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AERIAL, New Form, “ Vertex,” and its Advantages, 43
AERONAUTICS : Aerodrome Extensions at Wittering, 479
Air Surveys, Their Disadvantages, 509
Cable for Guiding Aeroplanes in Flight, M. William Lottis, 43
Dirigibles for Transatlantic Mails, Tests to be Made, 569
Fleet of Thirteen Aeroplanes for Protection of Lumber and Paper Industries in Ontario, 335
Helicopter Flight in Paris, 95
Howard Aerodrome Secured by Vickers Limited for Construction of Government Airship, 629
Howden Airship Station to be Demolished, 175
AGRICULTURAL Machinery, Renewal of Field Trials of Implements by Royal Agricultural Society, 227
Alcohol Industrial Spirit from Potatoes, Proposed Flotation of Company for Manufacture, 717
Allen, Edgar, and Co., “ Catalogue C,” 121
Aluminium Conductors, H. G. Williams, 507, 556
Aluminium Paint and Aluminium Leaf, 69
Aluminium Powder Explosion, Hints on Dealing with, 15
Aluminium Works near Fort William, Proposal for Establishment of, 201
American Activity in Power Plant, 479
American Mine Explosions, Serious Results from Use of Black Blasting Powder, 479
Anhydrous Liquid Hydro-cyanic Acid, Proposed Factory for Production of, in Australia, 717
Annealing Furnace Fatal Accident, 361
Arch Dam Investigation in California, 387 •
Architects, British, Conference, 261
Architectural Education, International Congress on, 183
Argentina, Unparalleled Building Activities and Demand for Building Supplies, 255
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Engineers, Manchester : Metallurgical Defects in Engineering Materials, Professor F. C. Thompson, 239
Institute of Chemistry :
Annual Meeting, Forty-sixth, Award of Meldola Medal, Elections, 264
“ National Federation of Men of Science,” 43
Students* Association :
Visit to the British Empire Exhibition, 628
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Annual General Meeting and Dinner, 120 Award of Gold Medal to Professor Albert Sauveur, Harvard Uni verity, 174
Institute of Marine Engineers : Diesel-electric Drive and Turbines, P. J.
Higgs, 457
Institute of Metals :
Annual Autumn Meeting to be Held in London, 731
Annual General Meeting and Dinner, 159
Institute of Metals’ Invitation to Overseas Visitors, 479
Institute of Physics :
Annual Meeting and Elections, 644
Physicist in Metallurgy, Dr. C. H. Desch, 133
Institute, Royal, of British Architects : Award for Best Street Frontage, 509
Institute of Transport :
Date of Receipt of Papers for Current Awards, 110
Inland Waterways of England, E. Manning Lewis, 43
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
General Meeting, 200
Fundamentals of Cost Production, H.
Kerr Thomas, 200
Lecture, Percy Pritchard, Suggestion to Students, 166
New Prizes Offered, 270
Prize Award and Reading of Papers, 644 Water-cooled Aero-engines, A. J. Rowledge, 69
. ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) : Institution of Civil Engineers :
Ballot for Election of Officers, 583
James Forrest Lecture, Thirtieth, to be Delivered by Professor Elihu Thomson, of Massachusetts, Kelvin Gold Medal Award, 526
Birmingham and District Association : Annual Dinner, Problem of New Street
Station Traffic, 283
London Students :
Forty-third Annual Dinner, 343
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 239
A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 136
Electrical Developments in France, E. M. Malek, 227
Faraday Medal Award to Dr. S. Z. de Ferranti, 147
Faraday Medal Presentation, 413
Fifteenth Kelvin Lecture, G. Semenza, 413
Kelvin Centenary, 569, 586
New By-law, Title of Members, 369
Visit of Delegates of Overseas Technical Institutions, 610, 702
Western Centre :
First Joint Meeting with Mining Electrical Engineers, 509
Visit to Lydney Power Station, 509
Institution of Heating and Ventilating* Engineers :
Annual General Meeting, Election of President and his Suggestions, 175
Universal Regulator, Temperature, Thomas Lindsay, 55
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Fortieth Anniversary Dinner, 556
Overhead Aluminium Conductors, H. G.
Williams, 507, 556
Progress in Equipment Used for Marine Propulsion, Sir J. Fortescue Flannery, 255
Water-tube Boilers, L. M. Jockel, 479
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Midland Branch :
Conversazione in University at Edgbaston, 599
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) : Institution of Mining and Metallurgy : Annual Dinner, Lack of Base Metals, Empire Congress on Mining and Metallurgy, 395
Award of Gold Medal, 237
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :
South-Western District :
Regional Town-planning, 283 Yorkshire District :
Jubilee Year, Examination Necessary for Future Admission to Membership, 387
Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual and Summer Meetings, Invitations to Guests from France and Holland, 155
Institution of Petroleum Technologists : Hypochlorite Process of Refining Compared with Use of Sulphuric Acid, A. E. Dunstan, 43
Maidan-i-Nafton Oilfield, One of Most Important Known, R. K. Richardson, 539
Institution of Production Engineers : Elections and Proposed Awards, 293
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
Elections of President and Vice-president, 175
Increased Member Roll, Library Presentation to the Institution, 227
Institution, Royal :
Annual Meeting and Reports, 526
Meetings and Elections, 145, 264, 402, 526 Programme of Lectures, Resumption of
Friday Evening Meetings, 428
Institution of Structural Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 317
Election of Officers and Council, 613
Yorkshire Branch Formsd, 687
Society of Chemical Industry :
Chemical Engineering Group and Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Symposium on Treatment on Water for Industrial Purposes, 55
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued') : Society of Chemical Industry (continued) : Birmingham Section :
Emulsion of Petrol as Enel for Internal Combustion Engines, F. J. C. China* 445
Midland Section :
Spontaneous Combustion, Its Causes, J. Ivon Graham, 121
Society, Faraday :
Meeting and Programme, Oppau Explosion Investigation and Report, 360, 413
Society, Optical :
Annual General Meeting," Election of Officers and Council, 235
Society, Radio, of Great Britain :
Postponement of Meeting, Lecture, Faithful Reproduction by Broadcast, Captain P. P. Eckersley, 425
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Borneo, Sarawak, Oil Resources Development Results, Hon. T. G. Cochrane, 361 Cantor Lecture, E. V. Evans, Use of Film to Depict Chemical Changes, 335
Neglect of X-rays Benefit, Lecture by Dr. V. E. Pullin, 537
Society, Women’s Engineering :
Second International Conference, 387
ATMOSPHERIC Pollution, Unknown Particles, 599
Australia, Railway Bridge Over Murray River, Details of Construction, 227
Automatic Guns, War Office Experiments, 43
Automatic Telephone Exchange Projected, First in London, 43
Automobile Services, French, to Connect the Cotton-growing Districts with the Niger, 687 Avonmouth Dock Extension Contract, 94
B BALANCING Machine for Large Rotors, 629
Ball Bearings and the Time Factor, 201.
Beardmore, W., and Co., Limited, Souvenir of
Empire Exhibition, 583
Beira, East Africa, Port Improvements, 361
Belt Fastener, New Type, Frys, Limited, 583
Benzol as By-product of Australian Steel
Works, Extensive Output of, 15
Birmingham Waterway to the Sea vid Worcester and Bristol Channel, Government Deputation with View to Financial Aid, 309
Bitumen and Fish, Roads Dressing Committee’s Report, 147
Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel
Boiler Conversion to Burn Powdered Fuel, Guarantee Given, 479
Boiler, Electric Steam, Unique Type, 539
Boiler Explosion at Aberdare Power Station, Report, 445
Boiler Flues’ Unusual Failure, 599
Boiler, Water-tube, Unusual Explosion of, 629
Boilermakers’ Society Funds, Big Balance, 716
Boilermakers* Society, Overtime Piecework Pay, 657
Bolts and Rivets Factory at Richmond, Victoria, 69
Bore-hole Search for Oil, No Oil but Several
Records Broken, 657
Brasher Air Breakwater Tested 361
Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Increased Wages, 509
Brass, Red Stains on, Duo to Use of Old Type of Furnace, 15
Brassfounders Employers’ Association and National Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Society, New Wages Agreement, 445
Breakwater Tests, Brasher Air, 361
Bridge, New, Across the Usk at Newport, 445
Brisbane, Australia, Engineering Conference there in March, 1924, 69
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association :
Annual Scholarships, 317, 361
British Electrical Development Association :
Annual Luncheon, 343
British Engineers’ Association :
Safeguarding of Industries Act, Resolution of Regret at Government Attitude, 445
British Engineering Standards Association :
Institution of Automobile Engineers’ Members Represented on Committee, 255
Standard Nomenclature for Cycle and Motor
Cycle Parts, 264, 309
Standard Railway Rails, 674
Standard Specifications :
Galvanised Steel Wire Strand for Signalling Purposes, 644
Lighting and Starter Cables on Motor Cars, 387
Traction Motors of the Series-wound
Direct-current Type, 15
British Foundrymen, Institution of :
Cause of Bad Castings, 147
British India Imports and Exports, Satisfactory Trade Balance, 509
British Prices 70 Per Cent. Higher than Continental and Orders Sent Abroad in Consequence, 283, 312
British Thomson-Houston Testers’ Club, 293 Broadcasting—see Wireless.
Bunkering Plant on the Tees, Satisfactory Test, 479
Burns, New Treatment which Includes, Electric, Steam, and Metal Burns, 479
c CABLE, Direct Connection between London and Emden, 175
Calcium Arsenate Plant, Largest in the World
at Montgomery, Alabama, 335
Calculators for Gas Calorimetry, 608
Cameron Falls Development, Ontario, Great
Power Scheme, 15
Canada, Wainwright Oilfield, Estimated Area,
69, 361
Canadian Dominion Forest Service, Experimental Silvicultural Work, 147
Canadian Gold and Silver Exports, 569
Canadian Mineral Production Statistics, 15 ,
Canadian Pacific Railway, Petrol-electric Exhibition Vehicle, 413
Canadian Resources of Natural Gas and
Helium, Survey Results None too Favourable, 309
Cape Breton, Harbour at Ingouish, Deepening on Account of Gypsum Deposit, 449
Carbon Monoxide in Compressed Air, Instrument for Detection, J. A. Vaughan, 413
Castings of Sand and Cores Cleaned by High-pressuro Water, 599
Catalogues for Jerusalem, 183
Cement and Mud Fluids Used in Oil and Gas
Wells, Tests for Determination of Tensile
Strength, 121
Centralians, Old, Annual Dinner, 200
Cerium for Gas Mantles and other Purposes, 201
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, First
Provincial Meeting, 509
Chelmsford Engineering Society, Fourth Annual Conversazione, 459
Chicago Drainage Canal Threatens Further
Damage to the Levels of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, 121
Chilean Government Improvement of Irrigation and Canals, 255
Chimneys of Reinforced Concrete Described as Dangerous, 569
Chromium—see Iron and Steel
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES : Alberta Coal, Great Increase in Output, 361
Antrim and Tyrone, Valuable Areas of Unworked Coal in, 15
Barrow Hill Now Colliery, Progress of Shaft Sinking, 335
Belgian Congo, Result of Search for Coal, 657
Burnham-on-Crouch Coal Discovery, 361
Canada’s Average Coal Consumption, 599
Coal-breaking Plant for Montreal, 69
Coal Dust Explosions in Utah, Intensive
Study of Safety Precautions, 445
Coaling Staithes Projected at Port Clarence Wharf, River Tees, 147
Colliery Accidents in Scotland, Fire-damp and Naked Lights, 599
Colliery Chimneys Demolished, 361
Fushun, Schemes for Working Coal Deposits, 255
Lithuania’s Limited Consumption of Coal and
Coke, 227
Manchuria’s New Coal Mines, 657
Man-handled Coal in England, 90 Per Cent.
of Total Raised, 657
Markham Main Colliery, Progress of Sinkers, Expected Employment for Large Number of Men, 657
Natal Coal, Results of By-product Experiments, 69
New South Wales Coal Output, 569
Nova Scotia, New Mine and Colliery at
Lingan, 121, 175, 445
Powdered Coal in the United States, Annual Consumption, 95
Pulverised Coal, High-pressure Plant, 402
Record Output from Deep Pit, 629
Rotherham Main Colliery, Probable Reopening of Barnsley Pit, 629
Scottish Collieries and Preventable Accidents, 539
Screenings, Excess of, in Coal Mining, American Complaint, 361
Seaton Delaval Coal Company’s Development at Hastings Pit, 657
Snowdon Colliery near Dover, Purchase of, 95
Spitzbergen, New Coal Mining Operations, Extensive, Projected, 309
United States Coal Mines, Statistics of Injuries and Financial Loss, 361
Vibrating Screen for Fine Separation of Coal, 717
Victoria, Brown Coal Prospects at Bambra, 413
Warragul, Victoria, Coal Discovery, 569
Welsh Coalfields, Rhondda and Llanelly, 387
Wireless Communication for Mine Rescue
Work, 361
Worcestershire Coal Mining Estate, Projected Development, 479
World’s Production of Coal, United States
Large Proportion, 387
COLD-STxARTING Oil Engine, Test Results’ 283
Cold Storage Scheme at Walvis Bay, 445
Colonel Crompton’s Eightieth Birthday, 656
Commonwealth’s New Duty Against Great Britain, 479
Commonwealth Radium-bearing Ore, Great Possibilities, 687
Complimentary Dinner, 395
Compressed Fibre for Pistons of Internal Combustion Engines, 69
Concrete as Lining for Mine Shafts, 15
Condensers and Grid Leaks, Philip Coursey, 283
Conferences and Congresses—see Exhibition,
British Empire
Cooking Utensils Test, Report on Linings for, 43
Copenhagen, British Club Opened, 298
Copper in Australia, High Cost of Labour and
Supplies and Closing Down of Mines, 69
Copper Deposit in Rhodesia, Another Big Discovery of, 15
Copper Mines in Australia to be Merged and Railway Extended, .599
Copper Ore Deposit on Rhodesia-Congo Border, 117
Copper Ore Deposits in Yu go-Slavia, 15
Copper Production in Australia, Extension of
Principal Company’s Works, 15
Copper Works and By-product Plant at Middlesbrough, 413
Corrosion or Rusting of Metal Prevented by Use of Whitewash, 175
Cost of Living and Men’s Pay Unchanged, 444
Cotton Ginnery Opening at Salisbury, Rhodesia, 127
Coventry Commercial and Technical Library, Useful Additions, 599
Cunard Company’s New Naval Architect, 361
Cyanite, Interesting Possibilities of, 599
D DAM Damage on the Musquash River Power Development Plant, 15
Darlington to Replace Tramway System by Trolley Omnibuses, 657
Death of Mr. A. 0. Flint, 121
Death of Mr. Thomas Henry Rowe, Cornish
Mining Engineer, 147
Death of Mr. T. Settle, 121
Derwent Diversion to Avoid Pollution from
Colliery Refuse, 309
Diamond “ Pipe ” Discovery in South Africa, 663
Diesel Engine Tests at Wallsend, 671
Dock Strike, Recent, Wages 125 Per Cent.
Above Pre-war and Cost of Living 75 Per Cent., 255
Docks, Surrey Commercial, and Dam Failure, 539
Dredged Material Delivered by Sunk Pipe, 255
Dredger, Hopper, on the Great Lakes, Measurement and Equipment of, 335
Dubuc, Lieut.-Colonel A. E., Successive Appointments in Canada, 255
Dundee Harbour Extensions, 43
Dutch Manufacturer’s Discovery as Result of Government Order, 309
E EDINBURGH Gas-making Plant Extensions, 43
Edinburgh-Glasgow Road, New, Work to be Started on, 509
ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Air Heating Advantages in an American Power Station, 509
Australasian Electric Supply Systems, Favourable Position of Certain Towns, 479
Automatic Synchroniser, Brown Boveri, 387 Boston and Detroit, Plans for Transmission of Electrical Power, 569
Breakdowns, Electrical, in 1923, 629
British Columbia Electric Company’s Projected Tunnel between Lakes, Tenders Called for, 539
British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Heavy Cost of Equipment, 201
Burton-on-Trent Supply, Proposed Extension, 569
Calcutta Electric Supply to be Extended to Outlying Districts, 43
Canada’s Extensive Electric Power Development, 15
Cape Town-Simonstown Line, New Electric Generating Station, 687
Collie Coalfield of Western Australia, Power Station for Supplying, 717
Coventry Corporation Electricity Undertaking, 657
Deeside Electrical Requirements, Report by Aberdeen Chief Electrical Engineer, 445“
Direct Photographic Records of Electrical Impulses, 717
Electric Brass Melting in the United States, Activity Greatly in Excess of other Countries, 657
Electric Power Mains Projected in the Midlands, 121
Electrical and Reciprocating Engine Power for Textile Factory Working, Comparison, 95
Electric Wire Manufacturing Companies in Japan, Great Impetus to Work Caused by Restoration after Earthquake, 255
Exeter Electricity Works, Extension of Plant, 387
Grit Arrester at Electricity Works, Good Results from, 283
“ Hexaphase ” System of Working Cables, 387
Hull (Quebec) Electric Company’s Big Project in the Gatineau Valley, 255
Illinois Company’s Projected 200,000 Kilowatts Station, 717
Islington Borough Council’s Experience of Refuse Collection, Horse and Electric Vehicles Compared, 309
Italian Orders for Two 30,000 Kilovoltampere Three-phase Alternators, 687
Japanese Scheme for Power Development and Railway Electrification, 43
Manchuria Power Scheme on the Yalu River, 43
Mersey Power Company’s Prosperity 509
Million Volt Testing Set Ordered for Laboratory in Chicago, 717
Mining Subsidence and Effect on Cables and Power Stations, Royal Commission Evidence, 539
Motor, 6300 H.P., American, in Course of Installation in India, 147
Motor Generator’s Disastrous Breakdown, 569
Newark Corporation’s Application Refused by Electricity Commissioners, 717
Newcastle, New South Wales, Tramway Electrification, Cost and Saving, 69
New York’s Electric Signs and Large Amount of Electricity Required, 283
New Zealand’s Extensive Use of Electric Power, 387
Pelton Wheel Shrunk on to Shaft by Means of Electric Heat, 201
Pennsylvania’s Production of Electric Power, 569
Plymouth Electricity Works Extension, 95
Power Station Under Construction - at Molnungushi Falls, Rhodesia, 717
Ribble Power Station and Its Approaching Completion, 445
Scanty Use of Electricity in the United Kingdom, 395
Scholarships in Electrical Engineering, The B.E.A.M.A. Offer, 317
Shanghai Municipal Electric Department, Annual Report, 657
South Africa and Electricity Supply Commission, Terms Arranged with Capetown and Durban, 687
Storage Battery Competition, Five Vehicles Selected for Test. 687
Sugarloaf Rubicon Electricity Supply Scheme, Victoria, 95
“ Super-synchronous ” Motor, New Type, 335 Sydney, New South Wales, Recommended Appointment of British Electrical Expert, 479
Talcs^Used for Electrical Appliances, Tests, 445
ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued):
Town Lighting of Lydenburg, South Africa, Waterfall to be Utilised, 335
Transformer Pillars Out of Operation, Tests of Apparatus for Reduction of Current Losses in, 260
Transmission Line, Southern California, Increased Capacity, 95
Transmission Problems, Major A. M. Taylor’s Hexaphase System, 201
Underground Cable, 66,000-Volt, at Cleveland, Successful Tests on, 717
Underground Electric Railway Efforts at Economy in Use of Power Supply, 309
Union of South Africa, Use of Electric Power in Industrial Establishments, 717
Wattmeter, Direct-acting, Totalising, Recording, 479
Welder, New Electric, Advantages of, 599
Wireless Aerials Falling, Accidents, 387
Yallourn—Yarraville Transmission Line Completed and Satisfactory, 283
Yallourn Undertaking, Steady Progress by Victoria Electricity Commission, 717
ELECTRO-PHYSICAL Research in Germany, Financial Assistance from American Company, 175
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 361, 395
Engineering Institute of Canada, New President, 413
Erosion Checked by Discarded Motor Car Bodies, 387
European Telephone Network, Conference on the Question, 509
EXHIBITIONS : All-British Motor Vehicles and Accessories
Exhibition in Melbourne, 227
British Empire Exhibition :
Architecture Exhibition at Wembley, 586
Conferences of Engineering Societies at Wembley, 613
Conference on Science and Labour, 586
Empire Automobile Conference, 702
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 361
Empire Textile Conference, 613
“ Neyer-Stop ” Railway, Yorath Lewis, to be Connected with Metropolitan Railway Station, 255
Silver Nugget, Largest Found, to be Shown in Canadian Section, 43
Stockton and Darlington Railway Engine Used at Opening in 1825, to be Exhibited, 121
World Power Conference, 671
Building Exhibition at Olympia, Free Popular Lectures, 395
German Wireless Exhibition at Hamburg, 283
Institute of Patentees, Inventions Exhibition, 657
International Exhibition in Dunedin, New Zealand, 580, 657
International Foundry Trades’ Exhibition at Birmingham, 43, 200, 687
Leipzig Autumn Fair, 613
Lyons Fair, Particulars of, 175
Norwegian Industrial Fair, 657
Okehampton Agricultural Association to Construct Permanent Exhibition Ground, 283
Royal Agricultural Show at Leicester, 201
Swedish Industries Fair at Gothenburg, 629
Wireless Apparatus Exhibition at Geneva, 201
Yachting and Boating Exhibition, 51
EXPERIMENTAL Explosions in France, 147 Explosion of Carbon Bisulphide Still near
Runcorn, 717
F FACTORY Accident Prevention, 183
Factory and Workshop Acts, Inquiry, 361
Falmouth, Abandonment of Transatlantic Scheme, 538
Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, Awards, 425
Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Smoking Concert, 425, 543
Farming and Electro-culture, Minister of Agriculture’s Statement, 445
Federated Malay States Tin Ore Smelting, 717
Federation of British Industries, Report on South American Tour by Assistant Director, 15
Ferry Landing and Docks at Middlesbrough, 361
Fire Destruction of University and Engineering
College, Fukuoka, 43
Floating Dock for Southampton, 387
Floating Roofs to Reduce Evaporation from Oil Tanks, 201
Floating Wharf Used as a Transport Vessel, 657
Forests of Ontario, Aeroplane Fleet to be Set up for Protection, 335
Foundry Engineers, Suggested Line of Study for Junior Automobile Students, Percy Pritchard, 66
France’s Trade with her Colonies, 227
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Medals and Certificates Awards, 717
Fremantle Harbour Dredging Progress, 413
French Paint to Supersede Red Lead, 95
Friction and Lubrication, D. Sillars, 95
Fuel Oil Production Experiments by South Manchurian Railway, 569
Fuel Research, Assistant Director Appointed, 283
Fuel Research Board Special Report No. 1, 539
Fuller’s United Electric Works, Annual Staff Dinner, 55
Furfural, Properties of, as Paint Remover, 95
G GAMPOLA Bridge, Ceylon, 15
Gas Calorimetry, Calculator for, 608
Gas Engines on Hire-Purchase, 95
Gases in Underground Waters, New Use for Analysis of, 69
Gasholder, Spiral-guided, Largest in this Country, 387
Gas-making Plant for Vancouver, 599
Generation, Transformation and Pneumatic Transmission of Power, Captain W. P. Durtnall, 255
George Montefiore Foundation Prize, 133
German Imports into New South Wales, 361
“ Glanzkohle,” Properties of New Material Akin to Graphite, 175
Glass Trade, Comparison of Results of Different Shifts in, 175
Glassworkers’ Union and Discontinuance of the McKenna Duties, 539
Gold Alloy to Rival Platinum, 95
Gold Medal of the Town of Paris, Award to M. Bienvenue, 147
Gold Mines, Hollinger, Ontario, New Port Plant Approaching Completion, Vast Expectations from, 95, 599
Gold Mines of Northern Ontario, Rapid Development, 599
Gold and other Deposits in Tanganyika, 147
Grain Elevator, Durban, Inquiry into Foundations, 381
Grain Shipped through Montreal in 1923, Record Amount, 95
Great Britain’s Coal Mines Output, 15
H HARDWARE Trade Journal, 159
Hudson Bay as a Grain Outlet, Pros and Cons of the Question, 599
Hull, Port of, 697
Hydro-electric Development on the Saguenay
River, One of the Largest in the World, 629
Hydro-electric Equipment, Large Units, W. M.
White, 147
Hydro-electric Generating Unit, Largest in the World, at Niagara Falls, 69
Hydro-electric Installation for International
Paper Company on Hudson River, 361
Hydro-electric Plant on the Mississippi River, 201
Hydro-electric Power Scheme in New Zealand,
Tenders for Plant, 15
Hydro-electric Scheme in Ceylon, 69
Hydro-electric Scheme of Tasmania, 387
Hydro-electric Works in the Tirso Valley,
Largest in the World, 509
Hypochlorite and Chlorate, Pure Solutions
Obtained Electrolytically, 687
I INDIA and the Indians Unsuited for Shipping Enterprise, 201
Indian Boiler Regulations, 237
Indian Tariff Board’s Proposed Duties and Bounties on Certain Iron and Steel Products, 479
Industrial Fatigue Research Board, Fourth Annual Report, 657
Inertia of Matter and Inertia of Mind, Effect on Industrial Development, 255
Infection by Telephone, Risk Quite Negligible in View of Precautions, 227
International Congress of Architectural Educa tion, 183
Invention, Bertram Joy, 84
Italy’s Hydraulic Resources, Active Development of, 657
IRON AND STEEL : Agreement Between British Columbia and United States Concerning Conversion of Steel Scrap, &c., 413
Alloy Steel, Economical Uses of, 227
Blast-furnace Flue Dusts, Utilisation of, Investigation, 335
Brazil Company Said to Propose Blastfurnace Erection, 15
British Cast Iron Research Association, Director Appointed, 133
British Empire Big Iron Contract with German Buyers, 629
Chromium Plating, Company Started for Exploitation of Discovery, 309
Electrolytic Iron and Question of Corrosion, 569
Foundry Iron Production from Sponge Iron in the Electric Furnace, Testing Results, 175
French Blast-furnace Working Statistics, 509, 683
German Failure to Establish Iron and Steel
Industry in Chile, 201
Hardened Steel and Brittleness, Effects of Various Methods Used, 201
Heavy Steel Trade, Proposed Selling Agency, 15
Iron Mines on Belle Island, Newfoundland, Reopening, 147
Iron Ore Exports from Algeria to Great Britain, 413
Ironstone Mines Reopened in North Yorkshire, 43
Lake Athabasca, Drilling to Investigate Extent of Iron Ore Deposits on North Shore, 15
Melilla, Details of' New Iron Ore Shipping Plant for, 175
National Federation of Iron and Steel :
Pig Iron and Steel Production in December, 1923, 69
Pig Iron and Steel Production in January, 227
Pig Iron and Steel Production in February, 335
Pig Iron and Steel Production in March, 445
Pig Iron and Steel Production in April, 539
Pig Iron and Steel Production in May, 687
Nickel-iron Alloys, Remarkable Magnetic Properties of Certain Types, 309
Nickel Mines of Canada, Output Statistics, 147
Nickel Ore Deposits of Sudbury, Canada, Most Important Known, 15
Ontario Government’s Proposed Bounty on Iron Ore, 226
Oro in Tasmania to bo Developed by British Company, 509
Ouenza Iron Mines, North Africa, Output, 15
Oxygen Addition to Blast, Advisable Limit in Amount, 121
Phosphorus Diffusion in Iron and Steel, Conditions and Results, N. C. Marples, 43
IRON AND STEEL (continued) :
Plant at Bilbao for High-speed Steel, 657
Precision Gauge, Manufacture, Question of Best Quenching Medium for Steels Used, 147
Protection of the Steel Industry in India, 509
Rolling Rails Re-started at Workington Steel Works, 509
Rustless Iron, Successful Experiments on, 227
Rustless Steel Propellers, Success of, 317
Sault Ste. Marie Steel Mills, Activity of, 283
Sheffield Steel Exports to United States, Effect of Fordney Tariff, 95
South Manchuria Railway and Extension of Iron and Steel Works, 283
Stainless Steel Flagstaff, 90ft. High, Proposed as War Memorial, 309
Steel Rolling Mills in Canada, 15
Steels, Normal and Abnormal, Microscopic Examination of, 227
Sulphur in Blast-furnace Charges, 509
Sweden, Pig Iron Production for September, 43
Swedish Iron Trade Labour Conflict, Trade Conditions, 539
Temperatures in Blast-furnaces Using Charcoal as Fuel, 413
Twelve-hour Day Elimination in the Steel Industry and Increased Cost of Production, 147
JAPANESE Earthquake and Temporary Shelters, Galvanised Sheet Orders for Great Britain, 255
Johannesburg Gold Mining Industry Demand for Increased Wages Met by Monthly Bonus, 147
Johannesburg, Proposed Power Station at Witbank, 15
Jointing Material for Air Pipes, Brothers, 459
&c., Brown
at Glasgow
Celebration,
K
KELVIN Centenary Celebrations
University, 569
Kelvin Centenary, Masonic Lodge 586
Kelvin Dinner, 556
Kelvin Medal Presentation, Reception of
Written Addresses, Exhibit of Kelvin Apparatus, Oration, Banquet, 638
King’s College Engineering Society :
Anniversary Meeting, 130
Economics as Applied to Mechanical Engineering, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Goodwin, 130 Kosi Bay, South Africa, Development, as Port for Coaling or Cotton Trade, 335
Krupps’ “ Naval Union of the Levant,” 569 Krupps and Spanish Shipbuilding Yard,
Report of Projected Purchase, 209
LABORATORY Experiments and “ Horse Sense,” Professor E. C. Williams, 147
Lancashire Boiler, Failure of Blow-down Bend, 629
Lead Poisoning and Production of Zinc Oxide, 69
Lead and Zinc Production in the United States,
69
Leakage Costing at the Rate of £500 a Year, 121
Leather Belting Manufacturers’ Federation,
Standard Specification, 569
Lectures, Popular Free, at the Building Exhibition, 395
Leicester Rebuilding Proposals, 95
Leicester Sewerage System Extensions, 610
Lignite Discovery near Shrinagar, Kashmir, 95
Lignite Explorations in Province of Murcia, Satisfactory Results, 283
Limpopo, Negotiations for Government Construction of Bridge, 309
Liquid Oxygen as Explosive for Gold Mines, 69
Liquid Oxygen Explosives, Field Tests of, 227
Liskeard Gas Company’s Scheme for Electrical
Supply, 479
Louren^o Marques Harbour Extension, 255
Low-temperature Carbonisation Plant for Midlothian Paper Mills, 147
Lumber Exports from British Columbia, 309
M MANCHESTER Approval of Proposed Census of Production, 413
Manchester Steam Users’ Association :
Annual Meeting, Question of Incorporation,
413
Mr. C. E. Stroimeyer’s Annual Report, 15
Report, 335
Marine Engines, Direct-reversing, for Egypt,
J. S. White and Co., Limited, 227
Marine Petrol Engine, New Type, 479
Marseilles, Shipping and Goods Statistics, 121
Mathematics in America, Progress in Recent
Years, 283
Menai Straits, Change of Scheme for Electrical
Supply, 335
Mercury Mine in China, Crudest Possible
Methods of Treating the Mineral, 657
Metallurgical Research, Professor Thomas Turner, 276
Metallurgy Research Fellowship, New Foundation, 95
Metals—see also Associations, Institute oi
Metals
Methane in Water in Enclosed Heating Sys terns, Dangers of, 95
Metric System for Russia, 147
Metric System in Soviet Republics, Demand foi
Metric Scales and Weights, 539
Middlesbrough, New Bridge Across the Tees, 4.'
Milk Transport in Glass-lined Tank Motor;
Instead of by Train, 687
Mine Rescue Oxygen-breathing Apparatus
Useful Handbook on, 147
Mineral Deposits in the Ukraine, Investigation by Geological Committee, 227
Mineral Output of New South Wales, Statistics, 309
Mineral Production Increasing in British
Columbia, 121
Mineral Production in Tasmania, Statistics, 147
Minerals, Important New Area of, Discovered in Australia, 479
Mines Department Willing to Test Electric Bell, &c., for Coal Mines, 283
Mines, Inrushes of Water into, Committee of
Inquiry into Danger, 175
Mining Bureau of Mukden, Two Coal Mines
Opened and Paying, 509
Mining Education at Wigan, Grant in Aid, 387
Mining Industry of South Africa, Consumption
of Imported Materials, 569
Motor Car Exhaust Gases, Carbon Monoxide in, 282
Motor Cars and Lorries for Australia, Great
Increase in Imports, 629
Motor Cars, Small Car Trials, 174, 361
Motor Industry in America, Statistics for 1923, 657
Murray River, Australia, Official Report on
Hume Reservoir, Proposal, 479
Murray River, Work of Locking, Progress, 717
“ Mystery ” Tower in Shoreham Harbour, Demolition Decided on, 603
N NATIONAL Council of Technical Staff Associations, Meeting, 309
Netherland East Indies Sample Show-room, 629
Netherlands East Indies Sulphur Deposits, Bids for Working of, Wanted, 599
Newcastle and Gateshead Proposed Connecting Bridge over the Tyne, 309
Newcastle, New Fire and Police Station, 43, 509
New South Wales Mineral Production, 43, 309
New Zealand, Available Water Power in, 69
New Zealand, Valuable Total Trade Figures, 175
New Zealand, Various Power Extension
Schemes Projected, 458
Newport, Alexandra Docks Facilities Extension, 445
Niagara Falls and New Michigan Central Railway Bridge, Construction Work Restarted, 509
Niagara River New Crossing and Projected Railway, Cost of, 283
Nickel and Copper in Canada, 69
Nickel—see also Iron and Steel
Nitrate Output in Chile, 335
Norton and Gregory Engineering Scholarships, 1924, Awards, 556
o OIL Fuel Bunkering Prices Advance, 387
Oil Licence in New Guinea, The First Granted, 629
Oil Resources of Borneo, Hon. T. G. Cochrane, 361
Oil Shale Beds of Somerset, Plans for Light Railway between Bridgwater and Combwich and Docks at Combwich, 599
Oil Well, New, in Kent County, Ontario, Great
Depth and Estimated Yield, 95
Oil Well at Wainwright, 69, 361
Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission
Report, Financial Position, 717
Ontario Taxation on Nickel and Copper Mines, 226
Oppau Explosion, 360
Osaka’s New Bridges, 283
Osmiridium in Tasmania, Effort to Open up the Area, 695
Ottawa River Power Development by Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission, 687
Oxy-acetylene Blow-pipe, Work on Cast Iron
Lining of a Tunnel Shaft, 479
Oxygen-making Factories in Southampton and Belfast, 479
P PANAMA Canal Traffic Figures, 69
Paper-making from Eucalypt Pulp, Advantages of, 599
Paris Competition for New Types of Street Furniture, 577
Patent Fuel Production Plant in Canada, 95
Patent Rights Applications, 509
Peat Bog Investigations and Mapping in Canada, 95
Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, Projected New Government Road, 479
Penstock Accidents, Two, in California, 175
Penwithers Viaduct, Truro-Falmouth Line,
Replaced by New Bridge, 147
Petrol Efficiency, Method of Increasing, 43
Petroleum Tanks, Great Advantage of Making
Them Gas-tight, 147
Physics of Textile Fibres, 613
Pile Driving, Under Water, New Equipment for, 569
Platinum-bearing Lands in Spain, Investigations Continuing, 687
Plymouth Improvement Schemes and Work for Unemployed Men, 387
Polish Port at Gdynia Asked for, 361
Porcelain for Electrical Purposes, Improved
Type, 569
Portland Cement Factory, 70 Miles East of Vancouver, 69
Portland Cement Works in Tasmania, 479
Power Alcohol, Ether and Fusel Oil Works at Hull, Work Started, 413
Power Development, Very Large, Proposed at Chelsea Falls, Canada, 121
Power Plant in South African Industries, Rapidly Increasing Amount, 121
Profit-sharing Employees’ Percentage Greater than Shareholders’ Dividend, 255
Profit-sharing Scheme Based on Wages Ranking as Capital, 539
Punjab Industries and Price of Bengal Coal, 95
Pyrites as a Cause of Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines, J. Ivor Graham, 309
RADIO Frequency Standard, Special Wave Meters for, 629
Radium Research Laboratory in Washington, 335
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Accidents :
Anniversaries of Serious Accidents, 15, 121, 201, 387, 569, 657
Basle Express Fatal Accident, 339
Buffer Stop Collision at Birmingham, 699 Collision, Fatal, at Euston, 539, 657 Crewe Station, Serious Collision, 43, 309 Derailment of Train Between Northallerton
and Middlesbrough, 309
Divided Train Accident, Advisability of Continuous Brake, 95
Electric Train Derailed near Southport, 283
Fatal Electric Railway Collision in Indiana, 175
Final Report for 1923 Accidents Inquired into by Ministry of Transport, 479
French Accidents, Decreased Number of, 147
Inquiries into Accidents, Footplate Precautions for Enginemen, 227
Locomotive Failure on the London and North-Eastern, Report, 51
Passengers Falling from Trains, Inquiry, 539
P.L.M. Riviera Express Fatal Accident, 283
Red Light Signal Failure and Consequent Collision, London and North-Eastern Railway, 69
St. Gothard Express Trains in Collision, Terrible Disaster, 445
Accrington Tramway Undertaking’s Revenue, 717
American Railway Disputes Between Companies and their Servants, New Board for Adjustment, 147
Appointments and Staff Changes, 147, 175, 227, 255, 335, 361, 365, 445, 657
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Discontent, 599, 687
Australian North-South Transcontinental Railway, Finding a Route, 387
Australian Railway Commissioners’ Salaries, Great Difference in Amount, 548
Automatic Train Control and the Inter-State Commerce Commission of America, 445
Awards of Industrial Court, Variation as Regards the Men, Disregard of the Public, 687
Babbacombe Cliff Light Railway Order, 1923, 88
Ballycastle Railway to End its Existence, 227
Beirut and Tripoli, Survey of Route for Proposed Broad-gauge Railway, 147
Belfast and County Down Railway, Timber Trestle Bridge Replaced by Steel, Two Tank Locomotives Ordered, 201
Belgian Mission to the Congo with Reference to Railway Construction, 147
Belgian State Railways’ Disorganisation, Strong Measures for Improvement, 227
Birmingham Tramways Extension, 445
British Columbia Electric Railway Company for Tunnel to Connect Aloutte and Stave Lakes and Increase of Hydro-electric Power, 687
Calcutta Suggested Tube Railway, Approximate Cost, 43
Camden Town Junction, 1500 Trains Daily, 569
Canadian National Railways, Chain of Seven Wireless Broadcasting Stations, 361
Canadian National Railways, Projected Construction of Twenty-six Branch Lines, 283, 361 ; Annual Report of Railways, 687
Canadian Pacific Railway’s Branch Lines in Saskatchewan and Alberta, 717
Canadian Railway’s Steady Rise, Immigration the Greatest Need, 227
Cape Peninsula Suburban Lines, Electrification Beginning, 309
Central London Railway, Unusual Incident, 413
Ceylon Railways’ Favourable Report, Retirement of General Manager, 43
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Winding-up Difficulties, 629
City and South London Railway :
Contracts for Sinking Shafts for Tubes on Morden Extension, 121
Stockwell Station Escalators, Improved Type, 147, 599
Tunnels Enlarged, New Service, 413
Clapham Common and Morden, Progress of New Line, 599
Colombia’s Northern Railway Extension Progress, 717
Common User of Railway-owned Rolling Stock, C. M. J. Jones, 335, 413
Continuous Runs of 500 Miles with Coal-burning Locomotives and 825 Miles with Oil Burners, G. M. Basford, 413
Cost of Living and Railwaymen’s Pay, 69, 444, 548, 717
Death of Commander G. J. Baugh, 509
Death of Mr. Ammon Beasley, 386
Death of Mr. Percy A. Hay, 599
Death of Mr. L. W. Horne, 283
Death of Mr. George Macpherson, 479
Death of President of New York Centra System, Mr. Alfred Smith, 335 ; His Career, 413
Deaths of Two Prominent American Railwaymen, 309, 458
De-control of British and of United States Railways, Comparison Between Costs of Compensation, 69
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway, New Motor Generators for Electric Locomotives, 539
East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula Railways, Transfer of, 361
East Indian Railway, Forty Locomotives Ordered from British Firm, 445
Egyptian State Railways Chief Engineer Resigns his Post, 309
Escalators Replace Lifts at Bank Station of Tubes, 546
Facing Points, Power Working of, 69
Finsbury Park Tube Extension Northwards, Middlesex County Council Action, 175
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued}: I
French Government Proposed Increase in Passenger Fares and Goods Rates, 147
French West Africa, New Section of Railway, 69
Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Good
Dividends of, 121
Great Western Railway: Allocation of Government War-time Compensation Funds, 283
Bill Before Parliament, Level Crossing and Shunting, 445
Callington Light Railway, Proposed Abandonment of Construction Scheme, 283, 413
Cambrian Section Station at Machynlleth, Improved Accommodation, 15
Capital Expenditure Last Year and Projected, Analysis of, 309
Colliery Proprietors’ Wagons, Railway Companies’ Offer, 283
Company Dealing Only with British Manufacturers in Spite of Lower Prices for Foreign Work, 283, 312
Cornish Single Track Sections, Provision for Future Doubling, 175
Goods Wagon, New Type, Adaptation of Plant, 629
Government Aid for Branch Line Construction Refused, 335
Great Western Railway’s Unanswered Letter to Late Government, 283
Half-year’s Dividend Announced, 201
Honours List Knighthood for General Manager, 175
Milk Conveyance Rates Lower than those of Southern Railway, 539
Portmadoc Railway Facilities to be Improved, 43
Programme of Projected New Works, Locomotives and Rolling Stock, 15
Rhymney and Taff Vale and also Great Western and Taff Vale Roath Dock New Connections, 175
Special’s Non-stop Plymouth to Paddington Run in 234 Minutes, 15
Stockholders of Small Amounts, Very Large Percentage of Total Capital, 283
Swindon Station, King and Queen on Footplate of the Royal Train, 479
Whiteball Tunnel, South of Taunton, to be Relined, 43
Group System, Mr. H. P. Macmillan on, 539
Hampstead Line Extension, Opening Expected Shortly, 599
Harwich and Zeebrugge—see Train Ferry
Highest Railway in the Empire, Mombasa, vid Nairobi to Eldoret, Uganda, 201
Honours Lists, New Year and Birthday, English and Indian Railwaymen Included, 15, 657
Hook of Holland and Berlin, Accelerated
Journey by Train-de-Luxe, 538
Improper Use of Railway Carriages, Bill to Promote Cleanliness Defeated, 412
India, Railway Board Technical Paper No. 235, 43
Irish Free State, Bill for Unification of Railways, 387
Irish Free State Railways and Belfast, Differences of Opinion, 69
Irish Free State Railways Bill Meets with Opposition, 548
Irish Free State Railways and Canals and Government Bill, 121
Irish Railway Agreements and Proposed Government Amalgamation Scheme, 255, 539
Irish Railway Companies and Unions, Machinery for Regulation of Trade Disputes, 15
Irish Railways, British Promises and the Free State, 509
Irish Railways’ Clerical Staff Demands, Judge’s Award, 674
Irish Railways and Rebel Damage, 335
Irish Railways, Repair of Malicious Damage to Bridges, &c., 227
Irish Railways, Wages Board and Men’s Position, 539, 629
Jamaica Government Railways’ Dispute, Mr. J. H. Thomas’s View, 539
Kaye, Sir Joseph H., The Late, 15
Locomotive Works by Compressed Air, 255
Locomotive Works of Subsidiary Companies
Closing, 121
London Electric Railways, Camden Town Extension, 413
London Electric Railways, Camden Town Junction Trains, 569
London Electric Railways, Hendon to Edgware Extension Progress, 713
London Electric Railways’ New Cars, 599
London-Liverpool Motorway Likely to Increase Railway Traffic Charges, 15
London, Midland and Scottish Railway :
Action Won by the Company Against Hampstead Borough Council, 43
Buckie-Keith Railway to be Reopened, 69
Capital Expenditure Last Year, 255
Distinguishing Names in Towns with More than One Station, 629
Economy and Train Withdrawals, 539
Glasgow, Change of Route from Euston, 717
Half-year’s Dividend Announced, 201
Leek and Manifold Light Railway Absorption and Claims of the County Council, 629
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Posters, Painted by Royal Academicians and Associates, 26
Organisation, Operation Department at Derby, Appointments, 47
“ Resident Engineers,” 599
Shareholders’ Free Tickets for Meetings not to be Issued, 255
Stranraer and Larne, Change of Departure from Euston to St. Pancras, 717
Title of the Company, 43
Track Circuits, Telephones and Telegraphs, Proposed Capital Works, 255
Northern Counties Section : Coleraine-Londonderry, New Line, 335
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Automatic Signals on the Alne-Thirsk Section, 43
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): J London & North-Eastern Railway {continued): Bill in Parliament, Building Powers Sought, 657
British Prices 70 per cent. Higher than Continental and Consequent Loss of Trade and Work to this Country, 312
Capital Account Expenditure, Analysis of Items, 387
Cuffley-Hertford-Stevenage Line Opened, 629
Electrical Engineer Appointed, 657
Electrification Difficulties and Projected Remedy, 387
Electrification in Great Northern Area, 361
Enfield Branch Extension Completed for
Passenger Traffic, 445
Engine “ Locomotion ' Used in 1825, to be Sent to the British Empire Exhibition, 121
Frodingham, Proposed New Railway and Works, Irreconcilable Views, 509
Garratt Locomotive for Worsborough Branch, 450
Government Compensation, Limitation of Directions Permitted for Expenditure, 309
Great Northern Section, Mishap to Engine’s Boiler, Fireman’s Action, 717
Great Northern Shopmen, Reporb of Court of Inquiry, 479
Ilford’s Deputation to Minister of Transport, 223
Individual Incomes from 90 per cent. London and North-Eastern Railway Capital are Less than One-third the Wages Received by Lowest-paid Male Adult Railway Servant, 335
King’s Cross to Bradford by Pullman, Timing, 657
King’s Cross-Harrogate-Newcastle Pullman, Marylebone-Nottingham-Sheffield, 509, 599
Scotch Express, Daily Relief Train, 599
South Yorkshire Junction Company’s Absorption, Settlement, 629
Staff Changes, Various, 657
Subsidence Between Ferryhill and Bishop’s Auckland, 227
Tube Northwards from Finsbury Park, 361 Twenty-nine New Trains of Ten Coaches Each, 445
War Memorial at York to North-Eastern
Railway Servants, 717
London Traffic Board Bill, 413
Longridge-Hellifield Railway, Good Prospect of Its Construction, 95, 361
Manchester and Rochdale, Prospect of
Through Train Service, 717
Market for Locomotives in Poland, 657
Melbourne Area and Electrification, Victorian Railway Commissioners’ Statement, 717
Melbourne Railway Construction, British Tenders Refused, 335
Melbourne Suburban Lines, Carriages all Labelled “ Smoking,” 335
Mersey Railway Company, Track Laid under the River, 387
Metropolitan District Station at Victoria, Great Increase in Passengers at, 110
Metropolitan Railway Agrees to Interchange of Return Tickets to British Empire Exhibition, 479
Metropolitan Railway Branch from Sandy Lodge to Watford, 263
Metropolitan Railway, Capital Expenditure, 255
Metropolitan Railway, Improved Dividend, 175
Metropolitan Railway, “ Smoking ” or “ Smoking Prohibited ” Cars, 387
Metropolitan Railway, Widened Lines to be Converted for Electric Traction, 309
Ministry of Transport: Deputation Request for Government Aid Towards Transport Facilities, Electrification, &c., 387
Final Report of Ministry on Last Year’s Accidents, 479
Gattie Scheme Revival Asked for and Declined, 509
New Minister Appointed after Vacancy, 121
Orders under the Light Railways Acts and the Railways Act :
Light Railways in the Borough of South -port and North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, 308
Longridge and Hellifield Light Railway, 361
Merrivale Light Railway Powers Revived, 361
Railways of Great Britain for 1923 : Preliminary Statement of Accounts and Statistics, Complete Returns to Follow, 386
Safety of Travelling Public, Powers of the Ministry, 569
Statistics for September, Comparison with 1922, 43
Statistics, Freight, for October, 95, 129
Statistics, Passenger and Freight, November, 201 ; December, 309
Statistics for January, 1924, Comparison with 1923, 479
Statistics for February, 1924, Increase in
Receipts and Mileage, 569
Statistics for March, 1924, 687
Statistics, Freight, for March, 1924, Unsatisfactory, 687
Tramways and Light Railway Undertakings, Issue of Return, with Accounts and Statistics, 175
Moorgate-street Station Reconstruction, 599 Morocco, Electrification of Normal Gauge Railway, Power Station at Casablanca, 283 Motor Omnibus Used on Irish Road, Converted for Use on Irish Railway, 599
Murdock’s Ancient Road Locomotive Put up for Auction, 479
Natal Main Line Section Electrification, Progress, 283
National Union of Railwaymen and the Enginemen, 629
National Union of Railwaymen’s Projected National Programme, 717
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued}:
National Union of Railwaymen’s Proposed Demand for Shopmen, 283
Nationalisation of Railways .and Mr. Winston Churchill’s Changed Views, 335
“ Never-Stop ” Railway Connected with Metropolitan Station, 255
Newcastle and Hull Train Service, 413
New South Wales Government Railways, Year’s Operating Costs, 52
New Zealand Government Inquiry into its Railway System, 539, 687
Norway and Railway Working, Question of Steam versus Electric Traction, 201
Oodnadatta Railway, Australia, Changes in its Career, 227
Pulverised Coal, Experiments with Australian Locomotives, 69
Pulverised Coal for some Japanese Locomotives, 69
Railway Clerks’ Association and Share of Control, 599
Railway Crossings in Cities, Position of Hull, 227
Railway Fares Difficulty in consequence of Grouping, 15
Railway Material Exports Statistics, .121, 175, 361, 445, 509, 569, 629
Railway Rates Tribunal: Application for Abolition of Flat Rate on Coal, Coke, &c., Dismissed, 339
Passengers, Representation of, on the Tribunal, 539
Railway Shopmen’s Dispute, Government Court of Inquiry, 283, 687
Railway Stock, British, Largely in the Hands of Middle and Poorer Classes, 121
Rhodesia’s Agricultural and Mineral Products, Government Asked for Railway Connecting Rhodesia with Walvis Bay, 687
Salaried Staff and Cost of Living, New Decision, 629
Siamese State Railways, Director’s Telephone Apparatus Order, 687
Signal-box Switch Regulations, 95
Signal-boxes and Token Instruments, 175
Sir Henry Fowler, Honorary University Degree, 599
Smoke Tubes in Locomotive Boilers, 599
South African Railway Traffic Improvement and Consequent Reduction in Rates and Fares, 309
South Indian Railway Appointment, 95
South London, Poor Travelling Facilities to City and West End, 255
South Manchurian Railway Sidings, Proposed Electrification, 69
Southend Corporation, Complaint of NonElectrification of the Tilbury Railway, 413
Southern Railway : Amalgamation of Two Stations at Victoria, Progress Towards Realisation, 95
Brighton and Hove Complaint of Lack of Railway Facilities, 509
Cable for Electrification of South-Eastern Section, Contract Award, 227
Dual Management Ended, Future General Manager, 51
Electrification Progress, Large Floating Dock and Crane, New Steamers, 255, 361
Electrification of South-Eastern Section
Suburban Lines, Progress, 361, 687
Government Guarantee to Date, 687
Guildford, Electrification of Railway and Half-hourly Service Promised, 629
Red Tie for Use as Danger Signal, 539
Southern Railway Bill Passes Committee, 599
Tube Extension in North London, Divided Opinions on, 255
Wimbledon Station Reconstruction Question, 175
Southern Pacific Railway of Mexico, New Line from Tepic to La Quemada, 231
Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway, Ungrouped and Unhappy, 479
Spanish Railways, Grouping and Ultimate Nationalisation of, 439
Station Name-boards, 147
Stockholders’ and Shareholders’ Names and Addresses, Law as to Publication, 387
Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary, 1925, Rival Schemes from both Towns, 43
Stockton and Darlington Railway Engine, Its Correct Name, 413
Storekeepers’ Appointments, Suitable Men for, 539
Sweden and Norway, New Inter-connecting Railway Decided Upon, 69
Swiss Federal Railways, Economy of Electrification, 445
Tasmanian Railway System, Change of Com missioner and Mr. Webb’s Report, 201, 445
Telegraph Messages of Railway Companies Over Post Office Wires, Cost Question, 717
Tickets Issued by Automatic Machines, Statistics, 509
Token Exchanging Apparatus, First Accident for Eighteen Years, 717
Traffic, Passenger and Freight Statistics, Nine Months to September, 1923, 43 ; Freight for September, 43 ; Freight and Passenger Statistics for October, 121
Traffic Receipts and Effect of the Strike, 201
Train Ferry Between Harwich and Zee-brugge, 147, 227
Train Men’s Strike and Court of Inquiry Report, 413
Trans-Siberian Railway Reorganisation, 110 Turbine, 50-Ton Electric, Its Transport, 657 Turbine Locomotive, First Built in Germany,
Krupp’s Tests, 479
Ulster and Munster Mail Steamers Sold for a Song, 569, 629
Underground Electric Railways’ Reduced Traffic, Increase in Omnibus Passengers, 255
Underground Railway Conciliation Scheme, 147
Underground Railways, Contracts Reported for Cast Iron Tunnel Segments, 15
“ Underground ” and Strike of Trams and Omnibus Men, 387
Underground Then and Now, Comparison, 69 Union of South Africa, Programme of New Railway Construction, Progress, 335
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
United States “ Centennial Movement,” 387
United States Laws, the Supreme Court and
Effect on the Railways, 95
United States Traffic Statistics, 361
Valparaiso to Santiago Railway Scheme, 413
Victoria, Agitation Regarding Accident Inquiries, 361
Victoria District Railway Station, 50 per cent. Growth of Passengers, 599
Victoria Railways Magazine, 509
Victoria Station Approach, L.C.C. Scheme for
Improvement, 479
Vosges, New Tunnels Planned, 15
Wireless Sets on Trains in Canada, 413
Woolwich-built Locomotives, Sale of, 569, 599
Workmen’s Trains and Mr. Gosling, 539
Zululand, Proposed Railway, 283
RAMSAY Memorial Laboratory, 58
Rand Mines, Rescue Teams Training, 387
Rating of Machinery and Plant in England and
Scotland Respectively, Inquiry into Present xLaw, 201
Reclaimed Reinforced Concrete Sheet Piles Used After Long Exposure to Sea Water,
Refractory Materials for Furnace Linings, Electrical Resistivity at High Temperatures, 335
Refrigeration, Fourth International Congress,
Rhodesia, Railway and Road Bridge Over Limpopo River, 599
Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, Extension of Port Quays, 687
Road-bridge Building at Birmingham, 69
Rocket to the Moon, Professor R. H. Goddard’s
Reported Attempt, 387
Royal Automobile Club’s Small Car Trials, 174, 361
R.I.B.A. Diploma in Town-planning, First Examination, 402
Royles, Limited, Profit-sharing Scheme, Employees’ Percentage, 255
Rubber as an Abrasion Resisting Material, Great Improvement in Modern Rubber, 657
Rubber Industry and its Needs, Iron or Steel Linings Advantageously Replaced by Rubber, 227
Rubber as Lining for Wood Tanks, D. M.
Newitt, 255
Russia, New Regulations for Patent Grants, 95
ST. ARNAUD, Victoria, Electric Installation, 15 \
St. George, Research Yacht for Exploration in the Pacific, 283
St. John, New Brunswick, Discussion of Coke and By-product Plant for, 683
St. John River, N.B., Water Power Development Projected, 479
St. Lawrence River, Canada, Development Proposals, 15, 43, 69, 121
St. Lawrence Waterways Project, Agreement between Canada and the United States, 717
St. Paul’s Bridge Construction, Revival of Proposal, 95
Saldanha Bay Harbour, South Africa, Plans for its Future, 657
Salt Lake, 12-Mile Railway Trestle Under Repair, 147
Sand Dunes Conversion into Forest Area, 629
San Francisco Bay, Dredging the Entrance Bar, 175
Sash Chains, Chas. Wright, Limited, 155
Scale Control by Aid of Chemicals, H. W. Bannister, 147
Scholarships in Electrical Engineering, 317, 361
Scholarships, 1924, Norton and Gregory, Awards, 556
Science Museum Engineering Exhibits, Guide Lecturer Appointed, 361
Science News Service, 201
Scottish Iron Trade Men, Increased Wages for, 599
Seaham Harbour New Coal Pits to be Sunk by Freezing Process, 43
‘ Self-rescuer,” a Safety Device for Escape from Carbon Monoxide in Mines or Elsewhere, 413
Severn, Bridge over River near Bridgnorth Proposed, 539
Severn, Proposed Road and Rail Bridge, 201
Severn Tunnel, New Ventilating Shaft for, 309. 413
Sewerage Scheme at St. Just, Cornwall, 361
Shale Oil Industry, Scottish, Possibility of Closing, 121
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : American Bill for Conversion of Foreign
Trade Ships into Diesel Motor Types, 445 Australian Meat Trade, Sixteen New Motor
Vessels Ordered in Great Britain, 335 Australian New Steamers for Lighthouse
Service to be Built in Australia, 335
Australian Steamer Fordsdale, Largest yet Built by Commonwealth, Binghamphone Installed, 629
British Aviator, 10,000-Ton Tanker, Sister Ship Ordered, 717
Compressed Air for Ship Propulsion, Captain W. P. Durtnall, 255
Berengaria Navigation, Accusation of Dangerous Speed, 539
Board of Trade and Junior Engineers in Large Merchant Vessels, Fresh Instructions, 629
Cunard Liner Tyrrhenia, Alterations Projected, 43
Ferry Steamer, 200ft. Vehicular, Voyage from Leith to Sydney, New South Wales, 509
French Submarines, 187, 216
Greek Government’s New Submarines, 569
H.M.S. Glatton Sunk in Dover Naval Harbour, to be Raised, 599
H.M.S. Lion, Breaking Up on the Tyne, 309
Japanese Ships, Load Line Regulations, 413 Leviathan, American Liner, Cost of Repairs, 147
50,000-Ton Liners not a Paying Proposition,
Lloyd’s Register Returns of Shipping Losses, Principal Nations’ Record Compared, 175
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS {continued): Mauretania’s Turbines, Re-blading, 569
Navigation Lights on British Ships, New
Board of Trade Regulations, 309
Revenge, Old Wooden Battleship, to be
Broken Up, 361
Rustless Steel Propellers, Success of, 317
Schooner Yacht Built by Krupps to have Gyroscopic Stabiliser, 147
Ships’ Navigation Lights, New Regulations, 261
SHOWS— see Exhibitions
Silver-lead Ore Deposit, Another Found in South Australia, 479
Silver-lead Ores Discovery in North-Eastern Australia, 69
Silver Nugget at Empire Exhibition Eclipsed by New Find, 599
Silver Ore Discovery and Further Future Pros
pects in the Yukon Territory, 175
Simplification of Manufacture by Elimination of Odd Tools, 657
Skilled Craftsmen Exodus from the United
Kingdom, 387
Slide Rule, The “ Monocrat,” John Davis and
Son, Limited, 316
Smoke Nuisance and Legislation Question, 283
Soapstone, Large Deposit Found in Ontario, 413
Somerset Oil Shale Beds Exploitation, 599
South African Mines Stores Consumption Statistics, 550
South African Successfid Industries, Rand
Carbide Factory’s Output, 283
Southampton’s 60,000-Ton Floating Dock, Opening, 569
Speaking Apparatus, Automatically Controlled, the Binghamphone, 629
Spennymoor Sewage Disposal Works, 121
State Barge Canal, U.S.A., Proposed Deepening, 283
Steam Generator for Paper Company at Hudson Falls, N.Y., 687
Steam Heat for Shrinking Parts of Electrical
Equipment, 121
Steam Power from the Earth’s Centre, Impracticable Suggestion, 121
Steam Power-house at Evans’ Bay, New Zealand, 605
Stradling, Dr. R. E., M.C., M.Sc., New Appointment, 387
Straw as a Floor for Cement Storage, 147
Sugar Beet, British, 399
Sugar Mill in North Queensland, 283
Sulphur Output in Japan, 569
Sulphuric Acid Factories of Upper Silesia,
Increased Output, 147 *
Superphosphates from Sulphuric Acid Removed
as By-product in Zinc Extraction, 255
Survey Base Line Measured on a Frozen Lake, 361
Survey Base Line Under Water for Several
Hours Daily, 121
Sweden, Discovery of Arsenic and other Valuable Ores, 539
Sweden, The Economic and Industrial Situation
in, Report on, H. Kershaw, 717
Swedish Canals, Reconstruction Plans, 199
Swedish Industrial Life, Rapid Development
of, Shown by New Brochure, 43
Swedish Water Power, Extensive Use of Modern
Methods for, 445
Switzerland’s Objection to Prolongation of Working Hours in Factories,.227
Synthetic Ammonia Manufacture in Spain, 445
T TABLE Engine, Antiquated, Discovered at Ipswich, 43
Tamar River, Proposed Bridge from Devon-port to Torpoint, 479
Tanganyika Concessions’ Increased Copper and Radium Production, 487
Tank for Storing Volatile Spirits, 15
Tanks for Storage of Imported Petrol at Dingle, 479
Tarnish-resisting Sterling Silver, 255
Tasmanian Canal, Ralph’s Bay Neck, Tenders to be Called for for Construction of, 599
Tasmanian Industrial Development and Hydroelectric Enterprise, 479
Teheran and the Persian Gulf, New Trade Route, 95
Telephone, Trunk, Between Bombay and Delhi, 69
Tendering to Toronto City Council, Toronto Board of Trade’s Condemnation of Action, 95 Tension Tests at American Bureau of Standards, 43
Thames Bed Scoured Out by Flood Water, Costly Scheme to Meet the Situation, 43
Timber, Forest Reserve and Sawmill Material Now Available in Alberta, Statistics, 309
Tin Brittleness Due to Aluminium, 599
Tin Cans and Process of De-tinning at Birmingham, 687
Tokyo Car Congestion Since the Earthquake, New Car Orders, 283
Traders’ Co-ordinating Committee, 78
Transmission of Heat through Building Materials, 201
Transvaal Goldfields Output and Working Costs, 121, 201, 283
Trelleborg Harbour and Gothenburg Harbour Enlargement, 201
Tunnel Beneath the St. Lawrence Under Consideration, 175
Tunnel Projected Between Canada and United States, 15
Tunnel, Road, Below the Thames, Gravesend and Tilbury Scheme, 95
Turbine Disc Wheels, Stress and Vibrating, Research Paper, Wilfred Campbell, 687
Tyne New Bridge Design, 569
u UNITED States Army New Gun, 95
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 539
United States Production of Crude Magnesite Aluminium, Bauxite and Crude Platinum, 121
University College, London :
Engineering Society, Annual Dinner and Conversazione, 84
Ramsay Memorial Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Inaugural Lecture, Professor E. C. Williams, 121
Upper Stour Valley, Main Sewerage Scheme Extension, 629
V VANADIUM, Its Chief Deposits and Great Utility, 413
Vanadium Mines in the Peruvian Andes, Resumed Working, 121
Vancouver City to Replace Old Railway by Power Lift, 413
Vancouver Harbour, Coal-bunkering Facilities
Projected for Deep-sea Vessels, 255
Volcanic Energy of Italy Turned to Account, Natural Steam for Power Purposes, 95
w WASHING Machines for Cleansing Parts of Work in Machine Shop, 95
WATER SUPPLY : - Artesian and Sub-artesian Bores jn Australia, B. Dunstan on, 569
Athens and Piraeus Water Supply Works, International Competition for Execution and Maintenance, 255
Boring for Water Supply in the Doncaster Rural District, 283
Famous Water Pipe Line, Sale of, 395
Hetch Hetchy Project, «San Francisco, Cost of, 629
Japanese Lake Water for Power Generation and Subsequently for Drinking Purposes, 387
Kilmarnock Corporation Filtration Plant, 626
Kingsteington Local Water Supply Extension, 147
Leeds Water Undertaking Profit, 696
Pulta Waterworks, Calcutta, Extension of Scheme, 69
Shandaken Tunnel of New York Catskill
Aqueduct, 283
Sofia’s Lack of Water, American Offer, 227
Sydney Water Supply Scheme, 569
Torquay’s Waterworks Extensions, 121
Water Main Pipes of Wood as being Economical, 568
Water Storage, Extensive Scheme in Victoria State, 69
Wellington, New Zealand, Tunnel for Water Supply, 227
WELDER, New Electric, Experiments in Rand Mines, 599
Welland River Level Raising not yet Decided
Upon, 629
Whitworth Society, First Commemoration Dinner, 24
Winding Engines, Various Improvements Called for, 361
Winnipeg River Well Adapted for Hydroelectric Enterprises, 657
Winnipeg’s Central Steam-heating Plant, 539 I
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY : Accumulators for Operating Dull Emitter Thermionic Valves, 175
Aerials Erection, Accidents and Warning, 387
Beacon, Wireless, for Increased Safety in Navigation, 335
Belfast, Projected Broadcasting Station, 309
Brazilian Government Concession for Radiotelephone Transmitting Stations, 255
British Broadcasting Company’s Series of Educational Lectures, 629
Broadcasting in Education, Glasgow to Have Lectures Transmitted to Schools in the Area, 289
Canadian Trains and Provision of Wireless, 413
Crystal Detector in Theory and Practice, 569
Germany to Organise Wireless Apparatus Syndicate, 309
International Agreement on Wireless Telephony, Conference, 454
Inter-telephony by Wireless Between American and European Systems, 629
Japanese Wireless Telephone for Trains on Tokaido Railway, 255
Kliphenvel, South Africa, Progress of New Wireless Station, 569
Line-radio or “ Wired-wireless ” System, 629
Netherlands East Indies Government’s New Wireless Stations in Sumatra, 721
Norway’s Most Northerly Radio Station, at Vardoe, 445
Radio Communication Company of Great Britain, Its Contract for Stations in West Indies, 283
“ Radio Instruments and Measurements,” American Circular, 255
Radio Societies, Proposed Amalgamation, 309
Surveying and Astronomical Observations, Chronometer Superseded by Wireless, 283
Tarawa, Pacific Islands, Wireless Station, 569
Tuned Cathode Circuit, A New Idea, 687
Underground Use of Wireless, Successful Demonstration, 335, 361
“ Vertex,” New Form of Aerial, 43
Wireless Beam Tests to Buenos Aires, Highly Successful, 687
Wireless Licence Statistics, 201
Yukon to Alberta, Wireless Communication Projected, 147
WOLVERHAMPTON, New Trolley Omnibus Route, 413
Wood Tanks for Acids, Suitable Linings for, 255
Working Days Lost by Industrial Disputes, Statistics,-687
World Power Conference, 671
X X-RAYS,’ Not Sufficiently Used, 537
X-ray Radiations, Inadequate Measurement, 509
Y YALU River, Possibility of Development of a Million Horse-power from, 387
Yangtze River Pronounced “ Extremely Serviceable,” 147
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