Engineering 1905 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1905 Jul-Dec: Index
Academic Side of Technical Training, 19, 27
Accessibility of Ports; Glasgow, New York, Liverpool, 469
Accessories of Engines, Breakdown of, 523
Accidents, Naval; Microscopical Observations, 235
Accidents, Influence of, Physical Fatigue on, 593
Accidents to Prime Movers, 523
Accidents, Railway, and the Public, 188
Accidents, Railway, in the United States, 419
Accident, Railway, at Witham, 774
Accidents to Submarine Boats and their Salvage,
107,118, 128, 593
Accumulators. See Electric
Acetylene Blow-Pipe, 51
Acid Pump-Valves, 530, 553
Action of Radium on Diamonds, 322
Acts of Parliament. See Parliament and Legal
Adjustable Railway or Tramcar Seat, 815
Admiralty Coal and Briquettes, 863
Admiralty Policy and Engineering Education, 769. See Letters
Admiralty Problems. See Navy and Warships
Advancement of Apprentices, 442
Aerial Cableway for Building the Zambesi
Bridge, 137. See 1, 75, 357
Aeronauts ; Balloons sent up from Yacht, 289, 883
Africa. See South Africa
Africa, Sleeping Sickness in, 433
Agricultural Boiler Explosion, 466
Agricultural Engines at the Smithfield Club Show, 771
Agricultural and Highland Society ; Suction Gas Trials, 674
Agricultural Society (Royal) and County Shows, 154, 455
Agricultural Society, Royal:
Attendance, 6
Dairy Machinery, 8
Implements, 6
Merryweather’s High-Pressure Hop-Sprayer, 7
Meteorological Exhibits, 10
Miscellaneous, 9
Oil-Engines, 6
Windmills and Pumps, 7
Agriculture, Meteorology in Relation to, 10
Air-Compressing Plant, Portable (Lacy-Hulbert), 814
Air-Compressor, Ingersoll-Sergeant, 391
Air-Compressor, Reavell’s Portable, 38
Air-Compressors, Efficiency of Turbo-, 598
Air-Compressors. See also Blowing Engines Air, Dielectric, Strength of, 784
Air-Pumps on “Carmania” (Weir), 724
Air-Pumps and Circulating-Pumps, Combined (Carruthers), 676
Air-Pumps and Condenser, 93. See 676
Air-Pump, Edwards’s Inverted, 180
Air Pumps, Independent Twin (H. Watson and
Sons, Newcastle-on-Tyne), 328
Aldwych and Kingsway Opening, 527
Allis-Chalmers’Steam-Turbine, 814, 863
Alloys, Aluminium Steel and, 246, 279
Alloys of Cobalt and Nickel, 330. See 436, 500
Alloys of Copper and Tin, Effect of Chilling, 223
Alloys of Gold with Silver, 157
Allots, Iron-Nickel-Manganese-Carbon, 708, 745,
779, 822. See Letters, 843
Alloys of Iron and Tantalum, 286
Alloys Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Alloys of Vanadium and other Metals, 323, 417,
603, 638. See Letters. See also 632 Alternators. See Electric
Aluminium Steel and Alloys, 246, 279
Aluminium-Vanadium Steel Alloys, 323, 417, 603,
638. See Letters. See also 632
Ambulance Service, London, 87
America. See United States
American Hustling, 3
American Iron Ore Country, 431
American Iron Trade, 20, 351, 451, 628, 735
American Irrigation, 871
American Locomotives. See Locomotives American Machine-Tools. See Machine-Tools American Pig Irons, Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in, 436, 500
American Railroads, 155, 805
American Steel and Iron Industry, 20, 354, 451, 628, 735
American Tariff Reform, 562
American Telegraphy, 814
American Tool - Making and Interchangeable Methods, 505. See Machine-Tools
Ammonia Machinery, High-Speed, 280
Amorphous States of Metals, Crystalline and, 384
Analysis of Valve Motions, Harmonic, 36
Anatomy of Bridgework, 169, 367
Anchor-Cables for Express Cunarders, 842 Anchor Gear of “ Carmania,” 725
Anchorage and Chains for Suspension Bridge, 577. See Williamsburg Bridge
Anchorage for Zambesi Bridge at Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, 137. See 1, 75, 357,
Anderson-Fleming Method of Measuring Electric Currents, 735, 772, 806, S40
Andrews, Thomas, on Microscopic Observations on Naval Accidents, 235
Andrews, Thomas, on the Wear of Steel Rails on Bridges, 534
Angle, Approximation to the Sine of, 313
Annealing Furnaces, Gun-Cartridge-Case Manufacture, 548, 569
Annuals and Year-Books. See Literature
Anti-Foreign Agitation in China, 837
Antimony. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Antwerp Port Extensions, 386
Applied Mechanics (Text-Book), 175
Applied Science, Imperial College of, 17, 20. See Letters, 122
Apprentice Advancement, 442
Apprentice and Workshop Practice, 340
Apprenticeship. See Education and Training
Approaches to Williamsburg Bridge. See HV'Z-liamsburg Bridge
Approximation to the Sine of Angle, 313
Aqua Meter, 658
Arbitrators, Remuneration of, 270
Arc Lamps. See Electric
Arch. See Bridge
Arched Roof, Collapse of, 771, 838, 865. See Letters, and Erratum, 810
Archer, H. G., on Fishguard Harbour Works and the Great Western Railway Company’s New Route to Ireland, 178
Argentine Compound Articulated Locomotives, 44, 159
Argentine Railways, 480
“ Argyll,” Steam Trials of H.M.S., 420
Armament of Warships. See Warships
Armour, Effects of Gun Fire on, 527
Armour-Plate Works at Sheffield, 402, 453. See 416, 454
Armour-Plate Works, French, 355
Armour. See Warships
Armoured Concrete. See Concrete
Armoured Ships. See Warships
Arnold, Professor J. O., on Thermal Treatment of Carbon Steels, 417, 422
Arnold, Professor J. O., on Fractures in Large Steel Boiler-Plates, 105, 164, 195. See Letters, 277
Arrol-Johnston Car Company’s Works, 832
Arrol-Johnston Motor-Car, 412, 618, 655, 832
Artificial Silk, 564
Artillery. See Guns
Assessable Machinery, Quinquennial Valuation and, 51
Assessment of Machinery, 174. See Letters, 290
Assouan Dam, 563. See Dams and Shearing Stresses
i “Astatki,” Use of, in Iron and Steel Works, 357 Astronomy and the Cape Observatory, 609
1 Astronomy. See also British Association
| Atlantic Steamers, Speed of German, 357 Atlantic Steamer. See “ Car m an ia ” Atomic Theory ; Evolution, 319
Attachment of Turbine Blades, 810. See 759.
See Letters, 813
Attitude of the Public towards Railways, 188
Auger and Mortising Tool, Pearl Square, 225
“ Auld Brig o’ Ayr,” Preservation of, 388, 494
Australasia. See New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, and South
. Australia
Australia, Trade-Marks in, 377
Australian Railways: Queensland, 561; New
South Wales, 525
Australian Socialists and Iron Manufacture, 419.
See 385
Austrian Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Huszar, ’ 90, 96, 99
Auto-Cars. See Motor-Cars and Self-Propelled
Cars
Automatic Safety Device for Lift-Doors, 125
Automobile. See Motor-Cars
Auxiliarv Boiler for Ships, 617
Avery’s Torsion-Testing Machine at Birmingham
University, 507
Axle-Box Boring-Machine, Horizontal, 439
Axles. See Motor-Cars
Ayr Bridge, Preservation of, S88f 491
Ayrton, Professor, on the Distribution of Power, 380
Bacon, Captain R. IL, on Submarine Boats and their Salvage, 107, 128. See 118, 593
Baker street and Waterloo Railway, Ventilation of, 820
Baku and Japan, 631
Baku Oil-Fields, 512
Balancing of Engines, Counterweights for, 362
Baling Cotton at Lagos, West Africa, Plant for, 111
Ballasting Permanent Way, 179. See Erratum, 260
Ballons Sondes Sent Up from a Yacht, 289
Bar Manipulator for Rolling Mills, 428, 435
Barrels, Steel, Manufacture of, 813
Barrow Viaduct, Wexford, 210
Batteries. See Electric
Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260. See Russo-Japanese War
Battleships. See Warships
Beam, Bending Moment for (Rankine’s Formula), 863
Beam Flexures, Experiments on, 433. See Girders
Beard, J. R., and Hutton, R. S., on Heat Insulation, 64
Bearings for Zambesi Bridge at Victoria Falls, 137. See 1, 75, 357
Beira, British Association’s Visitt to, 792
Belgian Coal-Mining, 864
Belgian, Cockerill Company, 882
Belgian Railway Profile, Brussels to Ans, 517
Belgian Six-Wheel Coupled Locomotive, 517
Belgian State Locomotives at the Li6ge Exhibition (Cockerill), 482. See Liege
Belgian State Railways, Four-Coupled Express Locomotive (Socicte Anonyme “ La Metallur-gique,” Tubize Belgium), 728
Bell, Macleod and Plato’s Electric, 281
Bellet, Daniel, on the Inferiority of Canals for Goods and Transport, 355
Belt, Hendry’s Laminated Leather, 225 See Erratum , 248
Bending Moment for Beam (Rankine’s Formula),
Bennis’s Coal-Conveying Plant, 46. See 807 Ben rath Cranes Driven by Single-Phase Motors, 830
Berlin b ire Brigade, 509, 579. See Eire. St j
Binnie, Sir A. R., Inst. C.E., Presidential Address, 626, 636
Birmingham University, 239, 274, 341, 397, 507, 610, 858. For details see Illustrated Index’ See Erratum, 317
Blading of Steam - Turbines, 7t9, 810 See Letters, 843
Blast Furnace Gas for Gas-Engines, 263. See a’so Engines, Gas
! Blast-Furnace Process. 260
I Blast-Furnace and Roasting b urnice at Birmingham University, 507
Block-Setting “Titan" Crane forTabk Bay Harbour, 246
Blow-Pipe, Acetylene, 54
Blowing-Engines. See Engines, Blowing, and Air Compressors
Blowing up of 8.S. “ Chatham,” 491
Board of Trade and Boiler Explosions. See Boiler Explosion
Board of Trade and Industry, 59s
Board of Trade and Municipal Obstruction, 631
Boats, Motor, Reliability Trials of, 187, 220. See
Letters, 291, 315. See also -Vofor Launches
Bogies for Indian Royal Train, 335, 399. Sec also Carriages
Boilers (Text-Books), 317, 476
Boiler, Cochran, for Auxiliary Machinery on Shipboard, 617
Boiler, Cochran, for Steam Railway < 'oach, 248
Boilers, Dry-Back Return-Tul*-, at Birmingham University, 341
Boilers and Engines for Twin-Screw Lifeboat
“ Moseley," 378
Boiler Explosion near Truro, 4<«6
Boiler Fittings, Hopkinson- Works for, 3<<3
Boiler-House Economy, 807
Boiler, Lancashire Flue Tube (Hopkinson). 3<»3
Boilers of Locomotives. Sec Locwm'-rfta*
Boiler^, Navy. See Baiters and ll’nlrr Tube Boilers
Boiler-Owners and Factory Act. 66
Boiler Plates, Steel, Fracture in, 105. 164, 195.
See Letters, 377
Boilers and Smoke Abatement, ni*
Boilers, Steam; their Histon and Development,
476. See 337
Boilers, Water-Tube. See Water-Tube Baiters
Bolt-Forging, Cutting, ami Screwing Machinery, 245
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railways, 61. See >79
Bonus System, Suggested Application for Fur nace Work, 813
Books Received, 133, 175, 2<»9. 325. 341, 433, 477, 506, 651, 819. Sec Erratum, 651
Boring-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Bourdon Telescopic Pump-Lubricator for Locomotive, 242
Bournemouth Municipal Tramways, 526
Brake-Gear for Electrn M »ton», 10
Brake. See Motor-Cars
Brass Micro-Photographs, Gun-Cartridge Cases, 548, 569
Breakdowns of Engines, 523
Breda Company’s 150 Indicated Horse-Power Corliss Engine at Liege Exhibition. 313
Breech Mechanism, with Gtin)M>wder Cartridge, for Initial Explosion in Petrol Motor (Wolselej Company), 615
Brewers’ Exhibition, 526
Bridge, Admiral Sir Cyprian, on Tactics and Strategy at the time of Trafalgar, 8U. 93. See 126
Bridge, Arched, Reinforced Concrete. 561
Bridge, Cantilever, St. LawrenRiver. 376
Bridge Rail-Bearers, Deflection of. 69, 101
Bridge Floors, Waterproofing. 287
Bridge, Preservation of Ajr, 3-^, 491
Bridge over the River Zamb< >i al Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, 1, 75, 137, 357
Bridges, Strengthening of, 169, 367
Bridges, Wear of Steel Rails on. 534
Bndge, Williamsburg, Neu York, 541,577, 643
I < 55, 787, 854
Bridge work Anatomy, 169, 367
Briquettes and Admiralty Coal, 863
I British A Maori nt ion ;
222
South African Meeting, 119
Steel as an Igneou* Rock, by Professor Arnold, 312
K r i t isli As so ci atio n - contintied.
The Action of Radium on Diamonds, by Sir William Crookes, 322
Evolution in Chemistry and in the Universe; Presidential address by Professor George II. Darwin, 319
The Distribution of Power, by Professor Ayrton, 3S0
Crystalline and Amorphous States of Metals, by G. T. Beilby, 381. See 399
Molecules in Solution, by G. T. Beilby, 399.
See 384
The Sleeping Sickness, 433
Geodetic Survey of South Africa, by Sir David Gill, 560
Irrigation, by Colonel Sir C. Scott Mon-crieff, 871
South African Meeting, 119, 222, 609, 647, 683, 726, 789
Cape Observatory, 609
Physical and Mechanical Section, 647
The Chemical Section, 647
Engineering Section, 650
Lectures and Receptions, 683
Journey across South Africa, 683
Cape Town, 685
Natal, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Colenso, and Ladysmith, 685
The Transvaal : Johannesburg, The Rand, and Pretoria, 726
Diamonds and Dynamite, 727. See 790
The Orange River Colony, 789
Kimberley and Diamonds, 790. See 727
Bulawayo and theMatoppo Hills, 790
The Victoria Falls, 792 See 1, 75, 137, 357
Salisbury, Umtali, and Beira, 792
British Coal in Russia, 190
British Coal Supplies, 819
British Columbian Coal, 52
British Patents of 1904, 61
British Railway Construction, 248
British Railway Economics, 517, 655, See Erratum, 565
British Railway Returns, 248, 253, 352, 358, 452
British Science Guild, 594
British Standard Specification for Portland
Cement, 122
British Telegraph and Telephone Finance, 285
British Thomson - Houston Company, Rugby, Turning and Boring Mills for, 59
British Trade with China, 155
British Warships. See Warships
Brittleness of Metals, 133
Bronzes, Effect of Chilling, 223
Brooke’s Automatic Vacuum Discharger, 38
Brotan Water-Tube Boiler for Locomotive, 278
Brown, the late Charles, 853. See 481
Brown and Co., Limited, John ; Turbine-Driven
Cunard Liner. See “ Carmania ”
Brown and Crosta Tramway Rail-Grinder, 112
Brussels to Ans, Railway Profile, 517
Buckling of Beams, 433
Buenos Ayrean Railways, 480
Buffer-Coupling, Thomas’s Central Automatic, 180
Building Acts, London, 219
Building Construction ; Flexure of Beams, 433
Building Material Fire Tests, 646
Building of Reinforced Concrete, 2c0
Buildings, Stone, Preserving, 148
Bulawayo and the Matoppo Hills, British Association’s Visit to, 790
Bulkheads in Warships, Longitudinal, 191
Cable to Iceland, Submarine, 226
Cables, Chain, for the Express Cunarders, 842
Cables for Suspension Bridge, 577. See Williamsburg Bridge
Cableway for Building the Zambesi Bridge, 137. See 1, 75, 357,
Caisson for Bridge Construction. See Williamsburg Bridge
Cammell, Laird, and Co., Limited, Sheffield Works, 406
Campbell, Professor E. D., on the Occurrence of Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in American Pig Iron, 436, 500
Canadian Cantilever Bridge, St. Lawrence River, 376
Canadian Steel Output, 121
Canal Bill, Prussian, 53
Canals in Great Britain, 691
Canals, Inferiority of, for Goods Transport, 355
Canal, Panama, 871
Candle-Power of Incandescent Lamps, 32
Cantilever Bridge, St. Lawrence River, 376
Canton-Kowloon Railway, 876
Cape Observatory, 609
Cape Town, British Association Visit to, 683
Cape Town Harbour, 573
Capitaine Producer - Gas Engine Fitted to Launch, 145
Capstan Lathes. See Machine-Tools
Car Seat, Adjustable Tramway and Railway, 815
Cars, Motor. See Motor-Cars
Carbon-Iron-Nickel-Manganese Alloys, 708, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 843
Carbon and Nickel Influence on Iron, 671
Carbon Oxides, Effect upon Iron, 336, 473
Carburettor for 140-Horse-Power Petrol Motor (Wolseley Company), 615
Carbutt, The late Sir E. H., 490. See Letters,.
530. See Erratum, 553
Carels’ 600-Horse-Power Steam-Condensing Engine, 179. See Erratum, 260
Cargo Fleet Iron Company, Middlesbrough, 18,000 Indicated Horse-Power Rolling-Mills for, 212
“Caronia,” Cunard Liner; Engines versus Turbines, 719
••Carinailia*” Triple - Screw Turbine-Vriven Milliard liner:
703, 715
Boilers, 723
Building of Hull, 7’17
Cargo and Navigation Appliances, 725
Comparison between the “ Caronia’s ” and | “ Carmania’s” Machinery, 719
Condensers and Pumps, 723
Construction of “Carmania’s” Turbines, 719 I
“ < ariliailia continued.
Designs, 715
Dimensions, 716
Electric Installation, 724
Experiments preparatory to the Designing of “Carmania’s” Turbines, 719
Passenger Accommodation, 718
Rotor-Lifting Gear, 723
Stern Bracket, 718
Trials, 726
Turbine Glands, 721
Valve-Box for Ascertaining Pressure in Turbines, 723
Valves, Governors, and Lubrication, 720
Carpenter, Dr. H. C. H., on Alloys of Iron-Nickel-Manganese-Carbon, 708, 74*5, 779, 822. See Letters, 843
Carriage-Buffer Coupling, Thomas’s Central Automatic, 180
Carriages for Indian Royal Train, 335, 399
Cars and Carriages. See Motor-Cars, Railway, Self-Propelled, and Tramway
Carriage, Steam Motor, for the Great North of Scotland Railway, 248
Carriage, Steam Motor, for the London and North-Western Railway, 359
Carriages, Steel, Railway, 388, 842 '
Carriage Traverser, Western Railway of France, 111
Carriage-Wheels, Cotton-Spinning Mules, Safety Appliances, 74. See 544
Cartridge-Cases for Quick-Firing Guns, Manufacture of, 548, 569
Cartridge Heading and Indenting Press, 439 Casks, Forsyth’s Racking Cock for Filling, 421 Casting for Hydraulic Cylinder, 20-Ton Steel, 404
Catalogues, 66, 124, 158, 232, 266, 292, 502, 566, 606, 635, 740, 785, 816, 851, 883
Cement, British Standard Specification for, 122
Cement Syndicates in Germany, 259
Cement Testing, 340. See Concrete
Central Station. See Electric and Power
Chain Cables for the Express Cunarders, 842
Chains and Anchorage for Suspension Bride e, New York, 577, 755. See Williamsburg Bridge
Channel Steamers, Midland Railway Company's ;
Turbine and Reciprocating Engines, 107, 161
Channel Steamer, Turbine-Driven, “ Dieppe,” 55, 203
Charing Cross Station Roof Collapse, 771, 838, 865. See Letters. See Erratum, 810
Charing Cross Station ; Timbering of Roof, 865.
See 771, 838, and Letters
Chassis. See Motor-Cars
“ Chatham,” Blowing up of, in Suez Canal, 493 Chatham Dockyard ; 180 Ton Sheer Legs. 81 Chemical Fire-Engines. See Fire Brigade in Illustrated Index
Chemical Papers at the British Association, 647
Chemical Properties of Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 843
Chemistry of Blast-Furnace Process, 259
Chemistry, Electro and Electro-Thermal, 804
Chemistry, Evolution in, 319
Chilling Bronzes, Effect of, 223
Chimney of Reinforced Concrete, 419
China, Anti-Foreign Agitation in, 837
China, British Trade with, 155
China, Foreign Trade in, 120
China, Future and Railways of, 450
China, Kowloon and Canton Railway, 876
China Railway, East, 564
China, Sale of Machinery in, 553
China Trade Prospects, 285, 353, 450
Chinese Navy, 455
Chromium, 566
Circulating and Air-Pumps Combined. See Air-Pumps
Civil Employment for Soldiers and Seamen, 489
Civil Engineers, Institution of:
Surface-Condensing Plants, by R. W. Allen, 630
Presidential Address, by Sir A. R. Binnie, 626, 636
Waterways in Great Britain, by Mr. J. A. Saner, 691
The Steam-Turbine, by the Hon. C. A. Parsons, 847
Heat Economy in Factories, by H. A. Mavor, 883
Classification in Merchant Shipping, 89
Cleveland Iron. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 15, 48, 83, 115, 149, 183, 215, 250, 282, 317, 349, 389, 411, 447, 484, 521, 556, 591, 6*2, 659, 694, 731, 776, 809, 824, 866
Clothel Refrigerating-Machine, 70
Clutches. See Motor-Cars
Clyde, Accessibility of Ports, 469
Coal, Admiralty, and Briquettes, 863
Coal, British Columbian, 52
Coal-Conveying Plant at the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company’s Works, 46 "
Coal-Mining, Belgian, 864
Coal-Mining. See Colliery and Winding
Coal in Russia, British, 190
Coal Supplies, 819
Coal Syndicates in Germany, 259
Coaling-Crane, Locomotive Gantry, 555
Cobalt, Copper, and Nickel in American Pig Iron, 436, 500
Cobalt and Nickel Alloys, 330
Cochran Boiler for Auxiliary Machinery on Shipboard, 617
Cochran Boiler for Steam Railway Coach, 248
Cock, Racking, for Filling Casks, Forsyth’s, 421
Cockerill Company, 882
Cockerill’s Locomotives at the Ltege Exhibition. 482
Cockerill 300-Horse-Power Double-Piston Francois Type Compound Condensing Engine, 12,56
Cockerill’s 10,090-Horse-Power Compound Three-
Crank Rolling-Mill Engine, 376
Cofferdams for Pier, 505
Colenso, British Association’s Visit to, 688
Collapse of Charing Cross Roof, 771, 838, 865.
See Letters, Erratum, 810
allege of Applied Science, Imperial, 17, 20. See Letters, 122
Collieries. See Winding
Colliery Managers’ Pocket-Books, 1906, 785
Collisions. See Accidents, Railway
Colonial Development, Elements in, 492
Colony, Orange River, 789
Columbian Coal, British, 52
Columns, Strength of, 62
Combines. See Trusts
Commerce, Faculty of, at Birmingham University, 858
Commercial Training for Engineers, 203
Commissions, Secret, 189
Commutator, Electric, for 140-Horse-Power Petrol-Motor, 615
Comparison between “Caronia” and “Carmania’s ” Machinery, 719
Competition and Engineers, 487
Compound Engines. See Engines
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
Compressors, Air. See Air
Compressor, Ammonia, 280
Compulsory Settlement of Trade Disputes, 492.
See Letters, 530
Concrete Compositions, 269
Concrete, Ferro, Failure at Madrid, 454
Concrete Fire Tests, 646
Concrete Mixing and Measuring Machines, 393
Concrete, Reinforced, Arch Bridge, 564
Concrete, Reinforced, Chimney, 419
Concrete, Reinforced, Experimental Researches on, 206, 438, 646
Concrete, Reinforced, as a Fire Resistant, 438
Concrete, Reinforced, Retaining Wall, 260
Condenser and Air-Pump, Combined, 93
Condensers of “ Carmania,” 723
Condensing Machinery, Edwards’s, 180
Condensing Plant, Pumps. See Air-Pumps and
Circulating-Pumps
Condensing Plants, Surface, 630
Conductivity. See Electric
Conductivity of Flames for Rapidly-Alternating Currents, 32, 784
Conductivity of Salt Solution; Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Confidence of Employers, 562
Congestion of London Traffic, 85, 488, 625
Congress, Trades Union, 351
Construction, British Railway, 248
Consular Corps and Industry, 598
Consulting Engineers and the Law of Negligence, 151
Continental Fire Service, 136, 171, 271, 369, 509, 579, 614, 797. For details, see Fire Brigade in Illustrated Index
Continuous Current versus Single-Phase for Traction, 697
Continuous Rail-Bearers, Deflection of, 69, 101
“ Contraflo ” Condenser (Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co., Limited, Hartlepool), 471
Controlling Devices for Engines. See Governors Conversazione of the Royal College of Science, 841
Conveying Plant for Coal at the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company’s Works, 46
Conveyor for Cableway for Building the Zambesi Bridge, 137. See 1, 75, 357
Cooling Curves of Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822.
See Letters, 843
Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in American Pig Iron, 436, 500
Copper Industry of the Trans-Caucasus, 157
Copper Position, 321
Copper Prices. See Metal Price Diagrams
Copper Steam-Pipes, Corrosion of, 123
Corliss Engine, 150 Indicated Horse-Power, 313
Coronal Radiation during an Eclipse, Apparatus for Measuring, 599
Corrector, a United States, and Rankine, 863
Corrosion of Copper Steam-Pipes, 123
Corrugated Tubes for Locomotives, 242
Cost of Berlin Fire Brigade, 579
Cotton-Ginning and Baling Plant at Lagos, West Africa, 111
Cotton Industry in British India, 191
Cotton-Picker, Lowry, 122, 390
Cotton-Seed Products (A Manual), 175
Cotton-Spinning Mules, Safety Appliances for, 74, 544
Counterweights for Large Engines, 362
County Council. See London County Council
Coupling, Thomas’s Central Automatic Buffer, 180
Covenants in Mining Leases, 354
Crabtree, J. H., on Safety Appliances for Cotton-
Spinning Mules, 74, 544
Cranes Driven by Single-Phase Motors, 830
Cranes, Electric Travelling ; Wallsend Engineering Works, 293
Crane, Locomotive Gantry Steam Coaling, 555
Crane, 10-Ton Overhead Electric Travelling, 41 Cranes. See also Hoists
Crane, “Titan,” for 40-Ton Block-Setting at Table Bay7 Harbour, 216
Criticism of Engineers, 487
Cross-Head Bolts, Fractured, in Torpedo-Boat Destroyer ; Microscopic Observations, 235
Crucible Furnaces, 303
Cruiser, Future of the, 449
Cruisers. See Warships
Crystalline and Amorphous States of Metals, 384
Crystalline Structure of Iron. See Micro-Photographs
Cubillo, Colonel Leandro, and Head, the late Archibald P., on the Manufacture of Cartridge-Cases, 548, 569
Cunard Turbine-Driven Liner “ Carmania.” See “ Carmania”
Cunarders, Chain Cables for the Express, 842
Cunningham, Bryson, on the Accessibility of Ports, 469
Curtis Steam Turbine, 759. See 810
Customs in the Tin-PlateTrade, Legal, 221
Cycle Show, Stanley, 703, 743
Cylinder, Explosion of a Drying, 197
Cylinder, Hydraulic, 20-Ton Steel Casting, 401
Dairy7 Machinery, 8
Dairy Show; Refrigerator Machine Trials, 530, 553
Damaged Warships at Port Arthur, 527
Damages, Steamship Accident (Legal), 190
Dam, Assouan, Erosive Effect of Discharge from the, 563. See Dams, Stresses on
Dams, Earthen, in Indian Reservoir, 324
Dams, Stresses on Masonry, 35, 134, 171, 751.
See Letter
Davy and Holmes’ Hydraulic Stuffing-Box, 329
De Brouwer Retort Machinery, 444
De Glehn Compound Locomotive for the Great Western Railway, 580. See Letters, Locomotive, Compound
De Laval, see Laval
“Deadfit” Keyway-Slotter, 815
Dean, The late Mr. William, 420
Decapod Locomotive for the Great Western Railway of Argentina (R. Stephenson and Co., Darlington), 693
Deceleration of Turbine Steamer, 55, 203
Decking for Bridges. See Bridges
Defects, Latent, in Motor-Car (Legal), 631
Deflection of Continuous Rail-Bearers, 69, 101
Depth of Water and its Influence on Ships’ Speed, 90, 96, 99
Derailments. See Accidents, Railway
Destroyers. See Warships
Destructors for Town Refuse, 651
Diagrams, Metal Price, 24, 158, 326, 456, 600, 776, 877
Diamonds, Action of Radium on, 322
Diamonds, Kimberley, 727, 790
Diary, City, 552
Dictionary, Nautical Technical, 651
Dielectrics, Contact with, 32
Dielectric Strength of Air, 784
“ Dieppe,” Newhaven and Dieppe Turbine-Driven Steamer, 55, 203
Dingier Gas-Engine, 295
Dining-Saloon in Indian Royal Train, 335, 399
Directory, Gas Works, 552
Distribution of Power, 380
Distribution of Shearing Stresses. See Shearing Stresses and Dams
Dock, Dry, on Victoria Nyanza, 729
Dock Extensions at Antwerp, 386
Dock, Graving, at Southampton, 517
Dock Schemes in Parliament, 793
Dockyard, Portsmouth, 110
Dockyard Reform and Warship Construction, 873
Double-Decked Bridge, New York. See IIY7-liamsburg Bridge
Double-Piston (Francois Type) Compound Condensing Engines, 200-Horse-Power, 12, 56
Douglas, George M., on Wood-Gas for Power Purposes and Gas-Generators, 299
Drainage Gutters in Workshop Roofs, 303
Drawing-Office at Birmingham University, 507
Drawing Presses for Cartridge-Cases, 439, 548, 569
Dredger, “ Walter Bibby,” Salvage of the, 41
Dredging for Gold, 506
Dresden Technical High School, 121
Drilling Machines. See Machine-Tools
Dry Dock at Southampton, 517
Dry Dock on Victoria Nyanza, 729
Drying Cylinder, Explosion of, 197
Drysdale, Dr. Charles V., on the Testing of Generators and Motors, 679
Duddell’s Oscillograph for Measuring High-Frequency Currents, 735, 772, 806, 840
Durban, British Association’s Visit to, 688
Durban Harbour, 753
Durr Water-Tube Boilers in H.M. Armoured
Cruiser “ Roxburgh,” 586. See Erratum, 767
Dynamite Blowing up of s.s. “ Chatham,” 493
Dynamometer for Electric Testing, 679
Dynamos. See also Alternators and Generators under Electric
Earth Rotation, River Courses, Eddies, and, 223
Earthen Dams in Indian Reservoirs, 324
East China Railway, 564
East River Bridge, New York, Williamsburg 541, 577, 643, 755, 787, 854
Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Limited, 635
Eastern Railway of France, Four-Cylinder Locomotive for, 830
Eccentric Keyways, Locator for, 193
Eclipse, Apparatus for Measuring the Coronal Radiation, 599
Economic Condition of Japan, 52
Economy of Boiler-House and Mechanical Stokers, 807
Economy, Heat, in Factories, 883
Economy, Steam-Engine, 481
Education and Advancement of Apprentices, 442
Education of Apprentices, 409, 458
Education, Engineering, Admiralty Policy and, 769. See Letters, &c.
Education of Engineers, 313, 344, 346, 869
Education of Mining Engineers, 501
Education ; the State and Industry, 598
Education ; Technical School at Dresden, 121
Education ; Training of the Engineer, 869
Edwards’s Inverted Air-Pump, 180
Effect of Chilling Bronzes, 223
Effects of the Oxides of Carbon upon Iron and its Oxides, 336, 473
Effects of Steam-Jacketing, 197, 227
Effects of War upon Russian Industry, 23
Effects. See also Influences
Egypt; Water Supply for Perennial Irrigation, 55
Egyptian irrigation, 871
Egyptian Tank Locomotive, 2-Ft. 5|-In. Gauge, 315
Ehrhardt and Sehjner Gas-Engine, 295
Elastic Properties of Steel at High Temperatures, 331
Elbe Harbour, Tunnel Under, 357
Electric * See also Electrical Engineers and Physical Society
Accidents to Prime Movers, 523
Air-Compressor, Reavell’s Portable, 38
Bell, Macleod and Plato’s, 281
Brake-Gear for Motors, 10
Candle-Power of Incandescent Lamps, 32
Catenary Overhead Construction for Single
Phase'Railway, 103. See Erratum, 215
Chemistry, 804
Conductivity of Flames, 32, 784
Contact with Dielectrics, 32
Cranes Driven by Single-Phase Motors 830
E led ric -continued.
Crane, 10-Ton Overhead Travelling, 41
Cranes, Travelling, at the Wallsend Engineering Works, 293
Dielectric Strength of Air, 784. See 32
Dynamo Test Curves, 679
Dynamo-Testing and Turbo-Compressor, 598
Electrodes; Temperatures during Electrolysis, 527
Elevators. See Hoists and Cranes
Exhibition at Olympia, 418, 452
Exhibition, Tramway and Railway, 22, 37.
See 120
Fields, Comparison by Means of Oscillating Needle, 57
Fire at the North-Eastern Railway Company’s Transforming Station, Wa'lsend, 59) Furnace, Galbraith’s, 86
Gas-Retort Charging Machinery, 444
Generator Test Curves, 679
Generators, Testing, 325
High - Frequency Currents and Electric
Waves, 735, 772, 806, 840
Hoists. See Cranes
Insulation of Machines, 477
Lamps, Incandescent, Candle-Power of, 32
Lifts. See Hoists
Locomotive, Single-Phase (Westinghouse), 25
London Power Supply, 186, 594, 662, 699, 803
Magneto Optics of Sodium Vapour, 57
Mathematical Theories, 175
Measurement of High-Frequency Currents, 735, 772, 806, 840
Motor Brake-Gear, 10
Motor, Morris-Hawkins Interpole, 408
Motors, Single-Phase Railway, 103. See Erratum, 215
Motor Test Curves, 679
Municipal Lighting Obstruction, Board of Trade and, 631
Needle, Oscillating, for Comparing Electric Fields, 57
Paris, Electricity in, 321
Parliamentary Schemes, 698, 738, 792. See London Power Supply
Peat-Drying Process, 256
Petrol Motor for Railway Traction, 140-Horse-Power (Wolseley Company), 615
Phase Meter, Theory of, 599
Plant for Fixing Rails and Packing Sleepers, 179. See Erratum, 260
Power Company’s Legal Liabilities, 257
Power Distribution, 380
Power and Lighting of T.-S.S. “Carmania,” 724
Power in Paris, 321
Power Station at Birmingham University, 341, 397, 507
Power Station at Wednesbury; Midland Elec-Power Company, 739
Power Supply, London, 186, 594, 662, 699, 803
Power Supply of Private Owners, 627
Power at Woolwich Arsenal, 739
Producer-Gas Potver Station, Birmingham University, 507. See Erratum, 317
Pump, Electric Driven, Variable-Stroke, 275
Rail-Fixing and Sleeper-Packing Plant, 179.
See Erratum, 260
Railway Electrification, Financial Aspect of, 11, 45
Railway Exhibition, 22, 37
Railways in Germany, 121
Railways, Single-Phase versus Continuous Current, 697
Railways, Single-Phase, and Motors, 103.
See Erratum, 215
Railway Steel Cars, 388
Railway, Valtellina, 11
Refractometer, 32
Regenerative System of Tramway Control, 91,144
Research at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Single-Phase Motors, 25, 103, 215, 697, 831
Submarine Cable to Iceland, 223
Supply Company’s Legal Liability, 257
Telegraph, Submarine, Companies, 635
Telegraphs, 667, 814
Telegraphy, Wireless, 598, 667. Sec Waves
Telephone Station, Electrolytic Rectifiers for, 563
Telephones, 707
Telephone Economics, 217, 285, 353, 870
Testing Apparatus for Motors and Dynamos, 679
Testing Gen erat ors,^325
Traction, Single-Phase versus Continuous Current for, 697
Tramway Control, Regenerative System of, 91, 144
Tramway Development, Bournemouth, 526
Tramway Exhibition, 22, 37
Tramways in Germany, 121
Tramways, London County Council, 152, 490
Tramway Point Control, 113
Tramway-Rail-Grinding Machine, 404
Wattless Currents, 153
Waves Measurement and High Frequency.
735, 772, 806, 850
Winding-Engine, 29
Wireless Telegraphy, 667
Electrical Engineers, Institution of:
Presidential Address, by Mr. John Gavev.
667,707 y
The Application of Electricity in the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, by Colonel H. C. L. Holden, 739
Electricity in Woolwich Arsenal, 739
Electrical, Ironmongery, Hardware, &c., Exhibition, 120. See 22, 37
Electricity in Paris, 321
Electricity Supply by Private Owners (Legal), 627
Electrification of Steam Railways, Financial
Aspect of, 11, 45
Electro and Electro Thermal Chemistry, 804
Electrodes ; Temperatures during Electrolysis, 527
Electrolytic Rectifiers for Telephone Stations, 563
Elements in Colonial Development, 492
Elevated Water-Tank, 631
Elevators. See Hoists
Embankments. See Dams
Emission Spectrum of the Welsbach Mar.tle, 8/b
Emissivity Thermal Radiation, Question of Temperature and Efficiency of, 744
Empire Cotton Growing, British, 111
Employer’s Confidence, 562
Employers’ and Masters’ Cases. See Legal
Employment, Civil, for Soldiers and Seamen, 489
Ende, Max Am, on the Deflection of Continuous
Rail-Bearers, 69, 101 H
Ende, Max Am, on Stresses in Masonry Dams, /51 Energy Distribution. See Power, under Electric Engines, Blowing. SeeAtr
Engines, Counterweights for, 362
Engine Cross-Head Bolt, Fractured ; Microscopic
Observations, 235
Engine Economy, Steam, 481
Engine, Fire. See Fire Brigade, Illustrated Index, and Fire
Engines, Gas, Accidents to, 524
Engines, Gas, on the Continent, 230, 263,295, 323
Engine, Gas, Design, 476
Engine, Gas, Dingier, 295
Engine, Gas (Ehrhardt and Sehmer), 295
Engine, Gas, Four-Cycle Blast-Furnace, 586. See
Erratum, 703
Engines, Gas, French, 323
Engine, Gas, Koerting, 230, 263
Engine, Gas, Nurnberg, 230, 295
Engine, Gas, Oechelhauser, 263
Engine, Gas, “Premier,” at Birmingham University, 397
Engine, Gas, Rowden, 300 Brake-Horse-Power Producer, 346
Engines, Gas. See also Motor-Cars and Motor Launch
Engine, Gas, Soest, 239
Engine, Gas, and Suction Producer (Davey, Paxman, and Co., Limited, Colchester), 691
Engine, Gas, Suction, Thornycroft, 145
Engine, Gas, Valves, 230, 263, 295
Engine-House at Birmingham University, 341, 507 .
Engines, Internal-Combustion. See Engines, Gas, Engines, Oil, and Motor-Cars
Engines, Marine, 337
Engines, Marine, Reciprocating versus Turbine, in Cunard Liner 719
Engines, Marine. See also Turbine, Steam
Engines, Marine, versus Turbine, in the Midland
Railway Company’s Boats, 107, 161
Engines, Marine, for Twin-Screw Lifeboat “Moseley,” 378
Engines, Oil, Accidents to, 524
Engines, Oil, at the Agricultural Show, 6
Engines, Oil. See Motor-Cars
Engines, Petrol; Motor Launch “ Iris,” 588
Engines, Petrol. See Motor-Cars and Motor-Launches
Engines, Petrol, at Smithfield Club Show, 771
Engine, Rolling-Mill, 10,000-Horse-Power Compound Three-Crank, 376
Engine, Rolling-Mill, 18,000 Indicated Horse-Power, for Cargo Fleet Iron Company, Middlesbrough, 212
Engine-Room Artificers and Stokers in the Royal Navy, 345
Engine-Room at Birmingham University, 341,507
Engine-Shafting, Torsional Vibrations of, 54
Engines, Steam, 337
Engines, Steam, Accidents to, 524
Engine, Steam Condensing, 600-Horse-Power
Compound, 179. See Erratum, 260
Engine, Steam, 100-Horse-Power, “ Hoyois,” 81
Engines, Steam, 300-Horse-Power Double-Piston (Francois type) Compound Condensing, 12,56
Engine, Steam, 600-Horse-Power Compound Condensing, 554
Engines ; Steam-Jacketing, Effects of, 197, 227
Engines, Steam; Road Locomotives at the Smith-field Club Show, 771
Engines, Steam. See Motor- IFagons and Locomotives
Engines, Steam, Thermodynamics and Mechanics of, 650
Engine, Vacuum, Lowhe, 113
Engine Valve Motions, Analysis of, 36
Engine Valves and Valve-Gearing, 506. See Valve
Engineers, Consulting, and the Law of Negligence, 151
Engineers, Commercial Training for, 203
Engineers and their Critics, 487
Engineers’ Education. See Education
Engineer, Educational Training of the, 869
Engineers, Famous, Inst. C.E.; Presidential Address, 626, 636
Engineers, Institution of. See Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Naval Architects, Iron and Steel Institute
Physical Society, and Society of Arts
Engineers, Manchester, Jubilee of the Association of, 117
Engineers, Mining, Education of, 501
Engineers, Registration of, 481
Engineers’ Training. See Education and Letters
Engineering Institutions, Home for, 17 See Letters, 122
Engineering Laboratories at Birmingham University. See Birmingham University in Illustrated Index
Engineering Materials. See Micro-Photoqrayhs
Engineering Papers at the British Association 647 *
Engineering Progress and Critics, 487
Engineering Progress ; Institution of Civil En-gineers Presidential Address, 626, 636
Engineering Schemes in Parliament, 698, 738
, 792. See London Power Scheme ‘
Engineering Standards Committee, Progress of the, 805
Engineering and Trade Prospects in Japan, 353. bee 28o
English Railway. See British Bailwavs
Equipment of Eire Brigades. See Fire Brigade m Illustrated Index '
Pisc£arSe from the Assouan Dam, 563. See also Dam
Etheric Waves, Measuring of, 735, 772, 806, 810
Evolution in Chemistry and in the Universe, 319
Exhaust-Silencer for Marine Motors, 529
Exhaust Steam, Oil-Separators for, 51a Exhibition, Brewers’, 526
Exhibition, Ironmongery, Hardware, Elec trical, &c., 120 . .. . .
Exhibition, Lidge. See Lu'je Exhibition
Exhibition, Milan, 442, 553, 873
Exhibition, Motor-Car, Olympia, '01, '41 _
Exhibition, Naval, Shipping, and Fisheries, <0
Exhibition, Olympia Electrical, 418,452
Exhibition, Railway and Tramway, 22, 37
Exhibition, Olympia Motor-Car Show 620, 621, 624, 652, 653, 656, 657, 624, 68a, '02, '32, /6a, 766, 768 , ,
Exhibition of Scientific Apparatus b\ the Physical Society, 839
Exhibition, Smithfield, 771
Exhibition of Smoke-Abatement Appliances, 803
Exhibition, Stanley Cycle, 703, 743
Expansion Joint for Turbine Blades, 719
Experimental Research in Reinforced Concrete, 206, 438, 646 „ . , „ , , no
Experiments on Resistance of Ships Models, JO, 162
Experiments. See Teats
Experiments on Turbines, 719. See also 1 ar-bines
Explosions, Boiler. See Boiler Explosions
Explosion of a Drying Cylinder, 197
Exports. See Trade
Exposition. See Exhibition
Factories, Heat Economy in, 883
Factories, Redistribution of, 383. See 372 and
Letters, 481
Factory Act, Boiler-Owners and the, 66
Factory Control and Remuneration of Labour, 413. See 303
Factory Law and Cases. See Legal
Faculty of Commerce at Birmingham University, 858
Failure by Buckling of Beams, 433
Failure of Ferro-Concrete at Madrid, 454
Fans for Tunnel Ventilation, 820
Fast-Cutting Steel. See Tool Steel
Fatigue on Accidents, Influence of Physical, 598
Fatigue, Metal. See Micro-Photographs
Feed-Pump, Motor-Car, 526
Feed-Pump, Thwaites’s, at Birmingham University, 341
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete
Ferrous-Oxides, Effects of, 336, 473
Fielden, Frank, on the Gentle Art of Hus'ling, 3
Finance, Japanese, 598
Financial Aspect of the Electrification of Steam Railways, 11, 45
Fire at the North-Eastern Railway Company’s Transforming Station, Wallsend, 599
Fire, Petroleum, in Cornhill, 663
Fire-Prevention on the Continent. See Fire Service
Fire-Resistant, Reinforced Concrete as a, 438,616 Fire Service, Continental, 136, 171, 271, 369, 509, 579, 614, 793. For details see Ilij strated Index
Fire Tests with Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, 646
Firth’s Norfolk Works, Sheffield, 402
Fiscal Reform, American, 562
Fisheries Exhibition, Naval, Shipping, and, 70
Fishguard and Rosslare Harbours, Great Western Railway, 178
Flaman’s Speed-Indicator for Locomotives, 242 Flames, Electric Conductivity of, for Rapidly-
Alternating Currents, 32, 784
Flamme-Rongy System for Reversing-Gear for Locomotives, 482
Fleet, Naval. See Warships
Fleming, Professor J. A., on the Measurement of High Frequency Currents and Electric Waves, 735, 772, 806, 840
Flexure of Beams, Experiments on, 433
Floors and Roofs, Workshop, 303
Floors, Waterproofing Bridge, 287
Fly-Wheels for Gas-Engine, 263
Food and Raw Material during War, 190, 218
Forced-Feed Lubricating Gear for 140-Horse-Power Petrol-Motor, 615
Foreign Agitation in China, 837
Foreign Capital in Japan, 414
Foreign Trade in China, 120, 155, 285, 353 450
“ Foresight,” Steam Trials of H.M.S., 57 Forsyth’s Racking-Cock for Filling Casks, 421 Foundations for Piers, &c., 505
Foundations for Zambesi Bridge over the Vic-toria Falls, Rhodesia, 137. See 1, 75, 357
Foundry at Birmingham University, 507
Fowler’s Electrical Engineer’s Year-Book and
Directory of Light, Power, and Traction Stations, 552
Fowler’s Mechanical Engineers Pocket-Book,
Fracture in Large Steel Boiler-Plates, 105 164
195. See Letters, 377
Fractured Steel Piston-Rod Cross-Head Bolt of Torpedo-Boat Destroyer ; Microscopic Observa-UlOIlb, ZoD
Fractured Surfaces of Test-Pieces, Greenish Markings in, 435, 464
Fragility of Metals, 133
France, Locomotive, Eastern Railway of 830
1<ranVOisTjpe, Compound Condensing’Engine, 300 Horse-Power Double-Piston, 12 53
r ree Trade ; Reform in American Tariff 569
trench Armour-Plate Works, 355
r rench Canals, 355
French Gas-Engines, 323
I rench Motor-Cars, Steel Used for, 417 49**
Hie , Liquid. See Liquid Fuel
ruel, Peat, Utilisation of, 256
Fuel, see also Coal and Briquette
™S18 n5n69 Hng’ f"rGun Ca, trid«e
FUregS toOn6rrUCti0'’’ Heat «ith
Furnace Temperatures. Bonus System for Rcgu-FuturegofSthe Cruiser, 449. See also IFandrip* Future of the Gas-Turbine. 628. See Lettbbh, 665
Galbraith Electric Iron and Steel Furrace. 86 Gantry Coaling-Crane Locomotive. 555 Gardner-Serpollet 40-Horse-Power Motor-Omm-
Gas Company, Liabilities of a, 3t0
Gas Composition for Engines,. 203
Gas-Engines. See Engines, ba*
Gas-Mantle, Emission Spectrum of the. 8/6
Gas Plant. Mond, 500-Horse-Potver, at Birmingham University, 341
Gas Producer, 263
Gas Produced from Wood. 299
Gas Producer, for Manne I se, 145
Gas-Producer Plant,Suction,674. See Letter*, 811
Gas-Producer for Semi-Bituminous Fuel, 261 Gas-Producer, Suction, and 34 Brake Horse-
Power Engine (Davey, Paxman, and Co., Limited, Colchester), 691
Gas-Producer Tests, 674, 811
Gas-Retort Charging and Drawing Machinery, 444
Gas Schemes in Parliament, 793
Gas-Turbines, Future of, 62b. See Letter*, 665
Gas and Vapour Tests at the Beichsanstalt, 308 Gas-Works Directory and Statistics, 552
Gauge, Swivel, Syphon and Pressure (Hopkin-son’s), 308
Gauges and Jigs, American. □<•«>
Gavey’s, Mr. John, Presidential Address, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 667, 707
Gear-Box. See Motor-Cars, Generators. See also Electric
Generators. See also Elert ric
Generators for Wood Gas, 299. See also Producer
Gentle Art of Hustling, 3
Geodetic Survey of South Africa. 600
German Electric Tramways and Railways. 121 German Fire Service and Insurance, 136, 171,
271. See Eire Brigade in Iixvkt&ated Index
German Liner “ Kaiserin,” 289
German Navy Annual, 882
German Shipbuilding Material; Import Tariffs, 292
German Steam Turbine, 493
German Syndicates, 259
German Tunnel under the Elbe, 357
Germany and the 8|>eed of Trans-Atlantic Steamers, 357
Geyer’s Reversible Propeller. 457
Girders, Shearing Stresses in, 614. S*e Leiters, 665
Girders. See also Bridges and Beams
Girders, Stiffening, fur Suspension Bridge. See
Williamsburg Bridge
Girders, Strengthening of Bridge, 169, 367
(Band. Holmesand Davey’s Hydraulic, 329. Sec Stuffing-Box
Gland, Steam, for Turbines, 721.
Glasgow, Accessibility of Ports, 4C9
Glasgow, Municipal Telephony ax, 353
Glasgow, Notes from. Sv< Sorth, Soles from the
Glednill, J. M., on the Pra tical I'm and Economy of High-Speed Steel, 797
Globe Motor-Car, Brake of, 684
Gold-Dredging, 506
Gold-Mining in the Transx .*al. 726
Gold in Sea-Water: Molecules in Solution, 399.
See 384
Gold and Silver Alloys, 157
Goods Transport, Inferiority of Canals for, 355
Gore, W., and Wilson, J. 8., on Stresses on
Dams, 134. See also on Dams
Governors for Gas-Engines, 295
Graham Swivelling Pulley, 617
Grass and Weed Destroyer on Railways, 323
Graving Dock at Victoria Nyanea, 729
Graving Dock at Southampton, 517
Gray, William, on Turbines and Red prorating Engines' in the Midland Railwa\ Company's Boats, 107, 161
Great Eastern Railway and Apprentices’ Education, 453. See 4<J9 and Edurat ion
Great North of Scotland Railway Steam Coach, 248
Great Western Railway of Argentina; Decapod Locomotive (R. Stephenson and Co,, Limited, Darlington), 693
Great Western Railway; De Glchn Compound Locomotive and Profile of Line, 580. See Letters, Locomotive. Comj^und
Great Western Railway Irish Sen ice, 178
Greenish Markings in Fractured Surfaces of Test-Pieces, 435, 464
Grimesthorpe Works of Caminell, Laird, and Co., Limited, 406
Grinder, Tramway-IUil ; Brown and Crosta, 112
Grinding Machine, Hadfield's Petrol -Driven , Tramway Rail, 404
Guaids for Cotton Machinery, 74. 514
Guide to South Africa, 882
Guild, British Science, 594
,kon’ on ,hc C'* °< Vanadium in Metallurgy, 417, 497, 603, 638. See 323, 632. bee Letters
0UPn^,awlgeC^ ne*Un‘t an,‘
Onn v?r!ri<l-e.^iuf’’ Manufacture of. 546. 5G9
Co u,°dw><*. El<*-iri. in in. 73a
Gun Fire, Effect of, on Wanhira, $17
Guns. See Warthin, ' ’
Gun Works at Sheffield. 402. 453 See 416 454
Gunboats. Sec War.hin. '
'’iVuV’hw! ot Grct-nfodi Markings in
Fractured Surfaces of Test - Pieces. 435. 464
“EnSne’.’S^ On Windl,’<’
^Manlans«' \</?n h ol Iron, Nickel.
Manganese, and Carbon, cgf., 7%, ;4«,t 779. 822,
Ortod-
Hadfield s Sheffield Works 403
Hainburif'* Tn Einer “ Kaiserin, iiamhuru . Tunnel under the Kibe. S5
289
Hanbury, H. W., on Four-Cylinder Locomotives for the Eastern Railway of France, 830
Hanbury, H. W., on' Locomotives. See Locomotives under Liege Exhibition
Hanbury, H. W., on Water-Tube Locomotive
Boiler at Li(5ge, 278
Hanover Fire Brigade, 271, 369
Harbour, 40-Ton Block-Setting “Titan” Crane for Table Bay, 246
Harbours, Accessibility of; Glasgow, New York, Liverpool, 469
Harbour Extensions in Antwerp, 386
Harbours, Fishguard and Rosslare, Great Western Railway, 178
Harbour Foundations, 505
Harbour Schemes in Parliament, 793
Harbours, South African, 753
Harbours, Tokio and Yokohama, 491
Hardware, Ironmongery, Electrical, &c., Exhibition, 120
Harmonic Analysis of Valve Motions, 36
Harmsworth’s Self-Educator, 814
Head, The late Archibald P., and Cubillo, Colonel Leandro, on the Manufacture of Cartridge-Cases, 548, 569
Headstocks for Cotton-Spinning Mules ; Safety Appliances, 74, 544
Heat Economy in Factories, 883
Heat Insulation in Furnace Construction, 64
Heat Properties of Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822.
See Letter, 843
Heat Treatment of Carbon Steels, 417, 422
Heat Treatment of Metals at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Heat Treatment of Steel, 331. See also Steel
Hecla Works of Hadfield Sheffield Foundry Company, Limited, 403
Helmets, Smoke. See Fire-Brigade Appliances in Illustrated Index
Hematite Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Hendry’s Laminated Leather Belt, 225. See Erratum, 248
Herbert’s Lathe for Turning Cone Pulleys of “ A W ” Steel, 797
H.M.SS. See Warships
High-Frequency Currents and Electric Waves, Measurement of, 735, 772, 806, 840
High-Speed Tool-Steel. See Tool-Steel
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland ; Suction Producer-Gas Test, 674. See Letters, 811
Highways, Locomotives on, 703
Hoist-Doors, Safety Devices for, 125
Hoists. See also Cranes
Hoisting-Engines, Electric, 29
Hoisting Gear, Electric, 10
Holmes and Davy’s Hydraulic Stuffing-Box, 329
Home for Engineering Science, 17, 20,122
Hong Kong Trade, 533
Hop-Sprayer, Merry weather’s High-Pressure, 7
Hopkinson, Bertram, on the Elastic Properties of Steel at High Temperatures, 331
Hopkinson and Co , Limited, J., Huddersfield, Valve-Manufacturing Works of, 303
Hopper-Wagon, Self-Discharging, for the Prussian State Railways, 478
Hose Motor-Wagon, Vienna, 614
Hose-Reel. See Fire - Brigade Appliances in Illustrated Index
Hotchkiss Ordnance Company ; 35-Horse-Power Motor-Car, 664
Howorth, Captain H. G., on Greenish-Coloured Markings in Test-Pieces, 435, 464
“Hoyois” Engine, 100 Horse-Power, 81
Hustling in America, 3
“ Huszar,” Austrian Torpedo-Boat Destroyer, 90, 96, 99
Hutton, R. S., and Beard, J. R., on Heat Insulation, 64
Hydraulic Cylinder ; 20-Ton Steel Casting, 404
Hydraulic Machinery, 819
Hydraulic Press for Cartridge-Case Heading and Indenting, 439
Hydraulic Presses for Gun Cartridge-Case Manufacture, 548, 569
Hydraulic Stuffing-Box, Holmes and Davy’s, 329
Hydraulic Supply, Liverpool, 564
Hypothesis, Science and, 207
Iceland, Submarine Cable to, 223
Igneous Rock, Steel as an, 312
Illustrations. See Index of Illustrations
Imperial College of Applied Science, 17, 20. See
Letters, 122
Implements, Agricultural, 6
Importation of Foreign Shipbuilding Material into Germany, 292
Impulse Wheels. See Pelton and Turbine
Incandescent Lamps. See Electric
India, Cotton Industry, 191
Indian Irrigation, 871
Indian Midland Railway, 61. See 879
Indian Railway Property, 61, 879
Indian Royal Train for the Prince of Wales's Tour, 335, 399
Indian Storage Reservoirs, with Earthen Dams, 324, 871
Indian Troopship, 388
Indicator, Pulley for, 617
Indicator Spring Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308 industrial Notes, 25, 60, 92, 125,160, 194,225, 261, 294, 328, 359, 892, 421, 457, 496, 531, 567 602, 634, 669, 700, 743, 777, 812, 845, 878
Industry. See also Trade
Industry, The State and, 598
Inferiority of Canals for Goods Transport, 355
Influence of Depth of Water on Ships' Speed, 90 96, 99
Influence. See also Effect
Influence of Fatigue on the Accident Rate, 598
Influence of Nickel and Carbon on Iron, 671
Influence of “Wake’’upon the Speed of Warships Steaming in “Single Column. Line Ahead,” 481
Ingersoll-Sergeant Air-Compressor, 391
Ingot, Steel, Segregation in, 434, 462. See Letters, 481
Inspection, Fire Service, 512. See Fire-Brigade Appliances
Institution of Engineers, Junior, 45, 628, 665
Institutions, Technical, Home for, 17. See Letters, 122
Institution, Technical. See Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Naval Architects, Iron and Steel Institute, Physical Society, and Society of Arts
Insulation of Electric Machines, 477
Insulation, Heat, in Furnace Construction, 64 Insurance and Fire Service, German, 136, 173
Insurance, Workmen’s Compensation. See Legal
Integraphs, 493
Interchangeable Tool-Making, 505
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Engines, Gas; Engines, Oil; Motor-Cars ; and Motor-Launches
Inventions, Patent Rules, 255, 288. See Erratum, 282. See also Patents
I Inverclyde, The late Baron, 492
| “ Iris” Motor-Launch, 588
' “ Iris ” Touring Motor-Car, 652
I Iron Alloyed with Tantalum, 286
' Irons, American Pig, Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in, 436, 500
| Iron, Composition of. See Micro-Photographs
I Iron and Concrete. See Concrete
Iron, Effects of Oxides of Carbon upon, 336, 473
Iron Furnace Process, 259
Iron, Influence of Nickeland Carbon on, 671
Iron Manufacture, Australia Socialists and, 419.
See 385
Iron-Nickel-Manganese-Carbon Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 843
Iron Ore, American (The Hon. Peter White), ! 431
' Iron Records, American, 735
! Iron and Steel Bridges. See Bridges
I Iron and Steel Brittleness, 133
Iron and Steel Electric Furnace, 86
Iron and Steel Industry, 628
Iron and Steel, Manganese in, 565
I Iron and Steel Output, World’s, 451. See 354
I Iron and Steel Works, Use of “ Masut” in, 357
Iron Syndicates in Germany, 259
Iron Trade, Future of American, 354. See 451
Iron Trade, Russian, 155*
Iron and Steel Institute :
Sheffield Meeting, 415, 434
Opening Proceedings, 416
President’s Address by R. A. Hadfield, 416
The Department of Iron and Steel Metallurgy at the University of Sheffield, by Professor J. O. Arnold, 416. See 454
Thermal Transformations of Carbon Steel, by Professor Arnold and A. McWilliam, 417, 422
Overheated Steel, by A. Windsor Richards and J. E. Stead, 417, 459
The Use of Vanadium in Metallurgy, and Steel used for Motor-Car Construction in France, by Dr. Leon Guillet, 417, 497, 603, 638. See 632, and Letters, 553
Visits to Works and Reception at the Town Hall, 418
Segregation in Steel Ingots, by B. Talbot, 434, 462. See Letters, 481
A Manipulator for Steel Bars, by Douglas Upton, 428, 435
The Influence of Nickel and Carbon upon Iron, by G. B. Waterhouse, 435, 671
The Reversible and Irreversible Transformations of Nickel Steel, by L. Dumas, 435
The Presence of Greenish Coloured Markings in the Fractured Surfaces of Test-Pieces, by Captain H. G. Howorth, 435, 464
On the Nature of Troostite, by Dr. Carl Benedicts, 436
The Occurrence of Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in American Pig Irons, by Professor E. D. Campbell, 436, 500
- Votes of Thanks, 436
- Other Proceedings, 436
The Place of Meeting for 1906, 436
Visits :
402, 418, 453
Norfolk Works of Thomas Firth and Sons, Limited, 402
East Hecla Works of Hadfield Sheffield Foundry Company, Limited, 403
Grimethorpe Works of Cammell, Laird, and Co., Limited, 406
Clyde Works of Samuel Osborne and Co., 407 River Don Works of Vickers Sons and Maxim. 453. See 54
Metallurgical Department of Sheffield University, 454. See 416
Wear of Steel Rails on Bridges, by Thomas Andrews, 534
Ironclad. See Warships
Ironmongery, Hardware, Electrical, &c., Exhibition, 120
Irrigation, 324, 871
Irrigation. See Dams
Irrigation, Egypt, Water Supply for Perennial, 55
Izod, E. G., on the Behaviour of Materials of Construction under Pure Shear, 828, 847
Jacketing, Effects of Steam, 197, 227
Jacobus, D. S., on Counterweights for Large Engines, 362
James Forrest Lecture, Errors in, 628. See 665
James Watt, 340
Japan and Baku, 631
Japan, Economic Condition of, 52
Japan, Engineering and Trade Prospects in, 353.
See 285
Japan, Foreign Capital in, 414
Japan ; Kobe and Osaka Trade, 156
Japan; Shipbuilding and Shipping in Nagasaki, 211
Japan ; Trade Prospects, 285, 353
Japan ; Trade of Yokohama, 478
Japan, United States Trade with, 259
Japanese Battleship “ Katori,” Launch of, 20
Japanese Finance, 598
Japanese Mint, 664
Japanese Navy. See War and Warships
Japanese-Russian War ; Damaged Ships, 527
Japanese-Russian War ; Effect on Trade, 23, 285, 353
Japanese-Russian War; Future of the Cruisers, 449
Japanese-Russian War ; Longitudinal Bulkheads in Wa»ships, 191
Japanese-Russian War ; Losses, 192
Japanese-Russian War; Peace, 285, 353. See 23
Japanese-Russian Warships at the Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260
Japanese-Russian War ; Size of Warships, 661
Japanese Shipping, 10
Japanese Shipping, Tokio and Yokohama Harbours and,494
Japanese Warship Building, 808
Jigs and Gauges, American, 505
Johannesburg, British Association’s Visit to, 726
Johnson-Lundell Regenerative System of Tram- . way Control, 144. See 91
Jubilee of the Association of the Manchester
Engineers, 117 i
Junior Institution of Engineers; Presidential Address on Gas-Turbines, 628. See Letters, 45, 665
Kennedy, Sir A. B. W., on the Academic Side of Technical Training, 27. See 19
Kettering as a Site for Works, 372. See 383.
See also Letters, 481
Key way-Locator, Wellbury’s, 193
I Key wav-Slotter, “ Deadfit,” 815
Kimberley and Diamonds, 727, 790
- Kinetic Theories applied to Liquids and Solutions, 209
King at Vickers’ Works, Sheffield, 54
King’s Navy. See Warships
Kingsway and Aldvzych Opening, 527
I Kitchen Railway Carriages for Indian Royal
Train, 335, 399
Kites and Meteorology, 883. See 289
' Kobe and Osaka Trade, 156
Koerting Gas-Engine, 230, 263
Korean Trade, 36, 279
Kowloon-Canton Railway, 876
Laboratories, Birmingham University, 239, 274, 341, 397, 507, 610, 858. For details see Illus- I traied Index. See Erratum, 317
Laboratory Work at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Labour and Mining in the Transvaal, 255
| Labour Question. See Industrial .Notes and Legal
Labour, Remuneration of, 413. See 303
Labour Representatives in Parliament, 664
Ladders, Fire. See Fire Brigadein Illustrated Index
Ladysmith, British Association’s Visit to, 683
1 Lagos Railways, Development of, 492
i Lake Superior Iron Ore, 431
Lamps, Incandescent, Candle Power of, 32
Lamps. See Electric
Lancashire Boilers ; Corrugated Flue (Hopkin-son), 303
Land Boilers. See Boilers and Water-Tube Boilers
Langdon, The late W. E., 224
Latent Defects in Motor Cars (Legal), 631
1 Lathes. See Machine-ToMs
' Launch Fitted with Gas-Engine and Producer, 145
Launch Propeller, Geyer’s Reversible, 457 Launches, Motor. See also Motor-Launches Launches and Trial-Trips, 65, 124, 147, 200, 224, i 266, 291, 332, 361, 379, 428, 443, 494, 530, 552, 587, 632, 676, 785. 816, 851. 876
I Launches of Warships in 1905, 873 *
i Laval Steam-Turbine Tests, 880
Leases, Mining, Covenants for, 354
' Leather Belt, Hendry’s Laminated, 225. See Erratum, 248
Legal:
Arbitrator’s Remuneration, 270
Australian Legislation on Trade-Union Lines, 812
Australian Patent Act, 381
Boiler-Owners and Factory Act, 66
Canadian Case of Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade, 846
Compulsory Settlement of Trade Disputes, 492. See Letters, 530
Consulting Engineers and the Law of Negli
gence, 151
Covenants in Mining Leases, 354
Customs in the Tin-Plate Trade, 221
Electric Supply Company’s Liabilities, 257
Electricity Supply of Private Owners, 627
Employers’ Confidence, 562
Foreign Capital in Japan, 414
French Polishers’ Picketing Case, 778
Liabilities of a Gas Company, 320
Light Railways Act, 1896, 520
Locomotives on Highways, 703
London Building Acts Amendment, 219
“ Manual Labour Judge’s Curious Interpretation, 846
Masters and Servants’ Cases, 850
Motor-Car Latent Defects, 631
Printers’ Assistants’ Contract Case, 126, 329 Rateable Machinery Cases, 174. See Letters,
290
Right to Light, 260
Secret Commissions, 189
Servants and Masters’ Cases, 850
Trade Unions and Parliamentary Represen-
tatives, 664
Truck Acts, 122
Underwriters’ Liability for Damages, 190
Unemployed Workmen’s Bill, 185
Wireless Telegraphy Litigation, 598 Legislation. See Parliament and Legal Leinert’s Water-Meter, 38 . ~ n
Letters to the Editor, 10, 44, 122, 148, 191, 246, 290 313,344, 377,442, 481, 530, 553, 599,619, 665, 740, 810, 843, 862
Liabilities of Electric Supply Companies, 25/ Liabilities of a Gas Company, 320
' Liege Exhibition:
Belgian Locomotives, 201,242, 482, 728. See Locomotives
Corliss Engine, 150 Indicated Horse-Power,
313 .
Corrugated Tubes for Locomotives, 242
Liejre Exhibition—continued.
Crane, 10-Ton Electric Overhead Travelling,
Engine, Steam, 100-Horse-Power “Hoyois,” 81
Engine, Steam, 600 Horse-Power Compound Condensing, 554
Engine, steam, Condensing, 600-Horse-Power* Compound, 179. see Erratum'. 260
Engines, Steam, 300-Horse-Power DoublePiston, 12, 56
Flamme-Rongy System of Reversing Gear for Locomotives (Cockerill), 482
French Locomotives, 2ul, 242. See Locomotives
Gas-Producer for Semi-Bituminous Fuel, 261
Hanbury, II. W., on Locomotives. See Hamburg and Locomotives
Locomotive, Articulated, for the Northern Railway of France, 439
Locomoti es, Belgian, 201 242, 482, 728
Locomotive, Compound Goods, with Superheater for the Belgian State Railways (Cockerill), 482
Locomotive, Compound Passenger, for the Belgian State Railways, (Cockerill), 482
Locomotive, Four-Coupled Express, for the Belgian Railways (Soci6t6 Anonyme “ La Metallurgique,” Tubize, Belgium, 728
Locomotive, Four-Coupled Express, for the Belgian State Railways, 728
Locomotive, Six-Coupled Compound for the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway (Schneider and Co., Creusot), 704
Locomotive, Six-Wheel Coupled (La Meuse Works;, 517
Locomotive with Water-Tube Boiler (Brotan), 278
Profile of Railway, Brussels to Ans, 517
Pump-Lubricator for Locomotive, Bourdon Telescopic, 242
Reversing Gear for Locomotives, Flamme-Rong.v System of (Cockerill), 4s2
Rolling-Mill Engine, 1U,UOO - Horse - Power Compound Three-Crank, 376
Speed-Indicator for Locomotive, 242
Superheated Locomotives, 201, 242, 482. See Locomotives
Superheater, Locomotive, Belgian State Railway (Cockerid), 4&2
i Water-Tube Boiler for Locomotive, 278 Lifeboat, Twin-Screw, “Moseley,”378
I Lift, see Hoists
Light and Sodium Vapour, 57
Lighting Arrangements at Birmingham University, 274
Lighting, Electric. See Electric
Lilly, Professor W. E., on Shearing Stresses, 614.
See Letters, 665
Lilly, Professor W. E., on the Strength of Columns, 62
Liquid-Measuring Devices, 330
1 Liquids and Solution, Kinetic Theon Applied to, 209
i Literature, 133, 174, 206, 323. 337, 431, 476, 505,
1 650, 819, 882. See Literature Index
I Liverpool, Accessibility of Ports, 469
Liverpool \\ ater Suppl.y, 564
Lloyd's Returns of Shipwrecks, 187
Lloyd’s Shipbuilding Returns, 55, 455
I Local Authorities. See Municipal
i Locator, Wellbury’s Kej way, 193
I Locomotive building in fcew Souih Wales, S85
| Locomotives. Compound Articulated, for Argentina, 44, 159
Locomotive, Compound Articulated, for the Northern Railway of France, 439
| Lo omotive, Comp und Goods, with Superheater, for the Belgian state Railways (U< ckerill), 482
I Locomotive, Compound Passenger, for ths Belgian State Railway s, 482
1 Locomotive, Corrugated Tubes for, 242
Locomotive, Four - Coupled Express, for the Belgian State Railways (Societe Anonyme “La Metallurgique,” Tubize, Belgium), 728
Locomotive, Four-Cylinder Compound, for the
Great Western Railway, 580. see Letters, Locomotive, Co-mpound
Locomotive, Four - cylinder, for the Eastern, Railway of France, 830
Locomotive, Four ■ Cylinder Express, for the
London and South-Western Railway, 633. See Letters, 666, 740
Locomotive Frame-Plates, Planing Machine for, 81
Locomotive Gantry Coaling Crane, 555
Locomotives on Highways, 703
Locomotive Pump-Lubricator, Bourdon Telescopic, 212
Locomotive, Single-Phase (Westinghouse), 25
Locomotive, Six-Coupled Compound, for the
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway (Schneider and Co., Creusot), 704
Locomotive, Six-Wheel Coupled, at the Li6ge Exhibition (La Meuse Works), 517
Locomotives, Speed - Indicator for (Flaman), 242
Locomotive, Tank, 2-Ft. 5|-In. Gauge, for Egypt, 315
Locomotive, Ten-Wheel Coupled, for the Great Western Railway of Argentina (Robert
I Stephenson and Co., Limited, Darlington), 693
- Locomotive with Water-Tube Boiler, 278
London Ambulance Service, 87
I London Building Acts, 219
London County Council Debts, 559, 734
London County Council Power Supply, 186, 594, 662, 699, 803
London County Council Steamers, 490
London County Council Trading. See Municipal
London County Council Tramways, 152, 490
London Directory, 882
London Factories, Redistribution of, 383. See ’ 372, and Letters, 481
London and North-Western Railway Steam-
Coach, 359
London New Street Opening, 527
London Petroleum Fire, 663
London Railways, 156
London and South-Western Railway Locomotive, 633. See Letters, 666, 740
London Traffic Congestion, 85, 488, 625 Longitudinal Bulkheads in Warships, 199 Longmuir, Mr. Percy, on Alloys of Iron-Nickel-
Manganese and Carbon, 708, 745, 779, 822 Lorries. See Motor-^ars and Motor-Wagons Losses in the Russo-Japanese War, 192 Losses of Ships, 83, 187, 383, 630 Lowne Vacuum Engine, 113 Lowry Cotton-Picker, 122, 390 Lubricator, Pump, for Locomotive, Bourdon
Telescopic, 242
Machine-Shop at Birmingham University, 507
Machine Tools:
American Tool-Making and Interchangeable Methods, 505
Auger and Mortising Tool, Pearl Square, 225 Bolt-Forging, Cutting, and Screwing Machinery, 245
Boring-Machine for Axle-Boxes, Horizontal, 439
Boring Wheel - Bosses to Limit - Gauge, Machine for(Hopkinson), 303
Boring and Turning Mills, 59 Cutting-Machine for Bolts, 245 Drill, Multiple-Spindle, 303 Drilling-Machine, 6-Ft. Universal Radial, 358 Drilling-Machine for Yarrow Boiler, Multiple, 830
Drilling and Tapping Machine, High-Speed Radial, 407
Forging-Machine for Bolts, 245 a Lathe, 18-In. High Speed (Whitworth), 797
Lathe for the Manufacture of Zinc Shavings, 659
Lathes, Standard Leading Screws for, 141 Milling-Machine, Screw (Hopkinson), 303 Milling-Machines for “AW” High-Speed
Steel, 797
Milling-Machine, Universal, 210. See Addendum. 247
Milling and Worm-Wheel Cutting-Machine, 845
Mortising Tool, Pearl Square Auger, 225
Nut Tapping-Machine, 245 Planing-Machine for Chrome Steel Armour-
Plate (Whitworth), 797
Planing-Machine for Locomotive Frame-Plates, 81
Saws with Inserted Teeth of “AW” Steel, Circular, 797
Screw Milling-Machine (Hopkinson); 303 Screws for Lathes, Standard Leading, 141 Screwing-Machine for Bolts, 245 Sheet-Metal Working Tools, 432 Slotter, Deadftt Keyway, 815
Tapping-Machine for Nuts, 245
Tool Steel, “ A W” High-Speed, 797
Turbine Lathe, 103-In., for Wallsend Works, 114
Turning and Boring Mills, 59
Turning Cone Pulleys with “AW” Steel (Herbert, Coventry), 797
Wheel-Boss Boring - Machine (Hopkinson), 303
Whitworth Tools for High-Speed Steel, 797 Worm-Wheel Milling-Machine, 845 Machinery in China, Sale of, 553 Machinery, Quinquennial Valuation and Rateable, 51
Macleod and Plato’s Electric Bell, 281 Madras Railways, 61, 879
Madrid, Failure of Fer o Concrete at, 454 “Magne,” Swedish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Thornycrofc, Chiswick), 409
Magnetic Tests at the Reichsansbalt, 308 Magnetism. See Electric and Physical Society Manchester Association of Engineers, Jubilee of the, 117 ; Presidential Address, The State and Industry, 598
Manganese-Carbon-Iron-Nickel Alloys, 708, 745, 779, 822. St-e Letters, 813
Manganese in Iron and Steel, 565 See Steel Manipulator for Steel Bars, 428, 435
Mann, A. S., on Starting of Sr.eam-Turbines, 332 Manoeuvring of Turbine Steamers, 55. See 203 Mansel, The late Robert, 810
Manufacture of Cartridge-Cases for Quick-Firing
Guns, 548, 569 °
Marconi. See Wireless
Marine Boilers. See Marine Boilers and Water-Tube Boilers
Marine Engineering. See Engines, Marine; ft aval Architects; and Warships
Marine Engines. See Engines, Marine Marine Motor, Exhaust-Silencer for, 529 Marine Motors. See Motor Launches Marine Shafts. See Shafts
Marine Steam-Tur oines. See Turbines, Steam Marrmer, W. W., on the Influence of Depth of
Water on Speed, 90, 99. See 96 Marshes, Roads across, 290 Masonry Dams, Stresses on, 35, 134, 171, 751.
See Letters
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 661 Masters’ and Servants’ Cases. See Legal Masut, Use of, in Iron and Steel Works, 357 Material during War, Food and Raw, 190, 218 Materials under Pure Shear, 828, 847 Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, 175 .
Mathot, Rodolphe E., on the Growth of Large Gas Engines on the Continent, 230, 263, 295 °
Matoppo Hills, Brinish Association Visit to, 790 Measurement of High-Frequency Currents and
Electric Waves, 735, 772, 806, 810
Measuring Coronal Radiation during Eclipse, 599 Measuring Devices for Liquids, 330
Measuring and Mixing Powdered Material, 393 Me William, A., on Thermal Treatment of Carbon
Steels, 417, 422
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of:
Electric Winding-Engines, by Professor Paul Habets, 29
An Investigation to Determine the Effects of Steam-Jacketing upon the Efficiency of a Horizontal Compound Steam-Engine, by A. L. Mellanby, 197, 227
I Mechanical .Engineers—cunt in tied.
The Growth of Large Gas-Engines on the Continent, by Rodolphe E. Mathot, 230, 263, 295
The Manufacture of Cartridge-Cases for Quick-Firing Guns, by Colonel Leandro Cubillo and the late Archibald P. Head, 548, 5t9
Seventh Report to the Alloys Research Committtee, on the Properties of a Series of Iron-Nickel-Manganese-Carbon Alloys, by Dr. II. C. II. Carpenter and Messrs. R. A. Hadfield and Percy Long-muir, 686, 708, 745, 779, 786, 822. Sec Letters, 843
Behaviour of Materials of Construction under Pure Shear, by E. G. Izod, 828, 847 Mechanical and Metallurgical Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 786, 822. See Letters, 843, and Alloys
Mechanical and Physical Papers at the British Association. See British Association
Mechanical Stokers and Boiler-House Economy, 807
“Mechanical World” Pocket-Diary and Year-Book, 552
Mechanics of the Steam-Engine, 650
Mellanby, A. W., on the Effects of Steam-Jacketing, 197, 227
Merchandise Marks Act, 247
Merchant Shipping, Classification in, 89
Merry weather’s High-Pressure Hop Spray er, 7 Mesopotamia, Petroleum in, 23
Metal Price Diagrams, 24, 158, 326, 456, 600, 776, 877
Metal Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Metals. See Steel, Iron, Tin, Copper, Aluminium, Alloys, and Micro-Photographs
Metals, States of, Crystalline and Amorphous, 384 %
Metals, Structure of. See Micro-Photographs Metallurgical Department, Sheffield University, 416, 454
Metallurgical Laboratory, Birmingham Univer-versity, 858
Metallurgy, Use of Vanadium in, 323, 417, 603, 638. See Letters, and 632
Meteorological Society, Royal:
Meteorology in Relation to Agriculture, by W. Marriott, 10
The Rain Storms of August 24 to 26, 1905, in Counties Dublin and Wicklow, by Sir John W. Moore, 658
The Aqua Meter, by Dr. W. B. Newton, 658
Attempt to Fly Kites for Meteorological Purposes from the Mission Ship Attached to a Deep-Sea Fishing Fleet in the North Sea, by G. C. Simpson, 883
Flying Kites in Barbados, by C. J. P. Cave, 883. See 289
Meteorology ; Balloons Sent up from Yacht, 289. See 88 J
Meteorology in Relation to Agriculture, 10
Meter, Lienert’s Water, 38
Metropolitan Electric Supply Company’s Works ;
Coal-Conveying Plant, 46
Metropolitan. See London
Micro-Photographs of Fracture in Large Steel Boiler-Plates, 105, 164, 195. See Letters, 377
Micro-Photographs of Fractured Steel Piston-Rods of Torpedo-Boat Destroyer, 235
Micro-Photographs ; Greenish Markings in Fractured Surfaces of Test Pieces, 435, 464
Micro - Photographs ; Iron - Nickel - Manganese Carbon Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 813
Micro-Photographs of Metal for Gun Cartridge-Cases, 548, 569 °
Micro-Photographs of Overheated Steel, 417 459 ’
Micro-Photographs of Steels used for Motor-Car Construction in France, 417, 497
Micro-Photographs of the Thermal Transformation of Carbon Steels, 417, 422
Micro-Photographs of Vanadium Steel Allovs 323, 417, 603, 638. See Letters, and 632
Micro-Photographs of Wear of Steel on Bridges, 534 ° ’
Micro-Structure of Metals, 384
Midland Electric Power Station at Wednesbury,
Midland Railway Steamers with Reciprocating and Turbine Engines, 107, 161
Milan Exhibition, 1906, 442, 553, 873
Military Motor-Cars, 733
Milling-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Milton, J T on Fractures in Large Steel Boiler-
1 lates, 105,164, 195. See Letters, 377
Mine Winding-Engines, 29 Mineral. See Railways Mining, Belgium Coal, 864
Mining Department at Birmingham University,
Mining Engineers, Education of, 501
Mining, Gold, in the Transvaal, 726
Mining and Labour in the Transvaal, 255
Mining Leases, Covenants for, 354
M1F7^S^aChinery* See Haulage, and
Mint, Japanese, 664
Misceilanea 24, 49 83, 123, 149, 183,215, 251, 283, 31/, 345, 381, 411, 443, 485, 521 557 501 «•?<? 668, 695, 731, 767, 801, 835; 867 ’ ’ 3’
SH’ d ^easu;'in8' Powdered Materials, 393 Model Experiments and Ship Resistance, 90 16° Molecules in Solution, 399. See 884 ’ 1
Plant, 500 Horse-Power, at Birming-ham University, 341. See also Producers Morcom, The late Alfred, 528
M°tX?°8T B” °n TeSt8 °f De LaVal Ste™‘
Morris-Hawkins Inter-Pole Motor, 408
Mortar, Sand for, 596
Mortising Tool, Pearl Square Auger and, 225
Motley, Twin-Screw Lifeboat. 378 Motor-Boats. See Motor Launches Motor-Car, Arrol-Johnston, 412, 618 655 839 Mot^r-Car Construction Works’, Arr’ol-Jo’hnston, Motor-Car Details of Wolseley Petrol 615 Motor-Car F eed-Pump, 526 ’
Motor-Car Fire Appliances. See Fire-Brigade
Appliances and Illustrated Index
Motor-Car (Globe), Brake of, 681
Motor-Car, 14-Horse Power Thornycroft, 6no, /01, 732, 741 . _
Motor-Car, 35-Horse-Power; Hotchkiss Ordnance Company, 684
Motor-Car, “ Iris” Touring, 652
Motor-Car, Latent Defects (Legal), 631
Motor-Car ; Parsons Petrol Motor, 685
Motor-Car, Rolls-Royce Eight-Cylinder, 702
Motor-Car Show, Olympia, 701, 741
Motor-Car, Siddeley 32-Horse-Power (Wolseley
Company), 765
Motor-Cars, Steel, French, 417, 497
Motor-Car Touring Competition, 412. See 618, 655, 832
Motor-Car in War, 733
Motor-Carriage, Great North of Scotland Railway, 248
Motor-Carriage, Steam, for the London and
North-Western Railway, 359
Motor-Cycles, 703, 743
Motor Fire Appliances, Vienna, 614
Motor Fire-Engines. See Fire, Brigade in Illustrated Index
Motors, Internal-Combustion. See Engines, OU;
Engines, Gas; Motor-Car, and Motor-Launches
Motor-Launches, 340
Motor-Launch, Exhaust-Silencer for, 529
Motor-Launch “ Iris,” 533
Motor-Launches, Trials of, 187,220. See Letters, 291, 345
Motor, Marine, Exhaust-Silencer, 529
Motor-Omnibus, Gardner* Serpollet, 40-Horse-Power, 531
Motor, Petrol, for Railway Traction, 140-Horsc-
Power (Wolseley Company), 615
Motor-Wagon, Ryknield Light, 12
Motor-Wagons at Smithfield Club Show, 771
Mules, Cotton-Spinning, Safety Appliances for, 74, 544
Municipal Obstruction, Board of Trade and, 631
Municipal versus Private Owners’ Electricity Supply, 627
Municipal Steamers, London, 490
Municipal Telephone System, 870. See 217
Municipal Telephony at Glasgow, 353
Municipal Trading, London County Council, 152, 186, 490, 559, 594, 662, 699, 734, 803
Municipal Tramway Developments, 526
Municipal Tramways, London County Council, 152, 490
Nagasaki, Shipping in, 211
Naphtha Fields in Russia, 322
Naphtha Industry, Russian, 361
Natal, British Association Visit to, 683
Natal Government Railways, 222
“ Natal,” H.M. Armoured Cruiser, 414, 455
National Telephone System, 217, 870
Natives as British Engineering Apprentices (Colonial Development), 492
Nautical Technical Dictionary, 651
Naval Accidents, Microscopical Observations of, 235
Naval Architects, Institution of:
Hon. Vice-Presidents, 88
Tactics and Strategy at the Time of Trafalgar, by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, 88, 93. See 126
The Ships of the Royal Navy as they Existed at the Time of Trafalgar, by Sir Philip Watts, 88, 126. See 93
The Classification of Merchant Shipping. Illustrated by a Short History of Lloyd’s Register, by H. J. Cornish, 89
Experiments of Models of Constant Length and Form of Cross-Section, but with Varying Breadth and Draught, by Lieut. -Colonel G. Rota, 90, 162
Experiments on the Effect of Depth of Water upon Speed ; having Special Reference to Destroyers Recently Built, by Harold Yarrow, 90, 96. See 99
Deductions from Recent and Former Experiments on the Influence of the Depth of Water on Speed, by W. W. Marriner, 90, 99. See 96
Fractures in Large Steel Boiler-Plates, by J.
T. Milton, 105, 164, 195. See Letters, 377 A Comparison of the Performance of Turbines and Reciprocating Engines in the Midland Railway Company’s Steamers, by William Gray, 107,161. See Erratum, 215 Luncheon on the P. and O. Liner “ India,” 107
Conversazione, 107
Notes on the Causes of Accidents with Sub- ' marine - Boats, and their Salvage, by Captain R. II. Bacon, 107, 128. See 118, j 593
Visit to Portsmouth, 110
Naval Battle of the Sea of Japan, 251, 260
Naval Boilers. See Boilers and Water-Tube Boilers
Naval Engineers’ Training, 769. See Education and Engineers, and Letters
Naval Machinery. See Warships, and Engines, Marine
Naval Programme, 769, 842. See Letters
Naval, Shipping, and Fisheries Exhibition, 70 Naval Ships. See also Warships
Naval Ships at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 126.
See 93
Naval Strategy and Tactics at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 93. See 126
Navigating Appliances for “ Carmania,” 725
Navy Engine-Room Artificers and Stokers, 345
Navy Shipbuilding Vote, 18
Negligence and Consulting Engineers, Law of, 151
New South Wales Locomotive Building, 385
New South W’ales Railways, 525
New York, Accessibility of Ports, 469
New York, East River, Williamsburg Bridge, 477, 541, 643, 755, 787, 854
New Zealand Trade Disputes, Compulsory Settlement of, 492. See Letters, 530
Newhaven and Dieppe Turbine-Driven Steamer “ Dieppe,” 55, 203
Nickel and Carbon Influence on Iron, 671
Nickel-Carbon Iron-Manganese Alloys, 686, 708
745, 779, 822. See Letter*, 813
Nickel and Cobalt Alloys, 330
Ni.-kel, Copper, and Cobalt in American Hr Iron, 436, 500
Nickel Vanadium Steel Alloys, 323, 417, 603, 638.
See Letters, and 632
Nile Dam, Erosive Effect of Discharge from the
5C3 . *
Nile Dau. See 5/rease* in Masonry Dam*
Nile Irrigation, 871
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 10
Non-Conducting Materials for Furnaces, 64
Norfolk Works of Thomas Firth and Sons
Limited, 402
North German Lloyd’s Steamer, Speed of, 357
North, Notes from the, 14. 48, 82, 115, 148 18* 214, 250, 282, 316, 348, 389, 410, 4 46, 481 520 556, 590, 622, 658, 694, 730, 775. 808, 831, 866*" *
Northern Railway of France, Compound Arti-culated Locomotive for, 439
Notes. See Cleveland, Sorth, South - IFerf South Yorkshire, United State*, Industrial and Miscellanea *
Nozzle, Adjustable, for Pelton Wheel, 495
Nuremberg Gas-Engine, 230, 295, 586. see
Erratum, 703
Nut-Tapping Machine, 245
Obituary:
Brown, Charles, 853. See 431
Carbutt, Sir E. H., 490. See Letters, 530 and Erratum, 553
Clowes, Sir William Laird, 214
Dean, William, 420
Dick, G. G., 3b9
Ehrhardt, Ludwig, 731
Evans, David, 183
Gamble, J., 556
Head, Archibald P., 617
Inverclyde, Baron, 492
Jessop, William, 15
Kyle, John, 11
Langdon, W. E., 224
Lister, Thomas, 14
Mansel, Robert, 810
Morcom, Alfred, 528
Otis, C. A., 82
Parrott, William, 670
Pitkin, Albert J., 730
Reuleaux, Professor Franz, 326
Rhodes, Jonathan. 282
Russell, Sir Peter Nicol, 182
Shelford, Sir William, 451
Stephenson, George Robert, 537
Whitehead, Robert, 654
Wilson, Sir Jacob, 57
W’urtzburg, J. IL. 623
Observatory at Cape Town, 6,/j
Oechelhauser Gas-Engine, 263
Oil ; Baku and Japan, 631
oil-EngiIlcs. See Engine, QU ; Mutor-Can, and Motor-Launches '
Oil-Fields, Baku, 512
Oil Fuel. See Liquid Fuel
Oil-Separators for Exhaust Steam, 515
OiI Residue; Use in Iron and Steel Works. 357 Olympia Electrical Exhibition. 41* 452 Olympia Motor-Car Show. 701. 741 ’
Olpower ’-nOt<>r’ Gard""-S<n'0llet, 40-Horte.
Orange River Colonv, 789
Ordnance and Armour. See II drships Ordnance. See Guns 1
Ore. See Iron Ore
Osaka and KoIk? Trade, 156
a,IK C^-’ &unuel. Sheffield Works, 407 Oscillographs for Measuring High-Freouencv Currents, 785, 772, 806, 840 ,UenC-'
Otto Deutz Gas-Engine, 230, 295 Overheated Steel, 417 459 k*.. i/t>- pi t graphs Heat, and s;«T
- Effwt u'*°n >•.
PS&V^U>dr“,iC Cv,ind'"- 3?.>. See Panama Canal. 871
Paris, Electricity in, 321
Parliament. See Legal
See%rX^ the ‘ Shipbuilding Vote. 18. Parliamentary Uliour Representatives (Ix-gal), Parliamentary Schemes. Gif’ 6a, -a. <
London /'<„rer Suppiv ’ ,3s- Scc
l“20ns.’ *’etro1 MotoV, «S5
’SBSWrasw
714, 786, 817,’852 8m’ 007• 641’ °77-
Patent Rules, 255 288 v ,
Patents, British, A, Krrat”>,
I atents m Turkey, 553
Russian Bar ’ Japanese
Pear^l. Klr|Ao'?Xea2i?’?rlij,ink' Tool. 225
35.171. see aIso,““°nr' D“>’.
Peat, UWtaS%^«*' ”■
Penalties 'ffi' N°“k- 495
388 contract for Indian Troopship,
'•ym.w., ..........
H«ifleM,B,n4O4ra,l,"a> B*il Orind'nK Machine.
l,owe‘r(>Wolwk.vRco“~ T”cU®°. >« Horse-
Petrol-Motors See o J'’";’'015
Petrol. See rV""Jr-Car*
Photographs of Materials under Pure Shear, 828, 847
Photographs, Micro. See Micro-Photographs
Physical Fatigue and Accidents, 593
Physical and Mechanical Papers at the British Association. See British Association
Physical Properties of Alloys, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 813, Alloys and MicroPhotographs
Physical Society :
The Ratio between the Mean Spherical and the Mean Horizontal Candle-Power of Incandescent Lamps, by Professor Fleming, 32
The Electrical Conductivity of Flame, by Dr. IT. A. Wilson, 32
Contact with Dielectrics, by Rollo Appleyard, 32
The Pendulum Accelerometer, by F. Lan-chester, 32
A New Form of Pyrometer, by N. V. Stanford, 32
Refractometer, by 0. Appleyard, 32
The Comparison of Electric Fields by Means of an Oscillating Electric Needle, by D. Owen, 57
The Magneto-Optics of Sodium Vapour and the Rotary Dispersion Formula, by Professor R. W. Wood, 57
The Fluorescence of Sodium Vapour, by Professor R. W. Wood, 57
The Theory of Phase-Meters, by Dr. W. E. Sumpner, 599
Apparatus Designed for Measuring the Coronal Radiation during an Eclipse, by Professor H. L. Callendar, 599
The Question of Temperature and Efficiency of Thermal Radiation, by James J. Swinburne, 744
Note on Constant Deviation Prisms, by T. H. Blakesley, 745
The Dielectric Strength of Air, by A. Russell, 784
On the Electrical Conductivity of Flames for Rapidly Alternating Currents, by Dr. II. A. Wilson and F. Gold, 784. See 32
The Lateral Vibrations of Loaded and Unloaded Bars, by J. Morrow, 784
Exhibition of Scientific Apparatus, 839
Physics Laboratory at Birmingham University, 507
Piecework Wage System, 413. See 303
Piers, Coffer-Dams for, 505
Piers ; Schemes in Parliament, 793
Piers for Williamsburg Bridge, New York, 577.
See Williamsburg Bridge
Pietermaritzburg, ’ British Association Visit to, 683
Pig-Iron Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Pig Irons, Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in, 436, 500
Pillars, Strength of, 62
Pipe-Line, Wood-Stave, 493
Pipes, Copper, Corrosion of Steam, 123
Pit Winding-Engines, 29
Planing-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Plant, Electric, for Fixing Rails and Packing Sleepers, 179. See Erratum, 260
Plates, Fracture of Steel Boiler, 164, 195. See Letters, 377
Platinum Industry, Ural, 259
Pneumatic Parcel-Delivery Scheme in Parliament, 792
Pneumatic Pressure-Lock for Bridge Construction, 541. See Williamsburg Bridge
Point-Controller, Turner’s Automatic, 113
Ports, Accessibility of, Glasgow, New York, Liverpool, 469
Port of Antwerp, 386
Port Arthur, Russian Damaged Warships at, 527. See Russo-Japanese War
Port Florence Dry Dock, 729
Ports of South Africa, 753
Portable Air-Compressing Plant (Lacy-Hulbert),
Portable Air-Compressor, Reavell’s, 38
Portland Cement, Concrete Compositions, 269.
See Concrete
Portsmouth Dockyard, 110
Post-Office Telegraph and Telephone Finance, 285
Powdered Materials, Mixing and Measuring of, 393 Power, Distribution of, 380
Power-Gas. See Engines, Gas, and Producer-Gas Power-Plant. See Electric
Power Station at Birmingham University, 397, 507
Power Station. See Electric
Power Supply by the London County Council, 186, 594, 662, 699, 803
“ Premier ” Gas-Engine at Birmingham University, 397
Premium System for Furnace Work, 813
Premium System of Wages, 413. See 303
Preservation of Ayr Bridge, 388, 494
Preserving Stone Buildings, 148
Press Criticisms of Engineers, 487
Press, Hydraulic, for Cartridge-Case Heading and Indenting, 439
Presses, Hydraulic, for Gun-Cartridge Manufacture, 548, 569
Pressure-Gauge, Steam Syphon (Hopkinson), 303
Pretoria, British Association Visit to, 726
Prime Movers, Accidents to, 523
Prince of Wales’s Tour in India, Royal Train for
335, 399 ’
Prisms, Note on Constant Deviation, 745
Private Owners’ Electricity Supply, 627
Producer-Gas Engines. See Engines, Gas
Producer-Gas, for Gas-Engine, 263
Producer, Gas, Marine, 145
Producer-Gas Plant Trials, 674. See Letters, 811
Producer-Gas for Semi-Bituminous Fuel, 261
Producer, Suction Gas, and 34-Brak’e-Horse-
Power Engine (Davey’s), 691
Producers, Wood Gas, 299
Profile of Great Western Railway, Plymouth to Newton Abbot, 580. See Letters, Locomotives Compound
Profile of Railway, Brussels to Ans, 517
Progress of the Engineering Standards Committee, 805
Projectile Works at Sheffield, 402, 453. See 416, 451
Propeller, Geyer’s Reversible, 457
Propeller for Marine Turbines, 759. See 810 Propelling Engines. See Engines, Marine Provincial versus London Factories, 383. See 372 and Letters, 481
Prussian Canal Bill, 53
Prussian State Railways; Self-Discharging Single Hopper Wagon, 478
Public Attitude towards Railways, 188
Public Authorities. See Municipal
Pulley, Graham Swivelling, 617
Pump ; Acid Valves, 530, 553
Pumps, Air and Circulating, Combined (Carruthers), 676
Pump, Air, and Condenser, Combined, 93
Pump, Air, Edwards’s Inverted, 180
Pumps, Air, Independent Twin (II. Watson and Sons, Newcastle), 328
Pumps, Air (Weir’s), 724. See “ Carmania” Pump, Electric-Driven Variable Stroke, 275 Pumps for London and South-Western Railway Locomotive, 633, 740
Pump, Single-Cylinder Valve, 526
Pump, Thwaites’s Feed, at Birmingham Univer-' sity, 341
Pumps and Windmills, 7, 210
Quadruple-Expansion Engines. See Engines
Quaternary Vanadium Steel, 323, 417, 497, 603, 638. See 632. See Letters
Queensland Railways and Trade, 561
Quick-Firing Gun-Cases, Manufacture of, 548, 569 Quick-Firing Guns. See Guns and Warships Quicksilver. See Metal-Price Diagrams Quinquennial Valuation and Rateable Machinery, 51
Rack for Tool-Room, 443*481
Racking-Cock for Filling Casks, Forsyth’s, 421
Radiation, Coronal, during Eclipse/Apparatus for Measuring, 599
Radiation Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Radiation, Thermal, Temperature and Efficiency of, 744
Radiographs, Measurement of, 735, 772, 806, 840
Radium on Diamonds, Action of, 322
Radium, Recent Study of, 524
Rail-Bearers, Deflection of Continuous, 69, 101
Rail-Fixing and Sleeper-Packing, Electric Plant for, 179. See Erratum, 260
Rail-Grinder, Tramway, Brown andCrosta, 112 Rail Grinding-Machine, Hqdfield’s Petrol-Driven
Tramway, 404
Rails on Bridges, Wear of Steel, 534
Rails, Wear on Tram, 344
Railroad Construction, America, 155
Railroads, American, 805
Railway Accident at Witham, 774
Railway Accidents and the Public, 188
Railway; All-Steel Electric Cars, 388
Railways, Argentine, 480
Railway Auto-Car. See Motor Carriage
Railway, British, Economics. See Erratum, 565
Railway Buffer - Coupling, Thomas’s Central Automatic, 180
Railway Carriages, Indian Royal Train, 335, 339 Railway Carriages, Motor. See Motor Carriages Railway Carriages. See Carriages
Railway Carriage Traverser, French, 111
Railway Casualties in the United States, 419
Railway Construction, British, 248
Railway, East China, 564
Railway Economics, 517, 655
Railways, Electric. See Electric
Railway, Electric, and Single-Phase Motor, 103, 697. See Erratum, 215
Railway, Electric, Valtellina, 11
Railways, Electrification, Financial Aspect of, 11, 45
Railways, English, 248, 253, 352, 358, 452
Railways and the Future of China, 450
Railways, Grass and Weed Destroyers on, 323
Railways, Indian, 61, 879
Railway, Kowloon-Canton, 876
Railways, Lagos (Colonial Development), 492
Railway Locomotive. See Locomotives and Motor Carriages
Railways, London, 156. See Street Traffic
Railways, Natal Government, 222
Railways, New South Wales, 525
Railway Plant for Fixing Sleepers, 179. See Erratum, 260
Railways, Queensland, 561
Railway Returns, British, 248, 253, 352, 358, 452
Railways in Rhodesia, 876
Railway and Road Bridges. See Bridges
Railway Rolling-Stock. See Carriages, Wagons, Locomotives, and Steam-Carriages
Railway Station Roof Collapse, Charing Cross, 771, 838. See Letters, 865, and Erratum., 810
Railway. See also Trains
Railway Schemes in Parliament, 698, 738
Railways, Single - Phase versus Continuous-Current, 103, 697
Railway Stations. See Stations
Railway Traction, 140-Horse-Power Petrol-Motor (Wolseley Company), 615
Railway or Tramcar Seat, Adjustable, 815
Railway Tunnels, Ventilation of, 820
Railway Wagon, Self-Discharging Single-Hopper, for Prussia, 478
Rain-Gutters in Workshop Roofs, 303
Rain Storms in Ireland, 658
Rand, British Association Visit to the, 726
Rankine and a United States Corrector, 863 Rapid-Cutting Steel. See Tool-Steel
Rateable Machinery, 174. See Leiters, 290
Rateable Machinery, and Quinquennial Valuation, 51
Raw’ Material during War. Food and, 190, 218
Raworth’s Regenerative Control for Tramways, 91. See 144
Read, A. A., on Manganese in Iron and Steel, 565 Reavell’s Air-Compressor, 38
Rectifiers, Electrolytic, for Telephone Stations, 563
Redistribution of Factories, 383. See 372, and Letters, 481
Reform in Dockyards and Warship Construction, 873
Refractometer, 32
Refrigerating Ammonia Machinery, 280
Refrigerating Machine, Ethyl Chloride, 70
Refrigerating Machine Trials at the Dairy Show, 530, 553
Refuse-Destructors, 651
Registration of Engineers, 481
Reichsanstalt, Work of the, 308 Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Reliability Trials of Motor-Boats, 187, 220. See
Letters, 291, 315
Reliability Trials of Motor-Cars, 412
Removal and Disposal of Town Refuse, 651
Remuneration of Arbitrators, 270
Remuneration of Labour, 413. See 303 Research Committee, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers’ Alloys, 686, 70S, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 843
Reservoir, Elevated Water, 631
Reservoirs. See Dams
Reservoir with Earthen Dams, Indian Storage, 324. See Irrigation
Resistance of Ships’ Models, Experiments on, 90, 162. See also Ships
Responsibilities of the London County Council, 559, 734. See London County Council
Retaining Wall of Reinforced Concrete, 260 Retort-Charging and Drawing Machinery, 444 Reuleaux, The Late Professor Franz, 326 Reversible Propeller, Geyer’s, 457
Reversing Gear, Flamme-Rongy System, for Locomotives, 482
Rhodesian Railway Bridge over the River Zambesi, 1, 75, 137, 357
Rhodesian Railways, 876
Richards, A. W., and Stead, J. E., on Overheated Steel, 417, 459. See also Heat
Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co., Limited, Hartlepool; Steam-Turbine Department, 471
River Courses, Eddies, and the Rotation of the Earth, 223
River Don Works of Vickers Sons and Maxim, 1 453. Sec 54
River Zambesi, Bridge at Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, 1, 75, 137, 357
Road Bridges. See Bridges
Road Locomotion. See also Motor-Cars and
Motor-Wagons
Road Locomotives (Legal), 703
Road Locomotives at Smithfield Club Show, 771 Roads across Marshes, 290
Robins, A. G., on Compound Locomotives and
Great Western Railway, 580. See Letters, Locomotives, Compound
Rock, Igneous, Steel as an, 312
Rogers, F., on the Elastic Properties of Steel at
High Temperatures, 331
Rolling-Mills for Armour-Plate, 355
Rolling-Mill Bar-Manipulator, 428, 435
Rolling-Mill Engine, 10,000-Horse-Power Compound Three-Crank, 376
Rolling-Mill Engines, 18,000-Indicated-Horse-
Power, for the Cargo Fleet Company, Limited, Middlesbrough, 212
Rolling-Stock. See Carriages, Locomotives,
Steam Carriages and Wagons
Rolls-Royce Eight-Cylinder Motor, 702
Roof Collapse, Charing Cross Station, 771, 838, 865. See Letters, and Erratum, 810
Roofs and Floors, Workshop, 303
Roof, Steam-Turbine Department, Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co., Limited, 471
Rosenbusch, G., on the Ventilation of Waterloo and Baker-Street Tunnel, 820
Rosslare Harbour, 178
Rota, Lieut.-Colonel G., on Experiments on
Resistance of Ships’ Models, 90, 162
Rotation of the Earth, River Courses, Eddies and, 223
Rotor-Drum for Turbine of “Carmania,” 719, 725
Rotor-Lifting Gear for “ Carmania,” 723
Rowden, 300-Brake-Horse-Power Producer-Gas
Engine, 346
“ Roxburgh,” Diirr Water-Tube Boilers in H.M.
Armoured Cruiser. 586. See Erratum, 767 Royal Agricultural Society. See Agricultural Royal College of Science, Conversazione of, 841 Royal Meteorological. See Meteorological Royal Spanish Arsenal Gun-Cartridge Factory,
Trubia, near Oviedo, 548,569
Royal Train for the Prince of Wales’s Tour in India, 335, 399
Rural Fire Appliances. See Fire Brigade in Illustrated Index
Rural Motor Fire Appliances, 370
Russia, British Coal in, 190
Russian Copper Industry, 157
Russian Damaged Warships at Port Arthur, 527 Russian Iron and Steel Works, Use of Masut in, 357
Russian Iron Trade, 155
Russian Naphtha Industry, 322, 361
Russian Platinum Industry, 259
Russian Trade, War Effects on, 23
Russo-Japanese War ; Damaged Russian Ships, 527
Russo-Japanese War; Future of the Cruisers. 449
Russo-Japanese Warships at the Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260
Russo-Japanese War and Trade, 23, 285, 353 Russo-Japanese War ; Size of Warships, 661 Russo-Japanese War; Longitudinal Bulkheads in
Warships, 191
Russo-Japanese War, Losses in, 192
Ryknield Light Motor-Van, 12
Sachs, Edwin O., on the Continental Fire Service, 136, 171, 271, 369, 509, 579, 614, 797. For details see Illustrated Index
Safety Appliances for Spinning Mules, 74, 544
Safety Devices for Lift-Doors, 125
Saint. See St
Sale of Machinery in China, 553
Salisbury, British Association Visit to, 792 Saloons in Indian Royal Train, 335, 399 Salt Solutions, Conductivity Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308
Salvage of the Dredger “ Walter Bibby,” 41 Salvage of Submarine-Boats, 107, 118, 128, 593 Sand-Mixing Machine, 393
Sand for Mortar, 596
Sankey, Lieut. C. E. P.» on Concrete, 269
Scavenging Town Refuse, 651
Schemes in Parliament, Engineering, 692, 698,
738. See London Power Supply
Science, Applied, Imperial College of, 17, 20. See
Letters, 122
Science, Conversazione of the Royal College or,
841 '
I Science Guild, British, 594
Science and Hypothesis, 207
1 Science, Physical. See Physical .
, Scientific Apparatus, Physical Society, bxnibi-
1 tion, 839
Scouts. See Warships
Screw-Cutting Lathe. See Machine-!, ools
Screws for Lathes, Standard Leading, 141
Screw Milling-Machine (Hopkinson’s), 303
Screw-Propeller, Geyer’s Reversible, 457
Screw-Propeller. See Propeller
Sea Water, Gold in (Molecules in Solution), 399.
See 384
Seamen, Civil Employment for, 489
Seat, Adjustable Railway or Tram-Car, 815
Secret Commissions, 189
Secrets of Employers, 562
- Section Lists, Steel Standard, 553
I Segregation in Steel Ingots, 434,462. See Letters,
I Self-Discharging Single-Hopper Wagon for the
' Prussian State Railways, 478
Self-Educator, Harmswortb’s, 814
Self-Propelled Steam Fire-Engine, Vienna, 614
Self-Propelled Vehicles. See Motor-Cars, Motor-
| • Wagons, and Steam-Carriages
Separators, Oil, for Exhaust Steam, 515
1 Servants’ and Masters’ Cases. See Legal. .
I Service, Continental Fire. See Fire-Brigade in
I Illustrated Index
Sewerage Schemes in Parliament, /93
Shafting, Torsional Vibrations of, 54
1 Shear, Materials under Pure, 828, 847
Shearing Stresses on Girders, 614. See Letters,
I 665, and Beams 7
Shearing Stresses on Masonry Dams, 35,134, i/i,
751. See Letters
Sheer-Legs, 180-Ton, at Chatham Dockyard, 81
Sheet-Metal Working Tools 432
Sheffield Iron and Steel Works, 402, 453. See
Sheffield-Twinberrow System of Self-Discharging
Single-Hopper Wagon, 478
Sheffield University, Metallurgical Department, 416,454 w. .
Shelford, The late Sir William, 451
Ships’ Resistance, Experiments on, 90, 162
Ships, Naval, at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 126.
See 9’3 , .
Ships. See Steamers and Warships
1 Ships’ Speed, Influence of Depth of Water on,
90, 96, 99
Shipbuilding Industry, 47/. See a5, 455
Shipbuilding Material in Germany ; Import
Tariffs, 292
Shipbuilding; Practical Treatise, 431
Shipbuilding. See Warships and Naval Arclu-
Shipbuilding and Shipping in Nagasaki, 211
Shipbuilding Text-Book 208
Shipbuilding Trade, 55, 4o5, 477
Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition, Naval, 70
Shipping in Hong Kong, 533
Shipping, Japanese, 10 -on
Shipping, Merchant, Classification in, 89
Shipping, Nagasaki, 211 .
Shipping, Yokohama and Tokio Harbours and, 494
Shipwrecks, 83, 187, 388, 630
Show, Stanley Cycle, 703, 743
Sickness, Sleeping, in Africa 433
Siddeley 32-Horse-Power Motoi -Car, /6o
Silencer for Marine Motors, 5’29
Silk, Artificial, 564
Silver and Gold Alloys, 157
Simplon Tunnel, Surveying Work for the, 415
Sinclair’s Variable-Stroke Pump, 275
Sme of Angle, Approximation to the, 313
Single-Phase versus Continuous Current foi
Single-Phase Electric Railway and Motors, 103.
See Erratum, 215 .
Single-Phase Locomotive, Westinghouse, 25
Single-Phase Motors, Cranes
Sinking of Submarine Boats, 107, 118,128, 5J3
Size of War Vessels, 661
Skinner Frank W., on Williamsburg Bridge, New York541, 577, 643, 755, 787,854
Sleeping Compartment in Indian Rojal Tram, 335,399 . .
Sleeping Sickness in Africa, 433
Slot tin ^'-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Smith C Alfred, on Birmingham University, 239,’274, 341, 397, 507, 610, 858. For details, see’Illustrated Index. See Erratum, 317
Smithfield Club Show, 771.
Smithv at Birmingham University, 507
Smoke-Abatement Appliances Exhibition, 808
I Smoke Helmets. See Fire Brigade in Illu
SoS anTlron Manufacture, Australia, 419.
See 385 #
’’“'canto”1 Lectures on the Mea™[en^^tr°c
Society! Royal Agricultural. See Agricultural
Sodium vlpoulrWnetieTptics and Fluores-cence of, 57
Soest Gas-Engine, 230
Solar Eclipses, 599
Solar System and Evolution, 319
Soldiers, Civil Employment for, 4Annlied Solutions and Liquids, Kinetic Th o } PP
SouthAfrica. See Cape. Natal, Orange River, South AfHca^Geodeli'c Survey of, 560
' South Africa G See also British Association
South Africa, Observatory, 609
South African Ports, 753
South West, Notes from the, 15, 48, 83, 115, 149, 18 s, 215, 251, 283, 317, 349K 389, 411, 447, 485. 521, 557, 591, 622, 659, 694, 731, 775, 809, 835, 867
South Yorkshire, Notes from, 15, 48, 82, 115, 148, 182, 214, 250, 282, 316, 349, 389, 410, 447, 484, 521, 556, 590, 622, 659, 694, 730, 775, 809, 834, 866
Southampton New Graving Dock, 517
Spanish Arsenal Cartridge-Case Factory, 548, 569 Speakman, E. M., on the Marine Steam-Turbine,
759. See 810
Specification, British Standard, for Portland Cement, 122
Spectrum of the Welsbach Mantle, Emission, 876
Speed of Great Western Trains, 580. See Letters, Locomotive, Compound
Speed-Indicators for Locomotives (Flamans), 242 Speed of Ships, Influence of Depth of Water on, 90, 96, 99
Speed of Warships Steaming in “ Single Column Line Ahead,” Influence of “ Wake” upon, 481
Speed of Warships. See Steam Trials Spelter Prices. See Met al-Price Diagrams Spinning-Mules, Safety Appliances for Cotton, 74, 544
Sprayer, Hop, Merryweather’s High-Pressure, 7 St. Lawrence River ; Cantilever Bridge, 376 St. Neots Electric Power Scheme. 699. See 186, 594, 662, 803
Stability of Masonry Dams, 35, 134, 171, 751. See Letters
Standard, British, Specification for Portland Cement, 122
Standards Committee, Progress of the Engineering, 805
Standard Leading Screws for Lathes, 141
Standard, a New Yard, 155
Standard Steel Section List. 553
Staidey Cycle Show, 703, 743
Starting of Steam-Turbines, 332
State and Industry, 598
State Telephone System, 217, 870. See 353 Stations, Electric Power. See Electric
Station Roof Collapse, Charing Cross, 771, 838, 865. See Letters, and Erratum, 810
Stead, J. E , and Richards, A. W., on Overheated Steel, 417, 459
Steam-Boat. See Steamer
Steam Boilers. See Boilers and Water- Tube
Steam-Carriage for the Great North of Scotland Railway, 248
Steam-Carriage for the London and North-Western Railway, 359
Steam-Condensing Plants, 630
Steam Consumption. See Steam Trials
Steam Copper Pipes, Corrosion of, 123 Steam-Engines. See Engines Steam, Exhaust, Oil-Separator for, 515 Steam Jacketing, Effects of, 197,227 Steam Lifeboat “Moseley,” 378
Steam Lorries. See Motor-Cars and Motor-Wagons
Steam-Pumps on London and South-Western Locomotives, 633, 740
Steam Syphon and Pressure Gauge, Ilopkinson’s, 3 3
Steam Superheaters. See Superheaters
Steam Trials of British Warships, 873
Steam Trials of “ Carmania,” 726
Steam Trials of H.M.S. “ Argyll,1 ’ 420
Steam Trials of H.M.S. “ Foresight,” 57
Steam Trials of H.M. Ships in 1905, 873
Steam Trials. See Launches and Trial Trips Steam-Turbines. See Turbines, Steam Steam-Turbines in the Tropics, 740 Steamers, Atlantic, Speed of German, 357 Steamer, Blowing up, in Suez Canal, 493 Steamer “ Dieppe,” Newhaven and Dieppe Turbine-Driven, 55, 203
Steamers, Engines. See Engines, Marine
Steamers, Midland Railway Company’s ; Turbines and Reciprocating Engines, 107, 161
Steamers. See also Ships, Steamships, and Warships
Steamers, Thames, 490
Steamers for Transporting Iron Ore (Hon. Peter White), 431
Steamship Accident Damages, 190
Steamship “Kaiserin,” Hamburg - American Line, 289
Steamship, Various Stages of Construction ; “ Carmania,” 717
Steel Alloys with Nickel and Manganese, 686, 708, 745, 779, 822. See Letters, 843
Steel and Aluminium Alloys, 246 279
Steel Barrels, Manufacture of, 813
Steel Bars, Manipulators for, 428, 435
Steel Boiler Plates, Fracture in, 105, 164, 195.
See Letters, 377
Steels, Carbon, Thermal Transformation of, 417 422. See 459
Steel Cars for Electric Railway, 388
Steel Casting for Hydraulic Cylinder, 20-Ton 404
Steel, Chromium, 566
Steel, Chromium and Nickel, 417, 497
Steel Columns, Strength of, 62
Steel Cross-Head Bolts Fractured in Torpedo-
Boat Destroyer ; Microscopic Observations, 235 Steel, Effects of Carbon upon Iron and its
Oxides, 336, 473
Steel, Elastic Properties at High Temperatures. 331
Steel Girders. See Bridges
Steel for Guns ; Greenish Markings in Fractured Surfaces of Test-Pieces, 435,464
Steel, High-Speed Tool, “ A W,” 797
Steel as an Igneous Rock, 312
Steel Industry, American, 20
Steel, Influence of Nickel and Carbon on, 671
Steel Ingots, Segregation in, 434, 462. See Letters, 481
Steel and Iron Brittleness, 133
Steel and Iron Electric Furnace, 86
Steel and Iron Industry, 628
Steel and Iron Institute. See Iron and Steel Institute
Steel and Iron, Manganese in, 565
Steel and Iron Output, World’s, 451. See 354
Steel and Iron Works, Use of “ Masut” in. 357
Steel-Melting Laboratoiy at Birmingham University, 507
Steel, Micro-Structure of. See Micro-Photographs
Steel Output, Canadian, 121
Steel, Overheated, 417, 459
Steel Rails on Bridges, Wear of, 534
Steel Railway Carriages, 842
Steel Records, American, 735
Steel Section Lists, Standard, 553
Steel-Smelting Laboratory at Birmingham University, 610
Steel Syndicates in Germany, 259
Steel-Vanadium Alloys, 323, 417, 603, 638. See
Letters, and 632
Steel Works at Sheffield, 402, 453. See 416, 454
Steering Gear of “ Carmania,” 225
Stephenson, The late George Robert, 597
Sterne’s High-Speed Ammonia Machinery, 280
Stokersand Engine-Room Artificers in the Royal Nav.\, 345
Stone Buildings, Preserving, 148
Strategy and Tactics at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 93. See 126
Street Traffic in London, 85, 488, 625
Strength of Air, Dielectric, 784
Strength of Columns, 62
Strength and Growth of Timber, 289
Strength of Masonry Dams, 35, 134, 171, 754. See Letters.
Strength of Struts, 62
Strengthening of Riveted Bridges, 169, 367
Stresses in Masonry Dams, 35, 134, 171, 751. See Letters
Stresses on Metal. See Micro-Photographs
Stresses, Shearing, on Girders, 614. See Letters, 665, and Beams
Strikes and Trade Unions. See Industrial Notes and Paragraph Index
Structural Design of Ships, 431
Structure of Metal. See Micro-Photographs
Struts, Strength of, 62
Stuffing-Box for Piston-Rod of Gas-Engine, 295. See Packing and Gland
Submarine Boats and their Salvage, 107,118,128, 593, 740. See Erratum, 831
Submarine Cable to Iceland, 223
Submarine Telegraphs, 635
Subsidies for Australian Iron Manufacture, 419.
See 385
Suction-Gas Producers. See Gas Producers
Suez Canal, Blowing-Up of s.s. Chatham, 493
Summerfield, R. D., on Commercial Training for Engineers, 203
Sun Eclipse, 599. See 319.
Sunken Dredger Salved, 41
Superheater, Locomotive, for the Belgian State Railway, 482
Supply of Electricity by Private Owners, 627
Supports, Timber, of the Charing Cross Station
Roof, 865. See 771, 838 ; Erratum, 810 ; and Letters
Surface-Condensing Plants, 630
Survey, Geodetic, of South Africa, 560
Surveying Work for the Simplon Tunnel, 415
Suspension Bridge over East River, New York, 54i, 577, 643, 755, 787, 854
Swedish Torpedo Boat Destroyer (Thornycroft), 409
Swing Span Viaduct over the River Barrow, 210
Swivelling Pulley, Graham, 617
Syndicates in Germany, 259
Syphon and Pressure-Gauge, Steam (Hopkin-son), 303
1 Table Bay Harbour, 40 - Ton Block - Setting “ Titan ” Crane, 246
Tactics and Strategy at the Time of Trafalgar,
i 88, 93. See 126
Talbot, B., on Segregation in Steel Ingots, 434, 462. See Letters, 481
Tank, Elevated Water, 631
| Tantalum, 286
I Tariff Reform, American, 562
I Tariffs, German, Shipbuilding Material and, 292 Teaching. See Education and Training Technical Dictionary, Nautical, 651
Technical Education. See also Birmingham U niversity
Technical Education. See Education
Technical High School at Dresden, 121
Technical Training, Academic Side of, 19, 27
Telegraphs, 667
Telegraph Finance, British, 285
Telegraphs. See also Electric
Telegraphs, Submarine, 635
Telegraphy, American, 814
Telephones, 707
I Telephone Finance, British, 285
1 Telephones, Municipal, 870. See 217, 353 Telephones. See also Electric '
I Telephone Station Electrolytic Rectifiers, 563 Telephone System, National, 217, 353, 870 Telephony, Municipal, at Glasgow, 353
Temperature and Efficiency of Thermal Radia tion, 744
Temperature of the Electrodes during Electrolysis, 527
Temperatures of Furnaces, Bonus Systems for i Regularity in, 813
Tenders of Locomo.ives. See Locomotives
Test-Pieces; Greenish Markings in Fractured Surfaces, 435, 464
Testing Cements, 340
Testing Electric Generators and Motors, 325, 679
Testing-Machine for Alternating Stress, 417, 459
Testing-Machine, Avery’s Torsion, at Birmingham University, 507
Testing Plant for Steam-Turbines (Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co., Limited, Hartlepool), 471
Testing at the Rei< hsanstalt, 308
Tests of De Laval Steam-Turbine, 880
Tests See Trials and Steam Trials, and Reich s-anstalt
Tests of Metals. See Micro-Photographs
Tests of Steam-Engines, 523
Tests of Suction Gas-Producer Plant. 674. See Letters, 811
Thames Steamers, 490
Thermal Radiation, Temperature and Efficiency Of, 744
Thermal Transformations of Carbon Steels, 417, ifemaws*
«;°S^sh Torpedi Boit Destroyer “ Magne,” 409 .
Thornycroft 11-Horse-Power Motor-Car, C8 , ThwaiteS F^ed-Pump at Birmingham Univer-
Timber, Growth and Strength of, 289 ESS'S “Ling «« SUM. M.
865. See 771, 838 ; Erratum, 810 , an J let
Tin-Plate Trade, Legal Customs in the, 221 Tin Prices. See Met al-Price Diagrams “Titan” Crane for 40-Ton 13lock-Setting a Tn hie Bav Harbour, 246 . .
Tokio and Yokohama Harbours, Shipping, 49 Tool-Making, American, 505
Tool-Room Racks, 443, 481 „
Tool Steel, High-Speed AW, .97 Tools. See Machine-Tools. Tonography. German Fire Service, oil # Torsion-Testing Machine, Avery s, at Birmmgha
University, 507 .
Torsional Vibration of Shafting, 54
Touring-Car Competition, 412. See 618, 6j>5 Tower for Suspension Bridge, 643. See II dliam
Traction, Electric. See Electric Tramways and Railways
Traction Engines on Highways,
Traction, Mechanical. See Motor-Cais, Moto?-Waqons, and Electric .
Traction Problems; Institution of Civil Engineeis, Presidential Address, 626, 636
Traction, Railway, 140 - Horse - Power 1 etrol Motor (Wolseley Company), 615
Traction, Single-Phase /’. Continuous Currents, 103, 697
Traction in War, 733
Trade, American Iron, 735
Trade, British, with China, 155
Trade in China, Foreign, 120
Trade, Commissions, Secret, 189
Trade, Copper, 321
Trade, Copper, in Trans-Caucasus, 15/
Trade Disputes, Compulsory Settlements of, 493.
See Letters, 530 .
Trade and Engineering Prospects in Japan, ooJ.
See 285
Trade in Hong Kong, 533
Trade, Indian Cotton, 191
Trade, Iron, Russian, 155
Trade, Iron and Steel, 628
Trade with Japan, United States, 259
Trade, Japanese, 52
Trade of Kobe and Osaka, 156
Trade, Korean, 36, 279
Trade, Legal Customs in the Tin-Plate, 221
Trade-Marks Act, New, 247
Trade Marks in Australia, 377
Trade and Peace, 285, 353
Trade and Railways, Queensland, 561
Trade, Russian Napntha, 322, 361
Trade. See also Industry
Trade, Shipbuilding, 55, 455
Trade, Steel, American, 20
Trade Union Congress, 351
Tiade Unions and Parliamentary Representation (Legal), 664
Trade Union. See Industrial Notes
Trade, Ural Platinum, 259
Trade, War Effects upon Russian, 23. See H’nr and Peace
Trade of Yokohama, 478
Trading, London County Council. See Municipal
Trafalgar Naval Ships, 88, 126. See 93
Trafalgar Tactics and Strategy, 88, 93. See 126 Traffic, Congestion of London, 85, 488, 625 Train, Royal, for the Prince of Wales’s Tour in India, 335, 399
Trains. See Railways, Locomotives, and Steam Carriages
Train Speed-Indicator for Locomotives, 242
Training of Apprentices, 409, 442, 458. See Education
Training, Commercial, for Engineers, 203
Training of the Engineer, Educational, 869 Training of Engineers. See Education Training, Technical, Academic Side of, 19, 27 Tram, Wear on, Rails, 344
Tram-Car Seat, Adjustable, 815
Tramways, London County Council, 152, 490.
See Municipal Trading
Tramway-Point Controller, Turner’s Automatic, 113
Tramway Rail-Grinder, Brown and Crosta, 112
Tramway Rail-Grinding Machine, Hadfield’s Petrol-Driven, 404
Tramway Schemes in Parliament, 698, 738 Tramways. See also Electric Trans-Caucasus Copper Industry, 157 Transformations, Thermal, of Carbon Steels, 417, 422
Transport, Goods, Inferiority of Canals for, 355 Transport of Iron Ore (The Hon. Peter White),
Transvaal, British Association Visit to, 726
Transvaal, Labour and Alining in the, 255. See also Industrial Notes
Travellers for Constructing Williamsburg Bridge, 787. See Williamsburg Bridge
Traverser for the Western Railway of France, 111 Trials of British Warships. See Steam Trials Trials of Motor-Boats, Reliability, 187, 220. See
Letters, 291, 345
Trials of Motor Cars, Reliability, 412
Trials of Refrigerating-Machine at the Dairy Show, 530, 553
Trials of Steamers. See Steam Trials. Warships and Launches and Trial Trips
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines
Tnple-Screw Ship’s Stern-Bracket, “ Oarmania,” 118
Troopship, Indian, 338
?™nwAEtS’N'”o» Measuring and Mixing Powdered Materials, 393
^es^rW™a«°'wgnBridge. See William*, buri] Bridge
Tubes' Cor'rugaud, for Locomotives, 242
?aMd,USDimprioqe; Surveying Works, 415
TurMn'es (German itook>-
Turbine, Allis-Chalmers 844, 8G3
Tnrldne-Driven Cunard Liner. See “ Carman,a Turbine ur e of> 628 See Letters, 665 Turbine-Lathe (1(>8-In.) for Wallsend Works 114 Turbines, Marine, Parsons, for -‘Dieppe,” 55,
Turbine, Marine Steam, 7u9. See Sin
Turbines, Marine, in the Tropics, 740
Turbine’Press°i're'-Gauge, 723. See “ Carmanm” Turbines r. Reciprocating Engines in Cunard
TiJrhine’sand Reciprocating Engines in the
Midland Railway Company's Boats, 107, 101
Whines for Ship Propulsion, Velocity Com-pounded, 493
^^^nhS^^ration Curve, 55, 203
Turbine, Tests of Laval, 8SO
Turbines in the Tropics. 740
Turbine-Wheel with Adjustable Nozzle, Pelton,
49o
Turbo-Compressors, Efficiency of, 598
Tnrkev Patents in, 553
Turner’s Automatic Point-Controller, 113
Turning Circle of Atlantic Liner, 725. See “ Carmania ” .
Turning-Machine. See Machine-Tool*
Uganda Railway Dry Dock, 729
Umtali, British Association \ ifflt to, <92
Underground Railways. See 1
Underwriter®’ Liability for Damages, 190
Unemployed Workmen’s Bill. 185
Unions, Trade. See Trade Union*, Industrial
Note*, Legal
United States. See America
United States Notes from the, 58, 52, 114, 182, 214 281, 316, 344, 376, 409, 456, 483, 516, 565, 600* 622, 655, 729, 767, 843
United States Corrector, Rankine and a, 863
United States Railway Accidents. 419
Unit ed States Trade with Japan. 259
University, Birmingham, 239. 274, 341, 397, 504, 610, 858. For details see Ii.tirated Index. See Erratum, 317
University, Sheffield, Metallurgical Department, 416,454
Upton, Douglas, on a Manipulator for Steel
Bars, 428, 435
Ural Platinum Industry, 259
Utilisation of Peat, 256
Vacuum Discharger, 38
Vacuum Engine, Lowne, 113
Valtellina Electric Railway. 11
Valuation and Rateable Machinery, Quinquennial, 51
Valves for Acid Pumps, 530, 553
Valve-Box for Ascertaining Pressure in Turbine, 723
Valves for Gas-Engine, 220, 263, 295
Valve Gear Automatic Cut-off, f«»r Gas Engine, 295
Valve Gear for 18,000 Indicated Horse-Power
Rolling-Mill Engine’s, 212
Valve Gear for 100 Horse-Power “ Hoy oh ” Engine, 81
Valve Gear of 300 Horse Power Francois Engine, 10
Valve Gear of 600 Horse Power Engine, 179.
See Erratum, 260
Valve Gear for Locomotive, Flamme-Rongy, 482
Valves for Hydraulic Presses for Gun Cartridge Manufacture, 548, 569
Valve Manufacturing Works of J. Hopkinson and Co., Limited, Huddersfield, 303
Valve Motions, Harmonic Analysis of, 36
Waive, Single Cylinder Pump, 526
Valves for Steam-Pumps, 328
Valves, Trip Gear for, 15 4
Valves and Valve Gearing, 506
Van, Ryknield Light Motor, 12
Vanadium in Metallurgy, 323, 417, 603, 638.
See 632 and Letter*
Vanadium Steels, 323
Vapour and Gas Tests at the Reichsanstalt, 308 Vehicles. Self - Propelled. See Motor - Care,
J/ofor-B agon#, and Steam ('a->iage*
Ventilation of Baker-Street and Waterloo Railway, 820
Viaduct over the River Barrow, Wexford, 210 Vibration Diagrams of Atlantic Liner, 725. See
“ Carmania ”
Vibration of Engines, Counterweights for Overcoming, 362
Vibrations of Shafting, Torsional, 54
Vickers Sons and Maxim’s Works at Sheffield, 453. See 54
Vickers’ Works, Visit of King to, 54
\ ictoria Falls Bridge over the River Zambesi, 1, 75, 137, 357
Victoria balls, British Association Visit to, 792
Victoria Nyanza, Dry Dock, 729
“Victory" and other Trafalgar Ships 88, 126.
See 93
\ ienna Motor Fire Appliance a, 614
Waddell’s Professional Papers, 505
Wage Bonus System for Furnace Work, 81S Wages, Premium System of. 413. See 303 M age System at Hopkinson’s Valve Works. 303 wagon, Self-Discharging Hopper, for the
Prussian State Railway?, 478
Wagon, Steam. See 3fotor-Cars and Motor-Wagons
“Wake,” Influence of, upon the Speed of Warships Steaming in “Single Column Line Ahead,” 481
Wall, Retaining, of Reinforced Concrete, 260 Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company’s Works ; Electric Travelling Cranes, 293
“ Walter Bibby,” Salvage of the Dredger, 41 War ; Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260
War Effects upon Russian Industry, 23. See 285, 353
War Experience and Size of Warships, 661
War, Food and Raw Material during, 190, 218
War, Japanese-Russian ; Future of the Cruisers, 449
War, Japanese-Russian; Damaged Russian Ships, 527
War, Japanese-Russian, Losses in, 192
War, Japanese - Russian ; Longitudinal Bulkheads in Warships, 191
War, Motor-Oar in, 733
War and Trade, 23, 285, 353
Warner’s Windmill and Pumps, 210 Warship Construction in 1905, 873
Warships u
Admiralty Orders, 842
Armoured Cruiser, Future of the, 449
Austrian Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Huszar,” 90, 96, 99
Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260
Bulkheads, Longitudinal, in Warships, 191
Cammell, Laird, and Co., Limited, Sheffield Works, 406
Chinese Navy, 455
Construction, Protection, Stability, &c., of War Vessels, A Text-Book on the, 208 Damaged Russian, at Port Arthur, 527 Design of Armoured Cruisers, 449. See 661 Destroyers, Influence of Depth of Water on Speed of, 90, 96, 99
Hadfield’s Sheffield Foundry Company, Limited, Sheffield Works, 403
H.M. Armoured Cruiser “ Argyll,” Steam Trials of, 420
H.M. Armoured Cruiser “ Invincible,” 842 H.M. Armoured Cruiser “ Natal,” 414, 455 M.M. Armoured Cruiser “ Roxburgh;” Durr
Water-Tube Boiler, 589. See Erratum, 767
H.M. “ Destroyers,” 33-Knot, 190
H.M. “ Destroyers,” Steam Trials of, 873
H.M. Navy ; Debate in Parliament, 18
H.M. Navy ; Admiralty Policy and Education, 769. See Letters
H.M.SS. Launched in 1905, 873
W ar Sil ips—continued.
H.M.SS. Steam Trials in 1905, 873. See also Steam Trials
H.M. Scout Trials, 873
H.M. Submarine-Boats, Accidents to, 107, 118, 128, 593, 740, 831
H.M. Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Lee ;” Fractured Crosshead Bolts ; Microscopic Observations, 235
Japanese Batteship “ Katori,” Launch of, 20 Japanese-Russian War, 23, 191, 192, 254, 260, 285, 353, 449, 527, 661
Japanese and Russian Warships at the Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260
Japanese Shipbuilding, 808
Losses in the Russo-Japanese War, 192
Naval Ships at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 126. See 93
Portsmouth Dockyard, 110
Russian and Japanese Ships at the Battle of the Sea of Japan, 254, 260
Russian Damaged Ships at Port Arthur, 527
Russo-Japanese, War, 23, 191, 192, 254, 260, 285, 353, 449, 527, 661
Size of Vessels, 661
Speed in “Single Column Line Ahead,” Influence of “ Wake” upon, 481
Steam Trials of H.M. Scout “ Foresight,” 57
Steam Trials of H.M.S. “Argyll,” 420
Steam Trials of H.M.SS. in 1905, 873
Strategy and Tactics at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 93. See 126
Submarine-Boats and their Salvage, 107, 118, 128, 593, 740, 831
Swedish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Magne,” 409
Vickers Sons and Maxim, Sheffield Works, 453. See 54
Waste of Shipping, 83, 187, 388, 630
Water Action at the Assouan Dam, 563
Water, Depth of, and Its Influence on Ships’ Speed, 90, 96, 99
Water-Meter, 658
Water-Meter, Leinert’s, 33
Water-Pumps. See Pumps
Water and Sewerage Schemes in Parliament, 793
Water Supply of Egypt for Perennial Irrigation, 55
Water Supply, Liverpool, 564
Water Tank, Elevated, 631
Water-Tube Boiler Drilling-Machine, 830
Water-Tube Boilers, Durr, in H.M. Armoured
Cruiser “Roxburgh,” 586. See Erratum, 767
Water-Tube Boiler for Locomotive, 278
Water-Tube Boiler for the London and Southwestern Railway Locomotives, 633, 740
Water-Tube Boilers ; their History and Development, 476
Water-Tube Boiler, Yarrow, for Twin-Screw Lifeboat “ Moseley,” 378
i Water-Turbines, 495
Water-Wheel, Pelton, 495
Waterhouse, G. B., on the Influence of Nickel and Carbon on Iron, 435, 671
Waterloo and Baker-Street Railway Ventilation, 820
Waterproofing Bridge Floors, 287
Waterways in Great Britain, 691
Waterways, Prussian, 53
Waterways. See also River and Canal
Watt, James, 340.
Wattless Currents, 153
Watts, Sir Philip, on the Naval Ships at the Time of Trafalgar, 88, 126. See 93
Wave Form Analysis, Harmonic, 36. See also Electric
Waves and Ships’ Speed, 90, 96, 99
Wear of Steel Rails on Bridges, 534
Wear on Tram-Rails, 344
Weathering of Windmills, 811, 863
Wednesbury Station, Midland Electric Power Company at, 739
Weed and Grass Destroyers on Railways, 323
Weir’s Twin Air-Pump on “ Carmania,’” 724
Welding Steel Barrels, 813
Wellbury’s Keyway Locator for Crank-Shafts, 193
Welsbach Mantle, Emission Spectrum of the, 876
Western Railway of France, Traverser for, 111
Western Telegraph Company, 635
Westinghouse Single-Phase Locomotive, 25
Westinghouse Single-Phase Railway Motors, 103.
See Erratum, 215
Wheel-Boss Boring-Machine (Hopkinson), 303
Wheels on Cotton Mules, Safety, 74. See 544
Whipple, Robert S., on a Suggested Application of the Bonus System, 813
White, The Hon. Peter, Lake Superior Iron Ore Pioneer, 431
Whitehead, The late Robert, 654
Whitworth, 108-In. Lathe for Turning Turbine Rotors, 114
Whitwortlf Tools for High-Speed Steel, 797
Williamsburg Bridge over the East River, New York, 541, 577, 643, 755, 787, 854
Wilson, J. S., and Gore, W., on Stresses in Dams, 134. See also Stresses in Dams
Winding-Engines, Electric, 29
Windlass Gear of “ Carmania,” 725
Windmills and Pumps, 7, 210
Windmills, Weathering of, 811, 863
Wireless Electricity ; Dielectric Strength"of Air, 784
Wireless Electricity, Measurement of, 735, 772, | 806, 840
Wireless Telegraphy, 667
Wireless Telegraphy Litigation, 593
Witham Railway Accident, 774
Wolseley 140-Horse-Power Petrol-Motor, 615
Wolseley-Siddeley 32 Horse-Power Motor-Car, 765
Wood-Gas Generators, 299
Wood, Growth and Strength of Timber, 289 Wood-Stave Pipe-Line, 493
Wood-Working Machinery. See Machine-Tools Woolwich Arsenal, Electricity in, 739 Workmen’s Cases. See Legal
Workmen and the Truck Acts, 122
Workmen’s Unemployed Bill, 185
Workmen’s Wages. See Wages and Industrial Notes
Works:
Cammell, Laird, and Co.’s Works, Sheffield, 406
Firth, Thomas, and Sons, Limited, Sheffield, 402
French Armour-Piate, 355
Hadfield’s Sheffield Foundry Company’s Works, 403
New Arrol-Johnston Car Company, Paisley, 832
Osborn and Co.’s, Samuel, Works at Sheffield, 407
Steam-Turbine Department; Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co., Limited, 471
Valve-Manufacturing, of J. Hopkinson and Co., Huddersfield, 303
Vickers Sons and Maxim’s Works, Sheffield, 54, 453
Works, Redistribution of, 383. See 372, and Letters, 481
Workshop Practice for Apprentices, 310 Workshop Roofs and Floors, 303
World’s Steel and Iron Output, 20, 451. See 354 Worm-Wheel Milling-Machine, 845
Yard Standard, A New, 155
Yarrow, Harold, on the Influence of Depth of Water on the Speed of Destroyers, 90, 96. See 99
Yarrow Water-Tube Boiler for Twin Screw Lifeboat “ Moseley,” 378
Year-Books and Annuals. See Literature Index Yokohama and Tokio Harbours and Shipping, 494
Yokohama Trade, 478
Zambesi Falls, British Association Visit to, 792
Zambesi River Bridge at Victoria Falls, Rhodesia,
1, 75, 137, 357
Zinc-Shaving-Making Lathe, 669
Sources of Information