The Engineer 1919 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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A ACCIDENTS in Factories, Large Proportion of Preventable Cases, 129 Acetic Acid from Cocoanut Shells, 559 Acetylene and Electric Welding, 546 AERONAUTICS : Aeronautical Engineering Professorship at Cambridge, 277 Aeroplane Government Service for South Africa, 249 Aeroplane-making : Is it Engineering ?
Wolverhampton’s Decision, 532
Airship Capable of Going to New York and Back without Stopping, 177 British Aeroplane’s Record Flight in Spain, 429 British Airship R 34, 533 Chilian Air Service Started with British Naval Aeroplanes, 57
Costs of Aerial Transport per Ton-mile, 559
Dominions Governments' Priority Claim in Allotment of Aeroplanes, 249 Farman Aeroplane for Paris-London Service.
Details of Capabilities, 105
Italian Biplane’s Reported Speed of 162 Miles per Hour, 193 Liberty Aero Engines, Large Number Built in America, 1 I Lighter-than-Air Machines and Cheaper Helium Gas, 81 Meteorological Expedition to Test Atmosphere over the Atlantic, 329 Norway, Aeroplane Exhibition at the Kjeller Aerodrome, 57 Transport of Material by Aeroplane to the Interior of China, 105 Visibility of Aeroplanes, Experiments in U.S.A., 455 AFRICAN Baobab Tree, Finest Paper-making Material, 533 Air Filters in Germany, Iron Replaces Wool, 11 Alcohol, Industrial, Manufacture from Waste
Sulphite Liquors of Pulp Mills in Canada, 225
Alcohol in Mixtures as Fuel, Need of Research before Use, Dr. W. Ormandy, 11 Alcohol Motor Fuel, Research Programme, 292 Alginic Acid and its Manifold Uses, 153 Alloy of Aluminium with Calcium Superior to Aluminium, 105 Alloy, Metal Magnesium for Automobile and Aeroplane Construction, 57 Alloys, Cost as an Estimate of Value, V. G. Stevens, 429 Aluminium, Experiments on Purification of, 225 Aluminium Overhead Lines Chart—see Electrical Matters Aluminium from Stone in Norway Hitherto Looked on as Worthless, 201 Aluminium Time Ball for Greenwich Obser- vatorv, Erected after Five Years’ Waiting, 631 Amalgamation of the Federation of British Industries and the British Manufacturers' Corporation, 190 Amalgamation of Harland and Wolff with David Colville and Sons, 129 Amalgamation of Important Electrical Companies, 47 American Catalogues and Booklet®-, Two
Standard Sizes Adopted, 129
Amsterdam, Aircraft Exhibition, 533 Antimony and Stibnite Depos.ts on Burma- Siam Frontier, 81 Apprenticeship Scheme for South Africa, 277 Aqueduct Suspension Span in Wyoming, Twice Rebuilt in Six Weeks, 129 Argentina’s Great Falls at Igazu, Power Plant Erection to Solve Fuel Problem, 11 Asbestos in the Lyden burg, Transvaal, 205 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS :
Meeting for Formation of Association, 379, 566 Successful Dinner, 566
ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS, MANCHESTER :
Design of Jigs and Tools, Effect on Rapid Production, G. H. Hey, 201 Gold Medal Offered by Past-President, 355 Power Stations of the Future. S. L. Pearce, 201
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED MUNICIPAL :
Annual Convention at Felixstowe, 303
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL : Objections to Control of Electrical Supply by Proposed Ministry of Ways and Communications, 303
INSTITUTE, CONCRETE
Recommendations to Inspectors, &c., concerning the Execution of Concrete Works, Pamphlet and Specimen Diary, 249 Sands for Concrete Making, P. G. H. Boswell, 583 Structure Theories and General Stability, A. S. Spencer, 631
INSTITUTE, IRON AND STEEL:
Annual and Autumn Meetings, 164
INSTITUTE OF METALS :
Annual Meetings, Date, Report and Programme, 214 Autumn Meeting at Sheffield, 413 Radio-activity, Annual May Lecture, Professor F. Soddy, 413
BIRMINGHAM' SECTION :
Scientific Factory Management, Lectures on, 177
INSTITUTE, ROYAL SANITARY :
Conference on Post-war Developments relating to Public Health, Subjects and Speakers, 153, 248 Proposed Congress at Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 302, 546 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS :
Agreement with other Motor Societies as to Future Handling of Motor Industry Matters, 329 Information for Parents as to Openings in the Motor Industry, 328 Mr. Thomas Clarkson Elected President, 201 Olympia Motor Show, Special Session of the Institution, 481 Two-stroke Engines for Motor Cycles, E. Tilston, 507
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
Election of Honorary Members, Awards for Papers and Premiums, 450 Election of War Leaders as Honorary Members, 129 Yarrow and William Lindley Scholarships Re-opened, 559
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS: Conversazione and Uniform, 583
Electrical Appointments Board, Register of Applicants for Employment, 214 National Proving-house for the Electrical Trade, Proposed Establishment, 455 Use of High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in Large Power Stations, J. H. Shaw, 105
DUBLIN SECTION :
Water Power Development in Ireland, G. Marshall Harriss, 260
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, JUNIOR :
Commercial Testing of Railway Materials, T. H. Sanders, 481 Improved Notation and Simplified Precision Instrument for Measuring British Binary Inch Fractions, A. Watkins, 559 MIDLAND SECTION : Heat Waste in United Kingdom, Small Electric Stations Advocated, A. E. A. Edwards, 355 INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND : Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, R. W. Alien’s Reply to Discussion, 153 INSTITUTION OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS : Durability of Heating Apparatus, Sectional and Saddle Boilers, C. R. Honiball, 201
INSTITUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS :
Train Heating, Average Daily Coal Supply for, J. Carlier, 249
LEEDS CENTRE:
Locomotive Stays, Improved Method of Production by the North-Eastern Railway, 201
MANCHESTER CENTRE : Formation, 429
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS :
Indian Members to Organise a Society^ of Indian Mechanical Engineers, 153 Projected Visit to French War Area, 516, 619 Sir Robert Hadfield Prize, 316
INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS : Annual Meeting, 118
Awards of Annual Gold Medal and of Premium, 300 Dinner Given to Secretary of the United States Navy and Officers of Mission in England, 455
Programme, 260
INSTITUTION, NORTH-EAST COAST, OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS : Comparison of Deadweight in Steel and in Reinforced Concrete Ships, T. J. Querette, 225
Women’s Admission to Membership, 607 INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGISTS :
Alcohol in Mixtures as Fuel, Research Necessary before Use, Dr. W. Ormandy, 11 Capital Invested in Oil Enterprises, Montagu Summers, 201 Oil, Natural, World’s Production, Dr. Moll wo Perkin, 72 INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS : Renovation of Leclanche Porous Pots, &c., W. J. Thorrowgood, 455
INSTITUTION, ROYAL :
Explosion Time Calculations ; Use of Electrified Crystal, Sir J. J. Thomson, 403 Listening Under Water and Submarine Terror, Professor Bragg, 559 Meetings and Elections, 142, 231, 366, 470 Postponement of Professor Hele-Shaw’s Lecture on “ Clutches,” 232 Programme of Lectures, 390, 413 Two Lectures on “ Clutches,” Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 413
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING :
LIVERPOOL SECTION :
Pulverised Fuel, Lecture by Mr. A. Grounds, 329
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY :
Inaugural Meeting of Chemical Engineering Group, 302
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS :
Association with Engineering Societies, 607 Bearing Power of Piles Driven in Clay Soil, A. S. E. Ackermann, 303 Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers and Awards, 413 Modern Explosives, Professor J. Young, 481 Officers Desiring Engineering Appointments ; Permission Given for Use of Rooms and Attendance at Meetings, 456 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS &
SOCIETIES (continued): SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS, SHEFFIELD :
Heat Treatment of Steel, C. O. Bannister, 583 Powdered Fuel, J. S. Atkinson, 507
SOCIETIES, FARADAY AND RONTGEN :
Examination of Materials by X-rays, General Discussion, Papers, &c., 416
SOCIETY, JUNIOR MINING ENGINEERS’ :
First Meeting, 507
SOCIETY, LIVERPOOL ENGINEERING :
Boiler Mountings : An Unbreakable Water Gauge, J. Purves, 355 Refrigerating Machinery, Single Rather than Double-acting Compressors Preferable, B. Rathmell, 355 Seay Ammonia Absorption Refrigerating Plant, B. Rathmell, 379 SOCIETY, MIDLAND JUNIOR MINING ENGINEERS :
Formation and Elections, 495 SOCIETY, OPTICAL :
Moisture on Lenses in Optical Instruments, Mr. L. C. Martin and Mrs. C. H. Griffiths, 177 Society’s New Address at South Kensington, 201
SOCIETY, PHYSICAL :
Annual Meeting and Elections, 277 Lubrication, Paper by Principal S. Skinner, C. T. Thomsen, 177
SOCIETY, ROYAL :
Light Used for Transmission of Speech, Dr. A. (). Ran kino’s Exhibit at Conversazione, 631
SOCIETY, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL :
Show to be held at Cardiff, 164, 507
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
Albert Medal Awarded to Sir Oliver Lodge, 559 Gas and Electricity for Heating, Lighting, and Power Comparison, Sir Dugald Clerk, 329 ; (Letter), 399, 436 National Electricity Supply Scheme, W. A. Tookey, 249 Supply of Electricity, J. S. Highfield, 507 Transformation, Direct, of Radiant Energy into Chemical or Electrical Energy, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 35 Water Power Development, Professor A. H. Gibson, 429 Water Power Sites on the Saguenay River, Canada, Professor J. C. McLennan, 329 AUSTIN Motor Works Sale of Munitions Plant, Big Prices Secured, 249 Australia, Site of Reservoir for Regulating the Murray River, 481 Australian Engineering Standardisation Committee Proposed, 455 Australian Hard Woods for Sleepers, Preference Asked for and Refused, 603 B BANK, The British Overseas, Limited, for Promotion of Foreign Trade, 201 Barge Canal Bulletin Ceases Publication, 277 Basic Slag Manufacturers’ Proposed Association, 177 Bavarian Water Power, Proposed Utilisation, 429 Bayonet, New Rolled Type, United States Manufacture, 105 Belgian Blast-furnace, First Re-lighted After German Destruction, 583 Belgian Industries Reconstruction, British Special Commissioner Appointed to Assist, 455 Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission, 129 Benzole, Annual Production of, 303 Benzole, Home-produced, Suspension of Tax, 57 Benzole Output of Gasworks and Great D< mand for Motor Spirit, 11 Benzole and Petrol, Economy in Use of Benzole for Motor Vehicles, Stenson Cooke, 607 Benzole as well as Petrol Available for Motor Fuel, 35 Birmingham Commercial Library, 340 Birmingham’s Projected Wide Roads and Tramways with Metals on Sleepers, 153 Birmingham Transport Communication, Question of Canal Navigation, 533 Blast-furnace Slags in Concrete, Dr. J. E. Stead, 481 Blind Men, Hoped-for Success in Teaching them to Make Cores, 129 Board of Trade Takes Over War Trade Department, 355 Boiler Compounds and Water Treatment, 580 Boiler Feed-water Purification System Described by J. P. Dijxhoom, 105 Boiler Scale and Heat Loss of Fuel, 379 Boiler Scale Removal by Graphite and Kerosene, 559 Boilers Costing £450 Realise £1350 to £1475, 249 Boilers, Salved from Wreck, Transported bv Rolling, 481 Boilers, Sectional and Saddle, Durability, C. R.
Honiball, 201
Borehole in Cornwall, Record Depth for United Kingdom, 379 Brass, Copper and Allied Industries Proposed Industrial Council, 355 Brazil and Federation of British Industries, 277 Brazil and Great Britain ; Federation of British Industries’ Invitation to Brazil Business Men, 177 Brazil, Reafforestation Schemes to Overcome Fuel Shortage, 177 Brazil, Unused Water Power, 403 Brazilian Budget, Imports Free and Taxed, 403 Brickmaking in the Peterborough District, 583 Bricks from Crushed Slag, System of Hardening, 533 ’ _ Bricks, Heat Conducting Properties of, Effect of Porosity, Dr. J. W. Mellor. 403 Bridge, Ohio River, New Simple Truss Span, Record Length and Weight, 583 Bridge, Proposed, at Minneapolis, Record
Length of Concrete Arch, 455
Bridge, Quebec, 164 Bristol University, B.Sc. Degree, Additional Subjects Required for Qualification, 329 British Association Fuel Economy Committee, Continued Investigations, 303 British Commercial Mission for Baltic Provinces, London Address, 63 1 British Industrial Exhibition for Athens, 390 British Industries Fair, Increased Number of Exhibitors, 201 British Industries Fair in 1920, to be Held in Various Towns Simultaneously, 468 British Manufacturers’ Corporation, 190 British Motor and Allied Manufacturers’ Association. Investigation of Eastern Markets, 225 British Science Guild Journal, E'ghth Number Obtainable, 481 British Scientific Products Exhibition, King as President, 225 British Scientific Product s Exhibit ion, Further Particulars, 379, 559 c CALIFORNIA, Combined Reclamation and Irr’gation System, 533 Cambridge University Appointments Board : Employment for Officer Graduates, 507 Cambridge University, Goldsmiths’ Company’s Gift to Department of Metallurgy, 583 Cameroons Mineral Resources, 403 Canadian Customs, Remission of Duty on Farm
Traction Engines, 378
Canadian Engineering Standards Association, Incorporation, 403 Canadian Mineral Output for 1918, Increase, 429 Canadian Reconstruction and Completion of the Welland Canal, 81 ; (Letter), 109 Canadian Roads Department, Originally
Founded at Quebec by Chainplain, 631
Canadian Timber in Order of Value, 403 Canal Committee’s Efforts to Facilitate Traffic
Conveyance, 631
Canal to Connect Cherson with Danzig or Konigsberg, Ukrainian Government Plans, 20! Canal Connecting Rivers at Different Levels, German Invention for Improved Transport of Vessel, 81 ; (Letter), 109 Canal Development in the Midlands, Conference Suggested, to Ask for Government Assistance, 160 Canal, Proposed, to Connect Mediterranean with Persian Gulf, 435 Canals, New Handbook, with Maps, 81 Caterpillar Tractors for Ore Haulage from Mine, 559 Caustic Soda and Hydro-chloric Acid Manufactured by Electrolysis of Common Salt, 201 Cement for Cast Iron Water Main Joints at Portland, Oregon, 481 Cement-making with Blast-furnace Slag, &c., Research with regard to Chemical Reactions Resulting, 11 Cement, Waterproofing by Oil,"201 Cements and Salts, Experiments, 81 Ceylon, Discovery of Monazite Sand, 559 Ceylon and Water Power Possibilities, 105 Charcoal Blast-furnace near Lake Windermere, Renewal of Working, 249 Chemistry, Pure, and Applied, Federal Council Formed, 153 Chemistry, Widespread Utility in War Material, 11 Chemists Discharged from the Army as Temporary Members of Chemical Industry Club, 201 Chimney Top Elevation over 1500ft. above Sea Level, 355 Chlorine in the Future, Probable Increase in Use, H. H. Hooker, 507 Christiania Port Authorities, Projected Improvements, 533 Chrysotile Beds in Natal to be Worked for Asbestos, 355 Cinematograph Film Development, New Portable Apparatus, 57 Cleveland Ironstone Slag, High Value for Concrete Making, 533 COAL, COKE, AND COLLIERIES: Acting Controller of Coal Mines Appointed, 225 Alfreton, Derbyshire, Coalfield Sinking Schemes Stopped owing to Coal Trade Uncertainties, 533
Ash Content of Coal, 533
Boiler Water Softening and Coal Saving, 559
Bowen, North Queensland, and Dawson
Valley Coal Mines, 455
Bunker Coal Cargoes for the Baltic and Norway, Controller’s Orders, 631 By-product Recovery from Waste of Coal Mines in the Transvaal and Natal, 379
Coal Exports Committee, Dissolution, 225
Coal Mining under Sydney Harbour, Nova Scotia, 57 Coal Resources of South Africa, 277 Coal Saving by Railway Electrification, E. W. Rice, 11 Coke Mixed with Coal for Water-tube Boilers, Economical Result, 129 Coke Ovens in New South Wales, Great Loss in By-products, 607 Coke Supplies of France, Suggested Further Demands upon Germany, 303 Controller of Coal Mines, Successor to Sir Guy Calthrop, 225 Deep Pits being Sunk near Doncaster, 329 Denmark, Coal Controller’s New Announcement, 57 Denmark and Coal Supply from United Kingdom, Extension of Exemption from Surcharge, 129
Electrical Coal-cutting Machines, 81 Export of Coal, 516
Faversham Creek Improvement with View to Handling Kent Coal, 249 Investigation into Properties of Coal, Company Formed in Essen, 455
Italian Government and Coal I ndustry, 249
Mines Water-looged Between Tividale and Greets Green, 277 COAL. COKE, AND COLLIERIES (continued) :
Newport Docks New Coaling Hoist, 249
Nigeria, Coal of High Value being Mined by Government at Udi, 329 Pollington Colliery Closed on Account of Water Accumulation, 507 Pre-war Contracts and Export of Coal, 249 Pulverised Coal as Fuel, Good Results from Tests, 153
Rationing Coal, Gas and Electricity, 631
Russia, Coal Production in the Donetz District, 533 Saving of Coal and Efficiency of Industrial Works, 277
Skip-stop System, Great Coal Saving by, 11
Spelter Manufacturers’ Oppout on to Nationalisation of Coal Mines, 607 Spitzbergen Coal Output, 225 Sulphate of Ammonia and other By-products -of Coal, Production in South Africa, 355 Sumatra Coalfields and the Dutch Government, 583 Sweden, Coal Deposits Discovered near Bellinge, 303 Tanganyika and Zambesi Coal Areas, Extensive Opening Up, 631 Tyne Shipping of Coal and Coke, Statistics, 303 United States Coal Mine Fatalities, 582 United States Coal Shipment Figures, 249 Unwatering of Pits in the Kent Coalfield, 253 Vanadium in Swedish Coal, 607 Water-gas to Relieve Coal Shortage in Germany, 35 Water-logged Coal Mines in Tipton District, 379 Welsh Coal Compared with, that from other Countries, Sir Thomas Watson, 277 COLD Storage in France, Government Outlay on, 429 Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, 559 Commercial Motor Users’ Association, Annual Luncheon, 355 Concrete Floors, Hardening Solution to Prevent Dusting, 631 Concrete, Monolithic, for House-building, W.
Cal way, 225
Concrete Pipes Replace Wooden Piles in Wharf Construction in Tasmania, 607 Concrete Reinforcement with Wood, Needful Precautions, 607 Concrete Ships—see Ships Condenser Tubes, Novel Cleaning Method, 262 Consolidated Goldfields Working Costs, Increase, 153 Consulting Engineers, Naval Architects and
Marine Surveyors, Proposed Association, 379
Cooper, General A. S., New Appointment in Peru, War Services and Previous Work, 54, 125, 153 Copper Company’s Precautions with Electric Cables in Mine, 225 Copper Exports from Chili, Increase, 201 Coppar from Katanga to Antwerp, 249 Copper Mines in Australia, Nearly all Closed on Account of Accumulations, 481 Copper Output from Katanga Mines, 277 Cork Substitute from Acetylene Action on Copper and Nickel, 153, 403 Corn Yield Increased by Wolfryn Treatment, 559 Corrugated Iron Huts on Sale by Ministry of Munitions, 631 Corundum Production, South Africa the Leading Country, 249 Cotton Production in Portuguese East Africa, Great Increase, 277 Coventry, Proposed Technical Institute, 177 Coventry, Technical Institute and Instruction Funds, 225 Crystal Palace Engineering Society, Papers and Awards, 413 Cutlery Supplies Remain Scanty Owing to Government Demands, 35 Cyanamide Factory Projected at Workington, ' 152 D DACCA Waterworks Improvements, 105 Dartmoor, Hydro-electric Scheme, 329 Dawson, Philip, Belgian Decoration Conferred for Services in Electrification of Belgian State Railways, 329 Depth Charge Invention, Rival British and American Claims, 303 De-tinning Works at Llanelly, 379 Detonator, New Type, Manufacture in Norway, 57 Diamond Dredging off South-west African Coast, 303 Diamond Pipe of Great Extent in Brazil, 559 Drainage Machine for Marsh Land Wanted, 626 Dredging on Large Scale at Sydney, 201 Dry Dock, Large, Opened at Portsmouth, Virginia, 153 Dry Docks, Government Relinquishes Control 455 “ Drylock ” on the Neckar Danube Canal, German Invention, 81 ; (Letter), 109 Dust Extraction from Flue Gases in Sulphuric Acid Factory, 177 Dutch Coal Mines Output, 429 E ELECTRICAL MATTERS:
Acetylene and Electric Welding, 546
Argentine’s Huge Falls, Possibilities of, to Relieve Fuel Scarcity in Electric Development, 11,249 Birmingham Electrical Power Plant Load, Christmas Day Comparison, 81 Birmingham New Power Station, Projected Completion, 81 Birmingham’s Proposed Purchase of Land for Power Plant Station, 277
Birmingham Sub-station at Bournville, 403
Blackburn Corporation’s New Generating Station at Whitebirk, 429 Bolton Corporation and Lancashire Electric Power Company, Inter-connection of Supply Systems, 35 ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued): Bombay, Andhra Scheme for Electric Power Supply, 559 Bradford Electricity Output Increase, Proposed Extension of Works, 303 Bradford’s Proposed Expenditure on Elec trical Work, 177 Bury Electrical Power Plant Extensions, 201 Canadian Electric Power Stations, Horse-
Power Percentage from Water, 201
Coal-cuttting Machines Electrically Driven,81 Copper Company’s Precautions in Mine in Use of Electrical Cables, 225 Cost of Power in Relation to Electric Furnace Development, 8] Costs of Electric Lighting Installations, Present Day and Pre-war, 450 Croydon New Power Station Plant, Application for Loan, 455 Dartmoor Water Power, Suggested Utilisation for Cornwall Electricity Supply, 303 Devon Electrical Supply Schemes, 403 Dewsbury’s Proposed Power Plant Extensions Abandoned, 177 Dynamos Driven by Wind Power, H. C.
Vogt, 57
East Grinstead’s Contemplated Electricity Supply, 177 Edinburgh to Adopt Overhead Trolley System for Tramways, 481 Edinburgh’s New Power Station at Portobello, 153 Edinburgh Tramways Proposed Electrification. Committee to Report on London Conduit System, 303 Electricity, Experiments in Effect of. Alternating more Dangerous than Continuous Current, 403 Explosion Calculations and Electricity, Sir J. J. Thomson, 403 Extensions to Generating Stations and Plant, Limitation of, 150 Fermoy and Electricity Proposals, 177 Floating Power Stations, Suggested Use of Old Battleships, J. S. Highfield, 507 Generating Station, New, at Nechel’ls, Birmingham, 533 Gravesend’s New Generating Sets, 153 Heat Shrinking instead of Press Fitting Parts of Machines on to Shafts, 379 Holland, New Company for Supplying Electrical Energy to Public Bodies, 481 Hydro-electric Schemes—see also Hydroelectric India and Power Supply, Bombay, Calcutta and Tata Companies, 277 Insulators and All-porcelain Articles for Installations, Increased Import Duty in Brazil, 403 Iron Smelting, Electrical, in’British Columbia, Possibilities of, 303 Iron and Zinc as Electrical Conductors, 225 Japan’s Electrical Undertakings, 631 Leeds Electricity Plant Extensions, 177 Lot’s-road New 15,000-Kilowatt Turboalternator, 303 Manchester’s New Generating Station at Barton, 631 Midland Electric Corporation Power Plant Extension, 355 Motor Culture Week, 164 Mysore State Electrical Power, Details of Amount, Cost, and Earning< in 1917 18, 329 National Electricity Supply, Protest against Control by Ministry of' Ways and Communications, 303 National Proving House for the Electrical Trade, Proposed Establishment, 455 New Zealand Power Plant to be Used for Manufacture of Caustic Soda and Hydro chloric Acid, also for Steel Smelting, 201 New Zealand Water Power Development Schemes, Cost and Coal Saving, 194 Niagara Falls, Control of the Power Situation by Amalgamation of Companies, 11 Norway Water Power Utilisation for National Use, Commission Appointed to Investigate, 329 Nottingham Electricity Committee, Increase of Power Supply, 153 Oldham’s Proposed Expenditure on Generating Plant and Mains, 201 Power Generation, Additional Supply from Water of Cauvery River, Mysore, 129 Power Stations of the Future, Problems of Transmission, S. L. Pearce, 201
Record Motor at Stafford Works, 201
Rotherham Corporation New Turbo-alternators, 379 Shanghai Electrical Plant, Old and New, 429 Sheffield’s New Electric Power Station, 1 77 Shipbuilding, Great Saving in Cost by Electric Welding instead of Riveting, 105 Skip-stop System, Great Saving in Electricity, 11 Southport, Single-phase System to give way to Three-phase, 455 Standards for Electricity Measurement, Instruments at National Physical Laboratory, 455 Static Transformer, German, for Stepping -up from 6250 Volts to 110,000 Volts, 424 Steam and Electric Railway Working.
Mersey Railway as an Example, 559 Steel Furnace, Electric, in Spain, Particulars . of, 105
Steel Furnaces, Method of Reducing Consumption of Electrodes in, 105 Stepney’s Proposed Temporary Sub-station Plant and Mains, 177 Storage of Energy, Proposed Use of Electric Heaters, Mr. Partridge, 507 Stress Deflection Chart for Aluminium Overhead Lines, 470 Sumatra Power Generation for Manufacture of Artificial Fertilisers, 583 Supply of Electricity, J. S. Highfield, 507 Teignmouth Debating Question of Electricity versus Gas for Lighting, 481 Transmission Shafting in Berlin, Calculation of Losses, 35
Tungsten Arc Light, Properties of, 129
United States Electricity Supply, Report on, 559 Wallasey Electric Power Plant Extension, 153 Water Power in France, Project for Union of all Private Undertakings and Utilisation for Railway Electrification, 402 Windmill, High-speed, for Driving Electric Generators, Monsieur P. Fayard, 379 ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued): Wolverhampton, Walsall and Electricity Supply, RivabSchemes, 277 ENGINE, The “ Still,” Lubrication Experiments, 607 Engineering Golfing Society, 117 Engineering Scholarships at Bristol for Sons of Officers Killed in the War, 249 Engineering Scholarships Offered to Armstrong College, 277 Engineers Fallen in the War, Westminster Abbey Service, 583, 607 English Manufacturer and Foreign Customer, Cecil Walton, 201 Exhibition—see British Scientific Products Explosions, Relative Merits of Different Classes,
Professor J. Young, 455
Explosive, New, in South Africa, 153 Explosives Production, Organisation and Technical Training, by K. B. Quinan, 101 Explosives Supplied by Manchester, 35 F FAIR, British Industries, in 1920, to be held Simultaneously in Various Towns, 468 Fair, British Industries, Increased Number of Exhibitors, 201 Fall of 110ft. without Injury, 607 Federation of British Industries :
Anglo-French Conference in Paris, 236
Commissioner Appointed for East Coast of South America, 455 To Guard National Rolling Mill at Southampton from Foreign Acquisition. 329 National Conference on Ways and Communications Bill, 607 Representatives to Accompany Government Mission to Germany to Examine Engineering Developments, 329 —See also Brazil. FERTILISER Factory at Johannesburg, 507 Fire Engineers, Proposed Formation of Institute, 35 Fire at North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company's Wallsend Works, 533 Fishing Industry Development, Lewis Island and Fleetwood, Lord Leverhulme’s Scheme, 630 Flooding in Somerset, Projected Scheme for Prevention, 379 Foochow, Improvements on the River Min, 403 Food Committee’s Report on Refrigerator Wagon Defects, 555 Ford Motor Company’s Assembling Plants in Spain and Denmark, 586 Ford Motor Company’s Change of President, 57 Forest Fires in U.S.A., Suggested Use of Aeroplanes for Detection and Transport of Fire Fighters, 607 Fouling of Gun Barrels, System of Overcoming, 533 Frangois Method of Stopping Underground Water Flow, 57 French Crops and Unwanted Agricultural Machinery for Disposal, 583 Furnace Construction, Importance of Refractory Materials Employed, W. J. Rees, 153 G GALENA in South Africa. Discovery of Rich Deposit, 533 Gas and Electricity, Increased Allowances since Armistice, 35 Gas Light and Coke Company’s Share in Supply of War Material, 201 Gas Producer with Concrete Slabs instead of Steel Casing, 74 Gas Producer Furnace, Richards, for Production of Realgar, 105 Gas Storage in Exhausted Natural Gas Wells Proposed, 153 Gas from Wheat Straw as Motor Car Fuel in British Columbia, 35 German Chemical and Dye Works Resuming Business, 105 German Machine Industry, Precarious Condition, 355 German Potash Industry and the Labour Question, 140 German Raw Materials no Longer to be Used for Military Purposes, 35 German Submarine Engines Landed in the United Kingdom, 533 German Works Closing Down in Luxemburg, 559 Germany’s Successful Discovery of Substitutes for Textile Requirements, 81 Glass from Paddy Husks, Experiments in Burma, 403 Glass Shortage in Europe, Various Substitutes, 140 Glasses for Protection of Eyes of Furnace Workers, 607 Glue, Proper Treatment for Joints, 358 Glued Joints, Tests of Strength with Various Glues, 583 Gold Coast Palm Oil Tax, 105 Gold Deposits in the Belgian Congo, 455 Goldfields in Belgian Congo, Increased Output
Expected from New Plant, 277
Gold Mine at Modderfontein, New Shaft to be Sunk, 355 Gold Output of the Empire, Reduction in Recent Years, 35 Gold Output of the Klondyke, 379 Government Assistance for Housing, 340 Graphite Deposits, Valuable, in Siberia, 177 Graphite as a Lubricant for Air Compressor Cylinders, and Otherwise, Its Great Advantage, 189 Grangemouth Reopened for Mercantile Shipping, 129 Greenwich Observatorv, New Aluminium Time Ball, 631 Greenwich Record of Sunshine and Rainfall, 631 Greenwich Record of Temperature and Air Movement, 631 Gregory, Professor Richard, Knighted, 429 Groupe Inter-Universitaire Franco -Britannique, 494 Guatemala and Mineral Deposits, 607 Gyratory Stone Crusher, Large, in America, 583 H HARTLEPOOL andWest Hartlepool Boroughs, Proposed Amalgamation, 355 Health and Death-rate Statistics of England and Wales, 57 Heat Conducting Properties of Bricks and Effect of Porosity, Dr. J. W. Mellor, 403 Heat Insulating and Filtering Kieselguhr Found in Ireland, D. A. MacCullum, 153 Heat-insulating Material, Molera, Possible Use for Sound-proof Chambers. 11 Heating of Houses by Open Fires, Economy by Reducing Ventilation, 129 Heysham as a Port of the Midland Railway, 429 High Explosives, War Experiences with, Professor H. B. Dixon, 105 Hong-Kong Plantation of Eucalyptus and Camphor Trees, 153 House-building in Monolithic Concrete, W. Cal way, 225 House-building with Wooden Lath Netting in Norway, 249 Hudson River Tunnel to Connect Manhattan with New Jersey, Large Money Vote, 249 Hydro-electric Possibilities in the Argentine, 11, 249 Hydro-electric Power Plant, Tavoy, Burma, 403 Hydro-electric Scheme for Dartmoor, 329 Hydro-electric Schemes in Ontario, 336 I ICELAND’S Plan to Combine Salt Production, Iron Industry and Electric Power, 35 India, British, Statistics of Imports and Exports, Pre-war and Since, 631 Industrial Bank for South Africa, 403 Industrial Classes, Increase in Students, 80 Industrial Essay Competition, 546 Industrial Reconstruction Committee for Zinc and Spelter Industry, to Assist Government in Future, 507 Industrial Reconstruction Council, Fortnightly Conferences, 225 Industrial Reconstruction Council, Open-air Meetings for Advocation of Whitley Council Policy, 583 Inland Waterways Scheme to Cost £80,000,000, 249 Insulator, Heat and Cold, from Waste Paper, Mr. L. Edwards’ Production, 129 IRON AND STEEL: Australia, Western, Conference of Steel Users in view of Deficient Supplies from British Factories Owing to Wai- Requirements, 329 Austrian Iron Industry, Lack of Coal and Iron Ore, 245 Barrow Hematite Steel Company Recommences Work, 507 Blast-furnace and Steel Works in Ontario, Disputed Scheme, 177 Blast-furnaces in United States, Reduced Iron Output, 303 Buenos Aires Ironworks Closed Down Because of Strike, 249 Celebes, Iron Ore in the Larona District, 559 Coal Saving by Softening Boiler Water, 559 Converter Steel without the Use of Pig Iron, Result of Experiments, 507 Drainage Pipes, Comparative Value of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron and Steel, W. P. Gerhard, 329 Economics in Hand Drill Steel, H. A. Read, 583 Electric Iron Smelting in British Columbia, Possibilities, 303 Electric Steel Furnace in Spain, Particulars of, 105 Electrode Consumption in Electric Steel Furnaces, Method of Reduction, 105 Growth of Cast Iron, Method of Prevention, 225 Indian Iron and Steel Company’s Excellent Iron Ore, 153 Iron Coating with Aluminium, German Method, 277 Iron Immersion Experiments and Discoveries, 507 Iron Ore in the Midlands for Blast-furnace Work, 277 Iron as Substitute for' Wool in German Air Filters,'ll
Iron and Zinc as Electrical Conductors, 225
Japan’s Enormous Increase in Production, Consumption and Price of Steel during the War, 189 London Iron and Steel Exchange, Opening, 11, 57 Malleable Castings Without Shrinkage, 11 Manganese Discoveries in Northern Brazil, 379 Manganese Orc on the Gold Coast, 379 Manganese Ore from Mines of San Antonio, Ecuador, 455 Manganese Ore, Native, in Use in Australia, 507 Mexico, Famous Iron Mountain may Pass to Japanese Syndicate, 533 Mild Steel Production Record for this Country, 481 Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, Scanty Interest Shown in Election of President, 11 Newfoundland Iron Mines Developments. 428 Newfoundland and Spanish Iron Ore, Comparison in Cost of Delivery to United Kingdom, 329 Norwegian Steel Works at Hardanger, 583 Ontario, Projected Steel Works at Goderich, 533 Painting Iron, Use of Sprayer, 429 Pig Iron Made at Pretoria, 11 Pretoria Ironworks, New Blast-furnace, 533 Prevention of Columnar Crystallisation in Steel Ingots, L. B. Lindemuth, 559 Queensland State Steel and Ironworks, Unsuccessful Search for Site, 631
Scheelite Ore Deposits in Canada, 429
Slag Wool and Rust on Steel, Tests by Dr.
J. E. Stead, 481
Solid and Liquid States of Steel, Cosmo Johns, 379
Spain, Iron Ore Deposits, 455
IRON AND STEEL (continued.) : Stainless Steel Production, Increased Prices, 81 Steel Plate, Record Size, Rolled in U.S.A., 429 Steel Rods, Painted and Unpainted, for Reinforcement, 177 Tata Iron and Steel Works Extensions in India, Prospects, 379 Tests on Steel Ingot and Increase of Density, 153 Tungsten Deposits in Canada, 429 Tungsten Ore Exports from the Federated Malay States, 81 Ukraine Iron Oro Production, 533 Waratah, New South Wales, Steel Company’s Production of Railway Wheels, Tires, and Axles, 303 Wolfram Output, Great Increase Due to War, 533 ITALIAN Motor Car Exports, Falling-off, 105 Italian Need of Machine Tools, Replacement of Former Supply from Germany, 140 Italian Public Works during Transition from War to Peace, 88 J JAPAN, Cable Tramway Across Mountains, 153 Japan, Improved Harbour at Muroran, 153 Japan, Two Portland Cement Factories to be
Set up at Kawasaki and Hokkaido. 129
Japanese Tin-plate for Switzerland, 631 Java, Engineering Congress Postponed, 607 Java, Forthcoming Engineering Congress Proceedings to be in both English and Dutch, 481 Jig and Tool Design, Effect on Rapid Production in Engineering Work, G. H. Hey, 201 Johannesburg Foundry, Moulders’ Work, 105 Joints Made with Joiners’ Glue, 358 K KAFFIR Pick as a Cattle Call, Cecil Walton, 201 Kamnassie Irrigation Scheme, 355 Kitson-Emp:re Lighting Company, Patriotism and Foreign Goods, 29 Krupp’s War-work Machines Used for Commercial Purposes, 481 L LADYBIRDS in Cold Storage for Greenfly Destruction. 129 Land Acquisition for-Public Purposes, 57 Lapland, Valuable Deposit of Iron Pyrites said to have been Discovered, 129 Lathe, All-geared, Prize Suggested, 105 Lead Discoveries near Loch Leven, 277 Lead Mines, Old, in Derbyshire to be Worked for Lead, Vanadium and Molybdenum, 303 Lead Mines, Old, in the Midlands, Re-opening, 379 Leather, Experiments on Wearing Qualities, 455 Light Used for Transmission of Speech, Dr. A. O.
Rankine, 631
Lignite Briquettes, Carbonised, Projected Canadian Industry, 105 : Delay of Scheme, 153 Lignite Mining and Yield of Oil, 507 Lille, Lamentable Condition Due to War
British Chamber of Commerce Report, 105
Lloyd’s Register—see Ships Lock-houses on the Thames, to be Rebuilt After 100 Years of Life, 631 Lodge, Sir Oliver, Resignation as Principal of Birmingham University, 225 London Cartage and Haulage Contractors’ Objection to Control of Roads and Railways by One Department, 303 London Electrical Engineers, R.E. (T.F.), Dinner, 477 London, Port of, Report Against Bill for Wharf Construction at Canvey Island, 429 Lytham Wind Mill Burned Down, 225 M MACEDONIA, Abundant Deposits of Coal, 129 Machine Tool and Engineering Association,.
Dinner, 232
Madagascar, Mineral Wealth of, 403 Magnesia as Reagent for Neutralising Acid Mine Water, 105 Magnetos, British Firms’ Output, 35 Manchester Traincar Building Expenditure, 249 Manchester’s Contribution of High Explosives, 35 Manganese—see Iron and Steel Manila Seismic Record, 631 Mechanical Haulage, Experiments on Comparative Cost of Steam, Petrol, and Electrical Vehicles, 481 Mersey and Irwell Committee and Pollution of Rivers, 583 Meso-thorium as Substitute for Radium, 225 Metals Occluding both Oxygen and Hydrogen, 11 Metals in Possession of the Ministry of Munitions, Monthly List to be Published, 153 Metric System Enforced in Uruguay, 11 Metric System of Weights and Measures, Harry
Allcock, 177
Michell Thrust Block, Patent Extension, 288 Middlesbrough Chapel Premises, Conversion into Technical Institute, 355 Mine Precautions by Copper Company in Use of Electric Cables, 225 Mine Rescue Apparatus, Nose Clips, Dr. Henry Briggs, 474 Mines, Non-ferrous, in the Lake Country, Relations with Government, 631 Mines Rescue Apparatus, Army Respirator and Eeds Helmet Useless as Protection, 583 Mineral Discoveries in Montenegro, 57 Moir, Sir Ernest, Presentation to him by Members of Ministry of Munitions, 236 “ Molera ” for Lagging Steam Pipes and Boilers, 11, 153 Montreal Harbour Improvement Scheme, 533 Mortar made Water-tight with Sugar, 481 Motor Car Engine’s Fuel, Petrol and Town Gas Compared, 129 Motor Car Headlights and Proper Positioning of Filament, 81 Motor Car 500-Mile Race at Indianapolis, 639 Motor Car Prices, Probable Increase in. 133 Motor Cycles Sold by Government to ExDespatch Riders from Government Services, 607 Motor Fuel, Alcohol, Research Programme, 292 Motor Haulage Vehicles and Government Sales, 277 Motor Industry Matters, Agreement between Institution of Automobile Engineers and Two other Societies, 329 Motor Industry, Proposed Import Dufy on Foreign Vehicles and Parts, 153 Motor Plough Manufacture in Austria, 105 Motor Users and Legislation for Road Reconstruction, 81 Motor Vehicles and Economy by Use of Benzole in Preference to Petrol, Stenson Cooke, 607 Mud Jet for Extinction of Underground Fires, Monsieur Fayol’s Method, 177 Munitions, Ministry’s Large Profits on Sale of Electric Hoists and Motors, 634 Museum of Munitions to Facilitate Sale of Stores, 631 NATIONAL Factory at Willesden for Sale, 607 Natural Gas Borings in Hungary, 355 Natural Gas Supplants Oil as Fuel for Steam- driven Plant, 57 Newcastle’s Contemplated Wholesale Production from Conversion of Waste Products, 153 New Zealand Hydro-electric Scheme, 403 Niagara, New Water Power Plant, 81 Nickel, Over 77 per Cent, of World’s Supply
Mined in the British Empire, 277
Nitric Acid from the Atmosphere, Japanese Factory, 57 Nitrogen Production in Germany Greatly Increased, 481 North Pole Storkerson Expedition Abandoned, Erroneous Theory of Ocean Currents, 303 Norway, Factory for Erection of Cheap Wooden Houses, 355 Norwegian Glycerine Refinery, 57 Nose-clips for Rescue Apparatus, Dr. Henry Briggs, 474 Nova Scotia Hydro-electric Commission, 631 o OIL Drilling and Electrolysis Troubles, 559 Oil Extraction from Steam Engine Exhaust, 355 Oilfields in Papua, Exploratory Work by Australian Government, 379 Oilfields and Rotary Drilling, 2 Oil from Kauri Gum, Production in New Zealand, 607 Oil, Mineral, Deposits in Northern Transvaal, 379 Oil Prospects in Derbyshire, Favourable Indi- cations, 177 Oil Prospects in Derbyshire, Pessimistic Prophecy, 153 Oil Refinery near Swansea, 481 Oil Well in California, Record Speed in Sinking, Oil Wells in Galicia and Roumania, Flow Restored by Electrical Heating, 355 Oils for Transformer Immersion, Comparison of Fixed and Straight Oils, 57 Omnibus Fares in London, Home Secretary’s Inquiries, 481 Ontario, Hydro-electric Schemes, 336 Osaka Harbour, Japan, Cost of Improvements, 129 Oxy-acetylene Cutting of Cast Iron, Special Precautions Necessary, 303 p PAINTS for Floors, Useful Hints, 11 Palmer Shipbuilding Employees’ Shares. 481 Papermaking Experiments, Unsuitability of
Burma Rice Husks, 583
Paper Manufacture and the African Baobab Tree, 533 Paper Pulp from Indian Bamboos and Grasses, Great Possibilities, W. Raitt, 105 Papuan Oilfields, Imperial and Australian
Government Co-operation, 583
Patent Extension, Michell Thrust Block, 288 Patent Laws Revision in Japan, 559 Patent Office of India, New Type of Journal, 521 Patriotism and Foreign Goods, 29 Petrol Imports, British Increase in 1918, 105 Petrol Licences through the Royal Automobile
Club, 225
Petrol Lorries’ Journey Across America, 429 Petroleum Discovery at Bahia Blanca, South
America, 129
Photometer, New Light Measurer, 379 Pigments from Various Minerals, 607 Pipes, Concrete, Replace Wooden Piles in Construction of Tasmanian Wharf, 607 Pitting, Abnormal, Observations of, Mr. O. P. Watts, 507 Platinum Discovered by Spain in Serrana
Volcanic Mountains, 303
Ploughs, Motor, Manufacture in Austria, 105 Plymouth, Wembury Dock Scheme Revival, 533 Pneumatic Hammer of 65 lb. Weight, 455 Polish Trade, Export Directory of British
Firms in Course of Preparation, 303
Portland Cement Factory at Singapore, 586 Portland Cement Industry in Ceylon, Investigations, 481 Portuguese River Power Utilisation for Wolfram
Mines, 455
Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada, Statistics, 57 Pumping Plant, Novel Set, Installed at Cornwall, Ontario, 631 Q QUEBEC Bridge, 164 Queensland, Projected Deep-water Port and Railway Connections, 403 R RADIUM, Meso-thorium as Substitute, 225 Rafts for Ocean Transport of Timber, 533 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS : Accident, Disastrous, on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad, 153 Accident Narrowly Averted on the Somerset and Dorset Line, 249 Accidents on April 1st Fewer than on other Dates, 455 Accidents Blue-book Unissued, Board of Trade Reports Still Available, 631 Accidents in February of Past Years, 153 Accidents in January of Various Years, 35 Accidents to Railway Servants, Committee of Inquiry, 201, 225 Accidents, Seven, Board of Trade Reports, 153 Ambulance Trains at Southampton Docks, Period of Greatest Stress, 559 American Managers for English Railways, Great Eastern Appointment Sequel, 554 American Railways Coal Saving, 607 American Soldiers on French Railways, Plain Speaking as to Regard for Safety, 35 American War Locomotives and Cars, Huge Cost, 529 Appeal to Traders Poster by Railway Executive Committee, 11 Appointments and Staff Changes, 11, 57, 105. 125, 153, 201, 225, 277, 379, 402, 155, 501, 507, 515, 559, 583, 631 Assistant General Managers Appointed in View of Work Pressure, 276 Australian Hard Woods for Sleepers, Preference Asked for, 603 Automatic or Hand Couplers for British Railway Wagons, 611 Baghdad Railway Taurus Mountain Section, Good Condition but Deficient Rolling Stock, 379 Bain, Mr. D., Retirement, Great Services in Safety Measures, 402, 455, 559 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Fiftythousandth Engine, 390 Barry Railway General Manager, 225 Basingstoke and Alton Railway, Reopening Uncertain, 303 Belfast and County Down Railway, Loss nf Steamer Erin’s Isle, 355 Belfast Shipyard Men and Workmen's Tickets, 303 Belgian State Railways Electrification, Honour Conferred on Mr. Philip Dawson, 329 Birthday Honour for Mr. Church, 607 Board of Trade Replies to Questions on British Railway Matters, 379 Bombay Harbour, Proposed Railway Under, 201 Brazilian Railways Proposed Electrification, 583 British Building of Engines and Machinery, Cape Newspaper's Tribute to, 455 British Railway Locomotives and Wagons being Returned to England from France, 631 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad, Terrible Smash of an Electric Train, 153 Burma, Proposed Coast Line to Connect with India, 403 Cabs Free Entry to Railway Stations, Question Unsettled, 396 Caledonian Railway Company’s Roll of Honour, 277 Caledonian Railway, Locomotive Repairs, New Rolling Stock Needed. 249 Cambrian Railway Locomotive Superintendent Retires, 11 Cambrian Railway’s Changes of Staff, 515 Canada’s Fast Transcontinental Service. 559 Canada’s Gift of Food and Railway Transport, 153 Canadian Forestry Corps’ Gratitude to Station Master, Woburn Sands, London and North-Western Railway, 177 Canadian Government Railways, Change of Control, 81 Canadian Government’s Big Order for Steel Rails, 631 Canal Training at Devizes, Sir Maurice Fitz- maurice’s Evidence, 81 Canvey Island Scheme, Bill Rejected, 533 Cape to Cairo Railway Extension, 631 Capital and Revenue Returns for United
Kingdom Railways, Real and Fictitious, 57
Cheap Travelling Facilities Under Consideration, 225 Children’s School Treats, Cheap Trains for, 507 Chinese Railways, Suggested Internationalisation, 105 Coal Saving by Railway Electrification, E. W. Rice, 11 Coastwise Steamer Trade and the Railways, 507, 583
Collision, Fatal, at Banff ur long Junction, Report Recommends Track-circuiting, 129 Commercial Travellers and Week-end Facilities, 507
Common User. Additional Vehicles Included in Arrangement, 583 Concrete Rolling Stock in Holland, 559 CongoNile Railway, Construction about to be Started, 631 Control of Railways during the War, Comparison between Our Own and American Methods, 105 Control of Railways in the Future, 146 Cooper, General A. S., 54, 125, 153 Cornish Railway, Burngullow to Falmouth, Projected, 524 Cost of Living and War Wages, 481 Craven Arms and Montgomery, New Railway Connection Wanted, 225 Crewe Works of London and North -Western Closed for a Week. 631 Cuffley and Stevenage Section of Enfield Loop Opened, 225 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : Cumberland Coast. Suggested Railway to Connect Silloth, Solway Firth, with Mary- port, 105 Death of Mr. G. Murray Smith, Midland Railway Company, 403 Death of Sir George Armytage, 249 Death of Mr. VV. E. Blake, Superintendent of London Tube and District Railways, 481 Death of Mr. W. H. Williams, Great Western Railway, 35 Death of Captain James Williamson. 277 Deaths of Dr. Angus Sinclair and Mr. Walter V. Turner, 153 Denbighshire Rural Railway Facilities Scheme. 201 Devon’s Desire for Railway from Okehamp- ton to Moretonhampstead. 177 District Railway Broken Rail, Protection by Track Circuits, 105 District Railway Overcrowding, 355 Dividends of Certain Railways, Increase in, 160, 225 Dover and Folkestone Damaged Line, Proposed Temporary Replacement by Light Railway, 105 Druitt, Colonel E., Retirement of, from Railway Department. Board of Trade. 379 Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, Sea Encroachment and Talked-of Diversion of Line, 559 Durban. Railway V orkshops Extension. 355 East London Railway and Half-finished Tunnel Connection with Great Eastern, Completion bv Government Recommended, 201 Easter, Question of Movements of Troops and Holidaymakers. 355 Electrification of Mountain Sections of Californian Railways, 403 Empire Medal Award to Signalman, 105 Engine-driver’s Long Service on Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 35 Entre Rios Railways New Chief Engineer, 11 Euston to Watford New Railway, Construction Work Recommenced, 177 Fares Increase Likely to Continue at Present, 355 Fares Increase and the National Union of Railwaymen, 631 Fay, Sir Sam, Return from Government Post to Great Central Railway, 201 Federated Malay States, Locomotives Ordered from America at Lower Cost and Quicker Delivery than in Britain, 249, 403 Fish Docks at Grimsby, Reported Renewal of Extension Work by Great Central Railway, 81 Food Waste for Lack of Railway Collection and Delivery, 607 Forty-seven-hour Week in Great Eastern Railway Workshops, 277 Forty-seven Hours on Various Railways, 11, 36* French Railway Electrification, Proposed Schemes, 303 French Railways on American Lines, A Report, 11 Fuel Conservation Charts to Illustrate Waste in Irregular Firing of Locomotives, 455 Furness Railway, Departmental Co-ordination, 225 Furness Railway Purchases of Engines and Tenders, 303 Furness Railway Steamers, Sale of, 583 Furness Railway’s All-Blue Carriages, 507 Future of Railways, Government Questioned as to Cost and Losses, 201 Gauge Difficulty in Australia, Numerous Unacceptable Devices, 81 Geddes, Sir Eric, and the North-Eastern Railway, 177 Gibb, Sir George, and his Dual Activities, 631 Gibb, Sir George, and the Road Board, 583 Glasgow and South-Western Clyde Steamers
Still in Admiralty Employ, 277
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, Collision at Elderslie, Colonel Pringle’s Report, 225 Glasgow and South - Western Railway, Favourable Condition of Railway Material, 329 Goods Brake Vans, While Hand-rails for Use of Guards at Night. 403 Government Departments, Cost of Railway- Service to, 507 Government and Railway Superannuation Funds, 303 Government Traffic Cost and Value, 303 Great Central Main Line Viaducts Strengthened, 277 Great Central Railway Locomotives, Mr. Robinson’s Design Chosen for Engines Ordered by War-office, 303 Great Eastern Railway, General Manager’s Temporary Dual Functions at an End, 631 Great Eastern Railway Manager on English Railways, 554 Great Eastern Railway Orders for Engines and Tenders, 329 Great Eastern Railway Warehouses Destroyed by Fire, 35 Great "Eastern Railway’s New Steamers, 262 Great Eastern Suburban Train Service,
Improvement in Late Trains, 57
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, and Oilburning Locomotives, 355 Great Northern, Great Eastern and Great Central Railways’ Pooling of Cartage and Resulting Economy, 329 Great Northern Railway, Opening of Cuffley and Stevenage Section of Enfield Loop. 225 Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, Improved Service, 355 Great Northern of Ireland, Permanent Way Relaying ; also Orders for Wagons. 379 Great North of Scotland Educational Scheme as War Memorial, 329 Great North of Scotland Herring Fishery Traffic, 429 Great North of Scotland, Increase in Passengers and Revenue, 277 Great Southern and Western, Special Train for Irish Commander-in-Chief, 11 Great Western Railway : Accident and Prompt Action of Driver and Signalman, 153
Coal Supply, 303 Engineering Department Changes, 583 Experiences, A Man and a Woman, 583
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : Great Western Railway (continued): Facilitate.s Exchanges of District between Members of Staff, 559 Goods Mileage and Receipts in 1900 and 1912, 429
Roll of Honour, 177
Signals, Accumulators for Track Circuits, &c., 153 and the Treasury, Settlement Effected, 429
War Bonus Cost, 303 War Record in Passenger Trains, 277 Working of Admiralty Coal Trains, 81
Works Manager, Mr. C. B. Collett, Promoted, 501 Highland Railway Expenditure and Need of Bank Loans Due to Government Traffic, Complaints, 303 Honours for Bailway Men, 57, 455 Increased Cost of Horse’s Keep and of Coals on the Midland Railway, 559 Indian Coalfields, Bokharo and South Karan pura, Survey for Railway to Connect, 249 Indian Mails’ Renewed Transit Overland, 57 Indian Railway Board, Recognition of Patriotism of Staff, 379 Indian Railway Working, Proposed Inquiry with View to Changes, 379 Indian State Rail ways, Expenditure in 1917— 1918, 303 . ' Indian State Railways, Net Working Profit in 1917-1918, 303 Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—see Associations. Ac. Irish Railway Shareholders’ Protection Association, 429 Isle of Wight Communication with the Mainland, Improvements Suggested, 559 Italian Railwaymen’s Eight-hours Day, 507 Jamaica’s Purchase of Railway Material in France, 11 Jubilee of First American Transcontinental Railway, 607 Labour Troubles on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways, 35 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, Annual Report, 147 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway East Coast Fleet, Government Compensation for Vessels Lost in the War. 329 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Finance, Comparison between 1887 and 1913, 249 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Stockholders, 355 Laraiche-Alcazar Railway, Morocco. Tenders for Construction, 355 Lavatory Water Tanks on Railway Carriages, New System for Refilling, 402 Light Railway Commissioners Orders Applied for and Confirmed. 225, 631 Light Railway and Motor Services for Scotland, 355 Light Railways for Isle of Lewis Development. 81 Light Railways in the West of England, Various Proposals, 303 Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Taken Over by Government to End Labour Troubles, 631 Locomotives, Latest, Very Large, on Virginia Railway, 277 Locomotives, Return from France, 355 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Comparison of Stockholders’ Income in 1913’and 1918, 329 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Expected Renewal of Newhaven and Dieppe Service, 249 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Failure of Tunnel at Oxted, 455 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Increased Traffic and Revenue, 329 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, War Memorial to Fallen Men, at Victoria ami Elsewhere, 277 London, Chatham and Dover Railway’s Claim for Rent for Buildings Requisitioned by Government, 277 London. Chatham and Dover Railway’s Loss on Automatic Machine Rentals, 249 I.ondon Electric Railways, City and South London and Central London Railway Companies’ Working Arrangement, 177 London Electric Railway Season Tickets and the Strike, 201 London and North-Western Railway, Insurance Society, 429 London and North-Western Railway’s Marine Superintendent, 507 London and North-Western Railway Men’s Forty-seven-hour Week, 1 I London and North-Western Railway, Narrow Escape of Serious Disaster, 639 London and North-Western Railway’s New Steamers for Irish Service, 105 London and North-Western Railway, Roll of Honour, 177 London and North-Western Railway, Steamer Run Down by American Destroyer, 303 London and Paris, New Daily Service, 129 London, Port of. Authority, Opposition to
Thames Ocean Wharf and Railway Bill, 533
London and South-Western Railway, Capital Expenditure in 1918, 303 London and South-Western Railway, Change of General Manager’s Assistant, 559 London and South-Western Railway. Signal and Telegraph Engineer Retires, 105 London and South-Western Suburban System Electrification, Passenger Increase, 583 London Suburban Stations Closed during War. Reopening Improbable at Present, 249 London Traffic Conditions and Difficulties, 481, 507, 533, 631 London Traffic and Supply of Rolling Stock, Priority Grant Unnecessary, 631 London Underground Traffic on Easter Monday, 129 Long-distance Trains, Some Few, being Restored, 105 Loss on Railway Working, Heavy Estimate, 355 Madrid and France, Cost of New Railway, Electric Traction Proposed, 455 Manchester Tramway Passengers, Proposi tion for Tube Railway. 177 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : Mansfield Railway Connection with Colliery, Utility in War Service, 607 Maryport and Carlisle Railway Company, Adverse Conditions of Goods Engines Purchase, 533 Melbourne Electric Railways Opened, 455, 559 Memorial Services for Fallen Railway Men, 484 Mersey Railway, Comparison between Steam and Electric Working, 559 Metropolitan District Railway Company’s New Turbo-alternator at Lot’s-road, 303 Metropolitan District Railway’s War Difficulties and Overcrowding, 177 Metropolitan Railway Demobilisation Anticipations, Loss of Men Fallen in Service, 177 Metropolitan Railway’s Excellent Working, 607 Metropolitan Railway’s New Passenger Coaches, 507 Metropolitan Railway Non-strikers, Company’s Appreciation of Loyalty, 403 Metropolitan Railway War Memorial, 429 Mid-Flint Light Railways Scheme, 81 Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway,
Manager Appointed, 153
Midland Railway Appointments, 402 Midland Railwav Employees in 1914 and Now, 303 Midland Railway Punctuality, 559 Midland Railway, Small Capital Expenditure. 355 Midland Railwav Statistics in 1907 and 1913, 429 Midland and South-Western Junction Railway, Greatly Increased Cost of Working, 559 Motor Cars’ Competition with Railways in the United States, 559 Motor Vehicles as Railway Feeders in Italy, 403 National Union of Railwaymen and its President, 35 National Union of Railwaymen and Railway Executive Committee, 129, 277, 446, 631 Nationalisation of Railways, Minerals and Lands, No Official Estimate Prepared, 225 New Transport Company. Limited, Refusal of Permission for Capital Increase, 201 New Year’s Honours for Railwaymen, 11 New York Subway Extension System, Notable Electrical Railway Undertaking, 184 New Zealand Government Railways Programme, 201 New Zealand Government Railways War Balance Sheet, 177 New Zealand State Railways in 1918, Financial Results of Working, 328 New Zealand State Railways, Interrupted Extensions and Lack of Facilities, 303 North-Eastern Railway General Manager, Reported Change, 57 North-Eastern Railway Passenger Increase, 391 North-Eastern Railway Policy?, War Record, 455 North-Eastern Railway and Sir Eric Geddes, 177 North London Electric Service Improvement, 429 Norway’s Order for Locomotives and Rolling Stock Parts from U.S.A., 455 Nottingham, Congestion of Traffic at, 631 Nyassaland, Projected Government Railwav, 129 Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Electric Railway, Benefit of Change in Trolley Wheels, 57 Oil Fuel Burning on Railways, Results of Tests of Various Systems, 403 Oil as Protection from Rust of Permanent Way Angle Bars and Bolts, 559 Oxted Tunnel Closing, Temporary, 533 Paris Underground Fares Increase, 507 Passenger Facilities, Improvement not yet Expected, 105 Passenger Fares and Postage on Letters, Small Prospect of Return to Pre-war Rates, 249 Passenger Train and Heavy Goods Loads. 225 Passengers’ Roll of the" London Electric Railway Companies, 177 Perishable Goods, Design of Railway Wagons for, 351 Post-offices for Service between Queenstown and Kingstown Harbour, 11 Potteries Railway, Failure of Application to Reconstruct, 329 Preferential Treatment and Agricultural Produce, 533 Pre-war Travelling Conditions, Gradual Efforts To wards Restoration, 303 Profit, Railway, and Otherwise, a Vanishing Quantity, Mr. Lloyd George, 188 Proposal to Return Railways to Private Working with Guarantee of Minimum Rate of Return, 225 Queensland Commissioner of Railways, Retirement after Fifty Years’ Service. 277 Race Meetings and Increased Fares, 591 Rails and Sleepers from Temporary Railways in France, Question of Disposal. 533 Railway Benevolent Institution, 225 Railway Benevolent Institution, Presidentelect, 81 Railway Clerks’ Association Recognised, on Conditions, 153 Railway Conditions as to Claims for Losses, as to Carriage, &c., 303 Railway Executive Committee and Privately- owned Wagons, 563 Railway Executive Committee, Offices and Staff from Railway Companies, No Cost to Board of Trade, 355 Railway Executive Committee, Poster Appeal, LI Railwav Executive Committee and Railwaymen, 129, 277, 446, 533, 631 Railway Material Exports Statistics, 57, 129, 455, 631 Railwaymen and the Eight-hour Day, 129 Railwaymen’s Two Unions, Their After-war Programme. 35 Railway Officials Resume Work on Retire- ? ment from Government Positions, 455 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con- tinued):
Railway Servants and War Wages, 201 Rates for Goods and Running Costs, 583
Rationing Holiday Traffic to and from Blackpool, 429 Refrigerator Wagons Defects, Report by Food Committee, 555 Restaurant Services Re-established on Great Northern Trains, 129 Rome and Constantinople, Proposed Direct Railway Communication, with Supplementary Ferry-boat Service, 105 Roosevelt, Late President, and the United States Railways, 81 Royal Agricultural Society’s Cardill Show, Railway Facilities, 507 Sack, Railway-owned, Shortage in Scotland, Farmers’ Troubles, 249 Safety First in the United States, 541, 583 Scottish Labour Members’ Fares, 506 Shropshire and Montgomery Light Railway Company, 201 Signalman’s Gallantry during Air Raid, 607 Signals, Coloured and Position, Comparison of, and Report on both Types, 451 Singapore and Malay States, Causeway Across Johore Straits to Replace Train Ferry Connection, 81 Skip-stop System for Street Railways, Fuel Economy of, 11 Sleeping Car Services between Paris and Alsace-Lorraine, 11 Snow Damage of Telegraph Wires and Much Delayed Trains, 35 South Africa Adopts Eight-hours Day in Railway and Harbour Department, 607 South African Passenger Fares and Goods Rates, Further Increase, 11 South African Railways Annual Reports, Change in Period Covered, 11 South Australian Government Railways Finance, 129 South Australian Locomotives, Largest yet Built in the Province, 129 South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, Landslide and Empty Train Wreckage, 249 South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, Land*
- slip Repair, 277
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway’s New Steamer, 249 South-Eastern Railway Wagon Shops Burned Down, 583 South Manchuria Railway Improvements of Track and Rolling Stock, 201 Steam Locomotion and Wasted Fuel, 403 Steel Rails in the United States, Reduced
Output in 1918, 583
Straps on Railway Carriage Windows, 429 Sturrock’s Steam Tender, 81—see Miscellaneous Index
Summer Time Dates Fixed, 225
Superannuation Allowance to Retired Railway Officers, Question of Increase, 507 Taff Vale Railway, Co-operation between Employers and Employed, 429 Taff Vale Railway and the Eight Hours Day, 355 Taff Vale Railway, Questions of Joint General Manager and Common User of Wagons, 355 Taff Vale Railway Roll of Honour, 177 Thomas, Mr. J. H., Health Visit to America, 506 Traffic and Railway Services, Further Increase Impossible, 481 Train Ferries on Entre Rios Railway as Precursor of the Richborough Cross-Channel Undertaking, 35 Train Service Improvement, 429
Train Service Improvements, Restaurant Cars Again Running, 225
Training,* Free, for Junior Clerical Staff of Underground Railways and Omnibus Company after War Service, 277 Transport Bill and New Works, 481 Transport Committee and London Traffic, 607 Transport in India and East Africa, Inquiry, 429 Transport of Troops and Munitions, Statement of Cost, 399 Tube Railway Fares, Concessions as to Wages and Hours, 403 Tube Railways, London, Financial Problems, 607 Tunnel to Connect Denmark and Sweden, 455 UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : Additional Precautions at Level Crossing?, 329 Armistice Stops Entrainment of 250,000 Men, Cancelled Arrangements and Efficient Handling, 403 Coal Contract Publicity, 533 Commissions on Contracts, Modification of Original Clause, 533 Congress and Big Railway Deficit Vote, 607 Control of Railways, President Wilson’s Message, 507 Director-General, Mr. McAdoo Succeeded by Mr. Walker D. Hines, 153 Fuel Conservation Section’s Large Saving in Coal and Oil, 57 Fuel Zone System, Great Saving in Transport, 11 Future of American Railways, Question of Finance, 481 Increased Fares and Freight Rates Cause Reduction of Deficit, 57 Interstate Commerce Commission Report and Bureau of Railway Economics, 379 New Railway Works Programme Shelved for Lack of Funds, 411 Ron being of Traffic on United States Railways, 481 Troops Traffic Statistics, 403 United States Railway System, Proposed New Federation Scheme, 11 United States Societies, Clubs, A c., Devoted to Railway Subjects, 328 Wages Statistics during Administration Control, 607 Wages, Trainsmen’s Further Advance of 65,000,000 Dollars, 379 Wages Increase of Miners, Railway and Transport Workers, 110 to 120 per Cent, since War Outbreak, 455
Wages Statistics, 583 Wagon Repairs and Labour Shortage. 429 Wagon Shortage and Delayed Ships, 583 Wagons, British Wooden, Life of, 533 Wagons on Indian Railways, Statistics, 35
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : War-office Orders for Locomotives to Design of Mr. J. G. Robinson, 303 Waterloo, Escalators between Main Line Station and City Railway, 379 Waterloo Station Reconstruction Nearly Completed, 583 Waterloo Station, Slight Collision between Steam and Electric Trains, 303, 607 W’ater Power Utilisation in France for Electrification of Main Railways, 402
Ways and Communications :
Finance Questions, 249
Finance and Condition of Permanent Way and Rolling Stock, Sir F. Banbury, 379 Opposition, 225
Statement by Mr. Bonar Law, 201
Trade Associations not Represented, Delay Asked for, 481 Wagons, Privately Owned, Inquiry as to Steps Taken, 533 White Paper Initials on Railway Working, 507 Whit Monday Passengers on London Underground Lines, 631 Women Railway W’orkers, Donation on Discharge, 35 Women’s War Wages Advance, Arbitration Decision, 177 Woolwich, Kearney Railway of ,|-Mile Length and One Minute’s Journey, Projected, 129 RAINFALL in Australia, Records, 403 Reafforestation in Great Britain to Replace
Timber Cut Down during War, 240
Realgar, Successful Production with Richards Gas Producer Furnace, 105 Reunion of Ex-British W’estinghouse Men, 190 Road Improvement, Government Grant of £10,000,000, 81, 480 Roads and Road Transport and also Railways, Opposition to Proposed Unification of Government Control, 81, 277’ Roads and Transport Congress and Exhibition, 495 Rolling Mill at Southampton, Steps by Federation of British Industries to Guard it from Foreign Acquisition, 329 Rotary Engine, Isaac Smith’s, Working Drawing of, Placed in Science Museum, 201 Royal Automobile Club’s Opposition to Ways and Communications Bill, 225 Royal Automobile Club’s Services to Overseas Officers during the War, Sir A. Stanley, 559 Royal Dockyard Apprenticeship and Educational System, Successful Results, 277 Rubber Association of Singapore, Standard Qualities Fixe*’, 583 Rubber, Synthetic, German Factory, 105 Russia’s Abundant Supplies of Timber, 153 Russian Industrial Undertakings and Workmen in 1914, 533 Russia’s Introduction of Metric Weights and Measures, 55, 177 s SAFETY Precautions for Transmission Machinery, Home-office Report, 464 Salcoats, Borehole Projected to Search for Minerals, 481 Saturday Holiday, Five Days’ Work at a London
Works, 403
Scheelite—see Iron and Steel Science, Application of, to Industry, C. M.
Walter, 277
Scientific and Industrial Research, Expenditure, Sir F. Heath, 225 Segnite, New Explosive in South Africa, 153 Selenium and other Mineral? and Production of
Pigments, 607
Serbia, Government and Industrial Mission, 225 Sewage Disposal and Pollution of Rivers, 583 Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Works near Bridgend, 428 Shaft-sinking in the Transvaal, World’s Record, 177 Shale Oil in Brazil, Larger Percentage than from Scotch Shale, 129 Sheep Losses by Blow-fly, Scientific Efforts at Prevention, 35 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : American Destroyer Built in Seventy Days, 57 American Shipbuilder’s Offer to the Shipping Board, 429 American Shipping Board Orders Cancelled or Curtailed and Prices for Ships Lowered, 444 American Wooden Steamers Converted as Tow Barges, 355 Armistice, First British Concrete Steamship, Behaviour of, 177 Barnstaple Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding Yard, Activities, 177 Battleship Design in the Future, H. C. By water, 329 Concrete Barges, Seaworthy Qualities Doubted, 303 Concrete Ferry-boat, Accident and Repair, 481 Concrete, Reinforced, and Steel Vessels, Comparison of Deadweight, T. J. Querette, 225 Cromarty, Closing of Nava] Base, 533 Cunard’s New Service of Steamers, 455 Dutch Companies Repairing British Ships, 105 Electric Welding of Ship Joints, Great Saving in Cost Compared with Riveting, 105
First Steamship to Cross the Atlantic. 533 Great Eastern Railway’s New Steamers, 262
H.M. Destroyer Zubian, One Ship Reconstructed from Two, 429 H.M.S. Truant, Ocean-going Torpedo-boat Destroyer. J. S. White and Co., 277
Japanese Mercantile Marine, Details, 249
Japanese New Cargo Boat Service from Yokohama to Calcutta, 607 Japanese Shipbuilding Programme. 249 Lloyd’s Register, Chairmen and Vice-chairman, Elections, 631 London and North-Western Steamer Run Down by American Destroyer, 303 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued): Mauretania’s Record Trip from Halifax to New York, 533 Mercantile Marine Openings, Various, for Boys, 583 Merchant Shipping Act, Lifeboats and Rafts for all, 105 Newhaven and Dieppe Steamship Service, Expected Reopening, 249 Northumberland New Shipbuilding Combination, 201
Osaka Shosen Kaisha and Shipbuilding, 607
Reconstructed Vessels for Sale by Admiralty, 429 Repairs of Shipping, Announcement by Controller, 35 Salvage of the A. J. Fuller, Attempt to Raise the Ship, 177 Salvage of Ships after the War, A Great Harvest Expected from them, 11
Shipbuilding Yard at Ardencaple, 583 Ship Losses during the War, Twenty-five
Times as many British as American Vessels, 429 Ship Plates for Australia, Cheaper from England than in Australia, 507 South-Eastern and Chatham’s New Steamer Maid of Orleans, 249 Steamer Wrecked in 1840, Remains Exposed by Dredging, 533
Steam Yacht Carnegie’s Long Voyages, 507
Submarines, and Under-water Listening, Professor Bragg, 559 Submerged Submarines, French Invention for Locating, 201
Swedish Mercantile Marine War Losses, 455
Tyne Shipping, Increase in Output of Ships, 303 United States Battleship Idaho and H.M.S. Dreadnought, Comparisons, 481 10,000-Ton Vessel Bisected to Pass through Locks on the Welland Canal, 403 War Vessels Launched on the Tyne during the War, 355 Whitshed, H.M.S., Ocean-going Torpedo- boat Destroyer Launched at Wallsend, 140 Wooden Ship, Sierra Npvada, Built in 1854 and Still Afloat, 429 Wooden Shipbuilding at Quebec, Good Record, 481 X-rays for Inspection of Concrete Ships, 403 Yarrow-built Destroyer’s Record Speed, 303 SIBERIA, Northern, Harbour and Handling Facilities at Mouth of River Ob, 403 Slag for Concrete-making, 533 Smoke Prevention, Condition of Sheffield, Sir
R. Hadfield, 81
Soap-making from Petroleum in Germany, 429 Soda near Pretoria, Valuable Deposits, 277 Solar Eclipse on May 29th,. 1919, Experiments, 455 South African Gold Mine, New Shaft being Sunk, 379 South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, President, 249 South African Mineral Output and Working Cost Statistics, 355 South African Mining Improvements in Tube Mills, 379 South African Societies’ Combined Exhibition of Machinery and Appliances, 355 South Africa, Trade Conditions of, and Federation of British Industries, 277 Southampton’s Embarkation Work during the War, 249 Spain and Export of Machinery, 177 Spanish Industries, Government Concessions, 481 Spelter Manufacturers and Nationalisation of Coal Mines, 607 Spirit from Sulphite Waste of Pulp Mills, 583 Spitzbergen, A Departure of Workers for the
Northern Exploration Company, 507
Spitzbergen, A No Man’s Land, 455 Steam Engine Building in the Last Generation,
Excellent Record, 177
Steel—see Iron and Steel Stephenson, George, Interesting Maps and Papers belonging to him Presented to Newcastle, 153 “ Still ” Engine and Lubrication Experiments, 607 Strike for Less Pay, 177 Submarine Mine Exploders, Thousands for
Sale by Disposal Board, 441
Sulphur Deposits in Texas, 455 Sulphur Waste in Fumes Round Nickel Mines in Ontario, 329 Superheating by Steam as Preventive of Rust in Iron, 355 Surplus Government Stores, Profitable Sales, 583, 607, 634 Swedish Factory Started for Manufacture of Mica Insulating Materials from Native Mines, 129 Swedish Industries Fair at Gothenburg, 607 Sweden, Removal of Restrictions on Exports to, 646 Swiss Trade Exhibition, 355 Sydney Harbour Dredging, Material Removed Last Year, 201 Sydney, Pyrmont Bridge Repaired Rapidly by Oxy-acetylene Welding, 429 T TAMPING Railway Sleepers in Canada, Advantage of Use of Pneumatic Tools, 533 “ Tanks ” Association, A New Society, 65 Tanks to be Broken Up, 81 Tasmania and Hydro-electric Development,
355, 481
Telephone between Cawnpore and Lucknow, 559 Telephone Cables in London, Quick Repair of
Extensive Damage, 153
Telephone Exchanges, London, Cost of Scheme for Conversion to Automatic System, 329 Telephone Statistics in United States, 355 Telephone System in Bolivia, Reputed to be
the Highest in the World, 57
Telescope, Great Reflecting, near Victoria, B.C., Completed, 35 Ticker in Wireless Telegraphy, Other Applications Suggested, M. Goudet, 81 Tidal Wave and Atmospheric Pressure, 249 Timber of Canada, List of Trees Used, 403 Timber Growth, Experiments in India, 355 Timber Shortage Due to War and Reafforestation Scheme, 240 Timber Supplies, Rationing Abolished and Prices Reduced, 129 Timber Supply by Government at Reasonable Price, 507 Timber Transport by Rafting Across the Atlantic, 533 Time-keeping Accuracy of Country’s Principal Clocks, 631 Time Lost and Device for Prevention, 379 Tinfoil Manufacture in China, 129 Tin Mining in Cornwall, Question of Subsidising, 159 Tin Slimes Concentration, J. M. Buckland, 249 Tramcars on Elevated Line from Tokyo, Trial Run, 481 Tungsten—see Iron and Steel Tunnel Below Sea at Moji, Japan, 481 Tunnel, Railway, to Connect Denmark and Sweden, 455 Turbine Design and Problems of Distortion, 57 Turbines, Steam, Most Economical Size of Unit for, 225 Turpentine Oil and Rosin, New Source of Supply of, Found in India, 533 Tyne Improvement Commission’s Plant, Proposed Purchase of New Dredgers, 333 u UNITED States and Need of Good Work, 212 Universities and British Industries, 541 Universities and Colleges Better Supported in the United States than in Great Britain, 481 University College and Hospital War Memorial, 594 University College, London, Annual Dinner, 570 University College, London, Annual Report, Decrease in Students and Revenue, 249 University Endowments in England and Wales, Analysis of Distribution, 481 VAN ADI UM in Swedish Coal, 607 w WALKER, James, and Co., New Arrangement of Working Hours, 403 Walter Scott and Middleton, Presentation, 213 Wangduni, New Zealand, Port Development Delayed, 429 War in its Dependence on Chemistry, 11 War “ Gases,” Serious Effects of Chloropicrin, War Memorial, A. A. Jones and Shipman, Limited, 47 War Output of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., 436 Warehouse Accommodation, Great Extension by Mersey Docks and Harboi r Board, 57 W’ater, Colour Improvement Caused by Storage, 129 Water Power Committee’s Report on Capacity of British and German New Guinea, 507 W’ater Power Development in Europe and Japan, 429 W’ater Power Schemes in the Ghats, in Province of Bombay, 559 Water Powers of the Ukraine, 533 WATER SUPPLY: Birmingham, Proposed New Pipe from the Elan Valley, 329 Bombay Water Supply from Powai Lake, 631 Cohoes, New York, W’ater Consumption, Pumps Cheaper than Water Meters, 429
Dacca Waterworks Improvement, 105
Electrolytic Corrosion, New Resistance
Device for Water Pipes, 153
Hyderabad W’ater Supply, Completion of Oosman-Sagar Dam, 607 India, Waterworks Called for at Chandpur, 403
Kawasaki, Cost of New Waterworks. 429 Manchester Corporation’s Water Bill, 303
Manchester, Greatly Increased Consumption of Water, 129 Manchester’s Scheme for Water from Westmorland, 607 Midnapore, India, Water Supply, Further Grant Required for Cost, 129 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, W’ater Supply, Alternative Schemes, 533, 631 South Australia, New Schemes for Water Supply, 507 Sydney, New South Wales, Storage Incicase, 484 Sydney Water Supply, Cordeaux River Dam, 455 Uruguay, Projected W’ater Supply and Sewerage Works, 533 Water Consumption in Great Britain for Papermaking, Brewing, Railways, and Fire Extinction, 533
Water Filtration Plant at Detroit, 429
W’ater Filtration Plant Sludge. Experiments, 455 Water Meter Test Results, F. B. Nelson, 403 WATER in Underground Fissures, Stoppage by Injection of Liquid Cement, 57 Wzater-gas to Relieve Coal Shortage in Germany, 35 Waterproofing of Drawings and Tracings for Use in Wet Places, 11 Waterways Lost and Regained by the British in Flanders in 1918, 129 Wraygood-Otis Foremen’s Dinner, 248 Ways and Communications Bill, Mr. Bonar
Law on, 201 ; Opposition, 225 ; Finance Questions, 249—see als-j Railways
Ways and Means, Ernest Benn, 288 Weights and Measures, Metric and English
Systems, Comparison of Use, Mr. Halsey, 507
Welding, Acetylene and Electric, 546 Wheat and Beans, Suggested Mixture of Crop as Protection from Storms, 129 Wheels for Road Vehicles, Steel and Wood, Comparison of Advantages for Overseas Service, 329 White Arsenic, Plant for Production to be Put Up in South Africa, 355 “ Whitley ” Plan as Applied to Brass and Copper Industries, 355 Wireless Communication by Telephone with Moving Omnibus, 559 Wolfram—.see Iron anti Steel
Wolfryn Electro-chemical Treatment of Seeds, 559
Wolverhampton and Aeroplane Making, 532
Wood as a Boiler Fuel, 533
Wood for Concrete Reinforcement, Precautions in Use, 607
Wood Distilling Works in Ontario, Growth in Twenty Years, 81
Wool Scarcity in Germany, Use of Iron for Air Filters, 11
Working Drawing of Isaac Smith’s Rotary Engine Placed in Science Museum, 201
X
X-RAY Discussion at Faraday and Rontgen Societies’ Meeting, 416
X-Rays for Inspection of Concrete Ships, 403
Y
YARROW and Company’s Output to Increase in Vancouver but Diminish on the Clyde, 129
Yellow Pine Shortage in United Kingdom, Government Measures for Supply and Price Regulation, 303, 507
z
ZINC and Lead Pipes, Corrosion, and Methods of Protection from, 631
Zinc Production by Electrolytic Company of Australia, 201
Zirconium Exports from Brazil, 559
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