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The Engineer 1950 Jan-Jun: Index

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Note: This is a sub-section of The Engineer

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  • A.C.E. Machinery, Ltd., Special Purpose Hoist, 652
  • Adams, H. J., Notes on Stresses in Tanker Members, 472
  • Adams Hydraulics, Ltd., S.S. ‘‘ Brighton,” 712
  • Adams, O., Photo-Electric Temperature Measurement in the Glass Industry, 290
  • A.E.C., Ltd., Buses with Under-Floor Engines, 147
  • Airnesco Products, Ltd., Compressed Air Operated Soot Blower, 189
  • Alton and Co., Ltd., Vierfontein Power Station, 327 ; Jubilee (339)
  • Alton, Sir John Arthur, Obituary, 154
  • Allen, Edgar, and Co., Ltd., Use of Oxygen in Steelmaking, 717
  • Allen, John, and Sons (Oxford) Ltd., Trench Excavating Machines, 561
  • Allen, W. H., and Co., Ltd., Critical Review of Gas Turbine Progress, 32 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 68 ; Vierfontein Power Station, 327 ; S.S. ‘‘ Brighton,” 712
  • Allspeeds, Ltd., Variable Speed Gear, 652
  • Aluminium Company of Canada, Ltd. Aluminium Highway Bridge, 234 Aluminium Box Car, 486
  • American Locomotive Co., Gas Turbines in 1949, 157
  • American Shipbuilding Co., Sykes ” (682) Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, 343
  • Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., ing Workshops in 1949, 14 ; Fawley Oil Refinery Progress, 691
  • Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 84 ; 28,000-ton Tanker “ Velutina,” 437 ; High-Speed Launches for Venezuela, 548
  • Applied High Frequency, Ltd. 25kW Induction Heater, 651
  • Ardeltwerke G.m.b.H., 57-ton Heavy Railway Breakdown Crane, 687
  • Ashmore, Benson Pease and Co., Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Associated British Combustion, Ltd., Oil Fuel Burner, 648
  • Atkins, W. S. A., New Steelworks, Port Talbot—Planning and Design, 417
  • Automatic Telephone Co., Ltd., Remote Control and Gas Supply (375)
  • Aveling Barford, Ltd., Heavy-Duty Dumper, 560
  • B. A. Collieries, Ltd., Skip Winder Control at Calverton Colliery, 474
  • Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Manufacture of Fusion Welded Pressure Vessels, 385 ; “ Cyclone ” Furnace, 593; Pulverised Fuel ” (728)
  • Back, L. H., Hot Working of Lead and Lead-Rich Alloys, 496
  • Badger, E. B., and Sons (Great Britain) Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd Bellows-Operated Recorder, 581
  • Bakelite, Ltd., Plastics Exhibition (345) ; Plastics Research and Development Laborator J', 762
  • Baker, Gordon M., Productivity in British Industry, 319
  • Balfour Beatty and Co., Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 84
  • Ball, Sir William, Expert Evidence, 263
  • Barber-Greene Olding and Co., Ltd.,
  • Bucket Loading Machine, 590
  • Barker, John H., Obituary, 336
  • Barker Machine Tools and Equipment, Ltd., A 5-inch Lathe, 95
  • Barlow and Young, Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Barnaby, K. C., Progress in Marine Propulsion, 453
  • Barron and Shepherd, Ltd., Lowerator ” Platform ; “ Roll-Race ” Conveyor, 681
  • Baumann, Karl, Retirement, 17
  • Bay Wharf Construction Co., New Yard, 579 '
  • Beardmore, William, and Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42
  • Beattie, R. A., Shifting Boards for
  • Ballasted Cargo Vessels, 473
  • Bedson, Noel Phillips, Obituary (668)
  • Belliss and Morcom, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42
  • Belmos Co., Ltd., Flameproof Lighting Fitting (71)
  • B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., Air Compressors and Spray Painting Equipment, 526
  • Benford, Ltd., Small Concrete Mixer, 179
  • Betts, P., Temperature—Total Heat Diagram for Cooling Tower Calculations, 337, 349 ; A Contribution to the Theory of Natural Draught Cooling Towers, 455
  • Bierrum and Partners, Ltd., Circulating Water System and Coal Wharf at Brighton “ B ” Power Station, 251
  • Biles, Sir John, and Co., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91 ; Troopship ‘‘ Empire Fowey,” 485
  • Binnie, Deacon and Gourley, Civil Engineering in 1949, 29
  • Blackburn, N. P., “ Daring ” Class Destroyers, 91
  • Blackburn, R. E., Engineering Societies Conference, 575
  • Blackman, Keith, and Co., Ltd., Diesel Electric Installation of “ Electric Star,” 278
  • Blackman, Raymond V. B., Naval Construction in 1949, 21, 56
  • Blackwood Hodge, John, and Co., Ltd., Electrically Operated Walking Dragline, 355
  • Blaw Knox, Ltd., Self-Propelled Scraper, 399 ; Earth Scraper, 593
  • Boeing Airplane Co., Gas Turbines in 1949, 157
  • Boulton and Paul Aircraft, Ltd., Balliol Trainer Aircraft (694)
  • Bowyer, E. C.,, Productivity in British Industry, 380
  • Brackett, F. W., and Co., Ltd., Central Flow Band Screen, 622
  • Bradford Sewage Committee’s Report, 697
  • Brand, Charles, and Son, Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Bristol Aeroplane Co., Aeronautics in 1949, 9, 65 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 68 ; Bristol “ Brabazon I,” 723
  • British Aluminium, Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • British Broadcasting Co., New Television Equipment at Alexandra Palace, 146 ; Third Programme Transmitting Station for Liverpool, (165) ; Cameras, (179) ; Appointment,’ (389) ; Television Plans for Scotland, (405) ; Proposed Television Centre at White City, 629 ; Third Programme Transmitting Station for Sheffield, (694)
  • British Electric Transformer Co., Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • British Electricity Authority, Manufacture of High-Pressure Pipework for Boilers, (33) ; Electrical Engineering in 1949, 46; First Report, 87 ; Generating Plant Programmes, 117; Generating Plant Extensions, 237, (405), (668) ; Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Electrification Scheme, 248; Circulating Water System and Coal Wharf at Brighton “ B ” Power Station, 251 ; Experimental High- Voltage Transmission Line, 266 ; Contracts for Water Valves Placed in Italy, 283 ; Appointment, (384) ; New Power Station at Drakelow, (460) ; Hydro- Electric Developments in North Wales, 511 ; Courses on Protective Gear, (535) ; New Power Station for Lancashire, (616) ; New Power Stations, 697 ; Pipe-Line Compression Cables, (720); Operation of Steam Generating Stations, 763
  • British India Steam Navigation Co., T.S. “ Kenya,” (642)
  • British Indicators, Ltd., Internal Measuring Instrument, 580
  • British Insulated Callenders Cables, Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 108; Multicore Television Camera Cable 132; Diesel-Electric Installation of “Electric Star,” 278; Aluminium Sheathed Impregnated-Pressure Cable, 486 ; 220kV Pressure Cable Installation in France, 709
  • British Steel Piling Co., Ltd., Pile Driving Plant, 561
  • British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., Component Production, 676
  • British Telecommunications Research, Ltd., Marine V.H.F. Radio at Mersey Docks and Harbour, 707
  • British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14; Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63 ; Electrical Engineering in 1949, 81, 108 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 84; Leak Detection in Aircraft Pneumatic Systems, 132; Diesel- Electric Shunting Locomotive, 174; Vierfontein Power Station, 327 ; Output Measurements on Large Generators, 340; Portable Insulation Test Set, 445; Parents’ Day, (584) ; Totally Enclosed Fan-Cooled Motor, 651 ; Control Console for Walking Dragline, 704; Hydro-Electric Generators for Roxburgh Power Station, New Zealand, 718; Electromagnetic Isotope Separator at Harwell, (720)
  • British Timken, Ltd., Large Surface Grinding Machine, 160
  • British Tyre and Rubber Co., Group Research, (35)
  • Brook Motors, Ltd., Automatic Star- Delta Starter, 179
  • Brooke Marine, Ltd., Self-Propelled Suction Dredger, 652
  • Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 124 ; British Railways Gas Turbine Locomotive No. 18,000, 608
  • Brown, F. A. S., Railway Motive Power, 122
  • Brown-Jackson, David, Ltd., Reorganisation at the Works, 662
  • Brown, James, Ltd., Ship Conversion, 133
  • Brown, John, and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7 ; Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 68; The Orkney Windmill and Wind Power in Scotland, 106 ; Metalurgical Plant in S. Rhodesia, (520) ; T.S.S. “ Amsterdam,” 729
  • Brown, T. W. F., Some Factors in the Use of High Temperatures in Gas Turbines, 161, 191
  • Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 84; Visitors’ Day, (642) ; Works Standardisation Scheme, 683 ; Falcon Association of former Brush ” Apprentices, (720)
  • Bryan Donkin Co., Ltd., Remote Control and Gas Supply, (375)
  • Brymbo Steel Works, Ltd., Use of Oxygen in Steelmaking, 717
  • Brynmawr Rubber, Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Bureau of Analysed Samples, Ltd., Spectrographic Standard Steels, 718
  • Burmah Oil Co., Rehabilitation, (255)
  • Burrard Drydock Co., Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 56
  • CAHN, R. W., Recrystallisation of Single Crystals After Plastic Bending, 535
  • Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949 21 ; Aircraft Carrier ‘‘ Ark Royal,” 523, 579; Exhibition Ship for 1951 Festival, (584)
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63
  • Canadian Vickers, Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 56 ; Propelling Machinery for Naval Ships, 539
  • Candy Filter Co., Ltd., Metropolitan Water Board Works in Progress and Constructed During 1949, 127
  • Carlotti, Pierre, Note on New Forms for Ships, 453
  • Carmichael, A. M., Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 29
  • Carpmael, Raymond, Obituary, 335
  • C.A.V., Ltd., Storage and Oil Fuel, (191) ; Buses Floor Engines, 147
  • Cementation Co., Ltd., Water Board Works in Constructed During 1949, 127 ; Some Tunnels for Scottish Hydro-Electric Schemes, 296
  • Chalmers, T. W., Short History of Radio- Activity, 348, 378, 408, 438, 466, 494, 531, 562, 594, 620, 646, 672, 698, 724, 754
  • Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., Automatic Tip-Up Car Ramp, 745
  • Chance Brothers, Ltd., Modernisation of Gold Coast Lighthouses, 375 ; Airport Location Beacon, 525
  • Chaplain, T. K., Drawing an Approximation to an Ellipse, 90
  • Chapman, C. S., Welsh Power Schemes, 575
  • Cheney, E. V., Obituary, (752)
  • Chilton, H., Mechanical Draught Cooling Towers, 243
  • Chippindale, J. A., Drawing an Approximation to an Ellipse, 301
  • Chisarc and Shell ‘‘ D,” Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Heavy Duty Plain Grinding Machine, 53
  • Cibula, A., Effect of Grain Size on the Tensile Properties of High-Strength Cast Aluminium Alloys, 441 ; Mechanism of Grain Refinement of Sand Castings in Aluminium Alloys, 441
  • Clark Brothers Co., Incorporated, Gas Turbines in 1949, 157
  • Clark, George, Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21
  • Clark, J. S., 50-Metre Mural Comparator at the N.P.L., 201, 228
  • Clarke Chapman and Co., Ltd., Diesel- Electric Installation of Electric Star,” 278
  • Clear Glass Products, Ltd., Cold Galvanising, (301)
  • Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Cliff Quay Generating Station, 689
  • Clunie Power Station on Load, 437
  • Clyde Blowers, Ltd., S.S. “ Brighton,” 712
  • Clyde Crane and Engineering Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63
  • Coats, W. Lennox, Buses with Under- Floor Engines, 301
  • Cochrane, John, and Sons, Ltd., Some Tunnels for Scottish Hydro-Electric Schemes, 296
  • Cock, C. M., Railway Electrification in Great Britain, 359, 402
  • Cockburns, Ltd., S.S. “ Brighton,” 712
  • Cole, Boris N., Impact Stresses in Systems of Bars, 264, 288
  • Cole, E. K., Ltd., Radioactive Thickness Gauge, 446 ; Radiation Monitor, 592
  • Cologne-Deutz Bridge, 328
  • Colvilles, Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Compactors Engineering, Ltd., Soil Compacting Machine, 279
  • Composite Forgings, Ltd., Components for Large Built-up Dies, 691
  • Concrete Development Co., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Conimeters, Ltd., The Coniineter, 341
  • Consett Iron Co., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Ltd., Bridge Across the Orange River, 163
  • Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., Stationary Air Compressor, 590
  • Contactor Switchgear, Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Contractors Record, LtJ., Hydraulic Diagrams, (103)
  • Coode, Vaughan-Lee Frank and Gwyther, Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Cook, Maurice, Hot Working of Copper and Copper Alloys, 496
  • Cooke and Ferguson, Ltd., Vierfontein Power Station, 327
  • Cooper, W. Roylands, Retirement,. 394 Corby New Town, (396)
  • Corlett, E. C. B., Thermal Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, 519
  • Cory Brothers, Ltd., Amalgamation, 389 Coventry Climax, Ltd., T.S.M. Small Fork-Lift Truck, 731
  • Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd., 4 H.P. Air-Cooled Oil Engine, 178
  • Coward, A. L., Obituary, 363
  • Cox, H. Roxbee, Industrial Gas Turbines, 574, 595
  • Cowley, W. L., Industrial Application of Atomic Energy, 393 ; The Quantum Theory, 685
  • Crane Packing, Ltd., Gland Packing and Electrical Insulating Material, 184
  • Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., ‘‘ Mighty Antar ” Oil-Field Tractors and Trailers, 498, 568
  • Craven Brothers (Manchester) Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42 ; Large Double-ended Tube Boring Machine, 308
  • Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Cable for Brisbane River Crossing, (195) ; llkV, 250MVA Switchgear Unit, Tap Changer, 528 ; Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Cullis, G., Locomotive Practice and Performance in the Twentieth Century, 542
  • Cyc-Arc, Ltd., Stud Welding, 371
  • DAVENPORT Engineering Co., Vierfontein Power Station, 327
  • Davis, Edwin, Hot Working of Copper and Copper Alloys, 496
  • Davy, J. B., Obituary, 671
  • Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Dawe Instruments, Ltd., Moisture Meter for Textiles, 445
  • de Havilland Aircraft Co., Economies of the “ Comet ” Aircraft, 189
  • de Havilland Engine Co., Aeronautics in 1949, 9
  • De Laval Steam Turbine Co., Gas Turbines in 1949, 157
  • Demolition and Construction Co., Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61 ; Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Denison, Samuel, and Son, Ltd., Tensile Testing Machine, 556
  • Denny, William, and Brothers, Ltd., British Shipbuilding Research Association, 105 ; S.S. “ Brighton,” 712
  • Dewrance and Co., Ltd., Works Foundation Stone, 123
  • Dex Industries, Ltd., Rust Removal and Prevention, (316)
  • Diamond, E. L., Effect of Tapered Treads on the Motion of Overhead Travelling Cranes, 511; Characteristics of Scrap in Relation to Bulk Handling, 564; Proposals for the Modification of a Blast-Furnace Top, 625
  • Didsbury Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Minilift ” Hoist, 704
  • Dobbie Mclnnes, Ltd., Peak Pressure Indicator, 513
  • Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd., Aluminium Highway Bridge, 234
  • Dorman Long and Co., Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61, 74
  • Dorman Long (Africa) Ltd., Recent Steel Construction, 253 ; Vierfontein Power Station, 327
  • Dorman, W. H., and Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • Dove, H. L., Investigations on Model Anchors, 509
  • Doxford, William, and Sons, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7, 91
  • Driver, C. J., Ltd., Generating Plant for Egypt, (315)
  • Droop and Rein, Oil Groove Gutting Machine, 661
  • Drysdale and Co., Ltd., Diesel-Electric Installation of “ Electric Star,” 278
  • Duckitt, Walter, Obituary, 17
  • Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Rubber Suspension Units for Motor-Cycles, 310 ; Rubber Research Centre, 706 ; Silicone Rubber Products’, (750)
  • Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., Photo-Electric Press Guard, 160
  • EAGLE Engineering Co., Ltd., Large British Quarry Dumpers, 179
  • Eagle Oil and Shipping Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • East African Power and Light Co., Gas Turbines in 1949, 84
  • East Lancashire Chemical Co., Ltd., Coating Thickness Meter, 220
  • Eastern and North-Eastern Region (British Railways), Manchester- Sheffield-Wath Electrification Scheme, 248 ; Fluorescent Lighting for Shen- field Line Station Platforms, (490) ; New Eastern Region Signalling, 673, 700, 727 ; Pneumatic Buffer Stop, 745 ; Rail Brakes at Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, (776)
  • Eborall, Myriam D., Grain Refinement of Aluminium and its Alloys by Small Additions of other Elements, 441
  • Edwards, J. B., and Co. (Why’teleafe) Ltd., Metropolitan Water Board Works in Progress and Constructed during 1949, 127
  • Edwards, W., and Co., Coating Unit ‘‘ 6E ” ; Rotary Vacuum Pump, 446
  • Elcontrol, Ltd., Furnace Flame Failure Safeguard, 219
  • Elders and Fyffes, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63
  • Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., Admiralty Portable Radio Interference Measuring Set, (175) ; Television Transmitter Equipment, (315)
  • Electronic Instruments, Ltd., Portable High-Speed Pyrometer, 516
  • Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Output Measurements on Large Generators, 340 ; Electrical Recorder with 3-inch Chart; Automatic Potentiometer, 397 ; New Optical Pyrometer for the Pottery Industry, (507) ; Speed Indicator Generator ; “ Trimode ” Controller, 530
  • Enfield Cables, Ltd., Cable-Laying Across the River Tamar, (405) ; Pipe- Line Compression Cables, (720) ; Model High-Voltage D.C. Transmission System, 737
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 81, 108 ; A. C. Network Analyser Board, 94; Gas Turbines in 1949, 124; Arnhem Trolleybuses, (135) ; “ Canberra ” Jet Bomber Production, (272); Vierfontein Power Station, 327 ; 165kV, 3500 MVA Air Blast Circuit Breaker ; 5kW Induction Heater, 527 ; Propelling Machinery for Naval Ships, 539 ; Portable lOkV Insulation Tester, 581 ; Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Tasmania, (750)
  • English Steel Corporation, Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42
  • Escher Wyss Engineering Works, Gas Turbines in 1949, 157
  • Euclid (Great Britain) Ltd., British Built Euclid Trucks, (750)
  • Eupen Dam, Belgium, Completion, 193, 268
  • Eve, J. L., Construction Co., Ltd., Metropolitan Water Board Works in Progress and Constructed During 1949, 127
  • Everard, F. Vincent, Mechanical Engineering in the Midlands, 1925- '1950, 746
  • Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Transmitter for Tank Contents Gauge, 398 ; Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Ewbank and Partners, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • FAIRFIELD Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ; Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63 ; Reconditioning of the “ Empress of Scotland,” 576
  • Fairlight, Ltd., Air Disaster in South Wales, 317
  • Fairmile Construction Co., Ltd., Light Alloy Barges, 762
  • Farrell, K. P., Improvements in Mooring Anchors, 509
  • Fawley Oil Refinery Progress, 691 Federal Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Cadet Ship, (776)
  • Felco Hoists, Ltd., Travelling Wire Rope Pulley Block, 680
  • Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., Power Transmission Products, 651
  • Ferguson Pailin, Ltd., 66kV Outdoor Oil Circuit Breaker, 589
  • Ferranti, Ltd., Vierfontien Power Station, 327 ; ‘‘ FM ” Single-Phase Meter, 339 ; High Speed Recorder, 447 ; Portable Viscometer, 560
  • Field, J. F., Application of Gas Turbine Technique to Steam Power, 281, 312 .
  • Fielding and Platt, Ltd., Variable- Delivery High-Speed Radial Pump, 592
  • Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd., Flowcline” Portable Conveyor, 681
  • Flather’s Bright Steels, Ltd., New Heavy Industry, 163
  • Fleming and Ferguson, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • Follsain-Wycliffe Foundries, Ltd., Long Service Awards, (129)
  • Ford Motor Co., Ltd., New Coke Ovens, (655)
  • Foster, Yates and Thom Ltd., 85-ton Battery Box Press, 527
  • Fowler, John, and Co. (Leeds) Ltd., Centenarv, 306
  • Fox, F. A., Hot Working of Magnesium and its Alloys, 471
  • Frankau, A. M., Effect of Tapered Treads on the Motion of Overhead Travelling Cranes, 511
  • Fraser and Fraser, Ltd., Water-Tube Boiler for a Distillation Plant, 340
  • Freeman, Sir Ralph, Obituary, 334
  • French, W. and C., Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Funditor, Ltd.^ “ Sand-Jet ” Marking Machine, 588
  • Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 9r
  • Furness Withy and Co., Ltd., Exhibition Ship for 1951- Festival, (584)
  • GALLOWAY, D. F., Productivity in British Industry, 604
  • Gas Council, Gas Conversion Unit, 650
  • Gatwick Airport, (71)
  • Gee Walker and Slater; Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • General Electric Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14 ; Critical Review of Gas Turbine Progress, 32 ; Electrical Engineering in 1949, 81, 108 ; Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91 ; Electric Discharge Laboratory Lamps, 143 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 157 ; Amplifier, (176) ; Preheater, 187 ; and Circuit Test Set, 187 ; Neon Indicators, .(255); Plant for South Africa, (255) ; Photo- Electric Temperature Measurement in the Glass Industry, 290 ; Fluorescent Lighting Circuits in London Transport Cars, 311 ; Germanium Crystal Rectifiers, 329 ; Automatic Telephone Trigger Dial, 370; Modern Control Telephone System at Burntisland, (375) ; Large Electric Pottery Kiln, 400 ; Magnetic Field Strength Meter ; Transmission Set, 412 ; Electronic Control of a Steel Mill Reel Motor in 1940, 426 ; Fluorescent Lighting for Shenfield Line Station Platforms, (490) ; Spot Welder for Light Gauge Work, 512 ; Magnetic Recording Tape, (520) ; Weir Controllers for Slip-Ring Motors, 547 ; Carding Engine Starter ; High-Torque Squirrel-Cage Motor, 559 ; Photo-Telegraphy System Acquired, (616) ; Gold Treatment Plant, 654 ; Electromagnetic Isotope Separator at Harwell, (720)
  • General Post Office, Automatic “ Voice,” (405)
  • General Refractories, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42
  • Gibb, Sir Alexander, and Partners, Civil Engineering in 1949, 49, 77 ; Sabi-Lundi Development, Southern Rhodesia, 150 ; Some Tunnels for Scottish Hydro-Electric Schemes, 296 ; Cliff Quay Generating Station, 689
  • Gibb, Sir Claude, Productivity in British Industry, 319
  • Gibbins, Richard C., and Co., Ltd., Cable-Drum Trailer, 731
  • Gildermeister A.-G., Six-Spindle Portal Type Automatic Lathe, 660
  • Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., Standard Bronze Bushes, (195)
  • Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Godfrey, Sir George, and Partners, Ltd., Air Conditioning Truck for Aircraft at Airports, 501
  • Gray, James, Some Considerations in the Provision and Operation of an Overseas Mail Service, 112, 138
  • Grazebrook, M. and W., Ltd., Black Country Bicentenary, 735
  • Greener, C. E., Obituary, 55
  • Grootenhuis, P., Sw’eat Cooling, 230
  • HACKBRIDGE and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 108 ; Glass Bulb Rectifier for Film Studio Lighting, 487
  • Haersolte, Baron Van, Obituary, 421
  • Halcrow, Sir William, and Partners, Proposed Hydro-Electric Development on the Gold Coast, 37 ; Civil Engineering in 1949, 49, 77 ; Some Tunnels for Scottish Hydro-Electric Schemes, 296
  • Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd. Blackheart Malleable Iron Foundry, 736
  • Halifax Shipyard, Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 56
  • Hall, J. and E., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, Troopship “ Empire Orwell,” T.S.S. “ Chusan,” 768
  • Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd., Naval struction in 1949, 21
  • Hampton and Sons, Ltd., “ Chusan,” 743
  • Hamworthy Engineering Co., Hydraulic Testing Equipment,
  • Hanson, D., Grain-Boundary Phenomena in Severely Heated Steel, 565
  • Harbormaster, Ltd., Marine Propulsion Unit, 744
  • Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., Compensated Boiler Feed Pump, 225
  • Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7, 63 ; Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ; Civil Engineering in 1949, 29 ; Motor Liner “ Bloemfonteim Castle,” 448 ; Exhibition Ship for 1951 Festival, (584) ; 7500 B.H.P. Marine Diesel Engine, 635; Reconditioning of the ‘‘ Carnarvon Castle,” (694)
  • Harris, N. L., Electric Discharge Laboratory Lamps, 143
  • Hartley, A., Overheating and Burning of Steel, 565
  • Harvey, G. A., and Co: (London) Ltd., Inspection by Radon of Large High- Pressure Vessels, 262
  • Harwell, Second Atomic Pile, 237
  • Hawksworth, F. W., Retirement, 210
  • Hawthorn Leslie, R. and W., and Co Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63
  • Head Wrightson and Co., Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 74 ; Aluminium Bascule Bridge, (255) ; Tensioned Sluice Gate, 427
  • Head, Wrightson Supplies, Ltd
  • Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • Heidenreich and Harbeck, Gear Hobbing Machine, 686 •
  • Heller Maschinenfabrik G.m.b.H., Hydraulically Operated Long Milling Machine, 601 ; Hydraulically Operated Universal Foundry Saw, 601
  • Henderson, Sir James B., Obituary, 451
  • Henderson, John M., and Co., Ltd., Cableway Rope Turning Gear, 177
  • Henschel and Sohn G.m.b.H., 90-seat “ Bimot-Bus,” 687
  • Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., Expanding Mandrel, 516
  • Heyligenstaedt and Co., Face Plate Lathe, 661
  • Hilger and Watts, Ltd., Toolroom Machine, 663
  • Hobbs, Aubrey Thomas, Obituary, 89
  • Holcroft, H., Cab Arrangement for Standard B.R. Locomotives, 53
  • Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Holloway Brothers, Ltd., Civil Engineering Works in 1949, 77
  • Hollyer, G. J., Obituary, 463
  • Holst and Co., Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Hoover, Ltd., Fractional Horsepower Motor, 369
  • Hopkinsons, Ltd., Torsion Bar Safety Valves, 745
  • Howarth, R. and T., Bridge Over the River Tame, 582
  • Howden, James, Ltd., S.S. ‘‘ Brighton,” 712
  • Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., Narrow-Gauge Diesel Locomotive, 100
  • Hymatic Engineering Air Compressor, 624
  • IMPERIAL Salt-Bath Tank, 558
  • International Combustion, Ltd., General- Purpose Water-Tube Boiler, 91 ; Vierfontein Power Station, 327 ; Unit for Portobello Station ; tinuous Centrifuge, 524
  • International Marine Radio Co., Radio-Telephone System for Nyasa, (71)
  • Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14 ; Water-Tube Boiler for a Distillation Plant, 340 ; “ Mighty Antar ” Oil-Field Tractors and Trailers, 498, 568
  • I.T.D., Ltd., Battery-Operated Fork Lift Truck, 679
  • JACKSON, J., The Testing of Mechanical Draught Water-Cooling Towers, 140 ; Mechanical Draught Cooling Towers, 243
  • Jefifes, J. H. E., Thermodynamic Background of Iron and Steelmaking Processes, 598
  • Jennings, R. F., Blast-Furnace Gas Cleaning, 624 •
  • Jessop, William, and Sons, Ltd., Permanent Magnets, (103)
  • Johnson, C. H. (Machinery) Ltd., Mobile Conveyor, 589
  • Jones, Sidney G., Ltd., Copying Lathe Demonstration, (255)
  • Jones, I. J., Obituary, 335
  • KASZ, F., Hot Rolling of Aluminium and its Alloys, 471
  • Kearns, H. W., and Co., Ltd., Toolroom Boring Machine, 663
  • Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial) Ltd Single-Channel ‘‘ Transflux ’’ Element, 397
  • Kennedy and Donkin, Civil Engineering in 1949, 49
  • Kent Electric Power Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 46
  • Kershaw, G. B., and Kaufman, Bridge Over the River Tame, 582
  • Kieserling and Albrecht., Centreless Bar Turning Machine : Eccentric Press with Automatic Feed, 660
  • King, W. D., Productivity in British Industry, Consequences of Simpliflcation, 756
  • Kirkstall Forge, Ltd., “ Mighty Antar Oil-Field Tractors and Trailers, 542
  • Kitchen and Wade, Ltd., Duplex Connecting Rod Drilling Machine, 159 ; Special Drilling Machine, 691
  • Ko, T., Grain-Boundary Phenomena in Severely Heated Steel, 565
  • Kolb, Hermann., Radial Drilling Machines, 662
  • Kollmann Machinenbau G.m.b.H., Plano Milling Machine, 660
  • LAMSON Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Skate Wheel ” Gravity Conveyor, 731
  • Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63 ; Electrical Engineering in 1949, 81 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 84 ; S.S. “ Brighton,” 712
  • Lancashire Electric Power Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 46
  • Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., Pedestrian- Controlled Fork Lift Truck, 731
  • Lapoint Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Tool Supports for Horizontal Broaching Machines, 280 ; Broach Factory, 709
  • Laporte, B., Ltd., Mobile Fuel Efficiency Testing Unit, 294
  • Lanorte Chemicals, Ltd., Mobile Fuel Efficiency Testing Unit, 294
  • Lapworth, Herbert, Partners, Civil Engineering in 1949, 29
  • Laurence Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63
  • Lavender and McMillan, Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Leech, K. H., Opposition to Welsh Power Schemes, 603
  • Leedham, L. H., Future of the Steam Locomotive, 183
  • Levy, Lawrence, Retirement, (776)
  • Lewis and Duvivier, Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Leyland Motors, Ltd., Buses with Under- Floor Engines, 114; ‘‘Royal Tiger” Under-Floor Bus Chassis, 546 ; SingleDeck Diesel-Engined Buses, (765)
  • Lindblad, Anders F., Further Experiments with Models of High-Speed Ships, 454
  • Liptak Furnace Arches, Ltd., Water-Tube Boiler for a Distillation Plant, 340
  • Livesey and Henderson, Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • Lloyds Register, Shipbuilding Returns, 123, 507 ; Annual Summary for 1949, 272 ; Statistical Notes, 287 ; Revised Rules, 302 ; Wreck Returns, (315) ; The Registro Italiano Navale, Agreement, (668) ; Special Meeting, (776)
  • Lobley, A. Glynne, Obituary, (136)
  • Lobnitz and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • Loch Sloy, Power Production, 317
  • Loewy Engineering Co., Ltd., Large Scrap-Baling Plant, 309
  • Londex, Ltd., Remote Flow Indicator, 623
  • London Midland Region, (British Railways) : Track Laying, (345)
  • London Transport, Conductor- Pvail Gauging Trolley, 280 ; Fluorescent Lighting Circuits in London Transport Cars, 311 ; Safety Working on Permanent Way, (375) ; New Appointments, 619
  • Lucas, Joseph, (Gas Turbine Equipment) Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 84
  • Lynch, Will, The Loss of H.M. Submarine “ Truculent,” 123
  • Lysaght’s, John, Bristol Works, Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Lysaght’s, John, Scunthrope Works, Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • MACDONALD, F. A., and Partners, Glasgow Water Supply, 503
  • MacNamara, A. Wire-Forming Machine ; Strip-Forming Plate Wire-Forming Machine, 526
  • Manadon House, Naval Engineering Training, 235, 275
  • Marchant, E. W., Hon. I.E.E., 73 /
  • Marconi International munication Co., Ltd., of the “ Empress of Scotland,” 576
  • Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Marconi Training and Marconi College, (103) ; Broadcasting Transmitter for Denmark, (112) ; Cameras for the B.B.C., (179) ; V.H.F. Radio Telephone Link in the Faroes, 195
  • Margolis, A. E., District Heating and its Application to the New Towns, 330, 371 Marion Steam Shovel Co., Electrically Operated Walking Dragline, 355
  • Martin, Frank A., Productivity in British Industry, 258
  • Massey, H. F., Obituary, (642)
  • Massey Harris, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42
  • Mavour and Coulson, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42 ; Belt Conveyor Driving Gear, 703
  • McAlpine, Sir Robert, and Sons (London) Ltd., Construction of Walton Reservoir, 428
  • McCall and Co. (Sheffield) Ltd., Development in Prestressed Concrete, 475
  • Mclnnes, A., Gardner and Partners, T.S.S. “ Chusan,” 743
  • McLaren, J. and H., Ltd., Single Cylinder, Cold-Starting, Horizontal, Four-Cycle C.I. Engine, 528
  • McLeod, Robert James, Obituary, 17 Meadows, Henry, Ltd., 180 B.H.P. Oil Engine, 529
  • Merritt, H. E., Simplification Creates New Problems for Top-Management, 237
  • Merz and McLellan, Civil Engineering in 1949, 49 ; Cliff * Quay Generating Station, 689
  • Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd.’, British Shipbuilding Research Association, 105 ; Last Voyage of the “ Aquitania,” 227
  • Metallisation, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 42
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer British Studios, Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Metropolitan-Cammell Weymann Bodies, Ltd., Buses with Under-Floor Engines, 114
  • Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14; Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 84 ; Heavy-Duty W eat her proof Floodlight Projector, (103) ; Gas Turbine for Oilfield Service, 188 ; Diesel-Electric Installation of ‘‘ Electric Star,” 278 ; Vierfontein Power Station, 327 ; Simplified Permeameter for Magnet Steels; Mass Spectrometer, 411 ; Single-Phase Meter-Testing Equipment, 559 ; British Railways Gas Turbine Locomotive' No. 18,000, 608 ; Electromagnetic Isotope Separator at Harwell, (720) ; Summer School, (750)
  • Metropolitan Water Board, Works in Progress and Constructed During 1949, 127 ; Superchlorination, 396 ; Construction of Walton Reservoir, 428 ; New Slow-Sand Filter Beds at Walton- on-Thames, 697
  • M’Ewen, Ewen, Agricultural Engineering Research, 711
  • Miller Insulation, Ltd., S.S. ‘‘ Brighton,” 712
  • Milner, H. L., Recent Developments of the Mechanism of the Hydraulic Variable-Pitch Aircraft Propeller, 476
  • Mining Engineering Co., Ltd., Face Conveyor Driving Unit, 189
  • Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., Sixteen-CyUnder Oil Engine, 218 Mirrlees-Watson Co., Ltd., Coke Stoker, 590
  • Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., Coal Preparation Plant, 680
  • Mitchell, James, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, 572
  • Mono Pumps, Ltd., S.S. “ Brighton,” 712 Moore, N. P. W., Sweat Cooling, 230 Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., “ The All
  • Carbon Blast Furnace,” (776)
  • Morgan, Guy, and Partners, Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Morris, D. P., Application of X-Ray Methods to the Determination of Phase Boundaries in Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, 533
  • Morton and Weaver, Small Marine Reverse Gear, 269
  • Mott, Hay and Anderson, Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Mouchel, L. G., and Partners, Ltd., Bridge Over the River Tame, 582
  • Muirhead and Co., Ltd., Exhibition of Facsimile Communication Equipment, 480
  • Mullard Electronic Products, Ltd., Instrument for Conductance Measurements, 419 ; Improved Production Methods for Television C.R. Tubes, 482
  • Muscroft, E. B., Obituary, (315)
  • NASH, G. H. Obituary, 437
  • Nash, J. E., Obituary, (345)
  • National Coal Board, Continuous Mining Machine, 100 ; Northern Divisional Coal Board, (103) ; Colliery Reconstruction Schemes, 105 ; University Scholarships, 254 ; Research Appointment, 463 ; Pithead Power Plant in Germany and Holland, 753
  • National Physical Laboratory, Jubilee, 149
  • Nelson, Sir George, President of the B.E.A.M.A., 539
  • Nelson, H. G., Education and Training in Engineering Management, 578
  • New Conveyor Co., Ltd., Troughing Idler, 679
  • New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7 ; Cadet Ship, (776)
  • Newall, A. P. Obituary, 243
  • Newalls, Ltd., T.S.S. “ Chusan,” 768
  • Newalls Insulation Co., Ltd., Pametrada Research Station, 714
  • Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14 ; British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Newton Victor, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14; Manufacture of Fusion Welded Pressure Vessels, 385 ; ‘‘ Raymax ” Crystallographic X-Ray Unit, 412
  • Niven, A. M., Obituary, (71)
  • Nock, 0. S., Present-Day Locomotive Working, 53 ; Locomotive Practice and Performance in the Twentieth Century, 363
  • N.O.R., Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • Norris Warming Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63
  • North British Locomotove Co. (Africa) Ltd., Manufacture of Locomotives, 163
  • North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board, Civil Engineering in 1949, 77; The Orkney Windmill and Wind Power in Scotland, 106 ; Tunnels, 296 ; Power Production at Loch Sloy, 317 ; Clunie Power Station on Load, 437 ; Linking Aberdeen and Dundee Electricity Supplies, (460)
  • Nutting, J., Detection of Overheating and Burning in Steel by Microscopical Methods, 565 ; Overheating and Burning of Steel, 565
  • Norton, Sir James Farmer, and Co., Ltd., Wiredrawing and Strip Rolling Plant, 558
  • Nyasaland Railways, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • OHLER, J. F., Cold Saws, 662
  • Oliphant, M. L., Industrial Application of Atomic Energy, 303, 323
  • Ord, Lewis, C., American Industrial Advice, 638
  • Outrain, F. C., Obituary, (720)
  • Ove Arup and Partners, Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Owen, E. A., Application of X-Ray Methods to the Determination of Phase Boundaries in Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, 533
  • PAMETRADA, Gas Turbines in 1949, 124 ; Research Station, 714
  • Parker, E. B., Railway Rails, 213
  • Parker, Frederick, Ltd., “Concrete Mixer ; Mobile Crushing Plant, 556
  • Parsons, C. A., and Co, Manufacture of High-Pressure Pipework for Boilers, (33) ; Electrical Engineering in 1949, 46, 81 ; Gas Turbines in 1949, 124
  • Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., Metropolitan Water Board Works in Progress and Constructed During 1949, 127
  • Peattie, J. D., Operation of B.E.A. Steam Generating Stations, 763
  • Peebles, Bruce, Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 81 ; Generator Transformers for Portobello Power Station, 129
  • Peninsular and •Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Troopship Empire Fowey,” 485; T.S.S. Chusan,” (616), 705, 743, 768
  • Perkins, F., Ltd., Diesel Engine Works, ' 734
  • Perl Controls, Ltd., Magnetic Gas Valve, 623
  • Perry Engineering Co., Ltd., Cableway Rope Turning Gear, 177
  • Peter Brotherhood, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63 ; S.S. Brighton,” 712
  • Petrochemicals, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14
  • Petters, Ltd., Works Standardisation Scheme, 683
  • Piacenza Bridge Over the Po, Italy, Reconstruction, 193
  • Pickersgill, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21
  • Plessey Co., Ltd., Concentric Plugs and Sockets, (103) ; Solderless (345); Industrial Range of Hydraulic Pumps, 544
  • Pneulec, Ltd., Jarr Squeeze Strip Machine, 558
  • Port Line, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7, 63
  • Poultney, E. C., Churchward, 452
  • Powel Duffryn Carbon Products, Ltd., New Industrial Carbon, 329
  • Power Flexible Tubing Co., Ltd., Bellows Expansion Joint, 514
  • Power Gas Corporation, Ltd.,, Hydrogenation of Fatty Oils and Fats, 442
  • Power Jacks, Ltd., Newton “ Hydratruck ” ; Hydraulic Jack and Pump, 680 / '
  • Preece, A;, Detection of Overheating and Burning in Steel by Microscopical Methods, 565 ; Overheating and Burning of Steel, 565
  • Pullin, V. E., Inspection by Radon of Large High-Pressure Vessels, 262
  • Purves, Colonel Sir Thomas Fortune, Obituarv, 182
  • Pye, W. G., and Co., Ltd., Combined Pirani and Ionisation Gauge, 341
  • Pyrene Co., Ltd., Rust-Removing Solution, (328)
  • RABOMA Maschinenfabrik., Radial Drill, 662
  • Rachinger, W. A., Mechanism of Deformation in Metals with Special Reference to Creep, 534
  • Radio Gramophone Development Co., Ltd., Marine V.H.F. Radio at Mersey Docks and Harbour, 707
  • Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., Photo-Electric i Press Guard, 160
  • Radley, W. G., Telephone and Telegraph Transmission and the Work of Heaviside, 613, 639, 664
  • Railway Executive, British Railways’ Motor-Car Carrier, (135) ; Weed- Killing Trains, (345)
  • Raleigh Industries, Ltd., Cycles Through the Ages, (71)
  • Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Engineering Workshops in 1949, 14 Rawlplug Co., Ltd., ‘‘ Rawloops,” 591 |
  • Read, C. M., Obituary, (520)
  • Redfern, H. G., Obituary, 405 Zinc-Rich Alloys, 496
  • Roberts, D. F. T{, Note on the Overheating of Steel, 565
  • Roberts, E. R. B., Railway Motive Power, 213
  • Robinson, A., and Co., Ltd., Diesel- Electric Installation of ‘‘ Electric Star,” 278
  • Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Large Surface Grinding Machine, 160
  • Roe, A. V., Canada, Ltd., Aeronautics in 1949, 65
  • Rollason, E. C., Note on the Overheating of Steel, 565
  • Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 124
  • Ross, Donald, and Partners, Ltd., Welding Jig, 279
  • Round Oak Steel Works, Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61
  • Rover Co., “ Mighty Antar ” Oil-Field Tractors, and Trailers, 611
  • Rowatt, Thomas, Obituary, 479
  • Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Diamond Jubilee, (776)
  • Royal Mail Lines, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7
  • Ruddle, R. W., Effect of Grain Size on I the Tensile Properties of High-Strength Cast Aluminium Alloys, 441
  • Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 84, 124 ; Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotive, 174; New Mechanised Ironfoundry, 205, 233
  • SABI-LUNDI Development, Southern Rhodesia, 150
  • Safmarine, Ltd., New Service, 645
  • Salford Electric Instruments, Ltd Photo-Electric Temperature Measurement in the Glass Industry, 290; r Link-Testing Wattmeter, 445
  • Salisbury China Co., Ltd., Large Electric Pottery Kiln, 400
  • Sayers, Henry Mannington, Obituary, 1
  • Scheuer, E., Modern Billet Casting, 440 Scott, William Leslie, Obituary, 153 1 Scottish Region, (British Railways),
  • Report on Train Fire, 317 ; Modern Control Telephone System at Burntisland, (375)
  • Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., NavaJ Construction in 1949, 21
  • Scrivener, Arthur, Ltd., Crush Forming Centreless Grinder Wheels, 449
  • Seed, T. A., David and Robert Mushet, 90
  • Self-Changing Gear Co., Ltd., Gas Turbines, in 1949, 84
  • Shaw, Anne G., Full Application of Motion Study, 388
  • Shaw Savin and Albion Co., Ltd., Exhibition Ship for 1951 Festival, (584)
  • Shawinigan Water and Power Co., Programme, 313
  • Shell Caribbean Petroleum do., Ltd., High-Speed Launches for Venezuela, 548
  • Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., Gas Turbine for Oilfield Service, 188 ; Mobile Oil Well Servicing Unit, 219 ; Chemical Industry Management, (642); Oilfield Communications, (642) ; Shell Haven Refinery Developments,,657 I
  • Sherburn, H., Productivity in British I Industry, Consequences of Simplification, 756
  • Showell, D. W. Dugard, Hot Working of Tin Bronzes, 496
  • Siemens Electric Lamps and Supplies, Ltd., Arc Initiation Under High Pressure, 447
  • Siemens Schuckert (Great Britain) Ltd., Flameproof Electric Drilling Machine I for Mines, 311
  • Simon-Carves, Ltd., “ Steam Power Plant,” (35)
  • Simons, Wm., and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., Fortieth Anniversary, (430)
  • Skinningrove Iron Co., Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 74 I
  • Slack and Parr, Ltd., Variable Pitch I Propeller, 591
  • Smith, Christopher, Extrusion of Aluminiun Alloys, 471
  • Smith, Thomas, and Son (Rodley) Ltd., Diesel-Electric Shunting Crane, 588
  • Spear, Peter, Organisation and Work of the B.S.A. Group Machinability Research Laboratory, 352, 401 I
  • Spencer-Bonecourt, Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 68
  • Sperry Gyroscope. Co., Ltd., Plant Extension, (473) ; Demonstration Vessel, (642)
  • Spillingwerk., Two-Cylinder 50 B.H.P. Steam Engine, 687
  • Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd., Dryer for Machine Glazing Cylinders, 487
  • Staehely, Rudolf., Gear Hobbing Machine, 686
  • Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 108 ; Dual-Station Heating Equipment, 219 ; Television Transmitter Equipment, (315) ; 400kV D.C. Testing Equipment, 649 ; Chester’s New Automatic Telephone System, (668)
  • Stanier, Sir William, New Appointment, 671 ?
  • Star Ferry Co., Diesel-Electric Installation of ‘‘ Electric Star,” 278
  • Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd., Petrol Engine-Driven Bandsaw, (584)
  • Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 74
  • Stephen, Alex., and Sons, Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ; Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63 ; The Troopship “ Empire Fowey,” 485 Stewart, Sir Frederick, Obituary, 334 Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., British Iron and Steel Industry in 1949, 61 ; Prefabricated Footbridge, 99 ; Refractories Research in the Open-Hearth Steel Industry, 168
  • Stone, J., and Co., Ltd., Works Apprenticeship Scheme, (135) ; S.S. ‘‘ Brighton,” 712
  • Stoodley, Cecil Charles William, Obituary (668)
  • Stordy Engineering, Ltd., Continuous Annealing Furnace for Aluminium Sheets, 190 '
  • Stringer, J., Blast-Furnace Gas Cleaning, 624
  • Suez Canal Co., Suez Auxiliary Canal, 101 ; Report for 1949, 723 '
  • Sulzer Brothers, Gas Turbines in 1949, 124 ; Diesel-Electric Locomotive for South America, 432
  • Summers, John, and Sons, Ltd., Sheet- Annealing Furnace-Charging Machine, 566
  • Sunvic Controls, Ltd., Panel-Mounted Hot-Wire Vacuum Switches, (255)
  • Sussex Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., High- Speed Launches for Venezuela, 548
  • Sutcliffe, Thomas Desmond, Obituary, 347
  • Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21
  • Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 63 ; 28,000-ton Tanker “ Velutina.” 437
  • TAFFS, John, Retirement, 723
  • Taylor, J., The Influence of Gas/Solid Temperature Difference on Blast- Furnace Operation, 599
  • Taylor, John, and Sons, Civil Engineering in 1949, 29
  • Taylor, R. J., Welsh Power Schemes, 633
  • Taylor Woodrow (Building Exports), Ltd., Lightweight Tropical Roof, (237)
  • Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., Civil Engineering in 1949, 77
  • Technicolor, Ltd., Glass Bulb Rectifier for Film Studio Lighting, 487
  • Teleflex Products, Ltd., Light Conveyor Unit, 732
  • “ The Machinist,” Fiftieth Year of Publication, 493
  • Thomas, Richard, and tronic Control of a Motor in 1940, 426
  • Thomas, Richard, and Refractories Research in the Open- Hearth Steel Industry, 168
  • Thompson Brothers (Bilston) Ltd., Large Welding Shop Extension, 515 ; Centrifugal Machine, 648
  • Thompson, John, Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., Metropolitan Water Board Works in Progress and Constructed During 1949, 127
  • Thompson, John, (Wolverhampton) Ltd., Travelling Grate Stoker, 622
  • Thornycroft,* John I., and Co., Ltd Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ;
  • Troopship “Empire Orwell,” 118
  • Thurston, Sir George, Obituary, 153
  • Timms, C., Autographic Recording of Errors in Gear Hobbing Machine Tables, 251
  • Towler,' F. H., Conversion of Existing Presses to the Direct Hydraulic System, 758
  • Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd “ Mighty Antar ” OihField and Trailers, 498, 542
  • Travailleur, Maurice, Obituary, Trefileries et Laminoirs du
  • Electrical Engineering in 1949, 108
  • Tripp, G. W., S.S. “Brighton,” 712; T.S.S. “ Amsterdam,” 729
  • Trippe, C. F., Obituary, (345)
  • Tube Investments, Ltd., Stainless Steel in the Dairy Industry, (135)
  • Tuplin, W. A., Epicyclic Gear Efficiencies, 90, 243 ; Locomotive Cylinder Power, 171, 214 ; Gear-Tooth Stresses at High Speed, 342 ,
  • Turnbull, J. S., The “ Lost Wax Process of Precision Casting, 97
  • Turton, George, Platts and Co., Ltd Pneumatic Buffer Stop, 745
  • VACUUM Oil Co., Ltd., Amalgamation, 389
  • Varley, P. C., Hot Rolling of Aluminium and its Alloys, 471
  • Vaughan Crane Co., Ltd.,. 5-ton Crane Crab, 73
  • Vaughan, J. W., Productivity in British Industry, (Letter, 603)
  • Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Large Scrap- Baling Plant, 309 ; Profit Sharing, (405); Improved “Bedford” Truck Engine, 431 ; Extensions at the Works, 483
  • Venters, John, The Orkney Windmill and Wind Power in Scotland, 106
  • Vereinigte Drehbank-Fabriken., Boehringer-Billeter Planer, 686
  • Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 7 ; Naval Construction in 1949, 56 ; Aircraft De-Icing Trials, 185 ; Modernisation Scheme at Elswick Works, 429 ; T.S.S. “ Chusan,” 705, 743, 768; Liner “ Oronsay,” (750)
  • Vierfontein Power Station, 327
  • Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., Small Petrol Engine Servicing Equipment, 190
  • Vincent, Charles, Productivity in Industry, 243
  • Vosper, Ltd., Firefioats, 368; Controlled Target Launch, 732
  • Voucher, Ltd., Tangential Grinder, 342
  • Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., Electrical Engineering in 1949, 108 ; Diesel-Electric Locomotives’for Tasmania, (750)
  • WAGNE, Gustav., Hydraulically Operated Mitre Saw, 661
  • Wakefield, C. C., and Co., Ltd., A Soluble on, 100
  • Waldrich Coburg G.m.b.H., Hydraulically Operated Planing Machine, 1601
  • Walker Brothers (Wigan) Ltd., Mobile Diesel-Electric Crane, 690
  • Walklate, E. J., A New Blast-Furnace Stock-Rod Gas-Seal, 625
  • WaUsend Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21 ; Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, in 1949, 63 ; S.S. “ Brighton,” 712 ; Pametrada Research Station, 714
  • Walter, Leo, Automatic Control of Industrial Furnaces, 260, 292, 324, 351
  • Walterisation Co., Ltd., Rust Prevention, (225)
  • Walters, B., Rolling of Zinc and Zinc- Rich Allovs, 496
  • Ward, H. W., Ltd., Screw Cutting on Turret Lathes, 311
  • Waring and Gillow, Ltd., T.S.S. ‘‘ Chusan,” 743
  • Watson, E. A., Windpower, 183
  • Watts, Watts, and Co., Ltd., Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in 1949, 91
  • Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Marine De-Oiler, (520)
  • Wellbourn, D. B., ' Epicyclic Efficiencies, 213
  • Wellman Smith Owen Engineering poration, Ltd., Sheet-Annealing nace-Charging Machine, 566
  • Wessex Industries, Ltd., Motor Truck, 557
  • West, A., and Partners, Ltd., Model Demonstrating the Difference between ‘‘ British 1st Angle ” and ‘‘ American 3rd Angle ” Projection, 649
  • West, Allen, Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636
  • Westdeutsche Mannesmannrohren Akt- eingesselschaft. Building and Derrick Cranes, 687
  • Western Region, (British Railways), Gas Turbine Locomotive No. 18,000, 608, 626
  • West’s Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., Gas Turbines in 1949, 68
  • Westland Aircraft Co., First European Helicopter Service at B.I.F., (584)
  • Whipp and Bourne, Ltd., Electrical Power Plant for a Film Studio, 636 ; T.S.S. “ Chusan,” 768
  • White, B., Productivity in British Industry, 198 ; (Letter, 273)
  • White, J. Samuel, and Co., Ltd., Naval Construction in 1949, 21
  • White Marine Engineering Co., S.S. “ Brighton,” 712
  • Whiteley, H. J., Extension of the Ari Range with Carbide Formation in Mild Steel Due to High Temperature Treatment, 565
  • Whittle, Sir F., New Appointment, (520) Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Spindle Locating Attachment for Chucking Automatics, 186 ; Screw Cutting on Turret Lathes, 311
  • Wiggins-Sankey, Ltd., Method of Moulding Small Ducts in Concrete, 189
  • Wild Garfield, Ltd., Standard Workhead for R.F. Heating, 649
  • Wilkinson, R. G., Hot Working of Magnesium and its Alloys, 471
  • Williams, A. E., Hydrogenation of Fatty Oils and Fats, 442, 468
  • Williams, Gertrude, Labour and the Economic Situation in 1949, 5, 44, 76
  • Williams, W. J., Influence of Low Percentages of Certain Elements on the Microstructure of Pure Iron-Carbon Alloys and Cast Irons, 598
  • Williamson, James, and Partners, Civil Engineering in 1949, 49
  • Williamson, Jas., and Sons, Ltd Electrical Engineering in 1949, 81
  • Wilson, F. Raynar, Track Circuiting on Railways, 273
  • Wilton Row Extensions, Ltd., Improved Lubricating Pumps, 178
  • Windeler, George Edward, 271 ; An Appreciation, 421*
  • Winget, Ltd., Boom-Type Machine, 557
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