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The Engineer 1949 Jan-Jun: Index

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Note: This is a sub-section of The Engineer

Main Subjects

  • A. C. CARS, Ltd., Southend Pier Electric Trains, 477
  • Airmec Laboratories, Ltd., Ionisation Voltage Tester, 407
  • Alexander, George H., Machinery, Ltd., Fine Boring Tool, 19
  • Allan, C. T., Fuel Utilisation, 131
  • Allan, W. A. M., Status of the Engineer, 219, 471
  • Allen, W. G., and Sons (Tipton), Ltd., Rotary Coupling for Mine Car, 528
  • Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1948, 71 ; Gas Turbines in 1948, 110
  • Allen West and Co., Ltd., Southend Pier Electric Trains, 477 ; Repeater Fuses for Automatic Reclosure, 595
  • Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Technical Films, (145)
  • Allsop, H., Grain Growth in Silicon-Chromium Valve Steel, 522
  • Altus Engineering Co., Corsham, Ltd., Heavy Hobbing Press, 199
  • Aluminium Co. of Canada, Aluminium Plant Surveys, 28
  • American Car and Foundry Co, “ A.F.C.-Talgo ” Train, 644
  • Anglo-American Oil Co., Large Oil Refinery at Fawley, (651), 667
  • Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Antwerp Oil Refinery, (31)
  • Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1948, 71 ; Electrical Engineering in 1948, 98
  • Angus, Robert L., Obituary, 219
  • Archer, S., Screwshaft Casualties— The Influence of Torsional Vibration and Propeller Immersion, 494
  • Ardler Junction Collision Report, 93
  • Armstrong Siddeley “ Double Mamba ” Propeller-Turbine Engine, 508
  • Asea Electric, Ltd., Frequency Correction Equipment for Railway Signalling Supplies, 184 ; Jubilee, 300
  • Ashford Common, Gas Turbines for the M.W.B. Pumping Station, 337
  • Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd.,
  • Johannesburg’s New Gasholder, (315)
  • Asperen, F. G. van, More Diesel Varia, 451
  • Associated British Oil Engines, Ltd Diesel Electric Power Man, (567)
  • Associated Commercial Vehicles, Training of Apprentices, 342
  • Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., Pilot Injection for Oil Engines, 392
  • Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Co., Coal Wharf at Swanscombe, 242
  • Auld, S. J. M., Principles of Diesel Lubrication, 536, 567
  • Austin, John, Retirement, 653
  • Austinlite, Ltd., Unattended Lighthouse Power Plant, 363
  • Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd., AVO Heavy Duty Meter, 409
  • Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., Vehicle-Actuated Traffic Signals at “ Bank Complex,” (543)
  • Aveling-Barford, Ltd., Half-Cubic Yard Dumper, 491
  • Avery, W. and T., Ltd., 30-Ton Universal Testing Machine, 533
  • BABCOCK AND WILCOX, Ltd., Catalagzi Power Scheme, Turkey, 100 ; Poole Power Station, 582
  • Bailey, E. G., Invention and Sifting Out Engineering Facts, 472, 498
  • Bakelite, Ltd., Machining Laminated Plastics, (455)
  • Balfour Beatty and Co., Ltd., New Tunnel at Woodhead, 252 ; Air Transport of Turbine Rotor to Kenya, (483)
  • Ball, Sir William, Employers’ Liability in 1949, 418
  • Barker, A., Tungsten and Tungsten Carbide Powders, 467
  • Barnet Instruments, Ltd., Portable Pressure Gauge Calibrator, 672
  • Baron, H. G., Large Crystal Grain Size in Silicon-Chromium Valve Steel, 522
  • Barrel Arch Bridge, 8
  • Bartley, W. Coppen, Personnel Management and Works Managers, 50
  • Beacham, T. E., Hydraulic Seals, 228
  • Belliss and Morcom, Ltd., New Steel Shop, 637
  • Bentham, Cecil, Productivity, 379
  • Bibby, J., and Sons, Ltd., Continuous Rotary Evaporator, 311
  • Birlec, Ltd., Rotary Gas Carbonising Furnace, 458
  • Blackburn, R. E., International Engineering Collaboration, 163
  • Blackburn, Starling and Co., Ltd., Modernised Ship Model Testing Tank, 580
  • Blackwood, John, Hodge and Co., Ltd., Large Excavator Bucket, 312
  • Blair, R., Obituary, (515)
  • Blaw-Knox and Co., Ltd., Ready-Mixed Concrete Transport, 339 ; Concrete Pump, 556 ; Tower Testing Station, 564
  • Blazey, C., Flow of Metal in Tube Extrusion, 391
  • Blom, Christian, Sea Speed and Steering, 494
  • Bostock and Bramley, Ltd., Stephenson- Crossley Diesel Shunting Locomotive, 535
  • Boulton and Paul Aircraft, Ltd., “ Balliol ” Advanced Trainer, 584
  • Bournemouth and Poole Electricity Co., Ltd., Poole Power Station, 582
  • Boving and Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1948, 71
  • Bowden, F. P., Seizure of Metals, 395
  • Boydell, E., and Co., Ltd., Muir Hill Loader, 460
  • Brace, H. P., Semi-Automatic Floodgates on a 600ft Spillway, 509
  • Brackett, F. W., and Co., Ltd., Jubilee, (483); Poole Power Station, 582
  • Braidhurst Viaduct, Motherwell, (599)
  • Bramwell, F. H., Mechanical Engineering in the Chemical Industry, 618
  • Brand, Charles, and Son, Ltd., Coal Wharf at Swanscombe, 242
  • Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Co., Ltd., Development in Brazil, 153
  • Brecknell, Munro and Rogers, Ltd., Ministry of Supply Tour of the S.W., 419
  • Brecknell Willis and Co., Ltd., Modernised Ship Model Testing Tank, 578
  • Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Instrumentation on the “ Brabazon I,” 215 ; Bristol Aircraft Accident, 517 ; Helicopter Rotor Testing Tower, 685
  • Bristow, Whiston Alfred, Obituary, 359
  • British American Research, Ltd., Rotary Bellows Seal, 385
  • British Broadcasting Corporation, Micro- Wave Radio Link for Television Outside Broadcasts, (471)
  • British Columbia Electric Railway Co., Bridge River Hydro-Electric Station, 285
  • British Electricity Authority, Electrical Engineering in 1948, 41, 69, 98 ; Easter and Summer Schools, 1949, (63) ; Enquiry Bureau, (91) ; Power Station Fuel Ash and Land Reclamation, 103 ; Conferences of Power Station Superintendents, 149, 226 ; Grit Arresting Plant for Fulham Power Station, 227 ; Willesden Grid Sub-Station, (242) ; Regional Safety Officers, (287) ; Easter School, (371) ; Standard Electricity Bulk Supply Tariff, (371) ; Stephenson- Crossley Diesel Shunting Locomotive, 535 ; Plant and Equipment, (543) ; Tower Testing Station, 564; Poole Power Station, 582 ; Some Operating Results at British Power Stations, 585 British European Airways Corporation, Edinburgh (Turnhouse) Airport, (63) ; Planned Transport to London Airport, (455)
  • British Gas Council, Gas-Fired Immersion Heating and Galvanising Bath, 493
  • British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., Catalagzi Power Scheme, Turkey, 100 ; Electrical Engineering in 1948, 124; A 220-kV Impregnated Pressure Cable Installation, 310 ; Fault Locator, 527 ; Ex-Apprentices, (625) ; Farm Wiring System, (677) ,
  • British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd., “ Flexi- tooth ” Crusher, 462
  • British Oil Burners, Ltd., Automatic Thimble-Tube Boiler, 595
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation, Resignation of Sir Harold Hartley, 65 ; Amalgamation with B.S.A.A., 289
  • British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Welding Prize, (175); Ceramic Hood “ Argonarc ” Torch ; “ Cutogen ” Hand Cutter, 487
  • British Paints, Ltd., Colour Conscription, (343)
  • British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., Ltd., Rebuilding Reinforced Concrete Shed at Liverpool, 77
  • British South American Airways, Amalgamation with B.O.A.C., 289
  • British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1948, 69, 98, 124 ; Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1948, 71 ; Summer School in Electrical Engineering, (75) ; Gas Turbines 1948, 81 ; Control Room Lighting, 227 ; Fluorescent Street Lighting in Denmark, 227 ; Halogen Leak Detector, 408 ; Oil Circuit Breaker, 463
  • British Transport Commission, Receipts, (63), (203), (571) ; Deputy Chairman, 161; Chief Research Officer, 517
  • Broad, L., Flow of Metal in Tube Extrusion, 391
  • Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., A Guillotine Shear, 541
  • Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd., Stabilising System for Electric Machines, 168
  • Browett, A. H., Obituary, (625)
  • Brown Boveri and Co., Ltd., Gas Turbine Locomotives for British Railways, 25; Gas Turbines in 1948, 127 ; Manufacture of Power Station Equipment at West Hartlepool, 594
  • Brown, F. A. S., Standardisation of Locomotives, 135, 332, 417, 502
  • Brown, John, and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1948, 71 ; Gas Turbines in 1948, 81 ; 100-kW Windmill Generator for Orkney, 457
  • Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.. Electrical Engineering in 1948, 69 ; Gas Turbines in 1948, 110 ; Gas Turbines for Ashford Common Pumping Station, 337
  • B.S.A. Cycles, Ltd., Railway Truck Mover, 510
  • Budd, William C., Locomotive Performance, 696
  • Bullows, A., and Sons, Ltd., Water Wash Spray Booth, Paint Spray Booth, 461
  • Burden, H., Tungsten and Tungsten Carbide Powders, 467
  • Butcher, S. J., Employers’ Liability in 1949, 618
  • Bygate, P. W., Grain Growth in Silicon- Chromium Valve Steel, 522
  • CALDER WOOD, James, New Appointment, 93
  • Cameron, A., Surface Roughness of Bearing Surfaces and its relation to Oil Film Thickness at Breakdown, 540
  • Campbell, Sir Malcolm, Obituary, 15
  • Campbell, Norman Robert, Obituary, 641
  • Campion, A., Meeting High-Performance Demands in Engineering Construction with Meehanite Metal, 243
  • Canadian General Electric Co., New Power Project, 338
  • Canadian Industries, Ltd., Cellophane Plant Extensions, 28 ; Sulphuric Acid Project, 513
  • Canadian Locomotive Co., Locomotives for India, 513
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Last Steam Locomotive, (455)
  • Canadian Unitcast Steel, Ltd., Quebec Steel Plant Expansion, 285
  • Canadian Vickers, Ltd., Ship for South America, 513
  • Canadian Western Timber Co., Power Plant in British Columbia, 513
  • Candy Filter Co., Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Canso Bridge Project, 513
  • Carlisle, S. S., Electrical Pressure Meter for the Measurement of Open-Hearth Furnace Differential Pressures, 521
  • Catalagzi, Turkey, Power Scheme, 100
  • C.A.V., Ltd., Pilot Injection for Oil Engines, 392
  • Centrax Power Units, Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1948,81
  • Chance-Londex, Ltd., Unattended Lighthouse Power Plant, 363
  • Chepstow Bridge, Trestling Under, 37
  • Chi, T. J., An Electronic Pressure Gauge, 320
  • Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., Fast Chiirging of Car Batteries, 167
  • Church Fenton Junction, Before Renewal, 8
  • Cinema Television, Ltd., Universal Oscilloscope, 385
  • Claerwen Dam, Site and Cable ways, 50
  • Clarkson Thimble Tube Boilers, Ltd., Automate Thimble-Tube Boiler, 595
  • Clay, Stanley Richard, Obituary, 135
  • Clayton, D., Dirt in Lubricants, 136
  • Clear Glass Products, Ltd., Protective Coating, (427)
  • Clerke, A. B. H., Obituary, 559
  • Clifford, C. F., Magnetic Escapements for Pendulum Clocks, 116
  • Clifford Cab Co., Radio-Telephone for Taxi-Cab Fleet, 371
  • Climie, Andrew, Obituary, (543)
  • Cohen, J. E., Obituary, (543)
  • Coiregrogain Quarry, Civil Engineering. in 1948,19
  • Collingham, R. H., Retirement, 1
  • Congo River, Widening, 63
  • Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., Haulageway Project, Large Rod Mill, 513
  • Cooke, B., Overheating in Rotary Seals, 223; (Letters, 248, 417)
  • Cooke and Ferguson, Ltd., Metal-Clad Single-Break Switchgear, 591
  • Cooper, A. R., Obituary, 304
  • Cooper Wettern and Co., Ltd., South Bank Thames River Wall, 85
  • Corlett, E. C. B., Light Alloy Channel Ship Design, 465
  • Costain, Richard, Ltd., South Thames River Wall, 85
  • Couling, S. A., Helical Gears Cut on Table ” Machines, 430, 580
  • Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd., Internal Micrometer, 312 ; Screw Pitch
  • Checker, 698 ; Slip Gauges for Checking Micrometers, 698
  • Cowans, Sheldon and Co., Ltd., A 150-Ton Floating Crane, 193 ; Poole Power Station, 582
  • Cox and Danks, Ltd., Welded Joints in Structural Steelwork, 651
  • Crampton, A. W., Theses, 136 ; Status oi the Engineer, 276
  • Crockett, J. H. A., Dynamic Principles of Machine Foundations and Ground, 411, 440'
  • Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Resilient Tramcar Wheels, 367 ; Southend Pier Electric Trains, 477
  • Currey, I. A., Status of the Foreman, 50
  • Dallow Lambert and Co
  • Daniel, G.
  • Davey, Norman, obituary
  • Davey, Paxman and Co
  • Dawe Instruments
  • Dawson, Oliver
  • Day, Charles, obituary
  • De Havilland Aircraft Co
  • Decca navigator co
  • Denbigh Hall
  • Denny, William and Brothers
  • Diamond, E. L.
  • Dibben, C. R.
  • Dominion Engineering Co
  • Dominion Engineering Works
  • Dorman, Long and Co
  • Dorman Long (Africa)
  • Drysdale and Co., Ltd., Poole Power Station, 582
  • Dykes, Alfred Herbert, Obituary, 303
  • EAST Africa Power and Lighting Co., Ltd., Air Transport of Turbine Rotor to Kenya, (438)
  • Eastern and North-Eastern Region (British Railways), British Railways in 1948, 9 ; Resignalling at Doncaster, 73 ; RadioTelephony at Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, 326 ; Sound Equipment at Liverpool Street Station, (484) ; Combined Restaurant-Buffet Cars, (618)
  • Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Multiple-Turret Punch, Section Bending Machine, 488
  • Electric Construction Co., Ltd., Frankley Waterworks, Birmingham, 215 ; Heavy Current, Low-Voltage Rectifiers, 528
  • Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., Box Type Cyclone Furnace, 492
  • Electronic Instruments, Ltd., Smoke Detector, 383
  • Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Potentiometer Recorder, 527
  • Engineering Diamonds, Ltd., A Diamond Truing Tool, (264)
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1948, 98, 124 ; Gas Turbines in 1948, 109 ; Air Insulated Metalclad Switchgear, 170 ; Frequency Correction Equipment for Railway Signalling Supplies, 184 ; Southern Region Electric Locomotive “ No. 20,003,” 280 ; Gas Turbines for the M.W.B. Ashford Common Pumping Station, 337 ; Stator and Rotor Units, 528 ; Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives for Southern Region, 623 ; Long Non-stop Run of Diesel- Electric Locomotive “ No. 10,000/I,” 645
  • English Steel Corporation, Ltd., Hollow-Forged High-pressure Boiler Drum, 491
  • Entwistle, L. M., Damping Capacity of Metals, Damping Capacity of Alpha Brass, 390
  • Escher Wyss Engineering Works, Gas Turbines in 1948, 128
  • Euco Tools, Ltd., Tungsten Carbide Glass Cutter, (89) ; A Micrometer Jack, 144
  • Eve, J. L., Construction, Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Insulation Testers of Improved Range, 171 ; An Earth Impedance Tester, 338
  • FAIRFIELD Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., A 150-Ton Floating Crane, 193
  • Falsterbo Canal, Repair of, (543)
  • Farrell, Lionel Randolph, Obituary, (625)
  • Fasideri Dam, Greece, 301
  • Fedden, Sir Roy, Appointment, 1
  • Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., Small Flexible Couplings, (203)
  • Ferguson Brothers (Port-Glasgow), Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1948, 71
  • Ferranti, Ltd., Square Dial Instruments for Flush Panel Mounting, 171 ; Condensers for Power Factor Improvement, Transformer Capacitance
  • Financiere Beige des Petroles, S.A Antwerp Oil Refinery, (31)
  • Findlay, Alexander and Co., Ltd., Poole Power Station, 582
  • Finney Presses, Ltd., 50-Ton Dual Transfer Press, 459
  • Firth-Brown Tools, Ltd., Carbide Tips and Tools, (315)
  • Firth of Forth, Tidal Model, 51
  • Firth, Thos., and John Brown, Ltd., Stephenson-Crossley Diesel Shunting Locomotive, 535
  • Fleming, A. P. M., Training of Technicians, 333
  • Flexibox, Ltd., Mechanical Seals for Refrigeration Compressors, (147)
  • Flux, John H., Status of the Engineer, 417, 502
  • Foster, Yates and Thom, Ltd., 250-Ton Plastic Press ; Mixer, 486 ; Modernised Ship Model Testing Tank, 578
  • Fowell, George, Ltd., A 10-Cwt. Dumper, 567
  • Franco-Beige Co., Raismes Factories, 571
  • Frankau, A. M., Open-Hearth Furnace Charging, 548
  • Frankley Waterworks, Birmingham, 215
  • Fraser and Chalmers, Ltd., Ore Preparation Plant at Corby, 475
  • Freeman, Fox and Partners, South Bank of the Thames, (625)
  • French, W. and C., Ltd., Drainage of Permanent Way at Hougham, 324
  • Fulham Power Station, Grit Arresting Plant, 227
  • Fuller Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Poole Power Station, 582
  • GANTS Hill Station, London Transport, 234
  • Gardner, G. A., The Future of Structural Engineering, 192
  • Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ministry of Supply Tour of the S.W., 419
  • Garry Scheme, North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, (259)
  • General Electric Co., Ltd., Lectures on Electronics in Industry, (91) ; Electrical Engineering in 1948, 98, 124; Fluorescent Lamp Fitting for Mines, (167) ; 9in Propeller Fan, 171 ; Frequency Correction Equipment for Railway Signalling Supplies, 184; Reed Vibrometer, 254 ; Carrier Current Communication on 110-kV Network, 255 ; An Australian Briquetting Plant, 284 ; Microphonic Burglar Alarm, (287) ; New Conduit Accessories in “ Mazak ” Alloy, (315) ; Extensions to Orlando Power Station, (371) ; Back Axle Testing Equipment, 422 ; Photo-Electric Photometer Colorimeter and Spectral Band Apparatus, 447 ; Blast-furnace Blowers for Rotherham, 469 ; Sound Equipment at Liverpool Street, Station, (484) ; Flameproof Electrical Equipment, 493
  • General Electric Co. of America, Power Station for Dragline Operation, 251
  • General Motors, Ltd., Service for “ G.M.” Diesel Engines, (232) ; Power Station for Dragline Operation, 251
  • General Refractories, Ltd., Research Laboratory for Refractories, 554
  • Gibb, Sir Claude, Britain’s Energy— A New Conception, 137, 152
  • Gilbert-Ash, Ltd., Pre-stressed Concrete Pipes, 325
  • Glacier Metal Co., Machined Standard Bronze Bars, (315)
  • Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., Hydraulic Elevator Fish Pass, 354
  • Goldschmidt, H. J., Structure of Carbides in Alloy Steels, 523
  • Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Riverlake Belt Conveyor, 395
  • Gosland, L., Consistency of Timing Obtained with Heavy Trigger-Released Mechanisms, 376, 402
  • Graham, E., Retirement, 651
  • Great Lakes Power Co., Ltd., Power Extension Project, 28
  • Greenwood, H. W., Powder Metallurgy and Heat-Resisting Alloys, 349
  • Greenwood, J. Neill, Metallurgical Research in Australia, 216
  • Gresham Transformers, Ltd., Automatic Voltage Regulator, 447
  • Grootenhuis, P., Powder Metallurgy and the Gas Turbine, 502
  • Guest and Chrimes, Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Gummer, W. S., Flow of Metal in Tube Extrusion, 391
  • Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd., One Hundred Years of Gwynnes Pumps, 662
  • Gyproc Products, Ltd., High-Temperature Insulating Material, 29
  • HACKING, Sir John, Visit to U.S.A., 205 Halcrow, Sir William, and Partners, Coal
  • Wharf at Swanscombe, 242 ; New Tunnel at Woodhead, 252
  • Haldane, T. G. N., High-Voltage Transmission in Great Britain, 674, 699
  • Hallowes, A. P. C., Phosphorus-Deoxi- dised Coppers, 390
  • Hammond, R. E. R., Dynamic Principles of Machine Foundations and Ground, 411, 440 ; Vibration Controlled Foundations for Forging Hammers, 551
  • Harelawside Bridge, 8
  • Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Oil Pipe-line Pumps for Iraq, 266, 295
  • Harlow, W. F., Causes of Flue Gas Deposits and Corrosion in Modern Boiler Plants, 271
  • Hartley, Harry Sagar, Obituary, 248
  • Harvey, E. A., Obituary, (343)
  • Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London), Ltd., Thermal Storage Electric Generating Station, 306
  • Hattersley, Richard Edwin, Obituary, (543)
  • Hawthorn, R. and W., Leslie and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1948, 71
  • Hay, Douglas, Obituary, 247
  • Head, Wrightson Machine Co., Ltd., Triple Drawbench, 610
  • Headland, H., Tidal Power and the Severn Barrage, 141, 171
  • Hendon Dock, Civil Engineering in 1948, 53
  • Henleys, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1948, 124 ; Electricity Consumers’ Control Units, (259) ; Distribution Pillars and Panels, 673
  • Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., Automatic with a Platen Slide, 423 ; Plastic Moulding Machines, 489 ; Automatic Camshaft Grinding Machine, 617 ; “ Flashcap ” Lathe, 699
  • Herrington, E. W., Locomotive Comparisons, 108
  • Hibbert, G. C., Obituary, (63) I
  • Hill, W. Scott, River Navigation in the Sudan since 1898, 654, 680
  • Hodgkin, Charles Ernest, Obituary, 276 Hodgson, C. C., Large Crystal Grain-Size in Silicon-Chromium Valve Steel, 522
  • Holcroft, H., Standardisation of Locomotives, 192,357
  • Holden and Brooke, Ltd., Small Circulating Pump, 284
  • Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., “ The Influence of Paint,” (543)
  • Holloway Brothers (London), Ltd., Cata- lagzi Power Scheme, Turkey, 100
  • Hopkinsons Electric Co., Ltd., Motor Winding Impregnation, 284
  • Hordern, Mason and Edwards, Ltd., Power I Press 459 I
  • Horsfall, William, Obituary, (231)
  • Howes, W., Politics, Trade Unions and Work, 220
  • Hudson, A. A., Consistency of Timing Obtained with Heavy Trigger-Released Mechanisms, 376, 402
  • Hughes, F. O., Obituary, (703)
  • Hughes, Henry, and Son, Ltd., Periscopic Sextant, 408
  • Hunter, Sir Ellis, President of British Iron and Steel Federation, (126)
  • Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., “ The World from the Air,” 149 ; An Air Survey Exhibition, 187
  • Hydraulic Coupling and Engineering Co., Ltd., Stephenson-Crossley Diesel Shunting Locomotive, 535
  • Imperial Chemical Industries
  • Incandescent heat Co
  • Industrial Products (Speco)
  • International Combustion
  • International Marine Radio, Single Side-Bank Radio Telephony in the “ Caronia,” 145
  • International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Annual Meeting, 542
  • International Paper Co., Rayon Pulp, 513
  • Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd., Oil Pipe-Line Pumps for Iraq, 266, 295
  • Ismailia Valve Co., Ltd., Tidal Flap Valve, 115
  • I.T.D., Ltd., Electrically Operated Fork Lift Truck, 490
  • JACKSON Automatic Electric Controls, Ltd., Automatic Synchronous Clock and Time Control, 566
  • Jeffes, J. H. E., Thermodynamics of Substances of Interest in Iron and Steelmaking, 522
  • Jennings, P. H., Cast Aluminium-Silicon Alloys, Brittleness at Temperatures Above the Solidus in Castings and Welds in Aluminium Alloys, 466
  • Johnson Matthey and Co., Ltd., Platinum Electrodes, (315)
  • Johnson, N., Review of Burma Railways, 122,150,178,206
  • Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., Wiped Joints for Aluminium-Sheathed Cables, Electrical Engineering in Duct Test for Seamless Sheathed Cable, (371)
  • Johnson, R. A., Modernised Ship Model Testing Tank, 561, 578
  • Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., Universal Cutter and Tool Grinding Machine, 395
  • Joslin, Edw. H., Locomotive Comparisons, 219
  • KARACHI Airport, (175)
  • Karapiro Power Station, New Zealand, 633,660
  • Kaylor, H., Pre-Stressed Concrete Pipes, 325
  • Kennedy and Donkin, Thermal Storage Electric Generating Station, 306
  • Kenward, L. V., Obituary, (259)
  • Kerensky, O. A., Structural High-Tensile (Low-Alloy) Steel, 238
  • Kieserling, Th., and Albrecht, Hot Nut. Press, 698
  • Kingcome, Sir John, Marine Engineering in the Royal Navy, 111, 129
  • Klinger, Richard, Ltd., Silicone Rubber, (507)
  • LACY-HULBERT and Co., Ltd., Coro- pressed Air Unloading Devices, 283
  • Laing, John, and Son, Ltd., Open-Cast Coal Film, (427)
  • Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd., Jubilee, 364
  • Lander, C. H., Obituary, 331
  • Lawrie, C., Principles of Diesel Lubrication, 536, 567
  • Leathard, John F., Theoretical Study of a Methodical Series of Propeller Tests, 494
  • ( Lee, Howl and Co., Ltd., High-Head Mme Pump, 336
  • Lee, Percy Wilton, Obituary, 667
  • Leliavsky, S. Bey, Structural Methods for Reducing Uplift and Leakage in Dams, 262, 292
  • Lessen, H. J. van. Electric and Diesel- Electric Traction on the Netherlands Railwavs, 255
  • Levin, I., Some Speculations on the Future of Structural Engineering, 76
  • Leyland Motors, Ltd., Assembly in Holland, (399)
  • Light Delivery Vehicles, Ltd., “ By-Van ” Delivery Vehicle, 488
  • Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd , Petrol-Electric Arc Welder, 254
  • Lind, Peter, and Co., Ltd., Rebuilding a Reinforced Concrete Shed at Liverpool, 77
  • Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., School for Distributors’ Service Engineers, 144 ; Ministry of Supply Tour of the S.WI, 420 Lloyd, J. G., British Machine Tool Industry, 49
  • Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Shipbuilding Returns, 73, 317, 457 ; Annual Summary, 1948, 252 ; British Corporation, (287)
  • Loch Sloy, Civil Engineering in 1948, 19 Lochalsh Extensions, Civil Engineering in 1948, 19
  • Lockspeiser, Sir Ben, New Appointment, 177
  • Londex, Ltd., Synchronous Process Timer, 253
  • London Airport Traffic, (147)
  • London Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Poole Power Station, 582
  • London Midland Region (British Railways), Rugby Locomotive Test House, 7 ; British Railways in 1948, 36 ; Snow Ploughs for British Railways, 115 ; Repairs to Roade Cutting, 169 ; Accelerated Weathering Tests for Paints, 214, 237 ; Glass Transport on British Railways, 312 ; An Old Hot Air Engine, 365 ; All-Steel Fabricated Railway Coaches, 445, 507 ; Dynamometer Car No. 3, 594 ; Cylinder Liner Life, (625)
  • London Transport, London Bus Strike, Unofficial, 30 ; British Railways in 1948, 38 ; Wage Disputes, Railwaymen’s and Busmen’s, 90 ; Aluminium Alloy Trains, (91) ; Light Alloy Rolling Stock for London Transport, 103 ; Renewal of a London Railway Bridge, 116 ; Experimental Double-Deck Green Line Coach, 140 ; Bus Map, (175) ; Gants Hill Station, Oliver Dawson, 234 ; Developments, 261, 309 ; Rolling Stock Overhaul at Acton Works, 298 ; Waterloo and Charing Cross Escalator Schemes, 361 ; Garages, (371) ; Alden- ham Bus Maintenance Depot, (427) ; Resignalling of Chesham Branch Line, (677)
  • Lumiei Hydro-Electric Plant, Italy, 450 Lyall, Ernest, Obituary, 177
  • Lysaght’s, John, Scunthorpe Works, Ltd., Extensions, 398
  • MACFARLANE, C. B., Obituary, (147)
  • Mackinnon, J. P., Obituary, (625)
  • Macklow-Smith, A., Ltd., Concrete “Workability ” Meter, 29
  • Macmillan, R. H., Epicyclic Gear Trains, 318
  • Main, Henry, Obituary, 415
  • Maley and Taunton, Ltd., Resilient Tramcar Wheels, 367 ; Southend Pier Electric Trains, 477
  • Marconi Instruments, Ltd., Measuring Instrument Exhibition, (63) ; TF 933 Moisture Meter, 447
  • Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd., Marine Communication Receivers, (571)
  • Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Jubilee of Pioneer Radio Factory, 133 ; Air Radio Maintenance Depot Croydon, (287) ; “ Abas" Landing System, (479) ; Camera, Television Control Equipment, 526
  • Mardon, H. H., Lay-Out of Integrated Iron and Steelworks, 557
  • Marine Instruments, Ltd., Radar Equipment on M.V. “ Munster,” (63)
  • Marion Steam Shovel Co,, Large Excavator Bucket, 312
  • Marshall, D. F., Open-Hearth Furnaces at Park Gate Works, 504
  • Marston, A. P., Personnel Management and Works Managers, 163
  • Mayne, Stanley, Civil Service Engineers, 387
  • McAlpine, Sir Robert, and Sons, Ltd Poole Power Station, 582
  • McAlpine, Sir Robert (Scotland)
  • McDonald, G. G.
  • McInnes Gardner and partners
  • McMurtrie, Francis
  • Merz and Mclellan
  • Methley, B. W., Obituary
  • Metro-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co

Metro-Vickers Electrical Co, dents, M.W.B. Station, Camera, Metrolock Control Cubicle, Twin-Tank High Vacuum Coating Tank, 462 ; Modernised Ship Model Testing Tank, 561, 578 ; Poole Power Station, 582 ; Mobile Power Stations in Spain, 593 ; New Factory at Motherwell, 607 ; Karapiro Power Station, New Zealand, 660

  • Metropolitan Water Board, Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83 ; Chlorination of Water Supplies, 225 ; Gas Turbines for Ashford Common Pumping Station, 337
  • M'Ewen, Ewen, The Overlap Ratio of Spiral Bevel Gears, 351
  • Milliken Brothers, Tower Testing Station, 564
  • Mint, Birmingham Ltd., (The), Triple Drawbench, 610
  • Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Nickel in Non- Ferrous Castings, (543)
  • Mono Pumps, Ltd., Small Agricultural Pump, 486
  • Montreal Locomotive Works, Ltd., Locomotive Diesel Engine Manufacture in Canada, 385 ; Locomotives for India, 513
  • Monypenny, J. H. G., Obituary, 276
  • Moore, D. C., Brittleness in Temperatures Below the Solidus in Castings and Welds in Aluminium Alloys, 467
  • Moore, N. P. W., Powder Metallurgy and the Gas Turbine, 502
  • Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Rotary Crucible Furnace, 489
  • Moriston Scheme,North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, (259)
  • Morris, A. Langley, Radial and Evolute Core Sections for Power Transformers, 605
  • Moss, William, and Sons, Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Mott, Hay and Anderson, Gants Hill Station, London Transport, 234 ; Poole Power Station, 582
  • Mount, Sir Alan, Retirement, 627
  • Mowlem, John, and Co., Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Muckle, W., Deck Plating After Bucklings 464
  • Mui lard tronic ment. An Ultrasonic Generator, 365 ; letter, (455) ; An Industrial Stroboscope, 471
  • Murex, Ltd., Composite Iron-Alnico, 447 Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., 175-A Transformer Welding Equipment, 491
  • NATION, H. J., Silo Blowers : Their Theory and Design, 208
  • National Coal Board, Drop-Bottom Mine Cars, (287) ; Plant and Equipment, (543)
  • National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., Annual Report, (515)
  • National Physical Laboratory, 606 ; Variable Template for Photo-Electric Colorimeter, 446 ; Accurate Measurement of Photo-Elastic Stress Patterns, 468 ; Open Day,” (543)
  • Neal, R. H., and Co., Ltd., 6-ton Lorry Moimted Crane, 491
  • Netherlands Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Launch of the Liner “ Oslofjord,” 401
  • New South Wales Railways, Annual Report, (31)
  • Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., Exhibition, (613)
  • Newton, Victor, Ltd., New Factory at Motherwell, 607
  • Niagara Power Project, 422
  • Nickols, L. W., Internal Stresses in Hardened and Dimensionally Stabilised Steel, 132
  • Nithsdale, William, Obituary, 559
  • Nock, O. S., Locomotive Standardisation, 387, 471 ; Railway Signalling Developments, 1923-1948, 518, 546, 574, 602
  • North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Ross-Shire Hydro-Electric Scheme, 93 ; Garry and Moriston Schemes, (259) ; 100-kW Windmill Generator for Orkney, 457 ; Hydro-Electric Schemes in Central Scotland, ji592 ; Reduction of Costs, 627
  • Northcott, C. H., Personnel Management and Works Managers, 107
  • Northern Electric Co., Telecommunication for Canadian Mines, 421
  • Norton Dam, Downstream Face, 50
  • Norton, Sir James Farmer, and Co., Ltd Wire Drawing Machine, 458
  • Nuttall, Edmund, Sons and Co., (London), Ltd., Gants Hill Station, London Transport, 234
  • OERLIKON Maschinenfabrik, Gas Turbines in 1948,127
  • Ogbom, F. W., Obituary, (63)
  • Oldham and Sons, Ltd., Poole Explosi- meter, 460
  • Orcutt, A. H., War Surplus Machine Tools, 108
  • Orlando Power Station, Extensions, (371)
  • Owen Falls, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 177 ; Dam, 573
  • PAGE, Sir Archibald, Obituary, 275
  • Painter Brothers, Ltd., Tower Testing Station, 564
  • Pametrada, Gas Turbines in 1948, 110
  • Pank, A., Obituary, (625)
  • Park Gate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Blast Furnace Blowers for Rotherham, 469
  • Parkinson, Sir Lindsay, and Co., Ltd., Power Station for Dragline Operation, 251
  • Parkinson Strip Mining Co., Ltd., Power Station for Dragline Operation, 251
  • Parnail, George, and Sons, Ltd., Ministry of Supply Tour of the S.W., 419
  • Parr, N. L., Marine Boiler Deterioration, 159, 199
  • Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1948, 69 ; Gas Turbines in 1948, 81 ; Poole Power Station, 582 ; 50-kW Turbo Generators for Instructional Use, 622
  • Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Pattrick, P. D., Personnel Management and Works Managers, 107
  • Paxman, Edward Philip, Obituary, 360
  • Peach, Stanley, and Partners, Control Room Lighting, 227
  • Pedrido Bridge, Civil Engineering Structures in Spain, 297
  • Perman, Archibald, Obituary, 164
  • Perrin, J. F., An Old Hot Air Engine, 417
  • Peters, G. D., Ltd., Southend Pier Electric Trains, 477
  • Petrochemicals, Ltd., Plant for Producing Chemicals from Petrol, 188
  • Petter, Guy Bazeley, Obituary, 501
  • Pettitt, R. J., Obituary, (483)
  • Philips Electrical, Ltd., 600-kW Stand-by Generator, (91) ; Electron Microscope, 407
  • Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., Glass Transport on British Railways, 312
  • Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., London- Birmingham Television Link, (515) ; 66-kV Oil-filled Cable in Australia, (625)
  • Plessey Co., Ltd., Standardised Super High- Frequency Components and Instruments, 143 ; An Apprenticeship Scheme, 145 ; Compact Electrolytic Capacitors, 170 ; Cartridge Starting of Internal Combustion Engines, 255 ; Soft Magnetic Core Material, 447
  • Pneulec, Ltd., Sand Cleaning Unit, 525 Poole Power Station, 582
  • Porn, Marcel, Obituary, 471
  • Port Elizabeth Water Supply, 684
  • Posada Bridge, Civil Engineering Structures in Spain, 297
  • Potts, C. J., Toil, 49
  • Poultney, E. C., Steam Locomotive Efficiency, 191
  • Pounder, C. C., Some Current Types of Marine Diesel Engine, 339, 367
  • Power Jacks, Ltd., Hand-Operated Lifting Truck, 338
  • Preload Co., Pre-stressed Concrete Pipes, 325
  • Prime, H. A., An Electronic Pressure Gauge, 320
  • Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., Water Treatment Plant for a Paper Mill, 199
  • Pumphrey, W. I., Cast Aluminium Silicon Alloys: Brittleness at Temperatures Above and Below the Solidus in Castings and Welds in Aluminium Alloys, 466 Purnell, Walter Henry, Obituary, 107
  • Pye, Ltd., Radio-Telephony at Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, 326
  • RAILTON, James, Obituary, 560
  • Railway Executive, Rolling Stock Standardisation on British Railways, 27; Flat-Bottom Rails for British Railways, 130; Scottish Rail Bridges, (175); Radio-Telephony at Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, 326 ; Coal Costs : Standard Signs for Station Names, (571) ; British Railways Locomotive and Rolling Stock 'Programme, 573; New Standard British Rail, (677)
  • Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1948, 98
  • Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd., Magnetic Work Holder, 491
  • Rawcliffe, G. H., Experimental Transformers for University Use, 265
  • Rawlplug Co., Ltd., Adjustable Girder Clip, 487
  • Redmayne, Sir Richard A. S., Coal in 1948, 13, 38
  • Reid, Sir Charles C., Reconstruction of the British Mining Industry, 322
  • Reid, Dr. William, Reconstruction of the British Mining Industry, 322
  • Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Hydro-Electric Developments in South-Eastern Australia, 628
  • Rennie, John A., Obituary, 248
  • Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., An Earth Impedance Tester, 338 ; Engineering Student Training, (343) ; 32-kV, 2500- ' MVA, Small Oil Volume Circuit Breaker, 527 ; Poole Power Station, 582
  • Richardson, F. D., Thermodynamics of Substances of Interest in Iron and Steel Making, 522
  • Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., Manufacture of Power Station Equipment at West Hartlepool, 594
  • Rio de Janeiro, Port Facilities, (91)
  • Roade Cutting, Repairs to, 169
  • Robey and Co., Ltd., Long-Service Recognition, (91)
  • Robinson, T. R., Clock and Carillon at Bradford Town Hall, 182
  • Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Press Shop Equipment, 423
  • Roe, A. V.,and Co., Ltd., Avro “Shackleton ” Reconnaissance Aircraft, 512
  • Rogers, T. Howard, Promotion and Acceleration of Metallic Corrosion by Micro-Organisms, 424
  • Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1948, no
  • Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd., Continuous Rotary Evaporator, 311
  • Rossens Dam, Switzerland, 87
  • Ross-shire Hydro-Electric Scheme, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 93
  • Rotameter Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Liquid Flow Meter, 384
  • Rover Co., Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1948, 81
  • Rowden, W. F., Obituary, (371)
  • Rugby Locomotive Testing Station, 7
  • Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1948, 110 ; Appointments, 573
  • Ruths Accumulators (Cochran), Ltd., Thermal Storage Electric Generating Station, 306
  • Ryves, Reginald Arthur, Obituary, 303
  • TABOR, D., Seizure of Metals, 395
  • Tannahill, A. L., Application of Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges, 630
  • Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., Magnetic Cores, 447
  • Terrington, J. S., Lay-Out of Integrated Iron and Steelworks, 557
  • Thompson, D. B., Flow of Metal in Tube Extrusion, 391
  • Thompson, John (Dudley), Ltd., Coiled- Strip Pickling Machine, 529
  • Thompson, John, Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., M.W.B. Works in Progress and Constructed During 1948, 83
  • Thorley, W. G. F., Personnel Management and Works Managers, 163
  • Thring, M. W., Open-Hearth Furnace Charging Rate, 549,
  • Towers, H., Obituary, (599)
  • Towler, F. H., Parallel Development of Hydraulic Presses, 87 ; Reciprocating Seals, 229 ; Oil Seals, 417
  • Townshend, E. F. R., Britain’s Energv, 357, 531
  • Trevorrow, J. H. L., Obituary, (399)
  • Trillo, E. W., Engineers’ Guild, 618
  • Tripp, G. W., The Irish Mail, 432
  • Trist, Ronald, and Co., Ltd., Automatic Thimble-Tube Boilers, 595
  • Troughton and Young, Ltd., Control Room Lighting, 227
  • Tube Investments, Ltd., Training Scheme for Foremen, 161
  • Tummel-Garry Scheme, Civil Engineering in 1948, 19
  • Tuplin, W. A., Using What is Known, 179 ; Locomotive Comparisons, 248
  • Turner Brothers (Birmingham), Ltd Toothing Machine, 489
  • VARLEY, P. C., Recovery and Recrystallisation of Rolled Aluminium of Commercial Purity, 466
  • Vattenbyggnadsbyran, Hydro-Electric Developments in South-Eastern Australia, 628
  • Vaughan, A. R., Retirement, 331
  • Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Dry Spring Shackles, 364
  • Vickers, Ltd., Strip-Wound Pressure Vessels, 155 ; Board of Directors, 361
  • Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Swept-back-Wing Version of the “ Attacker ” Fighter, (483) ; Modernised Ship Model Testing Tank, 561, 578
  • Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Co., Ltd., South African Supply Undertaking, 196
  • Vokes, Ltd., Pipe Line Support, 460
  • Vulcanised Fibre, Ltd., Lightweight Factory Truck,145
  • WADDINGTON, F. G., Obituary, (343)
  • Walker, Harry, Trends in Gearing, 290
  • Walker, W. E., Obituary, (543)
  • Warnock, A. E., Trouble with Mill Rollers, 696
  • Watford Tunnel, Track Relaying, (203)
  • Watson, E. A., Starting the Gas Turbine, 136
  • Watten Emulsifying Machines, Ltd., High-Speed Emulsifying Machinery, 157
  • Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Open-Hearth Furnaces for a Steel and Tube Works, 139
  • Western Region (British Railways), Gas Turbine Locomotives for British Railways, 25 ; British Railways in 1948, 37 ; Railway Truck Mover, 510
  • Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Ministry of Supply Tour of the S.W., 419 ; Sutlej Power Project, (483) ; Closed Circuit Brake, 490
  • Weybridge Jig and Tool Co., Ltd., Gang Slitting Machines, 450
  • Whibley, R., Obituary, (677)
  • Whitaker, T., Air-Entrained Concrete, 671
  • White, C. G., Radar Installations for Ships, 560
  • White, H. C., Open-Hearth Furnaces at Park Gate Works, 504
  • Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, Radio-Telephony, 326
  • Wickman, A. C., Ltd., A Bench Grinding Machine, 116 ; Mobile Machine Tool Demonstration Unit, 622
  • Wild Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Toolroom Tempering Furnace, 461
  • William, J., The Church and Mechanical Engineering, 276
  • Williams, A. E., Refractory Concrete, 496
  • Williams, C. G., Fuel Anti-Knock Requirements of Automobile Engines, 646
  • Williams, Gertrude, Labour in 1948, 5, 54
  • Williamson, Jas., and Son, Ltd., Storage Electric Generating Station, 306
  • Wilson, J. S., American Road Building Machinery, 347, 374
  • Wolf, S., and Co., Ltd., Electric Tool User’s Advisory Committees, (363)
  • Woodrow, C. E., Obituary, (515)
  • Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., Oil Pipe-Line Pumps for Iraq, 266, 295
  • Wright, Sir Charles, Retirement, 289
  • YOUNG, A. P., Personnel Management and Works Managers, 80
  • Young, L. G., Spectograph Analysis of Very Small Samples of Steel, 589


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