The Engineer 1908 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1908 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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ABLETT, C. A., and C. Koettgen, on Some Experience with Electrically-driven Rolling MiUs, 371

Accidents:

American Coal Mine, 387
Railway. 222, 443
Berlin Railway, 412
Boiler Explosions, Board of Trade Report, 4yi , (Letter), 521
Two, 43
British Railway, in 1907, 296 ,
Canal Embankment, Cornwall, U.S.A., Washout, 90
Chelsea Generating Station, 382
French Gun, on the Latouche-Treville, 328, 3&&
French Marine, 435
Gladiator, H.M. Cruiser, 381
Industrial, in the United States, 648
Ottawa-Trold Collision, 74
Stanton Ironworks, 354, 436,441; (Letters), 413, 440
Warship, 381
Water Hammer Explosion at Preston, 53/
also Stanton Ironworks
Zeppelin Airship, 147

AEROPLANES—see Flying Machines Africa, South, Irrigation in. Report of Commission, 301
Agricultural Educational Exhibits, 61
- Implements at Prague, 210 at Smithfield, 612
Air Compressors—see Compressors
Pumps—see Pumps
Airship, Zeppelin, 94, 147 ; (Letter), 149 —see also Flying Machines
Almanack, 78
Aluminium—see Metals and Metallurgy America and the New Patent Law, 247
American Engineering News, 50, 72, 177, 333, 444, 473. 652, 678
Rail Mill Practice, 50 Seaport. Proposed New, at Newark, New York, 90
Analysis, An Early Qualitative, 37
Anderton Boat Lift, Reconstruction, 82, 92
(Two-page Supplement July 1908)
Andrews and Cameron’s Sea-water Evaporators and Feed-heaters, 150
Anemometer and Wind Indicator, Jorgensen, z2
Apprentices, Training of Engineering, 35
Apulian Aqueduct, 362
Arbitration—see Labour
Armstrong, Prof. H. E., on Scientific Control of Fuel Consumption, 395

Associations, Institutions, and Societies:

Association, British:
Aluminium Alloys, Electrical Conductivity of, E. Wilson, 288 . ' .
Cause and Prevention of Wear in Motor-driven Vehicles, F. H. Royce, 288
Clock-driving Mechanism for Equatorial Telescopes, Sir H. Grubb, 289
Deviation of Actual Gases from the Ideal State, Callendar, 274
Experiments on Rotating Discs, M. F. Fitzgerald and J. Brown, 289
Laws of Flight, F. W. Lanchester, 288, 303, 329
Meeting in Dublin, 273, 287
Peat, Utilisation of, in Making Gas or Charcoal, Capt. Riall Sankey, 287
Platinum Thermometry, 275
Presidential Address, Dugald Clerk, 253, 279
Producer Gas, J. E. Dowson, 288
Production of Ammonia from Atmospheric Nitrogen by Means of Peat, H. C. Woltereck, 288
Railless Traction, F. Douglas Fox, 289
Report of Committee on Gaseous Explosions, 271, 273 (see Presidential Address, by Dugald Clerk); Appendix to Report, Callendar, 274
Strength of Solid Round-ended Columns, W. E. Lilly, 289
Study of Breakages, W. Ro?enhain, 288
Suction Gas Producers, P. W. Robson, 288
Turbines, Steam, Recent Advances in, G. Stoney, 273

Association of Engineers-in-Charge:
Smoke, J. Swinburne, 422

Association of Engineers, Manchester:
Constantine Medal Award, 470 I
High-speed Tool Steel, Professor Carpenter, ' 588
Presidential Address, G. Hughes, 470
Reciprocating Engine in Marine Practice, D. Gibson, 638
Visit to Harland and Wolff’s Works at Belfast, 116
Association of Bnglneeps and Shipbulldeps:
Wear and Tear of Machinery, W. R. Austin, 644

Association of Water Engineers:
Capetown Waterworks, Wynne-Roberts, 16
Conference at Birmingham, 16
Dinner and Visits, 16
Presidential Address, H. E. Stilgoe, 16
Reservoirs, Impounding, Design and Construction of. Watts, 16
Wells and Bore-holes for Town Water Supply, Ashton Hill, 16

Institute, The Iron and Steel:
Basic Open-hearth Process, Chemical Control of, R. V. Wheeler and A. Harrison, 396
Blast Furnaces/rom 1844-1908, Bell Brothers, Greville Jones, 346
By-laws, Proposed New, 372
Carbon Steels, Constitution of, Prof. E. D. Campbell, 397
Cleveland District Iron and Steel Industries, W. Hawdon, 345
Freezing Point of Iron, Prof. Carpenter, 397
Fuel Consumption, Scientific Control of, Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 395
Gas Producer Practice, Experiments, Prof. W. A. Bone and R. V. Wheeler, 395
Influence of Silicon on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Iron, A. Jouve, 397
Iron Ores, Mechanical Cleaning of, T. C. Hutchinson, 345
Iron Sheets and Tubes, Finished, Production of, in one Operation, S. O, Cowper-Coles, 372
Meeting at Middlesbrough, 345, 371, 395 Metal Mixer, Future Development of the, A. E. Pratt, 372
Microscope, Note on a Workshop, J. E. Stead, 345
Pig Iron Shown at the Franco-British Exhibition, Analyses of, Bauerraan, 346
Power Supply and its Effect on the Industries of the North-East Coast, C. H. Merz, 346, 629 ; Mr. T. Westgarth’s Addendum, 397
Programme of Autumn Meeting at Middlesbrough, 227
Rail Steel, Test for Ascertaining the Relative Wearing Properties of, E. H. Saniter, 346
Rolling Mills, Experience with Electrically- driven, C. Koettgen and C. A. Ablett, 371 Visits, 346, 373, 397*

Institute of Marine Engineers;
Marine Propulsion, Generation and Transmission of Power for, Durtnall, 85, 488
Presidential Address, Mr, J. Denny on Turbines and Propellers, 379, 408

Institute of Metals;
Aluminium and Some of its Uses, J. T. W Tehevarri, 531
Copper Alloys, Certain, Mechanism of Annealing in, G. D. Burgough and G. F. Hudson, OoJ I
Copper and Copper Alloys, Some Points of Interest, J. T. Milton, 531
Inter-metallic Compounds, Dr. Desoh, 531 : Rosenhain, 531
Meeting, First General, 531 New Institution, 516
Phosphor Bronze, Notes on, A. Philip, 531 Programme and Progress, 362
Tubes, Plant used in Manufacture of, W. H. A Robertson, 531
Visits, 531

Institute, West of Scotland Iron and Steel:
Presidential Address, P. N. Cunningham, 460 Institution of Civil Engineers ;
Presidential Address, J. C. Inglis, Brunei’s Report, Gauge Conversion, 495

Institution of Electrical Engineers
Some Comparisons of the Electrical Industry in this Country and Abroad, W. M. Mordey, 661

Institution of Electrical Engineers, Manchester Section:
Electrical Design in Relation to Capital Cost, Miles Walker, 523
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders In Scotland:
Opening of New Buildings, 618, 638
Presidential Address, Ward, 638
Shipbuilding, Interrelation of Theory and Practice, O’Neill, 100
Standardisation and its Relation to Trade, Sir J. Wolfe Barry, 638

Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Method of Detecting, C. A. M. Smith, 158 ®
Coal and Coke-handling Plant at Bristol, W. Stagg, 113 ’
Copper Tubes, Sheets, and Wire, Direct Production, Cowper-Coles, 136
Dinner, 116
Eimlntion and Methods of Manufacture of’Spur Geanng, Humpage, 138
Forced Lubrication for Axle - boxes, Hurrv Riches and Reynolds, 114
Hadfield’s Steel Cap of Shot before and after Impact, 571
on Notched Bars, Different Methods, Mr. F. W. Harbord, 571, 602
Repairs, Renewals, Deterioration, and Depre- Clarion of Workshop Plant and Machinery, J. E. Darbishire, 438, 443, 492
Resistance of Materials to Impact, Dr. Stanton and Mr. L. Bairstow, 571, 575
Sphingometer, C. A. M. Smith, 158 “1”5“?6T Id’s
Type-casting and Composing Machinery, L A Legros, 675 />••
Visits, Various Works at Bristol, 113, 123 159 ?
Stothert and Pitt’s Works, Bath, 142, 146 ’? Works, Swindon, 158, 104, loo ’
, Filtration and Purification for Public Supply, J. Don, 438
Graduates’ Association:
Cane Sugar Factories, Cyril Dawson, 203, 229 Institution of Mining Engineers: |
Coal Dust and its Treatment wit*' Chloride, H. Hall, 241
Colliery Rescue Apparatus, Practical
tr. B. Walker, 241 Meeting at Edinburgh, 241
Visits, 278
Wemyss Coalfield, J. Gemmell, 211, 278

Institution of Naval Architects :
Lusitania, Speed Trials and Service Performance. Bell, 46 I

Institution of Naval Architects, German: j
Gyroscope as Direction-giver on the Earth and ; Applicability to Ships, Dr. Anschutz-Kaempe, i 611 ' Lifeboats in Modern Vessels, Placing Technical and Other Considerations, Axel Welin, 635
Meeting, 587, 611
Resistances to Flat Plates and Vessels’ Hulls in Water and the Genesis of Waves, Prof. Dr. Ahlborn, 612
Transporting Plant for Building Ships, Michenfelder, 635
Turbines, Marine, G. Bauer, 587 Wage Tariff Agreements in the Shipbuildirg Trade, Hochstetler, 635

Institution, North-East Coast of Engineers and Shipbuilders:
Labour Economics and the Engineer, Presidential Address, Summers Hunter, 524 Report of Educational Committee, 679 Torsion Meters in Marine Work, J. Hamilton Gibson, 505

Society of Engineers:
Proposed Amalgamation, 50
Society, Royal:
Conversazione, 14
Divers’ Dress, Siebe, Gorman and Co., 14 Egyptian Survey Collections, 15
Mining Apparatus, Life Saving, Siebe, Gorman, 14
Winchester Cathedral Relics, 15

AUSTIN, W. R., on Wear and Tear of Machinery.

BAILEY’S Compressors, Gauges, Testers, and Valves, at Franco-British Exhibition, 213
Baker, Professor Ira, on Voids, Shrinkage, and Weight of Crushed Stone, 215
Ball and Socket Joints, 520 Barnes, J. S., on Tubbing for Modern Collieries, 422
Barry, Sir J.'Wolfe, on Standardisation, 638 Bauerman, Pref. H., on Analyses of British Pig
Iron at the Franco-British Exhibition, 346 Bearings, Ball, Hoffmann, 349, 399
D. W. F. Journal and Thrust Ball, Ludwig Loewe, 466
Bell, Thomas, on Speed Trials of the Lusitania, 46 Belts, Transmission, Domaoge, 162
Bending of Columns, Method of Detecting, C. A.
M. Smith, 158 Bending Machines—see Machine Tools Bessemer Converter, Dry Air in the, 120 Blast Furnaces—see Furnaces Blow-down System, Baby, 174 Blower Plant, Large Roots’, Thwaites, 387 Blowers, Steam Turbine, Hodges’, 173 Board of Trade Reports—see Labour and Boilers Boat Lift, Anderton, Reconstruction, 82, 92 {T»eo-page Supplement^ July 1908)

Boilers:

Blow-down System for Boilers, Boby, 174 Boiler and Engine Fittings, National Boiler Company, 466
Equipment for 18,000-Ton Battleship, Model, “ Lagrafel ” Type, Chantiers de Provence, 161
Fittings, Galloway’s, 375 Hopkinson’s Safety, 350 Furnace, The “Eclipse,” 562 Laurence Party, 213
“ Leinhaes ” Water-tube, with ‘ ‘ Durr ” Link Fire-bars, 260
Niclausse, 161, 189
Plug, Fusible, Vulcan Company, 375 Settings, Adjustable Cover Company, 84
Tube Cleaning Apparatus, Henschel, 333
Boilers at the Franco-British Exhibition, 161, 189
Doors, Steel Manhole, Rolled Steel Forge Company, 84
Economisers, Clay Cross Company, 264 Engine and Boiler Breakdowns, 272 Explosions, Board of Trade Report, 491 ;
(Letter), 521 Two, 43
Gauge Glasses and Reflectors, Grange, 189 Testers, Vulcan Boiler Company, 375 Stokers—see Stokers
Water Purification Oil Eliminating Plant, Paterson Engineering Company, 251

BOMBAY, Port and Harbour Improvements at. 157
Bone, Prof. H. A. arid K, V. Wheeler, on Experiments in Gas-producer Practice. 395 Boring Apparatus, Burnside Safety, 122
Machines—see Machine Tools Brakes—see Railways and Tramcars Brass—see Metals Breakages, Study of, W. Rosenhain, 288 Breathing Equipment for Salvage Purposes Mandet, 162

Bridges:

Avranches Railway Viaduct, 450
Blackwell’s Island (Queenborough) Cantilever at New York, 252, 595, 601
Concrete Bridges in France, 450 Coutances, Manche Railway, 450
Girder System of the Queenborough Bridge, 601 Manhattan Suspension at New York, Spinning the Cables for, 444
Noieiel Footbridge, 450
Quebec, Disaster, 221
Queenborough—see Blackwell’s Island
Swing, over the Arun, Littlehampton, 174, 175 Sydney Harbour, 487
Walney Island and Opening Span, 88, 89, 110, 111, 118
BRITISH Columbia, West Kootenay Hydroelectric Works, 481, 490 Electro-technical ComnrsBion, Miles Walker, 102
Browne, Sir B. C., on Co-partnership and Unemployment, 585, 596
Bruce, R ‘bert, on Marine Condensers, 648
Brunel’s Report on the Broad-gauge System, 495; (Letter), 521
Buffing Machine, Crypto Electrical Company, 456 Building Operations and Engineering Works Bill, 157
Burgon, G. D., and G. F. Hudson on Copper Alloys and Mechanism of Annealing, 531 Burmah Oil Pumping Station, 361
Business Aspects of Early Engineeriog, H. W. Dickinson, 670
Butter Separator, Swiftfeure Syndicate, 16

CABLE and Coral, Submarine Exhibits, India- rubber and Telegraph Company, 58
Caissons at Avonmouth Dock, Motherwell Bridge Company, 9, 70
Hauling Machinery, Carrick Wardale, 9, 70 for Walney Bridge, 89
Caldwell, W., on Oil Shale at Pumpherston, Callendar and Nicolson on leakage and densation of Steam, 169
Campanile of St. Mark, 285
Campbell, Prof. E. D., on the Constitution of Carbon Steels, 397
Canada, Concrete and Steel Workshop, 367, 378

Canals:

Accident to Cornwall Canal Embankment, U.S.A., 90
Caledonian, 107
Canals and Waterways, Royal Commission, 107. 626
Chicago Drainage Canal and the Great Lake Levels, 109
Crinan, 107
Erie, Tne New, 444
Forth and Clyde and Monkland, 107
Inland Navigation in America, 437
Panama, Progress at, 4, 27, 68, 134 (Tu:o-pagc Supplement^ August^tbi 1908)
Weaver Navigation, Anderton Boat Lift, Reconstroction, 82, 92 (Two-j>agc Supplement July 24a, 1908)

CAPITAL and Labour, 120
Capstans, Electric, at Avoninouth Dock, Stotherb and Pitt, 95
Hydraulic, 95
Carpenter, Prof.,

Catalogues:

76, 152, 204, 230, 254, 280, 312, 337, 365, 419, 554, 578, 630, 666, 680

CEMENT Kiln, Rotary, Morgan, 22
Smidth, 30 Pipes, German System of Making, 599 Raw Meal Mixer and Stores, 618 Roofing, Volcanic, Seurat, 189 Works at Irthlingborough, 30
Census of Production, 3
Centenaries—nee Nasmyth, also Railways Centrifugal Bolting Machine and Brushes,
Cusson Frbres, 189 Force on Steam in Turbine Blading,
Frank Foster, 66
Chaff-cutter, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 612 Chain, Renold Silent Driving, 466
Change-gear Apparatus, Hofbeck, 313
Chicago Drainage Canal and the Great Lake Levels, 109
Chimney, Largest in the World, 678
Clerk, Dugald, on Gaseous Explosions, 271, 273 Presidential Address to British Association, 263, 279, 354
Clock, Electrically Illuminated, W. H. Bailey, 466
Clyde Measured Mile, 74
Trust—see Harbours and Works

Coal, Coke, and Collieries:

Barnsley Main Colliery, Ropeway at, Bullivant, 194, 199
Belt Conveyors for Shipping Coal, Fraser and Chalmers, 573
Bunker and Road Screen at Barnsley Collieries, 194, 199
Coal and Coke*bandling Plant at Bristol, Stagg,
Drill, Pneumatic Electric, 652
Dust and its Treatment with Calcium Chloride, H. Hall, 241
Elevator, Shovel and Coking Stokers, Proctor, 454, 456
Prices in London, 674
Shipping Machinery for Japan, Head, Wrightson and Co., 646, 650, 651
Transporting Plant of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, 642
Coaling Staith and Hoist on the Tyne, 177 Station, Locomotive, Reinforced Concrete, 472
Coke Handling Machine, The Hamilton, 469
Oven Gas Engine Plant, 679 (Ttro-page Supplenventf December 1908)
Colliery Haulage Gears, 5 to 10 Horse-power, Electromotors, Limited, 402, 403, 430
Rescue Apparatus, Practical Use of, G. B, Walker, 241
Conveyors at Coventry, Bennis, 306 at Mining Exhibition, 97
Cutters at Mining Exhibition, Clyde, Pickquick. Siskol, &c., 136
Eight Hours Bill, 569
Mine Accidents in America, 387
Miners, Average Output of, 13
Railway Coal Bills and Wages, 196
Tubbing for Modern Collieries, 422 Warships, Coaling and Coal Economy, 353 Weighing Machines at Mining Exhibition, 97 Wemyss Coalfield, J. Gemmell, 241, 278 Yorkshire Steam Coal Trade, 46, 628

COKE—see Coal, Coke, &c.
Cold, International Congress on, 421
Commission, A Traveller’s, 292
Compressor, Electrically-driven Air, Tilghman, 166, 431
Compressors, Air, at the Mining Exhibition, 136 Koster Air, W. H. Bailey, 466
Concrete Block Making Machine, 61
Bridges—see Bridges
Dam, Temporary, at Avonmouth, 34 Ferro-, Wharf at Swansea, 341 (Supplement October 2ndf 1908)
Granary at Avonmouth, 34, 40 Handling by Belt Conveyors, 678 Monoliths at Avonmouth, 34 Piling at Yorkhill, 238
Reinforced, Railway Sleepers, M. Brukner, 411
Roadway for Motor Cars, U.S.A., 473 and Steel Workshop in Canada, 367, 378 Work at Monterey Waterworks, 486, 510, 514 (Tico-page Suppl&m,eut. hov&m- ber 6^A, 1908)
Work at West Kootenay, B.C., 481, 490 Condensers, Marine, Bruce, 648
Professor Josse’s Paper, 14
Considere System of Armoured Concrete, 450

Contracts:

24, 62, 76, 126, 152, 180, 206. 232, 256, 282. 310, 390, 418, 446, 476, 600, 526, 554, 578, 606, 632, 658

CONTRACTS for Electrical Work and Machinery, 449, 503
Conveying Plant, Grain, at Avonmouth, New Conveyor Company, 95
Conveyors, Belt, for Handling Concrete, 678 Shipping Coal, Fraser and Chalmers, 5Z3
Coal-handling, at Coventry, Bennis, 306
Marcus,” Head, Wrightson, 97 at Mining Exhibition, 97
Cook, Edward, on the Gayley Dry Blast at Warwick Furnaces, 408
Co-partnership and Unemployment, Sir Benjamin C. Browne, 585, 596
Copper—see Metals and Metallurgy and Institute of Metals
Cork, Compressed, French Cork Company, 162 Corrosion—see Metals
Cost Accounts—see Establishment
Cotton Machinery at Nasmyth-Wilson’s, 314 Couplings, Automatic, 225 ; (Letters), 244. 305 Coventry Electricity Works, Bennis’ Mechanical Plant, 306
Cowper-Coles on Direct Production of Copper Tubes, Sheets, and Wire, 136 Production of Finished Iron Sheets and Tubes in One Operation, 372
Crane, Cross Traversing Jib, Stothert and Pitt, 360
Derrick Quarry, Morgan, 275 Ladle, at Steel Works, 529 Travelling, for Bridge Erection, U.S.A., 72 “ Walking,” for Shops, 652
Cranes, Electric, at Avonmouth Dock, 95 Creosoting Plant, Black and Sons, 61
Crusher, Patent Lightning Co., 136
Crushers at Mining Exhibition, 135
Cushman, Prof., on Corrosion of Metals, 409 ; {Letters), 666, 653
Cussons’ Steam Engine Cylinder Model, 136
Cylinder Condensation, 491 ; (Letters), 18, 19, 48, 73, 99, 125, 149, 163, 201, 226, 227, 496, 549

DAM, Gatun, at Panama, 4, 27
Temporary Concrete, at Avonmouth, 34,40 Temporary Concrete at Swansea, 341 Darbishire, J. E., on Repairs and Renewals of Workshop Plant and Machinery, 438, 443, 492; (Letters), 616, 663, 669
Dawson, Cyril, on Cane Sugar Factories, 203, 229 Demoulin, Maurice, on Recent Types of Express Locomotives, 209
Denny, Col. J. M,, on Foreign Competition in Shipbuilding, 637
James, on Turbines and Propellers, 379,
408 ; (Letter), 496
Depreciation of Machinery—see Workshop Desch, Dr., on Inter-metallic Compounds, 531 Destructors—see Refuse
Desulphurisation of Steel in the Electric Furnace, Geilenkirchen, 249
Dickinson, H. W., on Business Aspects of Early Engineering, 670
Discs, Experiments on Rotating, M. Fitzgerald and J. Brown, 289

Docks:

Avonmouth, Royal Edward, at, 7, 12, 33, 40, 66, 70, 95 (Two-yyage Supplementf July Zrd. 1908)
Clyde Graving Dock Facilities, 562
Floating, for Callao, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 220, 224
Swansea, Harbour Works and King’s Dock, 341 {Suppl&nicTitf Oclobei' 1908)

DOCKSHIP Vulcan, German Naval, 460, 462; (Letter), 521

Dockyard Notes:

Admiralty Casualty Return, 578 Agamemnon and Lord Nelson, Trials, 43 Argentine Government’s Projected Vessels, 241
Austrian Battleship Erzherzog, Franz Ferdinand, 633
Seagoing Squadron, its Constitution, 147
and Spanish Warshios Compared, 533 Battleship, an Improved St. Vincent, 633 Bellerophon Type, Variety in Masts, 416
Trials. 533
Bellona, H.M.S., Probable Dimensions, 416
Boadicea and Invincible, Pitting from Corrosion, 678
Brazilian Battleship Minas Geraes, Launch and Details, 241
Clyde Shipbuilding at a Standstill, 242
Cossack and Teviot, Ocean Destroyers, Refit, 376
Cruiser Squadron, Fifth, Movements of, 376 New Second-class, 633
Drake, Good Hope, and Leviathan, H.M.S., Refit Question, 493
Dreadnought Comparisons, 241
Dutch Torpedo Boats Completed, 376
French Battleship Amiral Duperr^ as Target, 265
Jena as Target, 147 Monitor Temp^te as Target, 265
Danton Class, Boilers of, 74 Turbine, Speed of, 147 Launching, 242
Coast Ship Furieux Fitted for Wireless Telegraphy, 43
Cruiser Montcalm Refitted, 524 Cruisers Ernest Renan and Jules Michelet, 43
Destroyer Spahi, Change of Design, 493 Destroyers, New Type, List of Names, 376, 493
Gun Accidents, Frequency of, 376 Mediterranean Fleet, Speed Trials and Target Practice, 416
Submarines with Rams, 493 Torpedoes and their Effect, 376 Warships, Old, 493
Furnace Defects in British Destroyers, 533 German Battleship and Cruiser Contracts, 147
Armament, 265, 416 Ersatz Sachsen, Launched and Named Westphalen, 74, 376
Battleships Reconstruction, 493 Cruisers F and G, Orders Placed, 578 and Turbines, 43 Type of Turbine, 493
Destroyers nearing Completion, 493 Dreadnoughts, Armament, 265, 416
Names, 376
Gunnery, Kaiser’s Prizes, 376
Gladiator, Salvage of, 265, 376
Good Hope, Refit Postponement, 147
Guns and Torpedo Boats, 618 Indomitable’s Speed Record, 147
Inflexible Class to be fitted with Portable Blast Screens, 242
Invincible Class, Speed, 43 ; Trials, 533
Italian and Japanese Vessels, Rumoured Armament, 265
Morosini’s Guns, Rumours and Contradictions, 74
Japanese Battleship Mikasa, Rig and Armament, 43
Cruisers Fitted for Wireless Telegraphy, 43
Kaiserin Elizabeth Modernised, 147 Lord Nelson and Dreadnoughts, Comparison, 43
Oil Fuel in British and Foreign Ships, 533 ; (Letter), 566
Portsmouth Dockyard, New Hands, 524 Propeller Trials for the Dreadnoughts, 618
Royal Dockyards or Private Yards, 74 Rudder Changes, 618
Russian Cruiser Pleg Wrecked, 624 Gunboats Giliak and Koreitz at Dover, 524
Spanish Navy, Details of Projected Ships, 241 Swedish Cruiser Fylgia, 618
Swift, Destroyer, Trials, 241
Tail-shafts of Torpedo Boats Changed, 533 T6m^raire and Bellerophon, Progress, 43, 633 Terrible and Powerful, H.M.S., Problem of Utility, 493
Triumph, Refitting, 376
Turbines, Curtis, for Japanese Ships, 533 United States Collier Vestal, 43
Cruiser California, Re-armament of the Class, 74
Destroyers Named, 618 Dry Dock at Puget Sound, 376 New Battleships, Naming, 43 New Battleships, Progress, 147 Vessels, Various Trials, 241 Warship Funnels and Bridges, Alterations, 618 Transfers, Chili and Ecuador, 618

DON, J., on Filtration and Purification of Water, 438
Dowson, J. Emerson, on Producer Gas, 288 Drainage—see. Mines
Drawing-ofl5ce System, A Simple, E. A. Vesey, 202
Dredger, Large Sand Pump, Leviathan,” Cam- mell, Laird and Co., 439
Dredgers for Bombay, Simons, 200 and Models at Franco-British Exhibition, Simons, 84
Drills—see Machine Tools and Rock Drills
Dry Air in the Bessemer Converter, 120
Durtnall, W. P., on Generation and Electrical Transmission of Power for Marine Propulsion and Speed Regulation, 85, 96, 488
Dust, Industrial, and Disease, 239
Dynamics of Rolling of a Ship, Sir G. Greenhill, 609
Dynamometer Drum, Renard, 313 Hydraulic, Heenan and Froude, 456
Dynamometers, Elliott Brothers, 454
Model, for Experimental Tank, 343 {Supplem.&fii^ October 2nc?, 1908)
Torsion, 383

ECONOMISERS, Clay Gross Company, 264
Edgecombe, F. T., on Torsion Meters, 668

Electrical Matters;

Electrical Railways—see Railways Tramways—see Tramways
Institution of Electrical Engineers—see Associations, &c.
Accumulators, Motors, Transformers, Generators, Osram Lamps, Crypto Electrical Company, 456
Ammeters, Voltmeters, “Murray” Recorder, Evershed, 468
Armature with Radial Commutator, Motor Control Panel, Motor Switch Panel, Automatic Transformer, Cut-out, Circuit Breaker, Westinghouse, 454, 455
Auto-transformer Gear, Westinghouse Company, 375
Ball Bearings for Vertical Motors, Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, 349, 399
Brake for Motor-driven Machines, Wellman Seaver, 459
Brush Gear for Dynamos, Pneumatic, Morgan
Crucible Company, 374, 375
Carbon Brushes. Contacts, and Switch Breaks, Microphone Discs, Dashpot Plungers, &c., Le Carbone, 189, 459 *
Chelsea Generating Station, Accident, 382 Commutator Grinder, Phillips, 454 Condenser and Voltage Detector, Motor Starters and Current-growing Resistance, Reyrolle, 427
Contacts, Plug for Laboratories and Central Stations, Steinthal and Boydell, 400
Contracts for Electrical Work and Machinery, 449, 603
Controllers for Direct and Alternating-current Motors, for Pumps, Rotary Presses, and Various Machinery, Adams Manufacturing Company, 400
Controllers, Switches, “Autograd” and other Starters, Cee Bee” Circuit Breakers, “Victor ” Lamps, Electric and Ordnance Accessories Company, 399
Dynamos, Motors, and Motor Starter, Broadbent, 349
Electrical Design in Relation to Capital Cost, Miles Walker, 523
Eurnace, Desulphurisation of Steel in, Geilenkirchen, 249
Lighting Powers, Local Authorities and, 94, 469, 492
Propulsion of Sea-going Ships. 85. 96, 488
Rolling Mill Equipment, “Ilguer” Principle, Dorman, I^ng, 320, 359 Visited by Iron and Steel Institute, 346, 371
Standards, 436, 470
Electricity in Germany and Britain, W. M. Mordey, 661
Electro-lifting Magnets, Kramos, Limited, 64 Electro-technical Commission, International. 436, 470
Electrolytic Production of Iron Sheets, S. Cowper-Coles, 372
Electromotors for Mining Purposes, 98 Electro-technical Commission, British. Miles Walker, 102
Equaliser, Ply-wheel, Lancashire Dynamo Company, 458
Explosion Counter, Graham, 348
Fuses, Circuit Breakers. Switches, Eckstein, Heap and Company, 432
Fuse-boxes, Controllers, Switches, Iron Cases for Switches, Eckstein, Heap and Co., 453
Gauge, Integrating Pressure, Schaffer and Budenberg, 348
Gears, Haulage—see also Coal and Collieries Single and Double Helical Reduction, and 15
Horse-power Endless Haulage, Motor-driven, Power Plant Company. 427, 428
Generator, Lancashire Dynamo Company, 376
House-lighting Plant, General Electric Company, 403
Ignition Cell for Motor Cars, La Carbone, 189 Induction Motor Generator, General Electric
Company, 328, 398 (Supplement, October IQtL 1908)
Insulating Machine, Dry, A. G. Brown, 454
Insulation Testing Machine, The “Megger.” Evershed, 467
Kesnor’s Lift Controller, Congdon and Muir, 431, 432—also see Lifts
Lamps, “Oriflamme ” Arc, Oliver Company, 429 Lighting Sets, Heatly, Gresham Engineering Company, 428
Manchester Exhibition—see Exhibitions Marseilles Congress, 367
Measuring Instruments, Testing Sets, Ammeters, Voltmeters, Dynamometers, Recorders, Campbell’s Compensating Device, Century Pen and Century Test Sets: “E.B.L.” Test Set; Wheatstone Bridges, Transmitter, Perforator Desk, &c.; Indicators, Richards, Simplex, Young’s; Elliott Speedometer, Elliott Brothers, 454
Merz - Price Protective System for Electric Mains, Reyrolle, 426
Meters, Indicators, and Starters, Ferranti, 399 Switches, Aron Electricity Meter Co.. 456
Motor Panel, Motor Starter, Rotor Resistance Field Rheostats, Bray, Markham, and Reiss, 468
Ventilated Enclosed, Variable Speed Commutator, Brown, Boveri, 430, 431 Motors for Lifts, Economisers, and Textile Machinery ; House Lighting Sets ; 3 K.W. Steam Dynamo; Electromotors, Limited, 402
Magnetic Brake, Dynamos, J, P. Hall. 399, 400
Motor Starters, Tramway Controllers, Marples, Leach and Co., 459
at the Saucon Steel Works, 637, 639 Westinghouse Company, 375
Moving Coil Instruments with Foucault Current ; Voltmeters (Ayrton-Mather and other types); Ohmers ; Transformers ; Ground Detectors ; Switch (Earth Leakage); Telethermometer ; Nalder Brothers, 459
Peebles-La Cour Motor Converter, Bruce, Peebles and Co., 328, 399 (Supplement, Ocio^ ber 16a, 1908)
Power Supply and its Effect on the Industries of the North-East Coast, C. H. Merz, 346, 629 ; Mr. T. Westgarth’s Addendum, 397
Electrical Matters {continued}*.
Railways—sec Railways
Rheostats, Two Testing, Geipel, 630 R(^ary Converter, 700 K.W., Westinghouse « C.?;; (Supplenutni^ October XQth^ 1908)
Scbafier and Budenberg’s Exhibits at Manchester Exhibition, 348, 455
Vertical High-speed, Sisson,
Sub-station and Plant for Power and Lighting at Manchester Exhibition, 328, 398 {Supple- went, October IQtk, 1908)
Surface-contact System in London, 537
Bow-tension, Ferranti, ?yo, dyy
Switch Gear. Iron-clad High-tension. Revrolle. 426, 427 1 J' »
Isolating, with Locking Device, Reyrolle, 457
High-tension, Frequency Meters, Motors, Union Electric Company, 456
Motor Starters, Grid Resistance, Autotransformers, Shunt Regulators, Bray, Markham and Reiss, 401, 402 Tramways—see Tramways
Turbo-alternator, 1000-KiIowatt Curtis Steam, British Thomson-Houston, 426 (Supplemeid. October 23rd, 1908)
600-Kilowatt Zoelly, Musgrave, 376 [Supplement, October ^tky 1908)
Wiring System, Spring Conduit, Key Engineering Company, 457, 458

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC Shaft Coupling, Berlin-Anhaltsche Company, 654
; (Letters),
Engineering, Early, Business Aspects of, H. W. Dickinson, 670
Education in the United States. 144,300
Research, Value of, 300
Engineers, Training of, 673, 679

Engines and Motors:

Agricultural Oil Motor, Marshall, 612 Jacket Water, Little’s, 455, 456
Engine, Alcohol, Tests of, 50 and Boiler Breakdowns, 272 Compound, Forced Lubrication, Browett, Lindley and Co.. 375 Daimler ‘‘Silent Knight” Motor Car, 534
Diesel Oil, Sautter, 188
Dolphin Two-cycle Motor Car, Two- stroke Engine Company, 536, 561
Drop Valve with Recke-Ruston Valve Gear, Rnston, Proctor and Co., 37 23 Brake Horse-power, and Dynamo for Lighting Set, Lancashire Dynamo Company and C. Price, 403
Gardner Heavy Oil Launch, 75 Horsepower, 276
Gas Blowing. 2000 Horse-power American-Korting at Lackawanna. De La Vergne Company, 394, 406
Development in the United States. 394, 406
for Driving Natural Gas Compressors, 4000 Horse-power, Snow Pump Works, 394, 395, 406
90 Brake Horse-power, Dudbridge Ironworks, 360
Horizontal, 100 Horse - power, National Gas Eogine Company, 522
Tandem, 1200 Horse-power, Mas- chinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurn- berg, 679 (Tii-o-page Supplement^ December 1908)
Vertical, 800 Horse - power, Struthers and Wells, 394
Vertical, 150 Brake Horse-power, Westinghouse, 466
750 Horse-power. Westinghouse, and Mond Gas Plant, 151 for Generating Set, Reader, 349 Governors, Aspinalfs Patent Governor Company, 38
Horizontal, 25 Brake Horse-power for Suction Gas, Bates. 466
Lentz Compound Drop Valve, Davey, Paxman and Co., 44
Lietzenmayer Crude Oil, 260 Mirrlees-Diesel, 150 Horse-power. Oil, 348
Oil and Dynamo, Allen’s, 38 Portable, with Jet Condenser. Robey. 60
Reciprocating, in Marine Practice, 638 Rolling Mill, 25,000 Horse-power, U.S.A., 72
Rotary Petrol, in United States, 652 Sargent Tandem Gas, 394 Slow-speed, Cross-compound, 40C0 Horse-power, Musgrave, 376
Stationary, The Lanz Locomobile, 598 Steam Winding, with Drop Valve Reversing and Overwinding Gear, Robey, 60
Suction Gas, 25 Brake Horse-power, Campbell, 61
Superheated Steam, with DoerfelValve Gear, 260
Traction, Aveling and Porter, 17 for Gas Works Narrow Gauge Railway, Burrell’s and Thompson’s, 538, 542 Marshall, 17
Triple-expansion Forced Lubrication Steam, Browett, 98
“Valveless” Motor Car, Lucas, 536 Winding, Twin-tandem, Compound Drop Valve, Siegener Company, 624, 625
“ Worcester ” High-speed, Heenan and Froude, 99
Engines, Haulage, at Mining Exhibition, 97 High-speed, at Manchester, Howden, 404
for Lighting Sets—sec Electrical Matters
Marine, The Mechanical Efficiency of, 505, 614
Oil .'ind Gas at Royal Agricultural Show, 36, 60 and Steam, at Smithfield, 612
Power Measurement of, 144 Reciprocating Steam, Leakage and Condensation of Steam in, 159
Lentz Governor, 44, 598
Locomobile, “Lanz,” with “Lentz” Pcppet Valve Gear, Reimers, 98

ENGLISH Mechanical Goods in Siberia, 242 Enock, C. R., on Water Power in the Andes, 313 Enterprise, 170 : (Letters), 201, 227, 244 Establishment Expenses and their Relation to Cost Accounts, Henry Spencer, 508, 532; (Letter), 589
Estimating and Rate-fixing for Fitting and Machine Shops, A. E. Ragot, 332, 357;
(Letter), 474
Evaporators, Sea-water and Feed-heaters, Andrews and Cameron, 150

Exhibitions and Shows:

For Articles Exhibited, see separate headings
Franco-British, 10, 38, 67, 84, 108, 151, 161, 188, 213, 264, 302, 313, 356, 465 {Two-page Sitpple/inenli July 1908)
Manchester J^ectrical, 328, 348, 374, 398, 426, 453, 465, 466 l^SvpplefmerdSy October ^tlc^ l^th, 23rd^ 1908); Correction, 474
Mining, 68, 97, 121,135
Motor Car at Olympia, 534, 561
Prague Jubilee, 210, 259
Royal Agricultural Society at Newcastle, 16, 36, 60
Smithfield Club, 612 “EXPERIENCE,” Model, 214 Explosions, Gaseous, Dugald Clerk on, 271, 273
Report of Committee on, 273
Explosives, Fifty Years of Propellant, Sir A. Noble, 609

FAN, Capell Fan Company, 121
“ Drum Pattern,” Andrew Barclay, 121 Mine Ventilating, Heenan and Froude, 456 “Sirocco,” Davidson, 121

FANS,“Heenan” and “Schiele” at Mining Es- hibition, 99
Propeller and “Ordnance,” Electric and Ordnance Accessories Company, 399
Various, at Mining Exhibition, 99, 121
Ventilating and Dry, Keith Pressure Blower, Electric High-pressure Blowers, Blackman Fans, Keith Illuminated Electric Fountains, Keith and Blackman, 468 Feed-Water Heater, Andrews and Cameron, 150 Feed-Water Heaters, Condensers, Calorifiers, &c.. Row’s, 58
Fender Chain Machinery at Avonmouth, 95 Ferro-Silicon, Transport of, 19; (Letter) 73 Ferry Steamers, Railway-car, (xerman-Swedish, 244
Fire Boats, Electric, in U.S.A., 178
Clay Exhibits, Harrison, 151
Escape, Petrol Motor Turntable, Merryweather, 21
Fitzgerald, Maurice F., and J. Brown on Experiments on Rotating Discs, 289
Flight, Laws of, F. W. Lanchester, 288, 303, 329: (Letter), 373
Flights, Cross-country, 493 Fluor Spar, 185
Flying Machine, Wilbur Wright, 170, 655; French Purchase of, 409: (Letters), 163, 277
Wright and Voisin Types, F. W. Lanchester, 655 Fester, F., on Centrifugal Force on Steam in Turbine Blading, 56
Foundry for Pump Castings in U.S.A., 177 Pox, F. Douglas, on Railless Traction, 289, 550 France, Labour Crisis in, 121, 169
Fuel Consumption, Scientific Control of, Professor H. E. Armstrong, 395
Furnaces—sec also Boilers
Furnace, Blast, Gas Plant for, U.S.A., 473
New Type at Brymbo Steel Works, 439
Dry Air in the Blast, Gayley’s Patent. 408 _
Electrical—see also E’ectrical Matters Oval Blast, at Middlesbrough, Samuelson, 225
Furnaces from 1844-1908, Bell Brothers’ Blast, Greville Jones, 346
at the Franco-British Exhibition. 162 Oval Blast, Professor M. A. Pavlotf, 440 Salt Bath, Brayshaw, 403, 404 Furness, Sir Christopher—see Labour Furniture, Metallic, Establie, 189

GAS—see also Power Supply
Gas Engines—see Engines
Engine Power Station of the Eschweiler
Bergswerkverein, 679 {Two-page Supple‘ Tiientf December 25^/t, 1908)
Heating by Dowson’s Water Gas at Peckett’s Works, 123
Lighting for Railways—see Railways
Plant, Blast Furnace, U.S.A., 473 Suction, Crossley, Manchester Exhibition, 374
Producer, J. E. Dowson, Paper on, 288
Practice Experiments, Prof. W. A. Bone and R. V. Wheeler, 395
Producers, Suction, P. W. Robson on, 288 Propulsion, Problem of, 407 ; (Letters), 497, 521
Works, Harrogate, Narrow-gauge Railway for, 538, 542
Gaseous Explosions, The British Association Report, 271, 273
Gauge, Integrating Pressure, for Ore Weighing, Schaffer and Budenberg, 348
Testers, Vulcan Boiler Company, 376 Gauges, Pressure Recorders, W. H. Bailey, 466 Gear, “ Caledonian ” Cut-off, Barclay, 98
Mine Haubge, Motor-driven, Scott and Mountain, 498
Gear Ratio, Unusual Internal, Arnold Pochin, 87 Reversing, for Oil Launch Comet, 276 “Visor” Overwinding, Wood, 98, 466
Gears, Helical, Andre Citroen, 188
Marine—see Ships ’
Gemmell, J., on Wemyss Coalfield, 241 Gmeration of Steam, 675
German Machinery Trade, Combinations in, 268 Germany and the New Patent Law, 68
Gibson, D., on Reciprocating Engine in Marine Practice, 638
Gibson, J. Hamilton, on Torsion Meters in Marine Work, 505
Girders of Queenborough Bridge—see Bridges Goelsdorf Starting Gear, Steam Receiver and ' Water-feed Arrangement, 260
Goss, Professor, on Engineering Education in the United States, 144, 300
Grain Conveying and Granary at Avonmouth— see Dock, Avonmouth
Plant at Avonmouth, New Conveyor Company, 95
Flour and Rice Machinery, 265
Greenhill, Sir G., on Dynamics of Rolling of a Ship, 609
Grinder, Simon’s Universal, 36
Grist Mill, Turner, 36
Grubb, Sir H., on Clock-driving Mechanism for Eqnatorial Telescopes, 289
Guns—see Accidents, Naval Matters and War Material
Gyroscope as Distance-giver on the Earth, and Applicability to Ships, Dr. Anschiitz-Kaempe,

HADFIELD’S Steel Foundry, Exhibits at Mining Exhibition, 69, 135
Hall, H., on Coal Dust and its Treatment with Calcium Chloride, 241
Hamelle’s Forced Lubrication Apparatus, 264 Hammers—see Machine Tools
Harbord, F. W., on Impact Testing on Notched Bars, 570, 571 602

Harbours and Waterways: See also Canals

Bombay, Port and Harbour Improvements at, 157
Bristol, Port of, 41
Clyde Trust Works at Yorkhill, 238
Deepening the Detroit River, 652
Dover, Extensions, 376
Glasgow Harbour Extensions, 238
London Bill, Port of. 212, 514, 618, 623
Mersey, Sir George Nares’ Report, 296
Swansea, King’s Dock at, 341 (Supplement Qctob&r 2>id, 1908)
Tyne Improvement Commission, 151
Whitby Harbour Improvement Works, 240, 246

HARDY Patent Pick Company’s Tools at Mining
Exhibition, 122, 135
Harrison, A., and R, V. Wheeler on Chemical Control of the Basic Open-hearth Process, 396
Hawdon, W., on Iron and Steel Industries of the Cleveland District, 345
Heat, New Views on, Foster, 418
and Work, Dugald Clerk’s Presidential Address, 253, 279, 354
Heating by Dowson Water Gas at Peckett’s Works, 123
and Ventilating of Machine Shops, Davidson’s System, 414
Hill, H. A., on Wells and Boreholes for Town Water Supply, 16
Hoist, Coal, on the Tyne, Abbott, 177
Holman’s “Winze,” 98
for Montana Gold Mine, Electric, 126
Hoisting Plant with Oil Engine, Wilfley Mining
Machinery Co., Limited, 97
Holden and Brooke’s Exhibits at Mining Exhibition, 136
Hughes, George, on the Ideal Engineer, 515
Humpage on “ Evolution and Methods of Manufacture of Spur Gearing,” 138
Humpage’s Gear Hobbing Machine with Change Speed Gear, 139
Hunt, R. W. 5 on the Value of Engineering Research, 300
Hurry Riches’ and Reynolds’ Paper, “Forced Lubrication for Axle-boxes,” 114
Hutchinson, T. C., on Mechanical Cleaning of Iron Ores, 345
Hydro-electric Plant in British Columbia, 481, 490
Hygienic Measures at Panama, 134 Regulations, Brass Castings, 145

IMPACT, Hadfield’s Steel Cap of Shot before and after, 571
Resistance of Materials to. Dr. Stanton and Mr. L. Bairstow, 570, 571, 575; (Letter), 589
Testing on Notiihed Bars, F. W. Harbord, 570, 571, 602 Machine, 572, 575
Indicating Instruments, Ferranti, 399
Indicator, Steam or Hydraulic Pressure, Schaffer and Budenberg, 455
Indicators, Richards, Simplex, Young, Elliott Brothers, 454
—see also Electrical Matters
Industrial Accidents in the United States, 648
Arbitration in New Zealand, 42, 222 Dust and Disease, 239
Matters, Accidents, &c.. Peace—see Labour
Inglis, J. C., Presidential Address, 495 Institutions—see Associations, &c.
Instruments, Drawing, Thornton, 162
Engineering, Drawing, &c., Stanley, 214
Internal Combustion—see Engines

Iron and Steel:

Basic Open-hearth Process, Chemical Control of, R. V. Wheeler, and A. Harrison, 396
Bethlehem Steel Works, 529, 590, 594, 635, 639 Carbon Steels, Constitution of, Prof. E. D.
Campbell, 397
Cast Iron Piping at the ’^'•““=°-®"Vournea*ux’ tion, Socigt6 Anonyms des Hants Fourneaux, Cleveland District Iron and Steel Industries, Freezing Point of Iron, Prof. Carpenter, 397 Iron Ores, Mechanical Cleaning of, i. Hutchinson, 345 „
Sheets, Electrolytic Production of, to- Cowper-Coles, 372 .
and Steel Association’s Report, American, 333 --
Trade, Production and Wages, ovi Trade Revival, 197 Manganese Steel Rails, 544 . , ...
Pig Iron Shown at the Franco-Britibh tion. Analyses of, Bauerman, 34o Upheaval, Threatened, 327
Silicon, Influence of, on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Iron, A, Jouve, 397 Steel Castings, 649
Chrome or Nickel j Brinell Test, 346 , in the Electric Furnace, Desulphurisation of, Geilenkirchen, 249
Frames for Mine Drifts in U.S.A-, 178 German Syndicate, 195
Hardening and Tempering Appliance?, Brayshaw, 403
High-speed Tool, Professor Carpenter, 588; (Letters), 616, 653
Plant at Gary, Indiana, 540 Pla'es, Colville, 38 Production of, 300 Rail, Test for, E. H. Saniter, 346 Special, 488
Sheet Piling, U.S.A., 473
Testing—see Impact Works, Lifting Magnets for, 228 Suspension Railways in Ironworks, 642

IRRIGATION in South Africa, Report of Commission, 301
in South-Eastern Australia, 504

JAMES, William, and the History of Railways, R. S. Ramsdale, 162; (Letters), 201
Joints, Ball-and-Socket, 520
Jones, Grevilie, on Messrs. Bell Brothers’ Blast Furnaces from 1844-1908, 346
Jouve, A., on the Influence of Silicon on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Iron, 397

KILN, Morgan’s Rotary Cement, 22
King, C. R., on Work of Superheater and Compound Locomotives, 662
Koettgen, C., and C. A. Ablett on Some Results of Experience with Electrically-driven Rolling Mills, 371
Krizik Electrical Steering Gear, 259

Labour News, Strikes and Wages Questions

Court, Board of Trade, 301,
Beard of Trade Arbitration Court, 301, 308, 438 Report on Strikes and Lockouts, 347
Report on Wages and Hours, 292
Brass Casting Regulations, 145
Canadian Wages, 10
Capital and Labour, 120
Co-partnership and Unemployment, Sir Benjamin C. Browne, 585, 595—see Furness, Sir C.
Disputes, 301, 308
Engineers’ Strike, 201, 273, 325
Furness’s Scheme, Sir Christopher, 379, 385, 595 ; (Letters), 413, 616
Industrial Arbitration in New Zealand, 42, 222
Industrial Peace—see Sir Christopher Furness’s Scheme
Iron Trade, Production and Wages, 601 Labour Crisis in France, 121, 169
Economics and the Engineer, Summers Hunter, 524
Exchanges, Government, 570 Representation in Parliament, 596 Statistics, 647
Storage, 463
The Investment of, 622
Miners, Average Output of, 13
Mines Eight Hours Bill, 569
Railway Coal Bills and Wages, 196
Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour, Changes in, Board of Trade Report, 292
Strikes and Lock-outs, Board of Trade Report, 347
Third Party, The, 248, 301, 308
Wages Boards and Industrial Arbitration in Australia and New Zealand, 93 Reduction, Proposed, 623
Tariff Agreements in the Shipbuilding Trade, Hochstetter, 635
Workmen’s Compensation Act, County-court Judge on, 544

LAMPS, Safety, and Relighting Appliances at Mining Exhibition, 136
—see also Electrical Matters
Tungsten and Carbon, Sunbeam Lamp Company, 468
Lanchester, F. W., on the Laws of Flight, 288, 303, 329; (Letter), 373
on Wright and Voisin Types of Flying Machine, 655 Lathes—see Machine Tools

Launches and Trial Trips:

76, 152, 178, 206, 256, 310, 364, 388, 497, 526, 578, 601, 627, 680

LAUNDRY Machinery, Summerscales. 38
Law of Support, 64

Leaders:

America and the New Patent Law,^247
American Railway Management, 42 American Warsh^
Arbitration (the Third Party), -248^1 Atlantic Liners, Construction of, 380 Bessemer Converter, Dry Aw in the. 120 Blackwell’s Island Bndge, 593
Blast Furnace, Dry Air in the, 408 •Rnard of Trade Arbitration Court, 3U1 BoUer Explosions, Board of Trade Report, 491
Explosions, Two, 43
Bristol, The Port of, 41 .
British Association and Gaseous Explosions, 271 Capital and Labour, 1^
Coal Miners, Average Output of, 13 Prices in London, 674
Coaling and Coal E-Jonomy, 353
Condensers, 14
Manne, 648
Co-rosion, Professor Cashman’s Theory, 409 Cylinder Condensation, 491 .
Dockyard and Private Shipyard Repaj^re, 51b Drv Air in the Bessemer Converter, 120
Blast Furnace, 408
Electrical Lighting Powers, 94, 492 Sundards, 436
Tramways in Greater London, b7
Engine and Boiler Breakdowns, ^‘2 Engineer, Legal and Ethical Position of an, 169 Engineers, Training of, 673
in the United States Navy, 648 Engineering Education in the United States, 144
Research, 300 Engineers’ Strike, 273, 325
Engines, Power Measurement of, 144
Enterprise, 170 Franco-British Awards, 465
French Labour Problem, 121, 169 Marine, Accidents in the, 435
Furness, Sir Christopher, Labour Scheme, 379, 595
Gas Propulsion. Problem of, 407 German Steel Syndicate, 195 Germany and the New Patent Law, 68 H.M.S. Gladiator, 381
Indomitable, 145 St. Vincent, 273 Heat and Work, 354 Ideal Engineer, The, 515 Impact Tests, 570 Industrial Accidents in the United States, 6-49 Arbitration in New Z2aland, 42, 222 Inland Navigation in America, 437 Institution, A New, 516 I con Trade Revival, 197 Labour Crisis in France, 121, 169
Exchanges, Government, 570 Representation in Parliament, 596 Statistics, 647
Storage, 463 The Investment of, 622
Latouche-Treville, Gun Accident on, 355 Man and his Work—xec Furness, Sir C. Manchester Electrical Exhibition, 465 Manganese Steel Rails, 544
Marine Condensers—^ee Condensers Engineering, Comprehensive Research, 543
Mines Eight Hours Bill, 569
Monster Battleship Controversy, 143
Motor Car Race, The Grand Prix, 42 Naval Shipbuilding Policy, 67
New Zealand, Industrial Arbitration in, 42, 222
Ordeal by Battle—see Engineers’ Strike Patent Law, America and the New, 247 Patents, Compulsory Working of, 437 Prolongation of, 196
Peat, Utilisation of, 299
Pig Iron Upheaval, Threatened, 327
Port of London Bill, 544 and Private Bill Legislation, 623
Quebec Bridge, 221
Railway Agreement, 195 Agreements, Legality of, 649 Birth of the, 621
Coal Bills and Wf^es, 196 Working Economies, 464
Riilways, French, Nationalisation of, 13 Rattler, H.M. Gunboat, Gas-propelled, 407 Sea-going Ships, Electric Propulsion of, 95 Sewage Disposal, Royal Commission on, 325 Shipbuilding, The Limitation of, 674
Socialist Fallacy, 517
St-eam, Generation of, 675 Steel Castings, 649
Production of, 300
Tariff Revision in the United States, 622
Third Party, The, 248
Tin, Our Future Supplies, 222 Torpedo-boat Destroyers, The New, 326 Turbines and Propellers, Mr. Denny’s residential Address, 379. 408
United States Tariff, Revision of the, 248 Wages Boards and Industrial Arbitration in Australia and New Zealand, 93 Reduction, Proposed, 623
Warship Accidents, 381 Repairs and the Thames, 272
Warships of the Air, 94
Water Hammer, 354, 436 Workmen’s Compensation Act,
Judge on, 544 LEAKAGE and Condensation of oiprocating Steam Engines, 159 Leather, Belts, Pumps, Pulleys Domange, 162

Letters from our own Correspondents:

America, Notes from, 24, 78, 104.128,154,180, 282, 256, 310, 336, 364. 390, 418, 447, 476, 527, 554, 577, 606, 632, 658
Australian Notes, 102, 204, 498, 581
England, North of, 23, 51, 77, 103, 127, 153, 179. 205, 231, 255, 281, 309, 335, 363, 389, 417, 445, 475, 499, 525, 553, 579, 605, 631, 657, 681
Germany, Notes from, 24, 52, 78,104, 128, 154,
180, 206. 232, 256, 282, 310, 336, 364, 390, 418, 447, 476, 501, 527, 555, 577, 607, 633, 659, 682
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and other Districts, 22, 50. 76, 102, 126, 162, 178, 204, 230, 254, 280, 308, 334, 362, 388, 416, 444, 474, 499, 524, 552, 579, 605, 631, 656, 680
Lancashire, Notes from, 22, 50, 76, 102, 127, 152, 178, 204, 230, 254, 280, 308, 334, 362, 388, 416, 444, 474, 499, 524, 552, 579, 605, 631, 656, 680
Scotland, Notes from, 23, 51, 77, 103, 128, 153, 179, 205, 231, 255, 282, 309, 335, 363, 389, 417, 446, 475, 500, 526, 553, 580, 606, 632, 658, 682
Sheffield District, 23, 51, 77, 103, 127,153,179, 205. 231, 255, 281, 308, 334, 363, 388, 416, 445, 475, 499, 525, 553, 579, 605,631, 657, 681 Wales and Adjoining Counties, 24, 52, 78, 104, 128, 154, 180, 206, 232, 256, 282, 809, 335, 364, 390, 417, 445, 476, 500, 526, 554, 580, 606, 632, 658, 682

Letters to the Editor:

Air Resistance, M. E. J. Gheury, 19, 125 ; A. W. Johns. 73
Airships, Propellers for, E. V. Hammond, 163, 277, 473 ; H. Chatley, 373
Boiler Explosions, Michael Longridge, 521
British Enterprise, R., 201, 244; Kreu*zkopf, 244; Inventor, 201; M.I.M., 227 ; N.Y.T., 244
Chicago and Mississippi Canal, Proposed but Imaginary, Engineer, 373
Concrete, Tin Pot, and Wood Blocking, Colonial Engineer, 244, 331; Member Institution of Civil Engineers, 277
Co-operation in Shipbuilding, Naupegus, 616
Correction, A (Midland Railway Staff at Leicester), Clement B. Stretton, 497
Corrosion, Allerton S. Cushman, 566 ; American Rolling Mill Company, 653
Cost Estimating and Rate Fixing, G. Bilham, 47 4
Couplers, Automatic, A. V. Roe, 244 ; A. B. C. Coupler, Limited, 305
Cylinder Condensation, Argus, 18 ; W. H. Booth, 48, 99, 226; R. Royds, 19, 48, 73, 149, 201 ; S. W., 19, 48, 73, 163, 226; F. B. Aspinall, 48, 125, 227 ; J. K. Rebbeck, 201 ; H. Bollinckx, 496
Dustin Coal, F. G. Fryer, 244
Electrical Accumulators, J. G. Rhodin, 124
Engineering Profession, Status of, G. A. Becks, 99 ; Engineering Status, 149
Establishment Expenses and their Relation to Cost Accounts, A. Williams Price, 589
Expenditure of Ratepayers’ Money on Engineering Works, M. Inst. C.B., 521
Feed-water Heaters, A. R., 99, 163 ; W. 0 Horsnaill, 149
Ferro-Silicon, Transport of, P. P. Cantlin, 73
Field, The late Mr. Edward, Merry weather and Sons, 589
Fourth State of Matter, Carlyn, 331
Free Factory Site of Two Acres, W. H, Hosking, 653
French Compound, A New, R. Hope, 521 Destroyers, Recent, Augustin Normand, 277
Gunnery in the French Navy, X., 549
Hammers, Power Air, Fuel Cost of, T. Scott- King, 72 ; B. and S. Massey, 373, 413 ; W. Rea veil, 440, 549 ; Mitchell and Dewar, 497
Lampeter, Aberavon and New Quay Light Railway, S. W. and A. L. Yockney, 497
Locomotive Nomenclature, Locomotive, 331
Locomotives, Four-cylinder Noncompound, G. W. Dauncey, 61o, 669 ; Argus, 653
London and North-Western Diamond, X., 669 Machinery, Depreciation of, C. Pendlebury, 616, 669 ; A. Williams Price, 653
Marking of Machinery for Shipment, Merchant, 125 ; Experience, 149
Mechanical Flight, E. V. Hammend, 163, 277 ; H. Chatley, 373
Newcomen and Watt, the World’s Peacemakers, O. D. Deacon, 359
Oil Fuel, British Petroleum Company, 566
Patents Acts, The New, J. Keith, 227
Peat, Sulphate of Ammonia from, N. Woltereck, 331
Utilisation of, T. Tomlinson, 305 ?
Professional Etiquette, Geo. A. Becks, 99 ;
Engineering Status, 149
Profit-sharing, C. Carpenter, 413
Propellers, Marine and Aerial, Motorite, 331 ; John Neill, 359
Propulsion, Gas, The Problem of, N. P, Durt- nall, 497 ; Herbert F, Lloyd, 521
A Problem in, Student, 125 ; W. R. Sinclair, 163
Railway Lines, Reconstruction of, Duplex, 549 ; 0. Coore-Mein, 566 ; Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 616
Ribbed Cylinders, Druitt Halpin, 549
Rolling Rings, A Puzzle, Bothered, 653; Arnold Maude, 669 ; Geo, M. Seabroke, 669 ; G, P. Fell, 669 ; Duplex, 669
Salvage Ships—see Vulcan
Sawdust, Utilisation of, X. Y. Z., 359
Spanish Navy, J. R. B., 277
Steel, High-speed Tool, Ernest R. Morrison, 616 ; Fusion-welded Metals, Limited, 653
Stone Blocks on Railways, Clement E. Stretton, 653
Superheater, History of the, Pro Pielock, Eberhardt, 73
Locomotives, London and North- Western, Argus, 653
Tank Engines on Curves, Loco., 48, 99, 227 ;
J., 73, 125, 163, 227, 305; Shunter, 244; Arcanum, 149, 201, 244 ; Tank Engine, 201, 277
Tanks, Experimental, R. W. Munro, z3
Taximeter, An Early, G. H. S. Beamish, 440 ; J. H. Knight, 474; John Place, 497; R B P 521
Tests, Impact, Value of, T, E. Stanton, 589
Train, First Passenger, Centenary, R. B, P,, 331
Training of Founders, A.M. Inst. C.E., 19;
F. A. L., 72, 226; F. G. Penny, 149, 277
Turbines and Propellers, J. P. Anderson, 496
Turkish Railway Development, Henry Cooke, 549
Vulkan, Dock Ship, Druitt Halpin, 521; Von Klitzing, 589
Walschaerts Valve Gear, Valve Gear, 227; L. H. G. Dines, 331
Warships of the Air, A. V. Roe, 149
Water Board Charges, Metropolitan, Machinery Usero’ Association, 306
Hammer, Glass Model Experiments, C. E. Stromeyer, 413, 521 ; Aguas Corrientes, 473, 520; Q , 440, 589 ; X. N., 497 ; Prior Lien, 440 ; H. Munro, 473; R. J. Cracknell, 497 ; W. Akhurst, 549, 615 ; J. S. V. Bickford, 566. 615; N. Chandler. 497; A. H., 616 ; Stephen H. Terry, 566
William James and the History of Railways, W. B. Paley. 201; R. B. P., 201
Wright Aeroplane—see Airships

LIFT, Anderton Boat, Reconstruction, 82, 92 (Two-page Supplement, 1908)
Operating and Controlling Apparatus, Motor-driven, Congdon and Muir, 431, 432
Lighthouse Apparatus and Models at the Franco- British Exhibition, 356
Quadruple Flashing Dioptric, Chance, 356 Lighthouses at Avonmouth, 33, 40 Lighting, Railway Carriages—see Railways Lilly, W. E., on Strength of Solid Round-ended Columns, 289
Links, Curved, Milling Machine for, Herbert, 278 Liquid Fuel Burners, Cosmovici, Dragu, 667

Literature: Reviews:

Aerodonetics, F. W. Lanchester, 328, 649 Alloys, Non-ferrous, A. H. Sexton, 356, 558 Bridges, Typical Steel Railway, Design of, W, Chase Thomson, 517
Cement Works, Chemists* Handbook for, F. B. Gatehouse, 382, 517
Collieries, Mechanical Engineering of, T, C. Futers, 597
Cranes, Anton Bobtcher, 355
Dynamo-Electric Machinery, High speed, H. M. Hobart, 623
Evolution of Forces. Le Bon, 171, 197
Gas Power, Junge, 81
Hydraulics, F. C. Lea, 465 ,
Hydro-Electric Practice, H. A. Von Schon, 328, 667
Metallic Alloys, G. H. Gulliver, 597, 636
Railways and Nationalisation, E. A. Pratt, 355, 666
Railway Operation, Economics of, M, L. Byers, 223, 327
Signalliog, Power Railway, Raynor Wilson, 355, 697
Steam Engine, The Modern, J. Richardson, 223, 249
Structural Engineering, Brightraore, 81
Study of Splashes, Worthington, 81

Literature: Short Notices:

Alternating Currents, Principles of, G, T. Larner, 302
American Machinist Handbook, F, H. Colvin and T. A. Stanley, 650
Analyses of Mixed Paints, Colour Pigments, and Varnishes, C. D. Holley and E. F. Lidd, 69
Architects’ and Builders’ Pocket-Book, F. E. Kidder, 198
Battle’s Drawing Folio, A. E. Battle, 172 Birmingham, Elan Water Supply for, 558 Boiler Construction, Kleinhaus, 81
Brickwork and Masonry, C. F. and G. A. Mitchell, 172
British Trade Book, J. H. Schooling, 198
Building Mechanic’s Ready Rsference, H. G. Richey, 302
Calculus, The, for Engineers and Physicists, R. H. Smith, 198
Card Systems at the Office, J. Kaiser, 223
Cast It on Spigot and Socket Flue or Smoke Pipes, British Standard Specification, 465
Cement Laboratory Manual, L. A. Waterbury, 666
City of London Directory for 1908, Collingridge, 82
Coast Erosion and Foreshore Protection, Owens, 198
Concrete Diagrams, Reinforced, G. S. Coleman, 302
Its Uses in Building from Foundation to Fiuibh, T. Potter, 223
Copper Tubes, Tables of Seamless, Isaac O’Toole, 302
Curves, Tables for Setting Out, H. Williamson, 198
Diseases of Workmen, T. Luson and R. Hyde, 198
Drainage, Cast Iron House, G. J. Jensen, 198 Dynamo Design, Elementary, W. B. Hird, 650 Dynamo Motor and Switchboard Circuits, W. R. Bowker, 597
Dynamos, Management of, G. W. Lnmmis- Paterson, 302
Electric and Petrol-Electric Vehicles, W. P. Adams, 666
Electrical Directory, The Universal, Berlays, 172
Engineering, Experimental, Kara- petcff, 82
Introduction to the Studyof, Norris, 172 Laboratory and Factory Tests in, G. F, Sever and F, Townsend, 223
Principles of Direct Current, J, R. Barr, 172
Engineers’ Pocket-book, H. A. Foster, 302
Measuring Instruments, Industrial, K. Edgcumbe. 198
Pocket-book for 1909, The MecKanieal World, 597
Testing, Handbook of, H, R. Kempe, 302
Electi'ician Electrical Trades Directory, 1908, George Tucker, 69
Expense Burden, Prcpjr Distribution of, A. H. Church, 666
Experimental Elastic’.ty, G. F. C. Searle, 328
Exporters and Shippers, Consular Requirements for, J. S. Nowery, 198
Furnaces, Electric, W. Borchers, 355
Gas Engine, The, Hulton, 82; Manual, W. A. Tookey, 198 Producer Practice, Modern Power, Horace Allen, 355
Geological Survey of Great Britain for 1907, Stanford, 198
HazelVs Annual, 1909, 666
Heat for Engineers, C. R. Darling, 650 Heating and Ventilation, Practical Steam and Hot Water, A. G. King, 198
Highway Engineering, C. E. Morrison, 650 Hydraulic Calculator for Circular Pipes, Wynne-Roberta, 198
Junior Institution of Engineers (Incorporated), Journal and Transactions, W, T. Dunn, 69 Kelly’s Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Shippers, 1908, 172
King’s Highway, The, Reginald Ryves,,465 Locomotives, Application of Highly Superheated Steam to, R. Garbe, 223
Machine Design, Construction, and Drawing, H. J. Spooner, 172
Magnetism and Electricity, Richardson, 172 Marine Propellers, S. W. Barnaby, 328 Mathematics for Engineers, Handbook of,
L. A. Waterbury, 198
Mechanical Engineering and Machine Shop Practice, Stanley W. Moore, 328 Engineer’s Reference Book, H. H. Suplee, 198
Mechanics, Cassell’s Cyclopaedia of, Paul N. Hasluck, 666
Me ico, Official Mining Directory, Southworth, 198
Mining Engineers, Report Book for, Charleton, 121
Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year-book for 1908, N. B. and G. Kenealy, 198
Naval Pocket-botk, Laird Clowes, 198
Power and Power Transmission, Kerr, 172 Practical Engineering and Allied Trades, Encyclopa3dia of, J. G. Horner, 198
Q lebec Bridge Inquiry, Royal Commission, S.
E. Dawson, 302
Railway Officials, Universal Directory of, 1908, S. R. Blondstone, 223
Sarveying, Handbook on, B. Stewart, 198
Railroad Track and Construction, Elements of, Winter L. Wilson, 666
Rates and Fares, Fixing of, H. Marriott, 558 Reinforced Concrete and Concrete Block Construction, Manual of, C. F. March and W. Dunn, 172
Road Preservation and Dust Prevention, W. P. Judson, 650
Roads Maae Easy, Vol, III., C. Johnson, 172 Schiffskessel, W. Mentz, 465
Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press, 1908, W. Sell, 302
Sewage Treatment, Principles of, Dr. Dunbar, 666
Shipbuilding, Practical, A. C, Holmes, 197 Steam Power Plant Engineering, G. F. Gebhardt, 650
Steel Ships, their Construction and Maintenance, T. Walton, 666
Strength of Materials, A. Morley, 666
Structures, The Theory and Design of, E. S. Andrews, 597
Subways, Air and Ventilation of, G. A. Soper, 302
Surveying, Principles and Practice of, C, B. Breed and G. L. Hosmer, 650
Telegraphic Systems and other Notes, Crotch, 172
Telephones, Field,7or Army Use, E. J, Stevens, 355
Timber, J. R. Baterden, 666
Transformers, Gisbert Kapp, 597
Trees of Commerce, Stevenson, 198 Valves and Valve Gearing, Hurst, 172
Ventilation of Public Sewers, J. S. Brodie, 328 Water Power, Development and Electrical Distribution of, Lamar Lyndon, 172
Weights of Lengths of Rolled Steel Sections, Dorman, Long, 198 and Measurers, James Roberts, 465

Literature: Books Received:

Alternating Currents Simply Explained, A. W. Marshall, 650
Annales des Travaux Publics de Belgique, 1908, Goemaere, 140
Annuaire pour I’An 1909, 650
Armstrong College Calendar, 1908-9, 382
Bau der Etsenbahnwagen, Guillery, 140 Beton-Arm€, La Construction en, C. Kerston, 198
Boiler Construction, Principles and Practice of, W. D. Cruickshank, 597
Bristol University College Calendar, 302
British Rainfall, 1907, H. R. Mill, 382
Business Prospects Year-book, 1909, J. Davies and C. P, Hailey, 650
Canada, Atlas of, James White, 558
Care of the Car and How to Drive it, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and R. J. Mecredy, 650 City Diary, 1909, 650
Coal Mining, D. Burns and G. L. Kerr, 355 Modern Practice of, D. Burns and
G. L. Kerr, 650
Cold, Mechanical Production of, J. A, Ewing, 558
Columbia University Bulletin, 198
Daily Mail Year-book for 1909, 650
Deutscher Schiffbau, 1908, Professor 0. Flamm, 328
East Coast Holidays, Lindley, 140
Education, Board of: Syllabuses and Apparatus, 302
Einfiihrung in die Maxwellsche Theoiie der Elektrizitat und des Magnetis- mus, Schaefer, 140
in die Theorie des Magnetismus, Gans, 140
Electric Bells and all about Them, Bottone, 140 Lighting and Power Distribution, W. P. Maycock, 198
Electrical Laboratory Course, R. D. Archibald, 597
Elektromagnetische Ausgl eichs vorg ange in Freileitungen und Kabeln, Wagner, 140
Emerald Isle and How to Get There, London and North-Western Railway, 140
Encyclopaedia of Local Government Board Requirements, Wood and Johnson, 140
Encyclopsedia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades, Homes, 140
Flottes de Combat en 1909, Les, Commandant de Balincourt, 650
Geological Survey, Memoirs: Coals of S. Wales, Strahan, 140
Geometry, Descriptive, The Essentials of, G.
H. Follows, 650
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Calendar, 1908-9, 223
Grace’s Tables for Corves, 140 Heating Pipes, Specifications, 382
or Steam Heating for Buildings, Baldwin, 140
H use Painting, A. H. Sabin, 223 Hydraulics, Dunkerley, 140
of Rivers, Weirs and Sluices, D. A. Molitor, 198
Institution of Naval Architects, 1908, Transactions, 382
Inventions, How to Protect, Sell, and Buy Them, F. B. Wright, 198
Ireland, “Contour” Road-book, Harry R. G. Inglis, 328
Iron and Steel Institute, Journal of, Bennett H. Brough, 302
Lathe Design for High and Low-speed Steels. J. T. Nicolfeon, 328
Locomotive Engine Running and Management, Angus Sinclair, 140
The Railway, Vaughan Pendred.
382
Locomotives Vapeur, J. Nadal, 223 Logarithms, A. B. C. Five Figure, C. J. Woodward, 558
for Beginners, C. N. Pickworth, 328
and Trigonometry for Engineers and Surveyors, E. R. Matthews and T. G. H. Thomas, 198 London University Guide, 558
Machine Drawing and Design for Beginners, Henry J. Spooner, 650
Manufacturers on the North-Eastern Railway System, Directory of, H, D. Dryden, 650
Marine Engineering, Tompkins, 140
Engineers, Verbal Notes and Sketches for, J. W, Sothern, 328
Massing of Spheres, Part I., G. J. Stevens, 382 Mathematik Naturwissenschaften Technik, Teubner, 140
Matriculation Directory, University Correspondence College, 140
Mechanics of Engineering, Irving P. Church, 302 ’
Metal Working, Part I., P. N. Hasluck, 382 Miner’s Pocket-book, C. G. Warnford-Lcck, 302 Mining and Metallurgy, Who’s Who, 1908, G.
Safford, 382
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Catalogue of Library, B. Anderson and J. Walton, 302
Patent, Letters, for Inventions, Critical Study of the Form of, Rushen, 198
Patent-office Library, Subject List of Works, 382
Patents, Annual Report of the Commissioners of, for the Year 1906, 223
Physics, General, Elementary Text book. H. Crew, 198
Plating and Boilermaking, J, G. Horner, 198 Portland - Zement Fabrication, Die, Carl Thomas, 650
Praktische Gestunskunde, Rinne, 140
Prices of General Commodities in England, The Course of Average, A. Sauerbeck, 355
Railway Accounts, A Digest of. A, C. Anderson, 650
Bridges, Design of Typical Steel, W, C. Thomson, 223
Officials, 1908, Universal Directory of, S. R. Blundstone, 198
Track and Track Work, E, E. R. Tratman, 382
Refrigeration, J. Wemyss Anderson, 558 Rhodesia Chamber of Mmes, Report, 328 Riga, Port of, Pabst, 140
Ships, The Design and Construction of, J, H. Biles, 650
Slide Rule, C. N. Pickworth, 328
Society of Engineers, Transactions for 140
South Africa, The Guide to, A. S. and Brown, 650
Steam Power Plants, The Mechanical neering of, F. R. Hutton, 650

MACHINE Shops, Estimating and Rate-fixing, A. E. Ragot, 332,357; (Letter),474 Heating and Ventilating, Davidson’s System, 414

Machine Tools:

Automatic Machine, Four-spindle, Bar Chuck, H. W. Ward and Co., 429
Bending Machine, “Kennedy,” 214
Drill, Rice High-speed Sensitive, Burton, Griffiths, 427
Drilling, Boring, and Tapping Machine, G. Wilkinson, 630
Machine, Connecting-rod, Tangyea, 224
Drilling Machine, Radial, Vertical, W. Asquith, 403 {Supplefnientf October 16zA, 1908)
Radial Pipe Flange, Howard Pneumatic Engineering Company, 387
“ Selson ” Radial, 302
Small Radial, W. D. McKendrick and Co., 470
Vertical, Cunliffe, 466 Machines, Three New, D. and J. Tullis, 523
Drills, Twist, Design of, A. T. Weston, 289 Drop Stamp, 3-Cwt., B. and S. Massey, 376 Estimating and Rate-fixing for Fitting and Machine Shops, Ragot, 332, 357
Gear Hobbing Machine, Wallwork, ^(^^(Supple^ 'tnenti October 16iA, 1908)
Grinder, Ring and Surface, Churchill Company, 466
Grinding Machines, Luke and Spencer, 428 Hammer, Ajax Spring, Breitfeld Danek Company, 259
Hand-operated Sledge, Ricbourg,
3-Cwt. Pneumatic Motor-driven, B. and S. Massey, 375, 376
Steam, Early Nasmyth-Wilson, 291 Large Tools at Harland and Wolff’s Southampton Works, 61
Lathe, Centre High-speed, Redman, 467 Railway Wheel, Hetherington, 550 7ft. Locomotive Wheel, Beyer, Peacock, 600; (Note), 677
Sliding, Surfacing and Screw-cutting, Chouanard, 265
Surfacing and Sliding, Shanks, 62 Quadruple-geared Shafting, Shanks, 62 Turret, 21in. Hartness, Dean, Smith and Grace, 442
with Two Lead Screws, Selig. 302 Machine Tools at the Franco-British Exhibition, 302
Machine for Registering the Work of, 642
at Manchester Exhibition, 403, 427 (Siipplenientj October XQth^ 1908 ; Supplernenti October' '2^rd, 1908)
Motor-driven, at Manchester, A. Herbert, 404 (Supplement^ October 16iA, 1908)
at Manchester, Pollock and Macnab, 466
Milling Machine for Curved Links, Herbert, 278
Horizontal, Herbert, 404 (Supplement^ October 16^A, 190B)
Milwaukee ” Universal, Burton, Griffiths, 427 (Sup- plement^ October 1908) Planer, High-speed, Redman, 467
Planing Machine, Bevel Gear, “Sunderland,” Churchill Company, 466
Large, Motor-driven, Bate- I man’s Machine Tool Com- I pany, 431
Machines at Southampton, Buckton, 62 Plate-bending Rolls, Binnie, 62
Punching and Shearing Machines, Cameron, 62 Saw. 54in. Hot, at Saucon Steel Works, 637, 639
Saws, Panhard and Levassor, 313 Shaping Machine, Selig’s, 302
Slotting Machine, 6in., Motor-driven, J. Stirk, 427 (Supplement, October ^Zrd, 1908)
Surfacing and Boring Machine, Kearns, 349 Turning and Boring Mill, Vertical, Conliffe and
Croom, 466

MACHINERY Trade, German, Combinations in the, 268
Madras Station—see South Indian Railway Magnets, Lifting, for Steel Works, Cutler-Hammer, 228
Manganese Steel Rails, 544 Manhole Doors, Rolled Steel Forge Company, 84 Manure Distributor at Prague, 212
Wallace, 16, 37
Marine Drive at Scarborough, 148 Engineering, Comprehensive Research in, 543
Marks, Professor L. S., on the Power Measurement of Engines, 144
Marseilles Congress—see Electrical Matters

Measuring Instruments:

See also Gauges, Electrical Matters, and Testing Machines,
Depthometer, Murphy, 349 Galvanometer, Rittmeyer’s, 349
Hopkinson Meter onH.M.S, Tartar, 505 Indicator, Thompson, 349
Indicator, Wil ner Outside Spring, 349 Measuring Apparatus for Condensation Water,
Lancaster and Tonge, 578 Instruments, Elliott Brothers, 454
Gauges, Recorders, Wright, 404
Nalder, 459
Meters, for Torsion Meters in Marine Work— see Ships.
Recorder, Dey Time, 404
Voltmeter, Thermometer and Pyrometer, Bristol Company, 428
Water Recorder, Lea’s, 85, 432 MECHANICAL Goods, English, in Siberia, 242 Mechanics, The True Principles of, Sidney A.
Reeve, 640, 661
Meetings, Forthcoming, 382, 410, 439, 469, 485 Merz, C. H., on Power Supply and its Effect on
North-East Coast Industries, 346, 629; Mr. T. Westgarth’s Addendum, 397

Metals and Metallurgy:

See also Institute of Metals and Iron and Steel Institute.
Aluminium Alloys, Electrical Conductivity of, E. Wilson, 288
and Some of its Uses, Tchevarri, 531
Solder, Guggenbuhl, 537 Brass Casting Regulations, 145 Copper Alloys, Mechanism of Annealing in G. D. Burgough and G. F. Hudson, 531
Casting Machines, American, 126
Copper and Copper Alloys, J, T. Milton, _531
Pipe Failures, Shafting and, W. R. Austin, 644
Tubes, Sheets, and Wire, Direct Production, Cowper-Coles, 136 Inter-Metallic Compounds, Desch, 531; Rosen- hain, 531
Metal Mixer, Future Development of the, A. E. Pratt, 372
Metals, Corrosion of, Professor Cushman on, 409 ; (Letters), 565, 653
Institute, Sir W. White’s Address, 516, 531
Testing the Hardness of, 678 Phosphor Bronze, Philip, 531 Tin, Our Future Supplies, 222

METERS—see Measuring Instruments and Ships Microscope, Workshop, J. E. Stead, 345
Milton, J. T., on Copper and Copper Alloys, 531

Mines and Mining News:

Coal Mines—see Coal
Drainage Work, A Year’s South Staffordshire,
Commissioners’ Report, 415
Eight Hours Bill, 569
Fluor Spar, 185
Gauge, Integrating Pressure for Ore Weighing, Schaffer, 348
Gear, Visor” Overwinding, Wood, 98, 466 Haulage Gear, Motor-Driven, Scott and Mountain, 498
Mine Drifts, Steel Frames for, in U.S.A., 178
Mineral Statistics, Our, 529
Mining Engineers, Report Book for, Charleton, 121
Exhibition—see Exhibitions
Pumps—see Pumps
Tools, Appliances and Safety Apparatus—see Mining Exhibition Models, Educational, at Mining Exhibition, 136 Oil Shale at Pumpherston, Working of, W. Caldwell, 241
Transvaal, Outlook in the, 638

MORDEY, W. M., on Electricity in Germany and Britain, 661
Models at Franco-British Exhibition—see Ships, Railways, &c.
Moisture Tester, Simon’s, 36, 37
Mond Gas Plant and Westinghouse Engine, 151 Mortising Machines—see Wood-working Machines Moulding Machines—see Wood-working Machines

Motor Vehicles and all Matters Relating thereto:

Agricultural Motor, Saunderson, 17
Motors, Leyland Motors, Mann’s Patent Steam Wagon Company, 17
Bees Nest Windcutter Radiator, Establie, 189 Brake, Liversidge Front Wheel, 561 Carburetter, Scott-Robinson, 561
Chassis, Transmission Gear, Back-axle, &c., Sheffield-Simplex, 534
Commercial Motor Vehicle, Progress of the, 609 Concrete Roadway for Motor Carriages, 473 Dolphin Car, Two-stroke Engine Company, 536, 561
Engines—see Engines
Exhibitions—see Exhibitions
Fire Escape for Shanghai, Motor Turntable, Merryweather, 21
Grand Prix Race, 42
“Miloscope” Speed Indicator, Bailey, 214 Motor Cars, Railway—see Railways Motor-driven Vehicles, Cause and Prevention of Wear in, F. H. Royce, 288
Motor Omnibus Traffic, 410 |
Mowing Machine, Petrol, Sharp’s Auto-mower and Tractor Company, 17 I
Petrol, Two-cylinder, Smeddle and Kennedy,
561
Radiators for Motor Cars, Establie, 189
Six-cylinder Car, Sheffield-Simplex, 536
Speedometer, Elliott Brothers, 454
Steam Cars, Turner-Miesse, Rutherford, White, 561
Taximeter, Aron Meter Company, 456
Tools, Drill and Lathe, Drummond, 561 Two-cylinder Cars, Napier, Wolseley, Panhard, 561
Wagon, Foden’s, 17
Steam Motor, St. Pancras Ironwork Company, 386
“Warner” Autometer, Electric and Ordnance Accessories Company, 399
Wheel with Detachable Rim, Atlas Resilient Road Wheels, 561

MOWING Machines —see Motor Vehicles

NASMYTH’S Centenary, 290, 314

Naval Engineep Appointments:

78, 178, 227, 252, 280, 296, 350, 390, 524, 604, 659, 682
NOBLE, Sir A., on Fifty Years of Explosives, 509

Obituary:

Avery, Sir William B., 493
Ayrton, William Edward, 512
Beardmore, Joseph, 172
Becquerel, Monsieur Henri, 214
Best, John, 43
Brough, Bennett H. (Portrait), 381
Bruce, Sir George Barclay (with Portrait), 215
Bullivant, William Munton, 347
Field, Edward (with Portrait), 562; (Letter), 689
Homfray, Samuel George, 410
Harman, James, 172
James, Enoch, 536
Kirk, Thomas, 126
Livesey, Sir George (Portrait), 381
Millar, Robert, 328
Peters, Dr. , 296
Rennie, George Banks, 536
Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey, 214
Smith, William, 296
Stephens, Michael, 43
Stokvis, Samuel, 3S2
Vavasseur, Josiah, 636
Wemyss, Randolph G. E. , 86

OIL Eliminating Plant, Paterson Engineering Company, 251; (Correction), 278
Pamping Station in Burmah, 361
Shale at Pumpherston, Working of, W. Caldwell, 241,
Oils, Hydro-carbon Cylinder, Effect ot Soper- heated Steam on, Worrall and Southcombe, 89
Omnibus, A Canopied Electric, Electrobus Company, 589
O’Neill on Interrelation of Theory and Practice of Shipbuilding, 100
Ordnance—^ee War Material

PACKING, United States Metallic Packing Company, 466 , T. A X «Qr
Palmer Shipbuilding Yard : Its Advantages, bJj Paris Telephone Service, 359

Patent Law, America and the New, 247

Germany and the New, 15, 68 Patents Act, 1907, First Fruits, 640
Compulsory Working of, 437, 640 Licences to Work, 15, 68, 413 Prolongation of, 196
Patents, Selected American :
Air Pressure System for Turbines, H. Beusch, 634
Air Pump, C. A. Hague, 502
D. B. Morison, 208 Armour-Exploding Projectile, A. Wrotzke, 684 Axles, Cranked, Machine for Turning, H. W.
Jacobs, 478
Billets, Method of Heating, C. J. F. Johnson, 392
Blast Furnace, J. H. Meissner, 528 Blower, J. H. Spencer, 208
Blow Pipe, A. G. Le Chatelier, 448
Boiler Tube Sheet, G. H. Rhentan, 284
Bolt, F. Mclnnerny, 608
Carburetting Apparatus for Explosive Engines, F. Durr, 130
Cargo Vessel, W. Doxford, 392
Clamping Mechanism for Planing Machines and the Like, G. H. Benson, jun., 684
Concrete Mixer, G. P. White, 208 Condenser, Counter-Current, 0. H. Mueller, 448
Surface, A. Harris, 556
Coupler, Automatic Oil, 0. Damon and W. L. Shoup, 338
Coupling, Flexible, R. L. Lowry, 234
Train Pipe, A. S. Parsons, 338
Current Collecting Apparatus for Dynamo- Electric Machines, J. E. Noeggerath, 684
Cylinder and Piston Machines, Method of Increasing the Volumetric Efficiency of, A. Vogt, 478
Dam, J. F. Jackson, 682
Dumping Mechanism for Dipper Dredgers, W.
Clifford and W. Ferris, 54
Dynamo Electric Machine. W. L. Waters, 208
Electrical Water Heater, Hill, 156 Engine, C. O. Robertson, 54
Combustion, 0. G. Simmonds, 660 Indicator,G. Lanza, 682
Internal Combustion, H. A. Johnston, 258
Rotary, K. H. Korhonen, 182
Engines, Explosive, Process of Working, K. E. Schreber, 4*20
Excavator, Endless Chain Bucket, G. L. Hurst, 628
Feed Roll, Sectional, for Planing and other Machines, L. B. Whipple, 448
Filter, J. G. and 0. B. Heitzman, 182
Friction Clutch, Morgan, 156 Furnace, Fine Fuel, D. Cudworth, 80
Smelting, Gronwalt, 1662
Gas Engine, F. M. Ashley, 80
C. A. Clarke, 528
Process of Manufacturing, H. W. Benner, 478
Producer, R. L. Morgan, 556
G. Westinghouse, 130 Producere, Method of Operating, E. Coleman, 26
Gases, Iron Blast Furnace, Apparatus
Washing, B. H. Thwaite, 312
Process of Cleaning, A. Ernst, 502
Gasolene Engine with Mixing Cylinders Crank Cases, F. A. Dobbins, 284
Patents, Selected American (continveo) z
Projectiles, E. Gathmann, 66^0
Pump, Duplex, L. Willis, 556
Multi-stage, for Producing a Vacuum or Compressing Gases, A. Siegel, 392
Hydraulic, J. W. Nelson, 684 Steam-driven, G- Rennerfelt, 684 Vacuum, Zeitlin, 156 Valve, P. J. Doyle, 448
Vertical Shaft Centrifugal, A. W. Hunsaker, 182
Recording Manometer, F. N. 180
Reducing Valve for Compressed Muid Motors, E. Schneider, 608
Resilient Gear Connection, N. W. Storer, 234 Rolling Mill. Biggert, 156
Mills, Feed Table for, J. Fawell, 258
Rotary Engine, Andreas, 106
Scroll-Bending Machine, V. W. Jewett, 312
Steam-Condensing Plant, D. B. Morison, 26
Storage Battery, T. A. Edison, ^8
Stoking Apparatus, C. W. Crosby, 26
Tarring and Sanding the Surface of Streets, W. C. Southgate, 234
Tool Holder, G. E. Greenleaf, 582
Torpedoes, Standard, Shell or Casing for, C. Davis, 556 .
Turbine, S. Z. de Ferranti, 582
A. Jude, 284
Gaseous Fluid, C. Wedekind, 392 Marine, T. G. E. Lindmark, 478 Steam, J. Atkinson, 608 Water, W. G. Wright, 80
Valve, Coleman, 106
Automatic, A. J. Greenaway, Job
Vehicle Wheel, L. H. Barry, 284
Water Motor, Current, R. E. Coon, 208
Wheel, Roller Bearing Trolley, W. L. Cooksey, 338
Wood, Process for Distilling, T. B. Gautier, 312
Wrench, A. C. Smith, 660

Patent Specifications, British:

Accumulators, 156
Building, 365, 477
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 477
Cranes and Conveyors, 311, 338
Dynamos and Motors, 25, 53, 79,1’29, 181, 207, 233, 257, 283, 337, 365. 391, 420, 448, 501, 527, 556, 581, 607, 633. 659, 683
Electrical Resistances, 683
Engines. Internal Combustion, 129, 155, 283, 337, 391, 501, 527, 555, 607
Gas Producers, 130, 155, 207, 233, 311, 391, 439, 502,556, 582
Lighting and Heating, 105, 155, 502 Locomotives, 105
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 79, 105, 258, 337, 366, 447, 555, 582
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 155
Mining and Metallurgy, 284, 311, 338, 608, 684 Miscellaneous, 25, 26, 54, 80, 105,106, 130,156, 182, 207, 233, 258, 312, 392, 420, 478, 528, 660, 684
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 26, 365, 477, 660 Ordnance and Armour, 366
Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 129, 420, 502, 582, 634, 683
Ships and Boats, 25, 233, 366, 419, 528, 634, 660
Steam Engines, 25, 53, 527, 555, 581, 659
Steam Generators, 25, 54, 79, 129, 181, 207, 257, 283, 284, 311, 337, 365. 391, 419, 447, 477, 501, 581, 607, 633, 659, 683
Switch Gear, 257, 366, 527, 659
Telegraphs and Telephones, 25, 79, 129, 311
Tramways and Railways, 155, 181, 258, 338, 366, 391, 447, 477, 502, 608, 683
Transformers, 284, 556, 607
Turbine Machinery, 53, 79, 105, 181, 233, 267, 311, 337, 419, 501, 556, 633
Water Purification, 258, 477, 634

PAVLOFF, Professor, on Oval Blast Furnaces, 440
Pay-as-you-enter Cars at Montreal, 305
Peat, Production of Ammonia from Atmospheric Nitrogen by, H. C. Woltereck, 288 ; (Letter), 331
Utilisation of, Canadian Government Report, 240 ; (Letter), 305 in making Gas or Charcoal, Captain Riall Sankey, 287, 299
Penalty Clause—see Contracts for Electrical Work Personal and Business Announcements, 24, 52, 78, 104, 128, 154, 180, 206, 232, 256, 336, 364, 390, 418, 446, 476. 525, 654. 606, 632, 682
Petroleum—see Railways
Philip, A., on Phosphor Bronze, 531
Photograph Copying Machine, Shaw’s Continuous
Electric, A. G. Thornton, 466
Pipes, Cement, German System of Making, 699 Piston Ring, New Type of, Petter, 332 Planing Machines—see Machine Tools Platinum Thermometry, 275
Plough, The “ Universal,” 211
Poetsch Freezing Method for Shaft Sinking, 122 Ports—see Harbours
Potts’ Bevel and Spur Wheel Shaping Machine, 139
Power Measurement of Engines, 144
Supply and its Effect on the Industries of the North-East Coast, C. II. Merz, 346, 629; Mr. T. Westgarth’s Addendum, 397
Transmission Gear, Piat, 162
Prague, Water Pipe Contract for, 241
Pratt, A. E., on the Future Development of the Metal Mixer, 372
Presses, Power, Rhodes, 466 Producers—see Gas
Projectiles—see War Material

Pumps:

Pump, Air, Mirrlees Watson, 375 Automatic Vacuum Lift and Force, 36 “ Cameron,” Gillespie, 121
Centrifugal Sinking, Electrically-driven, Ernest Scott and Mountain, 121
Turbine-driven, de Laval, 264
Fleuss High-vacuum, Pulsometer Company, 177
High-lift Centrifugal Plant, for Coal Mines, Sulzer Type, 228
High-vacuum, Blake and Knowles, 199
Pump, Steam-turbo High-lift, Mather and Platt, Treble-plunger Hydraulic, G. DesVignes,
Pumping Engine, Petroleum, for Burmah, Weir, 361 ’
Eneiues at Kempton Park Station, Lilleshall Company, 424, 434
Avonmouth, Tangyes. 7,
July Zrd, 1908) ’
Pumps, Agricultural, Warner, 61 “Invincible,” Gwynne’s. 121 Lee HowVs “Tipton” and “Oddesse,”
Agricultural Show, 61 inree-throw Dry-vacuum, Brackett. 413
Ram, Vertical and Horizontal, F. Pearn, 349 and Turbine, Allen’s, 38 inple-expansion Engines, Selby Waterworks, James Watt, 216 Various, at Mining Exhibition, 121

PUNCHING Machines—see Machine Tools

RAGOT, A. E., Estimating for Fitting and Machine Shops, 332. 367 ; (Letter), 474
Rail Steel, Teat for, E. H. Saniter, <46 Rails, Manganese Steel, 544
Special Steel, 488

Railways and Railway Matters General:

Accidents, American,-222, 443
Berlin, Overhead Railway, 412
British, in 1907, 296
Electric Railway and Tram way Stoppage due to Accident at Chelsea Generating Station, 382
Agreements, Legality of, 649 I
British and French Railway Speed in 1908, 512 Centenary of the First Passenger Train, 307 •
(Letter), 331 ’ i
Coal Gas Lighting in Railway Carriages, 662 Couplings, Automatic, 225; (Letters), 244. 305 ‘ Jenkins Railway Switch, 67
Models, London and North-Western Railway 214
Railless Traction, F. Douglas Fox, 289, 550 Rails, Special Steel, &c —5ee Rails.
Railway, Birth of the, 621 {^Special Supplcvieiit.
Deceniler IRA, 1908).
Sleepers, Reinforced Concrete. M Brukner, 411
Railways, William James and the History of R. S. Ramsdale, 162 ; (Letters), 201 ’
Suspension Railways in Ironworks, 642 Trevithick’s Railway, 307 ; (Letter), 331
World’s Railways in 1906, 116

Railways, British, Colonial, and Indian :

Agreement, Great Northern, Great Central, and Great Eastern, 188, 481, 658
London and North-Western and the Midland, 188, 195, 481
British Accidents in 1907, 296 Caledonian Railway Brake Vans, 74
Signalling at Glasgow, Central Station, 266
Canadian Pacific Railway, Reconstruction of a Portion of, 666, 672
Coal Bills and Wages, 196
Cwm Cerwyn Tunnel Reconstruction, 685 Egmore Station, Madras, 370; (Note), 413 [Supplement^ October ^tk, 1908)
Electric Railways and Tramways, Stoppage due to Accident at Chelsea Generating Station, 382
Glasgow Central Station, Signalling at, 266
Great Eastern Railway Stations, Norwich, &c., 451
Great Northern, Royal Train, 560, 568
Great Western Railway Works at Swindon. 158, 164, 168
Indian State Railways, Standard Underframes and Bogies, 646 ; (Correction, 578)
Kicking Horse Valley Railway—see Canadian Pacific Reconstruction
London, Brighton and South Coast. Victoria Station, 10
London and North-Western Railway and Crewe Works, 617, 620, 621 ; (Letter). 653 [Special Supplement^ December' llzA, 1908)
Midland and Great Northern Joint Lines in East Anglia, 451
Motor Coach for London and North-Western Railway [Special Supplement. December IRA. 1908)
New South Wales Railways. 276, 606; (Letters), 549. 566, 616
North British Railway, Widening Operations, 74
North-East Anglia. Railway Facilities in, 451 North-London and London and North-Western, 651
Port Talbot Railway, Tunnel Reconstruction, 685
Railway, Narrow Gauge, for Harrogate Gas Works, 538, 642
Position, 188, 195, 481, 558 Royal Train, Great Northern, 560, 568 Scotch Railway Companies and Mineral Traders, 384 ,
Signalling at the Glasgow Central Station, 266
South Indian Railway, Egmore Station, Madras, 370 [Supplement^ October ^th^ ' 1908 ; (Note),
Surveying in Canada, 86
Underframes and Bogies for Indian State Railways, 546; (Correction), 678
Victoria Station, 10
Victorian Railways, 562
Working Economies, 464

Railways, Foreign:

Alpine Railways, Austrian, 376
American Accidents, 222, 443
Management, 42
Berlin Overhead Railway Accident, 412 Chicago, Large Passenger Terminus at, 333
Delaware Railway **Cut-off,” 333
Railways, Foreign (conHnwed):
French, Nationalisation of, 13
Italian Railways, Electrification of, 387 Accommodation at Milan, 507
Labour Train at Panama, 29
Loetschberg Tunnel, 358 .
Motor Carriage, Petrol Electric, in United States, 50 .
Paris Suburban Lines, Electrification, 416 Petroleum Residues as Fuel on the Roumanian Railways, 667 ,
Railway Car Ferry Steamers, German-Swedish, 244
Roumanian Railways, Petroleum Residues as Fuel, 667
Siam, Railway Motor Car for, Thornycroft, 601

Railways, Locomotives, General:

Engine, Compound Steam, Constant Duval, 313 Locomotive Works—see Works^
Locomotives, Drawings of, Soci6t^ Francaise de Constructions Mecaniques, 313 Early, Nasmyth-Wilson, 314 Express, Some Recent Types of, Maurice Demoulin, 209; (Letter), 331
Superheater and Compound, The Work of, C. R. King, 662 Superheater, Combined Air and Steam, New Century Engine Company, 494

Railways, Locomotives, British, Colonial, and Indian :

Great Western Six-coupled Express Locomotive Work, 591; (Letters), 616, 653, 669
London and North-Western Railway, Historical and Modern, 617, 620, 621; (Letters), 653, 669 (Special Suppleme^itf December 11^/t, 1908)
Narrow-gauge, for Harrogate Gasworks, Thos, Green and Son, 539, 542
North British, Tested with Air and Steam Superheater, 494
North-Eastern Railway Six-coupled Tank, 352, 359
North Staffordshire, Bogie Tank, 186, 187 South-Eastern and Chatham, Four-coupled
Express, 243 (Two-page Sup:ple'm,ent^ September Mh, 1908)

Railways, Locomotives, Foreign:

American Goods, Ten-wheel, 126
Austrian State Railways Heavy Goods, with Brotan Boiler, Goelsdorf Steam Receiver, and Pop-Coale Safety Valves, 259, 260
Danish State Railways Four-cylinder Compound, 293
Four-cylinder Compound, Pacific Type, Western Railway of France, 55 (Txco-page Supplement^ Jtdy Vith^ 1908)
Hungarian Four-cylinder Compound, 564 Italian Locomotive Building, 360
State Railways Express, “ Prairie’* Type, Maurice Demoulin, 209
Locomotive Coaling Station, Reinforced Concrete, U.S.A., 472
Paris-Orleans Railway, “Pacific” Type Compound, 471

REDDAWAY’S Rubber Exhibits, 151
Reeve, Sydney A., on the True Principles of Mechanics, 640, 661
Refuse Destructor, Heenan and Froude, 456 Reinecker’s Gear-hobbing Machine, 139 Repairs of Workshop Plant—see Workshop Research, Eogineering, R. W. Hunt, 300
Reservoir, Culebra, Wachusett—see Canals, Panama
Reservoirs—see also Water Supply
Resistances to Flat Plates, &c.—see Ships
Rivers—see Harbours and Waterways
Road Rollers, Traction Engines, Tractors, Aveling and Porter, 17
Robertson on Plant Used in Tube Manufacture, 531
Robson, P. W., on Suction Gas Producers, 288

Rock Drills:

Appliances at the Mining Exhibition, 121 Boring Apparatus, Burnside Safety, 122 Drill Chuck, Warren and Tregoning, 122 Locke Electric Stoping, Wilfley Mining Machinery Company, 122
Drills, Electric Air, Temple Ingersoll, 122 Petrol-cperated Rock Drill in United States, 652
Rock Channeller at Panama, 59 Drill, Hammer, Hardy-Simplex, 135

ROLLING Mill, Electrical, Dorman, Long’s, at Middlesbrough, 320,359 ; Visited by Iron and Steel Institute, 346, 371
Rolling Mills, Experience with Electrically- driven, C. Koettgen and C. A. Ablett, 371
Dorman and Xiong’s, 320, 346, 359
Roofing, Volcanic Cement, Seurat, 189
Rope, Non-spinning Wire, Tangring, 166
Ropes, Ropeway Plant, and Rope Cutters at Mining Exhibition, Bullivant, 136
Ropeway at Barnsley Main Collieries, Bullivant, 194, 199
Blast Furnace, at the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, 642
Rosenhain, W., on Metallography Applied to Inter-metallic Compounds, 531
on the Study of Breakages, 288
Royce, F. H., on Cause and Prevention of Wear in Motor-driven Vehicles, 288

SAINT Mark, Venice, Campanile, 285

Sanitary Engineering:

Sewage Disposal, Royal Commission, 322, 325, 342, 368, 393
Filter Beds,Underground, U.S.A.,473 Machinery at Franco-British Exhibition, 213
Sludge, Treatment of, 116 Treatment at Galashiels, 485 Sewer System, Trunk, of City of Toronto, 218 Sewerage in Mexico — see Waterworks at Monterey

SANITER, E. H., on Test for Rail Steel, 346
Sankey, Capt. Riall, on Utilisation of Peat, 287, 299
Saws—see Machine Tools and Wood-working Machinery
Scarborough, New Marine Drive at, 148
Scotland, Royal Commission on Canals, 107 Screw Threads, Machine for Rolling, Manville Company, 252
Sea-water Evaporators and Feed-heaters, Andrews and Cameron, 150
Seed Sower at Prague, 212
Selby Waterworks, 216
Separator, Butter, Swiftsure Syndicate, 16
Separators, Electro-magnetic, for Dry and Liquid Matter, Rapid Magnetting Machine Company, 458, 459
Shaft Coupling, Electro-magnetic, Berlin -
Anhaltsche Company, 654
Shafting and Copper Pipe Failures, W. R. Austin, 644
Shafts, Flexible, Janet, 189
Shepherd, Hill and Spink’s Wheel-cutting Machine, 138

Ships and Shipbuilding, General:

American Report and Warship Design, 49, 75, 119
Atlantic Liners, Construction of, 380, 674 Building Slips at Stettin, 316
Buoy, the Bredsdorp Stranding, 278 Capital and Labour, 120
Clyde Shipbuilding for the Half Year, 35 Dredgers—see Dredgers
Electric Propulsion—see Marine Propulsion Gas Propulsion, Problem of, 407; (Letters), 497, 521
German Shipbuilding Yard, Vulcan, at Stettin, 316, 324
Gyroscope as Distance-giver on the Earth and Applicability to Ships, Dr. Anschutz-Kaempe, 611
“Ideal” Marine Reversing Gear, Dickinson, 200 ; (Correction, 232)
Tsherwood System of Ship Construction, 172 Krizik Electrical Steering Gear, 259 Lifeboats in Modern Vessels, Placing, Technical and other Considerations, Axel Nelin, 635 Marine Engines, Mechanical Efficiency of, 505, 614
Engineering, Comprehensive Research. in, 644
Propulsion, Steam Electric, Durtnall, 85. 95, 488
Models of French-built Ships at Franco-British Exhibition, 213
London and North-Western Railway Steamers, 214
Palmer Shipbuilding Yard, Its Advantages, 635 Resistances to Flat Plates and Vessels’ Hulls in
Water and the Genesis of Waves, Prof, Dr. Ahlborn, 612
Ship, Dynamics of Rolling of a, 609 Shipbuilding, Foreign Competition in, Denny, 637
Interrelation of Theory and Practice, O’Neill, 100
Limitation of, 674
Sir C^ Furness’s Scheme, 379, 385, 595 ; (Letters), 413, 616 Steering Gear, Hydraulic, Siemens, 604 Stern Frame, New Type, Fownes, 652 Tanks, Experimental—see Tanks Torsion Meters, F. T. Edgecombe, 558, 559
in Marine Work (Bevis-Gibson, Fbttinger and Hopkinson Meters, Multiple Slot Lamp for Gibson Meter), J. H. Gibson, 505, 614
Transporting Plant for Building Ships, Micken- felder, 635
Turbines and Propellers, Mr. James Denny’s Presidential Address, 379, 408 ; (Letter), 496 United States Shipping, Census, 178
Wage Tariff Agreements in the Shipbuilding Trade, 635
Wreck Statistics for 1907, 173

Ships and Shipbuilding, British Navy:

Bellerophon, H.M. Battleship, 563
Collingwood, H.M. Battleship, 509
Gladiator, H.M. Cruiser, Salving, 381, 411
Indomitable, H.M. Cruiser. 145
Inflexible, H.M. Cruiser, 410
Rattler, H.M.S., Gas-propelled, 407
St. Vincent, H.M. Battleship, 273, 291, 298
Torpedo Boat Destroyers, The New, 326
Boats, Surface or Submarine, 603

Ships and Shipbuilding, Naval Matters:

Admiralty Orders, 563
Clyde Measured Mile, 74
The, and Naval Work, 410
Coaling and Coal Economy, 353
Manoeuvres, 18
Monster Battleship Controversy, 143
Naval Shipbuilding Policy, 67
Repairs, Dockyard and Private Shipyard, 516 Rosy th Naval Base, 644
Warship Accidents, 381
Repairs and the Thames, 272
Warships and Machinery under Construction in England, 32, 410, 668

Ships and Shipbuilding, Foreign Navies:

Armour Plate for Minas Geraes, 260, 270 Brazilian Battleship Minas Geraes, 260, 270, 291, 298
Engineers in the United States Navy, 648 French Marine Accidents, 435
Naval Budget Report, 509
Submarines and Submersibles, 347 l?orpedo Boat Destroyer Sabretache, 191
Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Recent, 191; (Corrections, 252) ; (Letter), 277 German Naval Dockship Vulkan, 460, 462; (Letter), 521, 589
Italian Navy, Target Practice in, 451; (Letter), 549
La Touche-Treville, Gun Accident, 328, 355 Russian Armoured Cruiser Rurik, 347 (Supple‘ mentf October 27t<Z, 1908)
United States Navy Government Report, 49, 75, 119
Repair Ship Panther, 653

Ships and Shipbuilding, Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels:

Brooke 11., Racing Motor Boat, 329 Clyde-built Ships for Austria, Russel], 202 Ferry Steamers, Railway-car, German-Swedish,
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 244 Fuelling Barges for Havana Harbour, 678 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Hamburg-American Line, 316
Laurentic, White Star Liner, 291, 298, 640 Lusitania, Speed Trials, Bell, 46 : (Letters), 99, 149, 163
Martha Washington, Twin-screw Steamer for Austro-American Line, 202
Megantic, White Star Dominion Liner, 654 Motor Oil Launch Comet for the Tyne, Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., 276
Orsova and Otway, Orient Liners, 563 Otaki, New Zealand Shipping Company, 638 Ottawa-Trold Collision, 74
Paul Paix, Steel Oil Tank Steamer, Graggs, 172 Peninsular and Oriental Liner Morea, Barclay, Curie and Co., 192, 509
Post-office Tender for Uruguay, Yarrow, 678 Scotland’s First Iron Ship, 519
Turbine Steamer Ben-ma-Chree, Vickers, Sons and Maxim, 86

SHOWS—see Exhibitions
Shutter, Rolling Steel, Mountain and Gibson, 466 Siberia, English Mechanical Goods in, 242 Signalling—see Railways
Silicon, Influence of, on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Iron, A. Jouve, 397
Slates, Roofing, Larivihee, 189
Slipways at Renfrew, 262
Sluice Machinery, Tannett Walker, 70
Smith, C. A. M., on Method of Detecting the Bending of Columns, 158 Sphingometer, 158
Smoke, J. Swinburne, 422 Draught Devices at Franco-British Exhibition, 313
Socialist Fallacy, 517
Speedometer, Elliott Brothers, 454
Spencer, Henry, on Establishment Expenses and Cost Accounts, 508, 532
Sphingometer, C. A. M. Smith, 158
Spinning Frame, Electrically-driven, Brooks and Doxey, Limited, 402
Frames, Electrically-driven, Dobson and Barlow, 402
Motor-driven, Brown, Boveri System, 430
Mill, Dobson and Barlow, 210
Spur Gearing, Evolution and Manufacture of, Humpage, 138
Stagg, W,, on Inclined Retort Coal and Coke-handling Plant, 113
Standardisation and its Relation to Trade, Sir J, W. Barry, 638
Stanton, Dr., and Mr. L. Bairstow on Resistance of Materials to Impact, 570, 571, 575; (Letter), 589
Stations—see Railways
Stead, J. E., Note on a Workshop Microscope, 345
Steam, Generation of, 675
Meter, Recording, Parenty, 265 Shovel, Bucyrus, at Panama, 59
Steel—see Iron and Steel
Steering Gear—see Ships Stoker, Sprinkler, Triumph Stoker Company, 455 Stokers, Chain Grate, at Coventry, 306
Machine, Babcock and Wilcox, 455
Stone, Crushed, Voids, Shrinkage, and Weight of, Ira 0. Baker, 215
Stones, Sharpening and Grinding, Bedoin, 162 Stoney, G., on Recent Advances in Steam Turbines, 273
Stothert and Pitt’s Works at Bath, 142, 146 Strength of Solid Rouod-ended Columns, W. E. Lilly, 289
Strikes—see Labour Suction Gas Producers—see Gas
Sugar By-products Machinery, Kestner. 313 Factories, Cane, C. W. Dawson, 203, 229 Milling Plant for Java, Mirrlees Watson Company, 495
Works Machinery, Model and Plans, 264 Sulphuric Ether Apparatus, Crepelle-Fountaine, 189
Summers Hunter, on Labour Economics and the Engineer, 524
Superheated Steam, Effect on Hydrocarbon Cylinder Oils, Worrall and Southcombe, 89
Superheater, “Ackroyd-Buckley,” Longbotham, 98, 99
Cruse Controllable, 376 Superheaters, McPhail and Simpson. 404
at the Mining Exhibition, 98 see also Locomotives
Surveyors, Instructions to. Board of Trade, 20 Swinburne, J., on Smoke, 422

TANKS, Experimental, Progress in Japan, 37 Mr, Yarrow’s Gift, 37 ; (Letter), 73
German Experimental, 183, 237, 285, 318, 343, 383 (T?ro-/?a^e Supplement^ Octo6e)- 1908)
Towing Carriages, Speed Trial Appliances, Measuring Machines, 318, 343, 383 [Two-pagt Svp- pleuient, Octole)' 2ndy 1908)
Tariff Revision in the United States, 218, 622 Taximeter, Aron Meter Company, 456 Tchevarri, J. T. W., on Aluminium audits Uses, 531
Telephone, Hamburg, Exchange, 322
Service, Paris, 359 Transmitter, Elliott Brothers, 454 Telescopes, Equatorial, Clock-driving Mechanism for, Sir H. Grubb, 289
Testing—see also Impact
Apparatus, Metal, Soc. Fran^aise de Constructions M^caniques, Bld
Gauges, Vulcan Boiler Company, 375 Machine (Measuring) Universal, Storey, 548
Machine for Rail Steel, Saniter, 346 Machines—see also Dynamometers and Electrical Matters
Rheostats, Two, Geipel, 630
Sets, Elliott Brothers, 454
Thermit Compounds, New Reactions with, Goldschmidt, 21
Thermodynamics—see Gaseous Explosions
Third Party, The, 248
Thrashing Machine, Petrol Motor Driven Beaupre, 313
Tin—see Metals
Tools, Hand, and Coupling Hook for Horsed Vehicles, Lacheze, 162
Portable Motor Driven, Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., 4t6
Holders, Janet, 189
Toronto Trunk Sewer System, 218
Torsion Meters—see Ships
Towing Carriage—see Tanks, Experimental Traction Engines—see Engines
Railless, F. D. Fox, 289, 550
Tractor, Aveling and Porter’s Light, 613 Compound Steam, Aveling and Porter, 17
Ransome’s Steam, 36
Tractors, L'ght, for the War-oflhce, 87
“ Little Giant,” Tasker, 17 and Traction Engines at Smithfield, 612 Traffic, Motor Omnibus, 410
Problem of London, 545
Tramcar Controller, Marples, Leach and Co., 459 Electric, Slipper Brake for, Freund, 361 Trucks, Electric, Mountain and Gibson, 466
Pay-as-you-enter, at Montreal, 305
Tramways, Electric, in Greater London, 67 —see also Traction, Railless Improvements in Berlin, 87 Surface-contact System in London, 537
Transporter, The “Barry,” at Mining Exhibition, 97
Transporting Plant for Building Slips, Michenfelder, 635
—see also Coal
Transvaal—see Mining
Trevithick’s Railway—see Railways Tubbing—see Coal and Collieries
Tube-cleaners and Tube-making Materials at the Mining Exhibition, 98
Tubes, Plant Used in Manufacture of, Robertson, 531
Tunnels—see Railways
Turbine Blading, Centrifugal Force on Steam in, Frank Foster, 56
Blowers, Steam, Hodges’, 173 Curtis Horizontal Superheated Steam {Supplementy October 23rd, 1908) 600-Kiiowatt Zoedy Steam, Musgrave, 376 [Sitpplementy October ^th, 1908)
Zoelly, with Mather and Platt’s Pump, 677
Turbines, Marine, G. Bauer, 587
Marine Steam, Models at Franco- British Exhibition, Parsons, 10 {Tivo-page Supplementy Jidy 3rdy 1908)
and Propellers, Mr. James Denny’s Presidential Address, 379, 408 ; (Letter), 498
Steam, Recent Advances in, G. Stoney, 273
Turbo-alternators, Model, Parsons, 456
Turnip Thinner, Symes’, 17
Tyne Improvement Commission, 151
Type-casting and Composing Machinery, L. A. Legros, 675

UNITED States, Engineering Education in, 144
Tariff, Revision, 248, 622
Urban and Inter-urban Transportation—see Traction, Railless

VALVE, Compressed Air Ball, Fiottmann Engineering Company, 121
Governor, Chorlton-Whitehead, 678 Ingersoll Rand Company, 122 Parallel Slide. Shaw, 403 Sluice Stop, Bursting of, 354 Sluice, Blakeborough, 70 Steam Stop, Hopkiuson, 350
Ventilating Machinery, Farcot, 189
Vessey, E. A., on a Simple Drawing-office System, 202
Viaducts—see Bridges
Voids, Shrinkage and Weight of Crushed Stone,
Ira 0. Baker, 215

WAGES—see Labour
Wagons—see also Motor Vehicles
Electric Ore Transfer, American, 126 Sheffield Twinberrow Self-discharging, 539, 542
Steam Motor, St. Pancras Ironwork Company, 386
Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co.’s, 17
Walker, G. B., on Practical Use of Colliery Rescue Apparatus, 241
Walker, Miles, on Electrical Design in Relation to Capital Cost, 523

War Material:

Gans at the Fran co-British Exhibition, Vickers, Sons and Maxim, 108
Projectile Cap before and after Impact, Hadfield, 571
Projectiles with Copper Rings, Vavasseur, 536 Warships—see Ships
Water Condensation, Measuring Apparatus for, Lancaster and Tonge, 578
Hammer Explosion at Preston, 537; (Letters—see Water Hammer at Stanton Ironworks)
Hammer at Stanton Ironworks, 354, 436, 441; (Letters), 413, 440, 473, 497, 520, 521, 549, 566, 589, 615, 616
Annual Report, 187 Charges, 573; (Letter), 305
New Reservoir at Island Barn, 460 Montreal Waterworks Improvements, 610 Reservoir, Stobsmuir, at Dundee, Reconstruction, 605
Se by Waterworks, 216
Water, Filtration and Purification, for Public Supply, J. Don, 438
Venturi Meter, G. Kent, 432 Waterworks and Sewerage of Monterey,
Mexico, 486, 510, 514, 533 {Ttvo-page Supple- meifit, November 1908)

WARSHIPS of the Air, 94
Watts, W., on Design and Construction of Impounding Reservoirs, 16
Weaver Navigation, Anderton Boat Lift, 82, 92 {Two-page Supplements 1908)
Weighing Machines, W. and T. Avery, 61 at Mining Exhibition, 97
Weston, A. T., on the Design of Twist Drills, 289 Wheel-cutting Machines and Spur Gearing, Humpage, 138
Wheels, Steel, Hadfield’s, 69
Wheeler, R. V., and Professor W. A. Bone on Experiments in Gas Producer Practice, 395
and A. Harrison on Chemical Control of the Basic Open- hearth Process, 396
White, Sir W., Presidential Address at Institute of Metals, 516, 531
Whitworth’s Wheel-cutting Machine, 138 Wilfley Mining Machinery Company’s Exhibits at Mining Exhibition, 97, 136
Wilson, E., on Electrical Conductivity of Aluminium Alloys, 288
Winch, Hauling Up, at Renfrew, 2o2, 264 “Universal” Mining, Tuckingmill Company, 98
Wire Rope, Non-spinning, Tangring, 166 Rope, “ Nuflex ’’and “Lock-Coil,’’Cradock, 69
Ropes, American and Kdindo, 333 Woods of Australasia, 190
Wood-Working’ Machinery:
Mortising Machine, Vertical, Thos. Robinson, 374
and Boring Machine, Pickles, 357
Moulding Machine, Outside, Tbos. Robinson, 374
Saw Bench, Rxdial Arm, Thos. Robinson, 374 Sawing Machine, Horizontal L-‘g Band, Sagar, 228

WORKMEN’S CompensaHon—see. Labour. Works, Atlas Locomotive, Peckett, 123
Bethlehem Steel, 529, 590, 594, 635, 639 Bristol Wagon and Carriage, 123 Clyde Trust, at Renfrew and Yorkhill, 238, 261
Crewe, 617, 620, 621 {Special Supplement^ Decemlter 1U4, 1908).
Great Western Railway, at Swindon, 158, 164, 168
Harland and Wolff’s, at Belfast, 116 Harland and Wolff’s at Southampton, 61 {Ttco-jKige Supplement.^ July VJth^ 1908)
Ironworks—see Iron and Steel
Kent’s at Luton, 18 Nasmytl-Wilson’s, 290 314 Netham Eugineering, Lysaght, 123 Premier Portland Cement Co. at Irth- lingborough, 30
Saucon—see Bethlehem
Stothert and Pitt’s Newark and Victoria, at Bath, 142, 146
South Metropolitan Gas, Heating and Ventilating, 414
Vulcan Shipbuilding at Stettin, 316, 324 of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company, 481, 490
Workshop, Concrete and Steel, in Canada, 367, 378
Plant and Machinery, Repairs, &c., J. E. Darbishire 438, 443, 492 ; (Le titers), 616, 653, 669
Worrall, G. W., and J. E. Southcombe, on Effect of Superheated Steam on Cylinder Oils, 89
Wreck Statistics for 1907, 173
Wright’s Flying Machine, 170
- French purchase of 409;

YORKE, Colonel, Report on Automatic Couplings, 225

ZEPPELIN’S Airship Catastrophe, 94, 471 ; (Letter), 149

Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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