The Engineer 1926 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
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A ACCIDENT to Cochin Harbour Board’s Dredger, 171
Aerial Passenger Cableway to Summit of Table Mountain, Proposed, 117
AERONAUTICS See aleo Associations, Royal Society of Aeronautics
Aerial Transport Cost Compared with Sea, Rail and Road Travel. 689
Aircraft Apprentices, 500, Wanted by Royal Air Force, 117
Aircraft in Canada, Particulars of. in 1925, 307
Amphibian Flying Boat's Return to Alberta After 6000-7000 Miles* Tour, 637
Aviation Cold Medal, /Award, 397
Awards to Aircraft Apprentices, 238
Busk Studentship in Aeronautics Award, 143
Civil Aviation Mileage and Passenger Statistics, 223
Dornier Seaplane's Equipment, 171
Europe-South America Airship Projected by German Company. 644
Ford Company's Miniature Aeroplane Weighs 350 1b.. 143
Giant Passenger Aeroplanes for Australia, 343
Mystery Seaplane at Cromer, 389
Parachute* Brings Down Aeroplane 2500ft. with Engine Stopped, 277
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture to be Given by Professor Prandtl, of Gottingen, 609
AIR Compressor Operation and Practical Method of Cleaning Compressor, 249
Aix-la-Chapelle, ('anal to Connect with the Rhine. 223
Algeria, Extensive Public Works Projected, 37
Allen-Li versidgc. Ltd.. London Staff Dinner. 526
Amber. German Deposits of. the Most Profitable in the World. 342
Ammonia, Daily Out put of, in the United States. 171
Ammonia. Synthetic Production of. at New Works nt Oslo. 277
Anticosti Island Timber to be Used for Paper Pulp. 47 I
Antimony, Flotation of Company to Work Large Area in the Murchison Range, 117
Antimony Production and Many Uses. 553
Antofagasta Port Enlargement and Improvement. 669
Archseological Engineering. 593
Argent inc Port Facilities. 350
Argentine Public. Works Programme, I I
Armour Plate Trials, 605
Artificial Silk Factory Projected in Quebec, Cost of, 91
Artificial Silk from Wood Pulp of Nova Scotia, 37
Artificial Silk, World Production Immensely Increased in 1926. 581
Asbestos Output from Rhodesia, 609
Asbestos in the United States, Statistics of. 223
Asphalt, Discovery of 40,000,000 Tons of, in the Philippines, 277
Asphalt Roofing Material and Advantage in Use of Electric Heating Units, 249
ASSOCIATIONS. INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES Institute of Chemistry :
Libraries Presented, also Memorial Fund, 533
The Chemist in the Non-ferrous Metallurgical Refinery, St reatfield Memorial Lecture, F. C. Robinson, 533
Institute of Marine Engineers :
Marine Engineering Studentship Facilities, 605
Institute of Metals :
Latest Date for Receipt of Papers for Next Annual Meeting, 431
Institute of Transport :
Railwaymen Elected by Ballot, 91
Institution of Automobile Engineers : Annual Dinner. 560 Graduates* Prize ami Crompton Medal Award. 415
Joint Gatherings with the Royal Aero* nautical Society, 527
Training for Automobile Engineering, 526
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :
Institution of Chemical Engineers :
Visit to Royal Naval College, Greenwich. 41
Institution of Civil Engineers :
Awards for Papers. 429
“ James Forrest ” Postponed Lecture, New Date for, 431 Birmingham Association :
Visits to Pumping Station at Lichfield and to Reservoir at- Dudley, 557
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Portraits of Michael Faraday and Lord Kelvin, 581
Ships, Regulations for Electrical Equipment of. 235
Students’ Premiums, Awards for Papers, 158
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :
Programme of Papers for Winter Session, 357
Institution of Fuel Economy Engineers :
First President and First Meeting of Winter Session, 1926, 261
Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :
Prizes Offered, 678, 714
Institution, Junior, of Engineers :
Awards of Medals, &c., 357, 649
Pyrometer Experiments for Measuring Temperatures Within Cylinders of Small Internal Combustion Engines, C. E. Foster, 663
Steel Castings in their Relation to Mechanical Engineering, Robert Lowe, 568
Institution of Locomotive Engineers : Manchester Centre :
Visit to the Crewe* Works, L.M.S. Railway, 207
Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Archaeological Engineering. Lecture by Lieut.-Colonel E. Kitson Clark. 593
Award* for Papers Read Before Graduates’ Section, 678
Institution of Mining Engineers :
Summer ami Autumn Meeting Abandoned Owing to Stoppage, 261
Institution of Naval Architects :
National Certificates in Naval Architecture, 659
Scholarship Awards, 264
Scholarships to bo Offered in 1927, 624
Institution of Petroleum Technologists :
Oil Fuel. Dr. F. Moll wo, 553
Research Fund. 455. 527
Institution of Production Engineers :
Third Annual Dinner. 495
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :
Ferro-concrete and also Wooden Poles, with Special Fittings for Signal and Telegraph Purposes. 552
Institution, Royal :
Courses of Lectures in November and December, 455
General Meeting, Thanks for Valuable Gifts. Election of Members, 649
Juvenile Lectures, 101st Course. 455, 678
Lecture Arrangements Before Easter, 1927. 678. 697
Institution of Structural Engineers :
Death Vacancy and New President Appointed. 429
Portland House Scholarship and Other Awards. 264
Society, Royal, of Aeronautics :
Grant of 5000 Dollars from the Daniel Guggenheim Fund to the Royal Aeronautical Society. 307
Joint- Gatherings with the Institution of Automobile Engineers, 527
ATMOSPHERIC Oxygen, Process for Extrnct-tion of, 117
Australian Graduates, Eight Chosen for Special Research Training, 285
Australia's Paint Imports, Large Proportion Supplied by Great Britain, 91
Australia's Trade with the United Kingdom. 307
Automatic Telephones Being Installed in Dairen, Manchuria, 689
Automobile Association and Improved Methods of Car Shipment. 527
B BANFF, Canada. Calculation of Potential Energy from Hot Springs, 715
Barbed Wire, History of, 91
Barrages Across the Congo. A Big Proposition, 307
Batavian Production of Resin and Turpentine, 637
Bavaria’s Water Power Stations, 609
Beet—see Sugar
Beira Port, Portuguese East Africa, Sold to
Company and in Course of Improvement , 277 Belgian State Railways and Government
Telegraph and Telephone Systems Leased to Companies, Terms of Arrangement, 223 Belt Fastener, A New, Dargue Brothers, Ltd., 704
Bengal Irrigation Department to Attack Pest of Water Hyacinth, 11
Beryllium, Valuable Properties and Probably Increased Use of. 281
Big Peter of York Minister to be Recast. 637 Birmingham University Metallurgical Society.
Retirement and Testimonial to Professor, 106 Bitumen in Large Quantities Found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 117 Bituminous Roads in South Australia, Cost per
Mile, 471
Blasting Charges, New Form of Primer for. 637 Board of Trade Licence Issued to Research
Association of British Paint Manufacturers, 4 43
Boiler Explosion, Unusual Typo. 11
Boiler Stop Valve Failure at a Colliery. 307
Boiler Used on Gold Mino in 1875 Rediscovered in Good Order, 417
Boiler's Groat Output at Yallorn Power House.
Victoria, 417
Bombay Government Appoints Committee to Report on Back Bav Reclamation Scheme. 1 I. 91
Book Tower in Detroit to be 873ft. Above the
Ground, Tallest Building in the World, 143
Bootle Commercially Considered, 361
Bore-hole in Search for Oil at Orallo, Queensland, 499
Brazilian Proposals for Improvement of Port of Ilheos. State of Bahia, 689
Bricks at Fiction Brickyards, 16,000,000 per
Week Output. 219
BRIDGES: Bascule Bridge’s Unusual Mishap, 417
Bridge Over the Danube from Belgrade to Pancevo, Conflicting Opinion, 307
Double-deck Road and Railway Bridge Across the South Saskatchewan River, 663
Durban to Connect with Durban North by New Bridge, 715
Floriunopolis Bridge, Brazil, A Record Structure, 715
Haven Bridge at Yarmouth, Reconstruction, 117
Montreal Bridge under Erection will be Second Only to Sydney Harbour Bridge, 689
Narrows, at Atherlev, Ont., Bridge Over the, 117
New Bridge Across the Yare at Yarmouth, 581
Niagara Falls Memorial Bridge, to Connect Canada und United States. 443
Steel Bridge Projected Across Riviere du Loup, Quebec, 471
Suggested New Road and Railway Bridge nt Freemantle, West Australia, 581
Sydney Harbour, Need of Another Bridge Predicted, 171
Transporter Bridge near Mouth of Ynrra River, Victoria, Proposed Construction. 171
BRIDGE River Hydro-electric Scheme in British Columbia. .333
Briquette Works and Superphosphate Plant Projected in South Africa, 417
BRITISH ENGINEERING STANDARDS ASSOCIATION SPECIFICATIONS : Barytes and Boiled Linseed Oil, 347
Brazing Solder, 291
Electric Cable Soldering Sockets. 319
Fractional Horse-power Electric Motors. 291
BRITISH Aluminium Company in Norway. Extension of Works, 417
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association, Annual Dinner and Speeches, £60
British Foundry men. Institute, Birmingham, Coventry and West Midlands Branch, Junior Section to be Formed, 478
British Gears’ Success in Spite of High American Tariff. 417
British Nationality, Out ward-hound Passenger Traffic from Europe Much Increased. 663
British Treasury to Guarantee Principal and Interest up to £110,000 to Australasian Paper and Pulp Company for Twelve Years, 689
Bromley Ironworks Demolition, 499
Bronze Runners to Replace Steel in Turbines to Avoid Erosion Troubles, 249
Buenos Aires, Port of, Reconstruction Work Resumed, 361
c CABLE, New, Between England and New York. 307
Cable Ship Laving Longest Cable in the World, 342
£10,000 Cable Tram Equipment Sold for £450, 249
Cairo apd Alexandria to be Linked by Underground Telephone Cable, 389
Calcutta Corporation Pumping Plant Extension, 335
Calcutta’s New Drainage Scheme and its Cost, 307
Calcutta Trust Starting Work on Manicktolla Bridge Reconstruction, 335
Californian Oil Company Planning Drill Hole Down to 10,000ft., Already of Record Depth, 689
Canada, Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service, Report, 612
Canada's Gold Production Since 1858, Third in the World’s List of Producers, 171
Canada's Production of Platinium. Palladium, Rhodium, &e., 307
Canadian Canals, Traffic Stat istics. 91
Canadian Good Roads Association, 389
Canadian Magnesite Suitability for Bricks. 171
Cape Town. Dock Improvement Scheme. 122
Carbon Acid Gas Purification Plant in Montreal. 197
Carbon Dioxide, New Process for Making. 443
Cement Manufacture in Victoria. New Works. 249
Cement Sales in Australia, 37
Chefoo Harbour Improvement Commission. 37
Chemicals and Drugs Manufacture. Shanghai Factory, 11
Chili, Irrigation Projects in, 223
Chilian Iodine Industry, Terrible Waste of Valuable Iodine, 277
China, New Arsenal and Mint Projected, 46
China’s Population, Analysis of Foreign Proportion. 277
Chinese Architects Form Society, 609
Chines© 400 Miles Road, Motor Car Journey Occupies Three Days, 443
Chittagong Port Development. 37, 277
Circulating Water at American Power Station, to Prevent Choked Gratings, 197
Classes for Firemen and Furnaeemen in Glasgow, and Beneficial Result, 335
Cleansing Oil Coolers, Duckham, Alexander, and Co., 291
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES Accidents, Death rate in Coal Mines of the United States, 443
Baffin Island Coal, Analysis of, 471
Barnsley Coal Seam said to be Workable Throughout Lincolnshire, 171
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES (continued):
Bituminous Coal. International Conference on. at Carnegie Institute, 470
Bolton Now Housch, Cumberland, New Pit Sinking at. 490
Bombay Coal Consumption Halved, 307, 527 Briquetting Brown Coal at Morwell, Victoria, 335
British Steel Produced by Aid of American Coal, 527
Brown Coal Deposits in South Australia, 417
Canadian Coal Output in 1925. 143
Carbonisation of Durham Coal in Continuous
Vertical Retorts, 171
Carnock Colliery Contract for New Plant, 90
Coal Output, Great Increase of, by Nova Scotia Company, 663
Coat Products—ner. Exhibit ions
Coal Seam Found in the Lower Cwmgorse Valley, 171
Coke Oven Plants to Use Canadian and Nova Scotian Coal, 277
Czocho-Slovakia. Details of Coal Production. 609
Dry-cleaning Coal, Professor Henry Louin, 663
Dry Coal from Yallourn Utilised by Mixing with Wet. 553
Entombed Colliers* Bodies Recovered after Nearly Fifty Years, 249
German Coal Hewers* Output, Great Increase on Pre-war Rate of Production. 249 Great Britain's Coal Output for week ending December 4th, 666
Hamburg Arrivals of Water-borne Coal Reduced by Quay Labourers' Strike, 527
Hull, Proposed Railway from Goole, and Wharfage, to Cheapen Coal Transport, 609 637
Japanese Coal Delivered in Shanghai, Cost of. 689
Leeds, Coal Smoke Nuisance Abatement, 63
Lisbon, Coal Mines near. Opened Up, but Coal of Poor Quality, 91
New South Wales Metallurgical Coke Output, 087
Nigeria. Third Coal-carrying Steamer Purchased for. 499
Oil Distillation from Coal, Satisfactory Tests in China, 11
Pekin Syndicate Coal Output, 63
Pyritic Oxidation in relation to Spontaneous Combustion of Coal. H. Macpherson and Others. 417
Sinking Coal Shaft in South Yorkshire. 499
Spitsbergen Collieries Benefit by British Coal Stoppage, 335
Transport of Coal by Aerial Ropeway, 249
Upton Colliery Company's Shaft-sinking Progress, 277
Woodville near Burton-on-Trent, Seam of Coal Located in a Field near. 63
X-ray Use in Coal Classification, F. J. Harlow, 609
COCHIN, First-class Tidal Harbour, Work Begun, 715
Cochin Harbour. Arrival and Work of New Dredger, 91
Cold Storage and Ice Factory’ Projected in Perth, 715
Cold Storage Plant for Durban, 417
Cold Storage Plant, Very Large, Projected for Western Canada, 443
Colombia, Reported Projected Construction of Modern Port in Gulf of Uraba, 277
Commonwealth and New South Wales Floating Dock, Increase in Projected Lifting Capacity, 14 3
Concrete Controlled in Strength by Ratio of Cement to Water, 91
Concrete of Extreme Strength for Hall in California, 424
Concrete-mixing Investigation and Conclusions, 467
Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Arches of Great Span, Method of Construction by Rib Compensation, Monsieur Freyssinet, 117
Concrete, Reinforced, for Signal Posts and Telegraph Poles. 552
Concrete Strengthened by Molten Sulphur, 11
Concrete Tanks for Storage of Animal and
Vegetable Oils, 609
Conveyors, Very Long, in Virginian Mine, 361
Cooling a Troublesome Bearing, 91
Copper Discovery in South Africa. 63
Copper. Electrolytic, Union Minidre to Produce
Large Quantity Annually, 63
Copper Mine in British Columbia, Reputed Largest in the Empire, 499
Copper Ore Discovery in Now Brunswick, 577
Copper and Silver Output of Canada, 277
Cornish Mining to Seek Government Subsidv. 581
Cornwall Works, Birmingham, 212
Cotton-picking by Machine, New Invention, 471 Cotton Textile Industry in the Dominion, Seventy Plants Engaged, 171
Cracked Circular Saws, Mending, 581
Crane for Steel Plant in America, Said to be
Largest of Kind in Existence, 443
Cuban Large Rond Construction Programme, 307
D DAM, Large Storage, Under Const ruction by Gatineau Power Company at Bitobe, Quebec, 117
Dam, New, on the River Mackinac, 91
Darn in Waranga Basin, Victoria, Question of Strength, 307
Danzig, Coal Situation at, 37
Detonation of Blasting Explosives, Velocity of-37 ; Paper on Determination of Velocity, 63
Detonation Phenomena in Engines, Monsieur Dumanois, 11
Detonators in Mines, Additional Precaution, 637
Development of Paugan Falls on Gatineau River, Ontario, 552
Diamond Discovery Reported in Cape Colony, South of Port Nolloth, 499
Diarnondiferous Area of British Guiana, -Accompanied by Heavy Minerals, 277
Diesel-driven Power Station Likely to bo Changed for Local Water Power Scheme, 417 Diesel Engine Power Plant to be Scrapped in Favour of Steam, 471
Differential Separation by Flotation of Lead and Copper from Zinc in Sulphide Oren, 689 Disinfectants for New Zealand, Large Tenders Called for, 389
Diving, Success of Use of Artificial Atmosphere, 553
Dock Scheme. King George’s, at Kidderporo, Progress, 117
Dock, Wet. at Ayr, Removal of Unused Gates and Sill, 171
Drainage and Road-building Operations at •* The Brook Kishon," 307
Drainage Scheme for Karachi, 171
Dredger at Bristol Undergoing Overhaul. 581
Drilling by Jack-hammers, A Record. 499
Dublin's First Automatic Telephone Exchange, 527
Duke of Northumberland to bo President of Shipping Exhibition at Olympia, 1927, 91
Duralumin and Welding by Oxy •acetylene, 223 Dust- Inhalation in Mines, Paper by P. S. Hay.
I Hi
Dust-proof Plants in Boiler Houses Economical as well as Cleanly, 91
Dusty Roads, Now Remedy for. Found in Amsterdam, 277
Dynamite Factory being Put Up in Alabama, 581
E EFFLUENT Liquor Treatment at Coventry, 581
ELECTRICAL MATTERS Armature of Exceptional Size, Special Arrangements for Railway Transport and Construction of Building. 143
British Columbia Electric Railway. Bridge River Power Development for, 637
British Industries Fair at Birmingham. Predominance of Electrical Industries. 689
Characteristics of Single-phase Motors, T. (). Walz, 361
Cheapest Supply in the World Generated by Steam Plant, 637
Competition in Manufacture of Electrical Machinery, Court Judgment at Melbourne, 499
Consumption of Current in South African Towns, 91
Dover’s Electric Supply Breakdown and Arrangement to Connect Supply with that of Folkestone. 553
Durban's Electrical Department Budget, 715
Earthing Metal Bodies other than Conductors, 335
Electric Locomotives for Montreal, 499
Electrical Trades' Benevolent Institution, 388
Electrified Ploughshare, Experiments and Result, 499
Flanged Girder. Electric Arc Welded and Tested to Destruction, 499
Galle, India. Electric Lighting, 499
Govan Power House Equipment, 249
Hardening and Tempering of Steel, Electric Heating for. 143
High-voltage Electrical Laboratory Built at Stanford University, California, 277
Industrial Standardisation in the Electrical Field, Percy Good, 389
Insulators, Electrical, Question of Manufacture in Bihar with China Clay Found There, 63
Lamps in Subways, Electric, Comparison Between Bare and Shaded Lamps, 63
Large Boilers’ Provision in Power House for Quick Change of Coal for Oil Fuel, 143
Lincoln Private Electric Lighting Increase, 389
Maritime Electric Company, America, Expenditure on Plant and Equipment. 249
Mexico’s New Electrical Code, Demand for Superior Apparatus and Equipment, 361 Power Development in British Malaya with
Construction of Hydro-electric Plant on the Purak River, 117
Power Generation from Tides of Passama-quoddy Bay, Canadian Government Authorises Scheme for, 277
Power Station for Senegal. South Africa, 450
Power Transmission Wires Between Canada and Island of Orleans, 11
Pre-heating Rolls of Tin-plate Mills by Means of Electrical Resistances, 335
Rail Mill in /Xmerica, Electrification of, 361
Sale of Electricity, Rapid Progress of, 471
Shanghai, Projected Power Plant of 20,060 Kilowatts, 637
Ships, Regulations for Electrical Equipment of, 235
Steam Turbo-generator for American Generating Station, 361
Sulphur Mines in Sicily, All Services to be Electrified within Three Years, 63
Super-power, Coal Consumption for Generation of Electricity, 389
Sydney City Council, Proposal to Acquire Mine or Mines for Purposes of Electricity Department, 117
Tungshun Island, near Amoy, Suggested Rice Mill for, with Electric Plant for Power and City Lighting, 581
Turbo-alternators, Four 10,000-Kilowatt, for
Bombay Suburban Railways, 637
Two Million-volt Transformer Set, 143
Victorian Electricity Commission and German Recommendations, 417
Western Australia and Electric Supply to Mines, 37
Wolverhampton’s Increased Use of Electricity, 389
ELECTROLYTIC Copper, Big Lixiviation Plant foi Union Minidre Katanga, 143
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress to be held in Canada in 1927, 335
Engineers in China, 452
English and Amateur Mechanic*, 498
Esquimalt Dry Dock Construction, 389
Estonian Oil Shale as Railway Fuel, 663
Ethylene Dichloride as a Solvent for Oils and
• Fats, 689
EXHIBITIONS Agricultural Show and Exhibition of Cottage Industries at Jubbulpore, 499
Belgium, Universal Exhibition Projected for 1930, 197
EXHIBITIONS (continued) :
British Industries Fair in Birmingham : Enlargement of Buildings Called for, 417 British Industries Fair and Misconceptions, 417
Electric Business Predominance at British Industries Fair in Birmingham, 689
Floor Space at British Industries ^Fair, Greatly Increased Demand, 581, 637
Madras Council Estimate for Participation in British Industries Fair. 471
Congress of Chemists and Exhibition in London of Apparatus, Chemicals, A’c., 3*
Industrial Designs Competition, Selection of Work on Exhibition., 143
Ironmongery, Hardware, &c.» Exhibition, 276
Leipzig International Industries Fair, 183
Leipzig International Industries Fair, 1927, 624 .11
Model Engineer Exhibition at Horticultural Hall, Westminster, 143, 171
National Coal .Products Exhibition, 495
Physical Societies’ Exhibition, 649
Prague Sample Fair to Include Mining Section, 18
Royal Agricultural Society Exhibition, 1927, Date and Place, 649
Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition, Luncheon to Introduce New President, 560
Society of Chemical Industry, Exhibition in Manchester. 1 1
Textile Industry, First National Exhibition, 37
EXPLOSION of Steam-jacketed Pan, 335
Explosive Company’s Plant at Nobel, Ontario, to be Reopened, 715
Explosives Factories, Diminution in Number and also of Persons Employed, 63
F FACTORY Proposed in Natal for Manufacture of Canex ” Boards, 117
Fairs—see Exhibitions
Faraday House, Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 400, 511
Federated Malay States Insistence on Use of British Materials, 553
Felling a Blast-furnace Stack with Dynamite, 91
Fibre Rope, Inventor’s Unsinkable Type, 527
Fire Control in a Pulverised Coal Bin, 91
Fire Losses Due to Electric Irons, 37
Firedamp in Mines, Measurement by Electric
CurrentE. H. Liveing, 389
Fire-float Beta III., Record Work at Big Fire in East London, 471
Fireproof Paints Factory at Sault Ste. Marie, 499
Flax Extensively Planted in Natal, Proposed Production of Alcohol from Waste Pulp of Leaves, 171
Fleming, Dr. J. A., Presentation of Portrait to, 499, 527
Floating Dock, Small for Table Bay Harbour,, 471
Floating Dock, 25.000-Ton, for French Government, Launched at Hamburg, 143
Flood Prevention, Irrigation, and Hydroelectric Enterprise in Mexico, 689
Floor Tested by Four Hours’ Fire, 417
Ford Five-day Week, Divergent Views on, 527
Foreign Building Materials, Greatly Increased Importation of, 361
Foreign Trade of the Sudan, Considerable Increase in, 663
Foundry at Warrington with Area of 3000 Square Yards, 499
Free State Flag, First Boat Launched under, Kahanui, for New Zealand, 223
Frost Effect in Different Soils, Caution Needed in Pipe Laying, 143
Fuel Research Board’s Experimental Borgius Process Plant, 361
Fuel from Waste of Palm “ Nuts,” 581
G GAS Oil for Petrol Engines. 41
Gas, Outbursts of, in Coal Mines, G. Roblings, 663
Gasworks Capacity of 1,000,000 Cubic Feet per
Twenty-four Hours, 417
Gear Grinding, H. F. L. Orcutt, 581
G.E.C. Sports, 75
German Plate-rolling Trade, 287
Gold Nugget Weighing over 100 oz. Unearthed in Western Australia, 689
Gold in Sea Water, Not a Paying Proposition, 37
Gold, World’s Product of, from 1860 to 1924.
Estimated Value, J. P. Dunlop, 689
Goods Transport by Chinese Junks, 197
Grab Dredging and Excavating Equipment, Numerous Orders for, 197
Graphite, Natural, Its Manifold Uses, 715
Great Britain Self-supporting in Only One Nonferrous Metal, Aluminium, 471
Great Lakes Power Company, Ontario, Plans to Meet Increasing Power Demands, 335
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Waterways, Disagreement Between Canadian and U.S.A. Joint Board Engineers, 609
Greek Government’s Exclusive Convention with
Eastern Telegraph Company, 91
H HAITI Projected Expenditure on Public Works, 471
Hamilton Bridge Works West End Plant Restarted, 91
Harbour Development, Vizagapatam, 468
Heat Generated by Chemical Action of Setting
Concrete, Unforeseen Result, 715
Hematite Discovery in Siorra Leone, 663
Highway Engineering for UniversityjDcgree, 663
House Building, Steel v. Brick for, 389
House of SaBeN, 649
Huon Pine Oil for Prevention of Decay in Other
Woods, Experiments, 223
Hydrated Lime, Value of, 499
Hydraulic Cements, Free Limo in, Scientific Experiments, 637
Hydro-electric Development of Grand Falk, New Brunswick, 335
Hydro-electric Installations for Eastern Canada, '389
Hydro-electric Installation to Utilise Water Power of Bidasoa, Navarra, 417
Hydro-electric Metallurgic Works, at Corral, Chile. 637
Hydro-electric Plant, near Concepcion, Chile, *361
Hydro-electric Plant, Exceptionally Large, Under Construction in U.S.A., 197
Hydro-electric Power Plant. Big. and Plant for Magnesium Alloys, to be Erected on the Yalu River, 689
Hydro-electric Power Plant at St. Alban, Quebec, 689
Hydro-electric Statiop in Italy will be Largest in Europe, 663
Hydro-electric Station, Unusual Type for East Switzerland, 361
Hydro-electric Stations in Italy, Statistics Regarding, 499, 553
Hydro-power Development at Alexander’s Landing, Ontario, 63
Hydrous Sidts. Mainly Sodium Sulphate, Deposits in Western Canada, 689
I ICE Jam, Method*. Adopted for Breaking Up, 715
Ignition of Case?, Mixtures of Methane and Air, Comprehensive Research and Report, 117
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Annual Dinner, 678
Indian Boiler Regulations Amendments, 637
Indian Railway Board’s Search for Cheap Woods in Indian Forests, 91
India’s Import Trade, Depression in Machinery, 117
industrial Casualties, Analysis of Causes of, 117
Industrial Fatigue Research Board's Experiments, 11
Information in Periodicals and Libraries, Special, Association Formed and Directory to bo Compiled, 63
Insect House Electrically Controlled, 37
“I. 0. Emmas’ ” Reunion, 26
Institutes and Institutions—ace Associations
Insulating Varnishes, Ozonised Air Process in the Baking of, L. U. Spence and P. B. Cochran, 277
Iodine, Liquid, Large Exports from Java, 553 Irish Free State and the Shannon Scheme, 62
IRON AND STEEL : Algoma Steel Works at Sault Ste. Marie, 7 Anvil Casting, Record Weight, 581 Autogenous Welding, Decreasing Use of Cast Iron as Filler, 581
Black Sand of Pacific Islands for Pig Iron, System for Extraction, 609
Brazil, Steel Making Equipment, 361
Canadian Pacific Railway a Order for 25,000 Tons of Rails, 335
Central China Company’s Large Iron Output, 277
Corral, in Chile, Projected Iron and Steel Works, 443
Cuynna Range, Northern Minnesota, Eflti-mated Huge Deposits of Black Man-ganiferous Iron Ore and Brown Ore, 443
Drawing Qualities of Thin Sheet Metal, G. G.
Beard, 581
Electric Heating in Hardening and Tempering of Steel, 143
“ F ” Steel Not a New Invention, 11
Flue Dust Escape from Blast-furnaces, Heavy Resulting Loss, 307
Heat Treating of Steel, Results of Recent Experiments, C. W. Bryan and C. G. E. Larsson, 715
High Record for Pig Iron Output, 197
Ingot, Exceptionally Large, Produced at Sheffield, 335
International Nickel Company’s Increased Plant for Electrolytic Nickel, 171
Iron Ore and Pig Iron Output in the United States, 37
Ironworks, New, for Manufacture and Repair of Silk Weaving Machinery Put Up at Hangchow, 689
“ Jalcase,” New Steel Product, Advantageous Qualities of, 361
Japan Syndicate of Leading Iron and Steel Concerns, 335
Large Castings and their Transport, 171
Manganese Deposits of Postmasburg District, South Africa, 715
National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Reports :
Furnaces in Blast, Pig Iron Production and Steel Production, Statistics on Eve of the Coal Stoppage, 249 ; in August, 306 ; September, 464 ; in October, 553
Statistics to End of November, 715
Nickel Mines Exploitation at Locris and in Bcetia, 499
Nickel Ore, Extensive Deposits Discovered Near Maikop, in the Caucasus, 443
Phosphorus and Sulphur Effect on Rivet Steel, 143
Pure Granular Iron Without Use of Coke or Limestone, Experiments, 663
Refractories for Open-hearth Steel Furnaces, 11
Rod Mill in Course of Erection at Newport, 307
“ Safety First ” in Blowing-out Blastfurnaces, 143
Soft Steel ’ and Intercrystalline Corrosion, Experiments and their Result, 171
South African Pig Iron, First Steel Rails from, 143
South African Tungsten Minos Plant Approaching Completion, 197
Stainless Steel, Properties and Engineering Uses of, R. Waddell, 609
Steel, Apparatus for Detection of Defects Not Visible on Surface, 249
Steel Castings, Robert Lowe, 568
Swedish Iron Ore Trust Shipments, 335
Welded Steel Tube, Strength Testing Experiments, U.S.A., 11
Wolfram Discovery in Cape Province, Hoped-for Addition of Valuable Tungsten Ore, 11
IRRIGATION Dam. Proposed, Across the
Colorado River, 715
Irrigation Enterprise Completed in Chile, 471
Irrigation Works in Mysore, 037
J JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Electric Power
Station Projected, 307
KAWASA KI Dockyard. Japan, Increasing Output of Sheet Steel, 443
L LACQUERS, Cellulose, Elementary Test for Flow, 277
Landslide. Serious, on Tennessee Side of Mississippi, 197
Lantern Slides for Lectures Offered by :
Automatic and Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 486
Bruce Peebles end Co.. Ltd.. 384
Lead Aluminate Production, 335
Lectures, Special. 319
Lighthouse. Lowestoft High, Much Increased
Candle-power, 249
Lighthouse, New, nt Hartlepool. Progress, 660
Lime Addition for Softening Boiler Water,
Tests for Ensuring Accuracy in Amount, 443
Littlehampton Harbour, 499
Lithopon. Increased Production of. in the
United States, 117
Lithopon Paints, to Remedy Darkening of. 91
Liverpool to East Lancashire, Government Consent to New Road Construction, 197
Lobnitz Rock Cutter for Sydney Harbour, 143
Lochalsh and Lochs on Balmacara Estate,
Hydro-electric Schemes. 527
Long-lived Engines in Scotsmen’s Charge in
America, 249
Loughborough College. 319
Low Temperature Experimenters* Mistake,
O. J. Parker, 663
M MAGNESIAN Flooring Materials Association, 235
Magneto Works Projected near Olomone, Czecho-Slovakia, 249
Manitoba Hydro-electric Transmission System Extended,197
Maple Sugar and Syrup in Quebec Province, Almost a Monopoly, 553
Match Industry Development in Bihar and Orissa Province, 11
Mazatl&n. Port, on West Coast of Mexico, Construction of Stone Breakwater, Dredging. &c.. Projected, 223
Measuring Rope. Cable, Wire, &c., Portable Machine for, 389
“ Mechanical Policeman ” for Point Duty in Copenhagen, 113
Meductic, Saint John River, Projected Water Power Development, 499
Melbourne, Sewage and Water Statistics, 171
Memorial. Frederick S. Spiers. 75
Menai Tubular Bridge, Robert Stevenson's Experiments on Models, 581
Metal Surfacing by Use of Stellite and an Acetylene Blow-pipe, 223
Metallic Cadmium, Large Production in the United States in 1925, 715
Metallurgical Societies in the Midlands. 397
Meteorological Station. New, nt Pratas (Doong-sha) Shoal, 009
Methane Air Mixture Explosion Flame Projection, Experiments, 499
Mica Output and Trade in India, 307
Mica, Promising Occurrences of, in Natal. 689
Mildew in Textile Fabrics. Prevention. 637
Main Reef Leader of the Rand Exposed. Estimates of Yield, 715
Mineral Production in British Columbia, I I
Minerals Discovery, Lepidolite and Others, near Winnipeg, in Manitoba and Ontario, 553
Mines—Dust
Mining Incident, Unusual, 471
Mining Machine Electrically Driven, New Type, 335
Mining in New Regions of Ontario, Government- List of Reouiremcnts of Prospectors. 63
Mining in North-West Australia, Lack of Transport Facilities, 143
Moffatt Tunnel, Fatal Accident in Working. 197
Moffat Tunnel, Progress of Pioneer Headings, 715
Montreal-Ottawa-Georgian Bay Ship Canal, Proposed. 63
Mortar or Concrete Re-tempering, Advantages, 223
Mosquito Dest ruction by Paris Green. 91
Motor Cars and Cycles in Kalgan. 11
Motor Car with New Gear shifting Device, 143
Motor Omnibuses for Glasgow, First of New
Fleet. 307
Motor Transport Greatly Needed in Spam, Owing to its Mountainous Character, 277
Mysore and Bombay Hydro electric Projects. 335
N NAPLES and Port of Salerno. Port Canal Projected for, 471
National Certificates in Naval Architecture. 659
Natural Gaw, Accidental Discovery in Manitoba, 663
Natural Gas at Depth of 600ft. in Transvaal, 117 ...
Natural Gas Production in Ontario, 149. 171
Needles Imported by U.S.A, from Great Britain. 63
New South Wales Gold Yield, 37
New South Wales Increased Imports, 609
New Zealand’s Projected Big Hydro-electric Development, 197
Newsprint Mill in Ontario. One Day’s Output, 197
Newsprint Mill, Quebec, Projected Extension. 223
Newsprint Mills in Canada, Increased Production of, 91
Newsprint Paper Mill, Quebec, Now Addition, 11
Niagara Falls, Erosion of the Crest at the Rate of 7ft. per Annum. Measures to Relieve, 91
Niagara Memorial Bridge Company Applies for Charter, 417
Nickel—see Iron
Nitric Acid Production by Arc Process with Use of Iceland Waterfalls, 314
Nitrogen. Vmosphenr. F.vtory for Fixation of, 277
Nitrogen Fixation, Materials of Construction for, J. G. Thompson. 277
Nitrogen Fixation Plant in Brazil Projected, 037
Norwegian Aluminium Industry, 417
Norwegian Proposal to Lease Waterfall to Aluminium Corporation of England, 91
o OIL from Coal Process, Professor Doctor Bergius’ Warning, 499
Oil Company’s Plant at Regina, Saskatchewan,
New Equipment for. 443
Oil Engine, Swedish, New Type, 701
Oil Flow, Temperature Test for, 389
Oil, Gross Output in Baku and other Areas, 229
Oil Pollution of Navigable Waters by Oilcarrying Vessels, 171
Oil Refinery for Fish and Cotton Seed Oil.
Projected, in Newfoundland, 171
Oil Shale at Coal Mines in Manchuria, 223
Oil Shale Dusts Proved Explosive. Need of
Same Precautions as in Coal Mines, 277, 361
Oil in South Africa, Hopeful Prospects from
Boring, 689
Oil, Trial Bore-hole in Search for Oil, in South Australia, 548
Oil Wells Yield in Oklahoma. Methods of Increasing with Safety Precautions. 553
Ontario Oilers Financial Assistance in Diamond
Drilling for Coal or Oil, 637
Ore Crushers for Chilian Mine, Allis-Chalmers Company, 715
Oxygen Factory at Fremantle, Australia, 480
p PAINT, Colour and Varnish Industry Research, Now Offices, 197
Panama Canal Tolls Increase. 223
Paper Mill to be Driven by Power from Outarde Falls, Quebec. 499
Paper Mill Extension for Newsprint at Quebec, 581
Paper Mill, Large, Erection in Quebec, 45
Paper Mill to Use Local l imber in Tasmania, Experiment, 417
Paper Pulp Factory Projected for Tasmania, 143
Paper Pulp-making by Keobra Process, 527
Paper from Straw, Factory for Manufacture of, 443
Paraffin Oil. Increased Importation into Hang, chow Harbour, 171
ParanaguA. Wharf Projected at, 307
Paste Paints, Zinc Oxide. Enamels, Varnishes, <fcc., Production in America, 609
Paving Machine Worked by Petrol Motor, 219
Peat Fuel. Conditions of Economical Manufacture of. in Canada, Committee’s Report. 466
Pembroke Dockyard, 319
Perak River, Hydro-electric Construction Works on Banks of, 637
| Permanent Way, A Century of, 649
Permeability of Natural Stones to Water, Relative Values as Building Material, 249
Petroleum Discovery Reported in Chinese Village, 277
Petroleum Products Output in Canada, 307
Petroleum Storage and Conveyance, Changes in the Law and Scale *of Licence Feos Payable, 171
Petroleum Working, Neglect of Economy and Research. Professor J. F. Thorpe, 389
Phosphate Rock Discovered in Russia to be Converted into Fertiliser, 443
Phosphates in Irish Free State, 63
Piles Supporting Railroad Bridge, over 13,000, Driven 23ft. Below Low Water. 117
Pine Lines Used for Conveying Natural Gas, Effect of Change of Temperature. 443
Plastint, New Inexpensive Interior Plaster, 117 Platinum “ Dredging ” in Russia. 553
Pollution of Sea by Oil. Conference of Thirteen Countries’ Representatives, 37
Polytechnic Engineering Society, Annual Conversazione, 649
Port Kembla-Moss Vale Railway ami Port Kembla Ironworks. Agreement. 171
Ports. New, Proposed for Brazil. 663
Portland Cement Concrete, Permeability of. and Experimental Work, 609
Portland Cement Industry in 1925, Record Years'’Manufacture, 471
Portuguese Schemes for Water Power Development, 499
Potash Discovery in the Ural Mountains, 197
Power Alcohol Distillery Projected for Queensland. 417
Pow'er Development, Quareau River, Quebec, 499
Power Lines, 4000 Miles, Authorised in Quebec, 471
Power Plant at Cape Town. Extension of, 499 Pressure Wave Sent Out by an Explosive, W.
Payman and W. C. F. Shepherd. 641
Printers’ Compositors’ Work, Illumination Question, 637
Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress and Exhibition in 1927, Offer of Prizes for Papers, 106
Pump Mill, the Second in Northern Manitoba, Survey for, 443
Pumping Plant of Exceptional Lift at the Simmer and Jack Gold Mine, 553
Pumping Slimes at Rand Gold Mine with Rubber-lined Centrifugal Pump, 443
Pumping Water from Broken Hill Mino, Cost of, 471
Pumps for Pulverised Coal Conveyance in German Power Station, 527
Q QUARRIES of the United States, Trouble and Expense Due to Water Seepage and also Ice. 443
Quebec Development of Mineral. Water Power and other Resources, 37
Quebec, Province of, to be Mapped Photographically from Aeroplanes, 91
Queen's Engineering Works, Past and Present Students’ Annual Dinner. 649
Queensland State Smelting of Silver-lead Ore, 499
R RADIO Apparatus—ftcc Wireless
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS : Accidents : Accidents of 1925, Annual Report, 335
American Railway Trainmen s Reduced Fatalities. 197
Automatic Stop and Fatal Railway Accident, 197
Automatic Train Control, Effect of its Absence in Serious Collision, 117
Block Instrument Safeguard Against Accident, 471
Breakdown Work on the Waterloo and City Tube Railway. 527
Buffer Stop Collision at Brighton, Report, 90. 143
Buffer Stop Collision with Empty Coaches at Bradford. 361
Buffer Stop Collision Inquiry, 143. 55'3
Buffer Stop Collision at Sligo, General Immunity from Accident of Irish Railways, 527 : Report on Accident, 637
Collision at Bishop’s Stortford During General Strike, Report on, 277
Collision at Brentwood, 63 ; Report by Colonel Sir J. Pringle, 417
Collision Between Express and Light Engine Outside Carlisle Station, 361 Collision at Kidderminster, 717 Derailment of Train Due to Abnormal Heat and Other Causes, 249
Derailment, Fatal, of Train in Upper Bavaria. 197
Derailment Near Helpston, 91
Derailment by Strikers of Scott ish Express, 37, 91 ; Report on Derailment, 142, 527 Derailment of Train Entering Waterloo Station, 197
Draw-bars Failures, Sir John Pringle’s Report, 663
Driver’s Difficulty in Learning New Section of Road, 663
Fatal Accident to Signal Ganger and Mate and Result of Legal Appeal, 717
Fatal Collision at Bethlehem, Penn., 389 Fatal Collision During General Strike, Report on, 63
Fatal Collision Between Melun and Montereau, 335, 361
Fatal Collision on Southern Railway, 553 Fatal Collision Between Train and Motor Road Vehicle, 609
Fatal Collision and Verdict of Manslaughter, Melbourne Electrified Area, 249, 471
Fiftieth Anniversary of Fatal Collision, 689 Fiftieth Anniversaries of Notable Accidents. 117, 171 ; (Letter), 170
Fire in a Passenger Train, hut no Fatalities. 117
First Anniversary of Serious Collision. 249 Flood Damage to Viaduct on Former Furness Rail wav. 553
Fog Collision on Tilbury Section of L.M.S. Railway, also Near Finsbury Park Station. 609. 637
Forty-fifth Anniversary of Fatal Collision, 417
French Derailment. Serious. 37
French Fatal Railway Accident. 499
Germany and Poland, Train Disaster the Result of Foul Play, 143
German Railway Accidents, New Safety Device, 33
Inquiries into Accidents to Railway Servants, 37
Japan, Serious Derailment, 335
Landslide Causes Fatal Derailment of Barcelona-Valencia Train, 277
Level Crossing Accident to Cyclist, 443
Level Crossing Disaster r.t Naworth, Worst Known in this Country, Inquest and Government Inquiry, 277, 307, 360. 637
Night Train from Glasgow Out of Hand end Resulting Damage, 307
Occupation Crossing Fatality on Liverpool-Southport Line. 179
Passenger Train Delayed by " Defect ” at Hackney Downs, L. and N.E.R. Station, 223
Passenger Train Runs into Light Engine Outside Hol bock, 335
Quarterly Returns of Railway Accidents for 1925, Analysis of, 249
Railwaymen Sentenced for Displacing Rails During Strike near Stafford, 91
Rawmarsh Accident Recalls Previous Fatalities, 581
Rawmarsh Accident. Inquiry, 609, 637. 663 Report on Accident During General Strike in Edinburgh Tunnel, Escape of Gas and Advantage of Electric Lighting, 223 Report on Collision Near Manors Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 499
Reports on Accidents to Railway Servants, 609
Runaway Carriages Derailed Near Sowerby Bridge, 277
Scalded Shunter and Vague Instructions, 307
Signal Difference of Opinion. 601
'Twentieth Anniversary of Fatal Accident to Scottish Express, 335
Twenty-one Deaths by Derailment, Wilfully Caused, in Germany, 249, 307
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Accidents (continued):
Two Accidents, but No Fatalities, on the London and North-Eastern Railway. 689 United States Inter-State Commerce Commission, Accident Bulletin, 11
Water Gauges on Tenders to Avoid Risk to Enginemon, 609
Air Lines and Railways, Co-operation and Not Competition, 443
American Railways’ Big Compensation Bill for Personal Injuries, 553
America’s Largo Proportion of Unprotected Crossings. 663
Appointments and Staff Changes, 117, 197 223, 277, 359, 499, 527, 689. 715
Asphyxiation in Tunnel and Train Held Un, 425 H
Automatic Application of Continuous Brakes, Great Value of, Proved. 335
Automatic Records of Block Signals, Unheeded Recommendation, 33
Automatic Signals and Train Control on Pennsylvania Railroad, 581
Baker-street Connections, Thirty Additional Trains. 499
Belgium Railways, Like Germany, to Revert from State to Private Ownership, 11 Reduction in Number of Temporary Railway Servants. Regular Men Must Retire on Pension at Sixty Instead of Sixty-Five, 11
Birthday Honours
37
for Colonial Railwaymen,
Bombay Director of Development Retired, 609
British Railways. Certain Exceptions to Strictly Private Ownership, 361
Buenos Aires Provincial Railway Systems, New Branches to be Constructed, 683
Cable Tramways in Melbourne. Portion of, to be Converted to Electric Traction. 471
Calgary and Southern Railway, Construction of, About to Bogin. 277
Canadian National Railways* Increased Revenue. 171, 527
Canadian National Railways* Outlay on Radio Service. 91
Census of Railway Employees, Decreased Number. 389. 471
(’heap Fares and Winter Train Service, 249
Chicago and Illinois Central Railroad Electrification. Rapid Work, 443
China's First Refrigerator Car. 581
China’s Projected Provincial Railways, 581
Chinese Government Railways Finance, 527
City and South London Railway, Modern
Lift.-rto Replace Old Ones, 91
Coal Consumption of Railways During Mines Stoppage, 91
Coal Dispute Effects on Railway Services, 443 Coal Price Increase and Railway Charges, 581 Colliery Lino to Cheapen Coal Transport, 609,
Colliery Wagon Railway Conversion to Light
Railway, Order for, 223
Commonwealth Government’s Road Scheme, 143
Consumption of Coal per Engine Mile, Comparison between Railways, 143
Cost of Living Fallen and Reduction of Railwaymen’s Pay, 11
Czechoslovakian Railway Electrification.
Rapid Progress of Work, 307
Death of Mr. George L. Fowler, 143
Death of Mr. Francis Clarke Gamble, 637
Death of Mr. William Hood, 471
Death of Mr. H. E. Jones. 11
Death of Mr. W. H. Oates, 581
Death of Colonel C. W. P. Ramsey, 361
Derwent Valley Railway Ceases Passenger
Traffic. 171
Dividends and Depreciation Funds, 717
East Indian Railway Lowers Passenger Fares, 637
East Indian Railway Trains Equipped with Side Lights. 581
Edgware-road Reconstructed Station Opened, 499
Egyptian State Railways, Narrow-gauge Portion to bo Converted to Standard Gauge. 471 ; Completion and Results of Conversion, 637
Eightieth Anniversary of Opening of Lancaster and Carlisle Section of Railway, 361
Eightieth Anniversary of Railway Section Opening. 389
Electrical Power Houses on London Railways, .Advance of Wages no Longer Justified, 91
Estonian Oil Shale as Railway Fuel, 663
Exceptional Rates and Power of Companies, .Judge's Decision, 117
Financial and Other Railway Statistics for 1925, 121
Fireman's Accidental Electrocution, 412
First-aid Equipment Carried by Passenger Trains, 7 I 7
First and Third-class Compartments, Com-parison of Numbersand Revenue, 143
Foreign Coal and Railway Difficulties, 663
Great Western Railway :
Cardiff Railway to be Converted to Single Line, 527
Cblwall Additional Tunnel, Progress, 63 Rennet and Avon Canal, Railway Wishes to Close, 527
Oswestry and Question of Railway Works Enlargement, 307
Harwich-Zeebruggo Train Ferry. Successful '1'hrough Delivery of Goods between North of England and Italy or France, 335
Horses Used on Railway Work, Census, 63
Indian Railway Board, Annual Report for 1925-6, Statistical Section, 721
Indian Railways' Marked Improvements of Various Kinds, 471
Indian State Railways’ Approximate Gross Earnings Compared with Previous Year. 609
Institutes and Institutions, Railway—sec Associations
Irish Railways' Immunity from Accident, 527
Italian Railway Electrification from Genoa Completed to Spezia, 499
Kent Coalfield Wagon Owners and the Railway Company, 171
Ladies’ Lounge " Smoking Car, 389
Level Crossing Question, Another Phase, 443
RAILWAYS AMD TRAMWAYS {continued):
Lisbon to Cuscaes Coast Railway Electrification, 223
Litter on Platform* and Track, Underground to Install Baskets for Collection, 689
Locking Bars, Facing Point, 277
Locomotive Appearance, American and
British, 689
Locomotives. New Type, for Union Pacific
Company, 91
London Electric Railways Ixmdon Electric Railways’ Brochure. 389 Morden Extension and Charing Cross and
Kennington Tube, Opening Postponed by Strikes, 91
Date of Opening. 171
Morden Extension and New Omnibus Services, 307
Work in the Streets for Various Mains Delayed Opening of Morden Extension, 663
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Burton and Ashby Light Railway Working at a Loss. Application to Cease Operations, 117
Carriage and Wagon Works nt Stoke-on-Trent to be Closed, 715
Crowe Works, Visit by Locomotive Engineers, 207
Glasgow* Sunday Traffic. St. Enoch s Closed on Sundays, 307
Golders Green Station. Passenger Increase. 581
Mixed Traffic Locomotives, 100 being Constructed, 249
.Shoreditch Station. North London Section.
Road Widening and Consequent Alterations to Station and Bridges, 249
Staveley, Alterations on Former Midland Section, 335
Storm Damage on Central Wtdcs Line, 1 1 •
Trams Withdrawn to Reduce Expense*.
499
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Branch Railway for New Colliery, 443
Coast Erosion Involves New Line for Walton-on-the-Nazo Branch of Railway, 63
Cost of Flying Junction at Stratford, 662
Flushing Boat* to Sail from Harwich Instead of from Folkestone, 715
Hanging Buffers for Wagons. Disadvantage of, £500 Prize Offered not. yet Won. 9 ; Further Rewards for Dcsigns'Offcred, 91
King’s Cross New Platform, 389
King's Cross to York Non-stop Rapid Run, 307
Lightning and Fire Destruction of Signal Box near Leeds, 117
No Powers Sought at Present, 663
Re-signalling of Cambridge Station, a Correction, 689
Signal Boxes, Reduction of. and Resulting Economy, 527
Signals, Automatic Three-aspect Day-Colour Light Projected, 249
Stores Department Reorganised. 143
Trains Withdrawn to Reduce Expenses.
527 : Plans for Withdrawal Cancelled, 637
Welwyn Garden City Station Opened, 389
Lubricating Oil Consumption per Engine Mile, Comparison of Different Main Lines, 223
Melbourne Area Railway Electrification, Results, 389
Melbourne Suburban Railways. Huge Cost of Conversion to Electric Traction, 581
Melbourne Suburban Railways, Increased
Revenue, 63
Metropolitan District Railway. Hounslow Brunch, Double Triwked. 663
Metropolitan Railway Bill fur Tube between Willcsdcn Green and Edgware-road, Passed Committee Stage. 11
Ministry of Transport Coal Stoppage mid Serious Results on Railway's, 416
Coal Transport by Railway, Mr. J. H.
Thomas Appointed to Committee uf Inquiry. 361, 609
London Traffic Inquiry as to South-East London, 197 .
Manchester - Middleton Heywood Light Railway Sanctioned, but with Conditions, 248
Privately Owned Wagons ami Eithcr-side Brakes. 197
Railway Statistics for February, 1926. 11
Railway Statistics for March, 1926, 99
Railway Statistics for April, 1926, 143
Railway Statistics for May, 1926, 223, 235
Railway Statistics for July, 1926. 443 .
Railway Statistics for August, 1926, 553
Railway Statistics for September, 1926, 663
Reports to Minister on Travelling Facilities to and from North and North-East London and East London, 637
Tramways and Railway Competition.
Appeal to the Ministry for Legislation in Favour of Tramways, 11
Travelling Facilities in North London Reported on. Report on East London Awaited, 63
Underground Tunnel to Connect PicciMlilly and City Line Tubes. 335. 117
National Union of Railwaymen Analysis of Members us Guardian*, Conn-ci11ors, Ac.. 63
Repetition of Railway Ccnlvnary Demonstration, 361
New South Wales Railways, Progress of Work on Cuttings for Kyogle Railway. 609 New South Wales, Survey for Railway, Moss Vale-Port Kembla, 11
New York Central Railroad Celebrates Centenary of Charter for Mohawk and Hudson Railway, 11
New Zealand, Railway Workshops in. 1U3 Paris and Orleans Trains Hauled by Electric
Locomotives for First Time, 417
Parliamentary Notices as to Railway Bills for Next Session, Paucity of, 609
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Pay and Salary, House of Lords Differentiation, 11
Peru, Deviation of Central Kailway to Avoid Flood Damage, 335
Piccadilly Road Traffic. Control by Kail way Signals, 443
Post-office Vehicles in France, 443
Presentation of Veteran Engine-drivers to the King, 417 *
Queen of Rtnunania’s Free Travel in the United States, 527
Kail Joint, New Type Successful, 527
Railway Companies’ Power to Increase Rates, Test Case in Chancery, 63, 117, 527
Railway Finance and the Industrial Situation Before and After April 1926, to end of July, 171
Railway Lines and Widenings, Extensive Additions Authorised, 389
Railway Material Exports Statistics, 117. 171, ‘307. 389. 553
Railwaymen’s Day, Proposed Pageant, 91
Railway Rates Tribunal Complaints of New Schedule Kates Regarding Private Wagons of Coalowncrs on Southern Railway. 11
Rates Raising Permitted by Luu. 689
Standard Charges Consideration Resumed.
417
Test Case in the Court of Appeal, 63. 1 17.
527
Railway Returns, Miscellaneous Information and Comparisons between Railways, 143
Railway Returns for 1925, Only Five Passenger-carrying Vehicles Built or Bought without Electric Lighting, 443
Reduction of Staff and the General Strike, Sir Ralph Wedgwood’s View, 443
” Retarders ’’for Checking Speed of Wagons, 36
Retirement anti Previous Services of Mr. Thomas Carlton, 37
Road Motors’ Competition with Railways, Sir Ralph Wedgewood’s Views, 471
Shopmen Question, Probability of Settlement, 63. 663
Shopmen Question Settlement Rejected, 277 Signals, Automatic, Three-aspect Day Colour Light to be Used between Capo Town und Wynborg, 171
Signals, Day Colour Light to be Used on 800 Miles of an American Railway. 171
Sao Paulo New Station. 499
Solway Viaduct and Risk of Railway Accident. 197
South London, Transit Conditions in, 579
Southern India Railway Development. Dis-cushion, 609
Southern Railway : Bill of Southern Railway Read a Third Time, 11
Cannon-street Station Reopened. Cannonstreet and Charing Cross Platforms Renumbered. 11
Electrical Equipment on the Southern Railway, Changes to be Made, 171, 581, 609
Ferry Service at Lyrnington ami Neglected Dredging, 553
Further Electrification on the Southern Railway. 581, 609
Great Eastern Railway’ll Previous Reforms, Comparison between Electric and Steam Services, Mr. R. Bell, 171
Improvements on the Southern Railway, Foggy Weather Arrangements, 47 1
Leatherhead Junction Towards Guildford, Projected Closing of Present Station, 417 Omnibus Station at. Victoria, Starting Signal Arrangements. 63
Ramsgate and Margate New Lincs und Connections. 37
Reopening of Electrical Services on South London Line, 361
Summer Services and Coal Shortage, 37
Thames Bridges, Suggested Conversion to Road Bridges and Serious Objections Thereto, 471
Ticket and Change-giving Machines, 581
Track Circuits and Length Requirements. 37 Tramcars on Single Trucks Controlled during
Fogs by Old Wooden Stuff System, 277 Trans-Australiun Train. Suggestion of Third
Rail to Obviate the Difficulty of Difference in Gauge, 91
Travelling Facilities of Certain London Boroughs, Public Inquiry, 277
Trinidad Railways’ Deficit. Select Committee’s Recommendation, 717
Tube Railways and Electric Lighting Improvements, 63
Underground. Escalators and Lifts on the. 581
Underground Expenses Leave 5 per cent, for Dividends and Reserves, 117
Underground Railway Tunnel to Connect Piccadilly and City Line Tubes, Not for Use of Public. 335, 417
Underground Railways of London. Density of Traffic and Time-saving, 143
Underground Suggestion Scheme, Useful Results, 223
Unemployment and Short Time on the Railways since the General Strike, J. H. Thomas, 443
United States Centenary of First Railway Opening. 553
Unusual Caso Consequent on Smoko from Fire on Railway Bank. 637
Wages Boards Exchanged for Neu Scheme «n U.S.A., 197
Wagon Scarcity Difficulties. 662
Wagons. Privately Owned, Analysis. 389 Wimbledon Station Reconstruction, l<» Winter Train Service, Few Changes, 335 Workmen’s Train Grievances und Fares. 249 Rotary Converters, 2000-Kilowatt, for Man
sion House Underground Sub-station, 223 RAINFALL Beats All Records in Saskatchewan. 171
Rainfall Record of Now York Broken, 277
Rand Mines, Misfire Accidents Increase, 499 Raw Rubber from Native Sources, South
Africa, 249
Reclamation Work on Foreshore ut Port Elizabeth. 637
Refrigerating Apparatus for Household Use, Two New Inventions, 663
Rc-heat Treatment of Carbon .Steel Gas Cylinders, Recommendation* of Committee, 171
Remarkable Record, 393
Resin, Synthetic, with Certain Glass Characteristics, Discovered by Dr. Pollak, 663
Retort Plant, Tasmania, Result of Weeks* Trial Run, 91
Road Construction in British Columbia, Three Years’ Programme, 609
Road Traffic of Piccadilly, Colour Light Signals, 91
Road Transport in the Future, A. Baker, 307
Rome, Underground Transport for, Planned by Government , 553
Roumanian Government, Annual Orders for Rolling Stock at Bukarcst, Works, 277
Royal Metal Trades Pension and Benevolent Society, 207
Rubber Curing. Suggested Use of Paranitro-phunal, 91
Rubber Manufacture by New Process in America. 499
Rubber Purchase by Manufacturers for the Current Year. Estimate of. 689
Rubber Tire Factory for H uge Output Projected for Sydney, Australia, 715
Ruling Pens, Care of, 171
s SAFETY Measurements for Planks to Support Men at Work, 715
Safety in Mines Research Board, 103
St. Lawrence. New North Channel, to be Opened During High Water Season, 1927, 249
Salt Wells at McMurray, Alberta, Successful Mining, 37
Sult Works for Sea Water Evaporation Under Construction in Queensland. 171
Sands. Bituminous, Analysis and Experiments on, 581
Sao Paulo Hydraulic Works, 397
Scholarships, Research, Offer by Rockefeller Institute and Commonwealth Institute, 63 Science Museum, Lecture Tour Arrangements, 649
Scientific Discovery. Apparatus Used for, and Possibility of Securing for the Nation, 117
Scottish Engineering Works Sold ami Altered for Production of Artificial Silk. 249
Sewage Works, Sludge Beds Covered by Glass, Increased Capacity as Result, 117
Sewerage Scheme at Oruro, Bolivia, and Canal to Connect, with River. Both Contracts Secured by this Country. 689
Shale—see also Oil
Shale Oil in Tasmania. Geological Calculations of Very Large Deposits. 689
Shanghai Arsenal to Become a Limited Company, 443
Shanghai, Motor Cars, 55 Per Cent, of American Make, 277
Shanghai, New Plant of Chapei Electricity and Waterworks Company, 443
Shanghai, Suggested Conversion of Kiangnan Arsenal into a Factory, 91
Shawinigan Water anti Power Company’s New Power Station, 527
Shed, Very Large Area, Proposed Construction on the Mersey, 581
Sheffield Town Planning, 389
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS Brit ish Submarine Depot Ship. 31 I
Canadian Pacific Cargo Ships. Tliroo New, 21 Cargo Steamers’ Cost at Greenock. 499 China’s Foreign Trade, Japanese and British
Ships as Principal Carriers, 315
Cunard Liner Bercngaria Running with Repaired Rudder During Manufacture of New One, 277
Cunarder Mauretania. 12£ Days* Performance, 223
Diesel-electric Tugs. Very Large. Used on Panama Canal, 689
Electric Passenger Ship, Largest Commercial Craft Built in U.S.A.. 197
Finland's Projected Submarine Flotilla. 307
Forty Vessels with Electric Motors Connected to the Screw Shafts. 223
French Cruiser Tourville Launched, 223
German Trade Ship Vatcrland Said to be Largest in the World. 171
Germany's Commercial Fleet, Decline and Rebuilding, 527
H.M.S. Ajax and H.M.S. King George V. to be Broken Up at Rosyth, 689
Italian Government's Subsidy Assist once to Shipbuilding, 663
Japanese Steamship in the Scheldt, Failure of Salvage Operations, 37
Large Electric Passenger Ship, The First Keel Laid at Newport News, Virginia, 223
Largest Fresh Water Cargo Ship, 307
Lightship, Very Up-to-date, for Mouth of Rangoon River, 91
Motor Lifeboat, New, at Plymouth, 62
Motor Vessel for New Zealand Government, 319
Navigation Light, Unattended Flashlight, 143
Now Submarine Oberon, Trial of, 335
Norwegian Mercantile Fleet, 63
Oil-carrying Vessels, Board of Trade Warnings as to Suitable Precautions, 307
Poland Start ing a Mercantile Fleet. 527
Raising United States Submarine. Difficulties Overcome by Nozzle Invention, 197
Record Ship Coaling at Svdney. Nova Scotia, 91
Regulations for Elect rival Equipment of, 235
Shifting Cargoes. Special Parking for Zinc Concentrates, 37
Shipbuilding Employers and Trade Coions, Meeting, 609
Shipping on the Clyde and on the Tyne, Decreased Output, 143
Ships Guided to Harbour, However Thick the Fog, Special Device Employed, 316
Singapore Harbour, Greatly Increased Traffic, 663
Submarines Two Large, Launched, for Australia,,37
The Egypt. Salvage of, Suspended for the Winter, 361
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued}: Train Ferry for Kootenay Luke, British Columbia. 58ft
Wireless Daily Communication Over 11,000 Mi lea by Australian Liner, 521
Yangtze River, Great. Increase in Steam und Motor Navigation on, 715
SILTING Up of Bengal River, 197
Singapore Naval Base, Satisfactory Progress of Work, 117
Slide Rule, Commercial. John Davis and Son, (Derby). Ltd., 577
Slovakia, Eastern, Proposed Electric Supply for, by Hydro-electric Station, 389
Smoke Abatement Lead, Need of Educative Propaganda. 417
Soap Factory Erection at North Wall, Dublin, 205
Soap Works nt Irlam, New Section Opened, 171
Soda Recovery Plant at Magadi, East Africa, to be Re-startcd, 249
Sodium Sulphate Production from Alkaline Lakes in Saskatchewan, 63
Spain and Portugal, Time Limit for Resumption for Negotiat ions as to Harnessing Douro Falls, 197
Spare Parts for MaehinesAlrcady Sold, 117
Specialised Information in Great Britain and Ireland, Directory of Sources of. 11
Spiers, Frederick S., Memorial. 75
Stains from Contact between Marble and Steel
Work, Remedy for, 471
Steam Accumulator Storing 1(1,000 lb., 581
Steam Engine and Boiler to Replace Oil Engines in Power Station at Burghersdorp, South Africa. 715
Steam Pipe. Flexible, Explosion,Official Report, 689
Steam Turbine in Trinidad, Special Features of Construction, 143
Steamers on Upper Yangtsc River, Great Increase in Number of, 117
Steel—ttf'- Iron and Steel
Suez Canal Traffic and British Coal Working Stoppage, 527
Sugar Beet Factory at Bassano, Alberta. 663
Sugar Beet Factory near Selby, 581
Sugar Beet Factory, Spalding, to Begin Operations. 249
Sugar Beet Factory, near Wellington, Shropshire. Date for Completion, 71 I
Sugar Beet in Manitoba, Results from Experimental Growing. 443
Sugar Cane, Factory at Luabo, 352. 378. 390 (Two-payt. Supplement, October l*d, 1926)
Sugar (Jane, Machine for Harvesting. 581
Sulphur has no Disadvantages in Diesel Fuel. 417
Sulphur Mines in Sicily, Cont nut Signed for Electrification of all Services Connected Therewith. 63
Sulphuric Acid Factory to be Put Up in China. 471
Sunlight Rays under Water. Imitation of, to Check .Anchor Ice Formation, 663
Surface Finishes, New Testing Inspection Machine, 637
Survey of India, Complete Reorganisation of. into Five Circles, 277
Swedish Standard Type of Cheap Passenger Motor Cars, 197
Swedish Trade Reports Shipbuilding Industry Improved but Iron Industry Still Depressed, 361
Sydney, Australia, and Maitland, New Carrier Wave Telephone Service, 91
Synchronous Condensers, Largest Yet Built for Southern Californian Company. 335
Synthetic Ammonia Works of Large Capacity Projected in Japan, 417
Synthetic Rubber. Reported Progress in Manufacture of. by German Dye Trust, 343
T TANNING Material from Brown Coal. 223
Tasmanian Carbide Works, Prospect of Sale to English Group, 1 17
Taxi-cabs in Peking. Company Formed to Run. 143
Technical Terms Employed in Branches of Physics ami Physiology Connected with Illumination, 715
" Tcknisk Tidskrift." 376
Telephone Cable. Subterranean, between Cairo and .Alexandria, 249
Telephone. State, Department of Czechoslovakia to Replace Manual by Marconi Relay Automatic System, J17
Telephone Users of the World. 14-2 to every 100 People in United States, 2-8 per 100 in Great Britain. 171
Tellurium as an Alloy with many Varieties of Metals, 335
Tenders Invited by Madrid for Various Public Improvements, 277
Theosophical Society, Australia. Erects Powerful Broadcasting Station, 361
Thomas, H. Kerr, Debt of the Community to t he Automobile, 384
Tidal Power on the Tay, Scheme Put Forward by Professor A. R. Fulton, 689
Tin-bearing Ores in Cornwall, Successful Exploration Work, 553
Tin Deposits Discovery on King Island. Bans Straits, 219
'I’m Mine, Wheal Kitty. St. Agnes, Cornwall, Work for Unemployed. 581
Tin. Recovery of Ore Previously Wasted. 471
Tin. Rich Lode. Found in Tasmania, 417
“ Thanite ” as Material for Patternmaking. 527
Tiverton Town Water Supply, 361
Tokyo and Yokohama. Reconstruction after Earthquake Very Slow, 443
Tool, New Device, for Removing Tar Coating from Steel Water Main, 443
Toronto Purchase of Ironworks Land for Viaduct and Harbour Development, 249
Torquay Water. Electricity and Harbour Undertakings, Further Powers to be Sought. 637
Toxic Gases Danger, 471
Trade Facilities Acts, Treasury Grants for Electrical Supply and Beet Sugar, 553
Training for Automobile Engineering, Recommended Course, 526
Transvaal Platinum Reduction Plant, Output for June, 197
Triethylamino and Diethylamine, New Process for Manufacture of, 361
Trolley Omnibus Abandoned for Street Car in Larger American Cities, 249
Tsingtao Wharves and Harbour Suffering from Wholesale Neglect, 443
Tungting Lake, Yangtze Valley, Projected Survey of, 443
Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Projected Schemes, 37
u UNITED States Firm Buying Up Canadian Works, 335
United States Radium Corporation has Closed its Plant at Orange, N. J., 715
University of Bristol, 155
University of London, University College.
Centenary Appeal and Programme, 593
Upington. South Africa, Considering Water and Electricity Scheme, 417
V VIBRATION Caused by Rolling of Trains,
Effect on Building over the Track, 715
Vienna, Ambitious Power Schemes for, Negotiations with American Financiers, 715
Vienna, New Water Power Works Erected in
1925. 715
WAREHOUSE, Big New. at Montreal, 499
Watchmaking, Maintenance of Schools giving Technical Instruction in, in Switzerland and France, 527
Water Level Indicator for Gauge Glasses, Effective Type, 429
Water Power Utilisation Research Society in Germany, 335
Water Raising by Egyptian Natives, Conditions of Work, 249
Waterproof Glue, Formula for Preparing, 443
WATER SUPPLY : Brazil, Water System in, 322
Murray River, Australia, Hume Reservoir Works, Cost and Progress, 553
Murray Water Conservation Scheme, Additional Weirs Question, 471
Rangoon to Obtain Water Supply by Damming the Salwin, 689
Sydney and Canberra Water Supply Scheme, 471
Sydney Water Board’s Expenditure on New Works, 662
Victoria, Water Storage Schemes in Progress and Contemplated, 171
WATER-TUBE Boiler Explosion Caused by Neglect, 471, 617
Wave-speed Camera—sec Pressure Wave
Wax Extract from Flax Plant Tissues, Valuable
Properties of, 197
Waygood-Otis Club New Sports Ground, 23
Welded Connections in Steel-framed Building, Comparison with Strength of Rivets, 11
Welding Aluminium, New Process, D. H. K. Bottrill, 663, 689
Welding Exhibition at Buffalo, N.Y., 443
Wells Drilled for Oil and Gas in the United States, Statistics, 553
Whale Fishing, Trial of 13reech-loading Gun for, 197
Whale Oil Research Success, 389
Wharfage for Deep-draught Vessels at Cairns
Harbour, North Queensland, 499
Whitworth Society, Fourth Annual Commemoration Dinner, 724
Whitworth Society, Summer Meeting. 103
Wind Pressure, Pulsating or Static Effects on Different Structures. 581
Windsor-Detroit Tunnel, Construction to bo Started, 609
Wire and. Wire Nail Works of Karahgatch, Turkey, Begin Work, 307
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Atmospheric Disturbances, Experiments with New Invention, 63
Bolivia Telegraph and Wireless Services, Contract with Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd., 143
Bombay and Calcutta, Projected Well-organised Broadcasting Service, H7
British Broadcasting to Pass Under Government Control, 63
Broadcasting of Portraits and Piet ures, Monsieur Hermod Petersen, 609, 637
Broadcasting Station in Vienna, 356
Crop Production Assisted by Wireless Aerials Near Potsdam, 361
Czecho-Slovak Railways and Wireless Receiving Stations in Trains, 389
French Postal Tests of Wireless Telegraphic Apparatus, 335
Greece, Wireless Station Projected, 499
Hungary's Great Advance in Use of Wireless, 249
Marconi Marine Communication Company and Radio Communication Company Form Working Agreement, 527
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY (continued): Mexico and Cuba. Telegraph Systems to be Connected by Wireless, 307
Radio Apparatus Production in Canada, 174
Radio-electric Mast for Guiding Ships al a
Distance, Value Proved in Fog, 277
Reaction on the Aerial, Enforcement of Regulations in Regard to Licences, 63
Seventy Radio Receiving Sets for Isolated Camps in Oregon and California, 403
Ship’s Record Daily Communication with Sydney on Voyage to England, 521
Waves of Accurately Known Frequency, Usefulness of Transmission, 223
Wireless Apparatus Tested as Possible Substitute for Submarine Cable, 389
WOOD Oil Trees. Experimental Plantation of, in Tasmania. 581
Woolwich Dockyard at Auction, 31
Work on the New Outer Harbour at Macao, 689
World’s Largest Motor Liner, 653
Y YARRA River Improvement Projected, 471
z ZINC, Pure, Physical Properties and Crystal Structure of, 91
Zululand Plant for Extracting Tanning Material from Wattle Bark, 471
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