The Engineer 1918 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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A ACCIDENT, Railway, at Aberdeen Joint Station, 372 Accidents in Workshops, Factories, &c., Prevention of, 400 Adnrralty Contracts, 39 Admiralty Salvage Section, 34 Aerial Transport—sec Aeronautics AERONAUTICS :
A.E.G. Armoured Infantry Biplane, 206 Aeronautical Inventions, 5
Aero Propeller Shaping Machine, A. Ransome and Co., Limited, 60
Aluminium Pistons for Aero Engines, 35
Audro-Diimler 200 H.P. Aero Engine, 374, 376, 392
Civil Aerial Transport, 511 Flight at High Altitudes, 11, 16 Fokker Single-seater Biplane, 282 Future of Flying, 557 Giant Aeroplanes, 419 Gotha Bombing Biplane, 435, 460, 461 Halbertadt Two-seater Biplane, 302 Hannoveraner Two-seater Biplane, 225; (Letter), 264 Heat Treatment of Aeroplane Parts, 497 L.V.G. Two-seater Biplanes, 483, 524
Maybach Aero Engine, 300 H.P., 182, 184, 194, 215
Pfalz Single-seater Biplane Scout, 270
Power and Weight of American Aeroplane Engines, 338
Problems of Aeroplane Improvement, 506
Rumpier Two-seater Reconnaissance Biplane, 248 Wilbur Wright Lecture, Dr. W. F. Durand on Some Problems in Aeronautics, 16 AGRICULTURAL Tractor, Fiat Company, 488, 497 Air Compressor at the Holbrook Colliery, B°lliss and Morcom, Limited, 113 Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, R. W. Allen, 198, 228 Alcohol, Ethyl, Manufacture of, from Wood Waste, 204 Alcohol, Industrial, Committee, 323 Alkins, W. E., on Progressive Cold Work on Copper, 216 Allen, R. W., on the Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, 198, 228 Alloy, Copper Aluminium, Disintegration, Dr.
R. Seligman and Dr. P. Williams, 251
Alloys of Copper and Zinc, F. Johnson, 251 Aluminium, Annealing—see Annealing Ambulance Train—see Railways American Artillery, Cast Iron Shells for, 254 American 600-Ton Blast Furnace, 108 AMERICAN ENGINEERING NEWS: 155 New American Electric Furnace for Brass Melting, 155
Rapid Shipbuilding in America, 155
AMERICAN and German Manufacturers, 315 American Hydro-electric Plant, Enlarging, 116 American Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives American Merchant Marine, Growth of, 138 Am 'rican Pulverised Coal Device, The Lopulco, 537 Anderson, R. J., on Annealing Cold Rolled Aluminium Sheet, &c., 251 Annealing Cold Rolled Aluminium Sheet, &c.,
R. J. Anderson, 251
Army to Shipyard, 262 Armv, technical Instruction in the, 311 Artificial L'mbs, Manufacture of, at Messrs.
Yarrow’s Works, 236, 244
Aspinall, Sir John A. F., on Railway Transport, 397, 401, 421 Aspinall, Sir John A. F., Retirement of, 529 Associated Enu pment Company, Motor Lorry
Works, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October ±th, 1918)
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Engineers. Manchester: Conveyors for Engineering Works, W. H. Atherton, 462
Standardisation in Engineering, Mr. J. Butterworth’s Presidential Address, 334
Institute. Iron and Steel:
Autumn Meeting, 238, 258
Casting of Steel in Ingot and Other Moulds, J. E. Fletcher, 259 Hardness Testing, &c., A. F. Shore, and Notes by S r R. Hadfield, 239 Influence of Elements on Tenacity of Basic
Steel, &c., Dr. A. Me William, 239, 340
Influence of Hot D formation on the Qualities of Steel, Mons. G. Charpy, 238 Magnetic Analysis as a Means of Studying the Structure of Iron Alloys, K. Honda, 261
Phosphorus in Malleable Cast Iron, J. H. Leng, 261
Prevention of Growth in Grey Cast Iron T. E. Hurst, 239 Princ:p!es of Open-hearth Furnace Design
C. H. F. Bagley, 259 6 '
Rate of Change at 100 deg. Cent, and at Ordinary Temperatures in Electrical Resistance of Hardened Steel, E. D. Camobell, 260 F Reaction between Pure Carbon Monoxide &c., Dr. H. C. H. Carpenter and Mr’.
C. Coldron Smith, 239 Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials, Cosmo Johns, 239 J
Telescopic Focussing Apparatus for Photomicrography, A. F, Hallimond, 260 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & .
SOCIETIES (continued) :
Institute, Iron and Steel (continued): Use of Bosh Tuyeres in the Blowing of Basic Pig Iron, J. S. Rollings, 258 Utilisation of Waste Heat from Open-hearth Furnaces for the Generation of Steam, T. B. Mackenzie, 259 Warping of Steel through Repeated Quenching, T. H. Whiteley, 239 Institute of Metals:
Alloys of Copper and Zinc, F. Johnson, 251
Annealing Cold Rolled Aluminium Sheet, &c., R. J. Anderson, 251 Autumn Meeting, 216, 250 Copper Aluminium Alloy, Disintegration, Dr. R. Seligman and Dr. P. Williams, 251 Effect of Progressive Cold Work on the Tensile Properties of Pure Copper, W. E. Alkins, 216 Influence of Impurities on Mechanical Properties of Admiralty Gun-metal, F. Johnson, 250
Phosphorus in Bronzes, T. E. Rooney, 250
Rapid Recrystallisation of Deformed Nonferrous Metals, D. Hanson, 250 Resistance of Metals to Penetration under Impact, Professor C. A. Edwards, 216, 314 —see also Institution of Mechanical Engineers Use of Liquid Fuel in the Foundry, Captain A. E. Plant, 251 Institute, The Textile:
Autumn Conference at Bradford, 311
Institution of Civil Engineers : October Examinations, 1918, Pass List (Interim), 499 Sir J. A. F. Aspinall’s Presidential Address on Railway Transport, 401, 421 Institution of Electrical Engineers:
Engineers’ Protective Associations, 74
High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in Large Power Stations, J. H. Shaw’, 38
Patent Law Committee Report, 438
Institution, Junior, of Engineers: The Stokes Gun and Shell and their Development, Gustave Canet Lecture, Sir Wilfrid Stokes, 6, 27 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Law Governing Resistance to Penetration of Metals, &c., Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435—see also Institute of Metals Ludwik Hardness Test, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 355, 435 Manchester Meeting : Hardness Papers Repeated, 379
Patent Law Committee Report, 438
Thomas Hawksley Lecture, Experimental Study of Mechanical Properties of Metals, Dr. Unwin, 301 Value of the Indentation Method in Deter-, mination of Hardness, R. G. C. Batson, 354, 435 Institution of Mining Engineers:
Annual Meeting at Nottingham, 240
Chance Acetylene Safety Lamp, W. Maurice, 242 Developments in Coalfields South of Sydney, Dr. J. R. M. Robertson, 242 Magnetic Meridian as a Basis for Mining Surveys, T. L. Galloway, 242 Mine Rescue Apparatus, Committee’s Report, Digest of, D. Penman, 242 Presidential Address, Mr. E. B. Walker, 240 Institution or Municipal and County Engineers: Public Works in Middlesbrough, S. E. Burgess, 293 Institution of Naval Architects: Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, R. W. Allen, 198, 228 Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and shipbuilders: Future of Shipbuilding, Presidential Address, Edwin L. Orde, 498 Institution of Water Engineers:
Freezing of Reservoir Outlet Works, Irvine District Water Board, Gilbert Christie, 530
Relation of Rainfall to Configuration, Carle Salter, 530 Stream Flow and Percolation Water, Samuel Hall, 530 Society, Ceramic : Conference of Refractory Materials Section at Swansea, 332 German Monopoly of Magnesite, 332
Production and the Outlook, 333 Raw Materials in South Wales, 332 Silica and Zirconia, 332 Zinc Refractories, 333
Society of Chemical Industry :
Formation of Chemical Engineering Group,
Society. Faraday : Occlusion of Gases by Metals, Papers and Discussion, 444 Balanced Reactions in Steel Manufacture Dr. Andrew McCance, 444 Foreword on the Great War, Sir Robert Hadfield, 444
Gases Occluded in Steel, Dr. T. Baker, 444 Properties of Metals as Affected by their Occjuded Gases, Cosmo Johns, 444
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued): Society Royal Aeronautical, of Great Britain:
Sound Steel, Sir R. Hadfield, 543
Wilbur Wright Lecture, Dr. W. F. Durand on Outstanding Problems in Aeronautics, 11, 16 Society, Royal, of Arts: Chairman’s Address on Science and the Future, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 442 ATHERTON, W. H., on Conveyors for Engineering Works, 462 Concrete, Reinforced, Construction, Heathcote System, 551 Concrete, Reinforced, Pontoons at Sydney, 285 Concrete, Reinforced, Reservoir at Winnipeg, 545 Concrete Shipbuilding, 125, 191, 286—see also Ships Concrete Ships, Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for, Captain C. C. Myers, 443 Contracts, 128, 496 Conveyors for Engineering Works, W. H. Atherton, 462 Co-operation in Engineering and Allied Trades, 565 Copper-Aluminium Alloy, Disintegration, Dr.
R. Seligman and Dr. P. Williams, 251
Copper, Progressive Cold Work on, &c., W. E.
Alkins, 216
Copper and Zinc Alloys, F. Johnson, 251 CO, Recorders in the Boiler-house, J. B. C.
Kershaw, 45, 67
Crewe Tractor for Military Light Railways, 339 Cylinders—see Engines, also Railway Locomotives D DERBYSHIRE, Drilling for Oil in, 346. 352 Development of Port Chanaral, Chile, 198 Discharge of "Workpeople, 499 Doorakkers, G., on Taps and Dies for Production Work, 151, 186, 187 Drainage of Macedonian Marshes, 55 Drill, Centre, New Type of, Fry’s (London), Limited, 145 Drop Hammer, 10-Ton Steam-driven, Brett’s Patent Lifter Company, 202, 210 Dunlop Rubber Company’s Education Scheme, 262 Durand, Dr. W. F., on Some Outstanding Problems in Aeronautics, 11, 16 Durham—see Electrical Matters E EDUCATION, Commercial, 56 Educational Intelligence, 212, 286, 382, 452, 521 Edwards, Professor C. A., on the Resistance of Metals to Penetration under Impact, 216, 314 Edwards, Professor C. A., and F. W. Willis, on a New Method of Testing Hardness, 142, 354, 435 Eight Hours Day in Germany, 534 Elbourne, E. T., on Labour Administration, 235. 257, 280. 299, 322, 348, 365, 388, 432, 463, 478, 504, 548 ELECTRICAL MATTERS: American Hydro-electric Plant, Enlarging, 116 Barge, Electrically Welded, 122
Bombay Water Power Development, 507
British East Africa. Electric Power Supply, 328 Cables, Detective and Protective, Devices for, W. T. Glover and Co., 116 Cast Iron, Electric Welding of. 167 Coil-winding Machines, Igranic Electric Company, 167 Durham Colliery, The Electrification of a, 136, 152, 160 Electric Power Developments during the War, 451 Electric Supply Undertakings in London, 561 Electrode Annealing Furnace, Gas-fired, Davis Furnace Company, 560
Empire Water Resources, 141
Granby Power Supply at Anyot, British Columbia, 24, 32 High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in Large Power Stations, J. H. Shaw, 38 Lloyd’s Register and Electric Welding, 143, 162 Locomotives—.see Railway Locomotives Midland Electricity Supply, 83 Muffle Furnace with Pyroscopic Detector, Wild and Barfield, 21 Power Station, San Fernando, 325, 330 (Twopage Supplement, October \3th, 1918) Printing Machines, Electrically-driven, Bruce Peebles and Co., Limited, 140, 144 Railways—see Railways Reversing Cogging Mill, Electrically-driven 38in., British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., 510, 513 ; (Note), 564 Rolling Mill Plant, Electrical, Oerlikon Company, 308, 312 Salford Electric Power Station, 519 Shinbuilding, Electric Welding for, 96, 119, 217 Turbo-Generator, A Large German, 52 Use of Lignite, Bagasse and Wood Waste for Power Generation, &c., J. B. C. Kershaw, 121, 133 EMPIRE Water Resources, 141 Enemy Patents, 57 ENGINES AND MOTORS : American Aeroplane Engines, Power and Weight of, 338 Austro-Daimler 200 H.P. Aero Engine, 374, 376, 392 Benz Aero Engine, Aluminium and Cast Iron Pistons for, 35 Future of the Oil Engine, 77, 80 Gas-blowing Engine, 1500 H.P., National Gas Engine Company, 10, 16, 207 (7 wopage Supplement, September 6th, 1918) Heavy Oil-burning Arrangement fop Motor Cars, F. A. Wilkinson, 227
ENGINES AND MOTORS (contii.ued)-. Heavy Oil Engine, Charles E. Lucke, 80
Locomotive Engines—see Locomotives, also Railway Locomotives Maybach Aero Engine, 300 H.P., 182, 184, 194, 215 Repairing Fractured Steam Cylinders, Barimar, Limited, 285 ENGINEERING and Allied Trades, Co-operation in, 5G5 Engineering in Brazil, 285 -see also Engineering Opportunities Engineering Enterprise, Bulgaria as a Field for, 427 Engineering, Links in the History of, Rhys Jenkins, 52, 333, 534 Engineering Markets of Brazil—-see Engineering Opportunities Engineering Markets of the Near East, 213 Engineering Opportunities in Brazil, 364, 407, 491 Engineering Standards Committee, Change of Name, 254 Engineers’ Protective Associations, 74 Engineers, Volunteer, London, Army Troops Companies, 17, 44, 61, 83, 108, 128,‘150. 171, 191, 212, 234, 273, 291, 320, 341, 347, 385, 406, 426, 446, 476, 496, 565 ; (Letter), 347 English for the English, 26 Exhibition, British Scientific Products, 102, 142 Exhibition of “ Key ” Industries, 285, 315 F FACTORY Education Scheme, 262 Fell, E. W., on the Repair of Locomotive Boilers, 541 File Industry, Reform in the, George Taylor, 13 Fire-boxes—see Railway Locomotives Fletcher, J. E., on the Casting of Steel in Ingot and other Moulds, 259 Flight and Flying—see Aeronautics Foreign Patents in Germany, 183 Forthcoming Engagements, 20, 42, 64, 83, 106, 128, 149, 170, 190, 212, 232, 256, 273, 296, 318, 338, 360, 382, 406, 428, 450, 476, 500, 522, 544, 566 Freedom of the Rhine, 154 Freezing—see Water Supply Freight Traffic—see Railways French Iron Ore Deposits and Germany, 331 Fuel Economy, 125 Fuel, Peat, Value of, for the Generation of Steam, 123, 163, 178, 180 Fuel, Pulverised Coal, in an American Smelting Plant, 520 Fuel, Rationing of. 267 ; (Letter), 328 Functions of the Government in Relation to Industry, W. L. Hichens, 412 Furnace, Electric Muffle, with Pyroscopic Detector, Wild and Barfield, 21 Furnace, Gas-fired Electrode Annealing, Davis Furnace Company, 560 Furnace, Gas-fired High-speed Steel Hardening, Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Limited, 319 Furnaces, Gas-fired, Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Company, 497 Furnaces—see also Iron and Steel Future of the Brass and Copper Trades, Conference, 335 Future of the Gas Industry, 350, 354 G GAS Engines—see Engines Gas Furnaces—see Furnaces Gas Industry, Future of the, 350, 354 Gases, Occlusion of, by Metals, Papers and Discussion at the Faraday Society, 444 Gauges, Water-quenched, Effect of Tempering on, 537 Georgian Bay Canal, J. J. Bell, 527 German Industries, Nationalisation of, 555 German Machinery Trade Organisation, 247 German Maritime War Aims, 268 German Ships—see Ships Germany, Eight Hours’ Day in, 534 Germany, Foreign Patents in, 183 Goggles, Protective, 506 Goods, Transport and Delivery of, 77 : (Letter), 125 Grain Growth in Metals Dr. Z. Jeffries, 250 Grain-handling Plant, Henry Simon, Limited, 240, 241 Grain-unloading Plant, Portable Pneumatic, Robert Bobv, Limited, 94, 95 ; (Letters), 135, 242 Gun-metal, Impurities in, F. Johnson, 250 Guns and Gunnery—see War Material H HADFIELD, Sir Robert, on Sound Steel, 543 Hammer, Drop, 10-Ton Steam-driven, Brett’s
Patent Lifter Company, 202, 210
Hanson, D., on Recrystallisation of Deformed Non-ferrous Metals, 250 Hardness Test, The Ludwik, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 355, 435 Hardness Testing, &c., A. F. Shore, and Notes by Sir R. Hadfield, 239 Hardness Testing, New Method, Professor
C. A. Edwards and F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435
Hardness, Value of Indentation Method in Determination of, R. G. C. Batson, 354, 435 Heat Treatment of Aeroplane Parts, Richmond Gas-fired Furnaces, 497 Heathcote System of Reinforced Concrete Construction, 551 Heating and Ventilation of Workshops, 4 Heavy Oil-burning Arrangement for Motor
Cars, F. A. Wilkinson, 227
Heavy Oil Engines—see Engines Hichens, W. L., on the Functions of the Govern
ment in Relation to Industry, 412
High Level Steel Arch in New Zealand, 446 High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in (
Large Power Stations^ J. H. Shaw, 33, 38 t
History of Engineering, Links in the, Rhys
Jenkins, 52, 333
Hobart—see Water Supply Hog Island Shipyard, 57 j Holland, Large Pumping Stations in, 106, 486 Rollings, J. S., on the Use of Bosh Tuyeres in the Blowing of Basic Pig Iron, 258 Housing—see Labour Humanity, Laws of, 245 Hurst, J. E., on the Addition of Steel to Cast
Iron, 93
Hydro-electric Plant, American, Enlarging, 116 Hydro-electric Plant in New Zealand, Wood
Stave Pipe for, 400
I IMPERIAL College of Science and Technology 382 Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, 93 Impurities in Gun-metal, F. Johnson, 250 Indian Sea Ports, Bombay, Chittagong and
Rangoon, 334
Industrial Alcohol Committee, 323 Industrial Coal—see Coal Industrial Development of Norway, 530 Industrial Development of Sweden, 309 Industrial Fatigue Research Board, 565 Industrial Future of the Pyrenees, 51 Industrial Reconstruction Council Lectures, 61 Industry, Functions of the Government in Relation to, W. L. Hichens, 412 Infantry and Accessories, 375 Influence of Elements, &c.—see Iron and Steel Influence of Hot Deformation, &c.—see Iron and Steel Institutes and Institutions—-see Associations, &c. Insurance, National Health, 20 Internal Combustion Engines—see Engines Invention, Specialisation and, W. G. Cass, 100 Irish Transport Developments, 417 IRON AND STEEL:
Addition of Steel to Cast Iron, J. E. Hurst, 93 Admiralty Contracts, Procedure for Ordering
Steel Materials, 39
American 600-Ton Blast-furnace, 108
Balanced Reactions in Steel Manufacture, Dr. Andrew McCance, 444 Cast Iron Shells for the American Artillery, 254 Casting of Steel in Ingot and Other Moulds, J. E. Fletcher, 259 Electric Muffle Furnace, with Pyroscopic Detector, Wild and Barfield, 21 Electric Welding of Cast Iron, 167 French Iron Ore Deposits and Germany, 331 Gas-fired Electrode Annealing Furnace, Davis Furnace Company, 560 Gas-fired Furnaces, Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Company, 497
German Steel Industry and the Future, 224
Hardness Testing, &c., A. F. Shore, and Notes by Sir R. Hadfield, 239 High-speed Steel-hardening Furnace, Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Limited, 319 Indentation Method in Determination of Hardness, Value of, R. G. C. Batson, 354, 435 Influence of Elements on Tenacity of Basic Steel, &c., Dr. A. Me William, 239, 340 Influence of Hot Deformation on the Qualities of Steel, Monsieur G. Charpy, 238 Iron-making in Italy, 545
Iron and Steel Regeneration of France, 375
Iron and Steel Trades, Lord Balfour of Burleigh’s Committee Report, 318 Lord Balfour of Burleigh’s Committee Report, Adverse Opinion by Council of British Federation of Iron, Steel, &c., Merchants, 318 Manufacture and Testing of Cast Steel Chain Cables, 134
Occluded Gases in Steel, Dr. T. Baker, 444
Principles of Open-hearth Furnace Design, C. H. F. Bagley, 259 Sound Steel, Sir R. Hadfield, 543 Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials* Cosmo Johns, 239 Steel Uprights for Shipbuilding Berths, Glasgow Steel Roofing Company, Limited, 124 Use of Bosh Tuyeres in the Blowing of Basic Pig Iron, J. S. Rollings, 258 Utilisation of Waste Heat from Open-hearth Furnaces for the Generation of Steam, T. B. Mackenzie, 259 J JEFFRIES, Dr. Z., on Grain Growth in Metals, 250 Jenkins, 4<hys, on Links in the History of Engineering, 52, 333, 534 Johns, Cosmo, on Properties of Metals as Affected by their Occluded Gases, 444 Johns, Cosmo, on Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials, 239 Johnson, F., on Alloys of Copper and Zinc, 251 Johnson, F., on Impurities in Gun-metal, 250 K KERSHAW, J. B. C., on CO2 Recorders in the Boiler-house, 45, 67 Kershaw, J. B. C., on the Use of Lignite, Bagasse and Wood Waste for Power Generation, &c., 121, 133 “Key ” Industries Exhibition, 315 LABOUR NEWS, STRIKES, AND WAGES QUESTIONS (continued):
Soldier-Apprentice Problem, 135, 304 State and the Housing Problem, 119 Strike at Coventry, 78. 99, 106 Women in Munition Factories, 30
LAMPS for Daylight Signals on Railways, 520 Lathe, Precision Screw-cutting, Alfred Herbert, Limited, 558 LATIN-AMERICAN ENGINEERING NOTES:
Extension of Habana Docks, 69 Port San Antonio, 69 Steam Engines for Argentina, 69 Water Power in Venezuela, 69 Water Supply of Guayaquil, 69
LAUNCHES—see Ships Laws of Humanity—see Labour LEADERS:
American Naval Policy, 489 British Naval Construction since 1914, 465 British Shipbuilding, 183 Civil Aerial Transport, 511 Coal Position, 224 Commercial Education, 56 Counting Joints, 245 Eight Hours’ Day in Germany, 534 Electric Welding in Shipbuilding, 119 Elements of Naval Power, 533 Empire Water Resources, 141 Flight at High Altitudes, 11 Foreign Patents in Germany, 183 French Iron Ore Deposits and Germany, 331 Future of the Oil Engine, 77 German Naval Policy, 161 German Shipping and Shipbuilding, 203 German Steel Industry and the Future, 224 German Submarine Designs, 99 Higher Pressures, 33 Inclined Cylinders, 331 Industrial Development of Sweden, 309 Infantry and Accessories, 375 Irish Transport Developments, 417 Iron and Steel Regeneration of France, 375 Laws of Humanity, 245 Macedonian Marshes, 55 Machinery Design and National Character, 33 Meanest Thing, 267 Merchant Shipbuilding Position, 141 More Light on Shipbuilding, 223 Mr. Rowntree on Human Needs, 289 Nationalisation of German Industries, 555 Nationalised Railways, 511 Navy and Merchant Shipbuilding, 120 Problems of Peace, 417 Promotion of Overseas Trade, 490 Proper Use of Sea Power, 441 Railway Canal and Harbour Charges, 203 Railway Executive Committee, 289 Railway Manager on Transport, 397 Rationing of Fuel, 267 Shortening the Naval Front, 353 Standard Gas, 354 Standard Locomotives, 11 Standard Railway Equipment, 442 State and the Housing Problem, 119 State and Reconstruction, 309 Strike at Coventry, 78, 99 Suggested Sewage Disposal Authority, 161 Transport and Delivery of Goods, 77 Wanted : A Railway Policy, 465
War Administration of British and American Railways, 397
Woolwich, 555
LECLAIRE Canal on the Mississippi River, 65 Lectures on Trade and Industry, 61 LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS: England, North of, 19, 41, 62, 85, 104, 126, 147, 169, 189, 209, 231, 253, 275, 295, 317, 337, 359, 380, 403, 425, 449, 473, 495, 516, 539, 563
Lancashire, 18, 40, 62, 84, 104, 126, 146, 168,
188, 208, 230, 252, 274, 293, 316, 335, 358, 379, 402, 423, 447, 472, 493, 515, 538, 562 ; (Letter), 518 Midlands and Staffordshire, 18, 40, 62, 84, 104, 126, 146, 168, 188, 208, 229, 251, 274, 293, 315, 335, 357, 379, 402, 423, 447, 471, 493, 515, 537, 562
Scotland, 20, 42, 64, 86, 105, 128, 147, 169,
189, 210, 231, 253, 276, 295, 317, 337, 359. 381, 404, 426, 450, 474, 495, 517, 540, 564 ; (Letter), 518 Sheffield, 19, 41, 63, 85, 105, 127, 146, 168, 188, 208, 230, 252, 275, 294, 316, 336, 358, 380, 403, 424, 448, 472, 494, 516, 538, 563 ; (Letter), 178 Wales and Adjoining Counties, 20, 42, 64, 86, 106, 128, 148, 170, 190, 210, 232, 254, 276, 295, 317, 337, 359, 381, 404, 426, 450, 474, 495, 517, 540, 564 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Air Raid Casualties, Mark H. Judge, 306, 414 Ancient Pumps, G. E. C. Lamb, 347
Annealed v. Wrought Iron Castings, W. J. May, 306 Boy in Industry. R. R. Hyde, 8, 125 ; J. W. W., 74 ; W. Duckett, 96 ; F. E. Johnson, 166 ; D. H. Macartney, 125; A. S. Murdoch, 200, 391 British and Continental Railway Tunnel, Geo. Remington, 471 British Railways and the War, Hexagon, 306 Christmas and Overseas Troops, Joseph
Meech, 471
Costing in the Brass Trade, H. F. Smith, 135 Counterfeit Gold Coins from Venezuela, H. M.
Sayers, 30
County of London Royal Engineer Volunteers, C. B. Clay, 347 Education of Engineers, H. G. Taylor, 470 Electric Railway Rolling Stock, W. J. T., 518 Employers and Employed, E. W. Petter, 178 Engineers in the Aimy, Efficiency, 74 Engineers and India, Scribe, 8 ; Indicus, 217 ; G. Jordan, 264 ; Albino, 264 Fourth Dimension, C. F. D. M., 347 ; A. C. Garwood, 391 Future for Engineers in India—see Engineers and India Future of the Professional Classes, A. F. Wickenden, 30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (continued):
Goods Clearing Houses, A. W. Gattie, 125 High-pressure Steam, E. C. Bowden-Smith, 135—see also Steam Industrial Combination and the Export Merchant System, Howard F. Smith, 8 ^471 ^00<^ *n ^ew Zealand, Grating, Laws of Humanity, W. A., 286 ; S. R. H., 306 Locomotive Builders of the Past, P. C.
Dewhurst, 61
Lost Time Within the Meaning, &c. &c., Machine Shop Foreman, 61 Menai Suspension Bridge, F. H. Frankland, 518 Modern Sewage Treatment, S. E. Melling, 518 New Merchant Ships : Timber as Auxiliarv, R. M. Steele, 8 Output of Scottish Shale Oil, H. J. Peddie, 518 Patent Law Reform, J. Keith, 30, 286, 328, 413 ; Prior Lien, 306, 347 ; Patent Agent, 470 Pneumatic Grain Handling—see Portable, &c. Portable Grain - handling Plant, G. F. Z.mmer, 135; R. Boby, Limited, 242 ; Power Plant Company, Limited, 414 Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards from a Theoretical Standpoint, Hugh R. Lewis, 60 ; C. Gribble, 96
Properties of Steam—see Steam
Public Supplies of Electricity, F. B. Nathan, 264 Rationing of Fuel, W. H. Casmey, 328 Real Speed of Aeroplanes, J. D. North, 264 Renewable Stay Heads, R. G. Miller, 200 : F. M. Jones, 217 ; E. W. Fell, 217 ; S' Mannering, 242 Reservoirs at Buenos Aires, C. E. D. Waring, Restriction in the Employment of Engineers, Institution, M. Inst. Met. &c., 30 Sawdust Briquettes, A. E. A. Edwards, 264 Simplified Cosine Formula, W. F. Dunton, 96 Standardisation of Locomotives, F. W.
Brewer, 30, 135, 200 ; J. Riekie, 61, 166
State Control of Railways, One Who Knows, 561 Steam, Properties of, High-pressure, When is Steam Superheated ? A. J. Nicholson, 8 ; F. B. Aspinall, 60, 166, 217, 286, 470 ; J. Riekie, 166, 178, 264 ; C. R. K., 242, 413 ; W. H. Booth, 264, 471 ; A. J. Brewer, 286 Syndication in Industry, Howard F. Smith, 328 Technical Publications for Soldiers at the Front, Motor Traction Publishing Company, 61 Three-cylinder Locomotives—see. Valve Gear Trade and Commerce, British Federation of Iron, Steel, &c., Merchants, 200 Training of Apprentices—see Boy in Industry Valve Gears lor Three-cylinder Locomotives, R. C. Porter, 96 ; H. Holcroft, 96 ; Loco., M.I.M.E., 96, 200, 264, 286, 306 ; H. S. Vincent, 347 When is Steam Superheated 2-—see Steam Whitley Scheme Weakness ? Design, 178 Why not a Five-day Working Week ? E. T.
Good, 347 Work for Young Engineers, Beta, 471 Works Organisation, H. G. R., 561
LIGNITE, Bagasse and Wood Waste, Use of, for Power Generation, &c., J. B. C. Kershaw, 121, 133 Links in the History of Engineering, Rhys Jenkins, 52, 333, 534 Liquid Fuel in the Foundry, Use of, Captain
A. E. Plant, 251
LITERATURE : Reviews: All the World’s Aircraft, C. C. Grey, 301, 398 Coal and its Scientific Uses, W. A. Bone, 163, 512 Power Plant : Installation, Upkeep and Economical Operation, T. R. Wollaston, 269 Selected Papers on Social and Economic Questions, Sir Benjamin C. Browne, 163, 466 Short Notices: Aircraft Mechanics’ Handbook, F. H. Colvin, 269 Ports and Terminal Facilities, R. S. MacElwee, 163, 269 Books Received: Alternating-current Electrical Engineering, P. Kemp, 269 Applications of Electrolysis in Chemical Industry, A. J. Hale, 376 British Scientific Products Exhibition, August 12th to September 7th, 1918, 301 CANADA : DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Dominion Water Power Branch Water Resources, Paper No. 20, “ Interests Dependent on Winnipeg River Power,” 79 DEPARTMENT OF MINES—MINES BRANCH : Analyses of Canadian Fuels in Five Parts : Part I., The Maritime Provinces ; Part II., Quebec and Ontario ; Part III., Manitoba and Saskatchewan ; Edgar Stansfield and J. H. H. Nicolls, 398 Annual Report on Mineral Production of Canada during 1916, J. McLeish, 398 Iron Ore Occurrences in Canada, Vol. II., and Maps, 79 Mineral Springs of Canada : Part II., Chemical Character of Some Canadian Mineral Springs, E. T. Elworthy, 398 Report on the Building and Ornamental Stones of Canada : Vol. V., Province of British Columbia, W. A. Parkes, 398 Report on the Clay Resources of Southern Saskatchewan, N. B. Davis, 398
Carburation in Theory and Practice, R. W. A. Brewer, 79 Chemical Analysis of Iron, A. A. Blair, 13
Chemical Combination among Metals, Dr. Michele Giua and Dr. Clara Giua-Lottini, 79 Coal, The Economical Use of, J. H. Anderson/ 163 Coast Erosion and Protection, E. R.
Matthews, 301
LITERATURE (continued): Books Received (continued):
Colour in relation to Chemical Constitution,
E. R. Watson, 100
Concrete Engineers’ Handbook, G. A. Hoo] and others, 163 Decimal Educator, Vol. I., No. 1, September, 1918, 398 Dscimal Money Tables, A. M. Pooley, 13 Do You Pay Excess Profits ? T. Frame Miller, 163 Drainage Problems of the East, Vol. II., Plans, C. C. James, 13
Electrical Engineering, General Lectures on,
• C. P. Steinmetz, 100
Electric Motors and Control Systems, A. T.
Dover, 79
Electric Motors, W. Perron Maycock, 376
Electro-Magnetic Theory of Light, Elements of the, L. Silberstein, 163 Engineering Science, A Primer of, Ewart S. Andrews, 79 Flying Book : The Aviation World Who’s Who and Industrial Directory, 1918, W. L. Wade, 100 From War to Work, Samuel Turner, 79 Hardening and Tempering of Steel, Fridolin Reiser, 79 Heating and Ventilation, J. R. Allen and J. W. Walker, 100 High Explosives, Captain E. de W. S. Colver, 79 How to Work a Spindle Moulder, W. T. Blackmur, 79 Human Needs of Labour, B. S. Rowntree, 100 Il Trattamento Termico Preliminare degli Acciai Dolci e Semiduri, per Costruzioni Meccaniche, Ulrico Hoepli, 79 Industrial Electrometallurgy, Eric K. Rideal, 1.63 Ingots and Ingot Moulds, A. W. Brearley and H. Brearley, 163 International Mining Laws, F. T. Van Wagenen, 190 Italian Dictionary, A Short, Vol. I., Alfred Hoare, 79 Life and Letters of Joseph Black, M.D., Sir Wm. Ramsay, 398 Liquid Steel: Its Manufacture and Cost, D. Carnegie, 398 Magnetism and Electricity for Home Study, H. E. Penrose, 301 Mathematics, Handbook of, for Engineers, 163 Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data, Handbook of, H. P. Gillette and R. T. Dana, 398 Mensuration Made Easy, or The Decimal System for the Million, Chas. Hoare, 13 Mercantile Year-book and Directory of Exporters, 1918, W. Lindley-Jones, 100 Metallurgist’s and Chemist’s Handbook, D. M. Liddell, 269 Metallurgy of Lead, H. O. Hofman, 398 Metals and Alloys : Tables Containing Percentage Composition, &c., 120 Mine Tracks : Their Location and Construction, J. McCrystle, 398 Modern Engineering Measuring Tools, Ernest Pull, 301 Modern Management Applied to Construction, D. J. Hauer, 190 Modern Steam Boilers, &c., Ernest Pull, 398 New Moon : Romance of Reconstruction, Oliver Onions, 163 Numsrical Trigonometry, B. Abbott, 398 Petroleum Refining, A. Campbell, 301 Recovery and Re-manufacture of Waste Paper, James Strachan, 100
Reinforced Concrete : Theory and Practice,
F. Rings, 398
Rural Water Supplies and their Purification, Sxr A. C. Houston, 79 Safe Loads on Steel Pillars, Tables of, E. S. Andrews and W. C. Cocking, Vol. I., 13 Selwyn’s Metric Conversion Tables, W. E. Dommett, 163 Ship Stability and Trim, P. A. Hillhouse, 269 Tabulated Weights of Angle, Tee and Bulb Iron and Steel, Chas. H. Jordan, 100 Technology : Journal of Manchester Municipal College of Technology, Vol. IX., 301 Telegraphy, Aeronautics and War, Charles Bright, 79 Temperature, Methods of Measuring, E. Griffiths, 79 The Electrician Annual Tables of Electricity Undertakings, &c., 79 Town Planning in Madras, H. V. Lanchester, 79 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Terrestrial Magnetism, &c., D. L. Hazard, 398 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : BUREAU OF MINES : Advanced First-aid Instructions for Miners, 398
Bulletins :
149, Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1915, E. H. Burroughs, 190 138, Coking of Illinois Coals, F. K. Oritz, 398 135, Combustion of Coal and Design of Furnaces, H. Kreisinger and others, 13 110, Concentration Experiments with the Siliceous Red Hematite of the Birmingham District, Alabama, J. T. Singewald, 13 139, Control of Hookworm Infection at the Deep Gold Mines of the Mother Lode, California, Dr. J. G. Cumming and J. H. White, 398 152, Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, January-April, 1917, J. W. Thompson, 398 164, Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, September-December, 1917, J. W. Thompson, 190 136, Deterioration in the Heating Value of Coal during Storage, H. C. Porter and F. K. Ovitz, 398 120, Extraction of Gasoline from Natural Gas, &c., G. A. Burrell and others, 398 146, Mineral Technology, 20 ; Technology of Saltmaking in the United States, W. C. Phalen, 13 103, Mining and Concentration of Carnotite Ores, K. L. Rithil and J. A. Davis, 398 140, Occupational Hazards at Blast-furnace Plants and Accident Prevention, F. H. Willcox, 13 LITERATURE (continued): Books Received (continued)'. 155, Petroleum Technology, 41 ; “ Oil Storage Tanks and Reservoirs,” C. P. Bowie, 100 151, Petroleum Technology, 40 ; Recovery of Gasoline from Natural Gas, &c., W. P. Dykema, ] 90 132, Siliceous Dust in Relation to Pulmonary Disease, &c., E. Higgins and others, 190 137, Use of Permissible Explosives in the Coal Mines of Illinois, J. R. Fleming and J. AV. Koster, 398 133, Wet Thiogen Process for Recovering Sulphur, &c., A. E. Wells, 398 Coal Mine Fatalities in the United States, Compiled by Albert H. Fay, 1917, 13 : Februarv, 1918, 100 ; June, July and August, ‘1917, 398
Technical Papers :
147, Absorption of Methane and other Gases by Coal, S. H. Katz, 398 202, Accidents, Metal Mine, in the United States, 1916, Albert H. Fay, 100 201, Accidents at Metallurgical Works in the United States, 1916, Albert H. Fay, 13 193, Accidents, Quarry, in the United States, 1916, Albert H. Fay, 100 176, Bibliography of Recent Literature on Flotation of Ores, July to December, 1916, D. A. Lyon and others, 398 179, Census of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Chemists, A. H. Fay, 398 167, Certificates of Mine Rescue Training, D. J. Parker, 398 173, Coke Oven Accidents in U.S. in 1916, Albert H. Fay, 398 172, Effects of Moisture on Spontaneous Heating of Stored Coal, S. H. Katz and H. C. Porter, 398 199, Five Ways of Saving Fuel in Heating Houses, H. Kreisinger, 13 182, Flotation of Chalcopyrite in Chalco- Pvrrhotite Ores of Southern Oregon, W. H. Coghill, ] 3 162. Initial Priming Substances for High Explosives, Guy B. Taylor and W. C. Coke, 398 141, Laboratory Determination of the Explosibility of Coal Dust and Air Mixtures, J. K. Clement and J. N. Lawrence, 398 183, New Views of the Combustion of the Volatile Matter in Coal, S. H. Katz, 13 181, Petroleum Technology, 42 : Determination of Unsaturated Hydro-carbons in Gasoline, E. W. Dean and H. H. Hill, 13 175, Production of Explosives in the U.S., 1916, A. H. Fay, 398 144, Quick Determination of Incombustible Matter in Coal and Rock Dust, &c., A. C. Fieldner and others, 190 194, Report of Committee on Standardisation of Mining Statistics, Albert H. Fay, 190 189, Temperature Viscosity Relations in the Ternary System, &c., Alex. L. Field and P. H. Royster, 190 185, Use of the Interferometer in Gas Analysis, F. M. Seibert and W. C. Harpster, 190 184, Weights of Various Coals, S. B. Flagg, 190 Universal Directory of Railway Officials, 1918, 163 Universidad Nacional de la Plata-Con tri - bucion al Estudio de las Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, 79, 163, 398
Wealth from Waste, H. J. Spooner, 100 Works Lighting, D. H. Ogley, 269
LLOYD’S Register—see Ships Locomotives of Special Types, Small, 111, 118 Locomotives—see also Railway Locomotives London—see Port of Lord Pirrie’s Manifesto on Need of Ships, 451 Lorry, Motor, Erection, by Associated Equipment Company, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918) Lucke, Charles E., on the Heavy Oil Engine, 80 Ludwik Hardness Test, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 355, 435 M McCANCE, Dr. Andrew, on Balanced Reactions in Steel Manufacture, 444 Macedonian Marshes, 55 Machinery Design and National Character, 33 Machinery Markets of Syria, 29 Mackenzie. T. B., on the Utilisation of Waste Heat from Open-hearth Furnaces for the Generation of Steam, 259 McWilliam, Dr. A., on Influence of Elements on Tenacity of Basic Steel, &c., 239, 240 Magnesite, German Monopoly, 332 Manufacture of Ethyl Alcohol from Wood Waste, 204 Materials, Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of, Dr. Unwin, 301 Meanest Thing, 267 Menai Suspension Bridge, Tests on Tie Bars from the, 47 ; (Letter), 518 Metals, D formed Non-ferrous, Recrystallisation of, D. Hanson, 250 Metals, Grain Growth in, Dr. Z. Jeffries, 250 Metals, New Method of Testing Hardness of, Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435 Metals, Occlusion of Gases by, Papers and Discussion at the Faraday Society, 444 Metals, Resistance of, to Penetration under Impact, Professor C. A. Edwards, 216, 314 Middlesbrough, Junior Technical School for, 207 Middlesbrough Roads, 293 Military Work-—see War Material Military Workshop Train, Gloucester Railway
Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554
Mill—see Cogging Mill Mine Rescue Apparatus, Committee’s Report, 219 ; Digest of Report, D. Penman, 243 Mineral, Our, Statistics, 12 Mineral Resources Bureau, Imperial, 93 Mining Engineers’ Institution—see Association MINISTRYOF MUNITIONS ORDERS : 8, 167, 334, 346, 414, 447, 475, 492, 520’ 544, 660 Additional Maximum Prices for Metallurgical Coke, 414 Aeroplanes and Aero Engines, Experimental Construction Suspension Order, 561 Agricultural and Dairy Machines, Implements and Vehicles (Sale) Order, 1918, 8
Bar lron for Home Delivery, 521 Boilers (Control) Order, 1918, 414, 544 Cast Iron Scrap, 167 Control of Building Bricks, 544
Control of Metals, Chemicals, Machinery and Plant, 560 Copper, Brass, Cupro-Nickel Scrap, Spelter and Lead, 544
Cranes, 521 Discharge of Workpeople, 499 Electricity Supply, 414 Export Prices, Iron and Steel, 520 Export Prices, Pig Iron, 520 Export Prices, Steel, 447 Gasworks, 8 Iron and Steel, 334 Iron and Steel Prices, 475 Iron and Steel Scrap, 167
List of Steel Prices for Home Deliveries on and after February 1st, 1919, 520 Lorries and Trailers, Revocation Order, 561 Machine Tools, Wood-working Machinery and Treadle Lathes, 346 Manufacture and Repair of Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers and Shot Guns, 447
Motor Engines and Vehicles, 521 Non-ferrous Metals, 544 Notice of Modification of General Permit, 167
Notice of Modification of General Permit as regards Dealings in Wrought Iron Scrap, 167
Pig Iron, Steel and Bar Iron Prices, 492 Refractory Materials, 493
Relaxation of Priority for Government Work, 521
REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS :
On Non-ferrous Metals, 475, 492
Regarding Manufacture of Forgings, Stampings and Castings, 475 Regarding Manufacture and Sale of Iron and Steel, Wire and Wire Ropes, 475 Regarding Sale and Purchase of Calcium Carbide and Machine Tools, 492
Returns as to Forgings and Castings, 346
Second-hand Boilers, 334
Second-hand Machine Tools, Wood-working
Machinery and Treadle Lathes, 414, 447
Second-hand Railway Wagons, 447
Shellac, 521
Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, No. 1466, 447
Suspension of Various Orders, 561 Tm, 544
Use of Ministry Plant and Machinery for Civil Work, 475 MOTOR Cars, Heavy Oil-burning Arrangement for, 227 Motor Coaches for Railways—see Railways Motor Lorry Erection by Associated Equipment Company, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918) Motor, Steam, Coke Fuel, Clarkson, Limited, 101, 103 Motor Traffic Rules and Recommendations, 561 Moving Targets and Torpedo Attack, 2, 23 Munitions Dispute—sec Labour, 106 Myers, Captain C. C., on Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for Concrete Ships, 443 o OBITUARY:
Barge, H. Lowthian, 356 Beardmore, Isaac. 30' Bennis, Edward, 399 Cannon, Arthur, 355 Crosland, James Foyer Lovelock, 356 Diplock, Bramah Joseph, 143 Dyer, Henry, 291 Fox, D. M., 224 Hopkinson, Bertram, 186 Howgrave-Graham, Henry, 334 Hutchinson, Thomas Charles, 355 Marples, Edwin Henry, 442 Perrett, J. R., 356, 376 Pryce, Henry J.; (Portrait), 157 Restler, Sir James William : (Portrait), 399 Scott, Charles Herbert, 143 Sisters on, Edward, 57 Stevenson, Edmund Herbert, 74 Stringer, Edwin Henry, 471 Turner, Henry, 471 Walker, Gilbert Drew, 471 Walker, H. Cecil, 471 Westlake, Henry, 356 Willcocks, George Waller, 74
OCCLUSION of Gases by Metals, Papers and Discussion at the Faraday Society, 444 Oil—see also Heavy Oil Oil, Boring for, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 346, 352 Oil-carrying Ships—see Ships Oil Engines—see Engines Oil Firing for Domestic Purposes, E. C. Bowden- Smith’s Scarab Oil Burner, 445 Oil, Production of, from Cannel Coal, 120 Oil Separator, Summerscales, Limited, 39 Orde, Edwin L., on the Future of Shipbuilding, 498 Ovens, Semet-Solway Coke, Installation at a Colliery, Coke Oven Construction Company, 430 Overseas Trade, Promotion of, 490 p PARAFFIN Vaporiser for Motor Ploughs, Martin’s Cultivator Company, 339 Patent Law Reform, 438, 468 Patent Rights, Acquisition of, 22, 44. 66, 88, 108, 130. 150, 172, 192, 212, 234, 256, 278, 298, 320, 342, 362, ^86, 406 PATENT SPECIFICATIONS: British: Aeronautics, 65, 149, 171, 255, 385, 405, 475, 522
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 107,
171, 451
Cranes and Conveyors, 255, 297, 361
Dynamos and Motors, 65, 87, 129, 233, 255, 319, 341, 361, 385, 427, 543, 566 Engines, Internal Combustion, 21, 43, 65, 87, 107, 129, 171, 191, 211, 233, 255, 277, 297, 319, 341, 405, 451, 475, 499, 521, 543, 565 Engines, Steam, 107, 297, 319, 385, 405, 427, 451, 521 Gas Producers, 21, 44, 191, 341, 405, 451 Heating and Lighting, 255, 297, 34], 361, 385, 406, 500
Lighting—see Heating Locomotives, 21, 386
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 21, 44, 66, 88, 130, 192, 212, 255, 277, 298, 319, 342, 361, 385, 428, 475, 499, 522, 543, 566 Measuring and Testing Instruments, 22, 66, 129, 150. 212, 278, 342, 427, 475, 544 Mines and Metals, 22, 88, 130, 192, 256, 278, 298, 320, 342, 428, 452, 522, 566 Miscellaneous, 22, 44, 66, 88, 108, 130, 150, 172, 192, 234, 278, 298, 320. 362, 386, 406, 428, 452, 476, 500, 544 Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 44, 108, 172, 256, 342 Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 43, 130. 149, 171, 191, 212, 234, 278, 320, 361, 453i 475, 499
Ships and Boats, 87, 150, 172
Steam Generators, 21, 107, 149, 255, 277, 361, 405, 427, 499, 543, 565
Switchgear, 129, 172, 297, 428 Telephones and Telegraphs, 320 Tramways and Railways, 475
Transmission of Power, 22, 211, 234, 406, 452 Turbines, 191, 211, 297, 361, 405, 522, 543, 565
Water Purification, 566
PATENTS, Enemy, 57 Patents, Foreign, in Germany, 183 Peat Fuel, Value of, for the Generation of Steam, 123, 163, 178, 180 Personal and Business Announcements, 17, 42, 64, 88, 108, 128, 172, 190, 212. 232, 254, 278, 298, 318, 362, 385, 426, 446, 474, 496, 518, 543 Petrol Locomotives—see Tractors Phosphorus in Bronzes, T. E. Rooney, 250 Pipe, Wood Stave, for Hydro-electric Plant in New Zealand, 400; (Letter), 471 Pirrie, Lord, Manifesto on the Need of Ships, 445 Plant, Captain A. E., on The Use of Liquid Fuel in the Foundry, 251 Pneumatic Riveting in British Shipyards, 149 Pontoons, Reinforced Concrete, at Sydney, 285 Port Chanaral, Chile, Development of, 199 Port of London Improvement Scheme, 394 Ports, Indian Sea, 334 Portable Pneumatic Grain Unloading Plant, Robert Bobv, Limited, 94, 95 ; (Letters\ 135. 242 ’ Potash Industry, British, 148 Power of Engines—see Engines Power Supply, E.ectrical—see Electrical Matters Printing Machines, Electrically Driven, Bruce,
Peebles and Co., Limited, 14»», 144
Precision Screw-cutting Lathe, Alfred Herbert, Limited. 558 Prevention of Accidents—see Accidents Problems of Peace, 417 Progress Department, 486 Promotion of Overseas Trade, 490 Proper Use of Sea Power, 441 Pulverised Coal—see Coal Pumping Engine, George Sorocold, 333 : (Letter), 347 Pumping Stations in Holland. Large, 106, 486 Pyrenees, Industrial Future of the, 51 Q QUANTITY Production in Lorry Building, Associated Equipment Company, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4lh, 1918) R RADIATORS, Manufacture of, by Associated Equ pmeut Company, 288, 290 (Two-Page Supplement, October 4th, 1918). RAILWAYS & RAILWAY MATTERS : General: Ambulance Train for the American Army, 260, 263, 266 Census of Private Owners' Railway Wagons, 74 Crewe Tractor for Military Light Railways, 339 Dealing in Second-Hand Railway Material, 217 Lamps for Daylight Signals on Railways, 520 Nationalised Railways, 511 ; (Letter), 561 Railway Accidents in 1917, 43 Railway, Canal, and Harbour Charges, 203 Railway Construction in the Near East, 300 Reliostop Railway Brake Control System, Industrial Appliances, Limited, 58 Retaining Wall Failure and Reconstruction near Wembley Hill, Great Central Railway, 532, 536 Standardisation of Railway Equipment, 442, 445 Train, Military Workshop Repair, in Flanders, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554 Transport, A Railway Manager on, 397, 401, 421 Transport, Report of Select Committee, 458 Two Recent Railway Accidents, 26 British, Colonial and Indian: Aberdeen Joint Station, Railway Collision at, 373 British Railways under "War Conditions, 214, 246, 268, 284, 289, 310, 321, 371, 390. 397, 410, 454, 490, 528, 556 ; (Letter), 306 Great Central Railway, Failure and Reconstruction of Retaining Wall, 532, 536 Kalka-Simla Railway and Rolling Stock, 455, 464 Katanga Railway, 501 (Two-page Supplement, December IZth, 1918) Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Retirement of Sir John A. F. Aspinall, 529 London, Brighton and South Coast Triple Collision, 26 London and North-Western Railway and Workshops, 277 London and South-Western Railway Six coupled Fas e g r Engine, 383 (Two-page Supplement, November 1st, 1918) North-Eastern Railway, Controlling the Freight Traffic, 305 North-Eastern Railway Derailment, 26
Railway Executive Committee, 289 Trans-Australian Railway, 56, 78
Victorian Railways—New Consolidation Locomotives and Excursion Cars, 15 Wanted—A Railway Policy, 465 Foreign: Ambulance Train for the American Army, 260, 263, 266 American Railway Wages Commission, 87 American Railways under Government Control, 39 Central Argentine Railway, Electric Traction on, 324, 330, 343, 367 (Two-page Supplement, October l&th, 1918) French Railway Line of the 45th Parallel, 552 Inspecting American Rails for Renewal, 277 Motor Coach for Central Argentine Railway, 344, 345 RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: General: Coaling Plant, Locomotive, at Buda-Pesth, 414 Counting Joints, 245—see also Great Northern Locomotive Inclined Cylinders, 331—see also Great Northern Locomotive Parachute Tank for Water Crane, New South Wales Government Railways, 357 Practical Notes on Repair of Locomotive Boilers, E. W. Fell, 541 Pulverised Coal on American Locomotives, 156, 171 Renewable Stay Heads for Locomotive Fireboxes, Mr. Snelson, and London and North- Western Railway, 176 ; (Letters), 200, 217, 242 Standard Locomotives, 11 : (Letters), 30, 61, 135, 166, 200 British, Colonial, and Indian : Great Northern Three-cylinder Locomotive, 70, 72, 245, 331 (Two-page Supplement, July 26th, 1918); (Letters), 96, 200, 264, 286, 306, 347 RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES (continued)’. British, Colonial and Indian (continued): New South Wales Government Railways, Clear-view Locomotive Tender, 356, 357 Parachute Feed Water Tank, New South Wales Government Railways, 357 Victorian Railways—New Consolidation
Locomotives and Excursion Cars, 15
Foreign: American Loco motives, Pulverised Coal on. 156, 174 American Mallet Locomotive, Norfolk and
Western Railroad, 319
German Locomotive Industry, 177 Recent American Freight Locomotives, 222, 232 Standard American Locomotives, 372 RAINFALL, Relation of, to Configuration, . Carle Salter, 530 Rationing of Fuel, 267 ; (Letter), 328 Reclamation of Macedonian Marshes, 55 Recorders—see CO2 Recrystallisation of Deformed Non-ferrous
Metals, D. Hauson, 250
Reform in the File Industry, George Taylor, 1 3 Refractory Materials Conference of the Ceramic
Society, 332
Refractory Materials, Standardisation of Tests of, Cosmo Johns, 239 Reinforced Concrete Construction, Heathcote System, 551 Reinforced Concrete Pontoons at Sydney, 285 Reinforced Concrete Reservoir, 18,000,000
Gallons, at Winnipeg, 545
Reinforced Concrete—see also Ships, Concrete Repair of Boilers—see Boilers Repairing Cylinders—see Engines Research, Scientific and Industrial, Report, 197, 272 Research, Scientific and Industrial, Report of Mine Committee—see Mine Reservoirs—see also Water Supply Resistance of Metals—see also Metals Resistance to Penetration of Metals when
Tested by Impact, &c., Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435
Retaining Wall Failure and Reconstruction, Great Central Railway, 532, 536 Rhine, Freedom of the, 154 Riveting—see Pneumatic Rolling Mill Plant, Electrical, Oerlikon Company, 308,312 Rooney, T. E., on Phosphorus in Bronzes, 250 Rowntree, Mr., on Human Needs, 289 s Salford Electric Power Station, 5] 9 Salvage—see Ships Scarab Oil Burner, E. C. Bowden-Smith, 445 Science and the Future, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 442 Science and Technology, Imperial College of, 382 Scientific and Industrial Research, Summary and Report, 197, 272; D gest of Report, D. Penman, 242, Industrial Fatigue Research Board, 565 ; Report of Mine Breathing Apparatus Committee, 219 Scientific Products, Exhibition of, 102, 142 Screw-cutting Lathe—see Lathe Screw Threads, British Standard Fine, Tolerances of, New Report by British Engineering Standards Association, 254 Separator, Oil, Summerscales, Limited, 39 Sewage Disposal Authority, Suggested, 161 Shaping Machine, Aero-Propeller, A. Ransome and Co., Limited, 60 Shaw, J. H., on High Pressure and High Temperature in Large Power Stations, 33, 38 Shells—see War Material SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: General:
All Welded Ships, 61 American Merchant Marine, Growth of. 138 British Shipbuilding, 183, 205 British Shipbuilding Yards, 346 Concrete Shipbuilding, 125, 286
Concrete Shipbuilding at Poole, 191, 408, 411, 416 (Two-page Supplement, November 15th, 1918) Concrete Ships, Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for, Captain C. C. Myers. 443
Egis Shipyard, 186
Electric Welding for Shipbuilding, 96, 119, 217 Electrically Welded Barge, 122 Fabricated Ship in America, 523 (Two-page Supplement, December 26th, 1918) Future of Shipbuilding, Edwin L. Ordc, 498 German Shipping and Shipbuilding, 203 1000-Ton Concrete Lighter at Poole, 191, 408, 411, 416 (Two-page Supplement, November 15th, 1918) Lloyd’s Register and Electric Welding, 143, 162
Lloyd’s Register Shipbuilding Returns, 518
Manufacture and Testing of Cast Steel Chain Cables, Memorandum by Lloyd’s Register, 134
Merchant Shipbuilding, 173 Merchant Shipbuilding Position, 141
Mode] Fabricated Ship, 171—see also Index to Paragraphs
More Light on Shipbuilding, 223 Need of Ships, Lord Pirrie’s Manifesto, 451
SHIPS & SHIPBUILDING (continued). General (continued): Newark Shipyard and Fabricated Ships, 523 (Two-page Supplement, December 26th, 1918)
Pneumatic Riveting in British Shipyards, 149 Proper Use of Sea Power, 441
Repairing Fractured Steam Cylinders, Barimar, Limited, 285 Shipbuilding, The Navy and Merchant, 120 Shipping and Shipbuilding after the War, 155 Shipyard of the Furness Shipbuilding Company, North-East Coast, 73, 76
Shipyard, Hog Island, 57, 138
Shipyards and Munition Works, Joint Committee, 335 Steel Uprights for Shipbuilding Berths, Glasgow Steel Roofing Company, Limited, 124
Time Taken to Construct Ships, 256 Yarrow Anti-submarine Smoke System, 218
British Navy:
British Naval Construction since 1914, 465 ?
British Warships Commissioned since 1914, 467 Naval Matters:
Admiralty Salvage Section, 34 American Naval Policy, 489 Elements of Naval Power, 533 German Naval Policy, 161 Moving Targets and Torpedo Attack, 2, 23 Navy and Merchant Shipbuilding, 120
Release of Officers and Men from the Navy and Army, 471
Shortening the Naval Front, 353
Foreign Navies :
German Light Cruiser Graudenz, 296 German Submarine Designs, 99
Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels: Agawam, Fabricated American Ship, and Newark Shipyard, 523 (7 ivo-page Supplement, December 26th, 1918) 1000-Ton Concrete Lighter at Poole, 191, 408, 411, 416 (Two-page Supplement, November 15th, 1918 Launch of Two 1000-Ton Concrete Barges at Barnstaple and Barrow-in-Furness, 286 Motor-driven Concrete Schooner Molliette, 468, 469 Oil Tanker, San Florentino, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 508
Salvage of the Onward, 493
Salvage of the St. Paul, 480 (Two-page Supplement, December 6th, 1918) Wooden Ocean Steamers, Large, Built in America, 93 SHORE, A. F., on Hardness Testing, &c., 239 Signals, Daylight, on Railways, Lamps for, 520 Silica and Zirconia, 332 Slag, Blast-furnace, as an Aggregate for Concrete Ships, Captain C. C. Myers, 443 Smoke System, Yarrow—see Ships Societies—see Associations, &c. Soldier-Apprentice Problem, 135, 304 Specialisation and Invention, W. G. Cass, 100 Standard Gas, 350, 354 Standard Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives Standardisation of Railway Equipment, 442, 445 Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials, Cosmo Johns, 239 State and the Housing Problem, 119 State and Reconstruction, 309 Stay Heads—see Railway Locomotives Steam—see also High-pressure Steam Generation Plant, Waste Products for, Meldrums, Limited, 400 Steam Motor, Coke Fuel, Clarkson, Limited, 101, 103 Steam, Value of Peat Fuel for the Generation of, 123, 163, 178, 180 Steel—see Iron and Steel Stokes, Sir Wilfrid, on the Stokes Gun and Shell and their Development, 6, 27 Stream Flow and Percolation Water, Samuel Hall, 530 Strikes—.see Labour Submarines—see Ships Sweden, The Industrial Development of, 309 Swinton, A. A. Campbell, on Science and the Future, 442 Syria, Machinery Markets of, 429 T TANKS, Feed-water—see Railway Locomotives Taps and Dies for Production Work, G.
Doorakkers, 151, 186, 187
Targets, Moving—see Ships, Naval Matters Taylor, George, on Reform in the File Industry, 13 Technical Instruction in the Army, 311 Technical School. Junior, for Middlesbroitgh, 207 Tempering Water-quenched Gauges, Effect of, 537 Tenders-’—see Railway Locomotives Testing Hardness—see Hardness Testing of Materials, Dr. Unwin, 301 Tests on Tie Bars from the Menai Suspension
Bridge, 47 ; (Letter), 518
Textile Training at Bradford, 311 Tires, Tramway Car, Wear of, Arthur Norton, 292 Torpedoes—see Ships, Naval Matters Tractor, Italian Agricultural, Fiat Company, 488, 497 Tractor for Military Light Railways, Built at Crewe, 339 Tractors, Simplex Petrol, Motor Rail and Tram-
car Company, 111, 118
Trade and Industry, Lectures on, 61 Trade, Overseas, Promotion of, 490 Trains—see Railways Tramway Car Tires, Wear of, Arthur Norton, 292 Trans-Australia—see Railways Transport—see also Railways and Aeronautics Transport and Delivery of Goods, 77 ; (Letter), 125 Transport Developments, Irish, 407 Transport, Report of Select Committee, 458 Turbines, Rateau Marine Geared, 2500 H.P.,
British Westinghouse Company, 36
Turbo-air Compressor at the Holbrook Colliery, Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 113 Turbo-generator, A Large, 52 u UNWIN, Dr., on the Experimental Study of the
Mechanical Properties of Materials, 301
Unwin, Dr. W. C., on the Ludwik Test, 355, 435 Use of Lignite—see Lignite V VALUE of Peat Fuel—see Peat Vaporiser, Paraffin, Martin’s Cultivator Company, 339 Volunteer Engineers, London Army Troops Companies, 17, 44, 61, 83, 108, 128, 150, 171, 191, 234, 273, 29], 320, 341, 347, 385, 406, 426, 446, 476, 496, 565 ; (Letter), 347 w WAGES Questions—see Labour Wall Failure—see Retaining Wall WAR MATERIAL & WAR MATTERS :
Army to Shipyard, 262
Cast Iron Shells for the American Artillery, 254
German Maritime War Aims, 268 Infantry and Accessories, 375
Military Building Work in the United States, 167
Railways—see Railways
Release of Officers and Men from the Navy and Army, 471 Shell of the Long-range Gun which is Bombarding Paris, 14 Stokes Gun and Shell and their Development, Sir Wilfrid Stokes, 6, 27 Workshop Repair Train in Flanders, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554 WASTE Products for Steam Generation, Plant, Meldrums, Limited, 400 Water Power Development, Bombay, 507 WATER SUPPLY:
Empire Water Resources, 141
Freezing of Reservoir Outlet Works, Irvine District Water Board, Gilbert Christie, 530
Hobart Water Supply, 205 New York Water Supply, 109, 131
Reservoir, 18,000,000-Gallon Reinforced Concrete, at Winnipeg, 545 WEAR of Tramway Car Tires, Arthur Norton, 292 Welding, Electric—sec Electrical Matters Wilson Bridge at Lyons, 387, 396 Wilson, D.. on Industrial Coal Economy, 383 Winnipeg, ] 8,000,000-Gallon Concrete Reservoir at, 545 ’ Women in Munition Factories, 30 Wood Stave Pipe for Hydro-Electric Plant in New Zealand, 400 : (Letter), 471 Wood Waste, Manufacture of Ethyl Alcohol from Wood Waste, 204 Wooden Steamers—see Ships Woolwich, 555 Works, Motor Lorry, Associated Equipment Company, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918) Workshop Repair Train in Flanders, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554 Workshops, Heating and Ventilation of, 4 Workshops, Progress Department, 486 Y YARROW Anti-submarine Smoke System, 218 Yarrow’s Works, Manufacture of Artificial
Limbs at, 236, 244
ZINC Refractories, 333
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