The Engineer 1872 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous
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Accident near Nice, The Late Railway, 163
Aconcagua, Launch of the, 416
Aerial Navigation, M. Dupuy de Lome’s Balloon, 166, 167, 18!)
Africa, The New Steamship, 137
Agassiz Expedition, The, 450
Air-Brake, A Successful but Uncomfortable Railway, 250
Air-Brake, The Westinghouse, 359, 360
Air Loom at the International Exhibition, Mr. C. Richardson, 362
Alderney Harbour Works, 205, 346, 382
Alexander and Son, Messrs., 20-H.P. Engine and Boiler, 201, 204
Allison, Mr. T., Belt Riveter, 436
Alsace and Lorraine, French Patents in, 333
American Car Wheel Boring Machine, 40
American Commission on Danks’ Rotary Puddling Furnace, 64, 78, 102
American Navy, 86
Ammonia as a Motive Power for Street Cars, 23
Anemometer, Mr. J. E. Gordon’s Registering, 66
Annual Article, 1872
Arbitration between Masters and Workmen, 453
Archer’s Stone-breaking Machinery, 255
Armour-piercing Projectiles, Development of, 145, 197, 305, 341 ’
Armour-plated Ships. By J. M. Hyde, 298
Army on a Peace Footing, An, 164
Art and Manufactures at the International Exhibition, 377
Artillery, French and Prussian, 37
Artillery, German, 450
Artillery, Phosphorised Bronze and other Alloys as Materials for, 127, 145, 179
Asbestos Packing, 137
Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen The London, 155, 245, 328, 364, 381
Anniversary Banquet, 132
Annual Meeting, 20
Cast Iron, Mr. Laird, 401
Cast Iron in Relation to Mechanical and Constructive Purposes, Mr. A. Laird, 164
Iron-Steel, Mr. Galloway, 91
Association, Manchester Steam Users’, 166, 184 Report of Mr. L. E. Fletcher on the Application of Encircling Hoops to the Furnace Tubes and Flues of Boilers originally made without, 49
Asphalte and other Pavements, 269 287
Atkins, Mr. T., Fire Engine, 166
Atlantic Cable, The, 25 Australia, Steam to, 275
Austrian Experiments with Dynamite, 395
Axle Boxes, M. E. Reuther, 100
Ayrton, Mr., Galvanometer, 49
Balloon, M. Dupuy do Lome’s, 160, 167, 189
Bangor Slate Ridge, Messrs. Thomas and Son, 4 Barrow-in-Furness, 387 ’
Barton, Mr. J., Feed-heater, 49, 85, 96, 220
4’Combination” Printing, Embossing, International Exhibition, 450
Beaumont, Capt., Diamond Boring- 109
Beauvais Cathedral Clock, 290 291
Belgian Rails, 25
Bell, Mr., Feed-water Heater, 219
Belt Riveter, Mr. T. Allison, 436
Bcnhar Coal Company, The, 47
Bermuda Floating Dock, 448
Bertha, The New Red Cross-line Steamer, 38 5??|
ker, M. E., Axle-Boxes, 100
Biddell, Testimonial to Mr. 40
Bilge Pumps, 95, 98, 149, 155
Bilge Water, Action of, 188
Birmingham, Sewerage of, 437
Birmingham Wagon Building Co., 137, 146 W S& M«ssrs-HuStley’andPalmer’e, 251
J&en, 405P Cr’ Constl',lcted by Mr. H. R.
Blast Furnaces Using Wood Fuel, George M. Fraser, Boiler, Mr. J. S. Crossland’s Tubular, 398 Boiler iXOp'lsed Government, 401
™ Fairbairn Fire-Tube Safety, 273, 276 396 Boiler Flues, Strengthening, 150 ’ ’
Boiler Inspection on the Continent, 264 Boilers, Cunous, 260
BoUere 413’ 42!)> 447> 459
J—“ Boilers, Sectional Steam, 313 Boilers, Mr. L. J. Todd’s Vertical qq qi Boilers, Trial of Steam, 434 ’ ’ 84
Mr' Watts’ Tubulous Marine, 454 Bombay, Baroda, and Central Indian Railway Co.,
Borax, 54
Boring Machine, American Car Wheel, 40 Boring for Oil, 380 ’ w
Bottling and Syrup Machine, 434 Bread, Sea Water, 128
Breakwater of the Future, 370 Breakwaters, 396 Breech-loaders, Trial of, 352
Bridges, Indian, 223, 275, 298
British Association of Gas Managers 434 BE°3ioFnR9GS- J- S0“e of the Eclipse
Building Materials, On Some New. 163 Buss, M., Cataract Governor, 326
Cable between Lowestoft and Mordeney, Repair of,
thc Propeller of the Steam-
“Canada” Tug-Dredger, 438 Canadian Patent Laws, 453 ' pound Engine,^84^’’ Contlnuous Expansion Com-C A8 Gothic Stonework, Ellis
Cataract Governors, M. Buss, 826
^Strength of,Ldver-
Hea'd Li^2StCel ComPa^- ™ Channel Passage, The, 84 charcoal Ironworks, Selection of Sites for ChXf H SM< B?St Furn a«8 287
SL f Minotaur, 1350-H.P 413
Chemical Manufacturers and the Pollution of Rivera, China Lighthouse, 187
Printtag^ 6' W' HouSh’s Caption of at Clearing House in Paris, 262
c v4’M2- 394, 411, 428, 446 464 822* 340, 358, 375,
Clyde Shipbuilders and the Short Timo Movement, Coal in Alaska, 364 Coal at Cobquecura, 226 Coal Cutting Machinery 282 Coal Mine Ventilation, 46 Cuek5neM?S1pC1?la™?,ton’ se"ch for, Lucks, Mr, b. Pwin s Regulating, 291 W
Cocks, Mr. Whitaker’s Stop, 130
Colladon, Prof., 156
Colours of Metals, Prof. Seeley at the New York Lyceum of Natural History, 47
“ Combination ” Printing, Embossing, and Copying Press, Mr. Bayley, International Exhibition, 450
Compass Compensator, M. Arion, 226
Concrete Dwellings, 433
Conversazione at the London Institution, 216
Conversazione of the Society of Telegraph Engineers, 441
Coode, C.E., Mr. John,{189
Cooper’s Hill College, 144
Cornish Mining, 150
Cotton Gin Trials, 29, 122
Council Bluffs and Omaha Bridge, 128
County Surveyorships (Ireland), 85
Crank Pin, Motion of a, 208
Crichton and Co., Messrs., Steam Launch Engines for the Russian Navy, 381
Crosland, Mr. J. S., Tubular Boiler, 399
Crossings, Level, 42
Cutter Heads, Moulding, 398
Cupro Ammonium, 206, 346
Cutting Machine, Furnival’s “Express” Diagonal, International Exhibition, 432
Cylinders, Condensation in, 459
Cylinders in the Navy, Marine Engine, 45, 86
Damper, Mr. Brusch’s Automaton, 130 .
Danish Government Railway, Compressed Wool Auxiliary Springs, 148
Danks, Mr., Puddling Furnace, 76, 80, 347
Danks Rotary Puddling Furnace, Report of the American Commission on, 64, 78,102
Danks Furnace in the United States, 432
Davey, Paxman, and Co., Messrs., 8-H.P. Vertical Engine, 5
Deadliness, Comparative. From Pall Mall Gazette, 38
Death of Mr. Andrew Fleming, Superintendent of the
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, 434
Delhi Iron Pillar, 30, 456
Designs upon which Ships of War have been recently Constructed, Report of the Committee appointed to Examine the, 168, 183, 198
Detecting Electrically Defective Insulators, Mr.
Schwendler, 433
Detonators, New, 47
Diamond Boring, Captain Beaumont, 109
Diamond in its Matrix, Discovery of, 32
Disputes between French Railway Companies and their Men, 138
Dormoy’s Revolving Rabble applied to Common Furnace, 335
Dormoy, Mr., Rotary Puddling Furnace, 262
Doty’s Lamps, Captain, 150
Dovetailing Machine, Messrs. W. Furness and Co., 94
Drainage, Metropolitan, 173
Dundee New Dry Docks, 419
Dunoon New Water Supply, 369
Dynamite, Austrian Experiments with, 395
Eclipse Expedition, Some of the Results of the, Mr. J.
Browning, F.R.C.S., 46
Eclipse of the Sun, Spectroscopic Apparatus, 4
Economy, Steamship, 346
Egan, Mr. A., Springs, 112
Egypt, Engineers in, 42
Electric Telegraph Instruments, 424
Electrical Tables and Formula}, Clark and Sabone’s, 42, 84
Embankments, The Thames, 259
Encircling Hoops to Furnace Tubes and Flues of Boilers originally made without, Mr. L. E. Fletcher on the Application of, 49
Engine and Boiler, Messrs. Alexander and Co.’s 20-H.P., 201, 204
Engine, Messrs. Davey, Paxman, and Co.’s, 8-H.P. Vertical, 5
Engine, Louisville and Nashville Railway, Mr. T. Perkins, 10-Wheel Goods, 113, 119, 131, 136
Engine, Steam Tug, Hoist, and Fire, Messrs. Yarrow and Hedley, 436
Engine, 8-Wheel Goods, Louisville and Nashville Railway, 237
Engineering Societies, Provincial, 367, 396
Engineers, Marine, 114
Engineers, More Work for Naval, 206
Engines, Mr. H. W. Caspersen’s Continuous Expansion, 384
Engines, Compound, 28
Engines, Compound, 382, 396, 418
Engines, Economical Marine, 349, 367, 386
Engines, Friction of, 418
Engines, Horse Power of Steam, 395
Engines in the Navy, Marine, 27, 42, 61, 81, 139, 153
Engines for the Prussian Government, 96
Engines, Rotary, 73, 109
Engines for the Russian Navy, Messrs. Crichton and Co., Steam Launch, 381
Engines, H.M.S. Salamis and Helicon, Messrs. Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co.’s 250-H.P. Oscillating, 15. 22. 26, 41, 44, 47 }
Engines of the Scindia and Bertha, Messrs. Oswald and Co.’s 250-H.P. Compound, 148, 152
Engines, Strafford Main Collieries, Mr. G. W. Hick’s Pumping, 183
Engines, Testing, 434
Erie Railway Company, 453
Esk Valley Ironworks, 86
Estimates, The Navy, 223
Excavating Machine, Mr. Webb, 182
Exhibition, Art Manufactures at the International, 377
Exhibition Courtesies, International, 371, 396
Exhibition, The International, 295, 296
Exhibition in Paris in July, Universal, 278
Exhibition in Vienna, 1873, 334
Exit Broad Gauge, 364
Experimental Steam Boiler Explosions, Prof Thurston, 352
Experiments at Shoeburyness, 447, 455
Explosions, 91
Explosions, Air, 208, 220
Explosions, Boiler, 382
Explosions in 1871, Boiler, 136
Fairbairn Fire-tube Safety Boiler. 273, 276
Feed-heater, Mr. J. Barton, 49, 85, 96, 220
Feed-water Heater, Mr. Bell, 219
Fell Central Rail Locomotive, Trial of a, 453
Field Artillery, Capt. Sladen, R.A., 164 ’
Fielding and Platt, Messrs., Three-Throw Pumps,
Great Western Locomotive Works, Gloucester, 273
Fifty-one Hours, The Effect of, 164
Fire Engine, Mr. T. Atkins, 166
First Locomotive Built in the United States, 47
Fletcher, Mr. L. E., Application of Encircling Hoops to Furnace Tubes and Flues of Boilers made without, 49
Fleury’s Water Meter, 433
Force of Wind on Inclined Planes, 806
Foreign Periodical Literature, 14, 28, 46 82
Fowling-piece, Mr. H. Walker’s Oscillating Bolt, 416
J rench Engineering, 262
French Ordnance Maps, 252
French and Prussian Artillery, 37
French Railway Companies and their Men 158
Furnace, Mr. Danks’ Rotary Puddling, 76, SO, 347
Furnace, M. Dormoy’s Rotary Puddling 269
Furnace, Newport Puddling, fitted with Witham’s
Puddling Machine, 200, 202
Furnaces using Wood Fuel, Blast, George M. Fraser 128
Furnaces, Charcoal-using, Blast, 368
Furnaces, The Glengarnock Blast, 377
Furness and Co., Messrs., Dovetailing, 94
Furnival’s “Express” Diagonal Cuttmo
International Exhibition, 432
Furnival’s “ Express ” Flatten Printing
International Exhibition, 436
Machine,
Machine,
Galvanometer, Mr. Ayrton, 49
Gas, 437
Gas Connection, Mr. Mathew, 58
Gas Generator Co., The New, 346
Gas Supply, Progress of, 135
Gatling Mitrailleuse, 58
Gauge Bar for Bit Braces, Mr. C. IV hitus, oSO Geography and Topography in France, 40 Georgetown Gasworks, Mr. Alfred Williams, C.L., 294, 299, 303, 316, 326, 327, 342, 348
German Artillery, 450
German Patent Law, 456 jiuh™
Gins, Native Indian Cotton, International Exhibition,
Girders, Designing Wrought Iron, Mr. A. Stewart on, 399, 422
Girders, Loads on, 296
Girders, Stability of, 403
Glaister, Mr. T., Stone Sawing at Melbourne, 48
Glasgow Graving Dock, 46 .
Glasgow University, Certificate of Proficiency in
Engineering Science, 334
Glasgow, Water Supply of, 55
Glengarnock Blast Furnaces, 377
Gold in Old Crowns and Half-Crowns, 395
Gordon, Mr. J. E., Registering Anemometci, 66
Gothard Railway, The St., 407
Governors, Mr. Richard Long, 458
Governors, Parabolic, 256, 333
Graham, Mr., Breech-loading Guns, 40
Grantham, Mr., Steam Tramway Car, 130, 134
Great Eastern Railway New Lines, 397
Greenwich Time, 31
Gun Barrels, Manufacture of, 354
Gun Camages, Ancient, 3
Gun Cotton Experiments, 315, 371
Gun Cotton, War Department Report on, 37
Gun, A Great, 224 . -
Gunpowder during the Siege of Paris, Manufacture or, 55
Gun for the Russian Government, 20-inch Smooth
bore, 345
Gun Stocking by Machinery, 157
Guns, Mr. Graham’s Breech-loading, 40
Guns, Heavy, 350
Guns, Mishap to Naval, 403
Guns, Rifled, 459
Guns, Steel, 277
Guns, 35-Ton, 257
Hammer -versus the Rolls, 364
Harston, Mr. Grenville, Breech-loading Rifle, 166
Hatcham Ironworks, Sale of Engineering Plant at, 38 L
Hayward, Tyler, and Co., Messrs., Direct-acting
Steam Pump, 451
Heat and Motion? Arc they Compound Forces? 61
Heat and Work, Equivalence of, 30, 42
Henderson Process, 380
Henry Blagrove Testimonial, 395
Hick, Mr. G. W., Hydraulic Brick-making, 5
Hick, Mr. G. W., Pumping Engine, Strafford Mam
Collieries, 183
High-pressure Marine Boilers, 413, 429, 447, 459
Honduras 10 per Cent. Government Ship Railway
Loan, 364
Hopper' Dredge for the Canadian Government, Messrs.
W. Simons and Co., 309, 312
Horse Power, Nominal, 418
Horse Power of Steam Engines,*395
Horse Shoes by Machinery, Manufacture of, 224
Hough, Mr. G. W., Description of a Printing Chronograph, 43
House of Commons’ Committee on Patent Law,
Newton, Mr. A. V., Evidence of, 261
House Drains, Ventilation of, 31
Huntley and Palmer’s Biscuit Factory, 251
Hutchinson, Mr., Plan of Ironworks, 190, 191
Hydra, Launch of H.M.S., 3
Hydraulic Ram, Prof. Rankine on the Mathematical
Theory of the, 163
Hydrofluoric Acid on Glass viewed Microscopically, 270
Illinois Central Company, Financial Statement, 397
India, Iron Manufacture in, 19
Indian Civil Engineering College, 296
Indicator for Boilers, Mr. F. Millward’s Water Level Alarm, 22
Indicator for Chain Testing Machines, Mr. A. S. Jack’s Hydraulic, 380
Influence of Gas and Water Pipes in Determining the Direction of a Discharge of Lightning, Mr. Henry Wilde, 133
Institute of British Architects ; —
Visit to Mr. Kirkaldy’s Testing Works, 383
Institute of Engineers, The Midland, and the Mines’ Regulation Bill, 214
Institute of Mining, Civil and Mechanical Engineers, The Derbyshire, 28
Institute of Mining, Civil, and Mechanical Engineers, South Midland :—
Produce of Coal Seams, Mr. D. W. Lees, 94
Institute of Mining Engineers, South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire, 65
Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, The Northern
School Drum for Winding Engines, Mr. G. Fowler, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 227
Institute, The Iron and Steel, 202, 225 :—
Chemistry of the Puddling by the Danks Furnace, Report of Mr. Snellus, 225, 228, 245, 263
Cost of Construction and Working of a Danks Rotary Puddling Plant, Mr. John A. Jones, 220, 225
Newport Puddling Furnace, Mr. Jeremiah Head, 202, 225
On Dormoy’s Process of Mechanical Puddling, Mr.
F. A. Paget, C.E., 255
Report of Puddling Committee, 207
Institution of Civil Engineers, 17, 96, 207, 228, 234, 340, 361
Address of the President, Mr. Hawksley, 24
Annual Dinner, 293
Bridge over the Gorai River on the Goalundo Extension of the Eastern Bengal Railway, Mr. Bradford Leslie, M. Inst. C.E., 138
Conversazione, 387
Digest of Report, 24
Kind-Chaudron System of Sinking Shafts through Water-bearing Strata without Pumping Machinery, Mr. Emerson Bainbridge, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 208
Somerset Dock at Malta, Mr. C. Andrews, M. Inst. C.E., 86
Soonkesala Canal of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company, Mr. J. H. Latham, M. Inst. C.E., 209
Value of Water and its Storage and Distribution in South India, Mr. G. Gordon, M. Inst. C.E., 101
Visit of the Students to the Leicester Waterworks, 434
Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland
Address of the President, Mr. Bindon B. Stoncv. M.A., M.I.C.E., 60
Institution, The Cleveland
Ironworks, Mr. E. Hutchinson, 190
Steam in the Navy, Mr. R. C. Oldknow, R.N., 452
Institution, Conversazione at the London, 216 Institution, The London
Political Economy of Railways, Mr. T. Adams, 264
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 14l:--
Description of the Disintegrating Hour Mill and Alachine for Pulverising Minerals without Grinding or Crushing, Mr., T. Carr, 86
Steam Jet for Exhausting Air, C. W. Siemens,
F.R.S., 328 ... ,r
Strength and Proportions of Riveted Joints, Mr.
Walter R. Browne, 86
Institution of Naval Architects, 82, 260 :—
Armour Plated Ships, J. M. Hyde, Esq., 221
Construction of Vessels in Relation t<> the Changed Modes of Naval Warfare, Captain Jones Harvey,
R.N., 21
Designs for the Saving of Life and Valuables in Ships, Mr. Al. Cole, 257
Effects of Torpedoes on Naval Construction, C. V* .
Merrifield, Esq., F R.S., 226
Elements of Design affecting the Sailing Qualities of Ships, with Special Reference to the Ships of our Navy, Mr. James D. Wildish. 288
Increasing Spiral in Heavy Rifled Ordnance, Commander W. Dawson, R.N., 310
Legislative Interference with the Construction, Stowage, and Equipment of Ships. Mr. W. Young of Lloyds, Assoc. Inst. N.A., 274, 300
Lights in Ships, Mr. Af. Cole, 257
Misuse of Cement on Iron Transport Ships, with Suggestions for making Half-worn-out I run Ships perfectly Seaworthy at a Small Cost, Mr. Willia u Poole King, 274
President’s Addre ss. Sir J. Pakington, 224
Protection of V essels against Torpedoes, Herr J. N. ocr&tli 24 o
Quick Steam Launches, F. J. Bramwell, Assoc.
Member of Council, 281
Registering Reports of Surveys of Iron and Steel Steam and Sailing Ships, Mr. W. Taylor. 38 ’
Rolling of Ships, W. J. Al. Rankine, C.E., LL.D., &c., 238
Rule for Determining the Freeboard for Sailing and Steam Ships, Herr Gustav A. Mitzlaff, 307
Tripod Masts and the Arrangements of Rigging connected with them, Admiral Paris, C.D., 257 Institution, The Royal
Crystallisation of Metals, Dr. John Hall Gladstone,
F.R.S., 198
Ice, Water, Vapour, and Air, Prof. Tyndall, 07
Wolf Rock Lighthouse, Air. J. N. Douglas, C. E , 71
Institution, The Royal Artillery :—
Field Artillery, Capt. Sladen, R.A., 164
International Scientific Series, 146
Intuitive Calculations, Daniel O’Gorman, 28
Iron, Chemistry and Manufacture of, 11 1
Ironclads, A New Form for, Capt. J. Wheatley, R.N., 238
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, &c., 17, 35, 53, 71, 89, 107, 125, 143, 161,177, 195, 213, 231, 249, 267, 285, 303, 321, 339, 357, 375, 393, 411, 427,435, 463
Iron in Cornwall, 214
Iron in India, 19, 448
Ironmaking at Merthyr Tydfil, Early, 260
Iron, Price of. 371
Iron Railway Cars, 255
Iron Roofs, Strains in, 84
Ironworks, Air. Hutchinson’s Designs for, 190, 191
Iron Ships, Galvanic Action on, 367
Iron Ships, Leaks in, 256, 333, 371
Iron. Al. Van Ruth’s System of Examining and Rc’ cording the Fibre of, 236, 238
Irrigation Canal of the Rhone, 397
Jacks, Air. A. S., Hydraulic Indicator for Chain-Testing Alachines, 380
Jose Baro, Trial Trip of the Screw Steamer, 414
Keith’s Improvements in Nickel Plating, 43
Kershaw, Alessrs. J. and J., Tapping and Screwing Alachine, 450
Koch, Air.. Pontoon Viaduct, 181, 186
Krupp’s Steel Works at Essen, 401
Kutab Pillar, The, 30, 456
Landing Stage at Seacombe, Alessrs. Robinson and lanson, 414, 416, 417, 420, 434
Lathe, Alessrs. Thompson and Wilson’s Double-Wheel Tire, 218
Lathe for Turning Spheres, Alcssrs. Robey and Co. and Alessrs. Hind and Son, 291
Lathes, Alessrs. D. New and Co.’s Wheel and Axle, Brighton Works of the L, B. and S. C. Railway, 330, 332
Launch at Renfrew, 381
Leading Articles ;—
Action of Bilge Water, 188
American Goods Locomotive, An, 119
Annual Article, 1872, 11
Birmingham Sewerage Bill, 243
Boiler Explosions in 1871, 136
Clyde Shipbuilders and the Short Time AlovemcHt, 187 ’
Curious Boilers, 260
Delhi Iron Pillar, 456
Economical Alarine Engines, 349, 307, 380
English Ships of War, 188, 173
Flimsy Shell, 421
From Pig to Puddled Bar, 331
Galvanic Action on Iron Ships, 367
Gun at Shooburyness, The 35-ton, 455
Harbour Works at Alderney, 205
Heavy Guns, 350
Indian Bridges, 223
Indian Narrow Gauge Railways, 385
International Exhibition, The, 295
Loads on Girders, 296
Locomotive Performance, 206
Manufacture and Supply of Gas, 437
Alarine Engines in the Navy, 27, 45, 81
Megiera, Loss of the, 187
Aletropolitan Drainage, 173
Alishaps to Naval Guns, 403
National Thanksgiving, 151
Navy Estimates, 223
Patent-office Museum, 136, 153
Pollution of Rivers by Chemical Manufacture. 455.
319
Progress of the Gas Supply, 135
Progress of the Ordnance Survey, 332
Provincial Engineering Societies, 367
Railways and the State, 99
Railways in War, 244
Report of the Patent Law Committee, 295
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 421
Sectional Steam Boilers, 313
Sewerage of Birmingham, 437
Stability of Girders, 403
Status of the Profession, 99
Steam Tramway Cars, 64
Steel Guns, 277
Strength of Materials, 45
Surveyors to Local Boards, 277
Swinger and the Goshawk, The, 385
Thames Embankments, 259
Thames Sewerage Commission, 81
Train Signals, 438
Treatment and Utilisation of Scwafre, 119
Unarmoured Ships, 27
Universal Exhibition in Paris in July, 278
Value of Patents, 136
Vertical Engines in the Navy, 153
Victorian Railways, 63
Leeds Corporation and Phosphate Sewage Co., 238 “Leeds” Lithographic Press, Alessrs. Dearden and
Nowsum, International Exhibition, 399
Legal Intelligence :—
Rollins versus Hinks, 68
Letters to the Editor
Air Explosions, G. S. Webster, 208
Are Heat and Motion Compound Forces ? Hydrab.
Sen., 61
Asbestos Packing, St. John Vincent Day, 137
Battery Resistance, S. T. P., 418
Boiler Explosions, J. N. W., 382
Breakwater of the Future, Alex. Doull, 370
Breakwaters, Neptune’s Coast Commissioner, 396
Channel Passage, W. Tighe Hamilton, 84
Chemistry and the Manufacture of Iron, J. F. P., 114
Clark and Sabine’s Electrical Tables and Formulae, A Student, 42, 84
Coal in the Navy, G., 31
Compound Engines, F. W. C., 383
Compound Engines, G. R., 396
Compound Engines, W. W., 396
Compound Engines in the Navy, Nauticus, 61
Compound Engines in the Navy, G. B. Rennie, 42
Compound and Single Cylinder Engines, W. J. M.
Rankine, 48
Condensation in Steam Cylinders, G. Reginald Parkes, 459
Corrosion of Iron Ships, John Boulton, 333
Cost of Pumping, W. C. H., 333
Cupro Ammonium, B. P. A. Amateur, 346
Curves for Sidings, William Donaldson, 42, 114, 208
Curves for Sidings, James S. Tate, C.E., 31, 84, 298
Duckham’s Hydrostatic Weighing Machine, Fred.
E. Duckham, 346
Duckham’s Hydrostatic Weighing Machine, W.
Redfern Kelly, C.E., 334
Effects of Lightning, A. B. M., 256
Engineers in Egypt, C. H. Johnson, 42
Equivalence of Heat and Work, J. C. Fell, 30, 42
Expansive Working of Steam, W. J. M. Rankine, 42
Explosions due to Steam or Air, W. J. M., 220
Fairbairn Boiler, R. W., 396
Feeed-heaters, James Barton, 96, 220
Feed-heaters, W. Canning, 96
Feed-heaters, J. P. Rawlings, 85
Form of Ships, Inqub er, 256
Frames of Roofs, W. J. M. Rankinc, 114
French Patents in Alsace and Lorraine, Hughes and Son, 333
Friction of Steam Engines, A. Hildebrandt, 418
Greenwich Time, A. M. Mackay, 31
Gun Cotton Experiments, W. de W. Abnev, Lieut.
R.E., F.C.S., 371
High-pressure Marine Boilers, W. J. P., 459
Hydraulic Rams, W. J. M. Rankine, 84
Indian Bridges, Hardy Wells, 275
International Exhibition Courtesies, C. E., 371, 396
Invention of the Screw Propeller, Samuel Owen, 30
Judicial Utterances on Patents, Rollins versus Hinks,
W. Spence, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 114
Kutab Pillar, The, Robert Mallet, 30
Leak in the Megsera, Charles Prentis, 220
Leaks in Iron Ships, W. Jones, 256
Level Crossings, B. D., 42
Lighthouses in China, David M. Henderson, 137
Liquefaction of Steam, Augustus Alexander, 30
Liquefaction in Steam Cylinders, The Compositor,
Liquefaction of Steam, J. C. Fell, 61
Lord Lyndsay’s Great Spectroscope, Astronomer, 42
Macadam Roads, E. A. Daton, 220
Marine Engineers, Orion, 114
Mechanical Puddling, Adam Spencer, 316
Mechanical Puddling, B. Bayliss, 382
Megajra Case, The, Maurice Cole, 256
Motion of a Crank Pin, W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 20S
Mountain Locomotion and Narrow Gauge Lines, J. H. B., 383
Necessity of Harbour Refuges around the Coast, W. Austin, C.E., 346, 382
New Form of Propeller for Water and Air, J. Bell Pettigrew, M.D., F.R.S., 30
Nominal Horse Power, J. W. L., 418
Novel System of Screw Propulsion, William Hay, 434
“On Armour-plated Ships.” By J. M. Hyde, J.
Evelyn Liardet, 298
Parabolic Governor, George Crowe, 256
Parabolic Governors, Jeremiah Head, 333
Patent Law Reform, W. A. Little, 208, 334, 371, 383
Patent Laws, A Working Man, 150
Patent Office Library, An Inventor, 346
Patent Office Library, Fred. A. Paget, 316
Patent Office Library, W. Spence, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 371
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Pneumatic Looms, Interested in Looms, 434
Pneumatic Tube System, R. S. Culley, 43
Problem, A Neat, Alpha, 114
Problem, A Neat, A Crewe Workman, 96, 137
Problem, A Neat, A. K., 187
Problem, A Neat, D. II. M., 137
Problem, A Neat, G. E. D., 137
Problem, A Neat, Newport, 114
Problem, A Neat, Trochoid, 137
Problem, A Neat, W. J. M., 84
Provincial Engineers’ Societies, F. W. Garrard, 396
Public Policy of a Patent Law, Sir R. Palmer’s
Evidence, W. Spence, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 30, 43
Rifled Guns, G., 459
Rifled versus Smooth-bore Guns, An Englishman, 256
Road Steamers, J. K. Fisher, 458
Rolling of Ships, W. McNaught, 333
Removal of Phosphorus from Iron, James Hender* son, 346
Rotary Puddling, Fred. A. Paget, 371
Screw Propulsion, Alex< Laird, 333
Seacombe Landing Stage, Archimedes, 4?4
Ships’ Bottoms, M. Cole, 275, 371
Sluices versus Syphons, W. Thorold, M. Inst. CX
220 *
Smoke Nuisance in the Navy, Orion, 31
Snider Rifle, A. Harris, 418
Steam to Australia, A., 275
Steam Ploughing, Simeon Leather, N.B., 346
Steamship Economy, James Bailey, C.B., 346
Steam Tramway Cars, Alex. Laird, 96
Strains in Iron Roofs, W. J. Millar, C.E., 84
Strengthening Boiler Flues, J. Pinchbeck, 100
Subterranean Waters, Leon Yourd’hed, 382
Swinger and the Goshawk, The, Blackwall, 434
Tay Bridge, H. Nabholz, 459
Testing Engines, C. R. Parkes, 434
Testing of Iron Developed by Hydrochloric or Muriatic Acid, David Kirkaldy, 256
Time Planets would take to Fall into the Sun, G. O.
Hanlon, 459
Todd*s Boiler, W. Lloyd Wise, 43
Todd’s Boiler, J. Millward, 84
Torpedoes, A. Alexander, 42, 114, 208
Torpedoes, A. M., 31, 84, 150
Torpedoes, W. Morshead, 298
Trial of Steam Rollers, R. II. Thurston, 434
Unarmoured Ships, F. M., 43
Unarmoured Ships, R. B., 61
H?e.of Re5ned>Iron in Puddling, B. Bayliss, 418
Utilising Force of Tidal Rivers, J. M. Menzies, 85
Value of Patents, Philomath, 150, 371, 418
Ventilation of House Drains, H. A. James, 31
Ventilation of Sewers, J. E. Phillips, 84
Voltaic Protection of Ships’ Hulls, W. A. Little, 383
Who made the Screw Propeller a success ? W. Lane, 397
Leicester Waterworks, 457
Library, The Patent Office, 346, 371
Lifeboat Work in 1871, 4
Light and Radiant Heat, Prof. Tyndall on the Identity of, 139
Lighthouse, The Wolf Rock, 74, 77
Lightning, Effects of, 256
Lightning, Gas and Water Pipes Influence in Determining Direction of Discharge, Mr. H. Wilde, 133
Lilpof, Ran, and Co., Russian Post-office Carriages, 362
Lincolnshire Ironstone District, Progress of, 438
Link Motion, The Invention of, 299
Liquefaction of Steam, 30, 42, 61
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Chesney, General, 93
Combes, M., 94
Crawshay Bailey, Mr., 25, 37
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Morse, Mr. Sydney E., 40
Morse, Prof., 270
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Phosphorus from Iron, Removal of, 346
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Photography, A Novel Application of, 377
Photo-painting, 394
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I Pig to Puddled Bar, 331
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I Pivot, M. Motz, Expansion, 380
I Plates, Mr. McCool’s Safety, 262
I Ploughing, Steam, 346
I Pneumatic Tube System, Progress of, 20
I Polytechnic, The Royal, 20, 344
Pontoon, Messrs. Siebe, Goman, and Christy’s Ship
I Raising, 95
I Post-office Carriage, Russian, Messrs. Lilpof, Rau, and
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I Precious Metals, Custom House Returns, 280
I Press, “Leeds” Lithographic, Messrs. Dearden and
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I Printing from Iron, 238
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Propeller, Invention of the Screw, 30
Propeller for Water and Air, New Form of, 30
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Propulsion, Screw, 333
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Puddling, Rotary, 371
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Pumping, Cost of, 333
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Railway Amalgamation, 316, 369
Railway Communication with India, 388
Railway Construction, Modern, 157
Railway Dividends, 364
Railway in Egypt, 406 „ _ _
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Railway Travelling, Fast, 380
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Railways, French, 130
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Railways and the State, 99
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Republic of Paraguay, 453
Resistance Battery, 418
Restell Breech-loading Rifle, 344
Rhone Irrigation Canal, 397
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Riachuelo, Launch of the, 145
Richardson, Mr. C., Air Loom, International Exhibition, 362
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Rifle, The Restell Breech-loading, 344
Rifle, The Snider, 418
Rifled versus Smooth-bore Guns, 256
Rivers, Pollution of, 455
Roads, Macadam, 220
Road Steamer in Greece, Trial of, 124
Road Steamers, 458
Robey and Co., Messrs., and Messrs. Hind and Son,
Lathe for Turning Spheres, 291
Roofs, Frames of, 114
Rotary Engines, 73, 109
Rotterdam Ship Canal, 307
Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marino Engineering, 442
Rudder, Mr. Saunders, 351
Rumford Medal, 76
Russian Carriage for Moving Heavy Guns, 156
Russian Sheet Iron, 364
Sale of Engineering Plant at the Hatcham Ironworks, 381
Sardinian Mines, Condition of, 122
Saunders, Mr., Rudder, 851
Savill, Mr. R., Retirement of, 346
Saw Spindle, Mr. Otley’s, 130
Scales for Comparing British Metric Weights an
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Schmid, M. A., Oscillating Pump, 59
School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,
Dinner at the Royal, 310
Schwendler, Mr., Detecting Electrically Defective Insulators, 433
Science in France, 419
Screw Propeller a Success, Who made the, 397
Seacombe Landing Stage, Messrs. Robinson and J an-son, 414, 416, 417, 420, 434
Sea Water Bread, 128
Seeley, Prof., on the Colours of Metals at the New
York Lyceum of Natural History, 47
Seismographic Apparatus, Prof. Palmieri’s, 407
Selection of Sites for Charcoal Ironworks, 287
Selenitic versus Common Mortar^ 202
Sewage Disinfecting and Manure Company, 139
Sewage Works, Merthyr Tydvil, 215
Sewerage Bill, The Birmingham, 243
Sewers, Ventilation of, 84
Shanks and Son, Messrs., Tank Locomotive for the Southampton Docks Company, 182
Shcepbridge Coal and Iron Company, 53
Shell, Flimsy, 421
Ship Register Diagram, 389
Ship’s Bottoms, 275
Ships, Form of, 256
Ships’ Hulls, Voltaic Protection of, 382
Ships, On the Rolling of, 333
Ships, Unarmoured, 27, 42, 61
Ships of War, English, 173, 188
Shocburyness Experiments with 35-ton Gun, 417, 455
Sidings, Curves for, 31, 42, 84, 114, 208, 298 _
Siebe, Gorman, and Christy, Messrs., Ship Railing
Pontoon, 45
Signals, Train, 438
Silician Steel, 282
Simons and Co., Messrs. W., Hopper Dredge for the Canadian Government, 309, 312
Sluices versus Syphons, 220
Society of Arts, 58, 300, 342
Use of a Revolving Rabble in the Common Puddling
Furnace, Mr. Fred. Paget. C.E., 335
Society of Bengal, Asiatic, Form of Galvanometer Suitable for the Quantitative Measurement of the Electro-motive Force and Internal Resistance of Telegraph Batteries, W. E. Ayrton, Esq.., 49
Society, The Chemical, 227, 248
Action of Phosphoric Acid on Morphine, Dr. C. R.
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Action of Phosphorus Pentasulphide on Tetrachloride of Carbon, Dr. E. T. Thorpe, 351
Benzyl Isocyanate and Cyanurats, E. A. Letts, 351 Caesium contained in the Water of the Hot Springs
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Ceylon Jargons, Mr. M. H. Cochran, 430
Chemistry of the Hydrocarbons, Dr. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., 328
Chinoline and Leucoline, C. Greville Williams, F.R.S., 430
Compound of Sodium and Glycerine, E. A. Letts, 351
Crystalline Principle of Barbadoes Aloo, W. A.
Tilden, D. Sc., 101
Degree of Solubility of Silver Chloride in Strong Nitric Acid, Dr. E. T. Thorpe, 351.
Dendritic Spots on Paper, A. Liversidge, 430
Determination of Carbonic Acid in Sea Water, Professor Himly, 851
Determination of the Solubility and Specific Gravity of Certain Salts of Sodium and Potassium, Dr. Page and A. D. Keighley, 389
Double Sulphide of Gold and Silver, MM. Pattison Muir, 430
Effects of Temperature on the Absorption of Gases by Charcoal, J. Hunter, M.A., 431
Electrolyses of Sugar Solutions, Mr. H. T. Brown, 389
Examination of a Recent Attack on the Atomic
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Faraday Lecture, Professor Cannizzaro, 431
Influence of Pressure upon Termination, Mr. IL-
T. Brown, 389
Iron and Steel, Mr. E. Riley, 361
Magnetic Sand of Mount Etna, J. B. Hannay, 430
Mctasstanic Acid and Detection and Estimation of
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New Tests for Some Organic Fluids, J. A. Wanklyn,. 430
Note on a Secondary Colouring Matter in the Preparation of Alizarine from Anthracene, Mr. W. H.
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Relations between the Atomic Hypothesis and the *
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Remarkable Salt Deposited from the Mother Liquors • Obtained in the Manufacture- of.Soda, Mr. T. E. Thorpe, 430.
Solvent Action of Various Salm^Seluti-ons on Load, MM. Pattison Muir, 430*.
’ Study of Some Tungsten. Compounds, Professor '
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Visit to Battersea., Foundry and Horseshoe Works, 133
Visit to thoi-Works of the Metropolitan Extension of 1 the Great, Eastern, 207 ,
Water Supply to Towns and Villages, Mr. G. WL Mill, F.R.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., 364
Society, Edinburgh and Leith Engineers’
Construction and Submersion of Submarine Telegraph Cables, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, C.E.,.
3 F.R.S.E., 210
Designing Wrought Iron Girders, Allan D. Stewartz r C.E., 399, 422
Locomotives, Mr. W. S. Taylor, C. E.
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Application of the Lever, Mr. Anatole Tolhausen, 38
Society, Engineering, King’s College, 96
Cotton, Mr. Hunter, 184
Great Pyramid, Mr. Jacob, 126
Hydraulic Machinery, Mr. Kirkby, 85
Submarine Works, Mr. Baynes, 158
Visit to Iceland of Mr. Milne, A.K.C., 144
Society of Engineers, 20, 407, 451
Address of the President, Mr. Jabez Church, C.E., 92
American Locomotive Engines, Mr. V. Pendred, C.E., On Some Recent Examples of, 164
Electric Telegraph Instruments, Mr. E. G. Bartholomew, C.E., 424, 439
State Railways and Railway Amalgamation, Mr. G. Spencer, 347
Society of Great Britain, The Aeronautical, 255 Society, Literary and Philosophical: —
Influence of Gas and Water Pipes in Determining the Direction of Discharge of Lightning, Mr. Henry Wilde, 133
Society, Liverpool Polytechnic
Strength of Cement, Mr. G. F. Chantrell, 85
Society, The Royal :—
Action of Oxygen and Copper Nitrate in a State of Tension, Messrs. Gladstone and Tribe, 274
Anhydrous Liquefied Ammonia, Mr. G. Gave, F.R.8., 453
Bakerian Lecture, Mr. W. Kitchen Parker, F.S.A., 418
Blood Relationship, Mr. F. Galton, 434
Change of Ref Tangibility of the Fraunhofer Lines at the Sun’s Limb, W. Huggins, LL.D., D.C.L., 147
Connection between Explosions in Collieries and Weather, Mr. R. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.8., and Mr. W. Galloway, 324
Contact of Surfaces, Mr. W. Spottiswoode, 14 7
Contributions to the History of the Opium Alkaloids, Mr. C. R. A. Wright, 209
Conversazione, 325, 332
Decomposition of Water by Zinc in Conjunction with a more Negative Metal, Messrs. J. H. Gladstone and A. Tribe, 210
Elementary Principles in Animal Mechanics, Rev.
S. Houghton, 325
Evolution of Life from Lifeless Matter, Mr. W. Noel Hartley, F.C.8., 109
Examination of the Gases oceluded in Meteoric Iron from Augusta County, Virginia, Dr. J. W. Mallet, 418
Formal Logic, Mr. Alex. J. Ellis, F.R.S., 325
Fossil Mammals of Australia, Prof. Owen, F.R.S., 325
Fossil Plants of the Coal Measures, Prof. Williamson, 192
Further Experiments on the Effect of Alcohol and Exercise on the Elimination of Nitrogen and on
Pulse and Temperature of the Body, Dr. E. A. Parkes, 434
Further Investigation on Planetary Influence upon Solar Activity, Messrs. De la Rue, Balfour Stewart, and B. Loewy, 209
Heterogenitic Modes of Origin of Flagellated Monads, Fungus Germs, and Ciliated Infusoria, Prof. H. C*. Bastian, 234
Hycrometer, On a New, Mr. W. 0. Whitehouse, 147 Induction of Electric Currents in an Infinite Plane
Conducting Sheet, Prof. J. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S., 138
New Researches on the Phosphorus Basis, Prof. A.
AV. Hofman, 234
Normal Paraffins, Mr. C. Shorleminer, 96
Note on a Possible Ultra-solar Spectroscopic Phenomenon, Mr. C. Piazzi Smyth, 96
Opium Alkaloids, Dr. C. R. A. Wright. 274
Relative Power uf 34 Substances to Prevent Development of Protoplasmic and Fungus Life in Arresting Putrefaction, Dr. F. C. Calvert, 164
Rings Produced by Crystals when submitted to Circularly Polarised Light, Mr. W. Spottiswoode, 325
Solar Variations of Magnetic Declination at Bombay, Mr. C. Chambers, 96
Specific Heat and other Physical Character of Mixtures of Methylic Alcohol and Water, &c., Dr. Dupre, 388
Structure and Function of the Rods of the Cochlea in Man and other Mammals, Dr. Urbain Pritchard, 418
Supersaturated Saline Solutions, Mr. C. Tomlinson and Mr. Vander Mansbruggho, 388
Supposed Periodicity in the Elements of Terrestrial Magnetism, Mr. G. B. Airy, C.B., 325
Volcanic Energy, Mr. Robert Mallet, F.R.S., 453
Voltaic Standard of Electro-motive Force, Mr. Latimer Clark, 453
Society, Royal Agricultural, 389, 406, 421, 438
Society of Telegraph Engineers :—
Address of President, Mr. C. AV. Siemens, D.C.L., F.R.S., 150
Application of Mr. T. de Colmar’s Calculating Machine to Electrical Computation, Mr. Thomas
T. P. Bruce Warren, 280
Automatic Telegraphs, Mr. R. S. Culley, 210
Conversazione at Lord Lindsay’s Laboratory, 441
Military Telegraphy, Capt. E. D. Malcolm, R.E., 325 Telegraphy at Sea, Capt. P. H. Columb, R.N., 234 AVheatstone’s Bridge, Prof. G. C. Foster, F.R.S., 378
Soffits of Bridges, Water-tight, 451
Somerset and Dorset Railway, 453
South Cleveland Ironworks Company’s Share List, 100 South Kensington Museum, 18, 25, 33, 48, 61, 86, 93, 110, 138, 157, 178, 193, 226. 245, 257, 278, 298, 307, 328, 368, 380, 412, 416, 438, 457
South AVales Ports, Trade of, 262
Spectroscope, Lord Lindsay’s, 42
Spectroscopic Apparatus, Solar Eclipse, 4
Spontaneous Combustion, 280
Springs, Compressed Wool Auxiliary, Danish Government Railway, 148
Springs, Mr. A. Egan, 112
Squeezer, Mr. Winslow’s, 76
Status of the Profession, 69
Steel Springs, Mr. J. H. Cooper on, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 20
Stone Breaker, Blake’s, Constructed by Mr. H. R.
Marsden, 406
Stone Breaking Machinery, Archer’s, 255
Stone Sawing Machinery, Melbourne, Mr. T. Glaister,48
Street Watering, 416
Strength of Long Struts, Walter R. Browne, 73
Struts, Strength of Long, Walter R. Browne, 73
Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 423
Suez Canal, 207
Sulphur and Phosphorus in Iron, Test for, 216
Sulphur in Switzerland, 342
Surcharges on Foreign Shipping and Merchandise
Entering France, 112
Surveyor, A Trec’d, 388
Swe-lish Coal, 164
Swinger and the Goshawk, The, 385, 434
Tank Locomotive for the Rhymney Railway, 2
Tapping and Screwing Machine, Messrs. J. and J.
Kershaw, 450
Tay Bridge, Details of the, 399
Taylor, Mr. W., Ship Register Diagram, 389
Technical Education, 82,148
Telegraph Poles, Process of Preparing, 344
Telegraphy, Practical Papers on, 110, 147, 215, 233, 269,
305, 359, 404, 429
Testing of Iron Developed by Hydrochloric or Muriatic
Acid, 256
Thames Sewerage Commission, 81
Thanksgiving, The National, 154
Thomas and Son. Messrs., Bangor Slate Ridge, 4
Thompson and Wilson, Messrs., Double Wheel Tire
Lathe, 218
Thorneycroft, Mr., Steam Yacht Miranda, 281
Tidal Rivers, Utilising the Force of, 85
Tidcombe and Co., Messrs., Paper Cutting, International Exhibition, 432
Time that Planets would take to Fall into the Sun, 419, 459
Tin-plate Trade, 244
Tin Plates, Exports during the Year, 73
Tires and the Communication Cord, Railway, 32
Todd, Mr. L. J., Steam Omnibus, 219, 222
Todd, Mr. L. J.. Vertical Boilers, 23, 43, 84
Torpedoes, 31, 42, 84,114,150, 2U8, 298
Towle, Mr. H., Valve Gear, 112
Train Stopped by Sand, 346
Tramway Car, Mr. Grantham’s Steam, 130,134
Tramway Cars, Steam, 64, 96
Tramways, Metropolitan, 307, 362
Tramways in the Potteries, 137
Trial Ground at Cardiff, 424
Tube System, The Pneumatic, 42
Tunnelling by Diamond-boring Machine, 398
Tunnels, Cost of, 72
Turret Ships, Admiral Paris' Designs for, 251, 258
Tyndall, Prof., at the Academy Dinner, 336
Tyndall, Prof., on the Identity of Light and Radiant Heat, 139
United States Patent Office, 371
Valve Gear, Mr. H. Towle, 112
Valve, Messrs. Watson and Andrews Marine Oscillating, 344
Vanguard, H.M. Double Battery Iron-plated Ship, 58
Van Ruth, M., System of Examining and Recording the Fibre of Iron, 236, 238
Vavasseur’s 7in. Steel Gun, Naval Carriage and Slide, 272, 275
Ventilation, Coal Mine, 46
Ventilation of Unwholesome Manufactories, 19
Vesuvius Eruption, Description of Instruments used for Observing Earthquake Shocks, 407
Viaduct, Mr. Koch’s Pontoon, 181, 186
Vohl, Dr., Experiments with Charcoal, 325
Wales and the Adjoining Counties, 18. 36,54. 72, 90, 108, 126, 144, 162, 178, 195, 214, 232, 242, 267, 286, 304, 322, 340, 358, 376, 394, 412, 428, 446, 464
Walker, Mr. H., Oscillating Bolt Fowling-piece, 416
Walter-Tiwies’ Printing Machine, International Exhibition, 363. 366
War Department Report on Gun Cotton, 37
Water Supply for Dunoon, 369
Water Supply of Glasgow, 55
Waterworks, The Leicester, 457
Waters, Subterranean, 382
Watson and Andrews, Messrs., Marine Oscillating Safety Valve, 344
Watt, Mr., Tubulous Marine Boilers, 240-H P., 454
Weather Charts, 218
Webb, Mr., Excavating Machine, 182
Weekly Chemical, Mineral, and Metal Report. 36,51.108 Weighing Machine, Duckham’s Hydrostatic, 334, 346 Well, The Deepest in the World, near Berlin, 414 Westinghouse Air Brake, The, 359, 360
Wheatly, Capt. J., On a New Form for Ironclads, 238
Wheel, Peart’s Pit Car, 433
Wheels, Mr. Newton’s Railway Carriage, 76
Whitaker, Mr., Stop Cocks, 130
Wrhitus, Mr. C., Gauge Bar for Bit Braces, 380
Williams, C.E., Mr. A., Georgetown Gasworks, 294, 299, 308, 316, 326, 327, 342, 348
Wind on Inclined Planes, Force of, 306
Winslow, Mr., Squeezer, 76
Wire Drawing, 59
Wolf Rock Lighthouse, 74. 77
W’onderful Discovery, Motive Power, 181
Woolwich Dockyard, 25
Working Men and the Patent Laws, 389
Yarrow and Hedley, Messrs , Steam Tug, Hoist, and Fire Engine, 436
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