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I              SUBJECT MATTER.


I Air Compressor, Messrs. Robey and Co., 129
1 Battery, Electric, Sig. J. P- Camacho, 203
Beams, Deflection of, Mr. A. C. Ponton on, 77 Bevel-gear Cutter, Mr. Corliss, Philadelphia Exhibi-
BlastTpipe, Messrs. Ayeling and Porter, Royal Agricultural Society, 41                                    1
Blower and Exhauster, Mr. C. Brakell, Gun Cotton I Company, Stowmarket, 239                      I
Boat Lowering Apparatus, Hydraulic, Mr. J. Pinker, , 165
Boat, Non-Heeling, Philadelphia Exhibition, 357
Bogie Carriage, Broad Gauge, Great Western Railway, Mr. J. Armstrong. 428. 432
Boiler, Cast Iron. Philadelphia Waterworks 308
Boiler, The “ Exeter ” Sectional, Mr. G. B. Brayton, Philadelphia Exhibition, 206
Boiler, Multitubular, Messrs. Ormerod, Grierson, and
Co. 379
Boiler, Plan and Sections of Wooden Steam, Centresquare Waterworks, Philadelphia, 308
Boiler, Safety, Mr. Harrison, Philadelphia Exhibition,
Bofier, Sectional, Mr. W. E. Kelly, Philadelphia Exhi-
BoRer^Sectional, Mr. Reed, Philadelphia Exhibition, 199
Boiler, Sectional Water Tubular, Messrs. Anderson, Philadelphia Exhibition, 206
Boiler, Tubulous Safety, Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox, Philadelphia Exhibition, 206
Boiler, Vertical, Mr. H. S. Barron, Loan Exhibition, 321
Boiler, Wrought Iron Tubular, Mr. Fiimenich, Philadelphia Exhibition, 206                  „
Boilers of the Steamship “ City of Vera Cruz, Vertical, Mr. Peek, 273
BoltCutter, Power, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney, and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 42
Boring Machine, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney, and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 42
Brake, “ Automatic,” Vacuum, Mr. R. D. Lauders, 7
Bridge, Lansdowne, Messrs. King and Co., Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia Exhibition, 168
Bridge over the Ohio, Louisville, Keystone Bridge Company, 360, 361                      _T
Brake, Pulley Block, and Safety Hoist, Mr. H. Cherry, 33
Brake, Vacuum, Mr. Smith, North British Railway, <
Bridge, Oxley Creek, Messrs. Robinson and 1 Anso ;
Messrs. Handyside and Co., 414
Cannon, Revolving and Exploded Shells, Mr. B.
Hotchkiss, 299                                -- bi
Carriages for the 38-ton Gun, Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich, 411                      , TT .
Clock, Turret, Messrs. Smith and Sons, Bombay University, 395, 398
Condenser, Mr. J. McCarter, 112
Condenser, Vertical, Messrs. Tangye Brothers, Royal Agricultural Society, 40
Counter Gear for Lathes &c„ Messrs. Hind, 258
Coupling, Automatic Railway, Mr. E. King, 145
Coupling, Double Cone Vice, Messrs. W. Sellers and
Co Machinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61, 64
Coupling InteSal Cl’amp, Mr G V. Cresson, Ma-chinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61, 64
Coupling, Railway, Mr L. Becker, 444
Couplings, Engine and Tender, Mr. J. Haswell, 220, 221
Couplings, Self-Adjusting Double Compression, Mr.
Collins’, used by Messrs. Jones and Laughhns, Machinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61, 64
Cradles for Goods Wagons, Mr. G. Turt°P;
Crane, Portable Steam, Messrs. Brown Brothers, 428
Cranes, Overhead Travelling, Messrs. Sampson, Moore, and Co., for the Gun Factory of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 228            .              . t,,.. , ,
Cylinder of Newcomen Engine, Portion of, Philadelphia Exhibition, 306
Drill, Upright, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney, and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 24
Drilling and Chucking Machine, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 42
Drilling and Recessing Machine, Duplex, Messrs. J. and J. Kershaw, 429
Earth Plates, T. H. W., 368
Engine, Blowing, The J. P. Morris Co., 94, 95
Engine and Boiler, 4-H.P., Messrs. Jones, 375
Engine and Boiler, Vertical, Messrs. E. R. and 1<-Turner, 254
Engine, The Buckeye, Mr. J. W. Thompson, Philadelphia Exhibition, 262
Engine, Compound Marine, Mr. C. Sells, 272
Engine, Compression, Mr. Ryder, Philadelphia Exhibition, 263
Engine, 6-Cylinder, Mr. West. Smithfield Club Show, 411
Engine, Express Passenger, G.W.R., Mr. J. Armstrong, 186; Sectional Elevation ditto, 202; Cross Section ditto, 224
Engine. Goods Tank, for Buenos Ayres and Campana Railway, Mr. J. Cleminson, A.I.C.E., 444
Engine. 3-Horse Vertical, Messrs. Cambridge, Parham, and Webb. Royal Agricultural Society, 57
Engine, 15-H.P. Horizontal, Messrs. Chubb and Sons’ Works, St. Paul’s Churchyard, Messrs. T. Gadd, 77
Engine, 5-H.P. Horizontal, Messrs. Deakin, Parker, and Co., 113
Engine, Marine, Mr. Young, 407
Engine, Marine, Mr. W. Symington, Loan Collection, South Kensington, 1
Engine and Mortar Mill, Combined, Messrs. Barrows and Stewart, Royal Agricultural Society, 272
Engine, Passenger Tank, Buenos Ayres and Campana Railway, Mr. J. Cleminson, 368
Engine, Portable, Ames Ironworks Company, Philadelphia Exhibition, 6
Engine, 8-H.P. Portable, Messrs. Armitage and Ruston,
Engine, 8-II P. Portable, Messrs. Wallis and Steevens, Smithfield Club Show, 382
Engine, Pumping, Providence Waterworks, Rhode Island, U.S., Mr. J. H. Shedd, 321
Engine, Single-Cylinder Corliss, Messrs. R. W. Peek and Co., Steamship City of Vera Cruz, 276
Engine, Steam Pumping, Messrs. Hayward Tyler and Co., 32
Engine Testing, Messrs. Donkin, 446
Engine, 8-H.P. Traction, Messrs. Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Smithfield Club Show, 410
Engines, Oscillating, Messrs. Maudslay and Field, Loan Exhibition, South Kensington, 21, 22
Engines of the White Star Steamship Britannic, Compound, Messrs. Maudslay and Field, 294, 297
Excavator, Steam, Messrs. A. Chaplin and Co., 378 Excavations at Hell Gate, New York, Plan of, 217 Explosion of Boiler in H.M.S. Thunderer, 125, 128, 141, 165, 211
Feeder for Thrashing Machines, Messrs. Marshal], Royal Agricultural Society, 43
Ferry-boat, Steam, the Thames Steam Ferry Company, 210
Filter, Cistern, Section of, Mr. Denton, 357
Fire-boxes for Tubular Boilers, Mr. E. Kaselowski, 418
Fire-grate for Peat Fuel, Messrs. Bainbridge and Pinkney, 348
Forging Hammer, Light, Mr. Warsop, 378
Fortifications at Eastbourne, 355
Fountain, Mr. Hamper, Messrs. Pontifex and Wood, 32 Fracture of Cast Iron Fitting Block, Mr. Beeley, 251 Furnace, American Blast, Weimer and Birkinbine,
New Jersey Iron Company, 235
Furnace, Gas, Mr. Smith Casson, Visit of Institution of Mechanical Engineers to Round Oak Works, 60
Gearing and Shafting. Mr. Corliss, Machinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 64
Governor, Mr. W. Hartnell, Smithfield Club Show, 391
Gun, 100-ton, Sir W. G. Armstrong, 102
Gun, Sections of the Woolwich 81-ton, 183
Gun at Spezia, The 100-Ton, 445, 448
Hammer, Cushioned, Mr. Bradley, Philadelphia Exhibition, 221
Hanger, Ball and Socket, Adjustable, Messrs. Jones and Laughlins’ Machinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61, 64
Hanger, Ball and Socket, Mr. E. Bancroft, used by Messrs. W. Sellers and Co., Machinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61, 64
Hay Rake, Messrs. Ransome’s, 393
Horse Rake, Reading Ironworks Company, Royal Agricultural Society, 113
Hot Air Apparatus, Mr. Pottier, 357
Indicator, Mr. J. W. Thompson’s, Philadelphia Exhibition, 262, 324
Lamp Blast, Mr. R. Lavender, British Association, 309
Lathe, Cutting-off, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 42
Lathe, Grinding. Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 24
Lathe, 13in. Weighted Engine, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 24
Lathe, 16in. Weighted Engine, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 24
Lever-testing Machine, 40-ton Direct-acting Deadweight, Messrs. J. Buckton and Co., Siemens Steel Works, Landore, 21
Lifting Chocks for Thrashing Machines, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, Royal Agricultural Society, 57 Link Motion, Messrs. Maudslay and Field, Loan Exhibition, South Kensington, 22
Locomotive for the Indian States Railway, Narrow Gauge, Vulcan Foundry Company (Limited), Mr.
A. M. Rend el, Engineer, 255
Locomotive, The, “John Bull,” Messrs. G. and R.
Stephenson, Philadelphia Exhibition, 425
Lubricator, Self-acting, Mr. Pickering, 145
Map of Upper White Nile, Colonel 8. E. Gordon, 305
Milling Machine, Mr. Laurence, Philadelphia Exhibition, 364
Mortising and Tenoning Machine, Mr. R. Carter, Holme Top Works, 258
Peat Fuel Making at Little Eggleshope, Messrs. Hall and Bainbridge, 344
Pier, Tidal, Mr. Egerton, 394
Pillar Shaper, lOin., Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co. Philadelphia Exhibition, 24
Pipes, Fire-plugs, Stop-cocks, &c., F. Graff, Centresquare Waterworks, Philadelphia, 308
Pistons and Valves, Mr. W. C. Church, 281
Plane, 16in., with Newell’s PatentVice, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 42
Planing Machine, Roller Feed, Messrs. T. Robinson and Son, 98
Plough ,Three Furrow, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head, Smithfield Club Show, 391, 392
Polishing Specula, Apparatus for, Messrs. Grubb, Loan Exhibition, South Kensington, 160
Press, Double Connection Power, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 42
Pulley with Internal Clamp Hub, Mr. G. V, Cresson, Machinery Hall, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61, 64
Pulley, with Taper-sleeve Fastening, Wooden, Messrs.
A. B. Cook and Co., Shaft in Saw Mill, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61
Pulsometer, Messrs. Hodgkin, Newhaus, and Co., Royal Agricultural Society, 39
Pump, Duplex, Mr. Worthington, 364
Pump, The Hartford, Philadelphia Exhibition, 298
Pump, Reliance, Messrs. P. R. and A. E. Syers, 84
Pumping Engine, Compound Direct-acting, Messrs.
Tangye Brothers, Royal Agricultural Society, 128 Pumping Machinery, Messrs. Hathorn, Davis, Campbell, and Davey, Erin Colliery, Westphalia, 238, 239
Punching and Shearing Machine, Quadruple Hydraulic, Mr. R. n. Tweddell, manufactured by Hydraulic Engineering Company, Chester, 228
Rail Joints, Mr. C. P. Sandberg, O.E., On, Society of Stockholm Engineers, 325, 328, 340, 341
Rail-paring and Straightening Machines, Siemens’ Steel Works, Landore, 25
Reaper, Finger and Knife Clip, Mr. Tenwick, exhibited by Messrs. A. Handyside and Co., Royal Agricultural Society, 58
Reaping Machine, Steam, Messrs. Aveling and Porter, Royal Agricultural Society, 148
Retorts, Vertical, Messrs. Bennie and Co., 116
Reversing Gear for Rolling Mills, Mr. J. J. Christie, Visit of Mechanical Engineers to Round Oak Works, 60
Rifling of the New 12-Pounder Field Gun, Younghusband, R.A., Colonel, Royal Gun Factories, 251
Rolling Mill, Tire, Mr. F. W. Webb, Siemens’ Steel Works, Landore; Messrs. Craven Brothers, Engineers, 10
Rolling of Ships, Mr. W. McNaughton, Society of Engineers, 447
Roof and Sections of Tunnel, Aldgato Extension, Metropolitan Railway, 337
Saw, Cold, Hydraulic Engineering Company, Liverpool, Siemens’ Steel Works, Landore, 14
Saw, Hot, Messrs. Kitson and Co., Siemens’ Steel Works, Landore, 14
Scraper, Revolving, Mr. Doty, Philadelphia Exhibition, 199
Screwing Machine, Messrs. Pratt, Whitney, and Co., Philadelphia Exhibition, 24
Screwing Machine with Releasing Motion, Mr. Brown, 349
Screwing and Tapping Armour-plate Bolts, Messrs.
D. New and Co., 183
Shaft Broken and Repaired at Sea, 413
Signal, Audible Railway, Mr. T. Brown, 112
Skate, Roller, Mr. Todd, 96, 111
Skate, The Wilson-Goodwin, 96
Smoke Preventer, Herr v. Reimherr, 418
Steamboat for South America, Stern Wheel, Messrs.
Yarrow and Co., 144
Steamship Hudson, The, Mr. Baird, Cromwell Line, 242
Steel, Mr. Chernoff, On the Manufacture of, at the Russian Technical Society, 3
Steerage, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttle worth, Smith-field Club Show, 392
Stone-breaking Machinery, Messrs. Marsden, 33
Stone-sawing Machinery, Mr, H. Conradi, On, at the
Society of Engineers, 290, 291
Stone-sawing Machinery, Mr. F. Darby, Freeman’s Stone Wharf, Deptford, 357
Switch Box, Messrs. W. S. Hall and Co., 349
Swivel Pump, Messrs. Lawrence and Porter, Royal Agricultural Society, 43
Tank Locomotive, Narrow Gauge, Messrs. Hary Jem-vay, Philadelphia Exhibition, 132, 134
Taper-sleeve Pulley, Securing a, Messrs. A. B. Cook and Co., Saw Mill, Philadelphia Exhibition, 61
Target made by 37 mm. Cannon, Mr. B. B. Hotchkiss, 299
Target Punching at Shoeburyness, 269
Tensile Resistance of Cast Iron to Blows and Strains, Diagrams showing the Relative, General Uchatius, 331
Terminus of the Northern of France Railway, General View of, Paris, Plan and Details, 73, 76, 80, 91
Thrashing Machine, Messrs. Garrett, Royal Agricultural Society. 58
Thrashing Machine, Messrs. Nalder, Royal Agricultural Society, 43, 46
Tool-holder, Messrs. D. New and Co., 182
Torpedo Experiments, Oberon, 15
Torpedoes, Fish, Mr. W. Wilkins, 289
Tube Scraper, Mr. Knott, Messrs. Ross and Co., 33
Turbine, 66in., Mr. A. Rigg, Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey, 379
Umbrella Runner, Automatic, Dr. Higgins, 165
Utilising Wave Power, Method of, Mr. Browne, 203
Valve for Marine Boilers, Mr. W. W. Bailey, 191
Valve for Marine Boilers, Proposed Safety, Mr. C. E.
Fletcher, 147                                „ .
Valve of the Matthewman and Johnson Pump, Philadelphia Exhibition, 298
Valve, Safety, Mr. T. Adams, 254
Valve, “Sentinel” Safety, Mr. T. R. Summeison. 368
Valve, Test Safety, Messrs. Eastons and Anderson, II.M.S. Rover, 145
Valves, Safety, Mr. Blake, 273
Vices, American Double-jaw, Mr. J. G. Rollins, 182
Wagon, 10-ton Goods, Bridgwater Engineering Company, 164
Washer, Elastic, Messrs. Turner, 394
VZater Gauge, Office, Mr. J. Nicholas, 129
Waterworks, Philadelphia, Centre-square, 308, 312
Wheel of Traction Engine, Messrs. Barford and Perkins, Section of, Mr. Savage, Royal Agricultural Society, 58
Wheels, Railway, Mr. J. B. Handyside, 309
Winding Machine for Mining Work, Mr. A. Smith, C E 182                                                        ’ *
Works of the Siemens’ Steel Company, Landore, General View of, 28
Accident. The Long Ashton, 153
Adams, Mr. T., Safety Valves, 254
Agricultural Engineering Patents, 384
Ail’ Compressor, The Robey, 129
Air Pump, Mr. J. M. Seabroke, 256
Akerman, Mr. R., On the Use of Wood, Saw-dust, and
Peat, for Re heating Furnaces, 167
Aidgate Extension, Metropolitan Railway, 337, 338
Alexandra, Accident to H.M.S., 383, 400
Alexandra, Official Trial of the, 322
Alkaloids Contained in Aconitum Napellus, Crystallisable, Dr. C. R. A. Wright, 376
American Aqueducts, Failure of, Mr. Shedd, 383
American Manufacturer on Mr. Danks, The, 326
American Wire Gauge, 75
Arctic Expedition, The, 313
Armitage and Ruston, Messrs., 8-Horse Power Portable Engine, 203
Armour Plates, Steel, 313, 329, 346
Armour Plating, Air Space, 260
Arms and Ammunition Industries, 416
Armstrong, Mr. J., Express Passenger Engine, Jjl86, 189, 202, 208, 224, 227
Armstrong and Co., Sir W. G., The 100-Ton Gun, 102, 296
Art in Engineering ,274, 277
Artillery and Engineering Experiments at Eastbourne, 355, 366
Asbestos and Asbestos Patents, 396
Association for the Advancement of Science, The
French, 141
Association, Architectural Engineers’, 367
Association of Gas Managers, North British, 43
Address of President, Mr. Samuel Stewart, 43
Gas Governors, with Description of Peeble’s Governors for Stations, &c., Mr. D. B. Peebles, 43
Ready Means of Adjusting Seal on Dip-pipes, and Reducing Pressure on Retorts, Mr. W. Key, 43
The Chemistry of the Combustion of Coal Gas, Dr.
S. Macadam, 44
Association, Manchester Steam Users’—
Last Ordinary Monthly Meeting of Executive Committee, 240
Report on Boiler Explosions, Mr. L. Fletcher, 346
Safety Valves and Portable Boilers, 380
Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers—
Street Tramways, Mr. P. B. Coghlan, C.E., 83 Automatic Umbrella Runner, Dr. Higgins, 165 Aveling and Porter, Messrs., Steam Reaping Machine, 148
Avonmouth Dock, Bristol, Accident at the, 123 Axle Bearings, Locomotive, 271, 289, 326
Baird, Mr. J., Steamship Hudson, 242, 244
Band Saw, Strength of, 145
Barron, Mr. II. S , Vertical Boiler, 321. 322
Bars, Straightening and Planishing of Round, Mr. E.
Butler, 219
Barwood, The late Prof. Anderson on, 376
Battery, Electric, Sig. Camacho, 203
Battery, New Voltaic, Mr. C. H. W. Biggs, 257
Beams, Deflection of, 77
Becker, Mr. L„ Railway Couplings, 442, 444
Beira Railway, 15
Belgium, Iron Rolling Stock in, 129
Bell, M.P., Mr., On the Present State of the Iron Trade, 240
Bennie and Co., Messrs., Vertical Retorts, 116
Bethlehem Zinc Co., Cost of Pumping in the Mine of the, 320
Birley Vale Colliery Explosion, 30
Bismuth Compounds, Certain, Part III., Mr. M. M. P.
Muir, 362
Black Country, Factory Inspection in the, 118
Blake, Mr., Safety Valve, 273
Blast Furnace, An American, 235
Blast Lamp, Mr. R. Lavender, 309
Block System, Defects of the, 133
Blower and Exhauster, Mr. C. Brakell, 239
Blows and Pressure, Relative Value of, Professor Kirk, 331
Boadicea, 16, Unarmoured Screw Corvette, Trial of the, 435                                                    ’
Board of Trade on Donkey Boilers, 100
Boat Lowering Apparatus, Hydraulic, Mr. J. Pinker, 165
Bogie Carriage, Broad Gauge, Great Western Railway, 428, 432
Boiler Explosion at Bradway, 82
Boiler Incrustation and Corrosion, 222, 240, 271, 289, 306
Boiler Makers’ Prices, 368, 380
Boiler, Multitubular, Messrs. Ormerod, Grierson, and Co., 379
Boiler, Vertical, Mr. H. S. Barron, 321, 322
Boilers at the Centre-square Waterworks, Philadelphia, Wooden and Cast Iron, 308
Boilers, Marine, 78
Boilers, Tenders for, 346
Boilers, Water Tube, 8
Boilers, Water Tube, Captain the Hon. A. Cochrane.
384
Boilers, The Wear and Tear of, 187
Boilers of the Steamship City of Vera Cruz, Vertical, 273
Boring Machine in Cornish Tin Mines, 129
Bradley, Mr., Cushioned Hammer, 199, 221
Bradley, Judge J. P., On the History of the Steam Engine in America, 306
Brake, Lauder's Patent, 7
Brake, Pulley Block, and Safety Hoist, Mr. H. Cherry 33
Brake, Smith’s Vacuum, North British Railway, 451
Brakell, Mr. C., Blower and Exhauster, 239
Brakes on the North British Railway, Continuous 417, 450
Bridge over the Clyde, New, 326
Bridge below London Bridge, Scheme for a, 153,166
Bridge over the Niagara, The, 96
Bridge over the Ohio, Single Track Railway Iron, 358, 360, 361
Bridgwater Engineering Company, The, 10*ton Goods
Wagon 164, 166
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, 97
Bristol Mining School, 15
Bristol Mining School, Whitworth Scholarships, 112
Britannic, S.S., Compound Engines of the, 291, 296, 368, 381
British Association at Glasgow—The, 118
Address of the President, Prof. Andrews, 172
Address of Sir John Hawkshaw, 171
Address by C. W. Merrifield, F.R.S., President, Section G. Mechanical Science, 184
Address by Mr. W. H. Perkin, President, Chemical Section, 229
Address of Sir Wm. Thomson, President, Section A, 189
Adjustment of the Compassss of Iron Ships, Sir W. Thomson, President of the Mathematical and Physical Section, 179
Apparatus for Starting large Reversing Engines, Mr. A. B. Brown, Mechanical Section, 209
Field Railways, Experiments at Aidershot, Mr. J.
B. Fell, Section G, 205, 227
Importance of Hydro-Geological Surveys, from a Sanitary Point of View, Mr. Baldwin Latham,
C. E., F.G.S., &c., 280
Investigation of Steering Qualities of Ships, Prof.
O. Reynolds, 245
Mining Operations in Spain, Don Arturo de Mar-coartu, Economical Science Section, 209
Naval Signalling, Sir W. Thomson, Mechanical Section, 209
New Voltaic Battery by Messrs. Fitz Gerald and Molloy, Mr. C. H. W. Biggs, 257
Origin of Windings of Rivers in Alluvial Plains, Dr. James Thomson, C.E., Mathematical and Physical Section, 179
Propositions on the Direct Motion of Steam Vessels, On Power Development, Mr. R. Mansel, 288, 429, 431
Recent Attempts at Patent Legislation, Mr. St. J. V.
Day, Economic Science Section, 209
Report of the Committee on Tides, Sir W. Thomson, Mechanical Section, 226
Report of the Committee on the Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage, Dr. Corfield, Chemical Section, 227
Report of Committee on the Turning of Screw Steamers, Prof. Reynolds, 209
Report of Committee on Underground Waters of the New Red and Permian Formation of England, Mr. C. E. de Rance, Geological Section, 209
Resistance Encountered by Vortex Rings, &c., Prof.
O. Reynolds, 226
Stobcross Docks, Mr. J. Deas, C.E., Mechanical Section, 180
Strength and Fracture of Cast Iron, Mr. W. J. Millar, 272
British Iron and Steel Masters and their Competitors, 171
Brown Brothers, Messrs., Portable Steam Crane, 428
Brown, Mr. T., Audible Railway Signals, 112
Buenos Ayres and Campana Railway," Goods Tank
Engine, Mr. J. Cleminson, A.I.C.E., 444
Burns and Scalds, Simple Remedy for, 129
Calcium Sulphate, Mr. J. B. Hannay on, 412
Caledonian Railway, Accident on the, 431
Camacho, Sig., Electric Battery, 203
Carter, Mr. R., Mortising and Tenoning Machine, 258, 261
Centennial Admissions, 442
Centennial Management, 394
Centre Square Waterworks, Philadelphia, 306, 308, 312
Ceylon, Railway Extension in, 81, 415
Ceylon. Waterworks in, 395
Chalk Water System, The, Mr. J. Lucas, 401
Chaplin and Co., Messrs. A., Steam Excavator, 252, 378
Cheapside, Widening of, 123
Cherry, Mr. H., Brake Pulley Block and Safety Hoist,
Chilled Calender Rolls, 306
Chinese Government, Heavy Guns for the, 446
Church, Mr. W. C., Pistons and Valves, 281
Clayton and Shuttleworth, Messrs., Steerage, 392
Clock for Bombay University, Turret, Messrs. Smith and Sons, 395, 398
Coal-field, The Yorkshire, 346
Coal Gas, The Chemistry of the Combustion of, Dr. J. Macadam, 44
Coal Gas of the Metropolis, Mr. T. S. D. Humpidge, 376
Coal, Increase in Production of, 94
Coal-loading, Low Rate of, 68
Coal Mines in Formosa, 52
Coal Mining, Unsuccessful, 150
Colein, Professor A. H. Church on, 412
Collapsing Horse Boats, Berthon’s, 114
Colliery Accidents in 1875, 226
Colliery Extension in South Yorkshire, 75
Colliery Working, Perils of, 189
Commercial Treaties, Reconstructing, 170
Compasses of Iron Ships, Adjustment of, Sir W. Thomson, 179
Condenser without Air Pump, Mr. J. McCarter, 112, 114
Contractors, Liability of, 380
Corporation, Gas and Waterworks, 330
Corvette, Bacchante, Launch of the 279
Cotton, Central Asian, 257        ’
Cotton Powder, 380
Cotton Powder, Mr. Mackie’s, 366
Coupling, Automatic Railway, Mr. E. King 145
Coupling, Railway, Mr. L. Becker, 442, 444
Couplings, Engine and Tender, Mr. J. Haswell, 220,
Cradles for Goods Wagons, Mr. G. Turton, 322, 328
Cranes, Overhead Travelling, Messrs. Sampson, Moore and Co., Gun Factory, R.A., Woolwich, 219, 228
Crane, Portable Steam, Messrs. Brown Bros., 428
Crisis in Ironmaking, South Staffordshire, 12
Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering— Certificates of Proficiency to Students, Distribution
of, 96
Crown and Patentees, 30
Custom House Regulations in the States, 381
Danks’ Disclaimer, Mr., 330
Deakin, Parker, and Co., Messrs., 5-H.P. Horizontal Engine, 113
Defective Machinery, Tipton Green Colliery, 208
Degeneracy, Industrial, 81
Denton, Mr.. Filter, 357
Derbyshire, Railway Works in, 150
Description of Roof of Northern of France Railway
Terminus at Paris, 73, 76, 91
Diaries for 1877, 430
Direct Motion of Steam Vessels, Mr. R. Mansel, British
Association, 288, 429, 431              <
Disney, Mr. G., On the Manufacture of Linen, 306
Dog Power, 237
Drainage, Mines, 244
Draining in Ferrara, 117
Drainage in London Houses, 296
Dreadnought, H.M. Ship, 252
Drilling and Recessing Machine, Duplex, Messrs. J. and J. Kershaw, 429
Driving Gear for Lathes, Messrs. Hind, 258, 261
Dynamometer Tests of Reaping Machines at Leamington, August, 1876.151
Dynamometers, Friction Brakes, &c., Mr. E. Rich, 49
Eastbourne Artillery and Engineer Experiments, 355, 366
Economical Working of Telegraph Cables, 425
Egerton, Mr., Tidal Pier, 394
Electric Illumination, 400
Electricity Disengaged between two Mercury Surfaces, 442
Electricity in Theory and Practice, 187
Electro-plating, The Origin of, 192
Engine in America, History of the Steam, 306
Engine, Blowing, The, J. P. Morris Company, 94, 95
Engine and Boiler, 4-H.P.. Messrs. Jones, 375, 385, 431
Engine and Boiler, Vertical, Messrs. E. R. and F. Turner, 254, 274
Engine for the Buenos Ayres and Campana Railway, Passenger Tank, 368
Engine, The Delameter, 289, 306, 368, 380, 446
Engine, 5-H.P. Horizontal, Messrs. Deakin, Parker and Co.. 113
Engine, 15-H.P. Horizontal, Messrs. Thomas Gadd, 77
Engine Drivers, Prizes for, 170
Engine, Express Passenger, Mr. J. Armstrong, 186, 189, 202, 208, 224, 227
Engine, Goods Tank, Buenos Ayres and Campana Railway, Mr. J. Cleminson, A.I.C.E., 442, 444
Engine, Marine, Mr. Young. 407, 412
Engine, 8-H.P. Portable, Messrs. Armitage and Ruston, 203
Engine, 8-H.P. Portable, Messrs. Wallis and Stecvens, 382, 385
Engine, 8-H.P. Traction, Messrs. Ruston, Proctor, and Co., 410
Engine, Mr. West’s Patent 6-Cylinder, 411
Engine, Single-Cylinder Corliss, Steamship City of Vera Cruz, 273, 276
Engine, Symington, 27
Engineer, A Compliment to The, 418
Engineering, Admiralty Marine. 365, 383
Engineering as a Profession, Professor O. Reynolds on, 274, 309
Engines, Apparatus for Starting Reversing, Mr. A. B. Brown, 209
Engines, Compound Marine, Mr. C. Sell, 272
Engines Exported in 1875 and 1876, Value of, 131
Engines for the Navy, 225, 296
Engines in the Navy, Want of Reliability in, 244 Engines, Testing Steam, 366, 381, 399, 413, 446 Engines on the Vale of Clyde Tramways, 416 Equalisation of Light in Hospitals and Rooms, 7
Excavator, Steam, Messrs. A. Chaplin and Co., 252, 378
Exit from Public Buildings, 416
Expansion Gear, Mr. Rider, 240
Expansion Steam Cylinders, Condensation and Economical Limits to, 8, 27, 255, 431
Exploration of Upper White Nile, Colonel Gordon, 305 Explosion on Board the Thunderer, 39, 67, 83,100, 125, 126, 128, 130,153, 141,146, 165, 166,169, 191, 197,200, 208, 211, 222, 256
Explosion on Board Vesuvius, 66, 78
Farey and Donkin, Messrs., Method of Testing Steam Engines, 399
Farr, Dr., On Valuation of Railways, Canals and Statistical Society Telegraphs, 345
Fast Trains, 222, 240
Fire in the Bochnia Salt Mines in Galicia, 22
Fire-boxes, Herr E. Kaselowsky, 418
Fire Brigade, London, 47
Fitting Blocks, Cast Iron, 254
“ Flying Dutchman” at Long Ashton, Accident to the, 96, 117, 295                                                ’
Forging Hammer, Light, Mr. Warsop, 378
Formidable War Engine, United States Torpedo Boat Alarm, 176
Formosa, Coal Mines in, 52
Fountain, Hamper’s, 32, 78
Fracture of Cast Iron Mouthpiece, 254
France, Import Duties in, 41, 170
i Free Trade and Protection at the Antipodes, 30
French Measurements, Sir W. Thomson’s Use or, 211 Furnaces, Supply of Air to, 449
Furnace Tuyeres, Open Spray and Other Blast, Mr.
F. H. Lloyd, 287
Gadd, Messrs. Thos., 15-H.P. Horizontal Engine, 77
Gas Governors and Description of Peebles’ Governors for Stations, Mr. D. B. Peebles, 43
Gas-works Corporation, 278
Gas-works, Hythe and Sandgate, 330
Gauges, Boiler Deflection, 326
Gauges, The Graduation of Steam, 111, 133
Gauges, Steam, 96, 153, 166, 210
Gauges, Water, 100
Gear for Working the 38-ton Gun, Steam and Hydraulic, 410, 411
German and English Mills, 26
German Import Duties, 136
Gold Mine in the Island of Panaon, 41
Gold Mines in the Philippines, 78
Government Officials and Patents, 48
Governors, Mr. W. Hartnell, 391
Great Northern Railway, Accident on the, 449
Great Western Railway, Bristol and Exeter Section of 295
Gun-cotton and Cotton Powder, 355, 366, 431, 446
Gun at Spezia, Trial of Sir W. G. Armstrong and Co.'s 100-ton, 102, 296, 313, 329, 346, 348, 381, 393, 441, 445, 461, 448
Gun, The Woolwich 81-ton, 183, 207, 226, 235
Gunnery Experiments, Shoeburyness, 379
Guns and Forts, 269
Guns, The New 12-pounder Field, 251
Guns, Steam-gear for Heavy, 159, 411
Guns, Working Heavy, 144
Hammer, Cushioned, Mr. Bradley, 199, 221
Hamper, Mr., Fountain 32,78
Handy side, Mr. J. B., Railway Wheels, 209
Hardening of Steel, 52
Hard Money, 26
Hartnell, Mr. W., Governor, 391
Hary Jemvay, Messrs., Narrow Gauge Tank Locomotive, Philadelphia Exhibition, 132, 134
Haswell, Mr. J., Engine and Tender Couplings, 220, 221
I Hay-rake, Messrs. Ransomes, 393
Hayward Tyler and Co.’s, Me srs., Pumping Engine, 32
Health and Sewage of Towns, 257
Heat and Steam in the Cylinder, 78, 111, 153, 166
Hell Gate Mine, Explosion at, 210, 279
Hell Gate, New York, Blasting Operations at, 217
Higgins, Dr., Automatic Umbrella-runner, 165
Highbridge, Drainage of, 195
Hind, Messrs., Counter Gear for Lathes, 258, 261
H og Bouncing, 49
Hot Air Apparatus, Mr. Pottier’s, 357
Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, Trials of the, 271, 298, 299
Hot Short Steel, Mr. F. Valton On, 415
Hudson Steamship, Cromwell Line, 242, 244
Hydrogen? Is the Universe Composed Entirely of, 150
Import Duties, French, 170
Import Duties, German, 136
1 India, Coal and Iron Industry in, 330
India, Iron-making in, 82
India Museum, The, 280
Indian and Colonial Museum, 450
Indicator, Mr. J. W. Thompson’s, 262, 324
Inertia of Motion of Bodies of Water, 418
Institute, The Iron and Steel, 180, 243
Geological Features of the Neighbourhood of Leeds, Prof. Green, 204
Hydraulic Forging and Stamping of Malleable Iron on the “ Systeme Haswell” of Vienna, Mr. J. O. Butler, 218
New Iron District of N. Lincolnshire, Mr. G. Dove, jun., 204
Puddling in Ordinary and Rotary Furnaces, Mr. H. Kirk, 204
Straightening and Planishing of Round Bars, as practised at Kirkstall Forge, Mr. E. Butler, 219
Technical Education in connection with the Iron Trade, Mr. Jones, 204
“ Use of Molten Iron direct from the Blast Furnace,” Mr. G. J. Snelus, 218
Utilisation of Blast Furnace Slag, with its Heat, for the Manufacture of Glass, Mr. B. Britten, 219
Welding of Iron, Mr. R. Howson, 204
Institute of Mining Engineers, The American— Discussion upon the Subject of the Technical Education of the Engineer, 171
Endurance of Iron Rails, Mr. J. B. Britton, 180
Endurance of Iron Rails, Mr. W. E. C. Coxc, 97
Institution of Civil Engineers, 27, 52, 306, 362, 401, 426—
“The Chalk Water System,” Mr. J, Lucas, 401
Issue of the last Quarterly Volume of Transactions for 1875-1876, 306
“ The Japan Lights,” Mr. R. H. Brunton, 362 Premiums Awarded, 27
Institution of Engineers, The Cleveland—
Opening Meeting, 352
Tay Bridge. Mr. E. Gilkes, 352
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 310
Inaugural Address of President Mr. R. Bruce Bell, 310
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 8, 27, 49, 59, 60, 62, 114, 287—
Address of President Mr. T. Hawksley. 49
Casson, Mr. S., Gas Furnace, Round Oak Ironworks, 60
Christie, Mr. J. J., Reversing Gear for Rolling Mills, Round Oak Ironworks, 60
Dynamometers, Friction Brakes, and other Testing Apparatus, Mr. E. Rich, 49
Excursions of the Members to Messrs. Nettlefold’s Screw Works and Messrs. J. Watts and Co.’s Engine Works, &c., 60
McCarter’s Condenser without Air-Pump for Steam Engines, Mr. Francis Preston, 114
Mechanical Puddling, Mr. T. R. Crampton, 59, 62
“Open Spray and other Blast Furnace Tuvfcres ”
Mr. F. H. Lloyd, 287                    J ’
Institution of Naval Architects, 430
Institution, The Royal Polytechnic, 203
International Exhibition of 1878, The Paris, 166
Intimidation by Unionists, 48
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other districts, 18, 36, 54, 70, 88 106, 122, 138, 156, 176, 194, 214, 232, 248, 266, 284 302* 318, 334, 352, 372, 388, 404, 422, 438, 455
Iron Direct from the Blast Furnace, Use of Molten Mr. G. J. Snelus, 218
Iron Districts, Spanish, Mr. Burges, 288
Ironmasters and Railway Tariffs, 118
Iron Rails, Endurance of, 97, 180
Iron Rolling Stock in Belgium, 129
Iron and Steel, French Tariff on, 384
Iron and Steel Masters, British and Foreign, 171
Iron and Steel, New Nomenclature of, 326
Iron, Strength and Fracture of Cast, Mr. W. J. Millar.
272                                                        ’
Iron on the Systeme Haswell, Hydraulic Forging and Stamping of Malleable, Mr. J. O. Butler, 218
Iron Trade, Depression in the German, 30
Iron Trade, The Present State of the, Mr. Bell, M.P .
240
Iron, The Value of, 149
Iron, The Welding of, Mr. R. Howson, 204
Japanese Porcelain, 216
Japan Lights, The, Mr. R. H. Brunton, 362
Jet Mining and Working in Cleveland and Whitby, 111
John Bull Locomotive, The, Philadelphia Exhibition, 425, 430
Johnson and Reay, Messrs., Northern Board of Arbitration, 296
Jones, Messrs., 4-H.P. Engine and Boiler, 375, 385, 431
Juggins, Mr., On the Nut and Bolt Trade, 252
Kaselowsky, Herr E., Fire-boxes for Tubular Boilers, 418
Keyham Dockyard Establishment, 33
Kick, Professor, On the Relative Value of Blows and Pressure, 331
King, Mr. E., Automatic Railway Coupling, 145
Knotts, Mr., Tube Scraper, 33
Labour Market Abroad, The, 346
Labour Position and Prospects in Canada, 12
Landore Steelworks, 10, 13; Rail Paring and Straightening Machines, 21, 25, 28
Lavender, Mr. R., Blast Pump, British Association, 309
Lead Mining, 256
Leading Articles—
Accident on the Great Northern Railway, 449
Admiralty Marine Engineering, 305, 383
Advertisements and their Conditions, 416
Air-Space Armour-Plating, 260
Alexandra, Accident to H.M.S, 383, 400
American Competition, 243
Arctic Expedition, The, 313
Arms and Ammunition Industries, 416
Armstrong 100-ton Gun, Trial of the, 296, 329, 346
Art in Engineering, Mr. Poynter on, 277
Birley Vale Colliery Explosion, 30
Birmingham Museum of Arms, The, 134
Board of Trade Inspection, 100
Board of Trade Safety Valves, 150
Boiler Explosion, Another,'82
Boiler Makers’ Prices, 346
Bristol and Exeter Permanent Way, 295
British Iron and Steel Masters and their Competitors, 171
British Trade Marks Abroad, 367
Clean Pig Iron, 434
Coal and Iron Industry in India, The, 330
Commercial Treaties, Re-constructing, 170
English Commission at Philadelphia, 400
Corporation Gas and Waterworks, 330
Corporation Gasworks, 278
Crisis in South Staffordshire, 12
Crown and Patentees, 30
Danks, Mr., and the English Patent Laws, 330
Block System, Defects of the, 133
Defective Machinery, 208
Depression in the German Iron Trade, 30
Drainage Operations at Ferrara, 117, 295
Eastbourne Experiments, The, 366
Economical Working of Telegraph Cables, 399
Electric Illumination, 400
Electricity in Theory and Practice, 187
End of the Philadelphia Exhibition, 345
English and American Locomotives, 346
English and American Patent Law, The, 188
English Ironmasters and Railway Tariffs, 118
Exit from Public Buildings, 416
Explosion on Board the Vesuvius, 66
Factory Inspection in the Black Country, 118
Foreign Tariffs, 261
Free Trade and Protection at the Antipodes, 30
French Tariff on Iron and Steel, 384
Future of the Philadelphia Exhibition, The, 400, 416
Future of Trades’ Unions, 48
Government Officials and Patents, 48
Graduation of Pressure Gauge Dials, The, 138
Great Western Permanent Way, 101
Healthy Houses, 296
Heeley Accident, The, 434
Hog Bouncing, 49
Hot Short Steel, 415
House Cisterns and Constant Supply, 416
Ice on the Thames, 450
Import Duties, French, 170
Indian and Colonial Museum, 450
Indian Railways, Report of the Governing Director of the Indian Railway Co.’s, 226
Industrial Degeneracy, 81
Influence of Weather on Patent Specifications, 450
Intimidation by Unionists, 48
Iron Making in India, 82
Iron and Steel Institute at Leeds, The, 243
Iron Trade Dispute with a Moral, 296
Labour Market Abroad, The, 346
Leeds Water Supply, 12
Loan Collection at South Kensington, 47
Locomotive Torpedoes, 259
London Fire Brigade, 47
Long Ashton Railway Accident, The, 117
Marine Engines in the Navy, 244
Marine Engines for the Navy, 296
Marines Engines in the Navy, with Special Reference to the Thunderer and Alexandra, 225
Mechanical Power on Vale of Clyde Tramways, 416
Mineral Oil, 278
Mines Drainage, 48, 244
Morse Alphabet and Naval Signalling, The, 225
New Order Respecting Trade Marks, 66
Noxious Vapours and Smoke, 278
Offensive Torpedo Warfare, 11
Our Rail Trade with Russia, 100
Parliament and the London Gas Companies, 99 Patent Law and the Case of Stones v. Todd, 367 Patent Law, The German, 400
Patent-office, The New, 416
Perils of Colliery Working, 189
Permanent Science Museum, 65
Philadelphia Exhibition, 29, 171
Police Ships, Our, 277
Pollution of Rivers, The, 315
Portable Boilers and Safety Valves, 346
Printing Patent Specifications, 4Q0, 416
Prizes fer Engine Driver^ 70
Proposed New Mines Drainage Arrangements. 66
Kailway Accident Epidemic. 208
Kailway Carriages, 433
Railway Rolling Stock, 118
Railway Speed, 149
Railway Traffic, Fast, 384
Railway Work in North Wales, 134
Railway Work in Derbyshire, 150
Railways in Ceylon, 81, 415
Ramsbottom’s Water Troughs, 260
EaP1/ Passages of the Britannic across the Atlantic, 278                                                  *
Red Tape in the United States, 170
Repairs of Portable Engines, 434
Revolving Puddling Furnaces, 189
Russian Railways, 170
Sanitary Work in Birmingham, 367
Sewage Question, 65
Sewerage of Hampton Wick, 401
Sheffield Trades Union, 434
Shildon, the Nursery of the Locomotive 226
Short Time at Crewe, 30
Shunting Problem, A, 208
Small Arms Trade, The, 82
Social Science Congress, The, 314
South Kensington Science Department and the
Special Committee on Telegraphy, 259
Steel Armour Plates, 313, 329, 346
Strength of Water Tanks, 11
Submarine Mines in Turkish and Russian Waters, 433
Submarine Telegraphs, The Rdpubliqut Franchise on, 315
Supply of Air to Furnaces, 449
Telegraph System, The British, 207
Testing Steam Engines, 366, 399
Thames Embankment at Chelsea, Failure of the, 314. 330
Thunderer Boiler Explosion, The, 100, 169
Trade Mark Decisions, 99
Trade Marks Registration Amendment Bill, 30
Trade Marks Registration Rules, 82
Trade Outrages at Sheffield, 416
Trade in the United States, 100
Trades Union Despotism, 244, 260
Trades Union Tyranny, 134, 188
Tram Cars, Steam, 367
Tramway Cars on Street Footpaths, 401
Tramway Traffic Management, 99
Unsuccessful Coal Mining, 150
Value of Iron, The, 149
Value of Lubricants, 329
Valuation of Railways, Canals, and Telegraphs, On, 345
Water Gauges, 100
Water-tube Boilers in the Navy, 384
Water Supply of New York, The, 150, 383
Water Supply, Liverpool, 29
Wear and Tear of Boilers, The, 187
Woolwich 80-Ton Gun, 207, 226
Yorkshire Coal-field, The, 346
Year’s Colliery Accidents, A, 226
Leather, Cheaper, 58
Lectures to Science Teachers, South Kensington, 16
Leeds, Improvements in, 134
Lega.l Intelligence—.
Hinks and Sons (Limited) v. Safety Lighting Company (Limited), 434
I jHolste v. Robertson, The Ltirman Furnace, 342
Sir W. Palliser v. The Crown, 342
Plimpton v. Brighton Aquarium Company (Limited), 96
Plimpton v. Spiller, 401
Roller Skating Company (Limited) v. Rhyl Winter Garden Company (Limited)—Harrogate Skating Rink Company (Limited) v. Dawson, 279
The Smethwick Boiler Explosion, 44
Stones v. Todd, 267
Thorn v. the Worthing Skating Rink Company (Limited), 96
Library of Science, Proposed Formation of National Museum, &c., South Kensington, 65. Resolution proposed by Mr. J. Heywood at the British Association, 65, 209
Letters—
Accident in the Vesuvius, Philip Braham, 78
Adams’ Safety Valves, Thomas Adams, 271
Adams’ Safety Valves, J. Hopkinson, 271
Belgian Rail Prices, E. Petit, 8
Belting at the Centennial, Horatio R. Bigelow, 326
Boiler Deflection Gauges, Charles Rath, 326
Boiler Incrustation and Corrosion, Boiler Doctor, 222
Boiler Incrustation and Corrosion, T. F., 240
Boiler Makers’ Prices, Marshall, Sons, and Co., 368, 380
Britannic, The S.S., Fair Play is a Jewel, 368
Britannic, The S.S., A Passenger, 381
Condensation and Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, W. Wordy Beaumont, 255
Condensation and Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, Thomas Dixon, 8
Condensation and Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, T. Hodson, 8
Condensation and Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, Michael Longridgc, 8, 27, 111, 166
Condensation and Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, Henry Northcott, 8, 78, 153
Condensation and Economical Limit to Expansion in Steam Cylinders, W. West, 27
Corrosion and Incrustation of Boilers, A. Cunarder, 306
Corrosion and Incrustation of Boilers, A Steamboat Engineer, 289
Corrosion and Incrustation of Boilers, Fred. Jno.
Rowan, 271, 289
Cost of Locomotives, Engineer, 380
Cotton Powder, C. A. Faure, 380
Deflection of Beams, A. C. Ponton, 77
Delameter Engine, W. R. D., 289
Delameter Engine, W. R., 368, 446
Delameter Engine, W. Walker, 306, 380
Direct Motion of Steam Vessels, R. Mansel, 431
Earth Plates, T. H. W., 368
Electro-Plating, The Origin of, T. Spencer, 192
Equalisation of Light in Hospitals and Rooms
R. M., 7
Expansion of Steam, Walter West, 431
Fast Trains, T., 222
Fish Torpedoes, W. Wilkins, 289
Gold Mines in the Philippines, Thos Christy, 78
Gun Cotton, E. Prentice, 431
Gun Cotton, G. Trench, 446
Hamper’s Fountain, G. J. Worssam and Sons, 78
Hydraulic Rams, C. L. Hett, 166
Hydraulic Rams, J. K., 153
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, A. A. A., 27
Lauder’s Patent Brake, R. D. Lauders, 7
Lead Mining, S. H., 256
Liability of Contractors, Mechanic, 381
Liability of Contractors, A. Northern M.E., 396
Locomotive Axle Bearings, Fred. H. Cridland, 289
Locomotive Axle Bearings, T., 271, 326
Locomotive Crank Axles, IL, 240
London Bridge, J. F. BoetiuS, 153, 166
London Bridge, M. J., C.E*, 166
Long Ashton Accident, The, C. W. Vincent, 153
Long Ashton Accident, The, H. G. W., 96
Marine Boilers, W. G., 78
Mineral Oil Retorts, J. Boyd, 222
New Form of Air-Pump, J. M. Seabroke, 256
New Form of Heating Apparatus, W. D. W:> 431
New Post-Office, C. S. M., 413
New Post-Office, W. H. Villiers Sankey, C.E., 396
Non-Heeling Boats, James W. McCarter, 381
Patent Law, John Brown, 413
Patent Specifications, W. Lloyd Wise, 431
Permanent Way, The Condition of, J. S. Cooke, M.I.C.E., 153
Phosphor Bronze, A. H. Leake. 431
Phosphor Bronze, A Member C. and M, E. Society, 446
Portable Engines, Ransomes, Sims and Head, 396
Power of Guns, T. G. Horner, C.E., 381
Preliminary Examination of Patents, William
Spence, Assoc. C.E., 240, 257, 289, 326, 396, 431
Prizes for Engine Drivers, An Engine Driver, 222
Prizes for Engine Drivers, Michael Reynolds, 210
Protection, J. D., 8
Rider’s Expansion Gear, Hayward Tyler and Co., 240
Safety Valves, John Robinson, 368
Safety Valves of Portable Boilers, Laving ton E. Fletcher, 380
Safety Valves of the Thunderer, J. Bourne and T.
C. Hide, 153
Safety Valves of the Thunderer, T. C., 211
Safety Valves of the Thunderer, T. D. M. King, 211
Safety Valves of the Thunderer, H. W. Pendred, 211
Sentinel Safety Valve, Thos. R. Summerson, 368
Steam Gauges, Thomas Baldwin, 153
Steam Gauges, E. Bourdon, 96, 111, 133, 210
Steam Gauges, Negretti and Zambra, 166
Steam Gauges, Philosophical Instrument Maker, 166
Sticking of Safety Valves, Practical Engineer, 271
Sticking of Safety Valves, W. Payton, 257
Stone Sawing Machinery, H. Conradi, 381, 431
Stone Sawing Machines, F. 8. S. Darby, 396
Symington Engine, John Penn and Son, 27
Testing Steam Engines, T. Baldwin, 413
Testing Steam Engines, B. W. Farey, 381, 446
Testing Steam Engines, D. B. J., 381
Sir William Thomson’s Address to ths British Association (see p. 189), An “Outsider” Scientific Reader ot The Engineer, 211
Todd’s Skates. A. Todd, 111
Thunderer, The, W. Bailey, 191
Thunderer, The, Boiler, 166
Thunderer, The, Doubtful, 166, 222
Thunderer, The, An Old Chief Engineer, 191
Thunderer, The, A Steamboat Engineer, 191
Thunderer, The, E. Furness, 191
Thunderer, The, W. G., 256
Thunderer. The, T. D. M. King, 153, 211
Thunderer, The, David Phillips, 191, 211
Thunderer, The, H. T., 153
Thunderer, The, A. W., 396
Thunderer, The, X. Y. Z., 222
Value of Lubricants, P., 381
Water Tube Boilers, Newton, Suckling and Co., 8
Liebig Memorial, The, 378
Limestone and Fire-clay in the San Juan Country, 439
Linen, On the Manufacture of, Mr. G. Disney, 306 Literature—
Comprehensive Treatise on the Water Supply of Cities and Towns, by William Humber, Assoc. Inst. C.E., First Notice, 315 ; Second Notice, 356; Concluding Notice, 407
The Cry ; or National Harbours and its Connection with our Defective System of Public Harbour Legislation, by Captain E. K. Cal ver, R.N., F.R.S., &c. London: P. S. King, 1876, 251
Lectures on some Recent Advances in Physical Science, P. G. Tait, M.A., 101
Manual of Metallurgy, W. H. Greenwood, F.C.S., 82
Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel], by Mrs. John Herschell, 12, 31
New Treatise on Steam Engineering, Physical Properties of Permanent Gases, and of Different Kinds of Vapours, by John W. Nystrom, C.E., 322
Practical Treatise on Heat, as Applied to the Useful Arts, for the Use of Engineers, Architects, &c., by Thomas Box, 322
Programme des cours de Mdchanique appliquee et de Physique industrielle professes & 1'Ecole des Mines de Liege, par V. Dwelshauers-Dury, 118
The Puzzle of Life, and How it has been Put Together, by Arthur Nicols, F.R.G.S., 408
Sanitary Drainage of Houses and Towns, by George E. Waring, jun., 179
Tramways, their Construction and Working, by J.
E. Dowson and A. Dowson, A.A.I.C.E., 376
Yacht Designing: A Treatise on the Practical Application of the Scientific Principles on which is based the Art of Designing Yachts, by Dixon Kemp, 425
Loan Exhibition, South Kensington, 1, 21, 47
Astronomical Instruments, 159,197
Free Lectures, 347
Lighthouses and Marine Signals, 287, 305, 321, 337, 367, 447
Locomotive Building in the North, 306
Locomotive, Narrow Gauge, Indian State Railways, 255
Locomotives, The Cost of, 380
Locomotives, English and American, 346
Locomotives, Small Gauge, M. J. Bois d’Enghien, 139
London Gas Companies and Parliament, 99
London Tramways Company, Receipts of the, 114
Lubricants on different Lines, The Consumption of, 329, 381
Lubricators, Self-acting, Mr. Pickering, 145
McCarter, Mr. J., Condenser without Air-Pump, 112, 114
Maitland, Major, R.A., Manufacture of the 81-ton Gun, 183
Manganese Bronze, Parson’s, 274
Marine Engine, A Remarkable, Mr. J. Baird, 244
Marine Engineering, Admiralty, 365, 383
Markets—Timber, Coal, Iron, &c.—(See last page of every Number.)
Marsden, Messrs., Stone-breaking Machinery, 33
Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Messrs., Compound Engines of the S.S. Britannic, 294, 296, 368, 381
Metalliferous Mines, 26
Meteorological Service in France, 27
Metropolitan Board of Works, Act to amend the Statutes relative to the Raising of Money by, 114
Midland Railway, Accident to the Pullman Car Train, 359, 434
Midland Scotch Express, Accident to the, 384
Mines Drainage, 48
Mines Drainage Arrangements, Proposed New, 66
Mining in Spain, Don A. de Marcoartu, 209
Miscellanea, 9, 23, 45, 63, 79, 93, 115, 135, 152, 163, 181, 201, 223, 241, 253, 275, 293, 311, 327, 343, 363, 377, 397, 409, 427, 443
Morris Company, The J. P., Blowing Engine, 94, 95
Morse Alphabet and Naval Signalling, The, 225
Mortising and Tenoning Machine, Mr. R. Carter, 258, 261
Mural Standards, Proposed Erection of, 412
Museum of Arms, The Birmingham, 134
Naphtha as Fuel for Ships, 376          „  ,
Narrow Gauge Tank Locomotive, Messrs. Llary Jem-vay, Philadelphia Exhibition, 132, 134
Naval Cadets, College for, 157
Needlemakers’ Company’s Prizes, The, 362
Nerbudda Viaduct, Fall of the, 263
New and Co., Messrs. D., Machine for Screwing and Tapping Armour-Plate Bolts, 183
New and Co., Messrs. D., Tool-holder, 182
New Orleans, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway, Explosion and Fire on the, 381
Nicholas, Mr. J , Office Water Gauge, 129
Nijni-Novgorod, The Fair of, 83
Nine Hours Movement, The, 78
Notes from Lancashire, IS, 36, 54, 70, 88, 106, 122, 138,
156  176, 194, 214, 232, 249, 266, 284, 302, 318, 334, 352’ 372, 404, 422, 455
Notes from Scotland, 19, 37, 55, 71, 89, 107, 123, 139,
157 177, 215, 249, 267, 285, 303, 319, 335, 353, 373, 389* 405,’ 423, 439, 455
Notes and Memoranda, 9, 23, 45, 63, 79, 93, 115, 135, 152 163, 181, 201, 223, 241, 253, 275, 293, 311, 327, 343’ 363, 377, 397, 409, 427, 443
Notes to Correspondents, 11, 29, 47, 65, 81, 99,117,133, 149 169, 187, 207, 225, 243, 259, 277, 295, 313, 329, 1 345, 365, 383, 399,415, 433, 449
North of England, 18, 37, 55, 71, 89, 107, 123, 139, 157, 177, 195, 232, 249, 267, 285, 303, 319, 335, 352, 373, 389, 405, 423, 439, 455
North Sea Canal, 306
North Wales, The New Line in Bottws-y-Cocd, 134
Nut and Bolt Trade, 252
Oberon Experiments, 14,15
Oil in Russia, Mineral, 278
Oil in the States, Transportation of, 185
Ordnance, The 81-ton Gun, 66
Ormerod, Grierson, and Co., Messrs., Multi tubular Boiler, 379
Oxford Main Drainage, 320
Oxidised Product formed during Reduction of Stannic Ethide to Stannous Ethide, by Mr. W. R. Hodgkinson and Mr. G. C. Matthews, 362
Oxley Creek Bridge, Queensland, 414, 417
Paper Collars, 257
Paris Terminus of Northern of France Railway, Description of, 73, 76, 91
Paris Water Supply, 119
Parson’s Manganese Bronze, 274
Patent Law, The English and American, 188
Patent Law, The German, 400
Patent Law Reform, 396, 413
Patent Law, The, Stones v. Todd, 367
Patent Office, The New, 416
Patent Office, Report of the, 2'0
Patent Specifications, Influence of Weather on, 450
Patent Specifications, Printing, 400, 416, 431
Patents, Agricultural Engineering, 384
Patents, Preliminary Examination of, 240, 257, 289, 326, 431
Patents and Rotary Furnaces, 326
Peat into Fuel, On the Conversion of, Mr. C. E. Hall, 344, 347, 348
Peek and Co., Messrs. R. W.» Single Cylinder Corliss Engine, 273, 276
Pendulum, Prof. J. L. Smith’s, Compensating, 147
Permanent Way, The Condition of, 153
Permanent Way, Great Western, 101
Perpetual Motion Man, The, 78
Phenylcnediamine, Dr. Otto Witt on, 412
Philadelphia Exhibition, 4, 24, 25, 29, 44, 61, 84, 94, 95, 132, 134, 166, 168, 171, 198, 206, 261, 269, 297, 345, 306, 393, 400
Ames Ironworks Company, Portable Engine, 6
Belting in Machinery Hall, 326
Belt Tightening Pulleys, Machinery Hall, 61, 64
Bevel Gear Cutter, Mr. Corliss, 359, 364
Blowing Engine, The J. P. Morris and Co., 94, 95
Boilers, American, Mr. W. E. Kelly, Mr. Reed, Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox, Mr. G. B. Brayton, Mr. Firmenich, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Anderson, 198, 206
Cash Admissions during September, 348
Centennial Admissions, 442
Centennial, An American on the, 182
Chemical Manufactures, 236
Couplings, Hangers, and Pulleys, Messrs. Sellers and Co., Messrs. Jones and Laughlin, Mr. G. V. Cresson, Machinery Hall, 61, 64
Duplex Pump, Mr. Worthington, 359, 364
End of the Exhibition, 345
English Commission at Philadelphia, 400
Glass Manufactures, 269
Hartford Pump, 297; Matthewman and Johnson’s
Valve, 297
Hydraulic Annexe, 297
Indicator, Mr. J. W. Thompson’s Patent, 324
John Bull Locomotive, G. and R. Stephenson, 425, 430
Krupp Guns, 222
Lansdowne Bridge, Mr. King, 166, 168
Milling Machine, Mr. Lawrence, 359, 364
Narrow-gauge Tank Locomotive, Messrs. Hary
Jernvay, 132, 134
Non-Heeling Boat, 357, 381
Paper Collars, 257
Permanent Preservation of Part of the Buildings, Steps for the, 318, 338
Pratt, Whitney, and Co., Machine Tools, 24, 42
Prizes Awarded at the Exhibition, 222
Production of the Precious Metals, 322, 339
Relic of a Newcomen Engine, Mr. D. M. Meeker, 306
Rider Compression Engine, The, 263
Scraper, Revolving, Mr. Doty, 199, 221
Steam Hammers, 84
Textile Materials, 161
Thompson and Buckeye Engine and Governor, The, 262 324
Water Supply of the Exhibition, 359
Philippine Islands, Spanish Commission to Inquire into the Physical Condition of, 216
Phospho and Arseno-Cyanogen, Mr.W. R. Hodgkinson, 362
Phosphor Bronze, 26, 393, 431, 446
Pickering, Mr., Self-acting Lubricators, 145
Pig Iron, Clean, 434
Pigmentum Nigrum, the Black Colouring Matter in Hair and Feathers, Messrs. W. R. Hodgkinson and H. C. Sorby, 362
Pinker, Mr. J., Hydraulic Boat-lowering Apparatus, 165
Pistons and Valves, Mr. W. C. Church, 281
Pittsburg, Boiler Explosion at, 289
Planing Machine, Roller Feed, Messrs. T. Robinson and Son, 94, 98
Plough, Three-Furrow, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head, 391, 392
Police Navy, The Present Condition of Our, 277
Pollution of Rivers, The, 315
Porcelain Roller Mills, 12
Portable Engines, Repairs of, 434
Portsmouth Waterside Extension Railway, The, 237
Postal Law in the States, An Old, 170
Post-office, A New, 413
Potassium, Oxides of, Mr. Lupton, 362
Potassium-Triiodide, Mr. G. S. Johnson, 376, 412
Pottier, Mr., Hot Air Apparatus, 357
Poynter, R. A., Mr., Art in Engineering, 274, 277
Pressure Gauge Dials, The Graduation of, 111, 133
Priming of Boilers in H.M.’s Ships, Order from tho Admiralty with Reference to the, 134
Printing Machinery, Mr. Hurst, 405
Prizes for Engine Drivers, 170, 222, 240
Protection in the States, 8
Protective Duties in the United States, 205
Puddling Furnaces, Revolving, 189
Puddling, Mechanical, Mr. T. R. Crampton, 59, 62
Puddling in Ordinary and Rotary Furnaces, Mr. H.
Kirk, 204                              ,
Pumping Engine, Compound Direct-acting, Messrs.
Tangyo Brothers, Royal Agricultural Society, 128
Pumping Engine, Messrs. Hayward Tyler and Co., 32
Pumping Engine, Providence Waterworks, Rhode Island, U.S., 323, 824
Pumping Machinery at tho Erin Colliery, Westphalia, Messrs. Hathorn, Davis, Campbell, and Davey, 238, 239
Punching and Shearing Machine, Mr. R. H. Twcddcll’s
Quadruple, 226, 228
Punch’s Pocket-book, 430
Purchased Criticism, 417
Pyx, Trial of the, 83
Rail Joints, Mr. C. P. Sandberg, 325, 328, 340, 341
Rail-paring and Straightening Machines, 25, 28
Rail Prices, Belgian, 8
Railway Accident Epidemic, 208
Railway, East London, 292
Railway Making in America, 52
Railway Matters, 9, 23, 45, 63, 79, 93, 115, 135,152, 163 181, 201, 223, 241, 253, 275, 293, 311,327, 343, 863 8 (( 397, 409, 427, 443
Railway Periodical Tickets, 216
Railway Speed, 149
Railway Wheels, Mr. J. B. Handy side, 309
Railways in Ceylon, 81, 415
Railway, Field, Mr. J. B. Fell, 205, 227
Railways in India, Amount Expended on, 219.
Railways, Indian, Mr. J, Danvers’ Report, 226.
Railways in Russia, 170
Railways in Spain, New, 96
Rams, Hydraulic, 153, 166
Range Finders, 109
Ransomes, Messrs., Hay Rake, 393
Ransomes, Sims, and Head, Messrs., Three Furrow
Plough, 391, 392
Reaping Machine, Messrs. Aveling and Porter, 148
Red Tape in the States, 170
Reimherr, Herr v. Smoko Preventer, 418
Reliance Pump. Syers, 84
Report of the Su.z Canal Shareholders’ General Meeting, 1G
R< toits. Mineral Oil, 222
Revolving Cannon, The Hotchkiss, 271. 298, 299
Rifling of New 12-Pounder Field Gun, 251
Rivers in Alluvial Plains, Windings of, Dr. J. Thomson, C.E.. 179
Robey Air Compressor, The, 129
Robinson and r’on, Messrs. T., Roller Feed Planing Machine, 94. 98
Rolling of Ships. On the, Mr. W. McNaught, Society of Engineers, 447
Rolling Stock Charged to Capital, Statement of New, 252
Rolling Stock, English, 433
Rolling Stock, Passenger, 118
Rover, H.M.8., Test Safety Valve, 145
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 39, 57
Avelingand Porter, Messrs , Steam Reaping Machine 148
Blast Pipe, Messrs. Aveling and Porter, 41
Combined Engine and Mortar Mill, Messrs. Barrows and Stewart, 272
Condenser, Messrs. Tangye Brothers, 40
Direct Acting Compound Pumping Engine, Messrs.
Tangye Brothers, 128
Lifting Chocks for Thrashing Machines, Messrs.
Clayton and Shuttleworth, 57
Pressure Gauges, List of, 67
Pulsometer, Messrs. Hodgkin, Newhaus, and Co., 39
Reading Ironworks Company, Horse Rake, 113
Reaper, Finger and Knife Clip, Mr. Tenwick, 58
Reaping Machine, Trials at Leamington, 109, 125, 150,151
Steam Gauges, Inaccuracy of, 66
Swivel Pump, Messrs. Laurence and Porter’s, 43
Thrashing Machine, Feeder for, Messis. Marshall, 43
Thrashing Machine, Messrs. Garretts’, 58
Thrashing Machine, 8-H.P. Combined, Messrs.
Nalder, 43, 46
Traction Ploughing Engines on Common Ponds, 62
Vertical Engine, Messrs. Cambridge, Purham, and Webb's, 57
Winding Drum, Traction Wheels Converted into, Mr. Savage, 58
Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey, 66in.
Turbine, Mr. A. Rigg. 379, 385
Royal Polytechnic Institution, 446
Russia, Our Rail Trade with. 1G0
Russian Railways. 12
Ruston, Proctor and Co., Messrs., 8-II P. Traction Engine, 410
Salicyclic Acid, Preparation of, 376
Saltaire Mills, 171
Sandberg, Mr. C. P., Rail Joints, 32\ 328, 340,1’41
Science Museum, Permanent, 65
Scientific Education at South Kensington, Report of Special Committee on Telegraphy, 259
Screwing Machines with Releasing Motion, Mr. Brown, 349
Screwing and Tapping Armour-plate Bolts, Machine for, Messrs. D. New and Co., 183
Sell, Mr. C., Compound Marine Engines, 272
Sewage Question. The Rivers' Pollution Bill, 65
Sewerage Company in Birmingham, General Scott’s, 867
Sewerage of Hampton Wick, 400
Shaft Broken and Repaired at Sea, 411
Shaft, Mode of Straightening a Heavy, 322
Sheffield District, 19, 36, 54. 70, 88, 106, 123, 138, 157, 176, 194, 215, 233, 249, 266, 302, 318, 334, 353, 372, 389, 405, 422, 438, 454
Sheffield, Trade Outrages at, 416
Shildon, the Nursery of the Locomotive, 226
Ship-cleaning Apparatus, Coles’, 413
Short Time at Crewe, 30
Shunting Problem, The Brake Question, 208
Siemens’ Steel Works, Landore, 10, 13, 21, 25
Signalling, Naval, Sir W. Thomson, 209
Signals, Audible Railway, Mr. T. Brown, 112
Skates, Mr. A. Todd, 111
Slag with its Heat for Manufmture of Glass, Utilisation of Blast Furnace, Mr. B. Britten, 219
Slate Quarries, Life in, 33
Small Arms Company Trade, 82
Smith, C. E., Mr. A., Winding Machine, 182
Smith and Sons, Messrs. Turret Clock for Bombay University, 395, 398
Smithfield Club Show, 391
Clayton and Shuttleworth’s Steering Gear, 392
Hartnell’s Governor, 391
Ransome’s Messrs., Hay Rake, 393
Ransomes, Sims, and Head’s Three Furrow Plough,
391, 392, 393
Ruston, Proctor, and Co., 8-H.P. Traction Engine,
392, 410
Wallis and Steevens’ Portable 8-H.P. Engine, 382, 385
West, Mr., Patent 6-Cylinder Engine, 411
Smoke and Noxious Vapours, 278
Smoke Preventer, Hen V. Reimherr, 418
Social Science Congress, 314
Engineers and the Fine Arts, Mr. Poynter, R. A., 274 Society of Arts, Meetings Previous to Christmas, 352 Society of Arts Memorial for a Change in the Patent
Law, 430
Society, The Chemical—
Barwood, by the late Professor Anderson, 376
Calcium Sulphate, Mr. J. B. Hannay, 412
Certain Bismuth Compounds, Part III., Mr. M. P.
Muir, 362
Colein, Prof. A. H. Church, 412
Crystallisable Alkaloids Contained in Aconitum Napellus, Dr. C. R. A. Wright, 376
Oxides of Potassium, Mr. Lupton, 362
Phenylenediamine, Dr. Otto Witt, 412
Phospho- and Arseno-Cyanogen, Mr. W. R. Hodgkinson, 362
Pigmentum Nigrum, the Black Colouring Matter Contained in Hair and Feathers, Messrs. W. R. Hodgkinson, and H. C. Sorby, 362
Potassium Triodide, Mr. G. S. Johnson, 376. 412
Secondary Oxidised Product formed During the Reduction of Stannic Ethide to Stannous Ethide, by Messrs. W. R Hodgkinson and G. C. Matthews, 362
The Coal Gas of the Metropolis, Mr. T. S. D. Humpidge, 376
Society of Civil Engineers, Lidge, M. J. Bois d’Eughien, Small Gauge Locomotives, 139
Society of Civil and Mechanical Engineers, 26
Visit to Mr. David Kircaldy's Testing and Experimental Works, 26
See ety of Engineers, 112, 134,167, 239, 240, 393, 424 435
On the Conversion of Peat into Fuel, Mr. C. E Hall, 347
Rolling of Ships, Mr. W. McN aught, 447
Stone Sawing Machinery, Mr. H. Conradi, 290, 291
The Underground Pumping Machinery at the Erin Colliery, Westphalia, Mr. Henry Davey, 239
Society of Engineers, The American—
Water Supply of New York, 383
Society, King’s College Engineering, 288, 368, 378, 405
Deep Sea Soundings, Mr. A. P. Guiness, 354
On the Manufacture of Linen, Mr. G. Disney, 306
Printing Machinery, Mr. Hurst, 405
Spanish Iron Districts, Mr. Burges, 288
Society, Manchester Scientific and Mechanical— Engineering as a Profession, Osborne Reynolds.
Professor of Engineering, Owens College, 309
Inaugural Address of the President, Professor Reynolds on Engineering, 274
Society of Practical Engineering, The New York— Address, Mr. J. C. Bayles, 74
Society of Telegraphic Engineers, 434
Soundings, Deep Sea, Mr. A. P. Guinness, 351
South Kensington Museum, 26, 52, 78, 134, 195, 203, 230, 246, 261, 272, 297, 320, 336 352, 362, 376, 396, 424, 426
South Yorkshire Miners, 75
Springs, The Strength and Dimensions of, 375
Steamboat for South America, Steam Wheel, Messrs.
Yarrow and Co., 144
Steam Engines Exported in the Last Eleven Months, Value of, 413
Steam Gear for 38 ton Guns, 159, 411
Steamship, “ City of Vera Cruz,” Vertical Boilers of the, 273
Steam Yacht, Fast, Messrs. J. J. Thornycroft and Co., 274
Steel Bronze by Gen. Uchatius, Lecture on, 331
Steel, Hardening of, 52
Steel, Manufacture and Mode of Working, 1
Steel Rails in Germany, 393
Steering Gear, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, :-92
Stephenson Memorial, 51
Stobcross Docks, Mr. J. Deas, C.E , 180
Stone Breaking Machinery, Messrs. Marsden, 33
Stone Sawing Machinery, 290, 291, 357, 381, 431
Straw Trade at Luton, 227
Submarine Mines in Russian and Turkish Waters, 433
Sulphur Mines of Forli, The, 97
Sunlights. Danger of Fire from the Use of, 439
Surrey Commercial Docks, Opening of a New Dock at the, 330
Suspension Bridge over E. River between New York and Brooklyn, 147, 208, 257
Switch Box, Reversible, Messrs. W. S. Hall and Co., 349
Tangye Brothers, Messrs., Direct-acting Compound Engine, Royal Agricultural Society, 128
Tariffs, Foreign, 261
Telegraph Cables, Economical Working of, 399, 425
Telegraph System in the British Isles, 207
Telegraphs, Submarine, The Repubiique Franpaise on, 315
Telegi’aphy, Fac-simile, 147
Tenders for the Performance of the Deep Sewerage of Lincoln, 189
Tensile Resistance of Cast Iron to Blows and Strains, 331
Testing Cloth, Machine for, 417
Thames Embankment at Chelsea, Failure of the, 314, 330
Thames, Ice on the, 450
Thames Steam Ferry, Mr. Waller on the, 210
Thames Valley Drainage, 279, 396
Thompson. Mr. J. W., Patent Indicator, 262, 324
Thornycroft and Co., Messrs. J. J., Fast Steam Yacht, 274
Thunderer Explosion, The, 39, 67, 83, 100, 125, 126. 128, 130, 165, 153, 166, 169, 191, 197, 211, 222, 141, 146, 200, 208, 256
Tidal Pier. Mr. Egerton, 352, 394
Tool-holder, Messrs. D. Ne.v and Co., 182
Torpedo School, The Admiralty, 416
Torpedo Wai fate, Offensive, 11
Torpedoes, Fish, 289
Torpedoes, Locomotive, 259
Tracing Office, Ladies’, 413
Trade Competition, American, 243, 246
Trade-Mark Decisions, 99
Trade-Marks Abroad, British, 367
Trade-Marks, New Order respecting, 66
Trade-Marks Registration Amendment Bill, 30, 292
Trade-Marks Registration Rules, b2
Trade Unionism, Real, 189
Trades Union Congress, 150
Trades Union Despotism, 244, 260
Trades Unions, Future of, 48
Trades Unions, Sheffield, 434
Trades Union, Tyranny, 134, 188, 326
Tram Cars, Steam, 367
Tramway Cars on Street Footpaths, 401
Tramway Traffic Management, 99
Tramway at Wantage, Steam, 162
Tramways in Paris, 22
Tramways, Street, Mr. P. B. Coghlan, C.E., 83
Trenton, The New United States Steamer, 128
Trips Made by the Britannic, Record of, 2/b
Tube Scraper, Mr. Knott, 33
Tunnel, The St. Gothard, 171_
Turbine, 66in., Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham
Abbey, Mr. A. Rigg, 379, 385
Turkey, Navy Department of, 274
Turner, Messrs., Elastic Washer, 352 391
Turner, Messrs. E. R. and F., Vertical Engine and
Boiler, 254, 274,
Turton, Mr. G., Draw-bar Cradle for Goods Wagons, 322, 328
United States Navy, 412
United States, Trade in the, 100
Valve, Safety, 368
Valve, Safety, Mr. Blake, 273
Valve, Sentinel Safety, Mr. T R. Summerson, 368
Valve, Test Safety, H.M.8. Rover, 145
Valves, Adam’s Safety, 271
Valves, Board of Trade Safety, 150
Valves of Portable Engines, Safety, 316, 380
Valves, Safety, Mr. T. Adams, 254
Valves. Sticking of Safety, 257, 271
Valton, Mr. F., On Hot Short Steel 415
Vertical Retorts, Messrs Bennie and Co., 116, 119
Vices, American Double Jaw, 1«2
Vortex Rings, &c., Resistance Encountered by, Prof.
O. Reynolds, 226
Vulcan Foundry Company, Narrow-gauge Locomotive, 255
Wagon, The 10 Ton Goods, Bridgwater Engine Com pany, 164, 166
Wales and Adjoining Counties. 19, 37. 55, 71. 89, 107, 123, 139, 157, 177, 195, 215, 233, 249, 267,285,303, 319, 335, 353, 373, 389, 405, 423, 439, 455
Waller, Mr., Paper on the History of the Thames Steam Ferry Company, 2;0
Wallis and Steevens, Messrs., 8-H.P. Partable Engine, 382, 385
Wantage Steam Tramway, 162
Warsop, Mr., Light Forging Hammer, 378
Warwickshire Miners, Secession from the Union of, 119
Washer, Elastic, Messrs. Turner, 394
Water Gauge, Office, Mr. J. Nicholas, 129
Water Mains in Philadelphia, Cast Iron, T. Graff, sen., 308
Water Supply, House Cisterns and Constant, 416
Water Supply of Leeds, 12
Water Supply of Liverpool, 29
Water Supply of Lyons, Tne, 167
Water Supply of New York, The, 150
Waters of the New Red and Permian Formation, Underground, Mr. C. E. de Rance, 209
■Water Tanks, Strength of, 11
Water Troughs, Ramsbottom’s, 260
“ Waterwitch,” fitted with Hydraulic Propeller, Trial of. 413
Waterworks in Ceylon. 395
Waterworks, Philadelphia, Centre-square, 306, 308, 312
“Watt” Engine at Glasgow, The Disputed, 96
Wave Power, Mr. Brown, of Kidwelly, 203
Weather Warnings to Coast Stations in 1875, 192
Weights and Measures, Standard, 412
West Hartlepool, New Dock and Railway Works, 367
Whitworth Scholarships, 94
Wigan Junction Railway, 308
Winding Machine, Mr. A. Smith, C.E., 182
Wood, 147
Wood Paperhangings, 3C6
Wood Saw-dust and Peat as Fuel in Re-heating Furnaces, Mr. R. Akermann, of the Stockholm School of Mines, 167
Wooden Spoons in Russia, 308
Workmen and their Instructors, 97
Wreath Quay Engine Company, The, 182
Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Stern-Wheel Steamboat for
South America, 144
Yorkshire Coal Field, Development of the, 374
Young, Mr., Marine Engine, 407, 412


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