The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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Abel, Professor, Gun Cotton and Water Shells, 342, 351

Accident on the Midland Railway, 357

Accident, The Norwich, 225. 237, 250, 305

Accidents, Railway, 76, 238.

Accidents in India, 82

Air Pumps and Condensers, Messrs. Sulzer Brothers, 318

Alexander, High-pressure Boilers of S.S., Messrs.

Crighton, Abo, Finland, 374

Alexander and Sons, Messrs , Semi-portable High-pressure Winding Engines for Yale, Gloucestershire, 172, 174

Alexandra Palace, The, 15

Allan, Funeral of Mr. W., 314

Alloying of Iron with Manganese, 24

American Bessemer Works, 94

American Blast Furnace Statistics, 303

American Blast Furnace Yields, 406

American Paper Trade, Growth of the, 161

American Process of Galvanising Iron, 254

Americans as Agricultural Engineers, 220

Aniline Colours, 345

Arthur Woolf, Mr. S. Hocking, C.E., on the Life and Labours of, at the Miners’ Assoc., Cornwall, 379

Artillery, Russian, 410

Association of Foremen Engineers, Leeds, 460

Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, London, 37, 320

Electric Telegraph, Sir David Salomons, 274

Equilibrium Cabins for Passenger Ships, and Equilibrium Turrets for Ironclads, Mr. Black, 37

Improvements in Engines and Boilers, Mr. T. Black, 357

Life Saving Apparatus, Mr. John Banting Rogers, 202

Three-cylinder Continuous Expansion Engine, Mr. J. Steward, 449

Visit to Blackwall Ironworks, 80

Association of Gas Managers, North British Address to Mr. Foulis, 56

Association, Manchester Steam Users’, 185

Inspection of Household Boilers, Mr. Fletcher’s Report, 316

Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors, 155, 212

Association for the Supervision of Steam Boilers in Belgium, 9

Aveling and Porter, Messrs., Steam Plough Travelling Van, 99, 100

Bailey and Co., Messrs., Feed Valve, 3

Balloon Experiments, Military, 81, 93

Balloon, M. Menier’s Hot Air, 217

Balloons, 240

Barnsley Sewerage Scheme, 339

Barrow-in-Furness, 161, 384

Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Works, 183, 211

Battery, The Stevens, 170, 209

Bearings, Dr. Kiinzel’s Combined Phosphor Bronze and Soft Metal, 1

Belfast Gasworks, Improvements in, 354

Belfast Strike, Close of the, 176

Belgian Competition, 360, 370

Belts or Straps as Communicators of Work, Professor Osborne Reynolds on the Efficiency of, 396

Bement and Sons, Messrs. W. B., Radial Drilling • Machine, 374

Bennett, Mr. W., Standpipe, 354

Berry and Sons, Messrs. F., Plate and Scrap Shearing Machine, 221

Berry and Sons, Messrs. F., Wall Planing Machine, 391

Bessemer Channel Steamer, The, 253, 269, 284

Bessemer, Launch of the, 255

Beverley Iron and Wagon Company, Boiler Fittings for Portable Engines, 105

Blackburn Boiler Explosion, 30, 31, 98, 135, 160

Black Drop, its Cause and Remedy in Transit Observations, 211, 222, 356, 393, 448

Blackleading Iron, 152

Blasting with Gunpowder Fired by Electricity, 410

Blower, Root’s Patent, 116

Blowers, Rotary, 97

Boat Lowering Apparatus, Folkard’s, 410

Boiler Experiment, Contemplated, 23

Boiler Explosion near Abcrdare, 334

Boiler Explosion, The Blackburn, 30, 31, 98, 135, 160

Boiler Explosion at Leeds, 370

Boiler Fittings for Poitable Engines, Beverley Iron and Wagon Company, 105

Boiler Inspection in the United States, 226

Boiler, Mr. Kesterton’s High-pressure, 220

Boiler, 20-H.P. Messenger, Messrs. Verey and Lange, 267

Boiler, Robey's Patent, 98,160

Boiler Setting, 325

Boilers, Household, 338, 428, 448

Boilers, Inspection of Household, 316

Boilers of the Ly-ee-Moon, 310—(See Working Drawing October 23rd)

Boilers for Steam Tramway Purposes, Mr. L. J. Todd’s Accumulator, 105

Boilers, Strength of, 185

Bolton Strike, The, 236

Bolt and Stud End Cutter, Mr. Nelson, 267

Boulogne Harbour, 422

Bourne and Co., Messrs. John, Vertical Planing

Machine, Chinese Government, 97

Bowling Iron Company, 238

Bremme, Mr. G., Elastic Wheel for Traction Engines,

Bridge ever the Allier at Vichy, M. RadoutDelafosse, 263, 266, 274, 290

Bridge over the Mississippi, Railway, 254

Bridge over the Reuss at Lucerne, MM. Cuenod and Gaudard, 336, 340, 344

Bridges, American versus English, 55

Britannic, of the White Star Line, The, 49

Bbitish Association, The, Belfast, 127, 147, 167

Address of President Dr. John Tyndall, F.R.S., D C.L., LL.D.. &c., 148

Address of Professor Thomson, President of Mechanical Section, Section G, 167

Coal Mining in Italy, Mr. P. Le Neve Foster, Jun., C.E., Section G, 169

Instruments for Measuring Speed of Ships, Mr. Fronde, 186

Isometrical Drawing, Mr. George Fawcns, Section G, 192

Prevention of the Inundations of Navigable Rivets, Mr. James Lynam, C.E., 273

Report of the Committee on Siemens’ Electrical Pyrometer, 256

Screw Lowering Apparatus, Mr. E. J. Harland, Section G, 169

Volcanic Phenomena of County Antrim and adjoining Districts, Professor Edward Hall, M.A., F.R.8., &c., President of Geological Section, 154

Water Power of the Upper Bann, Mr. John Smyth, A.M., M.I.C.E., Section G, 177

Brock, Mr., Loading Safety Valves by direct Springs* 409

Burleigh, Mr., Rotary Switch Lever, 6

Burning of the Liverpool Landing Stage, 99, 111, 114, 115, 127, 132, 160, 211

Bursting an Experimental Boiler by Hydraulic Pressure, 226

California-built Marine Engine, 162

Calender, Messrs. Urquhart, Lindsay, and Co.’s Hydraulic, 845

Canal, The Interocoanic, 11

Canal Workin Italy, by P. Le Neve Foster jun , C.E 319, 324, 358, 361, 405, 408, 42b, 434, 441, 446, 455,

Capital and Labour, Mr. C. Stewart Drewry, On the

Relation between, 396, 434

Carmarthen Sewerage, 4

Carriages, Lighting Railway, 12, 52

Castalia, The, 196, 281, 304. 320 . 1Zi

Castings in Iron are Accurate Copies of the Mould,

Mr. Robt. Mallet, C E., &c., On the Real Reasons

Why, 197

Cast Iron, The Break of, 269

Cast Iron and the Phenomena of the Crane Ladle,

Mr. R. Mallet, C.E.. &c., On the Dilatation of, 231

Chronograph, Lieut. H. Watkin, R.A., 333

Chronographs. 393 .

Church, Mr.. Metallic Piston Rod Packing, 318

Clapp, Mr. W. J., Coal-cutting Machine. 22

Clark M.I.C.E., Mr. Edwin, Harbour Works m

Callao Bay, Peru, 96, 104, 106, 115, 118

Cleveland Iron Trade in 1874, 467

Cloth, Raising, Giacomim s Patent Gig for, 383

Clyde Shipbuilding Trade, 49

Coal-burning Locomotives in the South, 399

Coal in Colorado, 232

Coal-cutting, Mr. W. J. Clapp, 220

Coal-cutting Machine Trials, 156

Coaldust as Fuel, 202

Coal Elevator, Hunt’s, 153

Coal in India, 185

Cohesion and Crushing, 461

Colosseum, The New York. 273

Comber, Mr. W. A., Wrenches and Spanners, 1 < 0

Comet, The New, 29

Comet and the Weather, The, 99

Condensers, Steam Pump, 327, 338, 356, 376

Condensers without Air Pumps, 9

Constant and Intermittent Water Supply, 297

Coppee, M., Coke Ovens, 300

Cornwall, Boiler Explosions in, 451

Coriosion, Railway Bar, 326

Costin, Capt., The New Wimbledon Rifle Target, 301

Couches, Improvements in, 392

Couplings, Friction, 393

Crane at Glasgow Harbour, Messrs. J. Taylor and

Co.’s 60-Ton. 321

Cresson, Mr. G. W., 'Movable Pulleys, 352

Crichton, Messrs., Compounded Engines of S.S.

Alexander, 354, 355

Crichton, AbdJFinland, Messrs., High-pressure Boilers of S.S. Alexander, 374

Crossing the Channel, 392

Crown, Contracts of the, 396

Crystal Palace Engineering School, 140

Cuenod and Gaudard, MM., Bridge over the Reuss, at

Lucerne, 336. 340, 344

Cupola at the Polytechnic School, Angers, 186

Curves for Sidings, 30

Cylinders, Condensation in Steam, 231

Cylinders, Corroded, 222, 250, 269, 284

Czarevna, Launch of the, 185, 201

Dale, Messrs. J. and T, Compound Surface Condensing Engines 20-H.P. S.S. Black Watch, 268, 270

Dangerous Superheater, 449

Darlington Ironworks, 208

Darlington Rolling Mill Engine, 203, 206

Darlington Notice Case, 431

Delafosse, M. Radout, Bridge over the Allier at

Vichy, 263, 266, 274, 290

Dennis, Messrs., Stop Valve, 3

Denton, C. E. J. Bailey, On Disposal of Sewage oi

Towns, Villages, &c., Social Science Congress, 321

Determination of Longitude by Telegraph in Connection with the Transit of Venus, 245

Diamond Drill. The, Mr, A. Bassett, Institute of Civil

Engineers, 130,135

Diggers, Steam, 356

Disintegrator, Mr. Greenhill’s, 470

Donald and Atkey, Messrs., Machine Tool, L0

Dovetailer, The Hamilton, 282

Drawings and Tracings, On Mounting, 453

Drewry, Mr. C. Stewart, On the Relation between

Capital and Labour, 396, 434

Drill for Messrs. Marshall and Sons, Messrs. Gregson,

Brown, and Son’s Radial, 47 ,

Drilling Machine, Messrs. W. B. Bement and Sons

Radial, 374 .

Drilling Machine, Messrs. Lowry and Co. s itaaiai, 283

Drum Guards, 135

Dutch South-Eastern Company, 196

Dynamite, New Application of, 321

Dynamo Electric Machine, Siemens’, 52

Eastbourne, Siege Experiments at, 360, 369, 385, 441 461

Economy of Fuel in Furnaces, 2o

Egyptian Railways, 161

Elce and Arundel, Messrs., Roving Frames, 248

Engine, California-built Marine, 162

Engine at Clay Cross Colliery, 84in. Cornish, Butter-lev Iron Co., Mr. Howe, 224. 227, 234, 236. 281 286

Engine at Darlington Ironworks, Rolling Mill, 203, 206 Engine Fittings, Portable, 160 _ __ .

Engine, General Engine and Boiler Co.’s 8-H.P. Horizontal, 468, 472 . n

Engine, Messrs. Hathorn, Davis, Campbell, and

Davey’s Compound, 6, 10

Engine, Messrs. Hurd and Simpson s Locomotive 153

Engine Mr. E. D. Leavitt’s Compound Rotative

Pumping, Lynn, Mass., U.S., Messrs. J. P. Morris, Engineers, 450, 453, 454, 455 ,

Engine, Mr. Robertshaw’s Hydraulic Press Pumping, 390

Engine for Steep Gradients, Mr. H. Handysidc’s Loco-

Engine, Messrs. Thwaites and Carbutt’s Twin Crank Direct-acting, 50

Engine for Working Tramways, Mr. Leonard J. lodd, 70, 71

Engineeiing in Odessa, 51

Engineering School at the Crystal Palace, 140

Engineers in India, 417 . ,

Engines of S.S. Alexander, Messrs. Crichtons Compound, 354, 355

Engines in America, Pumping, 222

Engines of S.S. Black Watch, Messrs. J. and 1.

Dales’ Compound Surface Condensing, 20-H.P., 2bb, 270

Engines, Mr. G. Bremme’s Elastic Wheel for Traction, 24

Engines, Carbonic Acid Gas. 175

Engines, Compound, 283, 308, 326, 3u8, 3o6, 376, 393, 409,428,478 . , __

Engines, Compound, versus Simple, 172

Engines, Mr. J. A. Henderson, M. E., On the Theory of Aero Steam, 141, 288

Engines for her Majesty’s Government, 2a0

Engines, Launch, 12 • mr

Engines, Limit of Useful Expansion of Steam in, 110, 135

Engines, Low-pressure, 137

Engines of the Ly-ee-Moon, 239, 249, 2o2, 256

Engines, Marine, 191, 207

Engines, Rotary, 478

Engines, Tottenham Pumping, 338, 356, 410

Engines for Yale, Gloucestershire, Messrs. Alexander and Son’s Semi-Portable High-pressure, Winding, 172, 174

Ericsson Pneumatic Torpedo, 468

i Esscndine Junction, Great Northern Railway, Gasworks and Pump-house, 190, 241

Essendine Station Gasworks, 250 Tnwors and

Evans, C.E., Mr. C. A., On the Stability of Towers ana

Chimneys. 231

Exhibition, Chilian International, 449

Exhibition at Manchester of Appliances fot tl e

Economy of Labour, 449

Explosives, Legislation on, 263, 29S

Extension Works of the East London Railway, 41 (

Extinguishing Fires in Mines, 15

Federal Polytechnic School, 391

Ferrara Waterworks, 349

Ferro-Manganese, 232

Ferryhill Ironworks, 102

Fire Engine Competition at Antwerp, 321

Fireplaces, Domestic, 473 ,

Fletcher, Mr. E., Bogie Tank Locomotive, isorth-

Eastern Railway, Messrs. Neilson and Co., Engineers, 282

Flour Mills, Messrs. Tod and Co., Glasgow, 4

Fog Gun, Major Maitland, R.A., 470

Folkard’s Boat-lowering Apparatus. 410

Foot Bridge, New-street Station, Birmingham, Mr. S.

Woodall, 321, 322 , w .

Foster, jun., C.E.. Mr. P. le Neve, on Canal Works in Italy, 319, 324, 358, 361, 405, 408, 426, 434, 441, 446, 455, 463

French Coal Commission, 425

Fuel, Combustion of Powdered, 341

Fuel, Locomotive, 138, 254

Funeral of Mr. W. Allan, 314

Furnace Statistics, American Blast, 303

Furnace Yields, American Blast, 406

Furnaces, Blast, 376

Furnaces, Construction of, 8, 31

Furness and Co., Messrs.,’-Trying-up and Four-Cutter

Planing and Moulding Machine, 202

Gas in America, Price of, 4

Gas, Durability of Illuminating, 52

Gases, Expansion of, 191

Gas Profits, 225

Gas Question in tho Metropolis, 119

Gasworks and Pump-house, Great Northern Railway, Essendino Junction, 190

Gauge, Messrs. I. Storey and Sons’ Magnetic Water, 202

General Engine and Boiler Company, 8-H.P. Horizontal Engine, 468, 472

Geometry, Modern, 120

German Artillery, 185, 281, 425

Giacomini's Patent Gig for Raising Cloth, 383

Girders, Economical Limits to the Use of Rolled, 287

Glass, Siemens’ Proccss.in the Manufacture of, 244

Governor, Marine, 250

Grammar of Ornament. The, 264

Gramme’s Electric Machines, 476

Grantham Sewage, 327

Greenhill, Mr., Disintegrator, 470 .

Gregson, Brown, and Son, Messrs., Radial Drill for

Messrs. Marshall and Sons, 47

Greig and Eyth, Messrs., Wire Rope Tug for Canal Navigation, Messrs. Fowler and Co., 136

Gun Cotton and Water Shells, Professor Abel, 342, 351

Gun Manufacturers in India, Native, 47

Gunpowder, 271

Gunpowder, Carriage of, 327

Gunpowder, Dangerous Conveyance of, 273

Hall, Mr. Robt., 20ft. Loom for Weaving Woollen Felt, 3

Hamilton Dovetailer, The, 282

Handyside and Co.. Messrs., 313

Handy side, C.E., Mr. H., Locomotive Engines for

Steep Gradients, 210

Harbour Works in Callao Bay, Peru, Mr. Edwin Clark, M.I.C.E., 96, 101, 106, 115, 118

Harbour for Madras, Proposed New, 415

Hathorn, Davis, Campbell, and Davey, Messrs., Compound Engine, 6, 10

Hawkshaw’s Visit to Brazil, Sir John, 425

Heat, Economy in the Production and Use of, 98, 116, 160, 240, 307

Heaters, Feed-water, 79, 97

Henderson, M.E., Mr. J. A., On the Theory of Aero

Steam Engines, 141, 288

Henderson Process, The, 320

Herculaneum, Discovery of Silver Bust at, 422

Hiring in the Iron Trade, Proposed New Rules of, 414

Holborn Viaduct Station, Mr. W. Mills, C.E., 4, 7, 28,

29, 140

Holiday Question at Ironworks, 337

Hopper Dredger, St. Lawrence, Trial Trip of, 452

Howe, Mr. W., 84in. Engine, Clay Cross, Details of

Pumps, 281. 286

Howe, Mr. W., 84in. Cornish Engine, at Clay Cross Colliery, Butterley Iron Co., 224, 227, 234, 236

Hunt’s Coal Elevator, 153

Hurd and Simpson, Messrs., Engines, 153

Hydraulic Engineering Company, Limited, 9

Hydraulic Tests for Chain Cables, 110

Hydro-Thermic Motor, Signor F. Tommasi, 221

Increase of Third-class Fares, 273

Independents, The, 138

Independcncia, The, Launch of, 230

India, The Future Port of, 253

Indian Civil Engineering College, 50

Indian Railways, 72, 372

Indicators, Revolution, 185 •

Inspectors of Mines, Reports of, 69

Institute, The Iron and Steel, 69,172,176, 183

American Rolling Mills, Mr. Holley, 200

Crampton’s Revolving Furnace and its Products, Mr. T. R. Crampton, 235

Geology of the West Coast Iron Ore Districts, Mr.

P. Wilrzburger, 184

Latest Improvements in Appliances for Manufacture of Bessemer Steel, Mr. Walker, 201, 218

New Foundry Wagon Drop for Blast Furnaces, Mr.

T. Wrightson. 201

Rampside Boring, The, Mr, Alex. Brogden, 197

Setting Bessemer Converter Bottoms, Mr. Holley, 199

Valves suitable for Working Hydraulic Machinery, Mr. R. Lu thy, 221

Institute on Mechanical Engineers, 314, 341, 357

Bute Docks and Mechanical Arrangement for

Shipping Coal, Mr. McConnochie, 112

Diamond Boring Machine, Mr. Alex. Garrett, 113

Pumping Machinery for Emptyingthe Dry Docks at

Chatham and Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Rennie, 113

South Wales Coalfield, Mr. Forster Brown, 113

Institute of Mining, Civil, and Mechanical Engineers, The South Midland

Colliery Locomotives, Mr. James T. Tatlow, 316 Institute of Mining Engineers, The American : —

Coking Coals under Pressure, Mr. E. T. Cox, State Geologist, 246

Iron and Steel Rails, Mr. J. B. Pearce, 60

Midlothian Colliery, Virginia, Mr. Oswald J. Heinrich, M.E., 48

Smelting of Argentiferous Lead Ores in Nevada, Utah, and Montana, Messrs. O. F. Hahn, Aubon Eilers, and Dr. R. W. Raymond, 76

Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 113

Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, The North Staffordshire

• Excursion to Hyde Junction Engineering Works, 251 Institute of Mining Engineers, South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire

Visit to Barrow-in-Furness, 69

Institution of Civil Engineers, 339, 4102

Diamond Drill, Mr. A. Bassett, 130

Institution of Civil Engineers (continued):—

Extension of the South Jetty at Kustendjie, .Turkey,

Mr. G. Lenton Rolt, 479

List of Premiums and Prizes. 21, 188

Nagpur Waterworks, The, &c., Mr. Alexander R.

Binnie, M.I,C.E., 379

Pennsylvania Railway, &c., Messrs. Charles D. and

Francis Fox, M.I.C.E., 392

South Breakwater at Aberdeen, Mr. William Dyce

Clay, M.I.C.E., 479

Institution on Engineers, The Cleveland, 350, 357,

ivx

Future of Engineering, Mr. T. Wrightson, 357

Institution of Naval Architects, 226

Institution, The Royal Polytechnic, 339

Coal Gas, Lectures by Professor Gardiner, 339

International Exhibition, Kensington, Close of, 187

International Exhibition, The London, 250, 281

Ireland, Railway Extension in, 363

Iron, American Pig, 201

Iron, American Process of Galvanising, 254

Ironclads for Sale, 256

Iron. Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton. <fcc , 19, 41, 63, 91, 109, 125, 145, 165, 181, 195, 215, 229, 243, 261, 277, 295, 313, 331, 319, 367, 383, 403, 42], 439, 459, 483

Iron and Coal of New South Wales, 69

Iron, Floating Cast, 52, 135

Iron Industry in Turkey, 192, 417

Iron Interests in the United States, 456

Iron with Manganese, Alloying, 21

Iron Mines, Extraordinary, 316

Iron with Natural Gas, Making, 6

Iron, New Zealand, 212

Ironstone Mining in Cleveland, Mr, A. L. Stevenson, 219 ’

Iron Trade, Depression of, 448

Iron Trade, United States, 166, 169

Ironworks, The Ferryhill, 102

Isherwood, Chief Engineer, U.S. Navy, Method of Ascertaining what Portion of the Feed-water Admitted to a Boiler is Entrained in the form of Spray by the Escaping Steam, 363

Jack, Hydraulic, 477

Jackson, Mr. F, W., Mortar Mill, 283

Kahlenberg Rack Railway, 337

Kesterton, Mr., High-pressure Boiler, 220

Kttnzel, Dr., Combined Phosphor Bronze and Soft

Metal Bearings, 1

Labour Laws, Royal Commission on, 374

Lamocks Lighthouse, Formosa Strait, China, 392

Lamps, Improved Railway, 59

Lamplighter, MM. Baumcister, and Eller’s Automatic, 352

Land, Clearing, 80

Leading Articles:—

American v, English Bridges, 55

Armament of Unarmoured Ships, 359

Belgian Competition, 360

Bessemer Channel Steamer, The, 253

Boiler Explosions in Cornwall. 451

Carbonic Acid Gas Engines, 175

Channel Tunnel, The, 137

Combustion of Powdered Fuel, 341

Condensation in Steam Cylinders, 237

Contracts of the Crown, 396

Cutting Steel Rails Cold. 378

Darlington Ironworks, The, 208

Darlington Notice Case, The, 431

Decrepitude of Temple Bar, 119

Disposal of Sewage, 287

Domestic Fireplaces, 473

Economical Limits to the Use of Rolled Girders, 287

Education of Agricultural Engineers, 34

Expansion of Gases, 191

Feed Water Heaters, 79

Future Port of India, The, 253

Gas Profits, 225

Gas Question in the Metropolis, 119

Gunpowder, 271

High-pressure Steam, 33

Independencia, The, 137

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 341

Interoceanic Canal, The, 11

Iron Piers, 451

Iron and Steel Institute, 176

Lax Use of Terms in Science, 157

Legislation for the London Gas Supply, 431

Lighting Railway Carriages, 12

Long Railway Runs, 157

Loss of Pressure in Steam Pipes, 359

Low-pressure Engines, 137

Marine Engines, 185, 207

Mechanical Puddling, 305

Metropolitan Railway Rolling Stock, 11

Midland Railway, The, 395

Norwich Accident, The, 225, 237, 305

Oberon Experiments, 177, 271

Patent Law, 473

Prevention of Smoke at Sea, 377

Professor Tyndall's Address, 175

Proposed New Rules of Hiring in the Iron Trade /IX

Railway Girders for the Metre Gauge, 207

Razors, 288

Safety Valves, 413

Sanitary Progress, 101

Sewage Difficulties, 377

Sewage Farms, 33

Sewage Standard, The, 79 • . J

Spontaneous Combustion, 101.

Stoke Hole Temperatures, 395

Street Tramways, 323

Suez Canal, The, 55

Temple Bar, 272, 414

Transit of Venus. 474.

Warner Process, The, 323

Leavitt, Mr. E. D., Compound Rotative Pumping Engine, Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., Messrs. J. P. Morris, Engineers, 450, 453, 454, 455

Legal Intelligence :—

Barlow v. the Public Works Construction Company, 37

Laidlaw v. the Hastings Pier Company. 411

Re Henry’s Patent Prolongation. 343, 352

Re Lancaster’s Patent. 172

Salvin v. the North Brancepeth Coal Company, 87

Legislation on Explosions, 263, 298

Letters to the Editor

Asbestos Packing, H. A. O. Mackenzie, 284

Asbestos Packing, Henry Smith, 269

Balloons, B. Biandao, 240

Barrow Steel Worke, Bar row Shipbuilding Company (Limited), 211

Bessemer, The, C., 269

Bessemer, The, James Lyall, 284

Bituminous Deposits of the Valley of the Pescara* R. Carter Moffatt, 428, 478

Blackburn Boiler Explosion, Henry Hiller, 31 Blackburn Explosion, H. MacColl, 98. 160 .

Blackburn Boiler Explosion, William Wolverton, 30, 135

Blast Furnaces, W. Robson, 376

Boiler Setting, Henry Hiller, 325

“ Break” of Cast Iron, W. J. M., 269

Broadcast Manure Distributors, Your Correspondent, 185

Broadcast Manure Distributors, Thomas Chambers,-116

Carriage of Gunpowder, F. N. C., 327

Castalia, The, J. B., 309

Letters to the Editor (continued):—

Casting Steam Pipes. J. A., 410

Chilian International Exhibition, Juan E. Walker, 449

Chronographs, Pe.ter Conti, 393

Clearing Land, Charles Louis Hett, 80

Compound Engines, Arques, 283, 326, 356

Compound Engines, C. J., 409

Compound Engines, E., 478

Compound Engines, Bey wood, 338

Compound Engines, H. 0., 308, 338, 376

Compound Engines, J. B. J., 308

Compound Engines, J. E., 327

Compound Engines, J. T., 393

Compound Engines, Lancashire, 409

Compound Engines, Rufus, 309

Compound Engines, W. G., 428

Compound Engines, X., 283, 326, 376

Compound Engines, Y, 326

Construction of Furnaces, Arthur Barff, 31

Construction of Furnaces, John Watson, 31

Corroded Cylinders, Percy Gow, 284

Corroded Cylinders, A Ten Years’ Reader, 222, 269

Corrosion in Steam Cylinders, Stephen Watkins, 250, 269

Curves for Sidings. James S. Tate, C.E.. 30

Depression in the Iron Trade, Arthur Warner, 448

Diamond Drill, Alex. Bassett. C.E.. 135

Diamond Rock-boring, R. Allison, 309

Diamond Rock-boring,* Blumer Brothers, 250

Diamond Rock-boring, District Agent, 309

Diamond Rock-boring, Edmund Hann, 269

Diamond Rock Drill, Charles P. Hendy, 284

Diamond Rock Drills, Edwin J. Honeychurch, 393

Diamond Rock-boring, M. Gcoffry Morgan, 250

Diamond Rock-boring, R. S. L., 241

Driving Trade out of the Country, E. Hamer Carbutt, 428

Drum Guards, Corbett and Peele, 135

Durability of Illuminating Gas, F. Churton, 52

Economy in Heat, Professor Hofmann’s Account of the Atmopyre, D. O. Edwards, 240

Economy in the Production and Use of Heat, D. O.

Edwards. M.D.. 98, 116, 160, 307

Elastic Engine Wheels, H. S. O. Mackenzie, Assoc.

I.C.E., 52

Essendine Station, J. F. B. Porter, 240

Extracting Roots, G. J. G., 410

Extracting Roots, Arthur Tupman, 428

Eye in Transit Observations, C. Bruce Allen, 356, 448

Fastening Tires, J. R., 97

Feed-water Heater, Joseph Twibill, 97

Floating Cast Iron, L. IL, 135

Floating Cast Iron, W. Worby B., 13, 52

Fixed Stars as seen through Minute Apertures—The

Light Drop, C. B. A., 268

Friction Couplings, W. S. Hall, 393

Gasworks at Essendine Station, Geo. Bower, 250

Heaton’s Steel, J. Heaton, 356

Household Boilers, Thos. Holt, 338, 448

Household Boilers, Isaac Storey and Sons, 428

Howe’s Valve Gear, Ph. Roux, 99

Initial Pressure, C.» 135, 478

Institute of Mechanical Engineers, M. I. M. E., 357

Launch Engines, Farmer, 12

Lifeboats, Edward Jackson, 99

Lighting Railway Carriages, J. Biggs, 52

Lighting Railway Carriages and Tram-cars with Gas, Geo. Bower, 211

Lighting Railway Carriages and Tram-cars, Hyat Duckham, 185

Lighting of Railway Carriages, John Waugh, 241

Limits of Useful Expansion in Engines, D. K.

Clark. 116

Limit of Useful Expansion in Engines, Crank, 135

Liverpool Landing Stage, Fred. Campion, 160

Liverpool Landing Stage, Joseph Simpson,’ Engineer, 211

Locomotive Telegraphs, Philip Braham, 250

Loss of Pressure in Steam Pipes, C., 428

Loss of Pressure in Steam Pipes, B. T. McKay, 393

Marine Governor, H. Harrison, 250

Marksmen in the Navy, Arma Virumque Cano, 284

Mechanical Puddling, W. Corbett, 338, 448

Mechanical Puddling, Perry F. Nursey, 327

Mechanical Puddling, Adam Spencer, 308, 327, 357

Mending Broken Screw Shafts, W. G., 338

Midland Railway, The, A., 410

New Mint, A, M. E., 31

New .Zealand Iron, Jas. Major, 212

Norwich Accident, Charles Fairholme, 250

Notes on the Black Drop, its Cause and Remedy in Transit Observations, C. Bruce Allen, 211

Notes on the Black Drop, its Cause and Remedy in

Transit Observations, Geo. M. Seabrook, 222, 396

Outflow of Steam, Thomas Baldwin, 448

Outflow of Steam, Robert Napier, 478

Pease’s New Mill at Darlington, Y., 427

Polysphenic Ship, The, Thomas B. Daft, 80

Polysphenic Ship, Charles Meade Ramus, 116

Portable Engine Fittings, Draughtsman, 160

Prevention of Smoke, C. D., 410

Priming, Robert Johnson, 478

Priming, Alexander Smith, 478

Priming, W .C. P., 376

Priming, Y., 410

Pumping Engines in America, James H. Harlow, 222

Pumps, Aquarius, 30, 52

Railway Bar Corrosion, Robert Mallet, 327

Railway Signals, J. Whiteman, 308

Revolution Indicators, Fair Play, 185

Revolution Indicators, Juvenis ab Urbe, 393

Robey’s Patent Boiler, J. Richardson, 160

Robey’s Patent Boiler, Thos. Wilkins, 98

Root’s Patent Blower, Thwaites and Carbutt, 116

Rotary Blowers, Ironfounder, 97

Rotary Engines, Reciprocator, 478

Rotary Puddling, Dogbery, 393

Roving Frames. A. Z., 269

Roving Frames, W. M.. 325

Safety Valves, Robert Martin, 478

Safety Valves, John W. Melling, 448

Sewage of Grantham, J. Hille, 327

Shannon Improvement Scheme, Shannonside, 80, 98, 211

Siemens’ Dynamo-electric Machine. G. R., 52

Steam Diggers ,Hetherington and Parker, 356

Steam Pump Condensers, John C. Fell, 327, 356 376

Steam Pump Condensers, Q., 356

Steam Pump Condensers, M. Silvester, 338

Steam Pump Condensers, Tangye Bros, and Holman, 338

Steam Pump Condensers, J. Thompson, 338

Steam Pump Condensers, G., 856

Tottenham Pumping Engines, J. W. Couchman, 338

Tottenham Pumping Engines, C. E. Horner, 356

Tottenham Pumping Engine, Alfred Phillips, 410

Tottenham Pumping Engines, Whieldon and Cooke, 356

Tramways, Geo. T. Yuli, 428

Trial of Patent Cases, William Spence, Assoc. Inst.

C,E., 12, 80, 222

Warner Process, The, J. Knox Clifford, 339

Warner Process, Arthur Warner, 339, 357

Water Supply, A Liverpool Houseowner, 338

Liffey, Purification of the, 155

Lifeboats, 99

Lifeboats, Mr. C. Beloe on, 13

Life-raft, Mr. Roper, 141

Light-draught Steamers, 273

“ Light Drop” Fixed Stars as Seen through Minute Apertures, 268

Lincolnshire Agricultural Show, Grantham, 93

Literature

Clocks, Watches, and Bells, Sir Edmund Beckett, late E. B. Denison, LL.D., L.C., F.R.A.S., <fcc., 147

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History of the American Ambulance Established in

Paris in the Siege of 1870-71, T, W. Evans, M.D.’ Ph.D., 43

Horizontal Wells, J. Lucas, 167

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Short Logarithmic and other Tables, E. and F. N. Spon, 272

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Transactions of the Society of Engineers for 1872, E. and F. N. Spon, 351

Liverpool Landing Stage, Burning of, 99, 111, 114,115, 127, 132, 160, 211

Loading Safety Valves by Direct Springs, Mr. Brock, 409

Locomotive Engine Building in the United States, 49

Locomotive Fuel, 138, 254

Locomotive, North-Eastera Railway, Mr. E. Fletcher’s Bogie Tank, Messrs. Neilson and Co., Engineers, 282

Locomotives, Mountain, 203

London Gas Supply, Legislation for the, 431

Loom, Lyall Positive Motion Wire Cloth, 469

Loom for- Weaving Woollen Felt, Mr. Robert Hall, 3

Lowry and Co., Messrs , Radial Drilling Machine, 283

Lyall, Mr., Positive Motion Wire-cloth Loom, 469

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Ly-ee-Moon, Trial Trip of, 192. Engines of, 239. 249, 252, 256

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Machinery Exhibitions at Manchester, 378

Maidenhead Waterworks, 449

Mallet, C.E., F.R.S., Mr. R., Dilatation of Cast Iron and the Phenomena of the Crane Ladle, 231

Mallet, C.E., F.R.S., Mr. R., on Real Reasons why Castings in Iron are Accurate Copies of the Mould, 197

Manganese Pig Iron, 392

Manure Distributors, Broadcast, 116, 185

Manure Wharf, The Salford, 273  »

Markets, Metals, Oils, Timber, &c—(See last page of each number)

Markfield and Bardon Granite Quarries, 371, 375

Marine Engineers’ Agency, 417

Martyr to Science, 281

Marsden’s Combined Stonebreaker and Engine, 152

Menier, M., Hot-air Balloon, 217

Metre Gauge, Railway Girders for the, 207

Metric System in our Workshops, 25

Metropolitan Buildings and Management, 80

Metropolitan Railway, Smoking Carriages on the, 185 Metropolitan Railway, Ventilation of the, 94

Metropolitan Water Companies and Constant Supply,

155  »

Midlothian Colliery, Virginia, 48

Military Balloon Experiments, 81, 93

Miller, Mr. B., Self-acting Punching, Shearing, Platecutting, and Planing Machine, 304, 309

Mills, C.E., Mr. W., Holborn Viaduct Station, 4, 7, 28, 29, 140

Miners’ Strike in Scotland, 269

Mines and Mining Accidents, 433

Mining, Deep, 468

Mining in Russia, 443

Mint, A New, 31

Miscellanea, 5, 27, 53, 73, 95, 117, 131, 159, 173, 189, 223, 233, 247, 265, 285, 299, 317, 335, 353, 373, 389, 407, 429, 445, 471

Mormon Engineering, 246

Mortar Mill, Mr. F. W. Jackson’s, 283

Mountain Locomotives, 203

Mounting Drawings and Tracings, 453

Narbonne, Projected Port at, 268, 298

Native Railway Engineers for India, 251

Navies of Europe, 238

Navy, Marksmen in the, 284

Nelson, Mr., Bolt and Stud End Cutter, 267

Newcastle Chemical Society—Address of President Mr. Pattison, 388

New Factory Act, 417

New Law for the Registration of Trade Marks in Germany, 449

New Rifle for France, 4

New York Harbours, 172

New York Plumbers, 232

Nominal Horse Power, Messrs. Vaughan, Richardson, and Co.’s Scale of, 26

Non-conducting Coatings for Steam Boilers, 262

North of England, 19, 42, 63, 91, 109, 126, 146, 166, 182, 196, 216, 230, 244, 262, 278, 296, 314, 331, 349, 368, 383, 404, 421, 440, 459, 484

Notes from Lancashire, 20, 41, 63, 91, 109, 125, 145, 165, 181, 195, 216, 230, 262, 278, 313, 331, 349, 367, 383, 403, 421, 439, 459

Notes and Memoranda, 5, 27, 53, 73, 95, 117, 131, 159, 173, 189, 205, 223, 233, 247, 265; 285, 299, 317, 335, 353, 373, 389, 407, 429, 445, 471

Notes from Paris, 406

Notes from Scotland, 20, 41, 64, 91, 110, 126, 146, 182, 196, 230, 244, 262, 278, 295, 314, 332, 350, 367, 384, 404, 421, 439, 460, 483

Notes from the West Coast of South America, 2

Notices to Correspondents, 11, 33, 55, 79, 101, 119, 137, 157, 175, 191, 207, 225, 237, 253, 271, 287, 305, 323, 341, 359, 377, 395, 413, 431, 451, 473

Oberon Torpedo Attack, Stokes Bay, 133, 152, 176, 185, 232, 271

Obituary

Anderson, F.R.S.E., Dr. Thomas, 368

Benson, Sir John, 313

Boyer, M. Pierre, 428

Brown, Mr. George, 250 ~

Fairbairn, Sir W., 154, 172

Grantham, M.I.C.E., Mr. J., 80

Laird, Mr. John, 343

Logan, C.E., Mr., 52

Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., Sir John, 209

Smiles, Mrs., 9

Smith, Mr. John, 74

Oven, M. Coppee’s Coke, 300

Oxford Main Drainage, 185

Pacific Coast Mines, Returns of, 31

Packing Asbestos, 269, 284

Packing, Mr. Church’s Metallic Piston-rod, 318

Paris Mud, 433

Paris Waterworks, The New, 476

Patent Cases, Trial of, 12, 80, 222

Patent Laws, The, 391, 433, 473

Patent-office, Publications of the, 31

Pease, Messrs., New Mill at Darlington, 388,- 427

Peat in Germany, 51

Pebble Powder and Barbette Firing, 9

Penn, John, 289

Pescara, South Italy, Bituminous Deposits of the Valley of, 428, 478

Petersburg, Drainage of, St., 316

Petroleum in Russia, 320

Phosphor Bronze, 392

Piers, Iron, 451

Pipes, Casting Steam, 410

Pipes, Loss of Pressure in Steam, 859, 393, 428

Planing Machine, Chinese Government Vertical, Messrs., John Bourne and Co., 97

. Planing Machine, The First, 281

Planing and Moulding Machine, Messrs. Furness and Co.’s Trying up and Four Cutter, 202

Plate and Scrap Shearing Machine, Messrs. F. Berry and Sons, 221

Polychrome Process, The, 313

Polytechnic School, Angers, Cupola at the, 186

Polysphenic Ship, The, Mr. Charles Meade Ramus, 56, 80, 116

Postal Statistics of Austria, 399

Pressure, Initial, 135, 478

Priming, 375, 410, 449, 478

Prizes for Hand-turning, 113

Projection of Electric Light, 397

Propeller, The Screw, 344

Propontis, The, 12, 130

Puddling, Mechanical, 305, 309, 326, 338, 357, 448

Puddling with Natural Gas, 343

Puddling. Rotary, 393

Pulleys, Mr. G. W. Cresson’s Movable, 352'

Pumps, 30

Pumps, Steam, 226

Punching. Shearing, Plate-cutting, and Planing Machine, Mr. B. Miller’s, 304, 309

Punkah Pulling, 313

Quebec Harbour Improvements, 232

Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, 475

Rails, Cold, Cutting Steel, 378

Rails, Form, Endurance, and Manufacture of,102, 155, 177, 187, 204

Rails at Sheffield, Cyclops Works, Manufacture of, 314

Railway Accidents, 76

Railway Accidents in India, 82

Railway Carriages and Tram-cars, Lighting, 185, 211, 241

Railway Matters, 5, 27, 53, 73, 95, 117, 131, 159, 173, 189, 205, 223, 233, 247, 265, 285, 299,317, 335, 353, 373, 389, 407, 429, 445, 471

Railway, The Midland, 395, 410

Railway Rolling Stock, 12

Railway Runs, Long, 157

Railway Works and Projects, The North-Eastern, 369

Railways, Indian, 72, 372

Railways by Steam Power, Mr. Leonard J. Todd, On

Working Street, 65, 70, 71

Railways, The World’s, 371

Ramus, Mr. Charles Meade, The Polysphcric Ship, 56, 80, 116

Razors, 288

Reaping Machine Trials, 99

Regent’s Canal Explosion, 385, 390, 394

Report of the Committee of the British Association on

Siemens’ Electrical Pyrometer, 256

Report to the Town Council of Barnsley by the Committee appointed to visit Localities where Sewage Works are in Operation, 302

Researches on Explosives, Fired Gunpowder, 255

Revolution Indicators, 393

Reynolds, Professor Osborne, On the Efficiency of

Belts or Straps as Communicators of Work, 395

Rifled Ordnance in the United States, 440

Robertshaw, Mr., Hydraulic Press Pumping Engine, 390

Rock-boring, Diamond, 241, 250, 269, 284,309, 393

Rolling Mill Gearing at Messrs. Grillo, Funke, and

Co.’s Works, 378—(See. also Supplement, Nov. 20th)

Rolling Stock, Metropolitan Railway, 11

Rolling Stock, Railway, 12

Rolling Stock for the South-Eastern Railway Company, 33, 36

Roots, Extracting, 410, 428

Roper’s Life Raft, 141 I

Ropes, Testing Strength of, 80

Route through Germany to the East, 255

Rover, Launch of the, 135

Roving Frames, 269, 325

Roving Frames, Messrs. Elce and Arundel, 248

Russia, Mining in, 443

Russian Artillery, 410

St. Gothard Tunnel, The, 245, 256, 257, 363

Sale of American Monitors, 273

Salford Manure Wharf, The, 273

Sanitary and Educational Exhibition, Glasgow, 202

Sanitary Progress, 101

San Pier d’Arena, 449

Science and Art Department, 23

Scotch Cotton Factory, The First, 425

Screw Shafts, Mending Broken, 338

Semmering and Brenner Railways, The, 57, 85

Sewage of Carmarthen, 4

Sewage Difficulties, 377

Sewage, Disposal of, 287

Sewage Farms, 33 |

Sewage in Paris, 399

Sewage “ Standard,” 79

Sewage of Towns, &c., Mr. J. Bailey Denton, C.E., on .

the Disposal of, Social Science Congress, 321

Sezaroch, The, New Russian Projectile, 155

Shaft Couplings, Mr. C. F. Varley, F R.S., 172

Shannon Improvement Scheme, 80, 98, 211, 238

Sheet Iron Gas Pipes and their Powers of Resistance, 248

Sheffield District, 19, 42, 64, 92, 110, 126, 145, 165, 182, 196, 216, 330, 243, 261, 278, 296, 313, 332, 350, 368, 384 403, 422, 440, 460, 484

Sheffield Statistics. 69

Ships, Armament of Unarmoured, 359

Ships, Sheathing, Messrs. Westwood and Baillie, 390

Ships, Strength and Strains of Iron, 9

Show at Grantham, Lincolnshire, Agricultural, 93

Siege Experiments at Eastbourne, 36o, 369, 385, 441, 461

Siemens’ Process in the Manufacture of Glass, 241

Signals, Railway, 308

Silica from Iron, Removal of, 87

Slough Sewage, 479

Smelting of Argentiferous Lead Oros in Nevada, Utah, 1 and Montana, 121, 134

Smithfield Club Show, 423

Alexander and Sons, Messrs., 10-H.P. Portable Engine, 425, 435

Ashby Jeffery, and Luke, Messrs., Engines and Boilers, 425

Ayshford, Mr. T. B.» Adjustable Dog-cart, 425

Barford, Messrs., Stack Elevators and Ploughing

Gear, 425

Brown and May, Messrs., Portable Engines, 424

Burrell, Messrs., 10-H.P. Portable Engine, 424

Cambridge and Parham, Messrs., Horse Gears, 425

Clayton and Shuttleworth, Messrs., Engines and

Thrashing Machines, 424

Davey, Mr. T., Turn Wrest Plough, 425

Davey, Paxman, and Davey, Messrs., Engine and

Boiler, 424

Fowler, Messrs., Ploughing Engine, 424

Garratt and Sons, Engines and Thrashing Machines,

Holmes and Reid, Messrs., Drills, 425

Hornsby, Messrs., 10-H.P. Portable Engine, 424

Howard, Messrs., Boiler, 424

Lewin, Mr., Engine and Thrashing Machine, 424

Marshall, Messrs., Portable Engines and Thrashing

Machine, 423

Ransomes, Sims, and Head, Messrs., Ploughs, 424

Reading Ironworks Company, 16-Horse Condensing

Engine, 423

Robey and Co., Messrs., Fixed Engine and Boiler, 424, 427

Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Messrs., Expansion Gear, and 12-Horse Double, and an 8-Horse Single Portable Engine, 423

Suckling, Mr., Chaff Cutter, 425

Tangye and Holman, Messrs., Engines and Pumps, 424

Tasker and Sons, Messrs., Portable Engines, 424

Wallis and Steevens, Messrs., 3-Horse Portable Engine, 424, 430

Willshci' and Co., Messrs., Thrashing Machine, 425

Wood, Mr. W., Reaping Machine, 425

Smoke, Prevention of, 410

Smoke at Sea, Prevention of, 377

“ Snapper ” Telegraph Sounder, 460

Social Science Congress, 250

Society of Arts, 352

Expediency of Protection for Inventions, Mr. F. J.

Bramwell, F.R.S., 433

Stove Competition, 449

Society, The Chemical: —

Action of Baryta on Oil of Cloves, Professor A. H. Church, 363

Action of Bromine in the Presence of Water on Bromopyrogallol and Bromopyrocatechu, Dr. J. Stenhouse, 363

Action of Bromine on Protocatechuic Acid, Gallic Acid and Tannin, by J. Stenhousc, F.R.S., 899

Action of Organic Acids and their Anhydrides on the Natural Alkaloids, Dr. Wright and G. II. Beckett, 363, 399

Bilirubin and its Compounds, Dr. J. L. W. Thudi-cum, 363

Colour of Cupric Chloride, Mr. W. N. Harkley, 436

Composition of Antonite, Professor A. H. Church, 399

Formulas of the Alums, Mr. S. Lupton, 436

General Equations of Chemical Reactions, Professor

W. K. Clifford, 399

Groves’ Method of Preparing Chlorides, C. Schor-lemmer, 479

Methyl Hexyl Carbinol, C. Schorlcmmer, F.R.S., 363

Note on Aricine, Mr. D. Howard, 479

Noto on the Boiling Point of Methyl Hexyl Carbinol,

C. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., 436

Oxidation of the Essential Oils, Part II., Mr. C. T. Kingzett, 436

Precipitation of Metals by Zinc, Mr. T. L. Davies, 479

Propionic Coumarin and its Derivatives, W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., 399

Purification and Boiling Point of Methyl Hcxil Carbinol, G. Neison, 436

Researches on the Paraffines Existing in Pennsylvanian Petroleum, T. M. Morgan, 479

Use of Permanganate of Potash in Volumetric Analysis, E. A. Parnell, 363

Society of Civil Engineers, The American :—

European Railways as they appear to an American Engineer, Mr. W. Howard White, C.E , 84

Method Pursued in Replacing a Stone Pier on a Pile Foundation, J. Albert Monroe, C.E., 59

Society, Edinburgh and Leith Engineers’ :—

Furnaces and their Construction and Management, Mr. Charles Fairbairn, 8

Mortar, Mr. Graham Smith, 34

Study of Engineering Science, Mr. James H. Cunningham, 362

Working Street Railways by Steam Power, Mr.

Leonard J. Todd, 65

Society, Engineering, King’s College

Centrifugal Pumps, Mr. E. W. Anderson, 425

Harbours and Breakwaters, Mr. F. Marsh, 41.5

Society of Engineers, 201, 269

Action of Marine Worms and the Remedies Applied in San Francisco Harbour, California, Mr. John Blackburn, C.E., 306

Channels for the Conveyance of Sewers, Mr. John Phillips, C.E., 465

Mechanical Puddling, Mr. Perry F. Nursey, 267, 279

Tramway Rolling Stock and Steam in Connection therewith, Mr. Charles C. Cramp, 398, 416

Visit to the Imperial Gasworks, Blackwall, 130 Society, Liverpool Polytechnic

Lifeboats, Mr. Charles H. Beloe, M.I.C.E., 13

Society, Manchester Literary and Philosophical, 392

Effect of Acid on the Interior of Iron Wire, Professor Osborne Reynolds, M.A., 392

Society, Manchester Scientific and Mechanical :— Use of Timber in Connection with Mechanical Work,

Mr. J. G. Lynde, C.E., 35

Society, The Meteorological :—

Heat and Damp which accompany Cyclones, Hon. Ralph Abercrombie, F.M.S., 392

Report Concerning the Meeting of the Conference on Maritime Meteorology in London, August 31, 1874, President, Dr. R. J. Mann, 399

Table for Facilitating Determination of the Dew Point from Observations of the Dry and Wet Bulb Thermometer, William Marriott, 392

Weather of Thirteen Springs, R. Strachan, F.M.S., 392

Society, Newcastle Chemical, Address of President, Mr. Pattison, 388

Society for the Promotion of Scientific Industry, 172 Society, The Royal, 378

Alleged Expansion in Volume of Various Substances in Passing by Refrigeration from State of Liquid Fusion to Solidification, Mr. Robert Mallet, F.R.S., 2

Society, The Royal Agricultural, 370

Society, The Royal Agricultural, at Bedford, 1, 21, 43, 69

Abstract of Particulars of Wagon Trials, 23

Aveling and Porter, Messrs., Steam Plough and Travelling Van, 99, 100

Challis, Mr., Turnip-thinner, exhibited by Messrs. Ransome Sims, and Head, 140

Fowler and Co., Messrs. J., Steam Ploughing Windlass for the Roundabout System, 111, 115

Fowler and Co., Messrs , Sutherland Plough, 82

Fowler and Co., Messrs. J.,Traction Engine (8-H.P.), 74, 78

Garrett, Messrs., Drum Guard for Thrashing Machine, 226

Greig and Eyth, Messrs., Plough, 74, 82

Hayward Tyler and Co., Messrs., “ Universal ” Pump, 45, 51

Head, Messrs., Self-feeder for Thrashing Machine, 36

Hill and Massey, Messrs., 3-Horse Engine and Boiler, 83

Howard, Messrs., Double Gear Ploughing Windlass, 54

Howard, Messrs., Self-moving Anchor, 46

Howard, Messrs., Traction Engine with Ploughing

Windlass, 50

Howard, Messrs., Water Tube Boiler, 74, 75

Prize List, 46

Robey and Co., Messrs., Vertical Boiler, 25

Ruston and Proctor, Messrs., Feeding Gear for

Thrashing Machine, 45, 51

Show Yard, Map of, 1

Traction Experiments, 81

Society of Telegraph Engineers :—

Conversazione at King’s College, 436

Solvency of Trades’ Unions, 281

South-Eastern Railway Company, Rolling Stock, 32, 36 South Kensington Museum, 20, 34, 56, 87, 99, 126, 135, 155, 182, 204, 230, 254, 264, 281, 313, 332,343, 352, 383, 392, 411, 425, 460, 474

Spontaneous Combustion, 101

Stability of Towers and Chimneys, Mr. C. A. Evans,

C.E., on, 231

Stand Pipe, Mr. W. Bennett, 354

Steam Cultivation, 83

Steam Culture in Wiltshire, 129

Steam, High Pressure, 33

Steam, Outflow of, 415, 448, 478

Steavenson, Mr. A. L., Ironstone

219

Mining in Cleveland,

Steel, Heaton’s, 356

Stevens Battery, The, 378

Stevens Battery, 170, Engines, 171, 209, 232

Stobart and Allan, Messrs., Weighing Machine, 100

Stonebreaker and Engine Combined, Marsden’s, 152

Storey and Sons, Messrs. J., Magnetic Water Gauge, 202

Strength of American Car Wheels, 334

Sulzer, Brothers, Messrs., Air Pumps and Condensers, 318

Suez Canal, The, 55

Suez, Isthmus of, 115

Switch Lever, Mr. Burleigh’s Rotary, 6

Switches, Improved System of Railway, 477

Talargoch Lead Mining Company, The Old, 190

Taps, 357

Target, The New Wimbledon Rifle, Captain Costin.

301

Tay Bridge, 120

Taylor and Co., Messrs., 60-ton Crane at Glasgow Harbour, 321

Technical Education, 393

Telegraphs, Locomotive, 250

Telegraphy in the States, 102

Temperatures, Stoke Hole, 395

Temple Bar, 272, 412, 414

Temple Bar, Decrepitude of, 119

Terms in Science, Lax Use of, 157

Testing Strength of Ropes, 80

Thorpe Collision, 383

Thunderer, Guns of II.M S., 279

Thwaites and Carbutt, Messrs., Twin Crank Direct- | acting Engine, 50

Timbers of Natal, 411

Timber in Connection with Mechanical Work, Use of, 35

Tires, Fastening, 97

Tod and Co., Messrs., Flour Mills, Glasgow, 4

Todd, Mr. L. J., Accumulator Boilers for Steam Tramway Purposes, 105

Todd, Mr. L. J., Engine for Working Tramways, 70, 71

Tommasi, Signor F., Hydo-Thermic Motor, 221

Tool, Messrs. Donald and Atkey’s Universal Machine, 17o

Torpedo Attack on the Oberon, Stokes Bay, 133, 152,

176, 185, 232, 271

Torpedo, The Ericsson Pneumatic, 468

Trade out of the Country, Driving, 428

Trade Societies and Public Opinions, 204

Trades Unions in America, 24

Trains, Communication in, 236

Tramway, Mr. J. H. Lynde, 83

Tramways, 428

Tramways, Street, 321

Tramways, Vienna, 142

Transit of Venus, Determination of Longitude by

Telegraph in Connection with the, 245

Transit of Venus Expedition, 238

Tunnel, The Channel, 137

Tunnel, The St. Gothard, 245, 256, 257, 363

Turret System in 1831, The, 315

Uninflammable Wood for the Navy, 23

Urquhart, Lindsay, and Co., Messrs. Hydraulic Calender, 345

Value of Cultivated Land in France, 410

Valve, Messrs. Bailey and Co.’s Feed, 3

Valve, Messrs. Dennis’ Stop, 3

Valve Gear, Howe’s, 99

Valves, Pump, 52

Valves, Safety, 413, 448, 478

Varley, F.R.S., Mr. C. F., Shaft Coupling’, 172

Ventilation of the Metropolitan Railway, 94

Venus, Transit of, 474

Verey and Lange, Messrs., 20-H.P. Messenger Boiler, 267

Vienna Exhibition, 202

Vienna Tramways, 142

Volcano in the South Pacific, 185

Wages at the Iron Mills, East and West, 391

Wales and the Adjoining Counties, 20, 42, 64, 92, 110, 126, 146, 166, 182,196, 230, 244, 262, 278, 296, 314, 332, 350, 368, 384, 404, 422, 440, 460, 484

Wall Planing Machine, Messrs. F. Berry and Sons, 391 Warner Process, The, 320, 323, 339, 357

Water Supply, 338

Water Supply, Constant and Intermittent, 297

Water Supply of San Francisco, 320

Watkin, R.A., Lieut. H., Chronograph, 333

Weighing Machine, Messrs. Stobart and Allan, 100

Werderman’s Process for Resharpening Files, 339

Westwood and Baillie, Messrs., Sheathing Ships, 390

Wheels, Elastic Engine, 52

Wheels, Strength of American Car, 334

Whieldon and Cook, Messrs., Pumping Engines at Tottenham— {See Supplement, Sept. ISth)

Whitworth Scholarships, 100

Willcock, Mr. J., Rolling Mill Engines—[See Supplement, July 17)

Wiltshire, Steam Culture in, 129

Wimbledon Drainage, 264, 3 3

Wire Rope Towing on Canals, 128

Wire Rope Tug for Canal Navigation, Messrs. Greig and Eyth, Messrs. Fowler and Co., 136

Woodall, Mr. S , Foot Bridge, New-street Station, Birmingham, 321x322

Woolwich Arsenal, 35-Ton Hammer, 152, 158. Coal Furnace, 156, 158

Wrenches and Spanners, Mr. W. A. Comber, 170

Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s Sh >w at Sheffield, 113

Yorkshire College of Science, 309

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