The Engineer 1876 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous
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Abbots’ Ripton Collision, The, 65, 69, 120, 13S, 140, 231
Academy, The Royal Irish, 418
Accidents in Cleveland Mines, 116
Accidents on the German Railways, 246
Admiralty Experiments on Welsh Coal, 155
Advice to Inventors, 146
Agamemnon, The New Ironclad, 103
Agricultural Shows, 103
Air Compressors, 252, 279
Aird, Mr., Audible Railway Signals, 69,117,140,159, 192, 234, 248
Ackerman, Mr. Richard, On the Relation between Tungsten and Iron, 206
Albert Bridge, Montreal, The Royal, 149, 168, 174
Albert Hall, Value of the, 102
Alloy, A New, 122
American Locomotive Performance, 52
American Railroads in 1875, 79
American Steam Dredging Machine, 467
Application of Water under Pressure to the Bearing of Vertical Shafts, 208
Arbitration, Ironworks, 436
Armour, Inclined, 275
Armour Plate, A Heavy, 156
Arms Co., The National. 233
Armstrong and Co., Sir W., 160-Ton Hydraulic Crane, 168, 170
Armstrong and Co., Sir W., 120-Ton Sheers, 186, 191
Artillery Reform, 63
Asphalte versus Wood, 315
Association, British Iron Trade, 154
Address of President, Mr. G. T. Clark, 134
Board of Arbitration and Conciliation for the North of England Manufactured Iron Trade, Mr. Samuelson, M.P., 134
Effect of Legislation of the past few years on Iron Manufacturing Interest, Mr. Smith, 154
Separate Lincs of Railways for Mineral and Passenger Traffic, 172
Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, The Glasgow, 401
Air and Circulating Pumps, Mr. Croom, 150
Beams and Strains on Simple Structures, Mr. P. F. Ruthven, 67
Computation of Stresses in Girders, Mr. James G. Fairweather, C.E., 103
Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, London, 13,131,171, 357
Improvements in Printing Machinery, Mr. A. Glegg, 95
Association of Gas Managers, British—
Address of the President, Mr. Robert Morton, C.E., 448
Piece-work or Day-work as Applied to the Reduction of the Labouring Force in Gasworks, Mr. J. Travers, 448
Association, The Manchester Steam Users’, 213,216 Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers
Warwick Water Supply, Mr. E. Pritchard, 315
Australasian Colonics and Clyde Shipbuilding, 428 Axle Bearings, 4, 31, 44, 63
Bagworth Colliery, Fire at, 479
Balance Weights, 44
Batavia Harbour, 147
Bath and West of England Society’s Show, 437
Beale’s Exhauster, Imperial Gasworks, Gwynne and Co., Messrs., 227, 234
Bede and Co., Messrs., Double Boring and Facing Machine, 5,13
Belgian Street Tramways, 77
Belting or Gearing, 248
Bessemer, The, 186
Bessemer Medal, The, 173
Bessemer Steel, 23
Bessemer Works in Germany, 222
Birmingham, Sanitation at, 436
Blackfriars Bridge, Past and Present, an Account of the Removal of the Old and Construction of the New Bridge, 1, 4, 8, 19, 23, 39, 43, 57, 61, 64, 77, 82, 100, 103, 111, 132, 139
Block System. 358
Board of Trade Marine Department, 489
Boiler Inspection, Want of, 253
Boiler, The Lancashire, 396
Boiler Plates, Temperature of, 195
Boiler, Saltaire Mills, Messis. Galloway and Son’s Double Furnace, 274, 277
Boiler Shell Testing Machine, Messrs. Tangye Bros., 115
Boilers, American, 159, 209, 248
Boilers and Boiler Coatings, 3, 31, 62, 63, 80, 98, 160, 193
Boilers, Mr. F. Chambers’ Circulating, 226
Boilers, Clothing for, 175
Boilers, Factory, 379
Boilers, Howard, 3, 31
Boilers, Marine, 414
Boilers, Steel, 193
Boilers, Water Tube, 93, 483
Boilers, Messrs. Wigzell and Ramsden’s Water Tube, 313, 316
Boulogne Harbour, 122
Brake Power, Insufficient, 80
Brakes, Continuous, 400
Bremerhaven Explosion, The, 439
Bridge over the Elbe near Tetschen, Austrian North-Western Railway, 104
Bridge, The Severn, 84
British Association, 326
Brownlee, Mr. James, Action of Water Flowing-through a Nozzle. 452
Bruce, M.I.C.E., Mr. G. R., Ore Shipping Pier at Huelva, 360, 363, 372, 374, 375
Brussels Exhibition, The, 150
^DrnF 209 Davidson, Messrs., Kainotoman Rock Buckton and Co., Messrs. J., Multiple Drilling Machine, Burrell and Co., Messrs., 6-H.P. Traction Engine, 79
Cable Telegraphing, 310
Canal, Another Maritime, between the White Sea and Baltic, 77
Canal du Midi, The, 435
Canal between the Rhone and the Rhine, 22
Canterbury Cathedral, Protection from Fire of, 491
Capital and Labour, 359, 483
Carmarthen Sewage Works, 13
Carmichael, Statue to Mr. James, 475
Cars, Steam Street, 448
Casson-Dormoy Puddling Furnace, Roundoak Ironworks, 340, 343
Chambers, Mr. F., Circulating Boilers, 226
Chameroy’s Weighing Machine, 401
Channel Communication, 116
Chelsea Glaciarium, Mr. Gamgee’s Refrigerating Apparatus at the, 378, 381
Chinese Money, 446
City of London Directory, 105
Classification of Elements, Discovery of a New Metal, 49, 63
Clay Grinding Mill, Messrs. II. Hind and Son, 242, 247
Cleveland Iron Mines, Output of, 401
Climbing a Standpipe, 486
Climbing Tall Chimneys, 23, 98, 117
Clyde Engineers and the Board of Trade, 155
Coal and Iron Districts, Short Hours and Trade in, 176
Coal Mines, Ventilation of, 176
Coke, Anthracite, 176
Collieries, Mechanical Ventilation of, 48
Collieries, Ventilation of, 454
Colliery Explosion, Another, 490
Colliery Ventilation, Mr. Alderman Taylor on, 58
Collisions and Continuous Brakes, 358
Comber, Mr. W. A., Rotary Engine, 42, 63
Compensation for Damage by Floods, 13
Competition, 472
Confection Pan and Engine, Brown’s Exhaust Steam, Messrs. Robertson, Osburne, and Co., 226
Contractors, Liability of, 138
Corrosion of Marine Boilers in the Navy, Commission on, 30
Cowls, Wind, 80, 98
Crane, Sir W’. Armstrong and Co.’s, 160-ton Hydraulic, 168, 170
Crinoline at Sea, 48
Crohn, Mr. F. W., Unison Expansion Gear, 394
Crystal Palace Engineering School, 294
Crystal Palace Exhibition of Railway Appliances, 428
Cupola Management, 80, 117, 140, 193, 210, 279, 319,395
Cyclads, Russian, 75, 93
Cylinder Condensation and the Economical Limit to
Expansion in Steam, 414, 468, 483
Darke, Mr., Detent for Indicators, 69
Davey, Paxman, and Co., Messrs., Double Cylinder Winding Engine, 140
Deflection of Beams, Experimental Researches on the, 248
Derbyshire Lead Mining, 380
Detent for Indicators, Mr. Darke, 69
Devine, Mr. W., Spike Extractor, 42
Dewrance and Company, Messrs. J., Stop'Cock, 226
Diamond Rock-Loring Company, The, 139
Digging Machine, Mr. J. H. Knight’s Steam, 394
Diminution of Friction between Tires and Rails, Mr.
D. McDowell, at the Institution of Civil Engineers in Ireland, 44
Dock Extension at Hull, 327
Dock Gates, 433
Dock, The Nicolaieff Floating and Depositing, Messrs. Clark and Standfield, 294
Domestic Inventions, 50
Doubling Boring and Facing Machine, Messrs. Bede and Co., 5, 13
Draining the Zuyder Zee, 2
Drawing Office, Good News for the, 455
Dredging Machine, An American Steam, 467
Drilling Machine, Messrs. J. Buckton and Co.’s Multiple, 116
Drilling and Slotting Machine, Messrs. Lowry and Co., 122
Drops on Liquids, Action of, 98
Dudgeon, Mr. John, 20
Dudio The, 359
Duke’s Palace Works, Norwich, Destructive Fire at, 95
Dynamite, Manufacture of, 171
Economy, Ironworks, 196
Embankments, Reservoir, 251
Employers, A Hint to, 436
Employers, Liability of, 400
Engine, Messrs. Burrell and Co.’s 6-horse power
Traction, 79
Engine, Mr. W. A. Comber’s Rotary, 42, 63
Engine, Compound Pumping, at Crown Point, Risdon
Ironworks Company, 187, 194, 210
Engine Economy, Steam, 80, 117
Engine, Sir. A. Higginson’s Semi-rotary, 115
Engine, Midland Railway, Mr. S. Johnson’s Express
Passenger, 230, 234, 250, 254
Engine, Royal Hungarian State Railways, Mr. J.
Haswell’s Express Passenger, 337, 338,356, 363, 398 401
Enginemen, Certificated, 66, 98, 101, 117, 342
Engineer, Education of a Civil, 358
Engineering Troubles Abroad, 120
Engines, Compound, 117
Engines, Handy, 252
Engines, Rotary, 140
Engines of H.M.S. Rover, 324
Engines, Steam Fire, 319
English Colonies and the Bosphorus, 150
Erith Strike, The, 27, 65, 98, 101
Espinasse Puddling Furnace, The, 112
Evaporative Economical Efficiency of a Root Boiler, 351
Expanding Steam-No Gain, but a Loss, 62. 468
Expansion Gear, Mr. F. Crohn’s Unison, 394
Expenditure, Locomotive, 248
Experiment, a Curious, 490
Experiments, Mr. Froude’s, 319
Explosion on the Steam Tug Prince of Wales 277
Explosions, Boiler, 193, 248, 318
Explosions, Colliery, 80, 98
Failure of the Regulation Works Vienna, and
Inundation of the City, 150
Fall of the Railway Bridge over the Elbe at Riesa. 152
Faraday, The Telegraph Cable Ship, Messrs. Mitchell
and Co., 295
Fayol Respirator, The, 85
Fire-boxes, Locomotive, 48
Fires in Coal Mines and their Extinction, Mr. J.
Thompson, F.G.S., at the Manchester Geological
Society, 469
Fire Damp, 193, 248
Fire Pumps, Steam, 411 .
Fire in the Salt Mine at Brochnia, in Galicia, 20
Floods and Rivers, 341, 359
Fog Signals, 37, 46, 98, 235
Fog Signals, Maritime, 62
Forming Channels in River Bars, 193
“ Fumes,” Mr. Bramwell and, 176
Furnace Yields, Blast, 48
Gallatin Experiments, The, 130, 333
Galloway and Son’s, Messrs., Double Furnace Boiler, Saltaire Mills, 274, 277
Galvanised Iron, 272
Gas for Barbadoes, 150
Gas Burners, 248
Gas Companies and Fogs, 120.
Gas Lighting in New York City, 235
Gasworks, Leeds, 436
German Labour in the Building Trade, 365
German Lifeboat Society, 105
Germany, Trade in. 159
Germany Underselling Belgium, 418
Gilding on External Railings, 147
Glasgow Inventors and the Patents Bill, 186
Gold and Silver, 382
Goliath, The, 13
Goods Station, Farringdon-road, Great Northern Railway, 114. 116
Government and Steam Boilers, 150
Great Northern Railway Company’s Goods Station, Farringdon-road, Mr. R. Johnson, C.E., 95, 96, 97, 114, 116
Grinders, Universal, Messrs. Thompson and Sterne, 187
Gun, The 81-Ton, 28, 168, 342
Gun, The 100-Ton, 472
Gun at Shoeburyness, The 38-Ton, 493
Gun, Trial of the 38-Ton, 464
Gun, The Whitworth, 400
Gunboat, The New, 87
Guns, Heavy, 379
Guns, The Horse-power of Heavy, 471
Gwynne and Co., Messrs. Beale’s Exhauster, Imperial Gasworks, 227, 234
Haswell Bogie, 13—(See also Working Drawing, No. 92)
Haswell, Mr. J., Express Passenger Engine, Royal Hungarian State Railways, 337, 338, 356,363, 398, 401
Hathorn, Davis, and Co., Messrs., Pumping and Winding Engines, New Hartley Pit, 298, 300
Hayward Tyler and Co., Messrs., Direct-acting Steam Pump for Collieries, 152, 154
Heat, Physical Process by which it is Developed and Absorbed in the Expansion and Contraction of Matter, 4
Higginson, Mr. A., Semi-rotary Engine, 115
Hind and Son, Messrs. IL, Clay Grinding Mill, 242, 247
Hind and Son, Messrs. H., Pipe Boring and Turning Lathe, 60
Hirondelle, Compound Paddle-wheel Engines of SS., M. J. A. Normand, 317, 320
Historical Notes on Roller Skates, 85, 102, 121, 129, 159, 167, 185, 205, 223, 241, 263, 281
Hobson’s Hot Blast Pyrometer, South Kensington Loan Collection, 484
Hull Waterworks, 95
Hydra, Explosion on Board H.M.S., 436
India, Iron Making in, 276
India, Public Works in, 68,86; Transport of Materials 78
Indicators, Speed, 3
Inflexible, H.M.S., 277, 318, 321
Inside and Outside Frames, 358
Inspecting a Railway, Pennsylvania, 40
Institute. The Iron and Steel
Carbon and other Deposits from the Gases of Blast
Furnaces in Cleveland, Mr. J. Pattinson, 256, 279
Casson-Dormoy Puddling Furnace, Mr. E. Fisher Smith, 280
Ferroux Rock Drill and Air Compressor, Mr. H. W.
Pendred, C.E., 256
Fire-clay and other Refractory Materials, Mr. Snelus, 228, 235
Note on the Manufacture of Anthracite Coke in South Wales, Mr. W. Hackney, A.I.C.E., 45
Overcoming Steep Gradients on Railways, Mr.
Henry Handyside, 280
Siemens-Martin Process, Mr. Michael Scott, 281
Strength of Rail Joints, Mr. C. P. Sandberg, 228
Uses of Ferro-manganese, M. F. Gautier, 255, 279 Institution of Civil Engineers, 22, 49, 84, 120, 277,
310, 363, 452, 493
Address of Mr. George Robert Stephenson, President, 24
Annual Dinner, 224
Boring Machine of Schemnitz, Herr L. Markus, 198
Carlingford Lough and Greenore, Mr. James Barton, M.I.C.E., 116
Changes in the Tidal Portion of the Mersey and its Estuary, Mr. James N. Shoolbred, B.A., Assoc. Inst. C.E., 345
Conversazione, 401, 436
Dhu Heartache Lighthouse, Mr. David Alan Stevenson, B.S.C., 315
Estimating the Illuminating Power of Coal Gas, Mr. W. Sugg, Assoc. Inst., C.E.
Evaporation and Percolation, Mr. Charles Greaves, M.I.C.E., 186
Fascine Work at the Outfalls of the Fen Rivers and Reclamation of the Foreshore, Air. W. II. Wheeler, M. Inst. C.E , 365
Floods in England and Wales during 1875, and on Water Economy, Mr. George James Symons, 168
Holyhead New Harbour, Air Herrison Hayter, 105 Hydraulic Canal Lift at Anderton, Air. Sidengham
Duer, 215
Permanent Way of Railways, Air. R. Price Williams, 437
Probable Errors of Levelling, with Rules for the Treatment of Accumulated Errors, Air. Wilfrid Airy, B.A., 155
Railway Wagons, with Special Reference to Economy in Dead Weight, Air. W. R. Browne, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 372
Sewage Interception Systems or Dry Sewage Processes, Air. Gilbert R. Redgrave, Assoc. Inst.C.E., 254
Treatment of Sewage by Precipitation, Air. W. Shelford, Al. Inst. C.E., 254
Ventilation and Working of Railway Tunnels, Air.
Gabriel James Alorrison, Al. Inst. C.E , 40
Institution of Engineers, The Cleveland
Application of Alechanical Principles to the Phenomena of Sound, Air. T. Wrightson, 300
Economic Construction of Dwelling-houses for the Working Classes, Mr. VV. Henman, 63
Head’s Patent Prime Al over, Air. Jeremiah Head, M.I.C.E., 210, 212, 300
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in
Scotland
Action of Water Flowing through a Nozzle, Air.
James Brownlee, 432
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 338, 376
Lancashire Boiler : Its Construction, Equipment, and Setting. Air. Lavington E. Fletcher, 352
Ogi Paper Mill, Japan, Air. W. Anderson, 353
Yield of Wells Sunk in the Chalk in the Cential
Portion of the London Basin, Air. Easton, 354
Institution of Naval Architects, 173, 333, 358
Address of President, Lord Hampton, 242
Austrian Ironclads, Air. E. J. Reed, C.B., ALP., 243
Boats’ Davits, Air. R. A. Allardyce, 325
Cellular System of Building for Ships of War. Air.
Boold, 242, 246
Circular Ironclads, Lieut. Goulaeff, F.R.S.N. A., 242, 244
Comparative Resistances of Long Ships of Several Types, Mr. W. Froude, FR.S., 291
Compound Surface-condensing Engines of the Paddle Steamer Hirondelle, Alons. G. A.Normand, 325
Double and Triple Cylindrical Vessels, Air. 11. A.
Egerton, 264
Longitudinal Girder or Bulkhead System of Iron Ship Construction, Edwin W. de Rusett, 311
Nicolaieff Floating and Depositing Dock, Air. Latimer Clark, C. E., 293
Present System of Sea Cocks and their Connections in Steamers, Air. H. G. Spence, 266
Propulsion of Bodies Through the Water, Air. Robert Griffiths, 344
Pumping and Ventilating Arrangements, Air. Thomas Morley, 265
Ratio of Indicated to Effective Horse-power as Elucidated by Air. R. Denny’s AI.M. Trials at Varied Speeds, Air. W. Froude, F.R.S., 288
Recovering Sunken and Stranded Vessels, Air. Henry F. Knapp, C E., 290
Screw Propeller and Certain Proposed Schemes for Increasing its Efficiency, Air. Hamilton W. Pen-dred, C.E., 335
Ships of War, Air. Barnaby, V.P., 242, 243
Small Compound Steam Engine, Air. Thomas Aloy, 334
Some Trials of Simple and Compound Engines, All. Richard Sennett, F.R.S.N.A., and ALE., 334
Steel for Shipbuilding as Supplied to the Royal Navy, J. Riley, Esq., 269, 300
Steering Gear, Air. G. L. Watson, 344
Telegraph Cable Ships Faraday, C. W. Alcrrificld.
F.R S., 292
Tested Iron and Ships, Air. J. E. Scott, 264
Three-throw Crank Engines of the Compound System, Constructed by Ravenhill. Eastons, and Co., London, H.A1.S. Rover, Mr. John R. Ravenhill, 324
Unarmoured Vessels, Air. Brassey, 242, 256
Unequal Onward Alotion in the Upper and Lower Currents in a Ship’s Wake, and Effects on the Action of a Screw Propeller, Professor Osborne Reynolds, 268
Water Tube Boilers, Air. J. F. Flannery, 312
Yacht Aleasurement, Air. E. C. Sterling, 343
Institution, The Royal, 294
Ireland, Coal in the South of, 361
Ireland, Alineral Resources of, 3
Ironclads of European Powers, 409
Ironclads, Our, 193
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other Districts, 17, 34, 54, 72, 90, 108, 126, 144, 164, 182, 202, 220, 238, 260, 2S4, 306, 330, 348, 368, 386, 406, 424, 442, 458, 478, 496
Iron, Gas Alade, 276
Iron, Making Direct, 276
Ironmaking Experiments in Central India, 84
Ironmaking, Alachinery in, 490
Iron and Steel, Belgian and German, 381
Iron and Steel in the United States in 1875, 486
Iron Trade, The American, 472
Iron Trade of Germany, 31
Iron Trade Prospects, 417
Ironworks, Sale at West Hartlepool, 187
Italian Tramways, 262
Italian Treaty, The, 426
“ I Waited for the Train at Coventry,” 49
Johnson, C.E., Air. R., Great Northern Railway Company’s Goods Station, Farringdon-road, 95, 96, 97
Johnson, Mr. 8., Express Passenger Engine, Alidland Railway, 230, 234, 250, 254
Keyway Drilling Machine, Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, and Co’s, Portable, 187
Kiel Harbour, The New, 116
Knight, Mr. J. H., Steam Power Digging Machine, 394
Koch, Mr. R., and Mr. H. Muller, Universal Lathe, 19, 26
La Bastie Process, The, 363
Lacing Heavy Belts. 428
Lamps for Colliery Working, 418
Landore Siemens Steel Works, 461, 466, 484, 492
Landore Steel, 300
Lathe, Universal, Mr. R. Koch and Mr. H. Muller, 19, 26
Launches, The Abuse of Steam, 418
Lawrence and Porter, Messrs., Combined Centrifugal Pump and Engine, 208
Leading Articles: —
A bbots’ Ripton Collision, The, 65, 120, 138, 231
Abuse of Steam Launches, 418
Air Compressors, 252
Amalgamated Society of Engineers, 453
American Iron Trade, 472
Annual Article, 9
Anthracite Coke, 175
Aston’s Paddle Wheels, 299, 321
Automatic Signals, 300
Battle of the Stoves, 120
Belgian and German Iron and Steel, 381
Blast Furnace Yields, 48
Blasting Powder in Mines, 214
Boilers of the Propontis, 66
Bramwell and “ Fumes,” Mr. 176
Cables and Anchors for the Navj, 138
Canal du Midi, The, 435
Centennial Exhibition, The, 399
Certificated Enginemen, 66, 101, 342
Channel Tunnel, The, 28
Clothing for Boilers, 175
Coal Explorations in Lincolnshire, 400
Coal in the South of Ireland, 361
Colliery Explosion, Another, 490
Competition, 472
Continuous Brakes, 400
Conversazione of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 401, 437
Crinoline at Sea, 48
Curious Experiment, A, 490
Disclaimers to Patent Specifications, 453
Double-ended Ships of War, 435
Drainage of Staffordshire Mines, 362
Efficiency of Screw Propellers, 119
Eighty-one Ton Gun, The, 28, 342
Energetic Workmen, 84, 120
Engineering Trouble Abroad, 120
English and Belgian Workmen, 13
Erith Strike, The, 27, 65, 101
Exhibition of Scientific Apparatus, South Kensington, 341
Explosion on Board H.M.S. Hydra, 436
Factory Boilers, 379
Failure of a Tank at St. George’s Hospital, 436
Floods and Rivers. 341
Free Trade in the United States, 490
Gas Companies and Fogs, 120
Gas-made Iron, 276
Germany Underselling Belgium, 418
Goliath, The, 13
Gun, The Whitworth, 400
Handy Engines, 252
Heavy Armour Plate, A, 196
Heavy Guns, 379
Hints to Employers, 436
Horse Power of Heavy Guns, 471
Hundred Ton Gun, The, 472
Inclined Armour, 275
Independent or Dependent Water Supply, 342
Inflexible, The, 321
Ironmaking Experiments in Central India, 84, 276
Iron Trade Prospects, 417
Ironworks Arbitration, 436
Ironworks Economy, 196
“ I Waited for the Train at Coventry,” 49
Lamps for Colliery Working, 418
Lead Mining in Derbyshire, 380
Leeds Gasworks, 436
Liability of Contractors, 138
Liability of Employers. 400
Locomotive Drivers, 380
Locomotive Fire Boxes, 48
London Bridge and City Traffic, 66
Loss of the Vanguard, 158
Machinery and Foreign Competition, 400
Machinery in Ironmaking, 490
Making of Iron Direct, 276
Manchester Steam Users’ Association, 213
Marine Department of the Board of Trade, 489
Marine Propulsion, 83
Martini-Henry Rifle, 38
Mechanical Action of Light, 275
Mechanical Ventilation of Collieries, 48
National Arms Company. 233
New Patent Bill, The, 138
Oberon Experiments at Portsmouth, 455
Oblique Fire, 137
Official Patentees, 380
Our Navy, 157, 195
Patentees and the Crown, 158
Patent Office, The, 253, 322, 401, 418
Patents for Inventions Bill, 1876, 175
Piecework, 47, 251
Plimpton versus Malcolmson, 83
Point of Patent Law, A, 490
Prizes for Reports on Machinery at the Philadelphia Exhibition, 436
Prompt and Determined Action, 49
Proposed Paris Exhibition, 342
Proposed Tariff Changes in the United States, 138
Protection in Russia, 454
Pumps and Injectors, 417
Railway Rolling Stock, 232
Railway Traffic in Bad Weather, 300
Registration of Trade Marks, 342
Regulations as to Water Fittings, 322
Reservoir Embankments, 251
Royal Irish Academy, The, 418
Russian Steel Rails, 419
Sanitation of Birmingham, 436
Science and Thieves, 158
Screws in Casings, 84
Severn Bridge, The, 84
Sewage of the West Riding Towns, 362
Shannon Target, The, 119
Shipowners and Merchant Shipping Legislation, 137
Skate Trade, The, 176
Snares of Telegraphers, 196
Spanish Ore Trade, 233
Steam Road-rollers and Local Authority, 84
Steam Tram Cars, 232, 399
Strength of Forged Steel, 471
Strikes, 472
Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 84
Suggestion, 362
Surveying of Passenger Steamships, 300
Suspended Telegraph Wires, 214
Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion, 214
Temeraire, The, 361
Temperature of Boiler Plates, 195
Temple Bar, 342
Thames Steam Ferry, 158
Torpedo Accidents, 472
Trademarks and the Registration of Firms, 138
Trademarks Registry Office, The, 28, 102
Traders Beware I 196
Trades Union Amenities, 49
Tram Car Accidents, 400
Troubles of a Miners’ Association, 66
Value of the Albert Hall, 102
Ventilation of Coal Mines, 176
Ventilation of Collieries, 454
Vienna Waterworks, 489
Want of Boiler Inspection, 253
Water in the South Yorkshire Coalfield, 472
Water Supply, 213
Leading Articles :
Water Supply of Leeds, 252
Water Supply of New York, 299
Water Supply of Sheffield, 276
Water Supply of Small Towns, 158
Water Supply in South Yorkshire, 102
Wat er witch, The, 300
Woodcroft, Mr. Bennet, 176
Workmen and Machinery, 120
Lead Pipes, Strength of, 396
Leeds Water Supply, 252
Legal Intelligence :—
Plimpton versus Malcolmson, 83
Sugg versus Silber, 382
Letters to the Editor
Action of Drops on Liquids, T. E., 98
Air Compressors, Arthur J. Stevens, 279
Aird s Fog Signals, A Young Workman, 117, 159
American Boilers, A. Marshall and Co., 248
American Boilers, W. G., 159, 209
Artillery Reform, J. L. Haddan, M.I.C.E., 63
Aston’s Paddle-wheels, J. Aston, 373
Aston’s Paddle-wheels, Ross Forward, 433
Astronomical Time, 31
Audible Signals, David A. Aird, 140, 192
Audible Signals, Crichton and Craig, 192
Audible Signals, F. N., 192
Audible Signals, Footplate, 159
Audible Signals, A Pointsman. 192, 248
Audible Signals, Philip E. Statham, 159
Audible Signals, W. J. B , 192
Axle Bearings, The White Brass Company, 4, 44
Axle Boxes, John Davis, 31, 63
Balance Weights, J. Watt, 44
Belting or Gearing, Subscriber, 248
Block System, A. Pointsman, 358
Boiler Explosions, Boiler, 193, 248
Boiler Explosions, Robert Wilson, 318
Boilers and Boiler Coating, Boiler Coverer, 62, 193
Boilers and Boiler Coating, Constant Reader, 31
Boilers and Boiler Coating, F. Y., 62
Boilers and Boiler Coating, Le Lubez, 63
Boilers and Boiler Coating, W. H. Villiers Sankey, 3, 62, 78, 160
Centennial Exhibition, The, Thos. Egleston, 98
Centrifugal Pumps, O. F. S., 2.0
Certificates for Enginemen, Archibald D. Downay, Assoc. C.E., 117
Certificates for Enginemen, Michael Reynolds, 98
Classification of Elements, John A. R. Newlands, F.C.S., 63
Climbing Tall Chimneys, R. E. D., 117
Climbing Tall Chimneys, F. Yates, 98
Coast Fog Signals, Alex. Beazeley, M I.C.E., 235
Colliery Explosions, Coal Field, 80
Colliery Explosions, F. II. Shepherd, 98
Collisions and Continuous Brakes, A Solicitor, 358
Commission on the Corrosion of Steam Boilers in the Navy, W. C., 30
Compound Engines, G. Scott, 117
Condensation ?nd the Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, W. W. Beaumont, 414, 483
Condensation and the Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, Michael Longridge, 468
Corrosion of Boilers, Walter Gee, 235
Crown Point Pumping Engine, Henry Davey, 210
Cupola Management, Cupola, 279
Cupola Management, Another Ironfounder, 117, 193
Cupola Management, Ironfounder, 80, 140, 211, 319, 395
Cupola Management, Inquirer, 319
Dock Gates, Dicky Sam, 433
Double-action Pumps, Charles L. Hett, 248
Education of a Civil Engineer, C. A. S., 358
Engine Economy, W. Boby, 80
Engine Economy, Engine Driver, 117
Engines of the Rover, Fiat Experimentum, 358
Enth Strike, J. Doimand, 98
Expanding Steam—No Gain but a Loss, B. B., 62, 468
Experimental Researches upon the Deflection of Beams, A. C. Ponton, 248
Failure of a Tank at St. George’s Hospital, J. R. M , 455
Fog Signals, Oliver Cultis, 98, 234
Fog Signals, J. C. D., 117, 159
Froude’s Experiments, C., 319
Gas Burners, Gas Engineer, 248
Good News for the Drawing Office, H. Walker, 455 Grantham’s Steam Tram Car, Edward Woods, 396 Great Seal, The, D. D., 296
Head’s Prime Mover, C. G., 296
Head’s Prime Mover, Jeremiah Head, 319, 358
History of the Steam Engine, R. S., 455
Horizontal Propeller, R. Whitehead, 359
Howard Boiler, J. Aldis, 3
Howard Boilers, John II. Hack worth, 31
Hydraulic Rams, Aries Minor, 193
Hydraulic Rams, A Dorsetshire Member of the Ama1 eur M echanical Society,
Hydraulic Rams, W. W. Fyfe, 62, \59
Hydraulic Rams, G. H. M., 80
Hydraulic Rams, Charles L. Hett, 3, 30, 80, 160, 193, 211
Hydraulic Rams, B. Massey, 117
Hydraulic Rams, P. R. P., 98
Hydraulic Rams, Ram, 141
Hydraulic Rams, R. C. D., 3
Hydraulic Rams, Wm. F. Roe, 80
Hydraulic Rams, T. F., 3
Increasing Improvidence of our Workmen, One who Pays on Wednesdays, 44
Inflexible Ironclad, The, Michael Scott, 318
Inside and Outside Frames, Michael Reynolds, 358
Institution of Naval Architects, Associate, 358 Insufficient Brake Power, Henry Handyside, 80 Iron and Tested Ships, John MacWilliam, 296 Lancashire Boilers/ The, Lavington E. Fletcher, 396
Locomotive Expenditure, Loco, 248
Marine Boilers, Mylor Bridge, 414
Maritime Fog Signals, H. Temple Humphreys, 62
Mechanical Power of Light, Alfred Cliff, 373
Mechanical Power of Light, X., 373
Mild Steel, James Macintires, 296
Mineral Resources of Ireland, Alpha, 3
Our Ironclads, H. Walker, 193
Passenger Locomotives, Science and Safety, 319
Patent Bill, W. Tighe Hamilton, 234
Patent Bill, The New, J. B., 209, 248
Patent Bill, The, M. Prior, 210
Patent Bill, The, A Scotch Manufacturer, 192
Patent Law, W. P. Thompson, 234
Patent-office Publications, C. O. Paget, 433
Patent Specification Drawings, A Writer to the Signet, 359
Pay Day, An Employer of Men for Forty Years, 62
Pernot System, The, T. C. J., 30
Petroleum Oil and Natural Gas, An Old Oil Operator, 30
Philadelphia Exhibition, W. G., 319
Physical Process by which Heat is Developed and Absorbed in the Expansion and Contraction of Matter, S. Yolver Preston, 4
Poggendorf’s Method of Comparing Electromotive Forces and Mance’s Method of Measuring the Internal Resistance of Batteries, E. G. Allardyce, 141
Power of a Storm of Wind, J. R. Mann, 318
Railway Accidents and Signals, H. H. Murdoch, 140
Railway Capital Expenditure. Hyde Clarke, 358
Reading and Discussion of Papers before Technical Societies, A Reader of Papers, 279
Reading and Discussion of Papers before Technical Societies, N. A., 296
Rivers and Floods, Shannonside, 359
Roller Skates, R., 159
Rotary Engines, W. A. Comber, 140
Rotary Engines, A Greenock Engineer, 63
Safety Valves, Robt. Mellor, 358
Safety Valves, John Swift, 358
Schwimmthor in the Danube, J. L., 235
Schwimmthor in the Danube, Wm. E. T., 296
Letters to the Editor:
Siemens v Bessemer Steel, Thos. Hampton, 296
Smelting Magnetic Ore, F. Y., 44
Speed Indicators, A. B K., 3
Steam Fire Engines, Merry weather and Sons, 319
steam Pumps, Hayward Tyler and Co., 235
Steam Pumps, AV. AV. Tonkin, 193
Steam Tram Cars, Merryweather and Sons, 373
Steam Tram Cars, AV. K., 141
Ste^ni Tramways, J. Henry Johnson, 296
Steel Boilers, E. A. Bourry, C.E., 193
Stone’s Boiler Coating, James Stone, 80
Strength of Lead Pipes, Chire, 396
Strength of Materials, Transverse Strains, A. C. P., 141
Surface Plates, E. F. G-., 468
Survey of Vessels, P. L. I., 319
Trade in Germany, R., 159
Trade Maiks Registration, E. Morton Daniel, 396
Trade Mark. Registration, Pyne Yeatman, 373
Tram Cars, G. P. Harding, 159
Tram Cars, AV. D. Scott Moncrieff, 30
Tweddell’s Hydraulic Shears, Ralph H. Tweddell, 248
Ventilation, Basil, 395
Ventilation, James Vogan, 483
AVater Tube Boilers, H. R., 483
AVind Cowls, George Bohn, 98
AVind Cowls, Charles Fairbairn, 80
Lifeboat, Mr. Stockwell’s Tubular, 395
Lifeboats for Troop Ships, 13
Light, Mechanical Action of, 275, 373
Lightning Conductors, 188
Lightning Conductors in Paris, Inspection of, 472
Lincolnshire Coal Explorations, 400
Literature :—
Catechism of the Locomotive, M. N. Forney, 139
Climate and Time in their Geological Relations : a Theory of the Secular Changes of the Earth’s Climate, James Croll, 38
Coming War, The ; England AVithout a Navy, Longmans, Green and Co., 427
Electricity : Its Theory, Sources, and Applications, John T. Sprague, M.S.I.E., 57
Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical, Joseph Gwilt, F.S.A., F.R.A S., Revised by Wyatt Papworth, 445
Handy Book on the Law of the Registration of Trade Marks, John Pym Yeatman, 310
Hydraulic Manual, Lowis D’A. Jackson, 57
Law of Trade Marks, Including the Merchandise Marks Act, 1862, and the Trades Marks Registration Act. 1875, J. Bigland Wood, LL.B., 310
Midland Railway : Its Rise and Progress, F. S. AVilliams, 461
Physical Geography; or the Terraqueous Globe and its Phenomena, William Desborough Cooley, 288
Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements, Q. A. Gilmore, A.M., 419
Storms: Their Nature, Classification, and Laws, with the Means of Predicting them by their Embooiments the Clouds, AVilliam Blasius, 491
Theory and Practice in the Design and Construction of Dockyards, J. Romilly Allen, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 401
Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign, Thomas Laslitt, 278
Fires in Theatres, Eyre M. Shaw, 111
Trade Marks Registration Act, 1875, and the Rules thereunder, Edward Morton Daniel, 310
Training Schools and Training Ships, Edmond Edwaid Antrobus, 176
Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and Cure of Dry Rot in Timber, Thos. A. Britton, 1 Loan Collection of Scientific Instruments, History of the Steam Engine, 371, 376, 389, 445, 455, 481
Locomotive Drivers, 380
Locomotives, Passenger, 319
Locomotives of Russia, 20
London Bridge and City Traffic, 66
Lowry and Co., Messrs., Drilling and Slotting Machine, 122
Lord Chancellor’s Patent Bill, The, 234
Machinery and Foreign Competition, 4C0 lilacintire’s Mechanical Puddling, 271, 272
Markets, Metal, Oil, Timber, &c.—(See last page of each number)
Mekarski's, M., Tram-car, 149,153
Merchant shipping Legislation and Ship Owners, 137
Metal in Structural Decoration, 58
Metaline, 373
Meteoric Stone, Fall near AVolverhampton, 315
Meter, Mr. AV. Richards’ AVater, 50
Miners’ Association, Troubles of, 66
Mines, Blasting Powder in, 214
Miscellanea, 7, 21, 41, 59, 81, 99, 113, 135, 151, 169, 189, 207, 225, 249, 273, 297, 323, 339, 355, 377, 397, 415, 429, 449, 465, 437
Mitchell and Co., Messrs., The Telegraph Cable Ship
Faraday, 295
Molesworth’s Pocket Book, 224
Moonlight, 322
Muntz and Tannin, Testing Apparatus, 171
National Federation of Employers, 131
National Federation of Enginemen, 331
Navy, Cables and Anchors for the. 138
Navy, Our, 157, 195
Needles, 469
New Market for England in Siberia, 20
New York Water Supply, 299
Mcolaieff Floating aim Depositing Dock, Messrs.
Clark and Standfield, 244, 475
Normand, M. J . A., Compound Paddle-wheel Engines of SS. Hirondelle, 3i7, 320
Normansell Family Fund, The, 49
North-Eastern Railway and Second-class Traffic, 148 North of England, 18, 35, 55, 73, 91, 109, 127, 145, 164, 183, 203, 2zl, 239, 261, 285, 307, 331, 349, 369, 387, 407 425, 443, 459, 479, 497
Notes from Lancashire, 17, 36, 55, 73, 90, 108, 126, 144,
164, Ib2, 202, 220, 239, 260, 285, 3v6, 330, 348, 368, 38 , 406, 424, 442, 458, 478, 496
Notes snd Memoranda, 7, 21, 41, 59, 81, 99, 113, 135, 151, 169, 189, 207, 225, 249, 273,297,323, 339, 355, 377, 397, 415, 429, 449, 465, 487
Notes from Scotland, 18, 36, 56, 73, 91, 109, 127, 145,
165, 183, 203, 221, 239, 261, 285, 307, 331, 349,369, 387, 407, 425, 443, 459, 479, 497
Notices to Correspondents, 9, 27, 47, 65, 83, 101, 119, 137, 157, 175, 195, 213, 23 <, 251,275, 299,321, 341, 361, 379, 399, 417, 435, 453, 471, 489
Noxious Fumes from Manufactories, 155
Oberon Experiments at Portsmouth, 454
Obituary ;—
Beyer, Mr. Charles Frederick, 439
Bouch, Mr. AV., 63
Chesney, R.A., Lieutenant-Colonel, 206
Davenport, Mr. S. T., 25
Marsden, Mr. Aiderman, 49
Martin, Mr., 216
Mitchell, Mr. Joseph, 49
Napier, Mr. Robert, 491
Ruasell, Mr. Edward, 13
btimers, Mr., 467
Stirling. Mr. James, 42
Oblique Fire, 137
Oldham Borough Survey, 472
Ore, Smelting Magnetic, 44
Ore Trade, Tire Spanish, 232
Output of Lead Mines, 327
Paddle-wheels, Aston’s, 299, 321, 373, 433
Painting Machinery, 226
Papers before Technical Societies, Reading and Discussing, 279, 296
Paris Exhibition, The Proposed, 842
Paris Steamboats, 277
Paris Tramways, 446
Patent Law, A Point of, 490
Patents for Inventions Bill, 1876, 138, 173, 175,178, 192, 209, 234, 248, 396
Patent Office, The, 253, 322, 401 418
Patent Office Publications, 433
Patent Office Rules, New, 411
Patent Specifications, 345, 359, 453
Patentees and the Crown, 158
Patentees, Official, 380
Pcrnot’s Puddling Furnace, 20, 30
Petroleum, Oil and Natural Gas, 30
Phenomena of Induction, Professor Ed win J. Houston. 188
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 48, 319, 357 3(53, 399, 446, 462, 482
Allison, Messrs. W. C., Tube Coupling, 411
Beach’s Scroll Saw, 428
Bentel, Margedant, and Co., Messrs., Band Saw, 409
Bentel, Margedant, and Co., Messrs , Edge Moulding Machine, 412
Bentel, Margedant, and Co., Messrs., Universal Boring Machine. 412
Bentcl, Margedant, and Co., Messrs., Universal Wood Worker, 409
Brayton Hydrocarbon Engine, 485
Cask-making Machinery, 427, 431
Corliss and Co., Messrs. George H., 1400-H.P. Beam
Engine, 413
Daughaday, Mr., Model Press, 412
Ferns and Miles, Messrs., Steam Hammer, 485
Gimson and Coltman, Messrs., Cardigan Jacket Weaving Machine, 391
Hoskin, Mr., Sheet Metal Gauge, 411
Map of the Building site and Grounds, 392
Merriman’s Power Punching. 485
Pennsylvania Diamond Drill Co.’s Boring Machine, 447
Plan of Machinery Hall, 410; Section of Hall, 412
Prizes for Reports on Machinery, 436
Sanson, Mr., Cloth Cutting Machine, 393
Sawing Machinery. 447
Sutcliffe, Messrs., Middlings Purifier, 391
Thorne, De Haven, and Co., Messrs., Portable Drilling Machines, 485
Wood Working Machinery, 427, 428, 430, 450, 463
Phosphor Bronze Company, The, 139
Phosphoric Acid, 22
Photographing Old Buildings and Streets, 362
Piece-work, 47; 251, Is it Desirable under any Conditions, 87
Pier at Huelva, Spain, Ore Shipping, Mr. G. R. Bruce, M.I.C.E., 360, 363, 372, 374. 375
Pipe Boring and Turning Lathe, Messrs. Hind and Son, 60
Pit Guides of Bar Iron, 208
Plimpton versus Malcoimson, 83
Pneumatic Steering Apparatus, Mr. Baird, 13
Poggendorf’s Method of Comparing Electro-motive Forces, 141
Powder for very Heavy Guns, 185
Precautions to be taken against Fire on Board Ships,
Prime Mover, Mr. Head’s, 296, 319, 858
Private Bills in Parliament, 49, 67, 85, 103, 138, 158, 177, 196, 214, 233, 253, 276. 322, 342, 362, 381
Prompt and Determined Action, 49
Propeller, The Patent Horizontal, 359
Propellers, Efficiency of Screw, 119
Propontis, Boilers of the, 66, 77, 149
Propulsion, Marine, 88
Prussian Mines, 382
Pubiic Works in India, 68, 86 ; Transport of Materials,
Puddler’s Wages in the States, 186
Puddling Furnace, Roundoak Ironworks, Casson-
Dormoy, 340, 343
Puddling, Macintire’s Mechanical, 271, 272
Puffing Billy, The, 451, 454
Pulverised Coal in Cupolas, 198
Pump for Collieries, Messrs. Hayward Tyler and
Co. s, Direct-Acting Steam, 152,154
Pump and Engine, Combined Centrifugal, Messrs.
Lawrence and Porter, 208
Pump, Messrs. Tangye Bros., “Special” Steam, 467
Pumping Engine for the Hull Waterworks, Messrs.
Smith, Pender, and Co., 131, 133, 136, 156
Pumping Engine at the Lehigh Zinc Works, U.S.A., Mr. John West, Messrs. Meyrick, Engineers, 446, 470, 472, 488, 491 (See Supplement of June 16, 1876)
Pumping and Winding Engines, Messrs. Hathorn, Davies, and Co., 298, 300
Pumps, Centrifugal, 210
Pumps, Double-action, 248
Pumps and Injectors, 417
Pumps, Steam, 193, 235
Pyrometer, Hobson’s Hot Blast, South Kensington Loan Collection, 484
Radiometric Experiments in Germany, Some Recent, 454
Radiometer, Theories of the, 104
Railway Capital Expenditure during the Year Ending Dec. 1875, 315, 358
Railway Matters, 7, 21, 41,59, 81, 99, 113, 135, 151, 169, 189, 207, 225, 249, 273, 297, 323, 338, 355, 377, 397. 415, 429, 449, 465, 487
Railway Traffic in Bad Weather, 300
Rails, Russian Steel, 419
Rams, Hydraulic, 3, 30, 62, 80, 98, 117, 141, 159, 160, 193, 210 '
Rankin, Mr. R., Tobacco Pipe-making Machines, Messrs. Steven and Struthers, Manufacturers, 438
Reaping and Binding Machine, Mr. Wood, 22
Refrigerating Apparatus at the Chelsea Glaciarium,
Mr. Gamgee’s, 378, 381
Richards, Mr. W., Water Meter, 50
Rifle, The Martini-Henry, 138
Risdon Ironworks, Compound Pumping Engine,
Crown Point, Nevada, 187, 194, 210
Riveting the Hulls of Iron Ships by Machinery, 472
Road Rollers and Local Authorities, Steam, 84
Robertson, Osburne, and Co., Messrs., Brown’s
Exhaust Confection Pan and Engine, 226
Rock Drill, The Kainotoman, Messrs. Brydon and Davidson, 209
Rolling Stock, Railway, 232
Root Boiler, Evaporative Economical Efficiency of a, 351
Roumanian Railway System, 187
Rover, Engines of H.M S., 324, 358
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 492
Russia, Protection in, 454
Russian Cyclads, 75, 93
Russian Railways, 116
St. George’s Hospital, Failure of a Tank at, 436, 455 Saw Making in the States, 13 ’
Saxby and Farmer, Messrs., Signal Locking Apparatus at Waterloo, 87
Schwimmthor on the Donau Canal, Vienna, 187, 190, 235, 296
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, 486
Scientific Apparatus at South Kensington, 341, 352 371, 376, 389, 425, 481, 481
Screws in Casings, 84
Seal, The Great, 296
Secretary of State for War’s Trial of the 38-Ton Gun,
Secretary Taft, 322
Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Messrs., Portable Key way Drilling Machine, 187
Shears for Toulon Dockyard, Mr. R. H. Tweddellte Hydraulic, 208, 248
Shears, 120-Ton. Sir W. Armstrong and Co., 186, 193 Sheffield District, 17, 35, 55, 73, 99, 108, 126, 144, 165, 183, 202, 221, 238, 260,285, 306,330, 348, 369,386. 406 425, 442, 459 478, 496 ’
Sheffield WaterSupply, 276
Ships, Iron and Tested, 296
Ships of War, Double-Ended, 435
Signal Locking Apparatus at Waterloo Terminw.% Messrs. Saxby and Farmer, 87
Signals, Mr. Aird’s Audible Railway, 69, 117, 140 159 192, 234, 248 * ’
Signals, Automatic, 300
Signals, Fog, 37, 46, 98, 235
Silicate Cotton as a Clothing for Boilers, 52
Skate Trade, The, 176
Skates, Historical Notes on Roller, 85, 102, 121, 129, 159, 167, 185, 205, 223, 241, 263, 287
Slate Trade of North Wales, 116
Smith, Pender, and Co., Messrs., Pumping Engines for the Hull Waterworks, 131, 133, 136, 156
Society of Arts, 262, 354
Society, The Chemical
Action of Chlorine on Acetamide, Dr. E. W. Prevost, .493
Action of the Copper Zinc Couple on Potassium Chlorate and Perchlorate, Mr. H. Eccles, 302
Action of Malt Extract on Starch, Mr. C. O’Sullivan, 419
Action of Sulphuric Acid on Naphthaline, Dr. Sten-house and Mr. C. E. Groves, 302 .
Action of Water and of Various Saline Solutions on Copper, Mr. T. Carnellay, 394
Alkaloid obtained from Jaborandi, its Platinic Compound and their Formula), Mr. C. T. Kingzett. 493
Aluminium Nitride and the Action of Aluminium on Sodium Carbonate at a High Temperature, Prof. J. W. Mallet, 464
Benzene in Rosin Light Oils, Mr. Watson Smith, 394
Bismuth Compounds, Part II., Mr. M. M. P. Muir, 393
Chemical Studies, Prof. Dewar, 493
Chromic and Perchromic Acids, Mr. T. Fairley, 464', Compounds of Antimony Pentachloride with Alcohols and with Ether, Mr. W. Carleton Williams, 493
Crystallising Glycerine, Dr. P. F. von Hamel Roos, 301
Determining Mineral Strength of Soils by Means of Water Culture, Mr. G. A. Hight. 394
Estimation of Hydrogen Occluded by Copper with Special reference to Organic Analysis, Dr. J. L. Thudicum and Dr. H. W. Hake, 419
Estimation of Mercury, Prof. Tuson and Mr. E. Neison, 464
Estimation of Nitrogen, Mr. Fairley, 464
Formation of Anthrapurpurin, Mr. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., 123
Gases Enclosed in Cannel Coals and in Jet, Mr. J. W. Thomas, 419
Glycoro-phosphoric Acid and its Salts as obtained from the Phosphorine Constituents of the Brain, Dr. J. L. W. Thudicum and Mr. C.. T. Kingzett, 393
Hemine, Hematine, and a Phosphorised Substance contained in Blood Corpuscles, Dr. J. L. W. Thudicum and Mr. C. T. Kingzett, 464
High Melting Points, Mr. C. Carnelley. 123
Isometric Relations of Thallium, Prof. Thorpe, 302
Metachromisro, Mr. W. Ackroyd, 123
Metaxenol, Dr. II. E. Armstrong and Mr. Gaskell, 419
Method for Estimating Bismuth Volumetrically, Mr. M. M. P. Muir, 67
Narco tine, Cotarnine and Hydrocotarnine, Part IV. On Oxy narcotine, a new Opium Educt, and its Relationship to Narcotine and Narceine, Dr. Wright and Mr. G. H. Beckett, 67
Natural Carbon Dioxide from various sources, Prof.
W. N. Hartley, 464
New and Convenient form of Ureometer, Dr. J. G. Blackley, 493
Nomenclature of the Carbon Compounds, Dr. H.E.
Armstrong, 302
Note on the Perbromates, Mr. M. M. P. Muir, 493
Note on Sebate of Cobalt, Mr. E. Nelson, 67
Note on some Trials of Frankland and Armstrong’s Combustion Process in Vacuo, Dr. Thudicum anc Mr. Kingzett, 464
On some Points in the Analysis of Potable Waters Prof. Frankland, 148, 301
Peroxides, Mr. T. Fairley, 464
Phenomen aaecompanying the Electrolysis of Watei with Oxidisable Electrodes, Dr. J. H. Gladstone and Mr. A. Tribe, 419
Physico-Chemical Research, Prof. Andrews, F.R.S.. 382
Preparation of the Hydro-Carbons, Diphenyl and Isodinaphthyl, and on the Action at a High Temperature of Metallic Chlorides on certain Hydro-Carbons, Mr. Watson Smith. 393
Reactions of Biliverdin, Dr. Thudicum, 393
Relation between Chemical Constitution and Colouring Power in Aromatic Substances, Dr. 0. Witt, 393
Researches on the Reduction of Nitric Acid and on the Oxides of Nitrogen, Part I. On the Gas Evolved by the Action of Metals on Nitric Acid, Dr. Armstrong and Mr. Allworth, 493
Simultaneous Action of Iodine and Aluminium on Ether and Compound Ether, Prof. Gladstone and Mr. Tribe, 493
Stibine, Mr. F. Jones, 302
Sulphuric Anhydride, Dr. R. Messel and Dr. W.
Squire, 327
Thallium Chlorate, Mr. J. Muir, 302
Use of Platinum in the ultimate Analysis of Carbon Compounds, Mr. Thopfee, 302
Visit to the Royal Arsenal, 186
Volatility of Barium, Strontium, and Calcium, Prof. J. W. Mallet, 493
Society of Civil and Mechanical Engineers, 467 Permanent Way, Mr. W. C. Street, Assoc. Inst C.E., 120
Society of Engineers, 98, 376. 448, 453, 472
Air Compression, Mr. James Steel, C. E., 473 Channel Tunnel, The, Mr. P. F. Nursey, 172,197 Flues and Ventilation, Mr. A. II. C. Trewman, 364 Ventilation of Buildings, Mr. J. W. Pearse, 364 Visit to the Chelsea Glaciarium, 401
Visits to the London Small Arms Company, and the Wick-lane Paper Staining Works, Bow, 483
Society, King’s College Engineering:—
Beam Engine, Mr. Hawkins, 186
Blowing Engines, Mr. L. Glasson, 439
Description of Apparatus used in Raising Water, Mr. Anderson, 224
Heating and Ventilating, Mr. Guinness, 150
Heavy Ordnance, Mr. Disney, 103
Speed Indicators, Mr. Kirkman, 172
Steam and Continuous Brakes, Mr. Fleming, 224 'ociety, The Meteorological, 206, 331, 401
Aneroid Barometers, Hon. R. Abercromby, F.M.S., 139
Climate of Scarborough, F. Shaw, F.M.S., 486
Meteorology in India in Relation to Cholera, Col.
J. Puckles, 139
Notice of Upward Currents during the Formation and Passage of Cumulus and Cumulo-Stratus Clouds, Rev. J. Crompton, M. A., F. M.S., 486
Sixteen Months’ Rain at Bristol, Mr. W. F. Denning, F.M.S., 139
Suggestions on certain Variations, Annual and Diurnal, in Relation to the Barometric Gradient to the Force of the Wind, Rev. W. Clement Ley, M.A., F.M.S., 486
Society, Newcastle-on-Tyne, The Chemical :
Gas Burners, Mr. J. Pattinson, 216, 326
Notes on a Visit to Chemical Works in Prance in 1875, Mr. R. C. Clapham, 112
Society for the Promotion of Scientific Industry : —
Colliery Ventilation, Mr. Aiderman Taylor, 58 Society, The Royal, 248
| Society, The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic, 469
i Solar Heat Applied as Motive Power, 103
I South Kensington Museum, 45, 67, 86, 103, 120, 146, 151, 184, 222, 240, 286, 319, 338, 352, 388, 407, 428, 459, 493
' South Yorkshire Coalfield, Water in the, 472
Spike Extractor, Mr, W. Devine. 42
Staffordshire Mines, Drainage of, 362
Stand-Pipe for Bloomington, Ill., H. M. P. Birkinbine, 51
Steam Sapper in France, The, 67
Steamships, Surveying of Passenger. 300
Steam in the United States Navy, 25
Steel, Mild, 296
Steel in Russia, 25
Steel, Siemens versus Bessemer, 296
Steel, The Strength of Forged, 471
Stepney Railway Bridge, Removal by Messrs. Handyside, 390
Stockwell, Mr., Tubular Life Boat, 395
Stop-cock, Messrs. J. Dewrance and Co , 226
Stoppage of the Devonport Dockyard Ropery, 13
Stone’s Boiler Coating, 80
Stoves, The Battle of the, 120
Strength of Materials, Transverse Strains, 141
Strikes, 472
Sulphate of Alumina for Precipitation of Sewage, 469
Surface Plates, 468
Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion, 214
Swing Bridge at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 469
Swiss Factory Acts, 472
Tangye Bros., Messrs., Boiler Shell Testing Machine, 115
Tangye, Bros., Messrs , Special Steam Pump, 467
Tannin Testing Apparatus, M. Muntz, 171
Tanning Plant, A New, 211
Target, Tne Shannon, 119
Technical College for Glasgow, Proposed, 86
Telegraph Wires, Suspended, 214
Telegraphers, The Snares of, 195
Temcraire, The, 360
Temple Bar, 342
Thames Floods Prevention Act, 42
Thames Steam Ferry Boat, 158, 326
Thieves and Science, 158
Thompson Infernal Machine, The, 23
Thompson and Sterne, Messrs., Universal Grinders, 187
Time, Astronomical, 31
Torpedo Accidents, 472
Torpedo Explosion at Portsmouth, 481
Tourville, Launch of the, 248
Trade Marks, Instructions to Persons applying for ' Registration, 5
Trade Marks, Registration of, 67, 102, 342, 373, 395
Trade Marks Registry Office, 28, 138
Trade Marks Rules, The, 29, 31, 342
Traders, Beware, 196
Trades Union Amenities, 49
Tram Car Accidents, 400
Tram Car, Grantham’s Steam, 396
Tram Car, M. Mekarski, 149, 153
Tram Car for Vienna, Steam, Mr. E. Wood s M.I.C E. 357
Tram Cars, 30 '
Tram Cars, Steam, 141. 159, 232, 3i3, 399
Tramways in Spain, 103
Tramways, Steam, 296
Transport of Materials in India, 78
Trials with the Mekarski Automotor for Tramways, 20
Tungsten and Iron. Mr. R. Akerman, On the Relation between, 206
Tunnel, The Channel, 23. 472
Tweddell, Mr. R. H., Hydraulic Shears for Toulon Dockyard, 20S, 248
Uchatius Projectiles, 117
United States’ Corps of Engineers, 51
United States, Free Trade in the, 490
United Stites Naval Engineer Corps, 272
United States, The Proposed Tariff Changes in the, 133
Valves, Safety, 358
Vanguard. Loss of the, 158
Vanguard, Raising the, 20, 272
Ventilation, 395, 483
Vessels, Survey of, 319
Vicars’ Self-stoking Furnace, 112
Wages and Railways, 215
Wages in the United States, 44
Walesand Adjoining Counties, 18, 36, 56, 74, 91, 109, 127, 145, 165, 183, 203, 221. 239. 261, 285, 307, 331, 349, 369, 387, 407, 425, 413, 459, 479, 497
War Maps, 472
Waterage Money, 45
Water Fittings, Regulations as to, 322
Water Flowing through a Nozzle, Mr. James Brownlee, On the Action of, 452
Water Supply, 213
Water Supply, Independent or Dependent, 342
Water Supply of Loudon, 309
Water Supply of Small Towns, 158
Waterloo Supply in South Yorkshire, 102
Water from Surface Condensers, 25
Water Tube Boilers, 93
Waterwitch, The, 300
Waterworks, The Vienna, 489
Weights and Measures, 68
West Riding Towns, Sewage of the, 362
What is a Sirike, 452
Wigzell and Ramsden, Messis., Water Tube Boilers, 313, 316
Williams, The J. B.; Towing Boat, Mr. A. Hartupee, Engineer, 416, 419. 420, 434, 438
Wind Power of a Storm, 318
Winding Engine, Double Cylinder, Messrs. Davey
Paxman, and Co., 140
Woodcroft, -Mr. Bennet, 176
Wood, Mr., Reaping and Binding Machine, 22
Woods, M.I.C.E., Mr. E , Steam Tram Car for Vienna, 357
Workmen, Energetic, 84, 120
Workmen, English and Belgian, 13
Workmen, Increasing Improvidence of our, 44, 62
Workmen and Machinery, 120
Workmens’ Dwellings Improvement Company, 103
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Steam Yachts, 382
Zuyder Zee, Draining the, 2
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