The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Miscellaneous Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of The Engineer 1877 Jan-Jun: Index

View the Volumes referred to by this index

Accident on the Great Northern Railway, II. P., 8

Arlesey Accident, The, H. W. Mason, C.E., 26

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, B. C. J., i 96

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, Inspector, 132

Board of Trade, Lloyd's and Marine Engines, J. B , 96

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, II.

MacColl, 146

Board of Trade, Lloyd's and Marine Engines, A

Marine Engine Builder of 40 Years’ Experience, 96

Board of Trade, Lloyd's and Marine Engines, A

Marine Engineer, 110

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, Sandy

McNab, 146

Board of Trade, Lloyds and Marine Engines, Quayside, 96

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, Sarri-tor, 96 •

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, Shipowner, 96, 132

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine Engines, J. P.

Smeaton, 132

Board of Trade, Lloyd’s and Marine’Engines,

W. B. M., 213

Boiler Explosions, Boiler, 275, 311

Boiler Explosions on Board Men-of-War, M. G. B., 8

Blundell’s Pumps, J. Stone and Co., 115

Breaking of Engine Shafts in the Royal Navy, F. W.

Turner, 411

Brown’s Steam Crane, Brown, Brothers, and Co., 26

Casson-Dormoy Patent Gas-Puddling and Self-

Stoking Double Furnace, R. Smith Casson, 235

Characters by which some Perfect Squares may be

Distinguished, J. W. Barnett, 43

Citadel Ships, I. A., 253

Citadel Ships, J. Evelyn Williams 253

Coal Dust Fuel, G. K. Stevenson, 356

Commercial Engineering, Commercial, 323

Commercial Engineering. Experience, 311

Conservation of Energy, The, 0 26, 42, 78

Continuous Brakes, Ajax, 429

Continuous Brakes, F. Blancquart, 446

Continuous Brakes, Fish-Plate, 411

Continuous Brakes, Ramsey Kendall, 370

Continuous Brakes, Tacitus, 389, 446

Continuous Brakes, Robert Walker, 147

Decimal Measuring Machine, J. W., 311

Deep Well Boring, Alf. A. Langley, 312

Deep Wells, Richard Allison, 147

Deep Wells, W. H. Penning, F.G.S., 204

Drainage in Lincoln, J no. Maltby, Mayor of Boston, 235

Drawing Boring Rods, Richard Allison, 165

Engineer Officers, Royal Navy, X, 252

Engineers and Engineers, A Grumbler on Shore, 213

Engineers in India, Audi Alteram Partem, 323

Engineers in the Navy, C. I., 185

Engineers in the Navy, Nemo, 235

Engineers in the Navy, A Victim, 283

Engineers in the Navy, James Evans Waygood, 185

Floods of the Thames and the Shannon, James

Lynam, C.E., 96

Force and Motion, Robt. D. Napier (See pp. 26, 42,

and 78 235

Gas Furnaces, J. F. Boetius, 356

Gas Furnaces, R. Smith Casson, 283, 370

Gas Furnaces, A. Coyte, 252, 323, 370

Gas Furnaces, H. L , 370

Gas Furnaces, C. Holste, 323, 370

Gas Furnaces, J. R., 411

Gas Furnaces, D. M Corkindale, 356

Gas Furnaces, Nettlefold’s, 356

Gas Furnaces, Oxide, 389, 446

Gas Furnaces, C. William Siemens, 356, 389

Gas Furnaces, Styrian, 389

Gas Furnaces, Augustus Westwood and Co , 389

Gas Furnaces, Joseph Whitham and Son. 389

Gas Furnaces, Fred. Yates, 283, 356, 411,-429

Gas Furnaces of Boetius and Bicheroux, J. F Boetius, 283

Gun Cotton, A. C., 26

St. Helier’s Harbour Works, Jersey, Petit Crapaud, 213

High Speed Belts, Fredk. Evans, 311

II.M.S. Tourmaline, Brotherhood and Hardingham, 275

II.M.S. Tourmaline, Fair Play, 282

H.M.8. Tourmaline, R. and W. Hawthorn, 275

H.M.S. Tourmaline, N. K., 282

Hot Short Steels, Daniel Adamson, 8

Inclined v. Vertical Armour, Francis J. Palmer, 283

Influence of Gravity upon Bodies Revolving in a

Vertical Plane, H. Moy Thomas, 27

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, A Member, 43

Institution of Civil Engineers, Mem. Inst. C.E., 342

Institution of Civil Engineers, The, Progress, 235

Jackettcd Cylinders, John Pinchbeck, 61

Letters to the’ Editor (continued}—

Jacketted Cylinders, M. Ridley 8

i Cylinders, Savory and Son, 26

Jacketted Cylinders, Tuxford and Sons, 43

Labour and Capital, Scotus, 311

Liability of Engineers, Engineer, 147

Liability of Engineers, Engineers, 26

Lincolnshire Floods, The, Edward Welsh, 185

Levelling Instruments, W. S. Hall, 370

Locomotive r ire-boxes, 8. Hannah, 7

Machine Puddling 8. (Referring to p. 150), 201

Marine Boiler Explosions, Adam Miller (see p. 30), 60

Marine Engines, H MacColl, 115 '

Manne Propulsion. Thos Garnett, 311

Measuring Instruments, W. Bissell, 253

Measurmg Instruments, George Falkner and Son, zoo

Measuring Instruments, Robt. L. Kerr {See p. 25),

^StrU^®J??8’ Wm- Smith and Son, 283

•ne ator8’ Colliery Engineer, 446

Mine Ventilators, Wm. Daniel, 446

Mine Ventilators, Easton and Tattersail, 420

?!?lons of Pennsylvania, Chas. Clarkson, Ol, to, Zo4

Naval Engineer Reform, W. G., 213

Paris Tramways, G. P. Harding, 323

Patent Bill, The, John Brown, 132

Patent Bill, The, Peter Jensen, 132

Patent Bill, The, Yates W. Booth, 132

Hamilton, 1877’ The- Wm' TiShe

Patents for inventions Bill, 1877, The, Lewis Olrick,

7BiU’ 18771 The’ JU11US R

Patents for Inventions Bill, 1877, The. H. H Mur doch, 203

Peqamn,?i?team Boilers> Lewis Olrick (Refer to p. uoi//f 411

Phosphor Bronze, John Buchanan, 8

Phosphor Bronze, P. Dewar and Son, 59

Phosphor Bronze, W. Hollis, 8

Phosphor Bronze, Jas. Whalley, 43

Pope’s Boiler, Engineer, 312

Preliminary Examination of Patents, W. Spence, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 8, 43

Preservation of Iron, J. H. Johnson, 323

Preservation of Iron, J. Carter Ramsden, 311, 342, 356 ’ 1

Prime Cost, G. W., 147

Priming of Steam Boilers, J. J. Webster, 446

Propulsion, Marine, W. S., 203

Propulsion Screw, W. H. M. (See p. 141), 185

Railway Accidents, E. A. E 59

Railway Speeds, D. N., 8

Repairs at Sea, A I. C. E., 146

Responsibility of Engineers, The, Manufacturer 60

River Weaver Appointment. The, J. C W 146

River Weaver Appointment, Sectarianism’ v. Engineering, M. I. C. E., 96 s

Riveted Joints, The Strength of, W. H M 213

The Strength of, Thomas Baldwin, 203 (Referring to p. 125)

Riveted Joints, W. R. Browne, 146

Riveted Joints, The Strength of, W. 8 Hall 185 Riveted Joints, The Strength of, Investigator, It5 Riveted Joints, The Strength of, Robert Wilson, 165 Ropes, Engineer, 235 (See Miscellanea, p. 217)

Ropes, Hamilton W. Pendred, C E., 311

Rowan’s Steam Tram-car, Robert F. Fairlie 446 Rules, Tables, and Data, D. K. Clark, 323 ’ ® James Caton, Sea-going Engineer,

26, 60

Sanitary Engineering, Hayward Tyler and Co., 429

Self-acting Bucket, E F. Denison, 446

Y,ewever Reach the P<*le?-The Author of

Shall We ever Reach the Pole ?” 323

Ships’ Pumps, Blundell Brothers, 311

Siemens, Dr., on Utilising Natural Forces, Giulio

Melhsugo, C.E., 243

Snow and Telegraph Posts, A Non-Believer in Cheap Articles, 201 1

Snow and Telegraph Posts, Godfrey Sinclair, 185

Snow and the Telegraphs, F. Russell and Co.. 213

Snow and the Telegraphs, X, Y. Z , 252

Sound Diagrams, George Cope Pearce, 203 (Referring \ to p. j.yz)

Special Engines. T. M., 283

Stop Valves, Brinjes and Goodwin, 446

Stop Valves, J. S Windell and Co., 446

Strength of Railway Bridges, H. Parkes, jun , 146

Supply of Air to Furnaces, J. E. W., 9

Supply of Air to Furnaces, W. A. Martin and Co., 4o I

Supply of Air to Furnaces, Herbert Quicke, 79

Supply of Air to Furnaces, W. M. A , 26

Testing Steam Engines, Thomas Baldwin, 61

Testing Steam Engines, C., 26

Testing Steam Engines, B. W. Farey, 26

I esting Steam Engines, H. D. Jones, 8 42

Testing Steam Engines, Wm. McN , 8 42

Testing Steam Engines, W. H. NorthcJtt, 61 1^!immuFlooclT1;?’ev1ention> One of the Promoters of the Thames Mood Prevention Bill of 1875-6 2j5

Thames Flood, James Vogan, 147

Thomas v. the Queen, Lynall Thomas (Referring to p 183), 204

Thrust of Screw Shafts, The, C. Kloos, 59

Thunderer, Explosion on Board the, Marine Engi-iiQOP 43 ’ ®

Thunderer, H.M.S., W. S. L., 8

Thunderer, Safety Valves of the, H. I. C. M. R. S., 43 ’

Torpedoes, Richard Allison, 446

Torpedoes, Chas. W. Rowe, 411

Tramways, Steam on, Benjamin C Badham, 185

Tramways, Steam on, Charles A. Harrison, 323

Tramways, Steam on, Henry Hughes, 283

Tramways, Steam on, 311

Treatment of Sewage, J. C. Melliss, 411

Tube Plate Cutters, J. M. Raine, 323

Turbine at Waltham Abbey, Royal Gunpowder Factory, R. Perrott and Sons, 43

Water Meters, J. Tylor and Sons, 252

Water Power in India, Sami. Leigh, 43

Water Power in India, Wentworth Taylor, 59

Water Power in Ireland, Aquarius, 8

Water Supply of Villages and Towns, Richard Allison, 96

Waterwitch Pump, Our, Blundell Bros., 115

Leupold, Mr. H., Donkey Feed Pump, 441, 451

Levelling Instruments, 353, 370

Lightning Conductors, 230

Lincolnshire, Coal in, 326, 338

Lines or Chains, Hauling-down Instructions from the

Admiralty concerning, 285

Literature—  ;

Abstract of Reported Cases Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions, by T. M. Goodevo, M.A., 118

Compendium dor Gasfeuer mg in ihrer Anwendung auf die Hutten-industrie, &c., von Ferdinand Steinmann, 397

The Complete Practical Machinist; embracing Lathe Work, Vice Work, making Use of Tools’ &c., by Joshua Rose, 47 ’

Electro-Telegraphy, by F. S. Beechey, Telegraph Engineer, 291 *

The Elements of Machine Design, an Introduction to the Principles which determine the Arrangement and Proportions of the Parts of Machines, and a Collection of Rules for Machine Design, by W. Cawthorne Unwin, 229

Fire Protection ; a Complete Manual of the Organisation, Machinery, Discipline, and General Working of the Fire Brigade of London, by Eyre M. Shaw, 309

Gasfeuerung, Oder die rationelle Construction indus-trieller Keuerungsanlagen, nach dem Franzbsi-schen yon M. Bichet, &c. Von L. Ramdohr, 897

°* Metrical Testing, by H. R. Kempe,

A«&. l.E., 291

Literature (continued}— ~

Industrial Classes and Industrial Statistics, Mining, Metals, Chemicals, Ceramics, Glass, and Paper, with Maps, Edward Stanford, 451

Information for Colonial Engineers, Edited by J • I, Hurst. Part I., Ceylon, by A. Deane ; Part IL. South Africa, by H. Hall; Part III., India, by F. C. Danvers, 326 .

Imperial College of Engineering, Tokai, Japan. Calendar for Session, 1877. Prepared by Henry

Dyer, C.E., M.A.B., &c. . e

The Kinematics of Machinery: Outlines of a Theory of Machines, by F. Reulaux. Translated and Edited by Alex. B. W. Kennedy, C.E., 211, 247

A Short Manual of Heat for the Use of Schools and Science Classes, by the Rev. A. Irving, B.A., &c., 151

Manual of ihe Mechanics of Engineering, and the Construction of Machines, with an Introduction to the Calculus, by Julius Weisbach, Ph. D. Vol. L, Theoretical Mechanics. Translated by Eckley B.

Coxe, M.A., 345

Manual of Rules, Tables and Data for Mechanical Engineers, bv Daniel Kinnear Clark, 308

Pioneer Engineering: A Treatise on the Engineering Operations connected with the Settlement of Waste Lands in New Countries, by Edward Dobson, A.I.C.E., 361

The Plumber and Sanitary Houses: Practical Treatise on the Principles of Internal Plumbing Work, or the Best Means for Effectually Excluding Noxious Gases from our Houses, by S. S. Hellyer, 433

Practical Tunnelling, by Fred. Walter Simms ; 3rd Edition Revised and Extended, by D. Kinnear Clark, 327

. Railway Appliances : a Description of the Details of Railway Construction Subsequent to the Earthworks and Structures, Including a Short N otice of Railway Rolling Stock, by John Wolf Barry, M.I.C.E., 361

Report of Chief Engineer J. W. King on European Ships of War and their Armament, &c., 37«

Die Drei Rigibahnen und das Zahnrad-System, by Roman Abt, 451

Sanitary Engineering; Lectures given before the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, 1876, by J. Bailey Denton, 414

Science Lectures at South Kensington, Kinematic Models, by Prof. Kennedy, C.E., 211, 247

Shall We ever Reach the Pole? Provost and Co., 309

Telegraphy, by W. H. Preece, C.E., and J. Sive wright, 291

Theory and Action of the Steam Engine for Practical Men, by W. H. Northcott, 450

Trade Marks Registration Acts, 1875 and 1876, by James Lryce, Lincoln’s-inn, Barrister-at-Law, 397

Tramways et Chemins de Per sur Routes; His-torique, Jurisprudence, Regiementation, d’apres les Documents Officicls, par P. Chenot, Chef de Division au Ministbre des Travaux Publics, .291

Treatise on the Mechanical Theory of Heat and its Applications to the Steam Engine, &c., by R. S. McCulloch, C.E., 344

Wood Conversion by Machinery, by J. Richards, M.E., 151

Loan Collection, South Kensington, Handbooks of the, 46

Lock for Railway Carriages, Self-acting Safety, Mr. Maxwell, 293

Locomotive Driving, Practical Papers on, Mr. Michael Reynolds, 375, 428, 442

Locomotive. Goods, London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway, Mr. W. Stroudley, 2/6, 373

Locomotives on Common Roads, 433

Locomotives for the Danish State Railways (Contracts Open). 452

Locomotives, Repairs and Renewals of, Mr. A.

McDonnell, 38

Locomotives, Special, Mr. Stroudley, 273, 276, 233

London Bridge, 21 .

London and North-Western and Great Western Joint

Railways, Specification for Bessemer Steel Rails (Contracs Open), 196

Loudoun Castle, Compound Engines of the, Messrs. J. and G. Thomson, 341, and Supplement May 18th, 1877

Low Moor Ironworks Puddling Furnaces, 329

Luminous, and Non-Luminous Flame, 436

Lyman, Mr. W., Rowing Gear, 340

McChesney, Mr., Fret Saw, Philadelphia Exhibition, 55, 56

McEvoy, Capt., Spar Torpedo, 340

Machine Puddling and Mr. Smith-Casson’s Furnace, 150, 204, 235, 252, 283

Mahanoy, Inclined Plane, U.S., Safety Trucks, 77, 78

McKean and McGrath, Messrs., Jute Machinery, 195, 196

McLaren, Messrs. J. and H., 12-H.P. Traction Engine, 232

Madder, Colouring Matters, 188, 336

Magnetism of Soft Iron Cylinders, Influence of Form on, 312

Manganese in Spiegeleisen, Estimation of, 270, 336

Map of S.E. Europe, 385

Maps of London for 1877, 56

Marine Engineering, 100

Marine Propulsion, 141, 185, 311

Marshall and Co., Messrs., 8-H.P. Traction Engine, 125, 131

I Maxwell, Mr., Self-acting Safety Lock for Railway Carriages, 293

Measuring Machine, Decimal, Mr. Robert L. Kerr, 162 253, 283

Melting Ladle Plugs, 286

Melting Points, with Special Reference to those of Metallic Salts, High, 74

Memdouhiye, The Turkish Ironclad Frigate, 38, 65

M erchant Ships in Naval Warfare, Fighting Power, of, 194, 221

Metropolitan Board of Works, 360

Middlesbrough, Launch and Trial Trip at, 235

Middlesbi ough Railway Station, 328

Mine Ventilator, Roots’ Chilton Colliery, 412, 416

Mine Ventilators, 429, 446

Mines Opened in France during the Last Forty Years, 180

Mining Regions of Pensylvania, The, 61, 76, 77, 78, 234

Mining Regulations, Faulty, 64

Mining in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 414

Miscellanea, 5, 23, 39. 57, 75, 102, 111, 129. 143, 161, 177, 199, 217, 231, 249, 267, 287, 301, 319, 339, 353, 871, 393, 407, 425, 447

Monitor, Loss of a Turkish, 336, 351

Motive Power to Distant Points, Transmission of, 216

Moulding, Art of, 96

Municipal Council of Paris, Visit of, 305

Naphthalene Series, Contributions to the History of, 352

Narcotin, Cotarnin and Hydrocotarnin, 453

Navy, Engineers in the, 63, 82, 100, 183, 185, 201, 213, 237, 252, 283

Navy. Trial Trips in the, 29

New York, The Topography of, 220

Niagara Falls, Sale of the Monopoly of the Power of, 317

Nicaraguan Canal 346

Nitric Oxide by Pyrogallate of Potash, Decomposition of, 352

North British Railway, Continuous Brakes on the, North of England, 19, 35. 53, 69, 89, 107, 123, 139, 157, 173, 192, 210, 227, 264, 280, 297, 316, 333, 350, 368, 385, 4u3. 422, 440 457

Notes from Lancashire, 18, 34, 52, 68, 88,106, 122, 138, 157, 173, 191, 209, 227, 245, 263, 279, 296, 315, 334, 349, 367, 384, 403, 421, 439, 457

Notos and Memoranda, 5, 23, 39, 57, 75, 102, 111, 129, 113 161, 177, 199, 217, 231,24% 207, 287, 301, 319, 339* 353, 371, 393, 407, 425, 447

Notes from Scotland, 19, 35, 53, 69, 89, 107, 123, 139, 158 174, 192, 210, 227, 237, 246, 264, 280, 297, 316, 834, 350, 36S, 385, 404, 422, 440, 458

Notices to Correspondents, 11, 29, 45, 63, 81, 99, 117, 133, 149, 167, 183, 201, 219, 255, 273, 307, 325, 343, 359, 377, 395, 413, 431, 449

Nut and Bolt Company, Wiles’ Patent Lock Nut, 276

Nut, Wiles’ Patent Lock, Nut and Bolt Company, 276

Obituary : —

Armstrong, Mr. Joseph, 400,’409

Bain, Mr. Alex., Electrician, 22

Jones, Mr. John, 388

Page, Mr. Thomas, 31

Salt, Sir Titus, 4

Smee, F.R.8., Mr. Alfred, 53

Ordnance and Engineering Works, The Elswick, 150

Ordnance, Manufacture of Heavy, K. C. Eng. Soc., 186

Ore Stamps, Direct-acting Pneumatic, Mr. Sholl, 95, 101

Organic Chemistry and their Ultimate Bearings, Reactions in, 74

Orontes, If.M.S., 433

Otto of Limes, 454

Oundle, Drainage of, 185

Oxford, Main Drainage, 113

Pallion Works, Sunderland, Sale of Machinery and Plant at the, 346, 363, 380

Paraffine, The Coming Material, Prof. Abel on, 56

Paris Exhibition, The, 56, 73

Paris Exhibition Building. 1878—Ground Plan, 58

Paris Exhibition Commission, 1878, 83

Paris Underground Railway, The, 40

Patent Law Amendment Bill, 248

Patent Law, The German, 308, 344, 356

Patent-office, The, 56, 135, 300

Patent-office, The American, 282

Patent-office Drawings, 300

Patents for Invention, Petitions to the Lord Chancellor, 74

Patents for Inventions Bill, 1877, The, 114, 117, 132, 133, 135, 147, 168, 181, 203

Patents in 1876, Number of Applications for, 24

Patents, Preliminary Examination of, 8, 43

Paying Workmen, 220

Penetration of Shot into Armour, 423

Pensylvania, The Mining Regions of, 61, 76, 77, 78, 234

Perfect Squares may be Distinguished, Characters by which, 43

Perkins, Mr. Loftus, Boilers and Engines for High-Pressures, 389, 390, 411

Perrett, Mr. E., Rotary Filter, 101

Petroleum applied to Boilers, Valve and Cock, and Safety Cistern, 398

Petroleum, and Coal Tar Benzine, 108

Philadelphia Exhibition

Cloth Cutting Machine, Mr. Penno, 320]

Cloth Cutting Machine, Mr. Albin Warth, 320

Food Preservation, 72

Fret Saw, Mr. McChesney, 55, 56

Rowing Gear, Mr. W. Lyman, 340

Valve Gear, Mr. H. Bilgram, 341

Phosphor Bronze, 8, 43, 59, 310

Physical Geography, and Physiography, 414

Piecework Question and the Engineering - Shops at Nottingham, The, 69

Pile Driving, Bridge and Quay Works, Dresden, 372, 373, 376, 400

Pine and Fir Timber, from an Engineering Point of View, 126

Plate Pickling Machines, Messrs. Taylor and Co., 268

Ploughs, English v. American, 396

Plugs, Melting Ladle, 286

Plurs, in Graubfinden, Switzerland, The Buried Tillage of, 213

Point and Signal Locking Apparatus, Messrs. Annett and Banister, 162

Pnnley Messrs., International Weighing Machine, 320

Poonah, Lengthening of the Steamship, E.do Russett, 221

Populations of the States of Europe, 9

Portland Cement, Testing of, 186

Prices Current ot Metals, Oils, and Timber, &c.—(See last page of every number.)

Prime Cost, 147

Priming of Steam Boilers, 398, 446

Private Bills—Session 1877, 151

Proiectiles, The Conservation of Energy in, 26, 42, 78, 285

Propeller, Screw, Mr. R. R. Bevis, 427

Propulsion, Marine, 203, 229

Protheroe, C.E., F.R.G.S., Mr., Mooring Anchors, 298

Psychrometer, Observations with the, Dr. R. Ruben-son, 15

Puddling Furnaces at Low Moor Ironworks, 329

Puddling Iron in Gas Furnaces, 150, 204, 235,252, 283, 289, 323, 356, 370, 389, 411, 429, 432, 446

Pump, The Challenge, Steam, Messrs. Robertson, Osbourne, and Co., 162

Pump, Donkey Feed, Mr. H. Leupold, 441, 451

Pump, Reliance, Messrs. Syers, 170

Pump, Waterwitch, Messrs. Blundell, 94, 115

Pumps, Bilge, Messrs. James Watt and Co., 250

Pumps, Ships’, 311

Quebec Harbour Improvements, 409

Radiating Machine, St. Helier’s Harbour Works, Jersey, Sir John Coode, 341

Rail, Mr. King’s, 15

Rail Making, Modern, 274

Rails, Specification for Bessemer Steel, London and North-Western and Great Western Joint Railway (Contracts Open), 196

Railway Accidents, 45, 59

Railway Accidents, Report of the Royal Commission on, 109, 147

Railway Accidents in the United States, 220

Railway Bridges, The Strength of, 118, 146

Railway Carriages, Lighting, Messrs. Puitsch, Pischon, and Co., 235

Railway Companies as Manufacturers, 219

Railway Curves and High Speeds, 37

Railway Management and Continuous Brakes, 149

Railway Matters 5, 23, 39, 57, 75, 102, 111, 129, 143,

161, 177, 199, 217, 231, 249, 267, 287, 301, 319, 339, 353, 371, 393, 407, 425, 447

Railway, The Paris Underground, 40

Railway, Proposed Pneumatic, South Kensington, 453

Railway Servants, Employment of, 300

Railway Stations, Joint, 361

Railways in Ceylon, 100

Railways in China, 1( 0, 343

Railways, Indian State (Contracts Open), 341, 354, 357

Railways in Japan, 362

Railways, Private, 326, 338

Railways of the World, The, 55,100

Raising Water, New Device for, 96

Range Finder, Gen. II. Berdan, 179

Rattening at Sheffield, Tramway, 82

Reading Ironworks Co., The Prize Haymaking Machine, 59

Recorder, Train Speed, Mr. Westinghouse, 9, 10

Red Moss Metal Co , Steel Making by a New Process, Invented by Mr. H. Larkin, 160

Refuse Vegetable Substances, Raising Steam by Combustion of, 93

Resistance of Ships. Wave-Making, 222

Rhone Canal, A Projected, 79

Richmond and Kow Water Supply, 69

Rink at Rusholme, Ice Skating, Opened by Prof.

Gamgee, 22

Rink, A Steel, 7

River Weaver Appointment—Sectarianism v. Engineering, 96

Riveted Joints, The Strength of, 125, 146, 165, 167, 185, 203, 213

Robertson, Osbourne, and Co., Messrs., The “ Challenge ” Steam Pump, 162

Robertson and I’Anson, Messrs, Philmore Bridge, Darlington, 98,101

Rolling Friction, 202

Roofs, Economical Relation of Angles in Trussed, 218

Roofs, Iron, Indian State Railways (Contracts Open), 354, 357

Rope Driving Goar, Mr. J. Durie, 443

Rope Driving Gear, Mr. J. H. Smith’s, Messrs. Pollit and Wigzoll, Sowerby Bridge, 443, 444

Ropes, 235, 311 {See Miscellanea, p. 217)

Ross Winans, Mr., 309

Rouchat Viaduct, Paris and Orleans Railway, 426,484

Rowing Gear, Mr. W. Lyman, 340

Rules, Tables and Data, 323

Russia, Newspapers in, 38

Russian Ironclads iu the Black Sea, 359

Russian Torpedoes and Turkish Ironclads, 387

Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Messrs., Steam Excavating Machine, 73, 80

St. Helier’s Harbour Works, Jersey, 130, 213

St. Helier’s Harbour Works, Jersey, Radiating Steam Hercules, Sir John Goode, 341

Salisbury Cathedral, Restoration of, 120

Salt to Boston, Exportation of English, 336

Sanitary Engineering, 429

Sash Fastener, Mr. Edward’s Patent, 112

Savage, Mr. F., Steam Ploughing and Traction Engine, 113

Scalpa, Proposed Erection of Wooden Pier at, 112

Science and Armour, 255

Science Museum, A, 81

Science, State Aid to, 167

Screw Shafts, The Thrust of, 59

Screw Threads, Machine for Forging, Messrs. Boucha-court and Delille, 417

Seacombe, Cheshire, Landing Stage at, Mr. W. Carson, Engineer, 394, 399

Segeberg, State Salt Mines, Rotative Pumping Engine, 450-H.P., Herrn W. Riehn and C. Meinicke, Engineers, 116, 119, 144, 145, 229, 241

Sorapis, Trial Trip of SS., 283

Severn Bridge, The, Messrs. G. W. Owen, and G. W.

Keeling, 11, 15

Sewage, Disposal of Town, 134, 299, 317, 351, 369, 387 405, 411

Sewage, The Don Valley, 344

Sewage Irrigation, 47

Sewage Question, The, 142, 326

Sewage, The Thames Valley, 149

Sewage Works, Skipton, Mr. Baldwin Latham, C.E., 163, 164,166

“ Shall We ever Reach the Pole,” 323

Shanks and Co., Messrs , Vertical Engine, 387, 391

Sheffield District, 19, 35, 68, 88, 106, 123, 138, 157, 174, 191, 209, 227, 246, 263, 280, 297, 315, 333, 349, 367, 384, 404, 421, 439, 457

Shells, Improvements in Casting, 274

Shields and Rifle Fire, 290

Shipbuilding in Liverpool, A Year’s, 4

Ships, Citadel, 239, 253, 255, 268

Ship Models, Exhibition of, 134, 379, 418

Ships, on the Stability of, Mr. W. John, 240

Shoeburyness, Penetration Experiments with 80-Ton Gun at, Target (No. 41), 73, 91, 317

Sholl, Mr., Direct-acting Pneumatic Ore Stamps, 95, 101

Sholl, Mr., Pneumatic Hammer, 369, 379J(See also p. 95)

Short Hours at the Collieries, 257

Short Time Bill, The Swiss, 79

Sidonian, Explosion on Board the, 432

Signalling, Railway Semaphore, 46

Silicate Paints, 160

Silk industry in Italy, The, 334

Simoom, H.M.S., 436

Skipton Sewage Works, Mr. Baldwin Latham. C.E .

163,164, 166 ’

Slotting Machine, Messrs. W. Collier and Co.. 250, 254

Smith, Mr., Vacuum Brake, 3, 6

Smith Casson, Mr. R., Gas Puddling and Self-stoking Double Furnace, 150, 204, 235, 252, 283

Smith, Mr. J. H., Rope Driving Gear, Messrs. Pollit and Wigzell, 443, 444

Smith, Mr. T., Travelling Steam Crane, 182, 184

Smithfield Club Show—

Messrs. Marshall and Co., 8-H.P. Traction Engine.

125,131 ’

Snow and the Telegraphs, 168, 185, 204, 213, 252

Society of Arts, The, 238, 248, 318

Continuous Brakes for Railways, Capt. Tyler, 304

Patents for Invention Bill, Mr. Trueman Wood, 168

Patents for Invention Bill, Discussion following

Mr. T. Wood’s Paper, 181

Phosphor Bronze and its Applications, Mr. Alexander Dick, 310

Science Lectures, 22

The Way to make Workmen’s Cottages Comfortable, Warm, and Healthy, with special reference to Silicate Paints, Mr F. E. Thicke, 160

Society and Southern Counties Association, Bath and

West of England, 379

Society, The Chemical :—

Ammonium Sulphide, Influence exerted by, in Preventing the Action of Various Solutions on Copper, Messrs. F. W. Shaw and T. Carnelley, 188

Asbestos Cardboard and its Uses in the Laboratory

W. N. Hartley, 352

Aurin into Rosaniline, Transformation of, R. S.

Dale and C. Schorlemmer, 436, 454

Benzene Symbols, Kekule’s and Ladenburg’s, Dr H. E. Armstrong, 142

Bismuth Compounds, Certain, Mr. M. M P Muir

248, 436 ‘ *

Bismuth, Method of Detecting Small Quantities of.

Part V., Mr. M. M. P. Muir, 336

Bismuth Volumetrically, Additional Note on a Process for Estimating, Mr. M. M. P. Muir, 248

Bunsen Lamp, Theory of the, Professor Thorpe 24^

Chromium Pig Iron, Mr. E. Reiley, 248 ’

Copper Zinc Couples, Preparation of, Dr ■' J H

Gladstone and Mr. A. Tribe, 248

Carbometer for the Estimation of Carbonic An-hydride, Mr. S. T. Pruen and Dr. G. Jones, 188

Corrosion of Lead by the New River Company’s

Water, Dr. G. Bischof, 9

Coumaric. Cinnamic, and other Analogous Acids formed from the Aromatic Aldehydes. Mr W H Perkin, 142 ’’ ' *

Crystals by their Optical Characters, Discrimination of, Prof. N. S. Maskelyne, 800

Dehydration of Hydrates by the Time Method. W

Ramsay, 436’ *

D WilUamB1; i8gorivativea °f> Mr- W. Carleton-

Society, the Chemical (continued) —

Dinitroso-orcin and Dinitro-orcin, Dr. J. Stenhouse, F.R.S., 74 .

Dithymyltrichlorethane, On some Derivatives of, Dr. E. Jager, 74

Examination of Substances by the Timo Method, J. B Hannay, 436

Fluid Cavities, Further Study of, Mr. W. N. Hartley, 9

Fluorspar, Note on the Fluid contained]in a Cavity in, J. W. Mallet, 436

Gardenin, Note on, Mr. C. ,E. Groves and Dr. J. Stenhouse, 248

Gas Analysis, Apparatus for, Dr. Frankland, 453

Gas Analysis, Some Points in, Air. J. W. Thomas, 352

Gases Enclosed in Lignite Coal and Mineral Resin from Bovey Heathfield, Devon, J. W. Thomas, 453

High Melting Points, with special reference to those of Metallic Salts, Parts II. and III., Dr. T. Carnelly, 9, 74

Isomeric Nitroso-terpenes, Dr. W. A. Tilden and Mr. W. A. Shenstone, 248

Luminous and Non-luminous Flame, Theory of the, J. Philipson, 436

Madder Colouring Matters, Notes on, Dr. E. Schunck and Dr. H. Roemer, 188, 336

Manganese in Spiegeleisen and of Manganese and Iron in Manganiferous Iron Ores, Estimation of, E. Riley, 336

Naphthalene Series, Contributions to the History of the, Air. Groves and Dr. Stenhpuse, 352

Narcotin, Cotarnin, and Hydrocotarnin, Part V., Dr. Wright, 453

Nitric Oxide by Pyrogallate of Potash, Experiments on Decomposition of, Dr. Russell and Air. W. Lapraik, 352

Otto of Limes, C. H. Piosse and Dr. Wright, 454

Preliminary Account of some New Reactions in Organic Chemistry and their Ultimate Bearings, Mr. 0. T. Kingzett and Dr. H. W. Hake, 74

Primary Normal Heptyl Alcohol and some of its Derivatives, Air. C. T. Cross, 454

Slight Modification of Hofmann’s Vapour Density Apparatus, Mr. Al. M. P. Muir and S. Suguira, 436

Solvent Action of various Saline Solutions on Lead, Mr. M. M. P. Muir, 188

Thymoquinone, Dr. H. E. Armstrong, 9

Urea, Estimation of, Air. G. Turner, 9

Urea by means of Hypobromite, Estimation of, Dr.

A. Duprd, 188

Urea by Aleans of Hypobromite, Determination of, Dr. Al. Simpson and Air. C. O’Keefe, 248

Waters from Wells near the Sea, Experimental Inquiry as to the Changes which occur in the Composition of, Air. W. H. Watson, 188

Society of Civil Engineers, The American, 451

Society of Civil and AIechanical Engineers, 172, 409

Llandudno Promenade Pier, Air. Charles H. Rew, 370

Society, Edinburgh and Leith Engineers’, 4

Society of Engineers, 248, 323, 427

Inaugural Address of the President, Air. T. Cargill, C.E., 93

Alechanical Firing of Steam Boilers, Air. J. Walter Pearse, 187

Priming of Steam Boilers, Air. William Alajor, 398 Society of Glasgow, The Philosophical

Patents for Inventions, 74

Society, King s College Engineering

The Art of Moulding, Mr. E. W. Anderson, 96

Comparison between the Bars at the Entrance of the Harbours of Kurrachee and Natal, and the Harbour Works at both Places, Mr. E. Crompton,

Continuous Brakes, Air. A. Percy Guinness, 147

Docks, Mr. W. T. Douglass, 318

Dynamite, Air. J. C. Mackay, 139

Gas-Lighting oy Electricity, Air. St. George Lane Fox, 398

Main Drainage of London, Air. H. E. Kitson, 361 Alanufacture of Heavy Ordnance, Mr. Wilfrid H.

Fleming, 186 •

Alanufactui e of Sugar, Air. Jas. A. Samuel, 427 Alechanical Power on Tramways, Air. A. H. Leaf.

338 ’

Society, The Liverpool Engineering, 147

Computation of Earthwork, Mr. 0. H. Baldry, 418 Drainage of Towns, Mr. C. Graham Smith, A.l.C E.

238

Hydraulic Machinery, with Special Reference to its Application to Railway Goods Yards, Mr. Alexander Ross, 263, 318

Society, Liverpool Polytechnic :—

Pine and Fir Timber, Considered from an Engineer-ing Point of View, Mr. C. Graham Smith, 126

Society of London, The Geological, 115

Society The Meteorological, 61, 147, 214, 293

Hygrometry, Contributions to—The Wet Bulb Thermometer, by Mr. W. Marriott, F.AI.S., 15 Mercurial Barometer, Improved Form of, Air. R E

Power, F.M.S., 352

Psychrometer, Observations with the, Dr. R. Rubenson, 15

Relation between the Upper and Under Currents of the Atmosphere around Areas of Barometric Depression, Rev. W. Clement Ley, M.A., F.M.S, 352

Visibility, The Hon. Ralph Abercrombie, F.AI.S,, 15 Society The Royal, 282, 418

Thermometers, Air. F. Galton, F.R.S., 238

Society, The Royal Agricultural, 370

Society of Telegraph Engineers, The

Inaugural Address of the President, Prof. Abel, F.R.S.,on the Conductivity of Copper, and Re-femng to Paraffine as the Coming Material. 56 Sound Diagrams, 192, 203

South Kensington Museum, 19, 70, 96, 124. 138 210

228, 246, 280, 298, 323, 346, 370, 404, 422, 440 ’ ’

Spark Arresters on Locomotives, 150 Specifications, American, 100

Specifications, Destruction of, 151

Specifications, Printing, 63

Specifications, Printing, Letter from Air. H. H Murdoch,—Circular of Commissioners and Mr. ’ Alur-doch s Reply, 22

Specifications, Printing, Report of Conversation bo-tween Bench and Bar, 4

Speed Indicator, Messrs. J. and J. Butler, 293

Speeds, Railway, 8

Squeezer, Improved, Mr. J. Head, 355, 358, 398

Steam Launch on the Danube, 443

Steamers, Channel, 268

Steamers, Light Draught, 187

Steamship, City of Brussels, The, 385

Steamship, Alethod of Recording and Comparing

Performances of, Mr. J. Inglis, jun . 292 Panne Steel, Dr. C. W. Siemens, 206 3 '

Steel, Fibrous, 378

StCo4tny’f Worksuro Pr°C°9S’ at Rod Mos3 Motal

Steel in Railway Structures, Use of, 361 gteel, Solid Cast, Mons. F. Gautier, on, 212, 271 Steel, Solid Cast, M. Pourcel on, 186 Steel Wire, Strong, 274

Stoels, Hot Short, 8

Steering of Screw Ships, 361

StDuOst3°335 Mr> G- K'’ APParatu3 Burning Coal

Stockwell, Self-lighting Gas Burner Company, Self-S®SW. Pearse, See. Eng., on, Stone-Breaker, Multiple Action, Mr. Hall, 94 Stourbridge,^Proposed New Bridge at, 69

Closer, 153

ISX, - th° SueTcaS^D^p^ratJght ironclads, Passage of

310

Sugar Making, A New Process in, 184

Sugar, Manufacture of, 427

A.,Anchors, 427

Mohling Machines, 263

Telegraphs, Snow and the, 168, 185, 204, 218, 252 Telegraphy, Aerial, 30

Testing Boilers m the Navy,

Thames Floods, The, 45

Thames, The River, Mr. J. B. Redman, 242

Thames, Steam Ferry, The, 64 t? M q

Thermometer, The Wet Bulb, Mr. W. Marriott, F.M.S.

15

Thermometers, 238

Thetford Corporation Waterworks, 31b

Thetis, H.M.S., 220

Thomas v. The Queen, 183. 204

Thompson, Mr. W. B., Ship’s Windlass 94, 9o

Thorneycroft and Co., Messrs. Torpedo Vessels, 337 Threshing Machine Accidents Bill, ine, no

Thunderer. H.M.S., 26, 27, 43, 377, 398 . ,

Thwaites, Mr. C., Borough Engineer for Sunderland,

Thwaites and Carbutt, Messrs., Coke Crusher, 159 168 Thwaites and Carbutt, Messrs., Reversing Rolling

Mill Engines at the New Cleveland Steel n orks, "Raf’ATl xlQ 41. 44 •

Thwaites and Carbutt, Messrs., Wheel Trimming Hammer for the Stanningley Ironworks, W. Leeds,

Thymoquinone, Dr. H. E. Armstrong, Chemical So-Time^Method, Examination of Substances by the, 436 Tongs, Up-ending, Mr. Jeremiah Head. 417

Torpedo Launches in Naval Warfare, 413

Torpedo Range at. the Royal Arsenal, 411

Torpedo Vessels, Messrs. Thorneycroft and Co., 337 Torpedoes, 411, 446

Torpedoes at Sea, 184

Torpedoes, Spar, Capt. McEvoy, 340

Toroedoes in the United States, 4

Tourmaline, 256, 274 275, 282 234 288 293

Tourmaline, Engine and Boilers of H.M.S., 284, 288, 293

Trade Marks, Registration of, 15, 150, 202, 238

Train Despatching in America. 281

Tram Car, Rowan s Steam, 446

Tram Cars, Bells on, 450

Tramway Locomotives in Vienna, 443

Tramway Working at Sheffield, 433

Tramways, Committee of the House of Commons on, 168, 176, 195 v

Tramways (Mechanical Powers Bill), 429

Tramways, Paris, 323

Tramways, Steam Power on London, 133, 150, 168, 176, 185, 195, 265, 283, 290, 307, 311, 323, 338

Trucks, Safety Mahanoy Inclined Plane, 77, 78

Tube Ferules, Cast Iron, 257

Tube-plate Cutters, 323

Tunnel, Dover and Folkestone, 361

Tunnel, The Severn, 450

Turbine, Mr. Leffel’s, 59

Turbine at Waltham Abbey, Royal Gunpowder Factory, 43

Turkish Monitor, Destruction of a, 336, 351

Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, Calamity in the, 265

Tyzack, Mr. G., Ship’s Anchor, 355

Urea by means of Hypobromite, Estimation of, 188

Urea by means of Hypobromite, Determination of 248

Utilising Natural Forces, Dr. C. ,W. Siemens on, 205.

253

Valve Gear, Mr. H. Bilgram, Philadelphia Exhibition, 341

Van, Break-down, Belgian State Railways, 112

Vanguard, The, 192

Vapour Density Apparatus, Hofmann’s, 436

Viaduct, Rouchat, Paris and Orleans Railways, 426, 434

Vienna, Pneumatic Clock, Herr Ingenieur, A. C., Mayrhofer, 442, 448

Visibility, The Hon. Ralph Abercrombie, F.M.S., 15

Wales and the Adjoining Connties, 19, 35, 53, 69, 89, 107, 123, 139, 158, 174, 192, 210, 246, 261, 280,297,316, 334, 350, 368, 385, 404, 422, 440, 453

War between Russia and Turkey, The, 307, 351, 359

Water* Meters, 252, 238

Water Power in India and Ireland, 8, 43, 59

Water-Pressure Machinery, History of the Modern Development of, Sir G. W. Armstrong, 361

Water Supply of Aifreton, 378

Water Supply of Halifax, 360

Water Supply, London, 82, 99, 286

Water Supply, The Napier, 263

Water Supply, Richmond, 125

Water Supply of Villages and Towns, 37, 96, 238

Waters from Wells near the Sea, Enquiry into Changed which occur in the Composition of, 183

Waterworks, Braintree, 235

Watt, Messrs. James, and Co., Bilge Pumps, 250

Watt Room at Heathfield, The, 247, 397

Web Printing and Folding Machine, Continuous, Messrs. Hoe, 215, 218

Weighing Machine, International, Messrs. Pooley, 320

Wells, Deep, 147, 204

Westinghouse, Mr., Automatic Air Brake, 2, 3, 6

Whitworth, Sir Joseph, and Co-operation, 201

Wick, Fall of a Wire Foot-Bridge at, 79

Wilson and Co., Messrs. Alex., Compound Condensing

Launch Engines, Vauxhall Iron Works, 24

Windlass, Ship’s, Mr. W. B. Thompson, 94, 95

Wire for the Brooklyn Bridge, 160

Wire Rope Conductors in Mine Shafts, Compensator for Tightening, Mr. Heydon, 112

Wood Paving, Mr. Henson’s, 251

Works in Progress in the year 1877, 11

Yarrow and Co., Messrs., Experiments with Shields and Rifle Fire, 290

York, New, Railway Station, 452

Zazel, 274

Zinc, Purifying, 336

See Also

Loading...