The Engineer 1918 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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ACCIDENTS in Mines and Quarries, Increase, 163
Accidents in the United Kingdom, Reduction in Number, 383
Acetic Acid from Cocoanut Shells, 471
Acetic Acid Production from Bagasse, Sugar Factories’ Potentialities, 273
AERONAUTICS! Aero Engines, More than Forty Different Types Now being Manufactured in United Kingdom, 97
Aero Engines, Types in Most General Use, 253
Aircraft Construction Asked for in Ireland, but Negatived, 141
Aircraft Factory in Ireland, 31
Crossing the Sahara by Aeroplane, 361
Electrically-heated Clothes for Airmen, 73
French Government Aerial Postal Service, 361
German Airships, Aluminium Alloy Used in, 253
Gotha Aeroplane, Particulars of Weight, Rising and Carrying Powers, 295
Landings by Aeroplanes in Small Patches of Level Ground, 53
Liberty Motors, Great Success, 253
Materials Used in Building a Simple Type of Aeroplane, 361
Overhead Valve Aero Engines, 491
Propeller Manufacture, in Germany, Satisfactory ; Use of Cheaper Woods Laminated Together, 73
Shop, Aeroplane, in America, a Quarter of a Mile in Length, 73
Sound Audibility at Various Balloon Heights, 163
Tension of Aeroplane Guys, 152
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, Outstanding Problems in Aeronautics, Dr. W. F. Durand, 480
World's Flying Height Record Made by Italian, 97
AGRICULTURAL Implements and Machines, Exports from the United States, 231
Agricultural Work, Statistics of Horses and Tractors Employed, 273
Agriculture, Tropical, Aeration and Irrigation, 491
Air Compressor, Two-stage Steam-driven Volumetric Efficiency, 557
Air Compressors and Ammonia Compressors Driven by Synchronous Motors, 361
Air-lift Pump Efficiency ; Increase in Proportion to Heat of Liquid Pumped, 31
Air-lift Pump, Novel Application of, 449
Air-lift Pumping and Submergence Conditions, 427
Air and Similar Gaseous Pressures, Unit for Measurement, 339
Air Supply, Minimum, for Divers, 535
Alcohol from Garbage, 30
Alloy, American, as a Substitute for German Silver, 317
Alloys, Iron, in Acid Manufacture, Ferrochrome and Silicon Iron, 31
Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys Plated with Nickel, Copper, &c., 541
Aluminium Alloyed with Calcium, Superior Metal Results, 427
Aluminium Company’s Endeavour to Get Water Supply from Loch Treig, 31
Aluminium, Electrolytic, Production of the World, 471
Aluminium Industry Development Since Outbreak of War, 557
Aluminium Scrap, Fluxes for Melting, 119
Ambulance Fund, Captain Dennis Bayley, 330
American Motor Car, Projected Year’s Production of One Type, 339
American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New York Meeting, 434
Ammonia Production in Germany by Synthetic Process, 53
Aniline Colours, Exports from the United States Double the Pre-war Value, 73
Antimony from China; Trade in Japanese Hands, 207
Antimony, Use of, in Ammunition Manufacture, 361
Architects for Workmen’s Cottages ; Government’s Scanty Pay for Designs, 9
Area and Rainfall, Comparison between Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 449
Argentine, Potential Wealth Due to Climate and Minerals, 185
Arsenal, Projected, at the United States Military Base in France, 53
Asbestos Deposits of Rhodesia, Development, 163
Asbestos Output of the United States, 141
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES : Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen :
Merseyside Branch :
Meeting, 109
Association, Incorporated Municipal Electrical :
Future of Electric Power Supply, S. J. Watson, 193
Association, Scottish Engineering, Shipbuilding and Metallurgical Research :
Formation, 72
Institute of Chemistry :
Annual Meeting, 242
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Annual and Autumn Meetings, 127
Institute of Metals :
Annual Autumn Meeting, 546
Annual General Meeting and Programme, 105, 193
Formation of Diamonds, The Hon. Sir C. Parsons, 328
Institute, North of England, of Mining and Mechanical Engineers :
Ambulance Fund. Captain Dennis Bayley, 330
Institution of Automobile Engineers : Examination into Causes of Failure of
Lorry Parts on War Service, Lieut.-Col.
R. K. Bagnall-Wild, 418
Meeting ; Awards for Papers, 176
Tank Engines, Geo. W. Watson, 418
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued): Institution of Automobile Engineers (continued) :
Utilisation of the Data of the Automobile Industry through Bureaux of Information, E. A. Savage, 176
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Advantage of Vertical Gas Retort, Alwyne Meade, 295
Gas Manufacture as Costly Now as Thirty Years Ago, Alwyne Meade, 231
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Election of New Members of Council, 466
Gas-firing Boilers, T. M. Hunter, 181
Overseas Distribution of Engineering Appliances, L. Andrews, 317
Wiring Rules Committee, Recommendation of, 317
Institution, Junior, of Engineers : Gustave Canet Lecture on the Stokes Gun, Sir W. Stokes, 427, 513, 568
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
Leeds and North of England Centre :
Formation and Appointment of Officials, 383
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Employment of Women in Munition Factories, Miss Monkhouse, 361
Sir Robert Hadfield’s Prize for Hardness of Metals Determination Method, 339
War Work of Women on Munition Production in Engineering Shops, B. H. Morgan, 361
Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual Meetings, 62
Institution of Petroleum Technologists:
A New British Oil Industry, Joint Paper, 141
Institution, Royal :
Annual Meeting ; Report ; Election of Officers and Members, 418
Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, Large Endowment Fund Paid, 130
General Meeting ; Elections, &c., 499
Internal Ballistics, Lieut.-Col. A. G.
Hadcock, 455
Lectures after Easter, 284
Poetry and Modern Life, Lawrence Binyon, 455
Romance of Petroleum, Sir Boverton Redwood, 455
Society, Chemical :
Mr. J. S. S. Braino on Action on Lead of Green Oak, Mortars and Concrete, 383
Society of Engineers :
Crystal Palace Engineering Society :
Papers and Awards, 352
Society, Optical :
Cementing Optical Parts, Use of Canada Balsam, J. W. French, 361
Spherometer of Precision, Mr. J. Guild’s Design, 53
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
Society, Rontgen :
Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture, Professor Sir E. Rutherford, 239
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Silver Medal Awards for Papers, 557
Tata Iron and Steel Works, H. M. Surtees Tuckwell, 163
Society, Royal Meteorological :
Audibility of Gunfire on the Continent. Mr. Miller Christy, 557
Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution Dr. J. S. Owens, 280
Summer Thunderstorms, Conditions Precedent to Occurrence, J. Fairgrieve, 347 Variations of Underground Water Level Near a Tidal Tiver, E. G. Bilham, 347
ATMOSPHERIC Nitrogen for Munitions and Fertilisers ; Water-Power Plant in Alabama, 231
Australia, Losses by Strikes in 1917, 449
B BALSA, New Wood, Its Properties, 197 Banks in Norway, New Temporary Law, 339 Bauxite Discoveries in British Guiana, British
Government to Retain First Call, 53
Bearing Metal, Alloy Patented in America, 339 Belgium, Economical Reconstruction of, 395
Bevel Gearing, Supposed Inventor and Date, 295
Board of Education Examinations in Science and Technology to be Discontinued, 119
Boiler Efficiency and Velocity, T. M. Hunter, 181
Boiler Explosions in United Kingdom and
United States, Comparison, 534
Boiler Heating with Stripped Coal, 31
Boiler Heating Surface, Loss of Heat Conductivity Due to Soot, 339
Boy Artificers for the Royal Navy,-Nominations, 557
Boy Welfare in the B.S.A. Works, 130
Boys’ Welfare Association, 449
Brickmaking Industry on the Kolar Goldfield, 339
Bridge, Simple Truss, Largest Span in the World, 231
Bridge, Tongabuddra, India, Particulars of, 295
Bridges in New South Wales, Old and New, 207 British Empire Producers’ Organisation, 517 British Engineers’ Association :
Annual Meeting ; Dr. Addison’s Address, 239 British Industries Fairs in London and Glasgow, 31, 242—see also Miscellaneous Index
British Institute of Social Service, Annual Meeting, 92
Browning Light Machine Gun Compared with the Lewis Gun, 339
c CALCIUM Carbide Production, Need of Cheap Raw Material and Cheap Power, 207
Calcium Carbide, Reduced Price, 9
Calcutta, Increased Tax on Motor Cars, 97
Canada, Demand for Power Greatly in Excess of Supply, 97
Canada in Khaki, 130
Canada, Municipal Expenditure, Comparison with English Methods, 96
Canada’s Development as shown by Increased Mails, 491
Canada’s Fuel Requirements, Solid and Liquid, 295
Canada’s Fuel Resources, Situation of Coal and of Peat Bogs, 295
Canada and United States, Use of Electric Furnaces and Output of Metals, 207
Canadian Government Purchase of Agricultural Motors for Farmers, 295
Canadian Imports and Exports, 404
Canadian Water Power Resources, Not One-tenth Developed, 317
Canal Projects, After the War, in France, 207
Canals, Board of Trade Handbook, 154
Carbide Production in Germany for Eventual Manufacture of Synthetic Rubber, 163
Carbon in Fuels, Method of Estimating, 339
Carborundum : Its Past History, 253
Car Design and Accessory Drives, 207
Cashew Nut, Valuable Properties of Nut and Tree, 491
Cattle Slaughter and the Jewish Religion, 69
Centrifugal Pumps : Question of Best Speed for
Driving, 535
Chadwick Public Lectures, H. T. Davidge, 239
Change Speed Gear-box, Permanent Mesh, New Type, F. Sabel, 557
Channel Tunnel Immediately After the War, 513
Charcoal Blast-furnace Experiment in Mysore, 163
“ Cheap Steam,” Ed. Bennis and Co., 97
Chemical Pulp Export from Norway, Distribution to Different Countries, 31
Chicago, Analysis of Vehicles, Horse-drawn and Self-propelled, 405
“ Chichopoxtle,” Valuable New Lubricant from, 513
China : Question of Gold Standard and Rise in Dollar Value, 73
Chinese Wood-oil Tree, Use of Oil in Varnish Manufacture, 31
Circular Tank, To Find the Capacity, 31
Civil Engineering, General Congress in Paris Projected, 97
Clutches, Friction, H. L. Towns, 68
COAL, COKE, AND COLLIERIES : Boiler-house Waste of Coal Due to Lack of
Intelligence and Training, 163
By-product Coke-making in America, Statistics, 163
By-product Coke Manufacture, Weekly Reports in the United States, 383
Canada and the United States, Arrangements for Inter-export of Coal, 427
Coal Conservation, Comparison in Output between Great Britain and the United States, 141 •
Coal Cutting Methods and Wages, Changes of Two Centuries, 16
Coal, Iron, and Copper Discoveries in Algeria, 141
Coal Mining Development in Germany, 31 Coal, Stripped, for Heating Boilers, 31
Coal and Textile Clothing, Production per Head in United States and Great Britain, 141
Coal Transport Saving Scheme, 427
CokeFue] Instead of Oil for Omnibus Running,
Great Economy, 9
Coke Fuel for Steam Wagons, 273
Coke Oven Plants and Utilisation of Waste
Heat, F. E. Harris, 427
Coking Stokers an Absolute Preventative of Smoke, 273
Colliery Machinery, Safety and Signal Device, T. D. Watson, 253
Electric Display Devices in New York, Restrictions to Save Coal, 73
Electric Plants, Wasteful, Suggested Elimination of, to Economise Coal, 405
Electric Power Supply and Coal Conservation, 503
Gas Making and Unsuitable Coal, 207 Heating in Coal Stacks, Prevention of, 273 Natal and the Transvaal, Undeveloped Coal
Seams, 200
Power Production and Coal Consumption, 87
Power Supply and Coal Saving, 231
Sawdust and Wood as Coal Substitutes in Switzerland and France, 185
Spontaneous Ignition, Simple Test for Probability of, in Coal, 449
Storage, Effect on Bituminous Coals, Professor S. W. Parr, 82
Thawing Plants for Frozen Coal in Railway Cars, 382
Waste of Coal in the United States in Obsolete
Steam Engine Plant, 52
COD Liver and Other Fish Oils to Replace Vegetable Oils in Margarine Manufacture, 273
Cold Storage Little Used in France, 97
Columbia River, Great Variation in Flow, 53
Commercial Motor Users’ Association, First
Presidential Address, Colonel Crompton, 405 Concrete for Building Government Cottages, 31 Concrete Cargo 5000-Ton Steamship under
Construction in America, 231
Concrete Coaling Station for Locomotives on the Lehigh Valley, Notable Features, 535
Concrete Construction Specifications, 557 Concrete, Effect of Salts of Alkali Water, 427 Concrete Outfall Sewer on the Bottom of Lake
Erie, 491
Concrete, Reinforced, Action of Salt on, Necessary Precautions, Professior H. J. M. Creighton, 73 A
Concrete, Reinforced, Building with Floor Space of 24 Acres, 9
Concrete, Reinforced, in Machine Tools, 361
Concrete, Reinforced, Test to Ascertain “ Point of Destruction,” 557
Concrete, Resistance to Sea Water Affected by Workmanship, Experiments, 141
Concrete Roads in America, 50,000,000 Square Yards, 97
Contraction of Volume of Certain Substances After being Dissolved in Water in Increasing Quantities, 317
Conversion Tables, Hoffmann Manufacturing
’ Company, 416
Copper Articles, Black Finish for, 361
Copper, Colour Changes Due to Special Treatment, 141
Copper Melted for Castings, Need of Care, 9
Copper Mines in Queensland, Reopening, 97
Copper and Tin Mixture, Addition of Aluminium, 231
Copper Zinc Alloys, Influence of Cadmium on,
Leon Guilletr 474 }
Corliss Engines: Centenary of Inventor s Birth, 535
Cotton in Madras, Government Grown, Result of Experiments, 185
Crusher, New Type, for Coke and Coal, 427
Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers and
Awards, 352
Cuprous Oxide, Formerly German Monopoly, Now Made in England, 339
Cutting Points on a Grinding Wheel, 491
D DAM, Arch-, Lightest Section, in the World, New South Wales, 405
Dam on the Cimarron River, New Mexico, Dimensions and Interesting Features, 383
Dam, Concrete, for Supply of Salt Lake City, Storage of 300,000,000 Gallons, 535
Dams, Multiple-arch Reinforced Concrete,
Growing in Number in America, 535
Daylight Saving in United States, 449
Death of Mr. Thomas Greenwood, 513
Death of Mr. H. J. Swindley, 73
Decimal Coinage Bill Pressed for, 339
Decimal Coinage Supported by the Federation of British Industries, 427
Diamonds, Formation of, Sir C. Parsons on, 328
Dock, New, for Barrow-in-Furness, Furness
Railway Company and Vickers, Limited, 185
Domestic Fat Trap, 369
Drill Hole Nearly 5000ft. Deep, 427
Dye Industry, British, and Railway Charges on Raw Chemical Material, 471
E EDUCATION in Aeronautical Technology and Aircraft Architecture, 491
ELECTRICAL MATTERS: Aberystwyth, Electro-Power Station for, 97
Alarm Signal Actuated by Sensitive Selenium Cell, 97
Argentine Republic, 238 Central Electricity Stations in, 163
Army Demand for Electricians and Equipment, 207
Association of British Electrical Engineers, Proposed Formation of, 303
Auto-transformer to Transform 12,000 Volts to 24,000 Volts, 163
Bar Mill, Electrically-driven, at Ohio Works, 185
Batteries, “ Storage,” or “ Reversible,” 231
Blind People’s New Occupation, 490
Boosting, Need of Provision for, in Design of
Charging Equipment for Electric Motor Vehicles, 53
Cable, Safe Working Internal Temperature of, 449
Canadian Water Powers, Advantageous Situation of, 449
Chadwick Public Lectures, H. T. Davidge, 239
Cheap Power near Strathpeffer, 460
Clothesj Electrically Heated, Some Anticipated Results, 73
Coal Conservation and Power Supply, 503
Coal and Electric Energy, Inter-export Arrangements between Canada and United States, 427
Commonwealth Edison Company Generating Station One of the Largest in the World, 513
Composite Insulating Materialslnvestigation, 504
Cooking and Heating by Electricity, Greatly Increased Use of, 295
Domestic Appliances, Electric, Greatly Increased Sale of, in U.S.A., 253
Dry Cell Recuperation, C. F. Burgess, 73
Eel in the Pipe Line Shuts Down Electricity Supply, 39
Effects of War Conditions, on Cost and Quality of Electric Service, L. S. Goodman and W. B. Jackson, 185
Electrical Heating, Question of Development, 339
Electric Winding Engines, John F. Perry, 207
Factory for Electrodes in Norway, 489
Generating Station at Saint Barthelemy, 427
Generating Systems, Large, of America;
Outputs, Peak Loads and Load Factors Statistics, 383
German Electrical Plant, Widespread Failure in Working, 253
High Voltage Insulators; Deteriorating ' Effects of Corona, 119
Hot Water Supply from Electricity Stations, W. M. Selvey, 317
Hydro-electric Generating Station in Iowa, Complete Automatic Working, 52
Increasing Load, New Steam Plant for, Special Economisers Used, 207
Induction Meters’ Adaptation to Different
Frequencies, Difficulties, 405
Induction Motors on the Witwatersrand, 510
Insulating Material; Ingredients and Properties, 119
Insulating Properties of Fish Offal Byproduct, 535
Iron Piping for Bus-bars Replaces Copper in an American Central Station, 73
Japanese Electrical Industry, Statistics, 231
Japan’s Increased Use of Electricity in Steel Manufacture, 119
Lancaster Motor Omnibuses, Mileage and Finance, 317
Leek Linking-up Scheme, 273
Lifting Magnet in the United States, Immense
Saving of Labour by Use of, 273
Lighting Restrictions and Electricity Meters, C. H. W. Gerhardi, 557
Lightning Flash, Electric Quantities in, 471
Long Distance Electric Transport, Not Yet Called For, 317
Manchester, Future Standard for Transmission, 565
Mechanical Design of the Turbo-Alternator Rotor, S. F. Barclay, 317
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued) :
Methane Detector, Electric, for Use in Mines, 471
Motors, Return Ordered to be Made in Germany; Possible Connection with Copper Scarcity, 97
Motors for Textile Mills, Smaller Sizes in Favour, 185
Names of Men of Science to Denote Units, Objections to Practice, 73
Niagara Falls, Proposed Consolidation of Three Power Companies, 447
Niagara; Power Generation and Supply Comparison between Canada and United States, 513
North-West Station, U.S.A., Big New Electrical Installation, 361
Petrol Motor Cars and Electric Lighting and Starting; Double or Single Unit Question, 231
Power Factor of an Alternating Current Circuit, 513
Power Line 22,000 Volt in California, Reinforced Concrete Poles for Six Miles Length, 383
Power for Oilfields, in Baku and in Roumania, 527
Rand Mine, Second Electric Furnacelnstalled, 471
Record Output and Earnings from Sale of Electric Energy, 163
Restriction of Electric Display Devices in New York and Saving of Coal, 73
Saving of Coal by Elimination of Wasteful Electric Plants, 405
Shoe Factory, Entire Equipment Electrical, 273
Single-phase Transformers, Ordinary High Pressures for, in America, 231
Steam Pressure of 300 lb. per Square Inch in Central Generating Station, 273
Studs, Back Connection, for Switch Gear, Variations in Type of, 253
Technical Story of the Frequencies, B. G. Lamme, 163
Temperature Effects in Direct Current Meters, G. W. Stubbings, 253
Transmission of Power Across the St. Lawrence River, Submarine and Overhead Cables, 449
Trucks, Charging, Enormous Consumption of Power at Bush Terminal, New York, 535
Turbine Room Equipment of New Glasgow Power Station, 273
Units of Electricity to Melt a Ton of Steel, Figures, 405
Vaseline Replacing Air in a Cable Duct, Experiment, 383
Vereeniging^ S. Africa, Fourth Largest Power Station, 9
Voltaic Cell, New Form of, on French Railways, 471
War and Electricity Supply, 82
“ Will-o’-the-Wisps,” Perpetual Motion and the Ideal High-voltage Generator, 9
Wire Manufacture for Electrical Purposes, Big Preparations in America for After-War Trade, 383
ELECTROLYTIC Copper, Modulus of Elasticity, Working Conditions in Design of Transmission Lines, 9
Electrolytic Process of De-oxidisation, 152
Electroplating for Aluminium, New Process, 541
Embankment to Protect the City of Concepcion from Flooding of Bio Bio River, 9
Engineer and Engineering, Need of Legal Definition, 185
Engineering School at Portland, 243
Engineering Standards Committee Incorporated, 471
Engineering Student : Accusations of Apathy, 383
Engineering Students in the United States, Proportion Exempted from Military Service, 163
Engineering Trades (New Industries) Committee, 303
Engineers’ Club for the Midlands, 491
Engineers for War Service, Suggested Certificates, 427
Engines of Various Classes, Average Weights per Brake Horse-power, P. N. Everett, 253
English Weather, 503
Etching Brasses and Bronzes, 231
Ethyl Chloride Prepared by Grove’s Process, 231
Evaporation and Stefan’s Law, N. Thomas and
A. Ferguson. 427
Exhibition of Enemy Countries Products and
Appliances Now Produced in United Kingdom, 383
Exhibition of Products and Appliances Made at Home Formerly Imported from Enemy Countries, 535
Explosions, Dust Barriers for Prevention in Alberta, Canada, 97
Explosive from Liquid Oxygen, Experiments in United States, 295
F FARTHINGS, Great Increase in Issue of Coins, 9
Firebricks from Coal Ash, Value of New Process, 31
Fire Waste in Canada Greatest in the World, 299
Fires in New York Attributable to Defective Electrical Installations, Analysis, 535
Fish Freezing in Brine, Greatly Improved Method, 273
Flax Cultivation in Canada and India, 185
Flax Supply of the World Absorbed by Countries at War, 119
Fluxes for Melting Aluminium Scrap, ] 19
Foreign Technical Press, A Review of, 570
Foreign Trade, 264
Forged Axles, Hollow, Question of Strength, 471
Forgings, Cooling, by Compressed Air, 285;
(Correction), Sandberg’s Patent, 373
Forth and Clvde Ship Canal, Scheme Suspended, 557
Freezing, Permanent, Depth of, 317
Friction Clutches, H. L. Towns. 68
Fuel Consumption, Test and Record Motor
Cycle Run in California, 557
Fuel, “ Non pinking,” for Motor Cars, 73
Furnace, Martin, Heating with Wet Lignites, 535
G GAS, Absorbent, for Fighting Poisonous Gases, American Discovery, 535
Gas, Coal, Replacing Petrol for Commercial Vehicles, 231
Gas Manufacture as Costly Now as Thirty Years Ago, Alwyne Meade, 231
Gas for Motor Vehicles, Obtainable from all but Three Undertakings, 163
Gas for Motor Vehicles, Use Restricted, by Board of Trade, 31
Gas or Petrol for Motor Vehicles ; Different Aspects of the Question in United Kingdom and in Australia, 9
Gas Production from Sawdust or Wood Instead of Coal, 73
Gas-propelled Motor Car in Paris, 253
Gas Traction, Conversion of Commercial Motor
Vehicles, 141
Gas Traction in Manchester, 405
Gas Traction and Unsuitable Containers, 427
Gauge Work Tolerance, Tests in an_ American University, 471
Gear Standardisation and Uniformity of Commercial Practices in Marketing Gears, in America, 535
German Machine Tools, Increased Output, 449
Germany’s Agricultural Research Institutions, 295
Germany’s Engineering Debt to British Engineers, 53
Germany’s Large Purchases of Wool from South Africa before the War, 207
Gifts for the Labour Companies Overseas, 215
Glasgow, Fixed Bridge Over the Clyde, Erection Recommended, 361
Glasgow, Joint Catalogues of Technical Book in Various Libraries, 361
Glass Products in the United States, Excess of Imports in 1914 and Excess of Exports in 1917, 73
Glommen River, Norway, as Important Industrial Site, 53
Gold Mines, Precarious Position in South Africa, 9
Gold Production of the World, 273
Gold from Southern Rhodesia. 513
Gold, World’s Output, British Empire Proportion, 17
Greenwich Observatory, Magnet House Superseded, 491
Gun, The Stokes, Lecture by Sir Wilfrid Stokes, 427, 513, 568
H HAUGESUND, Norway, Projected Port Improvements, 9
Hankow, Increase .of Motor Vehicles and
Probable Road Improvements, 73
Hardness of Metals, Prize Fund Presented by Sir Robert Hadfield, 339
Heat, New Principle in the Flow of, Dr. C. Hering, 316
Heat Transmission of Building Materials, A. C.
Willard and L. C. Lichty, 557
Heating and Domestic Engineers’ Programme, 273
Hong-Kong, Motor Road Round Island, 163
Horse-power, Steam Engine and Water, in the
United States, Estimated Quantity Undeveloped, 273
Hot Water from the Depths of the Earth, Temperature Increase in Proportion to Depth, 9
Houses for the Working Classes, Local Government Board Plans, 141
Housing and Town Planning, National, Subdivision of Houses, 317
Housing of Working Classes,‘Financing Private
Enterprise, Scheme for, 253
Hydro-electric Generating Station in Iowa Automatically Operated, 52
Hydrogen to Replace Petrol in Switzerland, 491
I ICELANDIC Trade, Chamber of Commerce for Promoting and Protecting, 119
India, Early Attempts to Establish Iron and Steel Industry, 185
Indian Munitions Board Shipbuilding Branch Started at Calcutta, 317
India’s Great Demand for Maps, 317
Industrial Reconstruction Council, 280
IRON AND STEEL: Annealing of Cold-hammered or Hardened Steels, Comparison, 339
Australian Steel Foundry Plants, Details of, 317
Brazil and Iron Ore, Rich Supplies, and Facilities for its Use, 231
Charcoal Blast-furnace Experiment in Mysore, 163
Cooling Forgings by Compressed Air, 285 ; (Correction), C. P. Sandberg’s Patent, 373
Crucible Steel Manufacture, Paper by Mr. F. B. Lounsberry, 557
Differential Dilatometer for Thermal Investi -gations on Steels, M. Pierre Chevenard, 53
Electricity Required to Melt a Ton of Steel, 405
Ferro-chrome and Silicon Iron as Alloys in Manufacture of Acids, 31
Ferro-manganese Production in Spain, 449
Furnace-charging Machines’ Long Life, 273
Iron Ore Deposits in India, Very Rich, 163
Japan, Steel Production in, 273
Japanese Gain Concession of Important Iron Mine, 541
Lincolnshire Ironstone Measures, Almost Inexhaustible, 273
Lloyd Wells Process for Steel Tubing Manufacture, 207
Magnetic Steel Band Drive, P. L. Weston, 339
Malleable Castings, Analyses of, 97
Malleable Castings and the Converter Method of Manufacture, 97
Malleable Castings, Output in Great Britain and United States, Comparison, 97
Manganese Imported by the United States, Appeal to Patriotism of the Steel Industry, 119
IRON AND STEEL (continued):
Manganese in Steel Manufacture, Method of
Testing for, T. F. Payne, 53
Mn Steel Experiments, M. A. Portevin, 53
Molybdenum in Ores, Method of Determining, 119 --
Molybdenum and Tungsten, Extensive
Deposits Found in Sonora, Mexico, 427 National Council on Trade Policy Projected, 513
Pig Iron, Salving of Barge Load of, from Tennessee River, 253
Protection of Cast Iron Against Rust, 273
Queensland, Ore with Higher Percentage of
Iron than Any in Great Britain, 222 Queensland, Suggested Iron and Steel Works, 427
Russian Government to Control Iron and
Steel Industry, 339
Sandberg Sorbitic Steel, 285, 373 I
Steel Puddling at £1500 a Year, 185
Steel Recovery from Old Tin Cans, 557
Steel Tube Manufacture, Proper Annealing, 513
Steel Wire and Corrosion ; A Question of
Copper Percentage, 231
Sulphur in Steel Castings, Changes in Raw Material and New Processes, 405
United States Output in Finished Steel, 426
Utilisation of Steel Scrap, Report by
Industries Committee of House of Representatives, 97
West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, Proposed Change of Name, 306
ITALIAN Metallurgical and Mechanical Industry, Increase of Capital by the Ilva Company, 207
Italy, the Leading Motor Car Exporting Nation, 119
Italy’s Export of Motor Vehicles, 491
J JAPANESE Great Industrial Expansion, 207
Japan’s Proposed Increase of Spindles, Diffi
culties of Import, 53 .1
Japan’s Proposed Outlay on Road-making, 141 Jute Manufacture, India Most Important
Country for, 163
K KNITTING Machine Needles in South China Factories, Great Scarcity of, 253
Koenigsberg Canal and Harbour Enlargement, 557
L LABORATORIES, Government, London,
Report, 185
Labour Disputes and Stoppages of Work, 141
Labour Resettlement Committee, Employers’ Representative, 471
Laundry Industry, Expansion Anticipated,
Machinery Largely Imported from America, 53
Lead Exports from the United States, Consumption of Great Britain and Canada, 557
Leeds Automatic Telephone Exchange, Largest in Europe, 557
Lighthouses, Annual Report of the Commissioner, 163
Lighting and Heating, Central Stations and Isolated Plants, 471
Locomotive Boiler Explosion, Strange Result, 9 Lorries, 3-Ton,“ Machine ” for Assembling and
Total Completion of One per Half-hour, 295 Lubricating Material Substitutes in Germany, 535
Luncheon Meetings for Business Men, 517
M MAGNETOS, Large Output by the British Ignition Apparatus Association, 140
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Metal
Merchants’ Suggestion, 198
Manchester Steam Users’ Association, 503
Maps in the American Army, Rapid Reproduction by Blue-printing and Lithography, 383
Marbles, Coloured, and Beautifully Grained from South-West Africa, 535
Marine Surveyors to the Board of Trade, 239
Mechanical Stoking in 1785, James Watt, Patentee, 97
Metal Production from Canadian Ores in 1917, 163
Meteorite Fragments in Scotland, 9
“ Methanephone ” for Methane Gas Detection, 432
Micromanometer and its Uses, 427
Military Motor Lorry, 3-Ton, Equipped for
Operation on Coal Gas, 141
Mine in Brazil, Deepest in the World, 295 Mineral Resources of Great Britain, 374
Minerals in the Siamese Malay States, Very
Rich Area, 141
Motor Car Engine of New Sleeve Valve Type, 361
Motor Car Export, Italy the Leading Nation, 119
Motor Car Industry in America, High Figures, 339
Motor Car Popularity in Canada, 405
Motor Car Suspension, Improvements, but Need of More, 258
Motor Car Taxation Assessment in Alberta, 295
Motor Cars in America, Reported Use of Three-cylinder Rotary Petrol Engine, 339
Motor Cars with Gas Container Trailers, Speed Limit Alteration, 163
Motor Car’s World’s Speed Record, 53
Motor Commercial Vehicle Chassis Built Upside
Down, 405
Motor Fuel in France after the War, Alcohol and Benzol Mixture, 449
Motor Gas Equipment, Standardisation of Filling Orifices, 163
Motor Tractors in Rubber Cultivation, Great Advance in Efficiency, 163
Motor Trucks for American Army in France, Huge Number Required, 405
Motor Vehicle Working on Natural Gas, Experiment, 423
Motor Vehicles, Commercial, Driven on Coal Gas instead of Petrol, 295
Motor Vehicles and Government Control, Differentiation between Petrol and Electricity, 231
Munitions in the London District, 449
N ALENE for Power Purposes, 53
Natalite, a Motor Spirit, 324
Natural Gas for Motor Vehicle, Working, 423
Natural Gas, Tests for Petrol, in the United States, 449
Naval Gun, Powerful and Durable, for American Battleships, 185
Newfoundland Fish Supplies Landed at Fleetwood, 53
New York Garbage Reduction Works, 568
Niagara Falls, Ten Millions a Year, or a View ? 449
Niagara—see czZ.se Electrical Matters
Nickel, World’s Production of, Enlarged by Six Times since 1900, 317
Nile Floods in Autumn of 1917, Abnormal, Anticipated Benefit, 119
Norway, Rolling Mill Plant and Government Loan,119
o OCCUPATIONS Available for Discharged Soldiers, 141
Oil-field Discovery near Los Angeles, 97
Oil for Lubrication, Most Important Properties, 491
Oil Seeds Production in India, 471
Oil, Valuable Lubricant from “ Chichopoxtle ” Fruit, 513
Oil Wells in America, Use of Electric Power for Drilling, Cleaning and Pumping, 535
Oil Wells in Galicia, Great Depths, 557
Oil Wells, Prolific, in Mexico, 535
Old Cloth Tracings and Tin-foil, 286
Onyx Discovery in Tampico, Mexico, 471
Order of the British Empire, 81-- see Miscellaneous Index
Oven Gas for Domestic and Other Uses, 383
Oxy-acetylene Welding, Remarkable Example, 185
p PAINT to Withstand Heat, 115
Paints, Temperature Sensitive, 405
Paints and White Lead Scarcity, 53
Paper Pulp from Blady Grass in Queensland, 427
Paper Pulp and Timber in Canada, 405
Paris Bombardment ; Reported Record on United States Seismographs, 535
Patent Claims in the United States, Recent Ruling, 317
Patent Office Library’s Photostat from Sir Robert Hadfield, 513
Pension Scheme in Canada, 289
Perishable Food Imports into the United Kingdom in Pre-war Times, 53
Petrol Motor Cars and Electric Lighting and Starting ; Double or Single Unit Question, 231
Petrol Price in America, 207
Petrol, Synthetic, Process for Production, L. B. Cherry, 449
Petrol from the United States, Increased Exports, 73
Petroleum in Mexico, Scantily Utilised owing to Lack of Transport Facilities, 491
Petroleum Spirit Refinery, Unsatisfactory Methods, 53
Petroleum from United States, A World’s Necessity, 53
Philadelphia’s Record Pumping Plant, 207
Photostat, Sir R. Hadfield’s Present to Patentoffice Library, 513
Pipe, Cast Iron, of all Sizes, Machine for Making, 253
Pipes, Compressed Cellulose, Satisfactory Except for Steam, 317
Pith, Sunflower and Sola, for Helmets, 491
Platinum, Result of Analyses, 339
Platinum in Russia Bought up by German Agents, 339
Platinum in Russia, First Record of Discovery, 317
Platinum Substitute for Electrical Purposes, 31 Platinum Substitute at One Half Cost, 273
Platinum Wire Fine Enough to Replace Spider’s Web in Telescopes, 339
Plymouth’s Lack of Cold Storage : Question of New Commercial Harbour, 53
Pneumatic Trench Mortar, French, Propelling Charge, 9
Pneumatic Tyres Inner Tube, German Method of Preserving Elasticity, 535
Polytechnic School of Engineering, Sir C. A. Parsons as President, 557
Portland Cement of Indian Manufacture, 471
Portland School of Engineering, 243
Potash Extracted from Cement Rock, Saving Effected by Use of Common Salt, 163
Power Supply in the United Kingdom, Need of Improvement in Methods, 231
Press Censor and the House that Jack Built, 119
“ Pseudo-Data,” Boiler Explosions in United Kingdom and United States, 534
Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada, Steady Growth, 31
Pumping Engine, Atmospheric, Still Used, 130 Years Old, 405
Q
QUEENSLAND Artesian Water Supply, 303
Queensland Grass for Paper Pulp, 427
Quicklime Expansion Under Moisture, Utilisation of this Force, 513
R RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS: Accident in Aberdeen Joint Station, 557
Accident Due to Broken Carriage Axle, 207
Accident Due to Falling Rock, 361
Accident at Penge Station, 557
Accidents Branch of Board of Trade, 141
Accidents, Pre-war and Now, Great Reduction in Board of Trade Enquiries, 53
Accidents and Road Level Crossings in United States, 513
Agricultural Produce and Railway Charges, 383
Alaska, Government Railway’s Delayed and Costly Progress, 535
Aliens’ Reported Exodus from London, 339
Aliens’ Use of Railways, 347
Ambulance Train for American Troops on the Continent, 185
Ambulance Trains Built at Stratford, 163
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued ) ;
Ambulance Trains for United States Troops Building at Swindon, 31, 207
American Railway in France, 130
American Railwaymen’s Report on Japanese Railways, 295
American Railway Passenger Rates, 449
American Railway Workmen in France, Brave Assistance in Repulsing German Attack, 73
Appointments and Staff Changes, 9, 31, 53, 97, 141, 253, 273, 295, 339, 361, 405
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, Concrete Roadways in Shops and Stores Yards, 471
Australian Chief Railway Commissioner, 53 Australian Railway Construction Since 1850, 557
Ayr Harbour and Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, 339
Baldwin Locomotives for France in Temporary Use on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, 97
Baltimore and Ohio Express Transference from New Jersey Terminus to New York City, 535
Belgian Locomotives for American Expeditionary Force, 73
Billinton, Mr. L., London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Return to England, 557
Birthday Honours for Railwaymen, 491, 513
Birthday Honours for Railwaymen in India, 513
Board of Trade Power of Control of Railways and Rolling Stock in War-time, 9
Bridge Over the Ohio River Built by the Paducah and Illinois Railroad, 97
Bridge, Pennsylvania, at Louisville, Badly Damaged by Fire, 535
Bristol Corporation and Great Western and Midland Railway Companies, Legal Decision, 339
British Railway Funds and the Dividend Question, 53
Caledonian Railway Passenger Train and North British Light Engine, Collision, 557
Canadian Government Taking Over Railways and Leasing Them, 449
Canadian Military Deeds Commemorated by Re-named Stations on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 53
Canadian Minister of Railways, A New Office, 361
Canadian Railroad Commission, Rates Increase Question, 273
Canadian Railway Equipment ; Financing Purchase, 361
Canadian Railways Increase in Rates for Passengers and Freight, 9
Canadian War Board and Labour Unions ; Resistance to Removal of Rails, 231
Canal Employees and War Bonus, Comparison with Railways, 273
Canal Traffic Between Bristol and Liverpool ; Possible Interference with London’s Seaborne Traffic, 231
Canals and Goods Traffic Congestion, 339
Canals Used to Relieve Congested Traffic on Railways, 119
Castlecomer Collieries, Transit Facilities, 141 Central of New Jersey Railroad Passes, 97 Charing Cross Bridge Strengthening,. Attitude of the Joint Committee, 207
Chicago—New York Twenty-hour Express Taken Off, 31
Chicago Track Elevation Work, Appeal to Patriotism, 427
Clydach, Pontardawe and Cwmgorse Railway, Construction Suspended, 207
Coal on American Locomotives, Immense Saving if Lines Electrified, 361
Coal Consumption on U.S. Railways, 535
Coal in the Neighbourhood of the Great Southern and Western Railway, Adverse Report by Irish Solicitor-General, 253
Coal for New Zealand Railway Locomotives, Increased Cost, 31
Coal Transport Saving Scheme in America, 427
Coal Transport Scheme ; Great Saving in Ton Mileage, Glasgow and S. Western Railway, 231
Collision on the Louisville and Nashville Railway, Unusual Action by the President of the Line, 97
Commercial Travellers’ Week-end Fares in Ireland Not Increased, 119
Concrete Ties Still in the Trial Stage, Difficulties, 53
Cork City Railway and Other Lines, Need for Further Connections, 141
Crewe Brotherhood, Mr. Winston Churchill’s Message, 53
Damaged Food and Foodstuffs on the Pere Marquette Railroad, 491
Danger in Walking on Railway Track, 405
Death of Mr. Joseph W. Taylor, 491
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Freight Locomotives: Increase in Engines and Train Loads, Statistics, 557
Derailment at Level Crossing in U.S.A., Due to Motor Car, 295
Directors’ First-class Free Passes, Suggested Withdrawal Refused, 141
Dividends of various Railways, 119
Doors of Railway Carriages, Device for Prevention of Accident, 253
Dublin and South-Eastern Company ; Grey* stones to Wicklow Line Strengthening, 317
Economy of Railway Electrification, Curious Comparisons, 31
Economy in Use of Oil Fuel, Decoration Mark for Best Record, 449
Eggs, Railway Conveyance of, 273
Egyptian State Railways, Increase in Fares and Freight Charges, 339
Electric Locomotives. 50 Ton : The First-Built at the South Manchuria Railroad Shops 361
Electric Railway between Tampico and Mexico, 471
Enemy Officer Prisoners’ Railway Accommodation, 427
Equipment, Railway, After the War, Anti cipated Large Demand, Dr. Addison, 92
Essex, Need of Light Railways, Government Appealed to, 317
Express Through Trolley Line between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 535
Fares Increase on London Railways ; Controlled and Uncontrolled Lines, 251
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Farm Purchase by Great Eastern Railway, 207
Federated Malay Statesand Siamese Southern Railways, Linking up, Difficulty in Getting Railway Material, 97
First-class Privileges in War-time, 9, 491
First and Third-class Accommodation, Relative Amounts Required, 339
Fish Delay in Transit by Sea ; Railway Not to Blame, 163
Fish from Ireland, Withdrawal of Trains Question, 471
Fish Traffic, Special Trains and Trucks, Great North of Scotland Railway, 231
Fog in South-West London ; Fatal Railway Accidents, 119
Food Question ; Supplies for Trainmen when from Home, 141
Food Savings, Very Great, on United States . Restaurant Cars, 97
France, British Army Transport in, Large Increase in Dock Capacity and Railway Material of All Kinds, 53
French Language and Locomotive Driving, 253
French Railway Officials’ War Honours, 383
Frozen Fish, Railway Charges on, 535
Fuel and Transport Economy and the Celebration of Washington’s Birthday, 273
Furness Railway Company and Vickers, Limited, New Dock for Barrow, 185
Furness Railway Company’s Indebtedness for Assistance in Engine Power from Other Lines, 231 ■ . -
Furness Railway Company’s Need of Rolling Stock, 231
Furness Railway Staff Changes, 273
Galway Proposed as a Transatlantic Port, 317
Garden Crops on the Right-of-Way of Texas and Pacific Railroad Company, 53
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Additional Capital Required, 31, 97
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Future Position Uncertain, 73
Glasgow and South-Western Saving Due to Coal Transport Scheme, 231
Government Payments to Railways for War Expenses, 449
Gowdall to South Yorkshire Line Opened for Goods and Mineral Traffic, 163
Grain Silo at Hull, Hastening Completion, 163 Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Suggestion of Unfair Treatment, 405
Great Central Railway Docks Engineer, 141
Great Central Railway Secretary Retires, Successor Appointed, 31
Great Central Railway 2-8-0 Type Engines for France, 339
Great Eastern Railway Discontinues Sea Water Carriage, 73
Great Eastern Railway Men with the Colours, Assistance to Men and their Dependants, 185
Great Eastern Railway and Post-office Tube, Arbitration Decision, 317, 427
Great Eastern Railway’s Purchase of Cargo Steamer, 185
Great Eastern Railway and Season Ticket Rate Increase, 513
Great Eastern Railway Timber Contracts in France, Timber Handed to British Government, 185
Great Eastern Railway’s War Traffic, Statistics, 163
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Receipts and Expenditure, 97
Great Northern and also Midland Railway Stock ; Much Smaller Amounts Owned by Much Larger Number of Shareholders, 163
Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Changes in Passenger and Goods Traffic owing to the War, 253
• Great Northern Railway of Ireland, New Work on, 273
Great Northern Railway, U.S.A., Increased Protection Against Snow, 73
Great Southern and Western Railway, New Colliery Line from Athy, 317
Great Southern and Western Railway Traffic Increased by Government Action in Regard to Tillage and Prices, 295
Great Western Railway Ambulance Trains and Rolling Stock for Railways Overseas, 31, 207
Great Western Railway Luncheon Baskets Stopped, 207
Great Western Railway’s Largely Increased Traffic for War Purposes, 207
Great Western 1 rain’s Excess Speed at Slough, 295
Highgate-road Station Closed, 163
Highway Improvements in America to Relieve the Railroads, 513
Housing of Railway Servants, Steps Taken by North Staffordshire Railway, 253
Hungarian and Austrian Locomotive Factories, 535
Increased Fares Revenue, the Property of the State, 491
India, Absence of Primary Industries and Railway Difficulties, 513
Indian Coal, Great Increase in Rail-borne Amount Owing to the War, 317
Indian Railways, Three Accidents, 73
Indo-Burma Connection ; Alternative Routes, Survey, 343
Industrial League ; Labour Members’ Visit to America, 480
Inter-Colonial Railway Accident Statistics, 427
Interstate Commerce Commission—
Collisions and Derailments, Investigation by Safety Division, 73
Extension of Powers Sought, 73
Limitation of Period of U.S. Government
Control of Railways, 119
Locomotive Boiler Inspection Law ; Accident Statistics, 73
Report of the Division of Safety ; Preventable Accidents, 272
Suggested Alteration of Laws Regarding Trespass, 97
Ipswich Dock Facilities and Great Eastern Railway, 231
Irish Railways’ Train Service Curtailment and Coal Saving, 361
Irish and Scottish Railway Connections at Carlisle, 405
Iron Ore Within Reach of the Stratford-on-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, 253
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con-tinned}
Katanga Railway Completed to Bukama ; Congo Connected with Cape Town, 471
Kent Coal Carried by South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 253
King and Royal Train Driver on the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 491
Labour Law in United States as to Working Hours and Rest for Railwaymen, 141
Labour Resettlement Committee Men Connected with Railways, 295
Lancashire and Yorkshire Electric Train Services, 163
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway : Appointment, 405 ; Servants Disabled in War, 185
Level Crossings and Accidents on United States Railways, 513
Light Railway Orders Applications and Confirmation, 31, 253
Liverpool-street Station, Great Need of Extension, 317, 427
Locomotive Building at the Baldwin Works, 471
Locomotive. Coaling Plant, Automatic Electric, American, for N.S.W. Railways, 163
Locomotive Coaling Station, Concrete, on the Lehigh Valley, Notable Features, 535
Locomotive Repairs, Statistics, 557 Locomotive Valve Gear, 109 Locomotives Awaiting Repair, 481 Locomotives Built in U.S.A, for Use in Russia now in Use in U.S.A., 295
Locomotives Sent from Western States of America to Relieve Congestion in Eastern Districts, 141
London, Brighton and South Coast : Locomotive Superintendent, 253 ; Allotments, 427 ; Increased Load, Slower Travelling, 231
London and North-Western : Roll of Honour Poster, 405; Staff Rewards for Useful Improvements and Suggestions, 119; London and North-Western and London Electric Railway Companies Joint Rolling Stock, 185; Men Discharged from the Army and Reinstated on Railway, 207; Victoria Crosses, 339; Steamer’s Loss by Collision, 295
London and South-Western, Provision for Coal Traffic, 185
London and South-Western Servants’ Cultivation of Railway Land Plots, 185
Magazines, Railway Staff, Discontinuance Suggested, 471
Mansfield Railway Branch to Rufford Colliery, 207, 361
Mansfield Railway, New Curve, 361
Maryport and Carlisle Ry. Coal Traffic, 253 Melbourne, Victoria, Additional Lines Approaching Completion, 163
Metropolitan Railway’s Engineering Staff Efficiency in View of Heavy Traffic on the Line, 163
Midland Railway Horses’ Keep, 185
Midland and South-Western Junction Railway ; Employment of Boys to Release Men for the Colours, 253
Midland and South-Western Junction Railway ; Statistics of War Traffic, 249
Military Service and Railwaymen, Present Arrangements, 427
Missoula Belt 100ft. long Railway, 31
Mold and Denbigh Railway ; Closed Works
- and Unwatering of Mines, 383
■ Munition Workers’ Travelling Facilities, Cheap Week-end Tickets Withdrawn, 491 National Union of Railwaymen, Government’s Offer of Visit to Front, 31
National Union of Railwaymen, 513, 535 New Year’s Honours for Railwaymen, 31 New York Central Railroad Company, Opposition to Proposed Hudson Bridge, 447
North-Eastern Railway Accident Due to Broken Carriage Axle, 207
North-Eastern Railway Alterations in Passenger Train Service, 97
North Staffordshire Railway Signals Lighted by Electricity, 207
Owner’s Risk Rate, 9
Pacific Coast, New Railway to Open Up Mineral and Agricultural Districts, 471
Passenger Fares in Ireland, Increase from June 1st, 1918, 471
Passenger Traffic Restrictions, Deputation to Board of Trade, 557
Passengers’ Privileges, First-class, Claim Disallowed, 9, 491
Passengers, Season Ticket and Otherwise, No Present Record of Numbers, 491
Pennsylvania Company’s Stations in New York and Philadelphia, Comparison of Traffic, 31, 73
Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s Greatly Increased War Traffic, 317
Pennsylvania Railroad, Conversion to Electric Tratfion, 361
Pennsylvania RailroadExpress ; Car Derailed and Wrecked by Falling Rock, 361
Pennsylvania Railroad and Report of Discontinued Expresses, 73
Pooling Scottish Private Wagons, 248
Post-office (London) Railway After the War, 557
Punctuality of Great Eastern Train Arrivals at Liverpool street. 163
Punctuality on the Midland Railway, 185
Queensland State Railways, Ratepayers and the State, 53
Queue System for Tube Railways, 471 Quintinshill Accident Anniversary, 449 Rabbits, Carriage and Delivery 2d. each, 53 Rails for Canadian Railways, Measures to
Obtain Supplies, 449
Railway Accounts and Government Control, 513
Railway Advisory Panel, Question as to its Constitution, 119
Railway Executive Committee Recognises Railway Clerks’ Association, 449
Railway Material, Exports’ Statistics, 9, 97, 231, 273, 405, 471
Rhodesian Railway Administration, 471
Russian Government and Railway Equip-ment Ordered from the United States, 491 Russia’s Downfall and Deficient Railway Equipment, Alba B. Johnson, 471
Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, Secretary’s Address to Railwaymen at Brighton, 163
School Children and Railway Fares, 449
Scotch Coal for the Fleet to Relieve Strain on Railways from Wales, 185
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Scottish Railway Stockholders’ Protection Association, 43
Seamen in Railway-Owned Cross-Channel Steamers, Increased Pay, 119
Season, Return and Other Tickets ; New
Powers for Railways, 383, 513
Season Ticket Rates Unchanged on Controlled Railways, 231
Season Tickets and Discharged Soldiers’
Training, 513
Season Tickets, Great Increase, 535
Season Tickets and Railway Returns, 522
Ship Timbers by Express Train, 449
Shortest Railway in the World, 31
Sleepers from Canada in 1915 and 1916, 31
Sleepers, Old, Utilised as Fuel on Boston and
Maine Railroad Buildings, 449
Slips on Railways ; Statistics, 148
South Africa and Locomotive Shortage, 409
South Australian Government Expert to
Report on System, 185, 339
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, Increased Traffic in Industrial District, 207
Spanish Railway Combination for Home
Building of Locomotives, 141
Standard Freight Cars on the United States Railways, 361
Steamers on the Clyde, Effort to Stop Competition, 231
Steel Cars in America, Historical Notes, 295
Steel Plates for Shipbuilding and Difficulties of Transport, 491
Stratford-on-Avon and Midland Junction
Railway Receipts and Expenditure, 273
Summer Time, Further Considerations, 405
Summer Time and Workmen’s Train Lighting, 295
Superannuated Railway Servants and the
Cost of Living, 119
Surprise Tests on Southern Pacific Railway, Creditable Result, 231
Taff Vale Company’s Engines More Than Three Times Pre-War Price, 231
Tehuantepec National Railroad to be
Acquired by Mexican Government, 163
Timber Felling and Need of Afforestation ;
Cambrian Railway Concerned, 253
Timber, Large Sale of, on Forfeited Lands in
U.S.A., 361
Time-keeping and Inter-State Trains, 317
Track-circuiting, Few Failures in Locking
Signals, 449
Trade and Government Control After the
War ; Railways and Canals Position, 339
Tramway Services ; Suggested “ Staggering ” of Business Hours, 383
Tramways and Parcels Conveyance, 273
Transcontinental Railway of Australia,
Varieties of Gauge, 9
Transport Company, Proposed London Goods
Clearing House Scheme, 9
Transport Delays of Steel Hinder American Shipbuilding, 557
Underground Railway Women’s Club at
Earl’s Court, 427
United States Coal Transport Scheme, 427
United States Express Companies for Goods
Transport, Change to State Operation, 491
United States Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation, 92
United States Government Control of Railways, 535
United States Government, Plea for Light
Taxation and Economy, 491
United States Government Payment for
Control of Railways, 119
United States Locomotives Out of Service, 361
United States, Nearly Two Million Troops
Moved by Rail up to December 2nd, 97
United States Officers and Scheduled Running of Trains, 231
United States Old Soldiers’ Reunion, Railroad Facilities, 317
United States Railroads’ Director-General on
Safety, Wages and Time Questions, 295
United States Railroads, Statistics of New
Rails, Used and Required, to be Sent to Director-General, 361
United States Railway Consumption of Petroleum. 557
United States Railway Transport Increase,
Statistics of Revenue and Rolling Stock, 9 United States Railways, Government Orders,
General Inventory to be Taken, 427
United States Railways Operated at a Loss in January, 449
United States Railways, Income, 557
United States Railways and Presidential
Control, 273
United States Railways, Rise in Wages and in Rates for Freight and Passengers, 471
United States Restricted Use of Private
Railway Cars, 381
United States Severe Weather and Railway
Running Repairs, 119
United States Steam Railway Freight and
Passenger Cars, Statistics, 409
United States War Warnings on Railroads, 273
Victorian Railways’ Diamond Jubilee, 361
Wages Advance ; Rates for Men, Women,
Boys and Girls, 383
Wagon, Coal, Unloading Regulations, 317
Wagon Derailment, South - Eastern and
Chatham Railway, 557
Wagon Repairing Difficulties, New Company
Formed, 185
Wagons Let on Hire Without Permit, 471
. Wagons, Privately-owned, Difficulties of General Scheme, 383
Wagons, Railway-owned, and Demurrage,
273 ; (Correction), 317
Walthamstow All-night Service Stoppage, 361, 383
War Wages of Railway Servants, 272
Waterloo Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Free Buffet,
London and South-Western Company’s
Co-operation, 207
Watford Services and Rolling Stock, 185
Women Employed on Railways, 253, 339
Women Employees on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, 513
Workmen’s Compensation Act, Appeal Case, 405
Workmen’s Tickets on Bank Holidays, 513
RAINFALL, Abnormal, in Mysore, 513
Ramsay Memorial Fund, 264
Raw Material Rationing, 513
Razors, Hollow-ground, Industry for Wounded Soldiers, 557
Recording Differential Dilatometer, 141 Reinforced Concrete—see Concrete
Reservoir, Masonry Dam in Quebec Nearing Completion, 9
Rice Crops of the World, Five-Sevenths from British Empire, Chiefly India, 185
Riveting Record Stopped by Trade Union, 471
Road Improvements in 1918-19, 231
Road Transport Committee, 119
Roads in Kent Used by Motor Omnibuses, 97 .
Roads in Soft Condition, Regulations for Heavy Traffic, 439
Royal Marine Corps, New, Conditions for Officers, 427
Rubber, Plantation, Equal to that from Brazil Forests, 185
Rust Prevention Process. 152
s “ SATOLITE,” an Incombustible Substitute for Celluloid, 53
Sawdust and Wood as Substitutes for Coal in
Gas Making, 73
Schneider-Creusot Works, Extent of Area and Equipment, 273
Scientific Men, Demand for, in the United States, 185
Scientific Regulation of Feed Water, R. W. Andrews, 361
Sea Water Densities, Determination of, on Board Ship, New Instrument for, A. L. Thomas, 269
Separating Materials of Different Specific Gravities, T. M. Chance, 535
Sewage Treatment, Five Processes Under Investigation, 97
Sheffield, New Factories, Buildings and Extensions, 53
Shell Casting in Germany, 531
Shell Ingots, Types Made in America, 185
Shipbuilding, Engineering and Steel Commercial Staffs Association, Foundation of, 20
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : American Marine, Very Large Addition in Progress, 97
American Shipbuilding and Delays of Steel Transportation, 557
American Training Ships for Merchant Service, 427
Boats, Reinforced Concrete, Building in Spain, 313
British Columbia Shipbuilding Programme, 339
Canadian Production of Large Ships, 405
Challenge Shield and Prize for Rapid Shipbuilding, 405
Coaling Transatlantic Steamers at Tampico instead of Vera Cruz, 491
Diesel-driven Motor Ship Emanuel Nobel, Her Transatlantic Record, 9
Draughtsmen, Ship, Dearth of, and United States Proposal, 253
“ Fabricated ” Ships, in America, 295
Harland and Wolff’s Shipbuilding Record for
Oil Carrier, 535
Hostels for Shipyard Workers in the North of
England and in Scotland, 513
Hull, the Hunnewell, A New Type, 231
Licensing Voyages, Svstem Extended to all Ships, 163
Louvain, Steamship, formerly of the Great
Eastern Company, Sunk by Submarine, 119 Motor-driven Ships for Transatlantic Service,
Suggested Use of, to Baffle Submarines, 231
Naval Losses, British, for Past Year, 119
Refrigeration on Vessels Carrying Foodstuffs, Greatly Increased use of, 449
Rivet-driving in Shipbuilding, Weekly Averages in America, 31
Shipbuilding, Merchant, in the United Kingdom, Greatly Increased Output, 491
Ship Repairs, Great Increase in Vessels Returned to Service, 471
Ships on the Great Lakes to be Transferred to the Atlantic, 9
Shipyard, Hog Island, near Philadelphia, Ambitious Programme, 491
Steamers, Proposed Establishment of Line between La Paz and Topolobampo, 471
Steel, Comparison of Weights between Ferro • Concrete and Steel Ships, 449
Steel Decks, Wood Shortage and Sheathing Substitutes, 491
Submarine Menace, Its Failure, 412
Tank Steamers in America, In Use and Under Construction, 231
Tonnage per Head, Comparison between
British and Norwegian Shipping, 31
United States Battleship, New Mexico, 449
United States Large Naval Construction, 224
United States Navy’s Use of Oil Fuel, 53
United States Standard 10,000-Ton Oil Tankers, 317
Wooden Full-powered Motor Ships in United States, 449
Wooden Ships, An Unfortunate Failure, 30
Wooden Vessels Building in Norway, 339
SILO, Grain, Nearing Completion at Hull, 163
Solder, Softening Temperature, 9
Sound Penetration at Great Heights, 163
South African Gold Output, 207
South African Need of Disinfectant to Replace Permanganate of Potash, 405
Sparking Plug for Motor Cars, New Form, 97
Spindles, Round, Method of Centring, W.
Crowther, 253
Steam Turbine Disabled on the Boston Elevated
Railway, 339
Street Lighting Specifications, 239
Sucrose Recovery from “ Final Molasses,” 383
Sugar Beet Experiments, 189
Sugar Beet in the United States, 118
Sulphate of Ammonia, Production in Germany,
America and Japan, 361
Sulphur Deposits in Spain, 231
Sulphur Industry in Sicily, Italy the Sole Source of Supply to Allies, 207
Sulphuric Acid in Manufacture of Fertilisers, 361
Sulphuric Acid, Predicted Excess Production in
United Kingdom, 295
Sun, Successful Photographs of, at the Cape, 513
Swiss Demand for Machines for Food Products 449
Swiss Electro-Technical Industry, Report bv Dr. E. Tissot, 141
Swiss Trade and Industry, 361
Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners’Report,73
T TALC in New Zealand, 185
‘Tank,” Steam-driven, for U.S.A. Army, 491 Tar as a Fuel for Metallurgical Furnaces, W.
H. Blauvelt, 383
Tar as Fuel for Diesel Engines, 557
Telephone Exchanges, Automatic, 513, 557
Telephones, Automatic, in South Africa, 295
Temperature Conversion Table, 391
Temperature Variation in the Derwent Dam
Masonry, Thermophone Records, 535
Tests of Low Temperature Effect on Yield of Tar, 97
Textile Mills in the United States, Increased Use of Electric Power, 9
Tilting Furnaces in this Corm try, 141
Timber Acreage per 100 Tons of Newsprint,
Pulp and Paper, 405
Timbers, Relative Fuel Value of, 295
Timber from South Africa, Increasing Value, 405
Time Ball at Deal, Failures in 1917, 513
Time Signal, New Type, at Observatory in New
Zealand, 141
Tin Cans, Old, Birmingham’s Offer of 20s. per Ton for, 557
Tin, Electrolytical Recovery of, from Stannate Solutions, D. Currie, 405
Tin-plate Industry in Japan, 339
Tin-plate Manufacture in Germany, 557
Titanium Treatment of Cast Iron, 339
Toluol in the United States, Insufficient Supply for High Explosives, 73
Tools, Small, Protest Against Prohibition of Import of, 141
Torpedo Accuracy and Targets in Rapid Motion, 295
Towns, H. L., on Friction Clutches, 68
Tractor Ploughing Record in Surrey, 207
Tractors for Farm Work in France Lent by
United States Food Department, 53
Trade Marks, Opposition to New Bill, 207
Trade Reconstruction in Germany, 176
Training School at Iron Foundry, Luton, 535
Trinitro-toluol as a Commercial Explosive, 383
Tungsten Filament, New German Process, 295
Turbine Housing with Inspection Window,
Fried. Krupp, 471
Turbines, Large Hydraulic, 253
Turners and Fitters’ Handbook, Death of Mr.
T. Greenwood, 513
u UNITED STATES Army, 273
United States New Guns, 119
United States Petroleum Output, Estimated
Date of Exhaustion of Supplies, 557
United States Shell Production, 8
U.S.A. War Chassis of Light Motor Vans, 31
V VACUUM Flask versus Hot Water Bottle, 207
Vacuum Improvement and Steam-saving, 31
Valves for Motor Cars, Overhead and Side
Pocket, Comparison, 9
Vibration of Buildings due to Traffic, 471
Vienna’s Coal and Gas Consumption, 295
Volunteers, Motor, The Training of, 351
w WAGES in American Shipyards, Large Percentage of Contract Price, 31
War Memorial, Imperial War Museum Recommended by Committee, 361
War Wages Rise ; Statement by London Master Builders’ and Aircraft Industry Assoc., 383
Watches, Great Increase in Imports of Cheap
Types of, from U.S. 4., 141
Water Meters, Use of, in America, 412
Water Power Generated at Kinlochleven, Low
Cost of, 53
Waterproof Oil, New French, 317
WATER SUPPLY: Horse-power from Loch Treig, Aluminium Company’s Application, 31
New York Water Consumption, 273
Water Supplied to Train Passengers, Permissible Bacteria, 141
WATERWAYS, Thames and the Humber ; Mersey and the Severn, Main Routes Projected, 361
Wax for Candles, 405
Wax Recovery from Wasie in Sugar Extraction, Industry Started in Natal, 97
Welding Steel Tubes into Long Lengths for Gas
Main in Zurich, 141
Whale Meat, A New Industry, 295
White Metal Alloy, New Patent for, 253
Whitewash Mixture, United States Government, Fire-retarding Properties, 535
Whitley Committee’s Report on Relations between Employers and Employed, 513
Window Glass Industry in Sweden, Flourishing Condition of, 185
Wire Nails, Imported, Commandeered by Army Council, 211
Wolfram, Molybdenite and Bismuth in Queensland, 383
Wolfram, Tin Alluvium and Other Minerals
Found in Siamese Malay States, 141
Women’s Labour in the Gas Industry, 412
Women’s Superiority in Output in American
Gear-cuttingWorks, 535
Wood Distillation as an Indian Industry, Demand for, 317
Wood as Fuel, Value of Various Species Compared with Coal, 31
Wood, New, Its Properties, 197
Wood Pulp Fibre, “ Cellulon,” as Substitute for Jute, Cotton, &c., 383
Wood Pulp for Papermaking, Enormously
Increased Imports from Norway, 231
Wooden Pit Props, Round, and Quartered, 207
Woods Employed in Hydraulic Construction, German Tests, 383
Woolwich Arsenal, Chief Mechanical Engineer, 524
Workmen’s Insurance Societies in German Iron and Steel Industries, 31
X Y Z X-RAY, Maximum Frequency, 185
YARROW, Sir Alfred, on Shipbuilding after the War. Dinner to Employees, 513
ZINC from Australia, Agreement between British Government and Australian Co., 491
Zinc, Electrolytic Production in Tasmania, 141
Zinc Refining in Japan, Ore Supply Insufficient for Demand, 9
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