The Engineer 1923 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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A AERONAUTICS : Air Demonstration to Dominion Representatives at Croydon Aerodrome, 559 Monoplane, Portion Picked Up from the Sea near Hythe, 669 New York and San Francisco, Projected Air Mail Continuous Service, 175 Propeller v. Jet System of Propulsion, E. Buckingham, 175 R 38 Memorial Prize, 466 ALEXANDRIA and Suez Ports, Improvement and Recommendations, 151 Allen-Liversidge, Limited, Staff Dinner, 543 Aluminium Chloride, Properties and Uses of, 311 American Government Purchasing Departments’ Disuse of the Metric System, 395 Antimony from Hunan, Large Export Trade, 201 Argentina, Oilfield Production, 505 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS : Annual Dinner, 567 INSTITUTE, IRON AND STEEL : Election of President, 25 INSTITUTE OF METALS : Autumn Meeting, 25, 210
Use of Non-ferrous Metals in Engineering, Second Annual Autumn Lecture, Sir Henry Fowler, 25, 210
Birmingham Section :
X-rays and Crystal Structure, Lecture, Dr. H. B. Keene, 587
London Local Section :
American Non-ferrous Metallurgy, Lecture by Dr. Rosenhain, 484
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS :
Research in Manufacture, Sir J. J. Thomson, 41
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT : Awards of Medals and Premium, 325
Transport Adventure in Persia, Lecture by Major T. Salkield, 505
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS : Address of New Offices, 112 Crompton Medal Award for Paper, 559 Fourth Annual Dinner, 459
Motor Car Insurance Examination by the Institution, 175 Petrol-electric Propulsion : Its Advantage as Regards Economy, L. Murphy, 615 Special Conference at the Shipping Exhibition, 290
Utility Prize Award, 492 INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS :
Industrial Oxygen, T. Campbell Finlayson, Reprint of Paper on Sale, 356
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS : Awards for Papers, 466
Vernon Harcourt Lectures on “ River Training and Maintenance,” R. F. Hindmarsh, 367 Yarrow Scholarship, Applications Invited, 175
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS :
Annual Conversazione, 28 Date of Opening Meeting, 328 Election of New Members of Council, 86 Electrical Aids for the Deaf, C. M. R. Balbi, 693 Formal Meeting to Receive Liquidators’ Report, 55
Meetings at 6 p.m., Votes in Favour, 395
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (continued) :
Scholarship Awards, 459 Informal Section :
First Meeting, Engineering Training, Dr. A. Russell, 615 INSTITUTION OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS : Air Cooling and its Purposes, J. Roger Preston, 13
INSTITUTION, JUNIOR, OF ENGINEERS :
Industrial and Shop Lighting Effects, Lecture and Demonstration, 658 New President, Date of Induction and Address, 484
INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS :
Annual Dinner, 677
North-Western Branch :
Annual Dinner, 655
INSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS : Meeting, Two Days’, at Nottingham, Programme, 58
INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS : Awards Announcement, 227 Further Scholarship Awards, 484
INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS : Elections of Honorary Member, also of First Lady Member, 93 “Proceedings” Issued Twice Yearly, 451 Theory of Interlocking, J. S. Moore, 97 INSTITUTION, ROYAL, OF GREAT BRITAIN : Juvenile Christmas Lectures by Sir William Bragg, Subjects of, 543, 677
Meetings and Elections, 25, 630 Programme of Lectures Before Easter, 708
INSTITUTION OF WATER ENGINEERS : Winter Meeting and List of Papers, 615
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS : Premium Awards for Papers, 682 SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY :
Titania Glasses Compared with Lime and with Magnesia Glasses, 477
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
World’s Copper Control Largely in One Company’s Hands, Sir R. Redmayne, 41
SOCIETY, ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL : Award of Symons Gold Medal, 705 SOCIETY OF TECHNICAL ENGINEERS : Mr. Richard Hazleton, 371
SOCIETIES, PHYSICAL AND OPTICAL : Exhibition, 702 ASWAN Dam, Discharge of Sluices, New Instrument for Measurement, 358 Atlantic Cable, Largest and Fastest Ever Laid, 41 Atom in Collision, Photographed After 2],000 Attempts, 97 Australia, Accelerated Service to Fremantle, 395 Australia, Four New Bridges Across Murray River, 505 Australia, Locks on Murray River, to Cost Ten Millions Sterling, 253 Australian Trade Statistics, 341 Australia’s Largest Reciprocating Engine, 669 B BALTIC to the North Sea, Deepening the Flintraennan Passage in the Oeresund, 423, 451
Barium Sulphate, Enormous Crystal from Mine near Appleby, 423
Basingstoke Canal, Reported Purchase of, 71
Bauxite, Large Deposits Reported in Permsk
Province, 281
Belt Conveyor, New Type, 227 Bengal Ropeways Bill Becomes Law, 477 Bengal Scheme for Storm Water Disposal, 451 Birmingham Tramway System Extension, 395 Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel Boilers Fired with “ Lopulco ” Pulverised Fuel, Efficiency Results, 13 Boilers for Use with Refuse Coal, Result of Tests, 97 Bombay Government Regulations for Boiler Attendants, 505 Bombay Government to Spend £6,000,000 on
Sea Front Reclamation, 531
Book of the Thornycroft, 599 Boulogne Harbour Improvement, Dredging and I Deepening the Inner Part, 311 Brake Operation on Motor Vehicles, Difficulties, and a New Patent, 311 Breaking-up of Scrap Metal, 682 Bricks Made from Gold Mine Dumps, Value of, 125 Bridge Centuries Old at Last Being Destroyed in India, 531 Bridge Foundations, Caisson Position Electrically Ascertained, 227 Bridge with Record Main Span, 125 Bridge, Valuable, at Springfield, Mass., Completely Destroyed by Fire, 395 British Chemical Standards Movement, 253 British Engineering Standards Association : British Engineering Standards Specifications, Withdrawal from Circulation of B.S. Specification 72—1917, Revision in Pro- ; gress, 41 British Forestry Commissioners’ Extensive Schemes, 41 British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association : Alloys Used in Die-casting, Investigation of. 13 First Experimental Report, 615, 643 c CABLE Between United States and France, Said to be World’s Largest, 587 Calcutta, King George’s Dock, Water Area and Other Dimensions, 125 Canada, Automobile Manufacture in, Statistics. 13 Canada’s Greatly Increased Trade, Statistics for Past Year, 367 Canada’s Mineral Production Recovery, Statistics, 227, 367 Canada’s Production of Gold in 1922, 151 Canada, Striking Growth of Water Power Development, 13 Canadian Great Lakes, Complaints of Excessive Diversion of Water by United States, 97 Canadian Iron Ore Mining, Position of, Government Committee’s Report, 311 Canadian Islands of the Arctic Circle, Investigators from Quebec, 71 Canadian Patents Issued, A Record Year, 693 Canadian Westinghouse Company’s Works, Factory Extension, 97, 175 Canal to the Baltic Sea, Polish Scheme, 451 Canal, Rochdale, Sale of All its Reservoirs and
Water Supplies, 201
Canals under Consideration in Belgium, 71 Carbon Black from Surplus of Natural Gas, 451 Catalogues, British, for Constantinople and
Towns in the Interior, 669
Catalogues, British, Lack of, in Canada, 268 Catalogues, British, for Mexico, 253 Catalogues for Turkey, 543 Cement Manufacturing Company in China, 151
Cement from Spent Shale from Scottish Oilfields, 13
Central Steam Heating for Winnipeg, 599
Ceylon River, Extensive Electric Power Capacity, 13
Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society, Endowment of Research in South Africa, 227
China, Modern Highway Planned in, 151
Chinese Cruisers’to Promote Chinese Trade, 227
Chinese Government Bureau of Economic Information, 13
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES:
American Coal Mines, Fatal Accidents in, 643 Anthracite and Bituminous Coal in the United States, State of Reserves, 71
“ Application of Stone Dust in Coal Mines,” 451 British Coal Output Statistics, 227 Canadian Coal Production, 643 Canadian Collieries, Limited, Results of
Boring in the Sable River District, 41 Centrifugal Machines for Drying Coal, 669
Coal Bed Reached After Two Years’ Sinking Operations, 531 Coal Dust, Explosive Qualities of, Demonstration, 201
Coal Find, Valuable, at Cape Breton, 227 Coal in India, Suggested Import Duty, 311 Coal Mining by the Chinese, 587
Coke Ovens Battery at Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Begin Work, 669 Colliery Officials’ Federation Annual Conference, Electricity in Mining Work, 175 Drainage of Coalfields in Yorkshire and Other Counties, Bill to be Deposited for Next Session of Parliament, 693 Fatal Coal Mine Accidents in the United States, 175 Great Britain’s Weekly Coal Production, 669, 693 Lourengo Marques Coal Traffic Development, 505
Low Temperature Carbonisation of Coal, 41 Maltby Colliery Disaster Relief Fund, 210 Maryport District, New Boring by Garswood Hall Colliery Company, 693
Natal Navigation Collieries Equipment, Exceptionally Fine, 125 New South Wales, Coal Development, 505 Pressure and Explosion Demonstrations with
Different- Varieties of Coal, 395 Pulverised Coal in Open-hearth Furnaces, Its Utility Still Uncertain, R. H. Lowndes, 559
Reopening of Old Collieries Projected at Grangemouth and Gartshore, 451 Saghalien, North or Russian» Reserves of First-class Coal, 423 Stone Dusting in Coal Mines, Dr. J. S. Haldane, 643 Swiss Coal Imports, German and Otherwise, 693 Underseas Coal, Bore-hole at Seaham Harbour, 451
Zambesi Basin Coal, Satisfactory Tests, 367
COBALT, World’s Supply of, in 1922, 151 Cold Storage in Australia, New Zealand, and United States, 311 Colombia, Various Mineral and Oil Discoveries by Geologists, 505 Colombian Government Projected Oil Pipe Line, 669 Colour Test Papers for Detection of Hydrocyanic Acid Vapour in Air of Tanks, Ships, Buildings, &c., after Fumigation, 281 Coloured Paints and Evaporation from Oil Tanks, 341 ’ Concrete Roads, Surfacing, Sodium Silicate for, 643 Condenser Tube Coatings, Alloy Investigations in Germany, 505 Congress at the British Empire Exhibition—see Exhibitions
Congress of Swedish Engineers at Gothenburg, 175 Conveyors, Use of, in Coal Mine Workings, Discussion, W. G. Burt, 451 Coolidge and X-ray Tubes Insurance 477 Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize, 190 Co-ordination between Mortar Manufacturers
and Shipbuilders, 175
Copper Casting, J. Edgar, 643 Copper Production in Chile, 341, 367 Copper Works at Burry Port Restarted, 151 Corrosion—see British Non-ferrous, &c. Cotton Ginnery in South Africa, 505 Cotton Mills in China, 13 Cotton Mills for Tasmania, Question of Starting the Industry, 281 Crushing Plant for Gold Mino, Transvaal, 693 Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Distribution of Certificates, 669 Crystalline Form of Electro-deposited Metals, 201 D DAM, Wilson, Across the Tennessee River, Largest in the World, 669 Deafness, Electrical Aids for, C. M. R. Balbi, 693 Deafness and the Marconi Instrument, 505 Deafness—see also Electrical Matters Death of Mr. R. W. Hunt, 151 Deepest Gold Mines, Brazil and Witwatersrand, 587 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research : Committee Report of Investigations on Deterioration by Sea Water, 367
Licence Issued to Research Association of
British Flour Millers, 375
Deutz-Diesel Compressorless Engine, 125 Diamond Cutting Industry in Kimberley, Suggested, 227 Distillation of Tar, Large Plant for, in Winnipeg, 311 Dock, Dry, at St. John, New Brunswick, New, One of Largest in the World, 559 Durban New Graving Dock, Sliding Caissons made by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 97 Durban, Very Large Graving Dock Under Construction, 71 E EARTH Tremors and Mining on the Rand, 367 Earthquake Action and Popular Misconceptions, J. W. Doty, 531 Egg Preservation, Rapid New Treatment, 587 Einstein and Relativity Theory, Device for Interpretation, 97 ELECTRICAL MATTERS : American Post Office Lighting to be Reconstituted, 201 Austrian Electrical Industry and Deflation, 587 British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Plans for Great Water 'Power Development, 41 British India and Japan, Trade in Electrical Apparatus, 175 Central Station Design, Duplication of Equipment and Installation of Safeguards, 97 Circuit Breakers, Automatic Re-closing, History of Three, 151 Cleethorpes Urban Electricity Supply, Proposal to Electricity Commissioners Refused, 643 Concession and Licence Asked for Storage of Water and Supply of Electric Energy, 137 Dental Apparatus Material, Superiority of Electricity over Gas in Japanning, 125 Des Quinze River, Ontario, Sixty Years’ Lease of Group of Rapids, 201 Direct Current, Three-wire, System, Dangers of, for Private Use, 97 Electric Furnace Under Construction at Ford Company’s Detroit Works, Details of, 71 Electrical Storage Battery Locomotive for Use in Coal Mines, Prize Offered for Best Vehicle, 395 Electricity Commissioners’ New Regulations for Overhead Lines, 615 Estonia, Large Power Station Completed at Ellamaa for State Railways and Other Purposes, 505
Experimental Station at Geltow, Details of High-tension Direct-current Machine, 151 Explosion Due to Cracked Insulator, 615
Ford Factory in Ontario and Large Electrical Equipment, 505 French Experiments in Wider Use of Electrically Driven Vehicles, 367 Furnace, the Electro-thermic Accumulator, A Swedish Invention, 693 Fynn-Weichsel Alternating Current Motor, *587 Gas-filled Lamp and Glare Elimination, Advantage of Larger Candle-power, 201 Generating Set, 50,000-Kilowatt, by C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd. for Commonwealth Edison Company, Details of, 13
Hackney Borough Council and Electric
Vehicles for House Refuse Collection, 41
High-tension Transformers, Drying Out, 395 House Wiring for Electricity, Free Installation Advocated in Newport (Mon.), 201
Immunity from Electrical Current, Great Differences in Capacity of Human Beings, 281 Industrial and Shop Lighting Effects, Demonstration Lecture at British Thomson-Houston Company’s Rooms, 658
Irish Water Power for Electricity, Demand for Purposes of Agriculture and Rural Industry, 201
King Opens Super-supply Station, 125 Lesser-known Electrical Utilities, James Orr, 615 Low-voltage Release Equipment Advantage, 615
Microscope Work by Electric Lamp, 125
F FACTORIES and Workshops, Report for 1922, 125 Fairs—see Exhibitions Fans, Standardisation of, 140 Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 367, 463 Federation of British Industries : Final Report of Committee on Inter-Imperial Trade, 423 Smoke Abatement, Professor J. O. Arnold, 71 Taxation and Rating of Machinery, Heavy Handicap on Industrialists, 693
Waste of Heat Detection in Boiler-houses, 41
Finsbury Old Students’ xAssociation, Twelfth Annual Dinner, 438 Flarne Temperature of 3000 deg. Cent., 227 Flood and Ice, Remarkable Accident, 97 Flour Milling Research, 375 Ford Motor Company, Big Plant at Toronto, 311 Forest Fires in the United States, Annual Loss Averages, 41 “Forest Resources of the World,” Comprehensive Work Published by U.S. Government Authority, 559 Foundrymen. British, Institute of, 213 Foundry Sand, Method of Coal Removal Wanted, 477 Frozen Pipe and the Remedy, 97 Fuel Board of Canada, Valuable Suggestions, 477 Fuel Problem of Canada, Poor Prospects from Oil or Natural Gas, 477 Fuel Research Board Committees in Lancashire and Yorkshire, 13 Fuel Research Board Report on Wigan Arley Coal, 477 Fuels for House-heating Boilers, Tests of, 341 Furnace, Automatically Controlled Heat-treating for Large Turbine Castings, 41 Fusible Alloys for Soldoring Purposes, 201 G GAS for Firing Coppers at Breweries, 559 Gas for the Home Counties, Reports on Fulfil mont of Statutory Requirements, 97 Gas Producers, Battery of, for Glasgow, 451 Gas, Town, Board of Trade Return, 201 Gasworks at Marple, Cost of Extension, 451 Gear Grinding Company’s Catalogue, 382 H HAFNIUM in Manufacture of Audion Lamps, 227 Harbour, the Beyt Scheme, on Bombay Coast Line, 263 Hartlepool Scheme for New Harbour, 559 Heat Transmission Through Walls, Building Research Board Report, 367 High-capacity Wagons—see Miscellaneous Index, Railways Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, Cantilever Design Decided Upon, 201 Hyderabad Irrigation Project, 395 Hydraulic Turbine of Faulty Design, 559 Hydro-electric Commission, Ontario, Steam Power Plant Proposals, 669 Hydro-electric Development of New Zealand River near Christchurch, “ Waimakariri Empowering Bill,” 367, 423 Hydro-electric Output of Canada in Excess of any other Country, 477 Hydro-electric Power Commission of Ontario, Order for Large Turbines, 253 Hydro-electric Power Shortage in Northern Ontario, 222 Hydro-electric Station at Narowa Falls, Estonia, 311 Hydrographic Bureau, International Proposals for Demarcation of Seas, 395 I ICE Factory and Cold Storage Capacity Increase in Dublin for Trawlers, 281 Ice Pressure Relief Apparatus, 227 Ice Trouble on Canadian Reservoir, 49 Imperial Institute “ Map and Diagrams of Metal Resources,” 423 India, Mineral Licences and Mining Leases, Amended Rules for Grant of, 451 India and Unemployed Englishmen, 505 Industrial League and Council, Weekly Lectures Resumed, 404 Insect Damage to Cables, 586 Institutions—see Associations, Ionic and Thermionic Valves—see University College, London “ Irish Engineering,” 458 IRON AND STEEL: American Standardisation of Steel Flanges and Flanged Fittings, 587 Austrian Large Iron and Steel Works to be Re-started, 125
Blast-furnace, Largest of North-East Coast,
Completed near Middlesbrough, 451
Blast-furnace Linings, 41
Blast-furnaces on the North-East Coast,
48 now in Blast Against the Normal 70, 693
Blast-furnaces and Pig Iron Production in France, Statistics, 281 Blast-furnaces Working in France, Year’s Statistics, 643
Breakdown Tests on Various Steels, 41 British Cast Iron Research Association :
America’s Efforts to Increase Production of Malleable Castings and to Obtain their Adoption, 201 Cast Iron to Resist Corrosion, Research Projected, 395 Foundry Sands Investigation Projected, 201
Carburisation of Steel, Investigation, 341
Carburisation Tests for Synthetic Grey Iron Manufacture, 227 Cast Iron Pipe, Life of, Investigations, 125 Cast Iron with Small Percentage of Nickel, Experiments with, 71 Cast Steel Axle-boxes, Importation into India, 451 Chilean Iron and Steel Industry, Proposed Provision of State Aid, 395 Crystalline Areas as an Indication of Steel in Iron Bars, 395 Enamelling Castings, Investigations by the American Bureau of Standards, 505
Explosion of Cast Iron Steam Pipe, 125
Gas Samples from Blast-furnaces, American
Study of Reactions, 505
High-speed Steel, Cause of Red Hardness of, 423 Iron and Steel, When Ignited, Contrasted with Brass and Copper, 540 Lapland’s Considerable Iron Ore Resources, 669 J JAPANESE Earthquake, Results, and Chief Requirements, 451 Japanese Patent Office Documents Reported Destroyed by Earthquake, 587 Japanese Purchases from Great Britain and Canada for Reconstruction Work, 505 Japanese Reconstruction to be Gradual and Reduce Amount of Foreign Loan, 559 Japanese Restrictions on Use of Telegraph Codes Withdrawn, 477 Johannesburg Observatory, Optical Discs for Large Refractor being Ground at St Albans, 97 Journal of Scientific Instruments, Publication Arrangements, 227 K KING’S College Exhibition for Benefit of Hospitals to be Repeated, 531 L LAMBETH Bridge to be Replaced by Steel
Arch Bridge, 559
Lantern Slides, Offers for Lectures: Fuel Consumption, &c., Meldrums, Limited, 435 Mechanical Stokers, &c., Ed. Bennis and
Co., Limited, 379
Latvian Government About to Introduce the
Metric System, 311
Load Pipe, Sheet Lead, &c., Large Plant for
Manufacture of, at Seattle, 13
Leeds University Chair of Mining, 190 Lightning Damage to Telephones in the London
Area. 71
Lightning Risks and Oil Tank Protection, 341 Lights, Visible and Invisible, Abnormal Con
ditions of Refraction, 367
Lignite Beds in the Ural, 71 Lignite, Nigerian, as Fuel, 615 Lime-burning and Popping in Plaster, 643 Limonite Deposits in Breconshire, Discovery and Reported Development, 395 Lincoln, Projected Improvement of Bridges, &c., 559 Linseed Oil Varnish, Protective Properties, 227 Liquid Oxygen Explosive in Mine Blasting and Road Construction, Successful Experiments, 531 Liquid Oxygen, Properties of, 311 Logwood, Cutting and Exportation of, for Use in Dyes Manufacture, 201 Lumber Production in British Columbia, A
Record Year, 693
M MANCHESTER University Metallurgical Department, New Quarters, 175 Manganese—see Iron and Steel Mansion House Association on Railway and
Canal Traffic, 125
Marine Oil Engine, Low-powered, 615 Marine Sounding by Hydrophone, 13 Mercury Mine in China Since Fourteenth
Century, 175
Metal Deposition by the Schoop Process, 71 Metric System, Special Reference to Chemical
Manufacture, A. E. Malpas, 477
Meurthe-et-Moselle, Mining and Metallurgical
Statistics, 341
Microscope Work by Electric Lamp, ]25 Mine Shafts, Speed for Winding Men, 125 Mines, Safety in, Experiments, 253 Mining Accidents in the United States, 97, 367 Mining Development at Cannock Chase, 253 Mining Film in the United States, Story of Rock Drilling, 41 Mining Machinery, Explosion-proof, Great Lack of, in America, 97 Monopoly Patent, Disadvantage of, 476 Montreal Harbour Terminal Facilities, Projected Improvements, 71 Montreal, Highway Bridge Projected at, 71 Mortar or Bricks, New and Valuable Binding Material for, from Limestone, found in Sweden, 559 Motor Car and Cycle, Private, Annual Increase in the United Kingdom, 693 Motor Car Increase in the United States, 559 Motor Car Lighting and Starting, 643 Motor Car Production, Mr. Ford’s Self-con- taining Policy, 587 Motor Cars for Canada from the United States, Protests from Canada, 253 Motor Cars, Modern, Prevalent High Speeds of, 38 Motor Cars in Ontario, 615 Motor Cycle Lighting Deficiency, 587 .Motor Fuel of Petrol and Water Mixture, 477 Motor Track, Italian, A Model, 451 Moving Platform, Experimental Typo, 669 N NAILS, Holding Power of, 41 Natural Gas Industry in Rournania, 320 Neon Lighting—see Electrical Matters Now York and Rome, Projected Cable to
Joint Station, Probably the Azores, 125
Niagara Falls, More Electrical Power from, by Two Largest Generators yot Built, 13 Nickel—see Iron and Steel Nigeria Lignite as Fuel, 615 Nitrogen Fixation and Electrical Supply,
P. Bunet, 451
Nitrogen, Fixed Inorganic, Analysis of World’s Production, 505 Nitro Starch in Manufacture of Safety Explosives, 41 Nuneaton Mining School Extensions, 253 o OIL-BORING, Mozambique Company Formed for, 531 Oil Engine, Two Types in America and their Relative Popularity, 13 Oil Find, Largest in Australia, at Sassafras, Mersey Valley, 663 Oil Pipe Line in Columbia, Estimated Cost of Three Millions Sterling, 531 Oil Production Hazards and Benefit of Science, 175 Oil Production in Roumania, Statistics, 97 Oil Shale Deposits in Tasmania, 227 Oil Shale Samples, Result of Tests in Indiana, 175 Ontario and Federal Governments to Hand Over Peat Plant for Private Company Working, 693 Ontario, Gold and Silver Increased Output, 693 Ontario’s Record Block of Silver Ore, 341 Ontario, Value of Metalliferous Ores in, 71 Orc-crushing Plant in South Africa, 13 Ore Sampling and Testing Laboratory at Cobalt, 13 Otophone, Marconi Instrument for the Deaf, 505 Overhead Line Work, Accident Prevention, 151 Oxygen, Electrolytic and Atmospheric, for Blow-pipe Use, 505 Oxygen, Liquid, Metal Vacuum Flask for Carriage of, 451 Oxygen Manufacture at Low Cost by New Method, 227 Ozone Formation in Flames, Professor Manchot, 643 p PAINT, The Best, for Iron, 253 Painting of Iron and Steel, Old and New, Result of Elaborate Tests on, 559 Papermaking, Straw and Esparto Grass for, Trials, 120 Patentees’ Institute, Additional Suggestions Presented, 253 Peking Institute of Industrial Research, 151 Petrol Generation of Static Electricity, 341 Petroleum Discovery on the Lake Albert Flats, 669 Pipe—see Iron Platinum Discoveries in the Transvaal, 253 Platinum and Gold Production in the Ural Region, 423 Plumbago Exports from Ceylon, Satisfactory Increase in, 97 Pneumatic Drills for Blasting Holes in Granite, 693 Polishing by Metallic Chromium, New Process, 423 Port of London Docks, Inadequate Approaches, 423 Portland Cement Company’s Big Plant at Vancouver, 531 Portland Cement in United States, Record Monthly Output, 693 Post Office Activities in the City as an Interruption to Traffic, 669 Post Office Pneumatic Tubes System, Development of, 311 Postal Traffic to China by Trans-Siberian Railway, 395 Power Demand in Canadian Eastern Townships, 41 Power Plant, St. Maurice, Quebec, Rapid Progress of Construction, 311 Power, Price of, in City of Fort William, End of Long Controversy, 253 Presentation to Mr. J. H. Narbeth, 538 Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Projected Communication with Alaska, 395 Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress, 86,112—see also Exhibitions Pulp Mill near Quebec, 505 Pulp and Paper Mills in Newfoundland, Concession to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, Details, 71 Punching Machine to have Electric Light , 643 Q QUEBEC Congress on Co-operation in Care of Roads, 505 Quebec, Mineral Production Statistics, 71 Quebec Power Schemes, Ten Dams for Water Storage, 62 R RzkDIATION from Hot Surface Affected by Shape and Surroundings, 559 Radio-telegraphy and Telephony—see Wireless Radio Waves Designation, New Method, 227 Radium Deposit, Large, in Turkestan, 403 Radium Production from Oelem, Campine, 669 Rail Saws, 25 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS: Aberdeen and Penzance Service vid West Coast and Severn Tunnel in Addition to Existing East Coast Route, 13, 41 Accidents: Accidents to Railway Servants, Inquiries, 550 Anniversaries of Serious Accidents, 97, 125, 201, 227, 311, 367, 423, 477, 559, 625, 669 ; (Correction), 253 Blue-book on Railway Accidents, Fatalities Among Railway Servants, 693 Bray Head Accident Report, 473 Buffer-stop Collision at Euston, 395 Buffer-stop Collision at Pollokshaws, Driver’s Prompt Action, 70
Christmas Railway Accidents, 692
City and South London Railway, Subsidence, and Inquiry, 615 Collision at Boston, London and North- Eastern Railway, 451 Collision at West Hartlepool, Report, 531 Death of Workman’s Ticket Holder in a Collision, and Company’s Liability, 559 Derailment Caused by Distortion Due to Heat, 276 Derailment at Walsall, Probable Cause of, 151 Electric Explosion Due to Cracked Insulator, 615 Fatal Collision on London, Midland Railway at Diggle, 13 ; Verdict, 97 Fatal Derailment on Chichester and Selsey Light Railway, 253 Goods Train Out of Control at Stubbins Junction, 208 Great Western Passenger Train Divided, 227
Leeds Tramway, Serious Accident, 451
L. and N.-Eastern Locomotive Connecting- rod Failure, Men Scalded, 423 New Zealand’s Worst Railway Accident, 76
Selby, Another Accident at, 587
Serious Goods Train Collision on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 395
Three Minor Mishaps, 587 Three Minor Railway Mishaps, 311
Twentieth Century Express and its Adventurous Career, 643 United States Accident Statistics, 367, 643 United States Bridge Collapse and Terrible Train Disaster, 395 Amalgamation Tribunal: Absorption Schemes for Four Railways, 227 Caledonian, also North Staffordshire, Cease as Separate Companies, 13 Midland and South Junction Railway, Absorption Objections Over-ruled, 367 Death of the Amalgamation Tribunal Chairman, 395 American Observer on Features of English Railways, 341 American Railroad Centennial, 253 Anatolia, New Railway to be Jointly Constructed, 227 Appointments and Staff Changes, 71, 125, 175, 197, 201, 281, 311, 349, 341, 477, 531 Argentine Railway, Proposed New,. 200 Arlberg Railway, First Electrified Portion Opened, 125 Austrian Railways’ Finances, S. W. Acworth’s Report, 227 Automatic Train Control, Tests on the Pennsylvania Railway, 207 Aviemore Line, Highland Railway, Breached by Floods, 41, 97 Belgian Congo, Railway Electrification Scheme, 643 Bills for Next Sessions, Proposals for Railway Police Force and Other Objects, 643 Birkenhead to London Traffic, Rivalry of Two Railways, 341 Birmingham, Proposed Road Over New- street Station, 559 “ Bradshaw,” Railway Map Anomalies, 125 Brent Station, 112 Brighton Railway, Presentation to Colonel Billington, 395 British Railway Passenger Journeys and
Reduced Fares, Figures, 615
Burgess, Mr. H. G., 615 Canadian Firms to Construct Locomotives for Canada, 41 Canadian National Railways, Government Bill Rejected by the Senate, 97 ; Government Gives Notice of Bill, 125 Canadian Railways, Their Transference to the State, 651 Canal, Rochdale, and the Bridgewater Canal, 201 Ceylon Railway, Badulla Extension, 175 Cheshire Lines Committee Order for Coaches, 587 Chile, Project for New Railway Construction, 281 Chinese 1200-Mile Railroad Contracts for Winnipeg, 253 • City and South London Extensions, Total Cost, 505 City and South London Railway and Clapham Common Extension, Royal Assent to Bill, 201, 505 City and South London Tube, Compromise with the Southern Railway, 97 Coal Conveyance Charges, Longer Routes and Higher Rates, 226 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : Colliery Workman’s Train Accident and Compensation Question, 587 Colours of Rolling Stock of Different Groups, 135 Concrete Manufacturing Depots for Railways, 311 Continental Mail Service to and from France, Probable Transference to Newhaven and Dieppe Route, 41 Continental Night Mails Route Change, 341 Cost of Living and Railwaymen’s Pay, 341 Cross-country Train Service, London and Manchester vid Midland to Yarmouth, Lowestoft, &c., 13, 175 Death of Mr. W. G. Boonzaier, 451 Death of Mr. G. H. Burrows, 151 Death of Mr. H. Copperthwaite, 367 Death of Sir William Mackenzie, 651 Death of Mr. Waldo H. Marshall, 311 Death of Mr. Lionel R. Wood, 669 Ealing and Shepherds Bush Railway Opens
Two New Stations, 531
Electric Locomotive for France, Trial of, 643 Electric Railway Network in Polish Coal Area, 531 Electrical Rolling Stock Repaired at Wolverton, 559 Fastest London to Paris Express Restored, 395 Federation of British Industries and Reduction of Rates, 367 Fifty Millions Loan, Second, Authorised in Great Britain for Indian Railways, 41 First-class Empty Compartments on an Excursion Train, 367 Forth Bridge, Grouping Anomaly, 109 Furness Railway Chief Engineer Retires from
Railway to Private Engineering, 125 Gauge Changes on Indian Railways, Recom
mendations of the Railway Board Engi- neer-in-Chief, 151 Golders Green Extension, 253 ; Opening, 531 Great Central, | per cent. Dividend, 185 Great Western Railway: Additional Siding Accommodation and Other Improvements Authorised, 13 Agricultural Areas to have New Lines if State Aid be Granted, 643
Arm Rest, Improved Type, 367
Bridge, Vehicular and Railway, Over the Severn at Beachley, Application to Ministry of Transport, 451 Cambrian Section, Further Widening, 669 Cambrian Section, Reported Extension.
587 Colwall Tunnel, A Second, Projected, 591
Cornish Riviera’s Increased Non-stop Journey, 281
Exeter Loses an Old Landmark, 395
Fishguard and Rosslare Steamship Service Reopened, 311 Fowey, Jetty, New, for China Clay Traffic, 395 Interlinking of Signals on the Great Western, 693 Llandrindod Wells and New Railway Connections, 341
New Railway Schemes in Wales, 253
Paddington to Chester and Aberystwyth, Quick Through Train, 125 Plymouth to London Afternoon Train, 341 Rail Motor Trains on Mid-Wales and
Cambrian Coast Sections, 116
Pvhymney Railway at Cardiff and Station Changes, 693 Road Motor Services, Growth of Twenty Years, 281 “ Safety ” Campaign of the Great Western, New Appointment, 281
Savings Bank Figures, 587 Season Tickets on the Great Western, 367
Severn Tunnel, Suggestion of Scrapping, 341
Shunting by Gravitation, 669
Signalling Arrangements Scheme, 587, 615 South Wales Traders and Railway Agree
Reductions of Charges, 13
Swansea Harbour Trustees’ Property Acquired by the Railway, 151 Unemployment Relief by New Works, Government Commendation of Great Western’s Example, 451 Vale of Rheidol Railway, New Locomotives, 281 Wagon Shortage and How to Meet it, 455 West to North Express from Bristol,
Changes of Timing, 341 Yatton, Relief Lines to be Laid Near, 693
Grouping, Anomalies of, 109 Grouping Arrangements and Unfamiliar Rolling Stock, 151 Grouping, Benefit of, 175, 669 Grouping Involves Re-naming of Certain Stations, 253 Grouping, and New Official Railway Maps, 693 Grouping and Statistics’ Delayed Publication, 281 Halifax Tramways, Loan for Bridge Reconstruction, 615 Hot Weather, Rail Distortion and Greasing, 276 Inchcape Reports Recommend Grouping for Indian Railways, 227 Indian Natives as Railway Servants, Difficulties and Training, 281 Indian Railways, Three Important New Lines, 669 Interlocking, J. S. Moore, 97 Irish Free State Railway Appointment, 473 Irish Railways, Amalgamation and the Free State Government, 175 Irish Railways, Systems Partly in Northern Ireland, Partly in Free State, 97 Ivatt, Mr. H. A., 505 King’s Lynn Docks and Railway Company, Manager Wanted, 477 Landslip and Alternative Pvoutes, 175 Liverpool to Norfolk—see Cross-country Liverpool-street Station Entrance, 531 Liverpool Tramcars Improvement, 587 Lithuanian Railway Estimates, 531 Locomotive • Crews in Long Tunnels, Plan of Relief from Asphyxiation, 158 Locomotives Shipped Almost Ready for Service, 423 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Pamphlet History of the Line, 97 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : L.C.C. and Croydon Tramcars, Suggested Through Running, 615 London, Midland and Scottish Railway:
Absorption of—•
North Staffordshire and Caledonian Railways, New Directors, 125
Wirral Railway, Details of Terms, 13 Cattle Wagon, New Type, 201
Conversion of Line to Electric Traction Contemplated, 71
Dining Car Seats, Free of Charge, 71
Directors, Board of, Formal Reconstruction of, 125
Euston-Scotland Train, New Timing, 22
Loan to Employees to Build Houses, Proposed Scheme, 643, 693 London, Midland and Scottish Bill Agreed, 13
Tilbury Section, Four New Trains, 451
Work of All Kinds in xAnticipation of Future Requirements, 505 London and North-Eastern Railway :
Appointments, 559 Coat-of-Arms Authorised, 669
Great Eastern Section and Mineral Traffic, 693
Hard-worked Trains, 643 •
Locomotives, Largest and Most Powerful in the Country, 101
New Coaling 8 tai ths at Bly th, 281
Possible Electrification of Certain Lines, 41 Rolling Stock Under Construction, Depots Engaged, 669 Traffic Returns, Comparative Figures Issued, 133
Watson, Mr. H. A., Retirement of, 477
London Traffic and Government Bill, 151 London Tramway New Rolling Stock and the Unemployment Question, 559 Longridge-Hellifield Proposed Light Railway and West Riding County Council, 559 Lord Loreburn, The Late, and a Railway Inquiry, 615 Ludgate-hill Resumed Train Services, 201 Madeira, Electric Railway, also Port of Refuge at Funchal, 451 Melbourne’s Projected Extension of Travelling Facilities, 559 Melbourne Tramways, Extended Facilities, 651 Metropolitan Company’s New Station, Hillingdon, 650 Metropolitan District Railway, Fifty New Cars for, 367 Metropolitan-District Railway’s 80 Trains per Hour, 531 Metropolitan Railway in Paris, Flooding from Canal, 253 Milk in Overheated Railway Vans and Railway Rates Question, 71 Ministry of Transport: Authorisation of Works Bill, Increase of Limit of Costs, 71 ; Royal Assent to Bill Received, 151 Extension of Time for Submission of Proposed Charges to Railway Rates Tribunal, 41 ; Schedule of Charges Submitted, 151 Inter-agreements Among Companies, Powers of the Ministry, 135 Light Railways Authorised in Liverpool, 531 Subsidence on the City and South London Railway, Inquiry by the Ministry, 615 Tramway and Trackless Trolley Undertakings, Committee’s Report, 253 Unemployment Question, Ministry and the Railway Companies, 97 Moscow Projected Underground Railway, 477 Motor Cars at Level Crossings, Railwaymen’s Additional Risks, 175 Names of Stations, Changes due to Amalgamation of Lines, 175 National Union of Railwaymen and Railway Shopmen’s War Bonus, 41, 175, 201, 327, 477 New South Wales Government Seeks British Experts to Investigate Railways Administration, 531 New South Wales, New Railway to be Constructed, 55 New South Wales Railway Signalling Equipment Statistics, 531 New York Central Electric Lines, Running Stopped by Heat Wave, 13 New Zealand Calls for Tenders for New Line Construction, 125 New Zealand Government Railways and Automatic Signals, 505 Newfoundland Railways, Steamers, &c., Pass under Government Control, 253 Niagara River, Vehicular and Electric Railway Bridge Projected, 227 Northern of France, Change of Paddle for Turbine Steamers, 71 Passengers’ Fares, Luggage Charges and Labour Employed, 71 Pennsylvania Railroad, Serious Fire, 13 Piccadilly, New Underground Station, Subways and Escalators, 175 Piecework System Restored on the New York Central for Shop Crafts Workers, 395 Polish Railways New Rolling Stock, Allotment of Contracts, 201 Protection of Coach Manufacture and Steel Industry in India, Manufacturer’s Views, 311 Queensland Government Railways’ Success and its Cause, 693 Railless Trolley Vehicle Systems in Great Britain, Statistics, 41 Railway Benevolent Institution, President, 477 Railway and Canal Commission, ex ojjlcio Members, 419 Railway Charges for Carriage of Fish, Vegetables, &c., Pronounced Very Fair, 13 Railway Companies, Men’s Unions, and Wages Boards, 71, 253, 451, 669—see also Thomas, Mr. J. H. Railway Fires zAct (1905) Amendment Bill Receives Royal Assent, 151 Railway Material Exports Statistics, 70, 151, 289, 395, 505, 643 Railway Men in Parliament, 669 Railwaymen and the Three Unions, 41, 477 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : Railwaymen’s Pay, Comparison of Rates, &c., Return Issued, 477 Railway Rates and Cost of Living, Pamphlet, 41 Railway Rates Tribunal: Application from Labour Party for Enlargement of the Tribunal, 535 Mansion House Association Form for Lodging of Objections with the Tribunal, 367
Powers of Tribunal, 71
Schedule of Standard Rates and Charges Submitted by the Four Railway Groups, 151 Season Tickets and Allowances for Disuse, 71 Season Ticket Controversy and the Tribunal, 281, 367 Railway Shopmen’s War Bonus—see National Union
Railway Viaduct over the Blackwater at Mallow, Reconstruction and Opening, 477 Red Coaches in Scotland, 669
Reduction in Fares Followed by Reduction in Receipts, 367
Restaurant Car Staffs, Pay of, 477 Reval Railway Electrification, 175
Riviera, Shortened Railway Line Proposed to Nice, 615 Rumanian Extensive Railway Construction Schemes, 311, 367 Running Control, Locomotive and Traffic Departments’ Question, H. A. Watson, 423 “Safety First” Essay Competition by London Council, 281 St. Gothard Railway Locomotive’s Peculiar Accident, 531 St. Pancras and Glasgow Journey, Acceleration both Ways, 341
Savings Banks for Railway Servants,' 587 Season Ticket Controversy, 281, 367 Sheffield Unemployment and Orders for Railway Material, 615
Shepherd’s Bush Station, Central London Line, Improvements, 477 Siberian Express, Petrograd-Vladivostock, to bo Resumed, 97 Signalling, Block, Three-wire and One-wirc Systems Compared, 97 Singapore Island, Connection by Johore Causeway, 367
Sleeping Cars. New, Milan to Rome, 395
South African Government and Railway Electrification, 423 South African Proposed New Railway, Different Routes Discussed, 423 South Australian Change of Gauge on the Western Railway, 423 South Australian Railway Reorganisation, 125 South Australian Railways’ Need of New Locomotives, 559
South Australian State Line Earnings, 587 Southern Railway ; Appointments, 281, 340, 423, 531
Dover Improvements Discussion, 451 Electrification Plans to be Proceeded with, 531 Elephant and Castle Station Damaged by Fire, 505 Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, Impediment to Absorption by Southern Railway, 151 “ Go as You Please ” Season Tickets in the Isle of Wight, 151 Grouping, and Retirement of Officials, 340 Isle of Sheppey and Swale Bridge Reconstruction, Communication Restored, 311, 367, 505 Locomotive, Remembrance, Brighton Railway, 395 Locomotive Running Department Changes, 423 New Works, Extensive Programme Proposed, New Corridor Coaches, 531, 559 Parliamentary Plans for New Work of the Railway, 693 Ramsgate, New Station Accommodation Proposed, 281 South-Western Lines to Guildford, Electrification not Begun, 48, 106 Suburban Area Electrification to Precede that of Brighton Line, 643
Waterloo Station Reconstruction, 349
South Yorkshire Joint Committee, Contract for Extension of Line, 477 Soviet and Resumption of Through Traffic to China, 227 Stabling Trains Required for Night and Morning Use Only, Cost of, 311 Stations Re-named in Consequence of Grouping, 253
Statistics—see Traffic
Stockholm and Gothenburg Electrification, Material Contracts, 227 Stranraer and Larne Irish Service Resumed, 13
“ Sunny South Special,” Rival Starting, 367
Swedish Locomotives, Fifty Electric, Tenders Called for, 227, 253
Swedish Projected New Railway, 201
Thomas, Mr. J. H., and Railwaymen’s Pay, 505 Timber Unloading from Railway Trucks, Swedish Time-saving Contrivance, 167 Tokyo Tramways Quick Restoration after Earthquake, 583 “Traders’ Guide to Revision of Railway Rates,” 227 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Traffic, Passenger and Freight, Statistics :
For January, 125 : March, 253 ; April, 395 ; May, 423, 477 : June, 446 ; July, 587
Freight Tonnage for August, 613 General Statistics for Half-year, 446 Tramways Safety First Device, 615
Transport—see also Associations, Institute of Transport Trans-Sahara Railway Bill to be Introduced in French Chamber, 531 Turbo-condensing Locomotive, Ljungstrom, 643 Uganda and Kenya Projected Loan for Railway Extension, 559 Underground Lifts, Audible Interval Indicator, 555 Unemployment and Suggestions for Utilising Railway Reserves, 151 United States Jointly Owned Railway Stations, 236 United States Railway Amalgamation not Compulsory, 693 United States Railways, Increased Pay for Men, 347 Victoria, Australia, Automatic Couplings Decided on, 175 Victoria and Ludgate Hill Service, Restoration Called for, 587
Vosges Tunnelling, Tenders to be Invited, 335 Wagons, Privately Owned, Mr. Holden’s and Mr. Hill’s Construction Specifications, 13
Wagons, Standard 12-Ton, Drawing, &c., British Wagon Company, 407 Westminster District Railway Station, Reconstruction, 201 West Somerset Mineral Railway, Legal Abandonment of, 201 White Pass and Yukon Railway Company’s Proposed Dam on the Upper Yukon River, 40 Willesden Electric Train Service to Addison- road, Improvement at Willesden, 451 Zeebrugge, Facilities for Groat Eastern Train Ferry Boats, 205 RATING Machinery and Plant, Government Inquiry, 643 Reclamation of Estuary, near Barrow, Proposed, 643 “Refractories, The Commoner,” E. E. Moore, 615 Refrigeration Research, Suggested Institute for, 311 Reinforced Concrete Girders, Record Length, 97 Research—see Department Resting Pauses and Efficiency of Manual Workers, G. H. Miles, 151 Rhodesian Congo Border Concession, Important Discoveries of Ore, 669 Rivets, Comparative Test of Copper and Monel. 253 Road Railways in Gwalior, 71 Rotating Magnetic Field and Living Organisms, Experiments, 587 Royal Agricultural Show for 1924, 227 Rubber Compared with Iron as Lining for Tube Mills, 559 Rubber Road Surface from Old Tires, for Bradford, 451 Russia’s Water Power Resources, 97 s SAFETY First, Pamphlet No. 8, 668 Saigon (Cochin, China), Arsenal for Sale, 341 Salt Alines in Nova Scotia, Quality and Output, 227 San Francisco, Projected Bridge across the Golden Gate, Various Schemes, 125, 145 Saw—see also Trepanning Saws, Rail, 25 Scholarship Award to Ealing County Scholar, 367 Scholarship Research, in Naval Architecture (1923), 58 Scientific Research—see Department Sea Water Deterioration of Structures of
Timber, Metal and Concrete, 367
Sewerage Scheme for North Toronto, 175 Shafts for Marine Steam Engines, Board of
Trade Rules, 341
Sheffield Traffic Census, 395 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : Barge, Electrically Propelled, Further and Satisfactory Trial, 394—see also Gill Propeller, Illustrated Index Detroit and Cleveland Navigation ’Company Steamers Launched, 531 Discharge of Cargo, Exceptionally Rapid, 143 Empress of Scotland, Canadian Liner, Collision with Wreckage, 201
French Destroyer Enseigne Gabolde, 367 Hong Kong, Motor Boats for, 705 Minnewaska’s Gross Tonnage, 477
Motor Vessels, Tonnage, Immense Increase Since 1914, 125 R.M.S. Empress of Canada, Record Cruise, 253 Royal Naval Reserve Decoration Award, 477 Ship Repairing at Southampton, J. S.
White and Co.’s, New Shops, 679
SHOWS—see Exhibitions Silver, Rich Oro Discovery at Cloncurry, Australia, 367 Silver, Rich Ore Discovery in Queensland, 281 Soda Company’s Purchase of Land, 151 South African Cultivation of Fibre from Previously Condemned Weed, 559 South African Government Share of‘ Gold Mining Profits, 451 South African Grain Handling, Help from Canadians, 505 South African Woollen Factory Machinery Entirely Supplied by Germany, 97 South-east Borneo, Ironworks to be Established in, 559 South Russian Mining Trust Output, 559 Soviet Government and the Metric System, 643 Speed for Winding Men in Mine Shafts, 125 Spitzbergen, Mineral Wealth of, Discovery of Nickel, 311 Spitzbergen Alining Conditions Pronounced Ideal in Every Way, 395 Staff Outing, D.P. Battery Company, 55 Standardisation of Fans, 140 Standpipe Failure and Rare Type of Corrosion, 41 Steam Ferry, Powerful, for Vehicular Traffic at Sydney, Australia, 451 Steel—see Iron and Steel Sugar Beet Factory at Southwold, 669 Sukkur Irrigation Scheme Begun, 451 Sullivan Machinery Company’s Plant, 367 Sweden, Damming Works in, 311 Swedish Agricultural Area, 40 per cent. Supplied with Electric Light and Power, 13 Swedish Scheme for Channel Deepening to Connect the Baltic with the North Sea, 423, 451 Swiss Trade and Industries in 1922, 404 Sydney City Council and Empire Preference, 13 Sydney, Royal Mint to bo Closed, 97 Synthetic Precious Stones, Swiss Manufacture, 253 T TANK Lowered into Deep Pit, without Tackle, 41 Tanks, Comparison Between Variously Welded Riveted and Electric Welded, 477 Tasmanian Huge Reservoir at the Great Lake, 559 Telephone Company, London, Secures Contract from Prague, 669 Telephone District of Exeter, Extensive Range, 587 Telephone Exchanges, Automatic, for the London Area, 97 Temperatures in Shallow Mines, Surface Air Effect on Underground Air, Investigations, 97 Test Codes, American, 517. Testing Blow-out Taps of Gauge Glasses, 49 Tests on Beams of Limestone, 227 Textile Machinery for China, Respective Imports of Great Britain, America and Japan, 97 Thermometers, 55 Thompson, John, Limited, Boilermakers, Offer of Technical Appointments and Scholarship to their Employees, 395 Tientsin Motor Car Imports, 423 Timber in India, Method of Identification, 367 Tin Stocks Disposal in the Federated Malay States, 341 Tokyo Company Reports Safety of Hydraulic Power Stations and Transmission Lines, 477 Tool and Cutter Grinding, 190 Tractors for Russia Duty-free, 341 Trepanning Tool, Fry’s (London), Limited, 407 Tungsten Lamps, Greatly Increased Use of, 311 Turin Engine Works, Change of Ownership, 125 u “ UNDERGROUND London,” Lantern Lecture at Cannon-street rfotel, AV. J. Liberty, 451 Underground London, Illustrated Lecture on, at Southend-on-Sea, AV. J. Liberty, 669 United States’ Metal Alining Industry, General Statistics of, 367 University College, London :
University College Awards, 86
Lectures on Ionic and Thermionic Valves,
Professor J. A. Fleming, 375
Engineering Society :
Annual Dinner and Conversazione, 705
University of Sheffield, Recognition of Dr. Ripper, 71 Uruguay, Port of Paysandu, Enlargement Progress, 341 V VAAL River Barrage Opening, 71 Vancouver Grain Storage Capacity Greatly Increased, 559 Vancouver Harbour, Dredging and other Improvements, 693 Vancouver Island, Largest Saw Mill About to be Constructed, 151 Victoria, State of, and “ Safety First ” Bulletins, 71 w WAGONS, Railway—see Railways Warrington Guardian’s Seventieth Anniversary, 395 Water Boring in South-West Africa Results in Coal and Oil Discoveries, 505 Water Leakage, Extension, Discovered by Pitometer Survey, 367 Water-gas Tar Emulsion, 341 WATER SUPPLY : Bethlehem, South Africa, New Water Supply Scheme, 693 Cape Town Water Storage Increase, 227 Capetown Waterworks Scheme, Projected Extensive Outlay, 253 Waterworks Plant, Records of Operation Highly Necessary, Professor Earle Waterman, 615 AV ATER Turbines for Power Plant at Winnipeg, 451 AVater Users, National Association of, Formed, 669 Waterway, Deep, from Great Lakes to the Atlantic vid the St. Lawrence River, American Suggestion to Canada, 693 AVeights and Measures, Suggested Change, 151 Welland Canal Cost, 41 AVheel, Road, Aluminium Alloy, Satisfactory Tests for Omnibus Use, 587 Whitworth Society, 268 AVhitworth Society, First Commemoration Dinner, 602 AVinding Ropes, Testing by Magnetic Exploration, R. L. Sandford, 281 Winnipeg Company Receives Large Railway Contracts for China, 253 AVinnipeg Large AVood Pulp and Paper Mill, 175 AVire Rope and Grooved Drums, Correct Pitch of-Grooves, 423 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Australian High-power Station Projected for Direct Communication with Great Britain and America, 531 Austrian Government Retains Alonopolies of Radio Telephony and Telegraphy, 321 Belfast and French Government Correspondence as to Ships’ AVireless Equipment, 531 British Broadcasting Experiments with the United States, 531 “ Broadcast Central ” Station in Now York, 281 Broadcasting AAreather Information for Use of Ships, 615 Canadian Wireless Telephonic Long-distance Communication, 693 Capital Expenditure on AVircless Stations, 71 Chilean, French and American Combination for Installation of AVireless Station, 477 Danish Government to Install AVireless Stations in Greenland, 615 Fog Signal, AVireless, for Another Lightship Station, 643 Hafnium in Audion Lamps, 227
High-power AVireless Station in India, 451
High-speed AVireless Installation between Rangoon and Madras, 505 Kashgar Marconi Station Completed, 151 Leeds Corporation and Control of Aerials, 67 Mexican Stations, Change of Apparatus, 175 Military AVireless Sets Tested in Manoeuvres, 253 New Direct Services Established, Favourable Situation of the United States, 311 Norwegian New AVireless Station at Vardoe, 227, 281 Postmaster-General on AVireless Development, Broadcast Advisory Committee, 587 Radio Apparatus and Elementary Schools, 615 Radio-apparatus Installation on the Paris- Bordeaux Express, 41 Radio Broadcasting and Accurate AVorking, 201 Radio Telephonic Set for Express Trains, 253 “ Reducing the Guesswork to Tuning,” 201 AVest Flanders Inter-continental Wireless
Transmitting Station, 669
AVireless Direction-finding Station on AVest Coast of Vancouver Island, 13 AVireless Telephone Equipment for Fishing Boats from Nagasaki, Investigation of Possibilities, 175 AVOODEN Bridge, Temporary, Across Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia, 674 AVoodworking Factories, Mechanical Engineers for, AV. L. Churchill, 669 AVorld Power Conference in London, 1924, United States Participation, 311, 622 X X-RAY Equipment for Army Veterinary School at AVoolwich, 171 ' X-ray Interference Examination of Strained
Metals, Akimasa Ono, 281
X-ray Invention Removes Danger to Operator, 693 Y YOKOHAMA Reconstruction as a Port, 395 Yokohama Harbour Repair, Estimate of Cost 341 Yugoslavia’s Output of Coal and Copper, 559
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