The Engineer 1940 Jul-Dec: Index

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A

ABERDEEN Main Drainage Scheme, (114)
Acheson, E. G., Ltd., Pre-lubrication, (290)
Addison, H., Dimensionless Characteristics of Turbines and Pumps, 365
Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd. Paraffin Washing Equipment, 383
Algoma Steel Corporation, Ltd., Steel Developments, 73, 160
Allen, R., and G. E. Howling, Chrome Ore and Chromium, 361
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., Steam Turbine Driven Pump for Rand Water Board, 255
Alsop, R., Resignation from Steel Control, (82)
Alsthom, S. A., Interconnection of Three Different Networks, 335
Aluminum Co. of Canada, Plant Expansion, 265
Ambrose, J. G., and C. B. Mathews, Pill-boxes on Wheels, 383
"America," United States Liner, 143, 159, 173, 189, 204
American South African Line, Inc., New Cargo and Passenger Ships, (194)
Andamite, Ltd., Reinforced Concrete Air Raid Shelter, 382
Anderson Steel Shelter, 1
Andrews, L., Post-war Employment of Active Service Men, 107
Anglo-Oriental (Malaya), Ltd., Reconstructed Dredges, (416)
Armitage, H. C., Obituary, 247
Armstrong, J. Clubley, The " Danarm " Saw, 238
Ash, A. E., Obituary, 28
Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., G.W.R. Railcar Tests, 24; Twin Front Axle Six-wheeled Vehicles, 48
Assuan Dam Power Scheme, (242)
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Eightieth Anniversary, (290)
Athabasca Glacier Chalet, Canadian Scenic Highway, (34)
Audibert, Professor E., Melchett Medal Award, 387
Austen, A. E. W., A. M. Thomas and S. Whitehead, High-voltage Service Testing, 176
Austin, Edwin, Obituary, 268
Automotive Products Co., Ltd., Music in Workshops, (130)
Ayre, W., Leadership and Direction in Industry, 270; (Loading Article, 266)

B

BAGHDAD Railway, Opening, 35, (66)
Baird, J. L., Developments in Colour Television, 403
Baker, H. Wright, Unusual Methods of Temperature Measurement, 366
Baldwin Locomotive Works. Locomotives for Chile, (402)
Ball, J. D. W., Stabilising Effect of Passive Resistance on Underground Arches, 119
Baltic States Railways. (416)
Baltimore and Ohio Railway, Oil-electric Locomotives, (290)
Bamfords, Ltd., Rear-action Swath Turner and Windrower, 208
Barimar, Ltd., Welding of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals, (114)
Barr, John, Obituary, 393
Bartlett Multiple-arch Dam. U.S.A., 71, 86
Beard, J. R., Planning the Post-war World (I.E.E. Presidential Address), 278; (Leading Article, 282); (Letters, 315. 380, 397)
Beauharnois Hydro-electric Plant, (34)
Beaverbrook, Lord, Aircraft Production, 17, 387
Beilby Memorial Awards, (98). 371
Benson, F. W., Mathematical Ships' Lines, (16) Berlin West Power Station, 198
Best, F., Obituary, 123
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Ships for Delta Line, (169); Sparrow's Point Plant Reconditioned, (226); " Robin Locksley " Launched, (370)
Beveridge, Sir William, A Man-Power Survey, 1 Bevin, Ernest, Appeal to Labour, 243
B.H.B. Engineering Co., Ltd., "Rytecraft Safeti-Line " Road Marker, 239
Bhupendra Cement Works, Electrically Driven Ropeway, 104
Bingham-Copperfield Tunnel, Traffic and Ventilation Control Systems, 256
Binns, Asa, Mainly the Port of London (I. Mech. E. Presidential Address), 259, 261
Birmingham Engineering Classes, (16)
Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting, (354)
Bitterfeld Aluminium Works, Germany, 263 Blohm and Voss Yards Bombed, 339
Blunt, F. S., Retirement from P.L.A., (386)
Board, A. V., Appointed Controller of Plastics, (194), (274)
Boeing Aircraft Co., Stratosphere Research, (82)
Boeing " B.17 " Bomber, 320
Bolson, S. T., Planning for the Future, 380
Bombay Port Closed, (10)
Boon, W. L., The Production of Coke, 334
Boston, U.S.A., Power Station, Pulverised Coal Boiler Plant, 89
Bradfield, K. N. E., The Size of an Aircraft Landing Field, 230
Bragg, Sir William, Royal Society Anniversary Address, 355
Braithwaite, Burn and Jessep Construction Co. Ltd., Re-girdering Nerbada Bridge, (242)
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Modification of Aluminium-silicon Alloys, (130)
British Association of Used Machine Tool Merchants, 211
British Columbia Pulp and Paper Co., Bleaching Plant in British Columbia, 137
British Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, Staff Changes, 227
British Insulated Cables, Ltd., " Spitfire " Fund, (194) Laboratory at Liverpool University, (416)
British Power Boat Co., Ltd., [Royal Air Force|R.A.F.]] Rescue Launch, 377
British Rheologists' Club, (274), (369)
British Road Federation, Ltd., Overloading the Rails, (185)
British Ropeway Engineering Co., Ltd., Electric Drive of an Indian Ropeway, 104
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Flameproof Motors in Industry, 109; Improved Light Source, 160; Transformers for Electric Furnaces, 367
British Timken, Ltd., " Going to It," 137; Fund to Help Raid Victims, (336)
Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd., Centrifugal Quenching Machine, 321
Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Shipbuilding. (171), (194); Steel Making Semi-jubilee, (338)
Brown, Boveri and Co., Re-closing Air Blast High-speed Circuit Breakers, 62
Brown, C. A. Cameron, Electricity on the Farm, 303; (Leading Article, 299)
Brown, David, and Sons (Rudd.), Ltd., Involute Profile Testing Machine, 356
Brown, John, and Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting, 1
Bruce, A. K., Beau do Rochas, Otto and the Four-stroke Cycle Engine, 5
Bruce Peebles and Co., Ltd., All-welded Electric Motor, 232
Brunswick Tunnel, Harrogate, to be Used as Air Raid Shelter, (178)
Budd, E. G., Co., Stainless Steel Railway Coaches, (123)
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, New Railcars, (402)
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Annual Meeting, 387
Burbridge, L., Obituary, (397)
Bureau of Analysed Samples, Ltd., Ferromanganese and Stainless Steel Standards, (402)
Bureau of Information on Nickel, Strengthen" Ni-Hard " Irons by Annealing, 273
Burma Road and Industrial Development in China, C. A. Middleton Smith, 332
Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., Solex Pneumatic Micrometer, 374
Buxton, M. B., Obituary, 268
Bywater, H. C., Obituary, 123

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CALEDON Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Mr. E. P. Brown Appointed Chairman, (178)
Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Air. R. S. Johnson Appointed Chairman, 307
Canadian Engineering Standards Association, Electrical Equipment, 14
Canadian Ford Co.. Windsor Factory Extensions, (98)
Canadian Locomotive Co., Extensions at Kingston, (258), (354)
Canadian National Railways, Steel Pile Bridge Piers, 20; " The International Limited," 180, 277; Locomotive " No. 6169," 276; Express Locomotive " No. 6401 " and " U4 " Class Locomotive, E. H. Livsay, 308
Canadian Pacific Railway, " 2800 " Express Freight Locomotive, 260; Express Locomotives " No. 3101 " and " No. 2925," Edward H. Livesay, 309
Canadian-Vickers, Ltd., Minsweeper Orders, (322)
Cape Town Improvements, 366
Cape Town's New Harbours, 185
Carpenter, Sir Harold, Obituary, 179; Honda Prize Award, (258)
Carrier, W. H., Technical Education from the Employer's Standpoint, 296; (Leading Article, 298)
Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd., Producer Gas Lorries, (274)
Cedar Rapids Power Station, (146)
Celotex, Ltd., Sound-absorbing Tiles, (274) Central Electricity Board, War Emergency Stations, 211. (274)
Chamberlain, E. A. C., Conversion of Petrol Vehicles to Operate on Town Gas, 239, 254; (Letters, 268, 315, 347, 365, 380, 397)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway, Welded Box Wagons, (416)
Chicago and North-Western Railroad. " 400 " Diesel-electric Locomotives, (130), 196; " The Pacific Limited," 292
Chicago River. Canalising, 105
Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority, (274)
Chrysler. W. P., Obituary, 123
Chu Valley Irrigation, (210)
City and South London Railway, Jubilee, 291
Clark, James, and Eaton, Ltd., " Luxoid " Flexible Glass Substitute, (402)
Clay Products Technical Bureau, Rational Design of Load-bearing Brickwork, 129
Clayton, D. Lubrication and Wear, 383
Clougher, N. M., Canadian and United Kingdom Export, 247
Clyde Committee of Inquiry, 131
Coldair, Ltd., Refrigeration for Duralumin Rivets, 81
Cologne and its Environs, 39 1
Concrete. Ltd., Pill-boxes on Wheels, 383
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co, Ammonia Plant, (214)
Controlled Heat and Air, Ltd., Heating Air Raid Shelters, 398
Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd., Measuring Microscope, 356; Optical Dividing Head, 374
Cornelius, H., and W. Trossen, Pendulum Hardness Testing Machine, 319
Cornish Ochre Mines, Ltd., Mines Re-opened, (322)
Cotterman, F. D., and R. E. Falls, The Design of Large High-pressure Steel Valves, 229
Cox, A. B., Civil Liaison, (44)
Cox, H. Jasper, Japanese Presentation, (178)
Cranes (Dereham), Ltd., An 80-Ton Trailer, 153
Crawford, W. R., Theory of Screw Fans, 150, 166
Crawfurd, H. E., Iron and Steel Scrap, 29
Critchley, G. R.. Honorary M.A. Degree, (66)
Crofts, J. W., Cause and Purpose in Natural Law, 268
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Electrification of New Pralhad Mills, Bombay, 23
Crown Colonist Map of the Colonial Empire, (416)
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Rail Collision, (162)

D

Dalrymple-Hay, Sir Harley H., Obituary, 409
Daniels, T. H. and J., Ltd., The " Danarm " Saw, 238
Dansie, Arthur, Obituary, 393
Dauphin, Manitoba, Flying Training School, (226)
David, W. T., The Process of Combustion in Spark Ignition Engines, 121; Some Fallacies Concerning the Petrol Engine, 388
Davidson, Major-General A. E., Appointed Colonel Commandant, R.E., (16)
Davis, R. F., Steam Generation at High Pressures, 387, 399, 412; (Leading Article, 408)
Davy, C. S., Obituary, 203
Dawson Brothers, Ltd., Machines for Cleaning Metal Parts, 95
Delaware Aqueduct, New York, 100, 116 Delaware River Deepening, (306)
Deloro Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd., Development in Cutting Tools, 201
De Malglaive Shipping Co., Ltd., (98)
de Neuman, A. M. Steel in Germany's War Economy, 376
Denny Memorial, Institution of Naval Architects' Library, (50)
de Rochas, Beau, Otto and the Four-stroke Cycle Engine, A. K. Bruce, 5
Dewhurst, P. C., Steel v. Copper Fire-boxes, 366
Diskin, A. B., Automatic Feed for Lathes, (370)
Dixon, Edward, Obituary, 283
Dixon, W., and Co., Glasgow Gas Supply, (194)
Dlugokansky, A. A., Roentgen Monocle, (370)
Dniepr-Bug Canal, (290)
Dniepr and Donets High-tension Transmission Line, (220)
Dobson, J. E., The Purchaser Pays, 380
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, Ltd., Canadian High-pressure Topping Unit, 381
Dortmund-Ems Canal, 59
Dorval Airport, Montreal, Large Hangar, (370)
Douglas B.19 " Bomber, 320
Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., Centenary, 305
Downie, J. W., Obituary. (242)
Dravo Shipbuilding Corporation, Welded Steel Coal Barges, (98)
Drayton Regulator and Instrument Co., Ltd., the Variostat, 269, 284
Duisburg-Ruhrort Harbour, Germany, 342
Duncanson, J. M., Deputy Controller of Steel Supplies, 115
Durban-Sydney Air Service, (29)

E

EDALE Valley Water Scheme, 371
Edmonds, H. M., and W. J. Peck, Heat Combustion in Refrigerating Machines, 89
Egerton, A. C. G., Power and Combustion (Hawksley Lecture), 326
Emden Harbour, Germany, 91
"Empress of Britain", Loss of, 275
ENGINEER, THE, Since 1856, 9
English Electric Co., Ltd., Developments in Air-Break Circuit Breakers, 124, 132
Eriksberg Shipyard, Sweden, Extensions, (402)
Evans, E. A., Oxidation of Lubricating Oils, 7

F

FALLS, R. E., and F. D. Cotterman, The Design of Large High-pressure Steel Valves, 229
Federated Malay States Railways, (210)
Fanning, R. W., and A. C. Whiffin, The Process of Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines, 76
Ferodo, Ltd., Physical Research Laboratory, 349
Ferranti, Ltd., Lightning-proof Transformers, 224; Dynamic Balancing of Rotors, 324
Fildes Medal, Institution of Factory Managers, (322)
Fisher " Carbanalyzer," Griffin and Tatlock, Ltd., 46
Fisher Deane Engineering Co., Ltd., Waste Wood Destructor, 220
Fogg, A., and S. A. Hunwicks, The Static Friction of Lubricated Surfaces, 206, 214; (Leading Article, 202)
Ford Motor Co., Agricultural Engineering Scholarships, (63)
Forward, E. A., Links in the History of the Locomotive (Wilson's Four-cylinder), 108, 117
Fowler, John, and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., Portable Generating Set for Emergency Pumping Duty, 12
Francis, J. L., Pressure-resisting and High-duty Iron Castings, 93
Frecheville, Professor W., Obituary, 93
French, J. W., Skilled Labour, 140
Friedman, A. S., Timber Arches for Buildings, (34)
Fushiki Cardboard Manufacturing Co., Furfural from Rice Straw, (416)

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GANZ and Co., Railcars for Buenos Aires, (178)
Gee and Co., Renewal Fees on German Patents, 397
General Electric Co., Ltd., Broadcast Music in Workshops, 31; Discriminative Over-current and Earth Leakage Protection, 45; Heavy Duty Slip-ring Motors, 62; Device for Keeping Ships in Convoy Station, 112; Electrode Thermal Storage Equipment at Poplar Town Hall, 128; Philplug Jointing Material, (231); Electric Micrometer, 375; New Use for " Osira " Black Glass Lamps, 382
General Electric Co. of America, Gas Detector Analyser, (50); Photo-electric Meter Testing, 190; Barium as a Lubricant, (407); Steam Turbine Building, (354)
General Engineering Co., Multiple-gang Flush Riveter, 238
Gill, Commander, and Lieut.-Commander Harding, Radio Aids to Marine Navigation, 350
Glasgow Harbour Equipment, (370)
Glasgow-Paisley Railway Centenary, 35
Glasgow University Engineering Centenary, (290), 348
Glasgow's Bus Washing Plant, G. D. Peters and Co. Ltd., (146)
Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., Automatic Float Valves for Rangoon Water Supply, 344
Glidden Co. Powdered Iron in the Paint Industry, (322)
Goetzel, C. G., and P. Schwarzkopf, Powder Metallurgy, 287
Golfito, Costa Rica, New Port, 169
Grampian Power Scheme, 83
Great Western Railway, Ruislip Extension Stopped, (16); Railcar Tests, 24; Appointments, (50), (82). (130); Taunton Derailment, 291, 307; Salvage, (338)
Grenfell, D. R., Oil from Coal, (402)
Gretna Collision, L.M.S. Railway, 291
Griffin and Tatlock, Ltd., " Microid " Automatic Lever Balance, 32; Magnetic Determination of Carbon in Steel (" Carbanalyzer "), 46
Griffith, H. G., New Use for " Osira " Black Glass Lamps, 382
Gruse, W. A., and C. J. Livingstone, Piston Deposits, Ring Sticking, Varnishing and Ring Clogging, 352
Gueritte, T. J., Pre-stressed Concrete Construction, (34)
Gzowski, C. S., Obituary, (226)

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HACKBRIDGE Electric Construction Co., Ltd., Arc Suppression Coils, 406
Hadfield, Mr. Robert, 251
Hadfield, Sir Robert, Obituary, 219, 235
Hallett, W. N., Production Problems, 77
Hamburg, Port of, 359, 362
Hamm Railway Marshalling Yard, 28
Hannifin Manufacturing Co., Centrifugal Quenching Machine, 321
Hansen Dam, Los Angeles, (306)
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Renaming of Shipbuilding Yards, (194)
Hartmann, E. C., R. L. Templin, and H. N. Hill, Tests of 28ft. Span Aluminium Alloy Trusses. 61
Haslam, S. B., Elected President, South Wales Institute of Engineers. (274)
Hawksley Lecture, Power and Combustion, A. C. G. Egerton, 326
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Cooling Quenching Oil, 80
Herbert, Sir A., Training of Labour, 10; Priority, 140
Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., Motor-driven Vertical Milling Machine, No. 47V, 368
"Hermelin," Hong Kong Built Motorship, 147, 178
Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., Rectifier Plant in War Time, 104
Hichens, Lionel, Obituary, 267
Hilger, Adam, Ltd., " Dekkor " Inspection Enlarger, 357
Hill, H. N., R. L. Templin, and E. C. Hartmann, Tests of 28ft. Span Aluminium Alloy Trusses, 61
Honda Prize Awarded to Sir H. Carpenter, (258)
Hong Kong Harbour, Sir D. Owen to Advise on Administration, 83
Hong Kong Power Station, (370)
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., Motorship " Hermelin," 147, 178; New Motorship, (242)
Hopkirk, K. H., Notes on Methods of Balancing, 38, 55, 72
Horne, Lord, Obituary, 156
Howling, G. E. and R. Allen, Chrome Ore and Chromium, 361
Hurford, W. E., Obituary, (258)

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IDANHA Dam Model, 212
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Rot-proofing Sandbags, (373)
Industrial Welfare Society, Annual Meeting, 355
Innes, J., Director of Telecommunications, 163
International Marine Radio Co., Ltd., Lifesaving Raft Light, (98)

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JACKSON, D. C., Effects of Engineering in the Present Age, 144
James, R. L., Soil Mechanics in Foundation Engineering, 126
Jenkin, C. F., Obituary, 140
Jennings, J. Pump Losses at Various Specific Speeds, 76
"Jervis Bay," H.M.S., Loss of, 323
Johnson Fel Electric, Ltd., Magnetic Crack Detection, 191
Johnson, W. A., Obituary, (146)
Johnstone, Harcourt, The Need for Export Trade, 99
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., Jig Drilling and Milling Machine, 288; Sigma-Jones Comparator, 340; " Omtimeter ' Precision Measuring Instrument, 375
Jones, J., Town Gas Fuel for Petrol Engines, 397
Juneero, Ltd., Construction Equipment, 369
Junkers Aircraft Works at Dessau, 134

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KALKFONTEIN Irrigation Dam, 336
Kayser, J. F., Permanent Magnets, 183
Kelsall, G. A., and E. A. Newbitt, " Vicalloy," (252)
Kent-Norris H., Concrete for Machine Tools, 187
Ker, Charles, Obituary, (66)
Kiel and the Kiel Canal, 27
Kiltie, O., A D.C. to A.C. Vibrator Inverter, 12
Kincaid, J. S., Obituary. 92
King, G. K., Town Gas for Petrol Engines, 347
Kinojevis Bridge, Canadian National Railways, 20
Klingenberg Power Station, Berlin, 198
Knowles, T., Controller of Coal Tar Products, (338)
Knudsen, W. S., America's Defence Programme, 387
Koping Ropeway, Sweden, 39
Kroon, R. P., Turbine-Blade Fatigue Testing, 80

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LAKE Lemoyne Bridge, Canadian National Railways, 20
Lang, C. R., Obituary, 379
Langlaagte Motor Workshops, South Africa, 228
Lake Erie Engineering Corporation, Large Press, (402)
Lauta Aluminium Works, Germany, 252
Leeds Government Training Centre, 3
Leningrad Institute of Research, Refrigeration by Solar Energy, (226)
Leuna Works of I.G. Farbenindustrie, 295
Lima Locomotive Works, Orders, (322)
Lincoln, J. A., and A. W. Soden, Glass Reinforcement for Concrete, 47
Lincoln, James F., Welding Foundation, Productive Capacity of Welding Machines, 43
Linklater, Captain T. B., Obituary, (354)
Linoleum and Floorcloth Manufacturers' Association, Linoleum as a Fire Resistant, (49)
Liverpool University High-voltage Testing Laboratory, (416)
Livesay, E. H., Further North American Locomotive Experiences, 180, 196, 260, 276, 292, 308
Livingstone, C. J., and W. A. Cruse, Piston Deposits, Ring Sticking, Varnishing and Ring Clogging, 352
Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Scholarship, (114)
Lodge, Sir Oliver, Obituary, 139
Logan, R., and A. S. T. Thomson, Wear Phenomena in Lubricated Metal Surfaces, 200; (Leading Article, 186)
London and Blackwall Railway, Centenary, 17
London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Directorate Appointments, (98); Salvage Effort, (114), (178), (307), (402); Perth-Inverness Train Accident Report, 115; Time Table Alterations, (162); " Coronation " Engine No. 25,348 for Scrap, (162); Time Bomb Removed, (210); Wembley Express Derailment, 243, 339; Gretna Collision, 291 " Coronation Scot " in U.S.A., (306)
London and North Eastern Railway, Mr. C. J. Selway's Retirement, (82); Appointments, (82); Harwich-Shotley Motorboat Service, (82); Aluminium Scrap from Booking Halls, (82); Salvage Effort, (114); Harwich-Felixstowe Ferry Service Withdrawn, (130)
Longden, E., Contraction in Grey Cast Iron, 11, 30
Loree, L. F., Obituary, (258)
Low Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., Alternative Fuels, (114)
Lukavchenko, I., Ferro-nickel in Open-hearth Furnaces, (178)
Lundberg, H., The Future of Geophysics, 265
Lyubertsy Works, Moscow, Harvesting Special Crops, (210)

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Mackay, J. B., Obituary, (268)
Manchester Ship Canal, Mr. W. G. Smith's Retirement, 403
Manchuria Electro-chemical Industrial Corporation, " Buna " Rubber Manufacture, (338)
Mansfeldsche Kupferschieferbergbau A.G., Chain Rope Railway, (370)
Marryat and Scott, Ltd., Lift Handbook, (306)
Marshall, Percival, Mobilising the Home Workshops, 29
Martin, Glenn L., Co., Rivet-Salvaging Machine, 48; Aircraft Plant Expansion, (274)
Mathews, C. B., and J. G. Ambrose, Pill-boxes on Wheels, 383
McDonald, G. G., A U-Tube Manometer for Fan Testing, 48
McKay, H. V., Massey Harris Proprietary, Ltd., Australian Binder, 105
Meehanite Research Institute, Special Alloy Iron Castings for Crane Brake Wheels, (130)
Meeker Avenue Bridge, New York, (34) Melchett Medal Award, 387
Melhuish, M., Powdered Metal and Bakelite Bearings, 240
Menai Bridge Tolls, (290)
Merriman Dam, Delaware Aqueduct, 100, 116
Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., Steam Fire and Salvage Pump, 281
Mere, C. H., Obituary, 267
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd. Trolleybus Electrical Equipment, 112; Flameproof Resistances, 207; Transformers for Resistance Welding Machines. 223; Wind Screen Wipers for Railways, 407
Metropolitan Water Board, Post-war Programme, 115
Michelin, E., Obituary, (146)
Michigan Ferry Service, (290)
Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd., Horizontal Bandsaw for Non-ferrous Metals, 127
Miller, H., Steam Wagons in War Time, (82)
Miller, W. L., Obituary, (162)
Minder, W., " Helvetium," Element " 85," (382)
Minikin, R. R., The Pressure of Earth Against Lateral Supports, 244, (290)
Mirrlees Watson Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting, 51
Mobile, Alabama, Subaqueous Tunnel, 148
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Silver in Nickel, (345)
Monsanto Chemical Co., Plastic Material for Illuminated Road Signs, (66)
Montecatini Co., Italian Synthetic Nitrogen Products Plant, 285
Moore Dry Dock Co., Welded Ships, (290)
Moore, H., Physics and Windows in War Time, 280
Morgan, Sir Charles, Obituary, 332
Morse Chain Co., Ltd., Works Air Raid Shelter, 320
Mossfield Colliery Explosion Report, 291
Mountain. A. R., Obituary, (130)
Murmansk Ferro-concrete Dock, (322), (370)

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"NARWHAL," H.M. Submarine, Loss of, (210)
National Bronze and Aluminium Foundry Co., " T-1 " Aluminium Alloy, (416)
National Institute of Industrial Psychology, Training Employees, (270); Annual Report, 387
National Physical Laboratory, Daylight. Illumination, 160
Negretti and Zambra, Gauging the Thickness of Diaphragm Blanks, 340
Nerbada Bridge. Regirdering, (242)
Nesfield Deane Waste Wood Destructor, 220
New Conveyor Co., Ltd., Pre-selective Discharging Conveyor, 13
New Pralhad Mills, Bombay, Electrification, Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 23
New York Airway Terminal Station, 281
New York Dry Dock. Proposed, 35
New York, New Pier, 99
New York Elevated Railways, (66)
New York Express Highway Opened, (82)
New Zealand Government Railways, Diesel Railcars, 221
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., Optical Circular Table, 31
Newbitt, E. A. and G. A. Kelsall, " Vicalloy” (252)
Newman, A. J., Director of Machine Tools, Aircraft Production, (152)
Newbury Diesel Co. Ltd., Concrete for Machine Tools, 187
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., United States Liner " America." 143, 159. 173, 189. 204; Launch of " President Jackson," (194)
Niagara Falls Road Bridge, (98)
Nith River Bridge. Canadian National Railways, 22
Nordstroms Linbanor, A/B., Koping Ropeway. 39
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Die Castings in a High-strength Aluminium Alloy. (114); Producer Gas Utility Car. 238; Specifications for Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Products, (284)

O

O'CONNOR, L., Coke Controller, (34)
Onslow, D. V., Methods of Measuring Warmth in Experiments on Space Heating, 176
Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission Extensions, (338)
Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd., " Omtimeter." Precision Measuring Instrument, 375
Orlando, Luigi, Obituary, (194)
Ormerod Shapers, Ltd., Gun Barrel Spline Shaping Machine. 224
Orsk Metallurgical Combine. (396)
"Osira " Black Glass Lamps, 382
Otis Steel Co., Ten Years' Operation of Blast- furnace, (33)
Otto, Beau de Rochas, and the Four-stroke Cycle Enaine. A. K. Bruce, 5
Owen, Sir David, Administration of Hong Kong Harbour, 83

P

PACIFIC Fruit Express Co., Refrigerator Cars for Oranges. (306)
Panama Canal. Protection of Entrances, (3-1)
Panama Canal Traffic, (162?. (210)
Parker, E. B., Automatic Train Control, 121
Parsons Memorial Lecture, The Engining of Highly Powered Ships, Sir S. J. Pigott, (128), (322), 395, 410
Paterson, W., Anderson Steel Shelter. 1
Peck, W. J., and H. M. Edmonds, Heat Conduction in Refrigerating Machines, 89
Pego do Altar Darn Model, 213
Pennsylvania Railroad, Large Coal Shipping Plant, 89
Pennsylvania Turnpike, (322)
Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co., Annual Meeting, 339
Peters, G. D., and Co., Ltd., Glasgow's Bus Washing Plant, (146)
Petters, Ltd., Electric Lighting in Ceylon, 351
Pick, F. Organisation of Ports. (16)
Pigott, S. J., The Engining of Highly Powered Ships (Parsons Memorial Lecture), (128), (322), 395, 410
Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., Glass Reinforcement for Concrete, 47; Physics and Windows in War Time. 280
Platzer Boat Works, All-welded Tanker for Portugal, (386)
Politz Hydrogenation Works, Near Stettin, 312
Poplar Town Hall, Electrode Thermal Storage Equipment, General Electric Co., Ltd., 128
Portal, Lord, Ministry of Supply Post, (178)
Portneuf Bridge, Canadian National Railways. 21
Potter, A. A., Inventions in Engineering Colleges. 54; (Leading Article, 58)
Pratt and Whitney, Aero-engine Orders, (210); Extensions, (322)
Preece, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George, Pencil Portrait No. 25, July 19th, 1940
Prescott-Ogensburg International Bridge, 14
"President Jackson," American Steamer, Launch, (194)
Pretoria Iron and Steel Works, New Steel Plant, 233; New Blast-furnace. 336
Progressive Welding Co., Gun Welders for Automobile Bodies, (50)
Pye, D. R.. War-time Inventions, 307

Q

QUEEN ELIZABETH Way. Canadian Express Highway, (130)

R

RAND Water Board, Steam Turbine-driven Pump, W. H. Allen, Sons and Co.. Ltd. 255
Rangoon Water Supply, Automatic Float Valves. Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 344
Republic Steel Corporation, Largo Blast-furnace, (98)
Rettaliata, J. T., The Combustion Gas Turbine, 83, 78
Rheinfelden Works. Germany, 279
Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co., Ltd., Mining Operations. 185
Rhodesia's Mineral Output, 377
Richards, G. B., Obituary. (290)
Richelieu," French Battleship. 17
Rissik, H., Statistical Methods in Engineering Practice, 341, 357, 372. 389. 404
Roberts. R. H., Appointed Director of Machinery Licensing, (98)
Robinson, R. H., Glass Fibre Electrical Insulation, 77
Rock Island Sewage Plant, Illinois. (130)
Roles. T., Obituary. 179
Row. R. H. P., Manners as a Business Asset, 397
Royal Mail Lines. Ltd., Annual General Meeting. 1
Ryan, J. E., and A. S. Stevenson. Encouraging Creative Ability. 252; (Leading Article, 250); (Letter, 284)
Ryan. W. F., Higher Pressures in Industrial Plants, 25
Ryerson, E. L., American Steel Production, (322)
Rytecraft Safeti-Line Marker. B. H. B. Engineering Co., 239

S

ST. DUNSTAN'S Institute, Blinded Men and Engineering Work. (15)
St. Maurice Power Corporation, New Undertakings, (306)
Salford Electrical Instruments. Ltd., Crystal Calibrator Unit, 351
Samson. J. B., Some Factors Affecting Economic Production. 181
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Traffic Records, (178)
Savile, Sir L., Ancient Harbours (Inst. C.E. Presidential Address), 300, 316
Sayers, W. H., Promiscuous Bombing, 380
Schlesinger, G.. Substitute Materials in Time of War, 135; (Leading Article, 138); (Letter, 1S7)
Schwarzkopf, P., and C. G. Goetzel, Powder Metallurgy, 287
Selizharovo Coal Trust, Russian Coal Deposits, (183)
Selvey, W. M., Institute of Fuel Address, 243, (337)
Severn Valley Gas Corporation, Tar Gas, (386)
Shasta High-level Curved Bridge, U.S.A., 41
Shawinigan Water and Power System, Canada, 14
Sheffield Gauge Corporation, An Electric Gauge, 95
Sheiman, A. B., Oil from Old Wells, (208)
Shipbuilding Employers' Federation. Elections 323
Shipping Federation. Ltd., Jubilee, 211
Siemens Electric Supplies, Ltd., Sieray Electric Lamps, 144
Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain), Ltd., Hand Carbon Arc Welding. 145
Sigma Manufacturing Co., Jig Drilling and Milling Machine, 288;
Sigma-Jones Comparator, 340
Sikorsky's Helicopter. 248
Simons, E. N.. Boondoggling. 219
Small, J., Glasgow University Engineering Centenary. 348
Smith. A. M., Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads, (210)
Smith, C. A. Middleton, Burma Road and industrial Development in China, 332
Smith, Captain Christen, Obituary, (130)
Smith, E. C., Propaganda by Boasting. 409
Smith, F., Proposed Transport Council, 243
Smith, W. Grosvenor, Retirement from Manchester Ship Canal, 403
Smith-Putnam Wind Turbine, (386)
Soden, A. W., and J. A. Lincoln, Glass Reinforcement for Concrete, 47
Solex Pneumatic Micrometer, Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., 374
Sorocobana Railway Electrification, Brazil, (258)
South Ferghana Canal, (210)
South Indian Railway, Insulated Vans, 226
Southampton Dock Jubilee, 67
Southend Pier Closed. (210)
Southern Railway, Spitfire Funds, (258) Waterloo and City Line, 313
Southwold-Halesworth Railway, Dismantling. (:34)
Soviet Nitrogen Institute, Production of Calcium Carbide, (210)
Spafford, H. A., Water Softening Treatment by Upward Flow, 79
Sparks, C. P., Obituary. 379
Spooner Aeronautical Research Scholarship, ( 1 6)
Spooner, Professor H. J., Obituary, 39:3
Stalin Automobile Works, Moscow, (194)
Standard Oil Co., Synthetic Rubber Production, (70)
Sterkrade-Holten Oil Works. Germany. 328
Stevenson, A. S., and J. E. Ryan, Encouraging Creative Ability, 252; (Loading Article, 250); (Letter. 284)
Stevenson. W. W. and T. Swinden. Accelerated Spray Test for the Corrodibility of Ferrous Materials, 216
Stokes, R. R., Deep Shelters in London, 227
Stroud, H., Obituary, (154)
Suez Canal, (322)
Sunbeam Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., Land Speed Record Car, (66)
Swindon. T., and W. W. Stevenson, Accelerated Spray Test for the Corrodibility of Ferrous Materials, 216
Sydney Graving Dock, Australia, (34)

T

TACOMA Bridge, U.S.A., Failure, 317, 364
Taff Vale Railway Centenary, (274)
Tangyes Ltd., l8in. Break Lathe, 288; Airflow " Heater, 398
Taranto, Fleet Air Arm Attack. 323, 347 (Supplement, November 29th, 1940)
Taunton Derailment, G.W.R., 291, 307
Taylor, Rear-Admiral D. W., Obituary, (114)
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd., Alignment Telescope. 324; " Electrolimit "Gauges. 325; Profile Projector, 357
Templin, R. L., E. C. Hartmann, and H. N. Hill, Tests of 28ft. Span Aluminium Alloy Trusses, 61
Thames Drainage Schemes. 51
Thermal Syndicate, Ltd., Vitreosil Discs. (368)
Thomas, A. M., A. E. W. Austen, and S. Whitehead, High-voltage Service Testing, 176
Thomas, D. E., Nomographic Solution of a Stress Problem, 120
Thomson, A. S. T., and R. Logan, Wear Phenomena in Lubricated Metal Surfaces, 200; (Leading Article, 186)
Thomson, Sir J. J., Obituary, 156
Thornton, W. M., Foundations of the Electrical and Mechanical Transmission of Energy, 302, 318; (Loading Article, 330)
Tilley, H. T., Obituary, (306)
Tohoku Alcohol K.K., Butanol and Acetone Manufacture, (322)
Tool Distributors. Ltd., Small Tools Distribution. (145)
Trans-Zambesia Railway Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting, 403
Tripp, G. W., Production Problems, 88: Manners as a Business Asset, 397
Trossen, W., and H. Cornelius, Pendulum Hardness Testing Machine, 319
Troup. J. D., Post-war Employment of Active Service Men, 121
Turners Asbestos Cement Co., Asbestos Cement Materials in Building Construction. 23

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UNITED Steel Companies, Ltd., Accelerated Spray Test for the Corrodibility of Ferrous Materials, 210
Unwin, Sir Raymond, Obituary, (16)

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VEGA Aeroplane Co., Aircraft Order, (50)
Vestey, Lord, Obituary, 387
Von Karman, Th., Mathematics from the Engineer's Viewpoint, 310
Vulcan Foundry, Ltd. Railcars for Now Zealand, 221

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WABASH River, U.S.A., self-anchoring Suspension Bridge. 217
Walker, H., Gear Tooth Deflection and Profile Modification, 102
Wall, A. T., Retirement, 307
Waterloo and City Railway Modernisation, 313
Wellman, Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Steel Works Equipment Book, (294)
Wembley Derailment, L.M.S. Railway, 243, 339
Western Steel Products Corporation, Ltd., Steel Production, (210)
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., Large Industrial Conveyor Bridge at Mansfield, (54); Expansion Schemes, 275
Westland Aircraft. Ltd.. Annual Meeting, 355
Westwood. W., Appointed Principal Labour Adviser. Admiralty, (98)
Whiffin, A. C., and R. W. Fenning, The Process of Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines, 76
Whitehead, S. A. E. W. Austen and A. M. Thomas, High-voltage Service Testing, 176
Whitfield, J. F., Some Aspects of Rolling, 248, 271
Whittingham, Engineer Rear-Admiral W., Obituary, 211
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Spar Boom Machine, 168; Multiple-gang Flush Riveter, 238
Wilhelmshaven Harbour, Germany, 92
Winans, W., Post-war Employment Of Active Service Men, 140
Willcox, H. W., Obituary, (114)
Williams, A. E., Synthetic Rubber. 16.1
Williams Continuous Casting Process. 141
Willis, Colonel Sir George, Obituary, (50)
Wilshaw, Sir E., Honour, (34)
Wilson's Four-cylinder Locomotive. E. A. Forward, 108, 117
Worthington Simpson, Ltd., Small Triplex Power Pump, 216

Z

ZAAILAATS Tin Mining Co., Operations it July, (242)

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