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ABRASIVE Wheels, Recommendations to Secure Safety in Use of. 441

Aerial Ropeway in Calcutta for Refuse Removal, 524

AERONAUTICS :

Accidents in the Air, Investigation of, 26

Aerodrome at Castle Bromwich, Changing Hands, 6U1

Air Survey of the Irrawaddy Delta, Projected Experiment by Indian Government, 413

Aviation in Denmark, 117

Forest Timber Guarded by Aeroplane, Grain also Sown by .Aeroplane, 31

Giant Commercial Hydro-aeroplane, American Friendly Challenge to England and other Countries, 39

Hydroglider of Small Size, Trials, Short Brothers. 245

Motorless Flight Competition in France, 665

Naval Airship Explosion in Japan, 39

Pilotless Aeroplane Controlled by Wireloss, Experiments in Paris District , 469

Racehorse Transport by Aeroplane, 11

ALKALI ES and Drain Tiles, 502

Aluminium Alloy Sand Castings, R. J. Anderson, 469

Aluminium Containing Tin, Investigations, 169 Aluminium Sulphate Discovery in Alberta, 65 American Corporation’s Application for Use of

Water from Niagara, 11

Anti-corrosion Association, 117, 132

Archaeological Discovery in South Africa. 635

Archibald Dawnay Scholarships. 1922. 15S

Argentina’s Large Demand for Agricultural Machinery. 691

Argentine Government and the Improvement of Navigable Rivers, 327

Asbestos Deposits of Quebec, 193

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:

Association, British :

Boiler Efficiencies, Comparison of CohI and Oil Fuel, C. E. Stromeyer, 299

Nitrogen Industry and the Arc Process, Dr. J. A. Harker. 327

Association of Consulting Engineers : Annual Dinner, 615

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS ft SOCIETIES (continued) :

Association of Engineers-in-Charge : Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw as President, 219 Presidential Address, Professor H. S. Hole-Shaw, 380

Institute, Concrete >

Change of Title of the Institute Suggested, 299

Institute of Cost and Works Accountants :

Sessional Examinations, 453

Institute of Marine Engineers:

Annual Dinner, 453, 509

Reciprocating Steam Engine and the Steam Turbine, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir G. G. Goodwin, 299

Institute of Metals :

Admission of Student Members, 635

Institute, Royal, of British Architects :

Award of Archibald Dawnay Scholarships, 158

Illuminating Engineering in Relation to Architecture, L. M. Tye, 635

Tablet in Memory of Members and Students in the Great War, Unveiling, 525

Institute of Transport :

List of Papers for Winter Session, 169

Safety in Railway Operations, Comment from India on Colonel Pringle’s Paper. 273

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

Anriual, and Mirthful, Dinner, 439

Data Sheets, 8-51 Inclusive, Issued. 125

Low Compression Moderate-speed Engine vertfwt High Compression High-speed Engine, Debate between Major F. Strickland and Mr. H. R. Ricardo, 469

Programmes of Papers for Present and Following Sessions, 412

Institution of Chemical Engineers : Definition of a Chemical Engineer, 65 Thirteenth Meeting of Provisional Committee, 363

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Awards for Papers in Section IL, 537 Awards to Students for Papers, 537 Roll of Honour Unveiling. 397

ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Associate Membership Examination» 229 Conversazione, 26

Co-operation between Board of Education and Institution of Electrical Engineers, 385

Election of Dr. J. A. Fleming as Honorary Member, 579

Meetings and Need of Control, 91

Recognition of Diploma of Technical College, Bradford, 91

Rotary Converters, with Special Reference to Railway Electrification, F. P. Whitaker, 193

Signalling System of Belgium, T. S. Lascelles, 385

Students’ Premiums, Awards, 365

Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :

James Watt Dinner, 537

Institution of Gas Engineers :

Gas Regulation Act, Mr. Thomas Hardie’s Presidential Address, 11

Institution of Mechanical Engineers : Annual Dinner, 660

Institutions of Mining Engineers and of Mining and Metallurgy :

Banquet, Prince of Wales as Guest, 568

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

Fiftieth Anniversary, Projected Restriction of Membership Qualification, 537

Institution of Naval Architects :

Scholarship and Prize Awards, 372, 456

Scholarships Offered for 1923, 552

Institution of Petroleum Technologists :

Oilfields of Russia, T. G. Madgwick, 691

Institution of Production Engineers :

Opening Meeting of the Session and Presidential Addre-H, Max Lawrence, 441, 456

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Intermediate Block Signalling, C. Carslake, 635

Light Signals, Papers by W. J. Sadler and H. E. Fawkes, 39

Second Annual Dinner, 65

ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (/ontinued) :

Institution. Royal :

Meetings and Elections. 20. 512. 619

Programmes of Christmas Juvenile and Subsequent Lectures. 606

Society of Engineers :

Suggested Formation of an Association of British Engineering Societies. 299

Society, Faraday :

Annual Meeting, Election of Otticers and Council, 591

Low Temperature Research, Professor Crommelin. 497

Society of Glass Technology :

Swelling of Sand, L. E. Norton, 65

Society. Liverpool Engineering :

Water Power, D. H. Thomson, 691

Society, Optical :

Programme for Current Session, 453

Spirit Level, A Constant Bubble, E. R.

Watts and Son, Limited, 664

Society, Physical :

Electro-magnetic Screening of a Triode Oscillator, R. L. Smith-Rose, 39

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Brown Coals and Lignites, Professor W. A. Bone, 665

Society of Technical Engineers :

Problems of Daily Work. Suggested Collection of Data as to their Nature. 630

Unemployment Insurance, Successful Scheme, 607

AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth’s Projected Outlay on Postal Improvements, 385. 413

Australian Efforts to Establish Local Electricity Meter Trade, Suggested Import Duty Against England and the United States. 245 Australian Precautions Against Imports of Cheap German Goods, 299

Austrian Situation. Economic and Commercial, 245

B BALL Bearings for Mining Work, A. Macautey, 441

Barry, Sir John Wolfe Wolfe, Dedication of Window, 607

Bauxitic Clay Deposit in Ayrshire, Use as a Refractory, 520

Belgian Congo’s Production of Tin for Conversion into Cassiterite, 579

Belgian Requirements and British Manufacturers, 39

Bengal Budget Demands for Irrigation Projects, 117

Bengal Hydro-electric Survey, 117

Bengal-Nagpur Railway to Erect Brick Factory, 691

Blowing Forgo Fires, New Device, 607

Boiler Explosion Due to Faults of Cleaning Doors, 441

Boron, Experiments on its Use in Steel Manufacture, 327

Brass Forging, O. T. Roder, 579

Brass Moulds, Plaster-cast, Moulding Mixture for, 579

Brazil as a Market for Cotton Ginning Machinery, 169

Brazil Port Works at Parahyba, 39

Bridge Painter’s Fatal Accident, 245

Bridge, Steel, 480ft. Long, in Peru, 143

British Columbia, Mining Expansion of. 193

British Columbia’s Outlay on New Roads, 65

British Engineering Standards Association,

Copper Alloy Pipe Fittings, 574

British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, “ Research Work in Progress,” 441

Broadcasting—nee Wireless

Brussels Harbour, New Waterway Opened by the King, 553

Building Material Reported Superior to Concrete, 355

Bullock Carts with Rubber Tires in Ceylon, 273

c CALCUTTA Corporation to Dredge Bidyad-hari River, 665

Calcutta, New Technical School. 117

Calcutta,Technical Institution Projected in, 385

Canada’s Increased Use of Motor Vehicles, 91 Canadian Power Developed by Deepening the

St. Lawrence, Financier’s Purchase Offer, 413 Canadian Timbers, 26

Canton Cement Woriks, Large Output, 628

Carbon Monoxide Asphyxia and Use of Carbon

Dioxide, Experiments, 497

Caspian from Hamburg Direct vid Kiel Canal and the Baltic, First Boat’s Arrival, 553

Cassiterite from Tin Deoosits in Belgian Congo, 579

Casting, Largest Yet Turned Out in South Africa, 469

Castings, Thin-walled, Andrew Shanks' Method and Present Day, L. Cammin, 193

Cement Industry of Kent, Suggested Concrete Roads, 579

Cement Manufacture Projected in Tasmania, 385

Cement Plant in China Under Consideration, 691

Cement Plant, Ideal, of the Future, J. Brobston, 186

Channel Tunnel Shelved for the Present, 65

Charging Machines for Cupolas, Thwaites Bros., Limited, 26

Chelmsford Engineering Society, Electricity

Applied to Agriculture, 408

Chemical Porcelain and Devitrification, Dr. G. White, 355

Chemical Pulp Machinery Imported by Brazil, 143

China, Import Trade Development in, 169

China, Incfustrial Bank of, Reorganisation, 11

China and Machinery Imports, British Lost Trude, 497

China, Withdrawal of Foreign Post Offices from, 553

Chinese Labour, its Aims and Limitat ions, G. L.

Sokolsky, 327

Chinese Revised Import Tariff, 665

Chinese Trade Statistics, British and other Imports, 219

Chlorine, Liquid, First Plant for Manufacture of, in Canada, 553

Cinnabar in South Africa, 327

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES

Accidents in United States Mines, 143

Bituminous Coal Production in United States, 525

British Coal and Spanish Mine Owners, 193

Brown Coal and Lignites, Distinguishing Properties of, 635—nee alno Morwell

Canada’s Thirty Thousand Years* Coal Supply, 553

Coal in Lungyen and Iron in Anki District of Fukien, China, Need of Rail Extension, 553

Cobham Coalfield, New Seam Discovered, 193

Carbonisation of Coal, Low Temperature Process, 65

Coal Deposits in the Belgian Congo, 91

Coal Waste Recovery in Germany, 525

Crude Oil and Coking Coal Discovery in Newcastle Area, South Africa, 525

Czecho-Slovakia Output of Black and of Brown Coal, Increase in Output per Miner, 39

Donetz Coal Mines, Disastrous Working of, 65

Dundee Coal Company, Natal, Success of Byproduct and Coke Plant, 39

East Transvaal Coalfields, New Port Necessary in British Territory, General Smuts, 273

French Coal Trade, Official Statistics, 273

Geophone in a Coal Mine, Valuable Results from Experiments, 579

Great Britain’s Output of Coal, Steady Improvement, 497, 691

Hampton Roads. Coal Piers Extensions, 579

Italy’s Coal Supply, Choice Between America and Britain, 11

Lake Tanganyika Coalfield Exploitation, 579

Morwell Brown Coal Scheme, Bright Prospects of Melbourne, 579, 665

New Coal Pits in Wales, 117

Polish Miners’ Migration from the Ruhr Pits, Feared Coal Production Check, 635

Pulverised Coal in the United States, Tests, 143

Russian Coal Production, Falling-off Due to Migration of Miners, 579

Shaft Sinking by Special Rapid Method, 60

Spain, Exemptions from Duty of Coal and Coke, 326

“ COLD Light/’ Valuable Device for Cinema Use, 91

Cold Storage Company, Imperial, Contract with the Union Government , 469

Colombo Harbour Dredging, Money Voted for, 497

Colombo’s New Town Hall. 497

Combustion Indicator, Sanderson Bibby Company, Limited. 428

Commercial Motor Vehicle Parades, 245

Concrete and Alkali Attack, Protection by Wood Cribbing, 464

Concrete Covered with Manure during Building to Prevent Freezing, 469

Concrete Pavement, New Filler for.Joins in, 327

Concrete Road Surfaces Cured with Calcium Chloride, 143

Congo State to Raise Loan in America for Purchase of Machinery, 665

Copper-bearing Ore Untouched in Canada, 635

Copper Deposits Near the Zambesi, 497

Copper, High-grade, Valuable Discovery in Manitoba, 635

Copper Ingots Imported into China from America, 385

Copper Mines of Messina, Transvaal, Resumption of Work. 11

Copper in the Nort hern Trartsvaal, 553

Copper Ore Samples in Sweden, Best Yet Found in Scandinavia, 497

Copper Production in the Belgian Congo, 607

Copper Production in Japan, 497

Copper Production in Katanga, 65

Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Certificate Distribution by General Sir Scott Mon-crieff, 103; Jubilee Celebrations, Awards Distributed by Sir W. Moir, 665

D DAMASCUS Water Supply and Power Schemes, Increase of Power Called for, 65

Death of Mr. B. S. Broadhurst, 635

Death of Mr. Thomas J. Dodd, 553

Death of Mr. Louis Heathcote Walter, 299

Delayed Information in Cases of Mishap, 117

Diamond Drill in Oil Well Drilling, 413

Diamond Fields, Largest in the World, 327

Drain Tiles and Alkali Soil Effects, 502

Dredger Buckets, W. A. Longden, 219

Drilling or Punching Holes in Plates, Relative Merits, J. D. Hope, 413

Drying Cylinders and Need of Greater Attention in Construction, 525

E ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

Agriculture and Loan for Electricity in France, 525

Argentina's Increasing Demand for Small Lighting Sets, 11

Award of Certificates and Diplomas in Electrical Engineering to Technical College Students, 385

Batteries for Electric Vehicles, New Charging Method, 607

Birmingham's Additional Electric Vehicles for Refuse Collection, 91

Bolton Corporation Turbo-alternator Set, 484

Burma and Electricity Supply, 385

Cables, History of, in Fifty Years' Electrical Engineering. 579

Chinese Market for Electric Material, Progress, 553

Chinese Progress in Use of Elect ricity, 193

Coffee Stalls in Street, Connection with Electric Lamp Posts to Obtain Cooking Supplies of Currents, 525

Denmark’s Electrification Schemes, 91

Direct-current Production from Alternating Current , Machine Designed by W. E. High-field and J. E. Calverley, 39

Edinburgh Electricity Works, Portobello Power Station. 384

Edison Electric Vehicle, 2}-Ton, for Refuse Removal, 553

Efficient Control of Super-power Stations, John Bruce, 607

Eiffel Tower Experiments with Poulsen Arc and other Transmission Systems, 231

Electrical Attraction Effect, Useful Applications, 305

Electrical Energy in France, Analysis of its Use, 691

Energy for Vehicle Battery Charging, Cheap Method for Supply, F. Ayton, 553

Fire at Metropolitan Railway Sub-station, 143

Garrett Electric Demonstration Vehicle Recommended by Glasgow Electricity Committee, 91

Generator, Third 60,000 H.P., for Chippewa Plant at Queenston, 169

Germany’s Four Large Water Power Schemes, 91

Glasgow Electricity Supply, Most Successful Year’s Working, 193

Heating of Fine Wires by Alternating Current, Professor Imhoff’s Discovery, 245

High-tension Circuit Breakers, Largest Ever Constructed, 65

High Transmission Voltages, Rivalry Among American Electric Power Companies, 469

Howick, Natal, Electric Light in Excess of Requirements from Local Waterfall, 75

Hull (Canada) Electric Company’s Projected Extensive Hydro-electric Development, 273

India and Electrical Matters, Certain Posts Abolished, 11

Industrial Electric Heating, J. S. Pearce, 169

Insulating Materials and Processes in Great Britain, Developments, A. P. M. Fleming, 90

Interconnection of Supply Systems, Good Illustration of its Advantage, 11

Japanese and China, New Power Transmission Lines, 497

Jubilee Issue of the Electrical Review, 579

Liffey for Generating Electricity, Order Applied for, 533

Liverpool Corporation Authorised to Purchase Electrical Supply Undertaking, 441

Madras Government Water Concession, 607

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):

Manitoba Power Company’s Big Scheme for Supply to Winnipeg, 85

Miniature Circuit Breakers fur Domestic and Industrial Circuits, 299

Modern Storage Battery* Mechanical Properties of, L. C. I Isley and H. B. Brunot, 385

Morwell Brown Coal Power Scheme and Erection of Auxiliary Station at Newport, Melbourne Report, 299, 605

Newfoundland and Power Scheme and Copper Smelting, 143

New South Wales Electric Power Generation, Control Called for, 525

North Wales and Chester Electricity Inquiry, Post ponement, 469

Oil Circuit Breakers, Tests of, at Baltimore, 193

Power Plant Installation Projected in Perugia, 350

Power Plant for the Quito Electric Light and Power Company, 355

Power Station at Lydney for Supply to Stroud and Forest of Dean Collieries, 193

Power Station for Prai Wharves, Penang. 327, 355

Power Supply as a Specialised Industry, P. P. Wheelwright, 553

Power Transmission, Very Long Distance. 497 Reduction in Number of Accidents Due to Electricity, 91

Reversible 18,000 H.P. Motor, 117

Rods of Solid Dielectrics Permanently Charged with Positive and Negative Electricity, Investigations, 579

Rotary Converters, 1500-Volt, for Direct-current Railways, Brown-Bovcri, 273

Russian Electric Ploughs, 607

Santiago Electric Station, Satisfactory Progress with, 614

Shanghai Municipal Supply, High Load Factor, 117

Swedish Power Stations Projected, 305

Telephone Apparatus for Detection of Faults pn Small Direct-current Supply Systems, E. Humphries’ Apparatus. 273

Textile Mills in India, Increasing Use of Electrical Power Drive, 515

Transmission at High and Low Voltage, Results of Comparative Tests, 39

Transmission Line, Experimental, for Operation of 600,000 Volts, 441

Upper India, Utilisation of Electric Power, 445

Utilising Earth Currents of Electricity, Apparatus Invented by M. Jules Guillot, 39

Victoria Falls Power Company at Johannesburg, Additional Plant, 665

Victorian Government Scheme for Utilising Brown Coal at Morwell, Professor W. A. Bone, 665

Voltage of Motors for Marine Auxiliary Machinery, 143,229

Water Power Development in the United States, Immense Increase, 169

Water Turbine, Record Size, for Swedish Power Station, 169

Welding by Alternating Current, Wex System, M. Toernblom, 327

Westphalian Electric Tramways, Growth in Working Costs Threatens Stoppage, 273 ELECTRO-PLATING on Zinc, Previous Coating with Nickel, Experiments, 497

Electrodes for Welding Copper, Bronze and Brass, 606

Engineering Films for South America, Vickers Limited, 129

Engineering Joint Council, 158

Engineering Training at J. 1. Thornycroft and

Co., Limited, 23

Esparto Cellulose Factory in Granada for Paper and Powder Manufacture, 65

•• European Commercial. The,” 369

Evaporation fvom Free Water Surface, Experiments in Colorado, 469

EXHIBITIONS :

All-China Chamber of Commerce Domestic Manufacture Exhibition in Peking, 441

All-India Exhibition in Calcutta, 524

British Empire Exhibition, Allotment of Space, 607 ; Excellent Railway Communication, 193 ; Inspection of Site by British Engineers’ Association, 39

Brussels Commercial Fair, 677

Commercial Fair in Madagascar, 660

International Foundry Trades Exhibition at Birmingham, 665

International Gas Exhibition Proposed in Amsterdam, 635

Patents and Inventions Exhibition in New York, 355

Scientific Novelties Exhibition at King’s College, London, 691

EXPLOSION of Colliery Steam Separator, 11

Explosion of a Hot-table in a London Factory, 691

Explosion at Oppau Works, Cause Not Yet Discovered, 413

Explosion of Vertical Boiler on Dundee Salvage Boat, Comments on Neglect by Board of Trade Surveyor, 665

Explosion of Water-tube Boiler, Comments on Neglect by Board of Trade Surveyor, 528 Explosions in Steam Vessels and Neglect of Indications of Weakness, 39

F FAIRS—sec Exhibitions

Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 496, 552

Fatigue of Metals and Tests in Progress in America, Professor Moore and Others, 91

Film Demonstration of Advantages of Automatic Fire Sprinkler, Mather and Platt, Limited. 143

Finsbury Technical College Old Students* Association, Eleventh Annual Dinner. 509

Fire-bars and the Sehoop Process, Experiments and Results, 413

Fire-engine, New Motor, Presented to Hertford, 125

Fire Float, Largest, in the East, 11

Flax-pulling Competition in France, 91

Flax-treating Machinery, Demonstration in

Riga Projected, 553

Flintshire New Road, Gronant to Rhyl, 553

Florence to have Entirely New Telephone

Equipment, 441

Forest Wealth of Czecho-Slovakia, 665

French Navy Used for Commercial Propaganda

Work, 327

Fycl Conservation Tests by American Shipping

Board, Results Highly Satisfactory, 413

Fuel Economy in Steam Power Plants, John

B. C. Kershaw, 273

Fuel, High-priced, in France, and Advantages of Semi-Diesel Engine, 245

G GAS Economy Valve, 397

Gas Engine Plant Cheaper than Steam Power in South Africa, 413

Gas Poisoning in Factories, Mistaken Treatment for, Dr. T. M. Legge, 91

Gas Producing Plant Scrapped and Use of Coke Oven Gas Substituted, 355

Geophone in Mining Operations, Development and Experiments, 385, 579

German Goods in Small Parcels Reach

Melbourne, 193

Glasgow Tramway Rails from America, Advance of Wages in United States, 245

Glazing, Unbreakable Type, 441

Goldfield in Northern Congo, World’s Record

Set-up, 65

Gold Mine in the Transvaal, Capacious New Shaft , 607

Gold Mino Workings Nearly a Mile and Quarter in Depth, 285

Gold Mines of Northern Ontario, Expected

Output in 1923, 691

Gold Mining, Deep Sea, in Canada, 60

Gold Mining, Rich, on Cedar Creek, British Columbia, 665

Gold and Silver in British Columbia, Now Discoveries, 665

Grain Elevator at Durban, Natal, Necessary Change of Site for, 607

Grain-handling Plant, Excellent Speed Results, 60

Graphite in Madagascar, 11

Grinding os a Metal Removing Process, 197

H HAVRE Strike of Engineering Industries Ended, 441

Heat Transmitted Downward from Oil Burner, Danger of, 413

Helium Production at Rapidly Reducing Cost, Dr. Moore, 691

Hematite Oro Discovery in Johore, 385

High Steam Pressures Advocated, but Extremely High Temperatures Unprofitable, G. A. Orrock, 525

Horseley Bridge and Engineering Company During 100 Years, 51

Hydro-electric Development on the Gatineau River, Canada, 355

Hydro-electrical Development at Great Lake, Tasmania, Nearing Completion, 665

Hydro-electric Enterprises in Italy, 385

Hydro-electric Government Scheme Proposed in Argentina, 665

Hydro-electric Plant on Great Brak River, South Africa, 11

Hydro-electric Plant Projected on Bear River, Nova Scotia, 497, 525, 579

Hydro-electric Plant on the Winnipeg River, Canada,691

Hydro-electric Scheme for Falls on the Frontier Line between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, 553

Hydro-electric Schemes in India, 245

Hydro-electric Works in Finland, 525

I INDIA, Report on British Trade in, 525

Indian Imports of Merchandise, Analysis of Their Source, 299

Indian Schemes for Canal and Bridge, Proposed Combination and Adverse Comment, 65

Indo-European Telegraph Company’s Con* k cessions from Polish and Soviet Governments, 91

Industrial and Shipping Interests, Joint Committee of, 11

Industrial Welfare Society, First Lecture of Series, Robert R. Hyde, 469 ; Third Annual Lecture Conference, 288

IRON AND STEEL :

Blast-furnaces in France, Output of Cast Iron and Steel, 635

Boron as an Alloy, 327

British Cast Iron Research Association :

Director of Research, Dr. Percy Longmuir Appointed, 441

Laboratories, Subjects now in Hand, 691

Monthly Circular for September, 273

Valuable Investigations, 91

British Columbia, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 355

British Empire Steel Corporation at Sydney, Nova Scotia, New Plant, 690

Cast Iron Brake Blocks, Investigation by Research Association, 497

Commonwealth Steel Products Works at Newcastle (N.S.W.), Large Government Orders, 273

Drilling for Iron Ore on Lake Athabasca, 579

Grinding of Steels, H. W. Wagner, 355

Hearth Gases from Blast-furnaces, G. St. J.

Perrott. 607

High-speed Steel at a Red Heat, Tests to Prove its Cutting Power, 245

Imperial Steel Works at Yawata, Japan, 695

India’s Prospective Output of Pig Iron and Steel, 579

Iron and Steel Industry of Europe, the Versailles Treaty and German Profit from War Scrap, 469

IRON AND STEEL (continued):

Limitations of Pig Iron and Steel Production in New Zealand, 525

Manchurian Scheme for Large Steel Works, 607

Manganese Ore Deposits in Hungary. 64 Morocco Iron Ore for Germany. 298 National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Sir William Larke as Director, 39

National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Returns for August , 273 ; Returns for September, 441 ; Returns for October, 525, 579 ; Returns for November, 665

Ontario, Iron Mines at Atikokan, Reopened, 413

Ontario, Problem of Iron Ore Development, 117

Pig Iron Production in America, Dr.

Koppers, 143

Pig Iron Production for November in the United States, 691

Pig Iron Production in Southern Russia, 355 Pig Iron and Steel Production in Canada, 635 Puddle Mill, Mechanically Operated, 186 Pyrrhotite as Source of Ductile and Stain

less Iron, Experimental Process for Electrolytical Production, 441

Queensland Government State Steel and Ironworks at Bowen, 228

Resistivity of Steels, 355

Riveted Iron Pipe Relaid after Thirty-one Years’ Use, 91

Rock Drill Steels Heated in Automatic Furnace, 553

“ Seamless ” Tanks and Sheet Steel Vessels, 193

Small Electric Furnaces, Direct and Indirect Arc, for Small Experimental Heats of Alloy Steel, Comparison, 441

Smelting Plant, Crude Type, Unearthed in South Africa, 635

South African Electric Furnace Working at Iron and Steel Works, 385

South Africa, Iron and Steel Encouragement Bill. 227

South African Iron and Steel Goods Production, 413

Spanish Exports of Iron and Steel, 525

Stainless Steel, Book by Thos. Firth and Sons, Limited, 309

Steel Chimneys, Lining with Cement Mortar or Brick Compared, 355

Steel Direct from Ore, Favourable Results from Direct Electric Furnace Method, 245

Steel, New Kind of, Developed in France, M. Chafnard, 327

Steel Turnings Replace Wood Shavings, 525 Swedish Iron Ore Exports Contrasted with Inland Trade Results, 413

Tata Iron and Steel Company’s Mills, Products Tonnage and other Statistics, 299

Tool Steel, New, Tungsten-chromium-cobalt Class, 469

Tungsten in China, Increase in Production and Export Trade, 193

Tungsten Experiments, Results, 413

Utah, Pig Iron Plant in, 327

ITALIAN Ports, Various Works in Prospect, 385

Italy and Unemployment, Public Works Schemes, 659

J

JAPANESE Cotton Spinning Enterprise in China, 413

Japan’s Foreign Trade and Need of More Port

Facilities, 273

K KIMBERLEY Mines to Re-start Production, 665

King’s College Engineering Society, Annual Dinner, 619

King's Engineer, The, New Periodical, 535

Krupp* and the Russian Armaments Industry, 327

L LANTERN Slides for Engineering Lectures, Offers by :

Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 364

Bennis, Ed., and Co., Limited, 309

Brook, Hirst and Co., Limited, 575

Meldrums, Limited, 397

National Gas Engine Company, 288

Tangyes Limited, 106

Largest Structure for Offices in Asia, Marunouchi, Tokio, 665

Lead from the Bawdwin Mines, 11

Lead and Silver in Nigeria, Poor Report, 11

Lead and Zinc, Dressed Ore, Production Greatly Reduced, Comparative Figures from 1875, 169

Lead and Zinc Ore Deposits in Morocco. 497

I^ead—see also Sheet Lead

Leeds to Form Timber Exchange, 579

Leicester Technical School, Visit to Brush Electrical Engineering Company’s Works, 260

Lignite for Briquettes, Experiments in Saskatchewan, 553

Lignite Discovery near Ferrol. Spain. 525

Liquid Fuel Congress in Paris, 299

Lisbon, Works at the Port of, Government Loan for, 327

London Press Club, Fortieth Birthday Dinner, 509

M MACHINE Bearings of Limestone Enclosed in

White Metal, Remarkable Results, 635

Magadi Soda Company’s Bucket Dredger, 691

Malay States. China Clay Works and Good

Prospects for Pottery, 219

Mala>' States, Commercial Woods from, Samples

in London, 245

Manganese—ttee Iron and Steel

Melbourne Electric Tramway Proposed, 121

Mercury and Mercuric Sulphide, Sources o Supply, 534

Mercury Vapour Turbine, First Coinmercia Application, 497

Mexican Need of Roads, Proposed Poll Tax, 63 Mica Discoveries in Styria and Carinthia, 143 Mineral Resources of Slovakia Almost Un touched,179

Mineralogy and Geology, Value to the Metal lurgist, Professor Dench, 525

Minerals in Tete District of South Africa, 525

Mines, Effect of Air Movements in. 327

Mining at Birmingham University, Separati Professors for Coal and Metal Mining and fo Petroleum and Oil Engineering, 413

Mining Laboratory at Sheffield University, 60

Moselle Canalisation Syndicate, 607

Motor Bearings, Babbiting, J. S. Dean, 219

Motor Car Mass Production in Czecho Slovakia Mr. Ford’s Plans, 327

Motor Car Number Plates, 294

Motor High Road Across Honduras, 143

Motor Racing Track at Montmorency, 664

Motor Spirit Transportation in the Belgiai Congo, Native Porters Replaced by Roa< Tractors with Palm Oil Fuel, 464

Motor Traffic Increase in Egypt, 143

Motor Vehicles Production in the Unit ed States 143

Motor Vehicles on Rails Driven by Interna Combustion Engines, 168

NATIONAL Foundry Competition, 129

Natural Water Power as Auxiliary to Stean Plant, 65

Netherlands East Indies as a Market for Britisl Cars, 143

New London Commerce Degree Bureau, 484

New Zealand’s Projected High-power Wirelea Station, 327

Nickel Plating, Improvement in, 39

Nitrogen, Atmospheric, by the Claude Process

Factory in Japan, 691

Norwegian Demand for British Commodities 245

o OILFIELDS in Venezuela, New Pipe Lint Construction in, 265

Oil Search Failure and Sale of Pumping Plant 31

Oil Shale Distillation, Experiments at Salt

Lake City, 219

Oil from Spitzbergen Coal, Machinery from Germany, 327

Oil Wells, Low-gravity, Production Increased by Application of Electric Heat, 245

One Two Hundred Millionth of an Inch, Apparatus for Measurement of, 441

Ontario Gold, Production of Two Famous

Mines, 579

PAINT and Varnish Failure on Exposure to Weather, Investigation by Experts, 385

Paint and Varnish Technologists, Projected Formation of Institute, 355. 413

Painting, Use of White Lead in, Projected Restrictions, 299

Paints and their Composition, 355

Panama Canal. Difficulties of Deepening, 497

Paper Mill at Hankow, China, Additional Machinery, 65

Paris Motor Omnibus Returns, 299

Pas-de-Calais, Important Electrical Power Developments Projected, 385

Pavement, Reinforced Concrete, Success of Experimental Tests, 635

Peninsular Locomotive Company. Formation in India, 601

Persia, Economic Potentialities of, I<19

Petrol Consumption in Scottish Light Car Trial, 39

Petrol Pump, Cole, Marchent and Morley, Limited, 509

Petroleum in California, Greatest Development Ever Made there Arises from Recent Discovery, 497

Petroleum Drilling Proposed in Norfolk, 469

Petroleum Output for Year from American Government Lands, 665

Petroleum Port on Budapest Winter Harbour, Dock for, 607

Petroleum Spirits, Cracked, Study of Methods ofjEvaporation and Oxidation of, 441

Petroleum Stocks, Very Large, in the United States, 65

Petroleum Well. Reported Discovery of. in Chihli. China. 441

Phosphoric Acid Production by Electric Furnace, 91

Photographic Print Drying Machine, 143

Physical Properties of Materials and Effect of Temperature, 469

Piston Ring, New Patent, Crews, Petersen and Co., 80

Platinum Ores in Colombia Awaiting Development, 525

Platinum Output in Ural Mines, 497

Pneumatic Spade, Sullivan Machinery Company, Limited, 342

Pollution of Atmosphere in London, Suggested Inquiry, 607

’ort and Canal Construction Near River Murray, South Australia, Premier’s Proposal, 525

Portland Cement Manufacture in India, Importance of, 691

’otash Deposits in Catalonia, Projected Exploitation, 497

’ower Development Plans for North Canada, 579

at Sheffield, 408

to Mr. H, J. Spooner, Polytechnic,

^oTinVh08!?^11 if°.r Min°Tirabera- Investiga. tion m the United States. 169

Pnnce of Wales Dines with Mining Engineers,

QUEEN’S Engineering Works Association, 408

R i Sounding Device for Measurement of

Ocean Depths. American Naval Tests, 39

I Radium Discovery in Ontario, 553

Radium from Madagascar, Large Production Predicted, 624

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Accidents :

Arcing and Noxious Fumes on the New York Subway, 65

Broken Couplings, Statistics of Five Months, 11

Buller Stop Collision at Liverpool-street Station, 117, 273

Collision at Birmingham, New-street, Report by Colonel Mount. 497

Collision Outside St. Enoch’s Station. Glasgow, 385

Derailment Near Craigellachie, Great North of Scotland Railway, 219

Derailment in a Fog Near Croydon, 525

Derailment of North British Passenger

Train Engine, 635

Fallen Cotton Bate Causes Double Accident, 385

Fatal Accident in America Due to Signalman’s Error, 91

Fatal Accident to Painter on the Forth Bridge, 245

Fatal Accidents to Permanent Way Men, Statistics, 117

Fatal Collision Between Workmen’s Trains on South-Eastern and Chatham Line, 193, 355, 458, 468

Locomotive Failures and Railway Accident Returns, 39

Locomotive Failures, Reply to Mr. J. H. Thomas, 691

London and North-Western Express, Slight Derailment, 469

Ministry of Transport Reports of Three Months’ Accidents, 169

Motor Lorry Fatality at a Crossing, Recommendations, 219

Permanent Way Men and Great Western's New “Safety First “ Book. 278

Platelayer’s Accident and Railway Liability, 525

Railway Accidentsand Inspection Branches Transferred to Secretarial Department. 413

Report-, Colonel Pringle’s, on Rail wax' Accidents, 385

Runaway Engine and Railwaymen’s Promptitude, 169

Twenty Years’ Accidents on United Kingdom Railways. Analysis of, 39

Wagon Coupling Failure and Continuous Brakes. 691

Wirral Railway, Fatal Collision at Birken-head Park, 607, 635, 691

Wreck of an American Train at Sulphur Springs, 219

Alsace-Lorraine’s New Railways at German

Expense, 327

Americans for Australian Railways, 193

Appointments and Staff Changes, 65. 151.

169, 193, 245, 240, 299, 385, 413, 477 497 553, 579, 665

Argentine Government Activity in Railway Construction, 469

Automatic Train Control Committee’s Report, Signals and Signal-boxes, 11

Baldwin Locomotive Works Exhibit, 441

Ball-bearing Boxes for Wagons, Swedish

State Railway Ten Years Tests, 143

Ball Bearings on Finnish Railways, 327

Banbury. Sir Frederick. Not to Become ,

Director of Eastern Group, 441

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. 1 Powers for Closing Applied for, 553

Belgium and the Congo Railway Company Convention, 635

Bengal-Nagpur Survey for Hesla-Chandil Line, 441

Bombay Suburban Lines Electrification, 299

“ Booster ” for Tracking Wheel of Locomo- I tives, 219

Brazil, Electrification of Central Railway Contracts, 245 J

Bristol and Avonmouth Now Road Absorbs

Old Railway to Hotwells, Clifton, 355

Buenos Aires and Western Railway, Question

of 1600-Volt Operation, 497

Burma Railways, Government Allocation 579

Burma Railways Improvements and their Cost, 413

Caledonian Railway Company’s Application

, to Acquire Hotel, 579

Canadian National Railway’s New Connect-ing Line, 635

Canadian Railway’s Propose Electrification, 579

Cargo Dues and other Charges Reduction. 385

Carnage Doors, Objections to Automatic Locks, 39

Cast Iron Brake Blocks, Investigation of Wearing Qualities, 497

Chalk Farm Widening, Additional Electric Trains, 11

Cheap Summer Fares, Continuance Until End

of October, 273

Chili to Bolivia, Projected New Railway, 327

City and South London Tunnel Enlarge, ments, Temporary Partial Closing, 65

Clydach, Pontardawe and Cwmgoree Now

Railway, 219

Coalowners’ Association and the Railway

Companies’ Concessions, 635

Coal Traffic and Railway Rates, 355

’ Cornish Riviera,” Coach Weights and xlining Statistics, 39

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued}:

“ Couchette ” Sleeping Cars on Trains de Luxe on Great International Routes, 469 Crewe Works, Heavy Orders for Engines and Boilers, 469

Croxley Green Branch, London and North-Western Railway, Electrification Completed, 469

Death of Samuel Caudle, Driver, Imprisoned for Aisgill Accident, 327

Death of Signor Carlo Crova, 91

Death of Colonel E. Druitt, 117

Death of Sir Francis Gore-Browne, K.C., 245

Death of Mr. Felix J. C. Pole, 413

Death of Mr. A. L. Stride, 355

Death of Mr. John Wilson, 525

Death of Mr. Robert Worthington, 117

Deaths of Two London Station Superintendents of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 65

Dr. William Robinson, an Irishman, 413

Eastern Bengal Railway’s Projected Expenditure on New Work and Equipment, 273, 497

Egyptian State Railways, Locomotive Tenders and Orders, 553

Electrical Equipment of Railways, Need for Uniformity, 193

Electric Locomotives for Japan Ordered from English Company, 11

Electric Locomotives for the Paris-Orleans Line, 219

Electric Railway, Urola, Projected Between Zurnaya and Zuinarraga, 91

Electrification of Montreal Harbour Railway Terminals, 273

Electrification Urged on London and North-Western Company, 665

European Railway Congress Meeting in Paris, Technical Schemes and Traffic Questions, 441

Euston Platforms Opened in 1837 Put to Fresh Use for Electrical Services, 91

Facing Point Locks on the North-Eastern Railway, Discarded After Accident, 245 Fares Reduction from January 1st, 1923, 413 Finnish Government’s New Railway Building Programme, 327

Finnish Railways and Ball Bearings, 327 French Light Trains to Use Petrol Motors Instead of Steam Traction, 91

French Group Proposals for Memel Railway and other Improvements, 611

French Railways New Cab Signals, 117 Germany to Pay Full Reparation in Kind to

Yugo Slavia, 441

Glasgow to Euston Express, Shortened Journey, 355

Gold Coast Railw’ay's Finance, 299

Grand Trunk Railway Shareholders, 117

Great Central Railway’s War Memorial, 193 Great Eastern Railway, New General Manager, 553

Great Northern Company’s New Engine, Satisfactory Trial Run, 327

Great Northern Railway and their Men, 553 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Electric

Lighting, Mr. G. T. Glover, 385

Great Western Col wall Tunnel, Proposed Doubling of the Line, 553

Great Western Company and Swansea Harbour Trustees, 607

Great Western New Long-distance Non-stop Trains, 39

Great Western Open Wagons Fitted with Vacuum Brake, 273

Great Western “ Penny Book ” Time-table, 91

Great Western Railway New Line, Clydach, Pontardawe, &c., 219

Great Western Railway Schemes for Staff Welfare and Otherwise. 553

Great Western Sectional Railway, Council Meetings, Satisfactory Spirit, 553

Great Western Staff, Further Changes in, 169 Great Western’s Use of Electrical Equipment in Handling Traffic, 327

Grouping of Railways :

Compensation for Fees to Displaced Directors, 579

Delay in Schemes for Absorption of Subsidiary Companies, 474

Grouping Question and Savings, Mr. R. L. Wedgwood on, 355

Meetings of Shareholders Regarding Grouping, Numerous Companies Concerned, 497, 525, 579, 607, 665

Shareholders’ Free Tickets, Inquiry as to Future Course, 579

Titles of Groups Unsatisfactory, 691 Great Western Group :

Great Western Railway Meeting of Shareholders, Approval of Terms for Absorption of Nine Companies, 665

London, Midland and Scottish Group: Furness, Glasgow and South-Western, and Highland, Terms for Amalgamation in the North-Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Agreed Upon, 469

Headquarters of the Group and New Officials, 665

London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, Formation of Committees, 635 London and North-Western Railway Absorbs North London Railway, 11

London and North-Western Terms Agreed for Absorption of other Railways, New Name Proposed, 525, 579

North Staffordshire Inclusion in the London-Midland Group, 691

Title of Group Objected to, 665

London and North-Eastern Group : Eastern and East Coast English and Scottish Railways, Amalgamation of Great Central with North-Eastern. 39, 65, 299 Eastern Group Amalgamated Companies to Become London and North-Eastern Railway Company, List of Directors, 469 Eastern Group, Further Appointments, 497 Eastern Group Issue of Booklet, 385 Eastern Group Railways’ Notices to Shareholders Regarding Amalgamation, 497 ; Terms of Amalgamation, 548

Eastern, North-Eastern and Four other Companies Group to Form a New Company, 169

Great Northern and Great Eastern Negotiations Reported Complete, 65 Mr. Charles Sheath’s Record, 665

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued}:

Grouping o! Railways (continued}:

London and North-Eastern Group (continued):

Scheme, Approval of, by Companies Concerned, 553 ; Approval also by Railways Amalgamation Tribunal, 635

Southern Group:

Hayling Railways Company Absorption. 497

Isle of Wight Railway Absorbed by London and South-Western in Southern Group, 11, 439. 497

Isle of Wight Railway in Receiver’s Hands, 497

London and South-Western to Absorb the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, 117, 553

South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, The New Amalgamation. 11. 143, 474

Southern Group Absorption of Fourteen Companies, but Terms only Arranged with Two, 439

Southern Group Terms Arranged. Further Steps, 474. 497 ; Terms of Allocation. 553 ; Approval by Railways Amalgamation Tribunal. 635

Halwill and Torrington Railway. North Devon, 100

Hangchow. China, Proposed Electric Tramway, 100

Heating of Carriages, Electrical, and also by Steam, 385

India and Continuous Brakes for Goods Trains, 273

Indian Allotments for New Plant and Im-provementsto Bombay. Baroda and Central India Railway and to Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 273

Indian Central Railway Advisory Board Decides on State Management, 273

Indian Railway Board, Acworth Committee Recommendations. 422

Indian Railways and Question of Future Management, 355

Indo-Ceylon Train Ferry, at Last Self-supporting, 524

Inner Circle Trains, Increase of Cars, 385

Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—nee Associations

Interim Dividends Higher. 117

International Chamber of Commerce, Railway Transport Meeting in Paris, 385

International Railway Association Congress in London and. Later, in Madrid. 245. 441

Irish Appointments to Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Railway and other Engineers Included, 644

Irish Railway Bridge at Coleraine, 240

Irish Railway Companies and the Men’s Wages, 240*

Irish Railways’ Compensation. 469

Irish Railways’ Future, Southern Ireland Commission Report. 281

Irish Railways and the Ministry of Transport, 143

Iron and Steel Trade Materials, Reduced Rates for Conveyance, 607

Kantara-Hafa Railway in Egypt, Cost and Control, 39

Light Railway Order. Extension of Ashover Line, Derbyshire, 553

Light Railway Projected Between Long-ridge and Hellifield, 616

Light Railways and Local Rating in North Wales,*441

Light Signals to Replace Semaphores at Derby, 91

Lithuanian Projected Railway on the Baltic Coast, 611

Lithuanian Railway Projects, Further, 607

Locomotive Coal Contracts by Northern Railway Companies. 355

Locomotives Built at Woolwich, Criticism of Irregular Expenditure, 219

London, Brighton and South Coast Electrification, Extension to Coulsdon. 193

London, Brighton and South Coast Locomotive Remembrance, 525

London and Brighton. Expensive Non-stop Train to Fratton, Financial Improvement Effected. 193

London Electric Railways, Some Projected Improvements, 245

London and Manchester Train Service, Complaints of Deterioration, 91

London and South-Western Company’s Bill and Powers Sought by London, Brighton and South Coast Company, 607

London and South-Western Train Service Between Ludgate Hill and Tooting, Suspension, 193

Madagascar, Railway Construction in. 441

Malay States Railways, Plant for, 535

Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways, Report on Proposed Extensions, 169

Melbourne Suburban Railways, Lengthening of Platforms, 553

Mersey Railway Re-signalling, Success of, 65 Metropolitan Electrification Extension, 355 Mexican Government New Railway in the State of Sonora, 39 . */

Mexican Railway Main Line Electrification, 579,(635 r r j

Midland Railway and Port of London Bill for Facilities for Liners at Tilbury, 169

Ministry of Transport Abolition, Date to be Settled, 635

Ministry of Transport’s Powers and Accident Prevention Measures. 193, 355

Ministry of Transport and Railway Companies’ Association, Statistics Question, 11, 192,245

Ministry of Transport, White Paper on Number of Railway Employees. 635

Motor-propelled Trolleys Recommended for Platelayers. 152

Motor Train Operation in Australia, Successful Result of Experiment. 413

Moving Platforms in Paris Underground Stations. Tenders for Installation, 355

National Union of Railwaymen and Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Companies’ Proposals, 441, 497 . .

National Union of Railwaymen and the Coal Dispute Stoppage of Traffic. 91

National Union and National Transport Workers, Affiliation Question, 665

RAILWAYS ARD TRAMWAYS (continued):

Nationalisation, Mr. Winston Churchill’s Changed Views on, 525

New South Wales, Clyde Engineering Works, Settlement, of Dispute, 245

New South Wales Kailway System, Importance, Statistics, 607

New South Wales and Victoria Agreement on Construction of Border Railways and Bridges, 273

New Zealand Line Suggested in the North Island, 117; Report on Cost, 635

New Zealand Railway Wagons, 2000 Imported from Great Britain, 327

Nitrate Railways Company Electrification, 273

North British Railway’s Long-standing Dispute with Ministry of Transport, Settled, 497

North London Railway’s Safety Record, 579 North Staffordshire Railway War Memorial, 219

Northern Counties (Ireland) Section of the Midland Railway, Changes in Administration, 193

Norwegian Grant for Nore Power Station and Numedal Railway, 65

Nottingham Station's Closed Entrance. 691 Paddington Station, Signalling Alterations, 441

Parcels Post and the Railways, Agreement, 11, 91

Paris-Brest Route, Couchettes Provided, 391 Paris-Saint Germain Aerial Railway Proposed, 691

Patagonian Possibilities, Projected Light Railways, 579

Pekin-Mukden Railway and the Kailan Coal Mines, 143

Pernik-Sofia Lino Electrification, 525

Powers, Various. Sought by Several Railways, 607

Privately Owned Railway Wagon to Continue, 169

Pullman Car Company, its Advantage to the Railways, 421

Pullman Car Trains Newly Started, 91

Pullman Restaurant Cars on the Highland Railway, 299

Quickest Route from London to London, Brighton and South Coast’s Portsmouth Line, 497

Railway Amalgamation Tribunal:

Approval by Amalgamation Tribunal of Schemes of London and North-Eastern Group and also of Southern Group, 635 Distribution of Funds Due Under the Railways Act, 117

East London Line’s Share of Funds, 117. 643

Grouping of Railways—sec Grouping

Railway Communication for Exhibition at Wembley, Excellent, 193

Railway Companies and the Men’s Unions, Pay Reduction Question, 200, 245, 327, 355, 441, 497, 607

Railway Fares and Grouping. 299

Railway Material Exports Statistics, 11, 143, 219, 299, 469. 691

Railwaymen and Approaching Changes, Appeal by Colonel Galloway, 413—sec also Railway Companies

Railwaymen and Employers, A “ Change for Good,” 553

Railwaymen’s Wages, No Change. 691 Railway Rates and Coal Traffic. 355 Railway Rates Tribunal, Death of President, Sir F. Gore-Browne, K.C., 245, 413

Railway Shopmen's Wages, Bonus Reduction Postponed to Agreed Date, 200, 245, 327

Railway Statistics for Ministry of Transport, 11, 192, 245

Reconstruction of Part of City and South London Railway, Temporary’ Omnibus Services, 11

Re-naming of Different Groups, 525

Retirement of Cambrian Railways Officials, 299

Retirement of Lord Claud Hamilton, 385

Retirement of Colonel Mount, 117

Retirement of Sir Henry Thornton, Canadian Appointment. 385

Retirement of Mr. F. G. Wright, 273

Rickmansworth and Watford New Line, Metropolitan and Great Central, 355

Road Transport Powers for Railways, Withdrawal of Bills, 39

Rolling Stock Developments in Germany, Better Supplied than Before the War, 65

Rome and Naples Direct Line, 91

Russian Railway Bridges and Heavy Locomotives, 327

St. James’s Park Station Roof being Removed for Offices, 385

Santander and Calat aynd Projected Railway Line, British Engineers’ Examination, 299 Scottish Railway Rates Reduction to Follow those on English and Welsh Lines, 193 Scottish Railways' Agreement on Shopmen’s Wages, 327

Season Ticket (Traders). Concession, but no Reduction in Cost, 579

Second-class Fares on Some Railways in London and North-Western Group to be Wit hdrawn, 525

“ Shopping ” Tickets Restriction on Two Lines Withdrawn, 469

Signalmen’s Classification to Fix Rates of Pay,193

Sleepers, Need of Careful Passing of, Before Treatment, 497

South Africa, Union Government New Railways, 11

Spanish Railway Electrification, Tenders Called for, 691

Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary in 1925, 245, 441

Swedish Experimental Locomotive Equipped with Turbine, Successful Tests, 219

Swedish So-called Inland Railway, Last Section Completed, 65

Swiss Federal Railways Electrification, Statistics of Extension and Coal Saving, 413

Swiss Federal Railways’ Order for Electric Express Locomotives, 74

Sydney City Railway, 143

Sykes’ Lock and Block Signalling, and Accident Question, 299

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (cwtinutd):

Thornton. Sir Henry. Move to Canada, 385

Tokaido Railway Electrification and New Locomotives, 497

Tooting’s Need of Railway Communication, 143. 193

Traffic, Goods, Statistics for March, 86

Traffic, Goods, Statistics for September, 665

Traffic, Merchandise, by Goods Train, Rates to be Reduced to 75 Per Cent. Above January, 1920, 65

Traffic, Passenger, Statistics for March, 65

Traffic, Passenger, Statistics for September, 665

Tramway Car, New Type. R. Humphries, 91

Trans-Zambesi Railway Opened. 65

Uganda Railway Now Locomotives Order by Government, 65

Ulster Railways, Report, on, by Commission of Irish Northern Parliament, 635

Underground Extensions, Golder's Green to Hendon and Edgware. 355

Underground Fares Reductions, 497

Underground New Capital Issue Over-subscribed. 460

Underground Railway Carriages Decoration, 413

Underground Railways (London) Fares and Rates Advisory Committee, 143. 635

Underground Staff Suggestions Adopted and Awards Made for Success, 268

Unemployment and Development of Railways, Tribute to the Companies’ Willing Help, 635

Unemployment and Railway Extension Schemes, 691

United States Railways :

Accident Record for 1921, a Great Improvement, 469

American Electric Railway Association Convention, 143

Automatic Train Control, Development of, W. J. Eck, 579

Automatic Train Control, Installation Ordered, 193

“ Booster ” for Tracking Wheel of Locomotives. 219

Car Shortage on American Lines, 607

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Opening in 1852, Celebration of Anniversary. 525, 579

Death of Mr. A. S. Baldwin. 117

Desert Sand Annoyance to Passengers in California, 525

Disastrous Collision on the Missouri Pacific, 219

Freight Statistics of United States Rail- , ways, 441

Illinois Central Railroad, Analysis of Revenue and Working Costs, 278

Illinois Central Electrification in Area of Chicago, 525

Inter-State Commerce Commission :

Annual Statistics of Block Signal System, 273

Coal Dispute, State of Emergency Declared, 117

Transportation Act, 1920, and Railway Rates, 525

Maintenance of Way Employees, Relations with the Railways, 665

Motor Cars and Level Crossings. 413

New York Central Payment for Expediting Train Movements. 469

New York Rail and Tramway Passengers, Great Increase, 553

Pennsylvania Railroad's Good Record of Safe Transport. 413

Petrol Motor-driven Trains, Experiments on Chicago Great Western Railroad, 385

President Harding’s Proposals for Coordination of Transport Facilities, 665

Railway Shopmen’s Strike Settled. 311

Railway Shopmen’s Strike, Analysis of Heavy Loss Entailed. 413

Sleeper Preservatives, United States Statistics, 441

Turntables for Locomotives, New Type in America. 441

Wreck of a Philadelphia and Reading Express, 91

Vale of Glamorgan Railway Taken Over by Great Western, 169

Victorian Government Railways’ Annual

Report, 327

Victorian Government Railways, Signal and Telegraph Branch, 245

Victorian Railway, History from 1854 to Present Day, 299

Victorian Railways’ New Foundry Near Melbourne, 143

Victorian State Railways’ New Type of Locomotive, 327

Wages Reduction and Cost of Living, 355

Wagons and Compulsory Brake Equipment, 607

Wellington (N.Z.) Tramway Improvements, 169

Welshpool Loan to Railway to bo Returned, 469

Western Australia to Queensland, Uniform Gauge Railway, 169

Western Australian Government and Price of Rails, 327

Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Construction and Further Wimbledon Facilities, 553

Wood Preserving in America, Waste Due to Error, 469

RAINFALL, Record, in the United States, 327 Refrigeration Rooms Lighting. Relative Heating of Vacuum and Gas-filled Lamps. 469

Re-heater Experiments in America, Efficiency Results, 413

Repairs by Electro-plating, F. H. Sweet, 299

Rhone Navigation and Regulation of the Lake of Geneva, Conference, 65

Richards, Mr. George, Incapacitated by Illness and Serious Financial Loss, Fund being Raised in Support, 288 ; (Letter), 449

Rivers and Tidal Currents, Gauging, Committee’s Report, 117

I Road Accident Inquiries and the Ministry of Transport, 355

Road Construction in China and Long-distance Motor Vehicle Service, 245

Road Surface Improvement and Savings in Haulage Costs, Dr. E. Lloyd Davies, 413

Roads in France, War Damage and Projected Repairs, 670

Roads, Reinforced Concrete, Tests of Traffic

Effects in America, 39

Roil of Honour, Unveiling, 155

Roller Bearing Plummer Blocks, 660

Rolls-Royce New Chassis Manufactured in

Great Britain, 497

Rubber for Sealing Rings in Water Turbines, 579 V

Rudge-Whit worth, Limited, Twenty-one 1 ears

of Research, 496

Russian Engineers, Relief Appeal, 677

Russian Journal, Mechanical Transport, 219

Russian Orders for .Sheffield and the Midlands, 143

Russian Plat inum Industry, 39

Russian Soviet Government to Improve Condition of its Scientific Workers, 327

s SALT and Potash Discoveries in Nova Scotia, 691

Sand, Bituminous Deposits in. Discovery by University of Alberta, 413, 469

Scholarships. Archibald Dawnay, 1922, 158

Scientific Books for Blind Readers, 481

Scottish Oils. Limited, Meeting and Favourable

Report, 11

Shale Oil Naphtha, Experimental Refining of, in United States, 219

Shanghai Municipal Council, Engineer’s Visit to England and United States, 117

Sheet Lead and Pipes, Chief Cause of Failure, 299

Sheffield Foundry Trade, Projected Trade Technical Society, 299

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS

Aircraft Carrier Furious Under Repair at Devonport Dockyard. 10

American Warships for Poland as Nucleus of Navy, 39

Atlantic Liners and Suggested Call at Plymouth, 299

British Warships to be Broken Up in Germany, 219

Canton Motor Boat Native Output, 553

Diesel-driven Freighter and Economy of Oil Fuel, 143

German Cable Steamer Norderney, Trial

Trip. 219

Hartlepool Secures Shipbuilding Contract, 11

Hood. H.M. Battle-cruiser. Forthcoming

Voyage to Brazil, 65

Japanese Shipbuilding and Business Depres-sion Increase, 691

Leconte de 1’Isle Launched. 525

Mauretania’s Record Speed and Call at Plymouth, 525

Motor Yacht Ara Fumigated by Poison Gas, 355

Russian Mercantile Marine Reconstruction by German Engineers, 355

Salvage Vessel Dalhousie. Formerly Fishery Protection Cruiser Hearty, 15

Ship’s Navigation Lights, Committee’s Recommendations, 39

Standardisation of Ship Construction, &c., in America, Suggested, 669

Torpedoed Sussex, Her History, 327

Trial Trip of the SS. Trigga for Service

Between Esbjerg and England, 553

United States Shipping Board, Projected Large Electrical Liners, 285

Vindictive, H.M.S., Destruction, Portions as Monument at Ostend. 525

Wireless Control of Steering and Engines of

Large Battleship oft’ the Isle of Wight, 169

SIGHT and Sound Combinations on the Screen, Demonstrations in Berlin, 553

Silica Without Other Ingredients Said to be Suitable for Glass Production. 413

Silver Discovery in Northern Manitoba, 635

Sixty Years’ Service with Alldays and Onions, Limited. 26

Smoke from Boiler Fuel. Calculation of Loss Thereby, 245

Smoke Nuisance by Steamers in Glasgow Harbour, 245

Smokeless Furnaces and High Carbon Steel, Sheffield Oppose Smoke Abatement. 497

Solution of Gaseous Sulphur Dioxide as an Extraction Medium for Organic Substances, H. Plauson, 91

Sound, Standard Source of. Suggestion for, 385

South African New Harbour on Zululand Coast, 117

South African Scheme of Telephone Extension, 117

South African Smelting Industry and Lack of Capital. Bill to Provide Remedy. 65

South African Union, Weights and Measures New Act, 553

South-East Africa, Project for New Port, Sir G. Buchanan's Report, 635

South-West Africa’s Rich Belt of Numerous Minerals, but Difficulties in Working, 39

Southend Electrical Supply Scheme. 65

Spain and its Lead Reserves, 635

Spanish Commercial Propaganda in South America. 219

Spraying Nozzle for Aerating Water, 299

Stamp Printing Machine, New, Installed in France, 635

Steam Fire and Salvage Boat for Calcutta.

Merryweather and Sons, 428

Steam Trap, Float Type, Wm. Geipel and Co., 453

Steam Wagons, Supply of Water to, 80

Steel—aee Iron

Stress Indicator, Tudsbery, 591

Submarine Cast Iron Water Pipe from New York to Staten Island, Forty-day Leakage Test, 65

Sulphur, Various Sources of. in the Far East, 441

Summer Holiday, 106

Surveyor’s Camera on View, 20

Suspension Bridge at Shoreham to l>e Pulled

Down and Replaced, 65

Swedish Cement Export Increase, 441

Swedish Slate Deposits, Economic Exploitation of. Possible, 327

Sydney Harbour Bridge end Works, Bill Read the First Time, 273

Sydney Harbour New Bridge, Tenders, 169

TAMPING Material of Porcelain. Experiments, 355

Tank. Armoured, Amphibious, Successful Demonstration, 607

Technical College, Leonard-street. Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture by Sir Oliver Lodge, 665

Technical Societies and Irrelevant Discussions, 11

Telegraph and Telephone and Effect of Aurora, 117

Telephone Authority, International, Mr. Frank Gill’s Suggestion Welcomed, 635

Telephone, Automatic, Exchange Installations in India, 231

Telephones. Bombay, Conversion to Automatic System, 219

Testing Machine for Armstrong College Engineering Laboratory, 117

Thornycroft's Educational System. 701

Timber Conditions in British Columbia, 11

Timbers of India and Burma, Lecture to Indian

Legislature at Delhi, 219

Tin-plate Machinery’, H. Spence Thomas, 665

Trade Between England and China, Sino-British, 11

Trade and Labour Conditions in America. 497

Traffic Signal Lights in American Cities, 193

Tramcars, Electric, Far from Ideally Perfect, 365

Transmutation of Hydrogen into Helium, Appalling Results—if Possible, 579

Transportation in Tsetse Fly Infected Regions, Fortunate Discovery. 464

Travelling Showroom for British Products in Canada, 362

Trials of Tractors, Lorries, &c.. in Connection with Lyons Fair, 219

Tube Making on the Cinematograph, 649

Tudsbery Stress Indicat or, 591

Tungsten—see Iron and Steel

Tunnelling Hard Rock, Record, 117

Turbine Gearing, S. B. Freeman, 169

Turbine, Mercury Vapour, First Commercial Application of, 497

Turbines' Better Power Yield by Replacement of Steam with Mercury Vapour, Charles Steinmetz, 635

“ Turfa,” Brazilian, Results of Assay Tests, 665 Twelve-hour to Eight-hour Day in America, Inquiry Completed, 525

ULSTER and Decrees of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State, Misapprehension Among Consignors of Goods, 311

Underground Staff Suggestions Adopted and Awards Made for Success, 268

University College, Past and Present St udents’ Annual Dinner, 701

VAAL River Scheme, Pumping Stations. Power Transmission and other Construction Work, 231 ; Statistics of Cost. &c., 607 ; Second Unit to be Proceeded with. 656

Vancouver, New Pier for Ocean Liners, 143

Ventilation of Furnace and Engine-rooms, Professor Leonard Hill. 525

Victoria, Extensive Government. Work for Improved Telephones, Telegraphs, <fcc., 385

w WALFISH Bay Improvement Scheme, 219

Water Power of North Wales, Mr. Henry J.

Jack, 430

Water Power Schemes in Chile, British Capital Invested, 272

Waterproofing Propert ies of Water Gas Tar, 327

Water Supply of Calcutta to be Increased. 524

Water Supply of Colombo to be Increased. 355

Water Waste Preventer, 397

Welding .Joints in Street Railway Track.

Various Methods Compared, 469

Welding Water Pipe Wit hout Cutting Off Water, 607

Welfare—j?ce Industrial

Welland Ship I'anal, Expected Cost of, 68

Windmill for Farm Power Supply. Projected Tests, 553

Windmills, Old English, J. C. Kershaw, 48

Wind Pressures in Very Tall Chimneys, C. E. Fowler, 169

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY:

Amateur Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony in France, 691

Automatic Wireless Transmission from a Liner, 607

Basis of Wireless Communication, Sir Oliver Lodge, 665

Big Wireless Station Projected Near Saigon, 65

British Wireless Broadcasting Company, 193 Broadcast ing Concession at Buenos Aires, 665 Delicate Apparatus in Large Quantities, Great Difficulties Encountered, Max Laurence, 441

Direction Finders, Meeting of Manufacturers of, 193

Fire Risks by Amateurs’ Wireless Telephony, 245

France, Algeria and Tunis, Communication Started Between Them and Syria, Palestine and’Egypt, 635

German Wireless Station of Nauen, Progress of Extensions, 273

Indian Government Development of Wireless Communications, 219

Indian Government Proposes System of Low-speed Wireless Stations, 65

Large Battleship Steered and Engines Controlled by Wireless, 169

Madras Wireless Station to be Converted to High-speed Automatic Plant, 219

Marconi Company's Contract with Portugal for Wireless Stations Abroad, 193

Marconi’s Wireless Company, London, Receives Concession for Stations Between Austria and other Countries. 75

New South African Station to be the Biggest in the World, 635

New Zealand Engineer’s Report, on Effect of Aurora on Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Systems, 117

Norway and Great Britain. Wireless Telephonic and Telegraphic Communication, 273

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY (continued) :

Safety Rules, New American, for Wireless Telegraph Installations, 39

Secret Wireless Communication, Reported Device for Securing, 533

South African Government Station for Direct Communication with United Kingdom, 273 Steel Masts to Replace Wooden in Amateur’s Wireless Installations, A Suggestion, 273

Wireless in Coal Mines, Demonstration of Value, 117

Wireless Telephone in Mine Safety and Rescue Work, 11

Wireless Telephony from Depth of 700 Yards, 355

Wireless Weather Manual, Issued by Meteorological Office, 169

WOOD STAVE Pipes to Replace Cast Iron or Steel for Water Supply, Experiments in United Provinces. India, 273

Woodworking Machines, Fencing and Protection of, Regulations. 690

X X-RAY Department Opening at Manchester, 525

Y YANGTZE Conservancy Scheme, Postponed

Visit of London Engineer, 143

Yarrow. Sir Alfred, Prospective Marriage, 560

z ZINC Stocks on the Decline, Dr. J. Rubinfeld, 525

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