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AERONAUTICS ■■ Air Demonstration to Dominion Representatives at Croydon Aerodrome, 559

Monoplane, Portion Picked Up from the Sea near Hythe, 669

New York and San Francisco, Projected Air Mail Continuous Service, 175

Propeller v. Jet System of Propulsion, E.

Buckingham, 175

R 38 Memorial Prize, 466

ALEXANDRIA and Suez Ports, Improvement and Recommendations, 151

Allen-Liversidge, Limited, Staff Dinner, 543

Aluminium Chloride, Properties and Uses of, 311

American Government Purchasing Departments’ Disuse of the Metric System, 395

Antimony from Hunan, Large Export Trade, 201

Argentina, Oilfield Production, 505

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Consulting Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 567

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Election of President, 25

Institute of Metals :

Autumn Meeting, 25, 210

Use of Non-ferrous Metals in Engineering, I Second Annual Autumn Lecture, Sir i Henry Fowler, 25, 210

Birmingham Section :

X-rays and Crvstal Structure, Lecture, Dr. H. B. Keene, 587

London Local Section :

American Non-ferrous Metallurgy, Lecture by Dr. Rosenhain, 484

Institute of Physics :

Research in Manufacture, Sir J. J. Thom- | son,41

Institute of Transport :

Awards of Medals and Premium, 325

Transport Adventure in Persia, Lecture by Major T. Salkield, 505

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

Address of New Offices, 112

Crompton Medal Award for Paper, 559

Fourth Annual Dinner, 459

Motor Car Insurance Examination by the Institution, 175

Petrol-electric Propulsion : Its Advantage as Regards Economy, L. Murphy, 615

Special Conference at the Shipping Exhibition, 290

Utility Prize Award, 492

Institution of Chemical Engineers :

Industrial Oxygen, T. Campbell Finlayson, Reprint of Paper on Sale, 356

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Awards for Papers, 466

Vernon Harcourt Lectures on “ River

Training and Maintenance,” R. F. Hindmarsh, 367

Yarrow Scholarship, Applications Invited, 175

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Annual Conversazione, 28

Date of Opening Meeting, 328

Election of New Members of Council, 86

Electrical Aids for the Deaf, C. M. R. Balbi, 693

Formal Meeting to Receive Liquidators’ Report, 55

Meetings at 6 p.m., Votes in Favour, 395

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued): Institution of Electrical Engineers (continued) :

Scholarship Awards, 459

Informal Section :

First Meeting, Engineering Training, Dr. A. Russell, 615

Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :

Air Cooling and its Purposes, J. Roger Preston, 13

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Industrial and Shop Lighting Effects, Lecture and Demonstration, 658

New President, Date of Induction and Address, 484

Institution of Mechanical Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 677

North-Western Branch :

Annual Dinner, 655

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

Meeting, Two Days’, at Nottingham, Programme, 58

Institution of Naval Architects :

Awards Announcement, 227

Further Scholarship Awards, 484

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Elections of Honorary Member, also of First Lady Member, 93

“Proceedings” Issued Twice Yearly, 451 Theory of Interlocking, J. S. Moore, 97

Institution, Royal, of Great Britain : Juvenile Christmas Lectures by Sir William Bragg, Subjects of, 543, 677

Meetings and Elections, 25, 630

Programme of Lectures Before Easter, 708

Institution of Water Engineers : Winter Meeting and List of Papers, 615

Society of Engineers :

Premium Awards for Papers, 682

Society of Glass Technology :

Titania Glasses Compared with Lime and with Magnesia Glasses, 477

Society, Royal, of Arts :

World’s Copper Control Largely in One Company’s Hands, Sir R. Redmayne, 41

Society, Royal Meteorological : Award of Symons Gold Medal, 705

Society of Technical Engineers :

Mr. Richard Hazleton, 371

Societies, Physical and Optical : Exhibition, 702

ASWAN Dam, Discharge of Sluices, New Instrument for Measurement, 358

Atlantic Cable, Largest and Fastest Ever Laid, 41

Atom in Collision, Photographed After 21,000 Attempts, 97

Australia, Accelerated Service to Fremantle, 395

Australia, Four New Bridges Across Murray River, 505

Australia, Locks on Murray River, to Cost Ten Millions Sterling, 253

Australian Trade Statistics, 341

Australia’s Largest Reciprocating Engine, 669

BALTIC to the North Sea, Deepening the Flintraennan Passage in the Oeresund, 423, 451

Barium Sulphate, Enormous Crystal from Mine near Appleby, 423

Basingstoke Canal, Reported Purchase of, 71

Bauxite, Large Deposits Reported in Permsk Province, 281

Belt Conveyor, New Type, 227

Bengal Ropeways Bill Becomes Law, 477

Bengal Scheme for Storm Water Disposal, 451

Birmingham Tramway System Extension, 395 Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel

Boilers Fired with “ Lopulco ” Pulverised Fuel, Efficiency Results, 13

Boilers for Use with Refuse Coal, Result of Tests, 97

Bombay Government Regulations for Boiler Attendants, 505

Bombay Government to Spend £6,000,000 on

Sea Front Reclamation, 531

Book of the Thornycroft, 599

Boulogne Harbour Improvement, Dredging and Deepening the Inner Part, 311

Brake Operation on Motor Vehicles, Difficulties, and a New Patent, 311

Breaking-up of Scrap Metal, 682

Bricks Made from Gold Mine Dumps, Value of, 125

Bridge Centuries Old at Last Being Destroyed in India, 531

Bridge Foundations, Caisson Position Electrically Ascertained, 227

Bridge with Record Main Span, 125

Bridge, Valuable, at Springfield, Mass., Completely Destroyed by Fire, 395

British Chemical Standards Movement, 253

British Engineering Standards Association :

British Engineering Standards Specifications, Withdrawal from Circulation of B.S. Specification 72—1917, Revision in Progress, 41

British Forestry Commissioners’ Extensive Schemes, 41

British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association :

Alloys Used in Die-casting, Investigation of, 13

First Experimental Report, 615, 643

0 CABLE Between United States and France.

Said to be World’s Largest, 587

Calcutta, King George’s Dock, Water Area and Other Dimensions, 125

Canada, Automobile Manufacture in, Statistics. 13

Canada’s Greatly Increased Trade, Statistics for Past Year, 367

Canada’s Mineral Production Recovery, Statistics, 227, 367

Canada’s Production of Gold in 1922, 151

Canada, Striking Growth of Water Power Development, 13

Canadian Great Lakes, Complaints of Excessive Diversion of Water by United States, 97

Canadian Iron Ore Mining, Position of, Government Committee’s Report, 311

Canadian Islands of the Arctic Circle, Investigators from Quebec, 71

Canadian Patents Issued, A Record Year, 693

Canadian Westinghouse Company’s Works, Factory Extension, 97, 175

Canal to the Baltic Sea, Polish Scheme, 451

Canal, Rochdale, Sale of All its Reservoirs and

Water Supplies, 201

Canals under Consideration in Belgium, 71

Carbon Black from Surplus of Natural Gas, 451

Catalogues, British, for Constantinople and

Towns in the Interior, 669

Catalogues, British, Lack of, in Canada, 268

Catalogues, British, for Mexico, 253

Catalogues for Turkey, 543

Cement Manufacturing Company in China, 151

Cement from Spent Shale from Scottish Oilfields, 13

Central Steam Heating for Winnipeg, 599

Ceylon River, Extensive Electric Power Capacity, 13

Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society, Endowment of Research in South Africa, 227

China, Modern Highway Planned in, 151

Chinese Cruisers’to Promote Chinese Trade, 227

Chinese Government Bureau of Economic Information, 13

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES:

American Coal Mines, Fatal Accidents in, 643 Anthracite and Bituminous Coal in the

United States, State of Reserves, 71

“ Application of Stone Dust in Coal Mines,” 451

British Coal Output Statistics, 227

Canadian Coal Production, 643

Canadian Collieries, Limited, Results of

Boring in the Sable River District, 41

Centrifugal Machines for Drying Coal, 669

Coal Bed Reached After Two Years’ Sinking Operations, 531

Coal Dust, Explosive Qualities of, Demonstration, 201

Coal Find, Valuable, at Cape Breton, 227

Coal in India, Suggested Import Duty, 311

Coal Mining by the Chinese, 587

Coke Ovens Battery at Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Begin Work, 669

Colliery Officials’ Federation Annual Conference, Electricity in Mining Work, 175

Drainage of Coalfields in Yorkshire and Other Counties, Bill to be Deposited for Next Session of Parliament, 693

Fatal Coal Mine Accidents in the United States, 175

Great Britain’s Weekly Coal Production, 669, 693

Louren^o Marques Coal Traffic Development, 505

Low Temperature Carbonisation of Coal, 41

Maltby Colliery Disaster Relief Fund, 210

Maryport District, New Boring by Garswood

Hall Colliery Company, 693

Natal Navigation Collieries Equipment, Exceptionally Fine, ]25

New South Wales, Coal Development, 505

Pressure and Explosion Demonstrations with

Different Varieties of Coal, 395

Pulverised Coal in Open-hearth Furnaces, Its

Utility Still Uncertain, R. H. Lowndes, 559

Reopening of Old Collieries Projected at Grangemouth and Gartshore, 451

Saghalien, North or Russian ■, Reserves of First-class Coal, 423

Stone Dusting in Coal Mines, Dr. J. S. Haldane, 643

Swiss Coal Imports, German and Otherwise, 693

Underseas Coal, Bore-hole at Seaham Harbour, 451

Zambesi Basin Coal, Satisfactory Tests, 367

COBALT, World’s Supply of, in 1922, 151

Cold Storage in Australia, New Zealand, and United States, 311

Colombia, Various Mineral and Oil Discoveries by Geologists, 505

Colombian Government Projected Oil Pipe Line, 669

Colour Test Papers for Detection of Hydrocyanic Acid Vapour in Air of Tanks, Ships, Buildings, &c., after Fumigation, 281

Coloured Paints and Evaporation from Oil Tanks, 341

Concrete Roads, Surfacing, Sodium Silicate for, 643

Condenser Tube Coatings, Alloy Investigations in Germany, 505

Congress at the British Empire Exhibition—see Exhibitions

Congress of Swedish Engineers at Gothenburg

Conveyors, Use of, in Coal Mine Workings

Discussion, W. G. Burt, 451

Coolidge and X-ray Tubes Insurance 477

Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize, 190

Co-ordination between Mortar Manufacturers

and Shipbuilders, 175

Copper Casting, J. Edgar. 643

Copper Production in Chile, 341, 367

Copper Works at Burry Port Restarted, 151

Corrosion—see British Non-ferrous, &c.

Cotton Ginnery in South Africa, 505

Cotton Mills in China, 13

Cotton Mills for Tasmania, Question of Starting the Industry, 281

Crushing Plant for Gold Mine, Transvaal, 693

Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Distribution of Certificates, 669

Crystalline Form of Electro-deposited Metals,

201

D DAM, Wilson, Across the Tennessee River, Largest in the World, 669

Deafness, Electrical Aids for, C. M. R. Balbi, 693

Deafness and the Marconi Instrument, 505 Deafness—see also Electrical Matters Death of Mr. R. W. Hunt, 151

Deepest Gold Mines, Brazil and Witwatersrand, 587

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research :

Committee Report of Investigations on Deterioration by Sea Water, 367

Licence Issued to Research Association of British Flour Millers, 375

Deutz-Diesel Compressorless Engine, 125

Diamond Cutting Industry in Kimberley, Suggested, 227

Distillation of Tar, Large Plant for, in Winnipeg,

Dock, Dry, at St. John, New Brunswick, New, One of Largest in the World, 559

Durban New Graving Dock, Sliding Caissons made by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 97

Durban, Very Large Graving Dock Under Construction, 71

E EARTH Tremors and Mining on the Rand, 367

Earthquake Action and Popular Misconceptions, J. W. Doty, 531

Egg Preservation, Rapid New Treatment, 587

Einstein and Relativity Theory, Device for Interpretation, 97

ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

American Post Office Lighting to be Reconstituted, 201

Austrian Electrical Industry and Deflation, 587

British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Plans for Great Water 'Power Development, 41

British India and Japan, Trade in Electrical Apparatus, 175

Central Station Design, Duplication of Equipment and Installation of Safeguards, 97

Circuit Breakers, Automatic Re-closing, History of Three, 151

Cleethorpcs Urban Electricity Supply, Proposal to Electricity Commissioners Refused, 643

Concession and Licence Asked for Storage of Water and Supply of Electric Energy,

Dental Apparatus Material, Superiority of Electricity over Gas in Japanning, 125

Des Quinze River, Ontario, Sixty Years’ Lease of Group of Rapids, 201

Direct Current, Three-wire, System, Dangers of, for Private Use, 97

Electric Furnace Under Construction at Ford Company’s Detroit Works, Details of, 71

Electrical Storage Battery Locomotive for Use in Coal Mines, Prize Offered for Best Vehicle, 395

Electricity Commissioners’ New Regulations for Overhead Lines, 615

Estonia, Large Power Station Completed at Ellainaa for State Railways and Other Purposes, 505

Experimental Station at Geltow, Details of High-tension Direct-current Machine, 151

Explosion Due to Cracked Insulator, 615

Ford Factory in Ontario and Large Electrical Equipment, 505

French Experiments in Wider Use of Electrically Driven Vehicles, 367

Furnace, the Electro-thermic Accumulator, A Swedish Invention, 693

Fynn-Weichsel Alternating Current Motor, 587

Gas-filled Lamp and Glare Elimination, Advantage of Larger Candle-power, 201

Generating Set, 50,000-Kilowatt, by C.

A. Parsons and Co., Ltd. for Commonwealth Edison Company, Details of, 13

Hackney Borough Council and Electric

Vehicles for House Refuse Collection, 41

High-tension Transformers, Drying Out, 395

House Wiring for Electricity, Free Installation Advocated in Newport (Mon.), 201

Immunity from Electrical Current, Great Differences in Capacity of Human Beings, 281

Industrial and Shop Lighting Effects, Demonstration Lecture at British Thomson-Houston Company’s Rooms, 658

Irish Water Power for Electricity, Demand for Purposes of Agriculture and Rural Industry, 201

King Opens Super-supply Station, 125

Lesser-known Electrical Utilities, James Orr, 615

Low-voltage Release Equipment Advantage, 615

Microscope Work by Electric Lamp, 125

ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued):

Mines in France, Belgium, &c., Great Deficiency in Use of Electric Signalling, 281

Motor at Work Continuously for . Twenty -seven Years, 367

Neon Lighting Installation in London, First in Great Britain, 227

New York’s Electric Advertising Signs, and Over a Million Lamps, 201

New York Electrical Exhibition, Great Growth in Use of Electricity, 477

Nitrogen Fixation, Electrical Aspect of, P. Bunet, 451

North Wales and South Cheshire Joint Electricity Authority, 395

Poplar’s Electricity Finance, 669

Porcelain Insulator Testing and Gases Liberated, 587

Power Station for the British Empire Exhibition, 367, 423

Power Station for Lighting Problems, 587 Pretoria Power-house New Plant, 669 Quebec, Power Plant for Bryson, 423

Russian Power Stations’ Restoration, Orders for Electrical Plant, 423

Saskatchewan, Increasing Demand for Electric Light in Yorktown, 437

Saskatchewan, Yorktown, Local Electric Improvement Scheme, 693

South African Large Electric Power Schemes, 341, 423

Southern India River, Conference Between Travancore Durbar and Madras Government on Harnessing Question, 151

Spinning Machines Driven by Electric Motors. 615

Swedish Rural Electrification, 395

Synchronous Convertor and Power Factor Correction, 587

Synthetic Grey Iron, Tests for Making, in a Special Electric Furnace, 227

Transmission Line Altered to Obtain Much Increased Energy, Remarkable Achievement, 477

Transmission of Power Systems, Large, Value of Interconnection, 559

United States’ Use of Incandescent Lamps Equals that of the Rest of the World, 693

Ventilation and Electrical Apparatus, 643

Voltages, Very High, Laboratory Demonstration, 693

Water-cooling Coils in Transformers, Scale Trouble, 587

EMPIRE Mining and Metallurgical Congress of Societies Interested, Arranged for the British Empire Exhibition, 367

Employment Exchanges’ Statistics, 477

Esquimalt Dry Dock, Large Contract for Electrical Pumping Machinery, 281

EXHIBITIONS : British Empire Exhibition :

Electric Power Station for Light and Driving, also as an Exhibit, 367, 423

Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress Arranged, 367, 562

Hours of Opening and Closing, 622

World Power Conference, 311, 622

Brussels Commercial Fair, The Fifth, Growth of, 693

Leipzig Fair, III Success of, 253

Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition, 702

Public Works, Roads and Transport Exhibition, 86, 112

Royal Agricultural Show, Awards at, 13 Shipping and Engineering Exhibition, 291 Special Conference Inaugurated by Institution of Automobile Engineers, Programme, 291

Tercentenary Jubilee Exhibition at Gothenburg, 281

F FACTORIES and Workshops, Report for 1922, 125

Fairs—see Exhibitions

Fans, Standardisation of, 140

Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 367, 463

Federation of British Industries :

Final Report of Committee on Inter-Imperial Trade, 423

Smoke Abatement, Professor J. O. Arnold, 71

Taxation and Rating of Machinery, Heavy Handicap on Industrialists, 693

Waste of Heat Detection in Boiler-houses, 41 Finsbury Old Students’ Association, Twelfth

Annual Dinner, 438

Flame Temperature of 3000 deg. Cent., 227

Flood and Ice, Remarkable Accident, 97

Flour Milling Research, 375

Ford Motor Company, Big Plant at Toronto, 311

Forest Fires in the United States, Annual Loss Averages, 41

“ Forest Resources of the World,” Comprehensive Work Published by U.S. Government Authority, 559

Foundrymen. British, Institute of, 213

Foundry Sand, Method of Coal Removal Wanted, 477

Frozen Pipe and the Remedy, 97

Fuel Board of Canada, Valuable Suggestions, 477

Fuel Problem of Canada, Poor Prospects from Oil or Natural Gas, 477

Fuel Research Board Committees in Lancashire and Yorkshire, 13

Fuel Research Board Report on Wigan Arley Coal, 477

Fuels for House-heating Boilers, Tests of, 341

Furnace, Automatically Controlled Heat-treating for Large Turbine Castings, 41

Fusible Alloys for Soldoring Purposes, 201

G GAS for Firing Coppers at Breweries, 559

Gas for the Home Counties, Reports on Fulfilment of Statutory Requirements, 97

Gas Producers, Battery of, for Glasgow, 451 Gas, Town, Board of Trade Return, 201. Gasworks at Marple, Cost of Extension, 451 Gear Grinding Company’s Catalogue, 382

Gearing, Absence of Patterns for, 643

G.P.O. Engineers’ Examination, 190

Geological Survey of Great Britain, Report for 1922, 531

German Liquid F uel Industry, Trust for Control of, 97

German Offer to Take Over Steel Companies in South Africa, 423

German Purchases of Aluminium from Switzerland, Denial of Report, 477

Germany Increases Fees for Patents and

Trade Mark Registration, 395

Glass in Factories and Proper Ventilation, 175

Gold Mine, Brakpan, South Africa, Plant Extension and its Cost, 451

Gold Ore Reserves of Hollinger Mines, Considerable Estimated Value, 559

Gold in the Transvaal, New Discovery, 505

Gothenburg Harbour Improvement, 311

Grain Elevators at Capetown, Port and Inland, to be Opened in March, Varying Capacities,

Grain Elevators, Reinforced Concrete, Record Rate of Construction, 595

Grain Trans-shipment, Improvement of Facilities at Fort William, Ontario, and Port Arthur, 253

Greece, Big Wireless*Schemes Projected, 531

Gretna Government Factory Real Estate for Sale, 693

Grinding of Metals and Cleaning of Castings, Home Office Report, 71

Grinding and Proper Size of Pebbles for, H. F. Kleinfeldt, 531

Grinding Thin Planing Knives, 190

Gwalior, Schemes Projected in, Irrigation, 41 ;

Road Railways, 71

Gypsum, Immense Deposit 99.8 per cent.

Pure, Discovered in Northern Ontario, 281

H HAFNIUM in Manufacture of Audion Lamps, 227 1

Harbour, the Beyt Scheme, on Bombay Coast Line, 263

Hartlepool Scheme for New Harbour, 559

Heat Transmission Through Walls, Building

Research Board Report, 367

High-capacity Wagons—see Miscellaneous Index, Railways

Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, Cantilever Design

Decided Upon, 201

Hyderabad Irrigation Project, 395

Hydraulic Turbine of Faulty Design, 559

Hydro-electric Commission, Ontario, Steam

Power Plant Proposals, 669

Hydro-electric Development of New Zealand River near Christchurch, “ Waimakariri Empowering Bill,” 367, 423

Hydro-electric Output of Canada in Excess of any other Country, 477

Hydro-electric Power Commission of Ontario, Order for Large Turbines, 253

Hydro-electric Power Shortage in Northern Ontario, 222

Hydro-electric Station at Narowa Falls, Estonia, 311

Hydrographic Bureau, International Proposals for Demarcation of Seas, 395

I ICE Factory and Cold Storage Capacity Increase in Dublin for Trawlers, 281

Ice Pressure Relief Apparatus, 227

Ice Trouble on Canadian Reservoir, 49

Imperial Institute “ Map and Diagrams of Metal Resources,” 423

India, Mineral Licences and Mining Leases, Amended Rules for Grant of, 451

India and Unemployed Englishmen, 505

Industrial League and Council, Weekly Lectures Resumed, 404

Insect Damage to Cables, 586

Institutions—see Associations, &c.

Ionic and Thermionic Valves—see University College, London

“ Irish Engineering,” 458

IRON AND STEEL:

American Standardisation of Steel Flanges and Flanged Fittings, 587

Austrian Large Iron and Steel Works to bo Re-started, 125

Blast-furnace, Largest of North-East Coast, Completed near Middlesbrough, 451

Blast-furnace Linings, 41

Blast-furnaces on the North-East Coast, 48 now in Blast Against the Normal 70, 693

Blast-furnaces and Pig Iron Production in France, Statistics, 281

Blast-furnaces Working in France, Year’s Statistics, 643

Breakdown Tests on Various Steels, 41

British Cast Iron Research Association :

America’s Efforts to Increase Production of Malleable Castings and to Obtain their Adoption, 201

Cast Iron to Resist Corrosion, Research Projected, 395

Foundry Sands Investigation Projected, 201

Carburisation of Steel, Investigation, 341

Carburisation Tests for Synthetic Grey Iron

Manufacture, 227

Cast Iron Pipe, 'Life of, Investigations, 125

Cast Iron with Small Percentage of Nickel, Experiments with, 71

Cast Steel Axle-boxes, Importation into India, 451

Chilean Iron and Steel Industry, Proposed Provision of State Aid, 395

Crystalline Areas as an Indication of Steel in Iron Bars, 395

Enamelling Castings, Investigations by the

American Bureau of Standards, 505

Explosion of Cast Iron Steam Pipe, 125

Gas Samples from Blast-furnaces, American Study of Reactions, 505

High-speed Steel, Cause of Red Hardness of, 423

Iron and Steel, When Ignited, Contrasted with Brass and Copper, 540

Lapland’s Considerable Iron Ore Resources, 669

IRON AND STEEL (continued):

Manganese Ore Discovery in Krugersdorp, 227 ; Also Near the Vaal River, 566

National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers : Production of Pig Iron and Steel in June, 71 ; July, 201, 258 ; August, 311; September, 423; October, 531; November, 693

Nickel Orc Discovery in Alaska, Experiments in Treating, 13

Nickel Output in Ontario, 315

Ontario Government Committee’s Report and Recommendations on Iron Orc Industry, 28]

Paint for iron, Question of the Best, 253

Pig Iron and Ferro-alloys in the United States, Imports Greatly in Excess of Exports, 693

Pig Iron and Steel Production in Canada, 151, 693

Poland, Iron Ore Production Statistics, 227

Silicon Steel, Limitations to its Usefulness, 151

Spectroscopic Equipment for Sorting Steel, 395

Spinning Spindles, Advantages of Blue Steel, H. Scholey, 423

Sponge Iron and Synthetic Cast Iron, Result of Experimental Work on, 669

Stacks of kBlast-furnaces, Experiments with Regard to Height of, 505

Stainless Iron and Steel Production, 587

Stainless Steels, Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 151

Steel Pipes, Transmission of Heat Through, Study of, 505

Swedish Iron Alloy, New Rustless, 451

Swedish Output of Iron and Steel, Old Times and Present Contrasted, 451.

Synthetic Grey Iron Made in Electric Furnace, Tests, 125, 227

Valenciennes Iron and Steel Works Reconstruction Scheme, 125

Wastage in Steel Manufacture, Suggestions for Avoidance, 125

IRRIGATION in Gwalior, Big Project by the Maharajah, 41, 227

Irrigation Scheme, Very Large, in Nizamia Saugor District, 341

Italian Public Works Planned and Started under the Fascista Regime, 423

Italian Scheme for Sale of Engineering Products, 477

J

JAPANESE Earthquake, Results, and Chief Requirements, 451

Japanese Patent Office Documents Reported Destroyed by Earthquake, 587

Japanese Purchases from Great Britain and Canada for Reconstruction Work, 505

Japanese Reconstruction to be Gradual and Reduce Amount of Foreign Loan, 559

Japanese Restrictions on Use of Telegraph Codes Withdrawn, 477

Johannesburg Observatory, Optical Discs for Large Refractor being Ground at St Albans, 97

Journal of Scientific Instruments, Publication Arrangcmon ts, 227

KING’S College Exhibition for Benefit of

Hospitals to be Repeated, 531

L

LAMBETH Bridge to be Replaced by Steel

Arch Bridge, 559

Lantern Slides, Offers for Lectures:

Fuel Consumption, &c., Meldrums, Limited, 435

Mechanical Stokers, &c., Ed. Bennis and

Co., Limited, 379

Latvian Government About to Introduce the

Metric System, 311

Lead Pipe, Sheet Load, &c., Large Plant for Manufacture of, at Seattle, 13

Leeds University Chair of Mining, 190

Lightning Damage to Telephones in the London

Area, 71

Lightning Risks and Oil Tank Protection, 341

Lights, Visible and Invisible, Abnormal Con

ditions of Refraction, 367

Lignite Beds in the Ural, 71

Lignite, Nigerian, as Fuel, 615

Lime-burning and Popping in Plaster, 643

Limonite Deposits in Breconshire, Discovery

and Reported Development, 395

Lincoln, Projected Improvement of Bridges, &c., 559

Linseed Oil Varnish, Protective Properties, 227

Liquid Oxygen Explosive in Mine Blasting and

Road Construction, Successful Experiments, 531

Liquid Oxygen, Properties of, 311

Logwood, Cutting and Exportation of, for Use in Dyes Manufacture, 201

Lumber Production in British Columbia, A Record Year, 693

M MANCHESTER University Metallurgical Department, New Quarters, 175

Manganese—sec Iron and Steel

Mansion House Association on Railway and

Canal Traffic, 125

Marine Oil Engine, Low-powered, 615

Marine Sounding by Hydrophone, 13

Mercury Mine in China Since Fourteenth

Century, 175

Metal Deposition by the Schoop Process, 71

Metric System, Special Reference to Chemical

Manufacture, A. E. Malpas, 477

Meurthe-et-Moselle, Mining and Metallurgical Statistics, 341

Microscope Work by Electric Lamp, 125

Mine Shafts, Speed for Winding Men, 125

Mines, Safety in, Experiments, 253

Mining Accidents in the United States, 97, 367

Mining Development at Cannock Chase, 253

Mining Film in the United States, Story of Rock Drilling, 41

Mining Machinery, Explosion-proof, Great Lack of, in America, 97

Monopoly Patent, Disadvantage of, 476

Montreal Harbour Terminal Facilities, Projected Improvements, 71

Montreal, Highway Bridge Projected at, 71

Mortar or Bricks, New and Valuable Binding

Material for, from Limestone, found in Sweden, 559

Motor Car and Cycle, Private, Annual Increase in the United Kingdom, 693

Motor Car Increase in the United States, 559

Motor Car Lighting and Starting, 643

Motor Car Production, Mr. Ford’s Self-containing Policy, 587

Motor Cars for Canada from the United States, Protests from Canada, 253

Motor Cars, Modern, Prevalent High Speeds of, 38

Motor Cars in Ontario, 615

.Motor Cycle Lighting Deficiency, 587

.Motor Fuel of Petrol and Water Mixture, 477

.Motor Track, Italian, A Model, 451

Moving Platform, Experimental Typo, 669

N NAILS, Holding Power of, 41

Natural Gas Industry in Roumania, 320

Neon Lighting—see Electrical Matters

Now York and Rome, Projected Cable to

Joint Station, Probably the Azores, 125

Niagara Falls, More Electrical Power from, by Two Largest Generators yet Built, 13

Nickel—see Iron and Steel

Nigeria Lignite as Fuel, 615

Nitrogen Fixation and Electrical Supply,

P. Bunet, 451

Nitrogen, Fixed Inorganic, Analysis of World’s Production, 505

Nitro Starch in Manufacture of Safety Explosives, 41

Nuneaton Mining School Extensions, 253

o OIL-BORING, Mozambique Company Formed for, 531

Oil Engine, Two Types in America and their Relative Popularity, 13

Oil Find, Largest in Australia, at Sassafras, Mersey Valley, 663

Oil Pipe Line in Columbia, Estimated Cost of Three Millions Sterling, 531

Oil Production Hazards and Benefit of Science, 175

Oil Production in Roumania, Statistics, 97

Oil Shale Deposits in Tasmania, 227

Oil Shale Samples, Result of Tests in Indiana, 175

Ontario and Federal Governments to Hand Over Peat Plant for Private Company Working, 693

Ontario, Gold and Silver Increased Output, 693

Ontario’s Record Block of Silver Ore, 341

Ontario, Value of Metalliferous Ores in, 71

Orc-crushing Plant in South Africa, 13

Ore Sampling and Testing Laboratory at Cobalt, 13

Otophone, Marconi Instrument for the Deaf, 505

Overhead Line Work, Accident Prevention, 151

Oxygen, Electrolytic and Atmospheric, for Blow-pipe Use, 505

Oxygen, Liquid, Metal Vacuum Flask for Carriage of, 451

Oxygen Manufacture at Low Cost by New Method, 227

Ozone Formation in Flames, Professor Manchot, 643

p PAINT, The Best, for Iron, 253

Painting of Iron and Steel, Old and New, Result of Elaborate Tests on, 559

Papermaking, Straw and Esparto Grass for, Trials, 120

Patentees’ Institute, Additional Suggestions Presented, 253

Peking Institute of Industrial Research, 151

Petrol Generation of Static Electricity, 341

Petroleum Discovery on the Lake Albert Flats, 669

Pipe—see Iron

Platinum Discoveries in the Transvaal, 253

Platinum and Gold Production in the Ural Region, 423

Plumbago Exports from Ceylon, Satisfactory Increase in, 97

Pneumatic Drills for Blasting Holes in Granite, 693

Polishing by Metallic Chromium, New Process, 423

Port of London Docks, Inadequate Approaches, 423

Portland Cement Company’s Big Plant at Vancouver, 531

Portland Cement in United States, Record Monthly Output, 693

Post Office Activities in the City as an Interruption to Traffic, 669

Post Office Pneumatic Tubes System, Development of, 311

Postal Traffic to China by Trans-Siberian Railway, 395

Power Demand in Canadian Eastern Townships, 41

Power Plant, St. Maurice, Quebec, Rapid

Progress of Construction, 311

Power, Price of, in City of Fort William, End of Long Controversy, 253

Presentation to Mr. J. H. Narbeth, 538

Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Projected Communication with Alaska, 395

Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress, 86,112—see also Exhibitions

Pulp Mill near Quebec, 505

Pulp and Paper Mills in Newfoundland, Concession to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, Details, 71

Punching Machine to have Electric Light , 643

QUEBEC Congress on Co-operation in Care of Roads, 505

Quebec, Mineral Production Statistics, 71

Quebec Power Schemes, Ten Dams for Water

Storage, 62

R RzVDIATION from Hot Surface Affected by Shape and Surroundings, 559

Radio-telegraphy and Telephony—see Wireless

Radio Waves Designation, New Method, 227

Radium Deposit, Large, in Turkestan, 403

Radium Production from Oelem, Campine, 669 Rail Saws, 25

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS: Aberdeen and Penzance Service vid West Coast and Severn Tunnel in Addition to Existing East Coast Route, 13, 41

Accidents:

Accidents to Railway Servants, Inquiries, 550

Anniversaries of Serious Accidents, 97, 125, 201, 227, 311, 367, 423, 477, 559, 625, 669 ; (Correction), 253

Blue-book on Railway Accidents, Fatalities Among Railway Servants, 693

Bray Head Accident Report, 473

Buffer-stop Collision at Euston, 395

Buffer-stop Collision at Pollokshaws, Driver’s Prompt Action, 70

Christmas Railway Accidents, 692

City and South London Railway, Subsidence, and Inquiry, 615

Collision at Boston, London and North-Eastern Railway, 451

Collision at West Hartlepool, Report, 531

Death of Workman’s Ticket Holder in a Collision, and Company’s Liability, 559 Derailment Caused by Distortion Due to

Heat, 276

Derailment at Walsall, Probable Cause of, 151

Electric Explosion Due to Cracked Insulator, 615

Fatal Collision on London, Midland Railway at Diggle, 13 ; Verdict, 97

Fatal Derailment on Chichester and Selsey Light Railway, 253

Goods Train Out of Control at Stubbins Junction, 208

Great Western Passenger Train Divided, 227

Leeds Tramway, Serious Accident, 451

L. and N.-Eastern Locomotive Connecting-rod Failure, Men Scalded, 423

New Zealand’s Worst Railway Accident, 76

Selby, Another Accident at, 587

Serious Goods Train Collision on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 395

Three Minor Mishaps, 587

Three Minor Railway Mishaps, 311

Twentieth Century Express and its Adventurous Career, 643

United States Accident Statistics, 367, 643

United States Bridge Collapse and Terrible Train Disaster, 395

Amalgamation Tribunal:

Absorption Schemes for Four Railways, 227 Caledonian, also North Staffordshire, Cease as Separate Companies, 13

Midland and South Junction Railway, Absorption Objections Over-ruled, 367

Death of the Amalgamation Tribunal Chairman, 395

American Observer on Features of English Railways, 341

American Railroad Centennial, 253

Anatolia, New Railway to be Jointly Constructed, 227

Appointments and Staff Changes, 71, 125, 175, 197, 201, 281, 311, 349, 341, 477, 531

Argentine Railway, Proposed New,. 200

Arlberg Railway, First Electrified Portion Opened, 125

Austrian Railways’ Finances, S. W. Acworth’s Report, 227

Automatic Train Control, Tests on the Pennsylvania Railway, 207

Aviemore Line, Highland Railway, Breached by Floods, 41, 97

Belgian Congo, Railway Electrification Scheme, 643

Bills for Next Sessions, Proposals for Railway Police Force and Other Objects, 643

Birkenhead to London Traffic, Rivalry of Two Railways, 341

Birmingham, Proposed Road Over Newstree t Station, 559

“ Bradshaw,” Railway Map Anomalies, 125

Brent Station, 112

Brighton Railway, Presentation to Colonel Billington, 395

British Railway Passenger Journeys and

Reduced Fares, Figures, 615

Burgess, Mr. H. G., 615

Canadian Firms to Construct Locomotives for Canada, 41

Canadian National Railways, Government Bill Rejected by the Senate, 97 ; Government Gives Notice of Bill, 125

Canadian Railways, Their Transference to the State, 651

Canal, Rochdale, and the Bridgewater Canal, 201

Ceylon Railway, Badulla Extension, 175

Cheshire Lines Committee Order for Coaches, 587

Chile, Project for New Railway Construction, 281

Chinese 1200-Mile Railroad Contracts for Winnipeg, 253 •

City and South London Extensions, Total Cost, 505

City and South London Railway and Clapham Common Extension, Royal Assent to Bill, 201, 505

City and South London Tube, Compromise with the Southern Railway, 97

Coal Conveyance Charges, Longer Routes and Higher Rates, 226

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Colliery Workman’s Train Accident and Compensation Question, 587

Colours of Rolling Stock of Different Groups, 135

Concrete Manufacturing Depots for Railways, 311

Continental Mail Service to and from France, Probable Transference to Newhaven and Dieppe Route, 41

Continental Night Mails Route Change, 341 Cost of Living and Railwaymen’s Pay, 341 Cross-country Train Service, London and Manchester vid Midland to Yarmouth, Lowestoft, &c., 13, 175

Death of Mr. W. G. Boonzaier, 451

Death of Mr. G. H. Burrows, 151

Death of Mr. H. Copperthwaite, 367

Death of Sir William Mackenzie, 651 Death of Mr. Waldo H. Marshall, 311 Death of Mr. Lionel R. Wood, 669

Ealing and Shepherds Bush Railway Opens Two New Stations, 531

Electric Locomotive for France, Trial of, 643

Electric Railway Network in Polish Coal Area, 531

Electrical Rolling Stock Repaired at Wolverton, 559

Fastest London to Paris Express Restored, 395

Federation of British Industries and Reduction of Rates, 367

Fifty Millions Loan, Second, Authorised in Great Britain for Indian Railways, 41

First-class Empty Compartments on an Excursion Train, 367

Forth Bridge, Grouping Anomaly, 109

Furness Railway Chief Engineer Retires from Railway to Private Engineering, 125

Gauge Changes on Indian Railways, Recommendations of the Railway Board Engineer -in-Chief, 151

Golders Green Extension, 253 ; Opening, 531 Great Central, | per cent. Dividend, 185

Great Western Railway: Additional Siding Accommodation and Other Improvements Authorised, 13

Agricultural Areas to have New Lines if State Aid be Granted, 643

Arm Rest, Improved Type, 367

Bridge, Vehicular and Railway, Over the Severn at Beachley, Application to Ministry of Transport, 451

Cambrian Section, Further Widening, 669 Cambrian Section, Reported Extension.

587

Colwall Tunnel, A Second, Projected, 591

Cornish Riviera’s Increased Non-stop Journey, 281

Exeter Loses an Old Landmark, 395

Fishguard and Rosslare Steamship Service Reopened,311

Fowey, Jetty, New, for China Clay Traffic, 395

Interlinking of Signals on the Great Western, 693

Llandrindod Wells and New Railway Connections, 341

New Railway Schemes in Wales, 253

Paddington to Chester and Aberystwyth, Quick Through Train, 125

Plymouth to London Afternoon Train, 341 Rail Motor Trains on Mid-Wales and Cambrian Coast Sections, 116

Rhymney Railway at Cardiff and Station Changes, 693

Road Motor Services, Growth of Twenty Years, 281

“ Safety ” Campaign of the Great Western, New Appointment, 281

Savings Bank Figures, 587

Season Tickets on the Great Western, 367 Severn Tunnel, Suggestion of Scrapping, 341

Shunting by Gravitation, 669

Signalling Arrangements Scheme, 587, 615 South Wales Traders and Railway Agree

Reductions of Charges, 13

Swansea Harbour Trustees’ Property Acquired by the Railway, 151

Unemployment Relief by New Works, Government Commendation of Great Western’s Example, 451

Vale of Rheidol Railway, New Locomotives, 281

Wagon Shortage and How to Meet it, 455 West to North Express from Bristol,

Changes of Timing, 341

Yatton, Relief Lines to be Laid Near, 693

Grouping, Anomalies of, 109

Grouping Arrangements and Unfamiliar Rolling Stock, 151

Grouping, Benefit of, 175, 669

Grouping Involves Re-naming of Certain Stations, 253

Grouping, and New Official Railway Maps, 693

Grouping and Statistics’ Delayed Publication, 281

Halifax Tramways, Loan for Bridge Reconstruction, 615

Hot Weather, Rail Distortion and Greasing, 276

Inchcape Reports Recommend Grouping for Indian Railways, 227

Indian Natives as Railway Servants, Difficulties and Training, 281

Indian Railways, Three Important New Lines, 669

Interlocking, J. S. Moore, 97

Irish Free State Railway Appointment, 473

Irish Railways, Amalgamation and the Free State Government, 175

Irish Railways, Systems Partly in Northern Ireland, Partly in Free State, 97

Ivatt, Mr. H. A., 505

King’s Lynn Docks and Railway Company, Manager Wanted, 477

Landslip and Alternative Routes, 175 Liverpool to Norfolk—see Cross-country Liverpool-street Station Entrance, 531 Liverpool Tramcars I rnprovemen t, 58 7 Lithuanian Railway Estimates, 531 Locomotive • Crews in Long Tunnels, Plan of Relief from Asphyxiation, 158

Locomotives Shipped Almost Ready for Service, 423

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Pamphlet History of the Line, 97

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

L.C.C. and Croydon Tramcars, Suggested Through Running, 615

London, Midland and Scottish Railway :

Absorption of—

North Staffordshire and Caledonian Railways, New Directors, 125

Wirral Railway, Details of Terms, 13 Cattle Wagon, New Type, 201

Conversion of Line to Electric Traction Contemplated, 71

Dining Car Seats, Free of Charge, 71

Directors, Board of, Formal Reconstruction of, 125

Euston-Scotland Train, New Timing, 22

Loan to Employees to Build Houses, Proposed Scheme, 643, 693

London, Midland and Scottish Bill Agreed,

Tilbury Section, Four New Trains, 451 Work of All Kinds in Anticipation of

Future Requirements, 505

London and North-Eastern Railway :

Appointments, 559

Coat-of-Arms Authorised, 669

Great Eastern Section and Mineral Traffic, 693

Hard-worked Trains, 643

Locomotives, Largest and Most Powerful in the Country, 101

New Coaling S tai ths at Bly th, 281

Possible Electrification of Certain Lines, 41

Rolling Stock Under Construction, Depots Engaged, 669

Traffic Returns, Comparative Figures Issued, 133

Watson, Mr. H. A., Retirement of, 477

London Traffic and Government Bill, 151

London Tramway New Rolling Stock and the Unemployment Question, 559

Longridge-Hellifield Proposed Light Railway and West Riding County Council, 559 Lord Loreburn, The Late, and a Railway Inquiry, 615

Ludgate-hiU Resumed Train Services, 201

Madeira, Electric Railway, also Port of Refuge at Funchal, 451

Melbourne’s Projected Extension of Travelling Facilities, 559

Melbourne Tramways, Extended Facilities, 651

Metropolitan Company’s New Station, Hillingdon, 650

Metropolitan District Railway, Fifty New Cars for, 367

Metropolitan-District Railway’s 80 Trains per Hour, 531

Metropolitan Railway in Paris, Flooding from Canal, 253

Milk in Overheated Railway Vans and Railway Rates Question, 71

Ministry of Transport:

Authorisation of Works Bill, Increase of Limit of Costs, 71 ; Royal Assent to Bill Received, 151

Extension of Time for Submission of Proposed Charges to Railway Rates Tribunal, 41 ; Schedule of Charges Submitted, 151

Inter-agreements Among Companies, Powers of the Ministry, 135

Light Railways Authorised in Liverpool 531

Subsidence on the City and South London Railway, Inquiry by the Ministry, 615

Tramway and Trackless Trolley* Undertakings, Committee’s Report, 253

Unemployment Question, Ministry and the Railway Companies, 97

Moscow Projected Underground Railway, 477

Motor Cars at Level Crossings, Railwaymen’s Additional Risks, 175

Names of Stations, Changes due to Amalgamation of Lines, 175

National Union of Railwaymen and Railway Shopmen’s War Bonus, 41, 175, 201, 327, 477

New South Wales Government Seeks British Experts to Investigate Railways Administration, 531

New South Wales, New Railway to be Constructed, 55

New South Wales Railway Signalling Equipment Statistics, 531

New York Central Electric Lines, Running Stopped by Heat Wave, 13

New Zealand Calls for Tenders for New Line Construction, 125

New Zealand Government Railways and Automatic Signals, 505

Newfoundland Railways, Steamers, &c., Pass under Government Control, 253

Niagara River, Vehicular and Electric Railway Bridge Projected, 227

Northern of France, Change of Paddle for Turbine Steamers, 71

Passengers’ Fares, Luggage Charges and Labour Employed, 71

Pennsylvania Railroad, Serious Fire, 13

Piccadilly, New Underground Station, Subways and Escalators, 175

Piecework System Restored on the New York Central for Shop Crafts Workers, 395

Polish Railways New Rolling Stock, Allotment of Contracts, 201

Protection of Coach Manufacture and Steel Industry in India, Manufacturer’s Views, 311

Queensland Government Railways’ Success and its Cause, 693

Railless Trolley Vehicle Systems in Great Britain, Statistics, 41

Railway Benevolent Institution, President, 477

Railway and Canal Commission, ex ojjlcio Members, 419

Railway Charges for Carriage of Fish.

Vegetables, &c., Pronounced Very Fair, 13 Railway Companies, Men’s Unions, and

Wages Boards, 71, 253, 451, 669—see also Thomas, Mr. J. H.

Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Bill Receives Royal Assent, 151

Railway Material Exports Statistics, 70, 151. 289, 395, 505, 643

Railway Mon in Parliament, 669

Railwaymen and the Three Unions, 41, 477

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Railwaymen’s Pay, Comparison of Rates, &c., Return Issued, 477

Railway Rates and Cost of Living, Pamphlet,

Railway Rates Tribunal: Application from Labour Party for Enlargement of the Tribunal, 535

Mansion House Association Form for Lodging of Objections with the Tribunal, 367

Powers of Tribunal, 71

Schedule of Standard Rates and Charges Submitted by the Four Railway Groups, !5!

Season Tickets and Allowances for Disuse, 71

Season Ticket Controversy and the Tribunal, 281, 367

Railway Shopmen’s War Bonus—see National Union

Railway Viaduct over the Blackwater at Mallow, Reconstruction and Opening, 477

Red Coaches in Scotland, 669

Reduction in Fares Followed by Reduction in Receipts, 367

Restaurant Car Staffs, Pay of, 477

Rev al Railway Electrification, 175

Riviera, Shortened Railway Line Proposed to Nice, 615

Rumanian Extensive Railway Construction Schemes, 311, 367

Running Control, Locomotive and Traffic Departments’ Question, H. A. Watson, 423 “ Safety First ” Essay Competition by London Council, 281

St. Gothard Railway Locomotive’s Peculiar Accident, 531

St. Pancras and Glasgow Journey, Acceleration both Ways, 341

Savings Banks for Railway Servants,' 587

Season Ticket Controversy, 281, 367

Sheffield Unemployment and Orders for Railway Material, 615

Shepherd’s Bush Station, Central London Line, Improvements, 477

Siberian Express, Petrograd-Vladivostock, to be Resumed, 97

Signalling, Block, Three-wire and One-wire Systems Compared, 97

Singapore Island, Connection by Johore Causeway, 367

Sleeping Cars, New, Milan to Rome, 395

South African Government and Railway Electrification, 423

South African Proposed New Railway, Different Routes Discussed, 423

South Australian Change of Gauge on the Western Railway, 423

South Australian Railway Reorganisation, 125

South Australian Railways’ Need of New Locomotives, 559

South Australian State Line Earnings, 587

Southern Railway :

Appointments, 281, 340, 423, 531

Dover Improvements Discussion, 451

Electrification Plans to be Proceeded with, 531

Elephant and Castle Station Damaged by Fire, 505

Fresh-water, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, Impediment to Absorption by Southern Railway, 151

“ Go as You Please ” Season Tickets in the Isle of Wight, 151

Grouping, and Retirement of Officials, 340

Isle of Sheppey and Swale Bridge Reconstruction, Communication Restored, 311. 367, 505

Locomotive, Remembrance, Brighton Railway, 395

J .ocomotive Running Department Changes, 423

New Works, Extensive Programme Proposed, New Corridor Coaches, 531, 559

Parliamentary Plans for New Work of the Railway, 693

Ramsgate, New Station Accommodation Proposed, 281

South-Western Lines to Guildford, Electrification not Begun, 48, 106

Suburban Area Electrification to Precede that of Brighton Line, 643

Waterloo Station Reconstruction, 349

South Yorkshire Joint Committee, Contract for Extension of Line, 477

Soviet and Resumption of Through Traffic to China, 227

Stabling Trains Required for Night and Morning Use Only, Cost of, 311

Stations Re-named in Consequence of Grouping, 253

Statistics—see Traffic

Stockholm and Gothenburg Electrification, Material Contracts, 227

Stranraer and Larne Irish Service Resumed, 13

“ Sunny South Special,” Rival Starting, 367 Swedish Locomotives, Fifty Electric, Tenders Called for, 227, 253

Swedish Projected New Railway, 201

Thomas, Mr. J. H., and Railwaymen’s Pay, 505

Timber Unloading from Railway Trucks, Swedish Time-saving Contrivance, 167

Tokyo Tramways Quick Restoration after Earthquake, 583

“Traders’ Guide to Revision of Railway Rates,” 227

AILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Traffic, Passenger and Freight, Statistics :

For January, 125 : March, 253; April, 395 ; May, 423, 477 : June, 446 ; July, 587

Freight Tonnage for August, 613

General Statistics for Half-year, 446

Tramways Safety First Device, 615

Transport—see also Associations, Institute of Transport

Trans-Sahara Railway Bill to be Introduced in French Chamber, 531

Turbo-condensing Locomotive, Ljungstrom, 643

Uganda and Kenya Projected Loan for Railway Extension, 559

Underground Lifts, Audible Interval Indicator, 555

Unemployment and Suggestions for Utilising Railway Reserves, 151

United States Jointly Owned Railway Stations, 236

United States Railway Amalgamation not Compulsory, 693

United States Railways, Increased Pay for Men, 347

Victoria, Australia, Automatic Couplings Decided on, 175

Victoria and Ludgate Hill Service, Restoration Called for, 587

Vosges Tunnelling, Tenders to be Invited, 335 Wagons, Privately Owned, Mr. Holden’s and

Mr. Hill’s Construction Specifications, 13

Wagons, Standard 12-Ton, Drawing, &c., British Wagon Company, 407

Westminster District Railway Station, Reconstruction, 201

West Somerset Mineral Railway, Legal Abandonment of, 201

White Pass and Yukon Railway Company’s Proposed Dam on the Upper Yukon River, 40

Willesden Electric Train Service to Addison-road, Improvement at Willesden, 451

Zeebrugge, Facilities for Groat Eastern Train Ferry Boats, 205

RATING Machinery and Plant, Government Inquiry, 643

Reclamation of Estuary, near Barrow, Proposed, 643

“ Refractories, The Commoner,” E. E. Moore, 615

Refrigeration Research, Suggested Institute for, 311

Reinforced Concrete Girders, Record Length, 97

Research—see Department

Resting Pauses and Efficiency of Manual Workers, G. H. Miles, 151

Rhodesian Congo Border Concession, Important Discoveries of Ore, 669

Rivets, Comparative Test of Copper and Monel. 253

Road Railways in Gwalior, 71

Rotating Magnetic Field and Living Organisms, Experiments, 587

Royal Agricultural Show for 1924, 227

Rubber Compared with Iron as Lining for Tube Mills, 559

Rubber Road Surface from Old Tires, for Bradford, 451

Russia’s Water Power Resources, 97

s SAFETY First, Pamphlet No. 8, 668

Saigon (Cochin, China), Arsenal for Sale, 341

Salt Mines in Nova Scotia, Quality and Output, 227

San Francisco, Projected Bridge across the Golden Gate, Various Schemes, 125, 145

Saw—see also Trepanning

Saws, Rail, 25

Scholarship Award to Ealing County Scholar, 367

Scholarship Research, in Naval Architecture (1923), 58

Scientific Research—see Department

Sea Water Deterioration of Structures of

Timber, Metal and Concrete, 367

Sewerage Scheme for North Toronto, 175

Shafts for Marine Steam Engines, Board of

Trade Rules, 341

Sheffield Traffic Census, 395

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : Barge, Electrically Propelled, Further and Satisfactory Trial, 394—see also Gill Propeller, Illustrated Index

Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company Steamers Launched, 531

Discharge of Cargo, Exceptionally Rapid, 143

Empress of Scotland, Canadian Liner, Collision with Wreckage, 201

French Destroyer Enseigne Gabolde, 367

Hong Kong, Motor Boats for, 705

Minnewaska’s Gross Tonnage, 477

Motor Vessels, Tonnage, Immense Increase Since 1914, 125

R.M.S. Empress of Canada, Record Cruise, 253

Royal Naval Reserve Decoration Award, 477

Ship Repairing at Southampton, J. S.

White and Co.’s, New Shops, 679

SHOWS—see Exhibitions

Silver, Rich Orc Discovery at Clone urry, Australia, 367

Silver, Rich Ore Discovery in Queensland, 281

Soda Company’s Purchase of Land, 151

South African Cultivation of Fibre from Previously Condemned Weed, 559

South African Government Share of’ Gold Mining Profits, 451

South African Grain Handling, Help from Canadians, 505

South African Woollen Factory Machinery Entirely Supplied by Germany, 97

South-east Borneo, Ironworks to be Established in, 559

South Russian Mining Trust Output, 559

Soviet Government and the Metric System, 643

Speed for Winding Men in Mine Shafts, 125

Spitzbergen, Mineral Wealth of, Discovery of Nickel, 311

Spitzbergen Mining Conditions Pronounced

Ideal in Every Way, 395

Staff Outing, D.P. Battery Company, 55

Standardisation of Fans, 140

Standpipe Failure and Rare Type of Corrosion, 41

Steam Ferry, Powerful, for Vehicular Traffic at Sydney, Australia, 451

Steel—see Iron and Steel

Sugar Beet Factory at Southwold, 669

Sukkur Irrigation Scheme Begun, 451

Sullivan Machinery Company’s Plant, 367

Sweden, Damming Works in, 311

Swedish Agricultural Area, 40 per cent. Supplied with Electric Light and Power, 13

Swedish Scheme for Channel Deepening to Connect the Baltic with the North Sea, 423, 451

Swiss Trade and Industries in 1922, 404

Sydney City Council and Empire Preference, 13

Sydney, Royal Mint to bo Closed, 97

Synthetic Precious Stones, Swiss Manufacture, 253

T TANK Lowered into Deep Pit. without Tackle, 41

Tanks, Comparison Between Variously Welded Riveted and Electric Welded, 477

Tasmanian Huge Reservoir at the Great Lake, 559

Telephone Company, London, Secures Contract from Prague, 669

Telephone District of Exeter, Extensive Range, 587

Telephone Exchanges, Automatic, for the London Area, 97

Temperatures in Shallow Mines, Surface Air Effect on Underground Air, Investigations, 97

Test Codes, American, 517.

Testing Blow-out Taps of Gauge Glasses, 49

Tests on Beams of Limestone, 227

Textile Machinery for China, Respective Imports of Great Britain, America and Japan, 97

Thermometers, 55

Thompson, John, Limited, Boilermakers, Offer of Technical Appointments and Scholarship to their Employees, 395

Tientsin Motor Car Imports, 423

Timber in India, Method of Identification, 367

Tin Stocks Disposal in the Federated Malay States, 341

Tokyo Company Reports Safety of Hydraulic

Power Stations and Transmission Lines, 477

Tool and Cutter Grinding, 190

Tractors for Russia Duty-free, 341

Trepanning Tool, Fry’s (London), Limited, 407

Tungsten Lamps, Greatly Increased Use of, 311

Turin Engine Works, Change of Ownership, 125

u “ UNDERGROUND London,” Lantern Lecture at Cannon-street Hotel, W. J. Liberty, 451

Underground London, Illustrated Lecture on, at Southend-on-Sea, W. J. Liberty, 669

United States’ Metal Mining Industry, General Statistics of, 367

University College, London :

University College Awards, 86

Lectures on Ionic and Thermionic Valves, Professor J. A. Fleming, 375

Engineering Society :

Annual Dinner and Conversazione, 705

University of Sheffield, Recognition of Dr. Ripper, 71

Uruguay, Port of Paysandu, Enlargement Progress, 341

V VAAL River Barrage Opening, 71

Vancouver Grain Storage Capacity Greatly Increased, 559

Vancouver Harbour, Dredging and other Improvements, 693

Vancouver Island, Largest Saw Mill About to be Constructed, 151

Victoria, State of, and “ Safety First ” Bulletins, 71

w WAGONS, Railway—see Railways

Warrington Guardian's Seventieth Anniversary, 395

Water Boring in South-West Africa Results in Coal and Oil Discoveries, 505

Water Leakage, Extension, Discovered by Pitometer Survey, 367

Water-gas Tar Emulsion, 341

WATER SUPPLY : Bethlehem, South Africa, New Water Supply Scheme, 693

Cape Town Water Storage Increase, 227

Capetown Waterworks Scheme, Projected Extensive Outlay, 253

Waterworks Plant, Records of Operation Highly Necessary, Professor Earle Waterman, 615

WATER Turbines for Power Plant at Winnipeg,

Water Users, National Association of, Formed, 669

Waterway, Deep, from Great Lakes to the Atlantic vid the St. Lawrence River, American Suggestion to Canada, 693

Weights and Measures, Suggested Change, 151 Welland Canal Cost, 41

Wheel, Road, Aluminium Alloy, Satisfactory Tests for Omnibus Use, 587

Whitworth Society, 268

Whitworth Society, First Commemoration Dinner, 602

Winding Ropes, Testing by Magnetic Exploration, R. L. Sandford, 281

Winnipeg Company Receives Large Railway Contracts for China, 253

Winnipeg Large Wood Pulp and Paper Mill, 175 Wire Rope and Grooved Drums, Correct Pitch of Grooves, 423

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Australian High-power Station Projected for Direct Communication with Great Britain and America, 531

Austrian Government Retains Monopolies of Radio Telephony and Telegraphy, 321

Belfast and French Government Correspondence as to Ships’ Wireless Equipment, 531

British Broadcasting Experiments with the United States, 531

“ Broadcast Central ” Station in Now York, 281

Broadcasting Weather Information for Use of Ships, 615

Canadian Wireless Telephonic Long-distance Communication, 693

Capital Expenditure on Wireless Stations, 71

Chilean, French and American Combination for Installation of Wireless Station, 477

Danish Government to Install Wireless Stations in Greenland, 615

Fog Signal, Wireless, for Another Lightship Station, 643

Hafnium in Audion Lamps, 227

High-power Wireless Station in India, 451

High-speed Wireless Installation between Rangoon and Madras, 505

Kashgar Marconi Station Completed, 151

Leeds Corporation and Control of Aerials, 67

Mexican Stations, Change of Apparatus, 175

Military Wireless Sets Tested in Manoeuvres, 253

New7 Direct Services Established, Favourable Situation of the United States, 311

Norwegian New Wireless Station at Vardoe, 227, 281

Postmaster-General on Wireless Development, Broadcast Advisory Committee, 587 Radio Apparatus and Elementary Schools, 615

Radio-apparatus Installation on the Paris-Bordeaux Express, 41

Radio Broadcasting and Accurate Working, 201

Radio Telephonic Set for Express Trains, 253 “ Reducing the Guesswork to Tuning,” 201 West Flanders Inter-continental Wireless

Transmitting Station, 669

Wireless Direction-finding Station on West Coast of Vancouver Island, 13

Wireless Telephone Equipment for Fishing Boats from Nagasaki, Investigation of Possibilities, 175

WOODEN Bridge, Temporary, Across Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia, 674

Woodworking Factories, Mechanical Engineers for, W. L. Churchill, 669

World Power Conference in London, 1924, United States Participation, 311, 622

X X-RAY Equipment for Army Veterinary School at Woolwich, 171

X-ray Interference Examination of Strained Metals, Akimasa Ono, 281

X-ray Invention Removes Danger to Operator, 693

YOKOHAMA Reconstruction as a Port, 395 Yokohama Harbour Repair, Estimate of Cost 341

Yugoslavia’s Output of Coal and Copper, 559

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