The Engineer 1917 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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A ABRASIVE Materials for Grinding Experiments, 83
Acetone for Explosives, Distilled from Wood, 401
Acetylene Gas for Internal Combustion Engines,
German Experiments, 49*
Acetylene, Heat-producing Capacity, 131
Acetylene, Properties of, Advantageous and
Otherwise, 177
Acid-resisting Properties of Some Iron Silicon Alloys, Professor O. L. Kowalke, 587
AERONAUTICS:
Aeroplane Construction in India, 199
Aeroplanes, Passenger, Suggested Possible Developments, 109
Aviation for Civil and Commercial Purposes Alter the War, Committee Appointed, 401
Benz Engine Taken from Captured Zeppelin, Particulars of, 177
Electric Stabiliser, Reported Invention by Mr. Orville Wright, 220
Experimental Manufacture of Aeroplanes, 291
Higher Standard in Hying, General Brancker, 537
Magnetos, Output for Aero Purposes, 379
Spruce and Walnut for Aeroplanes, United States Deficiency, 247
Standardisation of Copper Tubes for Aircraft, 553
Steel Suited to Aeronautical Purposes, G. A. Richardson, 379
Suggested Limitation of Models as Government Standards in American Aircraft, 361
Training for Aviator Officers, Preliminary, 326
United States National Aerial Coast Patrol, Scheme for 1000 Seaplanes, 269
Wright Aeroplane Patents in America, 259
AGRICULTURAL Committee’s Activities in
Engineering Directions, 587
Agricultural Tractors for Italy, Government Assistance Towards Cost, 401
Allotropic Disintegration of Metals, Tin in Cold
Climates, 495
Alloys, Non-ferrous, 353
Alloys Used in Foundry Practice, 131
Aluminite, Recovery of Potash and other Products from, 379
Aluminium Bronzes, Results of Study of Properties, 495
Aluminium Motor Trouble due to Alkaline
Water, 401 . ,
Aluminium for Munition Making, Ontario s Substitution of Copper for Aluminium Wire on Transmission Lines, 59
American Annual Expenditure on Automo-bilism, 83
American Confession of Munitions Failure, 70
American Industries and the War, 375
American Oil Engine, Surface Ignition Type with Electric Heating. 379
American Press and Proposed Increase in Newspaper Postage, 563
America’s Alter War Products for Russian
Markets, 131
Ammunition, British, Greatly Increased Weekly
Output, 155
Anti-Motoring Bills Proposed in New York State, 109
Artesian Well, First to be Bored in Europe, 541
Artificer Engineers, R.N., Promotions, 291
Asbestos, Commercial, To Purify, when Contaminated with Iron. 357
Asbestos in Swaziland, 155
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS &
societies:
Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen :
Birmingham Branch : Concert; Membership Numbers, 353
Hartlepool Section : First Annual General Meeting, 280
Huddersfield Sub-Committee : First Meeting, 446
Leeds Branch : Meeting and Elections, 409
London Branch : First General Meeting, 228
Manchester Section : First General Meeting. 576 ; Meeting and Elections, 135
Merseyside and District Branch: Dinner and Concert, 130
Tees-side and Hartlepools Branch : First District General Meeting, 508
Association, Incorporated Municipal Electrical :
Annual Meeting, 320
Institute of Chemistry :
Presentation to Mr. R. B. Pilcher, 400
Liverpool Section : Gas Producing on Peat Fuel in Ireland, Professor E. C. C. Baly, 83
Institute, Concrete :
Annual Meeting, Postponement, 470
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Annual and Autumn Meetings, 144
Properties of the Refractory Materials Used in the Iron and Steel Industries, Cosmo Johns, 353
Institute of Metals :
Autographic Load Extension Optical Indicator, Professor W. E. Dalby, 366
New Office Address, 177
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued') :
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
American and British Automobile Engineers, 459
Screw Gauges, Colonel Crompton, 59
Technical Committee of the Motor Industries, 443
London Graduate Section : Some Calculations in Automobile Engine Design, P. A. Williams, 135
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Annual Meeting; Election of Officers ; Awards for Papers, 413
Honorary Members Elected, 227
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
House Taken over by Government, 346
Telephone Gear, Machine Switching, F. R.
McBerty, 447
Institution of Gas Engineers :
Annual Meeting, 190
Institution, Junior, of Engineers and Engineering Students :
Proposed Extension of Membership to Apprentices and Students, 298
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
Awards for Papers, 120
New President’s Address, 83
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :
Programme for Annual Meeting, 576
Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual Meetings, 122
Offered Rewards for Papers, 122
Institution, North-East Coast :
Standard Marine Engine, 563
Institution of Petroleum Technologists :
Oil Shales in Vast Quantities in Britain, W. Forbes-Leslie, 131
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
Automatic Signalling, C. H. Ellison, 199
Institution, Royal :
Meetings and Elections, 142, 230, 400, 518 Programme of Lectures, 320
Society of Chemical Industry :
Extracting Vaporous Constituents from Coal Gas, Dr. R. Lessing, 109
Edinburgh Section : Motor Spirit and the War, J. G. Arman, 223
Society of Engineers :
High Tensile v. Mild Steel for Reinforced Concrete, A. W. C. Shelf, 247
Society, Faraday :
Training and Work of the Chemical Engineer, Papers and General Discussion, 143
Society, Illuminating Engineering :
Annual Meeting and Report, 459
Society, Optical :
Aberrations of the Telescope Objective, P. F. Everitt, 269
Tool Required for given Block of Lenses, Simple Method to Determine Size, C. L. Redding, 247
Society, Physical :
Electro-magnetic Waves, Effect of Moisture in Atmosphere, Dr. F. Schivers, 199
Thermal Conductivity of Wires, Effect ,of Stretching, A. Johnstone, 447
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Straw from Chalk Land near Luton and Dunstable, Sir Francis Fox, 447
Society, Royal Meteorological :
Atmospheric Electric? 1 Phenomena During Rain, Lieut. C. D. Stewart, 366
Autographic Records of the Air-Wave from the East London Explosion, January 19th, 1917, F. J. W. Whipple, 599
Continentality and Temperature, C. E. P. Brooks, 259
Diurnal Variation of Atmospheric Pressure at Benson, Oxon, 1915, E. G. Bilham, 366
Heat Balance of the Atmosphere, W. H. Dines, 259
Reduction of Temperature Observations, &c., C. E. P. Brooks, 599
Some Aspects of the Cold Period, December, 1916, to April, 1917, R. C. Mossman, 599
ASTRONOMICAL Apparatus, Mr. Wilson’s, 313
Australian Marble for China, 199
B BARGES Driven by Internal Combustion
Engines on the Mississippi, 177
Barges, Lighterage Charges for Detention, 401
Basic Slag, Increased Production Expected, 313
Basic Slag, To Determine Manurial Value, 541
Basic Slag as Manure, Production in the United
Kingdom, 177
Beet Sugar Cultivation Results in Montgomeryshire, 177
Beet Sugar Production in Nottinghamshire, 401
Benzol Recovery in Russia, Great Increase, 37
Benzol and Toluol Recovery in By-product
Ovens, 199
Birkenhead’s Dearth of Houses, 223
Birmingham Canal Navigation Report, 291
Birmingham, Projected Public Works for After War Labour, 313
Bismuth and Cadmium Added to Soft Solders,
Effect, 109
Blast-furnace for Mysore, 177
Boiler-feeding Service Formula, M. W. Ehrlich, 291
Boilers, Oil Fuel, 80 and 90 per cent. Efficiency, 374
Bombay Power Plants for Agricultural Purposes, 519
Bombay, Projected Hydraulic Power Scheme for Fertiliser Manufacture, 313
Brazing Solder for Brass, Method of Making Alloy, 83
Bricks, Maximum Number Laid and Possible to Lay, 177
Bridges, Highway, in Canada, Concrete, and Steel and Concrete, 519
Brighton Corporation’s Offer of Tramway Rails to Sheffield, 155
Briquettes at the Nuremberg Gasworks, 247
British Association Meeting in 1917 Abandoned, 291
British and Irish Manufacturers, Board of Trade Directory of, 587
British Magnetos, Great Increase in Output Since the War, 109
C '
CAEN, Normandy, Widening of Canal to Sea, 357
Calorimeter, Adiabatic, F. Daniels, 519
Canada, Systematic Gravity Survey, 357
Canada’s Progress in Manufacture of Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus, 177
Canadian Coal Production, 247
Canadian Government’s Reduced Expenditure, 291
Canadian Small Arms Ammunition Factory at
Lindsay, Ontario, 199
Canals, Question of More Effective Use, 313
Catalogues, Foreign, Index of, 518
Catalogues Wanted by Explosives Department, Ministry of Munitions, 357
Celluloid for the Cutlery Trade, American
Output Needed for War Purposes, 563
Cement Gun for Stucco and Plaster Work in
America, 177
Central Steam Supply Plant for New York, 223
Channel Tunnel, Proposed Resolution, 401, 409
Chars-&-Bancs, Purchase by Government, 467
Chemical Industry in America, Growth in
Importance Since the War, 109
Chemical Ware Manufacture in France, 447
Chicago Drainage Canal ; Deepening Scheme and the Great Lakes Level, 313
Chili’s Record Nitrate Output, 109
Chimney, 250ft. High, in Canada, 357
Chimney, 570ft. High, Reinforced Concrete, 587
China Clay Output in Cornwall, 199
China’s Neglected Opportunities in Hydraulic
Engineering, 223
Cholera Microbe’s Rapid Development, 83
Cinematographs’ Large Use of Silver, 37
City of London Motor Volunteer Corps, 413
Clifton Bridge, Fifty Years’ Continuous Use, 155
Clothing Disinfectors for the United States
Army, 335
Coal By-products Research, Nitrogen Demand, High Percentage in South Africa, 83
Coal Consumption and Tar, 233
Coal Discovery in Italy, 447
Coal Discovery, Large, in Queensland, 313
Coal Heat Loss through Flue Gases, Tests in
New York, 109
Coal Mining Increase in Natal, 401
Coal and Oil, Comparative Tests on American
Coasting Steamer, 335
Coal Output in 1915, Inspector’s Report, 223
Coal, Possible Chemical Treatment of, for Extraction of Products, Professor J. W. Cobb, 379
Coal Shortage and Smoke Emission in Road Vehicles, 335
Coal Storage of 100,000 Tons Capacity in Pittsburg, 247
Coal Storage Under Water in the Ohio River, 83
Coal Supply, Forms Issued by Controller to Consumers, 563
Coal Transport on Railways and Canals, Comparative Figures, 223
Coal Working, Wasteful Method, 199
Coaling Plant, British, at Port Natal, 495
Coals of the United States, Thermal Values, 28
Coke Oven and Benzol Plants Installed at
Youngstown, Ohio, 13
Coke and Slack, Comparison, J. A. Crowther, 587
Coke and Steam Coal, Test of Comparative Results from Use, 199
Cold-urawn Metallic Filaments, Japanese Patent, 37
Columbian Government Loan for Port Improvement and Other Works, 269
Comets, Three New, Discovered, 83
Compressed Air from Falling Water Without
Moving Machinery, 59
Concrete Barges, New Type of Construction, 177
Concrete Pile Driving by Drop Hammer, 269
Concrete Piles and Pile Shoes, W. Cleaver, 401
Concrete Pneumatically Placed in Lining
Tunnel in America, 109
Concrete Protection Against Frost, 83
Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, Its Economy and Adaptability, 357
Concrete for Repair of Cast Iron Pulley, 199
Concrete Successfully Used for Stadium in New
York, 13
Condpnser Tubes, Admiralty Mixture for, 541
Cooling by Air Compression, 541
Cooling Motor Car Engines ; Thermo-Siphon
System, 83 '
Cork Fabric for Waterproof Clothing, 335
, Cornwall Mines and the Diamond Drill, 335
Cotton Consumption of the World’s Manu-
| factoring Countries, Great Increase, Statistics, 155
I Cotton Imports into the United States, 541
Cotton from India, Increasing Use, 131
Cotton Industry Problems, Scientific Research,
313 . ,
Cotton Manufacturing Industry in United
States, Great Growth, 177
Cotton Substitute, Valuable Properties of
“ Typha,” 131
Creosoting Pit Timber, 379
Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers and Award, 413
Cutlery, Rustless Steel, in the United States, 17 i
Cutting Off Piles Below Water-level, 291
Cyanide Scarcity and Production of Silver, 587
D DAMS, Multiple-arch, 519
Daylight Saving Discussion in America, 401
Death of Professor J. E. Sweet, 37
Decimal Coinage, Mr. H. Allcock’s Proposal to
Introduce American Cent and Dollar, 563
i Desert in Arizona to be Watered by Conveyance of Melted Stone from Mountains, 59
1 Detonating Substances, Mercury Fulminate and Others, 541
! Diesel Engines and Exhaust Utilising Apparatus,
495 ' .r
Diesel Engines, Suggested Failure for Vessels
Requiring Speed, 37
Diesel Motor Manufacture in Sweden, 335
I Divining Rod for Water Discovery, Earliest
Published Mention, 401
Draughtsmen’s Association—see Association
Draw-bar Pull of Plough Horses, 199
Dyes, Crude, for the United States Supplied by
Cutch from Burma, 155
E EKATERINBURG Municipal Improvement Plans, 109
ELECTRICAL MATTERS:
Band Saw, Electrically-driven ; Vagaries of Motor, 177
Birmingham Corporation Electricity Report, 563
Capacity of Electric Motors, Rating on Temperature Rise, 563
Chicago, Electric Generating Station Pulled Down, 37
China, Limited Number of Electric Motors, 519 .
Cooling of Electrical Machinery, Difficulties of the Designer, 155
Double-unit System of Electrical Equipment on American Motor Cars, 223
Electrical Conductivity of Substances, 395
Electrical Driving in Steel Works, Increased
Use, 13 .
Electrical Engineering Ceases Publication, 37 Electrical Vehicles Increase in this Country and in the United States, 425
Electrically-propelled Vehicles,Large Number in New York, 519
Electricity Supply, Committee Appointed, 303 Electro-Chemistry and Electro-Metallurgy in the United Kingdom, 37
Electrolyte of Dry Batteries, Substitutes for Cereals in Thickening, 247
Government and Electrical Supply, 541
Heating and Cooking, Electrical, Success m Switzerland. 563
Heating and Cooking by Electricity, C. Scott, 541
Ignition of Gaseous Mixture by Electric Spark, 269
India, Hydro-electric Scheme for Generating Electricity in the Western Ghats, 541
Lead Battery Plates for Electric Motor Vehicles, 131 ; (Letter), 198
Lighting Plant for China, Cost of British Compared with German, 541
Marine Propulsion, Electrical, from 1838 to 1916, 269
Mines’ Increased Use of Electric Power, 223
Motor Cars in America, Electric Battery Ignition Instead of Magnetos, 401
Negative Electrode in Vapour Electrical Apparatus, Use of Thallium or Caesium, 401 New Zealand, Electric Supply for Lighting, Heating, &c., in Lyttelton and Nairoa, 587 Oil, Testing, for Use with Transformers, 401 Ontario Hydro-electric Commission, Purchase of Plant, 587
Peat to Replace Coal in German Power Station, 401 . .
Porcelain Materials for Electrical Work, in France, Home Manufacture Replacing German, 401
Rotary Converters, Booklet by Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, 346
Rotherham Council Application for New Power Station, 313
Russian Electrical Power Stations Somewhat Out of Date, 541
Shanghai Electricity Department, Report, 83
Shunt Wound Direct-current Electric Motors, 425
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):
Siamese Government Electric Power Station at Bangkok, 155
Single Strand Conductors and Government Demand, 291
Speed Controlling and Starting Resistances in the United States, 587
Static Charges of Electricity Produced by Filtering Petrol through Chamois Skin, 269
Steel Furnace, Largest in the World, 401
Steel Furnaces, Great Increase in, 13
Storage Battery Charging, V. M. Harris’ Patent, 317
Supply for London on Forty-nine Different Systems, from Seventy Generating Stations by Sixty-five Authorities, 83
Switchboard at the Ford Motor Company’s Works, Great Size, 335
“ Tables of Electricity Undertakings,” 527
Transformer Oil, Desirable Properties, W. S.
Flight, 313
Transformers, Large, Wanted in United Kingdom, 401
Turbo-Generator, 50,000 Kilovolt-ampere in America, 109
Turbo-Generator, 25,000-kilowatt Parsons,
Long Successful Run, 335
Vacuum Ampere Gauge, 199
Wet Batteries, How to Make, 447
EMPLOYMENT Exchange Statistics, 269
Engine, American-made Gnome, 357
E igine-cooling, Air versus Water, 291
Excess Profits Tax for War Purposes in the
United States, 425
Exhibition of Munitions, Photographs, &c.,
Female Labour, 291
Exhibition, Shipping, Engineering and Machinery, 90
Export Standardisation Rules, 484
Export of Wooden Packing Cases, 484
Exports, List of Board of Trade Prohibitions, 122, 421, 519
F FEARNSIDES, Professor, Valuable Research Work or Military Service, 131
Federal Parliament House Erection Postponed During the War, 131
Federation of British Industries, War Loan, 83
Ferro-manganese, American Production, 233
Fire and Reinforced Concrete, Experience in Ontario, 313
Five-cylinder MDtor Car in America, 291
Flag-staff, Ferro-c mcrete, for Stirling, 379
Flax Growing in Great Britain, Experiments, 59
Flexible Coupling in Laboratory Machine Mjunting, 223
Flood Lighting, L. C. Porter, 425
Flour Milling Capacity of the United Kingdom, 379
Flour Product per Wheat Acreage, 378
Flow of Air and Petrol Vapour through Fixed Orifice, 177
Foundling Founder of Machine Tool Industry, 563
France, Industrial Conditions in, Report of American Commission, 425
Freezing of Pipes, Hot and Cold, 291
French National Physical and Mechanical Laboratory for Research for Industrial Purposes, 37
Frosted Glass, Method of Making, 519
Fuel Economisers in America, 109
G GAS for Brass and Copper Melting, 223
Gas Evolved from Coke Consumed in Blastfurnace, 447
Gas-producing Plant with Peat Fuel, 83
Gasoline Definition, Distillation Test, United States Bureau of Standards, 379
Gauge, Standard Structure, in the United States, 552
German Aniline and Drug Factory Blown up, 131
German Machinery and Tools in Russia, Opening for British Firms at Ekaterinburg, 479
German Steamers in United States Ports, Frustration of German Efforts to Secure Sinking, 587
German Substitute Materials in Electrical Engineering, 335
German Tax on Coal Output, 223
Germany and News Blockade, Wireless Probabilities, 495
Germany’s Reported 225 New Submarines, 13
Glycerine, Suggested Mixture as Substitute in Soldering, 587
Gold Dredger in California, Largest in the World, 188
Grain Elevators Wanted for Central Argentine Railway, 541
Graphite, Artificial, Important Industry at Niagara, 131
Graphite Deposit Discovery in United States, 223
Grease Recovery from Bradford Sewage, Value, 619
Greenwich, Report of Observations, 519
Gun Barrel Oscillations, Research, M. Okochi and M. Majima, 563
Gun, 16in. Coast Defence, New American, 357
Gun Erosion, H. Fay, 587
Gun Firing and Silence Zones, E. Eschangon, 13
H HEADLIGHTS for Motor Cars : Problem of Light without Glare, 447
Height of Buildings in New York: A New
Zoning Law, 177
Helmets in America, Armour Plating Suitable for, Made from Nickel Chrome, 401
Huddersfield Trade Promotion, Clearing House for Inquiries, 247
Hydro-electric Power in America, Cost of Generation, 223
Hydro-electric Power in New Zealand, North Island, 313
Hydro-electric Project on Yadkin River,
Stanley County, N. C., 13
ICELAND Coalfields, Favourable Report, 447 India : Great Extension in Postal and Telegraphic Systems, 357
India as the Source of Cotton Supply, 37
Indian Indigo Crop and German Dye Competition, 447
Indian Water Power, Proposed Government Survey for Hydro-electric Purposes, 447
Industrial Casuality, Cause and Prevention, 563 Industrial Engineer, His Value to England, 155
IRON AND STEEL:
Basic Slag from Open-hearth Steel Furnaces in United States—Large Proportion of Manganese Wasted, 425
Bessemer Steel, Basic, Ore from Lorraine Chiefly used for, 379
British Non-manufacturers Puddling Research Committee, 109
British Steel Industry’s Great Advance, 379
Brittleness of Spring Steel, 199
Canadian Iron and Steel Output, 247
Cast Iron Water Mains Bent in the Field by Heat to 50ft. Radius, 155
Chrome Steel for Balls for Bearings, 97
Chromite, Crude, Oil, Various Sources of Supply, 59
Chromium Steel to Replace Tungsten for Permanent Magnets, Investigation in Germany, 401
Electrical Conductivity of Substances, Microscopic Study of Steel, 395
Electrical Device to Retard Cooling of Ladle Contents, 59
Electrical Furnaces, Great Increase, 13
Electrical Smelting Impracticable in Great Britain, 37
Electrical Steel Furnace, Largest in the World, 401
Ferro-tungsten, Inferior Quality in United States, 131
German Industrial Development Due to Iron Ore from France and Steel-making Process by an Englishman, 83
German Manganese Scarcity, Utilisation of Blast-furnace Slag Accumulations, 379
German Nickel Works’ Diminishing Dividend, 379
German Shortage of Tungsten, 59
German Sources of Supply of Iron Pyrites, 223
Germans’ Use of Calcium Silicide to Replace Ferro-manganese, 59
Heat Generation in Recently Hardened Steel, C. F. Brush, 519
Invar Nickel Steel, Properties of, 13
Iron and Steel Industries Inquiry, 199
Magneto Ignition Apparatus, Composition and Treatment of Magnet Steel, 291
Manchuria, Steel Plant to be Constructed by S. Manchuria Railway, 333, 495
Manganese Bronze, Receipt for, 269
Manganese Mine Output in Costa Rica, 335
Manganese Steel, Shrinkage Compared with Ordinary Steel, 59
Middlesbrough Shipments of Pig Iron and Manufactured Iron and Steel, 247
Mild Steel for Locomotive Fire-boxes in United States, 223
Molybdenite Deposit near Ottawa, 13
Molybdenum in Canada, 401
Molybdenum in French Seventy-fives, 357
Molybdenum in Non-ferrous Alloys, 353
Molybdenum and Tungsten, Comparative Merits, 109
Portugal, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 598
Rifle Barrels, Temperature for Hardening Different Steels Used, 155
Smelting Furnaces in the Cleveland District, Largest in the World, 379
Steel Plant at Toronto for Imperial Munitions Board, 223
Steel Studs for Non-skid Tire Covers, now Produced in this Country, 425
Tungsten Mining in South Australia, 59
Tungsten Mining in Southern Manchuria, 429
Tungsten Ores, Wolframite and Scheelite, from Federated Malay States, 59
Tungsten Treatment to Render Ductile, 335
Tungsten and Wolfram Production in France, 177
United States Electric Furnace Steel Output, 131
United States Steel Corporation’s Large Daily Output, 425
Welding High Speed and Mild Steel, 199
IRONSTONE Mines in the Midlands, Mechanical Diggers Introduced, 357
Irrigation in the Bombay Deccan, Retirement of Mr. H. F. Beale, 495
Irrigation in India, Favourable Resorts of, 357
Italian Government Concessions for Hydroelectric Scheme, 269
Italian Output of Pig Iron, 447
J JAPAN Manufacturing Looms and Weaving Mill Equipment instead of Importing them, 59
Japanese Exports to United States, Increase, 563
Joint Composition, R. Neville, 443
Jordan, Dr. H. K., and the South Wales Coalfield, 291
K KLEENSURFACE for Coating Tools before Hardening, 298
Klingerite, French Discovery of Composition, 541
Kob6, Plans for Improved Transport Facilities, 541
LABORATORIES, Engineering, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 335
Laminated Belt, Protected Edge, J./Tullis and Son, Limited, 72
Lamp Rating in the United States, 131
Lathes, Deficiency in India Supplied by Japan, 37
Lead Smelting Works Projected at Aberystwith, 587
Leakage through Concrete, Method of Prevention, 519
Leather Testing by New Machine, P. L. Worme-ley, 587
Leeds Daily Delivery of Coke Oven Gas, 155
Leeds University’s War Activities, 13
Lubrication of Petrol Engine Valve Stems, Brown Brothers, Limited, 598
Lubrication of Springs for Motor Cars, 563
“ Lumen ” as New Unit for Light Measurement, 379
M MACHINE Gun, Electrically Fired, Swiss Invention, 495
Machine Tools, Purchase or Negotiations for Purchase, Government Order, 598
Magnesite in the Transvaal, Demand Increasing, 519
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, New Board at Work, 199
Manchester Gas Committee and Relief of
Rates, 357
Manchester, Port of, 295
Manganese and Molybdenum—see Iron and Steel
Mechanical Tractors on the Farm, Comparison with Horses, 541
Metric System, 599
Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Reports, 70, 598
Miners* Wages and Government Control, 222
Ministry of Munitions Prohibitions and Permits in Dealing, 12
“ ^Modern Farming,” 526
Morocco, Exploitation of Water Power by French Companies, 495
Motor Car Abundance in the United States, 37
Motor Car Design in America, 109
Motor Cars in Britain and United States, Record
Number in New York State, 109
Motor Cars, Electro-pneumatic System of Gear Changing, 357
Motor Cars, When they are Locomotives and When they are Not, 357
Motor Industries, Technical Committee of the, 443
Motor Omnibuses, Need of Reduction in Tare Weight, 425, 495
Motor Omnibuses and Road Maintenance, Birmingham Company’s Complaints, 563
Motor Vehicles and the Helical Bevel Drive, 59
Motor Vehicles Registered in New York, 13.
N NATIONAL Association of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers, Annual Meeting, 258
Naval Cadets, Special Entry, 190
Netherlands Trade and Industries, Fair at Utrecht, 131
New Brunswick Minerals, 83
New South Wales Government Scheme for
Handling Wheat in Bulk, 281
Niagara and Hydro-electric Development, 83
Nitric Acid from the Air, French Chemists’
Study of Serpek Method, 425
Nitric Acid Carboys, Need of Effective Closure, 425
Nitric Acid and other Chemical Products, New Company in Sweden, 313
Nitrogen Compounds in United States, Government Works, 447
North-East Coast Institution Standard Marine Engine, 563
Norway, Electric Motor Car Company Projected, 13
Norway, Proposed Electro-Chemical Works, 13
Norway and the Reforestation Question, 563
Norway, Tanning Extracts Company Formed, 13
Norwegian Production of Whale Oil, Falling off, 177
Norwegian Waterfalls, Proposed Refusal of Foreign Ownership, 155
Nova Scotia, Large Steel Bridge, 495
o OFFICERS’ Training Corps, Vacancies, 55
Oil Stains on Concrete Floors, To Remove, 541
Omnibus Statistics in London, 437
Omnibuses in London, on Solid Leather Tires, also Petrol-Electric Statistics, 37
Ontario as Producer of Nickel, Silver and Gold,
519
p PANAMA Canal, Corrosion of Lock Gate Machinery, 263—see Miscellaneous Index
Panama Canal, Vessels’ Time in Passing Through 37
Panama Canal, Water Supply, 247
Paper Bottles, Manufacture of, 483
Paper Production in India, 541
Paper Pulp from Maguey Plant Leaves in Mexico, 247
Paper and Strawboard Shortage, Paper-bound Books, 379
Parkinson, J., and Son, Descriptive Booklet, 553 “ Partinium ” for Construction of Motor Cars, 587
Patriotism in the United States, Steel and Copper for National Defence, Much Below Market Prices, 425
Peat, Bacterised, Experiments without Effective Results. 425
Peat Fuel by Rosendahl Method in Norway, 357
Peat in Italy as Producer of Ammonia Sulphate, 131
Peru, Increased Industrial Activity, 13
Petrolastic Cement, Standard Oil Company, 335
Petrol Automobile, The First Patent in the United States, 269
Petrol Consumption in Lorries in France, High Rate Used by American Carburetters, 313
Petrol for Private Motor Cars, 190
Petroleum Importation and Distribution, Pooling Facilities to Release Men for the Army, 401
Petroleum Wells in Assam, 495
Petters, Limited, 574
Petters’ New Factory for Motor Ploughs and
Agricultural Tractors, 313
Pile Driving, Henry Adams, 425
Pitprop Shortage, Colliers as Timber Fellers, 223
Platinum Crucibles for Laboratories, Substitute for, 587
Platinum, High Prices and Declining Output, 495
Platinum in Russia, Record High Price, 425
Platinum in the Urals, Much Reduced Output, 155
Ploughing, Electric or Steam, Apathy of Industry and Government, 587
Pneumatic Tires, Air Pressure in Hot Weather, 13
Pneumatic Tires, Importance of Sufficient Inflation, Mr. Lockwood’s Experiments, 519
Policemen Electrically Illuminated on Point Duty in St. Louis, 13
Porcelain for Electric Insulators, Porosity and Expansion as Causes of Deterioration, 563
Porcelain, Electro-technical, Production in France, 541
Portland Cement Making ; Potash as By-product, 401
Portugal, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 598
Postal Charges in America, Increase, 59
Post-office Wires, Over Three Million Miles, 357
Prohibited Exports, 122, 421, 519
Q QUEBEC Bridge, Provision of Traction Brake During Train Passage, 447
Queensland, Mackay Harbour Board Borrowing to Improve Pioneer River, 357
Quicklime Expansion, Use for Mechanical Purposes, 357
R RADIUM, Amount Tested by United States Bureau of Standards, 11
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS:
Accident on the Glasgow Subway Railway, Report, 587
Accident at Moorgate-street Station, Metropolitan Railway, 563
Accident, Serious, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 291, 313, 541
Accident Statistics, United Kingdom, 109, 177
Accidents and Fewer Board of Trade Inquiries, 291
Accidents to Railway Servants, Chairman of Departmental Committee, 13
Adamson, Eight Hour for Trackmen Act, 83
American Flag to be Flown on all Engines and Stations of the St. Louis-San Francisco System, 580
American Locomotive Company’s Engines for Sp«in, 563
American Railway Associations’ Postponement of Meetings, 586
American Railways Taken Over by President : also Telegraphs, Telephones, &c., 379 Ammunition Handling by Railways Here and in France, Sir W. Robertson or, 495
Annual Reports of British Railways Condensed in Size, 131
Appointment Changes on Various Railways, 199, 223, 291, 313, 335, 357, 379
Australia, East-West Transcontinental Railway, Date of Opening, 495 ; “ Straight Line Section ” of 330 Miles, 541
Australian Railways, Changes of Administrative Methods, 447
Bakerloo Service, Elephant and Castle to Willesden, Extended to Watford, 106
Ball, J. B., Chief Engineer, Great Central Railway, Transfer to London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 199
Ball, Mr. J. B., Presentation to, 401
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Establish Steamship Connection with South America, 59
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Large Bequests for Families of Employees, 357
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Use of Mechanical Stokers, 335
Belfast and County Down, Decreased Goods Receipts Due to Diminished Potato Traffic, 269
Belfast and County Down New Second-class Carriages, 269
Books, &c., for Railway Troops Comforts Committee, 155
Bridge, Swing, Mixed Gauge Single Track, between Sweden and Finland, 269
Bridgwater Canal ; de Trafford Estates Development Bill Rejected, 313
British Columbia, Connaught Tunnel Open for Traffic, 37
Burtonport Extension—see Lough Swilly
Caledonian Main Line Collision at Newton, 519
Caledonian Railway Collision at Kirtlebridge, Board of Trade Inquiry, 13, 37
Calthrop, Mr. Guy, Temporary Retirement from London and North-Western Railway, 177, 199
Cambrian Railway Engine Sale, 247
Cambrian Railway System, Advantages for Industrial Purposes, 379
Canadian Government Commission on Railways, Report, 425
Canadian Hospital Cars for Returning Wounded Soldiers, 519
Canadian Industrial Disputes Act, 447
Canadian Northern Railway, Progress of Tunnel Under City of Montreal, 291
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Canadian Northern Railway’s Transcontinental Scheme, 571
Canadian Rails Torn up to Send to France, 541
Canadian Railways’ Coal Bill, 357
Canals and Transport of Coal, 563
Cardiff and Rhymney Railways, Joint Manager Appointed, 335, 357
Carriage Door Opening, Safety Measures, 83
Chambers of Commerce and Railways,
Suggested Association, 471
Channel Tunnel Postponement, 401, 409
Charing Cross Bridge, Bill for Strengthening, 131, 199, 247, 268, 401
Chester and Holyhead Line, Loadslip, and Tunnel Girders, 109, 155
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, War Letter to its Employees, 567
■Chicago Great Western Railway Report, Economies Effected, 109
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Further Electrified Portion Opened, 59 ; Additional Electrification Decided Upon, 199 ; Details, 562
Chicago and North-Western Railway and Southern Pacific Railway, Immunity from Accidents, 253
Chicago, Proposed Heavy Expenditure on Electrification and Extension of Suburban Railways, 379
■Coal Supply, Railway Facilities and Government Orders, 401
Coal Wagons, Weight Discrepancy and Board of Trade, 471
Collision at Oakley Junction, Midland Railway, Report, 83
Concrete in Place of Timber for Sleepers and other Railway Use, 425
Death on Footplate of Oldest Midland Railway Driver, 109
Death of Mr. W. Bailey, Midland Railway Accountant, 223
Death of Mr. P. Lomas, Secretary, Great Eastern Railway, 13, 37
Death of London, Brighton and South Coast Director, Retirement of Engineer, 155
Death of Sir J. W. Stevens, Taff Vale Railway, 155
Defence of the Realm Act, Fresh Regulations, 131
Derwent Valley Railway not under Government, 357
Dining Car, Improved Type on Illinois Central Railway, 59
Dividends of Certain Railways, 109, 155
Dogs, Except in Baskets, Excluded from Passenger Cars on Long Island Railway, 37
Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Chairman’s Retirement, 276
Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Greatly Increased Coal Bill, 269
Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, New Chief Engineer, 269
Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Representative on Irish Railway Executive Committee, 131
East Coast Scottish Express, New Line, 313
Eastern Bengal Railway, Chord Railway Sanctioned between Khulua and Derm Dam, 37
Economy Desirable in Working of United States Railways, 587
Economy in Structure of Locomotives in the United States, 13
Egg and Poultry Production and Great Eastern Demonstration Train, 177, 357
Electric Train on Non-electrified Line at Acton Wells Junction, 13
Electrification of Steam Railroads, W. R.
Steinmetz, 313
Electro-mechanical Signalling, 37
Exports of Railway Material, Statistics, 313, 447, 541
Fares Increase and Commercial Travellers, 199, 273, 519
Fares Increase, False Rumours, 519
Fares Increase and Question of London’s Exemption, 425
Fares Increase, Refusal of Appeal for Special Reductions, 223, 313
Fares Increase and Schools, Lord Bess-borough’s Proposal, 59
Fares Increase and Season Tickets, 291
Fares on the Metropolitan District Railway, 291
Fay, Sir Sam, to Assist Government with Train Movement in this Country, 59
Financial Control of Irish Railways, Midland Great Western Railway, 199
Fish Carriage and Prepayment of Railway Rates, 335, 471
Fish Conveyance from Ireland, Shipping but not Railway Restrictions, 587
Food Carriage, Dependence on Railways, 154 Freight Cars, Campaign in Favour of Full Loads, Canadian Pacific Railway, 495
French Company, New, “ Le Materiel Roulant,” 59
French Railways in Cochin-China get Locomotives from South Manchurian Shops, 247
French Railways, Financial Statistics, 109 Frost and Cab Signals, Immunity from Accident of the Great Western Railway, 335
Furness Railway Chairmanship, 313
Gardens on the Side of the Line, North-
Eastern Railway, 37
German Coal Shortage and Railway Difficulties, 131
German Railway Difficulties due to Lack of Lubricating Oil, 495
Germany’s Export of Railway Material in 1913, 247
Giant’s Causeway and Portrush Electric Tramways, Traffic Statistics, 199
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Present Motor Ambulances to Scottish Red Cross, 425
Glasgow and Subway Railway Accident, Report, 587
Goods Train Traffic, Co-ordination to Relieve Pressure, 401
Government Controlled Canal, One Only, in Ireland, 425
Government Expenditure on Railways, 379
Government and the Railways, Financial Aspect, 199
Grand Trunk Employees in the War, 495 'Great Central Railway, Change of Chief
Engineer, 199, 401
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Great Central Railway Prosperity, 223
Great Central Railway Stations, Names Changed, 335
Great Eastern Men with the Colours, and Casualties, 155
Great Eastern Railway Servants and Property Injured by Explosion, 177
Great Eastern Railway, Staff Changes, 37
Great Eastern Railway Steamers, Loss and Replacement, 149
Great Eastern Railway Time-table Changes, 87
Great Northern of Ireland, Great Increase in Punctuality, 247
Great Southern and Western of Ireland, Armoured Cars, 269
Great Southern and Western Railway, Collision at Kiltimagh, Inquest, Verdict and Report, 13, 37, 247
Great Western Railway Accident Statistics, 357
Great Western Railway Canal, 357, 447
Great Western Railway and Metropolitan Water Board, Proposed Land Transfer at Battersea, 13
Great Western Railway, Offer of Garden Ground Alongside Railway, 37
Horses for Carrier and Delivery Services, Co-ordination by Board of Trade, 447
Hospital Train for Maryland Soldiers, Some American Railways Combine to Provide, 425
Hudsons Bay Railway, Winnipeg to Port Nelson, Progress, 59
Ice Coating on Conductor Rails, Interference with Electric Trains, 83
Indian Mail Passenger Service Reduction, 223
Indian Railway Restrictions Due to War Conditions, 379
Institution of Locomotive Engineers and Institution of Railway Signal Engineers— see Associations, &c.
Interstate Commerce <"1r‘™'-iissiON :
Accident Statistics, Report, 131
Application for Rates Advance to Meet Eight Hours’ Law, 335
Locomotive Boilers, Inspector’s Annual Report, 109
United States Railway Fiscal Year to Coincide with Calendar, ending December 31st, 37
Irish Mails Late Delivery, Complaints, 335
Irish Railway Changes, 83
Irish Railway Executive Committee, Members, 37
Irish Railway Executive Committee, Question of Representative for South of Ireland, 313
Irish Railway Reduced Fares, Proposal Negatived Owing to Coal Scarcity, 519
Irish Railways Special and Excursion Trains Not to be Run, 591
Irish Railways and Steamers Increased Rates, Corresponding Increase in Through Traffic Charges- 13
Irish Railways Under State Control, 13
Irish Railways’ War Bonus, 401
Irish Shipping Controller for Co-ordination with Railways for Food Supply, &c., 471
Iron Ore Workings, New Railway to Connect with Stratford-on-Avon Line, 379
Japan’s Electric Locomotives to be Homemade Instead of German, 247
Joint Action by Railways in View of Restricted Services, 109
Journeys, Rumours as to Limitation of Length, 587
Rennet and Avon Canal, 357, 447, 471
Kiltimagh Collision—see Great Southern and Western Railway
Landslip on Chester and Holyhead Railway, Watchmen’s Action, 109, 155
Landslip on South-Eastern and Chatham Line ; Repairs Cost Borne by Government, 177
Lehigh Valley Railway Petrol Motor Cars, 37
Letterkenny and Burtonport—see Lough Swilly Railway
Letterkenny Railway, Question of Renewed Agreement for Working, 199
Levinstein Limited (Railways) Bill, 447
Liability for Non-delivery of Goods, 290
Light Railway Orders Confirmed by Board of Trade, 291, 379
Lighterage Charges for Barge Detention, 401
Lights in Railway Carriages and Airship Attack, 313
Lime-street Tunnel, Liverpool, Opening Out, 269
Liverpool Overhead Railway and Increase in Fares, 247
Locomotive Exports from United Kingdom during 1916, 87
Locomotive Fuel for Swedish State Railways, Powdered Peat to be Used, 313
Locomotive Fuel on the Uganda Railway, Question of Wood, Coal or Oil, 155
Locomotive Fuel, Wood being Used on Honduras National Railroad, 313
Locomotive and Other Railway Material for France, 59
Locomotives for Manchuria, 320
Locomotives, New Tank and Goods for Furness Railway, 177
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Board Appointment, 291
London, Brighton and South. Coast Railway Electrification Difficulties, 291
London and North-Western Railway and Birmingham Canal Finance, 291
London and North-Western Men with the Colours, Casualties, 269
London and North-Western New Station at Markham, 131
London and North-Western Railway Represented by Sir R. Turnbull, 199
London and North-Western Railway, Stonebridge Park Station Destroyed by Fire, 59
London and North-Western and Midland Railway’s War Loan Offer to Staff, 109
Lough Swillv Railway, Complaints, 223, 335, 401, 447, 471, 541 "
Madagascar Railway Extension, 269
Madrid, Construction of Underground Railways, 495
Manchester and Bury Electric Line Collision, 541
Manchuria, Various Railway Construction Schemes Planned, 495
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con-tinned)
Mansfield Railway Inspected by Board of Trade, but not yet Opened, 37
Mansfield Railway Opened, 313
Mansfield Railway, Question of Interest on Loan for Construction, 447
Maryport and Carlisle Shortage of Locomotives, 247
Materials, Especially Metal, Increasingly Scarce, 155
Mechanical Stokers on Locomotives, Superiority of the “ Street ” Type Over Hand Firing, 335
Metropolitan Railway Men with the Colours, 155
Metropolitan Railway Station, Change of Name, 223
Mexican Railway Servants Strike by Detachments, 59
Midland Railway Company’s Ship Torpedoed, 379
Midland Railway Engine Cleaners’ Grievance, 247
Midland Railway, Fatal Collision at Finchley -road, 587
Midland Railway Horses, Weekly Cost, 177
Midland Railwaymen with the Colours, Casualties ; Honours ; After War Position, 37, 177
Midland Railway Station and Telegraph Statistics, 37
Midland and South-Western Junction Railway, Saving Due to Traffic Restrictions, 247
Midland and South-Western Junction Railway Traffic Analysis, 223
Midland and Southwestern Junction Telegraph and Telephone Service, 247
Military Railway Pvegiment Organised in United States, 471
Ministry of Munitions and Special Services by Railways, 495
Montreal and Toronto, Sixtieth Anniversary of Railway Opening, 13
Munition Workers, Week-end Vouchers. 335
Nationalisation of Railways Suggested at Glasgow, 109
Neath and Brecon Company’s Staff and War Loan Stock, 247
Newport Tramway Extension, 519
New South Wales Government Contract with Messrs. Norton, Griffiths and Co. Terminated Owing to the War, 425
New South Wales Government Railways’ Cab Signals, 563
New South Wales and Victoria, Construction of New Lines, 37
New York Connecting Line with Hell Gate Bridge, Opening, 379
New York “ Subway ” Extensions, 335
Norfolk and Western Railway’s Offer to Men Enlisting in U.S. Army, 401
North British Railway Accident at Ratho, 13
North British Railway, Division of Duties of Superintendent, 131
North British Railway, Gift to Red Cross Society after the Ratho Accident, 155
North British Railway, Obstruction at Galashields, 13
North-Eastern Railway, Electrified Section, 223
North-Eastern Railway, Waste Land Cultivation, 83
North Staffordshire New Tank Engine, 223
Ohio, Paducah and Illinois Railway Bridge over the River, Progress, 78
Painting Barriers at Road Level Crossings, 37
Paper and Printing Economies in Railway Accounts, 83
Paris, Serious Accident to British Soldiers in Shunting Train, 83
Passenger Duty, Companies’ Returns and Payments, 199, 223, 401
Pennsylvania Railroad, Applications for Work, 131
Pennsylvania Railroad’s Carriage of Foodstuffs, 154
Pennsylvania Railroad, Immunity from Accident, 131
Pennsylvania Railroad, Accident Immunity Record Broken, 291, 313, 541
Permanent Way Labour in United States, Danger to Foreigners, 131
Peruvian Permanent Railway Commission, 519
Pipe Collection by Metropolitan Railwaymen for Wounded in London Hospitals, 471
Pneumatic Packing Tools on the Lehigh Valley Railway, Success of, 587
Pooling of Open Railway Wagons, 13
Pooling of Wagons and. Cambrian Railway Traffic, 239
Porters’ Restriction and Loss to London Electric Railways and Omnibuses. 247
Porters’ Tips and Compensation Question. 471
Potato Cultivation, Demonstration by Special Train, 379
Poughkeepsie Bridge of Central New England Railway, Reinforcing, 291
Power Signalling at Flemington, N.S.W., 59
Prepayment of Carriage and the Fish Traffic, 223
Prepayment of Carriage on Traffic by Passenger Train, 155
Presentation to Col. C. L. Morgan, R.E., 553
Private Bills, Unopposed, 59
Protest against Increased Fares and Closed Stations, 109
Queensland Government Purchase of Chilla-goe Railway, Rejection of Bill, 199
Rail Fastenings, Dog-ear Spikes for, Russian System Approved in America, 379
Rails and Screw Spikes on the New York Connecting Line, 541
Railway Charges, Food Profiteering and Groundless Complaints, 541
Railway Employment Safety Appliances Committee, 269, 335
Railway Improvements and War Experiences, Sir H. Walker’s Views, 587
Railway Man’s Big Compensation for Injury, 83
Railwaymen with the Colours, and Casualties, 177, 495
Railwaymen with the Colours, Question of a Further Contingent of Twenty-one Thousand, 471
Railwaymen’s Further Demands for Increased Bonus, 335, 357
I RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con-tinned):
i Hanway Rates and Trading Profits in the United States, 401
Railway Servants’ Privilege Tickets, 108
Railway Workers and Question of Compulsory Rationing, 471 1
Restricted Services and Increased Fares
Report, 155 ’
Restrictions on Rail Traffic, Goods as Well as Passengers, Sir Albert Stanley, 519
Rosebery Prizes, Awards, 168
Russian Railway Extension and American Co-operation, 269
Rushan Railways and American Assistance,
Safety Medals Awarded by American Museum of Safety, 379
Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Leave, and Longdistance Journeys, 563 6
Salford Tramways’ Increased Fares, 163
Save the Surplus Special,” Lehigh Valiev
Company, 563 *
Season and Traders’ Tickets, Choice of Route, 291
Season and Traders’ Tickets ; Quick Handling of Railway Wagons, 13
Shanghai, Loop Line, 313
Signalling, Automatic, Preponderating Success, 519
Sir Eric Geddes and Sir Guy Granet, Further Promotion, 313
Sleepers, Ample Supply Available from Nicaragua, 131
Snowed-up Trains in Ireland, 109
Snowshed Heavy Timber, Construction. on the East Slope of the Cascade Mountains 519
Snowstorm Damage and Cost at Wellingborough, 177 ®
Solway Junction Railway Temporarily Closed,
South African Railwaymen with Colours in
Europe and East Africa, and Some on .French Railway Work, 37
South Clare Railway Company and Post-office Contract, 357
South Indian Railway and Ceylon Government Mediation in the Dispute, 37
South Wales Railways, Rumoured Working Arrangement, 587
Southern Pacific Railway’s Success with
Automatic Signals, 519
Spanish Need for Rolling Stock, Due to Lack of Ships, Increased, 563
Spikes, Rail, 379, 470, 541
Springs, Locomotive, George Stephenson’s Patent, 199
Stanley, Sir Albert, Retirement from Railways on Joining Government, 177
Statue of Richard Trevithick, 313
Terminal Engineering and Mechanical Freight
Handling, 247 &
Track-laying Machines on the Australian
Transcontinental Railway, 415
Track Spikes, New Form, 470
T.O.T. Mutual Aid Fund, Details, 291
Transport of Sugar, Coal, &c., to Manchester and District, Government Use of Canals 425 *
Travellers’ Shop on Canadian Northern Railway, 291
Travelling Without Tickets, London and
North-Western Railway, 357
Union Pacific Railway, Memorial to General
G. M. Dodge, 247
United States Food Supply, Railways Working to Increase, 563
Government Action with Regard to Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways, 541
Great Diversity in Railway Regulation, 155
Level Crossings, Protected and Unprotected, 587
Railway Experts for Russia, 563
Safety Appliances Act, 563
Trainmen and other Employees Eight Hours Day and Trip System. 59, 379, 425, 455
Trainmen and President Wilson, 269
Transport of Troops, Car Regulations, 561 6
Victorian Railways Finances and Working
Expert from England Invited to Investi-
_ gate, 109
Vizagapatam, Construction of Harbour 495
Wagon Delays, Southern Pacific Company’s
Remarkable Statistics, 495
Wagon Supply and Collieries in Scotland
Board of Trade Statement, 425
Wagons, Dead-buffered, Permission to Use
Refused by Board of Trade, 37
Wagons Detention, Government Action, 269, 289, 471
Wagons, Pooling Question, in Scotland, 495
Wagons and Wagon Tarpaulins, Pooling 291
Wapping Station, Provision of Lifts to Street
155 ’
Waste Land by Railways, Cultivation, 83
Waste Paper Savings on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, 269
Week-end Workmen’s Tickets for Controlled
Establishments Only, 563
Wigan Accidents, Ancient and Modem 13
W563en’ 70’°00 EmPloyed “ Transport,”
Women on the Great Northern, Great Eastern
and Metropolitan Railways, 155
Women as Guards and Train Conductors on the Metropolitan Railway, 37, 155
Women, Ten Thousand Employed on Three
Railways, 177
Women on the Underground Systems, 83
RAND Mineworkers, Settlement of Dispute, 269
Rawhide Pinions, Suitable and Unsuitable
Lubricant for, 587
Red Cross Motor Ambulances, 247
Research in America, 59
Revenues, Pre-War, of Russia Compared with
Other Countries, 109
Ricardo Slipper Type Aluminium Piston, 269
Rice Hulling in French Indo-China, Large Amount, 83
Ri541 in America and the difficulty of Gauges,
Roads Improvement Association, Investigation
as to Use of Concrete, 447
Rock Drills on the Witwatersrand, 155
Roller Bearing Engines in Automobile Work 379, 495 *
Roller B • rings for Petrol Engines, 495
Roller Skates for Time-saving £in Chicago
Repair Shops, 291
Rope Drive Puzzle, 483
Rubber, Plantation, Average Tensile Strength, 541
Rubber Preparation, Production of Acetic Acid in Ceylon, 587
Rubber Scarcity and Substitutes in Germany, 155
Rugs from Paper, and Paper and Wool Mixtures, 425
Russia, Trade with, 122
Russia, Trade with Germany, United States and Great Britain, 131
Russia and Utilisation of Water Power, 13
Russian and English Interchange, Manchester’s
Proposals, 199
Russian Inland Navigable Waters, Vast
Growth of Railways, 131
Russian New Town and Port, Murman, 109
Russian Rivers and Available Horse-power, 447
s SAFETY Valve, Importance of Seat, 13
St. Louis Double-decked Bridge Across the Mississippi River, 269
Salt from Great Salt Lake, Utah, 131
Sand for Glass Manufacture, 177
Scarborough, Gas and Gas Mantles, Curious Situation, 109
Science Buildings as War Memorial, 223
Scientific and Industrial Research, Grant in Aid, 291
Searchlight Tower, Portable, 335
Sewers, Three-ring Circular Brick, Built in Atlanta, 87
Shark Skins, United States Investigation, 13
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS:
Adviser, Honorary, to the Admiralty on Shipping Matters, Mr. Arthur Ritson, 425
American Ships and Carriage of Commerce, 233
American Submarine, The Largest, Details of, 379
Anchor, Ten-Ton, for U.S. Dreadnought Pennsylvania, 401
British Mercantile Marine Tonnage and Submarines, Small Net Loss, 155
Building the Emergency Fleet, C. H. Claudy, 587
Egypt, Statistics as to Steamers, Passengers and Cargo in 1916, 447
German Cruiser Karlsruhe’s Fate, 13
German Losses in the Battle of Jutland, 247
German Submarines without Periscope, 247 Great Eastern Railway Steamers, Loss and Replacement, 149
Guns for American Battleships, Divergent Opinion, 199
Hospital Ship Donegal Torpedoed, 379
Hospital Ships for the American Navy, 258 Isaac Peral Submarine, American Built for
Spain, 97, 447
Kobe, Increase of Dock and Shipbuilding Equipment, 525
Naval and Merchant Shipping, Committees for Expediting and Increasing Output, 291
Russian Company’s Diesel-driven Vessels, 379 Sabathe Motor for French Submarines, 279 Screw Propellers, Tandem, for Ships, German
Experiments, 37
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued):
Shipbuilding, Best Wood for Purpose, 495, 532
Submarine in American Civil War, 37
Submarines, Correct Type for United States Navy, 155
Triple-expansion Marine Engines, Specification Formula, 519
Turbo-electrical Transmission on the
U.S. Collier Jupiter, 269
Unarmoured Battleship, Commander Yates Stirling, 357
United States Electrical Super-Dreadnought New Mexico, 269
Fleet to Visit Panama Canal, 59
Fuel Ship Maumee, Defective Diesel Engines, 37
Huge Production of Steel Cargo Ships, 155
Naval Training for Civilians, 59
Navy Department, Weight of Steel in Each of New Types of Vessels, 357
Navy, State of Construction, 37
Navy, Uninstructed Criticism of Warship Design, 401
Navy Yards’ Shortage of Skilled Labour, 109
Ships Submarined, Coincidence of Name, 247
Super - Dreadnought Pennsylvania, Steel Stern-post Dimensions, 291
Use of Motor Auxiliaries as Carriers at Sea, 269
Wooden Cargo Ships, Most Effective Size, 495
Wooden Ships, Large Supply of Suitable Timber, 495, 532
Wooden Ships, Oil Engine-driven, Building in America. 379
SLIPPERY Iron Floor Plates, To Render Safe, 519
Snowfall in New York, 59
Solder for Electrical Work, Need of Tin, 335
Solder Making and Selection, 335
Sound Transmission Through Water or Air, Velocity, 37
I South Africa, Exports to, 295
South Africa and Metric System, Decimal Coinage and Daylight Saving, 83
Sparking Plug Manufacture Increase, 233
Spinach Stems, Great Value for Paper Making, 563
Standardisation and the Consulting Engineer, 495
I Staple Trades of the Empire, Lectures at the London School of Economics, 55
Steam Lorries and Trailers, Government Order for Particulars Concerning, 587
Steam Ploughing Sets, Work and Cost, 495
! Steel Helmet for the U.S. Navy, 519
' Stellite, a Non-ferrous Alloy, 353
Stereo Metal Alloy, 223
! Street Paving, Shortage of Wood Blocks, Experiments with Substitute, 247
| Stresses in Beams Under Bending Impact,
1 A. Elmendorf, 563
Sugar Cultivation—see Beet
Sulphuric Acid Manufacture in France, 357
Sun Power in Africa Electrically Transmitted to United Kingdom, Professor Arnold Lupton, 313
| Sydney, Sewerage System for Suburbs, 269
TASMANIAN Great Lake Hydro-electric Scheme, 313
Telegraph Instruments, Statistics of International Bureau of the Telegraph Union, 386 Telegraphy, Development, Statistics of International Bureau, 155
Telephone Connection, Satisfactory and Otherwise, F. R. McBerty, 447
Telephone Service in Canada, Mixed Ownership, 155
Telephones and Secrecy, 599
Temperature Prediction by Trade Winds, 59
Textile Machinery in the Argentine, British, 401
Textile Machinery, Speed Regulation, 13
Thompson, Silvanus P., Memorial to the Late Professor, 206
Timber in Building, Causes of Decay, 83
Timber Exports from United Kingdom, 379
Timber Imports of the United Kingdom, Board of Trade Figures for Past Six Years, 124
Timber Scarcity and Replanting Question, 239
Timbering in Mines, Symms Method, 519
Tin for Germany, From Whence does it Come ? 199
Tin Smelting on Large Scale, 519
“ Too Old at Forty,” A Mistaken Cry, 269
Torpedo, Latest American Superheat Type, 357
Tractors, Agricultural, Petrol and Paraffin, in the United States, 447
Trading After the War Reconstruction Committee, 291
Tramway Overhead Conductors, Iron, 357
Trevithick, Statues to Memory of, at Cardiff and Redruth, 447
Tritton, Sir William, and the Tanks, 379
Tungsten Filaments, Description of Preparation, 519
Turbines, Geared Steam, for Ship Propulsion, Large Number Under Construction in America, 401
Turbo-generators’ Coal Consumption, 183
Tuticorin Deep-water Harbour Scheme, 519
Type Reading for the Blind, 120
u UNITED States’ Foreign Trade Increase, 291
United States’ Unequalled Prosperity, 37
University Intelligence, Awards of Rosebery
Prizes, 168
University of London to Extend its Engineering
Department, 335
University of London, Scientific and Technical
Departments’ Share in War Work, 335
V VANCOUVER, Large Floating Dry Dock to be Constructed, 59
Vienna University Lectures Suspended from
Lack of Coal for Heating Buildings, 223
Viscosities of Aqueous Sugar Solution, U.S.
Bureau of Standards Investigations, 425
Vulcanisation, Accelerating, Discovery by Professor S. J. Peachey, 37
WAR-OFFICE and London General Omnibus: Company, 223
WATER SUPPLY:
Cape Colony, Water Supply and Sanitation in, 447
Cape Town Water and Irrigation Works, 335
Metropolitan Water Board, Increased Revenue Deficiency, 177
Orbost Waterworks Trust, Victoria, Australia,. 425
Storage Reservoir for Pachuca, Mexico, 247
Water Tower, Ferro-concrete in America, 447
Water Tower, Reinforced Concrete, for Hull City Waterworks, 379
Western Australia, Water Supply for Railway Department, 587
Workmen’s Pure Water Supply in Missouri, 155
WATTLE Tree Bark from South Africa for United Kingdom Instead of Germany, 495
Weaving Single and Double Warps, British and Continental Practice, 199
Weights and Measures (Metric) Bill, 1917, 260
Welded Joints in Steam Boiler Practice, 287
Welland Ship Canal, Work Closed Down, 563
Well-boring Machinery Wanted for Venezuela, 425
White Heat for Steam Generating, A. D. Pratt,. 269
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY:
American Airmen’s Wireless Sets, 13
Dr. Fleming’s Vacuum Valve, 425
Electro-magnetic “ Space ” Waves and Intensity at Receiving Stations, Dr. Schwers,. 131
Fleming Valve Detector and Progress in Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 37
Japan, Wireless Stations, Government and Private, 419
Marconi’s First British Patent Twenty-one Years Ago, 563
United States, Japan, and Hawaii, Commercial Radio Service, 37
United States and Japan, New Service, 199
WOLFRAMITE Deposits in Cornwall, Good Future Prospects, 247
Women’s Pay, Qualified and Unqualified Workers, 269
Wood Distillation in New York State, Great Increase in, 37
Wood Distillation in the United Kingdom, 56J
Y
YARROW and Co.’s Allotments for Workmen,. 135
z ZINC, Ductility with Fixed Limits of Temperature, 131
Zinc-iron Sheets, Suitable Rivets, 131
Zinc Plant, Electrolytic, Erected in Tasmania, 541
Zinc Production in the United States, 177
Zinc for Ten Years from Australia, 291
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