The Engineer 1919 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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ACETYLENE and Coal Gas, Illuminating Power and Immunity from Risk, 135
Acetylene, Compressed, in a Porous Substance, Government Order, 53
AERONAUTICS: Aerodrome at Durban, Proposed Erection, 635
Aerodrome at Goregaon, Bombay, 539
Aeroplane Surplus Engine at Work in Factory, 85
American Offer for Aeroplanes and Engines from British Disposal Department, 154 Amsterdam Aircraft Exhibition, British
Section Delayed by Strikes, 157
Aviation Exhibition, Paris, 565
“ Bristol ” Fighter Biplane, Continuous Com-missionj 463
Dutch Aviation Routes to be Opened Next Year ; Services to England and Elsewhere, 572
Fiat B.R.F. Biplane, 635
Fire Patrols by Aeroplane over Californian Forest Reserves, 301
India, Aerodrome Construction near Bangalore, 85
Insect Hunting Surveys by Aeroplane, 635
Man-power Aeroplane Flight at Paris, G. Poulain, 157
Pan - American Aeronautic Convention, Colonel E. Lister Jones’ Address, 161
Rome to Turin Flight, Record Broken, 85
Semi-rigid Airship Purchased from Italy by U.S.A., 489
United States Airship Blown Up Owing to Sun Heat Expansion, 11
Wireless Telephony, Air Squadrons Fitted with during War, 157
AFFORESTATION Cost, Amount Allocated by
Government, 135
Agricultural Engineers’ Combination, 419
Agricultural Implements Imported into India, 11
Agricultural Tractors and Ploughs, Royal Agricultural Society Trials, 635
Alcohol, &c., from Coke-oven Gas, Process for
Commercial Development, E. Bury, 635
Alcohol as Fuel for High-speed Internal Combustion Engines, Benzol Admixture Necessary, 111
Alcohol from the Mahwa Tree, 85
Alcoholic Motor Spirit Factory in Natal, Output of, 157
Algeria’s Mineral Exports, 613
Alloy, Iron, Acid-proof, Italian’s Claim, 59
Alloys of the Duralumin Type, Heat Treatment of, 35
Aluminates of Lime, Value as Cement, 85
Aluminium Alloy with Calcium, 279
Aluminium and Alloys Coating Flux, S. O.
Cowper-Coles, 489
Aluminium in Germany, Output, and Need of Coal, 359
Aluminium, Prescription for Soldering, 11
Aluminium, Useful American Circular, 305
American Association of Engineers, Committee on Legislation, 35
American Concrete Institute, Recommendations, 135
American Lakes and Rivers, Plan for Control and Regulation of Discharge and Flow, 589
American Petroleum Export Statistics, 279
Architectural and Museum Studies, Prizes for
Drawings ; Conditions, 419
Armstrong College, Appointments of Principal and Registrar, 111
Armstrong College, Vacant Professorship of Engineering, 359
Asbestos Production in Rhodesia, 411
ASSOCIATIONS, I INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES : Association, British :
Statistics of War Transportation in France, Colonel Sir G. Beharrell, 279
Transport Policy, Mr. Acworth, 279
Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen :
Strike at Works of Kerr, Stuart and Co., Stoke-on-Trent, Supported by Association, 11
Sheffield Branch :
Winter Programme ; Projected Lectures. 613
Association of Engineers, Manchester : Scientific Management, H. W. Allingham, 613
Institute of Aeronautical Engineers :
Council Formation, 157
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Autumn Meeting in France, Proposed, 565 Bessemer Medal Award, 231
President for Next Year, Dr. J. E. Stead, 548
Institute of Metals :
Brass : Its Construction and Impurities, F. S. J. Pile, 635
Micro-mechanism of the Ageing of Duralumin, Dr. Zay Jeffries, 255
Institute of Mine Surveyors of Great Britain :
Scottish Branch :
Discussion of Objects of Institute ; Salaries Question, 359
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
Examination for Admission to Membership, 589
Meeting, 287
Presidential Address, Thos. Clarkson, 287
Reception, 478
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Fowls Lodged by Institution, 207
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Liverpool Sub-centre to be Formed, 539 Water Power, Professor Magnus Maclean. 279
Institution of Engineers (India) :
Rapid Establishment and Predicted Usefulness of the Institution, 539
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :
Reoccupation of Old Premises Commandeered by Ministry of Munitions, 437 Special Steels and Aluminium Alloys, Importance in Motor Vehicles and Aircraft, Dr. T. Blackwood Murray, 589
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Members’ List, 359
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :
Flags for Road Paving, Natural and Artificial, F. W. Bricknell, 359
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Institution of Naval Architects :
Awards of Elgar Scholarship and Earl of Durham Prize, 181
Cammell Laird and Parsons Scholarships, Entries for, 181 ; Awards, 421
Martell Scholarship in Naval Architecture (1920), 597
Scholarships Offered, 24, 135
Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :
Joint Technical Institute for the North-East Coast Institution and the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, 181
Institution, Royal :
Christmas Juvenile Lectures : The World of Sound, Professor W. H. Bragg, 528
Election of Members and Honorary Members, 564
Meetings, 476, 564
Programme up to Easter, 1920, 564
Society, Ceramic :
Refractory Materials Section ; Arrange* ments for Meetings, 383
Society of Engineer's :
Award of Premiums for Papers, 646
New Scheme for Association of Engineering Societies, Offer of Annual Premium by Mr. Burnard Geen, 11
Crystal Palace Engineering Society :
Papers and Awards, 625
Society, Faraday :
Magnetic Hardness of Ferrous Metals, &c., L. A. Wild, 255
Society, Optical :
Spirit Level from Captured Zeiss Director, Liquids for Filling Levels, J. W. French, 135
Spirit Level, Requirements, Major E. O.
Henrici, 59
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Australian Growth in Industrial Manufacture, Sir J. McCall on, 59
Trueman Wood Lecture, Sir Oliver Lodge, 613
Use of Electricity in Agriculture, Dr. J. F.
Crowley, 489
Society of Technical Engineers :
Mass Meeting, 554, 601
ATHENS, Exhibition of British Manufactures, 207, 411, 489, 515, 565
Australia, Rapid Growth in Industrial Manufacture, 59
Automatic and Electric Furnaces, Limited, Loan of Magnetic Sclerometer for Demonstration, 315
B BALLOONS Used in Tree Fumigation, 515
Barcelona, Annual International Fair Instituted, 511
Beardmore and Co.’s Large Section Mill, 181
Bearing Metals and Modern Metallography, 279
Belgian Rolling Mills, Esperance Abandoned, New Works Projected at Hourpes, 489
Belgium, British Trade with, Catalogues at Lidge, 262
Bennis, Ed., and Co., Lantern Slides for Lectures, 526
Benzole and the Cinematograph, 22
Benzole, Increased Production and Further Possibilities as Substitute for Motor Spirit, 11
Benzole, “ National,” Test with a Sunbeam Car, 207, 255
Benzole Test on 10,000-Miles Run by Sunbeam Car, 589
Bill to Prevent “ Lightning Strikes,” 419
Birmingham, Big Scheme in Progress for Improvement of Hockley Brook, 85
Blowpipe Cutting of Scrap Metal, 181
Board of Trade, Certain Powers of, Transferred to Home-office, 539
Board of Trade Departments, New Addresses and Telephone Numbers, 502
Board of Trade, New Administrative Council, 305
Boiler Plates, Steel, in the Yangtze Valley, High Prices Paid, 35
Boiler Tube Explosion Report, 85
Boilers Heated by Electricity, 11
Bombay, New Companies Organised, 35
Borneo and Sumatra Waterfalls, Available Horse-power, 359
Bradford Engineering Society, Coming of Age, 392
Brazil Trade, Increased Imports and Exports, 463
Brewers’ Exhibition, 452, 476
Brick Chimney for Cleveland Electric Company, Dimensions of, 85
Bridge, Highway, in Ohio, Accident during Reconstruction, 565
British Chemical Manufacturers’ Association, Visit to Germany, 68
British East African Land, Government Condition for Leasing, 613
British Industries Fair, Birmingham’s Share, 146
British Science and Key Industries Exhibition at Glasgow, 157, 328
British Scientific Products Exhibition, 59
British Westinghouse Company, Change of Name, 181, 548
Brussels Commercial Fair, Proposed, 157
Buenos Aires, Proposed Underground System of Electric Tramways, 613
Building Materials’ Tenacity ; Observations in the War Area, Sir B. Fletcher, 359
Bullion Salved from the Wreck of the Laurentic at Entrance to Lough Swilly, 157
c CABLE Across the Pacific Ocean, 332
Calcutta Corporation and Question of Sanitary Dwellings, 411
Canada, Export Trade, Increase since 1914, 85
Canada and Street Cars, Decision Against Local Manufacture in Toronto, 111
Canadian Water Power Development, Professor J. C. McLennan, 305
Canal, Crinan, Position under Consideration by Ministry of Transport, 635
Canal, First, in Northern India, Proposed Celebration of Centenary, 59
Canal, Huningue to Strasburg, Proposed Hydro-electric Stations, 565
Canal, Ship, Proposed, at South-west of Long Island, U.S.A., 613
Canal System in Canada, Government Survey, 565
Canal System of South Yorkshire, Reorganisation under Consideration, 635
Canals’ Future as a Difficult Problem, 135
Canalising the Rhone, Power and Coal Saving, 255
Cape Copper Company Closes Mines, Large lieturns since 1863, 85
Casein Glues, Valuable Properties, 111
Casting Iron Pipes, Centrifugal System, 613
Cement, Waterproof, Sir G. K. Scott Moncrioff, 489
Census of Europeans in South Africa, 11
Chain Manufacturers, New Association, 124, 220, 359
Charcoal Briquettes in India ; Difficulty, 157
Chemical Employers and Motor Transport
Employers’ Federations, Alliance, 59
Chemical Engineer as a Liaison Officer, 181
Chemistry, Organic, Professorship at Armstrong College, Dr. S. Smiles Appointed, 157
Chicago and the Atlantic, Improved Water Communication, 59
Chimney, Tall Reinforced Concrete, at Sagano-seki, Professor Omori’s Conclusions, 437, 463 Chimneys, Tall, Stresses by Wind Pressure and
Seismic Motion Compared, 437
China Clay Transport Difficulties and Settlement, 514
China, Local Materials Economically Used for Construction Work, D. F. McLeod, 181
Chinese Dockyard Improved to Carry Out American Contracts, 231
Cinematograph as Advocate for Benzole, 22
COAL, COKE, AND COLLIERIES: Amount of Coal Required to Mill One Ton of Ore, 589
Anthracite Seam Struck at Glyn Neath, 231 Argentine Coal Discovery, its Great Value, 207
Belgian Blast-furnaces and Coke Scarcity, 333 British Columbia and Coalfields, 383
Calcium Carbide Manufacture and Byproduct Extraction from Coal and Shale at Natal Collieries, 565
Coal Discovery in Chili, 613
Coal Mining in Germany, Decreasing Output, Increasing Cost of Production, 85
Coal Transport by Rail, Suspended Restrictions, 279
Commercial Motor Users’ Association and Coal Permits, 74
Compressed Air Coal-cutting Machines, Tests, 589
Controller of Coal Mines, Change of Appointment, 437
Dutch East Indies, Increased Coal Consumption, 259
Electrical Charges Advance with Price of Coal, 135
Federated Malay States, Useful Discovery of Coal and Output, 539
Fire Extinction by Mud Jet, 135
Gasworks, Demand for Ash Guarantee, 315
High-priced Coal and Hydro-electric Power Extension, 7
India, Increased Output of Coal Mines, 59 Ireland, Stationary Output of Coal, 565 Kent Collieries during the Railway Strike, 411 |^ens and Lievin Mines Flooding ; Ten Years Required for Complete Restarting, 135
Lord Bute no Longer Colliery Proprietor, 59
Louren^o Marques, Coal Deposits Found, 157 Melbourne Harbour Coaling Plant, 515 Mines Unwatering, Need of Barriers, 515
Mines Water-logged in the Tipton District, 181
Mining in Formosa, Primitive Methods, 231
Natal, Coal and Bituminous Shale Development in, 4] 1
Natal Navigation Company’s New Coal Area, 515
Natal, Official Coal Trade Report, Decreasing Output, 383
Nationalisation of Mines, Mr. Justice Sankey’s Report, 23
New Zealand, Coal Discovery in, 157
New Zealand Coal Mines and Nationalisation, 312
Oil Fuel in France, Commission Urges its Use to Replace Coal, 565
Output of Coal in the United Kingdom during Four Weeks, 359
Output, Slight Improvement, 287
Powell Duffryn Company’s New Pit, 539
Pulverised Coal for Open-hearth Furnaces, N. C. Harrison, 539
Quick Work at a Colliery, 279
Seven-hour Day and the Output, 255
South Africa, Coal Development Company Formed, 383
South Africa, New Colliery, 157
Spitzbergen Coal Deposits, Scottish Syndicate to Prospect, 11
Spitzbergen, Coal Exports from, 613
Spitzbergen, Further Coal Discovery, 157
Storing Coal in Carbonic Acid Gas, 589
'Temperature of Coal Mines, Atmospheric Conditions, Ventilation and Health, 539
Tonkin Output from the Hongay Mines, 255 United States Coal Consumption Estimate, 57 Vienna Company’s Coke Supply Transferred t o Czechs with Change of Frontiers, 535
Wagon Shortage on Railways, Measures Taken on Behalf of Collieries, 135
Water in South Staffordshire Mines, 589
Western India, Trial Boring for Coal ; Heavy Cost of Coal at Bombay, 565
CONCRETE Caissons for Bridge Foundations, Best Method of Sinking, F. W. Sweeney, 35
Concrete and Fire Resistance, 135
Concrete Mooring Buoys Compared with Steel, 411
Concrete Pipe Failure in Arizona, Professor G. E. P. Smith, 181
Concrete Replaces Plain Steel for Cranes, 383
Concrete Setting Studied by Assistance of Camera, 111
Concrete Tanks for Fuel Oil Storage, 85
Copper in Ancient India, Mr. Panchanan Neogi, 515
Copper Conductors, 242
Copper Contact Bows of Electric Railways Replaced by Carbon, 515
Copper Mines in Norway, Cost of Production and Falling Prices, 411
Copper as a Protective Against Corrosion of Steel, 305
Cornish Mining in St. Ives District, 565
Corrosion in Boilers with Turbines and with
Reciprocating Engines ; Tests, 157
Corundum, Artificial, Cheap Manufacture of, Possible in England, C. J. Brockbank, 635
Cotton Mill in Central China ; British and
American Machinery, 255
Creosoted Piles, Long Life of, 255
Crystal Palace Engineering Society : Papers and Awards, 625
Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering, Admiral Sir G. W. Moore on Future of Engineering, 122
D DAM Proposed Across Sutlej River, India, Highest in the World, 613
Dam, Proposed, for Irrigation Scheme in Idaho, Higher than Any Yet Built, 613
Dam in Tasmania, Cause of Failure, H. E.
Bellamy, 383
Davidson and Company’s War Work Booklet, 98
Daylight Saving in General Favour, 215
Death of Mr. T. P. Shonts : His Work on
Panama Canal Development and on New York Subways, 569
Decimal Currency, Increased Adoption, 411
Derrick Cranes with Reinforced Concrete
Replacing Plain Steel, 383
Diamond Getting by Use of a Diving Bell, 231
Diesel Engine Users’ Association : Applies for
Grant for Research, Complains of Household Fuel Order as Applied to Electrical Companies Using Oil, 59
Ding-Dong Mine Reopening, 411
Disabled Men Nearly AU Again at Work, 85
Dock, Largest in the World Projected at Vancouver Island, 234
Dolomite Deposits in the Peak District of Derbyshire, Scheme for Working, 35
Douglas Fir Timbers, Old and New, Results of Tests, 207
Dredging Bucket Weighing Nearly 20 Tons, 207
Drills, Small Twist, Device for Protection, 231
Duralumin, Ageing of, Dr. Zay Jeffries, 255
Duralumin and Kindred Alloys, Heat Treatment of, 35
Dutch East Indies, Road and Railway Construction Extended, 515
Dutch Margarine Makers’ Purchase of Oil Mills at Selby, 85
Dutch Section of the Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition, 320
E EAST AFRICAN Mines Department and Geological Survey, 539
Eisteddford, Welsh, and Applied Science, 279
ELECTRICAL MATTERS: Accrington, Extensions of Generating Plant, 255
Agriculture, Use of Electricity in, Dr. J. F. Crowley, 489
Air from Turbo-generators as Forced Draught for Furnaces, 333
Alloy for Resistance Elements of Electrical Instruments, F. Weimar, 565
Austria’s Lost Coal to be Replaced by Electric Power, 535
Ayr, Proposed Loan for Electricity Supply, 207
Birmingham’s Electric Dust Carts, Batteries from America, 35
Bolton, Projected Expenditure on New Transformers, 207
Burma, Hydro-electric Plant for Mine, 207
Canadian Electrical Association : Bare and Covered Wires, 455
Canadian Electric Generating Plants, Statistics, 305
Castings for Switch-boxes, Replaced by Electric Welding, 463
Ceylon Hydro-electric Scheme, 489
Coal Prices and Electrical Charge Increase, 135
Copper Conductors, 242
Cracking of Rubber Insulation on High-tension Cables, F. B. Silsbe, 589
Denmark, Large Hydro-electric Works for Jutland, 279
Doncaster Corporation Loan for Generating Station, 635
Douglas Electric Light Supply, 181
Dundee Electricity Scheme, 181 ; Proposal for Extension by Use of Water from the Tummel Valley, 279
Furnace Installation, Electric, for Norway, from United States, 635
Generating Station Statistics in the United States, 85
German Output of Crucible and Electric Steel, Furnaces Employed, 111
Glasgow Electrical Finance, 333
Gwalior, India, Electricity Supply, 181
High-tension Electrical Power Transmission, Extension of Possibilities, 589
High-voltage Transmission, "Practicability, Southern Californian Successful Operations 493
Hull Electrical Plant Extensions, Loan Sanctioned, 135
Indian. Scheme for Electric Supply from Local Water Power in the Nilgiris, 539
Italy, Two Large New Hydro-electric Stations for Industrial Work, 279
Japanese Electrically Driven Steel Plant _ Coming from the United States, 635
Kelp for Insulation, in Australia, 333
London Electricity Supplies, Linking-up, 635
Manchester’s Proposed Loan for Generating Station, 279
Mercury Vapour Rectifiers for Transforming High-tension Current, 613
Niagara, Power Utilisation and Natural Beauty, 383
Ootacamund,_ Madras, Proposed Electric Supply from Sandy Nullah Waterfall, 59
Osaka Steam-driven Electrical Installation, Largest in the Far East, 437
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):
Paris Electric Power Distribution, Large Outlay, 181
Pittsburgh, Large Power Plant, 255
Power in India, Increasing Demand for, 429
Power Project in Manitoba, 255
Bailway and Dock Generating Stations and
Lines Exempted from Transfer under Electricity Supply Bill, 135
Rapid Reversing Motor at Indiana Harbour, 157
Rhodesia and Available Electric Horsepower, 35
Rhone Development, Use of Power in Paris, P.L.M. Railway, &c., Government Outlay, 613
Rivets, Electrically Heated, G. M. Clark, 589
Rotherham Loans for Electricity Undertaking Bill to be Passed, 135
Sheffield Electrical Finance, 333
Spain, Utilisation of Water Power of the River Tort, 181
Suffolk Electricity Supply Company Obtains Exemption from the Household Fuel and Lighting Order, 437
Surplus Hydro-electric Power Developed in British Columbia, 642
Temperature of Electric Furnaces, Device to Regulate, Monsieur Lequex, 489
Towing, Electric, on the Canal de la Marne, 255
Transport, Ministry of, and New Powers under the Electricity Bill, 539
Trial Borings with View to Tunnel Under
Liffey for Electr.c Mains, 207
Whitley Council for the West Midland Electricity Supply Industry, 287
Wind Power as Source of Electrical Supply, Comparison with Gas, 59
York City Hydro-electric Scheme, 489
ELECTROL YTIC Zinc in Australia, 157
Ellesmere Port, New’ Wharves for Ocean-going
Steamers, 11
Engine, James Watt, 206, 213
Engineers’ Patience and Pay, 31
Engineering, The Future of, Admiral Sir G. W.
Moore, at the Crystal Palace School of Engineering, 122
Exhibition, All-British, Proposed at Singapore, 613
in Athens by Federation of British Industries, 207, 411
Aviation, in Paris, 565
at Barcelona, British Firms to Exhibit Mechanical Inventions, &c., 305
Brewers, 452, 476
of British Manufactures at Athens, 207, 411, 489, 515, 565
British Science and Key Industries, at Glasgow, 157, 328
International Motor Boat and Marine and Stationary Engine, 626
Mining, in South Africa, 534
Shipping, Engineering, and Machinery, at Olympia, 11, 181, 320
Union of Inventors of the Loire, 359 of Venezuela, First National, 437
Explosion of Economiser at Yorkshire Dye Works, 463
Explosion of Safety Valve Chest Due to Collision between Tug and Dredger, 111
Explosion at Scotswood Works, Official Report, 35
Explosions in War Factories, Low Rate of Fatalities, 231
Explosive Charges for Sea Depth Soundings, 463
I FACTORIES, Safety Pamphlet Issued by I
I Home-office, 620
Factory and Agricultural Labour, Suggested
1 Alternation of, 515
1 Federation of British Industries :
Change of Address, 59
Exhibition in Athens, 207, 411, 489, 515, 565
Finland’s Water Power Resources, 411
Instigates Government Continuance of Emergency Road Transport Service, 411
Sending Staff to Cologne, 111
Federation of Technical and Scientific Associations ;
Formation and Objects, 238
Meeting, Constitution Proposals, 290
Ferrous Metals—see Iron and Steel
Fertiliser Manufacture from Phospha tic Rock at Johannesburg, 35
Fibre from Eucalyptus Bark ; Factory Started in Australia, 589
File for Cleaning Contact Points of Sparking Plugs, Brown Brothers, Limited, 601
Files and Drills, Economical Use of, 463
Fire in Coal Stack, Extinguishing, 383
Fire Engine for Refilling Water Reservoir, 181
Fire Extinction by Mud Jet in Collieries, 135 Fire-grates, Economy in, 635
Fire Losses in this Country, Enormous Increase this Year, 231
Fire Losses Greater per Head in Canada than Elsewhere, 111
Fire Patrols, Aeroplane, Over Californian Forest Reserves, 301
Fires in Grain Elevator Caused by Wheat Dust Collecting on Electric Lamp, 111
Fish Scarcity at Billingsgate and the Railway Companies, 58
Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, Experiments Resumed, 489
Flag-pole, Reinforced Concrete, 157
Flux for Coating Aluminium and Alloys, S. O. Cowper-Coles, 489
Fog, Effect of, on Light Intensity, C. L. Utterback, 337
Foire de Paris, Variety of Exhibits, 383
Ford Tractor Factory at Cork, 255
Forest Area, Valuable, in Asia Minor, 538
“ France,” A Catalogue of French Industry, Exports, &©., 613
Franco-Polish Society Founded in Warsaws 589
French Docks Congestion, Measures to Relieve, 383
French Offer for Works near Saarbriicken, 463
French Purchase of Peat Bog in Ireland for Fuel Making, 85
French Reconstruction of Roads, Railways, Bridges, Tunnels, Telegraphs, and Telephones, 117
French Reconstructional Work ; Question of Contracts for British and American Firms, 4 37
French Unused Water Power for Relief of Coal Scarcity, Suggestion, 59
Fuel Economy Organisation Committee’s Report, Sir R. Hadfield on, 59
Fuel Economy in Power Production, W. T. Lane, 359
Fuel, French Commission Urges Use of Oil to Replace Coal, 565
Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines, Alcohol Requires Addition of Benzole, 111
Fuel Oil Tanks at Portland, 81
Fuel Research ; Government Station at Greenwich, 207, 305
G GADGETTS for Motorists, 522
Gas and Electricity Derived from Wind Power, Mr. F. Barrett on, 59
Gas as Fuel for Motor Vehicles, Uncertainties of Liquid Fuel, 135
Geological Survey and Museum, Transfer of Departments, 489
Goophone, Successful Experiment in Pennsylvania Coal Mine, 111
German Amalgamation of Big Electrical and other Firms, 589
German Union of Technical Societies, Petition for New Technical Library, 11
Germany Outbids other European Countries for Erection of Wireless Telegraphy Station, 255 Glass Globes and Window Glass, Factory for Manufacture of, to be Erected at Queenborough, 111
Glass-making in West Norfolk, 207
Glue Joints and Varnished Wood Surfaces, 437
Gold Mine, Deepest of any Metal Mine in the World, 383
Gold Mines, Low-grade, in South Africa, Serious Position, 207
Gold Ore Reserves of the Rand, 35
Gold Refinery for the Rand, Proposed, 411
Gold from the Transvaal, Effect on the Industry of a Free Market, 333
Government Car Used as Beehive, 111
Government Financial Help for Higher Education of Ex-Service Officers and Men, 181, 279 Government Sale of Cranes and Machine Tools, 181
Grantham and District Engineering Society, 411 Grantham, Special Engineering School for Boys, 613
Gravel as an Aggregate in Concrete, 135
Greenwich, Fuel Research Station at, 207
Gunpowder in Railway Workshops, 135
Gwalior State Project for Waterway Connection with Calcutta, 11
H HARDENING of Duralumin, 35
Health, New Ministry of, 11
Heat Economy in Chemical Works, Harold
Nielsen, 613
Hong-Kong’s Imports of Tin, 463
Hooghly River Bed Survey, 59
House-building, Comparison between Cost of
Brick and Concrete, 207
Hydraulic Works on the Rhone, 378, 383
Hydro-electric Plant in Burma, 207
Hydro-electric Power Extension in Sweden, 7
Hydro-electric Power, Surplus Developed in
British Columbia, 642
Hydro-electric Scheme, Ceylon, 489
Hydro-electric Scheme, York City, 489
Hydro-electric Schemes—see also Electrical
Matters
Hydrogen Peroxide, Experimental Plant for, by
Kynoch Limited, in Natal, 380
Hydrographic Surveys in the North Sea, ] 81
IMPERIAL Mineral Resources Bureau, Offices Moved, 231
India, Distillation of Wood and Production of Stockholm Tar, 85
India, Government and Private Service in, 406
India, Water Power Resources of, Report on, 437, 515 1
Indian Public W orks Department, Increased Pay for Members, 363
Indian Scheme for Dredging Ch ilka Lake to
Avoid Flooding, 411
Indians to have Training in Navigation, Bombay Scheme, 35
Industrial League Conference of Employers and Employed, 290
Industrial Life in America, President Wilson on, 383
Industrial Reconstruction Council 290^ ■kea£ue ’ Amalgamation ;
and Indus-New Title,
Insect Hunting Surveys by Aeroplane, 635 Institute Building for General Use of Technical Societies in South Africa, ] 35
International Electrotechnical Commission Meeting, 314
Ipswich Rails, British Tender Preferred to American, 157
ION AND STEEL: Acid-proof Iron Alloy, Claim by Italian, 59 Anzan Steel Works of South Manchuria Railway, Plant Extension and Output, 489
Austria-Hungary’s Steel Output in 1917 and 1318, 333
Bethlehem-Chile Iron Ore Dock at Cruze-Grande, 279
Blast-furnaces at Wellingborough Re-opened, 331
British Federation of Iron, Steel, Tin-plate and Metal Merchants, Meeting between Merchants and Manufacturers, 333
IRON AND STEEL (continued):
Castings, Iron, in America, Cost of, at Begin ning of Last Century, 437
Castings Replaced by Electric Welding of Steel Plates, 463 .
Chrome Iron Ore Discovery in Rhodesia, 157
Coating Iron Articles, Dr. C. Baskerville’s Method, 157
Copper as a Protective Against Steel Corrosion, 305
Corrosion of Iron Plot-water Pipes, Method of Prevention, 85
Ferrous Metals, Measuring Magnetic Hardness, &c., L. A. Wild, 255
First Cast of Steel at Coatbridge Works, 589
French Iron and Steel Companies Amalgamation, 279
French Tool Steel, “ Etiquette Rouge,” 305
German Iron and Steel Industries Proposed Combination, 411
Gorman Output of Crucible and Electric Steel in 1917, 111
German Prices of Pig Iron, Spiegel, and Merchant Bars, 489
Ingot Heating, Possible Injury by Great Speed, F. E. Bash, 589
Iron Oro Deposit Investigation by United States Geological Survey, 463
Lorraine Iron Ore for Export to Germany, French Price for, 463
Manganese Shortage : Additional Sources Indicated, 565
Ontario, Two New Steel Works being Built, 539
Pretoria Iron and Steel Industry, Proposed Extension, 565
Rusting of Steel having Copper Content, 85
Steel Boiler Plates in the Yangtze Valley, High Prices Paid, 35
Swedish Iron and Steel Industry, Low Output and Depression, 305
Swiss Steel Foundry, Electric Smelting of Scrap Iron, 437
Tata Steel Works, India : Renewed Contracts with Japan, 279
Titaniferous Iron Sauds of Now Zealand, V. W. Aubel, 565
Tunis Iron Exports to England, 231
Vancouver Company to Test Electric Smelting Process for Magnetite Ores, 383
IRRIGATION, Blue Nile Scheme, Bill for
Loan Passed by House of Commons, 135
Irrigation Reservoir in Ahmcdnagar District, Bombay, 635
Irrigation Scheme for Mexico, 463
Irrigation in South Africa from the Upper Modder River, 85
Irrigation in South Africa : Utilising the Kalahari Lake, 135
Italy, Investigation into Extent of Radioactive Substances, 85
J JAMAICA, Loan for Roads and Other Constructional Work, 157
Japan, Mineral Statistics of, 255
Japan, Submarine Tunnel to Replace Ferry between Railway Stations, 279
Japan as a Trade Competitor, E. F. Crowe, 111
Japan’s Foreign Trade, Great Increase, 135
Japanese New Monthly Journal, “The Transpacific,” 359
Japanese Population and Trade in India, Rapid Growth, 333
Java Fair at Bandoeng : British Section Inadvisable, 613
Java, Industrial Fair at, Important, 59
K KAPOK, Buoyancy of, Results of Experiments, 85
“ Kapok ” for Life-saving Appliances at Sea, 157
Kauri Forests in New Zealand, 35
Kelp, Wet, Plant for Dealing with, 565
Kinematograph Films Shown at the British Scientific Products Exhibition, 35
King’s College : Old Students’ Association, 68
King’s College War Memorial, 255
Korean Ores Largely Exploited by Japanese, 35
Krupp Works Locomotive Output, 411
Kwantung Factories for Sulphuric Acid, Soap, &c., 231
L LABOUR Costs and Mining Output Decline on the Rand, 181
Lantern Slides for Lectures, Bennis and Co., 526
Lantern Slides for Lectures, Marshall, Sons and Co., 548
Lead Factories in Belgium, German Treatment of, 383
Lead-Zinc-Iron Ores, Finely Disseminated, Difficulty in Making Clean Separation, 35
Lead and Zinc Mines in the Lake Country, Projected Developments, 207
Leaks in Masonry Wall of Canal, Method of Stopping, 383
Leather Belting : New Conditions of Sale, 147 Lectures and Concerts to Workmen, Palmers, Hebburn-on-Tyne, 578
Liffey, Proposed Tunnels Under, for Electric Mains and for Pedestrians, 207
Light Intensity, Effect of Fog on, C. L. Utterback, 337
Lighting in Factories and Workshops, Leon Gaster, 122
Lighting, Public and Private, Recent Developments in, W. C. Clinton, 421
“ Lightning Strikes,” Bill to Prevent, 419
Lignite Briquetting Factory in Canada, 613
Lille, Exposition Internationale, &c., for
Samples to Utilise in Reconstruction of Devastated Country, 613
Lithuania, Articles in Demand, 589
Liverpool to Provide Storage for Oil Fuel for Merchant Steamers, 237
Local Government Board, Passing of, 11
Lodge, Sir Oliver, Tidal Power versus Land Reclamation : Atomic Energy, Wasteful Use of, 613
Longitude of the World to be Determined by Wireless Telegraphy, 5’15
Lord Roberts’ Memorial Workshops, Some Results, 7
Lumber Production in United States, 11
Lysaght, John, Limited, New Australian Works, 539
M MACHINE Tools, Government Sale at High Prices, 34
Machine Tools, Suggestions for Common Standards in Certain Directions for Britain and America, 35
Machine Tools, Use of, for Mechanical Accuracy;
Egyptians, in 4700 b.c., were Beforehand with Whitworth, Professor W. M. F. Petrie, 47
Madagascar, Hydro-electric Installation at Tamatave, 635
Madras Engineering College Not Quite Ready, 231
Madras Government Orders Survey and Report on Various Ports, 59
Magnetic Sclerometer on Loan, 315
Magnetic Surveys at Irthlingborough and Melton Mowbray, Investigation and Important Conclusions, 11
Manganese—see Iron and Steel
Maps from Aero-photographs, Disadvantages, 161
Marshall, Sons and Co., Lantern Slides for Lectures, 548
Mechanical Transport Department’s Smart Work at Kempton Park, 11
Mexico City, Projected Exhibition of British Products, 231
Micro-mechanism of the Ageing of Duralumin, Dr. Zay Jeffries, 255
Microscope : Its Design, Construction, and Application : A Symposium, 588
Midland Laboratory Guild, 539
Milk Churns Brought to Paddington Daily, 383
Mills on the Thames for Extraction of Oil from Copra and Palm Nuts, 85
Milne Earthquake Observatory, Work to bo Carried on at Oxford, 231
Mine in Michigan, Deepest in the World, 333 ; (Letter), 409
Mino Timber, The Preservation of, N. T. Williams, 47, 463
Mineral Resources of the Empire : Monographs Committee of the Imperial Institute, 561
Mineral Wealth of St. Agnes, Cornwall, 489
Minerals Development, 597
Minors Conveyed to and from Work at Doncaster, 35
Minors’ Lamps, Home-office Invites Suggestions, 255
Mining Exhibition in South Africa, 534
Mining Explosion in Staffordshire : Gas and Coal Dust, 462
Mining, Non-ferrous, in the United Kingdom, Board of Trade Committee, 173, 383, 411, 437, 489, 565
Mining at St. Ives, Cornwall, 565
Motor Boat and Marine and Stationary Exhibition, International, 626
Motor Car Engines, Weight of, Compared with Aero-Engines, 359
Motor Car Weight Increase, Major F. Strickland, 207, 359
Motor Cars, Lorries, and Cycles, Output from Government Transport Depot at Slough, 539
Motor Cycle’s Mileage on a Gallon of Petrol, Ealing Trials, 255
Motor Omnibuses, Involuntary Stops, Small Proportion of, 515
Motor Spirit Replaced by Benzole and Alcohol, Captain Montgomery, 11
Motor Spirit from Sugar Cane : Works at Nairobi, 157
Moving a Big Gas Container, 11
N NANKING Experiments in Cultivation of American Cotton, 333
National Factories for Salo, 46
Nature, Jubilee of, 463
Naval History Chair for University of London, 135
Necessity Not the Mother of Invention, 635
New Zealand Coal Mines, Reported Nationalisation, 85
New Zealand Hydro-electric Works Acquired by Dominion Government, 515
News Letter for American Contractors’ Business, 111
Niagara Falls, Chemical Industries, Established and Prospective, 383
Niagara Falls Power Development Begun in 1842, 635
Nice, Reconstruction of Port, 463
Nitrate Deposits in South African District, Costs of Commercial Production, 589
Nitrate of Lime Factory in Norway, Largest Water Power Station in the World, 613
Nitrates from Overseas for British Explosives, Urgent Need for Construction of Factory in England, James Young, 85
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Experiments in Fixation of, 489
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Fixation of, Sale of
Incomplete Government Factory, 539
Nobel Prize Distribution Postponed till 1920, 85
Non-ferrous Mining, Board of Trade Committee, 173, 383, 411, 437, 489, 565
Norway’s Imports of Motor Cars, Lorries, &c., Small Proportion from Great Britain, 585
o OIL Depot at Belfast with View to Shipping and Electrical Requirements, 305
Oilfield in West Norfolk, Development Leads to Brick and Glass Making, 207
Oilfields of Athabaska, Wealth Confirmed by Old Records, 437
Oil Fuel Immensely Cheaper than Coal in Far Eastern Ports, 515
Oil Fuel Recommended in Substitution for
Coal in France, 565 * ,
Oil Fuel Storage at Liverpool, 237
Oil at the Hardstoft Well, Increased Flow, 437, 463
Oil in Midlothian, 359
Oil in Northern Rhodesia, 231
Oil Tanks for Naval Supply, 81
Oil Wells, Government, in Derbyshire, Progress
and Prospects, 463
Old Centralians, Address, &c., 196
Olympia, Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition, 11
Omnibus Fares Increasp Justified by Increased Costs, 10
Omnibuses, Overloaded : Factor of Safety, 539
p PAINT on Structural Steel, Quantities, 84
“ Painter ” in Water Off the Coast of Peru, 539 Paints for Bearings and Machinery, Research into Behaviour of Double Iodides of Mercury, &c., 305
Panama Canal Negotiated by Dreadnoughts, 135
Paper Import Restrictions Removed, 255
Paris Institution for Centralisation of Trade Projected, 437
Patent-office Examiners, 242
Patent-office Library Hours, Petition for Lengthening, 613
Patent Owners and Manufacturers, Now Association, 11
Patents in Poland, 231
Patents Prolongation, British Chambers of Commerce Resolution, 59
Patents and Trade Marks in Enemy Countries, Board of Trade Authorisation of Fees, 35
Patents and Trade Marks : International Congress to Discuss Question, 111
Patentees, Imperial Institute of, 528
Peace Celebration Dinner, G. A. Harvey and Co., 110
Peat Resources of Irish Bogs, 539
Petrograd Engineering Factories Suffer from Bolshevist Rule, 463
Petrol Drums, Supposed Empty, Fatal Explosions, 207
Petrol Handling in France, 207
Petroleum, Boring for, at West Calder, 255
Petroleum Executive : Development of Oil Shale Industry in United Kingdom, 383
Petroleum Investigations in Mexico, 411, 463
Petroleum in Mexico, Output, Potential and Actual, 437
Petroleum in New Guinea as Possible Repayment for Australia’s War Outlay, 134
Phosphate Mines, Morocco, 565
Photographic Development, Process for Gum-bichromate Prints, 35
Photography Aided by Refrigeration, 157
Pipes, Casting Iron, by Centrifugal System, 613
Platinum Mining Improvement, Increased Russian Output Expected, 85
Poland to Obtain Certain Chemical Products from Czocho-Slovakia, 589
Poland’s Economic Resources, 539
Polish Government Loan in the United States, 589
Pontoons, Flexible, in Ship Salvage, Successful Experiments, 279
Port of Sagna, Cuba, Improvement by Dredging, 613
Portland Cement Factory in Buenos Aires District, 383
Portland Cement Factories and Potash Recovery, 411
Portuguese Proposed Purchase of British Wireless Installation at Madeira, 613
Power Costs at Rhodesian Gold Mine, Coal Cost, 231
Power,.Elec trie—see aZso Electrical Matters
Power Transmission by Steel Belts on Magnetised Pulleys, 35
Profit-sharing and Labour Co-partnership, Government Report, 111
Q QUEENSLAND’S Mineral Output, 411
Queensland State Iron and Steel Industry :
Suggested By-product Production, 437
Queensland University Lectureship, 268
R RADIUM Discoveries in Canada, 565
Radium Production in the United States, 305
Railless Electric Traction Service of Shanghai, 411
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS : Accident, Derailment on London and North-Western, 181
Accident, Fatal, on French Railway, 279
Accident Reports, Board of Trade, 437
Accidents, Fatal, to Passenger Trains, A Year’s Immunity from, 59
Accidents, Level Crossing, on Southern Pacific Railroad, 135
Allocation of Goods Traffic and Hardships of Traders, 85
Ambulance Train Traffic on the Great Western Railway, 207
American Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen : Proposed Cooperative Stores on Large Scale, 135
American Express Company, Packing Regulations, 359
American Locomotives, 150, for Italian
Railways, 35
American Railway Associations Convention : Depreciation in Freight Cars, 135
American Saw. Mills Supplying Sleepers for British and French Railways, 35, 85
American Troop Movement ; Railway Figures, 111
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Annual Reports of Railways, Statutory Form of Account to be Resumed, 111
Appointments and Staff Changes, 11, 85, 135, 207, 230, 255, 279, 437, 463, 515
Arabia, Narrow-gauge Railway, Aden to Lahej, 488
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., First Main Line Locomotive Built, Trial of, 437
Athens, Existing Travel Facilities, Overland to Mediterranean Ports and Thence by Steamer, 279
Baldwin Locomotive Works Change of Presi-dent, 35
Banbury Station Free Buffet War Work, 411
Blackpool Traffic “ Rationing,” 135
Blandford Railway, Net Cost, 231
Bolivia’s National Resources and Lack of Transport Facilities, 305
“ Bradshaw’s Continental Guido,” Death of Editor, 333
Brakesman’s Comfort on the El Paso and South -Western Railroad, 489
Brazil Commission on State Railway Standardisation, 515
Brighton Tramway Track Renewals Cost, 180
British Railway Companies’ Weekly Notices to Operating Staff, 565
Buonos Aires and Pacific Railway Finance, 539
Buenos Aires Railway, Oil Fuel Supply Cheaper than Coal, 515
“ Calling-on ” Signal on Different Railways’ 515
Canadian Government Acquisition of Grand Trunk and other Railways, Terms, 321, 333, 411
Canadian Government Railroad Commissioner as Finance Minister, 305
Canadian Pacific Railway, Reputation for Courtesy, 359
Canadian Pacific Railway, Transport of Returned Troops, Record Figures, 111
Canal Traffic Tonnage Statistics, 565
Carriages Turned into Living-rooms for Railway Workmen, 255
Cartage of Goods by Railways, When Remunerative and Otherwise, 59
Central London and London and South-Western, Suggested New Connection, 613
Ceylon Government Railways and Coal Economy, 359
Charing Cross Underground Station ; Quarter Million Passengers and Additional Stairways, 497
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Track Kept Level by Adjustment of Pontoon Bridge, 35
Chicago Railway Services, Electrification, Agreement between City and Railway Company, 35
Chili State Railways, Electrification of 2300 Miles, 305
Clock, Electrical, Four-face, for Waterloo, 613 “ Closed ” Stations and Platform Tickets, Protest at Manchester, 589
Coal Bill of Railways with Six Shillings a Ton Increase, 85, 613
Coastwise Traffic Decline, Subsidy and Estimated Cost, 635
Coast Traffic—see also Sea-borne
Collision, Buffer Stop, at Cannon-street, 59, 359
Buffer Stop, at Crowe, 515, 565 ; Suggested Precaution for Bay Lines, 613
Buffer Stop, at Haver]fill, Great Eastern Railway, 589
at Cheshire Lincs Manchester Station, 463
Due to Gale, near Chesterfield, 635 Fatal, on the Caledonian Railway, 359
at Huddersfield, 359
at Hull, Report, 231
between London, Brighton and South Coast Train and Light Engine at Streatham, 463
on Midland Great Western Railway, 539
on the New York Central Railway, Supposed Caused by Tramp Stowaway, 231
at Preston Station, Report, 424
at Prestwick, Glasgow and South-Western Line, 539
at Selby between Great Eastern and Great Northern Trains, 463
Commercial Travellers’ Privileges, Certain Restrictions to be Retained, 539
Commercial Travellers’ Privileges Still Suspended, 59
Congestion of Railways and Docks as a War Consequence, 207
Congestion of Railways and Wagon Shortage ; High Sea Rates Cause Transference of Conveyance to Railways, 92, 207
Cork Railway Connections, Temporary, Request for Permanent Maintenance. 539
Corrugated Fire-box, New Type, in U.S.A., 255
Cycle Carriage on the District Railway, 207
Death of Mr. G. P. Culverwell, 489
Death of Mr. Charles Mattathias Jacobs, 359
Death of Mr. William Kirtley, 411
Death of Sir Joseph Lawrence, 489
Death of Mr. Frank Potter, Groat Western Railway Manager, 85, 111, 135
Death of Railway Commissioner to the Victorian Government, 207
Death of Lord Rathmore, 206
Death of Mr. H. Cuff Smart, 489
Derailment at Acton Bridge, Report Findings, Fire from Gas Cylinder, 305
Derailment on the District Railway, 255
Derailment, Fatal, in France, 207
Derailment, Fatal, on the Midland Railway, 359, 411, 489
Derailment Outrage in Ireland, 181, 359
Derbyshire Peak, Scheme for Railway, 635
Dover and Calais Service an?d Demobilisation, 383
Dublin Mail Boat Service, Changes, 255
East Indian Railway Company, Extension of Contract for Working under Consideration, 111
East Indian Railway Fatal Collision, 35
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
East Indian Railway Company, Government Contract Extension ; Conversion Rate for Rupee, 370
East Indian Railway Company, Increased Carriage of Coals and other Goods, 157
East Indian Railway, New Chief Engineer, 135
East London Railway Opening, Jubilee, 565
Edinburgh and Glasgow Traffic, Respective Routes, 515
Eight-hour Day Adoption and Difficulties, 11
Electric Lighting for Railways to Prevent Fires, 231
Electric Locomotives for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Tests, 589
Electricity Supply Bill, Railway Generating Stations and Main Transmission Lines Exempted from Transfer under Clause 7, 135
Electrification of Italian Railways by Italo-American Syndicate, 565
Electrification of Main Line Railroads, Statistics for U.S.A., W. B. Potter and S. T. Dodd, 85
Electrification on North-Eastern Main Line Section and on Loop Line, 463
Electrification and Rebuilding of French Railways, 117
Electrification Schemes on Various British Main Lines, 539
Engineers as General Managers, 255
Enginemen’s Equalised Pay and Unequalised Hours and Responsibility, 489
Enginemen to have Working Clothes Provided Free, 35
Engines, Robinson Design, Transferred from War-office to Various Railways, 135
Entre Rios Railway, Fuel Question, 411, 437
Entre Rios Railway, Record Growth in Receipts and Ton Mileage, 463
Eyesight of Drivers and Firemen, 35, 411
Eyesight Tost, 279
Fares and Freight Rates ; Question of Ending Subsidy to Railways, 181
Fares Revision on the London Underground Railways, 255
Federated Malay States Railways Engine, 383
Federated Malay States Railways Increased Maintenance Costs, 305
Fifty Years’ Work with One Company, 181
Films Showing Railway Work, 85
Fires on Railways ; Gas versus Electricity, 231, 305
Fish and the Railways, 58
Flag Decoration of Omnibuses, Trams, and Trains of London Electric Railways and Allied Companies to Celebrate Employees’ Return from the Army, 11
Folkestone-Dover Line Closed since 1914 and now Reopened, 111
Foodstuffs, Perishable, Carriage Arrangements, 613
France, Railway Accidents in Three Months, 383
Freight Cars Depreciation in America, 135
Freight Rates on Railways and Sea-borne Goods, 157
French Flat-bottomed Rails Sold to South Africa, 111
French Officials Visit United States for Study of Electrification of Railways, 35
French Railways, Reconstruction and Electrification, 117
French State Railways Derailment, 207
Fuel Question on South American Railways, Oil Displacing Coal, 411, 437
Galway (Barna) Railway and Harbour Bill, 613
Gas on Railways as a Cause of Fire, 231, 305
Gattie System of Handling Goods, Committee of Inquiry, 35, 58, 157, 279, 333
Gauges on Railways, Three in All, 59
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Eight Men with Company for Fifty Years, 181
Golf as an Aid to Railroad Working, 489
Goods and Passenger Traffic, Estimate of Revenue Asked for, 11
Government’s Offer to Railwaymen, 635
Government and Railwaymen’s Unions, 207, 383
Great Eastern Railway, Slight Collision with Buffer Stop, 333
Great Northern Expresses, Acceleration, 539
Great Northern Railway Extension, Change of Scheme, 635
Great Northern Railway, Retirement of Chief Traffic Manager, 135
Great Western Railway Divisional Engineer at Shrewsbury, 11
Great Western Railway General Manager, Death of Mr. Frank Potter ; New Appointment, 85, 111, 135
Great Western Railway, Mileage Increase of, 635
Hand-to-mouth Principle, Consignments Smaller and More Frequent than in Prewar Days, 35
Handling Goods and Traffic, Mr. A. W. Gattie’s Proposals, Board of Trade Committee to Investigate, 35, 58, 157
Hull Station and the Gattie System, 157
Improved Service between London, Birmingham, &c., and Wales, 383
India-office Negotiations on Locomotive Building, 565
Indian Railway Conference and Standardised Wagons, 231
Indian Railways and Home-made Wagons,
Irish Transport Director, Contemplated Appointment, 111
Jamaica Railways, Question of Conversion from Steam to Electrical Working, 11
Japan and Railway Electrification, Locomotives from Germany Compared with Home-made, 92
Krupp’s New Locomotive Works and Prussian State Railways, 333
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway “ Rationing,” 135
Letterkenny and Burtonport Railway, Improvements in Line and Working, 11*
Level Crossing Accidents on Southern Pacific Railroad, 135
Light Railway Commissioners: Orders Applied for and Confirmed, 135, 589
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Locomotive Building Design in America, Question of Standardisation or Otherwise, 35
Locomotive Building in India, 565
Locomotive Situation in France, 215
Locomotives from France, Cost of Fifty, 613
Locomotives for France from United States in War Time, 515
Locomotives, Mr. Robinson’s Design, Lying Idle ; Possible Explanation, 333, 613
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Sent Overseas during the War, 85
Locomotives for South Africa to be Built in Canada and United States instead of United Kingdom, 111
Locomotives and Wagons Built at Woolwich, 437
Locomotives and Wagons Stored in the Open, Question and Answer, 207
Lodging Allowance to Travelling Trainmen, Revision, 85
London and North-Western Coach Derailed, 181
London and North-Western’s Greenore Service New Steamers, 463
London and North-Western Railway Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Buffet, 207
London and North-Western Running Superintendent, Changes, 85
London and North-Western War Memorial, 463
London and Paris, Day Passenger Service Resumed by Brighton Railway Company, 35
London and Paris, Time-table of Connections, 437
London Railways and Extension of Electrification, 59
London, Railways Running Into, Present Percentage of Pre-war Services, 85
London and South-Western Suburban Services Improvements, 613
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Manager Thanked for Assistance to Navy During War, 142
Lorries May be Adopted by Railways, But Not by the State, 635
Lorries, War-office, for Conveyance of Railway Goods, 111, 157, 635
Lorries—see also Transport, Ministry of
Madrid Metropolitan Electric Underground Railway Opened, 437
Manchester and Oldham Section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 489
Marseilles Projected Underground Railway, 489
Mechanical Stokers on United States Locomotives, Increased Numbers, 157
Meeting Trains on United States Railways, A Fifty Years’ Old Rule, 589
Melbourne Suburban Railways, Electrification, 635
Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, Change of Manager, 437
Metropolitan District Railway : Consequences of Rails Scarcity, 85
Metropolitan District Railway’s New Cars, 59
Metropolitan Railway’s Increased Service, 11
Midland Great Western Railway—see Mullingar
Midland Railway Steamship Service between Heysham and Belfast, 565
Miners’ Demonstration at Blackpool, Special Trains and Numbers, 59
Motor Lorries Lent to Railways by Government, 255, 437—see also Lorries
Moving Platforms on the New York Subway, 463
Mullingar and Kells Railway : Projected Connection between West and North of Ireland, Avoiding Dublin, 569, 613
National Railroad Question of To-day, C. A. Morse, 94
National Union of Railwaymen, Administration Changes, 539
Nationalisation of Railways and Shareholders’ Interests, 59
North British Railway Locomotives Renamed After War Service Overseas, 565
North British Railway’s Locomotive Loss by Fire at Cowlairs, 11
North-Eastern Railway Collision at Hull, Report, 231
North-Eastern Railway, Electrification on 489
North-Eastern Railway Goods Traffic : Information for Gattie System Committee, 333
North-Eastern Railway, New Deputy Manager, 11
North-Eastern Railway’s Running Superintendent, 463
Nottingham Station Entrance of the Midland Railway, 207, 279, 489
Official Appointments of Sir Eric Geddes and Mr. H. G. Burgess, 207
Oil Fuel to Replace Coal and Wood on South American Railways, 411, 437
Omnibus Men’s Splendid Service on Outbreak of War, 411
Overcrowded London Trains and Electrification, 59
Parcel Loss on London and North-Western Railway, Case Lost by Railway on Appea 135
Parcels Rates Increase, 231
Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, Electrification between Clermont Ferrand and Nimes, 111
Paris Metropolitaine Finance, A Deficit, 305
Paris Metropolitaine, Great Increase in Tickets Issued, 231
Passengers’ Luggage, 100 lb. Limit Question, 169
Pennsylvania Railroad, New Mallet Engine. 255
Pensioned Railway Servants and Higher Cost of Living, 463
Piecework and Similar Systems on Railways, Fresh Agreement, 59
Plans and Tracings as Hospital Bandages, Historic Signatures, 305
Plumb Plan for Railway Operation, 231
Pontoon Swing Bridge" Adjusted with Rise and Fall of the Mississippi, to Keep Railway Track Level, 35
Port Congestion, Sir Auckland Geddes on, 181
Post-office (London) Railway, Completion of Running Tunnel, Delayed Opening, 11
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Queensland Government Railway and Automatic Signals, 489
Race Meetings and Train Services, 176
Railway Benevolent Institution, Record Receipts, 11
Railway Bills Deposited, Decreased Number, 613
Railway Clearing House, New Secretary, 613
Railway Companies Association Circular to Proprietors Explaining Government Connection and Future Prospects, 635
Railway Employees, Increased Numbers, 613
Railway Executive Committee :
Blandford Railway Handed Over to Executive Committee, 231
Collieries and Wagon Shortage, Measures Taken, 135
Continental Services, Efficiency Dependent on Government Requirements, 157
Foreign Goods and Coastwise Traffic and Charges, 207
Holidays and Pay of Clerks, Stationmasters, &c., New Scheme, 305
Sunday Duty Pay, 39
Wages Agreement between Government and Unions, 207
Railway Management and Ill-informed Criticism, 589
Railway Material Exports, Statistics, 11, 181, 231, 383, 589, 635
Railwaymen and Piecework Question, 59
Railwaymen’s Nine Hours Interval between Work, 94
Railwaymen’s Unions, Probable Amalgamation, 59
Railway Working Results to End of August, 437
Rates and Strikes, 515
“ Rationing ” Traffic to Blackpool, 135
Record Passenger Traffic on London and on
New York Local Railways, Comparison, 11
Richborough, Cost of Works at, and Future of the Port, 59
Rolling Stock Cost, Pre-war and Post-war Prices Compared, 489
Rolling Stock Deficiencies as a War Consequence, 565
Rolling Stock for War Service Abroad, Questions Arising, 157
Russia, South-East, and Turkestan, Railway, Communication Opened, 463
“ Safety First ” Movement, Originator in this Country, 255
Safety First ; Records of Immunity from Accident, 411
St. Just (Falmouth) Ocean Wharves and Railways Bill, 111
St. Paul Station, Second Largest in the United States, 359
Sea-borne Goods Charges and Railway Congestion, 92, 207
Season Tickets during the Strike, 463
Season Tickets, Enamelled, Proposal by the Metropolitan Railway Company, 279
Season Tickets, Monthly, Resumed, 255
Severn Tunnel, Goods Traffic Increase since
Pre-war Time, 635
Shanghai to Build its own Tramcars, 231
Shropshire, Two New Railways, Conferences on the Proposition, 589
Signals, Automatic and Block, in the United States, 333
Sinai Railway Built by Engineer Railwaymen, 207
Single-line Tokens and Starting Signals, Suggested Precaution, 613
Sleepers from United States for British and French Railways, 35, 85
Smoking in Hospitals, Railway Employees’ Pipe Renovation Work for Soldiers, 207
Snow Closes Transandine Railway for Five Months, 565
South African Locomotive Orders Lost to United Kingdom, 111
South African Railway Rates Increase, 565
South American Railways Fuel—see Fuel
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Accident, Result of Inquiry, 157
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Uses Twenty-four Hours’ Timing, 255
South Indian Railway Steamers Worked at a Loss, 515
South Wales and Wagon Delays, 635
Standardised Wagons for India, 231
Steamship, Railway, Services—see also Ships
Strike, Government Direct Cost, 437
Strike and Industrial Communications by Railway, 383
Strike, Parliamentary Debate Suggested, 437
Strike and Passenger Traffic, 383
Strike of Railway Shopmen in America, 355 383
Strike and Volunteer Assistance, Railway Companies’ Resolutions in Appreciation. 463
Subsidy to Railways and Question of Freight Rates, 181
Summer Time in America Causes an Hour’s Train Stoppage, 565
Swedish State Railway Electrification, Time and Cost Estimate, i ] 1
Swiss Surcharge on Tickets for France, Due to Exchange Rate, 613
Thomas, Mr. J. H., on Government Conciliation Scheme, 535
Tokyo, Projected Railway Electrification, Locomotive Difficulties, 92
Trades Unions and Railway Control, 539
Traffic Allocation to a Given Company, Inconveniences, 157
Traffic Difficulties, Offer of IVar-office Lorries 111, 157
Train and Omnibus, Increased Accommodation, 411
Transport Committee (Metropolitan Area) Progress, 59; Report, 181
Transport of Goods Delay, Suggested Remedy, 73
Transport, Ministry of •
Congestion at Terminals and Ports, Cause;, and Steps Taken to Remedy, 137
Definition of Word “ Possession,” 181
Electricity Bill, New Powers, and the
Ministry of Transport, 539
Goods Rates Increase, 279
Information Required from Railway and other Authorities, 333
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (con-tinned):
Transport, Ministry of (continued)
Irish County Councils’ Request for Irish Committee for Transport in Ireland, 359
Irish Director-General of Transport, 489
Locomotives of Various Types Built in
Great Britain for Use in France, Allocated to British Railways, 539
London Traffic, Special Committee, 255, 359, 463
Minister’s Title Changed to Minister of Transport, 135
Motor Lorries Lent by Government, 255, 437
Number of Ministry Staff, 437
Powers of other Departments, Transference to Ministry of Transport, 279, 305
Return of Locomotives and Wagons Lent to France, 411, 437
Revision of Rates, &c., Committee to Advise before Action, 415, 437, 589
Rolling Stock Position ; Figures in Preparation by Ministry, 515
Royal Assent to Bill, 181
Sir Eric Geddes on Privately Owned Wagons, 85
Transport, Institute of, 489
Transport, Railway, Papers Read at the British Association Meeting, 279
Trucks at Avonmouth, 38 to Replace 482, 181
Tunnel Under the Solent ; Address to Ministry Suggested, 383
Wagon Building, Government and Private, 437
Wagon Ownership, Analysis, 539
Wagons, Privately Owned and Otherwise, Comparison of Tonnage Carried, 181
TRAVELLING Vouchers for Members of Parliament, Question of, 157, 181
Twenty-four Hours'’ Timing :
Home Secretary Appoints Committee to Consider the Question, 333
South - Eastern and Chatham Adopts System, 255
Uganda Government Railway, Proposed Increase of Fares, 489
“ Underground ” Posters to Explain Increase in Working Cost, 189
Underground Railway Window Posters, 515
Uniforms of Underground and Omnibus Employees, Huge Cost Increase, 181
United States Exports of Steel Rails, Fishplates, &c., to Various Countries, 515
United States Railways :
Agreement between Administration and Companies, Difficulties in Adjustment, 165
Appeal for Economy in Use of Fuel and Stores, 11
Demobilisation and Passenger Equipment, 383
Employees, Statistics, 613
Federal Control Removal from Railways, 489, 515
Freight Cars Orders Delayed, but Good Supply, 463
Inventory of Supplies and Material Prior to Return of Railways to Private Management, 383
Pennsylvania Company’s Fast Train Restored, 35
Railroad Bill, Senator Cummins as Promoter, 515
Railway Industry Shown in Diagram, E. B. Leigh, 111
Railway Operation and the Plumb Plan, 231
Railway Revenue and Expenditure, 305
Ratio of Expenditure to Recipts in 1913 and 1918, 85
Sleepers, 4,000,000, Ordered from Oregon and Washington Sawmills, 35, 85
Strike of Railway Shopmen, 355, 383
War Department Purchases for France Taken Over by Railroad Administration, 85
Women Employees on United States Railways, Increase up to Armistice, Reduction Since, 260
Victorian Government Railway Commissioners, An Appointment and a Death, 207
Wagon Building and Repair ; Compensation Question, 185
Wagon Delays in South Wales, 635
Wagon Detention in Excess of Time Allowed, Statistics, 635
Wagon, Railway, Ownership, Analysis, 539
Wagon Shortage and Colliery Stoppages, 135
Wagon Shortage, Relief by Government Motor Lorries, 111, 157
Wagons, Common User System, in this Country and in United States, 589
Wagons, Privately Owned and Otherwise, Census, 181, 589
Wagons Used in France Out of Gauge for English Railways, 613
Wagons from Woolwich Arsenal ; None Yet Delivered, 565
War Bonus of Officers, 279
War Lorries for Relief of Dock Congestion, Cost, 635
War Lorries for Relief of Dock Congestion Not a Success, 635
Ways and Communications Bill—see Transport
Willesden, Railway Property in, Rateable Value, 279
Women on Railway Work, Diminishing Number Pending Men’s Demobilisation, 565
Women on Railway Work, War Cabinet Committee, 72
Workmen’s Fares and Trains Still as in Pre-war Time, 59
York and Newcastle ; Main and Loop Lino Electrification on the North-Eastern Railway, 489
RAINFALL Data, British, 'Continuance of Publication, 85
Rainfall, Record, in Manila, 589
Rangefinders, Progress in, Dr. A. Barr, 111
Rangoon Dock Construction Postponed, Erosion Works Projected, 635
Ransome, Lewis, Accident, 382
Redmayne, Sir Richard, Returns to Post as Chief Inspector of Mines, 463
Refractory Materials Section of the Ceramic
Society ; Various Meetings, 383
Refrigerating Plant at Tientsin, 463
Refrigerating Plants, Small, Successful Manufacture of, iiTAu str alia, 463
Refrigeration to Reduce Glare in Photographing Metal, 157
Refrigerator Fleet for Italy, Mostly German, 489
Refuse Collecting and Separating Screen in Hampstead, 111
Reinforced Concrete Columns, Experiments with Various Forms of Protective Covering, W. A. Hull, 181
Reinforced Concrete Flag-pole, 157
Review of the Foreign Press, 528
Rhodesia Broken Hill Mines, Additional Pump, 157
Rhone Development—see Electrical Matters
Richborough, Cost of Works at, and Future of the Port, 59
Roads, Slippery Condition Due to Tar, &c., Committee of Investigation, 613
Rock Drilling Tests and Triumphs in South Africa, 181
Royal Agricultural Society, Trials of Ploughs and Tractors, 635
Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book, 452
s SAFETY in Factories, Home-office Pamphlet 620
Salvage Pumps and Submersible Salvage Units, Government Sale, 589
Sand Used in Concrete, Careful Investigation Absolutely Necessary, H. E. Bellamy, 383
Scarfed Leather Belts, Direction of Travel, 411
Scientific Lighting and Industrial Efficiency, Leon Gaster, 122
Scotland and Reinforced Concrete, 333
Scrap Metal Utilised by Blow-pipe Cutting, 181 Sea Depth Sounding by Explosive Charges, 463 Sewage Scheme for Fleet, Further Loan, 231 Shanghai, Anglo-Chinese Business Men’s Club, 463
Shanghai, Projected Port Improvements, Dredging and Damming Rivers, 59
Shearing Strength of Wooden Structures, Simple Device for Improvement, Professor C. Forssell, 35
Sheffield, Supply of Coke Oven Gas to, Mr. Laverick, 539
Shells, Commercial Possibilities of, 305
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS: American Transport’s Claim for Record Trip 59
Barrow and Belfast Steamship Services, Projected Re-opening, 539
Bideford’s First Steel Ship Begun, 565
Brussels, Captain Fryatt’s Steamship Salved at Zeebrugge, 207
Canadian Government Steel Steamers Building at Vancouver, 635
Canadian Mercantile Marine, New Ships Delivered, 515.
Chicago to Liverpool, Voyage of Vessel of over 4000 Tons, 59
Coal Loading Record at Sunderland, 463
Curraghmore, London and North-Western Steamer, Lent to City of Dublin Steam Packet Company for Mail Service, 539
Dreadnought Fleet Passed through Panama Canal Locks, 135
i Dublin Mail Boat Service Changes, 255 Electrically Welded Ship, First Launched in France, 613
i First Steamer to be Built at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 613
• Foreign Ships’ Charters Freed from Inter-| Allied Control, 59
! French Government Order, Last of Forty
i New Ships Launched at Victoria, B.C., 515 ! French Merchant Fleet Reconstruction, Rell port by Government Commission, 515
I Fuel for Ships, Immense Saving by Use of Oil, 515
i Gigantic Ocean Liners for Rapid Atlantic Crossing, 111
I Greece, Shipping Amalgamation in, 359 Hebburn-on-Tyne, New Shipyard at, 59, 539
I * Heysham and Belfast Passenger Service |, Unlikely to be Resumed, 565
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued); H.M. Destroyer Westminster in Collision, 157
Indo-Ceylon Steamers Worked at a Loss, 515
Irish Shipyard Purchase at Warrenpoint, 333
Japan and America; Relative Cost of Shipbuilding in the Two Countries, 333
Japanese New Steamship-Line, 157
Japanese Shipbuilding Profits, 411
Japanese Shipowners and Piers in Kobe Harbour, 255
Laurentic Wreck at Lough Swilly, Bullion Salved from, 157
Life-saving Appliances on Ships ; Use of “Kapok,” 157
London and North-Western Company’s
Steamers Renamed ; New Ones Built, 341
New Steamer Curraghmore, 463
Nova Scotia and Steel Shipbuilding Industry, 635
Olympic to be Reconditioned at Belfast, 157
Queenstown, Calling of Large Cunard and
White Star Steamers Suspended, 207
Refrigerator Fleet for Italy, Requisitions from Germany, 489
Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition, 11, 181, 320
Ship’s Position at Sea, Discovered by Depth Charges and Hydrophones, 181
Spain Prohibits Export of Certain Ships, 411
Steamers Sold to Foreigners this Year, 135
Towing, Electric, on the Canal de la Marne, 255
United States Shipbuilding versus British, 231
Yarrow Shipbuilding Programme at Scots-toun, 305
SHOWER Bath for Mules Used in Mines, 279
Silt Removal from Zuni Reservoir, New Mexico,
Suggested Method, 613
Singapore, Petrol Transport Service, 333
Sirocco—see Davidson
“ Skyscraper ” Born in Edinburgh in 1698, 11
Slate Quarry Waste Utilised in Wales, 515
Sound for Surveying Diamond Drill Holes ;
Accuracy of Listening Instruments, 565
South African Chamber of Mines Building, 539
South African Low-grade Gold Mines, Serious Position, 207
South African Post-office Revenue, 333
South African Technical Societies, Institute
Building for General Use, 135
Spirit Levels, Major E. O. Henrici, 59 ; J. W.
French, 135
Standardisation of Chains, New Association, 124, 220, 359
Statistics, Request for Parliamentary Committee by Royal Statistical Society, 85
Steam Turbines and Fuel Consumption, Professor F. Bacon on, 359
Steaming Gas Retorts, Mr, Riley, 539
Steel Wire Rope Tests in United States, 333
Stone Crushers, Gyratory, Largest Portable
Yet Built, 333
Strikes and the Community, A Warning, 333
Submarine Acoustics, F. Lloyd Hopwood, 181
Sugar Cane Mills in the Philippine Islands, 359
Sugar Factory from Locally Grown Beet near
Newark, 59
Sulphur Discovery in Java, 181
Summer Time Throughout the Year, Monsieur Pascalis, 374
Surplus Government Property, Successful Sales, 11, 59, 157, 181
Surplus, Numbers Published, Surplus Sales Results , 59, 589
Suspension Bridge, Proposed, at Philadelphia, Span Required, 11
TANK for Precipitation of Solids in Mine Water, 620
Tasmanian Government Power Scheme, 635
Telephone Boxes, Roadside, for Automobile Association Members, 107
Telephone Line between Allahabad and Luck now, 538
Testing of Anchors and Chain Cables by Lloyd’s Register, 489
Textile Materials, Tensile Strength and Atmospheric Humidity, 411
Thermalene, New Gas for Producing Higl Temperatures, 383
Thermit Weld, Unusually Large, 59
Tidal Power Schemes, English and French, 305
Tigris and Euphrates Estuary Bar, Need of Removal for Sake of Trade, 463
Timber Growing in South Africa, Advantages of Pine, 437.
Timber, Methods of Preserving, 489
Timber, Mine, Preservation of, N. T. Williams, 47, 463
Timber in New Zealand, Neglected Valuable Asset, 35
Timber Planting in the United Kingdom, Available Land and Need of Timber, 135
Timber, Seventy Million Feet from Britislv Columbia, 181
Timber Tests in United States ; Heartwood and Sapwood, 565
Tin Ore from British Sources, 565
Tin-plate Manufacture in Japan, 359
Tin and Silver Lead Output in New South Wales, Increased Value, 85
Tin in War Time, Cadmium Used as Substitute in Solder, 515
Tipping Dumping Wagons : Getting Barges over High Lock Sills, A Comparison, 596
Tractor Trials and Exhibition at Lincoln, 59
Trade Unionism Among Professional Associations, 181
Tram Accident at Burton, Suggestion to Check Running Backwards, 613
Trams versus Rubber-tired Vehicles, Dr. Blackwood Murray, 565
Tramways in Aberdeen and Glasgow, Profit with Low Fares, 305
Transport Committee (Metropolitan Area), Progress, 59 ; Report under Consideration, 181
TRANSPORT, MINISTRY OF: Canals’ Future as a Difficult Problem, 135— see also Board of Trade
Crinan Canal, Survey,What to Do with it, 635 Date of Transfer of Certain Powers from
Board of Trade and Ministry of Health, 279, 305
Electricity Bill, New Powers, and the Ministry of Transport, 539
Goods Rates, Railway, Increase, 279
London Traffic Question, 59, 181, 255, 359, 463
Minister’s Title Changed to Minister of Transport, 135
Revision of Rates, Fares, &c., Procedure
Before Taking Action, 415
Royal Assent to Bill, 181
Slippery Roads, Committee of Surveyors to Investigate, 613
Transport Service, Emergency Road, Continued by Government to Relieve Congestion after the Railway Strike, 411
TRANSVAAL Gold Mines, Coal Used by, 231
u UNIVERSITY of Bristol. Major Robertson Appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 35
University of London, University College : Recent Developments in Public and Private
Lighting, W. C. Clinton, 421
Thermionic Detectors, Lectures by Professor J. A. Fleming, 382
University of Manchester, Increase of Funds Needed for Additional Students, 589
V VANCOUVER Island ; Projected Largest Dock in the World at Esquimault, 234
Venezuela, First National Exhibition, 437
Vickers Electrical Company, Limited, 181 Vickers to Occupy St. Ermin’s Hotel, 565 Vickers’ War Memorial Offer for Barrow, 463 Victoria, Vancouver Island, New Water Supply, 279
w WAGES in Japan, Male and Female Workers, 359
Wales, Use of Water Power of, for Welsh Industries, Prize Essay at Eisteddfod, 279
War Models Exhibition, Returns, 35
Washington International Labour Conference, London and North-Western Official Delegate, 489
Waterfall, Prehistoric, Immense, 635
Water-logged Pits in the Tipton District, 181
Water Power Available in Borneo and Sumatra, 359
Water Power, French, Suggested Use of, in Relief of Coal Scarcity, 59
Water Power in India, Potential Resources, 437, 515
Water Power, Insufficiently Utilised in Germany and Austria, 515
Water Power Resources in Brazil, 463
Water Power of the St. Lawrence, Development, 635
Water Power of the Yangtze River, Scheme for Utilisation, S. J. Powell, 613
Waterproof Cement, Sir G. K. Scott-Moncrieff, 489
WATER SUPPLY: British Columbia, Water Power Resources, 231
Dairen, Shahokoa, New Water Supply Appliances, 231
Fire Engine for Refilling Water Reservoir, 181
Greater Winnipeg Water Board and Shoal
Lake Aqueduct, 503
Jerusalem, New Water Supply for, 216
Lima, Peru, New Waterworks Projected, 635
Manchester Water Scheme Passed House of Lords, 610
Metropolitan Water Board Reorganisation Scheme Rejected, 359
Nuneaton, Further Water Supply Projected, 589
Osaka Water Supply Extensions 231
Winnipeg Supply from Lake in Ontario, Arduous Task, 157
Water Waste at Night, 207
WATT Engine and James Watt’s Cornish Experiences ; Centenary, 206, 213, 450
Ways and Communications Bill—see Transport —see also Railways
Weights and Mea ures, Mr. Halsey on the Decimal System, 255
Weld Requiring 1400 lb. of Thermit, 59
Welding of Cutter Bars at a Colliery, 359
Wells, Deepest, in the World, 359
Westinghouse, Ex-British, Association Dinner, 548
Wind Power for Production of Electricity, Proposed Windmills for Supply of St. Ives, 59
Winnipeg River Power Company, Equipment, 255
Wire Hawsers, Method of Attaching, to Sunken Vessels, 207
Wireless Shore Stations in U.S.A., 305
Wireless Telegraph Station at Warsaw, Germany’s Low Bid, 255
Wireless Telegraphic Stations in Mexico, Foreign Competition Refused, 463
Wireless Telegraphy for Determination of Longitude, 515
Wireless Telephony in Air Flight, 157
Wittet, G., Retirement from Bombay Government Service, 406
Wolfram Discoveries in Siberia. Ill
Wood Distillation in India, “ Stockholm ” Tar from Long-leaf Pine, 85
Wooden Piling in Water, Durability Question, 411
Wooden Structures, Shearing Strength of, Improvement Device, Professor C. Forssell, 35
Works, New, in the North of England, 539
YARROW Shipbuilding Programme, 305
Z ZEPPELINS, Proposed Line of, between Germany and Sweden, 463 _
Zinc, Electrolytic, Production in Australia, lo7 Zinc Ore Accumulation in China, 411
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