The Engineer 1924 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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ABRASION, 77
Aeroplane, Light, Flying Club, Proposed, 194 Agricultural Appliances and Machinery at the Royal Show, Leicester, 11, 50, 80
Air Heater, The Weldex, Victoria Tube Company, Limited, 139
Aluminium Bronze, 326 ; (Letter), 357
Anderson, J., and R. Steele on Passenger Ship Design from an Independent Point of View, 18
Anderson, R. J., and Everett G. Fahlman on
Measuring Internal Stress in Brass Tubes, 294
Argentina, Engineering Contracts in, 408
Argentine Oil Refineries, 584
Artificial Drying of Crops, 441
Ashton, T. S., Discoveries of the Darbys of Coal brookdale, 475
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES.
Association, British:
Meeting at Toronto, 166, 268 Section G :
Address by Professor G. W. O. Howe, D.Sc., 166, 268
Fatigue Testing, Papers by Professors H. F. Moore and T. M. Jasper, C. Frewin Jenkin,
F. C. Lea, and H. P. Budgen, Mr. C. E’ Stromeyer, 269
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Association, British (continued):
Power from the St. Lawrence, 268
Queenston-Chippewa Development of the Hydro-electric Power Commission of Ontario, F. A. Gaby, 269
Transportation, Papers by Sir H. Thornton and Lieut.-Colonel H. S. Lamb, 269
Various Subjects, Papers on, 269
Visits, 269
Water Resources of Canada, Mr. Challies, 269
Association of Engineers, Manchester :
Presentation of Constantine Medals, 436
Presidential Address, Mr. Herbert Bates, 436
Institute, Iron and Steel:
Autumn Meeting, 104, 298, 316
Programme and List of Papers, 104
Effect of Free Surfaces on Plastic Deformation of Certain Metals, Dr. F. C. Thompson and Mr. W. E. W. Millington, 299
Ferrous Alloys Research, Dr. Rosenhain’s Introduction to Reports on Work at the National Physical Laboratory by Mr. F. S. Tritton and Dr. D. Hanson, 316
Hardening of Steel, Dr. Rosenhain, 317
Hard Steel Balls, &c., Improvements in the Brinell Test, A. Hultgren, 317
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES , {continued) :
Institute, Iron and Steel {continued):
Papers taken as Read :—Nature of Highspeed Steel, Marcus A. Grossman and Edgar
C. Bain ; Examination of Iron from Konarack, Dr. J. Newton Friend and W. E. Thornycroft ; Effect of Changes in Total Carbon, &c., on Resistance and on Magnetic Properties of Steel, E. D. Campbell and G. W. Whitney ; Herbert Pendulum Hardness Tester, Dr. Carl Benedicks and Vilhelm Christiansen ; Changes of Volumes of Steel During Heat Treatment, Dr. Leslie Aitchison and G. R. Woodvine, 317
Pickling : Action of Acid Solutions on Mild Steel, &c., ProfessorC. A. Edwards, 298
Institute of Metals :
Autumn Meeting, 132, 293, 326
Brinell Hardness of Copper, Effect of Progressive Cold Rolling on, Dr. Harold Moore, 326
Corrosion Research, Seventh Report, Dr. G. Bengough, 294
Determination of Sodium in Aluminium,
D. M. Fairlie and G. B. Brook, 327
Effect of Iron on Copper, Dr. D. Hanson and Miss Grace W. Ford, 294
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
Institute of Metals (continued) :
Extrusion of Brass Rod by the Inverted Process, R. Genders, 294
Internal Stress in Brass Tubes, R. J. Anderson and Everett G. Fahlman, 294
Lecture on Developments in Non-ferrous Metallurgy, H. M. Corse, 293
Metal Spraying and Sprayed Metal, T. H.
Turner and W. E. Ballard, 327
Nickel, Working of, for Coinage, J. H. Watson and Sir Thomas K. Rose, 294
Physical Properties of Admiralty Gun-metal, Influence of Casting Temperatures, &c., Francis W. Rowe, 327
Physical Properties of a High-tin Bronze, Effect of Casting Temperature, &c., Francis W. Rowe, 327
Programme and List of Papers, 132
Relationship between Tensile Strength, Temperature, and Cold Work in some Pure Metals, &c., Douglas H. Ingall, 326
Institute of Transport:
Conference of the Institute at British Empire Exhibition, 344
Problem of London Traffic, Presidential Address, Sir L. Macassey, 403
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES
(continued):
Institution of Chemical Engineers :
Annual Meeting, 114
Presidential Address, Sir A. Duckham, Future of Technical Institutions, 114
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Conversazione ; Exhibits of Inventions, Models, Instruments, &c., Devised by Lord Kelvin ; Apparatus for Exhibiting Vortex Movements of Viscous Liquids ; Apparatus Showing Vibration of Steam Turbine Discs and Shafts ; Mould Prepared by “ Meloche ” Process for Casting Carburetters and Pistons; Extensometer, Roller Type, Professor E. H. Lamb ; Model of Flap Form of Dock Gate, Edward Box, 44
Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, James Forrest Lecture by Professor Elihu Thomson, 52 ; (Letter), 113
Meeting of Joint Committee on Tabulating Results of Heat Engine and Boiler Trials,
Presidential Address by Basil Mott, C.B., 517 Tabulation of Heat Engine and Boiler Trials,
Committee Meeting, 38, 47
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
An Electric Harmonic Analyser, J. D. Cockcroft and Others, 584
Presidential Address, Power Supplies, W. B.
Woodhouse, 505
London Students’ Section :
Summer Tour Programme, 54 Wireless Section :
Wireless Telegraph Valve Transmitters, &c.,
G. Shearing, 049
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :
Exhibitions, A Doubtful Advantage, Presidential Address, J. Howden Hume, 444
New System of Driving Ship and other Auxiliaries, Gilbert Austin, 580
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Stainless Steel, J. G. Hopcraft, 612
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
British Main Railways, Electrification of, Lieut.-Colonel E. O’Brien, 356
Solid Crank Axles, Sir Henry Fowler, 650
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Draft Standard Test Code for Hydraulic Power Plants, Discussion, 49
Elastic Limit and Fatigue, J. M. Lessells, 662 Marine Oil Engine Trials Committee, Trials
of the Motor Ship Sycamore, 618
Missing Pressure and Heat Loss in Gas Engines, Professor David, and Discussion, 491
Strength of Wire Ropes, Second Report of Committee, 719
Summer Meeting Exchanged for Informal Meeting, Dinner, &c., in London, 48
Temperature and Strength, Professor F. C.
Lea, 661
Thomas Hawksley Lecture on Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, 548 North-Western Branch :
Internal Combustion Marine Engine Trials, Report of Committee, 677
Missing Pressure and Heat Loss in Gas Engines, Professor David, 551 ; (Letter), i 551. . i
Steam Nozzles Research Committee, Third Report, Professor G. G. Stoney, 418
Institution of Naval Architects :
Joint Summer Meeting!
18
Elections, 19
Formulas and Rotary Slide Rule for Use in Estimates and Designs for Shipbuilding, W. H. Riddlesworth, 19
New Type of Double-acting Diesel Engine for Marine Purposes, G. J. Lugt and Harry Hunter, 19, 23
Passenger Ship Design from an Independent Point of View, J. Anderson and Robert Steele, 18
Progress in Marine Propulsion During the Last Ten Years and Some of its Possibilities, Sir A. Ross, 19, 22
Steering of Ships in Shallow Waters and Canals, G. S. Baker, 18 (and Appendices)
Visit to British Empire Exhibition, Dinner, Luncheons, Receptions, River Trips, Concert, &c., 19, 20
Visits to Works and Entertainments in Glasgow and North-East Coast Shipyards* &c., 20
Institution, North-East Coast:
Presidential Address, Waste, Tom West-garth, 476
Institution of Public Lighting Engineers and Superintendents :
First Annual Meeting, 181 Programme, 181
Institution, Royal, of Great Britain :
Modern Navigational Devices, F. E. Smith, F.R.S., 534
Institution of Welding Engineers :
Steel Wire, Its Manufacture, Properties and Uses for Welding and other Purposes, Lecture, E. A. Atkins, 503
Society, Illuminating Engineering :
Conference on Illumination at the British Empire Exhibition, 181
Society, Royal Aeronautical:
Programme of Lectures, 132
Society, Royal, of Arts:
Radio Communications, Senator© Marconi, 706
Short-wave Directional Wireless, Senatore Marconi, 21
ATMOSPHERIC Pollution and Smoke Abatement, John B. C. Kershaw, 545
Atom, Exploding the, 412
Austin, Gilbert, A New System of Driving
Ship and other Auxiliaries, 580
Australian Engineering Notes, 56, 219, 245, 563
649, 677, 734
Axles—see Railway Locomotives
B BAKER, G. S., Steering of Ships in Shallow Waters and Canals, 18
Beetroot Sugar, Trials of Lifters, 622
Bengough, Dr. G., Report on Corrosion Research, 294
Bitumen in Road Construction, 734
Boats—see Ships
Books of Reference, 74, 464
Boring Machines—see Machine Tools—see also Newcomen Society
Boxer Indemnity, 356 ; (Letter), 377
Brass Tubes, Measuring Internal Stress in,
R. J. Anderson and Everett G. Fahlman, 294 Bridge, New, Over the Tweed at Berwick, 665 Bridge Over the Tyne, Tenders for, 649 Bridge Plans, Prize Competition for, 104
“ Bristol Bloodhound ” Biplane, Bristol Aeroplane Company, Limited, 39
British Association—see Associations
British Engineering Standards Association :
Annual General Meeting, 460
Meeting of Sectional Committee, 636
Regional Committees, Six, Reports from, and Permanent Chairmen Appointed, 636
Standardisation of Colliery Requisites and Materials, 636
Mineral Lubricating Oils, Pine, Classification of, 649
Standard Specifications :
Cylindrical Work, Standard Limits for, 292
Tungsten Filament Lamps, 181
BRITISH Ports, Facilities at, 584
British Railways—see Railways
British Ropeway—see Ropeway
British Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery, 72, 109, 130, 164, 189, 218, 234, 238, 258, 317, 345, 375, 405, 410, 432, 433, 438, 500, 520, 577, 610, 637, 642, 675, 690—for details see Wire-drawing, and for makers' names see Illustrated Index
Burge, W. S., and J. P. Chittenden, on Steam Extraction or Pass-out Steam Turbines, 702
c CALITZDORP Dam, 734
Cambridge University, Engineering Education at, 462 (Two-page Supplement, October 24th, 1924)
Canada, Iron and Steel Industry in, Charles Symonds Cameron, 112, 128
Canal, An Old, Dismantling, 646
Carnot—see Engines
Carrier Telephony—see Electrical Matters
Catalogues, 27, 59, 120, 171, 197, 223, 249, 279, 393, 447, 593, 649, 681, 709, 737
Centenary—see Railways
Centrifugal—see Pumps
Chain Grate Stoker, New Type, Ed. Bennis and Co., Limited, 705
“ Chimney ” or “ Devil’s ” Conduit Head of the Grey Friars Monastery, 658, 670 ; (Letter), 693
China, Motor v. Mule in, 584
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
American Coal Mines, Accidents in, 245
County Tyrone Colliery, 140
Locomotive Coaling Installation at Nine Elms, George F. Zimmer, 442
Wagons, 20-Ton, for Coal Traffic, Great Western Railway, 236
COMMERCIAL Motor Users’ Association, 529
Conference, Engineering, at Wembley, 327
Contracts, 27, 62, 89, 120, 148, 174, 200, 226, 252, 282, 307, 335, 365, 393, 424, 452, 477, 509, 537, 569, 593, 625, 649, 678, 709, 737
Control Gear for Pass-out Turbines, 702
Copffer, Electrolytic, John G. A. Bhodin, 560
Corn-grinding Mill, Concrete, E. H. Bentall and Co., Limited, 81
Correct Lay for Wire Lines Used upon Oilfields, J. T. Hayward, 593 ; (Letters), 609, 668
Corrosion Research, Report, Dr. G. Bengough, 294
Cost of Production, E. T. Good, 460
Costing and Time-booking, F. A. R. Paton, 633
Costs, Overhead, and Labour, Ralph E.
Flanders, 527, 532
Cotton, South African, Machinery for, 357
Creep in Metals Under Stress, 671
Cruisers—see Ships, Naval Matters
Current Prices for Metals and Fuels, 28, 60, 90, 118, 146, 172, 198, 224, 250, 280, 308, 336, 366, 394, 422, 450, 480, 510, 540, 570, 598, 626, 654, 682, 710, 738
D DAM, Calitzdorp, 734
Dam, Gleno, Failure of the, 664
Dam, Sennar, and Gezira Irrigation Scheme, 348, 349, 352 (Two-page Supplement, September 26th, 1924)
Dams, Earthen, in South Africa, 504
David, Professor, on Missing Pressure and Heat Loss in Gas Engines, 492, 551, 558 ; (Letter), 551
Dawson Valley Irrigation Project, 494
“ Decoudon ” Ironing Machine, Improved Type, 564, 565
Deep Well Water Elevator, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 506
Depths, Exploring the, 528 ; (Letter), 551
Destroyers and Destroyer Yards—see Ships, Naval Matters
De Verebely, L., A New System of Main Line Electrification, 630
Diesel-electric Locomotive, Professor Lorno-nossoff, 552
Diesel Engines—see Engines
Discoveries of the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, T. 8. Ashton, 475
Dismantling an Old Canal, 646
Dock Extensions at Southampton, 459
Dock, New Graving, at Durban, 390
Dock, New, on the Mersey, 592
Double Helical Gear Generator, New, David
Bridge and Sons, Limited, 445
Dredger, Large Diesel-electric, U.S.A., 113
Dredgers, Some Recent British, 694, 695, 698
Drop Hammer, 20-Ton Steam-operated, and its Work, Brett’s Patent Lifter Company, Limited, 76, 86
Drying of Crops, Artificial, 441
Durban, New Graving Dock, 390
E EARTHEN Dams in South Africa, 504
Economics of Engineering, Daniel Adamson, 506
Education, 439
Education and Training of Engineers, 325 ;
(Letter), 357
Educational Intelligence, 89, 142, 322, 363, 559, 597
Edwards, Professor C. A., on Pickling : Action of Acid Solutions on Mild Steel, &c., 298
Efficiency of Electric Power Stations, 297
Ejector, Super-Dreadnought, for Vacuum
Brakes, Gresham and Craven, Limited, 276
Elastic Limit and Fatigue, J. M. Lessells, 662
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
Aden, Electricity Supply for, 276 500-Kilowatt Automatic Sub-station, British
Thomson-Houston Company, Limited, 590
Bulk Electricity Tariff in South Africa, 475 Carrier Telephony on Power Lines, N. H.
Slaughter and W. V. Wolfe, 220
Chain-driven Lighting Set, 3-Kilowatt, National Gas Engine Company, 11
Drawing-office, Electric Lighting in, General Electric Company, 461
Driving Ship and other Auxiliaries, A New System, Gilbert Austin, 578
Electric Harmonic Analyser, 584
Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, James Forrest Lecture, Professor Elihu Thomson, 52 ; (Letter), 113
Electric Transmission and Distribution, 45
Electricity Supplies, 498, 505
Extra High-tension Underground Connection Box, 734
Flame-proof Switchgear for Mines, Report, 390
Generation and Distribution of Electrical Energy, Conference, 158
High-voltage Direct-current Electricity Transmission, J. S. and W. E. Highfield, 54
House Lighting Plant, 1-Kilowatt, Boulton and Paul, 81
Humberarm, Newfoundland, Hydro-electric Development in, Various Electrical Equipment, 514, 526
Igranic Electric Company, Limited, Exhibits at Machine Tool Exhibition :
Magnetic Lock-out Type Starter, 360
Starting Rheostat for Shunt Motors, 359
“ Urelite ” Circuit Breaker, 360
“ Varispede ” Pillar Panel, 360
Joule’s Law of Electric Heating, W. W.
Haldane Gee, 519
Leafield Wireless Station, Coupled Circuit, Post Office Engineering Department, 155, 160
Lighting Plant, Direct-coupled Electric, 1.5-Kilowatt, Vertical Single-cylinder Engine, R. A. Lister and Co., Limited, 12
Lighting Plants, Electric, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 12
Main Line Electrification, A New System, L. de Verebely, 630
Mercury Vapour Rectifier Sub-stations, 615
Outdoor Traction Sub-stations, 556, 561
Power-house at Port Elizabeth, 550
Powei* Supplies, W. B. Woodhouse, 505
Power Supply to the Rand, Mr. Otley, 475
Single-phase Motor, A New, S. Bergman, 648
South Africa, Electricity Supply in, 131
Switchgear for Drilling and Planing Machines, Brookhirst Switchgear, Limited, 331, 332
Turbo-generators, General Electric Company, 71
Unsafe Electrical Equipment in Mines, 215
Wireless Matters—see Wireless
Witbank Power Station, New, Transvaal, 347
ELECTROLYTIC Copper, John G. A. Rhodin, 560
Elevator, Deep Well Water, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 506
Elwell, C. F., on the De Forest Phonofilms, 622
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress,
Large Steel Forgings, Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 275
ENGINES AND MOTORS :
Carnot and Rankine Cycles, 699
Cold Starting Crude Oil Engine and Fuel Injection System, Blackstone and Co., Limited, 80
Cold Starting Oil Engine, Ruston and Hornsby, Limited, 705
Gas Blowing Engine Performance, 705
Heat Engines and Boiler Trials, 689
Heat Loss in Gas Engines, Professor W. T.
David, 492, 551, 558 ; (Letter), 551
30 B.H.P. Heavy Oil Engine, National Gas Engine Company, 11
Heavy Oil Engine, 35 H.P. Horizontal, Oil
Engine, 10 H.P. Horizontal, Tangy es Limited, 50, 51
Heavy Oil Marine Engine, 558
Horizontal 50 B.H.P. Producer Gas Engine,
National Gas Engine Company, Limited, 11
Hot Bulb Engines, Three Sizes, Fielding and Platt, Limited, 11
Indicating High-speed Engines, 10
Juhasz Valve Apparatus for Indicating Highspeed Engines, Lunken Company, Limited, 10
Lost Torque in Marine Engines, 643 ; (Letter), 668
Marine Oil Engines for Motor Ship Sycamore, Richardsons, Westgarth, 618
ENGINES AND MOTORS (continued):
Marine Oil Engines Trials Committee, 618
Missing Pressure in Gas Engines, Professor W. T. David, 492, 551, 558 ; (Letter), 551
Oil Engine-driven Ploughing Windlass, J. and H. McLaren, 666
Petrol Engine, Single-sleeve Valve, Wallace (Glasgow), Limited, 82
Polar Heavy Oil Engine, Atlas Diesel Company, 648 ; (Correction), 681
Portable Engine, Sentinel Wagon Works, 666
Portable Steam Engine and Boiler, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11, 12
Small Horizontal Engine for 3-Kilowatt Lighting Set for Gas, Petrol, Alcohol and Paraffin, National Gas Engine Company, Limited, 11
Standards of Comparison for Steam Engines, 689
Tabulation of Heat Engine and Boiler Trials, Committee Meeting, 38, 47 ; Further Meeting, 689 ; (Letter), 83
Worthington Double-acting Marine Oil Engine, 383, 384
ENGINEER’S Responsibility, The, John Craig, 504
Engineers in Parliament, 533
Engineering Conference at Wembley, 327
Engineering Education at Cambridge University, 462 (Two-page Supplement, October 24th, 1924)
EXHIBITIONS :
British Empire Exhibition—see also Separate Index :
Conference of the Illuminating Engineering Society, 181
Conference of the Institute of Transport at Wembley, 344
Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia, 266, 270, 300, 328, 358, 386, 415 (Sixteen-page Supplement, September 12th, 1924)—for exhibits see Machine Tools
Motor Car Show at Olympia, 434, 470
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Leicester, 11, 50, 80
Smithfield Club Show, 666
South Wales Institute of Engineers’ Exhibition, 591
Wireless Exhibition at Royal Albert Hall, 378—for exhibits see Wireless
EXPLODING the Atom, 412
Exploring the Depths, 528 ; (Letter), 551
Explosives, Ropeway for, British Ropeway Engineering Company, Limited, 102 (Two-page Supplement, July 25th, 1924)
Extruding Press, Henry Berry and Co., Limited, 293
FACILITIES at British Ports, 584
Failure of the Gleno Dam, 664
Failure of Research—see Research
Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, 187
Fatigue in Metals, Lecture, H. J. Gough, 664
Feed Heating—see Regenerative
“ Ferrocrete,” A Rapid-hardening Cement, 607 Ferrous Alloys—see Iron and Steel
Fescolising, New Method of Electro-chemical Deposition of Metals, Fescol, Limited, 193
Fibre in Metals, 727
Finland, Hydro-electric Schemes in, 332 ;
(Letter), 377
Finsbury, 558
Finsbury Technical College, 559
Fire Pump—see Pumps
Flanders, Ralph E., Overhead and Labour Costs, 527, 532 ; (Letter), 581
Forestry Section at the Royal Show, Leicester, 11
Forrest, James, Lecture by Professor Elihu Thomson, on Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, 52 ; (Letter), 113
Forthcoming Engagements, 30, 62, 92, 120, 174, 200, 226, 252, 282, 310, 338, 368, 396, 424, 452, 482, 512, 542, 572, 600, 628, 656, 684, 712, 740
Forward, E. A., Early History of the Cylinder Boring Machine, 686, 714
Fowler, Sir Henry, Solid Crank Axles, 650
FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES :
29, 61, 91, 119, 147, 173, 199, 225, 251, 281 309, 337, 367, 395, 423, 451, 481, 511, 541, 571, 599, 627, 655, 683, 710, 739
Agricultural Engineering, 147
Arsenals, 683
Automatic Couplings, 655, 683
Aviation, 711, 739
Bomb Experiments, 199
Cable Railway, 119
Capital and Trade, 119
Carbonisation, 599
Carbonising Plants, 739
Central African Railways, 450
Coke Supplies, 147
Colonial Cotton, 91
Commercial Aeroplanes, 251
Commercial Entente, 281
Commercial Treaties, 51 I
Commercial Vehicles, 51 I
Cruisers, New, 199
Drainage Canal, 199
Economies in Electricity, 655
Eight Hours’ Day, 29
Electric Traction, 367
Electrification of Morocco, 225
Emile Bertin, 511 ; (Letter), 521
Engineer’s Status, 541
Engineering, 655
Engineering Situation, 450
English Working Day, 29
Flood Protection, 627
Foreign Competition, 337
Foreign Trade, 147, 281, 367, 481
Free Port at Budapest, 337
German Coal, 281
German Competition, 91
German Negotiations, 683
German Reparations, 367
German Treaty, 251
Grain Elevators, 29
Historic Lock, 309
Hydro electric Power, 61
Import Duties, 627
FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES {continued);
Inland Waterways, 61
Iron and Steel Production, 173, 309
Light Car Construction, 251
Merchant Marine, 147
Monorail Cars, 627
Motor Car Show, 423
Motor Fuel, A New, 711
Motor Lorries and Railways, 423
Motor Omnibuses, 199
Motor Traffic in Africa, 541
Naval Programme, 711
Novel Bridge, 173
Oil Deposits, 599
Original Engine, 739
Paris Tramways, 61
Paris Water Supply, 61, 395, 627
Patent Laws, New, 91
Port of Algiers, 683
. Port Contract, 199
Port of Paris, 571
Power Alcohol, 450
Protection, 367
Public Works. 173
Public Works in Algeria, 91
Pulverised Coal, 225
Railwaymen, 395, 541 -
Railway Rates, 739
Reconstruction, 29, 395, 451
Reparations, 119
Rice Conditioning Machinery, 119
Road Construction, 309
Roadmaking, 481
Road Preservation, 309
Ruhr Problem, 199
Russian Fleet, 599
Sahara Motor Traffic, 683
Salving a Concrete Boat, 225
Salving a Locomotive, 450
Seamen’s .Hours, 599
Seamen’s Strikes, 251
Seine Floods, 571
Sewage Disposal, 57 I
Situation, The, 395
Small Cars, 423
Steamer, Lo Nord, 91
Steel Negotiations, 571
Strikes, 711
Suburban Metropolitan. 481
Synthetic Petrol, 511
Tariffs and Trade, 599
Tidal Power, 337
Tournelle Bridge, 541
Trade Decline, 710
Trade Future, 481
Trade Organisation, 173
Trade Situation, 119, 309, 541, 655
U.S. Lines in Cherbourg, 655
Wagons, 739
Workmen’s Dwellings, 225
FROUDE, W. and R. E., The Work of, A. W.
Johns, 660, 687, 714
G GAUGES—see also Level
Gauging of Finish-ground Worms by Cylinders,
Henry E. Merritt, 162
Gearing Ships—see Ships
Gee, W. W. Haldane, on Joule’s Law of Electric Heating, 519
Generator, Double Helical Gear, A New,
David Bridge and Sons, Limited, 445
German Institution of Naval Architects :
Gearing for Ships’ Turbines and Motor
Ships, Dr. H. Frahm, 645
Hydraulic Mechanical Transmission Gearing for Motor Ships, Dr. G. Bauer, 646
Gezira Irrigation Scheme—see Sennar Dam
Glasgow Corporation Tramways, 82
Glass, 188
Good, E. T., on Cost of Production, 460
Goodwin, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G.,
Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing, 548, 558
Grain Elevator, Large, New Design, Montreal
Harbour Commission, 473
Grain Elevators in South Africa, 39
Grass “ Rejuvenator,” Ransome, Sims and
Jefferies, Limited, 80, 667
Grinding Machine, Large Surface, Meldrums
Limited, 523
Guernsey, New Waterworks in, 663
H HAMMER—see Drop Hammer
Harbour, Inner, at Holyhead, Deepening, 134, 137
Hardness Testing Again, 439 ; (Letters), 473, 693
Hatfield, Dr. W. H., on Large Steel Forgings, 275
Hawksley, Thomas, Lecture—see Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Hayward. J. T., The Correct Lay for Wire Lines Used Upon Oil Wells. 593 ; (Letter), 609
Heat Loss—see Engines
‘High Temperature Materials, 615
Higher Steam Pressures and Temperatures, 606 ; (Letter), 721
Highfield, J. S., and W. E., on High-voltage Direct-current Electricity Generation and Distribution, 54
Holyhead, Deepening the Inner Harbour at, 134, 137
Horseshoes, New Type, Wire Ropes and Fittings, &c., William Cook and Co., Limited, 80
Humber arm—see Newfoundland
Hydraulic Power Plants, Standard Tests for, 49
Hydro-electric Development, Humberarm, Newfoundland, 514, 526
Hydro-electric Plant in South Africa, 647
Hydro-electric Progress in Spain, 49
ILLUMINATION, Conference at the British Empire Exhibition, 181
Indian Coalfield, Jharia—see Waterworks Indicating Engines—see Engines Individualism—see Railway Locomotives Industrial Research, 411
Institutes and Institutions—see Associations
International Electrotechnical Commission, 112
IRON AND STEEL :
See also Associations, Iron and Steel Institute
Cast Iron, 587
Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, 187 ; (Letters), 377, 473
Ferrous Alloys Research, Dr. Rosenhain on Reports of Work Done at the National Physical Laboratory, 316
Iron and Steel Industry in Canada, Charles Symonds Cameron, 112, 128
Large Steel Forgings, Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 275
Pickling : Action of Acid Solutions on Mild
Steel, &c., Professor C. A. Edwards, 298
Proposed Combination of Steel Producers, 161
Stainless Steel, J. G. Hopcraft, 612
Steel Wire, Its Manufacture, Properties and Uses for Welding and other Purposes, Lecture, E. A. Atkins, 503
Working of Nickel for Coinage, J. H. Watson and Sir Thomas K. Rose, 294
Wrought Steel Steam Valves, Victory Valves, Limited, 22
IRONING Machine, Improved Type of “ Decoudon,” Manlove, Alliott and Co., Limited, 564, 565
Irrigation, Gezira—see Senn ar Dam
J JOHNS, A. W„ The Work of W. and R. E.
Froude, 660, 687, 714
Joule’s Law—see Electrical Matters
Juhasz Valve—see Engines
K KERSHAW, John B. C., Atmospheric Pollution and Smoke Abatement, 545
L LABORATORIES, Engineering, Cambridge University, 462 {Two-page Supplement, October 24th, 1924)
Laboratories, Research, at a Cable Works, Henley’s Telegraph Works Company, Limited, 607, 614
Laminated Spring Forging Machine, Hedley’s Limited, 534
Lamps, “ Industria,” for Drawing-office Lighting, General Electric Company, 461
Launches and Trial Trips, 83, 117, 145, 197, 249, 307, 335, 365, 479, 507, 569, 705, 740
Lay for Wire Lines—see Correct Lay-
Lea, Professor F. C., on Temperature and Strength, 661
LEADERS :
Abrasion, 77
Admiral Sir Percy Scott and His Work, 467
Aluminium Bronze, 326
British Machine Tool Industry, 353
Carnot and Rankine Cycles, 699
Cast Iron, 587
Creep in Metals Under Stress, 671
Distribution of the Fleet, 383
Education, 439
Education and Training of Engineers, 325
Efficiency of Electric Power Stations, 297 Electric Transmission and Distribution, 48 Electricity Supplies, 498
Exploding the Atom, 412
Exploring the Depths, 528
Father of Railways, 268
Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, 187
Fibre in Metals, 727
Finsbury, 558
French Navy, 239
Future of the Locomotive, 557
Glass, 188
Hardness Testing Again, 439
Heat Engine and Boiler Trials, 47
Heavy Oil Marine Engine, 558
High Speeds at Sea, 267
High Temperature Materials, 615
H.M.S. Warrior, The Passing of, 213
Industrial Research, 411
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 48
Limitation of Naval Strength, 16
Locomotive Superheaters, 671
Lost Torque in Marine Engines, 643
Marking Time, 700
Mercury Vapour Rectifier Sub-stations, 6.15
Naval Review, 135
Oncost, 527
Position of British Shipbuilding, 214
Problems in Cruiser Design, 497
Proposed Combination of Steel Producers, 161
Railway Centenary, 15
Railway Electrification, 644
Railway Track, 161
Railways of New South Wales, 728
“ Standardised ” Light Cruiser, 107
Supply of Research Workers, 384
Synthetic Petrol for Motors, 411
Temperature Control, 587
Testing of Thin Sheet Metal, 136
Thames Waterbuses, 298
Visions, 108
Waste, 467
Water Supplies, Treatment of, 239
World Power Conference, 77
LEICESTER, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at, 11, 50, 80
Lessells, J. M., Elastic Limit and Fatigue, 662
LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS :
England, North of, 26, 58, 88, 116, 144, 170, 196, 222, 248, 278, 306, 334, 364, 392, 420, 448, 478, 509, 538, 568, 597, 624, 653, 680, 708, 736
Lancashire, 25, 57, 87, 115, 143, 169, 195, 221, 247, 277, 305, 333, 363, 391, 419, 447, 477, 508, 537, 567, 595, 623, 651, 679, 707, 735
LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPON
DENTS {continued) :
Midlands and Staffordshire, 25, 57, 87, 115, 143, 169, 195, 221, 247, 277, 305, 333, 363, 391, 419, 447, 477, 479, 507, 537, 567, 595, 623, 651, 679, 707, 735
Scotland, 27, 59, 89, 117, 145, 171, 197, 222, 248, 278, 306, 335, 365, 393, 421, 449, 479, 509, 539, 568, 597, 625, 653, 681, 709, 736 Sheffield, 26, 58, 88, 116, 144, 170, 196, 222, 248, 278, 306, 334, 364, 392, 420, 448, 478, 508, 538, 568, 596, 624, 652, 680, 708, 736 AV ales and Adjoining Counties, 27, 59, 89, 117, 145, 17], 197, 223, 248, 278, 307, 335, 365, 393, 421, 449, 479, 509, 539, 569, 597, 625, 653, 681, 709, 736
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR :
A Correction, Axel Hultgren, 673
Aluminium Bronze, T. Bolton and Sons, Limited, 357
Bertin, M., and the Japanese Navy, Hector C. By water, 521
Boiler Plant Testing. David Brownlie, 83 Boxer Indemnity, Walter de Frece, 377 Centenary of University College, London,
Gregory Foster, 83
Cheap Power on Railways, Charles R. King. 444
“ Chimney ” Conduit, H. S. Kingsford, 693 Cold Storage Dangers, A. H. Tyler, 274
Cost of Sheet Metal Punchings, F. C. Lawrence, 21
Dundee and Newtyle Railway Locomotives,
F. W. Brewer, 668
Education and Training of Engineers, C. Haslett, 357
Ex-Service Men and Employment, AV. A.
Bulkeley Evans, 551
Factory Engineers’ Salaries, 693
Fatigue in the Iron and Steel Trades, H. M.
Vernon, 377, 473
First Public Railway, F. W. Brewer, 322 Flettner Roller Ship, S. P. Christie, 693 Future of the Locomotive, H. A. D. Acland,
581 ; Hugh Reid, 609 ; George F. Jones, 609 ; Jas. Dunlop, 609
Hydro-electric Schemes in Finland, R. Mollesson, 377
Lay of Wire Ropes for Drilling, Paul H. Mangin, 609 ; J. T. Hayward, 668
Links in the History of the Locomotive, J. G. H. Warren, 113
Lost Torque in Marine Engines, P. H. Parr, 668
Machine Tool Industry, E. F. Dubrul, 83 Maximum Potential Gradients, A. M. Taylor,
Major, S.O., 2, 113 ; (Addition), 193 ‘
Missing Pressure in Gas Engines, J. T. Jennings, 551
Monel Metal, G. and J. Weir, Limited, 721 Nuneaton Omnibus Disaster, A.M.I.C.E., 322 Oncost, A., 581 ; F. A. R. Paton, 581
Origin of the Thrashing Machine, Arthur Lee, 83
Post Office Tube Railway, Fenland, 504 ;
A. M. Bushell, 581
Power from the Sun, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 109
Power Supply and Smoke Abatement, Eustace E. Baker, 640
Pressure Drop to Steam Chest in Locomotives, P. H. Parr, 721
Railway Electrification, T. E. Williams, 21 Salaries of Engineers, Society of Technical Engineers, R. Hazleton, 721
Service of Locomotives, E. P., 551
Shingle Beaches and the Wear of Concrete, L. A. Munro, 233
Steam v. Electricity in Pumping Stations, Hathorn, Davey and Co., Limited ; R. H. Lupton, 215 ; S. P. Christie, 233
Steam Heating of a Hospital, A. H. Leaney, 504
Steam Heating a Hospital from Distant Station, Charles R. King, 521
Strength of Hollow Tubes, W. Moon, 304 Train Performances on Midland Railway,
S. S. Sellar, 132
Vibratory Bouncing, John L. Dunk, 580
Wire Netting Machine, Conrad F. Mendham, 581
Work Hardening of Hardened Steel, Edward
G. Herbert, 473
World Power Conference, Charles R. King, 132
World Power from the Earth’s Interior, X., 551
100 Years of British Railways, E. A. Forward, 215; Frederick M. Jones, 473; X., 551
LEVEL Indicator, A. New, Aster Engineering Company (1913), Limited, 647 ; (Addenda), 681
Lifeboat Conference, International, 24
Life-saving Appliances for Merchant Shipping, 219
Lighting Sets—see Electrical Matters, also Engines
Lincoln, New Sewage Pumping Station at, 546
LITERATURE :
Reviews :
Alternating-current Rectification, L. B. AV. Jolley, 617
Birth and Development of the American Submarine, Frank T. Cable, 79
Brassey’s Naval and Shipping Annual, 1925, Sir Alexander Richardson and Archibald Hurd, 700
Chemistry of the Rarer Elements, B. Smith Hopkins, 385
Cotton Cellulose, A. J. Hall, 559
Democracy and Labour, F. J. C. Hearnshaw, 188
Der Elektrische Zugbetrieb der deutschen Reichsbahn, Wilhelm Wechmann, 357
.Elasticity and Strength of Materials Used in Engineering Structures, Section IV. : Columns, C. A. P. Turner, 137, 588
Factory Costing, H. H. Emsley, 189
Gas Engineers’ Compendium, 499
History of Firths, A. C. Marshall and Herbert Newbould, 730
Hundred Years of Portland Cement, 1824-1924, A. C. Davis, 385, 588
Irrigation Engineering, Principles of, Francis E. Kanthack, 298
LITERATURE (continued) :
Reviews (continued):
Jane’s Fighting Ships, Oscar Parkes and F. E.
McMurtrie, 672
Les Combustibles Liquides, M. Aubert, 210
Measurement of Fluid Velocity and Pressure, J. R. Pannell, 469, 558
Merchant Navy, Vol. II., A. Hurd. 617, 645
Modern Farm Machinery, D. N. McHardy, 588
Motor Bodywork, &c., Herbert J. Butler, 414, 672
Planning, Erection and Operation of Modern Open-hearth Steel Works, Hubert Hermanns, 109, 616
Population and the Social Problem, J. Swinburne, 188
Practical Microscopical Metallography, R. H.
Greaves and H. Wrightson, 385, 730
Railroad Engineering, Elements of, William G. Raymond, 299
Reinforced Concrete Design, G. P. Manning. 189, 385, 559
Road Engineering, E. L. Leeming, 241
Specific Heats of Gases, J. R. Partington, D.Sc., and W. G. Shilling, M.Sc., 162
Spectroscopy, E. C. C. Baly, 385
Strutt, John William, Third Baron Rayleigh, by his Son, Fourth Baron Rayleigh, 644
Technical Costs and Estimates, Andrew Miller, 210
Theoretical Physics, Introduction to, Arthur Haas, 673
Traits de Stabilite du Materiel des Chemins de Fer, Georges Marie, 109, 241
Uber Diesel-elektrische Lokomotiven im Vollbahn-betrieb, Dr. Ing. Herbert Brown. 79
Wireless Valve Transmitters, &c., W. James, 469, 617
Short Notices :
Aeroplanes, Steel Construction of, Harry Harper, 299
All the World’s Aircraft. 1924, C. G. Grey, 269, 559
Ammonia Stills, Design and Working of, P.
• Parrish, 137, 645
British Oil Engines, W. A. Tookey, 109, 441
Carburation in Theory and Practice, R. W. A. Brewer, 269
Constituents of Coal Tar, Percy E. Spiel-mann, 499, 701
Constructional Steel Work, Harry Atkin, 701
Cosgrove’s Handbook of Woodworking Machinery, 441
Dictionary of Electrical Terms, S. R. Roget, 109, 414
Enlarged Callendar Steam Tables, 469, 559
French-English and English-French Dictionary of Technical and General Terms, J. O. Kettridge, 385, 617
Ice Cream Plant and Manufacture, Robert G.
Reid, 189, 441
Kelvin Centenary Oration and Addresses, Commemorative, 701
Marine Engineering in Theory and Practice, Vol. I., Elementary, S. G. Wheeler, 189, 645
1700 Miles in Open Boats, 357
Modern Power Engineering, A. Regnauld, 414
Modern Theory and Practice of Pumping, 559
Motor and Carriage Painting, A. Bates, 701
Optical Measuring Instruments, L. C. Martin. 469, 559
Petroleum and its Products, Standard Methods of Testing, 441
Recent Progress in Engineering Production, C. M. Linley, 617
Small Electric Generating Sets, W. Wilson, 469, 701
Structural Engineers’ Handbook, M. S. Ketchum, 499, 701
Strowger System of Automatic Telephony, An Introduction to the, H. H. Harrison, 441
'Pables of Steel Compound Girders, F. B. Mason, 617
Books Received :
Agriculture, Science and Practice of, International Review of the, 499
Annales des Ponts et Chaussees, Mai-Juin, Juillet-Aofit, 469
Annales des Travaux Publics de Belgique, 469
Applied Elasticity, John Prescott, 469
Automatic Telephony, Introduction to the Strowger System, H. H. Harrison, 189
Ball and Roller Bearings, Handbook on, A. W. Macaulay, 414
Bengal Smoke Nuisances Commission, 18th Annual Report, 385
Birth and Development of the American Submarine, F. T. Cable, 109
Bituminous Sands of Northern Alberta, S. C.
Ells, 730
Bulletin de la Societe d’Encouragement pour 1’Industrie Nationale, 499
Business First Principles, A. F. Shepherd, 137
Cadmium, Its Metallurgy, Properties and Uses, Norman F. Budgen, 269
Calculation and Measurement, of Inductance and Capacity, W. H. Nottage, 137
Century of Sea Trading, 1824-1924, L. Cope Cornford, 299
.City and Guilds of London Institute, Department of Technology, Programme, &c., 385
Civil Engineers’ Cost Book, Colonel T. E. Coleman, 469
Coal and Oil-fired Boilers, Engineer-Commander F. J. Drover, R.N., 109
Coal and Power, 109
Combustion in the Gas Producer and Blastfurnace, A. Korevaar, 385
Corrosion of Metals, Ulick R. Evans, 469
Crushing and Grinding Machinery, Hartland Seymour, 559
De la Presse a Bras a la Linotype et a 1’Elec-trotypographe, <fcc., Albert Turpain, 559 Department of the Interior :
Bulletin 214 : Tests of Marine Boilers, H.
Kreisinger and Others, 269
Technical Paper 317 : Silver in Chloride Volatilisation, C. M. Bouton and Others, 269
Department of Overseas Trade :
Economic and Industrial Conditions in Lithuania, April, 1924, 269
LITERATURE (continued) :
Books Received (continued) :
Department of Overseas Trade (continued) : Economic and Industrial Conditions in the
Serb-Croat-Slovene Kingdom. April, 1924, 299
Finance, Industry and Commerce of the United States of America, April, 1924. 269
Financial, Commercial and Industrial Situation of Austria, Report, 385
Dor Sauerstoff, M. Laschin, 645
Der Ubersee-Maschinenhandel, Wilhelm Thiemann, 137
Design of Flat Plates, C. C. Pounder, 499
Die Ventilation, E. Wiesmann, 499
Die Windfiihrung beim Konverterfrisch-prozess, Dr. Ing. Hayo Folkerts, 730
Diesel Engine Design, H. F. P. Purday, 588 Discharges and Levels of the Nile, P.
Phillips, 730
Distillation du Bois, G. Dupont, 414
Dominion Water Power Branch of the Canadian Department of the Interior, Water Resources, Paper No. 40, &c., 414
Drawing-office Practice, H. P. Ward, 645 Eagle VIII. and Falcon III. Aero-engines,
Air Ministry, 189
Eddruck auf Stutzmauern, R. Petersen, 588 Elasticity and Strength of Materials, &c.,
Section V.: Steel Railroad Bridge Design, C. A. P. Turner, 385
Electrical Design of Overhead Power Transmission Lines, W. T. Taylor and R. E. Neall, 414
Electrical Equipment of Buildings, Regulations for, 385
Electrical Measuring Instruments Part II., 0. V. Drysdale and A. C. Jolley, 730
Electrical Technology, H. Cotton, 730
Electricity Supply Costs and Charges, H. M.
Sayers, 559
Engineering Mathematics, Part II., R. W. M. Gibbs, 730
Failure of State Railways, H. Cox, 617
Fatigue of Metals, H. J. Gough, 617
Fatigue of Metals, Investigation of the, University of Illinois Bulletin No. 142, H. F. Moore and J. M. Jasper, 499
Fluxes and Slags in Metal Melting and Working, Faraday Society, 588
Fuel, J. S. S. Brame, 730
Greater Problems of Industry, Alexander Ramsay, 414
History of Bleaching, S. H. Higgins, 499
History of Permanent Way, A. New Chapter in, Sir Bradford Leslie, 730
Hutte des Bauingenieurs, 617
Imperial Institute, Bulletin of the, Vol.
XXII., No. 3, 588
Indian Railways, K. V. Iver, 588
Iron and Steel in the Industrial Revolution, 499
Iron and Steel Institute, Carnegie Scholarship Memoirs, Vol. XIII., 414
Iron and Steel Institute, Journal of the, No. I., 1924, Vol. CIX., 414
Journal of the Institute of Metals, G. Shaw Scott, 137
Kelly’s Directories of the Engineers, Iron, Metal, and Motor Trades, 1924, 414
Kinetic Theory of Gases, Eugene Block, 137 La Soudre Electrique a 1’Arc Metallique,
S. Frimaudeau, 469
L’Air Liquide, Le Froid Industriel et son Utilisation, Albert Turpain, 559
Le Anematographe, Albert Turpain, 559
L’Eclairage et le Chauffage Electrique, Albert Turpain, 559
Le Nouveau Domaine de I’Electricitd, Albert Turpain, 559 ■
Le Vol a Voile Dynamique des Oiseaux, M. L. Breguet, 645, 730
L.C.C. Regulations Relating to Reinforced Concrete and Steel-frame Buildings, Ewart S. Andrews, 499
Lord Rayleigh, The Life of, 469
Loughborough College, Leicester, Calendar, 1924-1925, 414
Machine Design, Construction and Drawing,
H. J. Spooner, 730
Marine Structures, Deterioration and Preservation, W. G. Atwood and A. A. Johnson, 385
Mathematics for Technical Students, E. R. Verity, 588
Mechanics of Textile Machinery, W. A. Hantons, 645
Military Uses of Astronomy, F. C. Moles-worth, 645
Mineral Industries of Canada, British Empire Exhibition Edition, 1924, 269
Mining Educator, Part I., J. Roberts, 617
Ministry of Public Works, Egypt, Annual Report for 1920-1921, 299
Ministry of Public Works, Egypt, Some Experiments on the Rating of Current Meters, P. Phillips, 137
Modern Practical Joinery, G. Ellis, 499
Motor Car and Coach Painting, Charles E. Oliver, 588
Moulding and other Factory Work, W. Bell ; Pressure Gauges, Indicators, Thermometers and Pyrometers, James Smith ; Patternmaking, J. McC. Wilson, 385
Municipal College of Technology, Manchester, Prospectus, 385
National Physical Laboratory, Collected Researches, Vol. XVII., 1922, 299
Ontario, Hydro-electric Power Commission Report, 269
Organisation of Production, W. J. Curtis, 559 Physical Properties of Materials, (1) Strength and Related Properties of Metals and Wood, 499
Platelayers’ Guide, T. Summerson and Sons, Limited, 469
Politics and Coal : An Answer to Coal and Power which Set Forth Mr. Lloyd George’s Proposals for Reorganisation of the Mining Industry, 299
Principle of Applied Electro-chemistry, A. J. Allmand and H. J. T. Ellingham, 414
Railway Electrification, H. F. Trewman, 499 Rangoon, Port of, Administration Report,
April 1st, 1923-March 31st, 1924, 414
Reclamation Service, Annual Report, 1922-23, 588
Report of the Empire Motor Fuels Committee, 469
LITERATURE (continued) :
Books Received (continued):
Research Department, Woolwich, R.D. Report, No. 62, High Vacuum Pump ; R.D. Report, No. 61, Properties of Medium Carbon Steel with High Manganese Content, 385
Resistance des Recipients Soudes a PElec-tricite, E. Hoehn, 645
Rdle of the State in the Provision of Railways, H. M. Jagtiani, 189
Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards, No. 488, Thermal Expansion of Molybdenum, Peter Hidnert and W. B. Gero, "189
Screening and Grading of Materials, J. E. Lister, 559
Sierra Leone Railway, Administration Report for 1923, 299
Sixty-three Years of Engineering, Scientific and Social Work, Sir Francis Fox, 588
Staffordshire County Council, Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1923, 559
Structural Design in Steel-frame Buildings, Percy J. Waldram, 499
Sulphuric Acid Concentration, P. Parrish and F. C. Smelling, 559
Swansea Exchange, Royal Metal Exchange, Swansea, Report, 385
Swedish Ports, 588
Switchgear for Electric Power Control, E. B.
Wedmore and H. Trencham, 499
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield, 269
Technical College, Bradford, Diploma and Special Day Courses, Prospectus, Session 1924-25, 299
Technology of Water, Alan A. Pollett, 559
Testing of High-speed Internal Combustion Engines, A. W. Judge, 730
Thermionic Tubes in Radio Telegraphy and Telephony, John Scott-Taggart, 137
Thermionic Valve and its Developments in Radio Telegraphy and Telephony, J. A. Fleming, 137
Thermodynainique a 1’Usage des Tngenieurs, Aime Witz, 469
Trade, Industries, &c., of South Africa, C. W. F. Harrison, 189
“ Transactions ” of Institution of Chemical Engineers, Vol. I., 1923, 385
“ Transactions ” of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 469 Transactions ” of the Institution ©f Naval Architects, Vol. LX.VI., 730
University College, Calendar of Session 1924-1925, 469
University College of South Wales, &c., Treforest Joint Diploma in Coal Mining, 385
Vanadium Ores, Imperial Institute Staff, 645 Vibration in Engineering, Julius Frith and
F. Buckingham, 137
Wills’ Electric Lighting, John C. Dalton, 730 Workshop Gauges and Measuring Instruments, L. Burn, 645
Year Book of the Michigan College of Mines, 1923-1924, 414
LLOYD’S Register—see Ships
Lomonossoff, Professor, Diesel-electric Locomotive, 552
London Traffic, The Problem of, Sir Lynden Macassey, 403
Looms, Improved Warp Damper for, Mather and Platt, Limited, 594
Lost Torque—see Engines
Loughborough College Students’ Exhibition of Work, Various, 82
Lugt, G. J., and Harry Hunter, New Type of Double-acting Diesel Engine for Marine Purposes, 19, 23
MACHINE TOOLS :
British Machine Tool Industry, 353
British Machine Tools at Olympia (Sixteen-page Supplement, September \'lth, 1924) :
Asquith, William (1920), Limited : Drilling Machines, Variety of Design, xiv. Universal Radial Drilling Machine, xiv.
Portable Universal Radial Drilling and Tapping Machine, xiv.
Tilting Table for Drilling Machines, xiv.
Butler Machine Tool Company, Limited :
Slotting, Planing and Shaping Machines,
iii.
Puncher Type Slotting Machine with Ram Drive, iii., iv.
Double Traversing Head Shaping Machine,
iv. , v.
Churchill, Charles, and Co., Limited : Grinding Machines for Motor Car and other Work, i.
Spline Shaft Grinding Machine, i.
Grinding a Six-spline Shaft, ii.
Heavy Plain Grinding Machine, ii.
Internal Grinding Machine, i.
Internal Grinding—Work and Gauge, ii.
Dean, Smith and Grace, Limited : Lathes, xiii.
All-geared 8|in. Lathe, xiii.
Back-geared 8jin. Lathe, xiii.
Drummond Brothers, Limited : Small Machine Tools and Accessories, xvi. 3-’in. Centres Lathe, New Form of, xvi.
Herbert, E. G., Limited :
Sawing Machines and Sawing Appliances, ii.
Portable Hand-operated Rail Sawing Machine, iii.
Jig Sawing Machine, iii.
26in. Sawing Machine, iii.
6in. Sawing Machine with Autographic
Blade Testing Attachment, iii., iv.
Jones and Shipman, A. A., Limited : Drillers and Grinders, Small Tools and other Equipment, ix.
High-speed Drilling and Tapping Machine, x., xi.
Internal Grinding Machine, ix.
Internal Grinding Spindles, x., xi.
MACHINE TOOLS (continued) :
British Machine Tools at Olympia (continued):
Jones and Shipman, A. A., Limited (continued) :
Universal Grinding Machine for External and Internal Work, ix., x.
Sensitive Drilling Machine, x., xi.
Lumsden Machine Company, Limited : Tool Grinding and Surface Grinding Machines, Gauge and Form Tool Grinding, xv.
Horizontal Spindle Surface Grinder, xv. Segmental Grinding Wheel, xv.
Planetary Head Surface Grinder with Tee-slotted Square Work Table, xv.
Vertical Spindle Twin-table Surface Grinder, xvi.
Redman, C., and Sons, Limited : Lathe, 13in. Centres General Purpose, v., vi. Lathe, 7in. High Production, vi.
Planing Machine, High-speed Heavy Duty, v., vi., 304
Selson Engineering Company, Limited :
High-speed Heavy Cutting Shaping Machines, xiii.
“ Osborne ” 6|in. Centres Lathe, xi., xii. 17in. Shaping Machine, xii., xiii.
13in. Swing, Vee-bed Gap Lathe, xii.
Webster and Bennett, Limited :
Side Head Vertical Turret Lathe, vii., viii. Single Table, Two Ram Boring Mill, vii., viii.
Vertical Boring and Turning Mills, vii.
Wicksteed, Charles, and Co., Limited: Sawing Machines, vi.
Flange Sawing Machine, vi., vii.
20in. Sawing Machine, vi.
Swivel Head Sawing Machine, vi., vii.
Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia, 266, 270, 300, 328, 358, 386, 415 (Sixteen-page Supplement, September 12th, 1924)
Exhibits :
For Electrical Exhibits—see also Electrical Matters
Alexander, George H., Machinery, Limited :
Bolt Heading Machines, Various Types, Open Die Header for Bolts and Screws, Safety Devices, 329
Archdale, James, and Co., Limited : Drilling Machines :
Drilling Machine, Heavy Duty Three-spindle Gang, 328
Multi-spindle Drilling Head, 328, 329 Drilling, Sensitive Radial, and Tapping Machine, 328
Milling Machines :
All-geared 18in. Horizontal Milling Machine, 328, 329
30in. Vertical Milling Machine with Port Milling Attachment, 328, 329
Beebee, Alfred :
Bright Bolts, Nuts, Studs, Set Pins, &c., 388
Britannia Lathe and Oil Engine Company, Limited :
4in. Treadle Lathe, 386, 387
Brookhirst Switchgear, Limited : Solenoid Starting Panel for Planer Control, 331, 332
Face Plate Starter for Vertical Drilling Machine, 332
B.S.A. Tools, Limited :
“ Coventry ” Centreless Grinder, 387 Work Holder of “ Coventry ” Grinder, 387 Small Tools, Adjustable Die, 387 Quick-change Drill Chuck, 387, 388
Cambridge Instrument Company, Limited :
Industrial Pyrometers, Fery Pyrometer, Cambridge Optical Pyrometer, Disappearing Filament Pyrometer, Three-point Metal-cased Cambridge Recorder, Cambridge Indicators, Metal-cased Indicator, Cambridge Apparatus fox' Automatic Temperature Control, Dial “ Easy to Read ” Thermometers, Pyrometer Tester, Workshop Potentiometer, Whipple Indicator, Rosenhain Calorimeter, Extensiometer, &c., 360, 362
Churchill, Charles, and Co., Limited : Centreless Grinder and Automatic Machine, Cincinnati Milling Machine Company, 362
Five-spindle Automatic Screw Machine, National Acme Company, 362
Colchester Lathe Company :
All-geared Surfacing and Boring Lathe, 386 5in. Centres “ Bantam ” Lathe, 386 9|in. Centres All-geared Lathe, 386
Firth, Thos., and Sons, Limited : Centre Drills of High-speed Steel, 388
Herbert, Alfred, Limited :
Drilling Machine, Motor-driven Radial, 330 Universal Milling Machine, Herbert No. 16, with New Type Table Drive and Vertical Milling Attachment, 330, 331
Wickman Gear Measuring Machine with Zero Adjusting Arrangement, Indicating Mechanism and Frictionless Pivots, 273
Herbert, Edward G., Limited :
“ Pendulum ” Hardness Tester with “Pen dulum ” Operating Stand and 24-Kilo-watt “ Pendulum ” Hardness Tester, 274
Holroyd, John, and Co., Limited : Combination Turret Lathe, 9in., 301 Disc Grinding Machine, 302 Oil Stone, Revolving and General Grinder, 303
Worm Grinding and Hob Sharpening Machine, 302
Worm Wheel Hobbing Machine, 4ft., 302
Hunton, C. A., and Sons :
Tube Bending Machine, 360
Jones and Shipman, A. A., Limited : “ Sandstrand ” Stub Lathe, 266, 273
MACHINE TOOLS (continued) :
Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia (continued):
Kearns, H. W.,- and Co., Limited :
Universal Surfacing, Boring, Milling, Drilling and Tapping Machine with Grinding and Gear-cutting Attachment and Universal Control Gear, 271, 272
Kendall and Gent, Limited :
Milling and Screwing Machines, 300
Universal Plano-milling Machine, 300, 301
Vertical Milling Machine, 300, 301
Massey, B. and S., Limited :
358, 359
Hammer Type Forging Machine, 358
Portable Planing Machine and Machining Drop Stamp Block, 358
Pneumatic Hammer, 358
Pneumatic Stamp, 10-Cwt., Now Type, 358,359
Tire-fixing Rolls, 358, 359
Reavell and Co., Limited :
Air Compressors, Small, for Blowing Out Dust from Electrical Machinery in Substations and Small Power-houses, Garage Tire Pump, 359
Richards, Geo., and Co., Limited :
Duplex Crank Pin Turning Machine, 300
Selson Engineering Company, Limited :
Forging and Upsetting Machine, 266, 272
Maag Gear-cutting and Grinding Machines, 303
Smith and Coventry, Limited :
Boring and Turning Mill, 270
Worm Gear Generator, 266, 270
Keyseating, Duplex, and Slot Drilling Machine, 270, 271
Stirk, John, and Sons, Limited :
Planing Machines and Boring Mills :
Hilomill Electrically Driven Boring and Turning Mill, 360, 361
Hiloplane Electrically Driven Planing Machine, 360, 361
Taylor, Charles, Limited :
Cutting-off Machine, Rotary, 388
Plugging Lathes, 388
Cock Boring Machines, 388
Ward, Haggas and Smith :
Pulley Turning Lathe, 388
“ Bateman ” High-speed Planing Machine, 388
Open-sided Planer, 388
Woodworking Machinery :
McDowall, John, and Sons :
Five-cutter Moulding and Planing Machine, 415
Self-feeding Saw Benches, 415, 416
“ Clyde ” Automatic Deck Caulking Machine, 416
Robinson, Thomas, and Son, Limited : High-speed Band Re-sawing Machine, 415 Surfacing and Thicknessing Machine, Heavy, for Railway Vehicle and Shipbuilding Work, 415
Mortising Machines, Automatic and Otherwise, with Popular Chain Mortiser and Chain Mortising Attachments, 415
“ Safety ” Cutter Block, New Circular, with “ Relieved Back,” Variety of other Machines, 415
Wadkin and Co., Limited :
Semi-automatic Universal Wood Miller, 417, 418
High-speed Boring, Recessing, Housing and Stair-stringing Machine, 418
Combined Disc and Vertical-spin die Sander, 417, 418
White, Thomas, and Sons, Limited : Planing, Moulding and Matching Machine, ct 416>. 417
“ Straight Line Edging ” Saw Bench, 417 Double-end Tenoning Machine with Travel
ling Tenoning Head, 417
Multiple Boring Spindle Machine, 418
Other Machine Tools :
Drill, Electric, with Grip Switch, Westminster Tool and Electric Company, 83
Fine Thread Cutting, Accurate, 721 Planing Machine, Large High-speed,
Thomas Shanks and Co., Limited, 321
Plate Bending Rolls, Large, at Swansea, Hugh Smith, Limited, 168
Slotting Machine, 48in. Stroke Portable,
Hulse and Co., Limited, 475
MAGNUS Effect, 589, 608, 636
Marconi, Senatore, on Radio Communications, 706
Marconi, Senatore, on Short-wave Directional Wireless, 21, 245
Marine Engines—see Engines
Marine Turbine—see Ships
Marking Time, 700
Marshall, C. F. Dendy, Locomotive No. 28, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 20 (Letter), 113
Mechanical Stoker, Underfeed Stoker Company, Limited, 532
Mercury Vapour Rectifier Sub-stations, 615
Merritt, Henry E., on Gauging of Finish-ground
Worms by Cylinders, 162
Mersey, New Dock at Bromborough, 592
Metals, Fatigue in, Lecture, H. J. Gough, 664
Metals, Fibre in, 727
Metals—for papers on see also Institute of Metals, in Associations, &c.
Milking Plant and New Type Churn, De Laval Chaclburn Company, Limited, 82
Mills, Wire Rod—see British Wire-drawing Mines, Safety in, Research Board Report Flame-proof Electrical Apparatus, 390
Mines, Unsafe Electrical Equipment in, 215 Mining Industry of Canada, Water Power in the, 194
Mining Methods, New, on the Rand, 169 Missing Pressure—see Engines
Morley, Thomas B., Regenerative Feed Heating by Superheated Steam, 544
MOTOR CARS AT OLYMPIA :
434, 470 .
Features of the Show, Six-eyhnder Cars, 434 Overhead and Side-by-side Valves ; Ignition, Coil and Battery or Magneto ; Saloon Car ; Low-pressure or “ Balloon ” Tires, 4 34, 435
Armstrong-Siddeley Cars, 14 H.P.; 30 H.P. and 18 H.P. with Six Cylinders ; 30 H.P Six-cylinder Enclosed Limousine Seven-seater, 473
Beardmore, W.» and Co., Limited, 14—40 H.l. Car, Four-cylinder Vertical Type Engine with Side-by-side Valve Engine of Aluminium with Cast Iron Liners ; Air Pump for Feeding Fuel and Pumping Tires ; Cam Shaft. Driven byRenold’s Silent Chain ; Gear-box with Four Forward Speeds and a Reverse ; Four-wheel Brakes, 470
British Thomson-Houston New Polar Inductor Magneto with Automatic Ignition Timing Control, 470, 471
Chrysler American Six-cylinder Car, 473
Daimler Six-cylinder Car, Largest in the World ; 57 H.P. Chassis, Independent Steel Frame, Sleeve Valve Engine ; P^mer and Petrol Control, Worm Gearing, 434, 43.)
Harper, A., Sons and Bean, Limited, 14 11.1.
Car ; New 12 H.P. Car, 473
Humber Company’s Car, 8-18 H.P., 1- -5 11.P., 15-40 H.P., 470
Lanchester Cars, 21 H.P. with Four-speed Gear-box ; 40 H.P., with Three-speed Epicyclic Gear, 472
Rolls-Royce 40-50 Cabriolet de Ville with Side-by-side Valves; 20 H.P. with Six. Cylinders, 472
Rover Company 14—45 H.P. Four-cylinder Car, Engine Design, Mr. P. A. Poppe; Gear Pumping Working Magneto, Starter Motor, Dynamo Drive, Gear-box, Brakes and Working of, 435, 436
Steam Cars, Reappearance of, Canadian Car, Two-cylinder Horizontal High-pressure Steam, Brooks Steam Motors, Limited, 470
Sunbeam Cars, 12-30 H.P., 14-40 H.P., 20-60 H.P., 471
Trojan Car, Solid Tires, Two-pair Two-stroke Horizontal Water-cooled Engine, 473
Vauxhall Cars, 30-98 H.P., 23-60 H.P., 14-40 H.P., All Four-cylinder Cars, 472
Wolseley Cars, 11-22 H.P. Four-cylinder, 16-35 H.P. Four-cylinder, 24-55 H.P. Six-cylinder, Magneto Ignition Replaces Coil Ignition, 472
MOTOR Lorry, Subsidy, .John I. Thornycroft and Co., Limited, 612
Motor v. Mule in China, 584
Mott, Basil C. B., on Tube Railways, London Traffic, Bridges, &c., 517
Mould Drying Apparatus, International Processes, Limited, 705
Multipotent Coulter, Sub-soiler, &c., Sidney
C. Darby, 12
N NATAL Iron Industry, 594
National Tank, The William Froude, 292
Naval Matters—see Ships
Navigation—see Ships
Navvy, Revolving Steam, Sir William Arrol and
Co., Limited, 621
NEWCOMEN SOCIETY :
Early History of the Cylinder Boring Machine, E. A. Forward, 686, 714
Boring Bar and Boring Mill, Bersham ; Boring Mill, Peter Ewart’s ; Boring Machines, Dixon’s ; Matthew Murray’s ; Nasmyth and Gaskell’s, 686, 714
Discoveries of the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, 475
Three Papers on Early Days of Ironmaking in Shropshire, Rhys Jenkins, J. W. Hall, and T. S. Ashton, 444
NEWFOUNDLAND, Humberarm Hydroelectric Development, in, 514, 526
o OBITUARY :
Deville, Edouard G., Dr., 403
Fitzmaurice, Sir Maurice (Portrait ), 579
Fowler, George, 74
Gilkes, Gilbert, 207
Glover, Arthur William, 403
Gray, Sir William Cresswell, 520
Lumsden, Thomas, 109
Pearn, William Alfred, 16
Ransford, Robert Bolton, 617
Tempest, Sir Percy Crosland, 520
O’BRIEN, Lieut.-Colonel E., on Electrification of British Main Railways, 356
Oil Wells—see also Wire Lines
Omnibus, Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works,
Limited, 11
Oncost, 527, 532 ; (Letter), 581
Overhead and Labour Costs, Ralph E. Flanders, 532
Owens, Dr. John S., on Shingle Beaches and the Wear of Concrete, 157 ; (Letter), 233
PARSONS, Sir Charles, on Steam Turbines, 42,
140
Patent Law, Russian, 530
PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH .
Aeronautics, 451
Batteries and Accumulators, 147
Building, 600
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 1 7 3, 481 Cranes and Conveyors, 120, 200, 251, 310,
396, 452, 512, 542
Crushing and Grinding, 424, 482
Dynamos and Motors, 29, 61, 91,
367, 423, 451, 541, 599, 627, 655
Electrical Appliances, 511, 739
119, 225,
PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH (continued) :
Engines, Internal Combustion, 61, 91, 119, 173, 225, 281, 309, 337, 423, 451, 541, 571,
599, 627, 683, 739
Engines, Steam, 199
I Furnaces, 148, 337, 395, 482, 683, 711
Lighting and Heating, 684, 712
Locomotives, 30, 512
Alachine Tools and Shop Appliances, 30, 92, 148, ]74, 252, 309, 368, 452, 482, 512, 571,
600, 656, 683, 711 ...
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 30, 62, 147, 200, 226, 251, 282, 482, 511, 571, 600. 627, 655, 740
Mining Machinery, 482
Miscellaneous, 30,* 62, 120, 148, 174, 226, 252, 310, 338, 368, 396, 424, 452, 572, 600, 628* 656, 684, 712, 740
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 30, 252, 310, 338, 368, 452, 571, 628, 684, 711
Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 200, 451, 740
Ships and Boats, 226, 338
Steam Generators, 91, 225, 251, 309, 367 541 655, 683
Switchgear, 61, 147, 337, 367, 451
Telegraphs and Telephones, 30, 61, 147, 173 199, 251, 281, 367, 395, 423, 481, 542, 571’
„ 599, 655, 683, 711
Tramways and Railways, 62, 92, 120 338 368, 396, 424, 572, 712
Transformers and Converters, 147, 199 296 „ 281, 395, 481, 739
Transmission of Power, 29, 62, 92, 1 19 147 282, 337, 395, 423, 481, 511, 627, 739
Turbine Machinery, 29, 91, 173, 541, 599, 627
PATENTS, Turkish, 333
Paton, F. A. R., Costing and Time Booking, 633 1 Pelton Turbine, Experimental, Percy Pitman, 332
Personal and Business Announcements, 27, 62 i 92, 120, 148, 174, 197, 223, 249, 282, 307 335’ 365, 393, 421, 477, 509, 539, 569, 593, 625* 656, 678, 712
Petrol Rail Coach for Norway, 705
Petrol, Synthetic, for Motors, 411
Pictures, Talking Motion, C. F. Elwell, 622
Pillans, J. S., on the Operation of Centrifugal Pumps, 732
Ploughing Windlass, Oil Engine-driven, J. and H. McLaren, 666
Pneumatic Plate Tightening Machine, The Hallett, Howard Pneumatic Engineering Company, Limited, 667
Port Elizabeth, Power House at, 550
Potato Digger, T. M. Jarmain, Limited, 80 I
Poultney, E. C., Locomotive Cylinder Performance, 574, 602
PUMPS :
Centrifugal Pump, New Type, Wall win Company, 678
Centrifugal Pumps, Operation of, J. S
Pillans, 732|
Force Pump, Drummond Brothers, 666, 667 Sewage Pumps and Engines at Lincoln (New)
Station, Robey and Co., Limited, 546
Small Single-ram Pump, Tangyes Limited, 666I
Storm Water Pumps at Lincoln Sewage Station, Gwynnes Engineering Company, Limited, 547
Valveless Fire Pump, Martin’s Cultivator Company, Limited, 82
Vertical Single-ram Pump, Tangyes Limited,
R
RADIO—see Wireless
RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MATTERS :
General:
Father of Railways, 268
Main Line Electrification, A New System
L. de Verebely, 630
Olten Sub-station, Swiss Federal Railways
556, 561 • ’
Post Office Tube Railway and Wagon for
404 ; (Addenda), 479 ; (Letters), 504, 581 Rail Coach, Petrol, for Norway, Four Wheel
Drive Lorry Company, Limited, 705
Rails and Wagons, Plymouth or Hill’s Tramway, 1800, 38
Railway Centenary, 15, 17, 37, 78 108 136
156, 179, 214, 240, 261, 288, 319, 354 374
413, 440, 468, 498, 528, 549, 575, 604 634’ 673, 691, 728 ’
Railway Centenary in Austria, Linz-Budweis Railway, Vienna-Florisdorf-Wagram Railway, 696
Railway Electrification, 644
Railway Returns for 1923, 390
Railway Track, 161
Railway Wagon Body Making Machine,
1 nos. Robinson and Sons, Limited, 114
I raverser, “ Surface ” 35-Ton Electric, S. H Heywood and Co., Limited, 84, 85
British, Colonial and Indian :
Cornish Riviera, Limited, A Run with 502 Electrification of British Main Railways.
Lieut.-Colonel E. O’Brien, 356
Hendon-Edgware Extension of the London Electric Railways, 216
London and North-Eastern New Dininn- Car Train, 380
Natal Railway Electrification, 678
New South Wales, Railways of, 728 [
th-Eastern Railway, Dock Improvement
Schemes, 129
One Hundred Years of British Railways :
17, 37, 78, 108, 136, 156, 179, 214, 240 261
roo’ r Ja’ 354, 374’ 413’ 440> 468>’ 498’’ «>28, 549, 575, 604, 634, 673, 691, 728
Part I.:
Stockton and Darlington Railway and its J1^de^sors’ 17’ 37» 78> 108, 136, 156,
Construction and Opening of the Stockton and Darlington, 214
Development of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 179
RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MATTERS (continued) :
One Hundred Years of British Railways (con-tinued) :
Part I. (continued) :
Early Track, 156 ; (Letter), 215
Origin of Railways, 17
Other Pre-1821 Railways, 136
Railways in the Public Service, 78
Railways Supplement Canals, 37
Surrey Iron Railway and the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway, 108
Part II.:
The First Half Century, 240, 261, 288, 319, 354, 374, 413, 440, 468, 498, 528, 549, 575, 604 ; (Letter), 668
Furness and West Cumberland Railways, 529
Great Eastern ; Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire ; Great Northern, 549
Great Western Railway, 374, 413, 440 ; Original Rail and Timbers, 374 ; (Correction), 473
Irish Railways, 605
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 528 ; (Letter), 551
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 240 ; (Letter), 322
Construction and Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 261
London and North-Western Railway, 288, 319, 354 v
Midland Railway, 468
North-Eastern Railway, 498
North Staffordshire Railway, 529
Scottish Railways, 604
The Southern Railways :
575
London and Brighton, 576
London, Chatham and Dover, 576 London and South-Western, 575 South-Eastern, 576
The Latter Half Century, 634, 673, 691, 72 3
The Years 1876-1885, 634
The Years 1886-1900, 673
The Years 1901-1914, 691
August 4th, 1914—December, 1924, 728
Post Office Tube Railway, 404 ; (Letters), 504, 581
South Africa, Railway Innovations in, 322
Soutlf-East Africa, Big Railway Development, 677
Tasmania, Electric Railway for, 668
Foreign Railways :
Spanish Railways, 350
Swiss Federal Railways, Outdoor Substations, 556, 561
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES :
General:
Baltic Engines—see London, Midland
Diesel-electric Locomotive for Russia, Hohen-zollern Locomotive Works, 322, 324
Diesel-electric Locomotive and Testing Plant, Professor Lomonossoff, 552
Future of the Locomotive, 557 ; (Letters), 581, 609
Individualism in Locomotive Design, J. G. H. Warren, 717
Locomotive Cylinder Performance, E. C. Poultney, 574, 602
Locomotive, Experimental, Equipped with Phase Converter, 631
Locomotive Superheaters, 672
New Rack Locomotive, Railgrip Syndicate, Limited, 55
Nine Elms, Locomotive Coaling Installation at, George F. Zimmer, 442
Solid Crank Axles, Sir Henry Fowler, 650
Steam Separator for Locomotives, Captain E. F. McCourt, 566
Turbine Locomotive, Zoelly, for Swiss Federal Railways, 530
British, Colonial and Indian :
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Locomotive, “ Manchester ” or “ Caledonian,” 1832, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 20 ; (Letter), 113
London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Four-cylinder Tank Locomotives, 582, 583
Narrow-gauge Mallet Locomotives for Burma, Wm. Beardmore and Co., Limited, 138, 139
Foreign :
Zoelly Turbine Locomotive, Swiss Federal Railways, 530
RAINFALL and Infiltration, 304
Rake, Side-delivery, and Swather, New Type, W. M. Nicholson and Sons, Limited, 80
Refrigerator, Small Self-contained, Haslam Foundry and Engineering Company, Limited, 12
Regenerative Feed Heating by Superheated Steam, Thomas B. Morley, 544
Reinforced Concrete Lift Tower, 307
Research Laboratories at a Cable Works, Henley’s Telegraph Works Company, Limited, 607, 614
Research Work, Intensified, in England, Failure of, John G. A. Rhodin, 430
Research Workers, Supply of, 384—see also Industrial and Scientific
Reservoir, Damaged, Shire Oak, South Staffordshire, Repairing and Remodelling, 493, 496
Rhodesian Water Power Scheme, 363
Rhodin, John G. A., Electrolytic Copper, 560
Rhodin, John G. A., Failure of Intensified Research Work in England, 430
Riverside Sewerage Scheme of the Romford Rural District Council, 290, 296
Road Construction, Bitumen in, 734
Road and Gully Washing Vehicle, Self-propelled, Maudslay Motor Company, Limited, 566
Road Roller, 10-Ton, Clayton and Shuttleworth, Limited, 51
Road Roller, 7-Ton Motor, Ruston and Hornsby, Limited, 12, 50
Road Roller, 10-Ton Single-cylinder, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 466, 477
Road Roller, Steam, Wallis and Steevens, Limited, 12
Road Rollers at Leicester, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 50
Romford—see Riverside
Ropeway for Explosives, British Ropeway Engineering Company, Limited, 102 (7’wo-page Supplement, July 25th, 1924)
Rosenhain, Dr., on Reports of Work Done at
• the National Physical Laboratory, 310
> Ross, Sir Archibald, on Ton Years’ Progress
■ in Marine Propulsion, &c., 19, 22
! Rotary Soil Tiller. Simar Rototillers, 1 1
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Leicester 11, 50, 80
Rugby—see Wireless Russian Patent Law, 530
s SCAPA Flow Salvage Operations, 158
Scholarships, Lloyd’s Register, 621
Scholarships, Whitworth, Regulations for, 184 • Awards, 338
Scientific and Industrial Research, Abstract of Report, 384, 411
Scott, Admiral Sir Percy—see Ships, Naval Matters
Seed-sowing Machine, Foresters’ School, 11
Sennar Dam and Gezira Irrigation Scheme, 348, 349 352 (Two-page Supplement, September 26th, 1924)
Sentinel Track-laying Steam Tractor, 592
Sewage Pumping Station, New, at Lincoln, 546
Sewage Treatment Plant and Apparatus at Hanley, 726, 731
Sewage Works, New, at Tilbury, 242
Sewer, Storm Relief, for London, 474
Sewerage—see Riverside
Shearing, G., on Wireless Transmitting Anna-ratus, 649 8 1 1
Sheet Metal, Thin, Testing of, 136
Shingle Beaches and the Wear of Concrete, Dr.
John S. Owens, 157 ; (Letter), 233
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING :
General :
Chepstow Shipyard, 193
Double-acting Diesel Engine, New Type, for
Marine Purposes, G. J. Lugt and Harry Hunter, 19, 23 J
Driving Ship and other Auxiliaries, A New
System, Gilbert Austin, 580
Formulae and Rotary Slide Ride for Use in Estimates and Designs for Shipbuilding, W. H. Riddlesworth, 19
Froude, W. and R. E., The Work of A W Johns, 660, 687
Gearing for Ships’ Turbines and Motor Shins, Dr. H. Frahm, 645
High Speeds at Sea, 267
Hydraulic-mechanical Transmission Gearing tor Motor Ships, Dr. G. Bauer, 646
Independent Passenger Ship Design, J.
Anderson and R. Steele, 18
Life-saving Appliances for Merchant Shipping, 219 1
I^oyd’s Register Book of Shipping, New Edition, 85
Lloyd’s Register, Quarterly Shipbuilding
Returns, 54, 408 fe
Lloyd’s Register Scholarships, 621
L1oyd’s Register of Shipping, Annual Report, 023
Lost Torque in Marine Engines, 643
Magnus Effect, 589, 608, 636 ; (Letter), 693
Marine Oil Engines Trials Committee, 618
Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, 548, 558
Modern Navigational Devices, F. E. Smith 534
Position of British Shipbuilding, 214 Steering of Ships in Shallow Waters and r Canals, and Appendices, G. S. Baker, 18 Ten Years’ Progress in Marine Propulsion, Sir A. Ross, 19, 22
Wreck Statistics for 1923, 193
British Navy :
Distribution of the Fleet, 383
H.M.S. Warrior, Passing of, 213
Naval Matters :
Admiral Sir Percy Scott and His Work, 467
British Destroyer Yards, 180
French Naval Construction, 578
Limitation of Naval Strength, ] 6
Naval Review at Spithead, 135
Problems in Cruiser Design, 497
Standardised ” Light Cruiser, 107
Foreign Navies :
Dutch Cruiser Java, 533
French Mine-laying Submarine Pierre.ChaiL
ley, Augustin Normand et Cie., 578
French Navy, 239
Italian Warships, New Cruisers Trento and
Trieste, 605
Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels :
Cross-Channel Steamer Newhaven, Strandin" of, 158, 184
Dredger, Dipper, Lucayan, and Rock Cutter, Lobnitz and Co., Limited, 695, 698
Dredgers, Bucket Hopper, Sir William Matthews, and Trailing Suction Hopper, Kai one, Fleming and Ferguson, Limited 694, 695, 698
Dredgers, Cutter Suction, Sir George Lloyd, and Six-cutter Suction, Ronaldshav, Wm. Simons and Co., 695, 698
Fishery Patrol Boat Vaila, 733
Flettner Wind-power Ship Buckau, 589, 608 678 ; (Letter), 693
Motor Oil Tanker British Aviator, Palmer’s 586P594ding and Ir°n ComPW’ Limited,
Motor’ Ship Beldis, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 55
Motor Ship Sycamore, Trials of, 618, 643
Orama, T.S.S., Trials of the, 533
Orient Liner Oronsay, Launch of the, 209
Reconditioning of the Reina Victoria ■ Eugenia, 276
Steam Yacht Thalassa, John Brown and Co.
Limited, 693
Swanley, Motor Ship, Barclay, Curie and Co., Limited, and North British Diesel Engine Works, Limited, 56, 193
SHORT Wave—see Wireless
Shows—see Exhibitions
Sixty Years Ago, 10, 44, 71, 101, 140, 158, 193, 207, 233, 277, 294, 332, 357, 377, 408, 436, 474, 504, 529, 554, 589, 617, 636, 668, 693, 724
Slipways—see Train Ferry Service
Smith, F. E., on Modern Navigational Devices, 534
Smithfield Club Show, 666
Smoke Abatement, 533
Societies—see Associations
South African Cotton, Machinery for, 357
Southampton, Dock Extensions at, 459
South Wales Institute of Engineers, 591
Spring Forging Machine, Hedley’s Limited, 534
Standard Specifications—see British
Steam Boiler Inspection, Mr. C. E. Stromeyer’s 1923 Memorandum, 274
Steam Extraction or Pass-out Steam Turbines, W. S. Burge and J. P. Chittenden, 702
Steam, High-pressure and High Temperature, 71
Steam Navvy, A Large, Sir William Arrol and Co., Limited, 621
Steam Nozzles Research Report, Professor G. G. Stoney, 418
Steam Pressures and Temperatures, Higher, 606 ; (Letter), 721
Steam Separator for 10,000-Kilowatt Turbine, 566
Steam Tractors and Steam Wagons—see Tractors, Wagons, 666
Steam Turbines, Sir Charles Parsons, 42, 140
Steam Valves—see Valves
Steel—see Iron and Steel
Stoker, Chain Grate, Underfeed Stoker Company, Limited, 532
Storm Relief Sewer for London, 474
Straw Rope-making Machine, McLaren’s Straw Rope Works, 80
Subsidy Motor Lorry, John I. Thornycroft and Co., Limited, 612
Sugar Beet Root Lifters, Trials of, 622
Surface Grinding Machine, Large, Meldrums, Limited, 523
Synthetic Petrol for Motors, 411
T TALKING Motion Pictures, Dr. Leo de Forest’s Invention, C. F. Elwell, 622
Tar-macadam Plant and Automatic Stone-breaking Plant, Goodwin, Barsby and Co., Limited, 80
Telephony, Carrier—see Electrical Matters
Temperature Control, 587
Temperature and Strength, Professor F. C. Lea, 661
Testing of Thin Sheet Metal, 136
Thames Waterbuses, 298
Thomson, Professor Elihu, James Forrest Lecture on Electrical Progress and its Unsolved Problems, 52 ; (Letter), 113
Thrashing Machine, McLaren’s Straw Rope Works, 80
Thrashing Machine, Steel, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 50
Thread Cutting, Accurate Fine, 721
Tilbury, New Sewage Works at, 242
Tractor, Compound Steam, Marshall, Sons and Co., Limited, 50
Tractor, Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11
Tractor, 7|-Ton Steam, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Limited, 666
Tractor, Track-laying, Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 592
Tractor, Two-wheel, Rein-drive Agricultural, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Limited, 51
Train Ferry Service in Nigeria, Cradles for, 182, 183, 186 ; (Correction), 223
Tramways, Glasgow Corporation, 82
Traverser—see Railways
Trent Navigation Improvement, 563 {Two-page Supplement, November 14/7t, 1924)
Turbine, Experimental Pelton, Percy Pitman, 332
Turbine Locomotive—see Railway Locomotives
Turbine, Marine, Reduction Gearing, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, 548, 558
Turkish Patents, 333
Tweed, New Bridge Over, at Berwick, 665
Tyne Bridge, New, Tenders for, 649
V VALVES, Steam, Wrought Steel, Victory Valves, Limited, 22, 23
Visions, 108
WAGON, Gear-driven Steam, Mann’s Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company, Limited, 81
Wagon, Portable Steam, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11
Wagon, Steam, Improved 7-Ton, Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company, 82
Wagon, Steam, Richard Garrett and Sons, 666
Wagon, Three-way Tipping, Sentinel Wagon Works, Limited, 11
Wagon, Three-way Tipping Steam, Fodens, Limited, 666
Wagons, 20-Ton, for Great Western Railway Coal Traffic, 236
Wagons, Railway—see also Railways
Wagons, Thrashing Machines, Tractors, &c., i Richard Garrett and Sons, Limited, 82
Warp Damper for Looms, Improved, Mather and Platt, Limited, 594
Warren, J. G. H., Individualism in Locomotive Design, 717
Waste, Tom Westgarth on, 467, 476
Water Level—see Level
Water Power in the Mining Industry of Canada, 194
Water Softening Plant at Frith, Becco Engineering and Chemical Company, Limited, 522
Water Tower of Unusual Design, 664
WATER SUPPLY :
Jharia Waterworks, 721
Metropolitan Water Board, Eighteenth
Annual Report, 275
Metropolitan Water Board Report, 503
Treatment of Water Supplies, 239
Waterworks, New, in Guernsey, 663
WATER Elevator, Deep Well, Boulton and
Paul, Limited, 506
Watson, J. H., and Sir T. Rose, on Working of
Nickel for Coinage, 294
Westgarth, Tom, on Waste, 467, 476
Whitworth Scholarships, Regulations for, 184 ;
Awards, 338
William Fronde National Tank, 292
Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery, British :
72, 109, 130, 164, 189, 218, 234, 238,
258, 317, 345, 375, 405, 410, 432,433,
438, 500, 520, 577, 610, 637, 642,675,
690
Barbed Wire Machines :
Barbed Wire Machine, J. Hetherington and Sons, 375
Barbed Wire Machine, Richard Johnson and Nephew, 377, 378
Glidden and Iowa Barbed Wire, 375
Continuous Wire-drawing Machines : !89
Chain - driven Sixteen - hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, G. Hattersley, 690
Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, 192; Vertical Roll Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, David Bridge, 191, 192
Nine-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, 190, 191 ; Stringing-up Machine, 191 : Continuous Machines for Fine and for Very Fine Wires, W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Limited, 192
Seven-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, Geo. Hattersley and Sons, Limited, 191, 192
Three-hole Continuous Machine ; Four-hole Continuous Block, Barron and Crowther, 189
Two-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine ; Three-hole Wet Drawing Machine ; 18in. Diameter Two-hole Continuous Wire-drawing Machine, G. Cross-ley, 189, 190, 191
Dies :
130
Diamond Die, T. Bolton and Sons, Limited, 130, 131
Die Battering Machine, Haley and Pinder, G. Crossley, 130, 131
Pneumatic Die Battering Machine, Alldays and Onions, Limited, 690
Punch Grinding Machine, Barron and Crowther, 130
Electric Cable Making :
Machines for Manufacture of Electric Cables, Johnson and Phillips, 405, 410 (For Details of Machines see Illustrated Index)
Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery
British (continued):
High-speed Stranding Machines :
Electric Cable Making Machine, Thomas Larmuth and Co., Limited, 434, 436
Hand Turning Gear, 433, 434
Seven-bobbin and Eighteen-bobbin Stranding Machines, Eight-bobbin Closing Machine, 432, 433, 434
Miscellaneous Machines :
Bowing Machine, Hand, 675
Flattening Machines, Double Helical Gear for, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited, 676
Hairpin Making Machine, E. White, 675
Mattresses, Wire, 676
Spring Coiling Shops of Herbert Terry and
Sons, 676
Nail and Rivet Making Machines :
Nail-making Machine, Wire, Wm. Grice and Sons, Limited, 577
Nail-pointing Dies, 577
Paper Clip Making Machine, E. White, 675 Rivet-making Machine, 577, 578
Needle-making Machines :
Needle Pointing, 610; Skimming, Stamping, Automatic Eyeing,Combined Stamping and Eyeing, 611; Automatic Head Grinding, 611, 612 ; Scouring Mill, Assorting Machine, E. White, 612
Pin-making Machines :
Automatic Pin-making Machine, Battery of Five Pin-making Machines, Pin-sticking Machine, E. White, 520, 521
Safety Pin Making :
218
Goodman’s Safety Pin Forming Machine, 218; Pointing Machine, 218 ; and Headforming Tools, 219
Wire Drawing :
109
Annealing Furnace and Annealing Pot, Barron and Crowther, 110
Pointing Rolls, Pointing Furnace and Pointing Machine, G. Crossley, 110, 111 Swaging Machine, Rotary, Sir J. Farmer, Norton and Co., Ill
Wire-drawing Bench, Eight-block, Wm. Grice and Sons, Limited, 690
Wire-drawing Blocks :
164
12in. Diameter Blocks ; Heavy Block with Friction Drive, G. Crossley; S ingle-sided and Double-sided Frames, G. Crossley, 165, 166
Single Blocks, David Bridge, Sir J. Farmer, 164
Steel-framed Block with Internal Gear Drive, Barron and Crowther, 164, 165
Straightening and Cutting-off Machines :
Continuous Feed Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, J. Thompson, 501
High-speed Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, E. White, 502
Machine for Cutting Heavy Wire, G. Crossley, 500
Machine for Cutting Two Wires Simultaneously, G. Crossley, 500
Roll Feed Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, A. Robinson, 501, 502
Roll Type Straightener, G. Crossley, 500
Small Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, W. Grice, 502
Straightening and Cutting-off Machine, G. Crossley, 500
Wire Factories :
258, 317, 345
Netting, Wire, Machinery and Shops, Boulton and Paul, Limited, 234, 238; (Letter), 581
Old and New Continuous Wire Rod Mills, Electric Driving Power, English Electric Company, 317-319
Patenting Frame, Wire, with Variablespeed Drive, Wire Galvanising Frame, Shops and Various Departments, 345-347
Rod Mills, Wire, and Pusher Furnace at Tinsley, Wm. Cooke and Co., Limited, 72, 73
Rods, Wire, Manufacture of, 72
Wire Factories, Richard Johnson and Nephew, Limited, Bradford Ironworks, 317-319, 345-347
Wire Factories, Ryland Brothers, Limited, Warrington, 258-261
Wire-drawing and Wire-working Machinery,
British {continued):
Wire Weaving Looms :
Anderston Foundry Company :
Bar Loom, Heavy, R. Johnson, 640
Crimping Machine, W. H. A. Robertson, 639
Flying Shuttle Loom, 637, 639
Heavy Automatic Loom, 638, 639
Heavy Semi-automatic Loom, 639, 640
Overpick Loom, High-speed, 638, 639
Positive Action Loom, Walter McGee and Sons, 637, 640
Warp Beam Winder and Bobbin Creel with Marshall Box, 638, 639
Weaving Loom, Wire, George Hattersley, 639, 640
Wire Weaving Shop, Richard Johnson, Clapham and Morris, Limited, 637, 642 WIRE Lines Used Upon Oil Wells, Correct Lay for, J. T. Hayward, 593 ; (Letter), 609
Wire Rope, W. Constable, 236
Wire Ropes, Strength of, Committee’s Report, 719
Wire, Steel—sec also Iron and Steel
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY :
Leafield Wireless Station, Post Office Engineering Department, 155, 160
Poldhu Experimental Station, 246
Radio Communications, Senatore Marconi, 706
Rugby Wireless Station, H.M. Post Office, 262 Short-wave Directional Wireless, Senator©
Marconi, 21, 245
Wireless Exhibition at the Albert Hall:
National Association of Radio Manufacturers, 378
British Thomson-Houston Company, Self-contained Three-valve Set with Internal Frame Aerial, 379
Burndept, Limited, Ethophone Crystal Sets, 379 ; Wave Trap or Filter, 380
Cossor, A. C., Limited, “ Wuncell ” Dull Emitter Valve, 379
Dubilier Company’s Coupling Condenser, 378;
Minicap Key Switches, 379
Edison-Swan Electric Company, Limited, Valves, Valve and Crystal Sets, Loud Speakers, &c., 379
Ericsson Telephones Manufacturing Company, Safety Wander Plug, 379
General Electric Company’s New Valves, Single Valve Receiver, Three Valve Receiver, 378, 379
Graham, Alfred, and Co., New Loud Speaker, 379
McMichael, L., and Co., Limited, Two, Three, and Four-valve Sets, 380
Marconiphone Company, New Transformers, Single-valve Receiver, 378
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Valve Set, New Type ; Radiobrix Receiver ; Three-valve Amplifier ; Polar Precision Condenser, 378
Mullard Radio Valve Company, Two, Three, and Four-electrode Valves ; Holweck Molecular Pump, 379
Radio Communication Company’s Transformer Test Curves ; Transformer and Resistance Capacity Couplings, 378
Radio Instruments, Limited, New Intervalve Transformer, 378, 379
Stevens, A. and J., New Wireless Receiver, 379
Western Electric Company, Valves ; Sevenvalve Frame Aerial Set, 379
WIRELESS Transmitting Apparatus, G. Shearing, 649
Woodhouse, W. B., on Power Supplies, 505
WOODWORKING MACHINES:
See also Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition
High-speed Tools : 20in. and 32in. Circular Saw Benches, Vertical Moulding Machine, Combined Surfacing and Thicknessing Machine, Watkins and Co., 50
‘ • Willing Worker ” Circular Saw Bench, Drummond Brothers, Limited, 158
WORLD Power Conference, 77
Wrecks—see Ships
YORKSHIRE College of Science, Jubilee, 648
ZIMMER, George F., Locomotive Coaling
Installation at Nine Elms, 442
See Also
Sources of Information