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A AERIAL Ropeway for Colliery—-we Coal, &c.» Kent Colliery
Aerial Ropeway for Passenger Traffic up Mount
Hood, Near Portland, Oregon, 355
AERONAUTICS : Aerial Survey by Seaplanes of Chittagong Hill Tract, 159
Aeroplane, D.H. Moth, Production Increase Would Reduce Price More than 50 Per Cont., 603
Aeroplane Engine Supercharger Submitted to Government Testa in Military Machines, 657
Air-cooled Aeroplane Engine, New', The “ Wright Cyclone,” United States Navy’s Successful Tests, 45
Aircraft Apprentices, Vacancies, 137
Aircraft Budding in Spain. 657
Air Transport Between Tasmania and
Australian Mainland, Company’s Equipment, 551
AERONAUTICS {continued) :
Royal Aero Club Sending Racing Seaplanes to Compete in Italian Waters, 241
AMERICAN Engineering Colleges and Engineering Research, 495
Ammonia, Synthetic, Plant of Lazote Inc., Projected Considerable Enlargement, 101
Ammonia, Synthetic Production of, in Various Countries, Comparison of Statistics, 101
Ammonium Compounds Accidental Explosion, Investigation into Fundamental Conditions Causing Such to Arise, 101
Andalusit, Mineral for Production of Heat-resisting Refractories, 327
Antwerp Port Equipment Greatly Increased, 495
Antwerp, Tenders for Three New Graving Docks, Proposed, 355
Arc Welding, Best Papers on. Money Given for Awards, 441
Argentina’s Projected Outlay on Now Port of Buenos Aires and other Works, 299
Artificial Silk not to be Manufactured in Japan, 129
Asbestos Mining and Kurunian Natives, 185
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association or Consulting Engineers : Annual Dinner, 225
Association of Diesel Engine Users : February Meeting, Growth of the Association, 197
Association of Engineers, Belfast : Latest. Two-cycle Double-acting Oil Engine, J. Burdon, 370
Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers :
W. E. Highfleld Shield, Competition Awards, 535
Institute of Chemistry :
Borough Council's Demand to Inspect Private Laboratory Illegal, 15
Forty-ninth Annual General Meeting, Supply of Chemists Exceeding Demand, 200
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES
(continued) :
Institute, Iron and Steel :
Annual General Meeting, 140. 428
Autumn Meeting to ho Held at Glasgow, 311
Invitation to Visit Spain in 1928, 522
Annual Dinner, 140
Carnegie Fund Grants, 140
Programme of Proceedings, 428
Bessemer Gold Medal Awards, 311
Institute of Metals :
Annual Dinner, 283
Annual General Meeting in London and Autumn Meeting in Derby, Date Fixtures, 45
“Trade Alloys,” Compilation of Full List of, 365
Institute, Royal, of British Architects • Royal Gold Medal Award, 453
Institution of ('hemical Engineers :
Examinations for Associate Membership, 225
ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued): Institution of Civil Engineers :
Annual Dinner, 370
Annual General Meeting, Awards for Papers, 517
Election of Officers and Council, 559
Heat Engine Trials Committee, Meeting, 611
Institution of Electrical Engineers :
A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 32
Award for Papers, 535
Electro-pneumatic Lamp, German, Very Old. 299
Faraday Medal, Sixth Annual Award, 116
I. E.E. Regulations for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings. 697
Null Methods of Measuring Ratio and Phase Displacement of Two Alternating Voltages, 13. C. Chureher, 469
Summer Meeting at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 481
Wireless Section Committee, 1927-28, Nominations to the Committee, 586
Wireless Works Laboratory, P. K. Turner, 629
Institution of Engineers-in-Charge : Twenty-seventh Annual Dinner, 397
Institution of Engineers and Ship -BUILDERS IN SCOTLAND :
Joint Summer Meeting in Glasgow, 379
Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers :
Summer Meetings at Bournemouth, 611
Institution. Junior, of Engineers :
Annual Dinner. 481
Case Hardening. Percy J. Haler, 44
Iron Foundry Cupola, Efficiency of, Mr. Wolstenholme, 299
J. I.E. “ Old Brigade ” Meeting, 283
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, 213
Shock Absorber Units, Design and Construction. C. D. Holland, 469
Unusual Gathering, 200
Institution of Mechanical Engineers : North-Western Branch :
Machine Tools for Wheel and Axle Production, E. W. Tipple, 166
Institution of Mining Engineers :
Summer Meeting at Newcastle, 228, 697
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy :
Annual Dinner, 222
sXnmial General Meeting. 222
Awards for Papers, &<x, 361
Institution of Municipal and County Engineers : Yorkshire District :
Competition and Prizes Offered. 240
Institution of Naval Architects :
Annual General Meeting. 140
Annual Dinner, 140
Institution. North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :
Joint Summer Meeting in Glasgow. 370
Institution of Public Lighting Engineers :
Conference to bo Hehl at Brighton, 370
Institution of Railway Signal Engi -
NEERS:
Annual Meeting. Elections and Report, 168 Signalling System, New, at Charing Cross, Cannon-street and London Bridge, W. J. Thorowgood, 577
Institution, Royal :
Annual Meeting, 507
General Meetings and Elections, 174, 535, 671
Reports and Elections, 507
Institution of Structural Engineers :
Annual Dinner. 559
Rrenforce Travelling Scholarship, 311 Examinations for Graduateship and Associate Membership, 674
Scholarship and Medals Awards for Competitive Design, 684
Society of Chemical Industry :
Phenol-Aldehyde Resin, Product Possibilities and Difficulties, 327
Society of Engineers :
Premiums for Technical Papers, 684
Society. Illuminating Engineering :
Novel Form of Discussion, 327
Society, Royal Aeronautical :
Alteration of Rule for Chairman's Term of Office ; Re-election of Colonel the Master of Sempill, 547
Society, Royal, of Arts :
Competition of Industrial Designs, 1927, 463
Society. Royal Meteorological :
Wireless Transmission and the Upper Atmosphere, Dr. E. V. Appleton, 577
AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth Lighthouse Service, 45
Austrian State Highways, Reconstruction Planned. 441
Automatic Telephone Conversion, This Year’s Programme for London and Provinces. 269 Automatic Telephone Exchanges for Brisbane.
To be Supplied by British Firm, 129 Automobiles, Output in Canada, 469
B
BARRAGE on the Moldau near Prague, Preliminary Work, 15
Beet Production. Increase Necessary if the Industry is to become Successful, 159
Beet Sugar Corporation Factory at Cupar, Anglo-Scottish. Acreage Planned for Beet Growing. 331
Beet Sugar Factory for Lincolnshire. 159
Beet Sugar Factory Proposed for Bedfordshire, 657
Beira Harbour. East Africa. Dredging and Improvement, 413
Belfast Association of Engineers, Electrically Operated Ship’s Deck Machinery, W. E. Porter, 155
Belfast Harbour, Improvement of Quays, 469
Belgian Rails for South Africa, Reporter Rejection of More than 25 per cent, or Account of Defects. 269
Bengal and Need of Irrigation for Cultivatior of Land and Reduction of Malaria, 15
Billingham Works of Synthetic Ammonia am Nitrates. Extension Work Delayed by Coa Stoppage, 24
Birmingham Decides Against Acquiring Canals 241
Bituminous Sands of Northern Alberta to b< Used for Road Surfacing, 15
Blast-furnace (las and Recovery of Crude Cyanide. 269
Blasting Under Mining Conditions, Study am Investigation by U.S. Bureau of Mines. 101
Board of Trade and Ministry of Transport Rumours as to Work Readjustment, 79
Boiler Failures, Statistics and Boiler Insurance 101
Boiler Plates, Embrittlement of, Remedy Dis covered by Experiments, 551
Boiler Scale Formation, Report, 577
Boiler, Vertical, Failure, Official Report, 629
Boilers on Ships, Stopper Rods and Washers
Board of Trade Warning. 45
Boron Oro Discovery in Majave Desert, Cali fornia, 327
Brazilian Factory for Chemical Treatment ol National Fibres, Manufacture of Rope, &c. Concession Asked for. 45
Brick Factory at East Beauport, Quebec Projected. 413
Brick-making Plant for 150,000 Bricks foi
British Columbia, Whittaker and Co., 576
Bricks Made of Calcium Phosphate, 269
Bricks. Standard Size Fixed by Canadian Association. 327
BRIDGES Bridge Replacement Across the Coleron River, India, 355
Buffalo and Fort Erie ami Peace Bridge Connecting Canada with U.S.A., Opened, 657
('haring Cross, Proposed Double-decker Bridge, 657
Cologne and Millheim Bridge over the Rhine to bo Built by Krupps, 75, 185
Cologne and Millheim Now Bridge, Prize Design Condemned by Experts, 469 ; Final Decision in Favour of Suspension Bridge, 577
Cologne, New Bridge Over the Rhine, 75
Concrete Arch Highway Bridge, Series of Load Tests to be Carried out on, 603
Concrete Bridge in Durban North, Longest Erected by Private Enterprise, 129
Concrete Highway Bridge, Largest Yet Undertaken in United States, 495
Double-deck Bridge Over Clarence River, New South Wales, Fresh Tenders to be Invited, 15
International Bridge Across the St. Lawrence River Projected, 45; Project Rejected by Dominion House of Commons, 441
Lions’ Gate at Vancouver, Bridge Across, Projected, 355
Murray River Bridge at Echuca, Strengthening Completed, 629
Murray River, New Bridge Projected, 71
Nerbuddo Bridge, India, 577
New Bridge Over the Clyde at Finnieston, 523
Niagara Falls, Bill for Construction of Bridge Opposed as Likely to Spoil Beauty of the Falls, 355
Port of New York. Projected Bridge to Connect Bayonne, N.J., with Staten Island, 241
Projected Bridge Across the Danube, 159
Reinforced Concrete Bridge Across Minnesota River, Claimed as Record, 101
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Fourth and Last Bearing Completed for, 629
Timber Trestle Bridge near Tacoma, Washington, 523
BRITISH Columbia, Greatest Water Power Unit Yet Discovered, Reserved by Government, 355
British Electrical and Allied Industries’ Research Association :
Sixth Annual Report, 174
British Empire Overseas, Research Relating to, 75
British Engineering Standards Association :
Specifications :
Bull-head Rails, 253
Drawn Steel Reinforcement Bars, Proposed New Specification, 674
British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Exhibition, 383
British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, Seventh Annual General Meeting. 611 ; Report, 629
British Optical Science. 566
Buenaventura Harbour, Agreement for Improvements at, 685
Surma Oil Company’s Agreement with Bugti Tribe in Beluchistan, 577
Burma, Sal in (’anal System to be Remodelled.
Also Singan Swamp to be Reclaimed, 551
>ABLE. New Electric. Laid Between Boulogne and Sandgate, 355
'admium Production at United States Plants, 75
Calcutta and Bombay Telephone Connection nearly 1800 Miles in Ixmgth, 129
Canada, Forest Fires Damage Lust Year, 523
'anada, the Main Source of M orld’s Supply of Cobalt. 129
'anada’s Diamond Jubilee Commemoration, 75
'anada’s First Air Mail Service, 550
Anada’s Forests, Campaign for Protection from Fires, 469
‘anadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Calgary Branch Extension. 129
'anadian and Uni toil States Co-operation in 1 nve^tigations Affecting the Mineral Industry, 603
'anadinn Vickers Company’s Busy Season. 101 anal. Direct, in Belgian Territory, from Meuse to Antwerp, Proposed, 657
Caimi, Hoover Commission Reports in Favour of the St. Lawrence Route for Canal from Croat Lakes to the Atlantic, 15
Carbon Monoxide, Contamination of Tunnel
Air, Tests Made in U.S.A., 299
Cardington Airship Mooring Tower, 586
Caustic Soda and Chlorine, Factory for Manufacture of. Near Sydney, Australia, 129
Cellulose Acetate, Industrial Use of, in France, 629
Cement in Great Britain, Largely Increased Output., 413
Central Marine Engine Works, 143
Cheap Power, Booklet, Ruston and Hornshy, Ltd., 146
Chilo Starting Factory for Copper Wire to Secure Independence of Foreign Markets, 603
Chimneys of Reinforced Concrete, Vastly Superior in Wind Resistance to Brick or Steel, 15
Coal Liquefaction Plant and Calcium Nitrate Plant in Germany, 129
COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES : Barnsley Seam Reached at the New Upton Colliery, Near Doncaster, 657
Battery of Twenty Coke Ovens to be Put Up Near Barnsley, 383
Bedlington Coal Company, Extensive Improvements Involve Suspension of Work, 629
Bergins Process of Treating Coal, Dr. J. A. Roelofsen, 185
Bituminous Coal. Second International Conference, 326
Brazilian Government and Coal Mining, 185
British Coal-raising Record. 213
British Columbia Coal Production in 1926, Reduced Amount, 269
By-products Works to Experiment on Low-temperature Carbonisation, 441
Canadian Improved Coal Output, 213
Chimney Stack Razed to the Ground and Path-Head Colliery Dismantled, 159
Coal Analysis. Report on, 413
Coal, Modern Methods of Using as Fuel. 383, Coal Seam Discovery in Newfoundland, 523 Coal Seam Reported Struck at Crosby, Cumberland, 97
Coal Shipments from the Tyne, 213
Coals and Temperature at which Decomposition Begins, General Investigation in Progress, 603
Colliery Company Reopening in Lancashire. 159
Colliery Wharf on the River Ouse, 213
Czechoslovakia Hard Coal Production Statistics for 1926, 241
Durham and Northumberland Coalfields, Physical and Chemical Survey of, 441
English and German Coal Markets Position During and Since the English Strike, 495
Formosa, Output of Cool from, 577
France, Output of Coal and Pig Iron in January and February, 469
Gas Supply Over Long Distances Direct from Coal Pits, Question Under Consideration, 83
Hungary’s Slump in Coal Demand, Coalgetting Restricted, 355
Kent Colliery and Aerial Ropeway, Probable Closing of Colliery, 327 ; Revival of Scheme, Favourable Result Hoped for, 657
Koppers Continuous Vertical Chamber Coke Ovens, First Installation in this Country, 383
Low-temperature Carbonisation of Cofel on Large Scale Proposed for Canada, 441
National Coal Resources, 342
Oil Shale, Distilling, Fushun Colliery Plant for, 434
Oil Shale Laboratory Work and Further Developments at Fushun Collieries, 469
Output of Coal from Mines of Great Britain, 21 Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company, Ltd., Appointment of Managing Director, 45
Pulverised Coal for Scotch Marine Boilers, Favourable Result of Laboratory Tests, 653 Safety in Coal Mining. Problems, 629
Scam of Coal Found During Well Sinking, Near Leamington, 551
Seaharn Harbour, New Coal Pit Projected, 667
Sinking Progress at New Colliery at Upton, 213
South .African Coal Industry, Natal Sdbtion, Crippled for Lack of Railway Rolling Stock, 15
South Australia, Coal and Lignite Resources of. 213
Soviet Union Sinking New Coal Shafts, 551
Union of South Africa’s Coal Output in November, 1926, 269
United States Statistics of Coal Mine Fatalities in 1926. 241
Weinyss Coal Company’s Shaft. Record Diameter. 629
COLD Storage Warehouse, Large. Projected Construction for Benefit of British Columbia Fruit Crop, 15
Collapse of Tank and Tower Duo to Removal of Rod Connections, 159
Colonial Scientific and Research Service. 685
Columns Having H-shaped Sections. Testing of Different Types of Construction, 101
Commercial Motor Users Association, Annual London Motor Parade, 228
Compressed Air System, Transmission Losses in, 657
Concrete Construction, Novel System for Houses at Cambridge, 383
Concrete, Result of Heat Test. Effects, 15
Concrete Slab Lowered by Means of Melting Ice Blocks. 523
Congo, Cataract Region of. to be Made Navigable for Large Steamers, 75
Congress on the Explosion Engine, 618
Congress of Gas Engineers, Coke Oven Managers anti Fuel Section of Society of Chemical Industry Postponed, 159
Continental New Steamship Route. French Steamers and L.M. and S. Railway, 441
Copper Mines, Allihies, Berehaven, Co. Cork, Work Resumed. 355
Copper Ore Raised by Union Mini ere du Haut Katanga, 129
Copper Pipe Explosion, Probable Cause of, 551 Corona Discharge During Cracking of Oils. 185 Corrosion, An Interesting Case of, in Adelaide, H. E. Bellamy. 45
Crane Accident, Unusual, 413
ude Petroleum Refining in Great Britain* 441 ystal Detectors. Rectifying Action of, 551 itting Speed of a Diamond Bit Used in Oilfields. 45
’.echoslovak Projected Fund for Road Im provement on Large Scale, 299
AM Building in Record Time, but at Record Cost, 269
amming the Water of Three Lakes m Quebec.
Plans Submitted. 45
»ead Sea Mineral Contents, Estimated Value of. 523
»eath of Colonel H. G. Prout, 241
letonation in an Engine Using Liquid Fuel. 185 liamonds, Black, and White or Borts* 15 ►iesol Engine Burning Whale Oil, 213
iiesel Engines versus Steam Turbines, Result of Costs Calculation, 185
lock Facilities, Possible Establishment of, on the River Tees, 694
loulton’s Manufacture of Stoneware Drainage Pipes Transferred from Lambeth to Erith, 577 >redger Breakdown at Bombay, Result of Investigation, 551
>urban Technical College Extensions, 327
First Completed
Road* 495
Null Methods of
in this
AST London. South Africa. Projected Turning Basin 1000ft. Square, 551
lelipse of the Sun, Total, Lantern Lecture. 538 Idinburgh and Glasgow Section of New Arterial
LECTRICAL MATTERS Alternating Voltages,
Measuring Ratio and Phase Displacement, R. C. Churcher, 469
Assisted Wiring Scheme Increases Customers. 495
Atmosphere and the Variation in Electric-Field, 129
Auxiliary Hot-water Heating System in Electric Houses at Glasgow, 129
Basingstoke Electricity Works. 314
British Columbia's Electric Development, 185 British Electrical Development Association
Annual Dinner. 339
Calcutta Big Power Station, First of Three Turbines Started Up, 101
Capo Town Electricity Undertaking, Proposed Extensions, 519 ; and Expenditure on- 603 o
Carolina Company Installing Electric Storage Batteries, each Weighing 100,000 1b., 15
Columbia Power Station Remarkable Operating Results, 469
County of London Electric Supply Company, New Engineer-in-Chief, 577
Design and Balancing of Three-phase, Low-tension Systems. W. Fordham Cooper, 603
Destructive Insects Destroyed by Electric Light, 241
Distributors of Too .Small Area, Needless Expense Caused by Replacement to Meet Increasing Demand, 523
Electrical Blasting from a Circuit. Needfu. Precautions, 159
Electric Crucible Furnace, First
Country, 355
Electrical Generating Plant Extension at Beckton Works, 213
Electrical Industry in the U.S.A., 213
Electric Motor Breakdown. Interesting Case of. 495
Electric Trolley Bus, 298
Electricity from Coke Oven Gas. Staveley Coaland Iron Company’s Progress, 15
Electricity (Supply) Act. 1926. 113
Extra High-tension Systems. Fourth Conference on, 15 .
French Regulations as to I se of Electrical Equipment Underground. 241
Fukien Province of China, Electricity Supply for Kulangsu, 15
German Use of Electricity. Report of the Industry, 629
Ghent, New Central Electricity Station Completed, 299
Hackney Electricity Committee. I roposed Extensions* 551
Heating. Electric, in Strasbourg. Great Increase in Consumption, 185
House Heating by Electricity, 75
Hull. Quebec’, Ample Supply of Electric Energy for any Industry, 413
Industrial Electric Heating Load in I mted States, 495
Insulating Material. Valuable Discovery, Professor A. I. X offe* 269
International High-tension Transmission Congress, the Fourth, to bo held in Paris, 523
Italy. Large Transformers in Use, 629
Kootenay River. British Columbia. New Generating Station, 383
Large Electric Generators for Southern California, Unusual Design, 241
Liverpool Power Station, Second Large Generating Sot to be Installed, 101
Low-tension Supply Appliances, 495 Melbourne Electrical Exhibition. 551 Mercury-Arc Rectifier, Automatic, Substation at Verdun, Quebec, 241
Mica, Chief Use in Electrical Industries 577 Moffatt Tunnel Rock Removal by Shot Fired by Electric Current at Washington, 277
Moscow Report on Electrification of the Donetz Biwin, 269
1200-Kdowatt Oil-driven Plant at Ashford, Position of Small Stations. 469
Power Plant, 50,000-Kilowatt. Proposed for Supply of Electricity to Canberra, Australia, 450
Power Transmission Line. High-voltage, between Montiers and Lyons. Underground Cable Installed for a High Section of the Line, 603
Pumps, Electrically Driven, for Irrigation, 43 Restaurant with all Heat. Light and Power Derived from Electricity. 80
Safety Lamp, New Electric Type, 213
ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued) :
Salmon River. Idaho. Horse-power Development Anticipated. 269
Secondary Batteries in Warships, Restricted Use of. 469
Shannon Electricity Supply Bill, 299
Society Electricpie du Nord-Ouest, Prosperous Financial Year, 558
South Africa. Increase in Imports of Elec-. trical Machinery, 551
Southend Suggests Electricity Power Station Erection on Canvey Island, 269
Swellendam, South Africa, Electric Lighting Scheme for. 129
Tasmanian Hydro-electric Supply System. Great Increase in Number of Consumers, 101
Towers for Transmission Line from the Shannon to Dublin, 213
Turbo-alternator Set, 20,000-Kilowatt, Alternator for, C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd., 87
Turbo-alternator Set, 25,000-Kilowatt, for Liverpool, Installation Followed by Order for Second Similar Set, 299
Victorian State Electricity Commission, Various Extensions and Undertakings, 261
Welding Electrode, New Tpye, 495
West Midland Electricity Scheme for Area of 1095 Square Miles, 159
ELECTROLUX Works, Luton, 592
Electro platers* and Depositors* I'echoica! Society, Electro-deposited Coatings for Prevention of Corrosion, H. Sutton, 158 ; Electro-deposition of Iron, T. Jolmston, 256
Elevator for Canada. Largest Single-working Constructed in One Unit, 685
Empire Sugar, 428
" Engineer ” Degree to Involve Nine Years’ "Work, 45
Engineers’ League Challenge Shield for Rifle Shooting, 29
Excavation of Submarine Pipe Trench, 75
EXHIBITIONS : A.E.G. Transformer Works. Berlin, Plant for New Treatment of Oil, 657
British Industries Fair, 45 ; American Buyers to Obtain Remission of Feo on Passport Visa to Great Britain, 45
Como, Exhibition, Commemorative Centenary, 101
Exhibition of Results of Recent Research Work on Adhesives Application, 15
International Foundry Exhibition to be Organised in Paris, 657
Melbourne Electrical Exhibition, 551
Melbourne, Exhibition of British Goods, 181
Milan Sample Fair. 228
Model Railway Club Annual Exhibition. 469 North-East Coast Industries Exhibition
Postponed, 327
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 222
Royal Dublin Society’s Spring Show at
Ball's Bridge, 159
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition. 213
Street Lighting Appliances Exhibition at Brighton, 197
Trade Exhibition at Manchester of Modern Power Efficiency Machinery, 241
EXPLOSION of Hot Plate and Needful Precautions, Board of Trade Comments. 15
Explosion of a Stenin Trap, 75
Explosion of Tube in Steam-heated Oven.
Surveyor’s Report, 629
F FACTORY’, Crosse and Blackwell, to be Used for Artificial Silk Manufacture, 129
Failure of Old Gauge (Bass Fitting on Board a
Steam Drifter, 15
Fairs—nee Exhibitions
Faraday House Electrical Engineering College
Entrance Scholarships, 425
Federated Malay States to Import Dredgers for
Flood Prevention Work, 241
Federation of British Industries Meeting, 314
Fertiliser from Vegetable Refuse, Scheme for
Production at Birmingham, 327
Furnish Manufacture of Gunpowder and Nitro-cellulose, 241
Fire in Chemical Works and Use of Ammonia Gas. 75
Fires. Carbon Bisulphide, Necessary Precaution in Use of Water for Extinction, 269
Fishing Industry. Recovery of By-products, 327
Flame Movement, The Study of, O. C. de C.
Ellis. 469
Forest Products Research Laboratory. Paper on Movement of Moisture Through Wood. 15
Fracture of Quartz by Heat, Result of Laboratory Experiments, 241
France. Output of Coal and Pig Iron in January and February, 469
“ Frigorifico ” nt South Dock, Buenos Aires, Most Up-to-date Cold Storage, 327
Fruit in Cold Storage and Temperature Precautions, 213
Fruit Storage in Gas, Experiments. 523
Fuel Research ami By-products, 75
G GALVESTON Bay. Coast Submergence. 159
Garbage, Household, New Method for Recovery of Valuable Products from, 129
Gas Welding for Chromium Alloys, 555
Gasworks, Dawsholm, Glasgow, Projected Extension of, 129
Germany, Reported Projected Company to Study Problem of Long-distance Production of Gas from Lignite. 551
Gold Find, Very Rich, on Western Shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza, 355
Gold Output from South African Mines in 1926. 159. 185
Gold. Particles of, New Electrical Device for Reclaiming, 355
Gold Recovery from Cleaning Up of Old Plant in Abandoned South African Mine, 523
Gold Yield of New South Wales for 1926, 355
Gun-laying in Warships, Device for Reducing
Effects of Rolling and Pitching. 355
H HAIFA and Baghdad. Transport Service Projected. 185
Harbour Works in Spain. 657
Heat Insulating Materia! with Cork as Basis. 355
Heat Transfer to Heavy Oils in Steam Heaters.
Result of Experiments, 577
Herne Bay Waterworks, Centrifugal Bore hole Pump, 15
High-speed Steel Hacksaw Blades. Sir W. G.
Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 253
Highway Engineering, Chair of, at London University, 685
Hull. Alexandra Dock Gates Reconstruction, 413
Hume Reservoir. Australia. Threatened with Extinction, Urgent Need of Improved Management, 603
Hydraulic Accumulators. Advantage of Using Air Pressure Instead of Dead Weight for Loading, 14
Hydro-electric Development of Canada, 129. 383
Hydro-electric Development of Switzerland, 629
Hydro-electric Installation on Batiscan River, Canada, Particulars of, 666
Hydro-electric Plant in California, 60in. Penstock for, 355
Hydro-electric Plants, Very Large, on Winnipeg River, 355, 413
Hydro-electric Power Plant Construction on the Saluda River. Platts by Lexington Water Power Company. Columbia. 355
Hydro-electric Power Station at Meso. Inauguration by Crown Prince of Italy. 657
Hydro-electric Scheme. Mandi, India, 'funnel Piercing to Begin. 523
Hydro-electric Scheme on Susquehanna River, Maryland. Progress of. 15
Hvdro-elert ric Schemes in Victoria. Australia. 551
Hydro-electric Schemes at Zurich, in the Enga-dine, and the Lower A are River, 211
I ICEBERGS, High Temperatures for Rapid Destruction of, 603
Ijinuiden, North Sea Port. Now Lock to he Largest in the World. 129
Impact of Light Effects and Value of Attention to them, 241
Indian Road and Transport Development Association, 280
India's Surfeit of Self-termed Engineers, 129
Industrial Liverpool. 531
Industry. New, tor Manufacture of Megans into
Building Boards. At.. 101
Ingot Mould. Huge Size of, 383
Institutes and Institutions—Associations
International Commission on Illumination.
Meeting at Bellagio, 586
International Conference on Large Electric High-tension Systems. 481
Irish Engineering and Foundry Firm Completes Ninety-six Years of Continuous Activity. 15
Irish Free State’s Road Grant, 269
IRON AND STEEL Ashton Mechanical Iron Puddling Process.
635
Blast-furnaces, I<lle for \cars, Being Blown in. 383
Cast Steel, Alternating Stress Fatigue Tests. Professor H. F. Moore, 15
Cobalt Steel Magnets, Super Cast, J. F.
Kayser, 45
Electrodeposition of Iron. T. Johnston, 256
European Steel Cartel’s Output, 269
Foundry Moulds and Cores. Nitride .Application to Surface of, a great Advantage. F. Bickowsky, 45
Gamngara Manganese Corporation Formed in South Africa. 577
Gaseous Reduction of Iron Ore, Mr. Heihachi Kamura, 523
Heat Treatment of Steel. Recent Experiments. 657
Ilmenite-bearing Iron Ores. New Use for, 213
Indian Tariff Board Report and Steel Industry Protection. 185
Ingots of Basic Open-hearth Steel. Huge Size, 629
Iron Deposits Discovered in Mountains of County Leitrim. 159
Iron Oro from Hudson Bay Island to be Tested in England. 159
Iron Smelting. New Electrical Process of, 383
Iron and Steel Industry in Pretoria, 129
Manganese Deposits in Kurutnan District.
South Africa. 462
Manganese Ores Research in the United States, 523
Manganese Steel Railway Crossings. 413
Maple Leaf Steel Mills, Development on Large Scale of Iron and Steel Manufacture, 15
Molybdenum Used in Steel, New Method, 383
Mysore Ironworks, Scheme tn Utilise Byproducts, 685
National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Reports :
Furnaces in Blast, Pig Iron and Steel Production in 1926, 185
Furnaces in Blast, Pig Iron and Steel Production in January. 185
Furnaces in Blast, Pig Iron and Steel Production, Comparison Between 1926 and 1927, in February. 299
Furnaces in Blast. Pig Iron and Stool Production, Comparison Between 1926 and 1927, in March, 413
Furnaces in Blast. Pig Iron and Steel Production, Comparison Between 1926 and 1927, in April, 577
Furnaces in Blast, Pig Iron and Steel Pro duction, Comparison Between 1926 and 1927, in May. 657
Orc Extraction from Mounds Near Cleveland Ironstone Mines, 213
Pig Iron Imports into the United States in 1925, 269
Pig Iron, New and Valuable Type in Norway. 129
Record Steel Output, 213
IRON AND STEEL (continued) :
South Africa, Sub-Continent. Major Occur-ences of Iron Ore. 419
South Australia, Production of Iron Ore, Statistics, 685
South Russian Steel Works Tube Mill and Steel Plant. 383
Steam Pipes, Cast Iron, for High Pressures, Need of Great Care to Secure Even Thickness of Metal, 503
Steel, British and American, Compared, 45
Steel Pipes Manufacture in Factory Projected at Vereeniging, S.A.. 81
Steel Production by New Furnace at Cardiff. A British Record. 523
Steel Protection Bill in Indian Legislative Assembly, 129
Steel Sections, Arc-welded. Better than Cast Iron for Machine Parts* J. F. Lincoln, 603
Swedish Iron Industry, Government Measures for Support, 685
Swedish Ironworks Collaboration in Technical Research Work, Extension of, 685
Technological Laboratory in American Steel Industry, 495
United States Iron Ore Mining Statistics for 1926, 100
IRRIGATION Project Submitted to Mexican Government, 523
Irrigation Pumps, Electrically Driven, 13
J JAPAN’S Total Disappearance into the Pacific
Predicted if Earthquakes Continue, 413
Johannesburg Municipal Gasworks, 185
Jubilee of Service, 29
KAURI Timber Industry of New Zealand ami
Use of Waste Wood, 495
L LANDSLIDES in South Wales, Professor G. Knox, 413
Lead and Copper Production in the United States in 1925 and 1926, 129
Lead Discoveries in Kiaochow and at Tsian, Fengtien Province, 241
Lead Mine, Derelict for Nearly Eighty Years, Reopened on Discovery of Rich Vein, 355
Lead Mine, Western Australia, New Treatment Plant Completed, 441
Lead Mines Near Harrogate Reopened, 159
Lead Mining Industry in Wales, Attempted Re vivid, 269
Lead Producing Field in South-West Africa, Hopeful Prospect from, 185
Lenham By-pass. Concrete Road, Officially Opened. 413
Liege-Antwerp Canal, Direct. Proposed. 685
Lime Whitewash for Brickwork of High Temperature Industrial Furnaces, E. P. Arthur and Others, 495
Limestone Removal by' Mining Superior to Quarrying. 383
Lincoln Cathedral Repairs. Fresh Defects Discovered, 327
Load Tests on a Concrete Arch Highway Bridge, 603
Loughborough College, British Empire Scholarships Awards. 592
Lubricants. Good, from Certain Crude Oils.
Tests in .America. 441
Lubricants, G. W. Watson. 355
Lubrication Problems. 535
M MACHINE Tool Home Trade Slowly Recovering, 495
Machine Tool Trades' Association, Annual Dinner. 339
Madras Hydro-electric Schemes and Railway Electrification in South India. Government Committee to be Appointed, 159
Magnesite Beds in Manchuria. 75, 213
Magneto, The High-tension, with Tungsten Contacts. 441
Manchester’s Lark of Light and Excessive Deposit of Foreign Matter from Atmosphere.
| Manhattan Island Excavation, Island's Value Now and 300 Years Ago. 450
Manitoba, Highway Construction Programme, 413
Marlow Lock Reopened After Reconstruction. 409
Measurement of Air Flow in Mines, 355
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, 367, 400
Mercury Obtained in Distillation of Coal Tar. 413
Mercury, Selling Price of, Negotiations Between Spanish and Italian Governments, 269
Mersey Tunnel, Now. Settlement Reached as to Birkenhead Entrances, 469
Metallic Alloys, Reported Discovery of Three New, 523
Metrovick Carnival, 397
Mexico City and Acapulco, Highway Between, Extensive Scheme Planned. 603
Mino Ventilation Problems, C. F. Raney. 355
Mineralogical Analyses. Varieties in Chemical Investigation. 327
Mines Accidents Statistics for 1926, 213
Mining Prospects in Canada, Dr. Adam Shortt, 383
Molybdite, Two New Leaching Methods for Recovery of, 129
Montevideo Scheme for Construction of the Rambla Sud (South Sea Wall:. 241
Montreal, Port of. Further Expenditure on Development, 15
Monument to Eiffel Projected in Paris, 159
Motor Road Proposed Between Genoa, Milan and Hamburg, 101
Motor Transport Growth in Southern Rhodesia, 241
Motor Vehicle Increase in India and Ceylon, Creation of Central Road Board and other Measures Proposed, 101
Mysore State Industries, Experiments, 685
N
I NATAL Sugar Industry and Alcohol Production as Motor Spirit, 269
| Natural Gas for Lifting Oil from Deep Oil Wells,
Natural Graphite. Chief Uses of. 657
Newfoundland Mining Industry Revival Possible, 213
New Zealand Invites Tenders for Electric Locomotives, Machinery and Material from British Firms, 269
New Zealand’s Variety of Heavy Orders Placed in United Kingdom, 327
Newsprint Factory Projected at Port Arthur, Ontario, 355
Newsprint Factory at Winnipeg, Projected Increase, 356
Newsprint Mills at Bathurst. New Brunswick, 355
Newsprint Production in Canada, 603
Nigeria’s Road and Railway Construction Programme, 327
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Government Aid in
Brazil in Erection of Factory for Fixation, 75
North /Australia Needs Works Engineer, 603
Nova Scotia. Wealth in Gypsum Shipped to the
United States, 441
o OIL from Alaska. Poor Prospect of, 185
Oil, Commercial Production of. by Hydrogenation of Brown Coal, 383
Oil. Crude, Production in Tasmania, 159
Oil Discovery Near Grand View, Canada. 129
Oil Drilling Operations. Analysing Underground Waters Encountered, 685
Oil Recovery in Large Quantities by the Bowie-Gavin Process, 159
Oil Removal from Steam Engine Condenser Water, Professor Dijkshoorn, 269
Oil Sand and “ Tar Spring ” Accessible Deposits in Canada und in California, 129
Oil Shale. Valuable Discovery in Lomiuimav
Valley, Chili, 523
Oil Shale—nee afno Coal
Oils and Lubricants, Specifications for India
Stores Department. 185
Oldest Engineering Firm. 312
Ontario Association of Professional Engineers,
Annual Meeting, 185
Ontario Road Construction Schemes. 383
Ontario’s Wealth in Valuable White ami Red Pine. 383
Oxygen, Percentage Necessary to Keep in Good Health, 299
P
| PAINT Spraying Machines for Clyde Shin.
269^8' on Employers’ Proposals,
Palestine’s Interest in Dead Sea Concession for Extraction of Potash, 495
Panama and Suez Canals Traffic Comparison. 185
Paper. High Quality. Successful Production from State Forests Bamboo. Bombay. 685
Paper Pulp Manufacture in Tasmania, Expert-mental Plant. 685
Paper Pulp Mill Projected on Vancouver Island, 185
Past and Present Crewe Pupils’ Thirty-seventh Annual Dinner. 618
Patent Prolongation of Five Years. 159
Pavement, Double, Type Being Used in Paris, 629
Petrol, Synthetic, and Other By-products from Spitzbergen Coal, Factory "for Production. 523
Petroleum Industry Losses Due to Formation of Water in Oil Emulsions, 15
Petroleum in Okla, U.S.A., Very Large Increase in Production by New Method, 45
Petroleum Operations at Infantas, Colombia, Success Results. 129
Petroleum Pipe Lines in the United States, 185 Petroleum Reserves of America, Deeper Drilling Believed to be Best Solution for Supply, 101 11 ?
Phenolic. Products Removal from Effluent Liquors from Distillation of Gasworks Ammonia, 383
Platinum Concentrates in South Africa. Output of, 577
Platinum Discovery in Quebec. 657
Platinum and Palladium Recovery while Refining Nickel-copper Matte, 657
Platinum, Rich Deposit Discovered in Province of Quebec, 327
Plumbago Industry. Flagging, in Ceylon, 577
Portland Cement, British Rapid-hardening.
for Re-paving of Broadway. New York. 523 Portuguese Government Plans for Good Roads, 502
Potash Salts Reserves. Russian Geological Mission Investigation Report, 523
Power Alcohol Manufacture on the Queensland Sugar Fields, 241
Power Alcohol Plant Near Mackay, Queensland, Large Capacity of. 355
Power Generation and Distribution. Commission of Inquiry Appointed by Saskatchewan Government, 4)3
Power Provision to Replace Diesel Plant bv , Harnessing Umtata Falls, South Africa, 355 Presentation to Professor Dempster Smith. 425 Prince Edward Island, Expenditure on Harbours and Rivers, 603
Printing Trades and Illumination Research Committee’s Report, 299
Professor D. A. Low, Complimentary Dinner to,
Pulp and Paper Mill Plant Proposed for Erection on Vancouver Island, 657
Pulp and Paper Mill Projected for Prince George, British Columbia, 45
Pulp and Paper Production in Canada, Notable Industry, 189, 327
Pulpwood and Water Power Resources of Quebec, Development, 213
Q QUARRY Managers’ Institution, Annual Conference, 225
Quebec and Northern Ontario, Record Gold
Production Anticipated, 413
Quebec Rivalling Ontario and British Columbia as a Metal-producing Province, 129
R RADIUM Recovery After Passing Through Destructor Fires, 269
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS : Accidents ■■ Accident Inquiries Affected by the Strike and Coal Stoppage in 1926, 213
Anniversary of General Strike and Serious Accidents, 523
Collision, Due to Fog, Between Light Engine and Passenger Train, Report and Recommendation, 101
Collision Between Freight Trains, Inquiry and Report, 684
Collision at Gale St. Halt, on Tilbury Section, Report on Causes, 603, 685
Collision Between Light Engine and Passenger Train Near Birmingham, 159 Collision with Light Engine at Penistone Station, 241, 269
Collision of Scottish Express with Light Engine, 551
Collision, Serious, on Bengal-Nagpur Railway, 327
Collision at Sheffield Station, Result of Inquiry. 629
Collision Between Train and Motor Car at Unprotected Level Crossing, Report on, 413
Derailment hut Little Damage on Express from Manchester to York, 101
Fatal Accident to Driver on the L. and N.E.R., Report, 411
Fiftieth Anniversary of Remarkable Accident, 355
Finsbury Park Accident Report , 628
.Government- Inquiries into Accidents, 148 ’Hull Railway Disaster Inquiry, 213, 24 1. 327
Mishaps and Delayed Trains on the Southern and Metropolitan District Lines, 101
O< cupation Crossing Fatality Near Tottenham, 241
Past Years, Analysis of Accidents in the Present Century, 15
Report oit Accident at Roudhain, Ancient Regulations Still in Force, Bridge Recommended, 469
Report on Collision on the Southern Railway, 159
Report on Derailment Caused by Broken Brake Hanger, 218
Report on Derailment Outside Charing Cross Station After Re-signalling of Yard, 245
Report on Rawmarsh Fatal Collision, 327
Royal Commission Railway Accidents Report Fifty Years Ago, 159
Runaway Carriages Derailed and Damaged on Rishworth Branch, 129
Thirty-third Anniversary of Bad Accident, 625
American Interstate Bureau of Safety, Exception to General Good Will, 184
Anti-friction Clips for Switches, 159
Antioquia Railway, Projected Tunnel Between Santiago and Limon, 75
Appointments and Staff Changes, 75. 382, 523, 603, 662, 693
Australian Losses on Steam Tramways at Certain Centres to bj Abolished as Nonpaying Concerns, 101
Australian North-South Transcontinental Extension. First Sod Turned. 101
Automatic Signalling on the Great Northern Railway of America, Various Records of the Railway, 101
Automatic Train Control. New System on Reading—New Jersey—Railroad, 75 Automatic Train Control. Trial of New Switch to Cut Off Battery Automatically. 101
Avonmouth Light Railway Transferred from Private Ownership, 441
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Locomotives, Repainting and Re-naming, 469
Becontree Housing Scheme and Railway Extension Question, 185
Belgian Rails Supplied to South Africa, Considerable Proportion Rejected, South African Trade with the Empire, 299
Birthday Honours for Engineers and Industrialists, 629
Bridges—t>ec Separate Heading
Britain and Japan, Exchange of Courtesy, 685
British Columbia Electric Railway Plant, 185 ; (Letter), 559
British Railways Handicapped by Smallness of Goods Consignments. 413
Burmah Desires State Management of its Railways, 383
Buxton and Ashby Light Railway Closed Down. 241
Calais and Brussels. New Train to Connect with 11 a.m. Train from Victoria. 248
Canadian National Railways, Engineers’ Report on Proposed Route for New Line, 629
Canadian National Railways Improved Position. 383
Canadian National Railways, Programme for Construction of Branch Lines, 355
Canadian National Railway's Steady Financial Improvement, 15
Canadian Northern National Railways, Earnings in 1926, 185
Canal, Kennett and Avon, Question of its Future, 185
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): Central of New Jersey Railway New Bridge, 75, 677
Channel Tunnel Question, Scheme Opposed by all Parties, 603
Coal Stoppage and Wagon Supply Trouble, 213
Colombia, Survey on Section of the Puerto Witches Railway, 495
Compensation Money Paid to Railways. 269 Continuous Brakes for Goods Trains, 685
Cost of Living Figure and Extra Shilling for Railwaymen, 15
Court House Station. Changes of Ownership and Rolling Stock on Various Midland County Railways, 75
Danger of Using Boards Left on a Roof, 15
Death of Mr. George Deuchars, 441
Death of Mr. W. T. Foxleo, 383
Death of Mr. George A. Mountain, 327
Death of Mr. J. H. E. Secretan, 45
Dividend Reduction and Withdrawals from Reserve Funds on all the Principal Railways, 213
Dublin and Lucan Electric Railway Sold to Tramways Company, 629
East London, Transit Accommodation in. Suggested Postponement of Further House Building. 101, 185
Egyptian Government Railways Now* All Standard Gauge, 657
Electric Railways in the Ruhr and Westphalian District, Doubtful Scheme, 577
Finance Statistics of Four Great Lines. 657
Foreign Coal Contracts Necessitate Further Large Transferences from Reserved Funds, 213
Foreign Coal Imports and Shortage of Wagons 15
German Railway Students Touring English Railways, 495
Great Indian Peninsular Railway, Projected Independent Electric Power Station. 101
Great Northern Engine No. 1 Placed in York Museum, 383
Great Southern Railways of Ireland. Alterations in Signalling Operation at Killarncy .1unction, Kingstown. &c., 412
Great Western Railway : Junction, Old Oak Common, for Wycombe Line, Improvement. Projection. 495
Kennett and Avon Canal, Abandonment Decision Modified, 185
I,and Taken Over on Lease from G. W.R. by Patent Fuel Company. 277
Mineral Wagons, 20-Ton, Rebate of Charges to be Allowed for Use of Such, 129
Newton .Abbot Station Opened After Rebuilding, 441
Newton Abbot Station, Souvenir of Brunel, 577
Plymouth, Overseas Mails Arriving to be Handled by Belt Conveyor Instead of by Men. 495
Up and Down Lines for Engines and Empty Stock, 299
Wages Bill of the Company, 629
Guaranteed Week for Railwaymen Being Gradually Restored, 213
Harbin Electric Tramway Extension, 15
Heavy Outlay of Four Larger Companies Last Year on Engines and Rolling Stock, 383
Hudson Bay Railway Completion, Question of Choice of Termini, 469
Hull, Alexandra Dock Gates Reconstruction, 413
India, Class I. Railways. Locomotives and Rolling Stock Equipped with or Piped for Vacuum Brake, 15
Irish Mails between London and Belfast. Holyhead-Kingstown Route Restored, 469, 657
Irish Mails for Ulster. Suggested Change from Kingstown to Killough Harbour. County Down. 355
Irish National Wages Board, Chairman's Resignation. 629
Irish Railway Companies Financial Returns. 269
Italy, Increase in Length of Electrified Railways, 603
Johannesburg, Cost of New Railway Station Extensions, 327
Jointly Owned and also Light Railways.
Exceptional Legislation for, 523
Largest Passenger Locomotive (Correction), 26 Level Crossings, Occupation, or Otherwise.
Parties Responsible. 351
Locomotive for Mine Haulage. Most Powerful in the World, 657
Locomotives, High Power. ” Mountain “ Type Built by Spanish Firm. 657
London Electric Railways Company : Enlarged Station in Piccadilly Circus, Oneway Traffic Difficulties, 101
Lighting, Concealed. Experiment on Piccadilly Railway, 577
Liverpool Overhead Railway Supplied with Electric Power. 685
London Site Wanted by One Railway, but Bought by Another. 299
Morden Terminus Motor Garage. 185
Unusual Incident Causes Holding-up of Trains, 213
London. Midland and Scottish Railway : Ancient History, Midland Company and Scottish Policy, 603
Automatic Signalling. Cause of Delay, 269 Belfast Steamship Service of the Company to be Transferred from Fleet wood and Centred Wholly on Heysham, 693
Caprotti Steam Valves Reported to be Adopted for Locomotives. 441
Coleraine-Port rush Deviation to Port-stewart, 523
Estimates of Expenditure on Capita! Account, 241
L.M. and 8. New Train and Steamship Service to the Continent end Tilbury and Dunkirk. 469
Naming of Some Long-distance Trains, 68
New Administration by Four Vice-Presidents, 15
New All-steel Passenger Coaches and Projected New Locomotives, 101
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (continued) :
Non-stop Run Between Euston and Scotland, 685
Passenger Brake Vans, New Type, 240 Railwaymen’s Investments in Railway Stock, 629
Rates Increase to be Imposed Cautiously, 355
Road, Motor and Railway Working, Appeal to the Government as to Adjustment of Expenses, 276
Seventy-five New’ Coaches for Service in London Area, 495
Sidings. Increased, for Handling Coal Traffic. 75
Suggestions Made by Staff, Bureau Started at Euston, 413
Water Troughs Laid Down in Scotland for Long Non-stop Runs, 15, 159 ; Change of Plans Projected, 551 ; Misconception and Explanation, 45
London and North-Eastern Railway :
Bridge Collapse Interferes with Traffic. 299 Expenditure Charged to Capital, Varying Practice of Different Railways, 269
Foreign Coal Contracts as Provision Against Possible Railway Stoppage, 355 Future of British Railways, Sir Ralph
Wedgwood, 441
Great Eastern Railway’s Goods Traffic, 495 Hull Roads, Level Crossings Over, Cost of
Suggested Abolition, 577
King’s Cross to Newcastle at 1.15 a.in., 299 Lincoln, Level Crossing, Questions in House of Commons, 383
Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works AU on Full Time, 364
Locomotive Coaling Plant, New Mechanical, Its Cost, 327
Marshalling Yard Enlargement at White-moor, 129 ; Cost of Improvements, 327 Naworth Disaster, Recommendations to be Adopted, 299
Passenger Vehicles, Order for Additional Construction, 441
Potters Bar Complaint of Unpunctuality and its Result, 269
Report for 1926, Variation in Certificates, 269
Signalling System, Special Type, to he Introduced on L. and N.E. Railway, 213
Timing of Summer Trains as in Former Years. 657
Traffic Control Office at King's Cross, 551 Trains No Longer Running Between Mary* lebone and Watford, Metropolitan to Take Over Service, 129
Two Locomotive Items of Interest, 413 Walton-on-the-Nazc, Proposed Diversion to Avoid Erosion, 413
Mersey Railway Company Statistics fur 1926, 250
Metropolitan Railway
Additional Expenditure of Capital on Rolling Stock, 213
Housing Scheme at Becontree, 185 Metropolitan Railway to Supply Additional Service from Watford to Replace L. and N.E.R., 129
Neasden Power-house Improved Equipment, 213
Reduced Dividend, 159
Revenue from Letting Premises on Railway Stations, 355
Ministry of Transport :
Annual Railway Returns, 75
Inquiries into Serious Accidents, Statistics of. 448
Minister of Transport Congratulated by his Labour Predecessor, 551
New Standard Charges, Date for Operation to Begin, 551
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, No Re-appointment to be Made, 213 Railway Statistics for October, 1926, 45 Railway Statistics for November, 185 Railway Statistics for December, 299 Railway Statistics for January, 1927, 441 Railway Statistics for February. 1927, 551 Railway Statistics for March, 1927, 685 Suggested Inquiry into Railway Organisation Declined, 269
Model Railway Club Exhibition, 469 Moscow's Growth, Scheme for Construction of Metropolitan Railway, 185
Natal Main Line Railway Electrification and Increased Capacity of Line, 603
National Union of Railwaymen Levy of Threepence a Week to Replace Depletion of Funds, 45
National Wages Board. A Spirit of Forgiveness Both Ways, 45
New Year Honours, Solitary Railwayman, 15 Oil-burning Locomotives of the Southern Pacific Railway, Fuel Consumption. 185 Passenger Duty Question, 495
Privately Owned Wagon Question, Appointment of Standing Committee, 216
Punjab Railways, Two New Sections, 629 Rail Failures, Extraordinary Number of, on American Railroad. 523
Railroad Sleepers Made from Used Rails, 469 Railway Across Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) to Puno (Peru), Construotion Begun, 498
Railway Benevolent Institution Dinner, Mr. Bromley’s Speech. 577
Railway Construction in Kirin Province, Chinese and Japanese Organising Engineering Works to Secure Contracts. 577
Railway Material Exports Statistics. 45, 101. 185, 299. 383, 551. 657
Railwaymen as Presidents of Two Societies, 577
Railway Rates, Increased. 75
Railway Rates Increase, Rail and Road Transport Question. Suggestion, 185
Railway Rates Tribunal
Railway Sleepers Made Out of Old Flat-bottomed Rails, 551
Reversal of Tribunal's Judgment by Court of .Appeal. 241
Standard Charges Judgment, 45
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):
Record Upward Career of Railway Engineer, 159
Rhodesian Railways, Northern and Southern, Reorganisation, 500
Rome and Bari, Projected New Railway Between, 185
Sao Paulo Tramway. Light and Power Company, 185
Sloane-square Station Modernisation, 129
South African Railways Report, 129
Southern Railway : Brake, Westinghouse, Conversion to the Vacuum, on All Sections, 355
Brighton Station to be Enlarged, 495
Coal Carrying Rate and Closing of Colliery, Favourable Result Hoped for, 327, 657
Dover, Big Programme in Progress, 577
Dover Priory Station Reconstruction.
Removal of Locomotive Depot and
Suggested Marine Walk at Dover, 129
Further Electrification Details, 269
“ Gladstone,” Old Engine, to Go to Museum, 551
Oil Fuel Too Costly for Locomotives, 355
1000 Passengers Per Minute Detrain in
Three Hours Daily, 437
Railwaymen’s Investments in Railway
Stock, 629
Southern Railway New Line, 273
Victoria Boat Trains Improved Running, 299
Widening of Four Bridges Oyer Roads at Peckham, Parliamentary Bill. 299
Widening of Line Near Beckenham and Reconstruction of Bridge, 603
Wimbledon and Sutton Intended Railway, Time Extension for Land Purchase, 327
Spanish Government Concession for Now Railway. 685
Stationery Office Preliminary Railway Returns for 1926, 383
Survey by Bolivian and Peruvian Governments with View to Construction of Railway at Lofty Elevation. 249
Swiss Federal Railways, Electrification Progress, 665
Sydney, Progress of Central Station and City Railway, 45
Texas, 75-Mile Gap in Incompleted Radway to be Built, 523
Thorne Colliery, Withdrawal of Bill for Private Railway, 577
Ticket “Census” on the Underground, Explanation of its Cause. 213
Timiskaining and Northern Ontario Railway, Extension, 413
Traffic Returns for First Quarter of 1927, Figures Affected by Date of Good Friday, 413
Tramcar Equipment and Modern Speed Demand. 185
Tramway Fatal Derailment. Report and Recommendations, 45
Turkestan—Siberian Railway to be Laid, 181
Turkish Government’s Projected Railway
Schemes, 15
Twin-screw Steamers for Hey sham Belfast
Service, 308, 355 *
Underground Electric Railways Company
London's Increased Population and Relative Increase in Rail and Road Travellers, 441
Loud speaking Announcers of Stations in Trains Proposed, Unpopular Proposal, 441
New Morning Train, Edgware to Charing Cross, 694
Pooling Agreement Between Underground Railway, London General Omnibus Company, and London County Council for Tramways, 657
Underground Company Accepts Record Number of Suggestions Sent in by Staff, 129
Unfair Road Motor Competition, Deputation from Railways and Trades Unions to Chancellor of Exchequer, 355
United States Transportation Act. 1920,
Points of Difference from British Act, 629
Unpunctuality of Business Trains, Possible Explanation, 129
Victorian Government Railways, All-steel Restaurant Car, 657
Victorian Government Railways, Workshops.
Clock Dial to Record Accidents, 377
Victorian Government’s Choice of Local in
Preference to English Firm’s Tender, 269
Weekly Traffic Returns Compared with 1925 as Well as with Coal Strike Period, 551
Welland Railway, Old Line in Canada.
Ceases Operation. Service Taken Over by Electric Lines, 551
Welsh Highland Railway, Receiver Appointed, 272 ; Railway to Continue Working, 383
Western Canada, Great Activity in Railway Construction Predicted, 15
Wireless Receiving Apparatus in Trains. 495
Woolwich, Cost of Locomotives and Parts
Provided at, 299
Rangoon, Improvement of Channel below, 355
Rangoon University, Presentation by Burmah Company for Establishment of College of Mining and Engineering, 657
Reaping Machine Invention Centenary, 657
Reclamation of Large Swamp Area Along the Kootenay River, British Columbia. 603
Reclamation Schemes in the Forth Estuary, Good Progress of, 577
Record in Long Service, Employees of J. and E.
Hall. Ltd., 113
Refrigerating Plant. New. at Buenos Aires One of the Largest in the World. 45
Refrigeration, Development of New Form of, 269
Refrigerator. Household, New Swedish Type, 657
Reinforced Concrete Bridges—wee Bridges
Reinforced Concrete, Mild tweus High-tensile
Steel in. 566
Research and the Metal Industries Exhibition, 339
Research Scholarships in Technology, 5In Reservoir’s Plight—nee Hume Reservoir Reservoir Production Feat in Oregon, 523
Rcykiavik, Iceland, Scheme for Heating the Whole Town by Underground Hot Springs, 551
Rhodesia Broken Hill Mine, Large Amount of Vanadium Minerals, 603
Rio de Janeiro, State Concession for Port Works at Bay of Angra dos Reis, 685
Road-covering Substance, A New, Invented in Sweden by Mr. John Behmer, 523
Road Drills, Search for Less Noisy Type, 110 Road Motor Vehicles Statistics for 1926, 389 Road Watering in Sweden, Use of Sulphite
Lye, 469
Roadway Over Quebec Bridge Projected, 657
Rolled Wire Rods, Home Production Reduced while Imported Rods Increase, 653
Rolling Mill, New Type, Carnegie Steel Company, 413
Romance of a Century, 559
Royal Agricultural Society’s Show, 222
Royal Scholarships and Studentships in Science, 222
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Annual Report, 589
Rubber Bearings Valuable where Exposed to Grit, 551
Rubber, Electro-deposition of, Difficulties, 159 Rubber in Industrial Occupations, 657 Rubber-lined Pipes, Astonishing Durability of, in Comparison with Lap-welded Mild Steel, 45
Rubber, Use of, for Wet and Dry Grinding, 185 Rubber Used for Tests on Skew Arches, 269 Russian Mica Industry Development, 327 Russian Nikit inski Mercury Mines to be Restarted, 45
s SAFEGUAR DING of Industries Act, Additional Articles Liable to Duty. 37
Saint Nazaire, Improvement of Port, 441
Salt River Power Station, South Africa, Further Extension of, 355
San Pablo Bay, California, Proposed Bridge Across, 413
Santo Domingo Port, Structural Improvements, 523
Scholarship, Brenforce Travelling, Competition, 400
Scholarships, British Empire, Engineering, at Loughborough College, Awards, 592
Scholarships, Charles R. E. Bell Fund, 397
Scholarships, Research, in Technology, 510
Science, Applied, Graduates of Toronto Finding
Posts in United States, 603
Sea Wall, The Throndon, New Zealand, will be Largest in that Country, 45
Seville, Port to be Made Accessible to Large Vessels, 299
Shale Oil, Value of, and also Complexity of its Composition, 75
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : Agamemnon, Battleship, to be Broken Up and Replaced as Target Ship by the Centurion, 241
Atlantic Liner and the Port of London, 697
Belfast Boats Transferred to Heysham from Fleetwood Route, 308, 355
Blue Star Liner Andalucia, 253
Blue Star Liner Arandora, Trials of, 629
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd., to Erect New Docks at Toronto, 241
Cross-Channel Triple-screw Steamer to Run Between Vancouver and Nanaimo, 263
Deep-water Berths Projected at Durban. 129 Destroyers for Roumania, Design Order Given to J. I. Thonrycroft and Co., Ltd., 140
Dublin Bay, Measured Mile for Speed Trials of Sea-going Vessels, 355
Ferry Boat, Oil-engined, for Conveyance of i MotorCars, 185
Hamburg-American Motor Passenger Liner Ordered, 577
H.M.S. Berwick, Light Cruiser, Completed, 469
H.M.S. Nelson, Britain's Most Powerful Battleship, Completed, 441
SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS {continued): Merchant Steamers at South Kensington Science Museum, 456
North German Lloyd Vessels to Call at Galway, 75
Rapid Work in Cargo Discharge, 136
Refrigerator Motor Ship, A Large, 370
Repairing Accommodation, Additional for, Trawlers at the Port of Fleetwood, 657
Secondary Batteries in Warships, 469
Sherard Osborn, Ex-Cable Ship, Fitted Out for Oil Extraction from Non-edible Fish. 159
Shipbuilding Industry Materials, Board of Trade Deputation, 154
Shipbuilding Industry Revival Reported from Moscow, 413
Shipbuilding in Russia, 374
Shipyard Reopening at Stockton, 213
Tonnage with Cargo and in Ballast at Ports of United Kingdom and to Other Countries, Statistics Show Reduction in Both for 1926, 299
Tonnage Under Construction for Great Britain and Ireland, 685
Tonnage of Vessels Entered into British India and Cleared Outwards with Cargoes, Analysis, 355
Trawler, First Steel Motor Twin-screw, in Shanghai, Launch of, 75
World Shipping, Improvement in Basic Conditions, 327
SHOWS— see Exhibitions
Skew Arches, Interesting Test Arrangement for Experiments on, Professor G. E. Beggs, 269 Smokeless Fuel Plant at a Gasworks, Results
Exceed Expectations, 269
Sodium Carbonate Solutions, Adverse Effects on Aluminium, 551
Solway Viaduct Closed as Dangerous, 303
Soviet Spinning Factory, First Opened in Russia, 159
Spanish Plans for Compulsory Expropriation for Hydro-electric Development, also for Construction of Road Exclusively for Motor Cars. 45
Speed Indicator, Vest Pocket, Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, 286
Spirit Distilleries in Groat Britain, Census, 299 Spodumene Lithium Orc from Canada for
German Experimental Use, 383
Steam Pipe, Flexible Metallic, Failure of, on an Engine Makers’ Test Bed, 523
Steam Road Vehicles and their Coal Consumption, 577
Steam Turbo-generators in Russia, Attempt to Extend Construction, 495
Steel—see Iron
Stone Preservation, 566, 635
Storing Drawings for Reference, 566
Story of the Electric Detonator, 551
Suction Gas Power Plant Superseded by Steam Engine, 75
Sulphite Cellulose Process, Memory of its Discoverer to be Marked by Fund for Research, 355
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Likely to Become the Largest Structure in the British Empire, 657
Sydney Harbour Bridge Bearings, Special Train Necessary for Transport of, 75
T TECHNICAL Teachers, Annual Conference, 342
Telegraph Offices Along Chinese Railway in Manchuria and Competition of Long-distance Telephones, 15
Telephone Cable to Belgium, Group of Lines Opened, 495
Telephone Kiosks, Large Number Erected and Increasing, 657
Telephone System’s Growth and Flourishing Condition Notwithstanding Coal Stoppage and General Strike in 1926, 299
Telephone Talk Between Great Britain and Certain American States at £5 4s. per Minute, 213
Television—see Wireless
Tenders of Widely Varying Amounts, 327
Testing Machine, Largest and Most Powerful in
Canada, 185
Tientsin and Tungchow, Proposal to Reopen Canal Between, 75
Tin-bearing Land in Queensland, Company
Formed to Work it, 101
Tin Discovery at Largs, Ayrshire, 269
Tin Mine, Tambo, Northern Transvaal, Development of, 441
Tin Ore Deposit in the Northern Transvaal.
Great Extent of, .355
Tin-plate Company Starting New Mills, 159
Tire Puncture on Four and Six-wheelers, F. A.
Boyce, 169
Tires, Manufacture of Various Types, Pirelli, Ltd., 685
Toronto Bricklayers’ Increased Wage. 101
Toronto’s Harbour Project, Necessary Expenditure, 269
Transatlantic Conversation with Possibility of
Seeing as Well as Hearing the Speaker, 15
Tristan da Cunha Receives First Steamer Visit
for Twelve Months, 213
Tunnel Aqueduct, A Second, to Carry Water from the Catskills to New York, 413
Turbine, Fourneyron, Celebration of the Invention, 629
Turbine Pumps for Shanghai, Holden and
Brooke, Ltd., 566
Tyneside Big Advertising Campaign. 495
Tyneside and Unemployment, 495
V VACUUM Cups to Replace Slings, 269
Vacuum Tube, Reputed World’s Largest, Now in Use in Radio Station, 551
Vanadium Properties, Opinions Differ, 413
Venezuelan Government Scheme for Widening
Bay and Port Reconstruction, 75
Vickers Group Amateur Operatic Society, 222
Vizagapatam Harbour to Become Transhipment Port for Manganese Ore, 383
w WADE’S Tables. 113
War Office Large Contract for Hacksaw Blades, 602
Water Powers of Canada, Nelson River Capacity, 677
WATER SUPPLY : Australian Water Catchment Neglect, Proposal to Remove Control from Government Departments, 603
Brixton and Newton Ferrers, Scheme for Water Supnly, 125
Chungking. China, Projected Supply, 629
Gatineau River, Quebec, Large Storage Reservoir, 685
Geelong, Victoria, District, Projected Increase of Stocks of Water, lol
Groendal Water Scheme of Uitenhage Town Council, South Africa, 547
Metropolitan Water Board Electrically Driven Centrifugal Pumps, 685
Redruth Town’s Water Supply Augmentation, 495
Reservoir, Record, for Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, 441
South Australian Water Supplies, Hume Reservoir Threatened, 603
Sydney Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board Contract for New Pipe Line, 441
Sydney Water Supply Augmentation by Cordeaux Dam, 355
Water Conservation, Proposal to Dam the Lachlan River, New South Wales, 355
Water and Sewerage System of San Jos6, Costa Rica, Commission to Consider Extension, 75
Waterworks Pumping Plant, Centrifugal Type, Mather and Platt, Ltd., 228
World’s Water Reservoirs’ Capacities, 159
WATER-TUBE Boiler Tube Failure, 523 Water Wheels in Power Plants in the United ■States, Capacity of, 577
Waterworks, Old Buildings, at Slough to bo Converted into Factory, 129
Winnington Chemical Works, Reconstruction Contemplated by Brunner, Mond and Co., 355
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Amazon River, Broadcasting Station to be Erected on, 327
Atmospherics. Range of Interference with Reception, 577
Birmingham Proposes By-laws for Control of Wireless Aerials, 629
British Broadcasting Corporation's Proposed Change, 657
Broadcasting Station, Large, at Zeesen. 685 Calcutta and Bombay Stations of Indian
Broadcasting Company to Begin Work in August, 551
Characteristics of Wireless Waves Ten Miles Aloft, Test by French Scientists, 441
European Broadcasting Stations, Minor Adjustments in Wave Lengths Projected, 551
European Wireless Engineers’ Conference, 213
Federal Radio Commission Orders to Stations, 629
High-power Broadcast Station in Germany Audible All Over Europe, 441
Hull Trawlers Proceeding to Greenland Equipped with Wireless Telephone Apparatus, 685
Loud Speakers, Lecture and Demonstration, J. E. Roe, 577
Nanking. Wireless Station at Pehchikoh, 75
Portable Radio Direction Finder, F. W.
Dunmore, 233
Rumanian Company to Monopolise Broadcasting Manufacture of Radio Apparatus, &c„ 299
Ship’s Wireless Equipment, Simple Spark and Continuous Wave Telegraphy. 299
Sophia, Tenders for New Wireless Telegraphic and Telephonic Station from British, French and German Firms, 303
South Seas Wireless Stations Broadcast Copra Quotations, 213
Telephone Receiving Station, Transatlantic, in.Scotland, 3-Mile Long Aerials, 441
Television Between London and Glasgow, 629 Television Between New York and Washington, Successful Demonstration Over 250 Miles, 441
Transatlantic Wireless Telephony Receiving Station at Kern back, Near Cupar, 327
Wireless Communication Between Lighthouses on the Clyde, 657
Wireless Problems Discussion at Colonial Conference in London, 657
WOOD Preservers’ Association, American, Incising or Treating Timber, Tests on, 413
Wood Protection by Aluininium'Leaf Coating, 185
Workington Dock Opening. 629
World Motor Transport Congress, 327
YEAST-making Industry, New, Starting in
Western Canada, 577
z ZEEBRUGGE Mole, Project to Replace, by One Built on Arches, 491
Zinc Reduction Plants, Production of Slab
Zinc in U.S.A., 441
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