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A ABERDARE Mining Engineering Laboratory, 241
Acetylene, Dissolved, Film for Exhibition, Allen-Liversidge, Limited, 682
Admiralty Chemical Laboratories, Co-ordination of Work, 241
AERONAUTICS :
Aerial Service between Seville and Buenos Aires, 241
Aerodrome Lighthouse at Madrid, 241
Air Mail Services between Pretoria and Capetown, 525
Airship Conference, International, 164
Air Taxis for Liner Passengers, 183
American National Balloon Race, 469
French Aeroplane Company’s Success with Toulouse-Casablanca Air Line, Proposed Extension, 241
Helicopter Prize Offer by Air Ministry, 285 Helium Daily Loss from an Airship, 639 Safety Fuel Tanks for Aircraft, Prize Awards, 469
Telephonic Communication for Aeroplanes with London, Paris and Lausanne, 415, 441 Under-water Photography from Aeroplanes of no Practical Utility, Colonel E. Lester Jones, 695
ALASKAN Minerals, Good Prospects for Silver and Lead Mining, 43
Alcohol in Australia, Synthetic and Otherwise, Question of Cheap Electricity, 43
Alcohol Production for Fuel, Possible Use of Reclaimed Land, 43
Allen-Liversidge, Limited, Annual Dinner, 80 Alfonso XIII. Canal, Slow Progress of, 387 Aluminium Alloy Pistons, Competition, 101 Aluminium and its Light Alloys, Atmospheres in Industrial Furnaces Used for Melting, American Investigation, 415
Aluminium Output in the United States, 695
Aluminium Oxide and Various Defects it Causes, 441
Aluminium Soldering, Improved Method for, 155
Ammonia—see Synthetic
Anatolia, Rivers in, Adaptability for Transport and Industry, 557
Anti-freezing Solutions and Use of Glycerine, 183
“ Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarships in Civil Engineering, 371
Architectural Humour and Woman, 611
Argentina’s Expected Oil Boom, 583
Argentine Government to Clear Wreckage from the River Plate Channel, 441
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
Association of Engineers-in-Charge :
Annual Dinner, 620
Approaching Incorporation, 415
Institute of Chemistry :
Award of Meldola Medal, 271
Institute, Concrete :
Ancient Arch, Cost of Preservation, Estimate, 213
Building Exhibition, Arrangements and Discussions Programme, 354, 453
Gravel-washing Plant, Best Design for Continuous Work, E. F. Sargeant, 553
Skilled Workmen Wanted, E. F. Etchells, | 155
Institute of Marine Engineers :
Liquid Fuel, J. H. Anderson, 43
Lloyd’s Register Scholarships and Student Graduate Examinations, Pamphlet, 164
Oil Fuel, A. Keens, 611
Petroleum and Lubrication, E. A. Evans, 415,469
Institute of Metals :
Annual, Autumn and other Meetings, Dinner, Annual Lecture, Pamphlet on Corrosion, &c., 112
Annual General Meeting, Programme, Offer of Tickets to Visitors, 164, 255
Autumn Meeting in Swansea, 682
Journal of the Institute, Vol. xxvi., 177 New Edition of “ Corrosion and Protection of Condenser Tubes,” 553
Institute of Physics :
Annual Meeting and Report, 626
Elections of Officers and Representatives of Participating Societies, 626
Journal of Scientific Instruments, 611, 721 Presidential Address, Sir J. J. Thomson, 626
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued):
Institute, Royal, of British Architects :
Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, Probable Award to an American, 285
Institute, Royal Sanitary :
Congress at Bournemouth, 285
Henry Saxon Snell Prize, 340
Institute of Transport :
Appointments for 1922-23, 654
Congress in London, 161
New President, Sir Sam Fay to Succeed Sir
Henry May bury, 606
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
Data Sheets, First Issue, 477
Laminated Spring in Automobile Suspension, A. A. Remington, 330
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 561
Awards for Students’ Papers, 77
London Students :
Forty-first Annual Students’ Dinner, 346
Fundamental Principles of Locomotive
Design, E. A. Phillipson, 252
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Association :
Annual Meeting and Elections, 540
Reinforced Concrete, C. H. Sandeman and Others, 540
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Annual Conversazione, 280
Annual Meeting, 520
Award of Premiums for Papers, 626
Election of Officers and New Members, Result of Ballot, 598
Electricity and Agriculture, Lecture in Dublin, R. B. Matthews, 520
Examination for Associate Membership, 170
Faraday Bronze Medal to Commemorate Fiftieth Anniversary of the Institution, 667
Library to be Kept Open in the Evenings of Meetings, 43
List of Members, New, 282
War Memorial to Fallen Members, 639
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :
Gear for Marine Propulsion, W. Rees Darling, 71
Institution of Gas Engineers :
Programme of Meetings, 682
Standardisation in the Gas Industry, Dr. C.
Carpenter, 721
Institution, Indian, of Engineers :
Membership of 500, 160
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 598
Power Factor Improvement, G. H. Ayres, 382, 415
Midland Section :
Annual Dinner, 194
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 236
South American Branch :
Election of Officers, 241
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :
Annual Dinner and Various Speeches, 394
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :
Annual General Meeting and Conference, 570
Meeting in the Scottish District, Programme, 733
Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual Meetings, Programme, 164
Summer Meeting in Paris, 505
Institution of Petroleum Technologists :
Fourth Annual Dinner, 285
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers1
Officers and Council, List of, 312
President and Vice-president Appointed, 213
Institution, Royal :
Forthcoming Lectures, List of, 51
Meetings and Elections, 312, 394, 512, 540, 682
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Institution of Welding Engineers :
Inaugural Meeting, 124
Society of Chemical Industry :
Annual General Meeting in Glasgow, Programme, 710
Combustibility of Solid Fuels, Influence of Structure, E. R. Sutcliffe and E. C. Evans, 469
Structure of Fuels, E. R. Sutcliffe and Edgar C. Evans, 387
Society, Optical :
Election of Officers and Members, 282
Glare from Motor Headlights, J. W. T. Walsh, 639
Motor Headlights, Papers Dealing with, 398
Society, Physical :
Sound Production, More Efficient Apparatus for, Professor Kerr Grant, Gil
Society, Royal Aeronautical :
Associate Fellowship Examination, The First, 736
Representatives Nominated on other Bodies for Current Year, 512
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Albert Medal Presentation to Sir Dugald Clerk, 721
Chlorine or Salt, Removal from Iron Specimens, Dr. Alexander Scott, 359
Coast Erosion and its Prevention, Professor E. R. Matthews, 441
Prize, Peter le N. Foster, Award for Essay on the Mineral Resources of China, 580
Some Solved and Unsolved Problems in
Gasworks Chemistry, E. V. Evans, 331
AUSTRALIAN British Preference Tariff, 611
Australian Company’s Alcohol Motor Fuel
Cheaper than Petrol, 553
Automobile Race for French Grand Prix, 71
BALL Bearings and Electrical Machinery, C. Allen, 415
Bangor Pier Repair, Tenders in 1920 and Reduction in 1922, 695
Bar Copper Manufacture with English Plant in South Africa, 553
Bascule Bridges and Overloading, 497
Bauxite Mining in British Guiana, New Regulations, 13
Bawdwin Lead and Silver Mines, 547
Belgium Tariff Rates on German Goods, Certificate of Origin Required, 13
Birmingham Glass Manufacture, Slackness of Home Trade, 71
Blast-furnaces—see Iron
Boiler Explosion Due to Neglected Corrosion, 339
Boiler, Vertical Cross Tube, Explosion, 101
Boilers, New, for Greenwich Power Station, 309
Bovey Lignite, 496
Bricks, Flett on, Experiments in Methods of Laying, 43
Bricks in the Tropics, Temperature of Various Kinds, G. W. Grabham, 71
Bridge, Howrah, Over the Hooghly, Type and Cost, 391, 441
Bridge, Reinforced Concrete, Considerable Settlement, but Still in Service, 721
British Aluminium Company in Norway, Reopened after Twelve Months’ Closing, 667
British Exports to the Argentine, 43
British Honduras Harbour Improvements, Contract Given to American Firm, 331
British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Report, Details, 213
British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Greatly Increased Membership, 271
Brass Casting Research, 620
Influence of Gases on High-grade Brass, Strip Brass Ingots and Conditions for Securing Soundness, 695
Quarterly Bulletin, List of Periodicals of Interest, 662
Buckets for Impulse Water Wheels, Steel versus Bronze, 183
Building Exhibition—see Exhibitions, also Associations, Concrete Institute
Bursting of Superheater Tube, 553
CADASTRAL Surveys, Corners of, Identification and Restoration, H. R. Farnsworth, 46
Calcium Carbide and Safeguarding of Industries Act, Referee’s Decision, 241
Canada’s New Power Supply from Chippawa Queenston Power Canal, 43
Canada, Slave and Hay Rivers, Water Power Possibilities, 331
Canadian Marking of Imported Goods, 71
Canadian Water Power, Capacity and Development of, 497
Canadian Water Power Installations, Statistics, 271
Canal to be Constructed for Coal Transport, from Upper Silesia to Dantzig, 213
Canal between Dantzig and Silesia Projected by Baltic-Black Sea Syndicate, 441
Canals as Roads, Motor Traffic Claims, 626
Carbon Monoxide in Gas for Domestic Use, New
Board of Trade Order, 241
Castings—see Iron and Steel
Catalogue in Spanish, 540
Catalogues for Baghdad, 52
Catalogues for Winnipeg, 331
Cement, Its Possibilities of Improvement, Dr.
C. H. Desch, 271
Ceylon Government Hydro-electric Scheme, 525
Channel Tunnel Project, Meeting of Members of Parliament, 721
Chefoo, Development of Hinterland, 250 Miles of Road Projected, 667
Chelmsford Engineering Society, 374
Chemical Engineers, Proposed Institution, 164
Chemical Engineers, Provisional Committee Meeting, 278
Chemicals Production Foundry in French Indo-China, 138
China Clay, Rich Deposits in the Dartmoor Foothills, 43
China, Cotton Mills Classification, 497
China, Long-distance Automobile Service Company’s 300-Mile Run, 13
China and the United States, Increase of Exports and Imports, 525
China’s Mineral Output Statistics, 183
Chinese and Japanese Agreement over Chinese Coal and Iron Mines, 129
Chinese Orders for Railway Bridges from Holland, 129
Chinese Schemes for Bridge Between Nanking and Pukow, Crossing the Yangtze River, 525
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Black Coal in Queensland, Thickest Seam Yet Discovered, 441
Blackwell Colliery, Notice to Workmen with Respect to Coal Filling, 96
Canada, Analysis of Coal Imports and Exports, 101
Coal Area at Morwell, Victoria, Further Explorations, 129
Coalfields in Chile, Needs of, 583
Coal Leading by Road, I. S. Mackenzie, 359
Coal Prospecting Near Britstown, South Africa, 101
Coke Oven Gas Turned on from Colliery to Gasworks, 721
Coke Ovens, American, with Silica Walls, 155 Czecho-Slovakia Coal Production in 1921, 661 Doncaster Collieries, Three, Record Output, 13
Electric Winders for Nottinghamshire Coal Pit, 583
Froth Flotation Process for Coal Cleaning, E. Bury, 71
Froth Flotation and Pure Coal, R. Lessing, 155
Great Britain, Coal Output Comparison, 441 Hong Kong Export of Coal Prohibited, 213
Hulk Conversion into Modern Coal-handling Machine, New Zealand Experiment, 469
India’s Decreased Output of Coal, 695
Japanese Collieries in Manchuria, Improvements and Extensions Planned, 213
Jura Mountains, Unproductive Coal Boring,
Magnetite Reduction by Coke, Tests Result, 155
Manchuria and Coalite Manufacture, 359
Output of Coal in the United Kingdom, Increase, 213
Sampling and Analysis of Coal Committee, 197
Sulphur in Coal, Method of Amount Determination, 469
Sulphur in Metallurgical Coke, 301
Sweden, Coal Discovery at Glumsloov, 155
Transvaal Coal Strike, Comparison of Costs and Output in 1914 and 1920, 213
United States Coal Mine Fatalities, 583
Vredefort, South Africa, Coal Discovery Near, 689
Washing of Coal, Importance of Sulphur Content, 71
Week’s Coal Output in December, 13
COAST Erosion and its Prevention, Professor E. R. Matthews, 441
Colombia, New Hydro-electrical Plants for Lighting, Power and Telephones, 13
Colombian Aviation Service, Additions to Fleet, 155
Colombo’s Gas Supply, New Plant for Water Gas Manufacture, 441
Colombo Reservoir Capacity to be Increased, 155
Commercial Motor Vehicles, Annual Parade, 220
Compressed Gas Storage Cylinders, Research
Committee’s Recommendations, 101
Concrete Barges for Bringing Coal to London, 583
Concrete Institute—see Associations
Concrete Roads in America, Effect of Temperature Extremes, 728
Coolidge . Tube, Radiator Type, Government Investigation, 330
£'°PPer Ore in Chile, New Plant and Ropeway Projected for, 583
Copper Ore, High-grade, Discovery of, in British Columbia, 129
Copper Ore Output at a Tasmanian Mine, 43
Copper Recovery Process in Western Australia, 667
Copper Slag for Roadmaking, Economical Change, 497
Copper Sulphate Waters, Natural, Used for
Timber Preservation, 359
Cotton Mill, Hunan, Operation of, 387
Cracks in Aluminium Alloy Castings and of Contraction in Volume on Freezing, Investigation, 415
Crompton and Co., Limited, 481
Crystal Palace School of Engineering, Jubilee and Presentation of Certificates and Wilson Premium, 449
Crystal Palace Old Students’ Society, Annual Dinner, 570
Cuban’s Sugar Exports, New Port Development, 639
Cutting Fluids, Need of Lubricant, Eugene C. Bingham, 359
D DAM, Krishnarajasagara, Mysore, Rapid Progress, 213
Dam, Largest Overflow, in the World to be
Constructed in Japan, 415
Dam, Projected Big, on River Ouareau by Quebec Government, 366
Danish Standardisation in the Engineering Industry, 667
Darien Harbour, Manchuria, Reconstruction, 155
Decimal Association Proposals for Gradual
Change in Weights and Measures, 241
Delagoa Bay, New Coaling Plant, 667
Diamond Setting for Tool for Emery Wheels, New Method, 155
Dock, Large, Under Construction at Santander, 359
Dredger for Tin Industry Built at Melbourne for Federated Malay States, 301
Dredgers, New Type of Dipper, 591
E EARTHQUAKE Prediction by Geodetic Measurement, 497
Eastern Telegraph Company’s Delayed Cables, 271
Edinburgh Buys British Tram Rails at Higher Price than German, 441
Education and Apprenticeship, Bradford Educational Authority, 611
Elder, Dempster and Co., Limited, Farewell Dinner to Superintendent Engineer, 118
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
Arc Welding on Sheets Below fin. Thick, A. L. Price, 583
Argentina, Electrical Industry of, Amalgamation of Interests, 611
Australian Transmission Line, Proposed, 154
Ball Bearings in Electrical Machinery, C.
Allen, 415
Bergen Peninsula Power Company, Contemplated Construction of 100,000 H.P. Station, 415
Blackburn, Preston and Accrington Electrical Linking-up, 101
California, Feather River Development Scheme, 183
Carrier Current System for Communication with Moving Electric Railway Vehicles With and Without Wire Connection, 415, 441
Cauvery Power Scheme, Mysore, Completion of Sixth Instalment, 667
Cinema Electrical Lecture at Finsbury Technical College, 55
Coal Leading by Road and Electric Battery Vehicles, I. S. Mackenzie, 359
Converter Plant, Electrical, for Refining Matte and Copper Blister in Mexico, 415
Country House Plant, 183
Direct-current, 2 Kilowatts, at 200,000 Volts, American General Electric Company’s Plant, 241
Drought and Electrical Shortage in Italy, Effect on Trade, 359
Electric Arc Welding in Steel Structures, Major James Caldwell, 241—see also Miscellaneous Index, 79
Electric Heating, Local, Effective and Economical, Julius Frith, 13
Electric Lifting Magnets, Construction and Application, F. A. Hooper, 43
Electrical and Mining Enterprises in Shantung, Two New Companies, 553
Electricity Bill Before the House of Lords, Sir H. Bentinck’s Favourable Opinion, 331
Electricity Commissioners’ Inquiry Regarding East Midlands District, 639
Electricity Commissioners and Private Generating Stations, 583, 639
Electricity Unremunerative Except on Large Scale, 183
Government Promise of Help in British Electrical Development, 301
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):
Greenwich Power Station, New Boilers, &c., 309
Hydraulic Accumulator, German, 330
Indian Electric Supply Company, Plant for Cawnpore Power Station, Extension, Cost of, 667
Islington Borough Electrical Vehicles, Large Fleet of, 101
Japanese Widespread Development of Electrical Supply, 359
Labour-saving Appliances of the General Electric Company, 241
Lancashire and Cumberland, Divergent Views on Electrical Supply Schemes, 101
Lighting Installation Safety Device, 101
Lighting Unit for Matching Colours, 415
Linings of Electric Steel Furnaces, Maintenance, 129
Lorries, Electric Conservancy, for Calcutta, 129
Melbourne Revenue from Electric Supply, 611
New Transmission Line Between Valais and Vaud Cantons, 639
Poland, Electrical Engineering Industry Development, 667
Porcelain Insulators for Overhead Power Lines, 682
Power Factor Improvement, Lecture, G. H. Ayres, 382, 415
Present Position and Future Prospects of Industrial Electric Heating, J. G. Pearce, 301
Professor of Electrical Engineering in Imperial College of Science and Technology, New Appointment, 553
Professor Reichel’s Design for Super Station and its Equipment, 387
Public versus Private Supply from a Colliery Standpoint, Robert Nelson, 13
Refuse Disposal, Advantage of Electric Lorries for, 359
Riviera Mountains, Power Station for Water Power from, 90
Rotary Converters for Railway Work, Views of Major A. M. Taylor, 247
Salvage of Sunken Vessels by Electrical Process, V. H. Pearson, 441
Santiago, Power Plant to Utilise Neighbouring Waterfalls, 583
Small Public Electric Supply Undertakings, J. N. Houblon, 13
Soviet Electrification Schemes and Foreign Capital, 183
Standardising Specifications for and Sizes of Commercial Dry Cells, 241
Steam Power Electric Generating Stations, Large, in Germany, 13
Stretford Electricity Committee Reduces Charges, 213
Sub-station with Completely Developed Automatic Mechanism, 721
Taxicab to Carry Six Persons with Low Consumption of Electricity, 553
Tenacity of Transmission Wires in South Africa, 497
Testing High-tension Material up to 300,000 Volts, 497
Transformer with 1,000,000 Voltage, The First, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 331
Transformers, Standard, Variations in Magnetising Current, J. G. Gorrin, 101
Transformers from Westinghouse Company, Pittsburg, Largest Single Order Ever Placed,43
Truck, Electric, Novel Use for, by New York Gas Company, 213
Ventilation of Electrical Machines, R. Roberts, 213
Victoria, Australia, Morwell Electricity Scheme for Country Districts, Extension, 415
Vosges Department, Proposal for Inter-communal Syndicate Scheme of Electrical Supply, 359
Water-driven Electric Power Station near
Pontivy, France, 639
EMBANKMENT Collapse on the Somme Canal, 639
Engine, Two-cycle Semi-Diesel, Run with Palm Oil, Successful Trials, 271
Engineers’ Proposed “ Gaza ” Dinner and Meeting, 387
Engineers’ Showrooms, 562
EXHIBITIONS :
Architecture, British, Exhibition, 469
Brazilian Centenary Exhibition, 398
Brazilian Centenary Exhibition, Lighting Contract for, 441
British Empire Exhibition, Organisation of Engineering Section Entrusted to British Engineers’ Association, 583
British Industries Fair in 1923, Birmingham Section, 667
Brussels Commercial Fair, 285
Building Exhibition at Olympia, 354, 453
Christiania, Utilisation of Electric Power Exhibition, 101
Dutch International Industries Fair, 30
Foundry Exhibition at Birmingham, 220, 469
Industrial Heating Apparatus Exhibition in Paris, 183
Inland Waterways and Canals Exhibition at Essen, 331
International Fair at Florence for Sale of Books and Exhibition of Printing Machines and Appliances, 128
Milan Samples Fair, Fishing Industry Group, 159
Rio Centenary Exhibition, British Participation in, 22 ; British Site Progress, 441
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Cambridge, 219
South Wales Institute of Engineers’ Exhibition, 583
Spanish Industries Fair, 80
Swedish National Fair at Gothenburg, 721
Swiss Industries Fair, 329
EXPANSION of Nickel, Aluminium and other Metals, Measurement Results, 497
Explosion, Boiler Stop Valve, on the SS. Kaisar-i-Hind, 213
Explosion, Fatal, of a Water-tube Boiler on the
SS. Berengaria, 213
Explosion of Flexible Bronze Steam Pipe, 469
Explosives, Annual Report of H.M, Inspectors, Accident Account, 497
FAIRS—see Exhibitions
False Point, India, Question of Possibility of Harbour, 265
Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, 481
Federation of British Industries—see also Railways :
Power Plant in an East Anglian Timber Mill, 301
Smoke Abatement and Inspection, 639
Ferranti Staff Annual Dinner, 270
Files,. Re-cut, Economic File and Engineering Company, Limited, 222
Finsbury Technical College, Cinema Electrical Lecture, 55
Old Students’ Association, Election of Officers, 77
Fire Escape, Motor, for Portsmouth, 220
Fire Extinction by Cement, 611
Flame Temperature of 3000 deg. Cent., 43
Flood Prevention by Afforestation, 155
Folkestone Outfall Sewer Extension, 415
Foundrymen, British, Institution of, Conference and Exhibition, 469
French Suggestion to Offer Work in Devastated Districts of France to British and American Unemployed, 241
Fry, J. S., and Sons, Research Fellowship Award, 729
Fuel Research Board, Report on Fuel for Motor Transport, 43
Low Temperature Carbonising Machine, 639
Furnace “ Skulls,” Boring Holes in, Simple Process, 241
G GAS for Domestic Purposes, New Board of Trade Order, 241
Gear for Marine Propulsion, W. Rees Darling, 71
Genoa and Downing-street, Telephonic Communication During Conference, 415
George Montefiore Foundation Premium, International Competition, 194
German Chemical Products with Linseed Oil Basis, New Patents, 583
German Engineers’ Employment by Chinese Iron and Steel Works, 553
German Goods for Argentina, 49
German Trade Returns for 1921, 129
Germany’s Bargain, for Reconstruction of Petrograd, 525
Germany’s Power Requirements, Gradual Dispensing with Brown Coal, 469
Glass Discovery from Sand near Dresden, Toughest Ever Produced, 331
Glass for Half-watt Electric Lamps, Result Resembles Daylight, 271
Glass Manufacture, Poor Home Trade, 71
Glycerine Refining in India as By-product of
Soap Manufacture, 441
Gold Discovery in Bohemia, 415
Gold Discovery in British Columbia, 583
Grain Elevators at Durban and Capetown, Progress of Foundations for, 695
H HACKSAW, New Type, “ Enox Twin,” Fry’s Limited, 222
Hamburg, Port of, Growing Activity and Necessary Improvements, 695
Hammer Heads Kept in Position by Rubber Wedges, 695
Harbour Projected in Bay of Lienshan, Fengtien Province, 553
Harbour Works at Funchal, Madeira, 512
Heat Conservation, French International Exhibition of Materials and Apparatus for, 51
Holland, Value of Imports in 1921, 183
Hottest Region of the World, 583
Hughes, David, Note-books on Wireless Telegraphy and Microphone Early Experiments, 387
Hydro-electric Activity in Italy for Increased Power Supply in Various Provinces, 359
Hydro-electrical Congress at Rio de Janeiro, 611
Hydro-electric Development at Queenstown -Chippawa (Niagara), Ontario, 359
Hydro-electric Installations and Power Transmission, Lectures at University of Grenoble, 729
Hydro-electric Plant on the River Sila, Catanzaro, Interesting Features of, 183
Hydro-electric Plants and Rising of Tail-water Level During Floods, Novel Method of Meeting the Difficulty, 695
Hydro-electric Power in Chile, Projected Development on Commercial Scale, 639
Hydro-electric Power to Replace Transported Fuel in Industrial Centres, Example of Success in Nuremberg, 331
Hydro-electric Scheme, Auckland, New Zealand, 415
Hydro-electric Survey of India, Summary of Water Power, 548
Hydro-electric Training Projected in Scotland, 331
I IGUAZU Falls, First Power-house to be Erected at, 213 •
Illumination, Lecture and Strong Condemnation of Present-day Lighting Systems, C. G. A. McDonald, 241
Indian Ports, British, Statistics of Cargo Tonnage, 71
Indians as Officers in the Royal Indian Marine, Details of Proposal, 101
Industrial League and Council’s Official Organ, 387
Inter-Ministerial Commission of Inquiry into Public Works in France, Recommendations, 721
International Scientific Congress—see Liege
IRON AND STEEL :
Basset Process of Direct Production of Steel, Stahl und Eisen’s Views, 667
Big Steel Combination in America, 667 Blast-furnace, Products of a, A. Hutchinson, 213
British Cast Iron Research Association, 346
British Columbia Iron Ore Resources, Complete Survey Projected, 695
Carnegie Steel Company’s Second By-product Coke Oven Plant to Cost 30 to 35 Million Dollars, 553
Cast Iron Evaporator on Steamship, ExGerman, Explosion, 331
Cast Iron and Similar Materials for Use as Pots in Iron-pot Melting Furnaces, 420
Cast Iron Steam Pipe Explosion, Report, 331 Cast Iron Water Main Cut 50ft. Below W ater,
Casting, Ingot Mould, 110 Tons Weight, Record for this Country, Bnghtside Foundry and Engineering Company Limited, 249
Centrifugally Cast Steel Pipes, L. Cammen,
China, Largest Iron Mine in Shantung Province, 469 . .
China, New Iron Mining Administration
Formed, 213 ,
Corrosive Action of Soil on Pipes for Gas and Water, American Investigation, 183
Crocodile River, South Africa, Iron Deposits, Report, 93
Electric Steel Furnaces, F. Rowlinson, 441 Electrolytic Iron, French Process for Commercial Production of, 410
Electrolytic Iron, Results of Tests in America,
Failure of Cast Iron T Piece in Ship’s Steam Pipe, 553
Ford Motor Company’s Blast-furnace Output Record, 583
French and Belgian Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Agreement, 71
French Production of Iron Ore, 695
Grey Cast Iron, Properties of, H. J. young, 271
Grey Iron Castings, Seasoning, W. J. May, 583 Indian Indigenous Iron and Steel Enterprises and Possible Effect of Unrest, 129
Invar Steel, Cause and Cure of Instability in, 464
Iron Alloy Resistant to Heat, 667
Iron Bars, Possibly Pre-Roman, Discovered near Winchester, 611
Ironfoundry to be Erected at Island of South Georgia, 2000 Miles from Civilisation, 213 Iron Mines near Shantung Railway, Estimated Large Deposit, 71
Iron Ore Deposit in Alberta, 13
Iron Ore Deposits in Chile, 583
Iron Ore Discovery near Railway at Ponty-clun, 441
Iron Oxides Reduction by Carbon Monoxide, Time Rate of, 301
Japanese Iron and Steel Output, hailing 497
Manganese Ore Deposits of West Africa 583 Newcastle Iron and Steel Company s Plant and Blast-furnace in South Africa, loo
Nickel Production Probable in China, 43 3| Per Cent. Nickel Steel, Use of, H. Brierley, 525
North China, Installing New Blast-furnace and Foundry at Lung-yen, 359
Oil Tanks, Buried Steel, Life of, 633
Ore Concentration Plant Projected for Anshan Iron and Steel Works, 525
Pig Iron Production in Canada, 183
Pig Iron Production in Canada in February and March, 583
Pig Iron Production in January, 1»3
Pig Iron Production in February, 301
Pig Iron Production in March and April, 553 Pig Iron Production in November and December, 43
Pig Iron Production in March, 441
Pigments from Scrap Iron, Electrolytic Manu-Sep^aTin/lron Ores by Use of Hysteretic Soiitli* Africa, Big Iron and Steel Industry Contemplated, 301
Staffordshire Company s Iron and Steel and Coal Output Improvement, 271
Steel Cutting Under Water by Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe, 359
Steel Foundry near Shanghai, 13
Steel, Magnetic Properties of New Type, 71
Steel Output in South Africa, 667 ansa?W3-
Plates, British Share of the irade Tata^Iron^nd Steel Works Plant Extension, Toughness of Steel, J. C. W. Humfrey, 583 Uganda, Large Deposits of Iron Ore in the Water^lainrCast’ Iron, Quick Repair Job World’^Output of Iron and Steel During 1860-1920, 461
IRRIGATION Canal, American, Lined with
Italian Government’s Projected New Cables at Home and Abroad, 603
Italy’s Depressed Paper Trade, Its Ca^?3’ 3^f9 Italy’s Industrial Situation, Hopeful View of,
Italy’s Water Power Establishments, Existing and Projected, 387
J JAPAN Increases Duty on Imports of Copper, Brass and Bronze, 469
Japanese Copper and Question of Protection, 12
K KEIR, Steam-heated, Explosion, 639
Kobe Harbour Improvement, 667
Kokura, Island of Kyushu, Japan, to Become Important Shipping and Railway Centre, 155
L LANTERN Slides, Beiliss and Morcom, Limited, 509
Laval Centrifugal Method of Purifying Lubricating Oils, &c., N. W. Prangnell, 695
Lead Mines in Cumberland, Threlkeld, to Reopen Forthwith, 271
Lead Mines in Isle of Man to be Reopened, 553
Lead Ores’ Silver Percentage in the Yukon, 639
Lead and Zinc Ore Trade, Spanish Fears, 101
Leeds University, 481
Liege Engineering College, Seventy-fifth Anniversary, Scientific Conference and Exhibition, 250,481
Lifeboats—see Ships
Lightmeter, Holophane Glass Company, 83
Liquid Air Explosives for Ironstone Mining, Question of Use, 101
Liquid Fuel for Ships, Depots in Morocco, 43
Liverpool Engineering Society’s Annual Dinner, 155
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, New Officers, 80
Lock-nuts, Bicones Limited, 394
Logarithm Cabinet, Bowman and Murdoch, 110
L.C.C. Scholarships, 371
London Toll Exchange, Continued Success, Extension Projected, 359
Lucknow, India, Suggested College for Training Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 469
M MAGAZINES, Two Hundred Firms Publishing Their Own, 377
Manchester Steam Users’ Association Annual Report, 387
Manchuria Experimenting in Manufacture of Coalite, 359
Manganese—see Iron and Steel
Manila Rope Tests Result, 155
Marine Boiler Design, Standard Rules, 282
Mars in 1924, Professor Todd’s Scheme for Observation, 525
Metallurgical Coke from Coal by New Method, 441
Milling Cutters, Economy of, for Some Classes of Work, 13
Mine Haulage Efficiency, Need of Investigation, J. Wilson, 721
Mine Rescue Work at the Front During the War, 667
Mineral Output of Southern Rhodesia, 469
Mineral Possibilities in Central Africa, 525
Mineral Production of Canada, Report, 241
Mineral Products in Tasmania, Amount and
Value of, 415
Minerals in New South Wales, Output in 1921, 301, 533, 611
Miners’ Nystagmus Chiefly Due to Deficient Illumination, 497
Mines, Breaching Apparatus for Rescue Stations Receives Government Sanction After Tests, 271
Mines Department of the Board of Trade, New Address, 695
Mines in South Africa, Managers and Employees, 721
Mines, War-damaged, in Northern France, Reconstruction Work, 441
Mining for Gold in Alaska, Hydraulic, Difficulty with Boulders Removal, 331
Mining in Haichow District, China, Reports of Valuable Deposits, Asbestos, Crystal, Gold, Silver, &c., to be Investigated, 331
Mining, Minnesota, Study of Churn Drills, 337
Mississippi River, Dangerous Floods, 387
Modern Transport, Beginning its Fourth Year of Publication, 387
Moselle, Canalisation of, up to the German Frontier, 101
Motor Car Rear Signal, Bracewell, 502
Motor Car Springs, Need of Improvement, A. A.
Remington, 330
Motor Headlights, 398
Motor Taxation and Road Maintenance, 394
Motor Traffic Between Soochow and Hashing, Projected Road for, 583
Motor Wagons, Supply of Water to, 52, 430
Mowing Machine, Greatly Improved Type, Tyzack, Sons and Turner, Limited, 721
Municipal Electrical “ Old Stagers,” Reunion, 112
N NEWARK Sewerage Scheme, Work Begun, Cost of Scheme, 441
Newcomen Society, Summer Meeting Arrangements, 570
Newfoundland Industrial Resources and Considerable Water Power, Captain E. J. Edwards, 271
New Jersey Tunnel Construction, Tenders Invited, 43
New South Wales Gold Yield, Comparative Figures, 695
Newspaper Production by Photo-litho Offset Process, 43
Nickel—see Iron and Steel
Non-ferrous Metal Research Association Worthy of Support, Proposal to Establish Fellowships, 301
Nottingham City Engineer, Presentation to, 52
o OCEAN Depths, Exceptional, Measurement by Sound Apparatus, 301
Oil Boring, Government, in England, Inconclusive Prospects, 301
Oil Can, New Type, for Motor Cycles, &c.,
Joseph Kaye and Sons, Limited, 222
Oilfields in Japan, New Developments, 155
Oil Fuel, A. Keens, 611
Oil Fuel Berths on the Tyne at Jarrow, 525
Oil, Heavy, Engines for Grain Elevators and Electric Lighting in South Africa, Ruston and Hornsby’s Contract, 155
Oil from Shale, Low Temperature Distillation of, New Process, 129
Oil Turbine Development, Messrs. Thyssen’s Efforts, 71
Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe for Cutting Steel Under Water, 359
p PACIFIC Association of United States, Survey of Russian Littoral Provinces Projected, 155 Paint or Wood, Investigation as to its Power of Protection and Durability, 213
Palermo Harbour Works, Concession for, Granted to American Company, 414, 639
Panama Canal, Tonnage Statistics, 13
Paris City Budget, Good Results of Economy, 13
Paris Police to have Motor Cars with Wireless
Telephone Equipment, 13
Pasteur Centenary, 393, 453
Patents in China—see Utility
Pekin Tramway—see Railways
Persian Means of Communication, Motor Cars versus the Camel, 639
Petrol-driven Lorries in New Zealand, Increased Demand for, 611
Petrol Storage Tanks, Loss by Evaporation, Preventive Measures, 553
Petroleum and Lubrication, E. A. Evans, 415, 469
Photographic Exposures, Novel System of Timing, 583
Piggott, Thomas, and Co., Limited, Centenary Dinner, 167
Post Office Engineers’ Examination, 100
Power Available on the Tennessee River, C. G.
Adsit, 611
Professional Classes Aid Council, 595
Profit-sharing at Watford Paper Mill Engineers, 71
Public School Masters and Future Employment of Boys, 241
Pumps, Interesting Old, in British Columbia, 721
R RADIUM Discovery in the Belgian Congo, 213
Radium Emanation, Collection of, Problem
Under Investigation, 331
Radium Mine Discovery in Brazil, Mrs. Alexander Grosse’s Report, 129
Radium Mine Near Truro, New Industry
Hoped for, 155
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Accidents :
Birmingham Station Accident Report, 155 Canadian Railways’ Good Accident Record, 578
Collision at Auckland Junction, North-Eastern Railway, Report, 301
Derailment Near Ambergate, Midland Railway, 497
Derailment, Slight, Caused by Fallen Tree, 13
Divided Train and Collision in Summit
Tunnel, Walsden, 155, 525
East Horndon Accident, Verdict, 583
Engine Step Detached and Fatal Accident Caused at Blisworth, 129, 155
Fatal Connecting-rod Accident on a London and North-Western Engine, 497
Fatalities on Railways, Statistics, 553
Goods Train Accident on London and North-Western Railway, 101
Great Western Railway Accident Report, 155
Motor Lorry Fatality at a Crossing, 721
Neglected Wagons as a Cause of Derailment, North British Railway, 695
North-Eastern Passenger Engine Derailment at Hilda Junction, 71
Omnibus Accidents, Considerable Reduction, 213
Passenger’s Accident at Victoria Station, Manchester, 43
Passenger Fatalities in Ten Years, 645
Questions with Regard to Accident Prevention, J. P. Thomas, 639
Returns of Accidents and Casualties for 1921, 690
Scottish Express, Slight Accident Due to Stray Cattle, 271
Shunting Accidents by Night and by Day Comparison, 101
Three Minor Accidents, 183
Alexandra Docks and Railway Company, Separate Existence Ended by Amalgamation, 415
Amalgamation Schemes—see Railways Amalgamation Tribunal, also Ministry of Transport
Annual Reports of Railways, Statistics Given and Omissions, 71, 387
Appointments and Staff Changes, 101, 213, 331, 359, 415, 553, 583, 639
Argentine and Bolivian Governments’ Railway Construction Agreement, 241
Australian Mails from Perth, W.A., Change of Train Time for Expedition of, 331
Automatic Train Control, Report of Colonel Pringle’s Committee, 695
Barry Railway Objects to Grouping Proposal, 241
Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway not to be Reopened, 497
Belgian Railway Passenger Carriages, 552
Bologna-Venice-Monfalcone Line, Electrification Tenders Called for, 101
Bombay Suburban Lines, Electrification a Matter of Finance, 101
Bombay, Suggested Underground Railway, 213
Brakes and Signals, Amalgamation of Companies in Britain and in France, 639
Brazil, Westinghouse Electric Locomotives in Service, 13
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Brighton Company’s Dilemma, Unanimity as to Electrification, but Divergence as to System, 213
Brighton Line Conversion Expected in September, 331
Brighton Line Electrification, Cost of Completion in 1913 and 1922 Compared, 292
British and American Rolling Stock, Comparison as to Comfort, 553
Burma Railways and the Tablet System, 611
Caledonian Railway Acquires Loch Tay Steamers, 213
Caledonian Railway Receipts and Expenditure, 359
Cambrian Railway Company’s Tribute to General Manager, 271
Cambrian Railways, Chairman and Directors’ Farewell Letter to Staff, 611
Canadian Government’s Exhibition Train Through France, 695, 721
Canadian Pacific Line, Progress of Extension Work, 441
Canals Bill, High Charges and Deficient Revenue, 611, 721
Central of Brazil Railway Electrification, 611
Ceylon, Kadugannawa Incline, Suggested Electrification of, 129
Chilean State Railways’ Electrification between Santiago and Valparaiso and on Branch Line, 611
Ching-Yang Light Railway to be Constructed, 241
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Proposed Bill for Winding Up, 441
Classification of Traffic, by Passenger Train, 187, 497
Coal at Railway-owned Docks, Reduction of Railway Charges for Shipping, 13
Competition Between East and West Coast Routes to the North, 359
Congo-Katanga Railway, Hebo to be the Terminal Port, 695
Connecting Trains and Results of Unpunctuality, S. B. Canter, 469
Continental Boat Train from Victoria, New Time, South-Eastern and Chatham, 611
Corporation Profits Tax, Application to Railways Deferred, 583
Councils on Railways, Results on the Pennsylvania System, 553
Death of Mr. Samuel R. Blundstone, 183
Death of Mr. John Swinburn, 525
Dividends of Two Railways, 129
Dublin and South-Eastern as a “ Progressive ” Railway, 60
Ealing and Shepherds Bush Railway, a Losing Speculation, 497, 553
Earl’s Court, District Railway, Twenty Hours’ Daily Work Statistics, 13
East Coast Express Goods Train for Edinburgh, 611
East Coast Scottish Services, Improvements, 667
Easter Excursions and Fares, 271
Electric Locomotives for Invalides-Versailles Railway, 415
Electric Railways and Communication by Carrier Current, 415, 441
Electric Railways, Government Guarantees for, 553
Electrification Facilities and Great Eastern and South-Eastern Railways, 586
Electrification of Railways in Midland Coalfields Area not under Present Consideration, 469
Electrification Scheme, Projected, and Unemployment, 129
Electrification of Suburban Railways, 183
Electrification of Yungas Railway, Bolivia, 415
English and Welsh Companies Follow Scottish Example, 155, 183, 247, 331
Federation of British Industries :
Conference on Reduction in Railway Rates, 101
Replies to Deputation, Contradictory Statements, 101
Transport in South-West Africa, 553
Ferrocarril Nordest e, New Railway in Colombia, 525
First-class Fares Increase Followed by Reduction in First-class Passenger Traffic, 301 Floating Landing Stage, &c.,at Tilbury, Bill Passed Committee, 359
French Equatorial Africa, New Railway Construction, 359
French Railway Workshops as Agitation Centres, Repairs being Handed Over to Private Firms, 695
Furness Railway Company’s Efforts to Develop Traffic, 469
Garratt Engines for South African Railways, 525
Gauges in Australia, Mr. Hughes on Unification of, 583
German Locomotives and Strikers’ Neglect, 183
German Railway New Sleeping Compartments, 43
Glasgow College Station, Goods Warehouse Burnt Down, 101
Glasgow Subway Railway Shut Down, 213
Goods Receipts for August, 13
Goods Traffic Receipts for September, 101
Goods Traffic Mileage and Tonnage for September, 13
Goods Traffic Mileage and Tonnage for November, 241
Great Central Company’s Through Carriage from London to Halifax, 271
Great Eastern Railway Meeting, Lord Claud Hamilton on Grouping Manager, 271
Great Indian Peninsula Railway and Electrification, 721
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Transportation Department Set Up, 721
Great North of Scotland Railway, Huge Rise in Salaries and Wages Bill, 497
Great Northern “ Die-hard ” Locomotives, 387
Great Northern Locomotive Running Expenses Considerably More than Trebled Since 1913, 306
Great Western Mechanical Engineer, Change, 331
Great Western Railway Circular to Men on Possible Economies, 71
Great Western Railway, Mr. Churchward’s Presentation, 567
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):
Great Western Railway New Line, Clydach, Pontardawe, &c., 525, 721
Great Western Railway to Own Swansea Docks, 638
Great Western Railway Signalling Apparatus Statistics, 43
Great Western Research Department at Swindon, 666
Great Western “ Safety ” Movement, Highly
Successful Results from, 469
Grouping System and Compensation for Displaced Officials, 497
Grouping System and Re-naming, Heavy Cost Entailed, 721
Grouping System and Time-table Changes, 155
Hampshire Light Railway, Totton to Fawley, 43
Harbours, Docks and Piers (Temporary
Increase of Charges) Bill, 707
Highland Railway Company’s Engines, 441
Highland Railway, Resignation of Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, 271
Increased Passenger Traffic Ascribed to
Abnormal and Unreal Wealth, 469
Indian Government, Projected Annual Tenders for Locomotives and Stocks, 43
Indian Railway Material and Loan to be
Raised in the United Kingdom, 387
Indian Railways, Increased Expenditure Needed, 124
Indian Railways’ Rehabilitation, Vast Expenditure and its Allocation, 415, 441
Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—see Associations
International Railway Association, Possible
Congress at Madrid, 186, 359
Irish Northern Government and North of
Ireland Railways, 639
Irish Politics and Improved Traffic, 155
Irish Railway (Great Southern and Western)
Carrigan Award and the Free State Government, 334
Irish Railway Stockholders’ Protection Association, Continuance Recommended, 71
Irish Railways’ Arbitration and Dail Eireann, 43
Irish Railways’ Arbitration, Wages and Eight -hour Day, 71
Irish Railways, Government Inquiry, 271
Irish Railways and Grouping, 611
Irish Railways and Men, Dispute Settled, 213
Iron and other Trades and Excessive Railway
Charges, Myles Kennedy, 13
Italian Government Electrification of Railway Trunk Lines, 13
Italian Railways’ Increased Working Costs and Decreased Efficiency, 667
Italian State Railway Electrification Tenders, 553
Japanese and Chinese Railways’ Extension, Delegates at Washington, 71
Junction at Blaenau Festiniog Proposed and Abandoned, 469
Kenya Colony, Further Loan for Uasi-Ngishu Railway, 241
King’s Birthday Honours for Railwaymen, 639 ; (Correction), 667
Labelling Goods, Change in Railway Regulations, 208
Labour Co-partnership and the Railways, 183
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Former Officers’ Connection with Paper Read at the Institution of Civil Engineers, 129
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Shareholders’ Valedictory Meeting, 440
Late Special Trains Withdrawn on the London Electric Railways, 101
Lee-on-the-Solent Classed as a Light Railway, 43
Level Crossings and Railway Companies’ Responsibility, 450
Light Railway Between Portmadoc and Dinas, State Assistance for, 675
Light Railways’ Committee Report, 13
Locomotive Building at Crewe, Boilers at Horwich, 721
Locomotive, Great Northern, Most Powerfu on British Railways, 387
Locomotive Spark Arresters, 441
Locomotives, Ordered from Woolwich, Cost Estimated at £16,000 each, 304, 359
London, Brighton and South Coast Train
Services, Accusation of Unpunctuality, 583
London, Chatham and Dover and the South-Eastern and Chatham Electrification Scheme, 667
London and North-Western Long-distance Trains Running with Lancashire and Yorkshire Engines, 667
London and North-Western Railway Councils and Winding Up of Conciliation Boards, 387
London and North-Western Railway Policy for Signal and Telegraph Departments, 43
London and North-Western Railway, Suggestions for Improvement in Working Invited from Railway Employees, 667
London and North-Western Restores Through Service Between Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and the South-Eastern Railway, 553
London and North-Western V.C. Men Honoured by the Company, 583
London and North-Western Wolverton Carriage Shops, Full Time for Painters, 71
London Tube Railways, Heavy Cost Due to Over-numerous Stations, W. R. Davidge, 129
London Underground Railway Loan for-Tube Extension and Improvement, Work for Unemployed Men, 301, 359
Luggage in Advance Charge Reduction, 155
Manchester and Buxton, Possible Electrification of Line Between, 101
Melbourne Railways, Electrification of, Cost of Work, 296
Metal Electrification, South African Minister of Railways on, 695
Metropolitan Railway New Steam Engines and Electric Cars, Re-equipment of Electric Locomotives, 241
Metropolitan Railway Settlement with the Government, 271
Metropolitan Railway Trains, Speeding-up, 13
Midland Railway Chairman, Change in, 213
Midland Railway Coal Consumption, 241
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):
Midland and London and North-Western Railways, Talk of Amalgamation, 155 ; Amalgamation Not Yet Considered, 241
Midland Railway, Men and Wages, Comparison of Figures Between 1914 and 1922, 386
Milk Conveyance Rates Reduction, 441
Minister of Transport, but no Salary, 387
Ministry of Transport, Geddes Committee Proposals Shelved, Fresh Scheme Under Consideration, 271 ; Important Question, 359
Ministry of Transport Inquiries into Train Accidents, 553
Ministry of Transport, No Justification Now for Incurring the Cost of, 213
Ministry of Transport and Stockton and Railway Centenary, 359
National Union of Railwaymen, Falling Numbers, 469
National Union of Railwaymen’s New President, 43
National Union of Railwaymen—see also Scottish Railways, also English and Welsh Companies
National Wages Board Awards not Binding,
National Wages Board and Scottish Railways, 43, 71, 129, 155
New South Wales Railways and Autogeneous Welding, 301
Nord Railway Company’s Automatic Brake Experiments, 676
North British Railway’s Claim, Echo of Dispute with the Government, 331
North Country Trains’ Competition by East and West Coast Routes, 359
North-Eastern Railway and Revival in Traffic, 441
North-Eastern Railway Sleepers Destroyed by Fire at Hartlepool, 41
North-Eastern Railway, Swing Bridge Over the Ouse, Fire Damage and Inconvenience in Communication, 331
North Staffordshire Railway Coal Traffic, Heaviest Week Since August, 1917, 271
Norwegian Committee to Discuss Electrification of all Railways, 71
Norwegian Electric Railways, Estimates of Cost, 213
Outer London Railway Bills, Proposals for Revival, 667
Overcrowding on London Omnibus and Underground Railways, 611
Parcels Traffic “ To Pay ” Arrangements, 583
Paris Evening Train Service for London vid Havre and Southampton, 639
Passenger Decrease on London Trains and Trade Stagnation, 497
Passenger Train Mileage and Fares Statistics, 13, 129
Passengers Decrease and Loss of Revenue, 667
Pekin New Electric Tramway, Demolition of Portion of City Wall, 13
Penzance Station and Rebuilt Viaduct, 721
Petrol Shunting Locomotives for French Railways, 331
Pietermaritzburg-Glencoe Section, South African Railways, Electrification, 183
Platform Tickets on the Midland Railway and Resulting Income, 497
Polish Railway Material Orders, New Department to Deal with, 695
Privately Owned Wagons, Announcement by Ministry of Transport, 213
Privilege Tickets and Railwaymen’s Pay, 497
Pullman Luncheon and Dining Car, Glasgow to Perth, 639
Quarterly Returns of Railway Accidents, 721
Queensland Government’s Projected Railway for Mount Oxide Area, 525
Queensland Railway Department, Coal from the State Colliery, 301
Rail Motor Car on Out-back Line in Victoria, 611
Railway Benevolent Institution Annual Dinner, 155
Railway Claims and Government Liability, 415
Railway Companies and Amalgamation—see Railways Amalgamation
Railway Companies’ Association, New Chairman and Vice-chairman, 301
. Railway Companies’ Committee and Railwaymen’s Unions, 301—see also Wages
Railway Companies’ Losses and Government Control, 359
Railway Companies and Rates Reduction, 387, 721
Railway Companies’ Reports, Omissions Under Government Sanction, 71, 387
Railway Fires by Locomotive Sparks, Companies’ Liability, 583
Railway Material Exports Statistics, 13, 183, 266,440, 553
Railway Rates Reduction and Railway Managers, 387, 721
Railway Rates Tribunal, A Question, 359
Railway Rates Tribunal and Rates Advisory Committee, New Address, 301
Rates Advisory Committee and Classification of Goods, 187, 497
Classification of Traffic, Proposals, 553
Railway Returns for 1921, 415
Railway Statistics a Necessary Expense, 469
Railway Statistics for October and the Coal Strike, 129
Railway Statistics for November, 213
Railway Titles, Old and New, 129, 721
Railways Act Allotment to Companies, Scheme for Distribution of Sum, 583
Railways Act Two Panels, Constitution of, 387
Railways Amalgamation Tribunal:
Amalgamation of Alexandra Dock, Cambrian, Cardiff, Rhymney and Taff Vale Companies with the Great Western, 331, 415
Amalgamation of Barry Railway with the Great Western, 525
Amalgamation of Hull and Barnsley with North-Eastern, 266, 271, 359
Amalgamation of South Wales Railways with Great Western, Running Powers of other Lines, 469
Barry Port and Gwendreath Valley Absorption by Great Western Railway, 695
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):
Railways Amalgamation Tribunal {continued):
Great Western Railway Absorption of Various Welsh Railways and the West Somerset Railway, Meetings, 643
London, Chatham and Dover and South-Eastern Railway Amalgamation, 667
London and North-Western and Midland
Railways’ Amalgamation, 331
Maryport and Carlisle Railway to be Absorbed in North-Western, Midland and West Scottish Group, 271
Railway Companies’ Meetings with Regard to Amalgamation Schemes, 359
Western Group (Great Western and other
Companies) Amalgamation Scheme, 271
Railwaymen and Public Affairs, Change of Attitude, 183
Railwaymen—see also National Union, Railway Companies’ Committee, and Wages
Registration of Seats on the Great Western
Railway, Extension of System, 704
Re-painting of Great Western Coaching Stock, 497
Road Transport by Railway Companies, Opposition to the Bill, 146
Road Transport by Railway Companies, Change of Proposals by Railway, 212
Road Transport, Withdrawal of Bill for
Powers by North-Western-Midland Group, 707
Roads or Branch Railways in New Zealand, 525
Rotary Converters for Railway Work, Major
A. M. Taylor’s View, 247
Runcorn-Weston Point New Light Railway,
Safe British Railways, 730
Saint Lazare Underground Station, 415
Scottish Award and N.U.R. Meeting, 129
Scottish Railways’ Eight-hour Day, 71
Scottish Railways’ Proposals to Men as to
Pay and Conditions of Work, 43, 71, 129, 155
Searchlights on Engines of Express Trains in the Punjab, 649
Severn Barrage Scheme, A Question, 583
Signalling, Automatic, Between Liverpool and Birkenhead, 387
Signals, Route Indicating, and Platelayers’
Warning, 469, 721
Solway Junction Railway Closed, 469
South African Railways’ Annual Report, 155
South African Railways, Manufacture of
Plates for Train Lighting, Thefts of Electric Lamps, 525
South-Eastern and Chatham Bridge at
Rochester to be Reopened, 129
South-Eastern and Chatham Electrification
Proposals, 241, 667
South-Eastern and Chatham Suburban Lines,
Projected Electrification, 639
South-Eastern and Chatham Passenger and
Mileage Statistics, 469
South - Eastern and Chatham and the
Southern Group, 183, 468, 667
South Manchuria Railway Electric Powerhouse Capacity, 42
South Wales Independent Railways Incorporation in Great Western System, 525
Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary in 1925, Various Proposals for Celebration, 359
Summer Time Agreement for Britain, France and Belgium, 213
Swiss Federal Railways Electrification, Cost of, 553
Sydney City Railway Extensions, 13
Sydney, Large Viaduct and Tunnel for
Roselle Bay-Darling Island Railway Line, 271
Taff Vale Company’s Report, Rolling Stock Expenditure, 441
Tasmania to Supply Herself with Home-made Locomotives, 301
Testing Locomotive at Purdue University, 525
Thomas, Mr. J. H., on the Amalgamation
Question as Regards Labour, 583
Tilbury Landing Stage and other Work, Bill Passed Committee, 359
Toronto and Northern Ontario Railway Extension, 583
Torrington-Hallwill Railway, Tenders Invited, 331
Toulouse Railway Workshop Destroyed by Fire, 359
Tourist Tickets and Summer Excursion
Traffic to be Resumed, 525
Traffic Statistics, Freight, for December, 1921, 441
Traffic Statistics, Passenger, for December, 415
Traffic, Weekly, Returns Resumed, 129
Train Resistance, Editorial Inquiry, 736
Tramway for Hankow, 155
Trans-Saharan Railway, French Proposals, 639
Tunnel, Cornimont, Labresse, Metzeral, in
France, Parliament’s Consent for Construction Requested, 695
Turbine Locomotive Tests in Switzerland, 553
Underground Poster on Employees, Wages
Amount and Wages Percentage, 101
Underground Railways, Additional Cars, 583
Underground Railways, Overcrowding in
Paris, Berlin and New York, 469
Underground Railways, Reduced Expenditure, but Fall also in Traffic and Receipts, 301
Underground Railways—see also London Underground
United States Railways:
Alaska, U.S.A. Government Railway
Nearing Completion, 71
American Aid for Foreign Railways, 525
American Railway Rates and Charges, Investigation, 66
Approaching Reduction in Rates, 611
Bridge, High-level, Across the Hudson, New York Central Railway, 695
“Carrier Current” Communication for
American Railways, Demonstration at Schenectady, 415, 441
Chicago Great Western Railway Immunity from Accident ,418
Class I. Railways’ Finance for 1921, 469
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):
United States Railways (continued):
Death of Mr. F. J. Angier, 611
Electrification of Railways and Inland
Waterways, President Harding’s Views, 441
Employees on American Railways in July, 1920, and July, 1921, 101
Freight Car, Metal, Dating from the Civil War, 387
Inter-State Commerce Commission :
Automatic Train Control, Order to Forty-nine Companies, 721
Automatic Twin Control, Cost Question, 241
Power Brakes, Investigation as to Adequacy, and Improvements, 441 Locomotive Ash Removal in America, Use of Water-filled Ashpits, 695
Radiophone and Radiograph Outfits on Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Expresses, 497
Railway Working, Private and Government, Compared, 415
Reduction in Wages of Maintenance-of -way Men, 695
Telegraph Lines Difficulties in Floods and Storms, 441
Terrible Accident Near Philadelphia, 497
Timber for Railways, Dispute and, Conference, 695
Unnecessary Competition, 441
Unsold Articles at Royal Agricultural Shows, Pre-war Railway Carriage Allowance to be Resumed, 129
Victorian Railways’ Extension of Electric Lighting of Trains, 525
Victorian Railways’ Increased Receipts, 271
Wages Bill and High Fares, 667
Wages Reductions and Cost of Living, 359, 721
War Memorial, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 213
War Memorial, North Staffordshire Railway, 301
Welsh Railways Construction Stopped During War to be Continued by Great Western Company, 525
White Paper on Railway Employees Cancelled and New One Issued, 241
Whitley Councils, Local, to Come into Force in April, 101, 331
Whitley Councils of the Railway Companies, About to Begin Operation, 331
Wireless Communication on Railways, 667
Woolwich Locomotives and Unemployment, Cost of, 590
RAINFALL, Remarkable, in Houston, Texas, 497
Refractories’ Resistance to Corrosion by Slag, Dust or Ash, Method of Determination, W. J. Rees, 271
Refuse Disposal in Calcutta, Comparison Between Cost of Removal by Petrol or Electric Lorries, 359
Rhine-Maine-Danube Canal, Company for Construction Founded, 36
Rivers, Flow of, New Method of Gauging, Professor J. Joly, 583
Road Sprinkler, Sweeper and Refuse Collector, Automatic Worker at Birmingham, 271
Road Transport by Railway Companies, Opposition to the Bill, 146
Rolling the Teeth in Hob Gear Blanks, 667
Roumanian Oilfields, Cause of Failure in Production, 7 20
Rubber for Public Thoroughfares, Experiments in Ceylon, 729
Russian “ Electrification Bank,” 497
Russian Permit for Free Importation of Motor Cars, 525
s SAFETY Lamps in Mines, Increased Use of, 71 Saint Lawrence—see Waterway
Salt Water Mosquito Extermination, Result of Experiments, 695
Salvage Operations at Oppau, Conclusions Arrived at, 129
Sample Room, First All-British, Opened in Brussels, 359
Sandstone Preservation from Decay, Methods Suggested, 667
Saw, Circular, for Stone Cutting, 469
Scholarships, “Archibald Dawnay,” 371
Scholarships in Art or Science and Technology, 371
Scientific and Industrial Research :
Report on Concrete for Floors, 43
Scientific Instruments, New Journal for
Description of, 695
Screw Jacks, Duff Manufacturing Company, 100
Shanghai Harbour Improvement, Recommendations of International Board, 13
Shanghai, New Dockyard, 497
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :
Chinese Ice Breakers for Passage of Steamers to Tientsin, 71
Earliest Steam-propelled Vessels in the East, 101
Explosion on Cardiff Steamer, 553
Fireproof Bulkheads for Cunard Liner Samaria and other Vessels, 427
French Battleship Liberte to be Refloated, 611
Geared Turbine Steamer, Trials for French Merchant Service, Cammell Laird and Co., 71
German - built Steamer Bismarck to be Handed Over to White Star Line and Renamed Majestic, 359
German Warships’ Fatal Collision, 583
H 42, Submarine, Lost with All Hands, 331
Icebreaker Built at Yokohama, 415
Interesting Reconstruction of Former German Gunboat, 553
Italian Large New Liners for Rapid Voyages from Barcelona to South America, 469
Japanese Mercantile Fleet, 639
Japanese Yards, Merchant Vessels Built in 1921, 695
Leviathan to be Re-conditioned for Re-entry into Transatlantic Service, 213
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued):
Lifeboat Engine, New Type, for the Royal National Institution, 525
Lifeboats, Five New Motor, for the Royal National Institution, 301
Messageries Maritimes Liner Aramis Launched at Bordeaux, 415
Motor Lifeboats for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 525
Oil Fueling Facilities at Sunderland, 583
Oil Supply for Ships through Submarine Pipes, 441
Orient Liner Orontes Sold for Use as Exhibition Ship, 301
Salvage of Sunken Vessels by Electrical Process, V. H. Pearson, 441
Self-discharging Steamship in America, 497
Ship Caisson Launch, Curious Structure, 695
Ship’s Position, Average Time Taken to Find, 667
Swedish Shipowners Petition for Government Aid to Arrest Stagnation in Merchant Fleet, 271
Tyne River, Vessels Launched from, 497
United States Coastguard Cutter Tamoa, First of Four Electrically Driven, 101
White Star Line Commodore, 71
SILVER Mining in Cobalt and District, Canada, Exceptionally Valuable Results, 129
Silver Ore, Rich Vein of, Discovered at Dawson, 583
Singapore Municipality, Scheme for Various Improvements, 155
Smoke Abatement, Recommendations by Ministry of Health Committee, 129
Smoke Abatement Recommendations of Sheffield Committee, 695
Smoke Prevention, S. M. Duguid, 136
Soapstone Near the Canadian Pacific Railway,
Solar Eclipse in September, Wireless Station to be Set Up on Coast of Western Australia, 667
South African Market for Fittings, Cooking and Heating Apparatus, &c., 71
South African Mine, New State Areas, Large New Plant to be Constructed, 155
South African Outbreak and Electrical Equipment Wrecked, 497
Spacing Collars, 282
Spanish Company’s Important Hydro-electric Station, 387
Spooner, Henry J., Retirement from Headship of Polytechnic School of Engineering, 398
Steel—see Iron
Stooker, Automatic, Ian Munro, 457
Strassburg Port Extension, 497
Swansea Docks to Pass to Great Western Railway, 638
Swiss Federal Council and Rhine Navigation, 525
Swiss Hours and Conditions of Labour, Amended Law, 721
Swiss, Machine Industry in Poor Plight, 441
Swiss Watch and Clock Trade Exchanged for Locomotive Manufacture, 301, 415
Synthetic Ammonia, M. Georges Claude’s Process Much Improved, 271
Synthetic Gold as a Subsidiary Matter, 43
TELEGRAPHY and Telephony, Wireless—see Wireless
Telephone Exchanges, Automatic, for Newcastle and Gateshead, 469
Telephone, Long-distance, Between Pekin and Harbin, 173
Telephone System of the United Kingdom, Sir William Noble’s Defence, 129
Telephoning by London Toll Exchange, Continued Success and Projected Extension, 359 Textile Material Resistant to Acids, even Sulphuric Acid, 271
Thermal Sanitation in, the Tropics, G. W. Grabham, 71
Thornycroft’s Staff Dinner, 197
Timber Fibre Lengths and Strength of Wood, 441
Timber, Peeled and Unpeeled, Durability Comparison, 387
Timber Preservation by Soaking in Solution of Waste Zinc Sulphate, L. D. Hingle, 469
Timber Preservation by Use of Natural Copper Sulphate Waters, 359
Timber Seasoning by Use of Ozone, 415, 667
Tip Wagons, Ruston and Hornsby, Limited, 222
Trade Revival, Pessimistic View, George Pate, 183
Tramways—see Railways
Transvaal Gold Mines’ Diminished Output, 155
Trees in Western America, Douglas Fir’s Enormous Proportions, 553
Troy, Ancient Gold Mines and Concession to British Company, 525
Tunnel, Vehicular, Under the Hudson River, 71
Turbine, 60,000-Kilowatt, American Steam
Consumption Tests, 387
Turbines, Hydraulic, Ever-breaking Size Record, 553
Turkey Remits Duty on Motor Lorries for Public Service, 183
Tuticorin as a Deep-water Port, 129
Tyne Swing Bridge Repairs, Sir W. G- Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 611
u UNITED States Census, Preliminary Occupation Statistics, 43
United States Very Large Production of Certain Minerals and other Things in Proportion to Population and Land, 43
University College, London, 371
University of Nancy, Summer Holiday Course in Electrotechnics, 252
“ Utility Model Law ” for China, 13
V VANCOUVER, Lumber Site and Timber Preserves, 13
Vaux, Research, and Natural Gas Discovery, 564
Verdun Transhipment Port, 525
Volcano on Hawaii, Borings to be Undertaken with View of Determining Heat, Amount of Steam, &c., 241
Volcano Kilanea, Hawaii, Projected Investigations, 497
w WAR Memorial for Auckland, New Zealand, 401
War Memorial, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Unveiling, 553
Water Softening by Use of Raw Peat, 525
WATER SUPPLY :
Oldham and Rochdale Negotiations with Regard to Water Supply, 387
Paris Water Supply and Threatened Strike, 721
Reservoir to be Constructed for Runcorn, 213
San Francisco’s Water Supply to be Augmented, 553
Singapore and State of Kedah, Two Projects for Water Supply, 101
Water Supply by Causeway Over Straits of Johore, Large Project, 101
WATER Tank, Large, Failure from Rust, 583
Waterway Proposed Between Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence, Reported International Negotiations, 101, 387
Water Wheel Bursting Accident at Ontario Power Company’s Niagara Works, 553
Waterworks Pumping Station Flooded by the Mississippi, 667
Welland Ship Canal, Locks on the, Tenders Invited for Construction, 695
Werkspoor, Very Serious Fire Damage, 667
Wire Cables Preferable to Eyebar Chains for Large Suspension Bridges, Ralph Modjeski, 271
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY:
Agriculture in France, Assistance by Wireless Telephony, 695
Bergen Wireless Service, 491
Broadcasting Wireless Stations at Trafford Park and Slough, 639
Commission Reports Favourably on Carnarvon Station, Thermionic Valve Stations Recommended for England, Canada, Australia, South Africa and India, 271
Crime and Criminals Detection by Wireless in New York, 639
Eiffel Tower Wireless Station, Transmitting Power to be Much Increased, 331
Eiffel Tower to Connect Lausanne with London,415, 441
High-power Radio Station at Qwaki, near Tokyo, 129
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY^AND TELEPHONY (continued):
Increased Horse-power Used in Wireless Transmitting Stations, 611
Lausanne New Installation for Telephonic Communication with Eiffel Tower, London, and America; also with Aeroplanes on London-Paris-Lausanne Route, 415
Leafield Wireless Messages Heard at Perth, Western Australia, 13
Marconi Company’s Offer to Equip Long-range Service in South Africa, Conditions, 129
Radio Communication with Electric Trains, 415
Radio Communication Projected Between New York and the Argentine, 721
Successful Communication Between Mine and Earth’s Surface, 721
Swedish Wireless Telegraph Station for Navigation, 13
Tokyo and Osaka, Wireless Telephonic Service Under Consideration, 667
Transatlantic Amateur Wireless Tests, Prize Won by Manchester Society, 129
Weather Forecasts by Wireless for French Farmers, 129
WIRE-TYING System, Gerrard, to Replace Hooping for Chests, 721
Wood Preservative Aczol, Tests, 525
Wool, Disinfection, Experiment in Cost Reduction, 721
Woolwich Arsenal Scholarship for Trade Lads, Founded by Former Boy Employee, 13
Works Development at Gloucester, Alfred Danks, Limited, 282
YANGTZE River, China, Blasting Operations to Facilitate Navigation and Commerce, 497
z ZINC Dust Fire Dangers, 583
Zinc and Lead Mines Dumps in Wales to be Treated by Electrolytic Process to Produce Zinc, 331
Zinc and Lead Ores Awaiting Purchase in Hunan, China, 43
Zinc Smelting Works at Jamshedpur, Spelter and Sulphuric Acid Products, 505
Zinc, Some Modern Uses of, Ernest A. Smith, 331 ,
Zinc Sulphide and Phosphorescent Light, 436
Zirconia as Suitable Lining for Metallurgical and Electric Furnaces, 129
Zirconium Metal, Properties and Uses of, 71
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