The Engineer 1926 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
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ABATTOIR and Refrigerating Plant for East London, S.A., 437
Aberdeen New Suction Hopper Dredger, 153
Accidents in Mines in U.S.A., 153
Acetylene Generating Plant, Very Large, 413
AERONAUTICS :
Aeroplane, New Very High-speed, A. V. Roe, 213
Aeroplane Services, Several New, to Start, 413
Aircraft Apprentices, 149
Amphibian Flying Boats for Royal Australian Air Service, First Boat Launched, 213
Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 512
Cairo-Karachi Service, Details of Five Projected Machines for Use, 213
Cairo and Khartoum, Mail Service Possible by Aeroplane, 13
Croydon to Nuremburg and Back in 15| Hours, 469
Flight from Rome to Tokio and Back, Marchese de Pinedo, 441
Flying Boat Widgeon, Official Test, 446
French Flying, Government Prize Offer, 213
Fuel Tank, Pescara Bullet-proof, for Aeroplanes, 325
Glider, Engineless German, Record Flight of Over Nine Hours in the Air, 637
Glider, the “ Sea Flea,” Manned by Two Men, Proposed Voyages, 525
Helicopter Competition Fallen Through, 525
Night Flight in America, Only Partially Lighted, Plans for Extension, 553
R 36 Projected Flight Cancelled, 71
Royal Air Force Flight from Cairo to the
Cape, Details of Project, 213
Superseded Aeroplane’s Life Record, 497
Tenth Aeronautical Exhibition, 289
Wooden and Metal Propellers for Aircraft, Experiments to Determine Relative Merit of, 497
AFFORESTATION in Australia, 43
Alberta Oil Wells, High Average Production, 525
Alcohol from Sugar, Doubtful as a Paying Project, 441
Alloy of Manganese and Phosphorus, American Investigation, 125
Aluminium Abundance and Increasing Consumption, 441
Aluminium Paint, Durability and Protective Power of, E. Andrews, 379
American Honour for English Writer, 224
Analysis of Gases and Orsat Apparatus, 125
Ancient Cottages Preservation, 440
Anglo-Italian Mutual Concessions in Abyssinia and the Soudan, 441
Antimony Mine in Brittany Approaching Exhaustion, 637
Antimony, Uses of, in War and Peace, 581
Apprentices in the Engineering Trades, Education of, 337
Apprenticeship System for Contractors and Building Trades in British Columbia, 183
Argentine Machinery and Merchandise Demands, 71
Artificial Silk by Cellulose-acetate Process, Factory Projected in Canada, 43
Artificial Silk, Cheaper Qualities of, Factory Projected in Germany, 43
Artificial Silk, Mill Projected for, at Kendal, 43
Asbestos Cement, Projected Factory for, in Australia, 13
Asbestos Find in British Columbia, 153
Assay Laboratory at Lydenburg, South Africa, 13
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES:
Association, British Acetylene and Welding :
Luncheon and Presentation for Valuable Service, 651
Oxygen Used for Cutting Blow-pipes, Effect on the Apparatus of any Loss of Purity, C. R. Houseman, 500
Association of Consulting Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 268
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Annual General Meeting, 167, 537
Annual Dinner, 167
Bessemer Gold Medal Award, 409
Institute of Metals :
Annual Autumn Meeting at Liege, Programme, 440
Postal Ballot for Membership, 278
Institute, Royal, of British Architects :
Lincoln Cathedral R-estoration, Use of J ackhammers, Sir Francis Fox, 71
Royal Gold Medal Award, 425
Institute of Transport :
Examinations for Graduateship and Associate Membership, 366
President-elect a Railway Director and Manager, 608
Institution of Chemical Engineers :
Examinations for Associate Membership, 337
Tube Mill Grinding, Dr. G. Martin, 153
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued):
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Association of London Students :
Forty-fifth Annual Dinner, 393
Awards for Papers, 624
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 60
Design and Performance of Protective
Relays, C. L. Lipman, 99
Faraday Medal Award, 140
I.E.E. Model Form of General Conditions “A,” 258
Premiums for Papers, 596
Summer Meeting Postponed to Next Year, 568
Wireless Section :
Radiogoniometer and Azimuth of Arrival of Wave Trains, Paper Read, 325
Institution of Fuel Economy Engineers ,
Communication to Secretary of Proposed New Fuel Institute, 621
Council Meetings, 111, 621
Formation and Objects, 43
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Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :
Air Conditioning as an Aid to Industry, J. W. Cooling, 665
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 509
Coal-cutting Machinery, Lecture, S. Reilly, 312
Meeting, Films Shown Illustrating Work at Sheffield Works of Vickers Ltd., 54
Paint Spraying, Lecture, F. E. Webb, 385
Institution of Locomotive Engineers :
Automatic Mechanical Couplings for Railway Rolling Stock, A. M. Bell, 413
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :
Awards of Gold Medals and Premium, 312
Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual Meetings, Dates, 152
Annual Dinner, 152
Award of Premiums, 265
Summer Meeting in Belgium, 481
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued} :
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
Comparative Survey of American and British Signalling, Joshua Parsons, 497 Four-aspect Colour Light Signals, W. J.
Thorrowgood, 385
Long-burning Signal Lamps, H. E. Morgan and F. J. Hookham, 43
New President and Members Elected, 183 “ Proceedings,” Publication of Interesting Papers, 553
Institution, Boyal :
Annual Meeting, 540
Anonymous Donation, £500, 167
Elections, 167, 281, 540, 624
General Meetings, 167, 281, 540, 624
Lectures by Sir William Bragg on “ X-rays and Living Matter,” and Sir William Hardy on “ Films,” 86
Various Lectures Projected, Lecturers and Dates, 224
Institution of Structural Engineers :
Annual Dinner—and Criticism, 453
Engineer and Chemist, Combination Highly Necessary for this Country, Sir Alfred Mond’s View, 469
Impact of Wheels on Road Surface, Difference between Solid and Pneumatic Tires, Major R. A. B. Smith, 153
Portland House Scholarship, 624
Institution of Welding Engineers :
Arc Welding of Seams in Steel Plates, J. T* Carr, 183
Society of Chemical Industry :
Annual General Meeting, The King as Patron, 153
Society, The Faraday :
Explosive Reactions in Gaseous Media’ Discussion Organised by Society, 481
Temporary Appointment of Secretary and Editor, 665
Society of Glass Technologists :
Visit to Osram Glass Works, Papers on Glass Technology, Luncheon, 651
Society, Illuminating Engineering :
Engine Drivers’ Eyesight, Effect of Passing from Tunnels to Lighted Stations, 637
Society, Liverpool Engineering :
Development of Water Power Resources, A. E. Malpas, 13
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Society, Liverpool University Students, London :
Second Annual Dinner, 162
Society, Newcomen :
Summer Meeting,. 1926, 565
Society, Royal Aeronautical :
President Elected, 469
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Ancient Cottages, Preservation of, Meeting to Discuss Measures for, 440
Roads, Danger of Cambering, Lieut. -Colonel Sir A. H. Burgoyne, 43
Society, Royal Meteorological :
Symons Memorial Lecture, Advances in Atmospheric Physics, Professor Sydney Chapman, 363
Societies, Physical and Optical :
Exhibition, 13
AUTOMATIC Telephone Exchange at Manchester, 71
B “ BANK ” Telephone Exchange Closed, 617 Barbed Wire, German Substitute for, 71 Baroda’s New Harbour at Okha, 469
Bauxite or Clay, Extraction of Metal from, Professor N. Vittorf’s Invention, 217
Bauxite in Montenegro, Large Deposits Discovered, 43
Bauxite Production in the United States, 553
Bauxite Reduction to Aluminium Oxide by Aid of Iron Ore Instead of Coal, 581
Bedrock Depth for Sheet Piling, Method of Ascertaining, 183
Beet Sugar Factory for Three Welsh Counties, 153
Bell, 15 Tons, for America Ordered from Croydon, 125
Berlin Projected Prize Competition for Caterpillar Tractor, 13
Beryllium, Properties of, 183
Birmingham Sewage Disposal, Sludge Gas Power Plant Installed, 553
Blast-furnaces—see Iron
Board of Trade Engineers’ Examinations to be Suspended in August, 125
Board of Trade Navigation Certificates, New Test of Competency, 269
Board of Trade Returns, Exports of Machinery Show Highest Figure since 1913, 125
Boilers, Precipitates Forming in, Investigation in America, 43
Breakwaters in the Bay of Corinto, Pacific Coast, Projected, 213
BRIDGES :
See also Railways
Bascule Bridges for Welland Canal, 43
Blue Nile Flow, Possibility of Regulation and Irrigation Water Supply Improvement, 609
Bridge Colouring to Harmonise with House, 43, 71
Bridges Over the Vaal and Orange Rivers, Construction of Seven New, Proposed, 385
Cantilever Bridge, to Connect Rhode Island with American Mainland, 385
Finnieston, New Bridge Across the Clyde at, under Consideration, 213
Murray River Bridges, Two, in Course of Erection, Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 71
Murray River, History of Old Bridge, 125
Murray River New Bridge, Second Longest in Australia, 71
Niagara Falls Cantilever Bridge, Unusual Rusting, 71
Old and New Bridges Crossing Newark Bay, N.J., Cost of, 293
Port Augusta, South Australia, Proposed Bridge, 13
Two-deck Continuous Girder Bridge Recommended to Connect North Brisbane with Kangaroo Point, 297
Umgeni River, Natal, Bridge Over, Completed, 385
Wear, Bridge Over, at Sunderland, Tender of Sir William Arrol and Co. Accepted, 478
Westminster Bridge as Sound as When Erected, 641
BRITISH Columbia’s Hydro-electric Schemes, 637
British Columbia, Record Low Rate of Mine Fatalities, 385
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association :
Change of Methods of Classification of Insulating Materials, 255
British Engineers’ Association :
Improvement Reported in Overseas Trade Inquiries, 98
Overseas Inquiries, New Zealand’s Extensive Requirements, 269
British Engineering Standards Association :
Electric Cable Specification, 481
British Engineering Industry, Share of World Trade, 153 «
British Factories to be Opened to Traders during British Industries Fair in Birmingham, 183
British Malaya’s First Large Power Development Projected, 669
British Manufacturers’ Increasing Contracts, 183
Budapest, Municipality’s Extensive Programme of Improvements, 525
Buenos Aires, Port Improvement Projected, 413 Bullet-proof Screen, Reported Wonderful New Invention, 355 •
c CABLE, New Underground, Between London and Glasgow, 71
Cables to be Laid between the Azores and Cape Verde, Italy and the Azores, and Between Lisbon and Malaga, 525
Cables, Long-distance, Reported Company for Manufacture at Prague, 385
Calcutta Drainage Scheme, 183
Canada, Impracticability of Formation of Sixth Great Lake, 355
Canada’s Export of Motor Vehicles and Parts, 99
Canadian Export of Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc, 71
Canadian Hydro-electric Stations, Greatly Increased Horse-power, 269
Canadian Ilmenite Ores, Process under Development for Utilisation of, 497
Canadian Motor Industry, Highest Production Year, Statistics of, 325
Canal Expenditure in Canada, 441
Canal, New York State Barge, Question of Deepening, Canadian Views, 213
Canton Harbour Improvement, 243
Canvey Island, Scheme to Link up with Mainland by means of a Lock, 664
Carbon Dioxide, Solid, Production in America, 665
Carborundum, Annual Production, 413
Cargo Waiting for River Transport in Barran-quilla, Colombia, 125
Carnival Dance, 137
Celluloid, Sheet, as Substitute for Tracing Cloth, 525
“ Cellulose Enamels,” A. E. Lain, 146
Cellulose Lacquer Production in United States, 385
Cement, Large Consignment of, from United Kingdom to Florida, 385
Cement Works Projected in New South Wales, 665
Central Heating by Exhaust Steam, 413
Chemical Factory in Australia, Allen and Hanbury’s Investigation, 43
Chemical Processes, Steam Heating for, 385 China, Bulk of Electricity Imported, 22 China, North-West, Five Motor Roads Opened to Traffic, 297
Cinnabar Deposit at Kamloops Lake, British Columb a, Working Renewed, 13
Citroen Motor Car Works at Slough, 269 Clan Line Engineer Appointment, 212
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :
Accidental Explosion of Blasting Charge, 153 Belgian Coal Pits Suffering from Floods, 99 Blast-furnace Coke Research at Sheffield University, 325
Blasting, Proportion of Large Coal and Method of Drilling, 43
Borings in Search of the Silkstone Seam, 37
British Coke Industry, Application of
American Practice to, T. B. Smith, 269 By-product Coking Plant, Thirty-five Ovens, for Hamilton, Ontario, 421
Chemist’s Assistance with Regard to Coal Mining Risks, 153
Coal for Australian Railways, Values of Content, 13
Coal Dust, Differing from other Dust, Said to be Harmless, Sir R. A. Jones, 153
Coal Mine with Electrically Driven Plant Supplied by Batteries in the. Mine, 665
Coal Prospects Good for Present Quarter, 99 Coal Shipping Conveyor Projected for Newport, South Wales, 153
Coke Ovens at Blay don Burn, Possible Restarting, 297
Coking Industry and Useless Waste, Professor R. Lessing, 183
Colliery Engineering Record, Dismantling and Installing a New Winding Engine, 525 Cuticle in Coal, Interesting Account of, V. H.
Legg and R. V. Wheeler, 125
Doncaster Collieries’ Association, Cable to Link Up Collieries, 497
Duty Reduced on Coal Imports to Switzerland, 99
French Coal Industry Strides, 43
Fuel Research Board :
Physical and Chemical Survey of Coalfields of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 243 Report on Lancashire Coal Seam, 13 German Engineer to Report on Coal at Australian Works, 80
Great Britain’s Week’s Coal Output, 71, 183, 243, 269, 297, 413, 441, 469
Growth of Colliery Enterprise in Nottinghamshire, 125
Heat, Waste, from Colliery, to Supply Hot Water to Large Number of Houses, 269 Investigations and Tests in American Mine,
Fruitful Results, 99
Kent Colliery, Progress of Shaft Sinking, 355 Lignite Coalfield Discovery in Saskatchewan, 441
Locomotive Coal Price Reduced in Yorkshire, 71
New Coal Discovered in Bargoed Steam Coal Colliery and Near Retford, 71
New South Wales Coalfield at Newcastle, Estimate of Coal Available, 13
New South Wales, New Coal Seam Near Dubbo, 273
Pulverised Coal, Conflicting Views as to Dust Effects, 153
Royal Commission on Coal Industry Report, Standardisation of Colliery Equipment, 355 Search for Coal Near the Black Sea and Output of Iron Mines to be Increased, 497
Six-foot Seam of Steam Coal, Port Talbot, 306 Swansea Valley, New Coal Pit to be Sunk, 385 Tasmania, Coal Output in, 43
Tasmania, Seymour Coalfield’s Development, 665
Thickest Coal Seam Ever Discovered in Klip River Valley, South Africa, 497
Tipton Coal Seam Reached at Markham Colliery and Deep Soft Coal at Barl-borough Colliery, 125
Top Hard Seam Reached Near Mansfield, 125 Turkish Coal and Iron Industry, Development, 385
Wemyss Coal Company, Firth of Forth, New Shaft to be Sunk by Francis Cementation Process, 276
COBS as Packing Material and Fertiliser, 413 Colorado Output of Ores, Precious and Other, 153
Colouring Concrete in Bridge to Harmonise with House, 43, 71
Combine in Continental Wire Trade, 197 Commercial Education, 54
Commercial Motor Users’ Association, 440
Concrete Culverts, Novel System of Forming, 469
Concrete Houses in the United Kingdom, 24,000 Erected in 1925, 71
Concrete Oil Reservoir, Very Large, in Canada, 673
Concrete Piles in Los Angeles Harbour, Cracking Effects, 609
Concrete Silos, Rapid Construction of, 263
Concrete Testing Data from Chicago, 13
Concrete Treated with Silicate of Soda, 447
Congress for Applied Mechanics, 552
Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize, 651
Co-partnership and Co-operation, 224
Copper, Blister, Record Monthly Output, 124
Copper Production in U.S.A., 71
Copper Property, the Flin Flon, in Manitoba, 43
Corrosion, Mechanism and Control of, in Steam Power Plant, Investigation, 213
Corrosion, Mechanism of, and Factors Effective in its Control in Steam Power Plant, 385
Cranes, Repair and Overhaul of, After Over Fifty Years’ Service, 413
Crude Oil Production in the United States, 385
Crude Oil and Supply of Motor Fuel, Effect on these of Artificial Methods of Recovery, 581
Culverts—see also Concrete
Culverts, Flat-top Wooden, Successful in Replacement of Old Type of Waterbreaks, 581
Cyprus Asbestos Plant Output, 99
D DAIREN, the Second Port of China, 609
Dam, Cyclopean, for Irrigation, Across the
Cauvery River, India, 581
Dam Leakage Stopped by Grouting with Asphalt, 609
Dam of Unusual Form in Arizona, 609
Demolition Projected of Fourteenth Century
Bridge in Bath, 525
Development of Additional 22,000 Horse-power in New Brunswick and its Cost, 523
Diamond Mines Lit by Electric Flood Light, 553
Diatomite or Infusorial Earth, Deposit Discovery in Ontario, 99
Diesel Engine, 2900 H.P. Marine, Non-stop
Thirty Days’ Trial Run, 385
Dock, Inland, at Warrnambool, Victoria, 183
Dock Works at Buenaventura, 645
Dover Harbour, Parliamentary Bill, 63
Dry Dock, New, at Victoria, B.C., 497
Durban, Extension of North Pier, 385
Durban’s Preference for British Material, 153
Dust Collectors, Birmingham, 153
E EARTHQUAKES in California, Hypotheses Regarding, 153
Egyptians’ Advanced Handicraft Skill 5000 Years Ago, 609
Egyptian Appointment, 162
ELECTRICAL MATTERS :
Accident at Barking Power Station, 71
Arc Lamp Carbons with Higher Crater Brightness, 413
Australian Generating Plant, Greatly Increased Output of Energy, 589
Australian Transmission Line, Longest Outside America, 385
B.E.A.I. Research Association, Change of Classification Methods for Insulating Materials, 255
Cable, 150-000-Volt, Piece of, on View, 242
Canada’s Electric Power Consumption per Head Twice that of any other Country, 355
Capetown Suburban Railways, Tenders for Equipment for Electrification, 297
Cheshire Farms’ and Villages’ Universal Use of Chester Electricity Supply, 665
Chinese Eastern Railway, Programme for Electric Light Stations Reported, 297
Chorzow Electric Works, Reported Anglo-American Negotiations for Acquisition of, 269
Diamond Mines, Electric Flood Lighting for, 553
Electric Current Replacing Gas for Domestic Purposes in Canada, 609
Electric Engineering Work in Victoria, One of Biggest Schemes in the British Empire, 297
Electric Shock and its Cause, 385
Fire-damp Indicating Electric Lamp, Herr Martienssen, 553
Frequency Changer, Largest Ever Built, 99, 183
Generating Plant, in U.S.A., Analysis of Rating, 99
German Electrical Power Undertakings, American Loan Issue for, 335
Independent Power Plant, A Word in Favour of, 243
Insulators in Victoria Affected by Protracted Drought, Measures to Remedy the Trouble, 497
Ionisation Phenomena in Paper-insulated, High-voltage Power Cables, Research Investigation, 553
Locomotive, Electric Storage Battery, for Use in Coal Mines, £1000 Prize Award, 609, 637 Lots-road Generating Plant to be Augmented, 297
“ National Significance of Electricity,” 243
North-West Midlands Electricity District, Inquiry at Stoke-on-Trent, 71
Oil Engine, Ruston-Hornsby, for Electric Power Plant, in Ceylon, 43
Power Development Company’s Electrical Project for Rural District, 269
Power Station for Middlesbrough, 71
Reinforced Concrete Arched Bridges to Carry Overhead Wires in Railroad Electrification, 297
Salford Electricity Committee Seeks Loan, 125
Sheffield and Government’s Electricity Bill, 441
Steel-frame Two-storey Building Electric Arc Welded, 183
Stirling Castle, War Office Demand for Electrical Supply for, 153
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):
Sutton Coldfield Increasing Demand for Electricity, 42
Towers for High-voltage Lines, “ Kay ’ Preferred to Lattice, 43
Transmission Line Begun by Canada Northern Power Company, A Big Development, 553
Transmission Line, Electric Power, Projected New, for Ontario, 553
Tumbler Switches, J. H. Tucker and Co., Ltd 412 *’
J iirbo - alternating Plant Projected for Bucarest, 269
Turbo-alternator for Japan, Metropolitan-Vic kers Company, 413
Turbo-alternators for South Brisbane Power House, Tenders for Two Invited, 497 lurbo-generator, Easily a Record, Exhibited in Osaka, 581
1 Turbo-generators, 80,000 H.P. Each, 406
Turbo-generators, 45,000-Kilowatt, Highest Steam Pressure Claim, 243
Victoria Electricity Commission to Deal with Requirements for Further Energy 581
West Bank Power Station, Installation of 10,000-Kilowatt Turbo-generator Set and Condensing Plant, 665
Worcester’s Prosperous Electricity Scheme, 43
ELECTROLYTIC Zinc Company’s Projected Researches m School of Chemistry Mel-bourne, 637 J
E‘Ke oMininS and Metallurgical Congress,
Engines, Heavy Oil, Working Costs of, 99 Engine, Standard Marine, Tests, 312 Engineering Structures Considered Beautiful 441 ’
Engineers’ Club, Birmingham, 453
Esquimalt Dry Dock, Ottawa, Ready for Ships, 553 ’
Ether, Existence or Non-existence of, 553
Excavator, Dragline, New Type, 525
Exhaust of the Jackhammer as Assistance to Ventilation, H. S. Potter, 441
EXHIBITIONS :
Aeor°"a“£? ExhibifcilJf'> Tenth International, ^89, 665
British Chemical Plant Exhibition, 297
British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich in 1927, 549
British Industries Fair, Newcastle-on-Tyne Discussing Possibility of Local Section, 385 Canadian National Exhibition, Projected Additions, 43
Exhibition at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lighting Appliances, 312
International Laundry and Allied Trades’ Exhibition, 525
International Oil Exhibition for London, 565
Norwegian Industries Fair at Oslo, 413
Philadelphia Exhibition, British Section at 385
Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition, 13
Radio-technical Instruments Section at Padua Sample Fair, 441
Riga, International Fair, 469
■Fa*r and International Competition of Machinery, 497
Salonika, Trade and Industrial International Fair, 441
Swedish Industries Fair, 481
E^_L0SI0N °f Cast Iron StoP Valve Chest,
Explosion of Heating Tube in Baker’s Oven Engineer’s Report, 609
Explosion of Oxygen Cylinder and Effect of bea Water, 153
Explosion, Unusual, in connection with High-speed Steam Engine, 441
Explosives, Authorised, Home Office List, 183
Explosives Inspectors, Appointments, 243
F
FACTORIES, Soda Powder, Paper Works and Artificial Silk, Projected in China, 637
r airs—see Exhibitions
Faraday House, Entrance Scholarships and Prizes Awards, 453
Firedamp in Mines, Possible Ignition by Electric Currents, Research Work in Progress, 469 rirms Recognition of Workmen’s Loyalty and Zeal at Time of Strike, 581
Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Conversion into Nitrate of Lime, Projected Plant for, 413
Floating Dock, 15,000-Ton, to be Constructed at Newcastle, New South Wales, 385
Floating Dock, 60,000-Ton, Temporary Removal due to Silting of Bed, 637
Floors, Steel and Concrete, Regulations Governing Construction, 553
Fly-wheel’s Disastrous Burst, 99
?Ogj’D^Sp®1S®raent by Special Apparatus, 497
- ord Car s Long Journey by Aeroplane and Rapid Repair for Roadwork, 13
Francois Cementation Process, to be Used for Mersey Tunnel and a New Coal Shaft, 276
French Citizenship, the Jean Bares Award, 553
I ueJ Carbonised to Reduce Freight Charges, 497 I uel Research—see Coal
G GARNET and Quartz Sandpaper Compared,
Gas and Oil Product of Well in Alberta, 581
Gas Plant Tests in America, 213
Gasworks, Heavy Expenditure on, in Johannesburg, 441
General Strike Costs Loss of Ship Repair Contract, 609
Geodetic Survey of Canada, 348
Geodetic Surveys and Reports in Canada, Bic
Outlay on, 609
German and Belgian Wire Producers, Conferences, 213
German Patent Classifications, New Grouping,
Germany, Analysis of Accidents with Gas, Petroleum and Electricity, 153
Germany, Motor Car Production Statistics, 153
Gisborne Harbour, N.Z., Extended by Diver si on of River Turanganui, 125
Gliders—see Aeronautics
Gold-bearing Ore Discovery near Yilgarn, West Australia, 497
Gold-bearing Quar.'z, Heavy Gold Percentage in Rhodesia, 637
Gold-mining Expectations in Canada, 13
Gold Seams Discoveries at Cicapra, State of Bolivar, 497
Gold Yield, of One Month for New South Wales, 609
Grain Elevator, Reinforced Concrete, at Owen Sound, 413
Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Company Formed for Development of, 609
Grants for Research Abroad, 540
Graphite Mining in Canada Recovering from Depression, 441
Grass Tree, Victoria, Commercial Utilisation of, 305
Greenland, Establishment of Meteorological Stations, 524
Grenada’s Proposed Development of Water Supply and Water Power, 297
H HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Cold Storage Plant and Ice Factory, 497
Harbour Construction at Napier, N.Z., 355
Heat, Effects of, upon Rocks, 179
Heat Flow Meters for Furnace Walls, Study Conducted in U.S.A., 325
Helium in Australian Natural Gas, Analysis, 441
Hoist, Electric, to be the Largest in the World, 355
Hoist to Handle 20 Tons of Ore, 269
Hoists, Two Largest Ever Made in Canada, 355
Hume Concrete Pipes by Centrifugal Process, 413
Hydraulic Turbine Governing, Tendency to Elimination of, 297
Hydro-electric Enterprise in Tasmania, 125
Hydro-electric Plant in Korea, 77
Hydro-electric Power in Canada, Bill to Prohibit Exportation of, 269
Hydro-electric Power Development, Comparison of Cost, 71
Hydro-electric Power Development on Perak River, 183
Hydro-electric Power Development of Pykara Falls, Nilgiris District, 207
Hydro-electric Power Plant Extension, at Mulungushi, Rhodesian Broken Hill Company, 497
Hydro-electric Stations in Austria, 13
Hydro-electric Station at Buenos Aires, One of Largest in the World, 413
Hydro-electric Stations for Supplying Light to Tripoli and other Centres, 547
Hydrogen Production by Micro-organisms, Dr.
A. C. Thaysen, 71
I ICEBERGS, Experiments for Disintegration of, Projected at Newfoundland, Dr. Howard F. Barnes, 213, 525
Improvised Oil Burning, 621
Indian Boilers, Incomplete Inspection, 222
Industrial Chemistry, Sixth Congress to be held at Brussels, 469
Inland Waterway Projects on American Rivers, 99, 243
Inorganic Chemistry, Discovery by Professor B. S. Hopkins, 297
International Geological Congress, Madrid, 153
Irish Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, Proposed Formation of, 608
IRON AND STEEL :
Accident to American Blast-furnace, 525
Australian Production of Railway Steel Specialities on American Lines, 609
Blast-furnace and Coke Oven Battery, New, Started by Wigan Coal and Iron Company, 125
Blast-furnace Fuels Research, 297
Blast-furnaces in France, Statistics, 43
Blast-furnaces Projected for Smelting Iron
Ore near Fort William, Ontario, 609
Blasting in Heavy Sulphides, Risk from Dangerous Gases, 497
Canada, the World’s Largest Nickel Producer, 153
Cast Iron Recently Brought Out in U.S.A.
of Much Increased Tensile Strength, 637
Castings, Hydraulic Method of Cleaning, 71
Chemical Composition of Steel, Analysis and
Melting or Pouring Practice both Called for, 553
Collapse of Steel Pipe and Reshaping, 183
Consumption of Scrap in Steel Production, Method of Estimating, 469
Direct Electric Iron Production, M. Flodin, 609
Drill Steel Axial Hole, South African Government Mining Regulations, 269
First Steel Rolled in Australia for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 297
Ingot Mould, Exceptionally Large, 43
Iron Ores, High Silica, Investigation into Means of Treating, 125
Iron and Steel Works, Projected, on Shore of Black Sea and Alexandretta, 497
Iron Trades Employers’ Insurance Association, Ltd., 593
Lifting Magnets for Recovery of Strip Steel from Pickling Tanks, 99
Low Ash in Blast-furnace Use, Valuable Tests, 469
Manganese Ore Export from India, 665
Manganese Output in Russia, 70
Mysore Iron Ore Deposits, 603
Nankin Price for Cast Iron, 183
National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers :
Annual Meeting and Elections, 680
Pig Iron and Steel Production in January, 213 J
Pig Iron and Steel Production in February, 325
Pig Iron and Steel Production in March, 441
Pig Iron and Steel Production in April, 581
IRON AND STEEL (continued) :
Nickel Industry Recovery from Deflation 325 •
Phosphorus Effect on Wrought Iron, Experi rnents, 581
Rails for American Railroads, New Steel for
Patented, 269
Rails Trust, Negotiations for Forming, 385
Rhenish Westphalian Steel Trust Started, 52£
Rust Effect on Bridge over Niagara Falls, 71
Scrap Metal in Blast-furnaces, Advantages of Use, 71
Sheet and Galvanising Works, Projected by Llanelly Steel Company, 125
Steel, New, Light Type of Structural Material, 553
Swedish Iron Ore Production, 71
Swedish Ores and Furnaces for Refining, 325
Union of South Africa, Production of Iron and Steel Manufactures, Statics, 325
Velocity of Ascending Gas Inside a Blastfurnace, 497
Wrought Iron Pipe, Good Condition After more than Ha'f a Century in Use, 469
IRRIGATION Project for Coimbatore under Consideration by Madras Government, 469
J JAMES Watt House in Scotland, Steps Taken for Preservation, 355
Joule’s Life and Work in Salford, Lecture by Professor W. H. Haldane Gee, 99
Jubilee of Service, 400
K K1LIND1NI, East Africa, Port Manager, 533
Kiukiang, Yangtze River, Pipes for Drinking
Water Supply, 469
L LABORATORY Tests of Concrete Cylinders, 13
Lamp Production Reduced in Germany, 13
Lantern Slides for Lectures :
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 60
Petters, Ltd., 425
Lead Paint (Protection Against Poisoning) Bill, 355
Lead Pigment, Remarkable for Protection of Iron Against Rust, 641
Lead Poisoning, Proper Medication Treatment, Dr. W. F. Boos, 13
Leaks in Water Mains Discovered by the Teeth, 413
Lessons from the Fire in the Argonaut Mine, 553
Libraries and Information Bureaux Association, of, 340
Lifeboats, “ Emergency Fleet,” at Cowes, 609
Lighting Appliances, Exhibition at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 312
Lighting of Rural Highway for Night Delivery of Farm Products into New York, 525
Lime Burning Kilns with Riveted J oints, Welded Joints Preferable, 637
Linseed, World’s Production of, 297
Lock, Entrance, for the North Sea Canal, to be by far the Largest in the World, 609
Locomotive, Electric Storage Battery Competition, 609, 637
Locomotives, Forty-one Electric, Ordered from Metropolitan-Vickers Company, 665
London to Aberdeen by Motor in 12 J Hours, 469
Loom, Improved New Type, in America, 665
Low-temperature Carbonisation Plant in Natal, 665
Lubricating Oils, J. E. Hackford, 355
Lumber Shipments from British Columbia, 355
Luminous Fountains in Paris, Spectacular Performances on the Seine, 213
M MADRID, Great Schemes for Public Works, 665 Manchester Steam Users’ Association, Work of the Year, 385
Manganese—see Iron and Steel
Maracaibo, Port of, Venezuela, Enlargement and Improvement Emba ked upon, 469
Matadi on the Congo, Progress of Work on the Port of, 609
Meadow Embankment and the Use of Dynamite, 469
Measuring Pressures, New Method, 54
Meat Preserved for Fifty Days by New Process, 213
Melting Points of Barium and other Oxides, 441
Mica Mined in Ontario, Projected Refinery, 43
Mine Gases, Sampling and Examination of, 297
Miner’s Long Record Underground, 665
Mines Research, “ Inflammability of Firedamp and Air,” M. G. Burgess and R. V. Wheeler, “ Ignition of Firedamp,” H. F. Coward and R. V. Wheeler, 43
Mines Safety Measures, Joint Investigation by British and American Authorities, 13
Mines, Use of Breathing Apparatus in, F. J. Johnston, 525
Mining, World’s Record in, 43
Molybdenite and Molybdenum, Present Market Demand Inconsiderable, 553
Montreal’s Successful Season in 1925, 44 1
Morocco Roads, Extensive System, but not yet quite Complete, 297
Motor Band Losses, T. Spooner, 213
Motor Boat Race on the Thames, 469
Motor Cars, British, for Service Abroad, Requirements, 413
Motor Cars in China, 183
Motor Cycle World’s Speed Record, 441
I Motor Roller, Diesel-engined, made at Melbourne, 13
' Motor Traffic in Morocco, British Cars Almost Unknown, 325
1 Museum, National, of Engineering and Industry in America, Plans for, 71
Mysore Border, Project for Utilising Water ' Power of Pykara River, 609
NANKING Price for Cast Iron, 183
Natural Gas Transmission Lines, Reduction of
Leakage Rate, 413
Newcomen—see Associations, &c.
New South Wales South Coast Towns, Four Schemes for Water Supply, 13
New South Wales Southern Tablelands, Extensive Development of Resources, 413
Newsprint Mill, Largest in Existence, at Quebec, 413
New Zealand Government Decision, Scenic Beauty or Water Power for Nitrate Production, 297
New Zealand Government Licence for Horsepower Generation, 153
Niagara Falls Water for Power Purposes, Increased Diversion Asked for, Committee for Investigation to be Formed, 581
Niagara Gorge, Permit for Investigation of Possible Power Project, 585
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Plant for Fixation, New South Wales, 355
Norton and Gregory Engineering Scholarships, 1926, Awards, 593
Notable Dinner, 309
o OIL-BEARING Shale, Rich Find in Tasmania, 609
Oil Boring on Prince Edward Island, 13
Oil Can, A Good, Joseph Kaye and Sons, Ltd., 540
Oil Engine, Largest Ever Installed in Ontario
Gold Mine, 634
Oil Extraction from Tasmanian Shale, 297
Oil Production Methods, Study of, 269
Oil Refinery Projected for Khanagin, Persia, 152
Oil Shales in Tasmania, Retort Plant for Distilling, 665
Oil Wells Production in California, 413
O.M.S., New Organisation Formed, Government Scheme, 54
Ontario, Big Addition Projected to Plant at Port Colbourne, 413
Ontario’s Horse-power Installation for 1925, 153
Ontario Hydro-electric Commission’s Projected Development, 325
Ottawa River, Chute des Chats Falls to be
Utilised for Power Development, 384
Ottawa River, Joint Survey and Division of Resources, 637
p PAINT Manufacturing Plant to be Established at Levis, Quebec, 525
Paint and Varnish Industries Research, 183
Paper Mill at Thunder Bay, Ontario, 665
Paris Subways, Competition for Design, 197 Pensions in the Metal Trade, 400
Persian Gulf, Advantage of New Channel, 609
Petroleum Production of Venezuela, 441
Petroleum Refineries Statistics in U.S.A., 325
Petroleum, Test Wells in Iraq, 585
Petters’ Offer of £100 Prize for Essay, 86
Photographs of Solar Eclipse and the Einstein
Theory, Successes and Failures, 125 Piccadilly—see Road Traffic
Pigment Grinding by Crushing, 297
Pigments Ranging in Shade from Orange to
Purplish-red, Recipe for Cheaper Production, 637
Pipe Joints for Petrol, to Tighten, 609
Platinum Abundance in South Africa, 441
Platinum, First Output in South Africa, 297
Poland, New Port at Gdynia, 130
Police Signalling Scheme to Check Motor
Bandits, 125
Polish Import Duty on Industrial Machinery Reduced, 413
Pollution of Navigable Waters by Oil, United States Government Calls Conference to Deal with, 469
Power Alcohol from Molasses, Projected Large Production in Austral'a, 441
Power Alcohol from Prickly Pear, Chemical
Tests in Progress, 297
Power Development Plant Projected for
Nipigon River, Ontario, 183
Power from Tides, Favourable Situation for Development, 183
Power from Tides in Passanaquoddy Bay, New
Brunswick, Details of Project, 637
Presentations for Long Servipe, 537
Primary Power in Manufacturing and other
Industries, Huge Increase in U.S.A., 183
Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada, Increased Productive Capacity, 665
Pulp from Waste Paper, Mill for Manufacture, in Manitoba, 413
Pyrites Production in the United States, 469
Q QUARTZ Lode Discovery Reported in Central Australia, 469
Quay and Roadmaking Construction at New-castle-on-Tyne, 13
Quebec Harbour’s Record Year, 609
Quebec Harbour Works, Additional Quay, 497
Quebec, Port of, Modern Cold Storage Warehouse, Fish-house and Power-house Prove Valuable Addition to Facilities, 581
Queensland’s Mineral Output for 1925, 665
RADIUM Bromide Extraction from Crude Ore, Australia, 125
Radium Industry, Belgian and French 325
Rivalry,
Radium and Rare Earths Treatment Company Development Work in South Australia, 99
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :
Accidents :
Accidents in Last Year and in Previous Years, Comparison oUStatistics, 43
American Fatal Disaster Due to Passing
Danger Signals, 665
Amiens Derailment, Imprisonment Sentence in Suspension, 71
Britain Overseas, Serious Accidents in 8.
Africa and in New South Wales, 637
British Railway Accident Inquiries in 1925, Analysis of, 441
British Railways, Accidents on, Greater Number of Casualties Caused by other than Train Accidents, 269
Buffer Stop Collision, Serious, at Clevedon, Report and Remarks, 125, 665
Collision between Two Empty Passenger Trains at Blackburn Station, 461
Derailment and Heavy Death Roll on Costa Rica Railway, 325
East Africa, Government Guarantee in
Aid of Railways, 525
Fatal Disaster in Munich East Station, 581
Fenny Stratford Level Crossing Disaster,
Coroner’s Inquest Verdict, 325, 355, 413, 469
Flin Flon Copper Mine, Railway Line, Construction Authorised, 525
Florida East Coast Railway Collision, 183
Fog Collision Inquiry and Verdict, 441
French Express Train Derailment, 13
Great Western Railway Accidents, Statistics, 441
Isle of Man Railway Buffer Stop Collision and Fatality, 325
Level Crossing Disaster near Forest Hall
Station, L. and N.E. Railway, 99, 125
Motorists Running into Gates, 469
Partenkirchen to Innsbruck Electric Train
Accident and “ Dead Man’s Handle,” 441
Previous Accidents Recalled, 269
Railway Servants’ Accident Inquiries,
Analysis of Causes of, 297
Report on Collision at Llandudno Station, 385
Report on Collision at Victoria Station, Sheffield, 243
Road Motor Victims at Fenny Stratford, to be Included in Railway Returns, 581
Sand Boxes for Use in Accident Prevention, 665
Southern Pacific, Lines and Shops, Diminution of Accidents, 465
Strike, and Consequent Accid nts, 553
Traction Engines at Level Crossings,
Railway Rule, 125
Advance Bookings to be Required for Longdistance Excursion Train Travelling, 213
Allison, The Late Sir R. A., 164
Alpine Tunnel, Another Projected, 637
American. Record for Safety in Railway
Trave], 355
American Visitors Carried in Long Non-stop
Trains at Very High Speed, 469
Appointments and Staff Changes, 43, 99, 269, 325, 533, 553, 581, 609
Australia, South to Central, New Railway, 125
Baden State Railway Urges Electrification, 553
Bengal Legislative Council’s Suggestions for
Structure of Bally Bridge, 441
Berlin Metropolitan Railway, New Power Station to Supply Electricity, Lignite as Fuel, 581
Betterments, British and American Account-keeping, Difference in Methods, 297, 385
Birds Damage Themselves and Electric Railways, 553
Blackfriars Metropolitan District Station, Improvement, 221
Canadian National Railways’ Report, 553
Canadian-Pacific Railway Expansion, 441
Cascade Range Crossed by Great Northern
Railway of America, Difficulties and Proposed Tunnel, 99
Centenary Famous Locomotive for Museum at York, 325
Central London Tube, New Power Supply, 243
Chain Letters and “ Safety First,” 355
Change-giving Device at St. James’s Park Station, 125
City and South London Railway, Question of Name, 413
Coal Stoppage Effect on Railway Finances in 1912 and 1921, 665
Coke and Coal, Comparison for Railway Use, J. G. H. Warren, 469
Colouring of Railway Buildings to Harmonise with Country, 43
Control, Train or Traffic, 268
Death of Mr. Victor Angerer, 609
Death of Sir George Gibb, 13
Death of Mr. J. P. Grassick, 44]
Death of Herr Rudolf Oeser, 609
Delhi—Umballa-Kalka Railway, Negotiations Followed by Sale to Government, 71
East London Traffic Facilities Inquiry, 413
East London Travelling Facilities, Inquiry Begun, 325, 413
Egyptian State Railways, Invited Tenders, 13
Electric Traction Extension on Railways, 409
Electrically Operated Trains on Various
Sections, Extension of Use, 268
Electricity Bill and Railway Generating Stations, Concessions to Various Undertakings, 637
Elephant and Castle to have Single Station with Escalators, 314
Entertainment Train for Lonely Railway Employees in Remote Districts, 637
Escalators at Trafalgar Square Station, 504
Films of Railway Activities, by Railwaymen, 209
Finance of Railways, Need for Depreciation Fund. Metropolitan Railways’ Position, 469
Financial Results of Working of Three
Principal Lines in 1925, 269
Fog and Signalmen, 553
Fog and Use of Detonators, 553
Four Electric Locomotives, Said to be the Most Powerful in the World, 581
“ Garratt ” Locomotives, Great Success in South Africa, 355
Genoa and Rome, 25 Additional Miles of Main Line Converted to Electric Traction, 497
ALWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued') :
German Railways’ Train Telephones, 225
Glasgow Experiments in Two-penny Tramway Fares, 71
Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Decline in Traffic, Cancelment of Scheme for New Wagons, 297
Great Southern Railway (Ireland), First Year’s Report, 355
Great Western Railway :
Accidents to Railway Servants, 441
Closing Branch Lines, Complaint, 125
Safety First Reduction in Accidents, 125
Grouped Companies’ Increased Receipts, 525
Grouped Companies’ Percentage of Passenger and Freight Traffic, 125
Grouping, Savings Effected and Secret Figures, 99
Harbin Electric Tramways, Material from Germany, 637
Institutes and Institutions, Railway and Transport—see Associations
International Union of Tramways, Barcelona Meeting, 665
Irish Railways’ Financial Plight, 609
Italian Railway Electrification Equipment by Brown, Boveri Company, 581
Japanese Entire Railway Rolling Stock Converted to Automatic Coupling in One Day,
J oint Ownership of Railways and Stations in Great Britain, 297
Kenya and Uganda Railway, 227
Khyber Railway, Cost of, 13
Lamps, Side and Tail, and their Significance, 153
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company and Railway Bridge Loads, 441
Locomotive Coal Price, Yorkshire Collieries Reduction in, 71
L.C.C. Tramcars, Swaying Trouble and Apparatus for Steadying, 355
London Electric Railways, Edgware Extension Satisfactory Traffic Figures, 468
London Electric Railways Seeks Connection with Southern Railway, 413
London, Midland and Scottish Railway :
Annual Meeting and the Year’s Financial Results, 268
Coal-tipping Plant at Swansea, Projected Improvement by Railway Company, 525 Conversion of Locomotives from Coal to Oil-burning, 581
First-class and Third-class Seats, Revenue Returns from, 553
Fleetwood Facilities for Handling Passenger Traffic for Isle of Man and Belfast, 385
Fuel Bills for 1924 and 1925, 297
“ Garratt ” Locomotives for Coal Trains, 269
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and Electric Traction, 413
Motor Traffic and Railways, Question under Consideration, 297, 325
Settle and Carlisle Section of Midland Railway, Some Past History, 497
Short Time for Shopmen, Permanent Way not Locomotive Shopmen, 497
Track Circuits, Telephones and Telegraphs, Outlay Last Year and Projected, 317
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Congestion in the Southern Area, Causes of Delay in Improvement, 385
Frodingham, Scheme for Improvements at, 183
Harrogate—King’s Cross Pullman, Punctuality and Speed, 187
King’s Cross Platform and Siding Alterations, 637
King’s Cross to Scotland, Relief Train to Begin, 497
Oil Jetty at Salt End, Hull, Projected Additional, 213
Punctuality, Decline and Need of Improvement, 183
Smoking in Waiting Rooms Permitted, 385
Steel Rails Orders, 99
Tank Engines, New Type, for Suburban Trains, 71
Traffic Movement from Hull to the West Riding, Complaints and Census Results, 637
London Post Office Tube Railway Expenditure, 243
London Traffic, Central Goods Clearing Station Scheme, 637
London Underground Idea Utilised in Berlin, 609
Manchester Extension of Tramway Track and Number of Cars, 553
Material and Stores, Loss Due to Interest, Depreciation, &c , 213
Melbourne and Sydney, N.S.W., Extension of Railway Electrification, 547
Mersey Railway Company’s Diminished Deficit, 213
Metropolitan Railway, Approaching E ectric Trac ion on Certain Sections, 213
Metropolitan Railway Bill, Tube from Willes-den Green to Edgware-road, 413
Metropolitan Railway, Changes at Edgware-road, 614
Metropolitan Railway New Junction between Euston Square and King’s Cross, 325
Mid-Nottinghamshire Joint Railway Bill Passed, 385
Mineral and Freight Traffic, Rise and Fall, 183
Ministry of Transport:
Denbigh Station, Powers of the Ministry, 43
Hand Brakes on Both Sides of Wagons, New Rule, 497
Light Railway Order to Connect Romney and Hythe, 609
Passenger Tube Railway Under the Tyne, Conflict of Opinions, 71
Preliminary Railway Returns Published, 385, 469
Railway Companies Association and Road Damage by Motor Traffic*. 297, 325
Railway Statistics for October, 1925, 71
Railway Statistics for November, 1925, 243
Railway Statistics for December, 1925, 355
Railway Statistics for January, 1926, 525
Traffic Mileage and Receipts Statistics for Nine Months of 1925, 13
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued} :
Morden Tube Extension, Contracts for Stations and Further Work, 183, 621
Motor Car Type “ Trains,” 469 ; (Letter), 531
National Union of Railwaymen :
Delegate Meeting on Wages Board Award, 71 ; Result, 125
Depredations by Railway Servants Greatly Decreased, 99
Greatly Increased Membership, 497
Suspension of the Guaranteed Week, 609
National Wages Board, 71
New South Wales Railway, Wagon Record for Loading and Mileage, 213
New Year Honours, 43
New Zealand Government Railways' Engine, New Type, Named in Memory of Servants Killed in the War, 153
New Zealand, Locomotive Workshops Projected at Wellington, 385
Northern Railway of France and Dunkirk Harbour, Connection with Tilbury, 213
Osaka, Japanese Considering Erection of Up-to-date Station, 525
Piccadilly and City Lines, Tube Link at King’s Cross, 243
Pingtichuan to Pangkiang, Proposed Railway, 297
Post Office Sorting Vans on Railways, Ownership of, 13
Power-house Dispute Settlement, 213
Private Owners of Railway Rolling Stock, Minimum Tare, 71, 413
Race Meetings, Trains Most Profitable to Railways and Those who Trade with Them, 665
Radial Railway, High-speed, from Toronto to Hamilton, Proposed Construction, 385
Rails Used Annually on Railways, Returns, 99
Railway Benevolent Institution, 497
Railway Companies’ Burdens and Rates Increase, 324
Railway Material Exports Statistics, 13, 153, 183, 243, 325, 441, 581, 665
Railwaymen on Strike and Assistance to Injured Travelers, 581
Railway Rates Tribunal:
“ A ” Year, Expenditure of, 43, 71
<f Circuitous Route ” Investigation and _ts Cost, 243
New Schedule of Charges and the “ Ap-pointed Day,” 637
Private Owners of Rolling Stock and Minimum Tare, 71, 413
Standard Charges on the Four Grouped Systems, 497
Workmen’s Cheaper Tickets and Higher Wages, 525
Railway Shopmen and Court of Inquiry, Result, 213
Railway Superannuation Funds and Grouping, L. and N.E.R. Bill Rejected, 325
Road Traffic Competition and Loss of Goods Revenue by Railways, 525
Roads, Motors and Railways, 325
Runaway Catch Points and their Use, 213
Russian Railway Development, Possible Rolling Stock Orders, 71
Safety of British Railways, Proof by Statistics, 268
Sentence Passed Nearly Two Years After Offence in America, 609
Shareholders and Discussion of Questions of Practical Economy, 525
Shunting of British Railway Wagons, Link Coupling Advantages, 525
Signal Engineers from French Railway Inspecting English Installations, 125
Signalmen’s Duty in Case of Mishap, 213
Signals, Four-aspect Colour Light, 385
Sleeping Car Suggestions, International Competition Arranged, 125
Snow Delavs Post Office Mails on Railways, 13
South African Railways Relaying Track, 469
South Australian Success with Motor Rail
Cars, 325
South London Tube, The New, 621
Southern Railway :
Accusations of Delay and the Reply, 153
Atlantic Coast Express, 24
Bridges, Strengthened, to Carry “ King Arthur ” Class of Engine, 94
Brighton Section, Electric System to be Changed from Overhead to Third Rail, 268
Cannon-street Station’s Defects and Probable Closing for Alterations, 125, 183
Cannon-street Station Temporarily Closed, 553, 609
Dover-Ostend Boat Train Acceleration, 243
Electrical Service, Temporary, and Future Permanence, 183
Electrical Services and Increased Number of Passengers, Proposed Extensions on Brighton Section, 469
Electrification Programme to be Carried Out, 553, 609
Ferro-concrete Engine Depot at Exmouth Junction, 213
Floating Dock, 60,000-Ton, Temporary Removal, 637
Millbrook Station Improvements, 153
Proposed Improvements Consequent on Grouping, 469
Queen-street Station, Exeter, Additions, 360
Southampton, New Docks for Southern Railway, 153
Widening between Eastleigh and Shawford, 355
Steam Tramway Suspended on Account of Loss in Working, 609
Steel Sleepers for North Australian Railways, 325
Stockton and Darlington Centenary, Men’s Demonstration and Funds Division, 71
Stockton and Darlington Railway, Tablet to Memory of Pioneers, 413
Stores and Materials, Values of Certain Railways, 355
Switches of Railway Points, Oiling and Cleaning, 385
Third-class Passengers and Privileges, 99
Ticket-issuing Machine, New Type, 525
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :
Tottenham Court-road New Station’s Progress, 153
Trackless Tramway System for French Concession at Shanghai, 637
Traffic Receipts and Items of Expenditure, More Information Desired from Certain Railways, 355
Train-destination Indicators for Various London Stations, 609
Train Ferry, Harwich-Zeebrugge, Profit made in 1925, 355
Train Indicator, New Installation at Bakerstreet, 125
Tramways and Light Railways Returns, 562
Transport by Road and Rail, Colonel Ashley’s Views, 99
Travelling Facilities To and From East and North-East London, Investigations, 268
Tube Extensions, Expectations Regarding, 13
Tube Railways in South London, Proposed Extension, 153
Tunnel Darkness and Brilliantly Lighted Stations, Effect of Passing from One to the Other on Eyesight of Engine Drivers, 637
. Uganda Railway—see Kenya
“ Underground ” Group, Increased Omnibus Traffic, 413
Underground Railway Company’s Possible Use for Loud Speakers, 243
Vacuum Brake Fitted After Accident, 325 Wages—see National Union
Wagon, Two-body Self-discharging, 552
Watford Line Opening and Increased Number of Trains, 297
Western Australian Government Accepts English Firm’s Tender for Rails, 13
Windmill-driven Turbine and Alternating-current Generator for Working Signals, 609 Workman’s Ticket Claim Question, 637 Yellow to Replace Red Light Signals, Gradual Extension of Use, 665
RECLAMATION Scheme, Back Bay, Indian Government Inquiry, 553
Reinforced Concrete Bridge at Cymmer with Largest Span in Wales, 441
Reinforced Concrete Wharf at Zanzibar, Progress of, 355
Reservoir at Cardiff, Difficulties in Construction, 413
Rio de Janeiro, State of, Projected.Construction of Two New Ports, 269
River Carriage Aided by Growth of Railways, C. S. Butts, 183
Rivets, Countersunk or Bottom-head, Tests of Strength of, 43
Road Congresses, Permanent International Association of, 243
Road Construction in Spain, 355
Road-making, Cost of Construction and Maintenance, in Africa and in Yorkshire, 183
Road-making Experiments in Canada, 354
Road Traffic of Piccadilly to be Controlled by Light Signals, 243, 355
Roads Cleared of Scrap Iron by Magnet Hung Beneath 5-Ton Wagon, 125
Roads, Concrete, in Missouri, Increased Mileage, 272
Rock and Air Temperatures in Deep-level Mines, M. O. Tillard and E. C. Ranson, 346 Rock Drills, Committee Recommendations on the Rand, Successful Results, 191
Royal Metal Trades’ Pension and Benevolent Society, Seventy-eighth Anniversary Festival, 537
Ruhr Agreement with South American Province, Iron Or© and Coke Smelting, 325
s SAFETY Lamp, New Type, for Mines, 553
Safety Razor Blade Factory in Sheffield, Enormous Output, 71
St. Lawrence River Water Power Development Report, 43
Salt Works and Grounds near Sandbach Closed, 636
Salvador, Cutuco Port to Become a Satisfactory Harbour, 609
Scales, Engineers’, New Type, 484
Shanghai Company for Building Motor Cars on American Lines, 637
Shell Oil Company’s Boilers to be Fired with Pulverised Coal, 618
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :
Antwerp and British Tonnage, 441
Barge’s Independent Journey in a Gale, 13
Cable Steamer Colonia, Largest in the World, Sailed from the Thames to Lay 1800 Miles Duplicate Cable, 99
Fire-extinguishing Appliances on Ships, New Board of Trade Regulations, 441
Five British Submarines, Contracts for, 469
French Steel Deep-sea Trawler, the Last Word in Fittings, 99
Fruit-carrying Steamers for New York Firm, and Passenger Liner Ordered from Belfast, 609
Gyroscopic Steering Gear and Time-saving, 71
H.M.S. Destroyer Amazon, 71
H.M.S. Destroyer Ambuscade, 153
Italian Emigrant Steamships, Genoa to Rosario, Proposals, 213
Lifeboat Rescues in 1925, 43
Mauretania’s High Speed after Twenty Years, 441
Montreal, Port, Transatlantic Vessels, Statistics, 183
Motor Lifeboat Engines of the R.N.L. Institution, R.N. Engineer-Commander to Take Charge, 243
Motor Ship Primero, 54
Motor Tanker, Swedish, Large Marine Oil Engine for, 637
Rotor Ship, A New, for Hamburg, 355
Scapa Flow Salving of German Destroyers, Progress, 213, 297, 440
Steamer’s Engines and Boiler Good After Forty-three Years’ Work, 677
Steamers on the Murray River and Oceangoing Vessels, Suggested Communication Between by Aerial Ropeway, 665
Steamship'Service from Vancouver to Argentina, 297
Submarine L 27, Trials and Completion, 71
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued) :
United States Navy, Two 10,000-Ton Cruisers for, Suggested Machine Pressure, and Radical Departure from Normal Marine Practice, 385
War Office Motor Launches, 309
SHIPPING Conveyor Galleries, Quebec, Erection Approaching Completion, 553
Silver Compounds, New Type, Found in Australia, 413
Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 453
Slate for Structural Purposes, Coloured Surfacing Introduced, 243
Smoke Evil, Colossal Cost to the Country, Dr.
John S. Owens, 243
Snow Clearing Equipment in Ontario, 183
Societies—see Associations
South Africa, New Industry Started, 13
Soviet Union’s Lack of Calcium Carbide, Reopening of Works for Additional Supply, 497
Spanish Government Loan for Works at Port of La Luz, Canaries, 469
Spanish National Fuel Council, 125
Spelter and Sulphuric Acid Output from
Seaton Carew Works, 13
Spontaneous Inflammation of Certain Oils and
Oil Mixtures, Method of Prevention, 469
Steam Pipe Explosion, Possible Cause and Need of Care, 43
Steam Turbo-generator Failure After Lone Service, 413
Steel—see Iron and Steel
Stone, Weathering of, 577
Strainer, Choked, Removed from the Bottom of a Well, 413
Street Signs, Lighted Warning, in Chicago, 13
Suction Dredger with Steam Turbine-driven
Pump, 13
Sugar Mill in Australia, Power Plant from
Various English Manufacturers, 71
Sulphur Production in Java, 497
Sulphuric Acid Increased Output in France, 637
Swedish Ball Bearings, Annual Output, 213
T TAMPING Asphalt Road Surfacing, Nove! Appliance for, 413
Tanganyika Territory, Analysis of Import Trade Origin, 269
Tantalum, Pure, in Large Blocks, Useful Pro-duction for Scientific Apparatus, 269
Tar Over Salt Solution Layer, German Invention, 99
Tasmania Local Shale for Oil Production, Plant for Testing Possibilities, 413
Tasmanian Discovery of New Alloy, 497
Tasmanian East Coast, Projected Development of Water Power Resources, 497
Tasmanian Report, Coal Seams, Silver-lead
Lodes, Copper and Tin Lodes, 191
Taxi-cab Telephones, 553
Telephone Cable, New York-Chicago, Said to be Longest in the World, 99
Telephone Developments in and Round Shrewsbury, 99
Telephone Exchange, Strowger Automatic, at Ipswich, 421
Telephone Exchanges, Two New, for South London, 469
Telephone Figures for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 581
Telephone between London and Berlin and other German Towns, Arrangements, 321
Telephonic System, International, Linking-up of Hungary, 355
Tenders fot Steam-raising Plant, Marked
Difference in Amount, 609
Teredos Boring Damage in Three Months, 243
Terminal Warehouse, Toronto, New, Begun, 553
Thames Silting Near Waterloo Bridge, 441
Thermometer for Measuring High Temperatures, 385
Tides in the Bay of Fundy, Utilisation of, for
i Hydro-electric Development, 609
Timber Royalties in British Columbia, Levy Proposed to Provide Funds for Afforestation, 99
Tin Discoveries in the North-Western Part of Tanganyika, 413
Tin and Greisen Discovery on Babel Island Tasmania, 469, 497
Tin Mine, Dolcoath, New Shaft, 413
Tin Mining’s First Commercial Success in Canada, 609
Tin Ore Discovery in Cornwall, 71
Tin-plate Scrap, Cost of Handling, 469
Tin-plate Workers’ Official Tour, 183
Tires, Michelin, Reported Project for Manufacture in England, 13
Tool-box, Double-cutting, for Planing Machines 509
Trade with China, Prospects, 469
Transport Difficulties Caused by Drought
Affecting River in Colombia, 645
Trojan Service Manual, 456
Tubes, Special, Provisional Agreement between
Germano-Czech Tube Combination and
French Tube Rolling Works, 385
Tunnels, Three, Projected Under the Detroit River, 382
u UNDERGROUND Lake Discovery, Plans to
Drain on to Land for Irrigation, 413
“ Uniflow and Extraction Steam Engines,” Dr
T. B. Morley, 243
Universal Ball Joint, B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 277
University of British Columbia, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering Equipment, 269
University College Engineering Society, Annual
Dinner, 277
Uxbridge Rural Drainage Loan, 637
V VALPARAISO Water Supply and Hydroelectric Plant, New Project Under Consideration, 297
Vancouver, Projected New Pier, 71
Venice as a Port, Projected Reconstruction, 355 Veteran Workers at Ironworks and Collieries, 512
Vickers Group Amateur Operatic Society, 537
Victoria, Vancouver Island, Dock Gates, 13
Village Deep Mine, Transvaal, now the Deepest in the World, 637
w ‘ WARD Leonard Control of Winding Engines,’
E. Le Lew Lamb, 243
Warehouse, Projected, of Record Size, 13
Water Power Resources, Development of, A. E.
Malpas, 13
WATER SUPPLY :
Auckland, N.Z., Development of Water Supply, 125
Barton, Ontario, Extension of Water Supply Projected, 125
Clay Cross Seeks Loan to Increase Water Supply, 665
WATER SUPPLY (continued) :
New South Wales, Lachlan River Water Conservation Scheme, 125
Underground Water, 337
Yangchow, China, Proper Water Supply-
Pro jected, 637
WEATHERING of Stone, 577
Well and Bore-hole Successfully Sunk at Measham, 581
Welland Ship Canal, Amount Still Required for Completion, 469
Whitworth Society, Commemoration Dinner, 27
Wind Tunnel Experiments, 441
Winding Engine Accidents, Fewer with Electrical than Steam Engines, 355
Wire and Wire Products, Minimum Prices for, in France and Belgium, 609
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY :
Asuncion, Projected Large Broadcasting Station at, 213
Basrah Port Trust, Satisfactory Working of Wireless Telephone Sets on Harbour Vessels, 665
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY (continued) :
Broadcasting Wave Lengths, Proposed Redistribution, 213
Government Wireless between this Country and the Dominions, 243
Radio Telegrams for Ships, Extension of Service, 323
Spain’s Use of British Wireless Apparatus, 99
Venezuela, Two New Wireless Installations, at Caracas and Maracaibo, 497
Wave Length for “ Trans-Canada ” Longdistance Relay, 99
Windmill, Purchase of Ditchling’s 200-year-old Peg and Post Mill, 530
Wireless Apparatus Imports, British Prospects in no Danger, 325
Wireless Receiving Licences, Post Office Receipts, 325
WOOD Boring Pest Imported into Australia, Possible Extermination, 13
Wooden Stove Pipe, Fine Specimen, Built by Californian Power Company, 497
Work, Joy in, and Routine Tasks, C. M. Schwab, 125
Workmen’s Average of 63*20 Years of Service per Man, 581
X-RAY Apparatus and Dark Room Mounted on Fast Motor Car, Great Value of, in Emergency, 125
z ZINC Chloride, Method of Preparation, P. Brallier, 497
Zinc Oxide Factory in Course of Erection on the River Don, Russia, 637
Zinc, Slab, Production at U.S.A. Zinc Reduction Plants in 1925, 525
Zinc Smelter for Saguenay, Quebec, 469
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