Engineering 1894 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1894 Jul-Dec: Index
Agriculture:
Royal Agricultural Society, Leicester Show, 639
Appointments:
Devonport Civil Engineer, 76
Fellowship of City and Guilds of London
Institute (Dr. Sumpner), 169
Manager, Steel Company of Scotland (Mr.
Archibald McLellan), 766
New Norwich Engineer, 77
James Riley, Manager, Glasgow Steel Works, Wishaw, 588, 766
Turkish Order of the Osmanie (Mr. Joseph Proctor), 737
R. IL Tweddell, Scott Legacy Medal, John Franklin Institute, 455
Armour. See Naval
Artillery. See Guns
Boilers. See Engines and Boilers
Bridges:
American Railroad, 354
Anchor Bolts, 169
Bridge over the Dee at Maryculter, 22
Bridge Foundations, 210
Bridge over the Hudson, New York, Railway, 169
Bridge over the Ohio, 852
Bridges 38 Years Old Tested, 737
Corrosion of Steel by Locomotive Smoke, 334
Forth Bridge, Painting, 76
Glasgow Bridge, The Re-erection, 422, 559, 800
Lifting Bridge in Dijon, 77
Lincolnshire Bridge, A New, 648
Missouri, Bridging, The, 354
Neva Bridge, 210
North Bridge, Edinburgh, 422, 588
Paris, New Bridge at, 503
Practical Maximum Length of Suspension Bridge, 737
Rock Holes in Bridge Construction, Tests of
Jamming Materials, 169
Siamese State Railway Bridges, 77
Taunton Bridge, 297 *
Taunton, New Bridge at, 168
Tay Bridge, Why the Old Bridge Fell, 639
Tower Bridge Traffic, 77,169, 705
Canals:
Atlantic-Mediterranean, 536
Baltimore Ship Canal, 184
Canadian Canal, 408
Hennepin Canal, 518
Internal Navigation in France, 841
Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, 559
Manchester Canal, 24, 152, 679
Manchester Canal Sluices, 705
Map of Inland Navigation, England and Wales, 487
Marseilles and the Rhone, 355
North Sea and Baltic Canal, 722
Panama, 355, 495
Raritan Canal, New Jersey, 354
Somerset Coal Canal, 152
Suez Canal, 210, 352, 702
Catalogues:
Edgar Allen and Co., Limited, 564
Allegemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, 55
James Archdale and Co , 683
H. Bamford and Sons, 423
O. Behrend and Co., 564
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company,
C. W. Burton, Griffiths, and Co., 355
L. Cassella. 589
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company,
Joseph Cook and Son, 423
Cradley Boiler Company, 325
Drake and Gorham, 55
Greenlees Brothers, 261
Alfred Herbert, 325
Henry F. Joel and Co., 683
T. Led ward and Co., 683
Leeds Forge Company, Limited, 55
Leeds and London Electrical Engineering
Company, 55
Russell and Co., 55
Ernest Scott and Mountain, 325
E. and E. Taylor, Limited, 532
Coal:
Acton Hall Pit, Sinking, 703
American Coal for Brazil, 429
Austrian Mining, 622
Belgian Briquettes, 60, 564
Belgian Coal Exports, 355
Belgian Coal-Mining, 338, 352
C'O.ll—continued,
Belgian Production and Exports, 210, 535
Boring for Coal in Yorkshire, 56
Cape Breton, 510
Cardiff, 23, 55, 76, 152, 168, 201, 231, 264, 296, 325, 353, 406, 422, 464, 486, 559, 589, 608, 638, 800, 835
Cardiff Exports, 354
Cleveland. See Middlesbrough
Coal Consumers’ Association, 388
Coal in the Midlands, 852
Coal in Siberia, 835
Colliery, New, near Barlbro, 353
Colliery Undertaking, Mitchell Main Colliery, I 520
Development in South Wales, 736
Doncaster Coal Development, 325
Doncaster Coalfield Development, 296
East Anglia, Coal in, 297, 588, 609
France, 30
France, Coal, 559
French Coal Imports, 312
France, Coal in North of, 374
French Coal in Russia, 433
German Coal Exports, 560
German Coal-Mining, 354
Hull Shipments, 353
Indian Collieries, 265
Kebao Coal, 354
Lockett’s Merthyr Colliery, 800
Middlesbrough, 23, 55, 76, 201, 231, 264, 296, 353, 389, 422, 454, 487, 530, 559, 608, 638, 704, 736, 766, 800, 834
Mining in East Midlands, 676
Newport Shipments, 23
Nova Scotian Coal, 62
Pacific, Coal on the, 622
Pas de Calais, Coal in, 419
Rates on the Great Western, Coal, 464
Rhymney Valley Coal, 76
Royal Mail Steamer Coal Contract, 767
Russia, South, Coal in, 560
Scotland, Find near Prestonpans, 201
Shafts, New, in Yorkshire, 23
Sheffield, 456, 671, 736, 766, 800
Sinking Oaks Colliery, near Barnsley, 736
South African Coal, 354, 501, 797
South Wales Shipments, 76, 231, 354, 520, 638, 767
South-West Durham, Coal Finds in, 231
Stoppage of Pits in Yorkshire, 296
Victoria Coal, 354
Washing Coal, 679
Welsh Coal for Egypt, 589
Welsh Coal for France, 800
Welsh Seams, More, 353
West Australian Coal, 354
Wharncliffe Colliery Extension, 75
Wisconsin, Coal in, 42
Yorkshire. See Sheffield
Yorkshire Coal Exports from Hull, 766
Yorkshire Coalfield, Dispute in, 835
CJollisions. See Railways
Companies:
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Limited, 389
Barry Graving Dock and Engineering Company, Limited, 671, 704
Henry Bessemer and Co., Limited, 167
Henry Briggs, Son, and Co., Limited, 201
Bristol and South Wales Railway Wagon Company, Limited, 168
Brown Bayley’s Steel Works, 167
Charles Cammell and Co., 455
Consett Iron Company, 151, 201
Darlington Steel and Iron Company, Limited, 55, 168, 530
Davy Brothers, Limited, 23
Dorman, Long, and Co., 736
Electric Construction Company, 334
S. Fox and Co., Limited, 167, 231
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Limited, 264
J. Grayson, Lowood, and Co., Limited, 167, 201 ‘
Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Works Company, Limited, 736
Newport Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Company, 55
North Central Wagon Company, Limited, 231
Palmers’ Shipbuilding and Iron Company.
454, 487
Parkgate Iron and Steel Company, Limited, 736
Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company, 353
Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Limited, 420 Steel Company of Scotland, 297, 588
Companies—continued,
A. and J. Stewart and Clydesdale, 227
Tinsley Rolling Mills Company, Limited, 151
Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, 152
Western Union Telegraph Company, 560
Western Wagon and Property Company,
Limited, 168
Defence of Coasts. See Naval
Drainage. See Sewage
Electric Tramways. See Electricity
Electricity:
Accumulator Traction, 639
Accumulators, International Electrical, 618
Atlantic Cable, Third, Laid, 24
Battery Phenomena, Storage, 389
Berlin Consumption of Current, 590
Cable v. Electric Power Transmission, 306
Canada-Australian Cable, 210
Carbon Rods Converted to Graphite, 423
Cellulose as Insulator, 355
Centrifugal Machines Driven by Motors, 639
Chinese Telegraphy, 60
Colliery Plant, 169
Concentration of Sulphuric Acid, 590
Edison Storage Battery Plant, N.Y., 306
Electric Explosion in London, 671
Electric Light at Bristol, 800
Electric Traction, Erratum, 835
Electrical Engineering Leaflets, 169
Elevators, Cost of, 639
French Submarine Telegraphy, 440
German and United States Cable, 310
Great Eastern Railway Electric Installation, 152
Heating of Cars, 590
Herzian Waves, 679
Hoisting Gear, Steam, Hydraulic, and Electrical, 455
Launch, 406
Lighting Bristol, 168, 736
Lighting Buda-Pesth, 143
Lighting Cardiff, 354, 835
Lighting Dundee, 388
Lighting Ealing, 152
Lighting London Station, Contract, 590
Lighting Lynton and Lynmouth, 325
Lighting Monmouth, 406
Lighting Newport, 231, 559
Lighting Pontypool, 671
Lighting Streets, Glasgow, 324
Lighting Tramcars, 388
Lighting in Wales, 486
Locomotives, Electric (Baldwin), 354
Locomotives v. Motors on Cars, 169
Lundy Island Cable, 23
Motors for Skiffs, 605
Moving Heavy Guns, Chilian Cruiser,
Niagara Falls Power Plant, 334
Obach and E.C.C. Dry Cells, 169
Organ-Blowing Gear, 718
Phonograph, Modifications of the, 355
Propulsion of Skiffs, 671
Railroads in the United States, 559
Rails for Electric Traction, 639
Railway, Baltimore, 334
Smelting by Electricity, 152
Submarine Cable (Vancouver), 77
Telegraph Pole Decay, 423
Telegraph, Progress of the, 454
Telegraphy, French Submarine, 560
Telephone, Berlin and Vienna, 590
Telephone, Copenhagen and Berlin, 96
Telephone in the Eastern Counties, 455
Telephone in Germany, 560
Telephone, London and Brussels, 265, 354
Telephone, London and South of England, 464
Telephone System, Stockholm, 521
Telephones, Denmark, 536
Telephones, Glasgow Corporation and the, 264
Temperature of Filaments, 801
Traction, Conduit System, 560
Tramway, Hamburg, 24
Tramways, Christiania, 715
Tramways in Paris, 169
Transmission, Finland to St. Petersburg, 590
Vienna and Berlin Telephone, 24
Waterfalls, Purchase of, 671
Weaving Mill, Electric, 560
Welding, 56
Wiring Table, Howard’s, 385
World’s Telegraphs, 440
Engineering. See Shipbuilding and Industries
Engines and Kollers:
Engine Efficiency, 737
Explosions (Board of Trade Statistics), 767
Hoisting Gear, 455
Engines and Boilers-con/i«tz<?d. Large Horizontal Engine, 767
Livdt Steam Generators, 737
Moisture in Steam, 240
Quality of Steam as regards Priming, 169
Exhibitions:
Bordeaux, 1895, 56, 718. See General Index
Electrical, Paris, 23
Montevideo Agricultural, 609
Old Glasgow Exhibition, 55
Santiago, 265
Stockholm Exhibition, 496
Explosions* See Engines and Boilers
Ex plosives. See Guns
<>as:
300 H.P. Simplex Gas Engine, Efficiency, 639
American Natural Gas, 23, 590, 639, 715
Barry, 589
Bristol Gas, 297, 559
Chicago, Gas at, 455
Coal Used for Gasmaking, 455
Conveying Natural Gas, 639
Edinburgh and Leith Price, 422
Gas Engine* in Germany, 521
Gasholdei, Large, at Sheffield, 559
Gasholder for Port Glasgow, Contract, 324
Incandescent Burners, New, 24
Incandescent Lighting, Edinburgh, 324
Oil Gas Enrichment, 76
Rio de Janeiro, Gas at, 89
Scotch Gas Works, 76
Guns and Explosives: Aluminium Filings and Sodium Dioxide, 56
Canet Ordnance for Sweden, 733
Capped Shells, 56, 265
Firing Gun Charge in Two Instalments, 521
Krupp, Proposed Works at Wilhelmsburg, 354
New Rifles, 705
Oblique Attack on Armour, 56, 265
Pneumatic Gun Trials, 306, 334, 355
Projectile, A New, 835
Small Arms for United States Navy, 440
Sweden Explosive Factories, 590
Harbours, Piers, <&c.:
Aberdeen, 227, 297
Ardrossan, 324
Avon Port, 736
Ayr Harbour, 520
Barry, 325, 589, 671, 736
Barry Docks, 76
Boness, 608
Bristol Docks, 23, 55,152, 422
Bute Docks, Cardiff, 23, 76, 231, 423
Cardiff, 406, 638
Clyde. See Glasgow
Copenhagen Large Dry Dock, 261
Cronstadt, 325
Dawlish, 325
Dundee, 297
Fraserburgh Harbour, 520
Georgia Bay, 705
Glasgow Harbour, 15, 297, 324
Gothenburg Free Harbour, 715
Greenock, Finances, 324
Grimsby, 30, 47, 800
Hamoaze, 264
Hull, 765
Llanelly, 264, 422
New York Light, 472
Newport (Alexandra) Docks, 464
Peterhead Harbour of Refuge, 306
Portsmouth, Dredging, 671
Rotterdam Dock, 354
Seawall, Esplanade, and Pier Contracts, 151
Seine Dredging, 334
Sevastopol, Docks at, 210
Severn, 76, 201, 486
Sydney Cove, 521
Thames Dredging, 737
Toledo Dock, 406
Trent Navigation, 750
Vera Cruz, 274
Wismar Port, Dredging, 679
Yarrow River Improvements, 210
Hydraulics :
Cost for Hydraulic Power in Glasgow, 264
Glycerine and Water, Freezing Point, 240
Great Eastern Railway Installation, 152
Hoisting Gear, Steam v. Hydraulic and Electrical, 455
Lifts, Economy of, 389
Niagara, Canadian Plant, 56
Water Mills for Grinding Corn, 265
Water Power Plant at Utah, 705
Waterfalls, Purchase of, 671
Industries: Brick Contract for Glasgow Docks, 737
Cement Trade and Adulteration, 797
Dynamite, Nobel’s, 639
Engineering, 77
Foundries in Glasgow, 737
French Mechanical. 23
German Statistics, 210
Glasgow Locomotive Trade, 520, 639, 670
Government Work at Sheffield, 835
Import and Export Returns. 639
Locomotives Ordered from Glasgow Firms, 200, 297
Steam Travelling Crane, Contract, 737
Sulphite Cellulose in Sweden, 535
•Swansea Trade, 354
Tinplate Trade, 589
Wire Cloth Contract, 671
Institutions. See Technical Societies
Iron and Steel:
Basic Steel, 32
Belgium, Iron and Steel in, 23
Belgium Pig Iron, 535
Birmingham, 25, 180, 212, 279, 308, 336, 368, 400, 434, 502, 532, 562, 592, 620, 652, 686, 716, 747, 779
Blast Furnaces, Belgian, 165, 310, 551, 680
Blast Furnaces, British, 495
Blast Furnaces, Scotch, 520
Blast Furnaces, United States, 201, 266, 455
Briton Ferry Works, 325
Cast-Steel Stems for Government Battleships, 487
Cleveland, 55, 76, 151, 168, 201, 231, 264, 296, 325, 353, 389, 421, 454, 487, 530, 559, 588, 638, 671, 686, 703, 736, 766, 800, 834
Cleveland Foundry, Stoppage, 638
Cleveland Trade in 1894, 766
Darlington Steel Company’s Works Closed, 495
Darlington Steel Works, 389
Duke of Devonshire and Trade, 420
Exporting Steel to France, 800
Fire Resistance of Iron, 423
France, Iron Minerals in, 472
France, Steel in, 501
Gauge, International, for Rounds and Flats, 151
Gellivara, Iron Ore Shipments, 261
German Iron Minerals, 248
German Pig Iron, 227, 560
Glasgow. See Scotch
Iron Ore Imports to Glasgow, 520, 766
Lancashire, 25. 58, 212, 243, 278, 308, 335, 368, 400, 434, 466, 502, 532, 562, 592, 619, 651, 686, 716, 747, 779
Llanelly Steel Works, 354, 464
Lowthian Bell Testimonial, 559
Manganese Steel, 306
Marine Material Manufactured at Sheffield, 296 Mid ilesbrough. See Cleveland
Middlesbrough Shipments, 23, 168, 325
Pig Iron, Briton Ferry, 589
Rail Prices in United States, 705
Rails in United States, 271, 472
Rails, Wear in Tunnels, 210
Russian Steel, 186, 559
Rylands Hardware, 277
Scotch, 22, 54, 76, 168, 200, 297, 421, 487, 520, 558, 608, 670, 704, 737, 766, 800 834
Scotch Trade and the United States Tariff, 227 Sheffield, 56, 151, 167, 231, 265, 296, 325, 353, 420, 520, 559, 589, 616, 671, 703, 766, 800, 835
Sheffield Exports to United States, 455
Spanish Iron Ore, 354, 423, 608
Spanish Pig Iron Imported to the Clyde, 766
Steel, History of, 264
Trans-Siberian Railway, 310
United States Production, Statistics of, 423
United States, Rails in the, 559
Wales, Shipments, 76, 231, 354, 520, 638, 767
Walrond Steel Process as applied to Cast-Steel Horseshoes, 737
Wolverhampton, 25, 58, 180, 212, 243, 279, 308, 335, 368, 434, 466, 502, 532, 562, 592, 620, 652, 686, 716, 747, 779
Yorkshire. See Sh°fliel I
Yorkshire, Trade Condition, 686
Irrigation:
Nebraska, 705
Nile Irrigation, 334, 679, 705
Labour Questions. Sae Trade Societies, &c.
Light, Electric. See Electricity
Machine Tools. See Mechanics
Markets •
Cleveland Iron, 23, 55, 76, 151, 168, 201, 231, 264, 296, 325, 353, 389, 421, 454, 487, 530, 559, 588, 606, 638, 671, 703, 736, 810, 834
Copper Market in Glasgow, 22, 54, 76,151, 168, 200, 227, 264, 297, 325, 388, 421, 454, 487,520, 558, 5?8, 608, 638, 670, 701, 737, 766, 800, 834
Glasgow Pig Iron, 22, 54, 76, 151, 168, 200, 227, 263, 297, 324, 388, 421, 454, 487, 520, 558, 588, 608, 638, 670, 704, 736, 766, 800, 8'34
Make and Disposal of Cleveland Iron, 23, 201, 325, 454, 607, 736, 800, 834
Sulphate of Ammonia, 487, 608
Mechanics: Alloys, 423
Aluminium, 24
Aluminium Alloys, 455
Aluminium and Glass-Marking, 389
Aluminium, Welding, 767
Balancing Load on Colliery Winding Engines, 589
Ball Bearings for Crane Hooks, 56
Band Saw Speeds, 240
Bridge Foundations, 210
Compressed Air for Workshop Plant, 77
Copper, Strength of, 767
Corrosion of Steel by Smoke, Locomotive, 334
Fixing Anchor Bolts in Rock, 169
Hero of Alexandria and Early Mechanics, 152
Large Circular Saw, 22
Manganese Steel, 306
Nickel Plating Baths, 265
Phosphorescing Bodies, 455
Pinions of Compressed Raw Hide, 56
Platinum, 683
Portland Cement Adulteration, 639, 737
Portland Cement Tests, 767
Mechanics—continued.
Punches, Tests of, 24
Rubber Joint for Compressed Air Pipes, 24
Short Teeth for Large Gears, 590
Steam Pipe Coverings, Tests, 560
Steam Shovel Work, Cost of, 334
Stone-Cutting Saws, 210
Strains Due to Changes of Temperature, 334
Strength of Brick Arch, 152
Surveying through Ice, Subaqueous, 560
Metals. See Mechanics
Mining:
Australasian Gold, 30, 354
Austria, 622
Balkans, Mining in the, 355
Central America, Gold in, 184
Matabeleland, Gold in, 152
Minerals of New South Wales, 835
North-West America, Gold in, 54
South African Gold, 62
United States Gold, 82
Witwatersrandt Gold, 23
World’s Gold, The, 367, 678
Miscellaneous: Accident Funds in Sweden, Workmen’s, 654
Acid-Resisting Cements, 265
American Patent Law, 355
Astronomical Observatory, 590
Australian Land Reclamation, 354
Blast Furnace Wrecked in Cleveland, 835
Building in New York, 452
Canadian Population, 354
Canal Traction, 609
Cardiff, Growth of, 76
Cellulose, 355
Cement Trade and Adulteration, 639, 797
Cements, Slag, 389
Chancelot Flour Mills, Leith, 608
Chicago and New York, 338
Chromium, 265
County Council and Contract Work, 639, 705
Deepest Parts of Sea, 240
Denny, Awards for Inventions by Messrs,, 834
Denny, Jubilee of Messrs., 834
Dover and Ostend Traffic, 367
Drought in New South Wales, 560
Estate of Mr. James Reid, 388
Factory and Workshop Inspection, 152
Flood Prevention, 266
Forests and Floods in France, 590
German Trade Marks, 355
Glasgow Copper Market, 834
Hardwood Pavements, Life of, 56
Hydro-Extraction, 750
Indian Cotton Spinning, 165
Lamp Wells, 461
Machinery Sale, 639
Magnetograph and Earthquakes, 265
Marine Review, Cleveland, Ohio, 77
Merchandise Marks Act, 15
Oil Engine Trials, 265
New York and High Buildings, 284
Notice to Leave to Draughtsmen (Legal), 77
Patent Agents’ Bill, 152
Patents and Her Majesty’s Service, 56
Petroleum at Sumatra, 334
Portland Cement Adulteration, 639, 737
Property in Trade Name (Legal), 210
Public Debt, Canada. 351
Pumping Plant, Centrifugal, 639
Russian Petroleum, 354
Safety Stamp and Postage Card, 560
Sand Blast, 589
Short’s Telemeter Level, 705
Siberian Wheat, 518
Solar Spectrum, Dark Portions of, 455
Street Paving, Cement and Pitch Grouting, 560
Swamp Reclamation in Victoria, 455
Toluol for Thermometers, 265
Vulcanising Process for Preserving Timber, 705
Wells, Lamp, 461
Wind Pressure at Glasgow, 834
Wood Paving in Glasgow, Experimental, 26*4
Working at High Altitudes, 169
Yellow Sea, Chart of, 495
Naval: Admiralty and Contractors, 56
Admiralty and Contractors, Arbitration, 560
Admiralty Harbour Launches, 736
Admiralty Work on the Clyde, 22
American Coal Station in Florida, 419
American Navy Small Arms, 440
American Navy Yards, 799
“ Aquidaban,” Damage by Torpedo, 389
Argentine Cruiser “ Patria,” 338
Armour Chrome Steel, 355
Armour-Plate Orders, 520
Armour-Plates, Trial in Russia, 521
Armour, Texel Trials, 240
Bilge Keels on Battleships, 24
Brazil Battleships, 705
British Cruisers, Programme, 737
Chatham Docks, 265
Chatham Dockyard Extensions, 240
Cost of Battleships, 306
Danish Protected Cruiser, 517
Devonport Dockyard Works, 704
Devonport Naval Docks, 297
Devonport Work, 559
Dutch Coast Defence Ram “ Piet Hein,” 440
Engine-Room Officers, 748
Falmouth Fortifications, 638
French Battleship “ Carnot,” 60
French Cruiser Building at Nantes, 560
French Cruiser “ Descartes,” 440
French Estimates, 590
French Torpedo-Boats, Second-Class, 639
German Third-Class Ironclads, 517
Harveyised Armour Tests in United States, 560
H.M.S. “Agamemnon,” 520
H.M.S. “ Bellerophon,” 406
H.M.S. “Blanche,” Boiler Defects, 240
H.M.S. “Ctesar,” 231
H.M.S. “Charybdis,” 60
H.M.S. “Colossus,” 23
H.M.S. “Conquest,” 201
H.M.S. “Crescent,” 56
H.M.S. “ Empress of India,” 423
H.M.S, “ Ferret,” 60
NHVM,S.C‘‘Floxt 55, 325, 406, 423, 559, 735, 608, <338
H.M.S. “ Fox,” 470, 564, 589
H.M.S. “Gibraltar,”486
H.M.S. “Halcyon,” 520, 638
H.M.S. “ Harrier,” 325, 353
II.M S. “ Hazard,” 464
H.M.S. “ Hecate,” 325
H.M.S. “Hermione,” 638, 800
H.M.S. “Hussar,” 60, 671
H.M.S. “ Illustrious,” 495
H.M.S. “ Magnificent.” Erratum, 835
H.M.S. “ Majestic,” 353, 735
H.M.S. “ Malabar.” 325
H.M S. “Minerva’s ” Engines, 389
H.M.S. “Monarch,” 521
H.M.S. “ Prince George,” 297, 355
H.M.S. “ Renown,” 559
H M.S. “ Rocket,” 151, 240
H.M.S. “Sharpshooter,” 55, 306, 406, 464, 486
H.M.S. “Spanker,” 589
H.M.S. “Speedy,” 76
H.M.S. “Sybille,”55
H.M.S. “Talbot,” 800
H.M.S. “Warrior,” 168
H.M.SS. “ Oarysfort ” and “ Conquest,” 608
Hobb’s Point, Sheerlegs, 520
Indicators, 152
Inland Navigation and War, 23
Navies of the World, 306
New Cruisers, 608
Nickel Armour Plates, 835
Pembroke Dockyard Work, 704
Plymouth Defences, 704
Portsmouth Docks, 168
Portsmouth Works, 767
Portuguese Sternwheeler, 705
Russian Battleships, 654
Russian Navy, 470
Russian Torpedo-Boats, &c., 455
Russian Volunteer Cruiser, 701
Shells, Armour-Piercing, 152
Spanish Cruiser “ Vizcaya,” 248
Submarine Boat, Electrically Propelled, 77
Submarine Mines, 464
Submarine Mining, 406
Submarine Torpedo-Boat, 590
Torpedo-Boat No. 94, 282
Torpedo-Boat No. 95, 355
Torpedo-Boat No. 97 (Laird), 60, 152
Torpedo-Boats in Japan War, 737
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Boxer,” 750
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “Contest,” 784
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Decoy,” 272, 423
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer ‘ Rocket,” 517
Torpedo-Boat Destroyers ‘ ‘ Ferret” and ‘ ‘ Lynx.” 338
Torpedo-Boat Destroyers and Torpedo Discharge, 422
Torpedo-Boat Refits, 520
Torpedo Damage to “ Aquidaban,” 389
Turkish Warships, 385
United States Cruiser “Cincinnati,” 92
United States Cruiser “Minneapolis,” 210, 282
United States Navy Yards, 654
United States Torpedo-Boat “ Ericsson,” 440
V423lity and Audibiliby of Torpedo-Boats,
Water-Tube Boilers and Torpedo-Boat Destroyers, 470
Whitehead Torpedo and Brotherhood Engine, 56
Obituary. See General Index
Phy&iCS. See Mechanics
Piers. See Harbours
Railways:
Africa, Rope Tramways, 451
Anatolia Railway, 297
Andalusian Railway, 310
Argentine, French Railway in the, 143
Austrian State Railways, 432, 488
Barry Railway, 55, 76, 201, 231, 297, 406, 464, 487, 638
Beira Railway, 389
Belgian State Railways, 354
Ben Nevis Railway, 264
Berlin Underground Railways, 622
Brecon and Merthyr Railway, 704
Bnstol to London,' London and South-Western
Railway New Line, 608
British Railway Fares, 609
Brooklyn Elevated Railway, 306
Buffer Stop Collision at Cambridge, 605
Canadian Pacific, 11
Canadian Railways, 521
Cape Railways, 7*7
Chdabban?,?nd Dover Railway, Curious Accident, 440
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad,
Chicago and North-Western Railway, 372
Chignecto Ship Railway, 354
Coal in Tender, Accident from, 440
collision at Leamington, Rear, 440
Collision, Manchester Station, 718
Congo Railway, 306
Contraet Prices for Egyptian Locomotives,
Dundee Suburban Railway, 200
Edinburgh Waverley Station, 22,834
Flpvnf12i1i?11Tavs- See Electricity
Elevated Railway, New York, 96
Eleva ted Railways, Chicago, 354
FvSLand^den Railway Contract, 22
and Shagford Railway, 559, 638
Pierre, France, Light Railways, 24
Fog Signalling, 521 ’
Furness Railway, 609
German Locomotives, 500
German Railwa.y Traffic, 284
n Newcastle New Railway, 227
rtpnf w ?ern at Peterborough, 351
Great Western, 325, 704 b
Great Western at Bristol, 201
Great Western Railway at Cardiff, 152, 354,
we8^ern at Cheltenham, 406
Great Western Railway Works, 231
Railways—continued.
Highland Railway Extension, Inverness to tort William, 334
Indian Railways, 372
and Aviemore Railway (Highland),
Lancashire, Derbyshire, and East Coast Railway, 765
Lehigh Valley Standard Rail, 24
Light Railways in France, 423
Locomotive Contracts, 151
Locomotive for Highland Railway, 388
Locomotives, Baldwin, 354
Locomotives, Boiler and Firebox Steel Require-
ments, United States, 152
Locomotives for Egypt, 77, 201, 248
Locomotives Ordered from Glasgow Firms 200
London and South-Western Railway, 231, 264
Looe, Railway to, 559
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 551
Madras Railway, 23, 30
Manchester and Sheffield Extension to London,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 86
Midland Railway and Third Dining Cars, 24
Mileage in the World, 210
Missouri-Pacific, 22
New South Wales Railway Action, 521
New South Wales Railway Management, 609
New South Wales Railways, 240, 354, 560
New York Central Rail Sections, 334
New Zealand Railways, 464
Northern Pacific Railroad, 609
Paris Metropolitan Railway, 560, 609
Pullman Cars, 68S
Rails, Wear in Tunnel ,210
Railways in England, Half-Year’s Results, 240
Kates, 455
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway. 964 997
325, 521, 589, 766 •> > > •
Russian Railways, 423
St Pancras Accident (Brake), 240
Selby and Cawood Railway, 588
Sheffield and Barnsley Railway, 23
Siberian Railway, 688
Sleepers, Life of, 355
South African Railway, 372, 737
South Australian, 23 *
South Wales and Manchester Railway, 559
Southern States Railroads, 77
State v. Private Railways, 521
Swansea and Mumbles Railway, 704
Swedish State Railways, 266
Swedish West Coast Railway, 767
Taff Vale Railway, 168, 464
Tehuantepec Railway, 265
Teign Valley Railway, 486
Telpherage, 455
Ties for Rails, 265
Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway, 47
Tramway, Cable, Streatham Common, 767
Tramway, Coal, at Kilburn, Derby, 767
Tramway Contract for Aberdeen," 22
Tramway Extension, Aberdeen, 297
Tramway, Hamburg, and Electric Traction, 24
Tramway, Leeds, 560
Tramway Purchase, Corporations v. Private
Companies, 178
Tramway Rails, 169
Tramway Traction, Compressed Air, 169
Tramway Traction, Cost of, 801
Tramway Traction, Electric, in France, 169
Tramways, American, 370
Tramways, Cardiff, 589
Tramways, Glasgow, 590
Tramways, Newport, 168
Tramways, Rope, in Africa, 457
Tramways at Swansea, 800
Tramways in West England, 835
Trans-Siberian Railway, 389
United States Railroads, 55, 354
United States Railway, 169, 265, 284
United States Railway Management (Accidents),
231
United States, Railway Men in, 306
United States Railway Results, 705
Vale of Glamorgan Railway, 23
Victorian Railways, 60, 210, 456
Waterloo and City Railway, 240
West of England, New Railways in, 704
West Highland Extension Railway, 227
West Highland Railway, Opening, 200
Sewage:
Bracknell Sewerage, 15, 818
Cost of Cleansing Glasgow, 227
Drainage Scheme for Linlithgow, 22
Electric Sanitation Process, Hermite’s. 487
Exeter, 487, 800
Glasgow Sewage Disposal, 324, 670,834
Halifax Sewage, 333
Melbourne, 560
. Melton Mowbray Sewage, 239
Monmouth Sewage Disposal, 56, 168
Nile, 334
Ossett Sewage, 521
Pateley Bridge Sewage, 800
Partick Drainage Scheme, 227
Portishead Drainage, 559, 560, 784 818
Rhyl, 800
San Antonio, 500
Sewage Purification, 767
Shipley Sewage, 423
Stamford System, 421
Wakefield Sewage, 703
Willington Sewage Disposal, 389
West Bridgford Sewerage, 227 705
West Riding Rivers Purification, Shipley
Drainage, 776 1 *
Woking Sewerage, 581
w A See also Naval
American Liners St. Louis” and “ St. Paul,
American Steam Shipping 312
American Whaleback Line 354
Anchors Muirhead’s Stockless, and Lloyd’s
Register, 264
Atlantic Passenger Rate War 77
Atlantic Record, 60 588. See General Index.
“an Ll~V4°Stal A1™*ementS, 325
Bismarck Line (Germany to London), 389
Shipbuilding and Shipping—continued,
British Shipping, 451
Campania, 60, 588. See General Index
Canada Atlantic High-Speed Service, 240, 454
Canada and Liverpool Steamship Record, 274
Clyde Shipbuilding, 22, 55, 168, 200, 324, 388, 422, 454, 520, 559, 588, 606, 639, 670, 705, 737 766,800
“ Columbia ” and “ Alma/’ London and Southwestern Railway Steamers, 517, 564
Denmark’s Ships, 818
Dundee Shipbuilding Contract, 834
Extension of Port Glasgow Shipyard, 670
German Shipbuilding, 354, 609, 852
Greenock Shipbuilding Trade, 200
Holyhead and Dublin Service, 240
Jacksonville to the West Indies Line, 359
Jubilee of Messrs. William Denny and Brothers 670, 834
Khedive’s Yacht, 338
Lifeboats, Collapsible, 800
“ Lucania,” 60, 588. See General Index
Marine Engine Contract, 705
Marseilles Shipping, 293
Mexican Steam Navigation, 214
Montreal and A von mouth, 201
Oil Fuel, 210
P. and O. Steamer “ Caledonia,” 338
Plymouth Shipping, 520
Propeller Shafts, Preservation, 784
Rapid Steaming, 588
Renfrew Shipbuilding Trade, 200
Salving of Ships, 77
Shipbuilding Company in Dundee, New, 264
Shipbuilding in Dundee, 422
South-Eastern Folkestone and Boulogne Service, 60
Statistics, 56
Steam Ferry at Copenhagen, 210
Transatlantic Passengers, 62, 588. See General Index
United States Lake Steamer with Belleville Boilers, 94
Wear Shipbuilding, 55
White Star “ Britannic,” 272
White Star Liner, 750
World’s Steamers, 461
Shipping. See Shipbuilding, &c.
Societies. See Technical, &c., or Trades, <fc.
Strikes. See Trade Societies, &c.
Technical Institutions. Societies. »!tc,:
American Societies’ Publications, 609
Birmingham Association Mechanical Engineers, 54, 495, 609, 737
Birmingham Students, Institution of Civil Engineers, 705, 737
British Association of Gas Engineers, 169
British Institute of Public Health, 152
Chesterfield Institute of Engineers, 56
Chesterfield and Midland Counties Institute of
Engineers, 736
Cleveland Institute of Engineers, 800
Congress of the Sanitary Institute at Liverpool, 389
Derbyshire Metallurgical and Engineering Association, 56
Engineer, How to Make an, 736
Engineering Society, King’s College, 618, 679, 737
Glasgow Building Trades Exchange, 201
Glasgow University Engineering Society, 608
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Scientific Society, 563, 609, 835
Goldsmiths’ Institute Engineering Society, 639
Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 487
Hull and District Institute of Engineers and Naval Architects, 609
Hull and District Institute of Shipbuilders and Engineers, 334
Technical Societies, Ac,-continued. Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers, 487 —
Institute of Junior Engineers, 609, 784 £2*
Institute of Marine Engineers, 487
Institute of Marine Engineers, Cardiff, 671
Institution of Civil Engineers, 746
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 676
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 558, 608, 670, 800
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Summer Meeting, Glasgow), 766
Iron Trade Association Conference, Glasgow, 588
Leeds Association of Engineers, 736
Liverpool Engineering Society, 776
London Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, 92, 776
Manchester Association of Engineers, 767
Naval Architecture Instruction at Dundee, 422
Newcastle Students, Institution of Civil Engineers, 240
North-East Coast Institution of Shipbuilders and Engineers, 521
Royal Institution, Gift to, 24
Royal Scottish Society of Arts, 639, 705
Sanitary Institute, 389
Society of Engineers, 440, 750
South Wales Institute, 560
South Wales Institute of Engineers, 168, 406
Technical Correspondence Agency, 560
University College Engineering Society, 737 West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, 670 Yorkshire College Engineering Society, 767 Yorkshire Students, Institution of Civil Engineers, 639
Telegraphy. See Electricity
Telephony. See Electricity
Trade. See Coal, Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, Electricity, and Industries
Trades Societies. Unions. Strikes. <&c.: Admiralty and Contracts, 465
Admiralty Contracts, 142
Admiralty and Fleet and Dockyard Reserve Men, 401
Amalgamated Railway Servants, 26
American Railway Strike, 26
Australian Labour, 686
Blacklegging, 747
Blacksmiths, Associated, 243, 335
Board of Trade Skilled Labour Report, 278, 399, 531, 684, 811
Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders’ Society, 142, 278, 400, 561, 685
Boot and Shoe Operatives’ Conference, 26
Boot and Shoe Strikes, 620, 716, 747, 779, 813
Brighton Railway Officials, 562
Building Trade Difficulties in London, 620, 652, 779
Cab Strike, London, 26, 143
Cadeby Colliery Strike, End, 703
Carpenters and Joineis, Amalgamated, 243, 368
Chatham Dockyard and Eight-Hours Day, 592
Cleveland Blastfurnacemen and the Eight-Hours Day, 23, 55, 76, 88, 213, 243
Colliery Enginemen Strike, 520, 620 Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, 180 Conciliation Board, North of England, 335 Co-operative Farming, 592
Corporations and Eight-Hours Day, 748
Cotton Industries, Condition of, 368
Cotton Trade, 502
Durham Miners’ Federation, 780
Eight-Hours Day Abroad, 368
Eight-Hours Day at Brunner, Mond, and Co.’s, 502
Elections and Labour Questions, 563
Employes and Trade Agitation, 652
Trades Unions, Strikes, &c. —continued. Engine-Drivers and the Wages Question, 388
Engineers, Amalgamated Society of 88, 242, 368, 532, 651
Engineers and the Eight-Hours Day, 466
English Miners’ Agreement, 142
French Female Workers, 652
Friendly Societies Registrar’s Report, 336
German Social Democrats, 592
Government and Conciliation, 88, 143
Government Eight-Hours Day, 26, 58, 308
Government Employes and Local Boards, 748
Government and Labour Questions (Deputation), 780
Government Workers’ Union, 434
Grayson, Lowood, and Co., and their Miners, 325
Great Western Signalmen’s Hours and Wages, 592
Increase in Wages, 88
Independent Labour, 651
Industrial Situation, Board of Trade Report, 278, 399, 531, 684, 811
Industrial Union of Employers and Employed, 639
Intimidation Law, 620
Iron and Steel Workers’ Association, 620
Ironfounders’ Society, 58, 88, 242, 400, 532, 651, 779
Ironmongers’ Society and Strike, 88, 180, 213, 242, 279, 308. See Letters, 335, 400, 620, 747
Irregularity of Employment, 685
Labour Day in America, 368
Labour D< partment Board of Trade Report, 716
Lancashire Cotton Trades and the Eight-Hours Day, 562, 591
Legal Point as to Strikes, 779, 780
“ Living Wage,” 619, 652
London County Council Employes’ Labour Union, 434
London Industries, 278
London School Board Election and Labour, 716
London Wages, 243
London Workers and the Admiralty, 434
Midland Wages Board, 212, 465
Miners, 88, 180, 212, 325, 336, 368, 388, 420, 435, 455, 502, 559, 562, 589, 606, 637, 638, 717, 748, 800, 813
Miners’ Eight-Hours Bill, 143, 180, 243, 279,
Miners’ Federation and Conciliation, 58, 308, 335
Miners’ Federation and the Scotch Strike, 25
Old Age Pensions and Bridgewater Trustees, 466
Old Age Pensions in Germany, 563
Paris Strikes, 466
Parish Councils and Labour, 779
Parliamentary Topics, 58, 180, 213, 308
Patternmakers’ Dispute at Newcastle, 671. 704, 717, 748
Plymouth Gas Difficulties, 652
Post-Office Telegraph Instrument Factory, 434
Postmen in London, 143
Profit-Sharing, Halle Engine Works, Germany, 240
Railway Servants’ Congress, 501
Railway Servants’ Hours, 592
Railway Workers’ Union, 748
Scotch Miners’ Strike and Effects, 22, 25, 55, 58, 77, 88, 143, 180, 211, 242, 264, 265, 307, 335, 368, 401, 434, 465, 502, 532, 593, 652, 686, 717
Seamen’s and Firemen’s Union, 434
Seamen’s Strike, Cardiff, 502
Shipbuilding, Labour Troubles on North-East Coast, 23, 26
Sliding Scale in North of England, 212, 465, 703, 748
Trades Unions, Strikes, Ac •—continued.
South Wales Strikers in Court, 562
Staveley Iron Works Strike, 520, 559
Steel Smelters, Associated, 179
Stove-Grate Workers’ Strike, Rotherham, 76
Strikes and Local Government Board Settlement, 671
Textile Congress, International, 179
Trades Union Congress, 143, 212, 243, 279, 308,
336, 368, 434, 747
Trades Union Congress, Rules, 716, 780
Unemployed in London, 748
Unemployed and London Boards of Guardians, 620
United States Labour Movement, 57, 88, 143,
180
United States Railway Strikes, 780
Welsh Miners’ Sliding Scale, 465
Welsh Tinplate Difficulties, 716, 748
Women’s “ Wrongs,” 26
Woolwich Arsenal and Living Wage, 592
Yorkshire Colliery-Owners, 75
Yorkshire Miners and Compromise, 75
Tramways. See Uailwa,yt
Tunnelling : Avillo Mountains, 265
Ivanhoe Tunnel in Rocky Mountains, 265
Pyrenees, 650
Simplon Tunnel, 354
Warships. See Naval
Water Supply, Ac,: Alloa Water Supply, 520
Barnsley Water Works, 637
Barry, 589
Birmingham Water Works, Contract for Glas
gow Firm, 588
Cardiff, 422
Chard Water Supply, 354
Colchester, 680
Darton Works, 77
Edinburgh and District Water Supply, 454
Filtering Beds, Cost of, 355
Filtration, 679
Glasgow Pipe Contracts, 77
Gloucester Water Supply, 464
Inverness, 77
Inverness Water Supply, 200
Jerusalem Supply, 423
Kilkenny Water Supply, 355
King’s Lynn, 835
Leicester, 55
Leicester WateF, 454, 639. See General Index
Leicester Water Supply, 521, 609
London County Council and the Water Supply,
London, East, Water Company’s Works, 767
Melbourne Works, 560
Merthyr Supply, 766
New Wentwood, Contract for Glasgow Firm, 55
Newport, 76
Nottingham Supply, 15
Penarth Supply, 589
Pipe Burst, Automatic Air Valve to Prevent
Freezing, 767
Pipe Covering against Freezing, 750
Portish( ad 325
Sand Filtration, Lawrence, Mass., 521
Swansea Water, 521
Torquay, 638
Totnes Supply, 152
Troon, 834
United States, Water Supply in, 559
Water Reservoir Leak, 353
Water Works Appliances, 784
Well-Sinking, Excavation, 767
Wooden Water Mains, 240
Yeovil Supply, 520
Yorkshire Towns, 671
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