Engineering 1948 Jul-Dec: Index: General

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GENERAL

SACK Hoist (Thwaites Agricultural Engineering Co., Ltd.). 90*
Safety of Life at Sea. See Life-Saving
Sagar (Developments), Ltd., Metal-Cutting Band-Sawing Machine, 249*
Saguenay River, Canada, Aluminium-Alloy Bridge over, 127
J. Salmon Engineering Co., Ltd., Beet Harvester, 90*
Sampling and Boring of Soils, 268
— Dust-, Apparatus (J. Howden and Co., Ltd.), 8*
— Schemes in Engineering Processes, 405*
Sand and Gravel Supplies, Report on, 422
— Loose, Flow Slides in, 137
Sandifer, D. A. N., on Jet Calibration, 121*
Saudi Arabia, Oil Production and Reserves, 119
Sautet Dam, France, Earth Movements at, 185
Saws. See Machine Tools
Scales and Slide Rules, Bakelite (Blundell Rules Ltd.), 583
Scammell Lorries, Ltd., “Scarab” Three- Wheeled Mechanical Horse Tractor, 367* ; 45-h.p. Four-Cylinder Petrol Engine, 367*
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Runway Construction at, 402
Schnurmann, Dr. R., on Mechanism of Friction in Extreme Pressure Region, 422
Scholarships. See Education
Schori Metallising Process, Ltd., Zinc Spraying on Menai Straits Suspension Bridge, 474
Science and Its Background (Review), 532
— in Eighteenth Century (Review), 229
— Industry and World Affairs, 256, 277, 306
— Museum, South Kensington, Eotvos Centenary Exhibition, 131; Return of Wright Aeroplane to United States, 399
Scientific Activities of British Council, 254, See LETTER, 352
— Apparatus, Exhibition of, Institution of
Civil Engineers, 6
— Information Services, Conference on, 86 Presentation and Dissemination of, 349
— Instrument Manufacturers’ Association,
Symposium on Use of Electronics, 255, 519 (Review), 628
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— North, Hydro-Electric Board, Annual Report, 38 ; Loch Dubh Scheme, 326 ; Loch Morar and Lochalsh Hydro-Electric Schemes, 615
— South East, Flood Damage in, 183, 207, 235*, 326
Screening Plant, Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho, 291*
Screw-Cutting Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools
— Lead, Recording Pitch Errors in, 461*
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Thread System, Unified, Anglo-American-
Canadian Agreement on, 517, 523
Screwing Machine. See Machine Tools Scrivener, A., Ltd., Work Carrier for Centreless Grinding, 57* ; Centreless Thread- Grinding Machine, 220*
Sea, Safety of Life at, International Conference on,253
— Water Corrosion, Promotion by Micro-Organisms, 581, 623
Deterioration of Timber in, Report, 374 “ Seagull ” Amphibian Aircraft, 296*
“ Sealand ” Amphibian Aircraft, 296* Searchlights, Symposium on (Review), 411 Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under Electric ; also Motor Trucks
— Schools and Education. See Education Seepage Problems in Dams and Levees, 161 Seismology. See Earthquake
Select Committee’s Report on Use of Royal Ordnance Factories and Naval Establishments in Production and Export Drive, 181 Selenium Rectifier, Manufacture and Development of, 331
“Self-Cleaning” Paint for Use on Signal Posts, 367
“Selsyn” Speed Transmitter, Rugby Locomotive-Testing Station, 489*
Selvey, W. M,, the Late, 496
Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., Chassis for 7-8 ton M(^or Lorry, 345*
Sequential Analysis (Review), 460 Service Aviation. See
Settlement Measurements, Anderson Ranch Earth-Fill Dam, 313*
~ and Foundation Pressure of Buildings 208 Severn Bridge, Design of, Influence of Wind- Tunnel Tests, 423
Research on Design for, 6
Shaft, Alternator, Removal of (English Electric Co. Ltd,), 32*
— Crank. See Crankshaft
~ I>J?|jnometer. See
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Failures of, 509, 605*
Shapemaster Engraver*’ Copying Lathe, 293*
Machine. See Machine Tools
Shedriought ” Electric Batteries for Commercial Vehicles, 634
Sheet Metal Deep Drawing of, Plastic Bending Under Tension, 333*, 357*
— Steel, Specification, 538
— and Strip Metal Users’ Technical Association, Winter Conference, Programme, 532 : Proceedings, 591
Sheffield, Atlas Works, Control of Maximum -„^®'^and in Electric Melting Shops, 176*
— H.M. Cruiser, Behaviour During War, 377 546 * *
—Manchester Railway, Electrification, 67 '547 ' — on its Mettle, Exhibition, 495 "
Z? n Industry, Master-Cutler’s Speech, 375 Petroleum Co., Ltd., Scholarship in MArine Engineering and Naval Architec- ^®search Budget of Royal Dutch-Shell Group, 543
Ship Canal. See Canal
— Coasting, Model Tests of, 354
— Un^r Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183, 399
^^®^’Sea Research, Swedish, ** Albatross ” Equipment of, 351 ’
— Dmsel-Engined. See Marine Ptopulsion
Failure of Mild-Steel Plates in, 497* 508* 532, 557, 580*, 605*, 628
— Hi^-Speed, Experiments with Models, 353 Wave-Resistance Calculations for 355
— Launching. See Launch Broken Up, Lloyd’s Register Wreck Returns, 420, 603
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See ; Marine Propulsion
— Propellers. See Pro^?eZZers
Propulsion. See Marine Propidsion ’ En- gi^s; Turbines ; Propellers ' at Sea, Forces Acting on. Measurement, 327 — lank Superintendents, International Conference of, London, 208
— See also Marine; Motorships; Shipping; Steamers; ( Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
. Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
Scotland, Institution of. See L’n^in- Shipbuilding in Australia, 141*
Shape of Entrance on Propulsion of Coasting Ships, 354
-- Industry in United States (Review), 627
— Launches and Trial Trips, 10, 34, 59 82 107 131, 179, 211, 227, 260, 284, 299, 3^’ 346 586* 6W V44
— Naval. See Warships
— Orient Liner S.S. “ Orcades,” 584* Repairs to M.S. “ Wanganella,” 31
— Safety of Life at Sea, International Conference on, 253
—Shipwright’s Trade (Review), 603
— Vessels Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183, 399
— Sec also Steamers; Naval; Warships PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, American Bureau. See Vniled States Safety of Life at Sea, International Conference on, 253
Shipwright’s Trade (Review), 603
Shockley, W., Work on “Transistor” Radio Amplifier, 630*
Shoosimth, G. T., on Modernisation of Coal- Discharging Depot, 543
Shop Management. See IFori-s Management Shornchffe Camp, Royal Electrical and ^echamcal Engineers (T.A.), Work at, 77^ Short Bros, and Harland, Ltd., “Sealand” Amphibian Aircraft, 296*
Shots at the Truth (Review), 109
Show. See Exhibition Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces
Signal Posts, “ Self-Cleaning ” Paint for, 367 peyelopment Establishment, Military, Work of, 326
Silica Bricks. See Refractories
Silicosis, Pneumokoniosis and Dust Suppression in Mines, Report on, 206
Sir John Cass Technical Institute, London Prospectus, 291; Lectures on Internal- Combustion Turbine, 420; Lectures in Chemical Engineering, 610/ 617
Slab^ Reinforced-Concrete, for Refacing Barker Dam, Colorado, 385*
Slag. See Metallurgy Slamming of Ship at Sea, Effect of, 327 Slee, J. on Locomotive Power, Efficiency and LETTERS, 231, 256, 352, 376, 424 ’
Sleepers, Railway, Measurement of Electrical Resistance of, 6, 188
Slides in Fissured Clay, 137
— Rules and Scales, Bakelite (Blundell Rules, 583
S.L.M. Oil-Operated Gearbox (Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd.), 369*
Slotting Machines. See Machine Tools Sloy, Loch, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 38 Sluice Valve, Electrically-Operated, for Pump (Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Bta.), 633* I
Smallpeice, Ltd., “ Marton” Air Hoist, 78 I
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, D. M., on Gas Turbines for Public o Supply, 7. See 62.
>Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on First Dynamometer Car, 184. See 100; on Metric System, 668. See 304, 307, 318, 319, 359.
a . See LE-fTERS, 448, 620, 544, 667, 616, 639 Smith, L. E., the Late, 208
Smith, W. A., on Rapid Estimation of Open-
I Hearth Slag Basicity, 545
Smoke-Abatement Plant, Kingston-on-Thames Power Station, 439
Snow, F. S., on Applied Mathematics and the Structural Engineer, 487. See 376, 541, 613. See Erratum^ 643
Snowdon Hydro-Electric Power Project, Proposals for, 639 ’
SOC16U Genevoise, Ltd., “ Hydroptic ” Jig- Boring and Milling Machine, 241*
Societe Nouvelle de Construction de Jufechines- Outils et d’Outillage, JVIilling and Boring Machine, 246*
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Irade. Labour ; Labour Notes : FhSik- GRAPH INDEX
as Corrosion Inhibitor, 29 Softener, Water. See Water
Soil Erosion, Biology in Relation to, 303
— — and Conservation in New Zealand, 303
— Load Tests of Bearing Capacity of. Symposium on (Review), 469
— Mechanics (Review), 484
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, International Conference, Rotterdam :
Inaugural Proceedings, 41 Visits and Excursions, 41, 414 Presidential Address by Prof. K. von
Terzaghi, on Progress in Soil Mech- amcs, 16. See 41
Lectures:
Closing the Gaps in Dikes of Walcheren by Prof. P. P. Jansen, 136
Harbour Reconstruction Works at Rotter-
^am, by D. H. de Herder, 208 Stabilisation of Railway Embankments
near Gouda, by J. L. A. Cuperus, 267 Construction of Maas Tunnel, Roterdamt T» '"an Bruggen, 268
Road Construction on Soft Subsoils, bv
H. A. M. C. Dibbits, 401 Geology and Soil Mechanics of Netherlands, by T. K. Huizinga, 413
Reports of Discussions :
Section I Theories, Hypotheses and Considerations of General Character,
Section II. Laboratory Investigatioas, 268 Section HI, Investigations in the Field, 268
Section IV. Stability and Deformation of Earth Construction, 136
Section V. Earth Pressure on Retaining Walls, 161
Section VI. Foundation Pressure and Settlement of Buildings on Footings and Rafts, 208 ®
Section VII. Pile Foundations and Pile Loading Tests, 208
Section VIII. Problems in Road and Runway Construction, 402
Section IX. Improvements in Mechanical Properties of Soil, 403
Section X. Groundwater Problems 161 o 1 p^^pluding Proceedings, 414 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering International Society of, Proposals fo?,’ and Geology of Netherlands, 413 -5. Journal on, 10 Historical and Bibliographical Review 413 Laboratory, Delft, Work of, 41 Mechamcal Properties of, Improvement, 403 S^tlement Under Dams, Measurement of Displacement of, 185 Solar Radiation Research in Australia, 692 —? See also Sun
— and Television by Radio, Specification, 10 Sounding Board for Harringay Concert Hall, South Africa, Johannesburg, Diamond Re-
search Laboratory, 426
Report? 398 Commission,
Electric Locomotive,
^Sineering Motes from 126, 475
— Callforma Co-operative Wind Tunnel, 187
~ College, Electrical
Engineering Courses, 129 2^5^*^*^^336 ’ Damage in, 183, 207,
— V'ales New Briton Ferry to Neath Trunk
Koaa, 639
s IS- 687’ III' 686 ’‘*8' ‘‘V’ 615; 539; 563;
— yShi;:; s,6 131, 155, 179, 212, 227, 251, 275 299* 323* INDEX””"’ PARAGRAPH
'’“‘athSa’KS “
“Sf’wS.WtS “5«5'“‘"“‘
Space Heating by Heat Pump, 285* luspections and Certificates in
Works Management, 163
cinPAd ; Standardisation
Speed Trials. See Trials
— Transmitter, “ Selsyn,” Kugby Locomotive-Testing Station, 489*
Spillway, Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho, 145*, 169 291* 314*
*‘ Spiral-Electric” Planing Machine, 199* Spirit, Motor. See Motor Fuels
Sporn, P., on Power Transmission at Extra- High Voltages, 91
Spraying, Crop, Helicopter for (Pest Control, Ltd.), 104*
— Process, Electrostatic, Ransburg (H. W. Peabody and Co., of London, Ltd.), 427*
— Zinc, on Menai Straits Suspension Bridge, 474 ,
Square, Standard, Testing of, at National Physical Laboratory, 461*
Stability and Deformation of Earth Construction, 136
— of Large Electric-Cable Systems, 165*. See Frratum, 305
“ Stacashovel” 17*5-cub. ft. Truck, 78 Staff-Location System, Code of Practice, 466 Stainless-Steel Wire, Magnetic Study of, 569 Stamping Hammers. See Machine Tools Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 100-kW
Radio Transmitting Station, Sweden, 602 Standards Association, American, Agreement on Unified Screw-Thread System, 517, 523 Canadian, Agreement on Unified Screw- Thread System, 517, 523
— Institution, British, Agreement on Unified
Screw Thread System, 517, 523 ; Annual Report, 111; Certification of Plastic Materials and Products, 471; Codes of Practice, Magnesium-Oxychloride Flooring 82 ; Foundations and Substructures, 82 ; Electric Lighting in Dwellings, 178; Domestic Electric Refrigerators, 178; Structural Use of Steel in Buildings, 240 ; Abatement of Radio Interference by Motor Vehicles and Internal-Combustion Engines, 255; Staff-Location System, 466. Committee for Standardisation of Farm and Horticultural Buildings, 159. Draft Codes of Practice, Broadcast Reception, Sound and Television by Radio, 10 ; Sound Distribution Systems for Buildings, 10; Wood-Block Flooring, 10
British, Specifications, Copper-Alloy- Ingots and Castings, 58; Metal-Window Sub-Frames and Sills, 178; Carburettor Jets, 178 ; Instrument Jewels, 178; Roofing Tiles and Fittings, 240 ; Pitch Mastic Flooring, 240; Coloured Mastic Asphalt Flooring, 240 ; Endless V-Belt Drives, 250; Grey Iron Castings, 250 ; Galvanised Wire for Submarine Cables, 322; Manganese- Steel Castings, 322; Cast-Iron Pipes for Hydraulic Power, 394 ; Alloy-Steel Castings, 394; Size of X-Ray Film, 466; Solid-Drawn Non-Ferrous Metal Tubing, 490 ; Water Treatment for Marine Boilers, 490; Flexible Metallic Tubing, 514; Portable Fire Extinguishers, 514 ; Use of Structural Steel in Building, 538; Steel Plate, Sheet and Strip, 538; Graphical Symbols for Telecommunication, 562; Consumers’ Electricity Control Units, 562; Portsmouth-Type Ball Valves, 610; Tensile Creep Testing, 610; Structural Steel, 610 ; Cast-iron Rain-Water Goods, 634; Asphalt for Road Engineering, 634
— United States Bureau of. See United States Standardisation of Engineering Products, Advisory Committee on, 543
Stanhay, Ltd., 1-ton and 3-ton Pneumatic Mobile Cranes, 53*
State Railways. See Railways Stations, Power. See Power Stations
— Railway, Douai, Reconstruction of, 526* London Bridge, Report on Collision at, 151
New Street, Birmingham, Roof Reconstruction at, 105*
Terminal, London, Future of, 39 Statistical Analysis, Selected Techniques of (Review), 531
— Department in Steel Industry, 521 Statistics in Engineering, 329, 390*, 405*, 429*
— Trade. See Trade
Stator, 128-ton, Road Transport of (Metropoli- tan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 17 Staveley Lodge Laboratories, Production Engineering Research Association, Opening of, 423
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Consumption. See Coal Consumption
— Engines. See Engines
— Flow Through Nozzles. See Nozzles
— High-Pressure, and Temperature in Atlantic Liners, 20*
Pressure, Use in Power Stations, 447 — Superheater. See Superheater — Turbines. See Turbines
Steamers, Atlantic, Geared-Turbine Machinery of, 20*
— ” Caronia,” Geared-Turbine Machinery, 20*
— ” Carthage,” Reconditioning of, 129
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183, 399
— ” Duchess of Bedford,” Geared-Turbine
Machinery of, 20
— “ Empress of Britain,” Geared-Turbine
Machinery of, 20
— ” Franconia,” Geared-Turbine Machinery of, 20
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— ” Himalaya,” Launch of, 351
— Launching of. See La;unch
— Lost and Broken Up, Lloyd’s Register Wreck Returns, 420, 603
— ” Ocean Vulcan,” Measurement of Stresses on, 327
“ Orcades,” Orient Line Twin-Screw Passenger Liner, 584*
— ” Pretoria Castle,” Maiden Voyage, 87 ;
Water-Tube Boiler of, 551*
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion; Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— ” Queen Elizabeth,” Geared-Turbine Machinery of, 20*
Steamer, *' Queen Mary,” Geared-Turbine Machinery of, 20*
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships; Steamers; Warships Steckborn Artificial Silk Co., Heat Pump Installation, 309*
Steel, Adhesion of Tin-Base Bearing Alloy to, 572*
— Alloy, Castings, Specification, 394
— for Ball and Roller Bearings, 536
— Casting-Pit Practice and Ingot Defects, 117*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Engineering Products, Ltd., 50-cwt.
trie-Battery Truck, 77*
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under {Materials}
— Frame Hangar for Aeroplane Tests,
Field, Florida, 25*
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Industry, Nationalisation of. Parliamentary Debates on, 423, 445, 495, 518
Sheffield, Master-Cutler’s Speech, 375 Statistical Department in, 521
— Inter-Relation of Hardenability and Isothermal Transformation Data, 569
— Manganese, for Castings, Specification, 322 ,
— Manufacture, See Metallurgy
— Micro-Hardness Tests of, 263*, 305
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Mild, Brittle Fractures of, 497*, 508*, 532, 557, 580*, 605*, 628
— Plate, Sheet and Strip, Specification, 538
— Rails. See Hails
— from Rimmed to Killed, Ingot Structures,544
— Ropes. See Wire Hopes
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests {Materials}
— Strip, Plastic Bending under Tension of, 357*
— Structural, Ingot Surface Defects in, 544 Specification, 610
Use in Building, Specification, 538 Use of in Buildings, Standard Code of Practice, 240
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— Tower, Power Transmission, Lightning Protection of, 594
— Tube Pylons, Concrete-Filled, in Switzerland, 102
— Works. See Works
Steering Gear for Atlantic Liners, 22 of H.M. Ships, Behaviour During War, 546
Stein and Atkinson, Ltd., Hydraulic Control for Machine Tools, 294
Stephen, A., and Sons, Ltd., Reconditioning of S.S. ‘‘ Carthage,” 129
Stephenson, George, Centenary of, 154, 157, 159 ; Letter by, 616*
” Stephenson” Locomotive for British Railways, 154
Sterland, E. G., on Partial-Load Characteristics of Marine Gas-Turbine Cycles, 601*, 625*
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., New Tube Mill at Mossend, 370
Stirling Boiler Co., Ltd., Boilers for Kingston- on-Thames Power Station, 440*
Stockholm, International Congress on Large Dams. See Daws, Large^ International Congress on
Stoker, Chain-Grate, Kingston-on-Thames Power Station, 440*
— Mechanical, Berkeley, for ” Merchant Navy” 4-6-2 Type Locomotives, 455*
in Shell-Type Boilers, Advantages of, 566 Stoking, Mechanical, in Ships, Recent Developments, 549
Storage Battery. See Accumulator under Electric ; Motor Trucks
Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., Transporter Jib Cranes, Kingston-on-Thames Power Station, 439* Stove, Cowper, Varying-Turbulence, 496 Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd., Telpher Crane for Kingston-on-Thames Power Station, 439* Strain in Drawn Sheet Metal, 333*, 357*
— Gauge Indicator (Prof. J. F. Baker and J. G. Yates), 6
Magnetic, Use on Railway Tracks, 149* -
— See also Stress
Stratton, Col. J. H., on Sea-Level Panama Canal, 37
Streets. See Hoads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Tests {Materials}
— Corrosion Resistance of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, 44*
— in Drawn Sheet Metal, 333*, 357*
— Mechanical Means of Measuring, 281, 425
— Optical Determination of. See Photo Elastic
— Rail, and Balancing of Locomotives, 148*, 172*, 361*, 409*, 437
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
— in Ship at Sea, Measurement of, 327
— and Uplift Pressures in Dams, Measurement of, 64, 124
Strip, Steel, Specification, 538
Structural Design of Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes under Aeronautics
— Engineering and Applied Mathematics 487
— and Mechanical Development Engineers’ Ltd., Sounding Board for Concert Halt 129*
— Steel, Specification, 610
— Use of Steel in Buildings, Standard Code of Practice, 240
Structures, Marine, Timber, Report on Deterioration of, 374
— Mild-Steel, Brittle Fracture of, 497*, 508*, 532, 557, 580*, 605*,628
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete^ Reinforced
Styrene Co-Polymers for Paint Manufacture (L. Berger and Sons, Ltd.), 106
Submarine Alines. See Mines
— Telephone Repeater, British Post Office, 6
Subsoils, Soft, Road Construction on, in Hol- I land,401 i
Substation, Lightning Protection of, 594
Suez Canal Improvements, 616 ,
Sully, Dr. A. H., on Creep of Metals in Com- 'pression, 535 ,, ,
Sulphur, Removal from Pig-Iron, Ladle Me- thods, 210,431 o ,
Summers, J., and Sons, Ltd., History of, 274 I Sun Engineering (Crowle), Ltd., 10-h.p. Mechanical Cart, 115* I
— See also Solar ,
Sunderland, Aluminium-Alloy Bascule Bridge, 543 . , .
Supercharging in High-Speed Diesel Engines, 598,621 . .1 r
Superheater Header, Mild-Steel, Failure of, 508*, 605*
Supply, Ministry of, Research on Corrosion- i Resistant Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, | 44* • Investigations on Extruded Aluminium-Alloy Bars, 93* ; Harwell Atonaic- | Energy Research Establishment, 97*. See Erratu'fnf 154; Output of Isotopes, 499 ; j Inter-Service Metallurgical Research Council, 135 ; de Havilland Goblin Turbo-Jet , Aeroplane Engine, 231; Signals Research I and Development Establishment, 326; Purpose and Motives of Iron and Steel Bill, 445 ; Relaxation of Industrial Controls, 471; Disposal of Surplus Machine Tools, 495 ; Iron and Steel Bill, 423, 445, 495, 518; Circular on Supply of Radioactive and Stable Isotopes, 499 ; Appointment of Advisory Committee for Standard- i isation of Engineering Products, 543; Control of Electric Motors on Machine j Tools 567 ; on Development of Television, 567 ; Industrial Tour of East Anglia, 639
Surface Grinding Machine. See Grinding under | Machine Tools 1
Sliding, Friction and Lubrication oi, 421 | Surge Diverter for Lightning Protection, 594 Suspension Bridge, Menai Straits, Zinc Spraying on, 474
Models, Wind Tunnel for Tests of, Thur- leigh, 423
Sutton Coldfield Television-Broadcasting Station, 321 , , . T
Swan, A. W., on Statistical Methods in Iron and Steel Industry, 379. See 329 ; on Statistical Department in Steel Industry, 521
Sweden, High-Voltage Power Transmission, 55 Horby 100-kW Radio Transmitting Station, 602
— Hydro-Electric Plants in, 473
— 380-kV Transmission Lines in, 101
Swedish Deep-Sea Research Ship “ Albatross, Equipment of, 351 , r
— Networks, Air-Blast Circuit Breakers for, 92
Swift, G., and Sons, Ltd., Lathe for Testing Turning Tools, 193* ; 18J-in. Swing Centre Lathe, 193*
Swift Prof. H. W., on Plastic Bending under Tension, 333*, 357*
Swimming Bath, Zuricli, Heat Pump Installation at, 309*, 570. See Errata, 448
Swiss Rhine Salt Works, Use of Thermal Compressor at, 312*
Switchgear for British Power Stations, Recent Developments, 499
— Circuit Breakers, Air-Blast, Pneumatic Operation of, 91 ,, __ .
— — Breaker, Air-Blast, for Swedish Networks 92 , . . r-i. T •
Breaker, Automatic Reclosing After Line Breakers, Direct and Indirect Tests of, 91 Breakers, Domestic Electricity Supply, Specification, 562
Breakers, 230-kV Field Tests for, 92 Breakers for Tidd Experimental High- Voltage Transmission Lines, 55, 381*
— Contactor Gear for Trolley-’Bus, 273* Kingston-on-Thames Power Station, 439 — Practice, German, Reports on, 534 Switzerland, Concrete-Filled Steel-Tube Pylons, — Electricity Supply, Present and Future, 103 Heat Pump Installations in, 285*, 309* Sydney, Captain Cook Dock, 142*
Cockatoo Island and Garden Island Dock- i vards 141*
University Engineering Club, Naval Engineering and Construction in Australia, by Engr. Rear-Admiral A. B. Doyle, 141*
Sykes, W. E., Ltd., Universal Hobbing Machine, 243* ; Vertical Gear-Generating Machine, 243* ,
Symbols, Standard Graphical, for Telecommunications, Handbook of, 562

TABLES of Bessel Functions (Review), 292, 436,532
— of Coefficients for Obtaining First Derivative
Without Differences (Review), 412
— Dividing, Rotating, Optical, 73* _ , . ,
Numerical, for Scientific and Technical Computation (Review), 99
~ Vibrating (Westool, Ltd.), 510
Tabor, Dr. D., on Influence of Liquid Films on Adhesion, 421; on Collisions Through Liquid Layers, 421 _ .
Tangyes, Ltd., 25-ton Universal Testing Machine, 595*
Tank, Break-Pressure for Colliery Fire-Fighting Systems, 433*, 457* .
— Experimental, for Ship Models, International Conference of Superintendents, London, 208
Tests of Model High-Speed Ships, 353 Wageningen, Tests of Coaster-Type Snips, 354
Tap Extractor, Monaco (E. H. Jones (Machine Tools, Ltd.), 118*
Tapping Machine. See Machine Tools
Tar Macadam, Federation of Coated Macadam Industries, Annual Luncheon, 63 1 Tarraleam Electric Power Station, Alternators I for, 32*
Tasker, W., and Sons, Traction Engines by, 40. See LETTERS, 64,136,160
“ Taskmaster ” Industrial Tractor, 344* Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Commission, Water- Turbine Sets, 32*
Taylerson, C. 0., on Testing Circular Division with Precision Polygons, 73*
Taylor, E. W., on Micro-Hardness Testing of Metals, 261*. See 305
Taylor, F., Sons (Manchester), Ltd., 50-cwt. Mobile Diesel-Driven Crane, 509*
Teaching. See Education
Tecalemit, Ltd., Lubricating Equipment, 53 Technical College and Education. See Education
— Societies. See InstiUitions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecommunications, Fundamental Research Problems of. Report on, 61
— Standard Graphical Symbols for. Handbook of, 562
— Work of Signals Research and Development Establishment, 326
Telegraphy, Wireless, Bill for Reducing Interference, 447
Developments in Broadcasting, 642 See also Radar ; Radio ; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephone Repeater, Submarine, British Post Office, 6
Telephony Wireless, Bill for Reducing Interference, 447
Developments in Broadcasting, 642 See also Radar ; Radio ; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telescopes at Royal Observatories, 317, 363. See LETTER, 401
Television-Broadcasting Station, Sutton Coldfield, 321
— Development of, in Great Britain and United States, 567
— Recent Developments in, 642
— and Sound by Radio, Specification, 10 Temperature-Entropy Diagram for Heat Pump, 286*
— Indicator, Compensated, “ Arie” (Accurate
Recording Instrument Co., Ltd.), 571*
— Measurement. See Pyrometry ; Thermometry
— Room, and Heating Systems, 449, 481* Tennessee Valley Authority, Uplift Pressures on Dams of, 125
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Tensor Analysis and Vector Algebra (Review), 579
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terzaghi, Prof. K. von, on Progress in Soil Mechanics, 16. See 41
Tests, Adhesion, of Tin-Base Bearing Alloys, 572
— Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Counterbalance, of American High-Speed Locomotives, 148*, 172*, 361*, 409*, 437
— Cutting, with German ** Giant ” Hobs, 128*
— de Havilland Goblin Turbo-Jet Engine, 231
— of 1,600-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 392,417*
— Load, of Bearing Capacity of Soils, Symposium on (Review), 459
— Loading, on Piles, 209

Tests (Materials) :

Bending Tests Under Tension, Strip Metals, 333*, 357*
Compression Test for Steel Balls, 561* Creep Tests of Metals in Compression, 535 — Testing, Tensile, Specification, 610 Damping Capacity of Metals in Torsional Vibration, Measurement of, 330
Drift Tests of Extruded Aluminium-Alloy Bars, 93*
Fatigue Tests on Crankshaft Steels, 569 Motor-Car Gear Teeth, 18* Torsional, Motor-Car Crankshafts, 18*
Hardness Tests, with Diamond-Pyramid Micro-Hardness Testing Machine, 261*, 305
Mechanical Tests of Boiler Steels, 497*, 508*, 532, 557, 580*, 605*, 628
Micro-Hardness Testing of Metals, 261* , 305
King Deformation Tests of Extruded Aluminium-Alloy Bars, 93*
Stress Determination, Optical, See Photo Elastic
— in Materials and Structures. See Stress Tensile Tests of Extruded Aluminium- Alloy Bars, 93*
Testing Machine, Bending, for Strip-Metal Investigation, 357*
25-ton Universal (Tangyes, Ltd.), 595*
— Plant at Motor Industry Research Association’s Laboratories, 18*
Torsional Fatigue Tests, Motor-Car Crankshafts, 18*
Tests, Moisture and Density, Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho, 313*
— of Polishing Powders, 190*
-- Toolmakers’, Apparatus for, 461*
— of Torpedo Propellers, 48-in. Water Tunnel for, 68*
Testing Apparatus for Concrete, Propagation of Ultrasonic Pulse Method, 6
— Cements for Large Dams, 341
— Circular Division with Precision Polygons, 73*
— Instruments for Mobile Fuel-Testing Unit, 547*
— Laboratory. See National Physical —? Machines, Fatigue, for Gear Teeth, 18* Micro-Hardness, for Metals, 261*, 305 at Motor Industry Research Association’s
Laboratories, 18*
Torsional Fatigue for Crankshafts, 18* 25-ton Universal (Tangyes, Ltd.), 595* See also Tests {Materials)
— Micro-Hardness, of Metals, 261*, 305
— Plant for Aeroplanes, Elgin Field, Florida,
Testing Plant for Components of Gas Turbines, 1*
— Station, Locomotive, Rugby, 462*, 487* 500-kV, at Tidd Power Station, Ohio, 55, 381*
— See also Tests {Materials}; Trials Teszner, S., on Tests of Circuit Breakers, 91 Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Thames, River, Cable Tunnel Under, 619 London, Re-Development of South Bank, of, 399
Temporary Bridge Over, Removal of Main Span, 63
Thermal Compressor, In Heat-Pump Installation, 311*
— Efficiency of Gas Turbines, 7, 62
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermocouple. See Pyrometer Thermodynamics, Chemical, Introduction to (Review), 602
— Cycles for Gas Turbines, 7, 62
— of Heat Pumps, 285*, 309*, 380, 570. See Errata^ 448
Thermometry, “ Arie ” Compensated Temperature Indicator, 571*
— Development of Study of, 424
— Temperature Measurement Research in Australia, 592
— See also Pyrometer
Thibaudat, A., on Tests of Circuit Breakers, 91 Thomas, P. H., on Surface Temperatures Due to Friction, 421
Thompson, Prof. F. C., on Measurement of Damping Capacity of Metals, 330
Thompson, J., Engineering Co., Ltd., Ash- Handling Plant, Polmadie Locomotive Depot, 191*
Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Ambulance Motor Launch “Alfred Roach,” 474*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thurleigh Wind Tunnel for Testing Suspension Bridge Models, 423
Thwaites Agricultural Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Airforce ” Crop Mover, 89* ; Sack Hoist, 90*
Tldd, Ohio, Experimental High-Voltage Transmission Lines, at, 55, 381*
Tiles and Fittings for Roofs, Specification, 240 Tileman and Co., Ltd., Chimneys for Kingston- on-Thames Power Station, 439*
Timber Decay and Its Prevention (Review), 53
— Exposed to Sea Water, Deterioration of, Report on, 374
— Its Structure and Properties (Review), 75 Time Service, Astronomer Royal’s Report on, 317, 363
Timer, Process, Electronic (Electro Methods, Ltd.), 139*
Tims, C., on Measurement of Periodic Errors in Gear-Hobbing Machines, 337*
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Research Institute, Experiments on Adhesion of Tin-Base Bearing Alloys, by P. G. Forrester and L. T. Greenfield, 572*
Tingle, Dr. E. D., on Formation of Lubricating Layers on Metal Surfaces, 422
Titley, A,, the Late, 014, 640
Tizard, Sir H., on The Passing World, 256, 306. See 277, 280
Toledo Woodhead Springs, Ltd., Theory and Manufacture of Helical-Spring Washers, 127
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges Tools, Machine. See Machine Tools
— Room Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Marine Propulsion Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships
— Damage to H.M. Ships, 377, 559, 599 Torque Meters. See Dyrtamomelers Torsion Tests. See Tests {Materials} Torsionmeters. See Dynamometers
Tower, Steel, Power Transmission, Lightning Protection of, 594
— for Tidd Experimental High-Voltage Transmission Lines, 55, 381*
— for 264-kV Transmission Lines, 101
— for 380-kV Transmission Lines in Sweden, 101
Town and Country Planning, Ministry of. Report on Sand and Gravel Supplies, 422
— Gas. See Gas
— Planning, Underground, World Conference
on, Rotterdam. See Underground Town Planning^ World Conference on
Toye, R., on Moisture in Producer Gas, 569 Trackless Trolley System, Road Traction. See Trolley 'Bus
“ Tracloder ” Tractor Crane, 90* Traction Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Electric. Railways; Trolley Bus Tractor, Agricultural 7-h.p. “ Auto-Culto" (Allen and Simmonds (Holdings), Ltd.), 65* 22-h.p. Crawler (Bristol Tractors, ” ’ ' 114*
Fordson, with 45-h.p. Perkins Engine (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 67* 1^-h.p. “ Hoe-Mate " (British Boat Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 42* 35-h.p. Nuffield “ Universal,” 619 6-h.p. Three-Wheeled “Gunsmith” (Farm Facilities, Ltd.), 66* 10-h.p. Three-Wheeled “ Power-Steer ” (Maxim Engineering Ltd.), 66* 5-h.p. Two-Wheeled (Garner Mobile Equipment, Ltd.), 65*
Tracked (Glave, Ltd.), 114*
Tracked, 30-h.p. Lloyd (V. Lloyd and Co., Ltd.), 114*
— Crane, “ Tracloder ” (Whitlock Brothers, Ltd.), 90*
— 15-h.p. Diesel-Engined (F. C. Hibberd and Co., Ltd.), 77*
— Industrial, 39-h.p. “Taskmaster” (D.
Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 344*
— Three-Wheeled Mechanical Horse “ Scarab ” (Scammell Lorries, Ltd.), 367*
Trade, British, with South America, 126
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Bicycle and Motor Cycle, 523 Statistics, Motor-Vehicle, 450
— Machine-Tool, 205,217
— South American, 126, 475
Trade Unions. See Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Trafalgar Square, London, Fountains in, 414* Trafl’ord Park Power Station 15-MW Gas- Turbine Generating Set, 8, 62
Train. See Railway Training. See Education
Transducer for Measuring Pressure, 425
Transformers in British Power Stations, Recent Developments, 499
— and Induction Motors, Alternating-Current,
Performance and Design of (Review), 507
— Kingston-on-Thames Power Station, 441*
— Lightning Protection of, 594
— for Tidd Experimental High-Voltage Transmission Lines, 55, 381*
“ Transistor ’* Amplifier, 630*
Transmission Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
—-Gear. See Gear; Marine Propulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Industry, London Transport Central Line Extensions, 519
— Institute of, Awards for 1947-48 Session, 443
— Ministry of, Report on Railway Accidents in 1947, 13; Report on London Railway Terminals, 39; Report on Collision at London Bridge Station, 151; Wind Tunnel for Testing Suspension Bridge Models, Thurleigh, 423; Special Roads Construc- ! tion Bill, 447 ; Rugby Locomotive-Testing Station, 462*, 487* : New Briton Ferry to ] Neath i?runk Road, 639 ' — Motor. See Road; Motor I — Railway. See Railway
— Records, Exhibition by British Records Association, 519
— Road. See Road ; Motor ; Trolley 'Bus
Transporter, Dumping, Petrol-Driven Pedestrian-Controlled (Avellng-Barford, Ltd.), 509*
Travelling Crane. See Crane
" Traxcavator ** Bucket Hoist, 486*
Trench-Cutting Machine, Petrol-Driven (Barber-Greene Olding and Co., Ltd.), 486*
Trestling, Steel, for Reconstruction of Chepstow I Railway Bridge, 321*. See LETTER, 376
Trevithick Memorial at Pool, Cornwall, Unveiling of, 399, 403*. Erratum 442
Trials, Agricultural Tractors. See Tractors
! — Trips and Launches, 10, 34, 69, 82,107,131, 179, 211, 227, 260, 284, 299, 322, 346, 370, 394, 418, 452, 466, 490, 514, 548, 562, 586, 610, 644
** Tripset ** Combination Turret Lathe, 269* I Trolley ’Buses, Automatic Acceleration Control for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 451
Single-Deck, for Brazil, 9. See LETTER, 64 I Single-deck, Chassis for Export Market
(British United Traction, Ltd.), 272* Troost, Prof. L., on Effect of Shape of Entrance on Ship Propulsion, 353
Truck. See Bogie
Trusses, Roof, Bowstring, New Street Railway Station, Birmingham, Demolition of 105*
Tube, Condenser, Corrosion Due to Micro- Organisms, 623
— Mill, New, at Mossend Works of Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 370
— Plate, Boiler, Failure of, 497*, 605*
— Railways. See Underground Railways;
London Transport Executive
— See also Pipes
Tubing, Metal, Solid-Drawn Non-Ferrous, Specification, 490
— Metallic, Flexible, Specification, 514
“ Tudor VIII ” Research Aeroplane, 282* ?Tumbling Drum for Steel Ball Manufacture, 561*
Tummel-Gary Hydro-Electric Scheme, 38 Tunnel, Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho, 146*. 169*,265
— Cable, Under River Thames, 619
— for Large Electric Cable System, 165*. See Erratum^ 305
— Maas, Rotterdam, 268
— Water, 48-in., Hydrodynamic Design of, 68* Tuplin, Dr. W. A., on Engineering Units of
Force, 64. See LETTERS, 16, 40,113 ; on Locomotive Power, Efliciency and Rating, 256, 376. See LETTERS, 231, 304, 352, 424 Turbine, Gas, Compression Shock in Blade Passages of, 495
Continuous Fuel-Injection System for 316*
Marine, Cycles, Partial-Load Characteristics of, 601*, 625*
—- — for Public Electricity Supply, 7, 62
for Road Transport, 15 Testing Plant for Components of, 1* Use of Nimonic Alloys in, 595 Waste-Heat Recovery from, 551*
— Hydraulic, 32,500-kW Francis, Loch Sloy
Power Station, 38
Loch Morar and Lochalsh Hydro-Electric Schemes, 615
— — in Swedish Power Plants, 473
for Tarraleam Power Station, Tasmania, Alternators for, 32*
See also Power Plant
— Internal-Combustion, for Land and Sea, Future Prospects, 589
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, 20-MW, Chatalagzi Power Station, 591
Development of since 1917, 519 Dunston Power Station, Failure of, 556 for Gas-Turbine Component Testing Plant, 1* 30-MW, Kingston-upon-Thames Power Station, 439*
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion See also Turbo-Oenerators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships
— Wind, 1,250-kW, Grandpa’s Knob, Vermont, 469. See 326. See LETTER, 520
Turbo-Generators, Auxiliary Purpose, for Atlantic Liners, 22* 20-MW, Chatalagzi Power Station, 591
Turpo-Generator, 30-MW, Kingston-on- iTharaes Power Station, 439*
U 850-kW, S.S. “ Orcades,” 585*
Turiiian Hydraulic Copying Attachment for Lathes (Holbrook Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 194*
Turkey, Chatalagzi 60-MW Electric Power fetation. Opening of, 591
Turner, N. H., on Flow Through Standard (Nozzles, 40. See LETTERS, 87, 160
Turning. See Machine Tools
Turret Lathes. See Lathes under Machine Tools
Tuthill, Prof. J. K., on Dynamometer Car for Illinois University and Illinois Central (Railroad, 100. See LETTER, 184

UNDERGROUND Railways, London Central 1 Line Extensions, 519 See also London Transport Executive
— Town Planning, World Conference on, Rotterdam, 41, 414
Unions, Trade. See Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., Maiden Voyage of S.S. “ Pretoria Castle,” 87
“ Unisaw ” Tool-Room Bandsaw, 249*
Units of Force, Engineering, 16. See LETTERS, 40, 64,113
United States, American Bureau of Shipping, Working Agreement with Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 64
— (—Army Air Force, “Climatic Hangar,”
Elgin Field, Florida, 25*
British Council on Productivity, 133, 279, 423, 495
Bureau of Reclamation, Anderson Ranch
Dam, Idaho, 145*, 169*, 265*, 289*, 313* ;
Columbia Basin and Central Valley I . Schemes, 151: Report on Water Resources 1 of Columbia River Basin, 542
Diesel Locomotives, Fuel for, 428
Electricity Supply Present and Future, 1 103
Engineering Education in, 278
High-Speed Locomotives, Counterbalance Tests of, 148*, 172*, 361*, 409*, 437
Machine-Tool Production, Quantity and Value, 641
National Bureau of Standards, Annual Report, 182 ; Research on Flow Nozzles, 325. See LETTER, 401
Navy. See United States under Warships —i— Oil Production and Reserves, 119
— — Operation of Cables Over 100-kV, 102 Power Transmission at Extra-High Voltages, 91
— Railways. See Bailwaps; Bailroads
Shipbuilding Industry of (Review), 627
— Statistics on Television Development, 567 See also America
“Unitractor” 1-2-h.p. Cultivator, 42* Universal Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
University, Cambridge, Lubrication Researches at, 421
— College, London, Courses in Photo-Elasticity, 305
— and Engineering Education, 280, 287, 295, 377
— Illinois, Railroad Dynamometer Car for, 100. See LETTER, 184
— Ohio State, Report on Research on Flow Nozzles, 325. See LETTER, 401
— Oklahoma, Research on Flow Nozzles, 325. See LETTER, 401
— See also Edwation
Uranium Deposits in Australia, 593
Urie, R. W., on Rare-Earth Oxides for Glass Polishing, 189*

V-BELT Drives, Endless, Specification, 250 Vacuum-Assisted Hydraulic Brakes for Commercial Vehicles, 643*
Valve, Ball, Portsmouth-Type, Specification, 610
— Sluice, Electrically-Operated, for Pump
Discharge (Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Ltd.), 633*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines van der Bijl, Dr. H. J., the Late, 568 Variational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 511, 541, 613. See Erratum^ 643
Vector and Tensor Analysis (Review), 579 Vegetables, Drying in Heated Air, Physics of (Review), 171
Venezuela, Oil Production and Reserves, 119 Ventilation efifects in Radiant and Convective Heating, 449, 481*
— Problems in H.M. Ships, 378, 599
Venturi Jets, Discharge from, Investigation, 121*
— Tubes, Standard Nozzles and Orifice
Plates, Flow Through, 40. See LETTERS, 87,160 . ,
Vermont, Grandpa’s Knob, 1,250-kW Wind Turbine, 469. See 326. See LETTER 520 Viaduct. See Bridges
Vibrating Table (Westool, Ltd.), 510 Vibration, Propeller, in H.M. Ships, 377, 559 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., “ Viking ” Passenger Aeroplane, with “Nene” Engines, 111, 258* ; “ Viscount ” Civil-Transport Aeroplane, with “Dart” Propeller Turbine Engines, 259*; “Seagull” Amphibian Aircraft, 296* ; Launch of S.S. “ Himalaya,” 351; War Effort of, 364 ; Orient Line Twin-Screw Passenger S.S. “ Or- pfldpQ ** 584*
Vignoles, E. B., the Late, 496
Viking” Passenger Aeroplane, 258*
” Viscount ” Civil-Transport Aeroplane, 258* Vision, Colour, Theories of, 350
VOgeli, R., on Steel-Tube Pilons Filled with Concrete, 102
Vrethem, A., on Swedish 380-kV Systems, 65

WADKIN, Ltd., Four-Side Planing and Moulding Machine, 202*; Hydraulic Cross-Cut Circular Saw, 202* ; Double- Ended Tenoning Machine, 202*
Wageningen, Holland, 36-in. Water Tunnel, 69; Tank Tests of Coaster-Type Ships, 354
Wagner, C. F., on Tidd 500-kV Project, 381*. See 55
Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors — Railway, Mover, Petrol-Driven (B.S.A. Cycles, Ltd.), 54*..
Walcheren, Closing of Dikes at, 136
Wales and Monmouthshire Industries, Report on, 614. See Erratiim, 630
— North, Hydro-Electric Developments in, 279, 639
— South, New Briton Ferry to Neath Trunk Road, 639
Walker, F. J., Aluminiura-Alloy Bascule Bridge, 543
Wall, Cut-Off, Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho, 265*
— Retaining, Earth Pressure on, 161
— Sea, Vertical, Wave Action Against, 577*, 604*
Wanganella,” Motorship, Repairs to, 31 War Damage (Public Utility Undertakings) Bill, 615
to Water Services, Statistics, 637
— Effort of Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 364
— Importance of Scientific Research in, 256, 306
— Time Work of Naval Engineering and Construction Branch of Royal Australian Navy, 141*
Ward, E. C., the Late, 113
Ward, G. B., and Co., Ltd., Portable Lubricating Appliances, 54
Ward, H. W., and Co., Ltd., “ Tripset ’* Combination Turret Lathe, 269* ; ” No. 2C ”
Capstan Lathe, 269*
Warfare, Naval. Seo Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
“ Warramunga,” Royal Australian Destroyer, 142*

Warships:

Admiralty Compass Observatory, Development of Correction of Magnetic Compasses at, 505*, 529*
— Inter-Service Metallurgical Research Council, 135
— Ship Welding Committee, Trials of S.S. “ Ocean Vulcan,” 327
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
Brassey’s Naval Annual, 1948 (Review). 470
German Naval Affairs, Fuehrer Reports on, 470
Guns, Naval. See Guns
H.M. Aircraft Carrier “Ark Royal,” Loss of, 377, 559
— A.S. ” Arunta,” 142*
“ Culgoa,” 142*
” Kookaburra,” 142*
” Mildura,” 142*
Warramunga,” 142*
— Battleship ” Duke of York,” Behaviour During War, 379, 558
“King George V,” Behaviour During War, 377, 546, 558
” Nelson,” Behaviour During War. 546, 558
— Cruiser ” Belfast,” Mine Damage to, 599 ‘‘ London,” Behaviour During War. 377, 546
” Sheffield,” Behaviour During War. 377, 546
— Dockyards, Report on Use in Production Drive, 181
— Gunboats, Machinery of, 377, 389
— Ships, Behaviour During War, 546. 558, 599. See 377
Drawings for Model Makers, 556 Radio Equipment for, 607 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics — Construction by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., during War, 364
— Engineers of Royal Australian Navy. Work of, 141*
— Guns. See Guns
Royal Australian Boom Defence Vessel ” Kookaburra,” 142*
Corvette ” Culgoa,” 142*
Destroyer ” Arunta,” 142*
Destroyer “ Warramunga,” 142* Navy, Work of Engineering and Construction Branch, 141*
Sloop ” Mildura,” 142*
Torpedo Propellers, 48-in. High-Speed Water Tunnel for Testing, 68*
United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance, 48-in. Variable-Pressure Water Tunnel, 68*
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washer, Helical-Spring, Theory and Manufacture of (Toledo Woodhead Springs, Ltd.), 127
Washing Plant for Bottles (Gimson and Co. (Leicester), Ltd.), 513*
Washmgton, Columbia Basin Irrigation Scheme,
— National Air Museum, Return of Wright Aeroplane to, 399
Waste-Heat Recovery in Ships, Recent Developments, 549*
— Waters, Industrial, Treatment and Disposal of, 565
Water Board, Metropolitan, Annual Report, 637
— Consumption Statistics, 1922-23 and 1939- 1948, 637
— Filters. See Filters
— Flow of. Electro-Osmotic, Through Saturated Soil, 268
— Heaters. See Feed Heaters
— Pollution Research Board, Work of, 565
— Power. See also Hydraulic ; Power Plant; Power, Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Pressure in Earthworks, Measurement of,
Water and Space Heating and Cooking, Domestic, Research on, 638
— Supply for East African Ground Nuts Scheme, 138
in Great Britain, Development of, 447 Greater London, Report on, 140
in H.M. Ships, 600
See also Irrigation ; Wells
— Tanks. See 1 anks
— Treatment for Marine Boilers, Specification, 490
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Tunnel, 48-in., Hydrodynamic Design of, 68*
— Turbines. See Tivrbines, Hydraulic ; Power Plant
— Waste, Industrial, Treatment and Disposal of, 565
— Wheels. See Turbine Hudraulic; Power Plant
Waterloo Bridge, Settlement Analysis of, 208 Waterways. See Riv^s; Canals _
Waterworks. See GRAPH INDEX
Watts, F. G., on Pumps, 285*, Errataf 448 ;
Pump to Swimming Bath, 570
Wave Action Against Vertical Sea Walls, 577*, 604*
Wear, Lubrication and Friction, Recent Research on, 421
— River, Aluminium-Alloy Bascule Bridge over, 543
Weather. See Meteorology
Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd., Vertical Broaching Machine, 271*
Weights and Measures and Metric System, 304, 307, 318, 319, 359. See LETTERS, 448, 520, 544, 567, 616, 639
Welches Dam Pumping Station for Fen Drainage, 631*
Weldability of Aluminium Alloys, 213* Welded Structures, Failures of, 557, 580*, 605* Welding, Institute of. Annual Report, 63
— International Institute of. Formation of, 63
— Machine, 20-kVA General-Purpose Spot (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 138*
— Research Association, British, Annual Report, 375
Wells, Filter, Groundwater Lowering by, 161 Wembley, Broadcasting Centre for Olympic Games, 150
West, Dr. E. G., on Aluminium-Alloy Casting Developments, 213*
— Hartlepool Technical College, Prospectus, 226
— of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Manufacture and Development of Metal Rectifier, 331
Weston, Dr. J. C., on Domestic Heating and Cooking, 638
Westool, Ltd., Vibrating Table, 510
Wheels, Gear. See Gears; Marine Propulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— Railway-Vehicle, Cinematographic Study of Motion of, 476*, 500*
Whitaker, Comdr. (L.) G. C. F., on Design of Services Radio Equipment, 607
White Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy Whiteadder Water, Northumberland, Flood Damage to Bridge over, 235*
Whitlock Brothers, Ltd., “ Tracloder ” Tractor Crane, 90*
Whitten-Brown, Sir A., The Late, 380j
Whittle, Sir F., Award of Kelvin M.edal to, 375
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., -in. Precision Automatic Lathe, 271* ;
Wightman, I. L., on Columbia Basin and Central Valley Irrigation Schemes, 151 I
Wilczek, E., on Electricity Supply in Hungary, i 103
Wilkes, S. H., on Dust Explosions in Factories, i 110 i
Wilkie, M. J., on Temperature Distribution in J Bush of Journal Bearing, 49*
Wilks, W. T., on Reconstruction of Chepstow Bridge, 376. See 321* J
Willesden Power Station, High-Pressure Plants at, 447
Williamson, J., Hydro-Electric Developments in North Wales, 639
Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne, 142* Willoughby, G., on Creep of Metals in Compression, 535
Winch, Air-Operated (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 510*
Wind Action on Suspension Bridges, Investigation of, 423
— Power for Electric Generators, Possibilities of, 326. See 469. See LETTER, 520
Wind Power Plants, Experience with (Review), 469. See 326. See LETTER, 520
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Winding Engines and Mine Hoists, Electric, Manual of Design and Operation (Review), 603
Windmills in England (Review), 556
Window Sub-Frames and Sills, Specification, 178
Wire, Galvanised, for Submarine Cables, Specification, 322
— Invar, for Measuring Deformation in Dams, 162
— Ropes, Locked-Coil and Flattened-Strand, History of, 508
— Stainless-Steel, Magnetic Study of, 569 Wiring, Electric, ** Breeze ” System of (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 118
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
Wolverhampton Technical College, Courses at National Foundry College, 207, 448
Women’s Engineering Society, Annual Conference, 365
Wood, G., on Professional Recognition of Engineers, 304. See 175. See LETTER, 231
— Bending, Solid and Laminated (Review), 556
— Block Flooring, Specification, 10 Woodfield, C. H., the Late, 400 Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Wool, Scientific Investigation on, 592 Workmen. See Labour
Works, Control of Maximum Demand on Electricity Supply in Steelworks, 176*
— Management, Control of Production in Industry, 567
Industrial Environment and Its Control j (Review), 147
Inspections, Specifications and Certificates, 163 j
Production Efficiency, Measurement of, 471, 494
Production Efficiency, Report on, 494 —- — Production with Safety (Review), 76 Quality Control in Production (Review), 460
Statistical Department in Steel Industry, 329,379,521
Statistics in Engineering Processes, 329, 379,405*
Works, Ministry of. Reconstruction of Trafalgar Square, 414*
Workshops. See Machine Tools
— Training. See Education ; Labour
World Affairs, Science and Industry, 256, 277, 306
— Conference on Underground Town Planning,
Rotterdam. See Underground Town Planning^ World Conference on
— Engineering Conference, International Technical Congress, Cairo, Programme of, 544
— Power Conference, International Congress on
Large Dams. See DamSy Large, International Congress on Wrecks. See Accidents
Wright Aeroplane, Return to United States, 399
Wrotham Ultra-High Frequency Broadcasting Station, 642
Wye, River, Chepstow Railway Bridge over. Reconstruction of, 321*. See LETTER, 376
Wylie, A. W., on Rare- Earth Oxides for Glass Polishing, 189*
X-RAY Analysis, Use for Determining Crystalline State, 301
Film Sizes, Specification, 466

YATES, J. G., Resistance Strain-Gauge Indicator, 6
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
York, Royal Agricultural Show, 42*, 65*, 89*, 114*
Young, R. H., on Engineering Units of Force, 113. See LETTERS, 16, 40, 64
Youngmark, F. A., the Late, 427

ZETTERHOLM, 0. D., on 380-kV Transmission Lines in Sweden, 101
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy — Spraying on Menai Straits Suspension Bridge, 474
Zurich Swimming Bath, Heat Pump Installation at, 309*, 570. See Errata^ 448

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