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ACCIDENTS, Metropolitan Street, Statistics, 531

Acid-resisting Alloys, 577

Advertising from Tower of Sixty Storeys in New York, 259

Aerial Tramway for Conveyance of Salt in California, 577

AERONAUTICS: Aeroplane Industry in United States, Growth of, 77

British Aircraft Constructors’ Society, First General Meeting, 11

Chinese Government Manufacture of Aeroplanes, 99

German Aeroplanes, New Features, 439

Self-starter for Aeroplane Engines, 189

Steam-driven Seaplanes, Future Possibilities, 11

Tenders for Aeroplane Construction for the

American Army, 531

United States Army Air Service, 555

United States Exports of Aeroplanes, 259

United States Nomenclature for Aeronautics, 463

Zeppelin Construction, French Chemical

Analysis of Alloys Used, 32

Zeppelin L33, Leading Particulars of, 325

Zeppelin's Observer in a Suspended Basket, 509

AGRICULTURAL Tractors for Buenos Aires, 77

Agricultural Tractors, Increased Manufacture in the United States, 393

Air-lift Well Pumping Installation in New

Jersey, 509

Allday, Mr. William, Death of, 213

Alloy Substitute for Platinum, 371, 577

Alloys, Manufacture and Use of, H. D. Hibbard, 213

Aluminium Production in Norway, Large I Hydro-electric Plant Proposed, 33

Aluminium Separation from Zinc, Manganese, &c., Gravimetric Method, 349

American Anti-Aircraft Gun, 127

American Exports of Ammunition and Firearms, 167

American Labour and Eight Hours a Day, 235

American Machine Tools, Demand after Conclusion of Peace, Anticipations, 99

American Production of Benzole, Toluol and

Naphthalene, 555, 577

American Quicksilver Industry, 71 ,

American Shipyards’ Large Contracts for |

Merchant Shipbuilding, 55

Ammonia Recovery from Peat, 348, 353 xAnti-Corrosive Grease, 531

Antimony from South Africa, Great Demand, i 303

Anzac, Prohibition of Word for Trade Use, 325

Apprentices Rewarded for Science Class Attendance, 259

Apprentices’ Trade School at W estinghouse Works, 11

Architectural Competition in Designs for Federal Parliament House. 531

Arctic Copper Deposits, Possibility of Rendering Accessible, 487

Argentine Import of Agricultural Implements, 119

Argentine, Schemes for Prevention of Over-flow of River and for Development of Irriga- ■ tion, 213

Armour Plate Manufacture in the United States, 88 ; Suggestion of Government Monopoly, 119

Asbestos Industry of the Cape Province, 417

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Engineers, Manchester :

Uniform Conditions for Engineering Opera- j tions and Industrial Work, Gold Medal Paper, Alfred Etchell, 349

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Autumn Meeting, 180

®Dates for Meetings in 1917, 498 ^Programme, 180

Institute of Metals :

Annual Autumn Meeting and Programme, 226

Institution of Automobile Engineers : Electrical Equipment of a Car, A. Ludlow Clayden, 462

First Meeting of Session, 223

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Awards for Papers, 380

Sand Drags, Paper on Keadby Bridge, J. B. Ball, 463

Institution of Electrical Engineers : Wiring Rules (Seventh Edition), Correction, 90

Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :

Central Electricity Supply for Scotland, Presidential Address, W. W. Lackie, 77

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Opening of Winter Session and Programme, 332

Stability and Use of Cranes under Working Conditions, E. Eade, 332

Institution of Locomotive Engineers :

Design and Construction of Steel Railway Coaches, A. T. Houldcroft, 417

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

Reinforced and Ferro-concrete, Differentiation between, J. S. Brodie, 77

Institution of Naval Architects :

Admission of Students ; Scholarships, 47G Elgar Scholarship Award, 1916, 212

Martell Scholarship in Naval Architecture, 474

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Economical Signalling of a Colonial Rail” way, A. C. Rose, 439, 487

Institution, Royal :

Deaths of Members, .54, 416

Meetings and Elections, 54, 416, 508

Programmes of Christmas, Juvenile, and other Lectures, 508, 566

Society of Chemical Industry :

Nationalisation of Mines and Railways, Professor Louis, 73

Wastage of Coal, Dr. C. Carpenter, 73

Society of Engineers :

Minerals and Mineral Ores for Engineering Industry of the United Kingdom, Two Papers by Professors W. G. Fearnsides and C. G. Collis, 360

Society, Faraday :

£* Refractories,” Dr. J. W. Mellor, 281

Society, Liverpool Engineering :

Civil Engineering Profession and Economic Problems, J. Glover, 474

Society, Physical :

Thermo-electric Properties of Fused Metals, C. R. Darling, 119

• Society, Royal, of Arts :

Condensation Pump, Two New Types of, Irving Langmuir, 555

Imperial Institute’s Assistance to British Manufacture of Thymol, Professor W1 Dunston, 55

Vibrations, Waves, and Resonance, Dr. J. Erskine-Murray, 439

AUSTRALIA, Engineering Supplies Wanted, Offer to Represent English Manufacturers, 234

Australia, Openings for British Trade in, 360

Australia Restricts Use of Gas or Electric Motive Power, 531

Australian Federal Parliament House, 314

Australian Plant for Making Wire Cables and Metal Rope, 577

Austrian Seizure of all Copper from Churches, Public and Private Buildings, 531

Automotive or Automobile ? 167

B BADGES for Engineers, 143

Bascule Bridges in Chicago, Paving Roadway with Hexagonal Wood Blocks, 213

Bayonet Scabbards, Failure to Manufacture in America, 213

Beauty of Design and Utility, Compatibility of,

Belt Conveyors for Coal Elevation, 259

Belt Driving Efficiency Tests with Wooden and

Cast Iron Pulleys, 259

Benzol Recovery Plant at Nelson Gasworks, 349

Benzol Scrubbing Plant Efficiency, 555

Benzol and Toluol Output in the United States, 555, 577

Birmingham Classes for Women in-Tool-setting

Munitions, &c., 281

Birmingham Commercial Card Index, 509

Birmingham House Building, Diminution since

War Outbreak, 393

Birmingham Public Works and the Local Government Board, 259

Blower, Record High-pressure, Westinghouse Machine Company, 577

Board of Trade and the Imperial Institute, 450

Board of Trade and Provisional Orders, 303

Boiler Accidents in the United States, Large

Proportion in those used for Domestic or |

Water-heating Purposes, 33

Boiler Explosions, Relative Frequency in Great Britain and United States, 189

Boiler, Large Capacity, American, Connelly

Boiler Company, 577

Boiler Scaling Apparatus, German Patent, 281

Boiler Valves, High-lift Safety, G. H. Clark, 119

Boilers and Furnaces for High Steam Pressure.

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Books for British Prisoners Abroad, 46

Bradford and Industrial Research, 259

Bricks for New York, Sources of Supply, 509

Bridge, Esk, of Reinforced Concrete, 119

Bridge, Novel Type, in Ottawa, 143

Bridges, Two Thousand Reinforced Concrete, Constructed in United Kingdom, 119

British Coal-tar Colour Industry, C. M.

Whittaker, 555

British East Africa as Trade Centre, 285

British Prisoners of War and Books, 98

British Trade, Openings for. 336

Buildings Put up in United Kingdom for War Purposes to be Transferred Later on to Belgium and elsewhere 77

C*IngIllP]V4iPerCent,,ge ’n SPelter> Professor Calcutta,’Wood Paving Stonned ?Ri Cabfornia’s Extensive CT^ie^e Power, Rada’s Capacity in Peat Output 463

19°f W°°d fOT >PU1P

d^ctffin^S4108 °f Metal and Mineral Pro-C“aSve^1o3ReP°rt; ByP-d-ts from Canadian Munition Industry Development, Capay?,O50?anieS aUd War B°™s> W is to Canal del Roque, Cuba, for Land Reclamation, Carburetter Floats, Leaky, 77

Catalvtic’p Inve?ti0? for Disabled Men, I] ^atalytic Property of Platinum, 235

Caterpillar Tractors for United States Army, CX Dy^ri“’o°f Ho^d^6^ in?he World- 393 Celluloid, Substitute forra230a 4 Channel 1 unnel Scheme Revived 33

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, 303

Chlorate of Pota^hT® St?el> “ Ariz0»a, 393 vniorate oi 1 otash from Japan 287

Circle of Scientific, Technical, and Trade Journalists, 520 liatte

C'ty and Guilds of London Institute 139

ShMhn259°rman’ FHght Sergeant’ billed by ^sfves^^011 f°r Broduction of Explo-C°ia89D32Cr'ery in the Federated Malay States, C F±UeS:Z0iri9DrOP Seating |

Coal Exploration in West Iceland 393 Coal Pu«

■hL? TTS-r lard ,of Value in New York I Cnni o m^s Supplant Candle-power 509 ’ clsG4S39aS SUbStitUte f°r B^o ™’Mo9tor | Coal Mines Closed and Re-opened 99

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Coal Production Shortage in America 487 OCtoTU9r °f the «

rr°a!’J?impIe Fol'm of Test for, 11 Coal Storage under Water in Iowa, 213 Coal Supplies, Deputation from Gas and t?i»„ tricity Undertakings, 22 ld EleC’

Coa Tar and Colour Industry, Dr. Everest 416 Coal for United States Railways, 349 ’

Coliseum at Springfield, U.S.A., Roof Supports, Colouring Rifle Barrels, 517

D““ “d

CoXtT R1 ^lnual Aspection of, 522

Concrete Barges No Longer a Noveltv 259 Concrete,. Great Need tf Care ii iMKing ( Experiments, 213 mixing,

Concrete, Reinforced, and Ferro-concrete

(LMterb T27On betW6en’ J’ S' Brodie. 77 ■ Concrete Roads in America, Cranks and Critics, Consular Reports, Suspension of Publication on Grounds of Economy, 213 UDUcation, Conversion of Metres to Feet, 193

Cooling Tower, Largest Natural Draught 439

Copper from British Columbia, 303

land, 393C°Veiy’ ImPortant, in Newfound-

Copper Exports from the United States, 439

Coppei, German Substitutes for 338

Copper Mines in Cuba Worked since 1520 531 Copper, Record Purchase from America bv Germany and Austria, 259

Corrosion Research Station, 248

Crvttal' PM®riCaw and E?ypt> High Prices> 187 ?> f ®ngmeenng School, 132

lation, 235 ™ United States’ Legi«’

D

D‘SS 367aVing Chart’ Horseley 0omPany, Death of Mr. G. E. Shore, 417

Delivery of Goods, Difficulties ir. r

Gains at Britain’s Expense 235 ’ Ge,many Diesel Engines and Low Insurance, 18'1 DRTegord, 143 Stat6S ^a

D BelTn55 f the Pr°dUCt °f Indust’’y« Sir Hugh Dry Dock Concrete Building by New Method, Dynamical Balancing of Machines, 55 Dynamite, Three Different Kinds, 487

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EDITOR’S Lament, 47]

EW»rtiqr71 B°°ks for British Prisoners of

Egg Breaking by Hand, Experiments, 417

Eggs, Cold Storage, Legislation, 259

ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Alternating-current Motors, N. C. E. Jacoby, 11 „ '

Alternating Currents, Standard Frequency of, 509

Aluminium as an Overhead Conductor, Mr.

Wyssling on Cost, 189

American Central Station Efficiencies, Fino Records, 55

American Output of Electrical Machinery, Increase : Statistics, 189

Battery Sub-stations on the New York Edison System, 77

Birmingham Tramways and Shortage in Power Supply, 439

Board of Trade Licence to Import Insulating Materials, 371

Bradford Power Station, Output of Electrical Energy, 370

Central Supply for Scotland, W. W. Lackie, 77

Centralisation of Electric Power in Chicago, Great Economy of, 213

Copper Sheets, Spot Welding or Seam Welding, Suitable Electrodes for, 11

Cost and Advantages of Electrical Power, 393

Daylight Saving and Increased Use of Electricity in Manchester, 393

Dry Batteries for Flash Lamps, American Manufacturers’ Harvest, 393

Ebro Water Utilisation for Industrial Power Supply, 463

Edison Storage Battery, Effect of Temperature on its Performance and Durability, 531

Electrical Company’s Difficulties in Paris owing to the War, 99

Energy in Canada, Threatened Stoppage of Supply to the United States, 99

Furnaces, Classification of, 371 • Lieutenants, New Rank in the

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 55

Ploughing in Sweden, Italy and France, 281

Supply in Norway for Franco-American Syndicate, 439

Vehicle Committee, 130, 336

Vehicles, Marking of Lead Plate Batteries, 487

Vehicles and Scarcity of Petrol, 167

Electrician, The Two-thousandth Number, 272

Electricity Supply and Proposed Co-operation, 110

Energy from Tides, Professor D. Robertson, 551

Farmers Installing Electric Plants in Alberta, Canada, 325

Filament Lamps, Old and New, Question of Economy, 371

Fluctuations in Light with Low Periodicities, 371

French Alps, Increased Demand and Supply of Water-developed Energy, 349

Fulham and Battersea Power-houses Linked up, Suggested Inclusion of Hammersmith, 99

Fuse Blowing Due to Excessive Current, Not to Voltage, 259

Generator, Large, under Construction in Berlin, 393

German Copper Scarcity and Use of Zinc, 463

German Electric Lamps for Italy, 531

Gilbert Club to be Wound up, Meeting, 332

Heating by Electricity, Gas and Coal, Comparisons, W. B. Smith, 371

Home-office Regulations for Sigrialling in Mines, 119

House Refuse Collected by Electric Vehicles, 280

Ignition Systems, Accumulator and Magneto, Tests of Relative Efficiencies, 462

India, Great Need of Overhauling of Electrical Industry, 531

Insulating Materials, Data Given by United States Bureau of Standards, 325

Inter-connection of Electric Supply Undertakings, 333

Internal Combustion Engines and Electricity Pressure, 393

Japan, Statistical Report of Electrical Undertakings, 99

Japanese Electrical Track and Generating Stations, Statistics, 119

Japan’s Electrical Industry Development, 55, 577

Jinrickshaw, Electrical, for Simla, 259

Lamps for New York Consumers, 509

Linking-up London’s Electric Stations, 360

Locomotives for Underground Ore Haulage in South Africa, 417

Lorry, One-ton Edison Electric, Details of Report on Cost and Working, 281

Low Coal Consumption for Current Generation, 281

Modern Electric Mine Locomotives, W. M. Hoen, 11

National Electric Light Association of America, Interesting Report, 10

New York State Barge. Canal, Lock Machinery Electrically Worked, 189

Oldham’s Electricity Meters and “ Summer Time,” 167

Paraffin Vaporisers Electrically Heated in America, 439

Plough, Electric, Possibilities of, 281

Potentiometer, Improved Type, Professor Ryan, 349

Power Generator and Munitions Output in the North of England, 463

Present Position of Electricity Supply in United Kingdom, E. T. Williams, 11

Primary Cell Output and Falls in Tempera, ture, 467

Rating of Electric Lamps, 143

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued) :

Russian Finland, Large Electrical Undertaking, 393

Russia's Unused Water Power, 259

Sheep Fattening by Electric Light, 303

Southampton Electrical Supply ; Boiler Extensions, 393

Steam Turbines and Generators, Development of, 10

Sweden Exports Electric Power to Denmark, 439

Ten Years of Evolution of Hydro-Electric Units, G. B. Gillicott and W. B. Jackson, 117

Toledo, New Central Supply Station, 555

Transformers, Trouble and Protection, 77

Two-speed Alternating Current Elevator Motor, 439

United States Electric Light and Power, Prosperous Year, 417

Walsall New Electric Station, 417

White Ants and Power Line Poles, 393

Willage Storage Battery Company New Works Equipment. 487

Wiring Rules (Seventh Edition) (Correction), 90

Yorkshire, Board of Trade Proposals for Linking-up Electrical Undertakings, 439

Zinc Wire Cables, Bare and Insulated, 143

ELECTROLYTIC Copper Production in Canada, 349

Electro-Magnets for Handling Pig Iron on the American Lakes, 349

Enemy Businesses in the United .Kingdom, Winding-up Orders, 235

Engine Driven by Steam, Gas, Benzine or Petroleum, 281

Engineering in Argentina, National Congress, 349

Engineering Experiments in the United States, 1G7

Engineering Societies Collective Headquarters in New York, 303

Engineering Standards Committee, New Secretary Appointed, 98

Ernoiith, New Substitute for Celluloid, 230

Excavators, Electrically Driven for Drainage Work in Idaho, 509

Experimental Workshop and Industrial Labora-' tory for Aeronautical and other Work on Inventions, &c., 33

Exports of American Motor Vehicles, 235

F FEDERATED Malay States, New Harbour for, 303

Ferro-Vanadium Exports from United States, 509

Fifth Avenue, New York Traffic Count, 555

Fire Signalling on the Route of Engines Controlled from Headquarters, 33

Fireproofing Liquid, 235

Fish, Live, in a Gold Mine, 509

Floating Dock Captured at Tsingtau Transferred by Japanese to Sasebo Port, 55

Food Storage Limited by Legislation in United States. 259

Forest Tree Seedlings Planted by Machine, 577

Fracture in Colliery Guide Rope, 77

France’s Blast Furnaces, 463

French Army Steel Helmets, Details, 167

Freezing Point of Mercury, United States

Bureau of Standards, Determination, 463

Fuel Oil in Battleship s Double Bottom Tanks, Parks Pneumercator System for Ascertaining Amount, 531

Fuel Used in Diesel Engines, Necessary Characteristics, R. E. Mathot, 33

Fuel Used by London Omnibuses, Diluted Petrol, 189

Furnaces, Carbon Electrodes Standardised, 509

G GAS Charge Reduction by the South Metropolitan Gas Company, 142

Gas Coke for Boiler Furnaces to Replace Coal. 281

Gas Company, Edinburgh, Owning Railway Wagons for Coal Supply, 349

Gas Explosion in Pockets of Clay Soil in Tunnel under Lake Erie, 189

Gas Lighting, Economical, 272

Gas and Petrol for Power Generation, Comparison, 371

Gas Producers, Peet-fed, for Electricity Generation, and with Ammonia Recovery Plant, in Italy and Germany, 348

German Coal Tar Colours Export Value, 99

German Competition with United States after the War, Proposed Legislation, 235

German Control of Paper Miller and Coal Tai-Dye Industries, with View to Military Exigencies, 77

German Government Control of Coal-mining Interests, 487

German Guns Made with Molybdenum Alloy, 555 J

German Patent Licence for Irish Firms, 281

German Rails Supply and Dearth in South

Africa, 213 ; (Correction), 235

German Shortage of Tin, 555

German Slimness, 355

German Substitutes for Copper, 338

German Trade Unions, Loss of Numbers, 439

Germany and Switzerland, Coal, Iron and Steel Agreement, 371

Gilbert Club, Meeting with Regard to Winding-up, 332 ®

Girders and Stiffeners, American Specifications for, 325

Gold Imports into the United States, 509

Granite from Norway for Methil Docks, 325

Hlr1T’?r?V1T!5n^>^ant’ Very Large, Projected for L-.b.A., 463

HAMMERS. Inverted, for Pulling Long Sheet

Piling. 555

Hand, Mechanical, Prize Offered for Best Apparatus, 417

Harbour and Dock Dues for Ships in Government Service, 509

Heating Dwelling-houses by Coal or Electricity, Cost, 259

Helical Toothed Gear Box for Motor Vehicles,

New Type, 143

Highways in Now York State, Maintenance, 119

Honourable Artillery Company, 132

House of Commerce at Birmingham, 270

Housing and Town Planning after the War, Councillor Harrison Barrow, 577

Huddersfield’s Approval of Decimal System, 371

Human Side of Scientific Study, 371

Hydraulic Installation, Modern, near Minneapolis, 281

Hydraulic Power in Japan, 99

Hydro-Electric Power Plant in South America, 439

Hydro-Electric Units, Ten Years of Evolution of, G. B. Gillicott and W. B. Jackson, 117

I INDIA, Mining of Wolfram Ore for Recovery of Tungsten, 434

India-Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph

Works Company’s War Relief Funds, 281

India, Trade of, Within the Empire, 357

Indian Coal Mining in 1915, 463

Indian Tea Planting and Electrical Supply, 303

Indigo, Synthetic, War Scarcity, 77

Industrial Revival in Invaded Districts of France after the War, Formation of Association, 99

Industrial Strength and National Defence, 126

Inventions Disregarded, History of the Lewis Gun, 189

IRON AND STEEL: American Society of Automobile Engineers, Standard Colours for Marking Steel Bars, 55

British Iron and Steel and Allied 'Trades Federation Report, 55

British Steel for Ships rather than Shells, 189

Carbon in Steel and Iron, Tests of Direct

Combustion Method, 33

Case-hardening Steel Articles, 349

Cast Iron Heated and Cut by Ordinary Carpenter’s Saw, 77

Cast Iron Water Pipe Laid in America during the Civil War, 55

Castings, Hydraulic System of Cleaning and

Removing Cores, 393

Chalk Rust on Cast Iron, 189

Chrome Steel for Ball Bearings, 371

Chrome Vanadium Steel, Advantage of, 189

Cleaning Machinery for Castings, Tests of

Power Required for Driving, 393

Copper Bearing Steels and Resistance to Corrosion, E. A. and L. T. Richardson, 371

France’s Supply of Iron and Steel, Huge Imports to Replace War Deficiency, 55

Galvanised Corrugated Sheet Iron in the

Dominican Republic, 189

German Engine Weights per Brake Horsepower, 531

Growth of Electrical Production of Steel in the United States, 33

Hardening Damascene Blades, 555

Holland’s Iron and Steel Imports and Exports, Two Years Compared, 33

India’s Imports of Iron and Steel Machinery and Railway Material, 555

Iron Mine in France, Re-opening after being in German Hands, 417

Irrigation Project in State of Washington, 655

Lead-plated Steel, Substitution for Zinc, &c., Made Possible by New Process, 189

Manganese Shortage in Germany, 119

Mexican Large Exports of Steel from Monterrey, 531

Relation between Yield Point and Proportional Limit for Steel, J. E. Howard, 119

Semi-finished Steel, Great Britain’s Imports from United States instead of from Germany, 509

Semi-steel, Useful Characteristics of, 77

Shrinkage of Manganese Steel Greater than that of Ordinary Steel, 143

Stainless Steel Analysis, 393

Swedish Electric Furnaces’ Annual Iron Production, 439

Tungsten Steel for Engineer’s Tools in America, Cost and Scarcity, 143

Tungsten—see also Tungsten

IRRIGATION Works on the Rio Negro, Important Undertaking of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, 531

Irrigation Works in South Africa, 349

J JAPANESE Electrical Undertakings—see Electrical Matters

Japan’s Manufacture of .Chlorate of Potash, 287

John Fritz Medal Award in United States, 555

KAURI Gum Oil from Peat in New Zealand, 573

L LETTERS and Parcels for Troops, Great Increase, 11

Lifting Magnet Capacity, Determining Factors, 143

Lighting Shops in Paris, Drastic Order for

War Economy, 487

Lighting, Subdued, for Motor Cars, Twin

Filament Bulbs for Headlights, 509

Lloyd’s Register—see Ships

Longndge, Colonel J. A., Killed in Action, 189 Lubricating Oil, Useful Test for Refinement, H.

W. Pettv, 33

M MACHINE Rifle for United States, 463

Machine Tool, New, Wanted, 498

Magnesium, Special Uses of, 213

Magnetic Chucks for Holding Needle-■pointing.

Dies, 393

Magneto Apparatus, Testing, 213, 509

Magnetos, All-British, Large Output for Government Use, 349

Manchester Municipal School of Technology, 155

Mechanical Stokers on a Fluctuating Load, Performance of, 89

Melting Down Foreign Gold, 509

Metal Production in Japan, 393

Metal, Self-lubricating, “ Graphalloy,” 421

Metals in Manufacture of Munitions, Committee to Secure Most Economical Use, 531

Metals and Materials Economy Committee, 584

Metric System Question in Great Britain and United States, 325

Metric System, Suggested Introduction, 119

Mexican Government’s Home-made Cartridges,

Mica, Fall in Total Value of Production in India, 439

Military Service Postponement in Case of Selected Science Students, 7

Milling Cutter Tests in America, 235

Mine Signal Electrical System in Michigan, 487

Mine Works, Deepest, in the World, 371

Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Special Reports on the, 155

Miners with the Colours and Output from Collieries, 303

Moakes, Lieut. J. C., Killed in Action, 281

Molybdenite, Specimens Found in New Zealand, 184

Molybdenum, Demand for, 325

Molybdenum Discovery in Norway, 325

Montevideo Sewerage Works, 143

Motor Car Engines and Right-angled Bends, 33

Motor Car Gear-boxes, Power Losses in, 463

Motor Car Manufacture Profits in America, 325

Motor Car, Steam, with Oil-fired Boiler and Uniflow Engine, 487

Motor Cars, Chassis and Parts Imported into United Kingdom, 349

Motor Cars and Cycles Registered in London, Statistics, 143

Motor Cars for Farmers in United States, 349

Motor Spirit and the Petrol Tax, 491

Motor Vehicles Exported from United States, 143

Motor Vehicles, Heat Treatment of Gearing for, 235

Motor Vehicles in New York, Need of Weight Regulations, 463

Moving a Three-storey Steel Frame Structure, 417

Munition Workers’ Holidays, 189

Munition Workers and Sunday Labour, 11

Munitions Tribunals, Statistics of Cases, 325

N NATURAL Gas Measurements at High Pressures ; Errors and Boyle’s Law, 303

Natural Gas in the United States, Record Quantity Used, 371

New^York Handicapped in Freight Handling,

New York Refuse Utilisation Scheme, 577

New York State’s Barge Canal, 509

New Zealand, Lake Coleridge, Hydro-electric Power Scheme, 341, 371

New Zealand, Projected Harbour Works in Wellington, 577

New Zealand, Projected Large Harbour at Wanganni, 213

Niagara, Beauty versus Utility, 143

Nickel Exports to Germany from Ontario and New Caledonia, 119

Nickel Production in Canada and America, 393

Nitric Acid, Sources of Production ; Its Importance, 491

North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, Presentation to Mr. F. Lewins, 584

Norway, Electro-Chemical Works Started by French-American Syndicate, 259

O OIL Industry in California, Development, 504

Omnibus Lifeguards and Reduction in Street Accidents, 95

Oxygen Deficiency in Atmosphere, Men, Mice and Canaries, 325

Oxygen, Production by the Electrolvtic Process, 439

PACKINGS for Steam Jointings, British Made

143

Palladium and Silver Alloy, 303

Panama Canal, Favourable. Report on its

Future Usefulness, 349

Panama Canal, Landslide on, 393

Panama Canal, Two Years’ Operations, 509

Paper Making from Cotton Stalks and Bark, 417

Paper Manufacture from Tambookie Grass, 325 I

Paraffin Wax, Solid, Used to Coat Inside of Tanks, 417

Patent Rights of Enemies ; Austrian Legislation, 259

Patents Act, Inventors and the War, 417

Perpetual Motion, 235

Peru, Cotton Cultivation Development, 577

Peru, Trade Openings in, 584

Peruvian Trading and the Enemy Trading Act, 32o

Petrol Control Committee, Licences, 299

Petrol Engines, Trouble from Pitting of Valves, 213

Petrol for Heating Paraffin Engines, Lega Question, 487

Petrol Locomotives- in Chicago Water Tunnel, 371

Petrol Making by the Rittman Process, 463

Petrol Substitute, Patent for, H. K. Tompkins 325

Petrol Substitutes and Legal Decision, 259

Petrol Supply, Expected Augmentation, 167

Petrol Supply, Restriction of and Effect on Road Motor Services, 213

Photograph Enlargement without Use of Lens, 417

Pig Feeding on Garbage, 167

Piling, Long Steel Sheet, Inverted Hammers for Pulling, 555

Pipes in Steam Generating Stations, Proposed Painting of Flanges, 463

Piston Rings of Motor Car Engines, Average Pressure, 417

Plate Girders, Functions of Stiffeners, 417

Platinum in Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, 235

Plough, Petrol Driven, Details of Weight, &c., Possibilities of Electric Plough, 281

Porcelain for Chemical and Laboratory Work, No Longer Made in Germany, 259

Portland Cement, Extensive Use of Oyster Shells in Manufacture of, 213

Post-office Tube for London, Delay, 11, 33

Potash from Kelp, Government Plant in

Southern California, 555

Prizes for Essays, 568

Prohibited Exports, Additions to List, 11

Professors Ayrton and Perry as Pioneers in Instrument Production, 281

Public Libraries and Technical Literature, 290 Pulverised Coal as Fuel for Steam Boilers, 34$ Pumping Machinery for New South Wales, 393 Purloining Engineers’ Plans, 143

Pyridine and Other Solvents of Coal Constituents, 577

Q QUEENSLAND Irrigation Scheme, 371

Quicklime Expansion when Wet, Utilisation for Mechanical Purposes, 531

R RADIO-ACTIVITY Not Confined to Radium, Radio-Thorium as Substitute, 235

Rails, Dearth in South Africa, 213 ; (.Correction), 235

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS: Accidents on British and American Railways, Comparative Statistics, 189

Accidents and Fewer Board of Trade Inquiries, 11

Accidents Reports, Necessary and Unnecessary, 55

Accidents—see Wallneuk, Warminster, &c.

Advertisement Changes ; Land for Works, 55

Air Raids and Injury to Railway Servants, 189

Alaska, Government Lines in, 371

Alaskan Railway Carrying Coal, 259

American Gondola Cars, Steel, for Russian

State Railways, 143

American Locomotive Exports, 166

American Railways, Great Loss of Life due to Trespassing, 189

Annual Report on Railway Accidents, 77

Argentina, Suggested History of Railway Construction, 531

Argentine Central Railway Electric Service, 303, 349

Argentine Railway Carriage Heating, 439

Australian East-West Transcontinental Railway Board of Commissioners Likely to be Appointed, 189

Australia, East-West Transcontinental Railway, Rolling Stock to be Built in Australia, 99 ; Progress and Cost, 487

Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway and Government Telegraphs, Dispute, 349

Bengal and North-Western Railway, Managing Director, New Appointment, 340

Bengal and North-Western Railway, Retirement of Chief Engineer, Mr. W. J. Turnbull, 259

Benghasi to Er-Regana, New Line Completed, 147

Bletchley—see London and North-Western

Board of Trade Import Restrictions and American Electric Motor Chassis, 217

Board of Trade New Extensive Powers over Railway Services, Wagons, &c., 531

Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, Changes in Board of Directors, 189

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, Death of Chairman, 99

Box Tunnel, Temporary Closing, 463

Brazil, Locomotive Fuel Question, 235'

Brazil, Proposed New Railway, 430

Bricklayers Arms Depot, Women as Van Drivers and Guards for South-Eastern Railway, 281

Bridges on Electric Street Railways, Question of Safety, 577

Bridges, Railway, in New York City, Annual Inspection and Report, 235

British Malaya, Railway Expansion in, 316

“ Brown’s Discipline ” on x4merican Railroads, 509

Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Death of Chairman, 577

Buenos Aires and Pacific Railwaymen, Military Honours, 463

Burma Railway Construction, 281

Caledonian Railway Collision in Snowstorm,?

577

Canadian Pacific Railwaymen Wounded in the War and Re-employed on the Railway, 213

Canadian Pacific Railway Trouble, 439

Canadian Pacific Railway Wharves in Vancouver, 325

Canadian Railway Board and Fire Protection, 463

Canadian Railways and the Canadian Government, Future Policy, 55

Canadian Railways Commission, Changes in Composition, 413, 417, 439, 487

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Canadian Railways and the Transportation Problem, 167

Cannon-street Station Opening, Jubilee, 213

Cardiff Railway and Taff Vale Railway Companies, Result of Legal Action, 485

Central Argentine Railwaymen's War Service, 393

Central Argentine Suburban Line Electrification, 303. 349

Ceylon Government Railways’ Successful Running, 349

Charing Cross Bridge and Another Bill, 463

Charing Cross Bridge Bill Rejected, 11

Charing Cross Bridge Bill and Railway Directors in Parliament, 33

Charing Cross Bridge and the London County Council, 118

Charing Cross Bridge Repairs, Nightly Stoppage’of Certain Trains, 393 •

Charing Cross Bridge Widening, Board of Trade .Grants Extension of Time, 189

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Hot and Cold Drinks, 393

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Electrified Portion Supplied with Light Signals^ 371 ; Further Portion Opened, 487

Chicago and North-Western Railway, Accident Statistics, 509

Christiania and Denmark, Suggested. New Comm unication, 77

Coke for Locomotives and Abolition of the Smoke Nuisance, 349

Collision between Midland Passenger and Great Central Goods Trains 531

Consolidated Signal Company’s Relations with Government Departments, 4.63

Crimean Rolling Stock Gauge as the Origin of Standard Fixed by Argentine Railways, 99

Cuban Railway Extension, 281

Darkened Streets and Railway Posts, Liability for Accidents, 189

Daylight Saving and United States Railways, 555

Death of Ktr. L. Longbottoin, London and North-Western Locomotive Superintendent, 259

Death of Midland Company’s Assistant Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, 371

Death of Mr. Theodore N. Ely, Pennsylvania Company. 487

Donop, Colonel P. G. von. Retirement as Chief Inspecting Officer ; Appointment of Colonel Pringle, 166

Dublin and South-Eastern Company and Coast Erosion, 417

Dublin and South-Eastern Railwaymen’s War Bonus, 393

East Indian Railway Company Collieries, 99

East Indian Railway Dining Cars Withdrawn, 11

East Indian Railway and Train Control, 119

Edgware and Hampstead Railway Construction, Extension of Time Granted, 303 Egg Demonstration Train, Great Eastern

Railway, 325, 37]

Eight Hours Act on United States Railways, 463, 487

Eight Hours Legislation and Railwaymen who are not Trainmen, 417

Electric Service Supersedes Steam between Broad-street and Kew Bridge and Broadstreet and Richmond, 213

El Paso and South-Western Railroad ; Locomotive Speed Indicators and Recorders, 393

Euston Station Hall Redecorated, 153. 235

Euston 'Train’s Record Speed, 555

Excess Profits Tax, New Chairman of Board of Referees, 213

Exports of Road Material and Rolling Stock, Comparative Tables, 235

Exports from United Kingdom of Locomotives and other Railway Material, 577

F ederated Malav Rail wavs and New Harbour, 303

Flood Damage on North British Railway Lines, 355

French Railways and Women’s Labour, 417

French Trunk Railway Locomotives in January, 1914, 555

Fuel on Argentine Railways, Increased Cost Raises Transport Expenses, 393

German Railways Drastic Restrictions, 531

German South-West African State and

Private Railways Taken Over by South African Government, 11

German State Railways,.Lack of Heating, 303

German State Railways, Women Employees, 77

Glasgow District Subway Railway, Uniform Fare Instituted, 531

Glasgow and Paisley Joint .Line, Derailment and Collision at Wallneuk. 235, 439

Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Change of Chief Engineer, 325

Great Central Railwaymen with the Colours and Casualties, &c., 325

Great Central Train Collision at Lincoln, j 555

Great Eastern Railway, Egg and Poultry I Train, 325, 371

Great Eastern Railway Manager’s Military Appointment, 99

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Meeting, 11

Great Northern Company, Roll of Honour Poster, 531

Groat Northern Railway versus Hendon Rural District Council, 77

Great - Northern Railway, versus Pickfords, Limited, 77

Great Southern and Western Railway, I Collision at Kiltimagh Station, 577

Great Western Railway, Change of Divisional i Locomotive Superintendent, 325

Great Western Railway Company’s Canal Engineer, Change of Appointment, 303

Great Western Railway Co.’s New Works Engineer, Retirement, 11

Great Western Railway, Engineering Staff I . Changes, 11

Great Western Railway, Men of Military Age with the Colours, Casualties and Still on the Railway, 235

Great Western Railway, Military Traffic

' Statistics, 119

Great Western Railway, Record in Traffic I and Immunity from Accident, 235

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (com timiecDi

Great Western Railway, Retirement of Mr.

W. Armstrong, New Works Engineer, also of Mr. G. J. Whitelaw, Accountant, 33

Great Western Railway, Safety Medal, 259

Great Western Road Motor Service Curtailed because of Reduced Petrol Supply, 21.3

Hampton Court Junction and Claygate, Postponement of Electric Service, 303

Harrogate Season and Trains Alteration, 1G7

Heysham Route to Ireland (Midland Railway) Closed, 487 : Suggested Renewal, 509

Highland Company’s .Hopetown Station Closed till End o£ the War, 555

Highland Company's New 4-4-0 Tender Engines, R. and W, Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., 555

Hill, James J., Harvard Professorship in Memory of, 393

H.M.S. Duke of Albany, Armed Boarding Cruiser, Formerly Fleetwood - Belfast Steamer, Sunk by Submarine, 189

Holiday Railway Traffic, 248

India, Survey bv Eastern Bengal Railway, 439

Indian Railways, Question of State or Private Ownership, 303

Inquests on Railwaymen and National Union of Railwaymen, 11

Institutions of Locomotive Engineers and of Railway Signal Engineers, Papers, &c,— see Associations

Interim Dividends Declared to Date, 77. 99, 119, 143

Interstate Commerce Commission :

American Railways and Trainmen Dispute, Suggested Reference to Interstate Commission, 55

Coal and Refrigerator Cars, Scarcity in the United States, 577

Headlights of Locomotives, New Regula’-tions, 119

Membership Increased, Statistics of Cases 259

Purchase of Supplies by Common Carrier, Regulation, 55

Ireland, Greenwich Time and the Mails, 281

Irish Board of Agriculture’s Report, 259

Irish and English Time, Uniformity After October the First, 167

Irish Railway Grievance Against Govern.-ment, 417

Irish Railways; Increased Rates, 417

Irish Railways and War Bonus, 325, 371, 581

Irish Time Change Necessitates Alteration of Timetables, 167

Irish Train Control, New Powers, 487

Italian Ministry of Maritime and Railway Transports, 213

Italian State Railway Deficit, 281

Japanese Railways, Change of Gauge, 119 Jarrow Railway Accident Recalled, 531

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Shopmen, Increased Pay, 213

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Ships its own Sleepers from Southern Ports, 417

Litter Left by Visitors in Public Places and on Railways, 33

Littleton Collieries, Limited, versus London and North-Western Railway Company, 99

Locomotive Exports—see Railway Material Locomotives’ Use of Powdered Coal, 371 London, Brighton and South Coast Railwaymen with the Colours, Casualties, 143

London, Brighton and South Coast Special Train Derailed, Inquiry, 77

London Electric Railways Company and Powers for Purchase of Land, 99

London and North-Western Railway, Change of Running Superintendent, 33"

London and North-Western Railway, Collision at Bletchley, 143, 349

London and North-Western Railway, Collision in Snowstorm at Wigan, 577

London and North-Western Railway Decline to Reinstate Restaurant Cars, 311

London and North -Western Railway Engines, Five New Four-cylinder Ones of the

Claughton ” Type, 167

London and North-Western Men with the

Colours, Casualties, 555 ; Commissions, 325 ; Decorations, 11

London and North-Western New Station at Kensal Green Tunnel, 303

London and North-Western Railway, Refreshment Question, 487

London and North-Western Rugby Engineer, Retirement, 213

London and North-Western Steamer Connemara’s Fatal Loss by Collision ; Steamer Losses of the London and North-Western Railway Company, 417

London and South-Western Suburban Electrification. Claygate and AVaterloo, 439, 463

Long Island Railroad Company, Trouble with Motorists at Level Crossings, 33

Long Island Railroad, Improved Accident Record, 417

Long Island Railroad Level Crossings Danger, 77

Luggage in Advance Ceases, 531

Luggage Limit and AVomen Porters, 463

Luggage and the War, Dearth of Porters, 119, 463

Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, Appointment of Chairman, 119

Madras anil Southern. Mahratta Railway Company, Annual Meeting, 11

Mansfield Railway Company, Progress* of Line, 325, 371

Manila Railways in Difficulties, 281

Mechanical Stokers for United States Locomotives, More General Use Advocated, 577

Melbourne Railways Electrification, Grave Delay in English Contracts, 55

Metropolitan Railway—see Aylesbury

Metropolitan Railway AVar Service Corps, Supply of Vegetables to Hospitals, 371

Metropolitaine of Paris, Net Receipts. 11. 143

Mexican Appointment of Civil Engineers as Inspectors of Railroads, 53.0

Mexican Railway taken over by Mexican Government, 189

Mexican Railways, Annulling of Contracts by Carranza Government, 281

Mexico City, Excellent Electric Car System^ 531

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS fctw-tinued):

Mexico, Constitutionalist Railways Measures to Stimulate Employees’ Inventive Powers, 531

Midland Railway General Manager, Temporary Government Appointment of Sir Guy Granet Terminated, 99

Midland Railway’s New Line Through Bradford ; Time Extension, 1(57

Midland Railway, Provision for Former Servants Discharged from the Army, 303

Munition Workers and Railway Facilities for Holidays, 259

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, “ Safety Line ” Painted on Platforms, 259

National Union of Railwaymen, Change of Secretary, 509

National Union of Railwaymen and Military Service, 107, 213 ; and Casualties, 393

New South Wales Government Railways, Test of Audible Cab Signals, 531

New South Wales Railway Staff, Memorial to Members Fallen in War, 11

New York City Avoided by Federal Express on Account of Outbreak of Infantile Paralysis, 259

New York Elevated Railroad, Two Strikes, 235

New York State Railways, Painting Car

Ends for Street Safety, 463, 531

New Zealand Railways, Mileage Open for Traffic, 290

Nicaragua New Railway, 371

Nigerian Railway Working Results, Statistics, 235

Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Extension of Electrification, 259

Norfolk and Western Railway Company’s . New Type of Steel Coal Pier and Generally Forward Policy in AA'orking, 33

Norfolk and Western Railway Company’s Offer to its Men of Military Training Pay,

North British Conciliation Scheme and Women Workers, 463

North British Railway Bill and Oil Company Concessions, ~3 3

North British Railway Dividend, AY agon

Question and Government, >509

North British Railway, Landslide near Galashiels, .577

North-Eastern Railway Company’s Mechanical Coaling Plant, 213

North-Eastern Railway, Derailment at Scre-merston, Report, 33

North-Eastern Railway Shopmen, Advance in Pay, 235

North London Railway Electrification, Accel eration of Speed, 281

Ottoman Railway and the War, 303

Painting Cars as a Safety Measure, 531

Panama Railroad Men’s Eight Flours Day, 393

Panama Shops of Entre Rios Railway Damaged by Fire, 417

Passenger Train Service, Curtailment, 487

Passenger Trains, Limit of Weight for

Luggage and Parcels, 463, 487

Penistone Viaduct, Reopening, 119

Pennsylvania Railroad Electric Service between Philadelphia and Paoli, 77

Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East of Pittsburgh, Record of Safetv and Observance of Rules. 189

Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s Care for Shopmen’s Eyesight, 463

Pennsylvania Railroad Men Called up for

Mexican Service : Relief for Families, 213

Pennsylvania Railroad Signal Lights, 259

Permits for Certain Districts Extension of Areas Prohibited, 303

Petrol Reduction and Great Western Road Motor Service, 213

Pooling-of Wagons and Coal Transport, 303, 349

Pooling of Wagons and Scottish Railway Companies, 393

Postal Express, The AA’est Coast. 74

Powdered. Peat as Fuel for Locomotives, Swedish Railway Experiments, 167

Price-Williams, Richard, Notable Papers on Railway Matters, 281

Pullman Ambulance Train for United States Army, 303

Queensland Government Purchase of Chillagoe RaiIway, 555

Quintinshill Signalmen’s Release from Penal Servitude, 555

Rail Failures, Comparison between Open Hearth and Bessemer Processes, 487

Railway Benevolent Institution, Subscriptions, 1 1

Expansion in Latin America, F. M. Halsey, 99

Men with the Colours, Analysis, 325. 509

Men’s Demand for War Bonus Increase, 143, .167, 213, 235, 259, 281, 325

Material and Rolling Stock. Exports Statistics, 55, 14 3. 349, 439

Materials, Some Foreign Specifications for. United States Bulletin, 325

Repair Shops at Minas Geraes, 143

Shopmen’s AV ar Bonus, 325

Single Men and Military Service, 41 7

Railways, Few Applications for New Orders, 509 ‘

Reduction of Fares for Royal Show at Manchester, 33

Road to the East, Suggested New Route in Friendly Occupation, Sir Arthur Evans, 213

Rolling Stock AA’astage, 468

Roumanian Port of Constanza ; Connection with Derby, 41.7

Russian Locomotive Orders for Canada and the United States, 509

•Russian Railway Construction and Training of Engineers, 167

“ Safety' First ” Movement Results in Illinois, 555

Salisbury—Trowbridge Line, Fatal Collision, 213. 235

Sand Drags, J. B. Ball. 463

San Francisco—Oakland Railway Signalling System. 439 " .

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued') :

Schoolboys and War Work in Holiday Time, 259

Scottish Railways and Carted Luggage, J I

Serbian Railwaymen Working in France, J 67

Siamese Northern Railway, Progress in Construction, 259

Sierra Leone Government Railways Statistics, 281

Signalling of a Colonial Railway, A. C. Rose,

4 39, 487

Signalmen and Long Hours, 463

Sleeping Car Berth Charges Raised, 189

Sleeping Cars on British Railways, Analysis of Ownership, 555

South African Railway Men for French Railways, 393

South African Railways and Harbours, Estimates of Expenditure, 143

South African Railways, Retirement of Sir Thomas Price, 39 ; Death, 303

South African Railways, Satisfactory Annual Report, 99

South Australia, Railway Commissioners for 189

South-Eastern and ('hatham Grievance Against Railway Director Members of Parliament, 33

South-Eastern, and Chatham Railway Steamer Engadine Towing H.M.S. Warrior, 33

South-Eastern and Chatham Steamer Queen

Lost in Channel Skirmish, 417

South India and Indo-Ceylon Connection, 463

South Indian Railway Officers and Men with the Colours, 4 I 7

Southern Pacific Railroad, Distinctive Colour for Cars, 531

Southern Pacific Railroad and Increased Cost of Rolling Stock and Material, 393

Southern Railway Company'- Poor Revenue, 417

Spain, Southern Railways of, British Interests in, Tran-ferrod to France, 231

Springs on Rolling Stock, Rare Failures, 55

Stanley, Sir Albert, of Underground Railways and General Omnibus Company, made President of Board of Trade, 53.1

Steamship Services between England and Ireland ; Restored between Fleetwood and Belfast, 33

Stranraer Train from Euston, Separate Running, 439

Strawberry Traffic to Ireland and Scotland, 143

Summer Time and Railwaymen’s Pay, 281

Superheaters and Mechanical Stokers on Locomotives in United States and Canada, 259

Survey for Jessore-Faridpur Railway, 439

Timetables, Free Supply to Hotels, &c., Withdrawn, 49

Train Ferries between Sweden and England. 77, 417

Train Services, Extensive Changes in January, 509

Trains Stoppage, Excursion and Otherwise in Ireland, if Required, 4 87

Transport, History, Theory and Present Organisation of, Lectures at the University of London, 213

Transportation, Military, New Appointments, 393

I’ube Railway Workers’ Increased Pay, 281 Turkish Government Cancels French and Franco-Belgian Concessions, 434

Union Pacific Railroad, Measures for Flood Protection, 303

Union Pacific Railroad Refreshments, 531

Union of South Africa .Railways, Rates in War Time, 11 9

United States Army Hospital Train, 213

United States Bureau of Standards Commerce Bulletin, 325

United States, Carriage <f Grain and Shortage in Wagon Supply, 393

United States Census of Steam and Electric Railway Car Construction, 371

United States, Export of Railway Material and' Rolling Stock, 325

United States, Export of Steel Rails, 213, 325

United States Railway Dispute, 138, 167, 235, 439

United States Railways and the Clayton Act, 213, 235

United States Railways, Coal Supply, 349

United States Railways and Oppressive Legislation, 452

United States Railway Regulation, Government Investigation Ordered, 143

Victoria and New South Wales, Inter-border New Lincs, 167

Victoria, Railwaymen’s Increased Minimum Wage, 371

Victorian Railway Commissioners’ Annual Report, 509

Wagon Demurrage, Midland Railway’s Action Against Haulage Contractors, 555 Wagon Repairs, Action to Recover Siding Rent, 55

Wagons, Privately-owned, Pooling, 59, 119 Wagons and Wagon Sheets. Railway Charges, 55

Wallneuk, Collision at, 235, 439

War Bonus Cost to the State, 393

for Salaried Railway Staff, 167 and Wages Deductions, 463

and Women Railway Workers, 77, 325,439

Who is to Pay it ? 325—see also Railway Men’s Demand Warminster Collision, Board of Trade Inquiry, 213, 235, 325, 393

Waste Paper Sale on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railway. 439

Weedon Accident Unique of its Kind, 119

Weight of Goods by Passenger Trains Limited, 463, 487

Women Engine Cleaners at King’s Cross Shed, 259 '

Women on London Electric Railways, Facilities for Meals. &c., 577

Women Porters and Weight Limitation, 463, 487

Woodhead Tunnel, Great Central Railway, 55

RAINFALL Reports from Rochester, N.Y., 33 Refractories and Zirconia, 463

Rifles, Respective Merits of the Ross and the Lee-Enfield, 99

Riveting a Damage.I Mountain on the West Shore Railroad. 531

Rolling Mill. Reversing, Large Electric-driven, 487

Royal Agricultural Show at Cardiff, 463

Rubber, Specific Gravity and 'Tensile Strength, 99

Russia, Economic Map of. 188

Russian Cellulose Industry. Proposed Working by Norwegian Company. 349

Russian Deficiency in Certain Minerals, Absence of Electric Furnace in Steel Manufacture, 325

Russian Projects for Encouragement of Electrotechnical Enterprises, 303

Russia’s Reconstruction of Waterway Connecting Archangel with Petrograd, 167

Russian 'Trade Openings in Machinery and Steel, 55

s SAFETY First Campaign in London, 487

Salt Mines in Switzerland. 349

San Francisco, Proposed Five-mile Bridge, 314

Sands and Dust, Great Difference in Surface Area lyetween Coarse and Fine, 371

Savile, Captain W. K. B.. Assistant Engineer at Bristol Docks, Killed in Action, 213

Science in Education, Place of, Dr. J. A.

Fleming, 11

Scientific Societies, Board of, 154

Sea Action, Maximum Theoretical and Effective

Battle Range, Commander R. Earle, 439

Sea Salt Production on Colombian Coast. 439

Sewerage Systems in Canada. 393

Shaft Sinking by Cementation Process, 235

Shale Sample and Prospect of Oil from Natal, 303

Shanghai, Docks Extension, 577

Sheffield Trade in Terms of Increased Use of Electrical Power. 167

Shells in America, The Warrior at the Lathe, 303

Shells, Cast Steel, Successful Manufacture of, in the United States, 371

Shells, High-explosive, Record Production at Record Pay, 77

Shells Output by Allies and Germany, Large Figures, 577

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS: American Dreadnoughts, The Vanishing Ram, 509

Anchor for United States Super-Dreadnought, 463

Canadian Maritime C. mmerce, Satisfactory Conditions, 99

Canadian Statistics of Shipping, 463

Diesel Engines and Steam Engines, Important

Changes to Well-known Ships, 77

Drifting Ship Repaired in Mid-ocean, 126

Fusible Plugs, United States Steamboat Regulations, 119

Geared Turbines to Replace Direct-connected Turbines in United States Destroyers, 259

German and Austrian Ships Interned in United States Ports, 55

German Construction of U-boats for Campaign Against Norwegian Ships, 463

German Large Submarine Protected Cruiser in Course of Building. 281

German Submarine Cargo Boat Deutschland, 143

Germany’s New Mercantile Fleet, 143

Great Eastern Company’s Steamer Colchester, Capture by Germany, 299

Gyrostatic Stabiliser for U.S. Navy, Largest Steel Casting Ever Made, 99

H.M.S. Duke of Albany, Armed Boarding Cruiser, Formerly Fleetwood -Belfast Steamer. Sunk by Submarine, 189

“ Isherwood ” Vessels, Statistics, 555

Italian Cargo Vessel of 20,000 Tons Displacement, 167

Japanese Shipbuilding Activity, 577

Lloyd’s Register, Analysis of Lost Ships, 270

Lloyd’s Register Shipbuilding Returns, 333

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued): Mexico’s Trade Conducted by Use of Foreign Ships. 143

Molteno. New Water Scheme for, 303

Motor Ship Peru, Burmeister and Wain, Launched, 299

Naval Career in the United States, Battleship Tours to Encourage Taste for, 235

Shipbuilding in Quebec, Inducements Offere I for Laying Down Plant. 33

Ship Lengthened and Converted from Cargo Boat to Oil Tanker. 143

Shipping Output and Food Control. 487

Steel Ships on the Canadian Atlantic Coast, Cost of Building, 167

Submarine’s Possibilities Against the United States. 509

Submersible Boat, Simon Lake, 70

Turbine Development in Ship Propulsion, 189

Turbine Propelling Machinery for American Ships, 463

United States Battle Cruisers and Guns, 235 Battle Cruisers at 35 Knots, Possibilities with Coal or Liquid Fuel, 235

Battle Cruisers and Need of New Docks, 119

Battleship Oklahoma, Last to be Fitted with Reciprocating Engines, 555

Battleship Oklahoma, Measurement of Fuel Oil in her Tanks. 531

Battleships, 'renders, 487

Navy, Geared Turbines for Destroyers, 303

Proposed Law Requiring Certain Engineers in Ships, 213 Repair Ship Prometheus, 303 Shipbuilding Now in Progress, 143, 531

Ships Maumee and Kanawha, Diesel Engines versus Steam, 417, 439

SIAMESE Calls for Tenders for Hydraulic Dredger, 281

Silicate Cotton or Silicate Fibre. J. Scott. 119

Silk, Artificial. Manufacture of, at Wolverhampton, 349

Silver Used in Moving Picture Production, 33

Skyscraper Limitations Imposed in New York, 167

Smithfield Show, Absence of Agricultural Implements, 303

Soldiers and Sailors, Training and Employment of, 568

Sound of Gunfire and Zones of Silence, M. Esclangon, 213

South Africa Suggested Establishment of Electro-chemical Industries, 555

South African Mines, Statistics of Labour and Output. 303

South America, Various Engineering Schemes, 349

South-Western Polytechnic Institute, Opening of Session, 110

Spelter and Zinc, Respective Outputs of Great Britain, Belgium, and Germany. 325

Stainless Cutlery : Absence of Corrosion but also of Sharpness. 303

Statue of Liberty. France's Present to United States, Illuminated,. 487

Steam Turbine Run Non-Condensing, Condemnation of System. 77

“ Stolenite,” Mineral in California Used in Gambling, 143

Strains and Stresses : “ Strength of Webs of I-Beams and Girders,” H. F. Moore and W. M. Wilson, 393

Strains in Working Engineering Structures, Instrument for Determining, 213

Strikes and Government Methods. 11

Submarine Gun, Satisfactory Test in United States, 143

Sugar Machinery for Natal and Zululand, American Competition, 531

Summer Time, Coal Saving in Manchester. 487

Superheated Steam at Sea, Gas and Steam Temperatures. H. B. Oat-ley. 33

Surface Combustion Process for High Temperature Laboratory Furnaces, 36

Sweden and Britain. Projected Scheme for

Regular Daily Traffic, 33

Swedish Manufacture of Nitric Acid and other

Chemical Products, 463

T TECHNICAL Writing, Does it Pay? 371

Telephone Cables of Iron Suitable for Short Distances only, 213

Telescope, 72in. Reflecting, at Victoria, B.C., 189

Thermalene Gas for Welding, 417

Thompson, Silvanus P., The Late Professor, 539

Thompson, Professor S. P., Memorial, 65

Thymol formerly made in Germany from Indian

Seeds, now made in United Kingdom, 55

Timber, Petrol Driven Cross Saw for, 417

Timber Prices and Wholesale Felling in the United Kingdom. 33

Timber Stumps, Excellent Results of Burning Process, 33

Tin Plate Manufacture, America’s Footing in Foreign Markets, 487

Tin Plate and Sheet Rolling, Failure of Efforts to Render Automatic, 531

Tins, Old, A Slump at Grimsby, 235

Tools for Lathes and Planers ; Welding High

Speed Steel to Carbon Steel by Oxy-Acetylene Process, 99

Toronto Munitions Plants, Shortage of Labour, 119

Torpedo Attack and the Use of Nets in the United States Navy, 55

Tracing Cloth, Old, Good Use for, 73

Tractor for Artillery Haulage, Caterpillar or Four-wheel ? 189

Trade after the War, Financial Facilities for, Board of Trade Committee, 11

Traffic Statistics of New York, London and Paris, 393

Training Disabled Soldiers.and Sailors, 314

Transit Facilities and Municipal Control, J. M.

McElroy, 325

Tropical Countries of the Empire, Popular Lectures, Miss’E. A. Browne, 270

Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Santa Maria, Projected Sanitation and Water Scheme, 281

Tungsten Deposits in California, 577

Lamp Filaments, Life of, 487

Lamp Manufacture Simplified, 393

Ore Exports from the Federated Malay States, W. E. Kenny’s Mines Report, 33

in Portugal, Rich Deposits, 577

and Tungsten Alloys, United States as Leading Producer, 463

Tunnel, Mersey, for Chester and Lancashire Connection, Revival of Scheme, 509

Turpentine, Commercial, in Canada, Adulteration, 11

Typewriter, Noiseless. 167

u UNIFLOW Engine for Steam Motor Car, 487

Union of South Africa Mines, Statistics of Output, 119

United States Army Appropriation Bill, Machine Guns. Lewis or Otherwise, 370

Canal Schemes, 463

Engineering Schools Students, Statistics, 119

Expenditure on War Munitions and Tools, &c., 325

Exports, Great Increase, 509

Exports of Machine Tools, 371

Exports of Motor Vehicles, 259 Great Increase in Use of Motor Vehicles, 281

Legislation in Regard to Strikes, '259

ited States Machine Gun Board’s Report, 439 Naval Searchlight, Most Powerful in the World, 167

Naval Station at Brooklyn, Rock Clearing, 434

Rural Roads and Bridges, Annual Cost, 509

Production of Manganese Ore, 99 Tax on Munitions Making Finns, 97

w WAGES and Munition Production in America 189

War Bonus for Ironfounders of St. Helens, 28 1

War Damage in France, Statistics, 235

War and Light Motor Vans, 316

War Munitions Manufacture, American Need of Gauges and Special Tools, A. L. Humphrey, 167

War Savings at Siemens’ Woolwich Works. 281

War Unpreparedness and American Action, 167

Waste Land Cultivation by Metropolitan Railway, 559

Water Power Plant, Largest High Head in the United States and Canada, 99

WATER SUPPLY: Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukin-field, Mr. F. J. Dixon’s Report, 459

Canada, Development of Waterworks Systems, 417

Dunedin Water Supply, Proposed Extension, 99, 213

Liquid Chlorine for Disinfection of Water Supply, 463

Municipal Waterworks and War Service, 563

Parana, Argentine, Water Supply, 371

San Francisco, New System under Construction, 311

Texas, City of 100,000 Supplied by Wells with Air Lifts, 213

Tunnel, 18-mile, for Water Supply to Catskill Aqueduct, 555

Victoria, British Columbia, Increased Water Supply, 417

Wellington, New Zealand, Water Supply, 371

WELLAND Ship Canal in Canada, 167

Whale Destroys United States Motor Boat, 417

White, Sir William, Memorial, 51

Wind and Windmills, 281

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: Dickson Island, Mouth of the Yenisei, Station for Sending Meteorological Telegrams to Petrograd, 528

Fog Gun Fired by Wireless Control. 443

Forest of 700 Miles between Manaos and Portovelho Causes Establishment of Wireless System, 531

High Frequency, Advantage of, in RadioTelegraphy, 349

Paris and Washington, Difference in Longitude Established by Wireless Telegraphy, 189

Spitzbergen, Wireless Station and Harbour on Island near, 325

Use of Wireless Telegraphy in Small Installations, Increase, 213

WOMEN in Germany Training as Engine Drivers, 452

ZEPPELINS -see Aeronautics

Zinc Extraction by Electric Wet Process. 1 1

Zinc Factory in Japan, 325

Zirconia as a Refractory, 463

Zuyder Zee, Scheme for Enclosure and Drain ing, 53 [

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