The Engineer 1921 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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ACCIDENTS Due to Poisoning by Gases, 131
Accountants, Institute of Costs and Works, Examinations, 519
Aerodrome, Shrewsbury, Sale of, 248
Aeronautical Research Committee, Two Technical Reports, 455
Afghanistan, Present of Telegraph Material from British Government in India, 595
Air Compressors, Bursting of Cooling Coils, 75
Air Council Approval of Grissell Prize Offer, 455
Air Ministry, Fuel Tanks Competition, 621
Air Ministry Gives Up Certain Service Stations. 217
Air Moisture at, and 100ft. Above, Ground Level, 483
Alaska, Mineral Output Report, 265
Alkali in Western Australia, Suggested Exploitation of Large Deposits, 193
Alloy, New Light, Silicon and Aluminium, 679
Alloy, Self-lubricating, for High-speed Bearings, 265
Alloys of Nickel and Chromium, 319
Alloys Research Committee Report, 240
Aluminium Production from Bauxite on the
West Coast of India, 241
American Association for Advancement of Science, Meeting in Toronto, 119 American Copper and Brass, Research Association, 240 American Ports, Foreign Trade Zones in, 338 Anatolia Forests, A Neglected Industry, 67 Apprentices, Engineering, in South Africa, Supply Exceeding the Demand, 649 Apprenticeship Training in Bengal, 567 “ Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarships, 230, 472, 576 Architects, Training of—see Institute, Royal, of British Architects Armstrong-Whitworth Ships, 206 Asbestos Discovery on Canadian Railway Main Line, 293 Asbestos Factory in Quebec, 93 Asbestos Mines of Russia, Soviet Concession to American Corporation, 511 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES : ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS (INCORPORATED):
Annual Dinner, 607 Election of Chairman, 108 INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY :
Training and Examination of Chemistry Students, 544
INSTITUTE, IRON AND STEEL :
Autumn Meeting in Paris, List of Papers, 168
INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS : Remarkable Boiler Failure. 13 INSTITUTE, ROYAL, OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS :
Airship Mooring Mast, Grissell Prize Offered for Best Design, 455
“ Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarship, 576
Membership of the Institute, Training for, 572
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT : Annual Dinner, 407
South African Railways’ Coal Traffic Wagons, Mr. Kelway-Bamber, 595 Urban Electric Railway Services, J. P. Thomas, 595
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS : Awards for Papers, 567 Dinner, 454
Informal Meetings to Introduce and Discuss New Accessories, 241
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
Internal Combustion Engines with Large Cylinders, Sir J. McKechnie, 293 INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (IRELAND) : Water Power Resources of Ireland, Need of Proper Storage, Sir J. P. Griffith, 705
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS : Conversazione, 54
Election of Lord Southborough as Honorary Member, 539 Examination for Associate Membership, 105 Meetings, Future Arrangements, 155 Model General Conditions for Contracts, 575 Notice of Dinner, 551 Offer to Benevolent Fund, 39
STUDENTS’ SECTION :
Lecture : Single-phase and Direct-current Railways, Comparison of Equipment Cost, Sir Philip Dawson, 621 INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND : Double Bottoms of Ships, Importance of Ventilation, J. L. Adam, 679 INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS : Annual General Meeting, 372
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
INSTITUTION, JUNIOR, OF ENGINEERS :
Loughborough Section Established, 394
INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS :
Alloys Research Committee Report, 240
INSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS :
Mechanical Transport, A. R. Galbraith, 39 INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS :
Scholarships and Prize Awards, 248, 361. 408 Scholarships for Competition in 1922, 616 INSTITUTION, NORTH-EAST COAST, OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS : Mile-posts, Hartley, Reconditioning and Re-measurement, 427
Officers for Session, 1921-22, 79
INSTITUTION, PERMANENT WAY :
President for 1922, 500
INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGISTS : Elimination of Oilfield Waste, A. Beeby Thompson, 566 Oil Resources of the World, A. Beeby Thompson, 539 INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS : Automatic Train Control, Problems of’ W. J. Thorrowgood, 119 First Summer Meeting, 67 “Three-position Signalling,” A. E. Tattersail, 539
NORTHERN SECTION :
Establishment and Opening Meeting, 547
Recent Developments in the Token System for Single Lines of Railway, W. S. Roberts, 547
INSTITUTION, ROYAL :
Christmas Course of Juvenile Lectures, 511 Meetings and Elections, 54, 633 Programme of Lectures for Before-Easter Session, 691
INSTITUTION OF RUBBER INDUSTRY :
First Meeting of New Society. 427
INSTITUTION OF SURVEYORS :
Annual Meeting in 1922, 595
Legacy for Prize, 595
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY :
Chemical Engineering Group Invites Institution of Gas Engineers to a Lecture, 539 Claude Synthetic Ammonia Process and Plant, LH. West, 539
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS :
Annual Meeting, Award of Gold Medal and other Premiums, 688
CRYSTAL PALACE ENGINEERING SOCIETY :
Geen Premium Award, 688
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
Annual Meeting, Awards for Papers, Elections, 54 Work of the Industrial Fatigue Research Board, D. R. Wilson, 567
SOCIETY OF TECHNICAL ENGINEERS :
General Policy, 241
SOCIETIES, PHYSICAL AND OPTICAL :
Annual Exhibition, 705
AUDIBILITY of Sound and the Oppan Explosion, 347 Australian Electrolytic Zinc Company’s Contract with British Board of Trade, 319 Australian Working Week, Reduction Claim Refused, 621 Automobile Standardisation, 54 Aviation, Civil, Great Progress of, Night Flying, Lighthouses, and Wireless, 705 Aviation, Commercial, French Offer of Prize for Suitable Motor, 427 Awards to Inventors, Claim by Magnetic Compass Makers for Outlay on Radium, 193 B BALL and Roller Bearings, Demand for Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 217 Ball and Roller Bearings, Standardisation Advised, 155 Bamboos and Tropical Grasses for Paper Pulp, 539 Barrage, Sukkur, Scheme, on the Indus, 595 Bascule Bridge Wrecked by Carelessness, 705 Batchelor’s Cost of Living in Various Towns in
China, 319
Belgian Congo Copper Mine, Analysis of
Uranium Ore from, 265
c CANADA Orders Marking of Imported Goods to Indicate Country of Origin, 705 Canada’s Need of Applications of Principles of
Chemistry, Metallurgy, &c., S. J. Cook, 483
Canada’s Oilfields, Favourable Points of, 93 Canadian Machinery Company to Open Manufactory in Australia, 595 Canal Improvement in France, 427 Canal, Main Danube, Scheme, Discussion in the Bavarian Diet, 93 Carbide Storage with Explosives, Dangers of Acetylene, 649 Carbon Monoxide in Gas, 241 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Precautions and
First Aid, 567
Cars in Holland, 217 Catalogues for China and British Trade. 377 Catalogues for Honduras, 240 Catalogues for the Malay States, 254 Catalogues fo? Riga, 108 Celluloid Manufacture and Storage, Home Office Regulations, 319 Celtic Tomb Discovered in Gravel Pit, Doubtful Conclusions, 145 Cement Factory at Owen Sound, Ontario, 483 Cement Plant at Darra, Queensland, Extensive Addition, 13 Centering of a Reinforced Concrete Arch Washed Away, 13 Channel Tunnel, French Plans Complete, 539 Chauny Sewerage and Waterworks, Competition Awards, 519 Chemical Engineers, Formation of Institution, 483 Chemistry Students, Training and Examination of, 544
Chilian Government Bill for Harbour Improvement and Railway Extension, 621
China and British Manufacturers, 377
China, Investigation of Geology in Vicinity of Railways, 67
China as a Market for Motor Cars, 13
China’s Cotton Spinning Industry, Great Enlargement of, 511
China’s Great Increase in Metal Imports, 705
Chinese Capitalists from Abroad, Schemes for Exporting Native Products and Importing Foreign Machinery, 455
Chinese Foreign Trade, British Share Larger than that of Others, 119
Chinese Mining Licences, 169
Chinese New Mining Regulations, 265
Chinese New Port and Power Station Projected near Tientsin, 39
Cleveland Technical Institute Bulletin, 621
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Borings for Coalfields Flushed by Petroleum Instead of Water, 567
British Coal Mining, Success Due to High Ideals, Dr. J. S. Haldane, 567
British Columbia, Development of Coal Deposit at Fraser Lake, 13
Coal Exports from the United States, Statistics of, 539
Coal Tub Filling, Forks or Shovels, Leicestershire Miners’ Notice, 595
Coke by New Process from Unmixed Sarre Coal, 679
Coke Shortage and Oil Substituted for Cupola Furnaces in Austria, 193
Explosion at Hampstead Colliery, Birmingham, 511
Indian Coal Mines, Total Production of, in 1919-1920 and 1920-1921, 455
Indian Coal, Reduced Output of, 455 Liquefaction of Coal Reported, 119 Mexico, Important Coal Deposits, 511 Natal Coal Supply Far from Unlimited, 455 Natal, Suggested New Port Equipped for
Coal Handling, 407
Norwegian Railways’ Coal Orders for Newcastle, 705
Output of Coal, Comparative Figures, 319 Output of Coal, Week's Comparison, 217 Pocohontas Coal Mines, No Strike and Better
Earnings since Break-up of Trade Union, 169 Portugal, Coalfield Discovery on the East Railway. 145
Pretoria, Near, Coal Discovery, 39
Sarre Coal for Coke Making by New Heating Method, Monsieur Baille-Barrelle, 145, 679
Spanish Navy and British Coal, 629
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal in Mines, Final Report of Committee, 217
Strike, Coal Mined during Period of, 119
Transvaal and Natal Coalfields, Serious Waste in Working, 7
Turkestan Coal Deposits, Extensive, 319
COIL Springs, Large, Tests by Magnetic Induction Methods, 217 Cold Storage in France, Purchase of Wagons in England and America, 217 Colloidal Clay, Valuable Discovery for Various Industries, 93 Coloured Crayons Preferred to Water Colours, 13 Colourless Gems, Experiments in Tinting by Radium, 145 Commercial Research Fellowships, 551 Concrete Eight-storey Building in Melbourne as Electricity Commission Headquarters, 169 Concrete Mixture, Crusher Screenings and Limestone, 241 Concrete Pavement, Cleaning Joints and Cracks before Filling with Tar, Method Advised, 511 Concrete Piles, Reinforced with Wired Bamboo.
119
Concrete Pipe, Hume Centrifugally Cast, 427 Concrete, Reinforced, Building, Collapse, 347 Concrete Roads for Southwark, 422 Concrete Work with Record Rapidity in New York City, 705 Condenser Feed Water and Injury by Leakage, 293 Condenser Leakage Cured by Rubber Rings, 145 Continental Short Sea Route vid Zeebrugge, 47 Contracts, Public, Placed Abroad, 407 Copenhagen and Island of Amager, Improvement of Communications, 657 Copper Discovery in the Island of Yell, Shetland, 113 Copper, Metallurgy of. and Importance of Byproducts, E. P. Mathewson, 483 Copper Mine, Messina, South Africa, Govern ment Aid to Working, 67 Copper Sulphides, Valuable Hill Discovered in Manitoba. 119 Costing Systems and Wasteful Expenditure, 11J Cotton Transportation from Liverpool and Manchester, Arthur Watson, 13 Cracks in Aluminium Alloy Castings, R. J. Anderson, 483 Crawfish Damage to Canal Bank, 649 Creosote for Timber, Standard Specification for 362, 399 Crystal Palace, Co-partnership Exhibition and Congress, 39 CRYSTAL PALACE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING :
Address to Students, Colonel Morgan. 134 Geen Premium Award, 688 Papers Read During the Session. 674 Wilson Premium Award, 674
Customs Duty on Machinery for State Works Remitted bv Federal Government, 193
D DAM, Masonry, Record for Size, Built in 1700 B.c., 427 Damming a Stream by Use of Canvas Hose, 13 Danish Electro-chemical Industry, Resumption of Work, 399 Dew Reservoirs, S. B. Russell, 688 Diesel Engine Insurance Against Breakdown, 576 Diesel Engine Repair, 28 Diesel Oil and Boiler Fuel Oil, Comparison in Price and Quality, 487 Dorman, Long and Co., Limited, Annual Meeting, High Railway Rates and Effect on Iron and Steel Trade, 678 Drop Forgers, Improved Drawings Recommended for, 511 Drop Forging Dies, Heat Treatment of, 539 Durban Harbour Improvement Scheme, 236 E EARTH Dam, Highest Ever Made. Under Construction in America, 679 East Africa, late German, Gold and Coal Possibilities but Poor Health Conditions, 265 Ebbw Vale JForfo? Magazine, 649 Egyptian Government Contracts, 277 Einstein’s Theory on a Cinematograph Film, 319 ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Auckland, New Zealand, New Electric Power Board, 483 Ayr Corporation Electrical Scheme, Water from Loch Doon, 241 Battery Traction Demand, Hopeful Future for Electric Vehicles, 193 Birmingham Power Station at Nechells, Good Progress. 621 Blackburn Electric Locomotive on Railway Siding, Valuable Service of, 649 Bradford’s Electricity Undertaking and Hiring Out of Motors, &c., 539 60-Kilowatt Brass Melting Furnace al University of Wisconsin, 193 British Electrical Industry, Improved Prospect, 621 Cheapened Electricity and Swedish Steelmaking Material, 345 China, Demand for Current Exceeds Supply, China as a Market for Electrical Machinery, 118, 119
Conduits Cleared by Blank Cartridge, 265
Cooking and Lighting in Dublin, Electrical, 595 Coventry Corporation Electricity Accounts, 13 Current Transmission at Pressure of Over a Million Volts, 319 Czecho-Slovakia, Electrical Industries of, 319 Disabled Ex-Service Men Construct Large Transformer, 119 Edison Vehicles for Refuse Collection, Valuable Utilisation of Waste, 13 Electrical Energy, Pros and Cons in its Use, A. Beeby Thompson, 511 Electric Vehicles’ Great Push in New York City, 705
Electricity Commissioners’ Report. 455
Electrolytic Lighting Arresters, V7. A. Coates, 328 Emergency Lamp for Use in Darkness Caused by Accident, 211 Furnaces, Re-starting of, for Steel Trade, Cheapened Current, 345 General Electric Company’s House-warming at the Kingsway Offices, 93 Generating Plant, Plan for Heating Dams, Valves and Gates to Ward off Ice Formation, 644, 705 Generating Stations in Province of Liege, Reorganisation, 217
Glasgow Electricity Accounts, 241
Glaucus River, Greece, Possible Power Supply for Patras, 13 Heating Dams, Machinery, &c., of Generating Plants to Prevent Freezing, 644. 705 High-tension Transformers and Converting Plant, Dr. W. Reichel, 319 High-tension Transmission Systems, International Conference in Paris, 511, 567 Japan, Large Electrical Engineering Works Begun at Nagoya, 13 Japanese Extensive Use of Electric Light, 399
Kunda River Power Scheme Postponed, 93 Kyoto, Japan, New Large Power Station, 346
Lantern Slides for Lectures on Electrical Machinery, 127 Leeds Tramway Power Station, Coal and Oil Fuel Cost Comparison, 241 Liverpool’s Enormous Electrical Development, 373 Local Supply of Electric Power for Poor Small Village, 265 Locomotive, Storage Battery, in the Isle of Man, 427 Low-tension Paper Insulated Cables, Higher Temperature Limits Wanted, P. Torchio. 39 Mercury Arc Rectifiers for the Electrification of the Midi Railway, 293 Mining Switchgear, Explosion-proof, 408— see also Miscellaneous Index, Electrical Matters Model General Conditions for Contracts, 575 Nickel and Chromium Alloys in Electrical Heating and Cooking, 319 Oil Circuit Breakers, Tests of Rupturing Capacity, 217
Overhead Distribution, B. Welbourne, 193
Paris International Conference of Electrical Engineers, 511, 567 Poulsen Arc as Applied to Wireless Telegraphy, C. W. Boyle, 595 Power Factor Correction on Small Loads, 39 Power Plant Machinery Transport in California, 399 Power Station Projected for Isleworth and Ealing, 217
Rafting by Electrical Power, 119
Rectifier, Mercury Arc, High Efficiencv of, 455 Rosario, Santa Fe, Large Number of Separate | Lighting Installations in, 455
Shanghai/,Municipal Electrical Report, 241 I
Gas from Blast-furnaces and Producer Cleaned by Dry Process, 455 Gas versus Coke for Domestic Use, 705 Gas and Electrical Industries, Linking-up of Works and Stations, J. Mogford, 705 Gas Main Utilised After Being Buried for Twenty-six Years, 193 Georgian Soviet Government and Foreign- owned Goods, 39 German Agricultural Machinery. Raised Prices, 382 German Machinery for Japan, 595 German Protest Against Bridge Destruction, 567 German Shipping in Flourishing Condition, 373 German Successes in Argentine Markets, 679 German Telegraph Lines’ Poor Condition, Part Replacement by Wireless, 217 German Trade Papers in Spanish for Vigo.
Contrasted with English Methods, 595
Germany’s Expected Revival of Trade in Prismatic Field Glasses, 168 Germany’s Lost Markets, Efforts to Regain, 193 Glass Factory at Rio de Janeiro, 119 Gold Bars Recovery from the Wrecked Lau- rentic, 169 Gold Test, New, in the United States, 539 Golf Clubs, Stainless Steel, Reduction in Cost, 293 Grinding Heads for Small Internal Grinding. 319 Gunpowder Factory Explosion in Wales, Official Report, 373 Gypsum for Plastering. Plastic Form of, 93 H HEALTH and Industrial Hygiene, Lectures, 399 Hoist for Transvaal Mine, One of the Largest in the World, 67 House Building for London County Council, Reduction in Cost, 595 Houses, Chimneyless, Electric Equipped, 427 Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, Proposed New.
Question of Opening Span, 67. 93
Hydraulic Stowing, Professor G. Knox, 539 Hydro-electric Plant, Large, in Bathurst.
Canada, 265
Hvdro-electric Power from the Colorado River, 62 Hydro-electric Power from Iguazu Falls, 373 Hydro-electric Power Stations in Granada,
New Company for Erection and Working, 93
I IGUAZLT Falls, Possible Immense Amount of Hydro-electric Power, 373 IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY :
Old Students’ Dinner, 607
India, Hydro-electric Surveys in Bengal and Travancore, 649 Indian Government Grant to Irrawaddy Petroleum Syndicate, 265 Indian Industries and Labour, 131 Indian Institute of Engineers, Rapid Growth of Membership, 679 Indian Jute and Silk, 182 Indian Timbers and Paper Materials, 54 Industrial League and Council Becomes a
Limited Liability Company, 511
Industrial League Week-ends for Employers and Trade Union Officials, 373 INDUSTRY WELFARE SOCIETY : Lecture Conference at Balliol College, Oxford, 308 Institutions—see Associations Insurance of Diesel Engines Against Breakdown, 576 Irish Textile Mills and Factories Improvement, 399 IRON AND STEEL : Alloys of Nickel and Chromium for Electric Cooking and Heating, 319 American Iron Company’s Reductions in Price of Pipe, 319 Argentine, First Blast-furnace Installed, 483 Autoclave, Cast Steel, Explosion and Cause, 649 Belfast, Steel Foundry Started, 679 Bihar and Orissa Iron Ore Deposits. New Company to Work, 511 Blast-furnace Completion, Newcastle Iron and Steel Company, Natal, 145 Blast-furnace Erection in Nelson Province, New Zealand, 649
Blast-furnace Record at Ford Works, 13
Blast - furnace Works, Kling - Weidlein Cleaner, 119 Blast-furnaces near Hankow, 327 British, American and German Irons, Variation in Toughness, 614 British and Belgian Methods of Rolling. Excessive Use of Scrap, 595 Broken Hill, Australia, Additional Iron and Steel Plant, 67 Broken Hill Iron and Steel Works. Australia.
Third Blast-furnace Started, 483 Burnt Steel, H. A. Whiteley, 567
Canton-Hankow Railway Bridge, Steel Plates Cheaper at Home than from America, 169, 241 Chromite, Steel Alloy, Low Cost of Manufacture, A. H. Coplan, 319 Combined Iron and Steel, Dr. Percy Long- muir, 483 Corrosion of Cast Iron Water Pipes, Nelson Smith, 621 Cutting Cast Iron by Special Blow-pipe, 173 Dowlais Steel Works Sets to Work, 679 Electric Steel Foundry for Newfoundland. 13 Explosion of Cast Iron Steam Chest on ExGerman Vessel, 293
Ferro-chrome, Extensive Supply from Norway, 427 French Steel Industry, Signs of Revival, 567 Germany, Steel Prices in, 331
Hardened Steel Ring Gauge Tests at the National Physical Laboratory, 241 Heat Treatment of Small Engine Parts, Oxidation Remedy, E. R. Taylor, 705 IRON AND STEEL {continued): High Railway Rates and Iron and Steel Trade, Sir Hugh Bell, 678
Iron Mine Opened in Johore, 39
Iron Ore Deposits on Island in Gulf of Finland, 679
Iron Ore Deposits of Russia and Siberia, 67
Iron Ore, Expected Large Output of. in Tasmania, 265 Iron Ore Output in Soviet Russia Before the War and After, 399
Iron Oxide Reduction, Investigation, 621 Iron Standpipe, Unusual Failure, 487
Japanese Process for Conversion of Magnetic Sand into Pig Iron and Steel, 293 Newcastle Iron and Steel Company, South Africa, Smelting to be Started Shortly, 39, 145 Nickel Ore, Rich Deposit Discovery in the Barberton District of Pretoria, 483 Nickel Ores from China Assayed in London, 265 Non-magnetic Iron of High Specific Resistance, Ferranti, Limited, 595 Phosphorus Content of Iron Ore, R. M. Winslow, 373 Pig Iron Output in Canada, 373 Pig Iron Production Statistics, 427, 679 Rolling, Forging and Tilting Trades Society, 705 Rustless Iron Adaptations, Gramophone Fittings, Motor Trade Use, &c., 649 Spanish Iron Ore, Proposed Export Tax, 293 Steel Billets and Railway Trucks in the United States, 145 Steel Casting Developments in Australia, 169 Steel Castings, Hollow Cylindrical, Tests at Washington, 293 Steel Manufacture by Direct Process, A. E. Bourcound, 621 Steel Mills, 60-Cycle Preferred to 25-Cycle Current for, B. G. Lamme, 347 Steel Scrap from England for American Steel Makers, 595 Steel Trade, Hopeful Outlook and Its Causes, 345 Swedish Iron Export Trade, Great Depression, 265 Swedish Iron Ore Statistics, 595
Swedish Orefields, Very Rich in Iron, 39
Tata Iron and Steel Company’s Metallurgical School at Jamshedpur, 679 Tungsten Ores Exploitation in Kiangsi, China, 679 ITALIAN Customs Tariff, 280 Italian Public Tenders and Foreign Firms Suggestion to British Manufacturers, 293 J JACK Hammers, Dry and Wet, 621 Japanese Government New Wireless Stations, 241 Journal of Indian Industries and Labour, 709 Jugo-Slavia. Imports and Impecuniosity, 319 K KARACHI Harbour Reclamation Work Postponed, 483 Kimberley District of South Africa, Report of Inspector of Machinery, 455 King’s College Engineering Society. Twentyfourth Annual Dinner. 633 L LAMPS, Electric —see Electrical Matters Lantern Slides for Lectures, Offer by Ed. Bennis and Co., Limited, 472 Lantern Slides for Lectures, Offer by Boving and Co., Limited. 582 Lantern Slides Offer by Marshall, Sons and Co., 168 Lantern Slides for Lectures. Offer by Tangyes, Limited, 280 Lead Mines, Derelict, in Derbyshire, Renewed
Operation of, Expected, 483
Lead Paints and the Workers, Fresh Investigation of Dangers, 293 Leafield and Northolt Wireless Stations, Post
Office Opinions, 217
Lifeboat, Motor, New Type for Launching without Slipway, 145 Lighting, Artificial, in Mines. W. H. Jones, 483 Lightning Arresters, Electrolytic, W. A. Coates, 328 Loads, Transitory, or Steady, on Wooden
Floors, Effects Compared, 119
Locomotives, American and European Compared, 119 London “ Toll ” Exchange, 108, 427, 455 Low-temperature Carbonisation of Fuel. Phillip Gee, 589 M MACAO Harbour and Neighbouring Channels, Silting Up, 373 Made in Germany. French Purchase from England, 241 Magnesium, Various Uses of, 427 Manchester Gas Price to be Reduced, 567 Manchuria, Magnesite and Talc Deposits, Valuable Discovery, 67 Marconi’s Approval of New Method Developed by One of the Company’s Engineers, 193 Metal Corrosion, J. Newton Friend, 621 Metal Trades’ Pension Society Annual Dance, 633 Metal Transmutation Claims by Dr. C. B. Davis, 67 Metal-working Machines. Driving Power Required for, R. M. Robertson, 679 Metals or Alloys at High Temperatures, Prevention of Surface Oxidation, 679 Metals in the British Empire, Map of Chief Sources of, 469 Metals, The Working of, Dr. F. Johnson, 455 Metallurgical Plant Extension at South African
Gold Mines, 145
Methanometer for Detection of Fire-damp, Tests of, 169 Micrometer. Metre-inch, Veran de St. Gervais, 411 Miners’ Phthisis, Mechanical Causes of, 93 Miners’ Safety Lamps, Wire Gauzes for, Experiments, 595 Mines’ Fires Extinction, The Emergency Fan, 67 Mining Efficiency and Loss of Time in South Africa, F. C. W. Ingle, 265 Monel Metal. Hot-rolled, Proportional Limit Variation, 67 Motor Car Manufacture in China, 621 Motor Car Parts, Sub-committees to Deal with, Appointed by British Engineering Standards Association, 13, 54 Motor Car, Single-seated Electric, for Use in Factories, 511 Motor Cars and Polished Surfaces, Disadvantages of, 93 Motor Cars and Trucks for Canada, American Goods Preferred on Ground of Price and Standardisation, 399 Motor Fuel, New, Monsieur Mailhe, 399 Motor Lifeboat for Wexford, 217 Motor Lifeboats, Increasing Construction of, by Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 217 Motor Service, Goods and Passenger, Between Hangchow and Yuhang, China, 679 Motor Spirit from Vegetable Oils, Monsieur Mailhe, 217 Motor Vehicle Radiators, Device for Prevention of Freezing, M. F. Cesbron, 13 Motor Vehicles, Electric and Petrol, Comparison, A. R. Galbraith, 39 Motorists, Pilots’ Service for, for the Metropolitan Area, 93 Municipal Electrical “ Old Stagers,” Reunion. 694 N NASSAU, Opening for Shipbuilding and Repairing Yard, 22 Natural Gas, Huge Supply Discovered and Oil
Hoped for near Vaux, 506
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Scholarships, 47 Naval Continuous Wave Wireless Station Projected near Vancouver, 319 Newcomen Societv, Constitution and Rules, 373 New York Church Front Cut Away and Moved 30ft., 567 New Zealand, Hydro-electric Developments in, 567 New Zealand War Memorial. 426 Nitrates from the Atmosphere. Mr. Henry
Ford’s Offer. 119
Norway Free Ports Question. 455 o OIL Boring at Vancouver, 145 Oil Borings in the United Kingdom in Progress and Suspended. 319 Oil Deposits in the Andes, 93 Oil Extraction by Cheap Process from Australian Shale, 679 Oilfield of Northern Canada, Mineral Wealth in Addition to Oil, 169 Oilfield Operations, Pumping Power Required.
W. G. Taylor, 13
Oil Fuel for Bunkering Ships, P.pe Laid at Bombay, 595 Oil Gas Burner, Demonstration of, Mr. Cleary. 522 Oil Mill Explosion, Unusual Type of, 567 Oil Near the Benguella Railway, Africa, 399 Oil Pipe Line 190 Miles Long Across Tehuantepec Isthmus, 169 Oil Prospects in Mozambique, 621 Oil Resources of the World, A. Beeby Thompson, 539 Oil Sands Exploitation by Anglo-Swiss Company in Canton of Geneva, 39 Oil Shale Discovery, Valuable, in South Africa.
169
Oil Shales, Experimental Plant in New Brunswick, 119 Oil Wells Output Capable of Extension by Proper Operation, A. F. Dabel, 705 Olympia, Dinner at, 342 Oppau Explosion Investigation, Unsuspected
Danger Revealed, 373
Oppau Explosion and its Lesson, M. Georges
Claude, 373
Optophone, Modification of, J. W. Giltay, 700 Output Increase to Avoid Dismissals by Spanish
Company, 193
Oxy-acetylene Torch, Improved Form for Use Under Water, 93 Oxygen Factory in Ceylon, The First, Blowpipe Welding by Natives, 705 p PAINT Spraying or Paint Brushing, Results of Comparative Tests, 119 Papermaking and Use of Tropical Grasses, 539 Paris Improvements on Wholesale Scale, 679 Peat Bricks for Building Purposes, Expected Reduction in Building Costs, 293 Peat Cheaper than Coal for Use with Gas Producers in Ireland, 193 Peat in Locomotive Boilers Used for Power Generation in Ireland by Marconi Company. 193 Pekin Museum for China’s Minerals, 39 Pekin Tramways and French Agreement, 347 Petroleum Shale Search in Australia, Commonwealth’s Offered Reward, 347 Philippines, Trade in, Information Inquiries, 293 Picture-hanging Wire, Suitable and Unsuit able, 93 Pile Renewal by Special Rig, 119 Pneumatic Scratch Brush, 442 Poland’s Export of Alcohol, 67 Port Lincoln, South Australia, New Pier Construction, 293 Powdered Fuel and Lost Heat, Professor F.
Bacon, 93
Power Plant for Pretoria, 67 Presentation to Colonel Saxton White. 131 Pretoria, Power Plant for, 67 Prussian Chambers of Commerce Trade Report, 169 Pulpwood Chips, Moisture Content, 67 Pumping Plant, Joint Installation for Two Transvaal Mines. 39 RADIO-CONTROLLED .Motor Car. Captain
R. E. Vaughan, 217
Radium Development in Czecho-Slovakia, 265 Radium, Recommendations for Safe Handling of. 39 Rafting bv Electrical Power in New Brunswick, 119 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS : Aberdeen to Penzance, Through Coaches for Twenty-two Hours’ Journey, 347 373 ; Criticism, 705
Accidents :
Abermule Accident Claims for Compensation, 483 Abermule Accident and Telescoping, Colonel Pringle’s Report. 13 Accident Reports, Issue for January to June, 1921, 265 Accident Returns, Comparison between Figures for 1913 and for 1920. 649 Batignolles Tunnel Disaster. Release of Arrested Signalman, 427 Beaumont Hamel Disastrous Derailment, 13 Board of Trade Accident Inquiries Department, Additional Sub-inspector Appointed, 217 Buxton Locomotive Boiler Explosion, 539, 711
Collision at Dawlish, 347, 648
Collision at Newcastle, North-Eastern Railway, Report, 567 Collision, Serious, at Selby, North-Eastern Railway, 169, 192. 319/373 Excursion Train Fatal Accident to Passenger, 241 Fatal Collision on the East London Railway, 67, 93, 427 Fatal Collision at New-street Station, Birmingham, 595, 649, 679 Fatal Fire Accidents in Sleeping Cars, 483 French Railway Accidents Statistics, 140, 427 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Derailment, Mistake by Experienced Man, 319 London and North-Western Goods Engine. Bursting of Boiler and Loss of Life. 539, 711 Manchester, Slight Collision at Victoria Station, 125 North British Railway Accident Due to Wind, 621 Platelayers Run Down, Six Men Killed. 373
Shunting Accident Report, 67
Tramway Accident, Fatal, at Tynemouth. 399 Acworth Committee and the Indian Government, 567 Amalgamation and the Railways Bill, 145 — see also Grouping Appointments and Staff Changes, 39, 373, 406, 621, 649, 705 Argentine Narrow-gauge lanes Construction Projected, 539 Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, 466 Australian Gauge Question, Report of Commission, 427 Australian North-South Transcontinental Railway, 241 Australian Railway Rails and Fish-plates.
Orders to Standard Specifications, 265
Australian Railways, Supreme Control of, Expert to be Appointed, 217 Australian State Railways’ Annual Reports, Uniform System, 705 Australian Transcontinental Railway and the Mails, 714 Automatic Railway Control, W. J. Thorrow- good, 119
Automatically Controlled Machinery, 679
Baker-street Station, Metropolitan Railway, 634 Cars Handled per Hour at Rush Periods, 427 Baronetcy for Railway Official, 649 Barrow Docks, Proposed Enlargement of, as Relief Work, 511 Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, Restoration Postponed, 193 Belfast Tramways Reconstruction, Employment for Local ex-Service Men, 217 Bengal-Nagpur Railway Survey for Coalfield Railway near Cuttack, 265 Board of Trade General Panel, Selection of Representatives of Trading Interests, 539 Board of Trade—see also Ministry of Transport British Railways and the Great War, E. H. Pratt, 13, 127 Browne, Mr. Balfour, The Late, 373 Bulgaria, New Railway Opened by the King. 628 Burma Railways’ Collision. Large Number of Fatalities, 193 Burntisland Harbour Transfer, 265 Cabs at Railway Stations. Question of Id. Charge, 217 Canadian Government and Grand Trunk Award, 621 Canadian Pacific Line Ext ended and Branch Added, 399 Canal Ownership and Administration Not Yet Settled, 67 Canton-Hankow Railway Bridges, Steel Plates for, 169, 241 Cardiff Docks and Harbours, Charges for Tonnage, Use of Cranes, &c., Reduced from 150 per cent. Above Pre-war Level to 125 per cent.. 483 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued : Census of Railway Servants, 236 Central Europe Railways and Allocation of Rolling Stock, Sir F. Dent’s Work. 687 Ceylon Government Railways Report, 455 ; Settlement of Differences with South Indian Railway, Condition of Railway and of its Finances, 455 Chalk Fann Widening, 145 Chester Corporation Tramway Accounts, 241 Chilian Government Award of Contract for Electrification, 427 Chilian Government Loan for Railway Electrification, 241 Chilian Loan to be Spent in the United Kingdom, 119 Chuchow-Hengchow Section of Canton- Hankow Railway, 241 City and South London Railway, Agitation for Extension, 705 Clearing House Returns, Resumed Activities. 217 Coal Dispute and Loss to Railways. 217 Coal and other Goods Traffic Statistics. 292, 427 Competition Between Railways, Restored Express Services, 265 Conference at Olympia, Road Transport by Railways, Question, 455 Congestion on Metropolitan District Trains Going East, Midland Railway Concerned. 347 Control, Cessation, and Jubilee of the Earlier Railway Control Acts, 131 Control of Railways Expiry and the Railways Bill, 39 Cotton, Transportation of, and Railway Haulage at Liverpool and Manchester, Arthur Watson, 13 Creosoted Timber Bridge and Question of Fire Risks, 455 Czecho-Slovakia. Skoda Works Hundredth Railway Engine in Three Years. 319 Death of Mr. J. A. Bowes, 399 Death of Lieut.-Colonel P. G. von Donop, R.E., 511 Death of Mr. F. Huth Jackson, 624 Death of Monsieur Albert Sarpiaux, 427 Death of Monsieur Louis Weissenbruck, 217 Death of Mr. Wilson-Fox, 567 December Train Alterations, Better Connections, 621 Demerara Railway Sale to British Honduras Government, 13 Detonator, New Form of, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 595 Dispute Settlement by Accident, 511 District and Midland Railways, Rolling Stock Dispute and Settlement, 347, 511 District Railway Installs Train Starting by Electric Bell, 39 Dwina, Railway Bridge Over, to be Reopened, 595 Ealing, Shepherd's Bush and Liverpool- street Expedited Service, 649 Economy in Passenger Train Mileage, 319 Eight-hour Day to Cease on South African Railways, 595 . Eight-hour Day, Complaints of Exceeding, by Some Railwaymen. 13 Eight-hour Day on the French Railways, 198 Electric Railways in Norway, New Construction, 427 Electrification of Paulista Railway of Brazil. 217 Euston Exhibition of Architectural Drawings by Engineer’s Staff, 705 Euston Station War Memorial Unveiled by Lord Haig, 459 Excursion Fares and Reduction in Charabancs’ Trips. 347, 399 Fares, London Electric Railway’s Obligation, 93 Fares Reduction, but Charges Much Above Pre-war Level, 217 Fares Reduction in Prospect, 67, 101 Finsbury Park and Hammersmith Journey Time Shortened, 399 Fires Due to Abnormal Heat, Wooden Railway Station Burnt, 119 Fish Waste and Railway Charges, 347 Football Special Trains and Fares, 241 French Railways’ Traffic. Finance Statistics. 399 French State Railways’ Steamer for Joint Cross-Channel Service, 145, 193 Future of British Rail wavs, Sir George Paish. 679 Gas Lighting and Coal Fires to be Removed from French Trains, 455 Goods and Mineral Rates, Reduction, 373, 679 Goods Traffic Statistics, 145, 265, 319. 427.
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Government Special for Holyhead. Slow Time Journey, 649 Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Disastrous Financial Position, 293 Great Eastern Railway New Sea Route to the Continent, 47 Great Western Railway Magazine, 58 Great Western Railway and South Wales Traders, 101 Gretna Explosives Factoiy and Property, Railway Lines and Sidings, 399 Grouping of Eastern, North-Eastern and East Scottish Companies, Issue of Booklet, 347 Grouping of Railways, but Competition Remains, 39 Grouping of Railways, Meetings of Shareholders of the London and North-Western and of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, 525, 567 Grouping System, Figures Compared, 145 Groups of Railways, Number of Directors, 119 Halwill-Torrington Light Railway, Government Grant Refused, 241 Harwich-Zeebrugge Route to Continent, 265 Hawaii Railways, Particulars of, 145 Highland Railway Adapts Disused Gas
Cylinders as Containers for Engine Oil Fuel, 13
Holyhead Harbour Deepening for Quicker Irish Mails Transit, 567 Holy head Piers and Quays Taken Over from Ministry of Transport by London and North-Western Railway, 34 India to Adopt Automatic Continuous Vacuum Brake, 39 Indian Loan for Purchase of Railway Material in United Kingdom, 13 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): Indian Railways’ Report, Financial Recommendations, 13, 319, 679 Indian Railway Surveys for New Railways, 595, 705 Inland Waterways Development, 595 Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—see Associations International Railway Congress to be held in Rome in 1922, i69 Ireland, Excursions for Christmas. 679 Irish and British Railways’ Claims Against the Government, 39 Irish Disturbances and Railway Fatalities. 39 Irish Railway Conciliation Board Meeting. Irish Railways’ Claims and Future Conditions as to Pay, &c.. 169, 193, 217 Irish Railways’ Eight-hours Day Question. Arbitration, 265 Iron Ore, &c., for Blast-furnaces and Steel Works, Temporary Reduction in Carriage Rates, 427 Japan, Projected Railway Submarine Tunne between Main Island and Kyushu, 13 Japanese Scheme for Iron Railway Bridge in Tokyo. 193 Kings Lynn Docks and Railway, 217 Labour Party and the Ministry of Transport, Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railways, Amalgamation, 525, 567, 649, 679 Letter Posting by Railway for Extra Fee, 169 Letterkenny to Burtonport Extension, Present Control to Continue, 67 Liverpool and Manchester New Road for Motor Traffic, 705 Liverpool Overhead Railway New System of Signalling, 241 Locomotive Capacity, Data of Various Companies in the United Kingdom, 319 Locomotive. Carriage and Wagon Statistics, 427 Locomotive Replaced by Motor Omnibus on French Branch Line, 649 Locomotive, Turbo-condenser, Tested. 455 Locomotive and Wagon Export from the United States, Great Decrease in, 519 Locomotives, Baldwin’s Narrow-gauge, Disposal Board Quotation, 193 London, Brighton and South Coast Train Service Acceleration. 649 London Electric Railways’ Common Fund, 705 London and North-Western Railway, Chalk Farm Widening. 145 London and North-Western Electric Rails Laid, 371 London and North-Western and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways’ Through Train. 567 London and North-Western Railway to Take Over Piers, &c., at Holyhead from Ministry of Transport, 34 London and North-Western Steamer Slievc Donard Launched, 398 London and North-Western Workshops, Short Time and Long Holidays, 621 London and South-Western Railway’s Offer for German Floating Dock, 705 London and South-Western Service between Southampton and Cherbourg, 67 Los Andes, Santiago and Valparaiso. Projected Railway, 595 Lunch Charges on Various Railways, Reduction of, 539 Lunch on the Great Western Railway, 427‘ “ Luxurious ” Travelling. Midland and Great Northern Joint Line, 292 Maintenance and Renewal versus Dividends, 455 Manchester Railway Stations and Grouping 539 Melbourne to Start Electric Railless Tram ways, 704 Metropolitan Railway Company’s Bill, Clause Regarding Directors, 595 Metropolitan Railway Engineer’s Improvements. 39 Metropolitaine’s First Deficit, 169 Midland Railway Company’s War Memorial, 705 Midland Railway Discontinues Zone Tickets, 595 Midland Railway Goods Stations Reopened, 241 Midland Railway and Train Control, Voluminous Record, 119 Midland Railway Workshops, Short Time an I Long Holidays, 621, 679 Midland Railwaymen’s Worthy War Memo rial to their Fellow-workmen, 119. 511 Milk Conveyance, Consultation as to Suitable Vehicle, 595 Ministry of Transport, Future Arrangement 13, 539 Motor Car Rail Conveyance Through the Severn Tunnel, 705 Motor Cars Sent by Severn Tunnel, 265 N.U.R. and the Eight Hours’ Day, 595 National Union of Railwaymen, Jubilee Date, 193 Newfoundland Railway Troubles, 319 New Railway Schemes and Unemployment, 483 New South Wales Government Railways, Progress of Automatic Signalling, 511 New South Wales Railway Commissioners’ Annual Report, 483 New Zealand Order for British-built Rolling Stock and Rails, 13 North British Railway Claim Against Ministry of Transport, 93, 265, 539, 621 North Staffordshire Railway and Canai Water Supply, 93 Norway. Electric Railway Construction in, 427 ‘ Oil Fuel Containers Out of Adapted Gas Cylinders, 13 Oil Fuel Locomotives in the United Kingdom, Completed and in Course of Fitting, 13 Oil Fuel Use Extended, 67 Oils, &c., Increase in Tonnage Carried in June, 319 Ontario, Railway Extension in, 483 Osaka Electric Railway, Extension of Lines, Overhead and Underground, 319 Osaka and Kobe New Line, 347 Parcel Rates Reduction to Compete with Post Office and Firms’ Own Deliveries, 347
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : Paris Nord-Sud Railway Purchased by the M€tropolitaine, 119 Passenger Traffic Statistics, 145, 265, 319, 427, 621 Pekin-Hankow Line, Projected Bridge Over the Yellow River, 13
Pekin-Suiyuan Railway, Extension of Various
Shops, Stores and Works, 119
Pekin-Suiyuan Railway, Improvements of the Line and Engines Projected, 127
Pekin, Tramways for, 67 Perishable Fruit Traffic in America, 679
Permanent Way Institution, Summer Meeting in Belgium. 39
Pre-war Railway Institution Revival, 293
Privilege Tickets at Home and in Australia, 319 Quinquennial Valuation of Railways to be Revived, 426 Railway Administration by Stockholders, Abandoned Restriction, 8 and Canal Commission, Composition Challenged, 193 Material Export Statistics, 140, 293. 347. 373. 455, 672
New, in Mexico, 649
Pre-war1 Facilities, but at Higher Fares, 13, 119 Rates Advisory Committee, Classification of Returned Empties, 621 ; Committee’s Report on Coastwise Shipping, 39 ; Traders’ Tickets Inquiry, 119, 209, 621 Rates, Cheaper Fuel, and Wages Reduction, 567 Rates, Trade Depression, and the Coal Strike, 567 Rates Tribunal, Annual Report to be Made to Transport Minister, 163 Rates Tribunal, Composition of, 483, 511, 679 Rates Tribunal, Rules of Procedure, 705 Rates Tribunal to be Set Up underRailways Bill, 217 Rates Tribunal, Salary of Chairman, 241 Returns for 1920, 567 Servants in Britain and in United States, Great Reduction in Number of Grades, 119 Trade Union and State Ownership, also De-control, Mr. J. H. Thomas’ Views, 193 Workshops Employees, Pre-war Numbers, 13 Railways Act, Anxiety of the Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Industries, 567 Act, Cessation of Conciliation Boards, 319 Act, Delay in Establishing Councils, Complaints, 705 Amalgamation Tribunal. 621. 679 Anniversaries, Eightieth, in 1921, 399 Bill 39, 67, 93, 119, 123, 145, 163. 169, 217 Works, Short Time and Long Holiday, 621, 679
Railwaymen’s Guaranteed Week, 93
Railwaymen’s Pay and Reduced Cost of Living, 13, 539, 679 Railwaymen’s Pay and Scottish General Managers, 347, 373, 427 Railway-owned Workshops After Grouping, Future Work of, 169 Receipts and Expenditure for May, Effect of the Coal Dispute, 67
Receipts and Expenditure for July, 265
Reduced Goods Rate, Conferences on Question, 427 Reductions Due to Coal Strike, Statistics of, 34, 67
Road Vehicles for Passengers and Goods, Railways Seek Parliamentary Powers for, 621
Rods for Working Points, Effect of Temperature, New Compensator, 399 Rolling Stock Material, Revision of British Standard Specifications, 28 Rumanian Negotiations for German Locomotives, 93 Runaway Catch Points for Accident Prevention, 93
Russian Locomotive Repair, Contract for Balto-British Shipyard at Reval, 483 “ Safety ” Propaganda in New Form Proposed, 203
St. John’s Ambulance, Great Western Men’s Certificates, 539
Salaries of Chief Railway Officers, Economies.
217
Saloon Coaches for Ambulance Trains.
Unwanted Surplus, 101
Sampierdarena-Ovada-Alessandria and the Milan-Bologna Railway Lines to be Electrified, 67
Sand Drag Invention an English One, 140 Scottish Railway Companies and their Men, 347, 373, 427, 621, 649
Scottish Railways. Passing Interim Dividends, 193, 621 Severn Tunnel Ventilating Plant, Renewal, 539 Shopping Tickets to London, 595 Signalling— see also Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Signalmen’s Wages, Lengthy Negotiations Due to Variety of Work in Different Boxes, 193
Signals with Coloured Lights, 265
Six Months’ Return Tickets, No Action by Ministry of Transport, 13 Sleeping Accommodation between Paddington and South Wales, 649 Snow Clearance at Engine Terminals on Canadian Railways by Use of Steam Coils, 483 Soldiers’ Tickets at Reduced Rates not Resumed, 193 Solway Firth Bridge, Caledonian Railway, Closed Indefinitely, 145 South African Electrification of Railway from Glencoe to Pietermaritzburg, 621, 649 South African Railways' Coal Traffic Wagons, Mr. Kelway-Bamber, 595
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
? War Claims of Railways, Terms of Division of Settlement Money, 119
War Memorial, London and North-Western Unveiled by Lord Haig, 459
War Seal Foundation, London and North- Western, Staff and Servants’ Contribution, 399
Week-end Cheap Tickets, Revival of, 427
Welsh Railway Proposals, Inquiry by Light Railway Commission, 455
Youths’ Payment as Men Deferred to Former Age of Twenty Years, 511
RAIN Making, Artificial, What ib Would Mean in Horse-power, 67
Refractory Silica Brick Industry in the United States, 539
Reinforced Concrete Bridge, Deterioration and Cause, 705
Research Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers, 102
Research Work in the Colonies, Committee Report, 241
Road Improvements and Unemployment in Oldbury District, 511
Rochdale* Canal Ceases Carrying Business, 13
Rock Drill, Leyner Type, Phthisis Dangers of, 265
Royal Agricultural Show at Cambridge in 1922, 633
R.A.C. Official Demonstrations, 277
Rubber for Papermaking, F. Kaye, 511
Rubber Situation in British Colonies and Protectorates, Committee to Investigate, 483 522
Russian Industry, Review of, 543
Russo-German Trade, Increasing Activity, 319
Rust-proofing of Small Automobile Parts, 265
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SAFETY Foot Valve, Key’s Patent, 128
Scholarships, Archibald Dawnay, 230, 472, 576
Scholarships in Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering, 47
Science Library at Science Museum, Classification Volume, 158
Scientific Expedition from Norway to Jan Mayen, 169
Scientific and Industrial Research, MS. Copy of Bibliography of Lubricants, 399
Scientific Industries Club in Newcastle to be Started, 483
Scientific Research, Beit Fellowships Awarded, 145
Scientific Test House in Sydney, 347
Seventy Years Old Survey Stakes for Abandoned Railway, 595
Sewage System for Kobe, Japan, 319
Shafting, Flexible, Fraser and Glass, 694
Shale, Waste, from Mines, Experiments in Oil Distillation, 567
Shanghai, New Dockyard Projected, 145
Shanghai, Port Improvement Schemes, 455, 649
Sheep and Dairy Farms in New Zealand, Electrical Power on, 217
Shells Magazine Exploded by Accidental Fire at Versailles, 169
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :
American Shipbuilding, 227 Armstrong-Whitworth Ships, 206
Australian Navigation Act Enforces Use of Wireless Equipment, 93 Cristobal Colon Constructed at Ferrol Naval Yards, 539 Cunard Liner Berengaria, Formerly Hamburg-American Imperator, Conversion to Oil Fuel Burner, 347 Diesel-engined Motor Ships, Economical Running of, 169 Ex-German Steamer Columbus Purchased by White Star Line, 13 Fires on Board Ships, Lloyd’s Investigations, 679 Four Battleships, Extension of Time for Sending in Tenders, 427 French State Railways’ Steamer Versailles for Joint Service, Newhaven and Dieppe, 145, 193 Fuel Cost of Geared Turbine Steamer with Oil-fired Boilers Compared with that of Turbo-electric Drive and also w’ith Motor Vessel, 319
German New Mercantile Fleet, 427
Japanese Steamer Bunkered with 2050 Tons of Coal in Twenty-six Hours. 483 London and North-Western Steamer Slieve Donard Launched, 398 Maryland, United States Super-Dreadnought, Official Trials, 193
Motor Boat’s Record Non-stop Run, 705 Motor Launches at Mudros, 347
Motor Lifeboat, New Type for Launching from Carriage, 145 Motor Ship for British Trade Exhibition Purposes, 455, 576 Motor Ships, Growth in Size and Power of, 169 Passenger Steamships Fitted for Oil Fuel, Board of Trade Requirements, 373 Patches for Ship’s Plating Shot on to the Holes, 347
Poseidon, New Danish Motor Ship, 347
Progress of the Motor Ship, James Richardson, 373 Quest’s Wireless Equipment for the Antarctic, 319 Reinforced Concrete Baltic Ferry Steamer Projected for Stockholm-Finland Route, 621 Sydney, Ferry Steamers under Construction at, 539
Trade Ship—see Motor Ship, &c.
Turbine Reduction Gears versus Electric Propulsion for Ships, Eskil Berg, 373
Twin-screw Motor Ships Launched at Chester;
Pa., U.S.A., 649
United States Coastguard Cutter Tampa, Electrically Driven, 621 Versailles’ First Trip, Newhaven-Dieppe Joint Service, 145, 193
White Star Line New Steamer Homeric, 511
SHOVELS, Wear of, Machine for Testing, 241 Silver-bearing Area in the Yukon, Rapid
Development, 119
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UNEMPLOYMENT Diminution in France, Statistics, 193
Unemployment and Wireless Station Erection, Robert Donald, 399
United States Locks and Hardware Firm to
Start a Factory in Germany, 705
United States Trade Conditions, 39 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE :
Lectures, 368
Uranium Ore from the Belgian Congo, Analysis, 265 V VANADIUM Ore, Chief of World’s Supply from the Andes, 435 Vancouver, Projected Dam for Connecting Shores of Buzzard Inlet. 13 w WAR Memorial at Barrow-in-Furness, 539 Waste Timber and Cotton Stalks. Utilisation of, 206 Water Gauges, Walker, Crosweller and Co., 407 Waterproofing of Irrigation Canals, F. W.
Woods, 705
WATER SUPPLY :
Boryslaw Water Supply, Importance for Petroleum Boring. 595 Drought and Water Restriction, 88 Kedah, Malay Peninsula Supply Scheme. 649 Lahore Water Supply, New Scheme, 67 Manchester to Construct Part of Fourth Pipe Line from Thirlmerc Reservoir, 241
Nanking. Projected Waterworks Company for, 483 Sydney, N.S.W.. Scheme for Increased Water
Supply, 504 Water Improvement in China. Commission Appointment, 567 Whitehaven and Harrington. Important Water Supply Scheme, 595
WATER Turbines for High Heads, 265
Waterway between North Sea and Black Sea, Scheme Under Discussion at Munich, 93
Wattle Bark, Spent, for Papermaking, 241
Waygood-Otis Sports, 79
Welfare Work in Trade and Industry, 427
Welland Canal Construction Contracts, 265
White Lead Prohibition at Geneva, 595
Wireless Communication, Direct, between
Australia and Great Britain, Proposed Scheme, 455
Wireless Equipment for the Quest, 319
Wireless Service Interruptions, G. Marconi on, 241
Wireless Station, High-power, in Warsaw. 217
Wireless Stations in Australia and New Guinea, 217
Wireless Stations and Unemployment. Robert Donald, 399
Wireless Telegraph Service between London and Madrid, Improvement, 483
Wireless; Telegraph Station. Large, near Moscow. 373
Wireless Telegraphy for Communication Camps in California, 119
Wireless Telegraphy, International Committee Arrangements, 169
Wireless Telegraphy to Supplement Submarine Cable between Cochin China and Tonkin, 67
Wireless Telephony between Birmingham and London, Progress of Experiments. 39
Wireless Telephony in India, 241
Wireless Telephony Neglected in England, Senatore Marconi, 649
Women’s Engineering Society, Competition for Improvements in Home Working, 679
Wood Alcohol, Charcoal and Acetate of Lime, New Works for, 347
Wood Chemicals, South Africa, Company’s Anticipations, 145
Wooden Floors, Testing of Different Loads. 119 I
Works Plant, R. M. Robertson, 679
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YELLOW River Conservancy, Scheme for Prevention of Overflow, 169
Yellow River Contract Awarded to Belgian Firm, 347
Yellow River, Designs for New Bridge Examined, 265 ; (Letter), 372
Yukon and Federal Highways Construction, 241
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ZINC Concentrates from Australia. Board of Trade Shipment, 483
Zinc in Solutions After Gold Precipitation, Utilisation of. 649
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