The Engineer 1880 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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Adelaide Waterworks, 80
Agricultural Returns, 333
Air Refrigeraitng Machine, Messrs. J. and E. Hall, 248, 249
American Census, The, 254
American Locomotive, The Coming, 328
American Locomotives, 251
“ American,” Loss of the, 49
American Patent Law, 180
American Patents, 194, 208, 209
Anchor, Messrs. Barford and Perkins, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 43
Anchor, Messrs. Everitt and Adams, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 42
Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation,
Limited, 456
Angola, 479
“ Anthracite,” The s.s., Diagram from the Engines of, 91
Anvil Block, Casting a Big, 340
Armstrong 6in. and 8in. New Type Guns, 341
Association of Foremen Engineers, The London,
6,143
Association of Mining Students, The British :
Causes of Explosions—Atmospheric Changes and
Blown-out Shots, Mr. A. H. Leech, 282
Association of Municipal Engineers and Surveyors :
Visit to the Sewage Works of the Salford Corporation, 382
Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers,
209, 328
Austria, Brewery in, 407, 473
Austrian Brewery Plant, 266, 269, 302, 303, 345, 404,
407, 458, 462
Austrian Express Locomotive, 176, 178
Austrian Ironclad, “ Tegethoff,” The, 465
Balance Beam, Messrs. Davies and Sneade, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 53
Ballooning, 118
Band Saw, Double, Messrs. Worssam and Co., 245
Barrow District, Hematite Iron Mines of the, 100
Barrow Flax and Jute Works, The, 277
Barrow-in-Furness, Docks and Railway Approaches at, 98,137
Barrow Shipbuilding Company’s Works, Barrow-in-Furness, 3
Barrow Works, Steel-compressing Arrangements at the, 100
Basic Process, 360, 387, 402
Battersea, Proposed New Bridge at, 202
Beams, Practical Strength of, 492
Beetroot Sugar Manufactory, Ontario, 217
Bell-founding, 174
Belt Fastener, Messrs. Andrew Badger and Sons, 119
Belts, Problem Concerning, 8, 34, 46
Berlin-Anhalt Railway, Berlin, New Terminus of, (Supplement to The Engineer, October 1st, 1880), 306, 309, 362, 364
Bessemer, Sir H., 264
Bessemer Converters, 234
Birchill’s Ironworks, Sectional Elevation and Plan of
No. 4 Boiler, 1
Birmingham Wire Gauge, 335, 344
Blakeley’s Gun, 21
Block and Interlocking System on Railways, Combination of, 361
Bleamoor Accident, The, 313
Board of Trade Inspections, 84
Board of Trade and Railway Companies, 235
Board of Trade and Recent Railway Accidents, 234
Boat Lowering Apparatus, Captain G. Lawrence, 281
Boat Lowering and Detaching Apparatus, Captain Donovan, 401
Bochum Steel Works, 189, 191
Boiler, M. Jaques Piedboeuf, Dusseldorf Exhibition, 228
Boiler, M. J. Pr6gardieu, Dusseldorf Exhibition, 228
Boiler Explosion at the Birchill’s Hall Ironworks, Walsall, 465
Boiler Explosion at Maidstone, 441, 464, 495, 499
Boiler Explosions, 33, 311, 313, 363
Boiler Flues, Strength of, 351. 363, 492, 461
Boiler Inspection v. Responsibility, 120
Boiler Inspectors, 33
Boiler Insurance, 139
Boiler Parts, Stamped Steel, Messrs. R. Garrett and
Sons, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 41
Boiler Plates, Repairing Cracks in, 496
Boiler Shell Drilling Machine, Mr. W. Bowker, 307
Boilers of the “ Livadia,” 70
Boilers, Marine, 308
Boilers, Practical Care of, 184
Boiler, The “Staffordshire,” Mr. William Whittle, 32f
Boiler Stays, Machine for Fixing, Mr. Allan, 193
Boilers, Steel, 88, 161, 194, 209, 231, 247, 264
Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., Messrs., Cogging Engines, for Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, 302, 310
Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., Messrs., Steel Rails, 308
Books Received, 12, 125, 253, 309, 447, 465
Bosnian Railways, 482
Bouch, Sir Thomas, 347
Braced Piers for Bridges, 241
Brake, Automatic, Mr. Parker Smith, 421
Brake, Duplex Automatic Vacuum, Mr. F. W. Eames, 22, 28, 46
Brake, Proposed Automatic Air, 308
Brake Question, The, 105
Brake, Smith’s Vacuum, its Removal from the Midland Main Line Trains, 496
Brake Trials on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 74
Brake, The Westinghouse, 454
Brakes, Continuous, 182, 230, 334, 402, 461
Brakes, Continuous, their Abuse, 363, 402, 418
Brakes, Continuous, their Value, 420
Brakes, Continuous, Railway Companies on, 197
Brakes, Continuous, The Westinghouse and Eames, 474
Bramwell, Mr., on the Perkins System, 87
Brewery, An Australian, The Germania Company, 345, 346
Brewery Exhibition, The, 265
Brewery Plant, Austrian, 266, 269, 302, 303, 345, 404, 407, 458, 162
Brewing in Austria, 207, 266, 269, 302, 303, 345, 346, 347, 407, 473
Brickmaking in Wet Weather, 333
Bridge Building in America, 159
Bridge, North-Eastern Railway, over the Wear, Sunderland, 362, 368
Bridge, Orenburg, over the Volga, 254
Bridge, Swing, Buccleuch Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, 137
Bridge Across the Tees, Railway, 283, 401
Bridge over the Yarra, near Melbourne, 284
Bridges of Long Spans, Iron, J 34
Bridges, Railway, their Strength, 34
Bridges, Swing and Other, 138, 194
Brighton Beach. 105, 138
Brinsmead’s Straw Shakers, 400
British Association, The, Meeting at Swansea, 138, 155, 176
Inaugural Address of the President, Prof. Ramsay, 158
Brodie, Sir Benjamin, 465
Brussels Exhibition, 4
Building Societies and the Parkes Museum, 271
Burner, Gas, Mr. McGeorge, 494
Burnley Waterworks, Reservoir, and Embankments, 353
Bye Products in the Iron Manufacture, 312, 423
Byrne, Mr. Oliver, his Death, 474
Cable Grappling in Deep Water, 141
Cabs on Locomotives, 464
Cabs, Steam, 269
Caisson and Air Lock, Hudson River Tunnel, 327
Canal, Trans-Russian, 155
Cargo Steamers, 85
Cargo Steamship, Grain, Capt. Lowrie, 82
Cartridges, Hydraulic, 308
Cask-making Machine, The Guelph, 265
Cask-washing Apparatus, Herr F. Scheil, 404, 407
Castleford, New Market Hall at, 476, 480, 484, 496
Chatham Dockyard Extension Works, 226, 247
Chemical Lung for the Underground Railway, 246
Chinese Labour, 125
Cincinnati, The Milling Exhibition, 4, 54
Clement and Paravicini, Messrs., Safety Switch, 400
Cleveland Iron, 85
Cleveland Iron Output in 1880, 464
Cleveland Iron Trade, 142
Cleveland Ironmasters’ Returns, 353
Cleveland Water Supply, 482
Coal at the Cape, 313
Coal Industry of the Lower Rhine and Westphalia, 187
Coal Mine Explosions, 264
Coal Mines, Explosions in Fiery, 138
Coal Mining in Saxony and in England, 125
Coal Pit Explosion at Risca, 70
Coal Pit Refuse, 159
Coal on Railways, 234
Coal on Railways, Cost of, 500
Coast Trade of India, 85
Coal Air Machines, Theory of, 216, 246, 286, 308, 335, 345, 363, 402, 418, 461, 474, 496
Colliery Explosions, 84, 247
Collin’s Line, Last Steamship of the, 467
Cologne Cathedral, 182
“ Compensation ” on Railways, 268
Competitive Plans, 460
Condenser, M. Brossard, 192
Contractors and Engineers, 425
Contracts Open:
Railway Bridge across the Tees, 283
Cooling Apparatus, Wort Herr Oscar Kropff, 346
Cooling Air by Compression and Expansion, 324
Cooling and Filtering Plant, Herr A. Neubecker, 347
Co-operation, Productive, 370
Cooper’s Hill College, 336
Cotton-spinning Machinery, Improvements in, 383
Coupling between Engine and Tender, Mr. Haswell, 279
Crane, Self-acting Grab Bucket, Messrs. J. H. Wilson and Co., 279
Crane, Steam, Colville Steel Works, Motherwell, 477
Cultivating Machinery, Steam, at the Carlisle Show, 61
Cultivator, Steam, Mr. Dai by, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 43
Currents Produced by Friction between Conducting Substances and on a New Form of Telephone Receiver, 242
Cyprus, Engineering Notes on, 348
Davos, the Winter Climate of, Paper on, 19
De Bay Propeller, The, 133, 456
De Bay Propeller Gearing, Sectional Elevation of, in the s.s. “ Cora Maria,” 133, 136
Dephosphorisation Process, The, 264
Dephosphorising in the Converter, 173, 189
Diaries, 477
Die Stock, Improved, Messrs. Walker and Williams, 420
Digger, Trial of Darby’s Patent Broadside, 159
Digging Machine, Mr. Darby, 85
Disc, Fusing, Mr. Reese, 259
Discharge of Rivers, Formulae for, 344
Disintegrator, Mr. J. H. Greenhill, Royal Agricultural
Society’s Show, 52
Dock and Harbour Works on the North-East Coast, 12
Dock, New Dry, Poplar, 302
Dock, The Royal Albert, 6, 7, 10
Donovan, Capt., Boat-lowering and Detaching Apparatus, 401
Dortmund, The Union Works, 190
Drags, Carriage, 302
Drainage, Duplicate, 69
Drilling Machine, Messrs. S. and E. Ransome and Co", 384
Dublin and Holyhead, Communication between, 72
Dudley, Town Council of, 138
Du Motay and Rossi, 6-ton Ice Machine, Messrs. C. H.
Delamater and Co., 144
Durham University College of Physical Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 224
Dusseldorf Exhibition, 153, 189, 211, 215, 228, 230
Dusseldorf, Iron and Steel Institute at, 171, 189, 215
Dutch Trials of Competitive Projectiles, 278
Eames, Mr. F. W., Duplex Automatic Vacuum Brake, 22, 28, 46
Earthquake Buildings, 335
Earthquakes in Smyrna, The Late, 308
Earthworks and the Steam Navvy, Mr. H. C. Baldryon, 396
Edinburgh Water Supply, 243
Electric Lamp, Mr. Swan, 401
Electric Light, 51, 332, 442
Electric Light Apparatus at Glasgow, 370. 403
Electric Light, The Jamin, 278
Electric Lighting, 418
Electric Lighting, Mr. Swan on, 325
Electric Light at the Royal Albert Dock, 253
Electric Light for Steamers, 5
Electric Lighting in the City, 403
Electricity on Board War Ships, 407
Electro-Dynamic Paradox, 212
Ely Local Board of Health, Munificent Offer of the, 389, 402
Employers’ Liability Act, Arrangements under the, 333
Engert’s Smoke Preventer, 382
Engine and Boiler, Vertical, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head, Smithfield Club Show, 455
Engine and Boiler, Vertical, Messrs. Turner, Smith-field Club Show, 455
Engine, Compound Horizontal Condensing, Mr. J. Turnbull, 211, 214
Engine, Compound Horizontal Pumping, Staveley, Mr. C. Markham, 229, 232, 262, 269
Engine, Compound Portable, Messrs. Richard Garrett and Sons, 397
Engine, Cylinder, Inverted, Messrs. Craig and Co., 3
Engine Economy, 403
Engine, Express, on the K.K.P. Empress Elizabeth
Railway, Mr. John Haswell, 200, 201
Engine, 6-H. P. Farmer’s, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 61
Engine, High-speed Rotary, Mr. Hodson, Engineering Exhibition, 417
Engine, Horizontal Condensing, Soci6te Anonyme de Marcinelle et Couillet, 343, 350
Engine, Portable, Messrs. Cochran and Co., Royal Agricutural Society’s Show, 39, 41
Engine, Portable, Messrs. R. Garrett and Sons, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 40, 44
Engine, The Reading, Royal Agricultural Society’s
Show, 39, 41
Engine Repairs at Sea, 403
Engine, Rotary, Mr. J. L. Dexter, 218
Engine Thrown Down an Embankment, 378
Engineer and Inventor, 325
Engineering, Amateur, 500
Engineering Exhibition, 384, 417
Engineering Society, A New, 396
Engineering Trades and the Employers’ Liability Act, 482
Engines of the “ Anthracite,” 499
Engines at the Carlisle Show, 44
Engines, Cogging, for Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan, Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, 302, 310
Engines, Compound, 406
Engines, Compound Portable, 71, 397
Engines, Compound, for Steam Launches, Mr. H. Tipping, 140, 145, 156, 165
Engines, Compound, of the s.s. “Lady Tyler,” Messrs.
R. and W. Hawthorn, 382, 386, 417, 424
Engines, Compound, of the “Ville d’Oran” and “ Ville de Bone,” Messrs. Wigham, Richardson, and Co. (Supplement to the Engineer, August 6th, 1880), 101,117
Engines, Compound, Steam Yacht “Wanderer,” 436 440, 444
Engines, Compressed Air, 460
Engines, Horizontal Hauling, Australian Agricultural Company’s Collieries, 119
Engines, Horizontal Hauling, Messrs. Tangye Bros., 101, 103
Engines, Hydraulic Pumping, Zurich Waterworks, Mr. A. Schmid, 165
Engines, Steam Gas, 267
Engines of the Steamships “ Ville d’Oran ” and “ Ville de Bone,” 211
Engines, Traction, at the Smithfield Club Show, 474
Engines, Winding, at the Piges Pit of the Sacre Madame Colliery, Socidtd Anonyme de Marcinelle et Couillet, 193, 196
Excavation of Flood-rock, Hell-gate, 328
Exhibition, The Brussels :
Horizontal Condensing Engine, Socidt6 Anonyme de Marcinelle et Couillet, 343, 350
Exhibition, Dusseldorf :
Piedboeuf Trophy, The, 153, 189, 211, 215, 228, 230,. 280
Exhibition, Engineering, at Islington :
Drilling Machine, Messrs. S. and E. Ransome and Co., 384
Engine, High Speed Rotary, Mr. Hodson, 417
Exhibition of Gas and Electric Light at Glasgow, 344
Exhibition, Glasgow Naval and Marine Engineering, 348
Exhibition, Industrial, at Manchester, 219, 363
Exhibition, The Vienna Industrial, 277
Explosion, Phenomena of, 290
Explosions, The Causes of—Atmospheric Changes and.
Blown-out Shots, 282
Explosions in Coal Mines, 233
Exports to Chili, 328
Filey, Harbour at, 382, 403
Filter—Cloth Stretcher, Mr. S. H. Johnson, 265
Fine Art Foundry Work, 59
Fire-arms, Breech-loading, Mr. James Macnaughton, 400
Fire-bars, Chain, Mr. W. Welch, 72
Fire Escape, A New, 442
Firth, Mr. Mark, 417
Fitzgerald, Mr. Desmond G., Magneto and Dynamoelectric Machines, 284
Floods, Prevention of, 351, 360, 363, 388, 477
Florida Ship Canal, 271
Flues, Boiler, Strength of, 351, 442
Fogs, Purification of London, 289
Forth Bridge, The, 198
Foundations, Sinking Cylindrical, 400
Fuel, Manufacture of Compressed, 246
Fuel, Pressed: its Manufacture at Port Richmond, Philadelphia, 227
Furnaces, British Blast, 252
Furnace Flues, the Strength of, 442
Furness Railway Extensions, 406
Garrett and Sons, Messrs. Richard, Portable Compound Engine. 397
Gas Detection, 19
Gas, Electric, and other Apparatus, Exhibition of, at Glasgow, 246
Gas and Electric Light, Exhibition of, at Glasgow, 344
Gas Explosion at Tottenham Court-road, 141, 161
Gas Explosions, 30, 50
Gas Furnaces, 246
Gas Generating Furnaces, 191
Gasholder at the South Metropolitan Gasworks, 175
Gas, London, 496
Gas Regulator, Mr. Borrodaile, 218, 219
Gasworks, Bye Products in, 30
Gate Closer, An American, 165
Gauge for High Pressures, Standard, Paper on, 115
Gear, Horse, Messrs. Crowley and Co., 192
Gear, Wire Cable, s.s. “Moewe,” 494
Gear, Slow Motion, Mr. Savage, Royal Agricultural, Society’s Show, 43
Geology of Belgium and the North of France, 143
Gilchrist Engineering Scholarships, 199
Glasgow and the Clyde, 361
Glasgow, Electric Light Apparatus at, 370, 403
Glasgow, Exhibition of Gas, Electric, and other Apparatus, 246, 344
Glasgow, Naval and Marine Engineering Exhibition, 348
Government and the London Water Supply, 405
Great Eastern Railway Company’s Paddle Steamer
“ Lady Tyler,” 382, 386, 417, 424
Great Western Railway Company, 180
Gun, American Palliser, 79
Gun, The 100-ton, 308
Gun, The 100-ton : its Trial in the Royal Arsenal, 225
Gun, New 13-pounder Breech-loading, 323
Gun, The Palliser Breech-loading, 361
Gun Question, The, 215
Gunpowder in Coal Mines, 2S5
Guns, The Armstrong 6in. and 8in. New Type, 341
Guns, Breech-loading, in the Spanish Navy, 79
Guns, Increasing Power of, 389
Guns, Relative Merits of, 267
Guns, Steel, 21
Gutehoffnung Works, 173
Harbour Works at Colombo and Madras, 290
Hartlepool Gas and Water Company, 77
Hawthorn, Mr., Death of, 164
Haymaker, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, Smithfield
Club Show, 456
Heating Stove, Herr Lentz, 244
High-speed Ocean Steamships, 331
Higinbotham. Mr. Thomas, 421
Higson, Mr. Peter, Death of, 398
Hoerde Works, 191
Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Grafenberg. 244
Holyhead Harbour and Docks, Mr. W. Baker and Mr.
F. Stevenson, 83, 86, 91, 102, 107
Hot Blast Stoves, 460
Hudson Railway Tunnel, 227
Hudson River Tunnel, The Accident in the, 106
Hudson River Tunnel, Caisson and Air Lock, 327
Hull and Barnsley Railway and Docks, 50, 118
Hurdles, Rivetless, Messrs. Bayliss, Jones, and
Bayliss 249
Hygiene, Exhibition of, 496
Ice Machine, 6-ton, Du Motay and Rossi, 144
Ice-making Machine, Dusseldorf Exhibition, Herr
Lindes, 211
Impact, The Force of, 403
Indian Railways, 278
Indicator, The, 415
“ Inflexible,” The, 477
Ingot Iron, 179
Institute, City and Guilds of London, for the Advancement of Technical Education, 182
Institute of Engineers, Chesterfield and Derbyshire :
Lead and Lead Mining, Mr. A. H. Stokes, 117
Institute, The Iron and Steel, 92, 152
Coal Industry of the Lower Rhine and Westphalia, Herr Nartop, 189
Dephosphorising in the Converter, Herr Massenez, 155, 173, 189
Dusseldorf Exhibition, The, 153
Gas Generating Furnaces. Herr Lurman, 191
Iron Industry of Germany, 154
Pig Iron Making in Germany, Herr Schlink, 171
Results Obtained with Iron Permanent Way on the
Prussian State Railways, Herr Gruettefien, 155
Visit to the Bochum Works, 191
Visit to the Gutehoffnungshuette Works, 173
Visit to the Hoerde Works, 191
Visit to the Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Grafenberg, 244
Visit to the Phoenix Works, 173
Visit to the Rhenish Steel Works, 172
Visit to the Union Works, Dortmund, 190
Voting List for the Autumn Meeting at Dusseldorf, 125
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 85, 260, 348, Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Cowper, 97
Cotton Spinning Machinery Recent Improvements in, Mr. Eli Spencer, 383, 437
Docks and Railway Approaches at Barrow-in-Furness, Mr. Stileman, 98
Gauge for High Pressures, On a Standard, Mr.
George Marie, 115
Hematite Iron Mines of the Barrow District, Mr. J.
L. Shaw, 100
Manufacture of Jute, Mr. Fleming, 113
Steamship “City of Rome,” Mr. Humphreys, 98
Steel Compressing Arrangements at the Barrow Works, 100
Valve Gear, New Reversing and Expansive, Mr.
David Joy, 113
Visit to the Barrow Flax and Jute Works, 277
Visit to Barrow Steel Company’s Mines at Park and Messrs. Kennedy Bros.’ Mines, Roanhead, 116
Visit to North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Company’s Furnaces. 115
Visit to Millom Ironworks and the Hodbarrow
Mines, 117
Institute of Mining Engineers, The American:
Manufacture of Pressed Fuel at Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Mr. E. F. Loiseau, 227
Institution, Birkbeck Literary and Scientific, 271
Institution of Civil Engineers, 484
Awards made during the Session 1879-80, 8
Beams, Practical Strength of, Mr. Benjamin Baker, 485
New List of Members, 38
List of Subjects on which Communications are Invited, 366
Machinery for Steel Making by the Bessemer and the Siemens Processes, Mr. Benjamin Walker, 366
Institution of Civil Engineers in Ireland :
Measurement of Distances in Levelling and Surveying Operations, Mr. Henry V. White, 139
Institution, The Cleveland, 401
Steel Manufacture in Cleveland, Mr. Windsor
Richards, 381, 416
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 363
Institution, The London :
List of Lectures to be Delivered During the Winter
Session, 328
Insurance of Workmen’s Bill, 29
Ipswich Drainage, 308, 335, 344
“ Iris,” The, and Steel Plates, 481
Iron and Bronze, their Use Amongst the Ancients, Prof. Huntington on, 285
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Other Districts, 19, 37, 59, 77, 95, 111, 131, 149, 169,187, 205, 223, 239, 257, 270, 292, 315, 335, 354, 371, 389, 407, 428, 447, 466, 485, 501
Iron Industry of Germany, 154
Iron Making in America, 59
Iron Making in India, 216
Iron Trade, the American, 454
Iron, Malleable Cast, M. L. Fourquignon on, 494
Iron, Northern Manufactured, 353
Iron, Pig, in Germany, 171
Iron Shipbuilding on the Dart, 90
Iron Trade, Northern, 88
Iron Trade in 1880, Northern Manufactured, 464
Ironworkers’ Wages, 252
Japan, Education in, 164
Jute, Manufacture of, Paper on, 113
Kirchoff, Prof., on Lightning Rods, 176
Kraft, Mr., Indicator, 415
Krupp, Messrs., Gun Burst on the “ Renown,” 21
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 124,142
Land Subsidence in Cheshire, 456
Launch of the “ Italia,” 252
Launch at South Stockton, 96
Launch, Steam Towing, Messrs. Cochran, 327
Launch of a Steamer at Birkenhead, 271
Leading Articles :
Agricultural Returns, 333
Amateur Engineering, 500
American, An, on English Railway Travelling, 426
American Locomotives, 216
“ American," Loss of the, 49
American Patent Law, 180
Basic Process, The, 387
Bessemer Converters, 234
Bleamoor Accident, 313
Board of Trade and Recent Railway Accidents, 234
Boiler Explosions, 311
Boiler Flues, Strength of, 351
Boilers of the “ Livadia,” 70
Boilers, Steel, 88, 161
Brake Question, The, 105
Bramwell, Mr., on the Perkins System, 87
Brickmaking in Wet Weather, 333
Brighton Beach, 105
Burnley Waterworks, Reservoir, and Embankment, 353
Bye Products in Gasworks, 30
Bye Products in the Iron Manufacture, 312
Cable Grappling in Deep Water, 141
Cabs on Locomotives, 464
Cleveland Ironmasters’ Returns, 353
Cleveland Iron Output in 1880, 464
Cleveland Iron Trade, 142
Cleveland Water Supply, The, 482
Coal at the Cape, 313
Coal Pit Explosion at Risca, 70
Coal on Railways, 234
Coal, Cost of, on Railways, 500
Cold Air Machines, 216
Contractors and Engineers, 425
Compensation on Railways, 268
Duplicate Drainage, 69
Electric Light, The, 332
Electric Light Apparatus at Glasgow, Trials of, 370
Employers’ Liability Act, Arrangements under the, 333
Engineering Trades and the Employers’ Liability Act, 482
Engines of the “ Anthracite,” 499
Engines, Compound, 406
Engines, Steam Gas, 267
Explosion, the Phenomena of, 290
Explosions in Coal Mines, 233
Floods, Prevention of, 351, 388
Fogs, London, their Purification, 289
Forth Bridge, The, 198
Furnaces, British Blast, 252
Furness Railway Extension, 406
Gas Explosions, 30, 50
Gas Explosion at Tottenham-court-road, 141, 161
Gilchrist Engineering Scholarships, 199
Government and the London Water Supply, 405
Great Western Railway Company, 180
Gun Question, The, 215
Guns, Increasing Power of, 389
Guns, Relative Merits of, 267
Harbour Works at Colombo and Madras, 290
High Speed Ocean Steamships, 331
Hot Blast Stoves, 446
Hudson River Tunnel, Accident in, 106
Hull and Barnsley Railway and Dock Scheme, 50
Ingot Iron, 179
Insurance of Workmen’s Bill, The, 29
“ Iris,” The, and Steel Plates, 481
Ironmaking in India, 216
Iron Trade, Northern, 88
Iron and Steel Institute at Dusseldorf, 215
Ironworkers’ Wages, 252
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 124, 142
Launch of the “ Italia,” 252
Lightning, Mechanical Action of, 11 “ Livadia,” The, 311
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, September 15th, 1830, 197
Locomotive Engines, The Performance of, 291
Locomotives, American, 251
Locomotives, The Earning Power of, 427
Locomotives, English and American, 179
London Gas Supply, Progress of, 11
London and North-Western Railway, 162
London Water Supply, Select Committee on, 123
Machinery Steel, 406
Maidstone Boiler Explosion, 464, 499
Manchester and Sheffield Railway Traffic, 88
Mechanical Power on Tramways, 268
Metropolitan Railway, The, 313
Metropolitan Water Supply, 332
Mines Drainage Scheme, The, 106
Mines, Loss of Life in, 70
Mines Regulation Act for India, Suggested, 162
Mining Legislation in India, 142
Minister of Public Works and the French Railway
Companies, 251
Munificent Offer, 389
Narrow Escapes, Two, 124
Newfoundland, Government Railway in, 142
New Streets and Artisans’ Dwellings, 352
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, 500
North-Eastern Railway, Rumoured Opposition to, 388
North of England’s Future, The, 291
Northern Manufactured Iron, 353
Northern Manufactured Iron Trade in 1880, 464
Ordnance Committee, The New, 463
Papers and Discussions, 426
Patents, Cheap, 445
Perkins Engine in the United States, The, 446
Post-office and the Telephone, The, 481
Productive Co-operation, 370
Purification of the Metropolitan Railway Tunnels, 162
Railway Accidents, Two, 124
Railway Carriages and Collisions, 370
Railway Companies on Continuous Brakes, 197
Railway Crossings and Continuous Brakes, 369
Railway Half-year, The, 12
Railway Projects next Session, 291
Railways in Course of Construction, 389
Range Finding, 198
Recklessness in Mines, 407
Rivers, Management of, 445
South Yorkshire Coal-fields, 143
Steel Boilers, 88, 161
Steel, Compressed, 123
Steel-making Experiments by the Indian Government, 31
Steel Making in the United States, 464
Steel from Phosphoric Pig, 87
Tay Bridge, The, 124
Tay Bridge Inquiry, The End of the, 29
Tay Bridge, Reconstruction of, 88
Thomas-Gilchrist Process, The, at Eston, 333
Tire Fastenings, 69
Tonnage Rates from Yorkshire to London, 30
Trade Prospects, 233
Tramway Construction, 49
Tramways, 426
University College, London, 30
Wages Movement by Ironworkers, 353
Walsall Boiler Explosion, The, 124, 142, 313
Water Filtration and Softening, 463
What is it ? 180
Legal Intelligence:
The Attorney-General v. Edison Telephone Company, Limited, 422, 442, 478
Letters to the Editor :
Albert Dock, The, B. H. Martindale, 387
Alloying Antimony and Zinc? J. H. W., 179
American Patents, J. Angelo Fahie, 209
American Patents, Wm. P. Thompson, 194
American Patents, W. C. B., 209
Austrian Brewery Plant, Domeier and Co., 387
Basic Process, Wm. Southern, 402
Beam Engines ? Adjusting, Constant Reader, 425
Beam Engines, Adjusting, J. S. M., 363
Belting? Patent, X. Y. Z., 179
Birmingham Wire Gauge, Henry Eades and Co., 344
Birmingham Wire Gauge, H. E., 335
Birmingham Wire Gauge, C. H. Nicholsoi, 344
Letters to the Editor (continued) -
Birmingham Wire Gauge, Tau, 344
Birmingham Wire Gauge, Gastrill Wilkins, 344
Board of Trade Inspections, C. E., 84
Boiler Explosions, J. T. L., 363
Boiler Explosions, R Rough ton, 33
Boiler Flues, Strength of, The Three R.’s, 461
Boiler Flues, Strength of, A Spectre, 363
Boiler Flues, Strength of, Another Spectre, 402
Boiler Inspection v. Responsibility, Uninsured Boiler, 120
Boiler Inspectors, Inspector, 33
Boiler Insurance, R. Charles Longridge, 139
Boiler Plates, Repairing Cracks in, P. Pfleiderer, 496
Books for Young Engineers? Chill, 331
Brake, Proposed New Automatic Air, Bernard
Henry Watson, 308
Brakes, Continuous, Francis Campin, 182
Brakes, Continuous, Frederick S. Haggard, 182, 230
Brakes, Continuous, A. Munyard, 402
Brakes, Continuous, R. D. Sanders, 108, 461
Brakes, Continuous Air, Dux, 334
Btakes, Continuous, Abuse of, Dux, 418
Brakes, Continuous, Abuse of, Viator, 402
Brakes. Continuous, Abuse of, X. X., 363, 418
Brass Wire Gauze? D. W. R. C., 233
Bridge over the Taff, C. A. Thomas, 331
Bridge across the Tees, New Railway, Wilson
Brothers and Co., 425
Brighton Beach, William Swales, 138
Bullen’s High-pressure Ball Cock ? W. J. N., 289
Bye Products in the Iron Manufacture, James Henderson, 423
Carlisle Show ? Priestman Brothers, 69
Cargo Steamers, Edward Jackson, 85
Chain Driving Gear, J. F. K., 351
Chatham Dockyard Extension Works, E. R. Ellington, 247
Chemical Lung for the Underground Railway and other Collections of Foul Air, Richard Neale, 246
Chilled Rolls? S. F., 123
“ City of Rome,” The, John Evelyn Williams, 120
“ City of Rome,” The s.s., T. J., 164
Cleveland Iron, Robert Hutton, 85
Coal Mine Explosions, J. McG., 264
Coast Trade of India, John Oran, 85
Cocoa-nut Oil Machinery? Cocoa, 445
Coke Ovens ? Subscriber, 29
Cold Air Machines, G. R. Bodmer, 418
Cold Air Machines, J. J. Coleman, 335, 402
Cold Air Machines, W. F. C., 246
Cold Air Machines, J. and E. Hall, 286, 335
Cold Air Machines, J. Hodgson, 418, 445
Cold Air Machines, A. C. Kirk, 308
Cold Air Machines, J. B. Lightfoot, 402
Cold Air Machines, Theory of, I. H. H., 496
Cold Air Machines, Theory of, J. Hodgson, 496
Cold Air Machines, Theory of, S. R., 461
Cold Air Machines, Theory of, M. I. E. S., 363
Cold Air Machines, The Tneory of, </>. tt., 345,461,474
Colliery Explosions, M. E., 84
Colliery Explosions, Thomas Story Horn, 247
Compound Portable Engines, Richard Garrett and Sons, 71
Compressed Air Engines—Fallacies and Faults, Chas.
G. Watkins, 460
Compressed Air Locomotives, Inquirer, 8
Compressed Air Locomotives, L. and E. Delettrez, 46
Compressed Fuel, Manufacture of, S. B., 246
Compressed Steel, Memb. I. and S. Inst., 139
Compressing Malt ? R. E. P., 161
Compression of Steel, James Henderson, 496
Copper Paint? T. B., 215
Cotton Pulp for House Decorations ? Inquirer, 161
Cutting Screws, R. K., 387
Cutting Screws, Clifford England, 405
Cycloids ? Problem in, Oval, 425
Darby’s Digging Machine, Sylvanus Eddington, 85
De Bay Propeller, The, W. J. Tanner, 474
De Bay Propeller, The, Truth, 474
Dephosphorisation Process, The, Thomas Hampton, 264
Dock at Poplar, New Dry, Donald Baynes, 331
Drainage of Ipswich, Peter Bruff, 335
Drainage of Ipswich, Reginald E. Middleton, 308, 345
Drainage Problems ? S., 197
Drilling Square Holes, J. H. H., 363
Drying Tar? S. H. G., 405
Duncan’s Patent Water Engine? H. W., 215
Eames Brake ? The, F. W. Eames, 197 •
Earthquake Buildings, Hyde Clarke, 335
Earthquakes in Smyrna, The Late, J. Stab, 308
Electric Light, The, R. E. Crompton, 442
Electric Light Apparatus at Glasgow, Trials cf,
Fritz Cunliffe Owen, 403
Electric Lighting, T. J. Montgomery, 418
Electric Lighting in the City, W. Crompton, 403
Engine Repairs at Sea, L., 403
English and American Patents, W. Silver Hall, 2!?0
Experimental Control Over the Wear and Tear on
Railways, S. T. P., 85
Explosions in Fiery Coal Mines, Working Miner, 138
Floods, Prevention of, Hugh Browne, 363
Force of Impact, P , 403
Formula for the Discharge of Rivers, Charles A.
Stevenson, 344
French Brass Wire Gauze, D. W. R. C., 49
Frosted Tin and Galvanised Plates? S. and H., 331, 425
Fur Clipping Machines ? G. E., 29
Furnace Flues, The Strength of, Timid Shipowner, 442
Gas Furnaces, Oxide, 246
Glasgow and the Clyde, James and George Thomson, 387
Gun, The 100-Ton, G. F. L, 308
Harbour at Filey, Proposed, J. Bertie Cator, 403
Harbour at Filey, Proposed, Charles B. Clarke, 403
Hornblower’s Fireproof Floors ? A. C. R., 49
Hot Blast Stoves, D. Whitwell, 460
Hydraulic Cartridges, James Macnab, 308
Hydraulic Lifts at the Royal Hotel, Geo. Waller and Co., 208
Hydraulic Moulding Machines? S. B., 49
Hydrogen Gas Retorts ? Dryer, 69
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Thos. Adams, 123
Involutes, Problem in, A. Long Brown, 387, 405
Involutes, Problem in, Short Division, 405
Involutes, A Problem in, James Tomkins, 369
Involutes, Problem in, T. Voss, 405
Involutes, A Problem in, T. V., 369
Japan, Education in, Robert H. Smith, 164
Joints for Steam Pipes ? T. M. H., 481
Joy’s Valve Gear, A. Verey, 139
Landing Piers ? Light Iron, J. M., 351
Lift, Hydraulic Canal, on the River Weaver, J. Watt Sandeman, 179
Lille Accident, The, C. E. Stretton, 442
“ Livadia,” The, N. A., 402
“ Livadia,” The, A Seaman, 460
Local Boards and Surveyors, C. E., 402
Local Boards and Surveyors, Sigma, 402
Locomotive of the Future, E. L. Pearce, 423
Locomotives, English, in Queensland, Frederick Linthwaite, 461
Long Span Common Road Bridges, J., 331
Lozenge Making Machines? H. J. B., 445
Lubrication of Engines, D. D. Couth, 34
Lubrication Under Sea-water? F. O., 405
Machinery Export Trade, One Who Knows, 247
Marble Quarrying Machinery? J. A. B., 425
Marine Boilers, R. M. T., 308
Measuring High Temperatures? W. F., 11
Mechanical Action of Lightning, J. T. F. F., 85
Mechanical Theory of Heat, G. R. Bodmer, 8, 71,120
Mechanical Theory of Heat, Walter A. Browne, 8
Mechanical Theory of Heat, 0. zr., 33, 84
Mechanical Theory of Heat, S. Tolver Preston, 46, 120
Mechanical Theory of Heat, J. Ramsbottom, 33, 108
Letters to the Editor (continued)—
Mechanical Theory of Heat, S. R., 8, 120
Mechanical Theory of Heat, Clement F. Stretton, 46
Metallic Coffins? A. B., 49
Melting Scrap? A. B. C., 289
Melting Scrap, R. A. S., 311
Melting Scrap, Porous Castings, W. S. P., 331
Mexican Fibre Machines? J., 331
Midland Railway, Hallamshire, 402
Military Shields, Arthur A. Cochrane, 334
Milling Machinery at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, Carlisle, J. H. Greenhill, 71, 85
Milling Machinery at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, Carlisle, Philip Triggs, 71
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co.’s Works, Sunderland, Wm. Allan, 208
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co.’s Works, Sunderland, J. Jameson, 208
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co.’s Works, Sunderland, A Mechanical Engineer, 194, 230
Paper-box Machinery ? B. and G., 69
Patent Laws, J. Angelo Fahie, 164, 182
Patents, Cheap, Patentee, 460
Patents, Cheap, Senex, 460
Perkin’s Engine, Chief Engineer, 182
Perkin’s System, C., 120, 139
Petroleum Engines? E. R. T., §7
Plans, Competitive, C. E., 460
Plates ? Strength of Flat, A Student, 363
Porous Castings? W. W., 289
Problem Concerning Belts, C. S. E. C., 46
Problem Concerning Belts, J. E. H., 34
Problem Concerning Belts, S. S., 8
Problem in Physics, J. H. M., 46
Pumping by Gas ? G. B., 11
Railway Accident at Lille, Clement E. Stretton, 194, 208, 247
Railway Accidents, R. Varley, 344
Railway Crossings, J. E. Morris, 164
Railway Crossings, Spielmann and Co , 182
Railway Keys, w. Roberts, 481
Range Finding, E. G. Edwards, 247
Reclamation of Land from the Sea ? Manufacturers, 105
Reese Fusing Disc, The, Jacob Reese, 363
Rigg, The Rev. Arthur, Samuel Worssam, 247
Rock Drilling in China, Claude W. Kinder, 230
“ Rocket,” The, Geo. H. Phipps, 230
Rolled Sheet Brass ? R. H., 141
Schmid’s Hydraulic Pumping Engines, G. Dowell, 182
Screw Propellers, Francis C. Knowles, 418
Ships’ Pumps, A. Beldam, 71
Ships’ Pumps, A. J. Farina, 34, 46
Ships’ Pumps, John and Henry Gwynne, 71
Ships’ Pumps, Jolly Jack, 8
Ships’.Pumps, Jurist, 139
Ships’ Pumps, Reginald E. Middleton, 46, 120
Ships’ Pumps, »M. Silvester, 8, 71, 138
Ships’ Pumps, Stephen H. Terry, 34
Ships’ Pumps, Hayward Tyler and Co., 34,108
Ships’ Pumps, Worth and Mackenzie, 46
Signal Compensators, Jno. Cariss, 32
Silico-ferro Manganese ? W. S., 445
Smith’s Vacuum Brake, Removal of, from all the Midland Main Line Trains, Clement E. Stretton, 496
Snow Ploughs, Osw. Vattley, 334
Stannah’s Stuffing-boxes, J. Stannah, 423
Steam Engine Economy, E. A. Cowper, 403
Steam Engine Economy, Simpson and Co., 403
Steamship “ Anthracite,” The, W. W. Harris, 34
Steam Tram Engines for Bristol, C. W. V., 496
Steam Whistles, Log Chip, 402
Steel Boilers, Bloom, 247
Steel Boilers, D. Greig, 194, 230
Steel Boilers, Ingot, 2 -9, 247
Steel Boilers, Sigma, 264
Steel Boilers, J. W., 209, 247
Steel Finishing Machines ? B. H. E., 311
Steel Pipes? A. L. G., 331
Stern Wheel Steamers on the Magdalene River, John
Tobin, 286
Strength of Railway Bridges, Edmund Olander, 34
Swing Bridges, William Young Black, 138
Swing and other Bridges, W. H. Bidder, 194
Tanning Apparatus and Potato Flour Machinery, 29
Tapioca Machinery? J. S., 387
Tapioca and Indigo Machinery ? D. W. R., 233
Tay Bridge Disaster, B. Baker, 46
Tea-um Cocks? Fitter, 179
Telegraph Cable-making Machinery? S. E., 445
Temnograph, The, Francis Campin, 208, 247
Temnograph, The, R. Rymer Jones, 230
Thomas and Gilchrist Process, Geo. Chaloner, 247
Thomas and Gilchrist Process, Thomas Hampton, 230
Thomas-Gilchrist Process at Eston, David Davy, 344
Toilet Soaps? G. H. and Co., 197
Traction Engines at the Smithfield Club Show, W.
and S. Eddington and Co., 474
Trolley Wheels? C. E., 289
Underhay’s Ball Valves? W. J. N., 351
Valve Gear, William Inglis, 402
Valve Gear, R. M. Ogle, 345
Valves? Safety, S. W. R., 363
Ventilating Fans, T. P. Bowlkes, 344
Walsall Boiler Explosion, J. B. Davis, 33
Warning to Engine Drivers, The Rutherglen Accident, Clement E. Stretton, 32
Walton’s Wheel Scale ? J. K. M., 405
Wennington Junction, Railway Accident at, John Hayes, 164
Weunington Accident, Dux, 182
Westinghouse and Eames Continuous Brakes, Bower and Cotton, 474
Wheatstone’s Telegraph Paper? T. S., 481
Whitworth Scholarships, Adept, 230
Wilson’s Klotz Safety Valves, Martin Atock, 34
Wind Pressures, Anemometer, 84
Wind Pressures, Reginald, E. Middleton, 108
Wire-rope Making Machinery, G. L., 499
Yacht, “ Wanderer,” The, Day, Summers, and Co., 286
Lift, Hydraulic, on the River Weaver at Anderton, Mr. E. L. Williams, and Mr. Edwin Clark, 157, 160, 163, 179
Lifts, Hydraulic, at the Royal Hotel, 192, 208
Lighting Railway Carriages, 479
Lightning, Mechanical Action of, 11, 85
Lightning Rods, Prof. Kirchoff on, 176
Lights for Fishing Vessels, 176
Lille Accident, The, 442
Limasol, New Pier at, 245
Livadia, The, Messrs. John Elder and Co., 24, 31, 45, 48, 53, 70, 165, 247, 311, 340, 402, 460
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, September 15th, 1830, 197
Literature :
Bericht fiber Ausgeftlhrte Versuche an einer 150 pferdigen Compound-Maschine des Kammgarn Spinnerei, Augsburg. By Prof. Schroter and Dr. Hans Bunte, 180
Breweries and Malting: Their Arrangement, Construction, Machinery, and Plant. By G. Scamell and F. Colyer, 414
Clarendon Press Series, Geodesy. Col. A. R. Clarke, 50
Das Schwimmonde-Flottenmatcrial der Seemachte.
J. F. Kronenfels, 314
Der Bodensee und die Ticferlegung seiner Hoch-wasserstande. Max Hon sell, 199
Easy Lessons in Heat. By C. A. Martineau, 482
Easy Lessons in Light, By Mr. W. Awdrey, 482
Education of Engineers. Henry Dyer, 143
Electric Light for Industrial Uses. R. E. Crompton, 253
Electric Light: Its Production and Use, &c. By J. W. Urquhart. Edited by F. C. Webb, 268
Experiments on the strength of Wrought Iron and Chain Cables. By Commander L. A. Beardslee, 31
Irrigation Works of India, and their Financial Results. By Robert B. Buckley, 427
Literature (continued)—
Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1880. No. 1, 234
Lightning Conductors : Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application. By G. R. Anderson, 446
Manual of the Alkali Trade, including the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, Sulphate of Soda, and Bleaching Powder. John Lomas, 106
Memoirs of the Science Department, University of Tokio, Japan. Vol. II., on Mining and Mines in Japan. C. Netto, 143
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. LIX., 12
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, with other Selected and Abstracted Papers. Vol. LX., 163
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. LXI., 333
Miscellaneous Scientific Papers. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 500
The Moulder and Founder’s Pocket Guide. By F. Overman, 482
Physical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.
J. E. H. Gordon, 124
Practical Treatise on Wheels, Worms, Screws, &c.
E. Holden, 482
Practical Weights of Angle, Tee, Bulb, Round, Square, and Flat Iron and Steel, and other Information for the Use of Naval Architects and Shipbuilders. C. H. Jordan, 482
Professional Corps Papers of the Royal Engineers,
Report of the Chief Engineer of Canals, Ottawa, 313
Report and Documents in Reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sandford Fleming, 253
Resultate aus der Theorie des Bruckenbaus. By R. Kohrn, 292
The River Tyne: Its History and Resources. By the late James Guthrie, 314
Stationary Engine Driving : A Practical Manual for Engineers. By Michael Reynolds, 465
Theory of Solid and Braced Elastic Arches, applied to Arch Bridges and Roofs in Iron, Wood, Concrete, or other Material, Graphical Analysis, Wm. Cain, 88
Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, Vol. XII., 353
Transactions of the Society of Engineers for 1879, 216
Treatise on Chemistry, Vol. II., Metals, Parti, and Part II., H. E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer, 370, 389
War Ships and Navies of the World, By J. W. King, 291
Local Boards and Surveyors, 389, 402
Locomotive, American, for England, 303
Locomotive, Austrian Express, 176, 178
Locomotive, the Coming American, 328
Locomotive, Consolidation, Philadelphia and Reading
Railway, Baldwin Locomotive Works, 282, 288
Locomotive Construction, "Weight in, 379
Locomotive of the Future, 423
Locomotive Engines, Performance of, 291
Locomotives, Links in the History of, 217
Locomotive Match, International,' 486
Locomotive, Tank, Mr. W. G. Bagnall, 365
Locomotive, Tank, Hohenzollcrn Works Company,
Locomotives, American, 216, 251
Locomotives, Compressed Air, 8, 46
Locomotives, Earning Power of. 427
Locomotives, English and American, 179, 202, 212, 241
Locomotives for Light Railways, Construction and
Working of, 483
Locomotives in Queensland, English, 461
Locomotives, Standard English, 389
London Gas, 479, 496
London Gas Supply, Progress of, 11
London and North-Western Railway, 162
London and North-Western Railway Company, Coffeehouse, Plan of the, 396
London Sewage, Utilisation of, 150
London Water Supply, 82, 243, 316, 322, 434
London Water Supply and the Government, 405
London Water Supply, Select Committee on,;123
Lowrie, Captain, Grain Cai’go Steamship, 82
Lubrication of Engines, 34
Lubricator, Mr. Patrick, 165
Machinery, Export Trade, 247
Machinery, Steel, 406
Macnaughton, Mr. James, Breech-load ing|| Fire-arms,
Magneto-Dynamo Electric Machines, Mr. Desmond G.
FitzGerald, 284
Maidstone, Boiler Explosion at, 441, 464, 495, 499
Main Sewering and Water Supply, Type Drawings for,
Mr. Robt. Rawlinson, 25, 31, 32
Manchester, Industrial Exhibition, 219. 363
Manchester and Shefiield Railway Traffic, 88
Manhole Covers and Ventilators, Mr. W. Batten, 343
Map of the World, New, 159
Mechanical Theory of Heat, 8, 32, 46, 71, 84, 108, 120
Melbourne Harbour, Proposed Works at, 459
Metropolitan Railway, The, 313
Metropolitan Water Supply, 316, 322
Midland Railway, The, 402
Midland Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, 176
Mill Roller, Messrs. Bucholz, 90
Mill Roller, Messrs. Mechwart, 90
Milling Exhibition, The Cincinnati, 4, 54
Milling Machinery at the Carlisle Show, 52, 71, 90
Millom Ironworks and the Hodbarrow Mines, 117
Millstone Dress, Messrs. Davies and Smeade, Royal
Agricultural Society’s Show, 53
Mines Drainage Scheme, 106
Mines, Loss of Life in, 70
Mines, Prevention of Explosions in, 454
Mines, Recklessness in, 407
Mines Regulation Act for India, 162
Mining Legislation in India, 142
Minister of Public Works and the French Railway Companies, 251 J
M!?1Coell«aJlea’ 9’ 23’ 47> 67’ 81> 104> 121> 135, 166,177, 195, 213’ 2A1’ 287’ 305» 329’ 349> 367> 399, 419,
443, 457, 475, 497
Mortality of Health Resorts, 242
Motherwell, Colville Steel Works, Steam Crane, 477
Motor, A New, 6
Narrow Escapes, Two, 124
Naval Engineer Appointments, 19, 27, 59, 85. 112, 132, 145, 211, 254, 293, 309, 325, 407, 434, 442, 479, 496
Naval Marine and Engineering Exhibition at Glasgow, <548
“ Nelson,” The, 225
Newfoundland, Government Railway in, 142
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, 500
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company's Works,
Sunderland, 151, 193, 194, 208
North-Eastern Railway, Rumoured Opposition to, 388
North-Eastern Railway Bridge over the Wear, Sunderland, 362, 368
N?o?England> 20, 37, 60, 78, 95, 112, 131, 149, 169.
188, 205, 224. 240, 258, 271, 293, 316, 336, 354, 371, 409, 428, 448, 466, 486, 502
North of England’s Future, 291
North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Company’s Furnaces, llu
North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, 62
Memoranda, 9’ 23> 47» 67’ 81, 104, 121, 135, qo-’ son’ ?3J’ 250’ 261» 287> 305> 329> 349> 367> 38a, 398, 419, 443, 457, 475, 497
m 38’ 60’ 78’ 95’ I12> 132» 150»
300 Ins' 271> 293» 316» 336> 364> 372>
390, 408, 428, 448. 466, 486, 502
Notes from Lancashire, 19, 37, 59, 77. 95 m 131 149 169, 187, 205, 223, 239, 257, 270, 292:315 335 354 371 390, 408, 429, 447, 466, 486, 502 ’ ’ ’ 7 ’
Notices to Correspondents, 11, 29, 49, 69, 87, 105, 123.
141, 161, 179, 197, 215, 233, 251, 267, 289, 311, 331, 351.
^369, 387, 405, 425, 445, 463, 481, 499
Nottingham Corporation Sewage Farm, 309
Nut and Bolt Company, The Patent, 125
Nuts, Hot-pressed and Cold-punched, 301
Obituary :
Bouch, Sir Thomas, 347
Brodie, Sir Benjamin, 465
Byrne, Mr. Oliver, 474
Firth, Mr. Mark, 417
Hawthorn, Mr. Thomas, 104
Higinbotham, Mr. Thomas, 421
Higson, Mr. Peter, 398
Olrick, Mr. Lewis, 155
Rigg, The Rev. Arthur, 201, 235
Yapp, Mr. G. W., 414
Ohio River Bridge at Beaver, Pennsylvania, 491, 498
Oilcan, An Illuminating, 285
Oleojector, Messrs. W. H. Bailey and Co., 281
Olrick, Mr. Lewis, Death of, 155
Ordnance, Application of Steel to its Construction, 21
Ordnance Committee, New, 463
Ordnance, Our Heavy, 398
Ordnance, Steel Applied to the Construction of, 79
Ore Separator, Mr. Edison, 6, 91
Orenburg Bridge over the Volga, 254
Ozone, Liquefaction of, and its Colour in the Gaseous State, 484
Ozone in Nature, Paper on, 19
Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Steam Towing Launch, 327
Palliser, Sir W., Breech-loading Gun, 361
Papers and Discussions, 426
Patent Laws, 164, 182
Patent-office, The, 159, 461
Patents, Cheap, 460
Patents, Cheap, their National Value, 442, 445
Patents, English and American, 230
Patents and Trade Marks, Foreign, 209
Pelzer, Herr, Ventilating Fan, 153
Perkins Engine, The, 182
Perkins Engine in the United States, The, 446
Perkins System, The, 120, 139
Permanent Way, Great Eastern Railway, Mr. Travis, 183
Permanent Way, Iron, on the Prussian State Railways, &c., 165
Phonological Observation of the Year 1880, 493
Phipson, Dr., Electric Light, 285
Phoanix Works, 173
Photophone, The, 235, 285, 307, 400
Physics, Problem in, 46
Piedboeuf Trophy, Dusseldorf Exhibition, 280
Piers, Braced, for Bridges, 2, 89, 181
Pipe Couplings, 72
Planing Machines, Double Tool-box for, Messrs. J. and
J. Kershaw, 420
Plate, Spring, How to Weld a Broken One, 249
Plates, Wilson’s.Compound Armour, at Shoeburyness,
Plating Company, of Bishopton-lane Works, Stockton-on-Tees, 414
Plough, Mr. Fisken, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 42
Plough, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, Smithfield Club Show, 456
Ploughing Engine, Messrs. Everett and Adams, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 44
Ploughing Engine, 8-H.P., Double Drum, Messrs.
Fowler and Co., 62, 68
Ploughing, Roundabout System of, Messrs. Fowler and Co., Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 62
‘‘Polyphemus,” The, 225
Post-office and the Telephone, 481
Postal Directory of Carlisle, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 13
Potato Planter, Messrs. Murray and Co., Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 61, 73
Presentation to a Railway Engineer, 199
Press, Relief Colour Stamping, Messrs. Joseph Richmond and Co., 302, 314
Prices Current of Metals, Oils, and Timber, 20, 38, 60 78, 95, 132, 150, 170, 206, 224, 240, 258, 300, 322, 340^ 360, 378, 396, 414, 434, 454, 472, 490, 508
Printing Machinery, Exhibition of, 74
Projectiles, Competitive, Dutch Trials of, 278
Propeller, The De Bay, 456, 474
Propellers, Screw, 418
Pumping Gear, New Hollingwood Pit, Staveley, 262, 263, 269
Pumping Machinery for Rural Waterworks, 174
Purification of the Metropolitan Railway Tunnels, 162
Pwllheli Sewerage, 19
Railway Accident in France, 407
Railway Accident at Lille, 194, 208, 247
Railway Accidents, 27, 124, 344, 378
Railway Carriages and Collisions, 370
Railway Communication between Naples and Rome, 363
Railway Companies and the Board of Trade, 235
Railway Crossings, 164
Railway Crossings and Continuous Brakes, 369
Railway Driver, The Oldest, 398
Railway, Ekaterinburg and Tiumen Branch of the
Siberian, 292
Railway Gauges in the United States, 90
Railway Half-year, The, 12
Railway Lines in Prussia, for the Construction of New, 486
Railway Matters, 9, 23, 47, 67, 81,104, 121, 135, 166,177, 195, 213, 231, 250, 261, 287, 305, 329, 349, 367, 385. 399,419,443, 457, 475,497 . ’ ’ ’
Railway, The Metropolitan, 313
Railway, The Midland, 402
Railway Progress in the United States, 414
Railway Projects next Session, 291
Railway Traffic in America, 482
Railway Travelling, An American on English, 426
Railway, An Underground, for New York, 303
Railway, Water Power, 304
Rails on Curves, On the Super-elevation of, 491
Railways in Course of Construction, 389
Railways, Eastern, 508
Railways, Experimental Control over the Wear and
Tear on, 85
Railways in India, 278
Railways, Rating of, 39813
Rainfall in South Africa, 399
Range-finder at Woolwich, Capt. Roberta’, 400
Range Finding, 198, 247
Ratchet Brace, Mr. Brown, 6
Rating of Railways, 398
Reaper Trials, Scotch, 202
Reaping Machine, Invention of the, 293
Reaping Machine, Sheaf-binding, Messrs* Samuelson and Co., 435
Reaping Machines, 176
Reese Fusing Disc, The, 363
Rhine, Navigation on, by Electric Light. 454
Rigg, The Rev. Arthur, his death, 201, 235. 247
Rivers, Management of, 445
Roberts, Capt., Range Finder at Woolwich, 400
Rock Drilling in China, 230
“ 1829, Messrs« & and R. Stephenson,
ZoO
Roller, 12|-ton Steam Road, Messrs. Thomas Green and Sons, 245
Rolling Mills, California 229
Royal Agricultural Society’s ShoWj Carlisle, 52,
Anchors, Barford and Perkins, Messrs.. 43
Anchors, Everitt and Adams, Messrs.. 42
Balance Beam, Davies and Smeade, Messrs., 53
Stamped Steel, Garrett and Sons,
Messrs., 41
Cultivator, Steam, Darby, Mn, 43
Disintegrator, Greonhill, Mr. J. Ho 52
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, Carlisle (con tinued)—
Engine, Compound Portable, Garrett and Sons, A1gssi’8« R. ^10 4
Engine, 6-H.P. ’Farmer’s, Howard, Messrs. J. and
F 61
Engine, Portable, Messrs. Cochran and Co., 39,.41
Engine, The “Reading,” Reading Ironworks Company, 39, 41
Gear, Slow Motion, Savage, Mr. ,43
Guide Plan of the Implement Yard. (Supplement to
The Engineer, July 9th, 1880.)
Horse Gear, Crowley and Co., Messrs., 192
Milling Machinery, 52, 85, 90
Millstone Dress, Davies and Smeade, Messrs., 53
Plough, Fisken, Mr., 42
Ploughing Engine, Everett and Adams, Messrs., 44
Ploughing Engine, 8-H.P., Double Drum, Fowler and Co., Messrs., 62, 68
Ploughing, Roundabout System of, Fowler and Co., Messrs., 62
Potato Planter, Murray and Co., Messrs., 61, 73
Shaft Coupling, Frictional, Butler’s, 73
Spark Arrester, Graham, Mr., 41
Steam Cultivating Machinery, 61
Thrashing Machine, Iron Framed, Robey and Co., Messrs., 73
Royal Albert Dock, Electric Light at, 253
Royal Hotel, Blackfriars, 192, 208
Royal School of Mines :
List of Awards, 51
Rutherglen Accident, The, A Warning to Engine Drivers, 32
St. Gothard Railway, The, 366
St. Gothard Tunnel, 194
Saw Guard, Safety, Mr. Dale, 229
Saw Mill, American, London and South-Western Railway Works, Nine Elms, 183
Schiele Ventilator, The, 309
Schmid’s Hydraulic Pumping Engine, 182
School of Art Wood Carving, 249
Seaham Colliery Explosion, 434
Second-class Passenger Traffic, Decline in, 309
Semaphore Adelaide Waterworks, The, 326, 328, 330
Sewage in England, The Glasgow Town Council on its
Treatment, 304
Sewage Farm, Nottingham Corporation, 309
Shaft-Coupling, Frictional, Mr. Butler, 73
Shears, Heavy, 301
Sheffield District, The, 19, 37, 59, 77, 95, 111, 132, 149, 169, 187, 205, 223, 239, 257, 271, 293, 315, 336, 354, 372, 390, 408, 428, 447, 466
Sheffield Trade in 1880, 493
Shields, Military, 334
Shipbuilding, Mr. H. H. Parkinson on, 434
Ships’ Pumps, 8, 33, 34, 46. 71, 108, 120, 138
Ships’ Pumps, Messrs. J. and H. Gwynne, 91
Shoeburyness, Wilson’s Compound Plates at, 79
Signal Compensators, 32
Smith, The Steam Boiler, Messrs. Campbells and Hunter, 229
Smithfield Club Show, 381, 435
Engine and Boiler, Vertical, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head, 455
Engine and Boiler, Vertical, Messrs. Turner and Co., 455
Hay-maker, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, 456
Plough, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, 456
Reaping Machine, Sheaf-binding, Messrs. Samuelson and Co., 435
Smoke Preventer, Mr. Engert, 382
Snow Ploughs, 334
Soap-making Machinery, 280
Social Science Congress, Edinburgh, 164
Society of Arts :
List of Papers to be Read before Christmas, 328
Society, The Chemical :
Ancient Alum Well at Harrogate, Mr. R. H. Davis, I 399
Society, Civil and Mechanical Engineers’, 442
Society of Edinburgh, The Royal :
On Currents Produced by Friction between Conducting Substances and on a Form of Telephone Receiver. Mr. James Blyth, 242
Society of Engineers, 27, 51, 184, 421, 456
Engineering Notes on Cyprus, Mr. Charles J. Alford, 348
Modern Steel as a Structural Material, Mr. W. W. Beaumont, 259
National Value of Cheap Patents, Mr. Frank W.
Grierson, 442
Visit to Chatham Dockyard, 225
Visit to Metropolitan Gasworks, 5
Visit to South-Western Railway Works, Nine Elms, 134, 165
Visit to Messrs. Saxby and Farmer’s Signal Works, 62
Society, The Geological:
Serpentine and Associated Rocks of Anglesey, Prof.
T. G. Bonney, 399
Society, King’s College Engineering :
Inaugural Address, Prof. Huntington, 284
Shipbuilding On, Mr. H. H. Parkinson, 434
Sinking Cylindrical Foundations, Mr. Ellis, 400
Society, The Leeds Civil and Mechanical Engineers’, 454, 486
Society, Liverpool Engineering :
Combination of the Block and Interlocking System on Railways, Mr. IT. A. Dibbin, 361
Earthworks and the Steam Navvy, Mr. H. C. Baldry, 396
Society, Manchester Scientific and Mechanical, 309
Society, The Meteorological:
Average Height of the Barometer in London, Mr.
Henry Storks Eaton, 19
Balloon Ascent from Lewes in a Whirlwind, Capt. James Templer and H. Elsdale, 19
Meteorological Observations Made at Stanley, Falkland Islands, 1875-1877, by Wm. Marriott, 19
New Thermograph, Wm. David Bowkett, 19
Note on a Waterspout Observed at Morunt Cays, Jamaica. Lieut. Alfred Carpenter, 19
Ozone in Nature, its Relations, Sources, and Influences, Mr. J. Mulvany, 19
Phonological Observation of the year 1880, Report on, Rev. T. A. Preston, 493
Rainfall in South Africa, John G. Gamble, 399
Relative Frequency of Given Heights of tho Barometer Readings at the Kew Observatory, 1870-1879, G. M. Whipple, 493
Table of Relative Humidity, Edward E. Dymond, 399
Variations of Relative Humidity and Thermometric Dryness of the Air with Changes of Barometric Pressure at the Kew Observatory, G. M. Whipple,
Winter Climate of Davos, C. T. Williams, 19
Society of Mining Students, The British :
The Schiele Ventilator, Mr. A. Merfyn, 309
Society, Newcastle-on-Tyne Literary and Philo
sophical :
Electric Lighting, Mr. J. W. Swan, 325
Society, The Royal :
List of Officers and Council for 1881, 362
Society of Telegraph Engineers :
Electric Light, On the Subdivision of, Mr. Swan 401
Societies of Glasgow and Edinburgh, The Geological
South Kensington Museum, 13, 38, 59, 117, 138 159 188, 206, 224, 271, 293, 308, 328, 360, 396, 414* 421’ 454, 467, 484, 508 ’ *
South-Western Railway, The, 308
South Yorkshire Coal-fields, 143
Spanner, Adjustable, Messrs. Pattinson Brothers 82
Spark Arrester, Mr. Graham, Royal Agricultural
Society s Show, 41
Specification of a Dinner, 59
Speck, Mr. J. S., Presentation to, 199
Spinning Machinery, Cotton, 437
Stanton Ironworks, Duke of Sunderland at. 407
Steam, Cyclical Use of, 342
Steamship “ Anthracite,” The, 34
Steamship “ City of Rome,” The, Barrow Shipbuilding
Company, 98, 99, 120, 127, 164
Steam Whistles, 402
Steamer, Modem Lake Freight, 244
Steamers, Stem-wheel, on the Magdelene River, 286
Steel, its Application to the Construction of Ordnance,
21, 79
Steel Boilers, 88, 161, 194, 209, 231, 247, 264
Steel, Compressed, 123, 139
Steel, Compression of, 496
Steel Making by the Bessemer and the Siemens Process, Machinery for, 366
Steel Making in China, 456
Steel Making in the United States, 464
Steel Making Experiments by the Indian Government, 31
Steel Manufacture in Cleveland, 379, 416
Steel, Modern, as a Structural Material, 259
Steel from Phosphoric Pig, 87
Steel Works, Rhenish, 172
Steering Gear, Steam, Mr. Simey, 236
Stevens’ Battery, The, 242
Stoker, Mechanical, Mr. McDougall, 137
Stone Grinding and Polishing Machine, Messrs.
Salmon and Crossland, 307
Stoves, Hot Blast, 446
Straw Shakers, Brinsmead’s, 400
Streets and Artisans’ Dwellings, New, 352
Stuffing-boxes, Mr. J. Stannah, 423
Sunderland, North-East Marine Engineering Company’s Works, 151, 193, 194, 208
Sun’s Rays, Utilisation of, 125
Surveying, Underground Instrument for, 494
Swan’s Electric Lamp, 401
Switch, Safety, Messrs. Clement and Paravicini, 400
Taking-off Apparatus, Mr. M. Smith, 420
Talybout Bridge, Carnarvon, 194
Target, Dutch, 278
Tay Bridge : Condition of its Remains, 34
Tay Bridge Disaster, 46
Tay Bridge Inquiry, End of the, 29
Tay Bridge, The New, 474
Tay Bridge, Official Report on, 27
Tay Bridge, Piers of the, 271
Tay Bridge, Raising of its Fallen Girders, 120, 124
Tay Bridge, Reconstruction of the, 88
Tay Bridge, Mr. Rothery’s Report on, 26, 55, 66, 91
Technical Museum and Libraries, 414
Tees Bridge, 283
Tees, New Railway Bridge across the, 401
Telegraph Machine, A New, Mr. Royal E. House, 280 Telephone: Its Application to the Measurement of the Torsion of Driving Shafts and of the Work done by Machines, 143
Temnograph, The, 247
Tenders:
Arnold Local Board of Health Sewerage Works, 230 Bala Bridge, Construction of a Service Reservoir,
Mr. T. Roberts, 139
Barmouth, 285
Croydon, Royal Oak Brewery, 254
Leamington Waterworks, Mr. E. M. Richards, 120 Nevin Main Sewerage Works, Mr. T. Roberts, 51 Tunbridge Wells, Bridge over the South-Eastern
Railway, Mr. W. Brentnall, 120
Terminus of the Berlin-Anhalt Railway, Berlin, Mr Franz Schwechten, 306, 309, 362, 364
Testing Machinery, 78
Thomas and Gilchrist Process, The, 230, 247
Thomas-Gilchrist Process at Eston, The, 333, 344
Thrashing Machine, Iron-framed, Messrs. Robey and
Co., Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 73
Thunderer Gun, The Parliamentary Report on, 286
Tipping, Mr. Henry, Steam Yacht, 283
Tire Fastenings, 63, 66, 69
Tire Fastenings, Experiments on, 13, 15, 63, 66, 69
Tonnage Rates from Yorkshire to London, 30
Tool-box, Double, for Planing Machines, Messrs. J and J. Kershaw, 420
Torpedo Boat, A New, 80
Torpedo Boats, Sea-going, 417
To^pcdc^-Boats, an<^ discharging Torpedoes
Torpedo Vessel, “ Fulminante,” for the Portuguese Government, Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, 82
Trade Prospects, 233
Tram-car Wheels, Loose, 125
Tram Engines, Steam, for Bristol, 496
Tramway Companies, The Rating of, 260
Tramway Construction, 49
Tramway and other Traffic, 365
Tramway Rail, Mr. Hughes, 192
Tramways, 426
Tramways, Mechanical Power on, 268
Tree Feller, Hand Power, Messrs. S. Worssam and Co. 175
Trial Trip of the “Albert Victor,” 5
Trial Trip of the ss. “ Julia,” 13
Trial Trip of the ss. “ Ascanius,” 389
Trial Trip of a Tyne-built Steamer, 281
Tunnel, Channel, 434
“ Tyne,” the ss., Raising of, 72
United States Government Test Requirements for Boiler Iron, 159
University College, London, 30
Valve, Ball, Mr. D. Young, 494
Valve Gear, 345, 402
Valve Gear, New Reversing and Expansive, Paper on, 1 JLo
Valves, Wilson’s Klotz Safety, 34
Vavasseur and Co., Messrs. G., 13’5 tons Gun, 21
Ventilating Fan, Herr Pelzer, 153
Ventilating Fans, 344
Ventilator, The Schiele, 309
Vienna Industrial Exhibition, 277
Viking’s Ship, A, 16
“ Ville d’Oran,” The ss., 117, 122
Ville d'Oran” and “Ville de Bone,” Compound lO^llT ^essrs* Wigham, Richardson, and Co., Visits to the Provinces, North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company’s Works, Sunderland, 151, 193,
Wages Movement by Ironworkers, 353
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 20, 38, 60, 78, 95, 132, 150, 170, 188, 206, 224, 240, 258, 271, 293, 316, 336, 356, 372, 390, 408, 429, 448, 467, 486, 503
Walsall Boiler Explosion, 124, 133, 142, 813
“ Wanderer,” s. Yacht, Compound Engines of, 436, 440, 444
Water Filtration and Softening, 463
Water Supply, Metropolitan, 316, 322
Water Supply of the Metropolis, 434
Water Tower at the Semaphore, near Adelaide, Australia, Mr. Oswald Brown, 326, 328, 330
Waterworks, Adelaide, 80
Waterworks, Rural, 174
Weighing Grain, Apparatus for, Herr A. Kaiser, 404,
Wenpington Railway Accident, 159< 164,182
What is it? 180 ’
Wheels, Car, Chilled, 209
Whitworth Scholarships, The, 230
Wicklow Harbour. 199
Wigan Tramways, Opening of, 119
Wilson’s Klotz Safety Valves, 34
Winch, Steam, Messrs. J. Taylor and Co., 843
Wind Pressures, 84, 108
Windlass, Spring, Mr. J. E, Liardet, 421
Women m Metalliferous Mines, 125
Wood Pavement, 381
Wreckage on the English and German Coasts, 486'
Yacht « Wanderer,” The, 286
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