The Engineer 1922 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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A ABERDARE Mining Engineering Laboratory, 241 Acetylene, Dissolved, Film for Exhibition, Allen-Liversidge, Limited, 682 Admiralty Chemical Laboratories, Co-ordination of Work, 241 AERONAUTICS : Aerial Service between Seville and Buenos Aires, 241
Aerodrome Lighthouse at Madrid, 241
Air Mail Services between Pretoria and Capetown, 525
Airship Conference, International, 164 Air Taxis for Liner Passengers, 183 American National Balloon Race, 469
French Aeroplane Company’s Success with Toulouse-Casablanca Air Line, Proposed Extension, 241 Helicopter Prize Offer by Air Ministry, 285 Helium Daily Loss from an Airship, 639 Safety Fuel Tanks for Aircraft, Prize Awards, 469 Telephonic Communication for Aeroplanes with London, Paris and Lausanne, 415, 441 Under-water Photography from Aeroplanes of no Practical Utility, Colonel E. Lester Jones, 695 ALASKAN Minerals, Good Prospects for Silver and Lead Mining, 43 Alcohol in Australia, Synthetic and Otherwise, Question of Cheap Electricity, 43 Alcohol Production for Fuel, Possible Use of Reclaimed Land, 43 Allen-Liversidge, Limited, Annual Dinner, 80 Alfonso XIII. Canal, Slow Progress of, 387 Aluminium Alloy Pistons, Competition, 101 Aluminium and its Light Alloys, Atmospheres in Industrial Furnaces Used for Melting, American Investigation, 415 Aluminium Output in the United States, 695 Aluminium Oxide and Various Defects it
Causes, 441
Aluminium Soldering, Improved Method for, 155 Ammonia—see Synthetic Anatolia, Rivers in, Adaptability for Transport and Industry, 557 Anti-freezing Solutions and Use of Glycerine, 183 “ Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarships in Civil Engineering, 371 Architectural Humour and Woman, 611 Argentina’s Expected Oil Boom, 583 Argentine Government to Clear Wreckage from the River Plate Channel, 441 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS-IN-CHARGE : Annual Dinner, 620 Approaching Incorporation, 415 INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY : Award of Meldola Medal, 271 INSTITUTE, CONCRETE :
Ancient Arch, Cost of Preservation, Estimate, 213 Building Exhibition, Arrangements and Discussions Programme, 354, 453 Gravel-washing Plant, Best Design for Continuous Work, E. F. Sargeant, 553 Skilled Workmen Wanted, E. F. Etchells, 155
INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS :
Liquid Fuel, J. H. Anderson, 43
Lloyd’s Register Scholarships and Student
Graduate Examinations, Pamphlet, 164
Oil Fuel, A. Keens, 611
Petroleum and Lubrication, E. A. Evans, 415,469
INSTITUTE OF METALS :
Annual, Autumn and other Meetings, Dinner, Annual Lecture, Pamphlet on Corrosion, &c., 112 Annual General Meeting, Programme, Offer of Tickets to Visitors, 164, 255 Autumn Meeting in Swansea, 682 Journal of the Institute, Vol. xxvi., 177 New Edition of “ Corrosion and Protection of Condenser Tubes,” 553
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS : Annual Meeting and Report, 626
Elections of Officers and Representatives of Participating Societies, 626 Journal of Scientific Instruments, 611, 721 Presidential Address, Sir J. J. Thomson, 626
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
INSTITUTE, ROYAL, OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS :
Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, Probable Award to an American, 285
INSTITUTE, ROYAL SANITARY :
Congress at Bournemouth, 285 Henry Saxon Snell Prize, 340
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT :
Appointments for 1922-23, 654
Congress in London, 161
New President, Sir Sam Fay to Succeed Sir
Henry Maybury, 606
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS :
Data Sheets, First Issue, 477
Laminated Spring in Automobile Suspension, A. A. Remington, 330 INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
Annual Dinner, 561
Awards for Students’ Papers, 77
London Students :
Forty-first Annual Students’ Dinner, 346
Fundamental Principles of Locomotive
Design, E. A. Phillipson, 252
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Association :
Annual Meeting and Elections, 540
Reinforced Concrete, C. H. Sandeman and Others, 540 INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS :
Annual Conversazione, 280
Annual Meeting, 520
Award of Premiums for Papers, 626
Election of Officers and New Members,
Result of Ballot, 598
Electricity and Agriculture, Lecture in Dublin, R. B. Matthews, 520 Examination for Associate Membership, 170 Faraday Bronze Medal to Commemorate Fiftieth Anniversary of the Institution, 667 Library to be Kept Open in the Evenings of Meetings, 43
List of Members, New, 282 War Memorial to Fallen Members, 639
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND : Gear for Marine Propulsion, W. Rees Darling, 71 INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS :
Programme of Meetings, 682
Standardisation in the Gas Industry, Dr. C.
Carpenter, 721
INSTITUTION, INDIAN, OF ENGINEERS :
Membership of 500, 160
INSTITUTION, JUNIOR, OF ENGINEERS :
Annual Dinner, 598
Power Factor Improvement, G. H. Ayres, 382, 415 Midland Section :
Annual Dinner, 194
INSTITUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS :
Annual Dinner, 236
South American Branch :
Election of Officers, 241
INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY :
Annual Dinner and Various Speeches, 394
INSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS : Annual General Meeting and Conference, 570 Meeting in the Scottish District, Programme, 733 INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS : Annual Meetings, Programme, 164 Summer Meeting in Paris, 505 INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGISTS :
Fourth Annual Dinner, 285
INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS: Officers and Council, List of, 312 President and Vice-president Appointed, 213 INSTITUTION, ROYAL : Forthcoming Lectures, List of, 51 Meetings and Elections, 312, 394, 512, 540, 682
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
INSTITUTION OF WELDING ENGINEERS :
Inaugural Meeting, 124
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY :
Annual General Meeting in Glasgow, Programme, 710 Combustibility of Solid Fuels, Influence of Structure, E. R. Sutcliffe and E. C. Evans, 469 Structure of Fuels, E. R. Sutcliffe and Edgar C. Evans, 387
SOCIETY, OPTICAL :
Election of Officers and Members, 282
Glare from Motor Headlights, J. W. T. Walsh, 639 Motor Headlights, Papers Dealing with, 398
SOCIETY, PHYSICAL :
Sound Production, More Efficient Apparatus for, Professor Kerr Grant, 611
SOCIETY, ROYAL AERONAUTICAL :
Associate Fellowship Examination, The First, 736 Representatives Nominated on other Bodies for Current Year, 512
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
Albert Medal Presentation to Sir Dugald Clerk, 721 Chlorine or Salt, Removal from Iron Specimens, Dr. Alexander Scott, 359 Coast Erosion and its Prevention, Professor E. R. Matthews, 441 Prize, Peter le N. Foster, Award for Essay on the Mineral Resources of China, 580 Some Solved and Unsolved Problems in Gasworks Chemistry, E. V. Evans, 331 AUSTRALIAN British Preference Tariff, 611 Australian Company’s Alcohol Motor Fuel Cheaper than Petrol, 553 Automobile Race for French Grand Prix, 71 BALL Bearings and Electrical Machinery, C. Allen, 415 Bangor Pier Repair, Tenders in 1920 and Reductionin 1922, 695 Bar Copper Manufacture with English Plant in South Africa, 553 Bascule Bridges and Overloading, 497 Bauxite Mining in British Guiana, New Regulations, 13 Bawdwin Lead and Silver Mines, 547 Belgium Tariff Rates on German Goods, Certificate of Origin Required, 13 Birmingham Glass Manufacture, Slackness of Home Trade, 71 Blast-furnaces—see Iron Boiler Explosion Due to Neglected Corrosion, 339 Boiler, Vertical Cross Tube, Explosion, 101 Boilers, New, for Greenwich Power Station, 309 Bovey Lignite, 496 Bricks, Fletton, Experiments in Methods of Laying, 43 Bricks in the Tropics, Temperature of Various Kinds, G. W. Grabham, 71 Bridge, Howrah, Over the Hooghly, Type and Cost, 391, 441 Bridge, Reinforced Concrete, Considerable Settlement, but Still in Service, 721 British Aluminium Company in Norway, Reopened after Twelve Months’ Closing, 667 British Exports to the Argentine, 43 British Honduras Harbour Improvements, Contract Given to American Firm, 331 British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Report, Details, 213 British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Greatly Increased Membership, 271
Brass Casting Research, 620
Influence of Gases on JHigh-grade Brass, Strip Brass Ingots and Conditions for Securing Soundness, 695 Quarterly Bulletin, List of Periodicals of Interest, 662 Buckets for Impulse Water Wheels, Steel versus Bronze, 183 Building Exhibition—see Exhibitions, also Associations, Concrete Institute Bursting of Superheater Tube, 553
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CADASTRAL Surveys, Corners of, Identification and Restoration, H. R. Farnsworth, 46
Calcium Carbide and Safeguarding of Industries Act, Referee’s Decision, 241
Canada’s New Power Supply from Chippawa Queenston Power Canal, 43
Canada, Slave and Hay Rivers, Water Power Possibilities, 331
Canadian Marking of Imported Goods, 71
Canadian Water Power, Capacity and Development of, 497
Canadian Water Power Installations, Statistics, 271
Canal to be Constructed for Coal Transport, from Upper Silesia to Dantzig, 213
Canal between Dantzig and Silesia Projected by Baltic-Black Sea Syndicate, 441
Canals as Roads, Motor Traffic Claims, 626
Carbon Monoxide in Gas for Domestic Use, New
Board of Trade Order, 241
Castings—see Iron and Steel
Catalogue in Spanish, 540
Catalogues for Baghdad, 52
Catalogues for Winnipeg, 331
Cement, Its Possibilities of Improvement, Dr.
C. H. Desch, 271
Ceylon Government Hydro-electric Scheme, 525
Channel Tunnel Project, Meeting of Members of Parliament, 721
Chefoo, Development of Hinterland, 250 Miles of Road Projected, 667
Chelmsford Engineering Society, 374
Chemical Engineers, Proposed Institution, 164
Chemical Engineers, Provisional Committee Meeting, 278
Chemicals Production Foundry in French IndoChina, 138
China Clay, Rich Deposits in the Dartmoor Foothills, 43
China, Cotton Mills Classification, 497
China, Long-distance Automobile Service Company’s 300-Mile Run, 13
China and the United States, Increase of Exports and Imports, 525
China’s Mineral Output Statistics, 183
Chinese and Japanese Agreement over Chinese Coal and Iron Mines, 129
Chinese Orders for Railway Bridges from Holland, 129
Chinese Schemes for Bridge Between Nanking and Pukow, Crossing the Yangtze River, 525
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Black Coal in Queensland, Thickest Seam Yet Discovered, 441
Blackwell Colliery, Notice to Workmen with Respect to Coal Filling, 96
Canada, Analysis of Coal Imports and Exports, 101
Coal Area at Morwell, Victoria, Further Explorations, 129
Coalfields in Chile, Needs of, 583
Coal Leading by Road, I. S. Mackenzie, 359
Coal Prospecting Near Britstown, South Africa, 101
Coke Oven Gas Turned on from Colliery to Gasworks, 721
Coke Ovens, American, with Silica Walls, 155 Czecho-Slovakia Coal Production in 1921, 661 Doncaster Collieries, Three, Record Output, 13
Electric Winders for Nottinghamshire Coal Pit, 583 Froth Flotation Process for Coal Cleaning, E. Bury, 71 Froth Flotation and Pure Coal, R. Lessing. 155
Great Britain, Coal Output Comparison, 441 Hong Kong Export of Coal Prohibited, 213
Hulk Conversion into Modern Coal-handling Machine, New Zealand Experiment, 469 India’s Decreased Output of Coal, 695 Japanese Collieries in Manchuria, Improvements and Extensions Planned, 213 Jura Mountains, Unproductive Coal Boring, Magnetite Reduction by Coke, Tests Result, 155 Manchuria and Coalite Manufacture, 359 Output of Coal in the United Kingdom, Increase, 213 Sampling and Analysis of Coal Committee, 197 Sulphur in Coal, Method of Amount Determination, 469 Sulphur in Metallurgical Coke, 301 Sweden, Coal Discovery at Glumsloov, 155 Transvaal Coal Strike, Comparison of Costs and Output in 1914 and 1920, 213 United States Coal Mine Fatalities, 583 Vredefort, South Africa, Coal Discovery Near, 689 Washing of Coal, Importance of Sulphur Content, 71 Week’s Coal Output in December, 13
COAST Erosion and its Prevention, Professor E. R. Matthews, 441 Colombia, New Hydro-electrical Plants for Lighting, Power and Telephones, 13 Colombian Aviation Service, Additions to Fleet, 155 Colombo’s Gas Supply, New Plant for Water Gas Manufacture, 441 Colombo Reservoir Capacity to be Increased, 155 Commercial Motor Vehicles, Annual Parade, 220 Compressed Gas Storage Cylinders, Research Committee’s Recommendations, 101 Concrete Barges for Bringing Coal to London, 683 Concrete Institute—see Associations Concrete Roads in America, Effect of Temperature Extremes, 728 Coolidge Tube, Radiator Type, Government Investigation, 330 Copper Ore in Chile, New Plant and Ropeway Projected for, 583 Copper Ore, High-grade, Discovery of, in British Columbia, 129 Copper Ore Output at a Tasmanian Mine, 43 Copper Recovery Process in Western Australia, 667 Copper Slag for Roadmaking, Economical Change, 497 Copper Sulphate Waters, Natural, Used for Timber Preservation, 359 Cotton Mill, Hunan, Operation of, 387 Cracks in Aluminium Alloy Castings and of Contraction in Volume on Freezing, Investigation, 415 Crompton and Co., Limited, 481 Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Jubilee and Presentation of Certificates and Wilson Premium, 449 Crystal Palace Old Students’ Society, Annual Dinner, 570 Cuban’s Sugar Exports, New Port Development, 639 Cutting Fluids, Need of Lubricant, Eugene C. Bingham, 359 D DAM, Krishnarajasagara, Mysore, Rapid Progress, 213 Dam, Largest Overflow, in the World to be Constructed in Japan, 415 Dam, Projected Big, on River Ouareau by Quebec Government, 366 Danish Standardisation in the Engineering Industry, 667 Darien Harbour, Manchuria, Reconstruction, 155 Decimal Association Proposals for Gradual
Change in Weights and Measures, 241
Delagoa Bay, New Coaling Plant, 667 Diamond Setting for Tool for Emery Wheels, New Method, 155 Dock, Large, Under Construction at Santander, 359 Dredger for Tin Industry Built at Melbourne for Federated Malay States, 301 Dredgers, New Type of Dipper, 591 ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued): Greenwich Power Station, New Boilers, &c., 309 Hydraulic Accumulator, German, 330 Indian Electric Supply Company, Plant for Cawnpore Power Station, Extension, Cost of, 667 Islington Borough Electrical Vehicles, Large Fleet of, 101 Japanese Widespread Development of Electrical Supply, 359 Labour-saving Appliances of the General Electric Company, 241 Lancashire and Cumberland, Divergent Views on Electrical Supply Schemes, 101 Lighting Installation Safety Device, 101
Lighting Unit for Matching Colours, 415
Linings of Electric Steel Furnaces, Maintenance, 129 Lorries, Electric Conservancy, for Calcutta, 129 Melbourne Revenue from Electric Supply, 611 New Transmission Line Between Valais and
Vaud Cantons, 639
Poland, Electrical Engineering Industry Development, 667 Porcelain Insulators for Overhead Power Lines, 682 Power Factor Improvement, Lecture, G. H. Ayres, 382, 415 Present Position and Future Prospects of Industrial Electric Heating, J. G. Pearce, 301 Professor of Electrical Engineering in Imperial College of Science and Technology, New Appointment, 553 Professor Reichel’s Design for Super Station and its Equipment, 387 Public versus Private Supply from a Colliery Standpoint, Robert Nelson, 13 Refuse Disposal, Advantage of Electric Lorries for, 359 Riviera Mountains, Power Station for Water Power from, 90 Rotary Converters for Railway Work, Views of Major A. M. Taylor, 247 Salvage of Sunken Vessels by Electrical Process, V. H. Pearson, 441 Santiago, Power Plant to Utilise Neighbouring Waterfalls, 583 Small Public Electric Supply Undertakings, J. N. Houblon, 13 Soviet Electrification Schemes and Foreign Capital, 183 Standardising Specifications for and Sizes of Commercial Dry Cells, 241 Steam Power Electric Generating Stations, Large, in Germany, 13 Stretford Electricity Committee Reduces Charges, 213 Sub-station with Completely Developed Automatic Mechanism, 721 Taxicab to Carry Six Persons with Low Consumption of Electricity, 553 Tenacity of Transmission Wires in South Africa, 497 Testing High-tension Material up to 300,000 Volts, 497 Transformer with 1,000,000 Voltage, The First, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 331 Transformers, Standard, Variations in Magnetising Current, J. G. Gorrin, 101 Transformers from Westinghouse Company, Pittsburg, Largest Single Order Ever Placed, 43 Truck, Electric, Novel Use for, by New York Gas Company, 213 Ventilation of Electrical Machines, R. Roberts, 213 Victoria, Australia, Morwell Electricity Scheme for Country Districts, Extension, 415 Vosges Department, Proposal for Inter- communal Syndicate Scheme of Electrical Supply, 359 Water-driven Electric Power Station near Pontivy, France, 639 EMBANKMENT Collapse on the Somme Canal, 639 Engine, Two-cycle Semi-Diesel, Run with Palm Oil, Successful Trials, 271 Engineers’ Proposed “ Gaza ” Dinner and Meeting, 387 Engineers’ Showrooms, 562 EXHIBITIONS : Architecture, British, Exhibition, 469 Brazilian Centenary Exhibition, 398 Brazilian Centenary Exhibition, Lighting Contract for, 441 British Empire Exhibition, Organisation of Engineering Section Entrusted to British Engineers’ Association, 583 British Industries Fair in 1923, Birmingham Section, 667 Brussels Commercial Fair, 285
Building Exhibition at Olympia, 354, 453
Christiania, Utilisation of Electric Power Exhibition, 101 Dutch International Industries Fair, 30 Foundry Exhibition at Birmingham, 220, 469 Industrial Heating Apparatus Exhibition in Paris, 183 Inland Waterways and Canals Exhibition at Essen, 331 International Fair at Florence for Sale of Books and Exhibition of Printing Machines and Appliances, 128 Milan Samples Fair, Fishing Industry Group, 159 Rio Centenary Exhibition, British Participation in, 22 ; British Site Progress, 441 Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Cambridge, 219 South Wales Institute of Engineers’ Exhibition, 583
Spanish Industries Fair, 80 Swedish National Fair at Gothenburg, 721 Swiss Industries Fair, 329
EXPANSION of Nickel, Aluminium and other Metals, Measurement Results, 497 Explosion, Boiler Stop Valve, on the SS. Kaisar-i-Hind, 213 Explosion, Fatal, of a Water-tube Boiler on the SS. Berengaria, 213 Explosion of Flexible Bronze Steam Pipe, 469 Explosives, Annual Report of H,M, Inspectors, Accident Account, 497 G GAS for Domestic Purposes, New Board of Trade Order, 241 Gear for Marine Propulsion, W. Rees Darling, 71 Genoa and Downing-street, Telephonic Communication During Conference, 415 George Montefiore Foundation Premium, International Competition, 194 German Chemical Products with Linseed Oil Basis, New Patents, 583 German Engineers’ Employment by Chinese Iron and Steel Works, 553 German Goods for Argentina, 49 German Trade Returns for 1921, 129 Germany’s Bargain- for Reconstruction of Petrograd, 525 Germany’s Power Requirements, Gradual Dispensing with Brown Coal, 469 Glass Discovery from Sand near Dresden, Toughest Ever Produced, 331 Glass for Half-watt Electric Lamps, Result Resembles Daylight, 271 Glass Manufacture, Poor Home Trade, 71 Glycerine Refining in India as By-product of
Soap Manufacture, 441
Gold Discovery in Bohemia, 415 Gold Discovery in British Columbia, 583 Grain Elevators at Durban and Capetown, Progress of Foundations for, 695 H HACKSAW, New Type, “ Enox Twin,” Fry’s Limited, 222 Hamburg, Port of, Growing Activity and Necessary Improvements, 695 Hammer Heads Kept in Position by Rubber Wedges, 695 Harbour Projected in Bay of Lienshan, Fengtien Province, 553 Harbour Works at Funchal, Madeira, 512 Heat Conservation, French International Exhibition of Materials and Apparatus for, 51 Holland, Value of Imports in 1921, 183 Hottest Region of the World, 583 Hughes, David, Note-books on Wireless Telegraphy and Microphone Early Experiments, 387 Hydro-electric Activity in Italy for Increased Power Supply in Various Provinces, 359 Hydro-electrical Congress at Rio de Janeiro, 611 Hydro-electric Development at Queenstown -
Chippawa (Niagara), Ontario, 359
Hydro-electric Installations and Power Transmission, Lectures at University of Grenoble, 729 Hydro-electric Plant on the River Sila, Catanzaro, Interesting Features of, 183 Hydro-electric Plants and Rising of Tail-water Level During Floods, Novel Method of Meeting the Difficulty, 695 Hydro-electric Power in Chile, Projected Development on Commercial Scale, 639 Hydro-electric Power to Replace Transported Fuel in Industrial Centres, Example of Success in Nuremberg, 331 Hydro-electric Scheme, Auckland, New Zealand, 415 Hydro-electric Survey of India, Summary of Water Power, 548 Hydro-electric Training Projected in Scotland, 331 IRON AND STEEL : Basset Process of Direct Production of Steel, Stahl und Eisen’s Views, 667
Big Steel Combination in America, 667 Blast-furnace, Products of a, A. Hutchinson, 213
British Cast Iron Research Association, 346 British Columbia Iron Ore Resources, Complete Survey Projected, 695 Carnegie Steel Company’s Second By-product Coke Oven Plant to Cost 30 to 35 Million Dollars, 553 Cast Iron Evaporator on Steamship, ExGerman, Explosion, 331 Cast Iron and Similar Materials for Use as Pots in Iron-pot Melting Furnaces, 420
Cast Iron Steam Pipe Explosion, Report, 331 Cast Iron Water Main Cub 50ft. Below Water, 469
Casting, Ingot Mould, 110 Tons Weight, Record for this Country, Brightside Foundry and Engineering Company Limited, 249 Centrifugally Cast Steel Pipes, L. Cammen, 611 China, Largest Iron Mine in Shantung Province, 469 China, New Iron Mining Administration Formed, 213 Corrosive Action of Soil on Pipes for Gas and Water, American Investigation, 183 Crocodile River, South Africa, Iron Deposits, Report, 93 Electric Steel Furnaces, F. Rowlinson, 441 Electrolytic Iron, French Process for Commercial Production of, 410 Electrolytic Iron, Results of Tests in America, 101 Failure of Cast Iron T Piece in Ship’s Steam Pipe,553 Ford Motor Company’s Blast-furnace Output Record, 583 French and Belgian Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Agreement, 71 French Production of Iron Ore, 695 Grey Cast Iron, Properties of, H. J. Young, 271
Grey Iron Castings, Seasoning, W. J. May, 583 Indian Indigenous Iron and Steel Enterprises and Possible Effect of Unrest, 129
Invar Steel, Cause and Cure of Instability in, 464 Iron Alloy Resistant to Heat, 667 Iron Bars, Possibly Pre-Roman, Discovered near Winchester, 611
Ironfoundry to be Erected at Island of South Georgia, 2000 Miles from Civilisation, 213 Iron Mines near Shantung Railway, Estimated Large Deposit, 71
Iron Ore Deposit in Alberta, 13 Iron Ore Deposits in Chile, 583 Iron Ore Discovery near Railway at Ponty- clun, 441 Iron Oxides Reduction by Carbon Monoxide, Time Rate of, 301 Japanese Iron and Steel Output, Falling Figures, 497
Manganese Ore Deposits of West Africa, 583 Newcastle Iron and Steel Company’s Plant and Blast-furnace in South Africa, 155 Nickel Production Probable in China, 43 3| Per Cent. Nickel Steel, Use of, H. Brierley, 525
North China, Installing New Blast-furnace and Foundry at Lung-yen, 359 Oil Tanks, Buried Steel, Life of, 639 Ore Concentration Plant Projected for Anshan Iron and Steel Works, 525 Pig Iron Production in Canada, 183 Pig Iron Production in Canada in February and March, 583 Pig Iron Production in January, 183 Pig Iron Production in February, 301 Pig Iron Production in March and April, 553 Pig Iron Production in November and December, 43 Pig Iron Production in March, 441 Pigments from Scrap Iron, Electrolytic Manufacture, 43 Separating Iron Ores by Use of Hysteretic Repulsion, 525 South Africa, Big Iron and Steel Industry Contemplated, 301 Staffordshire Company’s Iron and Steel and Coal Output Improvement, 271 Steel Cutting Under Water by Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe, 359 Steel Foundry near Shanghai, 13
Steel, Magnetic Properties of New Type, 71 Steel Output in South Africa, 667 Swedish Iron Exports, 129
Swiss Imports of Tinned and Galvanised Plates, British Share of the Trade Diminishing, 553 Tata Iron and Steel Works Plant Extension, 415 Toughness of Steel, J. C. W. Humfrey, 583 Uganda, Large Deposits of Iron Ore in the Masindi District ,611 Water Main, Cast Iron, Quick Repair Job in New York, 667 World’s Output of Iron and Steel During 1860-1920, 461 IRRIGATION Canal, American, Lined with Concrete, 387 Italian Government’s Projected New Cables at Home and Abroad, 603 Italy’s Depressed Paper Trade, Its Causes, 359 Italy’s Industrial Situation, Hopeful View of, 183 Italy’s Water Power Establishments, Existing and Projected, 387 J JAPAN Increases Duty on Imports of Copper, Brass and Bronze, 469 Japanese Copper and Question of Protection, 12 K KEIR, Steam-heated, Explosion, 639 Kobe Harbour Improvement, 667 Kokura, Island of Kyushu, Japan, to Become Important Shipping and Railway Centre, 155 L LANTERN Slides, Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 509 Laval Centrifugal Method of Purifying Lubricating Oils, &c., N. W. Prangnell, 695 Lead Mines in Cumberland, Threlkeld, to Reopen Forthwith, 271 Lead Mines in Isle of Man to be Reopened, 553 Lead Ores’ Silver Percentage in the Yukon, 639 Lead and Zinc Ore Trade, Spanish Fears, 101 Leeds University, 481 Li6ge Engineering College, Seventy-fifth Anniversary, Scientific Conference and Exhibition, 250, 481 Lifeboats—see Ships Lightmeter, Holophane Glass Company, 83 Liquid Air Explosives for Ironstone Mining, Question of Use, 101 Liquid Fuel for Ships, Depots in Morocco, 43 Liverpool Engineering Society’s Annual Dinner, 155 Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, New Officers, 80 Lock-nuts, Bicones Limited, 394 Logarithm Cabinet, Bowman and Murdoch, 110 L.C.C. Scholarships, 371 London Toll Exchange, Continued Success, Extension Projected, 359 Lucknow, India, Suggested College for Training Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 469 M MAGAZINES, Two Hundred Firms Publishing Their Own, 377 Manchester Steam Users’ Association Annual Report, 387 Manchuria Experimenting in Manufacture of Coalite, 359 Manganese—see Iron and Steel Manila Rope Tests Result, 155 Marine Boiler Design, Standard Rules, 282 Mars in 1924, Professor Todd’s Scheme for Observation, 525 Metallurgical Coke from Coal by New Method, 441 Milling Cutters, Economy of, for Some Classes of Work, 13 Mine Haulage Efficiency, Need of Investigation, J. Wilson, 721 Mine Rescue Work at the Front During the War, 667 Mineral Output of Southern Rhodesia, 469 Mineral Possibilities in Central Africa, 525 Mineral Production of Canada, Report, 241 Mineral Products in Tasmania, Amount and Value of, 415 Minerals in New South Wales, Output in 1921, 301, 533, 611 Miners’ Nystagmus Chiefly Due to Deficient Illumination, 497 Mines, Breaching Apparatus for Rescue Stations Receives Government Sanction After Tests, 271 Mines Department of the Board of Trade, New Address, 695 Mines in South Africa, Managers and Employees, 721 Mines, War-damaged, in Northern France, Reconstruction Work, 441 Mining for Gold in Alaska, Hydraulic, Difficulty with Boulders Removal, 331 Mining in Haichow District, China, Reports of Valuable Deposits, Asbestos, Crystal, Gold, Silver, &c., to be Investigated, 331 Mining, Minnesota, Study of Churn Drills, 337 Mississippi River, Dangerous Floods, 387 Modern Transport, Beginning its Fourth Year of Publication, 387 Moselle, Canalisation of, up to the German Frontier, 101 Motor Car Rear Signal, Bracewell, 502 Motor Car Springs, Need of Improvement, A. A.
Remington, 330
Motor Headlights, 398 Motor Taxation and Road Maintenance, 394 Motor Traffic Between Soochow and Kashing, Projected Road for, 583 Motor Wagons, Supply of Water to, 52, 430 Mowing Machine, Greatly Improved Type, Tyzack, Sons and Turner, Limited, 721 Municipal Electrical “ Old Stagers,” Reunion, 112 N NEWARK Sewerage Scheme, Work Begun, Cost of Scheme, 441 Newcomen Society, Summer Meeting Arrangements, 570 Newfoundland Industrial Resources and Considerable Water Power, Captain E. J. Edwards, 271 New Jersey Tunnel Construction, Tenders Invited, 43 New South Wales Gold Yield, Comparative Figures, 695 Newspaper Production by Photo-litho Offset Process, 43 Nickel—see Iron and Steel Non-ferrous Metal Research Association Worthy of Support, Proposal to Establish Fellowships, 301 Nottingham City Engineer, Presentation to, 52 o OCEAN Depths, Exceptional, Measurement by Sound Apparatus, 301 Oil Boring, Government, in England, Inconclusive Prospects, 301 Oil Can, New Type, for Motor Cycles, &c.,
Joseph Kaye and Sons, Limited, 222
Oilfields in Japan, New Developments, 155 Oil Fuel, A. Keens, 611 Oil Fuel Berths on the Tyne at Jarrow, 525 Oil, Heavy, Engines for Grain Elevators and Electric Lighting in South Africa, Ruston and Hornsby’s Contract, 155 Oil from Shale, Low Temperature Distillation of, New Process, 129 Oil Turbine Development, Messrs. Thyssen’s Efforts, 71 Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe for Cutting Steel Under Water, 359 p PACIFIC Association of United States, Survey of Russian Littoral Provinces Projected, 155 Paint or Wood, Investigation as to its Power of Protection and Durability, 213 Palermo Harbour Works, Concession for, Granted to American Company, 414, 639 Panama Canal, Tonnage Statistics, 13 Phris City Budget, Good Results of Economy, Ifr Paris Police to have Motor Cars with Wireless Telephone Equipment, 13 Pasteur Centenary, 393, 453 Patents in China—see Utility Pekin Tramway—see Railways Persian Means of Communication, Motor Cars versus the Camel, 639 Petrol-driven Lorries in New Zealand, Increased Demand for, 611 Petrol Storage Tanks, Loss by Evaporation, Preventive Measures, 553 Petroleum and Lubrication, E. A. Evans, 415, 469 Photographic Exposures, Novel System of Timing,583 Piggott, Thomas, and Co., Limited, Centenary Dinner, 167 Post Office Engineers’ Examination, 100 Power Available on the Tennessee River, C. G.
Adsit, 611
Professional Classes Aid Council, 595 Profit-sharing at Watford Paper Mill Engineers, 71 Public School Masters and Future Employment of Boys, 241 Pumps, Interesting Old, in British Columbia, 721 R RADIUM Discovery in the Belgian Congo, 213 Radium Emanation, Collection of, Problem Under Investigation, 331 Radium Mine Discovery in Brazil, Mrs. Alexander Grosse’s Report, 129 Radium Mine Near Truro, New Industry Hoped for, 155 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Accidents: Birmingham Station Accident Report, 155 Canadian Railways’ Good Accident Record, 578
Collision at Auckland Junction, North- Eastern Railway, Report, 301 Derailment Near Ambergate, Midland Railway, 497 Derailment, Slight, Caused by Fallen Tree, 13 Divided Train and Collision in Summit
Tunnel, Walsden, 155, 525 East Horndon Accident, Verdict, 583
Engine Step Detached and Fatal Accident Caused at Blisworth, 129, 155 Fatal Connecting-rod Accident on a London and North-Western Engine, 497 Fatalities on Railways, Statistics, 553 Goods Train Accident on London and North-Western Railway, 101 Great Western Railway Accident Report, 155 Motor Lorry Fatality at a Crossing, 721 Neglected Wagons as a Cause of Derailment, North British Railway, 695 North-Eastern Passenger Engine Derailment at Hilda Junction, 71 Omnibus Accidents, Considerable Reduction, 213 Passenger’s Accident at Victoria Station, Manchester, 43
Passenger Fatalities in Ten Years, 645
Questions with Regard to Accident Prevention, J. P. Thomas, 639 Returns of Accidents and Casualties for 1921, 690 Scottish Express, Slight Accident Due to Stray Cattle, 271 Shunting Accidents by Night and by Day, Comparison, 101
Three Minor Accidents, 183
Alexandra Docks and Railway Company, Separate Existence Ended by Amalgamation, 415 Amalgamation Schemes—see Railways Amalgamation Tribunal, also Ministry of Transport Annual Reports of Railways, Statistics Given and Omissions, 71, 387 Appointments and Staff Changes, 101, 213, 331, 359, 415, 553, 583, 639 Argentine and Bolivian Governments’ Railway Construction Agreement, 241 Australian Mails from Perth, W.A., Change of Train Time for Expedition of, 331 Automatic Train Control, Report of Colonel Pringle’s Committee, 695 Barry Railway Objects to Grouping Proposal, Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway not to be Reopened, 497 Belgian Railway Passenger Carriages, 552 Bologna-Venice-Monfalcone Line, Electrification Tenders Called for, 101 Bombay Suburban Lines, Electrification a Matter of Finance, 101 Bombay, Suggested Underground Railway, Brakes and Signals, Amalgamation of Companies in Britain and in France, 639 Brazil, Westinghouse Electric Locomotives in Service, 13 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): Brighton Company’s Dilemma, Unanimity as to Electrification, but Divergence as to System, 213 Brighton Line Conversion Expected in September, 331 Brighton Line Electrification, Cost of Completion in 1913 and 1922 Compared, 292 British and American Rolling Stock, Comparison as to Comfort, 553 Burma Railways and the Tablet System, 611 Caledonian Railway Acquires Loch Tay Steamers, 213 Caledonian Railway Receipts and Expenditure, 359 Cambrian Railway Company’s Tribute to General Manager, 271 Cambrian Railways, Chairman and Directors’ Farewell Letter to Staff, 611 Canadian Government’s Exhibition Train Through France, 695, 721 Canadian Pacific Line, Progress of Extension Work, 441 Canals Bill, High Charges and Deficient Revenue, 611, 721 Central of Brazil Railway Electrification, 611 Ceylon, Kadugannawa Incline, Suggested Electrification of, 129 Chilean State Railways’ Electrification between Santiago and Valparaiso and on Branch Line, 611 Ching-Yang Light Railway to be Constructed, 241 City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Proposed Bill for Winding Up, 441 Classification of Traffic, by Passenger Train, 187, 497 Coal at Railway-owned Docks, Reduction of Railway Charges for Shipping, 13 Competition Between East and West Coast Routes to the North, 359 Congo-Katanga Railway, Hebo to be the Terminal Port, 695 Connecting Trains and Results of Unpunctuality, S. B. Canter, 469 Continental Boat Train from Victoria, New Time, South-Eastern and Chatham, 611 Corporation Profits Tax, Application to Railways Deferred, 583 Councils on Railways, Results on the Pennsylvania System, 553 Death of Mr. Samuel R. Blundstone, 183 Death of Mr. John S winburn, 525 Dividends of Two Railways, 129 Dublin and South-Eastern as a “ Progressive ” Railway, 60 Ealing and Shepherds Bush Railway, a Losing Speculation, 497, 553 Earl’s Court, District Railway, Twenty Hours’ Daily Work Statistics, 13 East Coast Express Goods Train for Edinburgh, 611 East Coast Scottish Services, Improvements, 667 Easter Excursions and Fares, 271 Electric Locomotives for Invalides-Versailles Railway, 415 Electric Railways and Communication by Carrier Current, 415, 441 Electric Railways, Government Guarantees for, 553 Electrification Facilities and Great Eastern and South-Eastern Railways, 586 Electrification of Railways in Midland Coalfields Area not under Present Consideration, 469 Electrification Scheme, Projected, and Unemployment, 129 Electrification of Suburban Railways, 183 Electrification of Yungas Railway, Bolivia, 415 English and Welsh Companies Follow Scottish Example, 155, 183, 247, 331 Federation of British Industries : Conference on Reduction in Railway Rates, 101 Replies to Deputation, Contradictory Statements, 101 Transport in South-West Africa, 553 Ferrocarril Nordeste, New Railway in Colombia, 525 First-class Fares Increase Followed by Reduction in First-class Passenger Traffic, 301 Floating Landing Stage, &c.,at Tilbury,Bill Passed Committee, 359 French Equatorial Africa, New Railway Construction, 359 French Railway Workshops as Agitation Centres, Repairs being Handed Over to Private Firms, 695 Furness Railway Company’s Efforts to Develop Traffic, 469 Garratt Engines for South African Railways, 525 Gauges in Australia, Mr. Hughes on Unification of, 583 German Locomotives and Strikers’ Neglect, 183 German Railway New Sleeping Compartments, 43 Glasgow College Station, Goods Warehouse Burnt Down, 101 Glasgow Subway Railway Shut Down, 213 Goods Receipts for August, 13 Goods Traffic Receipts for September, 101 Goods Traffic Mileage and Tonnage for September, 13 Goods Traffic Mileage and Tonnage for November, 241 Great Central Company’s Through Carriage from London to Halifax, 271 Great Eastern Railway Meeting, Lord Claud Hamilton on Grouping Manager, 271 Great Indian Peninsula Railway and Electrification, 721 Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Transportation Department Set Up, 721 Great North of Scotland Railway, Huge Rise in Salaries and Wages Bill, 497 Great Northern “ Die-hard ” Locomotives, 387 Great Northern Locomotive Running Expenses Considerably More than Trebled Since 1913, 306 Great Western Mechanical Engineer, Change, 331 Great Western Railway Circular to Men on Possible Economies, 71 Great Western Railway, Mr. Churchward’s Presentation, 567 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): Great Western Railway New Line, Clydach, Pontardawe, &c., 525, 721 Great Western Railway to Own Swansea Docks, 638 Great Western Railway Signalling Apparatus Statistics, 43 Great Western Research Department at Swindon, 666 Great Western “ Safety ” Movement, Highly Successful Results from, 469 Grouping System and Compensation for Displaced Officials, 497 Grouping System and Re-naming, Heavy Cost Entailed, 721 Grouping System and Time-table Changes, 155 Hampshire Light Railway, Totton to Fawley, 43 Harbours, Docks and Piers (Temporary Increase of Charges) Bill, 707 Highland Railway Company’s Engines, 441 Highland Railway, Resignation of Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, 271 Increased Passenger Traffic Ascribed to Abnormal and Unreal Wealth, 469 Indian Government, Projected Annual Tenders for Locomotives and Stocks, 43 Indian Railway Material and Loan to be Raised in the United Kingdom, 387 Indian Railways, Increased Expenditure Needed, 124 Indian Railways’ Rehabilitation, Vast Expenditure and its Allocation, 415, 441 Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—see Associations International Railway Association, Possible Congress at Madrid, 186, 359 Irish Northern Government and North of Ireland Railways, 639 Irish Politics and Improved Traffic, 155 Irish Railway (Great Southern and Western) Carrigan Award and the Free State Government, 334 Irish Railway Stockholders’ Protection Asso- ciation, Continuance Recommended, 71 Irish Railways’ Arbitration and Dail Eireann, 43 Irish Railways’ Arbitration, Wages and Eight- hour Day, 71 Irish Railways, Government Inquiry, 271 Irish Railways and Grouping, 611 Irish Railways and Men, Dispute Settled, 213 Iron and other Trades and Excessive Railway Charges, Myles Kennedy, 13 Italian Government Electrification of Railway Trunk Lines, 13 Italian Railways’ Increased Working Costs and Decreased Efficiency, 667 Italian State Railway Electrification Tenders, 553 Japanese and Chinese Railways’ Extension, Delegates at Washington, 71 Junction at Blaenau Festiniog Proposed and Abandoned, 469 Kenya Colony, Further Loan for Uasi- Ngishu Railway, 241 King’s Birthday Honours for Railwaymen, 639 ; (Correction), 667 Labelling Goods, Change in Railway Regulations, 208 Labour Co-partnership and the Railways, 183 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Former Officers’ Connection with Paper Read at the Institution of Civil Engineers, 129 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Shareholders’ Valedictory Meeting, 440 Late Special Trains Withdrawn on the London Electric Railways, 101 Lee-on-the-Solent Classed as a Light Railway, 43 Level Crossings and Railway Companies’ Responsibility, 450 Light Railway Between Portmadoc and Dinas, State Assistance for, 675 Light Railways’ Committee Report, 13 Locomotive Building at Crewe, Boilers at Horwich, 721 Locomotive, Great Northern, Most Powerfu on British Railways, 387 Locomotive Spark Arresters, 441 Locomotives, Ordered from Woolwich, Cost Estimated at £16,000 each, 304, 359 London, Brighton and South Coast Train Services, Accusation of Unpunctuality, 583 London, Chatham and Dover and the South- Eastern and Chatham Electrification Scheme, 667 London and North-Western Long-distance Trains Running with Lancashire and Yorkshire Engines, 667 London and North-Western Railway Councils and Winding Up of Conciliation Boards, 387 London and North-Western Railway Policy for Signal and Telegraph Departments, 43 London and North-Western Railway, Suggestions for Improvement in Working Invited from Railway Employees, 667 London and North-Western Restores Through Service Between Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and the South-Eastern Railway, 553 London and North-Western V.C. Men
Honoured by the Company, 583
London and North-Western Wolverton Carriage Shops, Full Time for Painters, 71 London Tube Railways, Heavy Cost Due to Over-numerous Stations, W. R. Davidge 129 London Underground Railway Loan for Tube Extension and Improvement, Work for Unemployed Men, 301, 359 Luggage in Advance Charge Reduction, 155 Manchester and Buxton, Possible Electrification of Line Between, 101 Melbourne Railways, Electrification of, Cost of Work, 296 Metal Electrification, South African Minister of Railways on, 695 Metropolitan Railway New Steam Engines and Electric Cars, Re-equipment of Electric Locomotives, 241 Metropolitan Railway Settlement with the Government, 271 Metropolitan Railway Trains, Speeding-up, 13 Midland Railway Chairman, Change in, 213 Midland Railway Coal Consumption, 241 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): Midland and London and North-Western Railways, Talk of Amalgamation, 155 ; Amalgamation Not Yet Considered, 241 Midland Railway, Men and Wages, Comparison of Figures Between 1914 and 1922, 386
Milk Conveyance Rates Reduction, 441 Minister of Transport, but no Salary, 387
Ministry of Transport, Geddes Committee Proposals Shelved, Fresh Scheme Under Consideration, 271 ; Important Question, 359 Ministry of Transport Inquiries into Train Accidents, 553 Ministry of Transport, No Justification Now for Incurring the Cost of, 213 Ministry of Transport and Stockton and Railway Centenary, 359 National Union of Railwaymen, Falling Numbers, 469 National Union of Railwaymen’s New President, 43 National Union of Railwaymen—see also Scottish Railways, also English and Welsh Companies National Wages Board Awards not Binding, 129 National Wages Board and Scottish Railways, 43, 71, 129, 155 New South Wales Railways and Autogeneous Welding, 301 Nord Railway Company’s Automatic Brake Experiments, 676 North British Railway’s Claim, Echo of Dispute with the Government, 331 North Country Trains’ Competition by East and West Coast Routes, 359 North-Eastern Railway and Revival in Traffic, 441 North-Eastern Railway Sleepers Destroyed by Fire at Hartlepool, 41 North-Eastern Railway, Swing Bridge Over the Ouse, Fire Damage and Inconvenience in Communication, 331 North Staffordshire Railway Coal Traffic, Heaviest Week Since August, 1917, 271 Norwegian Committee to Discuss Electrification of all Railways, 71 Norwegian Electric Railways, Estimates of Cost, 213 Outer London Railway Bills, Proposals for Revival, 667 Overcrowding on London Omnibus and Underground Railways, 611 Parcels Traffic “ To Pay ” Arrangements, 583 Paris Evening Train Service for London vid Havre and Southampton, 639 Passenger Decrease on London Trains and Trade Stagnation, 497 Passenger Train Mileage and Fares Statistics, 13, 129 Passengers Decrease and Loss of Revenue, 667 Pekin New Electric Tramway, Demolition of Portion of City Wall, 13 Penzance Station and Rebuilt Viaduct, 721 Petrol Shunting Locomotives for French Railways, 331 Pietermaritzburg-Glencoe Section, South African Railways, Electrification, 183 Platform Tickets on the Midland Railway and Resulting Income, 497 Polish Railway Material Orders, New Department to Deal with, 695 Privately Owned Wagons, Announcement by Ministry of Transport, 213 Privilege Tickets and Railwaymen’s Pay, 497 Pullman Luncheon and Dining Car, Glasgow to Perth, 639 Quarterly Returns of Railway Accidents, 721 Queensland Government’s Projected Railway for Mount Oxide Area, 525 Queensland Railway Department, Coal from the State Colliery, 301 Rail Motor Car on Out-back Line in Victoria, 611 Railway Benevolent Institution Annual Dinner, 155 Railway Claims and Government Liability, 415 Railway Companies and Amalgamation—see Railways Amalgamation Railway Companies’ Association, New Chairman and Vice-chairman, 301 . Railway Companies’ Committee and Railwaymen’s Unions, 301—see also Wages Railway Companies’ Losses and Government Control, 359 Railway Companies and Rates Reduction, 387, 721 Railway Companies’ Reports, Omissions Under Government Sanction, 71, 387 Railway Fires by Locomotive Sparks, Companies’ Liability, 583 Railway Material Exports Statistics, 13, 183, 266,440, 553 Railway Rates Reduction and Railway Managers, 387, 721
Railway Rates Tribunal, A Question, 359
Railway Rates Tribunal and Rates Advisory Committee, New Address, 301 Rates Advisory Committee and Classification of Goods, 187, 497
Classification of Traffic, Proposals, 553
Railway Returns for 1921, 415 Railway Statistics a Necessary Expense, 469 Railway Statistics for October and the Coal Strike, 129 Railway Statistics for November, 213
Railway Titles, Old and New, 129, 721
Railways Act Allotment to Companies, Scheme for Distribution of Sum, 583 Railways Act Two Panels, Constitution of, 387 Railways Amalgamation Tribunal: Amalgamation of Alexandra Dock, Cambrian, Cardiff, Rhymney and Taff Vale Companies with the Great Western, 331, 415 Amalgamation of Barry Railway with the Great Western, 525 Amalgamation of Hull and Barnsley with North-Eastern, 266, 271, 359 Amalgamation of South Wales Railways with Great Western, Running Powers of other Lines, 469 Barry Port and Gwendreath Valley Absorption by Great Western Railway, 695 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Railways Amalgamation Tribunal (continued):
Great Western Railway Absorption of Various Welsh Railways and the West Somerset Railway, Meetings, 643
London, Chatham and Dover and South-
Eastern Railway Amalgamation, 667
London and North-Western and Midland Railways’ Amalgamation, 331 Maryport and Carlisle Railway to be Absorbed in North-Western, Midland and West Scottish Group, 271 Railway Companies’ Meetings with Regard to Amalgamation Schemes, 359 Western Group (Great Western and other
Companies) Amalgamation Scheme, 271
Railwaymen and Public Affairs, Change of Attitude, 183 Railwaymen—see also National Union, Railway Companies’ Committee, and Wages Registration of Seats on the Great Western
Railway, Extension of System, 704
Re-painting of Great Western Coaching Stock, 497 Road Transport by Railway Companies, Opposition to the Bill, 146 Road Transport by Railway Companies, Change of Proposals by Railway, 212 Road Transport, Withdrawal of Bill for Powers by North-Western-Midland Group, 707 Roads or Branch Railways in New Zealand, 525 Rotary Converters for Railway Work, Major
A. M. Taylor’s View, 247
Runcorn-Weston Point New Light Railway, 611 Safe British Railways, 730 Saint Lazare Underground Station, 415 Scottish Award and N.U.R. Meeting, 129
Scottish Railways’ Eight-hour Day, 71 Scottish Railways’ Proposals to Men as to
Pay and Conditions of Work, 43, 71, 129, 155 Searchlights on Engines of Express Trains in the Punjab, 649
Severn Barrage Scheme, A Question, 583
Signalling, Automatic, Between Liverpool and Birkenhead, 387 Signals, Route Indicating, and Platelayers’
Warning, 469, 721 Solway Junction Railway Closed, 469 South African Railways’ Annual Report, 155 South African Railways, Manufacture of
Plates for Train Lighting, Thefts of Electric Lamps, 525
South-Eastern and Chatham Bridge at
Rochester to be Reopened, 129
South-Eastern and Chatham Electrification
Proposals, 241, 667
South-Eastern and Chatham Suburban Lines,
Projected Electrification, 639
South-Eastern and Chatham Passenger and Mileage Statistics, 469
South - Eastern and Chatham and the
Southern Group, 183, 468, 667
South Manchuria Railway Electric Powerhouse Capacity, 42 South Wales Independent Railways Incorporation in Great Western System, 525 Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary in 1925, Various Proposals for Celebration, 359 Summer Time Agreement for Britain, France and Belgium, 213 Swiss Federal Railways Electrification, Cost of, 553
Sydney City Railway Extensions, 13 Sydney, Large Viaduct and Tunnel for
Roselle Bay-Darling Island Railway Line, 271 Taff Vale Company’s Report, Rolling Stock Expenditure, 441 Tasmania bo Supply Herself with Home-made Locomotives, 301 Testing Locomotive at Purdue University, 525 Thomas, Mr. J. H., on the Amalgamation
Question as Regards Labour, 583
Tilbury Landing Stage and other Work, Bill Passed Committee, 359 Toronto and Northern Ontario Railway Extension, 583 Torrington-Hallwill Railway, Tenders Invited, 331 Toulouse Railway Workshop Destroyed by Fire, 359
Tourist Tickets and Summer Excursion
Traffic to be Resumed, 525
Traffic Statistics, Freight, for December, 1921, 441 Traffic Statistics, Passenger, for December, 415
Traffic, Weekly, Returns Resumed, 129 Train Resistance, Editorial Inquiry, 736 Tramway for Hankow, 155
Trans-Saharan Railway, French Proposals, 639
Tunnel, Cornimont, Labresse, Metzeral, in
France, Parliament’s Consent for Construction Requested, 695
Turbine Locomotive Tests in Switzerland, 553
Underground Poster on Employees, Wages
Amount and Wages Percentage, 101
Underground Railways, Additional Cars, 583
Underground Railways, Overcrowding in
Paris, Berlin and New York, 469
Underground Railways, Reduced Expenditure, but Fall also in Traffic and Receipts, 301 Underground Railways—see also London Underground
United States Railways:
Alaska, U.S.A. Government Railway
Nearing Completion, 71
American Aid for Foreign Railways, 525 American Railway Rates and Charges, Investigation, 66
Approaching Reduction in Rates, 611
Bridge, High-level, Across the Hudson, New York Central Railway, 695 “ Carrier Current ” Communication for American Railways, Demonstration at Schenectady, 415, 441 Chicago Great Western Railway Immunity from Accident ,418
Class I. Railways’ Finance for 1921, 469
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
United States Railways (continued):
Death of Mr. F. J. Angier, 611 Electrification of Railways and Inland Waterways, President Harding’s Views, 441 Employees on American Railways in July, 1920, and July, 1921, 101 Freight Car, Metal, Dating from the Civil War, 387
Inter-State Commerce Commission :
Automatic Train Control, Order to Forty-nine Companies, 721 Automatic Twin Control, Cost Question, 241
Power Brakes, Investigation as to Adequacy, and Improvements, 441 Locomotive Ash Removal in America, Use of Water-filled Ashpits, 695
Radiophone and Radiograph Outfits on Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Expresses, 497 Railway Working, Private and Government, Compared, 415 Reduction in Wages of Maintenance-of- way Men, 695 Telegraph Lines Difficulties in Floods and Storms, 441 Terrible Accident Near Philadelphia, 497 Timber for Railways, Dispute and Conference, 695
Unnecessary Competition, 441
Unsold Articles at Royal Agricultural Shows, Pre-war Railway Carriage Allowance to be Resumed, 129 Victorian Railways’ Extension of Electric Lighting of Trains, 525 Victorian Railways’ Increased Receipts, 271 Wages Bill and High Fares, 667 Wages Reductions and Cost of Living, 359, 721 War Memorial, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 213 War Memorial, North Staffordshire Railway, 301 Welsh Railways Construction Stopped During War to be Continued by Great Western Company, 525 White Paper on Railway Employees Cancelled and New One Issued, 241 Whitley Councils, Local, to Come into Force in April, 101, 331 Whitley Councils of the Railway Companies, About to Begin Operation, 331 Wireless Communication on Railways, 667 Woolwich Locomotives and Unemployment, Cost of, 590 RAINFALL, Remarkable, in Houston, Texas, 497 Refractories’ Resistance to Corrosion by Slag, Dust or Ash, Method of Determination, W. J. Rees, 271 Refuse Disposal in Calcutta, Comparison Between Cost of Removal by Petrol or Electric Lorries, 359 Rhine-Maine-Danube Canal, Company for Construction Founded, 36 Rivers, Flow of, New Method of Gauging, Professor J. Joly, 583 Road Sprinkler, Sweeper and Refuse Collector, Automatic Worker at Birmingham, 271 Road Transport by Railway Companies, Opposition to the Bill, 146 Rolling the Teeth in Hob Gear Blanks, 667 Roumanian Oilfields, Cause of Failure in Production, 720 Rubber for Public Thoroughfares, Experiments in Ceylon, 729 Russian “ Electrification Bank,” 497 Russian Permit for Free Importation of Motor Cars, 525 s SAFETY Lamps in Mines, Increased Use of, 71 Saint Lawrence—see Waterway Salt Water Mosquito Extermination, Result of Experiments, 695 Salvage Operations at Oppau, Conclusions Arrived at, 129 Sample Room, First All-British, Opened in Brussels, 359 Sandstone Preservation from Decay, Methods Suggested, 667 Saw, Circular, for Stone Cutting, 469 Scholarships, “Archibald Dawnay,” 371 Scholarships in Art or Science and Technology, 371 Scientific and Industrial Research :
Report on Concrete for Floors, 43
Scientific Instruments, New Journal for
Description of, 695
Screw Jacks, Duff Manufacturing Company, 100 Shanghai Harbour Improvement, Recommendations of International Board, 13 Shanghai, New Dockyard, 497 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : Chinese Ice Breakers for Passage of Steamers to Tientsin, 71 Earliest St earn-propelled Vessels in the East, 101 Explosion on Cardiff Steamer, 553 Fireproof Bulkheads for Cunard Liner Samaria and other Vessels, 427 French Battleship Liberte to be Refloated, 611 Geared Turbine Steamer, Trials for French Merchant Service, Cammell Laird and Co., 71 German - built Steamer Bismarck to be Handed Over to White Star Line and Renamed Majestic, 359
German Warships’ Fatal Collision, 583 H 42, Submarine, Lost with All Hands, 331 Icebreaker Built at Yokohama, 415
Interesting Reconstruction of Former German Gunboat, 553 Italian Large New Liners for Rapid Voyages from Barcelona to South America, 469
Japanese Mercantile Fleet, 639
Japanese Yards, Merchant Vessels Built in 1921, 695 Leviathan to be Re-conditioned for Re-entry into Transatlantic Service, 213 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued): Lifeboat Engine, New Type, for the Royal National Institution, 525 Lifeboats, Five New Motor, for the Royal National Institution, 301 Messageries Maritimes Liner Aramis Launched at Bordeaux, 415 Motor Lifeboats for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 525
Oil Fueling Facilities at Sunderland, 583
Oil Supply for Ships through Submarine Pipes, 441 Orient Liner Orontes Sold for Use as Exhibition Ship, 301 Salvage of Sunken Vessels by Electrical Process, V. H. Pearson, 441 Self-discharging Steamship in America, 497 Ship Caisson Launch, Curious Structure, 695 Ship’s Position, Average Time Taken to Find, 667 Swedish Shipowners Petition for Government Aid to Arrest Stagnation in Merchant Fleet, 271
Tyne River, Vessels Launched from, 497
United States Coastguard Cutter Tamoa, First of Four Electrically Driven, 101
White Star Line Commodore, 71
SILVER Mining in Cobalt and District, Canada, Exceptionally Valuable Results, 129 Silver Ore, Rich Vein of, Discovered at Dawson, 583 Singapore Municipality, Scheme for Various Improvements, 155 Smoke Abatement, Recommendations by Ministry of Health Committee, 129 Smoke Abatement Recommendations of Sheffield Committee, 695 Smoke Prevention, S. M. Duguid, 136 Soapstone Near the Canadian Pacific Railway, 639 Solar Eclipse in September, Wireless Station to be Set Up on Coast of Western Australia, 667 South African Market for Fittings, Cooking and Heating Apparatus, &c., 71 South African Mine, New State Areas, Large New Plant to be Constructed, 155 South African Outbreak and Electrical Equipment Wrecked, 497 Spacing Collars, 282 Spanish Company’s Important Hydro-electric Station, 387 Spooner, Henry J., Retirement from Headship of Polytechnic School of Engineering, 398 Steel—see Iron Stooker, Automatic, Ian Munro, 457 Strassburg Port Extension, 497 Swansea Docks to Pass to Great Western Railway, 638 Swiss Federal Council and Rhine Navigation, 525 Swiss Hours and Conditions of Labour, Amended Law, 721 Swiss, Machine Industry in Poor Plight, 441 Swiss Watch and Clock Trade Exchanged for Locomotive Manufacture, 301, 415 Synthetic Ammonia, M. Georges Claude’s Process Much Improved, 271 Synthetic Gold as a Subsidiary Matter, 43 T TELEGRAPHY and Telephony, Wireless—see Wireless Telephone Exchanges, Automatic, for Newcastle and Gateshead, 469 Telephone, Long-distance, Between Pekin and Harbin, 173 Telephone System of the United Kingdom, Sir William Noble’s Defence, 129 Telephoning by London Toll Exchange, Continued Success and Projected Extension, 359 Textile Material Resistant to Acids, even Sulphuric Acid, 271 Thermal Sanitation in, the Tropics, G. W.
Grabham, 71
Thornycroft’s Staff Dinner, 197 Timber Fibre Lengths and Strength of Wood, 441 Timber, Peeled and Unpeeled, Durability Comparison, 387 Timber Preservation by Soaking in Solution of Waste Zinc Sulphate, L. D. Hingle, 469 Timber Preservation by Use of Natural Copper Sulphate Waters, 359 Timber Seasoning by Use of Ozone, 415, 667 Tip Wagons, Ruston and Hornsby, Limited, 222 Trade Revival, Pessimistic View, George Pate, 183 Tramways—see Railways Transvaal Gold Mines’ Diminished Output, 155 Trees in Western America, Douglas Fir’s Enormous Proportions, 553 Troy, Ancient Gold Mines and Concession to British Company, 525 Tunnel, Vehicular, Under the Hudson River, 71 Turbine, 60,000-Kilowatt, American Steam Consumption Tests, 387 Turbines, Hydraulic, Ever-breaking Size Record, 553 Turkey Remits Duty on Motor Lorries for Public Service, 183 Tuticorin as a Deep-water Port, 129 Tyne Swing Bridge Repairs, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 611 u UNITED States Census, Preliminary Occupation Statistics, 43 United States Very Large Production of Certain Minerals and other Things in Proportion to Population and Land, 43 University College, London, 371 University of Nancy, Summer Holiday Course in Electrotechnics, 252 “ Utility Model Law ” for China, 13 V VANCOUVER, Lumber Site and Timber Preserves, 13 Vaux, Research, and Natural Gas Discovery, 564 Verdun Transhipment Port, 525 Volcano on Hawaii, Borings to be Undertaken with View of Determining Heat, Amount of Steam, &c., 241 Volcano Kilanea, Hawaii, Projected Investigations, 497 w WAR Memorial for Auckland, New Zealand, 401 War Memorial, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Unveiling, 553 Water Softening by Use of Raw Peat, 525 WATER SUPPLY : Oldham and Rochdale Negotiations with Regard to Water Supply, 387 Paris Water Supply and Threatened Strike, 721 Reservoir to be Constructed for Runcorn, 213 San Francisco’s Water Supply to be Augmented, 553 Singapore and State of Kedah, Two Projects for Water Supply, 101 Water Supply by Causeway Over Straits of Johore, Large Project, 101 WATER Tank, Large, Failure from Rust, 583 Waterway Proposed Between Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence, Reported International Negotiations, 101, 387 Water Wheel Bursting Accident at Ontario Power Company’s Niagara Works, 553 Waterworks Pumping Station Flooded by the Mississippi, 667 Welland Ship Canal, Locks on the, Tenders Invited for Construction, 695 Werkspoor, Very Serious Fire Damage, 667 Wire Cables Preferable to Eyebar Chains for Large Suspension Bridges, Ralph Modjeski, 271 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY: Agriculture in France, Assistance by Wireless Telephony, 695
Bergen Wireless Service, 491
Broadcasting Wireless Stations at Trafford Park and Slough, 639 Commission Reports Favourably on Carnarvon Station, Thermionic Valve Stations Recommended for England, Canada, Australia, South Africa and India, 271 Crime and Criminals Detection by Wireless in New York, 639 Eiffel Tower Wireless Station, Transmitting Power to be Much Increased, 331 Eiffel Tower to Connect Lausanne with London, 415, 441 High-power Radio Station at Qwaki, near Tokyo, 129 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.1 AND TELEPHONY {continued): Increased Horse-power Used in Wireless Transmitting Stations, 611 Lausanne New Installation for Telephonic Communication with Eiffel Tower, London, and America; also with Aeroplanes on London-Paris-Lausanne Route, 415 Leafield Wireless Messages Heard at Perth, Western Australia, 13 Marconi Company’s Offer to Equip Long- range Service in South Africa, Conditions, 129 Radio Communication with Electric Trains, 415 Radio Communication Projected Between New York and the Argentine, 721 Successful Communication Between Mine and Earth’s Surface, 721 Swedish Wireless Telegraph Station for Navigation, 13 Tokyo and Osaka, Wireless Telephonic Service Under Consideration, 667 Transatlantic Amateur Wireless Tests, Prize Won by Manchester Society, 129 Weather Forecasts by Wireless for French Farmers, 129 WIRE-TYING System, Gerrard, to Replace Hooping for Chests, 721 Wood Preservative Aczol, Tests, 525 Wool, Disinfection, Experiment in Cost Reduction, 721 Woolwich Arsenal Scholarship for Trade La ,
Founded by Former Boy Employee, lifred
Works Development at Gloucest ,
Danks, Limited, 282
Y YANGTZE River, China, Blasting Operations to Facilitate Navigation and Commerce, l'J 1 z ZINC Dust Fire Dangers, 583 Zinc and Lead Mines Dumps in Wales to be Treated by Electrolytic Process to Produce Zinc, 331 Zinc and Lead Ores Awaiting Purchase in Hunan, China, 43 Zinc Smelting Works at Jamshedpur, Spelter and Sulphuric Acid Products, 505 Zinc, Some Modern Uses of, Ernest A. Smith, 331 Zinc Sulphide and Phosphorescent Light, 436 Zirconia as Suitable Lining for Metallurgical and Electric Furnaces, 129 Zirconium Metal, Properties and Uses of, 71
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