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AGAR, A. F., on Engineering Works Canteens, 491
AGAR, A. F., on Engineering Works Canteens, 491
Allison and Baltimore, Push-button Coal and Ash Hoists at, 254
 
Allison and Baltimore, Push-button Coal and I Ash Hoists at, 254
 
America, Aeroplane Construction in, 489, 498
America, Aeroplane Construction in, 489, 498
America, Naval Power-boat Construction in, 139
America, Naval Power-boat Construction in, 139
American Locomotives for United States Forces in France, 458
American Locomotives for United States Forces in France, 458
American Wooden Steamships, 332
American Wooden Steamships, 332
Andrew Dunlop Tractor Wheel, 134, 135
Andrew Dunlop Tractor Wheel, 134, 135
Angell, R. 8., Proposal for Chain Track Motor Vehicle, 181
 
Angell, R. S., Proposal for Chain Track Motor Vehicle, 181
 
Applegarth Tractor, 157
Applegarth Tractor, 157
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., Loch Lomond Route of Mid-Scotland Ship Canal, 465, 538, 558 (Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
 
Arrol, Sir W., and Co.’s Five-ton Electric Goliath Cranes for France; 140, 142
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., Loch Lomond Route of Mid-Scotland Ship Canal, 465, 538, 558 (Two-pacje Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
 
Arrol, Sir W., and Co.’s Five-ton Electric Goliath Cranes for France*, 140, 142
 
Aspinall, Frank B., on the Latent Heat of Steam, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters) 162, 184, 279
Aspinall, Frank B., on the Latent Heat of Steam, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters) 162, 184, 279
Atkins, Harry F., Nine-inch Taper-turning Sliding Lathe, 43
Atkins, Harry F., Nine-inch Taper-turning Sliding Lathe, 43
Atkinson’s Six-ton Steam Wagon, 494
Atkinson’s Six-ton Steam Wagon, 494
Aultman Agricultural Tractor, 298
Aultman Agricultural Tractor, 298
Australian Transcontinental Railway, 356, 362 ;
 
  (Paragraph) 384
Australian Transcontinental Railway, 356, 362 : (Paragraph) 384
 
Aveling and Porter Agricultural Tractor, 533
Aveling and Porter Agricultural Tractor, 533
Ayrshire Dockyard Company’s Reinforced Concrete Arched Keel Block, 345
Ayrshire Dockyard Company’s Reinforced Concrete Arched Keel Block, 345
Curtis Rateau Turbine Blading, the Deterioration of, A. Fenwick, 30, 60
 
Electric
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DARLING, Chas. R., on Small
  Furnaces and their Uses, 422
Davidson and Liversedge Gas Washer, 502
Davy Brothers’ Steam Hydraulic Intensifier, 366
Dawson, Joseph, Suspension Bridges in New Zealand, 52, 56
Diplock Chain Track, Tractor, Lorry and Wagon, 223, 241, 242, 243, 250
Diplock Pedrail Tractor, 181. 182
Diplock Traction Engine, 158
Donovan and Company’s Combined Switch, Wall Socket and Plug, 83
Doorakkers, G., on the Manufacture of Hardened Thread Gauges, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390
Dudgeon, Miss E. C., and Mr. J. E. Newman, Experiments in Crop Production by Electric Discharge, 74
EDINBURGH, Gas-driven Omnibus for, 226
Edwards Tractor, 157, 158
Elswick, Fire and Salvage Boat for, 503
Empress Electrical Engineering Works, Huddersfield, E. Brook, 342
English xAeroplane Works, 257 (Two-page
  Supplement, September 21s/, 1917)
Holmes, W. C., and Co.’s Centrifugal Type Gas Washers, 502
Holt Agricultural Chain Track Tractor, 243, 244
Hornsby Tractor, Roberts’ Chain Track Fitted to, 202, 208, 221, 222, 223
Hunter and English, Portable Filter Bed Sand Washer, 44
IONIDES, A. C., on the Principles and Methods of a New System of Gas-firing, 320
Italian Submarine Chasers, 566
JUSTICE-JOHNSON Chain Track, Proposed Vehicles, 181
KENWORTHY, George, Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards from a Theoretical Standpoint, 5, 25, 48, 91 : (Letters), 162, 248
Kershaw, J. B. C., Use of Waste Gases Steam Generation, 25
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P.L.M. Railway, Conversion of Single-Expansion to Compound Engines, 511 (Two-page Supplement, December lAth, 1917)
Paris-Orleans Railway, British Built Locomotives for, 43 (Two-page Supplement, July 18th, 1917)
Paris, Protection of, Against Floods, 16
Pearn-Richards’ Combined Surfacing, Boring, Milling and Drilling Machine, 118, 120
Perkins’ Rubber Washing Machinery, 446
Phoenix Company’s Log-Haubng Tractor, 204 “ Pioneer ” Road Sweeping and Loading
  Machine, F. Walters and Co., 96
Poland, The Industries of, 14
Purchas, A. W., on Air-lift Pumping, 446
Q
QUEBEC Bridge, 253, 336, 338, 381, 403, 426,
(Two-page Supplement, November 9th, 1917)
BABCOCK and Wilcox Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, G. F. Zimmer, 115
BABCOCK and Wilcox Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, G. F. Zimmer, 115
Batter Tractors, 156, 157
Batter Tractors, 156, 157
Beamond, F. L., Chain Track, 183
Beamond, F. L., Chain Track, 183
Beeston Dual Device for Petrol or Gas, 178
Beeston Dual Device for Petrol or Gas, 178
Bennis, Ed., and Co., Pneumatic Ash-handling
Bennis, Ed., and Co., Pneumatic Ash-handling
  Plant, 103
 
Plant, 103
 
Bertrams’ Rubber Factory and Plant, 446, 468, 469
Bertrams’ Rubber Factory and Plant, 446, 468, 469
Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company’s Narrow-gauge Self-discharging Wagon, 478
Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company’s Narrow-gauge Self-discharging Wagon, 478
Boston, U.S.A., Submarine Tramway Tunnel, 230, 234, 235
Boston, U.S.A., Submarine Tramway Tunnel, 230, 234, 235
Bourcier, P. G., on Aero-engine Connecting- rods, 167
 
Bourcier, P. G., on Aero-engine Connecting-rods, 167
 
Boyd, James, and Sons, Air Heater for Workshops, 502
Boyd, James, and Sons, Air Heater for Workshops, 502
Boydell Traction Engine, 111
 
Boydel) Traction Engine, 111
 
Bretts’ Patent Lifter Company, Drop Hammer Plant, 450, 452
Bretts’ Patent Lifter Company, Drop Hammer Plant, 450, 452
Bridge, David, and Company, Cotton Baling and Sampling Machinery, 448, 467, 468
Bridge, David, and Company, Cotton Baling and Sampling Machinery, 448, 467, 468
British Agricultural Tractors and Haulers, 512, 533, 553, 562
British Agricultural Tractors and Haulers, 512, 533, 553, 562
British and German Losses of Ships and Submarines, 556
British and German Losses of Ships and Submarines, 556
British Merchant Vessels, Standardised, 267, 272, 273
British Merchant Vessels, Standardised, 267, 272, 273
Brook, E., Empress Electrical Engineering Works, Huddersfield, 342
Brook, E., Empress Electrical Engineering Works, Huddersfield, 342
Brown Brothers’ Air Heater for Motor Car Carburetters, 480
Brown Brothers’ Air Heater for Motor Car Carburetters, 480
Bumsted and Chandler Agricultural Motor and Plough, 533
Bumsted and Chandler Agricultural Motor and Plough, 533
Burma Mines Railway, Narrow-gauge Wagons, 478
 
Burma Mines Railway, Narrow gauge Wagons, 478
 
Burrell Agricultural Tractors, 534
Burrell Agricultural Tractors, 534
Burrell, G. A., and A. W. Gauger, on the Inflammability of Mixtures of Gases and Air, 168
Burrell, G. A., and A. W. Gauger, on the Inflammability of Mixtures of Gases and Air, 168
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CARLISLE, Locomotive Coaling Plant at, for London and North-Western Railway, 12,
Centiped Chain Track, 205
Churchill Machine Tool Company, Internal
Cylinder Grinding Machine, 320
Copes Boiler Feed-water Regulator, 367
Cowans, Sheldon and Co., Locomotive Coaling
Plant at Carlisle, 12, 18
Crawley Agrimotor, 534
Cummins, A. E., Cotton Baling and Sampling
Machines, 448
Curtis Rateau Turbin^ Blading, the Deterioration of, A. Fenwick, 30, 60
D
DARLING, Chas. R., on Small Electric Furnaces and their Uses, 422
Davidson and Liversedge Gas Washer, 502
Davy Brothers’ Steam Hydraulic Intensifier, 366
Dawson, Joseph, Suspension Bridges in New Zealand, 52, 56
Diplock Chain Track, Tractor, Lorry and
Wagon, 223, 241, 242, 243, 250
Diplock Pedrail Tractor, 181, 182
Diplock Traction Engine, 158
Donovan and Company’s Combined Switch, Wall Socket and Plug, 83
Doorakkers, G., on the Manufacture of Hardened
Thread Gauges, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390
Dudgeon, Miss E. C., and Mr. J. E. Newman, Experiments in Crop Production by Electric Discharge, 74
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EDINBURGH, Gas-driven Omnibus for, 226
Edwards Tractor, 157, 158
Elswick, Fire and Salvage Boat for, 503
Empress Electrical Engineering Works, Huddersfield, E. Brook, 342
English Aeroplane Works, 257 (Two-page
Supplement, September 21st, 1917)
F
FENWICK, A., on the Deterioration of Curtis Rateau Turbine Blading, 30, 60
FENWICK, A., on the Deterioration of Curtis Rateau Turbine Blading, 30, 60
Fiat Company, Turin, Testing Department, 503
Fiat Company, Turin, Testing Department, 503
Ford Cars, Conversion of, into Commercial Vehicles, 8
Ford Cars, Conversion of, into Commercial Vehicles, 8
Forth and Clyde Ship Canal Schemes, 465, 538, 558 (Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
Forth and Clyde Ship Canal Schemes, 465, 538, 558 (Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
Foster, William, and Company’s Steam and Oil Tractors, 553
Foster, William, and Company’s Steam and Oil Tractors, 553
Fowler, John, and Company’s Motor Ploughs, 554, 562
Fowler, John, and Company’s Motor Ploughs, 554, 562
French Railways, Conversion of Single Expansion to Compound Engines, 511 (Two- page Supplement, December 14dh, 1917)
 
French Railways, Conversion of Single Expansion to Compound Engines, 511 (Two-page Supplement, December \±th, 1917)
 
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GALLENKAMP’S Resistance Furnace, 422
GALLENKAMP’S Resistance Furnace, 422
Garrett, Richard, and Sons, Agricultural Steam Tractors, 554, 555
Garrett, Richard, and Sons, Agricultural Steam Tractors, 554, 555
General Electric Company’s Plant for Driving 20in. Bar Mill, 186, 190
General Electric Company’s Plant for Driving 20in. Bar Mill, 186, 190
German Aeroplanes, 516, 518
German Aeroplanes, 516, 518
Glover and Co.’s Plug Extractor for Shells, 7
Glover and Co.’s Plug Extractor for Shells, 7
Gray Three-ton Tractor, 299
Gray Three-ton Tractor, 299
Great Eastern Railway Train Control, 50
Great Eastern Railway Train Control, 50
Great Northern Railway, Conversion of Com pound Engines, 542, 547
Great Northern Railway, Conversion of Com pound Engines, 542, 547
Griffith, A. A., and G. J. Taylor, on the Use of Soap Films in Solving Torsion Problems, 536. 543, 546
Griffith, A. A., and G. J. Taylor, on the Use of Soap Films in Solving Torsion Problems, 536. 543, 546
Griffith Colliery Tub, Sanford-Day Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, 457
Griffith Colliery Tub, Sanford-Day Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, 457
Guillaume Fender’s Proposals for Chain Tractors, 136
Guillaume Fender’s Proposals for Chain Tractors, 136
Gwinnett’s Chain Track Proposal for Tractor,
 
Gwinnett’s Chain Track Proposal for Tractor, 158
 
H
HAMPSON’S Rubber Washing Machine, 444, 445
 
Haughton, J. L., and D. Hanson, Further Notes on a High Temperature Thermostat, 322
 
Hawksley, Charles (Portrait), 492
 
Heusser, Wilfrid, Assaying and Chemical
 
Balance, 192
 
Hetherington, John, and Sons, 15in. Gun Lathe, 213, 214
 
Hobbs’ Artificial Hands and Arms, 334, 335, 351, 376
 
Rollings and Guest’s Tube Roller-welding Machine, 524
 
olmes, W. C., and Co.’s Centrifugal Type Gas Washers, 502
 
olt Agricultural Chain Track Tractor. 243, 244 ornsby Tractor, Roberts’ Chain Track Fitted to, 202, 208, 221, 222, 223
 
Hunter and English. Portable Filter Bed Sand Washer, 44
 
IONIDES, A. C., on the Principles and Methods of a New System of Gas-firing, 320
 
Italian Submarine Chasers, 566
 
J
JUSTICE-JOHNSON Chain Track, Proposed Vehicles, 181
 
KENWORTHY, George, Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards from a Theoretical Standpoint, 5, 25, 48, 91 : (Letters), 162, 248
 
Kershaw, J. B. C., Use of Waste Gases for Steam Generation, 25
 
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LOCH LOMOND—see Mid-Scotland
LOCH LOMOND—see Mid-Scotland
Lodge-Newman and Lincluden Apparatus for
Lodge-Newman and Lincluden Apparatus for
  Crop Production, 74
 
Crop Production, 74
 
Lombard, A. O., Tractor, 183, 184, 244, 250
Lombard, A. O., Tractor, 183, 184, 244, 250
Lombard Log-Hauling Tractor, 205
Lombard Log-Hauling Tractor, 205
London and North-Western Railway Locomotive Coaling Plant at Carlisle, 12, 18
London and North-Western Railway Locomotive Coaling Plant at Carlisle, 12, 18
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McKENZIE, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Company’s Mechanism for Operating Railway Signals, 124
McKENZIE, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Company’s Mechanism for Operating Railway Signals, 124
McLarty, F. M., on Attachment of Spindles to Forged Steel Valves, 153
McLarty, F. M., on Attachment of Spindles to Forged Steel Valves, 153
Madeley, Old Colliery Winding Engine at, 94, 98
Madeley, Old Colliery Winding Engine at, 94, 98
Mansfield Railway, 401, 408
Mansfield Railway, 401, 408
Marquis, F. W., on Tests of the Uniflow Engine for Road Vehicles, 276 ; (Letters), 333, 360, 384
Marquis, F. W., on Tests of the Uniflow Engine for Road Vehicles, 276 ; (Letters), 333, 360, 384
“Marvel” Drill Chuck, Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54
 
“ Marvel ” Drill Chuck, Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54
 
Mercedes Car with Hornsby’s Chain Track, 221
Mercedes Car with Hornsby’s Chain Track, 221
Michie-Golledge Coagulator, 421
Michie-Golledge Coagulator, 421
Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Works, Ambulance Train, 358 (Two-page Supplement, October 26th, 1917)
 
Mid-Scotland Ship Canal Schemes, 465, 538, 558 (Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Works, Ambulance Train, 358 (Two-page Supplement, October 2§th, 1917)
 
Mid-Scotland Ship Canal Schemes, 465, 538, 558 {Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
 
Mirrlees, Watson Caustic Soda Concentration Plant, 34, 44
Mirrlees, Watson Caustic Soda Concentration Plant, 34, 44
Monometer Manufacturing Company’s Oil-fired Case Hardening Furnace, 571
Monometer Manufacturing Company’s Oil-fired Case Hardening Furnace, 571
N
NEATH Tramways, Diaphragm Valve, 178
NEATH Tramways, Diaphragm Valve, 178
New Zealand, Suspension Bridge in, Joseph Dawson, 52, 56
 
North-British Locomotive Company’s Tank Engines for the Paris-Orleans Railway, 43 (Two-page Supplement, July 18th, 1917)
New Zealand, Suspension Bridge in, Joseph Dawson,. 52, 56
 
North-British Locomotive Company’s Tank Engines for the Paris-Orleans Railway, 43 {Two-page Supplement, July 18th, 1917)
 
North-Eastern Railway, Transporting a Heavy Casting, 413
North-Eastern Railway, Transporting a Heavy Casting, 413
Norway, Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in, 520, 524
Norway, Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in, 520, 524
RASTRICK’S Design for a Steamboat, 81 ; (Letters), 118, 228, 248, 279, 323
Rhodes, J., and Sons, 250-Ton Friction Screw Press, 43
Richards, Geo., and Co., Horizontal Boring Machines, 118, 120
Richardsons, Westgarth and Company’s Experi - mental Apparatus for Producing High Vacuum, 557
Roberts’ Chain Track and Tractor, 202, 203, 204, 221, 222, 223
Robinson, Thos., and Son, Vertical Band Sawing Machine, 412
Rochet-Schneider Car Fitted with Roberts’ Chain Track, 203
Rogers, F., on the Acid Open-Hearth Process, 276
Rumely Three-Wheeled Tractor, 298
Ruston, Proctor and Co’s Large Casting, 292
SANFORD-DAY Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, The Griffith Colliery Tub, 457
Shaw, Francis, and Co.’s Rubber Washing and Drying Machines, 444, 445, 467, 468
Simms, F. R., Ploughing Tractor, 183, 184
Sisson, W. D., Diving Globe for Salving Sunken Ships, 386, 389
Smith and Coventry’s Bevel Machine, 82
Smith and Coventry’s 42in.
  Milling Machine, 102
Smith and Coventry’s Tool perley, 470, 474
Gear Generating
Plain Horizontal
Works at Tim-
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, New Locomotives on, 287, 294 ; (Letter), 323 ; (Correction), 326 (Two-page Supplement, October 5th, 1917)
Sterne Resilient Wheel, 184
Stirling’s Regenerator and Hot-air Engine of 1816, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 : (Specification), 567
Strachan and Henshaw’s Telpher Coke Handling Plant, 430, 434
Stromeyer, C. E., on the Action of Caustic Liquors on Steel Plates, 496
Summerscales Rubber Machinery, 421, 422
Sydney, City and Suburban Electric Railways of, 144
Sykes, W. R. (Portrait), 319
Sykes—see also W. R. Sykes, &c.


OSAKA Electric Works, Coal and Ash Plant at, Babcock and Wilcox, 115
PAGE Tractor, 157
.L.M. Railway, Conversion of Single-Expansion to Compound Engines, 511 {Two-page Supplement, December ]Ath, 1917) aris-Orleans Railway, British Built Locomo
tives for, 43 {Two-page Supplement, July 13th, 1917)
’aris, Protection of, Against Floods, 16
’earn-Richards’ Combined Surfacing, Boring,


Milling and Drilling Machine, 118, 120


’erkins’ Rubber Washing Machinery, 446


’hcenix Company’s Log-Haub’ng Tractor, 204


Pioneer” Road Sweeping and Loading Machine, F. Walters and Co., 96


’oland, The Industries of, 14


’urchas, A. W., on Air-lift Pumping, 446


Q
LEBEC Bridge, 253, 336, 338, 381, 403, 426, {Two-page Supplement, November 9th, 1917)


lASTRICK’S Design for a Steamboat, 81 ;


(Letters), 118, 228, 248, 279, 323


Rhodes, J., and Sons, 250-Ton Friction Screw Press, 43


Richards, Geo., and Co., Horizontal Boring Machines, 118, 120


Richardsons, Westgarth and Company’s Experi -mental Apparatus for Producing High Vacuum, 557


Roberts’ Chain Track and Tractor, 202, 203, 204, 221, 222, 223


Robinson, Thos., and Son, Vertical Band Sawing Machine, 412


Rochet-Schneider Car Fitted with Roberts’ Chain Track, 203


Rogers, F., on the Acid Open-Hearth Process, 276


Rumely Three-Wheeled Tractor, 298


Ruston, Proctor and Co’s Large Casting, 292


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SANFORD-DAY Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, The Griffith Colliery Tub, 457


Shaw, Francis, and Co.’s Rubber Washing and Drying Machines, 444, 445, 467, 468


Simms, F. R., Ploughing Tractor, 183, 184


Sisson, W. D., Diving Globe for Salving Sunken Ships, 386, 389


Smith and Coventry’s Bevel Gear Generating Machine, 82


Smith and Coventry’s 42in. Plain Horizontal Milling Machine, 102


Smith and Coventry’s Tool Works at Tim-perley, 470, 474


South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, New Locomotives on, 287, 294 ; (Letter), 323 ; (Correction), 326 {Two-page Supplement, October 5th, 1917)


Sterne Resilient Wheel, 184


Stirling’s Regenerator and Hot-air Engine of 1816, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 : (Specification), 567


Strachan and Henshaw’s Telpher Coke Handling Plant, 430, 434


Stromeyer, C. E., on the Action of Caustic Liquors on Steel Plates, 496


Summerscales Rubber Machinery, 421, 422


Sydney, City and Suburban Electric Railways of, 144


Sykes, W. R. (Portrait), 319


Sykes—see also W. R. Sykes, &c.


T
TASMANIAN Great Lake Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 69, 78 {Two-page Supplement, July 27 th, 1917)


CARLISLE, Locomotive Coaling Plant at, for London and North-Western Railway, 12,
Centiped Chain Track, 205
Churchill Machine Tool Company, Internal
  Cylinder Grinding Machine, 320
Copes Boiler Feed-water Regulator, 367
Cowans, Sheldon and Co., Locomotive Coaling
  Plant at Carlisle, 12, 18
Crawley Agrimotor, 534
Cummins, A. E., Cotton Baling and Sampling
  Machines, 448
HAMPSON’S Rubber Washing Machine, 444, 445
Haughton, J. L., and D. Hanson, Further Notes on a High Temperature Thermostat, 322
Hawksley, Charles (Portrait), 492
Heusser, Wilfrid, Assaying and Chemical Balance, 192
Hetherington, John, and Sons, 15in. Gun Lathe, 213, 214
Hobbs’ Artificial Hands and Arms, 334, 335, 351, 376
Rollings and Guest’s Tube Roller-welding Machine, 524
TASMANIAN Great Lake Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 69, 78 (Two-page Supplement, July 21th, 1917)
Towns, Herbert L., on Welding with Application to Automobile Engineering, lj>5, 147
Towns, Herbert L., on Welding with Application to Automobile Engineering, lj>5, 147
VALERI, O., Longitudinal Sleepers for Rail ways and Tramways, 29
 
V
VALERI, O., Longitudinal Sleepers for Rail* ways and Tramways, 29
 
Virginian Railway, 312, 316
Virginian Railway, 312, 316


W
WALKER, John, Proposed Chain Tractor, 180
WALKER, John, Proposed Chain Tractor, 180
Wallace, W. M., on the Critical Speeds of Loaded Shafts^46
 
Wallace, W. M., on the Critical Speeds of Loaded Shafts,246
 
Wallis 3|-ton Three-Wheeled Tractor, 299
Wallis 3|-ton Three-Wheeled Tractor, 299
Walters, F., and Co., Road Sweeping Machine, 96
Walters, F., and Co., Road Sweeping Machine, 96
Warrington Gasworks, Strachan and Henshaw’s Telpher Coke Handling Plant, 430, 434 Wearden, Louis, and Guylee, The “ Marvel ” Drill Chuck, 54
Warrington Gasworks, Strachan and Henshaw’s Telpher Coke Handling Plant, 430, 434 Wearden, Louis, and Guylee, The “ Marvel ” Drill Chuck, 54
Welsh Railways, Co-ordination Among, 189
Welsh Railways, Co-ordination Among, 189
Westinghouse Brake, Automatic Train Control for, 50
Westinghouse Brake, Automatic Train Control for, 50
White and Poppe Type Carburetter, 178
White and Poppe Type Carburetter, 178
Wild-Barfield Electrical Method of Steel Hardening, 82
Wild-Barfield Electrical Method of Steel Hardening, 82
Wilson, John H., and Co.’s Electric Winch, 525
Wilson, John H., and Co.’s Electric Winch, 525
Wolff, Dr. E. B., on Failure of Boiler Plates and
Wolff, Dr. E. B., on Failure of Boiler Plates and
  Stresses in Riveted Joints, 296, 456
 
Stresses in Riveted Joints, 296, 456
 
Woodbridge Tractor, 156, 157
Woodbridge Tractor, 156, 157
Wright, J., and Co.’s Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of Metals, 146, 147
Wright, J., and Co.’s Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of Metals, 146, 147
W. R. Sykes Signal Interlocking Company, Apparatus for Train Control, 50, 319
W. R. Sykes Signal Interlocking Company, Apparatus for Train Control, 50, 319
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ZEPPELIN, Captured, Engine Gondolas of, 392
ZEPPELIN, Captured, Engine Gondolas of, 392
Zimmer, George Frederick, on Coal and Ash
Zimmer, George Frederick, on Coal and Ash
  Plant at Osaka Electric Works, 115
 
Plant at Osaka Electric Works, 115
 
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ACID Open-Hearth Process, F. Rogers, 276
ACID Open-Hearth Process, F. Rogers, 276
Action of Caustic Liquors on Steel Plates, C. E.
 
  Stromeyer, 496
Action of Caustic Liquors on Steel Plates, C. E. Stromeyer, 496
 
Aero Engine Connecting-rods, P. G. Bourcier, 167
Aero Engine Connecting-rods, P. G. Bourcier, 167
Aeroplane Construction in America, 489, 498
Aeroplane Construction in America, 489, 498
Aeroplane Works, An English, 257 (Two-page
 
  Supplement, September 21st, 1917)
Aeroplane Works, An English, 257 {Two-page
 
Supplement, September 21<si, 1917)
 
Aeroplanes, Recent German, Notes on, 516, 518
Aeroplanes, Recent German, Notes on, 516, 518
Agricultural Tractors and Haulers, British, 512, 533, 553, 562
Agricultural Tractors and Haulers, British, 512, 533, 553, 562
Air Heater for Motor Car Carburetters, Brown Brothers, Limited, 480
Air Heater for Motor Car Carburetters, Brown Brothers, Limited, 480
Air Heater for Workshops, J. Boyd and Sons, 502
Air Heater for Workshops, J. Boyd and Sons, 502
Air-lift Pumping, A. W. Purchas, 446
Air-lift Pumping, A. W. Purchas, 446
Air Pump for High Vacuum Experiments, 557
Air Pump for High Vacuum Experiments, 557
Ambulance Train for Continental Service, 358 (Two-page Supplement, October 26th, 1917)
 
Ambulance Train for Continental Service, 358 {Two-page Supplement, October 26th, 1917)
 
Arched Keel Block, Reinforced Concrete, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345
Arched Keel Block, Reinforced Concrete, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345
Ash-handling Plant, Pneumatic, Ed. Bennis and Co., 103
Ash-handling Plant, Pneumatic, Ed. Bennis and Co., 103
Assaying and Chemical Balance, Wilfrid Heusser, 192
Assaying and Chemical Balance, Wilfrid Heusser, 192
Attachment of Spindles to Forged Steel Valves, F. M. McLarty, Jun., 153
Attachment of Spindles to Forged Steel Valves, F. M. McLarty, Jun., 153
Automatic Drop Bottom Mine Car, Sanford- Day Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, 457
 
Automatic Drop Bottom Mine Car, Sanford-Day Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, 457
 
Automatic Train Control, W. R. Sykes’ Signa!
Automatic Train Control, W. R. Sykes’ Signa!
  Interlocking Company, 50, 319
 
Interlocking Company, 50, 319
 
Automobile Engineering, Welding with Application to, Herbert L. Towns, 125, 147
Automobile Engineering, Welding with Application to, Herbert L. Towns, 125, 147
B
BALANCE, Assaying and Chemical, Wilfrid Heusser, 192
BALANCE, Assaying and Chemical, Wilfrid Heusser, 192
Baling and Sampling Machines, Cotton, D.
Baling and Sampling Machines, Cotton, D.
  Bridge and Co., 448
 
Bridge and Co., 448
 
Band Saw—see Sawing-
Band Saw—see Sawing-
Bar Mill, 20in., Motor-driven, General Electric
Bar Mill, 20in., Motor-driven, General Electric
  Company, 186, 190
 
Company, 186, 190
 
Battery Signals—see Railway Signals Bevel-cutting Machines—see Machine Tools Boiler Feed-water Regulator, Copes, 367 Boiler Plates, Failure of, and Stresses in Riveted
Battery Signals—see Railway Signals Bevel-cutting Machines—see Machine Tools Boiler Feed-water Regulator, Copes, 367 Boiler Plates, Failure of, and Stresses in Riveted
  Joints, Dr. E. B. Wolff, 296, 456
 
Joints, Dr. E. B. Wolff, 296, 456
 
Boring Machines—see Machine Tools
Boring Machines—see Machine Tools
Brakes, Westinghouse and Vacuum, Automatic Train Control for, W. R. Sykes’ Signal Interlocking Company, 50
Brakes, Westinghouse and Vacuum, Automatic Train Control for, W. R. Sykes’ Signal Interlocking Company, 50
Bridge and Girder Yards, Practice in, &c., G.
 
  Kenworthy, 5, 25, 48, 91 ; (Letters), 162, 248
Bridge and Girder Yards, Practice in, &c., G. Kenworthy, 5, 25, 48, 91 ; (Letters), 162, 248
Bridge, Quebec, The New, 253, 336, 338, 381, 403, 426 (Two-page Supplement, November 9th, 1917)
 
Bridges for Mid-Scotland Canal, 558 (Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
Bridge, Quebec, The New, 253, 336, 338, 381, 403, 426 {Two-page Supplement, November Qth, 1917)
 
Bridges for Mid-Scotland Canal, 558 {Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
 
Bridges, Suspension, in New Zealand, Joseph Dawson, 52, 56
Bridges, Suspension, in New Zealand, Joseph Dawson, 52, 56
Bulb Experiments on Hot Bulb Engines, 112
Bulb Experiments on Hot Bulb Engines, 112
Centenary of Heat Regenerator and Stirling’s Engine, 1816, 616, 517; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567
 
c
CANAL Schemes, Mid-Scotland, 465, 538, 558 {Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)
 
Canteen, Engineering Works, A. F. Agar, 491
 
Canteens at Munitions Works, 268, 269
 
Carburetter, White and Poppe, 178
 
Carburetters, Motor Car, Air Heater for, Brown
 
Brothers, Limited, 480
 
Cars, Ford, Conversion of, into Commercial
 
Vehicles, 8
 
Case Hardening Furnace, Monometer Manufacturing Company, 571
 
Casting, Heavy, Transporting by North-
 
Eastern Railway, 413
 
Casting, A Large, Ruston, Proctor and Co., Limited, 292
 
Caterpillar or Paddle-wheel Traction Engine, 205
 
Caterpillar—see also Chain Track Tractor
 
Caustic Soda Concentration Plant, Mirrlees,
 
Watson Company, 34, 44
 
Centenary of Heat Regenerator and Stirling’s Engine, 1816, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567
 
Centrifugal Type Gas Washers, W. C. Holmes and Co., 502
Centrifugal Type Gas Washers, W. C. Holmes and Co., 502
Chain Track Tractor, Evolution of the, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184
Chain Track Tractor, Evolution of the, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184
Chuck, Drill, the “ Marvel,” Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54
Chuck, Drill, the “ Marvel,” Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54
Circular Arcs, Simple Calculations of, 114
Circular Arcs, Simple Calculations of, 114
Coal and Ash Hoists, Push-button, 254
Coal and Ash Hoists, Push-button, 254
Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, Babcock and Wilcox, 115
Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, Babcock and Wilcox, 115
Coaling Plant, Locomotive, at Carlisle, for London and North-Western Railway, 12, 18
Coaling Plant, Locomotive, at Carlisle, for London and North-Western Railway, 12, 18
Coke Handling Plant at Warrington Gasworks, Strachan and Henshaw, Limited, 430, 434
Coke Handling Plant at Warrington Gasworks, Strachan and Henshaw, Limited, 430, 434
Colliery Tub—see Automatic Mine Car
Colliery Tub—see Automatic Mine Car
Concrete, Reinforced, Arched Keel Block, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345
Concrete, Reinforced, Arched Keel Block, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345
Concrete, Reinforced, Shipbuilding in Norway, 520, 524
Concrete, Reinforced, Shipbuilding in Norway, 520, 524
Concrete, Transmission of, by Air and Steam, 159, 164
Concrete, Transmission of, by Air and Steam, 159, 164
Connecting-rods, Aero-engine, P. G. Bourcier, 167
Connecting-rods, Aero-engine, P. G. Bourcier, 167
Conversion of Ford Cars into Commercial Vehicles, 8
Conversion of Ford Cars into Commercial Vehicles, 8
Conversion of Locomotives—see Locomotives
Conversion of Locomotives—see Locomotives
Cotton Baling and Sampling Machines, D.
Cotton Baling and Sampling Machines, D.
  Bridge and Co., 448
 
Bridge and Co., 448
 
Cranes, for France, Five-ton Electric Goliath, Sir W. Arrol and Co., Limited, 140, 142
Cranes, for France, Five-ton Electric Goliath, Sir W. Arrol and Co., Limited, 140, 142
Critical Speeds of Loaded Shafts, W. M. Wallace, 246
Critical Speeds of Loaded Shafts, W. M. Wallace, 246
D
D
DETERIORATION of Curtis Rateau Turbine Blading, A. Fenwick, 30, 60
DETERIORATION of Curtis Rateau Turbine
 
Blading, A. Fenwick, 30, 60
 
Diving Globe for Salving Sunken Ships, W. D.
Diving Globe for Salving Sunken Ships, W. D.
  Sisson, 386, 389
 
Sisson, 386, 389
 
Drill Chuck, The “ Marvel,” Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54
Drill Chuck, The “ Marvel,” Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54
Drop Hammer Plant Driven by Waste Heat, Bretts’ Patent Lifter Company, 450, 452
Drop Hammer Plant Driven by Waste Heat, Bretts’ Patent Lifter Company, 450, 452
E
E
ELECTRICAL MATTERS:
ELECTRICAL MATTERS:
Bar Mill, 20in., Electrically-driven, General Electric Company, 186, 190
Bar Mill, 20in., Electrically-driven, General Electric Company, 186, 190
Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, Babcock and Wilcox, 115
Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, Babcock and Wilcox, 115
Electric Discharge and Crop Production, 74
Electric Discharge and Crop Production, 74
  Empress Works, E. Brook, 342
 
Empress Works, E. Brook, 342
 
Furnaces, Small Electric, and their Uses, Chas. R. Darling, 422
Furnaces, Small Electric, and their Uses, Chas. R. Darling, 422
Steel Hardening, Electric Method of, Wild- Barfield, 82
 
Steel Hardening, Electric Method of, Wild-Barfield, 82
 
Switch, Wall Socket and Plug, Combined, Donovan and Co., 83
Switch, Wall Socket and Plug, Combined, Donovan and Co., 83
  Winch, Electric, J. H. Wilson and Co., 525
 
Winch, Electric, J. H. Wilson and Co., 525
 
ENGINES AND MOTORS:
ENGINES AND MOTORS:
  Atmospheric Colliery Winding Engine, 94, 98
Atmospheric Colliery Winding Engine, 94, 98
 
Hot Air Engine and Regenerator of 1816, Stirling’s, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567
Hot Air Engine and Regenerator of 1816, Stirling’s, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567
  Hot Bulb Engines, 112 ; (Letters), 149, 161
 
  Locomotives—see Locomotives
Hot Bulb Engines, 112 ; (Letters), 149, 161
  Traction Engine, Boydell, 111
 
  Traction Engine, B. J. Diplock, 158
Locomotives—see Locomotives
 
Traction Engine, Boydell, 111
 
Traction Engine, B. J. Diplock, 158
 
Uniflow Engine for Road Vehicles, Tests at Ohio, F. W. Marquis, 276 ; (Letters), 333, 360, 384
Uniflow Engine for Road Vehicles, Tests at Ohio, F. W. Marquis, 276 ; (Letters), 333, 360, 384
ENGINEERING Works Canteens, A. F. Agar, 491
ENGINEERING Works Canteens, A. F. Agar, 491
Evolution of the Chain Track Tractor, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250 ; (Letter), 184
 
Evolution of the Chain Track Tractor, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184
 
F
F
FAILURE of Boiler Plates—see Boiler Plates
FAILURE of Boiler Plates—see Boiler Plates
Feed-water Regulator, Copes, 367
Feed-water Regulator, Copes, 367
Filter Bed Sand Washer, Portable, Hunter and
Filter Bed Sand Washer, Portable, Hunter and
  English, Limited, 44
 
English, Limited, 44
 
Fire and Salvage Boat for Elswick, 503
Fire and Salvage Boat for Elswick, 503
Floods, Protection of Paris Against, 16
Floods, Protection of Paris Against, 16
Friction Screw Press, 250-Ton, J. Rhodes and
Friction Screw Press, 250-Ton, J. Rhodes and
  Sons, Limited, 43
 
Furnace, Oil-fired Case-hardening, Monometer Manufacturing'Company, 571
Sons, Limited, 43
 
Furnace, Oil-fired Case-hardening, Monometer
 
Manufacturing ‘Company, 571
 
Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of Metals,
Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of Metals,
  J. Wright and Co., 146, 147
 
J. Wright and Co., 146, 147
 
Furnaces—see also Electrical Matters
Furnaces—see also Electrical Matters
G
G
GAS-DRIVEN Motor Vehicles, 178, 226
GAS-DRIVEN Motor Vehicles, 178, 226
Gas-driven Omnibus for Edinburgh, 226
Gas-driven Omnibus for Edinburgh, 226
Gases and Air, Inflammability of Mixtures of,
Gases and Air, Inflammability of Mixtures of,
  G. A. Burrell and A. W. Gauger, 168
 
Gas-firing, A New System, Principles and
G. A. Burrell and A. W. Gauger, 168
  Methods of, A. C. lonides, 320
 
Gas-firing, A New System, Principles and Methods of, A. C. lonides, 320
 
Gas Washers, Centrifugal Type, W. C. Holmes and Co., 502
Gas Washers, Centrifugal Type, W. C. Holmes and Co., 502
Gauges, Hardened Thread, Manufacture of, G. Doorakkers, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390
Gauges, Hardened Thread, Manufacture of, G. Doorakkers, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390
Gun Lathe—see Machine Tools
Gun Lathe—see Machine Tools


H
HEAT of Steam, The Latent, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279
Heat Treatment of Metals, Furnaces for, J.
Wright and Co., 146, 147
Heating of Industrial Buildings, James Boyd and Sons, 502
High Vacuum Experiments at Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., 557
Hot Air and Hot Bulb Engines—see Engines
Hydraulic, Steam, Intensifier, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366
Hydro-electric Power Scheme, Tasmanian Great Lake, 69, 78 {Two-page Supplement, July 21th,


I
INDUSTRIES of Poland, 14
INDUSTRIES of Poland, 14
Inflammability of Mixtures of Gases and Air,
Inflammability of Mixtures of Gases and Air,
G. A. Burrell and A. W. Gauger, 168
G. A. Burrell and A. W. Gauger, 168
Intensifier, Steam Hydraulic, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366 *
 
Intensifier, Steam Hydraulic, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366           <
 
L
L
LATENT Heat of Steam, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279
LATENT Heat of Steam, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279
Lathes—see Machine Tools
Lathes—see Machine Tools
Locomotives for American Military Railways in France, 458
Locomotives for American Military Railways in France, 458
Locomotive Coaling Plant at Carlisle, London and North-Western Railway, 12, 18
Locomotive Coaling Plant at Carlisle, London and North-Western Railway, 12, 18
Locomotive, P.L.M., Conversion of Single Expansion to Compound, 511 (Two-page Supplement, December ]Ath, 1917)
 
Locomotive, British Built Tank, for the Paris- Orleans Railway, 43 (Two-page Supplement, July 13th, 1917)
Locomotive, P.L.M., Conversion of Single Expansion to Compound, 511 {Two-page Supplement, December \4th, 1917)
 
Locomotive, British Built Tank, for the Paris-Orleans Railway, 43 {Two-page Supplement, July ISth, 1917)
 
Locomotives on the Great Northern Railway, Conversion of, 542, 547
Locomotives on the Great Northern Railway, Conversion of, 542, 547
Locomotives, South-Eastern and Chatham
 
  Railway, 287, 294 : (Letter), 323 ; (Correction) 326 (Two-page Supplement, October 5th, 1917)
Locomotives, South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 287, 294 : (Letter), 323 ; (Correction) 326 {Two-page Supplement, October 5th, 1917)
 
Longitudinal Sleepers for Railways and Tramways, Olindo Valeri, 29
Longitudinal Sleepers for Railways and Tramways, Olindo Valeri, 29
Losses of Ships—see Ships
Losses of Ships—see Ships
M
M
MACHINE TOOLS:
MACHINE TOOLS:
Bevel Gear Generating Machine, Smith and Coventry, Limited, 82
Bevel Gear Generating Machine, Smith and Coventry, Limited, 82
Gun Lathe, 15in., Motor Driven, John
Gun Lathe, 15in., Motor Driven, John
    Hetherington and Sons, Limited, 213, 214
 
Hetherington and Sons, Limited, 213, 214
 
Horizontal Boring Machines, Two New, Geo.
Horizontal Boring Machines, Two New, Geo.
    Richards and Co., 118, 120
 
Richards and Co., 118, 120
 
Internal Cylinder Grinding Machine, Churchill
Internal Cylinder Grinding Machine, Churchill
    Machine Tool Company, 320
 
Machine Tool Company, 320
 
Milling Machine, 42in. Plain Horizontal,
Milling Machine, 42in. Plain Horizontal,
    Smith and Coventry, 102
 
Smith and Coventry, 102
 
Nine-inch Taper Turning Sliding Lathe, Harry F. Atkins, 43
Nine-inch Taper Turning Sliding Lathe, Harry F. Atkins, 43
Press, 250-Ton Friction Screw, J. Rhodes and
Press, 250-Ton Friction Screw, J. Rhodes and
    Sons, Limited, 43
 
Sons, Limited, 43
 
MANUFACTURE of Hardened Thread Gauges,
MANUFACTURE of Hardened Thread Gauges,
G. Doorakkers, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390
G. Doorakkers, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390
MAPS:
MAPS:
Australia, Transcontinental Railway, 356
Australia, Transcontinental Railway, 356
Cardiff, Railways in the Vicinity of, 189
Cardiff, Railways in the Vicinity of, 189
Coal Distribution Areas of Great Britain, 37
Coal Distribution Areas of Great Britain, 37
Forth and Clyde Canal, 465, 466
Forth and Clyde Canal, 465, 466
Mansfield Railway, 401
Mansfield Railway, 401
Paris and its Environs, Protection of, Against
 
    Floods, 16
Paris and its Environs, Protection of, Against Floods, 16
 
Poland, Coal, Iron and Oil Fields, 14
Poland, Coal, Iron and Oil Fields, 14
Sydney, Existing and Proposed Suburban Railways, 145
Sydney, Existing and Proposed Suburban Railways, 145
West Virginia Coalfields and Virginian Railway, 312
West Virginia Coalfields and Virginian Railway, 312
MECHANICAL Arms for Maimed Soldiers, E.
MECHANICAL Arms for Maimed Soldiers, E.
  W. Hobbs, 334, 335, 351, 376
 
W. Hobbs, 334, 335, 351, 376
 
Metals, Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of,
Metals, Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of,
John Wright and Co., 146, 147
John Wright and Co., 146, 147
Milling Machines—see Machine Tools
Milling Machines—see Machine Tools
Mine Car—see Automatic
Mine Car—see Automatic
Motor Car Carburetters, Air Heater for, Brown
Motor Car Carburetters, Air Heater for, Brown
  Brothers, Limited, 480
 
Brothers, Limited, 480
 
Motor Vehicles, Gas-driven, 178
Motor Vehicles, Gas-driven, 178
Munitions Works, Canteens at, 268, 269
Munitions Works, Canteens at, 268, 269
N
N
NARROW-GAUGE Rolling Stock for Burma, Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company, 478
NARROW-GAUGE Rolling Stock for Burma, Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company, 478
o
o
OIL-FIRED Case-hardening Furnace, Monometer Manufacturing Company, 571
OIL-FIRED Case-hardening Furnace, Mono-meter Manufacturing Company, 571
 
Omnibus, Gas-driven, for Edinburgh, 226
Omnibus, Gas-driven, for Edinburgh, 226
Oxy-Acetylene Welding—see Welding
Oxy-Acetylene Welding—see Welding
p
PETROL or Gas as Motor Fuel, Beeston Dual Device, 178
Petrol Tractor on the Farm, 298
Plug Extractor for Shells, M. Glover and Co., 7
Pneumatic Ash Handling Plant, Ed. Bennis and
Co., 103
Portable Filter Bed Sand Washer, Hunter and
English, Limited, 44
Portrait, Charles Hawksley, 492
Portrait, W. R. Sykes, 319
Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards, &c., G.
Kenworthy, 5, 25, 48, 91 ; (Letters), 162, 248
Presses—see Machine Tools
Production and Preparation of Raw Rubber, 399, 421, 444, 467
Protection of Paris Against Floods, 16
Push Button Coal and Ash Hoists, American, 254
R
RAILWAY, Australian Transcontinental, 356, 362 ; (Paragraph), 384
RAILWAY, Australian Transcontinental, 356, 362 ; (Paragraph), 384
Railway, Mansfield, 401
Railway, Mansfield, 401
Railway, Narrow Gauge, Wagons for Burma,
I 478 '


Railway, Narrow Gauge, Wagons for Burma, 478
Railway (Signals, Mechanism for Operating, McKenzie, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Company, 124


Railway Signals, Mechanism for Operating, McKenzie, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Company, 124
Railway, The Virginian, 312, 316
Railway, The Virginian, 312, 316
Railways of Sydney, City and Suburban Electric, 144
Railways of Sydney, City and Suburban Electric, 144
Railways and Tramways, Longitudinal Sleepers for, O. Valeri, 29
 
Railways and Tramways, Longitudinal Sleepers for, 0. Valeri, 29
 
Railways, Welsh, Co-ordination Among, 189
Railways, Welsh, Co-ordination Among, 189
Regenerator and Hot Air Engine of 1816, Stirling’s, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567
Regenerator and Hot Air Engine of 1816, Stirling’s, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567
Reinforced Concrete Arched Keel Blcck, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345
Reinforced Concrete Arched Keel Blcck, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345
Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in Norway, 520, 524
 
Road Sweeping and Loading Machine, F. Walters and Co., 96
Rcniforccd Concrete Shipbuilding in Norway,
Roller Welding Tubes Machine, Hollings and Guest, Limited, 524
 
Rubber. Raw, The Production and Preparation of, 399, 421, 444, 467
Road Sweeping and Loading Machine, F.
 
Walters and Co., 96
 
Roller Welding Tubes Machine, Rollings and Guest, Limited, 524
 
Rubber, Raw, The Production and Preparation of, 399, 421, 444, 467
 
s
s
SAW Mill at an Aeroplane Works, 257
SAW Mill at an Aeroplane Works, 257
Sawing Machine, Vertical Band, Thos. Robinton and Son, Limited, 412
 
Sawing Machine, Vertical Band, Thos. Robinson and Son, Limited, 412
 
Shafts, Loaded, Critical Speeds cf, W. M. Wallace, 246
Shafts, Loaded, Critical Speeds cf, W. M. Wallace, 246
Shells, Plug Extractor for, M. Glover and Co., 7 Ship Canal Schemes, Mid-Scotland, 465; 538
 
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :
Shells, Plug Extractor for, M. Glover and Co., 7 Ship Canal Schemes, Mid-Scotland, 465>, 538
 
SHIPS AND SHIPPING WAITERS :
 
General:
General:
Losses of Ships and Submarines, 556
Losses of Ships and Submarines, 556
Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in Norway, 520, 524
 
Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in Norway, 520,524                             ?
 
Sunken Ships, New Device for Raising, W.
Sunken Ships, New Device for Raising, W.
    D. Sisson, 386, 389
 
D. Sisson, 386, 389
 
British Navy:
British Navy:
Submarine Chasers for British Admiralty, American Built, 139
 
Submarine Chasers for* British Admiralty, American Built, 139
 
Foreign:
Foreign:
Naval Power Boat Construction in America, 139
Naval Power Boat Construction in America, 139
Submarine Chasers, American Built, 139
Submarine Chasers, American Built, 139
Submarine Chasers, Italian, 566
Submarine Chasers, Italian, 566
Miscellaneous Vessels:
 
. American Wooden Steamships, 332
Miscellaneous Ve ssels:
Rastrick’s Design for a Steamboat, 81 ; (Letters), 118, 228, 248, 279, 323
 
SIGNALS—see Railway Signals
American Wooden Steamships, 332
 
Rastrick’s Design for a Steamboat, 81 : (Letters), 118, 228, 248, 279, 323
 
SIGNALS—sec Railway Signals
 
Six-ton Steam Wagon, Atkinson and Co., 494
Six-ton Steam Wagon, Atkinson and Co., 494
Sleepers, Longitudinal, for Railways and Tramways, O. Valeri, 29
Sleepers, Longitudinal, for Railways and Tramways, O. Valeri, 29
Soap Films, Use of, in Solving Torsion Problems, A. A. Griffiths and G. I. Taylor, 536, ? 543, 546
 
Soap Films, Use of, in Solving Torsion Problems, A. A. Griffiths and G. I. Taylor, 536, 543, 546
 
Soda, Caustic, Concentration Plant, Mirrlees, Watson Company, 34, 44
Soda, Caustic, Concentration Plant, Mirrlees, Watson Company, 34, 44
Soldiers, Maimed, Mechanical Arms for, E. W.
Soldiers, Maimed, Mechanical Arms for, E. W.
  Hobbs, 334, 335, 351, 376
 
Hobbs, 334, 335, 351, 376
 
Speeds of Loaded Shafts, Critical, W. M. Wallace, 246
Speeds of Loaded Shafts, Critical, W. M. Wallace, 246
Spindles, Attachment of, to Forged Steel Valves, F. M. McLarty, jun., 153
Spindles, Attachment of, to Forged Steel Valves, F. M. McLarty, jun., 153
Standardised British Merchant Vessels, 267, 272, 273
Standardised British Merchant Vessels, 267, 272, 273
Steam Generation, Use of Waste Gases for, J. B. C. Kershaw, 25
 
Steam Generation, Use of Waste Gases for, J.
 
B. C. Kershaw, 25
 
Steam Hydraulic Intensifier, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366
Steam Hydraulic Intensifier, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366
Steam, The Latent Heat of, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279
Steam, The Latent Heat of, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279
Steam Wagon—see Wagon
 
Steam Wagon—see. Wagon
 
Steel Hardening, Electric Method, Wild-Barfield, 82
Steel Hardening, Electric Method, Wild-Barfield, 82
Steel Manufacture, The Acid Open-Hearth Process, F. Rogers, 276
Steel Manufacture, The Acid Open-Hearth Process, F. Rogers, 276
Steel Plates, Action of Caustic Liquors on, C. E. Stromeyer, 496
Steel Plates, Action of Caustic Liquors on, C. E. Stromeyer, 496
Submarine Tramway Tunnel at Boston, 230, 234, 235
Submarine Tramway Tunnel at Boston, 230, 234, 235
T
 
TELPHER Coke-handling Plant—see Coke
TELPHER Coke-handling Plant—see Coke
Testing Department of the Fiat Company, Turin, 503
Testing Department of the Fiat Company, Turin, 503
Thermostat, A High Temperature, Further Notes on, J. L. Haughton and D. Hanson, 322
 
Tool Works at Timperley, Smith and Coventry, 470, 474
Thermostat, A High Temperature, Further Notes on, J. L. Haughton and D. Hanson, 322 Tool Works at Timperley, Smith and Coventry, 470, 474
 
Torsion Problems, Use of Soap Films in Solving, A. A. Griffith and G. I. Taylor, 536, 543, 546
Torsion Problems, Use of Soap Films in Solving, A. A. Griffith and G. I. Taylor, 536, 543, 546
Traction Engines—see Engines
Traction Engines—see Engines
Tractor, Chain Track, Evolution of the, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250 ; (Letter), 184
 
Tractor, Chain Track, Evolution of the, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184
 
Tractor, Petrol, on the Farm, 298
Tractor, Petrol, on the Farm, 298
Tractors and Haulers, British Agricultural, 512, 533, 553, 562
Tractors and Haulers, British Agricultural, 512, 533, 553, 562
Train, Ambulance—see Ambulance
Train, Ambulance—see Ambulance
Train Control—see Automatic
Train Control—see Automatic
Transmission of Concrete by Air and Steam, 159, 164
Transmission of Concrete by Air and Steam, 159, 164
Transporting a Heavy Casting, 413
Transporting a Heavy Casting, 413
Tube Roller-welding Machine, Hollirgs and Guest, Limited, 524
 
Tube Roller-welding Machine, Rollings and Guest, Limited, 524
 
Tunnel, Submarine, at Boston, U.S.A., 230, 234, 235
Tunnel, Submarine, at Boston, U.S.A., 230, 234, 235
Turbine Blading, Curtis Rateau, The Deteriora tion of, A. Fenwick, 30, 60
Turbine Blading, Curtis Rateau, The Deteriora tion of, A. Fenwick, 30, 60
u
UNIFLOW—see Engines
Use of Soap Films—see Soap
Use of Waste Gases for Steam Generation,
  J. B. C. Kershaw, 27
V
VALVE,Pressure Regulating,Neath Tramways, 178 .


INDEX.
NIFLOW—see Engines
W
 
se of Soap Films—see Soap
 
se of Waste Gases for Steam Generation,
 
J. B. C. Kershaw, 27
 
7ALVE,Pressure Regulating,Neath Tramways,
 
178 .
 
WAGON, Narrow Gauge, Self-discharging, for Burma, Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company, 478
WAGON, Narrow Gauge, Self-discharging, for Burma, Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company, 478
Wagon, Six-ton Steam, Atkinson and Co., 494
 
Washer—see Gas Washer
Wagon, Six-ton Steam, Atkinson and Co., 494 Washer—see Gas Washer
 
Waste Gases for Steam Generation, Use of, J. B. C. Kershaw, 25
Waste Gases for Steam Generation, Use of, J. B. C. Kershaw, 25
Water Softening Plant—see Australian Transcontinental Railway, 356, 362 ; (Paragraph), 384
Water Softening Plant—see Australian Transcontinental Railway, 356, 362 ; (Paragraph), 384
Welding with Application to Automobile Engineering, Herbert L. Towns, 125, 147
Welding with Application to Automobile Engineering, Herbert L. Towns, 125, 147
Wheel Tractor, Andrew Dunlop, 134, 135
Wheel Tractor, Andrew Dunlop, 134, 135
Winch, Electric, J. H. Wilson and Co., 525
Winch, Electric, J. H. Wilson and Co., 525
Works, Aeroplane, An English, 257 (Two-page
Works, Aeroplane, An English, 257 (Two-page
  Supplement, September 21st, 1917)
 
Supplement, September 21st, 1917)
 
Works, Electrical—see Electrical Matters
Works, Electrical—see Electrical Matters
Works, New Tool, at Timperley, Smith and
Works, New Tool, at Timperley, Smith and
  Coventry, 470, 474
 
Coventry, 470, 474
 
Workshops, Air Heater for, J. Boyd and Sons, 502
Workshops, Air Heater for, J. Boyd and Sons, 502
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ZEPPELIN, Captured, Engine Gondolas of, 392
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A AGAR, A. F., on Engineering Works Canteens, 491

Allison and Baltimore, Push-button Coal and I Ash Hoists at, 254

America, Aeroplane Construction in, 489, 498

America, Naval Power-boat Construction in, 139

American Locomotives for United States Forces in France, 458

American Wooden Steamships, 332

Andrew Dunlop Tractor Wheel, 134, 135

Angell, R. S., Proposal for Chain Track Motor Vehicle, 181

Applegarth Tractor, 157

Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., Loch Lomond Route of Mid-Scotland Ship Canal, 465, 538, 558 (Two-pacje Supplement, December 28th, 1917)

Arrol, Sir W., and Co.’s Five-ton Electric Goliath Cranes for France*, 140, 142

Aspinall, Frank B., on the Latent Heat of Steam, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters) 162, 184, 279

Atkins, Harry F., Nine-inch Taper-turning Sliding Lathe, 43

Atkinson’s Six-ton Steam Wagon, 494

Aultman Agricultural Tractor, 298

Australian Transcontinental Railway, 356, 362 : (Paragraph) 384

Aveling and Porter Agricultural Tractor, 533

Ayrshire Dockyard Company’s Reinforced Concrete Arched Keel Block, 345

B BABCOCK and Wilcox Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, G. F. Zimmer, 115

Batter Tractors, 156, 157

Beamond, F. L., Chain Track, 183

Beeston Dual Device for Petrol or Gas, 178

Bennis, Ed., and Co., Pneumatic Ash-handling

Plant, 103

Bertrams’ Rubber Factory and Plant, 446, 468, 469

Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company’s Narrow-gauge Self-discharging Wagon, 478

Boston, U.S.A., Submarine Tramway Tunnel, 230, 234, 235

Bourcier, P. G., on Aero-engine Connecting-rods, 167

Boyd, James, and Sons, Air Heater for Workshops, 502

Boydel) Traction Engine, 111

Bretts’ Patent Lifter Company, Drop Hammer Plant, 450, 452

Bridge, David, and Company, Cotton Baling and Sampling Machinery, 448, 467, 468

British Agricultural Tractors and Haulers, 512, 533, 553, 562

British and German Losses of Ships and Submarines, 556

British Merchant Vessels, Standardised, 267, 272, 273

Brook, E., Empress Electrical Engineering Works, Huddersfield, 342

Brown Brothers’ Air Heater for Motor Car Carburetters, 480

Bumsted and Chandler Agricultural Motor and Plough, 533

Burma Mines Railway, Narrow gauge Wagons, 478

Burrell Agricultural Tractors, 534

Burrell, G. A., and A. W. Gauger, on the Inflammability of Mixtures of Gases and Air, 168

c CARLISLE, Locomotive Coaling Plant at, for London and North-Western Railway, 12,

Centiped Chain Track, 205

Churchill Machine Tool Company, Internal

Cylinder Grinding Machine, 320

Copes Boiler Feed-water Regulator, 367

Cowans, Sheldon and Co., Locomotive Coaling

Plant at Carlisle, 12, 18

Crawley Agrimotor, 534

Cummins, A. E., Cotton Baling and Sampling

Machines, 448

Curtis Rateau Turbin^ Blading, the Deterioration of, A. Fenwick, 30, 60

D DARLING, Chas. R., on Small Electric Furnaces and their Uses, 422

Davidson and Liversedge Gas Washer, 502

Davy Brothers’ Steam Hydraulic Intensifier, 366

Dawson, Joseph, Suspension Bridges in New Zealand, 52, 56

Diplock Chain Track, Tractor, Lorry and

Wagon, 223, 241, 242, 243, 250

Diplock Pedrail Tractor, 181, 182

Diplock Traction Engine, 158

Donovan and Company’s Combined Switch, Wall Socket and Plug, 83

Doorakkers, G., on the Manufacture of Hardened

Thread Gauges, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390

Dudgeon, Miss E. C., and Mr. J. E. Newman, Experiments in Crop Production by Electric Discharge, 74

E EDINBURGH, Gas-driven Omnibus for, 226

Edwards Tractor, 157, 158

Elswick, Fire and Salvage Boat for, 503

Empress Electrical Engineering Works, Huddersfield, E. Brook, 342

English Aeroplane Works, 257 (Two-page

Supplement, September 21st, 1917)

F FENWICK, A., on the Deterioration of Curtis Rateau Turbine Blading, 30, 60

Fiat Company, Turin, Testing Department, 503

Ford Cars, Conversion of, into Commercial Vehicles, 8

Forth and Clyde Ship Canal Schemes, 465, 538, 558 (Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)

Foster, William, and Company’s Steam and Oil Tractors, 553

Fowler, John, and Company’s Motor Ploughs, 554, 562

French Railways, Conversion of Single Expansion to Compound Engines, 511 (Two-page Supplement, December \±th, 1917)

G GALLENKAMP’S Resistance Furnace, 422

Garrett, Richard, and Sons, Agricultural Steam Tractors, 554, 555

General Electric Company’s Plant for Driving 20in. Bar Mill, 186, 190

German Aeroplanes, 516, 518

Glover and Co.’s Plug Extractor for Shells, 7

Gray Three-ton Tractor, 299

Great Eastern Railway Train Control, 50

Great Northern Railway, Conversion of Com pound Engines, 542, 547

Griffith, A. A., and G. J. Taylor, on the Use of Soap Films in Solving Torsion Problems, 536. 543, 546

Griffith Colliery Tub, Sanford-Day Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, 457

Guillaume Fender’s Proposals for Chain Tractors, 136

Gwinnett’s Chain Track Proposal for Tractor, 158

H HAMPSON’S Rubber Washing Machine, 444, 445

Haughton, J. L., and D. Hanson, Further Notes on a High Temperature Thermostat, 322

Hawksley, Charles (Portrait), 492

Heusser, Wilfrid, Assaying and Chemical

Balance, 192

Hetherington, John, and Sons, 15in. Gun Lathe, 213, 214

Hobbs’ Artificial Hands and Arms, 334, 335, 351, 376

Rollings and Guest’s Tube Roller-welding Machine, 524

olmes, W. C., and Co.’s Centrifugal Type Gas Washers, 502

olt Agricultural Chain Track Tractor. 243, 244 ornsby Tractor, Roberts’ Chain Track Fitted to, 202, 208, 221, 222, 223

Hunter and English. Portable Filter Bed Sand Washer, 44

IONIDES, A. C., on the Principles and Methods of a New System of Gas-firing, 320

Italian Submarine Chasers, 566

J JUSTICE-JOHNSON Chain Track, Proposed Vehicles, 181

KENWORTHY, George, Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards from a Theoretical Standpoint, 5, 25, 48, 91 : (Letters), 162, 248

Kershaw, J. B. C., Use of Waste Gases for Steam Generation, 25

L LOCH LOMOND—see Mid-Scotland

Lodge-Newman and Lincluden Apparatus for

Crop Production, 74

Lombard, A. O., Tractor, 183, 184, 244, 250

Lombard Log-Hauling Tractor, 205

London and North-Western Railway Locomotive Coaling Plant at Carlisle, 12, 18

M McKENZIE, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Company’s Mechanism for Operating Railway Signals, 124

McLarty, F. M., on Attachment of Spindles to Forged Steel Valves, 153

Madeley, Old Colliery Winding Engine at, 94, 98

Mansfield Railway, 401, 408

Marquis, F. W., on Tests of the Uniflow Engine for Road Vehicles, 276 ; (Letters), 333, 360, 384

“ Marvel ” Drill Chuck, Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54

Mercedes Car with Hornsby’s Chain Track, 221

Michie-Golledge Coagulator, 421

Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Works, Ambulance Train, 358 (Two-page Supplement, October 2§th, 1917)

Mid-Scotland Ship Canal Schemes, 465, 538, 558 {Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)

Mirrlees, Watson Caustic Soda Concentration Plant, 34, 44

Monometer Manufacturing Company’s Oil-fired Case Hardening Furnace, 571

N NEATH Tramways, Diaphragm Valve, 178

New Zealand, Suspension Bridge in, Joseph Dawson,. 52, 56

North-British Locomotive Company’s Tank Engines for the Paris-Orleans Railway, 43 {Two-page Supplement, July 18th, 1917)

North-Eastern Railway, Transporting a Heavy Casting, 413

Norway, Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in, 520, 524

OSAKA Electric Works, Coal and Ash Plant at, Babcock and Wilcox, 115

PAGE Tractor, 157

.L.M. Railway, Conversion of Single-Expansion to Compound Engines, 511 {Two-page Supplement, December ]Ath, 1917) aris-Orleans Railway, British Built Locomo

tives for, 43 {Two-page Supplement, July 13th, 1917)

’aris, Protection of, Against Floods, 16

’earn-Richards’ Combined Surfacing, Boring,

Milling and Drilling Machine, 118, 120

’erkins’ Rubber Washing Machinery, 446

’hcenix Company’s Log-Haub’ng Tractor, 204

Pioneer” Road Sweeping and Loading Machine, F. Walters and Co., 96

’oland, The Industries of, 14

’urchas, A. W., on Air-lift Pumping, 446

Q LEBEC Bridge, 253, 336, 338, 381, 403, 426, {Two-page Supplement, November 9th, 1917)

lASTRICK’S Design for a Steamboat, 81 ;

(Letters), 118, 228, 248, 279, 323

Rhodes, J., and Sons, 250-Ton Friction Screw Press, 43

Richards, Geo., and Co., Horizontal Boring Machines, 118, 120

Richardsons, Westgarth and Company’s Experi -mental Apparatus for Producing High Vacuum, 557

Roberts’ Chain Track and Tractor, 202, 203, 204, 221, 222, 223

Robinson, Thos., and Son, Vertical Band Sawing Machine, 412

Rochet-Schneider Car Fitted with Roberts’ Chain Track, 203

Rogers, F., on the Acid Open-Hearth Process, 276

Rumely Three-Wheeled Tractor, 298

Ruston, Proctor and Co’s Large Casting, 292

s SANFORD-DAY Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, The Griffith Colliery Tub, 457

Shaw, Francis, and Co.’s Rubber Washing and Drying Machines, 444, 445, 467, 468

Simms, F. R., Ploughing Tractor, 183, 184

Sisson, W. D., Diving Globe for Salving Sunken Ships, 386, 389

Smith and Coventry’s Bevel Gear Generating Machine, 82

Smith and Coventry’s 42in. Plain Horizontal Milling Machine, 102

Smith and Coventry’s Tool Works at Tim-perley, 470, 474

South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, New Locomotives on, 287, 294 ; (Letter), 323 ; (Correction), 326 {Two-page Supplement, October 5th, 1917)

Sterne Resilient Wheel, 184

Stirling’s Regenerator and Hot-air Engine of 1816, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 : (Specification), 567

Strachan and Henshaw’s Telpher Coke Handling Plant, 430, 434

Stromeyer, C. E., on the Action of Caustic Liquors on Steel Plates, 496

Summerscales Rubber Machinery, 421, 422

Sydney, City and Suburban Electric Railways of, 144

Sykes, W. R. (Portrait), 319

Sykes—see also W. R. Sykes, &c.

T TASMANIAN Great Lake Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 69, 78 {Two-page Supplement, July 27 th, 1917)

Towns, Herbert L., on Welding with Application to Automobile Engineering, lj>5, 147

V VALERI, O., Longitudinal Sleepers for Rail* ways and Tramways, 29

Virginian Railway, 312, 316

WALKER, John, Proposed Chain Tractor, 180

Wallace, W. M., on the Critical Speeds of Loaded Shafts,246

Wallis 3|-ton Three-Wheeled Tractor, 299

Walters, F., and Co., Road Sweeping Machine, 96

Warrington Gasworks, Strachan and Henshaw’s Telpher Coke Handling Plant, 430, 434 Wearden, Louis, and Guylee, The “ Marvel ” Drill Chuck, 54

Welsh Railways, Co-ordination Among, 189

Westinghouse Brake, Automatic Train Control for, 50

White and Poppe Type Carburetter, 178

Wild-Barfield Electrical Method of Steel Hardening, 82

Wilson, John H., and Co.’s Electric Winch, 525

Wolff, Dr. E. B., on Failure of Boiler Plates and

Stresses in Riveted Joints, 296, 456

Woodbridge Tractor, 156, 157

Wright, J., and Co.’s Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of Metals, 146, 147

W. R. Sykes Signal Interlocking Company, Apparatus for Train Control, 50, 319

z ZEPPELIN, Captured, Engine Gondolas of, 392

Zimmer, George Frederick, on Coal and Ash

Plant at Osaka Electric Works, 115

A ACID Open-Hearth Process, F. Rogers, 276

Action of Caustic Liquors on Steel Plates, C. E. Stromeyer, 496

Aero Engine Connecting-rods, P. G. Bourcier, 167

Aeroplane Construction in America, 489, 498

Aeroplane Works, An English, 257 {Two-page

Supplement, September 21<si, 1917)

Aeroplanes, Recent German, Notes on, 516, 518

Agricultural Tractors and Haulers, British, 512, 533, 553, 562

Air Heater for Motor Car Carburetters, Brown Brothers, Limited, 480

Air Heater for Workshops, J. Boyd and Sons, 502

Air-lift Pumping, A. W. Purchas, 446

Air Pump for High Vacuum Experiments, 557

Ambulance Train for Continental Service, 358 {Two-page Supplement, October 26th, 1917)

Arched Keel Block, Reinforced Concrete, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345

Ash-handling Plant, Pneumatic, Ed. Bennis and Co., 103

Assaying and Chemical Balance, Wilfrid Heusser, 192

Attachment of Spindles to Forged Steel Valves, F. M. McLarty, Jun., 153

Automatic Drop Bottom Mine Car, Sanford-Day Ironworks and Manufacturing Company, 457

Automatic Train Control, W. R. Sykes’ Signa!

Interlocking Company, 50, 319

Automobile Engineering, Welding with Application to, Herbert L. Towns, 125, 147

B BALANCE, Assaying and Chemical, Wilfrid Heusser, 192

Baling and Sampling Machines, Cotton, D.

Bridge and Co., 448

Band Saw—see Sawing-

Bar Mill, 20in., Motor-driven, General Electric

Company, 186, 190

Battery Signals—see Railway Signals Bevel-cutting Machines—see Machine Tools Boiler Feed-water Regulator, Copes, 367 Boiler Plates, Failure of, and Stresses in Riveted

Joints, Dr. E. B. Wolff, 296, 456

Boring Machines—see Machine Tools

Brakes, Westinghouse and Vacuum, Automatic Train Control for, W. R. Sykes’ Signal Interlocking Company, 50

Bridge and Girder Yards, Practice in, &c., G. Kenworthy, 5, 25, 48, 91 ; (Letters), 162, 248

Bridge, Quebec, The New, 253, 336, 338, 381, 403, 426 {Two-page Supplement, November Qth, 1917)

Bridges for Mid-Scotland Canal, 558 {Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)

Bridges, Suspension, in New Zealand, Joseph Dawson, 52, 56

Bulb Experiments on Hot Bulb Engines, 112

c CANAL Schemes, Mid-Scotland, 465, 538, 558 {Two-page Supplement, December 28th, 1917)

Canteen, Engineering Works, A. F. Agar, 491

Canteens at Munitions Works, 268, 269

Carburetter, White and Poppe, 178

Carburetters, Motor Car, Air Heater for, Brown

Brothers, Limited, 480

Cars, Ford, Conversion of, into Commercial

Vehicles, 8

Case Hardening Furnace, Monometer Manufacturing Company, 571

Casting, Heavy, Transporting by North-

Eastern Railway, 413

Casting, A Large, Ruston, Proctor and Co., Limited, 292

Caterpillar or Paddle-wheel Traction Engine, 205

Caterpillar—see also Chain Track Tractor

Caustic Soda Concentration Plant, Mirrlees,

Watson Company, 34, 44

Centenary of Heat Regenerator and Stirling’s Engine, 1816, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567

Centrifugal Type Gas Washers, W. C. Holmes and Co., 502

Chain Track Tractor, Evolution of the, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184

Chuck, Drill, the “ Marvel,” Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54

Circular Arcs, Simple Calculations of, 114

Coal and Ash Hoists, Push-button, 254

Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, Babcock and Wilcox, 115

Coaling Plant, Locomotive, at Carlisle, for London and North-Western Railway, 12, 18

Coke Handling Plant at Warrington Gasworks, Strachan and Henshaw, Limited, 430, 434

Colliery Tub—see Automatic Mine Car

Concrete, Reinforced, Arched Keel Block, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345

Concrete, Reinforced, Shipbuilding in Norway, 520, 524

Concrete, Transmission of, by Air and Steam, 159, 164

Connecting-rods, Aero-engine, P. G. Bourcier, 167

Conversion of Ford Cars into Commercial Vehicles, 8

Conversion of Locomotives—see Locomotives

Cotton Baling and Sampling Machines, D.

Bridge and Co., 448

Cranes, for France, Five-ton Electric Goliath, Sir W. Arrol and Co., Limited, 140, 142

Critical Speeds of Loaded Shafts, W. M. Wallace, 246

D DETERIORATION of Curtis Rateau Turbine

Blading, A. Fenwick, 30, 60

Diving Globe for Salving Sunken Ships, W. D.

Sisson, 386, 389

Drill Chuck, The “ Marvel,” Louis Wearden and Guylee, Limited, 54

Drop Hammer Plant Driven by Waste Heat, Bretts’ Patent Lifter Company, 450, 452

E ELECTRICAL MATTERS: Bar Mill, 20in., Electrically-driven, General Electric Company, 186, 190

Coal and Ash Plant at Osaka Electric Works, Babcock and Wilcox, 115

Electric Discharge and Crop Production, 74

Empress Works, E. Brook, 342

Furnaces, Small Electric, and their Uses, Chas. R. Darling, 422

Steel Hardening, Electric Method of, Wild-Barfield, 82

Switch, Wall Socket and Plug, Combined, Donovan and Co., 83

Winch, Electric, J. H. Wilson and Co., 525

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Atmospheric Colliery Winding Engine, 94, 98

Hot Air Engine and Regenerator of 1816, Stirling’s, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567

Hot Bulb Engines, 112 ; (Letters), 149, 161

Locomotives—see Locomotives

Traction Engine, Boydell, 111

Traction Engine, B. J. Diplock, 158

Uniflow Engine for Road Vehicles, Tests at Ohio, F. W. Marquis, 276 ; (Letters), 333, 360, 384

ENGINEERING Works Canteens, A. F. Agar, 491

Evolution of the Chain Track Tractor, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184

F FAILURE of Boiler Plates—see Boiler Plates

Feed-water Regulator, Copes, 367

Filter Bed Sand Washer, Portable, Hunter and

English, Limited, 44

Fire and Salvage Boat for Elswick, 503

Floods, Protection of Paris Against, 16

Friction Screw Press, 250-Ton, J. Rhodes and

Sons, Limited, 43

Furnace, Oil-fired Case-hardening, Monometer

Manufacturing ‘Company, 571

Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of Metals,

J. Wright and Co., 146, 147

Furnaces—see also Electrical Matters

G GAS-DRIVEN Motor Vehicles, 178, 226

Gas-driven Omnibus for Edinburgh, 226

Gases and Air, Inflammability of Mixtures of,

G. A. Burrell and A. W. Gauger, 168

Gas-firing, A New System, Principles and Methods of, A. C. lonides, 320

Gas Washers, Centrifugal Type, W. C. Holmes and Co., 502

Gauges, Hardened Thread, Manufacture of, G. Doorakkers, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390

Gun Lathe—see Machine Tools

H HEAT of Steam, The Latent, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279

Heat Treatment of Metals, Furnaces for, J.

Wright and Co., 146, 147

Heating of Industrial Buildings, James Boyd and Sons, 502

High Vacuum Experiments at Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., 557

Hot Air and Hot Bulb Engines—see Engines

Hydraulic, Steam, Intensifier, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366

Hydro-electric Power Scheme, Tasmanian Great Lake, 69, 78 {Two-page Supplement, July 21th,

INDUSTRIES of Poland, 14

Inflammability of Mixtures of Gases and Air,

G. A. Burrell and A. W. Gauger, 168

Intensifier, Steam Hydraulic, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366 <

L LATENT Heat of Steam, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279

Lathes—see Machine Tools

Locomotives for American Military Railways in France, 458

Locomotive Coaling Plant at Carlisle, London and North-Western Railway, 12, 18

Locomotive, P.L.M., Conversion of Single Expansion to Compound, 511 {Two-page Supplement, December \4th, 1917)

Locomotive, British Built Tank, for the Paris-Orleans Railway, 43 {Two-page Supplement, July ISth, 1917)

Locomotives on the Great Northern Railway, Conversion of, 542, 547

Locomotives, South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 287, 294 : (Letter), 323 ; (Correction) 326 {Two-page Supplement, October 5th, 1917)

Longitudinal Sleepers for Railways and Tramways, Olindo Valeri, 29

Losses of Ships—see Ships

M MACHINE TOOLS: Bevel Gear Generating Machine, Smith and Coventry, Limited, 82

Gun Lathe, 15in., Motor Driven, John

Hetherington and Sons, Limited, 213, 214

Horizontal Boring Machines, Two New, Geo.

Richards and Co., 118, 120

Internal Cylinder Grinding Machine, Churchill

Machine Tool Company, 320

Milling Machine, 42in. Plain Horizontal,

Smith and Coventry, 102

Nine-inch Taper Turning Sliding Lathe, Harry F. Atkins, 43

Press, 250-Ton Friction Screw, J. Rhodes and

Sons, Limited, 43

MANUFACTURE of Hardened Thread Gauges,

G. Doorakkers, 263, 290, 308, 354, 355, 390

MAPS: Australia, Transcontinental Railway, 356

Cardiff, Railways in the Vicinity of, 189

Coal Distribution Areas of Great Britain, 37

Forth and Clyde Canal, 465, 466

Mansfield Railway, 401

Paris and its Environs, Protection of, Against Floods, 16

Poland, Coal, Iron and Oil Fields, 14

Sydney, Existing and Proposed Suburban Railways, 145

West Virginia Coalfields and Virginian Railway, 312

MECHANICAL Arms for Maimed Soldiers, E.

W. Hobbs, 334, 335, 351, 376

Metals, Furnaces for the Heat Treatment of,

John Wright and Co., 146, 147

Milling Machines—see Machine Tools

Mine Car—see Automatic

Motor Car Carburetters, Air Heater for, Brown

Brothers, Limited, 480

Motor Vehicles, Gas-driven, 178

Munitions Works, Canteens at, 268, 269

N NARROW-GAUGE Rolling Stock for Burma, Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company, 478

o OIL-FIRED Case-hardening Furnace, Mono-meter Manufacturing Company, 571

Omnibus, Gas-driven, for Edinburgh, 226

Oxy-Acetylene Welding—see Welding

p PETROL or Gas as Motor Fuel, Beeston Dual Device, 178

Petrol Tractor on the Farm, 298

Plug Extractor for Shells, M. Glover and Co., 7

Pneumatic Ash Handling Plant, Ed. Bennis and

Co., 103

Portable Filter Bed Sand Washer, Hunter and

English, Limited, 44

Portrait, Charles Hawksley, 492

Portrait, W. R. Sykes, 319

Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards, &c., G.

Kenworthy, 5, 25, 48, 91 ; (Letters), 162, 248

Presses—see Machine Tools

Production and Preparation of Raw Rubber, 399, 421, 444, 467

Protection of Paris Against Floods, 16

Push Button Coal and Ash Hoists, American, 254

R RAILWAY, Australian Transcontinental, 356, 362 ; (Paragraph), 384

Railway, Mansfield, 401

Railway, Narrow Gauge, Wagons for Burma, 478

Railway (Signals, Mechanism for Operating, McKenzie, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Company, 124

Railway, The Virginian, 312, 316

Railways of Sydney, City and Suburban Electric, 144

Railways and Tramways, Longitudinal Sleepers for, 0. Valeri, 29

Railways, Welsh, Co-ordination Among, 189

Regenerator and Hot Air Engine of 1816, Stirling’s, 516, 517 ; (Letter), 537 ; (Specification), 567

Reinforced Concrete Arched Keel Blcck, Ayrshire Dockyard Company, 345

Rcniforccd Concrete Shipbuilding in Norway,

Road Sweeping and Loading Machine, F.

Walters and Co., 96

Roller Welding Tubes Machine, Rollings and Guest, Limited, 524

Rubber, Raw, The Production and Preparation of, 399, 421, 444, 467

s SAW Mill at an Aeroplane Works, 257

Sawing Machine, Vertical Band, Thos. Robinson and Son, Limited, 412

Shafts, Loaded, Critical Speeds cf, W. M. Wallace, 246

Shells, Plug Extractor for, M. Glover and Co., 7 Ship Canal Schemes, Mid-Scotland, 465>, 538

SHIPS AND SHIPPING WAITERS :

General:

Losses of Ships and Submarines, 556

Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding in Norway, 520,524  ?

Sunken Ships, New Device for Raising, W.

D. Sisson, 386, 389

British Navy:

Submarine Chasers for* British Admiralty, American Built, 139

Foreign: Naval Power Boat Construction in America, 139

Submarine Chasers, American Built, 139

Submarine Chasers, Italian, 566

Miscellaneous Ve ssels:

American Wooden Steamships, 332

Rastrick’s Design for a Steamboat, 81 : (Letters), 118, 228, 248, 279, 323

SIGNALS—sec Railway Signals

Six-ton Steam Wagon, Atkinson and Co., 494

Sleepers, Longitudinal, for Railways and Tramways, O. Valeri, 29

Soap Films, Use of, in Solving Torsion Problems, A. A. Griffiths and G. I. Taylor, 536, • 543, 546

Soda, Caustic, Concentration Plant, Mirrlees, Watson Company, 34, 44

Soldiers, Maimed, Mechanical Arms for, E. W.

Hobbs, 334, 335, 351, 376

Speeds of Loaded Shafts, Critical, W. M. Wallace, 246

Spindles, Attachment of, to Forged Steel Valves, F. M. McLarty, jun., 153

Standardised British Merchant Vessels, 267, 272, 273

Steam Generation, Use of Waste Gases for, J.

B. C. Kershaw, 25

Steam Hydraulic Intensifier, Davy Brothers, Limited, 366

Steam, The Latent Heat of, F. B. Aspinall, 3, 25, 47, 58 ; (Letters), 162, 184, 279

Steam Wagon—see. Wagon

Steel Hardening, Electric Method, Wild-Barfield, 82

Steel Manufacture, The Acid Open-Hearth Process, F. Rogers, 276

Steel Plates, Action of Caustic Liquors on, C. E. Stromeyer, 496

Submarine Tramway Tunnel at Boston, 230, 234, 235

TELPHER Coke-handling Plant—see Coke

Testing Department of the Fiat Company, Turin, 503

Thermostat, A High Temperature, Further Notes on, J. L. Haughton and D. Hanson, 322 Tool Works at Timperley, Smith and Coventry, 470, 474

Torsion Problems, Use of Soap Films in Solving, A. A. Griffith and G. I. Taylor, 536, 543, 546

Traction Engines—see Engines

Tractor, Chain Track, Evolution of the, 111, 134, 135, 156, 181, 202, 221, 241, 250; (Letter), 184

Tractor, Petrol, on the Farm, 298

Tractors and Haulers, British Agricultural, 512, 533, 553, 562

Train, Ambulance—see Ambulance

Train Control—see Automatic

Transmission of Concrete by Air and Steam, 159, 164

Transporting a Heavy Casting, 413

Tube Roller-welding Machine, Rollings and Guest, Limited, 524

Tunnel, Submarine, at Boston, U.S.A., 230, 234, 235

Turbine Blading, Curtis Rateau, The Deteriora tion of, A. Fenwick, 30, 60

NIFLOW—see Engines

se of Soap Films—see Soap

se of Waste Gases for Steam Generation,

J. B. C. Kershaw, 27

7ALVE,Pressure Regulating,Neath Tramways,

178 .

WAGON, Narrow Gauge, Self-discharging, for Burma, Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Company, 478

Wagon, Six-ton Steam, Atkinson and Co., 494 Washer—see Gas Washer

Waste Gases for Steam Generation, Use of, J. B. C. Kershaw, 25

Water Softening Plant—see Australian Transcontinental Railway, 356, 362 ; (Paragraph), 384

Welding with Application to Automobile Engineering, Herbert L. Towns, 125, 147

Wheel Tractor, Andrew Dunlop, 134, 135

Winch, Electric, J. H. Wilson and Co., 525

Works, Aeroplane, An English, 257 (Two-page

Supplement, September 21st, 1917)

Works, Electrical—see Electrical Matters

Works, New Tool, at Timperley, Smith and

Coventry, 470, 474

Workshops, Air Heater for, J. Boyd and Sons, 502

ZEPPELIN, Captured, Engine Gondolas of, 392

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