The Engineer 1920 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1920 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

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A MAN’S a Man for a’ That, 555
Abbey Works—see Works
Ablett, C. A., on Direct-current Compared with Three-phase Current for Driving Steel works Plant, 521
Accidents,—Railway—see Railways
Acetylene, Use of, in U.S. Navy Yards during the War, Commander H. G. Knox, 164
Adamson, E., on Cast Iron in Theory and Practice, 73
Admiralty—see Ships, Naval Matters

AERONAUTICS:

See also Annual Article
Aerial Lighthouses, 500
Aeronautical Research Committee, Constitution, &c., 498 ; (Note), 237
Aeronautics and the State, 604
Aircraft Disposal, 452
Alleged Safety of Flight, 628
Aviation Ground Engineers, Examination for, 268
Development of Aerial Transport, Sir S. Brancker, 478
Effect of Size upon Performance of Rigid Airships, C. I. A. Campbell and C. H. May, 344
Engines—see also Engines and Motors
Evolution of the “ Heavier than Air ” Flying Machine, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 83 ; (Letters), 254, 272
Flight at High Altitudes, 520
Future of Aviation, 224 Paris Aviation Show, 37, 63
Commercial Aeroplanes, Caproni Triplane, Bleriot “Mammoth” Biplane, Breguet “Leviathan,” Caudron Aeroplane, “ Aeronovale ” Seaplane, 63, 64
Potez Sporting Aeroplane, 37
“ Propulseur-Trompe,” Monsieur F. Melot, 64 ; (Letters), 90, 189
Proposed Breguet Passenger Aeroplane with Enclosed Fuselage, 520
Railway Locomotives, Aeroplane Engines for, 293
Rigid Airship Performance, H. May and C. I. Campbell, 138
Vickers Viking Amphibious Aeroplane, 655

AGGLUTINATION—see Coal, &c.
Agricultural Exhibits at Darlington Show, 650, 654
Agricultural Motor Tractor Trials, 112, 113
Agricultural Tractors in France, 345
Ahrons, E. L., on W. Fairbairn and Sons, Manchester, 184 ; (Letter), 357
Ahrons, E. L., on Jones and Potts, Newton-le-Willows, 508
Ahrons, E. L., on Rothwell and Co., Bolton, 598
Air Compressor, Large Electrically Driven,
Bruce Peebles and Co., Limited, 482
Air Compressors, Motor-driven Geared, Broom and Wade, Limited, 98
Air Cooling of Engines—see Engines
Airships—see Aeronautics
Alcohol, Power, and Peat, 97
Aldwych Site, 64
Alignment Meter for Turbine Gearing, W. Eccles and Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, 559
Alkins, W. B., on the Effect of Progressive Drawing upon the Physical Properties of Pure Copper, 319
Alloys—see Ternary Alloys and Zinc Alloys Almanacs and Diaries, 26
Alternating Current—see Electrical Matters Aluminium, Action of, on Hard Industrial
Waters, Dr. R. Seligman and Mr. P. Williams, 292
Aluminium Alloys, Light, Relationship between Specific Gravity and Composition of, B. W. Hales, 439 ; (Correction), 483
American Competition, Question of, 249

AMERICAN ENGINEERING NEWS;

87, 124, 584
American Locomotive, A 265-Ton D.C., 31
American Locomotive for Pulverised Fuel, 87 ; (Paragraph), 115
American One-Piece Guns, 584
Compounds Converted into Simple Locomotives, 87
Diesel-electric Equipment for a Yacht, 584
Pulverised Coal for a Central Station, 124
Steam Turbines, Limitations of, 124
Ton-coupled Shunting Engines, 584
Tests of Flexible Stay Bolts, 584
Timber 'I’roating Process, New, 124

AMERICAN Steam Car, Scott-Newcomb System, 648
Ammonium Nitrate, Railway Tank Wagon for Conveyance of, Leeds Forge Company, 176
Anchor Chains, Stresses in, 48
Anderson, J., on Dimensions of Cargo Steamers, 343
Andrew, Dr. J. H., and Others on the Effect of Initial Temperature upon the Physical Properties of Steel, 548

ANNUAL ARTICLES: AERONAUTICS IN 1919, 5, 31 {Two-page Supplement, January 2nd, 1920) Airships, 6
Civil Aviation Abroad, 6
Civil Aviation in Great Britain, 5 Military Aeronautics, 6
Some Typical British Machines, 6
Aircraft Manufacturing Company, Limited, 32, 33
Airco and de Havilland Machines, 32, 33, 34
Alliance Aeroplane Company, Limited, 32, 33
Five-seater Biplane, 32
Two-seater Atlantic Type Biplane, 32, 33
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., Limited, 34
Beardmore, William, and Co , Limited 35
Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company, Limited, 34
Boulton and Paul, Limited, All-metal Two-seater P 10 Aeroplane, 34, 35
British Aerial Transport Company, Limited, 7
British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Limited, 7, 31, 32, 33
Bristol “Babe,” 31, 32, 33
Bristol “Bullet,” 32
Bristol “Pullman” Triplane, 7, 8 (Supplement, January 2nd, 1920)
Bristol “Tourer ” Biplane, 31, 33
Bristol Two-seater Coup6, 7, 8 (Supplement, January 2nd, 1920)
English Electric Company, Limited, 35
Grahame-White Company, Limited, 34, 35
Five-seater Aero-limousine, 34, 35 Nine-seater Aero-limousine, 34, 35 Single-seater 80 H.P. Bantam Aeroplane, 32, 35
Handley Page, Limited, 7
Martinsyde, Limited, 34 .
Sopwith Aviation and Engineering Company, Limited, 34
Vickers Limited, 7
Westland Aircraft Works, 7

ANNUAL ARTICLES: BRITISH RAILWAYS IN 1919, 4
Accidents, 5
Conciliation, 5
Congestion and Working, 5
Cost of Working the Railways, 5 Electrification, 5
Ministry of Transport, 4
Two Strikes, 4

ANNUAL ARTICLES: DOCK AND HARBOUR UNDERTAKINGS, 68 Bristol, 68 East Coast, 68
Foreign Works, 69
Liverpool 68
London, Port of, 68
Scotland, 68
South Coast, 68

ANNUAL ARTICLES: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN 1919, 8 I
Electric Driving, 8 ]
Electrical Equipment of Motor Cars, 9
Electric Vehicles, 9
Generating and Converting Plant, 9
Heating and Other Electrical Appliances, 8
Introduction, 8
Miscellaneous Users of Electricity in Factories, 9
Propaganda, 8
Railways, 10
Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 9

ANNUAL ARTICLES: IRON, STEEL, COAL AND ENGINEERING IN ’ 1919, 2, 29
From Armaments to Rolling Stock, 2 Other Developments, 2
Policy of Amalgamation, 2 Rise in Prices, 31
Shipbuilding, 30 Wise Move, 3 Year of Strikes, 31
Birmingham and the Midland Districts :
Bar Iron Shortage, 3
Some Innovations, 3 ‘
Lancashire, 3 North of England, 4
Scotland, 29
Sheffield, 29
Wales, 29

ANNUAL ARTICLES: LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK IN 1919, 18 (Supplement, January 2nd, 1920)
Great Central, 18
Great Eastern, 19
Great Northern, 19
Great Western, 19
London and North-Western, 18
London and South-Western, 19 North-Eastern, 19
Scottish and Irish Railways, 19 South-Eastern and Chatham, 19
Rolling Stock, 19
Great Eastern, 20
Great Northern, 19
Metropolitan, 20
North British, 20
South-Eastern, 20

ANNUAL ARTICLES: MARINE ENGINEERING IN 1919, 22

ANNUAL ARTICLES: MERCHANT SHIPPING IN 1919, 14, 20 American Competition, 21 Auxiliary Schooners, 21 Belgium, 21
British Cargo Steamers, 21
British Passenger Steamers, 20
Concrete Ships, 21 France, 21
General Survey, 14, 21
Germany, 21
Holland, 21
Italy, 21
Japan, 21
Minor Craft, 21
Royal Dockyards, 21
Scandinavia, 21

ANNUAL ARTICLES: METALLURGY IN 1919, 36

ANNUAL ARTICLES: NAVAL CONSTRUCTION IN 1919, 16
France, 17
Great Britain, 16 {Supplement, January 2nd, 1920)
Italy, 17 Japan, 17 Minor Navies, 18 United States, 17

ANNUAL ARTICLES: RAILWAY SPEED IN 1919, 59

ANNUAL ARTICLES: WATER SUPPLY AND SANITARY ENGINEERING IN 1919, 10
Activated Sludge Process, 12
Contact Beds, 11 General Conditions, 10 Increase in Costs, 10 Insect Life on Sewage Filters, 11 Last of “ The Lakes ” Available ? II London Main Drainage, 10 Manchester’s Hawes Water Scheme, 11 Metropolitan Water Board, 11 Sewage Treatment and By-products Sheffield’s Novel Proposals, 11 War Work, 10

APOCHROMATIC Lenses, British, 86
Apprentices, Education and Training of, 254 Arc-welded Building Construction, Welded
Construction Company, 510 Arc-welding—see also Electrical Matters Arnold, J. D., on the Properties of Water- quenched Vanadium - Molybdenum High - speed Steel, 480
Art and Engineering, 477 Art of Reading, 605
Artillery Shells, Semi-steel for, 662

ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS and SOCIETIES :

Association of Engineers, Manchester; British Blastfurnace Practice, W. H. Buckley, 246
Cast Iron in Theory and Ih’actice, E. Adamson, 73
Production Methods by the Ford Motor Company, Thomas Gor.st, 293
Uniflow Steam Engine, Henry Pilling, 454, ] 455, 480
Visit to Alfred Herbert’s Works, 632 Works Management and the Human Element, -H. Mensforth, 128 '

Association, Incorporated Municipal Electrical:
Power* Station Design in Relation to Thermal
Pro-

Institute, Iron and Steel:
Annual Meeting, 348, 473, 496, 521
Annual Meeting (Adjourned) at Sheffield, 547
British Blast-furnace Practice, K. Clements, 496
Brittleness in Nickel-Chrome and Other Steels, Dr. F. Rogers, 548 i
Carnegie Research Fund Awards, 521
Chromium Steels : Effect, of Heat Treatment : on Electrical Resistivity, Professor C. A. Edwards and A. L. Norbury, 547
Dinner and Conversazione, 498
Direct Current Compared with Three-phase Current for Driving Steel Works Plant, C. A. Ablett, 521
Distribution of Phosphorus in Steel Between the Points Ac 1 and Ac 3, J. H. Whiteley, 524
Economical and Thermal Conditions in Blast-furnace Practice, H. E. Wright, 496
Effect of Initial Temperature upon the Physical Properties of Steel, Dr. .1. H. Andrew and others, 548
Effect of Various Elements on Electrical Resistivity of Iron, A. L. Norbury, 548
Fifty Years of Progress in the Ferrous Industries, Presidential Address, Dr. J. E. Stead, 473, 496
Practical Notes on the Design and Treatment of Steel Castings, G. F. Preston, 524
Programme of Meetings, 348
Reduction of Silicon from the Slag in the Acid Open-hearth Process, B. Yaneske and G. A. Wood, 522
Slag Conditions in Open-hearth Basic Steelmaking Practice, J no. F. Wilson, 522
Some Defects in Electro-deposited Iron, W. E. Hughes, 523
Structural Constitution, Hardening and Tempering of High-speed Steel containing Chromium and Tungsten, Kotaro Honda and Takejiro Murakami, 548
Structure of Some Chromium Steels, J. H. G. Monypenny, 547
“The Ball Test,” A Note on. Dr. T. Baker and T. F. Russell, 523
Valuation of Ores and Iron-making Material, C. H. Ridsdale, 496

Institute of Marine Engineers :
Timing Diesel Engine Valves, 1). P. Peel, 559

Institute of Metals:
Action of Aluminium on Hard Industrial Waters, Dr. R. Seligman and Mr. P. Williams, 292
Annual General Meeting, 229, 291, 318
Art of Casting in High-tensile Brass, J. Neil Maclean, 318
Copper, Commercially Pure, Effect of Progressive Drawing upon some Physical Properties of, W. B. Alkins, 319
Copper, Physical Properties of, Influence of Cokl Rolling on, F. Johnson, 319
Corrosion (committee, P'ifth Rejiort, 229, 26/, 292
Effect of Hydrogen on Copper, W. C. Hother- sail and E. L. Rhead, 319
Idiomorphic Crystals of Electro-tleposi ted Copper, W. E. Hughes, 319
Investigation on the Constitution of Alloy Systems, J. L. Haughton, 319
Model for Representing the Constitution of Ternary Alloys, Dr. Rosenhain, 319
I*olishing" and Etching of Zinc for Microexamination, H. H. Hayes, 319
Presidential Addres.s bv Admiral Sir G. Goodwin, 229, 268, 292
Programme and List of Pajicrs, 229
Removal of Internal Stress in 70 : 30 Brass by Low-temperature Annealing, H. Moore and S. Beckinsale, 318
Tin-Phosphorus Alloys, A. C. Vivian, 319
Zinc Alloys with Aluminium and (’opper. Dr. Rosenhain, Mr. J. L. Haughton and Miss K. Bingham, 319

Institute of Physics :
Foundation of, 488

Institute of Transport:
Committee on Inland Waterways Appointed, 584
Presidential Address, Sir Eric Geddes, Transport in Kelatiori to the State, 332
Some Railway Operating Problems, Major- General Sir H. W. Thornton, 5(>0 ; (Paragraph), 649

Institution of Automobile Engineers:
Air Cooling of Petrol Engines, A. H. Gibson, 173
Producer Gas for Motor Vehicles, 1). J. Smith, 122

Institution of Civil Engineers :
Fuel Conservation in the United Kingdom, “James Forrest” Lecture, Sir D. Clerk, 418
October Examinations, 1919, Pass List, 284
Pass List (Interim), April ICxaminations, 1920, 637
Registration Bill, 90; (Letters), 37, 174, 188, 254, 272, 293, 326, 357, 371, 395

Institution of Electrical Engineers
Debate on Distribution of Heat, Light and Motive Power by Gas and Electricity, Sir
D. Clerk, and Report on the Coal-gas and Electrical Supply Industries of the United Kingdom, Sir D. Clerk and Professors A. Smithells and J. IV. Cobb, 652
Failures of Turbo-generators and Suggestions for Improvements, J. Shepherd, 88
Note on Thermal Efliciency of Generation and Use of Gas ’and Electricity, Sir D. Clerk, 652
Protection of Alternating-current Systems, Major K. Edgcumbe, 200
Transformers for Electric Furnaces, J. L. Thompson, 147

Institution of Gas Engineers :
Report on Coal-gas and Electrical Supply Industries of the United Kingdom, Sir 1). Clerk, Professors A. Smithells and J. W. Cobb, 652

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Annual Dinner, 444
Annual General Meeting, 224, 271 Benevolent Fund, 488
Exact Data on the Performance of Mechanical Stokers as Applied to Lancashire or other Narrow-fluetl Boilers, D. Brownlie 316
Hardening of Screw Gauges, IV. J. Linohain- 318, 443
Hardness Testing of Metals, Sir Kobert Hadfield’s Prize. 527
of Water
M. Bergstrom, 110, 124, 146,
^”®EnsfneePs^ County
Annual General Meeting, 525

Institution of Naval Architects:
Annual Meetings Programme, 280
Annual Report of the Council, 328
Balancing of Rotors and Determining the losition and Amonnt of the Balancing Weights, J. J. King-Salter, 369, 381
Committee’s Report on the Education and 1 raining of Apprentices, 254, 328
United.')
Conference, 328,
Effect of Size upon Performance of Rigid Airships, C. I. A. Campbell and C. H. May, 344
Effects of Holes, Cracks and Other Discontinuities in Ships’ Plating, Professor
E. G. (Joker and A. L. Kimball, 344
Experience and Practice in Mechanical Reduction Gear in Warships, Commander H. B. 'I'ostevin, 368, 405
Freeboard and Strength of Ships, Dr. J. Bruhn, 343
Further Notes on Dimensions of Cargo Steamers, J. Anderson, 343
German Submarines, A. W. Johns, 331
Our Economic Position as a Shipbuilding Country, Sir A. Yarrow, 342, 351 ; (Letter), 357
Stabilisation of Ships by Means of Gyroscopes, P. R. Jackson, 343, 344
Turbulent Fluid Motion and Skin Friction, Profes.sor H. Havelock, 369
A’awing of Ships and O.scillation Among Waves, D)’. K. Suyehiro, 344

Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuildeps:
Bibliographical Papers, Novel Competition, 605 '
Observing Temperatures in Marine Propelling Installations, Maurice S. Gibb, 22’6
Standardisation of Ships’ Details, 599

Institution of Petroleum Technologists :
Spontaneous Ignition. Temperatures of Liquid Fuels, Harold Moore, 111

Institution, Royal:
Experimental Studies in the Liquid State, J^ectures, Sidney Skinner, 424, 444

Institution of Sanitary Engineers:
Summer Meeting in London, 614 ; Programme, 614

Institution of Water Engineers:
Summer General Meeting, Twenty-fifth, at Birmingham, 511

Societies, Faraday, Royal Microscopioal, Optical, and Photomicpographic:
A Symposium on the Microscope, 85 Metallurgy and Metallography, Dr. Rosenhain, 8(5
Metallurgy, Sir R. Hadfield on the Use of the Microscope as Applied to, 85
Metals, High-power Photomicrography of, Dr. F. C. Thompson, 86
Microscope : Its Design, Construction and .Application, A Symposium by the Faraday and Other Societies, 85
Microscope Manufacture, Papers by Conrad Beck, »T, Watson Baker ami Powell Swift, 86
Microscope, Petrological, The Requirements of a, Dr. J. W. Evans. 86
Microscopes, Mechanical Design of. Professor F. J. Cheshire, 85
Microscopes, Metallurgical, Construction and Design of. Dr. C. H. Desch, 86
Photomicrographs of Iron and Steel at High Magnification, Sir R. Hadfield and Mr. T. G. Elliott, 85, 86
Photomicrography of Metals, J. Monypenny, 86

Societies, Physical and Optical
Exhibition, Sheringham Daylight,
Optical Instruments, Wireless Apparatus, Pointolite Lamp, ('Oo Recorder, Testing Machines, 62
Some Polarisation Experiments, Professor F. J. Cheshire, 62
Use of Light in the Transmission and Reproduction of Speech, Professor A. O. Rankine, 62

Society of Chemical Industry :
Compounded Lubricating Oils, H. AL Wells and J. E. Southcombe, 145
MANCHESTER SECTION—
New Characteristic for Coal : The Agglutination Curve, Capt. F. S. Sinnott and Mr. A. Grounds, 167

Society of Engineers :
Registration of Engineers, 90 ; (Letters), 37, 174, 188, 254, 272, 293, 326, 357, 371

Society, Faraday:
Basic Slag, General Discussion, 373
Society, Liverpool Engineering:
Developments in Turbine Propulsion, Walker, 607
Manoeuvring and Reversing Rudders, Wall, 149
Report on Engineering Training, 90

Society, Royal:
Conversazione, 507
Sir Ernest Rutherford’s “ Bakerian ture,” 603

Society, Royal Aeronautical:
Paper by Sir Sefton Branckor, 478
Society, Royal, of Arts:
Commercial Application of Electrical Osmosis, J. S. Highfield and Others, 549
Society, Royal Meteorological:
Status of the Meteorological Office, 228

AUSTRALIA, Engineering Standards Association for, 374
Australian Notes, 218
Automatic Route Indicator, Silent Guide (’om- pany. Limited, 408
Automatic Train Control—see Railways

BAKER, Dr. T., and T. F. Russell, on the Bail Test, 523
Balancing of Rotors and Determining the Position and Amount of the Balancing Weights, J. J. King-Salter, 369, 381
Basic Slag, 373
Beam Engines—see Engines
Bearings, Multiple Spring Thrust, 271
Belgian Engineering Notes, 413, 463 Brussels Fair, 463
Engineering Exhibits, 463 Inflation of Prices, 413
Labour, 413 Reconstitution, 413

BENEDICKS, Carl, on Recent Progress Thermo-electricity, 617
Bergstrom, E. M., on Recent Advances ... Utilisation of Water Power, 110, 124, 146, 172, 271 ; (Random Re flection), 118
Bibliographical Papers, Competition, 605 B.S.A. Small Tools Works, 266, 274 Birmingham Water—see Water Supply Blast-fumaces—see Iron and Steel-
Boats—see Ships
Boiler Explosions, 93, 189 ; (Letters), 139
Boiler Tube Failure, T. G. Otley, 511
Boilers, Narrow-flued, Mechanical Stokers Applied to, D. Brownlie, 316, 379 ; (Letters), 395, 432, 445, 483, 499, 528, 552, 573
Boilers, Scotch, Superheater for, North- Eastern Marine Engineering Company, 256
Boilers, Steam, Oil-fired, on the Nari’agansett, ,
Boilers and Turbines of the Curraghmore—see Ships, London and North-Western Steamship
Books of Reference, 97, 255, 348, 448, 533, 633
Brass, High-tensile, Art of Casting in, J. N Maclean, 318
Brass, 70 : 30, Removal of Internal Stress in, by Low Temperature Annealing, H. Moore and S. Beckinsale, 318
Bridge Repairer's Device, 230
British Blast-furnace Practice, W. H. Buckley,

British Engineering Standards Association : I
Gears, Standardisation of, for Machine Tools* 217
New Nominations, 331
Ships’ Details, Standardisation of, 599

British Foundrymen’s Institution :
Research Association, 624

British Industries Fair, 215
British Non-ferrous Mining Industry, 552
British Railway Workshops in War Time, 426, 430, 568, 578
Brittleness—see Iron and Steel
Broaching Machines—see Machine Tools
Brownlie, D., on Performance of Mechanical Stokers as Applied to Lancashire Boilers, &c., 316, 379 ; (Letters), 395, 432, 445, 483, 499, 528, 552, 573
Bruhn, Dr. J., on Freeboard and Strength of Ships, 343
Buckley, W. H., on British Blast-furnace Practice, 246
Budget and the Engineer, 427
Building, Congress at Lyons on, 166
Building Construction, xArc-welded, Welded Construction Company, 510
Buildings, Heavy, Underpinning and Foundations of, 639
Burley, George, on the Cutting Power of Lathe Turning Tools. 12

CALCUTTA, Port of, The Hooghly and, 525
Calendars, 73, 104, 182, 230, 662
Camera for Use in Flooded Mines, Siebe, Gorman and Co., Limited, 658
Campbell, C. J. A., and C. H. May on the Effect of Size upon the Performance of Rigid Airships, 344
Canadian Patent Law, 482
Canadian Water Power Development, Possibilities of, Leo. G. Dennis, 365
Canal, Rhone-Rhine—see Swiss
Canals of France, 576
Carburetter, The Grace Type, 620
Casting in High-tensile Brass, J N. Maclean, 318
Catalogues, 26, 53, 73, 102, 130, 208, 234, 255, 438, 458, 488, 516, 564, 662
Caufourier, M.P., on the Theoiy of Tidal Power Stations, 372 ; (Letters), 432, 445, 483, 528
Caveat Emptor, 531
Cement, Iron Portland, E. H. Lewis, 496
Centrifugal Pelton Jet Deflector, P. W. Seewer, 583
Centrifugal Pump for Handling Tree Stumps, A. B. Wood, 445
Cheap Heat Power, 97
Chemical Composition, Specification of, 223 ; (Letter), 272 -
Cheshire, Professor F. J., on the Mechanical Design of Microscopes, 85
Choice of Materials, 531
Chromium—Iron and Steel
Civil Engineer’s’ Registration, 90 ; (Letters), 37, 174, 188, 254, 272, 293, 326, 357, 371, 395
Clements, F., on British Blast-furnace Practice, 496
Clerk, Sir Dugald, on Coal Conservation in the United Kingdom, 418, 428 ; (Letters), 445, 498
Clerk, Sir Dugald, on Distribution of Heat. Light and Motive Power by Gas and Electricity, 652
Clerk, Sil’ D., and Others, Report on Coal Gas and Electrical Supply Industries of United Kingdom, 652

COAL, COKE. AND COLLIERIES:

Aero Pulveriser, Powdered Fuel Plant Company, Limited 306
Agglutinating Value of Coals, Capt. F. S. Sinnett and Mr. A. Grounds, 167
Coal Conservation in the United Kingdom, Sir Dugald Clerk, 418, 428 ; (Letter), 445
Coal Dust and Fusain, 525
Colliery Headworks, 305
Colliery Waraings, 532
Colloidal Fuel and Pulverised Coal Engines J. G. Robinson, 429
Fuel Research Board’s Report, 421, 428 : (Letters), 445, 498, 499
Large Waste of Coal, 377 ; (Letters), 395, 432, 445
Pas de Calais and Nord Coalfields, 352
Saar Coal Mining and its Relations to Franco, 572

COFFERDAM in India, of Railway Metal, 241 Coker, Professor E. G., and Mr. A. L. Kimball on the Effects of Holes, Cracks, and other Discontinuities in Ships’ I’lating, 344 Colloidal Fuel—see Coal
Commercial Application of Electrical Osmosis, J. S. Highfield and Others, 549
Compass, Gyroscopic, A Non-mathematical Treatment,* 55, 81, 105, 136, 160, 190, 210, 242 ; (Letters), 140, 357, 395
Compressors—see Air Compressors
Concrete—see Reinforced
Condenser Tubes, Corrosion of, 267 Conference of Manufacturers and Producers, 145 Congress on Building at Lyons, 166
Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies, Report, 424
Contracts, 102, 130, 180, 284, 362, 388, 516, 544, 612, 662
Copper, Effect of Hydrogen on, W. C. H other sail and JE. L. Rhead, 319
Copper, Physical Properties of. Effect of Progressive Drawing upon, W. B. Atkins, 319
Copper, Physical Properties of, Influence of Cold Rolling on, F. Johnson, 319
Corrosion Committee—see Institute of Metals Corrosion, Prevention of, in Locked-coil Wire
Rope, (i. Cradock and Co., 656
Craft for Canals, &c.—see Ships
Cranes, Electric Jib, at Dovei* Harbour, Babcock and Wilcox, Limited, 111, 116
Crude Oil Engine—see Engines
Cruisers—-see Ships
Crystal Palace, Engineering Exhibits at, 621 Cutting Tools—see Machine 'Pools

DAMS, Hydraulicallv Constructed, Allen Hazen, 583
Dennis, Leo G., on the Possibilities of Canadian Water Powex* Development, 365
Destroyers—see Ships
Development of Locomotive Gear—see Locomotives
Development of Motor Lifeboat—see Ships d’Eyncourt, Sir Eustace, on H.M.S. Hood, 92, 93, 313, 314, 315, 316, 324, 330 [Four-page Supplement, March ’Z^th, 1920)
Diesel Engines—see Engines
Dock Extensions, Ipswich, 114
Dockyard, Rosyth, 632
Dorada Ropeway in Colombia, Ropeways, Limited, 504, 511 ; (Letters), 552, 572, 597o
Dough-kneading Machine, Branca’s Illustration of, 162, 163
Dredger, Suction, Kaione, for New Zealand, 373
Drilling Machines—see Machine Tools
Driving Piles through Ice, 533
Dry Galvanising Plant, Sherardising, 510
Dunlop, James, on the Development of Locomotive Valve Gear, 618
Dynamometer Cars—see Railways

ELECTRICAL MATTERS

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Powell and Hamner Dynamo, Switchboard and Cut-out, 366
Starting Motors, C. A. Vandervelle and Co., Brolt Company, Lucas Electrical Company, 403, 404
Osmosis, Electrical, Commercial Application of, J. S. Highfield and Others, 549
Pointolite 500 Candle-power Lamp, 62
Power Station Design in Relation to Thermal Efficiency, J. V. Robinson, 655
Power Supply to Factories, 556 ; (Letter), 573
Protection of Alternating-current Systems, Major K. Edgcumbe, 200
Railways—see Railways
Recent Progress in Thermo-electricity, Carl Benedicks, 617
Shawinigan Falls Electric Power Plant, 549 Small Electric Motors and their Manufacture, Scholey and Co., Limited, 328, 329
Switzerland, Electrification Work in, 69, 581 Thermal Efficiency of the Generation and Use of Gas and Electricity, Sir D. Clerk, 652 'J.’hury High-tension Direct-current System, Lieut.-Col. D. Selby-Bigge on, 521
'Transformers for Electric Furnaces, J. T.,. Thompson, 147

ELECTRONS and the Engineer, 603 ; (Letter), 633

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Internal Combustion Engines:

Aeroplane Engines for Railway Locomotives, 293
Air Cooling of Petrol Engines, A. H. Gibson, 173
Beardmore, 120 B.H.P. Four-cylinder, Two- cycle, Hot Bulb Engine, 347
Bolnes Dutch Hot Bulb Engine, A. R. Brown 320
British “ Twin-six ” Motor Car Engine, W. L. Adams, 252
Brooke’s 3 H.P. Two-cycle Engine and 28 H.P. Six-cylinder Engine for Motor Boats, 320, 321
Cammellaird-Fullagar Diesel Engine, 107, 132 {'I'wQ-page. Supplement, February Qth, 1920)
Day Motor Company’s Two-cycle Engines, 320
Detachable or Outboard Motors at Olympia, 347
Double-acting Marine Diesel Engine, German, 352
Duplex Sleeve Valve Stationary Engine, British Commercial Lorry and Engineering Company, 346
Four-cylinder Hot Bulb Heavy Oil Engine, W. H. Allen, Son and Co., Limited, 278, 279
Gleniffer Six-cylinder Motor Boat Engine, 320, 321
H.M. Monitor Marshal Ney, Engines of, 358
Hydraulic Propulsion for Launch, Gill Propeller Company, 346, 347
Lubrication of Diesel Engines, Harold Moore, 525
Marine Engines of 1850-1852, greaves and Co., 644, 645
Marine and Stationary Engines 302, 320, 34o
Marshall 16 B.H.P. Portable Oil 654
Fishing Boat Engine, Caledonian Engineering Company, 302
Watermota, Detachable Boat Motor, W. D. Fair and Co., 346, 347
Werkspoor Diesel Engines for the Salerno 446, 447, 450

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Steam Engines :

Old Beam Engine, Joseph Taylor, 571 ; (Letters), 597, 633
Tractor Engine, The Peterborough, at Darlington Show, 650, 654
Uniflow Steam Engines, Galloways Limited, 454, 455, 480
Willans Line, Alexander Jude, 545

ENGINEER and the Metallurg:st, 300 Engineering Exhibits at the Crystal Palace, 621 Engineering, Links in the History of, Rhys
Jenkins, 162, 519
Engineering Standards Association for Australia, 374
Engineering Standards—see also British, &c.
Engineering Training, Liverpool Engineering Society’s Report, 90
Engraving and Profiling Machine, T. Cooke and Sons, Limited, 630, 631
Equal Opportunities, 579 Erosion of Guns, H. E. Wheeler, 657 Evaluation of Unital Strain in Tensile Tests, 506 Evolution of the “ Heavier than Air ” Flying
Machine, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 83 ; (Letters), 254, 272

EXHIBITIONS.

British Industries Fair, 215
Motor Boat and Marine and Stationary ? Engine Exhibition, 302, 320, 345
Overseas Touring Exhibitions, 322 Physical and Optical Societies, 62
Sheringham Artificial Daylight, Pointolite 500 Candle-power Lamp, Electrical COg Recorder, Humphrey Notched-bar Testing Machine, Various Electrical and Optical Instruments and other Exhibits, 62

EXHIBITS, Engineering, at the Crystal Palace, 621
Experience, &c., in Mechanical Reduction Gears —see Mechanical
Experimental Studies in the Liquid State, Sidney Skinner, 424, 444
Explosions, Boiler, 93 ; (Letters), 139, 189 Export Problem of the German Engineering Industry, 296

FABRICS, Strength of, 452
Factories, Power Supply to, 556 ; (Letter), 573
Failures of Turbo-generators. &c.. J. Shepherd, 88, 94
Fairbairn—see Histories
Fairs—see Exhibitions
Fatigue, Industrial, 658
Federated Malay Railways—see Railways Federation of British Industries
National Conference of Manufacturers and Producei’s, 145, 171
Ferrous Industries—see Iron and Steel
Filter Presses for Removal of Paraffin Wax from Petroleum, Geo. Fletcher and Co., 121
Filtration Plant—see Water Supply
Fire Floats, Merryweather and Sons, Limited, 396, 397, 400
Fire, Protection of Wooden Bridges from, 448 Firms—see Histories of
Fishguard Harbour, Improvements at, 597 Floors for Railway Underbridges, 391, 416 Flymg—see Aeronautics
Forge Hammer—see Hammer
Forging and Stamping Plant at Abbey Works, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 422 (Two-paje Supplement, April 23rd, 1920)
Forrest, James, Lecture by Sir Dugald Clerk on Fuel Conservation in the United Kingdom, 418, 428
Forthcoming Engagements, 28, 54, 80, 104, 130, 156, 182, 208, 236, 262, 286, 312, 338, 364, 388, 414,438, 464, 490, 518, 544, 566, 590, 614, 638, 664
Foundry—see Works
France, Canals of, 576
France, Economic Position of, 144

FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES:

27, 53, 79, 103, 129, 155, 181, 207, 235, 261, 285, 311, 337, 363, 387, 437, 489, 517, 543, 565, 589, 613, 637, 663
Advanced Prices, 27
Advancing Prices, 285
Anglo-French Tr^e, 363
Automatic Locomotive Signals, 437 Aviation, 155
British Capital, 363
Brussels Fair, 387
Canals, 613
Cession of Arsenals, 637
Coal Crisis, 27
Coal Shortage, 129
Coal Supplies, 53, 613
Commercial Entente, 337
Compulsory Arbitration, 311 Concrete Tugs, 103
Consumers’ Union, 79
Co-operation, 181 Developing Exports, 589 Eight Hours’ Day, 663 Electrical Distribution 311
Electrification Programme, 437 Encouraging Exports, 207
Exchange Rate, 155
Export Problems, 285
Fiscal Reforms, 181
Five Battleships, 103
Floods and Forestry, 53 Foreign Trade, 53, 79, 489
Franco-Swiss Combine, 261
Freights, 129
Fuel Economy, 663
German Trade, 589
Growing Imports, 155
Harbour Works, 27
Havre Pipe Line, 103
Import Restrictions, 387
Improved Prospects^ 589 industrial Difficulties, 285
Inland Waterways, 207
International Chamber of Commerce, 565 International Trade, 437
International Trade Conference, 517 International Transit, 337
Iron Ore, 613
Labour, 181
Machinery, 337
Marseilles Metropolitan, 311
Merchant Shipping, 207, 261, 637 Metallic Coaches, 181
Miners’ Strike, 311
Miners’ Strikes, 337
Moulders’ Strike, 103 Municipal Laboratory, 53
Naval Construction, 663
New Industries, 129
New Union, 207
Oil Fuels, 129, 662
Paris Fair, 543
Paris Mart, 79
Pechelbronn Oil, 27 Phosphates in Morocco, 517
Pig Iron Exports, 565
Production, 235
Prohibited Imports, 489, 637
Public Services, 337
Railway Accident, 181
Railway Organisation, 261, 565
Railway Situation, 387
Railwaymen’s Strike, 261, 285, 489, 517
Research Committee, 235
Seine Works, 79
Sheets, 663
Shipping, 517
Situation, The, 103
Stagnation, 363
Standardisation, 637
Strasbourg River Shipbuilding Company, 337
Street Paving, 235
Strike Agitation, 543
Strike Collapse, 565
Strike Effects, 489
Strike Failure, 517
Tractors, 613
Trade with Belgium, 27
Wagon Orders, 155
War Profits, 437
War Tax, 235

FUEL, Colloidal—see Coal
Fuel Economy, C. E. Stromeyer, 61
Fuel Research Board’s Report, 421 428 ?
(Letters), 445, 498, 499, 552 ’
Fuel—see also Coal
Fuels, Motor Price of, 245, 249
Furnaces, Electric—see Electrical Matters

GAS—see Producer Gas
Gas Cylinders, 363 ; (Letter), 395
Gas and Electricity, Heat, Light and Motive
Power by, Sir D. Clerk, 652
Gas and Electrical Supply Industries of the
United Kingdom, Sir D. Clerk and Others, 652 Gas Engines—see Engines
Gauges, Position, Their Jigs, Construction, and
Calculations, A. G. Robson, 157
Gauges, Precision, and their Jigs, A G. Robson, 574, 575
Gauges, Screw, Hardening of, W. J. Lineham, 318, 443 ; (Letters), 499, 573, 597
Gear, Ships —see Ships
Geared Marine Turbines, 477, 559
Geddes, Sir Eric, on Transport in Relation to the State, 325, 332
Generators—see Electrical Matters
German Engineering Industry, Export Problem of the, 296
German Industries, Association of, 493—see also Labour
German Instruments, Captured, 63
German Naval Construction—see Ships German Steel—see Iron and Steel
German Workers’ Council Law, 356 Germany, Industrial Works Councils in, 169 Gibb, Maurice S., on Observing Temperatures in Marine Propelling Installations, 226
Gibson, A. H., on the Air Cooling of Petrol Engines, 173
Glass Production, British, 85
Glassware, Scientific, Volumetric Testing of, 197
Goodwin, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir G., on Use of Non-ferrous Metals in Warships, 268, 292, 300
Government Instructional Factory at Twickenham, 621
Greenwich, Royal Observatory, 606
Grenade, Hand, Mills’, Manufacture at Brighton Works of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 568, 578
Grinders—see Machine Tools
Gyroscopes—see Ships
Gyroscopic Compass : A Non-mathematical
Treatment, 55, 81, 105, 136, 160, 190, 210, 242 ; (Letters), 140, 357, 395

HADFIELD, Sir K., and Mr. T. G. Elliott, on Photomicrographs of Iron and Steel at High Magnification, 85, 86
Hales, B. W., on the Relationship between Specific Gravity and Composition of Light Aluminium Alloys, 439 ; (Correction), 483 Hammer, Steam, James Nasmyth, 287 Hammer, Utility Forge, Sullivan Machinery Company, 202
Harbour Development, Langstone, 621 Hardness Testing of Metals, Sir R. Hadfield’s
Prize, 527
Hardening of Screw Gauges, W. J. Lineham, 318, 443, 478 ; (Letters), 499, 573, 597
Hauenstein Tunnel, 255 ; (Letters), 572 Havelock, Professor T. H., on Turbulent Fluid Motion and Skin Friction, 369
Hayes, H. V., Report on Submarine Signalling, 491
Heat Engineering, Recent Changes of Ideas Concerning, Professor Middleton Smith and A. G. Warren, 569, 592, 615
Hick, Hargreaves—see Histories
Highfield, J. S., and Others, on the Commercial
Application of Electrical Osmosis, 549 High-service Reservoir—see Reservoir Historica Society for Engineering and Technology, 600, 605
Histories, Short, of Famous Firms, 84, 85, 184, 287, 508, 598, 644, 645 ; (Letters), 140, 357 History of Engineering, Links in the, Rhys Jenkins, 162, 519
History, Uses of, 224
Holland, Electrification of, 557
Hooghly and Port of Calcutta, 525
Hot Bulb Engines—see Engines
Hothersall, W. C., and E. L. Rhead, on the
Effect of Hydrogen on Copper, 319
Hughes, W. E., on Some Defects in Electrodeposited Iron, W. E. Hughes, 523
Hydraulic Jack Made from Shells, Major W. H. Smith, 576
Hydraulically Constructed Dams, Allen Hazen 583

ICE, Driving Piles through, 533
Imperial Mineral Resources, 401
Increased Production, Government Committee, • 355 »
Indian Jute Mills, 111
Indian Railway Administration Report, 304 Industrial Administration, Institute of, Mr.
Powell’s Lecture, 509, 528, 531, 552, 584
Industrial Fatigue, 658
Industrial League and Council Dinner, 552 Industrial Works Councils in Germany, 169 Industry and National Policy, 171 Institutions—see Associations, &c.
Instructional Factory at Twic :enham. Government, 621
Inter-Imperial Wireless Communication, 280 Internal Combustion Engines—see Engines Internal Stress in 70 : 30 Brass, Removal of by Low Temperature Annealing, H. Moore and S. Beckinsale, 318 *
International Electrotec linical Commission, Brussels Meeting, 412
International Railway Association, 549
Ipswich Dock Extensions, 114

IRON AND STEEL:

Ball Test, A Note on, by Dr. T. Baker and T. F. Russell, 523
Blast-furnace Practice, British, W. H. Buckley, 246
Blast-furnace Practice, Ikitish, F. Clements, 496
Brittleness in Nickel-chrome and Other Steels, Dr. F. Rogers, 548
Cast Iron in 'fheory and Prac’tice, E. Adamson, 73
Associations
Iron and Steel Production in 1919, 98
Ore Discoveries in Switzerland, 348
Photomicrographs of Iron and Steel at High Magnification, Sir R. Hadfield and Air. T. G. Elliott, 85, 86
Pig Iron and Steel Production, 198
Properties of Water Quenched Vanadium- Molybdenum High-speed Steel, J. D. Arnold, 480
Reduction of Silicon from the Slag in the Acid Open-hearth Process, B. Yaneske and G. A. Wood, 522
Reorganisation of the German Steel Industry; 223
Science and the Iron and Steel Institute, 505 Semi-steel for Artillery Shells, 662
Slag Conditions in Open-hearth Basic Steel- making Practice, Jno. F. Wilson, 522
Some Defects in Electro-deposited Iron, W. E. Hughes, 523
Steel Castings, 169
Structural Constitution, &c., of High-speed Steel containing Chromium and Tungsten, Kotaro Honda and I'akejiro Murakami, 548
Structure of Some Chromium Steels, J. H. G. Monypenny, 547
Valuation of Ores and Tronmaking Alaterial, C. H. Ridsdale, 496

IRRIGATION and Cotton Growing in Mesopotamia. 133

JACK, Hydraulic, W. H, Smith, 570
Jackson, P. R., on Stabilisation of Ships by Means of Gyroscopes, 343, 344
Jenkins, Rhys, on Links in the History of Engineering, 162, 519
-Jigs an(l Gauges for Manufacture of Precision Gauges, A. G. Robson, 574, 575
.Jigs for Making Position Gauges, A. G. Robson, 157
Johns, A. W., on German Submarines, 331 Johnson, F., Influence of Cold Rolling on the
Physical Properties of Copper, 319
Jones and Potts—sec Histories Jude, Alexander, on the Willans Line, 545

KEARTON, W. .L, on Pinions and Shafts for Double Helical Gears, 180
Kelvin Warming Machine and the Domestic Fire, 428 ; (Letters), 445, 499
King-Salter, J. J., on the Balancing of Rotor?, &c., 369, 381
Knox, Commander H. G., on the Use of Acetylene in United States Navy Yards during the War, 164
Kotaro Konda and Takejiro Murakami on the
Structural Constitution, &c..
Steel Containing 548

LABORATORIES, States, 229

LABOUR NEWS, STRIKES, AND WAGES QUESTIONS:
Association of German Industries, 493 Education of Young Workers, 348
German Workers’ Council Law, 356 Industrial Fatigue, 658
Labour Cost in Germany, 502
Organisation of Payment by Results, J. E.
Powell, 609, 528, 531, 552, 584, 600, 637, 656
Railwaymen’s Wages, 604, 633
Railway Rates, Wages and Methods, 41 Sympathy and Output, Sir A. Yarrow’s Views, 342, 351 ; (Letters), 357, 371
The Moulders, 117
Wages in the Engineering Trades, 293
Works Alanagement and the Human Element, H. Mensforth, 128

LAMPS, Electric—see Electrical Matters Langstone Harbour Development, 621 Lathes—see Machine Tools
Launches and Trial Trips, 114, 156, 236 ‘’6-> . 312, 462, 490, 518, 566, 584, 612, 637 ; (Co^l rection), 277

LEADERS:

1919—A Retrospect, 15
“ A Man’s a Man for a’ That,” 555
Aeronautics and the State, 604
Aircraft Disposal, 452
Alleged Safety of Flight, 628
Art and Engineering, 477
Art of Reading, 605
Asynchronous Generator for Power Supply.
Boiler Explosions, 93
Budget, The, and the Engineer, 427
Caveat Emptor, 631
Choice of Materials, 531
Colliery Warnings, 532
Control of Water Supplies, 42
Current Tendencies in Naval Design, 427
Development of Aerial Transport, 478
Districting the Railways, 627
Dreadnoughts and Docks, 143
Economic Position of France, 144
Effects of British Gunfire at Jutland, 195
Electric Ignition, 451
Electrons and the Engineer, 603
Engineer and the Metallurgist, 300
Equal Opportunities, 579
Evolution of Unital Strain in Tensile Tests 506
Future of Aviation, 224
Geared Marine Turbines, 477
German Steel Industry, 505
H.M.S. Hood, 93
Historical Society, 605
Imperial Mineral Resources, 401
Industrial Works Councils in (Germany, 169
Kelvin Warming Machine and the Domestic Fire, 428
Large Waste of Coal, 377
London County Council Tramways, 275
Merchant Shipbuilding in Royal Dockyards, 275
Metals and Time, 325
Ministry of Transport, 651
Moulders, The, 117
Naval Policy, 299
Pas-de-Calais and Nord Coalfields, 352
Petrol Report, 249
Power Supply to Factories, 556
Privately Owned Wagon Census, 195 Question of American Competition, 249 Railway Policy, 378
Railwaymen’s Wages, 604
Railway Rates, Wages and Methods, 41
Railways and the State, 325
Reorganisation of the German Steel Industry, 222
Science and the Iron and Steel Institute, 505
Science in Schools, 67
Shipbuilding Position, 143
Shock and Fatigue, 451
Specification of Chemical Composition, 223
Stability of Motor Omnibuses, 401
Steel Castings, 169
Still Awaiting the Railway Policy, 555 Strength of Fabrics, 452
Sympathy and Outjwt, 351
University Degrees and the Imperial College, 579
Uses of History, 224
Water Cooling for Turbo-generators, 94 Welds and Welding, 651
Working of German Railways, 117

LETTER, An Interesting, 198

LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Heavier-than-Air Flying Machine, Alec Ogilvie, 254 ; C. F. Dendy Marshall, 272
Human Stream, H. Addison, 272, 327 ; E. R. Briggs, 293
Influence and Progr^s, Beta, 445
Large Waste of Coal, D. Brownlie, 395 ; Jas.
Dunlop, 432—see also Steam Boiler r Efficiency
Light Aluminium Alloys, B. W. Hales, 483 Locomotive, Mr. Dendy Marshall’s—see Racing
London Matriculation Examination, Engineer, 371 ; A. Price, 395
Metallurgical Research, T. Turner, 528
Missing Links in the History of the Locomotive, Jas. Dunlop, 38, 217 ; C. R. K., 61
Motor Car Radiator, &c.. Victory Pipe Joint Company, 528
New Locomotive Firms, Railway Engineer. 38
Nitrogen Products Committee’s Report, British Oxygen Company, Limited, 175
Oil in Boilers and Turbines, Belliss and Morcom, 140
Old Locomotive Firms, R. R. Miller, 38 Past and Present Crewe Mon, R. Terrell, 38 Patent Office Library, A. M. Bushell, 217 Payment by Results—The Dangers of Collective Systems, J. E. Powell, 89, 357 ; E. M. Howe, 271
Piston Valves v. “ D ” Valves, H. L. Senior, 552 ; B. Billingham, 573
Price of Copper Tubes, G. A. Muntz, 552 Propulsion of Aeroplanes, J. Walmsley, 90 ; H. F. Melot, 189
Racing Locomotive, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 217, 272, 357 ; E. C. Poultney, 255, 327, 395 ; F. W. Brewer, 327 ; H. H., 357
Railway Speeds, W. B. Thompson, 633 Salaries in India, R. P., 61
Scandalous Waste of Coal, A. S. E. Ackerman, 38
Slot and Crank Motion, H. J. T., 432
Smithsonian Rocket and the World, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 90
Specification of Chemical Composition, C. H. Ridsdale, 272
Stability of Motor Omnibuses, H. G. Lester, 432
Steam Boiler Efficiency, Jas. Dunlop, 432, 483, 499, 552 ; D. Brownlie, 445 ; W. H. Casmey, 483, 528, 573
Sympathy and Output, Clydesider, 371
Tidal Power, Author of the Article, 293; Geo. T. Pardoe, 293 ; Jas. R. Brooks, 293 ; J. W. Meares, 483
Tidal Power, Theory of, W. T. Taylor, 432 ; Geo. T. Pardoe,. 445, 528
Timing Diesel Engine Valves, W. Green, 597 'Trevithick and the Merthyr Tydvil Railway, W. T. Anderson, 573
Trisection of an Angle, M. F. Fitzgerald, 38, 255 ; Ing. Camillo Manzitti, 90 ; J. W. Reading, 175 ; J. G. Callinan, 175, 217 ; G. N. Watson, 189; Jno. B. Chambers, 216; J. Williams, 216; H. R. Kempe, 216 ; N. C. Bridge, 272 ; H. A. Dibdin, 395 'Prisection of a Certain Angle, A. S. Field, 90 ; M. F. Fitzgerald, 140
University College War Memorial, Gregory Foster and Others, 357
Vulcan Foundry, Rhys Jenkius, 140
Water Power, Development of. Prior Lieu, 528
Wear of Wagon Journals, S. R. C. Fraser, 38 Wild-Barfield Process, Automatic and Electric Furnaces, JJmited, 499, 597 ; R. E. Crompton, 573
Woman Engineer, V. Key Jones, 61

LEWIS, E. H., on Iron Portland Cement, Liege District, Reconstruction Work in. Lifeboats—see Ships
Lighthouses, Aerial, 500
Lindsay, F. E., on Measuring an Involute
Gear from the True Pitch Cone, 581
Lineham, W. J., on the Hardening of Screw Gauges, 318, 443, 478; (Letters), 499, 573, 597
Links in the History of Engineering, Rhys Jenkins, 162, 519
Liquid Fuels, Spontaneous Ignition Temperatures of, Harold Moore, 111
Liquid State, Experimental Studies in, Sidney Skinner, 424, 444

LITERATURE: Reviews:

Ball Hardness Tost, Ing. Francesco Figari, 453
Coal Analysis, Bulletin No. 4, Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Research Association, F. G. Sinnatt, 353
Coal Mining and the Coal Miner, H. F. Bulman, 479, 506
Die Zwei Weisson Volker, Georg von Hase Koehler, 183, 209, 238, 263
Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels, Walter Pollock, 225
Iron Bacteria, D. Ellis, 453, 478
Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1919, 428
Land Drainage : From Field to Sea, C. H. J. Clayton, 225, 353
Mathematical Theory of Electricity, Treatise on, A. E. H. Love, D.Sc., 379
Modern Road Construction, F. Wood, 507, 580
Modern Roads, H. P. Boulnois, 22. 532
Motor Vehicles and their Engines, E. S. Fraser and R. B. Jones, 225
Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Acts, H. F. Moulton and J. H. Evans-Jackson, 556, 605
Realities of Modern Science, An Introduction, &c., John Mills, 301
Storage Battery Practice, R. Rankin, 95
Tanks in the Great War, 1914^1918, Brevet- Colonel J. F. C. Fuller, 429, 628
The Times Survey Atlas of the World, Part I., 73
Thermodynamics for J^ngineers, Sir Alfred Ewing, 653
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips : His Life and Letters, J. S. and H, G. Thompson, 452

LITERATURE: Short Notices:

Abrasives and Abrasive Wheels, F. B. Jacobs, 479, 507
Aerodvnamics, Applied, G. P. Thomson, 507, 533'
Aeroplane Design, Theory and Practice of, S. T. G. Andrews and S. F. Benson, 379
All About Anthracite, A. L. Summers, 379
Boiler Feed Water : Effects, Treatment, and Analysis, P. G. Jackson, 453, 479
Case for Capitalism, Hartley Withers, 507, 580
Costing Problem, E. T. Elbourne, 22, 379 Dyeing Industry, S. H. Higgins, 379
Electric Power Transmission, Alfred Still, 353
Engineering Draughtsman, E. Howarth, 429, 507
Forests, Woods, and Trees in Relation to Hygiene, Augustine Henry, 507, 605
Foster’s Pocket Reference Books, Mrs. Frank Foster, 301
Glass Manufacture, Walter Hosenhain, 73
Heat and Heat Engines, Examples in, T. Peel, 22, 379
Indicator Handbook, C. N.* Pickworth, 581, 605
Industry and Finance (Supplementary Volume), Adam W. Kirkaldy, 453, 507
Labour Difficulties and Suggested Solutions, W. J. Deeley, 479, 580
Machine Drawing for Electrical Engineers, Text-book on, Edward Blythe, 507, 533
Metallography, Principles of, Robert S. Williams, 429
Metals in Aircraft Construction, Wilfred Hanby, 533, 605
Mineralogy of the Rarer Metals, E. Cahen , and W. O. Wooton, 453
Modern llluminants and Illuminating Engineering, Leon Gaster and J. S. Dow, 353
Molesworth’s Pocket Book of Engineering Formula, 1919, 73
Ozone, E. K. Rideal, 653
Pyrometry, C. R. Darling, 653
Rectangular Areas, 429
Scientific Factory Management, A. D. Denning, 22, 353
Standard Rubber Tires for British Standard Rims, 453
Steamship Coefficients, Speeds and Powers C. F. A. Fyfe, 533, 605
Steel Works Analysis, J. O. Arnold and T. Ibbotson, 43, 353
Talks with Workers on Wealth, Wages and Production, 429 507
Use of Low-grade and Waste Fuels for Power Generation, J. B. C. Kershaw, 453
Waterproofing Engineering, Joseph Ross, 301 Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, H. M. Dowsett, 533
Wireless Transmission of Photographs, M. J. Martin, 507, 533
Wiring Rules of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, &c., 173
Zinc and its Alloys, T. E. Lones, 301

LITERATURE: Books Received:

Aeronautics, Elementary, A. P. Thurston, 479 Aircraft in Peace and the Law, J. H. Spaight, 479
Airman’s International Dictionary, Lieut. M. M. Dander, 453
Algebra for Engineering Students, G. S. Eastwood and J R. Fielden, 429
All the World’s Aircraft, 1919, C. J. Grey, 184 Alternating-current Work, A. Shore, 225 Architects’ and Surveyors’ Diary foi’ 1920^ Mark Waterlow, 225
Asbestos and the Asbestos Industry, A Leonard Summers, 22
Aviation Pocket-book for 1919-20, R. B. Matthews, 479
Book-keeping and Business Map, H. Pieen, 453
Bradford (chamber of Commerce Year book, 1919, 43
British Trade with Brazil, Arthur Abbott, 453 Briton in Flanders : Pocket Interpreter E. V. Bisschop, 145
Calculating Diagrams for Design of Reinforced Concrete Sections, J. Williamson, 453
Calculation of Electric Conductors, W. T. Taylor, 145
Chemists’ Manual of Non-ferrous Alloys, J. R. Downie, 453
Coal Economy, How to Reduce Coal Consumption by Fifty Million Tons per Year, W. H. Casmey, 453
Combines and Trade Organisations, Memorandum on, John Hilton, 22
Commercial Arbitrations, E. J. Parry, 479 Design of Screw Propellers with Special Reference to Aircraft, H. C Watts, 479 Diesel Engine Design, H. F, P. Purday, 479 Education and Training for the Electrical and Allied Engineering Industries, &c., 453 Electrical Engineering, Examples in, J. F. Gill and F. J. Teago, 22
Electrical Equipment of Ships, Regulations for, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 43
Electricity : Its Production and tion, R. FL Neale, 479
Electro-chemistry, A Treatise on, Blount, 43
Factory Management Wastes and Oxy-acetylene Welding Manual, Lieutenant Lorn Campbell, jun., 507
Painters’ Pocket-book, A. Seymour Jennings, 95
Papermaking and its Machinery, T. W. Chalmers, 479
Peat Industry Reference Book, F. T. Gissing, 453
Private Companies : Their Utilities and the
Exemptions they Enjoy, H. W. Jordan, 43 “ Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, January to May, 1919, 22 Profit Sharing, A. Trombert, 453 Propagation of Electric Currents in Telephone and Telegraph Conductors, Dr. J. A. Fleming, 453
Reminders for Company Secretaries, H. W. Jordan, 22
Revision Arithmetic Logarithms, Slide Rule, Mensuration, &c., Terry Thomas, 69
Selected Studies in Elementary Physics for the Wireless Student, E. Blake, 533
Self-taught Mechanical Drawing and Elementary Machine Design, F- L. Silvester, 69 Sheffield, Heavy Engineering Trade of, 605 Ships’ Boats : Their Qualities, Construction, &c., E. W. Blocksidge, 453
Sight Rails Record, M. S. Excell, 453
Sight Rails, A Treatise on, M. S. Excell, 453 Storing : Its Economic Aspects and Proper
Methods, H. B. Twyford, 507 Streamline Kite Balloons, Design and
Stability of, &c., Captain P. H. Sumner, 453 Stresses in Hooks and other Curved Beams,
E. S. Andrews, 453
Structural Steel Work, Construction of Steel- framed Building, E. G. Beck, 453
Sydney, Port of, N.S.W., Official Handbook, 605
Syren and Shipping International Mercantile Diary and Year-book, 1920, 184
Tacheometer Tables, H. Louis and G. W. Caunt, 22
Telephonic Transmission, Theoretical and Applied, J. G. Hill, 453
Telephony Without Wires, P. R. Coursey, 95 The Practical Engineer Electrical Pocketbook and Diary, 1920, 507
Theory of Determinants, Vol. ITT., Sir Thomas Muir, 453
Whittaker’s Electrical Eng'neers’ Pocketbook, 605
Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, H. M. Dowsett, 533

LIVERPOOL Engineering Society—see Associations, &c.
Lloyd’s Register—see Ships
Locomotive Valve Gear, Development of, James Dunlop, 618
Locomotives, Railway—see Railways Logs, Storing, 251
London County Council Tramways, 275 London Traffic, 407—see also Roads Advisory Committee
London Water—see Water Supply
Lubricating Oils, Compounded, H. M. Wells and J. E. Southcombe, 145
Lubrication—see Engines
Lyons, Congress at, on Building, 166

MACHINE Shop Extensions—see Works

MACHINE TOOLS:

Alfred Herbert's Machine Tool Works, 632 Broaching Machine, Vickers Limited, 554, 558 Capstan loathe with Rotating Multiple Stops, Alfred Herbert, Limited, 632
Centralised Control Radial Drilling Machine, J. Archdale and Co., Limited, 303
Cutting Power of Lathe Turning Tools, George Burley, 12
Grinder, Small Bench Surface, Alfred Herbert, Limited, 657
Inclinable Power Press, Regent Shears (1918), Limited, 606
Large Crank Shaft Turning Machine, Hulse and Co., Limited, 350, 358
“ Paddle ” Tool Grinder, Luke and Spencer, Limited, 511
Shears, High-speed Guillotine, Regent Shears (1918), Limited, 606
Sheet Metal Working Machines, Regent Shears (1918), Limited, 606
Standardisation of Gears for Machine Tools, 217
Two-speed Electric Drill, Scholey and Co., Limited, 328, 329

MACLEAN, J. N., on the Art of Casting in High-tensile Brass, 318
Magneto, The ML. Oscillating High-tension, 600
Mallet Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives
Manchester Association of Engineers—see Associations
Manchester, Smoke Problem in, 502 Manchester Steam Users* Association, Report by C. E. Stromeyer, 61—see also Boiler Explosions
Manoeuvring—see Ships
Manufacturers and Producers, Conference of, 145, 171
Marine Engines—see Engines
Marine Propelling, &c.—see Ships
Marine Turbines—see Turbines
Marshall, C. F. D., on the Evolution of the “Heavier than Air” Flying Machine, 83 ; (Letters), 254, 272
Materials, Choice of, 531
May, H., and C. I. Campbell, on Rigid Airship Performance, 138
Measuring an Involute Bevel Gear from the True Pitch Cone, F. E. Lindsay, 581
Measuring Machine, Universal, Society Genevoise d’Instruments Physique, 472, 476 (2’wo- page Supplement, May 1th, 1920)
Mechanical Reduction Gears in Warships, Engineer-Commander H. B. Tostevin, 368, 405
Mechanical Stokers as Applied to Lancashire and other Narrow-flued Boilers, D. Brownlie, 316, 379 ; (Letters), 395, 432, 445, 483, 499, 528, 552, 573
Melbourne—see Railways
Mensforth, H., on Works Management and the Human Element, 128
Mesopotamia, Irrigation and Cotton Growing in, 133
Metallurgy and Metallography, Dr. Rosenhain, 86
Metals and Time, 325
Metals—see also Non-ferrous
Metcalfe, A. Wharton, on the Sw’iss Rhone- Rhine Navigation Project, 212, 264', 290, 341, 389
Meteorological Office, Status of the, 228
Meter—see Alignment
Microphones, Oscillator and Other Devices used in Submarine Signalling, Report by Hammond V. Hayes, 491
Microscope, Series of Papers Read at Symposium held by the Faraday and other Societies, 85—see Associations
Miner and the State, 43
Mineral Resources, Imperial, 401 Mineral Statistics, Our, 390 Ministry of Munitions—Stocks in Hand. 43, 166, 310
British Non-ferrous Mining Industry, 552,
Non-ferrous Materials, 43, 166, 310

Ministry of Transport :

Inland Waterways Committee Appointed, 584 : Intelligence Service and Library, 198
London Traffic—see Roads Advisory Committee
Ministry and Railway Matters—see Railways
Ministry of Transport, 651
North-East Coast, Traffic Congestion, 648 Roads Advisory Committee, 113, 171, 407 Transport in Relation to the State, Sir Eric Geddes, 325, 332
Molybdenum—see Iron and Steel
Monypenny, J. H. G., on the Structure o? Some Chromium Steels, 547
Moore, Harold, A Note on the Lubrication of Diesel Engines, 525
Moore, Harold, on Spontaneous Ignition Temperatures of Liquid Fuels, 111
Moore, H., and S. Beckinsale, on the Removal of Internal Stress in 70 : 30 Brass, &c., 318
Morris, J., on Some Points on the Whirling of Shafts, 157
Motor Boat Engines—see Engines
Motor Boats—see Ships
Motor Car Engines—see also Engines
Motor Cars, Electrical, and Equipment—see Electrical Matters
Motor Fuels, Price of, 245, 249
Motor Omnibuses, Stability of, 401 ; (Letter), 432
Motor Tractor Trials, Agricultural, 112, 113
Motor Vehicle Radiator with Deane Tubes, 484 ;
(Note), 511 ; (Letter), 528
Motor Vehicles, Producer Gas for, D. J. Smith, 122
Moulders—see Labour

NASMYTH, James, Portrait; Steam Hammer ; Steam Scoop for Factory ; Early Locomotives ; Design for Floating Motor, 287
Naval Matters—see Ships, also Naval Notes Naval Notes :
Cruisers as Merchantmen, 47 Fast Light Cruisers, 47 Havoc of British Mines, 48 Helium Plant, A New, 47 United States Construction, 47
Navigation Project, Swiss Rhone-Rhine, A. Wharton-Metcalfe, 212, 264, 290, 341, 389
Navvy—see Steam Navvy
New Zealand and Her Resources, 251
New Zealand Suction Dredger Kaione, 373 Nitrate—see Ammonium
Nitrogen Products Committee’s Report, 97 ; (Letter), 175
! Non-ferrous Materials—see also Ministry of Munitions
Non-ferrous Metals, Use of, in Warships, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir G. Goodwin, 268, 300
Norbury, A. L., on the Effect of Various Elements on the Electrical Resistivity of Iron, 548
North British Locomotive Company’s War Work, 572
North-East Coast, Traffic Congestion, 648

OBITUARY:

Allen, Sir Charles,
Brindley, Harry (Letter), 395
Chittick, Charles, 322
Drysdale, John W. W., 653
Hall-Brown, Ebenezer, 533
Heenan, Hammersley, 653
Huntington, Professor A. K.-, 420 Kempt, Irvine, 533
Lyster, Anthony George, 322 Mappin, Sir Frank, 581 Metcalfe, James, 420
O’Shea, Lucius Trant, 420
Powis-Bale, Manfred, .301
Procter, James, 277
Sheldon, William, 599
Worsdell, Wilson, 402

OBSERVATORY, Royal, Greenwich, 606 Observing Temperatures—see Ships .
Oil Engines—see Engines
Oil Fuel on Railways—see Railways
Oil Fuel on Ships—see Ships
Oils, Compounded Lubricating, H. M. Wells and J. E. Southcombe, 145
Omnibuses, Motor, Stability of, 401 ; (Letter). 432
Optical Glass and Apparatus at the Physical and Optical Societies’ Exhibition, 62
Ore Discoveries in Switzerland, 348
Organisation of Payment by Results, J. E.
Powell, 509, 528, 531, 552, 584, 600, 637, 656
Oscillating High-tension Magneto, The M.L., 600
Osomsis—see Electrical Matters

PARAFFIN Engines—-see Engines
Paraffin Wax, Removal of, from Petroleum ;
Filter Presses for. Geo. Fletcher and Co., 121 Patent Applications, 60
Patent Applications, United States, 197 Patent Interferences, United States, 289

PATENT SPECIFICATIONS: British:

Aeronautics, 614
Batteries and Accumulators, 311, 388, 413 Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 565 Cranes and Conveyors, 130, 182, 414, 544 Dynamos and Motors, 27, 261, 285, 363, 463, 489, 517
Engines, Internal Combustion, 53,
129, 155, 207, 235, 261, 285, 311, 463, 489, 543, 565, 613, 663
Engines, Steam, 517, 518, 637
Gas Producers, 54, 566
Lighting and Heating, 27, 104, 155, 364, 387, 414, 437
Locomotives, 413
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 28, 54, 103, 129, 208, 262, 286, 364, 388, 437, 49 , 566, 589, 638, 664
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 79, 156, 262, 286, 311, 338, 364, 464, 566, 613, 638, 664
Mines and Metals, 28, 156, 285, 388, 464, 590
Miscellaneous, 28, 80, 130, 156, 182, 208, 236, 262, 286, 312, 364, 388, 414, 437, 490, 518, 590, 614, 638
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 54, 312, 490, 544, 664
Pumping and Blowing Machinerv, 28, 54, 156, 236, 312, 337, 490, 517
Railways—see Tramways, tkc.
Ships and Boats, 104, 338, 518, 566
Steam Generators, 27, 103, 129, 155, 235, 261, 387, 543, 565, 589, 637, 663
Switchgear, 27, 53, 79, 103, 181, 207, 285, 337, 363, 413, 437, 463, 517, 543, 590, 613
Telegraphy and Telephony, 129, 155, 262, 337, 413, 464, 489, 544, 565, 590, 613
Tramways and Railways, 104, 181, 207, 236, 518, 664
Transformers, 544, 589
Transmission of Power, 53, 80, 181, 208, 286, 311, 363, 413, 437, 463, 518, 589
Turbine Machinery, 27, 155, 207, 387, 489, 543, 638

PATENTS Act, New, 72
Payment by Results—see Labour Peat, Power Alcohol and, 97
Peel, D. P., on Timing Diesel Engine Valves, 559 ; (Letter), 597
Pelton Wheel Jet Deflector, P. W. Seewer, 583 Personal and Business Announcements, 26, 52, 78, 102, 128, 180, 234, 260, 284, 310, 338, 364, 388, 438, 464, 490, 518, 544, 564, 588, 614, 664
Petrol Engines—see Engines
Petrol Report, Board of Trade, 245, 249 Petroleum, Removal of Paraffin Wax from, 121 Phosphorus in Steel, J. H. Whiteley, 524 Photomicrographs of Iron—see Iron and Steel Photomicrography, Papers Read at Symposium
Held by the Faraday and other Societies, 85 —for Titles, see Associations
Physical and Optical Societies’ Exhibition, 62 Pile Driver, Large Reinforced Concrete,
Christian! and Nielsen, 599, 602
Pilling, Henry, on the Uniflow Steam Engine, 454, 455, 480 ®
Pinions and Shafts for Double Helical Gears, W. J. Kearton, 186
Plans, Storing, 230
Plough. Fowler Eight-furrow Turning, 650, 654
Pneumatic Plant—see Portable
Portable Engines—see Engines
Portable Pneumatic Plant for Welding Work, Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company, 457
Portable Wireless Receiver, British Thomson-
Houston Company, 394
Position Gauges, Their Jigs, Construction and Calculations, A. G. Robson, 157
Powell, J. E., on the Organisation of Payment by Results, 509, 528, 531, 552, 584, 600, 637, 656
Power Alcohol and Peat, 97
Power Press, Inclinable—see Press
Power Signalling at Southport, 142,
Power Station Design and Supply—see Electrical Matters
Precisipn Gauges and their Jigs, A. G. Robson, 574, 575
Press, Power, Inclinable, Regent Shear-s (1918). Limited, 606 '
Presto'n, G. F., oh the Design and Treatment of
Steel Castings, 524
Prevention of Corrosion—see Corrosion
Price of Motor Fuels, 245, 249
Primrose, J. »S. Glen; on Railway Dynamometer Cars, 534
Producer Gas fdr Motor Vehicles, D. J. Smith, 122
Production, Increased, Government Committee, 355
Properties of Steel—see Iron and Steel Protection of Wooden Bridges from Fire, 448 Pump, Centrifugal, for Handling Tree Stumns A. B. Wood, 445
Pumping Set, High-pressure Turbine, Mather and Platt, Limited, 228
Pumping Station at Whitacre, Birmingham 622, 623, 626
Pumps, Two Horizontal Vacuum, F. Pearn and Co., Limited, 174
Purchasing Bureau, 584
“ Pusher.s ”—see Ships

RADIATOR, Bernard Deane, for. Motor ^Vehicles, 484 ; (Note), 511; (Letter),;528

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTBRS: General

See also Annual Article
Floors for Railway Under-bridges, 391, 416
Grand Trunk Railway Bridge, Strengthening Spans, 230
International Railway Association, 549
Ministry of Transport :
National Wages Board Report, 604, 633 Privately Owned Wagon Census, 195 Railway Policy, 378 ; (Paragraph), 420 Railway Rates Advisory Committee’s Report, 87
Railway Rates, Wages and Methods, 41 Railway Wagons, 192
Some Railway Operating Problems, Major- General Sir H. W. Thornton, 555, 560
Statement by Sir Eric Geddes, 398 ; (Correction), 425
Still Awaiting the Railway Policy, 555
Ton-mile Statistics, 402
Transport in Relation to the State, Sir Eric Geddes, 325, 332
New Railway Statistics, 416
Railway Accident Inquiries in 1919,’338
Railway Accident Reports Issued in January, 173
Railwaymen’s Wages, 604, 633
Railway Metal Cofferdam, E. W. Stoney, 241
Railway Tank Wagon for Conveyance of Ammonium Nitrate, Leeds Forge Company, 176
Railways and the State, 325
Selby Railway Accident Report, 67, 72 ; (Letter), 633
Wages Questions—see also Labour
Workshop Cars, Railway, Made by the Great Eastern Railway, 426, 430

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTBRS: British, Colonial and Indian :

Ambulance Train and other Rolling Stock for War Use in France Built at Lancing Works of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 568
British Railway Workshops in War Time, 426, 430, 568, 578
Cross-country Express Trains, 214
Districting the Railways, 627
Great Eastern Railway War Work at Stratford, 426, 430
Indian Railway Administration Report, 304
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Power Signalling at Southport, 142, 150
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, War Work at Brighton and Lancing, 568, 578
Melbourne Suburban Railways Electrification, 40, 44, 66, 70
Selby Railway Accident Report, 67, 72 ; (Letter), 633

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTBRS: Foreign:

Bilbao Metropolitan Railway, 582
Electric Traction on Swedish Railways, 265
Federated Malay States Government Railways, New Works for, 440
Hauenstein Tunnel, 255.; (Letters), 572
Oil Fuel on the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, 494
Swiss Railway Dynamometer Car, J. S. G. Primrose on, 530, 534
Working of German Railways, 117

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: General:

Aeroplane Engines for Railway Locomotives, 293
Development of Locomotive Valve Gear, James Dunlop, 618
Fairbairn, W., and Sons, Locomotives, Circa 1850, 184 ; (Letter), 357
Jones and Potts, Locomotives, Circa 1850, 508
Locomotive for an English Railway Built in 1848, Hick, Hargreaves and Co., 644
Locomotive Footplate Experiences,'545, 591 ; (Letter), 633
Locomotive Wheel Balancing Machine, G, J. Churchward, 354, 355
Nasmyth, Gaskell and Co.’s Locomotives, 289 Rothwell and Co., Engines, 1831-1860, 598 Vulcan Foundry Company’s Historic Locomotives, 84, 85 ; (Letter), 140 .

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: British, Colonial, and Indian :

Bristol and Exeter Engine of 1859, 598
Colloidal Fuel and Pulverised Coal Engines J. G. Robinson, 429
Great Eastern Locomotives, 545
Great Northern Three-cylinder Engine No 1000, 466 b > •
Great Western Railway, Mixed Traffic Eight-coupled Locomotive, No. 4700, 19, 582 [Supplement, January 2nd, 1920 • Two-page Supplement, June Uh, 1920)
London and South-Western Locomotives 591 ; (Letter), 633 ’
London and South-Western Railway Six- coupled Goods Locomotive, 458
North-Eastern Railway Three-cylinder Superheater Locomotives, 524
Pearson’s Nine-foot Driver Engine of 1853, 598

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: Foreign:

Mallet Locomotives for the Virginian Railway, American Locomotive Company, 381 [Two-page Supplement, April ^th, 1920)
Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, Oil Fuel on the, 494

RANDOM REFLECTIONS:
42, 94, 118, 144, 170, 196, 250, 276, 300, 326—see Separate Index ’
Reading, The Art of, 605 Recent Advances—see Water Power Recent Changes, (.tc.-=—5ce Heat Engineering
Recent Progress—see Thermo-electricity
Reconstruction Work in the Li6ge District, 630 Recorder, COg, Electrical, 62, 63
Refrigeration, An Institute of, 1^1
Registration, Civil Engineers, 90 ; (betters), 37, 174, 188, 254, 272, 293, 326, 357, 371, 395
Reinforced Concrete Extensions to Machine Shop at Witton Works, 558 • i
Reinforced Concrete Pile Driver, Christiani and Nielsen, 599, 602 ,
Reinforced Concrete Pit Headgear at Lochore, I’russed Concrete Steel Company, 48^
Relationship Between Specific Gravity and Composition of Light Aluminium Alloys, B. W. Hales, 439
Research, Aeronautical—see Aeronautics
Research, Fuel—see Fuel c A onn
Research Laboratories in the U.S.A., 2-.I
Research—see also Scientific and Industrial, 363,421,428,624,658
Reservoir, High-service, at Saint Paul, 1.18, -40 Rhone-Rhine Navigation—see Swiss
Ridsdale, C. H., oh Valuation of Ores and Iron- making Material, 496
Roads Advisory Committee, 113, 171, 407
Robinson, .7. V., on Power Station Design in Relation to Thermal Efficiency, 655
Robson, A. G., Position Gauges,^Their .figs, Construction and Calculations, 157
Robson, A. G., on Precision Gauges and their Jigs, 574, 57.5
Rogei-s, Dr. F., on Brittleness in Nickel-chrome and other Steels, 548
Rolling Stock—see Railways, also Annual Articles
Rope—see Wire Rope •
Ropeway, Dorada, in Colombia, Ropeways,
Limited, 504, 511 ; (Letters), 552, 572, 597
Rosenhain, Dr., on Model for Representing the Constitution of Ternary Alloys, 319
Rosenhain, Dr., Mr. J. 1^. Haughton and Miss i K. Bingham, on Zinc Alloys with Aluminium and Copper, 319
Rosyth Dockyard, 632
Rothwell—see Histories
Rotors—see Balancing
Route Indicator, Automatic, Silent Guide Company, Limited, 408
Royal Agricultural Show at Darlington, 650, 654
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Report, 606
Royal Society Conversazione and Exhibits, 5(i7 Rudders, Manoeuvring and Reversing, A. 'P.
Wall, 149
Rutherford, Sir Ernest, “ Bakcrian Lecture,” 603 : (Letter), 63,3

SAAR Coal Mining—see Coal
Sealing a Mine Pump Column, 457
Science and the Iron and Steel Institute, 505 :
(Letter), 528
Science in Schools, 07

SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH :

Gas Cylinders, 303 ; (Letter), 395
Fuel Research Board’s Report, 421, 428 ; (Letter), 445
Grey and Malleable (>’ast Iron, Research, 024 Industrial Fatigue, 058

SCIENTIFIC Societies Report, Conjoint Board, 424
Screw Gauges, Hardening of, W. ?!. Lineham, 318, 443, 478 ; (Letters), 499, 573, 597
Seewer, P. W., Centrifugal Pelton .Jet Deflector, 583
Seligman, Dr. R., and Mr. P. Williams on Action of Aluminium on Hard Industrial Waters, 292 Sewage Tanks, Modified, Made in America, W. G. Kirchoffer, 570
Shafts, Some Points on the Whirling of, J. Morris, 157
Shawinigan Falls Electric Power Plant, 549 Shears—see Machine Tools
Sheet Metal Working—see Machine Tools Shells, Artillery, Semi-steel for, 602
Shells, Hydraulic .Tack Made from. Major W. H. Smitli, 576
Shepherd, J., on Failures of Turbo-generators and Suggestions for Improvements, 88, 94
Sherardising Apparatus for Small Articles, 510 Sheringham Artificial Daylight, 62

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: General:

See also Annual Articles
Balancing of Rotors and Determining Position and Amount of the Balancing Weights, J. J. King-Salter, 369, 381
Barges and Towing Boats—see Mercantile Vessels, Craft for Canal, &c.
British Shipyard in South America, 168, 17.3 ; (Correction), 202
Cadet Training, Mercantile Marine, St. George
Cadet Ship, 64
Conversion of Gunboats into Cargo Steamers, 512
C'osteira Shipvard, 168, 173 ; (Correction), 202
Development of the Motor Lifeboat, S. E. Saunders and Co., 294, 295, 298
Dimensions of Cargo Steamers, .1. Anderson, 343
Effects of Holes, Cracks and other Discontinuities in Ships’ Plating, Professor E. G. Cokerand A. L. Kimball, .344
Freeboard and Strength of Ships, Dr. J. Bruhn, 343
From Cruiser to Merchantman, 270
Japan, Shipbuilding in, 628
Lloyd’s Register Shipbuilding Returns, 119, 143, 424
Lloyd’s Register in France, 22
Lloyd’s Register in Sweden, 198 Manoeuvring and Reversing Rudders, A. T. Wall, 149
^lerchant Shipbuilding in Roval Dockyards, 275
Observing Temperatures in Marine Propelling Installations, Maurice S. Gibb, 226 Olympia Exhibition, Motor Boat and Marine and Stationary Engines at, 302, 320, 345 Our Economic Position as a Shipbuilding
Country, Sir A. Yarrow, .342 ; (Letters), 357, 371
Pushers ” for Cargo Boats, Monsieur Constan, 600
Shipbuilding in 1919, Lloyd’s Register, 119, 143
Shipbuilding Position, 143
Shipbuilding on Tyneside, 256
Ships and Ships’ Machinery Details, .599
Stabilisation of Ships by Means of Gyroscopes, P. R. Jackson, 343, 344
Steam Sloop as Floating Factory, .lames Nasmyth, 288
Superheater for Scotch Boilers, North- Eastern Marine Engineering Companv, 256
Traffic Congestion on the North-East Coast, 648
Turbulent Fluid Motion and Skin Friction, Professor!'. H. Havelock, 369
Union-Castle and the War, 624
Use of Acetylene in U.S. Navy Yards During the War, Commander H. G. Knox, 164

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: British Navy:

Hood, H.M. Battle-cruiscr, 92, 93, 313, 314, 315, 316, 324, 330 {Four-page Supplement^ Marek 2Uk, 1920)
L33, H.M. Submarine, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 139
Submarine Depot Ship Platypus, J. Brown and Co., Limited, 218, 222
Tyrian, Destroyer, 22
Whitehall, H.M. 'rorpedo-boat Destroyer, 148
Wivern, H.M. Torpedo-boat Destroyer, J. S. White and Co., Limited, 53

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Naval Matters:

British Gunfire, Effects of, at Jutland, 194, 195, 198, 199
Current Tendencie.s in Naval Design, 427 Dreadnoughts and Docks, 143
Japan, Shipbuilding in, 628
Mechanical Reduction Gear in Warships,
Commander H. B. Tostevin, 368. 405, 477 Naval Policy, First Lord’s Statement, 299, 303
Oil Fuel Equipment of the Aquitania, 621
Use of Non-ferrous ^letals in Warships, ICngi- neer Vice-Admiral Sir G. Goodwin, 268, 300

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Foreign Navies:

French Cruiser, Old, Rebuilt as (Wgo Vessel, 270
German 642
German
German German
Jutland, 194, 195, 198, 199
United States Battleshi]) Tennessee, 538 United States Navy, Annual Report of the Secretary of the, 57, 428

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels:

Argonne, Steamship, -f. S. White and Co., Limited, 457
(Yaft for Canal and River Service in the
United States 593
Chmard Liner Tyrrhonia, 657
Dunleary, Motor Lifeboat, 294, 295, 298 Dupuy-de-Lome Converted, to Belgian (’argo
Ship Peruvier, 270
Fire Floats, Morrywoathor and Sons, Limited, 396, 397, 400
Itaquatia, Launch of, at the Costeira Shipyard, Brazil, 168, 173 ; (Correction), 202 Leda, Steel Screw Passenger Stoamshij) for
Newc^astle-Bergon Route, Six* W. G. Armstrong, W’hitworth and (?o., J..imited, 482 London and North-W’estern Railway Company’s Irish Channel Turbine Steamer Curraghmore, W. Donny and Brothers, 186, 248, 252 (7^u'o-page Supplement^
February 1920 ; Four-page Supplementi March 1920)
Margaret Harkor-Smith ’Motor Lifeboat, 294, 295, 298
Narragansett, jMotor Tanker, Trial Trip, Vickers Limited, 501
Olympic, W’hito Star Liner, Ro-conditioning of, 648
St. (ieorgo. Cadet Ship, 64
Salerno, Diesel-engine Ship, 446, 447, 450 Salvage and Fire Tug Moonfleet, Merryweather and Sons, Limited, 396, 397
War Service Tug Spry, Livingstone and Cooper, Limited, 96 {Two-pagc Supplement, January 2'irdt 1920)

SHOCK and Fatigue, 451
Short Histories—see Historie.s
Show, Paris Aviation, 37 ; (Letter), 90
Show, Royal Agricultural, at Darlington, 650, 654
Shrivell, H. G., Secret Common Battery Intercommunication Telephone System, 550
Signalling, Railway—see Railways
Silent Guide Automatic Route Indicator, 408 Silicon—see Ii’on and Steel
Sinnatt, Capt. F. S., and Mr. A. Grounds, on the Agglutinating Value of Coals, 167
Skinner, Sidney, Experimental Studies
Liquid State, 424, 444 Slag— see also Iron and Steel Slag Wool for Steam Pipe Covering,
National Physical Laboratory, 73 Small Tools Works, B.S.A., 266\ 274 Smith, D. J., on Producer Gas for Vehicles, 122
Naval Construction, 1914 1918. 570, X
Submarine Minelayers, 415
Submarines, A. \V. Johns, 331
Warships Damaged at the Battle of
in the
Tests,
ilotor
Smith, Major W. H., Hydraulic Jack Mazie from Shells, 576
Smith, Professor Middleton, and A. G. Warren, on Recent Changers of Ideas (Concerning Heat Engineering, 569, 592, 615
Smoko Problem in Manchestci-, 502
Souvenii’s of the War :
A Retrospect and a Prospect, J. I. Thorny- croft and Co., 624
The Tank : Its Birth and Development, W. Foster and Co., Limited, 624
Union ('astle and the War, 624
Specific Gravity and (.’omposition of Light Aluminium Alloy.s, Relationship Betwezm. B. W. Hales, 439 ; (Correction), 483
Specification of Chemical (^imposition, 223 ; (Letter), 272
Spontaneous Ignition—see Licpiid Fuels Sabilisation, &c,—Ships
Stability of Motor Omnibuses, 401 ; (Letter), 432
Standardisation—see also Britsh Engineering, &c.
Stationary Engines—see Engines
Stead, Dr. J. E., on Fifty Years’ Progress in the Ferrous Industries, 473, 496
Steam Car, American, Scott Newcomb Automotive Steam System, 648
Steam Consumption—see Willans Line
Steam Engines—see Engines
Steam Navvy on Caterpillar Tracks, Bucyrus Company, 120
Steam Pipe Covering, National Physical !I Laboratory Tests on Slag Wool, 73
Steel—see Iron
Stokers—see Mechanical Storing Logs, 251
Storing Plans, 230
Strength of Fabrics, 452
Stresses in Anchor Chains, 48
Strikes, &c.—see Labour
Stromeyer, C. E., on Fuel Economy, 61 Stromeyer, C. E.—see also Boiler Explosions Submarine Camera, Siebe, Gorman and Co., Limited, 658
Submarine Signalling, Report by Mr. Hammond V. Hayes, 491
Submarines—see Ships
Subterranean Infiltration Galleries—see Water j Supply I
Superheater for Scotch Boilers, North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, 256
Swedish Engineering and Shipbuilding Indus- I tries, 524 j
Swiss Rhone-Rhine Navigation Project, A. Wharton Metcalfe, 212, 264, 290, 341, 389
Sympathy and Output, 351 ; (Letters), 357, 371

TELEGRAPH and Telephone Lines, Determining the Tension in, A. C. Timms, 202 Telephone System, Secret Common Battery
Intercommunication, H. G. Shrivell, 550
Tension in Lines—see Telegraph Ternary Alloys, Model for Representing the Constitution of. Dr. Rosenhain, 319
Testing Instruments at the Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition, 62
Testing Machine, Notched-bar, Humphrey, 63
Tests on Slag Wool for Steam Pipe Covering, 73
Thermo-electricity, Recent Progress in, Carl Benedicks, 617
Thompson, J. L., on Transformers for Electric Furnaces, 147
Thornton, Major-General Sir H. W., on Some Railway Operating Problems, 555, 560
Thrust Boring in Earth, Capt. A. R. Mangnall’s Machine, 369, 376
Tidal Power Stations, Theory of, M. P. Caufourier, (Letters), 432, 445, 483, 528
Timing Diesel Engine Valves, D. P. Peel, 559 ; (Letter), 597
Timms, A. C. on Determining the Tension in
Telegraph and Telephone Lines, 202 Ton-mile Statistics, 402
Tostevin, Commander H. B., on Mechanical
Reduction Gear in Warships, 368, 405, 477
Tractor, Agricultural, the Peterborough, at Darlington Show, 650, 654
Tractor Trials, Agricultural Motor, 112 113
Tractors, Agricultural, in France, 345
Tractors, Palm and Fuel Oil, Trial of, for the Belgian Congo, 140, 277 ?
Traffic Congestion on the North-East Coast, 648
Training—see Engineering
Trains and Train Control—see Railways
Tramways, London County Council, 275
Transformers—see Electrical Matters
Transport—see Ministry, also Associations
Trial of Palm and Fuel Oil Tractors for the Belgian Congo, 140, 277
Tungsten—see Iron and Steel
Tunnels, Railway—see Railways
Turbine Gearing, Alignment Meter for, W. Eccles and Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical . Company, 559
Turbine Propulsion, Developments in, R. J. Walker, 607
Ikirbine Pumps—see Pumps
Turbine Rotors—see Balancing
Turbined Ships—see Sh ps Turbines, Geared Marine, 477, 559
Turbines, the Willans Line, Alexander Jude, 545
Turbo-generators, Failures of, &c., J. Shepherd, 88, 94
Turbulent Fluid Motion, &c.—see Ships
Turning Machines—see Machine Tools
Twickenham, Government Instructional Factory at, 621
Tyneside, Shipbuilding on, 256

UNDER-BRIDGES, Railway, Floors for, 391, 416
Underpinning and Foundations of Heavy Buildings, 639
Uniflow Engine—s&e Engines
United States Patent Applications, 197
United States Patent Interferences, 289
United States Patents in 1919, 483
Universal Measuring Machine, Societe Genevoise d’Instruments Physique, 472, 476 {Two-paje. Supplement^ May 1th, 1920)
University Degrees and the Imperial College, 579
Use of Acetylene—see Acetylene
Use of Non-ferrous Metals, &c.—see Nonferrous
Uses of History, 224
Utilisation of Water Power—see Water Power
Utility Forge Hammer, Sullivan Machinery i Company, 202

VALUATION of Ores—see Iron and Steel
Valve, Evolution of, Marconi-Osram Valve Company’s Exhibits, 62
Valve Gear, Locomotive, Development of, James Dunlop, 618
Valves, Diesel Engine—see Engines Vanadium—see Iron and Steel
Volumetric Testing of Scientific Glassware, 197 Vulcan Foundry—see Works

WAGES—see Labour
Wagon, 5-Ton Steam, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 650, 654
Wagons, Railway—see Railways
Walker, R. J., on Developments in Turbine Propulsion, 607
Wall, A. T., on Manoeuvring and Reversing Rudders, 149
War Souvenirs—see Souvenirs
War Work of the Great Eastern Railway at Stratford, 426, 430
War Work of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway at Brighton and Lancing Works, 568, 578
War Work of the North British Locomotive Company, Limited, 572
Waste of Coal—see Coal
Water Cooling for Turbo-generators, 88, 94
Water Hammer Cone Apparatus, Sir C. Parsons, 507
Water Power Development, Canadian Possibilities of, Leo. G. Dennis, 365
Water Power, Recent Advances in Utilisation of, E. M. Bergstrom, 110, 124, 146, 172, 271 ; (Random Reflection), 118

WATER SUPPLY:

Birmingham District, Water Resources of the, 646
British Waterworks Association, Annual Meeting, 533
Control of Water Supplies, 42
High-service Reservoir at Saint Paul, 218, 240
Rapid Filtration Plant at Birmingham, 622, 623, 626
Revision of Charges for London Water, 269
Subterranean Infiltration Galleries for a Water Supply, 537

WATERWAYS Committee—see Ministry of Transport
Welding, Electric—see Electrical Matters
Welding Work, Portable Air Compressing Plant for. Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company, Limited, 457
Welds and Welding, 651
Wells, H. M., and J. E. Southcombe, on Compounded Lubricating Oils, 145
Wheel Balancing, Locomotive, Machine, G. J. Churchward, 354, 355
Whirling of Shafts, Some Points on, J. Morris, 157
Whiteley, J. H., on the Distribution of Phosphorus in Steel, &c., 524
Willans Line, Alexander Jude, 545
Wilson, Jno. F., on Slag Conditions in Open-hearth Basic Steel Malang Practice, 522
Wire Rope, Prevention of Corrosion, G. Cradock and Co., 656
Wireless Communication, Inter-Imperial, 280
Wireless Receiver, Portable, British Thomson - Houston Company, 394
Wireless Telegraphy Exhibits, Physical and Optical Societies, 62
Wooden Bridges, Protection of, from Fire, 448
Works for the Federated Malay States Government Railways, 440

WORKS :

Abbey Works, Lincoln, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 422 {Two-page Supplement, April 1920)
Alfred Herbert’s Works Visited by Manchester Association of Engineers, 632
B.S.A. Small Tools Works, 266, 274
Brighton and Lancing Works of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, War Work in, 568, 578
Fairbairn, W., and Sons,' Manchester, E. L. Ahrons, 184 ; (Letter), 357
Nasmyth, Wilson and Co., Limited, 287
Stratford Works of the Great Eastern Railway, War Work in, 426, 430
Vulcan Foundry Company’s Locomotive Works at Newton-le-Willows, 84, 85
Witton Works, Reinforced Concrete Extensions to Machine Shop, 558
Works Management and the Human Element, H. Mensforth, 128

WRIGHT, H. E., on the Economical and Thermal Conditions in Blast-furnace Practice, 496

YANESKE, B., and G. A. Wood, on the Reduction of Silicon from the Slag in the Acid Open, hearth Process, 522
Yarrow, Sir A., on Our Economic Position as a Shipbuilding Country, 342, 351 ; (Letter), 357

ZINC Alloys with Aluminium and Copper, Dr. Rosenhain, Mr. J. L. Haughton, and Miss K. Bingham, 319

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