The Engineer 1924 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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A AERIAL, New Form, “ Vertex,” and its Advantages, 43 AERONAUTICS : Aerodrome Extensions at Wittering, 479 Air Surveys, Their Disadvantages, 509 Cable for Guiding Aeroplanes in Flight, M. William Lottis, 43 . Dirigibles for Transatlantic Mails, Tests to be Made, 569 Fleet of Thirteen Aeroplanes for Protection of Lumber and Paper Industries in Ontario, 335
Helicopter Flight in Paris, 95
Howard Aerodrome Secured by Vickers Limited for Construction of Government Airship, 629 Howden Airship Station to be Demolished, 175 AGRICULTURAL Machinery, Renewal of Field Trials of Implements by Royal Agricultural Society, 227 Alcohol Industrial Spirit from Potatoes, Proposed Flotation of Company for Manufacture, 717 Allen, Edgar, and Co., “ Catalogue C,” 121 Aluminium Conductors, H. G. Williams, 507, 556 Aluminium Paint and Aluminium Leaf, 69 Aluminium Powder Explosion, Hints on Dealing with, 15 Aluminium Works near Fort William, Proposal for Establishment of, 201 American Activity in Power Plant, 479 American Mine Explosions, Serious Results from Use of Black Blasting Powder, 479 Anhydrous Liquid Hydro-cyanic Acid, Proposed Factory for Production of, in Australia, 717 Annealing Furnace Fatal Accident, 361 Arch Darn Investigation in California, 387 • Architects, British, Conference, 261 Architectural Education, International Congress on, 183 Argentina, Unparalleled Building Activities and Demand for Building Supplies, 255 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS, MANCHESTER : Metallurgical Defects in Engineering Materials, Professor F. C. Thompson, 239
INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY :
Annual Meeting, Forty-sixth, Award of Meldola Medal, Elections, 264 “ National Federation of Men of Science,” 43 Students’ Association : Visit to the British Empire Exhibition, 628
INSTITUTE, IRON AND STEEL :
Annual General Meeting and Dinner, 120 Award of Gold Medal to Professor Albert Sauveur, Harvard Uni verity, 174
INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS :
Diesel-electric Drive and Turbines, P. J. Higgs, 457
INSTITUTE OF METALS :
Annual Autumn Meeting to be Held in London, 731 Annual General Meeting and Dinner, 159 Institute of Metals’ Invitation to Overseas Visitors, 479
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS : Annual Meeting and Elections, 644 Physicist in Metallurgy, Dr. C. H. Desch,
INSTITUTE, ROYAL, OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS : Award for Best Street Frontage, 509
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT :
Date of Receipt of Papers for Current Awards, 110 Inland Waterways of England, E. Manning Lewis, 43
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS : General Meeting, 200
Fundamentals of Cost Production, H. Kerr Thomas, 200 Lecture, Percy Pritchard, Suggestion to Students, 166
New Prizes Offered, 270
Prize Award and Reading of Papers, 644 Water-copled Aero-engines, A. J. Rowledge, 69 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued): INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
Ballot for Election of Officers, 583
James Forrest Lecture, Thirtieth, to be Delivered by Professor Elihu Thomson, of Massachusetts, Kelvin Gold Medal Award, 526
Birmingham and District Association :
Annual Dinner, Problem of New Street Station Traffic, 283
London Students :
Forty-third Annual Dinner, 343
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS :
Annual Dinner, 239 A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 136
Electrical Developments in France, E. M. Malek, 227 Faraday Medal Award to Dr. S. Z. de Ferranti, 147 Faraday Medal Presentation, 413 Fifteenth Kelvin Lecture, G. Semenza, 413 Kelvin Centenary, 569, 586 New By-law, Title of Members, 369 Visit of Delegates of Overseas Technical Institutions, 610, 702 Western Centre : First Joint Meeting with Mining Electrical Engineers, 509
Visit to Lydney Power Station, 509
INSTITUTION OF HEATING AND VENTILATING- ENGINEERS : Annual General Meeting, Election of President and his Suggestions, 175 Universal Regulator, Temperature, Thomas Lindsay, 55 INSTITUTION, JUNIOR, OF ENGINEERS :
Fortieth Anniversary Dinner, 556
Overhead Aluminium Conductors, H. G.
Williams, 507, 556
Progress in Equipment Used for Marine Propulsion, Sir J. Fortescue Flannery, 255
Water-tube Boilers, L. M. Jockel, 479
INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS :
Midland Branch :
Conversazione in University at Edgbaston, 599 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) : INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY : Annual Dinner, Lack of Base Metals, Empire Congress on Mining and Metallurgy, 395
Award of Gold Medal, 237
INSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS :
South-Western District: Regional Town-planning, 283 Yorkshire District:
Jubilee Year, Examination Necessary for Future Admission to Membership, 387
INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS :
Annual and Summer Meetings, Invitations to Guests from France and Holland, 155 INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGISTS : Hypochlorite Process of Refining Compared with Use of Sulphuric Acid, A. E. Dunstan, 43 Maidan-i-Nafton Oilfield, One of Most Important Known, R. K. Richardson, 539 INSTITUTION OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERS : Elections and Proposed Awards, 293 INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS : Elections of President and Vice-president, 175 Increased Member Roll, Library Presentation to the Institution, 227
INSTITUTION, ROYAL :
Annual Meeting and Reports, 526
Meetings and Elections, 145, 264, 402, 526 Programme of Lectures, Resumption of
Friday Evening Meetings, 428
INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS : Annual Dinner, 317
Election of Officers and Council, 613
Yorkshire Branch Formed, 687
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY :
Chemical Engineering Group and Institution of Mechanical Engineers : Symposium on Treatment on Water for Industrial Purposes, 55 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) : SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY {continued): Birmingham Section : Emulsion of Petrol as Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines, F. J. C. China* 445
Midland Section :
Spontaneous Combustion, Its Causes, J. Ivon Graham, 121
SOCIETY, FARADAY :
Meeting and Programme, Oppau Explosion Investigation and Report, 360, 413
SOCIETY, OPTICAL :
Annual General Meeting,- Election of Officers and Council, 235
SOCIETY, RADIO, OF GREAT BRITAIN :
Postponement of Meeting, Lecture, Faithful Reproduction by Broadcast, Captain P. P. Eckersley, 425
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
Borneo, Sarawak, Oil Resources Development Results, Hon. T. G. Cochrane, 361 Cantor Lecture, E. V. Evans, Use of Film to Depict Chemical Changes, 335
Neglect of X-rays Benefit, Lecture by Dr.
V. E. Pullin, 537
SOCIETY, WOMEN’S ENGINEERING :
Second International Conference, 387
ATMOSPHERIC Pollution, Unknown Particles, 599 Australia, Railway Bridge Over Murray River, Details of Construction, 227 Automatic Guns, War Office Experiments, 43 Automatic Telephone Exchange Projected, First in London, 43 Automobile Services, French, to Connect the Cotton-growing Districts with the Niger, 687 Avonmouth Dock Extension Contract, 94 B BALANCING Machine for Large Rotors, 629 Ball Bearings and the Time Factor, 201 Beardmore, W., and Co., Limited, Souvenir of
Empire Exhibition, 583
Beira, East Africa, Port Improvements, 361 Belt Fastener, New Type, Frys, Limited, 583 Benzol as By-product of Australian Steel
Works, Extensive Output of, 15
Birmingham Waterway to the Sea vid Worcester and Bristol Channel, Government Deputation with View to Financial Aid, 309 Bitumen and Fish, Roads Dressing Committee’s Report, 147 Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel Boiler Conversion to Burn Powdered Fuel, Guarantee Given, 479 Boiler, Electric Steam, Unique Type, 539 Boiler Explosion at Aberdare Power Station, Report, 445 Boiler Flues’ Unusual Failure, 599 Boiler, Water-tube, Unusual Explosion of, 629 Boilermakers’ Society Funds, Big Balance, 716 Boilermakers* Society, Overtime Piecework Pay, 657 Bolts and Rivets Factory at Richmond, Victoria, 69 Bore-hole Search for Oil, No Oil but Several
Records Broken, 657
Brasher Air Breakwater Tested 361 Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Increased Wages, 509 Brass, Red Stains on, Due to Use of Old Type of Furnace, 15 Brassfounders Employers’ Association and National Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Society, New Wages Agreement, 445 Breakwater Tests, Brasher Air, 361 Bridge, New, Across the Usk at Newport, 445 Brisbane, Australia, Engineering Conference there in March, 1924, 69 BRITISH ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION :
Annual Scholarships, 317, 361
BRITISH ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION :
Annual Luncheon, 343
BRITISH ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION : Safeguarding of Industries Act, Resolution of Regret at Government Attitude, 445 BRITISH ENGINEERING STANDARDS ASSOCIATION : Institution of Automobile Engineers’ Members Represented on Committee, 255 Standard Nomenclature for Cycle and Motor Cycle Parts, 264, 309 Standard Railway Rails, 674 Standard Specifications : Galvanised Steel Wire Strand for Signalling Purposes, 644 Lighting and Starter Cables on Motor Cars, 387 Traction Motors of the Series-wound
Direct-current Type, 15 v
BRITISH FOUNDRYMEN, INSTITUTION OF : Cause of Bad Castings, 147 British India Imports and Exports, Satisfactory Trade Balance, 509 British Prices 70 Per Cent. Higher than Continental and Orders Sent Abroad in Consequence, 283, 312 British Thomson-Houston Testers’ Club, 293 Broadcasting—see Wireless. Bunkering Plant on the Tees, Satisfactory Test, 479 Burns, New Treatment which Includes, Electric, Steam, and Metal Burns, 479 c CABLE, Direct Connection between London and Emden, 175' Calcium Arsenate Plant, Largest in the World at Montgomery, Alabama, 335 Calculators for Gas Calorimetry, 608 Cameron Falls Development, Ontario, Great
Power Scheme, 15
Canada, Wainwright Oilfield, Estimated Area,
69, 361
Canadian Dominion Forest Service, Experimental Silvicultural Work, 147 Canadian Gold and Silver Exports, 569 Canadian Mineral Production Statistics, 15 , Canadian Pacific Railway, Petrol-electric Exhibition Vehicle, 413 Canadian Resources of Natural Gas and Helium, Survey Results None too Favourable, 309 Cape Breton, Harbour at Ingouish, Deepening on Account of Gypsum Deposit, 449 Carbon Monoxide in Compressed Air, Instrument for Detection, J. A. Vaughan, 413 Castings of Sand and Cores Cleaned by High- pressure Water, 599 Catalogues for Jerusalem, 183 Cement and Mud Fluids Used in Oil and Gas Wells, Tests for Determination of Tensile Strength, 121 Centralians, Old, Annual Dinner, 200 Cerium for Gas Mantles and other Purposes, 201 Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, First
Provincial Meeting, 509
Chelmsford Engineering Society, Fourth Annual Conversazione, 459 Chicago Drainage Canal Threatens Further Damage to the Levels of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, 121 Chilean Government Improvement of Irrigation and Canals, 255 Chimneys of Reinforced Concrete Described as Dangerous, 569 Chromium—see Iron and Steel COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Alberta Coal, Great Increase in Output, 361
Antrim and Tyrone, Valuable Areas of Unworked Coal in, 15 Barrow Hill New Colliery, Progress of Shaft Sinking, 335 Belgian Congo, Result of Search for Coal, 657 Burnham-on-Crouch Coal Discovery, 361 Canada’s Average Coal Consumption, 599 Coal-breaking Plant for Montreal, 69 Coal Dust Explosions in Utah, Intensive
Study of Safety Precautions, 445
Coaling Staithes Projected at Port Clarence Wharf, River Tees, 147 Colliery Accidents in Scotland, Fire-damp and Naked Lights, 599 Colliery Chimneys Demolished, 361 Fushun, Schemes for Working Coal Deposits, 255 Lithuania’s Limited Consumption of Coal and Coke, 227 Manchuria’s New Coal Mines, 657 Man-handled Coal in England, 90 Per Cent.
of Total Raised, 657
Markham Main Colliery, Progress of Sinkers, Expected Employment for Large Number of Men, 657 Natal Coal, Results of By-product Experiments, 69
New South Wales Coal Output, 569
Nova Scotia, New Mine and Colliery at Lingan, 121, 175, 445 Powdered Coal in the United States, Annual Consumption, 95
Pulverised Coal, High-pressure Plant, 402 Record Output from Deep Pit, 629
Rotherham Main Colliery, Probable Reopening of Barnsley Pit, 629 Scottish Collieries and Preventable Accidents, 539 Screenings, Excess of, in Coal Mining, American Complaint, 361 Seaton Delaval Coal Company’s Development at Hastings Pit, 657 Snowdon Colliery near Dover, Purchase of, 95 Spitzbergen, New Coal Mining Operations, Extensive, Projected, 309 United States Coal Mines, Statistics of Injuries and Financial Loss, 361 Vibrating Screen for Fine Separation of Coal, 717 Victoria, Brown Coal Prospects at Bambra, 413 Warragul, Victoria, Coal Discovery, 569 Welsh Coalfields, Rhondda and Llanelly, 387 Wireless Communication for Mine Rescue Work, 361 Worcestershire Coal Mining Estate, Projected Development, 479 World’s Production of Coal, United States
Large Proportion, 387
COLD-STARTING Oil Engine, Test Results’ 283 Cold Storage Scheme at Walvis Bay, 445 Colonel Crompton’s Eightieth Birthday, 656 Commonwealth’s New Duty Against Great Britain, 479 Commonwealth Radium-bearing Ore, Great Possibilities, 687 Complimentary Dinner, 395 Compressed Fibre for Pistons of Internal Combustion Engines, 69 Concrete as Lining for Mine Shafts, 15 Condensers and Grid Leaks, Philip Coursey, 283 Conferences and Congresses—see Exhibition, British Empire Cooking Utensils Test, Report on Linings for, 43 Copenhagen, British Club Opened, 298 Copper in Australia, High Cost of Labour and Supplies and Closing Down of Mines, 69 Copper Deposit in Rhodesia, Another Big Discovery of, 15 Copper Mines in Australia to be Merged and Railway Extended, 599 Copper Ore Deposit on Rhodesia-Congo Border, 117 Copper Ore Deposits in Yugo-Slavia, 15 Copper Production in Australia, Extension of Principal Company’s Works, 15 Copper Works and By-product Plant at Middlesbrough, 413 Corrosion or Rusting of Metal Prevented by Use of Whitewash, 175 Cost of Living and Men’s Pay Unchanged, 444 Cotton Ginnery Opening at Salisbury, Rhodesia, 127 Coventry Commercial and Technical Library, Useful Additions, 599 Cunard Company’s New Naval Architect, 361 Cyanite, Interesting Possibilities of, 599 D DAM Damage on the Musquash River Power Development Plant, 15 E EDINBURGH Gas-making Plant Extensions, 43 Edinburgh-Glasgow Road, New, Work to be Started on, 509 ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Air Heating Advantages in an American Power Station, 509 . Australasian Electric Supply Systems, Favourable Position of Certain Towns, 479 Automatic Synchroniser, Brown Boveri, 387 Boston and Detroit, Plans for Transmission of Electrical Power, 569 . Breakdowns, Electrical, in 1923, 629 British Columbia Electric Company’s Projected Tunnel between Lakes, Tenders Called for, 539 British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Heavy Cost of Equipment, 201 Burton-on-Trent Supply, Proposed Extension, 569 Calcutta Electric Supply to be Extended to Outlying Districts, 43 Canada’s Extensive Electric Power Development, 15 Cape Town-Simonstown Line, New Electric Generating Station, 687 Collie Coalfield of Western Australia, Power Station for Supplying, 717 Coventry Corporation Electricity Undertaking, 657 Deeside Electrical Requirements, Report by Aberdeen Chief Electrical Engineer, 445 Direct Photographic Records of Electrical Impulses, 717 Electric Brass Melting in the United States, Activity Greatly in Excess of other Countries, 657 Electric Power Mains Projected in the Midlands, 121 Electrical and Reciprocating Engine Power for Textile Factory Working, Comparison, 95 Electric Wire Manufacturing Companies in Japan, Great Impetus to Work Caused by Restoration after Earthquake, 255 Exeter Electricity Works, Extension of Plant, 387 Grit Arrester at Electricity Works, Good Results from, 283 “ Hexaphase ” System of Working Cables, 387 Hull (Quebec) Electric Company’s Big Project in the Gatineau Valley, 255 Illinois Company’s Projected 200,000 Kilowatts Station, 717 Islington Borough Council’s Experience of Refuse Collection, Horse and Electric Vehicles Compared, 309 Italian Orders for Two 30,000 Kilovoltampere Three-phase Alternators, 687 Japanese Scheme for Power Development and Railway Electrification, 43 Manchuria Power Scheme on the Yalu River, 43 Mersey Power Company’s Prosperity 509 Million Volt Testing Set Ordered for Laboratory in Chicago, 717 Mining Subsidence and Effect on Cables and Power Stations, Royal Commission Evidence, 539 Motor, 6300 H.P., American, in Course of Installation in India, 147 Motor Generator’s Disastrous Breakdown, 569 Newark Corporation’s Application Refused by Electricity Commissioners, 717 Newcastle, New South Wales, Tramway Electrification, Cost and Saving, 69 ’ New York’s Electric Signs and Large Amount of Electricity Required, 283 New Zealand’s Extensive Use of Electric Power, 387 Pelton Wheel Shrunk on to Shaft by Means of Electric Heat, 201 Pennsylvania’s Production of Electric Power, 569
Plymouth Electricity Works Extension, 95
Power Station Under Construction - at Molnungushi Falls, Rhodesia, 717 Ribble Power Station and Its Approaching Completion, 445 Scanty Use of Electricity in the United Kingdom, 395 Scholarships in Electrical Engineering, The B.E.A.M.A. Offer, 317 Shanghai Municipal Electric Department, Annual Report, 657 South Africa and Electricity Supply Commission, Terms Arranged with Capetown and Durban, 687 Storage Battery Competition, Five Vehicles Selected for Test, 687 Sugarloaf Rubicon Electricity Supply Scheme, Victoria, 95 “ Super-synchronous ” Motor, New Type, 335 Sydney, New South Wales, Recommended Appointment of British Electrical Expert, 479
Talcs^Used for Electrical Appliances, Tests, 1 445
ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued): Town Lighting of Lydenburg, South Africa, Waterfall to be Utilised, 335 Transformer Pillars Out of Operation, Tests of Apparatus for Reduction of Current Losses in, 260 Transmission Line, Southern California, Increased Capacity, 95 Transmission Problems, Major A. M. Taylor’s Hexaphase System, 201 Underground Cable, 66,000-Volt, at Cleveland, Successful Tests on, 717 Underground Electric Railway Efforts at Economy in Use of Power Supply, 309 Union of South Africa, Use of Electric Power in Industrial Establishments, 717 Wattmeter, Direct-acting, Totalising, Recording, 479
Welder, New Electric, Advantages of, 599 Wireless Aerials Falling, Accidents, 387
Yallourn—Yarraville Transmission Line Completed and Satisfactory, 283 Yallourn Undertaking, Steady Progress by Victoria Electricity Commission, 717 ELECTRO-PHYSICAL Research in Germany, Financial Assistance from American Company, 175 Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 361, 395 Engineering Institute of Canada, New President, 413 Erosion Checked by Discarded Motor Car Bodies, 387 European Telephone Network, Conference on the Question, 509 EXHIBITIONS :
All-British Motor Vehicles and Accessories Exhibition in Melbourne, 227 British Empire Exhibition :
Architecture Exhibition at Wembley, 586 Conferences of Engineering Societies at Wembley, 613 Conference on Science and Labour, 586 Empire Automobile Conference, 702 Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 361 Empire Textile Conference, 613 “ Neyer-Stop ” Railway, Yorath Lewis, to be Connected with Metropolitan Railway Station, 255 Silver Nugget, Largest Found, to be Shown in Canadian Section, 43 Stockton and Darlington Railway Engine Used at Opening in 1825, to be Exhibited, 121 World Power Conference, 671 Building Exhibition at Olympia, Free Popular Lectures, 395 German Wireless Exhibition at Hamburg, 283 Institute of Patentees, Inventions Exhibition, 657 International Exhibition in Dunedin, New Zealand, 580, 657 International Foundry Trades’ Exhibition at Birmingham, 43, 200, 687
Leipzig Autumn Fair, 613 Lyons Fair, Particulars of, 175 Norwegian Industrial Fair, 657
Okehampton Agricultural Association to Construct Permanent Exhibition Ground, 283
Royal Agricultural Show at Leicester, 201 Swedish Industries Fair at Gothenburg, 629 Wireless Apparatus Exhibition at Geneva, 201 Yachting and Boating Exhibition, 51
EXPERIMENTAL Explosions in France, 147 Explosion of Carbon Bisulphide Still near
Runcorn, 717
F FACTORY Accident Prevention, 183 Factory and Workshop Acts, Inquiry, 361 Falmouth, Abandonment of Transatlantic Scheme, 538 Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, Awards, 425 Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Smoking Concert, 425, 543 Farming and Electro-culture, Minister of Agriculture’s Statement, 445 Federated Malay States Tin Ore Smelting, 717 Federation of British Industries, Report on South American Tour by Assistant Director, 15 Ferry Landing and Docks at Middlesbrough, 361 Fire Destruction of University and Engineering
College, Fukuoka, 43
Floating Dock for Southampton, 387 Floating Roofs to Reduce Evaporation from Oil Tanks, 201 Floating Wharf Used as a Transport Vessel, 657 Forests of Ontario, Aeroplane Fleet to be Set up for Protection, 335 Foundry Engineers, Suggested Line of Study for Junior Automobile Students, Percy Pritchard, 66 France’s Trade with her Colonies, 227 Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Medals and Certificates Awards, 717 Fremantle Harbour Dredging Progress, 413 French Paint to Supersede Red Lead, 95 Friction and Lubrication, D. Sillars, 95 Fuel Oil Production Experiments by South Manchurian Railway, 569 Fuel Research, Assistant Director Appointed, 283 Fuel Research Board Special Report No. 1, 539 Fuller’s United Electric Works, Annual Staff Dinner, 55 Furfural, Properties of, as Paint Remover, 95 G GAMPOLA Bridge, Ceylon, 15 Gas Calorimetry, Calculator for, 608 Gas Engines on Hire-Purchase, 95 Gases in Underground Waters, New Use for Analysis of, 69 Gasholder, Spiral-guided, Largest in this Country, 387 Gas-making Plant for Vancouver, 599 Generation, Transformation and Pneumatic Transmission of Power, Captain W. P. Durtnall, 255 George Montefiore Foundation Prize, 133 German Imports into New South Wales, 361 “ Glanzkohle,” Properties of New Material Akin to Graphite, 175 Glass Trade, Comparison of Results of Different Shifts in, 175 Glassworkers’ Union and Discontinuance of the McKenna Duties, 539 Gold Alloy to Rival Platinum, 95 Gold Medal of the Town of Paris, Award to M. Bienvenue, 147 Gold Mines, Hollinger, Ontario, New Port Plant Approaching Completion, Vast Expectations from, 95, 599 Gold Mines of Northern Ontario, Rapid Development, 599 Gold and other Deposits in Tanganyika, 147 Grain Elevator, Durban, Inquiry into Foundations, 381 Grain Shipped through Montreal in 1923, Record Amount, 95 Great Britain’s Coal Mines Output, 15 H HARDWARE Trade Journal, 159 Hudson Bay as a Grain Outlet, Pros and Cons of the Question, 599 Hull, Port of, 697 Hydro-electric Development on the Saguenay
River, One of the Largest in the World, 629
Hydro-electric Equipment, Large Units, W. M.
White, 147
Hydro-electric Generating Unit, Largest in the World, at Niagara Falls, 69 Hydro-electric Installation for International
Paper Company on Hudson River, 361
Hydro-electric Plant on the Mississippi River, 201 Hydro-electric Power Scheme in New Zealand,
Tenders for Plant, 15
Hydro-electric Scheme in Ceylon, 69 Hydro-electric Scheme of Tasmania, 387 Hydro-electric Works in the Tirso Valley,
Largest in the World, 509
Hypochlorite and Chlorate, Pure Solutions
Obtained Electrolytically, 687
I INDIA and the Indians Unsuited for Shipping Enterprise, 201 Indian Boiler Regulations, 237 Indian Tariff Board’s Proposed Duties and Bounties on Certain Iron and Steel Products, 479 Industrial Fatigue Research Board, Fourth Annual Report, 657 Inertia of Matter and Inertia of Mind, Effect on Industrial Development, 255 Infection by Telephone, Risk Quite Negligible in View of Precautions, 227 International Congress of Architectural Educa tion, 183 Invention, Bertram Joy, 84 Italy’s Hydraulic Resources, Active Development of, 657 IRON AND STEEL : Agreement Between British Columbia and United States Concerning Conversion of Steel Scrap, &c., 413 Alloy Steel, Economical Uses of, 227 Blast-furnace Flue Dusts, Utilisation of, Investigation, 335 Brazil Company Said to Propose Blastfurnace Erection, 15 British Cast Iron Research Association, Director Appointed, 133 British Empire Big Iron Contract with German Buyers, 629 Chromium Plating, Company Started for Exploitation of Discovery, 309 Electrolytic Iron and Question of Corrosion, 569 Foundry Iron Production from Sponge Iron in the Electric Furnace, Testing Results, 175 French Blast-furnace Working Statistics, 509, 683 German Failure to Establish Iron and Steel Industry in Chile, 201 Hardened Steel and Brittleness, Effects of Various Methods Used, 201 Heavy Steel Trade, Proposed Selling Agency, 15 Iron Mines on Belle Island, Newfoundland, Reopening, 147 Iron Ore Exports from Algeria to Great Britain, 413 Ironstone Mines Reopened in North Yorkshire, 43 Lake Athabasca, Drilling to Investigate Extent of Iron Ore Deposits on North Shore, 15 Melilla, Details of New Iron Ore Shipping Plant for, 175
National Federation of Iron and Steel :
Pig Iron and Steel Production in December, 1923, 69 Pig Iron and Steel Production in January, 227 Pig Iron and Steel Production in February, 335 Pig Iron and Steel Production in March, 445 Pig Iron and Steel Production in April, 539 Pig Iron and Steel Production in May, 687 Nickel-iron Alloys, Remarkable Magnetic Properties of Certain Types, 309 Nickel Mines of Canada, Output Statistics, 147 Nickel Ore Deposits of Sudbury, Canada, Most Important Known, 15 Ontario Government’s Proposed Bounty on Iron Ore, 226 Oro in Tasmania to be Developed by British Company, 509 Ouenza Iron Mines, North Africa, Output, 15 Oxygen Addition to Blast, Advisable Limit in Amount, 121 Phosphorus Diffusion in Iron and Steel, Conditions and Results, N. C. Marples, 43 IRON AND STEEL (continued):
Plant at Bilbao for High-speed Steel, 657
Precision Gauge, Manufacture, Question of Best Quenching Medium for Steels Used, 147 Protection of the Steel Industry in India, 509 Rolling Rails Re-started at Workington Steel Works, 509 Rustless Iron, Successful Experiments on, 227
Rustless Steel Propellers, Success of, 317 Sault Ste. Marie Steel Mills, Activity of, 283
Sheffield Steel Exports to United States, Effect of Fordney Tariff, 95 South Manchuria Railway and Extension of Iron and Steel Works, 283 Stainless Steel Flagstaff, 90ft. High, Proposed as War Memorial, 309 Steel Rolling Mills in Canada, 15 Steels, Normal and Abnormal, Microscopic Examination of, 227 Sulphur in Blast-furnace Charges, 509 Sweden, Pig Iron Production for September, 43 Swedish Iron Trade Labour Conflict, Trade Conditions, 539 . Temperatures in Blast-furnaces Using Charcoal as Fuel, 413 Twelve-hour Day Elimination in the Steel Industry and Increased Cost of Production, 147 J JAPANESE Earthquake and Temporary Shelters, Galvanised Sheet Orders for Great Britain, 255 Johannesburg Gold Mining Industry Demand for Increased Wages Met by Monthlv Bonus, 147 Johannesburg, Proposed Power Station at Witbank, 15 Jointing Material for Air Pipes, &c., Brown Brothers, 459 K KELVIN Centenary Celebrations at Glasgow University, 569 Kelvin Centenary, Masonic Lodge Celebration, 586 Kelvin Dinner, 556 Kelvin Medal Presentation, Reception of Written Addresses, Exhibit of Kelvin Apparatus, Oration, Banquet, 638 KING’S COLLEGE ENGINEERING SOCIETY :
Anniversary Meeting, 130
Economics as Applied to Mechanical Engineering, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Goodwin, 130 Kosi Bay, South Africa, Development, as Port for Coaling or Cotton Trade, 335 Krupps’ “ Naval Union of the Levant,” 569 Krupps and Spanish Shipbuilding Yard,
Report of Projected Purchase, 209
L LABORATORY Experiments and “ Horse Sense,” Professor E. C. Williams, 147 Lancashire Boiler, Failure of Blow-down Bend, 629 Lead Poisoning and Production of Zinc Oxide, 69 Lead and Zinc Production in the United States, 69 Leakage Costing at the Rate of £500 a Year, 121 Leather Belting Manufacturers’ Federation, Standard Specification, 569 Lectures, Popular Free, at the Building Exhibition, 395 Leicester Rebuilding Proposals, 95 Leicester Sewerage System Extensions, 610 Lignite Discovery near Shrinagar, Kashmir, 95 Lignite Explorations in Province of Murcia, Satisfactory Results, 283 Limpopo, Negotiations for Government Construction of Bridge, 309 Liquid Oxygen as Explosive for Gold Mines, 69 Liquid Oxygen Explosives, Field Tests of, 227 Liskeard Gas Company’s Scheme for Electrical
Supply, 479
Lourengo Marques Harbour Extension, 255 Low-temperature Carbonisation Plant for Midlothian Paper Mills, 147 Lumber Exports from British Columbia, 309 M MANCHESTER Approval of Proposed Census of Production, 413 Manchester Steam Users’ Association : Annual Meeting, Question of Incorporation, 413 Mr. C. E. Stromeyer’s Annual Report, 15 Report, 335 Marine Engines, Direct-reversing, for Egypt, J. S. White and Co., Limited, 227 Marine Petrol Engine, New Type, 479 Marseilles, Shipping and Goods Statistics, 121 Mathematics in America, Progress in Recent Years, 283 Menai Straits, Change of Scheme for Electrical Supply, 335 Mercury Mine in China, Crudest Possible Methods of Treating the Mineral, 657 Metallurgical Research, Professor Thomas Turner, 276 Metallurgy Research Fellowship, New Foundation, 95 Metals—see also Associations, Institute of Metals Methane in Water in Enclosed Heating Systems, Dangers of, 95 Metric System for Russia, 147 Metric System in Soviet Republics, Demand for
Metric Scales and Weights, 539
Middlesbrough, New Bridge Across the Tees, 43 Milk Transport in Glass-lined Tank Motors Instead of by Train, 687 Mine Rescue Oxygen-breathing Apparatus, Useful Handbook on, 147 Mineral Deposits in the Ukraine, Investigation by Geological Committee, 227 Mineral Output of New South Wales, Statistics, 309 Mineral Production Increasing in British Columbia, 121 Mineral Production in Tasmania, Statistics, 147 Minerals, Important New Area of, Discovered in Australia, 479 Mines Department Willing to Test Electric Bell, &c., for Coal Mines, 283 Mines, Inrushes of Water into, Committee of Inquiry into Danger, 175 Mining Bureau of Mukden, Two Coal Mines Opened and Paying, 509 Mining Education at Wigan, Grant in Aid, 387 Mining Industry of South Africa, Consumption of Imported Materials, 569 Motor Car Exhaust Gases, Carbon Monoxide in, 282 Motor Cars and Lorries for Australia, Great Increase in Imports, 629 Motor Cars, Small Car Trials, 174, 361 Motor Industry in America, Statistics for 1923, 657 Murray River, Australia, Official Report on Hume Reservoir, Proposal, 479 Murray River, Work of Locking, Progress, 717 “ Mystery ” Tower in Shoreham Harbour,
Demolition Decided on, 603
N NATIONAL Council of Technical Staff Associations, Meeting, 309 Netherland- East Indies Sample Show-room, 629 Netherlands East Indies Sulphur Deposits, Bids for Working of, Wanted, 599 Newcastle and Gateshead Proposed Connecting Bridge over the Tyne, 309 Newcastle, New Fire and Police Station, 43, 509 New South Wales Mineral Production, 43, 309 New Zealand, Available Water Power in, 69 New Zealand, Valuable Total Trade Figures, 175 New Zealand, Various Power Extension Schemes Projected, 458 Newport, Alexandra Docks Facilities Extension, 445 Niagara Falls and New Michigan Central Railway Bridge, Construction Work Restarted, 509 Niagara River New Crossing and Projected Railway, Cost of, 283 Nickel and Copper in Canada, 69 Nickel—see also Iron and Steel Nitrate Output in Chile, 335 Norton and Gregory Engineering Scholarships, 1924, Awards, 556 o OIL Fuel Bunkering Prices Advance, 387 Oil Licence in New Guinea, The First Granted, 629 Oil Resources of Borneo, Hon. T. G. Cochrane, 361 Oil Shale Beds of Somerset, Plans for Light Railway between Bridgwater and Combwich and Docks at Combwich, 599 Oil Well, New, in Kent County, Ontario, Great
Depth and Estimated Yield, 95
Oil Well at Wainwright, 69, 361 Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission
Report, Financial Position, 717
Ontario Taxation on Nickel and Copper Mines, 226 Oppau Explosion, 360 Osaka’s New Bridges, 283 Osmiridium in Tasmania, Effort to Open up the Area, 695 Ottawa River Power Development by Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission, 687 Oxy-acetylene Blow-pipe, Work on Cast Iron Lining of a Tunnel Shaft, 479 Oxygen-making Factories in Southampton and Belfast, 479 p PANAMA Canal Traffic Figures, 69 Paper-making from Eucalypt Pulp, Advantages of, 599 Paris Competition for New Types of Street Furniture, 577 Patent Fuel Production Plant in Canada, 95 Patent Rights Applications, 509 Peat Bog Investigations and Mapping in Canada, 95 Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, Projected New Government Road, 479 Penstock Accidents, Two, in California, 175 Penwithers Viaduct, Truro-Falmouth Line,
Replaced by New Bridge, 147
Petrol Efficiency, Method of Increasing, 43 Petroleum Tanks, Great Advantage of Making
Them Gas-tight, 147
Physics of Textile Fibres, 613 Pile Driving, Under Water, New Equipment for, 569 Platinum-bearing Lands in Spain, Investigations Continuing, 687 Plymouth Improvement Schemes and Work for Unemployed Men, 387 Polish Port at Gdynia Asked for, 361 Porcelain for Electrical Purposes, Improved Type, 569 Portland Cement Factory, 70 Miles East of Vancouver, 69 Portland Cement Works in Tasmania, 479 Power Alcohol, Ether and Fusel Oil Works at Hull, Work Started, 413 Power Development, Very Large, Proposed at Chelsea Falls, Canada, 121 Power Plant in South African Industries, Rapidly Increasing Amount, 121 Profit-sharing Employees’ Percentage Greater than Shareholders’ Dividend, 255 Profit-sharing Scheme Based on Wages Ranking as Capital, 539 Punjab Industries and Price of Bengal Coal, 95 Pyrites as a Cause of Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines, J. Ivor Graham, 309 R RADIO Frequency Standard, Special Wave Meters for, 629 Radium Research Laboratory in Washington, 335 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS : Accidents : Anniversaries of Serious Accidents, 15, 121, 201, 387, 569, 657
Basle Express Fatal Accident, 339 Buffer Stop Collision at Birmingham, 699 Collision, Fatal, at Euston, 539, 657 Crewe Station, Serious Collision, 43, 309
Derailment of Train Between Northallerton and Middlesbrough, 309 Divided Train Accident, Advisability of Continuous Brake, 95
Electric Train Derailed near Southport, 283 Fatal Electric Railway Collision in Indiana, 175
Final Report for 1923 Accidents Inquired into by Ministry of Transport, 479 French Accidents, Decreased Number of, 147 Inquiries into Accidents, Footplate Precautions for Enginemen, 227 Locomotive Failure on the London and North-Eastern, Report, 51 Passengers Falling from Trains, Inquiry, 539 P.L.M. Riviera Express Fatal Accident, 283 Red Light Signal Failure and Consequent Collision, London and North-Eastern Railway, 69 St. Gothard Express Trains in Collision, Terrible Disaster, 445 Accrington Tramway Undertaking’s Revenue, 717 American Railway Disputes Between Companies and their Servants, New Board for Adjustment, 147 Appointments and Staff Changes, 147, 175, 227, 255, 335, 361, 365, 445, 657 Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Discontent, 599, 687 Australian North-South Transcontinental Railway, Finding a Route, 387 Australian Railway Commissioners’ Salaries, Great Difference in Amount, 548 Automatic Train Control and the Inter-State Commerce Commission of America, 445 Awards of Industrial Court, Variation as Regards the Men, Disregard of the Public, 687 Babbacombe Cliff Light Railway Order, 1923, 88 Ballycastle Railway to End its Existence, 227 Beirut and Tripoli, Survey of Route for Proposed Broad-gauge Railway, 147 Belfast and County Down Railway, Timber Trestle Bridge Replaced by Steel, Two Tank Locomotives Ordered, 201 Belgian Mission to the Congo with Reference to Railway Construction, 147 Belgian State Railways’ Disorganisation, Strong Measures for Improvement, 227 Birmingham Tramways Extension, 445 British Columbia Electric Railway Company for Tunnel to Connect Aloutte and Stave Lakes and Increase of Hydro-electric Power, 687 Calcutta Suggested Tube Railway, Approximate Cost, 43 Camden Town Junction, 1500 Trains Daily, 569 Canadian National Railways, Chain of Seven Wireless Broadcasting Stations, 361 Canadian National Railways, Projected Construction of Twenty-six Branch Lines, 283, 361 ; Annual Report of Railways, 687 Canadian Pacific Railway’s Branch Lines in Saskatchewan and Alberta, 717 Canadian Railway’s Steady Rise, Immigration the Greatest Need, 227 Cape Peninsula Suburban Lines, Electrification Beginning, 309 Central London Railway, Unusual Incident, 413 Ceylon Railways’ Favourable Report, Retirement of General Manager, 43 City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Winding-up Difficulties, 629 City and South London Railway : Contracts for Sinking Shafts for Tubes on Morden Extension, 121 Stockwell Station Escalators, Improved Type, 147, 599 Tunnels Enlarged, New Service, 413 Clapham Common and Morden, Progress of New Line, 599 Colombia’s Northern Railway Extension Progress, 717 Common User of Railway-owned Rolling Stock, C. M. J. Jones, 335, 413 Continuous Runs of 500 Miles with Coal- burning Locomotives and 825 Miles with Oil Burners, G. M. Basford, 413 Cost of Living and Railwaymen’s Pay, 69, 444, 548, 717 Death of Commander G. J. Baugh, 509 Death of Mr. Ammon Beasley, 386 Death of Mr. Percy A. Hay, 599 Death of Mr. L. W. Horne, 283 Death of Mr. George Macpherson, 479 Death of President of New York Centra
System, Mr. Alfred Smith, 335 ; His Career, 413
Deaths of Two Prominent American Railway- men, 309, 458 De-control of British and of United States Railways, Comparison Between Costs of Compensation, 69
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway, New Motor Generators for Electric Locomotives, 539
East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula Railways, Transfer of, 361 East Indian Railway, Forty Locomotives Ordered from British Firm, 445 Egyptian State Railways Chief Engineer Resigns his Post, 309 Escalators Replace Lifts at Bank Station of Tubes, 546 Facing Points, Power Working of, 69 Finsbury Park Tube Extension Northwards, Middlesex County Council Action, 175 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued); French Government Proposed Increase in Passenger Fares and Goods Rates, 147 French West Africa, New Section of Railway, 69 Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Good Dividends of, 121 Great Western Railway : Allocation of Government War-time Compensation Funds, 283 Bill Before Parliament, Level Crossing and Shunting, 445 Callington Light Railway, Proposed Abandonment of Construction Scheme, 283, 413 Cambrian Section Station at Machynlleth, Improved Accommodation, 15 Capital Expenditure Last Year and Projected, Analysis of, 309 Colliery Proprietors’ Wagons, Railway Companies’ Offer, 283 Company Dealing Only with British Manufacturers in Spite of Lower Prices for Foreign Work, 283, 312 Cornish Single Track Sections, Provision for Future Doubling, 175 Goods Wagon, New Type, Adaptation of Plant, 629 Government Aid for Branch Line Construction Refused, 335 Great Western Railway’s Unanswered Letter to Late Government, 283
Half-year’s Dividend Announced, 201
Honours List Knighthood for General Manager, 175 Milk Conveyance Rates Lower than those of Southern Railway, 539 Portmadoc Railway Facilities to be Improved, 43 Programme of Projected New Works, Locomotives and Rolling Stock, 15 Rhymney and Taff Vale and also Great Western and Taff Vale Roath Dock New Connections, 175 Special’s Non-stop Plymouth to Paddington Run in 234 Minutes, 15 Stockholders of Small Amounts, Very Large Percentage of Total Capital, 283 Swindon Station, King and Queen on Footplate of the Royal Train, 479 Whiteball Tunnel, South of Taunton, to be Relined, 43
Group System, Mr. H. P. Macmillan on, 539
Hampstead Line Extension, Opening Expected Shortly, 599
Harwich and Zeebrugge—see Train Ferry
Highest Railway in the Empire, Mombasa, vid Nairobi to Eldoret, Uganda, 201 Honours Lists, New Year and Birthday, English and Indian Railwaymen Included, 15, 657 Hook of Holland and Berlin, Accelerated Journey by Train-de-Luxe, 538 Improper Use of Railway Carriages, Bill to Promote Cleanliness Defeated, 412 India, Railway Board Technical Paper No. 235, 43 Irish Free State, Bill for Unification of Railways, 387 Irish Free State Railways and Belfast, Differences of Opinion, 69 Irish Free State Railways Bill Meets with Opposition, 548 Irish Free State Railways and Canals and Government Bill, 121 Irish Railway Agreements and Proposed Government Amalgamation Scheme, 255, 539 Irish Railway Companies and Unions, Machinery for Regulation of Trade Disputes, 15 Irish Railways, British Promises and the Free State, 509 Irish Railways’ Clerical Staff Demands, Judge’s Award, 674 Irish Railways and Rebel Damage, 335 Irish Railways, Repair of Malicious Damage to Bridges, &c., 227 Irish Railways, Wages Board and Men’s Position, 539, 629 Jamaica Government Railways’ Dispute, Mr. J. H. Thomas’s View, 539
Kaye, Sir Joseph H., The Late, 15 Locomotive Works by Compressed Air, 255
Locomotive Works of Subsidiary Companies Closing, 121 London Electric Railways, Camden Town Extension, 413 London Electric Railways, Camden Town Junction Trains, 569 London Electric Railways, Hendon to Edgware Extension Progress, 713
London Electric Railways’ New Cars, 599
London-Liverpool Motorway Likely to Increase Railway Traffic Charges, 15
London, Midland and Scottish Railway :
Action Won by the Company Against Hampstead Borough Council, 43
Buckie-Keith Railway to be Reopened, 69 Capital Expenditure Last Year, 255 Distinguishing Names in Towns with More than One Station, 629
Economy and Train Withdrawals, 539
Glasgow, Change of Route from Euston, 717 Half-year’s Dividend Announced, 201 Leek and Manifold Light Railway Absorption and Claims of the County Council, 629
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Posters, Painted by Royal Academicians and Associates, 26 Organisation, Operation Department at Derby, Appointments, 47
“ Resident Engineers,” 599
Shareholders’ Free Tickets for Meetings not to be Issued, 255 Stranraer and Larne, Change of Departure from Euston to St. Pancras, 717 Title of the Company, 43 Track Circuits, Telephones and Telegraphs, Proposed Capital Works, 255
NORTHERN COUNTIES SECTION :
Coleraine-Londonderry, New Line, 335
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Automatic Signals on the Alne-Thirsk Section, 43 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
London & North-Eastern Railway (continued):
Bill in Parliament, Building Powers Sought, 657 British Prices 70 per cent. Higher than Continental and Consequent Loss of Trade and Work to this Country, 312 Capital Account Expenditure, Analysis of Items, 387 Cuffley-Hertf ord-Stevenage Line Opened, 629 Electrical Engineer Appointed, 657 Electrification Difficulties and Projected Remedy, 387 Electrification in Great Northern Area, 361 Enfield Branch Extension Completed for Passenger Traffic, 445 Engine “ Locomotion” Used in 1825, to be Sent to the British Empire Exhibition, 121 Frodingham, Proposed New Railway and Works, Irreconcilable Views, 509 Garratt Locomotive for Worsborough Branch, 450 Government Compensation, Limitation of Directions Permitted for Expenditure, 309 Great Northern Section, Mishap to Engine’s Boiler, Fireman’s Action, 717 Great Northern Shopmen, Report of Court of Inquiry, 479 Ilford’s Deputation to Minister of Transport, 223 Individual Incomes from 90 per cent. Loiidon and North-Eastern Railway Capital are Less than One-third the Wages Received by Lowest-paid Male Adult Railway Servant, 335 King’s Cross to Bradford by Pullman, Timing, 657 King’s Cross-Harrogate-Newcastle Pullman, Marylebone-Nottingham-Sheffield, 509, 599
Scotch Express, Daily Relief Train, 599
South Yorkshire Junction Company’s Absorption, Settlement, 629
Staff Changes, Various, 657
Subsidence Between Ferryhill and Bishop’s Auckland, 227 Tube Northwards from Finsbury Park, 361 Twenty-nine New Trains of Ten Coaches Each, 445 War Memorial at York to North-Eastern Railway Servants, 717
London Traffic Board Bill, 413
Longridge-Hellifield Railway, Good Prospect of Its Construction, 95, 361 Manchester and Rochdale, Prospect of Through Train Service, 717 Market for Locomotives in Poland, 657 Melbourne Area and Electrification, Victorian Railway Commissioners’ Statement, 717 Melbourne Railway Construction, British Tenders Refused, 335 Melbourne Suburban Lines, Carriages all Labelled “ Smoking,” 335 Mersey Railway Company, Track Laid under the River, 387 Metropolitan District Station at Victoria, Great Increase in Passengers at, 110 Metropolitan Railway Agrees to Interchange of Return Tickets to British Empire Exhibition, 479 Metropolitan Railway Branch from Sandy Lodge to Watford, 263 Metropolitan Railway, Capital Expenditure, 255 Metropolitan Railway, Improved Dividend, 175 Metropolitan Railway, “ Smoking ” or “ Smoking Prohibited ” Cars, 387 Metropolitan Railway, Widened Lines to be Converted for Electric Traction, 309
Ministry of Transport:
Deputation Request for Government Aid Towards Transport Facilities, Electrification, &c., 387 Final Report of Ministry on Last Year’s Accidents, 479 Gattie Scheme Revival Asked for and Declined, 509 New Minister Appointed after Vacancy, 121 ORDERS UNDER THE LIGHT RAILWAYS ACTS AND THE RAILWAYS ACT : Light Railways in the Borough of South - port and North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, 308 Longridge and Hellifield Light Railway, 361 Merrivale Light Railway Powers Revived, 361 Railways of Great Britain for 1923 : Preliminary Statement of Accounts and Statistics, Complete Returns to Follow, 386 Safety of Travelling Public, Powers of the Ministry, 569 Statistics for September, Comparison with 1922, 43
Statistics, Freight, for October, 95, 129
Statistics, Passenger and Freight, November, 201 ; December, 309 Statistics for January, 1924, Comparison with 1923, 479 Statistics for February, 1924, Increase in Receipts and Mileage, 569
Statistics for March, 1924, 687
Statistics, Freight, for March, 1924, Unsatisfactory, 687 Tramways and Light Railway Undertakings, Issue of Return, with Accounts and Statistics, 175 Moorgate-street Station Reconstruction, 599 Morocco, Electrification of Normal Gauge Railway, Power Station at Casablanca, 283 Motor Omnibus Used on Irish Road, Converted for Use on Irish Railway, 599 Murdock’s Ancient Road Locomotive Put up for Auction, 479 Natal Main Line Section Electrification, Progress, 283 National Union of Railwaymen and the Enginemen, 629 National Union of Railwaymen’s Projected National Programme, 717 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): National Union of Railwaymen’s Proposed Demand for Shopmen, 283 Nationalisation of Railways .and Mr. Winston Churchill’s Changed Views, 335 “ Never-Stop ” Railway Connected with Metropolitan Station, 255
Newcastle and Hull Train Service, 413
New South Wales Government Railways, Year’s Operating Costs, 52 New Zealand Government Inquiry into its Railway System, 539, 687 Norway and Railway Working, Question of Steam versus Electric Traction, 201 Oodnadatta Railway, Australia, Changes in its Career, 227 Pulverised Coal, Experiments with Australian Locomotives, 69 Pulverised Coal for some Japanese Locomotives, 69 Railway Clerks’ Association and Share of Control, 599 Railway Crossings in Cities, Position of Hull, 227 Railway Fares Difficulty in consequence of Grouping, 15 Railway Material Exports Statistics, .121, 175, 361, 445, 509, 569, 629 Railway Rates Tribunal: Application for Abolition of Flat Rate on Coal, Coke, &c., Dismissed, 339 Passengers, Representation of, on the Tribunal, 539 Railway Shopmen’s Dispute, Government Court of Inquiry, 283, 687 Railway Stock, British, Largely in the Hands of Middle and Poorer Classes, 121 Rhodesia’s Agricultural and Mineral Products, Government Asked for Railway Connecting Rhodesia with Wai vis Bay, 687 Salaried Staff and Cost of Living, New Decision, 629 Siamese State Railways, Director’s Telephone Apparatus Order, 687
Signal-box Switch Regulations, 95 Signal-boxes and Token Instruments, 175
Sir Henry Fowler, Honorary University Degree, 599 Smoke Tubes in Locomotive Boilers, 599 South African Railway Traffic Improvement and Consequent Reduction in Rates and Fares, 309 South Indian Railway Appointment, 95 South London, Poor Travelling Facilities to City and West End, 255 South Manchurian Railway Sidings, Proposed Electrification, 69 Southend Corporation, Complaint of Non- Electrification of the Tilbury Railway, 413 Southern Railway : Amalgamation of Two Stations at Victoria, Progress Towards Realisation, 95 Brighton and Hove Complaint of Lack of Railway Facilities, 509 Cable for Electrification of South-Eastern Section, Contract Award, 227 Dual Management Ended, Future General Manager, 51 Electrification Progress, Large Floating Dock and Crane, New Steamers, 255, 361 Electrification of South-Eastern Section
Suburban Lines, Progress, 361, 687
Government Guarantee to Date, 687
Guildford, Electrification of Railway and Half-hourly Service Promised, 629 Red Tie for Use as Danger Signal, 539 Southern Railway Bill Passes Committee, 599 Tube Extension in North London, Divided Opinions on, 255 Wimbledon Station Reconstruction Question, 175 Southern Pacific Railway of Mexico, New Line from Tepic to La Quemada, 231 Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway, Ungrouped and Unhappy, 479 Spanish Railways, Grouping and Ultimate Nationalisation of, 439 Station Name-boards, 147 Stockholders’ and Shareholders’ Names and Addresses, Law as to Publication, 387 Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary, 1925, Rival Schemes from both Towns, 43 Stockton and Darlington Railway Engine, Its Correct Name, 413 Storekeepers’ Appointments, Suitable Men for, 539 Sweden and Norway, New Inter-connecting Railway Decided Upon, 69 Swiss Federal Railways, Economy of Electrification, 445 Tasmanian Railway System, Change of Com missioner and Mr. Webb’s Report, 201, 445 Telegraph Messages of Railway Companies Over Post Office Wires, Cost Question, 717 Tickets Issued by Automatic Machines, Statistics, 509 Token Exchanging Apparatus, First Accident for Eighteen Years, 717
Traffic, Passenger and Freight Statistics, Nine Months to September, 1923, 43 ; Freight for September, 43 ; Freight and Passenger Statistics for October, 121
Traffic Receipts and Effect of the Strike, 201 Train Ferry Between Harwich and Zeebrugge, 147, 227 Train Men’s Strike and Court of Inquiry Report, 413
Trans-Siberian Railway Reorganisation, 110 Turbine, 50-Ton Electric, Its Transport, 657 Turbine Locomotive, First Built in Germany, Krupp’s Tests, 479
Ulster and Munster Mail Steamers Sold for a Song, 569, 629 Underground Electric Railways’ Reduced Traffic, Increase in Omnibus Passengers, 255 Underground Railway Conciliation Scheme, 147 Underground Railways, Contracts Reported for Cast Iron Tunnel Segments, 15 “ Underground ” and Strike of Trams and Omnibus Men, 387 Underground Then and Now, Comparison, 69 Union of South Africa, Programme of New Railway Construction, Progress, 335 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
United States “ Centennial Movement,” 387
United States Laws, the Supreme Court and
Effect on the Railways, 95
United States Traffic Statistics, 361 Valparaiso to Santiago Railway Scheme, 413 Victoria, Agitation Regarding Accident Inquiries, 361 Victoria District Railway Station, 50 per cent. Growth of Passengers, 599
Victoria Railways Magazine, 509
Victoria Station Approach, L.C.C. Scheme for Improvement, 479 Vosges, New Tunnels Planned, 15 Wireless Sets on Trains in Canada, 413 Woolwich-built Locomotives, Sale of, 569, 599 Workmen’s Trains and Mr. Gosling, 539 Zululand, Proposed Railway, 283 RAMSAY Memorial Laboratory, 58 Rand Mines, Rescue Teams Training, 387 Rating of Machinery and Plant in England and Scotland Respectively, Inquiry into Present ^aw, 201 Reclaimed Reinforced Concrete Sheet Piles Used After Long Exposure to Sea Water, 539 Refractory Materials for Furnace Linings, Electrical Resistivity at High Temperatures, 335 Refrigeration, Fourth International Congress, 479 Rhodesia, Railway and Road Bridge Over Limpopo River, 599 Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, Extension of Port Quays, 687 Road-bridge Building at Birmingham, 69 Rocket to the Moon, Professor R. H. Goddard’s
Reported Attempt, 387
Royal Automobile Club’s Small Car Trials, 174, 361 R.I.B.A. Diploma in Town-planning, First Examination, 402 Royles, Limited, Profit-sharing Scheme, Employees’ Percentage, 255 Rubber as an Abrasion Resisting Material, Great Improvement in Modern Rubber, 657 Rubber Industry and its Needs, Iron or Steel Linings Advantageously Replaced by Rubber, 227 Rubber as Lining for Wood Tanks, D. M. Newitt, 255 Russia, New Regulations for Patent Grants, 95 • s ST. ARNAUD, Victoria, Electric Installation, 15 \ St. George, Research Yacht for Exploration in the Pacific, 283 St. John, New Brunswick, Discussion of Coke and By-product Plant for, 683 St. John River, N.B., Water Power Development Projected, 479 St. Lawrence River, Canada, Development Proposals, 15, 43, 69, 121 St. Lawrence Waterways Project, Agreement between Canada and the United States, 717 St. Paul’s Bridge Construction, Revival of Proposal, 95 Saldanha Bay Harbour, South Africa, Plans for its Future, 657 Salt Lake, 12-Mile Railway Trestle Under Repair, 147 Sand Dunes Conversion into Forest Area, 629 San Francisco Bay, Dredging the Entrance Bar, 175 Sash Chains, Chas. Wright, Limited, 155 Scale Control by Aid of Chemicals, H. W. Bannister, 147 Scholarships in Electrical Engineering, 317, 361 Scholarships, 1924, Norton and Gregory, Awards, 556 Science Museum Engineering Exhibits, Guide Lecturer Appointed, 361 Science News Service, 201 Scottish Iron Trade Men, Increased Wages for, 599 Seaham Harbour New Coal Pits to be Sunk by Freezing Process, 43 “ Self-rescuer,” a Safety Device for Escape from Carbon Monoxide in Mines or Elsewhere, 413 Severn, Bridge over River near Bridgnorth Proposed, 539 Severn, Proposed Road and Rail Bridge, 201 Severn Tunnel, New Ventilating Shaft for, 309, 413 Sewerage Scheme at St. Just, Cornwall, 361 Shale Oil Industry, Scottish, Possibility of Closing, 121 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : American Bill for Conversion of Foreign Trade Ships into Diesel Motor Types, 445 Australian Meat Trade, Sixteen New Motor Vessels Ordered in Great Britain, 335 Australian New Steamers for Lighthouse Service to be Built in Australia, 335 Australian Steamer Fordsdale, Largest yet Built by Commonwealth, Binghamphone Installed, 629 British Aviator, 10,000-Ton Tanker, Sister Ship Ordered, 717 Compressed Air for Ship Propulsion, Captain W. P. Durtnall, 255 Berengaria Navigation, Accusation of Dangerous Speed, 539 Board of Trade and Junior Engineers in Large Merchant Vessels, Fresh Instructions, 629 Cunard Liner Tyrrhenia, Alterations Projected, 43 Ferry Steamer, 200ft. Vehicular, Voyage from Leith to Sydney, New South Wales, 509 French Submarines, 187, 216 Greek Government’s New Submarines, 569 H.M.S. Glatton Sunk in Dover Naval Harbour, to be Raised, 599 H.M.S. Lion, Breaking Up on the Tyne, 309 Japanese Ships, Load Line Regulations, 413 Leviathan, American Liner, Cost of Repairs, 147 50,000-Ton Liners not a Paying Proposition, 479 Lloyd’s Register Returns of Shipping Losses, Principal Nations’ Record Compared, 175 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued):
Mauretania’s Turbines, Re-blading, 569
Navigation Lights on British Ships, New Board of Trade Regulations, 309 Revenge, Old Wooden Battleship, to be Broken Up, 361
Rustless Steel Propellers, Success of, 317
Schooner Yacht Built by Krupps to have Gyroscopic Stabiliser, 147 Ships’ Navigation Lights, New Regulations, 261 SHOWS—see Exhibitions Silver-lead Ore Deposit, Another Found in South Australia, 479 Silver-lead Ores Discovery in North-Eastern Australia, 69 Silver Nugget at Empire Exhibition Eclipsed by New Find, 599 Silver Ore Discovery and Further Future Prospects in the Yukon Territory, 175 Simplification of Manufacture by Elimination of Odd Tools, 657 Skilled Craftsmen Exodus from the United Kingdom, 387 Slide Rule, The “ Monocrat,” John Davis and Son, Limited, 316 Smoke Nuisance and Legislation Question, 283 Soapstone, Large Deposit Found in Ontario, 413 Somerset Oil Shale Beds Exploitation, 599 South African Mines Stores Consumption
Statistics, 550
South African Successful Industries, Rand Carbide Factory’s Output, 283 Southampton’s 60,000-Ton Floating Dock, Opening, 569 Speaking Apparatus, Automatically Controlled, the Binghamphone, 629 S pennymoor Sewage Disposal Works, 121 State Barge Canal, U.S.A., Proposed Deepening, 283 Steam Generator for Paper Company at Hudson Falls, N.Y., 687 Steam Heat for Shrinking Parts of Electrical Equipment, 121 Steam Power from the Earth’s Centre, Impracticable Suggestion, 121 Steam Power-house at Evans’ Bay, New Zealand, 605 Stradling, Dr. R. E., M.C., M.Sc., New Appointment, 387 Straw as a Floor for Cement Storage, 147 Sugar Beet, British, 399 Sugar Mill in North Queensland, 283 Sulphur Output in Japan, 569 Sulphuric Acid Factories of Upper Silesia, Increased Output, 147 > Superphosphates from Sulphuric Acid Removed as By-product in Zinc Extraction, 255 Survey Base Line Measured on a Frozen Lake, 361 Survey Base Line Under Water for Several Hours Daily, 121 Sweden, Discovery of Arsenic and other Valuable Ores, 539 Sweden, The Economic and Industrial Situation in, Report on, H. Kershaw, 717 Swedish Canals, Reconstruction Plans, 199 Swedish Industrial Life, Rapid Development of, Shown by New Brochure, 43 Swedish Water Power, Extensive Use of Modern Methods for, 445 Switzerland’s Objection to Prolongation of Working Hours in Factories,.227 Synthetic Ammonia Manufacture in Spain, 445 T TABLE Engine, Antiquated, Discovered at Ipswich, 43 Tamar River, Proposed Bridge from Devon- port to Torpoint, 479 Tanganyika Concessions’ Increased Copper and Radium Production, 487 Tank for Storing Volatile Spirits, 15 Tanks for Storage of Imported Petrol at Dingle, 479 Tarnish-resisting Sterling Silver, 255 Tasmanian Canal, Ralph’s Bay Neck, Tenders to be Called for for Construction of, 599 Tasmanian Industrial Development and Hydroelectric Enterprise, 479 Teheran and the Persian Gulf, New Trade Route, 95 Telephone, Trunk, Between Bombay and Delhi, 69 Tendering to Toronto City Council, Toronto Board of Trade’s Condemnation of Action, 95 Tension Tests at American Bureau of Standards, 43 Thames Bed Scoured Out by Flood Water, Costly Scheme to Meet the Situation, 43 Timber, Forest Reserve and Sawmill Material Now Available in Alberta, Statistics, 309 Tin Brittleness Due to Aluminium, 599 Tin Cans and Process of De-tinning at Birmingham, 687 Tokyo Car Congestion Since the Earthquake, New Car Orders, 283 Traders’ Co-ordinating Committee, 78 Transmission of Heat through Building Materials, 201 Transvaal Goldfields Output and Working Costs, 121,201,283 Trelleborg Harbour and Gothenburg Harbour Enlargement, 201 Tunnel Beneath the St. Lawrence Under Consideration, 175 Tunnel Projected Between Canada and United States, 15 Tunnel, Road, Below the Thames, Gravesend and Tilbury Scheme, 95 Turbine Disc Wheels, Stress and Vibrating, Research Paper, Wilfred Campbell, 687 Tyne New Bridge Design, 569 u UNITED States Army New Gun, 95 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 539 United States Production of Crude Magnesite Aluminium, Bauxite and Crude Platinum, 121 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON : Engineering Society, Annual Dinner and Conversazione,. 84 Ramsay Memorial Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Inaugural Lecture, Professor E. C. Williams, 121 Upper Stour Valley, Main Sewerage Scheme Extension, 629 V VANADIUM, Its Chief Deposits and Great Utility, 413 Vanadium Mines in the Peruvian Andes, Resumed Working, 121 Vancouver City to Replace Old Railway by Power Lift, 413 Vancouver Harbour, Coal-bunkering Facilities
Projected for Deep-sea Vessels, 255
Volcanic Energy of Italy Turned to Account, Natural Steam for Power Purposes, 95 w WASHING Machines for Cleansing Parts of Work in Machine Shop, 95 WATER SUPPLY : • Artesian and Sub-artesian Bores in Australia, B. Dunstan on, 569 Athens and Piraeus Water Supply Works, International Competition for Execution and Maintenance, 255 Boring for Water Supply in the Doncaster Rural District, 283 Famous Water Pipe Line, Sale of, 395 Hetch Hetchy Project, «3an Francisco, Cost of, 629 Japanese Lake Water for Power Generation and Subsequently for Drinking Purposes, 387 Kilmarnock Corporation Filtration Plant, 626 Kingsteington Local Water Supply Extension, 147 Leeds Water Undertaking Profit, 696 Pulta Waterworks, Calcutta, Extension of Scheme, 69 Shandaken Tunnel of New York Catskill Aqueduct, 283
Sofia’s Lack of Water, American Offer, 227 Sydney Water Supply Scheme, 569 Torquay’s Waterworks Extensions, 121
Water Main Pipes of Wood as being Economical, 568 Water Storage, Extensive Scheme in Victoria State, 69 Wellington, New Zealand, Tunnel for Water Supply, 227 WELDER, New Electric, Experiments in Rand Mines, 599 Welland River Level Raising not yet Decided
Upon, 629
Whitworth Society, First Commemoration Dinner, 24 Winding Engines, Various Improvements Called for, 361 Winnipeg River Well Adapted for Hydroelectric Enterprises, 657 Winnipeg’s Central Steam-heating Plant, 539 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY : Accumulators for Operating Dull Emitter Thermionic Valves, 175 Aerials Erection, Accidents and Warning, 387 Beacon, Wireless, for Increased Safety in Navigation, 335 Belfast, Projected Broadcasting Station, 309 Brazilian Government Concession for Radiotelephone Transmitting Stations, 255 British Broadcasting Company’s Series of Educational Lectures, 629 Broadcasting in Education, Glasgow to Have Lectures Transmitted to Schools in the Area, 289 Canadian Trains and Provision of Wireless, 413 Crystal Detector in Theory and Practice, 569 Germany to Organise Wireless Apparatus Syndicate, 309 International Agreement on Wireless Telephony, Conference, 454 Inter-telephony by Wireless Between American and European Systems, 629 Japanese Wireless Telephone for Trains on Tokaido Railway, 255 Kliphenvel, South Africa, Progress of New Wireless Station, 569 Line-radio or “ Wired-wireless ” System, 629
Netherlands East Indies Government’s New
Wireless Stations in Sumatra, 721
Norway’s Most Northerly Radio Station, at Vardoe, 445 Radio Communication Company of Great Britain, Its Contract for Stations in West Indies, 283 “ Radio Instruments and Measurements,” American Circular, 255 Radio Societies, Proposed Amalgamation, 309 Surveying and Astronomical Observations, Chronometer Superseded by Wireless, 283 Tarawa, Pacific Islands, Wireless Station, 569
Tuned Cathode Circuit, A New Idea, 687
Underground Use of Wireless, Successful Demonstration, 335, 361
“ Vertex,” New Form of Aerial, 43
Wireless Beam Tests to Buenos Aires, Highly Successful, 687 Wireless Licence Statistics, 201 Yukon to Alberta, Wireless Communication Projected, 147 WOLVERHAMPTON, New Trolley Omnibus Route, 413 Wood Tanks for Acids, Suitable Linings for, 255 Working Days Lost by Industrial Disputes, Statistics,-687 World Power Conference, 671 X X-RAYS, Not Sufficiently Used, 537 X-ray Radiations, Inadequate Measurement, 509 Y YALU River, Possibility of Development of a
Million Horse-power from, 387
Yangtze River Pronounced “ Extremely Serviceable,” 147
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