The Engineer 1918 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
Note: This is a sub-section of The Engineer 1918 Jul-Dec: Index
View the Volumes that this Index refers to.
ACCIDENT, Railway, at Aberdeen Joint Station, 372
Accidents in Workshops, Factories, &c., Prevention of, 400
Adnfialty Contracts, 39
Admiralty Salvage Section, 34
Aerial Transport—sec Aeronautics
AERONAUTICS : A.E.G. Armoured Infantry Biplane, 206
Aeronautical Inventions, 5
Aero Propeller Shaping Machine, A. Ransome and Co., Limited, 60
Aluminium Pistons for Aero Engines, 35
Au’tro-D limler 200 H.P. Aero Engine, 374, 376, 392
Civil Aerial Transport, 511
Flight at High Altitudes, 11, 16
Fokker Single-seater Biplane, 282
Future of Flying, 557
Giant Aeroplanes, 419
Gotha Bombing Biplane, 435, 460, 461
Halber-tadt Two-seater Biplane, 302 Hannoveraner Two-seater Biplane, 225 ;
(Letter), 264
Heat Treatment of Aeroplane Parts, 497
L.V.G. Two-seater Biplanes, 483, 524
Maybach Aero Engine, 300 H.P., 182, 184, 194, 215
Pfalz Single-seater Biplane Scout, 270
Power and Weight of American Aeroplane Engines, 338
Problems of Aeroplane Improvement, 506
Rumpier Two-seater Reconnaissance Biplane, 248
Wilbur Wright Lecture, Dr. W. F. Durand | on Some Problems in Aeronautics, 16
AGRICULTURAL Tractor, Fiat Company, 488, 497
Air Compressor at the Holbrook Colliery, Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 113
Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, R. W. Allen, 198, ' 228
Alcohol, Ethyl, Manufacture of, from Wood Waste, 204
Alcohol, Industrial, Committee, 323
Alkins, W. E., on Progressive Cold Work on Copper, 216
Allen, R. W., on the Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, 198, 228
Alloy, Copper Aluminium, Disintegration, Dr.
R. Seligman and Dr. P. Williams, 251
Alloys of Copper and Zinc, F. Johnson, 251 Aluminium, Annealing—see Annealing Ambulance Train—see Railways
American Artillery, Cast Iron Shells for, 254
American 600-Ton Blast Furnace, 108
AMERICAN ENGINEERING NEWS: 155
Now American Electric Furnace for Brass Melting, 155
Rapid Shipbuilding in America, 155
AMERICAN and German Manufacturers, 315
American Hydro-electric Plant, Enlarging, 116
American Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives
American Merchant Marine, Growth of, 138
Am >rican Pulverised Coal Device, The Lopulco, 537
Anderson, R. J., on Annealing Cold Rolled Aluminium Sheet, &c., 251
Annealing Cold Rolled Aluminium Sheet, &c.,
R. J. Anderson, 251
Army to Shipyard, 262
Armv, Technical Instruction in the, 311
Artificial L:mbs, Manufacture of, at Messrs.
Yarrow’s Works, 236, 244
Aspinall, Sir John A. F., on Railway Transport, 397, 401, 421
Aspinall, Sir John A. F., Retirement of, 529
Associated Eon pment Company, Motor Lorry
Works, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918)
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Engineers. Manchester: Conveyors for Engineering Works, W. H. Atherton, 462
Standardisation in Engineering, Mr. J.
Butterworth’s Presidential Address, 334
Institute. Iron and Steel: Autumn Meeting, 238, 258
Casting of Steel in Ingot and Other Moulds, J. E. Fletcher, 259
Hardness Testing, &c., A. F. Shore, and Notes by S r R. Hadfield, 239
Influence of Elements on Tenacity of Basic Steel, &c., Dr. A. McWilliam, 239, 340
Influence of Hot D ‘formation on the Qualities of Steel, Mons. G. Charpy, 238
Magnetic Analysis as a Means of Studying the Structure of Iron Alloys, K. Honda, 261
Phosphorus in Malleable Cast Iron, J. H.
Leng, 261
Prevention of Growth in Grey Cast Iron
T. E. Hurst, 239
Princ:ples of Open-hearth Furnace Design
C. H. F. Bagley, 259 * '
Rate of Change at 100 deg. Cent, and at Ordinary Temperatures in Electrical Resistance of Hardened Steel, E. D. Camn-bell, 260 F
Reaction between Pure Carbon Monoxide, &c., Dr. H. C. H. Carpenter and Mi\ C. Coldron Smith, 239
Standardisation of Tests of Refractory
Materials, Cosmo Johns, 239 J
Telescopic Focussing Apparatus for Photomicrography, A. F, Hallimond, 260
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
I Institute, Iron and Steel (continued):
Use of Bosh Tuyeres in the Blowing of Basic Pig Iron, J. S. Rollings, 258
Utilisation of Waste Heat from Open-hearth Furnaces for the Generation of Steam, T. B. Mackenzie, 259
Warping of Steel through Repeated Quenching, T. H. Whiteley, 239
Institute of Metals: Alloys of Copper and Zinc, F. Johnson, 251
Annealing Cold Rolled Aluminium Sheet, &c., R. J. Anderson, 251
Autumn Meeting, 216, 250
Copper Aluminium Alloy, Disintegration, Dr. R. Seligman and Dr. P. Williams, 251
Effect of Progressive Cold Work on the Tensile Properties of Pure Copper, W. E. Alkins, 216
Influence of Impurities on Mechanical Properties of Admiralty Gun-metal, F. Johnson, 250
Phosphorus in Bronzes, T. E. Rooney, 250
| Rapid Recrystallisation of Deformed Nonferrous Metals, D. Hanson, 250
Resistance of Metals to Penetration under Impact, Professor C. A. Edwards, 216, 314 —see also Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Use of Liquid Fuel in the Foundry, Captain A. E. Plant, 251
Institute, The Textile:
Autumn Conference at Bradford, 311
Institution of Civil Engineers :
October Examinations, 1918, Pass List (Interim), 499
Sir J. A. F. Aspinall’s Presidential Address on Railway Transport, 401, 421
Institution of Electrical Engineers:
Engineers’ Protective Associations, 74
High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in Large Power Stations, J. H. Shaw, 38
Patent Law Committee Report, 438
Institution, Junior, of Engineers:
The Stokes Gun and Shell and their Development, Gustave Canet Lecture, Sir Wilfrid Stokes, 6, 27
Institution of Mechanical Engineers?
Law Governing Resistance to Penetration of Metals, &c., Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435— see also Institute of Metals
Ludwik Hardness Test, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 355, 435
Manchester Meeting : Hardness Papers Repeated, 379
Patent Law Committee Report, 438
Thomas Hawksley Lecture, Experimental Study of Mechanical Properties of Metals, Dr. Unwin, 301
Value of the Indentation Method in Deter-, mination of Hardness, R. G. C. Batson, 354, 435
Institution of Mining Engineers:
Annual Meeting at Nottingham, 240
Chance Acetylene Safety Lamp, W. Maurice, 242
Developments in Coalfields South of Sydney, Dr. J. R. M. Robertson, 242
Magnetic Meridian as a Basis for Mining Surveys, T. L. Galloway, 242
Mine Rescue Apparatus, Committee’s Report, Digest of, D. Penman, 242
Presidential Address, Mr. E. B. Walker, 240
Institution or Municipal and County Engineers:
Public Works in Middlesbrough, S. E. Burgess, 293
Institution of Naval Architects:
Air Supply to Boiler-rooms, R. W. Allen, 198, 228
Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and shipbuilders:
Future of Shipbuilding, Presidential Address, Edwin L. Or de, 498
Institution of Water Engineers:
Freezing of Reservoir Outlet Works, Irvine
District Water Board, Gilbert Christie, 530
Relation of Rainfall to Configuration, Carle Salter, 530
Stream Flow and Percolation Water, Samuel Hall, 530
Society, Ceramic :
Conference of Refractory Materials Section at Swansea, 332
German Monopoly of Magnesite, 332
Production and the Outlook, 333
Raw Materials in South Wales, 332
Silica and Zirconia, 332
Zinc Refractories, 333
Society of Chemical Industry :
Formation of Chemical Engineering Group,
Society, Faraday : Occlusion of Gases by Metals, Papers and Discussion, 444
Balanced Reactions in Steel Manufacture, Dr. Andrew McCanoe, 444
Foreword on the Great War, Sir Robert Hadfield, 444
Gases Occluded in Steel, Dr. T. Baker, 444
Properties of Metals as Affected by their ' Occluded Gases, Cosmo Johns, 444 <
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued} :
Society Royal Aeronautical, of Great Britain:
Sound Steel, Sir R. Hadfield, 543
Wilbur Wright Lecture, Dr. W. F. Durand on Outstanding Problems in Aeronautics, 11, 16
Society, Royal, of Arts:
Chairman’s Address on Science and the Future, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 442
ATHERTON, W. H., on Conveyors for Engineering Works, 462
B BAGLEY, C. H. F., on Principles of Open- i hearth Furnace Design, 259 |
Baker, Dr. T., on Gases Occluded in Steel, 444 ( Balanced Reactions in Steel—see Iron and Steel Barge Canal—see Canal
Batson, R. G. C., on The Value of the Indentation Method in the Determination of Hardness, 354, 435
Bell, J. J., on the Georgian Bay Canal, 527
Biplanes—see Aeronautics
Blast-furnace, American 600-Ton, 108
Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for Concrete
Ships, Captain C. C. Myers, 443
Blizard, John, on The Value of Peat Fuel for | the Generation of Steam, 123, 163, 178, 180
Boiler-house, CO. Recorders in the, J. B. C.
Kershaw, 45, 67
Boiler-rooms, Air Supply to, R. M. Allen, 1J8, 228
Boilers, Locomotive, Notes on the Repair of,
E. W. Fell. 541
Bombay Water Power Development, 507
Books of Reference, 39, 129, 427
Bosh Tuyeres, Use of, &c.—see Iron and Steel
Bradford Technical College, 311
Brakes—see Railways
Brass and Copper Trades, Future of, Conference, 335
Brazil, Engineering in, 285
Brazil, Engineering Opportunities m, 364, 407, 491
Bridge, Menai Suspension, Tests on Tie Bars from, 47 ; (Letter), 518
Bridge over the Vistula at Warsaw, 80, 81
Bridge, The Wilson, at Lyons, 387, 396
Bridge, Victoria High Level, in New Zealand, 446
British East Africa, Electric Power Supply, 328
British Engineering Standards Association, New Report on Tolerances of Fine Screw Threads, 254
British Potash Industry, 148
British Scientific Products Exhibition, 102, 142
Bronzes, Phosphorus in, T. E. Rooney, 250
Bulgaria as a Field for Engineering Enterprise, 427
Burgess, S. E., on Public Works in Middlesbrough, 293
Burner, Liquid Fuel, for Domestic Purposes, E. C. Bowden-Smith, 445
c CABLES, Electric—see Electrical Matters
Cables for Ships—see Ships
Canal, Georgian Bay, J. J. Bell, 527
Canal, Leclaire, on the Mississippi River, 65
Canal Svstem, New York State Barge, 49, 54, 90, 98
Cars, Railway—see Railways
Cass, Wr. G., on Specialisation and Invention, 100
Catalogues, 42, 61, 86, 149, 170, 190, 210, 318, 382, 496
Centre Drill, New Type of, Fry’s (London), Limited, 145
Charpy, Monsieur G., on Influence ot Hot-deformation on the Qualities of Steel, 238
Chemical Engineer, The, 115
Chile, Development of Port Chanaral, 199
COAL. COKE, AND COLLIERIES ; American Pulverised Coal-feeding Device, 537
Coal Conservation Committee, Report of, 158
Coal Position, 224 t .
Coke Fuel Steam Motor, Clarkson, Limited, 10J, 103
Coke Oven, Semet-Solvay, Installation at a Colliery, Coke Oven Construction Company, Limited, 430, 440
Durham Colliery, The Electrification of a, 136. 152, 160
Fuel Economy, 125
German Coal Market, 190
Increase in the Price of Coal, 30
Industrial Coal Economy, D. Wilson, 383
Locomotive Coaling Plant at Buda-Pesth, 414
Low-temperature Distillation of Coal in America, 125
Malay Peninsula, Coal Production in, 191
Production of Oil from Cannel Coal, 120
Pulverised Coal on American Locomotives, 156, 174
Pulverised Coal Fuel in an American Smelting Plant, 520
Rationing of Fuel, 267 ; (Letter), 328
COGGING Mill, Electrically-driven Reversing, British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 510, 513 : (Note), 564
Coil Winding, Electric—see Electrical Matters Commercial Education, 56
Compressor—see Air Compressor
Concrete, Reinforced, Construction, Heathcote System, 551
Concrete, Reinforced, Pontoons at Sydney, 285
Concrete, Reinforced, Reservoir at Winnipeg, 5-15
Concrete Shipbuilding, 125, 191, 286—see. also Ships
Concrete Ships, Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for, Captain C. C. Myers, 443
Contracts, 128, 496
Conveyors for Engineering Works, W. H. Atherton, 462
Co-operation in Engineering and Allied Trades, 565
Copper-Aluminium Alloy, Disintegration, Dr.
R. Seligman and Dr. P. Williams, 251
Copper, Progressive Cold Work on, &c., W. E.
Al kins, 216
Copper and Zinc Alloys, F. Johnson, 251
CO2^ Recorders in the Boiler-house, J. B. C.
Kershaw, 45, 67
Crewe Tractor for Military Light Railways, 339
Cylinders—see Engines, also Rail wav Locomotives
I
I DERBy SHIRE, Drilling for Oil in, 346, 352
- Development of Port Chanaral, Chile, 198
Discharge of Workpeople, 499
i Doorakkers, G., on Taps and Dies for Produc-
I tion Work, 151, 186, 187
I Drainage of Macedonian Marshes, 55
I Drill, Centre, New Type of, Fry’s /London), Limited, 145
| Drop Hammer, 10-Ton Steam-driven, Brett’s
l Patent Lifter Company, 202, 210
Dlon61oP Rubber Company’s Education Scheme,
Durand, Dr. W. F., on Some Outstanding Problems in Aeronautics, 11, 16
j Durham—see Electrical Matters
E EDUCATION, Commercial, 56
Educational Intelligence, 212, 286, 382, 452, 521 Edwards, Professor C. A., on the Resistance of
Metals to Penetration under Impact, 216, 314 Edwards, Professor C. A., and F. W. Willis, on a New Method of Testing Hardness, 142* 354, 435
Eight Hours Day in Germany, 534
Elbourne, E. T., on Labour Administration
235, 257, 280, 299, 322, 348, 365, 388, 432'
463, 478, 504, 548 ’ ’
ELECTRICAL MATTERS: American Hydro-electric Plant, Enlarging, 116
Barge, Electrically Welded, 122
Bombay Water Power Development, 507
British East Africa, Electric Power Supply, 328
Cables, Detective and Protective, Devices for, W. T. Gio ver and Co., 116
Cast Iron, Electric Welding of. 167
Coil-winding Machines, Igranic Electric Company, 167
Durham Colliery, The Electrification of a, 136, 152, 160
Electric Power Developments during the War, 451
Electric Supply Undertakings in London, 561
Electrode Annealing Furnace, Gas-fired
Davis Furnace Company, 560
Empire Water Resources, 141
Granby Power Supply at Anyot, British Columbia, 24, 32
High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in Large Power Stations, J. H. Shaw, 38
Lloyd’s Register and Electric Welding, 143, 162
Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives
Midland Electricity Supply, 83
Muffle Furnace with Pyroscopic Detector
Wild and Barfield, 21
Power Station, San Fernando, 325, 330 (Two-page Supplement, October 18th, 1918)
Printing Machines, Electrically-driven, Bruce
Peebles and Co., Limited, 140, 144
Railways—see Railways
Reversing Cogging Mill, Electrically-driven 38m., British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., 510, 513 ; 'Note) 564
Rolling Mill Plant, Electrical, Oerlikon Company, 308, 312
Salford Electric Power Station, 519
Shinbuilding, Electric Welding for, 96, 119
Turbo-Generator, A Large German, 52
Use of Lignite, Bagasse and Wood Waste for
Power Generation, &c., J. B. C. Kershaw
EMPIRE Water Resources, 141
Enemy Patents, 57
ENGINES AND MOTORS : American Aeroplane Engines, Power and Weight of, 338
Austro-Daimler 200 H.P. Aero Engine 374 376, 392 6 ’ *
Benz. Aero Engine, Aluminium and Cast Iron Pistons for, 35
Future of the Oil Engine, 77, 80
Gas-blowing Engine, 1500 H.P., National Gas Engine Company, ]0, 16, 207 (1wopage Supplement, September 8th, 1918)
Heavy Oil-burning Arrangement for Motor Cars, F. A. Wilkinson, 227
ENGINES AND MOTORS (continued)!
Heavy Oil Engine, Charles E. Lucke, 80
Locomotive Engines—see Locomotives, also
Railway Locomotives
Maybach Aero Engine, 300 H.P., 182, 184, 194, 215
Repairing Fractured Steam Cylinders, Barimar, Limited, 285
ENGINEERING and Allied Trades, Co-operation in, 565
Engineering in Brazil, 285--see also Engineering Opportunities
Engineering Enterprise, Bulgaria as a Field for, 427
Engineering, Links in the History of, Rhys Jenkins, 52, 333, 534
Engineering Markets of Brazil—see Engineering Opportunities
Engineering Markets of the Near East, 213
Engineering Opportunities in Brazil, 364, 407, 491
Engineering Standards Committee, Change of Name, 254
Engineers’ Protective Associations, 74
Engineers, Volunteer, London, Army Troops Companies, 17, 44, 61, 83, 108, 128, 150, 171, 191, 212, 234, 273, 291, 320, 341, 347, 385, 406, 426, 446, 476, 496, 565 ; (Letter), 347
English for the English, 26
Exhibition, British Scientific Products, 102, 142
Exhibition of <l Key ’’ Industries, 285, 315
F FACTORY Education Scheme, 262
Fell, E. W., on the Repair of Locomotive Boilers, 541
File Industry, Reform in the, George Taylor, 13 Fire-boxes—see Railway Locomotives
Fletcher, J. E., on the Casting of Steel in Ingot and other Moulds, 259
Flight and Flying—see Aeronautics
Foreign Patents in Germany, 183
Forthcoming Engagements, 20, 42, 64, 83, 106, 128, 149, 170, 190, 212, 232, 256, 273, 296, 318, 338, 360, 382, 406, 428, 450, 476, 500, 522, 544, 566
Freedom of the Rhine, 154
Freezing—see 'Water Supply
Freight Traffic—see Railways
French Iron Ore Deposits and Germany, 331
Fuel Economy, 125
Fuel, Peat, Value of, for the Generation of Steam, 123, 163, 178, 180 '
Fuel, Pulverised Coal, in an American Smelting Plant, 520
Fuel, Rationing of, 267 ; (Letter), 328
Functions of the Government in Relation to Industry, W. L. Hichens, 412
Furnace, Electric Muffle, with Pyroscopic Detector, Wild and Barfield, 21
Furnace, Gas-fired Electrode Annealing, Davis Furnace Company, 560
Furnace, Gas-fired High-speed Steel Hardening, Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Limited, 319
Furnaces, Gas-fired, Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Company, 497
Furnaces—see also Iron and Steel
Future of the Brass and Copper Trades, Conference, 335
Future of the Gas Industry, 350, 354
G GAS Engines—see Engines
Gas Furnaces—see Furnaces
Gas Industry, Future of the, 350, 354
Gases, Occlusion of, by Metals, Papers and Discussion at the Faraday Society, 444
Gauges, Water-quenched, Effect of Tempering on, 537
Georgian Bay Canal, J. J. Bell, 527
German Industries, Nationalisation of, 555
German Machinery Trade Organisation, 247
German Maritime War Aims, 268
German Ships—’see Ships
Germany, Eight Hours’ Day in, 534
Germany, Foreign Patents in, 183
Goggles, Protective, 506
Goods, Transport and Delivery of, 77 : (Letter), 125
Grain Growth in Metals Dr. Z. Jeffries, 250
Grain-handling Plant, Henry Simon, Limited, 240, 241
Grain-unloading Plant, Portable Pneumatic, Robert Bobv, Limited, 94, 95 ; (Letters), 135, 242
Gun-metal, Impurities in, F. Johnson, 250
Guns and Gunnery—see War Material
H HADFIELD, Sir Robert, on Sound Steel, 543
Hammer, Drop, 10-Ton Steam-driven, Brett’s
Patent Lifter Company, 202, 210
Hanson, D., on Recrystallisation of Deformed Non-ferrous Metals, 250
Hardness Test, The Ludwik, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 355, 435
Hardness Testing, &c., A. F. Shore, and Notes by Sir R. Hadfield, 239
Hardness Testing, New Method, Professor
C. A. Edwards and F. W. Willis, 142, .354, 435
Hardness, Value of Indentation Method in
Determinatioii of, R. G. C. Batson, 354, 435
Heat Treatment of Aeroplane Parts, Richmond Gas-fired Furnaces, 497
Heathcote System of Reinforced Concrete Construction, 551
Heating and Ventilation of Workshops, 4
Heavy Oil-burning Arrangement for Motor
Cars, F. A. Wilkinson, 227
Heavy Oil Engines—-see Engines
Hichens, W. L., on the Functions of the Govern
ment in Relation to Industry, 412
High Level Steel Arch in New Zealand, 446
High-pressure and High-temperature Steam in
Large Power Stations, J. H. Shaw, 33, 38
History of Engineering, Links in the, Rhys
Jenkins, 52, 333
Hobart—-see Water Supply
Hog Island Shipyard, 57
j Holland, Large Pumping Stations in, 106, 486 Hollings, J. S., on the Use of Bosh Tuyeres in the Blowing of Basic Pig Iron, 258
Housing—see Labour
Humanity, Laws of, 245
Hurst, J. E., on the Addition of Steel to Cast Iron, 93
Hydro-electric Plant, American, Enlarging. 116 Hydro-electric Plant in New Zealand, Wood
Stave Pipe for, 400
IMPERIAL College of Science and Technology 382
Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, 93
Impurities in Gun-metal, F. Johnson, 250
Indian Sea Ports, Bombay, Chittagong and
Rangoon, 334
Industrial Alcohol Committee, 323
Industrial Coal—see Coal
Industrial Development of Norway, 530
Industrial Development of Sweden, 309
Industrial Fatigue Research Board, 565
Industrial Future of the Pyrenees, 51
Industrial Reconstruction Council Lectures, 61
Industry, Functions of the Government in
Relation to, W. L. Hichens, 412
Infantry and Accessories, 375
Influence of Elements, &c.—see Iron and Steel
Influence of Hot Deformation, &c.—see Iron and Steel
Institutes and Institutions—-see Associations, &c.
Insurance, National Health, 20
Internal Combustion Engines—see Engines
Invention, Specialisation and, W. G. Cass, 100
Irish Transport Developments, 417
IRON AND STEEL: Addition of Steel to Cast Iron, J. E. Hurst, 93 Admiralty Contracts, Procedure for Ordering Steel Materials, 39
American 600-Ton Blast-furnace, 108
Balanced Reactions in Steel Manufacture, Dr. Andrew McCance, 444
Cast Iron Shells for the American Artillery, 254
Casting of Steel in Ingot and Other Moulds, J. E. Fletcher, 259
Electric Muffle Furnace, with Pyroscopic Detector, Wild and Barfield, 21
Electric Welding of Cast Iron, 167
French Iron Ore Deposits and Germany, 331
Gas-fired Electrode Annealing Furnace, Davis
Furnace Company, 560
Gas-fired Furnaces, Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Company, 497
German Steel Industry and the Future, 224
Hardness Testing, &c., A. F. Shore, and Notes by Sir R. Hadfield, 239
High-speed Steel-hardening Furnace, Bray-shaw Furnaces and Tools, Limited, 319
Indentation Method in Determination of Hardness, Value of, R. G. C. Batson, 354, 435
Influence of Elements on Tenacity of Basic Steel, &c., Dr. A. Me William, 239, 340
Influence of Hot Deformation on the Qualities .of Steel, Monsieur G. Charpy, 238
Iron-making in Italy, 545
Iron and Steel Regeneration of France, 375
Iron and Steel Trades, Lord Balfour of Burleigh’s Committee Report, 318
Lord Balfour of Burleigh’s Committee Report, Adverse Opinion by Council of British Federation of Iron, Steel, &c., Merchants, 318
Manufacture and Testing of Cast Steel Chain Cables, 134
Occluded Gases in Steel, Dr. T. Baker, 444
Principles of Open-hearth Furnace Design, C. H. F. Bagley, 259
Sound Steel, Sir R. Hadfield, 543
Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials,, Cosmo Johns, 239
Steel Uprights for Shipbuilding Berths, Glasgow Steel Roofing Company, Limited, 124
Use of Bosh Tuyeres in the Blowing of Basic Pig Iron, J. 8. Hollings, 258
Utilisation of Waste Heat from Open-hearth Furnaces for the Generation of Steam, T. B. Mackenzie, 259
J JEFFRIES, Dr. Z., on Grain Growth in Metals, 250
Jenkins, khys, on Links in the History of Engineering, 52, 333, 534
Johns, Cosmo, on Properties of Metals as Affected by their Occluded Gases, 444
Johns, Cosmo, on Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials, 239
Johnson, F., on Alloys of Copper and Zinc, 251
Johnson, F., on Impurities in Gun-metal, 250
K KERSHAW, J. B. C., on CO2 Recorders in the Boiler-house, 45, 67
Kershaw, J. B. C., on the Use of Lignite, Bagasse and Wood Waste for Power Generation, &c., 121, 133
“ Key ” Industries Exhibition, 315
L LABOUR NEWS, STRIKES, AND WAGES QUESTIONS: American Railway Wages Commission, 87
Army to Shipyard, 262
Discharge of Workpeople, 499
Eight Hours’ Day in Germany, 534
Industrial Fatigue Research Board, 565
Labour Administration, E. T. Elbourne, 235, 257, 280, 299, 322, 348, 365, 388, 432, 453, 478, 604, 548
I Laws of Humanity, 245 ; (Letters), 286, 306
Meanest Thing, 267
Mr. Rowntree on Human Needs, 289
Prevention of Accidents in Workshops, Factories, &c., 400
LABOUR NEWS, STRIKES, AND WAGES QUESTIONS {continued): Soldier-Apprentice Problem, 135, 304
State and the Housing Problem, 119
Strike at Coventry, 78, 99, 106
Women in Munition Factories, 30
LAMPS for Daylight Signals on Railways, 520 Lathe, Precision Screw-cutting, Alfred Herbert,
Limited, 558
LATIN-AMERICAN ENGINEERING NOTES: Extension of Habana Docks, 69
Port San Antonio, 69
Steam Engines for Argentina, 69
Water Power in Venezuela, 69
Water Supply of Guayaquil, 69
LAUNCHES—see Ships
Laws of Humanity—see Labour
LEADERS: x4merican Naval Policy, 489
British Nava] Construction since 1914, 465
British Shipbuilding, 183
Civil Aerial Transport, 511
Coal Position, 224
Commercial Education. 56
Counting Joints, 245
Eight Hours’ Day in Germany, 534
Electric Welding in Shipbuilding, 119
Elements of Naval Power, 533
Empire Water Resources, 141
Flight at High Altitudes, 11
Foreign Patents in Germany, 183
French Iron Ore Deposits and Germany, 331
Future of the Oil Engine, 77
German Naval Policy, 161
German Shipping and Shipbuilding, 203
German Steel Industry and the Future, 224
German Submarine Designs, 99
Higher Pressures, 33
Inclined Cylinders, 331
Industrial Development of Sweden, 309
Infantry and Accessories, 375
Irish Transport Developments, 417
Iron and Steel Regeneration of France, 375
Laws of Humanity, 245
Macedonian Marshes, 55
Machinery Design and National Character, 33
Meanest Thing, 267
Merchant Shipbuilding Position, 141
More Light on Shipbuilding, 223
Mr. Rowntree on Human Needs, 289
Nationalisation of German Industries, 555
Nationalised Railways, 511
Navy and Merchant Shipbuilding, 120
Problems of Peace, 417
Promotion of Overseas Trade, 490
Proper Use of Sea Power, 441
Railway Canal and Harbour Charges, 203
Railway Executive Committee, 289
Railway Manager on Transport, 397
Rationing of Fuel, 267
Shortening the Naval Front, 353
Standard Gas, 354
Standard Locomotives, 11
Standard Railway Equipment, 442
State and the Housing Problem, 119
State and Reconstruction, 309
Strike at Coventry, 78, 99
Suggested Sewage Disposal Authority, 161
Transport and Delivery of Goods, 77
Wanted : A Railway Policy, 465
War Administration of British and American
Railways, 397
Woolwich, 555
LECLAIRE Canal on the Mississippi River, 65 Lectures on Trade and Industry, 61
LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS: England, North of, 19, 41, 62, 85, 104, 126, 147, 169, 189, 209, 231, 253, 275, 295, 317, 337, 359, 380, 403, 425, 449, 473, 495, 516, 539, 563
Lancashire, 18, 40, 62, 84, 104, 126, 146, 168,
188, 208, 230, 252, 274, 293, 316, 335, 358,
379, 402, 423, 447, 472, 493, 515, 538, 562 ; (Letter), 518
Midlands and Staffordshire, 18, 40, 62, 84, 104, 126, 146, 168, 188, 208, 229, 251, 274, 293, 315, 335, 357, 379, 402, 423, 447, 471, 493, 515, 537, 562
Scotland, 20, 42, 64, 86, 105, 128, 147, 169,
189, 210, 231, 253, 276, 295, 317, 337, 359, 381, 404, 426, 450, 474, 495, 517, 540, 564 ; (Letter), 518
Sheffield, 19, 41, 63, 85, 105, 127, 146, 168, 188, 208, 230, 252, 275, 294, 316, 336, 358,
380, 403, 424, 448, 472, 494, 516, 538, 563 ; (Letter), 178
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 20, 42, 64, 86, 106, 128, 148, 170, 190, 210, 232, 254, 276, 295, 317, 337, 359, 381, 404, 426, 450, 474, 495, 517, 540, 564
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Air Raid Casualties, Mark H. Judge, 306, 414
Ancient Pumps, G. E. C. Lamb, 347
Annealed v. Wrought Iron Castings, W. J.
May, 306
Boy in Industry, R. R. Hyde, 8, 125 ; j. W. W., 74 ; W. Duckett, 96 ; F. E. Johnson, 166; D. H. Macartney, 125; A. S. Murdoch, 200, 391
British and Continental Railway Tunnel, Geo. Remington, 471
British Railways and the War, Hexagon, 306
Christmas and Overseas Troops, Joseph Meech, 471
Costing in the Brass Trade, H. F. Smith, 135 Counterfeit Gold Coins from Venezuela, H. M.
Sayers, 30
County of London Royal Engineer Volunteers, C. B. Clay, 347
Education of Engineers, H. G. Taylor, 470
Electric Railway Rolling Stock, W. J. T., 518
Employers and Employed, E. W. Petter, 178 Engineers in the Aimy, Efficiency, 74
Engineers and India, Scribe, 8 ; Indicus, 217 ; G. Jordan, 264 ; Albino, 264
Fourth Dimension, C. F. D. M., 347 ; A. C. Garwood, 391
Future for Engineers in India—see Engineers and India
Future of the Professional Classes, A. F. Wickenden, 30
LEITERS TO THE EDITOR {continued): Goods Clearing Houses, A. W. Gattie, 125
High-pressure Steam, E. C. Bowden-Smith, 135—see, also Steam
Industrial Combination and the Export Merchant System, Howard F. Smith. 8
Lfl471 W°°d Pipe in New Zealand» Grating, Laws of Humanity, W. A., 286 ; S. R. H., 306 Locomotive Builders of the Past, P. C.
Dewhurst, 61
Lost Time Within the Meaning, &c. &c., Machine Shop Foreman, 61
Menai Suspension Bridge, F. H. Frankland. 518
Modern Sewage Treatment, S. E. Melling, 518 New Merchant Ships : Timber as Auxiliary, R. M. Steele, 8 ?
Output of Scottish Shale Oil, H. J. Peddie, 518
Patent Law Reform, J. Keith, 30, 286, 328, 413 ; Prior Lien, 306, 347 ; Patent Agent, 470 b
Pneumatic Grain Handling—see Portable, &c. Portable Grain - handling Plant, G. F.
Z.mmer, 135 ; R. Boby, Limited, 242 ;
Power Plant Company, Limited, 414
Practice in Bridge and Girder Yards from a Theoretical Standpoint, Hugh R. Lewis, 60 ; C. Gribble, 96
Properties of Steam—see Steam
Public Supplies of Electricity, F. B. Nathan, 264
Rationing of Fuel, W. H. Casmey, 328
Real Speed of Aeroplanes, J. D. North, 264
Renewable Stay Heads, R. G. Miller, 200 :
F. M. Jones, 217 ; E. W. Fell, 217 ; S’ Manne.ring, 242
Reservoirs at Buenos Aires, C. E. D. Waring, 125
Restriction in the Employment of Engineers, Institution, M. Inst. Met. &c., 30
Sawdust Briquettes, A. E. A. Edwards, 264 S.mplified Cosine Formula, W. F. Dunton, 96 Standardisation of Locomotives, F. W.
Brewer, 30, 135, 200 ; J. Riekie, 61, 166
State Control of Railways, One Who Knows, 561
Steam, Properties of, High-pressure, When is Steam Superheated ? A. J. Nicholson, 8 ; F. B. Aspinall, 60, 166, 217, 286, 470 ; J. Riekie, 166, 178, 264; C. R, K., 242, 413 ; W. H. Booth, 264, 471 ; A. J. Brewer, 286
Syndication in Industry, Howard F. Smith, 328
Technical Publications for Soldiers at the Front, Motor Traction Publishing Company, 61
Three-cylinder Locomotives-—see-.Valve Gear Trade and Commerce, British Federation of
Iron, Steel, &c., Merchants, 200
Training of Apprentices—see Boy in Industry Valve Gears for Thiee-cylinder Locomotives, R. C. Porter, 96 ; H. Holcroft, 96 ; Loco., M.I.M.E., 96, 200, 264, 286, 306 ; H. S. Vincent, 347
When is Steam Superheated ?—see Steam Whitley Scheme Weakness ? Design, 178 Why not a Five-day Working Week ? E. T.
Good, 347
Work for Young Engineers, Beta, 471
Works Organisation, H. G. R., 561
LIGNITE, Bagasse and Wood Waste, Use of, for Power Generation, &c., J. B. C. Kershaw, 121, 133
Links in the History of Engineering, Rhys Jenkins, 52, 333, 534
Liquid Fuel in the Foundry, Use of, Captain
A. E. Plant, 251
LITERATURE : Reviews: All the World’s Aircraft, C. C. Grey, 301, 398 Coal and its Scientific Uses, W. A. Bone, 163, 512
Power Plant : Installation, Upkeep and Economical Operation, T. R. Wollaston, 269
Selected Papers on Social and Economic Questions, Sir Benjamin C. Browne, 163, 466
Short Notices: Aircraft Mechanics’ Handbook, F. H. Colvin, 269
Ports and Terminal Facilities, R. S. MacElwee, 163, 269
Books Received: Alternating-current Electrical Engineering, P. Kemp, 269
Applications of Electrolysis in Chemical Industry, A. J. Hale, 376
British Scientific Products Exhibition, August 12th to September 7th, 1918, 301
Canada : Department of the Interior : Dominion Water Power Branch Water Resources, Paper No. 20, “ Interests Dependent on Winnipeg River Power,” 79
Department of Mines—Mines Branch : Analyses of Canadian Fuels in Five Parts :
Part I., The Maritime Provinces ; Part II., Quebec and Ontario ; Part III., Manitoba and Saskatchewan ; Edgar Stansfield and J. H. H. Nicolls, 398
Annual Report on Mineral Production of Canada during 1916, J. McLeish, 398 Iron Ore Occurrences in Canada, Vol. II., and Maps, 79
Mineral Springs of Canada : Part II., Chemical Character of Some Canadian Mineral Springs, E. T. Elworthy, 398
Report on the Building and Ornamental Stones of Canada: Vol. V., Province of British Columbia, W. A. Parkes, 398
Report on the Clay Resources of Southern Saskatchewan, N. B. Davis, 398
Carburation in Theory and Practice, R. W. A.
Brewer, 79
Chemical Analysis of Iron, A. A. Blair, 13
Chemical Combination among Metals, Dr.
Michele Giua and Dr. Clara Giua-Lottini, 79
Coal, The Economical Use of, J. H. Anderson/ 163
Coast Erosion and Protection, E. R.
Matthews, 301
LITERATURE (continued):
Books Received (continued):
Colour in relation to Chemical Constitution E. R. Watson, 100
Concrete Engineers’ Handbook, G. A. Hoo and others, 163
Decimal Educator, Vol. I., No. 1, September 1918, 398 1
Decimal Money Tables, A. M. Pooley, 13
Do You Pay Excess Profits ? T. Frame Miller, 163
Drainage Problems of the East, Vol. II. Plans, C. C. James, 13
Electrical Engineering, General Lectures on C. P. Steinmetz, 100
Electric Motors and Control Systems, A. T Dover, 79
Electric Motors, W. Perren Maycock, 376
Electro-Magnetic Theory of Light, Element? of the, L. Silberstein, 163
Engineering Science, A Primer of, Ewart S. Andrews, 79
Flying Book : The Aviation World Who’? Who and Industrial Directory, 1918, W. L. Wade, 100
From War to Work, Samuel Turner, 79
Hardening and Tempering of Steel, Fridolin Reiser, 79
Heating and Ventilation, J. R. Allen and J. W. Walker, 100
High Explosives, Captain E. de W. S. Colver,
How to Work a Spindle Moulder, W. T.
Blackmur, 79
Human Needs of Labour, B. S. Rowntree, 100
Il Trattamento Termico Preliminare degli
Acciai Dolci e Semiduri, per Costruzioni Meccaniche, Ulrico Hoepli, 79
Industrial Electrometallurgy, Eric K. Rideal,
Ingots and Ingot Moulds, A. W. Brearley and
H. Brearley, 163
International Mining Laws, F. T. Van Wagenen, 190
Italian Dictionary, A Short, Vol. I., Alfred Hoare, 79
Life and Letters of Joseph Black, M.D., Sir Wm. Ramsay, 398
Liquid Steel : Its Manufacture and Cost, D. Carnegie, 398
Magnetism and Electricity for Home Study, H. E. Penrose, 301
Mathematics, Handbook of, for Engineers, 163
Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data, Handbook of, H. P. Gillette and R. T. Dana. 398
Mensuration Made Easy, or The Decimal System for the Million, Chas. Hoare, 13
Mercantile Year-book and Directory of Exporters, 1918, W. Lindley-Jones, 100
Metallurgist’s and Chemist’s Handbook, D. M. Liddell, 269
Metallurgy of Lead, H. O. Hofman, 398
Metals and Alloys : Tables Containing Percentage Composition, &c., 120
Mine Tracks : Their Location and Construction, J. McCrystle, 398
Modern Engineering Measuring Tools, Ernest Pull, 301
Modern Management Applied to Construction, D. J. Hauer, 190
Modern Steam Boilers, &c., Ernest Pull, 398
New Moon : Romance of Reconstruction,
Oliver Onions, 163
Numerical Trigonometry, B. Abbott, 398
Petroleum Refining, A. Campbell, 301
Recovery and Re-manufacture of Waste
Paper, James Strachan, 100
Reinforced Concrete : Theory and Practice.
F. Rings, 398
Rural Water Supplies and their Purification, S.r A. C. Houston, 79
Safe Loads on Steel Pillars, Tables of, E. S
Andrews and W. C. Cocking, Vol. I„ 13 Selwyn’s Metric Conversion Tables, W. E.
Dommett, 163
Ship Stability and Trim, P. A. Hillhouse, 269 •tabulated Weights of Angle, Tee and Bulb
Iron and Steel, Chas. FI. Jordan, 100 Technology : Journal of Manchester Muni-
cipal College of Technology, Vol. IX., 301 Telegraphy, Aeronautics and War, Charles
Bright, 79
Temperature, Methods of Measuring. E Griffiths, 79
The Electrician Annual Tables of Electricity Undertakings, &c., 79
Town Planning in Madras, H. V. Lanchester. no 1
United States Department of Commerce : Terrestrial Magnetism, &c., D. L. Hazard, 398
United States Department of the Interior : Bureau of Mines :
Advanced First-aid Instructions for Miners, 398
Bulletins :
149, Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1915, E. H. Burroughs, 190
138, Coking of Illinois Coals, F. K. Oritz, 398
135, Combustion of Coal and Design of ha nnaC0S’ ,Kreisinger and others, 13 110, Concentration Experiments with the
Siliceous Red Hematite of the Birming-ham District, Alabama, J. T. Singewald,
139, Control of Hookworm Infection at
the Deep Gold Mines of the Mother Lode, Wh’t°rn398^r* J* and J. H.
!52 Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, January-April, 1917, J. W Thompson, 398
16J». Decisions on Mines and
September-December, 1917, J.
Vv. Thompson, 190
136. Deterioration in the Heating Value of Coal during Storage, H. C. Porter and F. K. Ovitz, 398
120, Extraction of Gasoline from Natural
. CG' A- Burrell and others, 398
146 Mineral Technology, 20; Technology w ^making in the United States, W. C. Phalen, 13
103, Mining and Concentration of Carnotite
, °r®s* K‘ L- Rlth11 and J- A. Davis, 398
140 Occupational Hazards at Blast-furnace Plants and Accident Prevention, F H Willcox, 13
LITERATURE (continued'):
Books Received (continued):
155, Petroleum Technology, 41 ; “ Oil Storage Tanks and Reservoirs,” 0. P. Bowie, 100
151, Petroleum Technology, 40 ; Recovery of Gasoline from Natural Gas, &c., W. P. Dyke ma, 190
132, Siliceous Dust in Relation to Pulmonary Disease, &c., E. Higgins and others, 190
137, Use of Permissible Explosives in the Coal Mines of Illinois, J. R. Fleming and J. W. Koster, 398
133, Wet Thiogen Process for Recovering Sulphur, &c., A. E. Wells, 398
Coal Mine Fatalities in the United States, Compiled by Albert H. Fay, 1917, 13 : Februarv, 1918, 100 ; June, July and August, *'1917, 398
Technical Papers :
147, Absorption of Methane and other Gases by Coal, S. H. Katz, 398
202, Accidents, Metal Mine, in the United States, 1916, Albert H. Fay, 100
201, Accidents at Metallurgical Works in the United States, 1916, Albert H. Fay, 13
193, Accidents, Quarry, in the United States, 1916, Albert H. Fay, 100
176, Bibliography of Recent Literature on Flotation of Ores, July to December, 1916, D. A. Lyon and others, 398
179, Census of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Chemists, A. H. Fay, 398
167, Certificates of Mine Rescue Training, D. J. Parker, 398
173, Coke Oven Accidents in U.S. in 1916, Albert H. Fay, 398
172, Effects of Moisture on Spontaneous Heating of Stored Coal, S. H. Katz and H. C. Porter, 398
199, Five Ways of Saving Fuel in Heating Houses, H. Kreisinger, 13
182, Flotation of Chalcopyrite in Chalco-Pyrrhotite Ores of Southern Oregon, W. H. Coghill, ] 3
162. Initial Priming Substances for High Explosives, Guy B. Taylor and W. C. Coke, 398
141, Laboratory Determination of the Explosibility of Coal Dust and Air Mixtures, J. K. Clement and J. N. Lawrence, 398
183, New Views of the Combustion of the Volatile Matter in Coal, S. H. Katz, 13
181, Petroleum Technology, 42 : Determination of Unsaturated Hydro-carbons in Gasoline, E. W. Dean and H. H. Hill, 13
175, Production of Explosives in the U.S., 1916, A. H. Fay, 398
144, Quick Determination of Incombustible Matter in Coal and Rock Dust, &c., A. C. Fieldner and others, 190
194, Report of Committee on Standardisation of Mining Statistics, Albert H. Fay, 190
189, Temperature Viscosity Relations in the Ternary System, &c., Alex. L. Field and P. H. Royster, 190
185, Use of the Interferometer in Gas Analysis, F. M. Seibert and W. C. Harpster, 190
184, Weights of Various Coals, S. B. Flagg, 190
Universal Directory of Railway Officials, 1918, 163
Universidad Nacional de la Plata-Contri-bucion al Estudio de las Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, 79, 163, 398
Wealth from Waste, H. J. Spooner, 100
Works Lighting, D. H. Ogley, 269
LLOYD’S Register—see Ships
Locomotives of Special Types, Small, 111, 118 Locomotives—see also Railway Locomotives London—see Port of
Lord Pirrie’s Manifesto on Need of Ships, 451
Lorry, Motor, Erection, by Associated Equipment Company, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October Mh, 1918)
Lucke, Charles E., on the Heavy Oil Engine, 80 Ludwik Hardness Test, Dr. W. C. Unwin, 355, 43.5
M McCANCE, Dr. Andrew, on Balanced Reactions in Steel Manufacture, 444
Macedonian Marshes, 55
Machinery Design and National Character, 33
Machinery Markets of Syria, 29
Mackenzie. T. B., on the Utilisation of Waste
Heat from Open-hearth Furnaces for the Generation of Steam, 259
McWilliam, Dr. A., on Influence of Elements on Tenacity of Basic Steel, &c., 239, 240
Magnesite, German Monopoly, 332
Manufacture of Ethyl Alcohol from Wood Waste, 204
Materials, Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of, Dr. Unwin, 301
Meanest Thing, 267
Menai Suspension Bridge, Tests on Tie Bars from the, 47 ; (Letter), 518
Metals, D formed Non-ferrous, Recrystallisation of, D. Hanson, 250
Metals, Grain Growth in, Dr. Z. Jeffries, 250
Metals, New Method of Testing Hardness of, Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435
Metals, Occlusion of Gases by, Papers and Discussion at the Faraday Society, 444
Metals, Resistance of, to Penetration under
Impact, Professor C. A. Edwards, 216, 314
Middlesbrough, Junior Technical School for, 207
Middlesbrough Roads. 293
Military Work—see War Material
Military Workshop Train, Gloucester Railway
Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554
Mill—see Cogging Mill
Mine Rescue Apparatus, Committee’s Report, 219 ; Digest of Report, D. Penman, 243
Mineral, Our, Statistics, 12
Mineral Resources Bureau, Imperial, 93 Mining Engineers’ Institution—see Association
MINISTRYOF MUNITIONS ORDERS : 8, 167, 334, 346, 414, 447, 475, 492, 520’ 544, 560
Additional Maximum Prices for Metallurgical Coke, 414
Aeroplanes and Aero Engines, Experimental Construction Suspension Order, 561
Agricultural and Dairy Machines, Implements and Vehicles (Sale) Order, 1918, 8
Bar Iron for Home Delivery, 521
Boilers (Control) Order, 1918, 414, 544
Cast Iron Scrap, 167
Control of Building Bricks, 544
Control of Metals, Chemicals, Machinery and Plant, 560
Copper, Brass, Cupro-Nickel Scrap, Spelter and Lead, 544
Cranes, 521
Discharge of Workpeople, 499
Electricity Supply, 414
Export Prices, Iron and Steel, 520
Export Prices, Pig Iron, 520
Export Prices, Steel, 447
Gasworks, 8
Iron and Steel, 334
Iron and Steel Prices, 475
Iron and Steel Scrap, 167
List of Steel Prices for Home Deliveries on and after February 1st, 1919, 520
Lorries and Trailers, Revocation Order, 561
Machine Tools, Wood-working Machinery and Treadle Lathes, 346
Manufacture and Repair of Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers and Shot Guns, 447
Motor Engines and Vehicles, 521
Non-ferrous Metals, 544
Notice of Modification of General Permit, 167
Notice of Modification of General Permit as regards Dealings in Wrought Iron Scrap, 16'7
Pig Iron, Steel and Bar Iron Prices, 492
Refractory Materials, 493
Relaxation of Priority for Government Work, 521
Removal of Certain Restrictions :
On Non-ferrous Metals, 475, 492
Regarding Manufacture of Forgings, Stampings and Castings, 475
Regai ding Manufacture and Sale of Iron and Steel, Wire and Wire Ropes, 475
Regarding Sale and Purchase of Calcium Carbide and Machine Tools, 492
Returns as to Forgings and Castings, 346
Second-hand Boilers, 334
Second-hand Machine Tools, Wood-working
Machinery and Treadle Lathes, 414, 447
Second-hand Railway Wagons, 447
Shellac, 521
Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, No. 1466, 447
Suspension of Various Orders, 561
Tm, 544
Use of Ministry Plant and Machinery for Civil Work, 475
MOTOR Cars, Heavy Oil-burning Arrangement for, 227
Motor Coaches for Railways—see Railways
Motor Lorry Erection by Associated Equipment
Company, 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918)
Motor, Steam, Coke Fuel, Clarkson, Limited, 101, 103
Motor Traffic Rules and Recommendations, 561
Moving Targets and Torpedo Attack, 2, 23
Munitions Dispute—see Labour, 106
Myers, Captain C. C., on Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for Concrete Ships, 443
N NATIONAL Health Insurance, 20
Nationalisation of German Industries, 555
Nationalised Railways—see Railways
NAVAL NOTES : 5, 83, 143, 180, 360, 418, 444, 513
American Co-operation, 180
Austria’s Naval Collapse, 418
Battleships and Cruisers, 513
Benedetto Brin Trial, 143
Brazilian Naval Aid, 5
Brazilian Torpedo-boat Destroyers, 83
Capital Ships and Cruisers, 5
Construction in the United States, 513
Destroyer Launched with Steam up, 360
End of Black Sea Fleet, 5
French Admiral’s Criticism, 360
French Construction, New, 180
French Cruiser, Loss of, 180
French Cruiser, A New, 513
French Navy in the War, 180
French Pre-War Design, 143
German Light Cruisers, 5, 83
German Pre-Dreadnoughts, 418
German Warships, New, 83
Heavier Batteries Foreshadowed, 143
H:gh-angle Fire, 360
Hostile Submarines Still Active, 360
Leonardo da Vinci, 513
Light Cruiser Armaments, 143
Losses by Internal Explosion, 143
Missing Collier Cyclops, 83
Passing of the Pre-Dreadnought, 513
Rapid Destroyer Construction, 83
Ships and Yards, 418
Skoda Works, 418
Successful Naval Bombardments, 360
Surrendered German Ships, Battleships, Battle-cruisers, Light Cruisers, 444
Torpedoes : Gear for Altering Course, 360
War Losses, 418
NEW YORK State Barge Canal System, 49, 54, 90, 98
New York Water—see Water Supply
New Zealand, High Level Steel Arch in, 446
New Zealand, Large Wood Pipe for Hydro-
Electric Plant, 400
Nitrate Plants in America, 129
Norton, Arthur, on The Wear of Tramway Car Tires, 292
Norway, Industrial Development of, 530
Barge, H. Lowthian, 356
Beardmore, Isaac, 30
Bennis, Edward, 399
Cannon, Arthur, 355
Crosland, James Foyer Lovelock, 356
Diplock, Bramah Joseph, 143
Dyer, Henry, 291
Fox, D. M., 224 i
Hopkinson, Bertram, 186
Howgrave-Graham, Henry, 334
Hutchinson, Thomas Charles, 355
Marples, Edwin Henry. 442
Perrett, J. R., 356, 376
Pryce, Henry J.; (Portrait), 157
Restler, Sir James William : (Portrait), 399
Scott, Charles Herbert, 143
Sisters on, Edward, 57
Stevenson, Edmund Herbert, 74
Stringer, Edwin Henry, 471
Turner, Henry, 471
Walker, Gilbert Drew, 471
Walker, H. Cecil, 471
Westlake, Henry, 356
Willcocks, George Waller, 74
OCCLUSION of Gases by Metals, Papers and
Discussion at the Faraday Society, 444
Oil—see also Heavy Oil
Oil, Boring for, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 346, 352
Oil-carrying Ships—see Ships
Oil Engines—see Engines
Oil Firing for Domestic Purposes, E. C. Bowden-Smith’s Scarab Oil Burner, 445
Oil, Production of, from Cannel Coal, 120
Oil Separator, Summers-cales, Limited, 39
Orde, Edwin L., on the Future of Shipbuilding, 498
Ovens, Semet-Solway Coke, Installation at a Colliery, Coke Oven Construction Company, 430
Overseas Trade, Promotion of, 490
P PARAFFIN Vaporiser for Motor Ploughs, Martin’s Cultivator Company, 339
Patent Law Reform, 438, 468
Patent Rights, Acquisition of, 22, 44, 66, 88, 108, 130. 150, 172, 192, 212, 234, 256, 278, 298, 320, 342, 362, 'SSC, 406
PATENT SPECIFICATIONS:
British: Aeronautics, 65, 149, 171, 255, 385, 405, 475, 522
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 107,
171, 451
Cranes and Conveyors, 255, 297, 361
Dynamos and Motors, 65, 87, 129, 233, 255, 319, 341, 361, 385, 427, 543, 566
Engines, Internal Combustion, 21, 43, 65, 87, 107, 129, 171, 191, 211, 233, 255, 277, 297, 319, 341, 405, 451, 475, 499, 521, 543, 565
Engines, Steam, 107, 297, 319, 385, 405, 427, 451, 521
Gas Producers, 21, 44, 191, 341, 405, 451
Heating and Lighting, 255, 297, 34], 361, 385, 406, 500
Lighting—see Heating
Locomotives, 21, 386
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 21, 44, 66, 88, 130, 192, 212, 255, 277, 298, 319. 342, 361, 385, 428, 475, 499, 522, 543, 566
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 22, 66, 129, 150, 212, 278, 342, 427, 475, 544
Mines and Metals, 22, 88, 130, 192, 256, 278, 298, 320, 342, 428, 452, 522, 566
Miscellaneous, 22, 44, 66, 88, 108, 130, 150,
172, 192, 234, 278, 298, 320, 362, 386, 406, 428, 452, 476, 500, 544
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 44, 108, 172, 256, 342
Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 43, 130. 149, 17], 191, 212, 234, 278, 320, 361, 453, 475, 499
Shipsand Boats, 87, 150, 172
Steam Generators, 21, 107, 149, 255, 277, 361, 405, 427, 499, 543, 565
Switchgear, 129, 172, 297, 428
Telephones and Telegraphs, 320
Tramways and Railways, 475
Transmission of Power, 22, 211, 234, 406, 452 Turbines, 191, 211, 297, 361, 405, 522, 543, 565
Water Purification, 566
PATENTS, Enemy, 57
Patents, Foreign, in Germany, 183
Peat Fuel, Value of, for the Generation of Steam, 123, 163, 178, 180
Personal and Business Announcements, 17, 42, 64, 88, 108, 128, 172, 190, 212, 232, 254, 278, 298, 318, 362, 385, 426, 446, 474, 496, 518, 543
Petrol Locomotives—see Tractors
Phosphorus in Bronzes. T. E. Rooney, 250
Pipe, Wood Stave, for Hydro-electric Plant in New Zealand, 400; (Letter), 471
Pirrie, Lord, Manifesto on the Need of Ships, 445
Plant, Captain A. E., on The Use of Liquid Fuel in the Foundry, 251
Pneumatic Riveting in British Shipyards, 149
Pontoons, Reinforced Concrete, at Sydney, 285 Port Chanaral, Chile, Development of, 199 Port of London Improvement Scheme, 394 Ports, Indian Sea, 334
Portable Pneumatic Grain Unloading Plant, Robert Bobv, Limited, 94, 95 ; (Letters!, 135, 242
Potash Industry, British, 148
Power of Engines—see Engine®
Power Supply, E.ectrical—see Electrical Matters
Printing Machines, Electrically Driven, Bruce, Peebles and Co., Limited, 14«', 144
Precision Screw-cutting Lathe, Alfred Herbert, Limited. 558
Prevention of Accidents—see Accidents
Problems of Peace, 417
Progress Department, 486
Promotion of Overseas Trade, 490
Proper Use of Sea Power, 441
Pulverised Coal—see Coal
Pumping Engine, George Sorocold, 333 :
(Letter), 347
Pumping Stations in Holland. Large, 106, 486
Pyrenees, Industrial Future of the, 51
Q QUANTITY Production in Lorry Building, Associated Equ'pment Company, 288, 290 {Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918)
R RADIATORS, Manufacture of, by Associated Equ'pment Company, 288, 290 {Two-Page Supplement, October 4th, 1918).
RAILWAYS & RAILWAY MATTERS :
General: Ambulance Train for the American Army, 260, 263, 266
Census of Private Owners' Railway Wagons, 7 4
Crewe Tractor for Military Light Railways, 339
Dealing in Second-Hand Railway Material, 217
Lamps for Daylight Signals on Railways, 520 Nat.onalised Railways, 511 ; (Letter), 561 Railway Accidents in 1917, 43
Railway, Canal, and Harbour Charges, 203 Railway Construction in the Near East, 300
Relio-itop Railway Brake Control System, Industrial Appliances, Limited, 58
Retaining Wall Failure and Reconstruction near Wembley Hill, Great Central Railway, 532, 536
Standardisation of Railway Equipment, 442, 445
Train, Military Workshop Repair, in Flanders, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554
Transport, A Railway Manager on, 397, 401, 421
Transport, Report of Select Committee, 458 Two Recent Railway Accidents, 26
British, Colonial and Indian : Aberdeen Joint Station, Railway Collision at, 373
British Railways under War Conditions, 214, 246, 268, 284, 289, 310, 321, 371, 390. 397, 410, 454, 490, 528, 556 ; (Letter), 306
Great Central Railway, Failure and Reconstruction of Retaining Wall, 532, 536
Kalka-Simla Railway and Rolling Stock, 455, 464
Katanga Railway, 501 {Two-page Supplement, December 13th, 1918)
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Retirement of Sir John A. F. Aspinall, 529
London, Brighton and South Coast Triple Collision, 26
London and North-Western Railway and Workshops, 277
London and South-Western Railway Six coupled Fas e g r Engine, 383 {Two-page Supplement, Norember 1st, 1918)
North-Eastern Railway, Controlling the Freight Traffic, 305
North-Eastern Railway Derailment, 26
Railway Executive Committee, 289
Trans-Australian Railway, 56, 78
Victorian Railways—New Consolidation
Locomotives and Excursion Cars, 15
Wanted—A Railway Policy, 465
Foreign: Ambulance Train for the American Army, 260, 263, 266
American Railway Wages Commission, 87
American Railways under Government Control, 39
Central Argentine Railway, Electric Traction on, 324, 330. 343, 367 {Two-page Supplement, October 18th, 1918)
French Railway Line of the 45th Parallel, 552 Inspecting American Rails for Renewal, 277 Motor Coach for Central Argentine Railway, 344, 345
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES:
General: Coaling Plant, Locomotive, at Buda-Pesth, 414
Counting Joints, 245—see also Great Northern Locomotive
Inclined Cylinders, 331—see also Great Northern Locomotive
Parachute Tank for Water Crane, New South Wales Government Railways, 357
Practical Notes on Repair of Locomotive Boilers, E. W. Fell, 541
Pulverised Coal on American Locomotives, 156, 174
Renewable Stay Heads for Locomotive Fireboxes, Mr. Snelson, and London and North-Western Railway, 176 ; (Letters), 200, 217, 242
Standard Locomotives, 11 : (Letters), 30, 61, 135, 166, 200
British, Colonial, and Indian : Great Northern Three-cylinder Locomotive, 70, 72, 245, 331 {Two-page Supplement, July 26th, 1918); (Letters), 96, 200, 264, 286, 306, 347
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES (continued)-. British, Colonial and Indian (continued): New South Wales Government Railways, Clear-view Locomotive Tender, 356, 357
Parachute Feed Water Tank, New South
Wales Government Railways, 357
Victorian Railways—New Consolidation
Locomotives and Excursion Cars, 15
Foreign: American Loco motives, Pulverised Coal on.
156, 174
American Mallet Locomotive, Norfolk and
Western Railroad, 319
German Locomotive Industry, 177
Recent American Freight Locomotives, 222, 232
Standard American Locomotives, 372
RAINFALL, Relation of, to Configuration, . Carle Salter, 530
Rationing of Fuel, 267 ; (Letter), 328
Reclamation of Macedonian Marshes, 55
Recorders—see CO2
Recrystallisation of Deformed Non-ferrous
Metals, D. Hauson, 250
Reform in the File Industry, George Taylor, 1 3
Refractory Materials Conference of the Ceramic
Society, 332
Refractory Materials, Standardisation of Tests of, Cosmo Johns, 239
Reinforced Concrete Construction, Heathcote System, 551
Reinforced Concrete Pontoons at Sydney, 285
Reinforced Concrete Reservoir, 18,000,000
Gallons, at Winnipeg, 545
Reinforced Concrete—see also Ships, Concrete
Repair of Boilers—see Boilers
Repairing Cylinders—see Engines
Research, Scientific and Industrial, Report, 197, 272
Research, Scientific and Industrial, Report of Mine Committee—.see Mine
Reservo.’rs—see also Water Supply
Resistance of Metals—see also Metals
Resistance to Penetration of Metals when
Tested by Impact, &c., Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. F. W. Willis, 142, 354, 435
Retaining Wall Failure and Reconstruction, Great Central Railway, 532, 536
I Rhine, Freedom of the, 154
i Riveting—see Pneumatic
Rolling Mill Plant, Electrical, Oerlikon Com-
I pany, 308,312
I Rooney, T. E., on Phosphorus in Bronzes, 250
- Ro wn tree, Mr., on Human Needs, 289
s Salford Electric Power Station, 519
Salvage—see Ships
Scarab Oil Burner, E. C. Bowden-Smith, 445
Science and the Future, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 442
Science and Technology, Imperial College of, 382
Scientific and Industrial Research, Summary and Report, 197, 272 ; D gest of Report, D. Penman, 242, Industrial Fatigue Research Board, 565 ; Report of Mine Breathing Apparatus Committee, 219
Scientific Products, Exhibition of, 102, 142
Screw-cutting Lathe—see Lathe
i Screw Threads, British Standard Fine, Tolerances of, New Report by British Engineering Standards Association, 254
1 Separator, Oil, Summerscales, Limited, 39
J Sewage Disposal Authority, Suggested, 161
i Shaping Machine, Aero-Propeller, A. Ransome and Co., Limited, 60
Shaw, J. H„ on High Pressure and High Temperature in Large Power Stations, 33, 38
Shells—see War Material
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING:
General: All Welded Ships, 61
American Merchant Marine, Growth of, 138
British Shipbuilding, 183, 205
British Shipbuilding Yards, 346
Concrete Shipbuilding, 125, 286
Concrete Shipbuilding at Poole, 191, 408, 4.11, 416 (Two-page Supplement, November 15th, 1918)
Concrete Ships, Blast-furnace Slag as an Aggregate for, Captain C. C. Myers. 443
Egis Shipyard, 186
Electric Welding for Shipbuilding, 96, 119, 217
Electrically Welded Barge, 122
Fabricated Ship in America, 523 (Two-page Supplement, December 20th, 1918)
Future of Shipbuilding, Edwin L. Ordc, 498 German Shipping and Shipbuilding, 203 1000-Ton Concrete Lighter at Poole, 191,
408, 411, 416 (Two-page Supplement, November 15th, 1918)
Lloyd’s Register and Electric Welding, 143, 162
Lloyd’s Register Shipbuilding Returns, 518 Manufacture and Testing of Cast Steel Chain
Cables, Memorandum by Lloyd’s Register, 134
Merchant Shipbuilding, 173
Merchant Shipbuilding Position, 141
Mode] Fabricated Ship, 171—see also Index to Paragraphs
More Light on Shipbuilding, 223
Need of Ships, Lord Pirrie’s Manifesto, 451
SHIPS & SHIPBUILDING (continued).
General (continued):
Newark Shipyard and Fabricated Ships, 523 (Two-page Supplement, December 20th, 1918)
Pneumatic Riveting in British Shipyards, 149
Proper Use of Sea Power, 441
Repairing Fractured Steam Cylinders, Barimar, Limited, 285
Shipbuilding, The Navy and Merchant, 120
Shipping and Shipbuilding after the War, 155
Shipyard of the Furness Shipbuilding Company, North-East Coast, 73, 76
Shipyard, Hog Island, 57, 138
Shipyards and Munition Works, Joint Committee, 335
Steel Uprights for Shipbuilding Berths, Glasgow Steel Roofing Company, Limited,
Time Taken to Construct Ships, 256
Yarrow Anti-submarine Smoke System, 218
British Navy: British Naval Construction since 1914, 465 •
British Warships Commissioned since 1914, 467
Naval Matters: Admiralty Salvage Section, 34
American Naval Policy, 489
Elements of Naval Power, 533
German Naval Policy, 161
Moving Targets and Torpedo Attack, 2, 23
Navy and Merchant Shipbuilding, 120
Release of Officers and Men from the Navy and Army, 471
Shortening the Naval Front, 353
Foreign Navies : German Light Cruiser Graudenz, 296
German Submarine Designs, 99
Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels: Agawam, Fabricated American Ship, and Newark Shipyard, 523 (Iwo-page Supplement, December 20th, 1918)
1000-Ton Concrete Lighter at Poole, 191, 408, 411, 416 (Two-page Supplement, November 15th, 1918
Launch of Two 1000-Ton Concrete Barges at Barnstaple and Barrow-in-Furness, 286
Motor-driven Concrete Schooner Molliette, 468, 469
Oil Tanker, San Florentino, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 508
Salvage of the Onward, 493
Salvage of the St. Paul, 480 (Two-page Supplement, December Oth, 1918)
Wooden Ocean Steamers, Large, Built in America, 93 "
SHORE, A. F., on Hardness Testing, &c., 239
Signals, Daylight, on Railways, Lamps for. 520 Silica and Zirconia, 332
Slag, Blast-furnace, as an Aggregate for Concrete Ships, Captain C. C. Myers, 443
Smoke System, Yarrow—see Ships Societies—see Associations, &c.
Soldier-Apprentice Problem, 135, 304
Specialisation and Invention, W. G. Cass, 100
Standard Gas, 350, 354
Standard Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives
Standardisation of Railway Equipment, 442, 445
Standardisation of Tests of Refractory Materials, Cosmo Johns, 239
State and the Housing Problem, 119
State and Reconstruction, 309
Stay Heads—see Railway Locomotives
Steam—see also High-pressure
Steam Generation Plant, Waste Products for, Meldrums, Limited, 400
Steam Motor, Coke Fuel, Clarkson, Limited, 101, 103
Steam, Value of Peat Fuel for the Generation of, 123, 163, 178, 180
Steel—see Iron and Steel
Stokes, Sir Wilfrid, on the Stokes Gun and Shell and their Development, 6, 27
Stream Flow and Percolation Water, Samuel Hall, 530
Strikes—see Labour
Submarines—see Ships
Sweden, The Industrial Development of, 309
Swinton, A. A. Campbell, on Science and the Future, 442
Syria, Machinery Markets of, 429
T TANKS, Feed-water—see Railway Locomotives
Taps and Dies for Production Work, G.
Doorakkers, 151, 186, 187
Targets, Moving—see Ships, Naval Matters
Taylor, George, on Reform in the File Industry, 13
Technical Instruction in the Army, 311
Technical School. Junior, for Middlesbrough, 207
Tempering Water-quenched Gauges, Effect of, 537
Tenders-—see Railway Locomotives
Testing Hardness—see Hardness
Testing of Materials, Dr. Unwin, 301
Tests on Tie Bars from the Menai Suspension
Bridge, 47 ; (Letter), 518
Textile Training at Bradford, 311
Tires, Tramway Car, Wear of, Arthur Norton.
292
Torpedo©®—.see Ships, Naval Matters 488Or4Q7talian Agricu,turaI’ Fiat Company,
TrCrewefO339TiIitary Light Rai,ways> at
Tractors Simplex Petrol, Motor Rail and Tram-car Company, 111, ns
Trade and Industry, Lectures on, 61
Trade, Overseas, Promotion of, 490
Trains—see Railways
Tr?cjoWay Car Tires’ Wear of’ A1>thur Norton,
Trans-Australia-—see Railways
Transport— see also Railways and Aeronautics
Iran^port and Delivery of Goods, 77 ; (Letter),
Transport Developments, Irish, 407
Transport, Report of Select Committee, 458 lurbmes, Rateau Marine Geared, 2500 H.P.
British Westinghouse Company, 36 lurbo-air Compressor at the Holbrook Collierv,
Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 113
Turbo-generator, A Large, 52
L Dr7 ?»n thc ExPerimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of Materials, 301
Unwin Dr. W. C., on the Ludwik Test, 355, 435 Use of Lignite—see Lignite
VALUE of Peat Fuel—see Peat
Vaporiser, Paraffin, Martin’s Cultivator Com-pany, 339
Volunteer Engineers, London Army Troops 9^?lp1ann,ies’ 17’ 44’ 61> s3. 108, 128, 150, Inn’ 1™’ 273’ 291> 320> 341> 347, 385,
406, 426, 446, 476, 496, 565 ; (Letter), 347
w WAGES Questions—see Labour
Wall Failure—see Retaining Wall
WAR MATERIAL & WAR MATTERS ! Army to Shipyard, 262
Ca254Ir°n She,Is for the American Artillery,
German Maritime War Aims, 268
Infantry and Accessories, 375
Military Building Work in the United States, 167
Railways—.see Railways
Release of Officers and Men from the Navy and Army, 471
Shel! of the Long-range Gun which is Bombarding Pans, 14
Stokes Gun and Shell and their Development, Sir Wilfrid Stokes, 6, 27
Workshop Repair Train in Flanders, Glou-cester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, 550, 554
AVASTE Products for Steam Generation. Plant Meldrums, Limited, 400
Water Power Development, Bombay, 507
WATER SUPPLY: Empire Water Resources, 141
Freezing of Reservoir Outlet Works, Irvine
District Water Board, Gilbert Christie, 530
Hobart Water Supply, 205
New York Water Supply, 109, 131
Reservoir, 18,000,000-Gallon Reinforced Concrete, at Winnipeg, 545
WRAR Oi Tramway Car Tires, Arthur Norton,
Welding, Electric— see Electrical Matters
ilson Bridge at Lyons, 387, 396
Wilson, D., on Industrial Coal Economy, 383
Winnipeg, 18,000,000-Gallon Concrete Reservoir at, 545 '
Women in Munition Factories, 30
Wood Stave Pipe for Hydro-Electric Plant in
Aew Zealand, 400 : (Letter), 471
Wood Waste, Manufacture of Ethyl Alcohol from Wood Waste, 204
Wooden Steamers—.see Ships
Woolwich, 555
Works, Motor Lorry, Associated Equipment
Company 288, 290 (Two-page Supplement, October 4th, 1918)
Workshop Repair Train in Flanders, Gloucester
Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, 550,
Workshops, Heating and Ventilation of, 4
W orkshops, Progress Department, 486
fARROW Anti-submarine Smoke System, 218 tarrow’s Works, Manufacture of* Artificial Limbs at, 236, 244
z
Refractories, 333
See Also
Sources of Information