The Engineer 1926 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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A ABERDEEN, Water Supply Works for, 545, 554
AERONAUTICS : Aerial Mapping Camera, Vickers Ltd., 522, 551
Aircraft Design :
Compression Ignition, Heavy Oil Engine,
D. R. Pye, 192
Corrosion of Aluminium, H. Sutton and Dr. G. D. Bengough, 193
Rotating Wing, H. E. Wimperis, 191
AIRCRAFT Development in France, 666
Aircraft Engines—sec Engines
Continental Air Progress, 354
Gaseous Fuel for Airships, 119
Karachi Airship Shed, Armstrong Construction Company, Ltd., 684, 685, 690
Naval Aviation. 145
Shenandoah, U.S. Airship, Loss of, 181, 279, 399
AGE Hardening Effects, Miss Kathleen Bingham, 314
Agricultural Appliances, Electrically Driven, Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 58
Agricultural Exhibits at Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Reading, 42, 52
Agriculture—see also Electrical Matters
Air Compressor, Oil Engine-driven, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd., 333
Air Compressor Practice, Modern, in Oil Engine Installations, R. L. Quertier, 616
Aiton, J. A., Steam Pipes for Extra High Pressure and Temperature, 315
Alloy Steels—see Iron and Steel
Aluminium Allovs, Commercial, Dr. A. G.
Gwyer and Mr. H. W. L. Phillips, 274 Aluminium-silicon Alloys, Modified, Dr. D.
Stockdale and Mr. I. Wilkinson, 274 .Aluminium, Single Crystals of, Dr. D. Hanson and Others, 274
AMERICAN ENGINEERING NEWS : 10, 151, 222, 416, 477
Filter Washing Machine, 416
Heavy Excavation for Open Mining, 151
High Capacity Water Tank, 10
Iron Ore Development, 416
Large Waterworks Pumping Engines, 10
Lift Gates for Canal Lock, 10
Lifts in Large Buildings, 222
Mechanical Treatment of Sewage, 477
Municipal Engineers’ Strike, 222
Oil Engines for Pumping Oil, 416
Phosphorus in Steel, 416
Recent Locomotive Developments, 222
Steam Engine Supplying Process Steam, 477
Steel for Machine Tools, 477
Steel Mill Practice, 151
Treatment of Industrial Wastes, 416
Uniflow Engines for a Blooming Mill, 151
Waste Heat Boiler Plant, 416
Waste Heat Boilers, 10
Water-tube Locomotive Boiler, New, 151
Welding Structural Steam Framework, 477
ANGLES, A., Restriction of Output, 166
Antwerp, Dock Extensions at—see Antwerp, Port of
Antwerp, Port of, Monsieur K. Bollengier, 6, 20, 130, 1 1 1
Armstrong, Professor Henry E., Lord Balfour's
Messel Memorial Lecture, and Coal, 120
Artificial Drying of Crops, Report of an Investigation into, 368
Artificial Silk Factory at Littleborough, 100
Asphalt Plant, Portable, Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 46
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES Association, British : Meeting in Oxford, 146, 164, 191, 216
Presidential Address by H.R.H. the Prince
of Wales, 146
Conversazione, Visits, 218
Section A :
X-ray Crystal Analysis, Professor W. L.
Bragg, 216
Section B :
Scope of Organic Chemistry, Professor T. F.
Thorpe, 147
Section F:
Economic Aspects of Labour, Sir Lynden
Macassey, 166
Section G :
Aircraft Design :
Compression Ignition Engine, D. R. Pye,
192
Corrosion of Aluminium, H. Sutton and
Dr. G. D. Bengough, 193
Rotating Wing, Special Requirements in Design, H. E. Wimperis, 191
B.E.S.A. Glossary, Professor W. O. Howe, 217
Economics of Electrical Distribution, J. N.
Kennedy, 165
Electric Conduction, Professor Win. Cramp,
166
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Association, British (continued) :
Electric Ploughing, R. Borlase Matthews, 166
Electricity Supply, Sir John Snell, 164
Pressure in Impulse Steam Turbines, W. J. Kearton, 217
Stress Concentration Produced by Fillets and Holes, 8. Timoshenko, 217
Torsional Stresses, Professor F. C. Lea and Mr. H. P. Budgen, 217
Section J :
Accidents in Industry, A. Stephenson, 166
Restriction of Output, A. Angles, 166
Section 1. :
Education by Wireless, J. C. Stobart, 217
Science and the Humanities, Professor C. H. Desch, 217
Association, Diesel Engine Users : Deleterious Properties of Lubricating Oils, J. E. Hackford, 16
Modern Air Compressor Practice in Oil Engine Installations, R. L. Quertier, 616
Obligation of the Ironfounder to Diesel Engine
Users, Horace J. Young, 442
Visit to Worthing, 100
Association of Engineers, Manchester : Address, Sir Benjamin Longbottom, 479
Rubber and its Application to Engineering,
H. P. Stevens and B. D. Porritt, 673
Institute, Iron and Steel: Autumn Meeting at Stockholm, 125, 244, 269,
310
ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Institute. Iron and Steel (continued):
Banquet, &c.» 270
Carburisation and Decarburisation of Iron, Professor A. Johannson and Mr. R. von Seth, 270
Development of Swedish Iron Industry, Axel Wahl berg. 246
Development of Swedish Mining Industry, Professor W. Petersson, 247
Effect of Nitrogen on Chromium and Some Iron-chromium Alloys. F. Adcock. 247
Heat Conduction in Spherical Steel Specimens. Professor Carl Benedicks and Others. 269
Heat-treated Spring Steels, G. A. Hankins and Others, 269
History and Organisation of Jernkontoret, Emil Kinander. 245
Industrial Situation, 245
The Williams Prize, 617
Testing of Hardened Steel. Axel Lundgren, 269
Visits to Mines and Works, Three Days’ Tours, 310, 311
Institute of Marine Engineers Lloyd’s Register Scholarships, 479
Steam Pipes for Extra High Pressure and Temperature, J. A. Aiton, 315
Institute of Metals : Autumn Meeting at Li6ge. 45. 181, 274, 275. 313; Provisional Programme, 45; last of Papers, 181
Modern Metallurgy and Ancient Industries, Fifth Autumn Lecture to the Institute. Dr. W. Rosenhain, 274, 287
Papers Read nt Liege :
Age Hardening of Ternary and Quaternary Alloys of Aluminium Containing Nickel, Miss Kathleen Bingham. 314
Comparison of Static and Dynamic Tensile and Notched-bar Tests, Kotaro Honda, 275
Constitution and Structure of the Commercial Aluminium Alloys, Dr. A- G. Gwyer and Mr. H. L. Phillips, 274
Crystal Deformation, C. J. Smithells and Others, 313
Gear Blanks by Centrifugal Casting, F. W. Rowe, 313
Nickel as Coinage, Captain F. R. Barton, 314
Properties of the Modified Aluminium-silicon Alloys, Dr. D. Stockdale and Mr.
1. Wilkinson, 274
.Season Cracking in Arsenical Copper Tubes, A. Pinkerton and W. H. Tait, 313
Silumin and its Structure, Mr. Buntaro Otani, 274
Single Crystals of Aluminium Under Reversed Torsional Stresses, Dr. 1).
T Hanson and Others, 274
Some Mechanical Properties of Siliconaluminium Alloys, J. D. Grogan, 274
Visits to Works, Reception, 4c., 275, 314 Zinc Industry of the Li£ge District, Monsieur L. JBoscheron, 274
Institution of Automobile Engineers : Debt of the Community to the Automobile, H. Kerr Thomas. 384
Institution of Chemical Engineers : Conference, 581
Programme, 581
Institution of Civil Engineers :
April Examinations, 1926, Pass List, 103
Engineering Works in India, Presidential Address, Frederick Palmer, 493
James Forrest Lecture, Radio Communications, Senatore Guglielmo Marconi, 466
October Examinations, 1926, Pas< List (Interim), 590
Manchester and District Association :
New Transit Sheds, Nos. 7. and 9. and No. 9 Dock of the Manchester Ship Canal, H. K. Russell, 668
Institution of Electrical Engineers : Conversazione at. the Science Museum, South Kensington, Various Models and Exhibits, 15
Design of City Distribution Systems and the Problem of Standardisation, J. R. Beard and J. G. N. Haldane, 530
Faraday Medal Award, 15
Presidential Address, Abstract of, Dr. Eccles, 473, 478
Sir Oliver Lodge’s Lecture on the Telephone, 15
Telephone Jubilec Luncheon, 14
Terms Used in Electrical Engineering, Glossary, British Engineering Standards Association, 45
Underground Network, 60,001).Volt, of the Union d’Electricit5, Colonel E. Mercier, 686, 692
North-Western Centre :
History of the Telephone, W. J. Medlyn's Address, 495
Wireless Section :
Design of a High-power Radio Telegraphic Transmitter Using Thermionic Valves, Dr. R. V. Hansford and Mr. H. Faulkner, 723
Wireless Developments, Professor C. L. Fortescue, 522
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland : Marino Oil Engines, D. M. Shannon, 560
Institution of Fuel Technology :
Autumn Meeting Programme, 369
First Autumn Meeting, 636
Fusion of Two Institutions, 636
Hydraulic Theory of Flow of Gas in Furnaces, Professor W. E. Grouin-Grjimaflo, 636
Low-temperature Carbonisation of Bituminous Coals, S. McEwen, 636
Meeting at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Suggested Amalgamation, 180
ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):
Institution of Fuel Technology (continued):
Occurrence. Working and Treatment of Brown Coals, Sir Richard Redmayne, 636 Papers by Messrs. T. Hardie, Harold Nielsen, and Professor R. T. Haslam, 636
Presidential Address, Sir Alfred Mond, 636 Smoko and Public Health, Dr. J. S. Owens, 636
Institution of Oas Engineers : Conference on Tar, 577
Institution, Junior, of Engineers : Election of Members for Service in 1926-7 Session. 617
No Admission for Women, 617
Petrol ami its Substitutes for Use in Internal Combustion Engines, 617
Presidential Address, Progress of Marine Engineering, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Robert B. Dixon, 600
Institution of Locomotive Engineers : Presidential Address, Sir Seymour B.
Trit ton, 396
Institution of Mechanical Engineers ; Annual Dinner, 659
Electric Locomotives, Method of Classifying, Analysing, Av., T. A. F. Stone, 573, 587
Hawksfey Lecture. Professor Coker, 529
Marine Oil Engine Trials Committee, Fifth Report at Joint Meeting, 657 : Trials of the T.S.M.V. Cape York, 657
Presidential Address, W. Rea veil, Excerpts from, 463
North-Western Branch :
Annual Dinner, 649
Economic Value of Increased Steam Pressures. H. L. Guy, 533. 534. 561
Joint Meeting with the Liverpool Engineering Society, 659 ; Marine Engine Trials Committee’s Report, Trials of the T.S.M.V. Capo York, 659
South Wales Branch :
Excerpts from Presidential Address, Electrical Energy in Switzerland, Professor F. Bacon. 521
Institution of Naval Architects : Marine Oil Engine Trials Committee. Joint Meeting—sec Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Summer Meeting in Belgium, 5
Inclining Experiments on Ships of Small or Negative Stability. Professor William Hovgaard, 5
Oil Separators for Bilge and Ballast Water, Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw and Mr. Albert Beale, 6
Port of Antwerp, Monsieur K. Bollengier, 6, 20, 139, 144
Ship Strain Observations, Lockwood Taylor, 6
Social Engagements and Visits to Works, Visit to Zeebrugge, 7
Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders : Merchant Ship Trials and Service Performance, Dr. E. V. Teller. 617
Institution of Public Lighting Engineers :
Conference at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 229
Society of Chemical Industry :
Fuel Section and Manchester Section :
Conference on Tar, 577
Society. Newcomen : Kristofer Polhem, John G. A. Rhodin, 668
Summer Meeting in East Anglia. Visits to Windmills, Silk Weaving Works, Av.; Lectures, Strangers in Norwich, Walter Rudd ; Ancient Local Industries, H. O. Clark, 10
Presidential Address. Observations on the Rise and Progress of Manufacturing Industry in England, Rhys Jenkins, 437
Society, Women’s Engineering :
Fourth Annual Conference, 98
ATMOSPHERE Pressure and Earth Crust Movements, 200
B BACON. Professor F., Electrical Energy in Switzerland, 521
Band Saw, Tree-felling, John T. Pickles, 19
Barnes, Herbert, Entropy and Probability, 516, 544
Barrage—see Sukkur
Basle—see Inland Navigation
Beckton—see Coal
Bellasis, E. 8., Some Problems in Hydraulics and River Engineering, 202
Berlin Meeting Papers—see Ships
Binary Heat—sec Engines
BOILERS Boiler Blow-down Accident, 142
Boiler Explosion, Unusual, 617—see also “ Paragraphs," 471
Boiler Explosions and Water Gauges, 502
Boiler-house Extensions at St. Pancras Electricity Station, 504
Boiler Installation for Turbine Steamer King George V., 270, 296 (Two page Supplement, September \llh, 1926)
Boiler Plate—see Embrittlement of
Boilers for Posadas Waterworks, 410
Locomotive Boilers—see Railway Locomotives
Oil Fuel Apparatus for Steam Boilers, 62
Sulzer, 1500 1b. Boiler, 706
BOLLENGIER, Monsieur K., Port of Antwerp, 6, 20, 139, 144
Books of Reference, 36. 276, 416, 523, 693
Bragg, Professor W. L., X-ray Crystal Analysis,
Brass Sheet and Strip- British ICngineering Standards Association, Specifications
Breakdowns of Steam Turbines and Engines.
201
BRIDGES Bascule. Electric Control Equipment for. 480 Drawbridge at Read by, L. and N.E. Railway. 488
Killermont Bridge, Glasgow, W. L. Scott.
444. 448
London Bridges. 665
Railway Bridges—see also Railways
Rotokantuku Bridge Over the River Waiapu.
New Zealand. 18
BRITISH Electrical Engineering—see Electrical Matters
BRITISH ENGINEERING STANDARDS ASSO NATION * Annual General Meeting and Statement. 549
Reports Standard Pipe Flanges, 526
Switchgear Equipments for Direct-current Circuits, Ac.. 580
Specifications Asbestine, Zinc Oxide and Varnishes. 153
Brass Bars, 47
Brass Sheet and Strip. Hot Rolled Yellow Metal, Brass Sheet and Strip for General Engineering Purposes, Best Brass Sheet and Strip, Cartridge Brass Sheet and Strip. 632
Colliery Rails and Steel Arches for Use in Mines, 425
Ebonite for Panels for Radio Reception. 695 Electrical Machinery, Revised Specification.
343
Fixed Condensers. 697
Indicating Ammeters. Voltmeters, Wattmeters, Ac.. 426
Portland Blast-furnace Cement, 207
Terms Used in Electrical Engineering. 45. 217
BRONZE Worm Gear Blanks by Centrifugal Casting, F. W. Rowe. 313 ; (Letter), 330
Burden of Research, 39
Burning—see Coal
Burnt Fen Pumping Station. 99 ; (Letter). 112
CALENDARS, Diaries, Ac., 727
Cambridge Station, Re-signalling of. 642 ;
(Correction), 689
Camera—see Aeronautics
Can the Heat of Combustion of Coal be Turned Directly into Electric Energy ? John G. A. Rhodin. 80
Caribbean. Port Improvements in the. 125
Catalogues, 23, 129, 155, 183, 209. 235, 347. 455, 483, 649. 724
Cause and Prevention of Embrittlement of Boiler Plate, S. W. Parr and F. G. Straub, 496
('hart. A New Steam, 222 ; (Letters), 285, 331, 360
Cheadle Heath—see Works
Chemical Congress in London, 94
Chemical Exhibition—see Exhibitions, Coal, Ac. ( lassification of Patent Specifications, 217
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES For Papers on Brown Coals, Bituminous Coals, Ac.—see Associations, Institution of Fuel Technology
Burning Gasified Coal, 256
Coal Dispute, 555
Coal-handling Plant at Beckton Gasworks, 69
Coal Products. Chemical and Engineering Exhibition, 549
Coal Shipping Machine at Toledo, Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, 469, 472
Coal Silos—see Reinforced Concrete Silos
Fineness of Coal Dust, 179
Government and the Coal Dispute, 363
Heat of Combustion Coal and Electric Energy, John G. A. Rhodin, 80 ; (Letter), 112
Hydraulic-electric Coal Hoists at Cardiff, East Ferry-road Engineering Company. Ltd.. 385
Lord Balfour's Messel Memorial Lecture, and Coal, Professor Henry E. Armstrong, 121
Price of Coal, 611
Work and Wages in Collieries and Steel Works, Sir P. Rylands. 396
COKER, Professor, Hawknley Lecture, 529
Combination of Errors, 226
Coming-of-Age of the University of Sheffield, 32
Commercial Limit of Steam Pressures, 583 ;
(Letter), 641
Comparison of Static and Dynamic Tensile and Notched-bar Tests, Kotaro Honda, 275, 309
Compressors—see Air Compressor
Condensers, Operation of, 391
Connecting-rod Forks, Thomas Petty, 312
Contracts. 26, 52, 78. 106. 132, 183. 207, 235, 261, 294, 319, 347. 376. 397. 429. 458, 483. 511, 539, 593, 617. 649, 67 3. 727
Co-ordination of Experimental Results, 474
Copper, Action of Hydrogen on. Dr. Cyril S.
Smith and Professor Carle R. Hayward, 313
Cornish Mine “ Tributer,” A. K. Hamilton Jenkin, 688
Cornish Tin Mining Industry, G. C. Cann, 579
Corrosion Problems, Fuel Alcohol, Hormones, 94, 95
Corrugated Rails, Shock Recording Instrument and Hardness Testing, 692
Cost of Research, 338
Crabs, Electric Traveller, Design of, E. G. Fiegehen, 178
Cracking of a Concrete Road, 247 ; (Letter), 285
Cramp, Professor Win., Electric Conduction, 166
Crane, 200-Ton Floating, 308, 315
(.’rompton, Colonel R. E., Electricity Bill, 556 ;
(Letter), 644
Cultivator, Turning Type, J. and H. McLaren, 031
Current Prices for Metals and Fuels. 24. 50. 70 104. 1.30. 156, 184, 210. 236. 262. 292, 320. 347. .374. 404. 430. 456. 484. 512. 540. 566. 594. 622. 650. 676. 702. 728
D DALMARNOCK Power Station Extensions, 368
Danube—arc Navigation
Diiwpon. Sir Philip, and Professor S. Parker Smith, on Main Line Railway Electrification, 570, 598. 626—arc also Railways ; alno Rail way Locomotives
Direct Conversion—sec Low-pressure
Dixon. Vice-Admiral Sir R. B.. Progress of Murine Engineering, 600, 640
Dock Extensions at .Antwerp, 1.39, 144
Docks —nee also Electrical Matters
Drawbridges—see Bridges; also Railways Drilling Machines—see Machine 'Pools
E EBONITE—see British Engineering Standards Economic Value of Increased Steam Pressures.
H. L. Guv, 533, 534, 561, 583 ; (Letter). 644 Education by Wireless. J. C. Stobart, 217 Educational Intelligence, 52, 132, 258, 388 Elbe—see Railways, Foreign
ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Agricultural Machinery, Electrically Driven, Appliances for, Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 58
Agriculture, Electricity in, 584
Boiler-house Extensions at St. Pancras Electricity Station. 504
British Electrical Engineering. 473, 478
Dalmarnock Power Station Extensions. 368 Economics of Electrical Distribution, J. N.
Kennedy. 165
Electric Conduction, Professor Wm. ('ramp, 166
Electric Control Equipment for a Bascule Bridge. 480
Electric Crabs—nee Structural Design
Electric Power Schemes (South Africa). 636
Electrical Distribution, 530
Electricity Bill, Colonel R. E. Crompton. 556 ; (Letters), 577. 605. 644
Electricity Commissioners* Sixth Annual Report . 667
Electricity Supply, Sir John Snell, 164, 173 ; (Letter), 196
Flow Meter, Electrically Operated, Brown Instrument Company, 504
Gasholder, Electrically Welded, at Melbourne, 586
Heat of Combustion Coal and Electric Energy, John G. A. Rhodin, 80 ; (Letter), 112
High-pressure Cables, 692
Inductance Design for High-power Radio Transmitters, 723
Models and Analogies for Demonstrating Electrical Principles, 167, 194, 228. 242, 273, 299, 339, .354. 380, 408. 447, 464. 503. 518, 548, 574, 602, 628. 655
Moffatt Tunnel. Electric Supply, Haulage and Ventilation, 55
Norwich Electricity Supply, 493
Overspeed Test House, Metropolitan -Vickers Electrical Company, Ltd., 716, 722
Phase Advancer, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, 71
Power Station Instruments, Legibility of, 66
Refrigerators, Electrically Operated. Delco Light Company, 62
Soho-square Sub-station of Charing Cross Electricity Supply, 424
Southampton Docks. Electrical Equipment at, 188, 198. 214, 224. 240
Switzerland, Electrical Energy in. Professor F. Bacon, 521
Telephones—sec Telephone
60,000-Volt Underground Network of the Union d’Electricitd, Colonel E. Mercier, 686. 692
EMBR1TTLEMENT of Boiler Plato, Cause and Prevention of, S. W. Parr and F. J. Straub, 496
ENGINES AND MOTORS Aircraft Engine, Cyclone. William Beard-more and Co., Ltd., 695
Airless Injection Oil Engines, Petrol and Paraffin Engines, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 43 ; (Correction), 60
Almeda, Propelling Machinery of, 710, 711. 713
Binary Heat Engines, 222
Cold-starting Igniter for Oil Engines, Cross-ley Brothers, Ltd., 152
Combination of Errors, 226
Double-acting Two-cycle Engine on the Motor Ship Tampa, 720, 721
Fuel Oil Engines. 14 and 24 B.H.P., Heavy Oil Engine, 47 B.H.P., Tangyes Ltd., 42
Heavy Fuel Oil Engines and Paraffin Engines, Blackstone and Co.. Ltd., 42
Heavy Oil Engine. 600 B.H.P., Beiliss and Morcom, Ltd.. 532
120 B.H.P. High-speed Oil Engine, A. G. Mumford, Ltd., 614
Hot-bulb Oil Engines, 14-16, 28 30, and 48-52 B.H.P., Fielding and Platt. Ltd., 42
Marine Oil Engine, 600 B.H.P. Two-cycle, Vickers-Petters, Ltd., 414
Marine Oil Engines, D. M. Shannon, 560
Oil Engine, 2 B.H.P., Crossley Brothers, Ltd.. 60
12 H.P. Oil Engine, Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 42
Oil Engine Driven Air Compressor, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd., 333
Oil Engine with New’ Type Lubricator, Tangyes Ltd., 631
Oil Engine, Small. Horizontal, Hopper -cooled. Four-stroke, Crossley Brothers, 632
Paraffin Engine, J6 H.P., Lister ami Co., Ltd., 59
Paraffin Engine, 10 B.H.P. Horizontal, Bamfords, Ltd., 59
Semi-atationary Steam Engine, I4o B.H.P., for Posadas Waterworks, Richard Garrett and Sons, Ltd., 410
ENGINES AND MOTORS (continued): Small Electric Lighting Sets with Paraffin or Petrol Engines, Boulton and Paul, Ltd., 42
Small Horizontal and Vertical Paraffin and Petrol Engines, National (las Engine Co., Ltd., 42
Small Two-stroke 1| 5 B.H.P. Engines, 18-21 H.P. Crude Oil Engine, Paraffin or Petrol, Portable 14 14 B.H.P. Horizontal Engine, Petters. Ltd., 42
Triple-expansion Pass-out Steam Engine. Beiliss and Morcom, Ltd., 250, 257
Twin-cylinder, 132 B.H.P. Oil Engine, National Gas Engine Company, Ltd., 42 .
Two-stroke Double-acting Marine Oil Engine, Fried. Krupp Germania VVerft, 550
Union-Castle Liner Carnarvon Castle, Engines of. 100
ENGINEER and the Foundry, 200
Engineering Photography. Some Notes on,
A. W. Swan, 434
Engineering Works in India, Frederick Palmer, 493
Engineers, Training of, (il l ; (Letter). 671
Entropy and Probability, Herbert Barnes, 516. 544
Enza Power and Irrigation Project. 523
Escalators and other Equipment of Electric Railways—see London Electric Railways. Extensions
Excavators, Rotary, for London Electric Railways* Extension Work, 177, 178
EXHIBITIONS Chemical Plant Exhibition in London, 94
Coal Products, Chemical and Engineering Exhibition, 549
Inland Navigation and Water Power Exhibition at Basle. 57 ; (Letter). 90
Model Engineer Exhibition, 344
Motor Car Show. 439, 460
National Radio Exhibition, 282
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show nt Reading, 42. 58. 89
Smithfield Club Show, 631 ; (Letters). 671. 697
Smoko .Abatement Exhibition, 316
EXPLOSION of a Valve Chest at Barking. 446, 452 ; (Letter), 495
F FACTORY—aec Lunbo ; also Sugar Beet Fairlie-Perkins—see Locomotives
Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire. 723
Fen Drainage—*cc Pumps
Ferry—see Ships
Fiegehen, E. G., Structural Design of Electric Traveller Crabs. 178
Files—#ee Templeborough
Filtration—«ce Water Supply
Fixed Condensers, British Engineering Standards, 697
Flax-pulling Machine, Robert Boby. Ltd., 59
Flow Meter—net Electrical Matters
Ford’s Five-day Week, 468
Fortescue. Professor C. L., Wireless Developments, 522
Forthcoming Engagements. 26. 52, 78. 106. 132, 158, 186, 212, 238. 264. 294. 322. 350. 376, 406. 432, 458. 486, 514, 542. 568, 596, 624, 651. 678. 704, 730
Foundry Sand, Machine for Renovating. J. B. Corrie and Co., 426
Freedom. 337
French Economics and Trade, 93
FRENCH ENGINEERING NOTES : 25, 51, 77. 105, 131, 157, 185. 211. 237, 263, 293, 321. 349, 375, 405. 431. 457. 485. 513. 541, 567, 595. 623. 651, 677, 703. 729
Ad Valorem Duties. 131
Advancing Wages, 293
Air Light houses. 651
Alsace Canal, 77
Barrage Reservoirs, 541
Belgian Import Duties. 375
Coal. 211
Coal Markets, 237
Goal Production. 431
Coke and Anthracite, 595
Colliery Equipment. 623
Colonial Development. 263
Colonial Machinery. 51
Commercial Aviation, 405
Commercial Vehicles, 541
Concrete Suspension Bridge, 105, 513
Continuous Brakes, 623
Critical Recovery, 595
Dockers’ Strikes, 77, 131, 185, 405
Dunkirk, 321
Eight Hours’ Day. 431, 567
Electric Canal Haulage, 677
Foreign Trade, 25, 349, 595, 703
Free Trade Manifesto, 485
German Imports. 211
Harbour Works, 729
Home Fuels, 105
Hydraulic Works on the Congo, 595
Improving Franc, 485
Industrial Agreements. 431
Industrial Charges, 157
Industrial Position, 321
Industrial Situation, 105
Inland Navigation, 457
Internationa) Rail Union, 25
Iron and Steel Production, 51, 131
Irrigation Barrage, 651
J.abour Troubles, 25
Limiting the Steel Output, 237
Luminous Signals, 349
Miners’ Wages. 541
Motor Industry, 703
National Fuel. 211
Oil Supplies, 567
Old Suspension Bridge. 77
Paris Water Supply, 25, 321
Period of Transition, 703
Port of Rouen, 405
Public Works. 567, 677
Public Works Economies, 375
Rail Motors, 157
Rail Orders, 567
Rail Union, 77
Railway Accident, 25, 157, 703
BENCH ENGINEERING NOTES (continued):
Railway Accidents. 513
Railway Amalgamation. 105, 185
Railway Catastrophe, 375
Railway Electrification. 457, 729
Rhine-Rhone Canal, 293
Road Construction, 405
Russian Trade. 185
Russian Trade Negotiations, 51
Sailing Ships, 293
Shipbuilding, 51. 321
Stabilisation, 729
Stainless Steel Patents, 293
Steel Cartel. 431. 677, 703
Steel Industry, 513
Steel Prices, 405
Steel Production, 457
Steel Production and Costs, 623
Steel Union. 185, 21 1, 237, 263, 349, 485, 513, 651
Suburban Electrification, 623
Synthetical Fuels, 457
The Franc and Trade. 77
The Navy. 157. 263
The Situation, 541
Tin-plates, 77
Trade Decline, 651
Trade Inactivity. 263
Trade Outlook. 349, 677
Trade Situation, 51, 131
Tunnelling the Vosges. 293
Unemployment, 237, 595
Wireless Invention. New. 375
Works in Algeria. 25
Works in Paris, 729
FRENCH Engineering Problems, 251
French Mines. Nationalisation of, 253
Fuel Problem in France, 14
Fuel Technology Papers—see Associations, Arc.
Fulham Gasworks, Extensions at, 99
Ftilweiler, W. H., Importance of Little Things in the Standardisation of Methods of Testing. 123
Furnace—see Oil Shales
G GALE High-speed Indicator, 332, 333
Galvanometer for Direct and Alternating-current Measurements, Cambridge Instrument Company, Ltd., 152
Gaseous Fuel for Airships. 1)9
Gasholder, I,<9)0,000 Cubic Feet Electrically
Welded, at Melbourne, 586
Gasworks Extensions at Fuihnm, 99
Gauge Glass—see Water
Gear, Continuously Variable. Chain-driven, Change Speed, P.I.V. Gear Syndicate, 220
Gear Teeth—see Surface-hardened
- Ghost ” Lines—sec Iron
Gold Industry, The Rand. 423
Good. E. T.. Hours of Labour Abroad. 116
Government and the Coal Dispute, 363
Government and Industry, 717
Grain Dust as Fuel, 360
Great Lakes of North America, The Levels of the, William Porthouse, 218
Grinders—see Machine Tools; also “ Saw Doctor ”
Guns—see Ships, Naval Matters
Gunter, Edmund, Tercentenary of Death, 590
Guv, H. L., Economic Value of Increased Steam
Pressure. 533, 534, 561, 583 ; (Letter). 644
H HANSFORD, Dr. R. V., and Mr. H. Faulkner, Design of a High-power Radio Telegraphic Transmitter Using Thermionic Valves, 723
Hatfield, Dr. W. H., “ Ghost “ Lines in Steel Forgings, 226
Hazards—see Ships, Naval Matters
Helium, Liquid, Plant—see Scientific Research
Howe, Professor W. ()., B.E.S.A. Glossary, 217 Heat—sec Coal
Heater, Workshop. Wm. Grice and Sons. 18
Heating Plug, New Type of, Lodge Plugs, Ltd., 646
Hele-Shaw, Dr. H. S., and Mr. Albert Beale.
Oil Separators for Bilge and Ballast Water. 6
Hinge. Continuous Concrete, at Killermont Bridge, 449
Hoists—see Coal
Hoists, Locomotive, for South Africa, Leeds Engineering and Hydraulic Company, Ltd., 618
Hovgoard, Professor Wm., Inclining Experiments on Ships of Small or Negative Stability,
Hydraulic Pumps at Southampton Docks, Mather and Platt, Ltd., 240
Hydraulics and River Engineering, Some Problems, E. S. Bellasis, 202
Hydro-electric Power in Ontario, 112
IGNITER—see Engines
India, Engineering Works in, Frederick Palmer, 493
INDIAN ENGINEERING NOTES 660
Bombay Port Equipment. 660
Calcutta, The Port of. 661
Irrigation in Bombay, 660
Rangoon Port Development, 661
INDIAN Monsoons of 1925, 139
Indicator, High-speed, C. H. Gale, 332, 333 Inductance Design—see Wireless
Industrial Radiology. E. W. Lewis, 252 Industrialisation—sec Railways, Foreign Industry, Facts of, 13
Industry, Peace in, 691
Inland Navigation and Water Power Exhibition at Basle, 57 ; (Letter), 90—see alec World Power Conference, 326
Inland Navigation and Water Power in Spain 370
Institutes and Institutions—see Associations Interatomic Forces and the Strength of Metals, 309
International Roads Congress in Italy : Bituminous and Asphalt Roads, Concrete Roads. Special Roads for Motor Traffic, Standardisation of Tests. 306
IRON AND STEEL Carburisation and Decarburisation of Iron, Professor A. Johansson and Mr. R. von Seth. 270
Cast Iron for Diesel Engines, Horace J.
Young, 442
Continental Steel Combine, 146
European Steel Union. 391
’* Ghost ” Lines in Steel Forgings, Dr. W. If. Hatfield, 226
Heat Conduction m Spherical Steel Specimens, Professor Carl Benedicks ami Others, 269
Heat-treated Spring Steels, G. A. Hankins and Others. 269
Italian Pig Iron Industry, 204
.Icrnkontoret, History and Organisation of.
Emil Kinander, 245
Production of Iron and Steel, 99
Rough Turning of Alloy Steels, 526
Stresses in Cast Iron Pipe Sockets, Investigation by R. G. Batson and W. F. Cope. 366
Swedish Iron Industry During the Last Thirty Years, Axel Wahlberg, 246
Swedish Iron and Steel Works. Visits of the Iron and Steel Institute, 310, 311
Testing of Hardened Steel, Axel Lundgren, 269
Tungsten Crystals. Deformation of, C. .1.
Smithells and Others. 313
Welding Copper to Steel, 370
Work and Wages in Collieries and Steel Works, Sir P. Rylands. 396
IRRIGATION in Bombay. 660
Ismailia Type Tidal Flap Valve, Ham, Baker and Co., Ltd., 724
Italian Pig Iron Industry, 204
■ J JAMES FORREST Leet uro. Radio Communications. Senatoro Guglielmo Marconi, 466
Jenkin. A. K. Hamilton. Cornish Mine “ Tri-buter,” 688
Jenkins, Rhys. Observations on the Rise and Progress of Manufacturing Industry in England, 437
Jernkontoret—xre Iron
KA RACHI —<ree Aeronautics
Kearton. W. J., Pressure in Impulse Steam Turbines, 217
Kennedy. J. N., Economics of Electrical Distribution, 165
Kent. C. G., Timbering of Trenches, Shafts and Tunnels, 67, 81 (Two-payc Supplement, July 23rd, 1926)
Kotaro Honda, Comparison of Static and Dynamic Notched Bar Tests, 275, 309
Kraft, Professor Dr. E. A., Modern Steam Turbine and Ship Propulsion, 603
L LABORATORIES at Leyden and Eindhoven, 324
LABOUR MATTERS Accidents in Industry. A. Stephenson, 166
Coal Dispute. 555
Economic Aspects of Labour. Sir Lynden
Macassey. 166
Government and the Coal Dispute. 363
Hours of Labour Abroad, 116
Restriction of Output, A. Angles, 166
Work and Wages in Collieries and Steel
Works, Sir P. Rylands, 396
LATHES—see Machine Tools
Launches and Trial Trips, 75. 103, 129, 186, 259, 345, 397, 429, 455. 593, 617, 730
LEADERS Atmospheric Pressure and Earth Crust Movements, 200
Boiler Explosions and Water Gauges, 502
British Electrical Engineering, 473
Burden of Research, 39
Coal Dispute, 555
Combination of Errors, 226
Commercial Limit of Steam Pressures, 583
Continental Steel Combine, 146
Co-ordination of Experimental Results, 474
Cost of Research, 338
Electrical Distribution, 530
Electricity in Agriculture, 584
Electricity Supply, 173
Engineer and the Foundry. 200
European Steci Union. 392
Express Locomotive, A New, 419
Facts of Industry, 13
Freedom, 337
French Economics and Trade, 93
French Naval Construction, 119
French Naval Progress, 280
Fuel Problem in France, 14
Gaseous Fuel for Airships, 119
Government and the Coal Dispute, 363
Government and Industry. 717
Guns of the Fleet, 445
Hazards of the Submarine, 225
High-pressure Cables, 691
Instructive “ Water Hammer ” Explosion.
446
Interatomic Forces and the Strength of Metals, 309
Legibility of Power Station Instruments, 66
Limitation of Navies, 555
Locomotive Boilers, 39
Locomotive Valve Gears, 310
London Bridges. 665
Man and Machines, 65
Naval Aviation, 145
LEADERS (continued):
Naval Engineerinc, 640
Naval Engineers, 93
New Filtration Plant at Walton. 173
Now Materials and Old Methods, 420
Operation of Condensers. 391
Our Engineering Prestige, 639
Peace in Industry, 691
Price of Coal, 611
Prices and Markets, 501
Product ion Costs and Trade, 199
Railway Position, 252
Railway Signal Engineers, 718
Shenandoah Disaster, 279
Some French Engineering Problems, 251
Technical Societies. 666
The Text-book and the Lecturer, 364
Theoretical and Experimental Elasticity, 529
Training of Engineers. 611
LEEDS Tercentenary, 71
Legibility of Power Station Instruments. 66
LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS England. North of, 22, 48, 74. 102. 128. 154, 182. 208, 231, 260. 290, 318, 346. 372. 402. 428. 454. 482. 510, 538. 564. 592. 620, 648. 674. 700, 726
Lancashire. 21. 47. 73. 101, 127. 153, 181. 207. 233. 259. 289. 317. 345. 371, 401. 427. 453. 481. 509, 537. 563, 591. 619. 647, 673. 699. 725
Midlands and Staffordshire. 21. 47, 73. 101. 127, 153. 181. 207, 233, 259. 289. 317, 345. 371, 401, 427. 453. 481. 509. 537, 563, 590, 618, 646, 673, 699, 724
Scotland. 23. 49. 75. 102. 129. 155. 183, 209. 235, 261. 291. 319. 347. 373. 403, 429. 454, 483. 511, 539, 565. 593. 621, 648. 675. 701, 727
Sheffield, 22. 48. 74. 102. 128. 154, 182. 208. 234. 260. 290. 318, 346. 372. 402, 428, 454, 482, 510, 538. 564, 592, 620, 647. 674, 700. 726
Wales and Adjoining Counties. 23. 49, 75, 103. 129. 155. 183. 209. 235. 261. 291, 319, 347, 373, 403, 429. 455. 483. 511. 539. 565. 593. 621, 649. <175. 701. 727
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR : American Tunnel Works, Tunnelman, 36
British Engineering, Englishman Abroad. 644
Bronze Worm Gear Blanks, C. .1. Fitzpatrick. 330
Candy Module. John L. Module. 285
Century of Locomotive Building, &c.. J. (J.
H. Warren. 330
Chart, A New Steam, E. B. Wedmore, 285 ;
Charles Barnes, 331
Chemists and Power Plant Problems, Wm. Boby and Co.. Ltd., 36
('tearing House for Sources of Information, R. A. Gregory. 577
Combined Diesel Engine and Exhaust Gas Turbine Plant. Charles J. Toth, 113
Commercial Limit of Steam Pressure, H. L.
Guy, 644
Congress of Mining and Metallurgy, Chas. Stewart. 605
Design of Road Vehicles and Damage to Roads. An Engineer, 479
Destroyer Speeds, John I. Thornycroft and Co.. Ltd.. 113
Diesel Pneumatic Drive for Ships, Janmart, 330
Direct Conversion of Heat into Electrical Energy, A. A. Campbell Swinton, 112
Eight-Impulse Locomotive, F. W. Brewer, 495
Electric Locomotives, J. Conner, 605
Electricity Bill, Sydenham of Combe. 577 ;
Humble Disciple of St. George, 605 ;
George T. Pardoe, 644
Electricity Supply. 196
Empire Trade. Arthur W. Farrer, 170
Failure of a Concrete Road. W. Muirhead, 285
Flettner Rudder—see Rotor Ship
Full-cycle, Stanley P. Christie, 90 ; Donald M.
Liddell. 170 ; B. E. Martin, 285
Gas Pump for Fen Drainage, Stanley P. Christie. 112
Gorman Naval Engineers, Die Vereinigung der Ingenicuroffiziere der Marine, Chairman, Rnehlerts, Captain (retired). 90
Isaac Dodds and D. and K. Locomotives.
Sidney Snell, 450
Locomotive Design, P. V. Vernon, 451 ;
B. E. Martin, 495
Man and Machines, H. C. A., 196
Now Filtration and Pumping Plant at Walton,
M. Inst. C.E., 196
New Spirit in Industry. J. H. Jones, 495
Old Hydraulic Ram. Robt. C. Green, 671
Pile Driving, Monkey, 577 ; Haddon (’.
Adams, 605
Pressure, Temperature and Vacuum, T. W.
Bromley, 360
Propeller Turbine Runner, Michael Perrin, 90
“ Railway Matters.” Wm. Hy. Robson, 170
Railway Standardisation and Grouping, L.A.F.. 285
Retaining Walls and Geostatic Theories, .1. V. Niinmo, 90; F. W. Woods, 113; A. W. Rogers. 425
Rotor Ship and Flettner Rudder. Stanley P. Christie, 425, 523 ; F. Arnold Best. 495, 644
St. Paul’s Cathedral. William Harvey, 451
Smithfield Club Show, John Fowler and Co., Ltd.. 697
Southern Railway Four-cylinder Locomotive, P. W. Bollen, 577 ; G. S. Gough. 605 ; Li brat o, 605
Steam Wagon Design, L. W. Riddell. 671
Telephone Jubilee. H. R. Kempe, 36
Testing Full-sized Structural Members, &c.,
L. J. Briggs and G. K. Burgess, 330
“ The Two James’s and the Two Stephensons.” C. F. Dendy Marshall. 36
Time is Money, Robert True, 523
Training of Engineers, W. E. Brook, 67 I
Unemploy inent : The Remedy, Francis
Hughesdon, 644
Water Hammer, L. H. E. Dines, 495
Workmen in England and America, J. H.
Jones, 450
LEVELS of the Great Lakes of North America,
William Porthouse, 218
Lewis, E. W., Industrial Radiology, 252
LITERATURE : Reviews : Battleships in Action, H. W. Wilson, 502. 530
Braasey's Naval and Shipping Annual, 1927, Sir A. Richardson and A. Hurd, 612, 640
Coal and Ash-handling Plant, John D. Troup,
Efficient Boiler-house, J. J. Simmons, 95, 280 Engineering Factory Supplies, W. J, Hiscox. 364,475
Gasoline Automobile,'Ac., Vol. I., P. M. Hcldt, 719
Industrial Furnaces, Vol. J., W. Trinks, 338
Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1926, Oscar Parkes and F. E. McMurtie, 612, 640
Kran- und Transportaulagen fiir Hiitten-, Hafen-, Werft- und Werkstatt-Betriebe, Dipl.-Ing. C. Michenfelder, 121, 557
Lokomotiv versuche in Russland (Locomotive Teats in Russia), Professor G. Lomonossoft, 227
Marine Works, E. Latham, 612, 693
Mechanical Draught, J. E. Lister and (’. Harman Harris. 95’
. Motor Boat and Marino Motor Manual. 121
Motor Vehicle Design, The Elements of,
C. T. B. Donkin, 95
Movable Bridges, Vol. I., Superstructure, O. E. Hovey, 446, 531
Outbreaks of Fire : Their Causes und Moans of Prevention, Sidney G. Gamble. 471
Science and the Modern World. A. N. White-head, 66, 175
Steam Turbines, Guiscppe Bclluzzo, 174
To-day and To-morrow, Henry Ford, 338, 392
Unemployment, G. W. Mullins, 502, 585 ; (Letter), 644
Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss, 338. 557
Short Notices : Alternating-current Rectification and Allied Problems, L. B. W. Jolley, 502, 612
Aluminium Foundry Work, 531
Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators, F. V.
Hetzel, 201, 364
Brassfounders’ and Finishers' Manual, Philip Gates, 280
Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, J. W. Mellor, 364 Dictionary' of Costing, R. J. H. Ryall, 41 Discoverer of Gas Lighting, W. T. Layton.
201, 531
Early British Railways, H. Grote Lewin, 585 Electrical Characteristics of Transmission Circuits, W. Nesbit, 175, 612
Electrical Contracting, H. Ayres Purdie, 280 First Course in Wireless, R. W. Hutchinson.
421, 475
Foundry Practice, R. H. Palmer, 201, 364 Gas Engineer’s Pocket Book, H. O’Connor, 41 General Strikes and Road Transport, George
Glasgow, 585
Journal of the Institute of Metals, Vol. XXXV., 311, 364
Les Progrds de la Fondcrie Moulage et Fusion, C. Derulle, 41
Lightning Graphs, I. S. Dalgleish, 147, 531
Location of Mineral Fields, M. H. Haddock, 201, 364
Locks and Lockmaking, F. J. Butter, 41 Railroad Construction, W. L. Webb, 41, 66 Reminiscences of an Old Engineer, A. J. G.
Brisbane, 531
Superheat Engineering Data, 121
The Islanders, Archibald Hurd, 585
Theory and Practice of Radio-frequency Measurements, E. B. Moullin, 585
Transport Aviation, A. Black, 66, 531
Transport and Handling of Mineral Acids, F. Hirsch, 41
Wireless Pictures and Television, T. Thorne Baker, 612
Books Received : Administration Report of Commissioners for Port of Rangoon, 421
Agricultural Research in 1925, 719
All the World’s Aircraft, 1926, C. G. Grey, 421
American Society for Testing Materials, <fcc., 612
Annales des Fonts et ChaussGes, 147, 311, 612
Annaies des Travaux Publics de Belgique, 280 Annali dei Lavori gia Giornale del Genio Civile, 121, 280, 446, 585
Arctic and Western Hudson Bay Drainage, 531
Association of British Chemical Manufacturers, Official Directory of Members, Ac., 195
Axle Loads, Wheel Diameter and Railhead Dimensions, A. F. Harvey, 201
Bcitrfige zur Geschichte der Tcchnik und Industrie, Conrad Matschoss, 557
Best Books, W. Swan Sonnenschoin, 421
Body Building in Aluminium, 364
Book About Mechanical Marvels, E. Protheroe, 201
Britain’s Economic Plight, Frank Pl achy, jun., 95
British Rainfall, 1925, 585
Bulletin Administratif de ]a SociGtG des Anciens Eldves des Ecoles Nationales d'Arts et Metiers, 147
Bulletin of the British Cast Iron Research Association, 175
Bus Operating Practice, R. Hauer and G. H. Scragg, 612
Business Economics, Sir W. Ashley, 446
Calender Effect and the Shrinking Effect of Unvulcanised Rubber, Dr. W. de Visser, 612
Capitalism is Socialism, 557
Catalogue of British Scientific and Technical Books Supplement, 393
Cement, Concrete and Bricks, A. B. Searle, 66
Centrifugal Pumps, G. Higgins. 585
Chemistry of Cellulose and Wood, A. W. Schorger, 557
Chemistry of the Oil Industries, J. E. Southconi be, 531
City and Guilds of London Institute, Technology, Programme, 421
City of Providence, 1925, Annual Report of the City Engineer, 66
Civil Engineering Specifications and Quantities, C. J. Coleman and G. M. Flood, 531
Coal and Allied Subjects, &e., N. Simpkin and F. S. Sinnott, 393
LITERATURE (continued) :
Books Received (continued):
Commercial Art, 66
Concrete Floor Treatment, Specifications for Hardening, &c.t 338
Condensing Plant, R. J. Kaula and I. V. Robinson, 147
Corrosion of Metals, Click R. Evan*, 612
Decimal Bibliographical Classification of the Institut International de Bibliographic, 421 Der Ball langer tiefliegonder Gebirgstunnel.
C. Andress, 446
Der durchlaufendc Tr&ger uber ungleichen Offnungen, Dr. Ing. Emil Kammer, 612
Dcr Genauigkeitsgrad von FlugelmesMimgen bei Wasserkraf taningen, 502
Description of the Planning, Progress, &<•. Ac., in the G.I.P. Railway Shops, F. G. 8. Martin, 612
Design and Construction of Formwork for Concrete Structures. A. E. Wynn. 667
Die Kruft folder in festen elast isehen Kbrpern, Ac., Dr.-Ing. Th. Wyss, 612
Druckrohrleitungen, Dr.-Ing. F. Bundschu. 121
Electric Train*, 667
Electrical Industry in Germany, 253
Elektrischu Zilndung, Ac., Dr. Ing. E. Seiler, 364
Elementary Heat and Heat Engine-*. F. G. R. Wilkins, 201
Elements of the Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory, H. Gliiuert, 338
Empire Forestry Journal, Fraser Story, 175
Engineering Index, 1925, 95
Engineering Problems, W. G. Raymond and others, 531
Engineering Science, W. Want. 612
E radruck, Erdwidcrstand und Tragf&higkeit, H. Krey, 502
Executors and Administrators, G. F. Emery. 421
Explosive Reactions in Gaseous Media, Faraday Society, 612
"Express” Metric Quotation Reckoner, J. Gall Inglis, 667
Feuerfcstc BaustofTo fur Kammcrn der Kokcrei- und Gaswerksdfen, I.. Litinsky, I JI
Field -Astronomy. D. ('lark, 531
Final Report of the Peat Committee . . . Dominion of Canada and Province of Ontario, B. F. Haun cl, 201
Freitragende Hulzhuut^n, C. Kersten, 311
From Slip to Sea, A. C. Hardy, 201
Gasoline Engine, P. M. Hcldt, 502, 719
Gears und Gear Cutting, J. Horner, 364
H.M. Stationery Office Publications :
Deterioration of Structures in Sea Water. 338
Electricity Supply, 1924-1925, 531
Instructions as to the Survey of Life saving Appliances, 531
Syllabus of the Science Scholarships Examination, 1927, 96
History of the States of Guernsey Telephone System. 1895-1925, A. Rosling Bennett, 364
Home Fires Without Smoke, (’. Elliott and Marion Fitzgerald, 585
Hiltte des Ingenieuns Taschenbuch IT., 338
Hydrous Oxides, H. Boyer Weiser, 557
Ice and Cold Storage Trades’ Directory and Handbook, 1927, 719
Income Tax, Super Tax, Excess Profits Duty, Ac., C. H. Tolley, 253
Industrial Safety, Organisation for Executive and Engineer, L. A. de Blois, 585
Institution of Civil Engineers, List of Members, Ac., 1926, 280
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Vol. I.. 95
International Register of Telegraphic and Trude Addresses, 1926-27, 667
Jahrbuch der Brennkrafttechnischen Gesell-shuft E.V., Wilhelm Knapp, 364
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, India, 338
Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 393
Journal of the Municipal College of Technology, Manchester, 338
Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1926, 280
Junior Technical Electricity, R. W. Hutchinson, 421
Kelly’s Directory of Engineers, 502
Largest Ships of the World, V. S. Fellowes Wilson, 557
Lead Storage Battery, H. G. Brown, 121
L’Enseignement Technique, 311
Les Moteurs & Combustion, E. Morcotte, 4 46 Loughborough College Calendar, 1926-27, 175 Manual of Electrical I'ndortakings, T. C.
Garrett, 612
Marketing Problem, E. T. Elbourne, 719
Marvels of Modern Mechanics, H. T. Wilkins, 338
Materials of Construction : Their Manufacture and Properties, Professor A. P. Mills, 253
Mechanical World Year Book, 1927, 719
Mechanisms, Ewart S. Andrews, 95
Metal Work, H. M. Adam and J. H. Evans, 531
Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron, W. E. Woodward, 66
Metallurgy of Cast Iron, J. E. Hurst, 147
Middlesbrough Royal Exchange Year Book, 1926, 201
Modern Soap and Detergent Industry, G. Martin, 121
Motor Electrical Manual, 531
Motor Industry of Great Britain, 1926, 585
Motor Manual, 121
Motorship Year Book, 502
Now South Wales, Report for Year ended June 30th, 1925, 446
Northampton Polytechnic Institute, Announcements of, 421
Ovl-und Gas Muschinen, Professor II. Dubbcl, 446
Oil War, Anton Mohr, 585
On the Road, 253
Peaceful Revolution, O. Wildridge, 147
People's Year Book, 1927, 719
Photometry, J. W. T. Walsh, 95
Polyphase Induction Motors, R. D. Archibald, 585
LITERATURE (cofifcnusd): Books Received (continued): Pompe Centrifughe, Ing M. Medici, 719.
Practical Engineer Electrical Pocket Book, 1927, Conrad Arnold. 667
Practical Engineer Mechanical Pocked Book. 4927, E. G. Beck, 667
Practical Structural Design in Timber. Ar..
E. McCullough, 612
•• Proceedings ” of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Part I., August. 1926, 280
“ Proceedings " of the Institution of Civil Engineers, II. H. JefTcott, 531
“ Proceedings" of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 364
" Proceedings,” Papers, Ac.. of the Dominion Mining Conference, New Zealand, 253
Public Works Department Administration Report, Part 11.. Irrigation, Madras, 66
Quarry Accidents in the United States, in 1924, W. W. Adams, 311
Railways Statement, New Zealand, 1926, Right. lion. J. G. Coates, 416
Recent Progress in Engineering Production, C. M. Linley, 121
Regehing und Ausglvirh in Darnpfanlagen, Th. Stein. 531
Reports :
Report of the Chamber of Shipping of the united Kingdom. 95
Report on Economic and Financial Conditions in Germanv, 1925 6, J. W. F. Thelnall. 531
Report of the Hydro-electric Power Commission of the Province of Ontario, 280
Report of Proceedings . . . Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux, 66
Report Respecting Proposal to Develop the St. Lawrence River. 1921, 585
Report of the United States National Museum, 1925, 28<>
Rotary and Motor Converters. E. F. Smith. 585
Rubber and Engineering, Dr. H. I’. Stevens and Mr. B. D. Porritt, 121
Scientific Principles of Petroleum Technology, Dr. Leo Gurwitsch, 585
Sedimentary Petrography, Supplement tn an Introduction to, H. B. Milner, 502
Sewage Treatment and Disposal, 361
Solving Sewage Problems, G. W. Fuller an I .1. R. McClintock, 531
South American Handbook. 1927, 612
Stability ami Seaworthiness of Ships, T. B, Abel, 531
Statically Indeterminate Stresses, ,1. I Parcel and G. A. Maney. 201
Steam Engine and Other Heat Engines, Sir J. A. Ewing, 502
Steel Bridge Weights, W. H. Thorpe, 121
Structure ami Uses of Stabilised Bitumen.
Treatise on the, 121
Subject Index of the Transactions of the Optical Society, A. F. C. Pollard, 121
Superannuation Schemes, 361
Supplement—net: Sedimentary
Textile Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing and Finishing Machinery, A. J. Hull, 201
Theorie der Brennkruftmaschinen und deren Brennstoffe, Ac., Ingr. M. Brutzkus, 253
Tonality : Its Rational Basis and Elementary Development, J. L. Dunk, 421
Track Maintenance, March, 1925, 311
Traction on Rails by Internal Combustion Engines, Ac., E. Brillid. 612
Trade Industries, &c., of South Africa, C. W. Francis Harrison, 421
Trade Unions and Trude Unionism, Sir G. B. Hunter und E. T. Good, 557
Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engi neers of Ireland, 338
Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 667
Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 557
Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society, 147
Transactions of the Optical Society, 175
Transformateurs, R. Carton and P. Durnartm, 502
Uber die Wahi vines G as werksofensy stems, L. Litinsky, 121
Union des Ingdnieurs sort is des Ecoles Spdciales do Louvain, 531
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, Various Publications, 338
U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Coke and By-products in 1923,
F. G. Tryon and H. L. Bennit, 311
University of London College Calendar, 502 University of Manchester, Faculty of Technology, Prospectus of University Courses, Ac., 393
Use of Power in Colliery Working, J. Kirr-sopp, 364
Ventilation of Mines, W. S. Weeks, 557
Wassermessungen bei Wusserkraftanlagen, Dr.-Ing. L. A. Ott, 66
Waterproofing and Damp-proofing Specifications, 338
Water Purification Plants and their Operation, M. F. Stein, 253
Whitworth Book, D. A. Low, 612
Window Dictionary, W. F. Crittall, 421
World Race for Trade, 175
Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1925, W. A.
Willis, 95
Zusaminenfassende Darstellung von Schrau benversuchen, Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Schmidt, 364
LLOYD'S Register—see Ships
Locomotive, Contractors’ Petrol, J. and F.
Howard, 8
Locomotive, 5-Ton, 2ft. Gauge, Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 60, 61
Locomotive Hoists—nee Hoists
Log Frame, 20in. High-speed, A. Ransome and
Co., Ltd., 344
London Bridges—nee Bridges
London—nee al no Transit
Lord Balfour's Messel Memorial Lecture, and Coal, Professor Henry E. Amrstrong, 120 Lorry, Six-wheel Steam. Richard Garrett and
Sons, Ltd., 150
Low-pressure Superheats, Direct Conversion of, into Super-pressures, 718
Low-temperature Carbonisation, 604
Low-temperature Carbonisation, Salerno Process oi, 343
Luabo Cane Sugar Factory, 352, 378. 390 (Two-page Supplement, October larf. 1926)
Lubricating Oils, Some Deleterious Properties of, J. E. Hackford, 10
Lubricator, Locomotive—see Railway Locomotives
Liitzow— see Ships. Foreign Navies
M MACASSEY, Sir Lynden, Economic Aspects of Labour, 166
MACHINE TOOLS All-geared Radial Drilling Machine, Midglcy and Sutcliffe, Ltd., 122
Automatic High Precision Screw-rutting Lat he, A darn Hilger. Ltd., 669
Bending Machine, Roof-stick, J. Fay and Egun (Burk and Hickman), 672
Cam Milling Machine, Hydraulically Loaded,
Lidk6pingt> Aktiebolag, 388
Heavy Gap Bed Engine Lathe, Smith, Barker and Willson, Ltd., 118
Motor-driven Gap Bed Lathe, George Swift and Sons, Ltd.. 286
Motor-driven Vertical Surface Grinder.
Blanchard Machine Company. 16
Shearing Machine for 8in. Billets, Henrv Pels and Co., 125
Surface Grinding Machine for Tool-room Work, Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd., 342
Turret Lathe, Improved Combination, Dean, Smith and Grace, Ltd., 06
MACHINERY and Profit and Loss, P. D. Leake, 533
Magnetic Axle Testing Device, 589
Magneto Works, The B.T.H., 331
Man and Machines, 65 ; (Letter), 196
Manchester Ship Canal, New Transit Sheds and Dock, H. K. Russell, 668
Manchester Steam Users’ Association, Memorandum on Oil Fuel for Steam Boilers, 632
Manufacture of Files at Templeborough Works, Sheffield, J. W. Walker, 578, 582, 606, 629
Manufacturing Industry in England, Observations on the Rise and Progress of, Rhys Jenkins, 437
Marconi, Senatore Guglielmo, James Forrest Lecture, Radio Communications, 466
Marine Engines—see Engines
Marine Engineering—see Ships
Matthews, R. Borlasc, Electric Ploughing, 166
Melbourne, 1,000,600 Cubic Feet Electrically Welded Gasholder at, 586
Mel bourne Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Systems, 519
Mercier, Colonel E., 60,000-Volt Underground
Network of the Union d* Electricity, 686. 692
Merritt, Henry E., Assembly of Planetary
Gears, 312
Metal, Spraying, 632
Mid-European Waterway, 643
Milk Clarifying Bowls for Separators, Lister and Co., Ltd., 59
Milking Machine, Alfa-Laval, 59
Milling Machines-*-«ee Machine Tools
Mine Wagon Dumping Machine, 334
Minesweepers—see Ships
Mining and Metallurgy in Sweden, John G. A.
Rhodin, 136, 168
Mining Practice, New, in South Africa, 709
Models—sec also Electrical Matters
Modern Metallurgy and Ancient Industries, Dr. W. Rosenhain, 274, 287
Modernisation of Valparaiso Gasworks, 721
Moffatt, U.S.A.—see Railways
MOTOR CARS AT OLYMPIA 439, 460
Alvis Company Car, 12-50 H.P. Chassis, Four-cylinder Monobloc Engine, 463
Argyll Car, 12—40 H.P. Chassis, Single-sleeve
Valve Engine, 462
Austin Six-cylinder 23*5 H.P. Cur, 462
Bean 18-50 H.P. Six-cylinder Car, 440
Clement-Talbot, Ltd., 14—45 H.P. Six-cylinder Car, 442
Crossley 18-50 Six-cylinder Car, 461, 462
Daimler Twelve-cylinder Car, 439, 440
Humber 20 25 H.P. Six-cylinder Car, 440
Imperia Car, Four-cylinder Vertical Monobloc
Engine, 462
Lanchester Motor Company's 23 and 40 H.P.
Cars, 461
Leyland Motors, Ltd., Trojan Cars, 461
Morris Company’s 15-9 H.P. Four-cylinder
Car, Morris-Cowley 11*9 Four-cylinder Saloon Car, Morris-Oxford 14—28 Saloon Car, 461
One Hundred Pound Cars, British Ensign Motors, Wuverley Cars, Ltd., 460
Six-cylinder Cars, New, List of British and
Continental Makers, 460
Sunbeam 16 H.P. Six-cylinder, 460
Wolseley 16-45 H.P. Six-cylinder Car, 441, 442
Car Accessories, Drummond Brothers, Ltd., 463
MOTOR Cars in Paris, 420
Mowing Machine, Blackstone, 43
Mowing Machine, Horse-drawn, Bamfords, Ltd., 59
N NARROWS Power Plant—sec Railways
Naval Matters—see Ships
Navigation Works on the Danube, 17 ; (Correc
tion), 127
New Materials and Old Methods, 420
Newcomen Society—see Associations
Nickel as Coinage, Captain F. R. Barton, 314
o OBITUARY : Allen, William Henry (Portrait), 281
Clements, Henry, 40
Francis, H arry585
Hardman, James Edward, 196
James, Christopher William, 196
OBITUARY (continued):
Markham, Charles, 10
Moore, Richard St. George, 474
Moss-Flower, Thomas James, 174
Row, Oliver Matthews, 364
Slack, H. A., 641
Smith, John (Portrait), 90
Thomas, .lames, 71
Wright, Sir John Roper, 121
OIL Engines—see Engines
Oil Fuel for Steam Boilers, 632
Oil Separators for Bilge and Ballast Water,
Dr. 11. S. Hele-Shaw and Mr. Albert Beale, 6
Oil Shales as Industrial Fuel, Professor P.
Soloviev. 394
Oil Silos—see Reinforced Concrete Silos
Omnibus, Fourteen-seater All-metal, Short
Brothers, Ltd., 206
Operation of Condensers, 391
Ougrde-Marihuye Steel Works Silos. 633, 654.
664
Our Engineering Prestige, 639
p PARAFFIN and Petrol Engines—see Engines Pass-out Engine—sec Engines
PATENT SPECIFICATIONS. BRITISH : Batteries and Accumulators, 51, 157, 237, 293 Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 211, 349 Cranes and Conveyors, 513
Crushing and Grinding, 238, 513, 730
Dynamos and Motors, 25, 131, 157, 237, 293,
457, 485, 541, 567, 595, 623. 651, 677, 703, 729
Electrical Appliances, 51, 237, 321
Engines, Internal Combustion, 77, 131, 185,
293, 321, 349, 457, 485, 541. 703, 729
Engines, Steam, 431
Furnaces, 51, 132, 263, 349, 595, 677
Gas Producers, 375, 677
Lighting and Heating, 238, 264
Locomotives, 322, 406, 624
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 25, 52, 105, 131, 158, 211, 238, 263, 294, 322, 376, 486, 513, 595. 624
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 131, 157. 185, 238, 485, 541, 730
Metallurgy, 26, 158, 291, 542
Mining Machinery, 211, 513
Miscellaneous, 26, 52, 77. 106, 132, 158, 186. 212, 238, 264, 294, 322, 350, 376, 406, 432,
458, 486, 514, 542, 568, 595, 624, 652, 678. 704, 730
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 26, 106, 158, 212, 350, 457, 567, 595, 703
Ordnance and Armour, 652
Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 77, 105, 158, 185, 264, 322, 375, 457
Ships and Boats, 186, 322
Steam Generators, 211, 321, 405, 623, 677, 703
Telegraphs and Telephones, 25, 51, 77, 105, 131, 157, 185, 293, 349, 375, 405, 431, 485. 513, 541, 567, 623, 703, 729
Transformers and Converters, 157, 185, 211. 263, 405, 431, 567, 623, 651
Transmission of Power, 25, 77, 211, 237, 263.
294, 349, 375, 485, 595, 651, 677, 703, 729 Tramways and Railways, 212, 704 Turbine Machinery, 677
Welding, 458, 513, 541, 730
PATENT Specifications, Classification of, 217
Peace in Industry, 691
Perry-Keene, K., Time is Money, 467 ; (Letter), 523
Personal and Business Announcements, 26, 52, 78, 106, 132, 158, 186, 207, 235, 261. 291, 322, 350, 406, 429, 458. 483, 511, 529. 568, 596, 618, 652, 675, 704, 730
Petrol Rail Coaches—see Railways
Petty, Thomas, Connecting-rod Forks, 312
Photography, Engineering, Some Notes on,
A. W. Swan, 434
Pipe Joints, High-pressure, at Langerbrugge, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 152
Planer, Shale, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 694
Planetary Gears, Assembly of, Henry E.
Merritt, 312
Platinum Industry, South African, 688
Ploughing, Electric, R. Borlase Matthews, 166 Ploughing Engines, Compound Steam ; Steam
Road Roller, Tipping Steam Wagon, Hoisting Concrete Mixer, Four-shaft Turning Discer, John Fowler and Co., Ltd., 43
Plug—see Heating
Polhem, Kristofer, John G. A. Rhodin, Polhem’s Water-driven Mining Hoist, 668
Port of Antwerp—see Antwerp
Port Extension Works at Santos, Brazil, 526
Port Improvements in the Caribbean, 125
Porthouse, William, Levels of the Great Lakes of North America, 218
P.I.V. Gear Syndicate—see Gear
Posadas, City of. New Waterworks for, 410
Potato Digger, J. and F. Howard, Ltd., 43
Poultney, E. C., Largest Passenger Locomotive, 698
Power and Irrigation Project, The Enza, 523
Power Plant, Narrow’s—see Railways
Power from the Tides, 661
Power from Warm Water, 584
Prices and Markets, 501
Problems—see Hydraulics
Production Costs and Trade, 199
Production and the Production Engineer, G. W.
Tripp, 40, 56
PUMPS : Blackstone-Gwynne Fen Drainage Plant, 99 ; (Letter), 112
Condensate and Circulating Pumps and Boiler Feed Pumps for Surface Condensing Plant. 507
Conical Rotary Pump, A. G. Mumford, Ltd. 17
Helivane Pump, Hathorn, Davey and Co. Ltd., 59
High-speed Centrifugal Duplex Turbine Pump, 163
Portable Pumping Set, Boulton Watei Elevator, Boulton and Paul, Ltd., 42
Self-priming Centrifugal Pump, Siemens Scnuckert, Ltd., 179
Southampton Docks, Electrical Pumping Equipment , 188, 198, 214, 224, 240
PUMPS (continued):
Triple-expansion Pumping Engine at Walton-on Thames, Hathorn, Davey and Co., Ltd., 160,161, 172
Walton Pumping Station and Filtration Plant, 108, 109. 118, 134, 160, 161. 172, 173; (Letters), 196, 285
PYE. D. R., Compression Ignition Engine. 192
R RADIO Communications —w Wireless
Radiology, Industrial, E. W. Lewis, 252
Rail Joints—nee Railways, 179
Rails—see Corrugated
RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MATTERS General : Drawbridge at Koadby, L. and N.E. Railway, 488
German Railway Wagon Combine, 424
Largest Passenger Locomotive, E. C. Poultney, 698
Magnetic Axle Testing Device. 589
Main Line Railway Electrification, Sir Philip Dawson and Professor S. Parker Smith, 570, 598, 626—for Details see Foreign Railways
Petrol Rail Coaches for Tasmania. 230. 231
Railway Position, 252 ; (Letter), 285
Railway Signal Engineer, 718
Re-signalling of Cambridge Station, British Power Railway Signal Company, Ltd., 642 ; (Correction), 689
Roof-stick Bending Machine, J. A. Fay and Egan, 672
Wear Plate for Rail Joints, 179
World Power Conference, Summary of Thirteen Reports on Railway Electrification by Dr. E. Hubcr-Stockar, 284
British, Colonial and Indian : London Electric Railways, Extensions. Charing Cross and Kennington, 85 ; Morden Extension of the City and {South London Railway, 176, 266, 278, 301
Re-signalling of Cambridge Station, British Power Railway Signal Company. Ltd., 642 • (Correction), 689
Foreign : Baltimore and Ohio Railway, 300-Ton Passenger Locomotive, 698
Belgian State Railways, “ Industrialisation * of the. 4, 31
Elbe Railway Bridge, New, 683
Kirin-Tunghua Railway. 21
Main Line Railway Electrification, U.S.A., North-Eastern States :
A. —New York Central Railroad, 570
B. —New Y’ork. New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 598
C. —Pennsylvania Railroad (New Y’ork Terminus), 626
D. —Pennsylvania Railroad (Philadelphia Terminus), 627
E. —Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 627
F. —Grand Trunk Railway (St. Clair Tunnel), 627
G. —Michigan Central Railroad (Detroit River Tunnel), 627
H. —Boston and Maine Railroad (Hoosac Tunnel), 627
J.—Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad. 627
Moffatt Railway Tunnel, U.S.A., 2, 12, 28, 54, 64, 127 ; Accident, 306 : (Letter), 36
Narrows Power Plant of the Virginia Railway Company, 336, 340, 356
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES General: Contractors’ Petrol Locomotive, J. and F-Howard, 8
Electric Locomotives, Method of Classifying, Analysing, &c.» T. A. F. Stone, 573, 587 ; (Letter), 605
Faidie-Perkins Super-pressure Locomotive. 580
High-pressure Locomotive Lubricator, Bosch Company, 180
Locomotive Boilers, 39
Locomotive Valve Gears, 310
Main Line Railway Electrification, Electric Locomotives for :
U.S.A. North-Eastern States:
New York Central Railroad, 570, 572, 573
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 572, 599, 600
Pennsylvania Railroad, 626
Experimental Locomotives, 627
Main Line, Locomotive Data for Baltimore and Ohio, Michigan Central and Boston and Maine Railroads. 572, 626
Tank Engine for Great Western Railway at Swansea Docks, 399
Tank Engine for Naval Service at Portsmouth, Avonside Engine Company, Ltd., 399
British, Colonial and Indian ■ Southern Railway, Four-cylinder Simple Express Engine, Lord Nelson, 413, 419, 558, 559 ; (Letters), 451, 577, 605 (Twopage Supplement, November 19rt, 1926)
Foreign : Decapod Locomotives for Poland, John Cockerill, 398
Russian State Railways, Lomonossoff Geared Diesel Locomotive, 34, 38
RAND Gold Industry, 423
Recording—see Torsionmeter
Refrigerators—sec Electrical Matters
Regenerative Surface Condensing Plant, Large, at Lister Drive Power Station, Liverpool,
G. and J. Weir, Ltd., 500, 506
Reinforced Concrete Silos at the Ougr6e-Marihayo Steel Works, 633, 654, 664 (Two-page Supplement, December 17fA, 1926)
Repairs Afloat, 205
Research, Cost of, 338
Re-signalling of Cambridge Station. British Power Railway Signal Company. Ltd., 642 ; (Correction), 689
Rhodin, John G. A., Can the Heat of Combustion of Coal be Turned Directly into Electric Energy* 80; (Letter), 112
Rhodin, John G. A., Kristofer Polhem, 668
Rhodin. John G. A., Mining and Metallurgy' in Sweden, 136, 168
Road. Concrete, Cracking of, 247 ; (Letter), 285
Road Roller, 8-Ton Steam, Scarifier, Wallis and Stcevens, 44
Road Rollers, Aveling and Porter, Ltd., 44
Roads—see also International Congress
Roman Roads, 141
Roof-stick Bending Machine, J. A. Kay and Egan Company (Buck and Hickman),*672
Rosenhain, Dr. Walter, Fifth Lecture to Institute of Metallurgy, Ancient Industries and Modern Metallurgy, 274, 287
Rosenhain, Dr. W., Scientific and Industrial Research in Holland. 324
Rough Turning of Alloy Steels, 526
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Reading. 42. 58, 89
SALERNO Process—see Low-temperature Salvage—see Ships
Sand Dredger for the Great Lakes, 643
Saw—see also Band Saw
“ Saw Doctor,” Modern, Making of the, 418. 421 Scaling Tools, Two New, F. Gilman. Ltd.. 370 Scholarships. Lloyd’s Register, 479 Scholarships for Science, 206
Science and the Humanities, Professor (’. H. Desch, 217
Scientific and Industrial Research in Holland. Dr. W. Rosenhain, 324
Scott, W. L., Killermont Bridge, Glasgow, 444.
Sea Encroachment in North Devon. 314
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Systems, Melbourne, 519
Shale Planer, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 694
Shannon, D. M., Marine Oil Engines, 500 Shearing Machines—sec Machine Tools Sheffield, University of, Coming of Age.
Laboratories, Engineering, Research. Metal-lurgical, 32
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING :
General:
Inclining Experiments on Ships of Small or Negative Stability, Professor W. Hov-gaard, 5
Berlin Papers :
High-pressure Steam for Marine Use, Director O. H. Hartmann, 641
Modern Steam Turbine Practice and . . . Ship Propulsion. Professor Dr. E. A. Kraft, 603
Lloyd’s Register :
Lloyd’s Register Scholarships, 479 Quarterly Shipbuilding Returns. 62. 413 Year-book, 126
Marine Oil Engine Trials Committee, Joint Meeting and Discussion of Fifth Report, Trials of the T.S.M.V. Cape York. 657
Ship Propulsion Performance, Accurate Determination of. Dr. E. V. Telfer, 617
Ship Strain Observations with a Simple Instrument, Lockwood Taylor, 6
British Navy :
H.M. Destroyer Ambuscade, 369
H.M. Submarine Oberon, Launch of, 359
Naval Matters : French Naval Construction, 119
French Naval Progress, 280
Guns of the Fleet, 445
Hazards of the Submarine, 225
Limitation of Navies, 555
Naval Aviation, 145
Naval Engineers, 93, 97
Naval Engineering, 640
Progress of Marine Engineering, Vice-Admiral Sir R. B. Dixon, 600, 640
Royal Naval Engineer Officers, Duke of Northumberland, 97
Scapa Flow Salvage Operations, 358, 362
Foreign Navies ;
Brazilian Scout Cruisers Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul, 112
Dutch Gunboats Flores and Soemba for the East Indies, 478
French Destroyers, The Siinoun, The Tigre Running her Full Power Trial. 84, 92
Latvian Submarine Spidola, Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, 416
Liitzow at Jutland, 30
Minesweeper for Latvia, 316
Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels ■
American Motor Ship Tampa, First Voyage of, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, 720
American Train Ferry Steamer, 576, 613
Blue Star Liner Almeda, 710, 711
Ferry Steamer for South America, J. I.
Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., 345
High-pressure Turbine Steamer King George V., 270, 296. 328 (Two-page Supplement, September 17/5, 1926)—sec also Illustrations, Subjects, for Details of Propelling Machinery, &c.
Rotor Ship Barbara. German, 422 ; (Letters), 425, 495, 523, 644
Twin-screw Motor Train Ferry Dolores de Urquiza. 477
Union-Castle Liner Carnarvon Castle, 100
SHOWS—see Exhibitions
Signal and Engineers, Railway—see Railways Signalling—see Re-signalling ; also Railways Silicon-Aluminium Alloys, Mechanical ‘Properties of, J. D. Grogan, 274
Silos—see Reinforced Concrete Silos
Silting in the Truro River, 697
Silumin and its Structure, Mr. Buntaro Otani 274
Sixty-atmosphere Steam Plant, 204
Sixty Years Ago, 9, 45, 62. 98, 122. 142. 170 196, 222, 248. 288, 314, 333, 368, 397, 412,’ 450. 475, 498. 526, 549, 585, 612, 643. 659 693, 719
Slide Rule. A New Circular, W. H. Fowler and Harold Fowler, 206
Smithfield—see Exhibition?, 631
Smit hells, C. J., and other?, on Deformation of
' Tungsten Crystals, 313
Snell Sir John. Electricity Supply, 164, 173
Societies—Associations
Soloviov> Professor P., Oil Shales as Industrila Fuel, 394
SOUTH AFRICAN ENGINEERING NOTES : 19. 46. 72. 124, 149, 205, 232, 259, 289. 317, 343, 369, 398, 451, 480, 508, 589, 646, 672. 714
Aerial Cable way up Table Mountain, 232
American Locomotives, 508
Big Mining Amalgamation, 149
Biggest Copper Producer, 19
Boring for Oil, 672
British Coal, In Place of, 714
Buying Locomotives, 589
Cape Electrification, 343
Cano Town Train Disaster, 19
Colliery Explosion, Big, 589
Concrete Mino Supports, 451
Concrete Roads, 508
Copper Mine Model, 508
Corundum Industry, 714
Dock Improvements, 369
Double-deck Railway Coach, 19
Durban’s Electricity Bill, 317
Durban South African Railways Improvements, 343
Electric Drill, 369
Electrical Progress, 589
Electrical Undertakings, 313
Finished Steel from South African Pig Iron. 232
Flour Mill for Cape Town, New, 124
Fourth Gold Record, 289
Gold Mining Records, 232
Harbour Improvements, 451
Industrial Census, 398
Industrial Expansion, 149, 232, 480
Irrigation of the Kalahari, 124
Jack-hammer Drills, 369
Jack-hammer Progress, 19
Kalahari Desert, 46
Kalahari Lakes, 205
Kosi Bay Project, 508
Locomotive Transport Ship, 589
Locomotives and Rolling Stock, New, 259
Mail Train in Collision, 398
Mine, New, At Last, 646
Mineral Output, 149
Mineral Output for Half Year, 232
Mineral Product ion, 508
Mishap at a Gold Mine, 672
Motor Assembling, 672
Motor Assembly Factories, 259
Motor Vehicles in South Africa, 317
Municipal Lighting Activities, 289
Numaqualand Copper, 398
Natal Electric Locomotives. 398
Natal Electrification, 317
Newcastle Blast-furnace, 46
Newcastle Blast furnace in Operation, 72
Newcastle Pig Iron, 369
New Talc Plant, 451
New Water Supply Scheme. 451
Oil Ousting S.A. Coal, 289
Pig Iron Production, 205
Platinum Extraction, 714
Platinum Industry, 343
Pretoria Iron Ore, 451
Protecting South African Industries, 451
Quick Piece of Work, 480
RAil Traffic, Increased, 205
Rails from Germany, 646
Railway Accidents, 233
Railway Electrification, 289
Railway Works, New, 46
Rand Engineering Shops, 646
Record Mineral Output, 714
Remarkable Cooling System, 19
Rhodesia Broken Hill,’398
Rhodesian Development, 508
Road Motor Services, 646
Rock Drill Efficiency, 451
Rubber from Euphorbia, 317
Salt River Power Station, 508
Ship-repairing Job, 589
S.A.R. Contracts, 714
South African Railways Electrification. 480
Splitting of Railway Rails, 508
Standard Brass Foundry, 451
Steel Research Station, *46
Swaziland Railway, 19
Table Bay Harbour, 646
Tender, New Type of Locomotive, 589
Torbanite Development, 398
Union Coal Industry, 451
Union Imports and Exports, 149
Union Minidre Flotation Works, 317
Union Mining Engineer Resigns, 508
Wai vis Bay, 149
Wulvis’Bay, New Harbour at, 480
Witbank Colliery on Fire, 205, 317, 398
Witbank Power Plant Started, 124
Witbank Power Station, 672
World’s Cheapest Copper, 369
Zenith of Gold Mining in the Union, 124
SOUTH African Platinum Industry, 688 Southampton—see Electrical Matters Spraying Metal, 632
Steam Chart, A New, 222 ; (Letter), 285
Steam Engines-—see also Engines
Steam. High-pressure—see Economic Value ; aho Commercial Limit ; also Ships, Berlin Papers
Steam Pipes for Extra High-pressure and Temperature, J. A. Ait on, 315
Steam Turbine Practice—see also Ships, Berlin Papers
^^*oT ^ur^*nes an^ Engines, Breakdowns of.
Steam Turbines, Impulse, Pressure in, W. J. Keurton, 217
Steam Valve—sec Valve
Steel—see Iron
Stephenson, A., Accidents in Industry, 166
T* 4’ E1cctric Locomotives,'Method of Classifying, Analysing, &c., 573, 587 • (Letter), 605
Stress Concentration Produced by Fillets and Holes, S. Timoshenko, 217
1 Stresses in Cast Iron—see Iron
Structural Design of Electric Traveller Crabs E. G. Fiegehen i 78
Sugar, Cane. Factory, Luabo, 352 (Two-page Supplement, October Ui, 1926)
Sukkur Barrage Irrigation Project, 1920, F. W.
Woods, 680
Sulzer—see Boilers
Surface-hardened Gear Teeth, Patent Gear Hardening Company, 661
Sutton, H., and Dr. G. D. Bengough on Corrosion of Aluminium. 193
Swan, A. W., Notes on Engineering Photography, 434
Swath Turner and Side Rake, Harrison, McGregor and Co., Ltd., 60
Sweden—nee Mining
Swedish Iron Industry. Axel Wahlberg, 246
Swedish Mining Industry, Professor W. Petera-son, 247
T TANSA Completion Works, 35
Taylor, Lockwood, Ship Strain Observations with a Simple Instrument, 6
Technical Societies, 666
Telephone Cable, Laying, between North and South Islands. New Zealand, 605, GIO
Telephone, History of the. W. J. Medlyn. 495
Telephone Jubilee. 14; (Izetter), 36
Telephone and Telegraph Developments in Italy, 153
Testing Machine, 1250-Ton, W. and T. Avery, Ltd., Ill, 1)5; (Letter), 331 (Two-page Supplement, July 3014, 1926)
Testing Machines at Sheffield University Laboratories. 32
Testing, Standardisation of Methods of. Importance of Little Things, W. H. Fulweiler, 123
Text book and the Lecturer, 364
Theoretical and Experimental Elasticity, 529
Thrashing and Finishing Machine, Traction Engine, Agricultural, 5-Ton Compound Steam Tractor, Wm. Foster and Co., Ltd., 60
Tides—see Power from
Timbering of Trenches, Shafts and Tunnels, C. G. Kent, 67, 81 (Two-page Supplement, July 23 rd, 1926)
Time is Money, K, Perry-Keene, 467 ; (Letter). 523
Torsional Stresses, Professor F. C. Lea and Mr. H. P. Budgen. 217
Torsionmeter, Recording, New Design of, Parker-Jackman, 645
Traction Engine, 7 H.P. Single-cylinder, Tractor, Compound Steam Motor; Wagon, 8-Ton Underty e Steam, R. Garrett and Sons. Ltd., 43
Traction Engine, Steam Road Rollers, Flax Scutcher, &c,, Marshall, Sons and Co.. 45
Tractor. 10-Ton Agricultural, with 20-25 B.H.P. Paraflin Engine, Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 60
Tractor, Double-geared Steam, Sentinel Waggon Works, Ltd., 45
Train Ferry—j»ee Ships
Training of Engineers, 611 ; (Letter), 671
Transit Facilities in London, 629
Tripp, G. W., Production and the Production Engineer, 40, 56
Truro—see Silting
Tunnels—see Railways
Turbines—see Steam ; also Water
Turbines for Steamers—see Ships
u UNIVERSITY of Sheffield, Coming of Age of the, 32
V VALPARAISO Gasworks, Modernisation of, 721
Valve Chest Explosion at Barking, 446, 452
Valve, Steam, Piston Type, Klinger Patents, Ltd., 442
Valve, Tidal Flap, Ismailia T>'pc, Ham. Baker and Co., Ltd., 724
Valves, Various, for the King George V.
Steamer, Cockburns, Ltd., 328, 329
w WAGON, Overtype Steam, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 631
Wagon, 6-7-Ton Steam, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.. 631
Wagon, 6-Ton Steam, with Vertical Compound Engine, Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 61
Wagon, 6-Ton Steam, Yorkshire Steam Wagon Company, 61
Wagons, Steam, Overtype and Undertype, 631 ; (1.otter), 671
Walker, J. W., The Manufacture of Files at Templeborough Works, Sheffield, 578, 582, 606. 629
Water Gauge Glass, High-pressure, Richard Klinger, Ltd., 232
“ Water Hammer ”—«ee Explosion of Valve Chest
Water Power on the River Cenischia, 153 Water Power—see also World Power Conference
WATER SUPPLY : Aberdeen, Water Supply Works for. 545. 554
Bradford Waterworks. Pressure Filtration Plant. Paterson Engineering Company, Ltd.. 440
Bristol and its Water Supply, 231
London Water Supply, Sir A. Houston’s Report. 382
Rio Claro Water Project. 314
Walton Pumping .Station and New Filtration Plant, 108. 109, 118, 134. 160, 161. 172, 173 ; (Letters), 196. 28.5
Waterworks, New, for the City of Posada-.. 410
WATER Turbine, 7500 H.P. Propeller Type, J. M. Voith, 254, 255
Water Weed Cutting Launch, Crossley Brothers, Ltd.. 61
Water Wheel Worked by the Sea, 590
Weighing Appliances, Cabtie Weighbridge, Avery, W. and T., Ltd., 60
Welding Copper to Steel. 370
Wimperis, H. E., Rotating Wing in Aircraft Design, 191
Windlass. Motor, for Working Agricultural Implements, J. and H. McLaren. Ltd., 631 Windlass. Oil Motor, for Cable Ploughing, J.
and H. McLaren, Ltd., 59
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Education by Wireless, J. C. Stobart, 217 Imperial Wireless Communication, 452 Inductance Design for High-power Radio
Transmitters, Dr. R. V. Hansford and Mr.
H. Faulkner, 723
Radio Communications, James Forrest Lecture, Senatore Guglielmo Marconi, 466, 476 Wireless Beam Stations at Bodmin and
Bridgwater, 476—see also Radio Communications
Wireless Developments, Professor C. L. Fortescue, 522
Wireless Exhibition, Numerous Instruments, Microphones, Receivers, Transformers, &c., by Various Firms, 282, 283
WOODS, F. W., Sukkur Barrage Irrigation Project, 1920, 680
Woodworking Shops—see Works at Cheadle Heath
Work—sec also Labour
Workshop Heater, Wm. Grice and .Sons, 18
Works, New. at Cheadle Heath, Henry Simon, Ltd., 524, 528
WORLD POWER CONFERENCE : British National Committee, 18
International Executive Committee. Arrangements for First Sectional Meeting at Basle, 49
First Sectional Meeting at Basle. 49, 283, 298.
325, 365
Section A :
Inland Navigation. Summary of Nineteen Reports Under Eight Headings. Dr.-Ing. A. Strickler, 326
Utilisation of Water Power, Summary of Seventeen Reports in Three Groups, Monsieur E. Payot, 325
Section B :
Exchange of Electrical Energy Between Countries. Summary of Six Papers and Discussion, Professor Landry, 365
Section C :
Economic Relation Between Hydro-electric and Thermo-electric Energy, General Survey of Various Reports, Dr. A. Nizzola. 327. 365
Utility of the Diesel Engine in Conjunction with Hydro-electric Installations, Monsieur Buchi and Others, 365
Section D :
Application of Electricity to Agriculture, General Report, 298
Summary of Four Papers and Discussion. 299
Section E :
Electrification of Railways, Summary of Reports, Dr. E. Huber-Stockar, 284
X X-RAY Crystal Analysis, Professor W. L, Bragg, 216
X-rays—sec also Radiology
Y YOUNG, Horace J., Note on Obligation of the Ironfminder to Diesel Engine Users, 442
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