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A
- ABRASIVE Wheels and Grinding Machines, Suggested Rules for Speed, 305
- Acetylene Gas, Risks of Corrosive Effects on Pipes and Metal Containers, 579
- Acid Tower Group of Reinforced Concrete, 455
AERONAUTICS :
- - Aerial Machine Speedometer, O. A. Danielson, 455
- - Aeronautics as a Safe Occupation, Dr. Glazebrook, 137
- - Aviators to Discover Seal for the Newfoundland Seal Fishery, 531
- - British Height Flying Record over 20,000ft., 579
- - Flying in War-time ; Fewer Accidents than in Time of Peace, 281
- - Imperial Aircraft Flotilla, Donation from Hong-Kong, 629
- - Italian Aeroplane, Experiments with New Type, 159
- - Memorial to Mr. E. T. Busk, 555
- - Transparent Material for Aeroplanes and Muffling Box to Deaden Sound, 554
- AIR and Gas Mixture, Successful Experiments in Burning, 137
- Alloy, New Non-corrosive, 431
- Aluminium for Construction of Zeppelins, Germany’s Search for, 13
- Aluminium in Minerals, Test for, 13
- Amber Scarcity due to Stoppage of German Supplies, 39
- Ambulance Cars and Position of Exhaust Pipe, 231
- American Industries, Research Advocated with View to Independent Supply of Raw Material, 137
- Anti-freezing Mixture for Protection of Motor Car Radiators and Cylinders, 207
- Anti-typhoid Vaccination, Osiris Prize, 629
- Antimony Shortage in America, 579
- Architects and the War, Society’s Report, 87
- Asbestos Lining for Wooden-bodied Cars Used in Power-house, 506
- Asbestos on the West Coast of Tasmania, 603
- Asphyxiating Gases in Warfare, 455
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETIES:
- Association, The British :
- - Meeting in Manchester, 590
- Association of Consulting Engineers (Incorporated) :
- - Annual General Meeting, 615
- Association, Incorporated Municipal Electrical :
- - Programme for June, 1915, 243
- Institute, The Royal Sanitary :
- - Henry Saxon Snell Prize, 520
- Institution of Automobile Engineers :
- - Annual Meeting and Report, 320
- Institution of Civil Engineers :
- - Awards for Papers, 443
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETIES (continued):
- - King of the Belgians and Admiral Lord Fisher as Honorary Members, 255
- - Sir William White Memorial, 255
- Institution of Electrical Engineers :
- - Associate Membership Examination, 152
- - Engineer Volunteer Training Corps, 443
- - Nominations for Election to the Council, 330
- Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
- - Annual Meeting ; Impending Incorporation ; Awards for Papers, andc., 179
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
- - Building at Storey’s-gate Taken Over by Government ; Changed Address, 628
- Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :
- - Gold Medal Award, 231
- - Report; Incorporation ; Members with the Colours, 305
- - Unofficial Dinner, 231
- Institution of Naval Architects :
- - Sir William White Memorial, 255
- Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :
- - Scholarship Offered, Conditions, 125
- Institution, Royal :
- - Annual Meeting, 469
- - General Meeting, Election, andc., 592
- - General Meeting ; Elections ; Gift of £5000 by the Hon. Sir C. A. Parsons, 226
- - General Meeting ; Presentation of Bust of Sir Humphry Davy, 136
- - Programmes of Lectures, 214, 267, 343
- Institution of Water Engineers :
- - Meeting in London ; Postponement of Belfast Meeting, 317
- Society, Royal Agricultural:
- - Exhibition and Trial of Implements Regulations, 155, 270
- Society, Royal, of Arts :
- - Albert Medal Presented to Signor Marconi, 392
- - Fothergill Lectures, Professor V. Lewes, 629, 640
- - Industrial Uses of Radium, T. Thorne Baker, 381
- - Modern Munitions of War, Professor Vivian B. Lewes, 640
- - Motor Fuels, Professor Vivian Lewes, 629
- - Utilisation of Solar Energy, A. S. E. Ackermann, 431
- Society, Royal Meteorological:
- - Annual General Meeting, 118
- - “Chapters” in Meteorological History, Professor H. H. Turner, 598
- - Correlation between Changes in Barometric Height at Stations in the British Isles, E. H. Chapman, 401
- - Monthly Meeting ; Papers by A. E. M. Geddes and V. G. Anderson, 182
- - Report on Phenological Observations from December, 1913—November, 1914, 544
- - Study of the Moving Waves of Weather in South America, H. H. Clayton, 401
- - Wet Winter of 1914-1915, Dr. H. R. Mill and Mr. H. E. Carter, 544
B
- BARGE, Electrically Propelled, in Germany, 381
- Bearings of Engines and Turbines, New, Trouble Caused by Imperfect Cleaning of Castings, 331
- Belgian Chamber of Commerce in London ; Need of Funds, 76
- Belgian Engineering Workmen Employed by Messrs. Vickers at Barrow, 207
- Blowholes as a Cause of Reluctance in Magnetic Circuits, 481
- Board of Industry, Proposed New Government Department, 159
- Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Branch and German Trade, 183
- Boiler Explosion due to Ignorance, 207
- Boiler Explosions in United States, Analysis of Causes, 231
- Boxwood Substitute, 322
- Brass Export Trade of Germany and Austria, 357
- Breathing Apparatus for Mine Rescue Supplied to Military Authorities, 507
- Bridges over the Thames, Four New, to be Constructed, 531
- Brightside Foundry and Engineering Company’s Jubilee, 467
- British Empire Commercial Club about to be Founded, 455
- British Industries Fair, 467 ; to be Repeated in 1916, 559
- British Standard Rolled Sections, 255
- British Trade with Nigeria, 267
C
- “CALORISING,” Process for Placing Protective Coating on Metals, 183
- Camera Bellows, Remedy for Sagging, 207
- Canada, Royal Commission’s Trade Report, 454
- Cardiff, Promotion of New Industries, Two Days’ Meeting, 231
- Casting Rods in Non-ferrous Metals, Novel Method, 507
- Casting and Stamping, Substances which do not Shrink during Solidification, 39
- Caustic Potash and Caustic Soda for Detergent and Grease Removing Purposes, 13
- Centrifugal Pumps, Largest in the World, 137
- Charcoal Manufacture and the Present Demand, 357
- Chemical Fire Extincteur, Mather and Platt, 304
- Chemical Industries and Government Assistance, 481
- Chemical Research, Balance for Accurate Weighing of Substances, 531
- China Clay, English Annual Production and Exports, 579
- Clayton and Shuttleworth’s Apprentice System, 393
- Clean Water Essential for Efficient Running of Pumps, 137
- Clocks and Watches Made in Germany, Loss of her Export Trade, 39
- Coal Dust Explosions in Mines, Methods of Prevention and Tests, 207
- Coal Seams, Formation of, in the Light of Recent Microscopic Investigations, J. Lomax, 63
- Coal Shortage, Conference between Members of Parliament and Gas and Electricity Companies, 603
- Cocoanut Water as a Rubber Coagulant, 39
- Coking of Coal, How to Estimate Coal Value, 111
- Colliery Ropes and Pulley Wheels, Wear of Ropes and Care Needed, 305
- Colombia as a Field for British Machinery, 507
- Contraband of War, Additional Articles Included, 555
- Contraband of War, Long List of Articles, 13
- Coolidge Tube Used to Search for Blowholes in Steel Casting, 183
- Copper, Determination of Specific Heat over Temperature Range 10 deg. to 50 deg. Cent., D. R. Harper, 255
- Copper Exports from Peru Severely Affected by War, 63
- Copper Scarcity in Sweden, 111 ; Expected to Cause Closing of Works, 409
- Copper Supplies for Germany from Belgian Tramways and Telephones, 159
- Coppering of Iron and Steel, 579
- Corrosion Committee Investigators, Results of Work, 455
- Cotton Mills in Lancashire, Proposal to Reduce Working Hours on Account of Short Supply of Coal and Labour, 207
- Creosote, Increased American Production, 555
- Crystal Palace Engineering Society Award, 419
- Cyanide Supply for Mining and the War, 207
- Cyfarthfa Works, Possibility of being Taken Over by Government for Manufacture of Munitions of War, 281
- Cylinder Arrangement in Eight-cylinder Petrol Engines, Experiments, G. Chatain, 183
D
- DEEP-WATER Concreting through a Tube, E. B. Von de Greyn, 39
- Dentistry and the Electric Motor, 579
- Detinning Tin-plate by Chlorine, New Process, 531
- Diehead, Self-opening, How to Use it, 579
- Diesel Engines and Mexican Fuel Oil, 159
- Dover and Calais Connection by Bridge or Tunnel, 431
- Dover Seamen’s Institute for Mine Sweepers and Others, 481
- Dust Explosions Caused by Static Electricity Produced by Friction of Pulley and Belts 531
E
- EGG Output Increased by Artificial Light—in Chicago, 159
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
- - Accidents from Contact with Electric Wires, Measures to be Adopted, 331
- - Accumulator Propelled Vehicles, R. J. Mitchell, 431
- - Agricultural Operations by Electric Power, Experiments in Italy, 231
- - Alternating Current for Arc Welding, 357
- - Applications for Electric Lighting . Provisional Orders, 183
- - Automatic Sub-stations on the Increase in America, 331
- - Barge, Electrically Propelled, in Germany, 381
- - Battery of Electric Vehicle, Indicator to Show Mileage Available, 87
- - Bearings, Electric Currents in, 63
- - Blowers for Transformers, Method of Connecting, 39
- - Cable Installation in an Earth Trench, 603
- - Camps Lighted by Electricity, Great Impetus to Electrical Industry Caused by War, 13
- - Cars in Mines, Gathering and Hauling, Combination Storage Battery and Trolley Type Locomotive, General Electric Company, 206
- - Cat Entangledin High-voltage Wire, 137
- - Corona Current and Increase in Air Pressure, 13
- - Direct and Alternating-current Generators, Comparison, B. G. Lamme, 207
- - Direct-current Generator, Exceptionally Large, 381
- - Dynamo, Failure to Excite, 381, 455
- - Economy of the Electric Drive at Ohio Paper Mill, 555
- - Effect of Moisture in the Earth on Temperature of Underground Cables, L. E. Finlay, 357
- - Electric Blasting Accident Attributed to Lightning Flash, 183
- - Electrical “Communications” for Signalling in War-time, P. R. Coursey, 281
- - Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Hydrochloric Acid Saturated with Sodium Chloride, F. D. Miles, 255
- - Electric Furnace in the Zinc Industry, 39
- - Electric Furnaces in Italy, 531
- - Electric Power in India, H. R. Speyer, 431
- - Electric Steel Making Furnaces, 111, 281
- - ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMMITTEE :
- - Advance in Prices ; Standard Receptacle for Charging, 431
- - Charging, Methods of, and Standardisation of Charging Equipments, 301
- - Efforts to Establish Uniform Rate for Charging Vehicle Batteries, 13
- - Standard Design of Charging Station Sign,
- - Standard Plug for Electric Vehicles, Advantages, 579
- - Standardisation of Metal Filament Glow Lamps, 301
- - Various Recommendations and Resolutions, 87, 629
- - “Electriquette” Car, in the Panama Exhibition, Replaces Wheeled Chairs, 381
- - Electrolytic Production of Commercial Oxygen Gas, 63
- - Exchange of 'Charged for Discharged Storage Batteries in Electric Vehicles while the Cars are kept in Active Service, 629
- - Generator for Swedish Single-phase Railway,
- - German Electrical Industries in War-time, 531
- - German Emergency Standards for Wires, Cables, and Insulation, 554
- - German Shortage of Flour and Dry Batteries for Pocket Lamps, Recipe for Thickening the Electrolyte, 405
- - German Trenches Fitted with Electric Light, Fans, and Mechanism for Draining, 555
- - Hackney, Poplar, Stepney, and Shoreditch Electricity Undertakings, Proposed Interconnection, 183
- - High-tension Line Insulators, Inspection and Testing, '629
- - Impure Oil in Transformers, 357
- - Incubator, Satisfactory Results of Electricity, 629
- - Indicator for Air Supply of Turbine Generator, 431
- - Insulators for Transmission Lines, Importance of Colour for, 13
- - Ipswich Electric Supply Extensions, 357
- - Lamp, The Electric, The Case for, W. Maurice, 63
- - London County Council Power Scheme, Conference with Municipalities and Supply Companies Involved, 555
- - Marylebone Electricity Committee and London County Council Bill, 87
- - Miners’ Electric Lamp, Value of, in Explosions, 137
- - Mining Regulations, H. T. Glover and Co.’s Booklet, 585
- - Motor Sparking, Cause of, 230
- - Motor Weighing but 5.25 oz., 579
- - Notodden, Norway, Acquires Waterfall for Electrical Supply, 207
- - Oil Used for Switches and Transformers, Subject to Physical and Chemical Changes, 255
- - Pilot Lamps on Heating Circuits, Compulsory Use in Sydney, 231
- - Private Generating Plants, A. H. Dykes, 555
- - Protective Devices in Electric Generating Stations, J. Gardner, 39
- - Radiators, Electric, Efficiency of, P. Good, 111
- - Railway Repair Shops in America, Source of Electricity Supply, 13
- - Rand Mines Power Supply and Defective Electrical Machinery, 629
- - Salford Electricity Supply, Additional Power for Plant Needed for War Contracts, 603
- - Sawdust as Fuel for Swiss Power Station, 137
- - Sinusoidal Voltage from Alternators, 405
- - Small Capacity Out-door Sub-stations for Service to Sparsely Populated Areas, 63
- - Standards, Electrical, of Britain and American, Conference Arrives at an Agreement, 455
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):
- - Standards for Electric Vehicle Motors and Electrical Vehicles Mileage Ratings, 13
- - Steel or Wood Poles for Transmission Lines, 159
- - Sub-station Erection in Fifteen Days, 481
- - Swedish Exports of Electrical and Telephone Material, 579
- - Tachograph and the Electric Drive, 507
- - Taxicabs, Electric, in the United States, 507
- - Temporary Generating Station to Supply Electric Power to Manufacturers of War Material, 111
- - Testing Iron Stampings at High Flux Densities, Difficulty Experienced, 87
- - Testing Transformer Constructed by Seattle Students, Large Size, 111
- - Three-phase Motor, Test of Star or Mesh Connection, 431
- - Transformer and Switch Oils, Need of Care and Tests, 231
- - U.S.L. Electric Lighting Dynamo and Engine Starter, Test of Power Consumed, 207
- - Vehicles, Passenger and Freight, Electric, 39
- - War Munitions, Suggested Organisation of Workmen in Generating Stations, 629
- - Why a Dynamo will not Excite, 381, 455
- - Wimbledon, Power - house, Sub - stations, Cable and Track-laying, for London and South-Western Railway, 255
- - Winnipeg, Increased Growth of Electrical Installation, 477
- - Wyndham Mining Company Adopts Electrical Pumping, 579
- ENGINEER Volunteer Training Corps, 443
- Engineering Bills in Parliament, 99
- Engineering Institutions’ Volunteer Training Corps, 642
- Engineering Standards Committee, Ball Journal Bearings for Automobiles, Single Row, 99
- Explosion of Boiler Thirty-seven Years Old, 137
- Explosives Used in Mining Operations, Investigations to Increase Safety, 207
- Explosives, Various, Properties and Safety in Handling, 603
- Export of Coal and Coke Prohibited to Other than British and Allied Countries, 455
F
- FLY-WHEEL Burst in Sheffield Works, 231
- Fly-wheel Bursting, Boiler Explosions and Insurance Question, 255
- Fly-wheel Bursting at Cardiff Electrical Station, 381
- Forest Destruction a Serious Matter in Southern Nigeria, 481
- Foundry Cupola, Small Size, to Avoid Waste, 111
- Friction Rings for Use in Friction Clutches of Lathes, 629
- Furnaces, Gas-fired, for Industrial Purposes, Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Limited, 171
G
- GAS, Asphyxiating, Used by Germans, Discussion as to Composition, 431
- Gas-blowing Engine, Largest Single Tandem, yet Constructed in United States, 305
- Gas Engine in Generating Station, Defective Exhaust Valve Replaced during Working, 231
- Gas Engines, Large, Evolution and Progress in Design of, Professor W. Hubert, 305
- Gas Heating and Air Contamination, W. H. Twigg, 159
- Gas Poisoning in the Trenches, Suggested Use of Fan Blowers, Dr. F. C. Coley, 555
- Gasoline Manufacture by New Process in Germany, 555
- Gauge Weir at Hampton, 531
- German Gas Engines Delivered without the Copper Bearings, 255
- German Iron Cross Manufacture, 405
- German Observers of Solar Eclipse Captured and Instruments Confiscated by Russia, 455
- German Production of Matches, Porcelain, Glass and Cyanides, 305
- German Shells, Composition Varies as Metals get Scarce, 405
- German Technical Training and Labour-saving Equipment, D. E. Roberts, 305
- German Workmen at the Bethlehem Steel Company’s Works, 87
- German Works in Belgium, 63
- Germans in Belgium, Railway Construction and Tree-felling, 187
- Germany as an Exporter of Brass and Brass Ware, 331
- Germany’s Copper Supply, Uses of Scrap Metal, 137
- Glass Manufacture in Britain to Replace German Supply, Experiments at the National Physical Laboratory, 255, 281
- Glass for Optical Instruments, Need of, 603
- Glass Research, 377
- Glass Research Committee, Investigations Result in Valuable Information for Manufacturers, 405
- Glass for X-Ray Bulbs, 603
- Graphite for Curing Scale in Boilers, 481
- Graphite Injection into Feed Water, 431
- Greenwich Observatory Meteorological Observations, Wettest Winter for a Hundred Years, 579
- Groynes and Sea Walls, A. T. Walmisley, 159
- Guns, Sporting, No Demand for, and No Facilities by Makers to Replace with Military Rifles, 455
- Guns Wound with 190 Miles of Wire, Lieut.-Col. Hadcock, 405
H
- HAWAIIAN Volcano Research Association, 281
- Helmets, Light Steel, for French Soldiers, 603
- High Explosives in Warfare, W. Machab, 13
- Human Body’s Power Consumption and Heat Production in Kilowatt-hours, 305
- Hydrocarbon Oil or Liquefied Solid Hydrocarbon, Patent, 455
- Hydro-electric Plants in California, 281
- Hypochlorite of Soda for Laundry Use in Removal of Stains, andc., 111
I
- ICE Used as Temporary Foundation for Steel Tank,159
- Imperial College of Science and Technology, 480
- Imperial Institute, Annual Report, Technical Information Bureau, 255
- Industries and Labour-saving Machinery in India, Need of Supervision, A. Chatterton, 111
- Internal Combustion Engine in the Oilfield, F. G. Rappoport, 331
- International Engineering Congress, 1915, 28
- Inventions Development Association, Projected National, 603
IRON AND STEEL:
- - British Exports for Ten Months ending October 31st, 1914, 13
- - British Iron Ore Supplies, Groundless Fear of Scarcity, Professor Kendall, 331
- - Castings Painted to Indicate Parts to be Machined, 63
- - Corrodibility of Cast Iron and Mild Steel Experiments, Newton Friend and C. W. Marshall, 555
- - Corrosion of Wrought Iron and Steel Tubes, Internal and External, Conditions and Precautions, 405
- - Device for Indicating Minute Deflections of a Steel Bar, 551
- - Electrolytic Iron as Protective Coating, S. Cowper-Coles, 159
- - Heat Treatment after Machining, 357
- - Oxidising Steel or Iron Sheets to Produce Uniform Bluish Colour, 63
- - Sheffield Output of War Material and -the Labour Shortage, 63
- - Steel Manufacture in the Electric Furnace, 111 ; V. Stobie, 281
- - Steel for Permanent Magnets, Criteria, Professor S. P. Thompson, 305
- - Steels for Motor Cars, The Right and the Wrong Kinds, 579
- - Tool Steel Materials, especially Molybdenum, 455
- - Works, Cyfarthfa, for War Munitions, Possibility of Reopening, 357, 381
- ITALY’S Motor Building Industry and Large Purchases of German Machine Tools, 381
J
- JOURNALS and Bearings Too Much Worn for Lubrication, Veitch Wilson, 331
K
- KING Albert of Belgium and the Daily Telegraph Fund, 254
L
- LEAD, Effects of, on Brass and Bronze Castings, 405
- Leak Stopping in a Vertical Tube Heater, 603
- Leonard, H. Ward; Death of Celebrated Electrical Inventor, 381
- Life-saving Apparatus, Experiment in Public Baths, 231
- Lifts Superseded in American Club by Long Inclined Planes, 459
- Light in the Home, Professor Boys, 87
- London County Council Increased Pay to Employees to Meet Extra Cost of Living due to the War, 281
- Lubrication of Diesel Engines, H. L. Aiderton, 555
M
- MACHINE Tool and Engineering Association, Limited, Annual Report, 136
- Machine Tool Gearing and Bath Lubrication, 331
- Machinery Requisites ; Board of Trade Inquiries for Sources of Supply, 507
- Magneto Ignition and German-made Insulating Material, J. F. Henderson, 159
- Manchester Steam Users’ Association, Details of Work, 519
- Marble to Replace Opal Glass for Electric Light Shades, 405
- Metal Fragments in Wounds Located by Alternating-current Electromagnet, 405
- Metal Spraying “Pistol,” 507
- Metal Spraying, Schoop Process, 555
- Metallic Salts, Melting Points of, to Indicate Temperature, 111
- Miners’ Wages, War Bonus Fixed by Coal Conciliation Board, 531
- Mines and Quarries Accident Statistics, 255
- Miniature Rifle Range, British Westinghouse Company, 320
- Mining Explosives, Substitutes to Reduce Cost, 481
- Minister of Engineering, Proposal Negatived, 531
- Model Mine at Panama International Exhibition, 231
- Motor Car Cost and Air-cooled Engines, 357
- Motor Car Labour and Materials in Germany, Scarcity of Supplies, 38
- Motor Car Lights and Police Regulations, 255
- Motor Cars for 1915, 20
- Motor Cars and Bicycles Imported into Siam, Comparison between Countries of Origin, 305
- Motor Imports from British Empire into South Africa, Increase, 507
- Motor Show, English, Uncertain for this Year, 431
- Motor Traffic, Heavy, J. A. Brodie, 338
- Motor Vehicle Exports from the United States, J. Calder, 555
- Motor Vehicles as Hospital Units, Successful Use at the Front, 183
- Motoring Record of over 142 Miles per Hour, 357
- Muffler for Exhaust Gases of Motor Car and Aeroplane Engines, New Type, 137 ; (Letter), 158
- Munitions of War, Skilled Labour for the Making of, 368, 481 ; (Letter), 377
N
- NATIONAL Physical Laboratory, Annual Meeting, Report, andc., 628
- Negatives, Method of Drying Films, 405
- Nickel Exports from Canada to the United States, Prevention of Supply to Germany, 39
- Nickel Plating Aluminium, Process, 531
- Nitro-celiulose, Rewards for Improvements in Manufacture, 207
- Non-conducting Coating for Low-pressure Steam Pipes, 455
O
- OBSERVATION Cars, Extending Ladders and Man-lifting Kites, 255
- Oilfield of Western Canada, Cunningham Craig, 137
- Oil Tank Steamer, 15,000-Ton, Launched at Walker Shipyard, 183
- Organisation of Industry after the War, Lieut. W. P. Digby, 629
- Osiris Prize Award by Institute of France, 629
P
- PAINT and Colour Trade, British Supplies Replacing German, 305
- Painting Boiler Settings to Increase Draught, 255
- Papermaking Materials, Empire’s Resources in, S. C. Phillips, 455
- Patent-office Business, Decline in Every Branch, 405
- Patents and Trade Marks Owned by Alien Enemies, 555
- Patterns, Composition to Replace Wood, 481
- Pencil-making Machinery in England to Replace German Supply, 281
- Pentane Lamps, Investigation to Increase Efficiency, 231
- Petrol Substitute at Very Low Cost Invented in South Africa, 231
- Petroleum Imports into the United Kingdom, Great Increase, 87
- Photography Under Water, 579
- Plumbago Exports from Ceylon, Serious Situation due to War, 531
- Poison Gas and its Antidote, 579
- Portland Cement, Electrical Power in the Manufacture of, 255
- Portland Cement Works for Queensland, 568
- Portuguese Colonies, Development of New Industries, 39
- Postal Service by Aeroplanes under Consideration in the United States ; Advantage in Mountainous Districts, 281
- Power Plant, Interesting Type, for Driving Flour Mills, 331
- Private Bills in both Houses of Parliament, 137
- Producer Gas, Simple Means of Purifying, C. A. Tupper, 281
- Profits of Munitions of War, Limitations, 481
- Pumping Station, Calculation of Slippage, 381
- Punctures in Bicycle Tires, Device for Detection, 531
Q
- QUEBEC Tax on Public Slot Machines, 357
- Queensland, Mineral Output, 405
R
- RADIO Control for Torpedoes, 207
- Radio telegraphy—see Wireless
- Radium Bearing Ore from British Columbia, 207
- Radium and the Growth of Plants, 481
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS:
- - Accident Caused by Boy Working Signals, 357
- - Accidents and Cab Signals, 481
- - Accidents to Railway Servants, Statistics, 137, 357
- - Accountant, Consulting, to Assist Government in Settling Compensation to Railways Taken Over, 183
- - Additional Charges on Carriage of Goods, 454
- - African Railway Linking-up ; Dar-es-Salaam to Mouth of the Congo, 305, 629
- - Ambulance Train for France, 331
- - American Steam Railway Electrification, 579
- - Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company, Favourable Working Receipts, 111
- - Armoured Trains, Date of Original Use, 255
- - Army and Railwaymen, 159
- - Association for Small Railway Companies, Scheme on Foot to Establish, 137
- - Australian Railway Mixed Gauge Troubles ; Experiments in New South Wales, 579
- - Australian Tramway from Camberwell to Melbourne in Course of Construction, 107
- - Australian Transcontinental Railway, Details, 531
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
- - Automatic Train Control and the Aisgill Accident, 13
- - Automatic Train Control by Wireless Signals, 603
- - Bakerloo Railway, Queen’s Park Extension Opened, 137, 603
- - Belgian Railwaymen Refuse Work under Germans on Belgian Railways, 87
- - Berlin Surface Railways and the War, 481
- - Board of Trade Regulations with Regard to Fire Risks on Underground Railways, 65
- - Brake, Electrically Controlled Air, Efficiency of New Type, 455
- - Brazilian and Paraguayan North-Eastern Railways, Proposed Connection, 331
- - Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Electrification Results, 331
- - Caledonian Railway’s Locomotives, 207
- - Caledonian Railway’s Solitary Rail Motor Car, 207
- - Cambrian Company’s Observation Cars for Tourists’ Use, 255
- - Canadian Railway Construction in 1914, 207
- - Canadian Railway Revenue, Decrease in Receipts and Expenditure, 535
- - Chaloner Whin Derailment and Movable Crossings, 603, 629
- - Charing Cross, Strand and Aldwych Stations, Shuffle of Names, 481
- - Cheshunt and Edmonton Branch Line, 355
- - Chicago Terminal District, Statistics of Mileage and Traffic, 39
- - Coal and Heavy Goods Delivered in Vienna by Vans Towed by Electric Tramcars, 455
- - Cockerill Works at Full Pressure under German Control, 481
- - Collieries and Railway Dispute, 357
- - Concrete as Protection to Steel Work, Severe Test, 579
- - Conduit Tramways under Snow, Electrical Phenomenon, 159
- - Congestion on the Railways, Enormous Number of Goods Trains, 231
- - Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, Collision, 128, 357
- - Corrugation of Tram Rails, Differential Gear to Prevent, 531
- - Cost of Personal Injuries on American Railways, 137
- - Cost of Reinforced Concrete Bridges, Great Central Railway, 67
- - Crewe Station Accommodation for Soldiers and Sailors, 579
- - “Crushed Heads” on American Railroads, 169
- - Danger Signals, Suggestions of Inventors, 531
- - Dar-es-Salaam-Tanganyika Railway, German Measures of Defence, 305, 629
- - Derailment Reports, Concise and Discursive, 39
- - Detonator-laying Machines in Use on Various Railways, 579
- - Dining Cars to be Withdrawn, 305
- - Direct-current Line, 2400-Volt, being Built between Tofo Mines and Port of Cruz Grande, 305
- - Disinfection of Railway Cars in Russia, 472
- - District Railway Bill, Proposed Alterations at Hammersmith Station, 111
- - District and Tube Railways, Appointments, 137
- - Dover, Marine Station Nearly Complete, 183
- - Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Sea Encroachments Necessitate the Diversion of the Line near Bray, 281
- - Edison Storage Battery Car, Successful Demonstration, 13
- - Egyptian State Railways’ Use of Private Workshops, 280
- - Electric Lamp-posts, Method of Preventing Breakage of Globes and Lights, 381
- - Electric Service Abandoned and Steam Resumed in the Giovi Tunnel, 305
- - Electric and Steam Locomotives, Comparison in Cost of Repairs, Need of Better Treatment, 231
- - Electric Train Staff System Installed in Lake Superior Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 281
- - Electrification of North-Eastern Line between Shildon and Newport, 281
- - Electrified Portion of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Details of Line and Rolling Stock, 13
- - Envelopes and Economy on United States Railroads, 603
- - Erie Railroad Transport Charges, Comparisons, 69
- - Euston and Chalk Farm, Ancient History, 481
- - Female Labour on Railways not a New Departure, 431
- - Financial Relations between the Government and the Railways, 397
- - First-class on Tube Railways; Great Northern and City Carriages, 183
- - Fishguard and Rosslare Day Boat Suspended, 507
- - Fish-poisoning Case Against the Midland Railway, 507
- - Flashing Acetylene Lamps as Signals on the Boston and Maine Railroad, 531
- - Foggy Weather, What is it ? 531
- - Frequency Changer Set, Very Large, to Interconnect Two Boston Railway Systems, 231
- - Full Crew Legislation and Reduction in Length of Trains, Opposition, 531
- - Furness Railway Rifle Range Opened, 305
- - German Electric Tramways Company at Santiago Suspends Operations, 305
- - German Tramway Statistics of Ownership, Mileage, andc., 63
- - Germans Repairing and Constructing Railways in Belgium, 405
- - Gold Coast, Traffic Assistants Wanted, 629
- - Goods Service in an Agricultural District of United States, Success of Reduction in Rate, 234
- - Government Control of Railways, Case of Hotels and Refreshment Rooms, 226
- - Government Control of Railways, Companies Aggregated in Financial Dealings, 231
- - Government and Railway Companies, Compensation Question, 183
- - Government Work in Railway Workshops, 183
- - Grand Trunk Company’s Running Rights, 110
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
- - Great Central Railway’s Postponement of New Fish Dock at Grimsby, 207
- - Great Eastern Railway:
- - Bill Passed, Stone-throwing and Improper Use of Communication Cord, 305, 381
- - Collision at County School Station, Responsibility of Driver, 231
- - Company’s Annual General Meeting, Question of Government Control Effect, 111
- - Changes in Departments, Management, 381
- - Goods and Mineral Tender Engines, 381
- - Shops Used by Military Authorities, 405
- - Great Northern Railway:
- - Coal Engine, Striking Test, 39 ; (Correction), 188
- - The Law as to Bridge Construction and Maintenance, 629
- - Wagon Handling, 183
- - Great Southern and Western Railway, Corridor Coaches and Ambulance Train, 39
- - Great Western Steamers as Hospital Ships and in Admiralty Service, 231
- - Gretna Accident, “Blocking Back” System, 555, 603 ; Resumed Inquest, 629
- - Grimsby’s New Fish Dock Postponed Owing to War, 207
- - Head Lamps, Battery Operated, 159 ?
- - Headlights of Locomotives, Intensity, 87
- - Highland Railway Company, Compensation for Car Bridge Disaster, 255
- - Hot Milling Machine for Defective Rails, 231 Hull and Barnsley Railway Approaching Completion, 603
- - Ilford Accident, Who is to Pay ? 183
- - Ilford Railway Collision, Juries’ Verdicts, 111 137
- - Indian Railways, Embargo on Expenditure Withdrawn, 431
- - Indian Troops, Conveyance, Viceroy’s Congratulations on Successful Transport, 305
- - Interstate Commerce Commission, Change in System of Keeping Railway Accounts, 39 ; Report of Industrial and Train Accidents, 255 ; Report of Inspections, &c., 207 ; Safety Appliances, 507 ; Sanctions Increase of Railway Rates, 13
- - Irish Railway Losses Due to War, 357
- - Irish Railway Servants and War Bonus, 405
- - Irish Railways not Under Government Control, War Traffic Statistics, 183
- - Isle of Wight Central Railway Company’s Statistics, 207
- - Italian State Railways, Progress of Electrification, 137
- - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway :
- - Electrification Progress, 207
- - Workmen’s Agitation, 158
- - Largest Locomotive in the World at the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, 481
- - Levers and Signals on the Railways of the United Kingdom, Statistics, 455
- - Light Railway Commissioners’ Orders for Two Railways, 87
- - Light Railway Orders Applied for and Confirmed, 455, 507
- - Lighting of New York Subway Cars by Tungsten Lamps, 455
- - Lighting of Trains, Axle Equipment or “Head End” Systems, Report, 154
- - Lines between France and Belgium Used for Transferring Wounded and Stores by Storage Battery Cars, 455
- - Lock-and-Block Control of Trains, Origin of Invention, 39
- - Locomotive Cab Signalling, List of Railways Using and Experimenting with them, 507
- - Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen Agitating for Increased War Bonus, 159, 507, 603, 629
- - Locomotive Maintenance, Comparison between Electric and Steam Locomotives, 87
- - Locomotive Running, Unexplained Variations under Similar Conditions, 331
- - Locomotive’s Average Net Earning Power, G. S. Goodwin, 549
- - London, Brighton and South Coast Railway :
- - Channel Goods Traffic in Search of Port to Replace Newhaven, Littlehampton Decided on, 255, 679
- - Double Collision near Streatham Common Station, 111, 269
- - Electrical Services in London Neighbourhood, Expansion, 281
- - Electrification of Suburban Lines, 255
- - as Pioneer in Signalling Features, 183
- - Victoria Station Overbridges Protected from Corrosion by Concrete Covering, 579
- - London Electric Railways Company’s Increase in Electricians’ and Mechanics’ Pay, 431
- - London and North-Western Railway :
- - Connection with Electric Trains at Willes- den Junction, 427, 607
- - Gazette, Reminiscences, G. P. Neele, 456
- - Line between Watford and Queen’s Park, 231, 607
- - Officers and Men with the Colours, Honours, Losses and Wounded, 227, 231, 381, 507
- - Steamers in Government Employ, 231
- - London and South-Western Railway :
- - Electrification, Slow Progress due to Scarcity of Labour, 255 ; Power-house, Cable Laying, andc., 255
- - Experiments on Hampton Court Branch with Wireless Train Control, 603
- - Mr. Drummond’s Locomotive Reconstructed by Mr. Urie, 281, 305
- - Lubricating Locomotives in Motion, 330
- - Luggage, Request for Reduction of Amount Carried by Passengers, 507
- - Mail Transfer System for Collecting and Dropping Mail Bags from Trains, 231
- - Metropolitan District Railway Bill Reported to the House of Commons, Main Provisions, 281, 305
- - Metropolitan and Great Northern Railway Negotiations Interrupted by the War, 255
- - Midland and Great Central Joint Lines Accident at Apethorne Junction, Report, 331
- - Midland Railway Company :
- - Large Investment in War Loan Stock, 207
- - Men with the Colours, 207
- - Provision of a Y.M.C.A. Recreation Room, 207
- - Mistakes which Cause Accidents, Questionable Policy to Discharge Men Responsible, 87
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
- - Movable Crossings and Derailments, 603, 629
- - Mullingar and Kells Railway Bill, Sent for Second Reading, 137
- - National Union of Railwaymen, Increase of Members, 357
- - New South Wales—see Australia
- - New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad : Transport of 220 Passengers per Minute, 13
- - New York Underground Railways, Serious Fire and Panic, 39, 111
- - New Zealand Locomotives Supplied by Baldwin Works, 357
- - Non-bogie Carriages Converted to Bogie Stock on the Great Eastern Railway, 159
- - North British Railway :
- - Collision at Niddrie, 87, 111
- - Statistics, Engines, Mileage, andc., 207
- - North-Eastern Railway :
- - Accident at Chaloner Whin, 603, 629
- - Accidents due to Defective Rails, 357
- - Men Killed in Bombardment of Scarborough and the Hartlepools, 207
- - Old Priory Concentration Yard, Extension, 602
- - Progress of Joint Dock at Hull, 207
- - Retirement of Mr. C. A. Harrison from Position of Engineer, 63
- - North Harrow Station Opened, 305
- - North Staffordshire Employes with the Colours, Cost of Dependants’. Support, 281
- - Norwegian Frontier Railway Electrification, Telegraph Line Put Out of Service, 159
- - Oil-gas Lighting Concern and German Shareholders, 531
- - Panama Canal Traffic and Competition by the Railroad Shipping Interests ; Prohibitive Legislation, 579
- - Pennsylvania Lines, Insurance Department Accident Statistics, 63
- - Pennsylvania and the New York Central Railroads’ Reports of Efficiency Tests, 305
- - Pneumatic Ballast Tamping Machines for New York Central Railway Company, 357
- - Portable Electric Sub-station for Piedmont and Northern Railway, 455
- - Portuguese New Railway, Ermezinde to Leixoes, 579
- - Power-house at Wimbledon ; Sub-stations, Track and Cable Laying, London and South-Western Railway, 255
- - Prussian State Railways Electrification Work Stopped, 405
- - Pullman Cars Withdrawn to Economise Coal, 405, 431
- - Queensland Railways, Increased Work and Staff Changes, 527
- - Queensland Railways, Maintenance Statistics, 507
- - Quintinshill Disaster—see Gretna
- - Rail Failures on United States and Canada Lines, 281
- - Rails for the Pennsylvania Railroad, 393
- - Rails Rolled in the United States, Reduction in Tonnage, 603
- - Rails Test on Pennsylvania Lines, 424
- - Railway Benevolent Institution Dinner, 430, 481
- - Railway and Canal Commission Report, 431
- - Railway Changes and Military Service, 405
- - Railway Clearing House Chairman, Change in Appointment, 281
- - “Railway Companies Facilities” Bill, on Behalf of Various London Electric Railways, 431
- - Railwaymen’s Houses on the Southern Pacific Railway, Increased Comfort, 63
- - Railwaymen’s Pay, Trades Unions and the Bonus System, 159, 507, 603, 629
- - Reinforced Concrete Poles and Electrolytic Action, 481
- - Rivers and other Railroads Crossed, Names of, Painted on Railway Bridges and at Level Crossings in America, 555
- - Royal Commission on Railways, 136
- - Russian Railway from Tornea to Finnish Karungi on the Swedish Frontier, 39
- - Sand Drags on London Underground to Check Trains or Cars out of Control, 87
- - Scottish Railway Companies’ Increased Rates for Combined Sea and Rail Conveyance, 207
- - Shanghai Railless Car Service Suspended Pending Road Renewal, 305
- - Sheffield Corporation (Tramways) Bill and Rotherham Corporation Bill Passed, 397
- - Signalling Changes on the Great Northern Railway, 629
- - Signalling, New Speed Control System on New York Subways, 63
- - Signalling on the North-Eastern Railway, Paper by Mr. C. H. Ellison, 629
- - Signalling by Rows of Lights on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 431
- - Signalling, Terms Used in Block System, 555
- - Sleepers, Douglas Fir, English Firm Orders Twenty Million Feet, 481
- - Smithy Bridge Accident, Faulty Arrangements, 555
- - Smithy Bridge Accident and the Fog-block System, 381, 481
- - Smithy Bridge Accident, What the Driver Thought, 555
- - Snow Produces Electrical Phenomenon, 159
- - South African Military Train Accident, Cause Investigated, 63
- - South Africa, Prieska-Upington Railway, Day and Night Work to Facilitate Movement of Troops, 481
- - South African Railways :
- - Locomotive Statistics, 381
- - Mileage, 305
- - Question of Electrification, 331
- - Replacing Timber by Steel for Coach Building, 381
- - South Brooklyn Marginal Railway Proposed, 555
- - South-Eastern and Chatham Railway :
- - Stations near London Closed, 381
- - Unfortunate Accident Record near Cannon street, 13
- - Spain, Short Railways Projected to Facilitate Shipment of Ores, 137
- - State Control of British Railways, Great Western Railway’s Contention, 111
- - Steam Sanding Apparatus Worked by Superheated or Saturated Steam, 63
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
- - Steel and Wood for Railway Vehicles, Comparative Cost, Repair, and Maintenance, 629
- - Storage Battery Car, Interesting Type, on Cambria and Indiana Railroad, 431
- - Storage Battery Cars for Transportation of Wounded Soldiers, 255
- - Streatham Commdn Accident, 111, 269
- - Sugar Beet Manufacture and London and South-Western Railway Survey, 39
- - Swiss Railways, Great Extension of Electrification, 281
- - Telephones on the London and North- Western Railway, 379
- - Telephones for Train Dispatching on Canadian Pacific Railway, 405
- - Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, Financial Returns, 110
- - Time-tables of the Great Eastern Railway, New Method of Printing, 357
- - Trainmen Killed and Injured on United States Railways, Statistics, 579
- - Train Services, Restrictions, 322, 446 (Letter), 480
- - Tramcar Accident due to Overcrowding, 137
- - Tramway Electric Omnibuses of South Shields; Commandeered by Army Council, 281
- - Transport System at the Front, British Methods Perfect, J. H. Thomas, 555
- - Tunnel Accidents to Permanent Way Men, 331
- - Turin and Savona Railway Electrified for Passenger Traffic, 63
- - Underground Electric Railways Company, Lord G. Hamilton Succeeds Sir E. Speyer as Chairman, 507
- - Union of South Africa Railways, Percentage of Men with the Colours, 629
- - United States Level Crossings, Scanty Protection, 451
- - United States Railway Accident Statistics, 331
- - United States War Revenue Act Increases Clerical Work of Railwaymen, 87
- - Valencia, Proposed Electric Tramway between Town and Harbour, 330
- - Victoria Government Railways, Increase in Protective Measures against Accidents, 507
- - Victoria Government Railways, New Commissioners, 481
- - Victoria Government Railway’s New Locomotives, 431
- - Wages of Railwaymen, Weekly Average, 603
- - Wagons, Railway Shortage and High Freights, Pooling Suggested by Shipping Industry, 137
- - Wagons, Railway, Suggested Pooling, 455
- - Wantage Road Accident, Great Western Railway, Due to Failure to Observe Signals, 183
- - War Bonus, Wages and Strike Questions, 159, 507, 603, 629
- - War Traffic and Curtailment of Railway Facilities, 183
- - Wimbledon and Sutton Railway and Metropolitan District Railway, 281, 305
- - Y.M.C.A. Hut for Soldiers and Sailors at Euston, 431
- - Zealous Work at Boulogne by Three English Railwaymen now with the Royal Engineers, 431
- RAMSAY, Sir William, and the German Chemical Society, 431
- Razors for the Front, 431
- Reducing Valves, Difficulties of Size, 603
- Refrigeration Machinery for Central and South America, Opening for United States Manufacturers, 281
- Remuneration of Engineers, Need of Raising, 137
- Respirators for Soldiers, 603
- River Navigation in Western France, 481
- Road Board Advances by Grant and Loan to Highway Authorities, 75, 393
- Road Locomotives and Heavy Motor Cars, Committee on Laws and Regulations, 579
- Road-making from Waste Product of Glass Factories, 255
- Road Surfaces Worse than Usual, Due to Military Traffic and Withdrawal of Labour, 579
- Rope-testing Machine, 531
- Ropeway for Passenger Cars near Bozen, 111
- Ropeways for Timber Transmission in India, 381
- Rotherham Corporation Bill, Progress, 137
- Royal Marines, Examination for Probationary Second Lieutenants, 305
- Royal Show at Nottingham, Date Fixed, 137
- Rubber, New Artificial, 481
- Rubber in Semi-fluid Form for Welding Rubber Surfaces, Dr. M. Heilbronner’s Recipe, 305
- Russian Equivalent Tables, 320
- Russian Mine Output with 50 per cent. Reduction in Labour and Absence of Vodka, Increased by 130 per cent., 331
- Ruston, Proctor and Co., Training for Engineers, 590
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- SCANDINAVIA and United States, New Cable, 481
- Seals, Old, Analyses of Wax Impressions on Documents in the Public Record Office, 111
- Seger Cones for Pottery Manufacture no Longer a German Monopoly, 305
- Selenium Cells, Effect of Light on, 159
- Selenium, Properties of, 603
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest, Antarctic Expedition^ Postponement Due to Ice, 183
- Shell Factory for Leeds, 480
- Shells from Canada, 603
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS:
- - American Naval War Manoeuvres, Inefficiency of U.S.A. Submarines and Weakness in Cruisers, 578
- - Battleship Heavy Gun-firing, Records of Ships and Men, 507
- - British Merchant Ships Captured by Germany up to March 10th, Statistics, 281
- - Bulkhead Committee’s Report, 63
- - Control Vessel for Wireless Stations, United States Equipment, 281
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued);
- - Empress of Ireland, Diving Operations for Recovery of Bodies and Salving Mail and Silver Bullion, 331
- - Fumigation of Ships by Hydrocyanic Acid, 63
- - German Prizes of War, Sale of Ships, 39
- - Goliath, H.M. Battleship, Destroyed in the Dardanelles, 481
- - Japan and the Shipbuilding Industry, 603
- - Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Information Limited Owing to the War, 39
- - Motor Ship Falstria, 319
- - Russian Battleship Imperator Alexander III., 405
- - Submarines, Nickel Iron Batteries for, 481
- - Trials of Sister Ships, Comparison between Turbo - electrical and Triple - expansion Engines, 111
- SHIPPING, Engineering and Machinery Exhi' bition, Further Postponement, 265
- Shortage in Coal Deliveries to Gas and Electricity Undertakings, 281
- Shot and Shell-making, Search for Workers, 481
- Smoke Abatement Exhibition, 628
- Smoke Recorder for Steam Boiler Plants, 87
- Smokeless Powder Wanted in China, 331
- “Speed-lock” to Check Excessive Speed, 381
- Steam Boiler Accidents in France, 111
- Stewarts and Lloyds, Limited, 150
- Street Sweeper, Motor Cycle, 111
- Suction Cleaners for Removal of Small Insects, 406
- Suez Canal, Widening and Improvement, Cost and Magnitude of the Work, 13
- Sulphur Bacteria from Brackish Water in the Gulf of Finland, 13
- Sulphuric Acid for Government Contractors, To Ensure Supply, 401
- Swedish Copper Imports, Statistics, 39—see also Copper
- Swiss Prohibition of Export of Various Metals and other Products, 629
- Switzerland’s Industrial Activity Due to Foreign Orders, 555
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- TATA Hydro-electric Scheme Opened, 159
- Telegraph and Telephone Services, Statistics, 357
- Telegraphy in Wartime, Charles Bright, 431
- Telephone for Calipering, 507
- Telephone Equipment of Large Buildings, .Need of Arrangements in Architectural Plans, 305
- Telephone, History of the, E. J. Jarrett, 405
- Telephones, Automatic, Post-office Experts’ Opinion Unfavourable, 163
- Telephones for War Purposes, 570 ; Issued to Troops in One Month, 159
- Telescope, 70ft. long, at Trepton Observatory, Berlin, 629
- Testing Condensed Water for Salt, 183
- Timber, French Process of “Electro-curing” Timber in a Single Night, 381
- Time Signals by Wireless, 485
- Tower of London, Investigaton of Cracks with Special Micrometers by National Physical Laboratory, 629
- Trade Unions and the War, 159
- Trench Periscope, W. F. Stanley and Co., 343
- Trinitrotoluene from the South Yorkshire Coalfields, 579
- Tungsten Lamp, Value in Photography, 137
- Tunnel Under the Irish Sea, House of Commons Question, 231
- Turbine Blades Coated by Impure Water, Kerosene as a Remedy, 159
- Turbine Blades, Need for Cleaning Ascertained by Observation of Records Produced by Steam-flow Meter, 281
- Turbine, Starting a New, T. C. Thomsen, 331
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- ULTIMATE Magnetic Particle, K. T. Compton and E. A. Trousdale, 507
- Unemployment Statistics in Insured and Uninsured Trades, 87
- United States and “Doing Without Europe,” 357
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- VALVE Grinding, Method of Testing, 331
- Ventilating Fans Used for Fire Extinction, 87
- Visitors’, Cards in American Shop Stamped with the Hour to Avoid Delays, 159
- Volunteer Training Corps, Engineer, 443, 642
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- WAGES, Great Increase, 405
- War Facts and Figures, 195
- War-office Overwhelmed With Offers of Service from Engineers, Surveyors, andc., 63
- War Requisites, Government and Private Supplies, 231, 481
- Water Hyacinth, Variety of Uses and also Danger of the Plant, 381
- Water Power Scheme in Ireland, 507
- Waters, Polluted, Analysis of, for Dissolved Oxygen, Winkler and Levy Methods, 39
- Wattle Extract for Tanning to be Manufactured in Natal, 207
- Wearmouth Bridge Reconstruction, 401
- Week-end Letter Telegrams, Special Rates for Soldiers, Sailors and Nurses, 63
- Weights and Measures “Computor,” F. Seaton- Snowdon, 267
- Weights and Measures, Russian Use of German Meters, 301
- Weir, G. and J., Shell Contracts, Patriotic Offers, 555
- White, Sir William, Memorial, 255
- Whitening the Edge of Street Kerbs on Account of Reduced Street Lighting, Use of Steam Wagon in Norwich, 183
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY :
- - Airships, German, Wireless Equipment, 87
- - Conditions Affecting Variations in Strength of Wireless Signals, Professor Marchant, 207, 357
- - Control Vessel for Wireless Stations, Apparatus for Measuring Wave Lengths and Prevention of Needless Alarm Signals, 281
- - Emden’s End Reported by Wireless, 137
- - French Installations in Equatorial Africa, 13
- - Hidden Installations in German Colonies in the Pacific, 137
- - Imperial Chain of Wireless Stations, English and Egyptian Stations, 255
- - Melbourne Wireless Station Transmits Time Signals, 381
- - Patagonia, Powerful Station for Chilian Government in Most Southerly Town in the World, 183
- - Radio-telegraphy and Atmospheric Disturbances, E. O. Walker, 207, 357
- WOOD Distillation Products, Wood Alcohol, 87
- Working Plans Got Out in Hurry, 507
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- ZINC Exports from United States, Enormous Increase in Recent Months, 63
- Zinc and Scale Formation in Boilers, 507
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