Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: General

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index

GENERAL

TABULATING and Sorting Machine, Automatic (E. H. Jones (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 399
Tank, Experimental, Work on H.M. Corvettes and Frigates, 389
Work on Motor Boats, 390
— Flotation, for Oily Wastes from Engineering Works, 513*, 537*
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Military, Controls for Turrets in, 494 Landing Ships for, 117, 141, 158* Mobility of, 242
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships
— Steamers. See Steamers
Tarpen Engineering Co., Ltd., Portable Petrol- Electric Genejrator, 448* ; Electric Hedge Trimmer, 449*; Electric Hand Wood Planer, 449*
Taylor Brothers (Sandiacre), Ltd., Benton- Quarry Junction Track, 55*
Taylor and Challen, Ltd., Press for Hot Brass, 424* ; Notching Press, 424
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd., Indicating Gauge for Grinding Machines, 517*
Teaching. See Education
Technical Colleges, Industrial Research Report on, 478
and Education. See Education
— Institutions, Association of Teachers
Annual Conference, 457 and Status of Engineers, 447, 525. LETTERS, 552
— Societies, See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Technological History of Midlands, Preservation of Relics in. 111
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecommunication Equipment, Military, Inspection of, 101
— Investigations in Australia, 5
— in War Time, 367, 402, 441 Telegraphy, Radio versus Line or Cable, 321
— Recent Progress in, 402, 441
— in War Time, 367, 379, 402, 441
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless, Centimetre-Wave Systems, 489* Measurement of Velocity of Electromagnetic Waves, 554
— — in War Time, 367, 379, 402, 441 See also Eadar ; Eadio; Television Telephone-Apparatus Industry, 149 Telephony, History and Development of, 173
— Radio versus Line or Cable, 321
— Recent Progress in, 402, 441
— in War Time, 367, 379, 402, 441
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless, Centimetre-Wave Systems, 489*
Measurement of Velocity of Electromagnetic Waves, 554
500-ft. Radiator Mast at Brookman’s Park, 495*
in War Time, 367, 379, 402, 441 See also Eadar ; Eadio; Television Telescope, Auto-Collimating, for Precision
Measurements, 554
Television Link, London-Birmingham, 518
— Position of, 112
— Practice, Lectures at Northampton Polytechnic, London, 31
Tellurium in Cast Iron, Mode of Occurrence, 461 Temperature, Brightness, of Liquid Steel,
Investigation on, 461, 482
— Controller, Air-Operated (Negretti and Zambra, Ltd.), 364*
“ Capacitrol ” (Ether, Ltd.), 426
Safety, “ Rotostat ” (British Rototherm Co., Ltd.), 518
— Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermometry
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co., 1265- Mile Pipeline for Natural Gas, 97*
— Valley Authority, Leakage Correction at
Great Falls Reservoir, 181*
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials}
— Yield Strength ( f Steel, Effect of Rate of
Loading on, 337. See LETTER, 412 Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Combustion, of Locomotive Boilers, 303, 352, 401. See LETTERS, 412, 527
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Hardenability, for Steel, 415, 437

Tests (Materials) :

Creep Tests, Austenitic Steels for Gas Turbine, 533*
Magnesium-Cerium-Zirconium Alloys, 280, 485
Fatigue Failure and Stress Concentration, 363
— Tests, Austenitic Steel for Gas Turbines, 535
— — Marine Oil Engine Shafting, 366, 509 Impact Tests, Austenitic Steel for Gas Turbines, 533
for Cast Iron, Specification, 430 of Steel, Investigation on, 337. Sec LETTER, 412
Mechanical Tests of Ceramic Materials 433 Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Aluminium-Silicon Alloys at High Temperatures, 245
of Centrifugally-Cast Copper Alloys, 557
Magnesium-Cerium-Zirconium Alloys, 280, 485*
of Sand-Cast Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, 245, 273*. See Erratum^ 321
of Steel, Under Sudden Loads, 337. See LETTER, 412
Testing Machine for Cement (W. and T« Avery, Ltd.), 398*
Universal (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 397*
Torsion Tests of Metals, Length Changes During, 253*
Tests of Rocket-Propelled Pilotless Aircraft, 363
— of V-2 Rockets, Blockhouse for, 31*
— of Theseus ** Propeller Gas-Turbine Aero Engine (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 283* Tester, Leak, for Vacuum Brakes, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 333* Testing Laboratory, See National Physical
— Machines for Aircraft in Australia, 89 Universal (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 397* See also Tests {Materials}
— Plant, Aircraft Engine, at Thornton-le-Moors Laboratory, 355*
1,200-kV Direct-Current, Impulse (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 506*
— Plastic Mouldings, Specification, 106
— See also Tests {Materials)
Texas to West Virginia, Butt-Welded Pipeline for Natural Gas, 97*
Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile-Fibre Investigations in Australia, 42
— Machinery, Air-Break Contactor Starter for (Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 331*
Industry, Position and Prospects, 16, 27, 246, 268
Textile Machinery Makers, Ltd., Preston Scholarships and Research Fellowships, 405
Thames, River, London, Plans for South Bank of, 258
Thameshaven, Visit of Diesel Engine Users Association to, 503
Thermal Efficiency of Power Stations, 387 of Steam Locomotive, 241
— Treatment, Metals. See Neat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermit Crucible for German-Bomb Disposal, 45*
Thermocouples, Platinum, Contamination of, 461, 482
— See also Pyrometer
Thermodynamics, Adiabatic Processes, 40, 88, 112,139,155,196, 291, 340. See Erratum, 155
— of Heat Pump, 552*
Thermometer, Recording, Electrical-Resistance (Foster Instrument Co., Ltd.), 364
— See also Pyrometer
Thermometry, Temperature-Measurement Research in Australia, 5
“ Theseus ” Propeller-Turbine Aero Engine, Tests of, 283*
Thiokol Synthetic Rubber, Spraying by Flame Pistol, 298*
Thomas, Dr. H. A., on Industrial Applications of Electronic Techniques, 110
Thomas, S., on Adiabatic Processes, 112. See LETTERS, 40, 88, 139, 155, 196, 291, 340. See Erratum, 155
Thomas, T. F., on Air-Cycle Heat Pump, 267 Thornton, B. M., on Measurement of Corrosion Pits in Boiler Tubes, 229* Thornton-le-Moors Plant for Production of Chemicals from Petroleum 248 ; Research Laboratory, Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., 355* Threads, Screw. See Screw
“Thruster,” S.S. Tank-Landing Ship. 159* Thunderstorm Recorder (Ferranti, Ltd.), 341 Timbers, Commercial, Nomenclature of, 214
— Investigations in Australia, 89
— Pier, Irrawaddy River Floating Bridge, 49*
— Research and Building Exliibition, 364
— Viaducts, Dare Valley and Gamlyn, Demolition of, 126*
Time and Motion Studies, General Federation of Trade Unions Report, 550
Timoshenko, Prof. S. P., Award of Watt fnternational Medal to, 363 ; on Stress Concentration and Fatigue Failure, 363
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Study Group, First Meeting, 302
Tinsley, H., and Co., Ltd., Resistance Strain Gauges, 318 ; Direct-Current Amplifier, 318
Tippler, Railway-Wagon (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 400
Tipping Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles Todd, K. W., on Cascade Wind-Tunnel Research, 87
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges Tomlin, G. M., on Electrical Technique Applied to Other Industries, 110
Tomlinson, G. E., on Leakage Correction at Great Falls Reservoir, 181*
Tomlinson (Electric Vehicles), Ltd., Battery Trucks and Vehicles, 450
Tookey, W. A., on Heavy-Oil Engine Working Costs, 124
Tools, Machine. See Machine Tools
Toothed Gear. See Gear
Topograph for Surface Finish (D. Brown A Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 376*
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships
— Propeller Blades, Surfacing of, 73*
Torque Between Rolling-Mill Spindles, Fluctuations of, 505
Torsion Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Torsional Overstrain in Metals, Length Changes in 253*
— Vibration in Marine Oil-Engine Shafting, 366, 509*
Tower, Steel, Irrawaddy River Floating Bridge, 49*
Town Gas. See Gas
Traction, Electric. See Pailways Tractor, Agricultural, Efficiency of, 177* 23-h.p., for Mounted Implements (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 151*
Production of, 184
— Industrial, 38-5-b.h.p. Petrol-Engined (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 57*
Trade Disputes. See Labour; and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Effluents, Disposal of, 456
— Engineering and Allied Industries, 16, 27, 64, 77, 113, 136, 148, 174, 184, 220, 246, 268, 293. See Errata, 116. See LETTER, 268
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Boilers, Engines and Machinery, 295 Locomotive, 220. See LETTER, 268. Marine-Engineering, 174
Necessity for Increasing, 103,127 Shipbuilding, 174
Textile Machinery, 16, 146, 268
and Home, Cycles and Motor Cycles, 64 and Import, Agricultural Machinery, 184
Trade, Export and Import, Aircraft, 77 and Import, Electrical Engineering, 130, 148
and Import, Machine Tool, 113
— Government Economic Survey, 171 171
— Home and Export, Cycles and Motor Cycles, 04
— Motor Vehicle and Motor Cycles, 64
— South American, 91, 210, 331, 450, 531
— Steel Imports into Great Britain, 363
— United States, 235, 427
— Unions. SCQ Labour; and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Venezuelan, Prospects of, 267 Train. See Railway Training. See Education
Transformer Design and Operation (Review), 76
— 5,000-kVA 132-kV, On-Load Tap-Changing
Gear for (Ferranti, Ltd.), 398*
— for Rayon Factory, 470
— Static, Testing of (Review), 4
Transformer Steels, Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 365
— Voltage, Precision (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 342*
Transition Curve Trigonometry, 40*. See LETTERS, 88, 112, 139, 155
Transmission, Electric, Ship Propulsion. See
Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Marine Propulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion ; Potver Transmission
Transonic and Supersonic Research, by Sir B. Lockspeiser, 363
Transplanters (Robot), Ltd., Potato Planter, 450
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Bill, Debate on, 37
— Coal, and Production, Government White Paper on, 85 by Railway, 388
— Institute of. Annual Report, 39
— Ministry of, Report on Blackburn Meadows Power Station Boiler Explosion, 541
— Motor, See Road ; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See7?oad; Motor Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trepanning and Steaming-Out Apparatus for
German-Bomb Disposal, 45* Trials. See Tests Trigonometry Refresher for Technical Men (Review), 328
— Transition Curve, 40*. See LETTERS, 88, 112, 139, 155
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam Trondhjem U-Boat Pen, Application of Electr- osmosis to, 121*
Tropics, Air Compressor for (Aeraspray Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 376*
Truck, 7i-ton, Oil-Hydraulic, for Lifting (J. Collis and Sons, Ltd.), 399*
Railway. See Wagons
Tubes, Boiler, Measurement of Corrosion Pits in,229*
Expansion Theory of Circulation in, 145* “ Swirlyflo ” Fire-Tube (Spanner Boilers, Ltd.), 495*
— Railways. See Underground Railways;
London Passenger Transport Board
— Reinforcement of Branch Pieces, 63*
— See also Pipes
“Tudor I “ Civil Aircraft, Defects in, 152
Tug, Screw, Design (Review), 402 Tungsten-Carbide Products, “ Wimet ’’ (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 400
Tunnel for Manchester-Sheffield Railway Electrification, 220
— Vehicular, Pedestrian and Cyclist, Under River Tyne, 493*
— woodhead, London and North Eastern Railway, 312
Turbine, Gas, for Aircraft, Researches at
Thornton-le-Moors Laboratory, 357 Alloys for (H. Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 400* Axial Flow, for Jet Propulsion, 87 Development and Application, 111 Development for Naval Vessels, 135 Emergency Use for Boiler Firing (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 285*
High-Creep Strength Austenitic Steel for, 533*
for Locomotive (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 168 Pulverised Fuel for, 502 Snow Clearance with, 285* “ Theseus ’’ Propeller-Turbine Aero Engine, 183*
— H ydraulic. See Power Plant
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Axial-Flow, Effect of Centrifugal
Force in, 205*. See LETTERS, 388,458, 505, 527
Blading for. See Blading Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion Parsons, Evolution of, 528
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers; Warships Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Generator, First 10,000-kW 3,000-r.p.m., 341. See 292. See LETTER, 388 '
5,120-kW, S.S. Hinemoa, 8 Production of, 136
Turner, A. N., on Sand-Cast Aluminium- Magneslum Alloys, 273*. See 245. See Errodum, 321
Turner, H. C., on Electrical Technique Applied to Other Industries, 110
Turner, J, H. W., on Engineering Professions and Institutions, 447. See 525. See LETTERS, 552
Turning. See Machine Tools Turret Lathes. See Lathes under Machine Tools
Tuson, K. H., on Generating Plant for Military Equipment, 545
Tustin, Prof. A., on Controller Design, 497
Tyne, River, Vehicular, Pedestrian and Cyclist
Tunnels unher, 493*

Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Research and Development Applied to, 20*, 44*
Union Pacific Railroad, 6,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 63
Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., S.S. Hinemoa, 8*
— Trade. See Labour and 'Prade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
United States Army Air Force, Air-Speed Record, 551
Army, Blockhouse for V-2 Rocket Tests, 31*
Army, 100-ton 80-ft. Radius Floating Crane, 470*
Army Corps of Engineei^i, Orinico-Casi- quiare-Negro Waterway Snrvey, 421* Bureau of Reclamation, Spillway Bridge of Shasta Dam, 325* ; Geological Work of, 329, 377
Domestic Heating in, 86
Engineering Notes from, 235, 427 Fischer-Tropsch Process in, 30, 79 German Supersonic Wind Tunnels in, 102 Great Falls Reservoir, Leakage Correction at, 181*
International Conference on Radio Aids to Marine Navigation, 315
Navy. See United States under Warships Organisation of Engineers in, 525 Petroleum Research in, 479, 507, 519 1,265-Mile Pipeline for Natural Gas, 97* Pipeline, Natural Gas, Texas to New York, 235
Use of Pulverised Fuel in, 501 Railways. See Bailways; Railroads Road Construction with Air-Entraining Concrete, 290
Ships for Invasion Fleet, 159* See also America
University Education for Engineers, 289
— Manchester, Summer School in X-Ray , Crystallography, 310
— Sheffield, New Department of Chemistry, 339 ; Hatfield Memorial Lecture on Steel for Use at Elevated Temperatures, 435 ; Rolling-Mill Research at, 439, 505
— See also Education
Unwin Memorial Fund, Work of Committee 553 :
Uranium Chain Reaction, Mechanical Model, 481
Uruguay, Engineering Notes from, 210, 331, 531
— River, Salto Grande Hydro-Electric Scheme, 210, 531

VI AND V2 Bombs, Disposal of, 47
V2 Rocket Tests, Blockhouse for, 31*
Vaaler, L. E., on Electrodeposition of Nickel- Tungsten Alloys, 384
Vacuum Apparatus, Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector, 342
Vacuum Brake. See Brake
— Pump. See Pump
Vajragupta, Dr. P., on Phosphorus Reaction in Basic Steelmaking Process, 483
Valve, Ball, “Portsmouth” Type, Specification, 358
— Gear for Locomotives, Development of, 241
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines “Vanguard,” H.M. Battleship, Strain and
Breakage Recorded during Launching, 436 Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vaughan, E. J., on Microchemical Analyses of Ferrous Alloys, 460
Vector Operator j. (Review), 377
Venezuela, Engineering Aims and Prospects in, 207
Notes from, 450
— Orinoco-Casiquiare-Negro "Waterway, 421* Vessels, Pressure, Built-up, Design of, 349*
Viaducts, Wooden, Dare Valley and Gamlyn,
Great Western Railway, Demolition, 120*
— See also Bridges
Vibration, Torsional, in Marine Oil-Engine Shafting, 366, 509*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Building of S.S. “ Hinemoa,”8* ; Launch of M.S. “Accra,” 187 ; Floating Caisson for Dry Dock, Le Havre, 544*
“ Virgo,” M.S., with Pneumatic Grain-Handling Plant, 210*
Vision, Colour, Defective, in Industry. Report on,172
Vitreous Enamelling for Finish of Electrical Equipment, 330
Vivien, A. C., on Dynamic Yield Strength of Steel. 412. See 337
Voce, Dr. E., on Effect of Bismuth on Copper, 540 ’
Vowles, H. P., on “Engynes,” 41. See LETTERS, 196, 244, 340*

WAGES. See Labour; PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles; 'Praetors ~ Railway, Tippler for( Stracluyi tfe Henshaw Ltd.), 400
Wales, Steel Co. of. Formation of, 155
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Heat Energy and Kinetic Energy in Induction Motor, 268. See LETTER,412*
— Insulated, Heat Transmission through, Factors Aft'ecting (Review), 52
Walshaw, A. C., on Adiabatic Processes, 196. See LETTERS, 40, 88, 112, 139, 155, 291, 340. See Erraturn, 155 .
War-Damaged Bridges in Holland, Repairs, 1 Effect on Economic position of Engineering Firms, 103,127
Office, Inspection Department of, 90, 100
— Period, Rcportof Electricity Commissioners, 134
— Time, British Grid System in, 218, 225*, 249* .
Developments in Telecommunication, 367, 379, 402, 441
Ship-Repairing, 282, 306
Warfare, Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
— Naval. See Warships
Warnock, Prof. F. V., on Tensile Yield Strength of Steel. 337. See LETTER, 412
Warrington Centenary Industrial Exhibition, 363

Warships :

Admiralty Research Establishment, Investigation on Infra-Red Equipment, 258
— Ship Welding Committee, Report on M.S. “ Neverita,” 13
— Signal Establishment, Work on Centimetre-Wave Communication Systems, 489*
— and War-Time Telecommunications, 367, 379, 402, 441
Armament Control, Servo-Mechanisms for, 494, 542
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
British Submarine Design, 1939-45, 244, 319
German Submarine Design, 319
Hydrogen-Peroxide Engines in, 307 Guns and Gunfire, Naval. See Guns H.M. Battleship “ Vanguard,” Strain and Breakage Recorded during Launching, 436
— Corvettes and Frigates, Design of, 389
— Depot and Repair Ships, 414
— Frigates and Corvettes, Design of, 389 Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Launches, Design of, 390
— Navy, Applications of Electrical Remote Positional Controllers, 494, 542
— Repair Ship ” Ranpura,” 414
«— Ships, Use of Servo Mechanisms in, 494, 542
— Submarines, Design, 1939-1945, 244,319 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Engineers, Centenary of Grant of . Commissions to, 233 I
Norwegian Flotilla Leader Oslo,” 332- | Ships of Invasion Fleet and their Development, 117*, 141*, 158*
— Repairing, 1939-1945, 282, 306 Submarines, British, Design, 1939-45, 244, 319
— German Design, 319
Hydrogen-Peroxidc Engines in, 307
— Pen, Trondhjem, Use of Electrosmosis in Construction of, 121*
— United States Design, 319
United States Navy, Electrical Catapult for Aircraft, 198
Navy, Test Hangar and ” Human Centrifuge,” 235
Submarine Design, 319
Warships, Development of Gas Turbines for, 135
— Models at Shipwrights’ Exhibition, 125, 165
Wash Basins, Metal, Specification, 238 Washers, Bolts and Nuts, Specification, 498 Waste-Heat Boilers, Specification, 82 Water-Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Board, Rand, Annual Report, 388
— Pollution by Oil from Engineering Works,
Prevention of, 513*, 537
Research Board, Report of, 456
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant
— Raising by Chain of Pots, 41. See LETTERS, 196, 244, 340*
— Supply, Story of (Review), 279 See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Turbines. See Power Plant
— Wheels, Primitive, Origin of, 41. See LETTERS, 196, 244, 340*
See Power JHant
Waterways, Model Experiments on, 435
— Orinoco-Casiquiare-Negro, 421*
— See Rivers
Waterworks Practice, Current (Review), 423
— See also Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watson, A. W., on Corvettes and Frigates, 389 Watt International Medal, Presentation tn Prof, S. P. Timoshenko, 363
Watts, E. R., and Son, Ltd., Improvisations during Electric-Power Cuts, 166* ; Horizontal Measuring Machine, 517*
Waves, Elet^tromagnetic. See Telegraphy, Wireless: Telephony, Wireless, hadar
Wax, production by Fischer-Tropsch Process, 30, 54, 79
Wear, Cylinder-Bore, in Motor-Car Engines, 40, 392*
Weinberg, S., on Feed Distribution in Marine Water-Tube Boiler, 41. See LETTER, 155 Welded Aluminium-Silicon Alloys, Cracking in, 245,369*
— Rail Joint, London Passenger Transport
Board, 201
— Tanker ‘‘ Neverita,” Hogging and Sagging Tests, 13
Welding, Arc, Electrode Holder for (Masco] l^roducts Co.), 201*
Equipment (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 425
— institute of. Welding of Copper and Copper-
- Rich Alloys, by Dr. M. Cook and E. Davis, 378
— Machine, Stud, Automatic (English El(‘etric CO.. Ltd.), 375*
Welding Maclune, Stud, portable Electric (Stcl- mar, Ltd.), 234*
— Oxy-Acetylene, of Copper and Copper Alloys) 378
Acetylene, of Pipeline for Natural Gas, 97*
— Plant, Electric, Production of, 17, 136 Well-Point System, Ground-Water Lowering by, 121*
Welsh Industries Fair, London, 39
West Ham, 66-kV Emergency Substation, 250*
— of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel , , ,,
— Virginia to Texas, Butt-Welded Pipeline for Natural Gas, 97* x.
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Rectifier Equipment for Electroplating, 518
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Steel- Frame Alternating-Current Motors, 101 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., Electric Catapult for Aircraft, 198
Whalley, C., on Microchemical Analyses Ferrous Alloys, 460
Wheels, Copper-Alloy, Centrifugal Casting 556*
— Gear. See Gears; Marine Propulsion Wheeldon, G. H., on Automatic Control Chemical industry, 543
White Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, Block
house for V-2 Rocket Tests, 31*
Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Annealing Plant for Steel Strip in Coils, 92* Whiteley, Dr. A. L., on Automatic Regulators
and Servo-Mechanisms, 435, 494 Whitworth Scholarships, Regulations for, 385 Wickman, A. C., Ltd., “ Wimet ” Tungsten-
Carbide Products, 400
Widnall, F., on Protective Finishing of Electrical Equipment, 330
Wiggin, H., and Co., Ltd., Alloys for Gas Turbines, 400
Willans, K. W., on Proposed Biography of P. W. Willans, 15
Williams, F. C., on Electronic Servo Simulators, 544
Williams, W. J., on Graphite Formation in Cast Irons, 460
“Wimet” Tungsten-Carbidc Products, 400 Winch, Electric, for Pneumatic Grain-Handling
Plant, 213* Wind Tunnels. See Aeronautics Wire Ropes, Colliery, investigations on, 314 Suspension Cables for Natural-Gas Pii)e- line, 97*
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wissev Gap, Fenlands, Closing of, 304* Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials)
Wooden Viaducts, Dare Valley and Gamlyn,
Great Western Railway, Demolition, 126* Woodhead Tunnel, London and North Eastern Railway, 312
Woods, A. R. T., the Late, 174 Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Woollard, F. G., on Automobile Industry, 387

Works :

Britannia Works, Manchester, Muir Machine Tools, Ltd., Reconstruction of, 309*
Engineering Works, Prevention of Water pollution by Oil from, 513*, 537*
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Smethwick Works, Time Studies at, 550
Testing Station, Gravesend, W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 506*
Works Management, Conference on National Productive Efficiency, 193
Control Charts in Factory Management (Review), 377
Education for Management, Report 434 Engineering Reorganisation (Review), 279
incentives to Increased Production, 103, 127
Marginal Costing (Review), 401
Mechanical Inspection (Review), 52
Production Control, Modern (Review), 231
Report on Time and Motion Studies, 550 Workmen. See Labour
Workshop Training, See Education
— See Works ; Machine Tools
World of Industry (Review), 376
— Power Conference, Reports on Fuel Economy Since 1939, 338
Worm Gear. See Qear
Wright, S. J., on Mechanical Engineering and Agriculture, 177*, 202*

X-RAY Crystallography, Manchester University Summer School, 310
Method of Measuring Poisson’s Ratio 68*
in Research and Industry (Review), 302 Spectrometer, Bragg, Model of, 481

YARN-Breakage Detector (Ferranti, Ltd.), 341
Yarrow and Co., Ltd., Boilers for S.S. “ Hine- moa,” 8
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Young, L., on Automatic Control Applied to High-Pressure Boilers, 543

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Effect on Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys, 540
— Powder, Spraying by Plame Pistol, 297*

Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: General

See Also

Sources of Information