The Engineer 1878 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous
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1878, Annual Article, 9
1878, Diaries for, 13
1878, The Exports of, 28
1878, List of Private Bills, Session, 97, 118, 135, 151, 187
Acaster’s Bail Joints, 241
Atherton’s Patent Tire-Fastening, 198, 324, 349, 386, 441
Allan, Ransome and Co., Messrs., Steam Tree-Felling Machine, 59. 79
Aloe Leaves, Machine for Treating, 293 .
American Mining Engineers, Communication of, The Prussian Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Public Works, &c., 348
Anemometer, The Cup, 412
Angle Iron Rings, 293
Arches, Cast Iron, 285
Armour-plates Compound, 125
Armour-plates and Projectiles, 27
Asia Explorations in, Central, 7
Asquith, Mr. W.. Radial Drilling Machine, 163
Association- of Employers, Foremen, and Draughtsmen, Manchester— Testing the Value of Lubricants, Mr. W. H. Bailey, 372
Association, The Fairfield, 113
Engine Governors, Mr. James Bower, 113
Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, The London, 33, 214, 297
Emery and Corundum Wheels as Adjuncts to the File and Chisel, Mr. A. H. Bateman, 334
Metaline, Mr. Bateman, 170
Preventing Railway Accidents, Mr. G. B. Galloway, 97
Sewer Gases, and Simple Means of Averting their Dangers, Mr. W. Greenhill, 257
Association of Science and Art, The Edinburgh - Steam Stop Valves, Mr. D. A. Cormack, 188
Australia vid the Cape, 332
Australian Mails, The, 116
Austrian Artisans at the Paris Exhibition, 183
Battery, Pneumatic, Dr. Byrne, 279, 406
Battery, A New Electric, 268
Bailey and Co., Messrs. W. H., Testing Apparatus, 30
Balata and Ralata Gum, 239
Becker’s Automatic Friction Brake, Kaiser Ferdinand Nordbahn, Austria, 73, 76, 296
Belgium, Trade in, 378
Berdan Range Finder, The, 374
Bessemer Plant at Messrs. Brown, Bayley, and Dixon’s Works, Sheffield, 242
Bessemer Steel, 100
Bethnal Green Branch Museum, 251
Bevel Gearing, 369, 389
Billerica and Bedford Railway, U.S., Two-Feet Gauge Locomotive for the, 113, 114
Birmingham District, Mineral Resources of the, 151
Birmingham, Exhibition of Gas Apparatus in, 419
Black-drop, and how to Draw it. The, 275, 324
Blair Process of Making Iron, 226, 308
Blast Furnaces, Construction and Management of, 386
Block System and Continuous Brakes, The, 295
Blundell, Messrs., Storm Valve, 224
Board of Trade and Scotch Shipbuilders, 186
Boiler Committee, The Admiralty, 369
Boiler Explosion in Dublin, 355
Boiler Explosions in 1877, 101
Boiler Flues, The Strength of, 294, 324
Boiler Flues, Corrugated, 213, 274, 296, 308, 348, 373, 386, 458
Boiler Inspection, 260, 297, 308, 325, 349, 386, 406
Boiler Plates, Steel, 296
Boiler Plates in the United States, 66
Boiler, Water Tube, M. L. Benoit, Paris Exhibition, 354
Boilers Adapted for very High Pressure, Construction of, 355
Boilers, Air and the Corrosion of, 425, 441
Boilers, Feed-water, 451
Boilers in the Navy, 212
Boilers, New Method of Making, 287
Boilers, Semi-Tubular, Paris Exhibition, MM. Ed. Victoor and Eug. Fourcy, 392
Boilers, Steel, 304
Boilers, Steel Marine, 111, 115,146, 170
Boilers, Vertical, Messrs. Cochran and Co., 28S
Boilers, Zinc in Marine, 193
Books Received, 13, 83, 135, 337, 371, 463
Borneo, 462
Bower, Mr. B. P., Sewer Gas Trap, 110
Brake Apparatus, Electric, Northern Railway of
France, Paris Exhibition, 455, 456
Brake, Automatic Friction, Herr Becker, Kaiser
Ferdinand Nordbahn, Austria, 73, 76
Brake as a Dynamometer, The, 361
Brake Van, Experimental, London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway, 380, 402, 404
Brake?Vacuum, Mr. Hardy, Paris Exhibition, 346,
Brakes, Continuous, 65, 77, 284, 428, 441, 458
Brakes, The Action of Railway, 454
Brakes, The Board of Trade and Continuous, 116
Brakes, Firework, 134
Brakes, Railway, 419
Britannia Ironworks, Middlesborough, 145
British Association, The, 13
Brearley and Sons’ Mills, Batley, Messrs., Compound
Engines, 234, 238, 251, 258, 275
Brick Kiln at Normanton, Whitwell’s, '(see Notes and Memoranda, p. 253), 325
Bridge over the Bandon, near Kinsale, 102, 214
Bridge-work, Ceylon Railway, 40
Bridge, The Douro, 409, 445. 446
Bridge, The Fitzroy River, 373
Bridge, Hooghly Floating, 183
Bridge, Tariffville, 149
Bridge, The Tay, 208, 408
Bridges, American Suspension, 331
Bridges of Large Spans for Railway Traffic, Iron, 383 qq on the Punjab Northern State Railways, 335, ii(
Bridges over the Thames at Tower-hill, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, Engineer, 213, 217, 220, 221 224
Bridges in the United States, Railway, 186
Brighton and the Victoria, The, 288
Bulkheads, Water-tight. 416, 428, 441
Burn, Mr., Railway Signals, 128
Burner, The Retort Bunsen, 419
Burners, Steatite, 115
Burslem, Local Government Board at, 333
Byrne’s Pneumatic Battery, 279
Cabinet Making by Machinery, 107
Cables, Duplexing, 312
Calais-Douvres, The, 400
•Canadian Government Patent Office, The, 187
Cannock Sewerage, 452
Castings, Steel, 235
•Castings, Securing Studs in, 81
Castings, Small, 458
Castleford and its Sewerage 470
Cavalry, The Arming of, 370
^4y2,0?62TlV69?lToent RaUways-Matal6 Extension, 40,
Champ de Mars, What to be seen in, 331
Charcoal Furnaces, 167
Cherry’s Patent Brake Hoist, 180
Chimney Shafts, 85
Clamp, The Crown Floor. Paris Exhibition. 417 Cleopatra’s Needle, 73, 80, 117, 119, 134, 135, 145, 169, 182 261
Coal and Coal Mining, 157, 205
Coal Crushing and Bunker Design, 123
Coal as a Munition of War, 296
Coal Production, Our, 44, 61
Cochran and Co., Messrs., Vertical Beilers, 288
Cockerill, of Seraing, Rails Rolled by MM., 187
Cold Storage Wharf. The, 170
Collman, Herr A.. Valve Gear fitted to 25-G.P. Engine,
Gorlitzer Maschinenbau, Engineers, 141
Colombo Harbour, 185
Colombo Water Supply, 351
Colonial Defence, 205
Colorado, Moose Mine in, 169
Combination, Power of, 222
Concrete Mixing Machine, Messrs. Day and Lampard, 354
Confectionery Machinery, 259
Contracts Open—
Bridge over the Bindon, near Kinsale, Mr. S. A.
Kirby, C.E., Engineer, 102, 214
Ceylon Government Railway—Matale Extension, 40, 42
Moorswater Viaduct, Cornwall Railway, 149, 151, 152
Convict Labour in America, 169
Copper Sheet, Perforated, 389
Cormack, Mr. D. A., Steam Stop Valve, 188, 200, 297
Cotton Powder or Tonite, 461
Couplings, Automatic Railway, Mr. Hitchiner, 384
Couplings, Railway Wagon, 188
Craddock, Thomas, 390
Crane, Steam, 263
Crane, Watson’s Automatic Loading, 53, 55
Cranes, 161 and 100-ton, Creusot Works, 335
Crank Axles, Breakage of, 41, 61, 119, 130, 146, 219
Crank Bending Apparatus, Mr. E. Clarke. 438
Creusot, Furnaces and Cranes for 80-ton Steam Hammer at, 326, 335
Cyclometer, Mr. J. C. Thompson, 234
Darlington Rock Drill, 239
Day and Lampard, Messrs., Concrete Mixing Machine, 354
Day, Summers, and Co., Messrs., Direct-acting Mill
Engines, 460, 465
Deferred Payment System, The, 25
Diamonds for Rock Boring, 221
Disintegrator, Patent, Mr. Sherwin, 354
Dock, Floating, Victoria Graving Docks, Mr. Druitt
Halpin, Engineer, 270, 272, 273, 279
Dortmund Ironworks. The, 291
Douro Bridge, The, 409, 445, 446
Dovetailing Machine, Mr. Stengel, Paris Exhibition, 435
Drainage, House, 47
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, 25, 61, 130, 168, 170, 182, 200. 297, 325, 349. 406
Drilling Machine, Radial, Mr. W. Asquith, 163
Dudley and Hales Owen Railway, The, 151
Dynamo-Electric Apparatus, Improvements in, 96
Earthwork. Measuring, 61
Earthwork Ramparts, Russian, 323
Eddystone Lighthouse. The, 151
“Edith,” Raising the 8.S., 252, 254
Electric Lamp, M. Reynier, 458
Electric Light, 43
Electric Light, Apparatus for Producing, 447
Electric Light for Coal Mines. 458
Electric Light, Cost of the, 47
Electric Light, Battery for, 9
Electric Light at the Paris Exhibition, 17
Emery and Corundum Wheels, as Adjuncts to the
File and Chisel, 334
Enamelled Dials, 259
Engine Beam, Breakage of a Steamboat, 29
Engine and Boilers at Messrs. Craig’s Paper Mills, Dalkeith, Efficiency of an Economical, Mr. James Brownlee, 107, 125,142, 182
Engine Box, Mr. Outridge, 55
Engine, Compound, Messrs. Brearly and Sons’ Cloth Mills, Batley, Messrs. Pearson and Spurt, Burstall. Engineers, 234, 238
Engine, Corliss, MM. le Gavrian et Fils, Paris Exhibition, 405, 409
Engine, Express Passenger, Eastern Railway of France, M. L. Regray, Paris Exhibition, 379
Engine, Express Passenger, Northern Railway of rrance, Socidtd Alsacienne de Constructions Me-canique de Mulhouse, 436, 442
ExPreS3 Passenger, North British Railway.
Mr. D. Drummond, Cowlairs, Engineer, 5, 6
Engine Friction, Marine, 221
Engine, Goods, Paris and Orleans Railway, Messrs. Cail and Co., 364, 368
Engine and the Gramme Machine, West’s Six-cylinder,
Engine, Horizontal, Fourlinnie’s Patent, The Soctete Anonyme des Usines de Marquise, Lille, Paris Exhibition, 348, 350, 364
El00.’Hor®®. Power Horizontal Condensing WHnJ Wu»tothur, Mr. Brown, Paris Exhi-
uiuon, ooi, obo
Engines of the Inman Steamship “ City of New pany,’4, 8,O20 2TStern En^neerin& Com-Eass.eDSeL Western Railway Of France, Socidte Ernst Goinn et Cie., Pans Exhibition, 399, 415, 420 (Supplement to the Engineer, June 1th, 1878 ) Theeb™rt ny CoTmp°UU^ PumPing. Oberhausen, Engineers, « IrOnWorks Company, Sterkrade,
BnWbti^t30r'iUrninS’ MeSSrS’ Eansome> Paris Ex-Engine, 40-Horse Power, Surface Condensing, Messrs
Ruston, Proctor and Co., 289, 292, 307, 310g
Engine, Wall, Messrs. Aimers and Sons, 393 d?n,e246ng Laboratory at University College, Lon-
Engineering, Sanitary, 425
Engineers, Borough, 204, 219
Engineers, The Institution of Civil. 407
Engineers, The Nine Hours Movement and the 40R E way^oT °f London and North-Western IUil-Enginemen National' Federation of, 371
251“e258“ 273 SrS' Brearley’8 Woollen Milla, Batley, Engines of the Calais-Douvre, 400
aSci.'l^^5 Mi,1> Summers
Engines, Equalising the Wear in Horizontal Steam, Engines, Gas, 203
Fnaine!’ and L?w-Pressure Marine, 09
Stlm^Tn 23n7d M“um the BXhibitlOn’ 322’ S«- <36
Engines, Nominal Horse-Power of 41
• c 4-a s t( Grangemouth,” Compound, ESs. Mltbew^Faul and Engineers, 1*>, 132, Engines of H.M. Steel Despatch Vessel " Iris,” Com-pound, 98, 102, 118, 135, 149
Engines, Testing Steam 219
England’s Commercial Position, 167
English Workmen and the Paris Exhibition, 427
Erie Railway, Sale of the, 296 T>«;ia^a lan 141 Evaporative Power of Locomotive Boilers, 130, 14 , 219
Exeter Waterworks, 18
Explosions in Coal Mines. 5»
“Express,” Channel Twin Steamer, 19<, 289
Farmers’ Club, The London Agricultural Loco-motives, Thomas Aveling. 315
Faversham, Explosion at, 383,.400 989
Feed Regulating Apparatus, Mr. H. S. Maxim, Feed Regulator B fliers, Messrs WPope and Son, 288 Finney. Mr. J , Locking Plate for Nute, 464 Fires, Water Jets for Extinguishing, 328, 3^6
Fitzroy River Bridge, 373
Flexible Wheel Base System, 130, 146, 18-,
Flour Mills, Explosions in, 352
Foreign Competition, Meeting, 240
Foreign Products, Quality of, 390
Forest Conservancy, 64, 426
Forge at Creusot,-80-ton Steam Hammer, 327, 335
Fortifications, 170
Foundations, Pressure on, 63 .
Foundry Work of the United States, Light, 426 Fox, Mr. St. George Lane, Automatic Gas Lighter,
Fox, Mr. Samson, Apparatus for Testing Corrugated
Boiler Flues, 213
France, Public Works in, 208
Free Trade and Protection, 47
Frew, Mr., Close Top for Gas Furnaces, 234
Friction Clutches, 43
Fuel, Patent, 81
Fuels, Liquid, 183
Fur-cutting Machines, 115
Furnace, Gas Glass, Mr. J. P. Rickman, 4o7 . „
Furnaces of her Majesty’s Steam Tug Grinder,
Experimental, 23
Furnaces for 80-ton Steam Hammer at Creusot, 320, 335
Garforth Colliery, Stopping a Leak at, 373
Garrett and Sons, Messrs. R., Spark Arrester, 354
Gas Abroad, Price of, 115
Gas Apparatus in Birmingham, Exhibition of, 419
Gas Furnaces, 27
Gas Furnaces, Close Top for, Mr. Frew, 234
Gas Globe Holders, Messrs. Lovett and Whitehouse, 419
Gas Lighting, Automatic, 29
Gas Producer, Messrs. Ziebarth and Pulsch, 110
Gas Testing, Official, 240
Gas Lighting, Electric, 400
Gas in Syphons, 63, 99
Gases, Analysis of, 95
Gases issuing from Metallurgic Hearths, Composition and Use of, L. Cailletet, 313
Gasworks, Arrangement and Construction of, 275
Gasworks of Paris, The, 440
Gear for Heavy Guns, Loading, Mr. R. C. Smith, 464
Girders, Belgian and English, 17
Girders, Relative Economy in Trussed, 168
Glasgow Sewage, Disposal of, 203
Glass, Iridescent, 45
Glass Furnace, Gas, 457
Governors, Engine, 113
“ Grangemouth,” Compound Engines of the Steamship, Messrs. Mathew, Paul and Co., 129, 132, 402
Grinding Com in Odessa, 360
Gun, French Steel Field, 421
Gun Loading Gear, Smith’s, 464
Gun, New 100-ton, 134, 170
Gunpowder without Water, Manufacture of. 128
Guns, 100-ton, 229
Guns, Progress in Field, 99
Guns, Protection of Casemate, 25, 170
Guns for Russia, Krupp, 115
Guns, Testing, 303
Hatfield Collisions, The, 27,146
Hammer, 80-ton Steam, Paris Exhibition, MM.
Schneider et Cie., Creusot, 330, 335, 464
Hammer Foundations, Steam, 359
Hardware English, 402
Harmonic Analysis Applied to the Reduction of
Meteorological Observations, 291
Hay-pressing Plant in the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, Messrs. Hayward Tylor and Co., 457
Heating Buildings, 100, 115, 130
Heating by Steam in New York, 279
Hoist, Patent Brake, Mr. Cherry, ISO
Holmes’ Patent Movable Shaft Bearing, 188
Hooghly Floating Bridge, The, 183
Hoop Iron, Thick-ended, 167
Howitzer, New Rifled Muzzle-loading, 381
H.M. Steel Despatch Vessel “ Iris,” Compound
Engines of, 98. 102, 118, 135, 149, 196, 207
H.M.S. “ Iris,” Trials of, Mr. R. Mansell, 381
H.M.S. Tug “ Grinder,” Furnaces of, 23
H.M.S. “Hercules,” 96
Huelva Pier of the Rio Tinto Railway, The, 814
Hughes, Professor E. D., Telephone, Microphone, and
Thermopile, 343
Hull Waterworks, 66
Hydrogen, Liquefaction of, 47
“Inflexible,” H.M.S., 165, 195, 203. 206
Inertia, Influence of, on the Performance of Steam Engines, 177, 237
Inman Steamship “City of New York,” Engines of the, North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, 3, 20, 26*
Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and
Ireland, 110
Institute, The Franklin—
Examination of the Phonograph Record under the
Microscope, Mr. P. Frazer, 367
Institute of Great Britain, The Sanitary 356 Institute, The Iron and Steel, 214’
AcastePs Rail Joints, Mr. Halcomb 241
Bessemer Steel and Steel Rails, as made at the
Works of Messrs. Brown, Bayley, and Dixon _ Sheffield, Mr. C. B. Holland, 241, 242’
Kennedy’s Spiral Punch, Mr. F. W. Webb 241 Recent Improvement in the Manufacture of Iron
Sponge by the Blair Process, Mr. J. Ireland
Engineer, 226’
Separation of Phosphorus from Pig Iron, Mr. I. L.
JDCll, Zlo,
Steel-casting Apparatus, Mr. Michael Scott. 255 Institution of Civil Engineers, The, 36 96 135
263, 289, 355, 371, 383, 402 ’ W ’
The Alexandra Bridge over the Chenab, Mr H
Lambert, the Punjab Northern State Railway’
C°h£?C£°? of Si?amT goilors Adapted for very High Pressure, Mr. J. F. Flannery, 355
Conversazione of the Institution, 402
Institution of Civil Engineers (continued)—
On the Design Generally of Iron Bridges of very Large Spans for Railway Traffic, Mr. T. C. Clarke, 383
Direct-acting or Non rotative Pumping Engines and Pumps, Mr. Davey, 257
Dynamo-electric Apparatus, Recent Improvements in, Dr. Higgs and Mr. Brittle, 96
Evaporative Power of Locomotive Boilers, Mr. J. A.
Longridge, 130
Hooghly Floating Bridge, Mr. Bradford Leslie, 183
Inaugural Address of tne President, 36
The Jhelum Bridge, Mr. F. M. Avern, the Punjab
Northern State Railway, 335
Liquid Fuels, Mr. H. Aydon, 183
Railway Appliances at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876, Mr. D. Galton, 256
The Ravi Bridge at Lahore, Mr. R. T. Mallet, the Punjab Northern State Railway, 335
Institution of Engineers, The Cleveland—
Construction and Management of Blast Furnaces, Discussion on, 386
Improved Fixed Bessemer Converter, Mr. L. Wit-noffs, 175
Mackay and McGeorge’s Hydraulic Rivetting Machine, 386
Mechanical Puddling, Mr. J. A. Jones, 63
Phosphorus in Iron Ore and in Iron, Part IL, Mr.
Stead, 66
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland—
Late Action of the Board of Trade with Regard to Safety Valves, Mr. W. Denny, 185, 189
Strain and Fracture in Bars of Various Materials, 83
Institution of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, 290
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 83, 232, 325
On the Appliances and Operations for Raising the Wreck “Edith, ’ Mr. L. M. Kortwright, at Holyhead, 252, 261
Construction of Vessels to Resist High Internal Pressure, Mr. C. W. Siemens, 287
Cost of Working Different Descriptions of Railway Traffic, Mr. F. R. Conder, 256, 261
Experiments Relative to Steel Boilers, Mr. Boyd.
270
Floating D ock upon an Improved System at the Victoria Graving Docks, Mr. C. Elwin, 270, 272. 273, 279
Further Application of the Flow of Solids, M. Henri Tresca, 428
Institution of Naval Architects, 189, 261
Comparative Efficiency of Single and Twin-scraw Propellers in Deep Draught Ships, Mr. W. H. White, 261
Effect of Punching on Iron and Steel Plates, Mr.
A. C. Kirk, 207
Royal Naval College and the Mercantile Marine, Mr.
W. John, 274
On the Use of Steel for Marine Boilers and anmo Recent Improvements in their Construction Mr W. Parker, 304
Iridescent Glass, 45
“Iris,” H.M.S., 406
Iron Barrows, 27
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham-Wolverhampton, and Other Districts, 16, 33, 51, 71 88, 105, 123, 139, 156, 175, 193, 211, 229, 216, 267 283* 301, 318, 341, 359, 377, 397, 433, 451, 469
Iron, Enamelling, 43
Iron Goods, American, 406
Iron Making in India, 278, 308
Iron Mountain in New Mexico, Discovery of an 284
Iron, Necessity of Cheapening, 169
Iron from Old Steel Rails, 6
Iron, Phosphorus in, 66
Iron Pipes, Preservation of, 81
Iron, Purification of, 6, 7, 41, GO, 79
Iron, Sheet, 207
Iron Shipbuilding, 208
SQ^nge by thc BlaIr Pr0CC5s> Manufacture of, 30b
Iron, Spongy, 407
Iron, Steel, and Allied Trades in 1877, 195
Iron and Steel Plates, Effect of Punching on. 207
Iron and Steel Trades in 1877, British. 24
Iron, Strength of Cast, 99
Iron Surfaces, The Preservation of. 259
Iron Trades, The, 43
Iron Trade, Reduced Profits in the. 117
Iron Trade, Statistics, French, 205
Iron Trade in the United States, 135
Iron in the United States, Manufacture of, 79, 295
Jagges, Mr., Metallic Piston Rod Packing, 465
TZu iSon’Tir W*
Joints, Acaster’s Rail, 241
Kennedy’s Spiral Punch, 241
Keystone Valve, The, 416
Kinsale Bridge, 102, 214, 275
K 407g Wllhelm and the Grosser K urfilrst, The, 401,
Lancashire Strike and Trade, Thc 350
Launch Steam Jet, 239
17?Ch of a War Yacht for the Sultan of Zanzibar,
Leading Articles—
R^rospectivc and Prospective, 9
Admiralty Boiler Committee, Thc, 369
Armour-plates and Projectiles, 27
Australia vid the Cape, 332
Australian Mails, The, 116
Birmingham District, Mineral Resources of the.
|X 188 Boiler Inspection, 260
Boilers, Air and the Corrosion of 425
Boilers, Steel Marine 115 *
Borneo, 462
Borough Engineers, 204
Brakes’, Conttaumufos™40’ “d Contiau»'“. H6
Brakes, Fireworks, ’134
in Amenca, 136
BritSh8Tr^ri^Su8PeMlon> 331
cfXVhde\MnX^“y’ 312 Col°lPmiS 8 Xndle’ U7»’l34, 169
Goal-mining, Dangers of 205
^.-Production, 45 05
Collision in the Channel 407
Colombo Harbour, I85 '
Colombo Water Supply 351
Colonial Defence, 205 *
Combination, Power of 222
Competition, Foreign, 240
Convict Labour in America, 169
Leading Articles (continued}—
Corrosion of Mild. Steel, 389
Cotton Powder or Tonite, 461
Craddock, Thomas, 390
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, 168
Duplexing < ables, 312
Engine Friction, Marine, 221
Engineering, Sanitary, 425
Enginemen, National Federation of, 371
Engines, High and Low Pressure Marine, 99
Engines, Six-Coupled Express, 82
England’s Commercial Position, 167
English Workmen and the Paris Exhibition, 427
Explosions in Flour Mills, 352
Exports, Last Year’s, 28
Field Guns, Progress in, 99
Forest Conservancy, 63, 426
Foundations, Pressure of, 63
Foundry Work of the United States, Light, 426
French Iron Trade Statistics, 205
French Navy, The, 133
Gas Testing, Official, 240
Glasgow Sewage, Disposal of, 203
Gun, a New 100-ton, 134
Guns for Russia, Krupp, 115
Hatfield Collisions, The, 27
Health and Sewage of Towns, 390
Inflexible, H.M.S., 203
Institution of Civil Engineers, 407
Iridescent Glass, 45
Iris, II. M.S., 149
Iron Making in India, 278
Iron, Necessity for Cheapening, 169
Iron Surfaces, Preservation of, 259
Iron in the United States, Pig, 295
Iron Trade, Reduced Profits in the, 117
Iron Trade, The, 43
Lancashire Strike and Trade, The, 352
Liverpool Contract, A, 100
Locomotives, American v. English, 44
London Bridge, 63
London Coal Supply, 150
London Streets, Traffic in, 222
London Water Companies, 149
London Water Supply, 81
Lubricating Locomotive Leading Wheel Flanges, 352
Machinery in the Lock and Key Trade, 408
Magnophone, The, 408
Manufactures and the Factory Acts, 259
Microphone, The, 461
Mine Cage Detaching Hooks, 186
Naval Architects, Education of, 277
Nine Hours’ Movement and the Engineers, 408
Ordnance, Our Expenditure for, 443
Paris Exhibition, The, 311, 331
Paris Hotels and the Exhibition, 117
Patents, Fraudulent, 100
Patents and Trade Marks, 82
Plumbers’ Unions and Apprentices, 150
Propellers, Action of Screw, 351
Protection of London Against Fire, 311
Quality of Foreign Products, 390
Railway Extension, Metropolitan, 65
Railway Traffic Returns, Our, 65
Railways, Overhead. 133
Railways, Some Possibilities of the, 222
Reclamation Work, 462
Rotherham and its Engineering Troubles, 332
Seely, Mr., on Ships of War, 185
Sheffield, A Bright Gleam from, 117
Sheffield Surveyorship, The, 240, 260, 278
Station Platforms and Railway Carriage Footsteps, 352
Steam Power on Tramways, 45, 167, 443
Steel, Bessemer, 100
Steel and Chilled Iron Projectiles, 277
Steel, Influence of Vibration on, 28
Strike, The Masons’, 28, 204, 293
Tay Bridge, The, 408
Thames, and the Metropolitan Sewage, The, 43
Torpedo Attack and Defence, 239
Trade Marks Case, A, 370
Trade, Prospects of British, 369
Trade Prospects in the United States, 444
Tramways, Steam on, 45, 1^7, 443
Trussed Girders, Relative Economy in, 168
Victorian Tariff, The New, 186
Water, Red-hot, 100
Waterloo Bridge, 389
Legal Intelligence.
British Dynamite Company v. Krebs, 257
Dalton v. The Savile-street Foundry and Engineering Company, 226
Morgan-Brown v. O’Reilly, 187
Le Neve Foster, Mr. P., 452
Letters to the Editor—
Air and Corrosion in Marine Boilers, J. P. de Winton, 441
Aloe Leaves, Machine for Treating, D. H., 293
American Iron Goods, Non-Jnteilopcr, 406
Angle Iron Rings, C. J. 8., 293
Atherton’s Patent Tire Fastening, W. Atherton, 349, 441
Atherton’s Patent Tire Fastening, Diogenes, 324, 386
Atherton’s Patent Tire Fastening, Joseph Walker, 849
Balata and Balata Gum, B. C., 239
Bevel Gearing, Bevel Wheels, 369
Bevel Gearing, Bodley Bros, and Co., 389
Bevel Gearing, J. H., 389
Bevel Gearing, Millwright, 389
Bevel Gearing, R. N. N., 389
Black Drop, The, G Pennington 324
Black Drop and How to Use it, The, C. B. Allen, 275
Blair Process, The, Fred. Yates, 226, 308
Boiler Flues, Corrugated, Boiler, 296, 373, 458
Boiler Flues, Corrugated, T. M., 296
Boiler F ues, Corrugated, John J. Webster (See also p. 294), 275, 308, 348, 386
Boiler Flues, Strength of, Boiler, 324
Boiler Inspection, Boiler Inspector, 297
Boiler Inspection, J. Criswick, 297
Boiler Inspection, W. 8. Hall, 325, 386
Boiler Inspection, H. Hiller, 386
Boiler Inspection, Inspector No. 2, 308, 349, 406
Boiler Plates, Steel, W. Boyd, 296
Boilers, Steel, Fredk. Ware, 170
Boilers, Steel, J. T., 146
Borough Engineering, Honeste Audax, 219
Brake, The Becker, Becker, 296
Brake, The Becker, T. W., 296
Brakes, Continuous, E. M., 458
Brakes, Continuous, T. G. Hardy and M. D.
Yeumans, 441
Brakes, Continuous, M. Urban, 428
Brakes, Continuous, Geo. Westinghouse, jun., 441
Brakes, Continuous, The Westinghouse Continuous Brake Company, 428
Byrne’s Pneumatic Battery, Desmond G. Fitzgerald, 406
Casemate Guns, Protection of, George 8. Clarke, Lieut. R.E., 25
Casemate Guns, Protection of, J. Jones, 170
Castings, Securing Studs in, Ajax, 81
Castings, Small, The Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, 458
Cast Iron, Strength of, H. S. S., 99
Charcoal Furnaces, Charcoal, 167
Cleopatra’s Needle, Common Sense, 182
Cleopatra’s Needle, W. W., 119
Coal as a Munition of War, Danger, 296
Cold Storage Wharf, Archibald D. Dawnay, 170
Confectionery Machinery, D. ID, 259
Crank Axles, Breakage of, G. Beck, 130
Crank Axles, Breakage of, C. M. P., 41,119
Crank Axles, Breakage of, C. M. 8., 146
Crank Axles, Breakage of, F. N. M,, 119
Crank Axles, Breakage of, G. B., 219
Crank Axles, Breakage of, Walter Shellshear, 61
Darlington Rock Drill, G. C., 239
Deferred Payment System—Re Thomas and Evans, Scott and Barham, 25
Letters to the Editor (continued)—
Diamonds for Rock Boxing, Jos. R. and Co., 221
Draughtsman and Managers. Pay of, F. II. T., 25
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, Alpha, 349
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, Fair Play, 200
Draughtsmen, Pay of, F. A. H., 130
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, A German Draughtsman, 349
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, II. E. H., 182
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, L. II., 182
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, Mechanical Engineer, 406
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, Senior Draughtsman, 200
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, T Square, 297
Draughtsmen, Pay and Position of, Theta, 297
Draughtsmen, Position and Pay of. Triangle, 325
Draughtsmen, Pay of, T. D. S., 170
Draughtsmen, Value of Services of, W., 61
Electric Light, Battery, 43
Electric Light, Battery for, Lux, 9
Electric Lights for Coal Mines, An Engineer (Correspondence with Dr. Faraday), 458
Enamelled Dials, W., 259
Enamelling Iron, An Old Subscriber, 43
Engine and Boiler at Messrs. Craig’s Paper Mills, Dalkeith, Economical Efficiency of an, Thomas Baldwin, 182
Engines, Six-coupled Express, F. H. Credlaw, 200
Engines, Six-coupled Express, J. D. B., 200
Engines, Six-coupled Express, Piston, 119
Engines, Six-coupled Express, Robt. T. Fairlie, 182, 275
Engines, Six-cnupled Express, R. H. H., 130
Explosion at Faversham, 406
Exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition, T. S. Thompson, 325
Fitzroy River Bridge, The, Fred. J. Byerley, 373
Flexible Wheel Base System, T. Claxton Fidler, 130, 182
Flexible Wheel Base System, Jas. Cleminson, 146, 200
Friction Clutches, Oil Seed Crushers,* 43
Fur-cutting Machines, II. W., 115
Galvanising, Punt, 259
Garforth Colliery, Stopping a Leak at, Henry Davey, 373
Gas Abroad, Price of, F. E. H., 115
Gas Engines, X. Y. Z., 203
Gas Furnaces, Fred. Yates, 27
Gas in Syphons, M. S., 63
Gas in Syphons, Wm. Henderson, 99
Gun, A New 100-ton, J. Provenzale, 170
Heating Buildings, Foreign Subscriber, 115
Heating Buildings, X., 130
Heating Chrome Iron, Adami, 461
H.M.S. “Iris,” C., 406
Hoop Iron, Thick-Ended, J. G., 167
Horse-power of Engines, Nominal, W. S., 41
Inertia on the Performance of Steam Engines, Influence of, Robert Gill, 237
Inertia on the Performance of Steam Engines, Influence of G. G., 237
Iron Barrows, J. F., 27
Iron-making in India, J. Ireland (seep. 278), 308
Iron Pipes, Preservation of, Zura, 81
Kinsale Bridge, Alex. Rooney, 275
Locomotives, English v. American, J. E. Clanchy, 61
Locomotive Boilers, Efficiency of, J. A. Longridge, 219
Locomotive Engines at the Paris Exhibition, Crank, 428
Locomotive Engines at the Paris Exhibition, An Express Driver, 428
Locomotive Engines at the Paris Exhibition, J. J. Tyrrell, 428
Locomotive Engines at the Paris Exhibition, C. W.
Vincent, 406
Looms, Brussels Carpet, Textile, 99
Lubricants, Value of, F. L. R., 25
Machinery in the Lock and Key Trade, Messrs.
Greenwood and Batley, 443
Mill Engines, Marine Engineer, 275
Mill Engines, G. hellers (see p. 275), 308
Morse Drills, R. L K., 425
“ Moulders’ ” Ready Reckoner, The, David Neave, 170
Nine Hours’ Movement, The, Alpha, 441
Paper Baga ? M. and Co , 443
Patent Fuel, A Subscriber, 81
Patents, Fraudulent, John Frearson, 119
Perforated Copper Sheet or Plate? B. P., 389
Permanent Way, Henry Simon, 386
Permanent Way, Hilfs, Henry Simon, 324
Permanent Way, Charles Wcod, 373
Petroleum Engines, Bel, 277
Plumbers’ Union, The, C. S., 237
Polishing Saws L. E. F., 81
Purification of Iron, MM. L. Fallows, 7
Purification of Iron, James Henderson, 6
Purification of Iron, J. Jones, 41
Purification of Iron, J. A. Jones, 79
Purification of Iron, Oxide, • 0
Purification of Iron, Phosphorus, 60
Purification of Iron, Vulcan, 41
Rails, New Use for Old, E. Wasell, 324
Railways in Russia, Anthracite (seep. 233), 308
Rheea Fibre, John Greig and Sons, 7
Rhubarb Cleaning Machines, C., 293
Ripping in Boiler Plates, Orlando Cliff, 239
Rolling Stock, North-Western Railway, J. J., 203
Scarcity of Good Workmen, A British Mechanic, 200
Scarcity of Good Workmen, H. J., 7
Scarcity of Good Workmen, A Mechanic, 237
Scarcity of Good Workmen, A Sea-going Engineer, 182
Scotch Fir, Preserving, L. W. P., 63
Screw Moorings, T. M., 443
Sea Water Temperature at Bombay, G. P., 185
Shannon, Regulation of the, Coranied, 61
Sinking cylinders, C. S., 203
Spongy Iron, A. H., 389
Spongy Iron, J. Ireland, 407
Staple Making Machines, R. F. and Co., 259
Steam Hammer Foundations, T. G. and S., 369
Steam Hammer Foundations, G., 389
Steam Hammer Foundations, E. Stocks, 389
Steam Jet Launch, C. R. S. 239
Steam Jets, A. W. Wilson, 63
Steatite Burners, A. D., 115
Stune Getting and Breaking, J. W. P., 221
Stop Valves, Daniel A. Cormack, 219
Stop Valves, Death and Ellwood, 219
Stop Valves, D. T. A., 297
Stop Valves, Foreign Observer, 297
Stop Valve, Cormack’s Improved Steam, Charles L.
Bett, 200
Stop Valves, Wm. McNaught, 297
Strap Driving, Thomas Bramwell, 386, 458
Strap Driving, Millar and Durie, 428
Strap Driving, W. P., 428
Strikes Preventible ? Are, W. H. T. 79
Syphon Lubricators, R. • Weatherburn, 185
Testing Presses, W. S. Bell, 185
Testing Steam Engines, W. H. Northcott, 219
Thames Steam Ferry, Fred. E. Duckham, 25
Thrust Blocks for Screw Shafts, John Anthony, 275
Thrust Blocks for Screw Shafts, 324
Timber, Canadian and Riga, Novice, 115
Torpedo Launches, Engineer, 296
Tower Bridge, The, Ewing Matheson, 348
Tower Bridge, The, Hamilton W. Pendred, 296
Tramways, Steam on, J. L. Haddan, 237
Tree Felling Machine, Steam, A. Ransome, 79
Water-tight Bulkheads, R. B., 441
Water-tight Bulkheads, R. M., 441
Water-tight Bulkhead Doors, W. R., 428
Weighing Machines, W. Q. E. Co., 259
Whitwell’s Patent Continuous Drying and Burning Brick Kiln, Thomas Whitwell (see p. 253), 325
Wolverhampton Tramways, D. Campbell, 81
Letters to the Editor (continued)—
Wood, African Hard, U. S. C., 119
Wood-working Machinery, Wood-worker, 275
Lighting Railway Carriages, 118
Literature :—
Accidents in Mines, their Causes and Preventions, by Alan Bagot, 427
American Journal of Mathematics Pure and Applied, Edited by Dr. J. J. Sylvester, 414
Application of Electricity to Railway Working, by G. W. E. Langdon, 134
Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus of the South Kensington Museum, 353
Chalumeau Analyses, Qualitatives et Quanti-tatives, Traduction Libre du Trait6 de B. Kerl, 240
City of London Directory for 1878, 223
Economic Theory of the Location of Railways, by A. M. Wellington, C.E., 45
Eisen, Constructionen des Hoch und Briickenbaues aus Eisenbahnschienen Von Franz Kessler und Franz Pfeuffer, 29
Elements of Geology, Text Book for Colleges and for the General Reader, by Joseph Le Conte, 371
Essai d’une Thdorie des Vofites en Berceau, en Arc de Circle et en Plein Centre, by T. Belpaire, 295
The Geology of the Fenland, by Sydney B. J. Skerichley, F.G.S., 222
History, Products, and Processes of the Alkali Trade, including the most recent improvements, by C. T. Kingsett, Illustrated, 100
Imperial College of Engineering, Tokei. (1) Calendar, Session 1877-8. (2) Reports by the Professors for the Period 1873-7, 462
Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers, Nos. xv. to xix., 140
Locomotive Engine Driving, by Michael Reynolds,
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, with other selected and abstracted Papers, Vol. LI., Part I., 260
The Moulder’s Ready Reckoner, by David Neave, 134
Physiography; an Introduction to the Study of Nature, 332
Practical Treatise on Mill Gearing, Wheels, Shafts, Riggers, &c., for Engineers, by Thomas Box, 205
Practical Treatise on Water Supply Engineering, by J. T. Fanning, 332
Preventive Medicine in relation to the Public Health, by Alfred Carpenter, 445
Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some Account of the First Railway in China, by Richard C. Rapier, M.I.C.E., Illustrated, 169
Report to the United States Secretary of War, 1 vol., 312
Science and Art of the Manufacture of Portland Cement, by Henry Reid 65, 117
Tbe Sheffield Standard List, Illustrated, 463
Slate and Slate Quarrying, Scientific, Practical, and Commercial, by D. C. Davies, 391
Supplement to the Sixth Report of the Local Government Board, 186
System of Volumetric Analysis, by Dr. Emil Fleischer, 240
Tables Permettant d’Effectuer rapidement les Cal-culs relatlfs & la Stability des Vofttes, by T. Belpaire, 295
LeTelSgraphe: Terrestre, Sous-Marin, Pneumatique ; Histuire, Principes Mdcanismes, Applications, Rdglements, Tarifs, &c., by Paul Laurencin Rothschild, Paris, 151
Transactions of the Society of Engineers for 1877, 278
Treatise on Statics, Containing some of the Fundamental Propositions in Electrostatics, by G. M. Min chin, M.A., 151
Treatise on Chemistry, by H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., and
C. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., Vol. 1 (The Non-Metallic Elements), 82
Works in Iron, Bridge, and Roof Structures, by Ewing Matheson, M. I. C.E., 212
Lock and Key Trade, Machinery in the, 408, 443
Locking Plate for .Nuts, Mr. J. Finney, 464
Locomotive Engines at the Paris Exhibition, 406, 428, 436
Locomotive, Narrow Gauge Tank, Soc. Suisse Winterthur, Paris Exhibition, 385, 386, 388
Locomotive Tramway, Mr. Brown, Socidte Suisse, Winterthur, Paris Exhibition, 361, 362
Locomotive, A 2ft. Gauge, Hinkley Locomotive Works, 113, 114
Locomotives, Agricultural, 315
Locomotives, American, 412
Locomotives, American v. English, 44
Locomotives at the Paris Exhibition, 322, 344, 379, 419, 436
London Bridge, 63
London Coal Supply, 149
London Against Fire, The Protection of, 311
London Streets Traffic, 222
London Water Companies, 149
London Water Supply, 56, 81
Looms, Brussels Carpet, y9
Lubricants, Apparatus for Testing the Value of, 372
Lubricants, Value of, 25
Lubricating Locomotive Leading Wheel Flanges, 352
Lundy Islanu, Climate of, 469
Maccoll’s Rivetting Machine, 288, 307
Magnophone, The, 408
Mail Steamship, White Star, 7
Manchester Water Supply, 108
Manufactures and the Factory Acts, 259
Masons' Strike, The, 28, 204
Merchant Fleets of the World, The, 257
Metaline, 170
Metropolitan Improvements Map, 89
Microphone, The Invention of the, 461, 463
Microphone, Mr. J. Blyth on the, 445
Microphone, Prof. E. D. Hughes’, 343, 422
Microphone, Pile, Mr. W. J. Lancaster, 422
Microscopical Examination of Water, The, 465
Midland Railway Carriage Works, Derby, Wood-working Machinery, Messrs. Thomas Robinson and Son, 181, 187, 199, 206, 216, 275, 276, 278
Mine cage. Detaching Hooks, 186
Mineral with Castor Oil, Blending, 351
Miners’ Wages, Proposed Reduction of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, 176
Miscellanea, 3, 21, 37, 57, 75, 93, 109, 131, 147, 161, 179, 201, 215, 233, 253, 271, 298, 309, 329, 345, 363, 387, 403, 423, 437, 459
Morse Drills, 425
Moors water Viaduct, Cornwall Railway (Contracts
Open), 148, 151, 152
Moulders’ Ready Reckoner, The, 170
Moysey, Mr. J., Feathering Screw Propeller, 59
Natal, Meteorology of, 469
Naval Architects, 277
Naval college and the Mercantile Marine, The Royal, 274, 277
Navy, The French, 133
Navy, Purchase Department of the, 48
Needle Making, 397
“Nettle," Experiments on Board H.M.S., 113, 125
Newhaven Harbour, 85
Nicolaieff Dockyard, Activity at, 452
Nine Hours’ Movement, The, 441
North British Railway, Express Passenger Engine, Mr. D. Drummond, Cowlairs, Engineer, 5, 6
North of England, 17, 34, 52, 72, 89, 106, 124, 140, 157, 176, 194, 212, 230, 247, 268, 284, 302, 319, 342, 360, 378, 398, 412, 434, 452, 470
North-Western Railway Rolling Stock, 203
Notes from Scotland, 17, 34, 52, 72, 89, 106, 124, 140, 157,176, 194, 212, 230, 247, 268, 284, 302, 319, 342, 360, 378, 398, 412, 434, 452, 470
Notes from Lancashire, 17, 33, 51, 71, 88, 105, 123, 139, 156, 175, 193, 211, 229, 246, 267, 284, 301, 318,341, 359, 877, 397, 412, 433, 451, 469
Notes and Memoranda, 3, 21, 37, 57, 75, 93,109,131,147, 161, 179. 201, 215, 233, 253, 271, 298, 309, 329, 345, 363, 387, 403. 423, 437, 459
Notices to Correspondents, 9, 27, 43, 63, 81, 99, 115, 133, 149. 167, 185, 203,221, 239, 259, 277, 293, 311, 331, 351, 369, 389, 407, 425, 443, 461
Rotary Compound Pumping Engine, I he Goodhope Ironworks Co., Sterkrade, Engineers, 58, 61
Obituary:—
Mr. H. W. F. Bolckow, M.P., 444
Mr. John Cleminson, 226
Dr. Julius Robert Mayer, 223
Mr. Alexander Moore, Chief Constructor of Devon-port Yard, 246
Captain Parrott, 33
Captain R. G. Scott, 212
Sir George Gilbert Scott, 223
Mr. J. P. Woodford, C.E., 386
Oil Testing ? 351
Ooroomiah, Lake, 360'
Ordnance, Monster, 214
Ordnance, Our Expenditure for, 443
Ornament in Manufacture, On the Use of, 194
Outridge’s Box Engine, 55
Packing, Metallic Piston Rod, Mr. Jagges, 465
Paper Bags ? 443
Paris Exhibition, The, 17, 20, 22, 35, 54, 92, 94, 110, 142, 160, 166, 178, 183, 184, 207, 231, 269, 295, 303, 306, 311, 321, 322. 325, 330, 331, 335, 344, 346, 353, 354, 361, 391, 415:—
Austrian Artisans at the Exhibition, 183
Boiler, Water Tube, M. L. Benoit, 354
Boilers, Semi-Tubular, MM. Ed. Victoor and Eug.
F..urcy, 392
Clamp, The Crown Floor, 417
Details, Interior Galleries, 160,166
Dovetailing Machinery, Mr. Stengel, 435
Electric Brake Apparatus for the Railways of France, 455, 456
Electric Light at the Exhibition, 17
Engine, Corliss, MM. Le Gavrian ct Fils, 405, 409
Engine, Express Passenger, Eastern Railway of France, M. L. Regray, 379
Engine, Goods, Paris and Orleans Railway, Messrs. Cail and Co., 364, 368
Engine, 100-Horse Power, Horizontal Condensing, Mr. Brown, Socidte Suisse, Winterthur, 364, 365
Engine, Passenger, Western Railway of France, Socidtd Ernst Gouin et Cie., 399, 415, 420, and also Supplement to June 7, 1878
Engines, Steam Pumping, M. Dubuc, 420, 424
Exhibitors at the Exhibition, 325
Grand Vestibule, 110
Joiner, Improved General, Messrs. F. W. Reynolds and Co., 417
Locomotive Engines, 322, 344, 379, 419, 436
Locomotive, Narrow Gauge Tank, Soc. Suisse, Winterthur, 385, 386, 388
Locomotive, Tramway, Soc. Suisse, Winterthur, 361, 362
Machinery Sections, Leading Features of the, 321
Opening Ceremony, The, 311
Outer Gallery and Verandah, 20, 22
Planer and Matcher, Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co., 439 Planing, Shaping, and Morticing Machine, Messrs.
T. Robinson and Son, 417
Pulley, Bevel Flange, Loose, Mr. Streit, 436
Rod Machine, Power Feed, Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co., 435
Roof of the Fine Arts Galleries, 178, 184
Roof of Interior Galleries, 92, 94
Sand Papering Machine, Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co., 435
Sheet Iron for the Exhibition, 207
Steam Hammer, 80-ton, MM. Schneider et Cie., Creusot, 330, 335
Thrashing Machine and Seed Drill Cups, Messrs.
R. Garrett and Sons, 306
Vacuum Brake, Mr. Hardy, 346, 347
Water and Woods Department, 391
What is there to be seen in the i hamp de Mars ? 331 Wood-worker, Universal. Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co..
439
Wood-working Machinery, 399, 435
Wood-working Machinery, American, 435, 439
Paris Hotels and the Exhibition, 117, 355
Patent Office, The, 349
Patent Laws, The, 243
Patents, Fraudulent, 119
Patents and Trade Marks, 82
Pavement, Wood, 47, 171, 314
Peat, Charring, Mr. Barff s Process, 392
Peninsular and Oiiental Steam Navigation Company, List of Vessels, 470
Permanent Way, 386, 397
Permanent Way Hilf’s, 324
Permanent Way, Iron, 235, 374
Phuneidoscope The, Mr. S. Taylor, 421
Phonograph, The, 378, 438
Phunogiaph Recoid under the Microscope, Examination of the, 367
Phonography Extraord’nary, 455
Phonoscope, The, Mr. H. Edmonds, jun., 421
Phosphoi us fr Pig Iron, Separation of, 214
Pier, Withernaea Promenade, Mr. T. Cargill, Engineer, 62, 66
Pieri Rifle, The, 334
Planer and Matcher, Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co., Paris Exhibition, 439
Planing, Sbap ng, and Morticing Machine, Messrs. T.
Robinson and Son, Paris Exhibition, 417
Plumbers’ Unions and Apprentices, 149, 237
Pope and Bon, Messrs., Boiler Feed Regulator, 288
Portishtad Docks, The, 4u2
Portland Cement, Concrete, 47
Prices Current of Metals, Oils. Timber, &c. (see last page of first member in each month')
Private Bills, Session 1878 97, 118, 135, 151, 187
Press, Compound Hydraulic Cotton, Watson’s, Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co., Engineers, 38, 39, 46
Projectiles and their Effects, Competitive, Shoebury-ness, 250, 251, 277
Projectiles, Steel and Chilled Iron, 277
Propeller, Feathering Screw, Mr. J. Moysey, 59
Propellers, The Action of Screw, 351
Propellers in Deep Draught Ships, Single and Twin Screw, 261
Protection, Free Trade and, 47
Puddling, Mechanical, 66
Pulley, Bevel Flange Loose, Mr. Streit, Paris Exhibition, 436
Pulsometer in Chemical Works, The, 453, 464
Pulsometer Engineering Company, The, 25
Pumping Engines and Pumps, 257
Pumping Engines for Waterworks, 263
Pumps for Hydraulic Presses, Direct-acting, Mr.
Ralph H. Tweddell, 84
Punch, Spiral, 241
Rails, A New Use for Old, 324
Rainfall, Heavy, 257
Ram of the Kbnig Wilhelm, The, 401
Ramsgate Sewage, 2o8
Rape Oil for Irish Lighthouses, 119
Railway Appliances at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876, 256, 261
Railway Extension, Metropolitan, 65
Railway, New York Elevated Street, 206, 397
Railway in Liverpool, Overhead, 434
Railway Matters, 3, 21, 37, 57, 75, 93, 109, 131, 147, 161, 179, 201, 215, 233, 253, 271, 298, 309, 329, 345, 363, 387, 403, 423, 437, 459
Railway Stock in Austria, Depreciation of, 336
Railway Traffic, Cost of Working Different De scriptions of, 256, 261
Railway Traffic Returns, Our, 65
Railways in California, 79
Railways, Ceylon Government, 40, 42, 162, 16v, 180
Railways in 1865, 1875, Traffic on the European, 367
Railways, Narrow Gauge, 152
Railways, Overhead, 133
Railways in Russia, 308, 319
Railways, Some Possibilities of the, 222
Reaper, Self-binding, Mr. W. A. Wood, 163
Reaping Machine, The Invention of, 337
Reclamation Work, 462
Renfrew Harbour, 207
Roynier, M., Electric Lamp, 458
Rheea, Fibre, 7
Rhubarb Cleaning Machines, 293
Rickman, Mr. J. P., Gas Glass Furnace, 457
Rifle, The Pieri, 334
Rifle, The Soper, 35, 46
Rivetting Machine, Hydraulic. 386
Rivetting Machine, Mr. Maccoll’s, 288, 307
Roadway Construction, Modern, 344
Rod Machine, Power Feed, Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co.
Paris Exhibition, 435
Rotherham and its Engineering Troubles, 332
Royal Agricultural Society, 101, 247, 427
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, The Mean Relative Humidity at the, 469
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and at the Kew Observatory in 1877, The Relative Duration of Sunshine at the, 469
Russian Armaments, 56
Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Messrs., 40-Horse Power Surface Condensing Engine, 289, 292, 307, 310
Saloon Carriage, Royal, South-Western Railway, Cleminson’s Flexible Wheel Base System, 111
Sanders, Mr. D., Continuous Brakes, 77
Sand-papering Machine, Messrs. J. A. Fay and Co.,
Paris Exhibition, 435
San Francisco, Compound Pumping Engines, 198, 202
Sash Fastener, The Yale, 47
Saws, Polishing, 81
Schneider et Cie., Creusot, MM., 80-ton Steam Hammer, 326, 327, 335, 464
School of Engineering, The Crystal Palace, 319
School of Mines, Columbia College, 348
Scotch Fir Preserving, 63
Screw Moorings, 443
Screw Shafts, Thrust Blocks for, 275, 324
Sea Water at Bombay, Temperature of, 185
Seely on Ships of War, Mr., 185
Sewage and Health of Towns, 390
Sewer Gases and Simple Means of Averting their Dangers, 257
Shaft Bearing, Movable, Mr. Holmes, 188
Shannon, The Regulation of the, 61
Sheffield, A Bright Gleam from, 117
Sheffield District, 17, 34, 52, 72, 89, 106, 124, 140, 157, 175, 193, 211, 230, 246, 267, 284, 302, 319, 342, 360, 378, 397, 412, 434, 451,470
Sheffield, The Factory Acts in, 278
Sheffield Surveyorship, The, 240, 260, 278
Shells, Trial of, 237
Sherwin, Mr., Patent Disintegrator, 354
Shipbuilding in 1877, 246
Ships, Steel, 226
Ships of War, Mr. Seely on, 185
Shoeburyness, Trial of Competitive Armour Piercing
Shot, 250, 251, 277
Signals, Railway, Mr. Burn, 128
Silver Mining in Nevada, 1,19, 35, 53, 91
Simons and Co., Messrs., Launch of Screw Steamer, 600 rons, 193
Sinking Cylinders, 2 3
Smith, Mr. R. Catanach, Loading Gear, 464
SOCIETE DES INGENIEURS ClVILS, PARIS—
Further Application of the Flow of Solids, Mr.
Henri Tresca, 428, 445, 463
Society of Arts, The, 452
Society of Arts, The Royal Scottish—
Notes on the Telephone, Mr. R. M. Ferguson, Ph.D., F.R.S.E., 164
Society, Civil and Mechanical Engineers’: —
Arrangement and Construction of Gasworks, Mr H. E. Hill, 275
Chimney Shafts, Mr. R. M. Bancroft, 85
Design and Construction of the Portishead Docks, Mr. M. Curry, jun., 402
Society, Civil and Mechanical Engineers (continued)—
House Drainage, Mr. H. T. Munday, 47
Society, The Liverpool Engineering :—
Appliances and Operations for Raising the Steamship Edith, Mr. L. M. Kortright, 307
Arched Structures, Mr. M. E. Yeatman, 374
Atlantic Lines and Steamships, 85
Boxwood, The Trade in, 85
Coal Crushing and Bunker Design, Mr. J. J. Butcher, 128
Permanent Way of Railways, Sir. Alexander Ross, 397
Portland Cement Concrete, Mr. W. S. Boult, 47
Progress of Steam Shipping During the last Quarter of a Century, Mr. Alfred Holt, 374
Pumping Engines for Waterworks, Mr. Vernon Petherick, 263
Town Sewage and House Drainage, Mr. Wm. Kelly, 193
Wooden Pavements, Foundations of, Mr. G. Smith, 47
Society of Edinburgh, The Royal:—
The Microphone, James Blyth, M.A., 445
Society of Engineers, The:—
Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. R. P. Spicer, 112
Equalising the Wear of Horizontal Steam Engines, Mr. W. Schonhcyder, 393
Lighting and Extinction of Gas by Means of Electricity, Mr. St. George Lane Fox, 400
Modern Roadway Construction, Air. Henry S. Copland, 344
Visit of the Members to the Lambeth Pottery Works, 419, 440
Water Purification, Mr. J. Walter Pearse, 189
Society, King’s College Engineering, 97
Coal and Coal Mining, Mr. T. F. Playle, 157
Iron Shipbuilding, Mr. A. L. Alliman, 208
Needlemaking. Mr. 8. H. Heynes, 397
Phonograph, The, Mr. W. R. Pidgeon, 378
Railway Brakes, Mr. R. Blunt, 419
Telephone, Mr. C. W. Cunnington, 157
Tin Mining in Cornwall, Mr. H. N. Harvey, 97
Use of Ornament in Manufacture, Mr. R. Blunt, 194
Society, The Meteorological, 41, 469
Account of the Atmospheric Disturbance which took place in Lat. 21 deg. N., Long. 22 deg. W., on January 27-28, 1877, by J. H. Carden, 469
Application of Harmonic Analysis to the Reduction of Meteorological Observations, Hon. R. Abercrombie, 291
Auroral or Magnetic Cirrus, Rev. S. Barber, 469
Climate of Lundy Island, A. J. H. Crespi, 469
Daily Inequality of the Barometer, W. W. Rundcll, 398
Mean Relative Humidity at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, W. Ellis, 469
Meteorology of Mozufferpore, Tirhoot, in 1877, C. N.
Pearson, 398
The Meteorology of Natal, Dr. R. J. Mann, 469
Note on the Great Rainfall of April lOth-lltb, by W.
Ellis, 398
Notes on the Occurrences of Globular Lightning, and of Waterspouts in Co. Donegal, Ireland, by M. Fitzgerald, 226
Notes on Some Remarkable Cloud Formations, &c., 1 by Captain W. Watson, 469
Notes on a Waterspout, Captain W. Watson, F.M.S., I 226
Observations of Sea Temperature at Slight Depths, Captain W. F. Caborne, 398
Rainfall at Sea, W. J. Black, 226
Relative Duration of Sunshine at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and at the Kew Observatory, during the year 1877, G. M. Whipple, 469
Some Peculiarities in the Migration of Birds in the Autumn and Winter of 1877-78, J. Cordeaux, 291
Winter Climate of some English Seaside Health Resorts, Dr. Tripe, 171, 226
Society, The Physical: —
Physical Action of the Microphone, Prof. Hughes, 422
Society, The Royal;—
On the Determination of the Constants of the Cup Anemometer by Experiments with a Whirling Machine, T. R. Robinson, 412
Society, Royal Microscopical:—
On the Microscopical Examination of wat-er, Mr.
W. L. Scott, 465
Society of Telegraph Engineers:—
Address of Dr. C. W. Siemens, 67
The Telephone and Magnophone, Mr. W. H. Preece, 374
I Society, University College Chemical and Physical, 208
Solids, The Flow of, 42«, 445, 463
Soper Rifle, The, 35, 46
South Kensington Museum, 17, 34, 52, 72, 89, 106, 140, 152, 176, 189, 209, 219, 268, 284, 319, 325, 354, 378, 398, 412, 422, 441, 470
S. W. Railway, Royal Saloon Carriage, Clcminson s Flexible Wheel Base System, 111
Spark Arrester, Messrs. R. Garrett and Sons, 354
Spinning and Weaving Districts of the Voigtland,
Distress in the, 307
Spongy Iron, 226,389
Standards of Length in the Guildhall, Public, 313
Staple-making Machines, 259
Station Platforms and Carriage Footsteps, 352
Steam on Common Roads, 101, 113
Steam Hammer Foundations, 389
Steam Jets, 63
Steam Shipping, Progress of, 374
Steam on Tramways, 45
Steel Boilers, Experiments Relative to, 270, 290
Steel Casting Apparatus, 242, 255, 334
Steel, Classification of, 445
Steel “Corrosion of,” Mild, 389
Steel, Influence of Vibration on, 28
Steel and Steel Rails, Bessemer, 241, 212
Steel Ships, 7
Stone Getting and Breaking, 221
Strange, Mr., Tricycle, 457
Strap, Driving, 386, 428, 458
Strikes in 1877, 108,175
Strikes Preventable ? Are, 79
Sugar in Australia, 72
Sugar Cane Mill for Messrs. Polledo, Rionda and Co., Matanzas, The Farrel Foundry and Machine Company Ansonia, Connecticut, Engineers, 95
Sun and Earth, Constitution of the, 333
Sutton Bridge, Dock at, 41
Swedish Railways, 212
Syphon Lubricators, Mr. R. Weatherburn, 170, 185
Tariffville Bridge, Failure of the, 119
Tay Bridge, The, 208
Technical Education, 135
Telegraph Progress. 82
Telegraphing from New York to Sidney, 451
Telephone, The, 157, 164, 287
Telephone, Prof. Barrett on the, 34
Telephone, Prof. Hughes’, 313
Telephone, Call for the, 434
Telephone, a Chinese Invention, The, 383
Telephone and Magnophone, The, 374
Telephonic Transformations, 374
Tenders, 207
Tenders—
Darenth, Kent, 252
Droitwich, Water and Sewerage Works, 213
Oxford Local Board, 152
Rotterdam Tramways, 371
Solihull (Birmingham) Sewerage Works, Contract
No. 1, 419
Yardley, Birmingham Sewage Works, Contract No. 2, 102
Testing Apparatus, Messrs. W. H. Bailey and Co., 30
Thames, Embankment of the River, 315
Thames and the Metropolitan Sewage, The, 43, 293
Thames Steam Ferry, The, 25
Thames Valley Drainage, The, 128
Thermopile, Prof. E. D. Hughes’, 343
Thirlmcre Scheme, The, 231, 249, 269
Thirlmerc Water Scheme, 175
Thompson, Mr. J. C., Cyclometer, 234
Thrashing Machinery and Seed Drill Cups, Messrs.
Richard Garrett and Sons, Paris Exhibition, 306
Thrust Blocks for Screw Shafts, 275, 324
1'imber, Canadian and Riga, 115
Tin Mining in Cornwall, 97
1'ire Fastening, Atherton’s Patent, 198, 324
Tire Ingots, Scott’s System of Casting, 331
Tires, Cheap Railway Wheel, 7
Torpedo Armour. 234
Torpedo Attack and Defence, 239
• Torpedo Boats for the Admiralty, 1 /1
Torpedo Corps, Volunteer, 402
1 Torpedo Launches, 296
Tower Bridge, The, 296, 348
Town Sewage and House Drainage, 1J.»
j Trade Marks Case, A., 370
! Trade Marks in Germany, British. 312
Trade, Prospects of British, 36 J
! Trade Prospects in the United States, ill Trading Profi ts in Birmingham,134 Tramways, Steam on, 45, 167, 237, 443 Tramways, Wolverhampton, 81
Transit of Venus Expeditions, Results of the, 153,
275
Trap, Sewer Gas, Mr. B. P. Bower, 110
Tree-felling Machine, Steam, Messrs. Allan, R uisomc, and Co., 59, 79
Tricycle, Mr. Strange. 457
Trimming Wheel Teeth, Machine for, Mr. J. Smith, 384
1 United States Navy, Trial of a Steamer in the, 398 University College, London, Engineering Laboratory at, 246
Valve Gear fitted to 25-Hor»c Power Engine, Collman’s Gorlitzcr Maschinenbau, Engineers, 114
Valve, Steam Stop, Mr. D. A. Cox mack, 188, 200, 219,
I 297
Valves, Safety, 135
Valves, Stop, 297
Valves, Storm, 189, 224
Vanguard,*M r. Halpin’s Apparatus for Raising the, 17
Ventilating Cowls, 47
Viaduct, Cornwall Railway, Moors water ,Cjn tracts
. open), 148, 151, 152
Victorian Tarifl, New, 186
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 17, 31, 52, 72, 89, 106, 124, 140, 157, 176, 194, 212. 230, 217, 2-JS, 281, 392, 319, 342, 360, 378. 393, 412, 431, 452, 470
Water Jets for Extinguishing Fires, 328, 366
Water Purification, 1 -9
I Water, Re i-hot, 100, ISO
i Water, Softening, 302
I Water and Steam Powers, Relative Cost of, 83
1 Water Supply, Metropolitan, 56, 81
Water Supply, National, 339, 362
1 Waterloo Bridge, 389
Watson’8 Automatic Loading, 53, 55
Watson's Compound Hydraulic Cotton Press, 33, 39. 46
Weatherburn, Mr. R., Syphon Lubricators, 17(‘, 185
Weighing Machine, 259
Weights and Coinage, International, 135
Went Engine and the Gramme Machine, The, 55
1 Wheels on their Axles, Fixing, 79
White Star Mail Steamships, 7
Withemsea Promenade Pier, Mr. T. C.ugill, Engineer,
Witnesses, Professional, 4<»6
Wood, African Hard, 119
Wood Pavement, 47, 171. 314
Wood, Mr. W. A., Self-binding Reaper, 163
Wood-worker, Universal, Messrs. J. A. lav and Co., Paris Exhibition, 439
Wood-working Machinery. Midland Railway Carriage Works, Derby, Messrs. Thomas Robinson and Son, Engineers, 151, ls7, 199, 200, 216, 275, 276, 27s
Wood-working Machinery, Paris Exhibition, 410 435, 439
Wood-working M ichinery nt the Paris Exhibition, Messrs. Pritchard, Oiler and Co.’s Lubricating Grease, used by Messrs. Reynolds, 414
Workmen, Scarcity of Good, 7, 182, 20J, 237
Yale Sash Fastener, The, 47
ZiEBAKTH and Putsch, Messrs., Gas Producer, 110
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