The Engineer 1925 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

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AERIAL Ropeway, 5 Miles Long, for Tin Ore Transport from the Andes Slopes, 349

AERONAUTICS :

Aeroplane as Aid to Fruit Culture, 115

Aeroplanes for Forest Patrol and Photographic Survey in Canada, 115

Aeroplane’s Reported 270 Miles per Hour, 356

Aircraft Apprentices, Awards by Air Ministry, 478

Airship Station to Become Beet Sugar Factory, 609

“ Autogiro ” Flying Machine at Madrid, Successful Tests, 37

Belgian Congo, Establishment of Air Route .Expected Shortly, 267

Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 102

Civil Ail1 Route Between Egypt and India, Progress of Arrangements for, 189

Danish Army Purchase of Aeroplanes from English Company, 89

De Haviland Moth Light Aeroplanes, Two Ordered for Aero Club, 89

Fogs and Safe Landing, New Method to Secure, 433

French Seaplanes and their Men Lost during Trials, 295

Goliath Bombing Planes’ Attack on the Riffs, 328

Non-stop Transatlantic Flight Projected, 141

Polo Ground as Landing Ground for Aeroplanes, 491

R 38 Disaster, Tablet Unveiled in Memory of Lost British and Americans, 11

R 38 Memorial Fund, Part of the Income to be Used as a Prize for Technical Paper, 257

Seaplane Race in America, Britain’s Entrants Sent Over for Practice, 295

Shenandoah, U.S.A., Airship, Equipment and Successful Trials, 189

AGRICULTURAL Machinery Tests, 63

Alcohol, Industrial, Factory Activities and Prospects, 215

Alcohol Production from North Borneo Palm Sap,141

Aluminium Hollowware, Duty Asked for, 295

Aluminium Plant in Quebec Calls for Model

City to House 5000 Employees, 261

Aluminium Syndicate Formed in Germany, 241 American Society for Testing Materials, 348 Ammonia, Synthesis of, Secrets Connected with

Low Temperatures and Pressures, 669

Ammonium Sulphate Recovery Plant at Stafford Gasworks, 695

An Alien’s Dinner, 606

Anhydrite as Substitute for Gypsum as Retarder for Portland Cement, 463

Apulia’s Need of Water for Agriculture and Kindred Industries, 639

Arsenic Ore Discoveries in South Australia, 551

Arsenic Record Output in U.S.A., 669

Artificial Silk Factory Projected at Oldham, 267

Asphalt Mixing Plant, Davey, Paxman and Co., 628 ; (Correction), 656

Asphalt Paving Conference, 204

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES Association, Diesel Engine Users’ :

Scottish Shale Oil Industry, E. M. Bailev. 422

Institute, American Iron and Steel:

Electric Alloy Steel, F. E. Clark, 581

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Andrew Carnegie Research Fund, 593

Institute of Transport :

Election of the Council, 141

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 499

Awards of Medals, 405

Conference and Programme, 389

Informal Meeting, Petrol Gauges, 282

Meeting Fixtures, 336

Military Motor Vehicles, Projected Dis cussion of Paper, 506

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Awards for Papers, 450

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES

(continued'):

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

A.M.I.E.E. Examination, Conditions, 75

Annual Conversazione, 52

Election of New Members of Council, 102 Students’ Section :

Visits to Marconi Company’s Wireless Stations, 151

Institution of Engineers and Ship -BUILDERS IN SCOTLAND t

Commercial Application of Fuel Oil, A. F. Baillie, 669, 695

Opening of Session, Presidential Address, Programme for Session, 386

Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :

Measurement of Air Flow, E. Ower, 377

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Lecturette on Flow Meters, Rotameter Accuracy, W. H. Simmons, 519 Sheffield and District Section :

Visit to D.P. Battery Company’s Works, 26

Institution of Locomotive Engineers :

Development of the Steam Locomotive, J. G. H. Warren, 63 Manchester Centre :

Visit to Works of Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd., 204

Institution of Mechanical Engineers :

H.R.H. Duke of York to Attend Annual Dinner, 523

Cancelment of Dinner, 580

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :

Mr. Marriott’s Book, 78

Institution of Naval Architects :

Award of Scholarships, 447

Date for Next Annual Meetings, 491

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

Papers for the New Session, 417

Pneumatic Hammers and other Tools, Life of, F. D. Verrill, 551

Presidential Address, Sir E. H. Tennyson d’Eyncourt, 417

Institution, Permanent Way :

Visits to Works, 102

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

High Wages in U.S.A, and Canada. Signal Department’s Share in Success, Lord Congleton, 433

Register of Appointments Required and Vacant, 377

Three-aspect Signalling Report, 165

Institution, Royal :

General Meeting and Elections, 52, 500, 653

Hundredth Annual Course of Christinas Lectures for Juveniles, Sir W. Bragg, 533, 653

Institution of Structural Engineers :

Examinations in India, 336

Institution of Welding Engineers :

Mr. A. E. Knowles on Use of Surplus Power of Power Stations, 609

Society, Faraday :

Annual Meeting and Election of Council, 89 I

General Discussion on Photo-chemical 1

Reactions in Liquids and Gases, 279

Physical and Optical Societies :

Exhibition, 653

AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth Engineering

Standards, Electrical Matters Decisions, 267

Australian Government Roads Grants, 581

Australian Shale Oil Corporation, Start on Retort House in Tasmania, Oil Expectations, 377

BAMBOO Utilisation in Paper Manufacture, Greatly Improved Process, 491

Barnsley College of Mining, Cost of, 639

Barrages Projected Across the Nile and White

Nile', 321

Bauxite Deposits in Hungary, 463

Bay of Fundy, Power Generation from its

Tides, Project for, 551

Beet Sugar Factory at Cupar, Projected, 349

Beet Sugar Factory in Dunmow District, 215

Beet Sugar Factory, English, but Machinery American, 669 .

Beet Sugar Factory at Halesowen, Plans may be Transferred to Gainsborough, 609

Beet Sugar Factory on the Ouse, 46

Beet Sugar Factory Projected near Camberley, 241

Beet Sugar Production in Canada, 115

Beet—see also Sugar

Belgian Zinc Production, 115

Bell Overhauled After 700 Years’ Service, 349

Belt Conveyors to Replace Trucks, 377

Bengal Proposal to Dredge the Saraswati, 609

Blacksmith’s Demonstration Motor Van, 115

Boiler Explosion Risk, 165

Boiler Explosions and Imperfect Repairs, 669

Boiler Repair Methods, Good and Otherwise, 669

Boiler, Vertical, Unusual Explosion of,702

Boiler for Work under 1500 lb. Pressure, 405

Bombay’s Projected Chlorination of all the

Water from Lake Tansa, 141

Breathing Apparatus, The Draeger, for Mines, 695

Brick-built Chimneys Felled at Bolton, 321

Bridge Across the Niagara River, Work Begun, 241

Bridge, International, Between Detroit and Canada, 491

Bridge, Large Wooden Span Trestle Over the

Athabaska River, Canada, 189

Bridge Projected at Hull, 165

Bridge, New, Over the St. Lawrence at Montreal, 63

Bridge, Old Timber, at Seacoinbe, to be Replaced by Steel, 433, 463

Bridge, South Shore, Montreal Harbour, Plans Sanctioned, 491

Bridge, Suspension, and Cables, Dating Back over Sixty Years, 669

Bridges, Railway—see also Railways

Bridges in Virginia, Unsatisfactory Condition of, 433

British Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association, Meeting, 154

British Columbia Waterway, 295

British Delegation at Trials in Brussels of

Motor Lorries Driven by Producer Gas, 321

British Engineering Standards Association, Schedule of Specifications for Steel for Die Blocks, 310

British Export Trade Depression, Report, 165

British Guiana, Air Service versus Railway, 581

British Imports into Southern Rhodesia, Very

Large Proportion of Total, 551

British Wire Netting Manufacturers Association, 63

Bromine from Sea Water, 115

Bryan Donkin Chesterfield Works Extension, 349

Bulgaria’s Imports Increase, 581

Bulgarian Opening for British Trade, 433

c CABLE-WORK!NG Under Full Pressure for Ten Months, 165

Cables, Telephone and Telegraph. New in

France and Belgium, Tenders, 551

Caen, Normandy, Improvement of Port, 267

Calcium Sulphate Waste for Use in Plaster and

Building Blocks, 189

Calcutta Harbour, Increased Traffic Tonnage, 519

Canada, Annual Report on Manufacturing Industries, 433

Canada, Association of Consulting Engineers, Incorporated, 115

Canada’s Favourable Balance of Trade, 141

Canadian Automobile Factories’ Output, 639

Canadian Exports of Pulp and Paper, 581

Canadian, Formation of New Lake Suggested 551

Canadian Mines, Record Output of Lead, 215

Canadian National Railway New Docks,

Wharves and Warehouses for, 491

Canadian National, Removal of Parry Sound Plant, 491

Canadian Section of United States Institute

of Radio Engineers, 433

Canal Building, Heavy Task in U.S.A., 519

Canals and Motor Transport, Co-operation

Highly Desirable, 405

Capetown Steel Pipes Order for Germany, 37

Carbon Monoxide, Value of Pyrotannic Acid

Method for Quantitative Determination, 267

Carbon, Successful Fusion of, 581

Carbon Tetrachloride as Fire Extinguisher,

Fumes Reduced by Caustic Soda, 165

Carbonic Acid, Liquid, and Other Gases, Production of, at Stockholm, 491

Cement Factory, Large, Projected at Dunstable,

Plant to TurnOut 100,000 Tons Yearly, 189

Cement Factory at Montreal, 115

Cement Factory, New, in Kent, 491

Ceylon Plumbago Trade Improvement, 609

Chefoo, Port of, China, Improvement for Use by Ocean-going Steamers, 88

Chemical Engineers, Training of, Proposed

Mono technic in London, 639

Chemical Works in India and Burma. 37

Chesterfield to Adopt Railless Car System in

Place of Tramways, 141

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :

“Asociacion Carbonera de Chile ” Formed, 608

Barnsley Electricity Works, Coal Discovery in Boiler-house Excavations, 89

Bituminous Coal Output of the United States, 141

British Somaliland Coal Discovery, 89

Brown Coal at Yallourn, Victoria, Cost* of Mining and Delivery, 519

California’s Abundance of Iron Ore, but Lack of Coke or Coking Coal, 165

Chromium, Electro-deposition of, C. H. S. Tupholme, 163

Coal Briquette Binders, Vegetable Pulp, 519, 581

Coal Discovery at Kamasamudram, Mysore, Not of Commercial Value, 89

Coaling Plant for Durban, Details of, 405

Coke and By-products in the United States, Statistics, 89

Coke-making Plant at Krugersdorp, S.A., Extension of, 695

Coke Ovens, Large, Projected, in Ontario, 165

Factory in Orkney Isles for Coal Briquettebinding Material, 519, 581

Fall of Coal, Extensive, at Yallourn, Victoria, 519

French Production of Coal per Kilowatt Installed, 189

German Coal, Low-temperature Distillation of, in Yorkshire, Interesting Experimwt, 267

“Good Day’s Work,” 4 Tons or 15 ? 321

Great Britain’s Week’s Coal Output, 89, 189, 405, 491, 618, 695

Harby, near Lincoln, New Colliery Starting, 321

Holland Coal Exports to Germany, 491

Kent Thick Coal Seam Struck, 463

Pekin, Coal Deposit Discovery, North-east of Summer Palace, 609

Pithead Baths, 120, at Colliery near Sheffield, 349

Polish Coal for Holland, Trial Consignments, 368

Royalties on Coal in Great Britain, 72

Russian Coal for Alexandria, First Shipment in Many Years, 695

Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Sinking Resumed, 463

Support of Underground Workings in the Coalfields of Scotland, Safety in Mines Research Board Paper, 609

Sydney, 60 Miles from, Coal Discovery, 609

Wemyss Coal Company’s Developments Under the Forth and Inland, 141

West Yorkshire Coalfield, New Boreholes, 349

COCHIN Harbour Scheme, Third Stage to be Proceeded with, 63

Commemoration Dinner, Joseph Foster and Sons, 130

Concrete and Corrosion, 37

Concrete,Fine Cracks in, Effect of Ageing, 1 89

Concrete, Process for Manufacturing “ Expanded” Type, 551

Concrete “ Outfitting Pier ” under Construction at Bremerton Navy Yard, Puget Sound, U.S.A., 409

Concrete, Quantities of Materials for, 21

Concrete Sewer Over a Mile Long, Pipe Laid in Open Sea, 241

Contact Prints from Aerial Photographs, 115

Copper Mines in Norway Reopened, 89

Copper Production of Canada, 519

Copper from Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, 115

Corn, Standing, to Serve as Snow Fence, 463

Cornish Tin Mine Assay Results, 141

Cornish Tin Mining Industry’s Activity, 581

Crane, 100-Ton Shipyard Fitting-out, 1 1

Crucibles versus Electric Furnaces, 677

Crude Petroleum Production Statistics in U.S.A., 321

Cuban Public Works, Extensive, Projected, 165, 189, 241

Cupola Charges of Petroleum Coke. 165

DAM, Large, Material Deposited by Belt Conveyors, 215 •

Dam, Otaki, To be Largest in Japan, Work Started on, 377

Dam, Storage and Power, in Muskoka Lakes District, Ontario, 695

Dam in Victoria for Irrigating Water Storage, 639

Dams, Projected Building of 100 Across the River Tennessee, 669

Darlington Tramways Replaced by Trolley Omnibuses, 215

Death of Mr. William Arnot, 10

Death-watch Beetle Destroyers, 261

Department of Overseas Trade, Information Notice, 21

Derby Railway Institute Radio Society, Visit to Works, &c., 78

Diamond Substitute Discovery, 581

Die Blocks—see British Engineering

Distillery for Production of Alcohol from Molasses, 115

Docks, Dry, Two New, in Montreal, 551

Dolcoath Tin Mine, Now Shaft, 349

Doncaster Hopes to Replace Tramways by

Trolley Omnibuses, 377

Douglas Harbour, Improvement under Consideration, 616

Drilling Operations and Hoped-for Success on the Rand, 609

Dry Dock, 700ft. ex-German, Length Increased, 63

Dry-rot Ravages in Alabama, 267

Durban, New Graving Dock at, 52

Dutch Scheme for Communication by Telephone between Ships at Sea and Land, 241

E EARTHQUAKES’ Slight Effect in Mines and Tunnels, 669

East African Dependencies, Trade-and Information Office, 695

Egyptian State Railways Tenders, Revision of List of Approved Manufacturers, 267

El Salvador Republic, Public Works Pro* gramme, 669

ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

Aliwal North Electricity Undertaking, 579

Athens Power Works, Proposed, Tenders for, 349

Australian Standard Pressures and Frequencies, 349

Berlin, Projected Increase of Electrical Power, 241

Bohemia Electrification, Power Station at 70 Miles from Prague, 551

Bo’ness Electricity Department, Increased Charges, 382

Cables and Conductors for Montevideo, Tenders Wanted, 361

Canadian Power Companies’ Projected Increase of Plant, 581

Cauvery Falls, India, Costly Additional Power Plant for, 63

Charcoal Scarcity and Potential Electric Power at Teheran, 295

Chili State Railways’ Electrification Equipment, 695

Cooling of Large Transformers, Successful Method, 405

Copper Wire with Percentage' of Cadmium for Electric Transmission, 63

Durban, Tenders for Power Plant for, 249

Durham County Education Committee, Project for Electrical Laboratory, 609

Electrical Breakdown Explained, 89

Electric Furnace Temperatures, French and

English Compared, 189

Electric Vehicle Progress, 37

Electric Vehicle’s Rapid Delivery, 267

Electricity in Berlin Households, Increased Use of, 405

Electricity Supply Industry, Cost of Living and Reduction of Wages, 37

Eleven 5000-Kilowatt Transformers for Brisbane Electric Light Company, 267

Expert Committee on Electrical Development, Delay in Report Unavoidable, 11

Heating, Electric, Mischief of Secrecy as to Methods, 405

Hereford Projected Electric Extensions, 189

International Conference on High-tension Electric Supply, 151

Irish Free State and Shannon Electricity Bill, 11

Lamp Importation, Large, into Portugal, 37

Lighting, British Thomson-Houston Company’s New Showrooms, 2 I

Lots-road Power Station Plant Increase, 69.5

Maidstone Committee, Bearsted Supply of

Electricity Scheme to Cost £6500, 438

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued}:

Motor, Largest Ever Built for Steel Mill, to be Installed at McKinney Steel Company, Cleveland, 141

National Electricity Scheme Committee, 115

New South Wales State Commission on Electricity, Lapse of. 377

Gland, Island of, Sweden, Proposal to Supply Electrical Power to, 609, 669

Overhead Belt for Supply of Current to Large Rural Area, 115

Paris International Conference on High-tension Lines, 361

Polish Electrical Engineering, Demand for Increase in Import Duties, 471

Power-house at King George’s Docks, Calcutta, 89

Power Station Fuel Efficiency at New York, J. B. C. Kershaw, 581

Power Station at Witbank, South Africa, Construction Progress, 295

Queenstown, S. Africa, Development of Electricity Scheme, 463

Switchgear Improvement and Experiments, 241

Sydney City Power-house, Site at Botany Bay, 491

Sydney Power Station, Tenders for Plant to be Invited, 609

Tanjore, Madras, Loan for Electrification, 519

220-Kilovolt Transmission and Flash-overs, R. J. C. Wood, 433

Turbo-alternator, 5000—6000-Kilowatt, for Durban, 463

Turbo-alternator, 10,000-Kilowatt, 321

Units Sold for Cooking Purposes at Cardiff, 491

Victorian Electricity Commission, Sugarloaf Hydro-electric Scheme, 463

Victorian Electricity Commission’s Work, 551

Villages near Newton Abbot, Electricity

Supply Order, 695

ELECTROPLATERS’ and Depositors’ Technical Society, 653

Element, New, Discovered by Czech University Professor, 551

Engineering Federation and Trade Unions Conference in London, 11

Engineers’ Club Annual Dinner. 475

Engineers and the Colonial Office, 389

Exeter Ship Canal, New Lock Gates for, 115

EXHIBITIONS :

British Industries Fair in 1926, 321. 475

British Industries Fair, London and Binning-' ham, Invitations to all Parts of the World, 519

Cairo Agricultural and Indus-trial Exhibition, 349

Cycle Show at Olympia, 295

Electrical Exhibition at Osaka, 267

Fifth International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition in Paris in 1926, 189

German Foundry Exhibition at Dusseldorf, 215

International Agricultural Exhibition at Brussels, 588

International Fair at Salonica, 215

Postponement of Opening, 241, 295

International Motor Trade Exhibition in Copenhagen, 433

International Oil Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 626, 669

International Sample Fair in Havana, 581

Osaka, Electrical Exhibition in 1926, 321, 519

Phvsical and Optical Societies’ Exhibition, 447, 463

Radio Exhibitions in New York, 433

Railway Centenary Exhibition at South Kensington, 377, 463

Universal Smoke Abatement Exhibition in Birmingham, 669

ESTONIA’S Development as an Independent State, 639

j Experimental Arch Dam, Construction Started,

I 551

I Explosion of Aluminium Steam-jacketed Pan, Need of Caution, 89

Explosion of Boiler in Steam Trawler, 405

Explosion of Copper Winch Steam Pipe, 639

Explosion of Steam Trap in Important Powerhouse, 89

Explosion of Steam-worked Digester, 115 _

Explosions, Stop Valve, Due to Water-Hammer, 321

Explosives for Domestic Industries in U.S.A., Statistics of, 267

Explosives in Mines, Report by Mines Research Committee, 581

F FACTORY of the Future, Alfred W. Brown, 463

Fairs—see Exhibitions

Fan Installed in the Transvaal, Largest in the World, 377

Faraday House, Old Students’ Association, Seventeenth Annual Dinner, 417

Ferries, Vehicle, Across Sydney Harbour, 519

Ferry Across the Humber, 639

Finland State Sulphuric Acid and Superphosphate Plant at Kotka, 639

Fire-fighting in Mines, Tests, 115

Fire Float. New, for the Thames, 63

Floating Dock, Ex-German, Section for Scapa Bay Salvage Work, 321

Floating Dry Dock, 700ft. Ex-German, Arrival at Malta,’ 11 ; Arrival of Extra Section at Malta, 215

Flood Damage at Worcester to Electricity and Waterworks, 405

Floors of Railway Wagons, Experiments in Replacing Wood and Iron by Cement, 519

Flue Gases from Generating Stations, Value of Unceasing Watch, 377

Forestry Commission Activities, 215, 321

Forest and Fire Protection, 669

Foundry for Harrow School Workshop Projected, 609

Frost Effect on Concrete Dam, California, 63

Fuel Economy Engineering, New Company Started, 547

Fuel Research Work at the University of Birmingham, 551

Furnaces, Electric, in France, Output in 1913 and in 1924, 695

G GARNET Ore Finds in Canada, 63

Gas Administration Director Appointed by Board of Trade, 267

Gas Blower Explosions in Mines, Experiments for Prevention, 639

Gas Output, and Coal Consumed in the Industry,

Wages and Gas Costs, 519

Gear-cutting Hobs, Examination of, 75

G.E.C. Annual Sports, 52

German Aluminium Rolling Works, Negotiations for Establishment, of Syndicate, 189

German Prize for Firedamp Indicator, 433

Gold Medal Award for Paper, 321

Gold Mines, Porcupine, in Ontario, Production Value, 331

Gold Mining Industry, Progress in Ontario, 669

Gold Production of Canada in 1924, Country’s

Highest Record, 189

Goodwin Sands Shoaling, Gull Lightship and

Lighted Buoy Moved, 63

Grain Elevators, Numerous, Projected for Victoria, 241

Grain Elevators, 132 Projected at Country

Railway Stations in Victoria, 491

Grain-handling Elevator for Victoria, Vancouver, 463

Graphite Consumption Threatened, 677

Gypsum Production in Nova Scotia, 115

H HACK Saw Blade, New Type, Frys (London), Ltd., 204

Hacksaw for Wide Cuts, 565

Hardening Drills by Use of a Fresh Herring, 405 ; (Letter), 429

Helium Gas Wells in Toronto, 669

Helium Production, Experiments in Berlin, 405 High-pressure Trap, Steam Discharge from, 215 High-pressure Turbine, Reported Record, 165 Highway Operations, G. H. Delano, Snowfall

Effects, 639

House of Lords Well Provided with Heating Apparatus, 377

Houses of Steel Frames with Concrete Slabs, Erection in Eleven Days, 189

Hughes and Salomons Scholarships. 178

Human Factor in Industry, 653

Humber Navigation, Projected Improvements 349

Hydraulics,-Laboratory of, for Indian College, 639

Hydraulics, Research Institute for, Proposed in Switzerland, 377

Hydro-electric Development at Slave Falls, 491

Hydro-electric Plant in Now Brunswick, 189

Hydro-electric Plant', Novel Type, in China, 21.5

Hydro-electric Power in Norway, French

Opinion of its Great Capabilities, 241

Hydro-electric Power Plant of British Columbia

Electric Railway Company, 463

Hydro-electric Power in Switzerland, Growth of, JI

Hydro-electric Scheme in British Columbia, 55 I

Hydrogen Peroxide, Solid Form, British, Placed on the Market, 609

Hydrogen Production by New Method for Ammonia Synthesis, 349

Hydrographer Appointed in Toronto, 165

I IMPERIAL Institute, Changes,.52, 89

India, Tonnage Entered Into and Cleared Outwards, Statistics, 115

India, Western Coast of, Baroda State New Harbour at Adatra, 519

Indian Boiler Regulations, 1924, Proposed Amendments, 639

Indian and New Zealand’s Increased Imports of Motor Vehicles from Great Britain, 695

Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad, 519

Industrial Property Protection, Conference of International Union for, 377

Institutes and Institutions—.see Associations

Insulating Material in Sweden, Sphagni, 115

International Chamber of Commerce, Annual

Meeting of the British National Committee, Sir A. Garrett-Anderson’s Speech, 433

International Congress of Design in Paris, 63

International Geological Congress. Programme for 1926, 102

Irish Free State, New Patent Laws, 317

Iron Carbonyl as Anti-knock Agent in Liquid Fuels, 165

IRON AND STEEL :

Algeria, Iron Ore Exports from, 519

Anshan Ironworks’ Disappointing Business, 189

Caucasian Manganese Ore Deposits, Projected Development, 463

Cold-rolling Properties of Electrolytic Iron Compared with Open-hearth Steel, 295

Electric Alloy Steel, F. E. Clark, 581

Electric Steel Furnace Statistics, 267

Fine Specimens of Steel-making, 669 Franco-German Iron and Steel Trust, 11 Greatbridge Iron and Steel Works Bought to be Dismantled, 189

Hematite Iron Ore, Very Rich Deposit, in Western Australia, 241

Iron Ore on International Market, Annual Amount of, 463

Iron Ore, Record Huge Export of, from Bell Island, 165

Iron and Steel and their Products in Canada, Statistics for 1924, 241

Lathe Turning of Manganese Steel, 519

Manganese Deposits in Banffshire, Samples Satisfactory, 141

Molybdenum Alloyed with Steel, Value as Deoxidising Agent, 377

Motor, 9000 H.P., for Cleveland Steel Company, 141

National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers :

Pig Iron and Steel Production in August. 295

Pig Iron and Steel Production in September, 405

Pig Iron and Steel Production in October 551

Pig Iron and Steel Production in November, 695

IRON AND STEEL [continued)

Newfoundland, Question of Royalties on Iron _ Ores from, 349

Nickel Plating on Exposed Steel Parts of Motor Cars, 463

Nickel-plating, Porosity of, Result of Tests, 267

Nickel Production of Canada, Output of Two Companies, 189

Paint for Protecting Steel Surfaces under

Certain Conditions, Tests, 581

Quebec Magnesite Offered for British Steel Trade, 295

Steel Furnaces, Progress in Output and Con-ditions, 581

Steel Plates, Record Size, 165

Steel Rails Export, Germany’s Large Proportion, 695

Steel, Remarkable Claims for New Kind, 349

Steel Structures, Unsuitable for Japan. 377

Stockton, New Wharf Likely to Lead to

Continental Trade in Iron, 609

Suffolk Iron Foundry Employees’ Outing. 303

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Record Steel Output, 669 h

Sydney Steel Plant Fully Employed for

Canadian National Railways, 609

Tubes, Solid-drawn, of Stainless Steel and Iron, 581

Tungsten, Influence of, on Steel, Research Report, 241

United States, Pig Iron Production, 349

Workington Rail Mills of United Steel Company Restarted, 321

ISLE of Wight in Danger of Coast Erosion, 36

Italian Discovery of Ore Containing Copper

Sulphide and Gold, 340

Italian Parliament Telephone Between Chamber and Senate, 241

J JAMES Keith and Blackman Company. Ltd., Dinner to Directors and Management by Staff, 499 b

| Japanese Patent Office Controller, Visit of, 695,

K KAMBI Coupling, Swedish Engineer’s Invention, 551

Kaolin Discovery on Vancouver Island. 189

Kawasakai Dockyard Company, New Sheet

Mill, 463

Kelvin .Hall Destroyed by Fire, 37

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, The New, 241

Korea Experimenting in Cultivation of Sugar

Beet, 669

L LAMBETH Bridge, New, Estimated Cost o*, 141

Landslide, Huge, and its Effect, 377

Lantern Slides for Lectures, Tangyes Ltd., 475 ;

Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 694

Lead Mining Industry in Teesdale, Progress of New Company, 441

Lead, Reported Discovery of Process for Hardening and Tempering, 189

Leith Harbour and Docks, Projected Additions, 404

Libraries and Information Bureaux, Special, Association of, 78

Lifeboat with Hand Propelling Gear, 164

Lifeboat’s Round the World Cruise to Demonstrate Best Outfit Conditions, 433

Lighthouse Fire Puts Danger Signal Out of Action, 37

Lighthouse at River Wear Entrance to be Removed, 215 -

Lighthouses, Light Vessels, &c., Cost of Maintenance, 89

Lighting in Industry, 295

Lightning Statistics in Kilowatt-hours, 141

Lincoln, William, Obituary Notice, 518

Linoleum Factory for Denmark, 547

Lobito Angola Harbour Contract Progressing Slowly, 581

Loch Katrine, Extensive Alterations to Aqueducts, Sluices, &c., Fine Roadway Made. 11

Locomotive Boiler Explosions and Brass Smoke Tubes, 63

L.C. Council Fellowships, 102

London’s Housing, Proposed Use of Colour in the Concrete Employed, G. Topham, 695

London Traffic Advisory Committee, Tubes versus Omnibuses, 545

M MACHINE-MAKING Industry at Chemnitz.

Reported Critical State of, 609

Machinery, Light, in Nanking, 551

Magnetic Observatory to be Established at

Godhavn, West Greenland, 405

Maidstone Street Bridge Widening, 267

Malachite Mines, Bembe, Angola. 581

Manchester G.P.O. Sorting Office, Facilities for

Handling Mail Bags, 295

Manchester, Great Increase in Road Transport, 49o

Manganese—see Iron and Steel

Manufacturers’ Processes Disclosed, Difference between English and American Practice, 189

Marking Ink for Chemical Porcelain, Formula for, 581

Matches, Waterproof, 89

Melbourne and Brisbane, Need of Additional

Bridges, ] 41

Merchandise, Record Amount Handled at Capetown Docks, 669

Mercury Deposit Discoveries in Sumatra, 267

Mersey Tunnel—see also Railways

Mersey Tunnel Committee, Engineers Appointed, 349

Metals and Non-metals in Canada, Much Increased Output, 491

Methylated Spirit Production by New Process in Germany too Expensive for Commercial Use, 189

Mica, Domestic Uncut, Statistics of U.S.A.

Sales, 215

Milling Plant, Costly, Projected at Calgary, 115

Mine Pressures, Gauge for Measuring, 695

Mine Ventilation Scheme at Randfontein, 519

Mines Department Testing Station, 519

Mineral Deposits in Arctic Regions, Projected C Investigation, 377

Mineral Production of Tasmania, 609

Miners’ Welfare Work, Costly Grounds, Hall and Baths Opened, 123

Mining and Coal Handling in Victoria, Investigating European Methods, 241

Mining Electrical Engineers, Education and i Training of, T. J. Nelson, 609

Mining Industry and Research, E. J. Foley, 433 .

Mining in New Zealand, Conference, 639 Molybdenum—see Iron

Monazite Sand Discovery in Tasmania, 115 Mortar from Slate Dust Mixed with Glutin, 349 J Motor Car, English, World’s Record in Paris, 349

Motor Car Imports into South Africa, Increase, 95

Motor Omnibus Service, Passenger and Freight between Manchouli, Manchuria, Urga and Saupeitzefu, 609

Motor Road between Liverpool and East Lancashire, 405

Motor Touring in Great Britain, 50 Per Cent. Increase over 1924, 349

N NATAL’S Greatly Increased Exports, 141

Natural Gas Discovery on North Saskatchewan River, Canada, 695

New Brunswick Power Development Schemes, 115

Newcastle Quay, Proposed Extension, 405

Newcastle and Gateshead, Desired Quayside Improvements, 639

Newcomen, Thomas, and James Watt Anniversaries, 215

Newhaven, Harbour at, Offered to Southern Railway, 412

New South Wales, Safe Working of Coal and Shale Mines, Inquiry, 165

New South Wales State Cabinet and Wireless Schemes, 639

New Zealand, Boring at the Taranaki Oilfields, 519

New Zealand, Greymouth Harbour Board’s Projected Improvements, 141

Niagara Falls, Permission for Increased Water

Diversion for Power Purposes, 609

Niagara Falls Recession and Effect of, 463, 551 Nickel—see Iron and Steel

Nipigon River, Ontario, Expectations from

Development of Energy of, 639

Nitric Oxide Production Experiments, 295

Nitrogen Factory, Hitch in Negotiations, 329

Nitrogen Fixation Factory Projected on the

Moscow-Nijni Novgorod Railway, 609

Notched Bars, Comparative Impact and Slow-bend Tests on Non-ferrous Allovs and Steels, 267

o OIL Changes in Rocks Under Pressure, 63

Oil Discovery in China, Transport,Difficulties, 1 15

Oil Engine Power Plant, Tenders Called for, 463

Oil Prospects in Queensland, Dr. A. Wade, 519

Oil Refinery at North Vancouver, B.C., 463

Oil Refining from Bituminous Coal in China, Plant being Installed, 241

Oil Storage Facilities at Grangemouth, 349

Oils, Crude, of the Western Hemisphere, Study of, and Report, 639

One-millionth of a Centimetre for Metal Foils, Reported Process for Production of, 215

Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission Appointments, 241, 376

Ontario’s Water Power Resources, Results of Survey, 115

Oscillograph, Electro-magnetic, New Type, 215

Overseas Trade, Discussion Between Continental Representatives of Britain with Home Manufacturers, 349

Oxygen by Liquid Air Process, Plant at Great Western Railway Works, Swindon, 695

P ■PAPER Mill Projected for Fort Alexander, Manitoba, 141

Paper Products from Waste Straw, 491

Patent Laws, Irish Free State, 317

Peat Fields of Alfred, Ontario, to be Reopened, 189

Persia’s Mineral Wealth, 295

Petrol-electric Vehicle for L.C.C. Fire Brigade, 189

Petroleum in Africa, Unsuccessful Search

Hitherto, 1 4 1

Petroleum Prospecting in Spain, 551

Phosphate Deposits Excellent Report, 609,

Phosphate Rock Discovery near Capetown, 115 Photographs Taken by Aeroplane Transmitted

East and West America in Half an Hour, 377 Piles, Wooden, Under Water, Means of Cutting

Off, 463

Pipe, Huge, Rapidly Moved to New Position, 695

Pipe Line Electrically Welded and Resulting Economy, 581

Platinum Market in London, Scheme to Form Combine, 349

Polytechnic in St. Pancras, New, Grant for, 63 Port Works at Fremantle, W.A., Improved, 463 Portland Cement Output Expected at North fleet, 295

Potash and Rock Salt, Large Deposits Report in the Ruhr Coalfield, 215

Potteries’ Gas and Electricity Undertakings, Disappointing Results, 1 I

Power Alcohol Production from Molasses in Australia, 89

Punjab Government, Water Supply Extension, 639

Q QUAY, Deep-water, Proposed Construction in Sunderland, 639

Quebec, Power Development on the Batiscan River, 491

R RADIUM-BEARING Ores, Reported Discovery in the Belgian Congo, 609

Rails, Japan’s Decision to Replace American by British, 646

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Aberystwyth, Sunday Excursions to, 89

Accidents :

Buffer Stop Collision at Douglas, 215, 295

Buffer Stop Collision at Luddenfoot, Report, 107

Buffer Stop Collisions, Report on Three, 695

Collision, Slight, at Llandudno, 405, 491

Collision, Slight, at Sheffield, 321

Collisions and Automatic Train Control, 377

Connecting Rod Causes Fatal Accident near West Acton Station, 669

Delaware Disaster near Rockport, U.S.A., An Act of God, 89

Derailment on Stoppage of Boat Train, 241

Doncaster Avoiding Line Accident Recalled, 115

Explosion of Gas Cylinder, Fatal, 348, 377

Fatal Derailment of Express, U.S.A., 500 Fenny-Stratford Disaster, 639, 669

Fog and Accidents, 581

French Railway Collision, Another Fatal, 215

French Train’s Disastrous Derailment at Amiens Station, 189

Goods Trains’ Collision near Barnard Castle, Report, 241

Head-on Collision in Colorado, Signalman’s Presence of Mind, 215

Historical Cases of Shunted Trains being Overlooked, 321

Hope Collision and Deaths of Three Railwaymen, Coroner’s Verdict, 321 ; Report, 669

Level Crossings Accidents in U.S.A., Reduction in, 63

Light Engine Collision at St. Enoch’s, Glasgow, 695

Liverpool-street Station Collision Inquiry, Signalman Blanked, 349

Mishap to Motor Car Train near Holly well, 133

“ Movement ” Accidents to Railway Servants, 1924, 345

Platelayer Killed in Absence of Look-out Man, 267

Previous Accidents Recalled, 165, 321, 463 Reduction in Number of Accidents to

Standard Oil Vehicles Crossing Railways, 695

Report on Collision at Baker-street, 491

Return of Railway Accidents and Casualties, 267

Slight Collision at Wincobank, 581

Track Circuit Failures and Unexpected Causes, 405

Tramcar Running Back and Collision, 405 433

ACWORTH, Sir William, Proposed Memorial to, 551

American Declaration of Independence Anniversary, 11

American Train’s 946 Miles Journey in 22| Hours, 405

American Transportation and Grouping Question, 295

American Views on Railway Working in England, 163

Appointments and Staff Changes, ] 15, 201. 295, 405, 519, 609

Articulated Cars in America and Great Britain, Advantages of, 215

Automatic Train Control, New System in America, 639, 669

Bengal - Nagpur Railway, Electrification Question, 37

Benguella Railway, Progress Towards Katanga, 551

Birthday Honours for Railwaymen, 37

Bridge, Beira - Nyasaland Railway, Over the Zambesi, 89

Bridge Over the Murray River, Strengthening, 377

Bridge Over River Murray for Through Trains from Melbourne to Adelaide, 165

British Railways, Criticism of, and American Tribute to Efficiency, 215

Buenos Aires, Projected Underground Railway, 171

Business Falling and Railwaymen’s Number Increasing, 267

Cambrian Railway’s Changes of Fortune, 609

Canadian National Railway to Operate Electric Train Service between Ottawa and Montreal, 165

Canadian Pacific Railway, A 40 Miles Extension, 581

Centenary Exhibition Prolonged, 463

Centenarv Memorial Service for Railwaymen, 321

Centenary of Railways’ Celebrations, Embarrassing Numbers Taking Part, 349

Centenary of Railways, Old Engines to Go to York Railway Museum, 189

Central London Railway’s Birthday, 141

Central Wages Board Meetings, 349, 463

Charing Cross and Metropolitan Junction, Certain Lincs Temporarily Closed, 215

Charing Cross Underground Station’s Future, 639

Cheshire, Salop and Herefordshire Lines, New Administration Plans, 519

Chicago, Union Station Opened, Particulars of, 215

Chinese Railway in Progress, Details, 295

Chinese Railways’ Decreased Receipts, 11

City Railway, Kennington Station Reopened, 63

City Railway, Train Indicators Provided, 463

Closing Branch Lines and Stations, Difference between American and British Regulations, 551

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):

Coal Carriage to Ireland, Government and the Great Southern and Western Railway,

Coal Prices and Railway Charges, 141

Coal for Railway Consumption, Prices of, and

Railway Charges on Coal Carriage, 695

Death of Mr. J. P. Annett, 639

Death of Mr. Frederick F. Backus, 37

Death of Mr. George M. Basford, 551

Death of Mr. A. W. Gattie, 321

Death of Captain W. J. C. Nash, 89

Death of Mr. William Patton, 165

Death of Mr. J. H. Pinder, 115

Derwent River and Railway Crossings, Additional Lines for Increasing Traffic, 63

Diesel-electric Car’s Record Unbroken Trip, 695

Diesel Type Locomotive, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Trial Trips, 63

Dudley-Wordsley Trams to be Replaced by Motor Omnibuses, 89

Dumper, Steam-operated, for 120-Ton Cars, 639

Egyptian State Railways, Tank Wagon Tenders, 519, 609

Egyptian State Railways, Tenders for New Bridge at Alexandria, 320

Engine Driver’s Name Given to Locomotive, 581

“Engineer as a Railroad Executive,” Remarks by Mr. Julius Kruttschnitt, 349

Escalators and Improvements at Tottenham Court-road, 377

Escalators and Passenger Subway, New, at Trafalgar-square Station, 704

Eskd'ale Track and 15-Gauge Locomotive, 115

Estonia, Projected New Railway, 267

Euston-square and King’s Cross Junction, Progress of Improvements, 11

Ferry Across the Humber, 639

French Express Engine Drivers, Erroneous Report, 349

French Railway Accidents and Automatic Signalling, 609

French Railways and the “Crocodile,” Old Invention of Monsieur Lartigue, 433

Garratt Engine, The Late II. W. Garratt, 37 Gauge, British Railways, Eighty Years Ago, 63

German Competition Prize for Stress and Deflection .Recorder, 11

Giant’s Causeway Hydro-electric Tramway, First in the World, Stand-by Power-house for, 89

Good Men Scarce on English Railways, Sir Felix Pole’s Address to Students, 433

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Ceases to Exist, Property Passes to State, 41

Great Indian Peninsula Railwav, .Electrification of Main Line, Cost, 349

Great Northern Railroad (U.S.A.), Risk of Automatic Signalling, 189

Great Southern Railway of Ireland, Urges Reduction of Pay All Round, 241

Great Western Railway :

Accidents to Men in Swindon Works, Reduction in Number of, 267

Changes Foretold in Ownership of Certain Lines in Consequence of Grouping, 491

Coal Dispute Question/and Discrimination between Classes of Traffic, General Manager’s Warning, 267

Junction Line Projected to Replace Part of Marlborough Branch, 71

Ocean Mails Specials, Record Run, Plymouth-Paddington, 349

Purchase of Nevin Omnibus Company, 267

Swansea Harbour Trust Taken Over by Great Western Railway and Bridge Projected, 267

Swindon to Paddington Fast Run, 141

Track Doubled between Portmadoc and Pwllheli, 141

Vale of Rheidol Railway. Branch Diversion to Main Line Station, 11, 639

Grouping Advantages and Royal Trains, 433 Grouping, and Consequent Available Warehousing Space, 110

Harbin, Manchuria, City Tramway Projected, 321

History of Railways, 127

India, Goods Train Operation, 519

Indian Railways, Two, Secretary of State Decides Not to Purchase, 37

Institutes and Institutions, Railway and Transport—see Associations

Interim Dividends of Four Railway Groups. 141

International Railway Congress :

American Choice of Railway Event for Celebration, 11

Congress “ Proceedings ” Publication Delayed by Printers’ Strike, 349

Germany and other Governments’ Expected Applications for Admission, 37

International Railway Congress Special to Swindon, J1

Meeting Place for 1930, 1 1, 37

Soviet Government’s Request to Join the Association Declined, 37

International Railway Services and Tariffs’ 321

Irish Free State Railways Amalgamated into Great Southern Railway, 165

Irish Road and Railway Transport, Proposed Linking-up, 267

Irish Winter Train Services Reduced, 455

Italian Railway Bridge Fatal Disaster, 405

Italian State Railways, Marked Improvement in Revenue, 691

Japanese Adopt British Type of Rails, 695

J apanese Railways Freight Vehicle Couplings, 321

Khyber Pass Railway Opening. 463

Ladysmith-Touws River Line Opening, 551

Light Railway Orders, 463

Light Railways of 1898, Parts of Scheme Abandonee!, 551

Llewellyn, Inspector J. M., Killed at Bristol, 551

London Electric Railways’ Extension, 463

London Travellers, Enormous Increase of Journeys, 581

London, Midland and Scottish Railway :

Automatic Signalling between Barking and Bow-road, 140

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):

London, Midland and Scottish Railway {con.):

Changes Foretold in Ownership of Certain Lines in Consequence of Grouping, 491

Coal Commission, Director of L.M. and S.

Railway to be a Member, 267

Euston to Perth with Only One Stop, 63 ;

Claim Disputed, 89

Fleetwood, Improvements near Passenger Station and Larger Steamers on Belfast Route, 491

Further Widening of Line near Wakefield, 45

London, Tilbury and Southend Electrification Postponed, 89

Motor Cars Over Ferries on the Caledonian Section, Complaints of Excess Charges, 189

Portstewart Station Tramway (Northern Counties Committee) to be Exchanged for Omnibus Service, 491

Relaying Lines with Felt Pads Under Chairs, in Dunblane and Stirling Area, 463

Restaurant Service, Manchester and Birmingham, 519

Season Tickets, Weekly, Liverpool and Manchester, Manchester and Bury, 519

Water Columns and Tanks, Differently Coloured and the Reason for, 561

Winter Service Changes, 349

London and North-Eastern Railway :

Hanging Buffers and Timber Dog, £100 Reward offered for Invention, 673

Hull Dock Warehouse Destrovcd by Fire, 669 ‘

Liverpool-street and Ilford Proposals, Cost of, 377

Locomotion No. 1 Returned to Pedestal in Darlington Station, 491

Locomotive and Wagon Construction Programme, 551

Pullman Train Changes on the L. and N.E.

Railway, 295

Signalman’s Action Averting an Accident, 295

Lord Monkswell and the Railways, 519, 609

Mail Service to Belfast and North of England, Improvements, 321

Manchester, Scheme for Tube Railways for, 377

Manchester South .Junction and Altrincham Railway, Local Demand for Electrification, 433 .

Melbourne Cable Tramway Conversion to an

Electric Service, 491

Mersey Railway Company’s Grievance, 189

Mersey Tunnel Construction Bill Passed, 148

Metropolitan, District and Tubes Railways,

Greatly Improved Services, 321

Ministry of Transport:

Appointments to Railway Employment Safety Appliances Committee, 141

Electrification of Railways, Parliamentary-Question and Minister’s Reply, 241

Fenny-Stratford Disaster Inquiry, 639, 669

Order for Acquisition by Agreement of

Land by London Electric Railway, 295

Railway Statistics, Passenger and Goods, for March, 41

Railway Statistics for June, also for First Half of Present Year, 321

Railway Statistics for July, 433

Railway Statistics for August, 581

Railway Statistics for September, 695

Motor Omnibuses to Replace Trackless Trains in Boksburg, 695

National Union of Railwaymen :

Central Wages Board, Difficulties of Discussion, 405

Circular to the Members Advising Acceptance of Wages Board Award, 669

Coal Dispute and Traffic Handling, Warning of General Manager, 267

Question of Amalgamation with Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Society, 73

Railway Companies’ Conference "with Trades Unions, 11

Railway Companies’ Proposal to Men for All-round Reduction in Directors’ Fees, Salaries and Wages, 37, 669

Railwaymen’s Wages and Cost of Living.

11, 669 *

Record Assets Reported, 18

National Wages Board and Railwaymen’s Wages, 551, 669

Never-Stop Railway, The One-millionth Passenger, 405

New Zealand Government Railways, Self-propelled Coaches for, 215

North London Railway, Former, Discontinues Second-class Bookings, 295

North London, Travelling Facilities, Public Inquiry, 321

Nova Scotia, Bill for Branch Line Construction Defeated, 37

Oil-burning. Locomotive’s Wonderful Run, 581

Old-street Underground Station, New Escalator Shaft and Passageway, 37

Oxford Circus Station Reconstruction, ] 89

Parliamentary Decision Concerns Oldest

Existing Railway to have Received Parliamentary Sanction, 463

Parliamentary Powers to be Sought for

Works on Various Railways, 581, 609

Passenger Tube Under the Tyne, 490

Pennsylvania Railroad Telephone, Extensive

Use of, 215

Pennsylvania System, Retirement of President, 463

Piccadilly Circus Tube Station, Progress, 295

Post Office Trains, 37

Praise of Railway Companies, 639

Pullman Car Non-stop Trains, 581

Punch and Wagon-coupling Accidents, 63

Rail Motor, New Typo, 165

Railway Material" Exports Statistics, 115, 165, 377, 519

Railway Rates, 50 per cent. Increase, Wages

150 per cent.. Material 80 per cent., Sir R. Wedgwood, 519

Railway Rates Tribunal :

Capital of Railway Companies, Tribunal’s Decision, 433

Demurrage Charges on Railway-owned Wagons, 165

Railway Rates Tribunal (continued):

Economies Arising Out of Grouping, 463

Economies from Grouping not Confirmed by Railway Companies, 405

Postponement of Question of Railway Expenses and Standard Charges, 141

Rating of Railways, 115

Raven, Sir Vincent, Resigning President’s

Office, 669

Royal Train to North, New Route Taken, 189

Scottish Railway Shareholders and Men’s

Wages during Government Control, 267

Shopmen’s Wages, Court of Inquiry to be Set up, 695

Signal Colours, Two, for Colour-blind and Non-colour-blind, 491

Signalling and Other Appliances, J. E. and J. P. Annett, 639

Signalling Plant, Electro-mechanical, at Belfast, 241

Signalman’s Death at His Post, Effect of Block System Signalling, 377

Sir Felix Pole on Peace in Rail wav Industry, 669

Sleeper Spacing and Axle Loads, A. F.

Harvey, 609

South African Railways Workshops, Cost of Extensions, 189

South-East London and Traffic Facilities, 141

Southern Railway :

Charing Cross to Orpington and Addis-combe, Electrification Delayed, 491

Complaints of Overcrowding Due to Bank Holiday Traffic, 189

Concrete Sleepers, Projected Trials of New Type, 700

Criticisms of Electrical Services, 241

Different Electric Systems on Various Sections, 89

Electrical Services, New, and Extensions, 11

Newhaven, Harbour at, Proposed Transfer to Southern Railway, 412

Reconstruction Work on Eastern Kent Section, 37

Restaurant Facilities Extended, 386

Siding, New, at Dorking North Station, 115

Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway and Torrington and Halwill Light Railway Inspected and Opened, 63, 89

Turbine Mail Steamers, Southern Railway, Converted to Oil Burners, 581

Vera and Alberta Steamers, Southern Railway, to be Replaced by New Vessels, 491

Victoria Stations Amalgamation Numbering, 349

Waterloo, Changes of Certain Electric Trains to Relieve Congestion, 609

Wimbledon Station Under Reconstruction. 669

Stephensons, Father and Son, Confusion by Journalists, 89

Stockton and Darlington Railway, Celebration of One Hundredth Anniversary of Opening, 215

Stratford, Gas Standard Obstruction, 215

“ Summer Trains,” Incorrect Report, 115

Sunday Trains in Scotland, Additional, 405

Swiss Federal Railways, Progress of Electrification of Olten-Berne Section, 141 ; (Correction), 165

Telephone Booths, 1 Mile Apart for 10,000 Miles Railway, 89

Telephones on Railway Motor Cars in Italy and America, 141

Thomas, Mr. J. H., on the Coal Subsidy and Nationalisation, 241

Tottenham Court-road “Comb ” Escalators, 491

Trade Union, New Railway, 89

Tramway Electrification in Reval, Esthonia, 581

Tramway Works at Liverpool, Cost of, 491

Tramways, Limitations of, A. W. S. Herrington, 639

Transandine Railway Boundary Tunnel, 11

Tubes’ Decreased Passengers and Receipts

Compared with Greatly Increased Prosperity of Motor Omnibuses, 527, 545

Underground Company’s Tunnel Connection at King’s Cross between Piccadilly and City Lines, 295

Underpinning of Railway Bridge Over London Street, 165

Victorian Government Railways Traffic Statistics, 295

Virginian Railway Electrical Operation, 551

Wages Rate in Pre-war Days, 581

Wagons, High-capacity, All-metal, for Road Stone and Tar-macadam, 295

Wagons, Privately Owned, Reply to Complaints, 491

Watford Extension Opening, 433 ; Descriptive Brochure of Line, 551

Whitemoor Locomotive Depot at March, 639

Winter Train Services, Dates for Beginning and End, 295

Woolwich-built Locomotives, 178

Workmen’s Unremunerative Fares on Tramways and Railways, 527

REACTION, Incompleteness of, Between Hard Water and Alkaline Reagents Used, 63

Reagent, New, for Copper, Iron and Cobalt in Quantitative Analysis, 267

Reflector, New Type, 463

Reinforced Concrete Building, Highest in the World, 63

Reinforcement of Concrete Pipes, New Method of, H. S. Bower, 519

Research Work. Report of American Bureau of Standards, 11

Reservoir Built in Rapid Time, 551

Resistance to Traction of Passenger Motor < 'ars and of Pneumatic Tire Wagons on Paved Surfaces and on Gravel, 519

Road Troubles in American Cities as in London, 669 .„ .

Roads in Hunan, China, Construction Scheme,

639i on

Roofs, Iron Sheets Outlast Steel, 89

Ropes, Worn, New Instrument for Testing, 69a

Royal Scottish Museum Assistantship, Appointment, 89„

Rubber Compounding Tendencies, v\ .

Wiegand, 321

Rubber Exports from Para,'Statistics, 241

Rubber Industry Institution Meeting, 361

Rubber Plantation to be Started in Liberia, 463

Rudder Perforation, A German Invention, 63

Russian Oil Storage Tanks at Avonmouth and

Grangemouth, 551

s

SAGUENAY River, Big New Power Develop- | ment, 141 .

St. Lawrence Power Development, Project | Delayed, 63 . .

St. Lawrence Waterways Deepening, Inquiry by Expert, 115

Salford Centralisation of Transportation Sys- . tern, 695 ,,r n .

Salt, First Shipment from New Salt v\ ells

of Alberta Salt Company, 189

Salt Water for Fire Mains, Evil Effects of, 69a

Salving of Treasure on P. and O. Mail Boat

Egypt, Contract for, 405

Scarborough’s New Bridge and Government Grant, 141 . . . .

Scholarships in Engineering, British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 568

Scholarships in Engineering, Norton and Gregory, Ltd., 499

Scholarships in Engineering Offered by Loughborough College, Leicestershire, 695^

Scholarships, Hughes and Salomons, 178

Scholarships, Research, in Naval Architecture, 245

Scientific and Industrial Research, Appointments to Advisory Council, 377 _

Scottish Shale Oil Industry, Position of, 295

Sea Sand in Plaster, Cable Insulation Destroyed I by Corrosion, 115

Sennar Dam Opened, 89 I

Shale Oil Industry in South Africa, Question of State Assistance, 609

Shanghai Strike Troubles and Interrupted

Electric Supply, 295

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :

British India, In and Out Tonnage Statistics, 267

British Naval Work for the Hellenic Government, .253 .

Cairn Liner Damage and Quick Repair, 141

Canada’s New Ships for British West Indian

Trade, 349

Centrifugal Separators for Fuel Oil on Motor |

Ships, 405 . I

Comet Steamer, Hundredth Anniversary ot Disaster, 433

Commonwealth Cruisers, Names of I wo New, 695 ... ta k

Destroyer Repairs to be Limited to Dock-vards, 215 ,,

Flettner Rotor Ship, Finnish Inventor s

Improvement, 11 .

Furness, Withy and Co., Tenders Invited tor

Ships, British Prices far Exceed Foreign, 89

Fushun, Shallow-draught Steamer, Safe Arrival at Hongkong, 639

Gliding Boat Driven by Aeroplane 1 ro-peller, Great Expectations, 267

Harwich-Esbjerg Motor Mail and Passenger

Ship Parkeston, Great Advantages of, 349

Japanese Naval Estimates, 63

Kenilworth, 5096-Ton Steamer, Rapid Bun- j kering and Despatch, 349

Lifeboat Regulations, Fleming Boat Recommended, 89  ;

Machinery Installed in Lake Steamer, Record Speed, 165

Motor Lifeboat, Seventeen Years Old, but

Still Doing Good Service, 165

Motor Ship City of Stockholm, 307

Motor Ship Danmark, Particulars of, 377

Naval Building Programme, 1925-6, 215

Oil Tanker to Burn Oil Fuel with Triple- ! expansion Engines, 349

Orient Line Steamers’ Change of Home Port, 215

P. and O. Bombay Liner Ranchi to Start , Service, 141

Rotor Ships, Large, for German Government 37

Scapa Flow, Salving of German Destroyers, Progress, 63, 115, 1.65, 695

Second-hand Steamships’ High Prices, 295

Sinking of Mississippi River Steamer, Its

Cause, 295 . _

Towing to Buenos Aires from Hull, four i Months’ Voyage, 349

Turbine Mail Steamers, Dover-Calais, Iwo Converted for Oil Burning, 639

Two Cruisers, British, Machinery for, 669

White Star Liner’s Stern Frame Rail Journev, Space Required for Transport, 581 , . .

Yarrow Experiments and Research W ork in connection with High-speed Vessels, 518

SHOWS—see Exhibitions

Silting Trouble at Durban Waterworks, 267

Silver lead Ore Discovery, New South Wales, 519

Silver Wedding Presentation, 565

Singapore Registration Bill for Architects, 499

Smoke Abatement and Lack of Funds, 669 Smokeless Fuel, Discussion of Papers on, 496 Snowdon Mountain Railway, Increased Traffic,

Societies—see Associations

Sorel’s Magnesium Oxychloride, 639

South Africa’s Imports of Merchandise, 11.)

Soviet Union, Progress in Mechanisation in Industry, 321

Steam at Bottom of Vertical Gas Retorts, Results and Tests, 491

Steam Condenser with 70,000 Square Feet Cooling Surface, 267 .

Steam Power Plant, 100,000 H.P., Projected in

Carolina, 639

Stellite, A Cutting Tool, but Not a Steel; E. M.

Boote, 551

Suez Canal, Traffic and Revenue Returns, 141

Sugar Beet Factory Projected at Selby, 405

Sugar Factory Erection in Latvia, 377

Sugar Factory at Raymond, Alberta, 581

Sugar—see also Beet

Sulphate of Ammonia Plant in Natal Closed

Down, 519

Suspension Bridge, New, Over the Delaware

River, 63

Synthetic Ammonia, Toulouse Plant for Manufacture of, 349

T TANKS, Large, for Molasses, 115

Tarmac Works and Plant Projected in East Cleveland, 377

Tasmanian Cement Works Starting Operations, 609

Telephone Call-boxes, Prevention of Eavesdropping, 241

Telephone Circuit and Elimination of Noises, 321 . .

Telephone Development, Great Britain at the Foot of the List of Nations, 63

“Telephone Habit,” Post Office Project to Inculcate, 519

Telephone, Long-distance Service, in China, 669

Telephone Statistics, 321

Telephone, Street, Instruments, New System at Dundee, 491

Telephoned Pictures as Part of Press Routine in U.S.A., 43

Telephonic Communication Between London and Frankfort, 165

Tenders for Pumping Station Plant, Cairo, 348

Testimonial to a Distinguished Frenchman, 568

, Thermometers for Russia, Centigrade Scale

I Only to be Used, 405

The Thirty Club. Westminster Dinner, 21

Timber Output for Coming Year in Quebec, Predicted Amount, 695

Timber Sleepers, New Remedy for Worn

I Spike Holes, 463

1 Tin Deposits in the Waratah Valley, 463

l Tin Mine in Cornwall, Reopening, 115

Tin, Prospecting for, in South-West Africa, 165

1 Tires Exposure to Damp or Dust, Need of Care, 609

I Traction Engines and Rubber Tires, 141, 215

I Trade Dispute Statistics for July, 215

Traffic “ White Line ” at Dangerous Corners, Inventors’ Schemes for Improvement, 639

Trepanning Tool, Fry’s (London), Ltd., 78

Tunnel Under St. Louis Bay Proposed, 115

' Tunnels, Two, Under Detroit River, 551

| Turbine Pumps, Large, for Manchester, 420

I Turkish Science and Industry Magazine, 405

UNDERPINNING Church. Elaborate Process with Steel Pipe Piles, 491

| United States National Research Council, Projected Publication of Scientific Data, 620

I University College, London, Course of Lectures, Mercury Vapour Lamps and Mercury Arc Rectifiers, Professor J. A. Fleming, 437

University of New Brunswick, Chair of Electrical Engineering, 695

University of Sheffield, Appointments, 78

V I VAUGHAN, Mr. J. A., Retirement of, 463

I “ Veeder Magnetic Counter,” 609

Vehicle Building Industry, New Regulations for, 215

Vehicles, Municipal, Trial of Street Sweepers, &c., 475

Vertical Shaft Sinking, New World’s Record, 463

Vickers Group Amateur Operatic Society, 593

w WAGON and Machine-building Factory,

Germano-Bulgarian, 160

Wagons, War Department, 162

Water-hammer and Accident Caused by Failure to Open By-pass, 89 . .

Water Main, 1400ft. Long, Rapid Placing of, 267

Water Power Development in the Punjab, 267

Water Power Developments near Ontario

Border, Quebec Contracts, 639

Water Power Plant, 800,000 H.P. for Saguenay,

Quebec, 241

Water Softening, Limits of Rate for filtration, 115

WATER SUPPLY :

Additional Water Supply for Mining Areas near Pontefract, 405

Bradford’s Additional Water from the River

Nidd, 349

WATER SUPPLY {continued):

Capetown Water Supply, Pipe Dimensions for, 165

Chicago Water Consumption, Enormous Tota and Half Wasted, 551

Durban’s Water Supply, Progress of Dam Construction, 295

Esthonian Republic, New Waterworks, 333

Household Water Consumption Reduced by Metering, 695

Skegness Water Supply Augmentation, 215

Water Storage Reservoir, Additional, at Milford, near Stafford, 63

iVATERPROOF Bags for Transporting Dry Chemicals, Increased Use of, 695

Waves, Sound, and Light, Comparison, 639

Vaygood-Otis Club Sports, 21

Weathering of Stone Used for Buildings, 609

Welland Canal, Magnitude of Work, 669

Weymouth Port Development Scheme, 267

Whitworth Society, Summer Meeting, 102

Wire Rope Safety Tests, 491

Wire Rope Strengths, Messrs. Bruntons, 536

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY :

American Encouraging Report of Efficiency of British Wireless Industry, 241

Arctic Circle, 125-Miles Beyond, Wireless Station Opened at Aklavik, 519

Austria, Broadcasting Restrictions and Protection, 321

“ Beam ” Radio-telegraph Station near Skegness for Communication with India and Australia, ] 1, 215

Belle Isle New Station, 677

Board of Trade New Wireless Regulation, 37

Bolivia Begins Broadcasting, 669

Broadcast Telephony Conference, 11

Broadcasting from Colliery by Sheffield Relay Station, Great Success, 11

Broadcasting Experiments from Scotch Express, 37

Broadcasting Schemes Projected, Listeners’ Requirements, 11

Broadcasting Stations under Construction, World-wide Increase, 349

Broadcasting Stations at Milan and in Czecho-Slovakia to be Opened Shortly, 189

Colombo and Perth, Western Australia, Communication Set up and Experiments in Progress, 669

Commercial Organisation in Isolated Parts of the World, Wireless Installations, 11

Cork Harbour Pilot Boat, Wireless Installation for, 37

Deep Sea Fishermen Mission, New Steamship Fitted with Wireless Transmitter, 11

French Broadcasting Stations, Comparative Strength Shown by Experiments, 295

Geneva Broadcasting Troubles, 639

German Wireless Industry Progress, 141, 215 Greek Government and Wireless, 141 Heating Filaments of Wireless Valves, Dr.

J. H. T. Roberts’ Invention, 11

High-powered Wireless Stations in Jamaica and Bermuda, 37

Hil versum (Dutch) Station as Rival to Daventry, 519

Leeds and London, Broadcasting Arrangements, 377

Lighthouse Equipped for Wireless in Canada, 321

Lightning Effect on Wireless Apparatus, 377 Liverpool Broadcasting Station Accident, 321 Queensland Broadcasting Service, 321 Receiving Sets in Chile, 463

Receiving Sets Repair, Suggested Body of

Expert Maintenance Men, 37

Receiving Sets Without Special Batteries 433 Seoul, Korea, Broadcasting Station, 695 Studio, Wireless, Large New, for London Station, 241

Trinidad Wireless System Reconstruction, 581

Two-way Communication between Kohat (North-West Indian Frontier) and Caterham, Record, 491

Vessels of Rio de Janeiro Company to be Equipped with Powerful Marconi Installations, 491

Wireless Goods in British Market, Protection Sought Against Foreign Underselling, 349

Wireless International Conference at Geneva, 37

Wireless Telegraph Station at Salinas, under Brazilian Department, 433

Wireless Telegraphy (Explanation) Bill, 37

WOLFRAM Deposit Discovery in South Africa, 609

Workshop Suggestion Schemes, 361

World Power Conference, Permanent Committees to be Set up for each of Participating Countries, 695

Y YANGTZE Engineering Works, near Hankow, Resumes Operations, 89

Yarrow Boilers with Superheaters for Portsmouth Dockyard Power Station, 695

York Omnibuses, Trolley and Petrol, Show

Profit, but Loss on Tramcars, 349

z ZINC and Lead, Large Manufacturing Plant for,

Projected in Quebec, 165

Zinc Ore in Spitzbergen, Large Deposits, 581

Zinc Refinery, Large New, in Canada, 187

Zulu land Harbour Proposed, Cost of Such Undertaking, 551

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