The Engineer 1922 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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ABRASIVE Wheels, Recommendations to Secure Safety in Use of. 441 Aerial Ropeway in Calcutta for Refuse Removal, 524 AERONAUTICS :
Accidents in the Air, Investigation of, 26
Aerodrome at Castle Bromwich, Changing Hands, 6U1 Air Survey of the Irrawaddy Delta, Projected Experiment by Indian Government, 413
Aviation in Denmark, 117
Forest Timber Guarded by Aeroplane, Grain also Sown by .Aeroplane, 31 Giant Commercial Hydro-aeroplane, American Friendly Challenge to England and other Countries, 39 Hydroglider of Small Size, Trials, Short Brothers. 245 Motorless Flight Competition in France, 665
Naval Airship Explosion in Japan, 39
Pilotless Aeroplane Controlled by Wireloss, Experiments in Paris District , 469
Racehorse Transport by Aeroplane, 11
ALKALI ES and Drain Tiles, 502 Aluminium Alloy Sand Castings, R. J. Anderson, 469 Aluminium Containing Tin, Investigations, 169 Aluminium Sulphate Discovery in Alberta, 65 American Corporation’s Application for Use of
Water from Niagara, 11
Anti-corrosion Association, 117, 132 Archaeological Discovery in South Africa. 635 Archibald Dawnay Scholarships. 1922. 15S Argentina’s Large Demand for Agricultural Machinery. 691 Argentine Government and the Improvement of Navigable Rivers, 327 Asbestos Deposits of Quebec, 193 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
ASSOCIATION, BRITISH :
Boiler Efficiencies, Comparison of COHI and Oil Fuel, C. E. Stromeyer, 299 Nitrogen Industry and the Arc Process, Dr. J. A. Harker. 327 ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS : Annual Dinner, 615 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS ft SOCIETIES (continued) : ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS-IN-CHARGE : Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw as President, 219 Presidential Address, Professor H. S. Hole- Shaw, 380
INSTITUTE, CONCRETE >
Change of Title of the Institute Suggested, 299 INSTITUTE OF COST AND WORKS ACCOUNTANTS :
Sessional Examinations, 453
INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS:
Annual Dinner, 453, 509
Reciprocating Steam Engine and the Steam Turbine, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir G. G. Goodwin, 299
INSTITUTE OF METALS :
Admission of Student Members, 635
INSTITUTE, ROYAL, OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS :
Award of Archibald Dawnay Scholarships, 158 Illuminating Engineering in Relation to Architecture, L. M. Tye, 635 Tablet in Memory of Members and Students in the Great War, Unveiling, 525
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT :
List of Papers for Winter Session, 169
Safety in Railway Operations, Comment from India on Colonel Pringle’s Paper. 273
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS :
Anriual, and Mirthful, Dinner, 439
Data Sheets, 8-51 Inclusive, Issued. 125
Low Compression Moderate-speed Engine vertfwt High Compression High-speed Engine, Debate between Major F. Strickland and Mr. H. R. Ricardo, 469 Programmes of Papers for Present and Following Sessions, 412 INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS : Definition of a Chemical Engineer, 65 Thirteenth Meeting of Provisional Committee, 363
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
Awards for Papers in Section IL, 537 Awards to Students for Papers, 537 Roll of Honour Unveiling. 397 ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS :
Associate Membership Examination» 229 Conversazione, 26 Co-operation between Board of Education and Institution of Electrical Engineers, 385 Election of Dr. J. A. Fleming as Honorary Member, 579
Meetings and Need of Control, 91
Recognition of Diploma of Technical College, Bradford, 91 Rotary Converters, with Special Reference to Railway Electrification, F. P. Whitaker, 193 Signalling System of Belgium, T. S. Lascelles, 385
Students’ Premiums, Awards, 365
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND :
James Watt Dinner, 537 INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS :
Gas Regulation Act, Mr. Thomas Hardie’s Presidential Address, 11 INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS : Annual Dinner, 660 INSTITUTIONS OF MINING ENGINEERS AND OF MINING AND METALLURGY :
Banquet, Prince of Wales as Guest, 568
INSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ENGINEERS : Fiftieth Anniversary, Projected Restriction of Membership Qualification, 537
INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS :
Scholarship and Prize Awards, 372, 456
Scholarships Offered for 1923, 552
INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGISTS :
Oilfields of Russia, T. G. Madgwick, 691 INSTITUTION OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERS :
Opening Meeting of the Session and Presidential Addre-H, Max Lawrence, 441, 456 INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS : Intermediate Block Signalling, C. Carslake, 635 Light Signals, Papers by W. J. Sadler and H. E. Fawkes, 39
Second Annual Dinner, 65
ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (/ontinued) :
INSTITUTION. ROYAL :
Meetings and Elections. 20. 512. 619
Programmes of Christmas Juvenile and Subsequent Lectures. 606
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS :
Suggested Formation of an Association of British Engineering Societies. 299
SOCIETY, FARADAY :
Annual Meeting, Election of Otticers and Council, 591 Low Temperature Research, Professor Crommelin. 497
SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY :
Swelling of Sand, L. E. Norton, 65
SOCIETY. LIVERPOOL ENGINEERING :
Water Power, D. H. Thomson, 691
SOCIETY, OPTICAL :
Programme for Current Session, 453
Spirit Level, A Constant Bubble, E. R.
Watts and Son, Limited, 664
SOCIETY, PHYSICAL :
Electro-magnetic Screening of a Triode Oscillator, R. L. Smith-Rose, 39
SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :
Brown Coals and Lignites, Professor W. A. Bone, 665
SOCIETY OF TECHNICAL ENGINEERS :
Problems of Daily Work. Suggested Collection of Data as to their Nature. 630 Unemployment Insurance, Successful Scheme, 607 AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth’s Projected Outlay on Postal Improvements, 385. 413 Australian Efforts to Establish Local Electricity Meter Trade, Suggested Import Duty Against England and the United States. 245 Australian Precautions Against Imports of Cheap German Goods, 299 Austrian Situation. Economic and Commercial, 245 B BALL Bearings for Mining Work, A. Macautey, 441 Barry, Sir John Wolfe Wolfe, Dedication of Window, 607 Bauxitic Clay Deposit in Ayrshire, Use as a Refractory, 520 Belgian Congo’s Production of Tin for Conversion into Cassiterite, 579 Belgian Requirements and British Manufacturers, 39 Bengal Budget Demands for Irrigation Projects, 117
Bengal Hydro-electric Survey, 117
Bengal-Nagpur Railway to Erect Brick Factory, 691
Blowing Forgo Fires, New Device, 607
Boiler Explosion Due to Faults of Cleaning Doors, 441 Boron, Experiments on its Use in Steel Manufacture, 327
Brass Forging, O. T. Roder, 579
Brass Moulds, Plaster-cast, Moulding Mixture for, 579 Brazil as a Market for Cotton Ginning Machinery, 169
Brazil Port Works at Parahyba, 39 Bridge Painter’s Fatal Accident, 245 Bridge, Steel, 480ft. Long, in Peru, 143 British Columbia, Mining Expansion of. 193 British Columbia’s Outlay on New Roads, 65 British Engineering Standards Association, Copper Alloy Pipe Fittings, 574
British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, “ Research Work in Progress,” 441
Broadcasting—nee Wireless
Brussels Harbour, New Waterway Opened by the King, 553 Building Material Reported Superior to Concrete, 355
Bullock Carts with Rubber Tires in Ceylon, 273
c CALCUTTA Corporation to Dredge Bidyad- hari River, 665
Calcutta, New Technical School. 117 Calcutta,Technical Institution Projected in, 385 Canada’s Increased Use of Motor Vehicles, 91 Canadian Power Developed by Deepening the St. Lawrence, Financier’s Purchase Offer, 413 Canadian Timbers, 26 Canton Cement Woriks, Large Output, 628 Carbon Monoxide Asphyxia and Use of Carbon Dioxide, Experiments, 497
Caspian from Hamburg Direct vid Kiel Canal and the Baltic, First Boat’s Arrival, 553 Cassiterite from Tin Deoosits in Belgian Congo, 579 Casting, Largest Yet Turned Out in South Africa, 469 Castings, Thin-walled, Andrew Shanks' Method and Present Day, L. Cammin, 193 Cement Industry of Kent, Suggested Concrete Roads, 579 Cement Manufacture Projected in Tasmania, 385 Cement Plant in China Under Consideration, 691 Cement Plant, Ideal, of the Future, J. Brobston, 186
Channel Tunnel Shelved for the Present, 65
Charging Machines for Cupolas, Thwaites Bros., Limited, 26
Chelmsford Engineering Society, Electricity Applied to Agriculture, 408
Chemical Porcelain and Devitrification, Dr. G. White, 355 Chemical Pulp Machinery Imported by Brazil, 143
China, Import Trade Development in, 169 China, Incfustrial Bank of, Reorganisation, 11
China and Machinery Imports, British Lost Trude, 497 China, Withdrawal of Foreign Post Offices from, 553
Chinese Labour, its Aims and Limitat ions, G. L. Sokolsky, 327 Chinese Revised Import Tariff, 665
Chinese Trade Statistics, British and other Imports, 219 Chlorine, Liquid, First Plant for Manufacture of, in Canada, 553
Cinnabar in South Africa, 327 COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES Accidents in United States Mines, 143
Bituminous Coal Production in United States, 525 British Coal and Spanish Mine Owners, 193 Brown Coal and Lignites, Distinguishing Properties of, 635—nee alno Morwell Canada’s Thirty Thousand Years* Coal Supply, 553 Coal in Lungyen and Iron in Anki District of Fukien, China, Need of Rail Extension, 553
Cobham Coalfield, New Seam Discovered, 193
Carbonisation of Coal, Low Temperature Process, 65
Coal Deposits in the Belgian Congo, 91 Coal Waste Recovery in Germany, 525
Crude Oil and Coking Coal Discovery in Newcastle Area, South Africa, 525 Czecho-Slovakia Output of Black and of Brown Coal, Increase in Output per Miner, 39 Donetz Coal Mines, Disastrous Working of, 65 Dundee Coal Company, Natal, Success of Byproduct and Coke Plant, 39 East Transvaal Coalfields, New Port Necessary in British Territory, General Smuts, 273
French Coal Trade, Official Statistics, 273
Geophone in a Coal Mine, Valuable Results from Experiments, 579 Great Britain’s Output of Coal, Steady Improvement, 497, 691 Hampton Roads. Coal Piers Extensions, 579 Italy’s Coal Supply, Choice Between America and Britain, 11 Lake Tanganyika Coalfield Exploitation, 579 Morwell Brown Coal Scheme, Bright Prospects of Melbourne, 579, 665
New Coal Pits in Wales, 117
Polish Miners’ Migration from the Ruhr Pits, Feared Coal Production Check, 635 Pulverised Coal in the United States, Tests, 143 Russian Coal Production, Falling-off Due to Migration of Miners, 579
Shaft Sinking by Special Rapid Method, 60
Spain, Exemptions from Duty of Coal and Coke, 326 “ COLD Light/’ Valuable Device for Cinema Use, 91 Cold Storage Company, Imperial, Contract with the Union Government , 469 Colombo Harbour Dredging, Money Voted for, 497
Colombo’s New Town Hall. 497
Combustion Indicator, Sanderson Bibby Company, Limited. 428
Commercial Motor Vehicle Parades, 245
Concrete and Alkali Attack, Protection by Wood Cribbing, 464 Concrete Covered with Manure during Building to Prevent Freezing, 469 Concrete Pavement, New Filler for.Joins in, 327 Concrete Road Surfaces Cured with Calcium Chloride, 143 Congo State to Raise Loan in America for Purchase of Machinery, 665 Copper-bearing Ore Untouched in Canada, 635
Copper Deposits Near the Zambesi, 497
Copper, High-grade, Valuable Discovery in Manitoba, 635 Copper Ingots Imported into China from America, 385 Copper Mines of Messina, Transvaal, Resumption of Work. 11
Copper in the Nort hern Trartsvaal, 553
Copper Ore Samples in Sweden, Best Yet Found in Scandinavia, 497
Copper Production in the Belgian Congo, 607 Copper Production in Japan, 497 Copper Production in Katanga, 65
Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Certificate Distribution by General Sir Scott Mon- crieff, 103; Jubilee Celebrations, Awards Distributed by Sir W. Moir, 665 D DAMASCUS Water Supply and Power Schemes, Increase of Power Called for, 65
Death of Mr. B. S. Broadhurst, 635 Death of Mr. Thomas J. Dodd, 553 Death of Mr. Louis Heathcote Walter, 299 Delayed Information in Cases of Mishap, 117 Diamond Drill in Oil Well Drilling, 413 Diamond Fields, Largest in the World, 327 Drain Tiles and Alkali Soil Effects, 502 Dredger Buckets, W. A. Longden, 219
Drilling or Punching Holes in Plates, Relative Merits, J. D. Hope, 413 Drying Cylinders and Need of Greater Attention in Construction, 525 E
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
Agriculture and Loan for Electricity in France, 525 Argentina's Increasing Demand for Small Lighting Sets, 11 Award of Certificates and Diplomas in Electrical Engineering to Technical College Students, 385 Batteries for Electric Vehicles, New Charging Method, 607 Birmingham's Additional Electric Vehicles for Refuse Collection, 91
Bolton Corporation Turbo-alternator Set, 484
Burma and Electricity Supply, 385
Cables, History of, in Fifty Years' Electrical Engineering. 579 Chinese Market for Electric Material, Progress, 553
Chinese Progress in Use of Elect ricity, 193
Coffee Stalls in Street, Connection with Electric Lamp Posts to Obtain Cooking Supplies of Currents, 525
Denmark’s Electrification Schemes, 91
Direct-current Production from Alternating Current , Machine Designed by W. E. High- field and J. E. Calverley, 39 Edinburgh Electricity Works, Portobello Power Station. 384 Edison Electric Vehicle, 2}-Ton, for Refuse Removal, 553 Efficient Control of Super-power Stations, John Bruce, 607 Eiffel Tower Experiments with Poulsen Arc and other Transmission Systems, 231 Electrical Attraction Effect, Useful Applications, 305 Electrical Energy in France, Analysis of its Use, 691 Energy for Vehicle Battery Charging, Cheap Method for Supply, F. Ayton, 553
Fire at Metropolitan Railway Sub-station, 143
Garrett Electric Demonstration Vehicle Recommended by Glasgow Electricity Committee, 91 Generator, Third 60,000 H.P., for Chippewa Plant at Queenston, 169 Germany’s Four Large Water Power Schemes, 91 Glasgow Electricity Supply, Most Successful Year’s Working, 193 Heating of Fine Wires by Alternating Current, Professor Imhoff’s Discovery, 245 High-tension Circuit Breakers, Largest Ever Constructed, 65 High Transmission Voltages, Rivalry Among American Electric Power Companies, 469 Howick, Natal, Electric Light in Excess of Requirements from Local Waterfall, 75 Hull (Canada) Electric Company’s Projected Extensive Hydro-electric Development, 273 India and Electrical Matters, Certain Posts Abolished, 11
Industrial Electric Heating, J. S. Pearce, 169
Insulating Materials and Processes in Great Britain, Developments, A. P. M. Fleming, 90 Interconnection of Supply Systems, Good Illustration of its Advantage, 11 Japanese and China, New Power Transmission Lines, 497
Jubilee Issue of the Electrical Review, 579
Liffey for Generating Electricity, Order Applied for, 533 Liverpool Corporation Authorised to Purchase Electrical Supply Undertaking, 441
Madras Government Water Concession, 607
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued): Manitoba Power Company’s Big Scheme for Supply to Winnipeg, 85 Miniature Circuit Breakers fur Domestic and Industrial Circuits, 299 Modern Storage Battery* Mechanical Properties of, L. C. I Isley and H. B. Brunot, 385 Morwell Brown Coal Power Scheme and Erection of Auxiliary Station at Newport, Melbourne Report, 299, 605 Newfoundland and Power Scheme and Copper Smelting, 143 New South Wales Electric Power Generation, Control Called for, 525 North Wales and Chester Electricity Inquiry, Post ponement, 469 Oil Circuit Breakers, Tests of, at Baltimore, 193 Power Plant Installation Projected in Perugia, 350 Power Plant for the Quito Electric Light and Power Company, 355 Power Station at Lydney for Supply to Stroud and Forest of Dean Collieries, 193 Power Station for Prai Wharves, Penang. 327, 355 Power Supply as a Specialised Industry, P. P. Wheelwright, 553 Power Transmission, Very Long Distance. 497 Reduction in Number of Accidents Due to Electricity, 91
Reversible 18,000 II.P. Motor, 117
Rods of Solid Dielectrics Permanently Charged with Positive and Negative Electricity, Investigations, 579 Rotary Converters, 1500-Volt, for Direct- current Railways, Brown-Bovcri, 273
Russian Electric Ploughs, 607
Santiago Electric Station, Satisfactory Progress with, 614 Shanghai Municipal Supply, High Load Factor, 117
Swedish Power Stations Projected, 305
Telephone Apparatus for Detection of Faults pn Small Direct-current Supply Systems, E. Humphries’ Apparatus. 273 Textile Mills in India, Increasing Use of Electrical Power Drive, 515 Transmission at High and Low Voltage, Results of Comparative Tests, 39 Transmission Line, Experimental, for Operation of 600,000 Volts, 441 Upper India, Utilisation of Electric Power, 445 Utilising Earth Currents of Electricity, Apparatus Invented by M. Jules Guillot, 39 Victoria Falls Power Company at Johannesburg, Additional Plant, 665 Victorian Government Scheme for Utilising Brown Coal at Morwell, Professor W. A. Bone, 665 Voltage of Motors for Marine Auxiliary Machinery, 143,229 Water Power Development in the United States, Immense Increase, 169 Water Turbine, Record Size, for Swedish Power Station, 169 Welding by Alternating Current, Wex System, M. Toernblom, 327
Westphalian Electric Tramways, Growth in Working Costs Threatens Stoppage, 273 ELECTRO-PLATING on Zinc, Previous Coating with Nickel, Experiments, 497
Electrodes for Welding Copper, Bronze and Brass, 606 Engineering Films for South America, Vickers Limited, 129 Engineering Joint Council, 158 Engineering Training at J. 1. Thornycroft and
Co., Limited, 23
Esparto Cellulose Factory in Granada for Paper and Powder Manufacture, 65 •• European Commercial. The,” 369 Evaporation fvom Free Water Surface, Experiments in Colorado, 469 EXHIBITIONS : All-China Chamber of Commerce Domestic Manufacture Exhibition in Peking, 441
All-India Exhibition in Calcutta, 524
British Empire Exhibition, Allotment of Space, 607 ; Excellent Railway Communication, 193 ; Inspection of Site by British Engineers’ Association, 39
Brussels Commercial Fair, 677 Commercial Fair in Madagascar, 660
International Foundry Trades Exhibition at Birmingham, 665 International Gas Exhibition Proposed in Amsterdam, 635 Patents and Inventions Exhibition in New York, 355 Scientific Novelties Exhibition at King’s College, London, 691 EXPLOSION of Colliery Steam Separator, 11 Explosion of a Hot-table in a London Factory, 691 Explosion at Oppau Works, Cause Not Yet Discovered, 413 Explosion of Vertical Boiler on Dundee Salvage Boat, Comments on Neglect by Board of Trade Surveyor, 665 Explosion of Water-tube Boiler, Comments on Neglect by Board of Trade Surveyor, 528 Explosions in Steam Vessels and Neglect of Indications of Weakness, 39 F FAIRS—sec Exhibitions Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 496, 552 Fatigue of Metals and Tests in Progress in America, Professor Moore and Others, 91 Film Demonstration of Advantages of Automatic Fire Sprinkler, Mather and Platt, Limited. 143 Finsbury Technical College Old Students* Association, Eleventh Annual Dinner. 509 Fire-bars and the Sehoop Process, Experiments and Results, 413 Fire-engine, New Motor, Presented to Hertford, 125 Fire Float, Largest, in the East, 11 Flax-pulling Competition in France, 91 Flax-treating Machinery, Demonstration in
Riga Projected, 553
Flintshire New Road, Gronant to Rhyl, 553 Florence to have Entirely New Telephone
Equipment, 441
Forest Wealth of Czecho-Slovakia, 665 French Navy Used for Commercial Propaganda
Work, 327
Fycl Conservation Tests by American Shipping
Board, Results Highly Satisfactory, 413
Fuel Economy in Steam Power Plants, John
B. C. Kershaw, 273
Fuel, High-priced, in France, and Advantages of Semi-Diesel Engine, 245 G GAS Economy Valve, 397 Gas Engine Plant Cheaper than Steam Power in South Africa, 413 Gas Poisoning in Factories, Mistaken Treatment for, Dr. T. M. Legge, 91 Gas Producing Plant Scrapped and Use of Coke Oven Gas Substituted, 355 Geophone in Mining Operations, Development and Experiments, 385, 579 German Goods in Small Parcels Reach
Melbourne, 193
Glasgow Tramway Rails from America, Advance of Wages in United States, 245 Glazing, Unbreakable Type, 441 Goldfield in Northern Congo, World’s Record
Set-up, 65
Gold Mine in the Transvaal, Capacious New Shaft , 607 Gold Mino Workings Nearly a Mile and Quarter in Depth, 285 Gold Mines of Northern Ontario, Expected
Output in 1923, 691
Gold Mining, Deep Sea, in Canada, 60 Gold Mining, Rich, on Cedar Creek, British Columbia, 665 Gold and Silver in British Columbia, Now Discoveries, 665 Grain Elevator at Durban, Natal, Necessary Change of Site for, 607 Grain-handling Plant, Excellent Speed Results, 60 Graphite in Madagascar, 11 Grinding os a Metal Removing Process, 197 H HAVRE Strike of Engineering Industries Ended, 441 Heat Transmitted Downward from Oil Burner, Danger of, 413 Helium Production at Rapidly Reducing Cost, Dr. Moore, 691 Hematite Oro Discovery in Johore, 385 High Steam Pressures Advocated, but Extremely High Temperatures Unprofitable, G. A. Orrock, 525 Horseley Bridge and Engineering Company During 100 Years, 51 Hydro-electric Development on the Gatineau River, Canada, 355 Hydro-electrical Development at Great Lake, Tasmania, Nearing Completion, 665 Hydro-electric Enterprises in Italy, 385 Hydro-electric Government Scheme Proposed in Argentina, 665 Hydro-electric Plant on Great Brak River, South Africa, 11 Hydro-electric Plant Projected on Bear River, Nova Scotia, 497, 525, 579 Hydro-electric Plant on the Winnipeg River, Canada,691 Hydro-electric Scheme for Falls on the Frontier Line between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, 553 Hydro-electric Schemes in India, 245 Hydro-electric Works in Finland, 525 I INDIA, Report on British Trade in, 525 Indian Imports of Merchandise, Analysis of Their Source, 299 Indian Schemes for Canal and Bridge, Proposed Combination and Adverse Comment, 65 Indo-European Telegraph Company’s Con* k cessions from Polish and Soviet Governments, 91 Industrial and Shipping Interests, Joint Committee of, 11 Industrial Welfare Society, First Lecture of Series, Robert R. Hyde, 469 ; Third Annual Lecture Conference, 288 IRON AND STEEL : Blast-furnaces in France, Output of Cast Iron and Steel, 635
Boron as an Alloy, 327 British Cast Iron Research Association :
Director of Research, Dr. Percy Longmuir Appointed, 441
Laboratories, Subjects now in Hand, 691
Monthly Circular for September, 273
Valuable Investigations, 91
British Columbia, Projected Iron and Steel Industry, 355 British Empire Steel Corporation at Sydney, Nova Scotia, New Plant, 690 Cast Iron Brake Blocks, Investigation by Research Association, 497 Commonwealth Steel Products Works at Newcastle (N.S.W.), Large Government Orders, 273
Drilling for Iron Ore on Lake Athabasca, 579
Grinding of Steels, H. W. Wagner, 355
Hearth Gases from Blast-furnaces, G. St. J.
Perrott. 607
High-speed Steel at a Red Heat, Tests to Prove its Cutting Power, 245 Imperial Steel Works at Yawata, Japan, 695 India’s Prospective Output of Pig Iron and Steel, 579 Iron and Steel Industry of Europe, the Versailles Treaty and German Profit from War Scrap, 469 IRON AND STEEL (continued): Limitations of Pig Iron and Steel Production in New Zealand, 525 Manchurian Scheme for Large Steel Works, 607 Manganese Ore Deposits in Hungary. 64 Morocco Iron Ore for Germany. 298 National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Sir William Larke as Director, 39 National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Returns for August , 273 ; Returns for September, 441 ; Returns for October, 525, 579 ; Returns for November, 665 Ontario, Iron Mines at Atikokan, Reopened, 413 Ontario, Problem of Iron Ore Development, 117
Pig Iron Production in America, Dr.
Koppers, 143
Pig Iron Production for November in the United States, 691
Pig Iron Production in Southern Russia, 355 Pig Iron and Steel Production in Canada, 635 Puddle Mill, Mechanically Operated, 186 Pyrrhotite as Source of Ductile and Stain
less Iron, Experimental Process for Electrolytical Production, 441 Queensland Government State Steel and Ironworks at Bowen, 228
Resistivity of Steels, 355
Riveted Iron Pipe Relaid after Thirty-one Years’ Use, 91 Rock Drill Steels Heated in Automatic Furnace, 553 “ Seamless ” Tanks and Sheet Steel Vessels, 193 Small Electric Furnaces, Direct and Indirect Arc, for Small Experimental Heats of Alloy Steel, Comparison, 441 Smelting Plant, Crude Type, Unearthed in South Africa, 635 South African Electric Furnace Working at Iron and Steel Works, 385 South Africa, Iron and Steel Encouragement Bill. 227 South African Iron and Steel Goods Production, 413
Spanish Exports of Iron and Steel, 525
Stainless Steel, Book by Thos. Firth and Sons, Limited, 309 Steel Chimneys, Lining with Cement Mortar or Brick Compared, 355 Steel Direct from Ore, Favourable Results from Direct Electric Furnace Method, 245 Steel, New Kind of, Developed in France, M. Chafnard, 327
Steel Turnings Replace Wood Shavings, 525 Swedish Iron Ore Exports Contrasted with Inland Trade Results, 413
Tata Iron and Steel Company’s Mills, Products Tonnage and other Statistics, 299 Tool Steel, New, Tungsten-chromium-cobalt Class, 469 Tungsten in China, Increase in Production and Export Trade, 193
Tungsten Experiments, Results, 413 Utah, Pig Iron Plant in, 327
ITALIAN Ports, Various Works in Prospect, 385 Italy and Unemployment, Public Works Schemes, 659 J JAPANESE Cotton Spinning Enterprise in China, 413
Japan’s Foreign Trade and Need of More Port Facilities, 273
K KIMBERLEY Mines to Re-start Production, 665 King’s College Engineering Society, Annual Dinner, 619
King's Engineer, The, New Periodical, 535
Krupp* and the Russian Armaments Industry, 327 L LANTERN Slides for Engineering Lectures, Offers by :
Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 364 Bennis, Ed., and Co., Limited, 309 Brook, Hirst and Co., Limited, 575 Meldrums, Limited, 397 National Gas Engine Company, 288 Tangyes Limited, 106
Largest Structure for Offices in Asia, Marunouchi, Tokio, 665
Lead from the Bawdwin Mines, 11 Lead and Silver in Nigeria, Poor Report, 11
Lead and Zinc, Dressed Ore, Production Greatly Reduced, Comparative Figures from 1875, 169
Lead and Zinc Ore Deposits in Morocco. 497 I^ead—see also Sheet Lead Leeds to Form Timber Exchange, 579
Leicester Technical School, Visit to Brush Electrical Engineering Company’s Works, 260 Lignite for Briquettes, Experiments in Saskatchewan, 553
Lignite Discovery near Ferrol. Spain. 525 Liquid Fuel Congress in Paris, 299
Lisbon, Works at the Port of, Government Loan for, 327 London Press Club, Fortieth Birthday Dinner, 509 M
MACHINE Bearings of Limestone Enclosed in White Metal, Remarkable Results, 635 Magadi Soda Company’s Bucket Dredger, 691 Malay States. China Clay Works and Good Prospects for Pottery, 219 Mala>' States, Commercial Woods from, Samples in London, 245
Manganese—ttee Iron and Steel Melbourne Electric Tramway Proposed, 121
Mercury and Mercuric Sulphide, Sources o Supply, 534 Mercury Vapour Turbine, First Coinmercia Application, 497 Mexican Need of Roads, Proposed Poll Tax, 63 Mica Discoveries in Styria and Carinthia, 143 Mineral Resources of Slovakia Almost Un touched,179 Mineralogy and Geology, Value to the Metal lurgist, Professor Dench, 525
Minerals in Tete District of South Africa, 525 Mines, Effect of Air Movements in. 327
Mining at Birmingham University, Separati Professors for Coal and Metal Mining and fo Petroleum and Oil Engineering, 413
Mining Laboratory at Sheffield University, 60 Moselle Canalisation Syndicate, 607 Motor Bearings, Babbiting, J. S. Dean, 219
Motor Car Mass Production in Czecho Slovakia Mr. Ford’s Plans, 327
Motor Car Number Plates, 294 Motor High Road Across Honduras, 143 Motor Racing Track at Montmorency, 664
Motor Spirit Transportation in the Belgiai Congo, Native Porters Replaced by Roa< Tractors with Palm Oil Fuel, 464
Motor Traffic Increase in Egypt, 143
Motor Vehicles Production in the Unit ed States 143 Motor Vehicles on Rails Driven by Interna Combustion Engines, 168
NATIONAL Foundry Competition, 129
Natural Water Power as Auxiliary to Stean Plant, 65 Netherlands East Indies as a Market for Britisl Cars, 143
New London Commerce Degree Bureau, 484
New Zealand’s Projected High-power Wirelea Station, 327
Nickel Plating, Improvement in, 39
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, by the Claude Process
Factory in Japan, 691
Norwegian Demand for British Commodities 245 o OILFIELDS in Venezuela, New Pipe Lint Construction in, 265 Oil Search Failure and Sale of Pumping Plant 31
Oil Shale Distillation, Experiments at Salt Lake City, 219
Oil from Spitzbergen Coal, Machinery from Germany, 327 Oil Wells, Low-gravity, Production Increased by Application of Electric Heat, 245 One Two Hundred Millionth of an Inch, Apparatus for Measurement of, 441
Ontario Gold, Production of Two Famous Mines, 579
PAINT and Varnish Failure on Exposure to Weather, Investigation by Experts, 385 Paint and Varnish Technologists, Projected Formation of Institute, 355. 413 Painting, Use of White Lead in, Projected Restrictions, 299
Paints and their Composition, 355 Panama Canal. Difficulties of Deepening, 497
Paper Mill at Hankow, China, Additional Machinery, 65
Paris Motor Omnibus Returns, 299
Pas-de-Calais, Important Electrical Power Developments Projected, 385 Pavement, Reinforced Concrete, Success of Experimental Tests, 635 Peninsular Locomotive Company. Formation in India, 601
Persia, Economic Potentialities of, I<19
Petrol Consumption in Scottish Light Car Trial, 39 Petrol Pump, Cole, Marchent and Morley, Limited, 509 Petroleum in California, Greatest Development Ever Made there Arises from Recent Discovery, 497
Petroleum Drilling Proposed in Norfolk, 469
Petroleum Output for Year from American Government Lands, 665 Petroleum Port on Budapest Winter Harbour, Dock for, 607 Petroleum Spirits, Cracked, Study of Methods ofjEvaporation and Oxidation of, 441 Petroleum Stocks, Very Large, in the United States, 65 Petroleum Well. Reported Discovery of. in Chihli. China. 441 Phosphoric Acid Production by Electric Furnace, 91
Photographic Print Drying Machine, 143
Physical Properties of Materials and Effect of Temperature, 469 Piston Ring, New Patent, Crews, Petersen and Co., 80 Platinum Ores in Colombia Awaiting Development, 525
Platinum Output in Ural Mines, 497
Pneumatic Spade, Sullivan Machinery Company, Limited, 342 Pollution of Atmosphere in London, Suggested Inquiry, 607 ’ort and Canal Construction Near River Murray, South Australia, Premier’s Proposal, 525 Portland Cement Manufacture in India, Importance of, 691 ’otash Deposits in Catalonia, Projected Exploitation, 497 ’ower Development Plans for North Canada, 579 ^oTinVh08!?^11 if°.r Min°Tirabera- Investiga. tion m the United States. 169
Pnnce of Wales Dines with Mining Engineers, QUEEN’S Engineering Works Association, 408
R
i Sounding Device for Measurement of
Ocean Depths. American Naval Tests, 39
I Radium Discovery in Ontario, 553
Radium from Madagascar, Large Production Predicted, 624
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Accidents :
Arcing and Noxious Fumes on the New York Subway, 65 Broken Couplings, Statistics of Five Months, 11 Buller Stop Collision at Liverpool-street Station, 117, 273 Collision at Birmingham, New-street, Report by Colonel Mount. 497 Collision Outside St. Enoch’s Station. Glasgow, 385 Derailment Near Craigellachie, Great North of Scotland Railway, 219
Derailment in a Fog Near Croydon, 525
Derailment of North British Passenger
Train Engine, 635
Fallen Cotton Bate Causes Double Accident, 385 Fatal Accident in America Due to Signalman’s Error, 91 Fatal Accident to Painter on the Forth Bridge, 245 Fatal Accidents to Permanent Way Men, Statistics, 117 Fatal Collision Between Workmen’s Trains on South-Eastern and Chatham Line, 193, 355, 458, 468 Locomotive Failures and Railway Accident Returns, 39 Locomotive Failures, Reply to Mr. J. H. Thomas, 691 London and North-Western Express, Slight Derailment, 469 Ministry of Transport Reports of Three Months’ Accidents, 169 Motor Lorry Fatality at a Crossing, Recommendations, 219 Permanent Way Men and Great Western's New “Safety First “ Book. 278 Platelayer’s Accident and Railway Liability, 525 Railway Accidentsand Inspection Branches Transferred to Secretarial Department. 413 Report-, Colonel Pringle’s, on Rail wax' Accidents, 385 Runaway Engine and Railwaymen’s Promptitude, 169 Twenty Years’ Accidents on United Kingdom Railways. Analysis of, 39 Wagon Coupling Failure and Continuous Brakes. 691 Wirral Railway, Fatal Collision at Birken- head Park, 607, 635, 691 Wreck of an American Train at Sulphur Springs, 219
Alsace-Lorraine’s New Railways at German Expense, 327 Americans for Australian Railways, 193 Appointments and Staff Changes, 65. 151. 169, 193, 245, 240, 299, 385, 413, 477 497 553, 579, 665
Argentine Government Activity in Railway Construction, 469 Automatic Train Control Committee’s Report, Signals and Signal-boxes, 11
Baldwin Locomotive Works Exhibit, 441 Ball-bearing Boxes for Wagons, Swedish State Railway Ten Years Tests, 143 Ball Bearings on Finnish Railways, 327 Banbury. Sir Frederick. Not to Become , Director of Eastern Group, 441
Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. 1 Powers for Closing Applied for, 553 Belgium and the Congo Railway Company Convention, 635 Bengal-Nagpur Survey for Hesla-Chandil Line, 441 Bombay Suburban Lines Electrification, 299 “ Booster ” for Tracking Wheel of Locomo- I tives, 219 Brazil, Electrification of Central Railway Contracts, 245 J Bristol and Avonmouth Now Road Absorbs
Old Railway to Hotwells, Clifton, 355
Buenos Aires and Western Railway, Question
of 1600-Volt Operation, 497
Burma Railways, Government Allocation 579 Burma Railways Improvements and their Cost, 413 Caledonian Railway Company’s Application , to Acquire Hotel, 579 Canadian National Railway’s New Connect- ing Line, 635 Canadian Railway’s Propose Electrification, 579 Cargo Dues and other Charges Reduction. 385 Carnage Doors, Objections to Automatic Locks, 39 Cast Iron Brake Blocks, Investigation of Wearing Qualities, 497 Chalk Farm Widening, Additional Electric Trains, 11 Cheap Summer Fares, Continuance Until End
of October, 273
Chili to Bolivia, Projected New Railway, 327 City and South London Tunnel Enlarge, ments, Temporary Partial Closing, 65 Clydach, Pontardawe and Cwmgoree Now
Railway, 219
Coalowners’ Association and the Railway
Companies’ Concessions, 635
Coal Traffic and Railway Rates, 355 ’ Cornish Riviera,” Coach Weights and xlining Statistics, 39 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued}: “ Couchette ” Sleeping Cars on Trains de Luxe on Great International Routes, 469 Crewe Works, Heavy Orders for Engines and Boilers, 469 Croxley Green Branch, London and North- Western Railway, Electrification Completed, 469 Death of Samuel Caudle, Driver, Imprisoned for Aisgill Accident, 327
Death of Signor Carlo Crova, 91 Death of Colonel E. Druitt, 117 Death of Sir Francis Gore-Browne, K.C., 245 Death of Mr. Felix J. C. Pole, 413 Death of Mr. A. L. Stride, 355 Death of Mr. John Wilson, 525 Death of Mr. Robert Worthington, 117
Deaths of Two London Station Superintendents of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 65
Dr. William Robinson, an Irishman, 413
Eastern Bengal Railway’s Projected Expenditure on New Work and Equipment, 273, 497 Egyptian State Railways, Locomotive Tenders and Orders, 553 Electrical Equipment of Railways, Need for Uniformity, 193 Electric Locomotives for Japan Ordered from English Company, 11 Electric Locomotives for the Paris-Orleans Line, 219 Electric Railway, Urola, Projected Between Zurnaya and Zuinarraga, 91 Electrification of Montreal Harbour Railway Terminals, 273 Electrification Urged on London and North- Western Company, 665 European Railway Congress Meeting in Paris, Technical Schemes and Traffic Questions, 441 Euston Platforms Opened in 1837 Put to Fresh Use for Electrical Services, 91 Facing Point Locks on the North-Eastern Railway, Discarded After Accident, 245 Fares Reduction from January 1st, 1923, 413 Finnish Government’s New Railway Building Programme, 327 Finnish Railways and Ball Bearings, 327 French Light Trains to Use Petrol Motors Instead of Steam Traction, 91 French Group Proposals for Memel Railway and other Improvements, 611 French Railways New Cab Signals, 117 Germany to Pay Full Reparation in Kind to
Yugo Slavia, 441
Glasgow to Euston Express, Shortened Journey, 355
Gold Coast Railw’ay's Finance, 299 Grand Trunk Railway Shareholders, 117
Great Central Railway’s War Memorial, 193 Great Eastern Railway, New General Manager, 553 Great Northern Company’s New Engine, Satisfactory Trial Run, 327 Great Northern Railway and their Men, 553 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Electric
Lighting, Mr. G. T. Glover, 385
Great Western Col wall Tunnel, Proposed Doubling of the Line, 553 Great Western Company and Swansea Harbour Trustees, 607 Great Western New Long-distance Non-stop Trains, 39 Great Western Open Wagons Fitted with Vacuum Brake, 273 Great Western “ Penny Book ” Time-table, 91 Great Western Railway New Line, Clydach, Pontardawe, &c., 219 Great Western Railway Schemes for Staff Welfare and Otherwise. 553 Great Western Sectional Railway, Council Meetings, Satisfactory Spirit, 553 Great Western Staff, Further Changes in, 169 Great Western’s Use of Electrical Equipment in Handling Traffic, 327
Grouping of Railways :
Compensation for Fees to Displaced Directors, 579 Delay in Schemes for Absorption of Subsidiary Companies, 474 Grouping Question and Savings, Mr. R. L. Wedgwood on, 355 Meetings of Shareholders Regarding Grouping, Numerous Companies Concerned, 497, 525, 579, 607, 665 Shareholders’ Free Tickets, Inquiry as to Future Course, 579 Titles of Groups Unsatisfactory, 691 GREAT WESTERN GROUP : Great Western Railway Meeting of Shareholders, Approval of Terms for Absorption of Nine Companies, 665
LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH GROUP: Furness, Glasgow and South-Western, and Highland, Terms for Amalgamation in the North-Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Agreed Upon, 469
Headquarters of the Group and New Officials, 665 London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, Formation of Committees, 635 London and North-Western Railway Absorbs North London Railway, 11 London and North-Western Terms Agreed for Absorption of other Railways, New Name Proposed, 525, 579 North Staffordshire Inclusion in the London-Midland Group, 691
Title of Group Objected to, 665 LONDON AND NORTH-EASTERN GROUP : Eastern and East Coast English and Scottish Railways, Amalgamation of Great Central with North-Eastern. 39, 65, 299 Eastern Group Amalgamated Companies to Become London and North-Eastern Railway Company, List of Directors, 469 Eastern Group, Further Appointments, 497 Eastern Group Issue of Booklet, 385 Eastern Group Railways’ Notices to Shareholders Regarding Amalgamation, 497 ; Terms of Amalgamation, 548
Eastern, North-Eastern and Four other Companies Group to Form a New Company, 169 Great Northern and Great Eastern Negotiations Reported Complete, 65 Mr. Charles Sheath’s Record, 665 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued}:
Grouping o! Railways (continued}:
LONDON AND NORTH-EASTERN GROUP (continued): Scheme, Approval of, by Companies Concerned, 553 ; Approval also by Railways Amalgamation Tribunal, 635
SOUTHERN GROUP:
Hayling Railways Company Absorption. 497 Isle of Wight Railway Absorbed by London and South-Western in Southern Group, 11, 439. 497 Isle of Wight Railway in Receiver’s Hands, 497 London and South-Western to Absorb the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, 117, 553 South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, The New Amalgamation. 11. 143, 474 Southern Group Absorption of Fourteen Companies, but Terms only Arranged with Two, 439 Southern Group Terms Arranged. Further Steps, 474. 497 ; Terms of Allocation. 553 ; Approval by Railways Amalgamation Tribunal. 635 Halwill and Torrington Railway. North Devon, 100 Hangchow. China, Proposed Electric Tramway, 100 Heating of Carriages, Electrical, and also by Steam, 385 India and Continuous Brakes for Goods Trains, 273 Indian Allotments for New Plant and Im- provementsto Bombay. Baroda and Central India Railway and to Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 273 Indian Central Railway Advisory Board Decides on State Management, 273 Indian Railway Board, Acworth Committee Recommendations. 422 Indian Railways and Question of Future Management, 355 Indo-Ceylon Train Ferry, at Last Self- supporting, 524
Inner Circle Trains, Increase of Cars, 385
Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—nee Associations
Interim Dividends Higher. 117
International Chamber of Commerce, Railway Transport Meeting in Paris, 385 International Railway Association Congress in London and. Later, in Madrid. 245. 441
Irish Appointments to Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Railway and other Engineers Included, 644 Irish Railway Bridge at Coleraine, 240
Irish Railway Companies and the Men’s Wages, 240*
Irish Railways’ Compensation. 469
Irish Railways’ Future, Southern Ireland Commission Report. 281 Irish Railways and the Ministry of Transport, 143 Iron and Steel Trade Materials, Reduced Rates for Conveyance, 607 Kantara-Hafa Railway in Egypt, Cost and Control, 39 Light Railway Order. Extension of Ashover Line, Derbyshire, 553 Light Railway Projected Between Long- ridge and Hellifield, 616 Light Railways and Local Rating in North Wales,*441 Light Signals to Replace Semaphores at Derby, 91 Lithuanian Projected Railway on the Baltic Coast, 611
Lithuanian Railway Projects, Further, 607
Locomotive Coal Contracts by Northern Railway Companies. 355 Locomotives Built at Woolwich, Criticism of Irregular Expenditure, 219 London, Brighton and South Coast Electrification, Extension to Coulsdon. 193 London, Brighton and South Coast Locomotive Remembrance, 525 London and Brighton. Expensive Non-stop Train to Fratton, Financial Improvement Effected. 193 London Electric Railways, Some Projected Improvements, 245 London and Manchester Train Service, Complaints of Deterioration, 91 London and South-Western Company’s Bill and Powers Sought by London, Brighton and South Coast Company, 607 London and South-Western Train Service Between Ludgate Hill and Tooting, Suspension, 193
Madagascar, Railway Construction in. 441
Malay States Railways, Plant for, 535
Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways, Report on Proposed Extensions, 169 Melbourne Suburban Railways, Lengthening of Platforms, 553 Mersey Railway Re-signalling, Success of, 65 Metropolitan Electrification Extension, 355 Mexican Government New Railway in the State of Sonora, 39 . */ Mexican Railway Main Line Electrification, 579,(635 r r j Midland Railway and Port of London Bill for Facilities for Liners at Tilbury, 169 Ministry of Transport Abolition, Date to be Settled, 635 Ministry of Transport’s Powers and Accident Prevention Measures. 193, 355 Ministry of Transport and Railway Companies’ Association, Statistics Question, 11, 192,245 Ministry of Transport, White Paper on Number of Railway Employees. 635 Motor-propelled Trolleys Recommended for Platelayers. 152 Motor Train Operation in Australia, Successful Result of Experiment. 413 Moving Platforms in Paris Underground Stations. Tenders for Installation, 355 National Union of Railwaymen and Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Companies’ Proposals, 441, 497 . . National Union of Railwaymen and the Coal Dispute Stoppage of Traffic. 91 National Union and National Transport Workers, Affiliation Question, 665 RAILWAYS ARD TRAMWAYS (continued): Nationalisation, Mr. Winston Churchill’s Changed Views on, 525 New South Wales, Clyde Engineering Works, Settlement, of Dispute, 245 New South Wales Kailway System, Importance, Statistics, 607 New South Wales and Victoria Agreement on Construction of Border Railways and Bridges, 273 New Zealand Line Suggested in the North Island, 117; Report on Cost, 635 New Zealand Railway Wagons, 2000 Imported from Great Britain, 327 Nitrate Railways Company Electrification, 273 North British Railway’s Long-standing Dispute with Ministry of Transport, Settled, 497 North London Railway’s Safety Record, 579 North Staffordshire Railway War Memorial, 219 Northern Counties (Ireland) Section of the Midland Railway, Changes in Administration, 193 Norwegian Grant for Nore Power Station and Numedal Railway, 65 Nottingham Station's Closed Entrance. 691 Paddington Station, Signalling Alterations, 441 Parcels Post and the Railways, Agreement, 11, 91 Paris-Brest Route, Couchettes Provided, 391 Paris-Saint Germain Aerial Railway Proposed, 691 Patagonian Possibilities, Projected Light Railways, 579 Pekin-Mukden Railway and the Kai Ian Coal Mines, 143
Pernik-Sofia Lino Electrification, 525
Powers, Various. Sought by Several Railways, 607 Privately Owned Railway Wagon to Continue, 169 Pullman Car Company, its Advantage to the Railways, 421
Pullman Car Trains Newly Started, 91
Pullman Restaurant Cars on the Highland Railway, 299 Quickest Route from London to London, Brighton and South Coast’s Portsmouth Line, 497
Railway Amalgamation Tribunal:
Approval by Amalgamation Tribunal of Schemes of London and North-Eastern Group and also of Southern Group, 635 Distribution of Funds Due Under the Railways Act, 117 East London Line’s Share of Funds, 117. 643
Grouping of Railways—sec Grouping
Railway Communication for Exhibition at Wembley, Excellent, 193 Railway Companies and the Men’s Unions, Pay Reduction Question, 200, 245, 327, 355, 441, 497, 607
Railway Fares and Grouping. 299
Railway Material Exports Statistics, 11, 143, 219, 299, 469. 691 Railwaymen and Approaching Changes, Appeal by Colonel Galloway, 413—sec also Railway Companies Railwaymen and Employers, A “ Change for Good,” 553 Railwaymen’s Wages, No Change. 691 Railway Rates and Coal Traffic. 355 Railway Rates Tribunal, Death of President, Sir F. Gore-Browne, K.C., 245, 413 Railway Shopmen's Wages, Bonus Reduction Postponed to Agreed Date, 200, 245, 327 Railway Statistics for Ministry of Transport, 11, 192, 245 Reconstruction of Part of City and South London Railway, Temporary’ Omnibus Services, 11
Re-naming of Different Groups, 525
Retirement of Cambrian Railways Officials, 299
Retirement of Lord Claud Hamilton, 385 Retirement of Colonel Mount, 117
Retirement of Sir Henry Thornton, Canadian Appointment. 385
Retirement of Mr. F. G. Wright, 273
Rickmansworth and Watford New Line, Metropolitan and Great Central, 355 Road Transport Powers for Railways, Withdrawal of Bills, 39 Rolling Stock Developments in Germany, Better Supplied than Before the War, 65
Rome and Naples Direct Line, 91
Russian Railway Bridges and Heavy Locomotives, 327 St. James’s Park Station Roof being Removed for Offices, 385 Santander and Calat aynd Projected Railway Line, British Engineers’ Examination, 299 Scottish Railway Rates Reduction to Follow those on English and Welsh Lines, 193 Scottish Railways' Agreement on Shopmen’s Wages, 327 Season Ticket (Traders). Concession, but no Reduction in Cost, 579 Second-class Fares on Some Railways in London and North-Western Group to be Wit hdrawn, 525 “ Shopping ” Tickets Restriction on Two Lines Withdrawn, 469 Signalmen’s Classification to Fix Rates of Pay,193 Sleepers, Need of Careful Passing of, Before Treatment, 497 South Africa, Union Government New Railways, 11 Spanish Railway Electrification, Tenders Called for, 691 Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary in 1925, 245, 441 Swedish Experimental Locomotive Equipped with Turbine, Successful Tests, 219 Swedish So-called Inland Railway, Last Section Completed, 65 Swiss Federal Railways Electrification, Statistics of Extension and Coal Saving, 413 Swiss Federal Railways’ Order for Electric Express Locomotives, 74 Sydney City Railway, 143 Sykes’ Lock and Block Signalling, and Accident Question, 299 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (cwtinutd):
Thornton. Sir Henry. Move to Canada, 385
Tokaido Railway Electrification and New Locomotives, 497 Tooting’s Need of Railway Communication, 143. 193 Traffic, Goods, Statistics for March, 86
Traffic, Goods, Statistics for September, 665
Traffic, Merchandise, by Goods Train, Rates to be Reduced to 75 Per Cent. Above January, 1920, 65
Traffic, Passenger, Statistics for March, 65
Traffic, Passenger, Statistics for September, 665
Tramway Car, New Type. R. Humphries, 91 Trans-Zambesi Railway Opened. 65
Uganda Railway Now Locomotives Order by Government, 65 Ulster Railways, Report, on, by Commission of Irish Northern Parliament, 635 Underground Extensions, Golder's Green to Hendon and Edgware. 355
Underground Fares Reductions, 497
Underground New Capital Issue Over-subscribed. 460 Underground Railway Carriages Decoration, 413 Underground Railways (London) Fares and Rates Advisory Committee, 143. 635 Underground Staff Suggestions Adopted and Awards Made for Success, 268 Unemployment and Development of Railways, Tribute to the Companies’ Willing Help, 635 Unemployment and Railway Extension Schemes, 691
United States Railways :
Accident Record for 1921, a Great Improvement, 469 American Electric Railway Association Convention, 143 Automatic Train Control, Development of, W. J. Eck, 579 Automatic Train Control, Installation Ordered, 193 “ Booster ” for Tracking Wheel of Locomotives. 219
Car Shortage on American Lines, 607
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Opening in 1852, Celebration of Anniversary. 525, 579
Death of Mr. A. S. Baldwin. 117
Desert Sand Annoyance to Passengers in California, 525 Disastrous Collision on the Missouri Pacific, 219 Freight Statistics of United States Rail- , ways, 441 Illinois Central Railroad, Analysis of Revenue and Working Costs, 278 Illinois Central Electrification in Area of Chicago, 525
Inter-State Commerce Commission :
Annual Statistics of Block Signal System, 273 Coal Dispute, State of Emergency Declared, 117 Transportation Act, 1920, and Railway Rates, 525 Maintenance of Way Employees, Relations with the Railways, 665
Motor Cars and Level Crossings. 413
New York Central Payment for Expediting Train Movements. 469 New York Rail and Tramway Passengers, Great Increase, 553 Pennsylvania Railroad's Good Record of Safe Transport. 413 Petrol Motor-driven Trains, Experiments on Chicago Great Western Railroad, 385 President Harding’s Proposals for Coordination of Transport Facilities, 665
Railway Shopmen’s Strike Settled. 311
Railway Shopmen’s Strike, Analysis of Heavy Loss Entailed. 413 Sleeper Preservatives, United States Statistics, 441 Turntables for Locomotives, New Type in America. 441 Wreck of a Philadelphia and Reading Express, 91 Vale of Glamorgan Railway Taken Over by Great Western, 169 Victorian Government Railways’ Annual
Report, 327
Victorian Government Railways, Signal and Telegraph Branch, 245 Victorian Railway, History from 1854 to Present Day, 299 Victorian Railways’ New Foundry Near Melbourne, 143 Victorian State Railways’ New Type of Locomotive, 327
Wages Reduction and Cost of Living, 355
Wagons and Compulsory Brake Equipment, 607 Wellington (N.Z.) Tramway Improvements, 169 Welshpool Loan to Railway to bo Returned, 469 Western Australia to Queensland, Uniform Gauge Railway, 169 Western Australian Government and Price of Rails, 327 Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Construction and Further Wimbledon Facilities, 553 Wood Preserving in America, Waste Due to Error, 469 RAINFALL, Record, in the United States, 327 Refrigeration Rooms Lighting. Relative Heating of Vacuum and Gas-filled Lamps. 469 Re-heater Experiments in America, Efficiency Results, 413
Repairs by Electro-plating, F. H. Sweet, 299
Rhone Navigation and Regulation of the Lake of Geneva, Conference, 65 Richards, Mr. George, Incapacitated by Illness and Serious Financial Loss, Fund being Raised in Support, 288 ; (Letter), 449 Rivers and Tidal Currents, Gauging, Committee’s Report, 117 I Road Accident Inquiries and the Ministry of Transport, 355 Road Construction in China and Long-distance Motor Vehicle Service, 245 Road Surface Improvement and Savings in Haulage Costs, Dr. E. Lloyd Davies, 413 Roads in France, War Damage and Projected Repairs, 670 Roads, Reinforced Concrete, Tests of Traffic
Effects in America, 39
Roil of Honour, Unveiling, 155 Roller Bearing Plummer Blocks, 660 Rolls-Royce New Chassis Manufactured in
Great Britain, 497
Rubber for Sealing Rings in Water Turbines, 579 V Rudge-Whit worth, Limited, Twenty-one 1 ears
of Research, 496
Russian Engineers, Relief Appeal, 677 Russian Journal, Mechanical Transport, 219 Russian Orders for .Sheffield and the Midlands, 143 Russian Plat inum Industry, 39 Russian Soviet Government to Improve Condition of its Scientific Workers, 327 s SALT and Potash Discoveries in Nova Scotia, 691 Sand, Bituminous Deposits in. Discovery by University of Alberta, 413, 469 Scholarships. Archibald Dawnay, 1922, 158 Scientific Books for Blind Readers, 481 Scottish Oils. Limited, Meeting and Favourable
Report, 11
Shale Oil Naphtha, Experimental Refining of, in United States, 219 Shanghai Municipal Council, Engineer’s Visit to England and United States, 117 Sheet Lead and Pipes, Chief Cause of Failure, 299 Sheffield Foundry Trade, Projected Trade Technical Society, 299 SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS Aircraft Carrier Furious Under Repair at Devonport Dockyard. 10 American Warships for Poland as Nucleus of Navy, 39 Atlantic Liners and Suggested Call at Plymouth, 299 British Warships to be Broken Up in Germany, 219
Canton Motor Boat Native Output, 553
Diesel-driven Freighter and Economy of Oil Fuel, 143 German Cable Steamer Norderney, Trial
Trip. 219
Hartlepool Secures Shipbuilding Contract, 11
Hood. H.M. Battle-cruiser. Forthcoming
Voyage to Brazil, 65
Japanese Shipbuilding and Business Depres- sion Increase, 691
Leconte de 1’Isle Launched. 525
Mauretania’s Record Speed and Call at Plymouth, 525 Motor Yacht Ara Fumigated by Poison Gas, 355 Russian Mercantile Marine Reconstruction by German Engineers, 355 Salvage Vessel Dalhousie. Formerly Fishery Protection Cruiser Hearty, 15 Ship’s Navigation Lights, Committee’s Recommendations, 39 Standardisation of Ship Construction, &c., in America, Suggested, 669
Torpedoed Sussex, Her History, 327
Trial Trip of the SS. Trigga for Service
Between Esbjerg and England, 553
United States Shipping Board, Projected Large Electrical Liners, 285 Vindictive, H.M.S., Destruction, Portions as Monument at Ostend. 525
Wireless Control of Steering and Engines of
Large Battleship oft’ the Isle of Wight, 169
SIGHT and Sound Combinations on the Screen, Demonstrations in Berlin, 553 Silica Without Other Ingredients Said to be Suitable for Glass Production. 413 Silver Discovery in Northern Manitoba, 635 Sixty Years’ Service with Alldays and Onions, Limited. 26 Smoke from Boiler Fuel. Calculation of Loss Thereby, 245 Smoke Nuisance by Steamers in Glasgow Harbour, 245 Smokeless Furnaces and High Carbon Steel, Sheffield Oppose Smoke Abatement. 497 Solution of Gaseous Sulphur Dioxide as an Extraction Medium for Organic Substances, H. Plauson, 91 Sound, Standard Source of. Suggestion for, 385 South African New Harbour on Zululand Coast, 117 South African Scheme of Telephone Extension, 117 South African Smelting Industry and Lack of Capital. Bill to Provide Remedy. 65 South African Union, Weights and Measures New Act, 553 South-East Africa, Project for New Port, Sir G. Buchanan's Report, 635 South-West Africa’s Rich Belt of Numerous Minerals, but Difficulties in Working, 39 Southend Electrical Supply Scheme. 65 Spain and its Lead Reserves, 635 Spanish Commercial Propaganda in South America. 219 Spraying Nozzle for Aerating Water, 299 Stamp Printing Machine, New, Installed in France, 635 Steam Fire and Salvage Boat for Calcutta.
Merryweather and Sons, 428
Steam Trap, Float Type, Wm. Geipel and Co., 453 Steam Wagons, Supply of Water to, 80 Steel—aee Iron Stress Indicator, Tudsbery, 591 Submarine Cast Iron Water Pipe from New York to Staten Island, Forty-day Leakage Test, 65 Sulphur, Various Sources of. in the Far East, 441 Summer Holiday, 106 Surveyor’s Camera on View, 20 Suspension Bridge at Shoreham to l>e Pulled
Down and Replaced, 65
Swedish Cement Export Increase, 441 Swedish Slate Deposits, Economic Exploitation of. Possible, 327 Sydney Harbour Bridge end Works, Bill Read the First Time, 273 Sydney Harbour New Bridge, Tenders, 169 TAMPING Material of Porcelain. Experiments, 355 Tank. Armoured, Amphibious, Successful Demonstration, 607 Technical College, Leonard-street. Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture by Sir Oliver Lodge, 665 Technical Societies and Irrelevant Discussions, 11 Telegraph and Telephone and Effect of Aurora, 117 Telephone Authority, International, Mr. Frank Gill’s Suggestion Welcomed, 635 Telephone, Automatic, Exchange Installations in India, 231 Telephones. Bombay, Conversion to Automatic System, 219 Testing Machine for Armstrong College Engineering Laboratory, 117 Thornycroft's Educational System. 701 Timber Conditions in British Columbia, 11 Timbers of India and Burma, Lecture to Indian
Legislature at Delhi, 219
Tin-plate Machinery’, H. Spence Thomas, 665 Trade Between England and China, Sino- British, 11 Trade and Labour Conditions in America. 497 Traffic Signal Lights in American Cities, 193 Tramcars, Electric, Far from Ideally Perfect, 365 Transmutation of Hydrogen into Helium, Appalling Results—if Possible, 579 Transportation in Tsetse Fly Infected Regions, Fortunate Discovery. 464 Travelling Showroom for British Products in Canada, 362 Trials of Tractors, Lorries, &c.. in Connection with Lyons Fair, 219 Tube Making on the Cinematograph, 649 Tudsbery Stress Indicat or, 591 Tungsten—see Iron and Steel Tunnelling Hard Rock, Record, 117 Turbine Gearing, S. B. Freeman, 169 Turbine, Mercury Vapour, First Commercial Application of, 497 Turbines' Better Power Yield by Replacement of Steam with Mercury Vapour, Charles Steinmetz, 635 “ Turfa,” Brazilian, Results of Assay Tests, 665 Twelve-hour to Eight-hour Day in America, Inquiry Completed, 525 ULSTER and Decrees of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State, Misapprehension Among Consignors of Goods, 311 Underground Staff Suggestions Adopted and Awards Made for Success, 268 University College, Past and Present St udents’ Annual Dinner, 701 VAAL River Scheme, Pumping Stations. Power Transmission and other Construction Work, 231 ; Statistics of Cost. &c., 607 ; Second Unit to be Proceeded with. 656 Vancouver, New Pier for Ocean Liners, 143 Ventilation of Furnace and Engine-rooms, Professor Leonard Hill. 525 Victoria, Extensive Government. Work for Improved Telephones, Telegraphs, <fcc., 385 w WALFISH Bay Improvement Scheme, 219 Water Power of North Wales, Mr. Henry J.
Jack, 430
Water Power Schemes in Chile, British Capital Invested, 272 Waterproofing Propert ies of Water Gas Tar, 327 Water Supply of Calcutta to be Increased. 524 Water Supply of Colombo to be Increased. 355 Water Waste Preventer, 397 Welding .Joints in Street Railway Track.
Various Methods Compared, 469
Welding Water Pipe Wit hout Cutting Off Water, 607 Welfare—j?ce Industrial Welland Ship I'anal, Expected Cost of, 68 Windmill for Farm Power Supply. Projected Tests, 553 Windmills, Old English, J. C. Kershaw, 48 Wind Pressures in Very Tall Chimneys, C. E. Fowler, 169 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY: Amateur Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony in France, 691 Automatic Wireless Transmission from a Liner, 607 Basis of Wireless Communication, Sir Oliver Lodge, 665 Big Wireless Station Projected Near Saigon, 65 British Wireless Broadcasting Company, 193 Broadcast ing Concession at Buenos Aires, 665 Delicate Apparatus in Large Quantities, Great Difficulties Encountered, Max Laurence, 441 Direction Finders, Meeting of Manufacturers of, 193 Fire Risks by Amateurs’ Wireless Telephony, 245 France, Algeria and Tunis, Communication Started Between Them and Syria, Palestine and’Egypt, 635 German Wireless Station of Nauen, Progress of Extensions, 273 Indian Government Development of Wireless Communications, 219 Indian Government Proposes System of Low- speed Wireless Stations, 65 Large Battleship Steered and Engines Controlled by Wireless, 169 Madras Wireless Station to be Converted to High-speed Automatic Plant, 219 Marconi Company's Contract with Portugal for Wireless Stations Abroad, 193 Marconi’s Wireless Company, London, Receives Concession for Stations Between Austria and other Countries. 75 New South African Station to be the Biggest in the World, 635 New Zealand Engineer’s Report, on Effect of Aurora on Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Systems, 117 Norway and Great Britain. Wireless Telephonic and Telegraphic Communication, 273 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY (continued) : Safety Rules, New American, for Wireless Telegraph Installations, 39 Secret Wireless Communication, Reported Device for Securing, 533 South African Government Station for Direct Communication with United Kingdom, 273 Steel Masts to Replace Wooden in Amateur’s Wireless Installations, A Suggestion, 273 Wireless in Coal Mines, Demonstration of Value, 117 Wireless Telephone in Mine Safety and Rescue Work, 11 Wireless Telephony from Depth of 700 Yards, 355 Wireless Weather Manual, Issued by Meteorological Office, 169 WOOD STAVE Pipes to Replace Cast Iron or Steel for Water Supply, Experiments in United Provinces. India, 273 Woodworking Machines, Fencing and Protection of, Regulations. 690 X X-RAY Department Opening at Manchester, 525 Y YANGTZE Conservancy Scheme, Postponed
Visit of London Engineer, 143
Yarrow. Sir Alfred, Prospective Marriage, 560 z ZINC Stocks on the Decline, Dr. J. Rubinfeld, 525
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