The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

The Engineer 1870 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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A. B. C. Process at Hastings, 6

A. B. C. Process at Leamington, Abandonment of, 188, 193

Abouchoff Cast Steel Works, St. Petersburg, 107,110, 159

Abstract of a Paper on “ Thermodynamic Acceleration and Retardation of Streams,” PiofessorRankine, 242

Abstract of Report of Brit. Assoc. Com. on Underground Temperature, Prof. J. D. Everett, 261

Accident, Colliery, 175

Accident to the Irish Mail, 204

Accident to the Mail Train from Dublin, 328

Accident at Newark, 923

Accident at Tam worth, 234

Administration, Naval, 331

Admiralty, Appointments at the, 418

Admiralty, The Change at the, 44

Agricultural Show, Lille, 1

Air, The Sewage of the, 231

Alarm Signals for Trains, 197

Albert Hall, The Royal, 339, 427

Albion Ironworks and Patent Punched Steel Tube Works, Staffordshire, Sale at, 345

Abbot, Messrs. J., 250-ton Hydraulic Chain Testing Machine, 398

Allibon and Noyes, Messrs., Boilers and Engines of the Kirkstall, 325, 326, 330

Alloys of Copper, Tin, Lead, Zinc, with Manganese, J.

F. Allen, Esq.. F.C.S., 342

American Iron Trade, 67

American Patent Law, 88

American Shipping, 160

Angular Instruments, Latitudes without, 360

Application of the Centre Rail System to a Railway in Brazil, and to other Mountain Lines; also on the Advantages of Narrow Gauge Railways, Mr. J. B. Fell, 229, 230

Appointment of Trustees to Owen’s College, Manchester, 55

Arches, Iron, 447

Arithmetic for Schools, A. Sonnenschein and H. A.

Nesbitt, M.A., 414

Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical, W. H. Girdlestone, M.A., 414

Army, Surgical and Commissariat Appliances, 142,150, 190, 255, 385

Artillery, Field, 195

Artillery, French, 273, 277, 289, 305, 323

Artillery, Indian Field, 141

Artillery, Steam, 281

Ashpit System of Manchester, Aiderman Rumney, 223

Association, Annual Meeting of the Batley Branch of the National Engineers’, 33

Association, Manchester Steam Users’, 328

Association, Brit., Units, 245, 261, 278, 328

Assurances, Boiler, 344

Aveling, Mr., Testing Engines, 358

Aveling and Porter, Messrs., 20-H.P. Double-cylinder Ploughing Engine, 408

Aveling and Porter, Messrs., 5-H.P. Self-moving Engine, 75

Axles, Breakage of Railway Wagon, 399

Axles, Fracture of, 41

Balloon Guns, Herr Krupp’s, 408

Balloons in War, Use of, 281

Barometric Prediction of Weather, Mr. F. Galton,

F.R.S., 240

Baths at Southport, Lancashire, Mr. Chas. H. Beloe, C.E., 359, 362, 365

Batteries, Railway, 399

Bavarian Troops, Rifle of, 135

Beaming Machine, Messrs. Howard and Bullough’s Self-stopping, 168

Bedford and Northampton Railway, 370

Belgian Iron Trade, 86, 114, 126

Belgian Mechanical Undertakings, 333

Belgium and its Coal and Iron Districts, Visit of English Engineers to, 27, 36, 80, 114, 177

Beloe, C.E., Mr Chas. H., Baths at Southport, Lancashire, 359, 362, 365

Berger Spence, and Co’s. Weekly Chemical, Mineral and Metal Report, 321

Betts, Mr., The Contractor, 209, 234

Beuther, Herr, Axle-box, 309, 344

Birkenhead Railway Extension, 360

Birmingham Gun Trade, 174

Birmingham at Work, 15, 49, 67, 85, 119, 147

Bitumen, Gas from, 98

Blackburn, Mr., Oil Lubricator for Grease Boxes, 326

Blast Furnace Hoists of the Cleveland District,

Blast Furnace Slag at Autnege, Belgium, 315

Board of Trade, Notice of Examinations, 266

Board of Works and Leicester-square, 340

Boiler applied to a Ball Furnace, 22-H., Miller’s Safety

Isca Foundry Co., 342

Boiler, 60-H.P., Cone Paper Mills, Lydney, Mr. J. A Lee, 169

Boiler and Engine, Messrs. Davey, Paxman, anc Davey’s 4-H. Vertical, 258, 263, 279, 315

Boiler Explosion, 131

Boiler Explosion Committee, 27

Boiler Explosion, The Lanesfield, 11, 18

Boiler Explosion Legislation, 206

Boiler Explosions, Mr. E. B. Marten on, 207

Boiler, The Field, 410

Boiler Flues, Tapered, 221

Boiler, The Howard Safety, 360

Boiler, Mr. J. Pinchbeck’s Self-cleansing Water Tube, 346

Boiler Setting, Messrs. Hyde and Bennett, 124

Boiler, Trials with Miller’s Cast Iron Safety, 441

Boilers and Engines of the Steamship Kirkstall, Messrs. Allibon and Noyes, 326, 330

Boilers, Mr. Jeremiah Head on the Efficiency and Durability of Plain Cylindrical, 169

Boilers for the Houses of Parliament, Messrs. Clayton, 375, 376

Boilers, Land and Marine, Messrs. Hawksley, Wild, and Co., 246

Boilers at Oxford, Relative Efficiency of, 69, 74, 77, 96, 98

Boilers, Second-hand Steam, 398

Boilers, Steel, 410

Boilers, Tubulous, 77, 98, 126

Boilers, Vertical, 126, 193, 313,-328, 344, 360, 373, 399, 410, 452

Boring, Rapid, 171

Bow Station, North London Railway, Mr. T. Matthews and Mr. E. H. Horne, 151,155, 156

Bridge over the Abvodnoi Canal, St. Petersburg, Messrs. Handyside, 388, 394

Bridge Construction. Principles of, 264

Bridge over the Nesbor, Bucharest Railway, Mr.

McCandlish, 24, 28

Bridges without Scaffolding, Erecting, 306

Britannia Ironworks, Bedford, 187

Britain’s Strength, 173

British Association, 116, 175,193, 210, 213, 214, 228

Abstract of an Investigation of the Mathematical Theory of Combined Strains, Professor Rankine, 225

Address of the President, Professor Huxley, 185,197

Address of Mr. J. Clerke Maxwell, LL.D., F.R.S., President of Section A, 198

Address of Professor Roscoe, F.R.S., President of Section B, 200

Address of Mr. C. B. Vignoles, C.E., F.R.S., President of Section G, 201

Alloys of Copper, Tin, Lead, and Zinc with Manganese, J. F. Allen, Esq., F.G.S., 342

Application of the Centre Rail System to a Railway in Brazil and to other Mountain Lines. Also on the Advantages of Narrow Gauge Railways, Mr. J. B. Fell, 229

Ashpit System of Manchester, Aiderman R. Rum-ney, 223

Barometric Prediction of Weather, Francis Galton, F R.S., 240

Binocular Microscope, Mr. S. Holmes, 258

Boiler Explosions, Mr. E. B. Marten, 207

Colour Visions at Different Points of the Retina, J.

Clerke Maxwell, LL.D., F.R.S., 268

Construction of Sewers in Running Sand, Messrs. Reade and Goodison, 227

Efficiency of Furnaces and Mechanical Firing, Mr.

G. F. Deacon, C.E., 226

Electric Time Signal at Port Elizabeth, S. A. Varley, C.E., 240

Electro-Deposition of Copper and Brass, Mr. W. H. Walenn, F.C.S., 393

Existence of two Spectra of Carbon produced at the same Temperature, Mr. W. M. Watts, 318

Extent to which Existing Works and Prevailing Practices Militate against the Profitable Utilisation of Sewage, Mr. J. Bailey Denton, C.E., 224

Faure’s Battery, Mr. C. Becker, 239

Frictional Screw Motion, Mr. G. Lauder, C.E., 261

Gauge for the Railways of the Future, Mr. R. F.

Fairlie, C.E., 214

Hammering and Stone Dressing Machinery, Dr. Lloyd, 205

Hills and Dales, J. Clerke Maxwell, LL.D., &c., 239 Hydraulic Bucketing Engine for Graving Docks and

Sewerage, Mr. Percy Westmacott, 209

Hydraulic Machinery for Steering and Reversing Heavy Steam Engines, and for Discharging Cargoes, Mr. A. B. Brown, 327

Improved Appliances for the Production of Heavy Forgings, as used at the Birkenhead Forge, Lieut.-Col. Clay, 246

Improved Ships of War of Moderate Dimensions, Mr. Michael Scott, C.E.N.A., 217, 232, 239

Mechanical Stoking, Mr. Smith, 216

Mode of Action of Lightning on Telegraph Circuits, and New Methods of Constructing Telegraph Coils, S. A. Varley, C.E., 267

New Electro-Magnetic Anemometer, M. J. J. Hall, 266

New Field of Magnetic Research, Fred. Varley,

F.R.A.S., 318

New Method of Obtaining Chlorine, Mr. Henry Deacon, 316

Numerical Theorem with Practical Applications, Mr. W. H. Walenn, 375

Pneumatic Transmission through. Tunnels and Pipes, Mr. R. Sabine, 260

Policy and Provisions of a Patent Law, Mr. R. M. Paukhurst, LL.D., 334

Proposed Rearrangement of the Registration Districts of England and Wales to Facilitate Scientific Inquiries, Mr. A. Haviland, 240

Rainfall--its Variation with Elevation of the Gauge, Chas. Chambers, F. R.S., 318

Rolling Machine for Shaping Axles, Mr. A. Bowater, 226

Sewage of Liverpool- -its Collection and Ultimate Disposal, Mr. J. N. Shoolbred, C.E., 225

Stability, Propulsion and Sea-going Qualities of Ships, Professor Rankine, 209, 218

Steam Lines and Waves in Connection with Naval Architecture, Professor Rankine, 218

Steam Power Meter, Mr. Ashton, 216

Testing the Quality of the Malleable Metals and Alloys, Professor G. Bischof, 243

Weldon Process for the Manufacture of ^Chlorine, Mr. Walter Weldon, 292

Bronze Guns, 17

Bryant and Cargill, Messrs., Vernon Bridge over the

Mersey, at Stockport, 123, 128

Bucholz System of Flour Making, 125

Buddhist Gateway, A, 429

Burgh, Mr. N. P., Steam Donkey Pump, 242

Campbeltown Harbour, New Works in, 166

Camrouse and Co., Messrs., Stone Crushing Machine, 38

Canal, Eastern Ganges, 276

Captain, H.M.S. The, 195, 208, 234, 245, 246, 247, 263, 278, 295, 297, 315, 433

Captain and The Monarch, 103

Carriages, Naval Gun, 157

Cartridges in Paris, Manufacture of, 416

Carvalho’s Ships’ Lines, 61, 64

Carving Machinery, Mr. Jordan, 327

Cassell’s Technical Manuals, Ellis A. Davidson, 415

Cement, Portland, 72, 126

Cement Testing Machine, Messrs. Michell and Carrington, 426

Cements, Strength of, 347

Central Cottages Improvement Society, Labourers’ Cottages, 259

Certain Systems which have been Proposed for Effecting the Electric Transmission of Telegraph Signals, 355

Cast Steel Works, Abouchoff, St. Petersburg, 107, 110, 159

Chain Testing Machine, Messrs. J. Abbot’s 250-ton Hydraulic, 398

Channel Tunnel, The, 6

Charging and Discharging Gas Retorts, Mr. J. J.

Holden, 411, 412

Chatham Dockyard Extension Works, 172

Chatham Dockyard Extension Works, Visit of Civil

Engineers to the, 35

Chat wood, Mr , New Safe, 23

Cherbourg and the Channel Islands, Works at, 6

China Grass, 27

Chinese Gold Lacquer, 55

Chinese Grass Machine Competition, 299

Chlorine, New Method of Obtaining, Mr. Henry

Deacon, J.P., 316

Clayton, Messrs., Boilers for Houses of Parliament, 375, 376

Cleveland District, 15, 31, 49, 67, 85, 102, 120, 134, 148,

163, 182, 204, 221, 237, 254, 271, 258, 303, 322, 338, 354, 368, 383, 404, 422, 437, 456

Cleveland District, Blast Furnace Hoists of the, 2

Coal-getting Machine, Mr. Grafton Jones, 124

Coal in the Hasdo River, India, 46

Coal Traffic to London by the New Route, 283

Coal, Welsh and North Country, 138

Coals in Germany, 441

Coasts and Harbours, Defences of our, 141

College, Indian Civil Engineering, Cooper’s-hill, Surrey, 106, 374, 377, 399

Colliery Machinery in South Staffordshire and Shropshire, 112

Colliery Waste and Coal Supply, 153

Collision, The Harrow, 395, 411, 413

Collision on the South Yorkshire Railway, 64

Colour Blindness and Railway Officials, 250

Colour Vision at Different Points of the Retina, J.

Clerke Maxwell, LL.D., &c., 268

Commercial Metal and Mineral Report, 148, 403

Compagnie Beige, Brussels, Russian Goods Engine, 256, 262

Compagnie Beige, Brussels, 200-H.P. Winding Engines, Houssu Collieries, Central Belgium, 430, 433

Compensation from the Lancashire and Yorkshire

Railway Company, 52

Condensation of Steam, 149, 209

Condensers Surface, 193, 278

Construction, Elementary Papers on, 450

Consumption of Coal on Board H.M. Ships, 188

Contract for the Atlantic and Erie Railway, 112

Cornish Engine, 239, 306, 310

Cornish Pumping Engines, 10, 192

Cost, Prime, 428

Cottages, Labourers’, Central Cottage Improvement Society, 259

Cottages, some Hints on Improved Miners* and A gri-cultural Labourers’, 410

Cotterill, Mr. E., Locks, 372

Court Martial on the Loss of the Captain, 278

Cow bridge Line, 56

Cooke and Sons, Messrs. T., Engraving Machine, 373

Crane, Messrs. Taylor and Co.’s Direct-acting Steam, 426

Crickmer, Mr. R., Anti-priming Valve, 28

Crushing Machine, Messrs. Camroux and Co.’s Stone, 38

Cultivator, A Novel, 345

Curves and Gradients, Experimental Trips of the Progress, 12

Davey, Paxman, and Davey, Messrs., 4-Horse Vertical Boiler and Engine, 258, 263, 279, 315

Defence, The Admiralty, 447

Defences of Paris, 138

Description of an Experiment on the Strength of a Lattice Road Girder at the Boyne Viaduct, Mr. B. B. Stoney, M.I.C.E., 452

D eutsches Berg worterbuch MitV elegen, HeinrichV eith, 62

Devon and Somerset Railway, 295

Diamond Fields of South Africa, the Recently-discovered, 339

Doors, Mr. Warhurst’s Apparatus for Closing the Bottoms of, 326

Drainage Machinery, 72

Dredging Operations on the Mississippi, 89, 90

Drewry, Mr. C. Stewart, on a Concise and Familiar View of the Law of Patents, 405, 446

Drilling and Recessing Machine, Messrs. J. and J. Kershaw’s Quadruple, 442

Duke of Sutherland’s Railway, 334

Ealing Sewage Works, 358

Eastbourne Gasworks, Mr. A. 'Williams, 443, 444, 446

Eclipse of the Sun on December 22nd, 250, 434

Electric Lights, Intermittent, 177

Electric Time Signal at Port Elizabeth, Mr. 8. A.

Varley, C.E., 240

Electric Transmission of Telegraph Signals, Systems which have been Proposed for Effecting the, 405

Electro-Deposition of Copper and Brass, Mr. W. H.

Walenn, F.C.S., 393

Electro-magnetic Anemometer, Mr. J. J. Hall, 266

Engine, Messrs. Aveling and Porter’s 5-Horse Selfmoving, 75

Engine, Messrs. Aveling and Porter’s 20-Horse Doublecylinder Ploughing, 408

Engine and Centrifugal Pump, Messrs. Gwynne, 57

Engines, Cornish Pumping, 10, 192

Engine, 10-Horse Fixed, Mr. Underhill, 152

Engine, Messrs. Garstang and Co.’s Pumping, Swinley Colliery, 442

Engine, Messrs. Marshall’s 10-H.P. Horizontal, 38

Engine, A Novel, 409

Engine, Parker’s Air-jet Steam, 249

Engine, Russian Goods, Compagnie Beige, 256. 262

Engine, Messrs. Shand and Mason’s Treble-cylinder Equilibrium Steam Fire, 57

Engine, Tank, on the Vaessen System, 284

Engine, Messrs. E. and R. Turner’s 10-Horse Fixed, 106

Engine, The “White Cloud,” 388

Engineering in India, 171, 234

Engineering Colleges, 181

Engineers, College for Indian Civil, 9

Engineers, Education of, 171, 234

Engineers, Naval, 5, 23, 41, 181

Engines, Mr. Aveling’s System of Testing, 358

Engines, Competitive, at Oxford, 91, 126, 140

Engines, Compound, 25, 27

Engines with Double-acting Pump, Messrs. Mather and Platt’s Pumping, 312

Engines of H.M.S. Druid, Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, 6, 8

Engines, Messrs. Fletcher, Jennings, and Co.’s Coupled Hori^yntal Winding, 78

Engines of the Hindostan, P. and O. Co., 274. See also Supplement

Engines, 200-H.P., Houssu Collieries, Compagnie

Beige, 430, 433

Engines, Marine, 129

Engines, Mountain Railway, 98

Engines, Oscillating, without Surface Condensers, 101

Engines, Pumping, 154

Engines, Pumping, Berlin Waterworks, Messrs. Simpson and Co., 208, 212

England, Steam Road Rolling in, 158

Engraving Machine, Messrs. T. Cooke and Sons, 373

Epidemic, The Small Pox, 428

Essay on Sewage Irrigation, 164

Evrard, Mr. C., Compagnie Beige, Brussels, 200-H.P.

Winding Engines, Houssu Collieries, Central Belgium, 430,433

Examination, India Public Works, 43, 44, 63, 76, 80, 95, 139

Examinations, Competitive, 155

Examples of American Naval Architecture, 55

Exhibition, Annual International, 290, 324, 326, 423

Exhibition, The Working Men’s International, 35

Existence of Two Spectra of Carbon Produced at the same Temperature, Mr. W. Watts, 318

Expansion Gear, Mr. Walker’s Self-acting, 56

Explosion near Tredegar, 177

Explosions, Boiler, 77, 344

Explosive Compounds, M. A. Noble, 124

Explosive Energy of Heated Liquids, Professor Ran-kine, 323, 423

Exports of Railway Iron from Cardiff to the United States, 295

Fairlie, Mr., Trial of the Progress Curves and Gradients, 12 .

Farcy Gunboat on the Seine, Siege of Paris, 346

Faure’s Battery, Mr. C. Becker on, 239

Fehti Bulend, Trial of the Turkish Ironclad Corvette, 86

Fell, C.E., Mr. J. B., Mid-rail Locomotive, Ganta

Gallo Railway, 243

Fcstiniog Railway, Captain Tyler on the, 46

Fire-arms, Some Characteristics of Modern, 130

Fire Engines for France, 421

Fletcher, Jennings, and Co., Messrs., Coupled Horizontal Winding Engines, 78

Flour-making, Bucholtz System, 125

Flour, Manufacturing True, 171

Formation of a New Association of Engineers in

Yorkshire, 232

Formula, An Ideal, 98

France, Reaping Machine Competition in, 17

French Experimental Squadron, 136

Frictional Screw Motion, Mr. G. Lauder, C.E., 261

Froelich Gas Furnace, 325

Furnace, The Froelich Gas, 325

Furnace, Mr. Tenwick’s Annealing, Leiston Works, Suffolk, 372

Furnace, Messrs. T. Vicars’ Self-stoking Smokeless, 216

Furnaces and Mechanical Firing, Mr. G. F. Deacon,

C.E., on the Efficiency of, 226

Galloway’s Motive Power, 131

Garrett and Sons, Messrs., Scantling Machine, 409, 428

Garstangand Co., Messrs., Pumping Engine, Swinley

Colliery, Wigan, 442

Gas in Long Conduits, 56

Gas Retorts, Charging and Discharging, Mr. J. J.

Holden, 411, 412

Gases, Occlusion of by Electro Deposited Iron, 17

Gateway, A Buddhist, 429

Gatling Gun, 139

Gauges, The Battle of, 347

Gauges of Future Indian Railways, 23

Gauge for the Railways of the Future, Mr. R. F.

Fairlie, C.E., 214

Gauges, Steam, at Oxford, 82

Geography, Physical, Historical, and Military, from the French of T. Lavall6e, Captain Lendy, 144

German Percussion Shells, 358

Girders, Cross, 79

Girders, Erection of, 395

Glasgow University, Opening of, 325

Glasgow University, Proposed Degree in Engineering

Science, 315

Glastonbury, Drainage of, 343

Glucose, Manufacture of in Germany, 318

Glycerine and Red Lead Cement, 171

Gough, Mr., Printing and Arming Press, 4

Government, the Astronomers and the Coming

Eclipse, 325

Government and Inventors, 72

Government and Science, 225

Governor, An Improved, 153

Governor for Marine Engines, Weir’s Centrifugal,

Messrs. Smith Brothers and Co., 358

Guattari, Signor, Pneumatic Telegraph, 49

Gun Carriages, Iron Wheels for, 26

Gun, The Gatling, 139

Gun for India, 9-pounder Bronze Muzzle-loading Rifled, 138

Gun, A Novel and a New Metal, 154

Gun, Progress of the 35-ton, 157

Gunpowder, its Nature and Action as Exemplified by

Recent Researches, 165, 183

Guns, Bronze, 17

Guns, Prussian, 51, 60, 121

Guns, Steam, 313

Gwynne, Messrs., Engine and Centrifugal Pump, 57

Haddan, Mr. J., Proposed Tunnel under the Bosphorus, 114

Hafod Deep Pits and the Bagillt Sea Sinking, North Wales, 268

Hall, The Royal Albert, 339

Hammering and Stone Dressing Machinery, Dr. J. H.

Lloyd, 205

Hammers, Messrs. C. Merrill and Son’s Drop and Air Spring Forging, 198

Handyside, Messrs., Bridge over the Abvodnoi Canal, St. Petersburg, 388, 394

Harbour Accommodation for Renfrew, 193

Harbour Extension at Irvine, 242

Harrison, Mr., Ventilating and Flushing Sewers, 5

Hastings, A. B. C. Process at, 6

Hawskley, Mr., Ventilator, 409

Hawskley, Wild, and Co., Messrs., Land and Marine Boilers, 246

Heavy Breech-loading and Rifled Artillery of France, 273, 277, 284, 305, 323

High Speeds as Applied to Wood Working Machinery,

Hills and Dales, Dr. Clerke Maxwell on, 239

Hindostan, Engines of the P. and O. Co., See also Supplement, 274

Hint to Local Boards of Health and Water Companies,

Holborn Viaduct Station, 411

Holden, Mr. J. J., Charging and Discharging Gas Retorts, 411, 412

Homersham, C.E., Mr. W. C., Joints for Gas and Water

Pipes, 242

Horse and Sheep Clippers, American, 408

Howe Testimonial Fund, 343, 360

How to Roll your Roads, 98

Huggins and Horsenaill’s Diamond Millstone Dressing Machine, 172

Hyde and Bennett, Messrs., Boiler Setting, 124

Hydraulic Bucketing Engine for Graving Docks and Sewerage, Mr. Percy Westmacott’s Description of, 92, 209

Hydraulic Machinery for Steering, Reversing Heavy Steam Engines and for Discharging Cargo, &c Air A. B. Brown, 327

Ice Making, 76, 126

Important Patent Decision, 242

Important Prosecution in the Iron Trade, 318

Improvement, Locomotive, 363, 377, 409, 414

Inclining a Ship in Order to findjier Centre of Gravity, Process of, W. J. M. R., 339

India, Engineers in, 154

India, The Great Trigonometrical Survey of, 1, 33

India, Pendulum Operations in, 386

India, Public Works in, 62

India, Public Works Department Examination, 43, 44, 63, 76, 80, 95, 139

India, Railways in, 25

Indian Civil Engineering College, Cooper’s Hill, Surrey, 106, 374, 377, 399

Indian Railway Gauges and Rolling Stock, 369, 415, 439

Indian State Railways, 71

Inspection, Boiler, 279

Institution of Civil Engineers, Minutes of Proceedings, 174, 314

Institute of Engineers, North of England, and Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders :— Carboniferous Formation of Scotland, Mr. J. Geikie 105

Duty of Cornish, &c., Pumping Engines, Mr. J. B. Simpson, 105

Institute of Engineers, North of England, and Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders

Economical Advantages of Mechanical Ventilation, Mr. D. P. Morrison, 105

Expansion Valve, Mr. Barclay, 112

Grafton Jones, Mr., Coal Getting Machine, Mr. Arnold

Magnetic’ Ironstone in Rosetalet West, Mr. J.

Marley, 105

Meeting in Scotland, 105

Pumping Engine, Mr. Barclay, 11-

Institute of Engineeis, South Wales, 245, 426

Institute of Engineers and Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Meeting of, lOo

Institute The Iron and Steel, loo, 158, i/o

Efficiency and Durability of Hain Cylindrical Boilers, Mr. Jeremiah Head, 169

Pumping and Winding Machinery at Castle l it, Cyfarthfa, Property of Mr. R. T. Crawshay, Mr.

G. C. Pearce, 168 .

Institution of Civil Engineers, 27, 41, 274, 304, 314, 424

Subjects for Premiums, Session, 1870-71, 300

Visit to Chatham Dockyard Extension Works 35

Water Supply of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Mr. A.

Leslie, 357 _

. Institution of Mechanical Engineers:

Annual Meeting at Nottingham, 92, 100, 112

Conclusions Derived from the Experience of Recent Boiler Explosions, Mr. G. F. Marten, 92 .

Self-acting Machinery for Knitting Hosiery by Power, Mr. Arthur Paget, 92

Self-acting Safety and Fire Extinguishing Valve foi Steam Boiler, Mr. G. D. Hughes, 92

Steam Road Roller, Mr. Batho and Mr.. Avehng, 9-

! Warsop Aero-steam Engine, Mr. R. Katon, 340

"Wire Rope Bridge at Landore Steel Works, Mr. . Hackney, 340

Working Coal on the Midland Counties, Mr. George Fowler, 92 .

Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Nottingham, Annual Meeting, 92

Institution of Naval Architects, 300

Institution, The Royal Lectures :—

Astronomy of Comets, Professor Grant, F.R.S., 93

Atoms, Professor Williamson, F.R.S., 93

Descent of Glaciers, Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., F.R.S.,12

Electrical Phenomena and Theories, Dr. John Tyndall, F.R.S., 21

Electricity, Professor Tyndall, 93,116

History, Professor Seeley, 93

Moral and Political Philosophy, Professor Blackie, 93

International Exhibitions, Annual, 271, 290, 324, 326

Intrenching Tools, 408

Ironclads, Stability of our, 290

Ironclads, Top Heaviness of, 234

Iron, Coal, &c., Trades of Birmingham, &c., 15, 31, 49, 67, 85. 101, 119, 134, 147, 163, 181, 203, 221, 237, 253, 271, 287, 304, 321, 337, 353, 367, 383, 403, 421, 437, 455

Ironmasters in France, 178

Iron Railway, 428

Iron Trade, American, 67

Iron Trade of France, 188

Ironworks at Bedford, The Britannia, 187

Ironworks, Round Oak, 276

Irrigation and Sewage, 63, 138

Isca Foundry Co., 22-H.P. Miller’s Safety Boiler applied toaB'll Furnace, 342

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, 261

Jacob, Mr. A., Sewer Ventilator, 56

. n, Progress in. 314

Job is for Pipes, Mr. W. C. Homersham, C.E., 242

Jones Mr. Graf con, Coal-getting Machine, 124

Jord u , Mr.. Carving Machinery, 327

Kershi '. Messrs. J. and J., Quadruple Drilling and Recessing Machine, 442

Kilnhurst Swing Bridge over the River Dun Navigation, Mr. W. N. Swettenham, C.E., 292, 296

King, Mr. J., Safety Hook and Cage for Mines, 227

Kirstall, Boilers and Engines of the, Messrs. Allibon and Noyes, 325, 326, 330

Kirstall, Trial Trips of the, Messrs. Allibon and Noyes, 306, 358

Krupp’s Balloon Guns, 408

Lanes^eld Boiler Explosion, 11, 18

Lange, Mr. C., Improvements in Watches and Clocks, 4

Lathe Pulleys, Radii of, 154

Lathe, M. and J. Woolfield’s Screw-cutting and

General Purpose, 227

Launch of the Atacama, 139

Launch of the John Elder, 158

Launch of a Screw Steam Yacht, 97

Launch of Two Iron Steamers, 23

La Vapeur, L’Usage Economique de, 75

Law of Patents, Mr. C. Stewart Drewry on a Concise and Familiar View of the, 405, 423, 440

Leading Articles :—

Admiralty Defence, The, 447

American Neutrality, 250

Atlantic Yacht Match, 80

Battle of the Gauges, 347

Bombardment of Paris, 331

Britain’s Strength, 173

British Association, 213

British Museum and South Kensington, 95

Change at the Admiralty, 44

Childers’, Mr., Minute, 431

Chinese Grass Machine Competition, 298

College for Indian Civil Engineers, 9

Compound Engines, 25

Cross Girders, 79

Davey-Paxman Boiler, 263

Defence of our Coasts and Harbours, 141

Erection of Girders, 395

Explosive Shells for Small Arms, 95

Field Artillery, 195

Forms of Ships, 61

French Mitrailleuse, The, 396

Good and Bad Stoking, 348

Harrow Collision, The, 395, 413

India Public Works’ Examination, 43, 95

Indian Civil Engineering College, The, 377

Indian Field Artillery, 141

Indian Railways and the Public Works Department, 231

Iron Arches, 447

Latest Results of Sewage Irrigation, 363

Laying Out of Sewage Farms, 432

Locomotive Improvement, 363, 377, 414

Loss of the Captain, 195, 247, 263

Manufactories and Rivers, 43

Marine Engines, 129

Martini-Henry Rifle, 129

Mechanical Engineers at Nottingham, 112

Military Breech-loaders in the United States, 142

Naval Administration, 331

Naval Gun Carriages, 157

Parker’s Air-jet Steam Engine, 249

Past, Present, and Future of the Serpentine, 61

Principles of Bridge Construction, 264

Prof. Huxley’s Address, 214

Progress in Japan, 314

Progress of the 35-ton Gun, 157

Public Works in India, 62

Purification of Sewage, 111

Railway Accident at Newark, 9

Railways in India, 25

Reed, Mr., on the Loss of the Captain, 297

Rotary Cutter for Wood, 250

Saint Gothard Railway, 173

Sewage of the Air, 231

Sir William Armstrong on Trades’ Unions and Patents, 249

Some Characteristics of Modern Fire-arms, 130

Steam Artillery, 281

Steam Guns, 313

Steam Road Rolling in England, 158

Strength of Cements, 347

The War, 79

Leading Articles

Use of Balloons in War, 281

Vertical Boilers, 313

Why 'theltoa^dway o^the Victoria Embankment was not Steam Rolled, 174

Lejons de^Geologie1 Pratiques, Professfis au College de

Le^Mr.’ K ^“^Pa^ Mills,

Lydney, 169

Legal Intelligence, 123 _ _ . on.

Legislation, Steam Boiler Explosion, 206

Episton Works, Suffolk, 379

Leiston Works, Suffolk, Ten wick’s Annealing Furnace,

Lever, Reversing, Nicholas Railway, Worcester Engine Co., 176

Lighting, Proposed New System of, 231

Lightning on Telegraph Circuits, and New Method of Constructing Telegraph Coils, Mr. b. A. Varley, C.E., 267

Lille Agricultural Show, 1

Link Motion, 6, 23, 41

LlIx?thmetic, Theoretical and Practical, W. H. Girdle

stone, M.A., 414

Board of Trade Railway Returns, 378

Cassell’s Technical Manuals, Ellis A. Davidson, 415

Deutsches Bergworterbuch Mit Velegen, \ on

Henrich Veith, 62

Geography, Physical, Historical, and Military, from the French of T. Laval6e, by Capt. Lendy, F.G.S., 144

Leeons de Geologic Pratiques, Professes au College de France, parM. L. Elie de Beaumont, M.I., 62

Military Resources of Prussia and France, by Lieut. -

Col. Chesney, R.E., and Henry Reeve, D.C.L., 143 Mines Metalliques de La France, par A. CaUlaux, 62 Minutes of Proceedings of the Inst, of Civil Eng.,

James Forrest, C.E., 174, 314

Post Office Directory of Engineers and Iron and

Metal Trades, Messrs. Kelly and Co., 432

Promenades de Paris, Mons. A. Alphand, 332

Quarterly Weather lieport of the Meteorological

Office, Part I., 174

Science and Art of Arithmetic for Schools, A.

Sonnenschein and H. A. Nesbitt, M.A., 414

Tabulated Weights of Angles, T. Bulb, &c., Chas. U.

Jordan, M.I.N.A., 175

Traite de Fortification Polygonale, par A. Brialmont,

63

Tri tone, The, Joseph Green, 415

Locking Points on the North-Eastern Railway, 343

Locks, Mr. E. Cotteiill, 372

Locomotive, Mid Rail, Canta Gallo Railway, Mr. J.

B. Fell, C.E., 243

Locomotive, Mr. Nairn’s Mountain, 308

Locomotive, Quadruple Bogie, Mr. G. Percy Spooner,

C. E., 20

Locomotive, Tank on the Vaessen System, Societe de

Liege, 280

Lubricator for Grease Boxes. Mr. Blackbum, 326

Letters to the Editor:—

A. B. C. Process at Hastings, J. F., 6

Accident at Tam worth, A Timid Traveller, 234

Administration of the Patent Law, W. Spence, C.E.,

234, 344

JEronautical Science, F. Sheward, 373

An Ideal Formula, C. M. Poole, 98

A New Metal and a Novel Gun. One who Believes that the Colour of a Metal has much to do with its Merits, 154

Balanced Slide Valves, G. W. Elliott, 140

Belts and Pulleys, W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 234,

245

Beuther’s Axle Box, R. H. Burnett, 344

Blowing Engines for the Weldon Process, Walter

Weldon, 374

Boat Ram, H. Walker, 234

Boiler Assurance, Robert Briggs, 344

Boiler Explosions, John Swift, 344

Boiler Explosions, United Society of Boiler Makers,

77

Boiler, the Field, Lewis Olrick, 410

Boiler Inspection, Henry Miller, 279

Boiler Inspection in the United States, An Inspector,

452

Boiler Repairing, Robert Jenkins, 6

Breakage of Railway Wagon Axles, H. S. Harland, 399

British Association, J. P. Joule, 193

British Association Units, Cromwell F. Varley, 245

British Association Units, X. X. X., 278

British Association Units of Electrical Measurement,

Desmond G. FitzGerald, 261, 328

Captain and the Court Martial, F. F., 278

Caulking Tubes, 410

Centrifugal Pumps, Plodder, 154

Coal Supply and Colliery Waste, G. Ryland, 153

Colliery Tub Wheel, J. H. L., 315

Colliery Tub Wheels, W. R. R., 295

Competitive Boilers at Oxford, Edward Field, 98

Competitive Engines, Omega, 140

Davey-Paxman Boiler, Andrew Barclay, 315

Davey-Paxman Boiler, E. D. B., 279

Davey-Paxman Boiler, F. C., 279

Davey-Paxman Boiler, W. Roberts, 315

Davey-Paxman Boiler, Thomas Wilkins, 279

Disposal of Sewage, A. B.C. Process, T. W. Cowan, 193

Disposal of Sewage, Two Sides of the Question, F.

Jones, 155

Drainage of Glastonbury, H. J., 343

Duty of Cornish Engines, One and All, 193

Education of Engineers, A. J. C., 171

Education of Engineers, Sold, 234

Elastic Tires for Traction Engines, L. Sterne, 428

Engine Tests, C. J. W., 155

Engine Trials, W., 171

Engine Trials at Oxford, Lewis Olrick, 77

Engineering in India, Arthur Jacob, 234

Engineers in India, M. I. C. E., 154

English Mechanic’s Scientific and Mechanical Society, F. G. Wood, 343

Examinations of the Science and Art Department,

John Henry Ohlsen, 261

Extracting Tallow, A. L., 428

Extracting Tallow, George Bennie and C®., 428

Fell’s Mountain Locomotive, Locomotive, 76

Fishing up Torpedoes, 343

Flow of Water Through Pipes, A. W. E., 140

Fog Signals, W. Wright, C.E., 428

Fracture of Axles. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 41

Frictional Screw Motion, G. Lauder, 345

Gas from Bitumen, A. Cochrane, 98

Gauges of the Railways of the Future, Delta, 360, 399

Hancock’s Screw Propeller, W. Scott, 6

Hancock’s Screw Propeller, Henrietta Vansittart, 6

Hint to Local Boards of Health and Water Companies, Illogicus, 41

Historic Meteoiology, Thomas Measam, 76

H.M.S. Captain, G. Featherstone Griffin, C.E., 234

H.M.S. Captain, Heincke and Davies, 315

Howe Testimonial Fund, N. P. Burgh, 360

Howe Testimonial Fund, Justice, 343 i

Hydraulic Ram, Hydraulicus, 155

Ice Making Machines, B., 76

Ice Making Machines, H. C., 126

Improved Governors, J. A. Z., 153

Indian College, A. Tutor, 399

Indian Engineer Examinations, Another Teacher I 140, 155

Indian Engineer Examinations, A Leveller, 139

Indian Public Works Examination, A Teacher, 63, 76, 140

Iron Wheels for Gun Carriages, T. M. C., 261

Latitude Without Angular Instruments, C. M

Poole, 360

Locomotive Improvement, B. P., 409

Loss of the Captain, Anti-Humbug, 295

Lowe-Vansittart Propeller, H. Vansittart, 76

L’Usage Economique de la Vapeur, F. Griveaux,

75

Letters to the Editor:—

Machinery for Manufacturing Fine Flour A Z Gias, 171

Messrs. B. Garrett and Son’s Scantling Planing Machine, Samuel Worssam and Co., 428 6

Mountain Railway Engines, A. A., 98

Narrow Gauge Railways, Delta, 410

Narrow Gauge Railways, Robert F. Fairlie, 278 399 428 ’ ’

Narrow Gauge Railways, M. Inst, C.E., 261

Narrow Gauge Railways, C. Spooner, 429

Naval Engineers, J. H. E., 5

Naval Engineers, Only an Engineer, 41

Naval Engineers, Resigned in Disgust, 23

Naval Engineers, Union is Strength, 23

New Naval Reserve, J. Orrell Lever, 278

New Postal Delivery into Paris, R. M., 453

Novel Engine. A, 409

Our Ironclad Ships, W. McNaught, 374

Pneumatic Postal Tubes, Robert R. Gibbs, 76 Portland Cement, C. Russell and Co., 126 Prime Cost, Alpha, 428

Prime Cost, J. B., 428

Prime Cost, Q. E. D., 428

Pumping Engines, Thomas Sampson, 154

Purifying Water, D. P., 76

Question in Screw Propulsion, C., 126

Radial Rolling Stock, Wilkin and Clark, 453

Radii of Lathe Pulleys, E. E. S., 154

Railway Accident at Newark, H. Weaver, 23

Railway Battaries, Thos. Almgill, 399

Railway Iron, Senex, 428

Railway Points and Crossings, Sisson C. Norris, 2 Raising the Captain, William Morgans, 245 Rapid Boring, H. N. McKie, C.E., 171 Rigi Railroad, W. E. Clayton, 4 Rigi Railroad, J. H. K., 41

Royal Agricultural Society’s Engine Tests, John Pinchbeck, 126, 142, 154

Screw Propellers, G. F. G. Des Vignes, 279 Secondhand Steam Boilers, Henry Hiller, 399 Sewage Irrigation, A. Scott, 63

Sewage Purification, C. M. Barker, C.E., 154

Sewage Utilisation, A. B. C. Process, C. Rawson 295 ’

Shipbuilding at Newcastle, Maudslay, Sons and Field, 399

Siege of Paris, J. Scoffern, M.B., 453

Small-pox Epidemic, Robert R. Carr, 428

Soft Studded Projectiles, W. F. Pad wick, 76

Some Hints on Improved Miners’ and Agricultural Labourers’ Cottages, C. B. A., 410

Steam on Common Roads, S. Darton, 23

Steam on Common Roads, W. B. Wood, 6 Steel Boilers, A Scotch Engineer, 409 Surface Condensers, J. Henderson, 193 Surface Condensers, Scotus, 278 Syphons, A. J., 295

Syphons, Peter Jensen, 328

Syphos, John Jones, 343

Thomson’s Road Steamers, Dunmore, 428 Top Heaviness of Ironclads, A. M., 234 Tramroads, “Tram,” 295

Tubulous Boilers, H. Kesterton, 77

Tubulous Boilers, E. Mirchin, 98, 126

Vertical Boilers, C. J. W., 193

Vertical Boilers, Gardiner and Macintosh, 328

Vertical Boilers, II. A. F., 126

Vertical Boilers, J. P., 344

Vertical Boilers, Lewis Olrick, 344

Vertical Boilers, James Macpherson, 399

Vertical Boilers, Lewis Olrick, 126

Vertical Boiiers, J. Pinchbeck, 399, 452

Vertical Boilers, S. Smart, 373, 41U

Vertical Boilers, X. Y. Z., 360

Westminster Offices, An Engineer, 245

Who Invented the Link Motion? W. Lawrence Williams, 23

Who Invented the Link Motion ? W. Waller, 6

Who Invented the Link Motion? W. T., 41

McGregor, C.E., Mr. J., Appointment of, as Chief Engineer to H.M. Kidderpore Dockyard, 36

Madeley and Dudley, Sales of Colliery Plant at, 131

Madrid Tramway, 372

Mail Contracts, 155

Mansion House Station, Metropolitan District Railway,

Manslaughter at Amington Colliery, 433

Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Messrs., Engines of H.M.S.

Druid, 6, 8

Marine Engine Economy, 265

Markets, Metal, Oil, and Timber, Prices Current, See last page of each Number

Marsden, Mr., Road Metal Breaking Machine, 149

| Marshall, Messrs., 10-H.P. Horizontal Engine, 38 Mathematical Theory of Combined Strains, Abstract of an Investigation of the, Prof. Rankine, 225

Mather and Platt, Messrs., Pumping Engines with Double Acting Pumps, 312

Medway Forts, 176

Meeting of North of England Institute of Engineers, and Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 105

Merill and Sons, Messrs., Drop and Air Spring Forging Hammers, 190

Mersey, Defences of, 140

Metal Whitworth, 298

Meter, Mr. Aghton on a Steam Power, 216

Meteorology, ifistoric, 76

Michele and Carrington, Messrs., Cement Testing Machine, 426

Microscope, Mr. S. Holmes on the Binocular, 258

Mid-London Road and Railway, 18

Milner’s Safe Works at Liverpool, 28

Miller’s Cast Iron Safety Boiler, Trials with, 441 Millstones, Dressing, Messrs. Huggins and Horsenaills, 172

Mines, Metalliques de la France, Alfred Caillaux, 62 Minute, Mr. Childers’, 431

Miscellanea, 7, 19, 37, 59, 73, 89, 113, 127, 137, 151, 167, 189, 211, 233, 241, 257, 275, 291, 307, 329, 341, 361, 371, 389, 407, 425, 445

Mississippi, Dredging Operations on the, 88, 90

Mitrailleur, The, 135

Mitrailleuse, The French, 396

Monarch and Vanguard, H.M.S., 324

Mont Cenis Tunnel, 449

Moody, Capt., Telegraph Ship, 11

Mossley Board of Health, 284

Moulding Machine, Messrs. Ransome and Co.’s High-Speed Force-Cutter, 94

Mountain Locomotive, Fell’s, 76

Murray and Co., Messrs., Double-Furrow Plough, 309

Nagant, M., A New Photometer, 68

Nairn, Mr., Mountain Locomotive. 308

Nairn, Mr., 8-H.P. Road Steamer for Traction of Soft Ground, 254

Naval Architecture, Some Examples of American, 55

Navy, Oui Ironclad, 1U4

Naval Reserve, a New, 278

Neutrality, American, 250

Newark, Railway Accident at, 9,23

Newcastle, Shipbuilding at, 399

New Field of Magnetic Research, Fred. Varley. F.R.A.8.,318

New Line of Railway from Hassop to Castleton, 322

New Sult for Intense Electric Currents, 124

New Zealand Railway, 318

Nils Ericson, 197

Noble’s Chronoscope and Section of Powder-Testing Gun, 183

North-Eastern Railway, Locking Points on the, 343

Norwood, Sewage Farm at, 10

Notes from France, 10

Notes and Memoranda, 7, 19, 37, 59, 73, 89, 113, 127, 137, 151, 167, 189, 211, 233, 241, 257, 275, 291, 307, 329, 341, 361, 371, 389, 407, 425, 445

Notes from the Northern and Eastern Counties, 16, 32, 60, 68, 86, 102, 120, 134, 148, 164, 182, 204, 222, 238, 254, 272, 258, 3u4,322, 338, 354, 368, 384, 404, 422, 438<

Notes from Paris, 36, 63, 81, 101, 116, 130,144, 160 196, 265, 282, 299, 315, 333, 364, 397, 449

Notes from Manchester, 354, 384, 421

Notes on the Russian Exhibition of 1870, 355

Notes from Scotland, 15, 31, 49, 67, 85, 102, 119, 134, 148, 163, 182, 203, 221, 238, 2-53, 258, 272, 303, 322, 337, 353, 368, 384, 404, 421, 438, 456

Notices to Correspondents, 9, 25, 43, 61, 79.95, 111, 129, 141,157, 173, 195, 213, 231, 247, 263, 281, 297, 313, 331, 347, 363, 377, 395, 413, 431, 447

Numerical Theorem, with Practical Applications, Mr.

W. H. Walenn, 375

Obituary :—

Bischof, Professor, 433

Braithwaite, Mr. John, 237

Brassey, Mr., 407

Coates, Major, 34

Cresy, E., 409

Dahlgren, Admiral, 88

Ewbank, Mr. T., 246

Hughes, Mr. Samuel, 358

Miller, Professor W. A., 242

Simoneau, Gustave, 34

Taylor, Mr. Philip, 20

Thornbury, Mr. David, 345

Thwaites, Sir John, 115

Wilson, Mr. G., 441

Occlusion of Gases by Electro-Deposited Iron, 17

Offices, Westminster, 245

Our Iron-clad Navy, 104

Our Naval Strength, 441

Oxford Engine Trials, Report of Judges, 244, 268, 283, 294, 316

Oxford, The, Royal Agricultural Show at, 33, 53, 74, 81, 82, 87, 91, 154, 155, 171, 192

Paper, 380

Paper and Paper Stock, 88

Paraffin, Purification of, 332

Paris, Bombardment of, 331

Paris, Defences of, 138

Paris, Manufacture of Cartridges in, 416

Paris, A New Postal Delivery into, 453

Paris, Les Promenades de, A. Alphand, 332

Paris, The Siege of, 453

Parks and Promenades of Paris, 271

Patent Law, Administration of, 234. 344

Patent Law, The United States, 1870, 349, 356

Patent Office, 178

Paving Machine in France, 26

Pendulum Operations in India, 386

Petroleum in North America, 448

Phenomenon, A Strange, 11

Photometer, A New, Mr. Nagant 68

Pier, New Iron, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Mr. J. W.

Grover. C.E., 193, 194

Pinchbeck, Mr. J., Self-cleansing Water Tube Boiler, 346

Pipes, Flow of Water through, 140

Plough, Messrs. G. W. Murray and Co.’s Double Furrow, 309

Plough, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, Head, and Co.’s Double Furrow, 82, 114

Pneumatic Aids to State Telegraphy, 38, 42

Pneumatic Despatch, Mr. R. Sabine on, 260

Pneumatic Telegraph, A, 49

Points and Crossings, Railway, 23

Poisoning by Waste Gas, 26

Policy and Provisions of a Patent Law, R. M. Punk-hurd, LL.D., 334

Pollution of Rivers, 271

Polytechnic, The Royal, 301

Portland Cement, 72, 126

Postal Tubes, Pneumatic, 76

Postal Directory of Engineers, and Iron and Metal Trades, Messrs. Kelly and Co., 432

Power, Transmitting, 328

Press, Mr. Gough’s Printing and Arming, 4

Private Bills, 10, 378, 396, 438

Process of Inclining a Ship in Order to Find her Centre of Gravity, W. J. M. R., 339

Production of Heavy Forgings, as used at the Birkenhead Forge, Lieut.-Col. Clay, 246

Progress in the Potteries, 340

Projectiles, Soft Studded, 76

Propeller, Hancock’s Screw, 6

Propeller, The Lowe-Van sittart, 76

Propellers, Screw, 279

Provisional Instructions for the use of Breech-loading Guns of 16, 19, and 24 Centimetres, Pattern 1864, 349

Prussia and France, Military Resources of, Lieut.-Col.

Chesney and Henry Reeve, D.C.L., 143

Prussian Guns, 51, 60, 121

Public Works at Constantinople, 346

Public Works Department and Indian Railways, 231

Public Works in Turkey, 106

Pulley, Mr. G. Watson’s Patent, 56

Pulleys and Belts, 234, 245

Pump, Mr. N. P. Burgh’s Steam Donkey, 242

Pumping and Winding Machinery at the Castle Pit, Cyfarthfa, Mr. Pearce, 168

Pumps, Centrifugal, 154

Purification of Paraffin, 332

Purification of Sewage, 154, 155

Quarterly Journal of Science, 239

Quarterly Weather Report of the Meteorological Office,

Quebec and Gosford Wooden Railway, 268

Queries respecting Ether, Charles Brooke, M.A., F.R.S., 325

Rails, Belgian, 372, 43S

Railroad, The Rigi, 41

Railway, Duke of Sutherland’s, 334

Railway in the High Peak of Derbyshire, a Proposed New, 279

Railway Matters, 7, 19, 37. 59, 73, 89,113, 127, 137,151, 167, 189, 211, 233, 241, 257, 275, 291, 307, 329, 341,361, 371, 389, 407, 425. 445

Railway Returns, Board of Trade, 378

Railway, 'I he St. Gothard. 173

Railways, Foreign and Colonial, 144, 357

Railways of the Future, Gauges of the, 360, 399

Railways, Gauge of Future Indian, 23

Railways in India. 25

Railways, Indian State, 71

Railways, Indian, 168

Railways, Narrow Gauge, 261, 278, 399, 410, 428, 442

Railways in New Zealand. 171

Rainfall, its Variation with Elevation of the Gauge,

Chas. Chambers, F.R.S., 318

Rainforth, Messrs. Screen, 373.

Ram, A Boat, 234

Ram, Hydraulic. 155

Ransome and Co., Messrs., High Speed Four Cutter Moulding Machine, 94

Ransomes, Sims, Head, and Co., Messrs., Double Furrow Plough, 82, 114

Rating Mines, 139

Reaping Machine Competition in France, 17

Rearrangement of the ’Registration Districts of England and Wales to Facilitate Scientific Inquiry, Mr.

A. Haviland on, 240

Recovery of Treasury Lost in the Ham ilia Mitchell, 155

Reed, Mr., on the Loss of the Captain, 297

Relative Efficiency of Rollers Tested at Oxford, 69, 96, 98, 74,

Renfrew Harbour Extension Works, 276

Repairing Boilers, 6

Revolver, Breech-loading, for the Russian Navy, 276

Rifle, The Martini-Henry, 129

Rifle of the Bavarian Troops. 135

Rio Sao Goncalo Navigation, 295

Rivers and Manufactories, 43

Rivers Pollution Commission, 174

Road Metal Breaking Machine, Mr. Marsden, 149

Road and Railway. Mid-Lnndon, 18

Road Steamers, Mr. Thomson, 428

Road Steamer for Traction on Soft Ground, Mr.

Nairn’s 8-H.P., 259

Road Steamer for Woolwich’Arsenal,’Messrs. Robey and Co., 370, 387, 390

Roads, Steam on Common. 6, 23

Robey ami Co., Messrs., Thrashing Machine, 82

Robey and Co., Messrs., Road Steamers for Woolwich Arsenal, 370, 387, 390

Rolling Machinery for Shaping Axles,’Mr. A. Bowater, 226

Rolling Stock for the Honduras Railway, Messrs.

Wilkin and Clark's Radial, 427

Rolling Stock, Radial, 453

Romford Sewage Farm, 123

Round Oak Ironworks, 276

Royal Agricultural Show at Oxford, The, 33, 53, 74, 81, 82, 87, 91. 154, 155, 171. 192

Russian Exhibition of 1870, Notes on, 355, 370, 417, 432

Russian Navy, Breech-loading Revolver for the, 276

Russian Railways and the South Wales Iron Trade, 342

Saarbruck Collieries, 136

Safe. A New, Mr. Chatwood, 23

Safety Hook and Cage for Mines, Mr. J. Ki ng, 227

Safe Works at Liverpool, Messrs. Milner, 28

St. David’s Railway, 68

Sale at the Albion Iron Works and Patent Punched

Steel Tube Works, Staffordshire, 345

Sales of Colliery Plant at Madeley and Dudley, 131

Scantling Machine, Messrs. R. Garrett and Sons, 409, 428

Scholarship and Exhibition^t Merton College, Oxford, Natural Science, 283

Scholarships, Whitworth, 1C6

Science, Aeronautical, 373

Science and Art Department, Examinations of, 261

Science and Education, 448

Science in War, Early Use of, 234

Screen, Messrs. Rainforth, 373 —

Screw Propulsion, Michael Sefi, 397, 418

Screw Propulsion, a Question in, 126

Serpentine, the Past, Present, and Future of the, 61

Setting out Driving Lines, by J. S. Tate, C.E., 52

Sewage Difficulties, Further, 295

Sewage Farm, Romford, 123

Sewage Farms, Laying out of, 432

Sewage Grown Grass, 208

Sewage Irrigation, Latest Results of, 363

Sewage of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood, its Collection and Ultimate Disposal, Mr. J. N. Shool bred, C.E., 223, 225

Sewage Problem, 256

Sewage, Purification of, 111

Sewage Utilisation, 295

! St-wer Ventilation, 388

Sewers, Mr. Harrison’s Apparatus for Ventilating anc Flushing. 5

Sewers in Running Sand, Messrs. Reade and Goodisoi on the Construction of, 227

i Sewers, Ventilating, Mr. A. Jacob, 56

Sewers, Ventilating, Mr. T. C. Thorburn, C.E., 57

I Shand and Mason, Messrs.,Treble Cylinder Equilibrium

I Steam Fire Engine, 57

Sheffield, Effects of the War in, 88

Shipbuilding in Belgium, 208

Ship of War of Moderate Dimensions, Mr. Scott on, 217, 232, 239

Shipping Trade, 253

Ships, Forms of, 61

Ships Lines, Senhor Carvalho, 61, 64

Ships, Our Ironclad, 374

Ships, Report on the Stability, Propulsion,and Seagoing Qualities of, 209, 218

Siege of Paris, Farcy Gunboat on the Seine, 346

Signalling Underground in Collieries, 150

Signals, Fog, 428

Simpson and Co., Messrs., Pumping Engines, Berlin Waterworks, 208, 212

Slide Valve, Messrs. Wilson and Peebles’ Equilibrium, 5

Slide Valves, Balanced, 140

Small Arms and Accoutrements, 122

Small Arms, Explosive Shells for, 95

Smith Brothers and Co., Messrs., Weir’s Centrifugal

Governor for Marine Engines, 358

Smithfield Club Show, 391

Smithsonian Institute of Washington, 219

Smoking in Railway Carriages, 175

Snider Redivivus,jThe, 144

Society, the Amateur Mechanical, 372

Society, The Chemical, 333, 357

Composition of Hyposulphites, Mr. E. A. Letts, 333 Determination of Sulphur in Cast Iron, Mr. Elliott, 333

Mineralogical Notices, Prof. Mackelyne and Dr. Flight, 357

Production of the Sulphates of the Alcohol Radicles from the Nitrites by the Action of Sulphurous Acid, Mr. E. T. Chapman, 333

Some Derivatives of Anthracene, Mr. Perkin, F.R.S., 393

Some New Derivatives of Coumarin, Mr. Perkin,

P.R.S., 441

Society, Civil and Mechanical Engineers, 12, 424

Society. Engineering, 29 >, 306, 328, 345, 364: —

Bessemer Process, Mr. J. Wilson, 295

Brickmaking, Mr. A. E. Baldwin. 328

Design and Construction of Harbour and Breakwaters, Mr. Reid, 408

Experimental Magnetism, Mr. Gordon, 295

Fuel, Mr. Courtney, 372

Gohl Fields of Great Britain, Mr. Milne, A.KC., 345

Progress and Construction of Artillery, Mr. Carey, 306

Sewage Utilisation, Mr. Bluett, 393

Telegraphy, Air. Baynes, 364

Society of Engineers, 23, 88, 193, 219, 3 88. 437:—

Theory of Screw Propulsion, Michael S sfi. 3J»7

Society, English Mechanics’ Scientific and Much miual, Manchester, 301, 343, 411

South-Eastern, Bath and Washhouse’s, Company, 31

South Kensington and the British Museum, 96

South Kensington Museum, 11, 23, 35, 81, 88, 106, 124, 147, 149, 172, 189, 237, 245, 271,284, 301, 335, 360,372, 404, 418, 424, 456

Spooner, C.E., Mr. G. Percy, Quadruple Bogie Engine, 20

Springs, Thomson’s Cushion Spiral, 176

Station, The Hol born Viaduct, 411

Steam Lines and Waves in Connection with Naval Architecture, Prof. Rankine, 218

Steam Road Roller as an Engine of War, 74

Steam Road Rolling Company in London, 149

Steamship Freight and the War, 177

Steamship Trade of New York, 442

Stoking, Good and Bad, 318

Stoking, Mr. Smith on Mechanical, 216

Stoney, M.A., M.I.C. E., Mr. B. B., Description of an Experiment on the Strength of a Lattice Road Girder at the Boyne Viaduct, 452

Subways, 11

Suez Canal Company, 388

Sugar, Manufacture of, 70

Sultan, H.M.S., 388

Sun, Total Eclipse of the, 434

Supplying Water to Locomotives, 171

Swettenham, C.E., Mr. W. N., Kilnhurst Swing

Bridge over the River Dun Navigation, 292, 296

Swiftsure, The, 109

Syphons, 295. 328, 343

Systems which have been Proposed for Effecting the

Electric Transmission of Telegraph Signals, 405

Tallow Extracting, 428

Tarapaca, The, 139

Tate. C.E., Mr. J. S., Setting out Driving Lines, 52

Taylor and Co., Messrs., Direct Acting Steam Crane, 426

Telegraph in Russia, 5

Telegraph Ship, Captain Moody’s II

Telegraph Signals, Certain Systems which have been Proposed in Effecting the Electric Transmission of, 355

Telegraph System, German Field, 181

Telegraphy, Pneumatic Aid to, 38, 42

Teuwick, Mr., Annealing Furnaces, Leiston Works, Suffolk. 372

Testing Malleable Metals and Alloys, Prof. G. Bischof, 243

Thermodynamics, On, 136

Thomsons Cushioned Spiral Springs for Railway Buffers, &e., 176

Thorburn, C. E., Mr. T. C., Ventilating Sewers, 57

Thrashing Machine, Messrs. Robey and Co., 82

Tires, Elastic, for Traction Engines, 428

Titanic Steel, 299

Torpedoes, 72

Torpedoes, Fishing up, 343

Trades Unions and Patents, Sir W. Armstrong" on, 249

Traite de Fortifications Polygonale, A. Brialmont, 63

Tramroads, 295

Tramways in Glasgow, Projected, 176

Trial of an Aveling and Porter Steam Road Roller at Orange, New Jersey, U.S., 299

Trial of Beuther’s Axle-box on the Metropolitan Railway, 309, 344

Trial of Compound Armour Plates of Iron and Steel, 290

Trial of the Ironclad Corvette, Fetid Bulend, 86

Trial Trip of the Kirstall, Messrs. Allibon and Noyes, 306,358

Trial Trip of a Steam Launch, 108

Trials with Miller's Ca^t Iron Safety Boiler, 441

Trigonometrical Survey of India, The Great, 1, 33

Tri tone, The, Joseph Green, 415

Truck Act in South Wales, 237, 266

Trucks on the Great Northern, 314

Tube Making at Wednesbury, 450

Tubes, Caulking, 410

Tabulated Weights, by C. H. Jordon, M.I.N.A., 175

Tunnel under the Bosphorus, Mr. J. Haddan’s Proposed, 114

Tunnel, Mont Cenis, 449

Turner, Messrs. E. and R. 10-horse Fixed Engine, 106

Tyler, Captain, on the Festiniog Railway, 46

Underhill, Mr., 10-horse Fixed Engine, 152

United States, Boiler Inspection in, 452

United States, Military Breech-loaders in the, 142

United States, Patent Law, 1870, 349, 356

University of Glasgow, 88

Utilisation of Cotton Seed, 116

Utilisation of Sewage, Mr. Denton's Remarks on the Extent to which Existing Works and Prevailing Practice Militate against the Profitable, 224

Vaessen System,Tank Engine for Steep Gradients and Sharp Curves, 284, 300

Vaesseu System, Tank Locomotive, 280, 300

Valve, Mr. R. Crick mer’s Anti Priming, 28

Ventilator, Mr. Hawkslcy, 409

Vernon, Bridge over the Mersey at Stockport, Messrs.

Bryant and Cargill, 123, 128

Vicar’s, Messrs. T., Self-stoking Smokeless Furnace, 216

Victoria Embankment, Why it was not Steam Rolled, 174.225

Vidal, Mr. U. B , and Street Cars, 254

Visit of English Engineers to Belgium, its Coal and Iron Districts, 27, 36, 80

Wales and Adjoining Counties, 16, 32, 50, 58, 102,120 134, 148, 164, 182, 204, 222, 238, 254, 272, 258, 304 322, 338. 354, 368, 384, 401, 422, 438, 456

Walker, Mr., Self-acting Expansion Gear, 56

War, The, 79

War, The Influences of, 155

War, The, Steam Fire Engines for Paris, 222

Warhurst, Mr., Apparatus for Closing the Bottoms of Doors, .-$26

Warren, Captain, Cooking Apparatus, 3-12

• • Waste” at our Ironworks, 64

Watches and Clocks, Mr. C. Lange’s Improvements in 4

Water, Purifying, 76

Water’ Supply of Newcastle, 233

Watson, Mr. G., Pulley, 56

Wear of Taylor Steel Tires, 150

Wednesbury, Tube Making at, 450

Weir’s Centrifugal Governor for Marine Engines, Messrs. Smith Brothers and Co., 358

Weldon Process, Blowing Engines for the, 374

Weldon Process for Manufacturing Chlorine, Mr. W.

Weldon, 292

Welsh Trade, 136

Wheels, Colliery Tub, 295, 315

Whitworth Scholarship, 106

Whitworth Steam Hammer for Turkey, 256

Wilkin and Clark, Messrs, Radial Rolling Stock, Honduras Railway, 427

Williams, Mr. A., Eastbourne Gasworks, 443, 444, 446

Wilson and Peeble, Messrs., Equilibrium Slide Valve, 5

Winlock, Professor. Photographing the Sun, 124

Wood, A Rotary Cutter for, 250

Wood Working Machinery, High Speeds as applied to, 91

Woolfield, Mr. J., Screw Cutting and General Purpose Lathe, 227

Woolwich Arsenal, 77

Woolwich Arsenal, New Iron Pier, Mr. J. W. Grover, C.E.,193, 194

Working Load, 213

Working Men’s International Exhibition, 35

Workshops’ Act, 345

Wreck from New York Harbour, Removal from, 172

Yacht Match, The Atlantic, 80

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