The Engineer 1925 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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AERIAL Ropeway, 5 Miles Long, for Tin Ore Transport from the Andes Slopes, 349
AERONAUTICS :
Aeroplane as Aid to Fruit Culture, 115
Aeroplanes for Forest Patrol and Photographic Survey in Canada, 115
Aeroplane’s Reported 270 Miles per Hour, 356
Aircraft Apprentices, Awards by Air Ministry, 478
Airship Station to Become Beet Sugar Factory, 609
“ Autogiro ” Flying Machine at Madrid, Successful Tests, 37
Belgian Congo, Establishment of Air Route .Expected Shortly, 267
Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 102
Civil Ail1 Route Between Egypt and India, Progress of Arrangements for, 189
Danish Army Purchase of Aeroplanes from English Company, 89
De Haviland Moth Light Aeroplanes, Two Ordered for Aero Club, 89
Fogs and Safe Landing, New Method to Secure, 433
French Seaplanes and their Men Lost during Trials, 295
Goliath Bombing Planes’ Attack on the Riffs, 328
Non-stop Transatlantic Flight Projected, 141
Polo Ground as Landing Ground for Aeroplanes, 491
R 38 Disaster, Tablet Unveiled in Memory of Lost British and Americans, 11
R 38 Memorial Fund, Part of the Income to be Used as a Prize for Technical Paper, 257
Seaplane Race in America, Britain’s Entrants Sent Over for Practice, 295
Shenandoah, U.S.A., Airship, Equipment and Successful Trials, 189
AGRICULTURAL Machinery Tests, 63
Alcohol, Industrial, Factory Activities and Prospects, 215
Alcohol Production from North Borneo Palm Sap,141
Aluminium Hollowware, Duty Asked for, 295
Aluminium Plant in Quebec Calls for Model
City to House 5000 Employees, 261
Aluminium Syndicate Formed in Germany, 241 American Society for Testing Materials, 348 Ammonia, Synthesis of, Secrets Connected with
Low Temperatures and Pressures, 669
Ammonium Sulphate Recovery Plant at Stafford Gasworks, 695
An Alien’s Dinner, 606
Anhydrite as Substitute for Gypsum as Retarder for Portland Cement, 463
Apulia’s Need of Water for Agriculture and Kindred Industries, 639
Arsenic Ore Discoveries in South Australia, 551
Arsenic Record Output in U.S.A., 669
Artificial Silk Factory Projected at Oldham, 267
Asphalt Mixing Plant, Davey, Paxman and Co., 628 ; (Correction), 656
Asphalt Paving Conference, 204
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES Association, Diesel Engine Users’ :
Scottish Shale Oil Industry, E. M. Bailev. 422
Institute, American Iron and Steel:
Electric Alloy Steel, F. E. Clark, 581
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Andrew Carnegie Research Fund, 593
Institute of Transport :
Election of the Council, 141
Institution of Automobile Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 499
Awards of Medals, 405
Conference and Programme, 389
Informal Meeting, Petrol Gauges, 282
Meeting Fixtures, 336
Military Motor Vehicles, Projected Dis cussion of Paper, 506
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Awards for Papers, 450
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES
(continued'):
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
A.M.I.E.E. Examination, Conditions, 75
Annual Conversazione, 52
Election of New Members of Council, 102 Students’ Section :
Visits to Marconi Company’s Wireless Stations, 151
Institution of Engineers and Ship -BUILDERS IN SCOTLAND t
Commercial Application of Fuel Oil, A. F. Baillie, 669, 695
Opening of Session, Presidential Address, Programme for Session, 386
Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :
Measurement of Air Flow, E. Ower, 377
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Lecturette on Flow Meters, Rotameter Accuracy, W. H. Simmons, 519 Sheffield and District Section :
Visit to D.P. Battery Company’s Works, 26
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
Development of the Steam Locomotive, J. G. H. Warren, 63 Manchester Centre :
Visit to Works of Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd., 204
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
H.R.H. Duke of York to Attend Annual Dinner, 523
Cancelment of Dinner, 580
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :
Mr. Marriott’s Book, 78
Institution of Naval Architects :
Award of Scholarships, 447
Date for Next Annual Meetings, 491
Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :
Papers for the New Session, 417
Pneumatic Hammers and other Tools, Life of, F. D. Verrill, 551
Presidential Address, Sir E. H. Tennyson d’Eyncourt, 417
Institution, Permanent Way :
Visits to Works, 102
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
High Wages in U.S.A, and Canada. Signal Department’s Share in Success, Lord Congleton, 433
Register of Appointments Required and Vacant, 377
Three-aspect Signalling Report, 165
Institution, Royal :
General Meeting and Elections, 52, 500, 653
Hundredth Annual Course of Christinas Lectures for Juveniles, Sir W. Bragg, 533, 653
Institution of Structural Engineers :
Examinations in India, 336
Institution of Welding Engineers :
Mr. A. E. Knowles on Use of Surplus Power of Power Stations, 609
Society, Faraday :
Annual Meeting and Election of Council, 89 I
General Discussion on Photo-chemical 1
Reactions in Liquids and Gases, 279
Physical and Optical Societies :
Exhibition, 653
AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth Engineering
Standards, Electrical Matters Decisions, 267
Australian Government Roads Grants, 581
Australian Shale Oil Corporation, Start on Retort House in Tasmania, Oil Expectations, 377
BAMBOO Utilisation in Paper Manufacture, Greatly Improved Process, 491
Barnsley College of Mining, Cost of, 639
Barrages Projected Across the Nile and White
Nile', 321
Bauxite Deposits in Hungary, 463
Bay of Fundy, Power Generation from its
Tides, Project for, 551
Beet Sugar Factory at Cupar, Projected, 349
Beet Sugar Factory in Dunmow District, 215
Beet Sugar Factory, English, but Machinery American, 669 .
Beet Sugar Factory at Halesowen, Plans may be Transferred to Gainsborough, 609
Beet Sugar Factory on the Ouse, 46
Beet Sugar Factory Projected near Camberley, 241
Beet Sugar Production in Canada, 115
Beet—see also Sugar
Belgian Zinc Production, 115
Bell Overhauled After 700 Years’ Service, 349
Belt Conveyors to Replace Trucks, 377
Bengal Proposal to Dredge the Saraswati, 609
Blacksmith’s Demonstration Motor Van, 115
Boiler Explosion Risk, 165
Boiler Explosions and Imperfect Repairs, 669
Boiler Repair Methods, Good and Otherwise, 669
Boiler, Vertical, Unusual Explosion of,702
Boiler for Work under 1500 lb. Pressure, 405
Bombay’s Projected Chlorination of all the
Water from Lake Tansa, 141
Breathing Apparatus, The Draeger, for Mines, 695
Brick-built Chimneys Felled at Bolton, 321
Bridge Across the Niagara River, Work Begun, 241
Bridge, International, Between Detroit and Canada, 491
Bridge, Large Wooden Span Trestle Over the
Athabaska River, Canada, 189
Bridge Projected at Hull, 165
Bridge, New, Over the St. Lawrence at Montreal, 63
Bridge, Old Timber, at Seacoinbe, to be Replaced by Steel, 433, 463
Bridge, South Shore, Montreal Harbour, Plans Sanctioned, 491
Bridge, Suspension, and Cables, Dating Back over Sixty Years, 669
Bridges, Railway—see also Railways
Bridges in Virginia, Unsatisfactory Condition of, 433
British Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association, Meeting, 154
British Columbia Waterway, 295
British Delegation at Trials in Brussels of
Motor Lorries Driven by Producer Gas, 321
British Engineering Standards Association, Schedule of Specifications for Steel for Die Blocks, 310
British Export Trade Depression, Report, 165
British Guiana, Air Service versus Railway, 581
British Imports into Southern Rhodesia, Very
Large Proportion of Total, 551
British Wire Netting Manufacturers Association, 63
Bromine from Sea Water, 115
Bryan Donkin Chesterfield Works Extension, 349
Bulgaria’s Imports Increase, 581
Bulgarian Opening for British Trade, 433
c CABLE-WORK!NG Under Full Pressure for Ten Months, 165
Cables, Telephone and Telegraph. New in
France and Belgium, Tenders, 551
Caen, Normandy, Improvement of Port, 267
Calcium Sulphate Waste for Use in Plaster and
Building Blocks, 189
Calcutta Harbour, Increased Traffic Tonnage, 519
Canada, Annual Report on Manufacturing Industries, 433
Canada, Association of Consulting Engineers, Incorporated, 115
Canada’s Favourable Balance of Trade, 141
Canadian Automobile Factories’ Output, 639
Canadian Exports of Pulp and Paper, 581
Canadian, Formation of New Lake Suggested 551
Canadian Mines, Record Output of Lead, 215
Canadian National Railway New Docks,
Wharves and Warehouses for, 491
Canadian National, Removal of Parry Sound Plant, 491
Canadian Section of United States Institute
of Radio Engineers, 433
Canal Building, Heavy Task in U.S.A., 519
Canals and Motor Transport, Co-operation
Highly Desirable, 405
Capetown Steel Pipes Order for Germany, 37
Carbon Monoxide, Value of Pyrotannic Acid
Method for Quantitative Determination, 267
Carbon, Successful Fusion of, 581
Carbon Tetrachloride as Fire Extinguisher,
Fumes Reduced by Caustic Soda, 165
Carbonic Acid, Liquid, and Other Gases, Production of, at Stockholm, 491
Cement Factory, Large, Projected at Dunstable,
Plant to TurnOut 100,000 Tons Yearly, 189
Cement Factory at Montreal, 115
Cement Factory, New, in Kent, 491
Ceylon Plumbago Trade Improvement, 609
Chefoo, Port of, China, Improvement for Use by Ocean-going Steamers, 88
Chemical Engineers, Training of, Proposed
Mono technic in London, 639
Chemical Works in India and Burma. 37
Chesterfield to Adopt Railless Car System in
Place of Tramways, 141
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
“Asociacion Carbonera de Chile ” Formed, 608
Barnsley Electricity Works, Coal Discovery in Boiler-house Excavations, 89
Bituminous Coal Output of the United States, 141
British Somaliland Coal Discovery, 89
Brown Coal at Yallourn, Victoria, Cost* of Mining and Delivery, 519
California’s Abundance of Iron Ore, but Lack of Coke or Coking Coal, 165
Chromium, Electro-deposition of, C. H. S. Tupholme, 163
Coal Briquette Binders, Vegetable Pulp, 519, 581
Coal Discovery at Kamasamudram, Mysore, Not of Commercial Value, 89
Coaling Plant for Durban, Details of, 405
Coke and By-products in the United States, Statistics, 89
Coke-making Plant at Krugersdorp, S.A., Extension of, 695
Coke Ovens, Large, Projected, in Ontario, 165
Factory in Orkney Isles for Coal Briquettebinding Material, 519, 581
Fall of Coal, Extensive, at Yallourn, Victoria, 519
French Production of Coal per Kilowatt Installed, 189
German Coal, Low-temperature Distillation of, in Yorkshire, Interesting Experimwt, 267
“Good Day’s Work,” 4 Tons or 15 ? 321
Great Britain’s Week’s Coal Output, 89, 189, 405, 491, 618, 695
Harby, near Lincoln, New Colliery Starting, 321
Holland Coal Exports to Germany, 491
Kent Thick Coal Seam Struck, 463
Pekin, Coal Deposit Discovery, North-east of Summer Palace, 609
Pithead Baths, 120, at Colliery near Sheffield, 349
Polish Coal for Holland, Trial Consignments, 368
Royalties on Coal in Great Britain, 72
Russian Coal for Alexandria, First Shipment in Many Years, 695
Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Sinking Resumed, 463
Support of Underground Workings in the Coalfields of Scotland, Safety in Mines Research Board Paper, 609
Sydney, 60 Miles from, Coal Discovery, 609
Wemyss Coal Company’s Developments Under the Forth and Inland, 141
West Yorkshire Coalfield, New Boreholes, 349
COCHIN Harbour Scheme, Third Stage to be Proceeded with, 63
Commemoration Dinner, Joseph Foster and Sons, 130
Concrete and Corrosion, 37
Concrete,Fine Cracks in, Effect of Ageing, 1 89
Concrete, Process for Manufacturing “ Expanded” Type, 551
Concrete “ Outfitting Pier ” under Construction at Bremerton Navy Yard, Puget Sound, U.S.A., 409
Concrete, Quantities of Materials for, 21
Concrete Sewer Over a Mile Long, Pipe Laid in Open Sea, 241
Contact Prints from Aerial Photographs, 115
Copper Mines in Norway Reopened, 89
Copper Production of Canada, 519
Copper from Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, 115
Corn, Standing, to Serve as Snow Fence, 463
Cornish Tin Mine Assay Results, 141
Cornish Tin Mining Industry’s Activity, 581
Crane, 100-Ton Shipyard Fitting-out, 1 1
Crucibles versus Electric Furnaces, 677
Crude Petroleum Production Statistics in U.S.A., 321
Cuban Public Works, Extensive, Projected, 165, 189, 241
Cupola Charges of Petroleum Coke. 165
DAM, Large, Material Deposited by Belt Conveyors, 215 •
Dam, Otaki, To be Largest in Japan, Work Started on, 377
Dam, Storage and Power, in Muskoka Lakes District, Ontario, 695
Dam in Victoria for Irrigating Water Storage, 639
Dams, Projected Building of 100 Across the River Tennessee, 669
Darlington Tramways Replaced by Trolley Omnibuses, 215
Death of Mr. William Arnot, 10
Death-watch Beetle Destroyers, 261
Department of Overseas Trade, Information Notice, 21
Derby Railway Institute Radio Society, Visit to Works, &c., 78
Diamond Substitute Discovery, 581
Die Blocks—see British Engineering
Distillery for Production of Alcohol from Molasses, 115
Docks, Dry, Two New, in Montreal, 551
Dolcoath Tin Mine, Now Shaft, 349
Doncaster Hopes to Replace Tramways by
Trolley Omnibuses, 377
Douglas Harbour, Improvement under Consideration, 616
Drilling Operations and Hoped-for Success on the Rand, 609
Dry Dock, 700ft. ex-German, Length Increased, 63
Dry-rot Ravages in Alabama, 267
Durban, New Graving Dock at, 52
Dutch Scheme for Communication by Telephone between Ships at Sea and Land, 241
E EARTHQUAKES’ Slight Effect in Mines and Tunnels, 669
East African Dependencies, Trade-and Information Office, 695
Egyptian State Railways Tenders, Revision of List of Approved Manufacturers, 267
El Salvador Republic, Public Works Pro* gramme, 669
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
Aliwal North Electricity Undertaking, 579
Athens Power Works, Proposed, Tenders for, 349
Australian Standard Pressures and Frequencies, 349
Berlin, Projected Increase of Electrical Power, 241
Bohemia Electrification, Power Station at 70 Miles from Prague, 551
Bo’ness Electricity Department, Increased Charges, 382
Cables and Conductors for Montevideo, Tenders Wanted, 361
Canadian Power Companies’ Projected Increase of Plant, 581
Cauvery Falls, India, Costly Additional Power Plant for, 63
Charcoal Scarcity and Potential Electric Power at Teheran, 295
Chili State Railways’ Electrification Equipment, 695
Cooling of Large Transformers, Successful Method, 405
Copper Wire with Percentage' of Cadmium for Electric Transmission, 63
Durban, Tenders for Power Plant for, 249
Durham County Education Committee, Project for Electrical Laboratory, 609
Electrical Breakdown Explained, 89
Electric Furnace Temperatures, French and
English Compared, 189
Electric Vehicle Progress, 37
Electric Vehicle’s Rapid Delivery, 267
Electricity in Berlin Households, Increased Use of, 405
Electricity Supply Industry, Cost of Living and Reduction of Wages, 37
Eleven 5000-Kilowatt Transformers for Brisbane Electric Light Company, 267
Expert Committee on Electrical Development, Delay in Report Unavoidable, 11
Heating, Electric, Mischief of Secrecy as to Methods, 405
Hereford Projected Electric Extensions, 189
International Conference on High-tension Electric Supply, 151
Irish Free State and Shannon Electricity Bill, 11
Lamp Importation, Large, into Portugal, 37
Lighting, British Thomson-Houston Company’s New Showrooms, 2 I
Lots-road Power Station Plant Increase, 69.5
Maidstone Committee, Bearsted Supply of
Electricity Scheme to Cost £6500, 438
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued}:
Motor, Largest Ever Built for Steel Mill, to be Installed at McKinney Steel Company, Cleveland, 141
National Electricity Scheme Committee, 115
New South Wales State Commission on Electricity, Lapse of. 377
Gland, Island of, Sweden, Proposal to Supply Electrical Power to, 609, 669
Overhead Belt for Supply of Current to Large Rural Area, 115
Paris International Conference on High-tension Lines, 361
Polish Electrical Engineering, Demand for Increase in Import Duties, 471
Power-house at King George’s Docks, Calcutta, 89
Power Station Fuel Efficiency at New York, J. B. C. Kershaw, 581
Power Station at Witbank, South Africa, Construction Progress, 295
Queenstown, S. Africa, Development of Electricity Scheme, 463
Switchgear Improvement and Experiments, 241
Sydney City Power-house, Site at Botany Bay, 491
Sydney Power Station, Tenders for Plant to be Invited, 609
Tanjore, Madras, Loan for Electrification, 519
220-Kilovolt Transmission and Flash-overs, R. J. C. Wood, 433
Turbo-alternator, 5000—6000-Kilowatt, for Durban, 463
Turbo-alternator, 10,000-Kilowatt, 321
Units Sold for Cooking Purposes at Cardiff, 491
Victorian Electricity Commission, Sugarloaf Hydro-electric Scheme, 463
Victorian Electricity Commission’s Work, 551
Villages near Newton Abbot, Electricity
Supply Order, 695
ELECTROPLATERS’ and Depositors’ Technical Society, 653
Element, New, Discovered by Czech University Professor, 551
Engineering Federation and Trade Unions Conference in London, 11
Engineers’ Club Annual Dinner. 475
Engineers and the Colonial Office, 389
Exeter Ship Canal, New Lock Gates for, 115
EXHIBITIONS :
British Industries Fair in 1926, 321. 475
British Industries Fair, London and Binning-' ham, Invitations to all Parts of the World, 519
Cairo Agricultural and Indus-trial Exhibition, 349
Cycle Show at Olympia, 295
Electrical Exhibition at Osaka, 267
Fifth International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition in Paris in 1926, 189
German Foundry Exhibition at Dusseldorf, 215
International Agricultural Exhibition at Brussels, 588
International Fair at Salonica, 215
Postponement of Opening, 241, 295
International Motor Trade Exhibition in Copenhagen, 433
International Oil Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 626, 669
International Sample Fair in Havana, 581
Osaka, Electrical Exhibition in 1926, 321, 519
Phvsical and Optical Societies’ Exhibition, 447, 463
Radio Exhibitions in New York, 433
Railway Centenary Exhibition at South Kensington, 377, 463
Universal Smoke Abatement Exhibition in Birmingham, 669
ESTONIA’S Development as an Independent State, 639
j Experimental Arch Dam, Construction Started,
I 551
I Explosion of Aluminium Steam-jacketed Pan, Need of Caution, 89
Explosion of Boiler in Steam Trawler, 405
Explosion of Copper Winch Steam Pipe, 639
Explosion of Steam Trap in Important Powerhouse, 89
Explosion of Steam-worked Digester, 115 _
Explosions, Stop Valve, Due to Water-Hammer, 321
Explosives for Domestic Industries in U.S.A., Statistics of, 267
Explosives in Mines, Report by Mines Research Committee, 581
F FACTORY of the Future, Alfred W. Brown, 463
Fairs—see Exhibitions
Fan Installed in the Transvaal, Largest in the World, 377
Faraday House, Old Students’ Association, Seventeenth Annual Dinner, 417
Ferries, Vehicle, Across Sydney Harbour, 519
Ferry Across the Humber, 639
Finland State Sulphuric Acid and Superphosphate Plant at Kotka, 639
Fire-fighting in Mines, Tests, 115
Fire Float. New, for the Thames, 63
Floating Dock, Ex-German, Section for Scapa Bay Salvage Work, 321
Floating Dry Dock, 700ft. Ex-German, Arrival at Malta,’ 11 ; Arrival of Extra Section at Malta, 215
Flood Damage at Worcester to Electricity and Waterworks, 405
Floors of Railway Wagons, Experiments in Replacing Wood and Iron by Cement, 519
Flue Gases from Generating Stations, Value of Unceasing Watch, 377
Forestry Commission Activities, 215, 321
Forest and Fire Protection, 669
Foundry for Harrow School Workshop Projected, 609
Frost Effect on Concrete Dam, California, 63
Fuel Economy Engineering, New Company Started, 547
Fuel Research Work at the University of Birmingham, 551
Furnaces, Electric, in France, Output in 1913 and in 1924, 695
G GARNET Ore Finds in Canada, 63
Gas Administration Director Appointed by Board of Trade, 267
Gas Blower Explosions in Mines, Experiments for Prevention, 639
Gas Output, and Coal Consumed in the Industry,
Wages and Gas Costs, 519
Gear-cutting Hobs, Examination of, 75
G.E.C. Annual Sports, 52
German Aluminium Rolling Works, Negotiations for Establishment, of Syndicate, 189
German Prize for Firedamp Indicator, 433
Gold Medal Award for Paper, 321
Gold Mines, Porcupine, in Ontario, Production Value, 331
Gold Mining Industry, Progress in Ontario, 669
Gold Production of Canada in 1924, Country’s
Highest Record, 189
Goodwin Sands Shoaling, Gull Lightship and
Lighted Buoy Moved, 63
Grain Elevators, Numerous, Projected for Victoria, 241
Grain Elevators, 132 Projected at Country
Railway Stations in Victoria, 491
Grain-handling Elevator for Victoria, Vancouver, 463
Graphite Consumption Threatened, 677
Gypsum Production in Nova Scotia, 115
H HACK Saw Blade, New Type, Frys (London), Ltd., 204
Hacksaw for Wide Cuts, 565
Hardening Drills by Use of a Fresh Herring, 405 ; (Letter), 429
Helium Gas Wells in Toronto, 669
Helium Production, Experiments in Berlin, 405 High-pressure Trap, Steam Discharge from, 215 High-pressure Turbine, Reported Record, 165 Highway Operations, G. H. Delano, Snowfall
Effects, 639
House of Lords Well Provided with Heating Apparatus, 377
Houses of Steel Frames with Concrete Slabs, Erection in Eleven Days, 189
Hughes and Salomons Scholarships. 178
Human Factor in Industry, 653
Humber Navigation, Projected Improvements 349
Hydraulics,-Laboratory of, for Indian College, 639
Hydraulics, Research Institute for, Proposed in Switzerland, 377
Hydro-electric Development at Slave Falls, 491
Hydro-electric Plant in Now Brunswick, 189
Hydro-electric Plant', Novel Type, in China, 21.5
Hydro-electric Power in Norway, French
Opinion of its Great Capabilities, 241
Hydro-electric Power Plant of British Columbia
Electric Railway Company, 463
Hydro-electric Power in Switzerland, Growth of, JI
Hydro-electric Scheme in British Columbia, 55 I
Hydrogen Peroxide, Solid Form, British, Placed on the Market, 609
Hydrogen Production by New Method for Ammonia Synthesis, 349
Hydrographer Appointed in Toronto, 165
I IMPERIAL Institute, Changes,.52, 89
India, Tonnage Entered Into and Cleared Outwards, Statistics, 115
India, Western Coast of, Baroda State New Harbour at Adatra, 519
Indian Boiler Regulations, 1924, Proposed Amendments, 639
Indian and New Zealand’s Increased Imports of Motor Vehicles from Great Britain, 695
Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad, 519
Industrial Property Protection, Conference of International Union for, 377
Institutes and Institutions—.see Associations
Insulating Material in Sweden, Sphagni, 115
International Chamber of Commerce, Annual
Meeting of the British National Committee, Sir A. Garrett-Anderson’s Speech, 433
International Congress of Design in Paris, 63
International Geological Congress. Programme for 1926, 102
Irish Free State, New Patent Laws, 317
Iron Carbonyl as Anti-knock Agent in Liquid Fuels, 165
IRON AND STEEL :
Algeria, Iron Ore Exports from, 519
Anshan Ironworks’ Disappointing Business, 189
Caucasian Manganese Ore Deposits, Projected Development, 463
Cold-rolling Properties of Electrolytic Iron Compared with Open-hearth Steel, 295
Electric Alloy Steel, F. E. Clark, 581
Electric Steel Furnace Statistics, 267
Fine Specimens of Steel-making, 669 Franco-German Iron and Steel Trust, 11 Greatbridge Iron and Steel Works Bought to be Dismantled, 189
Hematite Iron Ore, Very Rich Deposit, in Western Australia, 241
Iron Ore on International Market, Annual Amount of, 463
Iron Ore, Record Huge Export of, from Bell Island, 165
Iron and Steel and their Products in Canada, Statistics for 1924, 241
Lathe Turning of Manganese Steel, 519
Manganese Deposits in Banffshire, Samples Satisfactory, 141
Molybdenum Alloyed with Steel, Value as Deoxidising Agent, 377
Motor, 9000 H.P., for Cleveland Steel Company, 141
National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers :
Pig Iron and Steel Production in August. 295
Pig Iron and Steel Production in September, 405
Pig Iron and Steel Production in October 551
Pig Iron and Steel Production in November, 695
IRON AND STEEL [continued)
Newfoundland, Question of Royalties on Iron _ Ores from, 349
Nickel Plating on Exposed Steel Parts of Motor Cars, 463
Nickel-plating, Porosity of, Result of Tests, 267
Nickel Production of Canada, Output of Two Companies, 189
Paint for Protecting Steel Surfaces under
Certain Conditions, Tests, 581
Quebec Magnesite Offered for British Steel Trade, 295
Steel Furnaces, Progress in Output and Con-ditions, 581
Steel Plates, Record Size, 165
Steel Rails Export, Germany’s Large Proportion, 695
Steel, Remarkable Claims for New Kind, 349
Steel Structures, Unsuitable for Japan. 377
Stockton, New Wharf Likely to Lead to
Continental Trade in Iron, 609
Suffolk Iron Foundry Employees’ Outing. 303
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Record Steel Output, 669 h
Sydney Steel Plant Fully Employed for
Canadian National Railways, 609
Tubes, Solid-drawn, of Stainless Steel and Iron, 581
Tungsten, Influence of, on Steel, Research Report, 241
United States, Pig Iron Production, 349
Workington Rail Mills of United Steel Company Restarted, 321
ISLE of Wight in Danger of Coast Erosion, 36
Italian Discovery of Ore Containing Copper
Sulphide and Gold, 340
Italian Parliament Telephone Between Chamber and Senate, 241
J JAMES Keith and Blackman Company. Ltd., Dinner to Directors and Management by Staff, 499 b
| Japanese Patent Office Controller, Visit of, 695,
K KAMBI Coupling, Swedish Engineer’s Invention, 551
Kaolin Discovery on Vancouver Island. 189
Kawasakai Dockyard Company, New Sheet
Mill, 463
Kelvin .Hall Destroyed by Fire, 37
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, The New, 241
Korea Experimenting in Cultivation of Sugar
Beet, 669
L LAMBETH Bridge, New, Estimated Cost o*, 141
Landslide, Huge, and its Effect, 377
Lantern Slides for Lectures, Tangyes Ltd., 475 ;
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 694
Lead Mining Industry in Teesdale, Progress of New Company, 441
Lead, Reported Discovery of Process for Hardening and Tempering, 189
Leith Harbour and Docks, Projected Additions, 404
Libraries and Information Bureaux, Special, Association of, 78
Lifeboat with Hand Propelling Gear, 164
Lifeboat’s Round the World Cruise to Demonstrate Best Outfit Conditions, 433
Lighthouse Fire Puts Danger Signal Out of Action, 37
Lighthouse at River Wear Entrance to be Removed, 215 -
Lighthouses, Light Vessels, &c., Cost of Maintenance, 89
Lighting in Industry, 295
Lightning Statistics in Kilowatt-hours, 141
Lincoln, William, Obituary Notice, 518
Linoleum Factory for Denmark, 547
Lobito Angola Harbour Contract Progressing Slowly, 581
Loch Katrine, Extensive Alterations to Aqueducts, Sluices, &c., Fine Roadway Made. 11
Locomotive Boiler Explosions and Brass Smoke Tubes, 63
L.C. Council Fellowships, 102
London’s Housing, Proposed Use of Colour in the Concrete Employed, G. Topham, 695
London Traffic Advisory Committee, Tubes versus Omnibuses, 545
M MACHINE-MAKING Industry at Chemnitz.
Reported Critical State of, 609
Machinery, Light, in Nanking, 551
Magnetic Observatory to be Established at
Godhavn, West Greenland, 405
Maidstone Street Bridge Widening, 267
Malachite Mines, Bembe, Angola. 581
Manchester G.P.O. Sorting Office, Facilities for
Handling Mail Bags, 295
Manchester, Great Increase in Road Transport, 49o
Manganese—see Iron and Steel
Manufacturers’ Processes Disclosed, Difference between English and American Practice, 189
Marking Ink for Chemical Porcelain, Formula for, 581
Matches, Waterproof, 89
Melbourne and Brisbane, Need of Additional
Bridges, ] 41
Merchandise, Record Amount Handled at Capetown Docks, 669
Mercury Deposit Discoveries in Sumatra, 267
Mersey Tunnel—see also Railways
Mersey Tunnel Committee, Engineers Appointed, 349
Metals and Non-metals in Canada, Much Increased Output, 491
Methylated Spirit Production by New Process in Germany too Expensive for Commercial Use, 189
Mica, Domestic Uncut, Statistics of U.S.A.
Sales, 215
Milling Plant, Costly, Projected at Calgary, 115
Mine Pressures, Gauge for Measuring, 695
Mine Ventilation Scheme at Randfontein, 519
Mines Department Testing Station, 519
Mineral Deposits in Arctic Regions, Projected C Investigation, 377
Mineral Production of Tasmania, 609
Miners’ Welfare Work, Costly Grounds, Hall and Baths Opened, 123
Mining and Coal Handling in Victoria, Investigating European Methods, 241
Mining Electrical Engineers, Education and i Training of, T. J. Nelson, 609
Mining Industry and Research, E. J. Foley, 433 .
Mining in New Zealand, Conference, 639 Molybdenum—see Iron
Monazite Sand Discovery in Tasmania, 115 Mortar from Slate Dust Mixed with Glutin, 349 J Motor Car, English, World’s Record in Paris, 349
Motor Car Imports into South Africa, Increase, 95
Motor Omnibus Service, Passenger and Freight between Manchouli, Manchuria, Urga and Saupeitzefu, 609
Motor Road between Liverpool and East Lancashire, 405
Motor Touring in Great Britain, 50 Per Cent. Increase over 1924, 349
N NATAL’S Greatly Increased Exports, 141
Natural Gas Discovery on North Saskatchewan River, Canada, 695
New Brunswick Power Development Schemes, 115
Newcastle Quay, Proposed Extension, 405
Newcastle and Gateshead, Desired Quayside Improvements, 639
Newcomen, Thomas, and James Watt Anniversaries, 215
Newhaven, Harbour at, Offered to Southern Railway, 412
New South Wales, Safe Working of Coal and Shale Mines, Inquiry, 165
New South Wales State Cabinet and Wireless Schemes, 639
New Zealand, Boring at the Taranaki Oilfields, 519
New Zealand, Greymouth Harbour Board’s Projected Improvements, 141
Niagara Falls, Permission for Increased Water
Diversion for Power Purposes, 609
Niagara Falls Recession and Effect of, 463, 551 Nickel—see Iron and Steel
Nipigon River, Ontario, Expectations from
Development of Energy of, 639
Nitric Oxide Production Experiments, 295
Nitrogen Factory, Hitch in Negotiations, 329
Nitrogen Fixation Factory Projected on the
Moscow-Nijni Novgorod Railway, 609
Notched Bars, Comparative Impact and Slow-bend Tests on Non-ferrous Allovs and Steels, 267
o OIL Changes in Rocks Under Pressure, 63
Oil Discovery in China, Transport,Difficulties, 1 15
Oil Engine Power Plant, Tenders Called for, 463
Oil Prospects in Queensland, Dr. A. Wade, 519
Oil Refinery at North Vancouver, B.C., 463
Oil Refining from Bituminous Coal in China, Plant being Installed, 241
Oil Storage Facilities at Grangemouth, 349
Oils, Crude, of the Western Hemisphere, Study of, and Report, 639
One-millionth of a Centimetre for Metal Foils, Reported Process for Production of, 215
Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission Appointments, 241, 376
Ontario’s Water Power Resources, Results of Survey, 115
Oscillograph, Electro-magnetic, New Type, 215
Overseas Trade, Discussion Between Continental Representatives of Britain with Home Manufacturers, 349
Oxygen by Liquid Air Process, Plant at Great Western Railway Works, Swindon, 695
P ■PAPER Mill Projected for Fort Alexander, Manitoba, 141
Paper Products from Waste Straw, 491
Patent Laws, Irish Free State, 317
Peat Fields of Alfred, Ontario, to be Reopened, 189
Persia’s Mineral Wealth, 295
Petrol-electric Vehicle for L.C.C. Fire Brigade, 189
Petroleum in Africa, Unsuccessful Search
Hitherto, 1 4 1
Petroleum Prospecting in Spain, 551
Phosphate Deposits Excellent Report, 609,
Phosphate Rock Discovery near Capetown, 115 Photographs Taken by Aeroplane Transmitted
East and West America in Half an Hour, 377 Piles, Wooden, Under Water, Means of Cutting
Off, 463
Pipe, Huge, Rapidly Moved to New Position, 695
Pipe Line Electrically Welded and Resulting Economy, 581
Platinum Market in London, Scheme to Form Combine, 349
Polytechnic in St. Pancras, New, Grant for, 63 Port Works at Fremantle, W.A., Improved, 463 Portland Cement Output Expected at North fleet, 295
Potash and Rock Salt, Large Deposits Report in the Ruhr Coalfield, 215
Potteries’ Gas and Electricity Undertakings, Disappointing Results, 1 I
Power Alcohol Production from Molasses in Australia, 89
Punjab Government, Water Supply Extension, 639
Q QUAY, Deep-water, Proposed Construction in Sunderland, 639
Quebec, Power Development on the Batiscan River, 491
R RADIUM-BEARING Ores, Reported Discovery in the Belgian Congo, 609
Rails, Japan’s Decision to Replace American by British, 646
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Aberystwyth, Sunday Excursions to, 89
Accidents :
Buffer Stop Collision at Douglas, 215, 295
Buffer Stop Collision at Luddenfoot, Report, 107
Buffer Stop Collisions, Report on Three, 695
Collision, Slight, at Llandudno, 405, 491
Collision, Slight, at Sheffield, 321
Collisions and Automatic Train Control, 377
Connecting Rod Causes Fatal Accident near West Acton Station, 669
Delaware Disaster near Rockport, U.S.A., An Act of God, 89
Derailment on Stoppage of Boat Train, 241
Doncaster Avoiding Line Accident Recalled, 115
Explosion of Gas Cylinder, Fatal, 348, 377
Fatal Derailment of Express, U.S.A., 500 Fenny-Stratford Disaster, 639, 669
Fog and Accidents, 581
French Railway Collision, Another Fatal, 215
French Train’s Disastrous Derailment at Amiens Station, 189
Goods Trains’ Collision near Barnard Castle, Report, 241
Head-on Collision in Colorado, Signalman’s Presence of Mind, 215
Historical Cases of Shunted Trains being Overlooked, 321
Hope Collision and Deaths of Three Railwaymen, Coroner’s Verdict, 321 ; Report, 669
Level Crossings Accidents in U.S.A., Reduction in, 63
Light Engine Collision at St. Enoch’s, Glasgow, 695
Liverpool-street Station Collision Inquiry, Signalman Blanked, 349
Mishap to Motor Car Train near Holly well, 133
“ Movement ” Accidents to Railway Servants, 1924, 345
Platelayer Killed in Absence of Look-out Man, 267
Previous Accidents Recalled, 165, 321, 463 Reduction in Number of Accidents to
Standard Oil Vehicles Crossing Railways, 695
Report on Collision at Baker-street, 491
Return of Railway Accidents and Casualties, 267
Slight Collision at Wincobank, 581
Track Circuit Failures and Unexpected Causes, 405
Tramcar Running Back and Collision, 405 433
ACWORTH, Sir William, Proposed Memorial to, 551
American Declaration of Independence Anniversary, 11
American Train’s 946 Miles Journey in 22| Hours, 405
American Transportation and Grouping Question, 295
American Views on Railway Working in England, 163
Appointments and Staff Changes, ] 15, 201. 295, 405, 519, 609
Articulated Cars in America and Great Britain, Advantages of, 215
Automatic Train Control, New System in America, 639, 669
Bengal - Nagpur Railway, Electrification Question, 37
Benguella Railway, Progress Towards Katanga, 551
Birthday Honours for Railwaymen, 37
Bridge, Beira - Nyasaland Railway, Over the Zambesi, 89
Bridge Over the Murray River, Strengthening, 377
Bridge Over River Murray for Through Trains from Melbourne to Adelaide, 165
British Railways, Criticism of, and American Tribute to Efficiency, 215
Buenos Aires, Projected Underground Railway, 171
Business Falling and Railwaymen’s Number Increasing, 267
Cambrian Railway’s Changes of Fortune, 609
Canadian National Railway to Operate Electric Train Service between Ottawa and Montreal, 165
Canadian Pacific Railway, A 40 Miles Extension, 581
Centenary Exhibition Prolonged, 463
Centenarv Memorial Service for Railwaymen, 321
Centenary of Railways’ Celebrations, Embarrassing Numbers Taking Part, 349
Centenary of Railways, Old Engines to Go to York Railway Museum, 189
Central London Railway’s Birthday, 141
Central Wages Board Meetings, 349, 463
Charing Cross and Metropolitan Junction, Certain Lincs Temporarily Closed, 215
Charing Cross Underground Station’s Future, 639
Cheshire, Salop and Herefordshire Lines, New Administration Plans, 519
Chicago, Union Station Opened, Particulars of, 215
Chinese Railway in Progress, Details, 295
Chinese Railways’ Decreased Receipts, 11
City Railway, Kennington Station Reopened, 63
City Railway, Train Indicators Provided, 463
Closing Branch Lines and Stations, Difference between American and British Regulations, 551
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Coal Carriage to Ireland, Government and the Great Southern and Western Railway,
Coal Prices and Railway Charges, 141
Coal for Railway Consumption, Prices of, and
Railway Charges on Coal Carriage, 695
Death of Mr. J. P. Annett, 639
Death of Mr. Frederick F. Backus, 37
Death of Mr. George M. Basford, 551
Death of Mr. A. W. Gattie, 321
Death of Captain W. J. C. Nash, 89
Death of Mr. William Patton, 165
Death of Mr. J. H. Pinder, 115
Derwent River and Railway Crossings, Additional Lines for Increasing Traffic, 63
Diesel-electric Car’s Record Unbroken Trip, 695
Diesel Type Locomotive, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Trial Trips, 63
Dudley-Wordsley Trams to be Replaced by Motor Omnibuses, 89
Dumper, Steam-operated, for 120-Ton Cars, 639
Egyptian State Railways, Tank Wagon Tenders, 519, 609
Egyptian State Railways, Tenders for New Bridge at Alexandria, 320
Engine Driver’s Name Given to Locomotive, 581
“Engineer as a Railroad Executive,” Remarks by Mr. Julius Kruttschnitt, 349
Escalators and Improvements at Tottenham Court-road, 377
Escalators and Passenger Subway, New, at Trafalgar-square Station, 704
Eskd'ale Track and 15-Gauge Locomotive, 115
Estonia, Projected New Railway, 267
Euston-square and King’s Cross Junction, Progress of Improvements, 11
Ferry Across the Humber, 639
French Express Engine Drivers, Erroneous Report, 349
French Railway Accidents and Automatic Signalling, 609
French Railways and the “Crocodile,” Old Invention of Monsieur Lartigue, 433
Garratt Engine, The Late II. W. Garratt, 37 Gauge, British Railways, Eighty Years Ago, 63
German Competition Prize for Stress and Deflection .Recorder, 11
Giant’s Causeway Hydro-electric Tramway, First in the World, Stand-by Power-house for, 89
Good Men Scarce on English Railways, Sir Felix Pole’s Address to Students, 433
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Ceases to Exist, Property Passes to State, 41
Great Indian Peninsula Railwav, .Electrification of Main Line, Cost, 349
Great Northern Railroad (U.S.A.), Risk of Automatic Signalling, 189
Great Southern Railway of Ireland, Urges Reduction of Pay All Round, 241
Great Western Railway :
Accidents to Men in Swindon Works, Reduction in Number of, 267
Changes Foretold in Ownership of Certain Lines in Consequence of Grouping, 491
Coal Dispute Question/and Discrimination between Classes of Traffic, General Manager’s Warning, 267
Junction Line Projected to Replace Part of Marlborough Branch, 71
Ocean Mails Specials, Record Run, Plymouth-Paddington, 349
Purchase of Nevin Omnibus Company, 267
Swansea Harbour Trust Taken Over by Great Western Railway and Bridge Projected, 267
Swindon to Paddington Fast Run, 141
Track Doubled between Portmadoc and Pwllheli, 141
Vale of Rheidol Railway. Branch Diversion to Main Line Station, 11, 639
Grouping Advantages and Royal Trains, 433 Grouping, and Consequent Available Warehousing Space, 110
Harbin, Manchuria, City Tramway Projected, 321
History of Railways, 127
India, Goods Train Operation, 519
Indian Railways, Two, Secretary of State Decides Not to Purchase, 37
Institutes and Institutions, Railway and Transport—see Associations
Interim Dividends of Four Railway Groups. 141
International Railway Congress :
American Choice of Railway Event for Celebration, 11
Congress “ Proceedings ” Publication Delayed by Printers’ Strike, 349
Germany and other Governments’ Expected Applications for Admission, 37
International Railway Congress Special to Swindon, J1
Meeting Place for 1930, 1 1, 37
Soviet Government’s Request to Join the Association Declined, 37
International Railway Services and Tariffs’ 321
Irish Free State Railways Amalgamated into Great Southern Railway, 165
Irish Road and Railway Transport, Proposed Linking-up, 267
Irish Winter Train Services Reduced, 455
Italian Railway Bridge Fatal Disaster, 405
Italian State Railways, Marked Improvement in Revenue, 691
Japanese Adopt British Type of Rails, 695
J apanese Railways Freight Vehicle Couplings, 321
Khyber Pass Railway Opening. 463
Ladysmith-Touws River Line Opening, 551
Light Railway Orders, 463
Light Railways of 1898, Parts of Scheme Abandonee!, 551
Llewellyn, Inspector J. M., Killed at Bristol, 551
London Electric Railways’ Extension, 463
London Travellers, Enormous Increase of Journeys, 581
London, Midland and Scottish Railway :
Automatic Signalling between Barking and Bow-road, 140
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued):
London, Midland and Scottish Railway {con.):
Changes Foretold in Ownership of Certain Lines in Consequence of Grouping, 491
Coal Commission, Director of L.M. and S.
Railway to be a Member, 267
Euston to Perth with Only One Stop, 63 ;
Claim Disputed, 89
Fleetwood, Improvements near Passenger Station and Larger Steamers on Belfast Route, 491
Further Widening of Line near Wakefield, 45
London, Tilbury and Southend Electrification Postponed, 89
Motor Cars Over Ferries on the Caledonian Section, Complaints of Excess Charges, 189
Portstewart Station Tramway (Northern Counties Committee) to be Exchanged for Omnibus Service, 491
Relaying Lines with Felt Pads Under Chairs, in Dunblane and Stirling Area, 463
Restaurant Service, Manchester and Birmingham, 519
Season Tickets, Weekly, Liverpool and Manchester, Manchester and Bury, 519
Water Columns and Tanks, Differently Coloured and the Reason for, 561
Winter Service Changes, 349
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Hanging Buffers and Timber Dog, £100 Reward offered for Invention, 673
Hull Dock Warehouse Destrovcd by Fire, 669 ‘
Liverpool-street and Ilford Proposals, Cost of, 377
Locomotion No. 1 Returned to Pedestal in Darlington Station, 491
Locomotive and Wagon Construction Programme, 551
Pullman Train Changes on the L. and N.E.
Railway, 295
Signalman’s Action Averting an Accident, 295
Lord Monkswell and the Railways, 519, 609
Mail Service to Belfast and North of England, Improvements, 321
Manchester, Scheme for Tube Railways for, 377
Manchester South .Junction and Altrincham Railway, Local Demand for Electrification, 433 .
Melbourne Cable Tramway Conversion to an
Electric Service, 491
Mersey Railway Company’s Grievance, 189
Mersey Tunnel Construction Bill Passed, 148
Metropolitan, District and Tubes Railways,
Greatly Improved Services, 321
Ministry of Transport:
Appointments to Railway Employment Safety Appliances Committee, 141
Electrification of Railways, Parliamentary-Question and Minister’s Reply, 241
Fenny-Stratford Disaster Inquiry, 639, 669
Order for Acquisition by Agreement of
Land by London Electric Railway, 295
Railway Statistics, Passenger and Goods, for March, 41
Railway Statistics for June, also for First Half of Present Year, 321
Railway Statistics for July, 433
Railway Statistics for August, 581
Railway Statistics for September, 695
Motor Omnibuses to Replace Trackless Trains in Boksburg, 695
National Union of Railwaymen :
Central Wages Board, Difficulties of Discussion, 405
Circular to the Members Advising Acceptance of Wages Board Award, 669
Coal Dispute and Traffic Handling, Warning of General Manager, 267
Question of Amalgamation with Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Society, 73
Railway Companies’ Conference "with Trades Unions, 11
Railway Companies’ Proposal to Men for All-round Reduction in Directors’ Fees, Salaries and Wages, 37, 669
Railwaymen’s Wages and Cost of Living.
11, 669 *
Record Assets Reported, 18
National Wages Board and Railwaymen’s Wages, 551, 669
Never-Stop Railway, The One-millionth Passenger, 405
New Zealand Government Railways, Self-propelled Coaches for, 215
North London Railway, Former, Discontinues Second-class Bookings, 295
North London, Travelling Facilities, Public Inquiry, 321
Nova Scotia, Bill for Branch Line Construction Defeated, 37
Oil-burning. Locomotive’s Wonderful Run, 581
Old-street Underground Station, New Escalator Shaft and Passageway, 37
Oxford Circus Station Reconstruction, ] 89
Parliamentary Decision Concerns Oldest
Existing Railway to have Received Parliamentary Sanction, 463
Parliamentary Powers to be Sought for
Works on Various Railways, 581, 609
Passenger Tube Under the Tyne, 490
Pennsylvania Railroad Telephone, Extensive
Use of, 215
Pennsylvania System, Retirement of President, 463
Piccadilly Circus Tube Station, Progress, 295
Post Office Trains, 37
Praise of Railway Companies, 639
Pullman Car Non-stop Trains, 581
Punch and Wagon-coupling Accidents, 63
Rail Motor, New Typo, 165
Railway Material" Exports Statistics, 115, 165, 377, 519
Railway Rates, 50 per cent. Increase, Wages
150 per cent.. Material 80 per cent., Sir R. Wedgwood, 519
Railway Rates Tribunal :
Capital of Railway Companies, Tribunal’s Decision, 433
Demurrage Charges on Railway-owned Wagons, 165
Railway Rates Tribunal (continued):
Economies Arising Out of Grouping, 463
Economies from Grouping not Confirmed by Railway Companies, 405
Postponement of Question of Railway Expenses and Standard Charges, 141
Rating of Railways, 115
Raven, Sir Vincent, Resigning President’s
Office, 669
Royal Train to North, New Route Taken, 189
Scottish Railway Shareholders and Men’s
Wages during Government Control, 267
Shopmen’s Wages, Court of Inquiry to be Set up, 695
Signal Colours, Two, for Colour-blind and Non-colour-blind, 491
Signalling and Other Appliances, J. E. and J. P. Annett, 639
Signalling Plant, Electro-mechanical, at Belfast, 241
Signalman’s Death at His Post, Effect of Block System Signalling, 377
Sir Felix Pole on Peace in Rail wav Industry, 669
Sleeper Spacing and Axle Loads, A. F.
Harvey, 609
South African Railways Workshops, Cost of Extensions, 189
South-East London and Traffic Facilities, 141
Southern Railway :
Charing Cross to Orpington and Addis-combe, Electrification Delayed, 491
Complaints of Overcrowding Due to Bank Holiday Traffic, 189
Concrete Sleepers, Projected Trials of New Type, 700
Criticisms of Electrical Services, 241
Different Electric Systems on Various Sections, 89
Electrical Services, New, and Extensions, 11
Newhaven, Harbour at, Proposed Transfer to Southern Railway, 412
Reconstruction Work on Eastern Kent Section, 37
Restaurant Facilities Extended, 386
Siding, New, at Dorking North Station, 115
Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway and Torrington and Halwill Light Railway Inspected and Opened, 63, 89
Turbine Mail Steamers, Southern Railway, Converted to Oil Burners, 581
Vera and Alberta Steamers, Southern Railway, to be Replaced by New Vessels, 491
Victoria Stations Amalgamation Numbering, 349
Waterloo, Changes of Certain Electric Trains to Relieve Congestion, 609
Wimbledon Station Under Reconstruction. 669
Stephensons, Father and Son, Confusion by Journalists, 89
Stockton and Darlington Railway, Celebration of One Hundredth Anniversary of Opening, 215
Stratford, Gas Standard Obstruction, 215
“ Summer Trains,” Incorrect Report, 115
Sunday Trains in Scotland, Additional, 405
Swiss Federal Railways, Progress of Electrification of Olten-Berne Section, 141 ; (Correction), 165
Telephone Booths, 1 Mile Apart for 10,000 Miles Railway, 89
Telephones on Railway Motor Cars in Italy and America, 141
Thomas, Mr. J. H., on the Coal Subsidy and Nationalisation, 241
Tottenham Court-road “Comb ” Escalators, 491
Trade Union, New Railway, 89
Tramway Electrification in Reval, Esthonia, 581
Tramway Works at Liverpool, Cost of, 491
Tramways, Limitations of, A. W. S. Herrington, 639
Transandine Railway Boundary Tunnel, 11
Tubes’ Decreased Passengers and Receipts
Compared with Greatly Increased Prosperity of Motor Omnibuses, 527, 545
Underground Company’s Tunnel Connection at King’s Cross between Piccadilly and City Lines, 295
Underpinning of Railway Bridge Over London Street, 165
Victorian Government Railways Traffic Statistics, 295
Virginian Railway Electrical Operation, 551
Wages Rate in Pre-war Days, 581
Wagons, High-capacity, All-metal, for Road Stone and Tar-macadam, 295
Wagons, Privately Owned, Reply to Complaints, 491
Watford Extension Opening, 433 ; Descriptive Brochure of Line, 551
Whitemoor Locomotive Depot at March, 639
Winter Train Services, Dates for Beginning and End, 295
Woolwich-built Locomotives, 178
Workmen’s Unremunerative Fares on Tramways and Railways, 527
REACTION, Incompleteness of, Between Hard Water and Alkaline Reagents Used, 63
Reagent, New, for Copper, Iron and Cobalt in Quantitative Analysis, 267
Reflector, New Type, 463
Reinforced Concrete Building, Highest in the World, 63
Reinforcement of Concrete Pipes, New Method of, H. S. Bower, 519
Research Work. Report of American Bureau of Standards, 11
Reservoir Built in Rapid Time, 551
Resistance to Traction of Passenger Motor < 'ars and of Pneumatic Tire Wagons on Paved Surfaces and on Gravel, 519
Road Troubles in American Cities as in London, 669 .„ .
Roads in Hunan, China, Construction Scheme,
639i on
Roofs, Iron Sheets Outlast Steel, 89
Ropes, Worn, New Instrument for Testing, 69a
Royal Scottish Museum Assistantship, Appointment, 89„
Rubber Compounding Tendencies, v\ .
Wiegand, 321
Rubber Exports from Para,'Statistics, 241
Rubber Industry Institution Meeting, 361
Rubber Plantation to be Started in Liberia, 463
Rudder Perforation, A German Invention, 63
Russian Oil Storage Tanks at Avonmouth and
Grangemouth, 551
s
SAGUENAY River, Big New Power Develop- | ment, 141 .
St. Lawrence Power Development, Project | Delayed, 63 . .
St. Lawrence Waterways Deepening, Inquiry by Expert, 115
Salford Centralisation of Transportation Sys- . tern, 695 ,,r n .
Salt, First Shipment from New Salt v\ ells
of Alberta Salt Company, 189
Salt Water for Fire Mains, Evil Effects of, 69a
Salving of Treasure on P. and O. Mail Boat
Egypt, Contract for, 405
Scarborough’s New Bridge and Government Grant, 141 . . . .
Scholarships in Engineering, British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 568
Scholarships in Engineering, Norton and Gregory, Ltd., 499
Scholarships in Engineering Offered by Loughborough College, Leicestershire, 695^
Scholarships, Hughes and Salomons, 178
Scholarships, Research, in Naval Architecture, 245
Scientific and Industrial Research, Appointments to Advisory Council, 377 _
Scottish Shale Oil Industry, Position of, 295
Sea Sand in Plaster, Cable Insulation Destroyed I by Corrosion, 115
Sennar Dam Opened, 89 I
Shale Oil Industry in South Africa, Question of State Assistance, 609
Shanghai Strike Troubles and Interrupted
Electric Supply, 295
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :
British India, In and Out Tonnage Statistics, 267
British Naval Work for the Hellenic Government, .253 .
Cairn Liner Damage and Quick Repair, 141
Canada’s New Ships for British West Indian
Trade, 349
Centrifugal Separators for Fuel Oil on Motor |
Ships, 405 . I
Comet Steamer, Hundredth Anniversary ot Disaster, 433
Commonwealth Cruisers, Names of I wo New, 695 ... ta k
Destroyer Repairs to be Limited to Dock-vards, 215 ,,
Flettner Rotor Ship, Finnish Inventor s
Improvement, 11 .
Furness, Withy and Co., Tenders Invited tor
Ships, British Prices far Exceed Foreign, 89
Fushun, Shallow-draught Steamer, Safe Arrival at Hongkong, 639
Gliding Boat Driven by Aeroplane 1 ro-peller, Great Expectations, 267
Harwich-Esbjerg Motor Mail and Passenger
Ship Parkeston, Great Advantages of, 349
Japanese Naval Estimates, 63
Kenilworth, 5096-Ton Steamer, Rapid Bun- j kering and Despatch, 349
Lifeboat Regulations, Fleming Boat Recommended, 89 ;
Machinery Installed in Lake Steamer, Record Speed, 165
Motor Lifeboat, Seventeen Years Old, but
Still Doing Good Service, 165
Motor Ship City of Stockholm, 307
Motor Ship Danmark, Particulars of, 377
Naval Building Programme, 1925-6, 215
Oil Tanker to Burn Oil Fuel with Triple- ! expansion Engines, 349
Orient Line Steamers’ Change of Home Port, 215
P. and O. Bombay Liner Ranchi to Start , Service, 141
Rotor Ships, Large, for German Government 37
Scapa Flow, Salving of German Destroyers, Progress, 63, 115, 1.65, 695
Second-hand Steamships’ High Prices, 295
Sinking of Mississippi River Steamer, Its
Cause, 295 . _
Towing to Buenos Aires from Hull, four i Months’ Voyage, 349
Turbine Mail Steamers, Dover-Calais, Iwo Converted for Oil Burning, 639
Two Cruisers, British, Machinery for, 669
White Star Liner’s Stern Frame Rail Journev, Space Required for Transport, 581 , . .
Yarrow Experiments and Research W ork in connection with High-speed Vessels, 518
SHOWS—see Exhibitions
Silting Trouble at Durban Waterworks, 267
Silver lead Ore Discovery, New South Wales, 519
Silver Wedding Presentation, 565
Singapore Registration Bill for Architects, 499
Smoke Abatement and Lack of Funds, 669 Smokeless Fuel, Discussion of Papers on, 496 Snowdon Mountain Railway, Increased Traffic,
Societies—see Associations
Sorel’s Magnesium Oxychloride, 639
South Africa’s Imports of Merchandise, 11.)
Soviet Union, Progress in Mechanisation in Industry, 321
Steam at Bottom of Vertical Gas Retorts, Results and Tests, 491
Steam Condenser with 70,000 Square Feet Cooling Surface, 267 .
Steam Power Plant, 100,000 H.P., Projected in
Carolina, 639
Stellite, A Cutting Tool, but Not a Steel; E. M.
Boote, 551
Suez Canal, Traffic and Revenue Returns, 141
Sugar Beet Factory Projected at Selby, 405
Sugar Factory Erection in Latvia, 377
Sugar Factory at Raymond, Alberta, 581
Sugar—see also Beet
Sulphate of Ammonia Plant in Natal Closed
Down, 519
Suspension Bridge, New, Over the Delaware
River, 63
Synthetic Ammonia, Toulouse Plant for Manufacture of, 349
T TANKS, Large, for Molasses, 115
Tarmac Works and Plant Projected in East Cleveland, 377
Tasmanian Cement Works Starting Operations, 609
Telephone Call-boxes, Prevention of Eavesdropping, 241
Telephone Circuit and Elimination of Noises, 321 . .
Telephone Development, Great Britain at the Foot of the List of Nations, 63
“Telephone Habit,” Post Office Project to Inculcate, 519
Telephone, Long-distance Service, in China, 669
Telephone Statistics, 321
Telephone, Street, Instruments, New System at Dundee, 491
Telephoned Pictures as Part of Press Routine in U.S.A., 43
Telephonic Communication Between London and Frankfort, 165
Tenders for Pumping Station Plant, Cairo, 348
Testimonial to a Distinguished Frenchman, 568
, Thermometers for Russia, Centigrade Scale
I Only to be Used, 405
The Thirty Club. Westminster Dinner, 21
Timber Output for Coming Year in Quebec, Predicted Amount, 695
Timber Sleepers, New Remedy for Worn
I Spike Holes, 463
1 Tin Deposits in the Waratah Valley, 463
l Tin Mine in Cornwall, Reopening, 115
Tin, Prospecting for, in South-West Africa, 165
1 Tires Exposure to Damp or Dust, Need of Care, 609
I Traction Engines and Rubber Tires, 141, 215
I Trade Dispute Statistics for July, 215
Traffic “ White Line ” at Dangerous Corners, Inventors’ Schemes for Improvement, 639
Trepanning Tool, Fry’s (London), Ltd., 78
Tunnel Under St. Louis Bay Proposed, 115
' Tunnels, Two, Under Detroit River, 551
| Turbine Pumps, Large, for Manchester, 420
I Turkish Science and Industry Magazine, 405
UNDERPINNING Church. Elaborate Process with Steel Pipe Piles, 491
| United States National Research Council, Projected Publication of Scientific Data, 620
I University College, London, Course of Lectures, Mercury Vapour Lamps and Mercury Arc Rectifiers, Professor J. A. Fleming, 437
University of New Brunswick, Chair of Electrical Engineering, 695
University of Sheffield, Appointments, 78
V I VAUGHAN, Mr. J. A., Retirement of, 463
I “ Veeder Magnetic Counter,” 609
Vehicle Building Industry, New Regulations for, 215
Vehicles, Municipal, Trial of Street Sweepers, &c., 475
Vertical Shaft Sinking, New World’s Record, 463
Vickers Group Amateur Operatic Society, 593
w WAGON and Machine-building Factory,
Germano-Bulgarian, 160
Wagons, War Department, 162
Water-hammer and Accident Caused by Failure to Open By-pass, 89 . .
Water Main, 1400ft. Long, Rapid Placing of, 267
Water Power Development in the Punjab, 267
Water Power Developments near Ontario
Border, Quebec Contracts, 639
Water Power Plant, 800,000 H.P. for Saguenay,
Quebec, 241
Water Softening, Limits of Rate for filtration, 115
WATER SUPPLY :
Additional Water Supply for Mining Areas near Pontefract, 405
Bradford’s Additional Water from the River
Nidd, 349
WATER SUPPLY {continued):
Capetown Water Supply, Pipe Dimensions for, 165
Chicago Water Consumption, Enormous Tota and Half Wasted, 551
Durban’s Water Supply, Progress of Dam Construction, 295
Esthonian Republic, New Waterworks, 333
Household Water Consumption Reduced by Metering, 695
Skegness Water Supply Augmentation, 215
Water Storage Reservoir, Additional, at Milford, near Stafford, 63
iVATERPROOF Bags for Transporting Dry Chemicals, Increased Use of, 695
Waves, Sound, and Light, Comparison, 639
Vaygood-Otis Club Sports, 21
Weathering of Stone Used for Buildings, 609
Welland Canal, Magnitude of Work, 669
Weymouth Port Development Scheme, 267
Whitworth Society, Summer Meeting, 102
Wire Rope Safety Tests, 491
Wire Rope Strengths, Messrs. Bruntons, 536
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY :
American Encouraging Report of Efficiency of British Wireless Industry, 241
Arctic Circle, 125-Miles Beyond, Wireless Station Opened at Aklavik, 519
Austria, Broadcasting Restrictions and Protection, 321
“ Beam ” Radio-telegraph Station near Skegness for Communication with India and Australia, ] 1, 215
Belle Isle New Station, 677
Board of Trade New Wireless Regulation, 37
Bolivia Begins Broadcasting, 669
Broadcast Telephony Conference, 11
Broadcasting from Colliery by Sheffield Relay Station, Great Success, 11
Broadcasting Experiments from Scotch Express, 37
Broadcasting Schemes Projected, Listeners’ Requirements, 11
Broadcasting Stations under Construction, World-wide Increase, 349
Broadcasting Stations at Milan and in Czecho-Slovakia to be Opened Shortly, 189
Colombo and Perth, Western Australia, Communication Set up and Experiments in Progress, 669
Commercial Organisation in Isolated Parts of the World, Wireless Installations, 11
Cork Harbour Pilot Boat, Wireless Installation for, 37
Deep Sea Fishermen Mission, New Steamship Fitted with Wireless Transmitter, 11
French Broadcasting Stations, Comparative Strength Shown by Experiments, 295
Geneva Broadcasting Troubles, 639
German Wireless Industry Progress, 141, 215 Greek Government and Wireless, 141 Heating Filaments of Wireless Valves, Dr.
J. H. T. Roberts’ Invention, 11
High-powered Wireless Stations in Jamaica and Bermuda, 37
Hil versum (Dutch) Station as Rival to Daventry, 519
Leeds and London, Broadcasting Arrangements, 377
Lighthouse Equipped for Wireless in Canada, 321
Lightning Effect on Wireless Apparatus, 377 Liverpool Broadcasting Station Accident, 321 Queensland Broadcasting Service, 321 Receiving Sets in Chile, 463
Receiving Sets Repair, Suggested Body of
Expert Maintenance Men, 37
Receiving Sets Without Special Batteries 433 Seoul, Korea, Broadcasting Station, 695 Studio, Wireless, Large New, for London Station, 241
Trinidad Wireless System Reconstruction, 581
Two-way Communication between Kohat (North-West Indian Frontier) and Caterham, Record, 491
Vessels of Rio de Janeiro Company to be Equipped with Powerful Marconi Installations, 491
Wireless Goods in British Market, Protection Sought Against Foreign Underselling, 349
Wireless International Conference at Geneva, 37
Wireless Telegraph Station at Salinas, under Brazilian Department, 433
Wireless Telegraphy (Explanation) Bill, 37
WOLFRAM Deposit Discovery in South Africa, 609
Workshop Suggestion Schemes, 361
World Power Conference, Permanent Committees to be Set up for each of Participating Countries, 695
Y YANGTZE Engineering Works, near Hankow, Resumes Operations, 89
Yarrow Boilers with Superheaters for Portsmouth Dockyard Power Station, 695
York Omnibuses, Trolley and Petrol, Show
Profit, but Loss on Tramcars, 349
z ZINC and Lead, Large Manufacturing Plant for,
Projected in Quebec, 165
Zinc Ore in Spitzbergen, Large Deposits, 581
Zinc Refinery, Large New, in Canada, 187
Zulu land Harbour Proposed, Cost of Such Undertaking, 551
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