The Engineer 1917 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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A ABRASIVE Materials for Grinding Experiments, 83 Acetone for Explosives, Distilled from Wood, 401 Acetylene Gas for Internal Combustion Engines, German Experiments, 495 Acetylene, Heat-producing Capacity, 131 Acetylene, Properties of, Advantageous and Otherwise, 177 Acid-resisting Properties of Some Iron Silicon Alloys, Professor O. L. Kowalke, 587 AERONAUTICS:
Aeroplane Construction in India, 199
Aeroplanes, Passenger, Suggested Possible Developments, 109 Aviation for Civil and Commercial Purposes After the War, Committee Appointed, 401 Benz Engine Taken from Captured Zeppelin, Particulars of, 177 Electric Stabiliser, Reported Invention by Mr. Orville Wright, 220 Experimental Manufacture of Aeroplanes, 291 Higher Standard in Elying, General Brancker, 537
Magnetos, Output for Aero Purposes, 379
Spruce and Walnut for Aeroplanes, United States Deficiency, 247 Standardisation of Copper Tubes for Aircraft, 553 • Steel Suited to Aeronautical Purposes, G. A. Richardson, 379 Suggested Limitation of Models as Government Standards in American Aircraft, 361 Training for Aviator Officers, Preliminary, 326 United States National Aerial Coast Patrol, Scheme for 1000 Seaplanes, 269
Wright Aeroplane Patents in America, 259
AGRICULTURAL Committee’s Activities in Engineering Directions, 587 Agricultural Tractors for Italy, Government Assistance Towards Cost, 401 Allotropic Disintegration of Metals, Tin in Cold Climates, 495 Alloys, Non-ferrous, 353 Alloys Used in Foundry Practice, 131 Aluminite, Recovery of Potash and other Products from, 379 Aluminium Bronzes, Results of Study of Properties, 495 Aluminium Motor Trouble due to Alkaline Water, 401 Aluminium for Munition Making, Ontario’s Substitution of Copper for Aluminium Wire on Transmission Lines, 59 American Annual Expenditure on Automo- bihsm, 83 American Confession of Munitions Failure, 70 American Industries and the War, 375 American Oil Engine, Surface Ignition Type with Electric Heating, 379 American Press and Proposed Increase in Newspaper Postage, 563 America’s Alter War Products for Russian
Markets, 131
Ammunition, British, Greatly Increased Weekly Output, 155 Anti-Motoring Bills Proposed in New York State, 109 Artesian Well, First to be Bored in Europe, 541 Artificer Engineers, R.N., Promotions, 291 Asbestos, Commercial, To Purify, when Contaminated with Iron, 357 Asbestos in Swaziland, 155 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING DRAUGHTSMEN : Birmingham Branch : Concert; Membership Numbers, 353 Hartlepool Section : First Annual General Meeting, 280 Huddersfield Sub-Committee : First Meeting, 446 Leeds Branch : Meeting and Elections, 409 London Branch: First General Meeting, 228 Manchester Section : First General Meeting. 576 ; Meeting and Elections, 135 Merseyside and District Branch : Dinner and Concert, 130 Tees-side and Hartlepools Branch : First District General Meeting, 508 ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL :
Annual Meeting, 320
INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY :
Presentation to Mr. R. B. Pilcher, 400
Liverpool Section : Gas Producing on Peat Fuel in Ireland, Professor E. C. C. Baly, 83
INSTITUTE, CONCRETE :
Annual Meeting, Postponement, 470
INSTITUTE, IRON AND STEEL :
Annual and Autumn Meetings, 144
Properties of the Refractory Materials Used in the Iron and Steel Industries, Cosmo Johns, 353
INSTITUTE OF METALS :
Autographic Load Extension Optical Indicator, Professor W. E. Dalby, 366
New Office Address, 177
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS :
American and British Automobile Engineers, 459
Screw Gauges, Colonel Crompton, 59
Technical Committee of the Motor Industries, 443 London Graduate Section : Some Calculations in Automobile Engine Design, P. A. Williams, 135
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
Annual Meeting ; Election of Officers ; Awards for Papers, 413 Honorary Members Elected, 227
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS :
House Taken over by Government, 346
Telephone Gear, Machine Switching, F. R.
McBerty, 447
INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS :
Annual Meeting, 190
INSTITUTION, JUNIOR, OF ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS : Proposed Extension of Membership to Apprentices and Students, 298
INSTITUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS :
Awards for Papers, 120
New President’s Address, 83
INSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS :
Programme for Annual Meeting, 576
INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS :
Annual Meetings, 122
Offered Rewards for Papers, 122
INSTITUTION, NORTH-EAST COAST :
Standard Marine Engine, 563
INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGISTS :
Oil Shales in Vast Quantities in Britain, W. Forbes-Leslie, 131 INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS :
Automatic Signalling, C. H. Ellison, 199 INSTITUTION, ROYAL :
Meetings and Elections, 142, 230, 400, 518 Programme of Lectures, 320
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY :
Extracting Vaporous Constituents from Coal Gas, Dr. R. Lessing, 109 Edinburgh Section : Motor Spirit and the War, J. G. Arman, 223
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS :
High Tensile v. Mild Steel for Reinforced Concrete, A. W. C. Shelf, 247
SOCIETY, FARADAY :
Training and Work of the Chemical Engineer, Papers and General Discussion, 143
SOCIETY, ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING :
Annual Meeting and Report, 459
SOCIETY, OPTICAL :
Aberrations of the Telescope Objective, P. F. Everitt, 269 Tool Required for given Block of Lenses, Simple Method to Determine Size, C. L. Redding, 247
SOCIETY, PHYSICAL :
Electro-magnetic Waves, Effect of Moisture in Atmosphere, Dr. F. Schivers, 199 Thermal Conductivity of Wires, Effect ,of Stretching, A. Johnstone, 447
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
Straw from Chalk Land near Luton and Dunstable, Sir Francis Fox, 447
SOCIETY, ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL :
Atmospheric Electric? 1 Phenomena During Rain, Lieut. C. D. Stewart, 366 Autographic Records of the Air-Wave from the East London Explosion, January 19th, 1917, F. J. W. Whipple, 599 Continentality and Temperature, C. E. P. Brooks, 259 Diurnal Variation of Atmospheric Pressure at Benson, Oxon, 1915, E. G. Bilham, 366 Heat Balance of the Atmosphere, W. H. Dines. 259 Reduction of Temperature Observations, &c., C. E. P. Brooks, 599 Some Aspects of the Cold Period, December, 1916, to April, 1917, R. C. Mossman, 599 ASTRONOMICAL Apparatus, Mr. Wilson’s, 313 Australian Marble for China, 199 B BARGES Driven by Internal Combustion
Engines on the Mississippi, 177
Barges, Lighterage Charges for Detention, 401 Basic Slag, Increased Production Expected, 313 Basic Slag, To Determine Manurial Value, 541 Basic Slag as Manure, Production in the United
Kingdom, 177
Beet Sugar Cultivation Results in Montgomeryshire, 177 Beet Sugar Production in Nottinghamshire, 401 Benzol Recovery in Russia, Great Increase, 37 Benzol and Toluol Recovery in By-product Ovens, 199 Birkenhead’s Dearth of Houses, 223 Birmingham Canal Navigation Report, 291 Birmingham, Projected Public Works for After War Labour, 313 Bismuth and Cadmium Added to Soft Solders, Effect, 109 Blast-furnace for Mysore, 177 Boiler-feeding Service Formula, M. W. Ehrlich, 291 Boilers, Oil Fuel, 80 and 90 per cent. Efficiency, Bombay Power Plants for Agricultural Purposes, Bombay, Projected Hydraulic Power Scheme for Fertiliser Manufacture, 313 Brazing Solder for Brass, Method of Making Alloy, 83 Bricks, Maximum Number Laid and Possible to Lay, 177 Bridges, Highway, in Canada, Concrete, and Steel and Concrete, 519 Brighton Corporation’s Offer of Tramway Rails to Sheffield, 155 Briquettes at the Nuremberg Gasworks, 247 British Association Meeting in 1917 Abandoned, 291 British and Irish Manufacturers, Board of Trade Directory of, 587 British Magnetos, Great Increase in Output Since the War, 109 C ' CAEN, Normandy, Widening of Canal to Sea, 357 Calorimeter, Adiabatic, F. Daniels, 519 Canada, Systematic Gravity Survey, 357 Canada’s Progress in Manufacture of Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus, 177 Canadian Coal Production, 247 Canadian Government’s Reduced Expenditure, 291 Canadian Small Arms Ammunition Factory at
Lindsay, Ontario, 199
Canals, Question of More Effective Use, 313 Catalogues, Foreign, Index of, 518 Catalogues Wanted by Explosives Department,
Ministry of Munitions, 357
Celluloid for the Cutlery Trade, American
Output Needed for War Purposes, 563
Cement Gun for Stucco and Plaster Work in
America, 177
Central Steam Supply Plant for New York, 223 Channel Tunnel, Proposed Resolution, 401, 409 Chars-^-Bancs, Purchase by Government, 467 Chemical Industry in America, Growth in
Importance Since the War, 109
Chemical Ware Manufacture in France, 447 Chicago Drainage Canal ; Deepening Scheme and the Great Lakes Level, 313 Chili’s Record Nitrate Output, 109 Chimney, 250ft. High, in Canada, 357 Chimney, 570ft. High, Reinforced Concrete, 587 China Clay Output in Cornwall, 199 China’s Neglected Opportunities in Hydraulic Engineering, 223 Cholera Microbe’s Rapid Development, 83 Cinematographs’ Large Use of Silver, 37 City of London Motor Volunteer Corps, 413 Clifton Bridge, Fifty Years’ Continuous Use, 155 Clothing Disinfectors for the United States
Army, 335
Coal By-products Research, Nitrogen Demand, High Percentage in South Africa, 83 Coal Consumption and Tar, 233 Coal Discovery in Italy, 447 Coal Discovery, Large, in Queensland, 313 Coal Heat Loss through Flue Gases, Tests in New York, 109 Coal Mining Increase in Natal, 401 Coal and Oil, Comparative Tests on American
Coasting Steamer, 335
Coal Output in 1915, Inspector’s Report, 223 Coal, Possible Chemical Treatment of, for Extraction of Products, Professor J. W. Cobb, 379 Coal Shortage and Smoke Emission in Road Vehicles, 335 Coal Storage of 100,000 Tons Capacity in Pittsburg, 247 Coal Storage Under Water in the Ohio River, 83 Coal Supply, Forms Issued by Controller to Consumers, 563 Coal Transport on Railways and Canals, Comparative Figures, 223 Coal Working, Wasteful Method, 199 Coaling Plant, British, at Port Natal, 495 Coals of the United States, Thermal Values, 28 Coke Oven and Benzol Plants Installed at
Youngstown, Ohio, 13
Coke and Slack, Comparison, J. A. Crowther, 587 Coke and Steam Coal, Test of Comparative Results from Use, 199 Cold-drawn Metallic Filaments, Japanese Patent, 37 Columbian Government Loan for Port Improvement and Other Works, 269 Comets, Three New, Discovered, 83 Compressed Air from Falling Water Without
Moving Machinery, 59
Concrete Barges, New Type of Construction, 177 Concrete Pile Driving by Drop Hammer, 269 Concrete Piles and Pile Shoes, W. Cleaver, 401 Concrete Pneumatically Placed in Lining
Tunnel in America, 109
Concrete Protection Against Frost, 83 Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, Its Economy and Adaptability, 357 Concrete for Repair of Cast Iron Pulley, 199 Concrete Successfully Used for Stadium in New York, 13 Condenser Tubes, Admiralty Mixture for, 541 Cooling by Air Compression, 541 Cooling Motor Car Engines ; Thermo-Siphon
System, 83 '
Cork Fabric for Waterproof Clothing, 335 Cornwall Mines and the Diamond Drill, 335 Cotton Consumption of the World’s Manufacturing Countries, Great Increase, Statistics, 155 Cotton Imports into the United States, 541 Cotton from India, Increasing Use, 131 Cotton Industry Problems, Scientific Research, 313 Cotton Manufacturing Industry in United States, Great Growth, 177 Cotton Substitute, Valuable Properties of “ Typha,” 131 Creosoting Pit Timber, 379 Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers and Award, 413 Cutlery, Rustless Steel, in the United States, 177 Cutting Off Piles Below Water-level, 291 Cyanide Scarcity and Production of Silver, 58? D DAMS, Multiple-arch, 519 Daylight Saving Discussion in America, 401 Death of Professor J. E. Sweet, 37 Decimal Coinage, Mr. H. Allcock’s Proposal to Introduce American Cent and Dollar, 563 Desert in Arizona to be Watered by Conveyance of Melted Stone from Mountains, 59 Detonating Substances, Mercury Fulminate and Others, 541 Diesel Engines and Exhaust Utilising Apparatus, 495 Diesel Engines, Suggested Failure for Vessels
Requiring Speed, 37
Diesel Motor Manufacture in Sweden, 335 Divining Rod for Water Discovery, Earliest
Published Mention, 401
Draughtsmen’s Association—see Association Draw-bar Pull of Plough Horses, 199 Dyes, Crude, for the United States Supplied by
Cutch from Burma, 155
E EKATERINBURG Municipal Improvement Plans, 109 ELECTRICAL MATTERS: Band Saw, Electrically-driven ; Vagaries of Motor, 177 Birmingham Corporation Electricity Report, 563 Capacity of Electric Motors, Rating on Temperature Rise, 563 Chicago, Electric Generating Station Pulled Down, 37 China, Limited Number of Electric Motors, 519 Cooling of Electrical Machinery, Difficulties of the Designer, 155 Double-unit System of Electrical Equipment on American Motor Cars, 223 Electrical Conductivity of Substances, 395 Electrical Driving in Steel Works, Increased Use, 13 Electrical Engineering Ceases Publication, 37 Electrical Vehicles Increase in this Country and in the United States, 425 Electrically-propelled Vehicles,Large Number in New York, 519 Electricity Supply, Committee Appointed, 303 Electro-Chemistry and Electro-Metallurgy in the United Kingdom, 37 Electrolyte of Dry Batteries, Substitutes for Cereals in Thickening, 247
Government and Electrical Supply, 541
Heating and Cooking, Electrical, Success in Switzerland. 563 Heating and Cooking by Electricity, C. Scott, 541 Ignition of Gaseous Mixture by Electric Spark, 269 India, Hydro-electric Scheme for Generating Electricity in the Western Ghats, 541 Lead Battery Plates for Electric Motor Vehicles, 131 ; (Letter), 198 Lighting Plant for China, Cost of British Compared with German, 541 Marine Propulsion, Electrical, from 1838 to 1916. 269
Mines’ Increased Use of Electric Power, 223
Motor Cars in America, Electric Battery Ignition Instead of Magnetos, 401 Negative Electrode in Vapour Electrical Apparatus, Use of Thallium or Caesium, 401 New Zealand, Electric Supply for Lighting, Heating, &c., in Lyttelton and Nairoa, 587 Oil, Testing, for Use with Transformers, 401 Ontario Hydro-electric Commission, Purchase of Plant, 587 Peat to Replace Coal in German Power Station, 401 Porcelain Materials for Electrical Work in France, Home Manufacture Replacing German, 401 Rotary Converters, Booklet by Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, 346 Rotherham Council Application for New Power Station, 313 Russian Electrical Power Stations Somewhat Out of Date, 541 Shanghai Electricity Department, Report, 83 Shunt Wound Direct-current Electric Motors, 425
F FEARNSIDES, Professor, Valuable Research Work or Military Service, 131 Federal Parliament House Erection Postponed During the War, 131 Federation of British Industries, War Loan, 83 Ferro-manganese, American Production, 233 Fire and Reinforced Concrete, Experience in Ontario, 313 Five-cylinder Motor Car in America, 291 Flag-staff, Ferro-c mcrete, for Stirling, 379 Flax Growing in Great Britain, Experiments, 59 Flexible Coupling in Laboratory Machine Mounting, 223 Flood Lighting, L. C. Porter, 425 Flour Mdling Capacity of the United Kingdom, 379 Flour Product per Wheat Acreage, 378 Flow of Air and Petrol Vapour through Fixed Orifice, 177 Foundling Founder of Machine Tool Industry, 563 France, Industrial Conditions in, Report of American Commission, 425 Freezing of Pipes, Hot and Cold, 291 French National Physical and Mechanical Laboratory for Research for Industrial Purposes, 37 Frosted Glass, Method of Making, 519 Fuel Economisers in America, 109 G GAS for Brass and Copper Melting, 223 Gas Evolved from Coke Consumed in Blastfurnace, 447 Gas-producing Plant with Peat Fuel, 83 Gasoline Definition, Distillation Test, United States Bureau of Standards, 379 Gauge, Standard Structure, in the United States, 552 German Aniline and Drug Factory Blown up, 131 German Machinery and Tools in Russia, Opening for British Firms at Ekaterinburg, 479 German Steamers in United States Ports, Frustration of German Efforts to Secure Sinking, 587 German Substitute Materials in Electrical Engineering, 335 German Tax on Coal Output, 223 Germany and News Blockade, Wireless Probabilities, 495 Germany’s Reported 225 New Submarines, 13 Glycerine, Suggested Mixture as Substitute in Soldering, 587 Gold Dredger in California, Largest in the World, 188 Grain Elevators Wanted for Central Argentine Railway, 541 Graphite, Artificial, Important Industry at Niagara, 131 Graphite Deposit Discovery in United States, 223 Grease Recovery from Bradford Sewage, Value, 619 Greenwich, Report of Observations, 519 Gun Barrel Oscillations, Research, M. Okochi and M. Majima, 563 Gun, 16in. Coast Defence, New American, 357 Gun Erosion, H. Fay, 587 Gun Firing and Silence Zones, E. Eschangon, 13 H HEADLIGHTS for Motor Cars: Problem of Light without Glare, 447 Height of Buildings in New York: A New
Zoning Law, 177
Helmets in America, Armour Plating Suitable for, Made from Nickel Chrome, 401 Huddersfield Trade Promotion, Clearing House for Inquiries, 247 Hydro-electric Power in America, Cost of Generation, 223 Hydro-electric Power in New Zealand, North Island, 313 Hydro-electric Project on Yadkin River, Stanley County, N. C., 13 ICELAND Coalfields, Favourable Report, 447 India : Great Extension in Postal and Telegraphic Systems, 357 India as the Source of Cotton Supply, 37 Indian Indigo Crop and German Dye Competition, 447 Indian Water Power, Proposed Government Survey for Hydro-electric Purposes, 447 Industrial Casuality, Cause and Prevention, 563 Industrial Engineer, His Value to England, 155 IRON AND STEEL: Basic Slag from Open-hearth Steel Furnaces in United States—Large Proportion of Manganese Wasted, 425 Bessemer Steel, Basic, Ore from Lorraine Chiefly used for, 379 British Non-manufacturers Puddling Research Committee, 109 British Steel Industry’s Great Advance, 379
Brittleness of Spring Steel, 199 Canadian Iron and Steel Output, 247
Cast Iron Water Mains Bent in the Field by Heat to 50ft. Radius, 155 Chrome Steel for Balls for Bearings, 97 Chromite, Crude, Oil, Various Sources of Supply, 59 Chromium Steel to Replace Tungsten for Permanent Magnets, Investigation in Germany, 401 Electrical Conductivity of Substances, Microscopic Study of Steel, 395 Electrical Device to Retard Cooling of Ladle Contents, 59 Electrical Furnaces, Great Increase, 13 Electrical Smelting Impracticable in Great Britain, 37 Electrical Steel Furnace, Largest in the World, 401 Ferro-tungsten, Inferior Quality in United States, 131 German Industrial Development Due to Iron Ore from France and Steel-making Process by an Englishman, 83 German Manganese Scarcity, Utilisation of Blast-furnace Slag Accumulations, 379 German Nickel Works’ Diminishing Dividend, 379 German Shortage of Tungsten, 59 German Sources of Supply of Iron Pyrites, 223 Germans’ Use of Calcium Silicide to Replace Ferro-manganese, 59 Heat Generation in Recently Hardened Steel, C. F. Brush, 519 Invar Nickel Steel, Properties of, 13
Iron and Steel Industries Inquiry, 199
Magneto Ignition Apparatus, Composition and Treatment of Magnet Steel, 291 Manchuria, Steel Plant to be Constructed by
S. Manchuria Railway, 333, 495 Manganese Bronze, Receipt for, 269 Manganese Mine Output in Costa Rica, 335
Manganese Steel, Shrinkage Compared with Ordinary Steel, 59 Middlesbrough Shipments of Pig Iron and Manufactured Iron and Steel, 247 Mild Steel for Locomotive Fire-boxes in United States, 223 Molybdenite Deposit near Ottawa, 13 Molybdenum in Canada, 401 Molybdenum in French Seventy-fives, 357 Molybdenum in Non-ferrous Alloys, 353 Molybdenum and Tungsten, Comparative Merits, 109 Portugal, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 598 Rifle Barrels, Temperature for Hardening Different Steels Used, 155 Smelting Furnaces in the Cleveland District, Largest in the World, 379 Steel Plant at Toronto for Imperial Munitions Board, 223 Steel Studs for Non-skid Tire Covers, now Produced in this Country, 425
Tungsten Mining in South Australia, 59 Tungsten Mining in Southern Manchuria, 429
Tungsten Ores, Wolframite and Scheelite, from Federated Malay States, 59
Tungsten Treatment to Render Ductile, 335
Tungsten and Wolfram Production in France, 177 United States Electric Furnace Steel Output, 131 United States Steel Corporation’s Large Daily Output, 425
Welding High Speed and Mild Steel, 199
IRONSTONE Mines in the Midlands, Mechanical Diggers Introduced, 357 Irrigation in the Bombay Deccan, Retirement of Mr. H. F. Beale, 495 Irrigation in India, Favourable Resorts of, 357 Italian Government Concessions for Hydroelectric Scheme, 269 Italian Output of Pig Iron, 447 J JAPAN Manufacturing Looms and Weaving Mill Equipment instead of Importing them, 59 Japanese Exports to United States, Increase, 563 Joint Composition, R. Neville, 443 Jordan, Dr. H. K., and the South Wales Coalfield, 291 K KLEENSURFACE for Coating Tools before Hardening, 298 Klingerite, French Discovery of Composition, 541 Kob6, Plans for Improved Transport Facilities, 541 Laminated Belt, Protected Edge, J.JTullis and Son, Limited, 72 Lamp Rating in the United States, 131 Lathes, Deficiency in India Supplied by Japan, 37 Lead Smelting Works Projected at Aberystwith, 587 Leakage through Concrete, Method of Prevention, 519 Leather Testing by New Machine, P. L. Worme- ley, 587 Leeds Daily Delivery of Coke Oven Gas, 155 Leeds University’s War Activities, 13 Lubrication of Petrol Engine Valve Stems, Brown Brothers, Limited, 598 Lubrication of Springs for Motor Cars, 563 “ Lumen ” as New Unit for Light Measurement, 379 M MACHINE Gun, Electrically Fired, Swiss Invention, 495 Machine Tools, Purchase or Negotiations for Purchase, Government Order, 598 Magnesite in the Transvaal, Demand Increasing, 519 Manchester Chamber of Commerce, New Board at Work, 199 Manchester Gas Committee and Relief of Rates, 357 Manchester, Port of, 295 Manganese and Molybdenum—see Iron and Steel Mechanical Tractors on the Farm, Comparison with Horses, 541 Metric System, 599 Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Reports, 70, 598 Miners’ Wages and Government Control, 222 Ministry of Munitions Prohibitions and Permits in Dealing, 12 “ Modern Farming,” 526 Morocco, Exploitation of Water Power by French Companies, 495 Motor Car Abundance in the United States, 37 Motor Car Design in America, 109 Motor Cars in Britain and United States, Record
Number in New York State, 109
Motor Cars, Electro-pneumatic System of Gear Changing, 357 Motor Cars, When they are Locomotives and When they are Not, 357 Motor Industries, Technical Committee of the, 443 Motor Omnibuses, Need of Reduction in Tare Weight, 425, 495 Motor Omnibuses and Road Maintenance, Birmingham Company’s Complaints, 563 Motor Vehicles and the Helical Bevel Drive, 59 Motor Vehicles Registered in New York, 13. N NATIONAL Association of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers, Annual Meeting, 258 Naval Cadets, Special Entry, 190 Netherlands Trade and Industries, Fair at Utrecht, 131 New Brunswick Minerals, 83 New South Wales Government Scheme for Handling Wheat in Bulk, 281 Niagara and Hydro-electric Development, 83 Nitric Acid from the Air, French Chemists’ Study of Serpek Method, 425 Nitric Acid Carboys, Need of Effective Closure, 425 Nitric Acid and other Chemical Products, New Company in Sweden, 313 Nitrogen Compounds in United States, Government Works, 447 North-East Coast Institution Standard Marine Engine, 563 Norway, Electric Motor Car Company Projected, 13 Norway, Proposed Electro-Chemical Works, 13 Norway and the Reforestation Question, 563 Norway, Tanning Extracts Company Formed, 13 Norwegian Production of Whale Oil, Falling Norwegian Waterfalls, Proposed Refusal of Foreign Ownership, 155 Nova Scotia, Large Steel Bridge, 495 o OFFICERS’ Training Corps, Vacancies, 55 Oil Stains on Concrete Floors, To Remove, 541 Omnibus Statistics in London, 437 Omnibuses in London, on Solid Leather Tires, also Pet rol-Electric Statistics, 37 Ontario as Producer of Nickel, Silver and Gold, 519 p PANAMA Canal, Corrosion of Lock Gate Machinery, 263—see Miscellaneous Index Panama Canal,Vessels’ Time in Passing Through Panama Canal, Water Supply, 247 Paper Bottles, Manufacture of, 483 Paper Production in India, 541 Paper Pulp from Maguey Plant Leaves in Mexico, 247 Paper and Strawboard Shortage, Paper-bound Books, 379 Parkinson, J., and Son, Descriptive Booklet, 553 “ Partinium ” for Construction of Motor Cars, 587 Patriotism in the United States, Steel and Copper for National Defence, Much Below Market Prices, 425 Peat, Bacterised, Experiments without Effective Results. 425 Peat Fuel by Rosendahl Method in Norway, 357 Peat in Italy as Producer of Ammonia Sulphate, 131 Peru, Increased Industrial Activity, 13 Petrolastic Cement, Standard Oil Company, 335 Petrol Automobile, The First Patent in the United States, 269 Petrol Consumption in Lorries in France, High Rate Used by American Carburetters, 313 Petrol for Private Motor Cars, 190 Petroleum Importation and Distribution, Pooling Facilities to Release Men for the Army, 401 Petroleum Wells in Assam, 495 Petters, Limited, 574 Petters’ New Factory for Motor Ploughs and Agricultural Tractors, 313 Pile Driving, Henry Adams, 425 Pitprop Shortage, Colliers as Timber Fellers, 223 Platinum Crucibles for Laboratories, Substitute for, 587 Platinum, High Prices and Declining Output, 495 Platinum in Russia, Record High Price, 425 Platinum in the Urals, Much Reduced Output, 155 Ploughing, Electric or Steam, Apathy of Industry and Government, 587 Pneumatic Tires, Air Pressure in Hot Weather, 13 Pneumatic Tires, Importance of Sufficient Inflation, Mr. Lockwood’s Experiments, 519 Policemen Electrically Illuminated on Point Duty in St. Louis, 13 Porcelain for Electric Insulators, Porosity and Expansion as Causes of Deterioration, 563 Porcelain, Electro-technical, Production in France, 541 Portland Cement Making ; Potash as By-product, 401 Portugal, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 598 Postal Charges in America, Increase, 59 Post-office Wires, Over Three Million Miles, 357 Prohibited Exports, 122, 421, 519 Q QUEBEC Bridge, Provision of Traction Brake During Train Passage, 447 Queensland, Mackay Harbour Board Borrowing to Improve Pioneer River, 357 Quicklime Expansion, Use for Mechanical Purposes, 357 R RADIUM, Amount Tested by United States Bureau of Standards, 11 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS: Accident on the Glasgow Subway Railway, Report, 587 Accident at Moorgate-street Station, Metropolitan Railway, 563 Accident, Serious, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 291, 313, 541 Accident Statistics, United Kingdom, 109, 177 Accidents and Fewer Board of Trade Inquiries, 291 Accidents to Railway Servants, Chairman of Departmental Committee, 13 Adamson, Eight Hour for Trackmen Act, 83 American Flag to be Flown on all Engines and Stations of the St. Louis-San Francisco System, 580 American Locomotive Company’s Engines for Spein, 563 American Railway Associations’ Postponement of Meetings, 586 American Railways Taken Over by President : also Telegraphs, Telephones, &c., 379 Ammunition Handling by Railways Here and in France, Sir W. Robertson or, 495 Annual Reports of British Railways Condensed in Size, 131 Appointment Changes on Various Railways, 199, 223, 291, 313, 335, 357, 379 Australia, East-West Transcontinental Railway, Date of Opening, 495; “ Straight Line Section ” of 330 Miles, 541 Australian Railways, Changes of Administrative Methods, 447 Bakerloo Service, Elephant and Castle to Willesden, Extended to Watford, 106 Ball, J. B., Chief Engineer, Great Central Railway, Transfer to London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 199 Ball, Mr. J. B., Presentation to, 401 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Establish Steamship Connection with South America, 69 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Large Bequests for Families of Employees, 357 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Use of Mechanical Stokers, 335 Belfast and County Down, Decreased Goods Receipts Due to Diminished Potato Traffic, 269 Belfast and County Down New Second-class Carriages, 269 Booke, &c., for Railway Troops Comforts Committee, 155 Bridge, Swing, Mixed Gauge Single Track, between Sweden and Finland, 269 Bridgwater Canal ; de Trafford Estates Development Bill Rejected, 313 British Columbia, Connaught Tunnel Open for Traffic, 37 Burtonport Extension—see Lough Swilly Caledonian Main Line Collision at Newton, 519 Caledonian Railway Collision at Kirtlebridge, Board of Trade Inquiry, 13, 37 Calthrop, Mr. Guy, Temporary Retirement from London and North-Western Railway, 177, 199 Cambrian Railway Engine Sale, 247 Cambrian Railway System, Advantages for Industrial Purposes, 379 Canadian Government Commission on Railways, Report, 425 Canadian Hospital Cars for Returning Woimded Soldiers, 519 Canadian Industrial Disputes Act, 447 Canadian Northern Railway, Progress of
Tunnel Under City of Montreal, 291
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con- tinued) ; Canadian Northern Railway’s Transcontinental Scheme, 571 Canadian Rails Torn up to Send to France, 541
Canadian Railways’ Coal Bill, 357 Canals and Transport of Coal, 563
Cardiff and Rhymney Railways, Joint Manager Appointed, 335, 357 Carriage Door Opening, Safety Measures, 83 Chambers of Commerce and Railways, Suggested Association, 471 Channel Tunnel Postponement, 401, 409 Charing Cross Bridge, Bill for Strengthening, 131, 199, 247, 268, 401 Chester and Holyhead Line, Loadslip, and Tunnel Girders, 109, 155 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, War Letter to its Employees, 567 Chicago Great Western Railway Report, Economies Effected, 109 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Further Electrified Portion Opened, 59 ; Additional Electrification Decided Upon, 199 ; Details, 562 Chicago and North-Western Railway and Southern Pacific Railway, Immunity from Accidents, 253 Chicago, Proposed Heavy Expenditure on Electrification and Extension of Suburban Railways, 379 Coal Supply, Railway Facilities and Government Orders, 401 Coal Wagons, Weight Discrepancy and Board of Trade, 471 Collision at Oakley Junction, Midland Railway, Report, 83 Concrete in Place of Timber for Sleepers and other Railway Use, 425 Death on Footplate of Oldest Midland Railway Driver, 109 Death of Mr. W. Bailey, Midland Railway Accountant, 223 Death of Mr. P. Lomas, Secretary, Great Eastern Railway, 13, 37 Death of London, Brighton and South Coast Director, Retirement of Engineer, 155 Death of Sir J. W. Stevens, Taff Vale Railway, 155 Defence of the Realm Act, Fresh Regulations, 131 Derwent Valley Railway not under Government, 357 Dining Car, Improved Type on Illinois Central Railway, 59 Dividends of Certain Railways, 109, 155 Dogs, Except in Baskets, Excluded from Passenger Cars on Long Island Railway, 37 Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Chairman’s Retirement, 276 Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Greatly Increased Coal Bill, 269 Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, New Chief Engineer, 269 Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Representative on Irish Railway Executive Committee, 131
East Coast Scottish Express, New Line, 313
Eastern Bengal Railway, Chord Railway Sanctioned between Khulua and Derm Dam, 37 Economy Desirable in Working of United States Railways, 587 Economy in Structure of Locomotives in the United States, 13 Egg and Poultry Production and Great Eastern Demonstration Train, 177, 357 Electric Train on Non-electrified Line at Acton Wells Junction, 13 Electrification of Steam Railroads, W. R. Steinmetz, 313
Electro-mechanical Signalling, 37
Exports of Railway Material, Statistics, 313, 447, 541 Fares Increase and Commercial Travellers, 199, 273, 519 Fares Increase, False Rumours, 519 Fares Increase and Question of London’s Exemption, 425 Fares Increase, Refusal of Appeal for Special Reductions, 223, 313 Fares Increase and Schools, Lord Bess- borough’s Proposal, 59 Fares Increase and Season Tickets, 291 Fares on the Metropolitan District Railway, 291 Fay, Sir Sam, to Assist Government with Train Movement in this Country, 59 Financial Control of Irish Railways, Midland Great Western Railway, 199 Fish Carriage and Prepayment of Railway Rates, 335, 471 Fish Conveyance from Ireland, Shipping but not Railway Restrictions, 587 Food Carriage, Dependence on Railways, 154 Freight Cars, Campaign in Favour of Full
Loads, Canadian Pacific Railway, 495
French Company, New, “ Le Materiel Roulant,” 59 French Railways in Cochin-China get Locomotives from South Manchurian Shops, 247 French Railways, Financial Statistics, 109 Frost and Cab Signals, Immunity from Accident of the Great Western Railway, 335
Furness Railway Chairmanship, 313
Gardens on the Side of the Line, North- Eastern Railway, 37 German Coal Shortage and Railway Difficulties, 131 German Railway Difficulties due to Lack of Lubricating Oil, 495 Germany’s Export of Railway Material in 1913,247 Giant’s Causeway and Portrush Electric Tramways, Traffic Statistics, 199 Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Present Motor Ambulances to Scottish Red Cross, 425 Glasgow and Subway Railway Accident, Report, 587 Goods Train Traffic, Co-ordination to Relieve Pressure, 401 Government Controlled Canal, One Only, in Ireland, 425 Government Expenditure on Railways, 379 Government and the Railways, Financial Aspect, 199 Grand Trunk Employees in the War, 495 'Great Central Railway, Change of Chief
Engineer, 199, 401
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Great Central Railway Prosperity, 223
Great Central Railway Stations, Names Changed, 335 Great Eastern Men with the Colours, and Casualties, 155 Great Eastern Railway Servants and Property Injured by Explosion, 177
Great Eastern Railway, Staff Changes, 37
Great Eastern Railway Steamers, Loss and Replacement, 149 Great Eastern Railway Time-table Changes, 87 Great Northern of Ireland, Great Increase in Punctuality, 247 Great Southern and Western of Ireland, Armoured Cars, 269 Great Southern and Western Railway, Collision at Kiltimagh, Inquest, Verdict and Report, 13, 37, 247 Great Western Railway Accident Statistics, 357 Great Western Railway Canal, 357, 447 Great Western Railway and Metropolitan Water Board, Proposed Land Transfer at Battersea, 13 Great Western Railway, Offer of Garden Ground Alongside Railway, 37 Horses for Carrier and Delivery Services, Co-ordination by Board of Trade, 447 Hospital Train for Maryland Soldiers, Some American Railways Combine to Provide, 425 Hudsons Bay Railway, Winnipeg to Port Nelson, Progress, 59 Ice Coating on Conductor Rails, Interference with Electric Trains, 83 Indian Mail Passenger Service Reduction, 223 Indian Railway Restrictions Due to War Conditions, 379 Institution of Locomotive Engineers and Institution of Railway Signal Engineers— see Associations, &c.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ^^^'IISSION :
Accident Statistics, Report, 131 Application for Rates Advance to Meet Eight Hours’ Law, 335 Locomotive Boilers, Inspector’s Annual Report. 109 United States Railway Fiscal Year to Coincide with Calendar, ending December 31st, 37
Irish Mails Late Delivery, Complaints, 335 Irish Railway Changes, 83
Irish Railway Executive Committee, Members, 37 Irish Railway Executive Committee, Question of Representative for South of Ireland, 313 Irish Railway Reduced Fares, Proposal Negatived Owing to Coal Scarcity, 519 Irish Railways Special and Excursion Trains Not to be Run, 591 Irish Railways and Steamers Increased Rates, Corresponding Increase in Through Traffic Charges, 13 Irish Railways Under State Control, 13
Irish Railways’ War Bonus, 401
Irish Shipping Controller for Co-ordination with Railways for Food Supply, &c., 471 Iron Ore Workings, New Railway to Connect with Stratford-on-Avon Line, 379 Japan’s Electric Locomotives to be Homemade Instead of German, 247 Joint Action by Railways in View of Restricted Services, 109 J ourneys, Rumours as to Limitation of Length, 587
Kennet and Avon Canal, 357, 447, 471
Kiltimagh Collision—see Great Southern and Western Railway Landslip on Chester and Holy head Railway, Watchmen’s Action, 109, 155 Landslip on South-Eastern and Chatham Line ; Repairs Cost Borne by Government, 177 Lehigh Valley Railway Petrol Motor Cars, 37 Letterkenny and Burtonport—see Lough Swilly Railway Letterkenny Railway, Question of Renewed Agreement for Working, 199 Levinstein Limited (Railways) Bill, 447 Liability for Non-delivery of Goods, 290 Light Railway Orders Confirmed by Board of Trade, 291, 379 Lighterage Charges for Barge Detention, 401 Lights in Railway Carriages and Airship Attack, 313 Lime-street Tunnel, Liverpool, Opening Out, 269 Liverpool Overhead Railway and Increase in Fares, 247 Locomotive Exports from United Kingdom during 1916, 87 Locomotive Fuel for Swedish State Railways, Powdered Peat to be Used, 313 Locomotive Fuel on the Uganda Railway, Question of Wood, Coal or Oil, 155 Locomotive Fuel, Wood being Used on Honduras National Railroad, 313 Locomotive and Other Railway Material for France, 59 Locomotives for Manchuria, 320 Locomotives, New Tank and Goods for Furness Railway, 177 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Board Appointment, 291 London, Brighton and South. Coast Railway Electrification Difficulties, 291 London and North-Western Railway and Birmingham Canal Finance, 291 London and North-Western Men with the Colours, Casualties, 269 London and North-Western New Station at Markham, 131 London and North-Western Railway Represented by Sir R. Turnbull, 199 London and North-Western Railway, Stonebridge Park Station Destroyed by Fire, 59 London and North-Western and Midland Railway’s War Loan Offer to Staff, 109 Lough Swillv Railway, Complaints, 223, 335, 401, 447, 471, 541
Madagascar Railway Extension, 269
Madrid, Construction of Underground Railways, 495 Manchester and Bury Electric Line Collision, 541 Manchuria, Various Railway Construction Schemes Planned, 495 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) Mansfield Railway Inspected by Board of Trade, but not yet Opened, 37 Mansfield Railway Opened, 313 Mansfield Railway, Question of Interest on Loan for Construction, 447 Maryport and Carlisle Shortage of Locomotives, 247 Materials, Especially Metal, Increasingly Scarce, 155 Mechanical Stokers on Locomotives, Superiority of the “ Street ” Type Over Hand Firing, 335 Metropolitan Railway Men with the Colours, 155 Metropolitan Railway Station, Change of Name, 223 Mexican Railway Servants Strike by Detachments, 59 Midland Railway Company’s Ship Torpedoed, 379 Midland Railway Engine Cleaners’ Grievance, 247 Midland Railway, Fatal Collision at Finchley - road, 587 Midland Railway Horses, Weekly Cost, 177 Midland Railwaymen with the Colours, Casualties ; Honours ; After War Position, 37, 177 Midland Railway Station and Telegraph Statistics, 37 Midland and South-Western Junction Railway, Saving Due to Traffic Restrictions, 247 Midland and South-Western Junction Railway Traffic Analysis, 223 Midland and South-Western Junction Telegraph and Telephone Service, 247 Military Railway Regiment Organised in United States, 471 Ministry of Munitions and Special Services by Railways, 495 Montreal and Toronto, Sixtieth Anniversary of Railway Opening, 13 Munition Workers, Week-end Vouchers, 335 Nationalisation of Railways Suggested at Glasgow, 109 Neath and Brecon Company’s Staff and War Loan Stock, 247 Newport Tramway Extension, 519 New South Wales Government Contract with Messrs. Norton, Griffiths and Co. Terminated Owing to the War, 425 New South Wales Government Railways’ Cab Signals, 563 New South Wales and Victoria, Construction of New Lines, 37 New York Connecting Line with Hell Gate Bridge, Opening, 379 New York “ Subway ” Extensions, 335 Norfolk and Western Railway’s Offer to Men
Enlisting in U.S. Army, 401
North British Railway Accident at Ratho, 13 North British Railway, Division of Duties of Superintendent, 131 North British Railway, Gift to Red Cross Society after the Ratho Accident, 155 North British Railway, Obstruction at Galashields, 13 North-Eastern Railway, Electrified Section, 223 North-Eastern Railway, Waste Land Cultivation, 83 North Staffordshire New Tank Engine, 223 Ohio, Paducah and Illinois Railway Bridge over the River, Progress, 78 Painting Barriers at Road Level Crossings, 37 Paper and Printing Economies in Railway Accounts, 83 Paris, Serious Accident to British Soldiers in Shunting Train, 83 Passenger Duty, Companies’ Returns and Payments, 199, 223, 401 Pennsylvania Railroad, Applications for Work, 131 Pennsylvania Railroad’s Carriage of Foodstuffs, 154 Pennsylvania Railroad, Immunity from Accident, 131 Pennsylvania Railroad, Accident Immunity Record Broken, 291, 313, 541 Permanent Way Labour in United States, Danger to Foreigners, 131 Peruvian Permanent Railway Commission, 519 Pipe Collection by Metropolitan Railwaymen for Wounded in London Hospitals, 471 Pneumatic Packing Tools on the Lehigh Valley Railway, Success of, 587 Pooling of Open Railway Wagons, 13 Pooling of Wagons and Cambrian Railway Traffic, 239 Porters’ Restriction and Loss to London Electric Railways and Omnibuses. 247 Porters’ Tips and Compensation Question, 471 Potato Cultivation, Demonstration by Special Train, 379 Poughkeepsie Bridge of Central New England Railway, Reinforcing, 291 Power Signalling at Flemington, N.S.W., 59 Prepayment of Carriage and the Fish Traffic, 223 Prepayment of Carriage on Traffic by Passenger Train, 155 Presentation to Col. C. L. Morgan, R.E., 553 Private Bills, Unopposed, 59 Protest against Increased Fares and Closed Stations, 109 Queensland Government Purchase of Chilla- goe Railway, Rejection of Bill, 199 Rail Fastenings, Dog-ear Spikes for, Russian System Approved in America, 379 Rails and Screw Spikes on the New York Connecting Line, 541 Railway Charges, Food Profiteering and Groundless Complaints, 541 Railway Employment Safety Appliances Committee, 269, 335 Railway Improvements and War Experiences, Sir H. Walker’s Views, 587 Railway Man’s Big Compensation for Injury, 83 Railwaymen with the Colours, and Casualties, 177, 495 Railwaymen with the Colours, Question of a Further Contingent of Twenty-one Thousand, 471 Railwaymen’s Further Demands for Increased Bonus, 335, 357 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con- tinued): Railway Rates and Trading Profits in the United States, 401
Railway Servants’ Privilege Tickets, 108
Railway Workers and Question of Compulsory Rationing, 471 Restricted Services and Increased Fares, Report, 155 Restrictions on Rail Traffic, Goods as Well as
Passengers, Sir Albert Stanley, 519 Rosebery Prizes, Awards, 168
Russian Railway Extension and American Co-operation, 269 Russian Railways and American Assistance, 425 Safety Medals Awarded by American Museum of Safety, 379 Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Leave, and Longdistance Journeys, 563
Salford Tramways’ Increased Fares, 163
“ Save the Surplus Special,” Lehigh Valley Company, 563 Season and Traders’ Tickets, Choice of Route, 291 Season and Traders’ Tickets ; Quick Handling of Railway Wagons, 13
Shanghai, Loop Line, 313
Signalling, Automatic, Preponderating Success, 519 Sir Eric Geddes and Sir Guy Granet, Further Promotion, 313 Sleepers, Ample Supply Available from Nicaragua, 131
Snowed-up Trains in Ireland, 109
Snowshed, Heavy Timber, Construction on the East Slope of the Cascade Mountains,519 Snowstorm Damage and Cost at Wellingborough, 177 Solway Junction Railway Temporarily Closed, 131 South African Railwaymen with Colours in Europe and East Africa, and Some on French Railway Work, 37 South Clare Railway Company and Postoffice Contract, 357 South Indian Railway and Ceylon Government Mediation in the Dispute, 37 South Wales Railways, Rumoured Working Arrangement, 587 Southern Pacific Railway’s Success with Automatic Signals, 519 Spanish Need for Rolling Stock, Due to Lack of Ships, Increased, 563
Spikes, Rail, 379, 470, 541
Springs, Locomotive, George Stephenson’s Patent, 199 Stanley, Sir Albert, Retirement from Railways on Joining Government, 177
Statue of Richard Trevithick, 313
Terminal Engineering and Mechanical Freight Handling, 247 Track-laying Machines on the Australian Transcontinental Railway, 415
Track Spikes, New Form, 470 T.O.T. Mutual Aid Fund, Details, 291
Transport of Sugar, Coal, &c., to Manchester and District, Government Use of Canals, 425 Travellers’ Shop on Canadian Northern Railway, 291 Travelling Without Tickets, London and North-Western Railway, 357 Union Pacific Railway, Memorial to General
G. M. Dodge, 247
United States Food Supply, Railways Working to Increase, 563 Government Action with Regard to Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways, 541 Great Diversity in Railway Regulation, 155 Level Crossings, Protected and Unprotected, 587
Railway Experts for Russia, 563
Safety Appliances Act, 563
Trainmen and other Employees
Eight Hours Day and Trip System, 59, 379, 425, 455
Trainmen and President Wilson, 269
Transport of Troops, Car Regulations, 561 Victorian Railways Finances and Working, Expert from England Invited to Investigate, 109
Vizagapatam, Construction of Harbour, 495
Wagon Delays, Southern Pacific Company’s Remarkable Statistics, 495 Wagon Supply and Collieries in Scotland, Board of Trade Statement, 425 Wagons, Dead-buffered, Permission to Use, Refused by Board of Trade, 37 Wagons Detention, Government Action, 269, 289, 471
Wagons, Pooling Question, in Scotland, 495
Wagons and Wagon Tarpaulins, Pooling, 291 Wapping Station, Provision of Lifts to Street, 155
Waste Land by Railways, Cultivation, 83
Waste Paper Savings on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 269 Week-end. Workmen’s Tickets for Controlled Establishments Only, 563
Wigan Accidents, Ancient and Modem, 13
Women, 70,000 Employed in “ Transport,” 563 Women on the Great Northern,Great Eastern, and Metropolitan Railways, 155 Women as Guards and Train Conductors on the Metropolitan Railway, 37, 155 Women, Ten Thousand Employed on Three Railways, 177
Women on the Underground Systems, 83
RAND Mineworkers, Settlement of Dispute, 269 Rawhide Pinions, Suitable and Unsuitable
Lubricant for, 587
Red Cross Motor Ambulances, 247 Besearch in America, 59 Revenues, Pre-War, of Russia Compared with
Other Countries, 109
Ricardo Slipper Type Aluminium Piston, 269 Rice Hulling in French Indo-China, Large Amount, 83 Rifles in America and the Difficulty of Gauges, 541 Roads Improvement Association, Investigation as to Use of Concrete, 447 Rock Drills on the Witwatersrand, 155 Roller Bearing Engines in Automobile Work, 379, 495 Roller B ‘ rings for Petrol Engines, 495 Roller Skates for Time-saving £in Chicago
Repair Shops, 291
Rope Drive Puzzle, 483 Rubber, Plantation, Average Tensile Strength, 541 Rubber Preparation, Production of Acetic Acid in Ceylon, 587 Rubber Scarcity and Substitutes in Germany, 155 Rugs from Paper, and Paper and Wool Mixtures, 425 Russia, Trade with, 122 Russia, Trade with Germany, United States and Great Britain, 131 Russia and Utilisation of Water Power, 13 Russian and English Interchange, Manchester’s
Proposals, 199
Russian Inland Navigable Waters, Vast
Growth of Railways, 131
Russian New Town and Pori, Murman, 109 Russian Rivers and Available Horse-power, 447 s SAFETY Valve, Importance of Seat, 13 St. Louis Double-decked Bridge Across the Mississippi River, 269 Salt from Great Salt Lake, Utah, 131 Sand for Glass Manufacture, 177 Scarborough, Gas and Gas Mantles, Curious Situation, 109 Science Buildings as War Memorial, 223 Scientific and Industrial Research, Grant in Aid, 291 Searchlight Tower, Portable, 335 Sewers, Three-ring Circular Brick, Built in Atlanta, 87 Shark Skins, United States Investigation, 13 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS: Adviser, Honorary, to the Admiralty on Shipping Matters, Mr. Arthur Ritson, 425 American Ships and Carriage of Commerce, 233 American Submarine, The Largest, Details of, 379 Anchor, Ten-Ton, for U.S. Dreadnought Pennsylvania, 401 British Mercantile Marine Tonnage and Submarines, Small Net Loss, 155 Building the Emergency Fleet, C. H. Claudy, 587 Egypt, Statistics as to Steamers, Passengers and Cargo in 1916, 447
German Cruiser Karlsruhe’s Fate, 13
German Losses in the Battle of Jutland, 247 German Submarines without Periscope, 247 Great Eastern Railway Steamers, Loss and Replacement, 149 Guns for American Battleships, Divergent Opinion, 199
Hospital Ship Donegal Torpedoed, 379 Hospital Ships for the American Navy, 258
Isaac Peral Submarine, American Built for Spain, 97, 447 Kobe, Increase of Dock and Shipbuilding Equipment, 525 Naval and Merchant Shipping, Committees for Expediting and Increasing Output, 291 Russian Company’s Diesel-driven Vessels, 379 Sabathe Motor for French Submarines, 279 Screw Propellers, Tandem, for Ships, German
Experiments, 37
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued): Shipbuilding, Best Wood for Purpose, 495, 532
Submarine in American Civil War, 37
Submarines, Correct Type for United States Navy, 155 Triple-expansion Marine Engines, Specification Formula, 519 Turbo-electrical Transmission on the
U.S. Collier Jupiter, 269
Unarmoured Battleship, Commander Yates Stirling, 357 United States Electrical Super-Dreadnought New Mexico, 269 Fleet to Visit Panama Canal, 59 Fuel Ship Maumee, Defective Diesel Engines, 37 Huge Production of Steel Cargo Ships, 155 Naval Training for Civilians, 59 Navy Department, Weight of Steel in Each of New Types of Vessels, 357 Navy, State of Construction, 37 Navy, Uninstructed Criticism of Warship Design, 401 Navy Yards’ Shortage of Skilled Labour, 109 Ships Submarined, Coincidence of Name, 247 Super - Dreadnought Pennsylvania, Steel Stern-post Dimensions, 291 Use of Motor Auxiliaries as Carriers at Sea, 269 Wooden Cargo Ships, Most Effective Size, 495 Wooden Ships, Large Supply of Suitable Timber, 495, 532 Wooden Ships, Oil Engine-driven, Building in America, 379 SLIPPERY Iron Floor Plates, To Render Safe, 519 Snowfall in New York, 59 Solder for Electrical Work, Need of Tin, 335 Solder Making and Selection, 335 Sound Transmission Through Water or Air, Velocity, 37 South Africa, Exports to, 295 South Africa and Metric System, Decimal Coinage and Daylight Saving, 83 Sparking Plug Manufacture Increase, 233 Spinach Stems, Great Value for Paper Making, 563 Standardisation and the Consulting Engineer, 495 Staple Trades of the Empire, Lectures at the London School of Economics, 55 Steam Lorries and Trailers, Government Order for Particulars Concerning, 587 Steam Ploughing Sets, Work and Cost, 495 Steel Helmet for the U.S. Navy, 519 Stellite, a Non-ferrous Alloy, 353 Stereo Metal Alloy, 223 Street Paving, Shortage of Wood Blocks, Experiments with Substitute, 247 Stresses in Beams Under Bending Impact, A. Elmendorf, 563 Sugar Cultivation—see Beet Sulph.uric Acid Manufacture in France, 357 Sun Power in Africa Electrically Transmitted to United Kingdom, Professor Arnold Lupton, 313 Sydney, Sewerage System for Suburbs, 269 TASMANIAN Great Lake Hydro-electric Scheme, 313 Telegraph Instruments, Statistics of International Bureau of the Telegraph Union, 386 Telegraphy, Development, Statistics of International Bureau, 155 Telephone Connection, Satisfactory and Otherwise, F. R. McBerty, 447 Telephone Service in Canada, Mixed Ownership, 155 Telephones and Secrecy, 599 Temperature Prediction by Trade Winds, 59 Textile Machinery in the Argentine, British, 401 Textile Machinery, Speed Regulation, 13 Thompson, Silvanus P., Memorial to the Late Professor, 206 Timber in Building, Causes of Decay, 83 Timber Exports from United Kingdom, 379 Timber Imports of the United Kingdom, Board of Trade Figures for Past Six Years, 124 Timber Scarcity and Replanting Question, 239 Timbering in Mines, Symms Method, 519 Tin for Germany, From Whence does it Come ? 199 Tin Smelting on Large Scale, 519 “ Too Old at Forty,” A Mistaken Cry, 269 Torpedo, Latest American Superheat Type, 357 Tractors, Agricultural, Petrol and Paraffin, in the United States, 447 Trading After the War Reconstruction Committee, 291 Tramway Overhead Conductors, Iron, 357 Trevithick, Statues to Memory of, at Cardiff and Redruth, 447 Tritton, Sir William, and the Tanks, 379 Tungsten Filaments, Description of Preparation, 519 Turbines, Geared Steam, for Ship Propulsion, Large Number Under Construction in America, 401 Turbo-generators’ Coal Consumption, 183 Tuticorin Deep-water Harbour Scheme, 519 Type Reading for the Blind, 120 U UNITED States’ Foreign Trade Increase, 291 United States’ Unequalled Prosperity, 37 University Intelligence, Awards of Rosebery
Prizes, 168
University of London to Extend its Engineering Department, 335 University of London, Scientific and Technical
Departments’ Share in War Work, 335
V VANCOUVER, Large Floating Dry Dock to be Constructed, 59 Vienna University Lectures Suspended from
Lack of Coal for Heating Buildings, 223
Viscosities of Aqueous Sugar Solution, U.S.
Bureau of Standards Investigations, 425
Vulcanisation, Accelerating, Discovery by
Professor S. J. Peachey, 37
WAR-OFFICE and London General Omnibus Company, 223 WATER SUPPLY: Cape Colony, Water Supply and Sanitation in, 447 Cape Town Water and Irrigation Works, 335 Metropolitan Water Board, Increased Revenue Deficiency, 177 Orbost Waterworks Trust, Victoria, Australia, 425 Storage Reservoir for Pachuca, Mexico, 247 Water Tower, Ferro-concrete in America, 447 Water Tower, Reinforced Concrete, for Hull
City Waterworks, 379
Western Australia, Water Supply for Railway Department, 587 Workmen’s Pure Water Supply in Missouri, 155 WATTLE Tree Bark from South Africa for United Kingdom Instead of Germany, 495 Weaving Single and Double Warps, British and Continental Practice, 199 Weights and Measures (Metric) Bill, 1917, 260 Welded Joints in Steam Boiler Practice, 287 Welland Ship Canal, Work Closed Down, 563 Well-boring Machinery Wanted for Venezuela, 425 White Heat for Steam Generating, A. D. Pratt,. 269 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY:
American Airmen’s Wireless Sets, 13 Dr. Fleming’s Vacuum Valve, 425
Electro-magnetic “ Space ” Waves and Intensity at Receiving Stations, Dr. Schwers,. 131 Fleming Valve Detector and Progress in Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 37 Japan, Wireless Stations, Government and Private, 419 Marconi’s First British Patent Twenty-one Years .Ago, 563 United States, Japan, and Hawaii, Commercial Radio Service, 37
United States and Japan, New Service, 199 WOLFRAMITE Deposits in Cornwall, Good Future Prospects, 247
Women’s Pay, Qualified and Unqualified Workers, 269 Wood Distillation in New York State, Great Increase in, 37 Wood Distillation in the United Kingdom, 563. YARROW and Co.’s Allotments for Workmen,.
135
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