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A ABERDARE Mining Engineering Laboratory, 241

Acetylene, Dissolved, Film for Exhibition, Allen-Liversidge, Limited, 682

Admiralty Chemical Laboratories, Co-ordination of Work, 241

AERONAUTICS :

Aerial Service between Seville and Buenos Aires, 241

Aerodrome Lighthouse at Madrid, 241

Air Mail Services between Pretoria and Capetown, 525

Airship Conference, International, 164

Air Taxis for Liner Passengers, 183

American National Balloon Race, 469

French Aeroplane Company’s Success with Toulouse-Casablanca Air Line, Proposed Extension, 241

Helicopter Prize Offer by Air Ministry, 285 Helium Daily Loss from an Airship, 639 Safety Fuel Tanks for Aircraft, Prize Awards, 469

Telephonic Communication for Aeroplanes with London, Paris and Lausanne, 415, 441 Under-water Photography from Aeroplanes of no Practical Utility, Colonel E. Lester Jones, 695

ALASKAN Minerals, Good Prospects for Silver and Lead Mining, 43

Alcohol in Australia, Synthetic and Otherwise, Question of Cheap Electricity, 43

Alcohol Production for Fuel, Possible Use of Reclaimed Land, 43

Allen-Liversidge, Limited, Annual Dinner, 80 Alfonso XIII. Canal, Slow Progress of, 387 Aluminium Alloy Pistons, Competition, 101 Aluminium and its Light Alloys, Atmospheres in Industrial Furnaces Used for Melting, American Investigation, 415

Aluminium Output in the United States, 695

Aluminium Oxide and Various Defects it Causes, 441

Aluminium Soldering, Improved Method for, 155

Ammonia—see Synthetic

Anatolia, Rivers in, Adaptability for Transport and Industry, 557

Anti-freezing Solutions and Use of Glycerine, 183

“ Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarships in Civil Engineering, 371

Architectural Humour and Woman, 611

Argentina’s Expected Oil Boom, 583

Argentine Government to Clear Wreckage from the River Plate Channel, 441

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:

Association of Engineers-in-Charge :

Annual Dinner, 620

Approaching Incorporation, 415

Institute of Chemistry :

Award of Meldola Medal, 271

Institute, Concrete :

Ancient Arch, Cost of Preservation, Estimate, 213

Building Exhibition, Arrangements and Discussions Programme, 354, 453

Gravel-washing Plant, Best Design for Continuous Work, E. F. Sargeant, 553

Skilled Workmen Wanted, E. F. Etchells, | 155

Institute of Marine Engineers :

Liquid Fuel, J. H. Anderson, 43

Lloyd’s Register Scholarships and Student Graduate Examinations, Pamphlet, 164

Oil Fuel, A. Keens, 611

Petroleum and Lubrication, E. A. Evans, 415,469

Institute of Metals :

Annual, Autumn and other Meetings, Dinner, Annual Lecture, Pamphlet on Corrosion, &c., 112

Annual General Meeting, Programme, Offer of Tickets to Visitors, 164, 255

Autumn Meeting in Swansea, 682

Journal of the Institute, Vol. xxvi., 177 New Edition of “ Corrosion and Protection of Condenser Tubes,” 553

Institute of Physics :

Annual Meeting and Report, 626

Elections of Officers and Representatives of Participating Societies, 626

Journal of Scientific Instruments, 611, 721 Presidential Address, Sir J. J. Thomson, 626

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued):

Institute, Royal, of British Architects :

Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, Probable Award to an American, 285

Institute, Royal Sanitary :

Congress at Bournemouth, 285

Henry Saxon Snell Prize, 340

Institute of Transport :

Appointments for 1922-23, 654

Congress in London, 161

New President, Sir Sam Fay to Succeed Sir

Henry May bury, 606

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

Data Sheets, First Issue, 477

Laminated Spring in Automobile Suspension, A. A. Remington, 330

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 561

Awards for Students’ Papers, 77

London Students :

Forty-first Annual Students’ Dinner, 346

Fundamental Principles of Locomotive

Design, E. A. Phillipson, 252

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Association :

Annual Meeting and Elections, 540

Reinforced Concrete, C. H. Sandeman and Others, 540

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Annual Conversazione, 280

Annual Meeting, 520

Award of Premiums for Papers, 626

Election of Officers and New Members, Result of Ballot, 598

Electricity and Agriculture, Lecture in Dublin, R. B. Matthews, 520

Examination for Associate Membership, 170

Faraday Bronze Medal to Commemorate Fiftieth Anniversary of the Institution, 667

Library to be Kept Open in the Evenings of Meetings, 43

List of Members, New, 282

War Memorial to Fallen Members, 639

Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :

Gear for Marine Propulsion, W. Rees Darling, 71

Institution of Gas Engineers :

Programme of Meetings, 682

Standardisation in the Gas Industry, Dr. C.

Carpenter, 721

Institution, Indian, of Engineers :

Membership of 500, 160

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 598

Power Factor Improvement, G. H. Ayres, 382, 415

Midland Section :

Annual Dinner, 194

Institution of Locomotive Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 236

South American Branch :

Election of Officers, 241

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :

Annual Dinner and Various Speeches, 394

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

Annual General Meeting and Conference, 570

Meeting in the Scottish District, Programme, 733

Institution of Naval Architects :

Annual Meetings, Programme, 164

Summer Meeting in Paris, 505

Institution of Petroleum Technologists :

Fourth Annual Dinner, 285

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers1

Officers and Council, List of, 312

President and Vice-president Appointed, 213

Institution, Royal :

Forthcoming Lectures, List of, 51

Meetings and Elections, 312, 394, 512, 540, 682

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :

Institution of Welding Engineers :

Inaugural Meeting, 124

Society of Chemical Industry :

Annual General Meeting in Glasgow, Programme, 710

Combustibility of Solid Fuels, Influence of Structure, E. R. Sutcliffe and E. C. Evans, 469

Structure of Fuels, E. R. Sutcliffe and Edgar C. Evans, 387

Society, Optical :

Election of Officers and Members, 282

Glare from Motor Headlights, J. W. T. Walsh, 639

Motor Headlights, Papers Dealing with, 398

Society, Physical :

Sound Production, More Efficient Apparatus for, Professor Kerr Grant, Gil

Society, Royal Aeronautical :

Associate Fellowship Examination, The First, 736

Representatives Nominated on other Bodies for Current Year, 512

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Albert Medal Presentation to Sir Dugald Clerk, 721

Chlorine or Salt, Removal from Iron Specimens, Dr. Alexander Scott, 359

Coast Erosion and its Prevention, Professor E. R. Matthews, 441

Prize, Peter le N. Foster, Award for Essay on the Mineral Resources of China, 580

Some Solved and Unsolved Problems in

Gasworks Chemistry, E. V. Evans, 331

AUSTRALIAN British Preference Tariff, 611

Australian Company’s Alcohol Motor Fuel

Cheaper than Petrol, 553

Automobile Race for French Grand Prix, 71

BALL Bearings and Electrical Machinery, C. Allen, 415

Bangor Pier Repair, Tenders in 1920 and Reduction in 1922, 695

Bar Copper Manufacture with English Plant in South Africa, 553

Bascule Bridges and Overloading, 497

Bauxite Mining in British Guiana, New Regulations, 13

Bawdwin Lead and Silver Mines, 547

Belgium Tariff Rates on German Goods, Certificate of Origin Required, 13

Birmingham Glass Manufacture, Slackness of Home Trade, 71

Blast-furnaces—see Iron

Boiler Explosion Due to Neglected Corrosion, 339

Boiler, Vertical Cross Tube, Explosion, 101

Boilers, New, for Greenwich Power Station, 309

Bovey Lignite, 496

Bricks, Flett on, Experiments in Methods of Laying, 43

Bricks in the Tropics, Temperature of Various Kinds, G. W. Grabham, 71

Bridge, Howrah, Over the Hooghly, Type and Cost, 391, 441

Bridge, Reinforced Concrete, Considerable Settlement, but Still in Service, 721

British Aluminium Company in Norway, Reopened after Twelve Months’ Closing, 667

British Exports to the Argentine, 43

British Honduras Harbour Improvements, Contract Given to American Firm, 331

British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Report, Details, 213

British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Greatly Increased Membership, 271

Brass Casting Research, 620

Influence of Gases on High-grade Brass, Strip Brass Ingots and Conditions for Securing Soundness, 695

Quarterly Bulletin, List of Periodicals of Interest, 662

Buckets for Impulse Water Wheels, Steel versus Bronze, 183

Building Exhibition—see Exhibitions, also Associations, Concrete Institute

Bursting of Superheater Tube, 553

CADASTRAL Surveys, Corners of, Identification and Restoration, H. R. Farnsworth, 46

Calcium Carbide and Safeguarding of Industries Act, Referee’s Decision, 241

Canada’s New Power Supply from Chippawa Queenston Power Canal, 43

Canada, Slave and Hay Rivers, Water Power Possibilities, 331

Canadian Marking of Imported Goods, 71

Canadian Water Power, Capacity and Development of, 497

Canadian Water Power Installations, Statistics, 271

Canal to be Constructed for Coal Transport, from Upper Silesia to Dantzig, 213

Canal between Dantzig and Silesia Projected by Baltic-Black Sea Syndicate, 441

Canals as Roads, Motor Traffic Claims, 626

Carbon Monoxide in Gas for Domestic Use, New

Board of Trade Order, 241

Castings—see Iron and Steel

Catalogue in Spanish, 540

Catalogues for Baghdad, 52

Catalogues for Winnipeg, 331

Cement, Its Possibilities of Improvement, Dr.

C. H. Desch, 271

Ceylon Government Hydro-electric Scheme, 525

Channel Tunnel Project, Meeting of Members of Parliament, 721

Chefoo, Development of Hinterland, 250 Miles of Road Projected, 667

Chelmsford Engineering Society, 374

Chemical Engineers, Proposed Institution, 164

Chemical Engineers, Provisional Committee Meeting, 278

Chemicals Production Foundry in French Indo-China, 138

China Clay, Rich Deposits in the Dartmoor Foothills, 43

China, Cotton Mills Classification, 497

China, Long-distance Automobile Service Company’s 300-Mile Run, 13

China and the United States, Increase of Exports and Imports, 525

China’s Mineral Output Statistics, 183

Chinese and Japanese Agreement over Chinese Coal and Iron Mines, 129

Chinese Orders for Railway Bridges from Holland, 129

Chinese Schemes for Bridge Between Nanking and Pukow, Crossing the Yangtze River, 525

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :

Black Coal in Queensland, Thickest Seam Yet Discovered, 441

Blackwell Colliery, Notice to Workmen with Respect to Coal Filling, 96

Canada, Analysis of Coal Imports and Exports, 101

Coal Area at Morwell, Victoria, Further Explorations, 129

Coalfields in Chile, Needs of, 583

Coal Leading by Road, I. S. Mackenzie, 359

Coal Prospecting Near Britstown, South Africa, 101

Coke Oven Gas Turned on from Colliery to Gasworks, 721

Coke Ovens, American, with Silica Walls, 155 Czecho-Slovakia Coal Production in 1921, 661 Doncaster Collieries, Three, Record Output, 13

Electric Winders for Nottinghamshire Coal Pit, 583

Froth Flotation Process for Coal Cleaning, E. Bury, 71

Froth Flotation and Pure Coal, R. Lessing, 155

Great Britain, Coal Output Comparison, 441 Hong Kong Export of Coal Prohibited, 213

Hulk Conversion into Modern Coal-handling Machine, New Zealand Experiment, 469

India’s Decreased Output of Coal, 695

Japanese Collieries in Manchuria, Improvements and Extensions Planned, 213

Jura Mountains, Unproductive Coal Boring,

Magnetite Reduction by Coke, Tests Result, 155

Manchuria and Coalite Manufacture, 359

Output of Coal in the United Kingdom, Increase, 213

Sampling and Analysis of Coal Committee, 197

Sulphur in Coal, Method of Amount Determination, 469

Sulphur in Metallurgical Coke, 301

Sweden, Coal Discovery at Glumsloov, 155

Transvaal Coal Strike, Comparison of Costs and Output in 1914 and 1920, 213

United States Coal Mine Fatalities, 583

Vredefort, South Africa, Coal Discovery Near, 689

Washing of Coal, Importance of Sulphur Content, 71

Week’s Coal Output in December, 13

COAST Erosion and its Prevention, Professor E. R. Matthews, 441

Colombia, New Hydro-electrical Plants for Lighting, Power and Telephones, 13

Colombian Aviation Service, Additions to Fleet, 155

Colombo’s Gas Supply, New Plant for Water Gas Manufacture, 441

Colombo Reservoir Capacity to be Increased, 155

Commercial Motor Vehicles, Annual Parade, 220

Compressed Gas Storage Cylinders, Research

Committee’s Recommendations, 101

Concrete Barges for Bringing Coal to London, 583

Concrete Institute—see Associations

Concrete Roads in America, Effect of Temperature Extremes, 728

Coolidge . Tube, Radiator Type, Government Investigation, 330

£'°PPer Ore in Chile, New Plant and Ropeway Projected for, 583

Copper Ore, High-grade, Discovery of, in British Columbia, 129

Copper Ore Output at a Tasmanian Mine, 43

Copper Recovery Process in Western Australia, 667

Copper Slag for Roadmaking, Economical Change, 497

Copper Sulphate Waters, Natural, Used for

Timber Preservation, 359

Cotton Mill, Hunan, Operation of, 387

Cracks in Aluminium Alloy Castings and of Contraction in Volume on Freezing, Investigation, 415

Crompton and Co., Limited, 481

Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Jubilee and Presentation of Certificates and Wilson Premium, 449

Crystal Palace Old Students’ Society, Annual Dinner, 570

Cuban’s Sugar Exports, New Port Development, 639

Cutting Fluids, Need of Lubricant, Eugene C. Bingham, 359

D DAM, Krishnarajasagara, Mysore, Rapid Progress, 213

Dam, Largest Overflow, in the World to be

Constructed in Japan, 415

Dam, Projected Big, on River Ouareau by Quebec Government, 366

Danish Standardisation in the Engineering Industry, 667

Darien Harbour, Manchuria, Reconstruction, 155

Decimal Association Proposals for Gradual

Change in Weights and Measures, 241

Delagoa Bay, New Coaling Plant, 667

Diamond Setting for Tool for Emery Wheels, New Method, 155

Dock, Large, Under Construction at Santander, 359

Dredger for Tin Industry Built at Melbourne for Federated Malay States, 301

Dredgers, New Type of Dipper, 591

E EARTHQUAKE Prediction by Geodetic Measurement, 497

Eastern Telegraph Company’s Delayed Cables, 271

Edinburgh Buys British Tram Rails at Higher Price than German, 441

Education and Apprenticeship, Bradford Educational Authority, 611

Elder, Dempster and Co., Limited, Farewell Dinner to Superintendent Engineer, 118

ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

Arc Welding on Sheets Below fin. Thick, A. L. Price, 583

Argentina, Electrical Industry of, Amalgamation of Interests, 611

Australian Transmission Line, Proposed, 154

Ball Bearings in Electrical Machinery, C.

Allen, 415

Bergen Peninsula Power Company, Contemplated Construction of 100,000 H.P. Station, 415

Blackburn, Preston and Accrington Electrical Linking-up, 101

California, Feather River Development Scheme, 183

Carrier Current System for Communication with Moving Electric Railway Vehicles With and Without Wire Connection, 415, 441

Cauvery Power Scheme, Mysore, Completion of Sixth Instalment, 667

Cinema Electrical Lecture at Finsbury Technical College, 55

Coal Leading by Road and Electric Battery Vehicles, I. S. Mackenzie, 359

Converter Plant, Electrical, for Refining Matte and Copper Blister in Mexico, 415

Country House Plant, 183

Direct-current, 2 Kilowatts, at 200,000 Volts, American General Electric Company’s Plant, 241

Drought and Electrical Shortage in Italy, Effect on Trade, 359

Electric Arc Welding in Steel Structures, Major James Caldwell, 241—see also Miscellaneous Index, 79

Electric Heating, Local, Effective and Economical, Julius Frith, 13

Electric Lifting Magnets, Construction and Application, F. A. Hooper, 43

Electrical and Mining Enterprises in Shantung, Two New Companies, 553

Electricity Bill Before the House of Lords, Sir H. Bentinck’s Favourable Opinion, 331

Electricity Commissioners’ Inquiry Regarding East Midlands District, 639

Electricity Commissioners and Private Generating Stations, 583, 639

Electricity Unremunerative Except on Large Scale, 183

Government Promise of Help in British Electrical Development, 301

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):

Greenwich Power Station, New Boilers, &c., 309

Hydraulic Accumulator, German, 330

Indian Electric Supply Company, Plant for Cawnpore Power Station, Extension, Cost of, 667

Islington Borough Electrical Vehicles, Large Fleet of, 101

Japanese Widespread Development of Electrical Supply, 359

Labour-saving Appliances of the General Electric Company, 241

Lancashire and Cumberland, Divergent Views on Electrical Supply Schemes, 101

Lighting Installation Safety Device, 101

Lighting Unit for Matching Colours, 415

Linings of Electric Steel Furnaces, Maintenance, 129

Lorries, Electric Conservancy, for Calcutta, 129

Melbourne Revenue from Electric Supply, 611

New Transmission Line Between Valais and Vaud Cantons, 639

Poland, Electrical Engineering Industry Development, 667

Porcelain Insulators for Overhead Power Lines, 682

Power Factor Improvement, Lecture, G. H. Ayres, 382, 415

Present Position and Future Prospects of Industrial Electric Heating, J. G. Pearce, 301

Professor of Electrical Engineering in Imperial College of Science and Technology, New Appointment, 553

Professor Reichel’s Design for Super Station and its Equipment, 387

Public versus Private Supply from a Colliery Standpoint, Robert Nelson, 13

Refuse Disposal, Advantage of Electric Lorries for, 359

Riviera Mountains, Power Station for Water Power from, 90

Rotary Converters for Railway Work, Views of Major A. M. Taylor, 247

Salvage of Sunken Vessels by Electrical Process, V. H. Pearson, 441

Santiago, Power Plant to Utilise Neighbouring Waterfalls, 583

Small Public Electric Supply Undertakings, J. N. Houblon, 13

Soviet Electrification Schemes and Foreign Capital, 183

Standardising Specifications for and Sizes of Commercial Dry Cells, 241

Steam Power Electric Generating Stations, Large, in Germany, 13

Stretford Electricity Committee Reduces Charges, 213

Sub-station with Completely Developed Automatic Mechanism, 721

Taxicab to Carry Six Persons with Low Consumption of Electricity, 553

Tenacity of Transmission Wires in South Africa, 497

Testing High-tension Material up to 300,000 Volts, 497

Transformer with 1,000,000 Voltage, The First, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 331

Transformers, Standard, Variations in Magnetising Current, J. G. Gorrin, 101

Transformers from Westinghouse Company, Pittsburg, Largest Single Order Ever Placed,43

Truck, Electric, Novel Use for, by New York Gas Company, 213

Ventilation of Electrical Machines, R. Roberts, 213

Victoria, Australia, Morwell Electricity Scheme for Country Districts, Extension, 415

Vosges Department, Proposal for Inter-communal Syndicate Scheme of Electrical Supply, 359

Water-driven Electric Power Station near

Pontivy, France, 639

EMBANKMENT Collapse on the Somme Canal, 639

Engine, Two-cycle Semi-Diesel, Run with Palm Oil, Successful Trials, 271

Engineers’ Proposed “ Gaza ” Dinner and Meeting, 387

Engineers’ Showrooms, 562

EXHIBITIONS :

Architecture, British, Exhibition, 469

Brazilian Centenary Exhibition, 398

Brazilian Centenary Exhibition, Lighting Contract for, 441

British Empire Exhibition, Organisation of Engineering Section Entrusted to British Engineers’ Association, 583

British Industries Fair in 1923, Birmingham Section, 667

Brussels Commercial Fair, 285

Building Exhibition at Olympia, 354, 453

Christiania, Utilisation of Electric Power Exhibition, 101

Dutch International Industries Fair, 30

Foundry Exhibition at Birmingham, 220, 469

Industrial Heating Apparatus Exhibition in Paris, 183

Inland Waterways and Canals Exhibition at Essen, 331

International Fair at Florence for Sale of Books and Exhibition of Printing Machines and Appliances, 128

Milan Samples Fair, Fishing Industry Group, 159

Rio Centenary Exhibition, British Participation in, 22 ; British Site Progress, 441

Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Cambridge, 219

South Wales Institute of Engineers’ Exhibition, 583

Spanish Industries Fair, 80

Swedish National Fair at Gothenburg, 721

Swiss Industries Fair, 329

EXPANSION of Nickel, Aluminium and other Metals, Measurement Results, 497

Explosion, Boiler Stop Valve, on the SS. Kaisar-i-Hind, 213

Explosion, Fatal, of a Water-tube Boiler on the

SS. Berengaria, 213

Explosion of Flexible Bronze Steam Pipe, 469

Explosives, Annual Report of H.M, Inspectors, Accident Account, 497

FAIRS—see Exhibitions

False Point, India, Question of Possibility of Harbour, 265

Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, 481

Federation of British Industries—see also Railways :

Power Plant in an East Anglian Timber Mill, 301

Smoke Abatement and Inspection, 639

Ferranti Staff Annual Dinner, 270

Files,. Re-cut, Economic File and Engineering Company, Limited, 222

Finsbury Technical College, Cinema Electrical Lecture, 55

Old Students’ Association, Election of Officers, 77

Fire Escape, Motor, for Portsmouth, 220

Fire Extinction by Cement, 611

Flame Temperature of 3000 deg. Cent., 43

Flood Prevention by Afforestation, 155

Folkestone Outfall Sewer Extension, 415

Foundrymen, British, Institution of, Conference and Exhibition, 469

French Suggestion to Offer Work in Devastated Districts of France to British and American Unemployed, 241

Fry, J. S., and Sons, Research Fellowship Award, 729

Fuel Research Board, Report on Fuel for Motor Transport, 43

Low Temperature Carbonising Machine, 639

Furnace “ Skulls,” Boring Holes in, Simple Process, 241

G GAS for Domestic Purposes, New Board of Trade Order, 241

Gear for Marine Propulsion, W. Rees Darling, 71

Genoa and Downing-street, Telephonic Communication During Conference, 415

George Montefiore Foundation Premium, International Competition, 194

German Chemical Products with Linseed Oil Basis, New Patents, 583

German Engineers’ Employment by Chinese Iron and Steel Works, 553

German Goods for Argentina, 49

German Trade Returns for 1921, 129

Germany’s Bargain, for Reconstruction of Petrograd, 525

Germany’s Power Requirements, Gradual Dispensing with Brown Coal, 469

Glass Discovery from Sand near Dresden, Toughest Ever Produced, 331

Glass for Half-watt Electric Lamps, Result Resembles Daylight, 271

Glass Manufacture, Poor Home Trade, 71

Glycerine Refining in India as By-product of

Soap Manufacture, 441

Gold Discovery in Bohemia, 415

Gold Discovery in British Columbia, 583

Grain Elevators at Durban and Capetown, Progress of Foundations for, 695

H HACKSAW, New Type, “ Enox Twin,” Fry’s Limited, 222

Hamburg, Port of, Growing Activity and Necessary Improvements, 695

Hammer Heads Kept in Position by Rubber Wedges, 695

Harbour Projected in Bay of Lienshan, Fengtien Province, 553

Harbour Works at Funchal, Madeira, 512

Heat Conservation, French International Exhibition of Materials and Apparatus for, 51

Holland, Value of Imports in 1921, 183

Hottest Region of the World, 583

Hughes, David, Note-books on Wireless Telegraphy and Microphone Early Experiments, 387

Hydro-electric Activity in Italy for Increased Power Supply in Various Provinces, 359

Hydro-electrical Congress at Rio de Janeiro, 611

Hydro-electric Development at Queenstown -Chippawa (Niagara), Ontario, 359

Hydro-electric Installations and Power Transmission, Lectures at University of Grenoble, 729

Hydro-electric Plant on the River Sila, Catanzaro, Interesting Features of, 183

Hydro-electric Plants and Rising of Tail-water Level During Floods, Novel Method of Meeting the Difficulty, 695

Hydro-electric Power in Chile, Projected Development on Commercial Scale, 639

Hydro-electric Power to Replace Transported Fuel in Industrial Centres, Example of Success in Nuremberg, 331

Hydro-electric Scheme, Auckland, New Zealand, 415

Hydro-electric Survey of India, Summary of Water Power, 548

Hydro-electric Training Projected in Scotland, 331

I IGUAZU Falls, First Power-house to be Erected at, 213 •

Illumination, Lecture and Strong Condemnation of Present-day Lighting Systems, C. G. A. McDonald, 241

Indian Ports, British, Statistics of Cargo Tonnage, 71

Indians as Officers in the Royal Indian Marine, Details of Proposal, 101

Industrial League and Council’s Official Organ, 387

Inter-Ministerial Commission of Inquiry into Public Works in France, Recommendations, 721

International Scientific Congress—see Liege

IRON AND STEEL :

Basset Process of Direct Production of Steel, Stahl und Eisen’s Views, 667

Big Steel Combination in America, 667 Blast-furnace, Products of a, A. Hutchinson, 213

British Cast Iron Research Association, 346

British Columbia Iron Ore Resources, Complete Survey Projected, 695

Carnegie Steel Company’s Second By-product Coke Oven Plant to Cost 30 to 35 Million Dollars, 553

Cast Iron Evaporator on Steamship, ExGerman, Explosion, 331

Cast Iron and Similar Materials for Use as Pots in Iron-pot Melting Furnaces, 420

Cast Iron Steam Pipe Explosion, Report, 331 Cast Iron Water Main Cut 50ft. Below W ater,

Casting, Ingot Mould, 110 Tons Weight, Record for this Country, Bnghtside Foundry and Engineering Company Limited, 249

Centrifugally Cast Steel Pipes, L. Cammen,

China, Largest Iron Mine in Shantung Province, 469 . .

China, New Iron Mining Administration

Formed, 213 ,

Corrosive Action of Soil on Pipes for Gas and Water, American Investigation, 183

Crocodile River, South Africa, Iron Deposits, Report, 93

Electric Steel Furnaces, F. Rowlinson, 441 Electrolytic Iron, French Process for Commercial Production of, 410

Electrolytic Iron, Results of Tests in America,

Failure of Cast Iron T Piece in Ship’s Steam Pipe, 553

Ford Motor Company’s Blast-furnace Output Record, 583

French and Belgian Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Agreement, 71

French Production of Iron Ore, 695

Grey Cast Iron, Properties of, H. J. young, 271

Grey Iron Castings, Seasoning, W. J. May, 583 Indian Indigenous Iron and Steel Enterprises and Possible Effect of Unrest, 129

Invar Steel, Cause and Cure of Instability in, 464

Iron Alloy Resistant to Heat, 667

Iron Bars, Possibly Pre-Roman, Discovered near Winchester, 611

Ironfoundry to be Erected at Island of South Georgia, 2000 Miles from Civilisation, 213 Iron Mines near Shantung Railway, Estimated Large Deposit, 71

Iron Ore Deposit in Alberta, 13

Iron Ore Deposits in Chile, 583

Iron Ore Discovery near Railway at Ponty-clun, 441

Iron Oxides Reduction by Carbon Monoxide, Time Rate of, 301

Japanese Iron and Steel Output, hailing 497

Manganese Ore Deposits of West Africa 583 Newcastle Iron and Steel Company s Plant and Blast-furnace in South Africa, loo

Nickel Production Probable in China, 43 3| Per Cent. Nickel Steel, Use of, H. Brierley, 525

North China, Installing New Blast-furnace and Foundry at Lung-yen, 359

Oil Tanks, Buried Steel, Life of, 633

Ore Concentration Plant Projected for Anshan Iron and Steel Works, 525

Pig Iron Production in Canada, 183

Pig Iron Production in Canada in February and March, 583

Pig Iron Production in January, 1»3

Pig Iron Production in February, 301

Pig Iron Production in March and April, 553 Pig Iron Production in November and December, 43

Pig Iron Production in March, 441

Pigments from Scrap Iron, Electrolytic Manu-Sep^aTin/lron Ores by Use of Hysteretic Soiitli* Africa, Big Iron and Steel Industry Contemplated, 301

Staffordshire Company s Iron and Steel and Coal Output Improvement, 271

Steel Cutting Under Water by Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe, 359

Steel Foundry near Shanghai, 13

Steel, Magnetic Properties of New Type, 71

Steel Output in South Africa, 667 ansa?W3-

Plates, British Share of the irade Tata^Iron^nd Steel Works Plant Extension, Toughness of Steel, J. C. W. Humfrey, 583 Uganda, Large Deposits of Iron Ore in the Water^lainrCast’ Iron, Quick Repair Job World’^Output of Iron and Steel During 1860-1920, 461

IRRIGATION Canal, American, Lined with

Italian Government’s Projected New Cables at Home and Abroad, 603

Italy’s Depressed Paper Trade, Its Ca^?3’ 3^f9 Italy’s Industrial Situation, Hopeful View of,

Italy’s Water Power Establishments, Existing and Projected, 387

J JAPAN Increases Duty on Imports of Copper, Brass and Bronze, 469

Japanese Copper and Question of Protection, 12

K KEIR, Steam-heated, Explosion, 639

Kobe Harbour Improvement, 667

Kokura, Island of Kyushu, Japan, to Become Important Shipping and Railway Centre, 155

L LANTERN Slides, Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 509

Laval Centrifugal Method of Purifying Lubricating Oils, &c., N. W. Prangnell, 695

Lead Mines in Cumberland, Threlkeld, to Reopen Forthwith, 271

Lead Mines in Isle of Man to be Reopened, 553

Lead Ores’ Silver Percentage in the Yukon, 639

Lead and Zinc Ore Trade, Spanish Fears, 101

Leeds University, 481

Liege Engineering College, Seventy-fifth Anniversary, Scientific Conference and Exhibition, 250,481

Lifeboats—see Ships

Lightmeter, Holophane Glass Company, 83

Liquid Air Explosives for Ironstone Mining, Question of Use, 101

Liquid Fuel for Ships, Depots in Morocco, 43

Liverpool Engineering Society’s Annual Dinner, 155

Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, New Officers, 80

Lock-nuts, Bicones Limited, 394

Logarithm Cabinet, Bowman and Murdoch, 110

L.C.C. Scholarships, 371

London Toll Exchange, Continued Success, Extension Projected, 359

Lucknow, India, Suggested College for Training Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 469

M MAGAZINES, Two Hundred Firms Publishing Their Own, 377

Manchester Steam Users’ Association Annual Report, 387

Manchuria Experimenting in Manufacture of Coalite, 359

Manganese—see Iron and Steel

Manila Rope Tests Result, 155

Marine Boiler Design, Standard Rules, 282

Mars in 1924, Professor Todd’s Scheme for Observation, 525

Metallurgical Coke from Coal by New Method, 441

Milling Cutters, Economy of, for Some Classes of Work, 13

Mine Haulage Efficiency, Need of Investigation, J. Wilson, 721

Mine Rescue Work at the Front During the War, 667

Mineral Output of Southern Rhodesia, 469

Mineral Possibilities in Central Africa, 525

Mineral Production of Canada, Report, 241

Mineral Products in Tasmania, Amount and

Value of, 415

Minerals in New South Wales, Output in 1921, 301, 533, 611

Miners’ Nystagmus Chiefly Due to Deficient Illumination, 497

Mines, Breaching Apparatus for Rescue Stations Receives Government Sanction After Tests, 271

Mines Department of the Board of Trade, New Address, 695

Mines in South Africa, Managers and Employees, 721

Mines, War-damaged, in Northern France, Reconstruction Work, 441

Mining for Gold in Alaska, Hydraulic, Difficulty with Boulders Removal, 331

Mining in Haichow District, China, Reports of Valuable Deposits, Asbestos, Crystal, Gold, Silver, &c., to be Investigated, 331

Mining, Minnesota, Study of Churn Drills, 337

Mississippi River, Dangerous Floods, 387

Modern Transport, Beginning its Fourth Year of Publication, 387

Moselle, Canalisation of, up to the German Frontier, 101

Motor Car Rear Signal, Bracewell, 502

Motor Car Springs, Need of Improvement, A. A.

Remington, 330

Motor Headlights, 398

Motor Taxation and Road Maintenance, 394

Motor Traffic Between Soochow and Hashing, Projected Road for, 583

Motor Wagons, Supply of Water to, 52, 430

Mowing Machine, Greatly Improved Type, Tyzack, Sons and Turner, Limited, 721

Municipal Electrical “ Old Stagers,” Reunion, 112

N NEWARK Sewerage Scheme, Work Begun, Cost of Scheme, 441

Newcomen Society, Summer Meeting Arrangements, 570

Newfoundland Industrial Resources and Considerable Water Power, Captain E. J. Edwards, 271

New Jersey Tunnel Construction, Tenders Invited, 43

New South Wales Gold Yield, Comparative Figures, 695

Newspaper Production by Photo-litho Offset Process, 43

Nickel—see Iron and Steel

Non-ferrous Metal Research Association Worthy of Support, Proposal to Establish Fellowships, 301

Nottingham City Engineer, Presentation to, 52

o OCEAN Depths, Exceptional, Measurement by Sound Apparatus, 301

Oil Boring, Government, in England, Inconclusive Prospects, 301

Oil Can, New Type, for Motor Cycles, &c.,

Joseph Kaye and Sons, Limited, 222

Oilfields in Japan, New Developments, 155

Oil Fuel, A. Keens, 611

Oil Fuel Berths on the Tyne at Jarrow, 525

Oil, Heavy, Engines for Grain Elevators and Electric Lighting in South Africa, Ruston and Hornsby’s Contract, 155

Oil from Shale, Low Temperature Distillation of, New Process, 129

Oil Turbine Development, Messrs. Thyssen’s Efforts, 71

Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe for Cutting Steel Under Water, 359

p PACIFIC Association of United States, Survey of Russian Littoral Provinces Projected, 155 Paint or Wood, Investigation as to its Power of Protection and Durability, 213

Palermo Harbour Works, Concession for, Granted to American Company, 414, 639

Panama Canal, Tonnage Statistics, 13

Paris City Budget, Good Results of Economy, 13

Paris Police to have Motor Cars with Wireless

Telephone Equipment, 13

Pasteur Centenary, 393, 453

Patents in China—see Utility

Pekin Tramway—see Railways

Persian Means of Communication, Motor Cars versus the Camel, 639

Petrol-driven Lorries in New Zealand, Increased Demand for, 611

Petrol Storage Tanks, Loss by Evaporation, Preventive Measures, 553

Petroleum and Lubrication, E. A. Evans, 415, 469

Photographic Exposures, Novel System of Timing, 583

Piggott, Thomas, and Co., Limited, Centenary Dinner, 167

Post Office Engineers’ Examination, 100

Power Available on the Tennessee River, C. G.

Adsit, 611

Professional Classes Aid Council, 595

Profit-sharing at Watford Paper Mill Engineers, 71

Public School Masters and Future Employment of Boys, 241

Pumps, Interesting Old, in British Columbia, 721

R RADIUM Discovery in the Belgian Congo, 213

Radium Emanation, Collection of, Problem

Under Investigation, 331

Radium Mine Discovery in Brazil, Mrs. Alexander Grosse’s Report, 129

Radium Mine Near Truro, New Industry

Hoped for, 155

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Accidents :

Birmingham Station Accident Report, 155 Canadian Railways’ Good Accident Record, 578

Collision at Auckland Junction, North-Eastern Railway, Report, 301

Derailment Near Ambergate, Midland Railway, 497

Derailment, Slight, Caused by Fallen Tree, 13

Divided Train and Collision in Summit

Tunnel, Walsden, 155, 525

East Horndon Accident, Verdict, 583

Engine Step Detached and Fatal Accident Caused at Blisworth, 129, 155

Fatal Connecting-rod Accident on a London and North-Western Engine, 497

Fatalities on Railways, Statistics, 553

Goods Train Accident on London and North-Western Railway, 101

Great Western Railway Accident Report, 155

Motor Lorry Fatality at a Crossing, 721

Neglected Wagons as a Cause of Derailment, North British Railway, 695

North-Eastern Passenger Engine Derailment at Hilda Junction, 71

Omnibus Accidents, Considerable Reduction, 213

Passenger’s Accident at Victoria Station, Manchester, 43

Passenger Fatalities in Ten Years, 645

Questions with Regard to Accident Prevention, J. P. Thomas, 639

Returns of Accidents and Casualties for 1921, 690

Scottish Express, Slight Accident Due to Stray Cattle, 271

Shunting Accidents by Night and by Day Comparison, 101

Three Minor Accidents, 183

Alexandra Docks and Railway Company, Separate Existence Ended by Amalgamation, 415

Amalgamation Schemes—see Railways Amalgamation Tribunal, also Ministry of Transport

Annual Reports of Railways, Statistics Given and Omissions, 71, 387

Appointments and Staff Changes, 101, 213, 331, 359, 415, 553, 583, 639

Argentine and Bolivian Governments’ Railway Construction Agreement, 241

Australian Mails from Perth, W.A., Change of Train Time for Expedition of, 331

Automatic Train Control, Report of Colonel Pringle’s Committee, 695

Barry Railway Objects to Grouping Proposal, 241

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway not to be Reopened, 497

Belgian Railway Passenger Carriages, 552

Bologna-Venice-Monfalcone Line, Electrification Tenders Called for, 101

Bombay Suburban Lines, Electrification a Matter of Finance, 101

Bombay, Suggested Underground Railway, 213

Brakes and Signals, Amalgamation of Companies in Britain and in France, 639

Brazil, Westinghouse Electric Locomotives in Service, 13

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):

Brighton Company’s Dilemma, Unanimity as to Electrification, but Divergence as to System, 213

Brighton Line Conversion Expected in September, 331

Brighton Line Electrification, Cost of Completion in 1913 and 1922 Compared, 292

British and American Rolling Stock, Comparison as to Comfort, 553

Burma Railways and the Tablet System, 611

Caledonian Railway Acquires Loch Tay Steamers, 213

Caledonian Railway Receipts and Expenditure, 359

Cambrian Railway Company’s Tribute to General Manager, 271

Cambrian Railways, Chairman and Directors’ Farewell Letter to Staff, 611

Canadian Government’s Exhibition Train Through France, 695, 721

Canadian Pacific Line, Progress of Extension Work, 441

Canals Bill, High Charges and Deficient Revenue, 611, 721

Central of Brazil Railway Electrification, 611

Ceylon, Kadugannawa Incline, Suggested Electrification of, 129

Chilean State Railways’ Electrification between Santiago and Valparaiso and on Branch Line, 611

Ching-Yang Light Railway to be Constructed, 241

City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Proposed Bill for Winding Up, 441

Classification of Traffic, by Passenger Train, 187, 497

Coal at Railway-owned Docks, Reduction of Railway Charges for Shipping, 13

Competition Between East and West Coast Routes to the North, 359

Congo-Katanga Railway, Hebo to be the Terminal Port, 695

Connecting Trains and Results of Unpunctuality, S. B. Canter, 469

Continental Boat Train from Victoria, New Time, South-Eastern and Chatham, 611

Corporation Profits Tax, Application to Railways Deferred, 583

Councils on Railways, Results on the Pennsylvania System, 553

Death of Mr. Samuel R. Blundstone, 183

Death of Mr. John Swinburn, 525

Dividends of Two Railways, 129

Dublin and South-Eastern as a “ Progressive ” Railway, 60

Ealing and Shepherds Bush Railway, a Losing Speculation, 497, 553

Earl’s Court, District Railway, Twenty Hours’ Daily Work Statistics, 13

East Coast Express Goods Train for Edinburgh, 611

East Coast Scottish Services, Improvements, 667

Easter Excursions and Fares, 271

Electric Locomotives for Invalides-Versailles Railway, 415

Electric Railways and Communication by Carrier Current, 415, 441

Electric Railways, Government Guarantees for, 553

Electrification Facilities and Great Eastern and South-Eastern Railways, 586

Electrification of Railways in Midland Coalfields Area not under Present Consideration, 469

Electrification Scheme, Projected, and Unemployment, 129

Electrification of Suburban Railways, 183

Electrification of Yungas Railway, Bolivia, 415

English and Welsh Companies Follow Scottish Example, 155, 183, 247, 331

Federation of British Industries :

Conference on Reduction in Railway Rates, 101

Replies to Deputation, Contradictory Statements, 101

Transport in South-West Africa, 553

Ferrocarril Nordest e, New Railway in Colombia, 525

First-class Fares Increase Followed by Reduction in First-class Passenger Traffic, 301 Floating Landing Stage, &c.,at Tilbury, Bill Passed Committee, 359

French Equatorial Africa, New Railway Construction, 359

French Railway Workshops as Agitation Centres, Repairs being Handed Over to Private Firms, 695

Furness Railway Company’s Efforts to Develop Traffic, 469

Garratt Engines for South African Railways, 525

Gauges in Australia, Mr. Hughes on Unification of, 583

German Locomotives and Strikers’ Neglect, 183

German Railway New Sleeping Compartments, 43

Glasgow College Station, Goods Warehouse Burnt Down, 101

Glasgow Subway Railway Shut Down, 213

Goods Receipts for August, 13

Goods Traffic Receipts for September, 101

Goods Traffic Mileage and Tonnage for September, 13

Goods Traffic Mileage and Tonnage for November, 241

Great Central Company’s Through Carriage from London to Halifax, 271

Great Eastern Railway Meeting, Lord Claud Hamilton on Grouping Manager, 271

Great Indian Peninsula Railway and Electrification, 721

Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Transportation Department Set Up, 721

Great North of Scotland Railway, Huge Rise in Salaries and Wages Bill, 497

Great Northern “ Die-hard ” Locomotives, 387

Great Northern Locomotive Running Expenses Considerably More than Trebled Since 1913, 306

Great Western Mechanical Engineer, Change, 331

Great Western Railway Circular to Men on Possible Economies, 71

Great Western Railway, Mr. Churchward’s Presentation, 567

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):

Great Western Railway New Line, Clydach, Pontardawe, &c., 525, 721

Great Western Railway to Own Swansea Docks, 638

Great Western Railway Signalling Apparatus Statistics, 43

Great Western Research Department at Swindon, 666

Great Western “ Safety ” Movement, Highly

Successful Results from, 469

Grouping System and Compensation for Displaced Officials, 497

Grouping System and Re-naming, Heavy Cost Entailed, 721

Grouping System and Time-table Changes, 155

Hampshire Light Railway, Totton to Fawley, 43

Harbours, Docks and Piers (Temporary

Increase of Charges) Bill, 707

Highland Railway Company’s Engines, 441

Highland Railway, Resignation of Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, 271

Increased Passenger Traffic Ascribed to

Abnormal and Unreal Wealth, 469

Indian Government, Projected Annual Tenders for Locomotives and Stocks, 43

Indian Railway Material and Loan to be

Raised in the United Kingdom, 387

Indian Railways, Increased Expenditure Needed, 124

Indian Railways’ Rehabilitation, Vast Expenditure and its Allocation, 415, 441

Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—see Associations

International Railway Association, Possible

Congress at Madrid, 186, 359

Irish Northern Government and North of

Ireland Railways, 639

Irish Politics and Improved Traffic, 155

Irish Railway (Great Southern and Western)

Carrigan Award and the Free State Government, 334

Irish Railway Stockholders’ Protection Association, Continuance Recommended, 71

Irish Railways’ Arbitration and Dail Eireann, 43

Irish Railways’ Arbitration, Wages and Eight -hour Day, 71

Irish Railways, Government Inquiry, 271

Irish Railways and Grouping, 611

Irish Railways and Men, Dispute Settled, 213

Iron and other Trades and Excessive Railway

Charges, Myles Kennedy, 13

Italian Government Electrification of Railway Trunk Lines, 13

Italian Railways’ Increased Working Costs and Decreased Efficiency, 667

Italian State Railway Electrification Tenders, 553

Japanese and Chinese Railways’ Extension, Delegates at Washington, 71

Junction at Blaenau Festiniog Proposed and Abandoned, 469

Kenya Colony, Further Loan for Uasi-Ngishu Railway, 241

King’s Birthday Honours for Railwaymen, 639 ; (Correction), 667

Labelling Goods, Change in Railway Regulations, 208

Labour Co-partnership and the Railways, 183

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Former Officers’ Connection with Paper Read at the Institution of Civil Engineers, 129

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Shareholders’ Valedictory Meeting, 440

Late Special Trains Withdrawn on the London Electric Railways, 101

Lee-on-the-Solent Classed as a Light Railway, 43

Level Crossings and Railway Companies’ Responsibility, 450

Light Railway Between Portmadoc and Dinas, State Assistance for, 675

Light Railways’ Committee Report, 13

Locomotive Building at Crewe, Boilers at Horwich, 721

Locomotive, Great Northern, Most Powerfu on British Railways, 387

Locomotive Spark Arresters, 441

Locomotives, Ordered from Woolwich, Cost Estimated at £16,000 each, 304, 359

London, Brighton and South Coast Train

Services, Accusation of Unpunctuality, 583

London, Chatham and Dover and the South-Eastern and Chatham Electrification Scheme, 667

London and North-Western Long-distance Trains Running with Lancashire and Yorkshire Engines, 667

London and North-Western Railway Councils and Winding Up of Conciliation Boards, 387

London and North-Western Railway Policy for Signal and Telegraph Departments, 43

London and North-Western Railway, Suggestions for Improvement in Working Invited from Railway Employees, 667

London and North-Western Restores Through Service Between Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and the South-Eastern Railway, 553

London and North-Western V.C. Men Honoured by the Company, 583

London and North-Western Wolverton Carriage Shops, Full Time for Painters, 71

London Tube Railways, Heavy Cost Due to Over-numerous Stations, W. R. Davidge, 129

London Underground Railway Loan for-Tube Extension and Improvement, Work for Unemployed Men, 301, 359

Luggage in Advance Charge Reduction, 155

Manchester and Buxton, Possible Electrification of Line Between, 101

Melbourne Railways, Electrification of, Cost of Work, 296

Metal Electrification, South African Minister of Railways on, 695

Metropolitan Railway New Steam Engines and Electric Cars, Re-equipment of Electric Locomotives, 241

Metropolitan Railway Settlement with the Government, 271

Metropolitan Railway Trains, Speeding-up, 13

Midland Railway Chairman, Change in, 213

Midland Railway Coal Consumption, 241

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):

Midland and London and North-Western Railways, Talk of Amalgamation, 155 ; Amalgamation Not Yet Considered, 241

Midland Railway, Men and Wages, Comparison of Figures Between 1914 and 1922, 386

Milk Conveyance Rates Reduction, 441

Minister of Transport, but no Salary, 387

Ministry of Transport, Geddes Committee Proposals Shelved, Fresh Scheme Under Consideration, 271 ; Important Question, 359

Ministry of Transport Inquiries into Train Accidents, 553

Ministry of Transport, No Justification Now for Incurring the Cost of, 213

Ministry of Transport and Stockton and Railway Centenary, 359

National Union of Railwaymen, Falling Numbers, 469

National Union of Railwaymen’s New President, 43

National Union of Railwaymen—see also Scottish Railways, also English and Welsh Companies

National Wages Board Awards not Binding,

National Wages Board and Scottish Railways, 43, 71, 129, 155

New South Wales Railways and Autogeneous Welding, 301

Nord Railway Company’s Automatic Brake Experiments, 676

North British Railway’s Claim, Echo of Dispute with the Government, 331

North Country Trains’ Competition by East and West Coast Routes, 359

North-Eastern Railway and Revival in Traffic, 441

North-Eastern Railway Sleepers Destroyed by Fire at Hartlepool, 41

North-Eastern Railway, Swing Bridge Over the Ouse, Fire Damage and Inconvenience in Communication, 331

North Staffordshire Railway Coal Traffic, Heaviest Week Since August, 1917, 271

Norwegian Committee to Discuss Electrification of all Railways, 71

Norwegian Electric Railways, Estimates of Cost, 213

Outer London Railway Bills, Proposals for Revival, 667

Overcrowding on London Omnibus and Underground Railways, 611

Parcels Traffic “ To Pay ” Arrangements, 583

Paris Evening Train Service for London vid Havre and Southampton, 639

Passenger Decrease on London Trains and Trade Stagnation, 497

Passenger Train Mileage and Fares Statistics, 13, 129

Passengers Decrease and Loss of Revenue, 667

Pekin New Electric Tramway, Demolition of Portion of City Wall, 13

Penzance Station and Rebuilt Viaduct, 721

Petrol Shunting Locomotives for French Railways, 331

Pietermaritzburg-Glencoe Section, South African Railways, Electrification, 183

Platform Tickets on the Midland Railway and Resulting Income, 497

Polish Railway Material Orders, New Department to Deal with, 695

Privately Owned Wagons, Announcement by Ministry of Transport, 213

Privilege Tickets and Railwaymen’s Pay, 497

Pullman Luncheon and Dining Car, Glasgow to Perth, 639

Quarterly Returns of Railway Accidents, 721

Queensland Government’s Projected Railway for Mount Oxide Area, 525

Queensland Railway Department, Coal from the State Colliery, 301

Rail Motor Car on Out-back Line in Victoria, 611

Railway Benevolent Institution Annual Dinner, 155

Railway Claims and Government Liability, 415

Railway Companies and Amalgamation—see Railways Amalgamation

Railway Companies’ Association, New Chairman and Vice-chairman, 301

. Railway Companies’ Committee and Railwaymen’s Unions, 301—see also Wages

Railway Companies’ Losses and Government Control, 359

Railway Companies and Rates Reduction, 387, 721

Railway Companies’ Reports, Omissions Under Government Sanction, 71, 387

Railway Fires by Locomotive Sparks, Companies’ Liability, 583

Railway Material Exports Statistics, 13, 183, 266,440, 553

Railway Rates Reduction and Railway Managers, 387, 721

Railway Rates Tribunal, A Question, 359

Railway Rates Tribunal and Rates Advisory Committee, New Address, 301

Rates Advisory Committee and Classification of Goods, 187, 497

Classification of Traffic, Proposals, 553

Railway Returns for 1921, 415

Railway Statistics a Necessary Expense, 469

Railway Statistics for October and the Coal Strike, 129

Railway Statistics for November, 213

Railway Titles, Old and New, 129, 721

Railways Act Allotment to Companies, Scheme for Distribution of Sum, 583

Railways Act Two Panels, Constitution of, 387

Railways Amalgamation Tribunal:

Amalgamation of Alexandra Dock, Cambrian, Cardiff, Rhymney and Taff Vale Companies with the Great Western, 331, 415

Amalgamation of Barry Railway with the Great Western, 525

Amalgamation of Hull and Barnsley with North-Eastern, 266, 271, 359

Amalgamation of South Wales Railways with Great Western, Running Powers of other Lines, 469

Barry Port and Gwendreath Valley Absorption by Great Western Railway, 695

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):

Railways Amalgamation Tribunal {continued):

Great Western Railway Absorption of Various Welsh Railways and the West Somerset Railway, Meetings, 643

London, Chatham and Dover and South-Eastern Railway Amalgamation, 667

London and North-Western and Midland

Railways’ Amalgamation, 331

Maryport and Carlisle Railway to be Absorbed in North-Western, Midland and West Scottish Group, 271

Railway Companies’ Meetings with Regard to Amalgamation Schemes, 359

Western Group (Great Western and other

Companies) Amalgamation Scheme, 271

Railwaymen and Public Affairs, Change of Attitude, 183

Railwaymen—see also National Union, Railway Companies’ Committee, and Wages

Registration of Seats on the Great Western

Railway, Extension of System, 704

Re-painting of Great Western Coaching Stock, 497

Road Transport by Railway Companies, Opposition to the Bill, 146

Road Transport by Railway Companies, Change of Proposals by Railway, 212

Road Transport, Withdrawal of Bill for

Powers by North-Western-Midland Group, 707

Roads or Branch Railways in New Zealand, 525

Rotary Converters for Railway Work, Major

A. M. Taylor’s View, 247

Runcorn-Weston Point New Light Railway,

Safe British Railways, 730

Saint Lazare Underground Station, 415

Scottish Award and N.U.R. Meeting, 129

Scottish Railways’ Eight-hour Day, 71

Scottish Railways’ Proposals to Men as to

Pay and Conditions of Work, 43, 71, 129, 155

Searchlights on Engines of Express Trains in the Punjab, 649

Severn Barrage Scheme, A Question, 583

Signalling, Automatic, Between Liverpool and Birkenhead, 387

Signals, Route Indicating, and Platelayers’

Warning, 469, 721

Solway Junction Railway Closed, 469

South African Railways’ Annual Report, 155

South African Railways, Manufacture of

Plates for Train Lighting, Thefts of Electric Lamps, 525

South-Eastern and Chatham Bridge at

Rochester to be Reopened, 129

South-Eastern and Chatham Electrification

Proposals, 241, 667

South-Eastern and Chatham Suburban Lines,

Projected Electrification, 639

South-Eastern and Chatham Passenger and

Mileage Statistics, 469

South - Eastern and Chatham and the

Southern Group, 183, 468, 667

South Manchuria Railway Electric Powerhouse Capacity, 42

South Wales Independent Railways Incorporation in Great Western System, 525

Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary in 1925, Various Proposals for Celebration, 359

Summer Time Agreement for Britain, France and Belgium, 213

Swiss Federal Railways Electrification, Cost of, 553

Sydney City Railway Extensions, 13

Sydney, Large Viaduct and Tunnel for

Roselle Bay-Darling Island Railway Line, 271

Taff Vale Company’s Report, Rolling Stock Expenditure, 441

Tasmania to Supply Herself with Home-made Locomotives, 301

Testing Locomotive at Purdue University, 525

Thomas, Mr. J. H., on the Amalgamation

Question as Regards Labour, 583

Tilbury Landing Stage and other Work, Bill Passed Committee, 359

Toronto and Northern Ontario Railway Extension, 583

Torrington-Hallwill Railway, Tenders Invited, 331

Toulouse Railway Workshop Destroyed by Fire, 359

Tourist Tickets and Summer Excursion

Traffic to be Resumed, 525

Traffic Statistics, Freight, for December, 1921, 441

Traffic Statistics, Passenger, for December, 415

Traffic, Weekly, Returns Resumed, 129

Train Resistance, Editorial Inquiry, 736

Tramway for Hankow, 155

Trans-Saharan Railway, French Proposals, 639

Tunnel, Cornimont, Labresse, Metzeral, in

France, Parliament’s Consent for Construction Requested, 695

Turbine Locomotive Tests in Switzerland, 553

Underground Poster on Employees, Wages

Amount and Wages Percentage, 101

Underground Railways, Additional Cars, 583

Underground Railways, Overcrowding in

Paris, Berlin and New York, 469

Underground Railways, Reduced Expenditure, but Fall also in Traffic and Receipts, 301

Underground Railways—see also London Underground

United States Railways:

Alaska, U.S.A. Government Railway

Nearing Completion, 71

American Aid for Foreign Railways, 525

American Railway Rates and Charges, Investigation, 66

Approaching Reduction in Rates, 611

Bridge, High-level, Across the Hudson, New York Central Railway, 695

“Carrier Current” Communication for

American Railways, Demonstration at Schenectady, 415, 441

Chicago Great Western Railway Immunity from Accident ,418

Class I. Railways’ Finance for 1921, 469

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):

United States Railways (continued):

Death of Mr. F. J. Angier, 611

Electrification of Railways and Inland

Waterways, President Harding’s Views, 441

Employees on American Railways in July, 1920, and July, 1921, 101

Freight Car, Metal, Dating from the Civil War, 387

Inter-State Commerce Commission :

Automatic Train Control, Order to Forty-nine Companies, 721

Automatic Twin Control, Cost Question, 241

Power Brakes, Investigation as to Adequacy, and Improvements, 441 Locomotive Ash Removal in America, Use of Water-filled Ashpits, 695

Radiophone and Radiograph Outfits on Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Expresses, 497

Railway Working, Private and Government, Compared, 415

Reduction in Wages of Maintenance-of -way Men, 695

Telegraph Lines Difficulties in Floods and Storms, 441

Terrible Accident Near Philadelphia, 497

Timber for Railways, Dispute and, Conference, 695

Unnecessary Competition, 441

Unsold Articles at Royal Agricultural Shows, Pre-war Railway Carriage Allowance to be Resumed, 129

Victorian Railways’ Extension of Electric Lighting of Trains, 525

Victorian Railways’ Increased Receipts, 271

Wages Bill and High Fares, 667

Wages Reductions and Cost of Living, 359, 721

War Memorial, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 213

War Memorial, North Staffordshire Railway, 301

Welsh Railways Construction Stopped During War to be Continued by Great Western Company, 525

White Paper on Railway Employees Cancelled and New One Issued, 241

Whitley Councils, Local, to Come into Force in April, 101, 331

Whitley Councils of the Railway Companies, About to Begin Operation, 331

Wireless Communication on Railways, 667

Woolwich Locomotives and Unemployment, Cost of, 590

RAINFALL, Remarkable, in Houston, Texas, 497

Refractories’ Resistance to Corrosion by Slag, Dust or Ash, Method of Determination, W. J. Rees, 271

Refuse Disposal in Calcutta, Comparison Between Cost of Removal by Petrol or Electric Lorries, 359

Rhine-Maine-Danube Canal, Company for Construction Founded, 36

Rivers, Flow of, New Method of Gauging, Professor J. Joly, 583

Road Sprinkler, Sweeper and Refuse Collector, Automatic Worker at Birmingham, 271

Road Transport by Railway Companies, Opposition to the Bill, 146

Rolling the Teeth in Hob Gear Blanks, 667

Roumanian Oilfields, Cause of Failure in Production, 7 20

Rubber for Public Thoroughfares, Experiments in Ceylon, 729

Russian “ Electrification Bank,” 497

Russian Permit for Free Importation of Motor Cars, 525

s SAFETY Lamps in Mines, Increased Use of, 71 Saint Lawrence—see Waterway

Salt Water Mosquito Extermination, Result of Experiments, 695

Salvage Operations at Oppau, Conclusions Arrived at, 129

Sample Room, First All-British, Opened in Brussels, 359

Sandstone Preservation from Decay, Methods Suggested, 667

Saw, Circular, for Stone Cutting, 469

Scholarships, “Archibald Dawnay,” 371

Scholarships in Art or Science and Technology, 371

Scientific and Industrial Research :

Report on Concrete for Floors, 43

Scientific Instruments, New Journal for

Description of, 695

Screw Jacks, Duff Manufacturing Company, 100

Shanghai Harbour Improvement, Recommendations of International Board, 13

Shanghai, New Dockyard, 497

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :

Chinese Ice Breakers for Passage of Steamers to Tientsin, 71

Earliest Steam-propelled Vessels in the East, 101

Explosion on Cardiff Steamer, 553

Fireproof Bulkheads for Cunard Liner Samaria and other Vessels, 427

French Battleship Liberte to be Refloated, 611

Geared Turbine Steamer, Trials for French Merchant Service, Cammell Laird and Co., 71

German - built Steamer Bismarck to be Handed Over to White Star Line and Renamed Majestic, 359

German Warships’ Fatal Collision, 583

H 42, Submarine, Lost with All Hands, 331

Icebreaker Built at Yokohama, 415

Interesting Reconstruction of Former German Gunboat, 553

Italian Large New Liners for Rapid Voyages from Barcelona to South America, 469

Japanese Mercantile Fleet, 639

Japanese Yards, Merchant Vessels Built in 1921, 695

Leviathan to be Re-conditioned for Re-entry into Transatlantic Service, 213

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued):

Lifeboat Engine, New Type, for the Royal National Institution, 525

Lifeboats, Five New Motor, for the Royal National Institution, 301

Messageries Maritimes Liner Aramis Launched at Bordeaux, 415

Motor Lifeboats for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 525

Oil Fueling Facilities at Sunderland, 583

Oil Supply for Ships through Submarine Pipes, 441

Orient Liner Orontes Sold for Use as Exhibition Ship, 301

Salvage of Sunken Vessels by Electrical Process, V. H. Pearson, 441

Self-discharging Steamship in America, 497

Ship Caisson Launch, Curious Structure, 695

Ship’s Position, Average Time Taken to Find, 667

Swedish Shipowners Petition for Government Aid to Arrest Stagnation in Merchant Fleet, 271

Tyne River, Vessels Launched from, 497

United States Coastguard Cutter Tamoa, First of Four Electrically Driven, 101

White Star Line Commodore, 71

SILVER Mining in Cobalt and District, Canada, Exceptionally Valuable Results, 129

Silver Ore, Rich Vein of, Discovered at Dawson, 583

Singapore Municipality, Scheme for Various Improvements, 155

Smoke Abatement, Recommendations by Ministry of Health Committee, 129

Smoke Abatement Recommendations of Sheffield Committee, 695

Smoke Prevention, S. M. Duguid, 136

Soapstone Near the Canadian Pacific Railway,

Solar Eclipse in September, Wireless Station to be Set Up on Coast of Western Australia, 667

South African Market for Fittings, Cooking and Heating Apparatus, &c., 71

South African Mine, New State Areas, Large New Plant to be Constructed, 155

South African Outbreak and Electrical Equipment Wrecked, 497

Spacing Collars, 282

Spanish Company’s Important Hydro-electric Station, 387

Spooner, Henry J., Retirement from Headship of Polytechnic School of Engineering, 398

Steel—see Iron

Stooker, Automatic, Ian Munro, 457

Strassburg Port Extension, 497

Swansea Docks to Pass to Great Western Railway, 638

Swiss Federal Council and Rhine Navigation, 525

Swiss Hours and Conditions of Labour, Amended Law, 721

Swiss, Machine Industry in Poor Plight, 441

Swiss Watch and Clock Trade Exchanged for Locomotive Manufacture, 301, 415

Synthetic Ammonia, M. Georges Claude’s Process Much Improved, 271

Synthetic Gold as a Subsidiary Matter, 43

TELEGRAPHY and Telephony, Wireless—see Wireless

Telephone Exchanges, Automatic, for Newcastle and Gateshead, 469

Telephone, Long-distance, Between Pekin and Harbin, 173

Telephone System of the United Kingdom, Sir William Noble’s Defence, 129

Telephoning by London Toll Exchange, Continued Success and Projected Extension, 359 Textile Material Resistant to Acids, even Sulphuric Acid, 271

Thermal Sanitation in, the Tropics, G. W. Grabham, 71

Thornycroft’s Staff Dinner, 197

Timber Fibre Lengths and Strength of Wood, 441

Timber, Peeled and Unpeeled, Durability Comparison, 387

Timber Preservation by Soaking in Solution of Waste Zinc Sulphate, L. D. Hingle, 469

Timber Preservation by Use of Natural Copper Sulphate Waters, 359

Timber Seasoning by Use of Ozone, 415, 667

Tip Wagons, Ruston and Hornsby, Limited, 222

Trade Revival, Pessimistic View, George Pate, 183

Tramways—see Railways

Transvaal Gold Mines’ Diminished Output, 155

Trees in Western America, Douglas Fir’s Enormous Proportions, 553

Troy, Ancient Gold Mines and Concession to British Company, 525

Tunnel, Vehicular, Under the Hudson River, 71

Turbine, 60,000-Kilowatt, American Steam

Consumption Tests, 387

Turbines, Hydraulic, Ever-breaking Size Record, 553

Turkey Remits Duty on Motor Lorries for Public Service, 183

Tuticorin as a Deep-water Port, 129

Tyne Swing Bridge Repairs, Sir W. G- Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 611

u UNITED States Census, Preliminary Occupation Statistics, 43

United States Very Large Production of Certain Minerals and other Things in Proportion to Population and Land, 43

University College, London, 371

University of Nancy, Summer Holiday Course in Electrotechnics, 252

“ Utility Model Law ” for China, 13

V VANCOUVER, Lumber Site and Timber Preserves, 13

Vaux, Research, and Natural Gas Discovery, 564

Verdun Transhipment Port, 525

Volcano on Hawaii, Borings to be Undertaken with View of Determining Heat, Amount of Steam, &c., 241

Volcano Kilanea, Hawaii, Projected Investigations, 497

w WAR Memorial for Auckland, New Zealand, 401

War Memorial, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Unveiling, 553

Water Softening by Use of Raw Peat, 525

WATER SUPPLY :

Oldham and Rochdale Negotiations with Regard to Water Supply, 387

Paris Water Supply and Threatened Strike, 721

Reservoir to be Constructed for Runcorn, 213

San Francisco’s Water Supply to be Augmented, 553

Singapore and State of Kedah, Two Projects for Water Supply, 101

Water Supply by Causeway Over Straits of Johore, Large Project, 101

WATER Tank, Large, Failure from Rust, 583

Waterway Proposed Between Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence, Reported International Negotiations, 101, 387

Water Wheel Bursting Accident at Ontario Power Company’s Niagara Works, 553

Waterworks Pumping Station Flooded by the Mississippi, 667

Welland Ship Canal, Locks on the, Tenders Invited for Construction, 695

Werkspoor, Very Serious Fire Damage, 667

Wire Cables Preferable to Eyebar Chains for Large Suspension Bridges, Ralph Modjeski, 271

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY:

Agriculture in France, Assistance by Wireless Telephony, 695

Bergen Wireless Service, 491

Broadcasting Wireless Stations at Trafford Park and Slough, 639

Commission Reports Favourably on Carnarvon Station, Thermionic Valve Stations Recommended for England, Canada, Australia, South Africa and India, 271

Crime and Criminals Detection by Wireless in New York, 639

Eiffel Tower Wireless Station, Transmitting Power to be Much Increased, 331

Eiffel Tower to Connect Lausanne with London,415, 441

High-power Radio Station at Qwaki, near Tokyo, 129

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY^AND TELEPHONY (continued):

Increased Horse-power Used in Wireless Transmitting Stations, 611

Lausanne New Installation for Telephonic Communication with Eiffel Tower, London, and America; also with Aeroplanes on London-Paris-Lausanne Route, 415

Leafield Wireless Messages Heard at Perth, Western Australia, 13

Marconi Company’s Offer to Equip Long-range Service in South Africa, Conditions, 129

Radio Communication with Electric Trains, 415

Radio Communication Projected Between New York and the Argentine, 721

Successful Communication Between Mine and Earth’s Surface, 721

Swedish Wireless Telegraph Station for Navigation, 13

Tokyo and Osaka, Wireless Telephonic Service Under Consideration, 667

Transatlantic Amateur Wireless Tests, Prize Won by Manchester Society, 129

Weather Forecasts by Wireless for French Farmers, 129

WIRE-TYING System, Gerrard, to Replace Hooping for Chests, 721

Wood Preservative Aczol, Tests, 525

Wool, Disinfection, Experiment in Cost Reduction, 721

Woolwich Arsenal Scholarship for Trade Lads, Founded by Former Boy Employee, 13

Works Development at Gloucester, Alfred Danks, Limited, 282

YANGTZE River, China, Blasting Operations to Facilitate Navigation and Commerce, 497

z ZINC Dust Fire Dangers, 583

Zinc and Lead Mines Dumps in Wales to be Treated by Electrolytic Process to Produce Zinc, 331

Zinc and Lead Ores Awaiting Purchase in Hunan, China, 43

Zinc Smelting Works at Jamshedpur, Spelter and Sulphuric Acid Products, 505

Zinc, Some Modern Uses of, Ernest A. Smith, 331 ,

Zinc Sulphide and Phosphorescent Light, 436

Zirconia as Suitable Lining for Metallurgical and Electric Furnaces, 129

Zirconium Metal, Properties and Uses of, 71

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