The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of The Engineer 1876 Jul-Dec: Index

View the 1876 Jul-Dec Volumes 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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