Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: General

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GENERAL

Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
Oerlikon, Ateliers de Construction, “ Electrogyro ” Vehicle, 540*
Ohio State University, investigation of Stress- Strain Relations in Ceramic Materials, 433
Oil, Chemical Production from. Plant for Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., 248
— from Coal by Fischer-Tropsch Process, 30, 54, 79, 411
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars; Tractors
— from Engineering Works, Prevention of water Pollution by, 513*, 557*
— Industry, Progress of Research, 479, 507, 519
— Lubricating, for Aircraft Engines, Researches
at Thornton-Ie-Moors Laboratory, 355*
Costs for Heavy-Oil Engines, 124
and Cylinder-Bore Wear, 40, 392* for Oil Engines, 87
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles; Tractors
— Tank Motorship “ Neverita,” Hogging and Sagging Tests, 13
— Production from Coal, by Fischer-Tropsch Process, 30, 54, 79, 411
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Lubrication ; Petroleum
Olander, H. C., Spillway Bridge of Shasta Dam, 325*
Old Centralians, Annual Dinner, 552
Oliver, D. A., on Austenitic Steel for Gas Turbines, 533*
Oosterbeek Bridge over River Rhine, Repairs to, 4*
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace
Optical Instruments, Investigations in Australia, 6
Physical Society’s Exhibition, 316*, 341*, 364*
— Pyrometers. See Pyrometers
Ordnance. See Eallistics ; Explosives; Guns ; Warships
Oregon, Malheur Syphon, Geological Investigations on,329
Orinoco-Casiquiare-Negro Waterway, 421* Oscillations, Electric. See Electric Oscillograph. See Electric
“ Oslo,” Norwegian Flotilla Leader, 332
Ouse, River, Closing Breaches in Banks of, 304* Outlook, Engineering, 16, 27, 64, 77, 113, 136, 148, 174, 184, 220, 246, 268, 293. See Erratum, 116. See LETTER, 268
Oven, Drying, Infra-Red, Gas-Fired (De La Rue Gas Development, Ltd.), 397*
— Furnace, Gas-Fired, with Permeable Lining (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 397*
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Central Electricity Board’s Report, 362
Power Transmission, Grid System in War Time, 134, 218, 225*, 249*
Power Transmission, War Damage to, 134 Overstrain, Torsional, in Metals, Length Changes in, 253*
Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Instrument for Measurement of Radiation Flux, 482
Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See Welding

PAINTS for Finishing Electrical Equipment, 830
Painter Brothers, Ltd., Callender-Hamilton Bridge Units, 2* ; 500-ft. Radiator Mast at Brookman’s Park, 495*
Palestine Electric Corporation, 10,000-kVA Synchronous Condenser, 151
Palisades Earn Site, Idaho, Geological Investigations on, 377
Pan-American Congress of Mining Engineering and Geology. Geology in Civil Engineering, by R. Rhoades, 329, 377
Paper, Drawing, Specification, 10
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
Parker, Dr. R. T., on Sand-Cast Aluminium- Magnesium Alloys, 273*. See 245. See Erralum, 321
Parker, S. M., on Ultra High-Pressure Hydraulic System, 39
Parking, Mechanical, of Vehicles, Baldwin- Auger System, 187*
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Annual Luncheon, 135
Parsons, Sir C. A., Life and Work of, 528
Parsons, R. H., on Adiabatic Processes, 155. See LETTERS, 40, 88, 112, 139, 196, 291, 340. See Erratum, 15^ ; on Heat Balances for Locomotive Boilers, 412. See 303,352, 401. See LETTER, 527 ; on Maximum CO2 in Flue Gases, 479. See LETTER, 553
— Lecture on “ Parsons, the Man and his Work,” 528
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Particle-Recording Equipment (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 364*
Patent Record, 24*, 48*, 72*, 96*, 120*, 144*, 160*, 180*, 204*, 228*, 252*, 276*, 300*, 324*, 348*, 372*, 396*, 420*, 444*, 488*, 512*, 536*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
Paterson, Sir C. C., on Future Trends in Radio Communication, 379
Paterson, S., on High Explosives : Mechanical Theory of Detonation, 98*
Payne, R. J. M., on Magnesium-Cerium-Zirco- nium Alloys, 485*. See 280
Pearl Street Power Station, New York, Origin of, 134
Pease, H. M., the Late, 268
Peattie, J. D., on British Grid System in War Time, 225*, 249*. See 218
Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
Perrins, F. T., on Staffordshire Thick Coal Seam, 111
Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82,106,130,168,190, 214, 238, 262, 286, 310, 334, 358, 382, 406, 430, 452, 474, 498, 522, 546
Peru, Engineering Notes from, 91, 332
Petch-Elliott Pressure Detector, 341*
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars ; Praetors
— Tractors. See Praetors
petroleum, Institute of. Cadman Lecture on Progress in Petroleum Research, by R. P. Russell, 507, 519. See 479
— Research, Progress in, 479, 507, 519
— See also Oil; Engines, Oil
Pettet, A, E. J., on Prevention of Water Pollution by Oil, 513*, 537*
Phenol-Alaehyde Plastics, Monograph on (Review), 467
Philips Lamps, Ltd., Magnetic Filters, 376* Phosphor-Bronze, Corrosion in Hot-Water Service, 280
Wheels, Centrifugal Casting of, 556* Phosphorus Reaction in Basic Steelmaking Process, 483
— Removal from Pig Hon, 243
Photographs, Stellar, Measuring Instrument for, 482
Photographic Investigation of Temperature of Liquid Steel, 461, 482
Photometrical Investigations in Australia, 6 Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Chemistry. See chendstry
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Investigations in Australia, 5, 42
— Society, Report on Defective Colour Vision
in industry, 172 ; Exhibition of Scientific Instruments, 316*, 341*, 364*
Physics, Atomic Theory for Students of Metallurgy (Review), 328
— Jubilee of Electron, 387
— Electronic Technique Applied in Industry, 110. See 231
Theory of Acids and Bases (Review), 123
— Electronics in Industry (Review), 231 Introduction to (Review), 52
— Infra-Red Equipment for Military Purposes, 258
— Radiations (Review), 26
— Theoretical, Relaxation Methods in (Review), 52
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pickles, J., on Future of Electricity-Supply Industry, 551
Pier, Timber, Irrawaddy River Floating Bridge, 49*
Pig Iron, Removal of Sulphur and Phosphorus from, 243
Piling Formula, New, 156. See LETTER, 316 pinions. See Gears;
Pipes, Reinforcement of Branch Pieces for, 63*
Pipeline, Butt-Welded, 1,265-Mile, for Natural Gas, Dnited States, 97*. See 235
— Natural Gas, Texas to New York, 235. See 235
Pistol, Powder, Flame Spraying by, 297* Pistons, Aircraft-Engine, Researches at Thorn- ton-le-Moors Laboratory, 355*
— Design, Effect on Cylinder-Bore Wear, 40, 394*
— Rings, Elastic Deformation of, 161*
— Surfaces, 360-Deg. Photographic Recording Apparatus for, 357*
Pitch-Mastic Flooring, Specifications, 382 Pitting. See Corrosion
Pivot, Central, for 100-ton 80-ft. Radius Floating Crane, 471*
planing Machine. See Machine Pools planning Proposal for London, 258 Plastic Mouldings, Specification, 106 Plastics in Electrical Industry, 6
Experimental, and Synthetic Resins (Review), 26
— Phenol-Aldehyde, Monograph on (Review), 467
— Spraying of by Flame Pistol, 299
Platform, Rotating, for 100-ton, 80-ft. Radius Floating Crane, 470*
Plating, Electro. See Electro
Platinum Medal, Joint Presentation to Dr. J. L. and Mrs. Haughton, 197
— Resistance Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Ploughs, Action of, 177*
— for Mounting on 23-h.p. Ferguson Agricultural Tractor, 151*
— Production of, 184
Plugs, Sparking, Fouling of, Experiments at Thornton-le-Moors Laboratory, 356*
Plymouth, Emergency Switchgear at, 250*
“Pneumech ” Automatic Dust Collector (H. R. Hutchings), 236*
Pochobradsky, Dr. B., on Adiabatic Processes, 40. See LETTERS, 88, 112, 139, 155, 196, 291, 340. See Erratum, 155 ; on Effect of Centrifugal Force in Axial-Flow Turbines, 205*. See LETTERS, 388, 458, 505, 527
Poisson’s Ration, X-Ray Method of Measuring, 68*
Pollution, Water, by Oil from Engineering Works, Prevention of, 513*, 537*
Research Board, Report of, 456 polytechnic. See Education
Pontoon, Steel, for Irrawaddy River Floating Bridge, 49*
Port of Calcutta, Shunting Locomotives for, 451*
Port Improvement in Brazil, 532
— of Le Havre, Floating Caisson for, 544*
Port Talbot Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Conversion of M.SS. “ Virgo ” and “ Birmingham ” for Grain Handling, 210
and Aberavon Chamber of Trade. Developments in South "Wales Steel Industry, by E. H. Lever, 155
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
Porter, Prof. A., on Basic Principles of Automatic-Control Systems, 155
Portland Cement. See (Jement
Post Office, War Work in Telecommunication, 367, 379, 402, 441; London-Birmingham Television Link, 518
Potato Diggers and Harvesters, 202*
— Planter (Transplanters (Robot), Ltd.), 450 Powder for Guns. See Explosives
— Metallurgy, Modern Developments in, 492 PeiniaEent-MagnetProduction,445*,465* Symposium on. Iron and Steel Institute’s Report, 474, 530
— Pistol, Flame Spraying by, 297* Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Coal
Powell Duffryn Technical Services, Ltd., Formation of, 195
Power Conference, World, Reports on Fuel Economy Since 1939, 338
— Hammer. See Hammer under Machine Tools
— Plants, Hydro-Electric, in Canada, Report on, 272
Hydro-Electric, Glen Shira and Glen Tarsan Schemes, 243-
Hydro-Electric, Great Falls, Leakage Correction at Reservoir, 181*
Hydro-Electric, in Italy, 403 Hydro-Electric, Loch Sloy, Railway Work at, 484
Hydro-Electric, 210,531
Improvisations Cuts, 166* See also Power
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Production, Atomic Energy for, 504
— Propulsive, Hydrogen Peroxide for, 307
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Station, Electric, Bankside, London, Controversy Concerning, 387, 435
Electric, Blackburn Meadows, Explosion of Stirling Boiler, 541
Electric, Central Electricity Board’s Report, 361
Electric, Coal Crisis and Fuel Restrictions, 194, 198*, 267
Electric, Extensions to, 267
Electric, First in London and New York, 134
Electric, and Grid System in War Time, 218, 225*
Electric, Location of, 196
Electric, of London Power Co., Ltd., 195 Electric, and Nationalisation, 61, 87,135, 551
— — Electric, Use of Pulverised Fuel in, 501 Electric, Research on Coal Burning in, 7 Electric, Research by Electrical Research
Association, 299
Electric, Sydney, Extension to. 111 Electric, Units Generated and Fuel Consumed, 387
Electric, in War Period, Report of Electricity Commissioners, 134
Practice, Recent Developments, 551 See also Power Plants ; Substations
— Supply, Electric, from Atomic Energy, Metallurgical Problems in, 457
Electric, in Canada, Report on, 272
Electric, Central Electricity Board’s Report, 361
Electric, and Coal Crisis, 194, 198*
Electric, Domestic, Restrictions, 267. See 194,198*
Electric, Electricity Commissioners* Returns, 354
Electric, Extensions to Generating Plant, 267
Electric, and Fuel Restrictions, 194,198*, 267
Electric, Future of, 551
Electric and Gas, Comparison of Efficiencies, 266
Electric, Generation and Distribution, 339 j Electric, and Grid System in War Time, | 218, 225*, 249*
Electric, Improvisations during Cuts, 166*
Electric, Industrial, Diesel-Electric Generators for, 386
Electric, in Italy, 403
Electric, Law Relating to, 551
Electric, by London Power Co., Ltd., 195 Electric, in London, Statistics of, 457 Electric, for Military Equipment, 545 Electric, Nationalisation of, 61, 87, 135, 551
Electric, Order for Rationing, 112
Electric, Organising Committee for Industry, 444
Electric, for Rayon Factory, 470
Electric, in Sydney, Report, 111
Electric, Returns of Units Generated, 387 Electric, War-Period, Report of Electricity Commissioners, 134
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Central
Electricity Board’s Report, 362
Overhead Lines, Grid System in War Time, 134, 218, 225*, 249*
Overhead Lines, War Damage to, 134 See also Gear; Marine Propulsion
— Water. See Hydraulic; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric
Presidential Address to Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, by W. Ing, on Syllabuses of Professional Institutions, 457 to British Coal Utilisation Research Association, by R. W. Foot, on Research on Coal Utilisation, 7
to Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association, by J. Pickles, on Future of Electricity-Supply Industry, 551
Presidential Address to Institution of Naval Architects, by Lord Chatfield, on Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industries, 259. See 244
to Institution of Production Engineers (North-Eastern Section), by Sir C. D. Gibb, on Looking to Management and Employees 103, 127
to Junior Institution of Engineers, by Major-Gen. A. W. Sproull, on inspection, 90, 100
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure Detector, Petch-Elliott (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 341*
— Vessels, Built-up, Design of, 349*
Preston Scholarships and Research Fellowships in Textile Technology, 405
Printing and Allied Trades Research Association, Definition and Measurement of Gloss, by Dr. V. G. W. Harrison, 455
Process Control, Theoretical Foundations, 542 Production Control, Modern (Review), 231
— Efficiency, National, Conference on, 193
— Engineers, Institution of, North-Eastern
Section. Presidential Address, by Sir C. D. Gibb, on Looking to Management and Employees, 103, 127 ; Wolverhampton Section, Conference on National Productive Efficiency, 193
— Maintenance during Electric-Power Cuts, 166*
— and Transport of Coal, Government White Paper on, 85
Prohaska, Prof. C. W., on Residuary Stability of Ships, 436
Projector, Vickers Contour (Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd.), 448
Propeller Blades, Torpedo, Method of Surfacing, 73*
— Singing, in Submarines, 319
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
Protective Finishing for Electrical Equipment, 330
Pulverised Fuel Conference, Harrogate, 106, 404, 501, 503
for Power Station in War Time, 227 Pulveriser for Heavy Materials (Christy and Norris, Ltd.), 376*
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Centrifugal, High - Capacity (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 400*
— Diaphragm, for Corrosive Liquids (Girdlestone and Co.), 400*
— Heat, Air Cycle, at Norwich, 267
Thermodynamics of, 552*
— Primitive, Origin of, 41. See LETTERS, 196. 244,340*
— Rotary Displacement (Autometric Pumps, Ltd.), 448*
Mining (Mono Pumps, Ltd.), 376*
“ Speedivac ” (W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd.), 517*
— Spraying, Electrically-Driven (J. Allen and Sons (Oxford), Ltd.), 450*
— Vacuum for Pneumatic Grain-Handling Plant, 211*
Pyrometers for Liquid Steel, 5, 461, 482
— Optical (Foster Instrument Co., Ltd.), 364
— See also Thermocozzple

QUARTERMAINE, A. S., Demolition of Dare Valley Wooden Viaducts, 126*
Quebec Department of Public Works, 1,500-ft.
Welded Continuous-Girder Bridge, 285 Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy

RADAR, Electric Generator for, 545 Radiations (Review), 26
— Flux, Instrument for Measurement, 482 Radio Aids to Marine Navigation, International
Conference on, 315. See 502
— Communication by Centimetre-Wave Systems, 489*
Convention, 219, 243, 367, 379
Future Trends in, 379
Radio Heaters, Ltd., High-Frequency Heating Equipment, 425*
— Instrument Industry, Position and Prospects, 148
— versus Line for Communication Systems, 321
— Transmission, 500-ft. Radiator Mast at Brookman’s Park, 495*
— See also Telegraphy; 'Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless; Television; Radar
Radiophysical Researches in Australia, 89
Radley, Dr. W. G., on Progress in Telephony and Telegraphy, 402, 441
Rail, Flat-Bottom, at Benton Quarry Junction, L.N.E.R.,55*
— Joint, Welded, London Passenger Transport Board, 201
Railcars. See Carriages, Railway
Railroad, Union Pacific, 6,000-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 63
— See also Railways
Railways, Argentine, British-Owned, Sale to Argentina, 210
Position of, 331
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Locomotives on, 220. See LETTER, 268
Position and Programmes, 217 and Transport Bill, 37
— Carriage. See Caniage
— Congress, International, Lucerne, programme, 551
— Cutting, Salzgitter, Application of Electrosmosis to, 121*
— Great Western, Demolition of Dare Valley and Gamlyn Wooden Viaducts, 126* ’; Gas-Turbine Locomotive for, 168 ; North Acton to Greenford Extension, 469
— Italian, Articulated Diesel Railcar for, 320
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
Railway, London Midland and Scottish, Con- s^a^t-Length Bar for Outdoor Use, 25* • Welded Steel-Plate Axlebox, 43* ; Rebuilt Passenger Locomotives, 152*; Diesel- Llectric Locomotives for, 271; Snow Clear- ; Leak Tester for Vacuum Brakes, 333*
North Eastern, Elat-Bottom Rails at Benton Quarry Junction, 55* ; Man- Chester-Sheffield Tunnel, 220 • Loco- 1923-41, 243; New 312; Railway Work at Loch Sloy, 484
-- Motor Carriage. See Camafze Government, Annual Report,
— Position in 1847, 480
— Noadway and Track (Review), 328
Rolling Stock. See Carnages; Locomotives ; Wagons ^439^^^^^* Bight-Weight Traction Motors,
— Train Brake. See Brake
— Transport of Coal by, 388
— Tube. See ; London Passenger Transport Board
— Underground. See CZnfe^rownd; London Passenger Transport Board Wagons. See Wagons
-- See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Ram, Electrically-Operated, for Bomb-Fuse Removal, 44*
Ramp, Bridge, for Tank-Landing Ships, 158* Rand Water Board, Annual Report, 388
Ranpura,” H.M. Repair Ship, 414
Ravenstein Bridge Over River Maas, Repairs to, 4*
Rawlplug Co., Ltd., Toggle Bolts and Rawl- auchor, 426
Rays. See X’-Rays ; Infra-Red Rays Installation in, 470
Read, Brigadier E. E., Flood Work in South Level Fens, 304*
Phase-Doubled Twelve-Phase Rectiher, 418*
Bea^ing^Machines, Mechanical Features, 179*, Reclamation, Land, Application of Geology to, 329 ’
Recorder, Thunderstorm (Ferranti, Ltd ) 341 Recording Thermometer, Electrical Resistance (poster Instrument Co., Ltd.), 364
— Equipment, Particle (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 364*
Recrystallisation in Copper, Rate and Mechanism of, 281
Rectillers. See Electric Reduction Gears. See Gears Reference Books. See Annuals Regulating Systems, Amplidyne, 543 Regulators, Automatic, and Servo Mechanisms Principles of, 435, 494, 554
— Systems and Servos, Industrial Electronic. 544
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reid Sigrist, Ltd., Electronic Balancing Machine, 56*
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Relaxation Methods in Theoretical Physics (Review), 52
^lays. Protective, Desirable Features of, 33 Repeated Stresses, See Ealigue under Tests {Materials}
Repeater, Electronic (Evershed and Vignoles Ltd.), 317*
Report, Annual, Australian Council for Scien- title and Industrial Research, 5, 42, 53, 89 British Cast Iron Research Association, 19 British Council, 87
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 339
Central Electricity Board, 361
Copper Development Association, 34
Hydro-Electric Progress in Canada, 272 Institute of Fuel, 411
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 411
Institution of Mining Engineers, 111
Maudslay Society, 411
Motor Industry Research Association, 135 New Zealand Government Railways 101 Rand Water Board, 388 ’ Safety in Mines Research Board, 314
— Bases for Civilian Flying Boats, 527
— Boiler Explosion Inquiry, Blackburn Meadows Power Station, 541
— on British Commonwealth Scientific Official
Conference, London, 265
— on Colonial Research, 1945-46, 362
— Defective Colour Vision in Industry 172
— Domestic Fuel Policy, 38 ’
Heating in America, 86
— Education for Management, Management
Subjects in Technical Colleges, 434
— Fire Grading of Buildings, 154
— on Fuel Economy since 1939, 338
— on Hardenability of Steel, Iron and Steel Institute, 415, 437
— Industrial Research in Technical Colleges 478 ’
— on Powder Metallurgy, Iron and Steel Institute, 530
— on Research and Small Firms, 410
— on Rolling Mill Research, Iron and Steel
Institute, 439, 505
— Smoke and Its Measurement, 62
^34 Electricity Commissioners,
— Water Pollution Research Board, 456
— See also Board of Trade Research, Aeronautical, National Expenditure,
— Aircraft Fuels and Lubricants, at Thornton- le-Moors, 355*
— Applied to Bomb Disposal, 20*, 44*
— Association, British Cast Iron, Annual Report, 19
British Coal Utilisation, Presidential Address, by R. w. Foot, on Research on Coal Utilisation, 7
British Electrical and Allied Industries, Bomb Locator, 23*; Committee on Electrical Equipment of Automotive Systems, 243 ; Annual Report, 299
Research Association, Motor Industry, Annual Report, 135 ; Length Changes in Metals Under Torsional Overstrain, 253*
Printing and Allied Trades, Definition and Measurement of Gloss, by Dr. V. G. W. Harrison, 455
— Board, Building, Report on Fire Grading of Buildings, 154
Mechanical Engineering, Appointment of, 479
Road, Application of Electrosmosis to Soil Drainage, 121*
Safety in Mines, Annual Report, 314 Water Pollution, Report of, 456
— on Coal Utilisation, 7
— Colonial, 1945-46, Report on, 362
— Co-operative, in British Commonwealth, 265
— Council, Manchester Joint, Report on Conference on Research and Small Firms, 410
— Department, Scientific and Industrial,
Appointment of Mechanical Engineering Research Board, 479
— for Engineering Industries, 19
— and Industry, Birmingham Conference, 291
— Industrial, Organisation of, 503 in Scotland, Conference on, 315 in Technical Colleges, Report, 478
— and Industry, X-Rays in (Review), 302
— Laboratory, Forest Products, Timber Research and Building Exhibition, 364
Thornton-le-Moors, Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., 355*
— Metallurgical, in India, 43
— Petroleum, Progress in, 479, 507, 519
— Rolling Mill, Iron and Steel Institute Report on, 439, 505
— Scientific and Industrial, Australian Council for, Annual Report, 5. 42, 53, 89
— and Small Firms, Report on, 410
— Station, Fuel, Greenwich, Work on Fischer-
Tropsch Process, 30, 79; Report on Smoke and Its Measurement, 62 ;
— Textile Machinery, at Helmshore, 269
— Timber, and Building Exhibition, 364
— Transonic and Supersonic, by Sir B. Lockspeiser, 363
— See also National Physical Laborato'i'y Reservoir, Great Falls, Leakage Correction, 181* Resins, Synthetic, and* Experimental Plastics (Review), 26
Resistance, Electric, Electric
— Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX Rhine, River, Repairs to Bridges Over, 1*
Rhoades, R., on Geology in Civil Engineering, 329, 377
Richards, Dr. T. L., on Mechanism of Re-crystalisation in Copper, 281
Rickett’s Steam Cultivator, 178* Rings, Piston. See Piston Rings
Ritson, F. J. U., on Electronic Servo Simulators, 544
River Brazos, Natural Gas Pipeline Over, 97*
— Caney Fork, Tennessee, Great Falls Dam, 181*
— Dutch, Repairs to Bridges Over, 1*
— Irrawaddy Bridge on Ledo-Burma Road, 49*
— des Milles lies, Quebec, 1,500-ft. Welded
Continuous-Girder Bridge Across, 285
— Ouse, Closing Breaches in Banks of, 304*
— Sacramento, Spillway Bridge of Shasta Dam on,325*
— Severn Highway Bridge, Models for Measuring Oscillations, 554
— St. Mary, Canada, Irrigation Scheme, 235
— Thames, London, Plans for South Bank, 258
— Tyne, Vehicular, Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels Under, 493* »
— Uruguay, Salto Grande Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 210, 531
Roads, Concrete, Design and Construction of (Review), 4
— Construction with Air-Entraining Concrete, 290
— Federation of Coated Macadam Industries, Annual Luncheon, 552
— Haulage and Transport Bill, 37
— Ledo-Burma, Irrawaddy River Bridge, 49*
— Planning in Hammersmith, 258
— Research Board, Application of Electrosmosis to Soil Drainage, 121*
— Transport by New Zealand Government Railways, 101
— Vertical Curves for (Review), 207 Roadway and Track (Review), 328 Robinson, T., on First 10,000-kW 3,000-r.p.m.
Turbo-Generator, 388. See 292. See LETTER, 341
Robotham, W. A., on Cylinder-Bore Wear, 392* Robson, D. A. L., on Aircraft-Wheel Brakes, 39 Rocket Bombs, V-2, Disposal of, 47
— Tests, V-2, Blockhouse for, 31*
— Weapons, Ballistics and Dynamical Theory
of (Review), 516
Rohner, Dr. F., on Age-Hardening of Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 281
Roller Ring, for 100-ton, 80-ft. Radius Floating Crane, 470
Rolling Mill Research, Iron and Steel Institute Report on, 439, 505
Spindles, Fluctuations of Torque Between, 505
— Stock. See Carnages; Locomotives; Wagons Rolls-Royce Ltd., 3,500-h.p.,
“ Eagle Aero Engine, Gas-Turbine Combustion Boiler Firing, 285*
Rdntgen Rays. See X-Rays Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes Rotary Blowers. Sec Blowers ;

Royal Society :

Election of Fellows, 243
Election of Foreign Members, 396
Conversazione and Exhibition, 481
Royal Society of Arts. Sec Arts
Rubber, Synthetic, Production from Oil, 519 Spraying by Plame Pistol, 298*
Russell, R. P., on Organisation of Industrial Research, 503 ; on Progress in Petroleum Research, 507, 519. See 479
Russell, T. F., on Prediction of Hardness from Hardenability Curves for Steel, 438. See 415
Rusting. Sec Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 300-b.h.p. Five-Cylinder Oil Engine, 210*
Ryder, C., on Desirable Features of Protective Relays, 33

SACRAMENTO River, Spillway Bridge of Shasta Dam on, 325*
Safety in Mines Research Board, Annual Report, 314
Saint. See St.
Salto Grande Hydro-Electric Scheme, 210,531
Salzgitter Railway Cutting, Germany, Application of Electrosmosis to, 121*
Sams, J. G. B., on Transport of Coal by Railways, 388
Sand, Investigations in Australia, 5
— Moulds for Centrifugal Casting of Copper- Alloy Wheels, 556
— Piling in, Formula for, 150. See LETTER, 316
Sangamo Weston, Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 366
Saunders-Roe, Ltd., Development of Flying Boats, 87, 441*, 463*
Saws. See Machine Tools
Scales, Boxwood, Specification, 238
Schiller, P., on Electricity and Gas Efficiencies, Comparison Between, 266
Schiphol, Holland, Aircraft Engine Maintenance Works, 519
Schofield, T. H., on Effect of Bismuth on Copper, 540
Scholarships. See Education
Schoop, Dr. M. U., Work on Flame Spraying, 297*
Schori Powder Pistol for Flame Spraying, 297*
Schwarr, P., on Adiabatic Processes, 139. See LETTERS, 40, 88, 112, 155, 196, 291, 340. See Erratum, 155
Science, History of, British Society for. First Annual Meeting, 388
— Museum, South Kensington, Model of Early
Horse-Operated Dredger, 208* ; Marine- Engineering Collections at, 458* ; Model of Uranium Chain Reaction, 481
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 481
— Equipment, Surplus Government, Availability of, 315
— Instruments, Physical Society’s Exhibition, 316*, 341*, 364*
— Management. See Works Management
— Official Conference, British Commonwealth, London, Report on, 265
— and Parliamentary Committee, Annual Luncheon, 135
— Research. See Pesearch
— Societies. See Institutions Scotland, Industrial Research in. Conference on,315
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— North, Hydro-Electric Schemes, 243
Hydro-Electric Board, Railway Work at Loch Sloy, 484
Screw Propellers. See Propellers
— Thread Grinding Machine, High-Precision (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 104*
Internal, “ Marlco ” Toolpostfor Cutting, 264*
— Tug Design (Review), 402
Scuttles, Ships’ Side, Specification, 522
Scythe, Motor-Driven (J. Allen and Sons (Oxford), Ltd.), 449*
Senior Economisers, Ltd., H-Tube Economiser Element, 399*; Connecting Bend for Economiser Elements, 399*
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Servo Mechanisms in Aircraft, 542
for Armament Control, Royal Navy, 494, 542
and Automatic Regulators, 435, 494, 554
— and Regulator Systems, Electronic Industrial, 544
— Simulators, Electronic, 544
Severn Highway Bridge, Models for Measuring Oscillations, 554
Sewage Disposal and Water Pollution Research Board, 456
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shaft, Crank. See Crankshaft
Shafting, Marine Oil-Engine, Torsional Vibration Stress in, 366, 509*
Shaping Processes, Application of Hcncky’s Laws of Equilibrium to, 505
Shasta Dam, California, Spillway Bridge of, 325*
Shearman, J., on Catalogue of Cinema Films, 113. See 24
Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., 150-h.p. Transportable Hoist, 428*
Sheet and Strip Metal Users’ Association, Flame Spraying by Powder Pistol, by Dr. W. D. Jones, 297*
Sheffield, Blackburn Meadows Power Station, Explosion of Stirling Boiler, 541
— University, New Department of Chemistry, 339 ; Hatfield Memorial Lecture on Steel for Use at Elevated Temperatures, 435 ; Rolling-Mill Research at, 439, 505
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., Chemical Plant and Research Laboratory at Thornton-le-Moors, 248, 355*
Shellac Spraying bv Flame Pistol, 298
Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Co., Ltd., Experimental Open-Hearth Furnace, 483
Ships, Cargo, Improved Accommodation for Crew, 244, 271, 319
Ships under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 88, 339. See 174
— Design, Classification Standards and Longitudinal Strength, 343 .
Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Manne Propulsion ? .
Electric Propulsion. See lilanzie Propulsion
— of Invasion Pleet and their Development,
117*, 141*, 158*
— Lauiudung. See Launching
— Log, “Pitometer” (British Pitometer Co., Ltd.), 259* -
— Model Exhibition, Worshipful Company of
Shipwrights, 111, 125, 165, 423
Experiments. See Tank Experiments Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Propellers. See Propellers
Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines : Turbines; Propellers
— Repairing, British, 1939-1945, 282, 306
— Residuary Stability in, 436
— and Shipbuilding, Papers Read at Shipwright’s Exhibition (Review), 423
— Side Scuttles, Specification, 522 .
— See also Marine; Motorships; Shipping ;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbreaking in United States, 235 Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast
Institution of. See North-East Coast in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers Shipbuilding, Classification Standards and
Longitudinal Strength, 343
— 100-ton Floating Crane for, 470*
— Hogging and Sagging Tests, M.S. Neve-
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 16, 28, 174, 244, 259
— Iron, Early History of, 469
— Italian, Position of, 403
— Launch of M.S. ‘‘ Accra,” 187
and Trial Trips, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 190, 252, 262, 286, 358, 427, 452, 483, 511, 521 547
— Models at Shipwrights’ Exhibition, 125, 165
— Naval. See Warships
— Residuary Stability in Ships, 436
— Screw-Tug Design (Review), 402
Ships of invasion Fleet and their Development, 117*, 141*, 158*
— and Ships, Papers Read at Shipwrights
Exhibition (Review), 423
— Ship-Repairing, 1939-1945, 282, 306
Vessels under Construction, Lloyd s Statistics, 88, 339. See 174
— Where Ships are Born : Sunderland, 1346- 1946 (Review), 328 .
— See also Steamers; Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, Argentine, Purchase of Tonnage, 531
— Ship-Model Exhibition, Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, 111, 125, 165, 423
— United States, Scrapping of, 235 Shipwrights, Worshipful Company of, Ship Model Exhibition, 111, 125, 165, 423
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests {Materials)
Shop Management. See IForl's Management
Short Brothers, Ltd., Development of Flying Boats 441*
Shovel, Mechanical (Chascside Engineering Co., Ltd.), 374*
Show. See Exhibition
Siebel, E., on Application to Shaping Processes of Hencky’s Laws of Equilibrium, 505
Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Purnaces
Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., Process Pump, 400* High Capacity Pump, 400*
Signalling, Infra-Red Ray Equipment for, 258
Silicon in Sand-Cast Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy, Effect of, 245, 273*. See Erratwm, 321
Simon, H., Ltd., Floating Pneumatic Grain- Handling Plant, 210* .
Sims, A. J., on British Submarine Design during War, 1939-45, 244, 319
Simulators, Electronic Servo, 544
Singer, A. R. E., on Hot-Shortness of Alumi- nium-Silicon Alloys, 369*. See 245
Sintered Components, Manufacture and Properties of, 530
Sintering of Permanent Magnet Alloys, 44o , 465*
Skinner, H. E., on Depot and Repair Ships, 413 Slag. See Metallurgy
Sleepers, Railway, Constant-Length Bar for 25*
— Timber, Investigations in Australia, 90 Slotted-Link Mechanisms, Investigations on,
277*, 301*
Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, Railway Work for, 484
Sludge. See Sewage
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, A. E. M., on Molybdenum in Cast Iron, 55
Smith, C. H., on Fuel Crisis, 220. See 153. See LETTER, 173
Smith, Dr. D. M., on Axial-Flow Gas Turbine for Jet Propulsion, 87
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on A Naval Engineering Centenary, 233 ; on Marine Engineering in 1847, 469
Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1946 (Review), 539
Smoke Abatement and Domestic Fuel Policy,
— and its Measurement, Report, 62
Snow Clearance with Gas-Turbine Jet Engines, 285*
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Soil Drainage, Electrosmosis Applied to, 121*
— Investigations in Australia, 5
— Surface Lavers, Average Elastic Properties, Dynamic Method of Determining (Review), 207. See Erratum, 252
Sorting and Tabulating Machine, Automatic (E. H. Jones (Macliine Tools), Ltd.), 399*
South Africa, Cement Mill for, Double Reduction Gear, 32*
Rand Water Board, Annual Report, 388
South America, Engineering Notes from, 91 210, 331, 350. 531
Orinoco-Casiquiare-Negro Waterway, 421
— Kensington Science Museum, Model of Early
Horse-Operated Dredger, 208 ; Marine- Engineering Collections at, 458 * ; Model of Uranium Chain Kcaction, 481
— Level Fens, Army Flood Work in, 304*
— Wales Steel Industry, Developments in, 155
— West, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 169, 191, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523,547. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 191, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southern Railway, Light-Weight Traction Motors, 439
Southery Gap, Fenlands, Closing of, 304* Southwark and Lambeth Development Scheme, 258
Spanner Boilers, Ltd., “ Swirlyflo ” Fire-Tube Boiler, 495*
Sparking Plugs, Fouling of. Experiments at Thornton-le-Moors Laboratory, 356*
Specifications, Standard. See Standard Spectrometer, X-Ray, Bragg, Model of, 481
— Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Speed, Air, Hot-Wire Anemometer for Indicating, 554
— Reduction Gears. See Gears “ Speedivac ’* Rotary Pump, 517*
Spencer, B., on London and North Eastern Railway Locomotive Design, 1923-41, 243
Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., Marine Gyroscopic Compass, 517*
Spillway Bridge of Shasta Dam, California, 325* Spirit, Motor. See Motor Fuels
Spratt, H, P., on Early Horse-Operated Dredger, 208* ; on Marine-Engineering Collections at Science Museum, 458*
Spraying, Flame, by Powder Pistol, 297*
Metal, as Finish for Electrical Equipment, 330
Sproull, Major Gen. A. W., on Inspection, 90, 100
Sputterer and Evaporator, Combined (W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd.), 517*
Square-Wave Analyser (Milliard Wireless Services Co., Ltd.), 365
St. Mary’s River, Canada, Irrigation Scheme, 235
St. Paul’s Cathedral and Bankaide Power- Station Controversy, 387, 435
St. Rose, Quebec, 1,500-Ft. Welded Continuous-
Girder Bridge, 285 Stability of Ships. See Ships Staddon, F. J., on Oil-Engined Locomotives for
Mines, 219
Staffordshire Thick Coal Seam, History of, 111 Stamping Hammers and Presses. See Machine Tools
Standard Motor Co., Ltd., 23-h.p. Ferguson Tractor for Mounted Implements, 151*
— Specifications, British, 10, 82,106, 214, 238, 358, 382, 430, 498, 522
Standards Association, Canadian, Canadian Electrical Code, Fifth Edition, Part I, 503 — Institution, British, Specifications, Drawing
Paper, 10 ; Gas-Fired and Waste-Heat Boilers, 82 ; Jointing Material for Gas Appliances, 82 ; Plastic Mouldings, 106 ; Humidity of Air, 214 ; Nomenclature of Commercial Timbers, 214; Copper Conductors, 238 ; Boxwood Scales, 238 ; Metal Lavatory Wash Basins, 238; Electric Fuses, 358 ; “ Portsmouth ” Ball Valves, 358; Pitch-Ma->tic Flooring, 382; Unscreened Magnetos, 382; Ignition and Lighting Units for Motor Cycles, 430; Impact Test for Cast Iron, 430; Bolts, Nuts and Washers, 498; Wrought Magnesium Alloys, 498 ; Ships’ Side Scuttles, 522; Aerated-Concrete Building Blocks, 522 — United States Bureau of. See United States Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric State Railways. See Railwags Stations, Power. See Power Stations Statistics, Trade. See Trade .
Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., Gift to Sheffield University, 339
Steam Boats. See Steamers ?— Boilers. See Boilers Consumption. See Coal Consumption — Cultivator, Rickett’s, 178* — Engines. See Engines Pressure in Locomotive Boilers, 241 — Raising, Research on Coal Burning for, 7 — Turbines. See Turbines steamer “ Comet.” Engine of, 458* under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 88, 339. See 174
“ Daffodil,” Landing Ship, Stern Chute, 119*
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion — Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion ~ “ Glenroy,” Landing Ship, Infantry, 117* Launching of. See Launching
— Oil Tank, ” Maracaibo,” Conversion as Tank-Landing Ship 143* .
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers — Stability of. See Ships, Stability oj — “ Thruster,” Tank-Landing Ship, 159* — See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steaming-Out and Trepanning Apparatus for
German Bomb Disposal, 45* .
Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers; Warships Steel, Adhesion of Tin-Base Bearing Alloy to, 245,322* . T
for Aircraft Engines, Australian Investigation on, 53
— Castings, Feeder Heads for, 225
— Chemical Composition of. Effect on Hardness, 415, 437 e -.cr
steel Company of Wales, Formation of, 15o — Corrosion. SQG Corrosion
Dynamic Yield Strength of, Effect of Rate of Loading on, 337. See LETTER, 412
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
steel, foundry. See Found)']/
— ruinaces. See Tumaces
— HaidenabUity of, Iron and Steel Institute Kenort on, 415» 437 , t
Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy . x -i.- rac
— Hiffh-Creep Strength Austenitic, for Gas Turbines, 533*
— Industry, Position of, 16
South Wales, Developments in, 1andand United States, Equipment for, 427
— Liquid, Photographic Investigation of Temperatures of, 461, 482
Temperature Measurement, Contamination of Platinum Thermocouples due to Oil, 461, 482
Manufacture. See
•— Microchemical Analyses of, 460
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs Production in Great Britain, 363
Rails. SeeRai75
— Rolling Mills. See Jtolhng Mills Rones. See Wire Hopes
~ Stress Distribution in. See Stress: Tests
— St^^in*^Cons, Electric Annealing Plant, 92*
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials) for Use at Elevated Temperatures, 435
— works. See WorH x _ ^4-
Stellar photographs, Measuring Instrument, 482
Stelmar, I.td®, ‘‘Cyc-Arc " Stud-Welding Ma-
Stephenson, George, Loan of Portrait to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 173, Exhibition of Relics of, 529
Stereo-Comparator (Cambridge Instrument Co., Stev^^Dr^W., on End-Quench Hardenability Curves for Steel, 437. See 415
Stewart, C., on Automatic Voltage Control of Generators, 542 mirlinc Boiler, Explosion at Blackbui Meadows Power Station, Sheffield, 541 Storsand, B., Oerlikon “ Electrogyro Vehicle, StrachS^ and Henshaw, Ltd., Wagon Tippler,
Straightening Machine. See Machine
Strain Gauge for Metals under Torsional Overstrain, 253* _
Resistance (H. Tinsley and Co., 318
— Recorded during Launching of H.M.b.
“ Vanguard,” 436
— See also Stress
Streets. See Roads , *
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests Stre^^^Alternating and Combined. See Tests
— in'Compound Cylinder for High-Pressure Service 349*^
— Concentration and Fatigue Failure, 363
— Repetitions. See Fatrgue under 2ests in^tol^due to Rapid Loading, 337. See Stoln^Rcfations in Ceramic Materials, 433
— Torsional Vibration, in Marine Oil-Engine
Shafting, 366, 509*
— in Welded Oil Tanker, 13
Strip, Steel, in Coils, Electric Annealing Plant for, 92* .
Structural Analysis (Review), 302
Engineers, Institution of, Election of Members, 262,286, 334 ,
— insulating Board, Vapour-Resistant Coatings for (Review), 76
Structures, Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Stud^,^^ortable Electric Welding Machine for (Stelmar, Ltd.), 234* .
Submarine Boats. See Warshzps
SubXtions, National Grid, War Damage to.
225 249* Sugar-Beet Harvesting Maclunery, 202* Sulphur, Removal from Pig Iron, 243
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Reinforcement of Branch Sumner*^ AM on Norwich Heat Pump, 2^
Sunderland, 1346-1946, Where Ships are Born Super^onlc'and transonic Research, by Sir B. Supe?v?sVng^EleXical Engineers, Association of. Annual Dinner, 387 .
L^’TTR^’268^f inspection of Munitions 90. 100 ; Defects in ” Tudor i Aircraft, 152 , Tests of Bristol “ Theseus’’ Propeller- Turbine Aero Engine, 283* ;
Surplus Scientific Equipment, 315 . Te^ of Rocket-Propelled Pilotless Aircraft, 363 , Diesel-Electric Generators for looosUy, 386 ; Report on Hardenability of Steel, Surface Grinding Machine. See Grinding under . S^^lA^r^ Average Elastic Prop^ties of,
Dynamic Method of Determining (Review), 207. See Erraium, 252
Surge Generator, 2-5 Milllon-Volt (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 308 , -i-..
Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd.,
MS” Neverita,” 13 _ ,, r
Swift Prof H. W., on Elastic Deformation of
hstonRfngr; 161* ; on ungth Changes in Metals under Torsional Overstrain, -53 “ Swirlvflo ” Eire-Tube Boilers, 495* Switches, Motor Starting Se® Switchgear, Circuit-Breaker, Air-Blast, Bxtinc _2‘Breato"‘andntr*al Electricity Board’s
— s£l G??d, war Damage to, 225, 249*
— for Rayon Factory, 470 .
— Research, Electrical Research Association, Svdi?eV Electricity Supply in 1945, Report, Hl
Sykes,^Dr, C., on Steel for Use at Elevated SyplSn^S^alhem, Oregon, Geological Investigations on, 329

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*

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