explained, by O. Faber (book), 158; (review), 806
— Plaster protection for, 343
— Protection on Forth Road Bridge, 449 Steelworker universal machine (Henry Pels and Co. Ltd.), 562
Steelworks in Australia, projects, 741
— Durgapur (India), 735; progress of work, 25; Mr. Nehru’s visit to, 565; ahead of schedule, 741
— Refractories (trade publication), 264
— Slag, cement from (Voest Steel Works), 512
Stehling, K. R., on behaviour of liquid hydrogen in space, 899
Stein Atkinson Vickers Hydraulics Ltd., course on hydraulics, 97; course on Industrial Oil Hydraulics, 97; deceleration valve, 239; lock mechanisation on River Trent, 558
Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London, River Tagus bridge, 482
Stellar dynamics, principles of, by S. Chandrasekhar (book), 496
Stelvetite vinyl coated steel (John Summers and Son Ltd.), 272; for furniture, 272
Step and repeat machine (Pictorial Machinery Ltd.), 555
Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd., Swivel-Piler for conveyor, 717; Car Loaders, 717; Swiveloaders, 717
Stephens, R. B., review of Proceedings of Symposium on Microminiaturisation of Electronic Components, 198; biographical note, 200; review of Nuclear Electronics, 426-427; biographical note, 428
Sterling sub-machine gun, 830
Stern, B. T., on national use of technical information, 653-654, 757. See LETTERS, 719, 821, 885
Sterne, L., and Co. Ltd., cooler for cutting oils, 100
Steveley Coal and Iron Group, mobile site shotblasting service, 627
Stevens, Frederic B., Inc., barrell plating (trade publication), 496
Stevens, H. G., Co. Ltd., IMR bench press, 57 Stevens Institute of Technology, producing metal sheet from metal powder, 267
Steward, S. F., on stable market for electrical products, 289; on ten year plan for electrical industry, 849; on research in electrical industry, 881
Stewart, B., review of Systems Preliminary Design, 674; biographical note, 676
Stewart, Duncan and Co., reference to, 25; licence agreement with Booker Group, 809; productive capacity increased, 897
Stewart Films, cinema film “ Heat of the Matter ” for Gas Council, 265
Stewart, J. C. C., appointed managing director of UKAEA Production Group, 324
Stewart, Dr. K. H., instrumentation for UK’s second satellite, 645
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., iron granulation plant, 126; securities sold back to general public, 325; salary and wage payments by bank credits, 593; use of LEO III computer for wage calculations, 593; installation of controlled atmosphere furnace, 635 Stillite Products Ltd., insulating slabs (trade publication), 264
Stinton, Fl. Lt. D., review of War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, 23-24; review of Spitfire: The Story of a Famous Fighter, 23-24; biographical note, 24
Sto-a-way sink water heater (GEC), 584 Stock list of F. J. Edwards Ltd. (trade publication), 68
Stockholm Trade Fair, 617
Stolnikov, V. V., on use of lightweight aggregates, 894
Stone, J., and Co. (Deptford) Ltd., Stone- Vapor boilers, 762; diesel hydraulic locomotives, 769
Stone-Platt Industries Ltd., Stone-Vapor boilers, 652
Stone-Vapor boilers (Stone-Platt Industries Ltd.), 652, 762
Stone, waste, low pressure stowing in mines, 482
Stoner, R. G., on Introduction to Modern Physics (book), 158; (review), 607-608 Stop valves. See Valves
Stoppers, ladle, infra red plant for drying (GEC), 367
Storage heating. See Heating
— Tube, electronic, high resolution, Tenicon (Mullard Ltd.), 236
Stothert and Pitt, agreement with Ellicott Machine Corp., 25; design and erection of plant for Margram Slag Co. Ltd., 342; tubular jib crane for Tilbury dry dock, 636 Stott, J., on Anti-Stick Resins, 4-5
Stove, batch drying (Chemical Equipment Engineering Ltd.), 145
— Butane, Bleuet (Forges d’Alais), 150
Camping Gaz (Forges d’Alais), 149
Stoving plant, gas fired (Parkinson Cowan), 203
Straightaway convector-drier (Barber Electrical Services Ltd.), 584
Strain-stress temperature-time relationship for refractory materials, by R. D. Chapman, 455
Strateline cradle winch (Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd.), 351
Stratton, Dr. J., awarded Faraday Medal of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 348; Biographical note, 348
Strauss, R. F., on Fundamentals of Rocket Propulsion (review), 200
Straussler, E., on reactor building by Austria, 5 Strength/load relationship, 154
Strength, sustained load, of timber, by H. Tottenham, 627
Stress, alternating. See Fatigue
— analysis, experimental, 435
— Grading and working stresses for laminated timber, 829
— Strain temperature-time relationship for
refractory materials, by R. D. Chapman, 455
—? Thermal, theory of, by A. B. Boley and J. H. Weiner (book), 68
— Working, and stress grading for laminated timber, 829
for structural laminated timber, by W, T. Curry, 829
Strick Line, Gorjistan liner for (John Readhead and Sons), 665
Strike in motor car industry, 593
— Tally clerks, 141
— Unofficial, disapproval by National Union of Vehicle Builders, 447
Strip, precoated. See LETTER, 48
— Research on rolling of (BISRA) (book), 264
— Speeds, measuring without contact, 781
Stripper, wire (Vicsteels Ltd.), 352
Strojexport, automatic turret lathe, 220; copying lathe, 220; variable speed unit, 220; gear bobbing machine, 220; die casting machine, 221; milling machine, 221; multispindle drilling machine, 221; slot cutting machine, 221; jig boring machine, 221
Strontium studies, by K. Williams, 60 Structural analysis, outlook for 1961, 78-81 —? Glued laminated timber, production standards for, 590
— Sandwich constructions, symposium on durability and weathering (book), 364; (review), 806
— Steel in buildings, use of, BS 449, 186
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structure of metals—a modern conception (review), 903
— Sandwich, of Plasticell for a boat (Watercroft), 834
Structures, aircraft, introduction to the theory of, by D. Williams (review), 157
— Hyperstatic, by J. A. L. Matheson and A. J. Francis (book), 112; (review), 806
— Piled, and reinforced concrete piling, by F. E. Wentworth-Shields, W. S. Gray and H. W. Evans (review), 297
— Reinforced concrete. See Concrete, reinforced
— Steel, design of, by B. Bresler and T. Y. Lin (book), 708
Strut. See Beam; Column
Stuart, D. J. K., on longevity of the DAF car belt drive, 4
Stud welding. See Welding
Studemann, H., on Heat Treatment of Steels (book), 904
Students, engineering, aerodynamics for, by E. L. Houghton and A. E. Brook (book), 24
— Russian, visit George Kent Ltd., 865
— Textile, mechanics for, by W. A. Hanton (book), 68; (review), 675
Studsvik Research Centre, Sweden, 563
Sturgeon, J. H., transfer ceremony of Dove 8 aircraft to J. C. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd., 257
Sturtevant Engineering Co. Ltd., paper maturing machine (trade publication), 396; wood refuse collectors (trade publication), 428; cyclone dust collector (trade publication), 496; gas meters, 805
Styles, A. G., models in silver, 852
Suba blending machine (Suba Hydraulics Ltd.), 858
Suba Hydraulics Ltd., Suba blending machine, 858
Submarine, atomic propelled, contracts for second for UK, 224
Propelled, electrical propulsion machines for (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors Ltd.), 488
Propelled, Dreadnought, plastic coated lead bars for ballast (Plastic Coatings Ltd.), 135
Propelled, George Washington, underwater record, 224
Propelled, Sam Houston, launched, 388
— Outlook for 1961, 34
— Pipeline, flexible, British Columbia Vancouver Island (BICC), 45
Substation, packaged (Ferranti Ltd.), 701 Subway, Toronto, extensions to, 734 Sud Aviation, Caravelle aircraft, 429 Sudan Air Force, use of Alvis Leonides engine, 61
— IAEA expert to visit, 387
— Irrigation pumps for Government (Firth Cleveland Pumps Ltd.), 333
Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920) Ltd., on welding equipment and customers requirements, 568
Sugar diffusers, pvc-coated steel, 699 Sugimoto band saw, 554
Sulphide of hydrogen scrubber (trade publication), 428
Sulpho-nitro cementing of steel and cast iron, 85
Sulphur, rapid removal of from steel, 613
— Trioxide, methods of determining concentration of, 782
Sulphuric acid (trade publication), 808
Sulzer Bros. Ltd., marine diesel engines, 42; diesel engines for P and O ships (Barclay Curie), 299; diesel engines for P and O ships (David Rowan), 299; diesel engines for British Railways (Vickers Armstrongs), 595; refrigeration plant for Millbank Development, 809
Summers, John, and Sons Ltd., United Steel Cos. acquire shares of, 105; position and prospects, 149; increased production, 149; improved earnings, 149; annual statement, 149; capital investment, 149; Shelton Iron and Steel Co. subsidiary of, 149; production table of primary products, 149; Stelvetite vinyl coated steel, 272; securities sold back to general public, 325; pvc-coated steel for sugar diffusers, 699;'Stelvetite for Sadia water heaters, 699
Summers, R. F,, biographical note, 53; on John Summers and Sons, 149
Summerscales, W. and S., Ltd., Scales-Spin spin dryer, 272
Summit lifting table (Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd.), 353
Sumo Pumps Ltd., drainage pump, 354 Sun. See Solar
Sundquist, Dr. B. E., new theory on silver iodide cloud seeding, 175
Sundridge Park Management Centre, courses in export studies, 593
Sunvic Controls Ltd., data processing equipment for atomic reactors, 600
Sunvik pulse height analyser, 696
Super-Jet foam monitor (Pyrene Co. Ltd.), 484
Super Major agricultural tractors, Fordson (Ford Motor Co. Ltd.), 906-908
Super Minex extractor fan (Jones and Stevens Ltd.), 240
Super Permo magnetic iron (Samuel Osborn and Co., Ltd.), 619
Super Stainees welding electrode (English Electric Co, Ltd.), 211
Super-stork sanding machine (Marron Machine Ltd.), 827
Superamerica motor car, Ferrari, 592 Superchargers for motor cars (Shorrock Superchargers Ltd.), 65
Superconducting magnetic alloy (Atomics International), 909
Superconductivity, electromagnetism by (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 336
Supercriticality in atomic reactors, 355 Supergrid “ ring ” around London, 52
— Switching equipment for CEGB (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 429
— Thames Estuary crossing of, 52
— Thames crossing of, contractors engaged in, 52
— Towers for Thames crossing (Blaw Knox Ltd.), 52
for Thames crossing (British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co. Ltd.), 52
Superheat programme of USAEC, by C.A. Pursel, 60
Superheating atomic reactor. See Atomic reactor
Supermatic washing machine, AEI-Hotpoint (AEI-Hotpoint Ltd.), 326-328
Suproform rubber press technique, development of (Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd.), 367 Surface measurement, 258-260
— Microtopography, by S. Tolansky (review), 576
— Testing machine, ball, Talysurf (Taylor Taylor and Hobson Ltd,), 58
Surform cutting tools (Firth Cleveland), 100
Surgeons, Royal College of. See Royai
Surrey, Esso seek oil prospecting licence for, 25
Surtax, relief on, 549
Survey (W. and T. Avery Ltd.), 394
— Aerial, of Skelmersdale new town (Fairey Air Surveys Ltd.), 673
Suspension, aerostable, of Renault Dauphine car uses neoprene, 581
Susquehanna-Western Inc., USAEC contract with for uranium concentrate, 223
Sussex, Esso seek oil prospecting licence for, 25 —? University, grants for new buildings, 447
Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd., Summit lifting table, 353; bale splitter, 383
Sutcliffe, Richard, Ltd., conveyor framework, 319; tub puller (trade publication), 496
Sutherland, R. A., on safety and economy factors for dams, 895
Sutherland, Dr, W. D., on application of alternators for transport vehicles, 492
Suwon Institute of Agriculture, IAEA to assist, 387
Svensson, N. L., on factor of safety based on probability, 154-155. See LETTER, 313
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., order for frigate for R.N. and two cargo ships for Clan Line, 1; computer controlled plate cutting equipment installed (BOC Ltd.), 39; frigate for Royal Navy, 69; joint set up with Vickers-Armstrongs, 556
Sweden, agricultural machinery imported into, 181
— Atomic Energy Co., 563
— Atomic energy programme, 563
— Atomic reactors in, 564
— European Agricultural and Industrial Fair, 181
— Experimental speed limit, 97
— Exports of, 777
— Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Export of machinery to Russia, 265 —- Imports from EFTA countries. Til
— Import of Russian oil, 265
— Imports from UK, 617
— Natural resources in, 563
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Studsvik Research Centre, 563
— Trade expansion of, 777
—? Trade negotiations with Russia, 265
—? Uranium deposits in, 563
— Uranium plants, 563
— Uranium works at Ranstad, 223
Swedish Air Force, electronic equipment for (Marconi), 397
— Export Directory, 1960 (General Export
Association of Sweden) (review), 331
— Power Board, approval sought for atomic power station at Marviken, 16
— Road Board, National, research on car safety belts, 718
Swimming pool, air conditioning and floor heating for, 511
for Glasgow University, 159
Open air, design and construction of (Cement and Concrete Association booklet), 511
Swinson, C. W., on careers in rubber, 180
Swiss Federation of Watch Manufacturers, committee for quality control, 668
Switch, alarm (AEI Ltd.), 190
— Electric, 88
— Hermic (Dowty Electrics Ltd.), 86
— Pressure, Deltadyne (Pall Corp.), 486
— Pressure (Londex Ltd.), 280, 444
— Pulse (Honeywell Controls Ltd.), 279
— Repeater (Johnson and Phillips Ltd.), 144
— Time, 784
Automatic (Venner), 784 Autopoint (Venner), 88
Switchboards (Morecambe Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd.), 701
Switchgear, air break (George Ellison Ltd.), 354
— Circuit breaker, earth leakage (Chilton Electric Products Ltd.), 351
Breaker, load centres (trade publication), 748
Breaker, miniature (Crabtree), 88
Breaker, Minirupteur (Societe SERMEC), 275
Breaker, oil (AEI Ltd,), 87, 418
— Class LMT, Reyrolle (A. Reyrolle and Co. Ltd.), 290-292
— Contactor, by H. Franken (review), 296
— for Ffestiniog pumped storage scheme (GEC), 651
— Outlook for 1961, 114-117
Switching equipment, supergrid, for CEGB (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 429
Switzerland, Export Council of Europe mission to, 549
— Pathfinder Mission to, 681
— Sales of UK cars in, 465
— Watch industry, quality control in, 668
Swivel-Piler for conveyors (Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd.), 717
Swiveloader (Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd.), 717
Sydney, Australia, supertanker berth for, 735
— Trade Fair, bookings almost complete, 541
— Trade Fair, countries taking part, 541
Sykes, A., appointed managing director of Morris and Butters, 299
Sykes, Henry, Ltd., winch, 188
Sykes, J. H. M., on European electric power situation, 791
Sykes Ltd., vertical pump, 660
Sykes, W. E. Ltd., hobber (trade publication), 24
Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd., Ballantine voltmeter, 279; component tester, 692
Synchros, basic, and servomechanisms (Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and Neville Inc.) (review), 262
Synchrotron, proton, Nimrod, 632
Synthaprufe waterproofing, 512
Syphon, Dohm-Vorax (Dohm Ltd.), 825
Syrian, trans-, pipeline, gas turbine pumping sets for (Hawker Siddeley Brush), 271
Systems preliminary design, by J. J. Jerger (review), 674
— Self-organising, by M. C. Yovitts and S. Cameron (review), 538-539

TABLE, lifting. Summit (Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd.), 353
— Occasional, combined with vacuum cleaner,
Tablevac (Bylock Electric), 504
— Positioning, EMI-Grimston (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 837
— Power for, 472
— Revolving, for workpiece, with built-in jacks (H. W. Kearns and Co. Ltd.), 131
Tablevac combined vacuum cleaner and occasional table (Bylock Electric), 504
Ta^s River bridge, contractors for, 482
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co., refit of ship Kuala Lumpur, 699
TAL Numatics Ltd., precision seal air valves, 773
Talbot Stead Tube Co. Ltd., exhibit at Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 519
Tally clerks, strike of, 141
Talyrond instrument (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 737
Talysurf ball surface testing machine (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 58
Talysurf Instrument (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 258-260, 737
Tandium metal, moulds in, 866
Tangyes Ltd., Hydroffo high pressure pump, 561; Hydrapak hydraulic pump, 603; hydraulic hand press, 603
Tank, acid storage, 474
— Chieftain, infra red direct control system for, 45
— Diesolium, for Macquarie Island oil depot, 25
— M60, infra red xenon searchlight for, 45; 105 inm British gun for, 45
— “ Pillow,” user comments on, 310
— Process, in Tufplas, for ICI Ltd. (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474
— Ship-testing, towing carriage for, 433
Tanker, atomic propelled, Fiat and Ansaldo study plans for, 288
— Java, Burmeister and Wain engine for, 325
— Refrigerated, for Bridgestone Liquefied Petroleum Gas Co. (Mitsubishi), 439
— Road, petrol, transformer/relay unit for grounding (GEC), 403
— Serenia, 769
— Teledep ullage indicator for (Dobbie Mclnnes Ltd.), 270
Tanks and Linings Ltd., pvc/polyester ducting, 507
Tantalum, greater use of, 469 Tapakuma Scheme in British Guiana, 735
Tape, glass fibre (trade publication), 264
— Heating, Hotfoil (MEI Co. Ltd.), 339
— Paper, self-adhesive (Gordon and (jotch), 666
— Prevention of scratching of sheet metal work by, 666
— Protection, applicator for (Gordon and Gotch), 739
— ptfe (trade publication), 264
— Recorder, television (Ampex), 650
— Recording. See Recording
— Strapping, flexible (P. P. Payne and Sons
Ltd.), 445
— Waterproof cloth, self adhesive (Paynes
Jiffytape Ltd.), 771
Tarbela Dam, 730
Targett, J. D., on breakdown on the motorway, 276
Tarmac Civil Engineering Co, Ltd., reservoir for River Dove Water Board, 350
Tarmac Ltd., roads, dams and bridges (trade publication), 576
Tarslag Ltd., Cromwell Lock extension on River Trent, 558
Tasker Bros., historical notes, 248; Tasker Museum, 248; Tasker steam engines, 248; Queen Mary trailers, 248; showroom for trailers, 248
— Museum for Tasker steam engines, 248 Taskers of Andover (1932) Ltd., trailers with
protected wheels for ACD Bridge Co., 651
Taupo Lake geothermal power station project. New Zealand, 98
Taurus diesel-hydraulic locomotive (Yorkshire Engine Co. Ltd.), 652
Taurus floors, double boarded wood (Horsley Smith and Co. and J. A. Hewetson and Co.), 243
Tax burden, redistribution of, 341
— and incomes. Plain Words on, 312
— Payroll, 549, 617, 657; effect on industry,
437
— on road users, proposal to cut down, 341
— See also Surtax
Taylor, A. J., on Resonance Escape Possibilities and Self-Shielding Factors in Hydrogen Moderated Lattices, 224
Taylor Bros., position and prospects, 737 subsidiaries of, 737
Taylor, C. F. (Plastics), vinyl castings, 867
Taylor, C. P., on Reinforced Concrete Chimneys (review), 67
Taylor, F., and Sons (Manchester) Ltd., Salem earth boring machine, 796
Taylor, F. W., reorganization of Bethlehem Steelworks, 8
Taylor, G. R., on Eye on Research (review), 330 Taylor-Hobson Talysurf, model 3
Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 258-260
Taylor, J. W. R., on Jane’s All the Aircraft (book), 396
Taylor, John, and Co., re-hanging St. Paul’s Cathedral, 281
Taylor, P. C., on designer and writer, 476. See LETTER, 508
Taylor, P. L., on Servomechanisms (review), 262; on place of formal study in post graduate training of electrical engineer, 317
Taylor, Dr. R. G., review of Aero-Thermodynamics and Flow in Turbo-Machines, 110-111; biographical note, 112
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd., Talysurf ball surface testing machine, 58; lens mounts of Noral 28S alloy, 179; Taylor-Hobson Talysurf, model 3, 258-260; historical note, 258; optical square, 417; Varotal television zoom lens, 737; Talyrond and Talysurf instruments, 737
Taylor Woodrow (Arcon), Arcon Monitor Roof, 897
Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd., new factory for Ferodo Ltd., 289; new offices at Farnborough for Solartron Electronic Group,897
Taylor Woodrow Ltd., training courses for foremen, 177; bid for contract on Volta River project, 333
Taylor Woodrow (Sierra Leone) Ltd., Guma Valley Dam, 731
T. C. Spray Finishing Systems (Bede) Ltd., spray booths (trade publication), 396
Tea Break, Plain Words on, 212
Teachers, mathematics, shortage of, 888
— Science, relativity for, and engineers, by L. H. A, Carr (review), 263
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Teaching design at university, 376. See LETTERS, 476, 508, 789
— See also Course; Education; Training Teakettle atomic reactor accident, 355 Tecalemit Ltd., sales, 17; licence to John Bull
Rubber Co. to make plastic brake hoses, 17; anti-cavitation plate for grease pump, 271; new factory at Poole, 641
Techmash Trading Corp., order for dust collecting plant for Russia placed with Tilghman’s Ltd., 457
Techmashimport, 758; contract with Wycon Services for chemical plant in Russia, 497
Technical Ceramics Ltd., accelerometer, 826 Technical college libraries. See Library See also College
— Communication, gap in, 753
Technical Designs Ltd., Movotron animated display devices, 851; simulating movement on a flat picture, 851
Technical education. See Education Technical Education Abstracts from British Sources, 838
Technical information. See Information
— Progress, Plain Words on, 821
— Scientific and medical library, Lewis’s,
1957-1959, supplement to the catalogue of (book), 24
— Training week, Commonwealth. See
Commonwealth
Technician, electrical, training in India, 109
— and the engineer, by D. J. Mann, 442
— Rising demand for, 53
Technicon-Israel Institute of Technology, IAEA assistance to, 387
Technoimpex Foreign Trading Co., vertical milling machine, 416; turret lathe, 485
Technology, engineering and safety, by R. Hurst, R. N. Lyon and C. M. Nicholls (review), 111
— and science, McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of
(review), 607-608
— and science, national lending library of. 688
— Short history of, by T. K. Derry and T. I.
Williams (review), 395
Techivoproimport. order placed with Bentley Engineering Co. for knitting machinery, 429; order placed with Brameast Textile Machinery, 429
Tees Conservancy Commissioners, hydraulic model for Tees Estuary, 877
— Estuary, hydraulic model of, 877
Tees Valley and Cleveland Water Board, dam for Balderhead reservoir (Richard Costain (Civil Engineering) Ltd.), 333
Teheran University, atomic reactor for (American Machine and Foundry), 16
Telcon, loan to British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., 777
Telcon-Magnetic Cores Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Telcon Metals Co., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 705
Tele-Remscope television monitor (Cawkcll Research and Electronics Ltd.), 318
Telecommunications and electronics, design and development in, 30
— and electronics industry, external factors
affecting, 31
— and electronics industry, market trends,
— and electronics, outlook for 1961, 30
— Future exhibitions and trade fairs on,
— Industry, expansion and investment in,
Forecast for 1961, 33 Long term research in, 33 Management and labour in, 32 Plant and materials supply in, 32 Production in, 32
Teledep ullage indicators (Dobbie Mclnnes Ltd.), 270
Telefunken GmbH, emergency radio, 252 Telegraph Condenser Co., position and prospects, 601; annual report, 601; profits, 601; agreement with Sprague Electric Co., 601 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., cable laying equipment for Russian cablelaying ships, 233
— Ship’s (A. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 425 Telegraphy, wireless. See also Valves; Radar;
Radio; Television
Telehoist Ltd., steel truck bodies, 83; hydraulic tipping gears, 83; new factory at Winsford, 83; acquisition of manufacturing rights from Pegasus Laboratories Inc., 429; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 541; Telehoist tipping gear, 541; Teleloader sack lifter, 541; Telepak hydraulic power pack ,541
Teleloader sack lifter (Telehoist Ltd.), 541 Telemetry, radio, engine measurements by (BICERA), 84
Telepak hydraulic power pack (Telehoist Ltd.), 541
Telephone branch exchange (trade publication), 112
— Exchange, Museum, tower building for,
219, 236
— Radio, Kestrel (Marconi), 825
?— Services and microwave radio links, 236 Teleprinters (trade publication), 640 Telescopes, radio, outlook for 1961, 30 Ultraionospheric flight of by Blue Scout rocket, 237
Television camera, closed circuit, Nev Eye (Nottingham Electronic Valve Co. Ltd.), 650
EMI mini-camera (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 650
— Closed circuit, as aid to motor car pro
duction, 334
Circuit, growth and uses of, 650
Circuits, for schools (High Definition Television Ltd.), 650
Circuit, for schools (Pye Ltd.), 447 Circuit, for sewer inspection, 789 Circuit, for traffic control (Siemens and Halske, AG), 493
— Colour, banana tube system for, 814-815 New technique for, 814-815
Services operating in USA and Japan, 505
— Electron optics in, by I. 1. Tsukkerman
(book), 776
— Linear waveform distortion, 678
— and microwave radio links, 236
Television monitor, Tele-Remscope (Cawkell Research and Electronics Ltd.), 318
— Non-linearity distortion, 679
— Physics of, by D. G. Fink and D. M.
Lutyens (book), 808
— Picture quality, how the BBC get, 678-679
— Random noise in, 679
— Set production in Japan, 505
— Tape recorder (Ampex), 650
— Tube supports of Marinite material, 770
— Unit, mobile (Rank Precision Industries
Ltd.), 650
— Zoom lens, Varotal (Taylor, Taylor &
Hobson), 737
Telex switching exchange at Fleet Building, 510 Telluride, lead, cells, 648
Tellurium, production of at Harwell (UKAEA), 243
Tellurium-132, 243
Tema, Ghana, diesel power station for, 734 Temperature controller, Bikini (Fielden Electronic Ltd.), 652
— — RES (Ad. Auriema Inc.), 318
— Effect of Self-Quenching Geiger-Muller Counters, by A. Peeva and T. Karatoteva, 192
— Engine, hardness testing for, 433
— High, materials, research at NPL, 709 Temperature Ltd., order for air conditioning equipment from Thermal and Plastics Industries (Pty), 159; air conditioning for Imperial College extensions, 673
Temperature measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermocouple: Thermometer
— Melt, control for crystals, 772
— Time, stress-strain, relationship for refractory materials, by R. D. Chapman, 455
Templates, draughtsman’s. Speedraft (Keuffel and Esser Co.), 87
Tenders, fire crash, Alvis (Alvis Co.), 61
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81
Tenicon high resolution storage electronic tube (Mullard Ltd.), 236
Tennant, C., Sons and Co., loan and credit arrangements for United Arab Republic, 649
Tennant, P., on delivery dates, 201 Tepper, G., aluminium furniture design, 131 Terrier aircraft on show at Coventry, 641
— Electrode holder (Interlas Ltd.), 57 Territories, colonial, UK engineers in,
J. G. Orr, 715
Terry, Herbert, and Sons Ltd., rowing machine, 912; sculling machine, 912
Tersons Ltd., Fleet Building, 510 Terylene/cotton conveyor belts (ICI Ltd.), 739
— in industry (trade publication), 840
— Polyester fibre sewing thread (John Smith
and Co.). 587
— Ventilation ducting, pvc coated (Robert
Watson and Co.), 475
Test rig for aircraft propellers, 503
— See under specific types of test and materials
and items tested
Testa Rossa Ferrari motor car, 65
Testing, advanced, advanced design calls for, 717
— of electrical machines, by L. H. A. Carr
(review), 575-576
— Equipment and customers' requirements,
569
ENGINEERING survey report on, 525
— Machine, ball surface, Talysurf (Taylor,
Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 58
Gear (David Brown Industries Ltd.), 56 Universal, Avery (W. and T. Avery Ltd.), 542-544
Universal (Mohr and Federhaff AG), 530 See also under specific types of testing machine
— Non-destructive (trade publication), 264
— See also Test
Tewson, G. E., review of Concentration in British Industry, 23; biographical note, 24; review of Swedish Export Directory, 1960, 331; biographical note. 332; review of Public Relations and Management, 394; biographical note, 396; review of Engineering Management, 426; biographical note, 428; review of Economics of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom, 463-464; biographical note, 464; review of S Man, 496; biographical note, 496; review of Engineering: The Profession and Elementary Problem Analysis, 607; biographical note, 608; review of Great Organisers, 640; biographical note, 640; review of CABMA Register of British Industrial Products for Canada, 748; biographical note, 748; review of Science and Government, 839; biographical note, 840
Texas College of Agriculture and Mechanics, USAEC assistance to, 456
Texas Instrument Co., model of roof of new factory, 863
Texas Science Research Institute, Van de Graff accelerator for, 488
Texas University, meteorological experiments, 749
Textile, asbestos (trade publication), 808
— Students, mechanics for, by W. A. Hanton
(book), 68; (review), 675
Thailand, IAEA to assist with atomic equipment and experts, 387
— Journal of the National Research Council
of, 706
Thames Estuary crossing by Supergrid, 52 Theiler, C. R., on Men and Molecules (review), 330
Thelwall Bridge (Redpath, Brown and Co.), 149 Thermal electricity, improved efficiency for, 237
— Engineering, by H. L. Solberg, O. C.
Cromer and A. R. Spalding (book), 364
— Insulation. See Insulation
Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings) Act, 142
Thermal and Plastics Industries (Pty), order for air conditioning equipment placed with Temperature Ltd., 159
— Stresses, theory of, by A. B. Boley and J. H.
Weiner (book), 68
— Treatment, metals. See Heat treatment
— Waves, propagation through graphite with
uniform cooling, by A. J. E. Foreman and A. R. Curtis, 224
Thermalite Ytong Co., aerated concrete building units, 321
Thermionic converter experiments (GEC (US)), 237
Thermochemistry for Steelmaking, by J. F. Elliott and M. Gleiser (review), 231-232
Thermocouples, noble metal, by H. E. Bennett (book), 551
Thermodare (Great Britain) Ltd., block storage heater, 880
Thermodynamics, aero-, and flow in turbomachines, by M. H. Vavra (review), 110
— Data for rocket engines, 269
— Theory and practice (reviews), 263 Thermoelectric devices, dynamic behaviour of by P. E. Gray (review), 111-112
— Generator experiments (GEC (US)), 237
— Materials, ceramic type (Westinghouse), 813 and devices, by I. B. Cadoff and E. Miller (book), 428
Thermoelectricity, higher temperature for, 813 Thermometer, bi-metal, Zero Re-Set (British Rototherm Co. Ltd.), 891
Thermonuclear devices, size of, 323
— Reaction, approaching a true, 324
— Research, 323
— Theory, model to test, 877
— Work, basic reactions of, 323
Devices inevitably large in, 323
Dynamic self-pinched plasmas in, 323
Electromagnetic heating in, 323
Energy distribution in, 323
Forms of containment in, 323
Heating mechanisms in, 323
High initiating temperatures in, 323
Instability and energy loss in, 323
—• — Ionic injection in, 324
— — Magnetic compression devices in, 324 Semi-static self-pinched plasmas in, 324 Sources of energy loss in, 324
Tasks for the future, 324
Two methods of heating, 323
Thermoplastic sheet, rod and tube, manipulation of, by J. M. I. Estevez and D. C. Powell (book), 24
— Glass fibres to strengthen, 406
Thermostat (Ardleigh Engineering Ltd.), 527 Thermostatic controller, Leonard (Walker, Crosweller and Co. Ltd.), 14
Thermotank Ltd., air conditioning plant for liner Canberra, '155
Thevenin, J., on ageing of facing membranes of dams, 895
Thickness measurer, Xactray (Daystrom Ltd.), 222
Thies universal psychrometer (British Sarozal Ltd.), 351
Thiokol Chemical Corp., solid propellent rockets, 662
Thom, A,, on Field Computations in Engineering and Physics (book), 496
Thomas, A., appointed president of Union d’Assureurs des Credits Internationaux, 873
Thomas, C. J., on British Industry (review), '115-116
Thomas, E. R., on oil-burning control equipment 762
Thomas Industrial Automation Ltd., Level- rator level indicator, 12; bin controller, I90; Add-On alarm unit, 766
Thomas, P., on skilled men and engineering vacancies, 209; on accident situation in the building industry, 381
Thomas, Sir Percy, Severn Road Bridge, 379
Thompson, D. G., on plant management applications, 180
Thompson, G. V. E., on Soviet space flight facts reconciled, 557; on how to make a man feel at home in space, 623; on America’s ballistic manned space flight 662; on satellite communication is on the way, 892-893
Thompson, John, Ltd., losses in 1960, 585
Thomson, Dr. J., on new devices, 804
Thomson, Prof. J., historical note, 7
Thomson, J. J. on scientific literature, 688
Thorium atomic reactor (Consolidated Edison Co.), 419
Reactor, fuel element loading summary of, 896
Reactor, power distribution in 896
— cycle in spectral shift controlled reactors,
by H. C. Edlund, 896
— Influences on the design of Consolidated
Edison Thorium Reactor, by H. S. Barringer and J. C. Deddens, 896
— as nuclear fuel, by U. M. Staebler, 896
— Plants at Alwaye and Trombay, India, 725
— Research and development with, 896
— Uranium cycles, 896
235 and uranium 238-uranium 235 fuel cycles for reactors, comparison between, by R. T. S. Shanstrom, 896
Thorium-232, 896
Thorn Electrical Industries, Mite-t-Lite microminiature tungsten filament lamp, 237; rotary stepping relay, 293
Thorneybank Industrial Estate, development of, 497
Thorneycroft, P., on cost of Blue Streak missile, 381
Thornton Laboratories, measuring operating temperatures of engine parts, 433
— Trace reader (Shell), 596
Thornycroft, John L, Ltd., motor cruiser boat, 132
Thourel, L., on The Antenna (book), 364 Thread forming machine, Trurnit (Crossley Bros. Ltd.), 629
— Screw, hammering machine, Crossley-
Trurnit (Crossley Bros. Ltd.), 398
— Sewing, Terylene polyester fibre (John
Smith and Co.), 587
— Whirling machine, Jaggi (Vaughan Asso
ciates Ltd.), 145
— See also Screw
3-D model layouts, use and abuse of, 868-869 Thurlow, G. G., review of Radiation Pyrometry and its Underlying Principles of Radiant Heat Transfer, 427; biographical note, 428; review of Boiler House Practice, 538; biographical note, 540
Thwaites, Prof. B., on mathematical education, 785
Thyroid disorders and treatment with tellurium and iodine, 243
Thyssen Shaft Sinking Co. Ltd., reservoir for River Dove Water Board, 350; high speed shaft sinking at Kellingley Colliery, 397
TI (Export) Ltd., orders from Leipzig Fair, 673 Tickford Ltd., Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., to take over operations of, 61
Tigris and Euphrates rivers, regime of, by lonides (book), 624
Tilbury Docks, tubular jib design crane for, 636 Tilghman’s Ltd., dust collecting plant for Russia, 457; European contracts, 457
Tiltman, H., formation of Tiltman-Langley Ltd., 348
Tiltman-Langley Ltd., formation of, 348 Timber, behaviour of, 627
— Engineering, conference on, 552
— Examination by radioisotopes, 749
— Impregnated, Timbor, 867
— Improving quality of, 749
— Laminated, structural, working stresses for, by W. T. Curry, 829
Working stresses and stress grading for, 829
— Structural glued laminated, production standards for, 590
— Sustained load strength of, by H. Tottenham, 627
— See also Wood
Timbor impregnated timber, 867
Time, elapsed, indicator, Cronsistor (Transipak Electronic Engineers), 767
— Elapsed, indicator, Electro-Clock (Aero- maritime Ltd.), 826
•— Switch, Autopoint (Venner), 88
— Temperature, stress-strain, relationship for refractory materials, by R. D. Chapman, 455
Timer, batch control, Rodene (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.), 318
— Process, Rodene (D. Robinson and Co.
Ltd.), 190
— PT5 (Venner Ltd.), 857
— Recycling, Dual-Trol (Industrial Timer
Corp.), 859
— Star (Electrical Remote Control Co. Ltd.),
279
— (Venner Ltd.), 485
Timoshenko, S. P., on Engineering Education in Russia (review), 330
Tin-aluminium bearings for big ends (Glacier), 446
Bearings, 20 per cent reticular, development and performance of, by P. G. Forrester, M. J. Neale and A. D. Newman, 445
— in-concentrates, table of world production,
480
— Council, Statistical Bulletin, 473
— World consumption of, 473. See LETTER,
588
Tinklepaugh, J. R., on Cermets (book), 808 Tipdex Ltd., filing cabinet (trade publication), 112
Tipp-Ex Vertrieb, Tipp-Ex Type-Out and Cop-Ex Copy Out papers, 873
Tipping gear, hydraulic (Telehoist Ltd.), 83 Telehoist (Telehoist Ltd.), 541
Tiranti, Alec, Ltd., cold casting system, 867 Tissuglas glass fibre tissue paper (AMF Ltd.), 275
Titanium (trade publication), 298, 808
— as absorption medium for tritium, 696
— Cold extrusion of, 545
— Tritiated, 696
TnT stainless steel car engine (Tyce Engineering Corp.), 139
Tokai-Mura atomic reactor, US aid for Japan for, 16
Tokaido railway line in Japan, 649
Token Construction Ltd., Hilton Hotel, 627
Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., typhoon spotter radar unit, 577
Tolansky, S., on Surface Microtopography (review), 576
Toledo Woodhead Springs Ltd., leaf springs for American Ford Motor Co., 133
Toll, D. R., appointed special assistant Director General of IAEA, 148
Toll roads, 473
Tomato, take one when touring abroad, R. S. Campbell, 799
Toms, A. H., on can design be taught universities, 789
Tone (Rotaprint Ltd.), 22
Tools, cast-to-form (trade publication), 904
— Cross chord, 570
— Cutting, ceramic (Carborundum Co. Ltd.),
763
Choice of materials, by J. Cherry, 514-515 Design and utilization, by J. Cherry, 570-571
Inserted tip, 570
Surform (Firth Cleveland), 100
— Electric, Handy Utility (Black and Decker),
106
Safetymaster (Wolf Electric Tools Ltd.), 106-108
— Fixing, Hilti (Ucan Developments Ltd.), 254
— Kit, mathematical, for engineers, by
H. A. Webb and D. G. Ashwell (review) 232
— Power, outlook for 1961, 168-171
— Press (Vernon Tools Ltd.), 763
— Single point, design of, 570
Tool Treatments (Chemicals) Ltd., metal baskets (trade publication), 496
— Utilization, economics of, 571
Tornomat shaping machine (Hahn and Kolb), 596
Toronto subway, extensions to, 734
Torque converter (North British Locomotive Co. Ltd.), 763
(Self-Changing Gears Ltd,), 661
— Meter. See Dynamometer
— Transfer Link Coupling, Duolastik (Meta-
lastik Ltd.), 536
Tory II A-1 atomic reactor, first power test scheduled, 800
TOS, range of milling machines. 234 Total Oil Products (GB), commencement of trading in UK, 1
Tottenham, H., on sustained load strength of timber, 627
ENGINEERING, VOL. 191 (1961)
Tough Plastics Ltd., pvc chemical containers in Tufplas, 474; scrubbing tower, 474; pipes for drainage and effluent, 474 Touring abroad, take a tomato when, R. S. Campbell, 799
Tower, B., historical note, 7 Tower, cooling (trade publication), 396 Dry, for Rugeley power station (English
Electric Co. Ltd.), 884 Heller System for, 884
— Scrubbing (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474
— Supergrid, for Thames crossing (Blaw
Knox Ltd.), 52
for Thames crossing (British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co. Ltd.), 52
— Transmission, neater appearance of, 307 for Project EHV, 11
Towers, H., on John Readhead and Sons, 665 Towing carriage for shipyard laboratory tank, 433
Town, new, for NW England, 405 “ Town Number One ” litter bin. Design
Centre award for (G. A. Harvey and Co. (London) Ltd.), 712
Toxion anti-fouling system for liner Canberra, 755
Toyo Koatsu Co., licence to Power-Gas Corp. Ltd. to use Toyo Koatsu process, 873
Trabon lubrication equipment (Exactor Ltd.),
762 Trace reader, Thornton (Shell), 596 Tracer pipes, aluminium, 550 Tracing equipment, induction (Addison Elec
tric Co. Ltd.), 660
Track, collector. Trolleymaster (E.M.S. Electrical Products Ltd.), 383
— Railway. See Railway
Tracking station for satellites, Winkfield, 174 Trackwork engineering, by D. P. Carr and
T. Samson, 765
— for private and public railways, 765 Traction engine, English, development of, by
R. H. Clark (review), 363 Tractor, agricultural, Fordson Super Major
(Ford Motor Co. Ltd.), 906-908
— Crawler, Euclid (Euclid (Great Britain)
Ltd.), 796
— Outlook for 1961, 164-167
— Parts, worn, reclamation of (Levertons of
Spalding), 235
— Shovel, Mastiff (Matbro Ltd.), 797 (Michigan (Great Britain) Ltd.), 598 Trojan (Yale and Towne), 692 Trade balance, adverse, with Canada, 159 of, statistics on, 849
— Board of. See Board
— with Canada, 159
— with China, 233
— with Eastern-Bloc, 233; table of values, 233
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Fair. See Exhibitions
— Negotiation, Russo-Swedish, 265
— Overseas, carried in foreign ships, 405
— with Russia, 233, 299, 713
— with Spain, 299
Trade Union annual conferences, 348
— ?— Changes in membership, 141
Congress, request for meeting with
Prime Minister on fuel and power, 9; representation on Export Council for Europe, 549
and the Government, by V. L. Allen (review), 363
Law, by N. A. Citrine (review), 363 Membership statistics, 141
— — See also under names of specific unions
— World, centre. New York Port plans for, 405 Traffic, air. See Air
— Control by closed circuit television (Siemens
and Halske, AG), 493
— Counting automatically, 493
— Density and petrol consumption, 215
— Dynamics of halting a line of, by W. A.
Woods, 655-656
— Engineering, Birmingham University degree
in, 689
— Jams in Liverpool, 177
— Quickening, on the River Trent, 558
— Rides “piggy-back” on roller roads, 481,
497
— Studies, instrumentation for, by J. A.
Hillier, 493
— and urban survival, symposium on, 93, 473 Trailer with protected wheels (Taskers), 651
— Queen Mary, 248
— Semi-, dumping (John Villiers and Co. Ltd.),
486
Train. See Railway
Train, G. F., historical note, 7
Trainees, exchange between UK and Commonwealth, 761
Training and education of professional mechanical engineers (Institution of Mechanical Engineers booklet), 317
— Engineering, examined, 317
— of foremen. See LETTER, 212
— Model layouts for (T. H. and J. Daniels Ltd.), 868
?— Post graduate, of electrical engineer, place of formal study in (Institution of Electrical Engineers), 317
— Technical, week. Commonwealth. See Commonwealth
— See also Education; Course; Teaching Trans-Canada Highway (Laing), 865 Trans-Volta Co., bid for contract on Volta
River project, 333
Transall Cl60 aircraft, Britain, France and West Germany cooperate on, 113
Aircraft, Rolls-Royce engines for, 113 Transatom Bulletin, 192, 768
Transatom information office, formation of by UKAEA, USAEC and Euratom, 192; Transatom Bulletin, 192,768
Transformer coolers from integral sheet, 803 — Distribution, encapsulated (International General Electric Co.), 425
— and generators for power stations, by R. Langlois-Berthelot (review), 806
— I.F., miniature (Wireless Telephone Co. Ltd.), 153
— Outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Ratio, Wayne Kerr-Gertsch (Wayne Kerr Laboratories Ltd.), 857
Transformer relay unit for petrol tanker grounding (GEC), 403
Transipak Electronic Engineers, Cronsistor elapsed time indicator, 767
Transistor circuit analysis, by M. V. Joyce and K. K. Clarke (book), 608
— Pulse-height discriminator, by L. Stanchi,
224
— Silicon carbide (Westinghouse), 41
— Tester (Advance Components Ltd.), 598 Transistorized invertor (CAV Ltd.), 132
— Power supply, DC (International General
Electric), 41
Transjordan water resources and their development, by lonides (book), 624
Transkem Pumps Ltd., Transkem centrifugal pump, 693
Translation, machine, of languages and applied language analysis, conference on, 854
— from Russian for Scientists, by C. R.
Buxton and H. S. Jackson (book), 24; (review), 706; note on, 902
Transmission, automatic, outlook for 1961, 122-125
— BBC experimental colour, new survey of, by
1. R. Atkins, A. R. Stanley and S. N. Watson (book), 364
— Coded speech, with communications satel
lites, 892
— ENGINEERING survey report on, 523
— of extra high voltage, 85
— Towers, improved appearance of, 307
— See also Drive; Power
Transmitter, flow (AEI Ltd.), 189
— Short wave, for BBC (Marconi Wireless
Telegraph Co. Ltd.), 433
Transport, air. See Air; Aircraft; Aviation
— Daily cycle in, 622
— Design and development in, 122
— Diesels (trade publication), 298
Transport Equipment (Thorneycroft), share capital bought by Associated Commercial Vehicles, 299
— European, of goods by rail, 473
— Factors affecting, 622
— Future exhibitions on, 123
— Gap, Hovercraft can fill, 582-583
— Let it thrive on new ideas, 622
— Manufacture, outlook for 1961, 122-125
— Manufacturing industry, expansion and
investment in, 125
Industry, external factors affecting, 123 Industry, forecast for 1961, 125
Industry, labour and management in, 124 Industry, long term research in, 125 Industry, market trends in, 123
Industry, plant and materials supply in, 124
Industry, production in, 124
— Ministers of, European conference, 473
— Ministry of, tenders issued for M2 Medway
Motorway, 233; information on expenditure on road improvement schemes, 373; consider seamanship tests for small boat users, 381; grant to LCC for High Holborn road widening scheme, 480
— New systems of, 622
—? Rail. See Rail; Railway
— on rivers, 55
— Road. See also Motor; Road
— Sea. See Ship; Shipping
Transporter for mastic asphalt (Braham, Patterson and Benham Ltd.), 319
Trap, steam, MilTherMatic (Midland Industries Ltd.), 153
Travelair power pack compressor (Air Pumps Ltd.), 827
Travers Morgan and Partners, model of Clifton Bridge, 862
Trawler, aluminium in, 275
— Captain Foley, aluminium in, 275
— Maybach diesel engines for (Bristol
Siddeley), 69
Trawsfynydd atomic power station, progress report, 288; valves for burst slug detection system (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 788
Treasury, Bulletin for Industry, 309
Trees, Sitka spruce. Forestry Commission’s survey of, 749
Trelleborgs Gummifabriks AB., V-belts, 445 Trenches, cut-off, made quicker and cheaper, 350
Trendon Ltd., Stauffer pressure screw lubricators in nylon, 47
Trent River, quickening traffic on, 558
Trent Valve Co. Ltd., valves (trade publication), 708
Trew, R. H., best all-round pupil award from John Laing Co., 824
Tritiated targets as high energy source, 696 Trichlorethylene as solvent degreaser, 422 Triga atomic reactor for Bandung Institute of Technology, US to aid, 800
Reactor for Columbia University, 632 Reactor for Cornell University, 800 Reactor, simplified instrumentation for (General Atomics), 519
Trinidad drive-in cinema, steel structure for screen (Sanders and Forsters Ltd.), 187
— General hospital for, 733
Trinity House, solar cells to power marine buoys, 877
Trioxide of sulphur, methods of determining concentration, 782
Triplex Group, decline in activities, 389; fall in profits, 389; position and prospects, 389
Triplex Safety Glass Co. Ltd., new aircraft glass department, 357; expansion programme, 357; gold film glass, 357; developments of alumino-silicate glass with Pilkington Bros., 551
Trist, Ronald, and Co. Ltd., Mobrey blow-down cock, 559
Tritiated targets as high energy source, 696
-— Titanium, 696
Tritium absorbed by titanium, 696
— Manufacture of, 696
Triumph Herald motor car, price cut, 465 Motor car—13 per cent more power, by
G. Wilkins, 581
Triveni Engineering Works, formation of, 809; licence agreement with Peter Brotherhood Co., 809
Trojan tractor shovel (Yale and Towne), 692
Trolleymaster collector track (E.M.S. Electrical Products Ltd.), 383
Trollope and Colls Ltd., Guildford Cathedral, 690-691
Frombay atomic power station, Canada gives reactor headers as gift, 256; opening of, 148
— Thorium plant, India, 725 Tromso Bridge, 320
Trounson, J. H,, on tin in demand, 588 Truck bodies (Telehoist Ltd.), 83
— Dumper, detachable, Moreqear Goose
(Mackay Industrial Equipment Ltd.), 596
— Dumping, concrete, Muir-Hill (E. Boydell
and Co. Ltd.), 189
— Fork (trade publication), 158 Lift (Salev), 554
— Gas-operated, propane gas for (Calor Gas
(Distributing) Co. Ltd.), 375
?— Pallet (Rolatruc Ltd.), 252
— Railway. See Wagon
— Stacking, BT (Rolatruc Ltd.), 444 Vertolifter (Powell and Co. Ltd.), 383 See also Motor vehicle
Truckmixer, Varispeed (Blaw Knox Ltd.), 598 Trurnit Co., screw thread hammering machine, 398
Trurnit thread forming machine (Crossley Bros. Ltd.), 629
Truscon Ltd., swimming pool for Manchester, 511
Truscott, Dr. D. N., appointed managing director of International Systems Control, 881
Trylab transistorized power supply (Rocke International Corp.), 660
Tsukkerman, I. I., on Electron Optics in Television (book), 776
Tub puller (trade publication), 496
Tube, bending machine, Staffa-Herbert (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 825
Tube Construction (Bristol) Ltd., umbrella building for S. and J. Litchen Ltd., 186
— Channel, discussion on, 437
— Copper, test (British Non-Ferrous Metals
Research Association), 803
— Cutting machine, Alyn (British Oxygen
Co. Ltd.), 517
— Electronic, Astracon, development of
(Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 236
— — Storage, high resolution, Tenicon (Mul-
lard Ltd.), 236, 565
— Extended surface (trade publication), 232
— finned, Integron (ICl Ltd.), 242
— ?— Resists fouling conditions, 242
—? Heat exchange, Clayton-Still (Clayton
Dewandre Co. Ltd.), 528
Tube-in-Strip transformer coolers (ICI Ltd.), 803
Tube Investments Ltd., extended surface tube (trade publication), 232
— Joints, Clinch (Access Equipment), 101
— Process, of Zircaloy 2 for atomic reactors, 60
— Railway. See London Transport Executive;
Railway, underground
— Thermoplastic, and sheet and rod. Mani
pulation of, by J. M. J. Estevez and D. C. Powell (book), 24
— See also Pipe; Tubing
Tubefile cutting machine (General Precision
Systems Ltd.), 766
Tubewrights Ltd., tubular steel components for prefabricated buildings, 186; roof trusses for dock shed, 483; tubular crane jib, 636
Tubing, cutting technique for, 337
— Plastic, reinforced (trade publication), 872 Tubular steel components for prefabricated
buildings (Tubewrights Ltd.), 186
Tucker, H. V., review of Testing of Electrical Machines, 575-576; biographical note, 576 Tudor Engineering Co., River Tagus bridge, 482
Tufplas chemical containers, 474
— Products (Tough Plastics Ltd.), 474
Tug, power, Pedi-Power (Griffiths (Lambeth)
Engineers Ltd.), 767 Tumbling process for paint, 3 Tungsten carbide for steel turning (Sandvik
Swedish Steels Ltd.), 507
— Filament lamp, microminiature, Mite-t-
Lite (Thorn Electrical), 237
— Sheet, new data on (Battelle Memorial
Institute), 337
Tuning kits for standard motor cars (Speedwell Ltd.), 65
Tunis motorway project, 809
Tunnel, Blackwall, duplication of, 349-350
— Cast iron linings for, 415
— Channel, controversy, 681
Discussion on, 437
and ECM, 856 Study group, 856
— Concrete linings for, 415
— Driving just under a river, 349-350
— Isle of Wight and mainland, 480
— Mont Blanc, mining techniques in, 143
— Water, for propeller research, 813
— Wind, for Royal Aircraft Establishment,
Bedford (GEC), 469
Tunnelling equipment for Victoria Line, 414
— Time halved by no-bolt linings, 414-415 Turbine blades, long exhaust, research on
(English Electric Co.), 303
— Gas, industrial (Austin), 417 Outlook for 1961, 114-117
704, shows promise (Ford Motor Co.
(US)), 370
Vehicle engine, development of (Austin), 424
See also Aircraft engine
— Generators, larger ones predicted Westinghouse Electric Corp., 303
— Hydraulic, outlook for 1961, 114-117
— Pump-, reversible, Deriaz (English Electric Co.), 226-228
See also Pump, centrifugal
— Steam (trade publication), 298 for atomic power stations, 295 Boiler feed pump in cycle, 295 Design, current trends in, by R. Ecker, 294-295
Exhaust sizes for, 294 Steam conditions for, 294 Supercritical plant, 295
Turbine, steam. See also Turbo-generator
•— See also under Aircraft engine
Turbo-chargers for diesel engines (Hawker Siddeley Brush Turbines Ltd.), 786
— Generators for large power stations, 605 Outlook for 1961, 114-117
?— Heater, Braun, fan heater (Brattel Electric Co. Ltd.), 548
— Machines, flow in, and aero-thermo-
dynamics, by M. H. Vavra (review), 110 Turbofan engine. See Engine
Turboflite motor car, with gas turbine engine (Chrysler Corp.), 663
Turboflo fan heater, Hanovia (Engelhard Hanovia Lamps Ltd.), 548
Turin, International Labour Exhibition, 509 Turkey, IAEA expert to visit, 387
? Grant for, 387
— Natural uranium fuel for, 456
Turner Bros. Asbestos Co. Ltd., aluminized asbestos curtaining material, 243; asbestos cement (trade publication), 264; belting (trade publication), 264; glass cloths (trade publication), 264; glass fibre tapes (trade publication), 264; glass reinforced plastic for boats (trade publication), 298; Duramat and Duraglas reinforcings, 343; asbestos textiles (trade publication), 808
Turner Bros. Ltd., transfer feeding machine, 144
Turner-Heesen provender mill, 423
Turner, L., on Reinforced Concrete Chimneys (review). 67
Turner and Newall, share offer made for British Industrial Plastics Co., share capital, 257 Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd., fire protection for aluminium ships, 407; panels for ship Kuala Lumpur, 699
Turret Grinding Wheel Co., use of plywood barrels, 803
Turton, C. D., on rapid analysis of freshly mixed concrete, 659
Tuwaitha, atomic reactor proposed for, Russian report on, 256
Tyce Engineering Corp., TnT stainless steel car engine, 139
Typhoon spotter radar unit (Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co.), 577
Tyrrell, C. W., on Booker Group, 809
Tysons (Contractors) Ltd., timber dome at Stillington, 512
28S alloy. Noral, lens mounts of (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson), 179
Two Hundred Precious Metal Years, by R. E. Wilson (book), 264
Typewriters, market for, 118. See LETTER, 212
UAM Plastics Ltd., translucent roof lights, 179 Ucan Development Ltd., Hilti fixing tool, 254 Uddeholm Ltd., Udcleholmaren (house publication), 606
UKAEA. See United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Ukai, K., on measurement of moisture content, 894
Ulbricht, Herr W,, discussions with K. Mackay on diesel engines for East Germany, 497
Ullage indicators, Teledep (Dobbie Mclnnes Ltd.), 270
Ultra Radio and Television Ltd., use of DOSP steel flooring, 511; Design Centre award for transistor radio, 712
Ultra-violet, vacuum, source radiation of high intensity, by F. S. Feates et al, 388
Ultrasonic boiler scaling equipment, Crustex Descaling (H. N. Electrical Supplies Ltd.), 397
— Cleaning equipment, 83
Equipment (Branson Instruments Inc.), 335
Ultrasonics, basic, by C. Glickstein (book), 232 Ultrasonoscope Co. (London) Ltd., on testing equipment and customers’ requirements, 569
Unbrako Socket Screw Co. Ltd., fasteners (trade publication), 264; screws and fasteners (trade publication), 776
Undercarriage, aircraft, fatigue in, 502 Testing, 502
Underground railway. See London Transport Executive; Railway, underground
Underpasses, rammed through, 380
Underwood, L. B., on mechanical miners in faulted shale, 894
Unemployment in Canada, 9
— Government’s efforts to reduce, 217
— Statistics, 9, 97, 281, 381, 793
for Scotland, 881
— in US. See LETTER, 136
— See also Employment; Labour; Manpower Uni-Tubes Ltd., insulated chimney, 680 Unicam Instruments Ltd., spectro-photometer,
58
Unicam power supply (Labgear Ltd.), 318 Uniflex fluid filter (Zwicky Ltd.), 188 Union d’Assureurs des Credits Internationaux, Vienna Conference of, 873; L. J. Menzies appointed president (Vienna session), 873; A. Thomas appointed president, 873; H. Brunner appointed vice-president, 873 Union of Post Office Workers, demands for a closed shop, 348
Union, trade. See Trade Union and under name of specific unions
Uniplex filter (Zwicky Ltd.), 559
Unistruts (Sankey-Sheldon Ltd.), 380
Unitrace traced pipework (Imperial Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 550
Unit construction milling machines, 234
Unit heads (trade publication), 24
United Africa Co., formation of United Africa Mechanical and Electrical Ltd., 225; scheme for textile plant in Nigeria, 341
United Africa Mechanical and Electrical Ltd., formation of, 225; functions of, 225; overseas elements in, 225
United Aircraft Corp., S64 Sikorski skycrane helicopter, 320; suspension of atomic propulsion for aircraft programme, 632
United Arab Republic, credit for purchases from UK, 649; Five Year Plan, 649
United Dominions Trust, as UK’s member of Amstel Club, 865
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, bibliography on axial-flow compressors, 104; radiation pyrometer, 191; SETRA rig for testing radiation resistant oils and greases, 191; formation of Transatom information office with USAEC and Euratom, 192; Radioactive Chemicals (catalogue), 192; Radioactive Sources (catalogue), 192; price agreement on uranium oxide, 223; iodine 132, 243; tellurium 132, 243; production of tellurium, 243; high voltage relay, 271; changes in organization, 324; R. V. Moore appointed managing director of Reactor Group, 324; J. B. W. Cunningham appointed managing director of Engineering Group, 324; J. C. C, Stewart appointed managing director of Production Group, 324; Sir William Penney appointed deputy chairman, 324; development and engineering group renamed Reactor Group, 324; formation of Engineering Group, 324; Sir William Cook appointed Member for Reactors, 324; Sir Leonard Owen appointed Member for Production and Engineering, 324; Dr. F. A. Vick appointed Director of Research, 324; Vera atomic reactor critical, 356; overhead monorail for Winfrith Heath establishment, 397; high purity nitrogen plant installed, 398; course at Harwell Reactor School for senior technical executives, 420; criticality achieved tin Nestor atomic reactor at Winfrith Heath, 456; charge-discharge machine for Windscale atomic reactor, 519; information on Vera atomic reactor released, 631; research on boiling water heat transfer, 631; responsibility for particle accelerators given to National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, 632; L. B. Mullett transferred to National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, 632; exhibit at German Chemical Plant Exhibition, 677; contact with Euratom, 768; automatic starting of standby generators, 788; agreement with Russia on peaceful uses of atomic energy, 800; contract with Cawkell Research and Electronics, 801; use of pipe-sealing balloons, 803; model to test Harwell Mirror Machine Experiment, 877; beryllium monitor, 905. See also under specific establishments and projects
Control of monopoly in, by P. H. Guenault and J. M. Jackson (review), 427-428
and ECM, Government decision awaited, 801
Engineers in Colonial territories, by
J. G. Orr, 715
Loan to Ghana, 333
Steering Group on Space Research, plans for UK’s second satellite, 645
US investments in, 209
United Nations, report on creation of International Development Insurance Fund, 473; Economic survey mission to Cyprus, 585;
United Nations Statistical Year Book, 713
United Ships Repair Yards, Centromor to supply floating dock built by Furness Shipbuilding Co., 265
United States, advanced courses at colleges, 317
Aid to Indonesia for Triga atomic reactor for Bandung Institute of Technology, 800
Aid for Israeli atomic reactors, 192 Aid to Japan for Tokai-Mura atomic reactor, 16
— ?— Aid to Jordan, 265
Air Force, research on speaking to people through their skins, 412; nuclear power for ramjet propulsion, 800
Antitrust laws of, by A. D. Neale (review), 427-428
— Army, shut down of atomic reactor at
Camp CZentury, 256
Atomic Energy Commission, revision of radiation limits, 15; Manual on Radioisotopes, 16; Borax V atomic reactor, 59; Pathfinder atomic reactor, 59; Bonus atomic reactor, 59; funds for university teaching reactors, 60; Superheat Programme, by C. A. Pursel, 60; Project Sherwood, 85; advice to Puerto Rico on atomic matters, 148; Dr. G. Seaborg nominated as chairman, 148; explosion of SL-1 atomic reactor in Idaho, 148; agreement with Consumers Power Co. for prototype atomic plant, 192; agreement with GEC (US) for prototype atomic plant, 192; formation of Transatom information office with Euratom and UKAEA, 192; invitations to utility companies to participate in atomic steam supply system for power generation, 192; development of gas centrifuge for uranium separation, 223; base charges for plutonium for industrial/commercial use, 223; gas cooled reactor experiment at National Reactor Testing Station, 223; price agreement on uranium oxide, 223; uranium concentrate contract with Susquehanna- Western Inc., 223; approval of safety aspects of proposed atomic power reactor for Philadelphia Electric Co., 224; FBR project, 224; design of atomic power plant by Atomics International, 256; design, construction and test of Beryllium Oxide Atomic Reactor Experiment assigned to General Atomics, 256; licence for atomic reactor at Washington Stale University, 388; Los Angeles and Pasadena withdraw from improved cycle boiling water project, 388; proposals for research into nuclear rocket engine, 388; investment in atomic projects, 419; loan of enriched uranium to US Universities, 455-456; contract to Battelle for research on coated particle atomic fuel, 455; atomic reactor site criteria, 456; commercial interest in organic cooled and moder-
ated atomic reactor, 456; natural uranium fuel for Turkey, 456; termination of pressurised water atomic reactor project, 456; H. L. Price appointed director of regulation, 632; suspension of atomic propulsion for aircraft programme, 632; survey of operation and maintenance procedures, 632; contract to Babcock and Wilcox to study Special Shift Control Atomic Reactor, 664; increase in budget, 664; to build dual purpose atomic reactor, 664; abandons heavy water project, 800; development of atomic rocket engine, 800 nuclear power for ramjet propulsion, 800; provide fuel for Zero Power atomic reactor at Cornell University, 800; price cuts in uranium, 809; low temperature process steam project, 832; removal of suspension on Wyoming University atomic reactor operation, 832; new formula for calculating atomic insurance protection, 896; low level counting experiments, 909; see also under specific establishments and projects
United States atomic materials view, 781 Atomic power plant, 700 MW(e), 632
— -— Atomic power programme, 419 Atomic power stations, 419 Atomic reactors, 419
Balance of payments, 265
—? — Ballistic manned space flight, by G. V. E. Thompson, 662
Canada’s adverse trade balance with, 159 Colour television service, 505
Contract with Norway and IAEA for enriched uranium 235 fuel, 800
Convictions for price rigging, 657 Development Loan Fund, loan Ghana. 333
— — Electricity consumption, 565 Enriched uranium for France, 388 Euratom agreement, 388 Export-Import Bank, loan to Instituto
Nacional de Industria for enlarging Cadiz power station, 273
Federal Aviation Agency, agreement with Ministry of Aviation on secondary radar, 1; airborne weather radar requirement, 421
Federal Trade Commission, charges against Rootes Motors Inc. dropped, 365
— — Imports from Finland, 333 Imports from Japan, 209 Imports from UK, 341 Investment in UK, 209
United States Lines, new dock shed for, 483 Mercury programme, 662 Mercury space project, 557 Mercury satellite, 623 Motor car imports, 69
United States National Bureau of Standards, Alphabetical Index to Tables of Chemical Kinetics: Homogeneous Reactions, 66; programme of research on aluminium, beryllium, lithium and magnesium compounds, 269
Navy, Machias Bay radio station, 205 Office of Naval Research, RUM remote underwater manipulator, 143
Private investment in Europe, 209
Railways, diesel losses on. See LETTER, 92
United States Steel Corp., study and development of steel for furniture, 130; Mohr blast furnace for, 665; research on corrosion, 687; Quebec Cartier Mining Co. subsidiary of, 729
United States Steel Export Co., River Tagus bridge, 482
Superheat atomic reactor plants, 60 United States Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., formation of International Control, 881
United States, unemployment in. See 136
See also America: American
United Steel Cos. Ltd., annual report, 105; position and prospects, 105; planned output increase, 105; installation of continuous wide strip mills, 105; acquisition of shares in John Summers and Sons, 105; excess income over expenditure, 105; consolidated surplus, 105; Roll Pass Design (review), 198; securities sold back to general public, 325; production commenced on automated cold rolling mills, 490; development of ground as airfield, 577
United Wire Works Ltd., Micro-Hollander stainless steel wire cloth, 439
UNIVEL dynamic electrometer, 15 Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co. Ltd., two-piece soaker flanges, 87
— Machine, Steelworker (Henry
Ltd.), 562
Universal Metallic Packing Co., bearings, 178
University(ies), atomic reactors
N. S. Grassam, 60
Reactors in, applications for grants to build, 104
Reactors in, USAEC funds for, 60 Research in, 832
— British, scientific research in (DSIR)
(review), 330
— College, Ibadan, by J. T. Saunders (book),
428; (review), 747
— College of North Staffordshire, request for
University status, 657
— Grants Committee, aid to Oxford University
for nuclear research centre, 832
— at Lancaster, 657
— Research for industry, 434-435
— Teaching design at, 376. See LETTERS, 476,
508, 789
— US, USAEC free loan of enriched uranium
to, 455-456
— See also under names of specific universities Uphi universal meter, Grossen (Aveley Electric
Ltd.), 351
Upsetting machine for tubes (Lamberton and Co. Ltd.), 507
Uranie 11 sub-critical atomic assembly, 487 Uranium, abundance throughout world, 223
— Alloys as atomic fuel, 368
Uranium carbide as atomic fuel, 369
Bibliography of, 456
— Concentrate, USAEC contract with Susque
hanna-Western Inc., 223
— Deposits in Sweden, 563
— Dioxide as atomic fuel, 368
and graphite, studies of reactions between, by B. Craven, 256
Oxidation by water vapour under reactor irradiation, by B. E. Harder et al, 60
— Enriched, US shipment to France, 388
— Fuel, natural, USAEC send to Turkey, 456
— and hydrogen, densities of, their “
criticality, by E. V. Garner and Johnson (paper), 456
— Metal as atomic fuel, 368
Plant opened at Johannesburg,
— Oxide, cost of, 223
and graphite, reactions between under heat, 256
Price agreement on, 223
South Africa lengthens deliveries, 223
— Plants, developments in Sweden, 563
— Price cuts, 809
— Refining pilot plant at Johannesburg, 609
— Research in Canada, 16
— Resources of Czechoslovakia, 15
— Separation, gas centrifuge development, 223
— Thorium cycles, 896
— Works at Ranstad, Sweden, 223 Uranium-233, 896
Uranium-238, 896
Uranium-238-uranium-235 and thorium- uranium-235 fuel cycles for reactors, comparison between, by R. T. S. Shanstrom, 896
Urban survival and traffic, symposium on, 93 473
Urethane foams (Baxenden Chemical Co. Ltd.), 438
Spraying for insulation, 438
(Wyandotte Chemical Co,), 438
Urquhart, Dr. D. J., National Lending Library of Science and Technology, 688
Urwick Management Centre, use of 3-D models, 869
Urwick, Orr and Partners, use of 3-D models, 869 Urwin, E. G., and Partners, multi-weld assembly lines for Ford Motor Co., 515
US Industries (Great Britain) Ltd., presses for General Motors Holden, 397
US. See United States
USAEC. See United States Atomic Energy Commission
USSR. See Russia
V-2 rocket, 662
V-belts (Bolinders Co. Ltd.), 445
Wedge-belt, SpacesaVer (Fenner), 86 V-formwork, (Acrow (Engineers) Ltd.), 466-468 Vactric (Control Equipment) Ltd., split-field motor, 101
Vacuflex steel reinforced pvc ducting (Recon (Pipelines) Ltd.), 835
Vacuum cleaner. See Cleaner
— Driers (trade publicton), 364
— High, equipment for (trade publication), 676
— Manometer, NEL (NGN Electrical Ltd.),
857
— Pump. See Pump
Vacuum Research (Cambridge) Ltd., microleak detection, 83
— Technology, sixth national symposium on,
by C. R Meissner (book), 364
— Ultra high, gauge for (Westinghouse), 85
— Ultra-violet source radiation of high inten
sity, by F. S. Feates et al, 388
Vales Plant Register Ltd., Lorain lorry mounted crane, 100
Valle de Torbalina atomic power plant. Centrales Nucleares del Norte apply for permission to establish, 456
Vallecitos boiling water atomic reactor, 419 Valleys, wide, concrete dams for, 895
Values, decisions and groups, by D. Willner (review), 870
Valves (trade publication), 708
— Air, automatic (Alan Muntz &. Co. Ltd.),
270
Engine bleed, Hymatic (Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd.), 425
Precision seal (TAL Numatics Ltd.), 773
Silencing with Vyon plastic, 243
— for burst slug detection system Plessey
Nucleonics Ltd.), 788
— Control (trade publication), 776
(Gilbarco Ltd.), 445
Masoneilan (Crosby Valve), 352
— Deceleration (Stein Atkinson Vickers
Hydraulics Ltd.), 239
— Electromagnetic (trade publication), 776
— Fittings (Newman, Hender Group), 571
— Flexiseat, 153
— Flow control (Hymatic Engineering Co.
Ltd.), 857
— Gas control (General Controls Ltd.), 766
— Gas-lift (Cameo Inc.), 609
— Hydraulic, control (Hydraulics and Pneu
matics Ltd.), 530
— Manifold (Pongrass Bros. (Engineering)
Pty. Ltd.), 727
— Mixing, Leonard, 44
— (Newman, Hender Group), 571
— Newman-Velan (Newman, Hender and Co.
Ltd.), 629
— for nuclear applications (trade publication),
776
— Oil burner (trade publication), 904
— Plug, Audco (Audley Engineering Co. Ltd.),
353
— RF power, Ediswan (AEI Ltd.), 253
— Servo, 818
Applications of, 819
(Armstrong Whitworth Equipment Ltd.), 485
Control principles of, 828
Dowty-Moog (Dowty Rotol Ltd.), 818- 819
— Stop, Ermeto (British Ermeto Corp. Ltd.),
528
Valves, Vapour, for BBC transmitters (English
Electric Valve Co. Ltd.), 433
— Winn-Flexiseat (Charles Winn and Co. Ltd.),
153
van Bergeijk, W. A., on Waves and the Ear (book), 776
Van de Graff accelerator for Padua University (High Voltage Corp.), 488
Van de Graff accelerator for Texas Science Research Institute, 488
Van de Graff generators for Oxford University nuclear research centre, 832
Van Horn, R. L., on Automatic Data Processing Systems (book), 264
van Musschenbroek, P., historical note, 7
Van Sciver, H. D., on adhesives to replace spot welding, 687
Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and Neville, Inc., Basic Synchros and Servomechanisms (review), 262
Vancouver Island, flexible submarine pipeline to, from British Columbia (BICC), 45 Vanguard aircraft, Vickers, 1 Variables and computers, 860 Varispeed truckmixer (Blaw Knox Ltd.), 598 Varotal television zoom lens (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 737
Vasa ship, salvage of, 625
Vaughan Associates Ltd., Jaggi thread whirling machine, 145
Vauxhall Motors Ltd., truck production at Merseyside, 83; cost saving awards at, 97; depression and employment position, 97; truck and bus chassis export record, 299; five day week resumed, 299; profit sharing scheme, 413; reduction in accidents, 513; Safety Report, 513; position and prospects, 633; annual review, 633; output, 633; export sales, 633
Vavra, M. H., on Aero-Thermodynamics and Flow in Turbo-machines (review), 110 VC 10 aircraft, Conway jet engines for, 233 Details of (Vickers), 882-883 Order from BOAC, 233 Order from Ghana Airways, 233 VDE-Verlag, Gleichstrombahnen und Gleich- stromfahrzeuge (book), 904
VDI Steam Tables, by E. Schmidt (review), 840 Veale, J. C., preparation of report for ENGINEERING survey on engineering plant, 522; biographical note, 522
Vegetation, use and control in civil engineering, 829
and control on roads and airfields overseas, by K. E. Clare, 829
Velovent air conditioner (Air Control Installations Ltd.), 528
Venales self-locking nails for roofing felt, 483 Vending, automatic, exhibition, 721
— Machines, automatic, 721 Coal from, 721
Venesta Plywood Ltd., Lead Plymax X-ray screens, 343; plywood barrels, 803; plywood cases, 905
Venezuela, information of swimming pool atomic reactor under construction, 147
Venikov, Prof. V. A., on Russia will have a unified power system, 304-305
Venner Electronics Ltd., measuring unit, 445 Venner Ltd., Autopoint time switch, 88;
timer, 485; automatic lime switch, 784; PT5 timer. 857
Ventilation ducting, pvc coated Terylene (Robert Watson and Co.), 475
— Outlook for 1961, 78-81
Venturi fume cleaning plant, Ambuco (Ambuco
Ltd.), 890
Vera atomic reactor, critical, 356 Reactor, UKAEA release of information on, 631
Verlag Chemie, Betriebstechnik: Verfahren und Operationen (book), 112; Mess- und Regeltechnik (book), 200; Progress in Distillation Engineering (book), 232; Betriebstechnik: Grundlagen (book), 332 Vernon Tools Ltd., press tools, 763
Vero Autodrill turret head drill (Catmur), 628 Vero Precision Engineering Ltd., Hydro-Copier hydraulic copying unit, 444
Verrolec Ltd., bandsaw (trade publication), €8 Vertolifter stacking truck (Powell and Co. Ltd.), 383
Verulam, Lord, first, historical note, 7 Vessel, pressure. See Pressure vessel Vi-Spring Ltd., mattress spring testing machine, 404
Vibration limiter (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 351 Vibrator, magnetic (Magco Ltd.), 252
— Motor (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 517 Vick, Dr. F. A., appointed Director of Research, UKAEA, 324
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., Vanguard aircraft, 1; Conway jet engines for VC 10 aircraft, 233; order from BOAC for VCIO aircraft, 233; order from Ghana Airways for VCIO aircraft, 233; order from Ghana Airways for Viscount aircraft, 233; Viscount aircraft for All Nippon Airways, 465, 873; constant speed generator drives for VCIO aircraft, 809; details of VCIO airliner, 882-883 Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., presses
for General Motors Holden, 397; formation of die manufacturing department, 460; Sulzer diesel engines for British Railways, 595; exhibit at British Trade Fair Moscow, 758
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., contract for second atomic submarine, 224; joint set up with Swan Hunter, 556; survey of 1960, 585; member of AVB Co., 765; delivery of first Viscount aircraft to All Nippon Airways, 873
Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Vik- rant aircraft carrier for Indian Navy, 429; liner Empress of Canada, 605; liner Oriana, 769; tanker Serenia, 769; liner Empress of Canada, order position,
769
Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston) Ltd., sub-critical atomic assembly, details of, 487-488; factory for Irish Sugar Co., 756; atomic reactor simulators, 864
Vickers Building, Plasticell thermal insulation panels, 834
40
ENGINEERING,
VOL. 191
(1961)
Vickers, D. R. V., on customers’ rights and guarantees, 348
Vickers Ltd., position and prospects, 769; new products, 769; turnover, 769; profits, 769; discontinuing tractor production, 769; subsidiary and associated firms, 769; Millbank Development, 809; Australian interests to be taken over by British Aircraft Corp. (Australia) Pty., 897
Vickers Mark Ila atomic reactor simulator, block diagram of, 864
Vickers Research, LINAC linear accelerator for Moscow Trade Fair, 673
Vickers-Ruwolt (Pty.) Ltd., presses for General Motors Holden, 397
Vickers VCIO aircraft, English Electric constant speed generator drives for, 809
Aircraft, order from Ghana Airways, 233 Aircraft, order from BOAC, 233
Vickers Vanguard aircraft, 1
Vickers X-band linear accelerator, 673 Vickerstaff, Dr. T., on Physical Chemistry of Dyeing (book), 705
Vicsteels Ltd., wire stripper, 352
Victoria Line underground railway, list of consulting engineers and contractors, 414; tunnelling equipment for, 414
Victoria Machinery Co., order to Davey, Paxman for ferry boat propulsion machinery, 641
Video tape recording, by J. L. Bernstein (book), 708
Viewer (P. W. Allen and Co. Ltd.), 766 Vigers, B. E. A., on engineers value, 442 Viking Engineering Co, Ltd., spray equipment for urethane foams, 438
Vikrant aircraft carrier commissioned for Indian Navy, 429
Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., vertical shaft engine, 693
Villiers, John, and Co. Ltd., dumping semitrailer, 486
Vinagel plastic material, 867
Vinamold hot pouring vinyl compounds (Vinatex Ltd.), 866
Vinatex Ltd., pvc pastes (trade publication), 264; Vinamold hot pouring vinyl compounds, 866
Vincent, C., on Railwaymen (review), 608 Vincze, S. A., on solar energy. See LETTER, 508
Vinyl coated steel, Stelvetite (John Summers and Son Ltd.), 272
— Compounds, hot pouring, Vinamold (Vina
tex Ltd.), 866
Virginia University, USAEC assistance to, 456 Visco Engineering Co. Ltd., dust collection (trade publication), 708
Visconti, G., historical note, 7
Viscosity of oil, 847
Viscount aircraft for All Nippon Airways, 465, 873
for Ghana Airways, 233 Visual planning systems, model, 868 Viton petrol pump gaskets (Du Pont), 855
— Seals for petrol pump (Du Pont), 475
VO Mashpriborgintorg, contracts placed with Solartron Electronics Group, 905
Voest Steel Works, cement from steelworks slag, 512
Volga motor car, Perkins diesel engine for, 641 Volkswagen, 1960 production, 113; exports, 113, 133; rising fortunes of, 257; motor car, new design for, 410; increase in sales in Switzerland, 465
Volta, A., historical note, 7
Volta Aluminium Co., draft agreement with Ghana Government, 333
Volta River Project, 725
Project, companies bidding for contracts, 333
Project, work starting position, 333 Voltage range indicator (Martindale), 56
— Transmission, extra high, 85
Voltaic International Construction, bid for contract on Volta River project, 333
Voltmeter, Ballantine (Sylvan Ginsbury Ltd.), 279
— Digital (Solartron), 354, 858
— (Marconi), 58
von Braun, W., V-2 rockets, 662 von Kleist, historical note, 1 von Sanden, K., on Festschrift Richard Gram- mel (book), 200
Voronezh atomic power station, first turbine completed, 192
Vosper Ltd., roll damping fins for small ships, 537
Vostok manned space ship success, 549, 557
— Satellite, 623
VTOL aircraft. See Aircraft
Vyon plastic units (Porous Plastics Ltd.), 243 Vyskumny Ustav Mechanizacie matizacie, electro-erosive machinery, 301
A Autoproduction
(Ambuco
WAAGNER-Biro gas scrubber Ltd.), 14
Wabush Iron Co., Canadian participation in, 729
Wade Engineering Ltd., on air compressors and customers’ requirements, 567
Wade, G. P., on work study, 900
Wade, N. H., on Capricorn’s accusative, 477
Wade, R., Sons and Co., Timbor impregnated timber, 867
Wage claim by Amalgamated Engineering Union, 625
— Demands, effect on production and sales, 45 —? Increases for council workers, 447
Rejection by aircraft engineering workers, 9
— Policy for UK, 793
— and salaries. Plain Words on, 408
— Statistics, 625
— See also Earnings; income'. Salary Wagons, railway, covered hopper, of aluminium (Alcan (UK) Ltd.), 717
Freight, sliding roofs for, 402 Trial of disk brakes, 881
UK loan to Pakistan for purchase of, 465
Wagon sheets, nylon (British Nylon Spinners Ltd.), 275
Waikato River generating stations, 98 Wairakei Geothermal project in New Zealand,
732
Waites Ltd., expansion of Imperial College, 625 Wakefield self loading dumper vehicle (Construction Machinery L.td.), 797
Wales, week for, 721 Walford, J. R., on pneumatics, 763
Walker, Crosweller and Co. Ltd., Leonard thermostatic controller, 14
Walker, M., on BP Book of Motor Cycle Racing (review), 807
Walker, Sons and Co. Ltd., prestressed concrete footbridge for Ceylon University, 730
Walking, forces applied to floor by foot in, 652 Wall, curtain, Foamglas in (Edward Curran
Engineering), 698
Wall Street, Moorgate and (journal), 505 Wall, T,, and Sons (Meat and Handy Foods)
Ltd., packaged electrical substation installed, 701
Wallace and Tiernan Ltd., residual chlorine controller, 661
Walley, J. E., on The Kitchen (book), 158 Wallich, H. C., on Cost of Freedom (review), 839
Wallis, J. D., on role of surface conditions in nucleate boiling, 631
Walls, T., and Sons (Ice Cream) Ltd., new factory at Gloucester (Laing), 865
Walmsley Group, paper machine drives for
Russia ordered from AEI Ltd., 897 Walt Whitman Bridge, insurance policy covering atomic explosion, 356 Wandsworth Foundry, metal casting, 866 War Office, aid in population census, 505
— Planes of the Second World War; Fighters,
by W. Green (review), 23
— at Sea, 1939-1945, by S. W. Roskill (book),
200
— Second World, war planes of: fighters, by
W. Green (review), 23
Waratah, ship, loss of. See LETTER, 244 Ward, E. P., on Pressed Steel Co. problems, 225 Ward, J., historical note, 7
Ward, Ronald, and Partners, Plasticell insulation panels for Vickers Building, 834
Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., overhead line alarm (trade publication), 200; railway track (trade publication), 676
Waring Aseptic Dispersall Blendor blending machine (Waring Products Corp.), 403 Waring, Sir Bertram, tour of South America, 641
Waring Blendor blending Electronics Ltd.), 102
Waring high speed mixing
Electronics Ltd.), 251 Waring Products Corp.,
Dispersall Blendor blending machine, 40.3 Warming, floor, off-peak, control of, 880 Warner and Swasey, agreement with Elliott-
Automation Group, 833
Warragamba Dam, aggregates for, by T, B. Nicol, 894
Warren Springs Laboratory, Human Sciences Unit, case study report on Pakitt Ltd., 183 Warrior, HMS, historical note, 7
Warship, Agincourt, historical note, 7
— Warrior, historical note, 7
— See also under specific types of warship Warsila-Koncernen, two cable laying ships for
Russia, 233 Washers, nylon, 867 Washing machine, AEI-Hotpoint Supermatic
(AEI-Hotpoint Ltd.), 326-328
Industrial (Revel Engineering Co. Ltd.), 560
Outlook for 1961, 168-171 Washington State University, USAEC grant licence for atomic reactor, 388; USAEC assistance to, 456
Waste disposer, Disposomatic (Haigh Engineering Co. Ltd.), 536
— Treatment plant (trade publication), 428 Watch and Clock Yearbook, 1961 (N.A.G.
Press) (book), 576
?— Industry, Swiss, quality control in, 668
— Manufacturers, Swiss federation of. See
Swiss
— Outlook for 1961, 74-77 Water bar (trade publication), 840
— Brings backward lands to life, by A. N. M.
Robertson, 54-55
— Forced convection heat transfer burnout
studies in rectangular channels and round tubes, by R, A. Debortoli et al, 631
— Fresh, from the sea: new evaporators, 604
— Heat transfer technology, 631
— Heater, electric, Sadia (Aidas Electric
Ltd.), 699
Sink, Sto-a-way (GEC), 584
— Heavy, USAEC abandons project, 800
— Industrial, methods of physical and chemical
testing (ASTM), 15
— Meter (Parkinson Cowan), 597, 825
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power plant;
Power, water; Turbine
— Pressure set, marine, Auto-Unit (Megator
Pumps and Compressors Ltd.), 445
System, Minipack (Mono Pumps Ltd.), 560
— Radioactivity monitor (Elliott-Nucleonics
Ltd.), 58
— Resources of Transjordan and their develop
ment, by lonides (book), 624
— Sampler (Elcontrol Ltd.), 101
— Supply Industry, outlook for 1961, 160-163 See also Irrigation
— Tube Boilermakers’ Association, investiga
tions on high pressure boilers, 545
— Tunnel for propeller research, 813
— Vapour, oxidation of uranium-dioxide by,
under reactor irradiation, by B. R. Harder et al, 60
Watercroft, sandwich construction of Plasticell for boat, 834
Waterloo Ironworks of Tasker Bros., 248 Waterous rotary pump (Sir George Godfrey and Partners Ltd.), 529
Waterproof Cloth Tape, self adhesive (Paynes Jifiytape Ltd.), 771
Waterproofing, Ritolastic, 512
machine (Winston
machine (Winston
Waring Aseptic
Waterproofing, Synthaprufe, 512
Waters, T. C., review of Reinforced Concrete Chimneys, 67; biographical note, 68
Waterstop, Hydrofoil (Expandite Ltd.), 551 Waterway. See River; Cana!
Wales Ltd., redevelopment of Croydon municipal offices, 873
Watkinson, H., on road projects, 817
Watson, Robert, and Co. Ltd., pvc coated Terylene ventilation ducting, 475
Watson, S. N,, on New Survey of BBC Experimental Colour Transmissions (book), 364 Watts Metal Industries Ltd., National shower cubicle, 44
Waves and the ear, by W. A. van Bergeijk, J. R. Pierce and E. E. David Jr. (book), 776
— Mechanics and matter, introduction to, by
U. Ingard and W. L. Kraushaar (book), 364; (review), 607-608
— Radio, in the ionosphere, by K. G. Budden
(book), 496
— Thermal, propagation through graphite
with uniform cooling, by A. J. E. Foreman and A. R. Curtis, 224
Waveguides of aluminium honeycomb (Marconi), 91
— Mechanical, by N, Redwood (book), 608 Wavell, Lord, on stupidity of generals, 443 Wayne Kerr-Gertsch ratio transformers
(Wayne Kerr Laboratories Ltd.), 857
Wayne Kerr Laboratories Ltd., Wayne Kerr- Gertsch ratio transformers, 857
Wayne Tank and Pump Co. Ltd., petrol pump with viton seals, 475
Wealth, science of, by C. F. Carter (book), 200 Weapons Research Establishment, Woomera, optical range of, 750-751
Wear, abrasive, laboratory testing for, 546 Resistance, studies of, 546-547 ?— and friction (General Motors) (review), 903 Wear River shipyard modernisation, 113, 127 Wear Shipbuilders Association, modernisation of shipyards on River Wear, 113
Weather, low-level, probe, 749
— and petrol consumption, 215
— Protection for production cars, by H. C. F.
Haywood, 687
Weatherall Roofing Co., extensions to Nottingham University, 483
Weaver, C. H., elected president of Atomic Industrial Forum Inc., 148
Webb, E. T. A., on Direct Current Machines (book), 872
Webb, H. A., on Mathematical Tool-Kit for Engineers (review), 232
Webb, J. K., review of Electronic Equipment Reliability, 362; review of Statistical Processes and Reliability Engineering, 362; review of Modern Probability Theory and Its Applications, 362; biographical note, 364
Webb, Jervis B., licence agreement with Elliott-Automation Group, 833
Webb, M., on closed circuit television, 789 Weber, R. G., on Introduction to Modern Physics (book), 158; (review), 607-608
Webster, Peter, Ltd., demonstration of newly formulated resins, 773
Webster, T. J., on liquid hydrogen as rocket fuel, 898
Wedge-belt Vee-belt, SpacesaVer (Fenner), 86 Weed control conference, industrial, 621 Council, British. See British
Week for Wales, 721
Weeton reservoir, aluminium roof for, 321 Welch, R. E., Jr., on Fundamentals of Rocket Propulsion (review), 200
Weigher, continuous (Baker Perkins Ltd.), 102 Weighing machine, continuous belt. Craven (Craven Electronics Ltd.), 890
— System, continuous, for conveyors (Murphy
Radio Ltd.), 203
Weights and sectional areas, table of (trade publication), 540
Weiner, J. H., on Theory of Thermal Stresses (book), 68
Weir, Cromwell, reconstruction on River Trent, 558
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., seawater evaporation plant, 497; Multiflash evaporating system, 604
Weir, R. N., on work study, 900
Welbourn, D. B., review of Year Book of Technical Education and Careers in Industry, 158; biographical note, 158; review of Mathematical Tool-Kit for Engineers, 232; biographical note, 232; review of Servomechanisms, 262-263; review of Basic Synchros and Servomechanisms, 262-263; biographical note, 264; review of Engineering Education in Russia, 330; biographical note, 332; review of Grundlagen der Analysis, 364. See LETTER, 477; biographical note, 364; review of Whitaker’s Almanack, 838; review of Henschel’s Handbook on Locomotives, 838; review of German Defence Problems, 838; biographical note, 840. See LETTERS, 180, 244
Weld examination, linear accelerator (Mullard Equipment Ltd.), 191 —• Filler rod (trade publication), 264
— Pantak X-ray units to check, 235 Weldability (trade publication), 332 Welding, arc, electrodes for (trade publication),
808
— ?— Equipment, Autopak (Rockweld Ltd.),
203
— Automatic, of pistons (Lockwood and Carlisle Ltd.), 203
— Cast iron to steel, 469
— Electrodes, arc (trade publication), 808 Chromoid No. 101 for stainless steel
(BOC Ltd.), 619
EutecTrode (Eutectic), 835
EutecTrode 66 (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 211
Grooving, ChamferTrode (Eutectic), 835 Holder, Terrier (Interlas Ltd.), 57 Low heat input (trade publication), 904 Materials (trade publication), 872
Super Stainees (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 211
— Engineering, marine and nuclear energy
exhibition, 519, 527, 559, 629
for
customers’
require-
Welding equipment and ments, 568
Electrode materials tion), 872
ENGINEERING survey report on, 525 Welding Improvements Ltd., low heat input electrodes (trade publication), 904
— Lincoln motor generator for (Lincoln
Electric Co. Ltd.), 578-580
— Machine, arc, Sigma (Interlas Ltd.), 527 Butt (H. A. Schlatter Ltd.), 562
CO2 process (Arc Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 529
Dieseliner (Broadway Welding Supplies Pty. Ltd.), 727
Gun, controller for (Lancashire Dynamo) 14
— ?— Plastics, Acme (H.F, Industrial Services
Ltd.), 628
Resistance (Standard Resistance Welders Ltd.), 383
— ?— Stud (KSM Stud Welding Ltd.), 628 Stud, Omark (Kerry’s Ultrasonics Ltd.),
532
Submerged arc squirt. Ideal-arc (Armco Ltd.), 416
— of mild steel, BS 693,
— QuenchWeld process
tic), 835
— Seam, wheel blanks
808
for (trade
publica-
173
for cast iron (Eutec-
(trade publication).
— Shield, Pulsafe (Safety Products Ltd.), 57
— in shipbuilding, joint symposium on, 213
— Spot, adhesives to replace, 687
— ?— Gun (Portable Welders Ltd.), 144
?— Stud (trade publication), 332
— Tool, stud, aluminium (Crompton Parkinson), 399
Wellington Tube Works, aluminium heat exchanger, 867
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp. Ltd., Durgapur (trade publication), 576; Dur- gapur steelworks, India, 735
Wells, Dr. A. F., review of Crystal Growth, 394; biographical note, 396
Wellworthy Ltd., major plant extensions, 61
Welsh College of Advanced Technology, Redifon analogue computer for, 888
Welsh, J. A., on Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity (review), 111-112
Welwyn Electric Ltd., Metox oxide resistors, 56
Wentworth-Shields, F. E., on Reinforced Concrete Piling and Piled Structures (review), 297
Weser and Hamburger, C 160 Transall aircraft, 113
Wesley, Dr. N. K,, formation of Sphercon Contact Lens Co. Ltd., 358
West Burton power station, CEGB order boilers and turbo alternators, 365, 371
Westbrook, J. H., on Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Compounds (review), 463
Western Electric Co., Nike-Zeus computer, 269
— Hemisphere Export Council, world tours by leaders, 641
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd., course on “ Introduction to Industry,” 281; product development, 357; Hobbs Mecha-Matic automatic gearbox, 357; interest in Hobbs Transmission Ltd., 357; fall in group profits, 357; group activities, 357; position and prospects, 357; exhibit at Rand Show, 465; mining equipment (trade publication), 496
Westinghouse Electric Corp., high temperature semi-conductors, 41; silicon carbide transistors, 41; cardiac pacer, 175; cardiac monitor, 175; cardiac difribillator, 175; development of Astracon electronic tube, 236; larger turbine generators predicted, 303; net income, 325; net sales, 325; control relay, 417; development of roller road system for traffic, 481, 497; propulsion equipment for subway cars for St. Louis Car Co., 497; Code of Ethics for the electrical industry, 565; Astracon tube, 565; annual meeting, 565; new antitrust section, 565; business prospects, 565; new products, 565; position and prospects, portable telephone ceramic 565; roller-road system, 622; X-ray inspection unit, 673; controlled relay box, 784; thermo-electric materials, 813
Westinghouse Electric International Corp., gauge for ultra high vacuum, 85; enlarging Cadiz power station, 273; technical assistance agreement with Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, 333; report on boiling heat transfer, 631; irradiation tests for Japan, 632; Rayescent panels, 648; New Products Laboratory, lightweight atomic power generator, 800
Westminster Bank Review, 341
Westrex Co. Ltd., staff location system, 173; sound recording equipment for Radio Eirean, 873
Westway Models Ltd., models for industry, 849
Westwood Paper Ltd., Dedruma coding machine, 827
West wood, W., on Chemical Analysis of Cast Iron and Foundry Materials (review), 66 Weybridge continuous casting process for steel (Continuous Casting Co. Ltd.), 773
Weyco Sales Ltd., kits of working models, 868
Whatlings Ltd., approaches to Forth Road Bridge, 10
Wheel blanks, seam welding (trade publication), 808
— Castor (trade publication), 540
— Unit, swivelling, with brakes (Autoset (Production) Ltd.), 788
Wheeler, C. R., elected president of British Iron and Steel Federation, 53; biographical note, 53; on British Trade Fair Moscow, 759
Wheeler, H. J., on Joy International SA, 193
Whessoe Ltd., heat exchangers (trade publication), 396; nuclear reactor shields at Stillington, 512; forging steel rings, 635
Whirling of bent shafts. See Shaft
Whispering Power ” packaged boiler Eclipse (Ad. Auriema Ltd.), 12
Whistle, electric (Service Electric Co. Ltd.), 532
Whitaker, J., and Sons Ltd., Whitaker's Almanack (review), 838
Whitaker, T., review of Reinforced Concrete Piling and Piled Structures, 297; biographical note, 298
Whitaker’s Almanack, 1961 (book), 396; (review), 838
White, J. L., on Physiochemical Measurements at High Temperature (review), 66
White, S. S., Industrial Division, abrasive engraver (trade publication), 24
Whitehead Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 357; profits, 357; table of five year earnings, 357; diversification, 357
Whitesitt, J. E., on Boolean Algebra and Its Applications (book), 808
Whittaker, Hall and Co. (1929) Ltd,, Hydrovane air compressors, 763
Whittle, J. P., on Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (review), 607-608
Whittingham and Mitchell, aluminium pontoon for Esso at Milford Haven, 343
Whittingham, R., on Italians in Bedford, 136 Whitworth Fellowships, former winners of, 824 Offered by Ministry of Education, 824 Who Owns Whom, 833
Who’s Who in the Gas Industry (book), 428 Who’s Who in the Motor Industry (book), 840 Wickman Ltd., Gardner-Denver Air Trac drilling rig, 145
Wiest indexing machine (Embassy Machine), 102
Wiffen and Sons, chemical plant for Russia, 497
Wiggin, Henry, and Co. Ltd., weld filler rod (trade publication), 264
Wigner energy release carried out on BEPO atomic reactor at Harwell, 632
Wilcox Electrics Co., licence agreement with Ekco Electronics Ltd,, 421
Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces Ltd., high frequency generator, 726
Wild, Dr. W., appointed head of chemistry division at AERE, Harwell, 632
Wilkins, G., on What’s Happening in the Outside World, 95; on Are Modern Brakes Always Good Enough? 197; on Jaguar Sports Car Faster, Lighter, Quieter, 393; on Something Borrowed, Something Unique, 410; on Triumph Herald—13 per cent More Power, 581; on Power and Elegance in Continental Cars, 592; on Rear Engine Revolution in Racing Cars, 630; on Consul Classic 315 Fills the Gap in the Ford Range, 760
Wilkins, M., et al, on field method for measurement of helium in natural gases, 60
Wilkinson, Prof. D., long term research on atomic structures, 832; research programme of, 832
Willetts, J. R., on future engineers, 443
Williams, B. J. S., on national use of technical information, 719. See LETTERS, 757, 885
Williams, D., on Introduction to the Theory of Aircraft Structures (review), 157
Williams, J. N,, on Boiler House Practice (review), 538
Williams, K., on strontium studies, 60
Williams, K. R., review of Fuel Cells, 774; biographical note, 776
Williams, Dr. T. E. H., review of Highway Engineering Handbook, 494; review of Highway Engineering, 494; biographical note, 496
Williams, T. L, on Short History of Technology (review), 395
Willner, D., on Decisions, Values and Groups (review), 870
Wilmot Breeden Ltd., exhibit at British Trade Fair, Moscow, 541; British Monorail conveyor installed, 837
Wilmot, H., on Beyer Peacock Co., 769 Wilson, A. C., and Partners Ltd,, heavy duty manipulator, 104
Wilson Electric Transformer Co. Pty., to supply Ferranti transformers to Electricity Commission of New South Wales, 69
Wilson, Henry, and Co. Ltd., oil fired boiler, 352 Wilson, J. E., on testing equipment and customers’ requirements, 569
Wilson, R. E., on Two Hundred Precious Metal Years (book), 264
Wilson, Sir Reginald, on transport systems, 622 Wimpey and Co. Ltd., Loch Awe to Inverawe power station tunnel, 10
Wimpey, George, and Co. Ltd., ethylene-oxide (trade publication), 264; formation of Margram Slag Co. Ltd.. 342; formation of Anglo-Brasileira de Construcocs (CAB), 379; hydraulic investigations, 470. See LETTER, 685
Winch, cargo. Corrector (Laurence Scott and Electromotors Ltd.), 528
— Cradle, Strateline (Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd.), 351
— (Henry Sykes Ltd.), 188
Winchester rifle, 831
Wind power generators, progress in, 677
— Tunnel for Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford (GEC), 469
Windings, electric motor, improved protection for, 293
— Gear, mine (AEI Ltd.), 787
— Tool, spring (Acru), 826
Window, Idlewild. See LETTER, 212
Windscale Atomic Energy Establishment, charge-discharge machine for, 519
— Advanced gas cooled atomic reactor completion date, 664
— Atomic reactor, beryllium cladding programme abandoned, 664
Reactor, failure detection equipment in, 600
Windscreen wiper, DL3 (Joseph Lucas Ltd.), 855
Windsor Castle liner, model of, 851
Windsor, R, H., orders taken at Leipzig Fair, 673
Wine Club formed by Engineers’ Guild, 317
Winfrith Heath Atomic Energy Establishment, Hector atomic reactor for (Fairey Engineering Ltd.), 104; monorail installation for, 397; criticality achieved in Nestor reactor, 456
Wingate, H. S., on International Nickel Co. of Canada, 738
Winget Ltd., reverse drum mixing machine, 798;
Winget 3i TS concrete mixing machine, 810-812; historical note, 810
Winkfield tracking station for satellites, 174
Winn, Charles, and Co. Ltd., Winn-Flexiseat valves, 153
Winn-Flexiseat valves (Charles Winn and Co. Ltd.), 153
Winston electronic beryllium monitor, 905
Winston Electronics Ltd., Waring Blendor blending machine, 102; Waring high speed mixing machine, 251; trigger generator, 318; agents for Waring Aseptic Dispersall Blendor blending machine, 403; Guardaire air conditioning unit, 816; Winston electronic beryllium monitor for US demonstration, 905
Wintterlin, K., on Kolbenverdichter: Einfuh- rung in Arbeitsweise, Bau und Betrieb von Luft- und Gasverdichtern mit Kolben- bewegung (book), 640
Wiper, windscreen, DL3 (Joseph Lucas Ltd.), 855
Wire cable for Forth Road Bridge (Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd.), 516
— High tensile for bridgework, 513
— Rope closing machine (Larmuth and Bulmer), 144, 172
Maintenance (trade publication), 776 Manufacture, revolution in, 172 Spooling, 608
— Stripper (Vicsteels Ltd.), 352
Wireless Telephone Co. Ltd., miniature I.F. transformers, 153
Wiring, adequate, by W. F. Jarvis, 784 Withers, A. G., on Mechanised Cutting and Loading of Coal (book), 608
Wittke, J. P., on Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (book), 298
Wolf Electric Tools Ltd., Cub electric drill, 106-108; Safetymaster electric tool, 108; electric soldering iron, 619
Wolseley Holdings Ltd., anti-stick resins. LETTER, 4-5
Wolverhampton Die Casting Co., four week commenced, 97
Women engineers. Plain Words on, 620 Wonders of the world, the fifteen, by R. Poirier (book), 68
Wood refuse collectors (trade publication), 428
— See also Timber
Wood, Rudson and Co. Ltd., Peugeot Airbrosse electric hand brush, 848; Peugeot Squirrel food mixer, 848
Woodfield Rochester Ltd., wire rope spooling ?(trade publication), 608
Woodford, W., on work and holidays, 649 Woodhead, L. A., on technical knowledge, 804
Woods, K. B.. on Highway Engineering Handbook (review), 494
Woods, W. A., on generator for exhaust pulse studies, 128-129; on dynamics of halting a line of traffic, 655-656
Woodworking, machine, principles of; sawing and planing, by A. H. Haycock (book), 68; (review), 903
Wool, rock, Rocksil (Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Ltd.), 519
Woomera, Weapons Research Establishment, optical range of, 750-751
Worboys, Sir Walter, on BTR Industries Ltd,, 257
Work, absence from, incidence, cost and control (BIM publication), 413
— and executives. Plain Words on, 376
Work, L, A., on first two years after graduation, 440
—? Study, airing doubts and fears, 900
Conference, 900
Human implications of, the case of Pakitt Ltd., by S. Dalziel and L. Klein, 183
Questions put to conference panel, 900 Workers, manual, wage inquiry, 625
— Young, prevention of accidents to (Ministry
of Labour leaflet), 721
Working and living. Plain Words on, 885
Works, Ministry of, design of new tower building for Museum telephone exchange, 219, 236; design of Fleet Building, 510
Workshops and employment for the elderly, 413
World Bank. See International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
— Economy, changes in, 133
— Fifteen wonders of, by R, Poirier (book), 68 World Hope ship launched, 1
World of Learning (book), 396
—? Mechanized, growing old in, by F. le Gros Clark (book), 133
— Outside, what’s happening in, by G.
Wilkins, 95
— Railways, 1960, by H. Sampson (book), 200
— Steel production doubled, 105
— Trade centre. New York Port plans for, 405
Worldmaster chassis, Leyland, production rights for Industrija Motora Rakovica, 577
Worm reducer gear unit. Radicon (David Brown Corp.), 61
Worshipful Company of Carmen, award of Viva shield to C. S. Cockerell, 447
Wrapping machines (trade publication), 364 WRECISS. See Camera, WRE, interception single shot
Wreck raising. See Salvage
Wren, F. J., on parallel surface thrust bearings, 48
Wright, Prof. D. A., review of Progres.s in Semiconductors, 638-639; review of Hall Effect and Related Phenomena, 638-639; review of Semiconductor Technology, 638-639; biographical note, 640
Wright, L., on apprenticeship schemes, 209
Wrigley, W., on Inertial Guidance (book), 540
Writing for engineers, 476. See LETTERS, 508, 552
— Report, improves with morale, by B. C. Brookes, 315-316
Techniques of, 315-316
WTR atomic reactor accident, 355
Wyandotte Chemical Co., chemical formulation for sprayable urethane foams, 438
Wyatt, L. M., review of Magnesium and Its Alloys, 297; biographical note, 298
Wycon Services, chemical plants for Russia, 497
Wylfa, Anglesey, atomic power station, application to Ministry of Power for consent for, 288
Wyoming University, USAEC removal of suspension of atomic reactor operation, 832

X15 rocket aircraft, re-entry nose cone for (Northrop), 41
X-band linear accelerator (Vickers), 673
X-ray diffraction laboratory for
Institute of Technology, 85
Image amplifier for Toronto Marconi, 397
X-Ray and Radium Ltd,, agents for X-ray image amplifier, 397
X-ray screens of lead Plymax (Venesta), 343
Unit, Baltospot (Pantak Ltd.), 319
Unit, Pantak Ltd., 531
Unit, Pantak, to check reactor pressure vessel welds, 235
Unit, portable, for inspection (Westinghouse), 673
X-Tru-Coat plastic coated steel pipeline
(Republic Steel Corp.), 512
Xactray thickness measurer (Daystrom Ltd.), 222
Xenon searchlight, infra red, for M60 tank, 45

YACHT, mahogany for, 475
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Trojan tractor shovel, 692
Yankee Atomic Electric Co. atomic reactor, 419 Yarn, linen, electronic inspection device for, 635
— Monitor, automatic, for linen industry, AMY, 813
Yarrow, A. F., historical note, 7
Yates-Owen, E. A., design of dust cabinet, 343
Yawl. See Ship
Year Book of Technical Education and Careers in Industry (1960), by H. C. Dent (review), 158. See LETTER, 180
YIM-Yorkshire Fittings (Australia) Pty. Ltd., ICI of Australia and New Zealand to take minority interest in, 61
Yorkshire Copper Works (Holdings) Ltd., record profits, 61; joint ownership of Yorkshire Imperial Metals with ICI Ltd., 61
— Electricity Board, use of “ pillow ” tanks, 311
Yorkshire Engine Co. Ltd., Taurus diesel- hydraulic locomotive, 652
Yorkshire Imperial Metals, joint ownership by ICI Ltd. and Yorkshire Copper Works (Holdings) Ltd., 61; trading profit, 61; cooperation with ICI of Australia and New Zealand, 61
Young, Prof. A. D., appointed consultant to British Executive and General Aviation, 348; biographical note, 348
Young, A. E., on making cast metal moulds with undercuts, 866
Young, G. J., on Fuel Cells (review), 774
Young, Joseph, and Sons Ltd., gear pump, 353
Your Eyes are Precious, cinema film, 381
Yovitts, M. C., on Self-Organising Systems (review), 538-539
Yrjo Heinonen, indoor sports track at Los Angeles, 333
Yugoslavia, IAEA member to visit, 387
— Production rights for Leyland Worldmaster chassis, 577
— Request to IAEA for assistance for Triga atomic reactor, 632
YZ Club formed by Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 824

ZAGATO Appia motor car, Lancia, 592
Zagreb Institute of Medical Research, IAEA member to advise, 387
Zaleski, P., on neutron density measurement by autoradiography of detector foils, 388
Zaporozhets baby car production in Russia, 95
Zed crank engine, 790
ZEEP atomic reactor, operation of, 725
Zenz, F. A., on Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems (review), 230-231
Zephyr gas meter (Parkinson Cowan), 159
Zero Power atomic reactor at Cornell University, USAEC to provide fuel for, 800
Zero Re-Set bi-metal thermometer (British Rototherm Co. Ltd.), 891
Zinc electro-deposition plant (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 135
Zinn, W. V., Fleet Building, 510
Zircaloy 2 process tubes for atomic reactors, 60
Zirconium (trade publication), 298
Zone refiner (Miles Hivolt Ltd.), 660
Zoom lens. See Lens
Zwicky Ltd., Uniplex fluid filter, 188; Biplex fluid filter, 188; Uniplex filter, 559; Biplex filter, 559; oil burner valves (trade publication), 904

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