The Engineer 1923 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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A ACCIDENTS in Witwatersrand Mines, 315
AERONAUTICS:
Aeroplanes for Bulgaria, British and French Contracts, 447
Chinese Aeroplane Service for Passengers and Goods, 661
Compass, Earth Inductor Type, for. Air Service, Satisfactory Results, 41
Hangars, Balloon, Method for Regulation of Temperature, 121
Non-stop Aeroplane, 2600 Miles, Across the
United States, 553
Royal Air Force Pageant, 553
Survey of Projected Electric Transmission
Line by Photographs from Aeroplane, 546 Transatlantic Aeroplane Service, London, vid Plymouth, Lisbon, &c., to New York, 579
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, Dr. J. S.
Ames, 299
Zeebrugge Aeroplane Construction Industry, 367
AERIAL Ropeway for Boiler Ash Conveyance, 294
African Artists, Brass Castings at Benin and South-West Adamawa, 121
A-L Club’s Dinner, 8
Air Compressor, Need of Careful Supervision to Avoid Excessive Cost, 607
Air Heater Invention of Swedish Engineer, Technical Opinions on, 499
Alkalies Action on Boiler Plates, Investigations, 499
Alldays and Onions, Limited, Long-service Presentations, 129
Alloys Resistance to Corrosion, 330, 473
Aluminium-Iron, 15 Per Cent. Alloy, Good Results for Castings, 93
Aluminium Production in the United States, Exports and Imports, 473
Ammonia, Purity of, Rival Claims of America and Germany, Comparison with Great Britain, 661
Amsterdam to Construct Tunnel under the Y River, 121
Anti-dazzle Light Bill, 13
Apprentice Advancement Scheme, Presentation of Certificates at Central Marine Engine Works, 287
Arsenical Deposits Reported in British Columbia, 697
Asbestos Deposits in Western Australia, 315 Asbestos and Serpentine, Extensive Alternate Seams Discovered in the Transvaal, 231
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
Association, Diesel Engine Users’ :
Avoidance of Scale Troubles, and Cooling Water Circulation, 607
Association of Drop Forgers and Stampers :
Lectures by Dr. Leslie Aitchison, 231, 367 Association of Engineers-in-Charge :
Annual Dinner, 387
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Association of Engineers, Manchester : Lathe Tools Research Committee Investigations, 13
Institute of Chemistry :
Birmingham and Midlands Sections, Restoration after having Lapsed, 261
Institute of Cost and Works Accountants :
Standardisation in Costing, Conference, 239
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Annual Meeting and other Functions, 125
Carnegie Fund Grants in Aid of Research, Notice, 147
Institute of Metals :
Development of Membership Overseas, Formation of Local Sections, 41
Institute of Transport :
Election of Officers, 485
Fourth Dinner, 511
Third Annual Congress, 315, 579
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
Ball Bearings, New Departure in Discusion upon, 525
Summer Visit in Liverpool, Programme of, 133
Institution of Chemical Engineers :
Oxygen in Gas Making, 661
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Awards for Papers, 485
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 151
Annual Meeting, Presentations to the Institution in Memory of Dr. Silvanus Thompson, 534
Faraday Medal Award to Sir C. A. Parsons, 211
Premium Awards for Papers, 1922-23, 622
Presentation to Mr. J. W. Meares by Indian Friends, 120
War Memorial Scholarships, 322
Wireless Section :
Radio Station Towers and Masts, Design of, C. F. Elwell, 367
Winding of High-frequency Inductances, Professor C. L. Fortescue, 588
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Dinner in Celebration of Foundation Anniversary, 537
Midland Section :
Neglect of Use of Specifications of the Engineering Standards Association, Dr. C. C. Garrard, 67
Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :
Central Heating, Useful Information in, B. R. Wingfield, 121
Summer Meeting at Folkestone, Paper by Mr. J. Roger Preston, 676
Institution of Locomotive Engineers : Address of Hon. General Secretary, 116 Annual Dinner, 353
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) :
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Meeting to Consider Formation of New Society, 41
William Henry Allen Grant Award, 619
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :
Awards for Services, 299
Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :
Powdered Fuel and Lancashire Boilers, E. A. Leybourne, 473
Turbine Troubles and their Causes, Professor A. L. Mellanby and Mr. W. Kerr, 579
Institution of Petroleum Technologists :
Methods of Testing Physical Properties of Oils, 499
Institution of Production Engineers :
Depth of Drilling, L. C. Keen, 473
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
Annual Report, Membership, New President, 231
Grouping and the Institution’s Members, 41
Presidential Appointment, 175
“ Proceedings,” New Issue of, 689
Railway Accidents During 1901-1920,
George Holt, 447
Institution, Royal :
Annual Meeting, Report, Election of Officers, 514, 540, 622
Measurement of the Heating Value of Gas, C. V. Boys, 421
Meetings and Elections, 256, 540, 622
Institution of Rubber Industry :
Rubber and Paint Industries, Dr. D. F.
Twiss, 447
Manchester Section :
Volatile Solvents Recovery, J. H.
Mandelburg, 261
Institution of Structural Engineers :
New Title for Concrete Institute, 8
Visit to Gloucester, 669
Society of Chemical Industry :
Fuel Briquettes, Pitches Used in Manufacture, A. Grounds, 121
Birmingham and Midland Section :
Modern Electrolytic Methods, Alex. E.
Tucker, 13
Society, Faraday :
Alloys Resistant to Corrosion, J. F. Kayser, 473
Electronic Theory of Valency, Discussion at Cambridge, 594
Society, Optical :
Annual General Meeting, Election of Officers and Council, 269
Society, Physical :
Electrified Spheres Problem, Completion, Dr. Russell, 240
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued):
Society, Royal Aeronautical :
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, Dr. J. S. Ames, 299
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Heat-resisting Glasses, Sir C. Parsons on Professor W. E. S. Turner’s Paper, 499
Paint Work, Rubbing Down, Damp Process and its Advantages, 0. A. Klein, 231
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Harbour Dredging Project, 525
Australian Customs Tariff Decisions, British Preferential Rates, 553
B BAUXITE in British Guiana, Extensive Deposits, 261
Beama (British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association) Dinner, 322
Beardmore News, 116
Belgian Congo Export Trade, Remarkable Increase, 341
Birmingham’s Scheme for Direct Outlet to the Sea, 689
Bitumen from Tar Sands for Surfacing Roadways, 67
Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel
Boiler Efficiency at 85 Per Cent., W. M. Selvey, 421
Boiler, Large, Fired with Powdered Coal, Tests of, 367
Boiler, Marine, Return-tube, Board of Trade Report on Failure, 473
Boilers, Effluent Tank Water for, Doubtful Resource, 689
Boilers, Water-tube Marine, Board of Trade Standard, 175
Bombay, Scheme for Reclamation of Back Bay, 499, 607
Brass and Copper, Association of Large Users of, 421, 463
Brass Furnace Practice in the United States, 67
Brass Melting in Electrical Furnaces, 93
Brass, Standard, Experiments on, with Regard to Zinc Removal, 93
Bridge, Concrete, Longest in the World, 175
Bridge, Nerbudda, at Akbarpur, Details of, 661 British Cast Iron, &c.—see Iron
British Columbia Log Output for 1922, 315
British Electrical Manufacturers—see Electrical Matters
British Engineering Standards Associations :
British Engineering Standards Specifications : Air Break Circuit Breakers, Air Break Knife Switches and Laminated Bush Switches, 421
Cast Iron and Enamelled Cast Iron, Steam-jacketed Pans, 602
Dimensions and Properties of British
Standard Rolled Steel Sections, &c., 704
Insulating Oils for Use in Transformers, 499 Piston Rings for Motor Car Engines, 169
British Engineers’ Association :
Ground Plan Showing Progress of Space Letting in the British Empire Exhibition, 421, 689 r
Shipbuilding, Marine and General Engineering Exhibits, Over 75 per cent, of Space Already Allotted by the Association, 633 British Motor Road Roller with Scarifier,
Advantage of, 41
British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association :
Communication of Investigation Results, 261
Polishing Metals, Investigation of Materials
Used, Dartrey Lewis, 287
Bronze Alloy, Coronium, Composition of, E.
Hall Craggs, 473
Bureau of Standards, New Director, 689 By-product Coke Oven Plant, Large, Hamilton,
Ontario, 372, 661
CALORIFIC Value, W. B. Davidson, 553
Calorising ” of Metals, Description of Process, 367
Canada and Scrap Metals, Import Duty Urged,
Canadian Government Dry Dock at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, Construction Delayed by Accident, 315
Canal, Proposed, in China between Chekian and Tientsin, 93
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Simplified Detection of, 661
Carrot River Valley, Canada, Reclamation, 287 Castings for Evaporators and Pans, 74 Catalogues for Kenya Colony, 282
Catalogues for New Zealand, 511
Cement Plant, Three-kiln, near Barry, Expected
Cost and Output, 315
Cement Works, Further Large, near Cardiff, 231 Central American Canal, Suggestion as to
Building a Second, 147
Chain-annealing and Safety of Workers, 175 Chilean Trade, Poor Supply of British Cata
logues in Comparison with other Countries, 67 Chimneys for Chemical Works, T. S. Clark, 371 China as a Market for British Machinery, 93 Chinese Government Chaos and Finances, 315 Chinese Houseboat as Electrical Showroom, 553 Clocks, Electric, Advantages of, 525
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Anthracite in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Proposed Utilisation of, 499
Brazil Coal-mining Industry, Inferiority of Native Coal, 689
Brodsworth Colliery, Doncaster, Record Week’s Output, 315
Bulgaria, Increased Coal Production in, 607
Cantor Lecture on Brown Coals and Lignites, Dr. W. A. Bone, 181
Chinese Coal Production in 1922, 607
Coal-loading on Board Ships, New Apparatus,
Coal Reserve, per Capita, of Principal Countries, 689
Coal Resources, Estimate of Principal Countries, Comparison, 261
Coke, De-sulphurisation of, by Steam, Laboratory Experiments, 447
Coke-oven, Stella, and By-product Plant at Pelton, 231
Coke Supply Shortage and Damping Down of Furnaces, 315
Colliers Great Increase in Use of Electric Safety Lamp, 231
“Colloidal Oil” as Dust-laying Material in Coal Mines, Experiments, Professor Henry Briggs, 261
Delagoa Bay, New Coaling Plant at, 661
Explosives, Ammonium Nitrate, for Use in Coal Mines, 633
Generating Plant of the Cardiff Collieries, Limited, Completed, 367
Hamburg Supplied with Coal and Coke by United Kingdom, 689
Hydraulic Stowing for Coal Mines, A. J. A. Orchard, 341
India, British, Coal Exports from, Prohibited, 58
Istria Coal Mine, Singular Natural Features of, 579
Japan’s Coal Consumption and Increasing Coal Imports, 689
Jubilee Celebrations of the Fife Coal Company, Bonus to Old Workers, 13
Malayan Collieries, Coal Output from, 67
Northern Natal, Engineer’s Coal Report, 689
Reheating Furnaces, Economy by Use of Powdered Coal, 579
Saghalien Coal Mining Company Suggested, 661
Transport of Coal, Report of Advisory Committee for Coal Industry, 71
Transvaal, Eastern, Large Scheme for Coal Shipping, 315
Tyrone Borings, Excellent Coal Finds, 367 World’s Coal Production in 1922, 499
COBALT to Replace Nickel for Electro plating, Results of Trial, 41
Concrete Mixing, Determination of Water Amount, 287
Concrete Reservoir Cracking and Remedy, 261 Concrete in Sea Water, Reported Failure as
Protection from Marine Borers, 341
Copper, New Vein Discovered in Anglesey, 341 Copper Protection by Cuprous Oxide Coating, 525
Copper and Protective Value of Verdigris, 525 Cornish Tin-mining Industry Improving, 499 Corrosion, Alloys Resistance to, 330
Corrosion of Boilers, J. R. McDermot, 393
Corrosion, Resistance of Alloys to, Symposium
at Sheffield University, 367
Coventry Libraries, 574
Crane, Overhead Travelling, Exceptionally
Powerful, 231
Creosoting Plant in Ontario for Treatment of Railway Sleepers, 393
Czecho-Slovakia’s Improved Trade in Coal and Coke, Pig Iron, Steel, &c., 447
DANISH Investigation of Submerged Peat-bog, Interesting Revelations of the Late-Glacial Period, 633
Death of Professor R. Carr-Harris, 607
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Deterioration of Stonework in Buildings, Committee Appointed to Report, 553
Devonport Dockyard Men, Fluctuating Work Affects Number Employed, 579
Diamond Fields of South-West Africa, Probable Life Limit of, 499
Diesel Engine Users’ Association, 8
Dockyard, Federal Government at Cockatoo Island, N.S.W., to be Reorganised, 560
Dolcoath Mine and Government Guarantee, 367
Dredging the River Bidyadhari, Calcutta, Very
Urgent Need of, to Avoid Disaster, 48
Drogden Canal to be Dredged for Additional Depth, 689
Drop Forging, Lecture by Mr. Leslie Aitchison, 231, 367
Drought Anxiety in Spain, 261
Durban Grain Elevator, Further Effort to be Made to Complete the Work, 689
Durban New Graving Dock, Progress of the Work, 367
E EARTH-CURRENTS, Study of, Researches on Magnetism, &c., Dr. S. J. Barnett, 447
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
Accident at Oldham Corporation Station, 261
Alternating-current Operating at Low Power Factor, Losses by, 41
Arc Welding Job, Unusual and Advantageous, 231
Arc Welding for Joints of Big Gasholder, 473
Australia, Snowy River Scheme for Electric Generation, 661
Automatic Control Applied to Sub-stations, 147
Auto-transformer and Two-winding Transformer Compared, 553
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Grant of Fees and Scholarships, 525, 553
British Empire Exhibition, Electrical Exhibits, 121
Chesterfield Scheme for Use of Electricity as Condition of Tenancy, 287
Chinese Houseboat as Electrical Showroom, 553
“ Circuit Breakers versus Fuses,” Lecture by J. Anderson, 175
Durban’s Extensive Use of Electricity, 231
Earthing Plate, Satisfactory Characteristics, 421
Electric Condenser, New Type, 421
Electric Drills in Mines, Investigation to Secure Safety in Explosive Atmosphere, 231
Electric Generating Sets, 13
Electric Weld in Commercial Cast Iron, Results, 421
Electricity and Gas, Combined Undertaking for Supply of Both at Crowborough, 579
Electricity Supply in Unoccupied Areas, Lecture by A. Hugh Seabrook, 367
Farmers’ Electricity Supply, Difficulties of, 578
Fatal Accident from Electric Shock, Necessary Precautions, 121
France and General Electrification Problem, 147
Heating Devices, Electric, for Industrial Processes, 147
High-tension Transmission Line in Vancouver, 13
Industrial Depression and Reduction in Electrical Extensions, 13
Industries in the United States, Plan for Electrification of, 661
Japanese Electric Power Supply Concerns, 147
Johannesburg and its Power Problem Dilemma, Three Schemes, 67
Johnson-Rahbeck Effect, Rapid Writer for the Morse System, 473
Ka-Ka-Ka Falls in Canada to be Used for Power Development. 579
Medical Aspects of Electricity, Dr. W. Clow, 13
Methods of Charging for Electricity, Amendment of Legislative Provisions, 41
Moravia, Four Supply Companies Organised, 633
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Projected Extension of Electric Generating Plant, 525
New Power Station Equipment in Ohio, 393
Ootacamund Government Loan for Electric
Lighting, 341
Otago (N.Z.) District Power Scheme, 559
Power Companies’ Incorporation to Develop Falls on the Quinze River, Quebec, 633
Power-houses in Northern California, Second Chain About to be Begun, 421
Power Plant on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Suggested, 341
Power Plant Projected at New Waterford, Nova Scotia, 341
Quebec Power Project, Electrical Equipment Contract, 447
Shortage of Electric Power Crippling Mines in Northern Ontario, 473
Sydney Electricity Supply Interruption, 261
Testing Transmission of Speech Over High-tension Lines, 88
Thermionic Effects Caused by Alkali Vapours in Vacuum Tubes, Drs. Irving Langmuir and K. H. Kingdon, 147
Transmission Line Under Difficulties from Kashira to Moscow, 13
Turbine Power Plant in Saxony, Wide Range of its Supply System, 41
Victoria Falls Projected New Power Station, 633
Victoria and Power Supply, Government Electricity Commission and Local Opinion, 41
Water Power Limitations, Mr. Theodore Stevens, 499
Worthing Generating Plant, Proposed Extensions, 473
EMPIRE Trade, 701
Engine’s Three Days’ Test at the Parsons Motor Company’s Works, 525
Esquimalt Dry Dock, Resumption of Work, 119
Excavation and Erosion, Lecture by Dr. R. L.
Sherlock, 287
Explosion in Oxygen Compressor, G. Stevenson Taylor, 579
EXHIBITIONS :
British Empire Exhibition :
Electrical Exhibits at, 121
Grouping and Guidance for Visitors and Buyers, 175
Space Letting Progress, Ground Plan, 421, 689
British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, 67
Buenos Aires, Rural Exhibition, Seed Wheats and Corn of all Kinds, Corn Mills and Cleaning Machinery, &c., 231
Cologne International Fair, 60
Foire de Paris, 459
Gothenburg Jubilee Exhibition, 130
International Foundry Trades’ Exhibition, 41
International Gas Exhibition at Amsterdam, 393
International Mining Exhibition :
Oil Conference, List of Papers 574
Safety in Mines Exhibit, 525
Jubilee Exhibition in Gothenburg, 701
Leipzig Fair, Poor Results of, 341
Proposed Madras Exhibition Abandoned, 607
F FAIRS—see Exhibitions
Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, 433
Federated Malay States Tin Stocks, Unfounded Rumour, 393
Files, Foreign-made, Collection by Overseas Trade Department, 315
Finsburians and Centralians, Combined Old
Students’ Dinner, 239
Foreign Trade of British India, 498
Forestry Planting in China, 661
“Foundryman’s Educator,” Arthur Greaves, 382
French National Credit Proposed for Development of Water Power, 681
French “ Trade Ship’s ” Voyage Round South America, 661
Fuel Economy Lectures at Sheffield, 67
Fuel Problem in Ontario, Use of Peat Beds Strongly Urged, 579
Fuel Supply, Causes of Great Britain’s Favourable Position, 261
Fuels, Moist and Fibrous, Heat Values of, 147
Furnaces for Burning Powdered Coal, Necessities of Design, 633
G GAS Masks and Respirators, Tests in American Tunnel, 553
Gas Supply and Lack of Coal in the War Period, Dr. H. Bunte, 633
Gas Undertakings in Germany, Herr Thyssen’s Ambitions, 499
German Blast-furnace Difficulties Due to Lack of Coke, 121
German Electrical Machinery Trade with Japan Disappears, 447
German Shipbreaking Industry Development, 553
Germany’s Large Use of Liquid Oxygen Plants in Mines, 553
Germany Underselling Japanese Cement Industry, 121
Glasgow Subway, 412
Glasgow Subway Railway Tunnel, Cementation to Prevent Leakage, 689
Glass-making Sand, Accidental Discovery of Silica in New Zealand, 231
Glass Melting by New Method, Alec Ferguson, 607
Gold Discovery, Recent, in Western Australia, 341
Gold Fields of British Columbia, Funds to be Raised for Development, 421
Gold Mines, Large, Comparison Between Two in West Australia and in Northern Ontario, 393
Gold Mines of the Witwatersrand, Duration of, Variously Estimated, 633
Gold Output of the Transvaal, 13, 490
Gold Rush to Labrador Predicted, 393
Grain Elevator at Durban, Further Efforts to be Made to Complete, 689
Grain Elevator Foundations at Durban, 499
Grain Elevator, 10,000,000-Bushel, for Montreal, Work on it to Begin at Once, 393
Grain Elevators, Port and Inland, for Capetown and Durban, 93
Grinding, A Useful Book, 79
H HARBOURS of South Africa, Development of Table Bay Harbour, Report and Scheme, 482 Heat Treatment of Metals and Alloys, Course of Lectures, Dr. O. F. Hudson, 405
Highway Bridge, Old Tension Bars Restored to Usefulness, 367
Hydraulic Press to Eliminate Hand-cut Dies in the Pressed Metal Industry, 67
Hydraulicing, Novel Form of, on the Vaal River Diamond Fields, 661
Hydro-electric Development, Big Scheme in Buffalo, 287
Hydro-electric Development in Quebec, Keno-gami Dam, 393
Hydro-electric Energy as Saving Coal Consumption in Canada, 93
Hydro-electric Facilities to be Increased at the Anyox Smelter, British Columbia, 93
Hydro-electric Power Lines Extension in Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico, 473
Hydro-electric Scheme on the Kootenay River, Big Tunnel and other Work Starting, 499
Hydro-electric Schemes in the Punjab, Indian Legislator’s Views, 447
Hydro-electric Supply in Bombay, Increased
Demand and Further Scheme, 341
I
IDLE Days in Coal Mining, Heavy American Loss, 173
India’s Raw Material and Need of Organisation, 553
Indian Science Congress, Lecture on Hydroelectric Problems, Lieut.-Colonel B. Battye, 154
Industrial Fuel Conference in Paris, 93
Institutions—see Associations, &c.
Internal Combustion Machinery for Ships Under Construction in Great Britain and Germany, 287
IRON AND STEEL :
Acid-resisting Irons, Analysis for Corrosion
Resistance Properties, 548
Alloy Steels, Etching Reagent for, 661
American Investigations and Hoped-for
Benefit to Iron and Steel Industry, 689
Autogenous Welding of Nickel and Alloys, 579
Blast-furnace at Asansol, India, Said to be the Largest in Asia, 67
Blast-furnace Coke Industry, 499
Blast-furnace in Ohio, World’s Record Output, 287
Blast-furnace and other New Plant at Renishaw Ironworks, 315
British Cast Iron Research Association, Work and Appointments, 13, 121
Investigations on Iron for Motor Car and Cycle Engine Cylinders, Report in Preparation, also Further Resumb, 552
Work of American Cast Iron Research, 174
Chromium in Iron and Steel Manufacture, Its Growing Importance, 499
Colombo, Iron Ore Deposits Near, 607, 661
Cutting Tools of Malleable Cast Iron, E. K.
Smith, 689
Ferro-titanium Manufacture, Important Deposits for Use in, 525
French Iron and Steel Production Decline, 393
High-speed Steels, Discovery of*New Constituents, 393
Iron from Lapland Ore, Question of, 661
Iron Ore Deposit Discoveries in Kursk, Russia, 553
Iron Ore (Hematite) Discovery in Johore, Malay, 393
Iron Ore Outcrops in Brazil, 421
Kent Coalfields Iron Development, 93
Malleable Iron Deterioration in Hot Dip Galvanising Process, Effect of Phosphorus and Silicon, 341
Mill Scale Influence on Iron, Controversy as to its Effect, 525
Mysore Distillation and Ironworks, 607
National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers :
Annual General Meeting and Elections, 367
Returns for December, 1922, 67
Returns for February, 1923, 287
Returns for March, 1923, 421
Returns for April, 1923, 525
Returns for May, 1923, 633
Newcastle, N.S.W., Reopening of Steel Works, 147
Nickel Steel, New, A Research Department Success, 553
Numbering of Forging, Casting and other Steels, American Engineering Standards Committee, 85
Pig Iron and Ingot Steel Production in Canada, Higher Costs Anticipated, 525
Pig Iron and Steel Output in the United States, 367
Powdered Coal as Fuel for Basic Steel Making in Open-hearth Furnaces, 633
Record Output of Iron Ore in Malay States, 147
Silicon Iron Demand in Japan, 147
South African Companies’ Iron and Steel Amalgamation, 121
Stainless Steel, J. H. G. Monypenny, 261
Stainless Steel for Metal Bath and Lavatory Fittings, 367
Steel of High Quality, Cheapest Method of Making, B. Stoughton, 688
Steel Structures, Painting, or Galvanising, Relative Merits, 607
Sulphide Ores on the Pacific Coast, Reduction Experiments, 341
Swedish Iron and Steel Industries, Report for 1922, 175
Titanium Alloy Steels, Experiments and Rumours, 121
Titanium Pigment, Experiments and Success, 315
ITALY’S Progress in Power Generation, 499
J JAPAN’S Scheme for Under-sea Railway Tunnel, 67
Japanese Trade with Great Britain, Good Openings, but Need of Expert Agents, 41
Johannesburg, New Power Station Advised, 684
Journal of Scientific Instruments, 633
K KAOLIN Discovery in Eastern Finland, 607
L LAKE Albert Nyanza and Lake Tana, Investigations with View to Construction of Reservoirs, 41
Lakes Huron and Michigan, Regulation of Levels, 661
Lamps in Mines, Oil-flame being Rapidly Replaced by Electricity, 468
Lava from Mount Vesuvius Used as Fertiliser, 393
Lead-cable Borer in California, R. G. Hartman and others, 447
Lighthouses, Two, Projected, in Republic of Colombia, 93
Lighting, Public, Cost of, H. A. Butler, 661
Lightning Flash, Voltage and Horse-power Estimate, 421
Lights, Anti-dazzle, on Vehicles, Regulations Required, 13
Lignite Basin, Alhama, Murcia, Exploration Results, 93
Lignite Briquetting Experiments in Saskatchewan, Reported Failure and New Measures, 341
Lime Sludge as Substitute for Whitewash, 287
Liquid Chlorine Plant in Ontario, 13
Liverpool University New Building, 315
Liverpool University Students to be Carried on White Star Liners for Educative Engineering Purposes, 633
Locks between Rouen and Paris, Number to be Reduced to Expedite Transport, 579
Loughborough College, Presentation Day, March 10th, 1923, 302
M MAGGIORE, Navigation on the Lake, Concession for, 231
Malarial Mosquitoes in Mississippi Valley, Efforts to Limit their Breeding, 341
Manchester Steam Users’ Association, Report, 315
Marble, Copper and other Minerals to be Worked in Malay, 340
Marble, Formation of, Igneous or Aqueous ?
Theory and Experiment, 633
Marine Diesel Engines for Japan Vessels, 93
Marine Engineering, Present and Future of, 393
Marine Wood-boring Insects, .Investigation into Poisonous Substances for Extermination, 231
Mechanical Stoking with Mechanical Draught for Marine Service, R. Clark, 447
Metal Mining and Railway Building in China, Chinese Promoter’s Plans, 75
Metals Used in Solders, Necessary Precautions with Aluminium, 689
Metric System of Weights and Measures Advocated for United States, 231
Mexican Government and Petroleum Gas Utilisation, 261
20,000 Miles Run in Official Road Trial of Crossley Car, 468
Milling Machinery for Italy, 282
Mine Regulations for Issue to Workmen, 607
Mines, Deep and Shallow, Winding Speed in, 607
Mineral Resources in Vancouver Island, Canadian Pacific Railway Survey, 93
Miners’ Lamps, Increase in Illumination, in Weight and in Efficient Output, 147
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Extensive Power Construction Schemes, 67
Motor Car Construction of the World, 421
Motor Car Exhaust Gases, Tests, 473
Motor Car Gears, Differences in Ratio, 287
Motor Cars, New Material for Coachwork, 315
Motor Cycle Converted for Use Over Snow, Successful Trials in Norway, 473
Motor Lifeboat at a Regatta, 633
Motor Lorries Sold at Home by Disposal Board, 287
Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Society, and Ship and Boat Builders’ Association, 473
Motor Omnibuses in China, Projected 150 Miles Government Service Run, 499
Motor Vehicle Taxation System, Great Fight, 147
Muscovite and Molybdenite said to Exist in South-West Africa, 579
N NATAL Port, Progress of Wharf, Coal Storage Scheme, Oil Tanks, &c., 689
Netherlands East Indies Personal Landing Tax, 231
Newcomen Society Secretary in United States, His Advice, 499
Newcomen Society, Summer Meeting Programme, 645
New South Wales, Great Cement Scheme Proposed, 175
New York and Environs, Plan of, under Consideration, 261
New Zealand, Suggested Power Scheme at Taranaki, 341
Niagara Falls Power Company’s Hydraulic
Pressure Tunnel, 393
Niagara River, New Bridge Projected, 315
Niagara River, Steel Arch Bridge to Replace
Present Cantilever Bridge, 121
Nitrogen, Fixed, Plant for Large Production at
Niagara Falls, 579
o OFFICE Ceilings Framework Electrically Welded in Place, 393
Oil Boring Abandoned at Roma, Australia, 92
Oil Can, New Type, Joseph Kaye and Sons, Limited, 269
Oil Conference—see Exhibitions, International Mining
Oil Deflectors, New System, Mitchell Bearings, Limited, 689
Oilfield Discovery at Limogue, France, 341
Oil Fuel Depots and Tank Vessels in Spanish Harbours, 689
Oil Recovery from Seeds by Use of Liquid Air, 525
Oil Separation from Bilge Water, New System, 689
Oil Shales in New South Wales, Extraction of
Oil Abandoned as Unprofitable, 579
Oil Stations at Dunkirk for Fuel Supply to French Industries, 121
Oil Wells in California the Deepest Rotary-drilled, 341
Omnibuses, Accumulator Electric, Experiments at Lyons, 231
Omnibuses for Long-distance Transportation in China, 661
Ontario Hydro-electric System, Chippewa Development, 473
Ontario Legislature Appropriations for Provincial Hydro-electric Power, 525
Oxidised Kerosenes, Superiority Over Straight
Kerosenes for Engine Use, 315
Oxy-acetylene Welding, Success Dependent on Filling Material, 147
Oxygen Breathing Apparatus, Pros and Cons, 421
p PAINT, White, and Aluminium, Respective Properties and Advantages, 121
Paints and Varnishes, Durability of, Importance of Oil Used, 393
Palm Oil as Engine Fuel, Experiments, 287
Paper Industry in Alaska from Forest Timber, 142
Paper Manufacture and Australian Wood Pulp, Experiments, 455
Paris Experiments with Underground Moving Pathway, 447
Patentees Institute, “ What’s Wanted ” Book, 499
Petrol versus Gas Oil for Motor Cars, Cost of Petrol Running Four Times that of Gas Oil, 175
Petrol and Natural Gas, Large Quantities Obtainable from Illinois-Alberta Well, 421
Petrol and Paraffin Production in the United States, Record Increase in Petrol, 661
Petroleum and Gas Prospecting, Wasted Money,
Petroleum in Kuruman District, South Africa, 175
Platinum Borings in Malaya, Success of, 93
Pneumatic Machines and Boilermakers’ Union in New South Wales, 367
Polish Lack of Wire Rods, 13
Pollution of Harbour Water by Waste Oil, Baltimore Attacking the Problem, 231
Porosity of Wood and Protective Coatings, 579
Portland Cement Output in the United States, 315
Port Natal, Proposal for Extension of Deepwater Berthage, 661
Portuguese Dock and Canal Construction at Oporto, Foreign Tenders Invited, 30
Portuguese West African Government Orders
Track Material from England, 261
Presentation at Middlewich, 462
Pulp and Paper Mill, Most Modern in the World, 607
Pulp and Paper Plant, Large, in Vancouver, 13
Pyrometry, University Course in, 129
Q
QUEBEC Development Company’s Extensive Operations, 607
Quebec Port, Dredging the North Channel of the St. Lawrence, 689
Quebec Power Plant on the Saguenay River to be Manufactured in Canada, 393
Queensland Irrigation Scheme at Dawson River, 367
R RADIUM Factory Near Antwerp will be Able to Supply all the Doctors in the World, 341
Radium in Large Quantities Available from the Congo, 93
Radium Production from the Belgian Congo, 661
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Aberdeen-Penzance Sleeping Cars Through Service, 656
Aberystwyth Station to be Replaced by New One by the Great Western Railway, 41 ; Improvements at Aberystwyth and Barmouth, 661
Accidents :
Accidents to Railway Servants, Inquiries, 183
Australian Railway Accidents, Official Inquiries Called for, 41
Broken Connecting-rod, London and North-Western Section, 633
> Buffer-stop Collision, Another, at Liver -pool-street, 420
Cardiff, Great Western Railway, Collision Caused by Signalman, Colonel Mount’s Report, 553
Collision at Abbey Gates, Report, 203
Collision at Birkenhead Park Station, Report, 203
Collision in Carlisle Station between Edinburgh and Glasgow Trains, 661
Collision Outside Derby Station, Major Hall’s Report, 693
Collision Outside St. Enoch’s Station, Glasgow, Report, 121
Collision, in Fog, on London and South-Western, Colonel Pringle’s Report, 93, 287
Collision at New Cross, London, Brighton and South Coast Section, Southern Railway, Report, 341
Collision at Retford, Report, 67
Collision, Serious, at Duren, 242
Derailment Near Bray Head, Dublin and South-Eastern Railway, 473
Derailment in a Fog Near Croydon, Report, 121
Elevated Railway, Fatal Accident in New York, 689
Fish Wagons Derailment in Scotland, 41 ;
Major Hall’s Report, 315
Havre Boat Train from Southampton in Collision During Fog, 93, 287
London and North-Eastern Collision between Electric and Steam Trains, 13 ; Major Hall’s Report, 499
London and North-Western Express, Slight Derailment, Report, 121
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Accidents (continued) :
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, Coaches Derailed by the Wind, 13
Mineral Train Out of Control, Collision at Forth Station, 93 ; Colonel Mount’s Report, 315
Ministry of Transport Inquiries—see also Ministry :
Fatal Collision at Retford Station, 175 ;
Report, 203, 525 ; (Letters), 198, 256 Report on Collision at Hornsey, Great
Northern Railway, 93
Reports for Quarter, July-September 30th, 1922, Thirty-three Inquiries, 367, 553
Three Accident Inquiries, 121
Rangoon Mail Fatal Accident, 553
Signalman’s Sudden Change and Resulting Accident at Pollockshaws, Colonel Mount’s Censure, 525
Swale Road and River Bridge Accident, 421 Tramway Accident Near Leeds, Fatal, 579
Amalgamation Tribunal:
Amalgamations Competition and Monopoly, The Chairman’s Views, 525
xApproval of Absorption of Three Companies by South-Eastern Railway, Nine Companies by Great Western Railway, 93 ; Seventeen Companies by London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 367
Caledonian Railway Amalgamation to be Arranged by the Tribunal, 231, 473, 499
Caledonian Railway’s Refusal of Amalgamation Terms, 231 ; Tribunal’s Decision, 525
Exeter, Forest of Dean, and Midland and South-Western Junction, Absorption by Great Western Unarranged and Left to the Amalgamation Tribunal, 287, 499
Railway Clearing House Grouping Scheme Approved, 13
Railway Companies’ Association Distribution Scheme Approved of, 147, 237
Subsidiary Companies Remaining to be Absorbed by Various Railways, List, 499 ; Cases Heard by Tribunal, 520
Appointments and Staff Changes, 13, 41, 67, 93, 261, 315, 341, 447, 499, 553, 579, 633, 661
Austrian Railways and Sir W. Acworth’s Appointment, 499
Automatic Locking of Railway Carriages, Disadvantages of, 607
Automatic Ticket-issuing Machines, New Device, 473
Automatic Train Control, Railway Committee Considering Departmental Report, 607
Automatic Vacuum Brake, 661
Bangor Station Reconstruction, 203 Basingstoke—see Southern Railway Belgian State Railways and Northern of
France Non-stop Train, 579
Berne Hotel Converted to Swiss Government Department, 607
Booster for Trailing Wheels of Locomotive, H. N. Gresley, 689
British Association Liverpool Meeting, Reduced Fares, 315
British Railway Wagon, Corrected Figures, 175
Calais and Boulogne to Basle, Pre-war, Laon, Route Reopened After Repair, 553
Canadian Minister’s Change of Appointment, 553
Channel Tunnel, Trial Tunnel Proposed, 689 Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Loop, Condemnation and Abandonment, 499, 633 Cheap Tickets on Certain Days, London and South-Western Section, 633
Chilean State Railways’ Locomotive Orders, 341
Chinese Government Railways’ Revenue, 661 City and South London Tube, Proposed Junction with Projected Wimbledon and Sutton Railway, 499
Coaches Transferred from Midland Railway to London-road (Manchester) and Euston Service, 175, 315
Coal, Coke, &c., Conveyance, Companies’ Proposals, 416
Coal Trains for London Worked by Midland Section Men and Rolling Stock, 315
Conference Scheme for Trading, Railway Representatives, 633
Contract for Construction of Metropolitan and Great Central Branch Line, 13
Cost of Living and Railwaymen’s Wages, 579 Cup Final Traffic, Immense Increase on Estimate and on Last Year’s Figures, 473 Darlington’s Celebration in 1925 of Centenary of Opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway, 525
Death of Mr. J. J. Brewer, 499
Death of Mr. Stuyvesant Fish, 441
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company, Centenary Celebrations, 447
Docks and Harbours and Railway Companies’ Association, General Agreement Reached, 147
Driver’s Illness and Fireman’s Prompt Help, 473
East Coast Services, Great Improvements to be Made, 670
Electric Fog Repeater Signals versus Hand Fog Signalling, 607
Electric Locomotives in France, Various Contracts for, 393
Electric Locomotives’ Tenacity Under Serious Strain, 3 41
Electrification of Former South-Eastern Railway, 287
Euston and Manchester, Train Timing Alterations, 287, 315
Fares Reduced to 50 Per Cent, above Prewar Rates, 13, 421, 447
Fay, Sir Sam, Director and Chairman of Beyer, Peacock and Co., 41
Ferry Service Removal from Southampton to Harwich, Dredging at Harwich, 633
Festiniog Railway Company Obtains Light Railway Order for Junction and New Station, 147
Finance Statistics, 421
Forth and Clyde Railway’s Changing Vicissitudes, 689
French Railways, General Electrification under Consideration, 198
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):
French West African Railway Renewal and Repair, 287
Galway as a Transatlantic Port, 579
German Ruhr Coal Shortage and Railway Electrification, 553
Gleneagles Golf Course and Hotel, Benefit to the Caledonian Railway and to Railwaymen, Mr. J. H. Thomas, 525
Gold Coast Colony New Railway, 633
Golders Green, Record Train Service and Increased Size of Station, 147
Grand Trunk Absorbed by Canadian National Railways, 175
Great Central Outlay on Locomotives and Wagons, 261
Great Eastern Railway New Works in 1922, 121
Great Indian Peninsula and East Indian Railways, State Management Question, 315
Great Indian Peninsula Railway to Proceed with Bombay Suburban Electrification, 93; Electrification Contract Award, 341
Great Northern and City Railway to Loth-bury, House of Commons Committee on Bill, 473
Great Northern Railway Self-congratulation, 231
Great Western Railway:
Absorption of Nine Companies Approved by Amalgamation Tribunal, 93
Appeal to the Engineers for Fuel Economy, 447
Buckeye Coupling and other Improvements, 579
Dawlish and Teignmouth Section Blocked on Both Lines by Landslide and Trains Diverted at Exeter, 287
Federation of British Industries, Application with regard to the Great Western Railway, 660
Great Western’s Numerous Non-stop Runs, 661
Great Western Summer Service, Fast Cheltenham-Paddington Express, 661
Gwendraeth Valley Railway the Smallest Absorbed by the Great Western, 203
Halts for Access to Beauty Spots in Wales,
Men at the Swindon Works, 175
Oswestry, Two Railways’ Stations to be Combined, 447
Oxley and Kingswinford Junction Line Construction Resumed, 661
Proportion of Receipts for Wages and Dividends Respectively, 147
Prosperity of the Business and its Great Mutual Advantage to Company and Men, 41
Punctuality Record, 203
Quick Services, Two Additional, London to Bristol, 607
Record for Immunity from Fatal and other Accidents to Railway Servants Lowered in 1922, 442
Swansea Station, Projected Enlargement of, 261
Gresley, Mr. H. N., Removal of Office from Doncaster to King’s Cross, 533
Grouping—see also Railway Amalgamation Tribunal
Guatemalan Link of Pan-American Railroad System, 421
Highland Railway Directors Transfer Amount of Compensation Paid to Them to the Inverness Infirmary, 315
Honorary Degrees for Railwaymen Formerly Students of Owens College, 447
House of Commons Committee and Various London Railway Proposals, 499
Hudson’s Bay Railway Project to have Priority over other Schemes, Manitoba Legislature Urgent for Action, 287
Hudson River New Steamship and Railway Terminus, 315
Illumination of Four Underground Stations Greatly Increased, 240
India, Report by Lord Inchcape’s Committee on Railway Retrenchments, 447
Indian Commercial Bodies and Railway Management, 231
Indian Government Loan, Second, to be Floated in United Kingdom, 393
Indian Railways and Central Railway Advisory Councils, 147
Indian Railways and Recommendations of the Acworth Committee, 499
Indian State Railways’ Locomotive Orders, 633
Institutions, Railway, Locomotive, Transport, &c.—see Associations
Intensive Traffic Working, Address to Railway Students, H. E. O. Wheeler, 64
Investors and Railway Companies’ Earnings, 525
Ireland, North of, Resumption of Day Services vid Stranraer, 287
Irish Free State Railways Amalgamation, Joint Committee Appointed, 633
Irish Railwaymen and Pay Reduction, Arrangements by Northern and Southern Governments, and by Certain Companies, 41
Irish Railways’ Amalgamation, Great Northern Outstanding, 579
Irish Railways, Reported Amalgamation between Great Northern and Midland Great Western, 203
Isle of Sheppey and Mainland of Kent, Road Communication Restored, 231
Isle of Wight Railways Abolish Second Class, 67
Italian State Railways, Drastic Measures to Save the Railway Budget, 121
Life-saving from Asphyxiation in a Tunnel, 315
Lines Outside Compulsory Grouping Scheme, 261
Locomotive and Carriage Superintendents’ Committee, I.R.C.A., Annual Conference at Lucknow, 367
Locomotives, Government Built, and their Fate, 13, 393
Locomotives, Sixty, Put in Hand by Mr.
Hughes at Horwich and Crewe, 287
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
London, Midland and Scottish Railway :
Absorption of—
Charnwood Forest and Harborne Railways, Terms Agreed, 615
Maryport and Carlisle and the Mold and Denbigh Junction Companies, 67 Seventeen Other Companies, 367 Stratford and Avon and Midland Junction Railway, 41
Wirral Railway, Terms Agreed, 652 Appointments, 121, 315 Gift of Land to Abergele, 341
King’s Cross Train Arrangements, 341
Land and Estate Department Organised, 661
Question of Electrification between Broad Street and Poplar, 93
Temporary Alteration of Trains on Manchester, Victoria^Oldham Line, 447
Train from Southend to London, 13
Welfare Superintendent Appointed, 447
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Absorption of Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company, 41
Absorption of Mansfield Company, 607
Engines and Rolling Stock Orders for Own Railway and Outside Firms, 499
Freight Rolling Stock, Central Control at York, 473
Labour-saving Plant and Machinery at Doncaster Wagon Shops, Greatly Increased Capacity, 525
Locomotive Workshops and also Carriage and Wagon Works, Both Managers at Darlington, 661
New Standard Colours for Engines and Coaches, 261
Staff Appointments and Changes, 13, 261, 341
Stores Department Appointments, 447 Viscount Grey and Economies, 261
London and North-Western Railway, Items of Capital Expenditure in 1922, 260
London and South-Western Railway, Final Meeting, Waterloo Reconstruction Cost, 203
London’s Tube and Omnibus Traffic Statistics, 231
Luxor and Assouan, Change from Narrow to Standard-gauge Railway, 231
Manchester - Liverpool Forty - minute Expresses Resumed, 367
Manchurian Communications, China’s Proposed Railway, but Japan Objects, 689
Maryport and Carlisle Pronounced the Senior British Railway, 203
Melbourne Railway Traffic Statistics, 553
Metropolitan District Railway Cars Unnamed, 382
Metropolitan Railway Station Near Wembley Stadium and Exhibition Grounds, 426 Mexican Railway Electrification, 121 Midland Railway Ball Programme, 175 Midland Railway Cost of Equipment in 1913 and Now, 261
Midland Railway Report, 203
Milan Central Station, New, Projected to Replace One Damaged by Fire, 154
Ministry of Transport:
Bishop’s Castle Railway, Negotiations for Absorption by the Great Western, 261
Figures of Coal Traffic in Relation to Coal Railway Rates Reduction, 41
Light Railway Orders Confirmed, 499
Members of Panels of the Tribunal for Current Year, Names Announced, 607
Runaway Catch Points, 175
Safeguard for Traders in the Railways Act, 175
Scottish Railways’ Headquarters and Orders for Material, Application to Ministry, 473
Secretary to the Ministry, Retirement and New Appointment, 147, 175
Standard Rates and Charges, Delay in Companies Presentation of, to the Ministry, 67
Statistics, Monthly, Necessity for their Continuance, 231
Statistics for October, 1922, 41, 67 Statistics for November, 1922, 175, 198 Statistics for November (Mineral Traffic), 203
Stretford Urban District Council and Light Railways in the Manchester Area, 67
'Transfer of Ministry to the Board of Trade, No Time Yet Fixed, 450
Mukden and Kirin Railway Construction, 367 Natal Railways Electrification, 261
National Union of Railwaymen and Suggestion to the Companies, 473
Newton Abbot Station, Projected Modernisation, 421
New Year Honours for Railway Officials, 13, 203
New York State Orders Electrification of Lines in New York City, 689
Non-inflammable Material in Rolling Stock, 315
“ Non-smoking ” Labels Abandoned, 633
North British Railway, Annual Meeting and Chairman’s Remarks, 341
North British Railway, Rates Reduction and Coal Prices, 261
Norwegian Rail Cars Ordered from Germany, 473
Orleans and Midi Railways’ Electrification Schemes, 561
Pennsylvania Railway Headquarters at Philadelphia, Fire at the Station, 661
Pneumatic Door Six-car Trains on the Piccadilly Line, 121
“ Pullman, Limited,” London to Leeds and Harrogate, 393, 421, 670
Pullman Vestibule and Buckeye Coupling, Advantage of, 579
Rail Motor Cars, Former History on the London and South-Western, 261
Rails Rolled in the United States, Tonnage Statistics, 633
Railway Benevolent Institution, Annual Dinner, 473, 525
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Railway Companies, Chambers of Commerce and Federation of British Industries, 147
Railway Companies and Labour Unions, Chairman’s Rebuke to Outsiders, 525
Railway Companies and Press Criticism, 421
Railway Companies’ Representative and the
Unions, Progress, 421
Railway Dividends Improvement Since Decontrol, British and Irish, 147
Railway Expenditure, Authorised, Bill to Increase Amount, 473
Railway Fires Act Amendment, 393
Railway Material Exports Statistics, 67, 203, 231, 393, 579, 607
Railwaymen’s Wage Negotiations, 41, 393 Railwaymen’s Wages and Cost of Living, 689 Railway Purchase Offer and its Refusal, 13
Railway Rates Tribunal:
Annual Report, First, 1922, 393
Applications to the Tribunal, Colonel Ashley on Position, 499
Decision as to Tickets Subject to Statute, 382
Proposal to Set Up Local Joint Committees to Deal with Certain Matters and Make Representations to the Tribunal, 67, 121
Railway Shopmen’s War Bonus, 393, 447
Railways and their Men, British and United
States, 147, 231, 367
Rates and Railway Stockholders, 661
Rates—see also Railway Rates Tribunal, also F ares
Rotterdam-Amsterdam Railway Electrification, 382
Season Tickets at Half Rates for Juniors, 579
Season Tickets and Public Expectation, 614
Second-class on Railways, Suggested Abandonment, 341, 689
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Joint Line, 393
Southern Railway :
Basingstoke and Alton Railway not to be Abandoned, 666
Brighton Section of the Southern Railway, Sir William Forbes on, 121
Headquarters at Waterloo, 67
Premature Electrification Announcement, 147
Staff Appointments, 67, 661
South-Eastern Railway, Absorption of Three Companies Approved by Railways Amalgamation Tribunal, 93
South-Eastern Section Electrification Contracts, 382
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, Valedictory Meeting, Past History and Recent Improvements, 453
Staff Changes Consequent on Grouping, 93, 121, 261, 315—see also Appointments
Stockholm-Goteberg Railway, Single-phase System Adopted for Electrification, 287, 661
Stoke-on-Trent Improved Train Service from Euston, 382
Storage on English and Welsh Railways, Reduction in Charges, 231
Streatham Junction, Tooting and Merton-road Line, Possible Restoration of Service, 393
Swedish Appropriations for Railway Construction, 447
Swedish Locomotive Building, 261
Swiss Federal Council and Furka Railway Completion, 175
Swiss Locomotives, Conference between Federal Railways and Locomotive Factories, 184
Swiss State Railways, Earlier Completion of Electrification, 226
Telegraph Department of a Railway, Figures, E. J. Collier, 175
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario, Railway Electrification, Favourable Report on, 116 315
Temperance Among Railwaymen, 71
Third-class Sleeping Cars Not to be Started, 13
Thomas, Mr. J. H., New Year Message to Railwaymen on Wage Negotiations, 41
Traffic for the British Empire Exhibition and Sports Stadium at Wembley, Extensive Preparations by Companies, 67
Traffic—see Ministry of Transport, Statistics
Tram Extensions in Madras, Suggested Working by Gas Engines, 367
Transport of Coal, Report of Advisory Committee for Coal and the Coal Industry, 71
Tube Extension, Great Northern, Piccadilly and Bromp ton, or Great Northern and City, Question in Parliament, 231
Underground Electric Railways Company, Enormous Traffic by Road and Railway, 341
Underground Staff Suggestions Made and Adopted, 393
Unemployed Skilled Labour at Crewe Transferred to France, 607
United States Railways and their Men, Improved Relations, 147, 231
Venezuela, Report on Railway Concessions in, 287
Victoria (Australia), Holiday Trip of 1000 Miles, 13
Victorian Railway Electrification Extending, 553
Virginian Railway, Electrification of 215 Miles, 553
Waterloo Station, Reconstruction Cost, 203
Weather, Holidays, Men’s Unions and Railway Rates, 689
Week-end Tickets Concession, 473
Welsh Highlands Light Railways Progress, 203
Welsh Highlands Railway Opening, 579
West Somerset Mineral Railway Company Wound Up and Dissolved, 341
Wimbledon and Sutton Railway, Bill Passed Third Reading, 579
Woolwich Locomotives, Built and Partly Built, are Still Unsold, 13, 393
Workmen’s Tickets and Railway Liability, 607
RECORD Speed at a Pulp and Paper Mill, 632 Refractory Material to Withstand More Severe
Heat, Great Need in Metallurgy, 231
Reservoir, The Gouin, Quebec, One of Largest in the World, 607
Rhodesian-Congo Border Concession Company, 362
Rio Tinto Mine Worked by the Phoenicians over 1000 Years b.c., 473
Road Programme Cost in Quebec, 689
Road Transport Completes Ruin of Canals Begun by Railway Competition, 579
Roofing Materials, D. Anderson and Son, Limited, 645
Roumanian Engineer’s Plan to Keep Open in Winter the Channel of St. Lawrence River, 481
Rubber from Dutch Indies, Increased Export, 393
Rubber Industry, Institution, Papers—see Associations
Rubber-covered Roadway, Experimental, near Manchester, 402
Rubber as a Road Surface Dressing, Success in Ceylon, 41
Russian Manganese Ore Export Decline, 607
s SAFE Doors, Messrs. Chubb and Son’s Film Exhibition, 130
Salmon River, Idaho, and Water Power Projects, 473, 525
Salt Deposits in Nova Scotia, Development, 421
Sandpaper for Cleaning Off Paint, &c., while
Damp, Special Advantages, 633
Sanitary Science Research, Scholarship Offered for, 175
Saturated Air, Circumstances Producing Ill Effects from, 499
Sawdust Burning for Boiler Purposes, 147
Scholarships, Electrical—see Electrical Matters
Scientific Periodicals in Great Britain, Libraries where they can be Consulted, 121
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS:
Diesel-driven Ship Service between Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 147
Fires on American Ships Due to Spontaneous Combustion in Coal, 633
German Submarine Engines’ Light Weight, Dr. G. E. Lucke, 147
Hong Kong, Shipbuilding in, 8
Launch with Gas Engine and Producer for Hangchow, China, 661
Leviathan Overhauling at Newport News, Slow Progress, 147
Lifeboat, Motor, for Cromer, 574
Lifeboats’ Automatic Illumination on
Launching, 525
Mauretania’s Latest Type Direction Finder, 525
New Zealand Ship Rotorua, Largest Passenger Steamer on Panama Route, 341
Prize for Internal Ship Decoration Design, 607
Propelling a Cargo Boat, 565
Screw Propeller with Five Blades, 579
Shipbuilding in Canada at Very Low Ebb,393
Singapore, Projected Naval Base for Modern
Ships, 315
Three New 20,000-Ton Passenger Liners to be Built by Harland and Wolff, Limited, 689
Turbine-driven Ferry Boats for New York, 93
Wooden Steamers, War-time, from British Columbia, 287
SIEMENS and Halske and Siemens—Schuckert
Companies 80 per cent. Dividends, 261
Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture, Conversazione, &c., at Leonard-street Technical College, 50, 93, 101
Silver Discovery of Remarkable Value in Keeley Mine, Canada, 287
Societies—see Associations. &c;
South African Mint Coining, 661
Spanish Copper Companies’ Inter-agreement, 507
Speaking Flame, Talking Pictures and Broadcasting, Reported Invention, 525
Standardisation in Cost Accountancy, Verbatim Report, 341
Steam Boiler, the “ Atmos,” Test of New
Swedish Type, 341
Steam Temperatures, Difficulty of Control, 607
Submerged Bridge, Largest in India, 633
Suez Canal Improvements, Immediate Start, 175
Suez Canal Ore Traffic Figures, 67
Sugar Beet Factory Suggested in the Spalding Area, 341
Sukkur Barrage Scheme, Government Sanction
Given, 421
Summer Vacation Lectures at Grenoble, 704
Swiss Aluminium Industry Statistics, 13
Sydney Harbour New Bridge Tenders, 362
T TASMANIA, Projected Shipping Port at Cole Bay, and Railway from, 499
Tasmanian Tin-bearing Discovery, 147
Telegraphic Line Between Kilo, in the Congo, and British System, in Uganda, 175
Telephone Service, Need of Adequate Provision for, in Construction of Large Buildings, 367
Telephone System in New Delhi, Cables About to be Laid, 579
Telephones of Western Europe, Technical Administrators’ Meeting, 294
Testing Machine, Largest in the World, 175
Thornycroft’s Educational System, 645
Thornycroft Suction Gas Lorry, 568
Tidal Power Problem, Dr. Ing. Siemonsen, 261
Tiles and Brick from Castor Oil Beans, 287
Timber Consumption in Illinois Coal Mines, 499
Timber in Saskatchewan, Statistics, 689
Timber Seasoning, Opinion of Forest Research
Expert in India, 689
Tin Industry, Termination of Burma Government Scheme, 261
Fin-plates Imports into Netherlands East Indies, Nearly All from Great Britain, 231
Pin-plates, Peppery Blister in, Professor ’Edwards, 633
Pin Stocks and the Bandoeng Agreement, Arrangement Made, 473
ritanium—see Iron and Steel
Forbanite Discovery in South Africa, Expected Oil Yield, 499
Foronto Harbour, Increased Activity of, 447 Transmission, Electrical—see Electrical Matters F.N.T., Picric Acid and Tetryl, Specific Heats of, Determinations in American Laboratory, 553
Funnel Proposed for Diversion of the Salmon River for Development of Water Power, 473, 525
Furbines for Winnipeg Hydro, 315
u UNEMPLOYMENT Increase in Switzerland, 13
University of London, Four Lectures on the Control of the Speed and Power Factor of Induction Motors, Professor Miles Walker, 170
University of Sheffield, Symposium on Resistance of Alloys to Corrosion, 367
V VALPARAISO, Port of, Extension of the Mole and Harbour Works, 607
Vancouver Harbour Widening, 341
Vancouver and North Vancouver, First Bridge to Connect the Two, 93
Vizagapatam, Proposed Harbour, 315
Volcanic Islands Erupting oft Cochin China, 525
w WAGES Proposals Ballot in Railway Wagon Building and Repairing Trades, 447
Walsall, Proposed Establishment of Engineering Society, 341
Water Power Schemes for Canada Several
New, 341
WATER SUPPLY :
Chicago Water Supply, Enormous Daily Demand, 607
Metropolitan Water Board Scheme North of the Thames, 315
Ministry of Health Advisory Committee, 175
Montreal City Waterworks and its Cost, 315 Rio de Janeiro, Water Supply Extensions,
Projected by Brazilian Government, 261
Three Electrically Driven Pumps for Calcutta Water Supply, 473
WELDED Pressure Vessels, Results of Tests, 231
Welded River Crossings, N. E. Wagner, 579
Welland Ship Canal, Work on, 315
White Enamel Resistant to Acids, New Type, 447
Whitworth Society Dinner at Olympia in September, 421
Why Research is Necessary, 673
Winnipeg City Hydro-electric System to Install Steam Stand-by Plant, 689
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY :
American Radio Messages to Miinchentuch-see (Berne) Station, 673
Audibility of Wireless Signals, Experiments in Method of Increasing, 661
Basis of Wireless Communication, Sir Oliver Lodge, 93
Bibliography of Publications on Wireless, 13
Birmingham Broadcasting Station, 661
Broadcasting Stations in the United States, 553
Colombo Wireless Station Condemned as Out of Date, Projected Improvements, 367
Direction Finders, Wireless Newest Type on the Cunarder Mauretania, 525
Greece, Radio Stations being Established in Accordance with International Agreement, 421
Harbin, Manchuria, Wireless Station Redeemed from the Russians, 511
Madagascar, Powerful Station at Antananarivo, 315
New Non-interfering Detector, Harold P. Doule, 67
Norway and Wireless Stations, Concession Asked for from Government, 41
Nova Zembla, Wireless Station to be Erected at, by the Russians, 579
Radio Communication Between France and Poland, Paris and Beyrout, 121
Radiophone Experiments in Mine Life-saving, 121
Radio Society of Great Britain (Formerly Wireless Society of London), Successful Experiments in Transatlantic Telegraphy, 67
Radio-telegraphy Between Bulgaria and Moscow, 661
Siamese Government and Bangkok Station, Withdrawal of Communication Permission, 147
South African Union Government and the Marconi Company, 175
Static Interference in Reception of Radio Signals, Prevention of, 67
Study of Short Wave Lengths by Amateurs, French Offer of Prizes, 147
Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Bell Island, Newfoundland, Wireless Stations Projected at, 315
Wireless and Aircraft, Captain P. P. Eckersley, 41
Wireless in the Provinces to be Regulated Locally, 553
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY (continued) :
“ Wireless Town ” for England, Marconi Company’s Scheme, 392
WITWATERSRAND Mines Development Since 1910, 367
Workmen Sent Abroad, Agreement as to Wages Between Amalgamated Engineering
Union and Engineering Employers’ Federation, 147
World’s Coaling Record at Port Said, 315
Y YANGTZE Port, New, at Kiukiang, 661
Yarn, Specially Treated and Tested. Results, 579
Yukon Gold Mined by Dredgers on the Klon-dyke River, 114
Yunnan, China, Minerals Abundant, but Capital and Means of Communication Lacking, 287
Yunnan, China, Programme for Development, 287
ZINC Chloride as Wood Preservative, Necessary Precaution, 393
Zinc and Lead Concentration and other Plant to be Constructed for Mine in Quebec, 287
Zinc Works in Sardinia, Prospect of Italy’s Independence of Foreign Zinc Supplies, 393
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