The Engineer 1908 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1908 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

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Accidents:

American Railway, 111
Australian Railway, 620 ; (Letter), 647
Belgian Railway, 561
Blackfriars Bridge, 68
Boiler Explosion, A Destructive ; (Letter), 647 I wo, 668
City and South London Railway Locomotive, 646
Gladiator, H.M. Cruiser in Collision with American Liner St. Paul, 458, 504
Great Central Railway, 561
Greenwich Boiler Explosion, 57, 64, 82, 91, 96, 477, 510 ; (Letters), 110, 176, 198
Quebec Bridge, 13 272, 325, 330, 365, 383, 411, 436, 463, 486, 514, 540, 569 ; (Letters), 149, 357 (Supplement, January 1908)
Railway, Four, 163
Shrewsbury Railway, 425, 429
Tiger. Loss of H.M. Destroyer, 377

AERIAL Ropeway at Loch Leven, Henderson, 32, 33, 36
Middleton Colliery, White’s, 166, 168
Aeroplane, Farman’s, 59, 65
Air Compressors—see Compressors
Air Pumps—see Pumps
- Resistance of the, and Mr. Eiffel’s Experiments, 389, (Correction) 541; (Letters), 461, 477, 481, 541, 621
Almanacs, Diaries, &c., for 1908, 70, 126, 204 American Engineering News, 67, 381, 543, 566, 624
Apprentices, System of the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada, 334
- Training of Engineering, 52,106,155, 222, 264, 286, 377, 471; (Letter), 110
Arbitration Courts and Wages Boards, 326 Armour—see Ships, Naval Matters

Associations, Institutions, and Societies:

Association of Engineers, Manchester:
Gas Engines, Construction and Working of Large, Allen, 88
Superheated Steam, Advantages and Disadvantages, M. Longridge, 139

Institute, The Iron and Steel:
Annual Meeting and Programme, 436, 537, 552
Blast Furnace Slag, Utilisation of, C. Von Schwai z, 552
Carnegie Awards, 552
Cast Iron in the Construction of Chemical Plant, Carulla, 652
Dinner, 552
Galvanometers and Pyrometers, Various, 652
Institute, The Iron and Steel {continued):
Metallography, Application of Colour Photography to, Law, 552
National Physical Laboratory, Rosenhain, 552
Plate-rolling Mills, Improvements in, Lamberton, 537
Pyrometric Installation in Royal Gun and Carriage Factories at Woolwich Arsenal, Lambert, 552
Report; Bessemer Medal Presentation, 537

Institute of Metals:
Formation, 616 (198, 282, 541)

Institute of Naval Architects, German :
Borsig Chains and Renter Shackles, Krause, 638
Condensers, Josse, 655
New Light Printing Apparatus, Schmidt, 655
Schiffs-Kreisel (Gyroscope) Schlick, 638, 655
Shipbuilding and Shipping on the Great Lakes of North America, Renner, 655
Summer Meeting, 638, 655

Institution of Civil Engineers, The :
Bridge, Kiner Edward VII., at Newcastle, Davis and Kirkpatrick, 464
Bridges, Erection of Cantilever, Professor Claxton Fidler, 202
Dams, Stresses in : Papers by Sir J. Ottley and A. W. Brightmore, J. S. Wilson and W. Gore, and E. P. Hill, 122
Institution’s Premises, Suggested Sale (Letters), 357, 384, 409
Metal Mining, Some Unsolved Problems in. Professor Henry Louis, 448
New York Rapid Transit Subway, W. B. Parsons, 254
Pass List, February Examinations, 1908, 412
Pwll-y-Pant Viaduct, Dickie, 202
Shaft-sinking at the Horden Colliery, South-East Durham, Prest, 229

Institution of Electrical Engineers:
Locomotives, Automatic Cab-signalling on, J. Pigg, 71
Institution of Electrical Engineers: Manchester Section:
Electrolytic Corrosion, Haldane Gee, 378
Institution, Incorporated, of Automobile Engineers:
Motors, Effect on Roads, Taylor, Douglas Mackenzie, 509

Institution, Junior, of Engineers:
Aeronautics, The Future of, H. de la Vaux, 175
Balloons, Dirigible, in Warfare, Julliot, 175

Institution of Mechanical Engineers:
Annual General Meeting, 213
Appointment of Officers, Honours of the Year, Prize Awards, 213
Feed-water Heater, Test of a Live Steam, Goodman and Maclachlan, 213, 223, 226, 248
Gas Engine Research Committee, Professor BurstalFs Report, 92, 98
Locomotive Fire-boxes, English, Combustion Processes in, Dr. J. Brislee, 345, 355
Locomotives, Combustion and Heat Balances in. Lawford H. Fry, 345, 348
Thermal Efficiency, Effect of Mixture Strength and Scavenging upon, Hopkinson, 405, 517

Institution of Mining Engineers:
Calcining Kilns, Greville Jones, 612
Cobalt in Northern Ontario, J. B. Tyrrell, 612
Diving Apparatus, Haldane, and Visit to Siebe Gorman’s Works, 612
Fleuss’ Breathing Apparatus, 612
Fluorspar, Occurrence of, in Derbyshire, C. B. Wedd and G. C. Drabble, 612
Meeting, Dinner, Papers, Visits, 612
Mineral Resources of Trinidad, Cadman, 612 Mining in British Columbia, 612
Oil Mining, Chambers, 612
Prospects of B. S. Africa, Sandberg, 612
Submarines, Disabled, Hall-Rees’ Dress for Escape from, 612
Utilisation of Sewage for Production of Crude Oil and Ammonia, Purcell, 612
Winding Engine Tests, Thacker, 612

Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual Spring Meeting, 366, 377 ; Report, 366 ; Annual Dinner, 366
Earl of Glasgow’s Presidential Address, 366
Fluid Resistance and Ship Propulsion, Research Work on, Wellenkamp, 423
Hadfield’s Capped Shot, 393, 407, 425
Heating of Modern Ocean Liners, Wallace, 395
Lusitania, Speed Trials and Service Performance, Bell, 394
Marine Engineering, Factors of Safety in, Prof. Arnold, 424
Mariner’s Compass, Modern Developments of, J. C. Dobbie, 424
Modern Armour and its Attack, Tresidder, 368, 393, 407, 425
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers, Thorny- croft, 368
Reciprocating Engines and Steam Turbines, Combination System of, Parsons, 394, 403, 474, 488
Resistance of Ships, Analysis of, Hovgaard, 423 Screw Propeller Experiments, Results, Froude, 422
Ship Calculations, Notes on, W. S. Abell, 424
Ship Construction, New System of, Isherwood, 395
Superheated Steam with Marine Engines, Ute of, Felix Godard, 395
Tanks, Experimental, Wellenkamp, 422
Unsinkable and Uncapsizable Ships of the Goulaeff Form, Goulaeff, 368, 380
Vacuum in Surface Condensers, Influence of Air, Morison, 395

Institution, North-East Coast of Engineers and Shipbuilders:
Corrosion of Mild Steel and Iron Plates, Heck, 300, 307

Society, Glasgow University Engineering ;
Reinforced Concrete in Engineering Work, Muirhead, 308

Society, Royal:
Conversazione, 506
Gas Engine, Measurement of Temperatures in the Cylinder of, Callendar and Dalby, 44

BALLOONS, Dirigible, in Warfare, 176
Beckmann, John, and his History of Inventions, 148
Blast Furnaces—see Furnaces
Bofors Steel Works, Big Gun Making at, 446 {Two-page Supplement, May 1908)

Boilers:

Boiler, ‘‘Accelerator” Water-tube, Adamson, 462
a Dangerous, 541
Efficiency, 430, 456—see also Furnace Efficiency
Explosion, A Destructive ; (Letter), 647 Greenwich, 57, 64,82, 91, 96, 477; (Letters), 110, 176, 198, 510
Explosions, Two, 668
Furnaces, 117, 456 Incandescent, Core for, Smallwood, 478
“Hay” Water-tube, 174 (Correction, 195)
Lore, 64
Plate, ‘‘Mammoth,” Spencer, 657
Tabe-scaling Tool, Ratcliff, 332
Boilers for Egyptian Irrigation Plant, Sulzer’s, 30, 31, 58, 85, 90 .
Marine—see also Ships, Naval Matters
Boilers, Maximum Evaporation, 522
Steam, Gas Firing of, Hislop, 433 Water-tube, New Furnace for, Bement, 218, 456

BOURNEMOUTH, The Under-cliff Drive at, 186 Brain and Bndy, 509
Brakes—see Railways

Bridges:

Bridge Accommodation over the Clyde, 148 Blackfriara, Accident, 68 Blackwell Island, New York, 478, 480, 587
Crewe Park, Ferro-concrete, 346 ^285^^ Bailway, Strengthening, Homberg-Ruhrort, over the Rhine, 13 {Supplement^ January Zrdy 1908)
Khartoum, over the Blue Nile, 9 King Edward VII., at Newcastle, Davis and Kirkpatrick, 464
Quebec, Accident, 13, 272, 325, 330, 355, 383, 411, 435, 463, 486, 514, 540, 569 ; (Letters), 149, 357 (Supple- menty January Zrd^ 1908)
Rodah, at Cairo, 13 (Supplement, January 2rd, 1908)
Swing, at Littlehampton, 568 Warrington Transporter, Crosfield’s, 328, 341, 350
Bridges in 1907, 13 (Supplement^ January SrcZ,
Design of Railway, 144
Erection of Cantilever, Fidler, 202 New Road, over the Nile at Cairo, 274, 275, 286
United States, in 1907, 25

BUILDINGS, The New Government, 622 Buildings in the United States in 1907, 51

CAISSON Disease, 158
Righting a Foundation, 624 Sinking at Havre Port Works, 554, 560, 578 (Tvjo-page Supplement June bth, 1908)
Calculating Machines, “Peerless” Arithmometer, 304
Calculation, A Simple, 358; (Letter), 384
Calendars, 336
Calorimeter, Junker, 99
Calorimeters at Zurich Laboratory, 618
Canadian Prospects, 169

Canals:

Canal, Manchester Ship, 172
Canals and Inland Navigation, United States, in 1907, 25
Canals and Waterways, Royal Commission on, 183, 656 ; (Letter), 305; Birmingham District, 656 ; Thames, 656

CAPE Colony, Trade in, 296

Catalogues:

45, 72, 150, 202. 307, 385, 409, 438, 467, 518, 544, 570, 596, 676

CEMENT Kiln, Schneider, 294

Mortar and Concrete, Influence of Water on Compressive Strength, 503
Norman Portland, Works, 294, 298 Plant, Rotary Kiln, Johnson, 211, 220
Census of Production, The First, 642, 663 Centrifugal Machines, Buffers in, 191
Watson, Laidlaw and Co,, 604
Chain Drive, Spring Wheel for, Renold, 582 Rings, Strength of, 497
Borsig, and Kenter Shackles, Krause, 638 Chemistry in 1907, 17
Clutch, The “Benn” Friction, Unbreakable Pulley Company, 146 ; (Letter), 198
Clyde Shipbuilding—see Ships Trust Floating Plant, 304

Coal, Coke, and Collieries:

American Production, 649
Briquette Plant, Coal, 673 Coal Chute, De Brower, 164
Dust Fuel, 196 ; (Letter), 225
Hoist at Leith, Armstrong, Whitworth’s 30-Ton Hydraulic, 250, 251 25-Ton, Tannett Walker, 648, 649 Mining in 1907, 19
Developments, 72
Ores, &c., at Franco-British Exhibition, 503
Prices and Exports, 482
Trade of Hull in 1907, 111
Coalfield, New South Yorkshire, 20, 397 Coaling Crane, 40-Ton Hydraulic, Cowan’s, 649 Coke Ovens, Recovery of By-products from, Coleman, 474
Colliery, Horden, South-East Durham, Shaftsinking at, Prest, 229
High-lift Pumps for, Allen, 484 Collieries in South Yorkshire, New, 275 Doncaster Coalfield, The New, 20, 397 London Gas Coal Contracts, 513 Railway Contracts, 664
COAST Erosion, Dr. J. S. Owens, 511 Royal Commission on, 107, 259, 327
Coefficients of Discharge, Bilton, 648
Combing Machines, Dust Removal from, 227 Compressors, High-speed Air, Reavell, 379 Concrete Crane Road at Newport Dock, 30 Floors, Reinforced, 278 Piles, Spirally Armoured, Considere, 476
Reinforced, in Engineering Work, Muir- head, 308
Viaduct for Outfall Sewer, 624 Condensers, Josse, 655

Contracts:

48 104, 128, 152, 180, 232, 256, 282, 310, 336, 386, 414, 440, 465, 492, 520, 546, 570, 598, 626, 652, 678

CONVERSAZIONE, Royal Society, 506 Copper Supplies in 1907, 405

Wire, Cowper-Coles, 623
Copying Machine, Continuous, B. J. Hall, 322
Corrosion of Mild Steel and Iron Plates, Heck, 300, 307
Coupliner, A New Flexible, Loxley, 646
Crane, Double Cantilever, Musker, 436
160-Ton Electric Cantilever, Arrol, 199 Electric Tower, Beehem, 432 40-Ton “ Goliath,” Royce, 662 40-Ton Hydraulic Coaling, Cowans, 649 for Montreal, 75-Ton Floating, Vickers, Sons and Maxim, 192
Railway Bridge Erecting, 624
Road at Newport Dock, Concrete, 30
Cranes, in Glasgow Goods Yard, North British Railway, 669
Cupola, Emergency, Green’s, 513
Cylinder Condensation, Some Neglected Aspects of, 650, .677, 643, 669—see Engines, Reciprocating ; (Letters), 461, 477, 641, 621, 646
Heat Transfer in, 63 ; (Letter), 149
Italian Locomotive, 485

DAM, Assuan, The Raising of the, 184; (Letter), 384
New Croton, 7 (S'U2)ple^n€nt, January
The Cataract, New South Wales, 419
Dams, Masonry, Papers by Sir J. W. Ottley, A. W. Brightmore, J. S. Wilson, W. Gore, and E. P. Hill, 122 in the United States in 1907, 51
Destructors—see Refuse
Diving Apparatus at Siebe, Gorman’s Works, 612 (Caisson Disease), 158

Docks:

Albert, at Hall, Hydraulic Equipment for, 649 Antwerp, 434
Avonmonth Graving, 4 (Supplement, Januaru Zrd, 1908)
Card^^ New South, 4 (^Supplement, January 3rtZ, Docks, 1907, 3, 4 (^Supplement, January Zrd,
Harwich, Proposed, 30
at Liverpool, Proposed, 504
Methil, Extensions at, 225
^1^908^^^°^^^’ Jamtary Zrd,
Naval and Harbour Works, Expenditure on, 27 6
Rothesay, at Clydebank, 3 (Supplement, January ^rd,\^^^}

Dockyard Notes:

Agamemnon to be Commissioned, 634 Testing with Blast Meters, 676
Apollo’s Conversion as Mine-Layer, 634 Austrian Dreadnoughts, 378
Scouts, 675
Bellerophon Class, Rig of, 57
Brazilian Battleships and Destroyers, Armament, 539
Scouts, Bahia and Riogrande del Sud, 539
Shipbuilding in England, 676 Caractacus, Dimensions and Details, 634 Chili, Refitting Ships, 676
Cossack’s Propeller Trials, 539 Cruisers, New Protected Type, 378
Caractacus Laid Down, 634
Destroyers, Five Ocean, 193, 675
Palmers’, to Replace Gala and Tiger, 675
River Class, Change of Juns, 539 Dreadnought’s Propeller Trials, 676 ; Stern, 539 Multiplication of, 378
Ersatz Baiern, Date of Launching, 67 Foudroyant, Unfounded Rumours, 634
French Second-class Cruiser, Descartes, Accident, 193
Ships Scrapped, 57
German Cruiser “F,” Backward Condition, 539 ’
Cruisers, Gazelle Type Improved on, 634
Destroyers, Turbine, Size and Speed, 675
Guns, Superiority of French 12in., 378 Indomitable, Testing with Blast Meters. 676 Trials, 539
Infiexibles, Trials of, 193 as a Type, 378
Italian Cruisers Pisa and Amalfi, 193 Destroyers, Considerable Increase, 676
Japanese Naval Programme, 57, 634
King Alfred and Drake, Speeds, 57
Mikasa, Armament Discussed, 67
Mohawk, Destroyer, Funnels, 193 Russian Cruiser Admiral Makaroff, 57
Naval Programme, 675
Speed of Various British Warships, 57 Swedish Guns, Bofors, 378
Submarine, 67 Various, Vessels Projected, 676
Tartar, Destroyer, Funnels, 193
Turret Firing, Admiralty Instructions, 539 United States Naval Programme, 67
Scout Cruisers and Destroyers, Progress, 539

DRAWING Scale, The Vernier, 303
Drills and Drilling Machines—see Machine Tools and Rock Drills
Dust Removal from Combing Machines. 227 Trials, 658

EDUCATION, Technical, in United States, 643
Egypt and the Soudan, Engineering in, 483
Egyptian Irrigation—see Irrigation
Eiffel’s Experiments, The Resistance of the Air, 389 (Correction, 541); (Letters), 461, 477, 481, 041

Electrical Matters:

Electrical Railways—see Railways Tramways—see Tramways
Institution of Electrical Engineers — see Associations
Alternator, lOOO-K.W. Three-phase, 539
Brussels Generating Station, 112, 116, 193 Electrical Engineering in 1907, 18
Equipment at Glasgow, Cowans, Sheldon and Co., 659
Generating Station at Greenock and Refuse Destructor, 471 (Correction. 516)
Generating Stations in 1907, 18 Lamps in 1907, 19
Lighting in London, 248 Motor, Three-phase Induction, J. P.
Hall, 172 Plant at Brussels, 112, 116 Heysham Power Station, 610, 614, 636, 640
Rotary Kiln Cement Works, 211, 220
Set, Portable, Boulton and Paul, 542 Telephones and Telegraphs in 1907,
Vehicles in 1907, 18
Electricity and Gasworks, Combined, at Lichtenberg, 164
Electricity, London, Supply, 353 Electrolytic Corrosion, Haldane Gee, 378 Electro-chemistry in 1907, 17 Electro-metallurgy, Ferro-alloys Manufacture, 80, 105
E'ectro-pneumatic Rock Drill, 227 Petrol-electric Generating Set, Portable, Electromotors, 593
Power Transmission Line Poles, 592 Turbo-generator, 1800-Kilowait, Parsons, 502, 634, 635

ENGINEERING Cases in 1907, 165 in Egypt and the Soudan, 483
Marine, in 1907, 14 (Supple- mentf Jamtaru '6rd. 1908)
Factors of Safety in, Arnold. 424 in the United States in 1907, 156 Mechanical, in the United States in 1907. 106 Naval, in 1907, 17 Pioneer, F. Shelford, 469, 495 Trade with Australasia, 192 Training—see Apprentices in the United States in 1907.
25, 51, 106, 156
Engineers—see Labour News

Engines and Motors:

Engine, Fire, Powerful Steam Motor, weather, 199
Gas Blowing, Premier Gas Company, 140, 142 Bisschop, 265
Bellamy Combustion Chamber for, 265
900 Brake Horse-power Blast Furnace, at Brymbo Steel Works, Augsburgu. Nurnberg MaschinenFabrick, 459 (Correction, 486
60 Brake Horse-power, Cameron, 604
Governor, Lea’s, 405 Measurement of Temperatures in the Cylinder of a, Callendar and Dal by, 41
Power Plant, 1500 Horse-power for Electric Railway, 539
Professor Burstall’s Report to Research Committee, 92, 98; (Letter), 149
Single Crank, for a Cotton Mill, Crossley, 200
Tandem Vertical, and 500-Kilo- watt Dynamo, Westinghouse, 502
Tests of a Vertical, Crossley, 303
800 Brake Horse-power Twincylinder, Two-cycle, Mather and Platt, 558
Two-cylinder, Fielding and Platt, 252
Reversing Gear, “Ideal,” Dickinson and Burne, Limited, 553
Engines, Gas, Construction and Working of Large, Allen, 88
Governing and Regularity of, Atkinson, 400, 405, 437
Ignition for Large, Lodge System, 224 (Correction, 244)
and Producers at Humber Works, Grice, 551
Stockport, 265, 270 Internal Combustion, in 1907, 15 Crossley, 530, 532, 553 for Irrigation Plant in Egypt, Sulzer’s 30, 31, 58. 85, 90
Marine Combined—see Eogines, Reciprocating
Internal Combustion, Collis, 516
Use of Superheated Steam with, Felix Godard, 395 Paraffin, for Submarines, Thornycroft, 146
Reciprocating and Steam Turbines, Combination System, Parsons, 394, 403, 474, 488; (Letters), 461, 477, 541, 621, 646—see Cylinder Condensation
Steam, in 1907, 14 Piston Speed, Weighton, 404
Thames Conservancy Tug Darent, 512 Suction Gas Plant, Crossley. 530, 532
Power Plant at Rotary Kiln Cement Works, 211, 220

EROSION—see Coast
Evaporation, Maximum, 222, 248 ; (Letters), 149, 253
Excavator, Traction Engine, 67

Exhibitions and Shows:

(For Articles Exhibited, see Engines, Machine Tools, Motor Vehicles, &c.)
Exhibition, Commercial Motor Vehicle at Olympia, 343
Exhibition, Franco-British, 487, 502, 530, 566, 582, 604, 632, 635, 657
Exhibitions a.nd Shows (roiif/ni'CiO I
Exhibition, Franco-British, Exhibitors at, 487, 503 ; C. A. Parsons and Co., 5Q2, 634, 635; J. I. Thornycroft and Co., 502 : John Brown and Co., 602, 605 ; E. W. Bliss and Co., 632; British Mannesmann Tube Company, 532 ; Wengarnock Iron and Steel Company, 632 ; Thop. Firth and Sons, 582, 605 ; Taylor Bros, and Co., 582 ; Babcock and Wilcox, 602, 683 ; Thoe. Broadbent and Sons, 605; Clayton, CE-?’ ’ ^•icl^tonand Co., Joshua,
057; Stirk and S^ns, John, 657; Spencer and Sons, John, 657
other Exhibitors, see Index to Illustrations, also under Articles Exhi- bited, eg,. Engines, Machine Tools, &c.) Exhibition, Public Health, 486
Scottish National, 460

EXPLOSIONS—see Accidents
Extensometer, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, 606

FEED WATER Heater, Adamson, 462 reed-water Heater, Test of a Live Steam, Goodman and Maclachlan, 213, 222, 223. 226. 384 *409®“®'’"^* W,
Ferro-alloys, Manufacture and Use of, 80, 105
Fire Engine, Powerful Steam Motor, Merryweather, 199
Fire on Tube Railways, 65. 100
Fishguard, 655 ’
Fleuss’ Breathing Apparatus. 612
Mechanical, 59, 65, 615; (Letter), 672 ^5^^53i 556^’ Bridge Company,
Floors, at Birmingham, Reinforced Concrete, 278
I ormosan Sugar Factory, 320
Friction Clutch, A* New, Unbreakable Pulley Company s “Benn,” 146 ; (Letter). 198 fu^-testing Laboratory, Zurich, Professor E. J Constam, 618
Furnace, Blast, Utilisation of Slag, C. von
Schwarz, 653 Blast, at Wittkowitz. 186 Efficiency, 456; (Letter), 477
^61V^^’ Heated Double.
New Type of Electric, Igewski, 538 for^Water-tube Boilers, Bement, 218,

GALVANOMETERS and Pyrometers, Various, I 553 ’
Gas Coal Contracts, London, 513
Effect of Mixture Strength and Scavenging Hopkinson, 405.
517, 543 ; (Letters), 436, 461 Engines—^€6 Engines Firing of Steam Boilers, Hislop, 433 Power Station at the Humber Company’s Works, 551
Producer, for Steam Generation, 609 Producers, Loomis-Pettibone, 639 Ship Propulsion by, 274 Supply in 1907, 15
Gases, Occlusion of, by Steel and Iron, 510
Gasworks at Lichtenberg, Combined Electricity and, 164
Gauge, Water, “Hay” Boiler Company. 174 (Correction, 195)
Gear, New Driving, Colman, 199—see also Engines and Motors
Generating Station Engineers, 170
Germany on the Atlantic, 92
Glasgow, Cross-river Accommodation at, 487 Government Buildings, Toe New, 622 Greenock, Watt Memorial. 584
Greenwich Boiler Explosion—sec Accidents Guns—see War Material

HADFIELD Capped Shot, 393, 407, 425 Hammers—see Machine Tools

Harbours and Waterways:

Blyth Harbour Improvements, 242
Bristol Channel, Avonmouth. Cardiff, Newport 4 {Supplement, January Zrd, 1908) ’
Clyde, The, 3 {Supplement, January Zrd^ 1903) Dover, 3
Eist Coa'^t Ports, 4
Foreign Pcrti, 4
Hirbour Work, United States, in 1907. 23 • (Letter, 97)
Harbours and Waterways in 1907, 3
Havre Port Works, 554 560, 678 {Ttco-page
Supplement, June 5^/i, 1908)
Heysham, 4
Humber, The, 3
Liverpoo’, 3
London, Port o*, 3, 81, 218, 241, 249, 375, 501 Manchester Ship Canal, 4
Naval Dock and Harbour Works, Expenditure on, 275
Rangoon, Port of, 56
Salina Cruz {Supplemient, January Zrd, 1908)
Scotland, 4
Southampton. 3
Tees, Toe, 3 {Supplement, Januaru Zrd, 1908) Tyne, The, 3
United States Waterways, 4
Zuyder Zee, The Enclcsare of, 207

HEAT Transfer in Cylinders, 63
Hoist at Leith, 30-Ton Hydraulic Coal, Armstrong, Whitworth, 250, 251
Engineering Works, 313, 324 OOP, 374
Hydraulic Equipment for the Albert Dock Hull 649 ’
Hydro Extractors, Broadbent, 605

IGNITION—see Engines
Incandescent Core for Boiler Furnaces, Smallwood, 478
Industrial Future, The, 63 Injector, Hot-water, Davies and Metcalfe, 487 Instrument for Mensuration of Angles, Rhodin, Inventions, John Beckmann and his History of,

Iron and Steel:

Iron and Steel Institute—see Associations Works—see Works
Cast Iron in the Construction of Chemical Plant, Carulla, 552
Iron Obelisk, Ores, &c., at Franco-British Exhibition, 503
Iron and Steel, Damping of Foreign, 404 Ironworkers’ Wages, 145, 353, 634 Pickling, 196
Steel, Bcfors, Works, Big Gun Making at, 446 {T-ico-page Siipplemenif May ls<, 1908) Combination, Tne Alleged Great, 642 Durability of, Heck, 300, 307 Imports and Dumping, 667 and Iron, Occlusion of Gases by, 510 and Iron in the United States in 1907, . 106 , in Relation to its Mechanical Treatment, Physical Qualities of, York, 538 ‘^baben,” Sanderson, 657 Trade, International, 208 Trade Prospects, 144 Trust, A Russian, 293
Vanadium in Cast Iron, 568

IRRIGATION in 1907, 7
Divi Pumping Project, Madras, 499 {Two-page Supplement. May Ibih,, 1908)
and Drainage in the United States in 1907, 51
in Egypt, Sulzer’s Plant, Allen’s Plant. 30, 31, 58, 85, 90, 398, 399 ; (Letter), 149 Pumping Plant in Kansas, 543

LABORATORY, The Federal Fuel Testing, at Zurich, Professor E. J. Com tarn, 618

Labour News, Strikes, and Wages Questions:

Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Socialism, 118
Arbitration Courts and Wages Boards, 326
Conciliation Boards, Railway, 327, 377, 431, 455, 483, 570
Great Eastern Railway and its Men, 327, 377, 570
Industrial Future, The, 63, 327, 377, 431, 455, 483
Ironworkers’ Wages, 145, 353, 634
Labour in 1907, 15
Dispute, The, 197, 222, 249, 452,455, 475, 536, 561, 563, 581, 620
Picketing, The Law of, 510
Restrictive Covenant, The, 145
Shipbuilding Dispute, 148, 215, 222, 249, 293, 354, 452, 455, 475, 536, 561, 563, 581, 620
Socialism, 118
Strikes, The, 222, 536, 581, 620
Trade Depression on the Cjyoe, 581
Trades Disputes Bill, 301, 535
Trade Disputes, Cjmpulsory Arbitration in, 668
Unemployment, 143
Working Honrs, Tne Regulation of, 669

LAMPS, Acetylene Flare, Wakefield, 68 Electric, in 1907, 19
Incandescent, Amrine, 623
Lathes—see Machine Tools and Wood-working Machinery
Launches, &c.—see Ships

Leaders:

Arbitration Courts and Wages B:ards, 326
Blackwell’s Island Bridge, 587
Boiler Efficiency, 117, 430, 456
Explosion, Greenwich, 64, 91, 510 Explosions, Two, 668 Furnaces, 117, 430, 456
Lore, 64, 91
Boilers, French Naval, 197
Brain and Body, 509
Bridges, The Design of Railway, 144
Canadian Prospects, 169
Coal Dust Fuel, 196
Prices and Exports, 482
Coast Erosion and Afforestation, 327
Crniser Problem, The, 667
Cylinders, Rate of Heat Transfer io, 63
Derailment and a Collision, 561
Destroyer Programme, 483
Electric Lighting in London, 248
Traction, Single-phase, 642
Electricity Supply, London, 353
Evaporation, Maximum, 222, 248
Export Bounties on Machinery, 271
First Census of Production, 642
Furnace Efficiency, 117, 430, 456
Gas Engines, Compression and Mean Effective Pressure in, 92
Generating Station Engineers, 170
Germany on the Atlantic, 92
Greenwich Boiler Explosion, 64, 91, 510
Indian Railways, 641
Industrial Future, 63, 118, 222, 431, 455, 483, 536, 561
Institute cf Metals, The, 616
Institution of Naval Architects, 376
Iron and Steel, Dumping cf Foreign, 404
Ironworkers’ Wages, 145, 353
Locomotive Fire-boxes, Combustion in. 351. 376
Locomotives', British and Foreign, 456
London County Council Tramways, 326
London Electricity Supply, 353
Machine Tools, Weight and Power of, 272
Manne Engines, Combined, 403
Turbines in Germany, 669
Mechanical Flight, 65, 615
Motor Vehicle Tests, Industrial, 589
Vehicles, Commercial, 272 and Road Surfaces, 509
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Letters from our own Correspondents

American Notes, 48, 74, 102,128,152,180, 204, 232, 256, 282, 3l0, 336, 386, 414, 440, 492, 520, 546, 570, 598, 626, 652
Australian Notes, 20, 122, 198, 280, 626
England, North of, 21, 47, 73, 101, 127, 161,
179, 203, 231, 255, 281, 309, 335, 359, 386, 413, 439, 465, 491, 519, 545, 571, 597, 625, 651, 677
Germany, Notes from, 22, 48, 74,102,128,152, 180, 204, 232, 256, 282, 310, 336, 360, 388, 414, 440, 486, 492, 620, 546, 572, 698, 626, 652, 678
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, 20, 46, 72, 100, 127, 150, 178, 2u2, 230, 254, 230, 308, 334, 358, 884, 412, 438, 464, 490, 518, 544, 571. 596, 624, 650, 676
Lancashire, Notes from, 21, 46, 72, 100, 127, 151, 178, 202, 230, 254, 280, 308, 334, 359, 385, 413, 438, 465, 490, 518, 644, 671, 696, 625, 650, 676
Scotland, Notes from, 21, 47, 73, 101, 128, 151, 179, 203, 231, 255, 281, 309, 336, 360, 385, 414, 439, 465, 491, 519, 545, 572, 597, 625, 651, 677
Sheffield District, 20, 47, 73, 101, 127,151,178, 203, 231, 255, 280, 308, 334, 359, 413, 439, 465, 490, 519, 645, 571, 597, 626, 660, 677
Wales ana Adjoining Counties, 22, 48 74, 102, 128, 162, 179, 2C4, 232, 256, 281, 309, 335, 360, 385, 414, 440, 466, 492, 520, 546, 572, 598, 626, 651, 678

Letters to the Bditor:

Aeroplane, The, A. V. Reo, 672
Assuhn Dam, W. Willcocks, 384
Atlantic Cables, Charles Bright, 10
Australian Railway Accident, R. M., 647
Balloon Compai y, The London, H. E. Hol- torp, 593
Bsnn Friction Clutch, the Unbreakable Pulley and Mill Gearing Company, Limited, 198
Boiler, A Dangerous, Oxford Steam Plough Company, 541
Explosion, A Destructive, W. L., 647 Boilers, Shutting Down, Greenwich Explosion, Shift Engineer, 10; Fair Play, 110; M.I. Meeh. E., 176 ; M.I. and S. Inst., 198 ; Boilermsker, 198 ; R. W., 198
Brennan Mono rail, M. Chnrchill-Shann, 69
Louis Brennan, 110
British Standard Sections, 69
Chilled Iron and Steel Trade in Barrow, British
Griffin Company, 477
Coal Dust Fuel, W. R. Harrison, 225
Copper and Brass Manufacturers, Institution
of, W. H. A. Robertson, 97
Cruiser Problem, The, William Hovgaard, 593 Cylinder Condensation and Soperheat, W. S.
Hide, 461, 477, 541, 672; R. Royds, 621, 646, 672; S, W., 646; W, H. Booth, 646 ; Prior L’.en, 647
Egypt and the Nile, Cope Whitehouse, 322 i Egyptian Irrigation, W. H. Allen, 149 Ehgineering Formnlce, Standard Notation for, Teutonic, 176
Factory Property in England, L. Farmer and Sons, 515
Feed-water Healing, Rialto, 515
Feed-water—see Steam Engine Economy and
Live Steam, Feed-water
Founders, The Training of, F. G. Penny, 593 Friction, Bearing, E. Tilston, 69 Furnace Efficiency, Enth’s Engineering Company, 477
Gas Engine Research, E J. Davis, 149
Letters to the Editor {continued}:
Institution of Civil Engineers, H. W. Handcock, A. H. Dykes, 357 ; Percy Griffith, 384;
C. E., 38i ; A. I. Graham, 409
'Japanese Trade Law, Ford Smith, 110
Jetties at the Mouth of the Mississippi, E. L. Cortbell, 97
Kingstown Boat Services, Clement E. Stretton,
647 . .. T. • •
Locomotive Boilers—sec Locomotive Driving
Wheels
Construction, Novelties in, S. S., 477 ...
Driving Wheels, Diameter of, C. W. Dauncey, 34; J. Dunlop, 69, no, 149
Fire-boxes, Combustion in, S. W., 409; W., 461
Locomotives, Superheat, and Balancing, Londoner, 276; R. Garbe, 357
Superheated Steam in, F. W. Brewer, 69, 97
Magnetic Separation, Humboldt Engineering Works Company, 305
Mechanics, Principles of, ir, 10
Metropolitan Water Boaro’s New Charges Act,
W. R. Buckingham, Machinery Users’ Asso- ciaiion, 647
Patternmaking Machine, A. New, Patternmaking Machine Company, 672
Permanent Ways, Observer, 276 Pioneer Engineering, C. R. Enock, 567
and Surveying, H. C. L., 621 . I
I Premium or no Premium, Premium Apprentice, I ' 69
Propeller Blades, The Pitting of, Superintending Engineer, 567; W. H. Martin, 593
Quebec Bridge, M, J. Butler, 149 ; Edgar C. Thrupp, 357
Railway Rolling Stock, Heavy, A Railway Shareholder, 198; W. P. Dartnail, 253
Signalling, H. Snowdon, 198
Lock and Block, W. R. Sykes’ Interlocking Signal Company, Limited, 253
Traffic, C. A. Mills, 225
Resistance of the Air, A. A. Remington, M. E. J. G., 461 ; A. W. Johns, 477, 621 ; Lieut. Gheury (Author of the Article), 541
Rings, Strength of, E, H. Lamb, 34, 149; A. Morley, 97
Rous-Marten, The Late Mr., R. Hope, 477
Sault Sainte Marie Canal, Canal, 305 Saws, Toothless Circular, W. H. Martin, 225 ;
P. V. Vernon, 225
Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, C, C. Scott, 515
Simple Calculation, C. F., 384 ; Another Correspondent, 384
• Smoke, London, Anti-Smog, 176 Squaring the Circle, E, L. S., 384, 515, 621;
A, C. G. I., 435 ; E. du Boulay, 477, 5i5;
E. A., 567
Standardisation, The Incubus of, A. Payer, 515, 593 ; Prior Lien, 567
Steam, A, 276
Engine Economy, G. Sellers, 149 ; F. B,
Aspinall, 253
Generation cf, Pricr Lien, 276
Live, Feed-Heating, Engineer, 276; A. Hamilton, 305 ; Charles Erith, 322 ;
A. R., 322, 304; Arthur E. Jones, 357 ; Authors of the Paper, 357;
TT, 409
Stresses, Combined, Graduate, 176
Suction Producer Gas Engines, Reg. J. N. Willcox, 30
Thermal Efficiency, Effect of Mixture Strength upon, J. H. Hamilton, 435; B. Hopkinson,461 Training of Young Engineers in Japan, P.
Hunt, 110
Turbine Propellers, W. Preidel, 647 ; C. H.D., 647

LICHTENBERG, Combined Eleclricity and Gasworks, 164
Lighthouse Administration, Royal Commission on, 171
Sanganeb, 79
Limekiln Plant, Knickerboi ker, 566 Liquid Fuel at Sea, 14

Literature: Reviews:

Aerodynamics, F. W. Lanchester, 616
Airships, Past and Present, A. Hildebrandt, Translated by W. H. Story, 273
Dictionary in Six Languages, Illustrated Technical, Vol. IL, Electro-Technics, Deinhardt and Schlomann, 188
Grossen Segelschiffe, Die, W. Laas, 563 Harbour Engineering, Princip'es and Practice of, Brysson Cunningham, 457
Hydraulics, a Treatise on. Professor W. C. Unwin, 188
Irrigation Engineers, Facts, Figures and I'ormulse for, R. B. Buckley, 529
Metallography, Introduction to. Dr. P. Goerens, Translatfcd by F. Ibbotson, 431
Panama, Retrieval at, Lindon W. Bates, 301
Power Gas Producers, Their Dasign and Application, P. W. Robson, 629
Railroad Eogineering, The Elements of, W. G. Raymond, 538
Railway Stores Management, W. 0. Kemp- thorne, 119
Searchlights, Their Theory, Construction, and Application, F, Nerz, Translated by C. Rodgers, 78
Steam Engine and other Steam Motors, Vol. IL, Robert C. H. Heck, 39
Strength of Materials, W. C. Popplewell, 119 Thermodynamics, Technical, Zauner, 78 Thermodynamics of Technical Gas Re-actions, Dr. F. Haben, 432

Literature: Short Notices:

Arcbseological Papers, 1665-1890, Index cf, G. L. Gomme, 617
Automobile Engineers, Proceedings of the Incorporated Institution of, 563
Baihs and Bath-houses, Modern, W. Paul Gerhard, 617
Board of Trade Examinations, Hints to Engineers for the, 458
Calculating, Some Quick and Easy Methods, R. G. Blaine, 301
Calculations, Practical, for Engineers, C. E. Larrard, 120
Car Road-book and Guide, The, Lord Montagu, 620
Chemical Appointments, A List of Official, R, B. Pilohe’’, 617
Daily Mail Year-book, 1908, Percy Parker, 276
Edison, Thomas Alva, F. A. Jones, 273 Electric Power Transmission, Louis Bell, 273
Railways Theoretically and Practically Treated, Vol. II., Sydney N. Ashe, 273
Electrical Undertakings and Directory of Officials, Manual of, Emil Garcke, 617
Engine-room Chemistry, A. H. Gill, 40 Engineers’ Year-book, The, H. R. Kempe, 273 Export Merchant Shippers and Manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland, 630
Fowler’s Electrical Engineers’ Pocket-book, W. H. Fowler, 468
Geology of the Southern Part of the Derbyshire and Nottingham Coalfield, 630
Hazell’s Annual for 1908, W. Palmer, 301 Integration by Trigonometric and Imaginary Substitution, C. 0. Gunther, 630
Iron, The Metallurgy o^, T. Turner, 589 Lamps, Electric Arc: Their Principles, Construction and Working, J. Zeidler and J. Lustgarten, 148
Lockwood’s Builders’, Architects’, Contractors’ and Engineers’ Price Book, 1908, F. T. N. Miller, 273
Locomotives of 1907, Chas. S. Lake, 273 Mathematics, Practical, F. C. Clarke, 273 Mechanical Engineering, A Pocket-book of,
C. M. Sarnes, 458 World Electrical Pocket-book for 1908, W. D. Martin, 458 Mercantile Year-book and Directory of Exporters, Walter Lindley Jones, 457 Minerals, British, and Where to Find them, Stephen Neil, 273
Miners’ Geology and Prospectors’ Guide, G. A. Corder, 630
Mining Tables, F. H. Hatch and E. J. Vallen- tine, 120
Modern Machine Shop, Rankine Kennedy, 458
Pigmentsand their Vehicles, Frederick Maire, 458
Motor Cars, Systems of Electric Ignition for, Douglas Leechman, 432
Moving Loads on Railway Underbridges, Harry Banford, 273
Newspaper Press Directory, The, 1908, 617 Oil Fields of Russia and the Russian Petroleum
Industry, Beeby Thompson, 432 Patent Rights, G. M. Hardingharo, 432 Patents in England and Abroad, How to Take
Out, E. and A. E. Edwards, 273
Plane Surveying, J. C. Tracy, 301
Post-office London Directory for 1908, Kelly’s Directories, 120
Sea Terms and Phrases, English-Spanish, Spanish-English, Graham Hewlett, R.N., 148
Railway Year-book for 1908, G. A. Sekon, 617 Reinforced Concrete Construction, Principles of, F. E. Turneaure and E. R. Maurer, 468
Sanitation of Public Buildings, Gerhard, 663 Science Year-book and Diary for 1908, Major R. F. S. Baden-Powell, 617
Sell’s Directory of Registered Telegraphic Addresses, 1908, Henry Sells, 273
Shipowners, Shipbuilders, and Marine Engineers, 1908, The Directory of, 617
Shipping World Year-book, 1908, Evan R, Jones, 638
Spanish and Spanish-American Mining, Metallurgical and Allied Terms, A Dictionary of, Edward Haise, 617
Steam and Other Vapours, Tables of the Properties of, C. H. Peabody, 432
Boilers. Engines, and Turbines, Sydney F. Walker, 563
Steel Mill Building, The Design of, Milo S. Ketchum, 617
Tables of Quantities for Preliminary Estimates, Ranch and Rice, 663
Thermodynamics of the Steam Engine, and Other Heat Engines, C. H. Peabody, 689
Town Planning in Theory and Practice, Nettleford, 273
Turbine, The Steam, R. M. Nielson, 538 Turbines, Stuart Garnett, 563
Tyne, The River: Its Advantages and Possibilities, Herbert Shaw, 617
Walls, Bins, and Grain Elevators, The Design of, M. S. Ketchum, 630
Weights and Measures of International Commerce Tables and Equivalents, F. H. Hatch and E, J. Vallentine, 148
Willing’s Press Guide, 1908, 301 Wiring of Buildings, International, H. M. Leaf, 273
Workmen’s Compensation Cases, Vol. IX., Minton-Senhouse, 630
Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, 40

Literature: Books Received:

American Ethnology, Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of, 40
Annales de I’Association des Ing^nieurs Sortis des Ecoles Speciales de Gaud, 40
Architect, The L«gal Liability of the, A. Mon- tefiore Brice, 188
Bau Rationeller Trancisturbinen-Laufrader, V. Kaplan, 301
Berechnung Elektrischer Anlagen auf Wirt- schaftlichen Grundlagen, Die, F, W. Meyer, 538
Berechnung und Konstruktion der Schiffs- maschinen und Kessel, Dr. G. Bauer, 406
British Chamber of Commerce, Paris, Report for 1907, 638
Coal Mining, Modem Practice of, D. Burns and
G. L. Kerr, 188 Practical, W. S. Boulton ; Vol.
IV., 148; Vol. V., 676 Conrs d’Electricit^, H. Pellat, 148 Dampfturbinen fiir Orbfeste, &c., Regelung, Umsteuerung und Siehe- rung der, W. Gentsch, 676 und Turbinen-Schiffe, A.
Krebs, 676
Eisenhiitte, Etne Monographie, Dr. 0. Stillich and H, Stendel, 538
Electrical Engineering, A. E. Moore and F. 1 Sbaw, 676 for Technical Students and Engineers, Whittaker’s Arith- metic of, 188
Engineers. Journal of the Institu- i tion, 676
Theory, Modern, Norman Campbell, 188
Electricity and Magnetism, Mathematical Theory of, J. H. Jeans, 406
Engineering Association of New South Wales, Proceedings of the. 301
Index, Annual, for 1907, 676 Reminiscences, C. T. Porter, 538 Entwicklung der Dampfmaschine, Conrad
Matschoss, 40
Fabrikorganisatiop, Fabrikbuchfuhrung und SelbstkostenberechnuDg der Firma Ludwig Loewe, J. Lilienthal, 40
Flottes de Combats en 1908. Les, 301
Gas Power, F. E. Junge, 676
GemeinfassHche Darstellung des Eisenhutten- wesens, 188
•Graphics Appl’ed to Ari hmef’o Mensuration, and Statics, G. C. Turner, 406
Great Western Railway Swindon Engineering Society, Transactions, 676
Herstellung der Zahnrader, E, Linsel, 538 Hochofenschlache in der Zementindustrie, Die,
H. Passan, 301
How to Estimate, Analysis of Builders’ Prices,
J. T. Rea, 301 Hydraulics, F. C. Lea, 188 Income Tax, Acts Relating to the, Stephen
Dowell, 78
with Special Reference to Recent Legislation, Roger Carter, 148 Iron and Steel, The Metallurgy of, Bradley
Stoughton, 538
Irffnmoriger Metal Market Year-book, 1908, The, The Ironmonger^ 148
Irrigation Engineers, Facts, Figures, and
Formulae for, B. B. Buckley, 538
J ahr buch der Schiffbautechnischen Gesellschaft, Julius Springer, 301
Junta de Obras del Puerto de Huelva, 676 Kohlenbergwerk, Eine Monographic, Dr. 0.
Stillich and A. Gercke, 538
Kontinuierliche Balkenbrucken aus Eisenbeton in Theorie und Ausfiihrung, S. Zipkes, 301
Kriegsflotten, Taschenbuch der, B. Weyer, 148 Land Treatment of Sewage, H. T. Scoble, 188 Les Nouveaux Livres Scientifiques et Industrials, Bibliographie, 676
Manchester Geological and Mining Society, Transactions of the, 538
Marine Engineering Design, including Turbines, Simple Problems in, J. W. Sothern, 188
Mariner’s Compass, The New, Z. M. S., 676 Massen - Distillation von Wasser, Ludwig
Bothas, 406
Massentransport, M. Buhle, 538
Mechanical Engineering for Beginners, R. S.
M’Laren, 406
Mechanical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of, 676
Mechanics, Elementary Manual of Applied,
Andrew Jamieson, 538 Mesures Electriques, Eric Gerard, 148 Metric Ready Reckoner, T. H. Elgie, 676 Micropetrrgraphy, E. H. Adye, 676 Moderne Damptkessel der Kriegs und Handels-
schiffe, Der. Max Dietrich, 406 Patent-office Library, Guide to the, 406 Polarity of Matter, A. Clark, 301 Practical Induction Coil Construction, John
Pike, 538
Public Schools Year-book, 1908,406
Pumping Machinery, W. M. Barr, 538 Resistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion,
D. W. Taylor, 538
Sanitation of Recreation Camps and Park?, Dr.
H. B. Bashore, 676
Schoolmasters’ Year-book and Directory, 1908, 406
Shipbuilding, Present-day, Thomas Walton, 40 Six Weeks and the Mediterranean Passenger, 148
Sling, The; Remarks on Royal Institution Lectures, W» L. Jordan, 40
Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report, 40 South Africa, Guide to, A. S. Brown and G. G.
Brown, 40
Specifications and Contracts, J, A. L. Waddell, 406
Steam, First Stage, J. W. Hayward, 538 Structural Engineering, A. W. Brightmore, £38
Superheat and Snperheating, and their Control, W. H. Booth, 40
Telegraphie sans Fil, Le Pas?^, le Present, et I’Avenir de la, E. Guarini, 538
Tt4orie des Canons k recul sur I’Afffit, F, Ran- senberger, 301
Townsman’s Farm, The, by “Home Counties,” 638
Turbines, Stesm, Carl C. Thomas, 301 Warships, E. L. Attwood, 538 Westminster Series, Iron and Steel, J. W.
Stansbie, 188
Work and Wages, Sydney J. Chapman, 406

LOCAL Authorities and Trade Refuse, 292 Log Frame Saws—see Wood-working Machinery London County Council Tramways, 326 London Bill, Port of, 504

Machine Tools:

Boring and Surfacing Machine, High-speed, Kearns, 277 Turning Mill, Richards, 675 48fn., Stirk, 657
Drilling Machine, Electrically-driven Radial, Archdale, 120 Radial, Stirk, 657 Machines, Hetherington, 582
Grinding Machine for Printing Machine Cylinders (Beyer, Peacock and Co., Limited), 302
Hammer Tests, Pneumatic Power, Massey, 70
Hammers, Power, Steam versus Compressed Air for, 412
Lathe, All-geared High-speed, Colchester Company, 658 lOin. High-speed, Sfcirk, 657 High-speed, Hetherington, 582 74in. Screw-cutting Turret, Colchester Lathe Company, 461
for Turning and Flatting Shafts, Pollock and Macnab, 121
Machine Tools, Weigat and Power of, P. V. Vernon, 261, 272
Milling Machine, Hetherington. 582
Machines, Purchasing, by Power, P, V. Vernon, 261, 272
Roller Steady for, Alfred Herbert, 199
Planing Machine, Heavy Plate Edge, Smith Brothers, 254
Largest Existing, Niles-Be- ment-Pond Company, 318 Rack-cutting Machine, Automatic, Wilkinson, 200 ’ Saws, The Action of Toothless Circular, Harbord, 187 ; (Letters), 226
Shearing Machine, Hydraulic, Smith Brothers, 406
Shears. Built-up Splitting, Pels, 42
Surfacing and Boring Machine, Universal, George Richards, 407
Turning and Boring Machine, Hetherington, 582
Mill, Large, Smith and Coventry, 564 Machine, Automatic, Herbert, 556

MACHINERY, Constructional, at Havre Port Works, 554, 560
Contract to Supply, Legal Decision, 673
Export Bounties on, 271
Magnetic Separation, 184 ; (Letter), 305 Marble Arch Improvement, 94 Marine Engineering—see Engineering
Mariner’s Compass, Modern Developments of, Dobbie, 424
Mechanical Engineering—see Engineering
Mensuration of Small Angles and Minute Lengths,
J. G. A. Rhodin, 417

Metals and Metallurgy:

Coal, Ores and Minerals and Iron Obelisk at Franco-British Exhibition, 503
Corrosion of Mild Steel and Iron Plates, Heck, 300, 307
Electrolytic Corrosion, Haldane Gee, 378 Metals (Chemistry) in 1907, 17
Metallic Composition, Johnson, 658
Packing, 88—see also Packing Tubing, United Flexible Metallic Tubing Company, 658
Metallography, Application of Colour Photography to, Law, 553
Mines and Mining* News :
Metal Mining, Some Unsolved Problems in, Professor Henry Louis, 448
Mines, Asturiana, Ropeway at, 523, 534 Bruay, Water Accumulator at, 268 Mining Congress, American, 624
List of Papers at Institution of Mining Engineers, 612 and Metallurgy in 1907, 19 in Transvaal, 1906-7, 407

MOTORS—see Electrical Matters—Engines and Motors and Motor Vehicles

Motor Vehicles and all Matters Relating thereto:

For Rail Motors—see Railways
Auto-Mixte Petrol Electric System, 344
Brewtnall’s Radiator, 344
Clift Paraffin Marine Motor, 344
Commercial Motor Vehicles, 272, 276
Critchley Norris Steam Chassis, 343
Crossley’s Works at Gorton, Manchester, 60S
Dust Trials, 658
Gaggenau Motor Vehicles Engine, 344
Hall’s Petrol-electric System, 343
Lune Valley Engineering Company, Boiler and Burner. 343
Milnes-Daimler Motor Omnibus, Chassis, Engine, Gear-box, Three-point Suspension Bracket, 344
Motor Car, Petrol-electric Railway, 543
Motor Cars in 1907, 14
Vehicle Tests, Industrial, 589
Vehicles and Road Surfaces, 509
Petrol Testing, G. H. Baillie, 540
Ryknield Petrol Motors, 344
Steam Motor Wagon, Mann’s, 592
Testing Plant for Automobiles, 328
Villinger Propeller, 345
Wagon for Military Transport, Petrol Motor, Armstrong, Whitworth’s, 228

NATIONAL Physical Laboratory, 240, 247, 318, 553

Naval Engineer Appointments:

10, 279, 333, 452, 574, 673

NAVY—see Ships
Non-parallel Axle Trucks for Tramways, Warner. 173 / . I

Obituary:

Appleby, C. J., 448
Baldwin, Arthur, 197
Beeley, Thomas, 612
Cargill, Thomas, 19
Davies, Morgan W. , 197
Dawson, George, 318
Evans, Joseph, 145 -
Forney, M. N. , 145
Gray, John Macfarlane, 66
Hetherington, John Muir, 249
Larmuth, Matthew H. , 406
Lee, William, 215
Lithgow, William Todd, 612
Lundie, Cornelius, 197
M’Farlane, George, 384
McGee, David, 96
Mouchel, L. G. . 612
Muir, Edwin, 120
Parsons, J. G. C. , 249
Reid, Sir Robert G. (with Portrait), 671
Richmond. Sir David, 66
Rodgers, Wilfred Flochton, 66
Rous-Marten, Charles (with Portrait), 431 ; (Letter), 477
Shearer, Sir John, 249
Sorby, Henry Clifton, 287
Swan, Henry F. , 318
Tyler, Sir Henry, 146
Warrington. John, 448
Wedding, Dr. Hermann, 487
West, Charles Dickinson, 215
Worssam, William Samuel, 145

Ordnance:

Naval Guns in 1907, 17

OXYGEN, Commercial Production of, 662

PACKING, Harbinger Standard Metallic Co., 604
Priuc^ps, 658 L'on,” Walker, 658 Painting Plant, Portable, Wells, 567 Patent Law, Reform of the, J. W. Gordon, 177, 201
Laws, Trade and the New, 352, 562 Patents R ales, 1908, 166

Patents, Selected American:

Adjustable Screw Conveyor, C. Brent, 654 Arcs, Voltaic High current, Apparatus for Producing, 628
Barometric Condenser, A. H. Helander, 654 Blast or Exhaust Apparatus, G. Elbe!, 600 Boiler, Steam, Brady, 24; C. Harter, 362 Steam, L. S. Watres, 654 Heads, Hand-hole Pipe-coupling tachment for, A. C. Badger, 388 Brass-adjusting Mechanism, Automatic, McKay and B. C. Layton, 416
Centrifugal Impact Dry Pulveriser, L. Graupner, 362
Chimney or Stack, 0. T. Benson, 442 Coil Springs, Method of Making, N. S. Harter, 104
Condenser, A. W. P. Cramer, 494 W. M. Fleming, 600 for Elastic Fluid Turbines, A. T.
Gray, 1C4
Cranks and Connecting-rods, Anti-friction Device for, W, W. Neighbour, 182
Cylinder, Assistant, for Steam Engines, L. D. Lovekin, 522
Die, F, E. Canda, 468 Dredging Apparatus, S. Lake, 574 Dynamo-electric Machine, R. S. Feicht, 258 Electric Railway System, S. B. Rappleye and J. J. Devine, 234
Engine, Explosive Compound, E. J. Woolf, 416 Gas, M. L. Wood, 388
Internal Combustion, E. H. Clift, 182 Internal Combustion, J. Salzer, 600 Mixing Valve, Gas, A. J. West, 258 Rotary, C. Gause and P. Conrady, 463 Starter, C. J. Coleman, 600
Two-time Combustion, 50
Engines, Governing Gear for Internal Combustion, W. J. Crossley and J. Atkinson, 234 Ferro-chromium, Slag Free, Process of Producing, J. B. Haffard, 442
Furnace, Electric, J. C. King, 76 Gas, Method of Manufacturing, H. M. Pierson, 442
Process of Making, A. M. Gow, 548 of Producing, G. J. Weber, 680
Producer, 0. K. Zwingenberger, 182 Connections, Method of Cleaning, R. H. Miller,-182..
Method of Maintaining Constant Temperature, E. Capi- taine, 680
Gauge. Steam or Vacuum, J. Eley, 104 Gear, Variable Speed Driving, G. E. Stanley, 206 Wheels, Method of Making, W. H. Smith, 130
Gearing, Jungstiom, 50
Gun-carriage for Recoiling Guns. Schneider, Le Creusot, and E. Rimailho, 312
Hydraulic Press, W, Tartarinoff, 284 Injector, W. H. Stirling, 522
Instrument for Optically Measuring Distances, H. Jacob, 416
Internal Combustion Motors, Reversing Valve Mechanism for, J. Sulzer, 362
Light, Method of Measuring, W. J, Hammer, 680
Ixjcomotive Draught Regulator, Skinner, Moberly and Cain, 628
Lubricating Oil, Means of Collecting from Ship Turbine Shaft Bearings, W, Kieser, 548 Lubricator, W. McCarty, 680
Metalloids in Crude Iron, Process of Utilising, &c., H. D. Hibbard, 574
Metal Pipes, Apparatus for Casting, E. A. Custer, 258
Metals, Heating and Welding, Rodriques-Ely and E, Gauthier, 388
Motive Fluid from the Combustion of Fuel, Means for Producing, W, J. Renshaw, 494 Muffler, Blanchard and Crocker, 24 Nozzle for Elastic Fluid Turbines, H.
win, 182
Rfgulating, for Turbines, V.
312
Piston, H. A. Knox, 284
Pneumatic Suspension Device for Bodies, G. W. Bell, 234
Projectile, Wheeler and McKenna, 206 Pump, Air, de Laval, 50
Centrifugal, L. R. Alberger, 388 and Turbine, Jaeger, 50
Deep Well, Brisco and Erickson, 76 Pumping Engine, J. C. Smith. 312 Railway Rails, Manufacture of, W. H. Connell, 574
Rock Drill, Hydrocarbon, J. V. Rice, 574 Sectional Bit or Cutter, C. C. Hansen. 654 Shaft Bearing, W. L, R. Emmet and E. Dickinson, 522
Sheet Piling, J. T. Pyle, 206
Ship Locks, Method of AVorking, Pumberger, 24 ...
Silicospiegel, Process of Producing, E. F. Pnea,
Sound Records, Production of, Kitsee, 76 Steam Boilers, Purifying Device for, W. P.
Wiemann, 362 . z> TX •
Steel, Method for the Cementation of, C. Davis, 258
Process of Making, H. 0. Chute, 130 Stuffing-box, F. A. Dailey and B. Long, 494 Testing Machine, T. Olsen, 206 Track Gauge, L. Barceloux, 494 Tobes, Apparatus for Drawing Hard Metal, McTear, 388
Tunnelling Machine, W. J. Hammond, 648 Turbine, H. P. Porscke, 130
Elastic Fluid, Dalen, 24 ; G. Westwg- honse, 888
Gas, H. Holzwarth, 284 Steam, W. 0. Duntley, 416 Turbines, Bucket for, C. P. Steinmetz, 574 Governing Mechanism for, F. Samuelson, 104 ; 0. Junggren, 104 Reversible, Sankey, 60 Turret or Similar Vessel, C. D. Doxford, 628 Vacuum-producing Apparatus, C. A. Parsons, 182
Valve, A. C. Rieksecker. 312
Annular, for Compressors, Blowing Engines, &o., J. A, Willaret, 416

Patent Specifications, British:

Carburetters, 103, 679 Coal Mining, 76 Conveyors, 181
Dynamos and Motors, 23. 49,130,153,181, 206, 267, 337, 361, 416, 468, 493, 621, 648, 673, I 599, 628 . .
Electrical Distribution and Transmission, 205, 283,416, 647
Matters, 23. 49, 75, 130, 233, 257. 337, 384, 441. 493, 521, 673 Traction, 49, 75, 104, 311, 468 Engines, Boilers, and Accessories, 23, 49, 76, 103, 205, 223, 257, 283, 361. 887, 415, 441,
467, 512, 522, 547, 573, 699, 6C0, 653 Evaporators, 441
Excavator, Mechanical, 494 Furnaces, 205, 387, 521, 654 Gas and Gas Producers, 50, 257, 311, 361, 415, 522, 574, 679 Internal Combustion Engines, 257, 311, 337, 387, 441, 467, 627, 653, 679 Kilns, 24, 354 Metallurgy, 361, 362 Miscellaneous, 24, 76, 103, 129, 206, 234, 268, 284, 311, 312, 442, 468, 494, 522. 548, 574, 679
Motor Vehicles, Road, 103, 312, 338, 361, 387, 493, 547, 653
Propellers, 129 Pumping Machinery, 337
Railways and Tramways, 76, 129, 388, 468 Refuse Disposal, 599
Tar-spreading Appiratus, 76. 234, 337
Telegraphy and Telejihony. 103, 130, 233, 283,
468, 493. 573, 599, 653, 697
Testing Machine, 388
Tools, Machine and Others, 164, 205, 441, 573, 628
Transformers, Rotary and Static, 153. 311, 627 Turbines, 23. 49,103,129,233. 415, 4b7, 627, 679 Water Purifiers, 206, 416, 547

PATTERN-MAKING Machine, 645 ; (Letter), 672
Pensions, Old Age, 584
Personal and Business Announcements. 40, 74, 128, 152, 180, 204, 232, 256, 282, 310. 3S6, 3£6, 440, 492, 520, 546, 572, 626, 652, 678 Petrol Testing, G. H. Baillie, 540 Photographic Instruments, Dalmeyer, 657 Photography, Wireless, Kundsen, 464 Picketing, The Law of, 510
Piles, SpiraVyarmoured Concrete, Considcro, 470 pioneer Engineering, F. Shelford,_469, 495, 5/8, 549, 563 ; (Letter), 567
Piston Rings, Princeps, 658 Speed, Professor Weighton’s Trials, 404 ' Plate Rolling Mills, Lamberton, 537
Pneumatic Tool for Boiler-tube Scaling, Ratclitt, 332
Ports—see Harbours ,
Power Plant at Rotary Kiln Cement Works, Electric and Suction Gas, 213, 220 presses at Franco-British Exhibition, Bliss, 632 Printing Apparatus, New Light, Schmidt, 655

Pumps:

Pump. Air, with 12.000 Horse-power Steam Turbine, Tosi, 624 594 (Tv:0-paye Sup- 22?id, 1908)
High-lift Turbine, for Montreal Waterworks, Mather and Platt, 67 Pumping in India, Experimental, 38
Plant in Egypt, Irrigation, Allen, ^98 399
Sulzer’s 30, 31, 58, 85. 90 Project, Divi, Madras, 499 (Tifo page Supplement^ May 15^A, 1908) Pumps, Air, and Condensers, Ferguson, 278 Centrifugal, Self-charging Apparatus for, Gwynnes, Limited, 160 at Chatham Dockyard, Hydraulic, Abbott, 372 .
Feed, for Italian Cruiser San Giorgio, Watson, 369
High-lift for a Colliery, Allen, 484 Sewage, at Twickenham, 686, 690, 630 for Slimes, Air-lift, 26 Three-throw, Cameron, 604 Zoelly Turbine, Mather and Platt, 558

PUNCH, Hand Metal, Nones, 542
Pyrometric Installation at Woolwich Arsenal, Lambert, 663

QUARRYING in 1907,19

Railways and Railway Matters, General:

Accidents, American, 111 Australian, 620; (Letter), 647 Belgian, near Antwerp, 561 City and South London Locomotive, 646
Shrewsbury, 425, 429 Metropolitan Railway, Two, 163, 171 Wembley Park, Near, 561
Widnes, Near, 163, 171; (Letter), 253
BRAKE Trials, Maximus, on the North-Eastern Railway, 595 ; (Correction), 612
Bridges, Design of, 144
Coal Contracts, 664 Conciliation Boards, 327, 377, 431, 483, 673 Electric Traction, Single-phase, 642 Indicator, Train, at St. Enoch Station, 603 Permanent Way, Historical, Haarman, 189, 216, 250; (Letter), 276
Railway Fires Act, 1905, 10
Working Agreements, 38, 616 Railways in 1907, 14
Electrical, in 1907, 18
Light, Vacuum Brake for, Holden, 304 Safety on, 171; (Letter), 253
and the State, Relations between, 583, 587, 605—see Railway Inquiry, 193, and Railways, Nationalisation of. Tube, Fires on, 65, 100
Signalling on Locomotives, Automatic Cab, Pigg, 71, 123
Sleeper, The Iron, Haarmann, 189, 216, (Letter), 276
Railways, British, Colonial, and dlan:
Barry Railway, Pwll-y-Pant Viaduct on Dickie, 202
Bradford Station, 209
Caledonian Station at Edinburgh, 500 Canadian Pacific Railway, Statistics, 567 Conciliation Boards, 327, 377, 431, 483 Crewe Station, 315, 363, 392
Cheshire Joint Lines Railway, Accident Widnes, 163, 171; (Letter), 253
Doncaster Avoiding Line, 673
Fires on London Tube Railways, 65, 100 Glasgow and South-Western Station, St. Enoch, Glasgow, 601
Grand Trunk Railway, Canada, Apprentice System, 334
Great Central Railway, Accident near Wembley Park, 561
Doncaster Avoiding Line, 673
Wath Concentration Yard, 138, 379
Eastern Railway, Conciliation Board, 327, 377, 431, 483, 570
Northern and Great Central Agreement, 253, 273, 616
Western Station at Reading, 450, 454 Snow Hill Station, Birmingham, 262
Heysham, Morecarabe, and Lancaster Line, Electrification, 610, 614, 636. 640
Indian Railway Economics, 32, 51, 118, 207, 289, 445, 523
Railways, Committee’s Report, 609, 641 Inspection Car, Petrol-motor, North-Eastern Railway, 358, 460
Lancashire and Yorkshire Works at Horwich, 264
London and North-Western, Shrewsbury Accident, 425, 429
Station at Crewe, 315, 363, 392
Tube Railways, Fires on, 65, 100
Metropolitan Railway Accidents ; Farringdon- street, 163, 171 ; West Hampstead, 163, 171; (Letter), 253
Midland Railway, Accident near Sheffield, 163,
171 ; (Letter), 253 Electrification of the Heysham - Lancaster - More- cambe Line, 610, 614, 636, 640
Station at Bradford, 209
North British Railway, Goods Yard and Warehouse at Glasgow, 659
North-Eastern Railway, Hydraulic Equipment for the Albert Dock, Hull, 649
Maximus Brake Trials on, 595 (Correction, 612)
Petrol Motor-inspection Car, 358, 460 Station at Hull, 159, 160
Paragon Station. Hull, 159, 160 Princes-street Station, Edinburgh, 500
Railway Inquiry, 193—see Railways and the State and Railways, Nationalisation of
Railways, Future of Suburban, 195 Nationalisation of our, 170, 587;
(Letter), 225—see Railways and the State and Railway Inquiry
Reading Station, Great Western Railway, 450, 454
St. Enoch Station, Glasgow, 601 Signalling Arrangements at Wath, 138 Snow Hill Station at Birmingham, 262 Stations, Large, 159, 160, 209, 262, 315, 363, 392, 450, 454, 500, 601
Trolley for Armour Plate, &c., Caledonian Railway, 435

Railways, Foreign:

American Accidents, 111
Railways, Block Signalling on, 529
Austrian-Alpine Railways. 54 {Tivo^page Supplement, January 17th, 1908)
Electric Railway, Gas Engine Power Plant for, 539
Petrol Motor Car, 543
Fin Haut Station, 319
Italian Railway Service, 591
Key West Railway, 186
Malay States Railways, Bogie Coal Wagon, 505
Railways Foreign (continued}*.
Milwaukee Northern Railway, Electric, Gas Engine Power Plant for, 539
New York Rapid Transit Subway, W. B. Parsons, 254
Pennsylvania Railroad Steel Rails, 567 Pittsburg and Butler Electric Power Station, 67
Railway Gauge Conversion in Manchuria, 237,
Tehuantepec Railway, Harbour at Salina Cruz (Supplement^ January Zrdy 1908)
Railways, United States, in 1907, 25 Electrical, United States, in 1907, 25
Russia’s Railway System, 542
Signalling, Block, on American Railways, 529

Railways, Locomotives, British, Colonial, and Indian:

City and South London, Accident, Board of Trade Report, 646
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway, Saddle Tank, 66
Great Central, Compound Engines and their Work, Charles Rous-Marten, 417, 460
Eight-wheels Coupled Tank, 380
Great Western, Four-cylinder Non-compound, “ Great Bear,” 165,188 (Two- page Supplement^ Feh'uary 14M, 1908)
Six-coupled Four-cylinder Noncompound, 14 (Supplementi Jamtary 3rcZ, 1908)
London and South-Western. Six-coupled Four- cylinder Non-compound, 14, 133 (Correction, 169), 192, 193 (Supplements, January Zrd^ 1908, February 1th, 1908, and February 21s^, 1908); Duplex Boiler Feed Pumps and Piston Valves, Drawings, 503, 508 ; Tender to Locomotive No. 335 and Water Pick-up. 192 ; Charts and Diagrams of Results, 370, 371
Midland, Three-cylinder Compound Express, 14 (S^ipplement^ January Zrd^ 1908)
North-Eastern, Four-cylinder, 460
Six-coupled Tank, 354, 623 (Supplemenif April Zrd^ 1908
British and Foreign, 456
Superheat, and Balancing, 276, 357
Tank, with Brotan Boiler and Water-tube Firebox, Beyer, Peacock, 40
with Variable Tractive Power, Bothwell, 67

Railways, Locomotives, Foreign;

Brie Railroad. Mallett Compound, 14 (Si^pple- Dient, January 1908)
Italian State Railways Prairie Type Compound, 14 (Supplement^ January 3rcZ, 1908)
Ten-coupled Compound, 485
Exhibits at Franco-British Exhibition, Axles, Springs, &c., Spencer, 658
St. Gothard Four-cylinder Compound, 14 (Sup- plement^ January Src?. 1908)
American, for Export, 666, 670 Heavy Goods, 67 Powerful Geared, 624
Weights of, 67
Buffalo and Pittsburg Railway, Ten-coupled Bank, 67
and Rolling Stock in the United States in 1907, 156
Shunting Engines in America, Monster, 543

Railways, Locomotives, General:

Fire-boxes, Combustion in, Brislee, Fry, 345, 348, 351, 355, 376 ; (Letters). 409, 461
“Rocket,” George Stephenson’s, 189 in 1907, 14 (Supplement^ January Zrcl^ 1908) Automatic Cab-signalling on, Pjgg, 71, 123
RATEAU System, Development of, 107, 267, 290, 536
Refrigeration—see also Ships, Naval Matters Refrigerating Machinery, Haslam Foundry Company, 605
Refuse Destructor and Electricity Generating Station at Greenock, 471 (Corrections, 516, 546)
Destructor Plant at Twickenham Sewage Works, Meldrnm, 586, 590, 630 Reservoirs—see Water Supply
Rings, Strength of Chain, 497
Road, Concrete Crane, at Newport Dock, 30 Surfaces, Motor Vehicles and, 509

Rock Drills:

Drills in South Africa, Stope, 46, 135, 157, 645 (List of Names Competing, 137)
Electro-pneumatic, 227
“Konomax ” Compressed Air Rock Drill, 306

ROPEWAY, Aerial, at Loch Leven, Henderson, 32, 33,36
at Middleton Colliery, White’s. 166, 168
at Asturiana Mines, Spain, Ropeways. Limited, 626, 534 Rotary Kiln Cement Plant, Johnson, 211, 220

SALVAGE of a Coal Transporter, 382

Sanitary Engineering:

Sanitary Engineering in 1907, 8
Bath and Somersetshire County Council, 8 Caterham Disposal Plant, 8
Glasgow Sewage, 8
Leeds’ Position, 8
London Drainage and Tube Railways, 8 River Pollution, 8
Sewage Disposal, Royal Commission, 8
Testing, 8
Works, New and Contemplated, 8
Sheffield Sewage Effluent for Compensation Water, 8
Sewage Disposal Station at Twickenham, 586, 690, 630
Works, Colwyn Bay, 594
Sewerage and Paving in the United States in 1907, 51

SAWS – see woodworking
Shaft Sinking at Horden Colliery, South-East Durham, Brest, 229
Shears—see Machine Tools
Shield Used in Strand to Embankment Subway, 260

Ships and Shipbuilding, General:

Anchors, 127 Cwt. Patented Stockless, Waste- meys Smith, 658
Engines—see Engines and Motors
Fluid Resistance and Ship Propulsion, Research Work on, Wellenkamp, 423
Gantries at Harland and Wolff’s Belfast Works, 607
Germany on the Atlantic, 92
Heating of Modern Ocean Liners, Carlile Wallace, 395
Liquid Fnel at Sea, 14
Machinery for Cable Repairing Ship, 4, 6, 12 Marine Engineering in 1907, 14
Factors of Safety in, Arnold, 424
Turbine in 1907, 14
Mariner’s Compass, Modern Developments of, J. C. Dobbie, 424
Modern Ships, Classification of, 275 Propeller, The Atlantic, 300
Blades, Pitting of, 535, 539;
(Letters), 567, 593
Experiments, Model, Professor Flamm,353, 482 (Supplement^ April ird^ 1908)
Propellers, Turbine, 615 ; (Letter), 647 Resistance of Ships, Analysis of, Hovgaard, 423 Salvage of a Coal Transporter, 382 Schiffs-Kreisel (Gyroscope), Schlick, 638, 655 Screw-propeller Experiments, Results, Froude, 422
Ship Calculations, Notes on, W. S. Abell, 424 Construction, New System of, Isherwood, 395 ; (Letter), 515
Propulsion by Gas, 274
Shipbuilding Dispute, 148, 216, 222, 249, 293, 354,452, 456, 476, 661, 581, 620 Output of 1907, 93 Scottish, in January, 176
Three Months’, 382
Four Months’, 505 and Shipping on the Great Lakes of North America, Renner, 655 Steering Gear, Steam, Harland and Wolff, 630 532
Submarines, Disabled, Hall-Rees’ Dress for E-'cape from, 612
Tanks, Experimental, Wellenkamp, 422 Vacuum in Surface Condensers, Influence of Air, Morison, 395

Ships and Shipbuilding, British Navy:

Agamemnon, H.M. Battleship, 428, 434
British Navy in 1907, 15 (Supplement. January Zrd, 1908)
Ghurka, H.M. Destroyer, 15 (Supplement^ January Zrd^ 1908)
Gladiator, H. M. Cruiser, in Collision with St. Paul, 458, 604
Indomitable, H.M. Cruiser, 428, 434
Lord Nelson, Battleship, 62. 69
Tiger, Loss of H.M. Destroyer, 377

Ships and Shipbuilding, Naval Matters:

Armour in 1907, 16
and its Attack, Modern, Tresidder, 368, 393, 407, 425
Boilers in 1907, 17
Chatham Dockyard, Hydraulic Pumps at, Abbott, 372
Cruiser Problem, 399, 667 ; (Letter), 693 Destroyer Programme, The, 483 Dreadnoughts of the World, 60, 276 Gun-making in Sweden, Big, 446 (Tuppaye
Supplement^ May Is^, 1908)
Guns in 1907, 16
Naval Base at Rosyth, 267
Dock and Harbour Works, Expenditure on, 276
Engineering in 1907,17 Estimates, 221, 229, 367, 376 Shipbuilding, The Clyde and, 303
Refrigeration Machinery in 1907, 17
Repairs in Dockyards, Government or Private, 17
Shipbuilding, Private and Dockyard, 352 Shooting in the Navy, 175
Telegraphy, Wireless, in 1907, 16
Torpedo and Anti-torpedo Armament, 430
Torpedo-boat Destroyers, Speed of, 37
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers, Modern, Thornycroft, 368
Torpedoes in 1907, 16
Turbines, The Weight of Marine, 643
Unsinkable and Uncapsizable Ships, Goulaeff, 368, 380
Warships, British and Foreign, in 1907, 15 and Machinery under Construction in England, Progress of, 29
Price of Speed in, 299

Ships and Shipbuilding, Foreign Navies:

Argentine Armoured Gunboat Parana, Armstrong, Whitworth, 623
Brazilian Torpedo Boat Goyaz (Supplement^ January Zrd^ 1908)
French Battleships, Trials of, 291 Cruiser L6on Gambetta, 668 Naval Boilers, 197
German Destroyer, “S” Class (Supplement^ January Zrd^ 1908)
Italian Battleship Regina Elena, 28 Cruiser San Giorgio, Feed Pumps for, Watson, 369
Submarines, Glauco and Squalo, 162 Paraffin Enginefor, Thornycroft, 146
Japanese Cruiser, Ibuki, Turbines for. 542
Russia, New Submersibles for, Forelj, Kambala, 410
United States Navy, 43
Government Reports, 674

Ships and Shipbuilding, Mercantile and General Vessels:

Alexandra, New Royal Yacht, Inglis, 327 Cable-repairing Steamer, Guardian, 4, 6, 12 Parent, Thames Conservancy Tug, 612 Dredger for Rangoon, Simons, 614
Guardian, Cable - repairing Steamer, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 4, 6, 12
Holland-America Liner Rotterdam, 650 Jjifeboats of the United Kingdom, 391 Lusitania, Cunard Liner, 14 (Supplevnerd^ January Zrd, 1908)
Speed Trials, and Service Performance, Bell, 394
Pelican, Sand Pump Dredger for Rangoon, 514 Russian Survey Steamer Oxotckb, Sunderland Shipbuilding Company, 566
St. Paul, American Liner, in Collision with H.M.S. Gladiator, 458, 504
Shipbuilding on the Great Lakes of North America, 543
Sponge Fishing, Submarine Vessel for, 513
Steamboats, The (London County Council), 171 Steam Launches Constructor and Sirius
Simpson, 333
Submarine Vessel for Sponge Fishing, 513 Thames Conservancy Tug Darent, 512 Turbine Steamers Cairo and Heliopolis, 173 Yacht Vanadis, Inglis, 197

Ships and Shipbuilding, Launches and Trial Trips :

126, 204, 310, 409, 548, 570, 652

SIGNALLING—See Railways
Slide Rule, The Long.” Hall, 381
Smoke, London, 118 ; (Letter), 176 Suppression, E. J; Kunze, 109
Soudan, Development of the, 9
South Kensington Engineering Collection, Catalogue, 555
Springs, Spencer, 658
Stamping Press, Hydraulic, Fielding and Platt, 332
Stations—see Electric Matters and Railways Steam, The Formation of, R. H. Smith, 314 Engine Theory, Disputed Points in, Mel- lanby, 302
Exhaust, Rateau System Development, 107, 267, 290, 536 Utilisation of, 536
and Water, 222, 248; (Letters), 149, 253, 276
Steel—see Iron and Steel
Steering Gear—see Ships
Stope Drills—see Rock Drills
Strand to Embankment Subway, 260 {Two-page Su'ppletneiU,^ Details^ March Y6th^ 1908)
Strength of Chain Rings, 77, 134, 497
Stresses in Solid Beam Sections and the Strength of Chain Rings, R, H. Smith, 77, 134; (Letters), 34, 97,149
Submarine Navigation, Italy’s Progress, 162 Subterranean Water, 496
Subway, Strand to Embankment, 260 {Two-page Supplement, Details^ March \Zth^ 1908)
Sugar Factory, Formosa, 320
Superheated Steam, Advantages and Disadvantages of, M. Longridge,139 with Marine Engines, Use of, Felix Godard, 395

TANKS, Experimental—see Ships Technolexikon, The, 39
Telegraphy, Cable Repair Steamer Guardian, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 4, 6, 12
Wireless—see also Naval Matters Telephones and Telegraphs in 1907, 19 Telephony, Wireless, V. Poulsen, 434 Telescope (Mensuration of Angles), Rhodin, 417 Testing—see also Laboratory at Zurich, National
Physical Laboratory, and Engines and Motors
Machine, 30-Ton Tensile, Buckton, 657 Plant for Automobiles, 328
Tests, Influence of Water on Compressive Strength of Cement, Mortar and Concrete, 503 ’
Extensometer, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, 506
THALASSOL, 675 Thames Conservancy, Report, 624
Floods, 481
Thermal Efficiency, Effect of Mixture Strength and Scavenging upon, Hopkinson, 405. 517, 543 ; (Letters), 435, 461
Tin-seaming Machinery, Bliss, 632 Torpedoes—see Ships, Naval Matters Tower, Brick Water-cooling, Balcke, 462 Traction Engine Excavator, 67
Tractor, Three-cylinder Steam, Fowler’s, 95 Trade—see also Labour in Cape Colony, 296
Depression on the Clyde, 581
Disputes, Compulsory Arbitration in. 668 Trades Disputes Bill, 301, 535 Tramway, Glasgow to Loch Lomond by, 172 Tramways, Electrical, in 1907, 18
United States, in 1907, 25 Leeds Corporation, Tip Wagon for Hudson, 675
London County Council, 326 Non-parallel Axle Trucks for, Warner 173 ’
Norwich Electric, 460
Strand to Embankment Subway, 260 1908)^^^^
Trucks, Non-parallel Axle, Warner, 173 Tunnel, The Rotherhithe, 648
Tunnels, United States, in 1907, 25 Turbine, 12,000 Horse-power Steam, F. Tosi, 524, 594 Supple/iKent, May 227UZ, 1908)
Marine, in 1907, 14
Steam, Engineering, 293
Sturtevant Steam, 228
6000 Horse-power Zoelly, for M<iu- „ ,. Chester, James Howden and Co,, 612
turbines, Exhaust Steam, Translation of Professor Rateau’s Paper, 267, 290
in Germany, Marine, 669 for Japanese Cruiser, 542
Steam, Combination of Reciprocating Engines and, C. A. Parsons, 394,403, 474, 488 ; (Letters), 461, 477
Weight of Marine, 643 Turbo-generator, 18C0-Kilowatt, Parsons, 502, 634, 635

VALVE, Ehrhardt and Sehmer’s Mixing, 88
Equilibrium Stop, Schaffer, 436
Gas Sampling, 99
Water, Automatic Tap Syndicate, 516
Viaduct, Pwll-y-Pant, on the Barry Railway, Dickie, 202 ,

WAGON, Petrol Motor, for Military Transport, Armstrong, Whitworth, 228
Steam Motor, Mann’s, 592
Tip, for Leeds Tramways, Hudson, 675 28-Ton Bogie Coal, Leeds Forge Company, 505
Traversers in Glasgow Goods Yard, North British Railway, 659

War Material:

Armour and its Attack—see Ships, Naval Matters
Wap Material {contimbed^x
Balloons, Dirigible, in Warfare, 175
Gun-making at Bofors, Sweden. Big, 446 (To'o- page Supplement, May Is^, 1908)
Naval Guns in 1907, 16
Torpedoes—see Ships, Naval Matters
Wagon, Petrol Motor, for Military Transport, Armstrong, Whitworth, 228

WATER, Co-efficients of Discharge, Bilton, 648

Gauge, “Hay” Boiler Company, 174 (Correction, 195)
Subterranean, 496

Water Supply:

Water Supply in 1907, 7
Bar row, 7
Birkenhead’s Alwen Scheme, 7
Derwent Valley, 7
Halifax Reservoirs, 7
Honor Oak Reservoirs, 7
Lincoln Bore-hole Abandoned, 7
Liverpool and Manchester, 7
Metropolitan Water Board, 7, 397 ; (Letter), 647
Various Works, Home, 7
Foreign, 7
Chingford Reservoirs, 397
Skegness, 406
Water Supply and Purification in the United States in 1907, 51

WATT, James, Anniversary, 94
Memorial, Greenock, 584
Present to Institute, 634
Weighing Machine, Automatic Ore, Blake-Denison, 42
Weight-adding Machine, British Calculators, 333
Wheel, Spring, for Chain Drive, Renold, 582 Wilzin Pressure Controller, 634
Wire, Copper, Cowper-Coles, 623
Ropes, Cooke, 558
Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony—see Telegraphy and Telephony

Wood-working Machinery:

Lathe, Copying, Ransome, 622
Log Frame, Direct Steam-driven, Robinson, 43
Planing Machine, Wood, Robinson’s, 172

WORKMANSHIP, Materials and Invention, 588
Works, Chicago-Milwaukee Railway Locomotive and Carriage, 292
Formosan Sugar Factory. 320
Harland and Wolff’s, at Belfast, 607
Humber Company, Gas-power Station at, 551
Hungarian State Engineering, 313, 324, 365, 374
Lichtenberg, Combined Electricity and Gas, 164
Motor Car, at Manchester, Crossley Brothers, 608
Norman Portland Cement, 294, 298
Spittlegate Ironworks, Grantham, Hornsby’s, 237 {Four-page Supplement^ March ^th^ 1908)
Stockport Gas Engine, 265, 270

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