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GENERAL INDEX. Illustrated Subjects are Marked with an Asterisk after the Number of the Page.

ABBREVIATIONS and Symbols, Engineering, Amendments to Standard Specification,350
Abinger Observatory, Work of, 500, 522
Abrasive Wheels, Safe Installation and Use of, 44, 63
Accelerometers, Recording and Impact, for Testing Aircraft, 396*

Accidents:

Accidents with Grinding Wheels, Causes and Prevention, 44, 63
Colliery Accidents, Safety in Mines Research Board’s Report, 498
Explosions, Boiler. See Boiler Explosions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Lightning Accidents in the United States, 378
Railway Accident, King’s Cross, Report, 31 — Collision at Caterham, Report on, 213 Ecclefechan, Report on, 379 — — at Hayward’s Heath, Report on, 403 — Derailment; Bourne End, 273
Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles Acme Screw Threads, 14,17, 38*, 75
Addison, H., on Future Development of Palestine, 135. See 83*. See LETTER, 235'
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address
Admiralty. See Warships
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics
Aero Research, Ltd., Redux Metal Bonding Process, 116
Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Formation of Branches in Reading and New Zealand, 276

Aeronautics :

Aerodromes, Fog Dispersal at, 437*
Aeronautical Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 440. See Erratum, 462
— Inspection Department, Harefleld, Test House, 442*
— Research in Australia, 283
— Technical School, de Havilland, Prospectus, 105
Aeronautics, College of, Board of Governors, 152
Aeroplane, Fighter, “ Hornet ” (De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 237
—? — Jet Propelled, “ Meteor ” (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 45*, 406*, 427
“ Welkin ” (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 37
— Handley-Page “ Halifax A.IX,” 394.
See Erratum, 417
— Interceptor-Fighter, Jet-Propelled,
“ Vampire ” (De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 237*
— Naval, “ Sea Fury,” “ Firefly,” “ Spear
fish,” “ Seafang,” “ Monitor,” “ Barracuda,” 316
— — “ Sea Mosquito,” “ Seafire,” “ Sea
Hornet ” and “ Firebrand,” 316*. See 266*
?— Potable Water from the Sea, Apparatus for, 395
—r Torpedo-Fighter “ Firebrand ” (Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd.), 266*, 316
— See also Seaplane (below)
Air Ministry Report of Work of Bomber Command, 149; whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 233, 291
— Raid Damage at Greenwich Observatory, 500
— Damage to Power Stations, 312, 335
— — Damage to Sheffield Gas System, 274
— — Damage on Southern Railway, Re
pair Work, 81*, 202*
— — on London, Defence Work against,
381, 408?
— Speed Records by Gloster “ Meteor ”
Jet-Propelled Aeroplane, 406*, 427
Aircraft, Alternating-Current Equipment for, 92
— Application of Radar to, 154,176,183,
205, 236, 244, 265, 285, 360, 383
— British Naval, Demonstration at Heston, 316*
— Cabins, Roots-Type Blower for (Sir G. Godfrey and Partners, Ltd.), 106*
— Carriers, H.M.SS. “ Glory ” and “ Venerable,” 274*
— — Merchant, 468*
— Electrical Equipment, Exhibition, 469
— Engineer’s “ A ” Licence (Review), 417
— Exhibition at Farnborough, 355
— Industry in War, Gas Supplies for, 357
— Instruments for Testing, 396*
— Performance Calculations, Introduction
to (Review), 263
— Production, Ministry of, Motion Study
Exhibition, 256,273, 294; Statistics of Light-Alloy Production, 398
— Vibration and Flutter (Review), 43
— Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine ' for, 233, 291
Airports, Drainage of, 12
Airports, Fog Dispersal at, 437* Aviation, Development of, 293
— (Review) , 224
Balloon Attacks, Japanese, on United
States and Canada, 465
“ Barracuda ” Naval Aeroplane, 316 “ Blackburn B. 20,” Seaplane with Retractable Planing Bottom, 165*
Bomber Command, Statistical Report of
Work in Europe, 149
" Bristol ” Aircraft, Recent Types, 46 British Overseas Airways Corporation,
England to South Africa Service, 431 “ Centaurus ” Aeroplane Engine, 46* “ Cirrus Minor ” Aero Engine, 207* Civil Aviation, Government Policy, 403
— — Policy in United States, 104
— — Radio for, Conference on, 113,153 “ Derwent ” Jet-Propelled Aero Engine,
406, 427
Engine, Aeroplane, 18-Cylinder “ Centaurus ” (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 46*
— — 90 b.h.p. Four-Cylinder “ Cirrus
Minor” (Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd.), 207*
Gas-Turbine, “ Derwent ’’ (Rolls- Royce Ltd.), 406*, 427
Instruments for Testing, 397 Researches in Australia, 283
— — Rolls-Royce “ Derwent ” Gas-Turbine, 406*, 427
Rolls-Royce “ Merlin,” Production of Castings for, 77*
Rolls-Royce “ Merlin,” War-Time Production of, 73
Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 233, 291
“ Firebrand ” Torpedo-Fighter Aeroplane, 266*, 316
“ Firefly ” Naval Aeroplane, 316 Flying Boat “ Sandringham ” (Short Bros., Ltd.), 503*
“ Glory,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 274* “ Halifax A.IX ” Aeroplane, 394.. See Erraftm, 417
H.M. Aircraft Carriers “ Glory ’’ and “ Venerable,” 274*
“ Hornet ” Fighter Aeroplane, 237 Jet-Propelled “ Meteor ” Aeroplane, 45*, 406*, 427
“ Monitor,” Naval Aeroplane, 316 Motor Van, 15-cwt. “ Airportable ” (Austin Motor Co., Ltd.), 547*
Naval Air Artificer Apprentices, Opening of Arbroath Training School, 541
Propeller, Controlled-Pitch, de Havilland, 216*
Rocket, German Long-Range, V.2, 87* Royal Air Force, Utilisation of Radar in,
154,176,183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285 ; Exhibits at Royal Society’s Conversazione, 428; Electrically-Operate^ Mobile Crane, 444*
— Aircraft Establishment, Aircraft Exhibition, 355 ; Exhibition of Instru-' ments for Testing Aircraft, 396* Exhibition of Electrical Equipment for Aircraft, 469
“ Sandringham ” Flying Boat, 503*
“ Seaflre,” “ Sea Hornet,” “ Sea Mosquito ” Naval Aeroplanes, 316*
" Sea Fury ” and “ Seafang ” Naval Aeroplanes, 316
Seaplane with Retractable Planing Bottom (Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd.), 165* " Spearfish ” Naval Aeroplane, 316 Tyres, Aeroplane, Helium for, 250 V.2 German Long-Range Rocket, 87* " Vampire ” Jet-Propelled Interceptor Fighter Aeroplane, 237*
“ Venerable,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 274* “ Welkin ” Fighter Aeroplane-, 37 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
“Agricultural Engineering Record,” Resumption of Publication, 273
—Engineers, Training of, 427
— Machinery Demonstration, Askham Bryan,
295*
— Motors. See Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture. See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Air Cleaners for Military Tanks, Testing of, 394*
— Compressed. See Compressed Air
— Conditioning Plant at Bank of England, 18* — and Refrigeration Engineering (Review),
440 .
— Force, Royal. See 'Aeronautics
— Heaters for Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 305 fqr Torpedoes, 342*
— Ministty. See Aeronautics
— Pollution. See Atmospheric and Smoke
Abatement
— Raids. See Aeronautics
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Standard Cycles for Combustion Turbines,
174*, 193*, 214* .
— Thermodynamic Properties of, Including
Polytropic Functions (Review), 368
— Vessel for Torpedoes, 344
Air. See also Atmosphere
Aircraft. See Aeronautics
— Carriers. See Aeronautics
— Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics “ Airflex ” Clutches and Brakes, 185* Airscrew Co., Ltd., Fish-Curing and Dehydration Plant, 6*
Alcohol, Butyl, Production from Sulphite Liquor, 104
Alexander, G. H., Machinery, Ltd., “ Unicut ” Boring Head, 118*
Allan, J. F., on Stabilisation of Ships by Activated Fins, 318*, 338*, 361*
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., Foundation of Everitt Memorial Scholarship, 398
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Almin, Ltd., Formation of, 471
Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials) Alternators. See Generators, Electric ; Turbo-
Generators
Aluminium and Its Alloys, Specification, 68
— Alloys. See Allays under Metallurgy
— Castings, Production of, 77*
— Development Association, Appointment of
Air Commodore W. Helmore as Director General, 475
— Gas in, Vacuum-Fusion Method of Deter
mining, 405, 419
— Oxidation,Electron-Diffraction Study, 234 —See also Metallurgy
Amalgamated Engineering Union, Jubilee of, 11. See Erratum, 33
America. See North America ; South America ; United States
American and British Information Service, 233
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers
for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Amphibian Motor Vehicle (J. I. Thomycroft and Co., Ltd.), 546*
— Vehicles, Military, War-Time Development
of, 527, 546*
Amstein, E. M., on Choice of Photographic Materials for Quantitative Spectrography, 297*
Anglo-American Oil Agreement, 253 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., Turbo
Electric Oil Tanker, 173
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under MetoZ- Zurgy
Annuals and Reference Books, 20, 40. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anthony Tool Co., Supported Parting Tool for Lathe, 275*
Anti-Friction Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Apparatus, Scientific, Exhibition, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 428
Appleton, Sir E., on Scientist in War-Time, 427
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education
Arbroath, Opening of School for Training Naval Air Artificers, 541
Arc. See Furnace; Welding
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Argentina, Engineering Notes from, 5,125, 235, 318, 370, 513
Armour. See WarsWps. Also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Armoured Ships. See Warships Armstrong, Dr. E. F., the Late, 523
Army Road Vehicles, War-Time Development of, 379, 525*, 545*
— Tanks, Testing Air Cleaners for, 394* Arnold, Prof. R. N., on Tool Vibration in, Cutting of Steel, 355
Arts, Royal Society of, Gray Memorial Trust
Prizes for Seafare: s, 89 Arterial Roads. See Roads Artillery Vehicles, Development of, 526*, 545* Asbestos-Cement Flue Pipes and Fittings,
Specification, 398
Askham Bryan, Agricultural Machinery Demonstration, 295*
Associated Equipment Co., Ltd. • Chassis for Royal Air Force Mobile Crane, 444*
Associations, Engineering. See Institutions Aston, Dr. F- W., the Late, 452
Astronomer Royal’s Annual Report, 500, 522, A. T. Instruments, Ltd., Hand Tachometer,186* Atkinson, L. 8., on Electric Lift Practice, 118*, 137*
Atlantic Liners. SeeSAips; Steamers Atmospheric Pollution and Fuel Utilisation, 502 See also Smoke Abatement
Atomic Bomb, Invention, Development and
Use of, 111, 114, 136,145, 164
— Energy, Advisory Committee on, 153 Development of, 384
' — Possible Uses of, 499
— Fission and the Cyclotron, 134
— Physics and Co-ordinated Research, 132
— Power, Control of, 312
— Structure of Metals, 433*
Audibert, E., Award of Melchett Medal to, 313 Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 15-cwt. “ Airportable ”
Motor Van, 547*
Austinlite, Ltd., 14 h.p. Emergency Generating Plant, 187
Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Annual Report, 264, 283, 314, 334, 346
Austrian Government and Torpedo Development, 4*
“ Autocar," Newspaper, Jubilee of, 429 Automatic Stokers. See Stokers
Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Report on Effect of Chemical Surface-Treatment on Scuffing of Gears, by H. D. Mansion, 117, 157*, 178* ; Presidential Address, by F. G. Woollard, on the Automobile and the Community, 273 ; Review of War-Time Development of Military Motor Vehicles, 1939-45, by. Brigadier K. M. F. Hedges, 379, 525*, 545* ; Proposed Amalgamation with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 475
— See also Motor Gars
Avery, W. and T., Ltd., Brinell Hardness Testing Machine, 370*
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Ay re, Sir A. L., on Four-Bladed Propellers of Cargo Ships, 99*; Foundation of Ayre Prize by North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 254

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., Student and Trade-Apprentice Training Schemes, 108, 175
Baekeland, L. H., Life and Work of, 115
Bainbridge, J. R., on Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads, 380*. See 58*
Baines, Dr. H., on X-Ray Photographic Materials, 401
Bakelite, Invention of, 115
Bakelite Ltd., Preheating Equipment for Bakelite Strip, 167*; Cold Bonding of Thermo-Setting Plastics, 276
Baker, W. A., on Microporosity in Magnesium- Alloy Castings, 254
Ball-Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials)
Ballard and Radiant Heating, Ltd., Gas-Fired Furnace for 3-in. Shot Production, 359*
Balloons. See Aeronautics
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
Bank of England, Heating and Ventilating Installation, 18*
Barber, D. R., on Photographic Materials for Quantitative Spectrography, 257*
Bardgett, W. E., on Occurrence of Lead in Lead-Bearing Steels, 76
Barnes, M. F., on Safety Provisions for Lifting Tackle, 501
" Barracuda ” Naval Aeroplane, 316
Barrow Mental Hospital, Bristol, Heating and Ventilating Installation, 60
— Motorised, Two-Wheeled, 528*
Basic Magnesium, Inc., Alternate-Immersion Corrosion Testing Machine, 547
Basin, Lavatory, Brackets and Supports for, Specification, 398
” Bat Wool,” Fibreglass, Manufacture of, 371* Battery Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles Battleships^ See Warships
Baty, J. E., on Acme Screw Threads and Buttress Threads, 38*. See 14,17, 75
Beacons in River Clyde, 429, 443
Beams, Flexure of, and Theory of Elasticity, 34
— Grillage, in Ships and Similar Structures
(Review), 511
Bearing, “ Hydrauto,” for Grinding Machines (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 492*
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Research in Australia, 284, 314
— for Rolling Mills, 122* Bedford 3-ton Army Lorry, 545*
— Lynton Works of W. H. A. Robertson and Co.,
Ltd., 121*, 161*, 181*
Belgium, Transport Position in, 377, 499 Bellamy, A. R., the Late, 74*
Belleville Boilers, Experience with, 485 Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
Bending Machine. See Machine Tools Bequests for Scholarships by Beneficiaries, 255 Bernal, Prof. J. D., on Information Service and Progress of Science, 252on Lessons of War for Scientists, 450
Bessemer Laboratory, Royal School of Mines, 461*
— Medal, Award to H. Wright, 36
Bethell, Commdr. P., on Development of Torpedoes, 4*, 41*, 301*, 341*, 365*, 529*
Bevan, D. G., on Drainage and Town Planning, 32. See Erratum, 53
Beyer-Garratt Locomotives, Ceylon Government Railway, 350
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Birlec Ltd., Forced Air-Circulation Electric Furnaces, 493*
Birmingham, Electricity Supply in, Report, 93
— Lawley-street Railway Goods Depot, 533*
. — University,' Courses in Engineering Production, 153
-Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., Seaplane with Retractable Planing Bottom, 165*; 90 b.h.p. “ Cirrus Minor ” Aero Engine, 207* ; “ Firebrand ” Torpedo-Fighter,
Aeroplane, 266* ; Naval Aircraft, 316*
“ Blackburn B.20 ” Seaplane with Retractable Planing Bottom, 165*
Blacksmiths* Apprentices, National Scheme for Training, 140
Blading, Turbine, Stainless Steels for, 403, 432, 458*, 478*
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Bliss, E. W., and Co., Work on Torpedoes, 301, 342*, 530.
Blocks, Test, Straightness and Concentricity (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 175
Blow-Pipe. See Welding ; Cutting
Blowers and Pumps, Centrifugal (Review), 3. See LETTER, 74
— Roots-Type, for Aircraft Cabins (Sir G.
Godfrey and Partners, Ltd). 106*
— Soot, for Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 305 Board of Trade, and Trading Estates in Development Areas, 113; Licences for Fuel- Saving Equipment, 133; Allocation of Government Factories, 133, 253, 268 ; Engineering Industry and Export Trade, 231; Orders on Trading with the Netherlands, 233.
Boat, Flying. See Aeronautics
Bogie for Electric Motor Coach, Briinig Railway, 514*
Boiler Availability Committee, Report on Cleaning Stoker-Fired Boiler Plant, 379
— Belleville, Experiences with, 485
— Explosion, Southern Railway Locomotive,
at New Milton, Report on, 93
—• Feed Water. See Feed
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— Installation, Bank of England, 19*
— Locomotive, See Locomotive
— Naval, Controversy over, 485
— Niclausse, H.M.S. “ Carnarvon ” of 1908,
485, 509*
— Plant, Stoker-Fired, Cleaning of, 379
— Tubes, Cleaning Machine for, 511*
— User’s Guide (Review), 22
— Water-Tube, Marine, Operation of, 305
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Bolts, Door, Specification, 398
— and Nuts, Effect of Vibration on, 464, 489* Bomb, Atomic,' Invention, Development and •
Use of, 111, 114,136,145,164
— Damage to Electricity Undertakings, Decision on, 273
at Greenwich Observatory, 500 in London County Area, 381, 408* to Power Stations, 312, 335 to Sheffield Gas System, 274 Repairs on Southern Railway, 81*, 202* Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
Bonding, Cold, of Thermo-Setting Plastics (Bakelite Ltd), 276
— Material for Abrasive Wheels, 44
— Process, Metal, Redux (Aero Research, Ltd.),
116
Books, New, NotSs on, 25, 57, 125, 180, 220, 265, 395, 460, 484. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148,
168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 350, 374, 398, 422, 446, 470, 494, 516, 536 Boring Machine. See Machine Tools Bourne End, Railway Accident at, 273 Box, R. J., on Corrosion of Steel Salt-Bath Pots, 523, 543
Bragg Laboratory, Sheffield, Research on Micro-Spectrographic Analysis of Steel Segregates, 476, 481*
Bragg, Sir L., on Problems of the Metallic State, 433*
Brake and Clutch, “ Airflex ” Combined (Crofts (Engineers), Ltd), 185*
Brampton, E. C., on Dolomite Linings for Basic Electric-Arc Furnaces, 453
Brazil, Engineering Notes from 5,125, 235, 318, 371, 513
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Bricks, Clay, for Building, Testing of, Specification, 128
— Fire. See Refractory Materials Bridges, Builders of (Review), 171
— on Ledo-Burma Road, 221*
— London, Engineering Civil Defence Work for,
381, 408*
— Waterloo, over River Thames, Formal Opening of, 521
— See also Viaduct; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd., Paint-Drying Plant for Jerricans, 286*
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials)
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Aircraft and Aero Engines, 46*
— Barrow Mental Hospital, Heating and Ventilating Installation, 60
— Engineering Manufacturers’ Association,
Engineering Exhibition, 149
British Agricultural Engineers, Institution of, Future Training of Agricultural Engineers, by 8. J. Wright, 427
— and American Information Service, 233
— Cast Iron Research Association, Present and
Future of Ironfounding, by J. G. Pearce, 86; Effect of Tungsten in Cast Iron, by S. W. Palmer, 340 ; Annual Report, 504 ; Report on Vanadium in Cast Iron, by J. W. Grant, 518
— Council, General Work of, 53 ; Documentary
Film, “ Steel,” 89; Scientific Activities of, 499
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Report on Measurement of Appliance-Saturation Factors by Means of Sampling, 292; Report on Methods of Testing Finished Mouldings, 370 ; Report on Capacity-Current Heating, 474
and Allied Manufacturers^ Association, Memorandum on Transport of Heavy and Indivisible Loads, 192
Engineers and Second World War, 293, 311, 335, 360, 383
— Engineers’ Association, Luncheons, 231,
541; President of Board of Trade on Engineering Industry and .Export Trade, 281
British Foundrymen, Institute of, Williams Lecture on Future of Light-Alloy Foundry Industry, by W. C. Devereux, 77*
British Furnaces, Ltd., Gas-Fired Continuous Normalising Furnace, 359*
— Internal-Combustion Engine Manufac
turers’ Association, Incorporation of, 69
— Iron and Steel Federation, Reconstruction
Plan for Steel Industry, 73
— Navy. See FL.M. under Warships'
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association,
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Luncheon, 427; Research ,on “ L-Delay ” Fuse, 427, 451; History and Policy of, 477
— Overseas Airways Corporation, England to
South Africa Service, 431
— Pleasure Steamers, 1920-1939 (Review), 83
— Railways. See Railways
— Records Association, Annual General Meet
ing, 427
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Society of Associated Filter Manufacturers,
Formation of, 49
— Standards Institution. See Standards
British Tanker Co., Ltd., Launch of M.S.
“ British Supremacy ” by Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 90
— Tariffs, 1923-1942, History of (Review), 392 British Thermostat Co., Ltd., Thermostatic
Controls for Fish-Curing Plant, 7*
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 13,000- s.h.p. Turbo-Electric Machinery for Oil Tanker, 173; Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas
• Turbine, 233, 291; Fluorescent Lamps, 428
— Trade. See Trade
— and United States Government’s Oil Agree
ment, 253
Broadcasting, Developments during War, 360 Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd., Hydraulically-
Operated Elevating Trolley, 146*
Brotherhood Air Motor for Torpedoes, 4, 301, 342*
Brown, Boveri and Co., Electric Motor Coaches, 514*
Brown, D., Tractors, Ltd., Recent Changes in Agricultural Tractor, 16
Briinig Railway, Switzerland, Electrification of, 514*
Building and Civil Engineering, Production in, Report, 173
— Electric Lifts for, 118*, 137*
— Foundations and Sub-Structure of, Specifica
tion, 288
— Industry, Co-operation in, 475
Guaranteed Minimum Reckoners for, 398
— Materials and Components, Handbook of
Standards for, 228
Fire Resistance of, Specification, 308
— Mechanics, Practical (Review), 163
— Natural Stone for, Specification, 494
— Need for Insulation of, 502
— See also Concrete, Reinforced and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bulldozer with Convertible Crane (Hyster Co.), 535*
Bulleid, O. V. S., 4-6-2 Type Tender Locomotive, 66* ; “ Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives on the Southern Railway, 521, 542
Buoys in River Clyde, 429, 443 Burma-Ledo Road, 221*
Burne, E. L., on Windmill Sails, 277*
Burner, Petroleum, for Fog Dispersal on Aerodromes, 437*
Burntisland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Launch of
, S.S. “ Cormist,” 214; Merchant Aircraft
Carrier “ Empire Macalpine,” 468*
Busch, G., on Physics of Solid State, 490
Buttress Screw Threads, 17, 38*, 75

CABLES. See Wire Ropes and Electric Caissons for War-Damaged Docks, 53
Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd., Future of, 475
Camera, Cinematograph, for Testing Aircraft, 396*
Cameron, W. S., on Traffic Problems and Town Planning, 32
Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., H.M. Aircraft Carrier “ Venerable,” 274*
Campden Hill Reservoir, Bomb Damage to, 408*
Camshaft Turning on Multiple-Tool Lathe (Seneca Falls Machine Co.), 126*
Canada and Evolution of Radar, 154, 176, 183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285
— Japanese Balloon Attacks on, 465
—1 Screw-Thread Standardisation in, 14,17, 34, 38*, 39, 55, 58*, 74, 95, 97, 115- See LETTER, 380*
— Uranium Fission Plant, 491
— Work on Development of Atomic Bomb in,
136, 145, 164
Canadian Army Road Vehicles, 525, 546*
— Department of Mines and Resources, Report
on Water Power, 72
Capacity. See Electric Capillary and Compression Fittings for Pipes,
Specification, 228
Capstans, Electric, Lawley-street Goods Depot, 533*
— Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
Cargo Steamers. See Steamsre
“ Carnarvon,” H.M. Cruiser, 485*, 509*. See
Erratum, 511
Carriage, Railway,’ Electric, for Briinig Line 514*
Movement on Track and Forces Arising
Therefrom,' 379
Third-Class Corridor, London, Midland &
Scottish Railway, 544
Cast Iron Research Association, British, Present and Future ofj Ironfounding, by J. G. Pearce, 86; Effect of Tungsten in Cast Iron, by S. W. Palmer, 340 Annual Report, 504; Report on Vanadium in Cast Iron, by J. W. Grant, 518
Effect of Tungsten in, 340
Cast Iron, Effect of Vanadium in, 518 Castings, Aluminium, Production of, 77*
— Centrifugal, Effect on properties of Steel, 75
— High-Silicon Iron, Specification, 268
— Magnesium-Alloy, Microporosity in, 254
— -— Production of, 77
— Steel, X-Ray Examination of, 54
Caterham Collision, Southern Railway, Report on, 213
Causeway, Timber, over Flood Land, Ledo-. Burma Road, 223*
Cement Research in Australia, 314, 347
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX “ Centaurus ” Aeroplane Engine, 46* Centenary of Imperial College of Science and
Technology, London, 353, 356, 413*, 437*, 461*. See LETTER, 380. See Erratum, 462
— of W. John, Dr. F. Elgar and Sir W. White,
539
— of Sailing of S.S. “ Great Britain,” 76* Central Electricity Board, New Grid Tariff, 402
— Uruguay Railway, 2-8-2 Type Reconstructed
Locomotives, 21*
Centrifugal Casting, Effect on Properties of Steel, 75
— Pumps. See Pumps
“ Centum ” Mobile Crane, 246*
Ceylon Government Railway, Beyer-Garratt Locomotives, 350
Champion Sparking Plug Co., Gas-Fired Furnace for Sparking-Plug Manufacture, 127*
Ohantrill, Lieut.-Col. C. G., on Training Engineering Employees, 24
Chassis for Electrically-Operated Mobile Crane, 444*
Chaston, Dr; J. C., on Effects of Oxygen in
’ Silver and Silver Alloys, 235
Chemical Industry and Efficient Fuel Utilisation, 502, 512
— — Society of, Baekeland Lecture on Leo Hendrik Baekeland, by V. H. Potter, 115 -*- Manufacturers, British, Association of, Simultaneous Generation of Power and Process Steam, by O. Lyle, 167
— Research in Australia, 314
— Surface-Treatment of Motor-Vehicle Gears,
Effect of Scuffing, 117,157*, 178*
Chemistry. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chile, Engineering Notes from, 5, 236, 318, 371, 513
Chilean Torpedo Gunboats “ Lynch ” and “ Condell,” of 1891, 43*
China, Loan of H.M. Corvette “ Petunia,” 491
Chromium Electroplated Coatings,' Wear- Resisting Properties of, 314
Coatings, Specification, 208
Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., “ Hydrauto ” Bearing for Grinding Machines, 492*
Cinematograph Film, “ Steel,” British Council, 89
“ Cirrus Minor ” Aero Engine, 207*
Cisterns, Flushing, Specification, 268
City and Guilds College, History and Work of, 353, 356, 413*, 437*, 461*. See Erratum, 462
College Engineering Society, Jubilee Luncheon, 521
Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Defence Work in London, 381, 408*

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Symposium on Post-War Development of Road Motor Transport, 13
Lectures on Position of Engineer in Relation to Town and Regional Planning, 32. See Erratum, 53
Election of Members, 88, 108, 168, 446 Exhibition of Plans for Greater London, 133
Awards for Papers, 1944-45, 405 Presidential Address, by Sir T. P. Frank, on Engineering Defence Work in London, 381, 408*
Reconstruction Work in Netherlands, by Dr. J. A. Ringers, 477
Civil Engineering and Building, Production in, Report, 173
— — Contractors, Federation of, Work of
Opencast Coal Committee, 451, 466
Contractors, Plant Organisation and Maintenance for, 403, 430, 456, 465
— — Industry, Guaranteed Minimum Reckoners for, .398
— Service, Scientific, Position of Junior Ranks in, 331
Scientific, Re-organisation and Recruitment, Report on, 251
Clarifying Machine for Grinding Coolant (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 267*
Clays, Fire. See Refractory Materials
Clayton, J., the Late, 189
— Lecture on Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas
Turbine, 233, 291
Cleaning of Coal, Need for, 512
— Machine, Boiler-Tube, 511*
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 351, 375, 399, 423, 447, 471, 495, 517, 537. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Climate. See Meteorological
Cloch Lighthouse, River Clyde, 429, 443 Clocks at Royal Observatories, 500; 522 Clutch and Brake Combined, “ Airflex,” (Crofts. (Engineers), Ltd.), 185*
Clyde Estuary Committee, Report, 499
— Lighthouses Trust, Engineering Work of,
429, 443
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal-Burning Appliances and Fuel Efficiency, 147
— Dust Explosions, Safety in Mines Research
Board’s Investigations, 498
— .Economy. See Fuel Economy
— Efficient Utilisation of, 502, 512
— Gas. See Gas
— Handling Plant at Dalmarnock Power
Station, 420*
— Industry Nationalisation Bill, 541
- Progress in, 1872 to Present Time, 74 Government Policy, Support by Mining Association of Great Britain,.73
— Mine. See Colliery.
Coal, Opencast, Work of Committee on, 451,466
Output in Brazil, 125
— Position in United States, 176
— Resources of Great Britain, 502
— Shortages in Eastern European Countries,
173
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coalfields, Northumberland and Cumberland, Regional Survey Report, 191
Coatings, Electroplated Chromium, Wear- Resisting Properties of, 314
Nickel and Chromium, Specification, 208
— Protective, “ Plastoglaze ” Process for, 534* Coke-Oven Industry and Coal Utilisation, 502,
512
Cold storage. See Refrigeration
College. See Education
Collieries, Direct-Current Equipment for, 296
— Safety in Mines Research Board’s Report,498
— See also Mines and CoaZ
Collisions. See Accidents
Colombia, Engineering Notes from, 125, 236,
513
Colours, Flat, for Wall Decoration, Specification, 28
Combined Stress. See under Tests (Materials) Combustion Appliance Makers’ Association (Solid Fuel), Presidential Address, by W. Rennie, on Coal Burning Appliances and Fuel Efficiency, 147
— See also Friel; Gases
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Motor Cars. See Motor
Commonwealth and Empire Radio for Civil Aviation, Conference, 113, 153
— Telecommunications Conference, London,
Constitution and Aims, 70
— See also Australia
Compacting Machine, Pneumatic, for Concrete. (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 206*
Compagnie Gdndrale Transatlantique, War Losses of Ships by, 33
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Compressed-Air Installations for Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 144
— Gas Cylinders. See Gas
Compression and Capillary Fittings for Pipes, Specification, 228
— and Expansion, Isothermal, in Combustion
Turbines, 174*; 193*, 214*
Concrete Compacting, Levelling and Finishing Machines, (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 206*
— Interlocking Tiles, Specification, 494
— Limestone (Review), 463
— Railway Sleepers, Specification, 494
— Reinforced, Course at Northern Polytechnic,
London, 149
— Reinforcement, Steel Fabric for, Specification, 28
— Research in Australia, 314
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Condell,” Chilean Torpedo Gunboat, of 1891, 43*
Conductivity. See EZectnc
Conference, Commonwealth Telecommunications, Constitution and Aims, 70
— European Inland Transport, 173
— of Institution of Professional Civil Servants,
521
— Leader Training (Review), 103
— on Radio for Civil Aviation, 113,153
— on Screw Thread Standards, 14, 17, .34, 38*,
39, 55, 58*, 74, 95, 97, 115. See LETTER , 380*
— on Unification of Engineering Standards,
Ottawa, 113, 213, 293
— World Power, Proposed Sectional Meeting
in 1947, 450
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel
Contractors, Civil Engineering, Federation of, Work of Open-Cast Coal Committee, 451, 466
Engineering, Plant Organisation and Maintenance for, 403, 430, 456, 465
Control Gear for Activated Fins in Ships, 361* for Electric Lifts,. 119,137*
for Royal Air Force Mobile Crane, 445*
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. Bee Industries
and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Converter, Tropenas, Control of Blowing by Direct-Vision Spectroscope, 441
Convey, Dr. J., on Micro-Spectrography of Steel Segregates, 481*. See 476.
Conveyor Belt, Stitching Machine for (J.. E. Hayden, Ltd.), 227*
— Coal-Handling Plant at Dalmarnock Power
Station, 420*
Coolant, Grinding, Clarifying Machine for (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 287*
Co-operative Dairy Managers’ Association, Electric Battery Vehicles, by H. W. Heyman, 287. See Erratum, 308
Coote, E. C., the Late, 208
Copper Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Crystal, Behaviour under Deformation, 434*
— Stress-Strain Curve for, 434*
— Tubes, Seamless, Specification, 68
— See also Metallurgy
Cores, Foundry, Washes and Paints for, 27
“ Cormist,” S.S., Launch of, 214
Corrosion Research in Australia, 314'
— Resistance of Cupro-Nickel, Effect of Iron
on, 205
of Stainless Steels, 433
— of Steel Salt-Bath Pots by Alkali Nitrates,
623, 543
— Tests of Painted Steel with Tin Undercoat,
505*
— Testing Machine, Alternate-Immersion, 547 Cory Collieries, Ltd., Launch of S.S. “ Cormist,”
214
Coulter, Disc, for Straw, 295*
Council of Ironfoundry Associations, Statistics of Ironfounding Industry in War-Time, 541 Courtney-Pratt, J. S., on Lubrication between Piston Rings and Cylinder Walls, 475
Crack-Detection Apparatus, Supersonic, Aeronautical Inspection Department, Harefield, 443
Equipment, Fluorescent, " Metrolux ” System (Metropolitan-VioRers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 97*
Cracking, Intergranular, and Fatigue in Turbine Blading, 480*
Cranes, Mobile, 6, 8 and 10-ton Centre-Turning (Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.), 246*
Electrically-Operated, for Royal Air Force, 444*
— Mounted on Bulldozer (Hyster Co.), 535* Crang, Lieut. (E.), on Steam Flow in Nozzles,
255
Creep and Time-Yield Tests for Stainless-Steel Turbine Blading, 478*
“ Critic” Optical Surface-Finish Meter, 26* Crofts (Engineers), Ltd., “Airflex” Clutches and Brakes, 185*
Crucible Furnace, Tilting, Hydraulically-
Operated (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 86*
— and Tool Steel Association, Formation, 374 Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Cruisers. See Warships
Crystal, Copper, Behaviour Under Deformation, 434*
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Metallography ; Microphotographs
— Substances, Atomic Structure of, 490 Cumberland and Northumberland Coalfields,
Regional Survey Report, 191
— West, Development Area, Outline Plan and
Report, 69
Cumbrae Lighthouse, River Clyde, 429, 443
Curing and Dehydration Plant for Fish (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 6*
Current, Electric. See Electric
Currie, Sir W. C., on War Work of British Merchant Shipping, 3,13
Cutanit, Ltd., Investigation on Cutting-Tool Angles, 261*, 304*, 321*
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
Cutting-Tool Angles, from Geometrical Considerations, 261*, 304*, 321*
— Under Water, Burners for (Under Water
Cutters, Ltd:), 85
“ Cyclone ” Hot-Gas Generator for “ Plasto- glaze ” Process, 534*
Cyclotron and Atomic Fission, 134
Cylinder Wall and Piston Ring, Lubrication between, 475
Czechoslovakia, Coal Industry in, 173

DALLOW, LAMBERT and CO., LTD., Oil-Spray Collection on Thread-Grinding Machines, 477
Dalmarnock Power Station, Coal-Handling Plant at, 420*
Damage Control of Warships (Review), 43
Dampers, Furnace, Automatic Control for (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 27*
? — of Heat-Resisting Steel (Hadfields Ltd.), 156*
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., Diesel Engines for Landing Craft, 33
Davis, A. W., on Current Practice in Marine Gear-Cutting, 198*, 215 225 256
Davis, W. O., on Instrument Threads, 39. See 14,17'
de Brouckere, Dr. L., on Oxidation of Aluminium, Magnesium and Aluminium- Magnesium Alloys, 234
Deere, J., Beet Harvester, 295*
Defence Work, Engineering, in London, 381, 408*
de Forest, A. V., the Late, 63
De Havilland Aircraft Co, Ltd., Aeronautical
Technical School, Prospectus, 105; Controlled-Pitch Propeller, for Aircraft, 216*; “ Hornet ” Fighter Aeroplane, 237; “ Vampire,” Jet-Propelled Interceptor- Fighter Aeroplane, 237* ; Naval Aircraft, 316*
Dehydration and Fish-Curing Plant (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 6*
Dekker Sails for Windmills, 279*
Demobilisation, Management in, Conference, 91
Denny, W., and Bros., Ltd., Cross-Channel Ships for Southern Railway, 189
Depot, Goods, Lawley-street, Birmingham, 533*
Depth Mechanism for Torpedoes, 365*, 531
“ Derwent ” Jet-Propelled Aero Engine, 406*, 427
— Valley Water Board, Opening of Ladybower Reservoir, 253
Destroyers. See Warships
Devereux, W. C., on Future of Light-Alloy Foundry Industry, 77*; Formation of Almin, Ltd., 471
Dewhurst, P. C., Locomotive Reconstruction on Central Uruguay Railway, 21*
Diamond Tools (Review), 441
Die Casting for “ Merlin ” Engine Crankcase, 78*
Diesel Engine Users’ Association, Visit to Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 33 ; Report on Heavy-Oil Engine Working Costs, by C. Green, 519, 521
— — See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
Disc Coulter for Straw, 295*
Discoveries and Inventions, Sidelight of History on, 324
Disputes, Trade. See Loftowr
Diving Suits, Self-Contained, for Magnetic-Mine
Searches, 428
Docks, War-Damaged, Caissons for, 53 Documentation, Journal of, Establishment of, 73
Dolomite Linings for Basic Electric-Arc Furnaces, 453
Domestic Electric Appliances, Measurement of
Saturation Factors for, 292
— Electricity Supply, Consumers’ Attitude to,
333
Door Bolts, Specification, 398
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Caissons for War-
Damaged Docks, 53 ; Steelworks Development on Tees-Side, 454
Dorman and Smith, Ltd., 3-kW Plug and Socket, 226*
Double-Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine
Propulsion
Drainage of Airports, 12
— London, Engineering Defence Work for, 381,
408*
— and Town Planning, 32
Drawing Boards and Tee Squares, Specification, 328
— Office, Royal School of Mines, 461*
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drum, Beet-Cleaning, Salleng Type, 295* Drying Plant, Paint, for Jerricans (Heat and
Air Systems, Ltd.), 286*
Dumbarton Experimental Tank, Model Tests, Ships with Activated Fins, 318*, 338*, 361* “ Dunkirk,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 189 Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., War-Time Products Exhibition, 13
Dunsheath, Dr. P., on British Electrical Engineers and Second World War, 335, 360, 383. See. 293, 311
Dust, Coal, Explosions of. See Coal Dust Dutch Aeronautical Research Institute, Tests of Dekker Sails for Windmills, 279*
— See also Holland ; Netherlands Dynamics' of Flying. See Aeronautics Dynamos. See Generators, Electric ; Turbo-Generators

EARL’S COURT Exhibition Building, Heating and Ventilating Installation, 59*
Earth’s Magnetism. See Magnetism Ecclefechan Railway Collision, Report, 379 Economic Rehabilitation, Problems in, 332 Economisers for Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 305
Economy, Fuel. See Fuel Economy
Edinburgh City Business Club, Hydro-Electric Development in Highlands, by A. E. MacColl, 467
— Observatory, Time Signal Transmissions
from, 500

Education :

Aeronautical Technical School, de Havilland, Prospectus, 105
Aeronautics, College of, Board of Governors, 153
Agricultural Engineers, Training of, 427
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., Everitt Memorial Scholarship, 398
Arbroath Training School for Naval Air Artificers, 541
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Student and Trade Apprentice Training Schemes, 108,175
Blacksmiths’ Apprentices, Training of, 140
City and Guilds College Engineering So- ' ciety, Jubilee Luncheon, 521
Coal Industry, Training for, 512
Education, Ministry of. Training Scheme for Motor Mechanics, 13; National Certificates in Metallurgy, 93 ; Training of Blacksmiths’ Apprentices, 140
Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Engineers’ Examinations in, 355. See Erratum, 375
Engineering Production Courses, Birmingham University, 153
Everitt Memorial Scholarship, Foundation by E. Allen and Co., Ltd., 398
Export Trade, Education for, 192
Heating and Ventilating Industry, Technical-Education in, Report on, 313
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Centenary of, 353, 356, 413*, 437*, 461*. See LETTER, 380. See Erratum, 462
Light-Alloys Industry, Education for, 80
Mechanical Engineers, Education and Training of, 333, 336, 369, 393. See LETTER, 501
Merchant Navy Engineers, Report on Training of, 473
Metallurgy, National Certificates in, 93
Motor Mechanics, Training Scheme for, 13 Northern Polytechnic, London, Courses in Reinforced-Concrete Construction, 149 Railways, Interchange of Research Staffs with Universities, 71
Road Transport, Education for, Report 152 Scholarships, Bequests by Beneficiaries, t 255
South East London Technical Institute, Courses in High-Voltage Engineering, 228
Transport, Institute of, Courses on Science of Transport, 129
Universities, interchange of Research Staffs with Railways, 71
Water Engineers, Education of, 52
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Elasticity and Atomic Structure of Metals, 433*
— Theory of, and Flexure of Beams, 34
Election, General, in Great Britain, Results, 93

Electric:

Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle Alternating-Current Equipment for Aircraft, 92
— — Transmission, 1*, 61*, 101*, 201*, 281*
Alternator. See Generator and Tw-fio
Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Welding. See Welding
Battery Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle
British Electrical and Allied industries Research Association, Report on Measurement of Appliance-Saturation Factors by Means of Sampling, 292; Report on Methods of Testing Finished! Mouldings, 370; Report on Capacity-Current Heating, 474
and Allied. Manufacturers’ Association, Memorandum on Transport of Heavy and indivisible Loads, 192
Cables, Effect of Weather on, 520
— Submarine, in War Time, 335, 360
Capacity-Current Heating, Report on, 474 Central Electricity Board., New Grid Tariff, 402
Conductivity of Metals, 490
Cranes. See Cranes
Dielectric Phenomena of Solid Substances,
490
Direct-Current Supplies for British Collieries, 296
— — for Long-Distance Transmission, 333 Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator Electrical Apparatus in Mines, Investigations on Safety of, 498
— Characteristics of Solid Substances, 490 — Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 440
— Equipment for Aircraft, Exhibition, 469
— — Relation between Manufacturers and
Purchasers of, 354
— Industries Benevolent Fufldj Report, 379
— Installation and Maintenance, Diplomas in, 355. See Erratum, 375
Electricity Commissioners, Statistical
Tables of Electricity Supply, 112;
Decision on War Damage to Undertakings, 273
— Supply Commission of South Africa, Annual Report, 272
Electroplating. See Electro Fittings, Electrical, Report on Testing
Mouldings for, 370
Furnaces. See Furnaces Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo High-Frequency Heating, Industrial Utilisation of, 253
— Tension Equipment, X-Ray Tubes, 401 Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Lamps, Fluorescent (British Thomson-
Houston Co., Ltd.), 428
— for Street Lighting, Cost and Efficiency,
426
Lifts, Electric, Equipment for, 118*, 137* Lightning, Codes for Protection against, ?- 378
Machines. See Generators ; Motors; Turbo Magnetron, Development of, 311, 361 Mains. See Cables (above) Motors. See Motors, Electric
Mouldings, Insulating, for Electrical Fittings, Testing of, 370
Plug and Socket, 3-kW (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 226*
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Protective Gear Handbook (Review), 103 Rays. See X-Rays
Ripple Control, Standardisation of, 536 Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays Ship Propulsion. See Marine PropwZsion Socket and Plug, 3 kW (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 226*
Steel Manufacture. See Furnace, Electric Supra Conductivity of Metals, 490 Switchgear. See Switchgear Telegraphy. See.Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony Transformers. See Transformers Turbo-Generators. See Twrbo-Generotors Welding. See Welding Winding Gear. See Winding Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy;
Radio ; Radar
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radio; Radar
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Award of Premiums for 1944-45 Session,- 9 Arrangements for Visitors to Meetings, 176 Presidential Address, by Dr. P. Dunsheath, on British Electrical Engineers and Second World War, 335, 360, 383. See 293, 311
Evolution of Electrical High-Tension
Equipment for X-Ray Tubes, by Dr. C. C. Paterson, 401
Evolution of X-Ray Photographic Materials, by Dr. H Baines, 401
Industrial X-Ray Analysis, Past and Present, by H P. Rooksby, 402
Growth of Industrial Radiology, by W. J.
Wiltshire,. 402
Street Lighting, by E. C. Lennox, 426 Discussion on Weather and Electric Power Systems, 520
Standardisation of Ripple Control, by T, R. Rayner, 536
Installations Section:
Electric Lift Practice, by L. S. Atkinson, 118*, 137*
Domestic Consumers and Electricity Supply, by F. Jackson, 333
Transmission Section:
Relations between Manufacturer and Purchaser of Electrical Equipment, by E. T. Norris, 354
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
— Industries Benevolent Fund, Report, 379 and Fighting Services, Co-operation between, 383
Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric
— Supply Commission of South Africa, Annual
Report, 272
Electron-Diffraction Study of Oxidation of Aluminium and Magnesium, 234
Electroplated Chromium, Wear-Resisting Properties of, 314
—- Nickel-Chromium Coatings, Specification, 208
Electrotechnology, Research in Australia, 264 Elgar, Dr. Francis, Centenary of, 539 Elliptical Gears for Mobile Cranes, 247* Ellis, Sir W., the Late, 35*
Ellson, G., Bomb-Damage Repairs on Southern Railway, 81*, 202*
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under Machine Tools
“ Empire Honduras,” S.S., Launch of, 8
“ Empire Macalpine,” M.S., Merchant Aircraft Carrier, 468*
Employees. See Labour Employment. See Labour
Endurance Tests, See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Enemy-Owned Patents, Recommendations on, 159
Energy Charts for Gases, 34
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
— Internal-Combustion, Lubrication between
Piston Ring and Cylinder Wall, 475
— — Combustion, Manufacturers’ Association,
British, Incorporation of, 69
— -— Combustion, Operation with Methane,
Experiments on, 416
Combustion Two-Stroke, Investigation on Kadenacy System n, 241*
Combustion. See als’o Turbines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Diesel, Paxman-Ricardo, for Landing
Craft, 33
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion; Diesel Engine Users’ Association
3,400-b.h;p., Four-Cylinder Doxford, M.S. “ Empire Macalpine,” 469*
Fuel-Injection Processes with Pintle- Valve Nozzles, 389*, 417*
Marine, Six-Cylinder, Harland B. and W., M.S. “ British Supremacy,” 90
Report on Working Costs of, 519, 521 See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics for Commercial Road Vehicles, 333 Piston-Ring Gumming in 475
See also Aeronautics; Motor Cars
— Steam Marine. See Marine Propulsion;
Turbines
Reciprocating, Losses in, 167
21,000-h.p. Triple-Expansion, H.M.S. “ Carnarvon,” 509
— Winding. See TFindiny
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers’ Association, British. See British
— Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Part in Town and Regional Planning (Re
view), 32. See Erratum, 53
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of,
Current Practice in Marine Gear Cutting, by A. W. Davis, 198*, 215, 225, 256; Engineering Work of Clyde, Lighthouses Trust, by D. A. Stevenson, 429, 443
Engineering Apprentices. See Education
— Defence Work in London, 381, 408*
— Education. See Education
— Industries Association, on Recruitment of
Skilled Men into Forces, 313
and Evolution of Radar, 154, 176, 183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285
— — and Export Trade, 231
— Inspection, Institution of, Luncheon, 476
— Laboratories. See Laboratories ; National
Physical
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Trade with India, Promotion of 540
•— Value of History in, 324
— Works. See Works
England and .Wales, Maps of, Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 271
— to South Africa Air Service, 431 Entomological Research in Australia, 347 Essen, Krupp Works, Allied Control of, 451 “ Essex ” Centreless Grinding Machine, 107* Ethanite Synthetic Rubber, Production from
Natural Gas, 104
Euco Tools, Ltd., Micrometer Rotary Stop, 56* European Inland Transport, Conference, 173
— Transport Situation, Report, 377
Rehabilitation of, 212, 499
Everitt Memorial Scholarship, Foundation by E. Allen and Co., Ltd., 398
Excavator, Drag-Line, Coal-Handling Plant, Dalmarnock Power Station, 420*
Exchangers, Heat, for Combustion Turbines, 174*, 193*, 214*
Exhibition, Agricultural Machinery, Askham Bryan, 295*
— Aircraft, at Farnborough, 355
— — Electrical Equipment, 469 Testing Instruments, 396*
— Building, Earl’s Court, Heating and Ven
tilating Installation, 59*'
— Engineering, Bristol, 149
— High-Frequency Heating, Rediffusion, Ltd.,
253
— Motion Study, London, 256, 273,. 294
— Packing, War Stores, Feltham, 33
— Petroleum Warfare, Imperial War Museum,
293
— Plan for Greater London, 133
— of Power-Operated Hand-Tools, 13
— Scientific Apparatus, Royal Society’s Con
versazione, 428
— War-Time Products, Dunlop Rubber Co.,
Ltd., 13
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX- Expanded Metal (Steel) Specification, 28 Expander, Tube, Precision (Fairey Aviation
Co., Ltd.), 348
Experimental Tank. See Tank Explosion, Boiler. See Boiler Explosion
— Colliery. See Accidents
Explosive Systems in Torpedo Warheads, 531* Export, Institute of, Education Scheme, 192
— Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX

FABER, DR: O., on Heating and Ventilating Installations, 18*, 59*
Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— Accounts. See Works Management
— Efficient Fuel Utilisation in, 512
— Government, Allocation of, 133, 253, 268
— Management. See Works Management
— Royal Ordnance, Future of, 313
— Underground, Ventilation of, 106
Fairburn, G. E., All-Steel Mineral Wagon, 46* ; Third-Class Corridor Coaches, London Midland and Scottish Railway; 544; Obituary Notice, 315*
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Naval Aircraft, 316 ; Precision Tube Expander, 348*
Fan, Axial-Flow, for Fish-Curing Plant, 7* Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 403 Farming. See Agriculture; Tractors
Fatigue Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
“ Fawick ” Clutches and Brakes, 185*
Fawzi, Dr. M. I., on Isothermal Conditions of Compression and Expansion in Combustion Turbines, 174*, 193*, 214*
Federation of Association of Specialists and Sub-Contractors, Luncheon, 475
Feed Water for Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 305 Fences, Electric, Battery-Operated, Specification, 28
Fenner, Major J. H., the Late, 308
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., 66-kV and 132-kV Outdoor Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 141*
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fibre Ropes,Water-Repellent, Specification, 208
Fibreglass Manufacture of, 371*
“ Fido ” Fog-Dispersal Equipment, 437*
Fighting Services and Electrical Industry, Co-operation between, 383
Film, Cinematograph, “ Steel,” British Council, 89
Filter Manufacturers, Associated British, Formation of Society of, 49
Fins, Activated, Stabilisation of Ships by, 318*, 338*, 361*
Finishing Screed, Vibrating, for Concrete (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 208*
Fire Resistance of Building Materials, Specification, 308
— Service, London, and Engineering Defence
Work, 381
Firebox, Locomotive, Steel versus Copper, 542
— Stays, Locomotive, Capstan Lathe for (A.
Herbert, Ltd.), 349*
“ Firebrand ” Torpedo-Fighter Naval Aeroplane 266*, 316*
Firebricks. See Refractory Materials Firedamp Explosions. See Accidents “ Firefly ” Naval Aeroplane, 316
Firing, W., on Metric System in Technical Literature, 255
Fish-Curing and Dehydration Plant (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 6*
Fisher, J. B., on Education and Training of Mechanical Engineers, 501. See 333, 336, 369, 393
Flame Throwing Equipment Experiments, Royal College of Science, 415*
Flameproof Casings in Mines, Results of Tests, 498
Fleet. See Warships
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flour Milling (Review), 283
Flow, Steam, in Nozzles, Velocity Coefflcent at Low Speeds, 255
Flue Pipes and Fittings, Asbestos Cement, Specification, 398
Fluorescent Crack-Detection Equipment, “ Metrolux,” 97*
— Screen Method for X-Ray Inspection of
Metals, 105
— Suits for Aircraft-Carrier Deck-Landing Con
trol Personnel, 428
Flying Boats. See Aeronautics
Fog Dispersal from Airways, Experiments on, 437*
— Signals on River Clyde, 429, 443
Food Research in Australia, 346
Foremen’s Associations, Proposed National Federation, 49
Forest Products Research in Australia, 346 Forging, Light-Alloy, Gas-Fired Furnace for, 358*
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools Foundations and Substructures of Buildings,
Specification, 288
Foundry Industry, Light-Alloy, Future of, 77*
— Mould and Core Paints, 27
— Practice, Steel, Report on, 55
Sub-Committee, Iron and Steel Institute, First Report, 55
— Technique, Radiography Applied to Im
provement of, 54
— Use of Siliceous Parting Powders in, Regu
lations for, 27, 467
— Work. See also Die Casting
— See also Castings ; Moulding
Foundrymen, British, Institute of. See British Fox, F. A., on Properties of Magnesium-Alumi- nium-Zinc Alloy Castings, 254
Fox, G. W., on New Blooming Mill at Templeborough, 454
Foxwell, Dr. G. E., on Economics of Fuel Utilisation, 502, 512
France, Transport Position in, 377, 499
— United States Locomotives, for, 308
— See also French
Frank, Sir T. P., on Engineering Defence Work in London, 381, 408* ; Work on Waterloo Bridge, 521
French Line, War Losses of Ships, 33
— Railways, Resistance Movement and Recon
struction on, 168
— See also France
Friction between Metals, Research in Australia, 284, 314
Fuel Consumption in Heavy-Oil Engines, 519, 521
— Economy in Central Heating, 255
— Efficiency and Improvements in Coal-Burn
ing Appliances, 147
— Efficient Utilisation of 502, 512
— Institute of, Annual Luncheon, 313;
Awards of Melchett Medals to E. Audibert and Prof. C. H. Lander, 313; Scottish Section, 512
— Injection Processes with Pintle-Valve
Nozzles, 389*, 417*
— Liquid. See Oil
— Luncheon Club, North-Western, Formation
of, 109, 236
— Oil. See OU
— and Power, Ministry of, Report on Northum
berland and Cumberland Coalfields, 191; Direct-Current Equipment for Collieries 296 ; Control of Opencast Coal Mining, 451, 466; Report of Heyworth Committee on Gas Industry, 497 ; Policy for Coal Industry, 502, 512
Fuel-Saving Equipment, Acquisition under
Licence, 133
— See also Coal; OU ; Gas
Furnace, Blast, Importance of Distribution of
Materials in, 453
— Boiler. See Stoker
— Dampers, Automatic Control for (Incan
descent Heat Co., Ltd.), 27*
of Heat-Resisting Steel (Hadfields Ltd.), 156*
— Electric-Arc, Steelmaking, Dolomite Lin
ings for, 453
Forced Air-Circulation (Birlec Ltd.), 493* Industrial, and Appliances (Review), 463 Photo-Electric Discharge Indicator for
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 106*
— Gas-Fired, for Munition Production, 357*,
387*
Fired, for Sparking-Plug Manufacture
(Gas Light and Coke Co.), 127*
— Open-Hearth, Basic, Phosphorus Reactions
in, 94
— Salt-Bath, Corrosion of Steel Pots in, 523,
543
— Smoke-Producing, for Fish Curing, 7*
— Steel, Melting, Constitution of Slags from, 94
— Tilting Crucible, Hydraulically-Operated
(Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 86*
— See also Coke Ovens
Furrow-Depth Recorder, 295*
Fuse, “ L-Delay,” Research on, 427, 451

GAS Engineers, Institution of, Gas in Industry at War, by H. R. Hems, 357*, 386*
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— and Gasworks. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Hot-Water Supply by, Specification, 208
— Industry and Coal Utilisation, 502, 512 Contribution to War Effort, 357*, 386* Heyworth Committee, Report on, 497
— Installation for Houses, Specification, 128 Gas Light and Coke Co., Gas-Fired Furnace for
Sparking-Plug Manufacture, 127*
— Natural, Production of Synthetic Rubber
from, 104
— in Non-Ferrous Metals, Vacuum-Fusion
Method of Determining, 234, 385, 404, 419
— Specific Heats and Energy Charts for, 34
— Supply, London, and Engineering Defence
Work, 381, 408
— System of Sheffield, Air-Raid Damage to, 274
— Turbine. See Turbine
— See also Hydrogen ; Nitrogen ;. Oxygen, etc. Gaseous Explosions. See Accidents Gasoline. See Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics Gauge for Helical Gears, 256
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Double-Reduction Marine, Current Practice
in, 198*, 215, 225, 256
— Elliptical, for Mobile Crane (Ransomes &
Rapier, Ltd.), 247*
— Helical, Gauge for, 256
— Single-Tooth Pinion, Geiger, 347*. See
LETTER, 541
— Teeth, Motor-Vehicle, Scuffing of, Effect of
Chemical Surface-Treatment, 117, 157*, 178*
Gearing for Electrically-Operated Mobile Crane, 444*
Geiger, Dr. E., Single-Tooth Pinion Gear, 347*. See LETTER, 541
Gels, Swelling Stresses in (Review), 344.
General Election in Great Britain, Results, 93 General Electric Co., Ltd., Photo-Electric Cell
Automatic Furnace Discharge Indicator, 106*
Generating Station. See Power Station Generator, Electric, 14 h.p. Oil-Driven Emergency (Austinlite, Ltd.), 187
for 500-kW Transportable Set for Russia (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 326*
See also Turbo-Generators
— Hot-Gas, for “ Plastoglaze ”, Process, 534* Geology Department, Royal School of Mines,
461
German Long-Range V2 Rocket, 87* Germany, Bomber Command Air Raids on, 149 Geyer’s Theory of Kadenacy Effect, 241* Giffen, Dr. E., on Steam Flow in Nozzles, 255 Girders. See Beams
Glasgow Corporation, Coal-Handling Plant at Dalmarnock Power Station, 420*
Glass, Manufacture of Fibreglass, 371*
“ Glory,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 274*
Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., “Meteor” Jet- Propelled Fighter Aeroplane, 45*, 406*,427
Glue Research in Australia, 315, 334
Godfrey, Sir G., and Partners, Ltd., Roots-Type Blower for Aircraft Cabins, 106*
Goldschmidt, H. J., on Basic Steel Furnace Slags, 94
Goods Depot, Lawley-street, Birmingham, 533* Goudie, Prof. W. J., the Late, 294
Gough, V. E., on Quality Through Statistics, 94. See LETTERS, 14,154
Government Committee on Scientific Manpower and Resources, 475
— Departments and Metallurgical Research,
46, 65, 84, 104
— Factories, Allocation of, 133, 253, 268
— Railways. See Railways
Graff-Baker, W. S., on Development of Railway Rolling Stock, 253
Graham, C. S., on Lead-Bearing and Lead-Free Steel Ingots, 75
Grandpa’s Knob, Vermont, 1,000-kW Wind- Power Generating Plant, Accident to, 103
Grant, J. W., on Effect of Vanadium in Cast Iron, 518
Grates. See Stoker
Gray Memorial Trust Prizes for Seafarers, 89 Great Britain and Atomic Bomb, 111, 114 Coal Resources of, 502
Maps of, Ministry of Works, 271
“ Great Britain," S.S., Centenary of Maiden Voyage Across Atlantic, 76*
Great Western Railway, 4-6-0 Type Tender Locomotive, 147* ; Oil-Burning Locomotives, 250, 431*
Green, C., on Heavy-Oil Engine Working Costs1 519, 521
Greenwich Observatory, Astronomer Royal’s Report, 500, 522
Gregson, Major W., on Operation of Water- Tube Boilers at Sea, 305
Grid, Electric, New Tariff, 402
Grillage Beams in Ships and Similar Structures (Review), 511
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools
Gun, Flame-Throwing, 416*
— Mountings for Military Tanks, 428
— See also Explosives; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Gunfire, Plastic Armour for Protection Against, 195*
Gunnery, Application of Radar to, 154, 176, 183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285, 311, 360, 383
Gyroscopes for Torpedoes, 301*, 265*, 531

HADFIELDS LTD., Furnace Dampers of Heat-Resisting Steel, 156*
Halden, J., and Co., Ltd., Continuous PhotoPrinting Machine, 306*
“Halifax A.IX” Aeroplane, 394. See Erratum, 417
Hall, C. G. A., on Quality Through Statistics, 154. See LETTERS, 14, 94
Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd., Launch of Steam Collier “ Sir Joseph Swan,” 244
Hamilton, S. B., on Why Engineers Should Study History, 324; on Twenty-Five Years’ Work of Newcomen Society, 422
Handley Page, Sir F., on Development of Aviation, 293
Handley Page, Ltd., “ Halifax A.IX ” Aeroplane, 394. See Erratum, 417
Hardcastle, Engr.-Lieut. S. V., Air Heater for Torpedoes, 342*
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardness Tests. See Tests (Materials) Harefield Test House, Aeronautical Inspection Department, 442*
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Launch of M.S. “British Supremacy,” 90; H.M. Aircraft Carrier “ Glory,” 274*
Harley, S. J., on Screw Thread Conferences, 17. See 14, 34, 55, 74, 95,115
Harvesting Machine for Sugar-Beet, 295* Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., Naval Aircraft, 316 Hawksworth, F. W., 4-8-0 Type Tender Locomotive, 147* ; Oil-Burning Locomotives, 250, 431*
Hayden, J. E., Ltd., Stitching Machine for Conveyor Belts, 227*
Hayward’s Heath Railway Collision, Report,403 Heat and Air Systems, Ltd., Paint-Drying Plant for Jerricans, 296*
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Aeronautics
— Specific. See Specific Heat
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy Heaters, Air, for Marine Water-Tube Boilers,305 for Torpedoes, 342*
Heating, Capacity-Current, Report on, 474
— Central, Fuel Economy in, 255
— District, Limitations of, 512
— Domestic, and Efficient Fuel Utilisation,
502, 512
— High-Frequency, Industrial Utilisation, 253
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
Presidential Address, by Dr. O. Faber, on Some Heating and Ventilating Installations, 18*, 59*
-- — Industry, Technical Education in, Report on, 313
Installations in Large Buildings, Recent Examples, 18*, 59*
Hedges, Dr. E. S., on Tin Undercoat for Painted Steel, 505*
Hedges, Brigadier K. M. F., on War-Time Development of Military Road Vehicles, 379, 525*, 545*
Helical Gears. See Gears
Helium for Aeroplane Tyres, 250
Helmore, Air Commodore W., Appointment as Director-General of Aluminium Development Association, 475
Hems, H. R., on Gas in Industry in War, 357*, 386*
Henderson, J., the Late, 452
Henriques, C. Q., on Future Development of Palestine, 83*. See LETTERS, 135, 235
Herbert, A., Ltd., Capstan Lathe for Locomotive Firebox Stays, 349*
Heyman, H. W., on Electric Battery Vehicles, 287. 8ee Erratum, 308
Heywood, Dr. H., Investigation of Desert Sands, 394*
Heyworth Committee Report on Gas Industry, 497
High Frequency. See Electric
— Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials) Highfield, J. S., the Late, 154*
Highlands, Hydro-Electric Development in. See ScoZZcwid
Highways. See Roads
Hindley, Dr. W. N., on Diamond-Pyramid Measurements of Hardened Steel, 476
Hinges, Builders’, Specification, 48
Hiroshima, Japan, Atomic Bomb on, 111, 114 Historical Records, Suggestions for Preservation of, 427
History, Study by Engineers, 324 H.M.SS. See under Warships
Holland, Reconstruction Work of War-Devastated Installations in, 477
— Transport Position in, 377, 499
— See also DwicA ; Netherlands
Holman Brothers, Ltd., Concrete Compacting, Levelling and Finishing Machines, 206*
Horner, W. W.,' on Drainage of Airports, 12
“ Hornet ” Fighter Aeroplane, 237 Hot-Water. Supply by Gas, Specification, 208 Hours of Labour. See Labour
Howell Torpedo, 42, 301*, 366* “ Huascar,” Peruvian Ironclad, 41*
Hughes, H., and Son, Ltd., Supersonic Crack- Detection Apparatus, 443
Humber, Ltd., Military Staff Motor Car, 545*
Humphrys, Tennant and Co., Warships Engined by, 509
Hungerford, R. L., on Effect of Iron on Corrosion Resistance of Cupro-Nickel, 205
Hunter, Sir S., on Merchant Shipbuilding During War, 355
Hydraulic Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Turbines. See Turbines ; Power Plant Hydraulics Laboratory, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 439*
— See also Irrigation ; Water
“ Hydrauto ” Bearing for Grinding Machines, 492*
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hydrogen Content of Weld Metal, Research on, 197, 217, 238
— in Non-Ferrous Metals, Vacuum-Fusion
Methods of Determining, 234,385,404,419 Hyster Co., “ Hystaway ” Tractor-Mounted
Convertible Crane, 535*

ICE Deposits, Effect on Electric Power Transmission, 520
— See also Refrigeration
Illinois University, Report on Drainage of Airports, by W. W. Horner, 12
Illumination. See Lighting ; and Lamps under EZecZnc
Impact Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Centenary of, 353, 356, 413*, 437*, 461*. See LETTER, 380. See Erratum, 462; Investigations on Distribution of Materials in Blast Furnace, 453
— War Museum, Petroleum Warfare Exhibition, 293
Import Trade. See Trade
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Automatic Control for Furnace Dampers, 27* ; Gas- Fired Furnace for 3-in. Shot Production, 359*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
India, Promotion of Engineering Trade with, 540
— Rubber. See Rubber
Indicator, Furnace Discharge, Photo-Electric Type (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 106* Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Administration, Institute of, Report on
Conference on Management in Demobilisation, 91
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour;
and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Woris Management
— Notes. See Zofeowr Notes under Labour
— Reconstruction in United States, Report, 51
— Relations in Conditions of Full Employment
(Review), 487
— Research. See Research -— Unrest. /See Labour
Industries. See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Information Service, British, Co-operation with United States, 233
in Industry, 232. See LETTER, 274. and Progress of Science, 252 Injection, Fuel, with Pintle-Valve Nozzles, 389*, 417*
Inland Navigation. See Rwers, etc.
— Transport, European, Conference, 173
— Water Transport in Europe, Position of,
212, 377
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— of Production Engineers. See Production
— Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See AeronauticaZ
Society, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Automobile Engineers, Institution of ; British Agricultural Engineers, Institution of ; British Council; _ British Foundrymen, Institute of; British Records Association; Chemical Industry, Society of; Chemical Manufacturers; British, Association of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Combustion Appliance Makers’ Association (Solid Fuel); Diesel Engine Users’ Association; Electrical Engineers, Institution of ; Engineering Inspection, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of ; Export, Institute of ; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Engineers, Institution of; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of ; Industrial Administration, Institute of; Iron and Steel Institute; Junior Institution of Engineers ; Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Manchester Association of Engineers ; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Maudslay Society; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of ; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metallurgists, Institution of ; Metals, Institute of; Meteorological Society, Royal ; Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of; Naval Architects, Institution of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of; Photography, Scientific, Association for; Physics, Institute of; Production Engineers, Institution of ; Professional Civil Servants, Institution of; Road Transport Engineers, Institute of ; Royal Institution ; Royal Society; Scottish Engineering Students’ Association; Smoke Abatement Society, National; Structural Engineers, Institution of; Supervising Electrical En- geers, Association of; Testing Materials, American Society for ; Transport, Institute of ; Water Engineers, Institution of ; Welding, Institute of
Instruments, Screw Threads for, Conference on Unification of, 14,17, 39
— for Testing Aircraft, Exhibition, 396
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics ; Engines; Motor Cars; Tractors ; Turbine, Gas
International Labour Office, Report on Safe Installation and Use of Abrasive Wheels, 44, 63
— Petroleum Commission, Proposed, 253
— Trade. See Trade
Inventions and Discoveries, Sidelight of History- on, 324
— See also Patents
Ireland, Northern, Report on Mining and
Quarrying in, 233 Iron Alloys. See Steel
— Corrosion. See corrosion
— Council, Joint, Luncheon, 273
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Stainless, for Turbine Blading, 432, 458*, 478*

Iron and Steel Institute :

National Certificates in Metallurgy, 93
Annual General Meeting, London:
Report of Council, 36
Report of Honorary Treasurer, 36 Bessemer Medal, Award to H. Wright, 36 Election of Officers, 36
Annual Luncheon, 53
Reports of Discussions, 54, 75, 94
Mould and Core Paints, Washes and Parting Powders, by Dr. W. J. Rees, 27
Application of Radiography to Improvement of Foundry Technique, by Dr. R. Jackson, 54
First Report of 'Foundry Practice, Subcommittee, 55
Influence of Centrifugal Casting upon Structure and Properties of Steel, by Dr. L. Northcott and D. McLean, 75
Examination of Two Ingots of Free- Cutting Steel, one Containing Lead and the other Lead-Free, by C. S. Graham, 76
Microscopical Examination of Samples of Lead-Bearing and Lead-Free Steels and Ingot Irons, by T. H. Schofield, 76
Mode of Occurrence of Lead in Lead-Bearing Steels and Mechanism of Exudation Test, by W. E. Bardgett and R. E. Lismer, 76
Constitution of Basic Steel Furnace Slags, by Dr. J. R. Rait and H. J. Goldschmidt, 94
Phosphorus Reaction in Basic Open- Hearth Practice, by Dr. Y. K. Zea, 94
Study of Basic Open-Hearth Process with Particular Reference to Slag Constitution, by Dr. A. H. Jay, 94
Corrosion of Steel Salt-Bath Pots by Molten Alkali Nitrates, by R. J. Box' and B. A. Middleton, 523, 543
Autumn Meeting, London:
Changes in Council, 453
Reports of Discussions, 453, 476
Distribution of Materials in Blast Furnace, Part I, by Drs. H. L. Saunders and
R. Wild, 453
Sinters and Sintering, Part I, by Drs. H. L. Saunders and H. J. Tress, 453
Dolomite Linings for Basic Electric-Arc Furnaces, by E. C. Brampton, H. Farnham and Dr. J. White, 453
Some Design and Operating Features of New Blooming Mill, by G. A. V. Russell and G. W. Fox, 454
Micro-Spectrographic Method for Quantitative Analysis of Steel Segregates, by Dr. J. Convey and J. H. Oldfield, 481*. See 476
Sources of Error in Diamond-Pyramid Hardness Measurements- of Hardened Steel, by Dr. W. N. Hindley, 476
Determination of Nitrogen in Ferro-Alloys and other Materials by Direct Ness- lerlsation without Distillation, by Dr. W. 0. Newell, 505. See 477
Preliminary Investigation of Constitution of Mild-Steel Arc-Weld Deposits, by H. A. Sloman, T. E. Rooney and T. H. Schofield, 197, 217*, 238*
Control of Tropenas-Converter Blowing by Direct-Vision Spectroscope, by S. T. Jazwinski, 441
Tin Undercoat for Painted Steel, by Dr. E. S. Hedges and Staff of Tin Research Institute and Dr. L. A. Jordan and Staff of Paint Research Station, 505* Iron and Steel Works. See Works —— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Cast Iron; Steel; Metallurgy Ironfounding, Present and Future of, 86 Ironfoundry Associations, Council of, .Statistic^
of Ironfounding Industry in War-Time, 541 Irrigationin Palestine, Possibilities of, 83*. See
LETTERS, 135, 235
— Problems in Levant States, 345 Italy, British Trade with, 213

JACKSON, Dr. R., on Application of Radiology to Foundry Technique, 54
Jackson, F., on Domestic Consumers and Electricity Supply, 333
Japan, End of War with, 131
— Hiroshima, Use of Atomic Bomb on, 111, 114 Japanese Balloon Attacks on United States and Canada, 465
Javelle System Heat-Resisting Steel Furnace Dampers, 156*
Jay, Dr. A. H., on Slag Constitution in Basic Open-Hearth Practice, 94
Jazwinski, S. T., on Control of Tropenas-Converter Blowing by Spectroscope, 441
Jennings, J., on Centrifugal Pumps and Blowers, 74
Jerricans, Paint-Drying Plant for (Heat and Air Systems, Ltd.), 286*
Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, Whittle, 233, 291
Co-ordinated Research in, 132
— — See also Aeronautics Turbine, Gas
— Stream, Supersonic, from Nozzles, 416* John, W., Naval Architect, Centenary of, 539 Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., Straightness and
Concentricity Test Blocks, 175 ; Precision Rotating Centre, 382*; Rotary Tilting- Table Surface Grinding Machine, 532*; Round-Column Manufacturing Drilling Machine, 532*
Jones, E. H., the Late, 503
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., 5-ton Precision Power Press, 36* ; “ Essex ” Centreless Grinding Machine, 107*
Jordan, Dr. L. A., on Tin Undercoat for Painted' Steel, 505*
Journals. See Bearings
Jubilee of Amalgamated Engineering Union, 11. See Erratum, 33
Junior Institution of Engineers, Awards for 1944-45 Session, 265; Election of Officers, 447; Presidential Address, by Sir G. P. Thomson, on Atomic Energy, 499
Jugoslavia. See Yugoslavia
Juxon-Street Viaduct, Southern Railway, Bomb-Damage Repairs to, 81*

KADENACY Effect, Investigation on, 241*
Kendall, Dr. N., on Fuel Injection with Pintle- Valve Nozzles, 389*, 417*
Kiln, Fish Curing (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 6* Kinematograph. See Cinematograph
Bang’s College, London, Investigation on Steam Flow in Nozzles, 255 ; Investigation on Fuel Injection with Pintle-Valve Nozzles, < 389*, 417*
King’s Speech to Parliament, 133
Krupp Works, Essen, Allied Military Government Control of, 451

LABORATORY, Australian National Standards, Work of, 264
— Bessemer, Royal School of Mines, 461*
— Research Work on Evolution of Radar, 154,
176, 183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285
— Testing, Aeronautical Inspection Department, Harefield, 442*
— See also National Physical

Labour:

Amalgamated Engineering Union, Jubilee of, 11. See Erratum, 33
Apprenticeship Training Schemes, of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 108,175,
Blacksmiths’ Apprentices, National Scheme for Training, 140
Demobilisation, Management in, Conference on, 91
Employment, Full, and Industrial Relations (Review), 487
Engine Room Ratings for Merchant Navy, Training of, 473
Engineering Employees, Selection and Training of, 24
Foremen’s Associations, Proposed National Federation, 49
Foundries, Regulations on Siliceous Parting Powders; 467
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Relations in Conditions of Full Employment (Review),-487
Labour for Maintenance of Civil-Engineering Contractors’ Plant, 403, 430, 456, 465
— and National Service, Ministry of, Motor Mechanics, Training Scheme for, 13; Courses of Vocational Training, 153; Regulations on Siliceous Parting Powders in Foundries, 467
— Notes, 16, 37J 57, 77, 96, 116, 137, 156, 178,198, 217, 238, 257, 276, 297, 317, 337, 359, 384, 407, 432, 478, 504, 525, 544. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Manpower and Industrial Reconversion, 231
Mechanical Engineering Craftsmen, Training of, 393. See LETTERS, 501
Motor Mechanics, Training Scheme for, 13 Pay Packet, Specification, 288
Recruitment of Skilled Men into Forces, 313
Strikes and Co-operation, 54
Time and Wages Sheet, Specification, 288 Vocational Training Courses, Plan for, 153 Wages and Working Hours in Industry, 193
Ladybower Reservoir, Derwent Valley 'yvater Board, Opening of, 253
Lagonda, Ltd., “ Wasp ” Flame Thrower, 416*, Laing Lecture on Problems of Metallic State 433*
Lamps, Electric. See Electric Lancaster-Jones, E., the Late, 209
Lander, Prof. C. H., Award of Melchett Medal to, 313
Landing Craft, Diesel Engines for, 33
— —- Transport of Rolling Stock by, 67*
— Stages, Reconditioning of, 211
Larke Medal and Prizes, Awards by Institute of Welding, 337
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Lattice Theory of Crystalline Substances, 490 Law. See Legal; Labour; Patents
Lawley Street Railway Goods Depot, Birmingham, 533*
Lead Segregation in Steel, 76
Leah, A. S., on Specific Heats and Energy
Charts for Gases, 34
Lebanon, Irrigation Problems in, 345 Ledo-Burma Road, 221*

Legal:

Labour Legislation. See Labour Nationalisation of Coal Industry Bill, 541 Patent Law. See Patents See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Lend-Lease, Termination of, 172
Lennox, E. C., on Street Lighting, 426
Letters to the Editor, 14, 34, 54, 74, 94, 135, 154, 235, 255, 274, 380*, 452, 501, 541
Levant States, Irrigation Problems in, 345
Levelling Machine, Concrete (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 206*
Liberia, Port of Monrovia, Development of, 347
Library, American, in London, Functions, 233
— Information, British, in New York, 233
— Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of, Foundation of “ The Journal of Documentation,” 73; Annual Conference, Programme, 85, 182; Problems of Information Service in Industry, by E. N. Simons, 232. See LETTER, 274; Papers on Links with United States, 233 ; Information Service as Essential Factor in Progress of Science, by Prof. J. D. Bernal, 252,
— Technique, Special, Manual of (Review), 224 Liechty, R., on Movement of Railway Vehicles
on Track and Forces Arising Therefrom, 379
Lifts, Electric, for Buildings, 118*, 137* Lifting Tackle, Safety Provisions for, 501 Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Lighthouses in River Clyde, 429, 443 Lighting, Street, Problems of, 426
— See also Lamps under Electric Lightning. See Electric
Lima Locomotive Works, Shay Geared Locomotive, 405
Limestone Concrete (Review), 463
Lind, P., and Co., Ltd., Work on Waterloo Bridge, 521
Liners. See Ships; Steamers ; Motorships Linings, Dolomite, for Basic Arc Furnaces, 453 Liquid Fuel.' See Oii
Lismer, R. E., on Occurrence of Lead in Lead- Bearing Steels, 76
Literature, 3, 22, 43, 63, 82,103,163,182, 204, ?224, 263, 283, 303, 323, 344, 367, 392, 417, 440,463,487,511. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Technical, Metric System in, 255 Littmann, M., on Cutting-Tool Angles, 261*,
304*, 321* •
Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute, Centenary of, 449
Lloyds Bank, London, Heating and Ventilating Installation, 59
— Register, Vessels under Construction, 333 Loch Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 403 Lock Nuts, Theory of, 464, 489*
Locomotive, 4-6-0 Type, B2 Class, London and North Eastern Railway, 524*
— Beyer-Garratt, Ceylon Government Rail
way, 350
— Boiler Explosion, Southern Railway, at New
Milton, Report on, 93
— Converted K3 Class, London and North
Eastern Railway, 166*
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Luncheon,
53 ; Presidential Address, by W. S. Graff- Baker, on Development of Railway Rolling Stock, 253 ; Movement of Railway Vehicles on Track and Forces Arising Therefrom, by R. Liechty, 379
—? Firebox Stays, Capstan Lathe for (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 349*
Steel versus Copper, 542
— Geared-Turbine, 6,550-h.p., Pennsylvania
Railroad, 210
— “ Merchant Navy ” Class, Southern Rail
way, 521, 542
— Oil-Burning, Great-Western Railway, 250,
431*
— Shay Geared, Western Maryland Railway,
405
— 4-6-2 Type, Rebuilt, London and North
Eastern Railway, 326*
— 2-8-2 Type, Reconstructed, Central Uruguay
Railway, 21*
— 4-6-0 Type Tender, Great Western Railway,
147*
— 4-6-2 Type Tender, Southern Railway, 66*
— Transport to France, 67*
— Steam, for Swedish State Railways, 233
— United States, for France, 308
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX London County Council, Formal Opening of
Waterloo Bridge, 521
— Engineering Defence Work in, 381, 408*
— Greater, Plans for, 133
— Imperial College of Science and Technology,
Centenary of, 353, 356, 413*, 437*, 461*. See LETTER, 380. See Erratum, 462
— King’s College, Investigation on Steam Flow
in Nozzles, 255; Investigation on Fuel Injection with Pintle-Valve Nozzles, 389*, 417*
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Colour-Light
Signals, Euston, 5; All-Steel Mineral Wagon, 46*; Interchange of Research Staffs, 71; Accident at Bourne End, 273 ; Traffic Control on, 337* ; Report on Eccle- fechan Collision, 379 ; Unit Construction for Stations, 508; Lawley Street Goods Depot, Birmingham, 533*; Third-Class Corridor Coaches, 544
— and North Eastern Railway, Report on
King’s Cross Accident, 31; ..Converted K3 Class Locomotive, 166.*: Rebuilt 4-6-2 Type Locomotive, 326* ; B2 Class Locomotives, 524*
— Underground Railways. See Underground Lorries. See Motor Lorries ; Tractors Lowrie, Dr. J. P., on Plastic Armour for Protection against Gunfire, 195*
Lubricating Oils. See Oils
Lubrication between Piston and Cylinder Wall of Internal-Combustion Engine, 475
— Research in Australia, 284, 314
— for Rolling-Mill(Bearings,122
Lucas Chair in Principles of Engineering Production, Foundation of, at Birmingham University, 153
Luckenbach, J. L., on Merchant Ship Production in United States, 133
“ Lunzer ” Precision Rotating Centre for Lathes, 382*
Lyle, O:, on Simultaneous Generation of Power and Process Steam, 167
“ Lynch,” Chilean Torpedo Gunboat of 1891, 43*
Lynton Works of W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd., 121*, 161,*, 181*

MACADAM, Coated, Industries, Federation of, Inaugural Lunch, 8
MacColl, A. E., on Hydro-Electric Development in Highlands, 467
Mac. See also Me
Machine Shops. See TPorAs and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests (Materials)

Machine Tools :

Abrasive Wheels, Safe Installation, and Use of, 44, 63
Beading Tool for Tubes (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 455*
Boring Head, “ Unicut ” (G. H. Alexander Machinery, Ltd.), 118*
Cutting-Tool Angles, from Geometrical Considerations, 261*, 304*
Practice (Review), 324
— under Water, Burners for (Under Water Cutters, Ltd.), 85
Diamond Tools (Review), 441
Drilling Machine, Production Type (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 532*
Flattening Machines, Sheet (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 181*
Gear-Cutting, Marine, Current Practice in, 198*, 215, 225, 256
Marine, Hobbing Errors, 215, 225, 256
Grinding, Centreless, A. Scrivener, -Ltd., Handbook on, 317
— Coolant, Clarifying Machine for (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 267*
— Machine, Centreless, “ Essex ” (Motor Gear and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 107*
“ Hydrauto ” Bearing for (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 492*
Rotary Tilting-Table (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 532*
Thread, Oil-Spray Collection on (Dallow; Lambert and Co., Ltd), 477
— Wheels, Safe Installation and Use of, 44, 63
Lathe, Capstan, for Locomotive Firebox Stays (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 349*
— Multiple-Tool-, Camshaft Turning on (Seneca Falls Machine Co.), 126*
— Precision Rotating Centre for (A.' A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 382*
— Supported Parting Tool for (Anthony Tool Co.), 275*
Machine-Shop Management. See Worfcs Management
— Tool Trades Association, Report to Ministry of Supply, 425
Milling Machine for Marine Propeller Blades (Morton Manufacturing Co;), 239
Precision Rotating Centre (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 382*
Press, Power, for Bakelite Strip, with Preheater, 167*
5-ton Precision with Built-in Safety Guard (A. Wells and Co.), 36*
Shearing Machines, Sheet (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 182*
Slitting Machines, Sheet (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 181*
Straightening Machines, Rod (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 182*
Tools, Hand, Power-Operated, Exhibition, 13
— Vibration in Cutting Steel, Investigation on, 355
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machine Tool Trades Association, Report to Ministry of Supply, 425
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests
{Materials)
— Work. See Machine Tools
Machinery, Civil-Engineering Contractors’, Organisation and Maintenance of, 403,430, 456, 465
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Castings, Production of, 77
— Oxidation, Atmospheric, Electron-Diffraction Study, 234
Magnetic Mines, Counter Measures Against, 311, 360
— Observations at Royal Observatory, 522
— Pistol for Torpedoes, 531* Magnetron, Development of, 311; 361 Mahoney, C. H., Alternate-Immersion Corrosion
Testing Machine, 547
Mains, Electrip. See Cables under Electric Management of Works. See Works Management
Manchester Association of Engineers, Resumption of Students’ Section Activities, 289 Manganese Bronze and Brass Co., Ltd., Milling
Machine for Marine Propeller Blades, 239 Manholes, Step Irons for, Specification, 516 Manometer, Multi-Capsule, for Testing Aircraft, 397*
Manpower and Resources, Scientific, Government Committee on, 475
Mansion, H. D., on Effect of Chemical Surface- Treatment on Scuffing of Gears, 117,157*, 178*
Manson, L., on Kadenacy Effect, 241* Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
Manzoni, H. J., on Basis of Town and Country Planning, 32
Maps of Great Britain, Ministry of Works,.271 . Marbaix, G. E., Ltd., Camshaft Turning on
Multiple-Tool Lathe, 126*; Supported Parting Tool for Lathe, 275*
Marine Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines; Marine Propulsion
Marine Engineers, Institute of, Election of
Members, 8, 68,88,148,188,374, 446,470 ; Visit to Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 33 ; Operation of Water-Tube Boilers at Sea, by Major W. Gregson, 305; Presidential Address by Sir. W. C. Currie, on British Merchant Shipping during War, 313 ; Stainless Steels for Turbine Blading, by J. H. G. Monypenny, 403, 432, 458*, 478*
Report on Training of, 473
— Engineering, Vol. II, Edited by Prof. H. L.
Seward (Review), 182
— Propulsion, Double-Reduction Gears, Cur
rent Practice in, 198*, 215, 225, 256
r 3,400-b.h.p. Doxford Four-Cylinder Oil Engine, M.S. “ Empire Macalpine,” 469*
2,500 h.p. Gas-Turbine Plant for United States Navy, 204
— — Machinery Constructed in United States,
133
Oil Fuel for. See OiZ
Six-Cylinder Harland B. and W. Oil Engine, M.S. " British Supremacy,” 90
21,000-h.p. Triple-Expansion Engines, H.M.S. “ Carnarvon,” 509
13,000-s.h.p. Turbo-Electric Machinery for Oil Tanker, 173
See also Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers ; and PARAGRAPH INPEX
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Materials, Strength of. See Stress and Tests (Materials)
Mateur, A., on a Simple Test of Significance, 452 Maudslay Society, Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 33
Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., Coal-Handling Plant at Dalmarnock Power Station, 420*
McKay, R. W., on Japanese Balloon Attacks on United States and Canada, 465
McLean, D., on Influence of Centrifugal Casting on Steel, 75
McLean, T., on Strikes and Co-operation, 54 McNeill, W. A., on High-Voltage Outdoor Air- Blast Circuit Breakers, 141*
Me. See also Mac
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Report on Oil-Engine Power Costs in 1943, 519, 521
— Engineer’s Duties in Maintenance of Civil-
Engineering Contractors’ Plant, 403, 430, 456, 465
— — Education and Training of, 333, 336, 369,
393. See LETTER, 501

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 8, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 470, 494, 536
Proposed Amalgamation with Institution of Automobile Engineers, 475
Conference on Unification of Screw Threads ;
Reports of Discussions, 14, 34, 55, 74, 95, 115
Review of Recent United States-Canadian- United Kingdom Conferences, by S. J. Harley, 17. See 14, 34, 55, 74, 95,115 Pipe Threads, by E. G. Saunders and J. E. Sears, 17. See 14, 74
Acme Screw Threads and Buttress Threads, by L. W. Nickols and J. E. Baty, 38*. See 14, 17, 75
Instrument Threads, by G. A. Whipple, W. O. Davis and A. D. Snutch, 39. See 14, 17
Unification of British and American Screw Threads, by F. H. Rolt and J. E. Sears, 58. See 14, 34, 55, 74, 95,115
Research on Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads of Different Form, by D. G. Sopwith and T. Settle, 58*. See 56, 74, 95, 115. See LETTER, 380*
Rationalisation of Screw Thread Series, by
J. E. Sears and W. C. Swift, 97. See 35, 55
London Meetings, Winter Session :
Clayton Lecture on Early History of Whittle Jet Propulsion Gas Turbine, by Air Commodore F. Whittle, 233, 291
Steam Flow in Nozzles: Velocity Coefficient at Low Steam Speeds, by Dr. E. Giffen and Lieut. (E) Crang, 255
Changes in Council, 333
Presidential Address, by Prof. A. Robertson, on Education and Training of Mechanical Engineers, 336, 369, 393. See 333. See LETTER, 501
Report on Mechanism of Tool Vibration in Cutting of Steel, by Prof. R. N. Arnold, 355
Hawksley Lecture on Scientists in War Time, by Sir E. Appleton, 427
Elementary Principles of Plant Organisation and Maintenance for Civil Engineering Contractors, by H. O. Parrack, 430, 456, 465. See 403
Notes on “ Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives of Southern Railway, by O. V. S. Bulleid, 521, 542
Applied Mechanics and Internal-Combustion Engine Groups Joint Meeting :
Analysis of Lubrication between Piston Rings and Cylinder Walls of Running Engine, by J. S. Courtney-Pratt and G. K. Tudor, 475
Improved Method of Measuring Piston Ring Wall Thrust, by Dr. B. Pugh, 475 Mechanical Factors affecting Ring Gumming in Petrol Engines with Particular Reference to Rating of Lubricating Oils, by Dr. B. Pugh, 475
Mechanical Stoker. See Stoker
— Traction on Roads. See Roads; Motor
Tractors
Mechanics, Building, Practical (Review), 163 Melchett Medals, Awards to E. Audibert and Prof. C. H. Lander, 313
Merchant Navy Training Board, Report on Post-War Training of Officers and Ratings for Engine Room and Stokehold, 473
War Work of, 313
— Ships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
“ Merlin ” Aero Engine, War-Time Production, 73 ; Production of Castings for, 77* Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Liverpool Observatory, 449
Messenger, T. H., on Capacity-Current Heating, 474
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Bonding Process, Redux (Aero Research,
Ltd.), 116
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Electrical and Thermal Conductivities of, 490
— Expanded (Steel), Specification, 28
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— Filament Lamps. See Lamps under Electric

Metals, Institute of:

Organisation of Metallurgical Research, “ Platinum Medal ” Address, by Dr. R. Seligman, 45, 65, 84,104
National Certificates in Metallurgy, 93 Autumn Meeting, London:
Programme, 148
Introductory Proceedings, 213 Nomination of Officers, 213 Reports of Discussions, 234, 254 Electron-Diffraction Study of Atmospheric Oxidation of Aluminium, Magnesium and Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, by Dr. L. de Brouckdre, 234
Some Effects of Oxygen in Silver and Silver Alloys, by Dr. J. C. Chaston, 235
Microporosity in Magnesium-Alloy Castings, by W. A. Baker, 254
Properties of Some Magnesium-Aluminium- Zinc Alloy Castings and the Incidence of Microporosity, by F. A. Fox, 254
Application of Vacuum-Fusion Method to Determination of Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen Contents of Non-Ferrous Metals, Alloys and Powders, by H.A. • Sloman, 385, 404, 419. See 234 Metals, Modem Physical Conception of, 433*
— Non-Ferrous, Consumption of, Statistics, 280 Ferrous, Research Association, British,
Research on “ L-Delay ” Fuse, 427, 451; Twenty-fifth Anniversary Luncheon, 427 ; History and Policy of, 477
r? Ferrous, Vacuum Fusion Method of Determining Gases in, 234, 385, 404, 419
— Structure of. > See Metallography ; Microphotographs
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy; Microphotographs
Metallic State, Physical and Atomic Problems of, 433*
Metallography, X-Ray, Introduction to (Review), 344
— See also Metals ; Metallurgy ; Microphotographs
Metallurgical Department, Royal School of Mines, 461*
Metallurgists, Institution of, Inaugural Meeting, 450

Metallurgy :

Alloys, Aluminium, Specification, 68
Magnesium, Oxidation of, Electron- Diffraction Study, 234
— Cupro-Nickel, Effect of Iron on Corrosion Resistance, 205
— Light, Formation of Almin, Ltd., 471 Production of Castings, 77* Production in War Time, 398 — Magnesium-Aluminium-Zinc, Properties of, 254
Microporosity in Castings, 254
— Non-Ferrous, Vacuum-Fusion Method of Determining Gases in, 234, 385, 404, 419
— Physical Structure of (Review), 263
— Silver, Effect of Oxygen in, 235
— White-Metal Bearing, Research in Australia, 284, 314
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Coke Ovens. See Coke Owns Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Foundry. See Foundry ; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat Treatment, Forced Air-Circulation Electric Furnace for Tempering (Bir- lec Ltd.), 493*
Furnaces in Munition Production, 357*, 386*
Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
Ironfounding, Present and Future of, 86 Ironfoundry Associations, Council of, Statistics of Ironfounding Industry in War-time, 541
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgical Department, Royal School of Mines, 461*
— Research Council, Proposed Organisation of, 45, 65, 84, 104
Metallurgists, Institution of, Inaugural, Meeting, 450
National Certificates in Metallurgy, 93 Refractories. See Refractory Materials Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills Slag from Basic-Steel Furnaces, Constitution of, 94
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Metallography; Microphotographs ; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
“ Meteor ” Jet-Propelled Fighter Aeroplane, 45*, 406* 427
Meteorological Observations at Royal Observatory, 522
— Society, Royal, Discussion on Weather and Electric Power Systems, 520
Meters for Measuring Water and Industrial Fluids (Review), 367
— Surface-Finish, Optical (Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd.), 26*
Methane for High-Compression Spark-Ignition Engines, Experiments on, 416
Metric System in Technical Literature, 255
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., “ Metrolux ” Fluorescent Crack-Detection Equipment, 97*; Motor-Generator for Collieries, 296; 500-kW Transportable.
Turbo-Generator Set for Russia, 326*; Beading Tool for Tubes, 455*
— SeeLondon
Mexico, Engineering Notes from, 5
Micrometer Stop for Determining Work Length (Euco Tools, Ltd.), 56*
Microphotographs of Desert Sands, 394*
— Intergranular Attack, Stainless Steel, 459*
— Mild-Steel Arc-Weld Deposits, 220*, 238*
— Motor-Vehicle Gear Teeth, Chemically
Surface-Treated, 158*, 178*
— Ultra-Violet and Green Images in Spectrography, 258*
Micro porosity in Magnesium-Alloy Castings, 254 Micro-Spectrographic Analysis of Steel Segregates, 476, 481*
Microstructure of Metals. See Metallography ; Microphotographs
Middleton, B. A., on Corrosion of Steel Salt- Bath Pots, 523, 543
Miles Aircraft, Ltd., Naval Aircraft, 317
Military Motor Transport. See Motor Milling, Flour (Review), 283
Mils, Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Milne-Watson, Sir D., the Late, 294
Miner, J. D., on Alternating-Current Equipment for Aircraft, 92
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Magnetic, Counter Measures against; 311,
360
— Safety in, Research Board, Annual Report,
498
— Tywarnhaile, Royal School of Mines, 462*
— See also CoaZ; CoWtmes ; Mining ; Ores ;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Minerals, Australian Government Researches on, 314
— Oils. See Oils
— See. also Coal; Mining; Ores; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining Association of Great Britain, Support for Government Policy for Coal Industry, 73
— Department, Royal School of Mines, 461*
— and Metallurgy, Institution of, National
Certificates in Metallurgy, 93
— in Northern Ireland, Report on, 233
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of War Transport. See War Transport Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments “ Monitor ” Naval Aeroplane, 316 Monrovia, Port of, Liberia, Development of, 347 Monypenny, J. H. G., on Stainless Steels for
Turbine Blading, 403, 432, 458*, 478* Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Hydraulically-
Operated Tilting Crucible Furnace, 86* Morris, H., Ltd., Traversers for Lawley-street
Railway Goods Depot, 533*
Morton Manufacturing Co., Milling Machine for
Marine Propeller Blades, 239 Motion Study Exhibition, London, 256,273,294 Motor, Air, for Torpedoes, 4, 301, 342*
— Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers —- — Industry, Growth'of, 273
— — for Military Staff (Humber Ltd.), 545* —' — Military; See also Motor Vehicles See Motor Vehicles; Motor Lorries;
Motor Van; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Electric, Alternating-current, for Aircraft,
92
for Lifts, 137
— — for Motor Coach, Brtinig Railway, 514* for Royal Air Force Mobile Crane, 445* Motor Gear and Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Essex ” i
Centreless Grinding Machine, 107* -—s Generators for Collieries, 296
— Internal-Combustion; See Aeronautics;
Engines ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Lorry, 2|-ton, American Military, 546* Bedford 3-ton Military, 545*
— — 3-ton, Canadian Military, 546* See also Motor Vehicles ; Motor Van
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ;
Motor ships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Plough. See Tractor's
— Road Transport for European Countries,
212
Transport, Post War Development of, 13 '
— Tractors,. See Tractors
— Van, 15-cwt. “ Airportable ” (Austin
Motor Co., Ltd.), 547*
— Vehicle, Amphibian (J. I. Thornycroft and ’
Co., Ltd.), 546*
— — Commercial, Engines for, 333
— — Electric-Battery, Applications of, 287. 1
See Erratum, 308
Military, War-Time Development of, 379, 525*, 545*
Taxation of, 13
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors Motorships Constructed in United States, 133
— “ Empire Macalpine,” Merchant Aircraft
Carrier, 468*
— Oil Tank “ British Supremacy,” Launch, 90
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 333
— See also Marine Propulsion
Moulds, Foundry, Paints, Washes and Parting
Powders for, 27, 467 Mouldings for Electric Fittings, Testing of,
Report on, 370
— Machines for “ Merlin ” Engine Crankcase,
77*
— Sands, Research in Australia, 314
— See also Foundry Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers Munitions Production in Australia, Scientific
Research for, 264 Role of Gas Industry, 357*, 386* Museum, Imperial War, Petroleum Warfare
Exhibition, 293 I

NATIONAL Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Machinery Demonstration, 295*
— Physical Laboratory, Metallurgical Research at, 45, 65; "Fatigue Testing of Screw Threads, 56,58*, 74,95,115. See LETTER, 380* ; Role in Evolution of Radar, 154, 176,183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285 ; Investigation on Constitution of Mild-Steel 1 Arc-WeldDeposits, 197, 217*, 238*; Investigation on Vacuum-Fusion Method of Determination of Gases in Non-Ferrous Metals, 234, 385, 404, 419
Nationalisation of Coal Industry Bill, 541 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Stabilisation of Ships by Activated Fins, by J. F. Allan, 318*, 338*, 361*
Scholarships, 397
Naval Architects, Centenaries of W. John, Dr. F. Elgar, and Sir W. White, 539
— Architecture. See WarsAips
— Construction. See Warships
— Ordnance Inspection Department, Research
on Micro-Spectrographic Analysis of Steel Segregates, 476, 481*
— Reminiscences of Engr.-Capt. Edgar C.
Smith, 485*, 509*. See Krratujn, 511
— Warfare. See Warships Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Application of Radar to, 312, 383 Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M, under Warships
— United States. See United States under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARA GRAPH INDEX
Nesslerisation, for Determination of Nitrogen in Steel, 477, 505
Net Cutter for Torpedoes, 301*
Netherlands, Reconstruction Work in, 477
— Trading with, Orders on, 233
— See also Dutch ; Holland
Neumann, R., on Cutting-Tool Angles, 261*, 304*, 321*
New Milton, Report on Boiler Explosion of Southern Railway Locomotive, 93
Newcomen Society, Windmill Sails, by E. L. Burne, J. Russell and R. Wailes, 277* ; Presidential Address, by S. B. Hamilton, on Why Engineers Should Study History, 324; Silver Jubilee Meeting and Dinner to Dr. H. W. Dickinson, 404; Twenty-Five Years’ Work of Newcomen Society,- by
S. B. Hamilton, 422
Newell, Dr. W. C., on Determination of Nitrogen by Direct Nesslerisation, 505. See 477
Nickel Electroplated Coatings, Specification, 208
Nickols, L. W., on Acme Screw Threads and Buttress Threads, 38*. See 14,17, 75
Niclausse Boilers, H.M.S. “ Carnarvon,” 485, 509*
Fuel with, 389*, 417*
— Steam Flow in, Velocity Coefficients at Low Speeds, 255
Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd., Water-Sealed Underfeed Stoker, 533
Nuts, Theory of Locking on Bolts, 464 489*

Obituary; (Moved to separate index)

Obry Gyroscope for Torpedoes, 301*, 365*
Observatory and Tidal Institute, Liverpool, Centenary of, 449
Oil Agreement, Anglo-American, 253
— Burning Locomotives, Great Western Railway, 431*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars; Tractors
— Firing of Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 306
— Lubricating, Consumption in Heavy-Oil
Engines, 519, 521
—i — and Gumming of Piston Rings, 475
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles;
Tractors
— Production in United States, 176
— Refining Industry and Fuel Utilisation, 502
— Spray Collection on Thread-Grinding
Machine (Dallow, Lambert and Co., Ltd.),477
— Tanker, M.S. “ British Supremacy,” Launch of, 90
S.S. “ Regent Hawk,” Completion of, 68 Turbo-Electric, for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., 173
— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Lubricating ; Petroleum
Oldfield, J. H., on Micro-Spectrography of Steel Segregates, 481*. See 476
Onslow, D. V., on Capacity-Current Heating, 474
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Opencast Coal Committee, Work of, 451, 466 Operating Gear, Hydraulic, for Activated Fins in Ships, 361*
Optical Research in Australia, 264
Ore, Iron, Mining in Brazil, Development of, 371
Ottawa Conference on Unification Of Engineering Standards, 113, 213, 293
Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens
— Paint-Drying, for Jerricans (Heat and Air
Systems, Ltd.), 286*
Overbeke, Van, C. W., on Kadenacy Effect, 241*
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Alternating Current, 1*, 61*, 101*, 201*, 281*
— — Power Transmission, Direct-Current,
Swedish Experiments on, 333
Power Transmission, Effect of Weather on, 520
— — Power Transmission, Protective Gear
Handbook (Review), 103
Power Transmission, in War Time, 312, 335
Oxidation, Atmospheric, of Aluminium, Magnesium and Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, 234
Oxygen-Breathing Apparatus for Aircraft, 428
— in Non-Ferrous Metals, Vacuum-Fusion
Method of Determining, 234, 385, 404, 419
— in Silver and Silver Alloys, Effects of, 235

PACKAGING, Tropical, Specification, 88 Packing Exhibition, War Stores, Feltham, 33 Page, Sir F. Handley, on Development of Aviation, 293
Paint-Drying Plant for Jerricans (Heat and Air Systems, Ltd.), 286*
— for Foundry Moulds and Cores, 27
— Research Station, Investigation of Tin
Undercoat for Painted Steel, 505*
Palestine, Future Development of, 83*. See LETTERS, 135, 235
Palmer, S. W., on Effect of Tungsten in Cast Iron, 340
Pantograph for Structure Profiles, Southern Railway, 105*
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil Parliament, Opening of, King’s Speech, 133 Pamham, H., on Dolomite Linings for Basic
Electric Arc-Furnaces, 543
Parrack, H. O., on Plant Organisation and Maintenance for Civil Engineering Contractors, 430, 456, 465. See 403.
Parsonage, S. H., on Fuel Economy in Central Heating, 255
Parsons, R. H., on Progress in Coal Industry, 74
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Parting Powders for Foundry Moulds, 27 Siliceous, Regulations for Use of, 467 Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of, Recommendations on Enemy-Owned Patents, 159
— Record, 20*, 40*, 60*, 80*, 100*, 120*, 140*,
160*, 180*, 200*, 220*, 240*, 260* 280*, 300*, 320*, 340*, 364*, 388*, 412*, 436*, 460*, 484*, 508* 528*, 548*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
Paterson, Dr. C. C., on High-Tension Equipment for X-Ray Tubes, 401
Payment of Labour. See Labour
Pearce, J. G., on Present and Future of Iron- founding, 86
Peillon Process of Under-Water Welding and Cutting, 85
Pennsylvania Railroad, 6,550-h.p. Geared-Turbine Locomotive, 210
— State College, Investigation on Kadenacy Effect, 241*
Periscopes for Military Tanks, 428
Permutit Co., Ltd., Base-Exchange Process for Potable Sea Water, 395
Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 350, 374, 398, 422, 446, 470, 494, 516, 536
Peru, Engineering Notes from, 125, 513 Peruvian Ironclad “ Huascar,” 41*
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Burner for Fog Dispersal at Aerodromes
>437*
Petroleum Commission, International, Proposed, 253
— Warfare Exhibition, Imperial War Museum,
293
— See also Oil; Engines, Oil
“ Petunia,” H.M.S., Loan to China, 491 Phosphate Treatment of Motor-Vehicle Gears, Effects on Scuffing, 117, 157*, 178*
Phosphorus Reaction in Basic Open-Hearth Practice, 94
Photographic Materials for Quantitative Spectrography, Choice of, 257*, 297*
X-Ray, Evolution of, 401
Photography in Engineering (Review), 440
— Scientific, Association for, Choice of Photo
graphic Materials for Quantitative Spectrography, by D. R. Barber, 257* ; Factors Influencing Choice of Photographic Materials for Use in Quantitative Spectrography, by E. M. Amstein, 297* Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Photo-Printing Machine, Continuous (J. Hal- den and Co., Ltd.), 306*
Physical Laboratory. See NalionoZ Physical
— and Modern Atomic Views on Metals, 433*
— Research in Australia, 264
Physics, Atomic, and Co-ordinated Research, 132
Energy, Development of, 384 ?
Fission and Cyclotron, 134
— Development of Atomic Bomb, 136,145,164
— Evolution of Radar, 154,176,183, 205, 236,
244, 265, 285
— Institute of, Election of Members, 374, 446
— Jubilee of Discovery of X-Rays, 380, 401
— of Solid State, 490
Piers, Promenade, Reconditioning of, 211 Pinions. _ See Gears ; Gearing; Manne Propulsion
Pipes, Capillary and Compression Fittings for, Specification, 228
— and Fittings, Flue, Asbestos-Cement, Speci
fication, 398
— Fittings, Malleable-Iron and Copper-Alloy,
Specification, 350
— Screw Threads for, Standardisation of, 14,
17, 74
— See also Tubes
Pirie, H. L., the Late, 294
Pistol, Impact, for Torpedoes, 341*
— Magnetic for Torpedoes, 531*
Piston Ring and Cylinder Wall, Lubrication between, 475
— — Gumming in Petrol Engine, 475 Wall Thrust, Measurement of, 475 Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd.,
Optical Surface-Finish Meter, 26*
Plant Organisation and Maintenance for Civil- Engineering Contractors, 403, 430, 456, 465 Plastic Armour for Protection against Gunfire, 195*
Plastic Spray, Ltd., “ Plastoglaze ” Process for Protective Coatings, 534*
Plastics, Modern (Review), 303
— Research in Australia, 314
— Survey of Present Position and Future
(Review), 183
— Thermo-Setting, Cold Bonding of (Bakelite
Ltd.), 276
" Plastoglaze ” Process for Protective Coatings, 534*
Plating, Electro. See Electro
Ploughing Plant, Askham Bryan Exhibition, 295*
— See also Tractor
Plug and Socket, 3-kW, (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 226*
Plutonium Manufacture in Canada, 491 Plywood Research in Australia, 315, 334, 346 Pneumatic. See Compressed Air Poland, Coal Industry in, 173
Pollution, Atmospheric, and Fuel Utilisation, 502
Polytechnic. See Education
Porosity in Magnesium Alloy Castings, 254 Port of Monrovia, Liberia, Development of, 347
— South American, Development of, 371 Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Porter, R. C., the Late, 114 Portland Cement. See Cement
Portugal, Hydro-Electric Developments,113,233 Post Office Communications in War Time, 312, 335, 360
— War Development, Motor Transport, 13 Markets in Latin America, Reports, 172 Plans in United States, 176
Pots, Salt-Bath, Steel, Corrosion by Alkali Nitrates, 523, 543
Potter, H. V., on Work of L. H. Baekeland, 115 Powder, Non-Ferrous, Vacuum-Fusion Method of Determining Gases in, 234, 385, 404, 419
— Parting, for Foundry Moulds, 27
Siliceous, Regulations for Use of, 467 Power, Atomic, Control of, 312
— Conference, World, Proposed Sectional
Meeting, 1947, 450
Power Jets, Ltd., Whittle Jet Propulsion Gas Turbine, 233, 291
— Plants, Hydro-Electric, Canadian Develop
ments, 72
Hydro-Electric, Developments in Brazil, 371
— — Hydro-Electric, Development in Scot
land, 192, 382, 403, 467
Hydro-Electric, and Fuel Utilisation, 512
Hydro-Electric, Loch Fannich Scheme, 403
Hydro-Electric, in Portugal, 113, 233 Hydro-Electric Schemes, North of Scotland, 192
Power Plants, Hydro-Electric, for Scotland, Programme of Works, 382
Oil Engine, Working Costs of, 519, 521
— — Steam, Losses in, 167
Wind, 1,000-kW, at Grandpa’s Knob, Accident to, 103
See also Power Stations ; Power, Water
— Press. ’ See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Station, Electric, Bank of England, 19 Electric, Birmingham, Report on, 93 Electric, British, Statistics of, 112 Electric, British, in War Time, 312, 335 Electric, Dalmamock, Coal-Handling
Plant, 420*
Electric, London, Engineering Defence Work for, 408
Electric, in South Africa, Report on, 272 See also Power Plants
— Supply, Electric, in Aircraft, Exhibition, 469
— — Electric, Birmingham, Report on, 93 Electric, for Briinig Railway, 514*
— — Electric, Calcutta, Future Ownership, 475 Electric, and Domestic Consumers, 333 -— — Electric, Effect of Weather on, 520
— — Electric, and Efficient Fuel Utilisation,
502, 512
—- — Electric, London, Engineering Defence Work for, 408
Electric, New Grid Tariff, 402
— — Electric, North Scotland, 192. See 467 Electric, Official Statistics (1938-1944),
112
Electric, in Peru, 125
Electric, in Scotland, 192, 467
— — Electric, in South Africa, Report on, 272 Electric, for Street Lighting, 426
Electric, in War Time, 312, 335
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Alternating
Current, 1*, 61*, 101*, 201*, 281*
Overhead Lines, Direct-Current, Swedish Experiments on, 333
Overhead Lines, Effect of Weather on, 520
Overhead Lines, Protective Gear Handbook (Review), 103
Overhead Lines, in War Time, 312, 335 - See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Water, Canadian, Development of, 72
— — in Scotland, Utilisation of, 192, 382, 403,
467
See also Hydraulic ; Power Plants, Hydro- Electric
Preheating Equipment for Bakelite Strip (Bakelite, Ltd.), 167*
Presidential Address to Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers, by E. R. Wilkinson, on Economic Rehabilitation, 332 to Combustion Appliance Makers’ Association (Solid Fuel), by W. Rennie, on Coal-Burning Appliances and Fuel Efficiency, 147
to Institute of Marine Engineers, by Sir W. C. Currie, on War Work of British Merchant Shipping, 313
to Institute of Transport, by Sir F. H. Page, on Development of Aviation, 293
to Institution of Automobile Engineers, by F. G. Woollard, on the Automobile and the Community, 273
to Institution of Civil Engineers, by Sir
T. P. Frank, on Engineering Defence Work in London, 381, 408*
— — to Institution of Electrical Engineers, by
Dr. P. Dunsheath, on British Electrical Engineers and Second World War, 335, 360, 383. See 293, 311.
— — to Institution of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers, by Dr. O. Faber, on Some Heating and Ventilating Installations, 18*, 59*
— — to Institution of Locomotive Engi
neers, by W. S. Graff-Baker, on Development of Railway Rolling Stock, 253
to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, by Prof. A. Robertson, on Education and Training of Mechanical Engineers, 336,369, 393. See 333. See LETTER, 501
to Junior Institution of Engineers, by Sir G. P. Thomson, on Atomic Energy, 499 to Newcomen Society, by S. B. Hamilton, on Why Engineers Should Study History, 324
to North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, by Sir S. Hunter, on Merchant Shipbuilding during War, 355
Press. See Machine Tools
Printer’s Proof Corrections, Specification, 88 Production Control, Application of, 516
— Engineers, Institution of, Conference on
Unification of Screw Threads. See under Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
— Ministry of, War Stores Packing Exhibition,
33
Professional Civil Servants, Institution of, New Deal for Government Scientists, 331; London Conference, 521
— Classes Aid Council, Annual Report, 53 Profiles of Structures, Pantograph for Determining, Southern Railway, 105*
Proof Corrections, Specification, 88
Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Marine, Four-Bladed, Single-Screw Cargo
Ships, 99*, 254
— — Milling Machine for Blades, (Morton
Manufacturing Co.), 239
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines ; Propellers
Public Works Development in Chile, 371 in Argentina, 235
Pugh, Dr. B., on Measuring Piston Ring Wall Thrust, 475; on Ring Gumming in Petrol Engines, 475
Pumps and Blowers, Centrifugal (Review), 3. See LETTER, 74
Pumping Stations, London,. Fire Service, Use in War-Time, 381
Purification of Water. See Water
P.V.E. " Critic ’’ Optical Surface-Finish Meter, 26*
Pye, Ltd., Press for Bakelite Strip with Preheater, 167*
Pyrometric Research in Australia, 264

QUALITY Control, Guide for, and Control Chart Method of Analysing Data, 516
— through Statistics (Review), 14. See LET- ' TERS, 94,154
Quarrying in Northern Ireland, Report on, 233

RADAR, Evolution and Application of, 131, 154,176, 183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285, 311, 360,383
Radio for Civil Aviation, Conference, 113, 153
— Developments during War, 335, 360
— Principles of (Review), 511
— Research in Australia, 264
— Signals, River Clyde, 429, 443
—- Time Signals, Astronomer Royal’s Reports on, 500, 522’
— See also Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless; Radar
Radiography Applied to Foundry Technique, 54
Radiology, Industrial, Growth of, 402
Handbook of (Review), 63
— Jubilee of Discovery of X-Rays, 380, 401
Rail Reaction from Vehicles Moving on Railway Track, 379
Railroad, Pennsylvania, 6,550-h.p. Geared- Turbine Locomotive, 210
—- See also Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Central Uruguay, 2-8-2 Type Reconstructed
Locomotives, 21*
— Ceylon Government, Beyer-Garratt Locomotives, 350
— Equipment Imports into Brazil, 235 —- European, Rehabilitation of, 212
— French, Resistance Movement and Recon
struction Works, 168
— Great Western, 4-6-0 Type Tender Loco
motive, 147* ; Oil-Burning Locomotives , 250, 431*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— London, and Engineering Defence Work, 381,
408*
Midland and Scottish, Colour-Light Signals, Euston, 5; All-Steel Mineral Wagon, 46* ; Interchange of Research Staffs, 71'; Accident at Bourne End, 273; Traffic Control on, 337* ; Report on Ecclefechan Collision, 379; Unit Construction for Stations, 508; Lawley Street Goods Depot, Birmingham, 533*; Third-Class Corridor Coaches, 544
— — and North Eastern, Report on King’s
Cross Accident, 31; Converted K3 Class Locomotive, 166*; Rebuilt 4-6-2 Type Locomotive, 326*; New B2 Class Locomotives, 524*
— Rolling Stock. See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Southern, 4-6-2 Type Tender Locomotive,
66* ; Locomotive Boiler Explosion at New Milton, Report, 93 ; Pantograph for Structure Profiles, 105* ; Cross-Channel Ships for, 189; Bomb-Damage Repairs on, 81*, 202* ; Report on Caterham Collision, 213; Report on Collision at Hayward’s Heath, 403; " Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives, 521, 542
— Swedish State, Steam Locomotive for, 233
— Swiss Federal, Electrification of Briinig
Line, 514*
— Track, Influence of Curves on Movements of
Rolling Stock, 379
— Transport in Europe, Present Position, 377
— Tube. See Underground
— Underground. See Underground
— Wagons. See Wagons
— Western Maryland, Shay Geared Locomotive, 405
— See also Railroad and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Rait, Dr. J. R., on Basic Steel Furnace Slags, 94
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Centre-Turning, Mobile Cranes, 256*
Raphael, F. C., the Late, 452
Rate Fixing and Time Study (Review), 323 Rationalisation of Screw Threads, 97. See 35, 55
Rays. See X-Rays
Raymond Concrete Pile Co., Port of Monrovia Development, 347
Rayner, T. R., on Standardisation of Ripple Control, 536
Reckoners, Guaranteed Minimum, for Building and Civil Engineering Industries, 398
Reconstruction, Industrial, in United States, Report on, 51
— Post-War. See Post-War
— Work in Netherlands, 477
Records, Historical, Preservation of, 427
Recorder, Furrow-Depth, 295*
— Strain, for Testing Aircraft, 397*
Rediffusion, Ltd., Exhibition of High-Frequency Heating, 253
Reduction Gears. See Gears; Marine Propulsion
Redux Metal Bonding Process (Aero Research, Ltd.), 116
Rees, Dr. W. J., on Foundry Mould and Core Paints, 27
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refractories for Basic Arc Furnaces, 453
Refrigerating Plant at Bank of England, 19
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineering, (Review), 440
“ Regent Hawk,” S.S., Oil Tanker, Completion of, 68
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Work on Waterloo Bridge, 521
Rennie, Major J. D., Seaplane with Retractable Planing Bottom, 165*
Rennie, W., on Coal-Burning Appliances and Fuel Efficiency, 147
Repeated Stresses. See Fatigue under Test (Materials)
Report, Annual, Astronomer Royal’s, 500,522 Australian Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research, 264,283,314,334,346 British Cast Iron Research Association, 504
Electricity Supply Commission of South
Africa, 272
Safety in Mines Research Board, 498 Stoker and Furnacemen’s Association,113
— on Canadian Water Power, 72
— on Capacity-Current Heating, 474
— on Caterham Collision, Southern Railway,
213
— Clyde Estuary Committee, 499
— on Collision at Hayward’s Heath, Southern
Railway, 403
— Ecclefechan Railway Collision, London,
Midland and Scottish Railway, 379
— on Future of Whaling, 173
— on Gas Industry, by Heyworth Committee, . 497
— Industrial Reconstruction in United States,
51
— King’s Cross Railway Accident, 31
— Locomotive-Boiler Explosion at New Milton,
Southern Railway, 93
— of Machine Tool Trades Association to
Ministry of Supply, 425
' — Measurement of Appliance Saturation Factors by Means of Sampling, 292
— Mining and Quarrying in Northern Ireland,
233
— Northumberland and Cumberland Coal
fields, 191
— Oil-Engine Power Costs, 519, 521
— Post-War Markets in Latin America, 172
— Post-War Training of Officers and Ratings for Ships’ Engine Rooms, 473
—1 Production In Building and Civil Engineering, 173
— Safe Installation and Use of Abrasive
Wheels, 44, 63
— Scientific Civil Service, Reorganisation and
Recruitment, 251
— Testing Mouldings for Electric Fittings, 370
— Transport Situation in Europe, 377
— See also Board of Trade
Research Association, British Electrical and Allied Industries, Report on Measurement of Appliance-Saturation Factors by Means of Sampling, 292; Report on Methods of Testing Finished Mouldings, 370 ; Report on Capacity-Current Heating, 474
British, Cast Iron, Present and Future of
Ironfounding, by J. G. Pearce, 86 ; Effect of Tungsten in Cast Iron, by S. W. Palmer 340; Annual Report, 504; Report on Vanadium in Cast Iron, by J. W. Grant, 518 British, Non-Ferrous Metals, Twentyfifth Anniversary Luncheon, 427; Research on “ L-Delay ” Fuse, 427, 451; History and Policy of, 477.
— Board, Safety in Mines, Annual Report, 498 —? Coal, Need for, 502, 512
— Committee, Automobile, Report on Effect
of Chemical Surface-Treatment on Scuffing of Gears,by H. D. Mansion, 117, 157*, 178*
— Co-ordination of, 132
— Department, Scientific and Industrial,
Statement on Development of Atomic Bomb, 136, 145, 164; Investigation on Plastic Armour, 195*
— Institute, Dutch Aeronautical, Tests of
Dekker Sails for Windmills, 279*
Tin, Investigation of Tin Undercoat for Painted Steel, 505*
— Institution, Road, Zurich, Report on. Road
Finishes (Review), 367
— Laboratories, Work on Evolution of Radar,
154,176,183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285
— Metallurgical, Organisation of, 45,65,84,104
— Necessity for in Light Alloy Industry, 80
— Scientific and Industrial, Australian Council
for, Annual Report, 264, 283, 314, 334, 346
— — Influence on Military Matters, 450
— Staffs, Railway and University, Interchange
of, 71
— Station, Paint, Investigation of Tin Under
coat for Painted Steel, 505*
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir, Campden Hill, Bomb Damage, 408*
— Ladybower, Derwent Valley Water Board,
Opening of, 253
Resin, Synthetic, Research in Australia, 315 Retorts, Hydraulically-Operated Trolley for
Lowering and Elevating Base (Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd.), 146*
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX Rhodes, J., <t Sons, Ltd., Press for Bakelite
Strip with Preheater, 167* Richards, W. B., the Late, 109 Rings, Piston. See Piston Rings Ringers, Dr. J. A., on Reconstruction Work in
Netherlands, 477
River Clyde, Navigation Lights and Signals on, 429,443
— Salween, Burma, Suspension Bridge, 224*
— Tabet, Burma, Rubber-Pontoon Bridge,224*
— Thames, Waterloo Bridge. Formal Opening
of, 521
Road Finishes, Investigation on (Review), 367
— Ledo-Burma, 221*
— Main, Problems of Lighting, 426
— Motor Transport for European Countries, 212 Transport, Post-War Development of, 13
— Test, for Military Vehicles, 526*, 545
— Transport, Education for, Report on, 152 Engineers, Institute of, Inaugural Address, by Sir M. Thomas, on Commercial Vehicles, 333
-in Europe, State of, 377
of Heavy Loads, Memorandum on, 192 Robertson, Prof. A., on Education and Training of Mechanical Engineers, 336, 369, 393 See 333. See LETTER, 501
Robertson, V. A. M., Pantograph for Structure Profiles, Southern Railway, 105*
Robertson, W. H. A;, and Co., Ltd., Lynton Works of, 121*, 161*, 181*
Rochelle Salt, Electrical Characteristics of, 490
Rocket, V.2, German Long-Range, 87*
Rod-Drawing Machines (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 161*
Roebling, J., and His Son, Story of (Review), 171
Rolling Mill for Blooms, Templeborough, Design of, 454
Installations (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 121*
Universal-Beam, on Tees-side, Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 454
— of Ships. See Ships
— Stock, Development of, 253
Movement on Track and Forces Arising therefrom, 379
Railway, Transport to France, 67* See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons Rolls-Royce Ltd., War-Time Production of “ Merlin ” Engines, 73; Light-Alloy Foundries, Glasgow, 77* ; “ Derwent ”
Gas-Turbine for Aeroplane Propulsion, 406*, 427
Rolt, F. H., on Unification of British and American Screw Threads, 58. See 14, 34, 55, 74, 95,115
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Rooksby, H. P., on Industrial X-Ray Analysis, 402
Rooney, T. E., on Mild-Steel Arc-Weld Deposits, 197, 217*, 238*
Roots-Type Blowers for Aircraft Cabins, 106* Ropes, Fibre, Water-Repellent, Specification, 208
— Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rosling, P., The late, 541
Ross and Cromarty Hydro-Electric Scheme, 192 Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rowell, Dr. H. S., on Theory of Lock Nuts, 464, 489*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— College of Chemistry, Centenary of, 353, 356,
413*. See LETTER, 380
of Science, History and Work of, 353, 356, 413*, 461*
— Institution, Lessons of War for Scientists,
by Prof. J. D. Bernal, 450
— Meteorologies 1 Society. See Meteorological
— Naval Scientific Service, Research on Pot
able Sea Water, 395
— Observatory, Greenwich, Astronomer Royal’s
Report, 500, 522
— Ordnance Factories, Future of, 313
— School of Mines, History and Work of, 353,
356, 413*, 461*

Royal Society:

Celebration of Jubilee of Discovery of X-Rays, 381
Conversazione and Exhibition, 428 Election of Officers, 470
Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
Rubber in Engineering (Review), 392
— Pontoon Bridge, River Nam Tabet, Burma,
224*
— Synthetic, Ethanite, Production from Natural Gas, 104
Russia, 500-kW Transportable Turbo-Generator for, 326*
Russell, G. A. V., on New Blooming Mill at Templeborough, 454
Russell, J., on Windmill Sails, 277*
Rusting. See Corrosion

SAFETY in Mines Research Board, Annual Report, 498
— Provisions for Lifting Tackle, 501
— Regulations for Grinding Wheels, 65 Sails, Windmill, Types and Construction, 277* Salleng Type Beet-Cleaning Drum, 295* Salt-Bath Pots, steel, Corrosion by Alkali
Nitrates, 523, 543
Salween River, Burma, Suspension Bridge, 224* Sands, Desert, Microphotographs of, 394*
— Moulding, Research in Australia, 314 “ Sandringham ” Flying Boat, 503*
Santos, Port of, Brazil, Development of, 371 Saunders, E. G., on Pipe Threads, 17. See 14, 74
Saunders, Dr. H. L., on Distribution of Materials in Blast Furnace, 453; on Sinters and Sintering, 453
Scavenging in Internal-Combustion Engines, Kadency System, 341*
Schofield, T. H., on Examination of Lead-Bearing and Lead-Free Steels, 96; on Mild- Steel Arc-Weld Deposits, 197, 217*, 238* Scholarships. See Education
Schwartzkopff Torpedo, 42, 301, 343 Schweitzer, P. H., on Kadenacy Effect, 241* Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 428
— Civil Service, Position of Junior Ranks in,
331
Service, Reorganisation and Recruitment, Report on, 251
— Management. See Works Management
— Manpower and Resources, Government
Committee on, 475
— Progress and Information Service, 252
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scientists, Lessons of War for, 450
—? Mobilisation and Team Work in War-Time, 427
Scotland, Hydro-Electric Developments in, 192, 382,403,467
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in.
See Engineers
— Loch Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 403
— Ministry of Town and Country Planning
Maps of, 271
Scott, Sir G. G., Work on Waterloo Bridge, 521 Scottish Engineering Students’ Association, Inauguration of, 293
Screw Propellers. See Propellers ; Aeronautics
— Thread, Specification for Unified Form,
Ottawa Conference on, 113, 213, 293 Standards, Conference on, 14, 17, 84, 38*, 39, 55, 58*. 74, 95, 97, 115. See LETTER, 380*
Truncated Whitworth Form, Specification, 328
Scrivener, A., Ltd., Grinding-Coolant Clarifying Machine, 267*; Handbook on Centreless Grinding, 317
Scuffing of Motor-Vehicle Gears, Effect of Chemical Surface-Treatment, 117, 157*, 178*
Sea Water, Purification by Base-Exchange Process, 395
“ Seaflre,” “ Sea Hornet,” and “ Sea Mosquito” Naval Aeroplanes, 316*
" Seafury ” and “ Seafang ” Naval Aeroplanes, 316
Seaplanes. See Aeronautics
Sears, J. E., on Pipe Threads, 17. See 14, 74; on Unification of British and American Screw Threads, 58. See 14, 34, 55, 74, 95, 115 ; on Rationalisation of Screw Threads, 97. See 35, 55
S^cheron Works, Electric Motor Coaches for Briinig Railway, 514*
Segregates, Steel, Micro-Spectrographic Analysis of, 476, 481*
Seligman, Dr. R., on Organisation of Metallurgical Research, 45, 65, 84,104
Seneca Falls Machine Co., Camshaft Turning on Multiple-Tool Lathe, 126*
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Settle, T., on Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads,* 58*. See 56, 74, 95, 115. See LETTER, 380*
“ Shah,” H.M. Frigate of 1876, 41*
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools Sheaves, Wire Rope, for Electric Lifts, 119* Sheffield, Bragg Laboratory, Research on Micro-Spectrographic Analysis of Steel Segregates, 476, 481*
Sheffield and District Gas Co., Air-Raid Damage to Gas System of, 274
Shell, H.E. Naval, Production, Gas-Fired Furnaces for, 387*
Shelmerdine, Lieut.-Col. Sir F., the Late, 35
Ship, Cargo, Single-Screw, Four-Bladed Propellers of, 99*, 254
— Cross-Channel, Orders Placed by Southern
Railway, 189
— Diesel-Engined. See Motor ships; Marine
Propulsion
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Lost by French Line During War, 33
— Merchant, Aircraft Carrier, M.S. “ Empire
Macalpine,” 468*
Operation of Water-Tube Boilers in, 305
— — Plastic Armour for, 195*
—? — United States, Construction of, Statistics, 133
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experi
ments
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propul
sion
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Rolling of, Prevention by Activated Fins,
318*, 338*, 361*
— and Similar Structures, Grillage Beams in
(Review), 511
— Stabilisation by Activated Fins, 318*, 338*
361*
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 333
— Whaling, Future of, 173
— See also Marine; Motorships ; Shipping ;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers Shipbuilding, Naval. See WarsAips
— on North-East Coast During War, 355
— in United States, Statistics, 133
— See also Steamers; Naval; Warships; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, American Bureau of, Report on Merchant Ship Production, 133
— British, War Work of, 313
— Chamber of, Report on Whaling, 173
— Federation, International, Resumption of
Meetings, 288
— Industry, Future of, 313
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests '(Materials)
Shop Management. See Wh Management
Sho?t Brothers, Ltd. (Sunderland), Launch of S.S. “ Empire Honduras,” 8
Short Brothers, Ltd. (Rochester), “ Sandringham ” Flying Boat, 503*
Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces
Signals, Colour-Light, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Euston, 5
Significance of Difference in Test Results, 452 Silver, Effect of Oxygen in, 235
Simons, E. N., on Problems of Information Service in Industry, 232. See LETTER, 274
Sink Brackets and Supports, Specification, 398
— Fireclay, Specification, 328
?— Metal, Specification, 350
Sinters and Sintering, Investigation, on, 453 “ Sir Joseph Swan,” Steam Collier, Launch of, 244
Skeie, K. A., Alternate-Immersion Corrosion Testing Machine, 547
Slag. See Metallurgy
Sleepers, Railway, Concrete, Specification, 494 Sloman, H. A., on Mild-Steel Arc-Weld Deposits, 197, 217*, 238* ; on Determination of Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen in Non- Ferrous Metals, 385, 404, 419. See 234
Smeaton’s Work on Windmills, 277
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on H.M.S. “ Carnarvon,” 485*, 509*. See Erratum, 511
Smith, W. S., the Late, 54
Smiths Industrial Instruments, Ltd., Hand Tachometer, 186*
Smoke Abatement Society, National, Scottish Section, Fuel Utilisation, by Dr. G. E. Foxwell, 502, 512
?— Abolition of, 502
— Producing Furnace for Fish Curing, 7*
Snutch, A. D., on Instrument Threads, 39. See 14,17
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
Societies, Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Socket and Plug, 3-kW (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 226*
Soil Mechanics, Introduction to (Review), 82
— — Laboratory, Imperial College of Science
and Technology, 439*
— — Research in Australia, 347
Solar Observation at Royal Observatory, 522 Solid State, Physics of, 490
Soot Blowers for Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 305
Sopwith, D. G., on Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads, 58*.’ See 56, 74, 95, 115. See LETTER, 380*
South Africa, Electricity Supply Commission of, Annual Report, 272
to England Air Service, 431
— America, Engineering Notes from, 5, 125,
235, 318, 370, 513
— — United Kingdom Trade with, 172
— East London Technical Institute, Courses in
High-Voltage Engineering, 228
— West, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89,109,129,
149.169, 189, 209, 229, 248, 269, 289, 309, 329, 351, 375, 399, 423, 447, 471, 495, 517, 537. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 9,29, 49, 69,89,109,
129.149.169, 189, 209, 229, 248, 269, 289, 309, 329, 351, 375, 399, 423, 447, 471, 495, 517, 537. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southern Railway, 4-6-2 Tender Locomotive, 66* ; Bomb-Damage Repairs on, 81*, 202*; Locomotive Boiler Explosion at New Milton, Report on, 93; Pantograph for Structure Profiles, 105* ; Cross-Channel Ships for, 189; Caterham Collision, Report on, 213; Report on Collision at Hayward’s Heath, 403; “Merchant Navy” Class Locomotives, 521, 542
“ Spearfish ” Naval Aeroplane, 316
Specific Heats and Energy Charts for Gases, 34 Specifications, Standard. See Standards ; Standardisation
Spectrograph, Mass, for Separation of Uranium Isotope, 274
Spectrography, Quantitative, Photographic Materials for, 257*, 297*
Spectroscope, Direct-Vision, Control of Tro- penas-Converter Blowing by, 441
Speed Indicator, Hand Tachometer (A. T.
Instruments, Ltd.), 186* Stability of Ships. See Ships Standards, Engineering, Unification of, Ottawa
Conference on, 113, 213, 293
— Institution, British, Conference on Unifi
cation of Screw Threads. See Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
— — British, Handbook on British Standards
for Building Materials and Components, 228; Building Code for Foundations and Sub-Structures of Buildings, 288 ; Guaranteed Minimum Reckoners for Building and Civil Engineering Industries, 398
British, Specifications, Expanded Metal, (Steel), 28; Battery-Operated Electric Fences, 28; Flat Colours for Wall Decoration, 28; Steel Fabric for Concrete Reinforcement, 28; Sluice Valves for Water Works, 48; Hinges, 48; Aluminium and Alloys, 68; Seamless Copper Tubes, 68; Tropical Packaging, 88; Proof Corrections, 88; Testing of Clay Building Bricks, 128; Domestic Gas Installations, 128 ; Water-Repellent Fibre Ropes, 208; Electroplated Coatings of Nickel and Chromium, 208; Hot-Water Supply by Gas, 208; Capillary and Compression Fittings, 228; High-Silicon Iron Castings, 268; Metal Wall Ties, 268; Flushing Cisterns, 268; Time and Wages Sheet and Pay Packet, 288; Fire Resistance of Building Materials, 308 ; Wood Windows, 308; Drawing Boards and Tee Squares, 328; Fireclay Wash Tubs and Tub and Sink Sets, 328; Truncated Whitworth-Form Screw Threads, 328 ; Engineering Symbols and Abbreviations, 350; Malleable-Iron and Copper-Alloy Pipe Fittings, 350 ; Metal Sinks, 350; Asbestos- Cement Flue Pipes and Fittings, 398; Iron and Steel and Non-Ferrous Door Bolts, 398; Brackets and Supports for Lavatory Basins and Sinks, 398 ; Natural Stone for Building, 494; Concrete Railway Sleepers, 494; Concrete Interlocking Tiles, 494; Application of Production Control, 516; Manhole Step Irons, 516 ; Guide for Quality Control, 516 —- Laboratory, Australian National, Work of,
264
— Specifications for Electrical Equipment, and
Purchaser’s Requirements, 354
— Unification of, Ottawa Conference on, 113,
213, 293
Standardisation of Ripple Control, 536
— of Screw Threads, Conference on, 14,17, 34,
38*, 39, 55, 58*, 74, 95, 97, 115. See LETTER, 380*
State Railways. See Railways Stations, Power. See Power Stations
— Railway, Unit Construction for, London
Midland and Scottish Railway, 508
— Underground, London, Air-Raid Damage,
411*
— Waterloo, Southern Railway, Bomb-Damage
Repairs at, 202*
Statistical Returns, Need for Publication of, 112 Statistics, Quality Through (Review), 14, See
LETTERS, 94, 154
— Trade. See Trade Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers1. See Boilers
— Collier “ Sir Joseph Swan,” Launch of, 244
— Consumption. See Coal
— Contaminated, Action on Turbine Blading,
433
— Engines. See' Engines
— Flow Through Nozzles. See Nozzles
— for Power and Process Work, Simultaneous
Generation of, 167
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamers Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 333
— Constructed in United States, 133
— “ Cormist,” Launch of, 214
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— " Empire Honduras," Launch of, 8
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propul
sion
— “ Great Britain,” Centenary of First Sailing,
— Oil-Tank, Turbo-Electric, for Anglo-Saxon
Petroleum Co., Ltd., 173
— Pleasure, British, 1920-1939 (Review), 82
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Rolling of. See Ships, Rolling of
— Stability of. See Ships, Stability of
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding • Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steel, British Council Documentary Film on, 89
— Castings, X-Ray Examination of, 54
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Crucible and Tool, Association of Manufac
turers, Formation, 374
— Cutting of, Tool Vibration in, 355
— Effect of Centrifugal Casting on, 75
Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., Electrically- Operated Mobile Crane, 444*
— Fabric for Concrete Reinforcement, Specifi
cation, 28
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
—? Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Hardened, Errors in Diamond-Pyramid
Hardness Measurements, 476
— Industry, British, Reconstruction Plan, 73
— Lead-Bearing and Lead-Free, Examination
of, 76
?—Microstructure of. See Microphotographs; Metallography
— Nitrogen in, Determination by Direct
Nesslerisation, 477, 505
— Painted, Tin Undercoat for, Investigation
on, 505*
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling MilW
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Salt-Bath Pots, Corrosion by Alkali Nitrates,
523,543
— Segregates, Micro-Spectrographic Analysis
of, 476, 481*
— Stainless, for Turbine Blading, 403, 432,
458*, 478*
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests
(Materials),
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
— Works. See Works
Step Irons for Manholes, Specification, 516
Stephen, A., and Sons, Ltd., Launch of H.M. Destroyer “ Dunkirk,” 189
Stevenson, D. A., on Engineering Work of Clyde Lighthouses Trust, 429, 443
Stitching Machine for Conveyor Belts (J. E. Hayden, Ltd.), 227*
Stoker and Furnacemen’s Association, Annual Report, 113
— Underfeed, Water-Sealed, 533
Stokes, A. S., Elliptical Gears for Mobile Cranes, 247*
Stoking, Mechanical, in Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 306
Stone, Natural, for Building, Specification, 494 Stop, Micrometer, for Determining Work Length (Euco Tools, Ltd.), 56*
Straightening Machine. See Machine Tools Strain Recorder for Aircraft Tests, 397*
— See also Stress
Straw, Disc Coulter for, 295*
Street Lighting, Problems of, 426
— See also Roads
Strength’ of Materials. See Stress and Tests (Materials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
— Strain Analysis, 34
Curve for Copper, 434*
Diagram, Austenitic Steel, 459*
— Swelling, in Gels (Review), 344
Stretcher, on Two-Wheeled Motor-Driven Barrow, 528*
Strikes. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Strip Metal, Rolling-Mills for (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 123*
Structural Engineers, Institution of, Election of Members, 8,108,188, 228, 470
— Models Laboratory, Imperial College of
Science and Technology, 439*
Structure, Physical, of Alloys (Review), 263
— Pantograph for Determining Profiles, South
ern Railway, 105*
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Re
inforced
Stubbs, Rev. A. J., the Late, 523 Submarine Mines. See Mines
Sub-Structure and Foundations of Buildings, Specification, 288
Sugar-Beet Harvesting Machine, 295*
Suits, Fluorescent, for Aircraft-Carrier Deck- Landing Control' Personnel, 428
Sulphite Liquor, Butyl Alcohol Production from, 104
Sun. See Solar
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Election of Officers, 29; Presidential Address, by E. R. Wilkinson, on Economic Rehabilitation, 332; Diplomas in Electrical Installation and Maintenance, 355. See Erratum, 375
Supply, Ministry of, Investigation on Constitution of Mild-Steel Arc-Weld Deposits, 197, 217*, 238*; Statistics of Consumption of Non-Ferrous Metals, 280; Future of Royal Ordnance Factories, 313 ; 500- kW Transportable Turbo-Generator Set for Russia, 326*; Investigation of Desert Sands, 394*; Report of Machine Tool Trades Association, 425
Surface-Finish Meter, Optical (Fitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd.), 26*
?— Grinding Machine. See Grinding under Machine Tools
Surplus War Material Disposal in United States, 347
Suspension Bridge, Salween River, Burma, 224* Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Oil Tanker “ Regent Hawk,” 68
Swan, Sir Joseph,” Steam Collier, Launch of, 244
Swann, H. W., on Diplomas in Electrical Installation and Maintenance, 355. See Erratum, 375
Sweden, Direct-Current Long-Distance Transmission Experiments, 333
Swedish State Railways, Steam Locomotive,233 —- Trade with South America, 5, 235
Swift, W. C., on Rationalisation of Screw Threads, 97. See 35, 55
Swiss Federal Railways, Electrification of Briinig Line, 514*
—- Locomotive and Machine Works, Electric Motor Coaches, 514*
Switchgear, 66-kV and 132-kV Air-Blast Circuit Breakers (Ferguson, Pallin, Ltd.), 141* — for Electric Lifts, 138*
Symbols and Abbreviations, Engineering, Amendments to Specification, 350
Syria, Irrigation Problems in, 345

TABET RIVER, Burma, Rubber Pontoon Bridge, 224*
Tachometer. See Speed Indicator
Tank, Experimental, Dumbarton, Model Tests on Stabilisation of Ships by Activated Fins, 318*, 338*, 361*
— Military, “ Comet,” 428
Testing Air Cleaners for, 394*
Transporters for, 525*
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships
— Steamers. See Steamers
Tariffs, British,1923-1943, History (Review), 392
— Electricity Supply, New, 402
Tarr, A. L., Alternate-Immersion Corrosion Testing Machine, 547
Taylor, G. S., on Safe Installation and Use of Abrasive Wheels, 44, 63
Taylor, J., the Late, 516
Taxation of Commercial Road Vehicles, 13, 333 Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Literature, Metric System in, 255
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Technology, Value of History in, 324
Tee Squares and Drawing Boards, Specification, 328
Tees-Side, Steelworks Development at, 454
Telecommunications Conference, Commonwealth, London, Constitution and Aims, 70
— Service,' London, Engineering Defence Work
for, 408*
Telegraphy Services in War Time, 312, 335, 360
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless, Evolution of Radar, 131,154,176,
183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285, 311, 360, 382 See also Radio ; Radar
Telephone Repeater Stations, Emergency Generating Plant for (Austinlite, Ltd.), 187
Telephony Services in War Time, 312, 335, 360
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless. See also Radio ; Radar Telescopes at Royal Observatory, Astronomer
Royal’s Report, 500, 522
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Templeborough Steelworks, New Blooming Mill, 454
Tenders, Locomotive. See Locomotive Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Blocks, Straightness and Concentricity (A. A.
Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 175
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— House, Harefleld, Aeronautical Inspection
Department, 442*

Tests (Materials):

Creep Tests, Stainless Steels for Turbine Blading, 478*
Fatigue Testing of Screw Threads, 56, 58*; 74, 95,115. See LETTER, 380*
— Tests, Stainless Steels for Turbine Blading, 479*
Hardness Indentation Tests and Wear Resistance, 135
— Tests, Diamond-Pyramid, of Hardened Steel, Errors in, 476
Impact Tests of Wood, Australian, 346 Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Testing Laboratories, Aeronautical Inspection Department, Harefield, 442*
— Machine, Brinell Hardness (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 370*
Test Road for Military Vehicles, 526*, 545
— of Outdoor Air-Blast Circuit Breakers (Fer
guson, Pailih, Ltd.), 141*
— Results, Significance of Differences, 452
— Scuffing of Surface-Treated Motor-Vehicle
Gears, 117, 157*, 178*
— Spray, of Turbine-Blading Material, 458
— Stabilisation, Ships with Activated Fins,
362*
Testing Air Cleaners for Military Tanks, 394*
— Aircraft, Instruments for, 396*
— of Clay Building Bricks, Specification, 128
— Laboratories, Aeronautical Inspection De
partment, Harefield, 442*
See also National Physical
— Machine, Brinell Hardness (W. and T. Avery,
Ltd.), 370*
See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials, American Society for, Effect of
Iron Content of Cupro-Nickel on its Corrosion Resistance, in Sea Water, by A. W. Tracey and R. L. Hungerford, 205 ; Alternate-Immersion Corrosion Testing Machine, by C. H. Mahoney, A. L. Tarr, and'
K. A. Skeie, 547 ,
Testing Mouldings for Electric Fittings, Report, 370
— of Weighing Equipment (Review), 487
— See also Tests (Materials) Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile Machinery for Brazil, 236, 371
— Testing Machine, Aeronautical Inspection
Department, Harefield, 442*
Thames, River, Formal Opening of Waterloo Bridge, 521
Thermal Characteristics of Solid Substances, 490
— Expansion of Stainless Steels, 433
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermionic Valves, See Valves ; Radio ; Radar Thermodynamic Properties of Air, Including
Polytropic Functions (Review), 368
Thermodynamics, Isothermal Conditions in Combustion Turbines, 174*, 193*, 214*
Thermostatic Controls for Fish-Curing Plant (British Thermostat Co., Ltd.), 7*
Thomas, Sir M., on Commercial Road Vehicles, 333
Thompson, E., L.N.E.R. Converted K3 Class Locomotive, 166*; Rebuilt 4-6-2 Type Locomotive, 326* ; 4-6-0 Type B2 Class Locomotives, 524*
Thomson, Sir G. P., on Atomic Energy, 499
Thomycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., 5-ton Amphibian Motor Vehicle, 546*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thunderstorms, Effect on Electric Power Transmission, 520
— in United States and Lightning Protection,
378
Tidal Institute and Observatory, Liverpool, Centenary of, 449
Tide Preduction Work, Liverpool Tidal Institute, 449
Ties, Wall, Metal, Specification, 268
Tiles, Interlocking, Concrete, Specification, 494 Tilting Gear, Activated Fins for Ships, 338* Timber Causeway over Flood Land, Ledo- Burma Road, 223*
— Exports from United States to European Countries, 176
— Research in Australia, 315, 334, 346
Time Service, Astronomer Royal’s Report on, 500, 522
— Study and Motion Economy for Supervisors
(Review), 323’
and Rate Fixing (Review), 323
Tirnmis, E. W., the Late, 315*
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Plate (Review), 463
— Position in United States, 176
— Research Institute, Investigation of Tin
Undercoat for Painted Steel, 505*
Tippler, Coal-Wagon, Dalmamock Power Station, 420*
Tool and Crucible Steel Association, Formation, 374
— Diamdnd (Review), 441
— Hand, Power-Operated, Exhibition, 13
— Machine. See Afocftiue Tools
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships
— Development of, 4*, 41*, 301*, 341*, 365*,
529*
Toward Lighthouse, River Clyde, 429
Town and Country Planning, Ministry of, Exhibition of Plan for Greater London, 133; Maps of Great Britain, 271
— Gas. See Gas
— and Regional Planning, Engineer’s Part in
(Review), 32 ; See Erratum, 53
Tracey, A. W., on Effect of Iron on Corrosion Resistance of Cupro-Nickel, 205
Traction, Electric. See Railways
Tractor, Agricultural, Recent Changes, (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 16
— Military, War-Time Development of, 525* Trade, British, with Italy, 213
— — Tariffs, 1923-1942, History (Review), 392 —- Disputes. See Labour; Labour Rotes!
PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Coal, 502
— — and Engineering Industry ,231
— — with India, Promotion of, 540
— Machine Tool, Report on, 425
— North American, 176
— South American, 5, 125, 172, 318, 371, 513 American, with United Kingdom, United
States and Sweden, 235
—- Unions. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Trading Estates in Development Areas, Future of, 113
— with the Netherlands, Government Orders
on. 233
Traffic Control on London Midland and Scottish Railway, 337*
Trailer, Front-Loading, for Heavy Transport, 156
— Military, War-Time Development of, 527* Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Transformers, Effect of Weather on, 520 Transmission, Electric, Ship Propulsion. See
Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion ; Power
Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— European, Inland, Conference, 173
— — Rehabilitation of, 212, 499
Situation in, Rfeport, 377
— of Heavy and Indivisible Loads, Memoran
dum on, 192
— Institute of, Inauguration of Southern
Section, Southampton, 14; Examination Prizes, 29; Election of Council Members, 43 ; Courses on Science of Transport, 129; Presidential Address, by Sir F. H. Page, on Development of Aviation, 293 ; Awards and Prizes, 545
— Motor. See Road ; Motor
— of Railway Rolling Stock to .France, 67*
— Railway. See Railway'
— Road. See Rood; Motor
Transporters for Army Tanks, 525*
Traversers, Lawley Street Railway Goods Depot, 533*
Tress, Dr. H. J., on Sinters and Sintering, 453
Trigle, S. C., on Single-Tooth Pinion Drives 541. See 347*
Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd., Oil Tanker “ Regent Hawk,” 68
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam Trolley, Elevating, Hydraulically-Operated (Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd.), 146*
Tropepas Converter, Control of Blowing by Direct-Vision Spectroscope, 441
Tropical Packaging, Specification, 88
Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Tubes, Beading Tool for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 455*
— Boiler; Cleaning Machine for, 511*
— Copper-, Seamless, Specification, 68
— Expander, Precision (Fahey Aviation Co.,
Ltd.), 348*
— Railways. See Underground Railways
— See also Pipes
Tudor, G. K., on Lubrication between Piston Rings and Cylinder Walls, 475
Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, Report on, 192
Tungsten in Cast Iron, Effect of, 340
Turbine, Air, for Torpedoes, 343*
— Combustion, Isothermal Conditions of Com
pression and Expansion in, 174*, 193*, 214*
— Gas, “ Derwent ” Jet Propulsion, 406*, 427 Jet Propulsion, Whittle, History of,
233,291
Modern (Review), 22
2,500 h.p., for United States Navy, 204
— Hydraulic See Power Plants
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Blading for See Blading
6,550 h.p. Curtiss Type Locomotive for Pennsylvania1 Railroad, 210
Losses in, 167
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion for 500-kW Transportable Generating
Set for Russia (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 326*
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers; Warships Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See
Marine Propulsion
— Generator, 500-kW Transportable, for Rus
sia (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 326*
Turnbull, H. R., on Uranium 235 and Mass Spectrograph, 274
Turning. See Machine Tools
Tyres, Pneumatic, for Military Vehicles, 526, 545
Tywarnhaile Mine, Cornwall, Royal School of Mines, 462*

UNDER WATER CUTTERS, LTD., Burners for Cutting under Water, 85
Under Water Welders and Repairers, Ltd., Peillon Process of Under-Water Welding, 85 Underground Railways, London, Air-Raid Damage to, 411*
“ Unicut ” Boring Head, 118*
Unions, Trade. See Laliour;, Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
United Kingdom Trade with South America. 235
Work on Development of Atomic Bomb, 136, 145, 164
— States Army, Use of Alternating Current in
Aircraft, 92; Use of Atomic Bomb by, 111, 114 ; Ledo-Burma Road, 221* ; Road Vehicles of, 525, 546*
and British Information Services, Cooperation between, 233
and British Oil Agreement, 253
Canada-United Kingdom, Screw-Thread Standardisation in, 14,17, 34,38*, 39, 58*, 74, 95, 97, 115. See LETTER, 380*. See 113,213,293
—- — Codes for Protection against Lightning, 378
Cooperation with Great Britain in Information Service, 233
Corps of Engineers, Front-Loading Heavy Transport Vehicle, 156
— — Development of Torpedo in, 42, 301*,
342*, 365, 529
Education of Mechanical Engineers in, 369, 393. See LETTER, 501
Engineering Notes from, 104,176
and Evolution of Radar, 154, 176, 183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285
Grandpa’s Knob, 1,000-kW Wind-Driven Electric Generating Plant, Accident to, 103
— —- Industrial Reconstruction and Decen
tralisation in, Report, 51
Japanese Balloon Attacks on, 465
Locomotives for France, 308
Marine Gear-Cutting in, 198*, 215, 256
Merchant-Ship Production, War-Time Statistics, 133
Navy. See United States under Warships Railways. See Railways ; Railroads Trade with South America, 235
Work on Development of Atomic Bomb, 136,145, 164
See also America
United Steel Companies, Ltd., Blooming Mill at Templeborough, 454
University, Birmingham, Courses in Engineering Production, 153
— and Education of Mechanical Engineers, 336,
369, 393. See LETTER, 501
— Hlinois, Report on Drainage of Airports, by
W. W. Horner, 12
— Interchange of Research Staffs with Rail
ways, 71
— Liverpool, Tidal Institute, 449
— Metallurgical Research in, 45, 65,104
— Researches on Atomic Bomb, 136,145, 164 ,
— Work on Evolution-of Radar, 154,176,183
244, 265, 285,
— See also Education
Uranium Fission Plant, Canada, 491
— 235 and Mass Spectrograph, 274
— Use in Atomic Bomb, 136,145,164
Uruguay Central Railway, Locomotive Recon, struction, 21*
— Engineering Notes from, 235, 318, 513

V.2 German Long-Range Rocket, 87*
Vacuum-Fusion Method of Determining Gases in Non-Ferrous Metals, 234, 385, 404, 419
Viaduct, Juxon-street, Southern Railway, Bomb Damage Repairs to, 81*
Valparaiso, Port of, Development, 371
Valve, Air-Relief, Automatic (J. Venning and Co., Ltd.), 276*
— Operating, for Torpedoes, 366*
— Radio Development of, 311, 361, 383
— Thermionic, for Radar, 155, 176, 183, 236,
285
— — for Radar; 155,176,183, 236, 285
— Sluice, for Waterworks, Specification, 48
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
“ Vampire ” Jet-Propelled Interceptor Fighter Aeroplane, 237*
Van Overbeke, C. W., on Kadenacy Effect, 241* Vanadium in Cast Iron, Effect of, 518 Vauxhall Motor's, Ltd., 3-ton Bedford Army Lorry, 545*
Vehicles, El ectric-Battery, Uses of, 287. See Erratum, 308
—• Heavy-Transport, Front Loading Trailer,156 Veneers, Research in Australia, 334
“ Venerable,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 274* Venning, J., and Co., Ltd., Automatic Air-Relief Valve, 276*
Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Vibration and the Theory of Lock Nuts, 464, 489*
— Tool, in Cutting Steel, Investigation .on, 355 Victoria, Port of, Brazil, Development of, 371 Vivian, A. C., on Flexure of Beams and Theory
of Elasticity, 34 ; on Stress-Strain Analysis, 34; on Hardness and Wear Resistance, 135

WAGES. See Labour; PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagon, Mineral, All-Steel, L.M.S. Railway, 46*
— Motor, See Afotor Vehicles; Tractors
— Railway, Traverser for (H. Morris, Ltd.),533* Wailes, R., on Windmill Sails, 277*
Wall Decoration, Flat Colours for, Specification, 28
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Alternating Current Transmission, 1*. 61*, 101*, 201*, 281*; on Atomic Fission and the Cyclotron, 134
— Ties, Metal, Specification, 268
War Damage to Electricity Undertakings; Decision on,273
at Greenwich Observatory, 500
— — in London County Area, 381, 408*
— — to Power Stations, 312, 335
— — to Sheffield Gas System, 274
Repairs on Southern Railway, 81*, 202*
— End of, 131
—- Gas Industry’s Contribution to, 357*, 386* —- Heads, Torpedo, Explosive Systems, 531*
— Lessons for Scientists, 427, 450
— Office, Transport of Rolling Stock to France,
67* ; Utilisation of Radar by, 154,176,183, 205,236,244,265,285; Exhibits at Royal Society’s. Conversazione, 428; Military Road Vehicles, 379, 525, *545*
War Stores, Packing Exhibition, 33
— Time, British Electrical Engineering in,
293, 311, 335, 360, 383
Development of Military Road Vehicles, 379, 525*, 545*
: Light-Alloy Production in, 298
— — Records, Preservation of, 427
Scientists in, 427, 450
"Shipbuilding on North-East Coast, 355 Statistics of Ironfounding, 541
— Transport, Ministry of, Report on King’s
Cross Railway Accident, 31; Report on Locomotive Boiler Explosion at New Milton,293; Report on Caterham Railway Collision, 213 ; Report on Ecclefechan Railway Collision, 379 ; Report on Hayward’s Heath Railway Collision, 403; Lighting of Arterial Roads, 426; Report of Clyde Estuary Committee, 499
— Use of Torpedoes in, 4*, 41*, 301*, 341*, 529
— See also Post-War
Warfare, Application of Radar in, 154,176,183, 205, 236, 244, 265, 285
— Naval. See Warships
— Petroleum, Exhibition, Imperial War Mu
seum, 293
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics

Warships :

Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
Chilean Torpedo Gunboats “ Lynch ” and “ Condell ” of 1891, 43*
Damage Control in Warships (Review), 43 H.M. Corvette “ Petunia,” Loan to. China, 491
— Cruiser “ Carnarvon ” in 1908, 485*, 509*. See .Errattwn, 511
— — Squadron, Second, Cruise of 1908-09,
486
— Destroyer “ Dunkirk,” Battle Class, Launch of, 189
— Frigate “ Shah,” of 1876, 41*
— Ships with Activated Fin Stabilisation, 363*
— -— Potable Sea-Water Apparatus for,
395
— — Utilisation of Radar in, 154,176,183,
205, 236, 244, 265, 285, 312, 360, 383
Merchant Aircraft Carrier “ Empire Macal- pine,” 468*
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Entry “ Y ” Scheme, End of, 213
— Exhibits at Royal Society’s Conversazione, 428 '
Peruvian Ironclad “ Huascar,” 41* Plastic Armour for Protection against Gunfire, 195*
Second Cruiser Squadron, Cruise in, 1908- 09, 486
Torpedoes, Development of, 4*, 41*, 301*, 341*, 365*, 529*
United States Navy, 2,500-h.p. Gas Turbine, 204
See also NavoZ in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wash Tubs, Fireclay, Specification, 328
Washes for Foundry Moulds and Cores, 27, 367 “ Wasp ” Flame Throwing Gun (Lagonda, Ltd.), 416*
Water, Drinking, Production from Sea Water, 395
— Engineers, Institution of, Report on Re
cruitment and Training of Water Engineers, 52
— Filters. See Filters
— Meters, and Meters for Industrial Fluids
(Review), 367
— Power. See Hydraulus; Power Plant;
Power, Water ; Turbine, Hydraulic
Water Supply, London, Engineering Defence Work for, 381, 408*
— — See also Irrigation
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Tnrdines, Hydraulic ; Power
Plant
Waterloo Bridge over River Thames, Formal Opening of, 521
— Station, Southern Railway, Bomb-Damage
Repairs at, 202*
Waterworks, Sluice Valves for, Specification, 48
— See also Water Supply and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Watson, J. P., on Electricity, Water, Gas and Post Office Services and Town Planning, 32
Waveform Analysis (Review), 204
Wear, Bearing, Australian Researches, 284, 314
— Resistance and Indentation Hardness Test
ing, 135
Weather. See Meteorology
Weighing Equipment, Testing of (Review), 487
Weld Deposits, Arc, Mild-Steel, Constitution of, 197, 217*, 238*
Welding, Institute, of, Division of Midlands Branch into Wolverhampton and Birmingham Branches, 168 ; Award of Larke Medal and Prizes, 337
— Under-Water, Electric, Peillon Process (Un
der Water Welders and Repairers, Ltd.), 85
“ Welkin ” Fighter Aeroplane, 37
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Gas-Fired Furnaces for 3-in. Shot Production, 359*
Wells, A., and Co., 5-ton Precision Power Press 3.6*
West Cumberland Development Area, Outline Plan and Report, 69
Western Maryland Railway, Shay Geared Loco- motive, 405
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Alternating-Current Equipment in Aircraft, 92
Westland Aircraft, Ltd., “ Welkin ” Fighter Aeroplane, 37
Westminster, Emergency Bridge at', 411*
Whaling, Future of, Report on, 173
Wheels, Gear. See Gears ; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under JlacAine Tools
— Railway, Forces Acting on, 379
Whipple, G. A., on Instrument Threads, 39. See 14,17
White, Dr. J., on Dolomite Linings for Basic Electric-Arc Furnaces, 453
White, Sir William, Centenary of, 539
— Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Whitehead, R., Work on Torpedoes, 4*, 41*, 301*, 341*, 365*, 529.*
Whittle, Air-Commodore F., on History of Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 233, 291
Wild, Dr. R., on Distribution of Materials in Blast Furnace, 453
Wilkinson, E. R-, on Economic Rehabilitation in Great Britain, 332
Wiltshire, W. J., on Growth of Industrial Radiology, 402
Wind-Power Generating Plant, Grandpa’s Knob, Accident to, 103
Winding Gear for Electric Lifts, 119*, 137
Windmill Sails, Types and Construction of, 277* Windows, Wood, Casement, Specification, 308 Wire Drawing Machines (W. H. A. Robertson and Co., Ltd.), 161*
— Ropes for Electric Lifts, 118*
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy ; Radio ; Radar
— Telephony. See Telephony ; Radio ; Radar Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests
(.Materials)
Wood Casement Windows, Specification, 308
— Research in Australia, 315, 334, 346 Wool, “ Bat,” Fibreglass, Manufacture of, 371*
Workmen. See Labour
Works :
Brazilian Steelworks, Progress of, 125 Gasworks. See Gasworks
Lynton Works of W. H. A. Robertson <fc Co., Ltd., 121*, 161*, 181*
Steelworks Development on Tees-side, Dorman, Long <fc Co., Ltd., 454
Works. Management, Conference Leader Training (Review), 103
Management in Demobilisation, Conference on, 91
Production Control, Application of. 516
— Quality Control, Guide for, and Control
Chart Method of Analysing Data, 516
Quality Through Statistics (Review), 14. See LETTERS, 94, 154
Time Study and Motion Economy for Supervisors (Review), 323
Time Study and Rate Fixing (Review), 323
— — Time and Wages Sheet and Pay Packet,
Specification, 288
— Ministry of, Power-Operated Hand-Tool
Exhibition, 13; Report on Production in Building and Civil Engineering, 173 ; Maps of Great Britain, 271
Workshops for Maintenance of Civil-Engineering Contractors’ Plant, 403, 430, 456, 465
— Training. See Education
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
World Power Conference, Proposed Sectional Meeting, 1947, 450
Wright, H., Award of Bessemer Medal to, 36
Wright, S. Ji, on Training of Agricultural Engineers, 427
X.
X-RAY Analysis, Industrial, Past and Present, 402
Examination of Steel Castings, 54
— — Industrial Use of, Handbook (Review’), 63 Jubilee of Discovery of, 380, 401
Metallography, Introduction to (Review), 344
— Photographic Materials, Evolution of, 401
in Science and Industry, Exhibition, 428
— Tube, 1,000-kV, Aeronautical Inspection Department, Harefield, 443*
Tubes, Evolution of High-Tension Equipment for, 401

“ Y ” Scheme of Naval Entry, End of, 213
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Yugoslavia, Coal Industry in, 173

ZEA, Dr. Y. K., on Phosphorus Reaction in Basic Open-Hearth Practice, 94
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Zurich Road-Research Institution, Report on Road Finishes (Review), 367
— Technical High School, Physics of Solid State, by G. Busch, 490

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