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A ABRASIVE Materials for Grinding Experiments, 83

Acetone for Explosives, Distilled from Wood, 401

Acetylene Gas for Internal Combustion Engines,

German Experiments, 49*

Acetylene, Heat-producing Capacity, 131

Acetylene, Properties of, Advantageous and

Otherwise, 177

Acid-resisting Properties of Some Iron Silicon Alloys, Professor O. L. Kowalke, 587

AERONAUTICS:

Aeroplane Construction in India, 199

Aeroplanes, Passenger, Suggested Possible Developments, 109

Aviation for Civil and Commercial Purposes Alter the War, Committee Appointed, 401

Benz Engine Taken from Captured Zeppelin, Particulars of, 177

Electric Stabiliser, Reported Invention by Mr. Orville Wright, 220

Experimental Manufacture of Aeroplanes, 291

Higher Standard in Hying, General Brancker, 537

Magnetos, Output for Aero Purposes, 379

Spruce and Walnut for Aeroplanes, United States Deficiency, 247

Standardisation of Copper Tubes for Aircraft, 553

Steel Suited to Aeronautical Purposes, G. A. Richardson, 379

Suggested Limitation of Models as Government Standards in American Aircraft, 361

Training for Aviator Officers, Preliminary, 326

United States National Aerial Coast Patrol, Scheme for 1000 Seaplanes, 269

Wright Aeroplane Patents in America, 259

AGRICULTURAL Committee’s Activities in

Engineering Directions, 587

Agricultural Tractors for Italy, Government Assistance Towards Cost, 401

Allotropic Disintegration of Metals, Tin in Cold

Climates, 495

Alloys, Non-ferrous, 353

Alloys Used in Foundry Practice, 131

Aluminite, Recovery of Potash and other Products from, 379

Aluminium Bronzes, Results of Study of Properties, 495

Aluminium Motor Trouble due to Alkaline

Water, 401 . ,

Aluminium for Munition Making, Ontario s Substitution of Copper for Aluminium Wire on Transmission Lines, 59

American Annual Expenditure on Automo-bilism, 83

American Confession of Munitions Failure, 70

American Industries and the War, 375

American Oil Engine, Surface Ignition Type with Electric Heating. 379

American Press and Proposed Increase in Newspaper Postage, 563

America’s Alter War Products for Russian

Markets, 131

Ammunition, British, Greatly Increased Weekly

Output, 155

Anti-Motoring Bills Proposed in New York State, 109

Artesian Well, First to be Bored in Europe, 541

Artificer Engineers, R.N., Promotions, 291

Asbestos, Commercial, To Purify, when Contaminated with Iron. 357

Asbestos in Swaziland, 155

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS &

societies:

Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen :

Birmingham Branch : Concert; Membership Numbers, 353

Hartlepool Section : First Annual General Meeting, 280

Huddersfield Sub-Committee : First Meeting, 446

Leeds Branch : Meeting and Elections, 409

London Branch : First General Meeting, 228

Manchester Section : First General Meeting. 576 ; Meeting and Elections, 135

Merseyside and District Branch: Dinner and Concert, 130

Tees-side and Hartlepools Branch : First District General Meeting, 508

Association, Incorporated Municipal Electrical :

Annual Meeting, 320

Institute of Chemistry :

Presentation to Mr. R. B. Pilcher, 400

Liverpool Section : Gas Producing on Peat Fuel in Ireland, Professor E. C. C. Baly, 83

Institute, Concrete :

Annual Meeting, Postponement, 470

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Annual and Autumn Meetings, 144

Properties of the Refractory Materials Used in the Iron and Steel Industries, Cosmo Johns, 353

Institute of Metals :

Autographic Load Extension Optical Indicator, Professor W. E. Dalby, 366

New Office Address, 177

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued') :

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

American and British Automobile Engineers, 459

Screw Gauges, Colonel Crompton, 59

Technical Committee of the Motor Industries, 443

London Graduate Section : Some Calculations in Automobile Engine Design, P. A. Williams, 135

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Annual Meeting; Election of Officers ; Awards for Papers, 413

Honorary Members Elected, 227

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

House Taken over by Government, 346

Telephone Gear, Machine Switching, F. R.

McBerty, 447

Institution of Gas Engineers :

Annual Meeting, 190

Institution, Junior, of Engineers and Engineering Students :

Proposed Extension of Membership to Apprentices and Students, 298

Institution of Locomotive Engineers :

Awards for Papers, 120

New President’s Address, 83

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

Programme for Annual Meeting, 576

Institution of Naval Architects :

Annual Meetings, 122

Offered Rewards for Papers, 122

Institution, North-East Coast :

Standard Marine Engine, 563

Institution of Petroleum Technologists :

Oil Shales in Vast Quantities in Britain, W. Forbes-Leslie, 131

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Automatic Signalling, C. H. Ellison, 199

Institution, Royal :

Meetings and Elections, 142, 230, 400, 518 Programme of Lectures, 320

Society of Chemical Industry :

Extracting Vaporous Constituents from Coal Gas, Dr. R. Lessing, 109

Edinburgh Section : Motor Spirit and the War, J. G. Arman, 223

Society of Engineers :

High Tensile v. Mild Steel for Reinforced Concrete, A. W. C. Shelf, 247

Society, Faraday :

Training and Work of the Chemical Engineer, Papers and General Discussion, 143

Society, Illuminating Engineering :

Annual Meeting and Report, 459

Society, Optical :

Aberrations of the Telescope Objective, P. F. Everitt, 269

Tool Required for given Block of Lenses, Simple Method to Determine Size, C. L. Redding, 247

Society, Physical :

Electro-magnetic Waves, Effect of Moisture in Atmosphere, Dr. F. Schivers, 199

Thermal Conductivity of Wires, Effect ,of Stretching, A. Johnstone, 447

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Straw from Chalk Land near Luton and Dunstable, Sir Francis Fox, 447

Society, Royal Meteorological :

Atmospheric Electric? 1 Phenomena During Rain, Lieut. C. D. Stewart, 366

Autographic Records of the Air-Wave from the East London Explosion, January 19th, 1917, F. J. W. Whipple, 599

Continentality and Temperature, C. E. P. Brooks, 259

Diurnal Variation of Atmospheric Pressure at Benson, Oxon, 1915, E. G. Bilham, 366

Heat Balance of the Atmosphere, W. H. Dines, 259

Reduction of Temperature Observations, &c., C. E. P. Brooks, 599

Some Aspects of the Cold Period, December, 1916, to April, 1917, R. C. Mossman, 599

ASTRONOMICAL Apparatus, Mr. Wilson’s, 313

Australian Marble for China, 199

B BARGES Driven by Internal Combustion

Engines on the Mississippi, 177

Barges, Lighterage Charges for Detention, 401

Basic Slag, Increased Production Expected, 313

Basic Slag, To Determine Manurial Value, 541

Basic Slag as Manure, Production in the United

Kingdom, 177

Beet Sugar Cultivation Results in Montgomeryshire, 177

Beet Sugar Production in Nottinghamshire, 401

Benzol Recovery in Russia, Great Increase, 37

Benzol and Toluol Recovery in By-product

Ovens, 199

Birkenhead’s Dearth of Houses, 223

Birmingham Canal Navigation Report, 291

Birmingham, Projected Public Works for After War Labour, 313

Bismuth and Cadmium Added to Soft Solders,

Effect, 109

Blast-furnace for Mysore, 177

Boiler-feeding Service Formula, M. W. Ehrlich, 291

Boilers, Oil Fuel, 80 and 90 per cent. Efficiency, 374

Bombay Power Plants for Agricultural Purposes, 519

Bombay, Projected Hydraulic Power Scheme for Fertiliser Manufacture, 313

Brazing Solder for Brass, Method of Making Alloy, 83

Bricks, Maximum Number Laid and Possible to Lay, 177

Bridges, Highway, in Canada, Concrete, and Steel and Concrete, 519

Brighton Corporation’s Offer of Tramway Rails to Sheffield, 155

Briquettes at the Nuremberg Gasworks, 247

British Association Meeting in 1917 Abandoned, 291

British and Irish Manufacturers, Board of Trade Directory of, 587

British Magnetos, Great Increase in Output Since the War, 109

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CAEN, Normandy, Widening of Canal to Sea, 357

Calorimeter, Adiabatic, F. Daniels, 519

Canada, Systematic Gravity Survey, 357

Canada’s Progress in Manufacture of Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus, 177

Canadian Coal Production, 247

Canadian Government’s Reduced Expenditure, 291

Canadian Small Arms Ammunition Factory at

Lindsay, Ontario, 199

Canals, Question of More Effective Use, 313

Catalogues, Foreign, Index of, 518

Catalogues Wanted by Explosives Department, Ministry of Munitions, 357

Celluloid for the Cutlery Trade, American

Output Needed for War Purposes, 563

Cement Gun for Stucco and Plaster Work in

America, 177

Central Steam Supply Plant for New York, 223

Channel Tunnel, Proposed Resolution, 401, 409

Chars-&-Bancs, Purchase by Government, 467

Chemical Industry in America, Growth in

Importance Since the War, 109

Chemical Ware Manufacture in France, 447

Chicago Drainage Canal ; Deepening Scheme and the Great Lakes Level, 313

Chili’s Record Nitrate Output, 109

Chimney, 250ft. High, in Canada, 357

Chimney, 570ft. High, Reinforced Concrete, 587

China Clay Output in Cornwall, 199

China’s Neglected Opportunities in Hydraulic

Engineering, 223

Cholera Microbe’s Rapid Development, 83

Cinematographs’ Large Use of Silver, 37

City of London Motor Volunteer Corps, 413

Clifton Bridge, Fifty Years’ Continuous Use, 155

Clothing Disinfectors for the United States

Army, 335

Coal By-products Research, Nitrogen Demand, High Percentage in South Africa, 83

Coal Consumption and Tar, 233

Coal Discovery in Italy, 447

Coal Discovery, Large, in Queensland, 313

Coal Heat Loss through Flue Gases, Tests in

New York, 109

Coal Mining Increase in Natal, 401

Coal and Oil, Comparative Tests on American

Coasting Steamer, 335

Coal Output in 1915, Inspector’s Report, 223

Coal, Possible Chemical Treatment of, for Extraction of Products, Professor J. W. Cobb, 379

Coal Shortage and Smoke Emission in Road Vehicles, 335

Coal Storage of 100,000 Tons Capacity in Pittsburg, 247

Coal Storage Under Water in the Ohio River, 83

Coal Supply, Forms Issued by Controller to Consumers, 563

Coal Transport on Railways and Canals, Comparative Figures, 223

Coal Working, Wasteful Method, 199

Coaling Plant, British, at Port Natal, 495

Coals of the United States, Thermal Values, 28

Coke Oven and Benzol Plants Installed at

Youngstown, Ohio, 13

Coke and Slack, Comparison, J. A. Crowther, 587

Coke and Steam Coal, Test of Comparative Results from Use, 199

Cold-urawn Metallic Filaments, Japanese Patent, 37

Columbian Government Loan for Port Improvement and Other Works, 269

Comets, Three New, Discovered, 83

Compressed Air from Falling Water Without

Moving Machinery, 59

Concrete Barges, New Type of Construction, 177

Concrete Pile Driving by Drop Hammer, 269

Concrete Piles and Pile Shoes, W. Cleaver, 401

Concrete Pneumatically Placed in Lining

Tunnel in America, 109

Concrete Protection Against Frost, 83

Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, Its Economy and Adaptability, 357

Concrete for Repair of Cast Iron Pulley, 199

Concrete Successfully Used for Stadium in New

York, 13

Condpnser Tubes, Admiralty Mixture for, 541

Cooling by Air Compression, 541

Cooling Motor Car Engines ; Thermo-Siphon

System, 83 '

Cork Fabric for Waterproof Clothing, 335

, Cornwall Mines and the Diamond Drill, 335

Cotton Consumption of the World’s Manu-

| factoring Countries, Great Increase, Statistics, 155

I Cotton Imports into the United States, 541

Cotton from India, Increasing Use, 131

Cotton Industry Problems, Scientific Research,

313 . ,

Cotton Manufacturing Industry in United

States, Great Growth, 177

Cotton Substitute, Valuable Properties of

“ Typha,” 131

Creosoting Pit Timber, 379

Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers and Award, 413

Cutlery, Rustless Steel, in the United States, 17 i

Cutting Off Piles Below Water-level, 291

Cyanide Scarcity and Production of Silver, 587

D DAMS, Multiple-arch, 519

Daylight Saving Discussion in America, 401

Death of Professor J. E. Sweet, 37

Decimal Coinage, Mr. H. Allcock’s Proposal to

Introduce American Cent and Dollar, 563

i Desert in Arizona to be Watered by Conveyance of Melted Stone from Mountains, 59

1 Detonating Substances, Mercury Fulminate and Others, 541

! Diesel Engines and Exhaust Utilising Apparatus,

495 ' .r

Diesel Engines, Suggested Failure for Vessels

Requiring Speed, 37

Diesel Motor Manufacture in Sweden, 335

I Divining Rod for Water Discovery, Earliest

Published Mention, 401

Draughtsmen’s Association—see Association

Draw-bar Pull of Plough Horses, 199

Dyes, Crude, for the United States Supplied by

Cutch from Burma, 155

E EKATERINBURG Municipal Improvement Plans, 109

ELECTRICAL MATTERS:

Band Saw, Electrically-driven ; Vagaries of Motor, 177

Birmingham Corporation Electricity Report, 563

Capacity of Electric Motors, Rating on Temperature Rise, 563

Chicago, Electric Generating Station Pulled Down, 37

China, Limited Number of Electric Motors, 519 .

Cooling of Electrical Machinery, Difficulties of the Designer, 155

Double-unit System of Electrical Equipment on American Motor Cars, 223

Electrical Conductivity of Substances, 395

Electrical Driving in Steel Works, Increased

Use, 13 .

Electrical Engineering Ceases Publication, 37 Electrical Vehicles Increase in this Country and in the United States, 425

Electrically-propelled Vehicles,Large Number in New York, 519

Electricity Supply, Committee Appointed, 303 Electro-Chemistry and Electro-Metallurgy in the United Kingdom, 37

Electrolyte of Dry Batteries, Substitutes for Cereals in Thickening, 247

Government and Electrical Supply, 541

Heating and Cooking, Electrical, Success m Switzerland. 563

Heating and Cooking by Electricity, C. Scott, 541

Ignition of Gaseous Mixture by Electric Spark, 269

India, Hydro-electric Scheme for Generating Electricity in the Western Ghats, 541

Lead Battery Plates for Electric Motor Vehicles, 131 ; (Letter), 198

Lighting Plant for China, Cost of British Compared with German, 541

Marine Propulsion, Electrical, from 1838 to 1916, 269

Mines’ Increased Use of Electric Power, 223

Motor Cars in America, Electric Battery Ignition Instead of Magnetos, 401

Negative Electrode in Vapour Electrical Apparatus, Use of Thallium or Caesium, 401 New Zealand, Electric Supply for Lighting, Heating, &c., in Lyttelton and Nairoa, 587 Oil, Testing, for Use with Transformers, 401 Ontario Hydro-electric Commission, Purchase of Plant, 587

Peat to Replace Coal in German Power Station, 401 . .

Porcelain Materials for Electrical Work, in France, Home Manufacture Replacing German, 401

Rotary Converters, Booklet by Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, 346

Rotherham Council Application for New Power Station, 313

Russian Electrical Power Stations Somewhat Out of Date, 541

Shanghai Electricity Department, Report, 83

Shunt Wound Direct-current Electric Motors, 425

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):

Siamese Government Electric Power Station at Bangkok, 155

Single Strand Conductors and Government Demand, 291

Speed Controlling and Starting Resistances in the United States, 587

Static Charges of Electricity Produced by Filtering Petrol through Chamois Skin, 269

Steel Furnace, Largest in the World, 401

Steel Furnaces, Great Increase in, 13

Storage Battery Charging, V. M. Harris’ Patent, 317

Supply for London on Forty-nine Different Systems, from Seventy Generating Stations by Sixty-five Authorities, 83

Switchboard at the Ford Motor Company’s Works, Great Size, 335

“ Tables of Electricity Undertakings,” 527

Transformer Oil, Desirable Properties, W. S.

Flight, 313

Transformers, Large, Wanted in United Kingdom, 401

Turbo-Generator, 50,000 Kilovolt-ampere in America, 109

Turbo-Generator, 25,000-kilowatt Parsons,

Long Successful Run, 335

Vacuum Ampere Gauge, 199

Wet Batteries, How to Make, 447

EMPLOYMENT Exchange Statistics, 269

Engine, American-made Gnome, 357

E igine-cooling, Air versus Water, 291

Excess Profits Tax for War Purposes in the

United States, 425

Exhibition of Munitions, Photographs, &c.,

Female Labour, 291

Exhibition, Shipping, Engineering and Machinery, 90

Export Standardisation Rules, 484

Export of Wooden Packing Cases, 484

Exports, List of Board of Trade Prohibitions, 122, 421, 519

F FEARNSIDES, Professor, Valuable Research Work or Military Service, 131

Federal Parliament House Erection Postponed During the War, 131

Federation of British Industries, War Loan, 83

Ferro-manganese, American Production, 233

Fire and Reinforced Concrete, Experience in Ontario, 313

Five-cylinder MDtor Car in America, 291

Flag-staff, Ferro-c mcrete, for Stirling, 379

Flax Growing in Great Britain, Experiments, 59

Flexible Coupling in Laboratory Machine Mjunting, 223

Flood Lighting, L. C. Porter, 425

Flour Milling Capacity of the United Kingdom, 379

Flour Product per Wheat Acreage, 378

Flow of Air and Petrol Vapour through Fixed Orifice, 177

Foundling Founder of Machine Tool Industry, 563

France, Industrial Conditions in, Report of American Commission, 425

Freezing of Pipes, Hot and Cold, 291

French National Physical and Mechanical Laboratory for Research for Industrial Purposes, 37

Frosted Glass, Method of Making, 519

Fuel Economisers in America, 109

G GAS for Brass and Copper Melting, 223

Gas Evolved from Coke Consumed in Blastfurnace, 447

Gas-producing Plant with Peat Fuel, 83

Gasoline Definition, Distillation Test, United States Bureau of Standards, 379

Gauge, Standard Structure, in the United States, 552

German Aniline and Drug Factory Blown up, 131

German Machinery and Tools in Russia, Opening for British Firms at Ekaterinburg, 479

German Steamers in United States Ports, Frustration of German Efforts to Secure Sinking, 587

German Substitute Materials in Electrical Engineering, 335

German Tax on Coal Output, 223

Germany and News Blockade, Wireless Probabilities, 495

Germany’s Reported 225 New Submarines, 13

Glycerine, Suggested Mixture as Substitute in Soldering, 587

Gold Dredger in California, Largest in the World, 188

Grain Elevators Wanted for Central Argentine Railway, 541

Graphite, Artificial, Important Industry at Niagara, 131

Graphite Deposit Discovery in United States, 223

Grease Recovery from Bradford Sewage, Value, 619

Greenwich, Report of Observations, 519

Gun Barrel Oscillations, Research, M. Okochi and M. Majima, 563

Gun, 16in. Coast Defence, New American, 357

Gun Erosion, H. Fay, 587

Gun Firing and Silence Zones, E. Eschangon, 13

H HEADLIGHTS for Motor Cars : Problem of Light without Glare, 447

Height of Buildings in New York: A New

Zoning Law, 177

Helmets in America, Armour Plating Suitable for, Made from Nickel Chrome, 401

Huddersfield Trade Promotion, Clearing House for Inquiries, 247

Hydro-electric Power in America, Cost of Generation, 223

Hydro-electric Power in New Zealand, North Island, 313

Hydro-electric Project on Yadkin River,

Stanley County, N. C., 13

ICELAND Coalfields, Favourable Report, 447 India : Great Extension in Postal and Telegraphic Systems, 357

India as the Source of Cotton Supply, 37

Indian Indigo Crop and German Dye Competition, 447

Indian Water Power, Proposed Government Survey for Hydro-electric Purposes, 447

Industrial Casuality, Cause and Prevention, 563 Industrial Engineer, His Value to England, 155

IRON AND STEEL:

Basic Slag from Open-hearth Steel Furnaces in United States—Large Proportion of Manganese Wasted, 425

Bessemer Steel, Basic, Ore from Lorraine Chiefly used for, 379

British Non-manufacturers Puddling Research Committee, 109

British Steel Industry’s Great Advance, 379

Brittleness of Spring Steel, 199

Canadian Iron and Steel Output, 247

Cast Iron Water Mains Bent in the Field by Heat to 50ft. Radius, 155

Chrome Steel for Balls for Bearings, 97

Chromite, Crude, Oil, Various Sources of Supply, 59

Chromium Steel to Replace Tungsten for Permanent Magnets, Investigation in Germany, 401

Electrical Conductivity of Substances, Microscopic Study of Steel, 395

Electrical Device to Retard Cooling of Ladle Contents, 59

Electrical Furnaces, Great Increase, 13

Electrical Smelting Impracticable in Great Britain, 37

Electrical Steel Furnace, Largest in the World, 401

Ferro-tungsten, Inferior Quality in United States, 131

German Industrial Development Due to Iron Ore from France and Steel-making Process by an Englishman, 83

German Manganese Scarcity, Utilisation of Blast-furnace Slag Accumulations, 379

German Nickel Works’ Diminishing Dividend, 379

German Shortage of Tungsten, 59

German Sources of Supply of Iron Pyrites, 223

Germans’ Use of Calcium Silicide to Replace Ferro-manganese, 59

Heat Generation in Recently Hardened Steel, C. F. Brush, 519

Invar Nickel Steel, Properties of, 13

Iron and Steel Industries Inquiry, 199

Magneto Ignition Apparatus, Composition and Treatment of Magnet Steel, 291

Manchuria, Steel Plant to be Constructed by S. Manchuria Railway, 333, 495

Manganese Bronze, Receipt for, 269

Manganese Mine Output in Costa Rica, 335

Manganese Steel, Shrinkage Compared with Ordinary Steel, 59

Middlesbrough Shipments of Pig Iron and Manufactured Iron and Steel, 247

Mild Steel for Locomotive Fire-boxes in United States, 223

Molybdenite Deposit near Ottawa, 13

Molybdenum in Canada, 401

Molybdenum in French Seventy-fives, 357

Molybdenum in Non-ferrous Alloys, 353

Molybdenum and Tungsten, Comparative Merits, 109

Portugal, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 598

Rifle Barrels, Temperature for Hardening Different Steels Used, 155

Smelting Furnaces in the Cleveland District, Largest in the World, 379

Steel Plant at Toronto for Imperial Munitions Board, 223

Steel Studs for Non-skid Tire Covers, now Produced in this Country, 425

Tungsten Mining in South Australia, 59

Tungsten Mining in Southern Manchuria, 429

Tungsten Ores, Wolframite and Scheelite, from Federated Malay States, 59

Tungsten Treatment to Render Ductile, 335

Tungsten and Wolfram Production in France, 177

United States Electric Furnace Steel Output, 131

United States Steel Corporation’s Large Daily Output, 425

Welding High Speed and Mild Steel, 199

IRONSTONE Mines in the Midlands, Mechanical Diggers Introduced, 357

Irrigation in the Bombay Deccan, Retirement of Mr. H. F. Beale, 495

Irrigation in India, Favourable Resorts of, 357

Italian Government Concessions for Hydroelectric Scheme, 269

Italian Output of Pig Iron, 447

J JAPAN Manufacturing Looms and Weaving Mill Equipment instead of Importing them, 59

Japanese Exports to United States, Increase, 563

Joint Composition, R. Neville, 443

Jordan, Dr. H. K., and the South Wales Coalfield, 291

K KLEENSURFACE for Coating Tools before Hardening, 298

Klingerite, French Discovery of Composition, 541

Kob6, Plans for Improved Transport Facilities, 541

LABORATORIES, Engineering, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 335

Laminated Belt, Protected Edge, J./Tullis and Son, Limited, 72

Lamp Rating in the United States, 131

Lathes, Deficiency in India Supplied by Japan, 37

Lead Smelting Works Projected at Aberystwith, 587

Leakage through Concrete, Method of Prevention, 519

Leather Testing by New Machine, P. L. Worme-ley, 587

Leeds Daily Delivery of Coke Oven Gas, 155

Leeds University’s War Activities, 13

Lubrication of Petrol Engine Valve Stems, Brown Brothers, Limited, 598

Lubrication of Springs for Motor Cars, 563

“ Lumen ” as New Unit for Light Measurement, 379

M MACHINE Gun, Electrically Fired, Swiss Invention, 495

Machine Tools, Purchase or Negotiations for Purchase, Government Order, 598

Magnesite in the Transvaal, Demand Increasing, 519

Manchester Chamber of Commerce, New Board at Work, 199

Manchester Gas Committee and Relief of

Rates, 357

Manchester, Port of, 295

Manganese and Molybdenum—see Iron and Steel

Mechanical Tractors on the Farm, Comparison with Horses, 541

Metric System, 599

Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Reports, 70, 598

Miners* Wages and Government Control, 222

Ministry of Munitions Prohibitions and Permits in Dealing, 12

“ ^Modern Farming,” 526

Morocco, Exploitation of Water Power by French Companies, 495

Motor Car Abundance in the United States, 37

Motor Car Design in America, 109

Motor Cars in Britain and United States, Record

Number in New York State, 109

Motor Cars, Electro-pneumatic System of Gear Changing, 357

Motor Cars, When they are Locomotives and When they are Not, 357

Motor Industries, Technical Committee of the, 443

Motor Omnibuses, Need of Reduction in Tare Weight, 425, 495

Motor Omnibuses and Road Maintenance, Birmingham Company’s Complaints, 563

Motor Vehicles and the Helical Bevel Drive, 59

Motor Vehicles Registered in New York, 13.

N NATIONAL Association of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers, Annual Meeting, 258

Naval Cadets, Special Entry, 190

Netherlands Trade and Industries, Fair at Utrecht, 131

New Brunswick Minerals, 83

New South Wales Government Scheme for

Handling Wheat in Bulk, 281

Niagara and Hydro-electric Development, 83

Nitric Acid from the Air, French Chemists’

Study of Serpek Method, 425

Nitric Acid Carboys, Need of Effective Closure, 425

Nitric Acid and other Chemical Products, New Company in Sweden, 313

Nitrogen Compounds in United States, Government Works, 447

North-East Coast Institution Standard Marine Engine, 563

Norway, Electric Motor Car Company Projected, 13

Norway, Proposed Electro-Chemical Works, 13

Norway and the Reforestation Question, 563

Norway, Tanning Extracts Company Formed, 13

Norwegian Production of Whale Oil, Falling off, 177

Norwegian Waterfalls, Proposed Refusal of Foreign Ownership, 155

Nova Scotia, Large Steel Bridge, 495

o OFFICERS’ Training Corps, Vacancies, 55

Oil Stains on Concrete Floors, To Remove, 541

Omnibus Statistics in London, 437

Omnibuses in London, on Solid Leather Tires, also Petrol-Electric Statistics, 37

Ontario as Producer of Nickel, Silver and Gold,

519

p PANAMA Canal, Corrosion of Lock Gate Machinery, 263—see Miscellaneous Index

Panama Canal, Vessels’ Time in Passing Through 37

Panama Canal, Water Supply, 247

Paper Bottles, Manufacture of, 483

Paper Production in India, 541

Paper Pulp from Maguey Plant Leaves in Mexico, 247

Paper and Strawboard Shortage, Paper-bound Books, 379

Parkinson, J., and Son, Descriptive Booklet, 553 “ Partinium ” for Construction of Motor Cars, 587

Patriotism in the United States, Steel and Copper for National Defence, Much Below Market Prices, 425

Peat, Bacterised, Experiments without Effective Results. 425

Peat Fuel by Rosendahl Method in Norway, 357

Peat in Italy as Producer of Ammonia Sulphate, 131

Peru, Increased Industrial Activity, 13

Petrolastic Cement, Standard Oil Company, 335

Petrol Automobile, The First Patent in the United States, 269

Petrol Consumption in Lorries in France, High Rate Used by American Carburetters, 313

Petrol for Private Motor Cars, 190

Petroleum Importation and Distribution, Pooling Facilities to Release Men for the Army, 401

Petroleum Wells in Assam, 495

Petters, Limited, 574

Petters’ New Factory for Motor Ploughs and

Agricultural Tractors, 313

Pile Driving, Henry Adams, 425

Pitprop Shortage, Colliers as Timber Fellers, 223

Platinum Crucibles for Laboratories, Substitute for, 587

Platinum, High Prices and Declining Output, 495

Platinum in Russia, Record High Price, 425

Platinum in the Urals, Much Reduced Output, 155

Ploughing, Electric or Steam, Apathy of Industry and Government, 587

Pneumatic Tires, Air Pressure in Hot Weather, 13

Pneumatic Tires, Importance of Sufficient Inflation, Mr. Lockwood’s Experiments, 519

Policemen Electrically Illuminated on Point Duty in St. Louis, 13

Porcelain for Electric Insulators, Porosity and Expansion as Causes of Deterioration, 563

Porcelain, Electro-technical, Production in France, 541

Portland Cement Making ; Potash as By-product, 401

Portugal, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 598

Postal Charges in America, Increase, 59

Post-office Wires, Over Three Million Miles, 357

Prohibited Exports, 122, 421, 519

Q QUEBEC Bridge, Provision of Traction Brake During Train Passage, 447

Queensland, Mackay Harbour Board Borrowing to Improve Pioneer River, 357

Quicklime Expansion, Use for Mechanical Purposes, 357

R RADIUM, Amount Tested by United States Bureau of Standards, 11

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS:

Accident on the Glasgow Subway Railway, Report, 587

Accident at Moorgate-street Station, Metropolitan Railway, 563

Accident, Serious, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 291, 313, 541

Accident Statistics, United Kingdom, 109, 177

Accidents and Fewer Board of Trade Inquiries, 291

Accidents to Railway Servants, Chairman of Departmental Committee, 13

Adamson, Eight Hour for Trackmen Act, 83

American Flag to be Flown on all Engines and Stations of the St. Louis-San Francisco System, 580

American Locomotive Company’s Engines for Sp«in, 563

American Railway Associations’ Postponement of Meetings, 586

American Railways Taken Over by President : also Telegraphs, Telephones, &c., 379 Ammunition Handling by Railways Here and in France, Sir W. Robertson or, 495

Annual Reports of British Railways Condensed in Size, 131

Appointment Changes on Various Railways, 199, 223, 291, 313, 335, 357, 379

Australia, East-West Transcontinental Railway, Date of Opening, 495 ; “ Straight Line Section ” of 330 Miles, 541

Australian Railways, Changes of Administrative Methods, 447

Bakerloo Service, Elephant and Castle to Willesden, Extended to Watford, 106

Ball, J. B., Chief Engineer, Great Central Railway, Transfer to London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 199

Ball, Mr. J. B., Presentation to, 401

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Establish Steamship Connection with South America, 59

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Large Bequests for Families of Employees, 357

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Use of Mechanical Stokers, 335

Belfast and County Down, Decreased Goods Receipts Due to Diminished Potato Traffic, 269

Belfast and County Down New Second-class Carriages, 269

Books, &c., for Railway Troops Comforts Committee, 155

Bridge, Swing, Mixed Gauge Single Track, between Sweden and Finland, 269

Bridgwater Canal ; de Trafford Estates Development Bill Rejected, 313

British Columbia, Connaught Tunnel Open for Traffic, 37

Burtonport Extension—see Lough Swilly

Caledonian Main Line Collision at Newton, 519

Caledonian Railway Collision at Kirtlebridge, Board of Trade Inquiry, 13, 37

Calthrop, Mr. Guy, Temporary Retirement from London and North-Western Railway, 177, 199

Cambrian Railway Engine Sale, 247

Cambrian Railway System, Advantages for Industrial Purposes, 379

Canadian Government Commission on Railways, Report, 425

Canadian Hospital Cars for Returning Wounded Soldiers, 519

Canadian Industrial Disputes Act, 447

Canadian Northern Railway, Progress of Tunnel Under City of Montreal, 291

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Canadian Northern Railway’s Transcontinental Scheme, 571

Canadian Rails Torn up to Send to France, 541

Canadian Railways’ Coal Bill, 357

Canals and Transport of Coal, 563

Cardiff and Rhymney Railways, Joint Manager Appointed, 335, 357

Carriage Door Opening, Safety Measures, 83

Chambers of Commerce and Railways,

Suggested Association, 471

Channel Tunnel Postponement, 401, 409

Charing Cross Bridge, Bill for Strengthening, 131, 199, 247, 268, 401

Chester and Holyhead Line, Loadslip, and Tunnel Girders, 109, 155

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, War Letter to its Employees, 567

■Chicago Great Western Railway Report, Economies Effected, 109

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Further Electrified Portion Opened, 59 ; Additional Electrification Decided Upon, 199 ; Details, 562

Chicago and North-Western Railway and Southern Pacific Railway, Immunity from Accidents, 253

Chicago, Proposed Heavy Expenditure on Electrification and Extension of Suburban Railways, 379

■Coal Supply, Railway Facilities and Government Orders, 401

Coal Wagons, Weight Discrepancy and Board of Trade, 471

Collision at Oakley Junction, Midland Railway, Report, 83

Concrete in Place of Timber for Sleepers and other Railway Use, 425

Death on Footplate of Oldest Midland Railway Driver, 109

Death of Mr. W. Bailey, Midland Railway Accountant, 223

Death of Mr. P. Lomas, Secretary, Great Eastern Railway, 13, 37

Death of London, Brighton and South Coast Director, Retirement of Engineer, 155

Death of Sir J. W. Stevens, Taff Vale Railway, 155

Defence of the Realm Act, Fresh Regulations, 131

Derwent Valley Railway not under Government, 357

Dining Car, Improved Type on Illinois Central Railway, 59

Dividends of Certain Railways, 109, 155

Dogs, Except in Baskets, Excluded from Passenger Cars on Long Island Railway, 37

Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Chairman’s Retirement, 276

Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Greatly Increased Coal Bill, 269

Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, New Chief Engineer, 269

Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Representative on Irish Railway Executive Committee, 131

East Coast Scottish Express, New Line, 313

Eastern Bengal Railway, Chord Railway Sanctioned between Khulua and Derm Dam, 37

Economy Desirable in Working of United States Railways, 587

Economy in Structure of Locomotives in the United States, 13

Egg and Poultry Production and Great Eastern Demonstration Train, 177, 357

Electric Train on Non-electrified Line at Acton Wells Junction, 13

Electrification of Steam Railroads, W. R.

Steinmetz, 313

Electro-mechanical Signalling, 37

Exports of Railway Material, Statistics, 313, 447, 541

Fares Increase and Commercial Travellers, 199, 273, 519

Fares Increase, False Rumours, 519

Fares Increase and Question of London’s Exemption, 425

Fares Increase, Refusal of Appeal for Special Reductions, 223, 313

Fares Increase and Schools, Lord Bess-borough’s Proposal, 59

Fares Increase and Season Tickets, 291

Fares on the Metropolitan District Railway, 291

Fay, Sir Sam, to Assist Government with Train Movement in this Country, 59

Financial Control of Irish Railways, Midland Great Western Railway, 199

Fish Carriage and Prepayment of Railway Rates, 335, 471

Fish Conveyance from Ireland, Shipping but not Railway Restrictions, 587

Food Carriage, Dependence on Railways, 154 Freight Cars, Campaign in Favour of Full Loads, Canadian Pacific Railway, 495

French Company, New, “ Le Materiel Roulant,” 59

French Railways in Cochin-China get Locomotives from South Manchurian Shops, 247

French Railways, Financial Statistics, 109 Frost and Cab Signals, Immunity from Accident of the Great Western Railway, 335

Furness Railway Chairmanship, 313

Gardens on the Side of the Line, North-

Eastern Railway, 37

German Coal Shortage and Railway Difficulties, 131

German Railway Difficulties due to Lack of Lubricating Oil, 495

Germany’s Export of Railway Material in 1913, 247

Giant’s Causeway and Portrush Electric Tramways, Traffic Statistics, 199

Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Present Motor Ambulances to Scottish Red Cross, 425

Glasgow and Subway Railway Accident, Report, 587

Goods Train Traffic, Co-ordination to Relieve Pressure, 401

Government Controlled Canal, One Only, in Ireland, 425

Government Expenditure on Railways, 379

Government and the Railways, Financial Aspect, 199

Grand Trunk Employees in the War, 495 'Great Central Railway, Change of Chief

Engineer, 199, 401

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Great Central Railway Prosperity, 223

Great Central Railway Stations, Names Changed, 335

Great Eastern Men with the Colours, and Casualties, 155

Great Eastern Railway Servants and Property Injured by Explosion, 177

Great Eastern Railway, Staff Changes, 37

Great Eastern Railway Steamers, Loss and Replacement, 149

Great Eastern Railway Time-table Changes, 87

Great Northern of Ireland, Great Increase in Punctuality, 247

Great Southern and Western of Ireland, Armoured Cars, 269

Great Southern and Western Railway, Collision at Kiltimagh, Inquest, Verdict and Report, 13, 37, 247

Great Western Railway Accident Statistics, 357

Great Western Railway Canal, 357, 447

Great Western Railway and Metropolitan Water Board, Proposed Land Transfer at Battersea, 13

Great Western Railway, Offer of Garden Ground Alongside Railway, 37

Horses for Carrier and Delivery Services, Co-ordination by Board of Trade, 447

Hospital Train for Maryland Soldiers, Some American Railways Combine to Provide, 425

Hudsons Bay Railway, Winnipeg to Port Nelson, Progress, 59

Ice Coating on Conductor Rails, Interference with Electric Trains, 83

Indian Mail Passenger Service Reduction, 223

Indian Railway Restrictions Due to War Conditions, 379

Institution of Locomotive Engineers and Institution of Railway Signal Engineers— see Associations, &c.

Interstate Commerce <"1r‘™'-iissiON :

Accident Statistics, Report, 131

Application for Rates Advance to Meet Eight Hours’ Law, 335

Locomotive Boilers, Inspector’s Annual Report, 109

United States Railway Fiscal Year to Coincide with Calendar, ending December 31st, 37

Irish Mails Late Delivery, Complaints, 335

Irish Railway Changes, 83

Irish Railway Executive Committee, Members, 37

Irish Railway Executive Committee, Question of Representative for South of Ireland, 313

Irish Railway Reduced Fares, Proposal Negatived Owing to Coal Scarcity, 519

Irish Railways Special and Excursion Trains Not to be Run, 591

Irish Railways and Steamers Increased Rates, Corresponding Increase in Through Traffic Charges- 13

Irish Railways Under State Control, 13

Irish Railways’ War Bonus, 401

Irish Shipping Controller for Co-ordination with Railways for Food Supply, &c., 471

Iron Ore Workings, New Railway to Connect with Stratford-on-Avon Line, 379

Japan’s Electric Locomotives to be Homemade Instead of German, 247

Joint Action by Railways in View of Restricted Services, 109

Journeys, Rumours as to Limitation of Length, 587

Rennet and Avon Canal, 357, 447, 471

Kiltimagh Collision—see Great Southern and Western Railway

Landslip on Chester and Holyhead Railway, Watchmen’s Action, 109, 155

Landslip on South-Eastern and Chatham Line ; Repairs Cost Borne by Government, 177

Lehigh Valley Railway Petrol Motor Cars, 37

Letterkenny and Burtonport—see Lough Swilly Railway

Letterkenny Railway, Question of Renewed Agreement for Working, 199

Levinstein Limited (Railways) Bill, 447

Liability for Non-delivery of Goods, 290

Light Railway Orders Confirmed by Board of Trade, 291, 379

Lighterage Charges for Barge Detention, 401

Lights in Railway Carriages and Airship Attack, 313

Lime-street Tunnel, Liverpool, Opening Out, 269

Liverpool Overhead Railway and Increase in Fares, 247

Locomotive Exports from United Kingdom during 1916, 87

Locomotive Fuel for Swedish State Railways, Powdered Peat to be Used, 313

Locomotive Fuel on the Uganda Railway, Question of Wood, Coal or Oil, 155

Locomotive Fuel, Wood being Used on Honduras National Railroad, 313

Locomotive and Other Railway Material for France, 59

Locomotives for Manchuria, 320

Locomotives, New Tank and Goods for Furness Railway, 177

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Board Appointment, 291

London, Brighton and South. Coast Railway Electrification Difficulties, 291

London and North-Western Railway and Birmingham Canal Finance, 291

London and North-Western Men with the Colours, Casualties, 269

London and North-Western New Station at Markham, 131

London and North-Western Railway Represented by Sir R. Turnbull, 199

London and North-Western Railway, Stonebridge Park Station Destroyed by Fire, 59

London and North-Western and Midland Railway’s War Loan Offer to Staff, 109

Lough Swillv Railway, Complaints, 223, 335, 401, 447, 471, 541 "

Madagascar Railway Extension, 269

Madrid, Construction of Underground Railways, 495

Manchester and Bury Electric Line Collision, 541

Manchuria, Various Railway Construction Schemes Planned, 495

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con-tinned)

Mansfield Railway Inspected by Board of Trade, but not yet Opened, 37

Mansfield Railway Opened, 313

Mansfield Railway, Question of Interest on Loan for Construction, 447

Maryport and Carlisle Shortage of Locomotives, 247

Materials, Especially Metal, Increasingly Scarce, 155

Mechanical Stokers on Locomotives, Superiority of the “ Street ” Type Over Hand Firing, 335

Metropolitan Railway Men with the Colours, 155

Metropolitan Railway Station, Change of Name, 223

Mexican Railway Servants Strike by Detachments, 59

Midland Railway Company’s Ship Torpedoed, 379

Midland Railway Engine Cleaners’ Grievance, 247

Midland Railway, Fatal Collision at Finchley -road, 587

Midland Railway Horses, Weekly Cost, 177

Midland Railwaymen with the Colours, Casualties ; Honours ; After War Position, 37, 177

Midland Railway Station and Telegraph Statistics, 37

Midland and South-Western Junction Railway, Saving Due to Traffic Restrictions, 247

Midland and South-Western Junction Railway Traffic Analysis, 223

Midland and Southwestern Junction Telegraph and Telephone Service, 247

Military Railway Pvegiment Organised in United States, 471

Ministry of Munitions and Special Services by Railways, 495

Montreal and Toronto, Sixtieth Anniversary of Railway Opening, 13

Munition Workers, Week-end Vouchers. 335

Nationalisation of Railways Suggested at Glasgow, 109

Neath and Brecon Company’s Staff and War Loan Stock, 247

Newport Tramway Extension, 519

New South Wales Government Contract with Messrs. Norton, Griffiths and Co. Terminated Owing to the War, 425

New South Wales Government Railways’ Cab Signals, 563

New South Wales and Victoria, Construction of New Lines, 37

New York Connecting Line with Hell Gate Bridge, Opening, 379

New York “ Subway ” Extensions, 335

Norfolk and Western Railway’s Offer to Men Enlisting in U.S. Army, 401

North British Railway Accident at Ratho, 13

North British Railway, Division of Duties of Superintendent, 131

North British Railway, Gift to Red Cross Society after the Ratho Accident, 155

North British Railway, Obstruction at Galashields, 13

North-Eastern Railway, Electrified Section, 223

North-Eastern Railway, Waste Land Cultivation, 83

North Staffordshire New Tank Engine, 223

Ohio, Paducah and Illinois Railway Bridge over the River, Progress, 78

Painting Barriers at Road Level Crossings, 37

Paper and Printing Economies in Railway Accounts, 83

Paris, Serious Accident to British Soldiers in Shunting Train, 83

Passenger Duty, Companies’ Returns and Payments, 199, 223, 401

Pennsylvania Railroad, Applications for Work, 131

Pennsylvania Railroad’s Carriage of Foodstuffs, 154

Pennsylvania Railroad, Immunity from Accident, 131

Pennsylvania Railroad, Accident Immunity Record Broken, 291, 313, 541

Permanent Way Labour in United States, Danger to Foreigners, 131

Peruvian Permanent Railway Commission, 519

Pipe Collection by Metropolitan Railwaymen for Wounded in London Hospitals, 471

Pneumatic Packing Tools on the Lehigh Valley Railway, Success of, 587

Pooling of Open Railway Wagons, 13

Pooling of Wagons and. Cambrian Railway Traffic, 239

Porters’ Restriction and Loss to London Electric Railways and Omnibuses. 247

Porters’ Tips and Compensation Question. 471

Potato Cultivation, Demonstration by Special Train, 379

Poughkeepsie Bridge of Central New England Railway, Reinforcing, 291

Power Signalling at Flemington, N.S.W., 59

Prepayment of Carriage and the Fish Traffic, 223

Prepayment of Carriage on Traffic by Passenger Train, 155

Presentation to Col. C. L. Morgan, R.E., 553

Private Bills, Unopposed, 59

Protest against Increased Fares and Closed Stations, 109

Queensland Government Purchase of Chilla-goe Railway, Rejection of Bill, 199

Rail Fastenings, Dog-ear Spikes for, Russian System Approved in America, 379

Rails and Screw Spikes on the New York Connecting Line, 541

Railway Charges, Food Profiteering and Groundless Complaints, 541

Railway Employment Safety Appliances Committee, 269, 335

Railway Improvements and War Experiences, Sir H. Walker’s Views, 587

Railway Man’s Big Compensation for Injury, 83

Railwaymen with the Colours, and Casualties, 177, 495

Railwaymen with the Colours, Question of a Further Contingent of Twenty-one Thousand, 471

Railwaymen’s Further Demands for Increased Bonus, 335, 357

I RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con-tinned):

i Hanway Rates and Trading Profits in the United States, 401

Railway Servants’ Privilege Tickets, 108

Railway Workers and Question of Compulsory Rationing, 471 1

Restricted Services and Increased Fares

Report, 155 ’

Restrictions on Rail Traffic, Goods as Well as Passengers, Sir Albert Stanley, 519

Rosebery Prizes, Awards, 168

Russian Railway Extension and American Co-operation, 269

Rushan Railways and American Assistance,

Safety Medals Awarded by American Museum of Safety, 379

Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Leave, and Longdistance Journeys, 563 6

Salford Tramways’ Increased Fares, 163

Save the Surplus Special,” Lehigh Valiev

Company, 563 *

Season and Traders’ Tickets, Choice of Route, 291

Season and Traders’ Tickets ; Quick Handling of Railway Wagons, 13

Shanghai, Loop Line, 313

Signalling, Automatic, Preponderating Success, 519

Sir Eric Geddes and Sir Guy Granet, Further Promotion, 313

Sleepers, Ample Supply Available from Nicaragua, 131

Snowed-up Trains in Ireland, 109

Snowshed Heavy Timber, Construction. on the East Slope of the Cascade Mountains 519

Snowstorm Damage and Cost at Wellingborough, 177 ®

Solway Junction Railway Temporarily Closed,

South African Railwaymen with Colours in

Europe and East Africa, and Some on .French Railway Work, 37

South Clare Railway Company and Post-office Contract, 357

South Indian Railway and Ceylon Government Mediation in the Dispute, 37

South Wales Railways, Rumoured Working Arrangement, 587

Southern Pacific Railway’s Success with

Automatic Signals, 519

Spanish Need for Rolling Stock, Due to Lack of Ships, Increased, 563

Spikes, Rail, 379, 470, 541

Springs, Locomotive, George Stephenson’s Patent, 199

Stanley, Sir Albert, Retirement from Railways on Joining Government, 177

Statue of Richard Trevithick, 313

Terminal Engineering and Mechanical Freight

Handling, 247 &

Track-laying Machines on the Australian

Transcontinental Railway, 415

Track Spikes, New Form, 470

T.O.T. Mutual Aid Fund, Details, 291

Transport of Sugar, Coal, &c., to Manchester and District, Government Use of Canals 425 *

Travellers’ Shop on Canadian Northern Railway, 291

Travelling Without Tickets, London and

North-Western Railway, 357

Union Pacific Railway, Memorial to General

G. M. Dodge, 247

United States Food Supply, Railways Working to Increase, 563

Government Action with Regard to Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways, 541

Great Diversity in Railway Regulation, 155

Level Crossings, Protected and Unprotected, 587

Railway Experts for Russia, 563

Safety Appliances Act, 563

Trainmen and other Employees Eight Hours Day and Trip System. 59, 379, 425, 455

Trainmen and President Wilson, 269

Transport of Troops, Car Regulations, 561 6

Victorian Railways Finances and Working

Expert from England Invited to Investi-

_ gate, 109

Vizagapatam, Construction of Harbour 495

Wagon Delays, Southern Pacific Company’s

Remarkable Statistics, 495

Wagon Supply and Collieries in Scotland

Board of Trade Statement, 425

Wagons, Dead-buffered, Permission to Use

Refused by Board of Trade, 37

Wagons Detention, Government Action, 269, 289, 471

Wagons, Pooling Question, in Scotland, 495

Wagons and Wagon Tarpaulins, Pooling 291

Wapping Station, Provision of Lifts to Street

155 ’

Waste Land by Railways, Cultivation, 83

Waste Paper Savings on the Pennsylvania

Railroad, 269

Week-end Workmen’s Tickets for Controlled

Establishments Only, 563

Wigan Accidents, Ancient and Modem 13

W563en’ 70’°00 EmPloyed “ Transport,”

Women on the Great Northern, Great Eastern

and Metropolitan Railways, 155

Women as Guards and Train Conductors on the Metropolitan Railway, 37, 155

Women, Ten Thousand Employed on Three

Railways, 177

Women on the Underground Systems, 83

RAND Mineworkers, Settlement of Dispute, 269

Rawhide Pinions, Suitable and Unsuitable

Lubricant for, 587

Red Cross Motor Ambulances, 247

Research in America, 59

Revenues, Pre-War, of Russia Compared with

Other Countries, 109

Ricardo Slipper Type Aluminium Piston, 269

Rice Hulling in French Indo-China, Large Amount, 83

Ri541 in America and the difficulty of Gauges,

Roads Improvement Association, Investigation

as to Use of Concrete, 447

Rock Drills on the Witwatersrand, 155

Roller Bearing Engines in Automobile Work 379, 495 *

Roller B • rings for Petrol Engines, 495

Roller Skates for Time-saving £in Chicago

Repair Shops, 291

Rope Drive Puzzle, 483

Rubber, Plantation, Average Tensile Strength, 541

Rubber Preparation, Production of Acetic Acid in Ceylon, 587

Rubber Scarcity and Substitutes in Germany, 155

Rugs from Paper, and Paper and Wool Mixtures, 425

Russia, Trade with, 122

Russia, Trade with Germany, United States and Great Britain, 131

Russia and Utilisation of Water Power, 13

Russian and English Interchange, Manchester’s

Proposals, 199

Russian Inland Navigable Waters, Vast

Growth of Railways, 131

Russian New Town and Port, Murman, 109

Russian Rivers and Available Horse-power, 447

s SAFETY Valve, Importance of Seat, 13

St. Louis Double-decked Bridge Across the Mississippi River, 269

Salt from Great Salt Lake, Utah, 131

Sand for Glass Manufacture, 177

Scarborough, Gas and Gas Mantles, Curious Situation, 109

Science Buildings as War Memorial, 223

Scientific and Industrial Research, Grant in Aid, 291

Searchlight Tower, Portable, 335

Sewers, Three-ring Circular Brick, Built in Atlanta, 87

Shark Skins, United States Investigation, 13

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS:

Adviser, Honorary, to the Admiralty on Shipping Matters, Mr. Arthur Ritson, 425

American Ships and Carriage of Commerce, 233

American Submarine, The Largest, Details of, 379

Anchor, Ten-Ton, for U.S. Dreadnought Pennsylvania, 401

British Mercantile Marine Tonnage and Submarines, Small Net Loss, 155

Building the Emergency Fleet, C. H. Claudy, 587

Egypt, Statistics as to Steamers, Passengers and Cargo in 1916, 447

German Cruiser Karlsruhe’s Fate, 13

German Losses in the Battle of Jutland, 247

German Submarines without Periscope, 247 Great Eastern Railway Steamers, Loss and Replacement, 149

Guns for American Battleships, Divergent Opinion, 199

Hospital Ship Donegal Torpedoed, 379

Hospital Ships for the American Navy, 258 Isaac Peral Submarine, American Built for

Spain, 97, 447

Kobe, Increase of Dock and Shipbuilding Equipment, 525

Naval and Merchant Shipping, Committees for Expediting and Increasing Output, 291

Russian Company’s Diesel-driven Vessels, 379 Sabathe Motor for French Submarines, 279 Screw Propellers, Tandem, for Ships, German

Experiments, 37

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued):

Shipbuilding, Best Wood for Purpose, 495, 532

Submarine in American Civil War, 37

Submarines, Correct Type for United States Navy, 155

Triple-expansion Marine Engines, Specification Formula, 519

Turbo-electrical Transmission on the

U.S. Collier Jupiter, 269

Unarmoured Battleship, Commander Yates Stirling, 357

United States Electrical Super-Dreadnought New Mexico, 269

Fleet to Visit Panama Canal, 59

Fuel Ship Maumee, Defective Diesel Engines, 37

Huge Production of Steel Cargo Ships, 155

Naval Training for Civilians, 59

Navy Department, Weight of Steel in Each of New Types of Vessels, 357

Navy, State of Construction, 37

Navy, Uninstructed Criticism of Warship Design, 401

Navy Yards’ Shortage of Skilled Labour, 109

Ships Submarined, Coincidence of Name, 247

Super - Dreadnought Pennsylvania, Steel Stern-post Dimensions, 291

Use of Motor Auxiliaries as Carriers at Sea, 269

Wooden Cargo Ships, Most Effective Size, 495

Wooden Ships, Large Supply of Suitable Timber, 495, 532

Wooden Ships, Oil Engine-driven, Building in America. 379

SLIPPERY Iron Floor Plates, To Render Safe, 519

Snowfall in New York, 59

Solder for Electrical Work, Need of Tin, 335

Solder Making and Selection, 335

Sound Transmission Through Water or Air, Velocity, 37

I South Africa, Exports to, 295

South Africa and Metric System, Decimal Coinage and Daylight Saving, 83

Sparking Plug Manufacture Increase, 233

Spinach Stems, Great Value for Paper Making, 563

Standardisation and the Consulting Engineer, 495

I Staple Trades of the Empire, Lectures at the London School of Economics, 55

Steam Lorries and Trailers, Government Order for Particulars Concerning, 587

Steam Ploughing Sets, Work and Cost, 495

! Steel Helmet for the U.S. Navy, 519

' Stellite, a Non-ferrous Alloy, 353

Stereo Metal Alloy, 223

! Street Paving, Shortage of Wood Blocks, Experiments with Substitute, 247

| Stresses in Beams Under Bending Impact,

1 A. Elmendorf, 563

Sugar Cultivation—see Beet

Sulphuric Acid Manufacture in France, 357

Sun Power in Africa Electrically Transmitted to United Kingdom, Professor Arnold Lupton, 313

| Sydney, Sewerage System for Suburbs, 269

TASMANIAN Great Lake Hydro-electric Scheme, 313

Telegraph Instruments, Statistics of International Bureau of the Telegraph Union, 386 Telegraphy, Development, Statistics of International Bureau, 155

Telephone Connection, Satisfactory and Otherwise, F. R. McBerty, 447

Telephone Service in Canada, Mixed Ownership, 155

Telephones and Secrecy, 599

Temperature Prediction by Trade Winds, 59

Textile Machinery in the Argentine, British, 401

Textile Machinery, Speed Regulation, 13

Thompson, Silvanus P., Memorial to the Late Professor, 206

Timber in Building, Causes of Decay, 83

Timber Exports from United Kingdom, 379

Timber Imports of the United Kingdom, Board of Trade Figures for Past Six Years, 124

Timber Scarcity and Replanting Question, 239

Timbering in Mines, Symms Method, 519

Tin for Germany, From Whence does it Come ? 199

Tin Smelting on Large Scale, 519

“ Too Old at Forty,” A Mistaken Cry, 269

Torpedo, Latest American Superheat Type, 357

Tractors, Agricultural, Petrol and Paraffin, in the United States, 447

Trading After the War Reconstruction Committee, 291

Tramway Overhead Conductors, Iron, 357

Trevithick, Statues to Memory of, at Cardiff and Redruth, 447

Tritton, Sir William, and the Tanks, 379

Tungsten Filaments, Description of Preparation, 519

Turbines, Geared Steam, for Ship Propulsion, Large Number Under Construction in America, 401

Turbo-generators’ Coal Consumption, 183

Tuticorin Deep-water Harbour Scheme, 519

Type Reading for the Blind, 120

u UNITED States’ Foreign Trade Increase, 291

United States’ Unequalled Prosperity, 37

University Intelligence, Awards of Rosebery

Prizes, 168

University of London to Extend its Engineering

Department, 335

University of London, Scientific and Technical

Departments’ Share in War Work, 335

V VANCOUVER, Large Floating Dry Dock to be Constructed, 59

Vienna University Lectures Suspended from

Lack of Coal for Heating Buildings, 223

Viscosities of Aqueous Sugar Solution, U.S.

Bureau of Standards Investigations, 425

Vulcanisation, Accelerating, Discovery by Professor S. J. Peachey, 37

WAR-OFFICE and London General Omnibus: Company, 223

WATER SUPPLY:

Cape Colony, Water Supply and Sanitation in, 447

Cape Town Water and Irrigation Works, 335

Metropolitan Water Board, Increased Revenue Deficiency, 177

Orbost Waterworks Trust, Victoria, Australia,. 425

Storage Reservoir for Pachuca, Mexico, 247

Water Tower, Ferro-concrete in America, 447

Water Tower, Reinforced Concrete, for Hull City Waterworks, 379

Western Australia, Water Supply for Railway Department, 587

Workmen’s Pure Water Supply in Missouri, 155

WATTLE Tree Bark from South Africa for United Kingdom Instead of Germany, 495

Weaving Single and Double Warps, British and Continental Practice, 199

Weights and Measures (Metric) Bill, 1917, 260

Welded Joints in Steam Boiler Practice, 287

Welland Ship Canal, Work Closed Down, 563

Well-boring Machinery Wanted for Venezuela, 425

White Heat for Steam Generating, A. D. Pratt,. 269

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY:

American Airmen’s Wireless Sets, 13

Dr. Fleming’s Vacuum Valve, 425

Electro-magnetic “ Space ” Waves and Intensity at Receiving Stations, Dr. Schwers,. 131

Fleming Valve Detector and Progress in Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 37

Japan, Wireless Stations, Government and Private, 419

Marconi’s First British Patent Twenty-one Years Ago, 563

United States, Japan, and Hawaii, Commercial Radio Service, 37

United States and Japan, New Service, 199

WOLFRAMITE Deposits in Cornwall, Good Future Prospects, 247

Women’s Pay, Qualified and Unqualified Workers, 269

Wood Distillation in New York State, Great Increase in, 37

Wood Distillation in the United Kingdom, 56J

Y

YARROW and Co.’s Allotments for Workmen,. 135

z ZINC, Ductility with Fixed Limits of Temperature, 131

Zinc-iron Sheets, Suitable Rivets, 131

Zinc Plant, Electrolytic, Erected in Tasmania, 541

Zinc Production in the United States, 177

Zinc for Ten Years from Australia, 291

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