Engineering 1950 Jan-Jun: Index: General

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1950 Jan-Jun: Index

GENERAL

KASZ, F., on Hot Rolling of Aluminium and Its Alloys, 437
Kaylor, H., on Experiments on Prestressed Concrete, 20
Keating, F. H., on Use of Mild Steel at Sub- Zero Temperatures, 73
Kelbus Hauling Tackle for Railway Breakdown Work, 282*
Kelly and Lewis, Ltd,, Fifty Years of Engineering (Review), 316
Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird, Ltd,, Transflux Magnetic Detector Element, 403
Kennedy, G., on Hydro-Electric Development, 571
Kerr, J,, Pumps for Royal Air Force Fire Floats, 334, 353
Kershaw, G. B., and Kaufmann, Prestressed- Concrete Bridge Over River Tame, 545*
Keyham, Royal Naval College, Internal- Combustion Engine Testing Plant, 279*
Kidde, W,, Co,, Ltd,, Fire Tender for Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 253*
Kilns, Timber-Seasoning, Aluminium Doors for (H. Lebus, Ltd.), 82*
Kinematograph. See Cinematograph
King, W. L., on Lightning Protection on South African Railways, 347
King’s Birthday Honours List, 657, 683
— College, London, Hopkinson Centenary
Lecture on Life and Work of J. Hopkinson, 34*, 62* ; Combustion in Internal-Combustion Engines, by Prof. J. J. Broeze, 434*, 464*, 616*, 646*. See Erratum, 700 ; Methods Used in Study of Internal- Combustion Engines, by W. P, Mansfield, 658*, 672*, 695*. See LETTER, 708
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Model Tests of Thermal Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, 466
— Norton Factory of Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., 292*
Kitchin, F. B., on Overhead Equipment Design for Electric Railways, 365*. See 347
Knock in Internal-Combustion Engines, 435*, 616*
Ko, Dr. T., on Grain-Boundary Phenomena in Severely-Heated Steel, 542

LABORATORY, Acoustics, Mobile, for Housing Tests, 76
— Aeronautical Research, Report on, by
Australian Supply and Development Department, 468
— Australian Standards, Physics Division of, Researches by, 304, 331
— British Leather Manufacturers’ Association, Opening of, 601
— Chemical, at Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 644*
— Fontenay, 220-kV Underground Cable for, 727
— Forest Products Research, Steam Bending of Timbers, 605
— Naval Architecture Research, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Model Tests of Thermal Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, 466
— Reconstructed, British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, 179*, 185
— Research, Bakelite Ltd., Birmingham, 733 of Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 687*
— Road Research, War-Time Activity of. Report on, 44
— Safety Precautions, Specification, 210
— Scottish, British Cast Iron Research Association, Opening of, 544
— Technicians, Scheme of Training and Education, 666 I
— See also National Physical

Labour :

Apprentice Training. See Education
Employment in Engineering Industries, 6, 32, 59, 88, 117, 144, 172, 201, 232, 260, 288, 317
industrial Accidents. See Accidents
Labour and National Service, Ministry of. Report on Supply and Demand for Mechanical and Civil Engineers, 73. See LETTER, 158 ; Report on Electric Accidents and Their Causes, 1948, 156
— Notes, 22, 50, 78, 106, 134, 162, 190, 220, 250, 278, 306 (see 305), 334, 364, 394, 422, 452, 482, 512, 544, 576 (see LETTER, 684), 606, 634, 662, 688, 712, 736. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wages in Engineering Industries, 6, 32, 59, 172, 201, 232, 260, 288, 317
“Lady Wright,” M.S., for Gambia Government, 611*
Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, Personnel in 1890, 605*. See LETTER, 685
Lake Nyasa, 500-ton Floating Dock for, 257* Lamb, J., on Burning of Boiler Fuels in Marine
Diesel Engines, 513*, 546*, 563, 577*
Lambeth, London, Rubberised-Asphalt Road Surfacing at, 469
Laminar Movement, Fluids in, Heat Transfer
Coefficient for, 541. See LETTER, 602 Lamont, P., on Rural Water Supplies, 639, 668 Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Lance, Oxygen, Use in Electric Alloy-Steel
Production, 660*
Land Reclamation and Coast Protection, (509 Law. r
Lawrence 733*
Lead and 467
— Alloys.
— Pelleting of Powder and Shot, 203*
— Pipes, Specification, 40
Leather, Electronic Area-Measuring Apparatus for (Londex, Ltd.), 255*
— Manufacturers’ Research Association, British, Opening of Laboratories of, 601
Leatherhead, 275-kV Experimental Overhead Lines Power Transmission, 235*
Lebus, Harris, Ltd., Aluminium Doors for Timber-Seasoning Kilns, 82*
Lee, D., Prestressing System for Concrete, 438*
Lee, Sir G., on Life of O. Heaviside, 603. See 529, 569
Lee-McCall System of Prestressed Concrete, 438*

Legal:

Amalgamated Relays, Ltd. v. Burnley Rating Authorities (1950), 570. See LETTERS, 658, 708
Burnley Rating Authorities v. Amalgamated Relays, Ltd. (1950), 570. See LETTERS, 658, 708
Coal Owners and Nationalisation, Decision on Price of Mining Timber, 601
Harlow v. Ministry of Transport, 629 Northern District Valuation Board v.
Priestman Collieries, Ltd., 601 Patent Law. See Patents Priestman Collieries, Ltd., v. Northern District Valuation Board, 601 Road Legislation, Effect on Traffic
Handling, 706 Transport, Ministry of, v. Harlow, 629 Water Supply Legislation, Rural Areas, 639, 668 See also PARAGRAPH INPEX
Legislation. See Legal; Patents Leibinger, G. E., on Electrical Insulation
Leicester,”’S.S., Shifting of Ballast in, 419, 448
Lemon Committee Report on Standardisation of Engineering Products, 7
le Rolland, M., Pendulum-Type Elastometer, 573
Letters to the Editor, 18, 46, 74,102,158, 216*, 246*, 360*, 478, 508, 541*, 571*, 602, 630, 658, 684, 708*, 731
Level Comparator, Electrical Head for, 395* Lewin, J. D., on Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236, 264
Leyland Motors, Ltd., “Olympic” Motor- Omnibus Chassis, with Under-Floor Engine, 94*, 532*
Libessart, M., Stroborama for High-Speed Cinematography, 188*
Library and Information Services of Australian Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 376
— Special, and Information Bureau, Association of. SeeAslib
Li6ge School of Engineering Old Students’ Association, Centenary of, Proceedings, 96
Lifting Bridges. See Bridges
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Transmission Through Suspension of Powder in Fluids, 350*, 405*. Seo Erratum, 542
Lighting of Buildings and Discomfort Glare, 132
— Electric, Advances in. Modern Trends, 706 of Electric Railway Carriages, 390 Work of J. Hopkinson on, 34*, 62*
— Fluorescent, for London Transport Executive Railway Carriages, 253
— Set, 5-kW Automatic, Diesel-Driven (Newage (Manchester), Ltd.), 559*
— See also Lamps under Electric Lightning. See Electric Limestone Supplies in India, 311 Limit Gauges. See Gauges; Gauging Lindblad, Prof. A. F., on Experiments with
Models of High-Speed Ships, 388, 418 Liners. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships Ling, F. B., on Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen in De-Aerated Water, 553*
Linings for Irrigation Canals, Report on, j 529*, 613*, 693* '
Links and Strainers for Testing Aircraft Wing-Span Structure, 717*
Linkages, Toggle, Theory of, 216* Liquid Oxygen. See Oxygen
— Radioactive, Counter for Assaying, 633*
— Viscosity of. See Viscometer
Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., Wroughton Factory for Small Petrol Engines, 10*
Lister, R. A. (Marine Sales), Ltd., 10-kW Diesel-Driven Generating Set for 500-ton Floating Dock, 258*
Literature, 4, 31, 59, 87,114 (See LETTER, 217), 143, 172, 200, 230, 259, 287, 316, 343, 404, 433, 463, 498 (see LETTER, 602), 528, 555, 585, 619, 643, 671, 695, 719. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. See Legal; Patents
Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute, Annual Report, 417
— Steam Ship Owners’ Association, Annual Report, 301
— Stree.t-Shenfteld Railway, Electrification of, 320, 327, 367*
Livesey and Henderson, 500-ton Floating Dock for Lake Nyasa, 257*
Ljungstrdm Steam Turbines, Stress Corrosion in, 141*, 169*, 217
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Statistics of Ships Under Construction, 101, 507; Statistics of Vessels Lost, 129 ; Statistics of Vessels Launched, 277; Rules for Scantlings for Ships Carrying Petroleum in Bulk, 369; Agreement with Registro Italiano, 602
Loads, Euler Buckling, of Struts with Crossed Pins, 709*
Loader, “Hydrum,” for Motor Lorry (R. H. Corbett and Co., Ltd.), 710*
Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Plant, Inauguration of, 273
Locks on Thames and Severn Canal, 110
Locomotive, 2-8-2 Type (Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd.), 219*
— 2-8-4 Type, with Cast-Steel Beds, 313*
— Derailed, Equipment for Dealing with, 280*. See Erratum, 399
— Diesel-Electric, on British Railways, History of, 348
Electric, Maintenance of, 391
Electric, and Electric, Mechanical Design of, 348, 423*
Mechanical, 500-b.h.p,, British Railways, 699*
Productivity Team’s Visit to United States, 17
Shunting (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.), 516*. See LETTER, 571
— Electric, on British Railways, 348
Direct-Current, Control and Auxiliary Equipment for, 349 1,360-h.p., for Manchester and Sheffield Railway, 207*
for Manchester-Sheffield Railway, Motors for, 665*
Mechanical Design of, 348, 423*
— Engineers, Institution of. Railway Breakdown and Re-Railing Equipment, by G. H. K. Lund ,280*. See Erratum, 399
— Gas Turbins for, 608
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 232
— Manufacturers’ Association of Great Britain,
Film of, 337
— Metre-Gauge Diesel-Electric, for Bolivian Railways (Sulzer Brothers, Ltd.), 352*
— 0-6-0 Type Pannier-Tank, for British Railways, 76*
— 4-6-2 Type Passenger (North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.), 104*
— Plate Frames, Repairing by Welding, 177*, 251*
— Shunting, 28-ton Diesel-Electric (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 167*
— Tank, 0-6-0, Pannier-Type for British Railways, 76*
0-8-0, for Spain (North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.), 725*
— Traction, Resilient Gearwheel for, 460*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Londex, Ltd., Electronic Area-Measuring
Apparatus for Leather, 255* ; Interlocking Relay, 524*
London Association of Engineers, Anniversary Festival, 539
— Electrified Railways of, 320, 347
— Fourth World Power Conference, Programme, 183
— to Holyhead Railway, Britannia Tubular Bridge, Centenary of, 301
— King’s College, Hopkinson Centenary Lecture on Life and Work of J. Hopkinson, 34*, 62* ; Combustion in Internal-
Combustion Engines, by Prof. J. J. Broeze, 434*, 464*, 616*, 646*. ^Q^Erratum, 700; Methods Used in Study of Internal-Combustion Engines, by W. P. Mansfield, 658*, 672*, 695*. See LETTER, 708
— Lambeth, Rubberised-Asphalt Road Surfacing at, 469
— Midland Region, British Railways, Research
Department, Fatigue Testing Machine for Rails, 585*
— Radio Components Exhibition, 447
Marine Associated Companies’ Conference, Proceedings, 322
— Transport Executive, London Travel Survey, 1949, 245 ; Conductor-Rail Gauging Trolley, 249 ; Railway Carriages, Fluorescent Lighting for, 253 ; Electric Railways of, 319, 347, 391; Experimental Meteorological Station, 465
— School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Courses in Public Health Engineering, 599. See LETTERS, 658
— Underground Railways. See Underground and London Transport Executive
— University College, Combustion in Internal- Combustion Engines, by Prof. J. J. Broeze, 434*, 464*, 616*, 646*. See Erratum, 700; Report of College Committee, 707
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors
“ Lost-Wax ” Process of Precision Casting, 45, 107*
Loubser, Dr. M. M., 2-8-4 Type Locomotives with Cast-Steel Beds, 313*
Lovesey, A. C., on Testing Aero Engines and Power Plants, 380
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Brick-Lined Canals in, 616*
Lubricating Oil, Flow from Big-End Bearing, 247*, 291*
See also Oils, Lubrication of Marine Diesel Engines Burning Boiler Fuels, 546, 577
— Thin-Film and Piston-Ring, Researches in Australia , 303
Lucas, J. (Gas Turbine Equipment), Ltd., Combustion Chamber for 1,070-b.h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine, 85*
Lund, G. H. K., on Railway Breakdown and Re-Railing Equipment, 280*. See Erratum, 399
Luxram Electric Ltd., Coiling Machine for Tungsten Filaments, 227*
Lydall, F., on Tractive Resistance of Electric Trains, 321
Lyon, S. C., on Mechanical Design of Modern Light-Weight Motor and Trailer Railway Carriages, 349

MACADAM. See Roads and Tar Macadam Macdonald, F. A., and Partners, Design and Construction of Glasgow Waterworks, 370, 477
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests {Materials}

Machine Tools :

Bending Press for Plates, 8,000-ton (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 344*
— Polls for Sections (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 591*
Broaching Machines, Horizontal, Tool Supports for (Lapointe Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 254*
Chucks, Magnetic (J. Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.), 493
Coiling Machine for Tungsten Filaments (Luxram Electric Ltd.), 227*
Cutting Machine, Oxygen, Electronically- Controlled (Hancock and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 561*
Drills, Behaviour of, and Geometry of Quasi-Circular Shapes, 285*, 330*
Drilling Attachment, Deep-Hole, for Automatic Lathes (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 38*
— Equipment, Rock, for Underground Tunnels, 265
— Machine for Boiler-Tube Holes, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 373*
Radial, Development in, 716*
— and Tapping Machine, -J-in. Meddings, Ltd.), 312*
Forming Machines for Plastic _ (T. J. and H. Daniels, Ltd.), 590*
Gear-Hobbing Machine Tables, Recording Errors in, 307*
Grinding Machine, Fine, “ Atomill ” (British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd.), 527*
-24 ft. by 4 ft. 6 in., for Turbine Rotor Shafts (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 11*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below)
Lathe, Automatic, Deep-Hole Drilling Attachment for (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 38*
— Boring, with Optical Tool Setting (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 266*
— Glass-Working (Heathway Engineering Co., Ltd.), 21*
Limit Gauging. See Gauges; Gauging Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tools of Cambridge University Engineering Department, 669*
Development, 1925-50, 715*, 732 • Industry, Position and Prospects, 59 for Manufacture of High-Pressure Vessels for Chemical Industries, 149
Trades Association, Annual Luncheon, 329
Work, Tolerances in. See Gauging “ Nordberg-Buday ” Saw (J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 686*
Planing Machine for Boiler-Drum Plates (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 345*
Plate-Bending Press, 8,000-ton (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 344*
—• Edge Planing Machine for Boiler-Drum Plates (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 345* —Shearing Machine, Guillotine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 591*
Pneumatic Drills. See Drills (above) Press, Extrusion, at Non-Ferrous Metal Shops Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.,
Guard, Photo-Electric (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 123*
— Hydraulic 500-ton (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 179*
-for Boiler Drumheads, Babcock <fe Wilcox, Ltd., 373* 200-ton Extrusion (Foster, Yates (fe Thom, Ltd.), 558
— Moulding, 40-ton Dual, “Coborn” (G. Cohen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 590*
— Plate-Bending, 8,000-ton (Babcock <fe Wilcox, Ltd.), 344*
— Straightening, 100-ton (J. Mills and Co. (Llanidloes), Ltd.), 590*
— Strip-Feed, 25-ton Automatic (E. W. Bliss (England), Ltd.), 590*
— Tool Sets, Specification, 384 :
Reamers, Behaviour of, and Geometry of Quasi-Circular Shapes, 285*, 330*
Rolls, Section-Bending (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 591*
Saw,^Circular, for Plastics (Funditor, Ltd.),
— “ Nordberg-Buday ” (J. Olding <fe Co., Ltd.), 686*
Shearing Machine, Guillotine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 591*
Slitting Machine, Gang (Weybridge Jig and Tool Co., Ltd.), 590*
Slotting Machine, Light-Duty (Midglev and Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 427*
Tapping and Drilling Machine, i-in. (W J Meddings, Ltd.), 312*
Tool Supports for Horizontal Broaching Machines (Lapointe Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 254*
Woodworking Machinery, Saw, “Nordberg-Buday ” (J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 686*
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Machine Work. See Machine Tools Macimmara, A. W., Ltd., Wire- and Strip-
Forming Machines, 557* ; Chain-Making Machine, 557*
Mac. See also Me
Magic of a Name (Review), 328
Magnel, Prof. G., Continuous Prestressed Concrete Road Bridge, Namur, 224*
— Blaton System of Prestressing Concrete, 54* Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Magnesium, Hot Working of, 437
Magnets, Permanent (Permanent Magnet Association, Sheffield), 572
Magnetic Chucks (J. Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.), 493
— Detector Element, Transflux (Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird, Ltd.), 403
— Drag Controlled-Slip Coupling, Applications of (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 461*
— Separator, Submerged Belt-Type (Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd.), 559*
— Units, M.K.S. System, Memorandum on, 472 Magnetism and Electricity (Review), 463
— Work of J. Hopkinson on, 62
Mail Service, Overseas, Considerations in Operation of, 134*, 163*, 194*. See 99, 101
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric.
— Water, for Glasgow Corporation, 370, 477 for Rural Water Supplies, 639, 668 Malheur Canal, Oregon, Asphalt Lining for 613*
Man-Power, Technical in India, Training of, 394 Manadon Royal Naval Engineering College, Development at, 279*
Management of Works. See Works Management
Manchester Furnaces, Ltd., Tool-Hardening Gas-Fired Furnaces, 591
— Joint Research Council, Annual Report, 274
— Municipal College of Technology Scholarships and Exhibitions, 410 ; Course on Metrology, 634
— Occupation Bridge, Reconstruction of, 469
— Sheffield-Wath Railway Electrification, 205*, 327, 367 ; Motors for Electric Locomotive, 665*
Manning, W. R. D., on Design of Cylinders by Autofrettage, 479*, 509*, 562*
Mansfield, W. P., on Methods Used in Study of Internal-Combustion Engines, 658*, 672*, 695*. See LETTER, 708
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Mccnagement
Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment, British Council of, on Corrosion in Oil Industry, 45
Maps, Relief, Pantograph for (P. Richarme), 188*
Marchant, Prof. E. W., Election to Honorary Membership of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 74
Marconi Instruments, Generator, 378* ; 378*
Marconi International Co., Ltd., Jubilee of, 322, 446
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Training in Radio Engineering, 103 ; Direction- Finder for Aircraft, 521
Margam, Abbey Works, Ultrasonic Testing of Welds at, 264*
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, M.S. “ Bloemfontein Castle,” 381*
Machinery, Developments in, 458
Machinery, S.S. ” Empire Orwell,” 123* Machinery, S.S. ” Eva Peron,” 534
Machinery, M.S. ” Grena,” 635
Machinery, M.S. “ Lady Wright,” 611 Machinery in Overseas Mail Services, Considerations in Operation of, 163
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Ertgines ; Turbines; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Evolution of their Conditions and Activities in Past 40 Years, 99,195
Institute of, Annual Dinner, 301 ; Annual Report, 417 ; Joint Meeting with Institution of Naval Architects,ParsonsLecture on Progress in Marine Propulsion (1910-1950), by K. C. Barnaby, 426, 457, 484*, 518*. See 357, 362 ; Burning of Boiler Fuels in Marine Diesel Engines, by J. Lamb, 513*, 546*, 563, 577*
— Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 172
— Propulsion, 660-h.p. Crossley Diesel Engines, M.S. ” Lady Wright,” 611 310-h.p. Diesel-Electric Plant for Motor Ferry “ Electric Star,” 339* 31-b.h.p. Diesel Engine (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 565* 4,000-i.h.p. Diesel Engine, M.S. “Auricula.” Use of Boiler Fuel in, 250
Diesel Engines for Royal Air Force Fire Floats, 334*, 353* 5,500-b.h.p. Doxford Diesel Engine, M.S. “ Grena,” 635* 7,500-b.h.p. Eccentric-Type Opposed- Piston Diesel Engine (Harland and Wolff, Ltd.), 641* 8-h.p. Engine for Fulton’s First Steamboat, 229* 3,500-s.h.p. Gas Turbine, Pametrada Research Station, 676* 11,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Empire Orwell,” 122* 14,500-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Eva Peron,” 533 13,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, Oil Tanker “ Velutina,” 429
Harland-B. and W. Diesel Engines, M.S. “Bloemfontein Castle,” 381*
by Jet Engines, 158 32-b.h.p. Petrol-Paraffin Marine Engine (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 565
Progress in (1910-1950), 357, 362, 426, 457,484*, 518*
Types of Machinery, Lloyd’s Statistics, 277
Types of Machinery for Overseas Mail Services, 134*, 163*, 194*
Turbine-Testing Plant at Pametrada Research Station, 621*, 649*, 676*
See also Engines; Turbines; Propellers ;
Ship Besistance; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
—Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Maritime History of Russia (Review), 433 Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Marking Machine, Sand-Jet (Funditor, Ltd.), 524*
Martin, G. L., Co., Martin “ XB. 51 ” Bombing j Aeroplane, 19 I
Masonry Dams, Stresses in, Researches on, 23* I
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supersonic Wind Tunnel at, 34*
Massey, H. F., the Late, 602
Massue, Dr. H., on Water Power in Canada, 684 Materials, Engineering (Review), 114
Chemical Constitution and Properties of (Review), 463
— Granular, Pelleting of, 175*, 203*
— Handling Productivity Team, Report of, 627
— Sound-Absorbing (Review), 288
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials'} Mathematical Work of O. Heaviside, 529, 569, 603
Mathematics, Applied, for Engineers and Scientists (Review), 172
— Bessel Functions, Tables of (Review), 671
— Equations, Engineering, Solution of, 5*. See LETTERS, 102, 216, 246
— Tensor Calculus, Elements of (Review), 555 Mathias, E. V., on Use of Mild Steel at Sub- Zero Temperatures, 73
Maudslay H., 1771-1831, and Maudslay, Sons (fe Field, Ltd. (Review), 114. See LETTER, 217
— Commemorative Scholarship, 114. See LETTER, 217. Applications for, 539
— Society, Annual Meeting, 571
Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., Conveyor System for Tra^porting Overburden from Chalk Pits,
“ Maxwell ” Speed Indicator, 27*
May, D. H., on Magnel-Blaton System for Prestressing Concrete, 54*
— Lecture on Industrial Gas Turbines, bv Dr H.R. Cox, 578*, 607*. See 539
McCall Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., Lee-McCall System of Prestressed Concrete, 438*
McCance, Sir A., on Gases and Steel, 737* McKenna, D., on Running Attention to Electric Rolling Stock, 391
McLaren, J, and H., Ltd., Petter-Fielding 16- b.h.p. Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine, 592* McLeod, R. J., the Late, 19
McPheat, J., on Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen in De-Aerated Water, 553*
Me. See also Mac
Meadows, H., Ltd., 180-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Diesel Oil Engine, 592
Measuring Mechanical Quantities, Electrical
Methods of, 483*
— and Weiglwng Devices, American, Specifications, Tolerances and Regulations for (Review), 316
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :
Some Factors in Use of High-Temperatures in Gas Turbines, bv Dr. T W F Brown, 129
Gray Lecture on Considerations in Operation of Overseas Mail Service, bv J
Gray, 134*, 163*, 194*. See 99, 101 ’
Awards of Medals and Prizes 157 215
Nomination of Officers, 215 ’
Simplification Creates New Problems for
(xear-Tooth Stresses at High Speeds bv y* Tuplin, 310.* See 301
Effect of Tapered Treads on Motion of Overhead Travelling Cranes, by E L Diamond and A. M. Frankau, 477
Summer Meeting, Birmingham :
Inaugural Proceedings, 707, 732
Mechanical Engineering in the Midlands 1925-1950, by F. V. Everard, 713^’ See 707, 732
Report of Discussions. 732
Institution Dinner, 732
Visits to Works, 732 I
Joint Meeting ivith Institution of Blectrical Engineers:
Application of Gas-Turbine Techniques to Steam Power, by J. F. Field, 246 Automobile Division:
Summer Meeting, Birmingham :
Automobile Test Rigs, by L. H. Dawtrev 707, 732 ‘ ’
Applied Mechanics Group:
Use of Mild Steel for Service at Sub-Zero Temperatures, by F. H. Keating and E. V. Mathias, 73
Relations Between Roll-Force, Torque and Applied Tension in Strip-Rolling by Dr. R. Hill, 507 '
Theoretical Investigation of Roll Flattening, by D. R. Bland, 507
Hydraulics Group:
Friction of Flexible Packings, bv D F Denny, 273
Recent Developments of Mechanism of Hydraulic Variable-Pitch Aircraft Propellers, by H. L. Milner, 447 Industrial Administration and Engineering Production Group:
“ Lost-Wax ” Process of Precision Casting by J. S. Turnbull, 107.* See 45 ’
High-Pressure Vessels for Oil-Refining and Chemical Industries, by H. B Fergusson, 149
Steam Group:
Gas Cooling and Humidification ; Design of Packed Towers from SmaU-Scale Tests, by W. F. Carey and G J Williamson, 388
Contribution to Theory of Natural- Draught Cooling Towers, by B. Woods and P. Betts, 388
Mechanical Engineers, Supply and Demand i Report on, 73. See LETTER, 158 ’
— Engineering in Midlands, 1925-50, 707, 713*, i 732
— Handling Exhibition and Convention Olympia, 656, 685*, 709*. ’
— Quantities, Measuring, Electrical Methods of 483* ’
— Stoker. See Stoker
Mechanics, Fluid, Applied (Review), 143
— Sml, Investigations by Building Research
Board, 358
Medd, R. T., on Assessment of Rates on Profits Basis, 658. See 570. See LETTER, 708
Meddings, W. J., Ltd., J-in. Drilling and Tapping Machine, 312*
Melbourne Electrified Kailwayw, Overhead Equipment for, 347
Meldahl, Prof. A., on Heat Transfer Coefficient for Fluids in Laminar Movement, 541. See LETTER, 602
Melting and Casting of Non-Ferrous Metal Ingots (Review), 463
Mcnai Straits, Britannia Tubular Bridge over, Centenary of, 301
Menzies-Wilson, J. R., on Production of Iron Ore, 479
Mercantile Marine, British, Position of, 243
Merchant Ships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuildiny Mercury-Arc Rectifiers for Electrified Railways, 320, 347
Rectifiers, Single-Anode Development of, 649
Rectifier, 3,000-volt, for South African Railways, 347, 396*, 427
— Steam Power Plant, 40,000-kW, Ports
mouth, United States, 410
Merritt, Dr. H. E., on Simplification Creates New Problems for Top-Management, 222. See 213, 215 ; on Orthographic Projection, 630. See 521*. Sec LETTER, 708
Merry weather and Sons, Ltd., 120-ft. Portable Telescoinc Steel Tower, 262*
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Radio- Telephone System, 657
Merz and McLellan, Newbiggin Measured Mile, 147* ; Cliff Quay Power Station, 674* Metals and Alloys, Creep of (Review), 343
— Anti-Friction. See Alloys under yietallurgy
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Deformation and (’reep in, 499
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
— Industry, Light, Technological and Economic Deveioinnents in (Review), 31

Metals, Institute of :

May Lecture, on Industrial Gas I’urblnes, by Dr. H. R. Cox, 578*, 607*. See 539 Annual General Meeting:
Programme, 207
Report of Council, 362 Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 362 Election of Officers, 362
Awards and Announcements, 362 Presidential Address by H. S. Tasker on Work of Institute of Metals, 362 Presentation of Platinum Medal to Prof. A. Portevin, 389
Reports of Discussions, 389, 436, 467, 498 Modern Billet Casting with Special Reference to Solidification Process, by Dr. E. Scheuer, 389
Grain Refinement of Aluminium and Its Alloys by Small Additions of Other Elements, by Mrs. M. D. Eborall, 390, 436
Mechanism of Grain Refinement of Sand Castings in Aluminium Alloys, by A. Cibula, 390, 436
Effect of Grain Size on Tensile Properties of High-Strength Cast Aluminium Alloys, by A. Cibula and R. W. Ruddle, 390, 436
Application of X-Ray Methods to Determination of Pha«e Boundaries In Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, by Prof. E. A. Owen and D. P. Morris, 498
Mechanism of Deformation in Metals with Special Reference to Creep, by Prof. W. A. Wood and W. A, Rachinger, 499 Recrystallisation of Single Crystals after Plastic Bending, by R. W. Cahn, 499
Paper for Written Discussion :
Some Aspects of Production and Heat- Treatment of Electrolytic Copper Powder, by H. J. V. Tyrrell, 51*
Symposium on Metallurgical Aspects of Hot- Working of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys:
Hot Rolling of Aluminium and Its Alloys, by F. Kasz and Major P. C. Varley. 437
Extrusion of Aluminium Alloys, by C. Smith, 437
Hot Forging and Hot Stamping of Aluminium and Its Alloys, by F. E. Stockeld, 437
Hot Working of Magnesium and Its Alloys, by R. G. Wilkinson and Dr. F. A. Fox, 437
Hot Working of Copper and Copper Alloys, by Dr. M. Cook and E. Davis, 467
Hot Working of Tin Bronzes, by D. W. D. Showell, 467
Hot Working of Lead and Lead-Rich Alloys, by L. H. Back, 467
Rolling of Zinc and Zinc-Rich Alloys, by C. W. Roberts and B. Walters, 467 Autumn Meeting, Paris, 1949 :
Some Technical Problems Influencing Production Economy in Rolling of Aluminium, by W. J. Thomas and W. A. Fowler, 26, 36, 64
Metals, Light, Technology of (Review), 404
— Non-Ferrous, Hot Working of, Symposium on, 436, 467
Ferrous, Melting and Casting of Ingots for Working (Review^), 463
Ferrous, Research Association, British, Reconstructed Laboratories of, 179*, 185
— Physics, Progress in (Review), 528
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Weld, Electronic Control of Deposition of (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.). 522
— Welding. See Welding
— Working Laboratory of British Non-Ferrous
Metals Research Association, 179*, 185
— See also Metallurgy; Microphotographs Metallography. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs
Metallurgists, Humanities in Training of, 363
— Institution of, Annual General Meeting, 707
Metallurgy :
Alloy, Aluminium, Defects in Rolled Strip, Causes and Cures, 26, 36, 64
for Dumb Barge, 653 Extrusion of, 437 Grain Refinement in, 390, 436 Hot Forging and Hot Stamping of, 437
Ingots and Castings, Specification, 68 Production Economy in Rolling of, 26,36,64
Use in Road Vehicles, Symposium on, 228
Specification on Anodic Oxidation Finishes, 472
— Copper Hot Working of, 467 See also Bronze; etc.
— Creep-Resistant, and Metallic Creep (Review), 343
— Iron, Microstnicture of. Influence of Certain Elements on, 573
— Lead, Hot Working of, 467 — Light, Use in Civil Engineering, 477 Continuous Process for, 389 for Ship Superstructures, Effects of Painting of, 466
Technological and Economic Developments (Review), 31
Technology of (Review), 404 — Magnesium, Hot Working of, 437
— and Metals, Creep of (Review), 343 — Nickel, Solid-Drawn Tubes, Specification, 240
— Non-Ferrous, Hot Working of, Symposium on, 436, 467
— for Plain Bearings, 9, 55
— Tin-Bronze, Hot Working of, 467
— Zinc, Rolling Problems, 467 Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces Bronze. See Bronze Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Equilibrium Diagrams, X-Ray Methods for Determination, 498
Foundry. See Foundry; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat Treatment of Blade Rings for Radial- Flow Steam Turbines, 217
of Electrolytic Copper Powder, 51* of Welded High-Pressure Vessels for Chemical Industries, 149
of Large Steel Forgings, 338 of Rolled Aluminium, Problems, 64 Iron Manufacture. See Fzirnaces, Blast — Ore. See Ore
Metals, Tests of. See Tests {Materials} Metallurgical Division of National Physical Laboratory, Vacuum Valve Applied to Electric Furnace, 132*
— Laboratory of British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, 179*
— Researches in Australia, 304 Metallurgy of Cast Iron, Modern Trends, 136*, 166*
— Universal Decimal Classification for, Standard Publication, 68
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills Slag, Basic-Steel, as Fertiliser, Work of S. G. Thomas on, 421, 500
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Manufacture, Inception of Thomas-Gilchrist Basic Process, 420*, 550
— Production, 1870-1946, 420. See 550 Effect on European Recovery, 681 Welding. See Welding X-Ray Methods for Establishing Equilibrium Diagrams, 498
See also Iron and Steel Institute; Metils, Institute of; Microphotographs; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Meteorite ” 250-b.h.p. Diesel Engine for Heavy Tractor, 341*, 392*
Meteorological Station, Experimental, London Transport Executive, 465
— Society, Royal, Centenary of, 388
Meter, Fuel Flow, “ Bicera,” for Tests of Internal-Combustion Engines, 659*. See LETTER, 708
— Seepage, for Irrigation Canals, 529
— See also Electric
Methane Explosions. See Accidents Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer British Studios, Ltd., Electrical Equipment at Boreham Wood Film Studios, 623*
Metrology, Engineering, Manchester Municipal College of Technology, Course on, 634 Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Motor Bodies Ltd., “Olympic” Motor Omnibus, with Under-Floor Engine, 94*
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 1,750-kW Natural-Gas Turbo-Alternator, 132 ; Electrical Equipment for 1,360-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 207*; Electrical Equipment for Aluminium Rolling Mill, 221* ; 310-b.h.p. Diesel-Electric Propelling Unit for Motor Ferry, 339* ; Electrostatic Clutch, 401; Continuously-Evacuated Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, 401 ; 300-kVA Single-Phase Spot Welder, 459* ; SinglePhase Meter-Testing Equipment, 522*; Electronic Control of Deposition of Weld Metal, 522 ; Industrial Gas Turbines, 539, 579*, 607*; Jubilee Volume (Review), 644 ; 45-MW Turbo-Generator, 674*
— See also London
Meuse, River, Belgium, Continuous Prestressed Concrete Bridge Over, 224*
Meysey-Thompson, A. H., the Late, 158 Michell Thrust Block, Introduction of, 457 Micro-Manipulators (Etablissements Beaudouin), 187*
Microphotographs, Cast Iron, 136*, 166*
— Cracks in Blade Rings of Radial-Flow Steam Turbines, 141*, 169*, 217
— Electrolytic Copper Powder, 51* Microscopes, Unifled-Thread Form Diagrams and Graticules for, 582*
Microscopical Examination of Overheated and Burnt Steel, 542
Microscopical versus X-Ray Methods for
Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, 498 Microstructure of Metals. See Microphoto- Midgley^and Sutcliffe, Ltd., Light-Duty Slotting
Machine, 427* . , .f.
Midlands, Mechanical Engineering in, 1925-50, “Mighty Ant’ar” 250-h.h.p. Tractors, 341*, 392* 408*
Mile, Measured, Newbiggin, Northumberland, 147*
Military Aeronautics. See AeronuMtics
— Motor Transport. Motor Vehicles
Qfpatpcv Future, Kfifect of Science on, 215 Min FS Spmlrs, Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29*
Rolling. See Rolling Mills „ Millar’s kchinery Co., Ltd.,
Diesel-Driven Concrete Mixer, 594 , 4-in.
Diaphragm Fetrol-Driven Pump, 594
“ Mlllerators " Separators
Milling Machinery, Flour, 29 , 57 , 91 , lirf Millington G., on Solution of Engineering Ktlons: 216. See 5*. See LETTERS,
MlUs^’j.? and Co. (Llanidloes), Ltd., 100-ton Straightening Press, 590* v, vi.
Milner, L., on Hydraulic Variable-Pitch Aircraft Propeller, 447
Mines, Coal. See CoZitenM
Electrical Inspector s Heport for 1648, 628
— Gold, El Sid, Egypt, Electrically-Operated Gold Cyanidation Plant, 649
— Report of Chief Inspector for 1948, 506
— Winding. See Windi'ng
— Wire Ropes in. Conference on, 18
— See also Cool; Collieries; Hpning; Ores, Winding; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mineral Oils. See Oils i. , QQ.>
— Resources of Australia, R^earches o >
_ See also Coal; Mining; Ores, and PARA- “ MinUfft ” 15-cwt. Holst (Didsbury Engineer- Mining^ andUng Operations in. Ground Vibra- _Eng?neem“insUtution of. Animal Report 129; Summer Meeting, Cardiff, Annual MMhLery Industry, Position and Prospects, 117
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Health. See Health
of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Trar^port i i K?
Minworth Sewage '^Vorks Operations at 157 Mirrlees Bickerton and Bay, Ltd., Prototype 16-Cyllnder Turbo-Charged Dlesd Engine 151* ; 420-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Diesel Oil
MlssUsagf'RWer, Tunnel Site Hydro-Electric Power Station, 730
Mitchell J., Presentation of Bessemer Medal to, 479’; on Centenary of Sidney Gilchrist Mitchdl’"w ’ RM on'’solution of Engineering Equations, 5*. See LETTERS, 102, 216, Mlxing^and Drying Plant, Tar-Macadam. See Tar-Macadam rhinos Concrete. See
Transportable (Foster, Yates and Thom, T td 1 559*
MRS System of Electrical and Magnetic Units, Memorandum on, 472 „ „ ?
Mobile Fuel-Testing Units, Ministry of Fuel and Power, 111 .
ATnrlpl Anchors, Experiments with, 44« of Ash and Dust-Handling Plant (Babcock and
Qf 540,00’o-lb. Boiler (International Combustion,’Ltd.), 556* Kai
of British Experimental Atomic Pile, 541 Experiments. See also Aeronautics; Ship Resistance; Tank Experiments 630 708
Packing of Scrubbing Tower of Delanlum ~ Carbon (Powell Diiffryn Products, Ltd.), 371*
— Steelworks Plant, Royal Scottish Museum, 622*
Moment Distribution, Structural Analysis by Mond^Nlckel’ Fellowships, 1950, Applications for 249
Monitor, Automatic, for Broadcasting, 45
— Radiation (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 401
for Royal Air Force Fire Floats (Pyrene Co. Ltd.), 334*, 353*
Monitoring Instruments for Atomic Research, 631* 644*
Monometer Manufacturing Co., Ltd., l.OOWb. Gas-Fired Tilting Melting Furnace, 560* Moore, J. T., on Modern Turbo-Generating Plant, 706
Mooring, Ship, Improvements in Anchors. 449 Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Morganite Self- Lubricating Bearing, 559
Morgan, G., and Partners Electrical Equipment of Boreham Wood Film Studios, 623* “Morganite*’ Self-Lubricating Bearing, 559 Morris, D. P., on X-Ray Methods for Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, 498
Morris, G., on Ground Vibrations from Blasting Operations, 430*
Morris, J., and Co. (Gosport), Ltd., Passenger M.S. “ Lady Wright,” 611* .
Morrogh H., on Modern Metallurgy of Cast Iron, 136*, 166*
Mortar, Portland Cement, for Linings of Irrigation Canals, 531* , . i
Mosaic Wall Diagrams for Electrical Networks (Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd ) 724*
Moss, W.’, and Sons, Ltd., Telescopic Working Platform, 111* . ,
Motor Boat, Bombing-Target Launch with Radio Control, 701*
Motor Boat, Fire-Fighting Motor Launches for
Royal Air Force (Vosper, Ltd.), 333*,353*
— Car, Use of Aluminium in, Symposium, 228

Motor Car Details :

Axles, Rear, for Motor Vehicles, Magnetic- Drag Controlled-Slip Coupling for Testing, 462*
Brake, Farkas Hydro-Mechanical, 187* Chassis, Passenger-Transport, with Under-Floor Diesel Engine (A.E.C., Ltd.), 1* Transport, with Under-Floor Engine (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 94*, 532*
Engines. See Engines, Petrol Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers,
Institution of, Automobile Division Gas Turbine for, 608 Gas-Turbine Driven, First (Rover Co., Ltd.), 305*
Industry, Position and Prospects, 144 Industry, Report on (Review), 388 Military. See Motor Vehicles
Radio Transmitter-Receiver for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 8*
Test Rigs for, 707, 732
See also Motor Vehicles; Motor Cycles ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Cycle, Rubber Suspension for (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 340*
— Electric, 1,500-h.p. for Aluminium Rolling
Mill (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 221*
Drip-Proof, Down-Draught (Brook Motors, Ltd.), 527*
Flame-Proof (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 525*
Fractional Horse-Power (Hoover, Ltd.), 372*
Generators and Electrical Apparatus (Review), 463 1-h.p. Low-Speed (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 525* 370-s.h.p. Propulsion, for Diesel-Electric Ferry “ Electric Star,” 339* 6/12-h.p. Spinning Frame (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 525*
Starter for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 525*
Traction, Developments in, 391, 663*
— Generators, 750-h.p., Boreham Wood Film Studios, 623*
Set for Aluminium Rolling Mill (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 221*
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics;
Engines; Motor Cars ; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
Statement on Wheeled Vehicles for Forces, 139
— Marine. See Engines; Marine Propulsion ; Motor ships
— Omnibus Chassis with Under-Floor Engine
(Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 94*, 532*
Development, 1925-50, 715 Limit of Length of, 186 “ Olympic,” with Under-Floor Engine (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 94*. See 532*
with Under-Floor Engine (A.E.C., Ltd.), 1*
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol; Motor Boats ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Road Rollers. See Road Rollers
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Traffic, Effect of Class of Road on Accident
Rate, 214
— Truck, Electric Fork-Lift, Pedestrian-Operated (L. Bagnall, Ltd.), 685*
See also Truck
— Vehicles, Use of Aluminium in, Symposium on, 228
Development, 1925-50, 715, 732
for Forces, Ministry of Supply’s Statement on,139
“ Hydrum ” Loader for Motor Lorry (R. H. Corbett and Co., Ltd.), 710*
Industry, Position and Prospects, 144 Industry, Report on (Review), 388
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors Motorship ‘‘ Auricula,” Burning of Boiler Fuels in Diesel Engines of, 250, 513*, 546*
— ” Bloemfontein Castle,” Union-Castle Motor Liner, 381*
— Development of, 1910-1950, 426, 457, 484*, 519
— Ferry “Electric Star,” 310-h.p. Diesel-Electric Propelling Unit for, 339*
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 101, 507
— “ Lady Wright,” for Gambia Government, 611*
— Launched in 1949, Lloyd’s Statistics, 277
— Launches and Trial Trips, 22, 40, 76, 106 (see LETTER, 158), 133,162,190, 220, 240, 278, 296, 367, 400, 460, 488, 520, 552, 612, 640, 662, 679, 740
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 129
— Oil-Tank, Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 101, 507
Tank, Launched in 1949, Lloyd’s Statistics, 277
Tank, Lloyd’s Register Revised Rules for, 389
Tank, Single-Screw, “ Grena,” 635* Tank. See also Oil Tankers
— for Overseas Mail Service, Considerations in Operation of, 134*, 163*, 194*
— See also Marine Propulsion
Mott, Hay and Anderson, River Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels, 215
Mouchel, L. G., and Partners, Prestressed- Concrete Bridge Over River Tame, 545*
Moulds for “Lost-Wax” Process of Precision Casting, 45, 107*
— for Pelleting of Granular Materials, 176 Moulding Plant, Beevor Iron Foundry, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 66*
— See also Foundry
Mounting, Hydraulically-Clamped, for Bench Use (S. Franklin, Ltd.), 56*
Mowat, J. M., on Steels for Specialised Application, 338
Mowinckel’s, J. L., Rederi, Oil Tanker “Grena,” 635*
M.Sc. Degree, Requirements for, 584 Muirhead and Co., Ltd., Pametrada Wave
Analyser, 377* ; Exhibition of Facsimile Communication Equipment, 439
Mallard Electronic Products, Ltd., 1-kW Low- Frequency Magneto-Striction Generator, 84* ; Glass-Working Machines for Television Cathode-Ray Tubes, 441* ; Conductance Bridge for Chemical AVork, 487*
Mulliner, H. J., and Co., Ltd., “ Preperite ” Rust- Removing Material, 294
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Murray, G. L., on Orthographic Projector, 708. See 521*. See LETTER, 630
— Orthographic-Projection Model (A. West and Partners, Ltd.), 521*, 556. See LETTERS, 630, 708
Museum, Royal Scottish, Edinburgh, Exhibits in Hall of Metallurgy, 622*
— Science, South Kensington, Exhibition of French Scientific Instruments, 159. 186*. See Addendum, 227 ; Model of R. Fulton’s First Steamboat, 229*; *' Science of Weather” Exhibition, 388; Re-Opening of National Aeronautical Collection, 731
Mushet, D. and R. F., Metallurgical Work of. 18. See LETTER, 46

NAMUR, Continuous Prestressed Concrete Bridge at, 224*
— Road Bridge, Prestressed Concrete for, 55* Nash, G. H., the Late, 418
National College of Horology and Instrument Technology, Course at, 584
— Economics During 1949, Government Report on, 45
— Physical Laboratory, Jubilee and Exhibition, 16, 128 ; Investigations on Sound- Insulation of Buildings, 76; Large Vacuum Valve Applied to Electric Furnace, by W. F. Atkins and G. C. H. Jenkins, 132* ; Internal-Stress Measurements on Blade Rings of Radial-Flow Steam Turbines, 171*, 217; Recording Errors in Gear- Hobbing Machine Tables, by C. Timms, 307* ; Hand-Operated Multi-Speed Gearbox, by W. F. Atkins, 368* ; Electrical Head for Level Comparator, by D. V. Blake and D. C. Barnes, 395* ; Hydraulics Research at, 415. See LETTER, 508; Exhibits at Royal Society Conversazione, 572 ; Unifted-Thread Form Diagrams and Graticules for Projection Apparatus and Microscopes, 582*
Nationalisation of Coal Industry, Legal Decision of, 601
— of Rural Water Supplies, 668 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Spring Meeting, London:
Programme, 329
Report of Council, 361
Election of Officers, 361
Presidential Address by Lord Cunningham on Naval and Mercantile Shipbuilding, 361
Parsons Lecture on Progress in Marine Propulsion (1910-50), by K. C. Barnaby, 426, 457, 484*, 518*. See 357, 362
Reports of Discussions, 388, 418, 448, 466 Annual Dinner, 359
Note on New Forms for Ships’ Sterns, by P. Carlotti, 388
Further Experiments with Models of High-Speed Ships, by Prof. A. F. Lindblad, 388, 418
Shifting Boards for Ballasted Cargo
Vessels, by R. A. Beattie, 419, 448
Notes on Stresses in Tanker Members, by
H. J. Adams, 419, 448 Improvements in Mooring Anchors, by
K. P. Farrell, 449
Investigations on Model Anchors, by H. L. Dove, 449
Thermal Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, by E. C. B. Corlett, 466
Summer Meeting, Newcastle {In Conjunction with North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders and Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland): Inaugural Proceedings, 731
British Shipbuilding Research Association,
The First Six Years, by Sir M. Denny, 731
Naval Architecture Research Laboratory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Model Tests of Thermal Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, 466 See also Warships
— Construction. See Warships
— Constructors, Royal Corps of, Future of, 271 ; Annual Dinner, 540
— Warfare. See Warships
— See also Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— United States. See United States under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Neill, J., and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 493
Netherlands Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Motor Tanker ” Grena,” 635*
Network Analyser for Electric Power Systems (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 38*
Neville, N., the Late, 46
New Year Honours List, 17
— York, River Harlem, Girder Lifting Bridge Over, 274
— Zealand Railways, Electrification, British
Equipment for, 454
New Zealand, Report on Eduction, Training and Supply of Professional Engineers, 538
Newage (Manchester), Etd., 5-kV Automa Diesel-Driven Lighting Set, 559
Newark, Oxney Road Factory, F. Perkins, Ltd.,
NewbFggin Measured Mile, Northumberland, 147*
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Joint Meeting of Engl- neers and Shipbuilders a^ 731 T,. i
King’s College, Model Tests of Theimal Expansion Effects in Compt^ite Ships, 466 Snillers, Ltd., Flour Mill, 29*
Newcomen Society, EarlyBngineenngon Thames and Severn Canal, 1^0, 1 ,
Presentation of Presidential Jewel by Dr A. P. Thurston, 186* ; Catalogue of Engineering Designs of John Smeaton, 653 ; Summer Meeting, Sheffield, 657
Newfoundland, Hydro-Electric Plants in, 416 Newton Victor, Ltd., 2,000,000-Volt X Ra> Equipment, 373*
Nickel Solid-Drawn Tubes Specification 240 Nipigon River, Pine Portage Hydro-Electric Nitr^en^ Absorption in Steel, Influence of Niva^®uSd?Sun?’ Hydro-Electric Power Plant, 225
Noise Filter (M. Gavreau), 186*
— in Internal-Combustion Engines, Methods ot
— and SouiKl transmission, Symposium on,
North British lo^^ Co., Ltd., 4-6-2 ppe
Passenger Locomotives, 104 , Locomotives with Cast-Steel Beds, 313 , 0-8-0 Tank Locomotives for Spam,
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newbiggin 147* • Electric Power-Station Efficiency, bv T. P. Everett, 620, 666 ; Joint Summer Meeting, Newcastle, with Institution of Naval Architects and Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Inaugural Proceedings, 731
— of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Certified Studentship Examinations, 279
— Notes from, 13, 41, 69, 97, 125, 153, 181, 211, 241, 269, 297, 325, 355, 385, 413, 443, 473 503, 535, 567, 597, 625, 653, 679, 703, 727. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Inauguration of Loch Sloy Scheme, 273
Wales Hydro-Electric Developments, 477. See LETTER, 571
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., water Corrosion-Resisting Aluminium Alloy, 653 District Valuation Board v. Priestman Collieries, Ltd., 601
Northumberland, Newbiggin Measured Mile, 147*
Norway, Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests {Materials} Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX o tt,
— See Cleveland; North; South-West; South Yorkshire ; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH
Nozzles, Euel-Valve, for Marine Hiesd Engines Burning Boiler Fuels, 513, 546 , 577*
Nuttall, E., Sons and Co. (London), Ltd., Reclamation Work at Cliff Quay Power Station, 674* .
Nutting, Dr. J., on Overheating and Burning of Steel, 542
Nvasa, Lake, 500-ton Floating Dock for, 257*
Nyasaland Railways, Ltd., 500-ton Floating Dock for, 257*

Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
Observatory, Liverpool, and Tidal Institute, Annual Report, 417
— Royal Greenwich, Automatic Guiding of Astronomical Telescope at, 197*
Occupation Bridge, Gorton, Manchester, Reconstruction of, 469
O.E.E.C., Arrangements for Exchange of Technical Information Between European Countries, 12
Oil Consumption, Significance of, in European Recovery, 681 ,
Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Oars, Motor Boats; Tractors
— Industry, Corrosion in, Work of Joint Committee on, 45 _ _
— Lubricating, Flow from Big-End Bearing, , 247* 291*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles; Alo«or Boats; Tractors .
— Oxidation in Internal-Combustion Engines, 646*
— Refining, High-Pressure Vessels for, 149
— Switches. See Switchgear n
— Tankers Under Construction, Lloyd s Statistics, 101, 507 '
“ Grena,” Dutch-Built, for Norway, 635*
Launched in 1949, Lloyd’s Statistics, 277 | Launches and Trial Trips, 22, 40 76,106, 162 220, 240, 278, 367, 400, 460, 488, 520, 640, 662, 679, 740
Lloyd’s Register Revised Rules for, 369 Stresses in, 419, 448
S.S. “ Velutina,” Launch of, 429*
See also Steamers, Motorships
— Tractors. See
— See also Lubrication; Petroleum
Oilfields, Venezuelan, 1,750-kW Natural-Gas Turbo-Alternator for, 132
Old Centralians, Annual Dinner, 683 ,,
J. Olding and Co., Ltd., “ Nordberg-Buday Saw, 686* .
Oliphant, Prof. M. L., on Industrial Applications of Atomic Energy, 273
Olympia, Building Exhibition. See Building Exhibition, Olympia
— Exhibition
“Olympic” Motor Omnibus, with Cjider- Floor Engine (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 94 . See 1*, 532*
Omnibus, Motor. See yiotor Omnibus Onions and Sons (Levellers), Ltd., “Empire Earth Scraper, 490*
Ontario, Hydro-Electric Power Developments in. Report, 416, 730
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Opening Bridges. See bridges Optical Apparatus, French, Exhibition of, 159, 186.* See Add^endam, 227
— Equipment, Tool Setting, for Boring Lathe (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 266
— Glass. SeeGZass
— Instruments, Physical Society s Exhibition, 377*, 401*
Optics, Applied, and Optical Glass, Research and Development in (Review), 143
— Work of J. Hopkinson on, 35 Ordnance. See Guns Ore Deposits in India, 311 Dressing Investigations in Australia, 304 — Iron, Reserves in Great Britain, 479 Oregon, Malheur Canal, Asphalt Lining for, 613*
Orthographic-Projection Model, Murray (A. West and Partners, Ltd.), 521*, 556. See LETTERS, 630, 708
Oscillators. See Electric Oscillograms. See Electric Oscillograph. See Electric •
Ottawa River, Des Joachims Hydro-Electric Power Station, 730
Ottley, Sir J., Work on Stresses in Dams, 24 Outlook, Engineering, 6, 32, 59, 88, 117, 144, 172, 201, 232, 260,288,317
Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
Equipment for Manchester-Sheffield Railway Electrification (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 206*
Lines, Power Transmission in Austria, 440* Power Transmission, British Electricity Authority’s Annual Report, 71
Power Transmission, Costs of, 47*, 74* Power Transmission, Effects of Lightning on 79*
Power Transmission, on Electrified Railways, 320, 327, 347, 365*
Power Transmission, 275-kV Experimental, Leatherhead, 235*
Power Transmission, High-Voltage Surge Diverters for, 335*
Practice (Review), 259
Overheating and Burning of Steel, Effect of, 542 Overseas Mail Service, Considerations in Operation, 134*, 163*, 194*. See 99, 101
Railway Electrification, British Engineering in, 321, 454
Oxidation, Anodic, Finishes, Specification, 472 _ Oil, in Internal-Combustion Engines, 646* Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See Welding. Oxygen, Dissolved, in De-Aerated Water, Estimation of, 553*
— Lance, Use in Electric Alloy-Steel Production, 660*
Liquid, Containers for, Brymbo Steel Co., Ltd., 661*
Owen, Prof. E. A., on X-Ray Methods for Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, 498
Ozone Spectrophotometer, Photo-Electric (R. and J. Beck, Ltd.), 401*

PACKAGING, Standard, Glossary, 502
Packings, Flexible, Friction of, 273
Page, Sir F. Handley, on Aircraft-Design Developments, 636*
Paints, Tests of, for Stuctural Steelwork, 256
Painting for Corrosion Prevention, Costs of, 160 of Light-Alloy Superstructures of Ships, Effects of, 466
— of Structural Steelwork, Report on, 256
Palladium Engineering Co., Ltd., Portable Electric Hoisting Block, 28*
Palmers Hebburn Co., Ltd., Towers for New- biggin Measured Mile, 147*
Pametrada Research Station, Wallsend, Work of, 621*, 649*, 676*
— Wave Analyser (Muirhead and Co., Ltd.), 377*, 698
Pantograph for Relief Maps (P. Richarme), 188* Paper, Waste, Recovery Association, Annual Report, 629
Paraflan Engines. See Engines
Paraffin Tractors. See Tractors . .
Parfttt, E, Radio Control for Bombing-Targ^ Motor Launch, 701*
Parker K., Ltd., Mobile, Tar-Macadam and Asphalt Mixing Plant, 491* ; “ Screening and Storing Unit, 491* ; ‘ Rocksizer ” Crushing Machine, 491* .
Parkinson, E. V., on Iron and Steel Industry in India, 311, 336
Parr, R. G., on Electric Fences, 49
Parsons, Sir C. A., Development of Steam Turbine by, 367, 426, 457, 518
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Industrial Gas Turbines, 539, 579*, 607*
— Lecture on Progress in Marine Propulsion
(1910-1950), 357, 362, 426, 457, 484*, 518*
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion .
Particles in Gas, (calculating Motion of, 574 .
— Size Determination by Photo-Extinctiou
Sedimentometers, 350*, 405*. See Erra- turn 542
Partridge. Wilson, and Co., Ltd., Use of Bakelite in Battery-Testing Instrument, 306
Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
— Steamers. See Steamers
Patents, Handbook of (Review), 259
Pattern for “ Lost-Wax ” Process of Precision Casting, 45, 107*
Peak-Pressure Indicator for Internal-Combustion Engines, 168*
Pearson, K., on Stability of Masonry Dams, 23*
Peat as Fuel for Gas Turbines, 121
Peattie, J. D., on Operation of B.E.A. Steam- Generating Stations, 705
Pelleting of Granular Materials, 175*, 203*
Perkins, F., Ltd., Manufacture of Four and Six- Cylinder Diesel Engines, 699*
Perl Controls, Ltd., Two-Way Magnetic Gas Valve, 593*
Permanent Magnet Association, Sheffield, Work on Permanent Magnets, 572
— — See Magnets
— Way, Effect of Electric Traction on, 321 Permutit Co., Ltd., “ Wetting ’’-Agent Injector for Dust Suppression in Collieries, 517*
i Personal, 12, 40, 68, 96,124,152, 180, 210, 240, 268, 296, 324, 354, 384, 412, 442, 472, 502, 534, 566, 596, 624, 652, 678, 702, 726
Perspective, Theory and Practice of (Review), 695
Peru, Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236, 264
Pest Control, Ltd., Timber Carrier, 710* Petherbridge, P., on Discomfort Glare and Lighting of Buildings, 132
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics : Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum Equipment, Council of British Manufacturers of, on Corrosion in Oil Industry, 45
— Industry, Plug Valve for. Specification, 442 Steel Pipe Flanges and Fittings for, Specification, 268
— See also Oil; Engines, Oil
“ Petter-Fielding ” 16-b.h.p. Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine, 592*
pH Indicator, Direct-Reading (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 563
Phase Advancing bv Three-Phase Machines, 115*
Philadelphia, Franklin Institute, Work of, 243 ; Phosphorus Elimination in Steel Manufacture, i Work of S. G. Thomas on, 420, 550 i
Photoelasticity : Princiides and Methods (Re- I view), 172 '
Photo-Electric Cell and Amplifier for Combus- j tion-Period Investigations, 698*
Ozone Spectrophotometer (R. <fe J. Beck, Ltd.), 401*
— Extinction Sedimentometers, Design and Use of, 350*, 405*. See Erratum, 542
— Telegraphic Equipment, Exhibition of, 439 Photographic Transmission over Long-Distances, Apparatus for (Barr A Stroud, Ltd.), 378*
Photography, Pioneer Work of W. H. Fox Talbot on, 185
— Stellar, Automatic Guiding Apparatus for Telescope for, 197*
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Apparatus, French, Exhibition of, 159. 186*. See Addendum, 227
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Society’s Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, 377*, 401*
— Work of O. Heaviside, 529, 569, 603
Physics, Atomic Energy, Industrial Applications of, 273
— Division of Australian Standards Laboratory, Researches by, 304, 331
— Einstein’s Generalised Theory of Gravitation, 215
— Metal, Progress in (Review), 528
— Relativity, Origin of Theory of, 46. See LETTER, 74
— Report on British Experimental Atomic Pile, 215
— Spectroscopy, Practical (Review), 88
— Work of 0. Heaviside, 529, 569, 603
of J. Hopkinson on, 34*, 62*
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pick, T. S., on British Underground Railway Practice, 320
“Pick-up” Units for Electrical Measuring Apparatus, 483*
Piers, Docks and Wharves, Design, Construction and Maintenance of (Review), 87
Pike, Air Vice-Marshal T. G., on Airfields in War of Movement, 101
Pile, Atomic, British Experimental, Report on, 215 ; Model of, 541; Construction of at Harwell, 631*, 734*
— Driving, Stress Propagation in, 689*
— Screw, Bearing Capacity of, 73
Pine Portage Hydro-Electric Power Station, 730 Pipe-Carrying Trailers for Iraq Petroleum Co. (Cranes (Dereham), Ltd.), 341*, 408*
— Flanges and Fittings, Cast-Iron, Specifica
tion, 210
Pipe Flangesand Fittings, Steel, for Petroleum Industry, Specification, 268 j
Lead, Specification, 40
— Stoneware, for (Chemical Purposes. Dimensions of, Specification, 652
-- and Valves, Graphical Symbols for, Specification, 12
Pipelines^^lron, Buried, Costs of Corrosion in,
Pinnard Prof. A. J. S., on Functions of Engineering Research in Uni^rsi23 ; on
Engineering and Public Health, 658. See 599
Pirelli-General Cable Works, ’ sure Welding of Aluminium 150* • Port River Submarine Cable, o/s
Piston fo’r 7,500-b.h.p. Eccentric-Type Op- no^ed-Piston Marine Diesel Engine, 641
— of Internal-Combustion Engines, Tempera-Combustion Engine, Temperature Measurement of, 672* , TV ?
— Rods of Marine Diesel Engines, Design of, 194*
— Wear in Marine Diesel Engines Burning
Boiler Fuels, 515*, 546*, 577
Pit, Chalk, Swaiiscombe, Conveyor System tor Transporting Overburden, 4/1
Pitting. Sea Corrosion
Planing Machine. See Plansifter “ Flowmaster,” for Flour Mills, 30 , 113 * ,
Plastic Armour for Merchant Ships, \\ork of Road Research Laboratory on 44
Powders, Preforming Machines for (f. J. A H. Daniels. Ltd.), 590*
Plastics, Circular Saw for (Funditor, Ltd.), 524
— Exhibition, Bakelite, Ltd., 306 Plate-Bending Press. See Edge Planing Machine. See 1 tuning Machine under Machine Tools
— Shearing Machine. See A/ac/iwe Ioo/s
_ and Studs, Road, Specification 384
Platform, Working, Telescopic (W. Moss <fe Sons, Ltd.), Ill*
Plating, Electro. See LZeefro
Platinum Medal, Presentation to Prof. A. Portevin, 389
— Resistance Pyrometers. See
Platt, M., on Orthographic Projection, 630. See 521*. See LETTER, 708
Plessey Co., Ltd., Radio Transmitter-Receiver for Motor Cars, 8* ; Radio Transmitter- Receiver for Aircraft, 526*
Plough, Steam (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), JAd.), 516*
Plug Valve for Petroleum Industry, Specification, 442 .
Pneumatic Tools. See Machine lools
— See Air Compressor .
Polar Recorder for Cathode-Ray Oscillograph (Calaora and Lavavasseur), 186
Poles Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Tair, 528
Polytechnic. See EdweaZton
Pontoon for 500-ton Floating Dock, Lake
Port, Files in Ships in. Ministry of Transport
Working Party Report on, 725
— River, South Australia, Submarine Cable Across. 678 , ,, . . ..
— United Kingdom, Increased Mechanisation at, Report, 628
” Portabin ” Screening and btoring I mt, 491 Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See J/ac/jiiie TOOZK
Portevin, Prof. A., Presentation of J latinum Medal to, 389
Portland Cement. See Ceiaeat .
•• Portobel ” Anti-Aircraft* Gunnery framer
Portobello Power Station, Model of 540,001) lb. Boiler for, 556*
Portsmouth, ITnited States, 40,000-k\\ Mer- curv-Steam Power Plant at, 410
Portugal, Irrigation in. Submersible lump tor (Sumo Pumps, Ltd.), 161
Potentiometer. See Electric .
Powder, Copper, Electrolytic, Production and Heat-Treatment of, 51*
— Pelleting of, Researches on, l/o*, 203
— Size Analysis, Photo-Extinction Sedimento- meters for, 350*, 405*. See Erratum, 542 Powell Duffryn Carbon Products,^Ltd., Application of Delanium Carbon, 371*
Powell and Moya, “Vertical Feature for Festival of Britain 1951, 49*
Power Conference, World, Fourth, London, Programme, 183 , . , x
Convention, British Electrical, Hariogate, See British Electrical Pouer Convention
— Gas. See Gas; Producers
~ Plant, Hydro-Electric, in Austria, 440* Hydro-Electric, Canadian, Report on, 416 Hydro-Electric, Gorge, Seattle, Grinding Floor of Concrete Tunnel, 251
_ _ Hydro-Electric, Loch Sloy, Inauguration of, 273 , -r. 1
Hydro-Electric, North Wales, Developments in, 477. See LETTER, 571
Hydro-Electric, Preparing Schemes for 571
Hydro-Electric, Underground, 225, 236, 264
_ _ See also Power Stations; Power, ^^ater Substations
Press. See Machine Tools
— Station, Electric, in Austria, 440*
Electric, Berlin West, Reconstruction, 8 Electric, British, Developments in, 129 Electric, British, 1947-48 Report on Engineering and Financial Statistics, 272
Electric, British Electricity Authority’s, Annual Report, 71
Electric, British Electricity Authority, Operation of, 705
Electric, Canadian, 416
Electric, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, 674*
Electric, Crimpsail, Construction of, 391 Electric, Drakelow, Approval of, 459 Electric, Electricity Commissioners’ Final Report, 127
Electric, Efficiency of, 620, 624, 66(> Electric, Gas Turbines for, 249
Power Station, Electric, in Great Britain, Siting of, 47*. 74*
Electric, Industrial Gas Turbines. o39, 579*, 607*
Electric. Mercury-Steam, Schiller, United States, 410
Electric, Portobello, Model of 540,000-lb. Boiler for, 556*
Electric, Progress in Design of, 713 See also Power Plants ; Siibstations
— Supply, Electric, in Austria, 440* Electric, for Boreham Wood Film Studios, 623*
Electric, for British Electrified Railways, 320, 347 ,
Electric, British Electricity Authority s Annual Report, 71. See 705
Electric, in Canada, Potential and Developed, 684
Electric, Economics of, 705 Electric, Electricity Commissioners Jbinal Report, 127 . . , a*
Electric, Engineering and Financial Statistics, 1947-48, 272
Electric, in Europe, Position of, 101, 148 Electric and Gas^ Relative Merits,J739^^ Electric, 74*
Electric, very, 681
Electric, way, 206* Hllcct/ric
Electric’ Mosaic'Wall Diagrams for Control Rooms, 724*
Electric, in Motorships, 163
Electric, New Tariffs for, 359
Electric, Problem of Load Shedding and Load Spreading, 739
Electric, in 1949, Statistics of, 110 . — Electric, Statistics of Units Generated, 471
Electric, Systems, Network Analyser for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 38*
Electric, Work of J. Hopkinson on, 34*, 62*
Hydro-Electric, Ontario, Recent Developments, 730 . .
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, in Austria, 440*
Overhead Lines, British Electricity Authority’s Annual Report, 71 .
Overhead Lines, Costs of, 47*, 74
Overhead Lines, Effects of Lightning on, 79*
Overhead Lines, on Electrified Railways, 320, 327, 347, 365*
Overhead Lines, 275-kV Experimental, Leatherhead, 235*
Overhead Lines, High-Voltage Surge Diverters for, 335* .
Overhead Line Practice (Review), 259 See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Water, of Alaska, Report on, 184
in Austria, 440* , in Canada, Potential and Developed, 684 See also Hydraulic; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic Practice Codes of. Ministry of Works. See Standards
Preece, Prof. A., on Overheating and Burning of Steel, 542 .
“ Preperite ” Rust-Removing Material (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 294
Presidential Address to British Electrical 1 ower Convention, by Sir "V. de Ferranti, /Ob
to Institute of Metals by H. S. Tasker on Work of the Institute, 362
to Institution of Naval Architects, by Lord Cunningham on Naval and Mercantile Shipbuilding, 361
to Iron and Steel Institute, by J. K. Menzies-Wilson on Production of Iron Ore, 479
Press. See Machine Tools .
Pressing Machine for Safety-Glass Manufacture, 292*
Pressure-Measuring Instniinent- “ Hydraulis- cope ” (Aeroquip Corporation), 451*
Measurement in Tests of Internal-Combustion Engines, 660*, 672*. See LETTER, 708
Vessels, Fusion-Welded, for Chemical Industry, Specification, 268
Fusion-Welded, Manufacture by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 344*, 373*
Manufacture by Autofrettage, 479*, 509 , 562* ,
Pressurising and Air-Conditioning Transportable Truck for Aircraft (Sir G. Godfrey and Partners, Ltd.), 470*
Preston, C. E., on Technical Man-Power in India, 394 .
Priestley, Sir R., on Education of Engineers 732
Priestman Collieries, Ltd., v. Northern District Valuation Board, 601 .
Printing Two Centuries of, Harrison A Sons, Ltd., 600 .
Producer, Gas, for Industrial Gas lurbines, 607*’
Mechanical, Model of, 622* Production Economy in Rolling of Aluminium, 26 36 64
Engineers, Institution of, Schofield Travel Scholarships, 245
— Problems Created by Simplification, 213, 215,222 . , , ,
Productivity Teams and Engineering Industry, 7 33, 61, 234, 289, 317
Materials Handling, Report of, 627 Report on Drop Forging, 508 Professional Classes Aid Council, Annual Report, 731
Engineers Appointments Bureau, work of, 245 . .
in New Zealand, Education, Training and Supply of, Report on, 538
Profits Basis, Decision on Assessment of Rates on 570. See LETTERS, 658, 708
Projector for 35-mm. Sound Films (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 309*
-- Units for “ Portobel ” Anti-Aircraft Trainer, 582*
JTouellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics --- Contra- Effect for Ships, 388
Propellers, Marine, Cavitation of, 457
Design and Experience with, 164*
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion: Engines; Turbines; Propellers: Ship Resistance
Protection, Coast, and Land Reclamation, 609 Public Health Engineering, Courses of Instruction in, 599. See LETTERS, 658
Pulverised Coal, for Ships, 485
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Concrete (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 494*
— 4-in. Diaphragm Petrol-Driven (Millars Machinery Co., Ltd.), 594*
— Extraction, and Air Injection De-Aerator
for Oxygen-Free Water, 554*
— Feed-Water, Types of, for Power Stations, 667
— Fuel-Injection, for 7,500-b.h.p. Marine Diesel Engine, 641*
— Gravel, for Suction Dredger (Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd.), 595*
— Heat, Applications (Review), 643
at “Daily Mirror’’ Office, Geraldine House (L. Sterne and Co., Ltd.), 95*
Ministry of Fuel’s Experiments on, 121
— Molecular (Etablissements Beaudouin), 189
— Oil, Radial, Variable-Delivery High-Speed (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 560*
— Submersible, for Irrigation (Sumo Pumps, Ltd.), 161
Pumping Engines for Thames and Severn Canal, 120
— and Piping Arrangements for Oil Tankers, Lloyd’s Register Rules for, 369
— Plant, Cliff Quay Power Station, 675*
for 500-ton Floating Dock for Lake Nyasa, 257*
at Pametrada Research Station, 650 for Rural Water Supplies, 639, 668
— Sets for Royal Air Force Fire Floats, 334, 353*
— Stations, Glasgow Corporation Water Department, 370, 477
Purday, H. F. P., on Heat Transfer Coefficient for Fluids in Laminar Movement, 602. See LETTER, 541
Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
— of Water. See Water
Purifiers for Flour Mills, 30*, 113*
Purves, Col. Sir T. F., the Late, 130*, 143
Pye, W. G., and Co., Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 404
Pyrene Co., Ltd., “ Preperite ” Rust-Removing Material, 294; Monitors for Royal Air Force Fire Floats, 334*, 353*
Pyrometer, Portable (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 380*
— Surface (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 560*
— See also Thermometry
QATAR, Iraq, 10,000-Ib. Water-Tube Boiler for, 294*
Quarries, Blasting Operations in, Ground Vibra- i tions from, 430*
I Stress Propagation in, 689*
I Quartz Crystals, Fundamental Technique in ' Frequency Adjustments of (Review), 200
Quasi-Circular Shapes, Geometry of, and Behaviour of Drills and Reamers, 285*, 330* Quebec, Hydro-Electric Plants in, 416 Quicksilver. See Mercury

RACHINGER, VV. A., on Mechanism of Deformation in Creep, 499
Radial Drill. See Drill undei’ Machine Tools Radiant Heating, Ltd., Gas-Fired Radiant-Heat Drying Tunnel, 559
Radiation, Flame, in Internal Combustion Engines, 648*
International Research on, 519
— Monitor (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 401*
Radiator, Twin, for 250-h.p. Diesel-Engined Tractor, 392*
Radio Aerials (Review), 619
— Communication, Fifty Years of, Exhibition, 322
Recent British Developments in, 185
— Components Exhibition, London, 447
— Control for Bombing-Target Motor Launch
(Berne Electronic and Marine Equipment,; Ltd.), 701*
— Copenhagen Plan for Broadcasting Wavelengths, 273, 337, 359
— Direction-Finder for Aircraft (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 521
— and Electronic Component Manufacturers Federation, Radio Components Exhibition, 447
— Engineering, Training in, Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 103
— Equipment, industry. Position and Prospects, 260
Very High-Frequency for Railways (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 77*
— Gramophone Development Co., Ltd., Radio-Telephone for Mersey Docks, 657
Radio Heaters, Ltd., 1-kW Thermo-Plastic . Sheet Welding Machines, 558*
— Industry Council, Specifications for Wireless Components, 459
— Interference Suppression on Marine Installations, Specification, 40
— Isotopes, Production at Harwell, 215
— Jubilee of Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd., 446
— Marine Associated Companies’ Conference, London, Proceedings, 322
— New Broadcasting Wavelengths, 273, 337,: 359
— Research in Australia, 331
— Telephone System for Mersey Docks, 657
— Transmitter-Receiver for Aircraft (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 526*
Receiver for Motor Cars (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 8*
— See also Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony, Wireless; Television
Radioactive Isotopes in Industry, Demonstration of, Uses of, 542
— Thickness Gauge (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 401* Radioactivity Assay Instruments for Atomic Research, 632*
Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., Photo-Electric Press Guard, 123*
Radley, Dr. W. G., on Fifty Years’ Development in Telephone and Telegraph Transmission, 604. See 529, 569
Rail, Bending-Fatigue Testing Machines, 585*
— Conductor, Gauging Trolley, London Transport Executive, 249
Installation on Electrified Railways, 347
— Effect of Electric Traction on, 321 Railcars. See Carriages, Railway
Railroad. See Railways
Railway Accidents.. See Accidents
— Argentine, Electrification, Britisli Equipment for, 321, 454
— Australian, Electrification, British Equipment for, 321, 454
— Bolivian, Metre-Gauge Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 352*
— Breakdown and Re-Railing Equipment, 280*. See Erratum, 399
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, 0-6-0 Type Pannier-Tank Locomotive, 76* ; Repair of Locomotive Plate Frames by Metallic-Arc Welding, 177*, 251* ; Electrification of Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Line, 205* ; Breakdown Equipment on, 280*. See Erratum, 399 ; Electrification Schemes, 319, 320, 327, 347, 390 ; Diesel-Electric Locomotives on, 348 ; Electric Locomotives on, 348 ; Fatigue-Testing Machine for Rails, 585* ; Exhibition of Railway Civil Engineering, 601 ; Gas- Turbine Locomotives, 608; 500-b.h.p.
Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive, 699*
— Buenos Aires Western, Diesel-Electric Motor-Coach Trains on, 391
— Canadian, Electrification, British Equipment for, 454
— Carriage. See Carriages
— Civil Engineering Exhibition, 601
— Electric, Traction, Convention. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of
— Electrification, Overseas, British Engineering in, 321, 454
— Electrified, South African, tection on, 347
— European, Electrification, ment for, 454
— French State, Breakdown 280*. See Erratum, 399
— Great Western, Gas-Turbine Locomotives, 608
— Indian, Electrification, British Equipment for, 454
— Inefficiency and Extravagance, Charges of, 684. See 576
— Light, Barsi, India, 2-8-2 Type Locomotive, 219*
— Liverpool Street-Shenfield, Electrification of. 320, 327, 367*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— London to Holyhead, Britannia Tubular Bridge, Centenary of, 301
Transport Executive, Fluorescent Lighting for Coaches, 253
— Manchester-Sheffield-Wath, Electrification of, 327, 367 ; Motors for Electric Locomotive, 665*
— Motor Carriage. , See Carriage
— New Zealand, Electrification, British Equipment for, 454
— Nyasaland, 500-ton Floating Dock for, 257*
— Radio Equipment, Very High-Frequency, for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 77*
— Rolling Stock. See Rolling Stock; Carriages ; Locomotives; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— South African. 2-8-4 Type Locomotives with
Cast-Steel Beds, 313*; 3,()00-Volt Mer-
? cury-Arc Rectifier Sub.station, 347, 396* 427; Electrification, British Equipment, for, 454
American, Electrification, British Equipment for, 454
Australian, Breakdown Equipment on, 280*. See Erratum, 399
— Swedish State, 50-ton Breakdown Crane, 281*
— Train Brake. See Brake
— Tube. See Underground; London Transport Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London Transport Executive
— Wagons. See Wagons
— Western Australian Government, 4-6-2 Type Passenger Locomotives, 104*
— See also PAKAGRAPH INDEX
Ramp for Use in Railway Accidents, 280 Rand Water Board, Annual Report, 46 Rankine, W. J. M., on Design of Masonry Dams, 23
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., 105-ton Railway Breakdown Crane, 281*. See Erratum, 399 ; History of Firm, 1869-1949 (Review), 716. See LETTER, 731
Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd., Submerged Belt-Type Magnetic Separator, 559 Rates, Assessment on Profits Basis, Decision on, 570. See LETTERS, 658, 708
Rawlplug Co., Ltd., Rawlties for Shuttering for Concrete Construction, 495
Rays. See Cathode Rays; X-Rays
Receivers, Air, Valves and Gauges, Specification, 678
Recherches M6caniques et Physiques, Strobo- ! rama for High-Speed Cinematography,188*
Reclamation, Land, and Coast Protection, 609 i Recorder, Polar, for Cathode-Ray Oscillograph I (Calaora and Lavavasseur), 186*
— Potentiometer, Automatic (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 402*
— Sound-Level (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 378*
— Speed (Everett, Edgcumbe and (’o., Ltd.), 380
— Strain, Single-Channel (H. Hughes and Son, Ltd.), 403*
Recording Equipment for Tests of Gear-Hobbing Machines (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 307*
Rectifiers. See Electric
Reduction Gears. See Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
Rees, Dr. W. J., the Late, 447
References, Bibliographical, Standard System of, 678
— Books. See Annuals
Refractories, Cupola and Converter, Conference on, Report of Proceedings, 77
— Production in India, 311
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Review), 672
— Condensing Units for. Specification, 412
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 260
— Institute of, Jubilee Banquet of, 157 Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace Registro Italiano, Agreement with Lloyd’s
Register of Shipping, 602
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete Relativity, Origin of Theory of, 46. See LETTER, 74
Relaxation Methods, Summer School in, 279 Relay, Interlocking (Londex, Ltd.), 524* Report, Anglo-American Council on Productivity, Productivity Team on Drop Forging, 508
— Annual, Aslib, 502
Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 274, 303, 331, 376, 468 British Council, 45
British Electrical and Allied Research Association, 300
British Electrical and Allied turers’ Association, 475
British Electricity Authority,
British Hydromechanics Research Association, 73
British Iron and Steel Research Association, 1949, 682
Building Research Board, 1948, 358 Central Board of Irrigation, India (Review), 587
Chamber of Shipping of United Kingdom, 243
Imperial College of Science and Technology, 245
Institute of Fuel, 540
Institute of Marine Engineers, 417
Institution of Chemical Engineers, 447 Institution of Mining Engineers, 129 , Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute, 417
Liverpool Steam Ship Owners’ Association, 301
Manchester Joint Research Council, 274 Professional Classes Aid Council, 731 Rand Water Board, 46
Waste Paper Recovery Association, 629 Water-Power Resources of Canada, 416, 730
— British Cast Iron Research Association, on
Modern Metallurgy of Cast Iron, 136*, 166* Government, on Schuman Plan, 729
— Cambridge University Engineering Department, 1948-49, 683
— Chief Inspector of Mines, 1948, 506
— Conference of European and American
Engineering Societies, 1949, 417
— Education, Training and Supply of Professional Engineers in New Zealand, 538
— on Electric Fences, 49
— Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 156 Inspector of Mines, 1948, 628
— Electricity Supply, Engineering and Financial Statistics, 1947-48, 272
— Establishment and Maintenance of Electrical Units, United States Bureau of Standards, 476
— European Steel Trends, 72
— Final, Electricity Commissioners’, 127
— Geological Survey Board, 1947, 215
— Hydro-Electric Progress in Canada, 416, 730
— Increased Mechanisation in United Kingdom Ports, 628
— on London Airport Ground-Traffic Movement, 105
— “ Lower-Cost (‘anal Linings,” 529*, 613*, 693*
— of Materials Handling Productivity Team, 627
— Ministry of Supply, on British Experimental Atomic Pile, 215
of Transport, Fire Fighting in Ships in Port, 725
— Motor-Vehicle Industry (Review), 388
— National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, on Farm Tractors, 505
— on Painting of Structural Steelwork, 256
— Resources of Alaska, 184
— Road Research Board, 1948, 214
Research Laboratory, War-Time Activity of, 44
— on Supply and Demand for Mechanical and
Civil Engineers, 73. See LETTER, 158
— Symposium on Noise and Sound Transmission, 1948 (Review), 644
— Tin Research Institute, on Bullard-Dunn Electrolytic Process, 20
— Vacation Work Scheme of Imperial College of Science and Technology, 18
— Working Party on Building Operations, 539 Rescue Device, Australian, for Crashed Aircraft, 400
Research Association, Cast Iron, British, Report on Modern Metallurgy of Cast Iron, 136*, 166* ; Opening of Scottish Laboratories, 544
Electrical and Allied Industries, British, Annual General Meeting and Luncheon, 185 ; Annual Report, 300
Hydromechanics, British, Annual Report, 73
Internal-Combustion Engine, British, Equipment and Experimental Methods Used by, 658*, 672*, 695*. See LETTER, 708
Iron and Steel, British, Conference on Cupola and Converter Refractories, Report of Proceedings, 77 ; Report on Painting of Structural Steelwork, 256; Steel Research Station. Sheffield, 460 ; Annual Report, 1949, 682
Leather Manufacturers, British, Opening of Laboratories of, 601
Products, Steam Bending of 605
Architecture, Ne wcastle -u pon- Tyne, Model Tests of Thermal Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, 466
Road, War-Time Activity of, Report, 44 “ Organisation, British Export Trade, and Federation of British Industries, Agreement Between, 477
Scientific and Industrial. Australian, * Annual Report, 274, 303, 331, 376, 468
— Scientific, by Franklin Institute, 243
and Industrial, Australian Council for, Annual Report, 274, 303, 331, 376, 468
— Station, Building, Mobile Acoustics Laboratory, 76
Hydraulic, Howbery Park, Wallingford, 415‘ See LETTER, 508
Pametrada, Wallsend, Work of, 621*, 649*, 676*
Pametrada, Wave Analyser, 377*, 698 Steel, Sheffield. 460
— Welding, Exhibition, 161, 264*
— Work Under Ministry of Fuel and Power, 120
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoirs of Glasgow Corporation Water Department, 370, 477
Resistance Pyrometer. See Pyrometer
— of Ships. See Ship Resistance Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., 33-kV 500-MVA Circuit-Breaker Switchgear, 524*; 3-3-
kV 150-MVA Air-Break Circuit-Breaker Switchgear, 525*
R.F.D. Co., Ltd., “Portobel” Anti-Aircraft Gunnery Trainer, 582*
Rheology, Theoretical, Elementary Introduction to : Deformation and Flow (Review), 287
Richardson, Dr. F. D., on Thermodynamic Background of Iron and Steel Making, 573 Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., Foster Wheeler Boiler, Panietrada Research Station, 649;: Foster-Wheeler High-Pressure Boilers, Grangemouth Works, 721*
Richarme, P., Pantograjjh for Relief Maps, 188*
Riddles, R. A., 500-b.h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive, 699*
Riley and Neate, Ltd.. Towers for Newbiggin Measured Mile, 147*
Ring-Spinning Frame, Magnetic-Drag Con- trolled-Slip Coupling for, 462*
— Synthetic Rubber, for Packings, 273
Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Brick-Lined Canals in, 616*
River Harlem, New York, Girder-Lifting Bridge Over, 274
— Meuse, Belgium, Continuous Prestressed Concrete Bridge Over, 224*_
— Mississagi, Tunnel Site Power Station, 730
— Nipigon, Pine Portage
Power Station, 730
— Ottawa, Des .Joachims Power Station, 730
— Port, South Australia, Submarine Cable Across, 678
— Tame, Prestressed-Concrete Bridge Over, 545*
— Thames, and Severn Canal, Early Engineering on, 110, 120
— Tyne, Howden and Jarrow Pedestrian and
Cyclist Tunnels, 215
Riveted Joints, Stress Propagation in, 690* Road Accidents. See Accidents
— Finishing Machine (Barber-Greene Olding and Co. Ltd.), 493*
— Legislation, Effect on Traffic Handling, 706
— Research Board, Report for 1948, 214 Laboratory, War-Time Activity of.
Report on, 44
— Roller, Vibrating, Power-Propelled (Stothert and Pitt. Ltd.), 559*
— Studs and Plates, Specification, 384
— Surfacing, Rubberised-Asphalt, in Lambeth, 469
— Traffic, Control of (Review), 706
— Vehicles, Use of Aluminium in. Symposium on,228
— See also Tar Macadam
Roadway of Continuous Prestressed-Concrete Road Bridge, 224*
Roberts, C. W., on Rolling of Zinc and Zinc Alloys, 467
Roberts, D. F. T., on Overheating and Burning of Stt el, 542
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 12-in. Laboratory Rolling Mill. 179*; 32-in.
Two-High Reversing Rolling Mill for Aluminium, 221*; Cold Sheet-Rolling Mill for Non-Ferrous Metals, 411*
Rock Pressure Computation, Methods of, 226 Rockefeller Foundation, Grants for Courses in Public Health Engineering, 599. See LETTERS, 658
“Rocksizer” Crushing Machine, 491*
Roe, A. V. (Canada), Ltd., Jet-Propelled Fighting Aeroplane, 135
“Rola-Vevor” Conveyor (J. Collis and Son, Ltd.), 686*
Roll, for Cold-Rolling Mills, Production by W. Beardinore and Co., Ltd., 338
— Flattening and Distortion, Theoretical Investigation in, 507
— Section-Bending. See Machine Tools
“ Roll-Race ” Conveyor, 711
Rolla'on, Dr. E. C., on Overheating and Burning of Steel, 542
Roller Bearings. See Bearings
— Mills for Flour Milling, 30*, 92*
— Road. See Road Roller
Rolling of Aluminium, Production Economy in, 26, 36. 64
— Hot, of Light Alloys, 437, 467
— Mill for Aluminium, Electrical Equipment for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 221*
Cold, Work-Rolls Production, by W. Beardinore and Co., Ltd., 338
Laboratorv, 12-in. (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 179*
at Non-Ferrous Metals Shops of Vickers- ; Armstrongs Ltd., 410*
Researches on Mechanics of Strip Rolling, 507
— Stock for British Electrified Railways, 321, 327
Electric, Running Attention to and Maintenance of, 391
Industry, Position and Prospects, 232 See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons
— of Zinc and Zinc-Rich Alloys, 467 Rolls-Royce Ltd., “Avon” R.A. Mark
Aeroplane Jet Engine, 138*; History Firm (Review), 328
Rbntgen Ra5’s. See X-Rags
Roof, Concrete. Suspended, Standard Code Practice, 412
— Coverings, Backgrounds for, Code of. Practice, 502
— Trusses for Aluminium School Buildings, Assembly of, 190*
Roofing, Copper Sheet and Strij) for, Specification, 210
Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rose, Dr. H. E.,on Design of Photo-Extinction Sedimentometers, 350*, 405*. See Erratum. 542
Rotary Blowers. See Bloivers
— Engine. See Engvie ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rotaside ” Wagon Tippler, 685*
“ Rotodip ” Rust-Proofing Plant for .Motor-Car Bodies, 716
Rotor Shafts, Turbine. 24 ft. by 4 ft. 6 in. Grinding Machine for (Churchill ^Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 11*
— Steam-Turbine, Steel Forgings for, 338
Rover Co., Ltd., First Gas-Turbine Driven Motor Car, 305*, 609: 250-b.ii.p. “Meteorite ” Diesel Engine for lleavv Tractor, 341*, 392*
Rowatt, T.. the Late, 478
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Aircraft Establishment. See Aeronautics
— Corps of Naval Constructors, Future of, 271;
Annual Dinner. 540
— Meteorological Society. See Meteorological
— Oak, H.M. Battleship. 1890. Keel Laying of. 605*. See LETTER. 685
— Observatory. Greenwich, Automatic Guiding
of Astronomical Telescope at, 197*
— S(;ottish Museum, Edinburgh, Exhibits in Hall of Metallurgy, 622*

Royal Society :

Election of Fellows, 319
Conversazione and Exhibition, 572
Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
— United Service Institution, Airfields in
War of Movement, by Air Vice-Marshall T. G. Pike, 101; Aircraft for Army Uses, by Lieut.-Gen. R. N. Gale, 158 ; Developments in Cable and Wireless Communications, by Col. Sir S. Angwin, 185 ; Present Science and Future Strategy, by Dr. 0. H. Wansbrough-Jones, 215
Royce, Sir F. H., Life and Work of, 328 Rubber Industrial Equipment (Goodyear Tyre (fe Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd.), 492
— Research, New Centre of Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 687*
— Surfaces, Friction of, 273
— Suspension for jMotor Cycles (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 340*
Rubberised-Asphalt Road Surfacing in Lambeth, 469
Rudder, Ship, Design, Wear and Tear, and Maintenance of, 165*
Ruddle, R. W., on Grain Size and Tensile Properties of Cast Aluminium Alloys, 390, 436
Rural Water Supplies, Recent Developments, 639, 668
Russia, Maritime History of (Review), 433
— Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236, 264
Rust-Proofing Plant for Motor-Car Bodies, “ Rotodip,” 716
— Removing Material, “ Preperite ” (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 294
Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston (fe Hornsby, Ltd., 1,070-b.h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine and Alternator, 85* ; 28-ton Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotive, 167* ; Industrial Gas Turbines, 579, 608*
Schuman Steel Plan, Anglo-French Discussions, 729
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., 50- kVA Seam-Welding Machines, 560*
Science, Effect on Future Military Strategy, 215
— Modern, Origins of, 1300-1800 (Review), 230
— and Technology Exhibits at Festival of Britain, 1951, 128
— Museum, South Kensington, Exhibition of French Scientific Instmments, 159, 186*. See Addendum^ 227 ; Model of R. Fulton’s First Steamboat, 229* ; ” Science of
Weather” Exhibition, 388; Re-Opening of National Aeronautical Collection, 731 Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 377*, 401*
Exhibition, Royal Society, 572
— Instruments, French, Exhibition of, 159, 186*. See Addendam, 227 Industry, Position and Prospects, 318 Manufacturers’ Association, Electronic Instrumentation in Atomic Research, by Dr. D. Taylor, 631*, 644*
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions Scintillation-Type Counter for Atomic Research, 632*
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
Scott, W. L., the Late, 131 Scottish Laboratories, British Cast Iron Research Association, Opening of, 544
Scrap, Steel, Theories on Bulk Handling of, 511
Scraper, Earth, 18J-cub. yd. (Birtley Co., Ltd.), 492*
“Empire” (Onions and Sons (Levellers), Ltd.), 490*
— — “ Goliath ” Self-Propelled (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 322*
Screening and Storing Unit, “Portabin” (F. Parker, Ltd.), 491*
Screw Jacks in Aircraft-Structure Testing Equipment, 717*
See also Jack
— Propellers. See Propellers; Aeronautics
— Thread Form Diagrams, Unified, and Graticules for Projection Apparatus and Microscopes, 582*
Scrubbing Tower of Delanium Carbon, Model of Packing (Powell Duffryn Products, Ltd.), 371*
Sea, Wireless at. First Fifty Years of (Review), 446
Seattle, Washington, Gorge Hydro-Electric Plant, Grinding Tunnel Floor of, 251 Sedimentometers, Photo-Extinction, Design and Use of, 350*, 405*. See Erratum, 542 Seed, T. A., on D. and R. F. Mushet, 18. See LETTER, 46
Seepage in Irrigation Canals. Prevention of, 529*, 615
Selas Gas and Engineering Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 591
Self, Sir H., on Economics of Electricity Supply, 705
— Changing Gear Co., Ltd., Epicyclic Reduction Gearing for 1,070-b.h.p. Gas Turbine 86*
Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd., New Headquarters, 625
Senior Economisers, Ltd., Economisers, 524 Separator, Disc, for Flour Mills, 58*
— Magnetic, Submerged Belt-Type (Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd.), 559*
— Self-Balancing for Flour Mills, 57* Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
“ Servopack ’’CorrectionUnit, Electronic, 524* Sewage Gas, Use as Fuel, 714
— Treatment by Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board, 157
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Elastic, Rotating, Whirling of, 102
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges
— Propeller, Marine, Cause of Failure of, 164* Shaw, Dr. H., the Late, 540
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools Sheet, Asphalt, for Canal Linings, 615*
— and Strip, Copper, for Roofing, Specification, 210
Rolling of Aluminium, Problems in, 26, 36, 64
Sheffiefd Imperial Steed Works, Use of Oxygen Lance in Electric Alloy-Steel Production, _ Mlnchcstcr-Wath Railway T nrn’ 205*, 327, 367 ; Motors for Electric Locomotive, 665*
— Newcomen Society’s Summer Meeting, 657
— Permanent Magnets Association, Work on Permanent Magnets, 572
— Steel Research Station, 460
Shell Chemicals Ltd., Teepol Injector for Dust Suppression in Collieries, 517
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., l,7oO-kW Natural- Gas Turbo-Altarnator, 132
Shenfleld-Liverpool Street Railway, Llettri fication of, 320, 327, 367 aiu
Shifting Boards for Ballasted Cargo Ships, 419, 448
Ship Canal. See Canal
— Cargo, Ballasted, Shifting Boards for, 419, 448
— Composite, Thermal Expansion Effects in,
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 101, 507
DUsel-EngrmT"see" °}Utorships ; Marine
— ERct?i“c Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Fires in Port, Ministry of Transport Working Party Report on, 725
I — High-Speed, Model Experiments with, 38S, 418
— Launching. See Launehin<j
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 129 .
~ Model Experiments. See TwnA: and Skip Resistance
—Motor. See Motorships; Manne 1 ropul-
— Plastic Armour for, Work of Road Researcli Laboratory on, 44
— Propellers. See Propellers .
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines; Turbines ; Propellers
— Resistance Frictional, 486*, 519*
— and Steel: Story of John Brown s (Review), 719
— Stern, Design of New Forms for, 388. .
— See SL\andO Marine; Motorships; Shipping;
Steamers; IFarsAi/?*'; and PARAGRAPH
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast in Scotland, Institution of. See En^i^i^ers Shipbuilding, 100/150-ton Aluminium-Alloy Dumb Barge, 653
— M.S. “Bloemfontein Castle, Maiden Vovage, 381*
— S.S. “Eva Peron,’’ Twin-Screw Passenger Liner, 533*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 172
— Launches and Trial Trips, 22, 40, 76, 106 (See LETTER, 158), 133, 162, 190, 220, 240, 278, 296, 367, 400, 460, 488, 520, 552, 612, 640, 662, 679, 703, 740
— Lloyd’s Register Rules for Oil Tankers, 369
— Naval. See Warships
— New Forms for Ships’ Sterns, 388
— Oil-Tank Motorship “ Grena,’’ 635* Tank Vessel “Velutina,” 429*
— Passenger M.S. “ Lady Wright,’’ 611*
— Progressin Design (1910-1950), 486
— Reconditioning of S.S. “Empire Orwell,” 121*
of S.S. “ Empress of Scotland,’’ 575*
— Statistics in Chamber of Shipping Report, 243 Steam(Ts and Motorships for Overseas Mail Services, 134*, 163*, 194* 1 — Stresses in Oil Tankers, 419, 448
— Suction Dredger for Pumping Gravel, 595*
Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 101, 507
— Yard, Bay Wharf, Greenwich, 733*
—See Steamers; Naval; Warships -dnf} PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping Capacity, Effect on European Recovery, 681
— Chamber of. United Kingdom, Annual Report, 243
— Liverpool Steam Ship Owners’ Association, Annual Report, 301
Need for Revision of Tonnage Regulations, 361
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard ShipwTights, AVorshipful Company of, Prizes for Shipyard Apprentices, 209
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests {Materials}
Shoe-Gear, Collector, on Electrified Railways, 347
Shop Management. See IT’orfrs Management “ Shotcrete ’’ Liningsfor Irrigation Canals, 531* Shovel with Angle-Dozer (Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd.), 686*
Show. See Exhibition
Showell, D. W. D., on Hot Working of Tin Bronzes, 467
Shuttering for Concrete Construction, Rawlties for (Rawlplug Co., Ltd.), 495
Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd., Colour-Light Signals for Manchester and Shefiield Electrified Railway, 206
— Martin Basic Process, History of, 420, 550 Furnaces. See Furnaces Siemens-Schuckertwerke A.-G., Reconstruction of Berlin West Power Station, 8
Signals, Colour-Light, Manchester and Sheffield Electrified Railway (Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd.), 206 Signalling, Daylight, Electric Discharge Lamps for, 453*
Silica Bricks. See Refractories
— Powder in Suspension, Light Transmission Through, 406*. See Erratum, 542
Silicon, Ferro. See Ferro-Silicon
Silsbee, F. B.,on Establishment and Maintenance of Electrical Units, 476
Silsoe, Wrest Park, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Exhibition, 601
Simon, H., Ltd., Flour-Milling Machinery, 29*. 57*, 91*, 113* ; Coal-Handling Plant for High-Pressure Boiler, GrangemouthWorks, 723*
Simonson, W. F., on Boiler Plant, Present and Future, 706
binipliflcation, Production Problems Created by, 213, 215, 222
Sinclair. F. \V., on Mechanical Design of Motor and Trailer Railway Carriages, 319 ‘ SinuHo ” Boiler, 591
Sizer and Co., Ltd., Aircraft-Structure Testing Equipment, 717*
Skeg Type of Ships’ Stern, Use of, 388
^kin Friction. See Friction; Ship liesistance hlabs, Concrete, for Linings of Irrigation Canals, 530*
Slag. See Metallurgy
Slotting Machines. See Machiw Tools Sludge. See Sewage
Snieaton. John, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Designs of, Catalogue, 653 Smelting Furnaces. See Furnace!^ Smith, C.,on Extrusion of Aluininiuni Alloys, 137
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on D. and R. F.
Mushet, 16. See LETTER, 18 ; on Invention of Escalator, 731. See 716
— Mundt Grants for Study in United States, 73
Snipes Mountain Canal, Washington, Asphalt Lining for, 613*
Snow, Deakin and Co., Ltd., Portable Hardness Tester. 133*
Soci^td de Commentry-Fourchambault et Decazeville, Micro-Mechanical Tensile- Testing Machine, 188*
— Industrielle de I’Aluminium, Belgium, Electrically-Driven 32-in. Rolling Mill 221*
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. SeeZaandoi/r; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Sodium Chloride, Pelleting of, 176*, 203*
— Nitrate, Pelleting of, 176* Soil-Compacting Machine, Diesel-Driven (Compactors Engineering, Ltd.), 276*
— Lining Sterilisation in Canals to Prevent Weed Growth, 615, 693
— Mechanics, Investigations by Building Research Board, 358
— Technology Researches in Australia, 376 Solders, Soft, Specification, 324
Solid, Elastic, Stress Propagation in, 689* Sopwith, D. G., on Torsional Stresses in
Close-Coiled Helical Springs, 360*, 630.
See 231*. See Errata, 375. See LETTERS, 541*, 630, 658, 708*
Sound-Absorbing Materials (Review), 288
— Film Projector, 35-mm. (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 309*
— Insulation of Houses, Mobile Acoustics Laboratory for Tests of, 76
— Level Recorder (Marconi Instruments Ltd.), 378*
— and Noise Transmission, Symposium on
Report, 1948 (Review), 644
South African Railways, 2-8-4 Type Locomotives with Cast-Steel Beds, 313*;
Lightning Protection on Electrified Sections, 347; 3,000-Volt Mercury-Arc
Rectifier Substation, 347, 396*, 427 • Electrification, British Equipment for’ 454
— American Railways Electrification, British Equipment for, 454
— Australia Electricity Trust, Port River Submarine Cable, 678
— Australian Railways, Breakdown Equipment oil, 280*. See Erratum, 399
— Kensington, Science Museum, Exhibition of
French Scientific Instruments, 159, 186*. See Addendum, 227 ; Model of R. Fulton’s First Steamboat, 229*; “Science of Weather’’ Exhibition, 388; Re-opening of National Aeronautical Collection, 731 '
— West, Notes from, 13, 41, 69, 97, 125 153 181, 211, 241, 269, 297, 325, 355, 385, 443’ 473, 503, 535, 567, 597, 625, 653, 679, 703* 727. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 13, 41, 69, 97 125 153, 181, 211, 241, 269, 297, 325, 355, 385’ 413, 443, 473, 503, 535, 567, 597, 625, 653. 679, 703, 727. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Southampton University College, New Chair of Aeronautical Engineering, 96
Spain, Fuel Research in, 519
— Tank Locomotives, 0-8-0 Type (North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.), 725*
Sparkes Brothers, Ltd., Rubberised-Asphalt Road Surfacing, 469
Specifications, Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
— for Wireless Components of Radio Industry Council, 459
Spectrophotometer, Ozone, Photo-Electric (R and J. Beck, Ltd.), 401*
Spectroscopy, Practical (Review), 88 Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears ; Gearing
— Indicator for High Speeds (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 27*
— Recorder (Everett, Edgcumbe and Co., Ltd.), 380
— Reduction Gears. See Gears; Gearing ?
Marine Propulsion ’
— Trials. See Trials
Spillers, Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Flour Mill, 29*
Spratt, H. P., on R. Fulton’s First Steamboat. 229*
Sprayer, Fuel, for 3,500-s.h.p. Marine (ias Turbine, 677*
Spraying Unit, Insecticide (B.E.N. Patents Ltd.), 496*
Springs, Helical, Close-Coiled, Torsional Stress in, 231*. See Errata, 375. See LETTERS, 360*, 541*, 630, 658, 708*
Square-Beam ’ ’ Airport-Location Beacon, 496*
“ Stabilisor ’’ for Treatment of Wheat, 92* Stability Theory of Whirling of Rotating Blastic Shafts, 102
Stamping Presses. See Machine Tools
— Hot, of Aluminium and Its Alloys, 437 Stanchions. See Columns ; Struts
Standards Institution, British, Codes of Practice : Cesspools, 210 ; Suspended Concrete Floors and Roofs, 412 ; Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment, 442 ; Backgrounds for Roof Coverings, 502 ; Building Drainage, 702 ; Centralised Domestic Hot-Water Supply, 726. Glossary of Packaging, 502 ; Memorandum on M.K.S. System of Electrical and Magnetic Units, 472; Publication, Universal Decimal Classification—Metallurgy, 68 ; Report on Export of Electrical Equipment to Canada, 185
British, Specifications: Graphical Symbols for Pipes and Valves, 12; Acid- Resisting High-Silicon Iron Castings, 12; Methods for Analysis of Iron and Steel, 12 ; Lead Pipes, 40; Radio-Interference Suppression on Marine Installations, 40; Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Ingots and Castings, 68 ; Conversion Factors and Tables, 124 ; Brickwork Settings for Cylindrical Boilers, 124 ; Panel-Type Air-Filter Elements, 152 ; Tests for Water Used in Steam Generation, 152; Cast-Iron Pipe Flanges and Fittings, 210 ; Laboratory Safety Precautions, 210; Copper Sheet and Strip for Roofing, 210 ; Methods for Analysis of Iron and Steel, 240 ; Nickel and Nickel-Alloy Solid -Drawn Tubes, 240 ; Fusion-Welded Pressure Vessels for Chemical Industry, 268; Steel Pipe Flanges and Fittings for Petroleum Industry, 268 ; Stresses in Gear Teeth, 301,310* ; Soft Solders, 324 ; Identification Numbers for Internal-Combustion Engine Cylinders, 324 ; Reciprocating Internal-Combustion Engines, 354; Press Tool Sets, 384 ; Road Studs and Plates, 384 ; Hand Hammers, 412 ; Condensing Units for Refrigeration, 412 ; Plug Valves for Petroleum Industry, 442 ; Anodic Oxidation Finishes, 472 ; Slip or Block Gauges, 566 ; Wrought Steels of En Series, 596 ; Cold-Drawn Steel Tubes for Petroleum Industry, 596: Fire Hydrants, 652; Dimensions for Stoneware Pipes for Chemical Purposes, 652; Valves and Gauges for Air Receivers, 678 ; Bibliographical References, 678; Verification of Testing Machines, 726
— Laboratory, National, Australian, Work of, 304, 331
— United States Bureau of. See JJnited States
Standardisation of Engineering Products, Lemon Committee Report on, 7
— in English Electric Co., Ltd., 131
— Exhibition, Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 657, 688
Star Ferry Company of Hong Kong, 310-h.p. Diesel-Electric Propelling Unit for Motor Ferry “ Electric Star,” 339*
“Starmix” Mobile Tar-Macadam and Asphalt Mixing Plant, 491*
Starters, Motor. ‘ State Railways. Stations, Power. Statistical Researches in Australia, 376 Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Steam Bending of Timbers, Properties of, 605
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Boats. See Steamers
— Condensation. See Comlensing
— Crane. See Crane
— Engine. See Engines
Builders of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire (Review), 288
— Generation, Water Used in. Tests for. Specification, 152
— High-Pressure, and Temperature Effect on Efficiency of Power Stations, 620, 666
— Plough (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.), 516*
— Superheater. See Superheaters; Superheated
Turbines. See Turbines Steamboat, First, R. Fulton’s, Model of, 229* Steamer “ Aquitania,” Scrapping of, 216
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 101, 507
— Developments of in 1910-1950, 426, 457 484*, 519
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— “ Empire Orwell,” Reconditioning of 121*
— “ Empress of Scotland,” Reconditioning of 575*
— “ Eva Liner, 533*
— Geared Turbines for.sion
— Launching of. See Launching
— “ Leicester,” Shifting of Ballast in, 419, 448
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 129
— Oil-Tank, Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 101, 507
Tank, Launched in 1949, Lloyd’s Statistics, 277
Tank, Lloyd’s Register Revised Rules for, 369
— — Tank, “ Velutina,” Launch of, .429* Tank. See also Oil Tankers
— for Overseas Mail Service, Considerations in
Operation of, 134*, 163*, 194*
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Resistance of. See Ship Resistance
— See also Engines: Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding ; Skipping : Ships ; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. Ships; Steamers; Warships Steel, Alloy, Electric, Use of Oxygen Lance in Production of, 660*
— Bars for Lee-McCall System of Prestressed Concrete, 438*
— Cast, Beds for 2-8-4 Type Locomotives
(General Steel Casting Corporation of America), 313*
Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Ultrasonic Testing of Welds at Margam Works, 264*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
— Foundry. See Foundry steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Influence of Gabes in, 737*
— and Iron Research Association, British.
See Research
Standard, Methods for Chemical Analysis of, Specification, 12, 240
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Mild, Ar^ Range in. Extension Due to High-
Temperature Treatment, 643
for Use at Sub-Zero Temperatures, 73
— Output in India, 312, 336
— Overheating and Burning of, 542
— Pipe Flanges and Fittings for Petroleum Industry, Specification, 268
— Production, 1870-1946, 420. See 550 Effect on European Recovery, 681
— Rails. See Rails
— Research Station, Sheffield, 460
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Scrap, Bulk Handling of, 511
— and Ships: Story of John Brown’s (Review), 719
— for Specialised Application, 338
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests
(Materials')
— Structures, Costsof Corrosion Controlin, 160 Ultrasonic Testing of Welds in, 264*
— Supply Shortages, Effect on Engineering
Industries, 6, 144, 201, 317
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
— Tower, Newbiggin Measured Mile, 147* for Overhead Lines, Effects of Lightning on, 79* 120-ft. Portable Telescopic (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 262*
— Trends, European, Report on, 72
— Tubes, Cold-Drawn, Specification, 596
— Western European, Schuman Plan Discussions, 729
— Works. See Works
— Wrought, En Series, Specification, 596 Steelwork, Structural, Painting of, Rejjort, 256 1,000-ton Testing Machine for (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 207*, 237*
Steering Gear for Motor Launch with Radio Control, 702*
Stellar Photography, Automatic Guiding Apparatus for Telescope for, 197*
Stern Glands in Ships, Experience with, 163 Sterne, L., and Co., Ltd., Heat Pump for Small Office 95*
Steward, H. R., Bay Wharf Shipyard, 733* Stewart, A., on Pelleting of Granular Materials, 175*, 203*
Stewart, Sir F. C., the Late, 303
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 493
Stokeld, F. E.,on Hot Forging and Hot Stamping of Aluminium, 437
Stoker, Mechanical, Travelling-Grate, for Shell-Type Boiler (J. Thompson, Ltd.), 558*
— Travelling-Grate L-type for High-Pressure Boiler, Grangemouth Works, 723*
Stone, J., and Co., Ltd., Apprenticeship System of, 82
Stoneware Pipes for Chemical Purposes, Dimensions of, Specification, 652
Stoodley, C. C. W., the Late, 661
Storing and Screening Unit, “Portabin” (K. Parker, Ltd.), 491*
Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., Portable Concrete., Batcher and Mixer, 559*; Power- Propelled Vibrating Roller, 559*
Strain Gauges for Tests of Internal-Combustion Engines, 673*, 695*
— Recorder, Single-Channel (H. Hughes and Son, Ltd.), 403*
— See also Stress
Strainers and Links for Testing Aircraft Wing- Span Structure, 717*
Strategy, Military, Future Effect of Science, 215 Streets. See Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests (Materials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
— Corrosion in Radial-Flow Steam Turbines, 141*, 169*, 217
— Distribution in Internal-Combustion Engine
Crankshaft, Measurement of, 674, 695* in Thick Cylinders, 479*, 509*, 562*
— Heat, in Internal-Combustion Engines, 434
— in Masonry Dams, Researches on, 23*
— Meters. See Strain
— in Oil Tankers, 419, 448
— Propagation in Civil Engineering, Applications of, 689*
— in Rails, Testing Machine for Bending Fatigue, 585*
— Relieving Anneal of Welded High-Pressure
Vessels for Chemical Industries, 149
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
— and Strength of Materials (Review), 719
— in Structures. See also Strain
— Torsional, in Close-Coiled Helical Springs, 231*. See Errata, 375. See LETTERS, 360*, 541*, 630, 658, 708*
Stringer, J’., on Calculating Motion of Particles in Gas, 574
Strip Rolling, Roll-Force, Torque, and Applied Tensions in, 507
— and Sheet, Copper, for Roofing, Specification, 210
Rolling of Aluminium, Problems in, 26, 36, 64
— and Wire-Forming Machine (A. W. Mac-
namara, Ltd.), 557*
Stroborama for High-Speed Cinematography (Rocherches M^caniques et Physiques), 188*
Structural Analysis by Moment Distribution (Review), 588
— Design of Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes under Aeronautics
— Engineering, History of (Review), 719 Use of Light Alloys in, 477
— Members, Strain Meters for. See Strain Stress Propagation in, 689*
Structural, Steelwork. See Steelwork Structures, Costs of Corrosion Control in, 160
— Engineering (Review), 619
— for Overhead Equipment on Electrified Railways, 347, 365*
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced
— Steel, Ultrasonic Testing of Welds in, 264*
— 1,000-ton Testing Machine for (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 207*, 237*
— Timber, Introduction to Design of (Review), 4
Struts with Crossed Pins, Euler Buckling Loads of, 709*
— See also Columns
Studs and Plates, Road, Specification, 384
Submarine Telegraphs. See Telegraphy Substation, Boreham Wood Film Studios, 623*
— Effects of Lightning on, 79
— for Electrified Railways, 320, 347
— Manchester-Sheffleld-Wath Electrified Railway, 206*
— 3,000’Volt Mercury-Arc Rectifier, South African Railways, 347, 396*, 427
Suction Dredger. See Dredger
Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, Steam- Engine Builders of (Review), 288
Sugar, History of (Review), 31
Sulphur in Overheated Steel, Effects of, 542
— Pelleting of, 176*
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Peak-Pressure Indicator, 168* ; Metre-Gauge Diesel-Electric Locomotive for Bolivia, 352* ; Industrial Gas Turbines, 579
Summers, J., <fe Sons, Ltd., 106-ton Charging Machine for Sheet-Annealing Furnaces, 564*
Sumo Pumps, Ltd.,'Submersible Pump for Irrigation, 161
Supercharging in Internal-Combustion Engines, 618
Superheated Steam, Possible Use in Gas Turbine, 246
Superheaters, Foster Wheeler, for High-Pressure Boiler, Grangemouth Works, 723*
— at Pametrada Research Station, 649* Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 34*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Annual Dinner, 477
Supply and Development Department, Australian, Report on Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 468
— Ministry of. Statement on Wheeled Vehicles
for Forces, 139 ; Magnetic Fire Detector, 161* ; Automatic Guiding Apparatus for Astronomical Telescope, 197* ; 1,000-ton Structure-Testing Machine, 207*, 237* : Report on British Experimental Atomic Pile, 215 ; Testing Procedure for Aircraft, 255: 120-ft. Portable Telescopic Steel
Tower, 262* : Fire-Fighting Launches for Royal Air Force, 333*, 353* ; Model of British Experimental Atomic Pile, 541
Surge Diverters, High-Voltage, Design, Specification and Performance of, 335*
Survey, Economic, for 1950, 359
Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Launch of Oil Tanker “ Velutina,” 429*
Swanscombe Chalk Pit, Conveyor System for Transporting Overburden, 471*
Sweden, Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236, 264
Swedish State Railways, 50-ton Breakdown Crane, 281*
Swift, G., Co., Ltd., Boring Lathe with Optical Tool Setting Equipment, 266*
Swift, H. H., on Electrification of Liverpool Street-Shenfield Lines, 320, 327. See 367* Swirl in Internal-Combustion Engines, 464*, 618*
Switches, Motor Starting. See Motors, Electric Switchgear, Accidents with, 156
— at Borehain Wood Film Studios, 623*
— on British Electrified Railways, 320
— Circuit-Breaker, 33-kV 500-MVA (A. Reyrolle Co., Ltd.), 524*
Breaker, 165-kV 3,500-MVA Air Blast (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 523*
Breaker, 3'3-kV 150-MVA Air Break (A. Reyrolle Co., Ltd.), 525*
Breaker, 66-kV Oil (Ferguson Pailin, Ltd.), 557*
— Cliff Quay Power Station, 675*
— Switch, 30-Ampere Rotary (Chance Brothers, Ltd.), 526*
Sequence, for Delay Blasting, 430*
— Tap-Changer, On-Load (British Electric Transformer Co., Ltd.), 523*
Switzerland, Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236, 264
Sykes, W. J. A., on Electric Locomotives on British Railways, 348
Symbols, Graphical, for Pipes and Valves, Specification, 12

TABLES and Factors, Conversion, Specification, 124
Tachometer. See Speed Indicator
Tackle, Hauling, for Railway Breakdown Work, 282*
Talbot, W. H. Fox, 150th Anniversary of Birth of, 185
Tame River, Prestressed-Concrete Bridge Over, 545*
Tank-Contents Gauge (Evershed A Vignoles, Ltd.), 404*
— Experimental, Haslar, Model Tests of Anchors, 449
Model Ship Tests, 486*, 518
Model Tests of High-Speed Ships, 388, 418
See also Ship Resistance
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships
— Steamers. See Steamers
— Vessels. See also Oil Tankers
Tapping Machine. See Machine Tools Tappoon Method of Determining Seepage Losses in Canals, 529
Tar-Macadam and Asphalt-Mixing Plant, Mobile (F. Parker, Ltd.), 491*
Tariffs, Electricity, National, New Schedule, 359
Tasker, H. S,, on Work of Institute of Metals, 362
Tata Iron and Steel Co., Work of, 312, 336 Taxation and Elderly Engineers, 445. See LETTERS, 478, 508, 602, 630, 684, 731
Taximeters, Hand-Operated Multi-Speed Gearbox for Testing, 368*
Taylor, Dr. D., on Electronic Instrumentation in Atomic Research, 631*, 644*
Taylor, Dr. J., on Gas/Solid Temperature Differences in Blast-Furnace Operation, 573
Taylor, Tavlor and Hobson, Ltd., Tool-Setting Optical Equipment for Boring Lathe, 266* ; Recording Equipment for Tests of Gear-Hobbing Machines, 307*
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
- Information Exchange Between European Countries, 12
— Man-Power in India, Training of, 394
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Students, Composition for (Review), 4
Technicians, Laboratory, Scheme of Training and Education, 666
Technological Institutes or Universities, Arguments For and Against, 43
Technology and Science Exhibits at Festival of Britain, 1951, 128
Teepol Injector for Dust Suppression in Collieries (Permutit Co., Ltd.), 517*
Tees-side, Industries of. Brochure on Survey of Development, 438
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecommunications Research Establishment Automatic Guiding of Astronomical Telescopes, 197*
— Work of O. Heaviside on, 529, 569, 603 Telegraphy, Recent British Developments in
Submarine-Cable Communication, 185
— Work of 0. Heaviside, 529, 569, 603
— Wireless, at Sea, First Fifty Years of (Review), 446
See also Radio ; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephony, Recent British Developments in Submarine-Cable Communication, 185
— Work of O. Heaviside, 529, 569, 603
— Wireless. See Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephoto Apparatus (Barr (fe Stroud, Ltd.), 378*
Telescope, Astronomical, Automatic Guiding Apparatus for, 197*
Telescopic Working Platform (W. Moss and Sons, Ltd.), Ill*
Television Cathode-Ray Tubes, Glass-Working Machines for (Milliard Electronic Products, Ltd.), 441*
— Developments by British Broadcasting Corporation, 129 j
— Equipment Industry, Position and Prospects, 261
— Sweep Generator (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 378*
Temperature-Control Instruments for Furnaces (Ether, Ltd.), 527
— Entropy Diagrams, Jet Aeroplane Engine
with Reheat Tail Pipe, 191*
— Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermometry
Tender, Fire, for Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 253*
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials'}
Tensor Calculus, Elements of (Review), 555 Tercentenary of R. Descartes, 155
Terrestrial Magnetism. See Magnetism
Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— 7,500-b.h.p. Eccentric-Type Opposed-Piston Marine Diesel Engine (Harland and Wolff, Ltd.), 643
— House, Pametrada Research Station, 621*, 649*, 676*
— of 1,070-b.h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine, 85*
— of Lee-McCall Prestressed-Concrete Beams, 438*
— Loading of Screw Piles, 73

Tests (Materials) :

Bending-Fatigue Tests of Rails, Machine for, 585*
— Tests on Steel Wires, Influence of Presence of Hydrogen, 739*
Creep Tests, Mechanism of Deformation in Metals, 499
of Metals and Alloys (Review), 343
— Testing Machines at British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, 180*
— — See also Creep
Fatigue, Bending, of Rails, Testing Machine for, 585*
— Testing Equipment (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 404
Impact Tests on Mild Steel at Sub-Zero Temperatures, 73
Hardness Testing, Indentation (Review), 619
— — Machine, Portable (Snow, Deakin tfe Co., Ltd.), 133*
Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Strength of Materials (Review), 719 Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests of Cast Aluminium Alloys, Effect of Grain Size on, 390, 436
Extensometer for High-Temperature Tests on Metals, Harwell, 735*
Micro-Mechanical, Machine for (So- ci6t6 de Commentry-Fourchambault et Decazeville), 188*
on Mild Steel, Influence of Hydrogen on Ductility, 739*
Tests, Mechanical, of Blade-Ring Steel for Radial-Flow Steam Turbines, 141*, 169*, 217
Testing Machine, Bending-Fatigue, for Rails, 585*
Creep, of British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, 180*
Hardness, Portable (Snow, Deakin and Co., Ltd.), 133*
Micro-Mechanical Tensile (Societc de Commentry-Fourchambault et Deca- zeville), 188*
Standard Verification Method, 726 1,000-ton, for Structures (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 207*, 237*
Universal (S, Denison and Son, Ltd.), 589*
Torsional Tests of Close-Coiled Helical Springs, 231*. See Errata, 375. See LETTERS, 360*. 541*, 630, 658. 708* Tests, Oxygen, in De-Aerated Water, 553*
— of Paints for Structural Steelwork, 256
— Rigs for Motor Cars, 707, 732
— of Vibration from Blasting Operations, 430* —for Water Used in Steam Generation, Specification, 152
— Weathering, Machine for Making (Decel Engineers, Ltd.), 589*
Testing Equipment for Aircraft Structures at Farnborough, 717*
Fatigue (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 404
for Fusion-Welded Pressure Vessels (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 373*
— Hardness, Indentation (Review), 619
— of Hydrometers (Review), 259
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Machine, Bending-Fatigue, for Rails, 585* Creep, of British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, 180*
Hammer, for Safety Glass, 292*
Hardness, Portable (Snow, Deakin and Co., Ltd.), 133*
Micro-Mechanical Tensile (Socidte de Commentrv-Fourchambault et Decazeville), 188*
Standard Verification Method, 726
Universal (S. Denison and Son, Ltd.), 589* See also Tests {Materials}
— Plant for Diesel Engines (F. Perkins, Ltd.). 700*
for Friction-Lining Materials, Magnetic- Drag Controlled-Slip Coupling for, 462*
Marine-Engine, Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, 279*
for Motor-Vehicle Rear Axle Magnetic Drag Controlled-Slip Coupling for, 462*
— Tyres at Low Temperatures (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 687*
— of Welds, Ultrasonic, 264*
— See also Tests {Materials}; Trials
Texas, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Brick-Lined
Canals in, 616* Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile-Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects, 288
Thames, and Severn Canal, Earlv Engineering on, 110, 120
Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Co., Ltd., 0-8-0 Tank Locomotives for, 725*
Thermal Efficiency of Electric Power Stations 620, 624, 666
of Industrial Gas Turbines, 249, 607 of 1,070-b.h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine, 85
— Expansion Effects in Composite Ships, 466
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermodynamic Background of Iron and Steel Making, 573
— Cycles in Internal-Combustion Engines, 434 Thermodynamics, Applied, Problems for Engineers (Review), 528
— Principles and Applications to Engineering (Review), 230
Thermometry, Temperature - Measurement Thermocouples in Tests of Internal-Combustion Engines, 660, 672*
— See also Pyrometer
Thomas, S. G., Life and Work of, 420*, 550 Thomas, W. ,T., on Production Economy in
Rolling of Aluminium, 26, 36, 64 Thompson, J., Ltd., Shell-Type Boiler for
Travelling-Grate Mechanical Stoker, 558*
Thompson, W. B., on Finsbury Technical College Old Students’ Association, 630. See LETTER, 731
Thornton, D. L., on Applications of Stress Propagation in Civil Engineering, 689*
Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Reconditioning of “Empire Orwell,’’ 121*; 85-b.h.p.
Petrol Engine and Chassis for Fire Tender, 253*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Through Five Generations ; History of Butter- ley Co. (Review), 463
Thrust Block, Michell, Introduction of, 457
— of Propellers. See Propellers : Aeronautics Thurston, Dr. A. P., Presentation of Presidential Jewel to Newcomen Society by, 186*
Thurston, Sir G., the Late, 131*
Tidal Institute and Observatory, Liverpool, Annual Report, 417
— Research at National Physical Laboratory, 415. See LETTER, 508
Timber Carrier (Pest Control, Ltd.), 710*
— Researches in Australia, 332, 376
— Seasoning Kilns, Aluminium Doors for (H. Lebus, Ltd.), 82*
— Steam Bending of. Properties of, 605
— Structures, Introduction to Design of (Review), 4
Timms, C., on Recording Errors in Gear-Hob- bing Machine Tables, 307*
Tin Bronzes, Hot Working of, 467
— Plating and De-Scaling Process, Bullard- Dunn, 20
— Research Institute, Report on Bullard-Dunn Electrolytic Process, 20
Tippler, Wagon, “ Rotaside ’’ (Strachan and Henshaw’, Ltd.), 685*
Titanium, Researches on, 304 T.N.T., Pelleting of, 176*
Toggle Linkages, Theory of, 216* Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges Tonnage Regulations for Ships, Need for Revision of, 301 1 Tools, Machine. See Machine Tools ‘
Tools, Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
Toothed Gear. See Gear ; Gearing; Manne Propulsion .
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torque Meters. See Dynamometers ' Torsion Tests. See {Materials} ' Torsional Vibrations in Engine Shafting, Methods of Studying, 696*
Torsionmeters. See Dynamometers
Towers, Cooling, Theory and Design of, 388
— Gas-Cooling and Water-Cooling, 388 ,
— for Overhead Lines Power Transmission in Austria, 441* , ,
Scrubbing, Model of Delanium Carbon Packing (Powell Duffryn Products, Ltd.), 371*
— Steel-Lattice, for 275-kV Experimental Transmission Line, 235*
Newbiggin Measured Mile, 147
for Overhead Lines, Effects of Lightning on, 79* . 120-ft. Portable Telescopic (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 262*
— Water, for Rural Water Supplies, 668
Town Gas. See Gas
Track, Railway, Effect of Electric Traction, 321 Traction, Electric Railway, Convention. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of
See Railways
— Resilient Gearwheel for Locomotives, 460* Tractive Resistance of Electric Trains, 321 Tractor, Agricultural, Economics of Use of, 505 Industry, Position and Prospects, 88
— Crawler-Type (Fraser Tractors, Ltd.), 711
— 250-b.h.p. “ Mighty Antar,” for Iraq Petroleum Co. (Transport Equipment (Thorny- croft), Ltd.), 341*, 392*, 408*
Trade, Export and Import Statistics, Engineering and Allied Industries, 6, 32, 59, 88, 117, 144, 172, 201, 232, 260, 288, 317
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Boiler-Plant, 119 Electrical Machinery, 119
Electrical Equipment, to Canada, Report on, 185
and Import, Agricultural Machinery, 88 and Import, Aircraft, 201
Light Electrical Apparatus, 260
Locomotive and Rolling Stock, 232
Machine-Tool, 59
Marine-Engineering, 172
Mining Machinery, 117
Motor-Vehicle, 144
Research Organisation, British, and Federation of British Industries, Agree- , ment Between, 477
Shipbuilding, 172 • Textile Machinery, 288
— Iron and Steel, of India, 312, 336
— Motor-Vehicle, Report on < Review), 388
Unions. See Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Traffic, Road, Control of, (Review), 706
Trailer, Cable-Drum (R. C. Gibbins and Co., Ltd.), 685*
— Machinery and Pipe-Carrying, for Iraq
Petroleum Co. (Cranes (Dereham), Ltd.), 341*, 408*
Train, Electric, Multiple-Unit Direct-Current, Control Gear and Auxiliary Equipment for, 349
Multiple-Unit, on London Transport Executive Railways, 321
Multiple-Unit, Power-Operated Doors on, 349
Tractive Resistance of, 321
— See also Railway
Trainer, Gunnery, Anti-Aircraft, “ Portobel ” (R.F.D. Co., Ltd.), 582*
Training. See Education
Transfer, Heat, Coefficient for Fluids in Laminar Movement, 541. See LETTER, 602
— Heat, Introduction to (Review), 433 Transflux Magnetic Detector Element (Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird, Ltd.), 403
Transformers, Cliff Quay Power Station, 675*
— on Electrified Railways, 320, 347
— for 275-kV Experimental Transmission Line, 235*
— Failures Through Lightning, 79*
— High-Voltage Surge Diverters for, 335*
— in Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 236
Transmission, Dynamometer. See meter
— Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear ; Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion ; Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Capacity, Effect on European Recovery, 681
— Coal, for Power Stations, Costs of, 47*, 74* Transport Equipment' (Thornycroft), Ltd., 250-b.h.p. “Mighty Antar” Tractors for Iraq Petroleum Co., 341*, 392*, 408*
— Ministry of. Reconditioning of “ Empire Orwell,’’ 121*; Ruling on Length of Public-Service Vehicles, 186; Report on Increased Mechanisation in United Kingdom Ports, 628 ; Ministry v. Harlow, Legal Decision in, 629; Control of Road Traffic, 706 ; Report on Fire Fighting in Ships in . Port, 725
— Motor. See Road; Motor I
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road ; Motor I
Travailleur, M., the Late, ,540
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trench Excavators, 12/21-in. (J. Allen and Sons (Oxford), Ltd.), 489* 16/60-in. (J. Allen and Sons (Oxford), Ltd.), 489*
“ Junior” (Barber-Greene Olding and Co., Ltd.), 490*
Trencher, Boom-Type (Winget, Ltd.), 492* Trenching Machine, Steam (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.,) 516*
Trial Trips and Launches of Ships, 22, 40, 76, 106 (see LETTER, 158), 162, 190, 220, 240, 278, 296, 367, 400, 460, 488, 520, 552, 612, 640, 662, 679, 703, 740
— See also Tests
Tribophysics Researches in Australia, 303
Trimming Machines for Irrigation Canal Construction, 693*
Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., Satety Glass Production by, 292*
Tripp, Sir A., on Koad Traffic and Its Control,
Trolley, Gauging, Conductor-Rail, London Transport Executive, 249
Trucks, Railway. See
— Transportable, Air-Conditioning and Pressurising, for Aircraft (Sir G. Godfrey and Partners, Ltd.), 470*
— See also Ropie , , , ,,
Trusses, Roof, for Aluminium School Buildings, Erection of, 190*
Tubes, Cathode-Ray, Television, Glass^W orking Machines for (Milliard Electronic Products, Ltd ) 441*
?— Design by Autofrettage,
— Drawbench, Magnetic-Drag Controlled-Slip Coupling for, 462*
Tube Investments, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 495
— Railways. See liailwiiys,
London Transport Executive
— Solid-Drawn, Nickel and Nickel-Alloy, Specification, 240
— Steel, Cold-Drawn, Specification, 596
— See also Pipes .
Tubular Bridge, Britannia, Centenary of, 301 Tungsten Filaments, Coiling Machine for (Luxram Electric, Ltd.), 227*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
Tunnel, Channel, Boring Machines for (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.), 516
— Concrete, Gorge Hydro-Electric Plant, Grinding Floor of, 251
— Drying, Gas-Fired Radiant-Heat (Radiant Heating, Ltd.), 559
— Excavation by Glasgow Corporation M ater Department, 370, 477
— Pedestrian and Cyclist, Howden and Jarrow, Beneath River Tyne, 215
Tunnel Site Hydro-Electric Power Station, 730
— Thames, and Severn Canal, 110, 120
— of Underground Hydro-Electnc Power Plant, 225, 236, 264
Wind. See Wirul Tunnel under Aeronauiics
— Woodhead, Manchester-Sheffield Railway, 205*
Tuplin, Dr. W. A., on Gear-Tooth Stresses at High Speed, 310.* See 301
Turbine, Gas, for Aircraft (Review), 4 Elements of Theory (Review), 695 for Generation of Electricity, 249 Use of High Temperatures in, 129 1,070-b.h.p. Industrial (Ruston and Hoilis- Industrial, Developments in, 539, 578*, 607*
Marine, 3,500 s.h.p., Pametrada Research Station, 676*
Ministry of Fuel’s Experiments on, 121 for Motor Car (Rover Co., Ltd.), 305 1,750-kW for Natural Gas (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 132
Use in Ships, 486, 519
Technique, Application to Steam Turbine,
Tests at Pametrada Research Station, 621*, 649*, 676*
— — See also Engines under Aeronautics
— Hydraulic, Francis, 32*5 ^fW, Loch Sloy Power Plant, 273 .
in Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 225, 236
See also Power Plant
— Internal-Combustion, Elements of Theory of (Review), 695 . .
— Rotor Shafts, 24 ft. by 4 ft. 6 in. Grinding Machine for (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 11*
— Steam, Application of Gas-Turbine Technique to, 246
at Berlin West Power Station, 8 Blading for. See Blades ; Blading 45-MW, Cliff Quay Power Station, 674* Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion for Power Stations, Efficiency of, 620, 666 for Power Station, Modern Trends 706 Production Statistics (1949), 119
Radial-Flow, Stress Corrosion in, 141*, 169*, 217 50-kW, Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, 279*
Tests at Pametrada Research Station, 621*, 649*, 676*
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers; Warships
Turbo-Chargers for 1,800-b.h.p. Diesel Engine (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd.), 151*
— Generating Plant, Progress in Design of, 713 Plant, Steam, Modern Trends, 706
— Generator, 45-MW, Cliff Quay Power Station, 674* 40,000-kW Mercury-Steam, Schiller Power Station, 410
Natural-Gas Driven, 1,750-kW (Metro- politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 132 for Power Stations, Efficiency of, 620, 666 250-kW Unit Construction Set, Transportable, 713* >
Turbulence in Internal-Combustion Engines, 464*, 618*
Turnbull, J. S., on “Lost-Wax” Process of Precision Casting, 107*. See 45
Turning. See Machine Tools
Tyler, R. D., on Jet Propulsion of Ships, 158
Tyne, River, Howden and Jarrow Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels, 215
Tyre Testing Plant Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 687*
Tyrrell, H. J. V., on Production and Heat- Treatment of Copper Powder, 51*
Tyseley, Bakelite, Ltd., Research Laboratories, 733

ULTRASONIC Testing of Welds in Steel Structures, 264*
Underground Gasification of Coal, Ministry of Fuel’s Experiments, 121
Resources of Alaska, 184;
“ Lower-Cost Canal Linings,” 693*
Bureau of Standards, National, Specifications, Tolerances and Regulations for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices (Review), 316 ; Report on Establishment and Maintenance of Electrical Units, 476
Diesel-Locomotive Productivity Team’s Visit to, 17
Franklin Institute, Work of, 243 Grants for Visiting Research Workers and University Lecturers, 73
Iron and Steel Research in, 682
Mercury-Steam Power Stations in, 410
Ministry of Education Awards for Study of Technology in, 152
Navy. See United States under Warships Rubberised-Asphalt Road Surfacing, 469
Steel Production, 1870-1946, 420. See 550
— — See also America
Universal Decimal Classification for Metallurgy, Standard Publication, 68
Universities and Advanced Studies in Electrical Engineering, 304
— Birmingham, Engineering Department,
” Work Measurement Research Unit,” 151
— Cambridge, New Workshops of Engineering Department, 669* ; Engineering Department Report for 1948-49, 683
— College, London, Combustion in Internal-
Combustion Engines, by Prof. J. J. Broeze, 434*, 464*, 616*, 646*. See Erratum, 700 ; Report of College Committee, 707
Southampton, Chair of Aeronautical Engineering, 96
— Engineering Research in. Functions of, 23*
— or Technological Institutes, Arguments For and Against, 43
— Value of Humanities in Training of Metallurgists, 363
— Zaragosa, Fuel Research Organisation, 519
— See also Education
Unwin, W. C., Remarks on Masonry Dams, 23
— Lecture on Engineering Research in Universities, 23*

VACATION Work Scheme of Imperial College of Science and Technology, Report on, 18
Vacuum Valve Applied to Electric Furnace, 132*
Valves for Air Receivers, Specification, 678
— for 500-ton Floating Dock (Ham, Baker and Co., Ltd.), 258*
— Gas, Two-Way Magnetic (Perl Controls, Ltd.), 593*
— Gear, Walschaerts, for 2-8-4 Type Locomotives, 313*
— Internal-Combustion Engines, Temperature Measurement of, 672
— Marine Diesel Engine, Experience with Burning of Boiler Fuels, 513*, 546
— and Pipes, Graphical Symbols for. Specification, 12
— Plug, for Petroleum Industry, Specification, 442
— Vacuum, Applied to Electric Furnace, 132*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
” Vampire ” Aeroplane, with ” Goblin ” Engine with Reheat Tail Pipes, 191*
Van der Pol, Prof. B., on Heaviside’s Operational Calculus, 603. See 529, 569
Van Mele, M., on Gas Turbines for Generation of Electricity, 249
” Vanguard ” Diesel-Driven Concrete Mixer, 594*
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Varley, Major P. C., on Hot Rolling of Aluminium and Its Alloys, 437
Vehicles, Public-Service, Limit of Length of, 186
— Wheeled, for Forces, Ministry of Supply’s Statement on, 139
” Velutina,” Launch of, 429*
Venezuelan Oilfields, 1,750-kW Natural-Gas Turbo-Alternator for, 132
Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Ventilation in Underground Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 236
Vernon, Dr. W. H. J., on Costs of Corrosion and of Its Control, 160
‘‘Vertical Feature” for Festival of Britain 1951, 49*
— Lift Bridges, Bridges
Vessel, High-Pressure, for Oil-Refining and Chemical Industries, 149
Vessel, Pressure, Fusion-Welded, for Chemical Industry, Specification, 268
Fudon-Welded, Manufacture by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 344*, 373*
Manufacture by Autofrettage, 479*, 509*, 562*
Viaduct. See Bridges
Vibrations, Dynamics of (Review), 4
— Ground, from Blasting Operations, Reduction of, 430*
— in Internal-Combustion Engine, Methods of
Studying, 695*
Vibrograms of Blasting Operations, 430* “ Vibrosoil ” Soil-Compacting Machine, 276* Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Icing Trials of “ Viscount ” Air Liner, 150; Non-Ferrous Metal Shops at Elswick, 410* ; S.S. “ Eva Peron,” Maiden Voyage, 533* ; Schemes of Engineering Training, 667
Vinal Interlayer for Safety-Glass Manufacture, 292*
Viscometer, Portable (Ferranti Ltd.), 380* “ Viscount ” Air Liner, Icing Trials of, 150 Voltage Stabiliser, 20-kVA (British Power Transformer Co., Ltd.), 522*
Vosper, Ltd., Fire Floats for Royal Air Force, 333*, 353* ; Radio-Controlled Motor Launch, 701*

WACHAL, A. L., on Flow of Lubricating Oil from Big-End Bearing, 247*, 291*
Wages. See Labour : PAKAGRAPH INDEX Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
— Tippler, “ Rotaside *’ (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 685*
Wait, E. V., on Geometry of Quasi-Circular Shapes and Behaviour of Drills and Reamers, 285*, 330*
Wales, North, Hydro-Electric Developments in, 478. See LETTER, 571
Walklate, E. J., on Blast-Furnace Stock-Rod Gas-Seal, 574
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Phase Advancing by Three- Phase Machines, 115*
— for Coast Protection and Land Reclamation, 609
— Diagrams for Control Rooms of Electric Power Systems, 724*
Wallingford, Howbery Park, Hydraulic Research Station, 415. See LETTER, 508
Wallsend, Pametrada Research Station, Work of, 621*, 649*, 676*
Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd., Machinery for Oil Tanker “ Velutina,” 429 Walschaerts Valve Gear for 2-8-4 Type Locomotives, 313*
Walters, B., on Rolling of Zinc and Zinc Alloys, 467
Wansbrough-Jones, Dr. 0. H., on Present Science and Future Strategy, 215
War, Cost of Aviation in, 629
— of Movement, Airfields in, 101
Warder, S. B., on Railway Substation Layout, Operation and Maintenance, 347
Warfare, Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics

Warships :

Admiralty Investigations on Model Anchors, 449
“Ark Royal,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, Launch of, 507, 543*
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
H.M. Aircraft Carrier ” Ark Royal,” Launch of, 507, 543*
— Battleship ” Royal Oak,” 1890, Keel Laying of, 605*. See LETTER, 685
— Destroyer, Trials of Machinery and Boilers, 650
— Ship ” Thunderer,” Training of Naval Engineers in, 279*
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Construction and Research, 361
— Constructors, Royal Corps of. Future of, 271; Annual Dinner, 540
— Engineers, Training in H.M.S. ” Thunderer,” 279*
— Machinery Developments, 1910-1950, 426, 457, 484
Navy Estimates, 1950-51, 299. See Erratum, 322
Royal Naval Engineering College, Mana- don, Developments at, 279*
United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance Supersonic Wind Tunnel, 34*
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX War-Time Activity of Road Research Laboratory, Report on, 44

Washing Machine for Bottles, Hydraulically- Operated (Graham-Enock Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 580*
for Flour Mills, 91* Glass, for Safety-Glass Manufacture, 292* Washington, Seattle, Gorge Hydro-Electric
Plant, Grinding Tunnel Floor of, 251
— Snipes Mountain Canal, Asphalt Lining for, 613*
— Yakima Canal Project, Concrete Slab Lining for, 531*
Waste Paper Recovery Association, Annual Report, 629
Watches and Clocks, Increased Production, 318 Water-Cement Ratio for High-Strength Concrete, 80*
— Cooling Towers, Theory and Design of, 388
— Currents Due to Wind, 19
— De-Aerated, Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen in, 553*
— Department, Glasgow Corporation, New
Works of, 370, 477
Water Engineers, Institution of, Scottish Section, New Works of Glasgow Corporation Water Department, by S. D. Canvin, 370, 477
— Friction. See Friction; Ship Resistance
— Gas. See Gas
— Heaters. See Feed-Water Heaters
— Power Resources of Alaska, Report on, 184 See also Hydraulic; Power Plant; Power,
Water ; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Stress Propagation in, 689*
— Supply, Hot, Domestic, Central, Standard ' Code of Practice, 726
Rural, Recent Developments, 639, 668 See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Twrandines, Hydraulic ; Power Plant
— Used in Steam Generation, Tests for, Specification, 152
— Wheels. See Turbine, Hydraulic; Power Plant
Waterways Association, Inland, Annual General Meeting, 629. See LETTER, 685
— See Rivers; Canals
Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wath-Sheffield-Manchester Railway Electrification, 205*
Wave Analvser, Pametrada Research Station (Muirhead and Co., Ltd.), 377*, 698
— Guide Testing Apparatus (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 403*
— Making Resistance of Ships. See Ship Resistance
Wavelengths, Broadcasting, New Plan, 273, 337, 359
Wax Injection Machine, Hydraulic, for “ Lost- Wax ” Process of Precision Casting, 108*
Weather. See Metewology
Weathering Tests, Machine for Making (Decel Engineers, Ltd.), 589*
Webb, W. J., on Railway Electrification— Spacing of Substations, 321
Weed Growth in Canals, Methods of Prevention, 615, 693
Weighing Car, Beevor Iron Foundry (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 67*
— and Measuring Devices, American, Specifications, Tolerances and Regulations for (Review), 316
Welch, Prof. J. J,, the Late, 274
Weld Metal, Electronic Control of Deposition of (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 522
— Ultrasonic Testing of, 264*
Welded Joints, Stress Propagation in, 690* Welder, Spot, 300-kVA Single-Phase (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 459*
Welding of High-Pressure Vessels for Chemical Industries, 149
— Machine, Cold-Pressure, for Aluminium-
Sheathed Cable (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 150* 60-kVA Flash-Butt (British Insulated Callenders’ Cables, Ltd.), 558* 50-kVA Seam (Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 560*
—.— 1-kW Thermo-Plastic Sheet (Radio Heaters, Ltd.), 558*
— Metallic-Arc, for Repairs to Locomotive Plate Frames, 177*, 251*
— Plant, Renfrew Works (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 344*, 373*
— Research Association. British, Welding Re
search Exhibition, 161; Demonstration of Ultrasonic Testing cf Welds, 264* Exhibition, 161, 264*
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., 106-ton Charging Machine for Sheet-Annealing Furnaces, 564*
West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
Western Australian Government Railways, 4-6-2 Type Passenger Locomotives, 104*
Wetness, Steam, and Turbine Efficiency, 666 “ Wetting’’-Agent Injector for Dust Suppression in Collieries (Permutit Co., Ltd.), 517*
Weybridge Jig and Tool Co., Ltd., Gang Slitting Machine, 590*
Wharves, Docks and Piers, Design, Construction and Maintenance of (Review), 87
Wheat, Milling of, 29*, 57*, 91*, 113*
Wheels, Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Tapered-Tread, on Overhead-Travelling Cranes, Effect of, 477
Whirling of Rotating Elastic Shafts, 102 White Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Waltham Aerodrome, Garden Party of Royal Aeronautical Society at, 571
Whitehead, Dr. R., on Requirements f-jr M.Sc. Degree, 584
Whiteley, Dr. J. H., on Extension of Ari Range with Carbide Formation in Mild Steel, 543 Whitworth, R., Thames and Severn Canal, 110, 120
— Society, Annual Dinner, 329
Whyman, F., on Railway Electric Braking Systems, 390
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Deep-Hole Drilling Attachment for Automatic Lathe, 38*
Wilkins, C. T., on Producing a Prototype Aircraft, 185
Wilkinson, E. R., on Electricity, Gas and Consumer, 739
Wilkinson, R. G., on Hot Working of Aluminium and Its Alloys, 437
Wilks, W. T., on Charges of Railway Inefficiency, 684. See 576
Willans, K. W., on Elderly Engineers, 478, 602. See 445, See LETTERS, 508, 630, 684, 731
Williams, W. J., on Influence of Certain Elements on Microstructure of Cast Irons, 573
Williams Lecture on Gases and Steel, by Sir A. McCance, 737*
Williamson, G. J., on Gas Cooling and Humidification, 388
WiJson, G., on Bearing Capacity of Screw Piles and Screwcrete Cylinders, 73
Wilson, J. S., Work on Stresses in Dams, 24* Wiiton-Fijenoord, 5,500-b,h.p. Doxford Diesel Engine, 635*
Wind Tunnels. See AerorMutics
— Water Currents Due to, 19
Winding Engine, 1,750-h.p. Electric, Calverton Colliery (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 500*
Winget, Ltd., Twin-Trolley Concrete Batcher, 492* ; Boom-Type Trencher, 492* ; Self-Propelled Barrow, Pedestrian-Operated, 711* Winkler Method of Testing Feed AVater, 553* Winter, Dr, J. B., the Late, 303 Wire Ropes in Mines, Conference on, 18
— and Strip-Forming Machines (A. AV. Macnamara, Ltd.), 557* Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wiring Systems, Electric, Trends in Materials Used, 623
Wiseman, A., and Co., Ltd., Resilient Gearwheel for Traction Purposes, 460*
Withers, J. G., on Flow of Lubricating Oil from
Big-End Bearing, 247*, 291*
Wood, B., on Natural-Draught Cooling Towers 388
Wood, Prof. W. A., on Mechanism of Deformation in Creep, 499
— Lecture on Industrial Applications of Atomic
Energy, by Prof. M. L. Oliphant, 273 Woodcock, F. J., on Electrical Methods of
Measuring Mechanical Quantities, 483* Woodhead Tunnel, Manchester-Sheffield Railway, 205*
Woodhouse, L. C., on Diesel-Electric Motor-
Coach Trains, 391 AVoodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Woolwich Polytechnic Diamond Jubilee, 359 AVorking Party on Building Operations, Report on, 539
— Platform, Telescopic (W. Moss and Sons, Ltd.),
Workmen. See Labottr

Works :

Beevor Iron Foundry, (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 66"?
Elswick Works Non-Ferrous Metal Shops (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 410* Grangemouth Works, High-Pressure Boiler Plant at, 721*
King’s Norton Factory of Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., 292*
Oxney Road Factory, Newark, F. Perkins, Ltd., 699*
Renfrew Works of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 344*, 373*
Steelworks Plant, Model, Royal Scottish Museum, 622*
Wroughton Factory for Small Petrol Engines (R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd.), 10* Works Management, Management Problems
Due to “ Simplification,” 213, 215, 222
— Ministry of. Experiments on Prestressed Concrete, 20 ; Lee-McCall System of Prestressed Concrete, 438*; Report of Working Party on Building Operations, 539 ; Codes of Practice. See Standards
Workshops. See Works; Machine Tools
— Training. See Educaiion
World Power Conference, Fourth, London, Programme, 183
Wray, G. H., on Stress-Corrosion in Radial- Flow Steam Turbines, 141*, 169*, 217 Wrecks. See Accidents
Wrest Park, Silsoe, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Exhibition at, 601
Wright Lecture on Aspects of Expenditure on Aviation, 629
Wrightson, Sir G., the Late, 46
Wroughton Factory for Small Petrol Engines (R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd.), 10*
Wyre Estuary, Model Investigations on, 415. See LETTER, 508

X-RAY Equipment, 2,000,000-Volt, at Renfrew Works, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 373*
Examination of Welded High-Pressure Vessels for Chemical Industries, 149
Methods for Metallurgical Equilibrium Diagrams, 498

YACHT Sailing, Developments in 1910-1950, 518*
Yakima Canal Project, Washington, Concrete^ Slab Lining for, 531*
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yorkshire Copper Works, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 495

ZARAGOSA University, Fuel Research Organisation at, 519
Zienkiewicz, O. C., Work on Stresses in Dams, 25*
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— and Zinc-Rich Alloys, Rolling of, 467
Zircon Powder in Suspension, Light Transmission Through, 406*. See Erratxiw, 542

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