The Engineer 1874 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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Abel, Professor, Gun Cotton and Water Shells, 342, 351
Accident on the Midland Railway, 357
Accident, The Norwich, 225. 237, 250, 305
Accidents, Railway, 76, 238.
Accidents in India, 82
Air Pumps and Condensers, Messrs. Sulzer Brothers, 318
Alexander, High-pressure Boilers of S.S., Messrs.
Crighton, Abo, Finland, 374
Alexander and Sons, Messrs , Semi-portable High-pressure Winding Engines for Yale, Gloucestershire, 172, 174
Alexandra Palace, The, 15
Allan, Funeral of Mr. W., 314
Alloying of Iron with Manganese, 24
American Bessemer Works, 94
American Blast Furnace Statistics, 303
American Blast Furnace Yields, 406
American Paper Trade, Growth of the, 161
American Process of Galvanising Iron, 254
Americans as Agricultural Engineers, 220
Aniline Colours, 345
Arthur Woolf, Mr. S. Hocking, C.E., on the Life and Labours of, at the Miners’ Assoc., Cornwall, 379
Artillery, Russian, 410
Association of Foremen Engineers, Leeds, 460
Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, London, 37, 320
Electric Telegraph, Sir David Salomons, 274
Equilibrium Cabins for Passenger Ships, and Equilibrium Turrets for Ironclads, Mr. Black, 37
Improvements in Engines and Boilers, Mr. T. Black, 357
Life Saving Apparatus, Mr. John Banting Rogers, 202
Three-cylinder Continuous Expansion Engine, Mr. J. Steward, 449
Visit to Blackwall Ironworks, 80
Association of Gas Managers, North British Address to Mr. Foulis, 56
Association, Manchester Steam Users’, 185
Inspection of Household Boilers, Mr. Fletcher’s Report, 316
Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors, 155, 212
Association for the Supervision of Steam Boilers in Belgium, 9
Aveling and Porter, Messrs., Steam Plough Travelling Van, 99, 100
Bailey and Co., Messrs., Feed Valve, 3
Balloon Experiments, Military, 81, 93
Balloon, M. Menier’s Hot Air, 217
Balloons, 240
Barnsley Sewerage Scheme, 339
Barrow-in-Furness, 161, 384
Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Works, 183, 211
Battery, The Stevens, 170, 209
Bearings, Dr. Kiinzel’s Combined Phosphor Bronze and Soft Metal, 1
Belfast Gasworks, Improvements in, 354
Belfast Strike, Close of the, 176
Belgian Competition, 360, 370
Belts or Straps as Communicators of Work, Professor Osborne Reynolds on the Efficiency of, 396
Bement and Sons, Messrs. W. B., Radial Drilling • Machine, 374
Bennett, Mr. W., Standpipe, 354
Berry and Sons, Messrs. F., Plate and Scrap Shearing Machine, 221
Berry and Sons, Messrs. F., Wall Planing Machine, 391
Bessemer Channel Steamer, The, 253, 269, 284
Bessemer, Launch of the, 255
Beverley Iron and Wagon Company, Boiler Fittings for Portable Engines, 105
Blackburn Boiler Explosion, 30, 31, 98, 135, 160
Black Drop, its Cause and Remedy in Transit Observations, 211, 222, 356, 393, 448
Blackleading Iron, 152
Blasting with Gunpowder Fired by Electricity, 410
Blower, Root’s Patent, 116
Blowers, Rotary, 97
Boat Lowering Apparatus, Folkard’s, 410
Boiler Experiment, Contemplated, 23
Boiler Explosion near Abcrdare, 334
Boiler Explosion, The Blackburn, 30, 31, 98, 135, 160
Boiler Explosion at Leeds, 370
Boiler Fittings for Poitable Engines, Beverley Iron and Wagon Company, 105
Boiler Inspection in the United States, 226
Boiler, Mr. Kesterton’s High-pressure, 220
Boiler, 20-H.P. Messenger, Messrs. Verey and Lange, 267
Boiler, Robey's Patent, 98,160
Boiler Setting, 325
Boilers, Household, 338, 428, 448
Boilers, Inspection of Household, 316
Boilers of the Ly-ee-Moon, 310—(See Working Drawing October 23rd)
Boilers for Steam Tramway Purposes, Mr. L. J. Todd’s Accumulator, 105
Boilers, Strength of, 185
Bolton Strike, The, 236
Bolt and Stud End Cutter, Mr. Nelson, 267
Boulogne Harbour, 422
Bourne and Co., Messrs. John, Vertical Planing
Machine, Chinese Government, 97
Bowling Iron Company, 238
Bremme, Mr. G., Elastic Wheel for Traction Engines,
Bridge ever the Allier at Vichy, M. RadoutDelafosse, 263, 266, 274, 290
Bridge over the Mississippi, Railway, 254
Bridge over the Reuss at Lucerne, MM. Cuenod and Gaudard, 336, 340, 344
Bridges, American versus English, 55
Britannic, of the White Star Line, The, 49
Bbitish Association, The, Belfast, 127, 147, 167
Address of President Dr. John Tyndall, F.R.S., D C.L., LL.D.. &c., 148
Address of Professor Thomson, President of Mechanical Section, Section G, 167
Coal Mining in Italy, Mr. P. Le Neve Foster, Jun., C.E., Section G, 169
Instruments for Measuring Speed of Ships, Mr. Fronde, 186
Isometrical Drawing, Mr. George Fawcns, Section G, 192
Prevention of the Inundations of Navigable Rivets, Mr. James Lynam, C.E., 273
Report of the Committee on Siemens’ Electrical Pyrometer, 256
Screw Lowering Apparatus, Mr. E. J. Harland, Section G, 169
Volcanic Phenomena of County Antrim and adjoining Districts, Professor Edward Hall, M.A., F.R.8., &c., President of Geological Section, 154
Water Power of the Upper Bann, Mr. John Smyth, A.M., M.I.C.E., Section G, 177
Brock, Mr., Loading Safety Valves by direct Springs* 409
Burleigh, Mr., Rotary Switch Lever, 6
Burning of the Liverpool Landing Stage, 99, 111, 114, 115, 127, 132, 160, 211
Bursting an Experimental Boiler by Hydraulic Pressure, 226
California-built Marine Engine, 162
Calender, Messrs. Urquhart, Lindsay, and Co.’s Hydraulic, 845
Canal, The Interocoanic, 11
Canal Workin Italy, by P. Le Neve Foster jun , C.E 319, 324, 358, 361, 405, 408, 42b, 434, 441, 446, 455,
Capital and Labour, Mr. C. Stewart Drewry, On the
Relation between, 396, 434
Carmarthen Sewerage, 4
Carriages, Lighting Railway, 12, 52
Castalia, The, 196, 281, 304. 320 . 1Zi
Castings in Iron are Accurate Copies of the Mould,
Mr. Robt. Mallet, C E., &c., On the Real Reasons
Why, 197
Cast Iron, The Break of, 269
Cast Iron and the Phenomena of the Crane Ladle,
Mr. R. Mallet, C.E.. &c., On the Dilatation of, 231
Chronograph, Lieut. H. Watkin, R.A., 333
Chronographs. 393 .
Church, Mr.. Metallic Piston Rod Packing, 318
Clapp, Mr. W. J., Coal-cutting Machine. 22
Clark M.I.C.E., Mr. Edwin, Harbour Works m
Callao Bay, Peru, 96, 104, 106, 115, 118
Cleveland Iron Trade in 1874, 467
Cloth, Raising, Giacomim s Patent Gig for, 383
Clyde Shipbuilding Trade, 49
Coal-burning Locomotives in the South, 399
Coal in Colorado, 232
Coal-cutting, Mr. W. J. Clapp, 220
Coal-cutting Machine Trials, 156
Coaldust as Fuel, 202
Coal Elevator, Hunt’s, 153
Coal in India, 185
Cohesion and Crushing, 461
Colosseum, The New York. 273
Comber, Mr. W. A., Wrenches and Spanners, 1 < 0
Comet, The New, 29
Comet and the Weather, The, 99
Condensers, Steam Pump, 327, 338, 356, 376
Condensers without Air Pumps, 9
Constant and Intermittent Water Supply, 297
Coppee, M., Coke Ovens, 300
Cornwall, Boiler Explosions in, 451
Coriosion, Railway Bar, 326
Costin, Capt., The New Wimbledon Rifle Target, 301
Couches, Improvements in, 392
Couplings, Friction, 393
Crane at Glasgow Harbour, Messrs. J. Taylor and
Co.’s 60-Ton. 321
Cresson, Mr. G. W., 'Movable Pulleys, 352
Crichton, Messrs., Compounded Engines of S.S.
Alexander, 354, 355
Crichton, AbdJFinland, Messrs., High-pressure Boilers of S.S. Alexander, 374
Crossing the Channel, 392
Crown, Contracts of the, 396
Crystal Palace Engineering School, 140
Cuenod and Gaudard, MM., Bridge over the Reuss, at
Lucerne, 336. 340, 344
Cupola at the Polytechnic School, Angers, 186
Curves for Sidings, 30
Cylinders, Condensation in Steam, 231
Cylinders, Corroded, 222, 250, 269, 284
Czarevna, Launch of the, 185, 201
Dale, Messrs. J. and T, Compound Surface Condensing Engines 20-H.P. S.S. Black Watch, 268, 270
Dangerous Superheater, 449
Darlington Ironworks, 208
Darlington Rolling Mill Engine, 203, 206
Darlington Notice Case, 431
Delafosse, M. Radout, Bridge over the Allier at
Vichy, 263, 266, 274, 290
Dennis, Messrs., Stop Valve, 3
Denton, C. E. J. Bailey, On Disposal of Sewage oi
Towns, Villages, &c., Social Science Congress, 321
Determination of Longitude by Telegraph in Connection with the Transit of Venus, 245
Diamond Drill. The, Mr, A. Bassett, Institute of Civil
Engineers, 130,135
Diggers, Steam, 356
Disintegrator, Mr. Greenhill’s, 470
Donald and Atkey, Messrs., Machine Tool, L0
Dovetailer, The Hamilton, 282
Drawings and Tracings, On Mounting, 453
Drewry, Mr. C. Stewart, On the Relation between
Capital and Labour, 396, 434
Drill for Messrs. Marshall and Sons, Messrs. Gregson,
Brown, and Son’s Radial, 47 ,
Drilling Machine, Messrs. W. B. Bement and Sons
Radial, 374 .
Drilling Machine, Messrs. Lowry and Co. s itaaiai, 283
Drum Guards, 135
Dutch South-Eastern Company, 196
Dynamite, New Application of, 321
Dynamo Electric Machine, Siemens’, 52
Eastbourne, Siege Experiments at, 360, 369, 385, 441 461
Economy of Fuel in Furnaces, 2o
Egyptian Railways, 161
Elce and Arundel, Messrs., Roving Frames, 248
Engine, California-built Marine, 162
Engine at Clay Cross Colliery, 84in. Cornish, Butter-lev Iron Co., Mr. Howe, 224. 227, 234, 236. 281 286
Engine at Darlington Ironworks, Rolling Mill, 203, 206 Engine Fittings, Portable, 160 _ __ .
Engine, General Engine and Boiler Co.’s 8-H.P. Horizontal, 468, 472 . n
Engine, Messrs. Hathorn, Davis, Campbell, and
Davey’s Compound, 6, 10
Engine, Messrs. Hurd and Simpson s Locomotive 153
Engine Mr. E. D. Leavitt’s Compound Rotative
Pumping, Lynn, Mass., U.S., Messrs. J. P. Morris, Engineers, 450, 453, 454, 455 ,
Engine, Mr. Robertshaw’s Hydraulic Press Pumping, 390
Engine for Steep Gradients, Mr. H. Handysidc’s Loco-
Engine, Messrs. Thwaites and Carbutt’s Twin Crank Direct-acting, 50
Engine for Working Tramways, Mr. Leonard J. lodd, 70, 71
Engineeiing in Odessa, 51
Engineering School at the Crystal Palace, 140
Engineers in India, 417 . ,
Engines of S.S. Alexander, Messrs. Crichtons Compound, 354, 355
Engines in America, Pumping, 222
Engines of S.S. Black Watch, Messrs. J. and 1.
Dales’ Compound Surface Condensing, 20-H.P., 2bb, 270
Engines, Mr. G. Bremme’s Elastic Wheel for Traction, 24
Engines, Carbonic Acid Gas. 175
Engines, Compound, 283, 308, 326, 3u8, 3o6, 376, 393, 409,428,478 . , __
Engines, Compound, versus Simple, 172
Engines, Mr. J. A. Henderson, M. E., On the Theory of Aero Steam, 141, 288
Engines for her Majesty’s Government, 2a0
Engines, Launch, 12 • mr
Engines, Limit of Useful Expansion of Steam in, 110, 135
Engines, Low-pressure, 137
Engines of the Ly-ee-Moon, 239, 249, 2o2, 256
Engines, Marine, 191, 207
Engines, Rotary, 478
Engines, Tottenham Pumping, 338, 356, 410
Engines for Yale, Gloucestershire, Messrs. Alexander and Son’s Semi-Portable High-pressure, Winding, 172, 174
Ericsson Pneumatic Torpedo, 468
i Esscndine Junction, Great Northern Railway, Gasworks and Pump-house, 190, 241
Essendine Station Gasworks, 250 Tnwors and
Evans, C.E., Mr. C. A., On the Stability of Towers ana
Chimneys. 231
Exhibition, Chilian International, 449
Exhibition at Manchester of Appliances fot tl e
Economy of Labour, 449
Explosives, Legislation on, 263, 29S
Extension Works of the East London Railway, 41 (
Extinguishing Fires in Mines, 15
Federal Polytechnic School, 391
Ferrara Waterworks, 349
Ferro-Manganese, 232
Ferryhill Ironworks, 102
Fire Engine Competition at Antwerp, 321
Fireplaces, Domestic, 473 ,
Fletcher, Mr. E., Bogie Tank Locomotive, isorth-
Eastern Railway, Messrs. Neilson and Co., Engineers, 282
Flour Mills, Messrs. Tod and Co., Glasgow, 4
Fog Gun, Major Maitland, R.A., 470
Folkard’s Boat-lowering Apparatus. 410
Foot Bridge, New-street Station, Birmingham, Mr. S.
Woodall, 321, 322 , w .
Foster, jun., C.E.. Mr. P. le Neve, on Canal Works in Italy, 319, 324, 358, 361, 405, 408, 426, 434, 441, 446, 455, 463
French Coal Commission, 425
Fuel, Combustion of Powdered, 341
Fuel, Locomotive, 138, 254
Funeral of Mr. W. Allan, 314
Furnace Statistics, American Blast, 303
Furnace Yields, American Blast, 406
Furnaces, Blast, 376
Furnaces, Construction of, 8, 31
Furness and Co., Messrs.,’-Trying-up and Four-Cutter
Planing and Moulding Machine, 202
Gas in America, Price of, 4
Gas, Durability of Illuminating, 52
Gases, Expansion of, 191
Gas Profits, 225
Gas Question in tho Metropolis, 119
Gasworks and Pump-house, Great Northern Railway, Essendino Junction, 190
Gauge, Messrs. I. Storey and Sons’ Magnetic Water, 202
General Engine and Boiler Company, 8-H.P. Horizontal Engine, 468, 472
Geometry, Modern, 120
German Artillery, 185, 281, 425
Giacomini's Patent Gig for Raising Cloth, 383
Girders, Economical Limits to the Use of Rolled, 287
Glass, Siemens’ Proccss.in the Manufacture of, 244
Governor, Marine, 250
Grammar of Ornament. The, 264
Gramme’s Electric Machines, 476
Grantham Sewage, 327
Greenhill, Mr., Disintegrator, 470 .
Gregson, Brown, and Son, Messrs., Radial Drill for
Messrs. Marshall and Sons, 47
Greig and Eyth, Messrs., Wire Rope Tug for Canal Navigation, Messrs. Fowler and Co., 136
Gun Cotton and Water Shells, Professor Abel, 342, 351
Gun Manufacturers in India, Native, 47
Gunpowder, 271
Gunpowder, Carriage of, 327
Gunpowder, Dangerous Conveyance of, 273
Hall, Mr. Robt., 20ft. Loom for Weaving Woollen Felt, 3
Hamilton Dovetailer, The, 282
Handyside and Co.. Messrs., 313
Handy side, C.E., Mr. H., Locomotive Engines for
Steep Gradients, 210
Harbour Works in Callao Bay, Peru, Mr. Edwin Clark, M.I.C.E., 96, 101, 106, 115, 118
Harbour for Madras, Proposed New, 415
Hathorn, Davis, Campbell, and Davey, Messrs., Compound Engine, 6, 10
Hawkshaw’s Visit to Brazil, Sir John, 425
Heat, Economy in the Production and Use of, 98, 116, 160, 240, 307
Heaters, Feed-water, 79, 97
Henderson, M.E., Mr. J. A., On the Theory of Aero
Steam Engines, 141, 288
Henderson Process, The, 320
Herculaneum, Discovery of Silver Bust at, 422
Hiring in the Iron Trade, Proposed New Rules of, 414
Holborn Viaduct Station, Mr. W. Mills, C.E., 4, 7, 28,
29, 140
Holiday Question at Ironworks, 337
Hopper Dredger, St. Lawrence, Trial Trip of, 452
Howe, Mr. W., 84in. Engine, Clay Cross, Details of
Pumps, 281. 286
Howe, Mr. W., 84in. Cornish Engine, at Clay Cross Colliery, Butterley Iron Co., 224, 227, 234, 236
Hunt’s Coal Elevator, 153
Hurd and Simpson, Messrs., Engines, 153
Hydraulic Engineering Company, Limited, 9
Hydraulic Tests for Chain Cables, 110
Hydro-Thermic Motor, Signor F. Tommasi, 221
Increase of Third-class Fares, 273
Independents, The, 138
Independcncia, The, Launch of, 230
India, The Future Port of, 253
Indian Civil Engineering College, 50
Indian Railways, 72, 372
Indicators, Revolution, 185 •
Inspectors of Mines, Reports of, 69
Institute, The Iron and Steel, 69,172,176, 183
American Rolling Mills, Mr. Holley, 200
Crampton’s Revolving Furnace and its Products, Mr. T. R. Crampton, 235
Geology of the West Coast Iron Ore Districts, Mr.
P. Wilrzburger, 184
Latest Improvements in Appliances for Manufacture of Bessemer Steel, Mr. Walker, 201, 218
New Foundry Wagon Drop for Blast Furnaces, Mr.
T. Wrightson. 201
Rampside Boring, The, Mr, Alex. Brogden, 197
Setting Bessemer Converter Bottoms, Mr. Holley, 199
Valves suitable for Working Hydraulic Machinery, Mr. R. Lu thy, 221
Institute on Mechanical Engineers, 314, 341, 357
Bute Docks and Mechanical Arrangement for
Shipping Coal, Mr. McConnochie, 112
Diamond Boring Machine, Mr. Alex. Garrett, 113
Pumping Machinery for Emptyingthe Dry Docks at
Chatham and Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Rennie, 113
South Wales Coalfield, Mr. Forster Brown, 113
Institute of Mining, Civil, and Mechanical Engineers, The South Midland
Colliery Locomotives, Mr. James T. Tatlow, 316 Institute of Mining Engineers, The American : —
Coking Coals under Pressure, Mr. E. T. Cox, State Geologist, 246
Iron and Steel Rails, Mr. J. B. Pearce, 60
Midlothian Colliery, Virginia, Mr. Oswald J. Heinrich, M.E., 48
Smelting of Argentiferous Lead Ores in Nevada, Utah, and Montana, Messrs. O. F. Hahn, Aubon Eilers, and Dr. R. W. Raymond, 76
Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 113
Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, The North Staffordshire
• Excursion to Hyde Junction Engineering Works, 251 Institute of Mining Engineers, South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire
Visit to Barrow-in-Furness, 69
Institution of Civil Engineers, 339, 4102
Diamond Drill, Mr. A. Bassett, 130
Institution of Civil Engineers (continued):—
Extension of the South Jetty at Kustendjie, .Turkey,
Mr. G. Lenton Rolt, 479
List of Premiums and Prizes. 21, 188
Nagpur Waterworks, The, &c., Mr. Alexander R.
Binnie, M.I,C.E., 379
Pennsylvania Railway, &c., Messrs. Charles D. and
Francis Fox, M.I.C.E., 392
South Breakwater at Aberdeen, Mr. William Dyce
Clay, M.I.C.E., 479
Institution on Engineers, The Cleveland, 350, 357,
ivx
Future of Engineering, Mr. T. Wrightson, 357
Institution of Naval Architects, 226
Institution, The Royal Polytechnic, 339
Coal Gas, Lectures by Professor Gardiner, 339
International Exhibition, Kensington, Close of, 187
International Exhibition, The London, 250, 281
Ireland, Railway Extension in, 363
Iron, American Pig, 201
Iron, American Process of Galvanising, 254
Ironclads for Sale, 256
Iron. Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton. <fcc , 19, 41, 63, 91, 109, 125, 145, 165, 181, 195, 215, 229, 243, 261, 277, 295, 313, 331, 319, 367, 383, 403, 42], 439, 459, 483
Iron and Coal of New South Wales, 69
Iron, Floating Cast, 52, 135
Iron Industry in Turkey, 192, 417
Iron Interests in the United States, 456
Iron with Manganese, Alloying, 21
Iron Mines, Extraordinary, 316
Iron with Natural Gas, Making, 6
Iron, New Zealand, 212
Ironstone Mining in Cleveland, Mr, A. L. Stevenson, 219 ’
Iron Trade, Depression of, 448
Iron Trade, United States, 166, 169
Ironworks, The Ferryhill, 102
Isherwood, Chief Engineer, U.S. Navy, Method of Ascertaining what Portion of the Feed-water Admitted to a Boiler is Entrained in the form of Spray by the Escaping Steam, 363
Jack, Hydraulic, 477
Jackson, Mr. F, W., Mortar Mill, 283
Kahlenberg Rack Railway, 337
Kesterton, Mr., High-pressure Boiler, 220
Kttnzel, Dr., Combined Phosphor Bronze and Soft
Metal Bearings, 1
Labour Laws, Royal Commission on, 374
Lamocks Lighthouse, Formosa Strait, China, 392
Lamps, Improved Railway, 59
Lamplighter, MM. Baumcister, and Eller’s Automatic, 352
Land, Clearing, 80
Leading Articles:—
American v, English Bridges, 55
Armament of Unarmoured Ships, 359
Belgian Competition, 360
Bessemer Channel Steamer, The, 253
Boiler Explosions in Cornwall. 451
Carbonic Acid Gas Engines, 175
Channel Tunnel, The, 137
Combustion of Powdered Fuel, 341
Condensation in Steam Cylinders, 237
Contracts of the Crown, 396
Cutting Steel Rails Cold. 378
Darlington Ironworks, The, 208
Darlington Notice Case, The, 431
Decrepitude of Temple Bar, 119
Disposal of Sewage, 287
Domestic Fireplaces, 473
Economical Limits to the Use of Rolled Girders, 287
Education of Agricultural Engineers, 34
Expansion of Gases, 191
Feed Water Heaters, 79
Future Port of India, The, 253
Gas Profits, 225
Gas Question in the Metropolis, 119
Gunpowder, 271
High-pressure Steam, 33
Independencia, The, 137
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 341
Interoceanic Canal, The, 11
Iron Piers, 451
Iron and Steel Institute, 176
Lax Use of Terms in Science, 157
Legislation for the London Gas Supply, 431
Lighting Railway Carriages, 12
Long Railway Runs, 157
Loss of Pressure in Steam Pipes, 359
Low-pressure Engines, 137
Marine Engines, 185, 207
Mechanical Puddling, 305
Metropolitan Railway Rolling Stock, 11
Midland Railway, The, 395
Norwich Accident, The, 225, 237, 305
Oberon Experiments, 177, 271
Patent Law, 473
Prevention of Smoke at Sea, 377
Professor Tyndall's Address, 175
Proposed New Rules of Hiring in the Iron Trade /IX
Railway Girders for the Metre Gauge, 207
Razors, 288
Safety Valves, 413
Sanitary Progress, 101
Sewage Difficulties, 377
Sewage Farms, 33
Sewage Standard, The, 79 • . J
Spontaneous Combustion, 101.
Stoke Hole Temperatures, 395
Street Tramways, 323
Suez Canal, The, 55
Temple Bar, 272, 414
Transit of Venus. 474.
Warner Process, The, 323
Leavitt, Mr. E. D., Compound Rotative Pumping Engine, Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., Messrs. J. P. Morris, Engineers, 450, 453, 454, 455
Legal Intelligence :—
Barlow v. the Public Works Construction Company, 37
Laidlaw v. the Hastings Pier Company. 411
Re Henry’s Patent Prolongation. 343, 352
Re Lancaster’s Patent. 172
Salvin v. the North Brancepeth Coal Company, 87
Legislation on Explosions, 263, 298
Letters to the Editor
Asbestos Packing, H. A. O. Mackenzie, 284
Asbestos Packing, Henry Smith, 269
Balloons, B. Biandao, 240
Barrow Steel Worke, Bar row Shipbuilding Company (Limited), 211
Bessemer, The, C., 269
Bessemer, The, James Lyall, 284
Bituminous Deposits of the Valley of the Pescara* R. Carter Moffatt, 428, 478
Blackburn Boiler Explosion, Henry Hiller, 31 Blackburn Explosion, H. MacColl, 98. 160 .
Blackburn Boiler Explosion, William Wolverton, 30, 135
Blast Furnaces, W. Robson, 376
Boiler Setting, Henry Hiller, 325
“ Break” of Cast Iron, W. J. M., 269
Broadcast Manure Distributors, Your Correspondent, 185
Broadcast Manure Distributors, Thomas Chambers,-116
Carriage of Gunpowder, F. N. C., 327
Castalia, The, J. B., 309
Letters to the Editor (continued):—
Casting Steam Pipes. J. A., 410
Chilian International Exhibition, Juan E. Walker, 449
Chronographs, Pe.ter Conti, 393
Clearing Land, Charles Louis Hett, 80
Compound Engines, Arques, 283, 326, 356
Compound Engines, C. J., 409
Compound Engines, E., 478
Compound Engines, Bey wood, 338
Compound Engines, H. 0., 308, 338, 376
Compound Engines, J. B. J., 308
Compound Engines, J. E., 327
Compound Engines, J. T., 393
Compound Engines, Lancashire, 409
Compound Engines, Rufus, 309
Compound Engines, W. G., 428
Compound Engines, X., 283, 326, 376
Compound Engines, Y, 326
Construction of Furnaces, Arthur Barff, 31
Construction of Furnaces, John Watson, 31
Corroded Cylinders, Percy Gow, 284
Corroded Cylinders, A Ten Years’ Reader, 222, 269
Corrosion in Steam Cylinders, Stephen Watkins, 250, 269
Curves for Sidings. James S. Tate, C.E.. 30
Depression in the Iron Trade, Arthur Warner, 448
Diamond Drill, Alex. Bassett. C.E.. 135
Diamond Rock-boring, R. Allison, 309
Diamond Rock-boring,* Blumer Brothers, 250
Diamond Rock-boring, District Agent, 309
Diamond Rock-boring, Edmund Hann, 269
Diamond Rock Drill, Charles P. Hendy, 284
Diamond Rock Drills, Edwin J. Honeychurch, 393
Diamond Rock-boring, M. Gcoffry Morgan, 250
Diamond Rock-boring, R. S. L., 241
Driving Trade out of the Country, E. Hamer Carbutt, 428
Drum Guards, Corbett and Peele, 135
Durability of Illuminating Gas, F. Churton, 52
Economy in Heat, Professor Hofmann’s Account of the Atmopyre, D. O. Edwards, 240
Economy in the Production and Use of Heat, D. O.
Edwards. M.D.. 98, 116, 160, 307
Elastic Engine Wheels, H. S. O. Mackenzie, Assoc.
I.C.E., 52
Essendine Station, J. F. B. Porter, 240
Extracting Roots, G. J. G., 410
Extracting Roots, Arthur Tupman, 428
Eye in Transit Observations, C. Bruce Allen, 356, 448
Fastening Tires, J. R., 97
Feed-water Heater, Joseph Twibill, 97
Floating Cast Iron, L. IL, 135
Floating Cast Iron, W. Worby B., 13, 52
Fixed Stars as seen through Minute Apertures—The
Light Drop, C. B. A., 268
Friction Couplings, W. S. Hall, 393
Gasworks at Essendine Station, Geo. Bower, 250
Heaton’s Steel, J. Heaton, 356
Household Boilers, Thos. Holt, 338, 448
Household Boilers, Isaac Storey and Sons, 428
Howe’s Valve Gear, Ph. Roux, 99
Initial Pressure, C.» 135, 478
Institute of Mechanical Engineers, M. I. M. E., 357
Launch Engines, Farmer, 12
Lifeboats, Edward Jackson, 99
Lighting Railway Carriages, J. Biggs, 52
Lighting Railway Carriages and Tram-cars with Gas, Geo. Bower, 211
Lighting Railway Carriages and Tram-cars, Hyat Duckham, 185
Lighting of Railway Carriages, John Waugh, 241
Limits of Useful Expansion in Engines, D. K.
Clark. 116
Limit of Useful Expansion in Engines, Crank, 135
Liverpool Landing Stage, Fred. Campion, 160
Liverpool Landing Stage, Joseph Simpson,’ Engineer, 211
Locomotive Telegraphs, Philip Braham, 250
Loss of Pressure in Steam Pipes, C., 428
Loss of Pressure in Steam Pipes, B. T. McKay, 393
Marine Governor, H. Harrison, 250
Marksmen in the Navy, Arma Virumque Cano, 284
Mechanical Puddling, W. Corbett, 338, 448
Mechanical Puddling, Perry F. Nursey, 327
Mechanical Puddling, Adam Spencer, 308, 327, 357
Mending Broken Screw Shafts, W. G., 338
Midland Railway, The, A., 410
New Mint, A, M. E., 31
New .Zealand Iron, Jas. Major, 212
Norwich Accident, Charles Fairholme, 250
Notes on the Black Drop, its Cause and Remedy in Transit Observations, C. Bruce Allen, 211
Notes on the Black Drop, its Cause and Remedy in
Transit Observations, Geo. M. Seabrook, 222, 396
Outflow of Steam, Thomas Baldwin, 448
Outflow of Steam, Robert Napier, 478
Pease’s New Mill at Darlington, Y., 427
Polysphenic Ship, The, Thomas B. Daft, 80
Polysphenic Ship, Charles Meade Ramus, 116
Portable Engine Fittings, Draughtsman, 160
Prevention of Smoke, C. D., 410
Priming, Robert Johnson, 478
Priming, Alexander Smith, 478
Priming, W .C. P., 376
Priming, Y., 410
Pumping Engines in America, James H. Harlow, 222
Pumps, Aquarius, 30, 52
Railway Bar Corrosion, Robert Mallet, 327
Railway Signals, J. Whiteman, 308
Revolution Indicators, Fair Play, 185
Revolution Indicators, Juvenis ab Urbe, 393
Robey’s Patent Boiler, J. Richardson, 160
Robey’s Patent Boiler, Thos. Wilkins, 98
Root’s Patent Blower, Thwaites and Carbutt, 116
Rotary Blowers, Ironfounder, 97
Rotary Engines, Reciprocator, 478
Rotary Puddling, Dogbery, 393
Roving Frames. A. Z., 269
Roving Frames, W. M.. 325
Safety Valves, Robert Martin, 478
Safety Valves, John W. Melling, 448
Sewage of Grantham, J. Hille, 327
Shannon Improvement Scheme, Shannonside, 80, 98, 211
Siemens’ Dynamo-electric Machine. G. R., 52
Steam Diggers ,Hetherington and Parker, 356
Steam Pump Condensers, John C. Fell, 327, 356 376
Steam Pump Condensers, Q., 356
Steam Pump Condensers, M. Silvester, 338
Steam Pump Condensers, Tangye Bros, and Holman, 338
Steam Pump Condensers, J. Thompson, 338
Steam Pump Condensers, G., 856
Tottenham Pumping Engines, J. W. Couchman, 338
Tottenham Pumping Engines, C. E. Horner, 356
Tottenham Pumping Engine, Alfred Phillips, 410
Tottenham Pumping Engines, Whieldon and Cooke, 356
Tramways, Geo. T. Yuli, 428
Trial of Patent Cases, William Spence, Assoc. Inst.
C,E., 12, 80, 222
Warner Process, The, J. Knox Clifford, 339
Warner Process, Arthur Warner, 339, 357
Water Supply, A Liverpool Houseowner, 338
Liffey, Purification of the, 155
Lifeboats, 99
Lifeboats, Mr. C. Beloe on, 13
Life-raft, Mr. Roper, 141
Light-draught Steamers, 273
“ Light Drop” Fixed Stars as Seen through Minute Apertures, 268
Lincolnshire Agricultural Show, Grantham, 93
Literature
Clocks, Watches, and Bells, Sir Edmund Beckett, late E. B. Denison, LL.D., L.C., F.R.A.S., <fcc., 147
Complete Measurer, The, Richard Horton, 147
Elements of Metallurgy, J. Arthur Phillips, M. Inst. C.E., 452
History of the American Ambulance Established in
Paris in the Siege of 1870-71, T, W. Evans, M.D.’ Ph.D., 43
Horizontal Wells, J. Lucas, 167
Instructions on Modern Bridge Building, G. B. N. Tower, 167
Iron and Timber Railway Superstructures and General Works, J. W. Grover, M. Inst. C.E , 272
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Manual of Metallurgy, W. H. Greenwood, F.C.S., 147
Metallurgy of Iron, &c., II. Bauerman, F.G.S., 147
Military Carriages and other Manufactures of the Royal Carriage Department, Captain W. Kemmis, 306
Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom for 1873, Robert Hunt, F.R.S., 432
Moon Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, The, J. Nasmyth, C.E., and J. Carpenter, F.R.A.S., 217
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Short Logarithmic and other Tables, E. and F. N. Spon, 272
Theory of Arches, W. Allan, 272
Transactions of the Society of Engineers for 1872, E. and F. N. Spon, 351
Liverpool Landing Stage, Burning of, 99, 111, 114,115, 127, 132, 160, 211
Loading Safety Valves by Direct Springs, Mr. Brock, 409
Locomotive Engine Building in the United States, 49
Locomotive Fuel, 138, 254
Locomotive, North-Eastera Railway, Mr. E. Fletcher’s Bogie Tank, Messrs. Neilson and Co., Engineers, 282
Locomotives, Mountain, 203
London Gas Supply, Legislation for the, 431
Loom, Lyall Positive Motion Wire Cloth, 469
Loom for- Weaving Woollen Felt, Mr. Robert Hall, 3
Lowry and Co., Messrs , Radial Drilling Machine, 283
Lyall, Mr., Positive Motion Wire-cloth Loom, 469
Ly-ee-Moon, Boilers of the, 310—(Sec Working Drawing, Oct. 23rd)
Ly-ee-Moon, Trial Trip of, 192. Engines of, 239. 249, 252, 256
Lynde, Mr. J. H., Tramway, 83
Machinery Exhibitions at Manchester, 378
Maidenhead Waterworks, 449
Mallet, C.E., F.R.S., Mr. R., Dilatation of Cast Iron and the Phenomena of the Crane Ladle, 231
Mallet, C.E., F.R.S., Mr. R., on Real Reasons why Castings in Iron are Accurate Copies of the Mould, 197
Manganese Pig Iron, 392
Manure Distributors, Broadcast, 116, 185
Manure Wharf, The Salford, 273 »
Markets, Metals, Oils, Timber, &c—(See last page of each number)
Markfield and Bardon Granite Quarries, 371, 375
Marine Engineers’ Agency, 417
Martyr to Science, 281
Marsden’s Combined Stonebreaker and Engine, 152
Menier, M., Hot-air Balloon, 217
Metre Gauge, Railway Girders for the, 207
Metric System in our Workshops, 25
Metropolitan Buildings and Management, 80
Metropolitan Railway, Smoking Carriages on the, 185 Metropolitan Railway, Ventilation of the, 94
Metropolitan Water Companies and Constant Supply,
155 »
Midlothian Colliery, Virginia, 48
Military Balloon Experiments, 81, 93
Miller, Mr. B., Self-acting Punching, Shearing, Platecutting, and Planing Machine, 304, 309
Mills, C.E., Mr. W., Holborn Viaduct Station, 4, 7, 28, 29, 140
Miners’ Strike in Scotland, 269
Mines and Mining Accidents, 433
Mining, Deep, 468
Mining in Russia, 443
Mint, A New, 31
Miscellanea, 5, 27, 53, 73, 95, 117, 131, 159, 173, 189, 223, 233, 247, 265, 285, 299, 317, 335, 353, 373, 389, 407, 429, 445, 471
Mormon Engineering, 246
Mortar Mill, Mr. F. W. Jackson’s, 283
Mountain Locomotives, 203
Mounting Drawings and Tracings, 453
Narbonne, Projected Port at, 268, 298
Native Railway Engineers for India, 251
Navies of Europe, 238
Navy, Marksmen in the, 284
Nelson, Mr., Bolt and Stud End Cutter, 267
Newcastle Chemical Society—Address of President Mr. Pattison, 388
New Factory Act, 417
New Law for the Registration of Trade Marks in Germany, 449
New Rifle for France, 4
New York Harbours, 172
New York Plumbers, 232
Nominal Horse Power, Messrs. Vaughan, Richardson, and Co.’s Scale of, 26
Non-conducting Coatings for Steam Boilers, 262
North of England, 19, 42, 63, 91, 109, 126, 146, 166, 182, 196, 216, 230, 244, 262, 278, 296, 314, 331, 349, 368, 383, 404, 421, 440, 459, 484
Notes from Lancashire, 20, 41, 63, 91, 109, 125, 145, 165, 181, 195, 216, 230, 262, 278, 313, 331, 349, 367, 383, 403, 421, 439, 459
Notes and Memoranda, 5, 27, 53, 73, 95, 117, 131, 159, 173, 189, 205, 223, 233, 247, 265; 285, 299, 317, 335, 353, 373, 389, 407, 429, 445, 471
Notes from Paris, 406
Notes from Scotland, 20, 41, 64, 91, 110, 126, 146, 182, 196, 230, 244, 262, 278, 295, 314, 332, 350, 367, 384, 404, 421, 439, 460, 483
Notes from the West Coast of South America, 2
Notices to Correspondents, 11, 33, 55, 79, 101, 119, 137, 157, 175, 191, 207, 225, 237, 253, 271, 287, 305, 323, 341, 359, 377, 395, 413, 431, 451, 473
Oberon Torpedo Attack, Stokes Bay, 133, 152, 176, 185, 232, 271
Obituary
Anderson, F.R.S.E., Dr. Thomas, 368
Benson, Sir John, 313
Boyer, M. Pierre, 428
Brown, Mr. George, 250 ~
Fairbairn, Sir W., 154, 172
Grantham, M.I.C.E., Mr. J., 80
Laird, Mr. John, 343
Logan, C.E., Mr., 52
Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., Sir John, 209
Smiles, Mrs., 9
Smith, Mr. John, 74
Oven, M. Coppee’s Coke, 300
Oxford Main Drainage, 185
Pacific Coast Mines, Returns of, 31
Packing Asbestos, 269, 284
Packing, Mr. Church’s Metallic Piston-rod, 318
Paris Mud, 433
Paris Waterworks, The New, 476
Patent Cases, Trial of, 12, 80, 222
Patent Laws, The, 391, 433, 473
Patent-office, Publications of the, 31
Pease, Messrs., New Mill at Darlington, 388,- 427
Peat in Germany, 51
Pebble Powder and Barbette Firing, 9
Penn, John, 289
Pescara, South Italy, Bituminous Deposits of the Valley of, 428, 478
Petersburg, Drainage of, St., 316
Petroleum in Russia, 320
Phosphor Bronze, 392
Piers, Iron, 451
Pipes, Casting Steam, 410
Pipes, Loss of Pressure in Steam, 859, 393, 428
Planing Machine, Chinese Government Vertical, Messrs., John Bourne and Co., 97
. Planing Machine, The First, 281
Planing and Moulding Machine, Messrs. Furness and Co.’s Trying up and Four Cutter, 202
Plate and Scrap Shearing Machine, Messrs. F. Berry and Sons, 221
Polychrome Process, The, 313
Polytechnic School, Angers, Cupola at the, 186
Polysphenic Ship, The, Mr. Charles Meade Ramus, 56, 80, 116
Postal Statistics of Austria, 399
Pressure, Initial, 135, 478
Priming, 375, 410, 449, 478
Prizes for Hand-turning, 113
Projection of Electric Light, 397
Propeller, The Screw, 344
Propontis, The, 12, 130
Puddling, Mechanical, 305, 309, 326, 338, 357, 448
Puddling with Natural Gas, 343
Puddling. Rotary, 393
Pulleys, Mr. G. W. Cresson’s Movable, 352'
Pumps, 30
Pumps, Steam, 226
Punching. Shearing, Plate-cutting, and Planing Machine, Mr. B. Miller’s, 304, 309
Punkah Pulling, 313
Quebec Harbour Improvements, 232
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, 475
Rails, Cold, Cutting Steel, 378
Rails, Form, Endurance, and Manufacture of,102, 155, 177, 187, 204
Rails at Sheffield, Cyclops Works, Manufacture of, 314
Railway Accidents, 76
Railway Accidents in India, 82
Railway Carriages and Tram-cars, Lighting, 185, 211, 241
Railway Matters, 5, 27, 53, 73, 95, 117, 131, 159, 173, 189, 205, 223, 233, 247, 265, 285, 299,317, 335, 353, 373, 389, 407, 429, 445, 471
Railway, The Midland, 395, 410
Railway Rolling Stock, 12
Railway Runs, Long, 157
Railway Works and Projects, The North-Eastern, 369
Railways, Indian, 72, 372
Railways by Steam Power, Mr. Leonard J. Todd, On
Working Street, 65, 70, 71
Railways, The World’s, 371
Ramus, Mr. Charles Meade, The Polysphcric Ship, 56, 80, 116
Razors, 288
Reaping Machine Trials, 99
Regent’s Canal Explosion, 385, 390, 394
Report of the Committee of the British Association on
Siemens’ Electrical Pyrometer, 256
Report to the Town Council of Barnsley by the Committee appointed to visit Localities where Sewage Works are in Operation, 302
Researches on Explosives, Fired Gunpowder, 255
Revolution Indicators, 393
Reynolds, Professor Osborne, On the Efficiency of
Belts or Straps as Communicators of Work, 395
Rifled Ordnance in the United States, 440
Robertshaw, Mr., Hydraulic Press Pumping Engine, 390
Rock-boring, Diamond, 241, 250, 269, 284,309, 393
Rolling Mill Gearing at Messrs. Grillo, Funke, and
Co.’s Works, 378—(See. also Supplement, Nov. 20th)
Rolling Stock, Metropolitan Railway, 11
Rolling Stock, Railway, 12
Rolling Stock for the South-Eastern Railway Company, 33, 36
Roots, Extracting, 410, 428
Roper’s Life Raft, 141 I
Ropes, Testing Strength of, 80
Route through Germany to the East, 255
Rover, Launch of the, 135
Roving Frames, 269, 325
Roving Frames, Messrs. Elce and Arundel, 248
Russia, Mining in, 443
Russian Artillery, 410
St. Gothard Tunnel, The, 245, 256, 257, 363
Sale of American Monitors, 273
Salford Manure Wharf, The, 273
Sanitary and Educational Exhibition, Glasgow, 202
Sanitary Progress, 101
San Pier d’Arena, 449
Science and Art Department, 23
Scotch Cotton Factory, The First, 425
Screw Shafts, Mending Broken, 338
Semmering and Brenner Railways, The, 57, 85
Sewage of Carmarthen, 4
Sewage Difficulties, 377
Sewage, Disposal of, 287
Sewage Farms, 33 |
Sewage in Paris, 399
Sewage “ Standard,” 79
Sewage of Towns, &c., Mr. J. Bailey Denton, C.E., on .
the Disposal of, Social Science Congress, 321
Sezaroch, The, New Russian Projectile, 155
Shaft Couplings, Mr. C. F. Varley, F R.S., 172
Shannon Improvement Scheme, 80, 98, 211, 238
Sheet Iron Gas Pipes and their Powers of Resistance, 248
Sheffield District, 19, 42, 64, 92, 110, 126, 145, 165, 182, 196, 216, 330, 243, 261, 278, 296, 313, 332, 350, 368, 384 403, 422, 440, 460, 484
Sheffield Statistics. 69
Ships, Armament of Unarmoured, 359
Ships, Sheathing, Messrs. Westwood and Baillie, 390
Ships, Strength and Strains of Iron, 9
Show at Grantham, Lincolnshire, Agricultural, 93
Siege Experiments at Eastbourne, 36o, 369, 385, 441, 461
Siemens’ Process in the Manufacture of Glass, 241
Signals, Railway, 308
Silica from Iron, Removal of, 87
Slough Sewage, 479
Smelting of Argentiferous Lead Oros in Nevada, Utah, 1 and Montana, 121, 134
Smithfield Club Show, 423
Alexander and Sons, Messrs., 10-H.P. Portable Engine, 425, 435
Ashby Jeffery, and Luke, Messrs., Engines and Boilers, 425
Ayshford, Mr. T. B.» Adjustable Dog-cart, 425
Barford, Messrs., Stack Elevators and Ploughing
Gear, 425
Brown and May, Messrs., Portable Engines, 424
Burrell, Messrs., 10-H.P. Portable Engine, 424
Cambridge and Parham, Messrs., Horse Gears, 425
Clayton and Shuttleworth, Messrs., Engines and
Thrashing Machines, 424
Davey, Mr. T., Turn Wrest Plough, 425
Davey, Paxman, and Davey, Messrs., Engine and
Boiler, 424
Fowler, Messrs., Ploughing Engine, 424
Garratt and Sons, Engines and Thrashing Machines,
Holmes and Reid, Messrs., Drills, 425
Hornsby, Messrs., 10-H.P. Portable Engine, 424
Howard, Messrs., Boiler, 424
Lewin, Mr., Engine and Thrashing Machine, 424
Marshall, Messrs., Portable Engines and Thrashing
Machine, 423
Ransomes, Sims, and Head, Messrs., Ploughs, 424
Reading Ironworks Company, 16-Horse Condensing
Engine, 423
Robey and Co., Messrs., Fixed Engine and Boiler, 424, 427
Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Messrs., Expansion Gear, and 12-Horse Double, and an 8-Horse Single Portable Engine, 423
Suckling, Mr., Chaff Cutter, 425
Tangye and Holman, Messrs., Engines and Pumps, 424
Tasker and Sons, Messrs., Portable Engines, 424
Wallis and Steevens, Messrs., 3-Horse Portable Engine, 424, 430
Willshci' and Co., Messrs., Thrashing Machine, 425
Wood, Mr. W., Reaping Machine, 425
Smoke, Prevention of, 410
Smoke at Sea, Prevention of, 377
“ Snapper ” Telegraph Sounder, 460
Social Science Congress, 250
Society of Arts, 352
Expediency of Protection for Inventions, Mr. F. J.
Bramwell, F.R.S., 433
Stove Competition, 449
Society, The Chemical: —
Action of Baryta on Oil of Cloves, Professor A. H. Church, 363
Action of Bromine in the Presence of Water on Bromopyrogallol and Bromopyrocatechu, Dr. J. Stenhouse, 363
Action of Bromine on Protocatechuic Acid, Gallic Acid and Tannin, by J. Stenhousc, F.R.S., 899
Action of Organic Acids and their Anhydrides on the Natural Alkaloids, Dr. Wright and G. II. Beckett, 363, 399
Bilirubin and its Compounds, Dr. J. L. W. Thudi-cum, 363
Colour of Cupric Chloride, Mr. W. N. Harkley, 436
Composition of Antonite, Professor A. H. Church, 399
Formulas of the Alums, Mr. S. Lupton, 436
General Equations of Chemical Reactions, Professor
W. K. Clifford, 399
Groves’ Method of Preparing Chlorides, C. Schor-lemmer, 479
Methyl Hexyl Carbinol, C. Schorlcmmer, F.R.S., 363
Note on Aricine, Mr. D. Howard, 479
Noto on the Boiling Point of Methyl Hexyl Carbinol,
C. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., 436
Oxidation of the Essential Oils, Part II., Mr. C. T. Kingzett, 436
Precipitation of Metals by Zinc, Mr. T. L. Davies, 479
Propionic Coumarin and its Derivatives, W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., 399
Purification and Boiling Point of Methyl Hcxil Carbinol, G. Neison, 436
Researches on the Paraffines Existing in Pennsylvanian Petroleum, T. M. Morgan, 479
Use of Permanganate of Potash in Volumetric Analysis, E. A. Parnell, 363
Society of Civil Engineers, The American :—
European Railways as they appear to an American Engineer, Mr. W. Howard White, C.E , 84
Method Pursued in Replacing a Stone Pier on a Pile Foundation, J. Albert Monroe, C.E., 59
Society, Edinburgh and Leith Engineers’ :—
Furnaces and their Construction and Management, Mr. Charles Fairbairn, 8
Mortar, Mr. Graham Smith, 34
Study of Engineering Science, Mr. James H. Cunningham, 362
Working Street Railways by Steam Power, Mr.
Leonard J. Todd, 65
Society, Engineering, King’s College
Centrifugal Pumps, Mr. E. W. Anderson, 425
Harbours and Breakwaters, Mr. F. Marsh, 41.5
Society of Engineers, 201, 269
Action of Marine Worms and the Remedies Applied in San Francisco Harbour, California, Mr. John Blackburn, C.E., 306
Channels for the Conveyance of Sewers, Mr. John Phillips, C.E., 465
Mechanical Puddling, Mr. Perry F. Nursey, 267, 279
Tramway Rolling Stock and Steam in Connection therewith, Mr. Charles C. Cramp, 398, 416
Visit to the Imperial Gasworks, Blackwall, 130 Society, Liverpool Polytechnic
Lifeboats, Mr. Charles H. Beloe, M.I.C.E., 13
Society, Manchester Literary and Philosophical, 392
Effect of Acid on the Interior of Iron Wire, Professor Osborne Reynolds, M.A., 392
Society, Manchester Scientific and Mechanical :— Use of Timber in Connection with Mechanical Work,
Mr. J. G. Lynde, C.E., 35
Society, The Meteorological :—
Heat and Damp which accompany Cyclones, Hon. Ralph Abercrombie, F.M.S., 392
Report Concerning the Meeting of the Conference on Maritime Meteorology in London, August 31, 1874, President, Dr. R. J. Mann, 399
Table for Facilitating Determination of the Dew Point from Observations of the Dry and Wet Bulb Thermometer, William Marriott, 392
Weather of Thirteen Springs, R. Strachan, F.M.S., 392
Society, Newcastle Chemical, Address of President, Mr. Pattison, 388
Society for the Promotion of Scientific Industry, 172 Society, The Royal, 378
Alleged Expansion in Volume of Various Substances in Passing by Refrigeration from State of Liquid Fusion to Solidification, Mr. Robert Mallet, F.R.S., 2
Society, The Royal Agricultural, 370
Society, The Royal Agricultural, at Bedford, 1, 21, 43, 69
Abstract of Particulars of Wagon Trials, 23
Aveling and Porter, Messrs., Steam Plough and Travelling Van, 99, 100
Challis, Mr., Turnip-thinner, exhibited by Messrs. Ransome Sims, and Head, 140
Fowler and Co., Messrs. J., Steam Ploughing Windlass for the Roundabout System, 111, 115
Fowler and Co., Messrs , Sutherland Plough, 82
Fowler and Co., Messrs. J.,Traction Engine (8-H.P.), 74, 78
Garrett, Messrs., Drum Guard for Thrashing Machine, 226
Greig and Eyth, Messrs., Plough, 74, 82
Hayward Tyler and Co., Messrs., “ Universal ” Pump, 45, 51
Head, Messrs., Self-feeder for Thrashing Machine, 36
Hill and Massey, Messrs., 3-Horse Engine and Boiler, 83
Howard, Messrs., Double Gear Ploughing Windlass, 54
Howard, Messrs., Self-moving Anchor, 46
Howard, Messrs., Traction Engine with Ploughing
Windlass, 50
Howard, Messrs., Water Tube Boiler, 74, 75
Prize List, 46
Robey and Co., Messrs., Vertical Boiler, 25
Ruston and Proctor, Messrs., Feeding Gear for
Thrashing Machine, 45, 51
Show Yard, Map of, 1
Traction Experiments, 81
Society of Telegraph Engineers :—
Conversazione at King’s College, 436
Solvency of Trades’ Unions, 281
South-Eastern Railway Company, Rolling Stock, 32, 36 South Kensington Museum, 20, 34, 56, 87, 99, 126, 135, 155, 182, 204, 230, 254, 264, 281, 313, 332,343, 352, 383, 392, 411, 425, 460, 474
Spontaneous Combustion, 101
Stability of Towers and Chimneys, Mr. C. A. Evans,
C.E., on, 231
Stand Pipe, Mr. W. Bennett, 354
Steam Cultivation, 83
Steam Culture in Wiltshire, 129
Steam, High Pressure, 33
Steam, Outflow of, 415, 448, 478
Steavenson, Mr. A. L., Ironstone
219
Mining in Cleveland,
Steel, Heaton’s, 356
Stevens Battery, The, 378
Stevens Battery, 170, Engines, 171, 209, 232
Stobart and Allan, Messrs., Weighing Machine, 100
Stonebreaker and Engine Combined, Marsden’s, 152
Storey and Sons, Messrs. J., Magnetic Water Gauge, 202
Strength of American Car Wheels, 334
Sulzer, Brothers, Messrs., Air Pumps and Condensers, 318
Suez Canal, The, 55
Suez, Isthmus of, 115
Switch Lever, Mr. Burleigh’s Rotary, 6
Switches, Improved System of Railway, 477
Talargoch Lead Mining Company, The Old, 190
Taps, 357
Target, The New Wimbledon Rifle, Captain Costin.
301
Tay Bridge, 120
Taylor and Co., Messrs., 60-ton Crane at Glasgow Harbour, 321
Technical Education, 393
Telegraphs, Locomotive, 250
Telegraphy in the States, 102
Temperatures, Stoke Hole, 395
Temple Bar, 272, 412, 414
Temple Bar, Decrepitude of, 119
Terms in Science, Lax Use of, 157
Testing Strength of Ropes, 80
Thorpe Collision, 383
Thunderer, Guns of II.M S., 279
Thwaites and Carbutt, Messrs., Twin Crank Direct- | acting Engine, 50
Timbers of Natal, 411
Timber in Connection with Mechanical Work, Use of, 35
Tires, Fastening, 97
Tod and Co., Messrs., Flour Mills, Glasgow, 4
Todd, Mr. L. J., Accumulator Boilers for Steam Tramway Purposes, 105
Todd, Mr. L. J., Engine for Working Tramways, 70, 71
Tommasi, Signor F., Hydo-Thermic Motor, 221
Tool, Messrs. Donald and Atkey’s Universal Machine, 17o
Torpedo Attack on the Oberon, Stokes Bay, 133, 152,
176, 185, 232, 271
Torpedo, The Ericsson Pneumatic, 468
Trade out of the Country, Driving, 428
Trade Societies and Public Opinions, 204
Trades Unions in America, 24
Trains, Communication in, 236
Tramway, Mr. J. H. Lynde, 83
Tramways, 428
Tramways, Street, 321
Tramways, Vienna, 142
Transit of Venus, Determination of Longitude by
Telegraph in Connection with the, 245
Transit of Venus Expedition, 238
Tunnel, The Channel, 137
Tunnel, The St. Gothard, 245, 256, 257, 363
Turret System in 1831, The, 315
Uninflammable Wood for the Navy, 23
Urquhart, Lindsay, and Co., Messrs. Hydraulic Calender, 345
Value of Cultivated Land in France, 410
Valve, Messrs. Bailey and Co.’s Feed, 3
Valve, Messrs. Dennis’ Stop, 3
Valve Gear, Howe’s, 99
Valves, Pump, 52
Valves, Safety, 413, 448, 478
Varley, F.R.S., Mr. C. F., Shaft Coupling’, 172
Ventilation of the Metropolitan Railway, 94
Venus, Transit of, 474
Verey and Lange, Messrs., 20-H.P. Messenger Boiler, 267
Vienna Exhibition, 202
Vienna Tramways, 142
Volcano in the South Pacific, 185
Wages at the Iron Mills, East and West, 391
Wales and the Adjoining Counties, 20, 42, 64, 92, 110, 126, 146, 166, 182,196, 230, 244, 262, 278, 296, 314, 332, 350, 368, 384, 404, 422, 440, 460, 484
Wall Planing Machine, Messrs. F. Berry and Sons, 391 Warner Process, The, 320, 323, 339, 357
Water Supply, 338
Water Supply, Constant and Intermittent, 297
Water Supply of San Francisco, 320
Watkin, R.A., Lieut. H., Chronograph, 333
Weighing Machine, Messrs. Stobart and Allan, 100
Werderman’s Process for Resharpening Files, 339
Westwood and Baillie, Messrs., Sheathing Ships, 390
Wheels, Elastic Engine, 52
Wheels, Strength of American Car, 334
Whieldon and Cook, Messrs., Pumping Engines at Tottenham— {See Supplement, Sept. ISth)
Whitworth Scholarships, 100
Willcock, Mr. J., Rolling Mill Engines—[See Supplement, July 17)
Wiltshire, Steam Culture in, 129
Wimbledon Drainage, 264, 3 3
Wire Rope Towing on Canals, 128
Wire Rope Tug for Canal Navigation, Messrs. Greig and Eyth, Messrs. Fowler and Co., 136
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Yorkshire College of Science, 309
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