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ACOUSTICAL Effects in Wireless, Captain J. Robinson, 619

Aerial Navigation, Radio Apparatus, in, 619

Aerial for Wave Lengths below 400 m., Condenser Type, 669

Agricultural Possibilities of French West Africa, Scheme for Utilisation of Niger Floods, 669

Agricultural Tractor Trials, Name of Prize Winner, 485

Air Navigation, Anglo-French Agreement, 485

“ Alcobrons,” Metal Alloy, 97

Alcohol Fuel, Experimental Consignment of “ Natalite ” from South Africa, 543

Alcohol for Power Purposes, Empire Motor Fuels Committee Report, 265

Alexandria, Proposed Dredging of Great Pass, 643

Aliens, Former Enemy, Excluded from Manufacture of Dyestuffs in the United Kingdom, 433

Aluminium and its Alloys, Protection from Corrosion, Herr L. von Grotthaus, 643

American Air Service Estimates, 207

American Bricklayers’ Increase in Pay and Decrease in Work, 43

Anglo-Swedish Train Ferry Proposed, 13

Apprenticeship Scheme for Queensland, 400

Aqueduct from Naples to Taranto, 321

Argentina State Oilfields Production, Plans for Intensifying, 97

Argentine Company for Shipbuilding for Trade with Europe, 70

Asbestos Exports from Quebec, 619

Asbestos Industry in Quebec, 480

Asphalt Macadam, Proper Method of . Laying,

237

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:

Institute of Chemistry :

Questions for Special Committee, Glassware Origin, &c., 595

Institute, Concrete :

Building Exhibition, Luncheon at Olympia, 428

Land Subsidence, Lawson S. White, 643

Programme in connection with Inter national Building Trades’ Exhibition, 364

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Annual Meeting and Programme, 335

Joint Discussion on Failure of Metals under Internal or Prolonged Stress, 162

Institute of Marine Engineers :

Lloyd’s Register Scholarships and Essay Competitions, 162

Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines, 331

Propellers and Question of Erosion, A. T. Quelch, 485

Institute of Metals :

Autumn Return Visit to Birmingham, 417 London Local Section :

Formation, Papers, 60 : 40 Brass, O. W. Ellis; Aluminium Alloys, S. L. Archbutt; Refractories, Dr. W. R. Ormandy, 237

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :

Institute of Transport :

Manchester Congress, Preliminary Announcement, 24

Some Advantages of Control as Applied to Traffic on Railways, Arthur Watson, 485

Institution of Automobile Engineers : Informal Meetings at Birmingham, 357 Pneumatic Motor Tires, Design and Manufacture of, Colin Macbeth, 179

Recent Developments in Transmission, Captain S. Bramley-Moore, 97

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Annual General Meeting, Result of Ballot for Election of Officers, 558

Awards for Papers, 493

Engineering Conference, Series, Renewal, 530

“ James Forrest ” Lecture, Date Fixed, 530 Kelvin Medal Presentation to Dr. Unwin, 458

Students’ Dinner, 493

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Design of a Large Power Station, Some Notes on, Discussion, 191

Election of New Officers and Members of Council, 632

Heating of Buried Cables, Investigation and Report, 43

Informal Meeting, 191

Proposed Examination for Associate Membership, 83

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):

Institution of Electrical Engineers

(continued) :

Redecorating and Re-opening of Building, 433

Removal of the Institution to Own Building, 549

Summer Meeting in Scotland, 232, 338

Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :

Present Position of the Marine Diesel

Engine, James Richardson, 237

Institution of Gas Engineers :

Postponement of Annual Meeting, 527

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 605

Institution of Locomotive Engineers

(London) :

Election of Officers, 252

Institution of Municipal and County’ Engineers :

Annual General Meeting and Conference, Programme, 552

Programme for Dorking Meeting, 372

Institution of Naval Architects :

Annual Meeting and Dinner, 135, 215 ; Programme, 215

Awards for Papers, 71

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :

Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :

Invitation from Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders In Scotland to hold Summer Meeting in Glasgow, 249

Scholarship Offered to Graduates, 293

Institution of PetroleuxM Technologists :

Officers Elected for Session 1921-1922, 361

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Changes Among Officials, 265

Magnetic Storms : Effects upon Railway Signal and Telegraph Apparatus, 513

Suggestions for Papers, Premium Offer Renewal, 485

Institution, Royal :

Annual Meeting— Election of Officers, 493

General Meetings, Elections, 277, 389, 513, 632

Presents to the Institution, Acknowledgement, 632

Programme of Lectures, 277, 357, 361, 584

Institution of Water Engineers :

Summer General Meeting at Hull, Programme, 552

Society, American, for Testing Materials :

Annual Meeting and Programme, 581

Softening Point of Fire-clay Brick, 123

Society, Associated, of Locomotive Engineers :

Removal of Head Offices to London, 651

Society of Chemical Industry :

Oils Used in Transformers, Mr. Archbutt on, 321

Rudge-Whitworth, Limited, 321

Society of Engineers (Crystal Palace Engineering Society) :

Wilson Premium Award, C. W. Carter, 440

List of Papers Read during Session, 440

Society, Faraday :

General Discussion on Physico-Chemical Problems relating to the Soil, 454, 552

Joint Meeting and Discussion on Failure of Metals under Internal or Prolonged Stress, 162—see also Miscellaneous Index

Society, Liverpool Engineering :

Annual Dinner, 132

Society, Physical :

Frequency Measurement, Heterodyne Method, Messrs. B. S. Smith and Partridge, 459

Society, Royal Aeronautical :

Council for 1921, 413

Pilcher Memorial Prize for Students, 581

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Mineral Resources of China, Prize Offered, 135

Oil-burning Methods and Results in Metallurgical Industries, A. F. Baillie, 151

Prize in Memory of Mr. Peter Le Neve Foster, 135

AUSTRIAN Imports and Exports, 349

Automatic Coupling for Railway Vehicles—see Railways

Automobile Association Fuel Supply Stations, 349

Automobile Association Installation of Telephone Sentry Boxes for Night Use, 265

Automobile Standardisation, 642

Aviation in Central Queensland, Linking up of

Distant Centres, 569

B BALL Bearings for Heavy Horse-drawn Vehicles, Tests by Swedish Artillery, 595

Bamboo for Papermaking, 274, 321

Belfast, Annual Staff Dinner of Messrs. Musgrave and Co., 305

Belfast, Proposed Grain Silo for, 151

Belgian Eight-hour Day and Forty-eight-hour Week, 543

Belt Speed and Power Calculator, J. Tullis and Son, Limited, 109

Belt Stretcher, C. M. Conder, 655

Belts, Leather, How to Use, Buck and Hickman, Limited, 605

Benzol for Motor Fuel, 211

Bicycles from Germany Much Cheaper than English-ma de, 265

Bilbao Company Exchanges Construction of Ships for Marine Motors and Railway Material, 43

Blast-furnaces—see Iron

Bolivian Demand for Grinding and Crushing Machinery, 619

Bombay and Ahmedabad Telephone Service, 485

Bombay Reclamation Works, 405

Boonzaier T.U.V. Automatic Coupling, 286

Borax, Largest Known Deposit Discovered in Nevada, 619

Bricks, Sand Lime, Manufacture, in Federated

Malay States, 293

Brisbane Sewerage System, 405

Bristol University Automobile Laboratory, 151

British Columbia, Land Clearing and Projected

Stump-using Industry, 377

British Columbia, Mineral Production, 179

British Engineering Standards Association, Specification for Benzol for Motor Fuel, 211

British Engineers’ Association, Annual Meeting, 552

British Honduras, Development of, Irrigation for Rice Growing, Needs of the Colony, 237

British and South American Merchandise and Produce Exhibition, 97

B.T.H. Willesden Works Formen’s Dinner, 58

c CADMIUM Electro-plating, 669

Calcite Spar, Deposit of, near Yokecliffe Lead Mines, 433.

Canada’s Metal and Mineral Production, 179,

377

Canadian Deep Waterways Association, Speeding-up of Public Works Construction Urgently Demanded, 71

Canal between Bruges and Roulers, 207

Canals in India, Proposed Electrical Connection, 293

Canals, Moss and Plant Growth, Methods for Destruction of, 151

Carbon Monoxide Detection Instrument, 433 Carbonisation of Coal—see Coal

Cardiff Technical College, Class for Rolling Stock Construction, 88

Catalogues for Amsterdam, 249

Catalogues for Czernowitz, Roumania, 361

Catalogues for Jerusalem, 385

Catalogues for Madagascar, 650

Catskill Aqueduct, Steel Pipe Lining Protection, 513

Census of Production Abandoned, 433

Charring Useless as a Wood Preservative, 349

Chemical Industry in Germany, 207

Chimney Down Draught Trouble, 265

China, Good Roads Movement, 321

China, Important Road-building Scheme Projected, 643

China as a Market for Agricultural Implements, 513

China, Various Schemes for Important Public Works in, 643

Chinese and American Engineers’ Association Organised in Peking, 43

Chinese Glass Works, 207

Circulating Water, Cooling in Canals, 71

Clip, New Type, for Rubber Hose with Metal Fittings, Brown Brothers, Limited, 83

Clock, Automatic and Controlling, 405

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES:

Anthracite Coalfield of British Columbia, 669

Atritor Coal Dryer and Pulveriser, 676

Briquetting of Lignite Coal, Successful Plant in Saskatchewan, 377

Briquetting Plants in German Works, 569

British Columbia to Abolish Naked Lights in Coal Mines, 459

Canada, Coal Resources of, 459

Canadian Steamers Exchanging Oil for Coal Fuel Equipment, 43

Carbon Dioxide in Coal, Determination of, 215

Carbonisation of Coal, Low Temperature, Advantages of Smokeless Fuel, Major Armstrong’s Lecture, 43

Coal, Coke and Patent Fuel Export, Withdrawal of Restrictions, 43

Coal Transmission by Water Pressure, American Project, 13

Coaling Plant for Delagoa Bay, Tests, 485

Coke as a Boiler Fuel, 361

Coke for Metallurgical Purposes, 13

Denton, Valuable Coal Seam Discovery at, 97

Dutch Coal Districts and Waterways, Projected Schemes, 293

Electrical Coal-cutting Machines Unsafe at Present in New South Wales Colliery, 377

Export of British Coal, and Prices, 43

Froth Flotation Process for Coal Purification, 179

Japan, Average Coal Output, 237

Japan Exports Coal to New Zealand, 23

Kentish Coal, Calorific Value Compared with Yorkshire, 151

Kwantung’s Coal Resources, Development by British Syndicate, 377

Liquid Air for Coal Blasting, 265

Natal Coals, Average Heating Value, 459

Newfoundland Coal Area Development, 123

Rhenish Brown Coal as Fuel in Gas Producers, 179

Richards Bay, North of Durban, as Coaling Port, 237

South Africa, Coal Mining Output in, 13

South Wales Coal, Best Seams Worked Out, 97

Storage Battery Locomotives in American Coal Mines, 207

Tippler, Coal, for Delagoa Bay, Satisfactory Test, 595

Transport of Coal, Suggestions for Reducing Heavy Cost, 543

COAST Erosion on the South-east of Ireland, 409

Colorado River, New Bridge over, 265

Commercial Motor Users’ Association :

Annual Luncheon, Roads and Road Users, Sir Eric Geddes, 385

Annual Parade of Motor Vehicles, 377

London Commercial Motor Parade, 338

Compressed Air “ Pistols ” for Various Uses, 123

Concrete Arch Bridges, 237

Concrete Arch, Longest in Canada, 513

Concrete Bored by Oxy-acetylene Blow-pipe, 595

Concrete Bricks, Sand, Lime and other, H. O.

Weller, 459

Concrete, Fusing Point of, 513

Concrete Mixing, Tests in America, 595

Concrete, Oils and Fats Attack on, 71

Concrete Piles, Hollow, Novel Process of Manufacture, 377

Concrete Pipes for Water under High Pressure, 669

Concrete, Reinforced, Wireless Tower, 660ft.

High, 595

Concrete Saving but Increased Cost of Form-work, 321

Concrete Structures, Joints in, System for Making Water-tight, 513

Continental Trunk Telephone Cable, 679

Cooling Tower, Largest, in the World, 293

Copper, Free Exportation from Mexico, 207

Corrosion, Internal, of Hot Water Pipes, F. N.

Speller, 513

Corrosion in Steel Works Chimneys, Failure of Attempted Remedy, 595

Corundum Deposits of the Transvaal, 7 I

Cotton Cultivation in Argentina, 123

Creosoted Wood-stave Pipes, Long Duration of, 237

Creosoting of Wooden Sleepers, New Process

Tried in America, 569

Crinan Canal, 361

Crossley Brothers’ Staff Dinner, 191

Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers Read during Session, 440 ; Wilson Premium Award, 440

DEATH of Captain S. C. Plant, 513

Diamond Cutting, Training School for, Projected in Johannesburg, 321

Driving of Centrifugal Machines, F. J. Broad -bent, 179

“ Drop Forger,” First Issue, 569

Dry Rot and Floor Collapse, 293

Dust Collection by Horsed or Electric Vehicles,

Ipswich Comparison, 151

Dust Explosions and Concrete Walls, Ample Ventilation Recommended, D. J. Price, 485

Dyestuffs in the United Kingdom, Manufacture,

Former Enemy Aliens Excluded, 433

Dynamite and Liquid Oxygen in Blasting Operations, 151

E ECONOMIC Position in Engineering Industries, 357

Egypt and the Sudan, Public Works and Finance, 619

Eight-storey Building Moved 40ft., 569

Einstein Theory and the Velocity of Light, 669

ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

A.E.G. and Linke-Hoffmann Works, 330

Application of Electrical Machinery to

Increase Mine Production, T. R. Haig, 619

Arc-fused Steel, Unsatisfactory in Result, 13

Arc Welding of Aluminium, F. J. Heyes, 595

Artificial Silk for Cable Requirements, 643

Ash Disposal in German Power Houses, 123 Birmingham and Increased Electrical Supply,

The Corporation and the Traders, 207

Boston and Washington Districts, Superpower Station and Expected Increased Demand, 321

British Electrical and Allied Industries’ Research Association, 669

Capetown New Power House, Provision for j Great Expansion of Electrical Demand, 321

Chile, Natural Water Power Resources for Generating Electricity for Certain Towns, i 273, 321

Coal-cutting Machines and Question of i Safety in New South Wales Mine, 377

Cotton Mills Electrification in Blackburn, 179

Defective Contact Lift Fatality, 97

Douro, Proposed Utilisation of Falls of, for Railway Electrification, 377

Earthing in Electrical Practice, Indiscriminate Use of Water Pipes, 151

Electric Power Utilisation in Modern Gasworks, 265

Electric versus Combustion Furnaces for Low Temperatures, F. W. Brooke and G. P. Mills, 123

Electrical Research Association and Insulating Materials, 513

Electricity Commissioners and Lancashire Schemes, 237

Electrostatic Condensers, V. E. Goodwin, 485

Federated Malay States Electricity Board, 643

Flashlight, Hand, New Type of, 123

Fuses, H. W. Kefford, 123

Gas-filled Electric Lamps, Increased Demand, 43

German Electric Cable Industry’s Bad Trade, 265

Germany’s Reduced Coal Supply and Increased Demand for Electric Power, 265

Gosport and Delayed Power Supply, 543

Greenwich Power Station Boilers Equipped for Oil-burning in View of Coal Shortage, 669

Grimsby Electrical Extensions Scheme, 13

Hereford’s Proposed Extension of Area of Electricity Supply, 376

High-current Tests and High-tension Switch-gear, Philip Torchio, 485

High Power Factor on Consumers’ Circuits, Proposed Tariff, 569

Houses, All-electric, for Power Station Employees, near Stockton-on-Tees, 97

Inductance Coils, American Research, 211

Ipswich Savings by Substitution of Electric

Vehicles for Horses and Carts, 369

Lamps in Series on Traction Circuits, Device for Quick Discovery of Damage, 405

Leicester’s New 10,000-kilowatt Generator, 513

Liverpool Docks Electrification Progress, 13

Magnetos for the Air Service, Superiority of British Design, Captain A. B. Burgoyne, 485

Merchant Ships, Electric Auxiliaries for, C. H. Giroux, 293

Mersey Power Station for Supply at Runcorn and at Ellesmere Port, 485

Mice and Electric Bells, 265

Motor for Use in Rooms where Explosive

Mixtures may be Present, 179

Neon Lamp, New Type, 321

Netherlands East Indies, Lighting and Power

Supply Transformation, 97

Newark Electricity Scheme, Expense Objected to, 595

New Zealand, Ashburton County Electrical Scheme, 349

North Wales and Supply of Electricity, Improvement Scheme, 71

North-West Midlands District Proposals, Time Extension for Objectors, 349

Omnibus, Edison, New Type, 123

Paper-making and Scanty Use of Electrical

Power, 405

Phase Sequence Indicating Device, 619

Photometer, Action of Special Device, A. H.

Compton, 71

Power Pressure Increase in Southern California, 543

Preston’s Supply Chiefly Generated by Steam from the Refuse Destructor, 619

Pukow Projected Electric Generating Plant, 669

Punjab, Development of Schemes for Electrical Power, 71

Punjab Hydro-electric Scheme for Canal Use, 293

Railway Station Lighting, New System Introduced on the London and South-

Western Railway, 569

ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued):

Redditch Electric Supply and Coal Shortage.

669 i i q

Repelling Arc Furnace, Von Schlegel, 13 Resistance, Electrical, of the Human Body,

Measurements, 123

Rivet Heater, Electric, New type, 4o9

Salford Electrical Extensions Scheme, 13

San Joaquin River, California, Increased Power from, 293 ,

Separators in Secondary Batteries, Improved

Type Invented, T. A. Willard, 349

Ships, Electric Drive for, H. K. Barrows ;37 Simla Roads, Experiment with Elect no

Vehicles, 263 . f .

Smelting Works, Electric, for South Africa, 293

Spain, Distribution of Energy, National System Proposed, 459

Static Electricity Trouble in Textile Factory,

Steam-electric Plant, 125,000,000-kilowatt in

Victoria, 265 ,

Storage Batteries, Creeping of Electrolyte, 433

Story of the Induction Motor, G. B. Lamme, 349 „ , T

Supply Development Schemes, Increase, 1-3

Swiss Electrical Industry Prosperity, 123

I Sydney, N.S.W., Controversy over New

- Turbo-alternator, 265

Temperature of Rotors belonging to Alternators, Instrument for Measuring, 26a

Thermostat, New Type, for Control of Electric Ovens and Heating Appliances, 293

Thermostatic Control in connection with

Electric Heating, G. Wilkinson 433

Thomson-Houston and General Electric Companies Combination in Spain, lai

Tientsin and Pekin Electrical Company Proposed, 643 .

Tokyo, Reported Amalgamation of Electric Power Works, 377

Turbo-generator, 10,000 - Kilowatt, for

Uruguay, Varying Tenders for, 485

United States Increased Production of Electric Lamps, 377 ,,

Wallasey Power Station Breakdowns, Recommendations, 459

West Bromwich Electrical Plant Extensions, 179

West Riding Electricity District Meeting, 459 Worcester Joint Electricity District Formed, Worksop, Proposed Extension of Supply, Wye, and Electrical Energy, Application to.

Commissioners, 543

Zinc Ore Treatment by Novel

Resistance Furnace, Professor C. H. I ulto , 13

ELECTRO-PLATING, Cadmium, 669 Engine, Gas, Exhaust, Utilisation of, b95 ExBritish Westinghouse Association, Annua.

E^t :n’from Two-cycle and Four-cycle

Engines, Temperature of, 643

EXHIBITIONS

Agricultural Machinery Exhibition at Brus-

AgHcultural Machinery Exhibition and Motor

Tractor Trials in Spain, 86

Annual Agricultural Exhibition at Tours, 433 Basle, Fifth Swiss Trade Exhibition at349 Basle International Automobile Exhibition, 151

Efficiency Exhibition, Work of ex-Service Industrial and Agricultural Fair in Lemberg, International Architecture Exhibition at International Building Trades’ Exhibition at International Centenary Exhibition at Lima, 569

Milan Sample Fair, 274

National Industrial Fair at Gothenburg, » Netherlands East Indies Fair in Java, 83 Orient Fair in Czecho-Slovakia, 440

Rangoon, Permanent Exhibitions to be Opened, 293

EXPLOSION of Large Cast Iron Drying Ex-Service M^n, Disabled, Training of, 179 Eye Magnet, Giant, for Metal Removal from

Injured Eyes, 123

FAILURE of Metals—see Metals

Fairs—see Exhibitions

Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, 445

Faraday House Old Students Association, Annual Dinner, 357 . n

Federation of British Industries, Packing Case to Guard Against Pilferage 543

Ferro-chrome—see Iron and Steel

Ferrox Welding Wire and Rods, 16- , (Letter),

178

Finland, Large Water Power Station f.or 459

Finnish Engineering Students to Study

FinsWy^Pechmical College to Continue Work-

Fiiwbury3 Technical College, Old Students’

Association, 132, 474; Manchester Branch

Smoking Concert, 581 .

Fire Hose set Alight during P'lWin«’ 405

Fire-resisting Plastic Material, 179

Fires on Board Ship, 669

Firing Sagger Ovens of Potteries, 179

Flax Pickers, ‘Mechanical, Competition in

Ford^Mot’or Company Extends Equipment 619 Forest Cover and Effect on Streams, Expen-FrTnce^N^orthern, Reopened Industrial Esta-

Frankl/^InstRute, Awards of Medals and

Certificates, 569 . .

French Government Proposed Huge Exhib -tion Building, Municipal Dfsapproval, 207

French State Monopolies in Bad Odour, 1 / 9

French Wireless Plant, Cession to L m ate

Company, Government Explanation, o

Fuel Consumption Trials at Le Mans, 619

Fuel Economy of Motor Cars, Tests, 71

Fuel Economy Trial, Motor Car, 274

Fuel for Motor Ship Free of Charge, 377

Fuel Oil, Fall in Price, 513

Furnace Collapse, Remarkable, on s.s. Baltriger, 619

G GAS for Domestic Use, Dangerous Percentage of Carbon Monoxide, 207

Gas Engine Exhaust, Utilisation of, 605

Gas-filled Electric Lamps, Increased Demand, 43

Gas Fittings Manufacture, Comparatively Prosperous Condition of, 543

Gas Undertakings, Coal and Gas Statistics, 433

Genoa, Port Extension on Large Scale Projected, 643

Geological Survey of Western Australia, Publications to Aid Miners, 513

German Boiler Explosions Increase, 97

German Cement for South Africa at Lower

PricesthanBritish, Belgian and Pretorian, 237

German: Competition in Hoisting Tackle Manufacture, 595

Germans and the British Magneto Trade, Unfair Competition, 97

Glass, Effect on, of Radium, X-rays, &c., J. R. Clarke, 595

Glass Factory on Island of Madeira, 485

Gold Belt, Rich, Discovery in Nigeria, 643

Gold and Other Metals Output of Ontario, 13

Gramophones, Small Motors for Driving, 459 Greenwich Observatory, Repair of Instruments and Installation of New, 663

H HANDLING Small Locomotives, Booklet by

Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., 389

Harbour Improvement at Belize, 543

Havre-Paris Pipe Line Progress, 123

Highest Monolithic Structure Yet Built, 595

Hong Kong University, 191

Hot Water Centres during Fuel Shortage in Birmingham, 569

Hydro-electric Plant Nearing Completion in Ontario, 513

Hydro-electric Possibilities of Queensland, 178

Hydro-electrical Development in Java, 13

Hydro-electrical Development in New Zealand, 13

I ICE-CLEARING from Water Power Plants and Effect of Use of Explosives, 349

Iceland, Proposals for Railway and Electric Development, 97

Imports into Sweden from Germany, 459

Indian Construction Company Floated at Bombay, 123

Industrial Administration, Institute of, First Annual Dinner, 277

Industrial Welfare Society Conference, 207

Insulation of Sound, Tests of Variously Built Walls, Professor F. R. Watson, 491

Ipswich and Dust Collection, 151

IRON AND STEEL :

Amalgamation of Steel Companies in France? 405

Arc-fused Steel, Unfavourable Result of Examination by American Bureau of Standards, 13

Austrian Duties on Iron and Steel, 595

Blast-furnace, New, Erected at Huangshi-kang, China, 43

Blast-furnaces in Lorraine, Diminished Number Working, 293

Bombay Manufacture of High Quality Steels, 669

Brazilian Government and Electrical Supply

• for Iron and Steel Making, 669

British Columbia, Government Agreement with Steel Company, 405

British Columbia, Projected Large Steel Works. 377

Burma, Iron Ore Find, 207

Chilean Concession to German Firm for Iron and Steel Industry, 207

Combination of Large Companies in Japan, 43 Deoxidisers in Steel Making, G. F. Comstock, 643

Eastern Finland, Discovery of Iron Pyrites Deposit, 513

Electric Furnace for Iron Castings, 669

Ferro-chrome Alloy, Cheap and Rustless, by Electrical Production, 71

International Nickel Company’s 12,000,000-Dollar Plant, 97

Iron Foundry in Chungking, China, Projected, 433

Italian Inquiry into Iron and Steel Industry, 265

Krupp Works Rustless Steel, 237

Magnetic Iron Ore Discovery on the Russo-Ukrainian Border, 459

Magnetic Method of Finding Bubbles and Cracks in Steel, 377

Metallography of Low-carbon Steel, James Mitchell, 349

National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Annual Meeting and Appointments, 344

Output of Iron and Steel in the United Kingdom, Great Drop, 669

“ Rustless ” Steel Again, 71, 97

• Steel Analysis, Strength of Solutions Used in Electrolytic Method of Determining, 485 Steel Demand and Use of Old Material, 669 Steel Ingot Production in the United States, Reduced Output, 595

Steel for Valves of Oil Engines, 179

Steel Works in America Compared with British, R. P. Smith, 543

Steel Works at Port Kemble, .New South Wales, 669

Swedish Ironworks’ Association Report, 151

IRON AND STEEL {continued) :

Tungsten and Molybdenum, Cheap Process for Conversion of Ores into Metal, 71

Unbreakable Cast Steel Railway Wheel, Severe Tests, 595

Western Australia Iron Ore Deposits, 179

ITALY, Engineering Works in, Lectures, Dr.

Luigi Luiggi, 194, 232

J JAMES Keith and Blackman Company, Limited, Dinner to Directors and Management, 361

Japan, Telephone Service Extension and Improvement, 260

Japanese Government to Develop Coal Mining and Other Industries, 293

Japanese .High-power Wireless Station near Peking, 467

Japanese Patent Laws, Revision of, 513

Java, Deepening of Sourabaya Harbour, 377

K KEITH, James, and Blackman Company,

Dinner to Directors and Management, 361

Kelvin Medal, 1920, 135

Kelvin Medal Presentation to Dr. Unwin, 458

Kenya Colony, East Africa, Projected Sugar Plantation, 237

King George’s Dock,-Calcutta, Work Begun, 151

L LABOUR Ministry Appointment, 13

Laichikok, Hong Kong, Coaling Wharf and Oil-bunkering Appliances, 377

Lamps, Electric—see Electrical Matters

Lamps, Large Incandescent, in the United

States, 123

Lamps for Use on Board Ship, W. J. Jones, 543

Lead Caulking Recovered by Oxy-acetylene

Blow-pipe, 619

Leather Belts, How to Use, Buck and Hickman, Limited, 605

Lifting Magnets for Handling Metal Sheets,

Major F. A. Hooper, 207

Light Measurement by Portable Meter, 97

Lightning Arresters, Information Sought as to

Defective Operation, 543

Lightning Arresters, Investigation, 97

Liquid Air in Vacuum Flasks, Losses, &c.,

Professor H. Briggs, 433

Lloyd’s Register in Holland, 413

Lloyd’s Register Scholarships and Essay Competitions, 162

Lock, Patent, to Eclipse the “ Yale,” 459

Locomotives, Small, Booklet on Handling,

Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., Limited, 389

Locust Destruction by Liquid Fire, 527

Lubricating Oil in Constant Service when Continuously Purified, 377

M MACHINE Tool Trades’ Association, Annual Meeting and Dinner, 55

Machine Tools in Australia, Large British Plant Suggested, 97

Magnesite Production in the United States, 543

Magnetos for Internal Combustion Engines, A. P. Young, 179

Manchuria, Establishment of Proper Communications Advised, 513

Manchuria, Harbour Construction on South Coast of, 513

Manufacturing Processes, Dangerous, List Extended by Home Secretary, 43

Metal and Mineral Output of South Australia, Increased Value of, 433

Metals, Failure of, under Internal or Prolonged Stress, Joint Discussion, 162—see also Associations

Metals in Germany, Fall in Prices, 109

Metric System Obligatory in Japan, 459

Mica Deposits of Lomagundi, South Africa, 71

Microscale, Swedish Instrument for Minute

Weighing, 265

Microscope, A Works, 471

Mine Managers and Surveyors, Postponement of Examinations for Certificates, 543

Mine Warnings by Evil-smelling Substance, 293

Mineral Output of New South Wales, Increased Value of, 321

Mineral Resources of Tsinanfu, Shantung, 643

Miners’ Lamps, Safety, &c., Committee Reappointed, 123

Miners’ Phthisis in Gold Mines, C. J. Gray, 459

Mining Record in South Africa, 619

Mint at Shanghai will be Largest in the World, 377

Molybdenum—see Iron and Steel

Montevideo Harbour Extension, 43

Montreal Harbour, New Storage Warehouse, 459

Motor Car Engine, Waste Heat for Warming Body of the Car, 71

Motor Car Fuel Economy Trial, 274

Motor Car Hill-climbing Trials at Monaco, 349

Motor Car Imports into British India, United

States Proportion nearly Three Times that of Great Britain, 43

Motor Car Racing, Disadvantage of Six and Eight-cylinder Engines, 513

Motor Car 1000-Miles Trial, Twenty-first Anniversary, 305

Motor Car Routes from the Congo to the Nile and to Lake Albert, 265

Motor Car which Won the Corsican Grand Prix, 513

Motor Fuels and Denaturation, Sir C. Bedford, 643

Motor Vehicles, Commercial, Parade of, 162

Motor Vehicles and Population in the United States, 619

Mysore, High-level Canal from River Cauvery Projected, 433

NAILS, Bolts and Nuts Manufacture, Report on Trade Combinations, 543

“ Natalite,” Experimental Consignment from South Africa, 543

Natural Gas in Mexico, Great Waste of, 207

Natural Gas and Petroleum Association of

Canada, 216

New South Wales Manufactures, Statistics, 643

Niagara Falls, Power Increase Without Detriment to View, 71

Norway, Industrial and Economic Situation, Report on, 377

o OCEAN Exploration, Proposed Expedition for, 459

Oil Bore-hole for South Africa, 293

Oil Deposits, Enormous Unexplored, in Various

Regions of Southern Mexico, 669

Oil Development in Alberta, Rush for Oil Leases, 71

Oil Development in Canada, Petroleum Find, Aeroplane Communication, 123

Oil Engines, Drott Surface Ignition, Tests by Belgian Colonial Army, 569

Oilfields of Northern Canada, 293

Oil Finds on the Mackenzie River, Proposed Investigation by Canadian Government, 71

Oil Fuel Storage Installations in the Argentine, 669

Oil Prospecting by Aeroplane in the Orinoco Wilderness, 619

Oil for Steam Turbines, Necessity for Keeping in Good Condition, C. H. Bromley, 543

Oil Storage Tanks, Large, Being Built at Durban, 179

Oil Wells at Baku, Soviet Concession to British Company, 569

Oils for Lubrication, Continuous Duration if Continuously Purified, 377

Old Centralians, 191

Optophone, Thermionic Amplifier Experiments to Increase Sound Volume, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 405

Omnibus, Six-wheeled, Paris Experiment, 485

Ontario Loan for Hydro-electric Power Commission, 669

Ovens for Coke-making, in 1841, 123

Oxy-acetylene Blow-pipe for Boring Concrete, 595

Oxygen Manufacture for Engineering Use, Study of, at Harvard, 43

p PACKING Case, Thief-proof, 543

Paris Passenger Traffic, Congestion Increase, Proposed Underground Moving Pavement, 265

Patent Office Assistant Examiners, Competitive Examination, 445, 549

Patent Office Inefficiency in America, 43

Pearl, Instrument to Detect Difference between

Japanese Culture and Real Pearl, 662

“ Penrol,” New Motor Car Fuel, 433

Peru, Nationalisation of Water Power, 321, 669

Petrol Consumption in Australia, 405

Petroleum Bore-hole in Boshof District, South Africa, 485, 595

Petroleum Boring in Leicestershire, Licence Granted, 71

Philippines Postal and Passenger Aeroplane Service, 377

Phosphorus Deposits on Uninhabited Island, 265

Photometers, Illumination, Increased Use of, 377

Platinum Production in British Columbia, 433

Platinum, Prospecting for, in View of High Prices, 619

Platinum, World’s Production of, 293

Plug, Bougiver Type, with Glass Insulator, 237

Polish Wireless Station, Very Large, to be Constructed by American Company, 265

Portland Cement Manufacture in Brazil, Proposed, 71, 151

Post Office Purchase of Trans-Atlantic Cable, 321

Power Plant near Melbourne and Fuel By-Products Recovery, 513

Presentations for Long Service, 629

Producer Gas, Bad Effect on Electric Machinery Windings, 179

Pulp and Paper Mill, 6,000,000-Dollar, Projected for Prince George, B.C., 97

Pulpwood in Manitoba, Land for Sale on Conditions, 377

Q QUEBEC Government’s Department of Industries, 480

Quebec Harbour Improvement, 433

Queensland, Apprenticeship Scheme, 400

Queensland, Reports on Hydro-electric Possibilities of, 178

Queenston-Chippawa Canal Development, 669

R RADIO Apparatus in Aerial Navigation, 619

Radio-telegraph and Radio-telephone Station,

Powerful, for the Argentine, 349

Radio Valves for Handling Large Outputs, 265

Radium for Denmark, National Fund for Purchase of, 513

Radium Discovery in Madagascar, 106

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Accidents :

American Accidents—see United States

Railways

Cambrian Railway Blocked through Gale Damage, 97

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Accidents (continued) :

Cambrian Railway Disaster at A her mule, 237, 265, 651

Christmas and Accidents Record, 13

Coupling Failures and Accidents, Change in Regulations as to Reporting, 569

Fatal Accident, Rare Type of, on the North British Railway, 377 ; Report, 669

Fatal Accident Statistics, 71

Fatal Collision with Empty Coaches, 321

Fatal Passenger Train Accidents in this

Country, Only Two in Nine Months, 377

Liverpool Overhead Railway Collision, Report, 511

London and South-Western Collision during Fog, near Vauxhall, 151 ; Report, 405

London and South-Western Collision near Vauxhall, Report, 123

Lostock Junction Collision, Death of Another Passenger, 237

Paris-Orleans Railway Fatal Accidents, 543

Reports on Three Months’ Accidents, 207, 293

Whitehouse Junction, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Collision, Report, 66

Acworth, Mr. W. M., Knighted, 97

Amalgamation of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway with the London and North-Western, Terms, 405 ; Previous Rejection of Similar Bill, 405

American Steam Locomotive Increased Export, 207

Apple Growing on Railway Embankments, Unfavourable Comment on Proposal, 513

Appointments and Staff Changes, 13, 43, 71, 97, 177, 179, 595, 643, 669

Argentine and Brazil as Markets for American Railway Material, 431

Armistice Railway Car to be Permanently Preserved in Paris, 485

Ashford Schools of the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 245

Automatic Signalling, English and American Claims to Invention, 237

Automatic Signalling on Mersey Railway Line, 319

Average Wagon Load, Highest on Record, 321

Baghdad Railway Ownership, 13

Belfast and County Down Railway, Capital Expenditure, 265

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway, Rolling Stock to be Sold, 405

Bolivian Railway between Potosi and Sucre, 576

Bologna and Florence, Electrification of Line, 513

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, Survey for New Line, 595

Boonzaier T.U.V. Automatic Coupling, 286

Bridge Across the Yellow River, Plans, 71

Bridge, New, Over the Avon, Chippenham, 506

Bridges Over Railways and Omnibus Traffic, 669

British Railways and the Great War, Private Wagons Service, E. A. Pratt, 543

Brixton and Ludgate Hill Train Service Withdrawn, 321

Caledonian Railway, Eight-hour Day, Increase in Men and in Cost of Fuel, 293

Caledonian Railway Goods Brake Vans, Clayton Wagons, Limited, 151

Caine Branch Railway Bridge, New, near Chippenham, 506

Cambrian Railway Meeting and the Aber-inule Accident, 237

Cambrian Railway Takes Over Tanat Valley Light Railway, 377

Canadian Railways, Ownership and Finance, 542

Channel Tunnel Decision Delayed, 669

Channel Tunnel or Train Ferries, 321

Cheap Tickets Issue Question to be Left to the Railway Companies, 433

Chilian and Argentine New Railway Construction, 123

Chinese Railway Single-line Working and Token Instruments, 321

Claims for Lost or Damaged Goods, Reduced Number of, at Paddington, 433

Coal Strikes and Railway Loss, 377

Colwyn Committee :

Further Information Asked for, 43

Report, 13

Sir A. K. Butterworth’s Evidence, 71

Commercial Travellers’ Week-end Tickets, Suggested Revival, 349

Competitive Goods Traffic Allocation Ceases, 265

Concession to Season Ticket Holders during Restricted Train Service, 459

“ Container ” System and Pilfering from American Railways, 207

Cost of Material for Railways and Shipping, Enormous Rates Driving Huge Orders Abroad, 321

Crewe Men, Past and Present, 417, 471

Danish State Railways, New Steamer for Ferry, 123

Death of Engineman, and Workmen’s Compensation Act, 485

Death of Mr. E. A. Bowden, 40.5

Death of Mr. George Estall, 638

Death of Mr. G. P. Neele, 13

Death of Lord Terrington, 151

Denbighshire Transport Schemes and State Finance Question, 619

District and Associated Railways, Self supporting Basis Restored, 265

Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, and Coast Erosion, 409

Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Escape from Ill Consequences of “ Munitions ” Strike, 293

Ealing and Shepherd’s Bush Extension, Poor Results, 293

East Lpndon Railway’s Hard Case, 179

Eastern Group of Railways, Suggested Further Inclusion, 207, 237

Electric Lighting of Railway Stations, New Method on the London and South-Western Railway, 569

Electric Railway Training Film, 97

Electrical Starting Signal, 237

Electric Traction on Railways, Lecture on its Advantages, Sir V. Raven, 179

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):

Electrification of United Kingdom Railways, Delays Solely due to Finance, 522

Empty Rolling Stock, Waste in Cost of Haulage, 513

English Railway Stockholders’ Protection Association, 179

Exceptional Rates and the Iron and Steel Trade, 669

Finland, Proposed New Railway in Ceded Territory, 207

First-class Compartments on the District Railway, Not to be Abolished, 13

F olkestone and Boulogne, Day Service Restored, 123

Freight Statistics, Four Weeks, and the Miners’ Strike, 123

Furness Railway’s Increased Passenger Traffic, 412

Furness Railway’s New Locomotives, 71

Funless Railway Scholarship, Conditions, 513

Furness Railway, Sunday Closing of some Stations, 122

Gauge, Break of, Device, Trial in Australia, 71

Gauge Conversion, Cost in Australia, 349

Gauge Disadvantages in Australia, 123

Gauge Question in South America, Difficulties Caused by Diversity, 43

German Locomotive Tenders for the Com-pania del Norte, 207

Glasgow and South-Western Railway Report, 237

Glasgow Subway Railway’s Heavy Loss on Working, 349

Glasgow Underground Electrification Declined on Account of Cost, 293

Goods Tonnage and Ton-mi les in January, Reduction, 485

Goods Traffic by Road, Railway Companies’ Service, 179

Government Control, Date of Termination, 207

Great Eastern Engines Converted for Oil Firing, 569

Great Eastern Railway, Harwich-Antwerp New Steamer Malines, 71

Great Eastern Railway and the Railways Bill, 577

Great Eastern Railway, Steamers and Crane Cost, 179

Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Expected Large Expenditure on Rolling Stock, 207

Great Western Goods Train Working, Saving, 293

Great Western Point and Signal Levers, 123

Great Western Railway, Excursions and Fares Reduction, 433

Great Western Railway, Staff Training Scheme, 179

Grouping of Railways, Pros and Cons, 43, 207, 237, 265

Heavy Electric Traction, Co-operation with American Railway Engineering Association, 433

Holy head, Work at, Parliamentary Sanction Required, 643

Hungary and State Railways, Electrification, 643

Indian Government Loan at 7 per cent., 459

Indian Railway Development and the Finance Question, 97

Indian Railways, Automatic Continuous Vacuum Brake Recommended on, 485

Ingot Mould Weighing over 87 Tons Carried by Rail, 543

Institutes and Institutions, Railway—see Associations, &c.

Interlocking on Single-line Railways, 669

Irish Collieries’ War-time Railways, Successful Traffic, 293

Irish Railwaymen and “ Direct Action,” 13

Iron and Steel Trade and Exceptional Carriage Rates, 669

Italy’s Projected Electrification of 5000 Miles of Railways, 555

Japanese Government Railways, Electrification, 648

Japanese Imperial Government Railways, Gauge Question, 459

Krupps’ Successful Tender for Steel Wheels for Argentine Railways, 349

Lancashire and Yorkshire First-class Season Ticket Holders, 377

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Increase of Capital Expenditure, 459

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Sir E.

Stockton and Hereditary Service, 179

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company Ceases as a Carrier, Wages, Hours and the Trade Union, 433

Level Crossing for Two Vehicles a Week at a Weekly Cost of over £12, 293

Liverpool Committee on Question of Additional Passenger Facilities, 293

Locomotives and Wagons, New. and under Repair, 237

London and North-Western Engine Coaling Plant at Crewe, 377

London and North-Western Railway Chairmanship, 595

London and North-Western Work at Holyhead, Parliamentary Approval Necessary, 643

London and South-Western Electrical Services Traffic Statistics, 43

London and South-Western New Signalling Invention, 123

London Traffic Authority Bill Abandoned, 321

Lung-hai Railway Construction, Maritime Terminus and New Port Projected, 595

Melbourne Suburban Railways, Success of Partial Electrification, 595

Mersey Railway, Automatic Signalling on Line from Liverpool to Birkenhead, 319

Mersey Railway Company Fares Advance, 569

Metropolitan Railway Company’s New Well, 264

Midland Railway Express Trains Punctuality, 301 •

Midland Railway, Increased Output of New and Repaired Rolling Stock, 265

Ministry of Transport’s Committee on Railway Companies’ Goods Traffic Road Service, 179

Ministry of Transport’s Figures as to Passenger Traffic, C69

National Union of Railwaymen, Decline in Membership, 543

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):

New South Wales Railway Car Mileage, Suggested Increase to Effect Large Savings, 465

New South Wales Railways, Suggestions for Improvements and Economies Adopted, 349

North British Railway and Burntisland Harbour, 643

North British Railway Ferry Charges, 459

North British and Other Companies and the Ministry of Transport, Disputed Claims, 237, 293, 543, 595

North-Eastern Railway, Economies in View of Increased Cost, 293

North-Eastern Railway, Meeting to Consider Railways Bill, 543

North-Eastern Railway and Railway Grouping Scheme, 43, 207, 237

North-Eastern Wages Bill, Increase of 225 per Cent., 265

North Staffordshire Engines Fitted for Oil Fuel, 619

North Staffordshire Railway Bill, 542

North Staffordshire Railway’s Proposed

Capital Expenditure on Rolling Stock, 293

Norwegian Government Concession for Electric Railway, 179

Oil Fuel on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 669

Passenger Fares and the Coal Strike, 538

Passenger Traffic Reduction Statistics, 669

Pekin and Hankow Railway, New Bridge, 71

Pekin-Hankow and Pekin—Pukow Railways’ Connection, 643

Pekin New Railway Station, 543

Policy Proposed in White Paper, Men’s Joint Committee on, 97

Port Talbot Railways and Docks Company, Railway Business and Property Taken Over by Great Western, 433

Presentation to Mr. J. Rayner-Smith, 43

Pre-war Facilities, but at Post-war Prices, 619

Prince of Wales’ Train Derailment in Australia Due to Heavy Train, 349

Queensland Government Railways, Change in Administration, 513

Quick Method of Tickets Issue, 485

Quito, Ecuador, National Tramway Company Plans, 643

Rail Locomotive Parts from the United States, 349

Rails from Belgium £12 per Ton Against £23 at Home, 321

Rails, Steel, for the South Manchurian Railway, 459

Railway Benevolent Institution Funds, 151, 321

Railway Commissioners. New Appointment, 71

Railway Companies’ Claims and the Government, 543

Railway Companies and Trades Unions, New Agreement, 543 ; Further Discussion, 569

Railway Difficulties and Railwaymen’s Hours and Pay, 619

Railway Equipment Increasing Cost, 459

Railway Material Exports, Statistics, 182, 265, 377, 485, 619

Railway Operating Statistics, 123, 151, 179, 292, 330, 459, 485

Railway Returns for 1919, First Since the War, 237, 568

Railway Servants’ Pay, Sliding Scale, 97, 123, 377

Railway Staff and Unemployment, Question of Guaranteed Week, 97

Railway Stockholders’ Association and Sir Eric Geddes, 237

Railway Stockholders Outnumber Railway Employees, 433

Railway Track Ctfst and Motor Vehicle Immunity, 293

Railway and Tramway Traffic. Morning and

Evening Hours’ Demands, 569

Railways Bill, Analysis of Voting, 595'

Railways Bill, Directors’ Views and Communication with Proprietors, 569

Railways Bill Introduction, 459, 543. 643

Railways Bill Postponement and End of Control, 433

Rates Advisory Committee, Fares, &c., 237

Rates Advisory Committee and Goods Classification, 43, 97, 237, 377

Rates Advisory Committee, Postponement of Public Meeting on Account of Present Crisis, 433, 569

Receipts and Expenditure for November, 1920, 71

Receipts and Expenditure for December, 1920, 349

Receipts and Expenditure for March, 1921, 512

Receipts and Expenditure for April, 643

Receipts and Expenditure for Twelve Months, 349

Reports of English Railway Companies, 179

Restricted Service Due to Coal Strike, 595

Richborough and the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 207

Road Traffic and Loss by Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 459

Road Traffic by Railways, 459

Rolling Stock Construction and Repair Statistics, 123, 619

Rolling Stock Expenditure by Two Railways, 459

Rubber Covering of Platforms Suggested to Reduce Noise, 669

Rumanian Railways and Working by French Group, 71

“ Safety First,” Awards to Drivers of Street Vehicles, 265

Scottish Coalowner s’ Association and the Railway Question, 13

Scottish Railway Companies and English Amalgamation Tribunal. 569

Scottish Railway Stockholders’ Protection Association, Appeal, 485

Scottish Railway’s Increased Expenditure, 643

Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company Ceases to be a Carrier, 669

Signal-box Control of Railway Points, 651

Single-decker Omnibuses for Road Bridges over Railways, 669

Single-line Working not to be Abandoned. 321

South African Railways and Harbours, Failure in Courtesy of Staff, 513

South African Railways and Harbours, Finance Analysis, 433

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

South African Railways, Increase in Mileage and Traffic, 433

South African Railways, Useful Disposal of Timber Packing Material, 405

South African Reduction of Railway Rates for Bunker Coal, 459

South African Treatment of Light Railway Rolling Stock, 652

South-Eastern Railway, Holdings of Stock, Analysis, 207

South-Western Railway Delayed Electrification Due to Enormous Cost Increase, 293

Spanish Iron and Steel Syndicate for Supply of Wagons to Spanish Railways, 151

Spanish Railway Electric Installations, Contract for American Firms, 151

Spanish Railway Material Obtained from Germany, 151

Spanish Railway Wagons and Germany’s Successful Tender, 151

Spanish Railway Wagons Ordered from Spanish Firms, 321

Spanish Railways, Ownership Transference, 595

Standardisation of Wages, Anomalies, 349

Standardised Wages in I reland as well as on British Lines, 293

Steam Rail Motor Cars Reduced to Four on the London and South-Western Railway, 466

Strikes and Wireless Telephony, 207

Suez Canal and Kantara Bridge Question, 513

Sunday Night Trains and Withdrawal of Sunday Postal Service, 643

Sunday Trains, Improved Service between Broad-street and Richmond, 432

Superannuation Allowances of Old Railway Servants, Increased Benefits, 349

Superheating on British Railways and Mr. O. Winder, 377

Swedish Locomotive Manufacturing Firm, Soviet Orders and Extension of Works, 179

Swiss Electrical Locomotives and Motor Coaches, 569

Swiss Railways, Nationalisation Question, 619

Tanat Valley Light Railway Taken Over by Cambrian Company, 377

Telegraph and Tel ephone Wire Mileage Maintained by Railways for Post Office Use, 265

Telescoping and Composition of Passenger Trains, 265

Three-cylinder Engines for Express Passenger Trains, 569

Tientsin—Pukow Railway Electric Plant, 595

Ton-mileage Figures for March, 669

Traffic Figures, Reduction in Passengers, 669

Traffic Increase between Bakerloo and

London and North-Western Railway, 328 Traffic (Merchandise) Decline during March, 669

Traffic by Railway or Ship, Rates Question, 459

Traffic Statistics, Passengers and Passenger Receipts, 123

Train Alterations and Additions Postponed on Account of Coal Dispute, 643

Train Ferries as Alternative to Channel Tunnel, 321

Train Services, Improvement in, 643

Train Services, Passenger, Reduction, for Saving of Coal, 485

Transport, Passenger Traffic and Electric Power Demand, Arthur Watson on, 485

Triennial Census of Railway Servants. 404 Tunnel under the Thames to Connect Gravesend and Tilbury, Projected, 321

Unballasted Lines in Australia, Excessive Cost of Working, 71

United States Railways :

Accident Inquiries, Disastrous Record, 123 Accidents Record, Improvement, 13 Accidents Record, Method of Reporting, 619 .

American Railroad Wages Reduction, 643 Average Railway Receipts and Wholesale

Prices in United States, 595

Baldwin Company’s Locomotive Output, 151

Boilers, Locomotive, Inspector’s Recommendation, 405

Congressional] Inquiry into Railway Finance, 513

Consolidation of Railways, U.S. Government Scheme, 64

Death of Mr. George S. Rice, 151

Electrification of Railways in America, Committee’s Conclusions, 595

Electrification of Railways, Committee’s Report, 569

Electrification of Railways and Industries between Boston and Washington, Investigation as to Economy, 97

Employees on the United States Railways, Numbers and Pay, 543

Expansion of Facilities for Traffic Movements, 265

Freight Traffic Greatly Diminished, 43, 207

Fruits and Vegetables and Freight Rates, 595

Labour and Inter-urban Railways, Disputes and Labour Board Decision, 71

Locomotive Export Association of New York City on United States Successful Competition for Orders, 349

New York Central, Terrible Collision near Chicago, 342

New York State and City, Transit Commission Appointed, 513

Pennsylvania, New York Terminus and Ferries Statistics, 71

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburg Station and Public Thoroughfares, Wall Failure and Results, 151

Pennsylvania Railroad, Seventy-fifth Anniversary, 513

Private Operation of the United States Railways, Nine Months’ Remarkable Increases, 207

Rail Sections, Rolling, Needless Expense, 179

Rails Production in the United States, Details, 595

Railway Track Mileage, Great Decrease, 569

Railwaymen’s Conventions and Depressed Trade, 543

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):

United States Railways (continued):

Revenue Decrease, but no Change in Wages, Possible Inquiry, 465, 513

“ Safety First ” Reminder on the Chicago and North-Western Railroad, 513

Salaries of Railway Officers in America, 643

Tickets or Payment in the Train, Company’s Action, 513

Timber Bridge Replaced by Steel, 43

Tramcar Preferred to Rapid Transit Railways, 349

Unjustifiable Complaints from Florida, 595

Victoria and New South Wales Delegation to United States, 669

Victoria and New South Wales, Increase in I nter-traffic, 123

Victoria Station, District Railway, New B oot-bridge and Exit, 405

Victorian Government Railways’ New Type of Locomotive, 97

Victorian Government Railways’ Statement as to Increased Fares, 669

Victorian Government Railways’ Statistics, 43

Victorian Railways and Car Loading, 543

Wages and Fares, Railway, Finance on the Furness Railway, 405

Wagon, Privately Owned, Question of Abolition, 97

Welsh Railways and the Railways Bill Grouping, 619

Whitsuntide and the Coal Dispute, 543

Wireless on the Midland and London and North-Western Railways for Railway Purposes only, 543

Wireless Telephony and Railway Strikes, 207

RAIN Precipitation by Electro-static Influence,

Experiments with Aeroplane, 405

Refrigerating Industry, Vohifne of Standard Ton in British Thermal Units, 43

Reservoirs near Poona, Land Compensation Question Unsettled, 569

Rest, One Day in Seven, in South African Mines, 97

Rice Straw for Power Alcohol, 643

Road 172 Miles Long Proposed between Canton and Kowloon, 595

Road Wheel, New, 527

Rock Drills, Pneumatic, Mechanical and

Thermal Efficiency of, 71 (

4i Romance of Science,” Professor Sir \\. H.

Bragg, 321

Royal Agricultural Society Show, at Derby, 349

Royal College of Science, Royal School of

Mines, City and Guilds (Engineering) College, Meteorological Lectures, Programme, 24

Rubber Industry in United States as Largest User of Electric Power, 97

Rugby Water—see Water Supply

s ST. LAWRENCE River, Latest Water Power Development Scheme, 669

SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH :

Companies Approved and Licence Applied for :

British Cast Iron Research Association, 669

Cast Iron and Allied Industries Research Association, 207

Liquid Fuels for Oil Engines, British Research Association, 237

Reports of Work in connection with Ministry of Munitions, 428

Sulphuric and Nitric Acids, Recovery of, Report, 428

SCIENTIFIC Societies, Conjoint Board to Discontinue Certain Publications, 433

Scottish Water Power Companies’ Dispute Settled, 569

Scrap Disposal off Workshop Floors, 643

Searchlights, Military, for Java, Very Powerful, 459

Seine Steamboats Expected to Resume Running, 151

Shale with Large Oil Percentage in Brazil, 179

Sheffield Association of Metallurgists and Metallurgical Chemists, 168

Shell Reamers, “ Surrey ” Adjustable, 218

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :

Admiralty Large Coastal Motor Boat, Trials of No. 102 M, 293

American Battle-cruisers, Electric-driven, 485

Canadian Government Steamships’ Operations, Ministerial Statistics, 405 >

Canadian Shipbuilding Statistics, 669

Canadian Steamers Exchanging Oil for Coal

Fuel Equipment, 43

Coal Strike Effects on Shipping, 13

Danish State Railways’ New Ferry Steamer, 123

Diesel Electric Drive in American Steel Ship,

273, 321

Diesel Motor Ship, New Twin Screw, Burmeister and Wain, 178

Electric Auxiliaries for Merchant Ships, C. H.

Giroux, 293

Electric Drive for American Cargo Vessels.

Experiment, 265

Electric Drive for Ships, H. K. Barrows, 237

German Motor Ship Machinery, Record

Power Development, 643

Great Eastern Geared Turbine Steamer Malines for Harwich-Antwerp Service, 7 1

Herring Drifter Speedwell, Lugger Rig and de Laval Steam Turbines, 207

Ivernia, Steel Steamer for the Svenska Lloyd Company, 237

Launching Lifeboats by Motor Tractor, 335

Marine Diesel Engine. Present Position of, James Richardson, 237

Motor Ship Canada Built in Sweden for South Pacific Service, 237

Motor Ship Java Launched, Burmeister and Wain, 123

Motor Ship Trades in Oil Free of Cost for Her Own Fuel, 377

Motor Ships, Thirteen Ocean - going, Launched, 321

Motor Tug and Repair Boat Esab IV., -33

Oil-engined Vessels in Use whilst many Steamers are Idle, 643

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued) :

Oil Fuel on the ss. Bismarck, 569

Oil Tankers and other Steamers Built at

Hong Kong, 13

Olympic Oil Bunker Capacity Increased, 321

Salvaged Vessel from the. Red Sea, 595

Self-propelled Steel Barges with Electrical Steering Gear, 433

Ship Loading Speed Record in Duluth Harbour, 293

Shipyard at Vancouver Reopened, 151

Somersetshire, Steamship, Launched at Belfast, Complete Electrical Equipment, 293

South Australia and Shipbuilding, Launch of the Eurimbla, 485

Spanish Shipbuilding and Navigation Development, New Law, 485

Steamship Spaniel, Conversion as Cattle-carrying Boat, 454

Stranding of Steamer Blackhill, Bearings Obtained by Wireless during Fog, 97

Tank Steamer Repaired by Use of Outside Caisson, 13

Tug, Quaint Type, for New York State Canal, 569

SHORT-STROKE Planers, Advantages over

Shaping Machines, 543

Silver and Lead in the Yukon, 151

Silver-lead Mine at Cania, Central Queensland, 377

Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 308

Smart Work by a Middlesbrough Company, 569 '

Smugglers’ Armoured Car and Contents Captured in Flanders, 569

South African Imports and Exports, 43

South African Mining and Engineering Journal, Editor, 207

South African Road Bridges, Large Order to United Kingdom, 595

South Kensington Science Museum, New Catalogues, 405

Spain, Longest Motor Transport Line in the Country Opened, 433

Spanish Bill for Expenditure on Public Works, 543

Spanish Harbour Conditions, 405

Spanish Telephones and Swedish Manufacture, 619

Sparking Plug, New Type, 669

Standard—see also British Standard

Standardisation, Automobile, 642

Standardisation in Belgium, 43

Steam Engine, • Single-cylinder, Largest in Europe, 513

Steam Ferry Traffic between Sweden and Great

Britain, 349

Steam Pipe Explosion Causes, 349

Steam Turbines, Pass-out, D. Brownlie, 179

Steel—see Iron and Steel

Sulphite Pulp Mill, Finland, to Begin Work, 485

Sulphuric Acid Manufacture in the United States, 123

Sulphuric and Nitric Acid—see also Scientific Research

Swansea as the Chief Oil Port of the United I Kingdom, 619

Swedish Agricultural Machinery, Reduced j Prices, 207

Sydney Harbour Bridge Proposal, Tenders to be Invited, 43

TANK, Amphibious, Trials, 459

Taxation of Mechanically Propelled Road Vehicles, 179

Telephone Cable, Continental Trunk, 679

Telephone Rate Increase in New York, 349

Telephone Sentry-boxes for Motorists’ Night

Use, 265

Telephones for Cuba, 8000 Ordered, 151

Telephones, Long-distance, Experiments in > France, 619

Telephones in Sweden, Pre-eminent Position ' Claimed for, 71

Thornycroft’s London Staff Dinner, 159

Thunder and Gunfire, Accoustics Comparison,

J. W. Humphreys, 643

Tides Utilisation as Motive Power in Hie et |

Vilaine, Experimental Work, 237

Tractor Trials, Successful, on Singapore Rubber

Estate, 485

| Tractors at Beersheba, Demonstration, 459

Tractors to Replace Coolie Labour, Suggestion,

I 485

Tractors in Western Canada, 595

Train Ferry, Anglo-Swedish, Proposed, 13

Train Ferry, Anglo-Swedish, Postponed, 459

Tungsten—see Iron

Tunnel, New Vehicular, between New York and Jersey, Ventilation Experiments, 97

Turbine Lubrication and Oil Purifying, 377

Turbo-blower, Unusual Accident, 405

u UNEMPLOYMENT on the Continent Daily i Increasing, 151

United States Copper Export Association, 179

United States Electric Trucks in Commission, Great Increase in Number, 405

United States Shipping Material, Sale of, 513

University of London, University College, Lectures, 27, 232 ; Lectures by Professor Luigi Luiggi, 194, 232

U niversity of Manchester, Lecture by Professor Einstein, 433

i VALVES of Internal Combustion

Heat Treatment for, 293

Engines,

Vancouver, Increase in Cargo Handled at the Port, 265

Vancouver Island, Mineral-bearing Land Survey by Canadian Pacific Railway, 405

Venezuela, Commercial Museum in, 260

w WAGES Reduction in New York Shipyards, 293

Wagon, 12-Ton Standardisation Recommended, 440

Water Diversion from Lake Michigan, Proposed, Anticipated Effect on Level of St. Lawrence River, 569

Water Power Plant, Cost of, in New England, 237

Water Power of the St. Lawrence River, Latest

Development Scheme, 669

WATER SUPPLY :

Bombay Water Supply Department Inviting Various Tenders, 595

Chauny (Aisne) Drinking Water and Drainage Plant Competition, 237

Cordoba Water Supply Improvement Scheme, 669

Rand Pumping Scheme Plant, Tenders, 207

Rand Water Supply, Barrage across the Vaal River, 595

Rugby Water and Sewage Scheme for Clifton-on-Dunsmore, 216

Seattle, Additional Water Supply, 377

Specifications of Standard Water Pipes and Fittings, 224

' Sydney Water Supply Extension, 349 Tampico, Mexico, Water Supply for, 433

WATER Tanks, Elevated, Reinforced Concrete-Built in Germany, 207

Waygood-Otis, Limited, Patriotic Fund Winding-up,. 389

Welding, Acetylene, Success with a Long Steel Gas Pipe, 543

Well Sunk by Metropolitan Railway at Neasden. 264

West Bromwich goes a’ Borrowing, 619

West Kent Main Sewerage Board, New Plant, 97

Wheel, Road, New Form, Stagg Patent Wheel Company, 527

Wind Power, Improved Method for Utilisation of, 151

Wire Measurement, Difficulties in Obtaining Exact Results, 43

Wireless, Amateur, Installations in America and United Kingdom, 15]

Wireless Equipped Motor Car for San Francisco, 485

Wireless Post Suggested on Willis Island, 643

Wireless Station for Belgium, to be Among Most Powerful in the World, 377

Wireless Station, Most Powerful in the World, First Stone Laid at Sainte Assise, 71

Wireless Station Plant at Port Elizabeth, 569

Wireless Station, Proposed, on Bank Premises, 293

Wireless Station at Shanghai, 513

Wireless Station at Tomiska, Japan, 97

Wireless Station at Warsaw, American Company to Erect, 349

Wireless Telegraph Station for Greenland, British and Danish Negotiations, 485

Wireless Telegraph Station on the Willis Islands, Investigation of Possibilities by Australian Government, 265, 321

Wireless Telegraphy in Life-saving at Sea, 349

Wireless Telegraphy for Railway Purposes, Successful Tests, 207

Wireless Telephone for American Motor Cars, 71 .

Wireless Telephone for Panama Railway Towing Vessels, 293

Wireless Telephony for Commercial Purposes, First Installation in United Kingdom, 377

Wireless, World’s Long-distance Record Broken, 405

Women’s Engineering Society :

Loughborough Branch Started, 109

Second Annual General Meeting, 581

Wood Preservation, Various Methods, 349

Wood Pulp Mill Started in Alaska, 433

Wooden Wedges in the Rand Mines, 642

Woosung, near Shanghai, Industrial District Development, 411

Wuchang as a Port on the Yangtze River, 643

X X-RAY Motor Ambulance Wagon, 595

Y YORKSHIRE Boiler Works, Visit and Lecture, 471

z ZANZIBAR Harbour, Extensive improvement, 207

Zanzibar Harbour Improvement Works, Cost of, 43

Zinc Ammonium Chloride in Galvanising to Replace Sal Ammoniac, 97

Zinc Ore Treatment by Novel Electric Resistance Furnce, Professor C. H. Fulton, 13

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