The Engineer 1925 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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ACETYLENE Welding and Cutting, 677 Activated Sludge, Treatment of, 247
Adamson, Daniel, Design and Construction of Electric Cranes, 461
AERONAUTICS :
Aeronautical Research Committee, Report on the Effect of Keyways on the Strength of Shafts, 96
Aeroplane Models : Camera Plastica (for Aerial Survey) ; Duplicate of Aerial Lighthouse ; Miniature Wind Tunnel ; Reid Time Reaction Apparatus, 66
Air Ministry’s Exhibits at Wembley, 66
Autogiro Flying Machine, Don Juan de la Cierva, 430
British Marine Aviation, 399, 406
Flying Boat Design, O. E. Simmonds, 287 MSlot Propulseur Tronipe for Aeroplanes, 301 Progress in Aeronautics, R. V. Southwell, 325
AGECROFT Power Station, 329
Ahrons, E. L., The British Steam Railway Locomotive from 1825.to 1924, 2, 28, 54. 80, 104, 132, 156, 180, 206, 232, 258, 284, 312, 338, 366, 394, 422, 452, 480, 508, 538, 570, 598, 628; (Letters), 36, 88, 123, 140, 172, 173, 198, 199, 210, 237, 275, 294, 317, 357, 376, 400, 429, 469, 470, 580, 668 ; (Erratum), 481
Air Compressing Plant—see also Coal ; also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Air Compressors, Portable, Reavell and Co., Ltd., 635, 636
Air Pollution from the Engineer’s Standpoint, John B. C. Kershaw, 168
Alcohol from Beet, 527
Alcohol for Motor Fuel in the Tropics, 70 Alloys—see Institute of. Metals
Aluminium Alloy Castings, Improving the Properties of, 292
American Conveyors, Newspapers, 610, 619
Appleton, Professor E. V., on Thermionic Valve Problems, 271 : also Lecture on Wireless Telegraphy, 271
Arc Welding Plant, Two-operator Electric, Premier Electric Welding Company, Ltd., 550
Artificial Light, Effect of, on Fabrics, Experiments, 294
Asphalt and Bituminous Macadam Plant, 10-Ton per Hour, Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., 616, 617
Asphalt Macadam Plant, Portable, Roadways Equipment, Ltd., 638
ASPHALT MIXERS :
Asphalt Mixing Plant, Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 528 ; (Correction), 656
Asphalt Plant, 8-10-Ton per Hour, Millars’ Machinery Company, Ltd., 635
Asphalt, 8-Ton Portable Plant, Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 700
xA.SPINA.LL, Sir John A. F., Some Railway Notes, Old and New, 510
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
Association, The British :
List of Papers, 219
Meeting in Southampton, 219, 235, 270, 286, 324
Presidential xAddress, Professor H. Lamb, 218
Section A :
Thermionic Valve Problems, Professor E. V. Appleton, 271
Wireless Wave Problems, Dr. R. L. Smith-Rose, 287
Section B (Chemistry) :
Electro-deposited Chromium, E. A. Ollard, 236
Sections B and G :
Ignition of Gases, Professor H. B. Dixon, 271
Sections F and G :
Modern Ports, Alfred Schofield, 325
Roadless Traction, Philip Johnson, 324
Transport Problems, Lieut.-Col. H. T. Tudsbery, 324
Section G :
Fifty Years’ Evolution in Naval xArchitecture and Marine Engineering, Sir Archibald Denny, 219, 221
Flying Boat Design, O. E. Simmonds, 287
High Efficiency Steam Installations for Ship Propulsion, Stanley S. Cook, 270
Quay Walls of Southampton Docks, F. E. Wentworth-Shields, 235
Scantling Developments in Iron and Steel Merchant Ships, J. Foster King, 235
Southampton Docks Electrical Supply, H. Wauchope, 270
Standardisation in Engineering (British Engineering Standards Association), C. le Maistre, 271
Technical Training for Naval Constructors, Engineer Vice-xAdmiral Sir Robert Dixon, 286^
Value of the Experiment Tank in Relation to Ship and Propeller Design, Edwin R. Mumford, 235
Wireless Telegraphy Lecture, Professor E. V. zXppleton, 271
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) :
Association, The British {continued):
Section L :
Progress in Aeronautics, R. V. Southwell, 325
Technical Education, Discussion, 325
Association, Diesel Engine Users’ •
Committee’s Visit to Electricity Generating Station, 376
Scottish Shale Industry, Edwin M. Daily, 471
Working of the Ruston Mechanical Injection Oil Engine, C. O. Milton, 57
Association of Engineers, Manchester :
Carborundum, F. W. Higgins, 608
Construction and Maintenance of Electric
Overhead Travelling Cranes, Daniel Adamson, 460
Marine Diesel Engines, James Richardson, 549
Modern Physics and its Bearing on Engineering Progress, A. P. M. Fleming, 668
Presidential Address, R. Onions, 412
Visit to Works of British Uelsby Cables, Ltd., 331
Association of Technical Institutions :
Summer Meeting at Bournemouth, 56
Adult and Technical Education, Principal C. Coles, 56
Technological Student Position, Principal T. H. Hudson, 56
Training for Management, R. W. Ferguson, 56
Institute, Iron and Steel:
Autumn Meeting at Birmingham, 111, 262, 290
Papers, List of and Provisional Programme, 111
Ancient Iron from Richborough and Folkestone, J. Newton Friend and W. E. Thorneycroft, 291
Blast-furnace Practice in India, J. L. Keenan, 290
Davis Steel Wheel, W. R. Martin, 290
Direct Steel Process for Iron and Steel Production, H. Flodin, 263
High-frequency Induction Furnaces, D. F. Campbell, 291
Notched Bar Impact Test, R. H. Greaves and J. A. Jones, 291
Orientation of Crystals Produced by Heating Strained Iron, Miss C. F. Elam, 291
Steel Moulding Sands and their Behaviour under High Temperatures, A. L. Curtis, 290
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued'):
Institute, Iron and Steel (continued) :
Tensile Properties of Single Iron Crystals ; Influence of Crystal Size on Tensile Properties of Iron. Professor C. A. Edwards and L. B. Pfeil, 291
Institute of Marine Engineers :
Future of the Motor Ship, Lord Inverforth, 470
Institute of Metals :
Autumn Meeting, Glasgow, 124, 244, 260
Elections, 244
Programme, Papers, 124
Visits to Works, 245
Alloys of Aluminium, Copper and Zinc, Constitution of, Dr. Marie L. V. Gayler and Dr. Hanson, 260
Alpha Phase Boundary to the Copper-tin‘ System, D. Stockdale, 260
Beta Transformation in Copper-zinc Alloys, Dr. J. L. Haughton and Mr. W. T. Griffiths. 244
Colloidal Separations in Alloys, Professor J. H. Andrew and Mr. Robert Hay, 245
Constitution of Alloys of Aluminium, Copper and Zine, Dr. D. Hanson and Dr. M. L. V. Gayler, 244
Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, L. H. Callendar, 260
Education, Research and Standardisation, Lecture, Sir John Dewrance, 240, 244
Lead-base Anti-friction Alloy, Professor O. W. Ellis, 260
List of Papers Not Read, 261
Physical Properties of the Copper-cadmiuin Alloys, C. H. M. Jenkins, 245
Primitive Copper Industry of America, G. B.
Phillips, 261
Properties of Some Aluminium Alloys, Harry Hyman, 260
Thermal Conductivities of Industrial Nonferrous Alloys, J. W. Donaldson, 244
Time Factor and Tensile Tests, John Brown, 244
Zinc-cadmium Alloys as Solders, R. B. Deeley, 245
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
Presidential Address, The Automobile Engineer, H. Kerr Thomas, 372
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES
(continued) :
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Construction of New Entrance to Tranmere Dock, P. W. Bertlin, 550
October Examinations, 1925, Pass List (Interim), 593
Steam Turbine and Condenser Test Codes, 401
Steel Works Engineering, &c., Presidential Address, Sir W. H. Ellis, 494
London Students’ Association :
Escalators on the Central London Railway, H, F. Molony, 645
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Cost of Distribution, R. A. Chattock, 499
Dielectric Problems in High-voltage Cables, Percy Dunsheath, 533
I.E.E. Wiring Regulations. 148
Marine Wireless Apparatus, Major Binyon, 524
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :
Marine Spring-loaded Safety Valve, Jubilee, Donald MacNicoll, 621
Position of British Marine Engineering, A. J.
Campbell, 386
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Super-tension Cable Dielectrics, A. J.
Tracey, 432 *
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Applications of Research to Modern Foundry Practice, J. E. Fletcher, 667, 703
Australia and New Zealand, Presidential Address, Sir Vincent L. Raven, 466
Awards to Graduates’ Sections, 623
Cast Iron and Modern Engineering Practice, J. G. Pearce, 667
Characteristics and Uses of Ground Gears,
H. F. L. Orcutt, 585. 589, 618
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Summer Meeting, 10, 40
Outline Programme, 10
Centenary of the Locomotive, Presidential Address, 40
George Stephenson Fund, 41
Three-cylinder High-pressure Locomotive, II. N. Gresley, 41, 46, 58
Visits to Numerous Works, &c., 41
North-Western Section :
Annual Dinner, 691
Characteristics and Uses of Ground Gears, H. F. L. Orcutt, 676
Visit to the Humber Portland Cement Works, 33
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers : African Section :
Durban Water Supply, W. M. Campbell, 701
Institution. North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :
Shipbuilding Position, Presidential Address, Sir Eustace H. Tennyson d’Eyncourt, 426
Institution of Production Engineers :
Presidential Address R. IT. Hutchinson, 427
Institution, Royal :
Faraday as a Chemist, Sir William J. Pope, 162, 195
Lectures, One Hundredth Christmas Series, Other Courses before Easter, 671
Society, American, of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers :
General Meeting and List of Papers, 438
Society, Newcomen :
Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean, Rhys Jenkins, 575
Summer Meeting at Gloucester, 18 ■
Visits to the Forest of Dean, Tin-plate Works, Scowles Iron Ore Workings, Speech House, Stroud Valley, Thames and Severn Canal, &c., 18, 19
AUSTRALIA and Young Engineers, 465. 466 Automobile Engineer, H. Kerr Thomas, 372 Averages and Mean Values, 143 ; (Letter), 171
B BAILY, Edwin M., Scottish Shale Industry, 47 1 Baker, G. S., Frictional Resistance of Ships, 207, 484
Baker, G. S., Papers at Technical Societies, 67 Band Saw and a Planing Machine, A. Ransome and Co., Ltd., 304
Band Saw Relieving Device, John T. Pickles, 10 Beardmore-Blake Oil-fired Boiler, Test of, 224 Bearings, Plain v. Roller, for Tramcars, 701 Bengal Smoke Nuisances Commission, 164 Bertlin, Percy W., Construction of New Entrance to Tranmere Dock, 550
Binyon, Major, Marine Wireless Apparatus, 524 Bituminous Macadam—see Asphalt Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel
Bobbin—see Textile
Boiler Equipment at the Hell Gate Power Station, New York, John B. C. Kershaw, 670, 674
Boiler Firing in a Paper Mill, Pulverised Fuel for, 292
Boiler Plates, The Cracking of, 554
Boilers, Experiments on Strains in, C. E.
Stromeyer, 649
Boilers, High-pressure, 270
Boilers, Stresses in, 611
Boilers—see also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Books of Reference, 95
Boring Machines—see Machine Tools
Bottle-making Machine, British, Francis Redfern, 395 (Two-page Supplement, October \§th, 1925)
Brass Strip—see Rolling Mill
Brazil and its Motor Cars, 201
Bridge, New Road, Erecting, over the Mahaweli Ganga, Ceylon, 56, 64
Bridges, Girder—see British Standard
Briggs—see Railways
Briquetting of Sawdust and Wood Shavings, 483 ’
BRITISH ENGINEERING STANDARDS ASSO CIATION :
Seventh Annual General Meeting, 9(5
Specifications :
.Brass Bars and Soft Solders, 71
British Standard Voltages, 702
Cast Iron Filter Plates and Frames, 11 1
Ebonite for Radio Reception, 702
Hard-drawn Aluminium and Steei-cored
Aluminium Conductors, 588
Portable Photometers, 462
Portland Cement, 386
Roller Chains and Chain Wheels, 266
Series of New Specifications, 646
Tungsten Filament Lamps, 580
k AND ARDIS ATION in Engineering, C Le Maistre, 271 ' ’
Standardisation Rules for Electrical Machinery, 677
Unit Loadings for Railway and Highway Bridges, 10
BRITISH Industry, Problem of, Sir Wm. Peter Rylands, 608
British Locomotives—see Railway Locomotives
British Machine Tools for Abroad, 274
British Marine Engineering, Position of, A. J Campbell, 386
British Rainfall, 1924, 580
British Standard Specification for Girder Bridges, 4
Broadcasting—see Wireless
Biichi Alfred, Diesel Engines and Hydroelectric Power Stations, 120, 146
Middleton 300
Ollard, 236
Public—see Public Works
c
| CAMERON, Alexander, Manufacture of Con-I denser and Locomotive Tubes, 250
Campbell A. J., on the Position of British
I Marine Engineering, 386
Campbell, D. F., High-frequency Induction Furnaces, 291
Canal, El, de Castilla, 340
Carborundum, F. W. Higgins, 608
Cardboard Box Machine, M. C. Ritchie Ltd 94 Carding—see Textile
Ca644Prant'iS H” Scientific Basis of Industry,
Cast Iron Plates—Mse British Engineering standards
Catalogues, 23, 49, 99, 127, 151, 175 204 2*7 307, 361, 417, 447, 565, 684, 707 ’ ’ " ’
Ceylon Erecting a New Road Bridge in, 56. 64 Cham Drive, 440 H.P., Hans Renold, Ltd., 374 C nP2lcal industry, French Congress of, 371 385
Chester, Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at 34-, .pO
I China, Motor Transport in, 376
1 China, Road-making in, 693
| Chinese Problem, Professor C. A
| Smith and Peking Correspondent
Chromium, Electro-deposited, E. A,
■ Civil Research, 65
Cleansing Work,
Congress
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Coal-handling Equipment, New Type.. Fraser and. Chalmers Engineering Works, 140
Colhery Compressed Air Transmission
Scheme, 238, 242, 261, 268
Explosions, Coal Dust, in Mines, 222
Locomotive Coal Trials on the Southern
Railway, H. Holcroft, 658
McEwen-Runge Low-temperature Coal Carbonisation System, 249
COMBINED Rotary Cement Kiln and Clinker Cooler, F. L. Smidth and Co., Ltd., 124
Compressors—see Air Compressors
Concrete Block-making Machine, The “ R.V.” Block Maker ; Concrete Mixers : the “ Positive,’’ “Featherweight” and "Welterweight, with Boom Attachment, Ransome Machinery Co. (1920), Ltd., 586
Concrete Mixer, 4L “Jaeger,” Millars’ Machinery
Company, Ltd., 635 y
Concrete Test Cylinders, 164
Condenser and'Locomotive Tubes, Manufac-ture of, Alexander Cameron, 250
Congress of Industrial Chemistry, French. 371 38o ’ ’
^°2?neSS’ Udblic Works and Transport, 540 577 606 see also Exhibitions
Contracts, 23, 52, 78, 102, 130, 178, 204 227 2®«> rnf’ A’0’ 361’ 392’ 420’ 450- 475,’ 50(1’ 533, 596, 623, 656, 684
Conveyors, Newspaper, 610, 619
Cook Stanley S High Efficiency Steam In-stallations for Ship Propulsion, 270
Copenhagen Projected Bridge to’ Connect, with the Island ot Arnager, Estimates Under Consideration, 294
Copper—see also Institute of Metals
Couplers, Railway—see Railways
Cr^ne‘S7’;!-e alS0 SeParate Section, Olympia Exhibition J 1
Crane, 15-Ton Electric Gantry, Bedford Engineering Company, 443
Crane Essentials—see Standardisation of
Crane Essentials— see Standardisation of
Crane Navvy, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 588 | Crane, 50-Ton Titan Steam, Stothert and Pitt
Ltd., 552, 561
Crane> Underhung Travelling Jib, for Kilindini,
i Vaughan Crane Company, Ltd., 648
I Cranes: Electric, Design and Construction of,
1 Daniel. Adamson, 460
I Cra??es’ 4;T°n Electric Level Luffing Wharf, Alex. Chaplin and Co., Ltd., 277
Cream Separator, Belt-driven, Cream Separator, Electrically Driven, Watson, Laidlaw and \>o., Jutd., 35
Crushing and Screening Plant and Improved AlS and M,aking’ Mixing and other Millars’ Machinery Company,
-Lita., b3o x •
CuP<>la Design, Notes on, 144 ; (Letters), 173,
Current Prices for Metals and Fuels, 24, 50 76 100, 128, 152, 176, 202, 228 254 9«n’ 308, 334, 362, 390, 418, 448, 47(5, 504 534’ 566, 594, 624. 654, 682, 708 ’ ' ’
UUndA w;’hSV1 MouldinS Sands, Behaviour
Lnder High Temperatures, 290
Czecho-Slovakia, 347
Czecho-Slovak Delegation, 329
DAM Disaster in North Wales, 496
Dam, Sennar, on the Blue Nile, 16, 17 (Two-page Supplement, July 3rd, 1925)
Dam, Wilson, at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 8, 9, 12, 29, 38, 68, 82
Damming the Karawau River, New Zealand^ 356
Daventry—see Wireless
Dawson, Sir Philip, and Professor Parker-Smith on Main Line Railway Electrification, 182, 208, 341, 423
Demarcation—see Ships
Denny, Sir Archibald, Fifty Years’ Evolution in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 219, 221
Dewrance, Sir John, Education, Research and Standardisation, 240, 244
d’Eyncourt, Sir Eustace H. Tennyson, Shipbuilding Position, 426
Diesel-electric Rail Cars—see Railways
Diesel Engines—see Engines
Digby, W. P., Vibration Caused by Traffic, 356
Dixon, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Robert, Technical Training for Naval Constructors, 286
Dixon, Professor H. B., Ignition of Gases, 271
Dock, New Graving, at Sunderland, 111
Dockyards, Royal, 167
Drac-Romanche Water Power Undertaking, 692, 696
Drainage Plants Driven by Internal Combustion Engines, 562
Drilling Machines—see Machine Tools
Dunsheath, Percy, Dielectric Problems in High-voltage Cables, 533
E EDGECOMBE, F. T., Measured Mile Trials, 548 Education, Research and Standardisation, Lecture, Sir John Dewrance, 240, 244
Educational Intelligence, 75, 130, 310, 333, 364, 475, 596, 653, 681
Edwards, Professor C. A., and Mr. L. B. Pfeil, on Crystal Size and Tensile Strength of Iron, 291
Egyptian Government Workshops, 315, 322
Elam, Miss C. F., Orientation of Crystals Produced by Heating Strained Iron, 291
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
See also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Accumulator, An Improved, Tungstone Accumulator Company, 647
Agecroft Power Station, 329
Auto-transformer Starter, British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd., 411
Boiler Equipment, Turbo-generators, &c., at the Hell Gate Power Station, 670, 674
Change-over of Electric Supply, 88
Commercial Vehicles, Electric, at Olympia, 457, 485, 512—see also Exhibitions
Commutators, 100,000-Volt Transverter, 369 Converting Plant, 672
Cost of Distribution, R. A. Chattock, 499 Dielectric Problems in High-voltage Cables,
Percy Dunsheath, 533
Diesel Engines and Hydro-electric Power Stations, Alfred Buchi, 120, 146
Electric Vehicles—see Motor Cars and Motor Vehicles : also Omnibus
Electricity Supply, 612
Excavator, Large, Electrical Equipment for, British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd., 488, 527
Fifty-cycle Electricity Supply, 465
Frequency, 91
Generators, 25-Kilowatt, for Steam Generating Sets at Littleton, Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Company, Ltd., 471
I.E.E. Wiring Regulations, 148
International Conference on High-tension Electric Supply, 92
Locomotives, Electric—see also Railway Locomotives
Mines, Electric Locomotives for, Prize Award, 294
Motors, 2600 H.P., for a Paper Pulp Mill, Crompton and Co., Ltd., 95
Oil Engine Generator Set, Parsons Motor Company, Ltd., and Brush Electrical Company, Ltd., 72
Oil Engine Plant for Peak Loads, Sulzer Brothers, 95
Old-established Electrical Works, Johnson and Phillips, 1875, 43
Osborne (Adelaide) Power Station and Transmission System, 133, 142, 158, 166
Power and Heating Unit, Beiliss and Morcom, 374
Power-house and Equipment at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 8, 9, 12, 29, 38, 68, 82
Railways, Electric—see Railway?
Rectifiers, 84, 107, 138, 161, 185 220, 233, 264, 287, 318, 346, 368
Ribble Power Station, 96
Rugby Wireless Station Equipment, Lighting, Auxiliaries, &c., 82 (Two-page Supplement, July 24th, 1925)—see also Wireless Telegraphy
Six-phase Transformer Core, 368
Southampton Docks Electric Supply, H. Wauchope, 270
Super-tension Cable Dielectrics, A. J. Tracey, 432
Supervisory Control of Automatic Substations, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Ltd., 412
Thornhill Power Station, Yorkshire Electric Power Company, 32
Turbo-generator at Bradford Electricity Works, 547
Winnipeg Powe; Plant, Successful, Howden-Zoelly Turbines and C. A. Parsons and Co. Alternators, 62
ELLIS, Sir W. H., Steel Works Engineering, Colliery Engineering, &c., 493, 494
1 Energv from the Sun’s Heat, 314
ENGINES AND MOTORS:
See also Separate Section, Olympia Exhi- I bition
Air Compressing, Independent, Set, National Gas Engine Company, Ltd., 35 I
ENGINES AND MOTORS {continued):
Beardmore All-steel Quick-running Oil Engine, 345
Cold-starting, 35 B.H.P. Oil Engine, Tangyes Ltd., 34
Crossley-Kegresse Lorry Engine, 459
Diesel Engines and Hydro-electric Power Stations, Alfred Buchi, 120, 146
Double-acting Four-cycle Marine Oil Engines for the Motor Liner Gripsholm, Burmeister and Wain, 579, 614, 634, 640 {Two-page Supplement, December 4th, 1925)
Fuel Injection Arrangements, Blackstone and Co., Ltd., 34
Internal Combustion Engines for Drainage Pumps, Campbell Gas Engine Company, Ltd., 562
Jacob Perkins and his Steam Engines, C. R. K., 6
Marine Diesel Engines, J. Richardson, 549 Marshall Oil Engine, 150 H.P., for Deep Well
Pumping, 296, 302
Motor Car Engines :
Six-cylinder, 18 H.P. and 30 H.P. ; Four-cylinder, 14 H.P., Armstrong-Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 383
Six-cylinder Monobloc ; Four-cylinder (3-Litre), Bentley Motors, Ltd., 382, 383
Six-cylinder, 18-50 Monobloc, Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 383. 384
Vauxhall Single Sleeve Valve 25-70 H.P.
Engine, 403
Wolseley Four-cylinder AC8 and E4 Engines, 402
Motor Vehicle, Commercial, Engines :
Afkinson Uniflow Steam Engine for Wagon, and Vertical Boiler, 513
Dorman Engines, New, 512
“ Guy ” Engine Features, 512
Michell Crankless Engine, Crankless Engines, Ltd., 487
Radial Engine of “ Autovan,” Scammell, 515
Six-cylinder 50 H.P. Engine, Karrier, 513 Tractor, Six-cylinder 100 H.P. “ G.B./6 ”
Engine, John 1. Thorny croft and Co., Ltd., 485
OIL Engine Generator Set, Parsons Motor Company, Ltd., and Brush Electrical Company, Ltd., 72
Oil Engine, 50 B.H.P., and Petrol-paraffin Engine, 24 B.H.P., Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 34
Oil Engine Plant (Diesel-electric) for Peak Loads, Sulzer Brothers, 95
Paraffin-petrol Launch, Paraffin-petrol 5-Ton Locomotive, Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 676
Parkeston Mail Motor . Ship, Four-stroke Cycle Single-acting Engines, New Type, 170, 190, 194
5V Petrol or Paraffin Engine and Wallwin Pump ; 5V Petrol or Paraffin Engine, Direct-coupled Lighting Set; Cold-starting Oil Engine, National Gas Engine Company, Ltd., 34, 35
Portable Oil Engine, 20-22 B.H.P., Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 582, 588
Portable Petrol Engine, R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 60
Solid Injection Oil Engine, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 57
Supercharging, 39 ; (Letter), 171
Triple-expansion Forced Lubrication Engine, Drawing of, Beiliss and Morcom, 374
ENGINEERS—see Young
Enrichment of Coal Gas by Oil, Fuel Research
Board’s Report, 442
Escalators—see Railways
Excavator, Large, Electrically Operated, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., and British Thomson -Houston Company, Ltd., 488, 525
EXHIBITIONS :
Commercial Vehicle Show, 457, 485, 512
Exhibition of Automobile Inventions, 10
International Fair at Salonica, 164
Motor Show, 382, 402, 438
Paris Exhibition, 118
Physical and Optical Societies’ Exhibition, 653
Public Works, Roads and Transport Exhibition, 500, 586, 616, 635, 675
Railway Centenary Exhibition at the Science
Museum, 409 ; (Paragraph), 463
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at
Chester, 34, 60
Smithfield Club Show, 643
Textile Machinery Exhibition, 374, 410
Wembley, Air Ministry’s Exhibits at, 66
Wireless Exhibition at Moscow, 164
Wireless Exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall, 302
Wireless Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 409
EXPANSION Curves, 339
Win. J. Pope, 162,
FAIRS—see Exhibitions
Faraday as a Chemist, Sir
195
Farm Engineering, 379
Faverdale, Railway Relics at, 157
Fiegehen, Edward G., Standardisation of Crane Essentials, 600
Filter, Air-intake, Austin, 512
Filter, Stream-line, for Lubricating Oil, Stream-Line Filter Company, Ltd., 348
Fire-engine, Motor, and 250-300-gallon Pump, Martin Cultivator Company, Ltd., 62
Fletcher, J. E., Some Applications of Research to Modern Foundry Practice, 667, 703
Flodin, H., Direct Steel Process for Iron and Steel Production, 263
Floods, The 1924, in Madras Presidency, 124
Flume, Semi-circular Metal, 326
Flying Machines—see Aeronautics
Foreign Patents, 412
Forthcoming Engagements, 26, 52, 78, 102, 154, 178, 204, 230. 256. 282, 310, 336, 364, 392, 420, 450, 478, 506, 536, 568, 596, 626, 656, 684,710
Foundry Practice, Applications of Research ' o
J. E. Fletcher, 667, 703
FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES :
25, 51, 77, 101, 129, 152; 177, 203, 229,.255, 281, 309, 335, 363, 391, 419, 449. 477. 505, 535, 567, 595, 625, 655, 683, 709 ; (Correction), 349
Airships, 335
Alcohol, 203 ”
Anthracite, 477
Apprenticeship Tax, 101
Art and Industry, 535
Automatic Brakes, 255
Aviation, 203
Aviation Engines, 625
Batignolles Tunnel, 391
Belgian Strike, 255
British Coal, 281
Canal Haulage, 77
Carbonising Plants, 683
Coal Production, 281, 655
Coal Trade, 505
Coal Trouble, 153
Colliery Industry, 567
Commercial Seaplanes, 101
Commercial Treaties, 51
Competition Abroad, 363
Cruiser Duquesne, 709
Drac Barrage, 505
Dubious Situation, 77
Eight Hours’ Day, 229
Engineer’s Status, 595
Engineering Contracts, 625
Export Trade, 477
Export Valuations, 391
Flood Protection, 153, 535
Foreign Trade, 229, 335, 449, 709
French Trade Returns, 101
French View of British Crisis, 101
Future of Motor Fuels, 309
German Reparations, 177
Gliders, 177
Higher Prices, 229
Import Duties, 255
Industrial Chemistry, 419
Industrial Credit, 709
Inflating Exports, 709
Inland Waterways, 535
International Airways, 391
Iron and Steel Activity, 683
Iron and Steel Agreements, 625
Iron and Steel Production, 505
Iron and Steel Trades, 449
Locomotives and Wagons, 177
Machine Tools, 77, 449
Machinery Trade, 683
Marseilles Harbour Extensions, 595
Mediterranean Tunnel, 477
Metal Imports, 567
Miners’ Wages, 129, 363, 391
Motor Cars, 335
Motor Fuels, 25
Motor Trade, 419
Moving Platforms, 595
National Economies, 203
Naval Construction, 77
Naval Manoeuvres, 51
Neon Stroboscope, 505
New Lighthouse, 419
Oil Wells, 281
Paris Traffic, 391
Paris Water Supply, 25, 363
Port of Paris, 567
Port of Strasburg, 129
Prices and Wages, 51
Production Costs, 363
Public Works, 655
Rail Convention, 51
Railway Catastrophes, 153, 203, 281
Railway Coaches, 255
Railway Improvements, 309
Railway Rates, 625
Railway Reforms, 229
Road Materials, 625
Rolling Stock, 25
Russian Trade, 683
Scrap Iron Exports, 449
Seaplane Trials, 281
Situation, The, 535
Stabilisation, 177
Suction Gas Vehicles, 335, 477
Taxes and Trade, 655
Trade Expansion, 129
Trade Impediments, 567
Trade Position, 25
Traffic and Freights, 655
Transatlantic Flight, 255
Trans-Pyrenean Railways, 683
West African Railways, 595
World’s Trade Inquiry, 309
FRICTIONAL Resistance of Ships, G. S. Baker, 207, 484
Friend, J. Newton, and W. E. Thorneycroft, Ancient Iron from Richborough and Folkestone, 291
Fuel Research Board’s Report, Enrichment of Coal Gas by Oil, 442
G GAS Producers for Motor Vehicles, Tulloch -Reading, 487
Gases, Ignition of, Professor H. B. Dixon, 271
Generating Machine, Spur Gear, Win. Muir and Co., Ltd., 644
German Machinery Works, Productive Capacity of, 645
Gezira Irrigation Scheme, 211, 216, 217
Glasgow Tramways, 33
“ Glider ” Dryer, Frederick Parker, 675
Grain, Automatic Measurement of, Lea Recorder Company, Ltd., 472
Greaves, R. H., and J. A. Jones, Notched Bar Impact Test, 291
Gresley, H. N., Three-cylinder High-pressure Locomotive, 41, 46, 58, 65, 545 ; (Letters), 123, 210
Grinder and Screen, Combined, Marco, Ltd., 461
Ground Gearing, 584
Ground Gears, H. F. L. Orcutt, 585, 589, 618
Gully Emptier, Self-propelling, Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company, Ltd., 61
H HACKWORTH, Timothy, and Shildon, 634 Hadfield, Sir Robert, Address at French Congress of Chemical Industry, 371, 385
Head Lamp, Electric or Acetylene, Allen-Liversidge, Ltd., 383
Heatless Combustion, 352 : (Letters), 376. 400, 401, 428, 470, 490, 523, 546, 613, 646, 691
Higgins, F. W., Carborundum, 608
High Efficiency—see Ships
High-frequency Induction Furnaces, D. F. Campbell, 291
High-pressure Steam, Use of, 697
Holcroft, H., Locomotive Coal Trials on the Southern Railway, 658
House Refuse Self-propelling Vehicle, Tuke and Bell, Ltd., 676
Houston, Sir Alexander, on Extended Use of Rivers for Domestic Water, 577
Hydraulic Turbines for New Zealand, Gilbert Gilkes and Co., Ltd., 223
Hydro-electric Development at the Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 8, 9, 12, 29, 38, 68, 82
Hydro-electric Installation for a Scottish Colliery, James Gordon and Co., Ltd., 492, 497
Hydro-electric Power Stations, Diesel Engines and, Alfred Biichi, 120, 146
Hydro-electric Scheme for Palestine, 301
Hydro-electric Works, Lake Truzzo, 181
Hydro-mechanical Transmission Gear. H. Schneider, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, 86, 90
Hydro-pneumatic Pumps—see Pumps
I ILLUMINATING Niagara Falls, 124
Impurities, 39
Indicators, &c.—see also Instruments in Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Inductances—see Wireless
Institutions—see Associations
Internal Combustion Engines—see Engines
International Conference, Electric—see Electrical Matters
International Harvester Company, Self-loading and Tipping Trailer, 35, 36
International Railways—see Railways
International Road Congress, The Fifth, 73 Inverforth, Lord, The Future of the Motor
Ship, 470
IRON AND STEEL :
See also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Ancient Iron from Richborough and Folkestone, J. New’ton Friend and W. E. Thorneycroft, 291
Applications of Research to Modern Foundry Practice^ J. E. Fletcher, 667
Blast-furnace Practice in India, J. L. Keenan, 290
Cast Iron and Modern Engineering Practice, J. G. Pearce, 667
Cast Iron Plates—see British Engineering Standards
Crystal Size and Tensile Strength of Iron, Professor C. A. Edwards and Mr. L. B. Pfeil, 291
Davis Steel Wheel, W. R. Martin, 290
Direct Steel Process for Iron and Steel Production, H. Flodin, 263
Electro-deposited Chromium, E. A. Ollard, 236
German Iron and Steel Production, 408
Germany, Finished Steel Production in, 429
Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean, Rhys Jenkins, 575
Notched Bar Impact Test, R. H. Greaves and J. A. Jones, 291
Orientation of Crystals Produced by Heating Strained Iron, Miss C. F. Elam, 291
“ Perlit ” Cast Iron, 317
Permanent Moulds for Cast Iron, 327
Plating of Chromium on Steel, George M.
Enos, 188
Production of Iron and Steel, 67
Russian Iron and Steel Production, 1924-5, 547
Special Iron for Motor Cars, 438
Steel Moulding Sands, A. L. Curtis, 290
Steel Works Engineering, Sir W. H. Ellis, 493. 494
IRRIGATION Scheme, The Gezira, 211, 216, 217
JACOB Perkins and His Steam Engines.
C. R. K., 6
Jenkins, Rhys, Ironmaking in the Forest of
Dean, 575
Johnson, Philip, Roadless Traction, 324
Juvenile Employment, 263
K KEENAN, J. L., Blast * furnace Practice in India, 290
Kershaw, John B. C., Air Pollution from the
Engineer's Standpoint, J 68
Kershaw, John B. C., Boiler Equipment at the
Hell Gate Power Station, 670, 674
Keyways, Effect of—see Aeronautical Research
King, J. Foster, Scantling Developments in
Iron and Steel Merchant Ships, 235
L LABOUR NEWS .
Labour Troubles in China, Professor C. A. Middleton Smith, 300
Unemployment, 13
LAKE Truzzo Hydro-electric Works, 181
Lathes—see Machine Tools
launches and Trial Trips, 23, 49, 75, 99, 127, 154, 178, 204. 230, 307, 333, 361, 417, 475, 499, 533, 681
LEADERS :
American Locomotive Developments, 553
Australia and Young Engineers, 466
Averages and Mean Values, 143
Century of Railways, 323
LEADERS {continued):
Civil Research, 65
Compound Locomotives, 118
Converting Plant, 672
Cracking of Boiler Plates, 554
Demarcation and Hours in Shipyards, 435
Electricity Supply, 612
Farm Engineering, 379
Fifty-cycle Electricity Supply, 465
French Naval Renaissance, 407
Frequency, 91
Future of the Battle-cruiser, 671
Future of Low-temperature Carbonisation, 493
Ground Gearing, 584
Heatless Combustion, 352
High-pressure Boilers, 270
Impurities, 39
Irrigation in the Sudan, 217
Liquid Fuels of the Future, 91
Locomotive Boilers and Steam Pressures, 244
Locomotive Feed Heating, 193
Natural Alloys, 522
Naval Engineers, 641
Naval Programme, 117
Navy and the Nation, 521
“ Nelsons ” of the Navy, 351
New Battleships, 214
Plight of the Shipbuilding Industry, 191
Porosity, 436
Problem of the Submarine, 583
Railway Accidents, 243
Rational Calorific Values, 380
Royal Dockyards, 167
Shipyard Agreement, A, 697
Some Shipbuilding Conditions, 408
Specialisation, 13
Status of Naval Engineers, 585
Steam Locomotive, 641
Strength, 144
Stresses in Boilers, 611
Study of Failures, 298
Supercharging, 39
Three-cylinder Locomotives, 65
Training of Engineers, 493
Unemployment, 13
Use of High-pressure Steam, 697
Utilisation of Research, 168
Warships of the Future, 269 Words, 297
LEGISLATION and Industry, T. G. Otley, 148
LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS :
England, North of, 22, 48, 74, 99, 126, 150, 174, 200, 227, 252, 278, 306, 332, 360, 388, 416, 446, 474, 502, 532, 564, 592, 622, 652, 680, 706
Lancashire, 21, 47, 73, 98, 126, 149, 173, 199,
226, 251, 277, 305, 331, 359, 387, 389, 415, 445, 473, 501, 531, 563, 591. 621, 651, 679, 705
Midlands and Staffordshire, 21, 47, 73, 97, 125, 149, 173, 199, 225, 251, 277. 305, 331, 359, 387, 415, 445, 473, 501, 531, 563, 591, 621, 651, 679, 705
Scotland, 23, 49, 75, 99, 127, 151, 175, 201,
227, 253. 279, 307, 333, 361, 389, 417, 447, 474, 503, 533, 565, 593, 623, 652, 681, 707.
Sheffield, 22, 48, 74, 98, 126, 150, 174, 200, 226, 252, 278, 306, 332, 360, 388, 416, 446, 474, 502, 532, 564, 592, 622, 652, 680, 706
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 23, 49, 75, 99, 127, 151, 175, 201, 227, 253, 279, 307, 333, 361, 389, 417, 447, 475, 503, 533, 565, 593, 623, 653, 681, 707
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR :
“Armstrong” Class—see G.W.R. Locomotives
Averages and Mean Values, T. Mohn. 171
Battleships and the Shipbuilding Crisis, Arthur Hoare, 294
Briggs’ Railway Collection, Writer of the Article, 199
British Front-coupled Tender Locomotives with Large Wheels, E. L. Ahrons, 123;
F. AV.Brewer, 123, 173
British Railway Stations and Station Approaches, A. A. Buss, 668
British Steam Locomotive from 1825 to 1924, F. W. Brewer, 140, 199, 210, 317, 376 ;
E. L. Ahrons, 140, 237, 400
Bromley Singles, G.E.R., F. AV. Brewer, 88, 123 ; E. L. Ahrons, 123
Business Situation in England, F. AA7. Dean, 469
Canterbury and AVhitstable Tunnel, J. G. H. Warren, 88
Catalogues for Australia, W. R. Hebble-white, 376
Chemical and Combustion Engineering, E. Kilburn Scott, 668
Compound Locomotives, A. J. Brewer. 140 199; Chas. W. Dauncey, 172, 210, 294, 376, 490, 646 ; R. Axon, 23 7 317 ; AA7. B. Thompson, 275 ; Progress. 317, 357, 401 ;
F. W. Brewer, 470, 523, 545, 613, 668 ; Compound, 613 : E. L. Ahrons, 400. 429, 469 ; R. C., 429, 545, 613, 646
Congestion and Redistribution of Population, M. Macdonald, 647
Continental Steel Pipes for South Africa, Perrin’s Ltd., 237
Cupola Design, A. Fleming Browne, 173 : Writer of the Article, 210
Difficulties of Overseas Inventors, Overseas 470
Does Railway Electrification Pay ? D. G. M., 37
Double-bogie Tenders, F. AV. Brewer, 691
Drilling Glass, John D. Troup, 429
Drilling and Riveting Three-joist Stanchions, H. A., 490
Dry-weather Flows, Eric Crewdson, 62 ; Alfred A. Barnes, 88
Early Locomotive Bogies—see Locomotives with Bogies
Empire Patent, S. P. Christie, 546
Engineers and Salesmanship, J. C., 357 ; Auriga, 357 ; Stormproof, 376; Burton, Griffiths and Co., 470
Flexible Azalve Gear, C. F. Dendy Marshall, 210
French Naval Renaissance, Compagnie Elec-tro-Mecanique, 647 ; and Note
Future of the Airship, S. P. Christie, 275
G.AV.R. Locomotives, F. AA7. Brewer, 317, 429
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR {continued):
Heatless Combustion, W. T. David, 376; W. J. Walker, 400, 470, 523, 613, 691 ; B. Pochobradsky, 428, 490, 546, 646, 691 ; J. F. Alcock, 40i ; W. A. Tookey, 428
Increasing Production, Harry Adams, 36;
H. Alexander, 62
Lima Locomotive, F. W. Brewer, 580 ;
R. C., 613
Locomotion No. 1, S. and D. Railway, 275 Locomotive Boilers and Steam Pressures,
F. W. Brewer, 294, 357, 401 ; Steam Loco., 317, 357 ; H. A. Stenning, 357
Locomotive Superheating, F. W. Brewer, 647 Locomotive Wheel Diameters, M. Barry, 580 ;
E. L. Ahrons, 580
Locomotives with Bogies, Jas. Dunlop, 123, 172, 199, 237 ; J. G. H. Warren, 172, 210 ; E. L. Ahrons, 198
Low-temperature Carbonisation, David Brownlie, 613 ; H. L. Pirie, 647
Motor Converters v. Rotary Converters, G. Wuthrich, 469, 546 ; Robt. G. Jakcman, 523
Oil from Coal, M.I. Meeh. E., 199
Ramsbottom Piston Rings, Win. Hy. Robson, 275
Riveting Stresses in Boiler Plates, R. C. Kirkwood, 294
Scratch Hardness Tests, A. E. Crisp, 123
Screw Propellers, C. W. Dyson, 19
Simplification (Standardisation) in Industry,
A. Williams Price, 123
Status of Naval Engineers, M.I. Meeh. E., 613 Steam Pressure—see Locomotive Boiiers Storage of Coal, H. W. Watts, 19 Supercharging in Internal Combustion Engines, Alfred Buchi, 171
Superheat—see Locomotive Boilers
Three-cylinder Locomotives, H. N. Gresley, 123
Variable Blast Pipes and other Matters, Win. Hy. Robson, 36
Webb’s ‘Precedents,” A. J. Brewer, 36;
E. L. Ahrons, 36
■ Webb's Three-cylinder Compound Locomotives, ‘“Dreadnought” Class, F. W. Brewer, 210 ; E. L. Ahrons, 237
LIBRARIES, Special, Association of, 328, 354 Liquid Fuels of the Future, 91
LITERATURE :
Reviews :
Ban und Betrieb Moderner Konvcrter-Stahlwerke Kleinbessemereicn, Hubert Hermanns, 245, 380
Brassey’s Naval and Shipping Annual, 1926, 672
Colliery Working and Management, H. F. Bulinan and Sir R. A. S. Redmayne, 673, 698
Conversion of Coal into Oils, Franz Fischer, 298
Design of Railway Location, Clement C. Williams, 432
Electrical Engineer’s Data Books, 299, 699
Fair Winds and Foul, Frederick Perry, 219, 299
Health and Environment, Leonard Hill and Argyll Campbell, 192
History of Engineering, A. P. M. Fleming and H. J. Brocklehurst, 554, 699
Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1925, 642, 673
Mechanical Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci, Ivor B. Hart, 146
Metalliferous Mine Surveying, F. MiniEerg, 245, 467
Motor Ships, A. C. Hardy, 193, 699
Primer of Costing, R. J. H. Byall, 245, 325
Practical Water Power Engineering, William T. Taylor, 299
Resistance of Express Trains, C. F. Dendy-Marshall, 2] 9
Romance of Navigation, Captain W. B. Whall, 642
Time Standardisation of Workshop Operations, T. Pilkington, 15, 192
Short Notices :
Akershus Elektricitetsverk og Utbygningcn av Raanaasfoss Kraftverk, 15, 93
Architectural Practice and Procedure, Hamilton H. Turner, 93
Catalogue of British Scientific and Technical Books, 119
Chemical Engineering Library, 699
Compressed Air and its Machinery, T. II.
Plummer, 169
Copper, N. E. Crump, 432, 642
Cost of Freight Transport by Railway, F. W. Rogerson, 554
Directory of Commodity Specifications, 1925, 554
Electrical Industry in France, 299
Electricity and the Structure of Matter, L. Southerns, 299
Fluid Motion, An Introduction to, W. N. Bond, 93
Geological Maps, A. Nelson, 245, 401 Journal of the Institute of Metals, 219 Les Mecanismes, G. Hartmann, 554, 642 Lubricating Oils, Fats and Greases, G. 11.
Hurst, 554, 699
Manner der Technik, Conrad Matschoss, 15, 169
Marine Engineering Repairs, Engineer-Captain F. J. Drover, 93
Mechanism of the Car, A. W. Judge, 325, 467 Modern Practice in Steam Condensing Plants,
A. R. Wright, 169, 219
Periodicities in Climatic and Economic Phenomena and their Co-variation, Axel
F. Enstrom, 119
Phases of Modern Science, 219
Principles of Machine Design, C. Norman, 673,699
Principles of Sound Signalling, M\ D. Hart and W. Whateley Smith, 380, 554
Saw Doctor’s Handbook, 353, 642
Scientific Paradoxes and Problems, A. S. E. Ackermann, 432, 467
Steam Boilers, R. D. Munro and G. Ness, 299
Steam Power Plant Engineering, G. F. Gebhardt, 119
Summation of Series, L. B. W. Jolley, 401 Technical Plumbing and Sanitary Science,
S. Barlow Bennett, 554, 699
LITERATURE (continued):
Books Received :
Aden Port Trust, Report, 1924- 1925, 219
A.E.G. Progress, Berlin, 146
All the World’s Aircraft, 1925, C. C. Grey, 219 Aluminium Overhead Conductors, 263
American Society of Civil Engineers, “ Proceedings,” 219
American Society for Testing Materials, Tentative Standards, 554
Annales des Ponts et ChaussSes, 245, 401
Annales des Travail x Publics de Belgique, 673
Annali dei I.avori Pubblici gi& Giornale del Genio Civile, 15, 146, 219, 586
Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Providence, R.I.. 1924, 146
Applied Mechanics, Delft, “Proceedings” of the First International Congress for, 554 Aprovechamiento de las Energias Naturales, Juan G. Blanco, 353
Arithmetic for Engineers, C. B. Clapham, 432 Atmospheric Pollution, Advisory Committee
Report, 93
Austria, Report on the Commercial and Financial Conditions in, O. 8. Phillpotts, 554
Autoclaves and High-pressure Work, Harold Goodwin, 15
Bats, Mosquitoes and Dollars, Dr. C. A. R.
Campbell, 554
Behind the Counter, W. H. Beable, 554
Blacks and Pitches, H. M. Langton, 193
Bradford Technical College, Prospectus, 219 British Wire Drawing and Wire Working
Machinery, H. Dunell, 245
Busk, E. T., A Pioneer in Flight, Mary Busk, 673
Calculations for Steel-frame Structures, W. C.
Cocking, 93
Calendar, 1925-6, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, 263
Carnegie Scholarship Memoirs, Vol. XIV., 353 Case Against Nationalising the Banks, (). R.
Hobson, 245
Cellulose Ester Varnishes, F. Sproxton, 193
Chemistry of Drying Oils, R. 8. Morrell and
H. R. Wood, 673
Chemistry of Power Plant, W. M. Miles, 432 China Architects’ and Builders’ Compendium, 586
City and Guilds of London Institute, Department of Technology, Programme, 325
City of Providence, Annual Report, 219 Combustion, Theory and Practice of, J. E.
Lister and C. Harman-Harris, 15
Commercial Credit Risks, A. H. Swain, 93
Concrete, Plain and Reinforced, Vol. I.,
1<. W. Taylor and Others, 642
Confessions of a Capitalist, Sir E. J. P. Benn, 401
Continued Education'in London, A Guide to, 432
County Borough of Salford : Borough Electrical Engineer’s Report, 1925, 245
Crystal Age, W. H. Hudson, 299
Das Deutsche Patentrecht, Dr. F. Damme and R. Lutter, 673
Department of Overseas Trade :
Economic and Financial Conditions in the
British West Indies, Report, J. L. Wilson Goode, 586
Economic and Financial Conditions in
Germany, Report, J. W. F. Thelwall, 642
Economic Situation in Angola, Report, A. B. Hutcheon, 642
Egypt, Economic and Financial Situation, Report, E. Homan Mulock, 263
Esthonia, Report, March, 1925, H. M. Grove, 245
Serb-Croat-Slovene Kingdom (Jugo-Slovia) Report, Capt. Murray Harvey, April, 1925, 219
Trade of Syria, Report, H. E. Satow, 219 Deterioration of Structures of Timber, Metal, and Concrete Exposed to Action of Sea Water, Report of Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, 219
Die Olfeuerung, Bruno Schulz, 586
Die Wasserkraftnutzung in Oesterreich und Geographische Grundlagen, Bartel Granigg, 219
Distillation in Practice, C. Elliott, 15
Elastische Flatten, Br. Dr.-Ing. A. Nadai, 15 Electrical Precipitation, Sir Oliver Lodge, 219 Electricity Supply, 1920—1923, 15
Elementary Hydraulics, F. W. Meddaugh, 193
Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, Memorandum by Mechanical Transport Sub-Committee, 554
Empire Forestry Journal, &c., Fraser Story, 263
Erection of Engineering Structures and Plant, H. Atkin, 554
Experimental Investigation into Repetitive Work, Isabel Burnett, 219
Field Engineering, H. Chapin Ives, 325
Fourier’s Theorem and Harmonic Analysis,
A. Eagle, 353
Fuel Economy and Smoke Prevention, J. B.
C. Kershaw, 219
Future, The, A. M. Low, 15
Gas and Oil Engines, Running and Maintenance, P. S. Caldwell, 325
Geshichte des Eisens, Dr. Otto Johannsen, 325
Gold Coast Railway, 193
Grundlagen und Neuere Fortschritte der Zahnraderzeugung, Karl Kutzbach, 93
Grundsatze fur die bauliche Durchbildung eiserner Eisenbahnbriicken, 432
Grundzuge der technischen Wirtschafts-, Verwaltungs-, und Verkehrslehre, 93
Handbook on Boilermaking, Kenneth Morrison, 245
Handbook of Cussons’ Capstan Block Apparatus for Mechanics, 586
Handbook of Engineering Mathematics, W.
E. Wynne and W. Spraragen, 93 High-tension Line Practice. E. V. Pannell, 353
High Vacuum Surface Condensers, O. T.
McHutchison, 642
- Hornby Book of Trains, 554 •
How to Judge the Prospects of New Railways, Lieut.-Colonel L. E. Hopkins, 401
Hiitte des Ingenieurs Taschenbuch, Vol. I., 673
Hydro-electric Power Commission of Province of Ontario, Report, 263
Engineers, “ Trans -Engineering, Telford of the Science and
LITERATURE {continued):
Books Received {continued):
I Collettori Bassi Delle Fogne di Roma, &c., Giampelino Corsetti, 15
Index to the “ Transactions ” of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1905—1925, 586
Induction Motor, Herbert Vickers, 146
Industrial Administration, Introduction to, John Lee, 673
Industrial Applications of Coal Tar Products,
H. M. Bunbury and A. Davidson, 263
Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Vol.
VI., J. W. Mellor, 673
Institute of Marine actions,” 219
Internal Combustion
Petrie, 380
International Review
Practice of Agriculture, 219
Jahrbuch der Brennkrafttechnischen Gesellschaft E.V., Vol. V., 1924, 673
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Life of, F. R. I Harris, 401
Japanese Journal of Engineering, Abstracts, 219, 432
Jointless (Magnesium Oxychloride) Floors, P. W. Barnett and B. Bakewell, 401
Journal of the Boston Society of Engineers, 93
Journal of the Bradford Engineering Society, 1923-1924, 586
Journal of the Franklin Institute, 245
Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Vol.
CXI., G. C. Lloyd, 380
Journal of the Junior Institution of Engineers, 432
Laboratory Experiments for the Engineering
Student, Part I., H. Threlfall, 554
Laymen and the New Architecture, 325
Library Catalogue, Junior Institution of Engineers, 245
Loads on Highway Bridges, Report of Committee, 245
Loughborough College Calendar, 1925-1926, 193
Machinists’ and Draftsmen’s Handbook, Peder Lobben, 93
Manual of Electrical Undertakings, 1924-1925, 642
Marine Diesel Engines, J. W. M. Sothern, 642 Measurement of Humidity in Closed Spaces,
Report, Food Investigation Board, 642
Mechanical Testing of Materials, W. M.
Crossman, 554
Mechanical World Year Book, 1926, 673
Memoires et Compte Rendu des Travaux de la Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France, 219, 401
Mercury-arc Rectifiers and Mercury-vapour Lamps, J. A. Fleming, 245
Metallurgie du Cuivre et Alliages de Cuivre, M. Altmayer and Leon Guillet, 15
Metallurgy and its Influence on Modern Progress, Sir R. A. Hadfield, 673
Michigan College of Mines Year Book, 1924—5, 245
Ministry of Public Works Annual Report, 1921-22, Cairo, 401
Modern Railway Signalling, M. G. Tweedie and T. S. Lascelles, 673
Molesworth’s Pocket Book of Engineering Formulae, Sir G. L. Molesworth, 554
Municipal College of Technology, Manchester, Prospectus, 299
Nachschlagebuch der Nachschlagewerke fur die Wirtschaftspraxis, Dr. Paul Heile, 380 National Directory of Commodity Specifications, 1925,432
National Physical Laboratory, Collected Researches, 401
Neuere Methoden zur Statik der Rahmen-tragwerke, A. Strassner, 586
Oilfield Exploration and Development, Vol.
I. and Vol. IL, 673
On the Road, W. H. Beable, 401
Operating Engineer’s Catechism of Steam Engineering, M. H. Gornston, 93
Oscillographs, J. T. Irwin, 193
Persia, Trade and Industry of, Report, 299
Photo-electricity, H. A. Allen, 353
Physical Metallography, E. Heyn and M. A. Grossmann, 673
Physical Science, An Introduction to, Ivor
B. Hart, 401
Pitman’s Electrical Educator, Part I., J. A. Fleming, 380
Plastic Magnesia, O. C. Ralston and Others, 673
Polytechnic, Prospectuses of School of Engineering and Courses in Electrical Engineering, 245
Practical Electrical Engineering—Direct Currents, H. G. Cisin, 93
Practical Road Engineering, H. E. Goldsmith, 673
“ Proceedings ” of American Society of Civil Engineers, 1925, 263, 299
“ Proceedings ” of the Chemical Engineering Group of the Society of Chemical Industry, 193
“ Proceedings ” of the Fourth International Congress of Refrigeration, 673
“ Proceedings ” of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 93, 353
“ Proceedings ” of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, 1925, 554
“ Proceedings ” of Rugby Engineering Society, 299
“ Proceedings ” of the South Wales Institute of Engineers, 325, 586
Processes of Flour Manufacture, P. A. Amos 586
Public and its Utilities, W. G. Raymond, 26‘ Punch Almanack, 1926, 586
Pyrometry of Exhaust Temperatures ol Internal Combustion Engines, Charles E Foster, 146
Questions in Machine Construction anc Drawing, W. Bentley, 586
Rahmen Formein, Dr.-Ing. A. Kleinlogel, 21J Rand Water Board Report, 219
Reibung und Schmierung im Maschinenbau Dr.-Ing. L. Gumbel and Dr. E. Everling, 9! Reinforced Concrete Dams, E. J. Harris, 24J Reinforced Concrete, Elementary Guide to A. Lakeman, 245
Reinforced Concrete in Practice, A. A. H Scott, 219
Relativity, Sir Oliver Lodge, 15
Release of Internal Stress in Brass Tubing R. J. Anderson and E. G. Fahlman, 219
LITERATURE (continued):
Books Received (continued):
Resistance of Materials, F. B. Seely, 263
Sewage Purification and Disposal, G. B. 1
Kershaw, 93 i
Sierra Leone Railway, Report, 1924, 219 |
South American Handbook, 1926,673
South Wales and Monmouthshire School of
Mines, Calendar, 219
Statik der Boden Konstruktion, Dr.-Ing.
W. Schilling, 673
Steam and Hot Water Heating and Ventilation, Practical, A. G. King, 263
Strength and Elasticity of Materials, E. P.
Coston, 245 I
Strength of Materials, J. Case, 401
Strength of Materials, E. R. Maurer and M. 0.
Withey, 263
Structural Drafting and the Design of Details, C. T. Bishop, 263
Structure of Light, Sir J. J. Thomson, 219
Studies of Curing Concrete in a Semi-arid
Climate, Harrison F. Gonnerman and C. L.
McKesson, 586
Studies in Repetitive Work, S. Wyatt and
J. A. Fraser, 673
Surface Machinery and Methods for Oil Well
Pumping, H. C. George, 15
Surface Water Supply of Canada, Arctic and Western Hudson Bay Drainage, &c., 1922-23, 380
Swansea Exchange Annual Report, 1923-24, 401
Tables Annuelles Internationales de Constants et Donnees Numeriques, 15 I
Tables and Charts, Giving Values of Xn, A. D. Browne, 401
Talks About Wireless, Sir Oliver Lodge, 325
Technical Education : Its Development and
Aims, C. T. Mills, 673
Technology Reports of Tohoku Imperial University, 219
The Ironmonger Pocket Book, 554
Theory of Measurements, L. Tuttle and J. Satterley, 380
Theory of Structures, H. W. Coultas, 673
Tonnage Measurements, A. Van Driel, 401
“ Transactions ” of the Institution of I Chemical Engineers, 380
“ Transactions ” of the Institution of Civil I Engineers of Ireland, Vol. I., 586
“ Transactions ” of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 93
“ Transactions ” of Institution of Naval Architects, R. W. Dana, 401 I
Turbines Hydrauliques, A. Rateau and Others, 673
Turning Moments of Conductive Dielectric Ellipsoids, &c., Tetsutaro Miyazaki, 245
University College of South Wales, &c., I Joint Diploma in Coal Mining, 219 |
University of London Faculty of Engineering, Prospectus, 325
University of London, University College, Calendar, 432
Volatile Solvents and Thinners, Noel Heaton, 673
Wasserkraft-Jahrbuch, 1924, 353
Wassermessungen bei Wasserkraftanlagen,
Dr.-Ing. L. A. Att, 673
Wire Drawing and the Cold Working of Steel, A. T. Adam, 325
Wireless Time Signals for the Use of Surveyors, A. R. Hinks, 401 <
Words and Idioms, L. Pearsall Smith, 299 ,
LLOYD’S Register—see Ships
Locomotive, 10 H.P. Petrol, “ Planet,” Kent
Construction and Engineering Company, Ltd., 586, 587
Locomotives, Electric, for Mines, Prize Award, 294
Locomotives—see also Railway Locomotives
Looms—see Textile |
Lorry, Steam, 6-Ton, Fodens, Ltd., 644 I
Lorry—see also Motor Vehicles and also Elec- I trical Matters
Low-temperature Carbonisation, Future of, 493 ; (Letters), 613, 647
M
McEWEN-RUNGE Low-temperature Coal Carbonisation System, 249
MACHINE TOOLS :
Auto-lathe, Belt-driven, with 10 H.P. Electric Motor, Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 384
British Machine Tools for Abroad, 274
Duplex Wheel Centre Boring and Turning
Lathe, Joshua Buckton and Co., Ltd., 330
High-speed Lathe, Smith, Barker and Will-son, Ltd., 171
Hydraulic Flanging Press for Australia, Fielding and Platt, Ltd., 468, 469 I
Radial Drilling Machine and other Tools for
Garages, &c., Drummond Brothers, Ltd., 384 ' I
Plate Edge Planing Machine, Large, Smith Brothers and Co. (Glasgow), Ltd., 700
Spiral Bevel Gear Planing, The Rath, 112
MacNICOLL, Donald, Jubilee of the Marine Spring-loaded Safety Valve, 621
Madagascar Water Power Project, F< Reynier, 461
Madras—see Floods
Magnetos, Various, “ Fabroil ” Gears and “ Fabrolite,” British Thomson-Houston Com pany, Ltd., 384
Manufacture of Condenser and Locomotive
Tubes, Alexander Cameron, 250
Marine Engines—see Engines
Marine Spring-loaded Safety Valve, Jubilee of, Donald MacNicoll, 621
Marine Wireless—see Wireless
Martin, W. R., on the Davis Steel Wheel, 290
Measured Mile Trials, F. T. Edgecombe, 548
Memorial to the Late Sir Corbet Woodall, 88
Metals, Papers on—see Associations, Institute of Metals
Milton, C. O., Working of the Ruston Mechanical Injection Oil Engine, 57
Mines. Electric Locomotives for, Prize Award, 294
Mixers—see Asphalt
Modern. Foundry Practice—see Foundry
Modern Ports, Alfred Schofield, 325
Mole Tile Draining and Tile Drain Ramming Machines, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.. 61
Motor Car Engines—see Engines
MOTOR CARS AT OLYMPIA :
Characteristics, 382, 402, 438
Motor Cars :
All-steel Citroen, 383
Six-cylinder and Four-cylinder, Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 383
Six-cylinder and Four-cylinder, Bentley Motors, Ltd., 382, 383
Six-cylinder and Four-cylinder, Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 383, 384
Large Saloon 16-55 H.P. Chassis, Daimler, 404
Six-cylinder Chassis, Darracq, 438
Eight-cylinder and Six-cylinder Cars, Sunbeam Motor Car Company, 438
Vauxhall 25-70 H.P. Chassis, 403
Six-cylinder American Sleeve Valve with
Novel Lubrication System, Willys-Knight, 404
16-35 H.P. Light Saloon, Wolseley, Ltd., 383, 402
Motor Cars, Patented Cast Iron for, E. T.
White and Co., Ltd., 438
Garage Equipment, Breakdown Truck, Garage Repair Ramp, Mann, Egerton and Co., Ltd., 439
Power Transmission :
Helicoid Starter Gear, C. A. Vandervell and Co., 439
“ Superflex ” Shaft Coupling, Simms Motor Units, Ltd., 439
MOTOR Parts and Engines—see also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Motor Tractor Demonstration, 522
MOTOR VEHICLES, COMMERCIAL:
457, 485, 512—For Engines see Engines
A.E.C. Covered-top Omnibus Chassis, “ Ramillies,” 457, 458, 459
Albion Thirty-seater Omnibus, 460
Atkinson Uniflow Steam Wagon, 513
Austin Three-speed Tractor, Air Intake Filter, 512
Crossley-Kegresse Lorry, 459
“ C ” Type and “ O ” Type Electric Vehicles, Richard Garrett and Sons, Ltd., 459
“ Esco ” Simplex Wheels, Electric Steel Castings Company, 457
Fifty-two-seater “ Leviathan ” Omnibus, Leyland Motors, Ltd., 487
Four-cylinder and Six-cylinder Halley Passenger Chassis, 487
Karrier Six wheel Chassis, 512
Lancia “ Pentaiota ” Chassis, 457
Maudslay Saloon Coach, Thirty-seater, 487
Petrol-driven Fuel Oil Wagon, Pumping, Karrier Motors, Ltd., 487
Scainmell Radial-engined Lorry, 515
“ Sentinel ” Steam Wagons, 457
Sixty-seater “ Bristol ” Omnibus Chassis, 460
Thornycroft Four-wheel-drive Tractor, 485 {Two-page Supplement, November 6 th, 1925)
AVagon, Steam Tipping, Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company, 486, 487
MOULDS—see Iron
Mowing Machine, Blackstone and Co.,Ltd., 644
Mowing Machine Knife-operating Mechanism, Blackstone and Co., Ltd., 61
Mumford, Edwin R., Value of the Experiment Tank, &c., 235
NATURAL Alloys, 522
Naval Matters—see Ships
Navigation Congress, Date and Programme
Arranged, 373
Newcomen Society—see Associations
Newspaper Conveyors, American, 610, 619
Niagara Falls, Illuminating, 124
OBITUARY :
Barnaby, Sidney Walker, 214
Barnes, John Frederick Evelyp, 85
Bates, Herbert, 438
Bewlay, Hubert, 237
Garfield, Joseph, 237
Halliwell, R. F., 408
Johnson, Brigadier-General R. Marr, 554
Morley, H. W., 612
Myers, William, 673
Sankey, Captain H. Riall (Portrait), 381
Wainwright, Harry Smith, 324
WiddowSon, John Henry, 612
OIL Engines—see Engines
Oil Fuel Burner, Filma Oil Burners, Ltd., 304
Ollard, E. A., Electro-deposited Chromium, 236
Omnibus, Electric Trolley, Richard Garret t and
Sons, Ltd., 196 ; (Correction), 256
Omnibus—see also Motor Vehicle
Orcutt, H. F. L., Ground Gears, 585, 589, 618, 676
Osborne (Adelaide) Power Station—see Electrical Matters
p PALESTINE, Hydro-electric Scheme for, 301
Paper Pulp Mill, 2600 H.P. Motors and 400
B.H.P. Vertical-spindle Motors for, Crompton and Co., Ltd., 95
Paraffin and Petrol Engines—see Engines Paris—see Exhibitions
PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH :
Aeronautics, 130
Batteries and Accumulators, 78, 177
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 391, 655
Cranes and Conveyors, 309, 364
Crushing and Grinding, 363, 392, 506
Dynamos and Motors, 25, 51, 78, 129, 203, 229, 255, 309, 335, 363, 391. 477, 505, 595, 709
Electrical Appliances, 683
PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH (cowt): P
Engines, Internal Combustion, 25, 77, 101,
129, 153, 203, 229, 255, 309, 335, 449, 477, 535, 625, 655, 709
Furnaces, 102, 177, 229, 256, 450, 683
Gas Producers, 52, 153, 363, 391, 568
Lighting and Heating, 204, 477, 506
Locomotives, 52, 204, 230, 535, 655
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 130, 154, 178, 204, 256, 282, 310, 364, 392, 420, 567, 626, 684
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 26, 10],
130, 177, 230, 281, 505, 683
Metallurgy, 102
Mining Machinery, 51, 130, 567. 683
Miscellaneous, 52, 78, 102, 154, 178, 204, 230, 256, 282, 310, 336, 392, 420, 450, 478, 506, 568, 656, 684, 710
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 26, 102, 178, 364, 477, 567, 656
Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 204, 391, 419, 536, 710
Ships and Boats, 154, 204, 450, 536, 684
Steam Generators, 25, 51, 77, 129, 153, 177 203, 255, 309, 335, 477, 683
Switchgear, 26, 153, 255, 335, 419
Telegraphs and Telephones, 51, 77, 101, 203, 229, 256, 281, 309, 391, 419, 449, 505, 567, 595, 625, 655, 709
Tramways and Railways, 102, 336, 449, 596, 656
Transformers and Converters, 130, 177, 256, 281, 335, 363, 419, 505, 535, 625
Transmission of Power, 51, 449, 505, 535, 567, 595,655,683,710 j
Turbine Machinery, 203, 281, 449, 595
Welding, 596 I
PATENTS, Foreign, 412
Perring, W. G. A., Factors Affecting the Resistance of Ships in Waves, 686
Personal and Business Announcements, 26, 52, 78, 102, 130, 154, 178, 204, 230, 253, 279, 307. 364, 392, 417, 447, 475, 500, 536, 568, 596, 626, 653, 681, 710
Petrol Locomotive for an Oil Refinery, Drewry Car Company, 10
Photometers—see British Engineering Standards : Specifications
Pile-driving Plant, British Steel Pile-driving Company, Ltd., 636
Pipe Cleaning Apparatus, “ Powrcleer,” W. and
J. Glossop, 676
Pipe Line Construction for Compressed Air Transmission, 261, 268
Pipe Line—see also Drac Romanche
Pipe Pusher, Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 643
Pipe Wrench, Thurley Grip-All Company, 294
—see also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition . ' j
Plain v. Roller Bearings for Tramcars, 701
Planing Machines—see Machine Tools
Pliers for Making Hose Joints, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 636
Ploughing Engine, Petrol, McLaren’s, 643
Pope, Sir William J., Faraday as a Chemist, 162, 195
Porosity, 436
Portland Cement, Specification, 386
Poultney, E. C., Two Remarkable Locomotives 371,378,439; (Letter), 439
Projectors for Illuminating Niagara Falls, 124
Propulseur Trompe—see Aeronautics
PUBLIC WORKS, ROADS AND TRANSPORT
CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION (1925) :
500, 540, 577, 582, 586, 606, 616, 635, 675 —See also Exhibitions, and for Exhibits see Various Headings
Gas Lighting :
Public Lighting by Gas, Automatic ;
Systems, Charles S. Shapley, 607
Valuation of Gas Undertakings for Rating Purposes, George Evetts, 607
Highways :
Public Utility Services Under Highways,
G. P. Warner Terry, 606
Trench Openings in Highways, Roland Fletcher, 606
Use of Tar in the Construction of Roadways, Thomas Glover and Arthur E. Collins, 607
Housing : A Brief Review of Some Modern Methods of House Construction, Percy Morris, 608
Land Settlement in New Zealand, 606
Regional Planning and Road Development, Herbert H. Humphries, 608
Roads :
Repair of Roads Against Tramway Tracks, Francis Wood, 608
Scottish Rural Roads : A Suggested Policy, Major W. L. Gibson and Mr. George S. Barry, 608
Sewage Disposal :
Papers, H. C. Whitehead, 540 ; J. A-Reddie, 540 ; W. H. Makepeace, 541
Small Holdings, 606
Strengthening Bridges :
Road Corrugation, E. L. Deeming, 607
Strengthening of Bridges C. G. Mitchell,
C. S. Chettoe, 607
Transport for Public Cleansing Work, Papers :
Selection of Transport for Public Cleansing Work, J. A. Priestley, 578
Uses.of Electricity for Housing and Institutional Purposes, R. Hardie, 607
Water Supply, Papers :
Advisory Regional Committees for Water Policy, D. I. G. Gibbon, 577
Extended Use of Rivers for Domestic Water, Sir A. Houston, 577
Financial Management and Control of Water Undertakings, F. W. Davies, 578
Protection of Underground Supplies of Water, W. B. Cleverly, 578
Regional Policy Committees, M. Ratcliffe Barnett, 577
Water Resources and Supply, A. R. Atkey, 577
PULVERISED Fuel for Boiler Firing in a Paper Mill, Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 292
PUMPS :
See also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Dabeg Eeed Pump, Vickers Ltd., 20
PUMPS {continued') :
Deep Bore-hole Pump, Worthington-Simpson, 296, 302
Fire-engine Pump, 250-300-gallon, Martin
Cultivator Company, Ltd., 62
Gas-operated Vacuum Pump, Bertram Joy, 462
Hydro-pneumatic Pumping Plants : Continuous Hydrautomat, Intermittent H y d rau tomat, Vacuu m Hydrau tom at, Hydrautomat, Ltd., 413
Lubricating Oil Pump, Mechanical, W. Foster and Co., 644
Main Engine Pumps, 616, Service Pumps and Heating Boilers of the Swedish Liner Gripsholm, 634, 640 {Two-page Supplement, December 4th, 1925)
Marshall Steam Pumping Engine of 1866, 296,
Motor-driven Pump, Boulton and Paul, 643 Hees Roturbo Pumps for Drainage Plants, Rees Roturbo Manufacturing Company, Ltd., 562
Stuffing-box for Centrifugal Pumps, Pulsometer Engineering Company, 386
Turbine Pump, Six-stage, Tangyes Ltd., 643
Turbine Pumps for Hydraulic Power Supply, Mather and Platt, Ltd., 354
Wing-Rotor Pumping Unit, 193
R RAIL Cars—see Railways
RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MATTERS :
General:
Briggs’ Railway Collection, 108
Birkinshaw’s Malleable Iron Rails, 109;
(Letter), 199
Century of Railways, 323
Diesel-electric Rail Cars in Canada, Win. Beardmore and Co., Ltd., 430, 434
Escalators on the Central London Railway, H. F. Molony, 645
International Railway Congress, 14
Main Line Railway Electrification, Sir Philip Dawson and Professor S. Parker Smith, 182, 208, 341, 423
Railway Accidents, 243
Railway Accidents, Annual Report, 376
Railway Notes, Old and New, Sir John A. F.
Aspinall, 510
Railway Relics at Faverdale, 157
Railway Returns for 1924, 170
Railway Statistics for April, 1925, 73 Railway Statistics for May, 1925, 188
British, Colonial and Indian :
Centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 42
Exhibits, Railway Centenary, at the Science Museum, 409
Diesel-electric Rail Cars in Canada, 430, 434 Federated Malay States Railways, Report, 240
Indian Broad-gauge Railways, Mechanical Couplers for, 694
Metropolitan Railway, Proposed New Line, 677
Southern Railway, New Electric Stock, 44
Foreign Railways :
Main Line Railway Electrification : Austria, 182, 208 France, 341
France, Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, 423
France, Midi Railway, 425
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES :
General:
American Locomotive Developments, 553 Automatic Control of Locomotives, 547 Centenary of the Locomotive, Institution of Mechanical ■ Engineers, Presidential Address, 40
Compound Locomotives, 118 ; (Letters), 140, 172, 199, 210, 237, 275, 294, 317, 357, 376, 400, 429, 469, 490, 523, 545, 613, 647, 668
Germany’s Locomotive Industry, 523
Locomotive Boiler Feed System, “ Dabeg ” Feed Pump, Vickers Ltd., 20
Locomotive Boilers and Steam Pressures, 244 ; (Letters), 294, 317, 357, 401
Locomotive Coal Trials on the Southern Railway, H. Holcroft, 658
Locomotive Feed Heating, 192
Locomotive Valve Gear, Model for, Hunslet Engine Company, Ltd., 140
Narrow-gauge Express Locomotive, Davey, Paxman and Co., 70 ; (Paragraph), 115
Prosser Locomotives, 511
Steam versus Electric Locomotives, Mr.
Julius Kruttschnitt’s Paper, 237 ; (Paragraph), 349
Steam Locomotive, 641
Three-cylinder High-pressure Locomotive, H. N. Gresley, 41, 46, 58, 65, 545 ; (Letters), 123, 210
Two Remarkable Locomotives, E. C. Poultney, 371, 378, 439
Delaware and Hudson Railroad, Two-cylinder Compound Engine, 371, 378
Lima Locomotive Works Eight-coupled Locomotive Al, 439 ; (Letter), 613
British, Colonial and Indian :
British Steam Railway Locomotive from 1825 to 1924, E. L. Ahrons, 2, 28, 54, 80, 104, 132, 156, 180, 206, 232, 258, 284,312,
338, 366, 394, 422, 452, 480, 508,538^
570, 598, 628; (Letters), 36, 88, 123, 140, 172, 173, 198, 199, 210, 237,275,
294, 317, 357, 376, 400, 429, 469,470,
580, 668 ; (Erratum), 481
Period 1870-1875 (continued), 2, 28
Period 1876-1881, 28, 54, 80
Period 1882—1889 : Compound Locomotives, 156, 180, 206, 232; Non-compound Locomotives, 258, 284, 312
Period 1890-1900, 338, 366, 394, 422, 452 Period 1901-1914, 480, 508, 538, 570 Period 1914- 1924, 598, 628
Articulated, Steep Gradient and Miscellaneous Locomotives, 452
Details, 422, 628
Engines for Ireland and Overseas, 1870-1879, 132
Locomotive Tenders, 628
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES (continued)-.
British, Colonial and Indian (continued):
Tank Engines, Principal, British Railways, 1901-1914, 538
Train Resistances and Locomotive Performances. 1855 to 1879, 104
Two-cylinder High-pressure Engines, 1890— 1900, 366
For Locomotives Illustrated see Illustrated Index, Subjects
Engine Built by George Stephenson and Nicholas Wood in 1822, 42
Number of Locomotives, 71
Southern Railway, Express Locomotives, 329
Stephenson’s “ Locomotion ” Drawing Replica of Original Train, 42
Foreign :
Austrian Electric Locomotives, 183, 185
France : Paris - Orleans Electric Locomotives, 343, 425 ; Midi Railway, Electric Locomotives, 426
Pacific Railway of Colombia, Eight-coupled Locomotive, 224
RATIONAL Calorific Values, 380
Raven, Sir Vincent L., Australia and New Zealand, 466
Reavell, William, on Young Engineers and the
Future, 320 : (Letters), 357, 376, 470
Rectifiers—see Electrical Matters
Refrigerating Machinery for the Upwey Grange,
Motor Ship, J. and E. Hall, Ltd., 678
Reinforcement-placing Machine, .1. W. Liversedge, 637
Research, Utilisation of, 168
Reservoir—see Water Supply
Resistance of Ships—see Ships
Ribble—see Electrical Matters
Richardson, James, Marine Diesel Engines, 549
Riveted Joints, Tests of, 650
Road Congress—see International
Roads—see also Public Works Congress
Road-making in China, 693
Road Roller, 3-Ton “ Clearside ” Tandem
Petrol, Robey and Co., Ltd., 582, 588
Road Roller, 9-Ton, “ Universal,” Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 617
Road Rollers, “ Advance,” with Scarifying Attachment, Wallis and Steevens, Ltd., 636
Road Rollers, Steam, Aveling and Porter, Ltd., 637
Road Rollers, Steam, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 636
“ Road Toaster,” Roadways Equipment, Ltd., 638
Roadless Traction, Philip Johnson, 324
Roller, 9-Ton Road, ‘ Universal ” Type, Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 60
Roller, 10-Ton Steam, John Fowler and Co.
(Leeds), Ltd., 637
Rollers, Motor, Quick Reverse, Barford and
Perkins, Ltd., 587
Rolling Mill, High-speed Cold, 688
Rotoscope, A. J. Ashdown, 272
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Chester, 34, 60
Rudders—see Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Rugby—see Wireless, also Electrical Matters
s SAND and Oil Trap, W. E. Farrer, Ltd., 587
Savage, H. D., Water-cooled Furnace Walls, 121
Scapa Flow—see Ships, Naval Matters
Schneider Hydro - mechanical Transmission
Gear, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, 86, 90
Schofield, Alfred, Modern Ports, 325
Scholarships, Whitworth, Awards, 303
Science and Engineering, Dr. M. I. Pupin, 19
Science Scholarships at Imperial College of
Science and Technology, 164
Scientific Basis of Industry, Francis H. Carr, 644
Scientific and Industrial Research Report, Summary of Advisory Council’s Remarks, 436
Scottish Shale Industry, Edwin M. Baily, 471
Searchlights—see Projectors
Sennar Dam—see Dam
Separators—see Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Sewage Disposal, Various Papers on, H. C. Whitehead, 540 ; J. A. Reddie, 540 ; W. H. Makepeace, 541
Sewage Plant—see Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING :
General:
Conditions in the Shipbuilding Industry, 435, 443
Demarcation and Hours in Shipyards, 435, 443
Engines, Marine—see Engines ; also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Factors Affecting the Resistance of Ships in Waves, W. G. A. Perring, 686
Fifty Years’ Evolution in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Sir Archibald Denny, 219, 221
Frictional Resistance of Ships, G. S. Baker, 207
Future of the Motor Ship, Lord Inverforth, 470
High Efficiency Steam Installations for Ship Propulsion, Stanley. S. Cook, 270
Lloyd’s Register Book, 44
Lloyd’s Register Quarter’s Shipbuilding, 70, 414
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Annual Report, 497
Lloyd’s Wreck Statistics for 1924, 222
Marine Electrical and Other Devices—see
Separate Section, Olympia Engineering Exhibition
Measured Mile Trials, F. T. Edgecombe, 548
Plight of the Shipbuilding Industry, 191
Reduction Gears for French Flotilla Leaders,
Power Plant Company, Ltd., 499
Rudders and Steering—see Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Safety Precautions for Oil-engined Boats, 340
Scantling Developments in Iron and Steel
Merchant Ships, J. Foster King, 235
Shipbuilding Position, Sir Eustace H.
Tennyson d’Eyncourt, 426
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING (continued):
General (continued) :
Shipbuilding, Engineering and Machinery-Exhibition—see Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition.
Shipyard Agreement, A, 697
Some Shipbuilding Conditions, 408
Value of the Experiment Tank, Edwin R. Mumford, 235
British Navy :
H.M.S. Emerald, 580
H.M.S. Nelson, Launch of, 266
Navy and the Nation, 521
New Battleships, 218 ; (Letter), 294
Naval Matters :
French Naval Renaissance, 407 ; (Letter), 647
■ Future of the Battle-cruiser, 671
Naval Engineer Officers, 646
“ Solid Smokeless Fuel,” Conference, 530
Naval Engineers, 641
Naval Programme, 117
“ Nelsons ” of the Navy, 351
Problem' of the Submarine, 583
Royal Dockyards, 167
Scapa Flow Salvage Operations, 248
Status of Naval Engineers, 585 ; (Letter), 613
Technical Training for Naval Constructors, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Dixon, 286
Warships of the Future, 269
Foreign Navies :
German Light Cruiser Emden, 549
Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels :
British Petrol, Motor Tanker, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 355
Coastal Motor Boat for Sweden, J. I. Thorny-croft and Co.. Ltd., 320
Italian Motor Liner, Large, 10
Lloyd Sabaudo Liner Conte Biancamano, Win. Beardmore and Co., Ltd., 496, 517, 520, 542
Motor Cargo Ship Primero, Burmeister and Wain, 293
Motor Refrigeration Ship Upwey Grange, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., 678
Motor Ship Parkeston, 170, 190, 194
Motor Ships for the Australian Meat Trade, 33
Shallow-draught River Steamer Fushun, J. 1.
Thorny croft and Co., Ltd., 275
Swedish-American Motor Liner Gripsholm, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 579, 614, 634, 640 (Two-page Supplement, December 4dh, 1925)
SHOWS—see Exhibitions
Simmonds, O. E., Flying Boat Design, 287
Situation in China, 300
Sixty Years Ago, 15, 33, 71, 97, 114, 149, 163, 193, 214, 245, 277, 303, 317, 357, 373, 409, 432, 462, 499, 518, 546, 588, 612, 642, 673, 702
Smithfield—see Exhibitions
Smith-Rose, Dr. R. L., Wireless Wave Problems, 287
Societies—see Associations
SOUTH AFRICAN ENGINEERING NOTES :
20, 71, 97, 125, 149, 173, 198, 225, 251, 305, 357, 442, 472, 562, 638, 705
Air Service Next Year, 357
Baldwin Locomotives for South Africa, 71
Big Gold Mines, 71
Big Railway Orders, 225
Building Steel Lighters, 357
Congo Copper, 472
Deep Gold Mining, Village Deep Shaft Down to 6754ft., 71
Durban Docks, Equipping, 357
Durban’s Electric Plant, 705
Durban’s Electrical Output, 472
Durban’s New Power Plant, 21
Electricity Controversy, 562
Founding of the Rand, 563
Gold Mining Dividends, 173
Gould Automatic Couplers, 149
Important Plant Addition, 705
Industrial Production, 705
Lake Arthur Dam, 125
Limit of Deep Mining, 562
Locomotive Boiler Explodes, 705
Locomotive Propaganda, 472
Mine Ventilating Fan, 442
Mineral Output of the Union, 638
Mining Tender Rejected, 149
Natal’s Coal Trade, 149
New Dredger for East London, 125
Platinum Discoveries, 251
Platinum Mines Reaching Production Stage, 305
Power Plants, New, for S.A., 97
Powerful New Tug, 305
Prince and S.A. Enterprises, 225
Prince of Wales’ Tour, 305
Printing Press, Huge, 225
Production of Pig Iron, 562
Quick Despatch, 357
Railway Progress Since Union, 125
Railways, Proposed New, 225
Reclaiming the Kalahari, 472
Record Maize Loading, 472
Record Run on Narrow-gauge Line, 442
Reduced Gold Value, 173
Rhodesia Railways, 97
Rhodesian Railway Development, 357
Rhodesia’s Mining Figures, 20
Sinking, A Record, 149
S.A. Gold Mines in 1924, 638
S.A. Railways’ Coal Earnings, 173
S.A.R. Steamships, 562
Steel Lighters, New, 638
Steel Pipe Contract for the Continent, 225 ; (Correction), 237
Steel Works in South Africa, 97
Tablet Holders for Fast Trains, 71
Twenty-nine Foreign Locomotives, 44 2
Union Air Mail Terminated, 97
Union Coal Production, 705
Union Exports Motor Cars, 472
Union Mineral Output in 1925, 71
Union Railway Traffic, 562
Union Railway Workshops, 198
Union Rolling Stock, 305
U.S.A. Locomotives in South Africa, 198
Victoria Falls Power Company’s System, 251
White Labour Losing Ground in South Africa, 20
SOUTHAMPTON Docks—see also Electrical Matters
Southampton Docks, Quay Walls of, F. E. Wentworth-Sheilds, 236
Southwell, R. V., Progress in Aeronautics, 325
Specialisation, 14
Specifications—see British Engineering Standards—also Patent
Standardisation of Crane Essentials, Edward G.
Fiegehen, 600
Standardisation—see also British Engineering Standards
Steam Condensation, &c.—see also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Steam Engines—see Engines
Steam Generating Sets, 25-Kilowatt, at Littleton Pumping Station, Ashworth and Parker, 471
Steam versus Electric Locomotives, Julius Kruttschnitt, 237
Steam Turbine and Condenser Test Codes, 401 Steel—see Iron
Stereo-Photo-Grammetric Surveying, Bernard J. Woodruff, 454, 481, 515
Stream-line—see Filter
Strength, 144
Stresses in Boilers, 611
Stromeyer, C. E., Experiments on Strains in Boilers, 649
Study of Failures, 298
Stump Puller, Trewhella Bros., 643
Submarines—see Ships
Sudan Government Railways, “ Prairie ” Type Locomotives, 246, 247 (Two-page Supplement, September 4th, 1925)
Supercharging, 39; (Letter), 171
Supervisory Control—see Electrical Matters
Surveying, Instruments for—see Stereo Sweepers, Motor, Lacre Motor Car Company, Ltd., 588
T TECHNICAL Education, 325
Technical Societies, Papers at, G. S. Baker, 67
Technical Training—see also Ships, Naval Matters
Telegraph Factory in 1875, Present-day Cable
Testing Department, Johnson and Phillips, 43
TEXTILE MACHINERY AT MANCHESTER:
Artificial Silk Spinning Machine, Power-driven Kneading Machine, Artificial Silk Reeling Machine, Dobson and Barlow, Ltd., 411
Bearings, Ball and Roller, for Textile Machinery, Self-aligning Bearing, Hoffman Manufacturing Company, Ltd., 411 Frictionless Shaft Bearings, Skefko Ball
Bearing Company, Ltd., 411
Journal Thrust Bearings, Ransome and Maries Bearing Company, Ltd., 411
TEXTILE MACHINERY AT MANCHESTER
(continued): •
Bobbin Cleaner, Roving, The “ Termaco,” Terrell Machine Company, 375
Carding Engines, Automatic Feeding Machine for, William Tatham, Ltd., 375
Counting Devices for Textile Machinery, Markt and Co. (London), Ltd., 411
Looms : Wide Sheeting Loom, Towel Loom, Automatic Box Loom, British Northrop Loom Company, 411, 412
Loom, Dr. Carver, Carver Textile Patents, Ltd., 374
Loom, The Souczek, with Shuttle-operating Mechanism, Zandov Ironworks Company, 375
Nasmith Combing Machine, John Hetherington and Sons, Ltd., 411
Ring Spinning Frame, Electric-driven, C.S.L.
Flexible Roller, Platt Bros., Ltd., 410, 411
Sectional Superheater, Bolton’s Superheater and Pipe Works, Ltd., 410
Swiss Artificial Silk Power Loom and Warping Machine, Benninger, 412
Textile Mills, Electric-driven, Laminated Gears for, Bed-plate with Special Motor, Ball Bearings, Sleeve-bearing Motor, Laminated Gears, Ltd., 410
Winding Machinery for Textile Mills, Highspeed Pirn Winder, Metal Swift, Silk Bobbin Winder, Joseph Stubbs, Ltd., 410
THERMIONIC Valve Problems, Professor
E. V. Appleton, 271
Thomas, H. Kerr, The Automobile Engineer, 372
Tin Mining, Development of, 293
Tractor, “ Fordson,” Reavell and Co., Ltd., 636
Tractor, Steam, with Three-speed Gear, Fodens, Ltd., 618
Tractor, Steam, and Two-wheeled Trailer, Tasker, W., and Sons, 643
Tractors—see Motor Tractors—also Motor Vehicles
Trailer, Self-loading and Tipping, International
Harvester Company, Ltd., 35, 36
Training of Engineers, 493, 494
Tramways, Glasgow, Annual Report, 33
Tranmere Dock, Construction of the New
Entrance, Percy W. Bertlin, 550
Transport Problems, Lieut.-Colonel H. T.
Tudsbery, 324
Transporter, 12-Ton Electric, at Middlesbrough, Cowans, Sheldon and Co., Ltd., 350, 358
Trucks, Turbines—7see also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
“ Tructractor,” Millars’ Machinery Company Ltd., 635
Tudsbery, Lieut.-Colonel H. T., Transport Problems, 324
Turbine, 680-1000 B.H.P. High-pressure Steam, and 1500 H.P. Geared Turbine for Textile Mills, Metropolitan-Vickers, Ltd., 374, 375
Tuibines and Generators at Muscle Shoals, 8, 9, 12, 29, 38, 68, 82
Turbines, High-pressure and Low-pressure, for Lloyd Sabaudo Liner Conte Biancomano, 496, 517, 520, 542
Turbines, Hydraulic, for New Zealand, 223
Turbines, Steam, for Mill Rope Driving, Rope
Driving Pulley, &c., W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd., 374
Turbo-generator, 20,000-Kilowatt, for Bradford, English Electric Company and C. A. Parsons, 547
u UNEMPLOYMENT—see Labour
Utilisation of Research, 168
V VALVE Gear, Locomotive—see Railway Locomotives
Valve, Reducing, for Vacuum Automatic
Brake, Gresham and Craven, Ltd., 645
Vibration Caused by Traffic, W. P. Digby, 356
w WAGON, Gravity Type Tipping, Lacre Motor Car Company, Ltd., 582, 588
Wagon, Pig, Steam-driven Six-wheeled, Sentinel
Waggon Works, Ltd., 35
Wagon, Steam, Wm. Foster and Co., Ltd., 676
Wagon, Steam, with Four-wheel Brakes, Clayton Wagons, Ltd., 643
Wagon, Steam, R. Garrett and Sons, 644
Wagon, Three-way Tipping Steam, Robey and
Co., Ltd., 582, 588
Wagons—see also Motor Vehicles
Waste in Engineering, T. R. Wilton, 498
Water-cooled Furnace Walls, H. D. Savage, 121
WATER SUPPLY :
See also Public Works Congress
Durban Water Supply, 701
London Water, 352
Metropolitan Water Board Report, 490
Reservoir, 8-Million-Gallon Covered Service, at Bushey Heath, Colne Valley Water Company, 456, 464
Rugby, New Storage Reservoir, 561
WATT’S Workshop at Heathfield and Facsimile at South Kensington, 114
Welding, Arc—see Electrical Matters
Wauchope, H., Southampton Docks Electrical Supply, 270
Wentworth-Sheilds, F. E., Quay Walls of Southampton Docks, 236
Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River, 8, 9, 12, 29, 38, 68, 82
Wilton, T. R., Waste in Engineering, 498
Windlass, 60 B.H.P. Motor, for Cable Plougn-
ing, J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., 60
Windmill Plant, Electrical, Young, Osmond • and Young, Ltd., 60
Wing-Rotor, Engineer-Captain Sigurd J Savonius, 193
Wireless Exhibition—see Exhibitions
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELE • PHONY:
See also Separate Section, Olympia Exhibition
Accumulator, An Improved, Tungstone Accumulator Company, 647
Daventry, High-power Wireless Station at, 110, 116
Exhibits, Wireless, at the Royal Albert Hall, 302
Exhibits, Wireless, at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 409
Inductances for the Rugby Wireless Station, W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Company, Ltd., 500—and see below, Rugby
Interference with Broadcast Reception by Oscillating Receivers, 210
Marine Wireless Apparatus, Major Binyon, 524
Rugby Wireless Station, 82 {Two-page Supplement, July 24th, 1925)—see also Electrical Matters
Super-heterodyne Receivers, A. E. Bowyer-Lowe, 646
Wireless Beam, 274
Wireless Telegraphy, Professor E. V. Appleton, 271
Wireless Wave Problems, Dr. R. L. Smith-Rose, 287
WOODALL, Sir Corbet, The Late, Memorial to, 88
Woodruff, Bernard J., Stereo-Photo-Gram -metric Surveying, 454, 481, 515
Woodworking Tools, A. Ransome and Co., Ltd., 304
Words, 297
Works, New, John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., 549
World Power Conference, 1926, 702
Wrecks—see Ships
Wrench, Pipe, Thurley Grip-All Company, 294. 555
YOUNG Engineers and the Future, William
Reavell, 320 ; (Letters), 357, 376, 470
ZINC, Papers on—see Institute of Metals
See Also
Sources of Information