The Engineer 1877 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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Abbey, St. Albans Restoration Works, 109, 202 ons
Accidents, Appliances for Meeting the Requirement Royai Aoricultural, aru
Algeria, Inland Sea in, 2
Allan, Mr. A. jun., Pressure Gauges, 193
SocfttyX7datlOn Product3 of the. A. Tilden, Chemica ix^i^eo„nrreinthe-218
Messrs.
ASotch,0l7,!l34»lt3 Homol°8u6s> Mr- H- Perkin, Chem.
Anthracite, Apparatus for Burning 75
Arched Rib Reactions of the Supports of an, 454 ™NW«9,43T4“S °n BOi‘rd IOIS-
Armour-plate Furnace, Wilson’s, 419
Armour-plates, Wilson’s Compound, 120, 150 T^i1 fry Experjments, Public and Private, 391 Artillery, French, 25
Artillery, Italian Field, 104
Artillery Trials, Shoeburyness, 87 Assaying Machine, American, 180 Assncia^°nforthe Advancement of Science, French, 130, I/O J
Association, American Master Mechanics’ 182 1?«olers and Fire-boxes, Report’of Com-iiUuluv Oil, loJ
ASSOme”ILon0dok?M5EN’ BNCINEERS> Dbauobts-P xP1(Lratio11’ with Suggestions for the Employed tmel, 405am Effecfcin» Mr* Daniel
Astmnomer Royal, The, 62
Austrian Navy, The. 11
A q9eqb??QeS aud Guides» Radial, Mr. H. W. Widmark, OZc, 000 7
BAOSHAwand Sons,Messrs.,Equilibrium Sluice Valves Bak°r, Mr. R., Inspector of Factories, Retirement of, Ballast, Water. Mr. B. Martell, 164, 174, 175
Balloon, The Japanese W »r, 123
B SoS^r 8iliCate’ Crystallis’ed> E. W. Provost, Chem.
Barometer at Greenwich Observatory, Diurnal Variations of. W. Ellis, Meteorological Society, 25
B 1876,e394C °8Clllatlon> Remarkable, January 30th, Barrages a Hauses Mobiles (referring to p. 311) 370
Barrages Mobiles and Weir Mounds, 351 f
Sanitary Improvements at, 49
Basingstoke Sewerage, Tenders, 452
Batchelor’s Working Drawings with Moving Parts, B“Vc^™f8r,aiehtoninffMachinei Measrs-j- Be™ia BMkI.ChEadi52N175 GraV1DS D°Ck at’ Mr' Lyster’ Bj^v^XnJrmetSCaI.,y’.Meth0d8 of Estimating, 84
Blantyie Colliery Explosion, 299
™™lmpGaS Reverberatory Furnaces, The Use of 40<> I
Block, Rope Pulley, Mr. T. H. Williams. 446 ’
Board of Admiralty for the United States, 215
Boat Lowering Apparatus, Mr. G. G. Lawrence 430 1
Boetius, Mr. J. T., Gas Furnace, 5 ’ 4o0 .
Bogie Cars Passenger, Buenos Ayres and Campana ! BoUer Co&orionf 297emln8On’ 224’ 228’ 23S' 246
Boiler, Double Furnace, Messrs. Rowan 413
Boiler, and Engine Trials at Messrs. R. Craig and
STtchSjTi, 1^:?^ Mr- E-
Boiler Explosions. 28 ’
Boiler with Gas Furnace, Vertical, M. Fichet, 454
I?Q1pectlon and Assurance Company, The Mid-
Boiler Inspection in India. 225
Boilermakers’ Union, The 336
B<U.esr? 367°rr°SiOn °f’ CWef En^ineer Ishcrwood,
Boilers and Engines of our Future Fleet, 164
Boilers, Marine, 164
Boilers in the Navy, 47, 88
Boilers, Safety Disc for, Mr. W. Rowan, 148
Books Received, 48, 139, 283, 410
Bourne and Co., Messrs. J., Governor 395
Bournemouth. Drainage of, ] 64
Brake, re Clark and Webb, 279
Brake Power, British Association, 134
Brake, Sander’s Automatic Vacuum 75 106
Brake, Tram-car, Mr. J. Phillips, 184.185
Brake Trials in Germany, Continuous. 209, 217 235 B428!457°ntlnU°US’ 6’ n’ 4°' 121’ 182’ 209’ 327> 389, Brakes, Emergency, 243
Brass Iron Tubes and Iron Fire-boxes, 443 Breech-loader, An Early, 127
Blyth and (Con-
BSS"a1’Mr-w-B-Bryan <c-B pofed^oT th<i
Bosphorus at Constantinople, Pro-Bridge Building in India. 236 Bridge, Chestei Suspension. 48
Bridge, Fall of a Railway, 353
Bridge, London. 9, 13
B&°vrTne/eAdway at Maidstone. Sir J Bazal M.I.C.E. <Gontracts Open), 167, 168
Bridge, Rockhampton Suspension, 405
Bridge, Runcorn, Mr. F. Griffith (Contracts Open', B MdgeASMf0Fdwted“’S]t9eet F°Ot (C°ntraCtS
Iridf:; &ea7 °in7’2M2iG22s8tevenson>284
Bridges, Inspection of Public, 317
Bristol Mining School, 20
Bbitish Association at Pcvmouth, The, 70 111 15R
Thoms® nrT13£ the President’ I?rof. W. Allen Address of Prof. Abel, 158
Application of Adequate Brake Power to Control Rai!way Trains, Mr. E. Woods, C.E., 134 ’ 1
iXTj” in*he Steering of Steamers with the Screw Reversed when under Full Wav and when Moving Slowly, Prof. O. Reynolds 339
Grants of Money made for Scientific Purposes” 133 LathannMO8 2T6rS’ IntercePtion Mr. Baldwin
Street Locomotives Mr. G. Stephenson, 284
F’ J' B~P' “d Mr.
Telephone Exhibited by Mr. Preece, 133
Watei in the Chalk Formation, Indications of the Movement of, Mr. Baldwin Latham, 320
Waves and the Energy Transmitted, Rate of Pro-of Gz?ups Of’ Prof- °- Reynolds, 353
Bruners Statue, 56 ’
Building Construction. Notes on, 282, 310 BJffiginen262°nS’ MeSSrS- C*’ 8’horse Power Ploughing
Cabble between France and America, New Atlantic, CaddJC2inmd Mayberry- Messrs., Puddling Furnace, CaHea°d at Nagasaki, Messrs.
xieaa, VYrightson, and Co., 57, 60, 64
Calculating Machine, Mi'. G. B. Grant, 12
Canada, Trade Property in. 25
Carbon, Silicon. Sulphur, and Phosphorus, &c., Separation of, 201, 204
Carbon of White Cast Iron, 461
Cars, Steam Street, Western Philadelphia Railway Company, 61
Casson-Dormoy Furnace, The, 241
Castleford Improvements, 169
Cawallin, Mr. G. F., near Stockholm, Plant Supplied by Messrs. J. Bennie and Co. to the Shipbuilding Yard of, 351. 367, 372, 386
Caxton Exhibition and Celebration. The, 10. 45
Croydon Waterworks, Compound Differential Pumping Engine. Messrs, Hathorn, Davis, Campbell and Davey (Supplement to Nov. 9th, and p. 338)
Chatham Siege Operations, 87
“ Chaudron” System of Sinking through Wa ter bearing Strata, The, 200
Chemical Society, The (.see Society, the Chemical)
Chipping Norton Water Supply Works (Contracts Open), 19, 26
Churchward and Messenger’s Engines, 437
Cleopatra’s Needle, 211, 260. 282
Clipper, Horse-tail, The Henry Rifled Barrel Company. Smithfield Club Show, 424
Clyde Shipbuilders, The. 226
Clyde Strike, American View of the, 321
Clyde Steamer “ Lord of the Isles,” The. Messrs. D. and W. Henderson and Co., 112, 115, 118, 132, 164, 166
Clutch Gear, Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head, 23
Coal Hoist, Woodlands Colliery, Nuneaton, Messrs.
Hall, West, and Co., 184, 211
Coal Miners, Reckless, 48
Coal, Restriction of the Output of, 377, 392, 410
Coal in Westphalia, 392
Coals and Canals, Continental, 86
Cocoa Butter, Chemistry of, 396
Cofferdams used at Dublin, Birkenhead and Hull, 440
Cohen, Mr. M., Drilling Apparatus, 262
Coke, Manufacture of South Durham, 222
Colliery in Central India, Warora, 292, 294, 295, 298
Colliery Management, 86
Colours, Moist, Messrs. Lechertier, Barbe, and Co., 105
Combustion, Heated Air for, 345
Contracts, 352, 389, 412
Contracts Open—
Ayr Bridge, Messrs. Blyth and Cunningham, 51
Canal Bridge at Blackburn, Mr. W. B. Bryan, 333, 339
Chipping Norton. Water Supply Works, 19
Queen’s-parade Tramway, Scarborough, Mr. H. P. Holt. 348, 354
St. Helen’s Corporation Waterworks, 79, 80, 81, 84 Runcorn Bridge, Mr. F. Griffiths, 122
Woden Street Foot-bridge, Salford, Mr. A. M. Fowler, 12, 19
Couch, Equilibrio, Mr. Anderson, 42
Craig and Sons’ Paper Mills, Messrs. R., Boiler and Engine Trials, Report by Mr. Lavington E. Fletcher, 129, 136, 137, 147, 150
Crane, Direct-acting Hydraulic, Messrs. Fielding and Platt, 88
Cranes, King’s College Engineering Society, 394
Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering, 121
Cyclones and Anticyclones, 394
Cunard Steamships. 230
Cydads, The Two. 179
Cylinders, How to Rebore the Ends of Steam. 185
D’Amora. Mr. P., Hammocks with Elastic Suspension, 350
Deferred Purchase System, Re Thomas and Evans, 429
Ditolyl, Oxidation of, 340
Diamyl, H. Grimshaw, Chemical Society. 7
Dock, New Graving. Birkenhead, 152, 155
Dock, Pontoon Floating, Cavaliere Ercole, Lauria, 188, 191
Docks, 297
Docks Extension, Victoria (London), 22
Docks at Glasgow, Opening of the Stobcross, 204
Docks, Graving, 375
Door Handle, Lock-nut, Mr. Harland, 395
Dover Harbour, 169
Drainage of Lincolnshire, 9
Dredgers, American, 6
Dredging, the Cost of (with reference to p. 273), 311
Dredging, Improvements in, 164
Dredging Machine, Mr. W. R. Kinipple, 273, 274
Drill, Hand, M.-.Selig, jun., and Co., 454
Drill, Hand-power Rock, Mr. Jordan, 394
Drilling Apparatus, Small, Mr. M. Cohen, 262
Dynamics, Chemical, 396
Dynamometer, Marine, Mr. Wm. Fronde, 77, 313
Earth’s Shadow Projected on the Moon’s Surface, 260, 279, 310
Eddystone Reef, The, 163, 171
Edwards and Symes, Messrs., the s.s. “ Silva Americano,” 149
Elliott and Burnett, Messrs., Eccentric Valve, 193
Emery Wheels, Mr. F. Ransome, 4
Emigration to America, 154
Electric Lamps, M. Archeau’s and Messrs. Foucault and Duboscq’s, 365
Electric Light, The, 335, 365, 383, 401
Electric Light on Board H.M. Steamships, 139
Electric Light, Gramme Machine, 435
Electric Light, Heilmann and Steinlen’s Gramme
Machine, 451
Electric Light, M. Henri Menier’s Lamp, 451
Electric Light in Lighthouses, Report of Experiments carried out at the South Foreland Light, 302
Electric Light, Magasin du Louvre, 451
Electric Light, M. Ricard’s Spinning Mill, 451
Electric Light in Workshops, 244, 260
Electro-magnetic Machines and Rotary Commutator, 383
Engine, Messrs. Churchward and Messenger, 345, 359. 389
Engine Economy, Steam, 137, 171
Engine, Fire, Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co., Smithfield Club Show, 423
Engine of the Future, The Portable, 263
Engine, Horizontal, General Engine and Boiler Company, 88
Engine, Horizontal, Messrs. E. R. and F. Turner Smithfield Club Show, 422
Engine, Horizontal Compound, Avonside Engine Company, 242, 245
Engine, Horizontal Expansion, Messrs. J. Bennie and Co., 367, 372
Engine, “ Otto ” Gas, Messrs. Crossley, 24
Engine with Petzold’s Spark-arrester, Messrs. Davey, Paxman, and Co., Smithfield Club Show, 423
Engine, 8-horse Power Ploughing, Messrs. C. Burrell and Sons, 262
Engine-room Artificers in the Navy, 28
Engine, Semi-portable, Messrs. Garrett arid Sons, Smithfield Club Show, 423, 426
Engine, Single-boiler Fairlie, Festiniog Railway, Mr Spooner, C.E., 133, 280, 284
Engine, Straw-burning Portable, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttlewortb, Smithfield Club Show, 423
Engine, Three-cylinder, Messrs. Wigzell and Halsey
446 ’
Engine, Traction, Messrs. Garrett and Co., 23
Engine, Traction, Messrs. Robey and Co., Smithfield Club Show, 422
Engine Trials. Mr. L. E. Fletcher’s Report on, ;
Messrs. Craigs’ Paper Mills, 129, 136, 137, 147, 150
Eneine, Vertical, Messrs. Robey and Co., Smithfie Club Show, 422
Engine, Vertical. Messrs. E. R. and F. Turner, Smithfield Club Show, 422
Engine, Vertical Gas, Messrs. Humboldt and Gilles, 39 Engineer Students for the Royal Navy, 153, 241 Engineers in the English Merchant Service, Foreign, 311, 370 6
Engineers in India, 189
Engineers in the Navy. 310
Engineers, Status and Prospects of, 437
Engineers in the United States Navy, 412
Engineering, Agricultural, 120
Engineering, Tokei. Japan, Imperial College of, 186
Engines, Allan’s Patent Compound, Inman Steamship “ City of New York,” North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, 458, 461
Engines for Californian Street Railroads, 461
Engines, Costly Marine, 162
Engines, Compound, 6
Engines, Compounding, Facile Mode of, 344, 440
Engines, on the Economy of Variable Automatic Expansion in Steam, Mr. John C. Fell, 62
Engines, Goods, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, Mr. W. Kirtley, 245, 258
Engines, Testing Steam, 150, 169, 185, 186
Engines, Traction. 169
Engines in the Navy, Marine. 243
England’s Decadence Commenced? Has. 336, 395
English and Belgian Manufacturers, 220
Excavator. Mr. J. Diack, 291, 296
Excavator for Sinking Cylinder Foundations, 296
Excavators, Pneumatic, Mr. Reeve, 99, 123
Excentric Expansion, Messrs Riches and Watts, 24
Exhibition, The Iron and Steel Institute, 248
Exhibition, Paris (see Pans Exhibition)
Explosives Act, The, 27
Explosives and Blasting Agents, Modern, 266
Explosives on Shipboard, 66
Exports, Our August, 190
Exports, Our September, 264
Exports, Our October, 356
Exports. Our November, 444
Extinguishing Appliances, 10
Extractor, Railway Spike, 413
Fairbairn and his Times, 19, 38, 57, 95, 111, 163, 181, 186, 240. 253, 291. 309
Feed Discharge in Steam Boilers, Position of the, 429 reed-water Heater, Messrs. Davies and Dawson, 454 Felixstowe Railway, The, 127
Fenenga, Mr., Expanding Tube Plug. 395
Festiniog Railway, Single Boiler Fairlie Engine, Mr.
G. P. Spooner, 133. 280, 284
Fielding and PJatt, Messrs., Direct-acting Hydraulic L/KclllC, oq
Finzel’s Sugar Factory, 94
Fire-box, Messrs. Richard Garrett and Sons, 23 Fire-boxes, Locomotive Boiler, 182, 229, 267 Fire-engines, Steam, 40,423
Fire at Bradford, 40
Fire-proof Buildings. 103
Fishing Net Machines, 443
Fleet, Our Commercial Steam, Mr. J. R. Ravenhill 146, 164’
Floods of the Seine and the Shannon. 351
^vented* 241° -Thames, and How they may be Pre
Flues for Marine Boilers, Corrugated, Leeds Foro-e Company, 75
Fluorine Process, Henderson’s, 123
My-wheel Deviating Forces uf an Unsym metric al] v Balanced, 377
Fore Carriage, Iron, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, 22
Foremen in H.M. Dockyards. 409, 412
Forging Machine, Nut and Bolt, Mr. Horsfall, 75 148
Foreign Competition, 373
i?0or®ig^ Engineers iu the English Merchant Service, oil, 370 ’
Foulness Island, Encroachment of the Sea at 326
J,rench Weirs and Irish Weir Mounds, 437
Fuel, Gaseous, 273
Fuel, Patent, 461
Fuel in War Vessels, Economy of, by a Naval Engineer, 406 6
Fulton’s Account of the First Steamboat Trip between New York and Albany, 20
Furnace, Cost of the Siemens, 45
Furnace, Draught, 123
Furnace-feeding Machine, Mr. McDougall, 262 265
1’ urnaces, Direct-acting Gas, 337
Galvanising Malleable Iron Plates, 427
Garrett and Sons, Messrs. Richard, 50
Gas Engine, “ Otto,” Messrs. Crossley, 24
Gas Engine, Vertical, Messrs. Humboldt and Gilles. 39
Gas Furnace, Mr J. F. Boetius, 5
Gas Furnaces, 459
Gas Furnaces, Construction and Management of 393
Gas Furnaces for Puddling, Direct-acting. 420 ’
Gas, London, 263
Gas, Sulphur in. 85, 101, 124
Gauges, Pressure, Mr. A. Allan, jun., 193
Gillett, Messrs., Steam Donkey*Pump 50
Girder Work, Wrought Iron, 234 *
Girders, Solid Rolled, 7
Gold Licenses. 358
Goods Traffic. Conduct of, 391
Governor, Messrs. J. Bourne and Co., 395
“ Grangemouth,’’ Trial Trip of the, 183
Grant, Mr. G. B., Calculating Machine, 12
Great Noithern Railway at Burton-on-Trent Ilk-stone, and Derby, 363, 399
Greig, Messrs. D. and J., Machinery for Preparation of Rheea Fibre, 387, 389
Guinotte and de Hennault, Messrs , Continuous Indicator, 211
Gun, Bronze Steel, Gen. Uchatius, 254, 255, 810
Gun-carriage, Overbank. Major Maquay, 88
Gun, Protected Non-recoil, Herr Krupp 295
Gun, 35-ton, Sir J. Whitworth, 186
Guns, Field, 131
Gun, the Hotchkiss, 457
G 3??’ 45®tectl0n of Casemate (with reference to p. 295),
Guns, Re tubing Heavy, 273
Guns iu the Spithead Forts, 121
Hall, West and Co., Messrs., Coal Hoist, 184
Hammers and Stamps, Forging, Mr. D. Longworth 4 Hammock, with Elastic Suspension, Mr. P. D’Amora,
Hand-firing v. Machine-firing, 265, 279
Hand-power Drill Company, Jordan’s Rock Drill qoi Harbour Works, St. Heliert, Jersey 6 ’
Harland Mr., Lock-nut Door Handle, 395
Havre, its Harbour and Docks, 155
uttT'H-and Co”Pipe Borins and Turaing
H.M. Dispatch Vessel “Iris.” 456
H?lst’-,,Hydraulic» Albert Dock, Hull Mr R a Marillier, 350 ’ r’ A-
H221 Mr’ H’ P” Auxiliary Stcam Steering Apparatus,
Horse Power Computing Scale, 123
Horsfall Mr., Nut and Bolt Forging Machine 75 iaq
Hydraulic Machinery, Direct-acting, Mr Ra nh H
Tweddell, 98, 100 itaipn li.
Hydraulic Rams, Mr. Boulton, 455
Hydraulic Rams, Mr. Whithurst, 455 ^X°Aiid“ed fr0“ the of
lMBSnX» Io?116 UniUd States and ®mt:
India, Boiler Inspection in, 225
India, Engineers in,189
India, Foundations in. 336
India, Irrigation in, 297
Indian Minerals, The Direct Process and the, 17
Indian Railways and the Famine, 172, 264
Indian Railways, State Acquisition of, 364
Indian Relief Works and the Famine, 65, 191
Indicator. Continuous, Messrs. Guinotte and de Hen-nault. 211
industrial University, Proposed, 139
“ Inflexible,” H.M.S., 25, 27, 29, 50, 207, 374, 421, 443, 427
Institute of Great Britain, The Sanitary, 197, 310 Institute, The Iron and Steel, 179, 200, 222. 248
Inaugural Address of the President, Dr. Siemens, 200
Blister Steel, Cause of the Blisters on, John Percy, 236
Chaudron System of Sinking through Water-bearing Strata, Mr. Simon, 200
Coke, Manufacture of South Durham, in Relation to the Iron and Steel Trades of the North of England, Mr. Stevenson, 222
Institute Exhibition, The Iron and Steel, 248
Iron and Steel by the Direct Process, Further Remarks Regarding the Production of, Dr. Siemens, 200
Mechanical Puddling, Mr. R Howson. 222, 246
North Lincolnshire Ironstone Field, Mr. Dove, 200
The Protection from Atmospheric Action which is Imparted to Metals by a Coating of Certain of their own Oxides respectively, John Percy, 359
Remarks ot Proi. Williamson and others on Mr. I.
L. Bell’s Paper, 201, 204
Rolling Mills, Belgian Three High, Mr. Julien Deby, 222
Separation of Carbon, Silicon, Sulphur, and Phosphorus, &c., Mr. I L. Bell, 200
Slag Industries during the last Four Years, Progress of the, Mr. C. Wood, 223
Steel without Blows, Experiments with the New Artillery made from, Mr. Gautier, 222
Institute or Mining Engineers, The American Volumetric Determination of Sulphur and Ammonia in Gas, H. E. Sadler and B. Silliman, 101, 124
Institute of Mining Engineers, The Midland, 20
Institution of Civil Engineers, The. 339, 407. 440
Cofferdams used at Dublin, Birkenhead, and Hull, Mr. William James Doherty, 440
Review of the Progress of Steam Shipping during the Last Quarter of a Century, Mr. Alfred Hult, 378
Institution of Engineers, The Cleveland, 344, 452 Compounding Engines, Facile Mode of, Mr. C.
Smith, 344, 440
Phosphorus from Cleveland Iron, Extraction of, Mr.
J. C. Stead, 440
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 377
Hydraulic Presses, Improvements in, Mr. W. Weems, 377
Manufacture and Application of Steel, Mr. J. G. Fairweather, 377
Positive Ventilating Apparatus, Mr. W. Cunningham, 377
Propulsion of Vessels, Mr. W. J. Miller, 456 Institution, The Glasgow Mechanics’—
Modern Explosives and Blasting Agents, Mr. Robert R. Tatlock, 266
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 50, 63, 67, 75, 182, 308, 328
Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Thomas Hawksley, 67
Apparatus for Burning Anthracite, 75
Construction of Safety Valves, Mr. John C. Wilson, 67
Corrugated Flues for Marine Boilers, 75
Dynamometer for Measuring the Power Delivered to the Screws of Large Ships, Mr. Wm. Froude, 77
Economy of Variable Automatic Expansion in Steam Engines, Mr. J. C. Fell, 62
Excursions of the Members in the Neighbourhood of Bristol, 75
Hydraulic Presses for Packing Cotton, Jute, &c., with Improved Engines and Pumps, Mr. R. Wilson, 330
Improved Form of Slide Valve for Steam and Hydraulic Engines, Mr. Francis W. Webb, 68
Mine Accidents,Mechanical Appliances for Meeting the Requirements of Certain Classes of, Messrs. C. Hawksley and E. B. Marten, 328
Radial Axle-boxes and Guides, Improved, Mr. H. W. Widmark, 328
Sander’s Automatic Vacuum Brake, 75, 106
Supplement to Notes on the Early History of R ailway Gauge, Respecting the Origin of the 4 t. Sin. Gauge, Mr. W. P. Marshall, 105
Tynewydd Colliery Inundation, Mr. T. Hurry Riches, 69
Institute of Naval Architects, 2, 132, 145, 150, 164, 218
Boilers and Engines of our Future Fleet, Mr. J. Scott Russell, 164
Course of Study in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Mr. W. H. White, 164
Effect of Punching Iron and Steel Plates, Mr. A. C. Kirk, 164
Improvements in Dredging, Mr. W. Simons, 164
Launching Large Ships, Mr. D. A. Samuda, 164, 170, 173
Lloyd’s Numerals, Mr. W. Denny, 164, 346
Marine Boilers, Mr. Milton, 164
Marine Boilers, Mr. C. H. Haswell, 164
Note on Abnormal Influences in the Direct Motion of Steam Vessels, Mr. R. Mansel, 157
Propulsion of Vessels, Mr. W. J. Miller, 164
Screw Propellers, Action of, Mr. J. Howden, 164, 257 258
On Strains of Ships, Mr. W. John, 164 .
Twenty Minutes with our Commercial Marine Steam
Fleet in 1877, Mr. J. R. Ravenhill, 146, 164
Water Ballast, Mr. B. Martell, 164, 174, 175 Inventor’s English, 282, 310
Iron Construction, Economy in, 409 .
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other Districts, 16, 3a.J5 a, r , 92, 109, 127, 143, 161, 178. 197, 215, 233, 2u0, 2/ 1, 289, 307, 324, 343, 363, 381, 399, 416, 433, 449, 465
Iron, Fuel used to Smelt a ton of, 169
Iron in New York, Value of Pig, 169
Iron, Purification of, 297, 311, 339, 352, 35a, 3/0, 38 , 4H, 437 „ , ..
Iron and Steel by the Direct Process, Production ol 200,201,204
Iron and Steel, Effect on, of Punching, 164
Iron for Steel Making, 105, 123
Iron Trade, Arbitration in the, 104
Iron Trade, the British, 1
Ironclad “ Nelson,” The New, 412
Ironclads in Action, The Best Position for, 201
Ironclads Break Down, How our, 131, 150
Ironclads, German, 228
Ironclads, Russian, 190
Ironclads, Wet Bacin for, 234
Ironmasters and Galvanisers, 282
Ironstone Field, North Lincolnshire, 200
Ironworks, Why they are being Closed, 460
Ironworks near Glasgow, Opening of Lochbuin, 212
Jackson’s Lines, 297
Kinipple, Mr. W. R., Dredging Machine, 273, 274 Klotz Safety Valve, 68
Krishna Shoal Lighthouse, 300, 310
Krupp, Herr, Protected Non-Recoil Gun, 295
Labour from America, The Importation of, 120 Labour Question, The, 154, 299, 310
Labour Riots. The American, 138
Lathe, Combined Duplex Wheel Turning and Break.
Messrs. J. and J. Kershaw, 102, 105
Lathe, Pipe-boring and Turning, Messrs. H. Hind and Co., 42
Lathe Heavy (referring to 102 and 105), 150
Launch at Southampton, 394
Launch, Steel Steam, Mr. 1). Lewin, 267
Launching Large Ships, Mr. J. D. A. Samuda, 164,170, 173
Lauria Floating Dock, The, 188, 191
Leading Articles—
Accuracy in Levelling, 459
Agricultural Engineering, 120
American Labour Riots, 138
American Patent-office, 318
Arbitration in the Iron Trade, 104
■£rJ?our‘Plates, Wilson’s Compound, 120
Artillery Experiments, Public and Private, 391
Bessemer Steel Production, 86
Blantyre Colliery Explosion, 299
Boiler Explosions, 28
Boiler Inspection in India, 225
Boilermakers’ Union, .336
Boilers in the Navy, Committee on, 47
British Exports during August, 190
Brakes, Emergency, 243
Chester Suspension Bridge, 48
Cleopatra’s Needle, 282
Clyde Shipbuilders, The, 226
Coal Miners, Reckless, 48
Coal in Westphalia, 392
Colliery Management, 86
Communication between Metropolitan Main Line Stations, 300
Conduct of Goods Traffic, The, 391
Continental Coals and Canals, 86
Continuous Brakes, 121, 428
Costs of the Exhibition of Scientific Instruments, 66 Disposal of Town Sewage, an Important Point relating to. 121
Eastern Navigation, 189
Eddystone Reef, The, 171
Electric Light, The, 335
Electric Light in Workshops, 244
Emigration to America, 154
Engine of the Future, Portable. 263
Engine-room Artificers in the Royal Navy, 28
Engineers in India, 189
Explosives Act, The, 27
Explosives on Shipboard, 66
Exports. September, 264
Famine and Indian Railways, The, 172 Fire-extinguishing Appliances, io’ Fire proof Buildings, 103
Foreign Competition, 373
Foreign Labour, Importation of. 299
Foremen in H.M. Dockyards, 409
Foundations in India, 336
Free Trade and Protection, 355
Has England’s Decadence Commenced? 336
Hudson River Tunnel, The, 410
Importation of Labour from America, 120
Indian Famine and Relief Works, 65 Indian Railways and the Famine, 264 Inflexible, The, 27, 374. 427,443, Inflexible Committee. The, 2 7
Inspection of Public Bridges, 317
Inventors’ English, 282
Ironclad in Action, The Best Position for an, 207
Iron Construction, Economy in, 409
Ironmasters and Galvanisers, 282
Iron and Steel Rails, 300
Italian Field Artillery, Recent Improvements in, 104
Kiishna Shoal Lighthouse, 300
Labour Question, The, 154
Lincolnshire, The Drainage of, 9
Liquid Oxygen, 460
London Bridge, New, 9
London Gas, 263
London Water Companies, 335
London Water Supply, 355, 374
Machinery and the Factory Act, 48
Manchester Water Supply, 10
Marine Engines in the Navy, 243
Metric System, The, 28
Mineral Production of 1876, 264
Miners’ Wages, 36
Narrow Gauge Railways for India 104
Naval Engineer Students, 153
Nettle Experiments, The, 336
November Exports, Our, 444
October Exports, Our, 356
Over-production in the Steel Trade, 356
Owen’s College, 66
Phosphorus and Iron, 225
Purchase System, The Deferred, 410
Purification of Iron, 355
Railway Amalgamation, 318
Railway Carriages, Improved. 244
Railway Platforms and Carriage Footsteps, 144
Railways in Ceylon, 356
Railways in South America, 281
Rattening at Sh' ffield, 282
Repairs in the Navy, 208
Restricted Production, 318
Restricting the Output, 226, 39?, 410
Russian Ironclads, 190
St. Gothard Railway, The, 138
Scarcity of Good Workmen, 85, 459
Shah and the Huascar, The, 47
Slag Industries, 317
Steam on Common Roads, 375, 428
Steam Engine Economy, 137, 171
Steam Gear for Heavy Guns. 444
Steamer Lines to the East, 392
Steel v. Iron in Shot and Armour, 137
Steel for Shipbuilding, 373
Street LJghting, 172
Strike at Martinsburg, U.S., 48
Sulphur in Gas, 85
Sun Spots and the Indian Fam'ne, 153
Tay Bridge, The, 172
Telephones, Recording, 374
Temple Bar, 428
Thames Floods, The, 427, 443
Thames. I he Silting up of the, 65
Torpedoes in Turkey, 105
Trades Union Congress, The, 208
Traffic in London, Street, 48
Trans mission of Power, 281
Wanted a Locomotive Superintendent, 190
Water Supply Scheme, The New, 119
Why Ironworks are Being Closed, 460
Legal Intelligence—
Beale v. G wynne, 407
In re the Trade Marks Registration Act; In re Mitchell's Application, 83
Letters to the Editor—
Accidents in Mines, Ralph Hart Tweddell, 352
American Dredgers, Thos. Christy, jun., 6 Armour-plates, Wilson’s, Alex. Wilson, 150 Austrian Milling, Guest and Silvester, 241 Austrian Milling, Thos. J. Laby, 211
Barrages a Hausses Mobiles. Robert Manning, 370
Bennie’s Plate Planing Machine, Stephen Alley, 370
Bennie’s Plate Planing Machine, Janies Bennie, jun , 457
Bennie’s Plate Planing Machine, Alfred Wadham, 370
Bennie’s Improved Planing Machine, James Bennie jun., 389
Bennie’s Improved Planing Machine. Alfred Wadham, 412
Boiler Composition, E., 299
Boiler Corrosion, W. D. W,, 297
Letters to the Editor (continued)—
Bradford, The Recent Fire at, Merry weather and Sons, 40
Brakes, Continuous, Fiant Experimenta, 6
Brakes, Continuous, J. E. C., 40
Brass Tubes and Iron Fire boxes, H. L., 443
Casson-Dormoy Furnace, The, R. Smith-Casson, 241
Central Railway Station, A. W. H. Villiers Sankey, 150
Churchward and Messenger’s Engines, C. Brown,
Cigarette Machines, E. P., 281
Cleopatia’s Needle, Forethought, 260
Cleopatra’s Needle, X. Y. Z., 260
Coal Hoist, Woodlands Colliery, Nuneaton, Hall, West, and Co.. 211
Concerning a Difficult Analysis, Festina Lente, 429
Continuous Brakes, C. W. Vincent, 389
Contracts, E. H., 352, 412
Contracts, A Victim. 389
Cost of Dredging, The, C E., 311
Deferred Purchase System, re Thomas and Evans, Scott and Barham, 429
Earth Borers, W. H., 27
Earth’s Shadow as Projected on the Moon’s Surface, C. Bruce Allen, 260
Earth’s Shadow on the Moon’s Surface, George M. Seabroke, 279
Electric Light. The. Chas. Ball, 260
Engineer Students for the Royal Navy, A Sea-going Engineer, 241
Engineers in the Navy, H. M. N., 310
Engineers in the U.S. Navy, An Engineer, U.S.N.,
Engines. Compound, W. S., 6
Engines, Sceam Fire, Shand, Mason, and Co., 40
Excavator for Sinking Cylinder Foundations, J. Diack, 296
Fairbairn and his Times, R. Bodmer, 240
Fairbairn and his Times, W. C., 186
Fishing Net Machinery, N. E. T., 443
Fluorine Process, Henderson’s, James Henderson, 123
Foreign Engineers in the English Merchant Service, Marine Engineer, 311
Foreign Engineers in the English Merchant Service, Touwslager, 370
Foreign Engineers in the English Merchant Service, Agents of the Steamship referred to, viz., the Stad Amsterdam, 370
Foreign Labour Question, The, W. H. T., 310
Foremen of the Yard in H.M. Dockyards, A Foreman of the Yard, 412
Free Trade v. Protection, A Free Trader, 370
French Barrages Mobiles and Irish Weir Mounds, James Lynam, 351
French Wholly Removable Weirs and the Irish Wholly Irremovable Weir Mounds, James Lynam, C.E. ,437
Furnace Draught. Robert Gill, 123
Galvanising Malleable Iron Plates, J. W. H., 427
Galvanising Plant, W., 27
Gas Furnaces, P. B., 459
Glass Stoppers, H. H. M., 243
Hand-firing v. Machine-firing, Isaac S. McDougall,
Hand-worked Rock Drills, E. S., 243
Harbour Works, St. Helier's, Jersey, Jno. Coode, 6 Hotchkiss Gun, The, J. Wetson, 457
How the Floods on the Thames may be Prevented, A. Alison, 241
How our Ironclads Break Down, R. R., 150
Imperial College of Engineering, Tokei, Japan, Henry Dyer, 186
Interception of Rainfall from Sewers, Wm. IL Bryan, 296
Inventor’s English, An Inventor, 310
Iron for Steel Making, James Henderson, 105
Jackson’s Lines, Edward Jackson, 297
Krishna Lighthouse, The, A F., 310
Lathes, Heavy, Fred. Charles Winby, 150
Leather Gearing, Nerves, 373
Legislation on Patents. Wm. Spence, 310, 339, 457
Levelling Apparatus, The “Aita,” Henry Ecroyd, 39
Levelling Apparatus, H. N. Ground, 123
Locomotive Driving, Locomotive, 25
Locomotive Driving, Michael Reynolds, 40
London Central Railway. W. H. Villiers Sankey, 412
London Water Supply. R. M. Lloyd, 211
Madras Harbour. W. Parkes, 411
Messenger-Churchward Engine, The, G. D. Churchward, 412
Messenger-Churchward Engine, Thos. Messenger, 389
Meteoric Stones, Seed Bearing, t7,, 169
Notes on Building Construction, Fart II., The Author, 310
Oakum from New Hemp, B. J.. 427
Old Atlantic Steamers, A. J. M., 317
Ownership of the Tube Well Patents, E. F. Butter-mer Harston, 389, 437
Ownership of the Tube Well Patents, A. Le Grand, 429
Paris Exhibition, T. C., 437
Paris Exhibition, 1878, J. H. Bell and Hirsch, 241
Paris Tramways, C. Brown, 437
Ploughs, English v. American, Thos. F. Krajewski, 6
Pneumatic Excavators, Frank Beattie, 123
Pontifex Maximus, Aletheia, 6
Position of the Feed Discharge in Steam Boilers, Harry Wilkinson, 429
Pot Sleeper Casting Machinery, P. I., 443
Protection of Casemate Guns, G. S. Clarke, Lieutenant, R E., 311
Protection of Casemate Guns, J. Jones, 457
Purification of Iron, Carbon, 311
Purification of Iron. J. A. Jones. 370, 411
Purification of Iron, Thomas Hallam, 411
Purification of Iron, R Howson, 311
Purification of Iron, Oxide, 339, 389, 437
Purification of Iron, Phosphorus, 311, 389. 437
Purification of Iron, O. Pihlfeldt, 411
Purification of Iron, Scipio, 352
Purification of Iron, John Thomas, 411
Purification of Iron. Vulcan, 411
Purifying Iron, < >xide, 297
Railway Stations. T. R. S., 317
Re Clark and Webb Brake, Wilkin and Clark, 279
Report on Boiler and Engine Test at R. Craig and Sons’, by L. E. Fletcher, p. 129, by M. John Lockie, 150
Rope Driving Gear, Pearce Brothers, 186
Rope Driving Gear, James Durie, 296
Rope Driving Gear, R. N. N., 40, 241, 339
Sash Fastenings, B. D. Knox, 351
Scarcity of Good Workmen, John Lockie, Ph. Sc., 123
Screw-drivers, C. Rothera. 65
Screw-drivers, Screwed, 65
Shadow Drop, The, C. Bruce Allen, 310
Ships’ Stoves, T. M., 317
Silicon Iron, A. H., 153
Slag Wool, Ferrum, 391
Slag Blocks, Manufacture of, Joseph Woodward, 25
Spanish Railways, Veritas, 373
Spring Washers, J. C. M., 171
S.S. Santiago, The, R. T. Shearman, 105
Stamped Envelopes, W., 263
Steam jet Propulsion, Propeller, 65
Steam Jet Propulsion. D. Ziegler, 85
Steam on Tramways, J. H. Davis. 457
Steamship Ventilators, A. G. O. O., 411
Stone Rubbing Machines, B., 281
Stoney’s Rolling Sluices and the French Barrages Mobiles, James Lynam, 311
Stoney’s Rolling Sluices, F. G. M. Stoney, 240
Swiss Belting, W., 225
Tannate of Soda, Cooper and Smith, 373
Tannate of Soda, Incrustation, 355
Tea Leaf Rolling Machine, A. Y., 27
Tea Rolling Machines, B. and M., 335
Testing Steam Engines, B. W. Farey, 186
Testing Steam Engines, W. H. Northcote, 186
Testing Steam Engines, George Sinclair, 150
Letters to the Editor (continued)—
Testing Steam Engines, Test, 150
Testing Steam Engines, J. D. Wilkins, 169
Tinning Copper Pans, Dorset Member of the Amateur Mechanical Society, 281
Tinning Copper Pans, J. S. King, 281
Tinning Copper Pans, A Lady Amateur, 263
Tinning Copper Peins, Lead Poison, 317
Tobacco Weighing Machines, Tobacco, 119
Torpedo Defence, Torpedo. 260
Torpedo Protectors, W. Richardson, 150
Tracing Institution, F. B , 443
Trade Property in Canada, B. F., 25
Trisecting an Angle, Thos. Garnett, 310
Trisecting a Triangle, William Baker, 296
Uchatius Guns, William E. Thursfield, 310
Valves, Stop, A. F. B., 6
Valves, Unit Area Safety, Alex. Allen, 105
Valves. Unit Area Safety. W. Robinson, 40
Water-wheels, A Distracted Miller, 297
Wax Match Cutting Machines, H. S , 153
Wind Guards, C, Boys, 25
Wire Net-making Machines, Wire, 427
Leupold, Mr. H., Donkey Pump, 2
Levelling, Accuracy in. 459
Levelling Apparatus, The “ Aita,” 39, 123
Lifeboat for New Brighton,. Tubular, Hamilton’s Windsor Ironworks Company, Garston, Mr. H. T. Richardson, 404
Lighthouse, Disappearance of the Krishna Shoal, 220
Lighthouses, Construction and Illumination of, 407
Lighting Houses, New Method of, 388
Lighting, Street, 172
Lines, Jackson’s, 297
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Designs for the Construction of Markets, Warehouses and Sheds, Alexander Freeman, Translated by E. H D’Avigdor, 410
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Lloyd’s Numerals, 164, 346
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Locomotive Driving, 25, 40
Locomotive Slide Valves and Valve Gearing, 63
Locomotive Superintendent, Wanted a, 190
Locomotives, Distribution of Weight in, 129
Locomotives, Small Geared, Mr. S. Lewin, 149
Locomotives for Street Rails, Fireless, Mr. T. Scheffler, 220
Lock-out on the Clyde, Another, 283
London Central Railway, 412
London and County Banking Company, 94
London and Melbourne, Quickest Passage on Record between, 311
London Water Supply, 335, 355, 374
Longworth, Mr. D., Forging Hammers and Stamps, 4 Lord of the Isles, The S.S., 112, 115, 118, 132, 164, 16<j
Machinery and the Factory Act, 48
McDougall, Mr., Furnace Feeding Machine, 262, 265
Madras Harbour, The, 411
Magneto-Electric Machines, 401
Mails to New York, 370
Manganese Bronze, Parson’s. 301
Manganese Reaction, On a New. 340
Marsden, Mr. H. R., Stone-Breaking Machine, 359
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Temperature of Volatile, Watson Smith, Chemical Society, 7
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J. Taylor, Meteorological Society, 25
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Meteorology of Cannes, W. Marriott, Meteorological Society, 25
Metric System, The, 28
Metrical System in Engineering, Advantages of the,
Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway, 181
Metropolitan Main Line Stations, Communication between, 300
151,
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144,
344,
119,
317,
283
Milling, Austrian, 211, 241
Mills, Rolling, 222
Mine Accidents and Mechanical Appliances for Meeting their Requirements, 328, 332, 352
Mineral Production of 1876, 264
Miners’ Wages, 86
Mines, Apparatus for Temporary Drainage and Ventilation of, 328. 332
Mines Regulation Act. The. 290. 400
Miscellanea. 3, 21, 41, 59, 89, 97. 117,140, 151, 165. 187, 205. 219,237. 260, 275, 293, 313, 334; 349, 371, 385, 403, 425, 441, 453
Moulding, 377
Naval Blunder. A Costly, 384
Naval College, Greenwich, Royal, 164
Naval Foremen, 367
Navigation, Eastern, 189
Navy, Repairs in the, 208
Needle, Cleopatra’s, 211, 260, 282
Nettle Experiments, The, 336
Newhaven Harbour, 260
Nickel Plating, 12
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Normanville, Mr. W. De. Ships’ Speed Indicator, 193
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Numerals, Lloyd’s, 164, 346
Oakum from New Hemp, 427
Obelisk at St. Peter’s, Rome, Raising the, 256
Obelisk, Raising the Luxor, 256
Obelisk Stand ? Where shall the, 256
Obituary—
Mr. J. H. Adams, 63
Sir Henry James, R.E., F.R.S., 2
Mr. Edward Hayes, 183,
Dr. Noad, F.R.S., 70, 76
Mr. Francis Trevethick, 314
M. Urban Jean Joseph Le Vender, 227
Mr, Edward Wilson, C.E., 164
Oblique Arches, Directions of the Face Joints in, Ossett Waterworks, The, 45
Output, Restricting the, 226, 377, 392, 410
Owen's College. 66
Oxygen Liquid, 460
Paris Exhibition, The, 241, 845, 366, 368, 369, 383, 390, 402, 405, 408, 437, 442, 445, 452
Patent Law in Switzerland, Proposed, 340
Patent-office, 40
Patent-office, The American, 318
Patent-office, The German, 11, 36
Patent-office, Models Destroyed by Fire at the American, 304
Patent Opposition, 437
Patent Legislation, 310, 339, 457
Pavement of Roads, 319
Philadelphia Exhibition, U.S. Government at the, 44, 58. 75
Phillips, Mr. J., Tram-car Brake, 184, 185
Phosphorus from Cleveland Iron, Extraction of, 440
Phosphorus and Iron, 225
Piecework v. Daywork, 197
Pittsburg, Labour Movement at, 450
Planing Machine, Messrs. J. Bennie and Co., 351, 370, 389, 412. 475
Pliers, Parallel, Mr. Russel, 51
Ploughing, Steam, 18
Ploughs, English v. American, 6
•Polar Exploration, 405
Pontifex Maximus, 6
Power, Transmission of, 281
Presses for Packing Cotton, Jute, &c., Hydraulic, 330
Presses, Hydraulic, Mr. R. Wilson, 330
Presses, Hydraulic, W. Weems, 337
Prices Current of Metals, Oils and Timber, &c. 18, 94, 180, 252, 326, 418
Printing Machine, The “Ingram” Rotary, 239
Propellers, Screw, Action of, Air. J. Howden, 164, 257
Propulsion of Vessels, 164, 456
Production, Restricted, 318
Protection, Free Trade and, 355, 370, 373
Protection, A Plea for, 352
Protection Protect ? Does. 399
Puddling Furnace, Messrs. Caddick and Maybery, 206, 210
Puddling Furnace, Retort, Air. J. Price, Woolwich Arsenal, 312, 316
Puddling Furnace, Rotary, Alessrs, Godfrey and How-son, 247
Puddling, Alechanical, AI»\ R. Howson, 222, 246
Puddling in the United States, 7
Pulsometer at Worthing Waterworks, 4
Pump, Pendulum, Mr. J. Stannah, 312
Pump, Steam Donkey, Messrs. Spencer and Gillett, 50 Pumps, Blowers, Exhausters, Mr. C. Brakell, 106, 211 Pumps, Three-throw, Andover Waterworks, Alessrs.
Hayward Tyler and Co.. 313
Punching Iron and Steel Plates, Effect of, 164
Purchase System, The Deferred, 410
Railroads for 1877, Poor’s Manual of, 94
Rails, The Export of, 124
Rails, Iron and Steel, 300
Railway Accidents, 156, 168
Railway Amalgamation, 318
Railway Carriages, Improved, 244
Railway Experiments made by the Eastern Railroad Association of America, 17
Railway Extensions, 461
Railway of France, Eastern, Revenue < f the, 429
Railway Gauge, Origin of the 4 ft. 8 jin., 105
Railway, Great Yarmouth and Stalham Light, 196
Railway Matters, 3, 21, 41. 59, 89, 97, 117, 140. 151, 165, 187, 205, 219, 237, 260, 275, 293, 313, 334, 349, 371, 385, 403, 425,441, 453
Railway, Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion, 181
Railway Platforms and Carriage Footsteps, 444
Railway Station, A Central, 140, 150
Railways in America, 144
Railways in South America, 281
Railways in Brazil, 274
Railways in Ceylon, 356
Railways for India, Narrow Gauge, 104
Rainfall in Jamaica, 25
Ransome, Mr. F., Emery Wheels, 4
Rattening at Sheffield, 282
Russian Ironclads, 190
Russian Navy, The, 105
Reaper and Mower Fingers, Alessrs. Burgess and Key, Smithfield Club Show, 423
Reapers, Messrs. Phillips and Co., 23
Reaping Alachines, Sheaf Binding, Mr. W. A.Wood’s 147
Reaping Machines, Sheaf-binding, Trials of American, Royal Agricultural Show, 114, 135
Rheea Fibre, Alachinery for the Preparation of, Afessrs.
D. and J. Greig, 387, 389
Rheea Fibre, Preparation of, 339
Rivers Purification, 266
Rivet-making Machine, Alessrs. W. Collier and Co. 57, 70 »
Road Alaking, Use of Slag for. 339, 375
Rockhampton Suspension Bridge, Air. Owen Jores, 405
Rolling Mills, Belgian Three-high, 222
Rolling Stock, Air. J. Cleminson’s Flexible Wheel Base, 388
Rope Driving Gear, 40, 186, 241, 296, 339
I Rowan, Alessrs., Double Furnace Boiler, 413
Rowan, Mr. W., Safety Disc for Boilers. 148
Royal Agricultural Society's Show : Liverpool 22
Clutch Gear, Alessrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Head 23
Expansion Excentric, Messrs. Riches and Watts, 24 Fire-box, Messrs. Richard Garrett and Sons, 23 Iron Fore Carriage, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, 22
“ Otto ” Ga,s Engine, Messrs. Crossley, 24
Reapers, Messrs. Phillips and Co., 23
Sheaf binding Reaping Machine, Mr. C. H. M’Cor-mick, 114
Sheaf binding Reaping machines, American, 135
Steering Gear, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, 23
Traction Engine, Messrs. Garrett and Co., 23
Ventilator for Chemical Works, Mr. C. S. Hall. 50
Vertical Gas Engines, Messrs. Humbold and Gilles, 39
St. Albans Abbey, Restoration Works, 199, 202, 203
St. Gothard Railway, The, 138
St. Gothard Tunnel, The, 17
St Helens’ Corporation Waterworks, Contracts Open, Mr. D M F. Gaskin, 79, 80, 81. 84
St. Helens’, Local Government Board Inquiry at, 283
Salford, Borough Engineer, The, 319
Salts, Insoluble, 396
Sanitation, Rural, 266
Santiago, Steamship, 105
Sash Fastenings, B D. Knox, 351
Scarborough, Queen’s Parade Tramway, Mr. H. P.
Holt, 348, 351
Scarborough Waterworks, and the Town Council, 279
Scheffler, Mr. T., Fireless Locomotives for Street Rails, 220
School of Mines, Royal, 20
Scientific Instruments at South Kensington, Exhibition of, 66
Screwing Apparatus, Pipe, Mr. Heap, 454
Sewage, Disposal of Town, 121
Sewage, London, 132
Sewers, Intercepting Rainfall from, 260, 296
Sewing Machine Trade, The, 2
Shah, and the Huascar, H.M S., the, 47, 207
Sheaf-binders, Dynamometer Trials with, Royal Agricultural Show, 114, 135
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Ship Launch at Southampton, 83
Ships. Abnormal Influences in the Direct Motion of
Steam, Mr. R. Mansel, 157
Ships, Strains of, W. John, 164
Show. Royal Agricultural. 22
Show, Smithfield Club, at Islington, 423
Siege Trains and Sieges, Modern, 327
- • Silva Americano,” The S.S., Messrs. Edwards and Symes 149
Silversmiths’ Work. 417
Simons and Co., Messrs. W., Irish Mail Steamers, “ Limerick,” ‘’Milford” and “ Waterford,” 8, 11, 42, 43. 46, 61
Slag Blacks, Manufacture of. 5,11, 25
Slag Industries. The, 223, 317
Slag for Roadmaking, Blast Furnace, 339, 375
Sleeper Casting Machinery, 443
Sluices, Rolling F.G. M. Stoney’s, 172, 240, 311 Smithfield Club Snow-
Burgess and Key, Messrs., Mower and Reaper Fingers, 423
Clayton and Shuttle worth, Messrs., Straw-burning Engine, 423
Davey, Paxman and Co., Messrs., Portable Engine with Peizold’s Device for Preventing Escape of Spirks, 423
Garrett and Sons, Messrs., Semi-portable Engine, 423. 426
Henry Rifled Barrel Company, The, Horsetail Clipper, 424
Robey and Co., Messrs., Traction Engine, 422
Robey and Co., Messrs., Vertical Engine, 422
Shand, Mason, and Co,, Messrs., Light Fire-engine, 423
Turner, Messrs. E. R. and F., Horizontal Engine, 422
Turner, Messrs. E. R. and F., Vertical Engine, 422
Smoke, on the Prevention of, 278
Society, The American Philosophical—
Deviating Forces of an Unsymmetrically Balanced Fly-wheel, Mr. Robert Briggs, 377
Society of Arts, The, 358
Society, The Chemical—
Action at High Temperature of Certain Volatile Metallic Chlorides on Certain Hydrocarbons, Mr. Watson Smith, 7
Anethol and its Homologues, Note on, W. H. Perkin, 7
Chemical Dynamics, First Report to the Society on some Points in, Dr. Wright and Mr. Luff, 396
Chemistry of Cocoa Butter, Part I., Two New Fatty Acids, C. T. Kmgzett, 396
Crystallised Barium Silicate, E. W. Provost, 7
Diamyl. Mr. H. Grimshaw, 7
(a) Hydrocarbons Obtained from the Homologues of Cinnamic-Acid ; (6) On Anethol and its Homologues, W. H. Perkin, 340
Insoluble Salts are Produced, Influence Exerted by Time and Mass in Certain Re-actions in which, M. M. P. Muir, 396
Manganese Re-action, On a New, J. B. Hannay, 340 Oxidation of Ditolyl, T. Carnelly, 340
Oxidation Products of the Aloins, On the, A.
Tilden, 7
Thalliou’s Platinocyanide, Note on, R. J. Friswell • and A. J. Greenaway, 7
Two New Methods of Estimating Bismuth Volume-trically, M. M. P. Muir, 340
Society, The Civil and Mechanical Engineers’, 218 visit to the Gasworks in the Old Kent-road, 262 Visit of Members to the Richmond Waterworks, 127
Visit to Messrs. Truman and Hanbury’s Brewery, 150
Society of Engineers, 169, 339, 421
Direct-acting Hydraulic Machinery, Mr. Ralph II.
Tweddell, 99
Rural Sanitation, Mr. G. Wm. Usill, 266
Tube Wells, Mr. Le Grand, 376, 389
Tube Wells for Large Water Supplies, Mr. Robert Sutcliff, 439
Woolwicn Arsenal, Visit of the Society to, 2 Society of Glasgow, The Philosophical—
Description of the Gardner Process of Seasoning and Preserving Timber from Decay, Mr. James Deas. 123
Society, King’s College Engineering, 297
Cranes, Mr. Josiah Pierce, jun., 394
Docks, Mr. Alliman. 297
Lighthouses, Construction and Illumination of, Mr. de Kay Winans, 407
Pavement of Roads, Discussion on the, 319
Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare, Mr. A. L. Alliman, 367
Water Supply for Towns, Mr. Rudolph Aranz, 340 Society. The Liverpool Engineering, 197
Blast Furnace Slag to Road-making, Application of, Mr. J. S. Brodie, 339, 375
Girder-work, Wrought Iron, Mr. C. Graham Smith, 284
Graving Docks, Mr. W. Wilkinson Squire, 375
Metrical System in Engineering, Advantages of the, Mr. Dukinfield Jones, 241
Piecework v. Daywork, Mr. R. F. Pitt. 197
Railway Engineering in Brazil, Mr. J. E. Claudy, 274 Status and Prospects of Engineers, Mr. Graham Smith, 437
Water Supply of Towns, Mr. C. Jerome Tisdall, 297 Society, The Manchester Scientific and Mechanical—
Inaugural Address of the President, Professor O.
Reynolds, on the Prevention of Smoke, 278
Society, The Meteorological, 25
Arched Squalls of the Neighbourhood of the Trade Winds. tec., Capt. A. Shuck, 394
Barometric Oscillation, Jan. 30th, 1876, Ona Remarkable, Robert H. Scott, 394
Cyclone or Anticyc one. General Character and Prin-cipd Sources of Variation in the weak or any part of a, the Hon. Ralph Abercombie, 394
Diurnal Vaiiation of the Barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, by W. Ellis, F.R A S., 25 Fog Observed at Kew, Oct. 18th, Lb77, Mr. G. M.
Whipple, 452
Improvement in the Mechanism of Self-recording Meteorological Instruments, Rev. C. J Taylor, 25 Meteorological Observations made by the Norwegian Deep-Sea Exploring Expedition in the North Atlantic in 1876 and 1877, Prof. H. Mohn, 452
Meteorology of Cannes, W. Marriott, M. D., F.R.S., 25
Meteorology and Physical Geography of the West Coast of Africa, Commanders, E. G. Bourke, R.N., 452
Physiological Observations during 1877, Rev. T. Preston, 452
Rainfall of Jamaica, 1870-75, Griffith N. Cox, 25 Results Derived from Sunshine Records Obtained
at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, by means of Campbell’s Self-Registering Sun-dial, W. Ellis, F.R.A.S.. 25
Society of Telegraph Engineers, The, 394
Transmission of Sound by Electricity, Prof. Bell, 319
Society, University College, Chemical and Physical—
Amides of the Metals, Mr. H. Robson, 377
Moulding, M. J. Gurdon L. Stephenson, 377
Telephone. The, Mr. II. Forster Morley, 411
Sound, Transmission of by Electricity, 319
South Kensington Museum, 18, 36, 56, 74, 93, 110, 144, 162, 198, 216, 223, 236, 274, 308, 325, 348, 367, 395, 405, 434, 440, 461
Spark Arrester, Petzold’s, 423
Specifications, Belgian, 193
Speed Indicator, Snips’, Mr. W. de Normanville, 193
Spike Extractor, Railway, Messrs. Zeyss, Zeitz, and Siebrand, 413
Stannah, Mr. J., Pendulum Pump, 312
Steam on Common Roads, 375, 428
Steam on Tramways, 457
Steam Gear for Heavy Guns, 444
Steamship Silva Americano, the, 149
Steam Shipping during the last Quarter of a Century, Progress of, 378
Steamer Lines to the East, 392
Steamers, Limerick, Milford and Waterford, Irish Mail, Messrs. W. Simons and Co., 8, 11, 42, 43, 46, 61
Steamers, Merchant War, 283
Steamship Ventilators, 411
Steel by Direct Process, 200
Steel, The Cause of Blisters on Blister, 236
Steel without Blows, Experiments with the new Artillery made from, 222
Steel Manufacture, Essay on, 114
Steel Manufacture and Application, 377
Steel Production, Bessemer, 86
Steel v. Iron in Shot and Armour, 137
Steel for Shipbuilding, 348, 373
Steel Trade, Over-production in the, 356
Steering Apparatus, Auxiliary Steam, Mr. H. P. Holt, 221
Steering Gear, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, 23
Stephenson Memorial Hall, The, 274
Steering of Steamers with the Screw Reversed, 3 39
Stephenson, Mr. G., Suspension Bridge, 284
Stone and Co., Messrs., Waste Water Preventer, 358
Scone-breaking Machine, Mr. H. R. Marsden, 359
Stoney's Rolling Sluices, and the French Barrages
Mobiles, (wii/t reference to Review p. 172 and Letter p. 240), 311
Strains of Ships, Transverse and other, 164, 191
Strike at Martinsburg, U.S., 48
Sulphur in Gas, H. E. Sadler and B. Silliman, 101, 124 Sunshine Records at the Greenwich Observatory, by
Campbell’s Self-registering Sun-dial, W. Ellis, Met. Soc., 25
Sun Spots and the Indian Famine, 153
Sutro Tunnel, 393
Sweden, Iron Shipbuilding in, 162
Telegraph Engineers (See Society of Teleyraph Engineers)
Telegraphs, Imperial Chinese, 241
Telegraph, Subterranean 63
Telephone, Prof. Bell on the, 319
Telephone, Mr. H. F. Morley on the, 411
Telephone in Practical Operation, 169
Telephone, Sectional Drawing of, 239
Telephones, 37, 133
Telephones, Recording, 374
Telephones in New York 221
Tenders for Works at the Public Baths and Washhouses, Whitechapel, 122
Temeraire, Trial of the Engines of the, 6
Temple Bar, 429
Thalliou’s Platino-cyanide, R. J. Friswell, and A. J.
Greenaway, Chemical Society, 7
Thames Floods, 427, 443
Thames, The Silting up of the, 65
Thames Steam Ferry, Opening of the, 321
Timber, The Gardner Process of Seasoning, 123
Torpedo Boats (and Supplement), 419
Torpedo Defence, 260
Torpedo Experiment in Germany, 88
TO15P0CdO Profcecfcors (referrin9 H7, Miscellanea),
Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare, 367
Torpedoes in Turkey, 105
Tracing Institution, 443
Trade Marks, 290
Trade Marks, New Act on, 100
Trade Marks, Registration of, 437
Trains, Goods, 156
Trade Marks in Switzerland and Great Britain, 407
Trades Union Congress, The, 208
Traffic in London, Street, 48
Tramway, Inclined, Fortress of Glatz in Silesia, 462
Tramway, Queen’s-parade, Scarborough, 348, 351
Tramway Car, Steam, 301
Tramways, Spanish, 411
Tramways, Paris, 437
Tramways, Steam on the, Paris, 411
Trisecting a Triangle 296,310
Tube-Ping, Exp ending, Mr. Fenenga, 395
Tube-Scraper, Mr. Rastrick, 149
Tube Well Patents, Ownership of the, 429, 437
Tube Wells, Apparatus for Driving, Mr» J. L. Norton, 376, 389
Tube Wells for Large Water Supplies, 439
Tunnel, Hudson River, 410
Tunstall Boiler Explosion, The, 314
Tweddell, Mr. Ralph H., Hydraulic Machinery, 98, 100
Tyne Shipbuilding Trade, The, 353
Tynewydd Colliery Inundation, 69, 70
Uchatius, General, Bronze Steel Gun and its Equipment, 254, 255, 310
Union Royal Mail Steamship Company’s Steamer “ German,” 393
United States Government at the Philadelphia Exhibition, 44, 58, 75
Valve, Eccentric, Messrs. Elliott and Burnett, 193
Valve for Preventing Waste of Water, Messrs. Stone and Co, 358
Valves, On the Construction of Safety, Mr. J. C. Wilson, 67
Valves, Equilibrium Sluice, Messrs. Bagshaw and Sons, 148
Valves, Steam and Hydraulic, F. W. Webb, 68
Valves, Stop. 6
Valves, Unit Area Safety, 39, 105
Ventilation, Apparatus for, 377
Ventilation for Chemical Works, Mr. C. S. Hall, 50
Vessels, Propulsion of, 164, 456
Vessels, Steam, Abnormal Influences on the Direct Motion of, 157
Viaduct, Ilkeston, Derbyshire Extension Great Northern Railway, Mr. R. Johnson, 274, 276, 277
Victoria Docks Extension (London), Mr. A. M. Ren-del, 22
Wages Question on the Michigan Central Railroad, 252
Wales and the Adjoining Counties, 17, 36, 56, 74, 93, 110,128, 144 162, 179 198, 216, 234 251, 272, 290, 308, 325, 344, 364, 3b2, 395, 400, 417, 434, 450, 466
Warning, A, 62
Warora Colliery in Central India, 292, 294, 295, 293
Water Ballast, 164, 174, 175
Water in the Chalk Formation, Movement of, 320
Water Supply, Chipping Norton, 19
Water Supply, London, 134, 211
Water Supply, Manchester, 10
Water Supply Scheme, The New, 119
Water Supply of Towns, 29 , 340
Water, Weight of a Cubic Foot of, 216
Waterworks, St. Helen’s Corporation, 79, 80, 81, 84
Water-Wheels, 296
Waterworks, The Ossett, 45
Waterworks, The Richmond, 127
Waves and the Energy Transmitted, Rate of Progression of Groups of. 353
Waves by Lateral Deflection, Reduction of Height of, 279
Webb, Mr. F. W., Circular Slide Valve, 68, 69
Wells Tube, 376, 389, 439
West Kent Main Drainage, 314
Wheels, Chilled Railway. 413
Whittlesea Mere, Drainage of, 266
Whitworth Scholarships, The, 100
Wind Guards, 25
Wire Net Making Machines, 427
Wire Rolling Extraordinary in Warrington. 311
Woodward, Mr. J., Machinery for Making Slag Blocks, 5, 11
Woolwich Arsenal, Retort Puddling Furnace, Mr. J.
Price, 312, 316
Workmen, Scarcity of Good, 85, 123, 459
Zeyss, Zeitz, and Siebrand, Messrs,, Railway Spike Extractor, 413
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