The Engineer 1914 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1914 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

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ACCIDENTS:

Aeroplane No. 204, 676
Burning of the Scout, 539
Carr Bridge, Aviemore-Inverness Line, Disaster, 704
Empress of Ireland, 623
North British Railway Accident at Burntisland, 423, 460
Paris Metropolitan Catastrophe, 707
Railway Accidents during 1913, 590
Railway Servants, Accidents to. Inquiry, 646
Reading Station, Great Western Railway, Collision, 704
Submarine A 7, Loss of, 102, 105
Waterloo Junction Accident, 40

ACETYLENE Welding Outfit, Portable Acetylene Illuminating Company, 301
Adzing and Boring Machine—see Machine Tools
Aerodynamic Balance, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., 641

AERONAUTICS :

Aeronautics—see also Annual Article Accident to Aeroplane No. 204, 676
Aero and Marine Exhibition, 317, 326, 343, ; 350, 364 , I
Aviation in France, 157 ]
“ Bat-boat,” 200 H.P., Sopwith Aviation Company, 356 !
Blackburn Aero Company’s Two-seater Monoplane, 356
B16riot’s Monoplanes, 354 ,
Bristol Biplane Scout, British and Colonial * Aeroplane Co., 355 ,
Clement-Bayard All-steel ” Armoured Monoplane, 356
Factor of Safety in Aviation, 75
Flying Machine from an Engineering Standpoint, James Forrest Lecture, F. W. Lanchester, 616, 648 i
Forlanini Airship Citta di Milano, Destruction ! of, 421 !
Government Aeronautical Committee, Work j of, 619, 624
Grahame-White Military Biplane, 354
Grahame-White Transport Biplane, 350, 354
Metal versus Wood for Aeroplanes, (Letters), 620, 675
Military Tractor Biplane, Eastbourne tion Company, 366
Naval and Military Aeroplane Engine petition, 462
Pemberton-Billing Seaplane, 354
Perry Beadle Biplane Flying Boat, 360, 364
Salmson Aeronautical Motor, Dudbridge j Ironworks, Limited, 326
Seaplane, Submarine and Ship, 644
Travelling Motor Repair Shop, British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, 366
Vickers 100 H.P. Gnome-engined Military Biplanes, 360, 354
“ Wight ” Seaplane, J. S. White and Co., 354 j
Zeppelin Airships, 640

AHRONS, E. L., on The British Locomotive; Builders and the European Trade, 40 :
Air Compressor—see Compressor '
Air Pumps—see Pumps
Alcohol as Fuel, 569 )
Alexanderson, E. F. W., on The Split-phase System, 570, 613
Alloys, Binary, Quantitative Effect of Rapid Cooling, &c., G. H. Gulliver, 343 I
Alloys, Copper-aluminium, Influence of Added j A/To+.ol "PT’z-

AMERICAN ENGIUNEERING IN 1913
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ANNUAL ARTICLES: AERONAUTICS, 22

Aeroplane Engines, 23
Airships, 24
Further Developments, 23
Naval and Military Aviation, 23

ANNUAL ARTICLES:BRIDGES, 22

ANNUAL ARTICLES:BRITISH BATTLESHIP PRODUCTION IN 1913, 10

ANNUAL ARTICLES:CHEMISTRY IN 1913, 39

ANNUAL ARTICLES:ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN 1913, 6

Automatic Telephones, 8
Automatic Wireless Train Control, 8
Control System, A New Electric, 8 Instruments, 8
Introductory, 6
Lamps, 8
Machinery, 6
Power Stations, 6
Railways, 7
Railways Abroad, 7
Train Lighting, 7
Transmission for Ships, 7
Vehicles, 7
Wireless Telegraphy, 8

ANNUAL ARTICLES: HARBOURS AND WATERWAYS, 1913, 2, 48

Belfast, 4
Blyth, 3
Boston, 3
Fishguard, 3
Hartlepool, 3
Humber, The, 3
Inland Waterways, 4
London, Port of, 2
Mersey, The, 2
Newport, 3
Ribble, The, 3
Scarborough, 3
Scotland, 3
Southampton, 3
Tees, River, 3

ANNUAL ARTICLES: HARBOUR WORKS ABROAD, 48

Belgium, 49
Germany, 49
Holland, 49
Panama Canal, 49
Suez Canal, 49

ANNUAL ARTICLES: LOCOMOTIVES, 18 ; (Letter), 53

ANNUAL ARTICLES: MARINE ENGINEERING, 21—see also Ships

Internal Combustion Engines, 22

ANNUAL ARTICLES: MOTOR CARS IN 1913, 14

ANNUAL ARTICLES: RAILWAYS, 20

Europe, The Continent of, 21
Greater Britain, 20
India, 20
Other Railways, 21
United Kingdom, 20

ANNUAL ARTICLES: RETROSPECT, 1913, 17

ANNUAL ARTICLES: SANITARY ENGINEERING IN 1913, 4

Abbey Mills Pumping Station, 5
Bradford Process, 4
Glasgow and Rochdale, New Percolating Filters at, 5
Grossmann Process, 4
Home and Abroad, Works at, 6
Leeds and York, Progress of the Works at, 6
London Main Drainage, 6
Manchester Main Drainage Works, 5
Manchester Process, 4
North Side of the Thames, Works on the, 6
Sewage Sludge, The Disposal of, 4
Sludge as Manure, The Use of, 4
South Side of the Thames, Works on the, 5
Southend-on-Sea Purification Works, 5
Standards of Purification, 4
Surbiton, New Disposal Works at, 5

ANNUAL ARTICLES: WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION IN 1913, 90, 147, 204 ; (Correction), 133

ANNUAL ARTICLES: WATER SUPPLY IN 1913, 11

Alwen Works, 12
Charges for London Water, 11
Chew Reservoirs and Works, 12
Chingford, The New Reservoir at, 11
Derwent Valley Works, 11
Dr. Houston’s Ninth Research Report, 11
Drought, The Autumn’s, 11
Home and Abroad, Other Works at. 12
Humphrey Pumps, Tests of the, 9, 11
Italy, Progress in, 12
Loch Arklet Works, 12
Metropolitan Water Board, 11
Paris Water Supply, 12
Sheffield, New Source of Supply for, 12
Thirlmere Pipe Line, The Third, 11
Water Divining, 12
Ansaldo’s Works—sec Works
Antwerp, Port of, 696
Application of Electrical Driving—see Electrical Matters
Armament Firms and Foreign Business, 166, 197
Armour Plate Planer—see Machine Tools
Armour Plate, lOin., for Spanish Battleship Jaime I., Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., 320
Arnold, Professor J. O., and Professor A. A. Read, on Chemical and Mechanical Relations of Iron, Tungsten, and Carbon and of Iron, Nickel, and Carbon, 351, 366
Artesian Water Supply of Australia, 63
Asbestilite for Portable Buildings, Felber, Jucker and Co., 700

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETIES.

Association of Engineers, Manchester:
Dinner, Fifty-eighth Anniversary, 218
Education of Engineers, J. C. M. Garnett, 382
Mechanical Filtration, A. J. Clark, 262
Sources of Mechanical Energy, E. .G- Hiller, ' 119
Sun-power Plant at Cairo, F. Shuman, 330
Transmission of Power by Chains, H. T. Hildage, 96

Association, Incorporated Municipal Electrical:
Annual Convention, 666, 672, 709
Annual Dinner and Visits, 673
Commercial Development of Electricity
Supply in Moderate-sized Towns, W. A. Vignoles, 673 .
Design and Operation of Modern Boiler-house ? Plant, S. E. Fedden, 673, 709
Electric Vehicle Committee, 672
Presidential Address, R. A. Chattock, 672 1
Standardisation of Tariffs, J. H. Bowden, 710 I

Association, International Testing*:
Organisation of British Section, 28

Institute of Chemistry:
Explosives, W. Macnab, 273

Institute, Concrete:
Forms for Concrete Work, Allan Graham, 327

Institute, Iron and Steel:
Annual Dinner, 531
Annual General Meeting, 504, 527
Autumn Meeting in Paris, Programme, 629
Awards, 569
Development of Dry Cleaning in Blast Furnace Gas Purification, F. Muller, 660 ; (Correction), 604
Failures of Heavy Boiler Shell Plates, Sidney A. Houghton, 540, 659, 577
Hardening, Contribution to the Theory of, A."McCance, 629
Hardening of Metals, with Special Reference to Iron and its Alloys, C. A. Edwards and Dr. H. C. H. Carpenter, 529
Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of Manganese Steel, Professor B. Hopkinson and Sir R. Hadfield, 528
Presidential Address, Adolphe Greiner, Byproducts of Iron and Steel Works, Recovery and Application, 504
Production of Steel Direct from Ore, E. Humbert and A. Hethey, 661
Recent Improvements in Case-hardening Practice, Henry S. Heathcote, 561
Talbot Process in Comparison with other Open-hearth Refining Processes, Dr .’Friedrich Schuster, 527

Institute of Metals:
Annual Spring Meeting, 324, 342
Beilby Prize Committee’s Report, Dr. CJ H. i Desch, 325 I
Bronze, John Dewrance, 342, 359 i
Effect of Vanadium in Brass Containing 50-60 per cent, of Copper, R. J. Dunn and i O. F. Hudson, 342 )
Electrolytic Corrosion, The Effect of, on the a-brasses, Dr. Desch and Mr. S. Whyte, 343
Influence of Added Metal on sonic Copper-aluminium Alloys, Professor A. 21. Read and Mr. R. H. Greaves, 342
Metals, Solidification of, from the Liquid State, Dr. C. H. Desch, 326
Muntz Metal, Dr. Stead and H. G. A. Stedman, 326
Presidential Address, Failure of Condenser Tubes, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir H. Oram, 324, 331
Quantitative Effect of Rapid Cooling upon the Constitution of Binary Alloys, G. H. Gulliver. 343

Institution of Civil Engineers :
Comparative Economies of Tramways and Railless Electric Traction, T. G. Gribble, 360
Examinations, February, 1914, Pass JJst, 332
James Forrest Lecture, 1914, The Flying
Machine from an Engineering Standpoint, F. W. Lanchester, 516
New Harbour Works and Dockyard at Gibraltar, Adam Scott, 191
Rail Corrugation and its Caustjs, S. W. Sellon, 248, 352
Rail Steels for Electric Railways, W. Willox, 248, 362
Some Recent Developments in Commercial Motor Vehicles, T. Clarkson, 360
Superheating Steam in Locomotives, Henry Fowler, 66, 95
Transportation Problem in Canada and Montreal Harbour, F. W. Cowie, 438

Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Train Lighting Systems, T. Ferguson, 220

Institution, Junior, of Engineers:
Continuous Feeding Elevators, T. C. Morewood, 120
High-power Diesel Engines for Marine Service, J. Richardson, 669

Institution of Mechanical Engineers:
Anniversary Dinner, 474
Annual General Meeting, 232
Application of Electrical Driving to Existing Rolling Mills, L. Rothera, 474, 493
Chemical and Mechanical Relations of Iron, Tungsten and Carbon, and of Iron, Nickel and Carbon, Professors J. O. Arnold and A. A. Read, 361, 366
Commercial Tests of Internal Combustion Engines, W. A. Tookey, 104, 134
Mechanical Engineering Aspects of Road Construction, Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 65, 81, 109
Some Modern Methods of Welding, T. T. Heaton, 232, 247

GRADUATES’ ASSOCIATION ;
Breakdowns of Mill Engines, Michael Lungridge, 183, 188

Institution of Naval Architects:
Award of Medal and Premiums ; Memorial to Sir W. White ; Elections, 371
Design of Steamships from the Owner’s Point of View, L. Peskett, 397
Elasticity and Endurance of Steam Pipes, Cl E. Stromeyer, 397, 403
Foster Strain Meter and some Data Obtained Therewith, W. R. G. Whiting, 397
Further Experiments upon Wake and Tlinist Deduction, W. J. Luke, 374
Further Results of Research Work in connection with the Post Graduate Scholarship in Naval Architecture, A. Cannon, 399
Instrument for Measurement of Velocity Roll, H. E. Wimperis, 399
Model Experiments on the Resistance of Mercantile Ship Forms, G. S. Baker, 374
Present Position of Diesel Engines for Marine Purposes, J. T. Milton, 395, 437
Presidential Address, Lord Bristol, 372
Safe Stability and Economical Use of Water Ballast in Ships, A. T. Wall, 398
Some Questions relating to Battleship Design, T. G. Owens, 373, 384, 410
Spring Meeting, 290, 371, 384, 396, 410, 603
Stability of Ships in Damaged Conditions, P. Y. Brimblecombe. 398

Society, Liverpool Engineering: New Mersey Bar Lightship Alarm, Lieutenant J. W. Gracey, 367
Sewage Disposal Problem, Dr. G. Fowler, 272

Society, Royal: Aerodynamic Balance, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, 541
Conversaziones, 541, 680
Coolidge X-ray Tube, 680

Society, Royal, of Arts: Georgian Bay Ship Canal, Sir R. W. Perks, 148

ASSOUAN Dam, R. Holt, 631
Australia, Artesian Water Supply of, 63
Australian Notes, 482, 600
Automatic Coupling—see Railways Automatic Drain Valve for Steam Cylinders, Sir W. H. Bailey and Co., Limited, 301
Automatic Telephones—see Telephones Automatic Telpher, Bleichert’s Aerial Transporters, 700

BAKER, G. S., on Model Experiments on tli<5
Resistance of Mercantile Ship Forms, 374 Barr, Mark, on Spiral Gears, 562 Barrage, The Hindia, on the Euphrates, 87, 100 Battleships—see Ships
Baumann, Professor R., on Experiments with Case-hardening, and on Tension and Alteration of Form in Riveting in relation to Hole Cracks, 613
Bearings, Ball and Roller, Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, Tormo Manufacturing (Company, Skefko Ball Bearing Company, 383
Belts, Steel Driving, Eloesser System, Power Pulley Company, 245 |
Betulander Automatic Telephone System, 214
Biles, Professor Sir J. H., on Life-saving Appliances, 283
Biles, Professor Sir J. H., and Lord Pirrie, Reports to Dominions Royal Commission, 61, 74
Birthday Honours, 701
Blast Furnace Gas Purification, Dry Cleaning in, F. Muller, 560 ; (Correction), 604
Board of Trade Appointments, 220

BOILERS:

Boilers and Boiler Mountings at Manchester Mining Exhibition, 699
Boilers and Boiler Shops at Ansaldo’s Works (iv, vi-viii, Twenty-eight-page Supplement, May 1914)
Boilers and Coal Handling Plant at Southend, British Niclausse Boiler Company, Limit<>d, 542, 543
Boilers Fired with Coke Oven Gas, Ammonia Recovery Producer Gas, Blast Furnace Gas, and IJtpiid Fuck Bonecourt Process, 525, 667, 585 ; (Utters), 6(51, 648, 686, 713 Britannic’s Boilers, 241
Combined Cylindrical and Water-tube Boiler, T. Hudson, Limited, 488, 489
Design and Operation of Modern Boiler-house plant, S. E. Fedden, 673, 709
Double and Single-ended Boilers of the P. and O. R.s. Khiva, 366, 376
Failures of Heavy Boiler Shell Plates, S. A. Houghton. 669, 677
Hand-fired Furnace and Chain Grate Stoker for Collieries, Ed. Bennis and Co., 699
Heat Analysis of an Oil-fired Water-lube Boiler, D. W. Rennie, 472, 499
Marine Type Water-tube Boiler, J. and A. Niclausse, 280 ; (Letters), 367, 463 {Two-page Supplement, March V6th, 1914)
Mercury Boiler with Steam Generating Apparatus for Power Production, W. L. R. Emmet, 697

BOMBAY, New Docks at, 353
Bonecourt Surface Combustion Process, 525, 557, 685 ; (Utters), 601, 648, 686, 713
Books of B.'fennuv, 43. 121, 152. 236. 434 Boring Machines- -s ;c Jdaehine 'Vuols
Bostock, F. J.. (JU W'prni Gearing, 461
Brass and Copper. 52
Brazil, Some Aspects of Engineering Interests in, by a Resident A.M. Inst. C.E., 34, 61
Breakdowns of Machinery, Michael Longridge, 183, 188
Bridge, Scherzer, Across Pambam Channel, India and Ceylon Communication, 236
Bridge, Southwark, Reconstruction of, 417, 428 Bridges—see also Annual Article
Brimblecombe, P. G., on‘ Stability of Ships in Damaged Conditions, 398
British Locomotive Builders and the European Trade, E. L. Ahrons, 40
Bronze, John Dewrance, 342, 369
Broxburn, New Sewage Disposal Works at, 644, 660 .
Burton—Alexander, J. T., on Recent French Locomotive Performances, 693

CALENDARS, Diaries, &c., 30, 68, 82, 112, 195, 218
Canada, Customs Cruiser for, 98
Canada, Transportation Problem in Canada and Montreal Harbour, F. W. Cowie, 438
Canadian Railway Report—see Railways Canal, Georgian Bay Ship, 148
Canal, Panama, Geological Problems and the, 420, 429, 444
Canal, Panama, Photographs of Landslides and Upheavals, 680
Canal at Southall, 219
Case-hardening—see Iron and Steel Catalogues, 31, 84, 138, 164, 222, 246, 274, 306, 334, 362, 466, 580, 60(5, 662, 690, 718
Cement Works near Ipswich, Mason’s Cement Company, 310, 322 {Two-page Coloured Supplement, March '?Kith, 1914)
Centrifugal Pumps—see Pumps
Chain Gear in Textile Work, 383
Chains, Transmission of l\->wer bv H 'I’ Hildage, 96 *
Chemical and Mechanical Relations of Iron, &c.—tfecTron and Steel
Chemistry—see Annual Article Cheshire, North, A New Salt Field in, 62
China for British Engineers, 293 China, Railways—see Railways Chinese Coalfield—see Coal
Chinese and South American Markets, Cultivation of, 708
Chocolate Factory Building, A New, 35 ; (Correction), 67
“ C.K.” Feed Water Diffuser, Holdsworth and Sons, 630
Clark, A. J., on Mechanical Filtration, 262
Clarkson, T., on Some Recent Developments in
Commercial Motor Vehicles, 360
Claydon Cement Works—see Works Clocks, Electric, at King’s College Hospital, 243
Clutch, The Saver, 383
Clyde Control, 595
Clyde Navigation Trustees’ Granary near Glasgow, 634, 638

COAL, COKE, AND COLLIERIES:

Chinese Coalfield, Rope Conveyors at, 64 {Two-page Supplement, January Kith, 1914) I Coal Cutting and Hauling Machinery at Man- I Chester Mining Exhibition, 681 ' Coal Handling Plant at Southend, Ed. Bennis and Co., 642, 643
Fire at Harton Coal Staithes, 191
Foreign Competition in Coal, 468
Indicator, Colliery Shaft Signal. J. Milburn, 700
Locomotive for Coalfields of Briey—see Chemin de fer de I’Est Locomotive
Western Canada, Some of the Coalfields of, 627

COMBUSTION Process, Bonecourt Surface, 526, 667, 685 ; (Letters), 601, (548, 6 85, 71.3 Coming of Age of the Vacuum Flask, Sir James Dewar, 124
Commercial Motor Veliicle—see Exhibitions atid also Motor Vehicles
Commercial Tests of Internal Combustion Engines, W. A. Tookey, 104, 134
Communication, Through, between India and ’ Ceylon, 236
Compressed Air Locomotive and Rock Drills for the Simplon Tunnel, 172
Compression Tests on Woods, P. W, Smith, 391
Compressor, Air, Electrically Driven, Reavell 576
Compressors, Air, at Manchester Mining Exhibition, 681
Compulsory Working of Patents, 127, 183; (Letters), 161, 180, 246
Concrete Docks and Warehouses—see Hull Joint Dock
Concrete Piling, New System of, T. W. Ridlev. 489
Concrete, Reinforced, Reservoirs for Gaya Waterworks, 393
Concrete Work, Forms for, Allan Graham, 327 Condenser, The Muller, 686
Condenser Tubes, Failure of. Sir H. Oram, 324. 331
Conservancy Law of Ohio, Kenneth C.- Grant, 668
Continuous Rails, 266
Contracts, 68, 84, 138, 166, 191, 224, 250, 276, 306, 336, 362, 388, 440, 468, 554, 578, 604, 634, 662, 692, 718
Control Alarm for Marine Engines, T. H. Hill, 134
Control of Trains—see Railways
Control of Turbines—see Turbines
Controllers, Electric—see also Electrical Matters
Conveyors at a Chinese Coal Field, 64 {^Two-page Supplement, Jamiary \^th, 1914)
Coolidge X-ray Tube, 680
Coruigliano Ligure—see Works, Gio. Ansaldo Cost of Mechanical Energy, T. R. Wollaston, 180 Coupling—see Railways
Cowie, F. W., on Transportation Problem in Canada and Montreal Harbour, 438
Crane, 16-Ton Movable Electric Pillar, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 235
Ciaiio, 40-ion Steani ^'ituii, for Fishguard Harbour, Stf»thort and Pitt, 684 {'l.'wo-page SupplemeiU, June 19^/A. 1914)
Cranes for Hull Dock, Royce, Craven Brothers aud Werf Gusto, G16, 703
Crompton, Colonel R. E. B., on Mechanical Engineering Aspects of Road Construction, 56, 81, 109 ; (Letters), 63
Crossing, Railway—see Railways
Cultivation of the Chinese and South American Markets, 708

DALBY, Professor W. E., on Trials made on a Small Diesel Engine with New Form of Optical Indicator, 396, 464 ; (Letter), 521
Dam, The Assouan, R. Holt, 631 Delta Works—see Works, Gio. Ansaldo Desch, Dr., and Mr. S. White on the Effect of Electrolytic Corrosion, &c., 343
Design of Steamships—see Ships Dewar, Sir James, on the Coming of Age of the Vacuum Flask, 124
Dewrance, John, on Bronze, 342, 359 Dickie, G. W., on the Unsinkable Ship, 163 Diesel Engines at Gio. Ansaldo’s Works (v, vi, Twenty-eight-page Supplement^ May 1914)
Diesel Engines—see also Engines Differentiation, Graphical, H. Holzer, 130 ;
(Letter), 161
Dock, North-Eastern and Hull and Barnsley Railways Joint Dock, 122, 123, 674, 678, 701 Docks, New, at Bombay, 353
Docks and Railway Nationalisation, 611

DOCKYARD NOTES :

American Submarines, “ Holland ” Typo, Sixteen in Coui'se of Building, 133
American Warships’ Size Limited by the Panama Canal, 79
Argentine Battleships Rivadavia and Moreno, 216
Australian Navy’s First Submarine A E 1, 133
Austrian Destroyers of the “ Tatra ” Class, 356
Austrian Dreadnoughts, New, Progress, 646 Austria-Hungary, New Colour for Large Ships, 491
Austria’s Naval Additions and Renovations, 286
Austro-Hungarian Battleship of the Habsburg Class, Reconstruction, 133
Austro-Hungarian Battleship Svent Istvan Launched, 179
Austro-Hungarian Light Cruisers Szigetvar, Aspern, and Zenta, Reconstruction, 561
Austro-Hungarian Minelayer and Naval Colliers, 179
Austro-Hungarian Scout Cruisers Helgoland and Novara, 286
Austro-Hungarian ’ "
Austro-Hungarian many, 133
Austro-Hungarian Construction at
Battleships, Names, H.M., Four New, 646 Battleships, H.M., New, Laid Down, 62 Boiler Explosion, Fatal, on H.M. Destroyer Albacore, 406
Brazilian Battleship to be Built by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., 216
Brazilian Government’s Sale of Armoured Monitors now under Construction, 491
Canadian Customs Cruiser* Margaret- Launched, J. 1. Thornycroft and Co., 133
Canadian Oil Supply Regulation, r33
Chilian Ocean-going Destroyers, 79
Chinese New Scout Cruisers, Dimensions and Equipment, 491
Cleopatra, H. M. New Light Cruiser, 179, 286 Coaling Averages at Malta, 561
Danish Submarines Neptune and Galatea, 286 Destroyers, H.M. “ L ” Type, 405 Destroyers, H.M. Now, as Flotilla Leaders, 356
Engine-room Arthicers in the Royal Navy, Grievances, 133
Fottinger Transformers for Chinese, German and Japanese War Vessels, 406
French Battleships, New, Names and Armament, 216 f
French Destroyer Magon, Trials, 646
French Dreadnoughts, Boilers, 491
French Navy, New Cruisers’ Design Criticised, 216
French New Battleships of the “ Tourville ” Class, 491
French Projected “ Mother Ships ” and Ten Scouts, 491
French Submarines Nereide and Gustave- Z6d6, 661
French ’Submarines, Six xmder Construction, 366
Garland, H.M. Destroyer, 62
German Battleship Ersatz Brandenburg, 179 German Cruisers Ersatz Irene and Ersatz Prinzess Wilhelm to Replace Old Ships, 491
German Cruisers Irene and Prinzess A^hlhelm Siriu-k OH EHective List, 491
German Cruisers Karlsruhe, Kostock, &.C., E<iuipment and Trials, 661
German Destroyer V 26, 356
German Gunboat C, 406
German Ship Nomenclature, Confusing System, 405
Grecian 125-Tou Torpedo Boats Built in Germany, Names, 179
Greek Battleship Salamis, Armament of, 356
Indefatigable, H.M.S., to be Broken up, 79 Invincible, H.M.S., Turrets Altered from Electrical to Hydraulic Fittings, 216 Italian Armoured Cruiser San Giorgio, 62 Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare, Trials, 179, 216
Italian Battleships, Speed and Armament, 216
Italian Destroyers Audace and Animoso, 216 Italian Dreadnought Diulio, Trials, 508 Japanese Armoured Cruisers Kirishima and Haruna, Launched, 52
Japanese Battleship Fuse’s Armament, 405
Laertes, H.M. Destroyer, 62
Landrail, Late Hotspur, H.M. Torpedo-boat Destroyer, Laxinched, 179, 684
Laurel, H.M. Destroyer, J. S. White aud Co., 133
Liberty, ll.M. Auxiliary Ship, to l)o Re-namcd Wai'dt-rer, 52 ’
Liberty and Meteor, ll.M. Destroyers, 52 Linnet, H.M. Destroyer. “ L ” Class, 62
Lookout, H.M. Ocean-going Destroyer Thornycroft and Co.. 491 Lowestoft, H.AI. Light Cruiser, 96 Marlborough, H.M. Battleship, 179, 645 Miranda, H.M. Destroyei, 684 New Zealand, H.M. Battle-cruiser, 179
H.M.S., Late Sharpshooter, iol Training Purposes, 366
^‘"^o^red Cruiser, 286 Warships, Sale and Prices, 646 o?Fortir 52' Admiralty on the Eirth Roumania’s New Destroyers, Particulars of Design and Armament, 179 **man7’286'*’'^° Building in Ger- **°/a“e, 79*'’ “?***' f<u'
Royal Oak and Royal Sovereign, D Al S Laid Down, 79 o »
Royal Sovereign, H.M. Battleship, particulars oi Construction, 79
Russian Artillery Works Company on the Volga, Vickers Limited, 366
Russian Building Programme, 286
Russian Four Battle Cruisers of the xWivarin vffa 1 Largest Warships in the World, Armament, Displacement, &c., 491
Russian Protected Cruisers Admiral Spiridof and Admiral Bontakoff, 133
traSu°9 ‘ Admiralty Con-
Submarine E 9, H.M., 286
Thornycroft, J. I, and Co., Number of Destroyers Launched, 491 62 Greece, Rapid Growth of Navies,
Turkey’s Order for Destroyers, 661
Purchase of Brazilian Battleship Rio de Janeiro, 62, 216
Turkish Sea-going Torpedo Boats, 684 United States Battleship Texas, Details of Construction and Trial Results, 52, 366 United States Battleships Idaho and Mississippi, Negotiations for Purchase by Greece, 645
Battleships Oklahoma and Nevada, 405
Protected Super-Dreadnought, Warship Consti-uotion, Table of Coste, 508 Warships H.M., Soldi Details of Tonnage, Cost and Price, 491 ®
56?'^^* Scrapping, 179.
Zebra, H.M., Destroyer, to be Sold, 491

DOMINIONS Royal Commission Reports, Proffessor Sir J. H. Biles and Lortl Pirric,
Drain Valve—eee Valve
Drainage Works, Manchester, 234, 236 Dredger for a Siamese Tin Field, Lobnitz
Drilling Machines—6-ee Machine Tools Drop Stamps, Friction, B. and S. Massey, 658
Clas Purifiea- i-i, (Correction), 604
&c '^342’' Vanadium,
Oust on Railways—see Railways I3ynamometer Tests—Railway Locomotives

ECLIPSE of the Sun ami Elect ric Waves 2'10 J.conomies ul Soii Transpo.-(„ Professor Sir
J. H. BiJes and Lord Pirric, 5J 74
Pd, J. C. AL (JarnetL 382
LducatioiiaUnleJJigenco, 138, 278, 492, 57G (H8 Ldwards, G. A., and Dr. H. C. H. Cai-,K-ntpr^ on Hardening of Metals with Special Refer*
T-ii its Alloys, 529^
^'?^"‘l’anco of Steam Pmes,
V. L. Stromeyer, 397, 403

ELECTRICAL MATTERS:

A^ee also Anniuzl Article
AXVd^o’q ^ndustry, Growth of, 620
nflrf 7 z®’ ilanufacturing
Department (xv,' xvii, Twenty-eight-pat^ Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
of Electrical Driving to Dxistimr falling Mills, L. Rothera, 474, 486 493
Machine* with Vickers Motor, 406 .
Automatic Starter, Laurence, Scott and Co.,
j with Igranio
LTrnTtod^M by Electromotor.s,
Limited, H. AV. Kearns and Co., 260
Pon? Driven, Niles Tool
Company, Smith and Coventry, Webster and 13cnnett Westinghou.se Company" 26() ? J. Sfark and Son.s, 284, 292 ; H. W Kearns and Co., 260, 284, 292 -i^eains
^age Motor, 424
Driving
’SX' I?L 262’*’"™*
Motors, Single-speed Sandycroft, Limited, 424
Development of Electricity
Supply m Moderate-sized Towns, W A^ Vignoles, 673 ’ yy-
Marine Engines, T. H. Hill, ““S.
^\ro?* Push Button Con-
Craven Planing Machine with Vickers Motor, nrliu’ ^^?®trical rersws Pneumatic, 606
Drills, With Various Motor Drives William Asquith and Co., 284, 292.
Waves, 290
Electric Vehicle Committee, 673
Girod hurnaces at Ansaldo’s Works (xvii May 8tfT,“;SISupplement,
Gorges Motor for Machine Tool Driving, .|24 SX? io6
Grinders, Electric-driven, J. H. Holmes and Co., 507, 508 . „ , o.Q
Heavy Switchgear, A Reyrolle and Co., 218 Hull Dock Electrical Equipment, 676 Hydro-electric Engineering in Peru, W. i.
Taylor, 68, 72 , . .
Induction Motors for Machine Tool Driving, British Westinghouse Company, British Thomson-Houston Company, and Power Plant Company, 425, 426, 451, 452
Ingot Slicer with Vickers Motor, 407
Lamps—see Lamps
Large Power Stations, 48
Lathe Face Plate, Motor-driven, J. H. Holmes and Co., 508
Laurence, Scott’s Carbon Contact Controller for Large Lathes, 178
Laurence, Scott and Co.’s Motors for Cameron Shearing Machine and Craig and Donald Beam Bender, 147
Laurence, Scott’s Motors for Workshop Use, 179
Locomotive Wheel Quartering Machine Driven by Two Motors, Cunliffe and Croom, 262
Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives London Electricity, 423
Jzmdon Electricity Supply, 294, 457
“ Lundell ” Portable Motor for Drill Driving, J. H. Holmes and Co., 507, 508
Mississippi, 300,000 H.P. Hydro-electric Planton the, 475, 502, 510, 530, 531
Multi-generator for Precision Tachometer, Schaffer and Budenberg, 636
Neasden Works, Tools Driven by Induction Motors, British Thomson-Houston Company, 451
Petrol Electric Lighting Set, Two-cycle, Record Engineering Company, 130; (Letters), 161, 180 ,
Planers, Motor-driven, at Mather and Platt s Works, 146
Planers, Small, Electrical Equipment for, Laurence, Scott and Co., 285
Planing Machine, Powell, with British Thomson-Houston Motor and “ Fabroil ” Pinion, 285
Planing Machine, Radial, for Armour Plate, Craven Brothers, with Vickers 32 H.P. Motor, 284
Planing Machines, Large, Electrical Equipment for, Adnil Electric Company, British Thomson-Houston Company, Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Company, Siemens Brothers, 340 <
Polyphase Commutator Motor for Machine Tool Driving, H. W. Butler and Co., 426
Portable Electric Drilling Machines, Witton- Hramer Electric Tool and Hoist Company,
Portable Wood Drilling Machine with Electric Drive, J. H. Holmes and Co., 508
Power Required to Drive Hammers of Various Sizes, Wilfred Spencer, 119
Punching and Shearing Machines, Motors Required for Driving, 147
Push Button Control System, Igranic Electric Company, 163
Push Button Controller, British Thomson- Houston Company, 179
Radial Drill with Mather and Platt Motor, 146 Railways and Railway Plant—see Railways Rotary Converters for Workshop Use, Mather and Platt, 117
“ Runthru ” Portable Electric Drilling Machine, Witton-Kramer Electric Tool and Hoist Company, 507
Self-starting Induction Motor for Stirk Boring Mills, Electrical Construction Company, 284
Sewage Filter Beds, Electric Control Gear, Igranio Electric Company, Limited, 646
Single-phase Motors for Machine Tool Driving, F. Parkinson and Co., T. Harding Churton aiid Co., Rhodes Alotors, lamitctl, Wagner Electric Manufacturing Conq^any. 452
Split-phase System, E. F. W. Alexanderson, 570, 613
Switch Panels and Starters for Use in Workshops, Igranic Electric Company, 260
Textile Machinery, Electric Drive for, A.E.G. Company, 383
Train Lighting Batteries, Lux Storage Cell, Chloride Electrical Power Storage Company, 320 ; (Correction), 362
Transportation of Mails, Electric Carrier for, Electric Carrier Company, 162
Turbo-generator for Chicago, 25,000-Kilo- watt, C, A. Parsons and Co., 9
Turbo-generator, 4000-Kilowatt Geared, C. A. Parsons and Co. and Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, 432 {Two-page Supplement, Apri} nth, 1914)
Turbo-generator Troubles, 211
Upper Rhine Railway Equipment, 555, 668 Valparaiso Electric Power Station, Suction Gas Plant, Ruston, Proctor and Co., 399, 402
Vibrator, Dr. Gisbert Kapp, 347
Vickers Reversible Drive for Planing Machines, 406
Workshops, Electric Driving in, 96, 117, 146, 178, 201, 260. 284, 292, 340, 406, 424. 460. 606

ELECTROLYTIC Corrosion, The Effect of, on the a-brasses, Dr. Desch and Mr. S. Whyte, 343
Elevators, Continuous Feeding, T. C. Morewood, 120
Emmet, W. L. R., on Power from Mercury Vapour, 697

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Internal Combustion Engines:

See also Marine Engineering in Annual Article . .
Ailsa Craig Marine Motor with Electrm beli- starter, and Two-cycle Semi-Diesel Engine, 346, 346 . 4.,^
“ Barcar ” Parallin Manne Engines, Phmiux Company, 345
Commercial Tests of Internal Combustion Engines, W. A. Tookey, 104, 134
Control Alarm for Marine Engjne.s, I. H. Hill, 134 .
Crusader and otlr'i* Maritu- Engines, J. Brooke and Co., Limited, 317, 319
Diesel Engines of the Fionia, 60
Internal Combustion Engines fcon- timied):
Diesel Engines for Marine Purposes, J. T. Milton, 395, 437
Directly Reversible Hot Bulb Engine, Mitcham Motor Company, 682
Djinn Marine Engines at Olympia, Brazil, Straker and Co., Limited, 317
Fire Engines, Motor, Test of. Professor Hudson Beare, 464
Four-cylinder Monobloc Engines, W. H. Dorman and Co., Limited, 319
Gardner Paraffin Marine Engine, Norris and Henty, 344
Gleniifer Commercial Type Paraffin Marine Motor, 343
High Power Diesel Engines for Marine Service, J. Richardson, 662, 659 ; (Letter), 713
Hot Bulb, 20 H.P, Marine Engine, Sophus Berendsen, Limited, 346
Kromhout Hot Plate Engine, Perman and Co., 318
Launch Engine, Austin Motor Company, 346, 347
Lifeboat Type 40 H.P. Engine, J. Tylor and Sons, 344
Marine Engines, Aster Engineering Company, 347
Monobloc, Four-cylinder, 7 H.P. Launch Engine, Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, 345
Naval and Military Aeroplane Engine Competition, 462
Paraffin Engines of the Train Ferry Bridgit, Union Gas Engine Company, 494
Paraffin Four-cylinder Marine Engine, Parsons Motor Company, 344, 346
Paraffin Four-cylinder Marine Engine, J. I. Thornycroft and Co., 343, 346
Petrol Engine, Two-stroke, for Lighting Set, Record Engineering Company, 130 ; (Letters), 161, 180
Petrol Four-cylinder Marine Engine, Moonbeams limited, 343
Reversing Gear, Dickinson and Burne, 346 1
Salmson Aeronautical Motor, Dudbridge Ironworks, Limited, 326
Small Marine Motors at Olympia, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 318
Suction Gas Engine and Producer for a Tin Dredger, Tangyes Limited, 186, 189
Trials made on Small Diesel Engine, &c., Professor W. E. Dalby, 395, 464 ; (Letter), 521
Two-cycle Diesel Engines for the Motor Shix:> Sebastian, 264, 268
Two-cycle and Four-cycle Marine Engines, Dixon Brothers and Hutchinson, 345

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Steam Engines:

Central Exhaust Steam Engine, Hick, Hargreaves and Co., Limited, 547
Combined Superheater Engines and Boilers, R. Garrett and Sons, Limited, 310, 322 (Two-paae Coloured Supplement. March ? 1914)
Experimental Steam Engine for Port Arthur Technical College, A. G. Mumford, Limited, 479
Experimental Steam Engine, W. Sisson and Co., 714
Locomotive Engines—see Railway Locomotives
Mill Engines, Breakdowns of, Michael Long- ridge, 183, 188
Quadruple-expansion Engines of the Khiva, 366, 376 {TwO'page Supplement^ April 3rd, 1914)

ENGINEERS, Education of, J. C. Al. Garnett, 382
Engineers and the New Year’s Honours, 24 Engineering Interests in Brazil, Some Aspects of, by A Resident A.M. Inst. G.E., 34, 61
Engineering Progress Abroad, 124, 216, 325, 461, 590, 712

ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN PARLIAMENT, 1914, 41, 77, 98 ; (Correction), 152
Electricity Supply, 98
Gas Undertakings, 78 Harbours, Docks, &c., 77
Interesting Strike Clause, 98 Miscellaneous, 98
Railways, Tramways, Trolley Omnibuses, &c., 41
Scottish Bills, 98
Water Undertakings, 77

EUPHRATES, The Hindia Barrage on the, 87, 100

EXHIBITIONS:

Aero and Marino Exhibition, 317, 326, 343, 350, 354
Commercial Motor 'Vehicle, at Manchester, 150, 176
Mining Exhibition at Manchester, G81, 698
Motor Car Show at Manchester, 75
San Francisco, 216
Textile Machinery Exhibition at Manchester, 383

EXPERIMENTAL Tank—see Tank
Explosives, W. Macnab, 273
Export Coal Trade, 652
Export Competition in Machinery, 240
Export Price Combinations in the 'United States, 324
Export Trade, The Year’s, 79

FACTOR of Safety—see Aeronautics
Factory Building, A New Chocolate, 35 ; (Correction), 67
Failure of Boiler Plates—see Boilers
Failure of Condenser Tubes, Sir Henry Oram, 324, 331
Failure of Steam Pipes by Fatigue, C. E. Stromeyer’s Paper, 397, 403
Fedden, S. E., on Design and Operation of Modern Boiler-house Plant, 673, 709
Feed Pumps—see Pumps
Feed Water Diffuser, The ‘‘ O.K.,” Holdsworth and Son’s, 630
Feiuiiug and Safely 1‘rovautiotis for Transmission Machinery, W. Sydney Smith, 206
Ferguson, T., on Train Lighting Systems, 220
Ferodo for Lining Brakes and Clutches, H.
Frood Company, 699
Ferry, Motor-driven Train, for San T rancisco, 494 ,
Filters, Mechanical, at Cromer, Candy filter Company, 246
Filtration, Mechanical, A. J. Clark, 262
Fire Engines—see Engines
Fires, London, and the Water Supply, 208, 212 Fischer Automatic Coupling for Railway Stock, 482
Fitting Out Yard, Ansaldo’s Works—see Genoa Harbour
Flying Machines—see Aeronautics
Forced Draught Turbo-fan, Yarrow-Terry, 207 ; (Correction), 304
Foreign Competition in Coal—see Coal
Foreign Competition in Railway Rolling Stock —see Railways
Forlanini Airship—see Aeronautics
Forthcoming Engagements, 28, 56, 82, 110, 136, 164, 192, 222, 248, 274, 304, 332, 360, 386, 412, 439, 466, 494, 521, 550, 578, 604, 633, 660, 688, 716 .
Foster Strain Meter and some Data Obtained Therewith, W. R. G. Whiting, 397
Fothergill, H., on Wireless Telegraphy, 628
Foundries, Iron and Steel at Ansaldo’s AVorks. (xv-xviii. Twenty-eight-page Supplement, May 8^7i, 1914)
Fowler, Dr. Gilbert, on the Sewage Disposal Problem, 272
Fowler, Henry, on Superheating Steam in Locomotives, 66, 95, 127 ; (Letter), 161
France, Motor Tillage in, 266
Freeboard by^ Formula, A. A. Liddell, 279
Free-swinging Plansifter, Henry Simon, Limited, 301
Friction Drop Stamps, B. and S. Massey, 668
Furnaces, Gas and Electric, at Ansaldo’s Works (in, x, xi, xv-xxiii, Twenty-eight-poge Supplement, May Sth, 1914), {Two Two-page Supplements}
Furnaces, Surface Combustion, for Etiamclhug, Annealing, &c., at Bonecourt, 525

GALWAY Harbour Improvements, 120 Garnett, .L C. M.,‘oii Education of Engineers, 382
Gas Engines—see Engines
Gas Escape Detector, Dr. A. M. Low, 134
Gas Producers—see Producer
Gas Turbine, The Explosion, Theory of, T. B. Morley, 337
Genoa Harbour, Fitting out Yard, Ansaldo Works (xxv-xxvii, Twenty-eight-page Supplement, May ^ih, 1914)
Geological Problems and the Panama Canal, 420, 429, 444
Georgian Bay Ship Canal, 148
Gibraltar, Harbour Works and Dockyard at, Adam Scott, 191
Glasgow, Granary at Meadowside, 534, 538 Governor for Water Turbines, P. Pitman, 407 Gracey, Lieutenant J. W., on The New Mersey
Bar Lightship Alarm, 367 Granary at Meadowside, Glasgow, 534, 5.38 Grant, K. C., on Conservancy Law of Ohio, 668 Graphical Differentiation, H. Holzer, 130; (Letter), 161
Gray, H., on Use of Superheaters and Superheated Steam in Mercantile Steanusrs, 396
Greiner, A., on Recovery and Application of th<5
By-pi'oduets of Iron and Steel Works, 504 Gribble, T. G., on Comparative Economics of
Tramways and Railless Electric Traction,
Grinders- -see Machine Tools
Gulliver, G. H., on Binary Alloys, 34.3 Guns and Gun Making—see Wcr Material Gyros(5opic Alono-rail System, Schilowsky, 106; (Letter), 299

HADFIELD Research Prize, 657
Hadfield, Sir R., on Metallurgy of Iron and Steel, 715
Hammer, Electric Pneumatic, S. Wolf anti Co., 358
Hammers—see also Machine Tools
Harbour Improvements, Galway, J 2d
Harbours and Waterways—see also Annual Article
Hard Woods for the Construction of Railway Rolling Stock, Dr. Weiskopf, 616
Hardening—see Iron and Steel
Hardness Testing, Geheimrat Martens, 281
Harton Low Staithes Fire, Loading Jib After, L^och, Goodall and Co., 191
Heat Analysis, &c.—see Boilers
Heathcote, H. S., on Recent Improvements in Case-hardening Practice, 561
Heaton, T. T., on Some Modern Methods of Welding, 232, 239, 247
Hildage, H. T., on Transmission of Power by Chains, 95
Hiller, E. G., on Sources of Mechanical Energy, 119
Hindia Barrage on the Euphrates, 87
Hollow Metal Rods, 478
Holt, R., on The Assouan Dam, 631
Hopkinson, Professor B., and Sir R. Hadfield on the Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of Manganese Steel, 528
Houghton, S. A., on Failures of Heavy Boiler Shell Plates, 640, 669, 577
Hull Joint Dock, 122, 123, 674, 678, 701 Humbert, E., and A. Hethey on Production of Steel Direct from Ore, 661
Humidifiers in Textile Factories, 383
Hydraulic Plant for Hull Dock, Hathorn, Davey and Co., 676
Hydraulic Presses at Ansaldo’s Works (viii, XV, xvi, xviii, xix, Twcnt/y-eight-page Supplement, May ^th, 1914), {Two-page ment}
Jydro-eloctric Enginei.’ring in Peru, Taylor, 68, 72
dydro-electric Plant, 300,000 H.P., Mississippi, 476, 502, 510, 630, 531

INDIA and Ceylon, Through Communication Between, 236
India, Military Cars for, 630
Indicator, Optical, Diagrams of Small Diesel Engine, Professor W. E. Dalby, 395, 464 : (Letter), 521
Industrial (Questions—see Labour
Inflammable Gas Escape Detector, Dr. A. M. Low, 134
Inspectorsof Mechanical Transport, 48 I
Internal (Combustion Engines—see Engines
International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, 94, 199, 211
International Rail Trade, 128

IRON AND STEEL:

Belts, Steel Driving, Eloesser System, Powcr Pulley Company, 245
By-products of Iron and Steel Works, Recovery and Application, A. Greiner, 504
Case-hardened Steel, Micrographs of, at Sampierdarena Works (iii, Twenty-eight- page Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Changes in the United States Steel Industry. 612
Chemical and Mechanical Relations of Iron, Tungsten and Carbon, and of Iron, Nickel and Carbon, Professors J. O, Arnold and A. A. Read, 351, 366
Contribution to the Theory of Hardening. A. McCance, 529
Experiments with Case-hardening, Professor R. Baumann, 613
Failures of Heavy Boiler Steel Plates, Sidney A. Houghton, 640, 669, 577
Hadfield Research Prize, 667
Hardening of Metals with Special Reference to Iron and its Alloys, C. A. Edwards and Dr. H. C. H. Carpenter, 529
Heathcote Hardness Tester, 661
Kapp Vibrator, 347
Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of Manganese Steel, Professor B. Hopkinson and Sir R, Hadfield, 528
Metallurgy of Iron and Steel, Advances in, Sir R. Hadfield, 716
Production of Steel Dhect from Ore, E. Humbert and A. Hethey, 561
Rail Corrugation and its Causes, S. P W Sellon, 248, 352
Rail Steels for Electric Railways, W. Willox 248, 362
Recent Improvements in Case-hardening Practice, H. S, Heathcote, 661
Roller Metal Mixer, Berlin Anhalt Companv. 591
Siemens Martin Steel Furnaces at Ausakld’s Works (xv, xvii, xviii, Twenty-eight-page Supplement, May 3th, 1914), Two-page} Supplement}
Steel Crossing—see Railways
Steel Trade, Combinations in the, 596
Talbot Process in Comparison with other (ZJpen-hearth Refining Processes, Dr. Friedrich Schuster, 627
Use of Steel Ingot Moulds, 70

IRONITE, S. T. Molt and Vines, Limited, 436 Irrigation of Southern Alberta, 170, 182 Italy, Railway Electrification—see Railways

JAEGER Turbine Air Pump, dOS
Jib,^ Ixiading, After .Fire at Marton Coal
Staitlieb, Lucebi, Goodall and Go., 191
1\LN\()N, E., on 1 ransmission of Pouer bv Ropes, 4 36, 592
King’s College Hospital, Automatic Telephones and Electric Clocks at, 243

LABORATORIES,, Gornigliano Lignre. 7A11- saldo s Works (xii xv, Tvjenty-eiylit-page Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Laboratory, Itoyal Prussian, Work (jf, 123

LABOUR NEWS, STRIKES, AND WAGES QUESTIONS:

Industrial Unrest, 679
Miners Again, 218
Miners’ Minimum, 377
Palazzo Gambaro, Ansaldo’s Works, Labour and Provident System (xxvii, Twenty-eight- page Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Railway Committee for Labour Questions, 383
Railwaymen’s Congress, 686, 707
Recovery of Damages from Strikers, 129
Trade Unionism and the Railway Service, 429 Trade Unions in South Africa, 101
Triple Alliance of Labour, 486

LAMPS, Modern Metal Filament, The Manufacture of, 27
Lanchester, F. W., on The Flying Machine from an Engineering Standpoint, 616, 648
Lanston Monotype Corporation Works 197 228, 256 ’
Lathes—see Machine Tools
Launches and Trial Trips, 28, 58, 82, 164 250 277, 332, 362, 388, 469, 650, 675, 601, 663
Launching—see Ships
Lead Casters, 617

LEADERS:

Aeronautical Report, 624
Alcohol as Fuel, 669
Alterations to Electric Railways. 486
Armament Firms and Foreign Business. 155 Aviation in France, 167
Breakdowns, 183
Burning of the Scout, 639
China (or British Engineers, 293
Clyde Control, 695
Combinations in the Steel Trade, 696
Coming Decline in the Shipbuilding Trade, 669
Compound Propellers, 623
Compulsory Working of Patents, 127, 183 Continuous Rails, 266
Control Systems for Single-phase Locomotives, 352
Cultivation of the Chinese and South American Markets, 708
Developments in Naval Gunnery, 696
Docks and Railway Nationalisation, 611 Electrical Driving of Rolling Mills, 485 Empress of Ireland, 623
Export Coal Trade, 662
Export Competition in Machinery, 240
Export Price Combinations in the United States, 324
Factor of Safety in Aviation, 75
Failure of Steam Pipes by Fatigue, 403 Failures of Steel Plates, 540
Foreign Competition in Coal, 468
Foreign Competition in Railway Rolling Stock, 377
Glasgow Water, 670
Industrial Unrest, 679
International Rail Trade, 128
Large Power Stations, 48
Light Railways, 540
London Electricity Supply, 294, 457
London Fires and the Water Supply, 212 London Traffic Problem, 73
Metal versus Wood for Aeroplanes, 458 Metallurgy, A Chapter in, 351
Minors’ Minimum, 377
Model Propeller Experiments, 47
Modern Welding Methods, 239
Motor Tillage in France, 266
Navy Estimates, 323
New Departure in Ships* Lifeboats, 239
Panama Landslides and the Geologist, 429
Paris Metropolitan Catastrophe, 707
Port and Starboard, 708
Price of Oil, 74
Priority of Invention, 378
Progressive Trials of Ships, 101
Protection of Battleships During Darkness, 511
Railway Appointment, 212
Railway Electrification, 48
Railwaymen’s Programme, 707
Recovery of Damages from Strikers, 129
Retrospect, 1913, 17
Royal Commission on Railways, 102
Rudder Forces and Steering Qualities, 430
Russian Naval Expansion, 680
Science and the State, 651
Scottish Oil and the Navy, 184
Sewage Disposal Problems, 403
Ship Dimensions and Harbour Depths, 74 Ships and Lifeboats, 211
Skelmorlie Measured Mile, 293
Split-phase System, 670
Submarine A 7, 102
Superheater Locomotives, 127
Supplementary Naval Estimates, 265
Trade Names, 624
Trade Unionism and the Railway Service, 429
Trade Unions in South Africa, 101
Triple Alliance of Labour, 485
Turbo-generator Troubles, 211
United States Steel Industry, Changes in, 612 Value and Cost in Power of Bilge Keels, 156 Wireless Telegraphy Research Committee, 661

LEAKAGE, Valve, H. Bollinokx, 208
Legal Intelligence, 167

LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS:

America, 31, 68, 85, 113, 138, 194, 224, 245, 251, 307, 363, 389, 415, 441, 468, 622, 653, 681, 607, 636, 691, 718
England, North of, 28, 67, 83, 112, 137, 165, 194, 223, 249, 276, 305, 334, 361, 387, 414, 440, 467, 496, 522, 652, 679, 606, 634, 661, 689, 717
Germany, France, Belgium, &c., 31, 69, 85, 113, 139, 167, 196, 226, 261, 277, 307, 336, 363, 389, 416, 441, 469, 497, 623, 663, 681, 607, 635, 663, 691, 719
Iron, Coal and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Other Districts, 28, 66, 82, 111, 136, 165, 193, 223, 248, 276, 304, 332, 360, 386, 413, 439, 466, 496, 621, 651, 678, 605, 633, 661, 688, 716
Lancashire, 28, 67, 83. Ill, 136, 165, 193, 223, 248, 276, 304, 333, 361, 387, 413, 439, 466, 495, 621, 661, 678, 605, 633, 661, 689, 717 ; (Correction), 358
Scotland. 30, 68, 84, 112, 137, 166. 194, 224, 250, 276, 305, 334, 362, 388, 414, 440, 468, 496, 522, 552, 680, 606, 634, 662, 690, 717
Sheffield, 28, 57, 83, 111, 137. 165, 193, 223. 249, 275, 306, 333, 361, 387, 413, 439, 467, 496, 621, 551, 679, 606, 633, 661, 689, 717
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 30, 58, 84, 112, 138, 166, 194, 224, 260, 276, 306, 334, 362. 388, 414, 440, 468, 496, 522, 662, 680, 606, 634, 662, 690, 718

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Aeroplanes in Paris, A. M. Coate, 63, 67, ; Your Representative in Paris, 63, 107
Aero Tug, L. Pollock, 560
Assouan Dam, Alessandrini, W. Stokes, 299
Automatic Couplers for British Railways. T. A. Brocklebank, 601
Auxiliary Sailing Ship France, Draughtsman. 107
Bases of the Screw Propeller, J. Batey, 62, 107 ; A. R., 67, 160
Between London and Paris, G. Binyon, 133 Birmingham University, G. E. Mappin. 53 British Trade in China, A. J. M. Bennett, ^59 Compound Superheater Locomotives, X., 63 Compulsory Working of Patents, G. Brewer, 180, 269 ; A. Chartered Patent Agent, 245 ;
H. Howgrave Graham, 161
Diesel Engines, Large, R. J. N. W., 180 Differential Curves, Simple Method for Constructing, Turbo, 161
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR {continuedy*
Double-hulled Ship, Draughtsman, 329
Economiser Design, Interested, 63
Engines at the Tangshan Colliery, Anciens Ateliers de Construction Van den Ker- chove, 67
Feed Pump Governors, J, F. Gill, 180, 245, 299 ; Ronald TrisL 217, 269, 329
French Battleship Languedoc, Ste. Arne, des Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde, 299
Gear Grinding Machinery, Pfeil and Co., 107
Great Discoveries, M. Y., 685 ; Owen Linley, 713
Great Eastern General Managership, J. W. Green, 299 ; Railway Engineer, 217
Great Inventions—see Great Discoveries Grindstones, Seestu, 463
High-power Diesel Engines, J. Richardson, 713
Interesting Query, A. Spencer Jones, 481 Inventors and the Public, W, Hawkins, 299 Launching Aeroplanes from Ships at Sea, C. W. Pidcock, 329
Laymen and Professional Men—see Great Eastern, &o.
Liquid Fuel Boilers, Leonardo Fea, 133
Locomotive Indicator Cards, C. W. Dauncey, 269, 367 ; C. R. King, 246 ; J. Riekie, 329
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Locomotives, G. Cullis, 648
Metal versus Wood for Aeroplanes, O. P. Monckton, 675 ; W. H. Sayers, 520
Model Propeller Experiments, Red Sea, 133
Motor Vessels’ Auxiliaries, Draughtsman, 463 Niclausse High-duty Marine Boilers, J, E.
Grant, 357 ; W. G. Lewis, 463
Noise of Motor Traffic, Daimler Company, Limited, 299
Northumbrian Locomotive, J. W. Boulton, 686 ; J. H. Knight, 648 ; E. W. Sargeant, 713
Oil Engines versus Steam Engines for Marine Propulsion, E. W. F. Smith, 160
Optical Indicators, R. W. Penning, 521
Permutit Water Softening Plant at Hooton, Cheshire, W. Boby, 685
Photographs at Museums, J. H. Knight, 329
Reinforced Concrete Buoys and Sinkers, H. Blake Thomas, 620
Road Surfaces, John Riekie, 63 ; A. M. Low, 53
Safety and Stability of Aeroplanes, Engineer, 107
Schilowsky Gyroscopic Mono-rail System, J. Airey, 299
Screw Propeller Problems—see Bases of the Screw Propeller
Sir Joseph Swan, John Rhodin, 648
Stephenson’s Rocket, H. W. Dickinson, 107 ; J. Horan, 133 ; J. H. Knight, 67 ; E. W. Sargeant, 107
Stony River Dam, Faihire of the, K. C. Grant, 481
Suction Between Passing Aeroplanes, Aerofoil, 575
Superheated Steam, J. Riekie, 161 ; see alsa Locomotive Indicator Cards
Superheater Locomotives—see Locomotive Indicator Cards
Surface Combustion Temperatures, Rone- court Surface Combustion, Limited, 648, 685, 713 ; H. Cameron, 648; Alleyne Reynolds, 601, 686, 713
Traffic Problem in New York and London, D. S. Martin, 520
Two-cycle versus Four-cycle Engines, W. Stead, 161 ; R. G. Wells, 180
Vibration of Diesel Engines, W. Arschauloff, 463
Was Westinghouse the First to Invent the Continuous Air Brake ? A. R. Bennett, 357 Water Turbines, L. R. Howe, 161
Williams Connecting-rod System, R. W. Weeks, 53
Working-men’s Patents, W. Hawkins, 161

LIDDELL, A. A., on Freeboard by Formula, 279
Lifeboats—see Sliips
Life-saving Appliances, Sir J. H, Biles, 283
Lighting Set, Petrol-electric, Record Engineering Company, 130 ; (Letters), 161, 180
Lighting of Trains—see Railways
Lightship Developments, 367
Limpsfield Pumping Station—see Pumps

LITERATURE: Reviews:

Annuairo du Bureau I’An 1914, 487
Applied Chemistry, Edward Thorpe, 49,
British Factory Administration and Accounts, E. T. Elbourne, 513, 597
Carburation in Theory and Practice, R. W. A. Brewer, 486
Compulsory Arbitration in Industrial Disputes, W. F. Hamilton, 129
Cutlery Trades, G. I. H. Lloyd, 49, 404 Diesel or Slow Combustion Oil Engine, G. J.
Wells and A. J. Wallis-Tayler, 213, 295 Egyptian Irrigation, Sir Wm. Willcocks, 157, 212, 242, 267 ; (Letters), 299, 357 Engineering Thermodynamics, C. E. Lucke, 431
High and Low-tension Switchgear Design,
A. G. Collis, 379
Highway Engineering, Text-book on, A. H.
Blanchard and H. B. Drowne, 129, 512 Igneous Rocks, J. P. Iddings, 663
Indian Architecture : Its Physiology, Structure, and History, &c., E. B. Havell, 487
Indian Storage l^servoirs with Earthen
Dams, W. L, Strange, 625
Insulation and Design of Electrical Windings, A. P. M. Fleming and R, Johnson, 49, 404
Metallurgy, General, H. O. Hofman, 653 Mineralogy, Outlines of, G. A. J. Cole, 185 Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals, Ernest A. Smith, 103, 541
Screw Propellers and Estimation of Power for Propulsion of Ships, Captain C. W. Dyson, 295, 469
Stone Quarrying, Practical, 625
Switches and Switchgear, Professor R. Edler, 626
Taschenbi>ch der Kriegsflotten, 1914, Kapitanleutenant B. Weyer, 295

LITERATURE: Short Notices:

Autogenous Welding, Practical Manual of. 405
xA.utomatic Telephony, Principles of, W. Atkins, 613, 697
Aviation, A. E. Berriman, 405
Chemistry, A New Era in, H. C. Jones, 314
Chemistry, Some Fundamental Problems in, Old and New, E. A. Letts, 348
Construction of Roads and Streets, H. Law and D, K. Clark, 314
Dictionary of German and English, English and German, Max Bellows, 49, 213
Early Weights and Measures of Mankind, General Sir C. Warren, 213, 241
Electro-thermal Methods of Iron and Steel Production, J. B. C. Kershaw, 49, 406
Engineers’ Costs and Economical Workshop Production, D. Smith and P. C. N. Pickworth, 613, 697
Engineering as a Profession, A. P. M. Fleming and R. W. Bailey, 129
Fitting and Erecting of Engines, C. Leslie Browne, 129
Flying, Some Practical Experiences, Gustav Hamel and C. C. Turner, 487, 681
Formulaire du Candidat Ingeniour Maurice Percheron, 697
Fuel: Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous, J. S. S. Brame, 295, 348
Geology, A Text-book of, Professor James Park, 487, 681
Gold Dredging, T. C. Earl, 129, 597
Grain Elevators, Plans of, 405
Gyroscope, The, F. J. B. Cordeiro, 49, 379 Heat Engines, W. Ripper, 348
Hydraulics, E. H. Sprague, 487, 597 Laying Off, or the Geometry of Shipbuilding, E. L. Attwood and 1. C. G. Cooper, 348
Locomotive Boilers and Engines, L. V. Ludy, 129
Machine Shop Catechism, 314, 348
Marine Engineering, A. E. Tompkins, 571, 663
Mechanics and Heat, W. B. Anderson, 571, 597
Mechanics of Particles and Rigid Bodies, J. Prescott, 14
Physics, A Text-book of, R. S. Willows, 348
Physical Research, Recent, David Owen, 14, 348
Principles of the Application of Power to Road Transport, H. E, Wimperis, 14, 405
Reinforced Concrete Railway Structures, J. D. W. Ball, 295, 379
Riddle of Mars, The Planet, C. E. Housden, 487, 663
Sound, J. W. Capstick, 314
Squaring the Circle, E. W. Hobson, 213
Steam Boilers, Working of, E. G. Hiller, 129
Steam Pipes, Construction and Arrangement, Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance. Company, 597, 681
Structural Geology, G. K. Leith, 487, 663
Symmetrical Masonry Arches, M. A. Howe, 348
Technical Mechanics, E. R. Maurer, 487, 597 Theory and Design of Structures, Ewart S. Andrews, 314
Wooden Trestle Bridges, A Treatise on, W. C. Foster, 405

LITERATURE: Books Received:

Advertising and Progress, E. S. Hole and John Hart, 671
Aeroplanes, How to Understand, S. L. Walkden, 571
Annuaire pour L’Au 1914, 296
Applied Mechanics, C. E. Fuller and W. A. Johnston, 295
Architectural Drafting, A. B. Greenberg and C. B, Howe, 314
xArchitecture and How to Sketch it, H. W. ' Roberts, 296
Automobile Engineer’s Year-book, 1914, 129 Back to the Sea, Report of Fourth National
Conference on Sea Training, October 21st, 1913, 241
Bankruptcy, The Law and Practice of, G. L. Hardy, 487
Bibliography of Roadmaking and Roads in the United Kingdom, Dorothy Ballen, 295
Boreholes and Borehole Machinery, J. W. Cable, 129
Bowles V. the Bank of England, 314
British Railways: Financial and Commercial Survey, W. K. Lawson, 103
Burns, by Rev. L. M. Watt, Nation’s Library, 296
Catalogue de Photograpliies Documentaires, 314
Cement, Concrete, and Bricks, A. B. Searle, 103
Chemistry, Some Fundamental Problems in. Old and New, E. A. Letts, 571
Complex Integration and Cauchy’s Theorem, G. N. Watson, 710
Compressed Air, Theodore Simons, 625 Compressed Air Practice, F. Richards, 314 Constructions Navales, Accessoires de Coque, M. Edmond, 571
Co-operation and Co-partnership, L. L. Price, Nation’s Library, 296
Cranes and Hoists : Their Construction and Calculation, H. Wilda, 14
Department of the Interior :
Bureau of Mines ; Miners’ Circular, 15 ; Mine Rescue, &c., J. W. Paul, 213 xAnalysis of Coals in the United States, with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples, &c., N. W. Lord, 241
Influence of Inert Gases on Inflammable Gaseous Mixtures, J. K. Clement, 213
Mining and Treatment of Feldspar and Kaolin in the Southern Appalachian Region, A. S. Watts, 213
Monthly Statement of Coal Mine Fatalities in the United States, July, 1913, A. H. Fay, 213
Production and the Use of Brown Coal in the Vicinity of Cologne, C. xA.. Davis, 213
Sanitation at Mining Villages in the Birmingham District, Ala., Dwight E. Woodbridge, 241
Titaniferous Iron Ores in the United States, &c., J. T. Singewald, 241
Der Abbruch von Beton- und Eisenbeton- bauten, Diplom Ingdnieur E. Schick, 314
Gear Cutting in Theory and Practice, J G Horner, 513
faring, A. E. Ingham, 710 Generators, Mechanical Design and Con- struction of, R. Livingstone, 710
German Self-taught, W. E. Weber. 295 ^^241 Elementary, J. T. Wright,
*^^14^^*^^ Structural Design, H. D, Hess Heat, E. M. Shealy, 663 Heat Engines, The Theory of, iV. Inchley, 49 High Roads, The Making of, A. E. Caroy, 710 History of the Royal Society of Arts, Sir H.
1 rueman Wood, 14 Houses of Parliament and “ The Karsino ”
Hrainage and Drainage Ventilation, Isaac Shone, 296
Hydraulic Turbines, R. L. Daugherty, 157 Hydraulics, W. M. Wallace, 710
Homance of Old London, A. F n allis, 14 > . X .
Illumination and Artiecial Lighting, Element of, Arthur Blok, 205 Illumination, Practical, Justus Eck 51,3 *™2^erial College of Science and Technology, Importer’s Sterling Advance Tables 3’ H Lanskail, 671 ’ "
Incandescent Electric Lamps, D. H. o<dev 314, • «?
Industrial Co-Partnership, C. Carpenter, 571 Inventoi- s Adviser and Manufacturer’s Hand- •p u on’ Hesigns and 'J’rade Marks. R. Haddon, 432
Invest in the Tropics, 671 Investigating an Industry, AV. Kent 513 Ironfouuding, Practical, J. G. Horner, 571 Iron Trail, Rex Beach, 213 Italian and English Commercial Correspond- ence, 487
'^‘"1912-13 295 Gesellschaft,
Jahrbuch der Schiffbautechnischen Gesellschaft, Vol. XV., 296
digs and Fixtures, F. H. Colvin and L. L. M.aas, 157
'‘ui-tcvin.
La Resistenza delle Artiglierio (The Resistance of Guns), L. Coupaye and P. JIalaval,
Laboratory Maiuial, Direct and Alternating Current, C. E. Clewell, 613
Home Counties ” (J W Robertson Scott), 14 \ •
Lath^ork, Ornamental, for Amateurs, Liverpool Ei^nomic and Statistical Society Liverpool Docks Scheme, R. Williams, 432 Locomotive Operating, Practical, C. Roberts and R. M. Smith, 129 ->^006118
Ferrocarilesde Chile, S. M. Vicuna 295 Draughtsmen. Hand- book for, F. A. Halsey, 314
Machines 6, Vapeur, Les, F. Cardier, 671 Maintenance of Foreshores, Ernest Latham 296 ’
^Cffiendar, ""c“E.1itr:X-:"29T"^ """ Construction,
Trusses end Beums A? Determinatioi;
of, Malverd A. Howe, 710
Me^chanical Refrigeration, H. J. Macintire, M^hanical World Pocket Diary and Year book, 1914, 129
Dynamics, Technical, B. K. Maurer, 487
Mercantile Year-book. 1914, 487 Practical Instructions in
Search for, &c., A. MacLeod, 571 Mming, How to Study, 129
Modern Seismology, G. W. Walker, 49 J- A. Crowther, 710
Motor Cyclist’s Handbook, C. S 1 ni-- (Phmnix), 213
Motoring, A. E. Berriman, 314 National Defence v Channel Tunnel. Admiral
Sir Algernon de Horsey, 314 Neural Sources of Energy, Dr A H Gibson, 129 ®
Naval Warfare, J. R. Thursfield, 129 N^y League Annua], 1913-14, Alan H
Burgoyne, 49 *
New Birth of Ireland, L. G. Redmond.
-Howard, Nation’s Library 295 Official Year-book of the Scientific and
IreffindS!?^^^"^
Old English Pattem Books of the Metal Trades, Victoria and Albert Museum, 571^
Panama Canal, The Story of the, Logan Marshall, 296
Photo Electricity, Dr. H. Stanley Allen, 49 Physics, A. Text-book on (Electricity and Magnetism), J. H. Poynting and Sir J. J. Thomson, 571
Plate Girders, Design of, Lewis E. Moore, 213 Power and Power Transmission, E. W. Kerr, 513
Powers and Aeronautics, 241
Practical Railway Spiral, L. C. Jordan, 241 Principles of Flight, A. E. Berriman, 314 Principles of Industrial Organisation, D. S. Kimball, 157
Railroad Surveying, Text-book on, G. W. Pickels and C. C. Wiley, 671
Railway Operating Statistics, Elements of, C. Travis, D. R. Lamb and J. A. Jenkinson, 295
Railways of Great Britain, Lord Monkswell, 103
Railways of the World, E. Protheroe, 613 Rating of Machinery, Some Facts and , Fallacies, G. Humphreys-Davies, 710
Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analyses, Sir J. J. Thomson, 296
School Statics, G. W. Brewster and C. J. L. Wagstaff, 295
Science and Industry, Co-operation of, S. Illingworth, 613
Screw Cutting for Engineers, Ernest Pull, 213 Sewage Drainage Systems, Isaac Shone, 295 Shop Sketching, J. W. Woolley and R. B. Meredith, 295
Simplified Formulas and Tables for Floors, Joists and Beams, Roofs, Rafters and Purlins, N. C. Ricker, 129
Slide Rule Notes, H. C. Dunlop and C. S. Jackson, 295
Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Report, 49
Social Guide, 1914, Mrs. H. Adams and E. A. Browne, 710
Soft Soldering, Hard Soldering and Brazing, J. F. Hobart, 241
Solution of Railroad Problems by the Slide Rule, E. R. Cary, 241
Some Famous Buildings and their Story, A. W. Clapham and W. H. Godfrey, 571
South Wales Coal and Iron Companies, 1914, 65.3
Specification Writing, Elements of, R. S. Kirby, 14
Staffordshire County Council: Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, G. Reid, M.D., for 1912, 129
Steam Boiler, Arithmetic of the, C. J. Mason, 314
Steam Engine, Handbook on the, H. Haeder, 571
Steam Turbines, J. A. Moyer, 571
Steel Analysis, A Modern, J. A. Pickard, 487 Steel Foundry, J. H. Hall, 697
Subaqueous Foundations, Practical Treatise on, &c., C. E. Fowler, 710
Suspension Bridges, Arch Ribs, and Cantilevers, W. H. Burr, 487
Technical Words and Phrases : An English- German and German—English Dictionary, C. A. Thimm and W. von Knoblaugh, 613
Telegraphy, Sir W. H. Preece and Sir J. Sivewright, 697
“ Transactions ” of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1913, Part II., R. W. Dana, 295
Transmission Line Formulas for Electrical Engineers and Engineering Students, H. B. Dwight, 241
Twentieth Century Inventions, C. R. Gibson, Nation’s Library, 296
Village Electrical Installations, W. 1'. Wardale, 241
War Traders, G. H. Perris, 710
Water : Its Purification and its Use in the Industries, W. W. Christie, 241
Water Supply, Studies in, A. C. Houston, 314 Waterworks Engineering, F. C. Uren, 710 Well Sinking, Practical, B. A. Harrison, 710 \VireIess Telegraphists, Handbook of Technical Instruction for, I. C. Hawkhe^id,
Wireless Telegraphy, Handbook of, Murray, 314
Wireless Telegraphy, W. H. Marchant,
Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, book, 697
Working Drawings of Machinery, W. H. James and M. C. Mackenzie, 613
Workmen’s Compensation Cases, Vol. VI., Judge Ruegg and Douglas Knocker, 314
Workshop Practice, Modern, Ernest Pull, 626

LLOYD’S Register—see Ships
Lock for Sliding Doors of Railway Carriages, Gabriel and Co., 27
Locomotive, Compressed Air, 172 Locomotives—see also Railway Locomotives Log Band Saw Mill, T. Robinson and Son,
Limited, 381
London Electricity—see Electrical Matters London Fires and the Water Supply, 208, 212 London Traffic Problem, 73
Longridge, Michael, on Breakdowns of Machinery, 183, 188
Lubricator, Mechanical, C. C. Wakefield and Co., 712
Luke, W. J., on Experiments upon Wake and Thrust Deduction, 374, 623
Lydall, F., on Control Systems for Single-phase Locomotives, 352

MACHINE TOOLS:

Adzing and Boring Machine for Railway Sleepers, T. Robinson and Sons, Limited, 296
Armour Plate Planing Machine, T. Shanks and Co., 710
Bar-cutting Machine with British Thomson- Houston Company Motor, 117
Boring Machine, Electrically Driven, H. W. Kearns and Co., 260
Boring Mill, Butler’s—see Vertical Borine Mill ®
Boring Mills, Electrically Driven, Smith and Coventry, Webster and Bennett, Westinghouse Company, Niles Tool Company, 260 ;
J. Stirk and Sons, 284, 292 ; H W Kearns and Co., 260, 284, 292
^Boring, Tapping, Studding and Milling Machine, G. and A. Harvey, 614, 615
Calender Bowls, Machine" for Grinding Mather and Piatt, 96
Clutches for Use with Motor-driven Macliine 'fools, T. Broadbent and Sons, Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Company, 452
Craven Planing Machine with Vickers Motor 406
Drills, Electrical versus Pneumatic, 506
Drills, Radial, Motor-driven, W. Asquith and Co., 284, 292 ; Archdale, 406
Eldick Lathe Cutting-off Tool, Mo to gear Engineering Company, 630
Electric Driving in Workshops, 96, 117, 146, 178, 201, 260, 284, 292, 340, 406, 424, 460,
506
Gridley Pour-spindle Automatic Lathe with Continuous-current Motor by Electromotors Limited, 202, 204
Grinder for Armour Plate, with Vickers Motor, 406
Grinders, Electric-drivejj, «T. H. Holmes and Co., 507, 608
Grinding Machine, Heavy Plain, Churchill Machine Tool Company, 298
Gim-boring Lathe and Locomotive Wheel Lathe, G. and A. Harvey, Limited, 462
Hammer, Electro-pneumatic, with Mather and Platt Motor, 117
Herbert, Alfred, Motor-driven Tools, 201
High-speed Combination Turret Lathe, H. W. Ward and Co., Limited, 461
Hulse Lathes, with Mather and Platt Motors, 117
Ingot Slicer, with Vickers Motor, 407
King ” Boring and Turning Mills, Selson Engineering Company, 168
Lathe with Automatic Control, Cunliffe and Croom, 284, 292
Lathe Face Plate, Motor-driven, J. Holmes and Co., 508
Lathe, Vertical Turret, Bullard, witJi British Thomson-Houston Company’s Motor, 261, 262
Locomotive Wheel-quartering Machine, with 'Two Alotors, Cunidfe and Croom, 262
Machine Tools, Motor-driven—see also Electrical Matters
Maltman’s Gear for Electrical Driving of Machine Tools, 201
Milling Cutters, Mild Steel at Gio. Ansaldo’s Works (ii, iii. Twenty-eiyht-page Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Milling Machine, with Mather and Platt Motor, 117
Planers, Small, Electrical Equipment for, Laurence, Scott and Co., 286
Planing Machine, 20ft., Loudon Brothers, 436
Planing Machine, Powell, witii B.l’.H. Motor and “ Fabroil ” Pinion, 285
Planing Machine, Radial, for Armour Plate, with Vickers Motor, Craven Brothers, 284 ’
Planing Machines, Large, Electrical Equipment for, Adnil Electric Company,
British Thomson - Houston Company,
Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Company Siemens Brothers, 340
Pollock and McNab Turret Lathe, driven by Geared Motor by Electromotors Limited. 201, 204
Portable Electric Drill, J. H. Holmes and Co., 607, 508
Portable Electric Drilling Machines, Witton- Kramer Electric Tool and Hoist Company 507
Ratable Pijtjc Flange Drilling Machine, G. and A. Harvey, Limited, 436
Portable Wood Drilling Machine with Electric Drive, J. H. Holmes and Co., 608 lower Required to Drive Hammers of
Various Sizes, Wilfred Spencer, 119
Punching, Angle - cutting and Be Machine, Combined, F. Berrv and 691
Punching and Shearing Machine B.T.H. Motor, 96
Rail-planing Machine, 17ft., Smith Coventry, Limited, 665 ?
Sampierdarena Works, Machine Tools and Shops, Gio. Ansaldo e Co. (ii-vi, 'J'wenty- eight.page Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Saw Mill, Log Band, T. Robinson and’Son. Limited, 381
Screwing Machines with Direct Electrical Drive, Joshua Heap and Co., 426
Stirk Lathes, Motor-driven, Electromotors Limited, 117
Typecasting Machinery at Lanston Works Redhill, 197, 228, 256
Vertical Boring, Turning and Drilling Machine, Geo. Richards and Co., 668
Vertical Boring and Turning Mill, J. Butler and Co., 273, 274 ; (Correction), 300
Vertical Drilling Machine, High-speed, W. Asquith, Limited, 620
Vickers Reversible Drive for Planing Machines, 406 ”
Wicksteed Power Hack Saw, Motor-driven, 452

McCANCE, A., on Theory of Hardening, 629 McElroy, J. M., on Passenge Transportation in Large Cities, 348, 370 ; (Letter), 620
Machinery, Breakdowns of, Michael Long- ridge, 183, 188
Machmery, Export Competition in, 240 Ma<minery, Transmission, Fencing and Safety -V4- for, W, Sydney Smith, 206
Macnab, W., on Explosives, 273
Manchester Engineers’ Club, 262 Manchester Exhibitions—see Exhibitions Manchester Hydraulic Power Supph-, 366 Manchester Main Drainage Works, 234 235 Manchester Traffic—see Passenger Transportation ‘?
Manganese—see Iron and Steel
Marconi on Wireless Telegraphy, 239 Marine Engines—see Engines
Martens System of Hardness Testing, 281 Measurmg and Testing Instruments, Callipers,
Gauges, Dividing Engine, &c., at Ansaldo’s Works (m, v, xiu, xv, Twenty.eight-page Supplement, May 3ih, 1914)
Mechanical Energy, Cost of, T. R. Wollaston, 180
Mechanical Energy, Sources of, E. G. Hiller, 119
Mechanical Engineering Aspects of Road Construction, Colonel Crompton, 66, 81, 109 ; (Letters), 63
Mechanical Filters at Cromer, Candy Filter Company, 246
Mechanical Filtration, A. J. Clark, 262
Mechanical Stokers, the Triumph, the Proctor, the Hodgkinson, 383
Mechanical Transport, Inspectors of, 481
Mercury Vapour, Power from, W. L. R. Emmet, 697
Mersey, Proposed Tunnel under, 44
Mesopotamia—see Euphrates
Metal Rods, Hollow, 478
Metal versus Wood—see Aeronautics
Metallurgy, A Chapter in, 351, 356
Metallurgy of Iron—see Iron and Steel Military Cars, Railway—see Railways Mill Engines—see Engines
Milling Machines—see Machine 1’ools
Milton, J. T., on Present Position of Diesel Engines for Marine Purposes, 395, 437
Mineral Statistics, 173
Miners—see Labour
Mining Exhibition in Manchester, 681, 698 Mississippi—see Electrical Matters
Modern Methods of Welding, T. T. Heaton, 232, 239, 247
Modem Tendencies in the Testing of Metals, Dr, W. Rosenhain, 309, 339
Modern Warships—see Ships
Monotype System—see Lanston
“ Moore ” By-product Recovery Gas Producer,^ Dowson and Mason Gas Plant Company, 296
Morewood, T. C., on Continuous Feeding Elevators, 120
Morley, T. B., on The Theory of the Explosion Gas Turbine, 337
Motor Tillage in France, 266

MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR MATTERS:

See also Anmuil Article
Bu tier’s Bridged Axle for Heavy Vehicles, 176 Butler’s Swivel Pin Lubrication System, 176 Char-tt-banc Chassis, 4-Ton, Petrol-electric, for Omnibus Work, W. A. Stevens, Limited, 162
Char-a-banc with Special Chassis, Walker Brothers, 152
Clayton and Co.’s 4|-Ton Petrol Wagon, 160
Commercial Motor Vehicle Exhibition at Manchester, 160, 176
Commercial Motor Vehicle, 2-Ton, Daimler Company, Limited, 76, 77
Device for Trueing up Motor Valves, Pearn, 52
Lorry Chassis, 2|—3-Ton, Austin Motor Company, Limited, 152
Modern Steam Wagon for Industrial Purposes, Plea for, W. M. F. R., 647
N. and B. Self-starter, 76
Noise of Motor Traffic, 169, 205, 230: (Letter), 299
Petrol Chassis, The Hallford 4-Ton, 177
Pitch Driving Chains, 176
Recent Developments in Commercial Motor Vehicles, T. Clarkson, 3G0
Steam Wagon, Alley and MacLellan, Limited, 150
Steam Wagon, 6-Ton, Yorkshire Commercial Motor Company, Limited, 150
Steam Wagons, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 150
Steam Wagons, Foden’s Limited, 161
Steam Wagons, R. Garrett and Sons, Limited 151
Stoneleigh 30-cwt. Chassis, 177
Wagons, Steam and Petrol, Leyland Motors, Limited, 151
War-office Motor Wagon Trials, 13
War Purposes, Motor Vehicles for, 534
Wheels, Cast Steel, and Rubber Tires, 177

MULLER Condensor, G8G
Mulier, F., on Development of Dry Cleaning in Blast Furnace Gas Purification, 560; (Correction), 604

NAVAL Matters— see Ships
New Year’s Honours, Engineers and the, 24
Noise of Motor Traffic, 1G9, 205, 230 ; (Letter), 299
Northampton Polytechnic Tests on Woods, P. W. Smith, 391

OBITUARY:

Butterfill, Henry Holt, 152
Coates, John, 208
Crush, William, 129
Gray, Robert Kaye, 51G
Gresham, James (Portrait), 75
JaconU^-Hood, John Wyehain (Portrait), 287
Kirkaldy, William George, 435 j (Correction), 468
Lyall, John, 435
Ree, Sir Frank, 208
Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson, 597
Turner, Frederick^ 12 *
Westinghouse, George (Portrait), 315

OHIO, Conservancy Law of, Kenneth C. Grant, 668
Oil Engines—see Engines
Oil Fuel for the Navy, 600
Oil Jetty and Storage Tanks at Hull Dock, 704
Oil, The Price of, 74 ; (Letters), IGO, 180
Oil, Scottish, and the Navy, 184
Open-hearth Refining—see Iron and Steel Oram, Sir Henrv. on The Failure of Condenser Tubes, 324, 331
Othegraven Bogie Suspension Link, 246
Our Mineral Statistics, 173
Owens, T. G., on Some Questions Relating to

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PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH AND AMERICAN

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Battleship Design, 373, 384, 410, 623
113, 139, 195, 441, 469, 498,
31, 69, 86, 86, ,, 307,
336, 336, 363, 389, 390, 415, 41 (i, 469,
663, 691; 692, 719
Engines, Steam, 262, 278, 364, 389 654, 608, 636, 719
Gas Producers, 32, 140, 196, 390, 470 Hydraulics, 139, 167, 416, 497, 636
Lighting and Heating, 31, 86, 168, 252, 308, 364, 442, 664
Locomotives, 86, 167, 277, 390, 415, 607 Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 31, 60, 86, 114, 140, 168, 226, 278, 416, 441 470 498, 682, 608, 719
Measui-ing and Testing Instruments, 60, 140, 196, 226, 277, 390, 416, 441, 442, 469, 623,
563, 582
Minesand Metals, 32, 168, 262, 308, 416, 442 470, 498, 608 • ’
Miscellaneous, 32, 60, 86, 114, 140, 168, 226, 262, 308, 364, 390, 442, 470, 624, 654, 608, 636, 664, 692, 720
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 196, 226, 278 307, 336, 363, 441, 524, 636, 692
Ordnance and Armour, 60, 335, 664, 720 Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 31, 114, 195, 196, 226, 277, 307, 336, 364, 390, 498, 624, 554, 682, 686, 692, 720
Rectifiers, 607
Ships and Boats, 196, 226, 278, 364, 416, 498, 564, 664, 692
Steam Generators, 167, 261, 262, 416, 442, 497, 623, 682, 607, 608, 636, 663, 691, 692
Telegraphs and Telephones, 31, 113, 226, 261 , 389, 497, 663, 581, 635
Testing—see Measuring and Testing
Tramways and Railways, 60, 168, 195, 225, 336, 364, 390, 416, 470, 563, 582, 664
Transformers, 389, 441, 624
Transmission of Power 86, 114, 140 167 226, 252, 277, 278, 336, 441, 498, 553, dOI,’ 692
Turbine Machinery, 69, 86, 139, 225, 278, 308 335, 497, 564, 581, 691
Wireless Telegraphy, 60, 636, .663

PATENTS, Compulsory Working of, 127, 183 290 ; (Letters), 161, 180, 245, 269
Periodograph, Periodograph Company, 490 Perks, Sir R. W., on The Georgian Bay Shin Canal, 148 e 1
Personal and Business Announcements, 30, 68, 84, 112, 139, 166, 224, 250, 276, 306, 336, 362, 388, 414, 468, 497, 522, 662, 681, 604, 688, 718
Peru, Hydro-electric Engineering in Peru. W. T. Taylor, 68, 72
Poskett, L., on Design of Steamships from the Owner’s Point of View, 397
Petrol-electric Lighting Set, Two-cycle, Record Engineering Company, 130 ; (Letters), 161, 180
Petrol Engines—see Engines
Petrol Wagon—see Motor Vehicles
Plansifter, Free-swinging, Henry Simon. Limited, 301
Planing Machines—see Machine Tools
Port of Antwerp, 696
Port Arthur, Engine for—see Engines
Port and Starboard, 708
Portable Welding Outfit—see Welding
Power and Heat Costs in Chemical Works T. R Wollaston, 180
Power Stations—see Electrical Matters
Power Transmission by Ropes, Edwin Ken von 436, 692 ’
Precision Tachometer Set, Schaffer and Budenberg, 536
Price of Oil, 74 ; (Letters), 160, 180
Priority in Invention, 378
Producer Gas Plant at Valparaiso Electric Power Station, Ruston, Proctor and Co 399, 402
Producer, “Moore” By-product Recovery Gas, Dowson and Mason Gas Plant Company, 296
Producer, Suction Gas, and Engine for a Tin Dredger, Tangyes Limited, 186, 189
Producers, Stein Gas, at Ansaldo’s Works (xviii, Twenty-eight-page Supplement, May Stfi, 1914)
Propeller Experiments, Model, 47 ; (Letter), 133
Pulley Block, Electric, Vaughan and Son Limited. 435

PUMPS :

Air Pump, Jaeger Turbine, 408
Belt-driven Centrifugal Pump for Dealing with Semi-viscous Fluids, Mather and Platt, 698
Diesel Engine-driven Air Lift Pumping Plant, 287, 289 ; (Correction), 364
Five-stage Centrifugal Pump, Holden and Brooke, Limited, 30.0
Hull Dock Pumping Equipment, W. H. Allen, Son and Co., 701
Humphrey Pumps for the Egyptian Government, 682
“Jumper ” Pump Control Gear, Leeds Engineering and Hydraulic Company, Limited, 492
on Centrifugal Pumps, J. T. Rossiter, 637, 666
Portable Petrol-driven Pump, Merry weather and Sons, Limited, 462
Pumping Station, Air Lift, at Limpsfield, 287, 289
Rotary Pump, New Form, 617
Small Gear Pump, Alfred Herbert, Limited, 79
Thermofeed Differential Pump Governor, K. I’risb and Co., Umited, 131 ; (Letters), 189, 217, 245, 259, 299, 329
Turbine Pumps, Mather and Platt, 698

PUNCHING Machines—see Machine 'rools I’ush Button Control System, Jgranic Electric Company, 163
Push Button Controller, British Thomson- Houston Company, 179
Putiloff Works—see Works

RAIL Corrugations and its Causes, S. P. W. D'A. Sellon, 352
Rail Planing—see Matdiine Tools, 655
Rail Steels on Electric Railways, W, Willox, 248, 352
Rail Trade, International, 128
Rails, Continuous, 266

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTERS: General:

See also Annual Article.
Alterations to Electric Railways, 486
Automatic Couplings for Narrow-gauge Railways, Fischer, 353, 482
Automatic Train Control System, Great Western Railway, 80
Bogie Suspension Link, L. Othegraven, 246
Canariiari Railway Commissioners’ Report, ?591
Continuous Rails, 266
Crossing for Buenos Aires Great Western Railway in Rolled Manganese Steel, Edgar Allen and Co., 78
Crossing, Large, in Manganese Steel for Electric Subway Lines in Buenos Aires, Hadfields, Limited, 480
Docks and Railway Nationalisation, 611 Dust on Underground Railways, 619 Famous Englisli Railway Administrators, 687
Foreign Competition in Railway Rolling Stock, 377
Hard Woods for the Construction of Railway Rolling Stock, Dr. Weiskopf, 616
International Rail Trade, 128 jjabour Questions—see Labour
Light Railways, 640
Lock for Sliding Doors of Railway Carriages, Gabriel and Co., 27
Prevention of Accidents to Railway Servants, 671 ; (Letter), 601
Rail Corrugation and its Causes, S. P. W. Sollon, 248, 362
Rail Steels for Electric Railways, W, Willox 248, 352
Railway Ac(;idents during 1913, 690
Railway Appointment, 212 ; (Letters), 217, 299
Railway Committee for Labour Questions, 383
Railway Electrification, 48
Railway Electrification in America, 614 Railwaymen—-see also Labour
Railway Servants, Accidents to, Inquiry, 646, 684
Railway Third-class Sleeping Cars, 161
Rotary Snow Plough for Lotschberg Railway, Henschel and Son, 460
Royal Commission on Railway.s, 102,105, 192, 233, 272, 300, 330, 347, 480, 518, 545, 676, 670
Signalling School, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 42, 46
Split-phase System, E. F. W. Alexanderson, 570, 613
Tools for Railway Work—see Machine Tools
Train Ferry, Motor-driven, for San Francisco, 494
Train Lighting Batteries, Chloride Electrical Power Storage Company, 320 ; (Correction), 362
Train Lighting Systems, T. Ferguson (Brown- Boven, Dalziel, Leeds Forge, Mather and Platt, 'fudor), 220
Viaducts, Calfreis, Grundje-Tob(U, and Langwies, on the Coire-Arosa Railway, 478, 484
Wireless Telegraphy on Trains, 380

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTERS: British, Colonial and Indian:

Aviemore, Highland Railway, Accident near Car Bridge, 704
Great Central and Hull and Barnsley Companies’ New Yorkshire Railway, 327
Great Eastern Railway Appointment, 212 ; (Letters), 217, 299
Great Indian Peninsular Railway, Military Cars for, 630
Great Western Railway Accident at Reading Station, 704
Great Western Railway Automatic Train Control System, 80
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, 42, 46
Nanking City Railway, 611
North British Railway Accident at Burntisland, 423, 460
North-Eastern and Hull and at Hull, Railways’ Joint Dock 674, 678, 701
North-Eastern Railway Docks, 491
North-Eastern Railway Station Viaduct Barnsley 122, 123,
at Tyne
over th©
Tees, Reconstruction, 356
South - Eastern and Chatham Accident at Waterloo Junction, 40
South Yorkshire, New Railway in, 327

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTERS: Foreign:

Buenos Aires Electric Subway Crossing in Manganese Steck 489
Buenos Aires Great Western Railway Double Scissors Crossing in Manganese Steel, E, Allen and Co., 78
Railway,
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, Electrification, 445
Canton-Kowloon Railway, 443
China, Railways in, 443, 501, 664, fill, 660
Coire-Arosa Railway, 478, 484
Purka Railway, Switzerland, 694, 706
Giovi Line, Electrification of, 16, 26
Italian State Railways, 157
Kiangsu Railway, 501
Lotschberg Railway, Rotary Snow Plough, Henschel and Son, 460
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Conversion to Single-phase Working, 460, 486, 488
Paris Metropolitan Catastrophe, 707
Practical Results of Railway Electrification in Italy. 89, 116, 143, 174
Railway Electrification in America,
Second Simplon Tunnel, 172, 592 Shanghai-Nanking Railway, 564
Single - phase Railway in the PjTenees, 642, 670
Tientsin-Pukow Railway, fill, 666
Upper Rhine, Electric Railway in 668

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: General:

See also Annual Article
Control Systems for Single-phase motives, F. Lydall, 352
Dynamometer Tests, London and North- Western Railway, 148, 149, 185 ; (Letters), 245, 259, 329, 357
Early Locomotives in America, COO
Locomotive Erection at Ansaldo’s Works (viii-x, Twenty-eight-page Supplement^ May ^th, 1914)
Locomotive Wheel-quartering Machine driven by Two Motors, Cunliffe and Croom, 262
Lubricator, Mechanical, for Locomotives,
C. C. Wakefield and Co., 712
“ Mestre ” Superheater for Tank Engine, 518, 619
Schmidt’s Steam Circulating System for Locomotive Superheater, 54
Superheating Steam in Locomotives, Henry Fowler, 66, 95, 127 ; (Letter), IGl

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: British, Colonial and Indian :

British Locomotive Builders and the European Trade, E. L. Ahrons, 40
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, “Baltic” Type Tank Engine, 646; (Letter), 648
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway “ Mogul ” Locomotive, 120, 126 ; (Correction), 153 {Two-page Supplement, January 3^th, 1914)
London and North-Western Locomotive, “ Sir Gilbert Claughton ” Class, Dynamometer Tests, 148, 149, 186 ; (lietters), 246, 259, 329
London and South-Western Railway Mixed Traffic Locomotive and Tender, 18, 106, 634, 535 {Two-page Supplement, May Xbth, 1914)
London, Tilbury and Southend (Midland) Railway, Six-coupled Tank Engine, 19 {Supplement, January 2nd, 1914)
Midland—see London, Tilbury and Somerset and Dorset Engines
Somerset and Dorset Joint Kailway Eight- coupled Goods Locomotive, 448, 466^
Tasmanian Government Railways, Superheater Locomotive with Schmidt’s Circulating System, 54
Welsh Railways, German Locomotives for, 658

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: Foreign 5

Chemin de Fer de I’Est Mineral Tank Ten-coupled Locomotives with “ Mestre ” Superheater, 618, 519
Early Locomotives in America, 600
Electric locomotives. Direct-current, for the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, 446
Recent French Locomotive Performances, J. T. Burton-Alexander, 693
Rhaetian Railway Single-phase Locomotives, A.E.G. Company, 246
Snow Plough, Rotary, for the Lotschborg Railway, Henschel and Son, 460
Sulzer Diesel Locomotive, Hessian-Prussian State Railways, 19 {Supplement, January 2nd, 1914)

RAND—see Water Supply
Rangoon, River Training Wall at. 683, 594
Read, Professor A. A., Professor 0. O. Arnold and, on Chemical and Mechanical Relations of Iron, &c., 361, 366
Read, Professor A. A., and Mr. R. H. Greaves, on Copper-Aluminium Alloys, <fec., 342 Recovery of Damages—see Labour Reinforced Concrete—see Concrete
Rennie, D. W., on The Heat Analysis of an Oil-fired Water-tube Boiler, 472, 499
Richardson, J., on High-power Diesel Engines for Marine Service, 662, 659
River Training Wall at Rangoon, 583, 594
Road Construction, Mechanical Engineering Aspects of, Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 66, 81, 109; (Letters), 63
Road Mending, 405
Rock Drills, Compressed Air, 172
Rods, Hollow Metal, 478
Roller Metal Mixer for Steel Works, Berhn- AnhaJt Company, 591
Rolling Miljs, Application of Electrical Driving to Existing, L. Rothersc, 474, 485, 493
Rope Conveyors—see Conveyors
Ropes for Power Transmission, Edwin Kenyon, 436, 592
Rosenhain, Dr. W.. on Modern Tendencies in the Testing of Metals, 309, 339
Rossiter, J. T., Notes on Centrifugal Pumps, 637, 666
Rotary Pump—see Pumps
Royal Commission on Railways—see Railways Royal Prussian Laboratory, Work of the, 123 Royal Society’s Conversazione Exhibits, 641, 680
Rudder Forces and Steering Qualities, 430
Rudloif, Geh. Professor J., on Guns and Armour, 612

SAFETY of Life at Sea, 94, 199, 211
Salt Field, A New, in North Cheshire, 62 Sampierdarena—see Works, Gio. Ansaldo San Francisco—see Exhibitions
Sanitary Engineering—see also Annual Article Saver Clutch, 383
Saws—see Machine Tools
Schilowsky Gyroscopic Monorail System, 106 ; (Letter), 299
School for Signalling, L. and Y. Railway, 42, 46
Schuster, Dr. F., on the Talbot Process in Comparison with other Open-hearth Refining Processes, 527
Science and the State, 651
Scott, Adam, on New Harbour Works and Dockyard at Gibraltar, 191
Scottish Oil and the Navy, 184
Screwing Machines—see Machine Tools
Sea Transport, Economics of. Professor Sir J. H. Biles and Lord Pirrie, 51, 74
Sellon, S. P. W., on Rail Corrugation and its Causes, 248, 352
Separator, Diamond Blower Company, Limited, 546
Sestri Ponente—see Works, Gio. Ansaldo Sewage Disposal Problem, Dr. G. Fowler, 272 Sewage Disposal Problems, 403
Sewage Disposal Works at Broxburn, (544, (560
Sewage Filter Beds, Electric Control Gear, Igrapic Electric Company, 646
Shearing Machines—see Machine Tools

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: General:

See also Marine Engineering in Annual Article
Classification of Merchant Shipping, Watt Anniversary (jccture for 1914, the Late Dr. S. J. P. Thearle, 108
Clyde Control, 595
Coming Decline in the Shipbuilding Trade, 569 Compound Propellers, 623
Control of Marine Turbines from the Navigating Bridge, 573
Economics of Sea Transport, Professor Sir J. H. Biles and Lord Pirrie, 51, 74
Ejectair Breguet, 616
Experimental Bulkhead Tank, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 426
Freeboard by Formula, A. A, Liddell, 279 Launching System at Sestri Ponente, Ansaldo’s Works (xxiii, xxv. Twenty- eight-page Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Life-saving Appliances, Sir J. H. Biles, 283 Lloyd’s Register, New Appointments at, 80 Lloyd’s Register Shipbuilding Returns, 426 Model Propeller Experiments, 47 ; (Letter), 133
Port and Starboard, 708
Present Position of Diesel Engines for Marine Purposes, J. T. Milton, 395, 437
Presentation to Captain of Volturno, Mr. Marconion Wireless Telegraphy, 239
Progressive Trials of Ships, 101
Resistance of Mercantile Ship Forms, Model Experiments on, G. S. Baker, 374
Rudder Forces and Steering Qualities, 430 Safe Stability and Economical Use of Water Ballast in Ships, A. T. Wall, 398
Safety of Life at Sea, 94, 199, 211 Seaplane, Submarine and Ship, 644
Ship Dimensions and Harbour Depths, Professor Sir J. H. Biles and Lord Pirrie, 51,74 Ships and Lifeboats, 211, 239—see also International Conference
Shipbuilding in 1913, 159
Stability of Ships in Damaged Conditions, P. Y. Brimblecombe, 398
Stability of Ships’ Lifeboats, 283 Steamships from the Owner’s Point of View, Design of, L. Peskett, 397
Sub-division of Ships, 614
Superheaters and Superheatfid Steam in Mercantile Steamers, Harry Gray, 396, 603 Tank, Experimental Bulkhead, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 426
Transmission of Power by Ropes, Edwin Kenyon, 436
Turbine, Geared, for Driving Electric Plant, C. A. Parsons and Co., 432 {Two-page Supplement, April 11 th, 1914)
Typical Ships. 366, 376 {Two-page Supplement, April 3rd, 1'914)
Unsinkable Ship, G. W. Dickie, 163
Value and Cost in Power of Bilge Keels, 156 Velocity of Roll, Measurement of, H. E.
Winiperis, 399
Wake and Thrust Deduction, Further Experiments upon, W. J. Luke, 374, 623

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: British Navy:

British Battleship Production in 1913, 10
Laverock, H.M. Torpedo-boat Destroyer,
Aground, 286,. 293
Recent British Torpedo-boat Destroyer Construction, 33
Submarine A 7, Loss of, 102

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Naval Matters:

Anteo, Submarine Salvage Vessel, A. F. Sinuiders, 208, 210
British Battleship Production in 1913, 10
Fleets of Great Britain and Foreign Countries, 294
Italian Six-inch Gun Shields, Trials of, 602 Naval Gunnery, Developments in, 696 Naval and Military Aeroplane Engine Competition, 462
Navy Estimates, 323, 328
Oil Fuel for the Navy, 600
Protection of Battleships during Darkness, 511
Questions Relating to Battleship Design, T. G. Owens, 373, 384, 410, 623
Scottish Oil and the Navy, 184
Shooting in the Navy, 573
Skelmorlie Measured Mile, 293 Supplementary Naval Estimates, 266
Warship Construction in 1913, 90, 147, 204 ; (Corrections), 133, 299
Warship Types of the Near Future, 378
Warships and (heir Equipment at Ansaldo’s Works (vi, vii, xvii, xxv-xxvii. Twenty- eight-page Supplement, May 3lk, 1914) {Three Two-page Supplements)
French Destroyers Bisson and Renaudin, 615 {Two-pa^e Supplement, June ruh, 1914)
German Battle-cruisers Gooben and Seidlitz, 221 {Four-page Supplement, February 21th, 1914)
German Battleships Friedrich dor Grosw', Helgoland, Kaiser, Ost Friesland, Posen, Prinz Regent Luitpold, 227 {Four-page Supplement, February 21th, 1914)
German Cruisers Breslau and Strassbnrg, 221 {Four-page Supplement, February 21 th 1914) ’
German Dreadnought Kronprinz, Fried- Krupp, 328
Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare (vi, xvi, Twenty-eight-page Supplcinent and Turn- 'P<^e Supplement, May ^th, 1914)
Italian Gun Shields—see Naval Matters Italian Submarine Salvage Vessel AnUo, A. F. Smulders, 208, 210
Modem German Warship Design, 227 {Four-page Supplement, February 21th, 1914)
Defence Battleship Nidaros
Russian Naval Expansion, 680
Spanish Battleship Jaime J., Test of Armour Plate for, 320
United States Navy, 26

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels:

Aerial-propelled Screw Tug, J. Pollock, Sons and Co., 608
Aqxiitania, Cunard Liner, 21, 587, 622, 630 {Supplement, January 2nd, 1914)
Ship, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Limited, 598, 683 684 *
Customs Cruiser for Canada, 98 Dunedin, Twin-screw • Tug and Salvace Steamer, Stevenson and Cook, 217 Empress of Ireland, 623
Fionia, Diesel Motor Ship, Burmeister and Wain, 50
Geared Turbine Steamship, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 602
Hamburg-Amerika Liner Vaterland, 572
Jules Henry, Conversion from Sailing Ship to Motor Ship, 400 ; (Letter), 463
Mersey Bar Lightship Alarm, Lieutenant J. W. Gracey, 367
Missanabie, Twin-screw Steamer, Barclav Curie and Co., 701
Motor Lifeboats for Atlantic Liners, Mac- Laren Brothers, Limited, 460
Peninsular and Oriental Liner Karmala, 328 Oriental Steamship Khiva, 79, 366, 376 {Two-page Supplement, April ord, 1914)
Scout, Motor Ship, Burning of, 639
Sebastian, Motor Tank Ship, Caledon Ship- building Company, 264, 268; (Letter),
Seh-trimming CoUier Datetree, Antwerp Engmeering Company, 626
Shar^ock IV., America Cup Challenger, 601 South Anaerican Liner Cap Trafalgar, 312 Steam Shipping on Lake Constance, 641 Triple-screw Passenger Steamer Orduna Harland and Wolff, Limited, 162
Triple-screw Steamer Euripides, 647
White Star Liner Britannic, 121, 238, 240 257 Yacht’s Tug and Water Boat Sea Queen, W. J. Yarwood and Sons, 13

SHIPBUILDING Yard at Esquimalt, Vancouver, Yarrow and Co., 131
Ship Dimensions and Harbour Depths, 51, 74
Shipyard Extensions at Hebburn-on-Tyne R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., 14
Shi]>yard at Sestri Ponente, Gib. Ansaldo e Co. '?^'^^‘^l^'^igkt-page Supplemetd, May 3th, IQ14.)
Shows—see Exhibitions
Shrinking Furnace and Pit for Big Guns at Ansaldo’s Works (x-xii, Twenty-eight-paqe Supplement, May 3th, 1914)
Power Plant at Cairo,
Signalling—see Railways
Simplon Tunnel—see Railways
Skelmorlio Measured Mile, 293
Smith, Harvey, on Telephone Engineering Economics, 288 '
Siuith, P. W., on Compression Tests on Woods, oU 1
Smith, W. Sydney, Report on Fencing and Safety Precautions for Transmission Machmery, 206
Smoke and Noxious Vapours, 666
Son^ Aspects of Engineering Interests in Brazil By a Resident A.M. Inst. C.E., 34, 61
Sources of Mechanical Energy, E. G. Hiller 119 Southall, A New Canal at, 219 j Southend—see Boilers
Southern Alberta, Irrigation of, 170, 182
Southwark Bridge—see Bridges
SpM Gears, New System of Graphs, Mark I 6v2
stability of Ships—see Ships
Steam Engines—see Engines
Steam Pipes, Elasticity and Endurance of. C. E. Stromeyer, 397, 403
Steam Superheating—see Superheating
Steam Users’ Appliances, Steam Traps, Dryers, Pistons, Packing, &c., at Manchester Mming Exhibition, 699
Steam Wagons—see Motor Vehicles
Steel—see Iron and Steel Chain Grate, Ed. Bennis and Co., 699
Strength of Stayed Flat Plates. C. E. Stromeyer, 302 *
Strikes—see Labour
Stromeyer, C. E., on Elasticity and Endurance of Steam Pipes, 397, 403
The Strength of Stayed Flat Plates, 302 Stuttgart Laboratories, 641 Suction Gas Engines—see Engines Suction Gas Plant at Electric Power Station at
Valparaiso, Ruston, Proctor and Co., 339,
Suction Gas Producers—see also Producers nun Power Plant at Cairo, F. Shuman, 330 Superheater, .l/M-..mo(iv,t, Schmidt’s Steam t-irculatmg System, 64
Superheater, “Mestre” Locomotive, 618, 691
Superheaters and Superheated Steam in Mer- | cantile Steamers, H. Gray, 396 i
Superheating Steam in Locomotives, Henry | Fowler, 66, 95, 127 ; (Letter), 161 I
Surface Combustion Process, Bonecourt, 525, ' 667, 685 ; (Letters), 601, 648, 686, 713 Suyehiro, Dr., Torsionmeter, 397 Switches—see Electrical Matters

TACHOMETER, Set, Schaffer and Budenberg, , 53(> I
Taylor, W. T., on Hydro-electric Engineering j in Peru, 68, 72
Tees Viaduct, Reconstruction of, North-Eastern , Railway Company, 366
Telephone Engineering Economics, Harvey Smith, 288
Telephone System, The Betulander Automatic, 214
Telephones, Automatic and Electric Clocks at King’s College Hospital, 243
Test of 10in. Armour Plate for Spanish Battleship Jaime I., Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., 320
Testing Association, International, 28 Testing. Hardness, Geheimrat Martens, 281 'resting Machine for Wood, Wicksteed Vertical
Single Lever, 391 1
Testing of Metals, Modern Tendencies in the. Dr. W. Rosenhain, 309, 339
Textile Machinery Exhibits at Manchester, 383 'riiearle. The Late Dr. S. J. P., on the Classification of Merchant Shipping, Watt Anniversary Lecture for 1914, 108
Thermal Treatment Department at Ansaldo’s Works (xx-xxiii, Tzoenty-eight-page Supplement, May ^th, 1914)
Thermofeed Differential Pump Governor, R. Trist and Co., Limited, 131 ; (Letters), 180, 217, 245, 259, 299, 329
Thermometers, Pyrometers, &c., at Manchester Mining Exhibition, 700
Tillage, Motor, in France, 266
Tin Dredger for Siam, Lobnitz and Co., 186, 189 {Two-page Supplement, February l^th, 1914)
Tookey, W. A., on Commercial Tests of Interna Combustion Engines, 104, 134
Torpedo Boats—see Ships 'Porsionmeter, Dr. Suyehiro, 397 Torsionmeters for Turbines, Denny-Edgecombe, 408
Trade Names, 624
Trade, The Year’s Export, 79
Trade Unions—see Labour
Traffic Problem, London, 73
Trains—see Railways
Tramways and Railless Electric Traction, Comparative Economics of, T. G. Gribble, 360 ’ '
Transmission of Power by Chains, H. T. Hildage, 96
Transmission of Power by Ropes, E. Kenyon, j ’’ I 436, 692
Transportation of Mails, Electric Carrier for, Electric Carrier Company, 162 j
Transportation, Passenger, in Large Cities, | J J. M. McElroy, 348, 370 ; (Letter), 520 j
Tugs—see Ships
Tunnel under the Mersey, Proposed, 44
Tunnels—see also Railways Turbine Air Pump, Jaeger, 408 Turbine, 25,000-Kilowatt, C. A. Parsons and Co., 9
; Turbine, The Explosion Gas, Theory of, T. B. Morley, 337
Turbine of the French Destroyer Renaudin, 616 {Two-page Supplement, June 5th, 1914)
Turbine, A Low Head Water, J. J. Armfield and Co., 544
Turbine, 10,000 H.P., for Power Plant on the Mississippi, 632
Turbine Torsionmeters, Denny-Edgecombe, 408
Turbine, Water, Governor, P. Pitman, 407
Turbines, Marine, Control of, from the Navi- | gating Bridge, 573
Turbines for War Vessels at Gio. Ansaldo’s Works (iv-vi, viii, Twenty-eight-page Supplement, May ^th, 1914)
Turbo-fan for Forced Draught, Yarrow and Co., Limited, 207 ; (Correction), 304 Turbo-generators—see Electrical Matters Turnery at Ansaldo’s Works (ix, x, Twenty- eight-page Supplement, May Sth, 1914) i Tyne, Riverside Station on the, 491 j
Typemaking Machinery at Lanston, 197, 228, I 255

UNSINKABLE Ship—Ships

VACUUM Flask, The Coming of Age of the, Sir James Dewar, 124
Valparaiso, Suction Gas Plant at Electric Power Station, Ruston, Proctor and Co., 399, 402
Value and Cost in Power of Bilge Keels, 156
Valve, Automatic Drain, for Steam Cylinders, Sir W. H. Bailey and Co., Limited, 301
Valve Leakage, H. Bollincki, 208
Valve, Tambourin’s Central Exhaust, 547
Valves, Motor—see Motor Vehicles
Vanadium in Brass Containing 60-60 per cent, of Copper, Effect of, R. J. Dunn and 0. F. Hudson, 342
Vancouver, British Shipbuilding Yard in, ' Yarrow and Co., 131
Viaducts—see Railways
Vibrator, Dr. Gisbert Kapp, 347
Vignoles, W. A., on Commercial Development of Electricity Towns, 673

WAGON, Modern Steam for Industrial Purposes, A Plea for, W. M. F. R., 647 1
Wagons—see also Motor Vehicles |
Wagons, Special, for Woolwich Royal Arsenal, i 617, 618
Wake and Thrust—see Ships
Wall, A. T., on Safe Stability and Economical Use of Water Ballast in Ships, 398

WAR MATERIAL AND WAR MATTERS:

Aeroplanes—see Aeronautics
Armament Firms and Foreign Business, 165
Guns and Armour, Geh. Professor J. Rudloff, 612
Guns and Gunmaking, Armour Plate and ; Projectiles at Ansaldo’s Works (x-xiv, ' XX, xxii, xxiii, Twenty-eight-page Supplement^ and Four-page Supplement^ May Sth, \ 1914)
Italian 6in. Gun Shields, Trials of, 602
Motor Vehicles for War Purposes, 634
War-office Motor Wagon Trials, 13
Warship—see Ships

WATER Cooling and Water Softening in Textile Factories, 383
Water Softening Plant at Hooton, Cheshire, Permutit System, 664
Water Softening Process, Lime-Soda-Permutit, United Water Softeners, Limited, 368 ; (Letter), 685

WATER SUPPLY:

See also Annual Article
Artesian Water Supply of Australia, 63
Buenos Aires Water Supply, 290
Gaya Waterworks, 393
Glasgow Water Supply, 670
Limpsfield AA^aterworks, 287, 289 ; (Correction), 364
Liverpool AA^ater Supply, 714
London Fires and the Water Supply, 208, 212
Mechanical Filters at Cromer, Candy Filter Company, 246
Mechanical Filtration, A. J. Clark, 262
Rand Waterworks Extension, 24

WATER Turbine Governor, P. Pitman, 407
Water Turbine, A Low Head, J. J. Armfield and Co., 644
Watt Anniversary Lecture for 1914, Classification of Merchant Shipping, The Late Dr. S. J. P. Thearle, 108
Wear of Steel Rails, William Willox, 248, 362
Welding Outfit, Portable Acetylene, Acetylene Illuminating Company, 301
Welding, Some Modern Methods; T. T. Heaton, 232, 239, 247
Whiting, W. R. G., on the Foster Strain Meter and some Data obtained Therewith, 397
Wilkinson’s Monument, John, 592
Willox, W., on Rail Steels for Electric Railways, 248, 362
Wimperis Roll-velocity Meter, 399
Winch for Tin Dredger, 186
Wireless Telegraphy, H. Fothergill, 628
Wireless Telegraphy, Mr. Marconi on, 239
Wireless Telegraphy Research Committee, Suggested, 661, 665
Wireless Telegraphy on Trains, 380
Wollaston, T. R., on Power and Heat Costs in Chemical Works, 180
Woods, Compression Tests on, P. W. Smith, 391
Woods, Hard, for the Construction of Railway Rolling Stock, Dr. Weiskopf, 616
Woolwich Royal Arsenal, Special Wagons for, 617, 618

WORKS:

Gio. Ansaldo e Co. {Twenty-eight-page Supplement, and Six Two-page Supplements. May Sth, 1914),
Cement Works near Ipswich, Mason’s Cement Company, 310, 322 {Two-page Coloured Supplement, March 2i}th, 1914)
Lanston Monotype Corporation Works, 197, 228, 265-
Putiloff Works at St. Petersburgh, 165, 197
Ward, H. W., and Co.’s Works at Bourn- brook, Birmingham, 400
Yarrow’s Shipbuilding Yard at EsquimaJt, Vancouver, 131

WORKSHOPS, Electric Driving in, 96, 117 , 146, 178, 201, 260, 284, 292, 340, 406, 424, 460, 606
Worm Gearing : Its Manufacture, F. J. Bostock, 461

X-RAY Tube, Dr. W. D. Coolidge, 680

YACHTS—see Ships
Yauli River Hydro-electric Power Plant, W. T. Taylor. 68. 72

ZEPPELIN Airships— see Aeronautics

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