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ABATTOIR and Refrigerating Plant for East London, S.A., 437

Aberdeen New Suction Hopper Dredger, 153

Accidents in Mines in U.S.A., 153

Acetylene Generating Plant, Very Large, 413

AERONAUTICS :

Aeroplane, New Very High-speed, A. V. Roe, 213

Aeroplane Services, Several New, to Start, 413

Aircraft Apprentices, 149

Amphibian Flying Boats for Royal Australian Air Service, First Boat Launched, 213

Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 512

Cairo-Karachi Service, Details of Five Projected Machines for Use, 213

Cairo and Khartoum, Mail Service Possible by Aeroplane, 13

Croydon to Nuremburg and Back in 15| Hours, 469

Flight from Rome to Tokio and Back, Marchese de Pinedo, 441

Flying Boat Widgeon, Official Test, 446

French Flying, Government Prize Offer, 213

Fuel Tank, Pescara Bullet-proof, for Aeroplanes, 325

Glider, Engineless German, Record Flight of Over Nine Hours in the Air, 637

Glider, the “ Sea Flea,” Manned by Two Men, Proposed Voyages, 525

Helicopter Competition Fallen Through, 525

Night Flight in America, Only Partially Lighted, Plans for Extension, 553

R 36 Projected Flight Cancelled, 71

Royal Air Force Flight from Cairo to the

Cape, Details of Project, 213

Superseded Aeroplane’s Life Record, 497

Tenth Aeronautical Exhibition, 289

Wooden and Metal Propellers for Aircraft, Experiments to Determine Relative Merit of, 497

AFFORESTATION in Australia, 43

Alberta Oil Wells, High Average Production, 525

Alcohol from Sugar, Doubtful as a Paying Project, 441

Alloy of Manganese and Phosphorus, American Investigation, 125

Aluminium Abundance and Increasing Consumption, 441

Aluminium Paint, Durability and Protective Power of, E. Andrews, 379

American Honour for English Writer, 224

Analysis of Gases and Orsat Apparatus, 125

Ancient Cottages Preservation, 440

Anglo-Italian Mutual Concessions in Abyssinia and the Soudan, 441

Antimony Mine in Brittany Approaching Exhaustion, 637

Antimony, Uses of, in War and Peace, 581

Apprentices in the Engineering Trades, Education of, 337

Apprenticeship System for Contractors and Building Trades in British Columbia, 183

Argentine Machinery and Merchandise Demands, 71

Artificial Silk by Cellulose-acetate Process, Factory Projected in Canada, 43

Artificial Silk, Cheaper Qualities of, Factory Projected in Germany, 43

Artificial Silk, Mill Projected for, at Kendal, 43

Asbestos Cement, Projected Factory for, in Australia, 13

Asbestos Find in British Columbia, 153

Assay Laboratory at Lydenburg, South Africa, 13

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:

Association, British Acetylene and Welding :

Luncheon and Presentation for Valuable Service, 651

Oxygen Used for Cutting Blow-pipes, Effect on the Apparatus of any Loss of Purity, C. R. Houseman, 500

Association of Consulting Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 268

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Annual General Meeting, 167, 537

Annual Dinner, 167

Bessemer Gold Medal Award, 409

Institute of Metals :

Annual Autumn Meeting at Liege, Programme, 440

Postal Ballot for Membership, 278

Institute, Royal, of British Architects :

Lincoln Cathedral R-estoration, Use of J ackhammers, Sir Francis Fox, 71

Royal Gold Medal Award, 425

Institute of Transport :

Examinations for Graduateship and Associate Membership, 366

President-elect a Railway Director and Manager, 608

Institution of Chemical Engineers :

Examinations for Associate Membership, 337

Tube Mill Grinding, Dr. G. Martin, 153

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued):

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Association of London Students :

Forty-fifth Annual Dinner, 393

Awards for Papers, 624

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 60

Design and Performance of Protective

Relays, C. L. Lipman, 99

Faraday Medal Award, 140

I.E.E. Model Form of General Conditions “A,” 258

Premiums for Papers, 596

Summer Meeting Postponed to Next Year, 568

Wireless Section :

Radiogoniometer and Azimuth of Arrival of Wave Trains, Paper Read, 325

Institution of Fuel Economy Engineers ,

Communication to Secretary of Proposed New Fuel Institute, 621

Council Meetings, 111, 621

Formation and Objects, 43

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Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :

Air Conditioning as an Aid to Industry, J. W. Cooling, 665

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 509

Coal-cutting Machinery, Lecture, S. Reilly, 312

Meeting, Films Shown Illustrating Work at Sheffield Works of Vickers Ltd., 54

Paint Spraying, Lecture, F. E. Webb, 385

Institution of Locomotive Engineers :

Automatic Mechanical Couplings for Railway Rolling Stock, A. M. Bell, 413

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :

Awards of Gold Medals and Premium, 312

Institution of Naval Architects :

Annual Meetings, Dates, 152

Annual Dinner, 152

Award of Premiums, 265

Summer Meeting in Belgium, 481

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued} :

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Comparative Survey of American and British Signalling, Joshua Parsons, 497 Four-aspect Colour Light Signals, W. J.

Thorrowgood, 385

Long-burning Signal Lamps, H. E. Morgan and F. J. Hookham, 43

New President and Members Elected, 183 “ Proceedings,” Publication of Interesting Papers, 553

Institution, Boyal :

Annual Meeting, 540

Anonymous Donation, £500, 167

Elections, 167, 281, 540, 624

General Meetings, 167, 281, 540, 624

Lectures by Sir William Bragg on “ X-rays and Living Matter,” and Sir William Hardy on “ Films,” 86

Various Lectures Projected, Lecturers and Dates, 224

Institution of Structural Engineers :

Annual Dinner—and Criticism, 453

Engineer and Chemist, Combination Highly Necessary for this Country, Sir Alfred Mond’s View, 469

Impact of Wheels on Road Surface, Difference between Solid and Pneumatic Tires, Major R. A. B. Smith, 153

Portland House Scholarship, 624

Institution of Welding Engineers :

Arc Welding of Seams in Steel Plates, J. T* Carr, 183

Society of Chemical Industry :

Annual General Meeting, The King as Patron, 153

Society, The Faraday :

Explosive Reactions in Gaseous Media’ Discussion Organised by Society, 481

Temporary Appointment of Secretary and Editor, 665

Society of Glass Technologists :

Visit to Osram Glass Works, Papers on Glass Technology, Luncheon, 651

Society, Illuminating Engineering :

Engine Drivers’ Eyesight, Effect of Passing from Tunnels to Lighted Stations, 637

Society, Liverpool Engineering :

Development of Water Power Resources, A. E. Malpas, 13

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :

Society, Liverpool University Students, London :

Second Annual Dinner, 162

Society, Newcomen :

Summer Meeting,. 1926, 565

Society, Royal Aeronautical :

President Elected, 469

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Ancient Cottages, Preservation of, Meeting to Discuss Measures for, 440

Roads, Danger of Cambering, Lieut. -Colonel Sir A. H. Burgoyne, 43

Society, Royal Meteorological :

Symons Memorial Lecture, Advances in Atmospheric Physics, Professor Sydney Chapman, 363

Societies, Physical and Optical :

Exhibition, 13

AUTOMATIC Telephone Exchange at Manchester, 71

B “ BANK ” Telephone Exchange Closed, 617 Barbed Wire, German Substitute for, 71 Baroda’s New Harbour at Okha, 469

Bauxite or Clay, Extraction of Metal from, Professor N. Vittorf’s Invention, 217

Bauxite in Montenegro, Large Deposits Discovered, 43

Bauxite Production in the United States, 553

Bauxite Reduction to Aluminium Oxide by Aid of Iron Ore Instead of Coal, 581

Bedrock Depth for Sheet Piling, Method of Ascertaining, 183

Beet Sugar Factory for Three Welsh Counties, 153

Bell, 15 Tons, for America Ordered from Croydon, 125

Berlin Projected Prize Competition for Caterpillar Tractor, 13

Beryllium, Properties of, 183

Birmingham Sewage Disposal, Sludge Gas Power Plant Installed, 553

Blast-furnaces—see Iron

Board of Trade Engineers’ Examinations to be Suspended in August, 125

Board of Trade Navigation Certificates, New Test of Competency, 269

Board of Trade Returns, Exports of Machinery Show Highest Figure since 1913, 125

Boilers, Precipitates Forming in, Investigation in America, 43

Breakwaters in the Bay of Corinto, Pacific Coast, Projected, 213

BRIDGES :

See also Railways

Bascule Bridges for Welland Canal, 43

Blue Nile Flow, Possibility of Regulation and Irrigation Water Supply Improvement, 609

Bridge Colouring to Harmonise with House, 43, 71

Bridges Over the Vaal and Orange Rivers, Construction of Seven New, Proposed, 385

Cantilever Bridge, to Connect Rhode Island with American Mainland, 385

Finnieston, New Bridge Across the Clyde at, under Consideration, 213

Murray River Bridges, Two, in Course of Erection, Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 71

Murray River, History of Old Bridge, 125

Murray River New Bridge, Second Longest in Australia, 71

Niagara Falls Cantilever Bridge, Unusual Rusting, 71

Old and New Bridges Crossing Newark Bay, N.J., Cost of, 293

Port Augusta, South Australia, Proposed Bridge, 13

Two-deck Continuous Girder Bridge Recommended to Connect North Brisbane with Kangaroo Point, 297

Umgeni River, Natal, Bridge Over, Completed, 385

Wear, Bridge Over, at Sunderland, Tender of Sir William Arrol and Co. Accepted, 478

Westminster Bridge as Sound as When Erected, 641

BRITISH Columbia’s Hydro-electric Schemes, 637

British Columbia, Record Low Rate of Mine Fatalities, 385

British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association :

Change of Methods of Classification of Insulating Materials, 255

British Engineers’ Association :

Improvement Reported in Overseas Trade Inquiries, 98

Overseas Inquiries, New Zealand’s Extensive Requirements, 269

British Engineering Standards Association :

Electric Cable Specification, 481

British Engineering Industry, Share of World Trade, 153 «

British Factories to be Opened to Traders during British Industries Fair in Birmingham, 183

British Malaya’s First Large Power Development Projected, 669

British Manufacturers’ Increasing Contracts, 183

Budapest, Municipality’s Extensive Programme of Improvements, 525

Buenos Aires, Port Improvement Projected, 413 Bullet-proof Screen, Reported Wonderful New Invention, 355 •

c CABLE, New Underground, Between London and Glasgow, 71

Cables to be Laid between the Azores and Cape Verde, Italy and the Azores, and Between Lisbon and Malaga, 525

Cables, Long-distance, Reported Company for Manufacture at Prague, 385

Calcutta Drainage Scheme, 183

Canada, Impracticability of Formation of Sixth Great Lake, 355

Canada’s Export of Motor Vehicles and Parts, 99

Canadian Export of Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc, 71

Canadian Hydro-electric Stations, Greatly Increased Horse-power, 269

Canadian Ilmenite Ores, Process under Development for Utilisation of, 497

Canadian Motor Industry, Highest Production Year, Statistics of, 325

Canal Expenditure in Canada, 441

Canal, New York State Barge, Question of Deepening, Canadian Views, 213

Canton Harbour Improvement, 243

Canvey Island, Scheme to Link up with Mainland by means of a Lock, 664

Carbon Dioxide, Solid, Production in America, 665

Carborundum, Annual Production, 413

Cargo Waiting for River Transport in Barran-quilla, Colombia, 125

Carnival Dance, 137

Celluloid, Sheet, as Substitute for Tracing Cloth, 525

“ Cellulose Enamels,” A. E. Lain, 146

Cellulose Lacquer Production in United States, 385

Cement, Large Consignment of, from United Kingdom to Florida, 385

Cement Works Projected in New South Wales, 665

Central Heating by Exhaust Steam, 413

Chemical Factory in Australia, Allen and Hanbury’s Investigation, 43

Chemical Processes, Steam Heating for, 385 China, Bulk of Electricity Imported, 22 China, North-West, Five Motor Roads Opened to Traffic, 297

Cinnabar Deposit at Kamloops Lake, British Columb a, Working Renewed, 13

Citroen Motor Car Works at Slough, 269 Clan Line Engineer Appointment, 212

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :

Accidental Explosion of Blasting Charge, 153 Belgian Coal Pits Suffering from Floods, 99 Blast-furnace Coke Research at Sheffield University, 325

Blasting, Proportion of Large Coal and Method of Drilling, 43

Borings in Search of the Silkstone Seam, 37

British Coke Industry, Application of

American Practice to, T. B. Smith, 269 By-product Coking Plant, Thirty-five Ovens, for Hamilton, Ontario, 421

Chemist’s Assistance with Regard to Coal Mining Risks, 153

Coal for Australian Railways, Values of Content, 13

Coal Dust, Differing from other Dust, Said to be Harmless, Sir R. A. Jones, 153

Coal Mine with Electrically Driven Plant Supplied by Batteries in the. Mine, 665

Coal Prospects Good for Present Quarter, 99 Coal Shipping Conveyor Projected for Newport, South Wales, 153

Coke Ovens at Blay don Burn, Possible Restarting, 297

Coking Industry and Useless Waste, Professor R. Lessing, 183

Colliery Engineering Record, Dismantling and Installing a New Winding Engine, 525 Cuticle in Coal, Interesting Account of, V. H.

Legg and R. V. Wheeler, 125

Doncaster Collieries’ Association, Cable to Link Up Collieries, 497

Duty Reduced on Coal Imports to Switzerland, 99

French Coal Industry Strides, 43

Fuel Research Board :

Physical and Chemical Survey of Coalfields of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 243 Report on Lancashire Coal Seam, 13 German Engineer to Report on Coal at Australian Works, 80

Great Britain’s Week’s Coal Output, 71, 183, 243, 269, 297, 413, 441, 469

Growth of Colliery Enterprise in Nottinghamshire, 125

Heat, Waste, from Colliery, to Supply Hot Water to Large Number of Houses, 269 Investigations and Tests in American Mine,

Fruitful Results, 99

Kent Colliery, Progress of Shaft Sinking, 355 Lignite Coalfield Discovery in Saskatchewan, 441

Locomotive Coal Price Reduced in Yorkshire, 71

New Coal Discovered in Bargoed Steam Coal Colliery and Near Retford, 71

New South Wales Coalfield at Newcastle, Estimate of Coal Available, 13

New South Wales, New Coal Seam Near Dubbo, 273

Pulverised Coal, Conflicting Views as to Dust Effects, 153

Royal Commission on Coal Industry Report, Standardisation of Colliery Equipment, 355 Search for Coal Near the Black Sea and Output of Iron Mines to be Increased, 497

Six-foot Seam of Steam Coal, Port Talbot, 306 Swansea Valley, New Coal Pit to be Sunk, 385 Tasmania, Coal Output in, 43

Tasmania, Seymour Coalfield’s Development, 665

Thickest Coal Seam Ever Discovered in Klip River Valley, South Africa, 497

Tipton Coal Seam Reached at Markham Colliery and Deep Soft Coal at Barl-borough Colliery, 125

Top Hard Seam Reached Near Mansfield, 125 Turkish Coal and Iron Industry, Development, 385

Wemyss Coal Company, Firth of Forth, New Shaft to be Sunk by Francis Cementation Process, 276

COBS as Packing Material and Fertiliser, 413 Colorado Output of Ores, Precious and Other, 153

Colouring Concrete in Bridge to Harmonise with House, 43, 71

Combine in Continental Wire Trade, 197 Commercial Education, 54

Commercial Motor Users’ Association, 440

Concrete Culverts, Novel System of Forming, 469

Concrete Houses in the United Kingdom, 24,000 Erected in 1925, 71

Concrete Oil Reservoir, Very Large, in Canada, 673

Concrete Piles in Los Angeles Harbour, Cracking Effects, 609

Concrete Silos, Rapid Construction of, 263

Concrete Testing Data from Chicago, 13

Concrete Treated with Silicate of Soda, 447

Congress for Applied Mechanics, 552

Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize, 651

Co-partnership and Co-operation, 224

Copper, Blister, Record Monthly Output, 124

Copper Production in U.S.A., 71

Copper Property, the Flin Flon, in Manitoba, 43

Corrosion, Mechanism and Control of, in Steam Power Plant, Investigation, 213

Corrosion, Mechanism of, and Factors Effective in its Control in Steam Power Plant, 385

Cranes, Repair and Overhaul of, After Over Fifty Years’ Service, 413

Crude Oil Production in the United States, 385

Crude Oil and Supply of Motor Fuel, Effect on these of Artificial Methods of Recovery, 581

Culverts—see also Concrete

Culverts, Flat-top Wooden, Successful in Replacement of Old Type of Waterbreaks, 581

Cyprus Asbestos Plant Output, 99

D DAIREN, the Second Port of China, 609

Dam, Cyclopean, for Irrigation, Across the

Cauvery River, India, 581

Dam Leakage Stopped by Grouting with Asphalt, 609

Dam of Unusual Form in Arizona, 609

Demolition Projected of Fourteenth Century

Bridge in Bath, 525

Development of Additional 22,000 Horse-power in New Brunswick and its Cost, 523

Diamond Mines Lit by Electric Flood Light, 553

Diatomite or Infusorial Earth, Deposit Discovery in Ontario, 99

Diesel Engine, 2900 H.P. Marine, Non-stop

Thirty Days’ Trial Run, 385

Dock, Inland, at Warrnambool, Victoria, 183

Dock Works at Buenaventura, 645

Dover Harbour, Parliamentary Bill, 63

Dry Dock, New, at Victoria, B.C., 497

Durban, Extension of North Pier, 385

Durban’s Preference for British Material, 153

Dust Collectors, Birmingham, 153

E EARTHQUAKES in California, Hypotheses Regarding, 153

Egyptians’ Advanced Handicraft Skill 5000 Years Ago, 609

Egyptian Appointment, 162

ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

Accident at Barking Power Station, 71

Arc Lamp Carbons with Higher Crater Brightness, 413

Australian Generating Plant, Greatly Increased Output of Energy, 589

Australian Transmission Line, Longest Outside America, 385

B.E.A.I. Research Association, Change of Classification Methods for Insulating Materials, 255

Cable, 150-000-Volt, Piece of, on View, 242

Canada’s Electric Power Consumption per Head Twice that of any other Country, 355

Capetown Suburban Railways, Tenders for Equipment for Electrification, 297

Cheshire Farms’ and Villages’ Universal Use of Chester Electricity Supply, 665

Chinese Eastern Railway, Programme for Electric Light Stations Reported, 297

Chorzow Electric Works, Reported Anglo-American Negotiations for Acquisition of, 269

Diamond Mines, Electric Flood Lighting for, 553

Electric Current Replacing Gas for Domestic Purposes in Canada, 609

Electric Engineering Work in Victoria, One of Biggest Schemes in the British Empire, 297

Electric Shock and its Cause, 385

Fire-damp Indicating Electric Lamp, Herr Martienssen, 553

Frequency Changer, Largest Ever Built, 99, 183

Generating Plant, in U.S.A., Analysis of Rating, 99

German Electrical Power Undertakings, American Loan Issue for, 335

Independent Power Plant, A Word in Favour of, 243

Insulators in Victoria Affected by Protracted Drought, Measures to Remedy the Trouble, 497

Ionisation Phenomena in Paper-insulated, High-voltage Power Cables, Research Investigation, 553

Locomotive, Electric Storage Battery, for Use in Coal Mines, £1000 Prize Award, 609, 637 Lots-road Generating Plant to be Augmented, 297

“ National Significance of Electricity,” 243

North-West Midlands Electricity District, Inquiry at Stoke-on-Trent, 71

Oil Engine, Ruston-Hornsby, for Electric Power Plant, in Ceylon, 43

Power Development Company’s Electrical Project for Rural District, 269

Power Station for Middlesbrough, 71

Reinforced Concrete Arched Bridges to Carry Overhead Wires in Railroad Electrification, 297

Salford Electricity Committee Seeks Loan, 125

Sheffield and Government’s Electricity Bill, 441

Steel-frame Two-storey Building Electric Arc Welded, 183

Stirling Castle, War Office Demand for Electrical Supply for, 153

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):

Sutton Coldfield Increasing Demand for Electricity, 42

Towers for High-voltage Lines, “ Kay ’ Preferred to Lattice, 43

Transmission Line Begun by Canada Northern Power Company, A Big Development, 553

Transmission Line, Electric Power, Projected New, for Ontario, 553

Tumbler Switches, J. H. Tucker and Co., Ltd 412 *’

J iirbo - alternating Plant Projected for Bucarest, 269

Turbo-alternator for Japan, Metropolitan-Vic kers Company, 413

Turbo-alternators for South Brisbane Power House, Tenders for Two Invited, 497 lurbo-generator, Easily a Record, Exhibited in Osaka, 581

1 Turbo-generators, 80,000 H.P. Each, 406

Turbo-generators, 45,000-Kilowatt, Highest Steam Pressure Claim, 243

Victoria Electricity Commission to Deal with Requirements for Further Energy 581

West Bank Power Station, Installation of 10,000-Kilowatt Turbo-generator Set and Condensing Plant, 665

Worcester’s Prosperous Electricity Scheme, 43

ELECTROLYTIC Zinc Company’s Projected Researches m School of Chemistry Mel-bourne, 637 J

E‘Ke oMininS and Metallurgical Congress,

Engines, Heavy Oil, Working Costs of, 99 Engine, Standard Marine, Tests, 312 Engineering Structures Considered Beautiful 441 ’

Engineers’ Club, Birmingham, 453

Esquimalt Dry Dock, Ottawa, Ready for Ships, 553 ’

Ether, Existence or Non-existence of, 553

Excavator, Dragline, New Type, 525

Exhaust of the Jackhammer as Assistance to Ventilation, H. S. Potter, 441

EXHIBITIONS :

Aeor°"a“£? ExhibifcilJf'> Tenth International, ^89, 665

British Chemical Plant Exhibition, 297

British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich in 1927, 549

British Industries Fair, Newcastle-on-Tyne Discussing Possibility of Local Section, 385 Canadian National Exhibition, Projected Additions, 43

Exhibition at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lighting Appliances, 312

International Laundry and Allied Trades’ Exhibition, 525

International Oil Exhibition for London, 565

Norwegian Industries Fair at Oslo, 413

Philadelphia Exhibition, British Section at 385

Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition, 13

Radio-technical Instruments Section at Padua Sample Fair, 441

Riga, International Fair, 469

■Fa*r and International Competition of Machinery, 497

Salonika, Trade and Industrial International Fair, 441

Swedish Industries Fair, 481

E^_L0SI0N °f Cast Iron StoP Valve Chest,

Explosion of Heating Tube in Baker’s Oven Engineer’s Report, 609

Explosion of Oxygen Cylinder and Effect of bea Water, 153

Explosion, Unusual, in connection with High-speed Steam Engine, 441

Explosives, Authorised, Home Office List, 183

Explosives Inspectors, Appointments, 243

F

FACTORIES, Soda Powder, Paper Works and Artificial Silk, Projected in China, 637

r airs—see Exhibitions

Faraday House, Entrance Scholarships and Prizes Awards, 453

Firedamp in Mines, Possible Ignition by Electric Currents, Research Work in Progress, 469 rirms Recognition of Workmen’s Loyalty and Zeal at Time of Strike, 581

Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Conversion into Nitrate of Lime, Projected Plant for, 413

Floating Dock, 15,000-Ton, to be Constructed at Newcastle, New South Wales, 385

Floating Dock, 60,000-Ton, Temporary Removal due to Silting of Bed, 637

Floors, Steel and Concrete, Regulations Governing Construction, 553

Fly-wheel’s Disastrous Burst, 99

?Ogj’D^Sp®1S®raent by Special Apparatus, 497

• ord Car s Long Journey by Aeroplane and Rapid Repair for Roadwork, 13

Francois Cementation Process, to be Used for Mersey Tunnel and a New Coal Shaft, 276

French Citizenship, the Jean Bares Award, 553

I ueJ Carbonised to Reduce Freight Charges, 497 I uel Research—see Coal

G GARNET and Quartz Sandpaper Compared,

Gas and Oil Product of Well in Alberta, 581

Gas Plant Tests in America, 213

Gasworks, Heavy Expenditure on, in Johannesburg, 441

General Strike Costs Loss of Ship Repair Contract, 609

Geodetic Survey of Canada, 348

Geodetic Surveys and Reports in Canada, Bic

Outlay on, 609

German and Belgian Wire Producers, Conferences, 213

German Patent Classifications, New Grouping,

Germany, Analysis of Accidents with Gas, Petroleum and Electricity, 153

Germany, Motor Car Production Statistics, 153

Gisborne Harbour, N.Z., Extended by Diver si on of River Turanganui, 125

Gliders—see Aeronautics

Gold-bearing Ore Discovery near Yilgarn, West Australia, 497

Gold-bearing Quar.'z, Heavy Gold Percentage in Rhodesia, 637

Gold-mining Expectations in Canada, 13

Gold Seams Discoveries at Cicapra, State of Bolivar, 497

Gold Yield, of One Month for New South Wales, 609

Grain Elevator, Reinforced Concrete, at Owen Sound, 413

Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Company Formed for Development of, 609

Grants for Research Abroad, 540

Graphite Mining in Canada Recovering from Depression, 441

Grass Tree, Victoria, Commercial Utilisation of, 305

Greenland, Establishment of Meteorological Stations, 524

Grenada’s Proposed Development of Water Supply and Water Power, 297

H HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Cold Storage Plant and Ice Factory, 497

Harbour Construction at Napier, N.Z., 355

Heat, Effects of, upon Rocks, 179

Heat Flow Meters for Furnace Walls, Study Conducted in U.S.A., 325

Helium in Australian Natural Gas, Analysis, 441

Hoist, Electric, to be the Largest in the World, 355

Hoist to Handle 20 Tons of Ore, 269

Hoists, Two Largest Ever Made in Canada, 355

Hume Concrete Pipes by Centrifugal Process, 413

Hydraulic Turbine Governing, Tendency to Elimination of, 297

Hydro-electric Enterprise in Tasmania, 125

Hydro-electric Plant in Korea, 77

Hydro-electric Power in Canada, Bill to Prohibit Exportation of, 269

Hydro-electric Power Development, Comparison of Cost, 71

Hydro-electric Power Development on Perak River, 183

Hydro-electric Power Development of Pykara Falls, Nilgiris District, 207

Hydro-electric Power Plant Extension, at Mulungushi, Rhodesian Broken Hill Company, 497

Hydro-electric Stations in Austria, 13

Hydro-electric Station at Buenos Aires, One of Largest in the World, 413

Hydro-electric Stations for Supplying Light to Tripoli and other Centres, 547

Hydrogen Production by Micro-organisms, Dr.

A. C. Thaysen, 71

I ICEBERGS, Experiments for Disintegration of, Projected at Newfoundland, Dr. Howard F. Barnes, 213, 525

Improvised Oil Burning, 621

Indian Boilers, Incomplete Inspection, 222

Industrial Chemistry, Sixth Congress to be held at Brussels, 469

Inland Waterway Projects on American Rivers, 99, 243

Inorganic Chemistry, Discovery by Professor B. S. Hopkins, 297

International Geological Congress, Madrid, 153

Irish Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, Proposed Formation of, 608

IRON AND STEEL :

Accident to American Blast-furnace, 525

Australian Production of Railway Steel Specialities on American Lines, 609

Blast-furnace and Coke Oven Battery, New, Started by Wigan Coal and Iron Company, 125

Blast-furnace Fuels Research, 297

Blast-furnaces in France, Statistics, 43

Blast-furnaces Projected for Smelting Iron

Ore near Fort William, Ontario, 609

Blasting in Heavy Sulphides, Risk from Dangerous Gases, 497

Canada, the World’s Largest Nickel Producer, 153

Cast Iron Recently Brought Out in U.S.A.

of Much Increased Tensile Strength, 637

Castings, Hydraulic Method of Cleaning, 71

Chemical Composition of Steel, Analysis and

Melting or Pouring Practice both Called for, 553

Collapse of Steel Pipe and Reshaping, 183

Consumption of Scrap in Steel Production, Method of Estimating, 469

Direct Electric Iron Production, M. Flodin, 609

Drill Steel Axial Hole, South African Government Mining Regulations, 269

First Steel Rolled in Australia for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 297

Ingot Mould, Exceptionally Large, 43

Iron Ores, High Silica, Investigation into Means of Treating, 125

Iron and Steel Works, Projected, on Shore of Black Sea and Alexandretta, 497

Iron Trades Employers’ Insurance Association, Ltd., 593

Lifting Magnets for Recovery of Strip Steel from Pickling Tanks, 99

Low Ash in Blast-furnace Use, Valuable Tests, 469

Manganese Ore Export from India, 665

Manganese Output in Russia, 70

Mysore Iron Ore Deposits, 603

Nankin Price for Cast Iron, 183

National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers :

Annual Meeting and Elections, 680

Pig Iron and Steel Production in January, 213 J

Pig Iron and Steel Production in February, 325

Pig Iron and Steel Production in March, 441

Pig Iron and Steel Production in April, 581

IRON AND STEEL (continued) :

Nickel Industry Recovery from Deflation 325 •

Phosphorus Effect on Wrought Iron, Experi rnents, 581

Rails for American Railroads, New Steel for

Patented, 269

Rails Trust, Negotiations for Forming, 385

Rhenish Westphalian Steel Trust Started, 52£

Rust Effect on Bridge over Niagara Falls, 71

Scrap Metal in Blast-furnaces, Advantages of Use, 71

Sheet and Galvanising Works, Projected by Llanelly Steel Company, 125

Steel, New, Light Type of Structural Material, 553

Swedish Iron Ore Production, 71

Swedish Ores and Furnaces for Refining, 325

Union of South Africa, Production of Iron and Steel Manufactures, Statics, 325

Velocity of Ascending Gas Inside a Blastfurnace, 497

Wrought Iron Pipe, Good Condition After more than Ha'f a Century in Use, 469

IRRIGATION Project for Coimbatore under Consideration by Madras Government, 469

J JAMES Watt House in Scotland, Steps Taken for Preservation, 355

Joule’s Life and Work in Salford, Lecture by Professor W. H. Haldane Gee, 99

Jubilee of Service, 400

K K1LIND1NI, East Africa, Port Manager, 533

Kiukiang, Yangtze River, Pipes for Drinking

Water Supply, 469

L LABORATORY Tests of Concrete Cylinders, 13

Lamp Production Reduced in Germany, 13

Lantern Slides for Lectures :

Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 60

Petters, Ltd., 425

Lead Paint (Protection Against Poisoning) Bill, 355

Lead Pigment, Remarkable for Protection of Iron Against Rust, 641

Lead Poisoning, Proper Medication Treatment, Dr. W. F. Boos, 13

Leaks in Water Mains Discovered by the Teeth, 413

Lessons from the Fire in the Argonaut Mine, 553

Libraries and Information Bureaux Association, of, 340

Lifeboats, “ Emergency Fleet,” at Cowes, 609

Lighting Appliances, Exhibition at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 312

Lighting of Rural Highway for Night Delivery of Farm Products into New York, 525

Lime Burning Kilns with Riveted J oints, Welded Joints Preferable, 637

Linseed, World’s Production of, 297

Lock, Entrance, for the North Sea Canal, to be by far the Largest in the World, 609

Locomotive, Electric Storage Battery Competition, 609, 637

Locomotives, Forty-one Electric, Ordered from Metropolitan-Vickers Company, 665

London to Aberdeen by Motor in 12 J Hours, 469

Loom, Improved New Type, in America, 665

Low-temperature Carbonisation Plant in Natal, 665

Lubricating Oils, J. E. Hackford, 355

Lumber Shipments from British Columbia, 355

Luminous Fountains in Paris, Spectacular Performances on the Seine, 213

M MADRID, Great Schemes for Public Works, 665 Manchester Steam Users’ Association, Work of the Year, 385

Manganese—see Iron and Steel

Maracaibo, Port of, Venezuela, Enlargement and Improvement Emba ked upon, 469

Matadi on the Congo, Progress of Work on the Port of, 609

Meadow Embankment and the Use of Dynamite, 469

Measuring Pressures, New Method, 54

Meat Preserved for Fifty Days by New Process, 213

Melting Points of Barium and other Oxides, 441

Mica Mined in Ontario, Projected Refinery, 43

Mine Gases, Sampling and Examination of, 297

Miner’s Long Record Underground, 665

Mines Research, “ Inflammability of Firedamp and Air,” M. G. Burgess and R. V. Wheeler, “ Ignition of Firedamp,” H. F. Coward and R. V. Wheeler, 43

Mines Safety Measures, Joint Investigation by British and American Authorities, 13

Mines, Use of Breathing Apparatus in, F. J. Johnston, 525

Mining, World’s Record in, 43

Molybdenite and Molybdenum, Present Market Demand Inconsiderable, 553

Montreal’s Successful Season in 1925, 44 1

Morocco Roads, Extensive System, but not yet quite Complete, 297

Motor Band Losses, T. Spooner, 213

Motor Boat Race on the Thames, 469

Motor Cars, British, for Service Abroad, Requirements, 413

Motor Cars in China, 183

Motor Cycle World’s Speed Record, 441

I Motor Roller, Diesel-engined, made at Melbourne, 13

' Motor Traffic in Morocco, British Cars Almost Unknown, 325

1 Museum, National, of Engineering and Industry in America, Plans for, 71

Mysore Border, Project for Utilising Water ' Power of Pykara River, 609

NANKING Price for Cast Iron, 183

Natural Gas Transmission Lines, Reduction of

Leakage Rate, 413

Newcomen—see Associations, &c.

New South Wales South Coast Towns, Four Schemes for Water Supply, 13

New South Wales Southern Tablelands, Extensive Development of Resources, 413

Newsprint Mill, Largest in Existence, at Quebec, 413

New Zealand Government Decision, Scenic Beauty or Water Power for Nitrate Production, 297

New Zealand Government Licence for Horsepower Generation, 153

Niagara Falls Water for Power Purposes, Increased Diversion Asked for, Committee for Investigation to be Formed, 581

Niagara Gorge, Permit for Investigation of Possible Power Project, 585

Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Plant for Fixation, New South Wales, 355

Norton and Gregory Engineering Scholarships, 1926, Awards, 593

Notable Dinner, 309

o OIL-BEARING Shale, Rich Find in Tasmania, 609

Oil Boring on Prince Edward Island, 13

Oil Can, A Good, Joseph Kaye and Sons, Ltd., 540

Oil Engine, Largest Ever Installed in Ontario

Gold Mine, 634

Oil Extraction from Tasmanian Shale, 297

Oil Production Methods, Study of, 269

Oil Refinery Projected for Khanagin, Persia, 152

Oil Shales in Tasmania, Retort Plant for Distilling, 665

Oil Wells Production in California, 413

O.M.S., New Organisation Formed, Government Scheme, 54

Ontario, Big Addition Projected to Plant at Port Colbourne, 413

Ontario’s Horse-power Installation for 1925, 153

Ontario Hydro-electric Commission’s Projected Development, 325

Ottawa River, Chute des Chats Falls to be

Utilised for Power Development, 384

Ottawa River, Joint Survey and Division of Resources, 637

p PAINT Manufacturing Plant to be Established at Levis, Quebec, 525

Paint and Varnish Industries Research, 183

Paper Mill at Thunder Bay, Ontario, 665

Paris Subways, Competition for Design, 197 Pensions in the Metal Trade, 400

Persian Gulf, Advantage of New Channel, 609

Petroleum Production of Venezuela, 441

Petroleum Refineries Statistics in U.S.A., 325

Petroleum, Test Wells in Iraq, 585

Petters’ Offer of £100 Prize for Essay, 86

Photographs of Solar Eclipse and the Einstein

Theory, Successes and Failures, 125 Piccadilly—see Road Traffic

Pigment Grinding by Crushing, 297

Pigments Ranging in Shade from Orange to

Purplish-red, Recipe for Cheaper Production, 637

Pipe Joints for Petrol, to Tighten, 609

Platinum Abundance in South Africa, 441

Platinum, First Output in South Africa, 297

Poland, New Port at Gdynia, 130

Police Signalling Scheme to Check Motor

Bandits, 125

Polish Import Duty on Industrial Machinery Reduced, 413

Pollution of Navigable Waters by Oil, United States Government Calls Conference to Deal with, 469

Power Alcohol from Molasses, Projected Large Production in Austral'a, 441

Power Alcohol from Prickly Pear, Chemical

Tests in Progress, 297

Power Development Plant Projected for

Nipigon River, Ontario, 183

Power from Tides, Favourable Situation for Development, 183

Power from Tides in Passanaquoddy Bay, New

Brunswick, Details of Project, 637

Presentations for Long Servipe, 537

Primary Power in Manufacturing and other

Industries, Huge Increase in U.S.A., 183

Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada, Increased Productive Capacity, 665

Pulp from Waste Paper, Mill for Manufacture, in Manitoba, 413

Pyrites Production in the United States, 469

Q QUARTZ Lode Discovery Reported in Central Australia, 469

Quay and Roadmaking Construction at New-castle-on-Tyne, 13

Quebec Harbour’s Record Year, 609

Quebec Harbour Works, Additional Quay, 497

Quebec, Port of, Modern Cold Storage Warehouse, Fish-house and Power-house Prove Valuable Addition to Facilities, 581

Queensland’s Mineral Output for 1925, 665

RADIUM Bromide Extraction from Crude Ore, Australia, 125

Radium Industry, Belgian and French 325

Rivalry,

Radium and Rare Earths Treatment Company Development Work in South Australia, 99

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Accidents :

Accidents in Last Year and in Previous Years, Comparison oUStatistics, 43

American Fatal Disaster Due to Passing

Danger Signals, 665

Amiens Derailment, Imprisonment Sentence in Suspension, 71

Britain Overseas, Serious Accidents in 8.

Africa and in New South Wales, 637

British Railway Accident Inquiries in 1925, Analysis of, 441

British Railways, Accidents on, Greater Number of Casualties Caused by other than Train Accidents, 269

Buffer Stop Collision, Serious, at Clevedon, Report and Remarks, 125, 665

Collision between Two Empty Passenger Trains at Blackburn Station, 461

Derailment and Heavy Death Roll on Costa Rica Railway, 325

East Africa, Government Guarantee in

Aid of Railways, 525

Fatal Disaster in Munich East Station, 581

Fenny Stratford Level Crossing Disaster,

Coroner’s Inquest Verdict, 325, 355, 413, 469

Flin Flon Copper Mine, Railway Line, Construction Authorised, 525

Florida East Coast Railway Collision, 183

Fog Collision Inquiry and Verdict, 441

French Express Train Derailment, 13

Great Western Railway Accidents, Statistics, 441

Isle of Man Railway Buffer Stop Collision and Fatality, 325

Level Crossing Disaster near Forest Hall

Station, L. and N.E. Railway, 99, 125

Motorists Running into Gates, 469

Partenkirchen to Innsbruck Electric Train

Accident and “ Dead Man’s Handle,” 441

Previous Accidents Recalled, 269

Railway Servants’ Accident Inquiries,

Analysis of Causes of, 297

Report on Collision at Llandudno Station, 385

Report on Collision at Victoria Station, Sheffield, 243

Road Motor Victims at Fenny Stratford, to be Included in Railway Returns, 581

Sand Boxes for Use in Accident Prevention, 665

Southern Pacific, Lines and Shops, Diminution of Accidents, 465

Strike, and Consequent Accid nts, 553

Traction Engines at Level Crossings,

Railway Rule, 125

Advance Bookings to be Required for Longdistance Excursion Train Travelling, 213

Allison, The Late Sir R. A., 164

Alpine Tunnel, Another Projected, 637

American. Record for Safety in Railway

Trave], 355

American Visitors Carried in Long Non-stop

Trains at Very High Speed, 469

Appointments and Staff Changes, 43, 99, 269, 325, 533, 553, 581, 609

Australia, South to Central, New Railway, 125

Baden State Railway Urges Electrification, 553

Bengal Legislative Council’s Suggestions for

Structure of Bally Bridge, 441

Berlin Metropolitan Railway, New Power Station to Supply Electricity, Lignite as Fuel, 581

Betterments, British and American Account-keeping, Difference in Methods, 297, 385

Birds Damage Themselves and Electric Railways, 553

Blackfriars Metropolitan District Station, Improvement, 221

Canadian National Railways’ Report, 553

Canadian-Pacific Railway Expansion, 441

Cascade Range Crossed by Great Northern

Railway of America, Difficulties and Proposed Tunnel, 99

Centenary Famous Locomotive for Museum at York, 325

Central London Tube, New Power Supply, 243

Chain Letters and “ Safety First,” 355

Change-giving Device at St. James’s Park Station, 125

City and South London Railway, Question of Name, 413

Coal Stoppage Effect on Railway Finances in 1912 and 1921, 665

Coke and Coal, Comparison for Railway Use, J. G. H. Warren, 469

Colouring of Railway Buildings to Harmonise with Country, 43

Control, Train or Traffic, 268

Death of Mr. Victor Angerer, 609

Death of Sir George Gibb, 13

Death of Mr. J. P. Grassick, 44]

Death of Herr Rudolf Oeser, 609

Delhi—Umballa-Kalka Railway, Negotiations Followed by Sale to Government, 71

East London Traffic Facilities Inquiry, 413

East London Travelling Facilities, Inquiry Begun, 325, 413

Egyptian State Railways, Invited Tenders, 13

Electric Traction Extension on Railways, 409

Electrically Operated Trains on Various

Sections, Extension of Use, 268

Electricity Bill and Railway Generating Stations, Concessions to Various Undertakings, 637

Elephant and Castle to have Single Station with Escalators, 314

Entertainment Train for Lonely Railway Employees in Remote Districts, 637

Escalators at Trafalgar Square Station, 504

Films of Railway Activities, by Railwaymen, 209

Finance of Railways, Need for Depreciation Fund. Metropolitan Railways’ Position, 469

Financial Results of Working of Three

Principal Lines in 1925, 269

Fog and Signalmen, 553

Fog and Use of Detonators, 553

Four Electric Locomotives, Said to be the Most Powerful in the World, 581

“ Garratt ” Locomotives, Great Success in South Africa, 355

Genoa and Rome, 25 Additional Miles of Main Line Converted to Electric Traction, 497

ALWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued') :

German Railways’ Train Telephones, 225

Glasgow Experiments in Two-penny Tramway Fares, 71

Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Decline in Traffic, Cancelment of Scheme for New Wagons, 297

Great Southern Railway (Ireland), First Year’s Report, 355

Great Western Railway :

Accidents to Railway Servants, 441

Closing Branch Lines, Complaint, 125

Safety First Reduction in Accidents, 125

Grouped Companies’ Increased Receipts, 525

Grouped Companies’ Percentage of Passenger and Freight Traffic, 125

Grouping, Savings Effected and Secret Figures, 99

Harbin Electric Tramways, Material from Germany, 637

Institutes and Institutions, Railway and Transport—see Associations

International Union of Tramways, Barcelona Meeting, 665

Irish Railways’ Financial Plight, 609

Italian Railway Electrification Equipment by Brown, Boveri Company, 581

Japanese Entire Railway Rolling Stock Converted to Automatic Coupling in One Day,

J oint Ownership of Railways and Stations in Great Britain, 297

Kenya and Uganda Railway, 227

Khyber Railway, Cost of, 13

Lamps, Side and Tail, and their Significance, 153

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company and Railway Bridge Loads, 441

Locomotive Coal Price, Yorkshire Collieries Reduction in, 71

L.C.C. Tramcars, Swaying Trouble and Apparatus for Steadying, 355

London Electric Railways, Edgware Extension Satisfactory Traffic Figures, 468

London Electric Railways Seeks Connection with Southern Railway, 413

London, Midland and Scottish Railway :

Annual Meeting and the Year’s Financial Results, 268

Coal-tipping Plant at Swansea, Projected Improvement by Railway Company, 525 Conversion of Locomotives from Coal to Oil-burning, 581

First-class and Third-class Seats, Revenue Returns from, 553

Fleetwood Facilities for Handling Passenger Traffic for Isle of Man and Belfast, 385

Fuel Bills for 1924 and 1925, 297

“ Garratt ” Locomotives for Coal Trains, 269

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and Electric Traction, 413

Motor Traffic and Railways, Question under Consideration, 297, 325

Settle and Carlisle Section of Midland Railway, Some Past History, 497

Short Time for Shopmen, Permanent Way not Locomotive Shopmen, 497

Track Circuits, Telephones and Telegraphs, Outlay Last Year and Projected, 317

London and North-Eastern Railway :

Congestion in the Southern Area, Causes of Delay in Improvement, 385

Frodingham, Scheme for Improvements at, 183

Harrogate—King’s Cross Pullman, Punctuality and Speed, 187

King’s Cross Platform and Siding Alterations, 637

King’s Cross to Scotland, Relief Train to Begin, 497

Oil Jetty at Salt End, Hull, Projected Additional, 213

Punctuality, Decline and Need of Improvement, 183

Smoking in Waiting Rooms Permitted, 385

Steel Rails Orders, 99

Tank Engines, New Type, for Suburban Trains, 71

Traffic Movement from Hull to the West Riding, Complaints and Census Results, 637

London Post Office Tube Railway Expenditure, 243

London Traffic, Central Goods Clearing Station Scheme, 637

London Underground Idea Utilised in Berlin, 609

Manchester Extension of Tramway Track and Number of Cars, 553

Material and Stores, Loss Due to Interest, Depreciation, &c , 213

Melbourne and Sydney, N.S.W., Extension of Railway Electrification, 547

Mersey Railway Company’s Diminished Deficit, 213

Metropolitan Railway, Approaching E ectric Trac ion on Certain Sections, 213

Metropolitan Railway Bill, Tube from Willes-den Green to Edgware-road, 413

Metropolitan Railway, Changes at Edgware-road, 614

Metropolitan Railway New Junction between Euston Square and King’s Cross, 325

Mid-Nottinghamshire Joint Railway Bill Passed, 385

Mineral and Freight Traffic, Rise and Fall, 183

Ministry of Transport:

Denbigh Station, Powers of the Ministry, 43

Hand Brakes on Both Sides of Wagons, New Rule, 497

Light Railway Order to Connect Romney and Hythe, 609

Passenger Tube Railway Under the Tyne, Conflict of Opinions, 71

Preliminary Railway Returns Published, 385, 469

Railway Companies Association and Road Damage by Motor Traffic*. 297, 325

Railway Statistics for October, 1925, 71

Railway Statistics for November, 1925, 243

Railway Statistics for December, 1925, 355

Railway Statistics for January, 1926, 525

Traffic Mileage and Receipts Statistics for Nine Months of 1925, 13

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued} :

Morden Tube Extension, Contracts for Stations and Further Work, 183, 621

Motor Car Type “ Trains,” 469 ; (Letter), 531

National Union of Railwaymen :

Delegate Meeting on Wages Board Award, 71 ; Result, 125

Depredations by Railway Servants Greatly Decreased, 99

Greatly Increased Membership, 497

Suspension of the Guaranteed Week, 609

National Wages Board, 71

New South Wales Railway, Wagon Record for Loading and Mileage, 213

New Year Honours, 43

New Zealand Government Railways' Engine, New Type, Named in Memory of Servants Killed in the War, 153

New Zealand, Locomotive Workshops Projected at Wellington, 385

Northern Railway of France and Dunkirk Harbour, Connection with Tilbury, 213

Osaka, Japanese Considering Erection of Up-to-date Station, 525

Piccadilly and City Lines, Tube Link at King’s Cross, 243

Pingtichuan to Pangkiang, Proposed Railway, 297

Post Office Sorting Vans on Railways, Ownership of, 13

Power-house Dispute Settlement, 213

Private Owners of Railway Rolling Stock, Minimum Tare, 71, 413

Race Meetings, Trains Most Profitable to Railways and Those who Trade with Them, 665

Radial Railway, High-speed, from Toronto to Hamilton, Proposed Construction, 385

Rails Used Annually on Railways, Returns, 99

Railway Benevolent Institution, 497

Railway Companies’ Burdens and Rates Increase, 324

Railway Material Exports Statistics, 13, 153, 183, 243, 325, 441, 581, 665

Railwaymen on Strike and Assistance to Injured Travelers, 581

Railway Rates Tribunal:

“ A ” Year, Expenditure of, 43, 71

<f Circuitous Route ” Investigation and _ts Cost, 243

New Schedule of Charges and the “ Ap-pointed Day,” 637

Private Owners of Rolling Stock and Minimum Tare, 71, 413

Standard Charges on the Four Grouped Systems, 497

Workmen’s Cheaper Tickets and Higher Wages, 525

Railway Shopmen and Court of Inquiry, Result, 213

Railway Superannuation Funds and Grouping, L. and N.E.R. Bill Rejected, 325

Road Traffic Competition and Loss of Goods Revenue by Railways, 525

Roads, Motors and Railways, 325

Runaway Catch Points and their Use, 213

Russian Railway Development, Possible Rolling Stock Orders, 71

Safety of British Railways, Proof by Statistics, 268

Sentence Passed Nearly Two Years After Offence in America, 609

Shareholders and Discussion of Questions of Practical Economy, 525

Shunting of British Railway Wagons, Link Coupling Advantages, 525

Signal Engineers from French Railway Inspecting English Installations, 125

Signalmen’s Duty in Case of Mishap, 213

Signals, Four-aspect Colour Light, 385

Sleeping Car Suggestions, International Competition Arranged, 125

Snow Delavs Post Office Mails on Railways, 13

South African Railways Relaying Track, 469

South Australian Success with Motor Rail

Cars, 325

South London Tube, The New, 621

Southern Railway :

Accusations of Delay and the Reply, 153

Atlantic Coast Express, 24

Bridges, Strengthened, to Carry “ King Arthur ” Class of Engine, 94

Brighton Section, Electric System to be Changed from Overhead to Third Rail, 268

Cannon-street Station’s Defects and Probable Closing for Alterations, 125, 183

Cannon-street Station Temporarily Closed, 553, 609

Dover-Ostend Boat Train Acceleration, 243

Electrical Service, Temporary, and Future Permanence, 183

Electrical Services and Increased Number of Passengers, Proposed Extensions on Brighton Section, 469

Electrification Programme to be Carried Out, 553, 609

Ferro-concrete Engine Depot at Exmouth Junction, 213

Floating Dock, 60,000-Ton, Temporary Removal, 637

Millbrook Station Improvements, 153

Proposed Improvements Consequent on Grouping, 469

Queen-street Station, Exeter, Additions, 360

Southampton, New Docks for Southern Railway, 153

Widening between Eastleigh and Shawford, 355

Steam Tramway Suspended on Account of Loss in Working, 609

Steel Sleepers for North Australian Railways, 325

Stockton and Darlington Centenary, Men’s Demonstration and Funds Division, 71

Stockton and Darlington Railway, Tablet to Memory of Pioneers, 413

Stores and Materials, Values of Certain Railways, 355

Switches of Railway Points, Oiling and Cleaning, 385

Third-class Passengers and Privileges, 99

Ticket-issuing Machine, New Type, 525

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Tottenham Court-road New Station’s Progress, 153

Trackless Tramway System for French Concession at Shanghai, 637

Traffic Receipts and Items of Expenditure, More Information Desired from Certain Railways, 355

Train-destination Indicators for Various London Stations, 609

Train Ferry, Harwich-Zeebrugge, Profit made in 1925, 355

Train Indicator, New Installation at Bakerstreet, 125

Tramways and Light Railways Returns, 562

Transport by Road and Rail, Colonel Ashley’s Views, 99

Travelling Facilities To and From East and North-East London, Investigations, 268

Tube Extensions, Expectations Regarding, 13

Tube Railways in South London, Proposed Extension, 153

Tunnel Darkness and Brilliantly Lighted Stations, Effect of Passing from One to the Other on Eyesight of Engine Drivers, 637

. Uganda Railway—see Kenya

“ Underground ” Group, Increased Omnibus Traffic, 413

Underground Railway Company’s Possible Use for Loud Speakers, 243

Vacuum Brake Fitted After Accident, 325 Wages—see National Union

Wagon, Two-body Self-discharging, 552

Watford Line Opening and Increased Number of Trains, 297

Western Australian Government Accepts English Firm’s Tender for Rails, 13

Windmill-driven Turbine and Alternating-current Generator for Working Signals, 609 Workman’s Ticket Claim Question, 637 Yellow to Replace Red Light Signals, Gradual Extension of Use, 665

RECLAMATION Scheme, Back Bay, Indian Government Inquiry, 553

Reinforced Concrete Bridge at Cymmer with Largest Span in Wales, 441

Reinforced Concrete Wharf at Zanzibar, Progress of, 355

Reservoir at Cardiff, Difficulties in Construction, 413

Rio de Janeiro, State of, Projected.Construction of Two New Ports, 269

River Carriage Aided by Growth of Railways, C. S. Butts, 183

Rivets, Countersunk or Bottom-head, Tests of Strength of, 43

Road Congresses, Permanent International Association of, 243

Road Construction in Spain, 355

Road-making, Cost of Construction and Maintenance, in Africa and in Yorkshire, 183

Road-making Experiments in Canada, 354

Road Traffic of Piccadilly to be Controlled by Light Signals, 243, 355

Roads Cleared of Scrap Iron by Magnet Hung Beneath 5-Ton Wagon, 125

Roads, Concrete, in Missouri, Increased Mileage, 272

Rock and Air Temperatures in Deep-level Mines, M. O. Tillard and E. C. Ranson, 346 Rock Drills, Committee Recommendations on the Rand, Successful Results, 191

Royal Metal Trades’ Pension and Benevolent Society, Seventy-eighth Anniversary Festival, 537

Ruhr Agreement with South American Province, Iron Or© and Coke Smelting, 325

s SAFETY Lamp, New Type, for Mines, 553

Safety Razor Blade Factory in Sheffield, Enormous Output, 71

St. Lawrence River Water Power Development Report, 43

Salt Works and Grounds near Sandbach Closed, 636

Salvador, Cutuco Port to Become a Satisfactory Harbour, 609

Scales, Engineers’, New Type, 484

Shanghai Company for Building Motor Cars on American Lines, 637

Shell Oil Company’s Boilers to be Fired with Pulverised Coal, 618

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :

Antwerp and British Tonnage, 441

Barge’s Independent Journey in a Gale, 13

Cable Steamer Colonia, Largest in the World, Sailed from the Thames to Lay 1800 Miles Duplicate Cable, 99

Fire-extinguishing Appliances on Ships, New Board of Trade Regulations, 441

Five British Submarines, Contracts for, 469

French Steel Deep-sea Trawler, the Last Word in Fittings, 99

Fruit-carrying Steamers for New York Firm, and Passenger Liner Ordered from Belfast, 609

Gyroscopic Steering Gear and Time-saving, 71

H.M.S. Destroyer Amazon, 71

H.M.S. Destroyer Ambuscade, 153

Italian Emigrant Steamships, Genoa to Rosario, Proposals, 213

Lifeboat Rescues in 1925, 43

Mauretania’s High Speed after Twenty Years, 441

Montreal, Port, Transatlantic Vessels, Statistics, 183

Motor Lifeboat Engines of the R.N.L. Institution, R.N. Engineer-Commander to Take Charge, 243

Motor Ship Primero, 54

Motor Tanker, Swedish, Large Marine Oil Engine for, 637

Rotor Ship, A New, for Hamburg, 355

Scapa Flow Salving of German Destroyers, Progress, 213, 297, 440

Steamer’s Engines and Boiler Good After Forty-three Years’ Work, 677

Steamers on the Murray River and Oceangoing Vessels, Suggested Communication Between by Aerial Ropeway, 665

Steamship'Service from Vancouver to Argentina, 297

Submarine L 27, Trials and Completion, 71

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued) :

United States Navy, Two 10,000-Ton Cruisers for, Suggested Machine Pressure, and Radical Departure from Normal Marine Practice, 385

War Office Motor Launches, 309

SHIPPING Conveyor Galleries, Quebec, Erection Approaching Completion, 553

Silver Compounds, New Type, Found in Australia, 413

Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 453

Slate for Structural Purposes, Coloured Surfacing Introduced, 243

Smoke Evil, Colossal Cost to the Country, Dr.

John S. Owens, 243

Snow Clearing Equipment in Ontario, 183

Societies—see Associations

South Africa, New Industry Started, 13

Soviet Union’s Lack of Calcium Carbide, Reopening of Works for Additional Supply, 497

Spanish Government Loan for Works at Port of La Luz, Canaries, 469

Spanish National Fuel Council, 125

Spelter and Sulphuric Acid Output from

Seaton Carew Works, 13

Spontaneous Inflammation of Certain Oils and

Oil Mixtures, Method of Prevention, 469

Steam Pipe Explosion, Possible Cause and Need of Care, 43

Steam Turbo-generator Failure After Lone Service, 413

Steel—see Iron and Steel

Stone, Weathering of, 577

Strainer, Choked, Removed from the Bottom of a Well, 413

Street Signs, Lighted Warning, in Chicago, 13

Suction Dredger with Steam Turbine-driven

Pump, 13

Sugar Mill in Australia, Power Plant from

Various English Manufacturers, 71

Sulphur Production in Java, 497

Sulphuric Acid Increased Output in France, 637

Swedish Ball Bearings, Annual Output, 213

T TAMPING Asphalt Road Surfacing, Nove! Appliance for, 413

Tanganyika Territory, Analysis of Import Trade Origin, 269

Tantalum, Pure, in Large Blocks, Useful Pro-duction for Scientific Apparatus, 269

Tar Over Salt Solution Layer, German Invention, 99

Tasmania Local Shale for Oil Production, Plant for Testing Possibilities, 413

Tasmanian Discovery of New Alloy, 497

Tasmanian East Coast, Projected Development of Water Power Resources, 497

Tasmanian Report, Coal Seams, Silver-lead

Lodes, Copper and Tin Lodes, 191

Taxi-cab Telephones, 553

Telephone Cable, New York-Chicago, Said to be Longest in the World, 99

Telephone Developments in and Round Shrewsbury, 99

Telephone Exchange, Strowger Automatic, at Ipswich, 421

Telephone Exchanges, Two New, for South London, 469

Telephone Figures for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 581

Telephone between London and Berlin and other German Towns, Arrangements, 321

Telephonic System, International, Linking-up of Hungary, 355

Tenders fot Steam-raising Plant, Marked

Difference in Amount, 609

Teredos Boring Damage in Three Months, 243

Terminal Warehouse, Toronto, New, Begun, 553

Thames Silting Near Waterloo Bridge, 441

Thermometer for Measuring High Temperatures, 385

Tides in the Bay of Fundy, Utilisation of, for

i Hydro-electric Development, 609

Timber Royalties in British Columbia, Levy Proposed to Provide Funds for Afforestation, 99

Tin Discoveries in the North-Western Part of Tanganyika, 413

Tin and Greisen Discovery on Babel Island Tasmania, 469, 497

Tin Mine, Dolcoath, New Shaft, 413

Tin Mining’s First Commercial Success in Canada, 609

Tin Ore Discovery in Cornwall, 71

Tin-plate Scrap, Cost of Handling, 469

Tin-plate Workers’ Official Tour, 183

Tires, Michelin, Reported Project for Manufacture in England, 13

Tool-box, Double-cutting, for Planing Machines 509

Trade with China, Prospects, 469

Transport Difficulties Caused by Drought

Affecting River in Colombia, 645

Trojan Service Manual, 456

Tubes, Special, Provisional Agreement between

Germano-Czech Tube Combination and

French Tube Rolling Works, 385

Tunnels, Three, Projected Under the Detroit River, 382

u UNDERGROUND Lake Discovery, Plans to

Drain on to Land for Irrigation, 413

“ Uniflow and Extraction Steam Engines,” Dr

T. B. Morley, 243

Universal Ball Joint, B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 277

University of British Columbia, Mechanical and

Electrical Engineering Equipment, 269

University College Engineering Society, Annual

Dinner, 277

Uxbridge Rural Drainage Loan, 637

V VALPARAISO Water Supply and Hydroelectric Plant, New Project Under Consideration, 297

Vancouver, Projected New Pier, 71

Venice as a Port, Projected Reconstruction, 355 Veteran Workers at Ironworks and Collieries, 512

Vickers Group Amateur Operatic Society, 537

Victoria, Vancouver Island, Dock Gates, 13

Village Deep Mine, Transvaal, now the Deepest in the World, 637

w ‘ WARD Leonard Control of Winding Engines,’

E. Le Lew Lamb, 243

Warehouse, Projected, of Record Size, 13

Water Power Resources, Development of, A. E.

Malpas, 13

WATER SUPPLY :

Auckland, N.Z., Development of Water Supply, 125

Barton, Ontario, Extension of Water Supply Projected, 125

Clay Cross Seeks Loan to Increase Water Supply, 665

WATER SUPPLY (continued) :

New South Wales, Lachlan River Water Conservation Scheme, 125

Underground Water, 337

Yangchow, China, Proper Water Supply-

Pro jected, 637

WEATHERING of Stone, 577

Well and Bore-hole Successfully Sunk at Measham, 581

Welland Ship Canal, Amount Still Required for Completion, 469

Whitworth Society, Commemoration Dinner, 27

Wind Tunnel Experiments, 441

Winding Engine Accidents, Fewer with Electrical than Steam Engines, 355

Wire and Wire Products, Minimum Prices for, in France and Belgium, 609

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY :

Asuncion, Projected Large Broadcasting Station at, 213

Basrah Port Trust, Satisfactory Working of Wireless Telephone Sets on Harbour Vessels, 665

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY (continued) :

Broadcasting Wave Lengths, Proposed Redistribution, 213

Government Wireless between this Country and the Dominions, 243

Radio Telegrams for Ships, Extension of Service, 323

Spain’s Use of British Wireless Apparatus, 99

Venezuela, Two New Wireless Installations, at Caracas and Maracaibo, 497

Wave Length for “ Trans-Canada ” Longdistance Relay, 99

Windmill, Purchase of Ditchling’s 200-year-old Peg and Post Mill, 530

Wireless Apparatus Imports, British Prospects in no Danger, 325

Wireless Receiving Licences, Post Office Receipts, 325

WOOD Boring Pest Imported into Australia, Possible Extermination, 13

Wooden Stove Pipe, Fine Specimen, Built by Californian Power Company, 497

Work, Joy in, and Routine Tasks, C. M. Schwab, 125

Workmen’s Average of 63*20 Years of Service per Man, 581

X-RAY Apparatus and Dark Room Mounted on Fast Motor Car, Great Value of, in Emergency, 125

z ZINC Chloride, Method of Preparation, P. Brallier, 497

Zinc Oxide Factory in Course of Erection on the River Don, Russia, 637

Zinc, Slab, Production at U.S.A. Zinc Reduction Plants in 1925, 525

Zinc Smelter for Saguenay, Quebec, 469

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