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1946 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
1946 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
1946 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1946 Jul-Dec: Index

PARAGRAPHS.

Aeronautics :

  • Adhesives, Gap-Filling Assembly, 536
  • Aircraft Engineering Society Lectures, 546
  • Aircraft, Future, Engineering Problems of, 389
  • Airscrew, Axial-Flow Fan Data, 259
  • Argentine Aircraft, Precision Tubing Contract, 11
  • Bonding, Plastic, of Metals, 216
  • Busk Studentship Award, 11
  • British European Airways, 417; Erratum, 443
  • Civil Aviation Status, 274
  • de Havilland Research Fund, 557
  • Elliott Memorial Prize Award, 160
  • Inspections, Planned, in R.A.F., 514 “Milestones ” (Miles Aircraft), 516 “ Naval Aviation,” Definition, 275 Naval Fighter, Fairey Firefly, 379
  • Paper, Wet-Strength, Aero Research, Ltd., 144
  • Pump, Fuel-Injection, Films, 390
  • Rolls-Royce Engine Development, 83
  • Switzerland, British Aircraft for, 455 Transport, Institute of, Examinations, 59

Agriculture :

  • Crop-Spraying Vehicles, High-Clearance, Addendum, 390
  • Farms, Electricity Supply for, 328
  • Royal Show, 1947,185

Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

  • Bailie Memorial Prize, 111
  • Chartered Surveyors’ Examination Awards, 245
  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of, Macnab Medal Award, 405.
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, Awards, 208
  • Civil Engineers of Ireland, Awards by, 572
  • Commonwealth Research Fellowship, 184
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Premium Awards, 34
  • Elliott Memorial Prize, 160
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, Awards, 392
  • Industrial Research Institute Medal, New York, 275
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, Research Award, 111
  • Larke Medal Award, 371
  • Leon Gaster Memorial Premium, 379
  • Transport, Institute of, Prize Awards, 438 Vokes Award, 330

Associations :

  • Aircraft Engineers, Licensed, Society of, 546
  • Chemical Society, 466, 575
  • Gauge and Tool Makers, 58
  • London Association of Engineers, 330
  • Middlesex and Bucks Executive Engineers’, 366
  • Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 130
  • Petroleum Equipment, British Manufacturers of, 155
  • Sheet and Strip Metal Users, Technical, 547, 610
  • Sheffield Metallurgical, 298
  • Stainless Steel Fabricators’, 570
  • Automobiles. See Motor Cars
  • Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges :

  • Calender-Hamilton Interchangeable Unit Bridges, 259
  • Svinesund Road Bridge, Scandinavia, 152

Buildings and Building Construction :

  • Bricks, Contract with Belgium, 170
  • Housing Estates, Electricity and Gas Supplies, 58
  • Interiors, Lighting Code for, 251
  • Power Station Architecture, 88
  • Scottish Housing Estates, Heating Schemes, 203
  • Soil Mechanics;, Lectures oh, 268

Catalogues. See AfisceZtaneous

Cement and Concrete:

  • Cement, Acid-Resisting, 250
  • Concrete, Ltd., Bison Information Book, 459
  • Reinforced-Concrete Construction, Training in, 305
  • Reinforced-Concrete Structural Members, Recommended Dimensions, 108

Chemistry. See Physics and Chemistry

Coal:

  • Cardiff, 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
  • Chute, Coal, Rubber Lining for, 417
  • Pulverised Fuel, Conference on, 92
  • Scottish 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
  • Coal—continued.
  • 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 :

  • Austin-Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd., 521
  • Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., 178
  • Reyrolle, A., & Co., Ltd., 67
  • Visco Engineering Col, Ltd., 280
  • Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Contracts. See Miscellaneous

Cranes, Conveyors, Etc. :

  • Dublin Port, Crane Contract for, 323
  • Lifts, Calculating Rule for, 411

Docks. See Harbours

Education :

  • Army Engineering Cadetships, 33
  • Bailie Memorial Prize, 111
  • Busk Studentship Award, 11
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, Awards, 208
  • Civil Engineers of Ireland, Awards by, 572
  • Elliott Memorial Prize, R.A.F. Apprentices, 160
  • Examinations, Institute of Transport, 59, 131, 269, 438 ; Chartered Surveyors, 245; Chemical Engineers, Associate Membership, 405 ; Mining Engineers, 424; Institute of Marine Engineers, 463
  • Furnace Practice, Cinema Film on, 33
  • Guy Motors, Ltd., Apprenticeship Scheme, 107
  • Hydraulic Engineering at Imperial College, 42
  • I.C.I. Research Laboratories, 154
  • Illuminating Engineering, Resettlement Courses, 58
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, Research Award, 111
  • Lectures, Soil Mechanics, 268 ; Civil Aviation Status, 274; Chadwick Public, Bossom Gift, 281; Reinforced-Concrete Construction, 305; Copper, History of, 330; Junior Institution of Engineers, 330; Royal Institution, 370; Metallurgy, Sir John Cass Institute, 394; Chemical Society’s Faraday Lecture, 466 ; Aircraft Engineers’ Society, 546 ; Chemical Society, Isotopes, 575 ; Railway Lectures for Boys, 575
  • Manchester, Advanced Courses in Engineering, 403
  • Metallurgy, Extraction, Nuffield Foundation Fellowships, 274
  • Northampton Polytechnic, Prospectus, 404; Fiftieth Anniversary, 618
  • Research Fellowship Award, Commonwealth, 184
  • Rubber Research, Dunlop Company’s Grant, 178, 227
  • Scholarships, R.A.E., 328; Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 375, 595 ; Canadian, for Ex-Service Men, 497; de Havilland Research Fund, 557
  • Telecommunication Research Organisation, 178
  • West Hartlepool Technical College, Prospectus, 394

Electricity :

  • Arc-Welding Sets, Portable, 507 Broadcasting, Wire, Carrier-Frequency, 511 Cables, High-Voltage, Development of, 339 Cable, Power, Handbook, 258
  • Cable, Submarine Telephone, with Submerged Repeaters, U.K.-Germany, 558
  • Capacitors, Mining Type, 213
  • Contractors, Electrical, Compulsory Registration Question, 321
  • Dielectrics for Telecommunication Purposes, Erratum, 463
  • Electron, Jubilee of, 514
  • Electrical Equipment, British Exports and Imports, 355
  • Exhibition by Supply Companies, 428 Farms, Electricity Supply Agreement, 328 Flameproof Electrical Apparatus, 329 Geipel, W., Ltd., Seventy-fifth Anniversary, 561
  • Generating Costs, Average, 1939-45, 79 Generating Stations, Air Pollution, 106 Generators, Oxone (Visco), 515
  • Great Britain, Generation Returns, 76, 179, 292, 392, 536, 621
  • Hull Supply and Fuel Costs, 131
  • Hydraulic Engineering and Generation of Electricity, 42
  • International Supply, Erratum, 467
  • Kiewa Hydro-Electric Station Contract, 376 Lamphouse, Miniature, 131
  • Lighting, Fluorescent, of Railway Coaches, 130
  • Meter Examination and Testing Fees, 131 Motors, Alternating-Current, Protection of, 126
  • Norway-Scotland, Submarine Cable Supply, 621
  • Overhead Transmission Lines, Erratum, 407 Pacific Ocean Tidal Waves, Radio Alarm System, 355
  • Panel Instruments, Miniature (Catalogue), 292
  • Plugs and Sockets, Standard, 609 Polyvinyl-Chloride Insulated Wires, 250 Portugal, Hydro- Electric Power Station Contract, 129
  • Power Station Architecture, 88
  • “ Pyroweld ” for Soldering, Brazing and Welding, 64
  • Radar for Merchant Ships, 35
  • “ Radio Engineering and War Effort,” 123 Railway, Electric, Brazil Contract, 106 Rectifiers, Mercury-Arc (Nevelin), 298 Safety Electrical Equipment and its Use, 71 Spain, Generating Capacity, 58
  • Spare Equipment, National War-time, Sale of, 315
  • Supply Industry, Nationalisation, 450 Supply Undertakings, Loans, Etc., 561 Sweden, Power Plant Extensions in, 137 Switches, Silent, Alternating-Current, 59 Switchgear Manufacturers’ Diamond Jubilee, 67
  • Tariffs Committee, 130 Telecommunications Conference, 331 Telecommunications, Progress in, Film, 107 Telecommunication Research Organisation, 178
  • Tools, Electric, Film on, 129
  • Transmission Lines, Overhead (British Aluminium Co.), 348
  • Welding, Development of, 179
  • Welding Electrodes, Holders for, 115
  • Welsh Generating Station, Planning Objections, 394

Engines and Boilers :

  • Boiler-Feed Meters, V-Notch, 490 Boiler-House Instruments, 353
  • Lancashire Boilers, Conversion from Coal to Oil Firing, 211
  • Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine, Fixed Ignition Valves, Steam, Water and Oil (White- Nunan), 198

Exhibitions :

  • Agricultural Show, Royal, 1947, 185
  • “ Britain Can Make It,” 443
  • British Industries Fair, 1947, 81,179
  • Electricity Supply Companies, 428
  • Engineering and Marine Exhibition, 1947, 94
  • Gas Turbine., 586
  • Glasgow Engineering, 10
  • Lyons International Fair, 394
  • Marine Mine and Degaussing, 78
  • Measuring and Inspection Equipment (A.
  • Herbert, Ltd.), 227
  • Paris International, Erratum, 10
  • Plastics, 477
  • Prague Fair, 155
  • Shipwrights’, Company of, 581
  • Welsh Industries Fair, 561

Gas :

  • Producers, Operation of, 83

Gas and Oil Engines :

  • Diesel Engine Data (Turner Co.), 207
  • Diesel Engines, Large (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 246
  • Gas-Turbine Development, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Errata, 557
  • Gas-Turbine Exhibition, 586
  • National Gas Turbine Establishment, 11
  • Pyrometers for Diesel Engines, 59
  • Vibration, Torsional, Effects of, Errata, 107

Guns and Explosives :

  • Land-Mine Detector (Aero Research), 35
  • Marine Mine and Degaussing Exhibition, 78
  • Wrexham Royal Ordnance Factory, 404

Harbours, Docks, Piers, Etc. :

  • Aden, Port of, Report, 380
  • Severn Barrage Scheme, 82

Hydraulics :

  • Brakes, Hydraulic, 463
  • Engineering, Hydraulic, at Imperial College, 42
  • Pumps, Hydraulic Test, 491

Industries :

  • Aluminium, Scottish, 563
  • Aslib, Special Librarianship Study Group and Information Services, 82 ; Conference, 209
  • Belgium, British Trade Mission to, 79
  • “ Britain Can Make It,” Exhibition, 179, 443 British Industries Fair, 1947, 81
  • Canada, Manufactured Goods, Statistics of, 210
  • China, Trade Mission to, 137
  • Civil Engineers, War Work of, 503
  • Controls, Aluminium and Light Alloys, 106; Bolts and Nuts, 164 ; Iron and Steel, 47, 126, 164, 338; Machine and other Tools, 227 ; Mercury, 208; Non-Ferrous Metals, Prices, 11
  • Cotton Textile Machinery Committee, 10
  • Dorman-Long Developments, Middlesbrough, 284
  • Electricity Supply Undertakings, Loans to,
  • 561
  • Engineering Advisory Council, Scope, 616 Export Credit Guarantee Department, 83 Exports', Heavy-Engineering, 345
  • Factory Allocations to Firms, 83, 203, 332
  • Factories in Germany, Dismantling, 571
  • Fish and Market Depot, G.WrR., Proposed,
  • 562
  • Fume Remover, Portable, 571
  • Hosiery Machinery Industry, 360
  • Import Licensing, Regulations, 10 Instruments, Scientific, Committee on, 177 Machinery Exports and Imports, British, 318 Mercury, Trading in, 585
  • Mineral Development Committee, 131
  • Murex, Ltd., Metals and Metallurgical Products, 107
  • Non-Ferrous Metals, United Kingdom Consumption of, 243
  • Paint Distribution Scheme, 130
  • Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 154, 178, 202, 226, 250, 274, 298, 322, 346, 370, 394, 418, 442, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586, 610
  • Pulverised Fuel, Conference on, 92
  • Purchasing Agency, British, in Germany, 585 Quarrying Industry and Essential Work Orders, 167
  • Raw Materials Guide, 511
  • Research, Industrial, Institute of, New York, Medal, 275
  • Road Transport of Goods, 198
  • Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 179, 203, 251, 275, 347, 395, 419, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
  • Template, Radius, Drawing Office, 251 Timber-Drying Kilns, 379
  • Trading with the Enemy, Withdrawal of List, 34
  • Truck, Industrial, Advisory Service, 283
  • Visco Engineering Co., Ltd., Jubilee, 280
  • War Activities of Industrial Firms, 28, 51, 107, 246, 464, 492, 521, 585
  • Welsh Industries Fair, 561*
  • World Chart, Shortest Routes from London, 202

Institutions. See Technical Societies and Associations

Internal-Combustion Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Iron and Steel :

  • 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
  • Dorman Long & Co., Middlesbrough, Structural Engineering Work, 178
  • Furnace Practice, Cinema Film on, 33
  • Germany, Sheet Steel Output, 490
  • Hematite and Low-Phosphorus Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
  • Iron and Steel Institute, Engineers’ Group, 357
  • Middlesbrough Scrap, 11, 35, 59, 83,107,131, 155, 179, 203, 227', 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 467, 491, 587, 611
  • Nickel Cast Iron in Chemical Industries, 403
  • Pig lion Output, United Kingdom 391
  • Pig Iron Production, Scottish, 491
  • Ruhr Output, 299
  • 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
  • Stainless Steel Fabricators’ Association, 570
  • Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 11, 35, 59,83, 107, 131, 179, 203, 251, 275, 347, 395, 419, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611
  • Tubemaking Development, Scottish Plant 467
  • United Kingdom Production, 155,189, 391
  • West of Scotland lion and Steel Institute, 571

Labour Questions. See Trade Societies

Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX

Locomotives. See Railways

Machine and Other Tools :

  • Cemented Carbide Tool Manual, 250 Electric Tools, Film on, 129
  • Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 58, 309 Gauges, Thread-Measuring, 464
  • Gear-Tooth Gauging Data, 503
  • German Machine Tools as Reparations, 597 Glasgow Engineering Exhibition, 10
  • Optical Inspection Equipment, 34
  • Selling Centres, Government, 58, 106, 161, 179 249
  • Shield’, Safety, for Cutting Tools, 146
  • Soldering, Brazing and Welding Machine, Universal, 64
  • Tools, Carbide-Tipped, Protective Covers for, 53

Marine Engineering. See Engines and Boilers; Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

  • Aluminium, Casting Alloys, 115, 514; Falkirk Production, 203 ; U.K. Production, 269; Research Laboratory, Canada, 292 ; Wrought Alloys, Kynal, 391; Technical Film, 512 ; Scottish Industry, 563
  • “ Birmabright ” in Marine Construction, 11 Bonding, Plastic, of Metals, 216
  • Brass Scrap Treatment in North America, 250 Copper Development Association Booklets, 557
  • Distant Recording and Controlling Apparatus, 152
  • Extraction Metallurgy, Fellowships, 274
  • Furnace Practice, Cinema Film on, 33
  • Metallurgy, Lectures on, Sir John Cass Institute, 394
  • Mineral Development Committee, 131
  • Molybdenum Ores, Private Trade Resumption, 180
  • “ Mono ” Pumps for Mining Service, 256
  • Murex, Ltd., Products of, 107
  • Nickel Cast Iron in Chemical Industries, 403
  • Non-Ferrous Metal Prices, 11
  • Non-Ferrous Metals, U.K. Consumption, 243 Ores, Flotation Treatment of, 318
  • Sheffield Metallurgical Association, Analysis Group, 2fi8
  • Stellite Cutting Metal, 322
  • Tin Conference, International, 270
  • Tin Prices, U.K., 353
  • Tin Stocks, U.K., 258
  • Tungsten Ores, Private Trade Resumption, 180
  • Welding of Light Alloys, Conference on, 234 Welding, Portable Fume-Remover, 571

Miscellaneous :

  • Aslib, Special Librarianship Study Group, 82; Conference, 209
  • Atmospheric Pollution by Electric Generating Stations, 106
  • " Bakelite Progress,” Resumption of Publication, 321; Errata, 364
  • " Britain Can Make It ” Exhibition, 443
  • Branch Pieces, Reinforcement of, Erratum, 562
  • Catalogues, 198, 292, 480, 576
  • Civil Engineers, War Work of, 503
  • Containers, Insulated, L.M.S.R., 312
  • Contracts, 11, 55, 106, 129, 170, 197, 267, 323, 376, 416, 559, 586, 610
  • Control Schemes, Automatic, Negretti and Zambra, 35
  • Cotton Textile Machinery Committee, 10
  • Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., Structural Engineering Work at Middlesbrough, 178
  • Drawings, Engineering, Third-Angle Projection, 275
  • Engineering Advisory Council, Scope, 616
  • Excavators (Ransomes & Rapier, Ltd.), 437 Exports, Heavy-Engineering, 345
  • Factory Allocations to Industrial Firms, 83, 203, 332
  • Factories in Germany, Dismantling of, 571
  • Filters, Air, Self-Cleaning, 480
  • Fire-Detection Equipment (Gent), 257
  • Fischer-Tropsch Plant, Modified, in Texas, 318
  • Freon, Fire-Extinguishing Tests on, 304
  • Fume-Remover, Portable, 571
  • German Patent Specifications, 585
  • Glass, Heat-Absorbing, 102
  • Hoses and Self-Sealing Couplings, 503
  • Hosiery,Machinery Industry, 360
  • India, Road Rollers for, 71
  • Instruments, Scientific, Committee on, 177 Machinery, Exports and Imports, British, 318 Mineral Development Committee, 131
  • “ New Zealand Engineering,” 125
  • M iscellaneous—continued.
  • Oil Fuel, Storage of, 268
  • Oil Production, British Commonwealth, 333
  • Oilfields, Carribean, Technical Mission to, 155 Optical Inspection Equipment (Speed Tools, Ltd.),34
  • Pacific Ocean Tidal Waves, Radio Alarm System, 355
  • Paint Distribution Scheme, 130
  • Paper, Wet-Strength of, 144
  • Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 154, 178, 202, 226, 250, 274, 298, 332, 322, 370, 394, 418, 442, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586, 610
  • Plastic Materials Exhibition, 477
  • Pulverised Fuel, Conference on, 92
  • Pumps, Centrifugal (Harland Engineering Co.), 35
  • Pumps, “ Mono,” for Mining Service, 256
  • Quarrying, Control of, Erratum, 227
  • Quarrying Industry and Essential Work Orders, 167
  • Raw Materials Guide, 511
  • Road Rollers for India, 71
  • Road Transport of Goods, 198
  • Royal Institution, Lectures and Discourses, 370
  • Rubber Lining for Coal Chute, Anti-Abrasive, 417
  • Rubber Research, Dunlop Company’s Grants, 178, 227
  • Rust Prevention and Removal, 175
  • South Africa, Handbook on, 167
  • Sterilisers, Ozone Generators, 515 Surveyor’s Levels, 322
  • Template, Radius, Drawing Office, 251
  • Texas, Modified Fischer-Tropsch Plant in, 318 Timber-Drying Kilns, 379
  • Trading with the Enemy, Withdrawal of List, 34
  • Traffic Lane, Capacity of, Erratum, 475
  • Tunnel, Road and Railway, California, 186
  • Valves, Oil, Steam and Water (Whites- Nunan), 198
  • War Activities of Industrial Firms, 28, 51, 107, 246, 464, 492, 521, 585
  • War Office, Engineering Cadetship Scheme, 53
  • Welding Electrodes, Holder for, 115
  • Welding Light Alloys, Conference on, 234 World Chart, Shortest Routes from London, 202

Motor Cars, Etc :

  • Austin-Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd., 521
  • Brakes, Hydraulic, 463
  • Brake, Hydraulic, Maintenance Charts, 123
  • British Production, 415
  • Crop-Spraying Vehicle, High-Clearance, Addendum, 390
  • Design Competition for Cars, 130
  • Exhibition, Automobile, Paris, Erratum, 10
  • Rolls-Royce Aero-Engine Development, 83 Truck, Industrial, Advisory Service, 283 Tyres, Cotton Yarn Manufacture for, 269

Naval :

  • Engineering Commissions in Royal Navy, 178 Marine Mine and Degaussing Exhibition, 78 “ Naval Aviation," Definition, 275
  • Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, 244
  • Scholarships in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 375, 595
  • World Chart, Admiralty, Shortest Routes from London, 202

Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX

Oil. See Miscellaneous

Physics and Chemistry :

  • Aluminium Research Laboratories, 292
  • Atomic Particles and Light Quanta, Errata, 536
  • Chemical Society, Faraday Lecture, 466; Lecture on Isotopes, 575
  • Chemistry, Pure and Applied, Congress of, 283
  • “ Diamond ” Chemical Plant, 243
  • Freon, Flame-Extinguishing Tests, 304
  • Glass, Heat-Ahsorbing, 102
  • I.C.I. Research Laboratories, 154
  • Metallurgical Analysis, Physico-Chemical, 298
  • Molecular Structure Research, Cambridge, 227

Power Plants. See Electricity

Railways and Locomotives :

  • American Locomotive Company’s 75,000th Locomotive, 434
  • Brazil, Electric Railway Contract, 106
  • Canadian Pacific, Beaver Fleet, 370
  • Escalators, Water Spray for Cleaning, 342
  • Great Western Railway, Conversion of Locomotives to Oil Burning, 82 ; Westbourne Park, Proposed Fish, etc., Depot, 562
  • Lectures, Lantern, for Boys, 575
  • Locomotive Exports, 486
  • London Midland and Scottish Railway Fluorescent Lighting of Coaches, 130; Locomotive Naming Ceremonies, 250, 332 ; Tests of Insulated Containers, 312 ; New Corridor Coaches, 353 ; Locomotive Stock, 528
  • London and North Eastern Railway, Harwich, Zeebrugge Ferry, 234; Tunnel for Electrified Line, 571
  • London Passenger Transport, Water-Spray Cleaning of Escalators, 342 ; 300-ft. Rails, 51
  • Southern Railway, S.S. “ Falaise,” 483
  • Swiss-Italian Railway, 425
  • Tunnel, Railway and Road, California, 186 Wagons, All-Steel, 120

Sewage and Drainage :

  • Scotland, Sewage Purification in, 59

Ships and Shipbuilding :

  • Aden, Port of, Report, 380
  • Beaver Fleet, Canadian Pacific Railway, 370 " Birmabright ” in Marine Construction, 11 Engineering and Marine Exhibition, 1947, 94 “ Falaise," S.S., for Southern Railway, 483 Holyhead-Kingstown Service, Motorships for, 155
  • Hudson Bay Route, Re-opening, 245
  • Launches and Trial Trips, 538, 562, 586
  • Liberty Ships, Purchase by Italy, 536
  • Liberty and Victory Ships, U.S., Disposal of, 436, 583
  • Radar for Merchant Ships, 35
  • Scottish Shipbuilding, 299, 323, 347, 419 Shipbuilding Industry and Essential Work Order, 316
  • Shipwrights’, Company of, Exhibition, 581
  • Swedish Shipbuilding, 1945,175
  • Tanker, All-Welded, 585

Societies. See Technical and Trade

Technical Societies :

  • Aeronautical Society, Royal, 167, 274, 275
  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 400, 405 Chemical Society, 466, 575
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, 208, 575
  • Civil Engineers in Ireland, Institution of, 572
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 34, 83, 111
  • Engineering Inspection, Institution of, 416
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, 392
  • Fuel, Institute of, 92
  • Fuel Luncheon Club, 251
  • Hospital Engineers, Institution of, 537 Illuminating Engineering Society, 251, 379 Iron and Steel Institute, 357
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, 111, 330
  • Marine Engineers, Institute of, 463
  • Metals, Institute of, 53
  • Mining Engineers, Institution of, 424
  • Naval Architects, Institution of, 375, 595 Royal Institution, 370
  • Royal Society, 546
  • Surveyors, Chartered, Royal Institution of 245
  • Transport, Institute of, 59,123,146, 269, 438 Welding, Institute of, 155, 371
  • West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, 571

Telegraphy. See Electricity

Telephony. See Electricity

Tools. See Machine and Other Tools

Trade. See Coal; Industries; Iron and Steel; Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Societies, Etc. :

  • Air Transport, Civil, Proposed Joint Council, 380, 499
  • Apprentices and Conscription, 212
  • Argentina, Wages Decree, 236
  • Army-Trained Tradesmen and Skilled Labour in Civil Life, 332
  • Brazil, Commercial Apprenticeship Schools, Organisation of, 356
  • Building Industry, Guaranteed Week, 20; Wages, 110, 356, 428
  • Canada, Arbitration Award, New Principle of Union Security, 164
  • Catering Trade Wages, 140; London Strike, 404
  • " Closed Shop ” Question, 236, 260, 308,404, 428 (2), 523, 572
  • Collective Bargaining, Need for Retention 476
  • Constructional Engineering Union, Wages, 260
  • Cost of Living, 43, 92
  • Costa Rica, Hours of Work, Decree, 116 "
  • Cotton Industry) Essential Work Orders, 43, 187,308; Piecers’ Wages, 92; Bury & Co., 45-Hour Week, 187, 284, 380 ; Spinners, etc., Wages, 187, 236, 308, 332, 547 ; Textile Factory Workers, Hours Claim, 356; Munroe & Son, Working Week, 356; Rates for Automatic Looms, 380 ; Labour Supply, 380 ; A.E.U. Mechanics’ Wages, 404; Textile Workers, Shorter Week, 404, 452; Weavers’ Wages, etc., Commission, 476, 523; 45-Hour Week, 547 ; Spinners and Two-Shift Scheme, 572
  • Craftsmen, Skilled, Rights of, 547
  • Curasao, Employees’ Work Books and Employers’ Registers Law, 332
  • Dairy Workers, Wages, 260
  • Disabled Persons, Employment of, 140
  • Distributive Workers, Wages and Conditions, 212
  • Dock Industry, Stabilising Work, 356; Wages, 356; Decasualisation Question, 596
  • Dyers, Bleachers, etc., Wages, 164
  • Education, South African Commission, 43;
  • Russia, Training of Labour Reserves, 43 Eire, Unemployment Statistics, 140 Electrical Industry, Nationalisation Bill, 20 ;
  • on Amalgamation with A.E.U., 68 Employees’ Earnings, 140
  • Employment Figures, Manufactures and Exports, 499
  • Employment and Unemployment Figures, 68, 92,140, 212, 284, 428
  • Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Working Hours, 20; Wage Structure, 20, 308; Dilution Agreement, 20; Avoiding Disputes, 43 ; Withdrawal of Women Workers and Man Power Shortage, 68; Membership and Benefit Data, 68, 187, 308, 404, 572, 596; Nationalisation of Mines, 187; Employer-Employee Relationship, 187; Apprentices and Conscription, 212; Shipbuilding Unions, Affiliation with, 404 ; Delegates’ Visit to Russia, 499; Political Levy Procedure, 596; Equal Pay Question, 620
  • Essential Work Orders, Withdrawal of Industries, 43, 332
  • Exports, Importance of, 20
  • Foundry Workers, Moulding Industry, 164; Italian Moulders in British Industry, 284; Attracting Apprentices, 308; Holidays with Pay, 308
  • France, 40-Hour Week and Overtime Payment, 164 ; Miners and Reduction of Holidays to Assist Output, 236; “ Social
  • Engineer ’’ Degree, 356
  • Fulham Municipal Employees, 92
  • Furniture Trade, Wages, 116
  • Gas Industry, Negotiations for Nationalisation, 20
  • Gas Light and Coke Co., Strike of Maintenance Men, 164, 187, 212, 236
  • Hat-Manufacturing Industry, Experimental Five-Day Week, 43
  • Hours of Work, A.E.U. Discussion, 20; Mining Industry, 20, 92; Building Industry, 20 ; Hat-Manufacturing Industry, 43 ; Standard Motor Co., 92 ; Imperial Tobacco Co., 92; Theatrical and Kine Employees, 92; Costa Rica Decree, 116; Panama Canal and Railroad Co., 116; Mineworkers’ Statutory Holidays, 140 ; Glass Industry, 140; Renold Chain Co., 164; Beiliss & Morcom, 164; France, 40- Hour Week and Overtime Payment, 164; Textile Industry, 284, 356, 404, 476, 547;
  • T.U.C., Shorter Working Week Discussion, 284; Foundry Workers, Holidays with Pay, 308; Bury & Co., 187, 284, 380;
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • 40-Hour Week Demands, 428, 523, 572 ; Time and Motion Study, 476; Government Industrial Establishments, 547; Staggering Holidays in London Transport System, 547 ; New Zealand Shop Assistants, 547 ; Engineering Industry, 44-Hour Week Agreement, 572; Shipping Industry, Working Week Discussion, 572
  • Income Tax and Compulsory Membership of Union, 452; P.A.Y.E. System, Parliamentary Discussion, 452
  • India, Trade Union Organisation, War-Time Developments, 523
  • Industry, General, Need for Service in, 20 ; Poles in British Industry, 20, 620; Withdrawals from Essential Work Orders, 43, 332; South Africa, Education Commission, 43 ; Withdrawal of Women Workers, 68 ; Reconstruction, 92; British Working Population, 212 ; Italian Foundry Workers in British Industry, 284; Aspects of Socialisation and Management, 428; Labour Shortage, T.U.C. Discussion, 452; Conscription Question, 476 ; Home Trade, Need for Increased Production in, 476
  • International Labour Organisation, Definition of Metal Trades, 596
  • Iron and Steel Industry, Nationalisation of, 92, 308
  • Joint Trades Movement, Apprentices and Conscription, 212; Discussion with Allied Employers’ Federation, 308, 404, 476, 523
  • Labour and National Service, Ministry of, Reports and Returns, 68, 92,140, 212, 284, 404, 428, 499, 572, 596; Appointment of Labour Attaches, 116; Average Weekly Earnings Survey, 476
  • Labour Notes, 20, 43, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 187, 212, 236, 260, 284, 308, 332, 356, 380, 404, 428, 452, 476, 499, 523, 547, 572, 596, 620
  • Living, Cost of, 43, 92
  • London Passenger Transport Board; “ Closed Shop ” Commission, 236
  • “ Closed Shop ” Commission, 236
  • ’’Man and Metal,” Reconstruction of Industry, 92 ; Manual Workers in Great Britain and U.S.A., Comparison, 499; Tin-Plate Industry, Training Scheme, 620; Polish Labour in British Industry, 20, 620 ; Man- Power and Standard of Living, 620
  • Manual Workers in Great Britain and U.S.A. Comparison, 499
  • Meals, Work Done During, Payment for, 404 Metal Trades, I.L.O. Definition, 596
  • Mining Industry, Five-Day Week Proposal, 20; Wages System, 20; Mineworkers’ Union, Election of General Secretary, 68 ; Holidays with Pay, 92, 596 ; Coal Output, -116, 332, 356, 428 ; Polish Labour, 116 ;
  • Essential Work and Control of Engagement Orders, 116 ; Statutory Holidays, 140; Nationalisation, A.E.U. on, 187; Mineworkers’ National Union, General Secretary, 212 ; French Miners, Reduction of Holidays, 236 ; Absenteeism, 308, 356 ; Mineworkers’ National Union, Independence of, 332; Coal-Face Miners, Additions to Rations, 332; National Conciliation Machinery, 380; " Miners’ Coal,” Suggested Economy, 452; Yorkshire Output, 452; Five-Day Week and Production, 476; “ Concessionary ” Coal to Miners, 523 ; United States Strike, 523
  • New Zealand, Shop Assistants’ Hours and Wages, 547 ; Seamen’s Union, Price Controls, 596
  • Patternmakers, United Association, Membership and Benefit Data, 212, 572 ; Wages, 212, 452, 523, 547; “ Closed Shop ”
  • Question, 428; Craft Unions and Agreement Negotiations, 452 ; Review of Wages
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Question, 547; Tribunal Awards, 547; Light-Casting Industry, Wages Agreement, 572
  • Plastic Workers’ Wages, 187
  • Poles in British Industry, 20, 620
  • Post Office Engineers Wages, 164 ; Working Hours, 356
  • Printing, etc., Trades, Claim for 40-Hour Week and Holidays with Pay, 116, 187, 236, 260, 308, 332, 356, 452
  • Railways, N.U.R. on Nationalisation of Transport, 43 ; Wages, 212
  • Russia, Training of Labour Reserves, 43; Demobilised Persons, Service Time and Seniority Rights, 332 ; Employees’ Wage Claims, Decisions, 547; Five-Year Plan, Advantages Claimed, 620
  • Shipping Industry, International Labour Conference Resolutions, 43 ; Use of Belgian Yards for Repairs, 68 ; Seamen, National Union of, Wages, 187; Unions’ Affiliation with A.E.U., 404; Working Week Discussion, 572
  • South Africa, Technical and Vocational Educational Commission, 43
  • Strikes, Smithfield, 58, 404 ; Gas Light and Coke Co;, 164,187, 212, 236
  • Strike Statistics, 68,140, 284, 404, 499, 596 Tin-Plate Industry Developments, 620 Trade Union Congress, Unaffiliated Organisations and Independent Federation, 43; Non-Manual Workers, Progress of Unionism, 43; Civil Service Affiliations, 116, 236 ; Regulation of Wage Policy, 260 ; Brighton Meeting, Regulations and Demands, 284, 404, 428, 547; Authority Limits, 380; Socialisation and Management Aspects, 428 ; " Closed Shop ”
  • Question, 428, 572; Membership and Benefit Data, 428; Labour Shortage Discussion, 452 ; Conscription and Industry, 476
  • Transport and General Workers, Annual Report, 164 ; Metal Section, Wage Demands, 164; London Passenger Transport Board, “ Closed Shop ” Concession, 236, 260, 308 ; Membership Data, 308; Channel Islands Organisation, 308
  • Unemployment, Government’s Post-War Reconstruction Responsibility, 92; Eire Statistics, 140; Allowances, 140
  • Unions and Collective Bargaining, 476 Union Membership, United Kingdom, 572 Unionism, Canadian Award and Union Security, 164 ; Responsibility of Unions, 523 Wages, Fluctuation of, 68,140, 284, 404, 499, 572
  • Wages, General' Increases, 1939-1946, 68; Women Workers, Equal Pay Question, 43, 92, 476, 620; Argentine Decree, 236 ; T.U.C. Regulation of Wage Policy, 260 ; Women’s Wage Structure, Engineering Industry, 380; Fair Wages Clause, Government Contract, 380 ; National Minimum Wage Proposal, 428; Average Weekly Earnings, 476; Russian Operatives’ Claims, Decisions, 547
  • Women Workers, Engineering Industry, 20, 380; Equal-Pay Question, 43, 92, 476, 620 ; Working Disabilities, 620
  • Working Party Reports, Proposed Bill, 523

Universities. See Education

Vehicles. See Motor Cars

Warships. See Nalal

Waterworks :

  • Claerwen Dam, Wales, 20
  • London Supply Question, 546
  • Water-Main Pipe-Laying Contract, Glasgow, 416


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