The Engineer 1916 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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ACCIDENTS, Metropolitan Street, Statistics, 531
Acid-resisting Alloys, 577
Advertising from Tower of Sixty Storeys in New York, 259
Aerial Tramway for Conveyance of Salt in California, 577
AERONAUTICS: Aeroplane Industry in United States, Growth of, 77
British Aircraft Constructors’ Society, First General Meeting, 11
Chinese Government Manufacture of Aeroplanes, 99
German Aeroplanes, New Features, 439
Self-starter for Aeroplane Engines, 189
Steam-driven Seaplanes, Future Possibilities, 11
Tenders for Aeroplane Construction for the
American Army, 531
United States Army Air Service, 555
United States Exports of Aeroplanes, 259
United States Nomenclature for Aeronautics, 463
Zeppelin Construction, French Chemical
Analysis of Alloys Used, 32
Zeppelin L33, Leading Particulars of, 325
Zeppelin's Observer in a Suspended Basket, 509
AGRICULTURAL Tractors for Buenos Aires, 77
Agricultural Tractors, Increased Manufacture in the United States, 393
Air-lift Well Pumping Installation in New
Jersey, 509
Allday, Mr. William, Death of, 213
Alloy Substitute for Platinum, 371, 577
Alloys, Manufacture and Use of, H. D. Hibbard, 213
Aluminium Production in Norway, Large I Hydro-electric Plant Proposed, 33
Aluminium Separation from Zinc, Manganese, &c., Gravimetric Method, 349
American Anti-Aircraft Gun, 127
American Exports of Ammunition and Firearms, 167
American Labour and Eight Hours a Day, 235
American Machine Tools, Demand after Conclusion of Peace, Anticipations, 99
American Production of Benzole, Toluol and
Naphthalene, 555, 577
American Quicksilver Industry, 71 ,
American Shipyards’ Large Contracts for |
Merchant Shipbuilding, 55
Ammonia Recovery from Peat, 348, 353 xAnti-Corrosive Grease, 531
Antimony from South Africa, Great Demand, i 303
Anzac, Prohibition of Word for Trade Use, 325
Apprentices Rewarded for Science Class Attendance, 259
Apprentices’ Trade School at W estinghouse Works, 11
Architectural Competition in Designs for Federal Parliament House. 531
Arctic Copper Deposits, Possibility of Rendering Accessible, 487
Argentine Import of Agricultural Implements, 119
Argentine, Schemes for Prevention of Over-flow of River and for Development of Irriga- ■ tion, 213
Armour Plate Manufacture in the United States, 88 ; Suggestion of Government Monopoly, 119
Asbestos Industry of the Cape Province, 417
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Engineers, Manchester :
Uniform Conditions for Engineering Opera- j tions and Industrial Work, Gold Medal Paper, Alfred Etchell, 349
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Autumn Meeting, 180
®Dates for Meetings in 1917, 498 ^Programme, 180
Institute of Metals :
Annual Autumn Meeting and Programme, 226
Institution of Automobile Engineers : Electrical Equipment of a Car, A. Ludlow Clayden, 462
First Meeting of Session, 223
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Awards for Papers, 380
Sand Drags, Paper on Keadby Bridge, J. B. Ball, 463
Institution of Electrical Engineers : Wiring Rules (Seventh Edition), Correction, 90
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :
Central Electricity Supply for Scotland, Presidential Address, W. W. Lackie, 77
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Opening of Winter Session and Programme, 332
Stability and Use of Cranes under Working Conditions, E. Eade, 332
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
Design and Construction of Steel Railway Coaches, A. T. Houldcroft, 417
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :
Reinforced and Ferro-concrete, Differentiation between, J. S. Brodie, 77
Institution of Naval Architects :
Admission of Students ; Scholarships, 47G Elgar Scholarship Award, 1916, 212
Martell Scholarship in Naval Architecture, 474
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
Economical Signalling of a Colonial Rail” way, A. C. Rose, 439, 487
Institution, Royal :
Deaths of Members, .54, 416
Meetings and Elections, 54, 416, 508
Programmes of Christmas, Juvenile, and other Lectures, 508, 566
Society of Chemical Industry :
Nationalisation of Mines and Railways, Professor Louis, 73
Wastage of Coal, Dr. C. Carpenter, 73
Society of Engineers :
Minerals and Mineral Ores for Engineering Industry of the United Kingdom, Two Papers by Professors W. G. Fearnsides and C. G. Collis, 360
Society, Faraday :
£* Refractories,” Dr. J. W. Mellor, 281
Society, Liverpool Engineering :
Civil Engineering Profession and Economic Problems, J. Glover, 474
Society, Physical :
Thermo-electric Properties of Fused Metals, C. R. Darling, 119
• Society, Royal, of Arts :
Condensation Pump, Two New Types of, Irving Langmuir, 555
Imperial Institute’s Assistance to British Manufacture of Thymol, Professor W1 Dunston, 55
Vibrations, Waves, and Resonance, Dr. J. Erskine-Murray, 439
AUSTRALIA, Engineering Supplies Wanted, Offer to Represent English Manufacturers, 234
Australia, Openings for British Trade in, 360
Australia Restricts Use of Gas or Electric Motive Power, 531
Australian Federal Parliament House, 314
Australian Plant for Making Wire Cables and Metal Rope, 577
Austrian Seizure of all Copper from Churches, Public and Private Buildings, 531
Automotive or Automobile ? 167
B BADGES for Engineers, 143
Bascule Bridges in Chicago, Paving Roadway with Hexagonal Wood Blocks, 213
Bayonet Scabbards, Failure to Manufacture in America, 213
Beauty of Design and Utility, Compatibility of,
Belt Conveyors for Coal Elevation, 259
Belt Driving Efficiency Tests with Wooden and
Cast Iron Pulleys, 259
Benzol Recovery Plant at Nelson Gasworks, 349
Benzol Scrubbing Plant Efficiency, 555
Benzol and Toluol Output in the United States, 555, 577
Birmingham Classes for Women in-Tool-setting
Munitions, &c., 281
Birmingham Commercial Card Index, 509
Birmingham House Building, Diminution since
War Outbreak, 393
Birmingham Public Works and the Local Government Board, 259
Blower, Record High-pressure, Westinghouse Machine Company, 577
Board of Trade and the Imperial Institute, 450
Board of Trade and Provisional Orders, 303
Boiler Accidents in the United States, Large
Proportion in those used for Domestic or |
Water-heating Purposes, 33
Boiler Explosions, Relative Frequency in Great Britain and United States, 189
Boiler, Large Capacity, American, Connelly
Boiler Company, 577
Boiler Scaling Apparatus, German Patent, 281
Boiler Valves, High-lift Safety, G. H. Clark, 119
Boilers and Furnaces for High Steam Pressure.
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Books for British Prisoners Abroad, 46
Bradford and Industrial Research, 259
Bricks for New York, Sources of Supply, 509
Bridge, Esk, of Reinforced Concrete, 119
Bridge, Novel Type, in Ottawa, 143
Bridges, Two Thousand Reinforced Concrete, Constructed in United Kingdom, 119
British Coal-tar Colour Industry, C. M.
Whittaker, 555
British East Africa as Trade Centre, 285
British Prisoners of War and Books, 98
British Trade, Openings for. 336
Buildings Put up in United Kingdom for War Purposes to be Transferred Later on to Belgium and elsewhere 77
C*IngIllP]V4iPerCent,,ge ’n SPelter> Professor Calcutta,’Wood Paving Stonned ?Ri Cabfornia’s Extensive CT^ie^e Power, Rada’s Capacity in Peat Output 463
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d^ctffin^S4108 °f Metal and Mineral Pro-C“aSve^1o3ReP°rt; ByP-d-ts from Canadian Munition Industry Development, Capay?,O50?anieS aUd War B°™s> W is to Canal del Roque, Cuba, for Land Reclamation, Carburetter Floats, Leaky, 77
Catalvtic’p Inve?ti0? for Disabled Men, I] ^atalytic Property of Platinum, 235
Caterpillar Tractors for United States Army, CX Dy^ri“’o°f Ho^d^6^ in?he World- 393 Celluloid, Substitute forra230a 4 Channel 1 unnel Scheme Revived 33
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, 303
Chlorate of Pota^hT® St?el> “ Ariz0»a, 393 vniorate oi 1 otash from Japan 287
Circle of Scientific, Technical, and Trade Journalists, 520 liatte
C'ty and Guilds of London Institute 139
ShMhn259°rman’ FHght Sergeant’ billed by ^sfves^^011 f°r Broduction of Explo-C°ia89D32Cr'ery in the Federated Malay States, C F±UeS:Z0iri9DrOP Seating |
Coal Exploration in West Iceland 393 Coal Pu«
■hL? TTS-r lard ,of Value in New York I Cnni o m^s Supplant Candle-power 509 ’ clsG4S39aS SUbStitUte f°r B^o ™’Mo9tor | Coal Mines Closed and Re-opened 99
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Coal Production Shortage in America 487 OCtoTU9r °f the «
rr°a!’J?impIe Fol'm of Test for, 11 Coal Storage under Water in Iowa, 213 Coal Supplies, Deputation from Gas and t?i»„ tricity Undertakings, 22 ld EleC’
Coa Tar and Colour Industry, Dr. Everest 416 Coal for United States Railways, 349 ’
Coliseum at Springfield, U.S.A., Roof Supports, Colouring Rifle Barrels, 517
D““ “d
CoXtT R1 ^lnual Aspection of, 522
Concrete Barges No Longer a Noveltv 259 Concrete,. Great Need tf Care ii iMKing ( Experiments, 213 mixing,
Concrete, Reinforced, and Ferro-concrete
(LMterb T27On betW6en’ J’ S' Brodie. 77 ■ Concrete Roads in America, Cranks and Critics, Consular Reports, Suspension of Publication on Grounds of Economy, 213 UDUcation, Conversion of Metres to Feet, 193
Cooling Tower, Largest Natural Draught 439
Copper from British Columbia, 303
land, 393C°Veiy’ ImPortant, in Newfound-
Copper Exports from the United States, 439
Coppei, German Substitutes for 338
Copper Mines in Cuba Worked since 1520 531 Copper, Record Purchase from America bv Germany and Austria, 259
Corrosion Research Station, 248
Crvttal' PM®riCaw and E?ypt> High Prices> 187 ?> f ®ngmeenng School, 132
lation, 235 ™ United States’ Legi«’
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D‘SS 367aVing Chart’ Horseley 0omPany, Death of Mr. G. E. Shore, 417
Delivery of Goods, Difficulties ir. r
Gains at Britain’s Expense 235 ’ Ge,many Diesel Engines and Low Insurance, 18'1 DRTegord, 143 Stat6S ^a
D BelTn55 f the Pr°dUCt °f Indust’’y« Sir Hugh Dry Dock Concrete Building by New Method, Dynamical Balancing of Machines, 55 Dynamite, Three Different Kinds, 487
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EDITOR’S Lament, 47]
EW»rtiqr71 B°°ks for British Prisoners of
Egg Breaking by Hand, Experiments, 417
Eggs, Cold Storage, Legislation, 259
ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Alternating-current Motors, N. C. E. Jacoby, 11 „ '
Alternating Currents, Standard Frequency of, 509
Aluminium as an Overhead Conductor, Mr.
Wyssling on Cost, 189
American Central Station Efficiencies, Fino Records, 55
American Output of Electrical Machinery, Increase : Statistics, 189
Battery Sub-stations on the New York Edison System, 77
Birmingham Tramways and Shortage in Power Supply, 439
Board of Trade Licence to Import Insulating Materials, 371
Bradford Power Station, Output of Electrical Energy, 370
Central Supply for Scotland, W. W. Lackie, 77
Centralisation of Electric Power in Chicago, Great Economy of, 213
Copper Sheets, Spot Welding or Seam Welding, Suitable Electrodes for, 11
Cost and Advantages of Electrical Power, 393
Daylight Saving and Increased Use of Electricity in Manchester, 393
Dry Batteries for Flash Lamps, American Manufacturers’ Harvest, 393
Ebro Water Utilisation for Industrial Power Supply, 463
Edison Storage Battery, Effect of Temperature on its Performance and Durability, 531
Electrical Company’s Difficulties in Paris owing to the War, 99
Energy in Canada, Threatened Stoppage of Supply to the United States, 99
Furnaces, Classification of, 371 • Lieutenants, New Rank in the
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 55
Ploughing in Sweden, Italy and France, 281
Supply in Norway for Franco-American Syndicate, 439
Vehicle Committee, 130, 336
Vehicles, Marking of Lead Plate Batteries, 487
Vehicles and Scarcity of Petrol, 167
Electrician, The Two-thousandth Number, 272
Electricity Supply and Proposed Co-operation, 110
Energy from Tides, Professor D. Robertson, 551
Farmers Installing Electric Plants in Alberta, Canada, 325
Filament Lamps, Old and New, Question of Economy, 371
Fluctuations in Light with Low Periodicities, 371
French Alps, Increased Demand and Supply of Water-developed Energy, 349
Fulham and Battersea Power-houses Linked up, Suggested Inclusion of Hammersmith, 99
Fuse Blowing Due to Excessive Current, Not to Voltage, 259
Generator, Large, under Construction in Berlin, 393
German Copper Scarcity and Use of Zinc, 463
German Electric Lamps for Italy, 531
Gilbert Club to be Wound up, Meeting, 332
Heating by Electricity, Gas and Coal, Comparisons, W. B. Smith, 371
Home-office Regulations for Sigrialling in Mines, 119
House Refuse Collected by Electric Vehicles, 280
Ignition Systems, Accumulator and Magneto, Tests of Relative Efficiencies, 462
India, Great Need of Overhauling of Electrical Industry, 531
Insulating Materials, Data Given by United States Bureau of Standards, 325
Inter-connection of Electric Supply Undertakings, 333
Internal Combustion Engines and Electricity Pressure, 393
Japan, Statistical Report of Electrical Undertakings, 99
Japanese Electrical Track and Generating Stations, Statistics, 119
Japan’s Electrical Industry Development, 55, 577
Jinrickshaw, Electrical, for Simla, 259
Lamps for New York Consumers, 509
Linking-up London’s Electric Stations, 360
Locomotives for Underground Ore Haulage in South Africa, 417
Lorry, One-ton Edison Electric, Details of Report on Cost and Working, 281
Low Coal Consumption for Current Generation, 281
Modern Electric Mine Locomotives, W. M. Hoen, 11
National Electric Light Association of America, Interesting Report, 10
New York State Barge. Canal, Lock Machinery Electrically Worked, 189
Oldham’s Electricity Meters and “ Summer Time,” 167
Paraffin Vaporisers Electrically Heated in America, 439
Plough, Electric, Possibilities of, 281
Potentiometer, Improved Type, Professor Ryan, 349
Power Generator and Munitions Output in the North of England, 463
Present Position of Electricity Supply in United Kingdom, E. T. Williams, 11
Primary Cell Output and Falls in Tempera, ture, 467
Rating of Electric Lamps, 143
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued) :
Russian Finland, Large Electrical Undertaking, 393
Russia's Unused Water Power, 259
Sheep Fattening by Electric Light, 303
Southampton Electrical Supply ; Boiler Extensions, 393
Steam Turbines and Generators, Development of, 10
Sweden Exports Electric Power to Denmark, 439
Ten Years of Evolution of Hydro-Electric Units, G. B. Gillicott and W. B. Jackson, 117
Toledo, New Central Supply Station, 555
Transformers, Trouble and Protection, 77
Two-speed Alternating Current Elevator Motor, 439
United States Electric Light and Power, Prosperous Year, 417
Walsall New Electric Station, 417
White Ants and Power Line Poles, 393
Willage Storage Battery Company New Works Equipment. 487
Wiring Rules (Seventh Edition) (Correction), 90
Yorkshire, Board of Trade Proposals for Linking-up Electrical Undertakings, 439
Zinc Wire Cables, Bare and Insulated, 143
ELECTROLYTIC Copper Production in Canada, 349
Electro-Magnets for Handling Pig Iron on the American Lakes, 349
Enemy Businesses in the United .Kingdom, Winding-up Orders, 235
Engine Driven by Steam, Gas, Benzine or Petroleum, 281
Engineering in Argentina, National Congress, 349
Engineering Experiments in the United States, 1G7
Engineering Societies Collective Headquarters in New York, 303
Engineering Standards Committee, New Secretary Appointed, 98
Ernoiith, New Substitute for Celluloid, 230
Excavators, Electrically Driven for Drainage Work in Idaho, 509
Experimental Workshop and Industrial Labora-' tory for Aeronautical and other Work on Inventions, &c., 33
Exports of American Motor Vehicles, 235
F FEDERATED Malay States, New Harbour for, 303
Ferro-Vanadium Exports from United States, 509
Fifth Avenue, New York Traffic Count, 555
Fire Signalling on the Route of Engines Controlled from Headquarters, 33
Fireproofing Liquid, 235
Fish, Live, in a Gold Mine, 509
Floating Dock Captured at Tsingtau Transferred by Japanese to Sasebo Port, 55
Food Storage Limited by Legislation in United States. 259
Forest Tree Seedlings Planted by Machine, 577
Fracture in Colliery Guide Rope, 77
France’s Blast Furnaces, 463
French Army Steel Helmets, Details, 167
Freezing Point of Mercury, United States
Bureau of Standards, Determination, 463
Fuel Oil in Battleship s Double Bottom Tanks, Parks Pneumercator System for Ascertaining Amount, 531
Fuel Used in Diesel Engines, Necessary Characteristics, R. E. Mathot, 33
Fuel Used by London Omnibuses, Diluted Petrol, 189
Furnaces, Carbon Electrodes Standardised, 509
G GAS Charge Reduction by the South Metropolitan Gas Company, 142
Gas Coke for Boiler Furnaces to Replace Coal. 281
Gas Company, Edinburgh, Owning Railway Wagons for Coal Supply, 349
Gas Explosion in Pockets of Clay Soil in Tunnel under Lake Erie, 189
Gas Lighting, Economical, 272
Gas and Petrol for Power Generation, Comparison, 371
Gas Producers, Peet-fed, for Electricity Generation, and with Ammonia Recovery Plant, in Italy and Germany, 348
German Coal Tar Colours Export Value, 99
German Competition with United States after the War, Proposed Legislation, 235
German Control of Paper Miller and Coal Tai-Dye Industries, with View to Military Exigencies, 77
German Government Control of Coal-mining Interests, 487
German Guns Made with Molybdenum Alloy, 555 J
German Patent Licence for Irish Firms, 281
German Rails Supply and Dearth in South
Africa, 213 ; (Correction), 235
German Shortage of Tin, 555
German Slimness, 355
German Substitutes for Copper, 338
German Trade Unions, Loss of Numbers, 439
Germany and Switzerland, Coal, Iron and Steel Agreement, 371
Gilbert Club, Meeting with Regard to Winding-up, 332 ®
Girders and Stiffeners, American Specifications for, 325
Gold Imports into the United States, 509
Granite from Norway for Methil Docks, 325
Hlr1T’?r?V1T!5n^>^ant’ Very Large, Projected for L-.b.A., 463
HAMMERS. Inverted, for Pulling Long Sheet
Piling. 555
Hand, Mechanical, Prize Offered for Best Apparatus, 417
Harbour and Dock Dues for Ships in Government Service, 509
Heating Dwelling-houses by Coal or Electricity, Cost, 259
Helical Toothed Gear Box for Motor Vehicles,
New Type, 143
Highways in Now York State, Maintenance, 119
Honourable Artillery Company, 132
House of Commerce at Birmingham, 270
Housing and Town Planning after the War, Councillor Harrison Barrow, 577
Huddersfield’s Approval of Decimal System, 371
Human Side of Scientific Study, 371
Hydraulic Installation, Modern, near Minneapolis, 281
Hydraulic Power in Japan, 99
Hydro-Electric Power Plant in South America, 439
Hydro-Electric Units, Ten Years of Evolution of, G. B. Gillicott and W. B. Jackson, 117
I INDIA, Mining of Wolfram Ore for Recovery of Tungsten, 434
India-Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph
Works Company’s War Relief Funds, 281
India, Trade of, Within the Empire, 357
Indian Coal Mining in 1915, 463
Indian Tea Planting and Electrical Supply, 303
Indigo, Synthetic, War Scarcity, 77
Industrial Revival in Invaded Districts of France after the War, Formation of Association, 99
Industrial Strength and National Defence, 126
Inventions Disregarded, History of the Lewis Gun, 189
IRON AND STEEL: American Society of Automobile Engineers, Standard Colours for Marking Steel Bars, 55
British Iron and Steel and Allied 'Trades Federation Report, 55
British Steel for Ships rather than Shells, 189
Carbon in Steel and Iron, Tests of Direct
Combustion Method, 33
Case-hardening Steel Articles, 349
Cast Iron Heated and Cut by Ordinary Carpenter’s Saw, 77
Cast Iron Water Pipe Laid in America during the Civil War, 55
Castings, Hydraulic System of Cleaning and
Removing Cores, 393
Chalk Rust on Cast Iron, 189
Chrome Steel for Ball Bearings, 371
Chrome Vanadium Steel, Advantage of, 189
Cleaning Machinery for Castings, Tests of
Power Required for Driving, 393
Copper Bearing Steels and Resistance to Corrosion, E. A. and L. T. Richardson, 371
France’s Supply of Iron and Steel, Huge Imports to Replace War Deficiency, 55
Galvanised Corrugated Sheet Iron in the
Dominican Republic, 189
German Engine Weights per Brake Horsepower, 531
Growth of Electrical Production of Steel in the United States, 33
Hardening Damascene Blades, 555
Holland’s Iron and Steel Imports and Exports, Two Years Compared, 33
India’s Imports of Iron and Steel Machinery and Railway Material, 555
Iron Mine in France, Re-opening after being in German Hands, 417
Irrigation Project in State of Washington, 655
Lead-plated Steel, Substitution for Zinc, &c., Made Possible by New Process, 189
Manganese Shortage in Germany, 119
Mexican Large Exports of Steel from Monterrey, 531
Relation between Yield Point and Proportional Limit for Steel, J. E. Howard, 119
Semi-finished Steel, Great Britain’s Imports from United States instead of from Germany, 509
Semi-steel, Useful Characteristics of, 77
Shrinkage of Manganese Steel Greater than that of Ordinary Steel, 143
Stainless Steel Analysis, 393
Swedish Electric Furnaces’ Annual Iron Production, 439
Tungsten Steel for Engineer’s Tools in America, Cost and Scarcity, 143
Tungsten—see also Tungsten
IRRIGATION Works on the Rio Negro, Important Undertaking of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, 531
Irrigation Works in South Africa, 349
J JAPANESE Electrical Undertakings—see Electrical Matters
Japan’s Manufacture of .Chlorate of Potash, 287
John Fritz Medal Award in United States, 555
KAURI Gum Oil from Peat in New Zealand, 573
L LETTERS and Parcels for Troops, Great Increase, 11
Lifting Magnet Capacity, Determining Factors, 143
Lighting Shops in Paris, Drastic Order for
War Economy, 487
Lighting, Subdued, for Motor Cars, Twin
Filament Bulbs for Headlights, 509
Lloyd’s Register—see Ships
Longndge, Colonel J. A., Killed in Action, 189 Lubricating Oil, Useful Test for Refinement, H.
W. Pettv, 33
M MACHINE Rifle for United States, 463
Machine Tool, New, Wanted, 498
Magnesium, Special Uses of, 213
Magnetic Chucks for Holding Needle-■pointing.
Dies, 393
Magneto Apparatus, Testing, 213, 509
Magnetos, All-British, Large Output for Government Use, 349
Manchester Municipal School of Technology, 155
Mechanical Stokers on a Fluctuating Load, Performance of, 89
Melting Down Foreign Gold, 509
Metal Production in Japan, 393
Metal, Self-lubricating, “ Graphalloy,” 421
Metals in Manufacture of Munitions, Committee to Secure Most Economical Use, 531
Metals and Materials Economy Committee, 584
Metric System Question in Great Britain and United States, 325
Metric System, Suggested Introduction, 119
Mexican Government’s Home-made Cartridges,
Mica, Fall in Total Value of Production in India, 439
Military Service Postponement in Case of Selected Science Students, 7
Milling Cutter Tests in America, 235
Mine Signal Electrical System in Michigan, 487
Mine Works, Deepest, in the World, 371
Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Special Reports on the, 155
Miners with the Colours and Output from Collieries, 303
Moakes, Lieut. J. C., Killed in Action, 281
Molybdenite, Specimens Found in New Zealand, 184
Molybdenum, Demand for, 325
Molybdenum Discovery in Norway, 325
Montevideo Sewerage Works, 143
Motor Car Engines and Right-angled Bends, 33
Motor Car Gear-boxes, Power Losses in, 463
Motor Car Manufacture Profits in America, 325
Motor Car, Steam, with Oil-fired Boiler and Uniflow Engine, 487
Motor Cars, Chassis and Parts Imported into United Kingdom, 349
Motor Cars and Cycles Registered in London, Statistics, 143
Motor Cars for Farmers in United States, 349
Motor Spirit and the Petrol Tax, 491
Motor Vehicles Exported from United States, 143
Motor Vehicles, Heat Treatment of Gearing for, 235
Motor Vehicles in New York, Need of Weight Regulations, 463
Moving a Three-storey Steel Frame Structure, 417
Munition Workers’ Holidays, 189
Munition Workers and Sunday Labour, 11
Munitions Tribunals, Statistics of Cases, 325
N NATURAL Gas Measurements at High Pressures ; Errors and Boyle’s Law, 303
Natural Gas in the United States, Record Quantity Used, 371
New^York Handicapped in Freight Handling,
New York Refuse Utilisation Scheme, 577
New York State’s Barge Canal, 509
New Zealand, Lake Coleridge, Hydro-electric Power Scheme, 341, 371
New Zealand, Projected Harbour Works in Wellington, 577
New Zealand, Projected Large Harbour at Wanganni, 213
Niagara, Beauty versus Utility, 143
Nickel Exports to Germany from Ontario and New Caledonia, 119
Nickel Production in Canada and America, 393
Nitric Acid, Sources of Production ; Its Importance, 491
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, Presentation to Mr. F. Lewins, 584
Norway, Electro-Chemical Works Started by French-American Syndicate, 259
O OIL Industry in California, Development, 504
Omnibus Lifeguards and Reduction in Street Accidents, 95
Oxygen Deficiency in Atmosphere, Men, Mice and Canaries, 325
Oxygen, Production by the Electrolvtic Process, 439
PACKINGS for Steam Jointings, British Made
143
Palladium and Silver Alloy, 303
Panama Canal, Favourable. Report on its
Future Usefulness, 349
Panama Canal, Landslide on, 393
Panama Canal, Two Years’ Operations, 509
Paper Making from Cotton Stalks and Bark, 417
Paper Manufacture from Tambookie Grass, 325 I
Paraffin Wax, Solid, Used to Coat Inside of Tanks, 417
Patent Rights of Enemies ; Austrian Legislation, 259
Patents Act, Inventors and the War, 417
Perpetual Motion, 235
Peru, Cotton Cultivation Development, 577
Peru, Trade Openings in, 584
Peruvian Trading and the Enemy Trading Act, 32o
Petrol Control Committee, Licences, 299
Petrol Engines, Trouble from Pitting of Valves, 213
Petrol for Heating Paraffin Engines, Lega Question, 487
Petrol Locomotives- in Chicago Water Tunnel, 371
Petrol Making by the Rittman Process, 463
Petrol Substitute, Patent for, H. K. Tompkins 325
Petrol Substitutes and Legal Decision, 259
Petrol Supply, Expected Augmentation, 167
Petrol Supply, Restriction of and Effect on Road Motor Services, 213
Photograph Enlargement without Use of Lens, 417
Pig Feeding on Garbage, 167
Piling, Long Steel Sheet, Inverted Hammers for Pulling, 555
Pipes in Steam Generating Stations, Proposed Painting of Flanges, 463
Piston Rings of Motor Car Engines, Average Pressure, 417
Plate Girders, Functions of Stiffeners, 417
Platinum in Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, 235
Plough, Petrol Driven, Details of Weight, &c., Possibilities of Electric Plough, 281
Porcelain for Chemical and Laboratory Work, No Longer Made in Germany, 259
Portland Cement, Extensive Use of Oyster Shells in Manufacture of, 213
Post-office Tube for London, Delay, 11, 33
Potash from Kelp, Government Plant in
Southern California, 555
Prizes for Essays, 568
Prohibited Exports, Additions to List, 11
Professors Ayrton and Perry as Pioneers in Instrument Production, 281
Public Libraries and Technical Literature, 290 Pulverised Coal as Fuel for Steam Boilers, 34$ Pumping Machinery for New South Wales, 393 Purloining Engineers’ Plans, 143
Pyridine and Other Solvents of Coal Constituents, 577
Q QUEENSLAND Irrigation Scheme, 371
Quicklime Expansion when Wet, Utilisation for Mechanical Purposes, 531
R RADIO-ACTIVITY Not Confined to Radium, Radio-Thorium as Substitute, 235
Rails, Dearth in South Africa, 213 ; (.Correction), 235
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS: Accidents on British and American Railways, Comparative Statistics, 189
Accidents and Fewer Board of Trade Inquiries, 11
Accidents Reports, Necessary and Unnecessary, 55
Accidents—see Wallneuk, Warminster, &c.
Advertisement Changes ; Land for Works, 55
Air Raids and Injury to Railway Servants, 189
Alaska, Government Lines in, 371
Alaskan Railway Carrying Coal, 259
American Gondola Cars, Steel, for Russian
State Railways, 143
American Locomotive Exports, 166
American Railways, Great Loss of Life due to Trespassing, 189
Annual Report on Railway Accidents, 77
Argentina, Suggested History of Railway Construction, 531
Argentine Central Railway Electric Service, 303, 349
Argentine Railway Carriage Heating, 439
Australian East-West Transcontinental Railway Board of Commissioners Likely to be Appointed, 189
Australia, East-West Transcontinental Railway, Rolling Stock to be Built in Australia, 99 ; Progress and Cost, 487
Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway and Government Telegraphs, Dispute, 349
Bengal and North-Western Railway, Managing Director, New Appointment, 340
Bengal and North-Western Railway, Retirement of Chief Engineer, Mr. W. J. Turnbull, 259
Benghasi to Er-Regana, New Line Completed, 147
Bletchley—see London and North-Western
Board of Trade Import Restrictions and American Electric Motor Chassis, 217
Board of Trade New Extensive Powers over Railway Services, Wagons, &c., 531
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, Changes in Board of Directors, 189
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, Death of Chairman, 99
Box Tunnel, Temporary Closing, 463
Brazil, Locomotive Fuel Question, 235'
Brazil, Proposed New Railway, 430
Bricklayers Arms Depot, Women as Van Drivers and Guards for South-Eastern Railway, 281
Bridges on Electric Street Railways, Question of Safety, 577
Bridges, Railway, in New York City, Annual Inspection and Report, 235
British Malaya, Railway Expansion in, 316
“ Brown’s Discipline ” on x4merican Railroads, 509
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Death of Chairman, 577
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railwaymen, Military Honours, 463
Burma Railway Construction, 281
Caledonian Railway Collision in Snowstorm,?
577
Canadian Pacific Railwaymen Wounded in the War and Re-employed on the Railway, 213
Canadian Pacific Railway Trouble, 439
Canadian Pacific Railway Wharves in Vancouver, 325
Canadian Railway Board and Fire Protection, 463
Canadian Railways and the Canadian Government, Future Policy, 55
Canadian Railways Commission, Changes in Composition, 413, 417, 439, 487
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Canadian Railways and the Transportation Problem, 167
Cannon-street Station Opening, Jubilee, 213
Cardiff Railway and Taff Vale Railway Companies, Result of Legal Action, 485
Central Argentine Railwaymen's War Service, 393
Central Argentine Suburban Line Electrification, 303. 349
Ceylon Government Railways’ Successful Running, 349
Charing Cross Bridge and Another Bill, 463
Charing Cross Bridge Bill Rejected, 11
Charing Cross Bridge Bill and Railway Directors in Parliament, 33
Charing Cross Bridge and the London County Council, 118
Charing Cross Bridge Repairs, Nightly Stoppage’of Certain Trains, 393 •
Charing Cross Bridge Widening, Board of Trade .Grants Extension of Time, 189
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Hot and Cold Drinks, 393
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Electrified Portion Supplied with Light Signals^ 371 ; Further Portion Opened, 487
Chicago and North-Western Railway, Accident Statistics, 509
Christiania and Denmark, Suggested. New Comm unication, 77
Coke for Locomotives and Abolition of the Smoke Nuisance, 349
Collision between Midland Passenger and Great Central Goods Trains 531
Consolidated Signal Company’s Relations with Government Departments, 4.63
Crimean Rolling Stock Gauge as the Origin of Standard Fixed by Argentine Railways, 99
Cuban Railway Extension, 281
Darkened Streets and Railway Posts, Liability for Accidents, 189
Daylight Saving and United States Railways, 555
Death of Ktr. L. Longbottoin, London and North-Western Locomotive Superintendent, 259
Death of Midland Company’s Assistant Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, 371
Death of Mr. Theodore N. Ely, Pennsylvania Company. 487
Donop, Colonel P. G. von. Retirement as Chief Inspecting Officer ; Appointment of Colonel Pringle, 166
Dublin and South-Eastern Company and Coast Erosion, 417
Dublin and South-Eastern Railwaymen’s War Bonus, 393
East Indian Railway Company Collieries, 99
East Indian Railway Dining Cars Withdrawn, 11
East Indian Railway and Train Control, 119
Edgware and Hampstead Railway Construction, Extension of Time Granted, 303 Egg Demonstration Train, Great Eastern
Railway, 325, 37]
Eight Hours Act on United States Railways, 463, 487
Eight Hours Legislation and Railwaymen who are not Trainmen, 417
Electric Service Supersedes Steam between Broad-street and Kew Bridge and Broadstreet and Richmond, 213
El Paso and South-Western Railroad ; Locomotive Speed Indicators and Recorders, 393
Euston Station Hall Redecorated, 153. 235
Euston 'Train’s Record Speed, 555
Excess Profits Tax, New Chairman of Board of Referees, 213
Exports of Road Material and Rolling Stock, Comparative Tables, 235
Exports from United Kingdom of Locomotives and other Railway Material, 577
F ederated Malav Rail wavs and New Harbour, 303
Flood Damage on North British Railway Lines, 355
French Railways and Women’s Labour, 417
French Trunk Railway Locomotives in January, 1914, 555
Fuel on Argentine Railways, Increased Cost Raises Transport Expenses, 393
German Railways Drastic Restrictions, 531
German South-West African State and
Private Railways Taken Over by South African Government, 11
German State Railways,.Lack of Heating, 303
German State Railways, Women Employees, 77
Glasgow District Subway Railway, Uniform Fare Instituted, 531
Glasgow and Paisley Joint .Line, Derailment and Collision at Wallneuk. 235, 439
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Change of Chief Engineer, 325
Great Central Railwaymen with the Colours and Casualties, &c., 325
Great Central Train Collision at Lincoln, j 555
Great Eastern Railway, Egg and Poultry I Train, 325, 371
Great Eastern Railway Manager’s Military Appointment, 99
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Meeting, 11
Great Northern Company, Roll of Honour Poster, 531
Groat Northern Railway versus Hendon Rural District Council, 77
Great - Northern Railway, versus Pickfords, Limited, 77
Great Southern and Western Railway, I Collision at Kiltimagh Station, 577
Great Western Railway, Change of Divisional i Locomotive Superintendent, 325
Great Western Railway Company’s Canal Engineer, Change of Appointment, 303
Great Western Railway Co.’s New Works Engineer, Retirement, 11
Great Western Railway, Engineering Staff I . Changes, 11
Great Western Railway, Men of Military Age with the Colours, Casualties and Still on the Railway, 235
Great Western Railway, Military Traffic
' Statistics, 119
Great Western Railway, Record in Traffic I and Immunity from Accident, 235
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (com timiecDi
Great Western Railway, Retirement of Mr.
W. Armstrong, New Works Engineer, also of Mr. G. J. Whitelaw, Accountant, 33
Great Western Railway, Safety Medal, 259
Great Western Road Motor Service Curtailed because of Reduced Petrol Supply, 21.3
Hampton Court Junction and Claygate, Postponement of Electric Service, 303
Harrogate Season and Trains Alteration, 1G7
Heysham Route to Ireland (Midland Railway) Closed, 487 : Suggested Renewal, 509
Highland Company’s .Hopetown Station Closed till End o£ the War, 555
Highland Company's New 4-4-0 Tender Engines, R. and W, Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., 555
Hill, James J., Harvard Professorship in Memory of, 393
H.M.S. Duke of Albany, Armed Boarding Cruiser, Formerly Fleetwood - Belfast Steamer, Sunk by Submarine, 189
Holiday Railway Traffic, 248
India, Survey bv Eastern Bengal Railway, 439
Indian Railways, Question of State or Private Ownership, 303
Inquests on Railwaymen and National Union of Railwaymen, 11
Institutions of Locomotive Engineers and of Railway Signal Engineers, Papers, &c,— see Associations
Interim Dividends Declared to Date, 77. 99, 119, 143
Interstate Commerce Commission :
American Railways and Trainmen Dispute, Suggested Reference to Interstate Commission, 55
Coal and Refrigerator Cars, Scarcity in the United States, 577
Headlights of Locomotives, New Regula’-tions, 119
Membership Increased, Statistics of Cases 259
Purchase of Supplies by Common Carrier, Regulation, 55
Ireland, Greenwich Time and the Mails, 281
Irish Board of Agriculture’s Report, 259
Irish and English Time, Uniformity After October the First, 167
Irish Railway Grievance Against Govern.-ment, 417
Irish Railways; Increased Rates, 417
Irish Railways and War Bonus, 325, 371, 581
Irish Time Change Necessitates Alteration of Timetables, 167
Irish Train Control, New Powers, 487
Italian Ministry of Maritime and Railway Transports, 213
Italian State Railway Deficit, 281
Japanese Railways, Change of Gauge, 119 Jarrow Railway Accident Recalled, 531
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Shopmen, Increased Pay, 213
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Ships its own Sleepers from Southern Ports, 417
Litter Left by Visitors in Public Places and on Railways, 33
Littleton Collieries, Limited, versus London and North-Western Railway Company, 99
Locomotive Exports—see Railway Material Locomotives’ Use of Powdered Coal, 371 London, Brighton and South Coast Railwaymen with the Colours, Casualties, 143
London, Brighton and South Coast Special Train Derailed, Inquiry, 77
London Electric Railways Company and Powers for Purchase of Land, 99
London and North-Western Railway, Change of Running Superintendent, 33"
London and North-Western Railway, Collision at Bletchley, 143, 349
London and North-Western Railway, Collision in Snowstorm at Wigan, 577
London and North-Western Railway Decline to Reinstate Restaurant Cars, 311
London and North -Western Railway Engines, Five New Four-cylinder Ones of the
Claughton ” Type, 167
London and North-Western Men with the
Colours, Casualties, 555 ; Commissions, 325 ; Decorations, 11
London and North-Western New Station at Kensal Green Tunnel, 303
London and North-Western Railway, Refreshment Question, 487
London and North-Western Rugby Engineer, Retirement, 213
London and North-Western Steamer Connemara’s Fatal Loss by Collision ; Steamer Losses of the London and North-Western Railway Company, 417
London and South-Western Suburban Electrification. Claygate and AVaterloo, 439, 463
Long Island Railroad Company, Trouble with Motorists at Level Crossings, 33
Long Island Railroad, Improved Accident Record, 417
Long Island Railroad Level Crossings Danger, 77
Luggage in Advance Ceases, 531
Luggage Limit and AVomen Porters, 463
Luggage and the War, Dearth of Porters, 119, 463
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, Appointment of Chairman, 119
Madras anil Southern. Mahratta Railway Company, Annual Meeting, 11
Mansfield Railway Company, Progress* of Line, 325, 371
Manila Railways in Difficulties, 281
Mechanical Stokers for United States Locomotives, More General Use Advocated, 577
Melbourne Railways Electrification, Grave Delay in English Contracts, 55
Metropolitan Railway—see Aylesbury
Metropolitan Railway AVar Service Corps, Supply of Vegetables to Hospitals, 371
Metropolitaine of Paris, Net Receipts. 11. 143
Mexican Appointment of Civil Engineers as Inspectors of Railroads, 53.0
Mexican Railway taken over by Mexican Government, 189
Mexican Railways, Annulling of Contracts by Carranza Government, 281
Mexico City, Excellent Electric Car System^ 531
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS fctw-tinued):
Mexico, Constitutionalist Railways Measures to Stimulate Employees’ Inventive Powers, 531
Midland Railway General Manager, Temporary Government Appointment of Sir Guy Granet Terminated, 99
Midland Railway’s New Line Through Bradford ; Time Extension, 1(57
Midland Railway, Provision for Former Servants Discharged from the Army, 303
Munition Workers and Railway Facilities for Holidays, 259
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, “ Safety Line ” Painted on Platforms, 259
National Union of Railwaymen, Change of Secretary, 509
National Union of Railwaymen and Military Service, 107, 213 ; and Casualties, 393
New South Wales Government Railways, Test of Audible Cab Signals, 531
New South Wales Railway Staff, Memorial to Members Fallen in War, 11
New York City Avoided by Federal Express on Account of Outbreak of Infantile Paralysis, 259
New York Elevated Railroad, Two Strikes, 235
New York State Railways, Painting Car
Ends for Street Safety, 463, 531
New Zealand Railways, Mileage Open for Traffic, 290
Nicaragua New Railway, 371
Nigerian Railway Working Results, Statistics, 235
Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Extension of Electrification, 259
Norfolk and Western Railway Company’s . New Type of Steel Coal Pier and Generally Forward Policy in AA'orking, 33
Norfolk and Western Railway Company’s Offer to its Men of Military Training Pay,
North British Conciliation Scheme and Women Workers, 463
North British Railway Bill and Oil Company Concessions, ~3 3
North British Railway Dividend, AY agon
Question and Government, >509
North British Railway, Landslide near Galashiels, .577
North-Eastern Railway Company’s Mechanical Coaling Plant, 213
North-Eastern Railway, Derailment at Scre-merston, Report, 33
North-Eastern Railway Shopmen, Advance in Pay, 235
North London Railway Electrification, Accel eration of Speed, 281
Ottoman Railway and the War, 303
Painting Cars as a Safety Measure, 531
Panama Railroad Men’s Eight Flours Day, 393
Panama Shops of Entre Rios Railway Damaged by Fire, 417
Passenger Train Service, Curtailment, 487
Passenger Trains, Limit of Weight for
Luggage and Parcels, 463, 487
Penistone Viaduct, Reopening, 119
Pennsylvania Railroad Electric Service between Philadelphia and Paoli, 77
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines East of Pittsburgh, Record of Safetv and Observance of Rules. 189
Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s Care for Shopmen’s Eyesight, 463
Pennsylvania Railroad Men Called up for
Mexican Service : Relief for Families, 213
Pennsylvania Railroad Signal Lights, 259
Permits for Certain Districts Extension of Areas Prohibited, 303
Petrol Reduction and Great Western Road Motor Service, 213
Pooling-of Wagons and Coal Transport, 303, 349
Pooling of Wagons and Scottish Railway Companies, 393
Postal Express, The AA’est Coast. 74
Powdered. Peat as Fuel for Locomotives, Swedish Railway Experiments, 167
Price-Williams, Richard, Notable Papers on Railway Matters, 281
Pullman Ambulance Train for United States Army, 303
Queensland Government Purchase of Chillagoe RaiIway, 555
Quintinshill Signalmen’s Release from Penal Servitude, 555
Rail Failures, Comparison between Open Hearth and Bessemer Processes, 487
Railway Benevolent Institution, Subscriptions, 1 1
Expansion in Latin America, F. M. Halsey, 99
Men with the Colours, Analysis, 325. 509
Men’s Demand for War Bonus Increase, 143, .167, 213, 235, 259, 281, 325
Material and Rolling Stock. Exports Statistics, 55, 14 3. 349, 439
Materials, Some Foreign Specifications for. United States Bulletin, 325
Repair Shops at Minas Geraes, 143
Shopmen’s AV ar Bonus, 325
Single Men and Military Service, 41 7
Railways, Few Applications for New Orders, 509 ‘
Reduction of Fares for Royal Show at Manchester, 33
Road to the East, Suggested New Route in Friendly Occupation, Sir Arthur Evans, 213
Rolling Stock AA’astage, 468
Roumanian Port of Constanza ; Connection with Derby, 41.7
Russian Locomotive Orders for Canada and the United States, 509
•Russian Railway Construction and Training of Engineers, 167
“ Safety' First ” Movement Results in Illinois, 555
Salisbury—Trowbridge Line, Fatal Collision, 213. 235
Sand Drags, J. B. Ball. 463
San Francisco—Oakland Railway Signalling System. 439 " .
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued') :
Schoolboys and War Work in Holiday Time, 259
Scottish Railways and Carted Luggage, J I
Serbian Railwaymen Working in France, J 67
Siamese Northern Railway, Progress in Construction, 259
Sierra Leone Government Railways Statistics, 281
Signalling of a Colonial Railway, A. C. Rose,
4 39, 487
Signalmen and Long Hours, 463
Sleeping Car Berth Charges Raised, 189
Sleeping Cars on British Railways, Analysis of Ownership, 555
South African Railway Men for French Railways, 393
South African Railways and Harbours, Estimates of Expenditure, 143
South African Railways, Retirement of Sir Thomas Price, 39 ; Death, 303
South African Railways, Satisfactory Annual Report, 99
South Australia, Railway Commissioners for 189
South-Eastern and ('hatham Grievance Against Railway Director Members of Parliament, 33
South-Eastern, and Chatham Railway Steamer Engadine Towing H.M.S. Warrior, 33
South-Eastern and Chatham Steamer Queen
Lost in Channel Skirmish, 417
South India and Indo-Ceylon Connection, 463
South Indian Railway Officers and Men with the Colours, 4 I 7
Southern Pacific Railroad, Distinctive Colour for Cars, 531
Southern Pacific Railroad and Increased Cost of Rolling Stock and Material, 393
Southern Railway Company'- Poor Revenue, 417
Spain, Southern Railways of, British Interests in, Tran-ferrod to France, 231
Springs on Rolling Stock, Rare Failures, 55
Stanley, Sir Albert, of Underground Railways and General Omnibus Company, made President of Board of Trade, 53.1
Steamship Services between England and Ireland ; Restored between Fleetwood and Belfast, 33
Stranraer Train from Euston, Separate Running, 439
Strawberry Traffic to Ireland and Scotland, 143
Summer Time and Railwaymen’s Pay, 281
Superheaters and Mechanical Stokers on Locomotives in United States and Canada, 259
Survey for Jessore-Faridpur Railway, 439
Timetables, Free Supply to Hotels, &c., Withdrawn, 49
Train Ferries between Sweden and England. 77, 417
Train Services, Extensive Changes in January, 509
Trains Stoppage, Excursion and Otherwise in Ireland, if Required, 4 87
Transport, History, Theory and Present Organisation of, Lectures at the University of London, 213
Transportation, Military, New Appointments, 393
I’ube Railway Workers’ Increased Pay, 281 Turkish Government Cancels French and Franco-Belgian Concessions, 434
Union Pacific Railroad, Measures for Flood Protection, 303
Union Pacific Railroad Refreshments, 531
Union of South Africa .Railways, Rates in War Time, 11 9
United States Army Hospital Train, 213
United States Bureau of Standards Commerce Bulletin, 325
United States, Carriage <f Grain and Shortage in Wagon Supply, 393
United States Census of Steam and Electric Railway Car Construction, 371
United States, Export of Railway Material and' Rolling Stock, 325
United States, Export of Steel Rails, 213, 325
United States Railway Dispute, 138, 167, 235, 439
United States Railways and the Clayton Act, 213, 235
United States Railways, Coal Supply, 349
United States Railways and Oppressive Legislation, 452
United States Railway Regulation, Government Investigation Ordered, 143
Victoria and New South Wales, Inter-border New Lincs, 167
Victoria, Railwaymen’s Increased Minimum Wage, 371
Victorian Railway Commissioners’ Annual Report, 509
Wagon Demurrage, Midland Railway’s Action Against Haulage Contractors, 555 Wagon Repairs, Action to Recover Siding Rent, 55
Wagons, Privately-owned, Pooling, 59, 119 Wagons and Wagon Sheets. Railway Charges, 55
Wallneuk, Collision at, 235, 439
War Bonus Cost to the State, 393
for Salaried Railway Staff, 167 and Wages Deductions, 463
and Women Railway Workers, 77, 325,439
Who is to Pay it ? 325—see also Railway Men’s Demand Warminster Collision, Board of Trade Inquiry, 213, 235, 325, 393
Waste Paper Sale on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railway. 439
Weedon Accident Unique of its Kind, 119
Weight of Goods by Passenger Trains Limited, 463, 487
Women Engine Cleaners at King’s Cross Shed, 259 '
Women on London Electric Railways, Facilities for Meals. &c., 577
Women Porters and Weight Limitation, 463, 487
Woodhead Tunnel, Great Central Railway, 55
RAINFALL Reports from Rochester, N.Y., 33 Refractories and Zirconia, 463
Rifles, Respective Merits of the Ross and the Lee-Enfield, 99
Riveting a Damage.I Mountain on the West Shore Railroad. 531
Rolling Mill. Reversing, Large Electric-driven, 487
Royal Agricultural Show at Cardiff, 463
Rubber, Specific Gravity and 'Tensile Strength, 99
Russia, Economic Map of. 188
Russian Cellulose Industry. Proposed Working by Norwegian Company. 349
Russian Deficiency in Certain Minerals, Absence of Electric Furnace in Steel Manufacture, 325
Russian Projects for Encouragement of Electrotechnical Enterprises, 303
Russia’s Reconstruction of Waterway Connecting Archangel with Petrograd, 167
Russian 'Trade Openings in Machinery and Steel, 55
s SAFETY First Campaign in London, 487
Salt Mines in Switzerland. 349
San Francisco, Proposed Five-mile Bridge, 314
Sands and Dust, Great Difference in Surface Area lyetween Coarse and Fine, 371
Savile, Captain W. K. B.. Assistant Engineer at Bristol Docks, Killed in Action, 213
Science in Education, Place of, Dr. J. A.
Fleming, 11
Scientific Societies, Board of, 154
Sea Action, Maximum Theoretical and Effective
Battle Range, Commander R. Earle, 439
Sea Salt Production on Colombian Coast. 439
Sewerage Systems in Canada. 393
Shaft Sinking by Cementation Process, 235
Shale Sample and Prospect of Oil from Natal, 303
Shanghai, Docks Extension, 577
Sheffield Trade in Terms of Increased Use of Electrical Power. 167
Shells in America, The Warrior at the Lathe, 303
Shells, Cast Steel, Successful Manufacture of, in the United States, 371
Shells, High-explosive, Record Production at Record Pay, 77
Shells Output by Allies and Germany, Large Figures, 577
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS: American Dreadnoughts, The Vanishing Ram, 509
Anchor for United States Super-Dreadnought, 463
Canadian Maritime C. mmerce, Satisfactory Conditions, 99
Canadian Statistics of Shipping, 463
Diesel Engines and Steam Engines, Important
Changes to Well-known Ships, 77
Drifting Ship Repaired in Mid-ocean, 126
Fusible Plugs, United States Steamboat Regulations, 119
Geared Turbines to Replace Direct-connected Turbines in United States Destroyers, 259
German and Austrian Ships Interned in United States Ports, 55
German Construction of U-boats for Campaign Against Norwegian Ships, 463
German Large Submarine Protected Cruiser in Course of Building. 281
German Submarine Cargo Boat Deutschland, 143
Germany’s New Mercantile Fleet, 143
Great Eastern Company’s Steamer Colchester, Capture by Germany, 299
Gyrostatic Stabiliser for U.S. Navy, Largest Steel Casting Ever Made, 99
H.M.S. Duke of Albany, Armed Boarding Cruiser, Formerly Fleetwood -Belfast Steamer. Sunk by Submarine, 189
“ Isherwood ” Vessels, Statistics, 555
Italian Cargo Vessel of 20,000 Tons Displacement, 167
Japanese Shipbuilding Activity, 577
Lloyd’s Register, Analysis of Lost Ships, 270
Lloyd’s Register Shipbuilding Returns, 333
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued): Mexico’s Trade Conducted by Use of Foreign Ships. 143
Molteno. New Water Scheme for, 303
Motor Ship Peru, Burmeister and Wain, Launched, 299
Naval Career in the United States, Battleship Tours to Encourage Taste for, 235
Shipbuilding in Quebec, Inducements Offere I for Laying Down Plant. 33
Ship Lengthened and Converted from Cargo Boat to Oil Tanker. 143
Shipping Output and Food Control. 487
Steel Ships on the Canadian Atlantic Coast, Cost of Building, 167
Submarine’s Possibilities Against the United States. 509
Submersible Boat, Simon Lake, 70
Turbine Development in Ship Propulsion, 189
Turbine Propelling Machinery for American Ships, 463
United States Battle Cruisers and Guns, 235 Battle Cruisers at 35 Knots, Possibilities with Coal or Liquid Fuel, 235
Battle Cruisers and Need of New Docks, 119
Battleship Oklahoma, Last to be Fitted with Reciprocating Engines, 555
Battleship Oklahoma, Measurement of Fuel Oil in her Tanks. 531
Battleships, 'renders, 487
Navy, Geared Turbines for Destroyers, 303
Proposed Law Requiring Certain Engineers in Ships, 213 Repair Ship Prometheus, 303 Shipbuilding Now in Progress, 143, 531
Ships Maumee and Kanawha, Diesel Engines versus Steam, 417, 439
SIAMESE Calls for Tenders for Hydraulic Dredger, 281
Silicate Cotton or Silicate Fibre. J. Scott. 119
Silk, Artificial. Manufacture of, at Wolverhampton, 349
Silver Used in Moving Picture Production, 33
Skyscraper Limitations Imposed in New York, 167
Smithfield Show, Absence of Agricultural Implements, 303
Soldiers and Sailors, Training and Employment of, 568
Sound of Gunfire and Zones of Silence, M. Esclangon, 213
South Africa Suggested Establishment of Electro-chemical Industries, 555
South African Mines, Statistics of Labour and Output. 303
South America, Various Engineering Schemes, 349
South-Western Polytechnic Institute, Opening of Session, 110
Spelter and Zinc, Respective Outputs of Great Britain, Belgium, and Germany. 325
Stainless Cutlery : Absence of Corrosion but also of Sharpness. 303
Statue of Liberty. France's Present to United States, Illuminated,. 487
Steam Turbine Run Non-Condensing, Condemnation of System. 77
“ Stolenite,” Mineral in California Used in Gambling, 143
Strains and Stresses : “ Strength of Webs of I-Beams and Girders,” H. F. Moore and W. M. Wilson, 393
Strains in Working Engineering Structures, Instrument for Determining, 213
Strikes and Government Methods. 11
Submarine Gun, Satisfactory Test in United States, 143
Sugar Machinery for Natal and Zululand, American Competition, 531
Summer Time, Coal Saving in Manchester. 487
Superheated Steam at Sea, Gas and Steam Temperatures. H. B. Oat-ley. 33
Surface Combustion Process for High Temperature Laboratory Furnaces, 36
Sweden and Britain. Projected Scheme for
Regular Daily Traffic, 33
Swedish Manufacture of Nitric Acid and other
Chemical Products, 463
T TECHNICAL Writing, Does it Pay? 371
Telephone Cables of Iron Suitable for Short Distances only, 213
Telescope, 72in. Reflecting, at Victoria, B.C., 189
Thermalene Gas for Welding, 417
Thompson, Silvanus P., The Late Professor, 539
Thompson, Professor S. P., Memorial, 65
Thymol formerly made in Germany from Indian
Seeds, now made in United Kingdom, 55
Timber, Petrol Driven Cross Saw for, 417
Timber Prices and Wholesale Felling in the United Kingdom. 33
Timber Stumps, Excellent Results of Burning Process, 33
Tin Plate Manufacture, America’s Footing in Foreign Markets, 487
Tin Plate and Sheet Rolling, Failure of Efforts to Render Automatic, 531
Tins, Old, A Slump at Grimsby, 235
Tools for Lathes and Planers ; Welding High
Speed Steel to Carbon Steel by Oxy-Acetylene Process, 99
Toronto Munitions Plants, Shortage of Labour, 119
Torpedo Attack and the Use of Nets in the United States Navy, 55
Tracing Cloth, Old, Good Use for, 73
Tractor for Artillery Haulage, Caterpillar or Four-wheel ? 189
Trade after the War, Financial Facilities for, Board of Trade Committee, 11
Traffic Statistics of New York, London and Paris, 393
Training Disabled Soldiers.and Sailors, 314
Transit Facilities and Municipal Control, J. M.
McElroy, 325
Tropical Countries of the Empire, Popular Lectures, Miss’E. A. Browne, 270
Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Santa Maria, Projected Sanitation and Water Scheme, 281
Tungsten Deposits in California, 577
Lamp Filaments, Life of, 487
Lamp Manufacture Simplified, 393
Ore Exports from the Federated Malay States, W. E. Kenny’s Mines Report, 33
in Portugal, Rich Deposits, 577
and Tungsten Alloys, United States as Leading Producer, 463
Tunnel, Mersey, for Chester and Lancashire Connection, Revival of Scheme, 509
Turpentine, Commercial, in Canada, Adulteration, 11
Typewriter, Noiseless. 167
u UNIFLOW Engine for Steam Motor Car, 487
Union of South Africa Mines, Statistics of Output, 119
United States Army Appropriation Bill, Machine Guns. Lewis or Otherwise, 370
Canal Schemes, 463
Engineering Schools Students, Statistics, 119
Expenditure on War Munitions and Tools, &c., 325
Exports, Great Increase, 509
Exports of Machine Tools, 371
Exports of Motor Vehicles, 259 Great Increase in Use of Motor Vehicles, 281
Legislation in Regard to Strikes, '259
ited States Machine Gun Board’s Report, 439 Naval Searchlight, Most Powerful in the World, 167
Naval Station at Brooklyn, Rock Clearing, 434
Rural Roads and Bridges, Annual Cost, 509
Production of Manganese Ore, 99 Tax on Munitions Making Finns, 97
w WAGES and Munition Production in America 189
War Bonus for Ironfounders of St. Helens, 28 1
War Damage in France, Statistics, 235
War and Light Motor Vans, 316
War Munitions Manufacture, American Need of Gauges and Special Tools, A. L. Humphrey, 167
War Savings at Siemens’ Woolwich Works. 281
War Unpreparedness and American Action, 167
Waste Land Cultivation by Metropolitan Railway, 559
Water Power Plant, Largest High Head in the United States and Canada, 99
WATER SUPPLY: Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukin-field, Mr. F. J. Dixon’s Report, 459
Canada, Development of Waterworks Systems, 417
Dunedin Water Supply, Proposed Extension, 99, 213
Liquid Chlorine for Disinfection of Water Supply, 463
Municipal Waterworks and War Service, 563
Parana, Argentine, Water Supply, 371
San Francisco, New System under Construction, 311
Texas, City of 100,000 Supplied by Wells with Air Lifts, 213
Tunnel, 18-mile, for Water Supply to Catskill Aqueduct, 555
Victoria, British Columbia, Increased Water Supply, 417
Wellington, New Zealand, Water Supply, 371
WELLAND Ship Canal in Canada, 167
Whale Destroys United States Motor Boat, 417
White, Sir William, Memorial, 51
Wind and Windmills, 281
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY: Dickson Island, Mouth of the Yenisei, Station for Sending Meteorological Telegrams to Petrograd, 528
Fog Gun Fired by Wireless Control. 443
Forest of 700 Miles between Manaos and Portovelho Causes Establishment of Wireless System, 531
High Frequency, Advantage of, in RadioTelegraphy, 349
Paris and Washington, Difference in Longitude Established by Wireless Telegraphy, 189
Spitzbergen, Wireless Station and Harbour on Island near, 325
Use of Wireless Telegraphy in Small Installations, Increase, 213
WOMEN in Germany Training as Engine Drivers, 452
ZEPPELINS -see Aeronautics
Zinc Extraction by Electric Wet Process. 1 1
Zinc Factory in Japan, 325
Zirconia as a Refractory, 463
Zuyder Zee, Scheme for Enclosure and Drain ing, 53 [
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