The Engineer 1894 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1894 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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ABERDEEN Harbour, 167
Absolute Zero, 14
ABSTRACTS OF CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC REPORTS, 230
- Belgian Patent Designs, 564
- China, Coal in, 430
- Denmark, North Sea and Baltic Canal, 564
- France, British Goods in La Rochelle, 262
- France, British Goods in Nantes, 230
- France, Canals of, 230
- France, Drainage of Nice, 262
- Germany, Coal and Iron in Mannheim, 298
- Germany, Consuls and Trade of, 564
- Germany, Improvement of River Weser, 564
- Italy, British Engineering Firms at Genoa, 262
- Japan, Coal in, 430
- Wurtemberg, Reports of Factory Inspectors, 298
Accidents on American Railways, 421
Accident at Boston, United States, America, whilst Cleaning an Arc Lamp, 321
Accident in Cannon-street, Caused by Electric Explosions, 421
Accident at Chelford Railway, 575
Accident to a Goods Train near Pembroke, 103
Accident at Irchester Junction, 217
Accident at Knottingley Junction, 233
Accident at Leicester, Railway, 133
Accident on the Midland Railway, 217
Accident at Newtonmore, Railway, 359
Accidents on Public Electric Supply Mains, 564
Accident, Railway, Caused by an Elephant, 344
Accidents, Railway, Decrease in, 295
Accident, Railway, in India, 11
Accident at St. Pancras Terminus, 217
Accident to the Scotch Express, 148
Accident on the South-Eastern Railway, Report to the Board of Trade on, 473
Accumulators at the Clichy Sector in Paris, Input and Output of, 483
Acheaon, Mr. E. G., Carton Combining High Fusing Point with High Luminosity, 571
Acid-Resisting Cements, Formula) for, 359
Acre to Damascus, Railway from, 53
Adams’ Bridge Reef, 80
Adler’s Patent Axle-Box Dust Shields, 217
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Thomas Symonds, 423
Admiralty Cheeseparing, Specimen of, 549
Admiralty Orders for India, 193
Admiralty’s Revised Table of Working Hours, 255
Advertisers, To, 29, 57, 81
Africa, Telegraph in, 33
Agricultural Machinery and Machinists’ Plant, Sale of, 103
Agricultural Machines at the Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Show, 16, 31, 32
Air-Lock, Automatic, 65
Air Mean, Daily Motion of, in 1893, 11
Air Propellers ? 469
Air Resistance, M. E. Vallier on, 549
Air Resistance to Locomotives, Efforts in France to Reduce, 526
Air Temperature in 1893, Highest, 11
Albert Bridge over the Brisbane River, The New, 4
Albion Colliery Explosion, 106
Albion Colliery, Explosiveness of Dust from, 11
Alexandria Harbour, New Channel into, 53
Alexandria, Tramways in, 278
“Alger,” Record of the French Cruiser, 421
Algeria and Tunis, Public Works in, 348
Algiers, The Port of, 66,
Alignment of Tunnels, The, 196
“Alma,” Launch of the, 321
Allan, Mr. Seymour, Submarine Boat, 392
Allan, Whyte, and Co., Messrs., Cable for the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company, 421
Allan, Mr. William, On the Navy, 482
Allen and Co., Messrs. Edgar, Reports on their Dynamo-magnet Steel Castings, 321
Allen, Son, and Co., Messrs. W. H., New Works at Bedford, 278
Allison, Mr. Herbert John, 409
Alloy, A Good, 359
Alloy, A New, 11
Alloy, New Aluminium, 571
Alsite Aluminium Co.’s New Solder for Aluminium, 233
Alternator, The New “Kapp,” 67
Alum, Purifying Water by, 103
Alumina by Carbon, Reduction of, 549
Aluminium Alloy, Patent for a New, 571
Aluminium Boats, 242
Aluminium Boats, Swain and Kirby’s, 212
Aluminium Bronze Pipes ? 323
Aluminium upon the Carbon in Ferro-Carbon Alloys, Influence of, 164
Aluminium as a Material for Ships’ Boats, Tests of the Utility of, 483
Aluminium with Metallic Films, Two Methods of Covering, 344
Aluminium, New Solder for, 233, 571
Aluminium with Nitrogen, On the Effects of the Saturation of, 321
Aluminium Pontoon, 103
Aluminium, Power of to Resist the Corrosive Action of, 233
Aluminium Railway Season Tickets, 255
Aluminium in Salt Water, Test of, 526
Aluminium, Solder for, B. I. Roman’s, 571
Aluminium, Soldering, 233, 278, 571
Aluminium Torpedo Boats, 77, 292, 329, 350, 443
Aluminium Torpedo Boat for the “Foudre,” Messrs. Yarrow and Co., 443
Aluminium Torpedo Boats for the French Navy, 77, 292, 329
Aluminium with Zinc, Tin, or Lead, Process for Covering, 571
Amber in Burma, Working of, 11
Am Ende, Mr. Max, Road Bridge for Brazil, 252, 253
America, Cork Industry Plant in, 60
America, Mine Ventilation in, 408
America, Moving Mountain in, 278
America, Railroading in, 142, 347
American Armour, 127
American Canals, 169
American Engineering News, 20, 41, 90, 112, 221, 242, 264, 284, 330, 370, 412, 434, 474, 536, 558
American and English Wood-working Machinery, 495, 570
American Liners, American Sentiment in Connection with the New, 344
American Locomotives, 142, 370
American Locomotives in the Argentine Republic, English and, 407, 432
American Locomotives for Brazil, 370
American Locomotives in South America, English and, 486
American Navy, Submarine Boat for the, 255
American Notes, 44, 70, 93, 114, 137, 159, 183, 203, 223, 244, 287, 310, 333, 353, 436, 456, 477, 498, 539, 561, 581
American Railways, Accidents on, 421
American Railway Strike, 13, 35
American Rifle, A New and Humane, 359
“American Street Railway Investments,” First No. of, 53
American Tariff Bill, Sheffield and the, 150
American Tin-plate Manufacture, The, 258, 552
American Transatlantic Liners, The Coming, 303
American Wood-working Machinery and English Manufacturing Interests, 495, 570
Americans Do It Better, The, 254
Ammeter and Voltmeter, Combined, 89
Ammonia Motor Cars, 33
Amu Darya, Navigation of the, 571
Anas Bridge, Delay in the Erection of, 133
Ancient Forging, An, 465
Angleur Company’s Steam Works, Selessin, Visit of the Iron and Steel Institute, 207
Angleur Company’s Steel Works, Making of Coke for Smelting at the, 344
Anglo-American Telegraph Company sNew Cable, 217
ANTWERP EXHIBITION, THE
- Belgian Exhibits at, 289
- Belgian Machinery at, 141, 170
- British Awards, 387
- Central Cyclone Company’s Disintegrator and Pulveriser, 85
- Copley, Turner, and Co.’s Exhibits, 85
- Felten and Guilleaume, Messrs., Wire Rope and Electric Cables, 314
- Fraser and Chalmers, Messrs., Quartz Mill, 37
- French Exhibits in Industrial Hall, 270
- French Machinery at, 228
- German Exhibits at, 314
- German Machinery at, 108, 128
- Hardy Patent Pick Company’s Exhibits, 85
- Hydraulic Turntable, M. G. Francois, 219
- Lathe, The Pittier 228
- Linotype, The, 85
- Maritime Section, 1, 247
- Navigable Balloon.at, 198, 199
- Pittier Lathe, The, 228
- Railway Exhibits at, 37
- Rudder of “Hohenzollern,” 1
- Smith and Coventry, Messrs., Machine Tools, 85
- Steel Forging and Ball Bearing Company, The, Exhibits, 85
- Stern Frame of “Patria,” 1
- Tangyes Limited, Gas Engines, Messrs., 85
- Tilghmann’s Sand-blast Apparatus, 85
- Transvaal Republic, General Exhibit of the, 37
- Vennes Foundry Company’s Pipe Drilling Machine, 290
- Wire Rope and Electric Cables, Messrs. Felten and Guilleaume, 314
Arc Lamps, On the Photometry of, 233
Armour-plate Scandal, The, 231
Armour, Harvey, Trials, 150
Approximate Calculations, 212
Aqueducts in Jerusalem, The Old, 148
Arc Lamp, On the Advantages of the, 401
Armour-plate, Chrome Steel Chase-Gantt, 233
Arch Bridges, Pivoted, 355, 447
Archangel, Continuation of the Moscow Vologda Line to, 401
Arctowski, Mr. H., Artificial Preparation of Hematite, 344
“Ardent,” Trial of H.M. Torpedo-boat Destroyer, 549
Argand and Auer Burners, Combustion Products from, Compared, 103
Argentine Cruiser “Patria,” 231
Argentine Republic, English and American Locomotives in the, 407, 432
Argentine Republic, Locomotive Boiler Explosion at Tucuman, 260, 261
Armour, Present Status of Face-hardened, 564
Armour in the United States, Face-hardened, 530
Armstrong, Lord, Portrait of, 471
Armstrong, Lord, On Ships and Guns, 294
Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Messrs. Sir W. G., Chilian Cruiser “Blanco Encalada” (Supplement, September 7th, 1894), 208, 501—509
Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Messrs. Sir W. G., Japanese War Vessels, 419, 422
Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Messrs. Sir W. G., Tower’s Steady Platform, 306
Arnold, Mr. E., Long-distance Transmission of Power, 287
Arnold, Professor J. O., Steel Works Analysis by, 405
Armour, American, 127
Armour of the Five First-class Battleships, Order for, given to Three Sheffield Firms, 344
Arnold and Read, Messrs., on the Conditions in which Carbon exists in Steel, 53
Arsenic in Copper, Detection of, 362
Art Gallery Committee of Manchester, Intended Exhibition, 379
Artesian Waters, Increase of Temperature with Depth, 133
Artillery Fire in the Chinese War, 301
Armour Plates, Bethlehem, 66
Asbestos Covering for Pipes, 483
Asbestos Jointing Materials for the Admiralty, 77
Asbestos and Metal Jointing, 217
Ashford and Canterbury Line of the South-Eastern Railway, Accident on, 473
Asia Minor, Roads and Railways of, 299
Asiatic Turkey, Railway Extension in, 365
Asphalte, Analysis of Bermuda, 33
Assimilability of Potash by the Action of Nitrates in Poor Siliceous Soils, M. P. Pichard on, 255
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE THE AMERICAN
- Age of the Niagara Falls, Professor Spencer on the, 295
ASSOCIATION, THE BRITISH—.see BRITISH ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATION, THE CLYDE FOREMAN SHIPBUILDERS’ MUTUAL:—
- “Trades Unionism,” Discussion on Mr. Hugh Glen’s Paper on, 392
ASSOCIATION OF ENGLISH CEMENT MANUFACTURERS, 432
- Proposal to Establish an, 401
ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS, THE LEEDS:—
- Chaffey Bros., Irrigation Settlements in Australia, Mr. Henry McLaren, 581
- Colliery Winding Engines, Mr. J. Clark Jefferson, 429
- Trade Depression and Power of Production in America, Mr. E. W. Richards, 483
- Visit to the Works of the Seamless Steel Boat Company, 93
- Visit to Works at Wakefield. 103
ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS, THE MANCHESTER :
- Inspection of the Manchester Corporation Electric Works, 370
- Modern Development of the Gas Engine, Mr Jas. Atkinson, 420
- Rustless Coatings of Iron and Steel, Sir Wm Thompson on, 308
ASSOCIATION OF FOREMEN ENGINEERS AND DRAUGHTSMEN, THE LONDON:—
- City and South London Electric Railway, Mr. K. J. Cook, 341
- Drilling Square and Angular Holes, Mr. Andrew King, 434
- Newcastle, Mr. R J. Cook’s Account of his Recent Visit to, 533
- Visit to the Scotch Coal Shale Mines, Mr. Jas. J. Pike, 232
- Visitto Messrs. Willans and Robinson’s Works 18
ASSOCIATION, IRON TRADES EMPLOYERS’ :
- Comments on the State of Trade, The Eight Hours Question, andc., 99
ASSOCIATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, THE BIRMINGHAM
- Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year, 498
- Explosives, Lieutenant-Colonel Barker, 433
- Opening Meeting, 326
ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS, THE INCORPORATED :—
- Certificates Granted, 368
- Eighteenth Voluntary Pass Examination, 320
- Teddington Sewage Disposal Works, Henry York, 380
ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE OWNERS’ AND USERS’ :—
- General Meeting of, 20
ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION, 77
ASSOCIATION, THE MILLERS’ NATIONAL, 77
ASSOCIATION ON RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC, THE MANSION HOUSE :—
- Test Cases under the New Act in Regard to Rates, 295
ASSOCIATION, SOUTH LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE COALOWNERS’ :—
- Annual Meeting of, and Matters Dealt with by, 401
ASSOCIATION, SUGAR PLANTERS’, IN NEW ORLEANS, 483
ASSOCIATION, TRAVELLING ENGINEERS:-
- Convention at Denver, 278
Atkinson, Mr. James, The Modern Development of the Gas Engine, 420
Atlanta to South Brunswick, 171
Atlantic Cable, Laying of the Third, 11
Atlantic Steamers, Records of, 255
Atlas Engineering Company, Radial Drilling Machine, 445
Atlas Works, Glasgow, The, 511—519
Atlas Works, Sheffield, The, 377
Atmosphere of the Underground Railway, 15
“Audacious,” H.M. Battleship, 213
Audra, R., Reconstruction of a Bridge over Don, 203
Australia, Engineering Congress for, 84
Australia, New Lighthouse, 379
Australian Hardwood Sleepers, Applications for, from Englsh Railway Companies, 359
Austrian Patent for Insulating Material, 344
Australia, The Chaffey Bros.’ Irrigation Settlements in, 581
Australia and the East, Telegraphy with, 386
Australian Engineering Notes, 221, 370, 558
Australian Progress, Light Railways and, 77
Austrian Railways, Mileage of, 526
Automatic Transmitter of Steering Directions, On the, 359
Axle-box Dust Shields, Adler’s, 217
Aymonnet, M., Calorific Radiations included in the Luminous Parts of the Spectrum, 103

BACHELDER Indicator, The, 422
Bacle and Debray, M. M. Ln., The New Science of Metallography, 171
Bagnall, Ld., Messrs. W. G., Narrow Gauge Locomotives, 453
Baker, Mr. T. W., On the Utilisation of Town Refuse for Generating Steam, 295, 390
Baker Blower Engineering Co., Changes in the Firm, 77
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Three New Mogul Locomotives, 321
Baley and Charley, M. M., Thermometer for High Temperatures, 11
Ballina, 3
Ballistic Galvanometer, Method of Determining the Electro-magnetic Capacity of a Condenser, Mr. W. Mack on the, 473
Balloon at Aidershot Struck by Lightning, Captive, 217
Balloon at the Antwerp Exhibition, Navigable, 198, 200
Baltic Canal, The, 493
Band Saw, Large Log, Messrs. J. Pickles and Sen, 38
Barbadoes, Proposed Railway Extension in, 419
Barber’s Split Tool-holder, 306
Barcroft, Mr. Henry, Description of Twin-screw Propellers with Adjustable Immersion fitted on Canal Boats, 98, 118, 134, 170
Bareilly-Rampore-Moradabad Railway, Opening of, 33
Bareilly-Soron Railway, Progress of, 133
Barker, Lieut.-Colonel) on Explosives, 433
Barnett and Foster’s Beer Carbonator, 389
Barnett, Mr. R. E., on Mr. Hannay’s Microrheometer, 217
Barometer, Open Scale, Mr. C. O. Bartram, 193
Barry, 3
Barry Dock, 248
Barry Docks, Extension of, 133
Bartram, Mr. C. O., Open Scale Barometer, 193
Baskerville, Mr. Charles, Separation of Titanium from Iron, 133
Basic Open-hearth Steel Furnaces, Mr. Bernard Dawson, 433
Basic Open-hearth Steel Furnaces, Various Types of, 496
Bassett and Webster, Messrs., Gigantic Wheel at Earls Court, 547
Bates, Mr. Wm. T., on Washing and Conditioning Wheat, 431
Bath and Western and Southern Counties Society Meeting and Exhibition of, 103
Batteries, Primary, for Launch Work, 261
Battersea Polytechnic, Programme for the Second Session, 233
Battery Electric, The Smallest ever Constructed, 443
Battleships, Instability of French, 490
Battleships for the Brazil Government, 473
Baum, M., Method of Obtaining Incandescent Lamp Filaments, 344
Bavarian Premier on English and German Railways, 278
Bay of Fundy, Scheme for an Embankment in the, 401
Bazicle Electric Generating Station at, 223
Bazin, M., Steamer to Roll Over the Water 443
Bearing Thrust for Marine Engines, 494
Beaumont-Wallington High-speed Engine, 65
Beaver Line, Stoppage of the, 379
Bechuanaland, Railway in, 148
Beckett and Roberts' Patent Grip for Cranes and Winches, 320
Beecher, Lieut. W. H., Solarometer, 232
Beer Carbonator, Barnett and Foster’s, 389
Beer Ferments, Influence of Fluorine Compounds on, 77
Begari Bund, Breaking of the, 133
Bekaar and Nelemans, MM., On Ice-breaking on Canals, 95
Belfast, 3
Belgian Competition, The Truth about, 574
Belgian Exhibits at the Antwerp International Exhibition, 289
Belgian Goods Brake Van, 249, 286
Belgian Machinery at the Antwerp Exhibition, 141, 171
Belgian Patent Designs, 564
Belgian State Railways, Brake Van for Goods, Trains, 249, 256
Belgian State Railways, Cross Sleeper Permanent Way, 326
Belgian State Railways, Radial Rolling Stock, 461
Belgium, Labour and Wages in, 232
Belgium, Manufacture of Iron and Steel in, 163
Belgium, Mining Industry of, 163
Belgium, Work and Workers in, 197, 215
Bell, Sir Lowthian, On the Use of Caustic Lime in the Blast Furnace, 164
Bell and Carter’s Patented Apparatus for Precipitating Gold and Silver from Cyanide Solutions, 295
Belleville Boilers, 275
“Bellona” Cruiser, Steam Trial of the, 295
Bell’s Asbestos Company, Asbestos Covering for Pipes, 483
“Benbow” Battleship, New Steam Heating Arrangements, 295
Benguela, Railways in, 483
Bennie, Mr. H. O., Progress in Mechanical Engineering, 358
Benzine, German Patent, 483
Berlin, Sewerage System of, 11
Berlin, Tramways in, 321
Bermuda Asphalte, Analysis of, 33
Berthelot, M., On tho Principle of Maximum Work and Entropy, 53
Bersier, Lieutenant H., On tho Automatic Transmitter of Steering Directions, 359
Bessemer Steel, Progress of, 319
Bethlehem Armour Plates, 66
Beyrout to Damascus, Railway from, 53
Bicycle Mechanical Engineering, 341, 363, 424, 454
Bicycle Postage Stamp, A, 252
Bicycle Problem, A, 424
Bigourdan, M., Measuring Micrometric Angular Distances, 148
Bika, Mr. Ldon, Belgian Goods Brake Van, 249, 286
Bika, Mr. Leon, Brake Van for Goods Trains, 249, 286
Bika, Mr. Ldon, Radial Rolling Stock, 461
Bilbao, Shipbuilding at, 148
Biles, Professor, On the Designs of Mail Steamers, with Special Reference to their Use for War Purposes, 75,112, 129, 156
Bilge Keels, Experiments on the “Revenge” at Spithead, 321
Bilge Keels for the Navy, 33, 171, 212
Bilge Keels, Rolling Ships and, 15
Bills to come before Parliament in the coming Session, Plans and Books of Reference deposited in respect of, 483
Bind for Making Coal Briquettes, 193
Birch and Co., Messrs. John, Road Bridge for Brazil, 252, 253
Birkenhead, Improvements at, 133
Birmingham to Coventry, New Line from, 359
Birmingham District, Dividends in the, 231
Births in London, Decrease of, 473
Births and Deaths Registered in London, 53, 193, 217, 233, 255, 278, 295, 359, 379
Bismuth Spiral in a Magnetic Field, Changes of Resistance of a, 103
Bituminous Coal in Ireland, Discovery of, 133
Bizerta and Tunis, Railway between, 103
Blackpool, Electric Light Supply, and Electric Tramway, Interference with, 148
Blair Engineering Company, The Beaumont- Wallington High-speed Engine, 65
“Blanco Encalada,” The Chilian Cruiser (Supplement, September 7th, 1894), 208, 501—509
Blast Furnace, On the Use of Caustic Lime in the, 164
Blasting Explosives, Professor V. B. Lewes On, 549
“Blenheim,” H.M.S., 543
Block System, The Inventor of the, 405, 425
Blyth, North-Eastern Railway Co.’s Engine Works at, 401
Blythe, Mr. W. IL, Model of the Twenty-seven Straight Lines on a Cubic Surface, 571
Board of Trade and Electric Transforming Chambers, 549
Board of Trade Inspector, Railway Accidents and Hours of Labour, 443
Board of Trade and Light Railways, The, 385
Board of Trade, Railways and the, 345
Boats, Aluminium, 212, 242
Boat Plug, Sworn’s, 212
Boat, Submarine, Mr. Seymour Allan, 392
Boat, Submarine, Mr. J. P. Holland’s, 359
Bogie Goods Engine, Six-coupled, Highland Railway (Supplements, December 14th, 1894), 534
Boilers, Belleville, 275
Boilers and Boiler Explosions, 494
Boilers, the Corrosion of, 208
Boilers and Engines in a Power Plant ? Are there Certain Principles underlying the Proper Connection of, 40
Boiler Explosion, 76, 231
Boiler Explosions, Boilers aril, 494
Boiler Explosion on a French Torpedo Boat, 233
Boiler Explosion, A Remarkable, 452
Boiler Explosion at Tucuman, Locomotive, 260, 261
Boilers, Explosion of Twenty-seven, 389
Boiler Explosions’ Act, Working of the, 483
Boilers, Externally Fired, Law in America Respecting, 148
Boiler Friction, Marine, 102
Boiler of the Future, The Marine, 127
Boiler of H.M.S. “Blanche,” Defects in, 148
Boilers, The Prevention of Scale in, 401
Boilers, Recent Experiences with Cylindrical and the Ellis-Eaves Suction Draught, 110, 112
Boiler Repairing, A Curiosity in, 419
Boilers and Thermal Storage, 451
Boiler Tubes, Serve Ribbed, 53
Boilers, Twin-screw s.s. “Duke of York” 147, 151, 165, 166, 168
Boilers, The Use of Liquid Fuel in, 398
Boiler, Mr. W. D. Wansbrough on the Building of a, 539
Boilers, Water-tube, 341
Boilers, Messrs. Yarrow and Co. s Water-tube, Adopted by a Stettin Firm, 77
Bollinck and Co., Messrs., Engines, 141
Bolton, Mr. W., on the Weatheiing Properties of Sandstones, 133
Books, Forthcoming, 405
Books Received, 37, 61, 150, 197, 216, 237, 259, 280, 325, 367, 409, 429, 491, 532, 553, 575
Booms to Protect Portsmouth and Devonport Harbours, 344
Borchers, Dr., New Galvanic Element, 453
Bore Wells for Town Water Supply, Mr. Henry Davey on, 139
Borehole in Upper Silesia, Depth of a, 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Railway Mileage in, 483 Boston Elevated Railway Bill, The, 53
Boussinesq, M. J., Experimental Verifications of the Theory of Weirs, 421
Bordeaux, Electric Cranes for the Quays of, 526
Bordeaux Exhibition, The, 476
Bordeaux, Exhibition of Arts, 1895, 53
Bordeaux, Exhibition of Arts and Industries, 379
Bowani Railway Bridge, Construction of the, 255
Bowen, Mr. J., Appointed Borough Surveyor of High Wycombe, 359
Bows’ Locomotive Engine, 192
Bracebridge - Mills, Mr. F., Fare - registering Punch, 103
Brackett, Mr. S. H., On the Magnetic Properties of Iridium, 549
Bracknell, Sewage Disposal of, 321
Bradfield, The Tendring Hundred Water Company’s Well at, 33
Bradley and Craven’s Brick and Tile Press, 284
Brady, Mr. A. R., Victoria Bridge over the Brisbane (Supplement, October 19th, 1894), 337, 399, 402
Brakes, Continuous Railway, 439
Brake, Vacuum, on the South Indian Railway, 483
Brake, Vacuum, for Tramways, 22
Brakes, Vacuum, 29
Brakes, Vacuum, in the United States, 11
Brake Van, Belgian Goods, 249, 286
Brake Van for Goods Trains, Belgian State Railways, 249, 256
Bramwell, Sir Frederick, Steam Locomotion on Common Roads, 139, 152
Bramwell, Sir Frederick, and Technical Education, 365
Brass Manufacturers and the Factories Act, 217
Brassey, Lord, his Inaugural Address as President of the Institution of Naval Architects, 73
Brazil, American Locomotives for, 370
Brazil, Battleships for the Government of, 473
Brazil, German Steam Shipping in S., 170
Brazil, New Railways in, 359
Brazilian Railways, Progress of, 103
Brazil, Road Bridge for, 271
Breaching of Bunds on the Indus, 133
Bremen, New Harbour for, 255
Brennus, M. Mare Landry on the Construction and Failure of the, 526
Brest and Conquet, Strategic Railway between, 193
Brewers’ Exhibition and Market, The Sixteenth Annual, 344, 357, 388
Briant, M. A., On the Mining Industry of Belgium, 163
Brick Arch, Strength of, 379
Brick and Tile Press, 284
Bridge for Brazil, Road, 252, 253, 271
Bridge over the Brisbane River, New Albert, 4
Bridge over the Brisbane River, New Victoria (Supplement, October 19th, 1894), 337, 399, 402
Bridges at Budapest, New, 88
Bridge to Destruction, Testing a, 105
Bridge Floors, Strains and Deflections in Solid 358
Bridge, Hawkesbury Railway, Sydney, 11
Bridge for Heavy Traffic, Limiting Span for Railway, 549
Bridge, Jhelum Railway, 77
Bridges in India, Inspection of Railway, 345
Bridge, The Karung Railway, 103
Bridges on the Madras Railway, Repair of the, 193
Bridge, The Mirabeau, 347
Bridge over the Neva, New, 33
Bridge at New York, What Length of Span for, 11
Bridges in North Wisconsin and Minnesota, Destroyed by Forest Fires, Rebuilt, 321
Bridges, Pivoted Arch, 355, 383, 447
Bridge over the Seine, Reconstruction of a, 203
Bridge across the Seine, Steel, 347
Bridge, Steel Rope Suspension, across the Wye, 133
Bridge of 3100ft. Span, A, 262
Bridge, The Tower, 15
Bridges, Utilisation of Electricity in the Construction of, 405
Bridges, Warren Girder, and the Indian Government, 79
Bridge over the Welland, New, 352
Bridgwater Ship Canal, 248
Brighton Beach, 106, 155, 233, 302
Brin, Signor, New Type of Ironclad, 379
Brisbane River, New Victoria Bridge over the (Supplement, October 19th, 1894), 337, 399
Bristol Channel Institute of Marine Engineers The, 341
Bristol Channel Ports, The, 460
Bristol Electric Light Works, Engines and Machine, 169, 172
Bristol to London, Financial Support Promised to the Proposed New Railway from, 379
Bristol to London, Route of Proposed New Railway from, 571
Bristol to London, Scheme for New Railway from, 359
BRITISH ASSOCIATION, THE, 166:
- Behaviour of a Rotating Cylinder in a Steady Current, by Amulph Mallock, 140
- Bore Wells for Town Water Supply, Mr Henry Davey, 139
- Carbon, On the Atomic Weight of. Mr .J A Wanklyn, 166
- Electrification of Air by Subtraction of Water, by Lord Kelvin, Mr. M. Maclean, and Mr. A. Galt, 139
- Evolution of a Flying Machine, Mr. H. S. Maxim, 140, 295
- Integrators and Analysers, Professor O. Henrici, 140
- Meteorological Photography, Mr. A. W. Clayden, 166
- Most Economical Temperature for Steam Engine Cylinders, or Hot v. Cold Walls Bryan Donkin, 178, 188
BRITISH ASSOCIATION, THE (continued):—
- New Chemical Discovery, Lord Rayleigh and Professor W. Ramsay, 140
- New Spectrum Discoveries, Professor S. P. Langley, 140
- Photo-electric Leakage, Dr. O. Lodge, 139
- Presidential Address (Section A), Professor A. W. Rucker, 139
- Presidential Address (Section G), Critical Side of Mechanical Training, Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, 139, 144
- Presidential Address of Lord Salisbury, 124
- Programmes, 107, 125
- Resistance Experienced by Solids Moving through Fluids, Lord Kelvin, 140
- Steam Locomotives on Common Roads, Sir Fredk. Bramwell, 139, 152
- Synopsis of Grants of Money Appropriated to Scientific Purposes, 156
- Thermodynamical Questions, Three Papers on, Mr. G. H. Bryan, 139
- Temperature Entropy Diagram, The, H. F. W. Burstall, 179
British Engineering Firms at Genoa, 262
British Enterprise in Paraguay, 218
British Machinery, Metals in Japan, 394
British Machinery in Russia, 324
British Machinery and Tools in Honduras, 63
British Thomson-Houston, Limited, The, 217
Bronzing Copper, Mr. Mondit’s Process for, 344
Brooklyn Bridge, Electric Light for the Cable Cars on the, 379
Brook’s Locomotive Works, Locomotives for Brazil, 344
Brook’s Locomotive Works, of Pennsylvania, Sixty Locomotives for Brazil, 549
Brush Mattress Work for Shore Protection, 370
Brussels, Hours of Labour in, 483
Brussels, Underground Cable Railway, 33
Bryan, Mr. G. H., Buckling and Wrinkling of Plating Supported on a Framework under the Influence of Oblique Stresses, 77
Buckling and Wrinkling of Plating Supported on a Framework under the Influence of Oblique Stresses, 77
Buckton and Co., Messrs. Joshua, Double Cutter and Transverse Action Planing Machine, 76, 82
Budapest Electric Conduit Railway, The, 53
Budapest Electric Underground Railway, 443
Buffer, Compressed Air Locomotive, 549
Building Act, The New London, 482
Building and Engineering Trades Wages at New Orleans, 32
Building Trades Exhibition, Report on Last Year’s, 344
Bullets of Lead and Tin in the United States Army, 278
Bullivant and Co.’s Works, Messrs., Cable-making at, 452
Buoys, Gas, in the Solent, 483
Buoys on the Mersey Bar, Proposed Widening of the, 77
Bumsted and Chandler’s Yacht Engine, 30
Burd, Mr. E. P., as to the Demolition of Houses by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, 321
Burma, Amber and Jade in, 11
Burma, Coal in, 10
Burma, Engineering School for, 148
Burma Forest Work and the Government for India, 133
Burnt Mill Works, Essex, Plan of, 369
Burrell and Sons, Messrs. Charles, 10-Horse Power Compound Traction Engine, 364, 367
Burstall, Mr. H. F. W.,The Temperature Entropy Diagram, 179
Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy? 427
Butler, Mr. D. B., Carries on Mr. H. Faija’s Business, 344
Butler’s Vaporiser, 8

CABLE, The Anglo-American Telegraph Company’s, 217
Cable from Canada to Australia, 133
Cable Car Lines in St. Louis, 171
Cable Electric Railway to the Tierra Madra Mountains, California, 483
Cable Haulage on Canals, 480
Cable made in Scotland, The First Tramway, 421
Cable Tramway in Australia, Another, 344
Cailletet and E. Collardeau, MM., On the Condensation of Electrolytic Gases by Porous Bodies, particularly by Metals of the Platinum Group, 571
Caird and Co., Messrs., The Peninsular and Oriental s.s. “Caledonia,” 217, 234, 238, 521, 523, 525, 527, 528, 531, 533
Cairo, New Museum of Antiquities at, 133
“Calabria,” Launch of the, 193
Calculating Wetted Surfaces, Rapid Method of 76
Calculations, Approximate, 212
“Caledonia,” The Peninsular and Oriental s.s., 217, 234, 238, 521, 523, 525, 527, 528, 531, 533
Calendars for 1895, Engineering Firms’, 571
Calibration, Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their, 274
California, Cable Electric Railway in the Mountains of, 483
Calorific Radiations in the Spectrum, M. Aymon- net on, 103
Cambrian Rocks at Netberseal, Occurrence of, 208
Cambridge Electric Supply Company, The, 53
“Camel” Hair Belting, Reddaway v. Banham, 125
Cameree and Rigaux, MM., On Ice-breaking on Canals, 95
Campbells and Hunter, Messrs., Machinery at the Boiler-making Establishment of Messrs. Spurr, Inman, and Co., 103
Campbell Oil Engine, The, 281
Campbell, Professor, On the Planet Mars, 193
Campbell’s Vaporiser, 8
Canada, Canal opened for Traffic in, 103
Canada, Population of, 401
Canadian Parliament’s Act for Inspection of Electricity Meters, 295
Canals, 169
Canals, American, 169
Canals, Cable Haulage on, 480
Canal, The Chicago Ship, 271
Canal, The Corinth, 549
Canal, Denmark, North Sea and Baltic, 564
Canal des Deux Mers, French, 398
Canal, The Dortmund-Ems, 549
Canal, The Grand, 317
Canals, Electric Traction for, 42
Canals, Foreign Ship, 493
Canals, Ice-breaking on, 95
Canal Improvement in United States, 33
Canal, The Manchester Ship, 482
Canal, Map of England and Wales, Mr. L. B. Wells’, 321
Canal from Marseilles to the Rhone, Projected, 255
Canal, The North Sea and Baltic, 80
Canal, The Panama, 258, 372
Canal, The Pittsburgh, Lake Erie Ship, 401
Canals of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, 569
Canals, Suez, 4
Canal, Works at the Panama, 296
Canal between Trieste and Vienna, 33
Canalisation of Rivers, 323
Candle-making Machinery ? 215
Canet Guns at Yalu, 451
Cape Antifer, New Lighthouse on, 77
Cape Railways and Pretoria, 401
Capitaine Oil Engine, Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Show, 63
Capper, Professor D. S., Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their Calibration, 274
Capstans, Hydraulic, 273
Carbon Combining High Fusing Point with High Luminosity, 571
Carbon, On the Evaporisation of, 443
Carbon in Ferro-Carbon Alloys, Influence of Aluminium upon the, 164
Carbon, Reduction of Aluminium by, 549
Carbon in Steel, Conditions in which it Exists, 53
Carbon in Steel, Messrs. J. O. Arnold and A. A. Read, 53
Carbonic Acid Gas, Use of Liquid, for Chilling Test Pieces, 379
Cardiff Electric Light Works, 90
Cardiff Harbour Trust, The Proposed, 60
Cardiff Harbour Trust and South Wales Dock Extension, 417
Cardiff, New Waterworks, The, 316
Cardiff Railway Station, Enlargement of, 103
Carey’s Water Economiser, Richmond’s Lift with, 38
Car Fender Commission, Mr. Mendes Cohen’s Report to the, 295
Carnot and Modern Heat, 28, 56, 132
Carriage Heating, North British and Caledonian Railways and, 549
Cars, American Railway, 347
Caspian Sea to Samarcand, Railway from the, 103
Cassell and Co.’s Popular Educator, First Part, 295
Cast Iron, Extra Strong, in Sweden, 321
Cast Iron for Grinding Mill Plates ? 83
Cast Iron Radiators, Condensation in, 357
Cast Steel Stern Frames, 319
Casting Hard Glass, French Process of, 379
Catalogues, 238, 274, 306, 358, 363
Cattro and Co., Messrs, D., Wages at the Works of, 233
Cat, A Midland, 56, 148
Cats, More Midland, 232
Caucasia, Railway Progress in, 77
Caucasus, Petroleum in the, 379
Caucasus, Railway, 53
Caustic Lime in the Blast Furnace, Sir R. Bell on the Use of, 164
Cawley, Mr. George, Soulerin Automatic Vacuum Brake for Steam Tramways, 22
Cellulose, Preparation of, 401
Cement for Leather Belting, 53, 77
Cement Manufacture at Home and on the Continent, Committee to Investigate, 443
Cement Manufacturers, Proposed Establishment of an Association of English, 401
Cement Manufacturers, Association of, 432
Cement Pipe for Sewers in Brooklyn, Use of, 443
Cement Trade and Adulteration, 560
Cement Trade, Meeting of the, 483
Central Cyclone Company’s Disintegrator at the Antwerp Exhibition, 85
Centrifugal Pumps under High Lifts, Tests of, 193
“Centurion” and “Barfleur,” High-angle Fire Gun Mountings of the, 571
Cessnock Docks, Glasgow, Progress at the, 239
Chadderton Ironworks Company and McDougall’s Steam Saving Appliances, 133
Chaff Cutter, Crowley and Co.’s, 16
Chaffey Bros.’ Irrigation Settlements in Australia, 581
Chains, Rolled Weldless, Klatte’s Process, 356, 360, 361
Chains, Weldless Rolled, 154
Chambery, Utilisation of the Power of the Granier Falls, 11
Champagnac Collieries, Sale of the, 443
Chandler’s Compound Three-crank Yacht Engine, 30
Chandor, Mr. L., Incandeseer, 38
Channel Schemes, 193
Charing Cross, New Ticket and Enquiry Office at, 193
Charlesworth and Co., Messrs., High - speed Engine, 251
Charpy, M. George, On the Relation between the Density of a Saline Solution and the Weight of the Dissolved Salt, 103
“Charybdis,” Trial Trip of the, 40
Chase-Gantt Armour-plate, Trial of the Chrome Steel, 233
Chatham Dockyard Extension Works, 148
Chelford Railway Accident, The, 575
Chemical Action, Effect of Moisture on, 33
Chemical Action, Rough Notions of the Mechanism of, 179
Chemical Crisis, The Northern, 490
Chemical Department for India, A, 344
Chemical Discovery, Lord Rayleigh and Professor W. Ramsay on a New, 140
Cherbourg, New Docks at, 321
Chicago, Electric Railways in, 148
Chicago Ship Canal and Drainage Channel, The, 271
Chicago Strike, The, 155
Chignecto Ship Railway Company and the Canadian Government, 103
Chih Yuen, The, 293, 294
Chile, Mining Exposition in, 33
Chilian Cruiser, “Blanco Encalada,” The (Supplement, September 7th, 1894), 208, 501, 509
Chilling Test Pieces, Use of Liquid Carbonic Acid Gas for, 379
China, Coal in, 430
China, Cotton Machinery for, 366
China and Japan, 105
China, Railways in, 133, 170
China, Rolling Mills and Arsenals, Hanyan, 223
China, Suspension of Railway Construction in, 321
Chinese War, Artillery Fire in the, 301
Chinese Warships, Unarmoured, and Armoured, 293, 294, 300
Ching Yuen, The, 293, 294
Chlorine, Detection of Traces of, 53
Christie, Mr. W. H. M., Magnetic and Earth Current Registers for 1893, 33
Chrome Ore ? 345
Chrome Steel Chase-Gantt Armour Plate, The, 233
Chromium, M. Henri Moissan on, 233
Chromium, Metal, 148
Chromo - Photographic Camera, M. George Demeny’s, 321
Churchill and Co., Messrs. Charles, Agents for the Brown and Sharp Manufacturing Company, 278
Circulating Pumps, Peninsular and Oriental s.s. “Caledonia, 238
Circulation, Mr. Thornycroft, 74, 80
City Commission of Sewers, 2
City of London Electric Lighting Company, Meux’s Brewery Company (Limited) and Helfer v., 556
City and South London Railway Company, Motors on the Train itself, 148
Clark, Mr. Edwin, 367, 382
Clark, Chapman, and Co.’s Oil Engine, Butler’s System, 9
Clockwork of the Registration Apparatus in Mont Blanc Observatory, 148
Closed Conduit Electrical Tramways in Washington, 484
Clutterbuck, Mr. F. C., on the Floods in the Thames Valley, 443
Clyde, The, 248
Clyde Measured Mile, The, 236
Clyde, New Graving Dock, 167
Clyde River Boats, New, 490
Clyde Shipbuilding, 236
Clyde Shipbuilding, Nine Months’, 303
Cockerill and Co., Messrs. John, Triple-expansion Engine, Frikart System, 320, 322
Cockerill’s Works, The Society John, Visit of the Iron and Steel Institute, 207
Cocoa Nut Machinery ? 215
Coffee and Cacao Drying Machine, Gamarra’s, 338
Coal Briquettes, Bind for Making, 193
Coal Briquettes for the Red Star Line, 217
Coal in Burma, 10
Coal Carriage by Land and Sea, 408
Coal in China, 430
Coal Dust in Mine Explosions, The Part of, 195
Coal in East Anglia, Search for, 400
Coal in the Eastern Counties, Search for, 379
Coals and Gas Manufacture, 174
Coal, Inquiry into the Proximate Constituents of the Various Kinds of, 171
Coal and Iron in Mannheim, 298
Coal in Japan, 430
Coal, Locomotive, 552
Coal in London, House, 242
Coal, Manufacture of Chlorine and Soda from Inferior, 526
Coal Mining, Electricity in, 477
Coal Mining Explosives, 432, 465
Coal Mining Machines, 346
Coalowner’s Proposal for Settling Coal Values, 274
Coal Shale Mines, Scotch, 232
Coal in South Russia in 1893, 53
Coal Stock of Port Said, 148
Coal Storage Plant at Port Richmond, Loan for, 421
Coal Strike, The Scotch, 257, 295
Coal Trade, The, 107
Coal Trade, The Yorkshire, 174
Coal Washing Plant, Elliott’s, 472
Coal Working, The Future of, 450
Coal and Zinc, Relative Cost of, to give the same Amount of Energy in a Steam Engine, 359
Coalfields, A Truce in the, 36
Coalfield under the Settlement, The, 128
Coates, Mr. Wm. T., Modern Technical Education, 52
Coates and Co., Messrs., Horizontal Compound Mill Engine, 423, 426
Coatings for Iron and Steel, Rustless, 232, 263, 308, 327
Cobb, Mr., on Electrical Transmission of Power, 498
Coke, Manufacture of, Mr. A. P. Wilson, 185
Coke for Smelting, .Method of Making, at the Angleur Company’s Steel Works, 344
Coke Traffic between Durham and the East Coast, 571
Colchester Harbour Improvement, 483
Cole, Mr. G. F., Plan of a Panama Tunnel, 549
Cole, Marchent, and Morley, Messrs., The “Prospect” Duplex Pump, 249
Collar, Trier’s Split-grip, 543
Collieries in North Staffordshire, Strike of the Pit Lads, 148
Colliers’ Sliding Scale, The South Wales, 254
Colliery Engine Men, 386
Colliery Explosion, Albion, 106
Colliery Surface Works, Mr. Edw, B. Wain, 548
Colliery Winding Engines, 429
Collision at Cambridge Station, Major Yorke’s Report on, 401
Cologne-Amsterdam Service, Express Passenger Engine, 406, 409
Colombo Sewerage Scheme, 148
Colonial Locomotives, 269
Colonial Machinery, 60
Colorado, Railways in, 171
Colorado River Dam, Completion of the, 77
Colouring of Glass in Germany, 53
Commercial Cable Co., Muirhead and Others v,, 556
Commercial Dishonesty and Sanitary Neglect, 154
Compactum Evaporator and Distiller, Messrs. John Kirkaldy, 369
Compass, Substitute for the, 232
Compound Body Crostase, The New, 473
Compound Engines—see Engines, 551
Compressed Air Locomotive Buffer, 549
Compressed Air System Cars in Paris, Mekarski, 77
Compressed Gas for Locomotive Head-lights in South America, the Pintsch System, 379
Cornyn, Ching and Company, Gas Cooking Apparatus for the New Post-Office Buildings, 571
Conciliation at Work, 216
Concrete Casings to Protect Piles from Insects in America, 11
Condensation in Cast-iron Radiators, 357
Condensation of Electrolytic Gases by Porous Bodies, On the, 571
Conference on Light Railways, The, 443, 482
“Conflict,” Launch of the, 571
Congelation of Sulphuric Acid, M. R. Pictet’s Experiments on the, 379
Congo Railway, Views on the, 12, 18
Congress for Australia, Engineering, 84
Congress, International Inland Navigation, 84, 125
Connection of Steam Boilers and Engines, in a Power Plant ? Are there Certain Principles Underlying the Proper, 40
Conservation of Energy, Dr. Mach on the Principle of the, 323
Constantinople, Earthquake at, 284
Contractors for Government Work, 553
CONTRACTS OPEN:—
- Contracts, Progress of Naval, 496
Convict Work on Dover Cliffs, 473
Co-operators in Conference, The, 303
Copenhagen, Port of, 167
Copper, Detection of Arsenic in, 362
Copper. Method for Bronzing, 344
Copper Mine, Swedish, 148
Copper Pipes at Sea, Dynamos and, 471
Copper Tubes of the Torpedo Boat “Shark,” Accident caused by Splitting of, 526
Copper Wires and Cables, Table of Dimensions, Resistances, Weight, andc., of Pure, 344
Coppet M. de, On the Temperature of Greatest Density of Water, 421
Cordite Appeal, The, 59
Cordite Case, The Nobel Company and the, 193
Corinth Canal, The, 549
Corinth Canal said to be Blocked by a Landslip, 473
Cork Industry Plant in America, 60
Corrosion of Boilers, The, 208
Corrosion of Boilers ? 345
Corrosion of Propeller Shafts, 363, 405
Corrosion in Tail Shafts, 281
Cost of First-class Cruisers, 41
Cotton Mills in Japan, Spindles used in the, 148
Cotton Machinery for China, 366
Conard, M., On Wood Sleepers, 278
Couillet Iron and Steel Works, Belgium, The, 187
County of London, The, 83
Cowper-Coles Galvanising Process, The, 282, 283
Cox and Co., Messrs., “The General Skinner” (Supplement, November 30th, 1894), 464
Cramp Brothers, The American Liners, St. Louis and St. Paul, 344
Cramp and Son, Messrs., U.S. Cruiser “Minneapolis,” 121, 131
Crane Hooks, Stress in, 19, 56
Crane, 65-Ton Overhead Travelling, The Southgate Engineering Company, 78
Crane, Two-Ton Trolley, 210, 214
Crank-pin Lubricator, Willcox’s, 431
Crank Shrunk on Hot on a Shaft, How to Remove a, 77, 483
Craven Brothers, Messrs., Locomotive Frameplate Slotting Machine, 445
“Crescent,” Voyage of the Cruiser, 33
Crets, Mons. Edmond, Honour Conferred on, 401
Crewe Station, Extension of, 526
Crewkerne, Sewage of, 217
Crookes and Dewar, Professors, On the London Water Supply in November, 549
Crookes and Dewar, Professors, On the Metropolitan Water, 359
Cross Sleeper Permanent Way, Belgian State Railways, 326
Crossley Brothers, Messrs., Dock Pumping by Gas Engines, 555
Crostase, The New Compound Body Discovered by a German Chemist, 473
Crova, M. A., On the Degree of Incandescence of Lamps, 379
Crowland, New Railway to, 33
Crowley and Co.’s Chaff Cutter, 16
Cruisers “Alger” and “Islay,” The French, 318
Cruiser “Blanco Encalada,” The Chilian (Supplement, September 7th, 1894), 208, 501—509
Cruiser “Blenheim,” H.M. Protected, 543
Cruisers, Cost of First-class, 41
Cruiser “Fox,” H.M., 344
Cruisers, French, 350
Cruisers and Gunboats, Crocks amongst our, 278
Cruiser “Patria,” Tne Argentine, 231
Cruiser for the Russian Volunteer Fleet, 526
Cryostase, Properties and Constitution of, 483
Crystallisation, Influence of Low Temperatures on the Laws of, 359
Cubic Surface, Model of the Twenty - seven Straight Lines on a, 571
Cuirass or Breastplate of Hardened Leather, 233
Cuirass, Loris’s Bullet and Dagger-proof, 187
Cuirass, Trial of New Bullet-proof, 11
Cuirasses, 212
Cuirasses, Herr Dowe’s Worthless, 217
Cunard Steamship Company, Project for Sending Steamers from Southampton, 526
Cunliffe and Croom, Messrs., Multiple Drilling Machine, 239
Cupola, Telescoping of a Large, 295
Curiosities of Water Supply, 543
Currents in Open Circuits and Displacement Currents, Methods for the Study of, 255
Curves on Railroads, Resistance Offered by, 6
Customs Union, Competition for the Best Plan of a, 255
Cutter, Chaff, 16
Cyanide Case, The, 428
Cyanide of Potassium, Works at Oldbury for Production of, 526
Cylinder Walls, Hot v. Cold, 177, 188
Cylinders, Liquefaction in Steam, 235
Cylindrical Boilers and the Ellis-Eaves Suction Draught, 110, 112

DAIMLER Phaeton, The, 47
Daimler Victoria, The, 47
Dairy Show, The, 318
Danube, The, 317
Danube, The Iron Gates of the, 378, 463, 542
Danube Regulation Works, The, by Bela Gonda 32, 34
“Daring” and the “Hornet,” The, 132
Darton Water Supply, 53
Davey, Mr. Henry, Bore Wells for Town Water Supply, 139
Davey Pumping Engines, 550, 554
Dawson, Mr. Bernard, Different Types of Basic Open-hearth Steel Furnaces, 433
Dawson, Mr. Barnard, On Various Types of Basie Open-hearth Steel Furnaces, 496
Dead Industry, A, 439
Dean, Mr. W., Express Passenger Locomotives, Great Western Railway (Supplement, November 2nd, 1894). 375, 384
Death-rate of London, The Decline in the, November 9th, 421
Deaths in Thirty-three Groat Towns of England and Wales, 53, 148, 233, 255, 278, 379, 443
Decauville Lino from Ismailia to Port Said, 217
Decay of the British Iron Trade? 291
Doehant, Mr., On the Magnetic Lag in Iron Cores, 401
Dock Chair, Graphic Statics of a, 212, 241
Decorating Church Walls, Mr. A. W. Keim’s Mode of, 401
Da Dion, Bouton and Company’s Road Carriages, 86
Defective Torpedo Boats in France, 280
Defence Works at Portsmouth and Devenport, 344
Defence Works at Sheerness, 344
De Ferranti and Company, Messrs. S. Z., Portsmouth Electric Supply Works, Machinery Hall, 104, 107, 109, 123
De Fonvielle, Mons., Possibilities of Steam Foreshadowed by Roger Bacon, 255
Delagoa Bay, Railway Rates, 278
Dolamare-Deboutevilleand Malandin System, The Simplex Gas Engine, 466
Delta Metal Co., Propeller Blades for the Navy, 77
Demeny, M. George, Chrome-Photographic Camera, 321
Demolition of Houses by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Co., 321
Denmark, North Sea and Baltic Canal, 564
Denny Brothers, Jubilee of Messrs., 476
Denny, Mr., Rapid Method of Calculating Wetted Surfaces, 76
Denny Brothers, Messrs., s.s. “Duke of York” (Supplement, Avgust 17th, 1894), 147, 151, 165, 166, 168
Density of the Earth, The Mean, 321
Density of Melted Magnesia, On the, 255
Density of a Saline Solution, and Weight of the Dissolved Salt Relation between, 103
Dent, Mr. John, 571
De Place, Captain, Apparatus for Detecting Flaws in Iron and Steel by Electricity, 33
De Rechter’s Radial Suspension for Railway Carriages and Tramcars, 461
Desdouits, M., Tests to Determine Steam Consumption of Locomotives, 321
Des Vignes, Mr. G. F. G., The “Hibernia,” 176
Designs of Mail Steamers, with Special Reference to their Use for War Purposes, Professor J. H. Biles, 75, 112, 129, 156
Devulcanisation in the United States, Process of, 278
Dewar, Professor, on Phosphorescence, 217
Do Winton and Co., Messrs. Beckett and Roberts’ Patent Grip for Cranes and Winches, 320
Diamond-making, Morality of, 102
Directory, Sell’s, 361
“Dirigo,” The United States Sailing Ship, 3
Disinfection of Sewage with Sulphuric Acid, 332
Dividends in the Birmingham District, 231
Dixon, Mr., Harbour and Docks of Southampton, 73
Dobson, Mr. B. A., Electric Welding, 97, 99
Docks at Cherbourg, New, 321
Docks, Dry, for Large Vessels, 217
Docks, Extension of the Barry, 133
Dock Gate-making Machinery for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 227
Dock and Harbour Finances, 248
Dock Improvements in Liverpool, 50
Docks, Improvements at the West India, 167
Dock Pumping by Gas Engines, 555
Dock at San Estevan de Pravia, Tenders Invited for 379
Don, Reconstruction of a Bridge over the, 203
Donetz Forges Company, Steel Works, Constan- tinovka, 77
Donkin, Bryan, Hot v. Cold Walls, 177, 188
Dortmund-Ems Canal, The, 549
Dortmund, andc., Railway, Electric Light on the 148
Doubts and Some Conjectures, More, 383
Doulton and Co.’s Metallo-keramie Joint, Medal Awarded to, 295
Dover Cliffs, Convict Labour on, 473
Dover Harbour, 232
Dowe, Herr, His Cuirasses Proved Worthless 217
“Dragon,” Launch of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer, 549
Drainage Works, Manchester Main, 98, 118
Draught, Induced v. Forced, 522
Drawing-office to the Shop in Manufacturing, Relation of, 67
Dredger, Solid Rock (Supplement, September 28th, 1894), 272
Dredgers and Rock Removers Employed in the Danube Regulation Works, 34
Dredging the Mersey Bar, 189
Drilling Machine, Multiple, 239
Drilling Machine, The Phoenix, 177
Drilling Machine, Universal Radial, 445
Drilling Square and Angular Holes, Mr. Andrew King, 434
Drip for Turning Steel, Useful, 526
Drought in Scotland, The, 324
Drying Fuel? 551
Dryness of Steam, Methods of Determining the, 177, 199, 219
Du Bois, Dr. H., on the Changes of Resistance of a Bismuth Spiral in a Magnetic Field, 103
Duckham’s Pneumatic Grain Elevator and Conveyor, 64, 65, 156
“Duke of York,” s.s. (Supplement, August 17th, 1894), 147, 151, 165, 166, 168
Dunkerley, Mr. Stanley, on the Vibration of Shafts, 561
Duplex Pump, The Prospect, 249
Durston, Mr. Albert J., on the Warships, 442
Dust Trap, A Novel, 190
Dutch-Rhenish Railways, List of by the State, 344
Dynamics, Work in, 254
Dynamo, The Kunenski ? 59
Dynamo Magnet Steel Castings, Messrs. Kapp, Ewing, and Jamieson on Messrs. E. Allen and Co.'s, 321
Dynamometric Car, Western of France Railway, 297, 304, 305
Dynamos and Coppar Pipes at Sea, 471

EALING, Electrical Exhibition at, 233
Ealing Electric Lighting Station in operation, 103
Ealing Electric Supply Works, 303
Earth’s Axis of Rotation, On the Oscillation of the, 473
Earth, Mean Density of the, 321
Earth, Oscillation of the Axis of Rotation of the, 321
Earthquake at Constantinople, 284
East Coast Shipping Disasters, 248
East London Water Company’s Works, Lee Bridge, 555
East River Tunnel, Completion of the, 171
Eastern Counties Coal Boring Association, Operations Commence, 379
“Eclipse,” Launch of H.M.S., 85
Economical Engines in the Mines, 394
Economy of Fuel in Fast Vessels, Importance of, and Advantages to be Derived from Heating the Feed Water, M. Normand, 74
Eddy, Mr., Retirement of, 526
Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Rail Production at the, 473
Edinburgh, New Water Scheme for, 347
Edinburgh, Waverley Station, 319
Education, Technical, 254
Effront, M. J., On the Influence of Fluorine Compounds on Beer Ferments, 77
Egypt, Locomotives and Tenders for, 33
Eight Hours Day at the Dockyards, 22
Eight Hours Day in Portsmouth Dockyard, The, 102, 155, 180
Eight-hour System, Failure of, at the Llanelly Pottery Works, 103
Eighty-four Miles an Hour, Mr, C. Rous-Marten, 509
Ejectors, Shone’s, Teddington Sewage Works, 412
Electric Battery ever Constructed, The Smallest, 443
Electric Cables, Wire Rope, andc., Messrs. Felten and Guilleaume, 314, 316
Electric Concentration of Sulphuric Acid, 526
Electric Conduit Railway, Budapest, 53
Electric Cranes for the Bordeaux Quays, 526
Electric Current, Professor F. A. Fleming on the Work of an, 538
Electric Drill, Portable, Mr. William T. Taylor, 370
Electric Energy, Gravitation Water Supplies and, 554
Electric Explosions in the City, 421
Electric Generating Station at Bazacle, Toulouse, 223
Electric Heating of Rolling Stock in Savoy, 473
Electric Light, On the Advantages of the, 401
Electric Light for the Cable Cars on Brooklyn Bridge, 379
Electric Light Works, Cardiff, 90
Electric Light Engines, Governing, 219, 307, 329, 349, 362, 404, 424, 445, 446, 447, 465, 520, 578
Electric Light Engines, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Jefferies, 78
Electric Light for the Fire Island Lighthouse, 103
Electric Light in German Railway Carriages, 148
Electric Light, Professor Kennedy on the Price of Glow Lamps, 321
Electric Light in Seville, 379
Electric Lighting Companies and Transformer Chambers, 487
Electric Lighting, High-speed Engine for, Messrs. Hall-Brown, Buttery, and Co., 101, 102
Electric Lighting in London, 382
Electric Lighting of Portsmouth and Southsea —see Portsmouth Electric Supply Works
Electric Lighting of the Strand, Application to Parliament for the, 473
Electric Light in the Transit of the Suez Canal, Time saved by Ships using the, 359
Electric Lighting Works at Manchester, New, 96, 535
Electric Lines in St. Louis, 171
Electric Motive Power, Elevated Railway, Chicago, 77
Electric Motors for Moving Ships’ Guns, 379
Electric Process for Manufacturing Chlorine and Soda from Inferior Coal, 526
Electric Process for Obtaining Nitric Acid from Nitrogen, 526
Electric Power Transmission for South Africa, 78
Electric Railways in Chicago, 148
Electric Railway, On the City and South London, 341
Electric Railway Development in Switzerland, 571
Electric Railway in London, 11
Electric Railway to the Top of Snowdon, 344
Electric Railway in Russia, First, 321
Electric Railways in the United States, 88
Electric Resistance of Aqueous Solutions with Change of Pressure, Change in the, 233
Electric Resistance, 'Pure Water and, 60
Electric Street Railways, Mr. P. Schencker on, 33
Electric Supply Mains, Accidents on Public, 564
Electric Underground Railway, Budapest, 443
Electric Welding, Mr. B. A. Dobson, 97, 99
Electric Traction for Canals, 42
Electric Tramways, 148
Electric Tramway, Geneva, 77
Electric Tramways in Havre, 321
Electric Transforming Chambers beneath the Streets, 549
Electric Transmission for a Colliery, Plant for, 103
Electrical Accident, Cannon-street, Causes of the 443, 451
Electrical Action, Colouring Leather by, 483
Electrification of Air by Subtraction of Water, 139
Electrical Apparatus for Cooking, The First, 133
Electrical Conductivity of Water, On the, 401
Electrical Engineering Plant, Sale of, 217
Electrical Exhibition at Ealing, 233
Electrical Measurement, New Denominations of Standards for, 193
Electrical Power, Mr. Selby-Bigge’s Notes on, l85, l88
Electrical Properties of Metals, Effects of Mechanical Stress on the, 571
Electrical Propulsion at Chemnitz, The Trolley System of, 421
Electrical Sanitation Process, The Hermite, 330
Electrical Speed and Direction Indicator, 298
Electrical Tramways in Washington, Closed Conduit, 484
Electrical Transmission of Power, Mr. Cobb on, 498
Electrical Welding of Street Railway Tracks, 133
Electricity on Board Ship, and its Application as Motive Power for Auxiliary Machinery, Mr. A. H. Gibbings, 401
Electricity in Coal-mining, Mr. Elmer A. Sperry on 477
Electricity Considered as a Vertical Movement, M. Ch. V. Zenger, 217
Electricity in the Construction of Bridges, Utilisation of, 405
Electricity, Effect of, on the Strength of Framed Structures, 117, 161, 205
Electricity, Killing Vegetation on Railways by, 233
Electricity Meters, Canadian Parliament’s Act for the Inspection of, 295
Electricity as a Power Transmitter, Mr. Thos. Richardson, 367
Electricity, Rolling Mill to be Worked by 418
Electricity Applied to Rope and Cordage Spinning, 359
Electricity, Smallest Possible Quantity of, 483
Electricity, Sugar Refinement by, 483
Electricity in the Turret, 277
Electricity, Use of, to Remedy Defective Castings, 473
Electricity in Wire Mills, 367
Electrification of Air by Subtraction of Water, 139
Electro-chemical Method, Autographic Record of the Form of Periodic Currents by the, 171
Electrolysis, Relative Results of, Conducted under Reduced Pressure and the Pressure of the Atmosphere, 321
Electrolytic Copper, Resistance of Pure, 133
Electrolytic Gases by Porous Bodies, On the Condensation of, 571
Electrolytic Sanitation, 279, 329
Electrolytic Sanitation, The Ipswich Sewers and, 350
Elevated Railway, Chicago, Metropolitan, 77
Elevated Railways in New York, 526
Elevated Railway System, The Meigs, 576
Elevator and Conveyor, Duckham’s Pneumatic Grain, 65, 156
Elevator and Lift Machinery, 191
Elster and Geisler, Messrs., Experiments Connected with Electric Leakage, 139
Ellin, Mr. T. R., Tube Cutter, 299
Elliott’s Coal Washing Plant, 472
Elliott and Co., Messrs., Retirement of Mr. J. I. Hopper, 571
Ellis - Eaves Suction Draught, On Cylindrical Boilers and the, 110, 112
Emergency Grip for Cranes and Winches, The “Simplex,” 320
Emigration Prospects, 6
Employers and the Unemployed, 530
Ems, “Correction” of the River, 549
Enamelling Cast Iron, Process for, 263
End of a Trade Union, The, 551
Energy, Dr. Mach on the Principle of the Conservation of, 323
Engine, Beaumont-Wallington High-speed, 65
Engines and Boilers for the Battleship “Caesar,” 217
Engines and Boilers, s.s. “Duke of York,” Messrs. Denny Brothers (Supplement, August 17th, 1894), 147, 151
Engine Bows, Locomotive, 192
Engine, The Campbell Oil, 281
Engine, Colliery Winding, 429
Engine, Compound Fixed, 900 Indicated Power, 485, 488
Engine, Compound Traction, 10-Horse 364, 367
Engines, Davey Pumping, 1000-Horse 550, 554
Engines, Dock Pumping by Gas, 555
Engine and Dynamo Combined, Messrs. J. P. Hall and Company, 108
Engines and Dynamo, Electric Light, s.s. “Caledonia,” Messrs. Tangyes and Siemens Brothers’, 533
Engines, Electric Light, Governing, 520
Engine for Electric Lighting, High-speed, Messrs. Hall-Brown, Buttery and Company, 101, 102
Engines for Electric Lighting, High-speed Vertical, 78, 79
Engines, English, for the United States, 535
Engine, Express Passenger, Dutch Railways, 406, 409
Engine, Gasoline Tramway, 41
Engine, Goods, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln-shire Railway, Mr. J. Parker, 121, 126
Engines, Governing Electric Light, 279, 307, 329, 349, 362, 424, 445, 446, 447, 465, 578
Engine, Heat and the Steam, 132
Engine of H.M.S. “ AEolus,” Underwater Fittings of, 233
Engines of H.M.S. “Daring” and “Decoy,” 191
Engines, High-pressure Compound, 551
Engine, High-speed, Messrs. Alex. Shanks and Son, 555
Engine, High-speed Closed, Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 251
Engines, Horizontal Underground Pumping, Messrs. Wm. Wilkinson and Co., 549
Engines, A Large Order for Electric Light, 382
Engine Men, Colliery, 386
Engines in the Mines, Economical, 394
Engine, Modern Development of the Gas, 420
Engines, Oil, 173
Engines, Oil, at the Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Show, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27, 28, 63
Engine, Oil, Messrs. Clark, Chapman, and Co., 9
Engine (8-Horse Power), Oil, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, 524
Engine, Oil, 10-Horse Power Portable, Messrs. Robey and Co., 5, 9
Engine and Winding Gear, 20-Horse Power Oil Messrs. Priestman Bros., 5, 9
Engines, Oscillating v. Inclined Compound Paddle, 195, 212
Engines, Pumping, Chicago, 370
Engine, Robey Gas, 100-Horse Power, 546
Engine-room of the “Lucania,” In the. 49 51 54, 55, 58, 62
Engines of the “Shark,” Accident on the Trial of the, 526
Engines, Simplex Gas, and the Pantin Flour Mills, 466, 486, 522
Engine, Six-coupled Bogie Goods, Highland Railway (Supplements, December 14th, 1894), 534
Engine, Theory of the Steam, 212, 241, 242 254 275, 307, 349, 362, 383, 403, 424, 446, 468, 494, 520, 522, 578
Engines, Traction, 275, 425, 442, 446, 449, 467, 468, 486, 487, 522
Engines, Traction, and Bye-laws, 442
Engines, Traction, on Roads, 405
Engine, Three-crank Yacht, Bumsted and Chandler's, 30
Engines, Thrust Bearing for Marine, 494
Engine Trials, Oil, at Cambridge, 29, 56
Engine, Triple-expansion, Frikart’s System, 320, 322
Engine, Wells' Oil, 472
Engineer, Mining, A Well-known, 532
Engineering Congress for Australia, 84
Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their Calibration, 274
Engineering, Practical Steam, 439
Engineering as a Profession, 19, 29, 59
Engineering Works from 1610, Sir R. Rawlinson on the Growth of, 433
Engineering Works in West Australia, 133
Engineers and the Admiralty, 149
Engineers and Architects, 155, 180
Engineers, Civil, Required to Take Out a Licence in Louisville, Ky., 278
English and American Locomotives in the Argentine Republic, 407, 432
English and American Locomotives in South America, 407, 432, 486
English Engines for the United States, 535
English and French Quick-fire Armaments, 459
English and German Railway Systems Compared, 278
Entropy, 132, 180
Entropy Diagrams, 19, 81
Entropy Diagram, The Temperature, 179
Entropy, Modern Heat, andc., re, 81
Entropy, The Principle of Maximum Work and, 53
Eppleton Colliery, Water in, 193
“Ericsson,” Breakdown of the United States Torpedo Boat, 526
“Ericsson,” Fourth Failure of the, 563
“Ernest Simons,” The New Packet Boat, 53
Ether, The Isothermals of, 11
Evans, Sir John, On London Water Supply, 295
Evans and Sons, Messrs. Joseph, Appointment of Mr. R. H. Longbotham as their Yorkshire Agent, 571
Evans and Sons’ Steam Pump at the Laundry Exhibition, 451
Evaporators and their Manufacture, Kirkaldy’s, 369
Evaporisation of Carbon, M. H. Moissan on the, 443
Exeter and Chagford, New Line between, 483
Exhibition, The Antwerp—see Antwerp Exhibition
Exhibition at Bordeaux of Arts and Industries, 379, 476
Exhibition at Boulogne, Health, 137
Exhibition, The Brewers’, 357, 388
Exhibition, Chili Mining, 33
Exhibition, Electrical, at Ealing, 233
Exhibition, French, 1900, 103
Exhibition, Industrial, Alsace-Lorraine, 148
Exhibition, Laundry, at the Agricultural Hall, 419, 451
Exhibition at Manchester of Contemporary Arts and Crafts, 379
Exhibition at Monte Video, Agricultural, 379, 401
Exhibition, Optics and Photography, Roya Aquarium, 217
Exhibition, The Paris, 52
Exhibitions, Photographic, London, 274
Exhibition, Photographic, Planned by the Imperial Institute, 476
Exhibition, The South African, 255
Explosion, Albion Colliery, 106
Explosion, Boiler, 231
Explosions from Coal Dust in Mines, 11
Explosion, Colliery, Staffordshire, 148
Explosion on a Locomotive, Curious, 11
Explosion in the Solent, 222
Explosion at Tucuman, Locomotive Boiler, 260, 261
Explosive Material, Smokeless Powder, 193
Explosives, Blasting, 549
Explosives, Flameless, 469
Explosives, Lieutenant-Colonel Barker, 433
Explosives for Mining Purposes, 432, 465
Express Passenger Engine, Dutch Railways, 406, 409
Eyemouth Railway, The, 17, 18

FACE-HARDENED Armour, Present Status of 564, 567
Face-Hardened Armour in the United States, 530
Factories Act Regarding Unhealthy Occupations, 217
Factories, Superintendents of Government, 35
Factory and Workshops Acts in Mines and Quarries, Steps to Enforce certain Provisions of, 549
Factory and Workshops Act, The, On Tinning and Enamelling, 33
Faija, Mr. Henry, 189
Faiji, Mr. H., his Practice Transferred to Mr. D. B. Butler, 344
Fair Wages Clause, 15
Fare-registering Punch, 103
Fastnet Rock Lighthouse Unsafe, 193
Faye, M. H., On Geodesy and its Relations with Geology, 321
Feeders, High-tension, Worcester, 543
Felten and Guilleaume, Messrs., Wire Ripe and Electric Cables, 314, 316
“Ferret,” Trial of H.M.S., 33
Ferro-Carbon Alloys, Influence of Aluminium upon the Carbon in, 164
Field Artillery Fire, Development of, 338
Fielding’s Vaporiser, 9
Filey, Sea Wall at, 31
Filtration of Nile Water for Sugar Works, 555
Findlay, Mr. C. F., On the Strength of Framed structures as Affected by Electricity, 117, 161, 205
Fire-arms in the U.S. Army, Bullets of Lead and Tin to be used with, 278
Fire Island Lighthouse, Electric Light for the, 103
Fish-plate, Pittway and Wood’s, 554
Fireproof Insulation in Electrical Wiring, Recipe for, 77
Fish Hook Making Machinery ? 345
Flameless Explosives, 469
Flaws in Iron and Steel, Detection of, by Electricity, 33
Fleet, A Volunteer, 56
Fleming and Ferguson, Messrs., Boilers and Engines for the New Gordon Diamond Mining Company, 483
Floods, Damage done by, to Railways in India, 77
Floods in Italy, 443
Flood at Lucknow, 255
Floods in the Thames Valley, Mr. F. C. Clutterbuck on the, 443
Floods in the West Midlands, Mr. H. Southall, 560
Flour Mill, The Pantin, 466
Flour Milling Machinery at the Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Show, 16
Flour from Hungarian Mills, Export of, 483
Flour, Standard for Foreign. 171
Flues of Torpedo Catchers, The, 107
Fluorine Compounds, their Influence on Beer Ferments, 77
Flying Machine, Evolution of a, 130, 140, 148
Flying Machine, Maxim’s, 130, 140, 148, 370, 447, 494, 522
Forban, The, 192
Forbes, Professor George, Return to England of, 549
Forced Draught, Induced v , 522
Ford, Colonel, on the Explosion in the Solent, 223
Foreign Demand, Improved, 429
Foreign Ship Canals, 493
Foreman and McCall, Messrs., Railway between Newcastle and Glasgow, 217
Forging, An Ancient, 465
Form of Periodic Currents by the Electro-chemical Method, Direct Autographic Record of the, 171
Formby, Mr. G. O., 107
Forging Press and Travelling Cranes, The Atlas Works, 401
Forster, M., On the Oscillation of the Axis of Rotation of the Earth, 321, 473
Forte,” Trial of the New Protected Cruiser, 103
Fortifying Portsmouth, 242
“Foudrd’s ” Torpedo Boats, The, 443
“Fox,” Trial Trip of H.M. Cruiser, 344
Frame-plate Slotting Machine, Locomotive, 445
Framed Structures, Effect of E ectricity on the Strength of, 117, 161, 205
France, British Goods in Nantes, 230
France, Canals of, 230
France, Drainage of Nice, 262
France, Naval Construction in, 225
France, Shipbuilding in, 324
Francois, Mr. G., Flydraulic Turntable, 219
Freezing, Nitrate of Ammonia used for, 473
French Battleships, Instability of, 490
French Cruisers, 350
French Cruisers “Alger” and “Islay,” The, 318
French Cruiser “Alger’s” Record, 421
French Canal des Deux Mers, 398
French Exhibition of 1900, 103
French Exhibits in Industrial Hall, Antwerp Exhibition, 270
French Machinery at the Antwerp Exhibition, 228
French Naval Manoeuvres, 53
French Navy, M. E. Weyl on the, 37
French Navy, Aluminium Torpedo Boat for the, 292
French Navy, Reorganisation of the “Escadre du Nord,” 278
French Process of Casting Hard Glass, 379
French Railways, Hours of Labour on English and, 443
French Scientific Terms, Errors in, 344
French Silk Machine Loom Industry, The, 171
French Society Technique, Prizes Offered by, 526
French and Spanish Governments, Railway Convention between the, 379
French and Spanish International Railways, 526
Friction Head in Water Pipes, New Formula for, 148
Frikart-Corliss Valve Gear, The, 320
Froelich, Dr., on the Magnetisation of Iron, 421
Froelich, Dr., Method of Obtaining Nitric Acid from Nitrogen, 526
Fruit Evaporators ? 215
Fuel Gas-making at Canisteo, New York, 53
Fuel, Liquid, with Reference to Holden’s System, 477
Fuel, Relative Powers of Different Kinds of, for Converting Water into Steam, 373
Furnaces, Basic Open Hearth Steel, 433, 496
Furnaces, New Blast, at Pont-a-Mousson, 443
Furnaces, Petroleum, for Russian Ironclads, 456
Furnace, The Stetefeldt, 208
Furness Railway Extension, 571
Future of Coal Working, The, 450
Fyfe’s Apparatus for Steaming Compressed Hay, 31

GAINSBOROUGH Water Supply, 4, 255
Gainsborough, Water Supply of, New Boring for the, 443
Galloway Scaffold, Walling and Sinking Simul-taneously with the, 208
Galloways, Limited, Messrs., Engines for the United States, 535
Galloways and Neil, Messrs., Tenders for the Renfrew-road Workhouse accepted, 103
Galvanic Element, New, 453
Galvanising Process, The Cowper-Coles, 282, 283
Gamarra’s Coffee Drying Machine, 338
Garbage Treatment Works at New Orleans, 171
Garrard and Blumfield’s Electric Carriage, 88
Gas Buoys in the Solent, The, 483
Gas Burner Mantles, The Welsbach Incandescent, 401
Gas in Common Air, A New, 140
Gas Compressed for Locomotive Headlights in South America, 379
Gas and Electricity for Lighting, Relative Cost of, 321
Gas Engines, Dock Pumping by, 555
Gas Engine, Modern Development of the, 420
Gas Engine, Robey, 100-Horse Power, 546
Gas Engine, Simplex, 466, 486, 522
Gas Engine, Simplex, and the Pantin Flour Mills, 466, 486, 522
Gas for Gas Engines ? New, 105
Gas-making, Fuel, at Canisteo, N.Y., 53
Gas, Making Ice by Means of, 217
Gas Manufacture, Coals and, 174
Gas Motors for Pumping Purposes, 33
Gas Oil on the Midland Railway, 11
Gas Testings, W. T. Dibdin’s Return of the, 193
Gas Testings for the Week ending 6th October, Mr. W. J. Dibdin, 321
Gases at Constant Volume, Specific Heats of, 115
Gases, Kinetic Theory of, 19, 81, 328, 495
Gases, The Pressure of, 432
Gasoline Tramway Engine, 41
Gauge Board Indicators ? 59
Gauge, A New Wire, 400
Gear ? Helical v. Straight, 215
“General Skinner,” The (Supplement, November 30th, 1894), 464
Generating Steam, Utilisation of Town Refuse for, 390
Genoa, British Engineering Firms at, 262
Geodesy and its Relations with Geology, M. H. Faye on, 321
German Cruiser “F.,” Third-class, Launch and Naming of, 321
German Electro-Chemical Society, 472
German and English Railway Systems Compared, 278
German Exhibits at the Antwerp International Exhibition, 314
German Imperial Navy, The “Siegfried,” 481
German Ironclad, built in the Dantzio Dockyards, Launch of the First, 321
German Machinery at the Antwerp Exhibition, 108, 128
German Output of Pig Iron, 217
German Railway at Zanzibar, 344
German Steam Shipping in South Brazil, 170
Germany, Coal and Iron in Mannheim, 298
Germany, Consuls and Trade of, 564
Germany, Improvements of River Weser, 564
Germany, Made in, 367
Germany, New Strategic Railways in, 344
Germany, Production of Pig Iron in, 473
Germany, Trade Marks in, 242
Gesner Rust-proof Process, The, 263
Gibbings, Mr. Alfred H., Electricity on Board Ship, and its Application as Motive Power for Auxiliary Machinery, 401
Gigantic Wheel at Earls Court, The, 547
Gillow, Professor, on the Manufacture of Iron and Steal in Belgium, 163
Gilpin, jun., Mr. Edw., Explosions in Nova Scotian Coal Mines, 217, 228
Girder of the Anas Bridge, Damaged during Erection, 133
Girders for Indian State Riilways, 431
Girders and other Framed Structures, On the Strength of, as Affected by Electricity, 117, 161, 205
Glasgow, The Atlas Works, 511—519
Glasgow, Charing Cross Station, Extension of, 148
Glasgow Corporation Tramways, 128
Glasgow, Hydraulic Power Supply for, 16
Glasgow, Men Entombed in a Subway, 571
Glasgow, Progress at the Cessnock Docks, 239
Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company— Wanted, a Superintendent, 359
Glasgow Tramway Stations, 217
Glasgow University, Engineering Laboratory for, 571
Glasgow Weirs. 250
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, Present to the, 278
Glass, Casting Hard, 379
Glass in Germany, Colouring of, 53
Glassworks of Mariemont, 186
Glen, McHugh, On Trades Unionism, 392
Globe Printing Office, Visit to the, 535
Glover and Co , Messrs. W. T., Howard’s Graphic Wire Table, 278
Glover and Co., Messrs. W. T., Mr. Poole’s New Wire Gauge, 400
Glover and Co., Messrs. W. T , Table of Dimensions, Resistances, Weight, andc., of Pure Copper Wires and Cables, 344
Gohna Lake, Disquieting Condition of the, 103
Gohna Lake, Rise of the, 148, 171, 217
Gohna Lake, Report on the, 359
Gold, Conditions of its Crystallisation, 11
Gold Mining on the Witwatersrand, Transvaal, 575
Gold Nuggets, Profe-sor Liversedge on the Structure of, 421
Gold Production in Colorado, 11
Goldmark, Mr. Henry, Strains and Deflections in Solid Bridge Floors, 358
Gonda, Bela, Iron Gates of the Danube, 32, 34, 378, 463, 542
Good, Mr., His Application of Electricity to Rope and Cordage Spinning, 359
Goulburn River Weir, Victoria, The, 97, 100
Governing Electric Light Engines, 279, 307, 329, 349, 362, 404, 424, 445, 446, 447, 465, 520, 578
Government Factories, Superintendents of, 35
Government of India New Mining Rule’, The, 57
Government Shipbuilding Contracts, 15
Government Work and Insolvent Contractors, 553
Gradient Telemeter Level, The, 481
Grain Elevator and Conveyor, Duckham’s Pneumatic, 64, 65
Grain and Seed Fair in Vienna, 53
Grand Canal, Ireland, The, 317
Granite Stone and Marble Quarries, 385, 427
Graphic Statics of a Deck Chair, The, 212, 211, 254, 275
Graphic Wire Table, Mr. A. H. Howard’s, 278
Graphite, Improvement in the Manufacture of, 321
Graving Dock at Grimsby, New, 148
Gravitation Water Supplies and Electric Energy, 554
Gray and Henderson, Messrs., On the Effects of Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Properties of Metals, 571
Gray, Mr. P. L , Minimum Temperature of Visibility of a Solid, 483
Gray, Professor, Teautograph, 77
Greathead Shield Principle, Railway Constructed on the, 295
Great Eastern Railway, Collision at Cambridge Station on the, Major Yorke’s Report, 401
Groat Eastern Railway, Enlargement of Liverpoolstreet Station, 313, 314, 315, 335, 336
Great Eastern Railway, Express Locomotive, Burning Oil Fuel, Mr. J. Holden, 276, 277
Great Eastern Railway, Iron Bark Sleepers on the, 255
Great Eastern Railway Company, Light Railway Project for Cambridgeshire, 571
Great Northern Railway, Accident on the, 255
Great Northern Railway Company’s New Goods DepOt, Farringdon-road, 440—442, 444, 448
Great Northern Railway Widening Works, King’s Cross, 339, 341, 342
Great Northern Railway, Reconstruction of a Bridge over the Don, 192, 194, 209, 210, 211
Great Northern Trade Route, Tbe, 155
Great Northern Railway, United States, Mileage of, andc., 526
Great Southern Railway of Spain, Progress of, 193
Great Western Railway, Daily Mileage of its Express Trains, 293
Great Western Railway, Effect of Heat on Rails, 133
Great Western Railway Express Engine “Achilles,” Photographed by Mr. F, Snary, 401
Great Western Railway Express Passenger Locomotives (Supplement, November 2nd, 1894), 375, 384
Great Western Railway, Line from Severn Tunnel to Bristol, 148
Great Western Railway Main Line, Breakdown on the, 483
Great Western Railway and the South-Western, The, 341
Great Western Railway Company’s Works, Details in Connection with, 171
“Greater Britain,” Injectors for the Locomotive, 207
Greece, Railway Mileage in, 483
Greene and Wahl, Messrs., Method of Reducing Metallic Oxides, 310
Greenwich Hospital Pensions, The Vacant, 171
Grehant, M. N., Combustion Products from an Argand and an Auer Burner, 103
Groonaia in the Caucasus, Petroleum Fountain at, 379
Gross, Mr. F., On Cylindrical Boilers and the Ellis-Eaves Suction Draught, 110, 112
Grubb, Sir Howard, 10ft. Reflector Telescope, 483
Griffin Oil Engine, Governor and Air Pump, 26
Griffin Spray Maker and Spray Burner for Ignition Tube, 27
Griffin’s System, Samuelson’s Oil Engine, 25, 26
Grimsby, New Graving Dock, 148
Grip for Cranes and Winches, The “Simplex” Emergency, 320
“Guelph,” Trial Trip of the, 255
Gunboats for Portugal, 483
Gunboats for the Portuguese Government, Shallow-draught Stern-wheel, 473
Gun Fire, Removing Rusty Bolts from Locomotive Frames by, 321
Gun-mounting from Elswick, A New, 295
Gunpowder Patented by A. Schnidler, 526
Guns, Rapid Fire, Test oF, at Sandy Hook, 42
Guppy, Dr. H. B., On the Influence of Springs on a River’s Temperature, 473
Guye and Gautier, MM., On the Optical Activity of the Molecule, 421
Guye, Mr. Ph. A., On the Molecular Weight of Liquids, 571
Gwynne, Messrs. J. and H., “Invincible” Compound-condensing Engines for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 321
Gwynne and Co., Messrs,, Circulating Pumps, Peninsular and Oriental s.s. “Caledonia,” 238

HABERSANG and Zinzon, Messrs., The Pcoenix Drilling Machine, 177
Hadfield’s Manganese Steel, M, Le Chatelier’s Experiments on, 233
Hadfield’s Projectiles for Treated Plates, 174
“Halcyon,” Plating of the, 443
“Halcyon,” Torpedo Gun Boat, Break-down of the, 321
Hall, Beddall, and Co., Messrs., A Novel Dust Trap, 190
Hall-Brown, Buttery, and Co., Messrs., Highspeed Engine for Electric Engine, 101, 102
Hall and Co., Messrs. J. P., Combined Engine and Dynamo, 108
Hall, Messrs. J. and E., Freezing Chambers for London and India Docks, 217
Hall and Co., Messrs. J. P., Electric Light Installations for the Manchester Ship Canal Company, 11
Hall and Co., Messrs. J. P., Plant for Electric Transmission for a Colliery, 103
Hall, Mr. Joseph, Memorial to, 237
Haller, M. Ph. V., Use of Liquid Carbonic Acid Gas for Chilling Test Pieces, 379
Hampstead Electric Lighting Station, 296
Hampstead Electric Light Supply, 217
Handyside and Co., Messrs. A., Reconstruction of a Bridge over the Don, 192, 194, 209, 210, 211
Hann, Dr. J., on Wind Velocity on the Sonnblick, 133
Hannay, Mr., on the Viscosity of Water as Determined by his Micro-rheometer, 217
Harbour Accounts, 167
Harbour Alterations, Honfleur, 255
Harbour for Bremen, New, 255
Harbour, andc., Docks of Southampton, Mr. Dixon, 73
Harvey Plates, Bethlehem, 66
Harbour at Rotterdam, New, 255
Harbour Works for Vera Cruz, 52
HARBOURS AND WATERWAYS
- Aberdeen, 167, 248
- Ballina, 3
- Barry, 3, 248
- Belfast, 3
- Bridgwater, 248
- Bristol Channel Ports, The, 460
- Canals, 169
- Canals, American, 169
- Canal, Suez, 4
- Clyde, The, 167. 248
- Copenhagen, 167
- Danube, The, 317
- Dock and Harbour Finances, 248
- East Coast Shipping Disasters, 248
- Grand Canal, The, 317
- Harbour Accounts, 167
- Humber, The, 460
- Leith, 167
- Mersey, The, 460
- Ouse Navigation, 3
- Peterhead, 248
- Portsmouth, 167, 248
- Provisional Orders Relating to Piers and Harbours, 3
- Rouen, 3
- Suez Canal, 4
- Thames, The, 460
- Thames Conservancy, 248
- Tyne, The, 460
- Workington, 167
Hard Wood Pavements in Australia, Mr. W. A. Smith on, 77
Hardy Patent Pick Company, Elliott’s Coal Washing Plant, 472
Hardy Patent Pick Company’s Exhibits at the Antwerp Exhibition, 85
Harkness, Mr. William, On the Measurement of Parallaxes, 344
Harkness, Professor William, His Appointment at the Naval Observatory, Washington, 359
Harland and Wolff, Messrs., The Union Steamship Company’s “Norman,” 89, 357, 400
Harvey Armour Trials, 150
Harvester, Samuelson’s New Low Down, 380
Harveyed Plates in the United States, Results of Trials of, 566, 567
Hastie, Mr. John, 303
Hathorn, Davey, and Co., Messrs., 1000-Horse Power Davey Pumping Engines, 500, 551
Hausalter’s Train Speed Indicator? 215
Havre, Electric Tramways in, 321
Hawkesbury Railway Bridge, Sydney, 11
Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., Messrs., Cruiser for the Russian Volunteer Fleet, 526
Haymaking Apparatus, Mr. D. A. Fyfe’s, 31
Hayton, Mr., Use of Liquid Fuel in Boilers, 398
Headlights, Compressed Gas for Locomotive, 379
Heat, Carnot and Modem, 28, 56, 132
Heat and the Steam Engine, 132
Heat of Steam, Latent, 19
Heat Unit, Mechanical Equivalent of a, 56
Heat Work done by the Stomach of a Boy who eats Two Ounces of Ice, 171
Heating Feed Water, Advantages of, M. Normand on, 74
Heating Power of Smoke, On the, 326
Heating Railway Cairiages, 549
Heats of Gases at Constant Volume, Specific, 115
Heine Boiler? 105
Helfer v. the City of London Electric Lighting Company, 556
Helical v. Straight Gear? 215
Helsingfors, Harbour Railway at, 421
Helmholtz, Horman Ludwig Ferdinand, 232
Hematite Artificially, Mr. H. Arctowski’s Method of Preparing, 344
H.M. Cruiser “Fox,” Trial Trip of, 344
H.M.S. “Assistance ” for Sale, 193
H.M.S. “Audacious,” 213
H.M.S. “Blanche,” Crack in the Boiler of, 148
H.M.S. “Blenheim,” 543
H M.S. “Champion,” Report of, 436
H.M.S. “Daring” and “Decoy,” Engines of, 191
H.M.S. “Eclipse,” Launch of, 85
H.M.S. “ Ferret,” Trial of, 33, 52
H.M.S. “Indefatigable,’* Experiments with Armament of, 571
H.M.S. “Magnificent,” 548
H.M.S. “Majestic,” Visit of the Members of the Naval Architects’ Institute, 111
H.M.S. “Monarch,” The Reconstruction of, 230
H.M.S. “Wild Swan,” Trial of, 526
Herbert, Mr., His Report on the United States Navy, 556
Hermite Electrical Sanitary Process, The, 330
Hett, Mr. Charles Louis, Turbine and Pump, Manchester Ship Canal, 317
Heywood, Mr. A. P., On Light Railways, 233
“Hibernia,” The, The Fastest River Launch Afloat, 176
Highland Railway, Accident at Newtonmore, 359
Highland Railway, Profile of the, 534
Highland Railway Company, Projected New Line, 217
Highland Railway Company’s Trains and the Scotch Coal Strike, 295
High-pressure Compound Engines, 551
High-speed Closed Engine, Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 251
High Tension Feeders, Worcester, 543
Hincaster to Hawes, New Line Projected from; 571
Hogg, Mr. T. W., On tbe Influence of Aluminium upon the Carbon in Ferro-carbon Alloys, 164
Hoihow, Mr. Consul Parker on the Tides of, 359
Holden, Mr. J., Oil-burning Locomotive “Petrolia,” 276, 277
Holden’s System, Liquid Fuel with Reference to, 477
Holden’s System of Oil Burning on Austrian Lines, Excellent Results of, 549
Hole Cutter, The Sundale, 67
Holland Type, Submarine Boat of the, for the American Navy, 255
Holland, Mr. J., Submarine Boat, 359
Holme and King, Messrs., New Tunnel on the North-Western, 359
Honduras, British Machinery and Tools in, 63
Honduras, Minerals, Railways, and Roads of, 28
Honfleur Harbour, Alterations in, 255
Hopkinson, Dr. John, On the New Electric Lighting Works at Manchester, 96
Hopper, Mr. J. I., Retirement of, 571
Hornsby Valves and Vaporiser, 25
Hospitalier, M., His Observations on Errors of Language in French Public Documents Relating to Scientific Matters, 344
Hours of Labour in Brussels, 483
Hours of Labour Craze and the Reports of the Board of Trade Inspectors, 473
Hours of Labour, On French and English, 443
House Coal in London, 242
Howard, Mr. A. H., His Graphic Wire Table, 278
Howard, Messrs. J. and F., Fyfe’s Apparatus for Steaming Compressed Flay, 31
Howard, Messrs. J. and F., 8-Horse Power O. I. Engine, 524
Howard, Mr. John W., His Appointment, 53
Hughes-Hallet Refrigerator, The, 388
Hughes, Major, Oakhampton Experiences in 1894, 338
Hull, Professor Edward, On the Discovery of Cambrian Rocks under Red Sandstone at Netherseal, 208
Hull Steam Shipping, Mr. F, H. Pearson on the History of, 341
Hulse and Co., Messrs., Quadruple-geared Duplex Crank Lathe, 190
Humber, The, 460
Hungarian Mills, Export of Flour from, 483
Hunt, Mr. Chas. Wallace, New Mechanica Fluid, 10
Hutchinson, Major-General, Railway Accidents and Hours of Labour, 443
Hydraulic Capstans, 273
Hydraulic Lifts and Cranes, Richmond’s Water Economiser for, 38, 39
Hydraulic Mains in London, Mileage of, 483
Hydraulic Power Supply for Glasgow, 16
Hydraulic Turntable, Antwerp Exhibition, 219
Hydro-extraction, Principles and Practice of, Mr. H. B. Ransom, 535

ICE-BREAKING on Canals, 95
Ice-making by Means of Gas, 217
Ice Production per Ton of Coal, 103
Ice Rink, The Niagara Hall, 520
Ice Rink, Uensold’s, 557
“Illustrious,” Propelling Machinery of the, 171
Impact, Time Occupied by an, The Kinetic Theory of Gases, 495
Imperial Institute, The, 476
Incandescence of Lamps, M. A. Crova on the Degree of, 379
Incandescer, Mr. L. Chandor, 38
Incandescent Lamp Filaments, M. Baum’s Method of Obtaining, 344
India, The Floods and the Railway Traffic, 217
India, Inspection of Railway Bridges in, 345
India, The Sugar Industry in, 483
India, Textile Machinery for, 574
Indian Mints, Report on the Working of the, 379
Indian Railways, 33, 77, 102, 103, 133, 148, 421
Indian Railway, Accident on an, Caused by an Elephant, 344
Indian Railways, Mr. Adler’s Patent Axle boxes, 217
Indian Railway Administration and the International Railway Congress, 217
Indian Railways, Casualties on, 255, 295, 344
Indian Railway Contracts, 29, 56
Indian Railways, Damage Done by the Rains, 549
Indian Railway Extension, 233, 549
Indian Railways, Extracts from Report on, 77
Indian Railways, Girders for, 431
Indian Railways, Linking-up of Metre-gauge Railways in North India, 483
Indian Railways, List of, to be Surveyed, 278
Indian Railways, Oudh and Rohilkund Railway, Five Feet Six Inch Gauge, 431
Indian Railways, Pintsch’s System of Gas Lighting on, 295
Indian Railways, Projected, 217, 571
Indian Railway Returns, 233
Indian Railways, Work on the East Coast Railway Suspended, 359
Indian Railways, Rates for Passengers, 295
Indian Telegraph System, Addition to the, 193
Indian Troopships, 193
India-rubber from Goloshes, andc., Recovery of, 278
India-rubber from Rangoon, 148
Indicator, The Bachelder, 422
Indicator, Electrical Speed and Direction, 298
Indo-Ceylon Railway Scheme, Battle of the Routes with Regard to, 103
Indo-China, Railways in, 227
Induced v. Forced Draught, 522
Industries of Sweden in 1893, Mineral, Metallurgical, and Coal, 397
Inglis, Mr. John, His Presidential Address, 368
Injectors for the “Greater Britain,” 207
Inland Navigation Congress, International, 84, 125
Innes, Mr. Rose, on the Isothermals of Ether, 11
Inspection of Railway Bridges in India, 345
Instability of French Battleships, 490
INSTITUTE, CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON :—
- Diplomas Conferred by, 110
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS AND NAVAL ARCHITECTS, HULL AND DISTRICT:—
- History of Hull Steam Shipping, Mr. F. H. Pearson, 341
INSTITUTE, THE IMPERIAL
- Photographic Exhibition, Planned by, 476
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS, THE NORTH-EAST COAST:—
- Electricity as a Power Transmitter, The President, Aiderman Thomas Richardson, 367
INSTITUTE, THE GOLDSMITHS’ COMPANY’S TECHNICAL AND RECREATIVE :—
- Gas Manufacture, Mr. Geo. Livesey on, 295
INSTITUTE, THE IRON AND STEEL, 133, 163 : —
- Angleur Company’s Steam Works, Selessin, Inspection of, 206
- Coal Mining in Belgium, M. Briart, 163, 206
- Influence of Aluminium upon the Carbon in Ferro-carbon Alloys, Mr. T. W. Hogg, 164
- Iron Ores of the Mediterranean Seaboard, Mr. A. P. Wilson, 185
- Manufacture of Iron and Steel in Belgium, Professor Gillo w, 163
- Manufacture of Steel in the Open Hearth, Mr. J. A. Lencauchez, 185
- Mariemont and Bascoup Collieries, Visit to the, 207
- Mining Industry of Belgium. M. A. Briant. 163, 206
- Notes on Electrical Power, Mr. Selby-Bigge, 185, 188
- Programme of the Autumn Meeting at Brussels 133, 136
- Seraing, Visit to the Works of the Society John Coekerill, 206
- Use of Caustic Lime in the Blast Furnace, The, Sir Lowthian Bell, 164
Institute of Marine Engineers, Bristol Channel, 341
Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, North of England, 76
Institute of Public Health Congress, 1894 British, 78
INSTITUTE, THE SANITARY:—
- Lectures for Sanitary Officers, 255
- Water Supply, Professor Henry Robinson, 363
INSTITUTE, THE TRAMWAYS
- Soulerin Automatic Vacuum Brake for Steam Tramways, Mr. Geo. Cawley, 22
INSTITUTION OK CIVIL ENGINEERS, THE 359
- Colliery Surface Works, Mr. Edward B. Wain 548
- Election of Members and Associates, 526
- Machinery of Warships, Mr. A. J. Durston, 442
- Rawlinson, Sir Robt., On the Growth of Engineering Works from 1610 till now, 433
- Rebuilding of, 319, 401
- Subjects for Papers, Session 1894-95, 274
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, MANCHESTER ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS :—
- Manchester Electric Lighting Works Mr. C H. Wordingham, 555
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS :—
- Irlam Section of the Manchester Ship Canal Mr. W. 0. E. Meade, 474
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, THE CLEVELAND:- 359
- Basic Open Hearth Steel Furnaces, and Discussions thereupon, Mr. Bernard Dawson, 433, 496
- Innigural Address of the President, Mr J E Stead, 557
INSTITUTION, THE COUNCIL OF THE SURVEYORS’
- Nomination of their Representatives at the Conference on Light Railways, 473
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS THE:—
- Sixth Annual Dinner, Mr. Alex. Siemens in the Chair, 451
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND NAVAL ARCHI- TECTS, THE HULL AND DISTRICT:—
- Mechanical Rafrigeration, with an Outline of its Application, Mr. R. B. Kennedy, 581
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND:—
Introductory Address of the President, Mr. John Inglis, 368
INSTITUTION OF JUNIOR ENGINEERS :—
- Appointment of Mr. Alexander Siemens as President, 401
- Visit to the Globe Printing Office, 535
INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS :—
- Electric Welding, Mr. B. A. Dobson, 97, 99
- Excursions and Visits, 98, 118
- Manchester Main Drainage Works, Mr. Thomas Olive, 98, 118
- Manchester Summer Meeting, 96
- New Electric lighting Works, Manchester, Dr. John Hopkinson, 96
- Screw Propellers, Spacially Designed, Mr. Henry Barcroft, 98, 118, 134
INSTITUTION OF MINING ENGINEERS, THE FEDERATED :—
- Explorations in Nova Scotian Coal Mines, Mr. Edwin Gilpin, jun., 217, 229
- List of Papers to be Raad at Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 169
INSTITUTION, NATIONAL LIFEBOAT, 103
INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS :—
- Circulation, Mr. J. I. Thornycroft, 74, 80
- Designs of Mail Steamers, with Special Reference to their Use for War Purposes, Professor Biles, 75, 112, 129
- Harbour and Docks of Southampton, Mr. . Dixon, 73
- Importance of the Economy of Fuel in very Fast Vessels, and on the Ad vantages to be Derived from Heating the Feed-water, M. Normand, 74
- Inaugural Address of the President, Lard Brassey, 73
- Programme for tha Meeting at Southampton, 33
- Rapid Method of Calculating Wetted Surfaces, Mr. Denny, 76
- Racent Experiences with Cylindrical Boilers and the Ellis-Eaves Suction Draught, Mr. F. Gross, 110, 112
- Ventilation of Steamships and Bulk Oil Steamers, Mr. S. H. Terry and Mr. F. Flannery, 76, 111
- Visit to H.M.S. “ Majestic,” 111
INSTITUTION, THE ROYAL ARTILLERY :-
- Oakhampton Experiences in 1894, Major Hughes, 338
Insulating Material, Austrian Patent for, 314
Insurance Payments, Workmen’s, Prussian State Railroads, 443
Interests in Patents or Inventions, Regulation of the Admiralty with Reference to, 53
Internal Navigation of France, 28
International Inland Navigation Congress, 84, 125
INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION CONGRESS :—
- Bekaar and Nelemans, MM., On the Means of Preventing Stoppages on Canals by Ice, 95
- Cameree and Rigaux, MM., On the Means of Preventing Stoppages on Canals by Ice, 95
- Excursions to the Port of Rotterdam and the Hook of Holland, 95
- Jongh, M. dp, On the Port of Rotterdam, 95
- Triest, M. W. Gustav, on the Port of Rotterdam, 95
International Tunnels, 259
Inventor of the Block System, The, 405, 425
Inventors, a Neglected Field for, 212
Iodine, Compound of, 193
Iodomercurate of Copper, Preparation of, 193
Ipswich Sewers and Electrolytic Sanitation, The, 350
Irchester Junction, Accident at, 217
Ireland, Light Railways in, 541
Iridium, Magnetic Properties of, 549
Irlam Section of the Manchester Ship Canal, Mr. W. O. E. Meade on the, 474
Iron Bark and Red Gum Railway Sleepers for English Railways, 255
Ironclads for the Russian Navy, 33
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other Districts, 20, 42, 68, 90, 112, 134, 157, 181, 200, 221, 242, 264, 284, 308, 330, 350, 371, 392, 413. 434, 454, 474 496, 536, 558, 578
Iron Gates of the Danube, The, 378, 463, 542
Iron Imports under the New Tariff, Probable, 262
Iron, Magnetisation of, Dr. Froelich on the, 421
Iron-making Industry in New South Wales, 171
Iron and Metal Work in West India, 207
Iron Ore Washing in Factories at Night, Order of the Home Secretary relative to the Work of, 77
Iron Ores of the Mediterranean Seaboard. Mr. A. P. Wilson, 185
Iron Parts Shrunk on Hot, How to Remove, 77, 483
Iron Ploughs in Madras, 81
Iron, Separating Titanium from, 148
Iron, Shells Capped with Wrought, 392
Iron and Steel in Belgium, On the Manufacture of, 163
Iron and Steel, Rustless Coatings for, 232, 263, 308, 327
Iron Trade Decaying ? Is Our, 291
Iron Trade in Staffordshire, The, 367
Irrigation Settlements in Australia, 581
Isle of Man Tramways, 103
“Islam,” The s.s., 223
Ismailia to Port Said, Decauville Line from, 217
Isothermals of Ether, Mr. Rose Innes on the 11
Isothermal Zone, Depth of, 526
Italian Naval Committee and a New Type of Ironclad, The, 379
Italian Wages, Lowness of, 41, 233
Italy-British Engineering Firms at Genoa, 262
Italy, Floods in, 443
Ivanoff, Dr. M., Experiments on the Disinfection of lown Sawage with Sulphuric Acid, 332

JACKSON, Mr. Herbert, Phosphorescence, 472
Jade in Burma, 11
Jaffa,. Projected Port, 483
Jamaica Railway, Contract for, Let to Mr J P MacDonald, 549
Janet, M.P., on Direct Autographic Record of the Form of Periodic Currents by Means of the Electro-chemical Method, 176
Janssen, M Clockwork of the Registration Appa¬ratus, Mont Blanc, 148
Japan, British Machinery and Metals in, 394
Japan and China, 105
Japan, Coal in, 430
Japan, Cotton Mills in, 148
Japan as a Machinery Market, l5O
Japan, Patents in, 554
Japan, Rack Railway in, 560
Japan, Railway in, 53, 103, 193, 267
Japan, Railway Projects in, 53
Japan, Use of Wooden Waterpipes, 321
Japanese Cruisers, 419, 422
Japanese Naval Battle, The Great, 355
Japanese Railway Extension, 571
Jefferson, Mr. J. Clark, 429
Jenkins, Mr. J. H. B., Liquid Fuel, with Reference to Holden’s System, 477
Jerusalem Aqueducts, The, 148
Jhelum Railway Bridge, Progress of Work on, 77
Johnson, Mr. R., Reconstruction of a Bridge over the Don, 192, 194, 209, 210, 211
Johnson, Mr. Richard, New Goods Depot, Farringdon-road, 440, 442, 444, 448
Jointing. Asbestos and Metal, 217
Joints, Metal and Earthenware, 344
Joly, Dr. J., Specific Heats of Gases at Constant Volume, 115
Joly, Professor, On the Metal Ruthenium, 549
Jones, Mr. D., Six-coupled Bogie Goods Engine, Highland Railway (Supplements, December 14th, 1894). 534
Jongh, M. de, On the Port of Rotterdam, 95
Jung Frau Railway, The, 526
Juppont, M. P., Electric Generating Station at Bazacle, Toulouse, 223

“KAPP” Alternator, The New, 67
Karachi and Greenwich, Determination of the Difference of Longitude by Telegraph between, 359
Karachi and Pipri, Doubling of Line between, 77
Keels, Bilge, for the Navy, 212
Keep, Mr. W. J., On Sulphur in Cast Iron, 137
Keim, Mr. A. W., “Mineralmalerei,” 401
Kelly, Mr., On Continuous Railway Brakes, 439
Kelsall, Mr., Photography in Natural Colours, 394
Kelvin, Lord, On the Electrification of Air by Subtraction of Water, 139
Kennedy, Mr. R, B., On Mechanical Refrigeration, 581
Kennedy, Professor, Critical Side of Mechanical Training, 139, 144
Kennedy, Professor, Price of Glow Lamps, 321
Keyser, Mr., bis Method of Soldering Aluminium, 278
Kidderminster Waterworks, Pumping Machinery, 175, 176
Kiew, First Electric Railway in Russia opened at, 321
Kilkenny Water Supply, 233
Kinetic Theory of Gases, The, 495
Kinetic Theory of Gases, Maximum Molecular Velocity, 328
Kinetic Theory of Modern Gases, Value of B for Vapours, 19, 81
King, Mr. Andrew, Drilling Square and Angular Holes, 434
“King Yuen,” The, 300
King’s Cross, Great Northern Railway, Widening Works, 339, 341, 342
Kingstown Harbour, Deepening of, 233
Kirkaldy’s Evaporators and their Manufacture, 369
Klatte’s Process, Rolled Weldless Chains, 154, 356, 360, 361
Knight’s Heater or Thermosote, 187
Knottingley Station, Collision Outside, 233
Koeltzow, Herr A., Phonograph, 133
Kohlrauseh’s Experiments, On the Resistance of, 193
Koblrausch and Heydweiller, Messrs., On the Electrical Conductivity of, 401
Kolar Goldfields Railway, The, 11
Kruisbrink, J. A., Navigation in Frozen Waters, Mr. J. J. Van Leeuwen’s Patent, 571
Kuhlmann Counter - weight Cable System of Operating Electric Railways on Steep Grades, Adoption of the, 359
Kunenski Dynamo, The, 59
Kurung Railway Bridge, 103

LABOUR and Luxuries, 275, 307, 328, 350, 363, 383, 403, 404, 424, 454, 465, 487, 522, 570
Labour Problem, Trade and the, 280
Labour and Wages in Belgium, 197, 215, 232
“Lai Yuen,” The, 300
Laing-Wharton and Down Construction Syndicate and the Patent Rights of the Thomson- Houston System, 217
Laird Bros., Messrs., Argentine Cruiser “Patria,” 231
Laird Bros., Messrs., H.M.S. “Ferret,” 52
Laird Bros., Launch of the “Dragon,” 549
Laird Bros., Messrs., London and North-Western Railway Company’s s.s. “Banshee,” 150
Laird Bros., Messrs., Torpedo Destroyers, “Ferret” and “Lynx,” 218
Lake Washington Canal Scheme, The, 526
Lambeth Board of Guardians, Tenders of Messrs. Galloways and Mr. W. Neil accepted by, 103
Limps, Railway, 33
Lancashire, Derbyshire, and East Coast Railway’s Applications to Parliament, 473
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Widening at Salford, 327
Landolt’s Method of Obtaining Light of Different Wave Lengths for Polarimetric Work 473
Landry, M. Marc, on the Construction and Failure of the, 526
Landslip, Corinth Canal said to be Blocked by a, 473
Landslip above Stroud, 421
Lang and Sons, Messrs. John, Surfacing and Boring Lathe, 554
Lange, Sir D. A., 405
Langley, Professor S. P., New Spectrum Discoveries, 140
Lanterns, Magic, 439
Lapparent, M., Opinion Concerning the Gradual Reduction of Mountains, 344
Large Log Band Saw, 38
Larmor, Dr. J., On “Wiener’s Localisation of the Photographic Action of Stationary Light Waves,” 443
Latent Heat of Steam'. 19
Lathe, The Pittler, 228
Lathe, Quadruple-Geared Duplex Crank, 190
Lathe, Surfacing and Boring, 554
Litimer Clark, Muirhead, and Co. Sale of their Electrical Engineering Plant, 217
Launches and Trial Trips, 23, 40, 42, 70, 85, 93 115, 137, 148, 159, 171, 183, 193, 203, 218, 223, 215, 267, 287, 295, 311, 321, 333, 344, 353,’ 373, 394, 421, 437, 443, 454, 474, 483, 498, 526, 539, 549, 561, 571
Laundry Exhibition, Agricultural Hall, 419
Lavergne, Mr. Gerard, Tests of Centrifugal Pumps under High Lifts, 193
Lead Joints, A Basket for Melting out, 171
LEADERS
- Absolute Zero, 14
- Albion Colliery Explosion, 106
- Alignment of Tunnels, The, 196
- American Armour, 127
- American Railway Strike, The, 35
- American Tin-plate Manufacture, 258, 552
- Artillery Fire in the Chinese War, 301
- Board of Trade and Light Railways, The, 385
- Boiler of the Future, Marine, 127
- Bramwell, Sir Fred., and Technical Education, 365
- Brighton Beach, 106, 302
- British Machinery in Russia, 324
- Canalisation of Rivers, 323
- Cardiff Harbour Trust, The Proposed, 60
- China and Japan, 105
- Clyde Measured Mile, The, 236
- Clyde Shipbuilding, 236
- Coal Carriage by Land and Sea, 408
- Coalfield Under the Settlement, The, 128
- Coal Mining Machines, 346
- Coal Trade, The, 107
- Coals and Gas Manufacture, 174
- Colliery Engine Men, 386
- Colonial Machinery, 60
- Coming American Transatlantic Liners, The, 303
- Conciliation at Work, 216
- Co-operators in Conference, The, 303
- Cordite Appeal, The, 59
- Cork Industry Plant in America, 60
- Cotton Machinery for China, 366
- County of London, The, 83
- Cyanide Case, The, 428
- Defective Torpedo Boats in France, 280
- Drought in Scotland, The, 324
- Dynamos and Copper Pipes at Sea, 471
- Ealing Electric Supply Works, 303
- Electrolytic Sanitation, 279
- Employers and the Unemployed, 530
- End of a Trade Union, The, 551
- Engineering Congress for Australia, 84
- Engineering as a Profession, 59
- Engineers and the Admiralty, 149
- English and American Locomotives in the Argentine Republic, 407
- Explosives, Flameless, 469
- Face-hardened Armour in the United States, 530
- Flameless Explosives, 469
- Future of Coal Working, The, 450
- Glasgow Corporation Tramways, 128
- Governing Electric Light Engines, 279
- Hadfield’s Projectiles for Treated Plates, 174
- Harvey Armour Trials, 150
- High-pressure Compound Engines, 551
- Improved Foreign Demand, 429
- Inspection of Railway Bridges in India, 345
- Instability of French Battleships, 490
- International Inland Navigation Congress, 84
- Japan as a Machinery Market, 150
- Labour and Wages in Belgium, 197, 215
- Legislation on the London Water Question, 489
- Light Railways for Farmers, 427
- Liquefaction in Steam Cylinders, 235
- Locomotive Coal, 552
- Locomotives and Trains, 365, 470
- Lord Salisbury’s Address, 149
- Machinery Trades and the American Tariff, The, 196
- Machinery of Warships, The, 489, 529
- Manchester and Sheffield Railway Extension, 84
- Marine Boiler of the Future, The, 127
- Measuring Water in Steam, 490
- Metropolitan Water Scheme, 13
- Mild Steel for Structural Engineering, 346
- Mine Explosion Relief Funds, 428
- Mine Ventilation in America, 408
- Miners’ Wives and Miners’ Wages, 408
- Mining in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 15
- Mirabeau Bridge, The, 346
- Mond, Mr. Ludwig, and the Royal Institution, 15
- New Clyde River Boats, 490
- New Railway Projects, 450
- Nine Months’ Clyde Shipbuilding, 303
- Northern Chemical Crisis, The, 490
- Oil Engines, 173
- Oil-fired Steamers for Harbour Use, 258
- Panama Canal, The, 258
- Paris Metropolitan Railway, The, 383, 552
- Part of Coal-dust in Mine Explosions, The, 195
- Progress with Naval.Contracts in Private Yards, 470
- Pure Water and Electric Rjsistanoe, 60
- Question of Value, A, 236
- Railways and the Board of Trade, 315
- Railway Extension in Asiatic Turkey, 366
- Railway Extension in Ceylon, 573
- Railway Bridges in India, Inspection of, 345
- Railway and Street Traffic, 36
- Railways in Siam, 196
- Railway Strike in the United States, 13
- Railway Traffic and Revenue, 173
- Report on the Waltham Abbey Explosion, 235
- Russian Secret “Process” Shot, 36
- Scotch Coal Strike, The, 257
- Scotch Oil Trade, 36
- Scotch Railways and the Strike, 216
- Scottish Shipbuilding, The Year’s, 490
- Sewerage Works at Paris, The, 428
- Sheffield and the American Tariff Bill, 150
- Shipbuilding in France, 324
- Standedge Railway Tunnel, The New 128
- Steam on Common Roads, 385
- Steel and Iron Steamers, 429
- Street Paving and Hygiene, 573
- Superintendents of Government Factories 35
- Super-saturation of Sewage Farms, The, 216
- Telegraphy with Australia and the East, 386
- Testing a Bridge to Destruction, 105
- Textile Machinery for India, 573
- Torpedo Boat and Shipbuilding in France, 174
- Traction Engines, 449
- Trade and the Labour Problems, 280
- Trades Union Wages and Old Age, 450
- Truce in the Coalfield, A, 36
LEADERS (continued):—
- Truth about Belgian Competition, The, 573
- Tyne Dues and Steamers, 14
- Uncertainties of Science, The, 323
- Utilisation of the Nile, 83, 428, 449, 471
- Utilisation and Purification of Sewage, The, 408
- Vibration of Steamships, The, 257
- Water Scheme for India, New, 346
- Water Supply of Paris, 14
- Work and Workers in Belgium, 197, 215
- Working of the Railways, The, 301
- Yorkshire Coal Trade, The Scotch Strike and the Pit Lads’ Strike, 174
Leather Belting, Cement for, 53, 77
Leather Colouring by Electrical Action, 483
Le Chatelier’s Experiments with Hadfield’s Manganese Steel, 233
Le Chatelier, M. H., on Manganese Steel, 193
Lee, Sir Joseph C., 575
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE
- Earl of Shaftesbury v. Landon and South- Western Railway, 389
- Helfer v. The City of London Electric Lighting Company; Meux’s Brewery Company (Ltd.) v. the same, 556
- Muirhead and others v. Commercial Cable Company, 556
- Reddaway v. Banham, 125
- Wise v. The Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, 431
Legislation on the London Water Question, 489
Leicester Area Rainfall, 278
Leicester Water Supply, 295, 359
Leicester Water Supply, The Midland Railway Company and the, 295
Leith Harbour, 167
Lancauchez, Mr. J. A., Manufacture of Steel in the Open Plearth, 185
Lens in the World, Casting of the Largest, 549
Leslie, Mr. J. S., Oil-fire Kindler, 53
Lesseps, Count Ferdinand de, 532
LETTERS to the Editor:-
- Adam’s Bridge Reef, Henry Beauchamp, 80
- Advertisers, To, One of the Applicants, 29, 81
- Advertisers, To, Another of the Applicants, 57
- Advertisers, To, Perfectly Disgusted, 57
- Air Propellers ? A. R., 469
- Aluminium Boats, E. P. Berthon, 242
- Aluminium Bronze Pipes ? Americus, 323
- Aluminium Torpedo Boat for the British Aluminium Company, Limited, 329
- Aluminium Torpedo Boat, Perplexed, 329
- Aluminium Torpedo Boats, Yarrow and Co., 350
- American and English Wood-working Machinery, W. Sam. Worssam, 570
- American Wood-working Machinery and English Manufacturing Interests, J. T. B.. 495
- Ancient Forging, An, Ewing Matheson, 465
- Approximate Calculations, Foreigner, 212
- Belleville Boilers for Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Limited, 275
- Bicycle Mechanical Engineering, C. E. Dumas, 454
- Bicycle Mechanical Engineering, J. G. H., 363
- Bicycle Mechanical Engineering, Record, 424
- Bicycle Problem, A, J. Harbottle, 405
- Bicycle Problem, A, Mars, 424
- Boilers and Boiler Explosions, Wm. F. Richmond, 494
- Boilers and Boiler Explosions, Squier and Hinnell, 495
- Brighton Beach, A. Dowson, 155
- Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, W. B. P., 427
- Candle-making Machinery ? Viaduct, 215
- Carnot and Modern Heat, Peter Alexander, M.A., 19, 132
- Carnot and Modern Heat, Wm. Donaldson, 56
- Carnot and Modern Heat, Oliver J. Lodge, 28
- Carnot and Modern Heat, W. Oldknow, 28, 56
- Carnot and Modern Heat, X., 56
- Cast Iron for Grinding Mill Plates ? J. B , 83
- Chicago Strike, The, C. W. V., 155
- Chrome Ore ? W. C. W., 345
- Clark, Mr. Edwin, Brook Green, 382
- Coal-mining Explosives, H. A. Krohn, 432
- Cocoa Nut Machinery ? Kernel, 215
- Colonial Locomotives, Kay-Fist, 329
- Condition of the Thames, Henry Sporton, 329
- Condition of the Thames below Kew Bridge, Richard C. Rapier, 362
- Corrosion of Boilers? High-pressure Steam, 345
- Corrosion of Propeller Shafts, Consulting Engineer, 363, 405
- Cuirasses, Hiram S. Maxim, 212
- “Daring” and the “ Hornet,” The,Brassey, 132
- “Daring” and the “ Hornet,” The, Yarrow and Co., 132
- Detection of Arsenic in Copper, G. E. B , 362
- Drying Fuel ?, T. A. M., 551
- Eight Hours’ Day in Portsmouth Dockyard, Keppel, 102, 180
- Eight Hours’ Day in Portsmouth Dockyard, The, A Satisfied Dockyard Man, 155
- Electrolytic Sanitation, Paterson and Cooper, 329
- Engineering as a Profession, A. M. I. C. E., 29
- Engineering as a Profession, Cecil Lightfoot, 19
- Engineers and Architects, Mechanical Engineers, 155
- Engineers and Architects, G. T. P., 180
- English and American Locomotives in South America, Veritas, 486
- Entropy, Peter Alexander, 132
- Entropy, William Donaldson, 180, 193
- Entropy Diagrams, Bryan Donkin, 19
- Re Entropy, Modern Heat, andc., Henry Cherry, 81
- Explosives for Mining Purposes, John Knowles, 465
- Fish Hook Making Machinery ? S. F. C., 345
- Flying Machine, The, B., 447
- Flying Machine, The, Contest, 494
- Flying Machine, The, Robt. McGlasson, 522
- Forban, The, Augustin Normand and Co., 192
- Fortifying Portsmouth, John Lid des, 242
- French Cruisers, W. H. E. B., 350
- Fruit Evaporators ? Chelston, 215
- Gauge Board Indicators ? Constant Reader, 59
- Governing Electric Light Engines, W. Cameron, 404, 445
- Governing Electric Light Engines, Jas. Dunlop, 349, 404, 424, 465
- Governing Electric Light Engines, Electrical Engineer, 307
- Governing Electric Light Engines, P, K., 349
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (continued):-
- Governing Electric Light Engines, F. Kad- veitsch, 446
- Governing Electric Light Engines, F. Kodo- litscb, 578
- Governing Electric Light Engines, Hermann Kuhne, 362, 447
- Governing Electric Light Engines, C. L. R. E. Menges, 520
- Governing Electric Light Engines, G. T. P., 329
- Governing Electric Light Engines, Robey and Co., Ltd., 329
- Governing Electric Light Engines, Mark Robinson, 307
- Granite, Stone, and Marble Quarries, P. T. J., 385
- Granite, Stone, and Marble Quarries, J. L. Williams (Reply to page 385), 427
- Graphic Statics of a Deck Chair, L. B., 241
- Graphic Statics of a Deck Chair, Arthur H. Barker, 241
- Graphic Statics of a Deck Chair, Canvas Back, 212
- Graphic Statics of a Deck Chair, C. L. S., 254, 275
- Hausalter’s Train Speed Indicator ? G. and H., 215
- Heat and the Steam Engine, William H. Harrison, 132
- Heine Boiler? T. L., 105
- Helical v. Straight Gear ? F. G. W., 215
- House Coal in London, A Consumer, 242
- Indian Railways, Merchant, 102
- Induced v. Forced Draught, W. A. Martin, 522
- Indian Railway Contracts, An Ex - Indian Official, 56
- Indian Railway Contracts, An Indian Engineer, 29
- Inventor of the Block System, R. S. Culley, 425
- Inventor of the Block System, Christopher J. Little, 405
- Inventor of the Block System, Clement E. Stretton, 425
- Iron Ploughs in Madras, F. A. Dinham, 81
- Iron Ploughs in Madras, Ernest White, 81
- Kinetic Theory of Gases, C. E. Basevi, 81
- Kinetic Theory of Gases, Maximum Molecular Velocity, C. E. Basevi, 328
- Kinetic Theory of Gases, Time Occupied by an Impact, C. E. Basevi, 495
- Kinetic Theory of Modern Gases, Value of 3 for Vapours, C. E. Basevi, 19
- Kunenski Dynamo ? J. G. N., 59
- Labour and Luxuries, Americus, 329
- Labour and Luxuries, R. G. B., 307, 404
- Labour and Luxuries, W. A. S. B., 350, 383, 424, 454, 487, 522
- Labour and Luxuries, Evacustes A. Phipson, 522
- Labour and Luxuries, Hirn, 350, 383
- Labour and Luxuries, M., 522
- Labour and Luxuries, J. C. S., 465
- Labour and Luxuries, Y. X., 275, 328, 363, 403, 424, 454, 487
- Latent Heat of Steam, Student, 19
- London County Council Contractors v. London County Council Works Department, A Challenge, Reed, Blight, and Co., Limited, 495
- Light Railways in England, E. E. Russell Tratman, 102
- Locomotive Cylinder Capacity (for R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co.), W. Cross, 578
- Locomotive Engine, Bows’, Stephen Smith, 192
- Locomotive Engine, Bows’, W. P. Walker, 212
- Locomotives and Trains, W. J. Barker, 522
- Locomotives and Trains, F. Bowles, 382, 447
- Locomotives and Trains, J. Y. Buchanan, 382
- Locomotives and Trains, H. A. C., 382
- Locomotives and Trains, E. B. D., 446, 558
- Locomotives and Trains, J. E. D., 522
- Locomotives and Trains, E. J. M. Davies, 404, 425, 464
- Locomotives and Trains, R. C. Dowie, 486, 578
- Locomotives and Trains, J. G., 522
- Locomotives and Trains, A. H., 382
- Locomotives and Trains, Archibald P. Head, 447
- Locomotives and Trains, A. Hockley, 465
- Locomotives and Trains, Norman D. Macdonald, 362, 405, 425, 486, 578
- Locomotives, Trains, and Brakes, Norman D. Macdonald. 425, 578
- Locomotives and Trains, Old Driver, 578
- Locomotives and Trains, A Practical Man, 486, 522
- Locomotives and Trains, E. R., 486
- Locomotives and Trains, Strathnairn, 522
- Locomotives and Trains, W. B. Thompson, 382, 465, 522
- Locomotives and Trains, U., 465
- Locomotives Cylinder Capacity, Nemo, 558
- Locomotives of the United Kingdom, Clement E. Stretton, 180
- “Majestic” and “Magnificent,” The, G. W. Cobb, 29
- Marine Boiler Friction, W. A. Martin, 102
- Mechanical Equivalent of a Heat Unit, Wm. H. Harrison, 56
- Metallic Cup Packing, John McDonald, 570
- Metallic Packing, E. E. Baly, 427
- Metallic Packing, Haughton and Co. (Reply to page 407), 427
- Metallic Piston Rod Packing, Green and Boulding, 454
- Metallic Piston Rod Packing, W. M. Kermode, 454
- Midland Cat, The, Scriber, 56
- Midland Railway Carriage Steps and F.ttings, Percy Caldecott, 330
- Mine Explosion Relief Funds, An Albion Relief Fund Subscriber, 495
- Mine Explosion Relief Funds, William Brace, 465
- Modern Locomotives in the Recent Collision, F. Bowles, 350
- Morality of Diamond Making, W. H. H., 102
- More Doubts and some Conjectures, M. A., 405
- More Doubts and some Conjectures, J. D. Roots, 383
- Neglected Field fcr Inventors, A, H. Walker Hill, 212
- New Gas for Gas Engines, F. B., 105
- Oil Engine Trials at Cambridge, Britannia Company, 29
- Oil Engine Trials at Cambridge, John Henry Knight, 56
- Oil-fired Steamers for Harbour Use, Edwin N. Henwood, 349
- Old-time Pumping Engine, An, H. Verney, 363
- Ocillating Inclined Paddle Engines, J. S., 212
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (continued)
- Oscillating v. Inclined Compound Paddle Engines? Voyager, 195
- Parabolas of, Least Resistance ? Five Rater, 257
- Patent Agents’ Registration Bill, A Successful Candidate, 102
- Patent Museum, South Kensington, E. J., 180
- Patent Specification Department, South Kensington Museum, Thames, 155
- Piston Rod Packing ? Gland, 407
- Pivoted Arched Bridges—Harlem Bridge, E. E. Russell Tratman, 447
- Pivoted Arched Bridges, W. H. T., 383
- Port of Manchester, The, T. M. Y., 349
- Pounds Weight, J. D. Everett, 405
- Pressure of Gases, Class Man, 432
- Problem in Vibration, A, A. N. Somerscales, 495
- Problem in Vibration, McHinery, 468
- Progress of Nava] Contracts, Laird Bros., 496
- Projected Tower Bridge of 1824, J. H. Rawlins, 19
- Railways and the Board of Trade—Electric Traction for Light Railways, Merry weather and Sons, 432
- Railways and the Board of Trade—Electric Traction for Light Railways, E. E, Russell Tratman, 432
- Raiyan Reservoir and Drainage Canal, Cope Whitehouse, 212
- Rope Driving, J. Gilliard, 363
- Rough Notions of the Mechanism of Chemical Action, S. Tolver Preston, 179
- Rural Water Supplies, Richard Allison, 105
- Rural Water Supply Plant? Rural Sanitary Inspector, 83
- Samuel Morley Technical College, The, C. A. Martineau, 275
- Scotch Strike and the Scotch Press, The, Old Glasgow, 275
- Sewage Disposal, N. Santo Crimp, 29
- Sheep Shearing Machine, John M. Newall, 487
- Simplex Gas Engines and the Pantin Flour Mills, J. C. R. Okes, 522
- Simplex Gas Engines and the Pantin Flour Mills, Progress, 486
- South Wales Colliers’ Sliding Scale, The, N., 254
- Steamship Propulsion, R. de Villamil, 19
- Straw Plait Weaving Machines? V. G., 59
- Stress in Crane Hooks, Quarryman, 19
- Stresses in a Crane Hook, P. R. K., 56
- Sugar Cane Cutters and Shredders? F. S., 257
- Tar Paving Machinery? City Engineer, 469
- Technical Education, Stephen Eddy, 254
- Tenders and Advertisers? Manufacturer, 551
- Theory of the Steam Engine, The, Peter Alexander, 349, 522
- Theory of the Steam Engine, Henry Cherry, 241, 275, 330, 362, 383, 424, 468, 520, 578
- Theory of the Steam Engine, Maurice Cross, 212, 254, 307, 349, 362, 424, 494
- Theory of the Steam Engine, William Donaldson, 403, 424, 446
- Theory of the Steam Engine, W. A. Granger, 578
- Theory of the Steam Engine, The, G. A. Haig1 403
- Theory of the Steam Engine, Lex, 424
- Theory of the Steam Engine, James D. Mackinnon, 307
- Theory of the Steam Engine, J. P., 242
- Theory of the Steam Engine, Robert H. Smith, 362, 425
- Theory of the Steam Engine, Ttaw, 383
- Thermometric Measurements, Wm. Donaldson, 80
- Thrust Bearing for Marine Engines, W. R. Pether, 491
- Traction Engines, An Agricultural Engine Owner, 425, 467
- Traction Engines, I. W. B., 383
- Traction Engines, R. J. H. B., 487
- Traction Engines, Isaac Watt Boulton, 467
- Traction Engines, Robt. Capper, 275
- Traction Engines, Experts Crede, 467
- Traction Engines, T. E. Gakee, 487
- Traction Engines, John Henry Knight, 467
- Traction Engines, I. H. M., 425
- Traction Engines, J. H. M., 486
- Traction Engines, F. J. M., 487
- Traction Engines, Robt. Phillips, 446
- Traction Engines on Roads, Robt. Phillips, 405
- Traction Engines, Pitch Chain, 487
- Traction Engines, E. R., 522
- Traction Engines, J. E. S., 446
- Traction Engines, H. R. Summers, 446
- Traction Engines, W. C. W. T., 468
- Traction Engines, Traction, 425
- Trade Marks in Germany, Reginald W. Barker, 242
- Trades Union Policy, Greto Bridge, 275
- Train Speed, Permanent Way, 453
- Trains and Locomotives, Norman D. Macdonald, 362, 405, 425, 486, 578
- Trains and Locomotives, Scrutator, 363, 405, 465
- Trains and Locomotives, W. B. Thompson, 362
- Uensold’s Ice Rink, David Guillod, 557
- Utilisation and Purification of Sewage, Hill Hartland, 425
- Utilisation and Purification of Sewage, Andrew Howatson, 425
- Vacuum Brakes, W. P. Thomas, 29
- Value of y and J., Wm. Donaldson, 240, 254
- Valve Battery, The, for the Battery and Motor Company, 275
- Volunteer Fleet, A, John L. Lucas, 56
- Work in Dynamos, J. Wolcot, 254
Level, The Gradient Telemeter, 481
Level of Well Water in Sicily, Variations in the, 549
Lewes, Professor V. B., On Blasting Explosives, 549
Liddell, Mr. Charles, 171
Lighthouse on Cape Antifer, New, 77
Lighthouse on Cape Leewin, Australia, Intended Construction of a, 379
Light Railways, 541
Light Railways, Advantages of. 193
Light Railways, Mr. W. G. Bagnall’s Estimate per Mile, 473
Light Railways, The Board of Trade and, 385
Light Railways, The Conference on, 482
Light Railways, Conference on, Mr. E. P. Squarey to Represent the Council of the Surveyors’ Institution, 473
Light Railways, A Correspondent to the Tinies on, 255
Light Railways, Delegates of the London Chamber of Commerce to the Conference on, 443
Light Railways, Mr. A. P. Heywood on, 233
Light Railways and Australian Progress, Mr. R. Price-William on, 77
Light Railway for Cambridgeshire, Projected, 571
Light Railways in C6tes du Nord, Finis terra, and Morbihan, 61
Light Railways in England, 102
Light Railways for Farmers, 427
Light Railway from Menai Bridge to Beaumaris, Scheme for, 421
Light Railways and Tramroads, 378
Light Railways and Tramways in France, Statistics concerning, 321
Light Railways, Use of, on Farms in Franco, 483
Lightening Bow and Stern Ordnance of H.M.S. “Indefatigable,” Experiments for, 571
Limelight Apparatus, Technical Meeting on, 193
Linares Almeria Railway, Progress of the, 193
Lincolnshire, Mining in, 15
Linking-up of the Metre-gauge Railways in Northern India, 483
Linking-up of the Narrow-gauge Railway Systems of Northern India, 421
“Linlithgow,” Bent Steel Stern Frame of the s.s., 319
Linseed Oil, Some Peculiarities of Oxidised, 400
Liquefaction in Steam Cylinders, 235
Liquid Carbonic Acid Gas for Chilling Test-pieces, 379
Liquid Fuel, Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins, 477
Liquid Fuel in Boilers, The Use of, 398
Liquid Fuel Burners of the Engine “Petrolia,” Consumption of, 359
Liquids, Molecular Weight of, 571
Liquor Temperature Regulator, Mackay’s, 388
Lisbon, Turntables on the New Central Railway Station, 483
LITERATURE:
- Alternating Currents, by Bedell and Crehore, 429
- Alternate Current Transformers, by R. W. Weekes, 429
- Applied Mechanics, An Elementary Manual on, Andrew Jamieson, 367
- Beam or Technical Elements of Girder Construction, The, Wm. L. Baker, 387
- Boiler Construction and Useful Information for Practical Men, W. D. Cruickshank, 367
- Centrifugal Pump, Turbines and Water Motors, including the Theory and Practice of Hydraulics, Chas. H. Innes, 216
- Charpenterie Metallique Menuiserie en Fer et Serrurie, par J. Denfer, 552
- Coal Dust an Explosive Agent, as Shown by an Examination of the Camerton Explosion, by Donald M. D. Stuart, 303
- Continuous Current Dynamos and Motors, by Frank P. Cox, 325
- Electric Current, The, by R. Mullineux Walmsley, 491
- Electric Light Fitting, by John W. Urquhart, 325
- Electric Light Installations, by Sir David Salomons, 409, 491
- Electric Lighting and Power Distribution, by W. Perren May cock, 491
- Electric Transformation of Power, Philip Atkinson, 367
- Electric Transmission of Intelligence, Electrical Measurements, Electricity, and Magnetism, Edwin J. Houston, 387
- Electricity in the Service of Man, R. Wormel1, 366
- Electro-magnetism and the Construction of Dynamos, vol. i., by D. C. Jackson, 325
- Elementary Lessons, with Numerical Examples, in Practical Mechanics and Machine Design, Robt. Gordon Blaine, 197
- Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy Based on the Traite de Physique of a Privat Deschanel, by J. D. Everett, 386
- Elementary Treatise on Theoretical Mechanics, by Alex. Ziwet, Part I. Kinematics, Part II. Statics, 387
- First Principles of Building, by Alex. Black, 450
- Geology, An Elementary Handbook, by A. J. Jukes-Brown, 259
- Handbook of Gold Milling, Henry Louis, 107
- Incandescent Lamp and its Manufacture, The, G. S. Ram, 429
- Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S., His Personal History, by Sam. Smiles, 553
- Junior Engineering Society, The Record of Transaction, vol. iii., 174
- La Flotte de Guerre, by M. Emile Wayl, 37
- Manual of Telephony, by Preece and Stubbs, 429
- Metal Working for Amateurs, G. Ed winson, 216
- Mining, Elementary Treatise on the Getting of Minerals, by Arnold Lupton, 150
- Mountain, Moor, and Lock, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil on the Route of the West Highland Railway, 61
- Naval Annual, by Lord Brassey, 60
- Newfoundland as it is in 1894, A Handbook and Tourists’ Guide to Newfoundland, by the Rev. M. Harvey, 409
- Next Naval War, The, Captain S. Eardley- Wilmot, 174
- Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain. A Manual of British Geology, Sir Andrew C. Ramsay, 259
- Portative Electricity, by J. L, Niblett, 409
- Practical Electrical Engineering, by Various Writers, Edited by C. H. W. Biggs, 491
- Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction, Chas. G. Harper, 366
- Practical Treatise on the Steam Engine, Arthur Rigg, 197
- Progress in Flying Machines, O. Chanute, 197
- Railways in India; their Economical Construction and Working, by E. George George, 471
- Railway Policy in India, by Horace Bell, 471
- Repair and Maintenance of Machinery, by Thomas Walton Barber, 530
- Sanitary Arrangement of Dweliing-houses, A. J. Wallis-Tayler, 450
- Sewage Disposal, Mr. W. Santo Crimp, 15
- Select Methods in Chemical Analysis, 574
- Specifications for the Use of Surveyors, Architects, Engineers, and Builders, by J. Leaning, 450
- Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining, by C. Le Neve Foster, 574
- Theoretical Mechanics: I. Solids ; II. Fluids by J. Edw. Taylor, 387
LITERATURE (continued):—
- Theorie du Navire, Tome IV., par J. Pollard et A. Dudebont, 409
- Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, by J. B. Johnson, 236, 258
- Tidal Rivers ; their Hydraulics, Improvement, and Navigation, by W. H. Wheeler, 197
- Transportation Exhibits at the Columbian Exhibition, by Jas. Dredge, 553
- Twenty-third Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Illinois, by H. W. Rokker, 84
- Ueber Vorkommen und Gewinnung der. nutz- baren Mineralien in der Siid-Afrikanischen Republik —Transvaal unter besonderer Riick- sicht des Bargbaues, Bergrarth Schmeisser, 324
- Vale of Nantgwilt, a Submerged Valley, by R. Eustace Tickell, 553
- Water Supply of Towns and the Construction of Waterworks, by W. K. Burton, 450
- Ways and Works in India, by C. W. MacGeorge, 530
- Yof-Dakar Underground Cables, Report of Repairs, by Chas. Bright, 216
- Zimbesi Basin and Nyassaland, by Daniel J. Rankin, 84
Liverpool, Dock Improvements in, 50
Liverpool-street Station, Great Eastern Railway, Enlargement of, 313, 314. 315, 335, 336
Liverpool, 1893, Shipping at 53
Liverpool Trade, 482
Liversidge, Professor, On the Structure of Gold Nuggets, 421
Livesey, Mr., on Gas Manufacture, 295
Llanelly Pottery Compiny and the Eight-hour System, 103
Lloyds’ Returns of Steam and Sailing Tonnage under Construction, 483
Lobnitz and Co.. Messrs., The Solid Rock Dredger, “Majestic” (Supplement, September 28th, 1894), 272
Lock with L:ft of 140ft. on the Erie Canal, Proposed, 549
Lock and Weir at Putney, 296
Lochner, Herr, on the Respective Merits of Compound and Simple Locomotives, 526
Locomotive “Achilles,” Mr. F. Snary’s Photograph of the, 401
Locomotives, American, 142
Locomotives, American, for Brazil, 370
Locomotive Boiler Explosion at Tucuman, 260, 261
Locomotives for Brazil, The Brooks Locomotive Works, 344, 549
Locomotive Buffer, Compressed Air, 549
Locomotive Building, Quick. 568
Locomotive, Burning Oil Fuel, Express, Great Eastern Railway, 276, 277
Locomotives, “Class P,” Method of Fastening Piston-rods into Crossbeads, 483
Locomotive Coal, 552
Locomotives, Colonial, 269
Locomotives, Compound, Golsdorf System, 42
Locomotives, Compound and Simple, Herr Lochner on the Respective Merits of, 526
Locomotive, Curious Explosion in a, 11
Locomotive Cylinder Capacity, 558, 578
Locomotives, Efforts to Reduce Air Resistance to, 526
Locomotives for the Egyptian State, 217
Locomotive Engine Bows, 192
Locomotives, English and American, in the Argentine Republic, 432, 407
Locomotive, Express Passenger, Dutch Railways, 406, 409
Locomotive, Express Passenger, Great Western Railway (Supplement, November 2nd, 1894), 375, 384
Locomotive, Good’, Mr. J. Parker, 121, 126
Locomotive Headlights, Compressed Gas for, in South America, 379
Locomotive, A Heavy, 41
Locomotives, Heavy Passenger, for the Boston and Albany Railroad, 306
Locomotive Injectors, 207
Locomotives, Modern, in the Recent Collision, 350
Locomotives, Mogul, for the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railway, 321
Locomotives, Motors oa the Train as Substitute for Separate, 148
Locomotives, Narrow-gauge, Messrs. W. G. Bagnall, Limited, 453
Locomotives, New Types of, Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway Company, 255
Locomotives for Portugal, Messrs. Neilson and Co., 526
Locomotives, Price of, by Weight, 217
Locomotives, Simple and Compound, for the North-Western Railway of Switzerland, 571
Locomotive, Six-coupled Bogie Goods, Highland Railway, Mr. D. Jones (Supplement, December 14th, 1894), 534
Locomotives in South America, English and American, 486
Locomotives, Steam Consumption of, 321
Locomotive, Tank, Nippon Railway, Japan, 568
Locomotive Frame - plate Slotting Machine, Messrs. Craven Brothers, 445
Locomotives, Trains and, 362, 363, 365, 382, 404, 425, 446, 447, 453, 464, 465, 470, 486, 522, 558, 578
Locomotives, Trains, and Brakes, 425
Locomotives of the United Kingdom, 180
Lodge, Professor 0. J., On the Second Law of Thermodynamics, 575
Lodge, Dr. Oliver, On Photo-electric Leakage, 139
Loewe, Mr. Ludwig, Universal Milling Machine, 239
London, Births and Deaths Registered in—See Births and Deaths, andc.
London Building Act, The New, 482
London County Council Contractors v. London County Council Works Department, A Challenge, 495
London County Council and the London Tramways Company, 401
London, The County of, 83
London, Decrease in the Rate of Increase of Population by Births, 473
London, Electric Lighting in, 382
London Electric Supply Corporation, Removal of the Offices of the, 359
London Exhibitions Limited, Empire of India 103 London, House Coal in, 242
London and India Docks Joint Committee, Freezing Chambers, 217
London, Mileage of Hydraulic Mains in, 483
London Photographic Exhibitions, Apparatus at the, 274
London, New Railway to, 298
London and North-Western Railway, New Branch from Uppingham to Seaton, 344
London and North-Western Railway Company, Projected New Line, 549
London and North-Western Railway Company’s s.s. “Banshee,” 150
London and North-Western Railway, Connection with the Ship Canal, 379
London and North-Western Railway, Tunnel Extensions and Compensation, 53
London and South-Western Company’s New Steamer “Alma,” Launch of the, 321
London Streets, New Act concerning the Width of, 77
London Street Tramways Company, Judgment m the Appeal of, 103
London Tramways, Extension Lines, 526
London Tramways Company Required to Sall Section of Tramway to the London County Council, 401
London, Walthamstow, and Epping Forest Railway, Intended Dissolution of the Company, 473
London Water Companies, Number of Supplies Furnished by, 379
London Water Supply, The, 421, 423
London Water Supply, Sir John Evans on the, 295
London Water Supply in November, 1894, Professors Crookes and Dewar, 549
London Water Supply, October, 1894, Analysed, 443
London Water Supply, Professor Crookes and Dr. Odling on, 77
London Water Supply Question, Legislation on the, 489
London Water Supply—Rainfall in July, 171
Long-distance Transmission of Power, Mr. E. Arnold, 287
Longbotham, Mr. R. II , Yorkshire Agent for Messrs. Joseph Evans and Sons, 571
Lord Salisbury’s Address, 149
Loris’s Bullet and Dagger-proof Cuirass, 187
Los Angeles, Railways from, 526
Louisville, Ky., Civil Engineers required to take out a License in, 278
Lowell, Tube Wells at, 148
Loyalhanna and Youghiogheny Railway, The, 344
Lubricator for Bearings, “ Multiple,” 192
Lubricator, Willcox’s Crank-pin, 431
“Lucania,” In the Engine-room of the, 49, 51, 54, 55, 58, 62
“Lucania,” Record of the, 207
Ludgate-hill, Improvement in, 133
Lucknow, Flood at, 255
Lumsden, Smart, and Co., A Smooth-grip Pipe Wrench, 422
Lunge, Dr., on the Viscosity of Tar, 483
Luxuries, Labour and—see Labour and Luxuries
Lyster, Mr. George F., on the Mersey Docks and Harbour Improvement?, 171

MCDONALD, Mr. J. P., Jamaica Railway Contract let to, 549
McDougall’s Steam Saving Appliances, Messrs. W. B. Haigh and Co., 133
Mach, Dr., On the Principle of the Conservation of Energy, 323
Machinery and Metals in Japan, British, 394
Machinery Trades and the American Tariff, 196
Machinery of Warships, 442, 489, 529
Mackay’s Liquor Temperature Regulator, 388
McLaren, Mr. Henry, The Chaffey Brothers Irrigation Settlements in Australia, 581
Made in Germany, 367
Madras Railway, Bridges on the, 193
Mafeking Railway Opened, The, 295
Magic Lanterns, Mr. J. H. Taylor on, 439
Magnesia, On the Density of Melted, 255, 571
Magnetic Conditions in and around Moscow, 139
Magnetic and Earth Current Registers for 1893, 33
Magnetic Lag in Iron Ores, Mr. Dechant on the, 401
Magnetic Properties of Hadfield’s Manganese Steel, 233
Magnetic Properties of Iridium, On the, 549
Magnetisation of Iron, Dr. Froelich on the, 421
Magnetism, Mirrors of, 526
Magnetism and its Phenomena, Terrestrial, 139
“Magnificent” and “ Majestic,” The, 4
“Magnificent,” Launch of the First-class Battleship, 468, 548
“Magnificent,” Naming of the New Barbette Battleship, 526
Mahogany Paving Blocks, 193, 217
Mahogany Paving in Paris, 193, 217
Mahon, R. W., Slag Cement Experiments, 171
Mailfert, M. l’Abbe. On tho Solubility of, 549
Mail Steamers for War Purposes, Use of, 75,112, 129, 156
“Majestic ” and “ Magnificent,” The, 29
“Majestic,” The Solid Rock Dredger (Supplement, September 28th, 1894), 272
Mallock, Mr. William, Waterworks and their Appliances, 535
Manchester Corporation Electric Works, The 370
Manchester Electric Lighting Works, 555
Manchester Main Drainage Works, 98, 118
Manchester New Electric Lighting Works, Dr. John Hopkinson, 96
Manchester, The Port of, 349
Manchester and Salford Docks, Warehouse Sheds for the, 2
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire New Line, Cutting of the First Sod of the, 401
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, 84, 430, 549
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company’s Bill, The, 549
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Goods Engine, Mr. J. Parker, 121, 126
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company s Extension, Tenders for Work, 233
Manchester Ship Canal, The, 482
Manchester Ship Canal, On the Irlam Section of the, 474
Manchester Ship Canal Company, Electric Light Installations for, 11
Manchester Ship Canal, Traffic for October, 429
Manches er Stop Canal, Turbine and Pumps at Twenty Steps Bridge, 317
Manchester Ship Canal Works, Mr. E. L Williams on the Progress of the, 233
Manchester Thirlmere Waterworks, The, 340, 376, 479, 480, 492, 493
Manchester Water Supply, The Thirlmere, 376
Manganese Steel, M. H. Le Chatelier on, 193
Manganese Steel, Le Chatelier s Experiments with Hadfield’s, 233
Manila and Dagupan Railway, The, 11
Mannheim, Coal and Iron in, 298
Mansfield Corporation Waterworks, Contract No. 2, 280
Mansfield Railway, Connection with, 223
Map of Canals of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, 569
Map of Eyemouth Line and Harbour, 18
Map of Southampton issued by the Institute of Naval Architects, 33
Map in Three Lengths of the Route of the Manchester Thirlmere Aqueduct, 340
Map of West Australia, 11
Marga, M., New Rifle tried in Belgium, 473
Mari-Attock Railway, Progress of the, 77
Mariemont, Glassworks of, 186
Mariemont and Bascoup Collieries, Visit of the Iron and Steel Institute, 207
Marine Boiler Friction, 102
Marine Boilers—see Boiler, Marine, andc.
Marine Engines, Thrust Bearing for, 494
Marine Filter, 230
Marine Filter, Rankine’s, 230
Maritime Section, Antwerp International Exhibition, 247
Mars, Professor Campbell on the Planet, 193
Marshall, Mr. F. J., Retirement of, 571
Martin, M., Death of. Claimed in France to be the Inventor of the Westinghouse Brake, 295
Masham to Bedale, Extension of Line from, asked for, 571
Matheson, Mr. Edward E., Gold Mining on the Witwatersrand, Transvaal, 575
Matheson and Grant, Messrs., Engineering Trades Report, 103
Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Messrs , Engines and Boilers for the Battleship “Ciusar,” 217
Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Visit of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers’ Society to, 382
Mavor and Coulson’s Motor, Sayer’s Patent, 262
Maxim Automatic Gun, Trial of, on H.M.S. “Hero,” 53
Maxim’s Flying Machine, 130, 140, 148, 370, 447, 494
Maxim’s Paper on the Resistance of the Air, Lord Kelvin on Mr., 295
Maximum Work and Entropy, M. Berthelot on the Principle of, 53
Meade, Mr. Thomas de Courcy, His Work at Hornsey, 11
Meade, Mr. W. O. E , On the Irlam Section of the Manchester Ship Canal, 474
Mean Density of the Earth, The, 321
Measuring Micrometric Angular Distances, 148
Measuring Water in Steam, 490
Meat Importation, 420
Mechanical Engineering, Progress in, 358
Mechanical Equivalent of a Heat Unit, 56
Mechanical Fluid, New, Mr. Charles Wallace Hunt, 10
Mechanical Refrigeration, Mr. R. B. Kennedy, 581
Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Properties of Metals, Effects of, 571
Mechanical Training, The Critical Side of, Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, 139, 144
Mechanism of Chemical Action, Rough Notions of the, 179
Medway, Projected Boom across the, 148
Meigs Elevated Railway System, The, 576
Meigs Railroad Bill, The, 53
Meik and Sons, Messrs. Thomas, The Eyemouth Railway, 17, 18
Mekarski Compressed Air System Cars in Paris, 77
Melbourne Tramways Company, Experiments with Tar as Fuel, 321
Melde, Herr F., Method for Determining the Pitches of Tuning Forks, 33
Melting out Lead Joints, Basket for, 171
Melton Mowbray Sewage, 159
Melton Mowbray Sewage Works, Improvements at the, 233
Menai Bridge to Beaumaris, Light Railway from, 421
Mendeleeff, Professor, On Russian Industry, 421
Mendeleef’s Periodic Law, Lord Salisbury on, 255
Merchant Steamships at the Admiralty’s Disposition, 549
Merriman, Dr. Mansfield, On the Resistance of Materials under Impact, 255
Mersey, The, 460
Mersey Bar, Dredging the, 189
Mersey Bar, Proposed Widening of the Buoys on the, 77
Mersey, Decadence of Shipbuilding on the, 226
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Now Shed, Great Howard-street, 233
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Rails on Birkenhead Quay, 133
Mersey Docks and Harbour Improvements, 171
Mersey and Irwcll Joint Committee, The, 400
Mersey Transatlantic Cattle Trade, Arrangements for the Accommodation of, 359
Metal Chromium, M. Henri Moissan on the, 148
Metal to Earthenware, Connecting, 344
Metal, Insulating, 344
Metal Plates by the Action of Steam Jets, Wearing away of, 23
Metallic Cup Packing, 570
Metallic Oxides, Method of Reducing, 310
Metallic Packing, 407, 427, 454
Metallic Sleepers for Railways, 41
Metallography, MM. L. Bacle and Debray, 171
Metallo-keramic Joint, Messrs. Doultonand Co.’s, 295
Meteorological Literature, Mr. G. J. Symons’ Summary of Early English, 443
Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, Wise v. The, 431
Metropolitan Railways in London, 148
Metropolitan Railways in Paris, 148
Metropolitan Supply, Report on the Conditicn of, 193
Metropolitan Water, Professors Crookes and Dewar's Report on the, 359
Metropolitan Water Schemes, 13
Meux’s B-ewery Company (Limited) v. The City of London Electric Lighting Company, 556
Mexico, Canal for the Sewerage of 133
Mexico, Length of Railway Line in, 217
Michele’s Test for Portland Cement, 549
Micrometric Angular Distances, Measuring, 148
Micro-rheometer Mr. Hannay’s, 217
Midland Cat, The, 56, 148
Midland Cats, More, 232
Midland Railway, Carriage Stepsand Fittings, 330
Midland Railway Company and the Leicester Water Supply, 295
Midland Railway—New Line from Chapeltown to Ardsley, 11
Midland Railway Company — New Lines for Mineral Traffic, 148
Midland Railway, Oil Gas Works, 11
Midland Railway Company, Opening of the New Line from Chapeltown to Barnsley, 266
Midland Railway Signalmen, Petition of, for Reduction of Hours, 233
Mild Steel for Structural Engineering, 347
Mile, The Clyde Measured, 236
Mill Engines, Compound, 423, 426
Mill, The Pantin Flour, 466
Milling Industry in the United States, The, 421
Milling Machine, Universal, Herr Ludwig Loewe, 239
Millers’ National Association, Work of, 77
Mines, Economical Engines in the, 394
Mine Explosions, The Part of Coal-dust in, 195
Mine Explosion Relief Funds, 428, 465, 495
Mines Registered in Spain, 421
Mine Ventilation in America, 408
Mineral District in Southern Russia, 193
Mineral, Metallurgical, and Coal Industries of Sweden in 1893, 397
Minerals, Railways, and Roads of Honduras, 28
“Mineralmalerei,” Mr. A. W. Keim’s, 401 Miners’ Wives and Miners’ Wages, 408
Mining Engineer, A Well-known, 532
Mining Exposition in Chile, 33
Mining Industry of Belgium, M. A. Briant, 163
Mining Purposes, Explosives for, 432, 465
Mining Rules, The Government of India’s New, 57
Mining in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 15
“Minneapolis,” The New United States Cruiser, 11, 171, 121, 131
“Minneapolis,” Knot Record of the, 11
“Minneapolis,” Trial of the, 171
Mirabeau Bridge, The, 347
Mirrors of Magnetism, Professor S. P. Thompson and Mr. Miles Walker on, 526
Miscellanea, 11, 33, 53, 77, 103, 133, 148, 171, 193, 217, 233, 255, 278, 295, 321, 344, 359, 379, 401, 421, 443, 473, 483, 526, 549, 571
Modern Gases, Kinetic Theory of, 19
Modern Heat, Carnot and, 28, 56, 132
Modern Locomotives in the Recent Collision, 350
Modern Naval Battle, 355
Moissan, M. Henri, On Chromium, 233
Moissan, M. Henri, On the Density of Melted Magnesia, 255, 571
Moissan, M. Henri, On the Evaporisation of Carbon,443
Moissan, M., On the Metal Chromium, 148
Moissan, M. H., Reduction of Alumina by Carbon, 549
Moissan, M. Henri, On the Saturation of Aluminium with Nitrogen, 321
Moisture on Chemical Action, Effect of, 33
Molecular Weight of Liquids, 571
Molecule, On the Optical Activity of the, 421
Mond, Mr. Ludwig, and the Royal Institution, 15
Mondit, Mr., Process for Bronzing Copper, 344
Money of the World, The, 373
Monmouth Sewerage Schemes, 33
Monte Video, Agricultural Exhibition, 1895, 379
Moorgate-street Station and the City Commission of Sewers, 148
Morris, Mr. W. R., Combined Ammeter and Voltmeter, 89
Morrison, Mr. John, Walling and Sinking with the Galloway Scaffold, 208
Morton and Co., Messrs., Contract for Ironwork at Hornby Dock, 233
More Doubts and Some Conjectures, 405
Morley Memorial College Lectures, 359
Moscow, Magnetic Conditions in and Around, 139
Moscow-Vologda Line, Continuation of, to Archangel, 401
Motive Power System for Street Railways, Prize Competition for, 193
Motor, Mavor and Coulson’s, 262
Motors on the Train instead of Separate Locomotive, 148
Mountain in America, Moving, 278
Mountains, Gradual Disappearance of, 344
Mountings, High-angle Fire Gun, The “Centurion” and “Barfleur,” 571
Moving Mountain in America, 278
Mudd, Mr., Arrangement for the Preservation of the Propeller Shafts of Steamers. 520
Muirhead and Others v. Commercial Cable Company, 556
Multiple Drilling Machine, Improved, 239
“Multiple” Lubricator for Bearings, 192
Mundella, The Right Hon. A. J., Presentation to, 526
Murray, Mr. Stuart, The Goulburn River Weir Victoria, 97, 100
Mushkaf-Bolan State Railway, 30
Mushkaf-Bolan Line, Progress of, 571
Mysore Water Supply, Pumping Machinery, 298

NAPHTHA Shipped in Bulk by the “Heligoland,” 171
Napper, Mr. Albert, Improved System of Ventilation, 190
Narrow-gauge Locomotives, 453
Narrow-gauge Railway between Civita Vecchia and Tolfa, 421
Narrow-gauge Railways in Russia, 401
Narrow-gauge Railway Systems of Northern India, Linking-up of the, 421
National Free Labour Congress, London, 1894, 361
National Lifeboat Institution, Journal of the, Wreck Chart for 1892-3, 103
National Transportation Association, The, 77
Nationalisation of our Railways, On the, 401
“Naval Annual” by Lord Brassey, 60
Naval Battle, A Modern, 355
Naval Construction in France, Decennial Programme for, 225
Naval Contracts in Private Yards, Progress with, 470
Naval Contracts, The Progress of, 496
Naval Engineer Appointments, 15, 68, 88, 125, 142, 162, 192, 208, 237, 252, 287, 294, 330, 370, 387, 433, 554, 581
Naval Engineer Students, Examinations for, 76
Naval Mobilisation at Portsmouth and Chatham 53
Navigable Balloon at the Antwerp Exhibition, 198, 200
Navigation in Frozen Waters, Dutch Patent for, 571
Navigation Congress, Inland, 84, 125
Navigation of France, Internal, 28
Navy, Mr. Wm. Allan on the, 482
Neglected Field for Inventors, A, 212
Neilson and Co., Locomotives for Portuguese Railway, 526
Neilson and Co., Tank Locomotive, Nippon Railway, Japan,568
Neva, New Trinity Bridge over the, 33
Newall’s Sheep-shearing Machine, 487
Newall-Cunningham Sheep-shearing Machine, 463
New Caledonia, Nickel Ore in, 233
Newlands’ Periodic Law, Lord Salisbury on, 255
New Orleans, Building and Engineering Trades Wages at, 32
New South Wales, Iron-making Industry in, 171
New South Wales, Railways of, 148, 563
New South Wales Railways and Tramways, 482
New Staff Engineer, H.M.S. “Barfleur”—His Interview with the Pall Mall Gazette, 193
New Street, London, and North-Western Railway Extensions to Birmingham, 359
Newtonmore Station on the Highland Railway, Report on Accident at, 359
New York, Elevated Railways in, 526
New York, Heat in, 103
New York Railroad Commissioners and the Prize Competition for a Motive Power System for Street Railways, 193
Niagara Falls as a Chronometer of Geological Time, Professor J. W. Spencer on, 33
Niagara Falls, Paper on the Age of, 295
Niagara Falls, Sewer Tunnel at, 560
Niagara Falls Utilisation Construction, Comple¬tion of the, 549
Niagara Hall Ice Rink, The, 520
Niagara Power Development Company, Another, 278
Nice, Drainage of, 262
Nickel Ore in New Caledonia, 233
Nicolai eff, M. de, Methods for the Study of Currents in Open Circuits, 255
Nile Reservoirs, Mr. Garstin’s Note in regard to the, 421
Nile, Utilisation of the, 83, 428, 449, 471
Nile Water, Filtration of, for Sugar Works, 555
Nilgiri Railway, First Train Run on the, 255
Nine Months Clyde Shipbuilding, 303
Nippon Railway, Japan, Tank Locomotive, Messrs. Neilson and Co., 568
Nitrate of Ammonia for Freezing, Use of, 473
Nitric Acid from the Nitrogen in the Air, Electric Process of Obtaining, 526
Nobel Company, Appeal to the House of Lords, 193
Nong Khai Railway, Survey of the, 11
“Norman,” New South African Mail Steamer, 89
“Norman,” Records of the Union Steamship Company’s Steamer, 443, 474
“Norman,” The Union Steamship Company’s Mail s.s., 357, 400
Normand, M., On the Importance of the Economy of Fuel in Fast Vessels and Advantages of Heating the Feed-water, 74
North British Railway Bill, The, 443
North British and Caledonian Railways, Carriage Heating, 549
North-Eastern Railway Company, Engine-room at Blyth, 401
North-Eastern Railway Traffic, Falling-off in, 401
North of England, 21, 43, 69, 91, 113, 135, 157, 181, 201, 222, 243, 265, 285, 309, 331, 351, 371, 393, 413, 435, 455, 475, 497, 537, 559, 580
North London Railway and the Penny-in-the- Slot System of Selling Tickets, 103
North Sea and Baltic Canal, The, 80, 95, 493
North Sea Canal, Breaking Up the Ice on the, 95
Northern Chemical Crisis, 490
Norway and Sweden, Railways in, 155
Notes from Germany, 22, 44, 70, 92, 114, 136, 158, 182, 202, 222, 244, 266, 286, 310, 332, 352, 372, 394, 414, 436, 456, 476, 498, 538, 560, 580
Notes from Japan, 180
Notes from Lancashire, 20, 42, 68, 90, 113, 135, 181, 201, 221, 242, 265, 285, 308, 330, 350, 371, 392, 413, 435, 455, 474, 496, 536, 558, 579
Notes and Memoranda, 11, 33, 53, 77, 103, 133, 148, 171, 193, 217, 233, 255, 278, 295, 321, 344, 359, 379, 401, 421, 443, 473, 483, 526, 549, 571
Notes from Scotland, 22, 44, 69, 92, 114, 136, 158, 182, 202, 222, 244, 266, 286, 310, 332, 352, 372, 393, 436, 456, 476, 498, 538, 560, 580
Notices to Correspondents, 13, 35, 59, 82, 105, 127, 149, 173, 195, 215, 235, 257, 279, 301, 333, 345, 365, 385, 407, 427, 449, 469, 489, 529, 551, 573
Nova Scotian Coal Mines, Explosions in, 217, 228
Nursey, Mr. P. F., Appointed Secretary of the Society of Engineers, 278
“Oakhampton Experiences in 1894,” Major Hughes, 338

OBITUARY:—
- Allison, Mr. Herbert John, 409
- Clark, Mr. Edwin, 367
- Dent, Mr. John Dent, 571
- Faija, Mr. Hy., 189
- Formby, Mr. G. 0., 107
- Hastie, Mr. John, 303
- Helmholtz, Professor Herman Ludwig Ferdinand, 232
- Lange, Sir D. A., 405
- Lee, Sir Joseph C., 575
- Lesseps, Count Ferdinand de, 532
- Liddell, Mr. Charles, 171
- Osborne, Mr. J. H., 325
- Redl, Mr. Charles Arthur, 133
- Stewart, Mr. Allen Duncan, 409
- Swansea, Lord, 532
- Symonds, Sir Thomas, 423
- Taylor, Mr. James, 232
- Williams, Mr. Alfred, 76
- Wilson, Mr. James, 532
- Wood, Mr. Charles, 219
- Wright, Dr. C. R. Alder, 133
O’Brien, The Rev. Patrick, Invention for the Hulls of Ships, 133
Ocean Street Cable Line at Sydney, 344
Oerlikon Electrical Works, Oil Circulation of the Transformers, 11
Oerlikon Works, The Electric Balancing of Turbines at the, 278
Oil Burning Locomotive “ Petrolia,” The, 276, 277
Oil Circulation of Transformers at the Oerlikon Works, 11
Oil Engines, 173
Oil Engine, The “Campbell,” 281
Oil Engine, Messrs. Clark, Chapman, and Co., 9
Oil Engines at the Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Show, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27, 28, 63
Oil Engine, Portable, 10-H.P., Messrs. Robey and Co., 5, 9
Oil Engine Trials at Cambridge, 29, 56
Oil Engine, Wells’, 472
Oil Engine and Winding Gear, 20-H.P., Messrs. Priestman Bros., 5, 9
Oil Engines—sec also Engines—Oil
Oil Feed and Vaporiser, Roots’, 7
Oil Fire Kindler, Mr. J. S. Leslie, 53
Oil-Fired Steamers for Harbour Use, 258
Oil Fuel on Tug Boats at Chicago, 33
Oil Gas on the Midland Railway, 11
Oil Trade, Scotch, 36
Oil upon Water, The Spreading of, its Peculiar Features, 53
Okes, Mr. J. C. R., Appointment of, 193
Okes’ Sewage Pump, Teddington Sewage Works, 410
Old Time Pumping Engine, 363
Oliven, M., Process for Covering Aluminium with Zinc, Tin, or Lead, 571
O’Neil, Mr. William Purcell, his Appointment in Ireland, 421
Ordnance Mountings of the “Centurion” and “Barfleur,” 571
Oregonian Railway System, Extra Rail Laid throughout, 483
Open-hearth Steel Furnaces, Basic, 496
Optical Activity of the Molecule, MM. Guye and Gautier on the, 421
Optical Relics, The Polytechnic, 464
Optics and Photography, Exhibition of, 217
Osborne, Mr. J. H., 325
Oscillating v. Inclined Compound Paddle Engines? 195, 212
Oscillation of the Axis of Rotation of the Earth, Mr. Forster on the, 321
Oscillation of the Axis of Rotation of the Earth, Mr. Forster’s Observations on the, 473
Osmond, M. F., on the Structure of Steel, 171
Ossett Sewage Works, Proposed Additions to the, 344
Ouse Navigation, 3
Oxford, Rainfall at, 103
Oxidised Linseed Oil, Some Peculiarities of, 400
Oxides, Method of Reducing Metallic, 310
Oxus, Navigation of the, 571
Ozone, The Solubility of, 549

PACKING, Metallic Cup, 570
Palermo, Tram Lines in, 233
Panama Canal, The, 258, 372
Panama Canal, The Works at the, 296
Panhard and Levassor’s Road Carriages, 86
Pantin Flour Mills, Simplex Gas Engines and the, 466, 486, 522
Paper from Sunflower Stalks, Making of, 473
Parabolas of Least Resistance ? 257
Paraguay, British Enterprise in, 218
Parallaxes, Measurement of, Mr. Wm. Harkness on the, 344
Paris Exhibition—see Exhibition, Paris
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway Company, New Types of Locomotives, 255
Paris Metropolitan Railway, The, 341, 386, 552
Paris Sewerage Works at, 428
Paris, Underground Railway in, 148
Paris Water Supply, 14
Paris, Wood Paving in, 193, 217
Parker, Mr. Consul, on the Tides of Hoihow, 359
Parker, Mr. H. A., On the City and South
London Electric Railway, 341
Parker, Mr. J., Goods Engine, 121, 126
Parliament, Session, 1895, 494
Parliament, Powers Applied for New Railways to, 473
PARLIAMENTARY NOTES:-
- Atmosphere of the Underground Railway, 15
- Fair Wages Clause, 15
- Flues of Torpedo Catchers, 107
- Government Shipbuilding Contracts, 15
- Railway, An Alleged Unsafe, 15
- Railway in Uganda, 174
- Rolling Ships and Bilge Keels, 15
Patent Agents’ Registration Bill, 102
Patent Specifications Department, South Kensington Museum, 155, 180
Patents in 1894, Applications for, 81
Patents in Japan, 554
“Patria,” The Argentine Cruiser, 231
Pavements, Hard Wood, in Australia, 77
Paving Block, Artificial, Tried in Munich, 526
Paving and Hygiene, Street, 573
Paving, Mahogany, 193, 217
Paving, Pyinkado Timber for Street, 133
Pearce, Sir William, Statue to, 332
Pearson, Mr. F. H., “History of Hull Steam Shipping,” 341
Pearson, Mr. F. H., On Water-tube Boilers for Marine Purposes, 341
Peking, 462
Pendulum in the Dauphiny Alps, Observations of the, 379
Penetration and Action of Small-arm Bullets, 442
Peninsular and Oriental s.s., The, “Caledonia,” 217, 234, 238, 421, 521, 523, 525, 527, 528, 531, 533
Peninsular and Oriental s.s. “Caledonia’s” Record, 421
Penn and Sons, Messrs. John, Their Tender Accepted by the Admiralty, 171
Penny-in-the-Slot System of Selling Tickets, The, 103
Pennsylvania Company’s New Method of Fastening Piston Rods into Crossheads in its “Class P ” Locomotives, 483
“Percy Sanderson” at Sulina, Arrival of the Hopper Dredger, 278
Permanent Way, Australian Hardwood Sleepers for English Lines, 359
Permanent Way, Belgian State Railways, 326
Permanent Way, Effect of Heat on, 11, 133
Permanent Way, Hard Wood Sleepers, 255
Permanent Way, Metallic Sleepers, 41
Permanent Way, Narrow-gauge and Portable, 193
Permanent Way in Switzerland, Proportion of Metal and Wood, 526
Permanent Way, Wood Sleepers, 278
Perry, Mr. N. W., Electrical Welding of Street Railway Tracks, 133
Pestb, Underground Railway in, 171
Peterhead Breakwater, 248
Peterhead Harbour Works, 275
Pethick Bros., Messrs., Railways in Wales, 344
“Petit Journal,” Competition of Self-movingRoad Vehicles in France, 47, 86, 87
Petroleum Fountain at Groonaia, Tbird, 379
Petroleum Furnaces for the New Russian Ironclads, 456
Petroleum as Locomotive Fuel on the Baltic Railroad, 321
Petroleum in Sumatra, 33
Petroleum used at the World’s Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, 190
“Petrolia,” Consumption of Liquid Fuel by the Engine, 359
Philadelphia, Postal Cars on Electric Railway Lines in, 321
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Loan, 421
Phillips, Mr. H., His Address as an Analytical and Consulting Railway Chemist, 421
Phcenix Drilling Machine, The, 177
Phonograph, New Form of, 133
Phosphate of Lime in France, Immunity from Duty of, 473
Phosphorescence, Mr. Herbert Jackson 472
Phosphorescence, Professor Dewar on, 217
Phosphorescence Ceases, Temperatures at which, 379
Photo-electric Leakage, Dr. Oliver Lodge on, 139
Photographic Apparatus at the London Exhibitions, 274
Photographic Exhibition at the Imperial Institute, 476
Photographic Society, Limelight Apparatus, 193
Photographic Telescope, New Sextuple, Yale Observatory, 344
Photographic Telescope for Yale, 233
Photographic Tracings, 52
Photography in Natural Colours, Mr. Kelsall on, 394
Photography, The Scientific Applications of, 358
Photometry of Arc Lamps, On the, 233
Pichard, M. P., on the Assimilability of Potash by the Action of Nitrates, 255
Pickard, Mr. Benjamin, Presentation to, 77
Pickles and Son, Messrs. J., Large Log Bandsaw, 38
Picksley, Sims, and Co.’s Haymaker, 16
Pictet, M. Raoul, On the Influence of Low Temperatures on the Laws of Crystallisation, 359
Pictet, M. Raoul, On the Temperatures at which Phosphorescence Ceases, 379
Piesch, Herr Bruno, Change in the Electrical Resistance of Aqueous Solutions with Change of Pressure, 233
Pig Iron in Germany, Production of, 217, 473
Pike, Mr. James J., Scotch Coal Shale Mines, 232
Piles from Insects, Concrete Casings to Protect, 11
Pintsch’s System of Gas Lighting on Indian Railways, 295
Pipe Drilling Machine, Vennes Foundry Company, 290
Pipe Wrench, A Smooth Grip, 422
Piston, A New, 11
Piston-rod Packing ? 407, 427, 454
Piston-rods into Crossheads in the Pennsylvania Company’s Locomotives, Method of Fastening, 483
Pit Lads of the North Staffordshire Collieries, Strike of the, 148
Pittier Lathe, The, 228
Pittsburgh—Lake Erie Ship Canal, Present Stage of, 401
Pittway and Wood’s Fish-plate, 554
Pivoted Arched Bridges, 355, 383, 447
Planimeter, Compensating, 577
Planing Machine, Double Cutter and Transverse Action, Messrs. Joshua Buckton and Co., 76, 82
Plates, Hadfield’s Projectiles for Treated, 174
Platinum in the United States, Production of, 103
Ploughs in Madras, Iron, 81
Plug, Sworn’s Boat, 212
Plumbago or Graphite, Improvement in the Manufacture of, 321
Plymouth, Defence Boom for, 473
Pneumatic Guns at Sandy Hook, Trial of, 187
Polar Expedition, The Latest, 40
Polarimetric Work, How to Obtain Light of Different Wave-lengths for, 473
Polytechnic Optical Relics, The, 464
Ponsot, M., On the Relations between the Vapour Pressures of a Body in the Solid and the Liquid State, 443
Pont-ii-Mousson, New Blast Furnaces at, 443
Pontoon, Aluminium, 103
Pontoon Dock on the Tyne, 193
Poole, Mr., New Wire Gauge, 400
Popocatepetl, Government Survey of, 171
Population of Four Northern Towns, 133
Porous Bodies, On the Condensation of Electrolytic Gases by, 571
Port Adelaide River, Deepening of the, 543
Port of Manchester, The, 319, 349
Port Richmond, Loan for, Coal Storage Plant at, 421
Port of Rotterdam, Particulars of the, 95
Port Said, Coal Stock of, 148
Port Talbot Railway Act, Provisions of the, 344
Port Talbot Railway and Docks Directorate, Probable Constitution of the, 401
Portsmouth and Devonport Harbours, Booms to Protect, 344
Portsmouth Electric Supply Works, 104, 107, 109, 119, 122, 123
Portsmouth, Fortifying, 242
Portsmouth, Improvement of the Camber, 167, 248
Portable Railways on Farms in France, Use of, 483
Portishead, The Sewerage of, 358
Portland Cement, Mr. Michele’s Test for, 549
Portugal, Gunboats for, 483
Postage Stamp, A Bicycle, 252
Postal Cars on the Electric Railway Lines in Philadelphia, 321
Potash by the Action of Nitrates in Poor Siliceous Soils, M. Pichard on the Assimilability of, 255
Pounds Weight, 405
Powell, Major J. W., On the Water Resources of the United State?, 255
Practical Steam Engineering, 439
Precipitating Gold and Silver from Cyanide Solutions, 295
Precipitation, Treatment of Sewage by, 236
Preece, Mr., His Rule for Comparing the Costs of Gas and Electricity, 321
Preece, Kapp, Messrs., Bristol Electric Supply Works, 169, 172
Preservation of the Propeller Shafts of Steamers 520
Press, Brick and Tile, 284
Pressure of Gases, The, 432
Pressure Needle Filter, Silicated Carbon Com¬pany’s, 388
Pretoria, Joint Traffic between the Cape and, 401
Price-Williams, R , Light Railways and Australian Progress, 77
Priestman Brothers, 20-Horse Power Oil Engine and Winding Gear, 5, 9
Primary Batteries for Launch Work, 261
Pritchard, Professor, On the Care of Horses, 359
Private Bill Legislation in Scotland, Session 1894-5, 532
Private Bills in Parliament, The North British Railway Bill, 443
Private Yards, Progress with Naval Contracts in 470
Problem in Vibration, 468, 495
Progress in the Far East, 133
Progress with Naval Contracts in Private Yards, 470
Projectile?, Hadfield’s, 174
Projectiles of Lead and Tin in the United States Army, 278
Prolecanites ? What are, 526
Prometheum or Titan Metal, 11
Propeller Blades of Delta Alloy for the Navy, 77
Propeller Shafts, Corrosion of, 363, 405
Propeller Shafts of Steamers, Mr. Mudd’s Arrange-ment for the Preservation of the, 520
Prospect Duplex Pump, The, 249
Provisional Orders relating to Piers and Harbours, 3
Prussian State Railways, Mileage of, 401
Prussian State Railways, Workmen’s Insurance Payments, 443
Public Works in Algeria and Tunis, 348
Pulley, Self-oiling Loose, Messrs. Smith and Grace, 524
Pullman Car “Maud,” 347
Pump, The Prospect Duplex, 249
Pumps under High Lifts, Tests of Centrifugal, 193
Pumps, Old Homan, 4
Pumping, Dock, by Gas Engines, 555
Pumping Engines, Chicago, 370
Pumping Engines, 1000-Horse Power Davey, 550, 554
Pumping Engine, Old Time, 363
Pumping Machinery for the Water Supply of the City of Mysore, 298
Pumping Machinery, Messrs. Worth, Mackenzie, and Co., 175, 176
Pumping Purposes, Gas Motors for, 33
Punch, Fare-registering, 103
Punkah, Pulling Devices, on, 295
Pure Water and Electric Resistance, 60
Purifying Water by Alum in the United States 103
Putney Lock and Weir, Proposed, 296
Pyinkado Timber for Street Paving, 133

QUADRUPLE-GEARED Duplex Lathe, 190
Quebec Central Railway Company, Completion of part of the Tring and Megantic Branch, 359
Quick-fire Armaments, English and French, 459

RACK-RAILWAY in Japan, 560
Radial Drilling Machine, Universal, 445
Radial Rolling Stock, Belgian State Railways, M. Leon Bika, 461
Radiations in the Spectrum, Calorific, 103
Radiators, Condensation in Cast Iron, 357
Raffard, M. N. J., Method for Removing Iron Parts Shrunk on Hot, 77, 483
Rail Production by the Edgar-Thomson Steel Works, High Record of, 473
Railroading in America, 142
Railroading in America, by an English Engineer, Cars, 347
Railroads, Resistance Offered by Curves on, 6
Rails for the Trans-Siberian Railway, 193
Rails in the United Kingdom, Average Breakage of, 171
Railways Abroad, 259
Railway Accident, The Chelford, 575
Railway Accidents, Decrease in the Number of, 295
Railway Accident Owing to Expansion of Rail from Heat, 11
Railway Accident on the Great Northern, 255
Railway Accident between Miraj and Poona, Curious, 571
Railway Accident near Pembroke, 103
Railway Accident Caused by Wind, 255
Railway from Acre to Caiffa and Damascus, 53
Railway, Ammonia Motor Company’s Cars, 33
Railways of Asia Minor, 299
Railways in Asiatic Turkey, 365
Railway from Atlanta to South Brunswick, 171
Railway, Atmosphere of the Underground, 15
Railway in Barbadoes, Proposed, 419
Railway from Beyrout to Biredjik, 53
Railway from Beyrout to Damascus, 53
Railway between Bizerta and Tunis, 103
Railways and the Board of Trade, 345
Railways and the Board of Trade, Electric Traction for Light, 432
Railway in Boston, Elevated, 53
Railway Brakes, On Continuous, 439
Railway, Brazilian, 103
Railway Bridge to Carry Heavy Traffic, Limiting Span for a, 549
Railway Bridges in India, Inspection of, 345
Railway Bridge, Jhelum, 77
Railway Bridge, The Kurung, 103
Railway Bridge near Sydney, 11
Railway Bridge, Wisconsin, Fire on and Collapse of, 103
Railway in Brussels, Underground Cable, 33
Railway, Budapest Electric Conduit, 53
Railway and Canal Acts, Analysis of, by the Board of Trade, 379
Railway Carriage Steps and Fittings, Midland, 330
Railway from the Caspian Sea to Samarcand, 103
Railway in Caucasia, Progress of, 77
Railway, Chicago, Elevated, Electric Motive Power on, 77
Railways in China, 133, 170
Railways in Colorado, 171
Railway, Congo, Views on the, 12, 18
Railway Congress, International, 217
Railway Connection with Mansfield, 223
Railway Construction in China, Suspended, 321
Railway Contracts, Indian, 29, 56
Railway to Crowland, New, 33
Railway, Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford, Alleged to be Unsafe, 15
Railway Economies and Dividends, 465
Railway, Electric, in London, 11
Railways in England, Light, 102
Railway, The Eyemouth, 17, 18
Railway at Helsingfors, Harbour, 421
Railways, Indian, 33, 77, 102, 103, 133, 148, 227
Railways in India, Damage Done by Floods to, 77
Railways in India, Extracts from Report on, 77
Railway in India, Opening of, 33
Railways in Tndo-China, 227
Railways in Japan, 53, 103, 267
Railway, the Kolar Goldfields, 11
Railway Lamps, 33
Railways, Light, 61, 77, 255, 427, 541
Railways, Light, and Australian Progress, 77
Railways, Light, in Cotes du Nord, Finisterre and Morbiban, 61
Railways, Light, for Farmers, 427
Railway to London, The New, 298
Railway, Manchester and Sheffield, Extension, 84
Railway, The Manila, To Dagupan, 11
Railway, Mari-Attock, Progress of the, 77
Railway Matters, 11, 33, 53, 77, 103, 133, 148, 171,193, 217, 233, 255, 278, 295, 321, 344, 359, 379, 401, 421, 443, 473, 483, 526, 549, 571
Railway, Medua-Ferezowitch, Tbe, 33
Railway Midland—see Midland Railway, 11
Railways, Mileage of Swiss, 11
Railway, Mushkaf Bolan State, 30
Railways of New South Wales, 148, 563
Railway, The Nong Khai, 11
Railways, Norway and Sweden, 155
Railway Operating Statistics, 41
Railway Operating Statistics, America, 434
Railway, The Paris Metropolitan, 341, 552
Railways, Portable, Use of, in France on Farms, 483
Railway Projects, New, 450
Railway, Rack, in Japan, 560
Railway Rates, D.lagoa Bay, 278
Railway Rates on the London and North-Western, Reduction of, 549
Railways in Russia, 33
Railways, Russian Government, Taken Over in 1893 by the, 379
Railway Extension, The Salonica-Mona stir, 11
Railway from Samarkand to Tashkend, 171
Railway Season Tickets, Aluminium, 255
Railways in Siam, 196
Railway, Siberian, Progress of the Pacific Section, 33
Railways, Siberian, and Steamers in Connection with, 133, 148
Railway Sleepers, Metallic, 41
Railways, South African, 493
Railway from Stavropol to Caucaskaia, 53
Railways, Strategic, from Duchy of Baden to France, 344
Railway and Street Traffic, 36
Railway Strike in the United States, 13, 35
Railway System, The Meigs, 576
Railway between Thessalonica and Monastir, 103
Railway, The Tottenham and Forest Gate, 33
Railway Traffic and Revenue, 173
Railway Tunnel, the New Standedge, 128
Railway in Uganda, 133, 174
Railway, Underground, in Pesth, 171
Railways in Venezuela, 85
Railway, Vienna Town, 77
Railway, The Waterloo and City, 397
Railway, The West Highland, 18, 53, 77, 133, 534
Rainfall at Oxford, 103
Rainfall for the Summer of 1894, 295
Rainfall over the Thames Valley in September, 359, 421
Rainfall over the Thames Valley in the Summer of 1894, 255
Rains, Damage done to East Coast Railway of India by the, 549
Rangoon High-pressure Water Supply Works, Inauguration of, 103
Rangoon, India-rubber from, 148
Rankine’s Marine Filter, 230
Ransom, Mr. H. B., Principles and Practice of Hydro-extraction, 535
Ransome and Marshall, Messrs,, Retirement of Mr. Marshall, 571
Ransomes, Sims, and Jefferies, Messrs,, High¬speed Vertical Engines for Electric Lighting, 78
Rapid-fire Guns at Sandy Hook, Test of, 42
Rating, Railway and Canal Traffic, 295
Rates, Railway and Canal, Board of Trade’s Inquiries into, 379
Rawlinson, Sir Robert, On the Growth of Engineering Works from 1610, 433
Reade, Mr. J. F., Kilkenny Water Supply Scheme, 233
Readhead, Mr. Aid er man Robert, Second Year of his Magistracy, 421
Reconstruction of a Bridge over the Don, 192, 194, 209
Reconstruction of a Bridge over the Seine, 203
Reconstruction of H.M.S. “Monarch,” 230
Red Star Line, of Antwerp, Coal Briquettes for, 217
Reddaway v. Banham, 125
Redl, Mr. Charles Arthur, 133
Redruth Waterworks, 368
Refrigeration, On Mechanical, by Mr. R. B. Kennedy, 581
Refrigerator, The Hughes-Hallet, 388
Reid, Mr. F. W., Peculiarities of Oxidised Linseed Oil, 400
Reid and Co., Messrs. William, “Multiple” Lubricator for Bearings, 192
Relation of the Drawing Office to the Shop in Manufacturing, 67
Report on the Waltham Abbey Explosion, 235
Resht, Sanitary Condition of, 154
Resistance Offered by Curves on Railroads, 6
Resistance of Materials under Impact, On the, 255
“Resolution,” “Royal Sovereign,” and “Empress of India,” Bilge keels for the, 171
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Line, Completed, 233
Rhymney Railway Stock, Proposal to “Split,” 401
Richards, Mr. E. W., on Trade and Production in America and England, 483
Richardson, Mr. Thos., Electricity as a Power Transmitter, 367
Richarz, Professor, According to the Smallest Possible Quantity of Electricity, 483
Richmond’s Automatic Water Economiser for Hydraulic Lifts and Cranes, 38
Richter, M. M. Peculiar Features of the Spreading of O 1 upon Water, 53
Rickard, Mens. G. T., Honour Conferred on, 401
Ricour, M. Apparatus for Reducing Air Resistance. to Locomotives, 526
Rifle, A New and Humane American, 359
Rifle in Belgium, Experiments with a New, 473
Rigg, Mr Arthur, Hydraulic Capstan, 273
Rink, The N iagara Hall Ice, 520
Rink, Ueniold’s Ice, 557
Rio Verde Valley, Irrigation Works, 11
Rivers, Canalisation of, 323
River Launffi Afloat, The Fastest, 176
River Temperature, Influence of Springs on, 473
Road Bridge for Brazil, 252, 253, 271
Roads and Railways of Asia Minor, 299
Road Traffic in London, Official Observations Concerning, 278
Road Vehicles in France, Competition of Self-moving. 47, 86, 87
Robey and Co., Messrs. (900-Horse Power), Compound Engine, 485, 488
Robey Gas Engine, 100-Horse Power, 546
Robey and Co.’s Oil Engine—Richardson, Bell, and Norris’s System, 9
Robey and Co. (10-Horse Power), Portable Oil Engine, 5, 9
Robey Vaporiser, 9
Robinson, Mr. A. W., Relation of the Drawingoffice to the Shop in Manufacturing, 67
Robinson, Professor Henry, on Water Supply, 363
Robinson and Co., Messrs. Thomas, Dock Gate Making Machinery for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 227
Reck Dredger, Solid (Supplement, September 28th, 1894), 272
Rockingham Railway and Jarrahdale Timber Company’s Wood Paving, 193, 217
Roesingh van Iterson, Mr. J. A., Express Passenger Engine, Cologne-Amsterdam Service, 406, 409
Roland, M., on the Increase of Temperature of Artesian Waters with Depth, 133
Rolling Mills and Arsenals, Hanyan, China, 223
Rolling Mill Operated by Electricity, A Pittsburg Company, 418
Rolling Ships and Bilge Keels, 15
Rolling Stock Firms, Work in Hand by the, 473
Rolling Stock Manufacture, Decline in, 103
Rolling Stock, New, Great Northern (Ireland) Railway, 344
Rolling Stock, Radial, Belgian State Railways, 461
Rolling Stock in Savoy, Electric Heating of, 473
Rolling Stock, West Highland Railway, 171
Roman Pumps, Old, 4
Roman, B. I,, Solder for Aluminium, 571
Rome to Viterbo, Railway from, 421
Rooper and Harris, Messrs., The Bachelder Indicator, 422
Roots’ Oil Feed and Vaporiser, 7
Rope Driving, 363
Rotterdam, New Harbour at, 255
Rotterdam, Particulars of the Port of, 95
Rotterdam, Railway in, 217
Rouen, 3
Rous Marten, Mr. C., Eighty-four Miles an Hour, 509
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND’S SHOW:-
- Agricultural Machines, 26, 31
- Britannia Company’s Oil Engine, Root’s System, 7
- Butler’s Vaporiser, 8
- Campbell Gas Engine Company, Portable Oil Engine, Vaporiser and Gear Sides, 8
- Campbell’s Vaporiser, 8
- Chaff Cutters, 16
- Clark, Chapman, and Co., Oil Engine, Butler’s System, 9
- Clarke’s Crank and Forge Company, Portable Oil Engine, Root’s System, 7
- Crowley and Co.’s Chaff Cutter, 16
- Fielding’s Vaporiser, 9
- Flour Milling Machinery, 16
- Fyfe’s Apparatus for Steaming Compressed Hay, Messrs. J. and F. Howard, 31
- Griffin Oil Engine, The, 25, 26, 27
- Hornsby-Akroyd Engine, 25
- Oil Engine Trials at Cambridge, Results, 10, 25
- Oil Engines at, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27, 28, 63
- Picksley, Sims, and Co.’s Haymaker, 16
- Robey and Co.’s Oil Engine, Richardson, Bell, and Norris’s System, 9
- Robey Vaporiser, 9
- Root’s Oil Feed and Vaporiser, 7
- Samuelson’s Oil Engine, Griffin System, 25, 26, 27
- Trusty Oil Engine, The, Messrs. Weyman and Hitchcock, 27
- Turner’s New Wheat Conditioner, 31, 32
- Vaporisers, 7, 8, 9, 25, 27
- Wells Brothers’ Vaporiser, 27
ROYAL INSTITUTION:—
- Mr. Ludwig Mond and the, 15
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN THE :—
- Donations to, 398
- Lecture Arrangements, 482
- Royal Small-arms Factory, Enfield Lock, Special Operations Carried Out in the, 29
ROYAL SOCIETY, THE:—
- Absolute Specific Resistance of Pure Electrolytic Copper, Messrs. Swan and Rhodin, 133
- Buckling and Wrinkling of Plating Supported on a Framework under the Influence of Oblique Stresses, Mr. G. H. Bryan, 77
- Effects of Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Properties of Metals, J. H. Gray and J. B. Henderson, 571
- Niagara Falls as a Chronometer of Geological Time, Prof. T. W. Spencer, 33
ROYAL SOCIETY, THE {continued}:—
- Specific Heats of Gases at Constant Volume, Dr. J. Joly, 115
- Viscosity of Water as Determined by Mr. J. B. Hannay by Means of his Micro-rheometer, Robt. E. Barnett, 217
“Royal Sovereign,” H.M. First-class Battleship, Changes in the Internal Arrangements of, 359
Rucker, Prof. A. W., His Presidential Address at the British Association Meeting, 139
Ruhr District, Coal Sint Away in August from the, 359
Rural Water Supplies ? 105
Rural Water Supply Plant ? 83
Russia, British Machinery in, 324
Russia, Minerial District in South, 193
Russia, Establishment of Foreign Railway Workshops in, 171
Russia, Narrow-gauge Railways in, 401
Russia, New Railways in, 278
Russia, Printing Exhibition in, 193
Russia, Railways in, 33
Russian Battleship, New, 193
Russian Battleships, Launch of Two First-class, 453
Russia, Foreign Workshops for Rails and Locomotives in, 233
Russian Government, Railways taken over in 1893 by the, 379
Russian Industry, Professor Mendelaieff on, 421
Russian Ironclads, Launch of New, 193
Russian Ironclads with Petroleum Furnaces, New, 456
Russian Navy, Ironclads for the, 33
Russian Railway from Samarcand to the Pamir, 233
Russian Secret Process Shot, 36, 108
Russian Steel Shot, New, 5
Rustless Coatings for Iron and Steel, 232, 263, 308, 327
Rust-proof, Preparation for Making Steel Surfaces, 321
Ruston, Mr., Honours Conferred on, by the Sultan of Turkey, 483
Rusty Bolts from Locomotive Frames by Gun Fire, Removing, 321
Ruthenium, Professor Joly on the Metal, 549
Ryland and Bird, Messrs, a Wood-carving Machine, 192

ST. PANCRAS Terminus, Collision, at, 217
Salisbury, Lord, his Address as President of the British Association, 124
Salonica-Constantinople Railway, Traffic opened, 443
Saloniea-Monastir Railway Extension, 11
Salonica, New Works at, 287
Saltpetre Export from India, 103
Samarkand and Tashkand, Railway between, 171
Sampson, Captain W. T., Present Status of Face- hardened Armour, 564
Samuel Morley Memorial College, The, 275
Samuelson’s Oil Engine, Griffin’s System, 25, 26
Samuelson’s New Low-down Harvester, 380
Sandstones, Weathering Properties of, 133
Sandwith Waterworks, The, 401
Sandyeroft Foundry Company’s Department for the Application of Electricity to Mining Work, 33
San Francisco, New Trans-continental Railway to, 483
Sanitary Lectures, Programme of Forthcoming, 255
Sanitation, Electrolytic, 279
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, Loan for the Deepening of, 460
Saw, Large Log Band, Messrs. J. Pickles and Son, 38
Sayer’s Brush, 262
Sayer’s Patent, Mavor and Coulson’s Motor, 262
Scarborough, Projected New Marine Drive at, 233
Scheffler, Mr. T. F., Are there certain General Principles underlying the Proper Connection of Steam Boilers and Engines in a Power Plant ? 40
Schencker, Mr. P., On Street Railways, 33
Schenectady Locomotive Works,' Passenger Engines, 306
Schichau, Messrs. F., Launch of a New Liner, 203
Schindler, A., Improved Gunpowder Patented by, 526
Schott’s Works, Dr., Casting of the Largest Lens in the World, 549
Schram and Co., Messrs. R., Tunnelling Plants for the Indian Government, 217
Schwalbe, Dr., on the “Uranus” Pillars, 442
Science, The Uncertainties of, 323
Scientific Applications of Photography, The, 358
Scientific Terms, French, their Inaccuracy, 344
Scotch Coal Shale Mines, Mr. Jas. J. Pike, 232
Scotch Coal Strike, The, 257
Scotch Oil Trade, 36
Scotch Railways and the Strike, 216
Scotch Strike and the Scotch Press, The, 275
Scotland, The Drought in, 324
Scottish Shipbuilding, The Year’s, 491
Scotte’s Steam Carriages, 87
Screw Propellers, Specially Designed, Mr. Hy. Barcroft, 98, 118, 134, 170
Scriber’s Letter about the Midland Cat, 56, 148
Sea of Marmora, Survey of the, by the Russian Naval Authorities, 321
Sea-wall at Filey, 31
Seamless Steel Beat Company’s Works, Visit to the, 93
“Secret Process” Shot, Russian, 36
Seine, Reconstruction of a Bridge over the, 203
Selby Bigge, Mr., Notes on Electrical Power, 185, 188
Selected American Patents, 24, 46, 72, 95, 116 138, 160, 184, 204, 224, 246, 268, 288, 312 334, 354, 374, 396, 438, 458, 478, 500, 540; 562, 582
Self-oiling Loose Pulley, Messrs. Smith and Grace, 524
Sell’s Directory, 361
Sell’s Telegraphic Directory of 1894, 11
Sellach, Steel Rope Suspension Bridge at, 133
Seraing, Society John Cockerill’s Works, 207
Serve Ribbed Boiler Tubes, 53
Serve Tubes for the American Liner, “ St. Paul,” 344
Severn Tunnel to Avonmouth Dock, Line from the, 148
Seville, Electric Light in, 379
Sewage of Bracknell, 321
Sewage Disposal, 29
Sewage Disposal, Mr. W. S. Crimp on, 15
Sewage Disposal, Skelton and Brotton, 25l
Sewage Disposal Works, Teddingtop, 380, 381, 410, 411
Sewage Farms, The Super-saturation of, 216
Sewage with Sulphuric Acid, On the Disinfection of Town, 332
Sewage, Utilisation and Purification of, 408, 425
Sewage, Value of the Precipitated Product of, 236
Sewer Tunnel at Niagara Falls, Construction of, 560
Sewerage System of Berlin, 11
Sewerage of Mexico, 133
Sewerage of Portisbead, The, 358
Sewerage Schemes, Monmouth, 33
Sewerage Scheme, Trawden, 20
Sewerage Works at Paris, The, 428
Sewers, Cement Pipe v. Vitrified Pipe for, 443
Sewers and Electrolytic Sanitation, The Ipswich, 350
Sextuple Photographic Telescope in the Yale Observatory, 344
Shaftesbury, Earl of, v. The London and South- Western Railway, 389
Shafts in Steamers, Decay and Failures of Tail 281
Shafts, On the Whirling and Vibration of, Mr. Stanley Dunkerley, 561
Shanks and Son, Limited, Messrs., High-speed Engine, 555
Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Messrs., The Atlas Works, Glasgow, 511, 519
Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Messrs., Six-coupled Bogie Goods Engine, Mr. D. Jones (Supplement, December 14th, 1894), 534
Sheds, Warehouse, for the Manchester and Salford Docks, 2
Sheep Shearing Machine, 487
Sheep Shearing Machine, The Newall-Cunning- ham, 463
Sheffield and the American Tariff Bill, 150
Sheffield, The Atlas Works, 377
Sheffield District, 21, 43, 69, 91, 113, 135,157, 181, 201, 221, 243, 265, 285, 309, 331, 351, 371, 393, 414, 435, 455, 475, 497> 537, 559, 579
Sheffield Firms, Order for the Armour of the Five First-class Battleships given to Three, 344
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company, 569
Shells capped with Wrought Iron, 392
Shepherd, Hill, and Co., Failure of the Firm of, 432
Shipbuilding, Clyde, 236, 303
Shipbuilding Firm, Jubilee of an Eminent, 476
Shipbuilding in France, 324
Shipbuilding in France, Torpedo Boat and, 174
Shipbuilding on the Mersey, Decadence of, 226
Shipbuilding Yard at Bilbao, Anglo-Spanish, 148
Shipbuilding, The Year’s, 491
Ship Canals, Foreign, 493
Ship Canal, The Manchester, 482
Ship Canal between Trieste and Vienna, 33
Ship Railway through the Dalles on the Columbia River, 321
Shipping Statistics, 41
Ships and Guns, Lord Armstrong on, 294
Ships’ Hulls, The Rev. P. O’Brien’s Invention for, 133
Shipyard Foreman on Trade Unions and Labour Troubles, 392
Shone’s Ejectors, Teddington Sewage Works, 412
Shetland, The Cyclist, Average Speed per Hour for Twenty-four Hours, 103
Short, Mr. J., The Gradient Telemeter Level, 481
Shot, Russian Secret Process, 108
Shot, Russian Steel, New, 5
Shot, Russian Secret Process, 36
Siam, Railways in, 196
Siberian Railway, Progress of the Pacific Section of the, 33
Siberian Railway, Progress of the West, 549
Siberian Railways, Section Opened, 571
Siberian Railways and. Steamers in Connection with, 133, 148
Sibley, Professor, Experiments in Testing for the Moisture of Steam, 359
Sicily, Preparation of Citric and Tartaric Acids, 217
“Siegfried,” German Imperial Navy, 481
Siemens, Mr. Alexander, Appointed. President of Junior Engineers, 401
Siemens Brothers’ Electrical Works, Visit of the Society of Engineers to, 333
Siemens-Martin Steel, 347
Silicated Carbon Company’s Pressure Needle _ Filter, 388
Silk Machine Loom Industry, French, 171
Silver, Increase in the World’s Production of, 103
Simons and Co., Messrs. William, Hopper Dredger for Roumania, 278
“Simplex” Emergency Grip for Cranes and Winches, The, 320
Simplex Gas Engine, Pantin Flour Mills, France, Delamare Debouteville and Malandin System, M. Matter et Cie., 466, 486, 522
Simplon, Tunnel through the, 193
Simplon Tunnel, Proposed Second, 443
Simpson and Strickland, Messrs., The “Hibernia,” 176
Sims-Edison Steering Torpedo, Experiments with the, 321
Steam Cylinders, Liquefaction in, 235
Skelton and Brotton Sewage Disposal, 251
Slag Cement Experiments, R. W. Mahon’s, 171
Slotting Machine, Locomotive Frame-plate, 445
Small-arm Bullets, Penetration and Action of, 442
Smith and Co., Messrs., “Simplex” Sensitised Paper, 52
Smith and Coventry’s Machine Tools at the Antwerp Exhibition, 85
Smith and Grace’s Self-oiling Loose Pulley, 524
Smith, Mr. W. A., On Hard Wood Pavements in Australia, 77
SMITHFIELD CLUB SHOW, THE :-
- Aveling and Porter, Messrs., Road Locomotive, 524
- Crossley and Co., Messrs. John, Chaff Cutters 524
- Grace and Smith, Messrs., Self-oiling Loose Pulley, 524
- Hornsby and Sons, Messrs., Oil Engines, 524
- Howard, Messrs. J. and F., Oil Engine, 523, 524
- Priestman Brothers, Messrs., Engines, 524
- Robey and Co., Engine Starting Lamp and Fan, 524
- Robinson and Andrew, Messrs., Vertical Engine and Stop Valve, 524
- Smoke, On the Heating Power of, 326
SMITHFIELD CLUB SHOW, THE (continued):-
- Smoke Consuming Apparatus, Paris Commission for Experimenting with, 148
- Smokeless Powder for the U.S., 193
- Snowdon, Electric Railway to the Summit of, 344
- Snowdon Railway, Cutting the First Sod of, 549
SOCIETY OF ARTS: —
- Arrangement for the 141st Session of, 405
- Blasting Explosives, Professor V. B. Lewes, 549
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, THE:—
- Peculiarities of Oxidised Linseed Oil. Mr. F. W. Reid, 400
SOCIETY, CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS’:—
- Visit to the Works of Messrs. Bullivant and Co., 452
- Visit to the Works of the East London Water Company at Lea Bridge, 555
- Visit to the Works of Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, 380
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS :-
- Election of Council, Officers, Presidents, andc., 548
- Principles and Practice of Hydro-extraction, Mr. H. B. Ransom, 535
- Utilisation of Town Refuse for Generating Steam, T. W. Baker, 390
- Visit to the Royal Small-arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 29
- Visit to Siemens Brothers’ Works, 333
Societe, Franco-Beige, Locomotives for Egypt, 33
Society, The German Electron-Chemical, 472
SOCIETY, GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE :—
- Progress in Mechanical Engineering, Mr. Bennie, 358
SOCIETY, THE JUNIOR ENGINEERING
- Visit to the Electric Installations of the Great Eastern Railway, 80
- Visits in Wales, 180
SOCIETY, KING’S COLLEGE ENGINEERING :—
- Continuous Railway Brakes, Mr. Kelly, 439
- Electrical Transmission of Power, Mr. Cobb, 498
- Phosphorescence, Mr. Herbert Jackson, 472
- Photography in Natural Colours, 394
- Use of Liquid Fuel in Boilers, Mr. Hayton, 398
SOCIETY, THE LANTERN :—
- Magic Lanterns, Mr. J. Hay Taylor on, 439
SOCIETY, THE LIVERPOOL ENGINEERING :—
- Presentation of the West Premiums to Messrs. Morgan and Duncanson, 560
- Second Law of Thermodynamics, Professor O. J. Lodge, 575
- Whirling and Vibration of Shafts, On the, Mr. Stanley Dunkerley, 561
SOCIETY, THE MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL :—
- New Species of Prolecanites from the Carboniferous Limestones of Haw Bank Tunnel, Skipton, On a, 526
SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, THE AMERICAN:—
- Are there certain Principles underlying the Proper Connection of Steam Boilers and Engines in a Power Plant ? Mr. T. F. Scheffler, 40
- Methods of Determining the Dryness of Steam, W. C. Unwin, 177, 199, 219
- New Mechanical Fluid, Mr. Chas. Wallace Hunt, 10
- Relation of the Drawing-office to the Shop in Manufacturing, Mr. A. W. Robinson, 67
- Rustless Coatings for Iron and Steel, Mr. M. P. Wood, 232, 263, 327
- Rustless Coatings of Iron and Steel, M. P. Wood, 232, 263, 308
SOCIETY OF MINING STUDENTS, BRITISH :—
- Meeting at Cardiff, 134
SOCIETY, THE METEOROLOGICAL:—
- Floods in the West Midlands, Mr. H. Southall, 560
- On Methods of Determining the Influence of Springs on the Temperature of a River, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 473
SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, AMERICAN :—
- Present Status of Face-hardened Armour, Capt. W. T. Sampson, 565
SOCIETY, NEW SWINDON JUNIOR ENGINEERING:—
- Liquid Fuel with reference to Holden’s System, Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins, 477
SOCIETY, THE PHYSICAL, 295 :—
- Mirrors of Magnetism, Professor S. B. Thompson and Mr. Miles Walker, 526
- Modification of the Ballistic Galvanometer Method of Determining the Electro-magnetic Capacity of a Condenser, Mr. Womack, 473
- Significance of Wiener’s Localisation of the Photographic Action of Stationary Light Waves, Dr. J. Larmor, 443
SOCIETY, STEAM ENGINE MAKERS’ :—
- Celebration of the Seventieth Anniversary of, 405
SOCIETE TECHNIQUE, FRENCH :—
- Prizes Offered by the, 526
SOCIETY, YORKSHIRE COLLEGE ENGINEERING :—
- Building of a Boiler, Mr. W. D. Wansborough, 539
- Gold Mining on the Witwatersrand, Mr. E. E. Matheson, 575
Solar Atmosphere, M. H. Deslandres on the Movements of the, 278
Solarometer, Lieut. W. H. Beechers, 232
Solder for Aluminium, Alsik Aluminium Company’s New, 233
Solder for Use with Aluminium, B. I. Roman’s, 571
Soldering Aluminium, 278
Solent, Gas Buoys in the, 483
Solid Rock Dredger (Supplement, September 28th, 1894), 272
Solubility of Ozone, M. l’Abb6 Mailfert on the, 549
Soulerin Automatic Vacuum Brake for Steam Tramways, 22
South African Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, 255
South African Railways, 493
South America, English and American Locomotives in, 407, 432
South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies’ Revised Scale of Fares, 571
South-Eastern Railway Company’s New Line, 171
South Indian Railway and the Vacuum Brake, The, 483
South Kensington Museum, 154
South Russian Dnieper Works, Steel Rails, 193
South Staffordshire Tramways Company’s Dispute with the Electric Construction Company, 549
South Wales Colliers’ Sliding Scale, The, 254
South Wales Railway and Dock Bills, 479
South-Western Railway Line, Damage to the, 77
Southall, Mr. H., Floods in the West Midlands, 560
Southend Pier, Projected Lengthening of, 148
Southgate Engineering Company, 65-ton Overhead Travelling, 78
Spain, Great Southern Railway of, 193
Spain, Mines Registered in, 421
Span for Bridge over the Hudson, 11
Specific Heats of Gases at Constant Volume, Dr. J. Joly, 115
Spectrum Discoveries, New, Professor S. P., 140
Speed Indicator, Spratt’s Electrical, 298
Spencer, Professor W. T., On Niagara Falls as a Chronometer of Geological Time, 33
Sperry, Mr. Elmer A., Observations on Electricity in Coal Mining, 477
Spindles in Use in Japan, 148
Split-grip Collar, Triers’ 543
Split Tool Holder, Barber’s, 306
Spratt’s Electrical Speed and Direction Indicator, 298
Stability and Elasticity, 77
Stage Illumination by Inverted Arc Lamps, 473
Stains, Recipes for New Wood, 295
Stamp, a Bicycle Postage, 252
Standard for Flour, 171
Stanley and Amsler’s Compensating Planimeter, 577
Standedge Railway Tunnel, The New, 128
Standedge Tunnel, Railway Traffic Opened through, 133
Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Work for the Thirlmere Water Supply, 401
Stead, Mr. J. E., His Inaugural Address as President of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, 557
Steady Platform, Tower’s, 306
Steam Carriages on Common Roads, Sir Fred. Bramwell on, 139, 152
Steam on Common Roads, 385
Steam Consumption of Locomotives, 321
Steam Engine Cylinders, The Most Economical Temperature for, 177 188,
Steam Engine Makers’ Society, 405
Steam Engine, Theory of the—see Engine, Theory of the Steam
Steam Engineering, Practical, 439
Steam Jets, Their Action on Metal Plates, 23
Steam, Latent Heat of, 19
Steam, Measuring Water in, 490
Steam, Methods of Determining the Dryness of, 177, 199, 219
Steam, Possibilities of, Foreshadowed by Roger Bacon, 255
Steam Pump, Messrs. J. Evans and Sons, 451
Steam, Relative Powers of Different Kinds of Fuel for Converting Water into, 373
Steam and Sailing Tonnage under Construction, Returns of, 483
Steam, Testing for the Moisture in, 359
Steam, Utilisation of Town Refuse for Generating, 295, 390
Steamer “Norman,” New South African Mail, 89
Steamers for Harbour Use, Oil-fired, 258
Steamers for the Russian Government, 189
Steamers for the Russian Government with Chain Gearing, 133
Steamers, Steel and Iron, 429
Steamers for War Purposes, On the Use of Mail, 75, 112, 129
S.S. “Banshee,” The London and North-Western Railway Company’s, 150
S.S. “Duke of York” (Supplement, August 17th), 147, 151, 165, 166,168
S.S. “Islam,” The, 223
S.S. “North-West,” Description of, 217
Steamship Propulsion, 19
S.S. “Torbryan,” Trial Trip of the, 287
Steamships and Bulk Oil Steamers, Ventilation of, 75, 76
Steamships, Merchant, at the Disposition of the Admiralty, 549
Steamships, Tne Vibration of, 257
Steel Bridge across the Seine, 347
Steel, Conditions in which Carbon Exists in, 53
Steel Cruiser at Brest, 193
Steel, Drip for Turning, 526
Steel Forgings and Ball Bearing Company’s Exhibits at the Antwerp Exhibition, 85
Steel Furnaces, Basic Open Hearth, 433, 496
Steel and Iron Steamers, 429
Steel, Magnetic Properties of Manganese, 233
Steel, Manganese, M. H. le Chatelier, 193
Steel, Mild, for Structural Engineering, 347
Steel in the Open Hearth, Mr. J. A. Lencauchez on the Manufacture of, 185
Steel, Progress of Bessemer, 319
Steel Rails for the South-Western Railway, 193
Steel Sailing Vessel near Paris, Launch of, 193
Steel Shafting for American Liner, Tensile Strength, 29
Steel Shot, New Russian, 5
Steel Statistics Taken from the Report of the American Iron and Steel Association, 370
Steel, The Structure of, M. F. Osmond on the, 171
Steel Surfaces, Rust - proof, Preparation for Making, 321
Steel Tubes from Hot Metal, Punching, 103
Steel Works Analysis, Professor J. O. Arnold’s Work on, 405
Steel Works at Constantinowka, 77
Steelworks, The Couillet, 186
Steering Directions, On the Automatic Transmitter of, 359
Stern Frames, Cast Steel, 319
Stetefeldt Fnrnace, The, 208
Stewart, Mr. Allan Duncan, 409
Strains and Deflections in Solid Bridge Floors, 358
Strategic Railways in Germany, New, 344
Straw Plait Weaving Machines ? 59
Strand, Electric Lighting of the, 473
Street Car Fenders, Mr. Mendes Cohen’s Report on, 295
Street Paving and Hygiene, 573
Street Railway L’nes in Los Angeles, Mileage of, 483
Street Railways, Mr. P. Schenker on, 33
Street and Railway Traffic, 36
Stress in Crane Hooks, 19, 56
Strength of a Brick Arch, On the, 379
Strike of the Dredger Men of Suez Canal, 295
Strike, Railway, in the U.S., 13, 35
Strike, The Scotch, 174, 216, 257, 275
Strike, Scotch Railways and the, 216
Strikes, The Scotch, and the Pit Lads, 174
Submarine Boat, Mr. Seymour Allan, 392
Suez Canal, 4
Suez Canal Electric Light and the Transit through the, 359
Sugar Cane Cutters and Shredders? 257
Sugar Industry in India, 483
Sugar Refinement by Electricity, The, 483
Sulphur in Cast Iron, Mr. W. J. Keep on, 137
Sulphuric Acid, Congelation of, 379
Sulphuric Acid, Electric Concentration of, 526
Surfacing and Boring Lathe, 554
Sumatra, Petroleum in, 33
Sunshine in Westminster, ande., in 1894, 310
Sundale Hole-cutter, The, 67
Super-saturation of Sewage Farms, The, 216
Superintendents of Government Factories, 35
SUPPLEMENTS :—
- Chilian Cruiser “Blanco Encalada,” Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., September 7th, 1894
- Engines and Boilers, s.s, “Duke of York,” Messrs. Denny Bros., August 17tb, 1894
- Express Passenger Locomotives, Great Western Railway, Mr. William Dean, November 2nd, 1894
- “General Skinner” Submarine Mining Steamer, Messrs. Cox and Co., November 30th, 1894
- New Victoria Bridge over the Brisbane River, Mr. A. E. Brady, October 19th, 1894
- Six-coupled Bogie Goods Engine, Highland Railway, Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, and Co., from the Designs of Mr. D. Jones, December 14th, 1894
- Solid Rock Dredger “Majestic,” for Bermuda, Messrs. Lobnitz and Co., September 28th, 1894
Swain and Kirby’s Aluminium Boats, 212
Swan and Rhodin, Messrs., on the Absolute Specific Resistance of Pure Electrolytic Copper, 133
Swansea, Lord, 532
Swansea Waterworks, Opening of Upper Reservoir, 344
Sweden in 1893, Mineral, Metallurgical, and Coal Industries of, 397
Sweden, Extra Strong Castings, 321
Swedish Copper Mine, 148
Swiss Railways, Mileage of, 11
Switzerland, Electric Railway Development in, 571
Switzerland, Simple and Compound Locomotives for the North-West Railway of, 571
Sworn’s Boat Plug, 212
Sydney, Railway Collision at Redfern, near, 379
Symonds, Sir Thomas, 423
Symons, Mr. G. J., Summary of Early English Meteorological Literature, 443

TAIL Shafts in Steamers, Decay and Failure of, 281
Tangyes Limited, Gas Engines at the Antwerp Exhibition, 85
Tangyes and Siemens Brothers, Messrs., Electric Light Engine and Dynamo, s.s. “Caledonia,” 533
Tannett, Walker, and Co., Atlas Works Plant, 401
Tar as Fuel, The Melbourne Tramways Company, 321
Tar Paving Machinery ? 469
Tar, Viscosity of, 483
Tariff Bill, The United States, 147
Tafia to Pernik, Railway from, 193
Tatlock, Mr. R. R., On the Heating Power of Smoke, 326
Taylor, Mr. James, 232
Taylor, Mr. J. Hay, On Magic Lanterns, 439
Taylor, Mr. W. T., Portable Electric Drill, 370
Teautograph, Experiments with Professor Gray’s, 77
Technical Education, 254
Technical Education. On Modern, 52
Technical Education, Sir Fred, Bramwell and, 365
Teddington Sewage Disposal Works, 380, 381, 410, 411
Tehuantepec, Railway across the Isthmus of, 295
Telegraph in Africa, Construction of the, 33
Telegraph Line between Burma and China, 193
Telegraphic Line from Tati to Buluwayo, 103
Telegraphy with Australia and the East, 386
Telemeter Level, The Gradient, 481
Telescope, Ten-feet Reflector, Sir Howard Grubb, 483
Telescope for Yale, Photographic, 233
Telescoping of a Large Cupola Described, 295
Temperature of the Earth, 526
Temperature Entropy Diagram, Mr. H. F. W, Burstall, 179
Temperature of Greatest Density of Water, M. de Coppet on the, 421
Temperature cf Visibility of a Solid, Minimum, 483
Temperley Transporters, Admiralty Circular Respecting, 571
TENDERS :—
- Dock at San Estevan de Pravia, 379
- Engines and Tenders for the Egyptian Government Railways in June, 1894, 155
- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company’s Extension, 233
- Mansfield Corporation Waterworks, Contract No. 2, 280
- Redruth Waterworks, 368
Tenders and Advertisers ? 551
Tenders for Cable from Canada to Australia, 133
Tenders for Work in Connection with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company’s Extension, 233
Tensile Strength of Spare Length of Nickel Steel Shafting for American Liner, 29
Terry and Flannery, Messrs., on the Ventilation of Steamships and Bulk Oil Steamers, 75, 76
Testing Apparatus of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, and Siemens Low Resistance Bridge, 278
Testing a Bridge to Destruction, 105
Test Measurement and the Plating of the “Halcyon,” 443
Tests of Aluminium in Salt Water, 526
Textile Machinery for India, 574
Thames, The, 460
Thames, Condition of the, 329
Thames, The Condition of the, Proposed Lock and Weir at Putney, 296
Thames Conservancy, 248
Thames-derived Waters, Professor Crookes and Dr. Odling on the Quality of, 77
Thames Improvement, Meeting of the Commission for the, 473
Thames, Inspection of the Condition of the, 255
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Dry Docks Built by, 217
Thames below Kew Bridge, Condition of the, 362
Thames Valley during September, Rainfall over, 359
Theory of the Steam Engine, 212, 241, 242, 254, 275, 307, 349, 362, 383, 403, 424, 446, 468, 494, 520, 522, 578
Thermic Observations on Artesian Waters, M. Roland’s, 133
Thermal Storage, Boilers and, 451
Thermodynamics, The Second Law of, 575
Thermometric Measurements, 80
Thermometer for High Temperatures, 11
Thermosote, Mr. J. II. Knight’s, 187
Thirlmere Manchester Water Supply, The, 376
Thirlmere Waterworks, The Manchester, 340
Thessalonica and Monastir, Railway between, 103
Thompson, Professor S. P., and Mr. Miles Walker on Mirrors of Magnetism, 526
Thompson, Bushnell, and Co., The Bachelder Indicator, 422
Thompson, Sir W., Rustless Coatings for Iron and Steel, 263, 308
Thornycroft, Mr., Circulation, 74, 80
Thornycroft and Co., Messrs J. I., Engines of H.M.S. “Daring” and “Decoy,” 191
Thornycroft and Co., Messrs. John I., Launch of the “Ardent,” 344
Thornycroft, Messrs. J. I., Trial of the “Destroyer,” 421
Thrust Bearing for Marine Engines, 494
Thrust Bearing, Wilkes and Edwards’, 146
Thwaites Brothers, Messrs., Battery of Filters, Lay Sugar Factory, Cairo, 555
Tide Indicator, Domestic, 78
Tiernenzen Ship Canal, Means taken to Break up the Ice on the, 95
Tilghmann’s Sand Blast Apparatus at the Antwerp Exhibition, 85
Tin for 1893, World’s Supply of, 193
Tin-plate Manufacture, American, 258
Tinning and Enamelling Injurious to Health, 33
Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway Project, The, 571
Titanium from Iron, Mr. C. Baskerville on the Separation of, 133
Tolch and Co., Messrs., Capitaine Oil Engine, Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Show, 63
Tonawanda Valley Railroad, Change of Name, 278
Tonnage under Construction, Returns of Steam and Sailing, 483
Tool Holder, Split, 306
Torpedo Boats, Aluminium, 292, 329, 350
Torpedo Boat, Aluminium, Messrs. Yarrow and Co, 77
Torpedo Boats, Armoured, Messrs, Yarrow and Co., 483
Torpedo Boats in France, Defective, 280
Torpedo Boats, The “Foudre’s” Small, 443
Torpedo Boats, Trials on the New, to Test the Flaming of the Funnels, 321
Torpedo Boat Destroyer “Ardent,” Launch of the, 344
Torpedo Boat Destroyers “Ferret ” and “Lynx,” Messrs. Laird Bros., 218
Torpedo Boat Destroyer, Launch of A.nother, 571
Torpedo Boat Destroyers Launched, Two More, 483
Torpedo Boat Destroyer “Rocket,” Trial of, 344
Torpedo Boat and Shipbuilding in France, 174
Torpedo Boats, Three New, 255
Torpedo Boat, United States Third-class, 572 575
Torpedo Boats, Visibility and Audibility of, 473
Torpedo Catchers, Flues of, 107
Torpedo Gun Boat “Harrier,” Trial of, 193
Torpedo Net Cutter, Experiments with a New, 233
Torpedo Scissors, Experiments with a New Form of, 233
Torquay Main Sewer, Accident Caused by a Thunderstorm to Workmen in the, 359
Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway, The, 33
Tower Bridge, The, 15
Tower Bridge of 1824, Projected, 19
Tower Bridge, South Approach to, 379
Tower’s Steady Platform, 306
Town Refuse for Generating Steam, Utilisation of, 295
Traction Engines, 275, 405, 425, 442, 446, 449, 467, 468, 486, 487, 522
Traction Engines and Bye-laws, 442
Traction Engines on Roads, 405
Traction Engine, 10-Horse Power Compound, 364, 367
Trade Depression in America, Mr. E. W. Richards on, 483
Trade and the Labour Problem, 280
Trade Marks in Germany, 242
Trade Union, The End of a, 551
Trades Union Policy, 275
Trades Union Wages and Old Age, 450
Trades Unionism, Mr. Hugh Glen on, 392
Traffic, Railway and Street, 36
Trains and Locomotives, 362, 363, 365, 382, 404, 425, 446, 447, 453, 464, 465, 470, 486, 522, 558, 578
Tramways in Alexandria, 278
Tramways in Berlin, 321
Tramway, Cable, in Australia, 344
Tramway Company’s Horses in Calcutta, Effect cf the Hot Season on the, 379
Tramway, Condition of the Uxbridge-road, 11
Tramways, Electric, 77, 148, 484
Tramway Engine, Gasoline, 41
Tramways, Geneva Electric, 77
Tramways in Havre, Electric, 321
Tramways, Glasgow Corporation, 128
Tramway in the Isle of Man, 103
Tramways, Light Railways and, 378
Tramways, London, Extension of, 526
Tramways in Los Angeles, Mileage of, 433
Tramways in Palermo, 233
Tramway, St. Petersburg, 33
Tramways, Soulerin Automatic Vacuum Brake for Steam, 22
Tramways, South Staffordshire, Electric Systems v. Cable Method, 549
Tramway Stations, Glasgow, 217
Tramways in Washington, Electrical, 484
Transatlantic Liners, The, Coming, 303
Transmission of Power, Long-distance, 287
Transportation Exhibits at the Chicago Exhibition, 198
Trans-Siberian Railway, Rails for the, 193
Transvaal, Gold Mining in the, 575
Travelling Cranes—see Cranes, Travelling
Trawden Sewerage Scheme ? 20
Trier’s Split-grip Collar, 543
Triest, M. Gustav, On the Port of Rotterdam, 95
Trigonometry in a Nutshell, 11
Triple Expansion Engine, Frikart’s System, 320, 322
Trolley Crane, Two-ton, 210, 214
Trolley System of Electrical Propulsion at Chemnitz, 421
Trotter, Mr. A. P., Domestic Tide Indicator, 78
Truce in the Coalfields, A, 36.
Trusty Oil Engine, Royal Agricultural Society of England, Cambridge, 27
Tube Cutter, A New, 299
Tubes from Hot Metal, Punching Steel, 103
Tunbridge Wells, Health of, 421
Tuning Forks, Method of Determining the Pitches of, 33
Tunis to Bizerta, Railway Opened from, 401
Tunnels, The Alignment of, 196
Tunnel, Completion of the East River, 171
Tunnel for Ships, Plan of a Panama, 549
Tunnel, Railway Traffic Opened through Standedge, 133
Tunnel Extensions and Compensations, London and North-Western, 53
Tunnels, International, 259
Tunnel, The New Standedge Railway, 128
Tunnel through the Simplon, 193
Turbine and Pump, Manchester Ship Canal, 317
Turkestan, New Railways in, 483
Turkey, Railway Extension in Asiatic, 365
Turkey, Railway Scheme, 33
Turner, Messrs. E. R. and F,, Wheat Conditioner, 31, 32
Turning in Wood and Stone, Prize Competition in, 77
Turntable, Hydraulic, Mr. G. Francois, 219
Turntables on the New Central Railway Station, Lisbon, 483
Turpin’s Invention, The Commission of Inventions and Mons., 148
Turret, Electricity in the, 277
Tweddell, Mr. Ralph Hart, Medal Awarded to, 359
Twin-screw Propellers with Adjustable Immersion, 98, 118, 134, 170
Tyne, The, 460
Tyne Dues and Steamers, 14

UENSOLD’S Ice Rink, 557
Uganda to the East Coast, Propossd Railway, 133
Uganda, Railway in, 174
Union Steamship Company’s Mail s.s. “Norman,” The, 357, 400
Union Company’s Twin-screw Steamer “Guelph,” Trial Trip of the, 255
Uncertainties of Science, The, with References to Dr. Mach’s Paper on “The Principle of the Conservation of Energy,’ 323
Underground Railway, Atmosphere of, 15
Undermanning of the Engine-rooms of H.M. Ships, 379
Underwater Fittings of the Engine of H.M.S. “AEolus,” 233
United Asbestos Company, Admiralty Contracts awarded to, 77
United States Cruiser “Minneapolis,” The New, 121, 131, 171
United States Cruiser “Minneapolis,” Trial of the, 171
United States, Electric Railways in the, 88
United States, English Engines for the, 535
United States, Face-hardened Armour in the, 530
United States Government, Quick-firing Guns for Auxiliary Cruisers, 437
United States, The Milling Industry in the, 421
United States Navy Department’s Tests of the Utility of Aluminium, 483
United States Navy, New Battleships for the, 473
United States, Railway Mileage of, 233
United States Navy, Report of the Secretary of the, 556
United States, Results of Trials of Harveyed Plates in the, 566, 567
United States, Railway Strike in the, 13, 35
United States Sailing Ship “Dirigo,” The, 3
United States Third-class Torpedo Boat, 572, 575
United States Tariff Bill, The, 147
United States Torpedo Boat “Ericsson,” Fourth Failure of, 563
United States, Vacuum Brakes in the, 11
United States, The Water Resources of the, 255
Unwin, Mr. W. C., Methods of Determining the Dryness of Steam, 177,199, 219
Uppingham to Seaton, New Railway from, 344
“Uranus” Pillars, Dr. Schwalbe on the, 442
Utilisation of the Nile, 83, 428, 449, 471
Utilisation and Purification of Sewage, The, 408,
Uxbridge Road Tramway, Condition of, 11

VACUUM Brakes, 29
Vacuum Brake on the South Indian Railway, The, 483
Vallier, M. E., on Air Resistance, 549
Values of y and J, 254
Valve Gear, The Frikart-Corliss, 320
Valvometer, Wilkinson’s, 38
Van Leeu wen’s Patent for Navigation in Frozen Waters, 571
Vaporisers, 7, 8, 9, 28, 63
Vaporiser, The Capitaine, 63
Vaporiser of Trusty Oil Engine, 28
Vapour Pressures of a Body in the Solid and the Liquid State, Relations between the, 443
Velvo Battery, The, 275
Velvo Carbon Palisade, 261
Vennes Foundry Company, Pipe Drilling Machine, 290
Venezuela, Railways in, 85
Vent Sealing Tubes, Orders of the Admiralty with Regard to, 483
Ventilation in America, Mine, 408
Ventilation, Improved System of, 190
Ventilation of Steamships and Bulk Oil Steamers, 75, 76
Ventilation of Underground Railway Tunnels, 33
Vera Cruz, Harbour Works for, 52
Viaduct, Eyemouth Railway, 17, 18
Vibration, A Problem in, 468, 495
Vibration of Steamship?, The, 257
Victoria Bridge over the Brisbane River, New, (Supplement, October 19th, 1894), 337, 399, 402
Victoria, Daimler, 47
“Victoria,” Russian Engineer’s Scheme for Raising the, 321
Vienna, Grain and Seed Fair in, 53
Vienna Town Railways, City Line, 77
Villiers and Fayolle, MM., Detection of Traces of Chlorine, 53
Vinter, Mr. J. P., on the Great Western Railway, 193
Visibility of a Solid, Minimum Temperature of, 483
Viscosity of Tar, 483
“Vizcaya,” Speed Trials of the, 148
Volunteer Fleet, A, 36

WAGES Clause, Fair, 15
Wages, Lowness of Italian, 41, 233
Wages, Miners’ Wives and Miners’, 408
Wages at New Orleans, Building and Engineering Trades, 32
Wain, Mr. Edw. B , on Colliery Surface Works, 518
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 22, 44, 70, 92, 114,136,158, 182, 202, 222, 244, 266, 286, 310, 332, 352, 372, 394, 414, 436, 456, 476, 498, 538, 560, 580
Wales, Railways in, 344
Wallasey Embankment, Proposed, 133
Walling and Sinking with the Galloway Scaffold, 208
Walter, Mr. J., on the Prevention of Scale in Boilers, 401
Walter, Mr. J., on the Wearing Away of Metal Plates by the Action of Steam Jets, 23
Waltham Abbey Explosion, Report on the, 235
Walthamstow and Epping Forest Railway, The, 295
Walzwerk, Germania, Rolled Weldless Chains, Klatte’s Process, 356, 360, 361
Wanklyn and Cooper’s Fractional Still, 166
Wansbrough, Mr. W. D., on the Building of a Boiler, 539
Ward, Mr., on the Corrosion of Ships and Boilers, 208
Warehouse Sheds for the Manchester and Salford Docks, 2
Warren Girder Bridges, The Indian Government and the, 77
Warsaw to Ostrolenska, Railway from, 193
Warships, Machinery of, 489, 529
Warships, Unarmoured and Armoured Chinese, 293, 294, 300
Washington, Closed Conduit Electrical Tramways in, 484
Water Daily Supplied to London, Average of, 379
Water Economiser for Hydraulic Lifts and Cranes, Richmond, 38, 39
Water, Electrical Conductivity of, Messrs. Kohl- rausch, at Heydweiller, On the, 401
Water, The Metropolitan, Report on, 359
Water Pipes, Constantly Charged, The Street Mileage in London containing, 379
Water Pipes in Japan, Wooden, 321
Water Power Canal on the Niagara River, 370
Water, Pure, and Electric Resistance, 60
Water Purifying by Alum in the United States, 103
Water, Resistance of, Professor Kohlrausch’s Experiments on the, 193
Water Resources of the United States, Major J. W. Powell on the, 255
Water Scheme for Edinburgh, New, 347
Water Scheme for Yorkshire, New, 482
Water in Steam, Measuring, 490
Water Supply, Curiosities of, 543
Water Supplies Furnished by the London Water Companies, 379
Water Supply, Gainsborough, 4
Water Supplies, Gravitation, and Electric Energy, 554
Water Supply, June Report of the Metropolitan, 193
Water Supply of London, 421, 423
Water Supply, Metropolitan, 13
Water Supply October, 1894, Analysed, London, 443
Water Supply of Paris, 14
Water Supply, Professor Henry Robinson, 363
Water Supply, The Thirlmere Manchester, 376
Water-tube Boilers, Mr. James Howden’s Challenge, 341
Water-tube Boilers for Marine Purposes, Mr. F. H. Pearson on the Extensive Adoption of, 341
Waterloo and City Railway, The, 148, 255, 397
Waterloo and City Railway, Peculiarity of the Construction of the, 255
Waterloo and City Underground Railway, 148
Waterworks and their Appliances, Mr. William Mallock on, 535
Waterworks, The Cardiff New, 316
Waterworks, Kidderminster, 175, 176
Waterworks, The Manchester Thirlmere, 340
Watkin Tower, Erection of, Stepped, 103
Watts, Mr. P., 501
Waverley Station, Edinburgh, 319
Wealth Statistics, 88
Wearing away of Metal Plates by the Action of Steam Jets, Mr. J. Walter on the, 23
Weathering Properties of Sandstones, 133
Webb, Mr., Injectors for his Locomotive “Greater Britain,” 207
Weber, Wilhelm, Bullet-proof Cuirass, 11
Wedlake and Co., Messrs., Extension of their Works, 33
Weirs, M. J. Boussinesq on the Theory of, 421
Weirs, Glasgow, 250
Weir, The Goulburn River, Victoria, 97, 100
Weld less Chains, Rolled, Klatte’s Process, 154, 356, 360, 361
Well-water in Sicily, Variations in the Level of, 549
Well and, New Bridge over the, 352
Wells Brothers’ Oil Engine Valve Gear, 27
Wells Brothers’ Vaporiser, 27
Wells, Mr. L. B., Canal Map of England and Wales, 321
Wells’ Oil Engine, 472
Wells, Tube, at Lowell, 148
Welsbach Incandescent Gas Barner Mantles, The, 401
Welsbach Lamp, German Competitors of the, 571
Whaleback Yacht, A, 33
Wharves at Everett, Mass., Construction of, 133
Wheat Conditioner, Turners’ New, 31, 32
Wheat Growing and Prices in America, 421
Wheel at Earl’s Court, The Gigantic, 547
Whirling and Vibration of Shafts, On the, Mr. Stanley Dunkerley, 561
White Lead, Substitute for, 359
White Star Steamers, Performances of, 170
Whitehead Torpedo, New Type of, for H.M. Navy, 526
Whitworth Scholarships, 189, 289
West Africa Possession, Railways in Portugal’s, 483
West Australia, Engineering Works in, 133
West Hartlepool, Dock Extension at, 193
West Highland Railway, 18, 53, 77, 133, 171, 255
West Highland Railway, Opening of, 133
West Highland Railway Rolling Stock, 171
West Highland Railway Company’s Projects, The, 255
West India Docks, Improvements at the, 167
West India Dock Road Works, Plan of, 369
West India, Iron and Metal Work in, 207
Western of France Railway Dynamometric Car, 297, 304, 305
Weyl, M. E.j Oa the French Navy, 37
Weyman and Hitchcock, Messrs., Opening of their Landon Office, 526
Weyman and Hitchcock, Messrs., The Trusty Oil Engine, 27
Width of London Streets, New Act concerning the, 77
Wiener’s Locafisation of the Photographic Action of Stationary Light Waves, Dr. J. Lamor on, 443
Wilkes and Edwards’ Thrust Bearing, 146
Wilkinson and Co., Messrs. Wm., Horizontal Underground Pumping Engines, 549
Wilkinson’s Valvometer, 38
Willans and Robinson’s Works, Messrs., 18
Willans and Robinson and Siemens Brothers, Engines and Machines, Bristol Electric Light Works, 169, 172
Willcox’s Crank-pin Lubricator, 431
Williams, Mr. Alfred, 76
Williams, Mr. E. Leader, Report cn the Manchester Ship Canal Works, 233
Williams, Mr. J. E., Change of Address, 217
Wilna Narrow Gauge Railway, 401
Wilson, Mr. A. P., Iron Ores of the Mediterranean Seaboard, 185
Wilson, Mr. A. P., On the Manufacture of Coke, 185
Wilson, Hartnell, and Edmondson, Partnership of Messrs., 571
Wilson, Mr. James, 532
Wilson, Mr. John, Enlargement of Liverpoolstreet Station, Great Eastern Railway, 313 314, 315, 335, 336
Wilson’s Loan Charity, Particulars of the, 379
Wind Pressure, 459
Wind, Train Overthrown by the, 255
Wind Velocity on the Sonnblick, 133
Winding Engines, Colliery, 429
Windsor and Henley, Proposed New Railway between, 321
Winterthur Shops, Locomotives for Switzorland, 571
Wire, Heavy Fly-wheel of, 571
Wire Gauge, A New, 400
Wire Mills, Electricity in, 367
Wire Rope and Electric Cables, Messrs. Felten and Guilleaume, 314, 316
Wise v. The Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, 431
Witty and Wyatt, Messrs., Asbestos and Metal Jointing, 217
Womach, Mr. Modification of the Ballistic Galvanometer Method of Determining the Electro-magnetic Capacity of a Condenser, 473
Wood-carving Machine, A, 192
Wood, Mr. Charles, 219
Wood, Mr. M. P., Rustless Coatings for Iron and Steel, 232, 263, 308, 327
Wood Pavements in Australia, Hard, 77
Wood, Sir Henry Trueman, Scientific Applications of Photography, 358
Wood Sleepers, M. Couard on, 278
Wood Stains, Recipes for New, 295
Wooden Water Pipes in Japan, 321
Woodside Ironworks, Boiler Explosion at, 452
Wood-working Machine for the Manufacture of Dock Gates, 227
Wood-working Machinery, American and English, 495, 570
Woolley, Mr., Railway in Wales, 344
Woolwich Polytechnic, Closing of the, 11
Worcester Electric Light Installation, The Use of Water Power at, 359
Worcester, High Tension Feeders, 543
Wordipgham, Mr. C. H., Manchester Electric Lighting Works, 555
Work in Dynamics, 254
Work and Workers in Belgium, 197, 215
Working of the Railways, The, 301
Worth, Mackenzie, and Co., Messrs., Pumping Machinery, Kidderminster Waterworks, 175, 176
Wreck Chart for 1892-3, Journal of the National Lifeboat Institution, 103
Wreck Raising, 52
Wright, Dr. C. R. Alder, 133
Wrought Iron, Shells Capped with, 392
Wurtemberg, Reports of Factory Inspectors, 298

YACHT Engine, Bumsted and Chandler’s, 30
Yacht, A Whaleback, 33
Yale Observatory, Sextuple Photographic Telescope, 344
Yalu, Canet Guns at, 451
Yamboli, Bourgas Railway, Financial Prospects of, 255
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Aluminium Torpedo Boat for the “Foudre,” 443
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Aluminium Torpedo Boat for the French Government, 77
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Contract of the Portuguese Government with, 473
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Designs and Dimensions of the “Kotaka,” 483
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Gunboats for the Portuguese Government, 483
Yarrow and Co.’s Water-tube Boilers Adopted by a Stettin Firm, 77
Yates and Thom, Messrs, Engines, Portsmouth Electric Supply Works, 107, 109, 119, 122
York, Mr. Henry, Teddington Sewage Disposa Works, 380, 381, 410, 411
York Sanitary Schemes, 400
Yorkshire Coal Trade, The Scotch Strike and the Pit Lads’ Strike, 174
Yorkshire, Mining in, 15
Yorkshire, New Water Schemes, 482

ZANZIBAR, Garman Railway at, 344
Zenger, M. Ch. von, Electricity Considered as a Vertical Movement, 217
Zero, Absolute, 14
Zimmermann, Mr. Robert, His new Position at Stettin, 421
Zinc, Weight of, Consumed in the Best Battery per Horse-power Hour as Compared to Coal, 359

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