The Engineer 1924 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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A ABRASION, 77 Aeroplane, Light, Flying Club, Proposed, 194 Agricultural Appliances and Machinery at the Royal Show, Leicester, 11, 50, 80 Air Heater, The Weldex, Victoria Tube Company, Limited, 139 Aluminium Bronze, 326 ; (Letter), 357 Anderson, J., and R. Steele on Passenger Ship Design from an Independent Point of View, 18 Anderson, R. J., and Everett G. Fahlman on Measuring Internal Stress in Brass Tubes, 294 Argentina, Engineering Contracts in, 408 Argentine Oil Refineries, 584 Artificial Drying of Crops, 441 Ashton, T. S., Discoveries of the Darbys of Coal brookdale, 475 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association, British: Meeting at Toronto, 166, 268 SECTION G : Address by Professor G. W. O. Howe, D.Sc., 166, 268 Fatigue Testing, Papers by Professors H. F. Moore and T. M. Jasper, C. Frewin Jenkin, F. C. Lea, and H. P. Budgen, Mr. C. E Stromeyer, 269 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) : Association, British {continued):
Power from the St. Lawrence, 268
Queenston-Chippewa Development of the , Hydro-electric Power Commission of Ontario, F. A. Gaby, 269 Transportation, Papers by Sir H. Thornton I and Lieut.-Colonel H. S. Lamb, 269
Various Subjects, Papers on, 269 Visits, 269 Water Resources of Canada, Mr. Chailies, 269
Association of Engineers, Manchester :
Presentation of Constantine Medals, 436 Presidential Address, Mr. Herbert Bates, 436 !
Institute, Iron and Steel:
Autumn Meeting, 104, 298, 316
Programme and List of Papers, 104
Effect of Free Surfaces on Plastic Deformation of Certain Metals, Dr. F. C. Thompson ‘ and Mr. W. E. W. Millington, 299 Ferrous Alloys Research, Dr. Rosenhain’s I Introduction to Reports on Work at the National Physical Laboratory by Mr. F. S. Tritton and Dr. D. Hanson, 316
Hardening of Steel, Dr. Rosenhain, 317
Hard Steel Balls, &c., Improvements in the Brinell Test, A. Hultgren, 317 ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued): Institute of Metals {continued) : Extrusion of Brass Rod by the Inverted Process, R. Genders, 294 Internal Stress in Brass Tubes, R. J. Anderson and Everett G. Fahlman, 294 Lecture on Developments in Non-ferrous Metallurgy, H. M. Corse, 293 Metal Spraying and Sprayed Metal, T. H.
Turner and W. E. Ballard, 327 Nickel, Working of, for Coinage, J. H. Watson and Sir Thomas K. Rose, 294
Physical Properties of Admiralty Gun-metal, Influence of Casting Temperatures, &c., Francis W. Rowe, 327 Physical Properties of a High-tin Bronze, Effect of Casting Temperature, &c., Francis W. Rowe, 327
Programme and List of Papers, 132
Relationship between Tensile Strength, Temperature, and Cold Work in some Pure Metals, &c., Douglas H. Ingall, 326 Institute of Transport: Conference of the Institute at British Empire Exhibition, 344 Problem of London Traffic, Presidential
Address, Sir L. Macassey, 403
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued): Institution of Chemical Engineers :
Annual Meeting, 114
Presidential Address, Sir A. Duckham, Future of Technical Institutions, 114 Institution of Civil Engineers : Conversazione ; Exhibits of Inventions, Models, Instruments, &c., Devised by Lord Kelvin ; Apparatus for Exhibiting Vortex Movements of Viscous Liquids ; Apparatus Showing Vibration of Steam Turbine Discs and Shafts ; Mould Prepared by “ Meloche ” Process for Casting Carburetters and Pistons ; Extensometer, Roller Type, Professor E. H. Lamb ; Model of Flap Form of Dock Gate, Edward Box, 44 Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, James Forrest Lecture by Professor Elihu Thomson, 52 ; (Letter), 113 Meeting of Joint Committee on Tabulating Results of Heat Engine and Boiler Trials, 689 Presidential Address by Basil Mott, C.B., 517 Tabulation of Heat Engine and Boiler Trials, Committee Meeting, 38, 47 Institution of Electrical Engineers: An Electric Harmonic Analyser, J. D. Cockcroft and Others, 584 Presidential Address, Power Supplies, W. B. Woodhouse, 505 LONDON STUDENTS’ SECTION : Summer Tour Programme, 54 WIRELESS SECTION : Wireless Telegraph Valve Transmitters, &c., G. Shearing, 649 Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland : Exhibitions, A Doubtful Advantage, Presidential Address, J. Howden Hume, 444 New System of Driving Ship and other Auxiliaries, Gilbert Austin, 580 Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Stainless Steel, J. G. Hopcraft, 612
Institution of Locomotive Engineers : British Main Railways, Electrification of, Lieut.-Colonel E. O’Brien, 356
Solid Crank Axles, Sir Henry Fowler, 650
Institution of Mechanical Engineers : Draft Standard Test Code for Hydraulic Power Plants, Discussion, 49 Elastic Limit and Fatigue, J. M. Lessells, 662 Marine Oil Engine Trials Committee, Trials of the Motor Ship Sycamore, 618 Missing Pressure and Heat Loss in Gas Engines, Professor David, and Discussion, 491 Strength of Wire Ropes, Second Report of Committee, 719 Summer Meeting Exchanged for Informal Meeting, Dinner, &c., in London, 48 Temperature and Strength, Professor F. C. Lea, 661 Thomas Hawksley Lecture on Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing, Engineer Vice- Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, 548 NORTH-WESTERN BRANCH : Internal Combustion Marine Engine Trials, Report of Committee, 677 Missing Pressure and Heat Loss in Gas Engines, Professor David, 551 ; (Letter), 551 Steam Nozzles Research Committee, Third Report, Professor G. G. Stoney, 418 Institution of Naval Architects :
Joint Summer Meeting":
18
Elections, 19
Formula? and Rotary Slide Rule for Use in Estimates and Designs for Shipbuilding, W. H. Riddlesworth, 19 New Type of Double-acting Diesel Engine for Marine Purposes, G. J. Lugt and Harry Hunter, 19, 23 Passenger Ship Design from an Independent Point of View, J. Anderson and Robert Steele, 18 Progress in Marine Propulsion During the Last Ten Years and Some of its Possibilities, Sir A. Ross, 19, 22 Steering of Ships in Shallow Waters and Canals, G. S. Baker, 18 (and Appendices) Visit to British Empire Exhibition, Dinner, Luncheons, Receptions, River Trips, Concert, &c., 19, 20 Visits to Works and Entertainments in Glasgow and North-East Coast Shipyards, &c., 20 Institution, North-East Coast: Presidential Address, Waste, Tom West- garth, 476 Institution of Public Lighting Engineers and Superintendents : First Annual Meeting, 181 Programme, 181 Institution, Royal, of Great Britain :
Modern Navigational Devices, F. E. Smith,
F. R.S., 534
Institution of Welding Engineers : Steel Wire, Its Manufacture, Properties and Uses for Welding and other Purposes, Lecture, E. A. Atkins, 503 Society, Illuminating Engineering : Conference on Illumination at the British Empire Exhibition, 181 Society, Royal Aeronautical:
Programme of Lectures, 132
Society, Royal, of Arts : Radio Communications, Senatore Marconi, 706 Short-wave Directional Wireless, Senatore Marconi, 21 ATMOSPHERIC Pollution and Smoke Abatement, John B. C. Kershaw, 545 Atom, Exploding the, 412 Austin, Gilbert, A New System of Driving
Ship and other Auxiliaries, 580
Australian Engineering Notes, 56, 219, 245, 563,
649, 677, 734
Axles—see Railway Locomotives B BAKER, G. S., Steering of Ships in Shallow Waters and Canals, 18 Beetroot Sugar, Trials of Lifters, 622 Bengough, Dr. G., Report on Corrosion Research, 294 Bitumen in Road Construction, 734 Boats—see Ships Books of Reference, 74, 464 Boring Machines—see Machine Tools—see also Newcomen Society Boxer Indemnity, 356 ; (Letter), 377 Brass Tubes, Measuring Internal Stress in,
R. J. Anderson and Everett G. Fahlman, 294 Bridge, New, Over the Tweed at Berwick, 665 Bridge Over the Tyne, Tenders for, 649 Bridge Plans, Prize Competition for, 104
“ Bristol Bloodhound ” Biplane, Bristol Aeroplane Company, Limited, 39 British Association—see Associations British Engineering Standards Association :
Annual General Meeting, 460 Meeting of Sectional Committee, 636
Regional Committees, Six, Reports from, and Permanent Chairmen Appointed, 636 Standardisation of Colliery Requisites and Materials, 636 Mineral Lubricating Oils, Pine, Classification of, 649 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS :
Cylindrical Work, Standard Limits for, 292 Tungsten Filament Lamps, 181
BRITISH Ports, Facilities at, 584 British Railways—see Railways British Ropeway—see Ropeway British Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery, 72, 109, 130, 164, 189, 218, 234, 238, 258, 317, 345, 375, 405, 410, 432, 433, 438, 500, 520, 577, 610, 637, 642, 675, 690—for details see Wire-drawing, and for makers' names see Illustrated Index Burge, W. S., and J. P. Chittenden, on Steam Extraction or Pass-out Steam Turbines, 702 c CALITZDORP Dam, 734 Cambridge University, Engineering Education at, 462 {Two-page Supplement, October 24th, 1924) Canada, Iron and Steel Industry in, Charles Symonds Cameron, 112, 128 Canal, An Old, Dismantling, 646 Carnot—see Engines Carrier Telephony—see Electrical Matters Catalogues, 27, 59, 120, 171, 197, 223, 249, 279, 393, 447, 593, 649, 681, 709, 737 Centenary—see Railways Centrifugal—see Pumps Chain Grate Stoker, New Type, Ed. Bennis and Co., Limited, 705 “ Chimney ” or “ Devil’s ” Conduit Head of the Grey Friars Monastery, 658, 670 ; (Letter), 693 China, Motor v. Mule in, 584 COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
American Coal Mines, Accidents in, 245 County Tyrone Colliery, 140
Locomotive Coaling Installation at Nine Elms, George F. Zimmer, 442 Wagons, 20-Ton, for Coal Traffic, Great Western Railway, 236 COMMERCIAL Motor Users’ Association, 529 Conference, Engineering, at Wembley, 327 Contracts, 27, 62, 89, 120, 148, 174, 200, 226, 252, 282, 307, 335, 365, 393, 424, 452, 477, 509, 537, 569, 593, 625, 649, 678, 709, 737 Control Gear for Pass-out Turbines, 702 Copper, Electrolytic, John G. A. Rhodin, 560 Corn-grinding Mill, Concrete, E. H. Bentall and Co., Limited, 81 Correct Lay for Wire Lines Used upon Oilfields, J. T. Hayward, 593 ; (Letters), 609, 668 Corrosion Research, Report, Dr. G. Bengough. 294 Cost of Production, E. T. Good, 460 Costing and Time-booking, F. A. R. Paton, 633 Costs, Overhead, and Labour, Ralph E.
Flanders, 527, 532
Cotton, South African, Machinery for, 357 Creep in Metals Under Stress, 671 Cruisers—see Ships, Naval Matters Current Prices for Metals and Fuels, 28, 60, 90, 1 18, 146, 172, 198, 224, 250, 280, 308, 336, 366, 394, 422, 450, 480, 510, 540, 570, 598, 626, 654, 682, 710, 738 D DAM, Calitzdorp, 734 Dam, Gleno, Failure of the, 664 Dam, Sennar, and Gezira Irrigation. Scheme, 348, 349, 352 {Two-page Supplement, September 26th, 1924) Dams, Earthen, in South Africa, 504 David, Professor, on Missing Pressure and Heat Loss in Gas Engines, 492, 551, 558 ; (Letter), 551 Dawson Valley Irrigation Project, 494 “ Decoudon ” Ironing Machine, Improved Type, 564, 565 Deep Well Water Elevator, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 506 Depths, Exploring the, 528 ; (Letter), 551 Destroyers and Destroyer Yards—see Ships, Naval Matters Do Verebely, L., A New System of Main Line Electrification, 630 Diesel-electric Locomotive, Professor Lomo- nossoff, 552 Diesel Engines—see Engines Discoveries of the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, T. S. Ashton, 475 Dismantling an Old Canal, 646 Dock Extensions at Southampton, 459 Dock, New Graving, at Durban, 390 Dock, New, on the Mersey, 592 Double Helical Gear Generator, New, David
Bridge and Sons, Limited, 445
Dredger, Large Diesel-electric, U.S.A., 113 Dredgers, Some Recent British, 694, 695, 698 Drop Hammer, 20-Ton Steam-operated, and its Work, Brett’s Patent Lifter Company, Limited, 76, 86 Drying of Crops, Artificial, 441 Durban, New Graving Dock, 390 E EARTHEN Dams in South Africa, 504 Economics of Engineering, Daniel Adamson, 506 Education, 439 Education and Training of Engineers, 325 ; (Letter), 357 Educational Intelligence, 89, 142, 322, 363, 559, 597 Edwards, Professor C. A., on Pickling : Action of Acid Solutions on Mild Steel, &c., 298 Efficiency of Electric Power Stations, 297 Ejector, Super-Dreadnought, for Vacuum Brakes, Gresham and Craven, Limited, 276 Elastic Limit and Fatigue, J. M. Lessells, 662 ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Aden, Electricity Supply for, 276 500-Kilowatt Automatic Sub-station, British
Thomson-Houston Company, Limited, 591) Bulk Electricity Tariff in South Africa, 475 Carrier Telephony on Power Lines, N. H. Slaughter and W. V. Wolfe, 220 Chain-driven Lighting Set, 3-Kilowatt, National Gas Engine Company, 11
Drawing-office, Electric Lighting in, General Electric Company, 461 Driving Ship and other Auxiliaries, A New
System, Gilbert Austin, 578 Electric Harmonic Analyser, 584
Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, James Forrest Lecture, Professor Elihu Thomson, 52 ; (Letter), 113
Electric Transmission and Distribution, 45 Electricity Supplies, 498, 505
Extra High-tension Underground Connection Box, 734 Flame-proof Switchgear fop Mines, Report, 390 Generation and Distribution of Electrical
Energy, Conference, 158 High-voltage Direct-current Electricity Transmission, J. S. and W. E. Highfield, 54 House Lighting Plant, 1-Kilowatt, Boulton and Paul, 81
Humberarm, Newfoundland, Hydro-electric Development in, Various Electrical Equipment, 514, 526 Igranic Electric Company, Limited, Exhibits at Machine Tool Exhibition :
Magnetic Lock-out Type Starter, 360
Starting Rheostat for Shunt Motors, 359
“ Urelite ” Circuit Breaker, 360
“ Varispede ” Pillar Panel, 360
Joule’s Law of Electric Heating, W. W.
Haldane Gee, 519
Leafield Wireless Station, Coupled Circuit, Post Office Engineering Department, 155, 160 Lighting Plant, Direct-coupled Electric, 1.5-Kilowatt, Vertical Single-cylinder Engine, R. A. Lister and Co., Limited, 12 Lighting Plants, Electric, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 12 Main Line Electrification, A New System, L. de Verebely, 630 Mercury Vapour Rectifier Sub-stations, 615
Outdoor Traction Sub-stations, 556, 561 Power-house at Port Elizabeth, 550
Power Supplies, W. B. Woodhouse, 505 Power Supply to the Rand, Mr. Otley, 475 Single-phase Motor, A New, S. Bergman, 648 South Africa, Electricity Supply in, 131 Switchgear for Drilling and Planing Ma chines, Brookhirst Switchgear, Limited, 331, 332 Turbo-generators, General Electric Company, 71 Unsafe Electrical Equipment in Mines, 215 Wireless Matters—see Wireless Witbank Power Station, New, Transvaal, 347 ELECTROLYTIC Copper, John G. A. Rhodin, 560 Elevator, Deep Well Water, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 506 Elwell, C. F., on the De Forest Phonofilms, 622 Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress,
Large Steel Forgings, Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 275
ENGINES AND MOTORS :
Carnot and Rankine Cycles, 699
Cold Starting Crude Oil Engine and Fuel Injection System, Blackstone and Co., Limited, 80
Cold Starting Oil Engine, Ruston and
Hornsby, Limited, 705
Gas Blowing Engine Performance, 705
Heat Engines and Boiler Trials, 689
Heat Loss in Gas Engines, Professor W. T.
David, 492, 551, 558 ; (Letter), 551
30 B.H.P. Heavy Oil Engine, National Gas Engine Company, 11 Heavy Oil Engine, 35 H.P. Horizontal, Oil Engine, 10 H.P. Horizontal, Tangyes Limited, 50, 51
Heavy Oil Marine Engine, 558 Horizontal 50 B.H.P. Producer Gas Engine, National Gas Engine Company, Limited, 11 Hot Bulb Engines, Three Sizes, Fielding and Platt, Limited, 11 Indicating High-speed Engines, 10
Juhasz Valve Apparatus for Indicating Highspeed Engines, Lunken Company, Limited, 10 Lost Torque in Marine Engines, 643 ; (Letter), 668 Marine Oil Engines for Motor Ship Sycamore, Richardsons, Westgarth, 618 ENGINES AND MOTORS {continued):
Marine Oil Engines Trials Committee, 618
Missing Pressure in Gas Engines, Professor W. T. David, 492, 551, 558 ; (Letter), 551 Oil Engine-driven Ploughing Windlass, J.
and H. McLaren, 666
Petrol Engine, Single-sleeve Valve, Wallace (Glasgow), Limited, 82 Polar Heavy Oil Engine, Atlas Diesel Company, 648 ; (Correction), 681 Portable Engine, Sentinel Wagon Works, 666 Portable Steam Engine and Boiler, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11, 12 Small Horizontal Engine for 3-Kilowatt Lighting Set for Gas, Petrol, Alcohol and Paraffin, National Gas Engine Company, Limited, 11 Standards of Comparison for Steam Engines, 689 Tabulation of Heat Engine and Boiler Trials, Committee Meeting, 38, 47 ; Further Meeting, 689 ; (Letter), 83 Worthington Double-acting Marine Oil Engine, 383, 384 ENGINEER’S Responsibility, The, John Craig, 504 Engineers in Parliament, 533 Engineering Conference at Wembley, 327 Engineering Education at Cambridge University, 462 {Two-page Supplement, October 24th, 1924) EXHIBITIONS : British Empire Exhibition—see also Separate Index : Conference of the Illuminating Engineering Society, 181 Conference of the Institute of Transport at Wembley, 344 Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia, 266, 270, 300, 328, 358, 386, 415 {Sixteen-page Supplement, September \2th, 1924)—for exhibits see Machine Tools
Motor Car Show at Olympia, 434, 470
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Leicester, 11, 50, 80
Smithfield Club Show, 666
South Wales Institute of Engineers’ Exhibition, 591 Wireless Exhibition at Royal Albert Hall, 378—for exhibits see Wireless EXPLODING the Atom, 412 Exploring the Depths, 528 ; (Letter), 551 Explosives, Ropeway for, British Ropeway Engineering Company, Limited, 102 {Two- page Supplement, July 25th, 1924) Extruding Press, Henry Berry and Co., Limited, 293 FACILITIES at British Ports, 584 Failure of the Gleno Dam, 664 Failure of Research—see Research Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, 187 Fatigue in Metals, Lecture, H. J. Gough, 664 Feed Heating—see Regenerative “ Ferrocrete,” A Rapid-hardening Cement, 607 Ferrous Alloys—see Iron and Steel Fescolising, New Method of Electro-chemical Deposition of Metals, Fescol, Limited, 193 Fibre in Metals, 727 Finland, Hydro-electric Schemes in, 332 ;
(Letter), 377
Finsbury, 558 Finsbury Technical College, 559 Fire Pump—see Pumps Flanders, Ralph E., Overhead and Labour Costs, 527, 532 ; (Letter), 581 Forestry Section at the Royal Show, Leicester, 11 Forrest, James, Lecture by Professor Elihu Thomson, on Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, 52 ; (Letter), 113 Forthcoming Engagements, 30, 62, 92, 120, 174, 200, 226, 252, 282, 310, 338, 368, 396, 424, 452, 482, 512, 542, 572, 600, 628, 656, 684, 712, 740 Forward, E. A., Early History of the Cylinder Boring Machine, 686, 714 Fowler, Sir Henry, Solid Crank Axlps, 650 FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES : 29, 61, 91, 119, 147, 173, 199, 225, 251, 281, 309, 337, 367, 395, 423, 451, 481, 511, 541, 571, 599, 627, 655, 683, 710, 739
Agricultural Engineering, 147 Arsenals, 683 Automatic Couplings, 655, 683 Aviation, 711, 739 Bomb Experiments, 199 Cable Railway, 119 Capital and Trade, 119 Carbonisation, 599 Carbonising Plants, 739 Central African Railways, 450 Coke Supplies, 147 Colonial Cotton, 91 Commercial Aeroplanes, 251 Commercial Entente, 281 Commercial Treaties, 511 Commercial Vehicles, 51 1 Cruisers, New, 199 Drainage Canal, 199 Economies in Electricity, 655 Eight Hours’ Day, 29 Electric Traction, 367 Electrification of Morocco, 225 Emile Bertin, 511 ; (Letter), 521 Engineer’s Status, 541 Engineering, 655 Engineering Situation, 450 English Working Day, 29 Flood Protection, 627 Foreign Competition, 337 Foreign Trade, 147, 281, 367, 481 Free Port at Budapest, 337 German Coal, 281 German Competition, 91 German Negotiations, 683 German Reparations, 367 German Treaty, 251 Grain Elevators, 29 Historic Lock, 309 Hydro electric Power, 61 Import Duties, 627 i I.
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FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES (continued):
Inland Waterways, 61 Iron and Steel Production, 173, 309 Light Car Construction, 251 Merchant Marine, 147 Monorail Cars, 627 Motor Car Show, 423 Motor Fuel, A New, 711 Motor Lorries and Railways, 423 Motor Omnibuses, 199 Motor Traffic in Africa, 541 Naval Programme, 711 Novel Bridge, 173 Oil Deposits, 599 Original Engine, 739 Paris Tramways, 61 Paris Water Supply, 61, 395, 627 Patent Laws, New, 91 Port of Algiers, 683 Port Contract, 199 Port of Paris, 571 Power Alcohol, 450 Protection, 367 Public Works. 173 Public Works in Algeria, 91 Pulverised Coal, 225 Railwaymen, 395, 541 • Railway Rates, 739 Reconstruction, 29, 395, 451 Reparations, 119 Rice Conditioning Machinery, 119 Road Construction, 309 Roadmaking, 481 Road Preservation, 309 Ruhr Problem, 199 Russian Fleet, 599 Sahara Motor Traffic, 683 Salving a Concrete Boat, 225 Salving a Locomotive, 450 Seamen’s Hours, 599 Seamen’s Strikes, 251 Seine Floods, 571 Sewage Disposal, 571 Situation, The, 395 Small Cars, 423 Steamer, Lo Nord, 91 Steel Negotiations, 571 Strikes, 711 Suburban Metropolitan. 481 Synthetic Petrol, 511 Tariffs and Trade, 599 Tidal Power, 337 Tournelle Bridge, 541 Trade Decline, 710 Trade Future, 481 Trade Organisation, 173 Trade Situation, 119, 309, 541, 655 U.S. Lines in Cherbourg, 655 Wagons, 739 Workmen’s Dwellings, 225
FROUDE, W. and R. E., The Work of, A. W.
Johns, 660, 687, 714
G G AUGES—see also Level Gauging of Finish-ground Worms by Cylinders,
Henry E. Merritt, 162
Gearing Ships—see Ships Gee, W. W. Haldane, on Joule’s Law of Electric Heating, 519 Generator, Double Helical Gear, A New,
David Bridge and Sons, Limited, 445
German Institution of Naval Architects :
Gearing for Ships’ Turbines and Motor
Ships, Dr. H. Frahm, 645
Hydraulic Mechanical Transmission Gearing for Motor Ships, Dr. G. Bauer, 646 Gezira Irrigation Scheme—see Sen’nar Dam Glasgow Corporation Tramways, 82 Glass, 188 Good, E. T., on Cost of Production, 460 Goodwin, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G.,
Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing, 548, 558
Grain Elevator, Large, New Design, Montreal
Harbour Commission, 473
Grain Elevators in South Africa, 39 Grass “ Rejuvenator,” Ransome, Sims and Jefferies, Limited, 80, 667 Grinding Machine, Large Surface, Meldrums
Limited, 523
Guernsey, New Waterworks in, 663 H HAMMER—see Drop Hammer Harbour, Inner, at Holyhead, Deepening, 134, 137 Hardness Testing Again, 439 ; (Letters), 473, 693 Hatfield, Dr. W. H., on Large Steel Forgings, 275 Hawksley, Thomas, Lecture—see Institution of Mechanical Engineers Hayward, J. T., The Correct Lay for Wire Lines Used Upon Oil Wells, 593 ; (Letter), 609 Heat Loss—see Engines High Temperature Materials, 615 Higher Steam Pressures and Temperatures, 606 ; (Letter), 721 Highfield, J. S., and W. E., on High-voltage Direct-current Electricity Generation and Distribution, 54 Holyhead, Deepening the Inner Harbour at, 134, 137 Horseshoes, New Type, Wire Ropes and Fittings, &c., William Cook and Co., Limited, 80 Humberarm—see Newfoundland Hydraulic Power Plants, Standard Tests for, 49 Hydro-electric Development, Humberarm, Newfoundland, 514, 526 Hydro-electric Plant in South Africa, 647 Hydro-electric Progress in Spain, 49 I ILLUMINATION, Conference at the British Empire Exhibition, 181 Indian Coalfield, Jharia—see Waterworks Indicating Engines—see Engines Individualism—see Railway Locomotives Industrial Research, 411 Institutes and Institutions—see Associations International Electrotechnical Commission, 112 IRON AND STEEL : See also Associations, Iron and Steel Institute
Cast Iron, 587
Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, 187 ; (Letters), 377, 473 Ferrous Alloys Research, Dr. Rosenhain on Reports of Work Done at the National Physical Laboratory, 316 Iron and Steel Industry in Canada, Charles Symonds Cameron, 112, 128 Large Steel Forgings, Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 275 Pickling : Action of Acid Solutions on Mild
Steel, &c., Professor C. A. Edwards, 298 Proposed Combination of Steel Producers, 161 Stainless Steel, J. G. Hopcraft, 612
Steel Wire, Its Manufacture, Properties and Uses for Welding and other Purposes, Lecture, E. A. Atkins, 503 Working of Nickel for Coinage, J. H. Watson and Sir Thomas K. Rose, 294 Wrought Steel Steam Valves, Victory Valves, Limited, 22 IRONING Machine, Improved Type of “ Decoudon,” Manlove, Alliott and Co., Limited, 564, 565 Irrigation, Gezira—see Sennar Dam J JOHNS, A. W., The Work of W. and R. E. Froude, 660, 687, 714 Joule’s Law—see Electrical Matters Juhasz Valve—see Engines K KERSHAW, John B. C„ Atmospheric Pollu- tion and Smoke Abatement, 545 L LABORATORIES, Engineering, Cambridge University, 462 (Two-page Supplement, October 24th, 1924) Laboratories, Research, at a Cable Works, Henley’s Telegraph Works Company, Limited, 607, 614 Laminated Spring Forging Machine, Hedley’s Limited, 534 Lamps, “ Industria,” for Drawing-office Lighting, General Electric Company, 461 Launches and Trial Trips, 83, 117, 145, 197, 249, 307, 335, 365, 479, 507, 569, 705, 740 Lay for Wire Lines—see Correct Lay * Lea, Professor F. C., on Temperature and Strength, 661 LEADERS:
Abrasion, 77 Admiral Sir Percy Scott and His Work, 467 Aluminium Bronze, 326 British Machine Tool Industry, 353 Carnot and Rankine Cycles, 699 Cast Iron, 587 Creep in Metals Under Stress, 671 Distribution of the Fleet, 383 Education, 439 Education and Training of Engineers, 325
Efficiency of Electric Power Stations, 297 Electric Transmission and Distribution, 48 Electricity Supplies, 498
Exploding the Atom, 412 Exploring the Depths, 528 Father of Railways, 268 Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, 187 Fibre in Metals, 727 Finsbury, 558 French Navy, 239 Future of the Locomotive, 557 Glass, 188 Hardness Testing Again, 439 Heat Engine and Boiler Trials, 47 Heavy Oil Marine Engine, 558 High Speeds at Sea, 267 High Temperature Materials, 615 H.M.S. Warrior, The Passing of, 213 Industrial Research, 411 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 48 Limitation of Naval Strength, 16 Locomotive Superheaters, 671 Lost Torque in Marine Engines, 643 Marking Time, 700 Mercury Vapour Rectifier Sub-stations, 615 Naval Review, 135 Oncost, 527 Position of British Shipbuilding, 211 Problems in Cruiser Design, 497
Proposed Combination of Steel Producers, 161 Railway Centenary, 15 Railway Electrification, 644 Railway Track, 161 Railways of New South Wales, 728 “ Standardised ” Light Cruiser, 107 Supply of Research Workers, 384 Synthetic Petrol for Motors, 411 Temperature Control, 587 Testing of Thin Sheet Metal, 136 Thames Waterbuses, 298
Visions, 108 Waste, 467 Water Supplies, Treatment of, 239 World Power Conference, 77
LEICESTER, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at, 11, 50, 80 Lessells, J. M., Elastic Limit and Fatigue, 662 LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS : England, North of, 26, 58, 88, 116, 144, 170, 196, 222, 248, 278, 306, 334, 364, 392, 420, 448, 478, 509, 538, 568, 597, 624, 653, 680, 708, 736 Lancashire, 25, 57, 87, 115, 143, 169, 195, 221, 247, 277, 305, 333, 363, 391, 419, 447, 477, 508, 537, 567, 595, 623, 651, 679, 707, 735 LITERATURE (continued) : Reviews (continued): Jane’s Fighting Ships, Oscar Parkes and F. E. McMurtrie, 672
Les Combustibles Liquides, M. Aubert, 210
Measurement of Fluid Velocity and Pressure, J. R. Pannell, 469, 558 Merchant Navy, Vol. II., A. Hurd. 617. 645 Modern Farm Machinery, D. N. McHardy, 588 Motor Bodywork, &c., Herbert J. Butler, 414, 672 Planning, Erection and Operation of Modern Open-hearth Steel Works, Hubert Hermanns, 109,616 Population and the Social Problem, J. Swinburne, 188 Practical Microscopical Metallography, R. H. Greaves and H. Wrightson, 385, 730 Railroad Engineering, Elements of, William
G. Raymond, 299
Reinforced Concrete Design, G. P. Manning. 189, 385, 559 Road Engineering, E. L. Leeming, 241 Specific Heats of Gases, J. R. Partington, D.Sc., and W. G. Shilling, M.Sc., 162 Spectroscopy, E. C. C. Baly, 385 Strutt, John William, Third Baron Rayleigh, by his Son, Fourth Baron Rayleigh, 644 Technical Costs and Estimates, Andrew Miller, 210 Theoretical Physics, Introduction to, Arthur Haas, 673 Traits de Stability du Materiel des Chemins de Fer, Georges Marie, 109, 241 Uber Diesel-elektrische Lokomotiven im Vollbahn-betrieb, Dr. Ing. Herbert Brown. 79 Wireless Valve Transmitters, &c., W. James, 469, 617 Short Notices : Aeroplanes, Steel Construction of, Harry Harper, 299 All the World’s Aircraft, 1924, C. G. Grey, 269, 559 Ammonia Stills, Design and Working of, P. Parrish, 137, 645 British Oil Engines, W. A. Tookey, 109, 441 Carburation in Theory and Practice, R. W. A.
Brewer, 269
Constituents of Coal Tar, Percy E. Spiel- mann, 499, 701 Constructional Steel Work, Harry Atkin, 701 Cosgrove’s Handbook of Woodworking Machinery, 441 Dictionary of Electrical Terms, S. R. Roget, 109, 414 Enlarged Callendar Steam Tables, 469, 559 French-English and English-French Dictionary of Technical and General Terms, J. O. Kettridge, 385, 617 Ice Cream Plant and Manufacture, Robert G. Reid, 189, 441 Kelvin Centenary Oration and Addresses, Commemorative, 701 Marine Engineering in Theory and Practice, Vol. I., Elementary, S. G. Wheeler, 189, 645
1700 Miles in Open Boats, 357 Modern Power Engineering, A. Regnauld, 414
Modern Theory and Practice of Pumping, 559 Motor and Carriage Painting, A. Bates, 701 Optical Measuring Instruments, L. C. Martin, 469, 559 Petroleum and its Products, Standard Methods of Testing, 441 Recent Progress in Engineering Production, C. M. Linley, 617 Small Electric Generating Sets, W. Wilson, 469, 701 Structural Engineers’ Handbook, M. S. Ketchum, 499, 701 Strowger System of Automatic Telephony, An Introduction to the, H. H. Harrison, 441 Tables of Steel Compound Girders, F. B. Mason, 617 Books Received : Agriculture, Science and Practice of, International Review of the, 499 Annales des Ponts et Chaussees, Mai-Juin, Juillet-Aofit, 469
Annales des Travaux Publics de Belgique, 469 Applied Elasticity, John Prescott, 469
Automatic Telephony, Introduction to the Strowger System, H. H. Harrison, 189 Ball and Roller Bearings, Handbook on, A. W. Macaulay, 414 Bengal Smoke Nuisances Commission, 18th Annual Report, 385 Birth and Development of the American Submarine, F. T. Cable, 109 Bituminous Sands of Northern Alberta, S. C. Ells, 730 Bulletin de la Societe d’Encouragement pour 1’Industrie Nationale, 499 Business First Principles, A. F. Shepherd, 137 Cadmium, Its Metallurgy, Properties and Uses, Norman F. Budgen, 269 Calculation and Measurement of Inductance and Capacity, W. H. Nottage, 137 Century of Sea Trading, 1824 -1924, L. Cope Cornford, 299 .City and Guilds of London Institute, Depart ment of Technology, Programme, &c., 385 Civil Engineers’ Cost Book, Colonel T. E. Coleman, 469 Coal and Oil-fired Boilers, Engineer-Commander F. J. Drover, R.N., 109
Coal and Power, 109
Combustion in the Gas Producer and Blastfurnace, A. Korevaar, 385 Corrosion of Metals, Ulick R. Evans, 469 Crushing and Grinding Machinery, Hartland Seymour, 559 De la Presse a Bras a la Linotype et a 1’Elec- trotypographe, &c., Albert Turpain, 559 Department of the Interior :
Bulletin 214 : Tests of Marine Boilers, H.
Kreisinger and Others, 269
Technical Paper 317 : Silver in Chloride Volatilisation, C. M. Bouton and Others, 269
Department of Overseas Trade :
Economic and Industrial Conditions in Lithuania, April, 1924, 269 LITERATURE {continued): Books Received {continued): Department of Overseas Trade {continued) : Economic and Industrial Conditions in the Serb-Croat-Slovene Kingdom. April, 1924, 299 Finance, Industry and Commerce of the United States of America, April, 1924. 269 Financial, Commercial and Industrial Situation of Austria, Report, 385
Der Sauerstoff, M. Laschin, 645
Dei’ Ubersee-Maschinenhandel, Wilhelm Thiemann, 137
Design of Flat Plates, C. C. Pounder, 499 Die Ventilation, E. Wiesmann, 499
Die Windfiihrung beim Konverterfrisch- prozess, Dr. Ing. Hayo Folkerts, 730
Diesel Engine Design, H. F. P. Purday, 588 Discharges and Levels of the Nile, P.
Phillips, 730
Distillation du Bois, G. Dupont, 414
Dominion Water Power Branch of the Canadian Depart’ment of the Interior, Water Resources, Paper No. 40, &c., 414
Drawing-office Practice, H. P. Ward, 645 Eagle VIII. and Falcon III. Aero-engines,
Air Ministry, 189
Eddruck auf Stutzmauern, R. Petersen, 588 Elasticity and Strength of Materials, &c.,
Section V.: Steel Railroad Bridge Design, C. A. P. Turner, 385
Electrical Design of Overhead Power Transmission Lines, W. T. Taylor and R. E. Neall, 414 Electrical Equipment of Buildings, Regulations for, 385 Electrical Measuring Instruments Part II., C. V. Drysdale and A. C. Jolley, 730 Electrical Technology, H. Cotton, 730
Electricity Supply Costs and Charges, H. M.
Sayers, 559
Engineering Mathematics, Part II., R. W. M. Gibbs, 730
Failure of State Railways, H. Cox, 617 Fatigue of Metals, H. J. Gough, 617
Fatigue of Metals, Investigation of the, University of Illinois Bulletin No. 142, H. F. Moore and J. M. Jasper, 499 Fluxes and Slags in Metal Melting and Working, Faraday Society, 588 Fuel, J. S. S. Brame, 730 Greater Problems of Industry, Alexander Ramsay, 414 History of Bleaching, S. H. Higgins, 499 History of Permanent Way, A. New Chapter in, Sir Bradford Leslie, 730 Hiitte des Bauingenieurs, 617
Imperial Institute, Bulletin of the, Vol.
XXII., No. 3, 588
Indian Railways, K. V. Iver, 588 Iron and Steel in the Industrial Revolution, 499 Iron and Steel Institute, Carnegie Scholarship Memoirs, Vol. XIII., 414 Iron and Steel Institute, Journal of the, No. I., 1924, Vol. CIX., 414 Journal of the Institute of Metals, G. Shaw Scott, 137 Kelly’s Directories of the Engineers, Iron, Metal, and Motor Trades, 1924, 414 Kinetic Theory of Gases, Eugene Block, 137 La Soudre Electrique a 1’Arc Metallique,
S. Frimaudeau, 469
L’Air Liquide, Le Froid Industriel et son Utilisation, Albert Turpain, 559 Le Anematographe, Albert Turpain, 559 L’Eclairage et le Chauffage Electrique,
Albert Turpain, 559
Le Nouveau Domaine de 1’Electricite, Albert Turpain, 559 Te Vol a Voile Dynamique des Oiseaux, M. L. Breguet, 645, 730 L.C.C. Regulations Relating to Reinforced Concrete and Steel-frame Buildings, Ewart S. Andrews, 499 Lord Rayleigh, The Life of, 469 Loughborough College, Leicester, Calendar, 1924-1925, 414 Machine Design, Construction and Drawing,
H. J. Spooner, 730
Marine Structures, Deterioration and Preservation, W. G. Atwood and A. A. Johnson, 385 Mathematics for Technical Students, E. R. Verity, 588 Mechanics of Textile Machinery, W. A. Hantons, 645 Military Uses of Astronomy, F. C. Moles- worth, 645 Mineral Industries of Canada, British Empire Exhibition Edition, 1924, 269 Mining Educator, Part I., J. Roberts, 617 Ministry of Public Works, Egypt, Annual Report for 1920-1921, 299 Ministry of Public Works, Egypt, Some Experiments on the Rating of Current Meters, P. Phillips, 137 Modern Practical Joinery, G. Ellis, 499 Motor Car and Coach Painting, Charles E. Oliver, 588 Moulding and other Factory Work, W. Bell ; Pressure Gauges, Indicators, Thermometers and Pyrometers, James Smith ; Patternmaking, J. McC. Wilson, 385 Municipal College of Technology, Manchester, Prospectus, 385 National Physical Laboratory, Collected Researches, Vol. XVII., 1922, 299 Ontario, Hydro-electric Power Commission Report, 269 Organisation of Production, W. J. Curtis, 559 Physical Properties of Materials, (1) Strength and Related Properties of Metals and Wood, 499 Platelayers’ Guide, T. Summerson and Sons, Limited, 469 Politics and Coal : An Answer to Coal and Power which Set Forth Mr. Lloyd George’s Proposals for Reorganisation of the Mining Industry, 299
Principle of Applied Electro-chemistry, A. J.
Allmand and H. J. T. Ellinghain, 414
Bailway Electrification, H. F. Trewman, 499 Rangoon, Port of, Administration Report,
April 1st, 1923-March 31st, 1924, 414 Reclamation Service, Annual Report, 1922- 23, 588
Report of the Empire Motor Fuels Committee, 469
M
MACHINE TOOLS :
British Machine Tool Industry, 353
British Machine Tools at Olympia {Sixteen- page Supplement, September 12th, 1924) :
ASQUITH, WILLIAM (1920), LIMITED : Drilling Machines, Variety of Design, xiv. Universal Radial Drilling Machine, xiv. Portable Universal Radial Drilling and
Tapping Machine, xiv.
Tilting Table for Drilling Machines, xiv.
BUTLER MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, LIMITED :
Slotting, Planing and Shaping Machines,
iii.
Puncher Type Slotting Machine with Ram Drive, iii., iv. Double Traversing Head Shaping Machine,
iv. , v.
CHURCHILL, CHARLES, AND CO., LIMITED : Grinding Machines for Motor Car and other Work, i.
Spline Shaft Grinding Machine, i.
Grinding a Six-spline Shaft, ii.
Heavy Plain Grinding Machine, ii.
Internal Grinding Machine, i.
Internal Grinding—Work and Gauge, ii.
DEAN, SMITH AND GRACE, LIMITED : Lathes, xiii.
All-geared 8|in. Lathe, xiii.
Back-geared 8|in. Lathe, xiii.
DRUMMOND BROTHERS, LIMITED : Small Machine Tools and Accessories, xvi. 3|in. Centres Lathe, New Form of, xvi.
HERBERT, E. G., LIMITED :
Sawing Machines and Sawing Appliances, ii. Portable Hand-operated Rail Sawing Machine, iii. Jig Sawing Machine, iii.
26in. Sawing Machine, iii.
6in. Sawing Machine with Autographic
Blade Testing Attachment, iii., iv.
JONES AND SHIPMAN, A. A., LIMITED :
Drillers and Grinders, Small Tools and other Equipment, ix. High-speed Drilling and Tapping Machine, x., xi.
Internal Grinding Machine, ix. Internal Grinding Spindles, x., xi.
MACHINE TOOLS {continued):
Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at
Olympia {continued):
KEARNS, H. W.,- AND CO., LIMITED : Universal Surfacing, Boring, Milling, Drill
ing and Tapping Machine with Grinding and Gear-cutting Attachment and Universal Control Gear, 271, 272
KENDALL AND GENT, LIMITED :
Milling and Screwing Machines, 300 Universal Plano-milling Machine, 300, 301 Vertical Milling Machine, 300, 301
MASSEY, B. AND S., LIMITED :
358, 359
Hammer Type Forging Machine, 358
Portable Planing Machine and Machining
Drop Stamp Block, 358
Pneumatic Hammer, 358
Pneumatic Stamp, 10-Cwt., New Type, 358, 359
Tire-fixing Rolls, 358, 359
REAVELL AND CO., LIMITED :
Air Compressors, Small, for Blowing Out Dust from Electrical Machinery in Substations and Small Power-houses, Garage Tire Pump, 359
RICHARDS, GEO., AND CO., LIMITED : Duplex Crank Pin Turning Machine, 300
SELSON ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED :
Forging and Upsetting Machine, 266, 272 M’aag Gear-cutting and Grinding Machines, 303
SMITH AND COVENTRY, LIMITED : Boring and Turning Mill, 270 Worm Gear Generator, 266, 270 Keyseating, Duplex, and Slot Drilling Machine, 270, 271
STIRK, JOHN, AND SONS, LIMITED :
Planing Machines and Boring Mills :
Hilomill Electrically Driven Boring and Turning Mill, 360, 361 Hiloplane Electrically Driven Planing Machine, 360, 361
TAYLOR, CHARLES, LIMITED :
Cutting-off Machine, Rotary, 388
Plugging Lathes, 388
Cock Boring Machines, 388
WARD, HAGGAS AND SMITH ;
Pulley Turning Lathe, 388
“ Bateman ” High-speed Planing Machine, 388
Open-sided Planer, 388
Woodworking Machinery :
MCDOWALL, JOHN, AND SONS :
Five-cutter Moulding and Planing Machine, 415
Self-feeding Saw Benches, 415, 416
“ Clyde ” Automatic Deck Caulking Machine, 416
ROBINSON, THOMAS, AND SON, LIMITED : High-speed Band Re-sawing Machine, 415 Surfacing and Thicknessing Machine, Heavy, for Railway Vehicle and Shipbuilding Work, 415
Mortising Machines, Automatic and Otherwise, with Popular Chain Mortiser and Chain Mortising Attachments, 415 “ Safety ” Cutter Block, New Circular, with “ Relieved Back,” Variety of other Machines, 415
WADKIN AND CO., LIMITED :
Semi-automatic Universal Wood Miller, 417, 418 High-speed Boring, Recessing, Housing and Stair-stringing Machine, 418 Combined Disc and Vertical-spindle Sander, 417, 418
WHITE, THOMAS, AND SONS, LIMITED :
Planing, Moulding and Matching Machine, 416, 417
“ Straight Line Edging ” Saw Bench, 417
Double-end Tenoning Machine with Travelling Tenoning Head, 417
Multiple Boring Spindle Machine, 418 Other Machine Tools :
Drill, Electric, with Grip Switch, Westminster Tool and Electric Company, 83
Fine Thread Cutting, Accurate, 721 Planing Machine, Large High-speed, Thomas Shanks and Co., Limited, 321
Plate Bending Rolls, Large, at Swansea, Hugh Smith, Limited, 168 Slotting Machine, 48in. Stroke Portable, Hulse and Co., Limited, 475 MAGNUS Effect, 589, 608, 636 Marconi, Senatore, on Radio Communications, 706 Marconi, Senatore, on Short-wave Directional Wireless, 21, 245 Marine Engines—see Engines Marine Turbine—see Ships Marking Time, 700 Marshall, C. F. Dendy, Locomotive No. 28, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, ?0 (Letter), 113 Mechanical Stoker, Underfeed Stoker Company, Limited, 532 Mercury Vapour Rectifier Sub-stations, 615 Merritt, Henry E., on Gauging of Finish-ground Worms by Cylinders, 162 Mersey, New Dock at Bromborough, 592 Metals, Fatigue in, Lecture, H. J. Gough, 664 Metals, Fibre in, 727 Metals—for papers on see also Institute of Metals, in Associations, &c. Milking Plant and New Type Churn, De Laval Chadburn Company, Limited, 82 Mills, Wire Rod—see British Wire-drawing Mines, Safety in, Research Board Report Flame-proof Electrical Apparatus, 390 Mines, Unsafe Electrical Equipment in, 215 Mining Industry of Canada, Water Power in the, 194 Mining Methods, New, on the Rand, 169 Missing Pressure—see Engines Morley, Thomas B., Regenerative Feed Heating by Superheated Steam, 544 MOTOR CARS AT OLYMPIA :
434, 470 Features of the Show, Six-cylinder Cars, 434 Overhead and Side-by-side Valves ; Ignition, Coil and Battery or Magneto ; Saloon Car ; Low-pressure or “ Balloon ” Tires, 434, 435 Armstrong-Siddeley Cars, 14 H.P.; 30 H.P. and 18 H.P. with Six Cylinders ; 30 H.P Six-cylinder Enclosed Limousine Seven- seater, 473
Beardmore, W., and Co., Limited, 14-40 H.P. Car, Four-cylinder Vertical Type Engine with Side-by-side Valve Engine of Aluminium with Cast Iron Liners ; Air Pump for Feeding Fuel and Pumping Tires ; Cam Shaft Driven by Renold’s Silent Chain; Gear-box with Four Forward Speeds and a Reverse ; Four-wheel Brakes, 470 British Thomson-Houston New Polar Inductor Magneto with Automatic Ignition Timing Control, 470, 471
Chrysler American Six-cylinder Car, 473
Daimler Six-cylinder Car, Largest in the World ; 57 H.P. Chassis, Independent Steel Frame, Sleeve Valve Engine ; Primer and Petrol Control, Worm Gearing, 434, 435 Harper, A., Sons and Bean, Limited, 14 H.P.
Car ; New 12 H.P. Car, 473
Humber Company’s Car, 8-18 H.P., 12-25 H.P., 15-40 H.P., 470 Lanchester Cars, 21 H.P. with Four-speed Gear-box ; 40 H.P., with Three-speed Epicyclic Gear, 472 Rolls-Royce 40-50 Cabriolet de Ville with Side-by-side Valves ; 20 H.P. with Six Cylinders, 472 Rover Company 14-45 H.P. Four-cylinder Car, Engine Design, Mr. P. A. Poppe ; Gear Pumping Working Magneto, Starter Motor, Dynamo Drive, Gear-box, Brakes and Working of, 435, 436
Steam Cars, Reappearance of, Canadian Car, Two-cylinder Horizontal High-pressure Steam, Brooks Steam Motors, Limited, 470 Sunbeam Cars, 12-30 H.P., 14-40 H.P., 20-60 H.P., 471
Trojan Car, Solid Tires, Two-pair Two-stroke Horizontal Water-cooled Engine, 473 Vauxhall Cars, 30-98 H.P., 23-60 H.P., 14-40 H.P., All Four-cylinder Cars, 472 Wolseley Cars, 11-22 H.P. Four-cylinder, 16-35 H.P. Four-cylinder, 24-55 H.P. Six-cylinder, Magneto Ignition Replaces Coil Ignition, 472 MOTOR Lorry, Subsidy, John I. Thornycroft and Co., Limited, 612 Motor v. Mule in China, 584 Mott, Basil C. B., on Tube Railways, London Traffic, Bridges, &c., 517 Mould Drying Apparatus, International Processes, Limited, 705 Multipotent Coulter, Sub-soiler, &c., Sidney C. Darby, 12 N NATAL Iron Industry, 594 National Tank, The William Froude, 292 Naval Matters—see Ships Navigation—see Ships Navvy, Revolving Steam, Sir William Arrol and Co., Limited, 621 NEWCOMEN SOCIETY : Early History of the Cylinder Boring Machine, E. A. Forward, 686, 714 Boring Bar and Boring Mill, Bersham ; Boring Mill, Peter Ewart’s ; Boring Machines, Dixon’s ; Matthew Murray’s ; Nasmyth and Gaskell’s, 686, 714 Discoveries of the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, 475 Three Papers on Early Days of Ironmaking in Shropshire, Rhys Jenkins, J. W. Hall, and T. S. Ashton, 444 NEWFOUNDLAND, Humberarm Hydroelectric Development in, 514, 526 o OBITUARY :
Deville, Edouard G., Dr., 403 Fitzmaurice, Sir Maurice (Portrait), 579 Fowler, George, 74 Gilkes, Gilbert, 207 Glover, Arthur William, 403 Gray, Sir William Cresswell, 520 Lumsden, Thomas, 109 Pearn, William Alfred, 16 Ransford, Robert Bolton, 617 Tempest, Sir Percy Crosland, 520
O’BRIEN, Lieut.-Colonel E., on Electrification of British Main Railways, 356 Oil Wells—see also Wire Lines Omnibus, Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11 Oncost, 527, 532 ; (Letter), 581 Overhead and Labour Costs, Ralph E. Flanders, 532 Owens, Dr. John S., on Shingle Beaches and the Wear of Concrete, 157 ; (Letter), 233 p PARSONS, Sir Charles, on Steam Turbines, 42 140 Patent Law, Russian, 530 PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH :
Aeronautics, 451
Batteries and Accumulators, 147 Building, 600
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 173, 481
Cranes and Conveyors, 120, 200, 251, 310, 396, 452, 512, 542 Crushing and Grinding, 424, 482 Dynamos and Motors, 29, 61, 91, 119, 225, 367, 423, 451, 541, 599, 627, 655 Electrical Appliances, 511, 739 PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH (continued) : Engines, Internal Combustion, 61, 91, 119, 173, 225, 281, 309, 337, 423, 451, 541, 571,
599, 627, 683, 739 Engines, Steam, 199 Furnaces, 148, 337, 395, 482, 683, 711 Lighting and Heating, 684, 712 Locomotives, 30, 512
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 30, 92, 148, ]74, 252, 309, 368, 452, 482, 512, 571,
600, 656, 683, 711
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 30, 62, 147, 200, 226, 251, 282, 482, 511, 571, 600, 627, 655, 740
Mining Machinery, 482
Miscellaneous, 30,* 62, 120, 148, 174, 226, 252, 310, 338, 368, 396, 424, 452, 572, 600, 628, 656, 684, 712, 740 Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 30, 252, 310, 338, 368, 452, 571, 628, 684, 711 Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 200, 451, 740 Ships and Boats, 226, 338
Steam Generators, 91, 225, 251, 309, 367, 541.
655, 683
Switchgear, 61, 147, 337, 367, 451
Telegraphs and Telephones, 30, 61, 147, 173, 199, 251, 281, 367, 395, 423, 481, 542, 571, 599, 655, 683, 711 Tramways and Railways, 62, 92, 120, 338, 368, 396, 424, 572, 712 Transformers and Converters, 147, 199, 226,
281, 395, 481, 739
Transmission of Power, 29, 62, 92, 119, 147,
282, 337, 395, 423, 481, 511, 627, 739
Turbine Machinery, 29, 91, 173, 541, 599, 627
PATENTS, Turkish, 333 Paton, F. A. R., Costing and Time Booking, 633 Pelton Turbine, Experimental, Percy Pitman, 332 Personal and Business Announcements, 27, 62, 92, 120, 148, 174, 197, 223, 249, 282, 307, 335, 365, 393, 421, 477, 509, 539, 569, 593, 625, 656, 678, 712 Petrol Rail Coach for Norway, 705 Petrol, Synthetic, for Motors, 411 Pictures, Talking Motion, C. F. Elwell, 622 Pillans, J. S., on the Operation of Centrifugal Pumps, 732 Ploughing Windlass, Oil Engine-driven, J. and H. McLaren, 666 Pneumatic Plate Tightening Machine, The Hallett, Howard Pneumatic Engineering Company, Limited, 667 Port Elizabeth, Power House at, 550 Potato Digger, T. M. Jarmain, Limited, 80 Poultney, E. C., Locomotive Cylinder Performance, 574, 602 PUMPS : Centrifugal Pump, New Type, Wallwin Company, 678 Centrifugal Pumps, Operation of, J. S. Pillans, 732 Force Pump, Drummond Brothers, 666, 667 Sewage Pumps and Engines at Lincoln (New) Station, Robey and Co., Limited, 546 Small Single-ram Pump, Tangyes Limited, 666 Storm Water Pumps at Lincoln Sewage Station, Gwynnes Engineering Company, Limited, 547 Valveless Fire Pump, Martin’s Cultivator Company, Limited, 82 Vertical Single-ram Pump, Tangyes Limited, R RADIO—see Wireless RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MATTERS : General:
Father of Railways, 268
Main Line Electrification, A New System, L. de Verebely, 630 Olten Sub-station, Swiss Federal Railways, 556, 561 Post Office Tube Railway and Wagon for, 404 ; (Addenda), 479 ; (Letters), 504, 581 Rail Coach, Petrol, for Norway, Four Wheel Drive Lorry Company, Limited, 705 Rails and Wagons, Plymouth or Hill’s Tramway, 1800, 38 Railway Centenary, 15, 17, 37, 78, 108, 136, 156, 179, 214, 240, 261, 288, 319, 354, 374, 413, 440, 468, 498, 528, 549, 575, 604, 634, 673, 691, 728 Railway Centenary in Austria, Linz-Budweis Railway, Vienna-Florisdorf-Wagram Railway, 696
Railway Electrification, 644 Railway Returns for 1923, 390 Railway Track, 161
Railway Wagon Body Making Machine, Thos. Robinson and Sons, Limited, 114
Traverser, “ Surface ” 35-Ton Electric, S. H. Heywood and Co., Limited, 84, 85
British, Colonial and Indian :
Cornish Riviera, Limited, A Run with, 502
Electrification of British Main Railways, Lieut.-Colonel E. O’Brien, 356 Hendon-Edgware Extension of the London Electric Railways, 216 London and North-Eastern New Dining Car Train, 380 Natal Railway Electrification, 678 New South Wales, Railways of, 728 North-Eastern Railway, Dock Improvement Schemes, 129
One Hundred Years of British Railways :
17, 37, 78, 108, 136, 156, 179, 214, 240, 261, 288, 319, 354, 374, 413, 440, 468, 498, 528, 549, 575, 604, 634, 673, 691, 728
PART I.:
Stockton and Darlington Railway and its Predecessors, 17, 37, 78, 108, 136, 156, 179, 214 Construction and Opening of the Stockton and Darlington, 214 Development of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 179 RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MATTERS (continued) : One Hundred Years of British Railways (continued) :
PART I. (continued):
Early Track, 156 ; (Letter), 215
Origin of Railways, 17
Other Pre-1821 Railways, 136
Railways in the Public Service, 78
Railways Supplement Canals, 37
Surrey Iron Railway and the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway, 108
PART II.:
The First Half Century, 240, 261, 288, 319, 354, 374, 413, 440, 468, 498, 528, 549, 575, 604 ; (Letter), 668 Furness and West Cumberland Railways, 529 Great Eastern ; Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire ; Great Northern, 549 Great Western Railway, 374, 413, 440 ; Original Rail and Timbers, 374 ; (Correction), 473
Irish Railways, 605
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 528 ; (Letter), 551 Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 240 ; (Letter), 322 Construction and Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 261 London and North-Western Railway, 288, 319, 354 Midland Railway, 468 North-Eastern Railway, 498 North Staffordshire Railway, 529 Scottish Railways, 604 The Southern Railways :
575
London and Brighton, 576 London, Chatham and Dover, 576 London and South-Western, 575 South-Eastern, 576
The Latter Half Century, 634, 673, 691, 721
The Years 1876-1885, 634
The Years 1886-1900, 673
The Years 1901-1914, 691
August 4th, 1914—December, 1924, 728
Post Office Tube Railway, 404 ; (Letters), 504, 581
South Africa, Railway Innovations in, 322
Soutlf-East Africa, Big Railway Development, 677
Tasmania, Electric Railway for, 668
Foreign Railways :
Spanish Railways, 350
Swiss Federal Railways, Outdoor Substations, 556, 561 RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES : General: Baltic Engines—see London, Midland Diesel-electric Locomotive for Russia, Hohen- zollern Locomotive Works, 322, 324 Diesel-electric Locomotive and Testing Plant, Professor Lomonossoff, 552 Future of the Locomotive, 557 ; (Letters), 581, 609 Individualism in Locomotive Design, J. G. H. Warren, 717 Locomotive Cylinder Performance, E. C. Poultney, 574, 602 Locomotive, Experimental, Equipped with Phase Converter, 631
Locomotive Superheaters, 672
New Rack Locomotive, Railgrip Syndicate, Limited, 55 Nine Elms, Locomotive Coaling Installation at, George F. Zimmer, 442 Solid Crank Axles, Sir Henry Fowler, 650 Steam Separator for Locomotives, Captain E. F. McCourt, 566 Turbine Locomotive, Zoelly, for Swiss Federal Railways, 530 British, Colonial and Indian : Liverpool and Manchester Railway Locomotive, “ Manchester ” or “ Caledonian,” 1832, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 20 ; (Letter), 113 London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Four- cylinder Tank Locomotives, 582, 583 Narrow-gauge Mallet Locomotives for Burma, Wm. Beardmore and Co., Limited, 138, 139 Foreign : Zoelly Turbine Locomotive, Swiss Federal Railways, 530 RAINFALL and Infiltration, 304 Rake, Side-delivery, and Swather, New Type, W. M. Nicholson and Sons, Limited, 80 Refrigerator, Small Self-contained, Haslam Foundrv and Engineering Company, Limited, 12 Regenerative Feed Heating by Superheated Steam, Thomas B. Morley, 544 Reinforced Concrete Lift Tower, 307 Research Laboratories at a Cable Works, Henley’s Telegraph Works Company, Limited, 607, 614 Research Work, Intensified, in England, Failure of, John G. A. Rhodin, 430 Research Workers, Supply of, 384—see also Industrial and Scientific Reservoir, Damaged, Shire Oak, South Staffordshire, Repairing and Remodelling, 493, 496 Rhodesian Water Power Scheme, 363 Rhodin, John G. A., Electrolytic Copper, 560 Rhodin, John G. A., Failure of Intensified Research Work in England, 430 Riverside Sewerage Scheme of the Romford Rural District Council, 290, 296 Road Construction, Bitumen in, 734 Road and Gully Washing Vehicle, Self-propelled, Maudslay Motor Company, Limited, 566 Road Roller, 10-Ton, Clayton and Shuttleworth, Limited, 51 Road Roller, 7-Ton Motor, Ruston and Hornsby, Limited, 12, 50 Road Roller, 10-Ton Single-cylinder, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 466, 477 Road Roller, Steam, Wallis and Steevcns, Limited, 12 Road Rollers at Leicester, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 50 Romford—see Riverside Ropeway for Explosives, British Ropeway Engineering Company, Limited, 102 (Two- page Supplement, July 25th, 1924) Rosenhain, Dr., on Reports of Work Done at i . the National Physical Laboratory, 316 > Ross, Sir Archibald, on Ten Years’ Progress ’ in Marine Propulsion, &c., 19, 22 Rotary Soil Tiller. Si mar Rototi Ilers, I 1 Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Leicester, 11, 50, 80 Rugby—see Wireless Russian Patent Law, 530 s SCAPA Flow Salvage Operations, 158 Scholarships, Lloyd’s Register, 621 Scholarships, Whitworth, Regulations for, 184 ;
Awards, 338
Scientific and Industrial Research, Abstract of Report, 384, 411 Scott, Admiral Sir Percy—see Ships, Naval Matters Seed-sowing Machine, Foresters’ School, 11 Sennar Dam and Gezira Irrigation Scheme, 348, 349, 352 (Two-page Supplement, September 26th, 1924) Sentinel Track-laying Steam Tractor, 592 Sewage Pumping Station, New, at Lincoln, 546 Sewage Treatment Plant and Apparatus at Hanley, 726, 731 Sewage Works, New, at Tilbury, 242 Sewer, Storm Relief, for London, 474 Sewerage—see Riverside Shearing, G., on Wireless Transmitting Apparatus, 649 Sheet Metal, Thin, Testing of, 136 Shingle Beaches and the Wear of Concrete, Dr.
John S. Owens, 157 ; (Letter), 233
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING : General :
Chepstow Shipyard, 193
Double-acting Diesel Engine, New Type, for Marine Purposes, G. J. Lugt and Harry Hunter, 19, 23 Driving Ship and other Auxiliaries, A New System, Gilbert Austin, 580 Formulae and Rotary Slide Rule for Use in Estimates and Designs for Shipbuilding, W. H. Riddlesworth, 19 Froude, W. and R. E., The Work of, A. W. Johns, 660, 687 Gearing for Ships’ Turbines and Motor Ships, Dr. H. Frahm, 645
High Speeds at Sea, 267
Hydraulic-mechanical Transmission Gearing for Motor Ships, Dr. G. Bauer, 646 Independent Passenger Ship Design, J. Anderson and R. Steele, 18 Life-saving Appliances for Merchant Shipping, 219 Lloyd’s Register Book of Shipping, New Edition, 85 Lloyd’s Register, Quarterly Shipbuilding Returns, 54, 408 Lloyd’s Register Scholarships, 621 Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Annual Report, 523
Lost Torque in Marine Engines, 643 Magnus Effect, 589, 608, 636 ; (Letter), 693 Marine Oil Engines Trials Committee, 618
Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, 548, 558 Modern Navigational Devices, F. E. Smith, 534 Position of British Shipbuilding, 214 Steering of Ships in Shallow Waters and Canals, and Appendices, G. S. Baker, 18 Ten Years’ Progress in Marine Propulsion, Sir A. Ross, 19, 22
Wreck Statistics for 1923, 193
British Navy :
Distribution of the Fleet, 383 H.M.S. Warrior, Passing of, 213
Naval Matters :
Admiral Sir Percy Scott and His Work, 467 British Destroyer Yards, 180 French Naval Construction, 578 Limitation of Naval Strength, 16 Naval Review at Spithead, 135 Problems in Cruiser Design, 497 “ Standardised ” Light Cruiser, 107
Foreign Navies :
Dutch Cruiser Java, 533
French Mine-laying Submarine Pierre. Chai 1- ley, Augustin Normand et Cie., .578 French Navy, 239 Italian Warships, New Cruisers Trento and Trieste, 605 Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels : Cross-Channel Steamer Newhaven, Stranding of, 158, 184 Dredger, Dipper, Lucayan, and Rock Cutter, Lobnitz and Co., Limited, 695, 698 Dredgers, Bucket Hopper, Sir William Matthews, and Trailing Suction Hopper, Kai one, Fleming and Ferguson, Limited, 694, 695, 698 Dredgers, Cutter Suction, Sir George Lloyd, and Six-cutter Suction, Ronaldshay, Wm. Simons and Co., 695, 698
Fishery Patrol Boat Vaila, 733
Flettner Wind-power Ship Buckau, 589, 608, 678 ; (Letter), 693 Motor Oil Tanker British Aviator, Palmer’s Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited, 586, 594 Motor Ship Beldis, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 55 Motor Ship Sycamore, Trials of, 618, 643
Orama, T.S.S., Trials of the, 533 Orient Liner Oronsay, Launch of the, 209
Reconditioning of the Reina Victoria - Eugenia, 276 Steam Yacht Thalassa, John Brown and Co., Limited, 693 Swanley, Motor Ship, Barclay, Curie and Co., Limited, and North British Diesel Engine Works, Limited, 56, 193 SHORT Wave—see Wireless Shows—see Exhibitions Sixty Years Ago, 10, 44, 71, 101, 140, 158, 193, 207, 233, 277, 294, 332, 357, 377, 408, 430, 474, 504, 529, 554, 589, 617, 636, 668, 693, 724 Slipways—see Train Ferry Service Smith, F. E., on Modern Navigational Devices, 534 Smithfield Club Show, 666 Smoke Abatement, 533 Societies—see Associations South African Cotton, Machinery for, 357 Southampton, Dock Extensions at, 459 South Wales Institute of Engineers, 591 Spring Forging Machine, Hedley’s Limited, 534 Standard Specifications—see British Steam Boiler Inspection, Mr. C. E. Stromeyer’s 1923 Memorandum, 274 Steam Extraction or Pass-out Steam Turbines, W. S. Burge and J. P. Chittenden, 702 Steam, High-pressure and High Temperature, 71 Steam Navvy, A Large, Sir William Arrol and Co., Limited, 621 Steam Nozzles Research Report, Professor G. G. Stoney, 418 Steam Pressures and Temperatures, Higher, 606 ; (Letter), 721 Steam Separator for 10,000-Kilowatt Turbine, 566 Steam Tractors and Steam Wagons—see Tractors, Wagons, 666 Steam Turbines, Sir Charles Parsons, 42, 140 Steam Valves—see Valves Steel—see Iron and Steel Stoker, Chain Grate, Underfeed Stoker Company, Limited, 532 Storm Relief Sewer for London, 474 Straw Rope-making Machine, McLaren’s Straw Rope Works, 80 Subsidy Motor Lorry, John I. Thornycroft and Co., Limited, 612 Sugar Beet Root Lifters, Trials of, 622 Surface Grinding Machine, Large, Meldrums, Limited, 523 Synthetic Petrol for Motors, 411 T TALKING Motion Pictures, Dr. Lee de Forest’s Invention, C. F. Elwell, 622 Tar-macadam Plant and Automatic Stonebreaking Plant, Goodwin, Barsby and Co., Limited, 80 Telephony, Carrier—see Electrical Matters Temperature Control, 587 Temperature and Strength, Professor F. C. Lea, 661 Testing of Thin Sheet Metal, 136 Thames Waterbuses, 298 Thomson, Professor Elihu, James Forrest Lecture on Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, 52 ; (Letter), 113 Thrashing Machine, McLaren’s Straw Rope Works, 80 Thrashing Machine, Steel, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 50 Thread Cutting, Accurate Fine, 721 Tilbury, New Sewage Works at, 242 Tractor, Compound Steam, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 50 Tractor, Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11 Tractor, 7|-Ton Steam, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Limited, 666 Tractor, Track-laying, Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 592 Tractor, Two-wheel, Rein-drive Agricultural, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Limited, 51 Train Ferry Service in Nigeria, Cradles for, 182, 183, 186 ; (Correction), 223 Tramways, Glasgow Corporation, 82 Traverser—see Railways Trent Navigation Improvement, 563 (Two-page Supplement, November 14th, 1924) Turbine, Experimental Pelton, Percy Pitman, 332 Turbine Locomotive—see Railway Locomotives Turbine, Marine, Reduction Gearing, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, 548, 558 Turkish Patents, 333 Tweed, New Bridge Over, at Berwick, 665 Tyne Bridge, New, Tenders for, 649 V VALVES, Steam, Wrought Steel, Victory Valves, Limited, 22, 23 Visions, 108 w WAGON, Gear-driven Steam, Mann’s Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company, Limited, 81 Wagon, Portable Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11 Wagon, Steam, Improved 7-Ton, Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company, 82 Wagon, Steam, Richard Garrett and Sons, 666 Wagon, Three-way Tipping, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11 Wagon, Three-way Tipping Steam, Fodens, Limited, 666 Wagons, 20-Ton, for Great Western Railway Coal Traffic, 236 Wagons, Railway—see also Railways Wagons, Thrashing Machines, Tractors, &c., i Richard Garrett and Sons, Limited, 82 Warp Damper for Looms, Improved, Mather and Platt, Limited, 594 Warren, J. G. H., Individualism in Locomotive Design, 717 Waste, Tom Westgarth on, 467, 476 Water Level—see Level Water Power in the Mining Industry of Canada, 194 Water Softening Plant at Erith, Becco Engineering and Chemical Company, Limited, 522 Water Tower of Unusual Design, 664 WATER SUPPLY :
Jharia Waterworks, 721
Metropolitan Water Board, Eighteenth Annual Report, 275 Metropolitan Water Board Report, 503 Treatment of Water Supplies, 239
Waterworks, New, in Guernsey, 663
WATER Elevator, Deep Well, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 506 Watson, J. H., and Sir T. Rose, on Working of Nickel for Coinage, 294 Westgarth, Tom, on Waste, 467, 476 Whitworth Scholarships, Regulations for, 184 ;
Awards, 338
William Froude National Tank, 292 Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery British :
72, 109, 130, 164, 189, 218, 234, 238,
258, 317, 345, 375, 405, 410, 432, 433,
438, 500, 520, 577, 610, 637, 642, 675.
690
BARBED WIRE MACHINES :
Barbed Wire Machine, J. Hetherington and Sons, 375 Barbed Wire Machine, Richard Johnson and Nephew, 377, 378 Glidden and Iowa Barbed Wire, 375 CONTINUOUS WIRE-DRAWING MACHINES : 189 Chain - driven Sixteen - hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, G. Hattersley, 690 Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, 192; Vertical Roll Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, David Bridge, 191, 192 Nine-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, 190, 191 ; Stringing-up Machine, 191 : Continuous Machines for Fine and for Very Fine Wires, W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Limited, 192 Seven-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, Geo. Hattersley and Sons, Limited, 191, 192 Three-hole Continuous Machine ; Four- hole Continuous Block, Barron and Crowther, 189 Two-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine ; Three-hole Wet Drawing Machine ; 18in. Diameter Two-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, G. Cross- ley, 189, 190, 191
DIES :
130
Diamond Die, T. Bolton and Sons, Limited, 130, 131 Die Battering Machine, Haley and Pinder, G. Crossley, 130, 131 Pneumatic Die Battering Machine, Alldays and Onions, Limited, 690 Punch Grinding Machine, Barron and Crowther, 130
ELECTRIC CABLE MAKING :
Machines for Manufacture of Electric Cables, Johnson and Phillips, 405, 410 (For Details of Machines see Illustrated Index) Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery
British (continued):
HIGH-SPEED STRANDING MACHINES :
Electric Cable Making Machine, Thomas Larmuth and Co., Limited, 434, 436 Hand Turning Gear, 433, 434 Seven-bobbin and Eighteen-bobbin Stranding Machines, Eight-bobbin Closing Machine, 432, 433, 434
MISCELLANEOUS MACHINES : Bowing Machine, Hand, 675
Flattening Machines, Double Helical Gear for, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 676
Hairpin Making Machine, E. White, 675
Mattresses, Wire, 676
Spring Coiling Shops of Herbert Terry and
Sons, 676
NAIL AND RIVET MAKING MACHINES :
Nail-making Machine, Wire, Wm. Grice and Sons, Limited, 577 Nail-pointing Dies, 577 Paper Clip Making Machine, E. White, 675 Rivet-making Machine, 577, 578
NEEDLE-MAKING MACHINES :
Needle Pointing, 610; Skimming, Stamping, Automatic Eyeing,Combined Stamping and Eyeing, 611 ; Automatic Head Grinding, 611, 612 ; Scouring Mill, Assorting Machine, E. White, 612
PIN-MAKING MACHINES :
Automatic Pin-making Machine, Battery of Five Pin-making Machines, Pin-sticking Machine, E. White, 520, 521
SAFETY PIN MAKING :
218
Goodman’s Safety Pin Forming Machine, 218 ; Pointing Machine, 218 ; and Headforming Tools, 219
WIRE DRAWING :
109
Annealing Furnace and Annealing Pot, Barron and Crowther, 110 Pointing Rolls, Pointing Furnace and Pointing Machine, G. Crossley, 110, 111 Swaging Machine, Rotary, Sir J. Farmer, Norton and Co., Ill Wire-drawing Bench, Eight-block, Wm. Grice and Sons, Limited, 690
WIRE-DRAWING BLOCKS :
164
12in. Diameter Blocks ; Heavy Block with Friction Drive, G. Crossley; Singlesided and Double-sided Frames, G. Crossley, 165, 166 Single Blocks, David Bridge, Sir J. Farmer, 164 Steel-framed Block with Internal Gear Drive, Barron and Crowther, 164, 165 STRAIGHTENING AND CUTTING-OFF MACHINES : Continuous Feed Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, J. Thompson, 501 High-speed Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, E. White, 502 Machine for Cutting Heavy Wire, G. Crossley, 500 Machine for Cutting Two Wires Simultaneously, G. Crossley, 500 Roll Feed Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, A. Robinson, 501, 502 Roll Type Straightener, G. Crossley, 500 Small Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, W. Grice, 502 Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, G.
Crossley, 500
WIRE FACTORIES : 258, 317, 345 Netting, Wire, Machinery and Shops, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 234, 238; (Letter), 581 Old and New Continuous Wire Rod Mills, Electric Driving Power, English Electric Company, 317-319 Patenting Frame, Wire, with Variablespeed Drive, Wire Galvanising Frame, Shops and Various Departments, 345— 347 Rod Mills, Wire, and Pusher Furnace at Tinsley, Wm. Cooke and Co., Limited, 72, 73
Rods, Wire, Manufacture of, 72
Wire Factories, Richard Johnson and Nephew, Limited, Bradford Ironworks, 317-319, 345-347 Wire Factories, Ryland Brothers, Limited, Warrington, 258-261
Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery,
British (continued):
WIRE WEAVING LOOMS :
Anderston Foundry Company :
Bar Loom, Heavy, R. Johnson, 640 Crimping Machine, W. H. A. Robertson, 639 Flying Shuttle Loom, 637, 639 Heavy Automatic Loom, 638, 639 Heavy Semi-automatic Loom, 639, 640 Overpick Loom, High-speed, 638, 639 Positive Action Loom, Walter McGee and Sons, 637, 640 Warp Beam Winder and Bobbin Creel with Marshall Box, 638, 639 Weaving Loom, Wire, George Hattorsley, 639, 640
Wire Weaving Shop, Richard Johnson, Clapham and Morris, Limited, 637, 642 WIRE Lines Used Upon Oil Wells, Correct Lay for, J. T. Hayward, 593 ; (Letter), 609
Wire Rope, W. Constable, 236 Wire Ropes, Strength of, Committee’s Report, 719 Wire, Steel—see also Iron and Steel WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Leafield Wireless Station, Post Office Engineering Department, 155, 160 Poldhu Experimental Station, 246 Radio Communications, Senatore Marconi, 706 Rugby Wireless Station, H.M. Post Office, 262 Short-wave Directional Wireless, Senatore
Marconi, 21, 245
Wireless Exhibition at the Albert Hall: National Association of Radio Manufacturers, 378 British Thomson-Houston Company, Self- contained Three-valve Set with Internal Frame Aerial, 379 Burndept, Limited, Ethophone Crystal Sets, 379 ; Wave Trap or Filter, 380 Cossor, A. C., Limited, “ Wuncell ” Dull Emitter Valve, 379 Dubilier Company’s Coupling Condenser, 378;
Minicap Key Switches, 379
Edison-Swan Electric Company, Limited, Valves, Valve and Crystal Sets, Loud Speakers, &c., 379 Ericsson Telephones Manufacturing Company, Safety Wander Plug, 379 General Electric Company’s New Valves, Single Valve Receiver, Three Valve Receiver, 378, 379 Graham, Alfred, and Co., New Loud Speaker, 379 McMichael, L., and Co., Limited, Two, Three, and Four-valve Sets, 380 Marconiphone Company, New Transformers, Single-valve Receiver, 378 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Valve Set, New Type ; Radiobrix Receiver ; Three-valve Amplifier ; Polar Precision Condenser, 378 Milliard Radio Valve Company, Two, Three, and Four-electrode Valves ; Hol week Molecular Pump, 379 Radio Communication Company’s Transformer Test Curves ; Transformer and Resistance Capacity Couplings, 378 Radio Instruments, Limited, New Intervalve Transformer, 378, 379 Stevens, A. and J., New Wireless Receiver, 379 Western Electric Company, Valves ; Sevenvalve Frame Aerial Set, 379 WIRELESS Transmitting Apparatus, G. Shearing, 649 Woodhouse, W. B., on Power Supplies, 505 WOODWORKING MACHINES: See also Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition High-speed Tools : 20in. and 32in. Circular Saw Benches, Vertical Moulding Machine, Combined Surfacing and Thicknessing Machine, Watkins and Co., 50 ‘ • Willing Worker ” Circular Saw Bench, Drummond Brothers, Limited, 158 WORLD Power Conference, 77 Wrecks—see Ships Y YORKSHIRE College of Science, Jubilee, 648 z ZIMMER, George F., Locomotive Coaling
Installation at Nine Elms, 442
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