Engineering 1948 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1948 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1948 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1948 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

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PARAGRAPHS

Accidents :

• Explosion on M.S. “ Reina del Pacifico,” 323

Aeronautics :

• Aircraft Constructors’ Flying Display, 498
• Alternating Current in Aircraft, 390
• Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 365
• Jet Engines, British, Construction in Argentina, 403
• Lights, Marker, Portable, 443
• Northern Heights Model Flying Club, 561
• Propeller Test Beds, Hatfield, Addendum^ 427
• Rolls-Royce Civil Merlin Engines, 412
• Safety in Civil Aviation, Conference on, 55, 304
• Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, 34
• Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

• Bessemer Gold Medal, Iron and Steel Institute, 359
• British Foundrymen, Institute of. Awards, 431
• British Hydromechanics Research Association, Appointment of Director, 147
• Appointments, Awards and Honours— continued.
• Electricity Authority, British, Appointments to, 82
• Founders’ Company Fellowship Awards, 359
• Industrial Administration, Institute of. Annual Appointments, 223
• Iron and Steel Institute Awards, 359
• Manchester Joint Research Council, Annual Appointments, 199
• Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of. Awards, 599
• Naval Architects, Institution of. Scholarship Awards, 36
• Platinum Midal, Institute of Metals, 225, 548
• Production Engineers, Institution of. Medal Awards, 329
• Thurston Award for Electrical Invention, 370 Willis Rodney Whitney Award, 371

Associations :

• British Association, -82, 386
• British Cast Iron Research, 427
• British Chemical Manufacturers, 571
• British Coal Utilisation Research, 437
• British Electrical Development, 394
• British Electrical Research, 112
• British Gear Manufacturers’, 376
• British Hydromechanics Research, 147
• British Iron and Steel Research, 239, 540
• British Welding Research, 267
• Corrosion Engineers, National Association of, 371
• Cromptonian Association, 329
• Crucible and Tool Steel, Erratum^ 419
• Diesel Engine Users, 418
• Electrical Engineers, Supervising, 113, 364, 370
• Fan Makers, 341
• Fire Protection, 498
• Gauge and Tool Makers’, 55
• Italian Metallurgical, 223
• Liverpool Steam Ship Owners, 546
• Municipal Electrical, Incorporated, 151
• Sheet and Strip Metal Users’ Technical, 544 Sheffield Metallurgical, 533
• Automobiles. See Motor CarSy Etc.
• Boilers. See Engines and toilers

Bridges :

• Manchester Railway Bridge Rebuilding, 203
• Tees-Side Bridge for Works of Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 515
• Buildings and Building Construction :
• Aluminium Research Laboratory, Canada 546
• Constructional Steelwork Order, 175
• Engineering Research Station, British Broadcasting Corporation, 76
• Laboratories for Metal-Flow Research, 239 Masonry Walls, Paints for, 386
• Plymouth Docks, Reconstruction of, 611
• Structural Work, Steel Tubes for, 412 Wembley Stadium Station, Rebuilding, 513

Catalogues :

• 48, 96, 140, 264, 284, 346, 359, 383, 407, 456, 480, 528, 575, 600, 623
• Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 456
• Aeraspray Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 140
• Aeronautical and General Instruments, Ltd., 575
• Associated British Oil Engines, Ltd., 407
• Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Equipment, Ltd., 528
• Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 48, 359
• Baker Perkins, Ltd., 623
• B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 359
• Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd., 600
• Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., 528
• Brown, D., Machine Tools, Ltd., 575
• B.S.A. Tools, Ltd., 359
• Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd., 96
• Cartwright Ltd., 623
• Cement and Concrete Association, 359
• Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 96,140, 480
• Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd., 264
• Clayton-Wright, H., Ltd., 407
• Cohen, G., Sons and Co., Ltd., 456
• Colvilles Ltd., 284
• Davey, Paxman Co., Ltd., 407, 456
• Davidson and Co., Ltd,, 407
• Deloro Stellite, Ltd., 600
• Dominion Electric Heating Co., 623
• Edwards, F. J., Ltd., 140, 528
• Evolite Plastics Ltd., 623
• Expanded Metal Co., Ltd., 623
• Ferranti, Ltd., 284, 359, 383
• General Electric Co., Ltd., 48, 575
• Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 383
• Grubb, Sir H., Parsons Co., 528
• Hadfields, Ltd., 623
• Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 383, 456
• Holroyd, J., and Co., Ltd., 480
• Howden, J.. and Co., Ltd., 407
• Hyland, Ltd., 456
• Hymatic Engineering (;O., Ltd., 407
• International Combustion, Ltd., 264
• Jones, A. A., <fc Shipman, Ltd., 575
• Johnson and Philips, Ltd., 48
• Mastabar Belt Fastener Co., Ltd., 140
• Metalastic, Ltd., 359
• Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 359
• Modern Wheel Drive, I^d., 407
• Muirhead and Co., Ltd., 284
• Multibelt (England), 346
• Murex Ltd., 284 (2)
• Musgrave Co., Ltd., 140 (2)
• Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., 359, 383, 407
• Newman, Hender Co., Ltd., 575, 600
• Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., 284
• Nuway Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 359
• Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd., 359, 383, 407
• Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters), Ltd., 284
• Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 407, 528, 575
• Philips Electrical Ltd., 140, 456, 575
• Plessey Co., Ltd., The, 284
• Pye, Ltd., 96
• Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 407
• Sargrove, J., Ltd., 264
• Saunders Valve Co., Ltd., 140
• Senior Economisers, Ltd., 140
• Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co., Ltd., 264
• Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., 264
• Silvaflame Co., Ltd., 140
• Soag Machine Tools, Ltd., 359
• Standard Telephones and Cables,. Ltd., 264, 359,407
• Stein and Atkinson, Ltd., 284
• Stillite Products, Ltd., 264
• Tube Investments, Ltd,, 383
• United Steel Companies, Ltd., 264
• Vaughan Crane Co., Ltd., 48
• Visco Engineering Co., Ltd., The, 140, 383
• Ward, T. W., Ltd., 383
• Wellington Tube Works, Ltd., 264
• Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 456
• White, J. S., Co., Ltd., 407
• Wickman, A. C., Ltd., 48
• Woods, of Colchester, Ltd., 456

• Chemistry. Sje Physics and Chemistry

Coal:

• Cardiff, 11, 36, 59, 83,107, 131,155,179, 203, 227, 251. 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Coal Face, Fluorescent Lighting at, 113
• Coke-Oven Plants for South Africa, 43
• Exports from Great Britain, 540
• Output in United Kingdom in 1947, 43
• Pit Props, Swedish, for Britain, 389
• Production in Belgium, 548
• Production in the Ruhr, 484
• Scottish, 11, 36, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Sheffield, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Colleges. See Education

Companies :

• Aero Research, Ltd., Plastics Manufacture, 178
• British Jeflfrey-Diamond Ltd., Jubilee, 490
• Davidson and Co., Ltd., War Work, 343
• Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., Apprenticeship Scheme, 467
• Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Million Tons of Shipping, 9
• Herbert, A., Ltd., Exhibition of Machine Tools, 23
• Hobbies, Ltd., Jubilee, 7
• Laing, J., Son, Ltd., Centenary, 495
• Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd., 10 Years* Work, 388
• Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., War Work, 54
• Smith Brothers and Co. (Hyson), Ltd., Centenary, 115
• Venesta Ltd., Jubilee, 64
• Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Centenary of Elswick Works, 78
• White, J. S., and Co., Ltd., Jubilee, 160

Contracts ;

• 10, 43, 346, 390, 418, 476. 490. 515, 563, 687, 611
• Alton and Co., Ltd., 490
• Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., 490
• Associated British Oil Engines, Ltd., 476, 490, 587
• Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 418
• Blaw-Knox, Ltd., 476
• British Electric Transformer Co, Ltd., 476
• British Ropeway Engineering Co., Ltd., 10, 615
• Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., 390
• Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 346, 563
• Chance Brothers, Ltd., 515
• Clegg Brothers (Burnley), Ltd., 476
• Cochran, A. M., A Co., 346
• Demolition and Construction Co., Ltd., 390
• Dobson and Barlow, Ltd., 611
• Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 418
• Drysdale and Co., Ltd., 490
• Fairclough, L., Ltd., 390
• Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd., 476
• Ferranti, Ltd., 611
• Gilkes, G., and Gordon, Ltd., 390
• Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 346
• Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd,, 476
• Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., 476
• Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 476
• Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 10, 490
• Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., 390
• Lind, P., and Co., Ltd., 611
• Longworth, A., and Sons, Ltd., 476
• Main, A. J., and Co., Ltd., 418
• Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 476
• McAlpine, Sir K., and Sons (London), Ltd., 611 McLaren, J. A H., Ltd., 563
• Mirrlees, Bickerton A Day, Ltd., 476, 563 (2)
• Mitchell Construction Co., Ltd., 611
• Parsons, C. A., A Co., Ltd., 490
• Perry Engineering f'o., Ltd., 10
• Philips Electrical lAd., 490
• Pollock, J., Sons A Co., Ltd., 10
• Reyrolle, A., A Co., Ltd., 490
• Seth, 418
• Simon-Carves, Ltd., 587
• Stanbm Ironworks Co., Ltd., 490
• Staveley Coal A Iron Co., Ltd., 346
• Taikoo Dockyard A Engineering Co., Ltd., 563
• Tilde4ey, J., LU’., 490
• Tileman and Co., Ltd., 490
• Weir, G. and J., Ltd., 418
• Whatlings Ltd., 418
• Woodall-Duckham Vertical Retort Construction Co. (1920), Ltd., 43

Education :

• Apprenticeship, Harland A Wolff 581
• Apprenticeship-Training Scheme, United Group, 467
• “ B.O.C.” Welding Prize, 267
• Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 365 Competition, Prize Essay, Royal Sanitary Institute, 168 ; W. E. Highfield Shield, 364 Conference on Safety in Civil Aviation, 55, 304 ; Large Electric Systems, 112 ; Surface Reactions, 264; Stress Analysis, 322 ; Liquid Fuels, 345, 514; Hiunan Factors in Industry, 386 ; Wear, in United States, 460 ; Iron and Steel Research, 540 ; Sheet and Strip Metal Users* Technical Association, 544 ; Scientific Information, 572 ; Sound Transmission, 586
• Congress on Applied Mechanics, Seventh international, 102
• Examinations, Institute of Transport, 4; Institution of Metallurgists, 226 ; Society of Engineers, 360
• Gas-Turbine Technology, Courses in, 515 Iron Metallurgy, Refresher Course in, 427 Lectures, T. L. Gray, 7 ; Wilbur Wright, 34;
• Foreign Electrical Engineering Practice, 113 ; Newer Engineering Materials, 176; Production Incentives, 548
• National Foundry College, 441 Northampton Polytechnic, Lectures, 176 Railway Boilermen, Courses for, 116 Scholarships, Institution of Naval Architects (Awards), 36 ; Merchant Navy, 274 ; Institute of Transport, 533
• Servo-Mechanism, Instructional Courses in, 623
• South-West Essex Technical College, Annual Report, 427
• Summer Schools in Metal Physics, 356; Physics, 484 ; Electron Microscopy, 488 ; Relaxation Methods, 504; Electrical Engineering, 539
• University Co-operation with Steel Industry, 474
• Wigan Mining College, 90th Year, 587

Electricity :

• Alternating Current in Aircraft, 390
• Bankside Power Station, 151
• Broadcasting Corporation, British, Engineering Research Station, 76
• Cables and Wires, Standardisation of, 507 Diesel-Electric Locomotive, No. 10,000, 415 Dynamo, Long-Javed, 586
• Electric Systems, Large, Conference on, 112
• Electric Traction on the Southern Railway, Errata^ 9
• Electrical Engineering, Practical Experience in, 442
• Electrical Engineering Practice, Eorcign, 113
• Electrical Engineering, Summer School in, 539
• Electricity Authority, British, 82, 346 Electricity in Spinning, 394
• Electronics Exhibition, Manchester, 568
• Film Unit, Sono-Vision (Moviegram), 36 Fluorescent Lighting at Coal Face, 113 Gamma-Ray Service, Mobile, 112
• Glass-Bidb Manufacture, 468
• Glass Houses, Electrical Heating of, 151
• Great Britain, Generation Returns, 186, 298, 403,491
• Lighting, Street, Automatic Control of, 472
• Liverpool Street to Shenftcld Railway Electrification, 503
• Load Shedding and Agricultural Electricity Supply, 7
• Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, 151
• Plant, Electric, Manufactured in 1947, 147
• Plugs, Fused, Dorman and Smith, and Rectangular Types, 107
• Radio Advisory Service for Shipping, 546
• Radio Apparatus, Marconi, Navigational
• Control by, 379
• Stonebridge Park Power Station, Connection to Grid, 52
• “Supervisor ” for Electrical Peak Load, 393 Telephone System Shortages, 131 Waste Gases, Power from, 551
• Wireless and Television Licences, 130

Engines and Boilers :

• Aeroplane Engines, Civil Merlin, Rolls-Koyce, 412
• Diesel Engines, Power Cartridges for. Erratum, 364
• Jet Engines, British, Construction in Argentina, 403
• Locomotive Boiler, Novel, 383

Exhibitions :

• Bicycle and Motor Cycle, 246
• British Exhibition at Copenhagen, 271
• British Industries Fair, 1949, 508
• Electronics, Manchester, 568
• Engineering and Industrial Equipment, 512 Gauge and Tool, 55
• Glasgow Engineering and Fuel, 267 Inventions Exhibition, Birmingham, 539 Machine Tools, Bristol, 564
• Machine Tools, London (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 23
• Mechanical Handling, 392
• Old English Tools, 402
• Paint and Finishing Techniques, 105
• Physical Society, 298
• Prague Fair, 20
• Public Health, 245
• Swiss Industries Pair, 250

Gas and Gas Engines :

• Gas-Turbine Technology, Courses in, 515
• Gas, Waste, Generation of Power from, 551

Industries and Commerce :

• “ British Exports and Exchange Restrictions,” Brochure, 504
• British Industries Fair, 1949, 508
• Controls, Iron and Steel, 175
• Controls, Non-Ferrous Metals, 199
• Diamonds, Industrial, Statistics, 1947, 225
• Engineering Materials, Newer, Lectures on, 176
• Export Credits Guarantee Department, 98
• Factories, De-Requisitioning of, 587
• Human Factors in Industry, 386
• ‘‘ Industry in Sussex,” Booklet, 52
• Paint and" Finishing Techniques, Displaj' of. 105
• Paper Manufacture in Canada, 247, 379
• Plastics for Adhesives and Textiles, 178
• Production Incentives, Lectures on, 548
• Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 11, 59, 107, 131, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Swiss Industries Fair, 250
• Tees-Side Industries, Booklet on, 515
• Titanium Hydride, Production of, 250
• University Co-operation with Steel Industry, 474
• Institutions. Sec Technical Societies

Iron and Steel :

• Blast Furnaces, New Plant for Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 491
• Cleveland Basic Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83,107,131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Cleveland Iron Markets, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Cleveland Manufactured Iron and Steel, 11, 35, 59, 83,107,131, 155,179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Hematite and Low Phosphorus Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Iron Metallurgy, Refresher Course in, 427
• Iron and Steel, Government Distribution Scheme, 98
• Iron and Steel Prices, Chart of, 123
• Iron and Steel Production in United Kingdom, 408,488
• Iron and Steel Research, Conferences on, 540
• Middlesbrough Scrap, 11, 35, 59, 83,107,131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Rolling Mill Plant at Oldbury, 551
• Scottish Iron and Steel Trade, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Sheffield Iron and Steel Trade, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Steel Industry, University Co-operation with, 474
• Steel Production, Canadian, 175, 243, 376 Steel Tubes for Structural Work, 412 Steelwork, Constructional, 175
• Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 11, 59, 107, 131, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 539, 563, 587, 611
• Labour Questions. See Trade Societies
• Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
• Locomotives. See Railways and Locomotives

Machine and Other Tools :

• Government Sales of Machine Tools, 513
• Grinding Machines for Taper Grinding, 562
• Jig, Drilling, for Holes in Round Bars, 443
• Machine Tools Exhibition, Bristol, 564
• Measuring and Inspection, Film on, 443
• Marine Engineering. See Engim-s and Boibrs; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

• Alloys, Aluminium, Noral Data on, 389
• Aluminium Research Laboratory, Canada 546 *
• S?PPer Production, United Kingdom, 343 Research, Laboratories for, 239
• Metal Physics, Summer School in, 356 Metal-Recovery Depot, Closure of 216 Metallurgy, Iron, Refresher Course, in 427 “ Nickel Bulletin,” New Format 274 ’ Oil Prospecting in Great Britain, 123 Sheet and Strip Metal Users’ Technical Association, 544
• Sheffield Metallurgical Association, Report,
• Specifications and Analyses of Metals and Alloys (Murex, Ltd.), 52
• Tin Prices, United Kingdom, 546
• Titanium Hydride, Production of, 250 ^igan Mining College, 90th Year, 587
• Zinc, Industrial Uses ot, 548

Miscellaneous ;

• Adhesives, Micro-Organisms on 442 Almanacs and Calendars, 10, 82, 126,176, 516 „B;C^-R.A. Quarterly Gazette,” 437 Belt, Conveyor, Notable, 227 Belts, Variable-Ratio Drive, 346 Coil Spring Federation Rt‘search Organisation, 444
• Diamonds, Industrial, Statistics, 1947, 225 District Heating, Economics of, Erratum, 395 Engineering Centre, Glasgow, Report, 562 Engineering Materials, Newer, Lectures on 176 ’
• Factories, Dc-Requisitioning of, 587 Film Unit, Sono-Vision (Moviegram) 36 Fire Protection Association Journal, 498 Fractionating Column, Transportation of, 379 Fuel Oil, Supplies of, 129 Glass-Bulb Manufacture, 468 t^owrnment Stores, Overseas, Disposal of,
• Haslett, Dame C., Portrait of, 611
• Ventilating, Guide to Current Practice in, 515
• Hints to Business Men,” Booklets, 283, 499 Homes Fund, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 225 *
• ^^/iti^h*^^^”^^^ Research Association, “Industry in Sussex,” Brochure, 52 Manchester Joint Research Council, 199 Measuring and Inspecting, Film on, 443 Mechanical Handling Exhibition, 392 Mechanics, Applied, Seventh International Congress. 102
• Metal-Recovery Depot, Closure of, 216 Ministry of Supply Regional Office, 551
• Nickel Bulletin,” New Format, 274 01 Prospecting in Great Britain, 123 Oil Refining in Manchester, 388 ** Brochure, 343
• Paint for Internal Masonry Walls, 386 104 Finishing Techniques, Display of, Paper Manufacture in Canada 247 379 Paper, Waste, Salvage of, 322 ’
• Patents, Designs and Trade Marks in Pakistan, 515
• Biles, Vibration and Settlement of, 557 Plastics for Adhesives and Textiles, 178 Plastic Material, Woven, 388 Power Cartridges, Engine Starting by Erratum, 364
• and decedents.” Erratum, i2i R.E.M.E. Memorial, 239 Rural Water Supplies, 551 Scientific Information Conference 572 Specifications, Standard, Overseas. 395 Sulphur, Ground, Price of, 407 Surface Reactions, International Conference on,264
• Tees-Side Industries, Booklet on, 515
• Timber for Shipbuilding, 4
• Tools, Old English, Exhibition of, 402 Transport of Heavy Load, 379 Welding Competition, 546
• Sockets, Fixing of, Erratum, 611 Zinc Prices, Increase in, 199

Motor Cars, Etc. :

• Omnibuses to Replace Trams, 129

Naval :

• Admiralty Research Establishment 39
• Artful,” H.M. Submarine, 235 ’
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Scholarship Awards in, 36 ®
• Navy, Merchant, Scholarships, 274
• Royal, and Nuclear Power, Erratum 394 *
• Timber for Naval Shipbuilding 4 “Venerable,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 520
• Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
• Oil, See Miscellaneous

Physics and Chemistry :

• Atomic Energy, story of. Corrections, 171 Erratum, 427 ’
• Chemical Research Laboratory 468 Electron Microcopy, Summer School in, 488 Liqmd Fuels, Conference on, 514
• National Physical Laboratory, 443 Oil Refining in Manchester, 388 Physics, Metal, Summer School in. 356 Physics, Summer School in, 484 P astics for Adhesives and Textiles, 178 Plastic Material, Woven, 388 Sound Transmission, International Confer ence on, 586
• Power Plants. See Electricity

Railways and Locomotives :

• Boilermen and Stokers, Courses for. 116 Booking Offices, Improved, 162
• Bridge, Railway, Manchester, Rebuilding of, 203
• Carriages, Streamlined, in Old Liveries, 512
• Coach, Stainless-Steel, ” Silver Princess,” Trial Run, 43
• Electrification, Railway, in Portugal, 283
• Escalator Handrails, Pre-Stretching, 609
• Ferry, Lymington-Yarmouth, 245 ; Erratum^ 308
• Ferry, Train, Dover-Boulogne, 440
• Ferry, Train, Sassnitz-Trelleborg, 367
• Lifts, Automatic, on London Underground Railways, Erratum^ 346
• Liveries for Trains, Experimental, 179
• Liverpool Street to Shenfield Electrification, 503
• Locomotive Boiler, Novel, 383
• Locomotives, Diesel, for Algeria, 223 Locomotives, Diesel, Maintenance of, 274 Locomotive, Diesel-Electric, No. 10,000, 415 Locomotives, Diesel-Electric, British, 474 Locomotive Exchanges on British Railways, 308
• Locomotive, Kitson, Early, Erratum, 298
• Locomotives, Re-Numbering of, 329
• London Midland and Scottish Railway, Assets in Northern Ireland, 99
• Marshalling Yard, Improved, 171 Metropolitan-Line Improvements, 239, 345 Polhill Tunnel Repairs, 162 ; Addenda^ 250, 299
• Railways, Symposium on, 92 ?
• Road Transport Executive, 250
• “ Royal Scot,” Name Restored, 178 Sassnitz-Trelleborg Train Ferry, 367 Sheffield Tramway, New Cars for, 369 Signalling Improvements at York, 171; on Metropolitan Line, 345
• Southern Railway, Electric Traction on, Errata, 9
• Track Improvements, York-Northallerton Line, 216
• Track Relaying at Chesterfield, 466
• Track Renewals on British Railways, 540
• Traction, Electric, on Southern Railway, Errata, 9
• Trams, Replacement by Omnibuses, 129 ” Transport Statistics,” New Publication, 488 Turntables for Large Locomotives, 129, 418 Wagons for Carriage of Coke, 557
• Wagons, Privately-Owned, Transfer of, 347
• Wagon Repairs at Swindon, 323
• Wembley Stadium Station, Renovation of, 513
• White City Station, Covered Way for, 609
• York, Signalling and Other Improvements at, 171, 216
• Schools. See Education

Ships and Shipbuilding :

• Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Million Tons of Shipping, 9
• Launches and Trial Trips, 10, 34, 130, 164, 178, 202, 236, 271, 308, 322, 345, 370, 394, 418, 455, 504, 524, 538, 562, 607
• “Maloja,” S.S., Reconditioning of, 610 Merchant Navy Scholarships, 274 Motorships, Holyhead-Kingstown Service, 512
• Plymouth Docks, Reconstruction of, 611 Radio Advisory Service for Shipping, 546 Radio Apparatus, Navigation Control by, 379 ” Ranchi,” S.S., Return to Service, 592 ** Reina del Pacifico,” M.S., Explosion, 323 Timber for Shipbuilding, 4
• Societies. See Technical Societies; and Trade Societies

Technical Societies :

• Aeronautical Society, Royal, 34, 55, 304, 394, 491
• Architects, British, Royal Institute of, 586 British Aircraft Constructors, Society of, 498 British Association, 82, 386
• British Foundrymen, Institute of, 431
• Civil Engineers, Institution of, 559
• Danish Institution of Civil Engineers, 92
• Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 151, 225, 417, 442
• Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of, 113, 364, 370
• Electrochemical Society, 264
• Electronics, Institution of, 568
• Engineers, Society of, 360
• Technical Societies—continued.
• Factory Managers, Institution of, 347
• Fuel, Institute of, 129, 345, 514
• Gas Engineers, Institution of, 490
• Glasgow University Engineering Society, 192 Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of, 310, 615
• Industrial Administration, Institute of, 228, 548
• Iron and Steel Institute, 359
• Italian Metallurgical Association, 223
• Junior Institution of Engineers, 92 Locomotive Engineers, Institution of, 480 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 460 Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 7, 424, 496
• Metallurgists, Institution of, 226, 448
• Metals, Institute of, 225, 548
• Mining Engineers, Institution of, 444
• Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of, 599
• Model and Experimental Engineers, Society of, 387
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers, 371
• Naval Architects, Institution of, 36, 352, 394, 558
• Newcomen Society, 441
• North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 442
• Petroleum, Institute of, 221, 345, 514 Physical Society, 298, 586
• Physics, Institute of, 322, 540
• Production Engineers, Institution of, 282, 329, 548
• Royal Society, 539, 572
• Sanitary Institute, Royal, 168, 467
• Sheffield Metallurgical Association, 533 Transport, Institute of, 4, 131, 154, 533 Welding, Institute of, 546
• West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, 378 Works Managers, Institution of, 347
• Telegraphy. See Electricity
• Telephony. See Electricity
• Tools. See Machine and Other Tools
• Trade. See Coal; Industries and Commerce
• Iron and Steel; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Societies, Etc. :

• Absenteeism in Mining Industry, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 212, 236, 260, 284, 3t)8, 332, 356, 380, 428, 452, 476, 500, 548
• Afghanistan, Employment Regulations in, 452
• American Federation of Labour, 500
• Apprenticeship, Conditions of, 452
• Austin Motor Co., TJ-d., Production Incentives at, 260
• Bakers, Operative, Amalgamated Union of, 572
• Bank Employees, National Union of, 140, 548 Belgium, Confederation of Christian Trade Unions of, 332
• Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, United Society of, 116
• Budget’s Effect on Wages, 380
• Building Trades Operatives, National Federation of, 68
• Burma, Factories Act, 524
• Canada, Shortage of Professional Workers In, 356
• Catering Industry, Wages in, 140, 188, 236
• Chemical Industry, Wage Increases, 260; Nationalisation of, 452
• Chilian Public Employees, National Convention of, 572
• Civil Servants, Professional, Institution of, 572
• Civil Servants, Temporary, National Association of, 380
• Civil Service Clerical Association, 380
• Civil Service, Wages in, 20, 236, 332 ; Remuneration in Higher Grades, 164
• Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union, 236
• Coal Board, National, 20, 68, 212, 308, 332, 476, 500, 596 : Compensation for Pit Accidents, 20 ; Wages, 20 ; Unofficial Stoppages, 20, 476 ; Coal Prices, 68,140 ; Overtime, 212, 476 ; Production Targets, 308 ; Recruitment of Youths, 308
• Consultative Machinery, Joint, 188 Co-operative Employees’ Wages, 188 Co-partnership in Industry, 356, 548
• Cotton Industry, Statistics of, 20, 212 ; Moel- wyn Hughes Commission on, 212 ; Hours of Work in, 284, 356, 476 ; Redeployment Plan for, 356
• Cotton Manufacturers* Association, 44 Cotton Spinners, Wages of, 20, 212 ; Strike by, 308 ; Hours of Work of, 476
• Cotton Weavers, Wages of, 44, 116, 212;
• Hours of Work of, 476
• Cripps, Sir S., on Production, 68; on Civil Service Wages, 236 ; on Wages and Profits, 284, 476 ; Budget Speech, 380
• Disabled Persons, Employment of, 404 Economic Survey for 1948, 284 Electrical Trades Union, 308, 832, 380, 596 Electricity-Supply Industry, Wages in, 284 Employment and Training Bill, 332 Engineers’ Wage Claims, 188, 260, 356, 404, 620
• Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, 188, 356, 404
• Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of, 332, 356
• Engineering Union, Amalgamated, 92, 116, 140, 188, 284, 332, 404, 500, 596, 620 ; Membership Statistics, 92, 188, 284, 404, 500; Presidential Election, 92, 500; Qualifications for Election as Union Officials, 116 ; Polish Workers in Britain, 140 ; Views on Government White Paper, 284, 332 ; Annual Conference, 620 Essential Employment Order, 140, 212 Europe, Voluntary Workers from 140 Factories Bill, 356
• Five-Day Week, Government Policy on, 236 Foremen, Key Position In Industry, 404 Furniture Industry, Wage Increases in, 596 Gas Industry, Wages in, 404 Government White Paper on Incomes, Costs and Prices, 92, 164,188, 212, 236, 260, 284, 308, 332, 356, 380, 404, 428, 476, 524, 548 Hosiery Workers, National Union of, 524 Hours of Labour, 164, 284, 380, 596 Hughes, M., Commission on Cotton Industry, 212
• Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Apprenticeship Conditions, 452
• Income Tax on Overtime, 380 Index of Retail Prices, 44, 332, 428, 620 India, Trade Union (Amendment) Act, 524 India, United Provinces, Hours of Work in, 44
• Industrial Disputes. See Strikes International Labour Organisation, 164 Iron and Steel Federation, 476 Iron and Steel Industry, Nationalisation of, 476
• Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 20, 44, 116, 212, 308, 428, 548
• Joint Production Committees, 188, 332, 356, 548, 596
• Labour, Ministry of, Statistics of, 44, 92,140, 164, 212, 284, 380, 404, 500, 524, 572, 596 Labour Party, Election Programme, 140:
• Scarborough Conference, 284, 428, 524 ;
• Membership Statistics, 404 Liberal National Council, 548 Liberal Party Assembly at Blackpool, 356 Local Government Officers, National Association of, 140, 572
• Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of, 68, 284
• London Transport Executive, 68, 92, 140, 236,356
• “ Man and Metal,” 20, 44, 116, 212, 308, 428, 548
• Management, Pc^rsonal Touch in, 404 Maritime Convention, United Nations Conference on,308
• Mineworkers, National Union of, 20, 44, 116, 140, 212, 332, 356, 476, 524
• Mining Industry, Compensation for Pit Accidents, 20 ; Wages in, 20, 164 ; Unofficial Strikes, 20, 476 ; Coal Production Statistics, 68, 188, 212, 356, 404, 452, 476, 500, 548, 572 ; Absenteeism, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 212, 236, 260, 284, 308, 332, 356,380, 428, 452, 476, 500, 548 ; Progress in the Industry, 116, 332 ; Coal Prices, 68, 140 , Overtime, 212, 356, 476 ; Wages for Clerical Grades, 236 ; Conditions in Poland, 308 ; Recruitment, of Youths, 308 ; Coal • Targets, 308; Deficit Balance in Industry i for 1947, 476
• Monopoly(Inquiry and Control) Bill, 452, 500 ; National Insurance Scheme, Relationship ; with Northern Ireland Scheme, 188 National Joint Advisory Council for Industry, 452, 500
• New Zealand Federation of Laboxir, 572 Norway, Holidays with Pay in, 524 ; Regulations in Building Industry in, 572
• Ordnance Factories, Royal, Government Employment Policy at, 164
• Patentees, Institute of, Arrangement with Amalgamated Engineering Union, 92
• Patternmakers* Association, United, 20, 212, 236, 356, 428, 452, 548, 620 ; Wages, 20, 356, 548, 620 ; Membership Statistics, 20 ; Shortage of Tools, 212
• Personnel, Managerial Influences tion, 68
• Polish Mineworkers’ Conditions 308
• Polish Nationals, Employment 140, 260, 332, 500
• Post Office Engineering Union, 116
• Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of, 404
• Railway Clerks’ Assocation, 68, 572
• Railway Executive on Labour Conditions 68 ; on Wage Claims, 236, 284
• Railwaymen, National Union of, 68,236,284, 524 ; Wage Claims, 236, 284
• Ransomes (fe Rapier, Ltd., Strike at, 260 Road Haulage Wages Board, 20, 572 Salaried Employees, Financial Difficulties of, 140
• Scrap, National Requirements of, 44, 548 Seamen Absent(;es in Bremen, 92 Shipbuilders’ Wage Claims, 188, 260, 356,620 Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation, 356, 428, 620
• Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of, 188, 260, 332, 356, 404, 428, 476, 620
• Shipbuilding Industry, Admiralty Joint Council for, 308
• Shipbuilding Yards, Output of, 44
• Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Union of, 356, 572
• Steel, Decisive Part in Industry, 4281 Nationalisation of, 476
• Steel Workers, Food Rations of, 212
• Stevedores* and Dockers’ Union, National Amalgamated, 380
• Strikes at Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., 260 ; By Women in Cotton Mills, 308; by Ministry of Works Employees, 308 ; by Stevedores at London Docks, 380 ; Vehicle Builders’, 380 ; Waleswood Colliery, 476 ; London Dockers’, 596, 620
• Strike Statistics, 92, 164, 308, 380, 500, 596 Textile Factory Workers’ Association, United, 428
• Textile Institute, Recognition of Technologists’ Qualifications, 140
• Textile Societies, Federation of, 572
• Textile Trades Federation, 44, 476
• Textile Trade, National Association of Unions in, 428
• Textile Trades, Wages in, 20, 44, 92, 356, 428 ; Foreign Employees in, 236
• Tools in Patternmakers’ Trade, Shortage of, 212
• Trades Councils, Derby Conference of, 596
• Trades Union Congress, 20, 44, 92, 164, 188, 212, 236, 284, 308, 332, 356, 380, 404, 428, 452, 524, 548, 572, 596 ; Reports on Economic Policy, 20, 44, 92, 164, 188, 212; Wages, 20, 44, 164, 188, 380 ; Collective Bargaining, 164 ; Views on Government White Paper, 92, 164, 188, 212, 284, 308, 332, 356, 404, 428, 452, 524
• Trade Unions, Qualifications of Officials, 116 Transport and General Workers’ Union, 68, 92, 140, 236, 260, 284, 332, 356, 380, 524, 596, 620 ; Wage Claims, 92, 140, 236, 260, 332, 356 : London Dock Strike, 596, 620
• Tugboat Crews, Wages of, 236 Unemployment Fund, Statistics of, 404 Vehicle Builders, National Union of, 380 Wages Councils and Wages Boards, Proposals of, 380
• Wages, Ministry of Labour Statistics, 44,164, 284, 380, 596
• Waleswood Colliery, Strike at, 476 Weavers’ Amalgamation, 428
• Women Employees, Outflow from Industry, 212
• Wood-Cutting Machinists’ Union, 380 Working Population, Statistics of, 212
• Yorkshire Switchgear and Engineering Co., Ltd., Personal Touch in Management, 404
• Universities. See Education
• Vehicles. See Motor Cars
• Warships. See Naval

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