Engineering 1943 Jan-Jun: Index: General

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GENERAL

Accidents:

Accidents from Static Electrical Charges, 332
Failure of American Oil Tanker “ Schenectady,” 371, 376. See LETTERS, 495, 514
Railway Collision, Didcot, Report on, 173
Waddon Station, Report on, 113
Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Truck
Acetylene Welding. See Welding
Acland, Capt. F. E. D., the Late, 276. See LETTER, 314
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address
Administration, Training for, British Association Report, 57
Admiralty. See Warships
Aerial Navigation. See Air under Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronatics
— Transport. See Aeronautics
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Henson’s Aerial Steam Carriage, 1843, by J. E. Hodgson, 333 Co., Ltd.), 225*.
— Estimates, 232
— Ministry Public Report on, 291
— Navigation, First 143
— Raid Damage to Signal-Box, SheflBeld,48 on Ruhr Dams, 413
— Transport and British Shipping, 193
Aircraft, Cargo, Construction in United States, 165
— Casein Glue for. Specification, 28
— Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for (Review), 324
— Industry, United States, Development of, 293
— Parts, Trailer for Transporting, 147*
— Production, 1942, 24, 55, 74 in Australia, 75
Minister of, on Need for University- Trained Scientists, 313
Ministry, Control of Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd., 253, 311,352
in United States and Canada, 225,456
Airports between Canada and Alaska, 321
— Canadian, Concrete Runways for, 446 British Overseas Airways Corporation Library, 473
Civil Aviation and British Shipping, 313 Future of, 75
House of Commons Debate on, 451 in South America, 395
Engines, Aeroplane, Surface Finish in, 459*, 464
Henson’s Aerial Steam Carriage, 1843, 333 Navigation, Air, First Course in (Review), 143
Pan American Airways, Grant of New Line to, 373
Propeller, Aerial, Laminated Wood, “ Hydulignum ” (Hordern-Richmond Aircraft, Ltd.), 27*
Royal Air Force, Specialisation in, 51; Report on Progress by Air Minister, 232; “Mosquito” and “Typhoon” Aeroplanes, 385*
United States Civil Aeronautics Board, Grant of New Air Line, 473
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics Agriculture in Devon and Cornwall, Recovery of, 233
— and Fisheries, Ministry of. Farming in
United States and Canada, by Prof. J. A. Scott, 73; Agricultural Land Drainage Policy, 173, 193 ; Land-Drainage Demonstration, 356 ; Control of Agricultural Machinery Order, 407
— See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX Agricultural Improvement Council for England and Wales, Annual Report, 293
— Machinery, Control Order for, 407 Industry in 1942, 144
— Motors. See Tractors
— Policy, Post-War, for Great Britain, 193. See 173
— Tractors. See Tractors
Air Compressor, Imo Screw, 97*
Rotary, Lysholm, Helical Lobe, 15, 33, 97* and Vacuum Pump, Combined (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 127*
See also Oas Compressor
— Conditioning Analysis (Review), 343
Ventilating and Heating, Handbook of (Review), 203
— Force, Royal. See Aeronardics
— Heater for Workshops, Coal-Fired, Performance of, 277*
— Heating by Heat Pump, 221*. See LETTERS, 294,336*
— Hygrometric Data for. Tables (Review), 362
— Ministry. See Aeronaidics
— Pollution. See Smoke Abatement
— Raids. See Aeronautics
— Receivers, Steel, Fusion-Welded, Specification, 508
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics Aircraft. See Aeronautics
Airgraph Letter Service, Development of, 475
Aktiebolaget Chr. Olsson, All-Welded Railway . Tank Wagons, 26*
Alaskan International Highway, Construction of, 321*
Albert Medal, Award to Sir J. Russell, 429 Alderney Breakwater, 343, 441* Algiers Breakwater, 343, 482
Allen, Comdr. F. J. C., the late, 154
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges Alloys. See Metallurgy ; Microphotographs ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alnico Magnet, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy, 224
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metal- lurgy
Ambient Temperature Recorder (Sunvic Controls, Ltd.), 206*
America. See Central America; South America ; United States
American Chemical Society. See Chemical
— Institute ’of Mining and Metallurgy. See Mining
— Library, London, Formation of, 413
American Locomotive Co., British Ships, 59*
— Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Society of Naval Architects. See Naval Architects
Analyser, Differential, at Manchester University, 373
— for Surface Finish, 464
Analysis, Steelworks, Applications of Spectrograph to, 437*, 456*
Anchor Arms, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 41*
Angles, Bulb, Table of Moments of Inertia and Section Modulus of (Review), 324. See Erratum, 428
Annealing. See Heat-Treatment under Metallurgy
Annuals and Reference Books, 68, 108, 168 327, 348. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anthracite, Use in Gas Producer for Petrol Engine, 465
Antimony in Fired Cartridge Cases, Effect of, 145, 165, 185*, 205
Appleyard, R., the Late, 194 Appointments, See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education
Approaches, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 2*
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Arc. See Furnace ; Welding
Argentina, Notes from, 45, 125, 207, 264, 395, 484
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington, Model Tests of, 176
Armacost, W. H., on High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
Armaments Plants in United States, 456
— Production, British, 24, 55, 74 in Canada, 286, 456 and Man-Power, 73
Armour Plate, Rolled, Machine Flame Cutting of, 316
Armoured Ships. See Warships Army, Specialisation in, 51
Arnott, D., on Lesson of the ** Schenectady,” 514. See 371, 376. See LETTER, 495
Arts, Royal Society of, Location of Industry, by R. G. Glenday, 132 ; Atkinson Lecture on Industrial Research in Great Britain: Policy for Future, by Dr. P. Dunsheath, 151 ; Foster Lecture on Magnesium, by Dr. C. H. Desch, 265, 284, 304 ; Award of Albert Medal to Sir J. Russell, 429; Thomas Gray Memorial Trust Prizes, 493
Arterial Roads. See Poods
Ashbridge, Sir N., on Progress in Short-Wave Broadcasting, 17
— Mastic, for Flooring and Damp-Proof
Courses, Specification, 228
Assmann’s Investigations of Wind Velocities, 421
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Astronomy, Work of Copernicus, 413
Atkinson Lecture on Industrial Research in Great Britain, 151
Atlantic Charter and Raw Materials, 316
Atlantic Refining Co., Tests of Oil-Coal Colloidal Fuel, 433
Atmospheric Pollution. See Smoke Abatement Augsburg-Niirnberg, Maschinenfabrik, Design of Wind-Driven Generators, 461*, 501*
Australia, Aircraft Production in, 75
— Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1*, 41*
Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., Basic Open- Hearth Practice, 443
Autogenous Welding. See Welding Automatic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Research Committee, Report on Performance of Converted Petrol Engine with Different Producer Fuels, by Dr. E. Giffen and J. Spiers, 465
— See Motor Cars
Aviation. See Aeronazitics
Axleboxes, Railway-Wagon, Repairs to, 166*
— for Stephenson’s Springwell Locomotive, 364

BAILEY, G. L., on Properties of Coppers containing Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth, 276. See 214, 338, 345
Bakelite, Ltd., Sealing Process for Porous Castings, 495
Balancing in Doxford Oil Engine, 142*, 161* Bail, E. B., Election as Honorary Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 174
Bampton, R. E. F-S., on Patents and War, 376. See LETTER, 356
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
Barber, C. R., on Calibration of Thermocouples over Liquid-Steel Temperature Range, 187*, 205. See Erratum, 256
Barcus Engineering Co., Flexible Coupling, 476* Barraclough, S., on Influence of Tin on Alloy Steels, 128
Battery. See Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor Truck
Battle of the Tanks, The First (Review), 183 Battleships. See Warships
Baumann, K., on Prof. A. Stodola, 334*
Beam, Concrete, Pre-Stressed, 155
Beard, J. R., on Heat Pump, 294. See 221.* See LETTER, 336*
Bearing, Porous, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy, 224
— Surface Finish of, 454, 458*, 464, 478*
— for Textile Finishing Machine, 203, 218 Becker, Dr. A. I., and Elastic Failure, 222* Bedaux Wage System, 516
Beggs Deformeter, Use of, 176
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
Belting, Rubber, for Conveyors and Elevators, Specification, 148
— Static Electrical Charges on, 332 Bending Tests. See Tests {Materials) Bengough, Dr. G. D., on Corrosion and Fouling
of Ships, 358*, 378*, 416. See 333, 354, 363, 435
“ Bermuda,” M.S., with Doxford Oil Engine, 142*
Bernard, J. I., on Developments in Heating, 414. See 325, 344. See Erratum, 460
Beryllium, Effect on Magnesium, 285
Besaans Engineering Works (Pty.), Ltd., 10-ton Industrial Electric Locomotive, 86
Bessemer Medal, Award to J. H. Whiteley, 415 Bicentenary of Rev. E. Cartwright, 373
— of .T. Fitch, 44 !
— See also Centenary ; Quatercentenary ; Tercentenary
Bickersteth, R., the Late, 9
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Birchall, C. H.. the Late, 415
Biringuccio’s Pirotechnia (Review), 143 Birkett, H., the Late, 53
Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board, Annual Report, 253
Bismuth, Effect on Copper for Tube Manufacture, 214, 276, 338, 345
Blacklock, J, S., on Design of Electrical Distribution in Large Factory, 65, 85
Blakesley, J. H., the Late, 55
Blandford, A. R., on Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 292
Bloch, Dr. A., on Coriolis Theorem, 243*. See LETTERS, 294, 314
Blow-Pipe. See Welding; Cutting
Blower, Roots, Comparison with Lysholm Compressor, 97*
Blyth Breakwaters, 301*
Boardman, R,, on Welded Fabrication in Merchant Shipbuilding, 293. See 233
Boats, Submarine. See Warships
Boilers, Central Control for, 14
— Exhaust-Gas, Cochran-Doxford, 182
— Forced Circulation, La Mont High-Pressure (Combustion Engineering Co., Inc.), 385*
— Marine, for British Ships built in North America, 68*
Foster-Wheeler, for Cargo Vessel, 367*
— and Radiator Manufacturers, Institute of,
Investigation on Hot-Water Heating Systems, 377
— Vertical, Portable Oil-Fired (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 235*
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bolivia, Notes from, 125
Bolsover, G. R., on Influence of Tin on Alloy Steels, 128
Bolts, Nuts and Set-Screws, Specification, 48 Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under 7*0It
Books, New, Notes on, 256, 287, 400, 420, 479, 505. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508 Boot, G. H., on Proof Loads of Lifting Tackle, 474
Boot, Sir H. L. P., the Late, 294
Boron as Steel Alloying Element, 210
Bradfield, Dr. J. J. C., Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 1*, 41*
Bradley, J. W., on Refractory Lining Materials for Sesci Furnace, 279*
Brake Gear in Suffolk Windmills, 78*
Bramley Lubricating-Oil Reclamation Plant, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 245*
Brasses, Extrusion, from Fired Cartridge Cases, 145, 165,185*, 205
— for Locomotive Purposes, Specification, 448 “ Braze-Hardening ” and “ Braze-Tempering” Methods for Tipping Cutting Tools, 30.
Brazil, Engineering Notes from, 45, 125, 207 264, 395, 483
— Mineral Resources of, 166
— Rubber Production in, 508
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Breakwaters, Design and Construction of, 301*, 342,381*, 441*, 481*
Bremner, D. A., Retirement from British Engineers’ Association, 433
Bricks, Fire. See Refractory Materials
Bridge, Cantilever, Story, Brisbane, Queensland, 1*,41*
— Model Tests of, 176
—Timber, Alaskan International Highway, 322*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Brisbane, Queensland, Story Bridge over River Brisbane, 1*, 41*
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Hydraulic System for Aeroplanes, 225*. See Erratum^ 294
British Association, Report on Post-War University Education, 52
British Broadcasting Corporation, Progress in Short-Wave Broadcasting, 17
— Canal Proposals and Delusions, 234
— Cast Concrete Federation, Annual Meeting, 388
Iron Research Association, Annual Report, 45 ; Activities of, 214, 295 ; Opening of New Headquarters, 445*
— Council, Report on Chinese National Central
Institute of Technology, 472
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Annual Report, 156
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association Joint Committee' with British Engineers’ Association, 13 ; Annual Report, 333
Research Board, Proposed, 471
— Engineers’ Association, Joint Committee
with British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 13; Retirement of D. A. Bremner, 433
— Industries, Federation of. See Federation
— Iron and Steel Federation, Joint Report of
Marine Corrosion Sub-Committee, 435. See 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416
— Mercantile Shipyard Practice, 365*
Fleet, Memorandum on Policy for, 134
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association
Work of, 214, 295, 315 ; Investigation on Copper containing Selenium Tellurium and Bismuth, 214, 276. See 338, 345
British Overseas Airways Corporation, Hydraulic Self-Adjusting Press Tool, 6* ; Library of, 473
British Periclase, Ltd., Production of Magnesium by, 265
— Railways. See Railways
— Records Association, Memorandum on
Preservation of Records, 313
British Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping, General Council of. See Shipping See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Trade. See Trade
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Work of, 123; Production of High-Speed Helical Gears, 197*. See 113
— War Production, 24, 55, 74
Production and Man-Power, 73
Broaching Machine. See Machine Tools Broadcasting, Short-Wave, Progress in, 17
Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd., 12-in. Capacity Hacksawing Machine, 126*. See Errata, 389
Brodie, R., Reminiscences of (Review), 3
Broom and Wade, Ltd., Combined Air Compressor and Vacuum Pump, 127*
Brown, Boveri and Co., First Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 15, 33, 138*, 159*, 179* ; Design of Wind-Driven Generators, 461*, 501*
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Work of, 123; Industrial Battery-Operated Motor Truck, 446*
Bryant, J. H., on High-Speed Cathode-Ray Oscillography, 241*
Buckingham, F., on Developments in Heating, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 460
Buckley, Dr. H., on Newton’s Work in Physics, 83, 103
Buildings, Developments in Heating, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratrim, 460
— Industry in 1942, 222
— Reinforced-Concrete Frame, Three-Pin, (C. W. Glover and Partners), 506*
— Slabs, Wood-Wool, Specification, 228
— War-Time Standardi^tion of, 135 Bureau of Mines.
— of Standards. Burners, Oil Fuel.

CABLES. See Electric
Caissons, Pier, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 41*
California, Richmond, British Shipbuilding at, 36*,58*
Canada, Aircraft Production in, 75
— Alaskan International Highway, 321*
— British Merchant Shipbuilding in 1940-42, 36*, 58*, 215
— Engineering Notes from, 225, 456
— Munitions Production in, 285
— Packaging Research in, 53
— Post-War Development in 513
— and United States, Farming in, 73
— Water-Power Resources, Report, 392. See 152
Canadian Department of Highways, Concrete Pavement Work, 446
— Engineering Standards Association. See
Standards
— Shipbuilding in 1940-42, 36*, 58*, 215 Canadian-Vickers, Ltd., Marine Engines for British Ships, 58*
— Water and Power Bureau, Annual Report, 152. See 392
Canals, British, Proposals and Delusions, 234
— Irrigation, Indian, Research on, 163
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cannon, Cast-Iron, First made in England, 5 Cantilever Bridge. See Bridge
Capstan Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools Cargo Steamers. See Steamers
Carriage, Railway, High-Tensile Steel for, 167 Cars, Colliery Transport (“ Wilson’s ” Forge (1929), Ltd.), 107
— Motor. See Motor Cars
Carter and Wright (Engineers and Machine Tools), Ltd., Slot-Drilling and Keyway- Cutting Machines, 7* j
Cartridge Cases, Fired, Extrusion Brasses I from, 145, 165, 185*, 205 I
Cartwright, Rev. E., Bicentenary of, 373 i
Casein Glue for Aircraft, Specification, 28 Cases, Cartridge, Fired, Extrusion from, 145, 165, 185*, 205
Cast-Iron Cannon, First Production land, 5
Research Association, British, Report, 45 ; Work of, 214, 295 ; Opening of New Headquarters, 445*
Castings, Intricate, Testing Wall Thickness, 361*
— Porous, Sealing Process for (Commercial Structures, Ltd.), 495
— Steel, Production in Sesci Rotary Furnace,
257* 279*
Catalogues, 80, 180, 320 Catania Breakwater, 382*, 482 Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor Cathode-Ray Indicator for Locomotives, 338*. See LETTER, 514
Oscillography, High-Speed, by J. H. Bryant and M. Newman, 241*
Cattanes, E., on Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 514. See 318*, 338*
Causer, D. S., on Ink v. Pencil Tracings, 255 Cave-Browne-Cave, Wing-Comdr. T. R., on Engineering Education, 191
Cavitation and Stress due to Collapse of Vapour Bubbles in Liquid, 454. See LETTERS, 474, 494
Ceiling Panel Heating for Rooms, 324 Cement, Lorry for Bulk Transport of, 190
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Centenaries, Engineering, in 1943, 13
— of Rev. A. J. Forsyth, 474
— of R. J. Haiiy, 173
— of W. Hedley, 33
— of Royal Dockyard Schools, 273
— of R. H. Tweddell, 433
— See also Bicentenary; Quatercentenary ; Tercentenary
Central America, Rubber Production Developments in, 193
Station. See Power Station
Centring Machine. See Machine Tools
Channels and Bulb Angles, Table of Moments of Inertia and Section Modulus of (Review), 324. See Erratum, 428
Charcoal as Producer Fuel for Petrol Engine,465 Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Engineers, Institution of, Luncheon, 293;
Presidential Address, by C. S. Garland, on Chemical Engineers in Reconstruction, 316, 325. See 331. See LETTER, 375
in Reconstruction, 316, 325, 331. See LETTER, 375
— Society, American, Corrosion of Metals by
Flue Gases, by L. Shnidman and J. S. Yeaw, 307
— “Step-Valve” Pumps for (Milton Roy
Pumps), 286*
Chemistry, Institute of, Change of Name to Royal Institute of Chemistry, 476
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chile, Engineering Notes from, 45, 125, 208, 264, 395, 483
— Mineral Resources of, 166
China Institute, Chinese Engineering Apprentices and Federation of British Industries, by Sir F. Gill, 472
Chinese National Central Institute of Technology, Report on, 472
“ Chipstream ” Box Tool and Tool Post, 347*
Christie, E., on Propane and Coal Gas in Welding and Metal Cutting, 76. See 40, 129
Christie, T. G., on Electricity Supply in Northern Ireland, 312
“ Chromizing ” Process for Steel, 130
Chrysler Corporation, Centreless Superfinishing Machine, 498
Cinematograph Film on Shipbuilding in United States, 73
Circular Saw. See Saw under Machine Tools Civil Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics
Civil Engineers, Institution of:
Award of Ewing Medal to Dr. R. E. Stradling, 93
Election of Members, 168,188, 268, 348,428 Forrest Lecture on Extreme Properties of
Matter, by Sir C. G. Darwin, 105*, 136, 144
Engineering Economics, by Sir F. Gill, 271. See 274, 283
Yorkshire Association:
Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, by Dr. R. H. Evans, 155,176 | Civil Engineering Contractor, Reminiscences of (Review), 3
Clark, E. G., on Membership Designations of Technical Institutions, 434. See 412
Clark, Lieut.-Col. E. K., the Late, 335
Clark, F. S., on High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
Clays, Fire. See Refractory Materials
Cleaning Plant for Producer Gas, 423
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cloth, Tracing, Standard Sizes of, 273
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal-Dust Explosions, Progress in Combating, 92
— Economic Utilisation of, 368, 393. See 475,499
— Economy. See also Fuel
— Gas. See Gas
— Industry, Report by Select Committee on
National Expenditure, 453
Consumption Statistics, 425
Output Statistics, 133, 213, 453
— Mine. See Colliery
— Oil Colloidal Fuel, Tests of, 433
— Production in United States, 377
— Storage for Industrial Purposes, 256
— Utilisation and Fuel Efficiency Committee, 475, 499. See 368, 393
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coating of Materials with Plastic Materials, 236 Cocks, F. C., on Electric Welding in Ship Construction, 353
Cofferdams for Ship Salvage, 299* Coke-Industry Consumption Statistics, 425
— as Producer Fuel for Petrol Engine, 465 Cold Storage. See Refrigeration College. See Education
Colliery, Safety in Mines Research Board Report, 92
— Springwell, Stephenson’s Locomotives for, 1826, 345, 364, 384
— Transport Cars (“ Wilson’s ” Forge (1929), Ltd.), 107
— See also Mines and Coal
Collisions. See Accidents
Colloidal Fuel, Oil-Coal, Tests of, 433
Colonial Products Research Council, Objective of, 71
Colours for Ready-Mixed Paint, Specification, 508
Combined Stress. See under Tests {Materials}
Combustion Appliance . Makers’ Association (Solid Fuel), Presidential Address, by W. Rennie, on Economic Utilisation of Coal, 393
Combustion Engineering Co., Inc., High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
— Theory and Spectroscopy (Review), 44
— See also Fuel; Gases
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Motor Cars. See Motor
Commercial Structures, Ltd., Sealing Process for Porous Castings, 495
Commonwealth. See Australia
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Compositions, Protective, for Ships’ Hulls, 354, 359, 363, 378, 416
Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor ^Concrete, Cast, Federation, British, Annual Meeting, 388
— Construction, Developments in, 155
— Pavement Work in Canada, 446
— Reinforced, Construction, Development8,165
Concrete, Reinforced, Three-Pin Portal-Frame Construction System (C. W. Glover and Partners), 506
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Conductivity. See Electric
Conduits, Ducts and Pipes, Identification of. Specification, 108
Conference, Steam, Heat and Power Utilisation, 475, 499
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel
Consulting Engineers, Association of, Election of Members, 68, 488 ; Annual Report, 453
Containers, Pressure, for Paints, Specification, 508
Contour Projector, Venwick (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 18
Contracts, Government, Cost Investigations (Review), 12
Costing of (Review), 12
Contractor, Civil Engineering, Reminiscences of (Review), 3
Control, Central, for Boilers, 14
Gear, Electrical, Ministry of Supply Memorandum on, 213
— Orders, Ministry of Supply, Hand Tools, 133 ; Economy in Use of Electrical Equipment, 351. See LETTER, 395 ; Timber, 518 Ministry of Supply. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— of Raw Materials, Work of Combined Raw Materials Board, 511
— Temperature (Review), 64
Controller, Liquid-Level, Floatless Electrical (Londex, Ltd.), 17*
Conveyor, Belt, Driving Gear for (Mavor and Coulson, Ltd.), 87*
Cook, Prof. G., and Elastic Failure, 281*, 303
Cook, Dr. M., on Effect of Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth on Deoxidised Copper, 338, 845. See 214, 276
Copernicus, Quatercentenary of, 413
Copper Alloys. See Brass
— Industry in United States, 225
— for Locomotive Purposes, Specification, 448
— Rings and Strips, Specification, 328
— containing Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth, Properties of, 214, 276, 338, 345
— Sheet and Strip for Electrical Purposes, Specification, 448
— for Tube Manufacture, Effect of Selenium,
Tellurium and Bismuth on, 214, 276, 338, 345
— See also Metallurgy
Coriolis Theorem, 243*. See LETTERS, 294, 314 Cornwall, Agricultural Machinery in, 233
— Compound Engines in, 294 Corrosion-Fatigue of Steels, Effect of Zinc, 336
— and Fouling of Steel Ships, 354, 358*, 363,
378*, 416, 435
— Marine, Report of Sub-Committee, 435.
See 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416
— Tests of Metals by Flue Gases, 307
— of Propellers. See Propellers
“ Cor-ten ” Steels for Light-Weight Construction, 167
Cost Investigations, Government Contracts (Review), 12
Costing of Government Contracts (Review), 12 Cottell, G. A., on Recording Macro-Structures, 81*
Cotton Production in Peru, 125
Couling, S. A.jxOn Production of High-Speed Helical Gears, 197*. See 93, 113.
Coulomb and Elastic Failure, 23, 101, 281 Coupling, Flexible, for Shafts, Barcus Engineering Co.), 476*
Cowlrick, F. G., the Late, 494
Crack Detection Process, ” Hyglo ” (High Grade Metal Tests, Ltd.), 357
Crane, Erection, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 41*
— Mobile, 35-ton Diesel-Engined (R. G. Le
Tourneau, Inc.), 177*
Crankshafts for Doxford Marine Oil 141,161*, 181*
Crewe Locomotive Works, Sesci Furnace for Steel Castings, 257*,
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Crystals and Electron Diffraction Investigations, 436, 444. See Erratum, 469
— Metal, Strength of, 105*, 136
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Metallography ; Micro-Photographs
Crystallography, Work of R. J. Haiiy on, 173 Cutting, Flame, of Rolled Armour Plate, Machine for, 316
— Metal, Use of Propane and Coal Gas for, 40.
See LETTER, 76. See 129
C.V.A. Jigs, Moulds and Tools, Ltd., 3J-in. Centre Precision Capstan Lathe, 227*
Cycle industry in 1942, 74
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
Cylinders for Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 63, 121*, 161*

DAM, Arch, Determination of Stresses in, 176
— Ruhr, Germany, Destruction by Air Raid, 413
Damp-Proof Courses, Mastic Asphalt and Pitch Mastic for, Specification, 228
Damping Characteristics of Magnesium and Aluminium Alloys, 214
Darwin, Sir C. G., on Elastic Failure, 22 ; on Extreme Properties of Matter, 105*, 136, 144
Deformeter, Beggs, Use of, 176
Degreasing Plant, “ Fraser-Heller ” (Fraser and Fraser, Ltd.), 146*
De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., “Mosquito” Fighting and Bombing Aeroplane, 385*
Desch, Dr. C. H., on Magnesium, 265, 284, 304
— City, S.S., Doxford Marine Oil Engine for, 182*
Devonshire, Agricultural Machinery in, 233
Dewhurst, P. C., on Railway Track after the War, 14*
Didcot Railway Collision, Report on, 173 Die-Casting, High-Purity Zinc and Zinc Alloys for. Specification, 28
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Differentiar Analyser, Manchester University, 373.
Digjging Machine. See Excavator
Dilatometer, Recording, for Metal Specimens, 518*
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Disputes, Trade. See Labour Distilling by Heat Pump, 221*. See LETTERS 294, 336*
District Heating, Advantages of, 345
' Ditching Plant, Demonstration of, 356
Docks, Merseyside, Appointment of Committee, 213
Dockyard Schools, Royal Centenary of, 273
Domestic Heating, Developments in, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 460
Dominion Bridge Co., Marine Boilers for British Ships, 59
Dominion Engineering Works, Ltd., Marine Engines for British Ships, 58*
“Dominion Monarch,” M.S., Doxford Marine Oil Engine for, 201*
Dorey, Dr. S. E., on Sir C. Parsons and Mechanical Gearing, 275*. See LETTER, 216*
Dorman and Smith, Ltd., Floating-Contact Distribution Fuse Board, 346*; High- Rupturing Capacity Circuit Breakers, 515* Double Helical Gears. See Gears
— Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine
Propulsion
Douglas, L. M., on Sir C. Parsons and Mechanical Gearing, 275. See LETTER, 216* Dover Breakwaters, 301*, 343, 381, 481* Dow Chemical Co., Production of Magnesium by, 265
Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., Development of Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 61*, 121*, 141*,161*, 181*, 201*
Drainage of Agriculture Land, 173, 193
— Board, Birmingham Tame and Rea District, Annual Report, 253
— Oil Well (Review), 463
Dravo Corporation, Coal-Fired Air Heater for Workshops, 277*
Drilhon, Lieut. R., on Future of Farming In France, 273
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drop-Forging Hammers. See Hammers under Machine Tools
Drum for High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385* Drying Machines, Textile, 203, 218*
Ducts, Pipes and Conduits, Identification of, Specification, 108
Dunkirk Breakwater, 301*, 442*
Dunsheath, Dr. P., on Industrial Research in Great Britain, 151
Dust, Coal, Explosions of. See Goal Dust Dyeing Machines, Textile, 203, 218*
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric : Turbo- Generators

EBONITE for Electrical Purposes, Specification, 88
Economics, Engineering, Study of, 271, 274, 283
— Industrial. See Labour
— Railway. See Railway
Economiser for High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
Economy, Fuel. See Fuel
Eder Dam, Destruction by Air Raid, 413
Edgerton and Germeshausen, Stroboscopic Equipment, 401*
Edgwick 8-in. Centre High-Speed Lathe, 86*

Education :

Chinese Engineering Apprentices and Federation of British Industries, 472
— National Central Institute of Technology, Report on, 472
Education of Electrical Engineers, 164. See LETTERS, 194, 255
— and Training of Engineers, Report of
Institution of Electrical Engineers 393, 411, 476, 484, 504
— — of Metallurgists, 316
of Physicists, Report of Institute of Physics, 493
Engineers for Merchant Navy, Proposals for Training of, 64
Engineering Education and Training, Discussion on Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 191
— Physics Course at Toronto University, 133
Fuel Efficiency Training Schemes, Progress with, 93
Librarianship, Special, Training in, 113 National Certificate Students, Deferment of, 429
Naval Architects, Institution of. Scholarships, 8
Royal Dockyard Schools, Centenary of, 273 South-West Essex Technical College, Annual Report, 347
Syncrophone Method of Audio-Visual Instruction, 157*
Teaching of Engineering Economics. 271. 274, 283
United States Universities, Trainintz Schemes, 377
Universities and Engineering Economics 271, 274, 283
University Education, Post-War, British Association Report, 52
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Efficiency of Engines. See Engims Elastic Failure and Problem of Combined Stress, 21*, 101*, 222*, 281*, 303

Electric :

Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Truck Alternator. See Generator and Turbo Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric — Welding. See Welding
Battery Production in 1942,125
— Vehicles. See Motor Truck
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Annual Report 156
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Joint Committee with British Engineers’ Association, 13 ; Annual Report, 333
Research Board, Proposed, 471 Cables, Distribution, in Factories, 66, 372 — Industry in 1942, 124
— Insulated Cleat for, Standard Specification, 248
— Jointing, Economy of Lead in, 213
— for Ships, Specification, 268
— Trailing, Flexible, Specification, 428
— Varnished-Cambric Insulated, Specification, 428
Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Central Stations. See Power Stations Conductivity and Super-Conductivity, 144 Contacts, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy, 224
Contactor Coils, Voltage Surges due to, 19* Dynamo. See Generator ; Turbo-Generator Ebonite for Electrical Purposes, Specification, 88
Electrical Engineering Industry, 1942, 123 Terms, British Standard Glossary of, 108, 188, 268, 468
— Equipment, Economy in Use of, 351. See LETTER, 395
— Problems, Mechanical Integration in Solution of, 373
— Properties of Matter, 144 Electricity, Applied (Review), 164. See LETTERS, 194, 255
— Commissioners, Notice on Economy of Lead in Cable Jointing, 213 ; Statistics on Electricity Consumption, 426, 444
— Tariff Types (Review), 251
Electrode Holder, Arc-Welding (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 357*
— for Welding, 176 Electroplating. See Electro Furnaces. See Furnaces Fuse-Board, Distribution, Floating-Contact (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 346*
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Indicator, Cathode-Ray, for Locomotive, 338* See LETTER, 514
Insulation Breakdowns, Causes of, 19* Mechanism of, 261*
— Fibrous Glass for, 452 Insulators, Standardised, for Overhead
Lines, 212. See Erratum, 250
— Theory of, 144 Lamps, Fluorescent-Tube, Maintenance, 372
Lightning, Protection of Structures, against, Code of Practice, 288 Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators; Motors ; Turbo Mains. See Cables (above) Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See Switchgear
Oscillators for Stroboscopic Equipment, 401*
Oscillography, High-Speed Cathode-Ray, Developments in, 241*
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Railways. See Railways Rays. See Cathode
Resistance Welding. See Welding Rural Electricity Supply in Northern Ireland, 312
— Electrification and Hydro-Electric Development in Scotland, 31, 192
Static Electrical Charges, - against, 332
Substation. See Substation Surge Tests of Transformers Ltd.), 167*
Switchgear. See Switchgear Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony Terms, Electrical Engineering, British
Standard Glossary of, 108, 188, 268, 468
Thermionic Tubes, High-Frequency (Review), 262
Traction. See Locomotives, Electric; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Tubes, Thermionic, High-Frequency (Review), 262
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Vacuum Tubes. See Vacuum Tubes Valves, Thermionic. See Valves
Voltage Surges due to Contactor Coils, 19* Welding. See Welding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy — Telephony. See Telephony
Wiring Installation, Domestic, 272 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electrical Engineers, Institution of :
Election of Members, 8, 68, 88, 128, 208, 228, 268, 288, 308, 328, 368, 388, 408, 428, 468, 508
Benevolent Fund, 13. See 433 General Factors Affecting Unification of
Electric-Supply Tariffs, by C. T. Melling, 111
“ Correct ” Domestic Multi-Part Tariff by P. Schiller, 112
Faraday Medal, Award to Sir A. Page, 139,373
Engineering Economics, by Sir F. Gill, 271. See 274. 283
Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, by A. R. Blandford, 292
Kelvin Lecture on Mechanical Integration in Solution of Electrical Problems, by Prof. D. R. Hartree, 373
Honorary Membership Certificate, Presentation to Lord Hankey, 373
Report on Education and Training of
Engineers, 393, 411, 476, 484, 504 Annual Report, 393 Award of Premiums, 409
Standardisation of Motor Dimensions, by H. Marryat, 432
Report on Benevolent Fund, 433. See 13 Report on Organisation of Post-War Electrical Research, 471
histallations Section:
Voltage Surges due to Contactor Coils, by , J. R. Taylor and C. E. Randall, 19* Future of Domestic Wiring Installation, by G. Smith and E. Jacobi, 272
Transmission Section:
Standardisation, in Great Britain, of Single Circuit Overhead Lines up to 33 kV, by H. W. Taylor and K. L. May, 212. See Erratum, 250
Irish Centre: Electricity Supply in Ireland, by J. A. Kenny, 172
Northern Ireland Sub-Centre: Electricity Supply in Northern Ireland, by T. G. Christie, 312
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric
— Tariff Types (Review), 251 Electro-Chemical Protection for Shins’ Hulls, 378
Electrode Holder, Arc-Welding (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 357*
Electrolytic Production of Magnesium, 265 Electron Diffraction and its Applications, 436, 444. See Erratum, 469
— Gas, Characteristics of, 136
Elliott, E., on Applications of Spectrograph to Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456*
Embankment, Clay, Behaviour of, 241*. See Erratum, 268
Emerson, R. W., on Steel Piping for High- Temperature Service, 186
Emmet, Dr. W. L. R., the Late, 414
Empire Resources and Colonial Products Research Council, 71
Empire Rubber Co., “ Relt ” Felt-Cored Rubber Mouldings, 280
Employees. See Labour Employers, Engineering, Need for Post-War Organisation, 383. See 391. See LETTERS, 434, 454
Employment. See Laboxir
“ Empress of China,” S.S., Salvage of, 299 Endurance Tests. See Tests {Materials') Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion; Motorships
— Fire. See Eire
— Gas, Operation with Sewage Gas, 253 Position and Development, 254, 263 See also Producer and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Heat, Theory and Practice of, 14 Theory and Practice (Review), 83
— Internal-Combustion, Volumetric Efficiency of, 178*
Combustion. See also Turbines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
Vehicle, Reclamation Centre for, London IVIidland and Scottish Railway, 245*
— Oil, Diesel, or Compression-Ignition, High-
Speed (Review), 3
Diesel, Marine, for Cargo Vessel, Diesel, Marine, Types of, 53 Diesel, 6i-h.p. Single-Cylinder Lister and Co., Ltd.), 127*
Diesel, Volumetric Efficiency of, Diesel. See also Motorships ; Propulsion
Marine, Doxford, Development 121*, 141*, 161*, 181*. 201*
Modern Practice (Review), 83. See LETTER, 154
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics Motor-Car, Surface Finish in, 459*, 464, 498*
Performance with Producer Gases, 465
— Steam, Compound, Work of J. Sims on, 294 Marine, Triple-Expansion, for British
Ships Built in North America, 58*
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion; Turbines
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers’ Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— for Merchant Navy, Proposals for Training, Grading and Conditions of Service, 64 j
— Registration of, 233
— The, and Sir Isaac Newton, 13 Engineering Apprentices. See Education
— British Sources of Information, Guide to, 512
— Centenaries in 1943, 13 See also Centenary; Bicentenary ; Qua- tercentenary
— Contracts. See Contracts ; Legal
— Economics, Study of, 271, 274, 283
— Education. See Education
— Formulae : Their Meaning and Derivation (Review), 402
— Industry, Post-War Employment in, 154 and Post-War Reconstruction, 383, 391. See LETTERS, 434, 454
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Physical
— Outlook, Economic Review of 1942, 24, 55, 74, 115, 123, 144, 175, 195, 215, 222. See LETTER, 255
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Works. See Works
Erosion of Propellers. See Propellers
Europe, Penetration of German Capital into, 72
— Soil Improvement and Land Reclamation in, 73
Eustice, Prof. J., the Late, 195
Evans Deakin-Hornibrook Constructions Proprietary, Ltd., Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 1*, 41*
Evans, K. R., on Improvement of Training of Engineers, 191
Evans, Dr. R. H., on Developments in Struc-. tural Engineering, 155,176
Evans, Dr. U. R., on Effect of Zinc on Corrosion- Katigue of Steels, 336 ; on Stress due to Collapse of Vapour Bubbles in Liquid, 494. See LETTERS, 454, 474
Evans, Dr. W. H., on Engineering Education and Training, 191
Ewing Medal, Award to Dr. R. E. Stradling, 93 Excavators for Land Drainage, Demonstration of, 356
Exhaust-Steam Turbine. See Turbine, Steam
Exhibition, Vienna Fair, Producer-Gas Plant at, 423
Experimental Tank. See Tank
Export Trade. See Trade; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX

FACTORY Accounts. See Costs; Works Management
— Employment of Women. See Labour
— Fuel Efficiency in, 475, 499
— Heating, Coal-Fired Air Heater for. Performance of, 277*
Developments in, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 460
Systems, Hot-Water, 377
— Large, Design of Electrical Distribution in, 65, 85
—. Lighting, Maintenance Work on, 372
— Management. See Works Management
— Office Systems, War-Time, British Standardisation of, 135, 196
— Physicists in, 133
Faraday Medal, Award to Sir A. Page, 139, 373 Farm Mechanisation, 293
Farming in France, Future of, 273
— in United States and Canada, 73
— See also Agriculture; Tractors
Fedden, Sir R., on United States Aircraft Industry, 293
Federation of British Industries, Government Contract Cost Investigations, 12 ; Memorandum on Taxation, 93; Presidential Address, by Lord D. Gordon, on Post-War Problems of Industry, 336; Chinese Engineering-Apprentice Scheme, 472 Fellows Gear Shaper Co., Gear-Finishing Machine, 246*
Felt-Cored Rubber Mouldings, 280
Female Labour. See Labour, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferranti, Ltd., “ Stress-Control” Transformer Windings, 167*
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Manganese, Manufacture from ganese Ores, 86
Fibre Production in America, 285
Field, J. F., on Heat Pump, 336*. See LETTER, 294
Film on Shipbuilding in the United
Finish, Surface, and Function of Parts, 434, 454,458*, 464,478*, 498*
— War-Time, of Machinery and Plant, Specification, 288
Finishing Machines, Textile, 175,203,218*,237* Fire Pumps and Hydraulics (Review), 44 Firebricks. See Refractory Materials
Firth, T., and J. Brown, Ltd., Development of Carbide-Tipped Tools, 236* ; Use of Spectrographin Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456* Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., Use of Spectrograph in Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456*
Fisher Bearing Co., Ltd., Swarf-Collecting Arrangements, 46*
Fjsher, Dr. W. E., on Training of Engineers in Technical Colleges, 191
Fitch, J., Bicentenary of, 44
Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Flame Cutting of Rolled Armour Plate, 316 Flameproof Enclosures, Results of Tests, 92 Fleet-Fillet Arc Welding, 66*
— See Warships
Fleming, R., the Late, 194
Fletcher, T., on Patching Process for Sesci Furnace Linings, 279*
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flockart, A. P., on Surveys for Reconstruction of Tube Stations, 14. See LETTER, 55*
Floor, Concrete, in Canadian Factories, 446 Flooring, Mastic-Asphalt and Pitch Mastic, Specification, 228
Flue Gases, Corrosion of Metals by, 307
Fluids, Characteristics of, 136
— Mechanics, Introduction to (Review), 242 Fluorescence, Crack Detection by, ” Hyglo ”
Process (High-Grade Metal Tests, Ltd.),357
Fordham, Dr. A. A., on Lateral Pressure of Sand,341*
Forest Products Research Laboratory, Reports on Use of Circular Saws, 148 ; on Furnaces and Stoves for Burning Sawdust, 247*
Forging Hammer. See Rammer under Machine Tools
Form and Growth (Review), 202
Forrest Lecture on Extreme Properties of Matter, 105*, 136, 144
Forster, A.zL., the Late, 154 Forsyth, Rev. A. J., Centenary of, 474 Fortescue, Prof. C. L., on Education of Electrical Engineers, 255. See LETTER, 194. See 164
Forward, E. A., on Stephenson’s Springwell Locomotives, 345, 364, 384
Foster Lecture on Magnesium, 265,284, 304 Foster-Wheeler Marine Boiler for Cargo Vessel, 367*
Fouling and Corrosion of Ships, 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416,435
Foundations for Breakwaters, 301*, 342, 381*, 441* 481*
— Pier, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 1*, 41*
Foundry, Iron, Early British, 5
— See also Castings; Lie Castings
Frame, Reinforced-Concrete, Three-Piii, for Buildings, (C. W. Glover and Partners), 506*
Framing, Welded, for Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 182*
France, Fighting, Association of Engineers and Technicians, Future of Farming in France, by Lieut. R. Drilhon, 273
— See also French
Frankfurt-Lauffen Three-Phase Transmission Line, Jubilee of, 252
Fraser and Fraser, Ltd., “Fraser-Heller” Degreasing Plant, 146*
French Shipping in United States, 473 Frommer, Dr.-Ing. L., the Late, 133
Fuel, Colloidal. See Colloidal Fuel
— Consumption, Doxford Marine Oil Engine. 62,121,141,201
for Heating Buildings, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 460
— Efficiency Committees, Work of, 163, 368, 475, 499
Training Schemes, Progress of, 93
— Gaseous, Removal of Sulphur from, 405
— Injectors, Surface Finish of, 479
— Institute of. Statistics in Fuel and Power
Industries, by 0. W. Roskill, 404,425, 444. See 431; Award of Melchett Medal to Dr. E. S. Grumell, 509; Students’ Medal, 513
— Liquid. See Oil Fuel
— Motor. See Gas; Producer
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— Position in South America, 45, 395
— and Power Industries, Statistics in, 404, 425, 444
Ministry of, Fuel-Efficiency Training Scheme, 93; Statements on Coal Output, 133, 213, 453; Work of Fuel Efficiency Committees, 153, 368; Appointment of Advisory Committee on Gas Industry, 413
— for Producer-Gas Plant In Germany, 423
— Producer Gas, Performance of Petrol Engine with, 466
— Pump. See Pump
— Research Station, Memorandum on Storage of Coaifor Industrial Purposes, by R. A. A. Taylor, 256
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Peat
Furnace Atmospheres, Effect of Sulphur-Bearing Gases in, 405
— for Burning Sawdust, 247*
— for Early Cast-Iron Gun Foundry, 5
— Electric Arc, for Magnesium Production, 266
— Open-Hearth, Basic, Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., 443
— Rotary, Sesci, for Steel Castings, 257*, 279* Furnacemakers’ and Stokers’ Association,
Formation of, 388
Fuse Board, Distribution, Floating-Contact (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 346*
Fusion Welding. See Welding
Fuzes, Aluminium Alloy for. Specification, 28

GANTT Wage System, 517
Garland, C. S., on Chemical Engineers in Reconstruction, 316, 325. See 331, See LETTER,375
Gases, Characteristics of, 136
— Coal, for Welding and Metal Cutting, 40. See LETTER, 76. See 129
— Compressor, Rotary, Lysholm Helical Lobe, 14,33,97*
— Electric Discharge in. See Vacuum Tubes
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Engineers,Institution of, Annual Report,473
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Flue, Corrosion of Metals by, 307
— and Gasworks. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Industrial, Furnace Atmospheres Produced . by, 405
— Industry Advisory Committee, Appointment of, 413
Fuel Efficiency in, 475
Statistics, 425
— Producer. See Prodxicer
— Research Board, Annual Meeting, 493
— Turbine. See Tiirbine
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Hydrogen, etc.
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol
Gauge, Dial, Universal (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 67*
— and Fits, Tolerances and Surface Finish, 458,464,478*
— Precision, Use of Glass for, 377, 495
— Slip, Effect of Surface Finish on, 434, 454, 464,479
— for Testing Lateral Pressure of Sand, 341*
— War-Time Standardisation of, 118
Gawn, R. W. L., on Steering Experiments, 394. See 333, 403
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Driving for Belt Conveyor (Mavor and Coulson, Ltd.), 87*
— Helical, High-Speed, Production of, 93,113, 197*
— Steering. See Steering
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing, Mechanical, Work of Sir C. Parsons on, 216*. See LETTERS, 275*
— in Suffolk Windmills, 78*
Gebbie, J. R., on Fast or Less Fast Ships, 196. See 171
Geddes,!. C., on Future of British Shipping, 193 General Electric Co., Ltd., Work of, 123 ; Dr. A. Bloch on Coriolis Theorem, 243*. See LETTERS, 294, 314
General Electric Co., New York, Hi-Year Creep Test on Alloy Steel, 357
General Machinery Corporation, Marine Engines for British Ships, 58
General Radio Company of America, Stroboscopic Equipment, 401*
Generating Station. See Power Station Generators, Electric, in Canadian Hydro- Electric Plants, 152
Synchronous, Wind-Driven, 421*, 461*, 501*
? War-Emergency Specification, 28, 160
See also Turbo-Generators
Genoa Breakwater, 343,482*
Geology in War and Peace, 93
George Washington Bridge, New York, 176
German Capital, Penetration into Europe, 72
— Portable Gas-Producer Practice, 423 Germany, Economising Electrical Energy in, 450
— Ruhr Dams, Destruction by Air Raids, 413
— Use of Wind Power in, 421*, 461* 501* Gibb, H. M., the Late, 395
Gibbs and Cox, British Shipbuilding in North America, 36*, 58*
Giffen, Dr. E., on Performance of Petrol Engine with Producer Fuels, 465
Gill, Sir F., on Engineering Economics,271,274, 283; on Chinese Engineering Apprentices and Federation of British Industries, 472 Girders. See£ea?ns; Bridges; Floors •Glasgow, Stow College, Electric Welding in Ship Construction, by F. C. Cocks, 353; Structural Design of Welded Hulls, by J. Turnbull, 447* ; Layout and Operation of Emergency Shipyards In United States, by R. B. Shepheard,496*
Glass, Fibrous, for Electrical Insulation, 452
— Making at Whitefriars Glass Works, 514
— Use for Precision Gauges, 377, 495 Glenday, R. G., on Location of Industry, 132 Glossary of Electrical Engineering Terms, 108, 188,268 468
Glover, C. W., and Partners, Three-Pin Re- inforced-Concrete Portal-Frame Construction System 506*
Glue, Casein, for Aircraft, Specification, 28
Good, E. T., on British Canal Proposals and Delusions, 234
Gordon, Lord D., on Post-War Problems in Industry, 336; on Post-War Reconstruction, 454. See 383, 391. See LETTER, 434
Gough, Dr. H. J., Work on Combined Stress, 21, 102, 222, 282
Government Contract Cost Investigations (Review), 12
Costing of (Review), 12
— Railways. See Railways
Grates. See Furnace
Gravitation, Newton’s Work on, 83,103
Gray Lecture on Propelling Machinery Available to Shipowners, 53
Grease Removal from Metal Parts, “Fraser- Heller” System, 146*
Great Britain, Inland Transport in. Co-ordination of, 113
- and United States, Munitions Production by, 24, 55, 74, 456
— Western Railway, Report on Didcot Collision, 173
Grierson, J., the Late, 415
Griffith, J. T., on Static Water Tanks, 140 Griffiths, R., 1805-1883, Memoir of, 492 Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools Growth and Form (Review), 202
Grumell, Dr. E. S., Award of Melchett Medal to,509
Guayule Rubber Production in United States, 285
Guest, J. J., on Problem of Combined Stress, 21*, 101*, 222*, 281*, 303
Guns, Early, Casting in Sussex, 5

HACK-SAWING Machine. See Machine Tools Halifax Four-Engined Bombing Aeroplane, 488 Hall, A., the Late, 409
Hallowes, A. P. C., on Properties of Coppers containing Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth, 276. See 214, 338, 345
Halsey Wage System, 516
Hambleton, Col. H. B., on Glass Precision
Gauges, 495. See 377 Hammers. See Machine Tools Hancock, Prof., Work on Combined Stress, 102, 222, 282
Hankey, Lord, Honorary Membership of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 373
Harbord, F. W., the Late, 15
Harris, T. R., on J. Sims and the Compound Engine, 294
Hartree, Prof. D. R., on Mechanical Integration in Solution of Electrical Problems, 373 Hatiy, R. J., Centenary of, 173
Hawker Aircraft Co., Ltd., ” Typhoon ” Fighting Aeroplane, 385*
Haynes ” Manit ” Wage System, 516 Hazleton, R., the Late, 88
Heat Engines. See Engines ; Turbines
— Power and Steam Utilisation Conference, 475, 499
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heater, Air, for Workshops, Coal-Fired, Performance of, 277*
Heating, Air, by Heat Pump, 221*. See LETTERS, 294, 336*
— of Buildings, Developments in, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratum. 460
— Systems, Hot-Water, 377
— Ventilating and Air Conditioning, Handbook of (Review), 203
Hedley, W., Centenary of, 3.3
Heilmann Steam-Electric Locomotive 16 .34 138* ’ ’
Helical Gears. See Gears
Helium, Liquid, Characteristics of, 136 Henson’s Aerial Steam Carriage, 1843, 333 Herbert, A., Ltd., Edgwick 8-in. Centre High-
Speed Lathe, 86* ; Lumsden Pipe-Flange Grinding Machine, 207*; Fellows Gear- Finishing Machines, 246*; Holders for Ardoloy Cutting Tools, 347* Heterogeneity of Steel Ingots, Committee on,
Report on Spectrograph in Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456*
High Grade Metal Tests, Ltd., “ Hyglo ”
Crack Detection Process, 357
— Temperature Tests. See Tests {Materials} Highways. See Roads
Hirst, Lord, the Late, 96*
Historical Records, Memorandum on Preservation of, 313
’• Historicus ” on Dr. N, Tesla, 96. See 54 H.M.SS. See under Warships
Robbing Machines, Gear. See Gear under
Machine Tools
Hodgson, J. E., on Henson’s Aerial Steam (Carriage, 1843, 333
Hoists. See Cranes
Holden and Hunt, Ltd., Compressed-Air Operated
Spot Welding Machines, 407* Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Qauge Holt, J., Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland,
1*, 41*
Honours List, New Year, 33 ; King’s Birthday, 453, 473
Hopkinsons, Ltd., Double-Ended Broaching Machine, 106*
Hordern-Richmond Aircraft, Ltd., ** Hydulig- num ” Laminated-Wood Airscrews, 27* Hosgood, W. J., the Late, 514
Hot-Water Heating Systems, Investigations 377
Heating, Developments in, 305, 324, 344.
See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 460
Hours of Labour. See Labour House Wiring Installation, 272
Housing, Emergency War-Time, in United States, 119*
Hunter, H., on British Merchant Shipbuilding in North America, 1940-42, 38*, 58*
Hurst, B. L., the Late, 435
Hutton, Prof. R. S., on Development of Hydro-
Electric Power in Highlands, 116 Hydraulic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Operation of Lathes for Shell Production, 374, 396*, 418*
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Pumps. See Pumps
— System for Aeroplanes (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 225*. See Erratum, 294
— Turbines. See Turbines; Power Plant Hydraulics and Fire Pumps (Review), 44
— See also Irrigation; Water Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hydrogen, Characteristics of, 136
“ Hydulignum ” Laminated-Wood Airscrews, 27*
“ Hyglo ” Crack-Detection Process, 357 i
Hygrometric Data for Air, Tables of (Review), I 362 '

ICE. See Refrigeration
Igranic Electric Co., Ltd., Investigation on • Voltage Surges due to Contactor Coils, 19* '
“ Ikalis,” S.S., Salvage of, 300*
Illinois University, Investigations on Hot- i Water Heating Systems, 377
Illumination. See Lighting; and Lamps under Electric
Imo Screw Compressor, 97*
Impact Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Testing Wall Thickness of Intricate Castings, 361*
— Institute, Jubilee of, 393 Import Trade. See Trade
Impregnated Diamond Products, Ltd., Wlck- man-Neven Bench Grinding and Lapping Machine, 266*
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
India, Central Board of Irrigation, Annual Report, 163
— Rubber. See Rubber
Indian Machine Tool Industry, Progress of, 488 Indicator, Cathode-Ray, for Locomotive, 338* See LETTER, 514
— Light Signal for Measuring Instruments,487* Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Works Management
— Notes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Research. See Research
Industrial Utilities (Birmingham), Ltd., Swarf- Washing and Oil-Recovery Plant, 46* Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— Fuel Efficiency in, 475, 499
— Location of, 132
— and Statistics, 431
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Information, Technical, Guide to British Sources, 512
Inglis, J., and Co., Marine Boilers for British Ships, 59
Ingots, Steel, Committee on Heterogeneity, Report on Spectrograph in Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456*
Injection, Fuel, in Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 62, 121*, 141, 182
Injectors, Fuel, Surface Finish of, 479
Inland Navigation. Canals ; Rivers, etc.
— Transport in Great Britain, Co-ordination of, 113
Inspecting Apparatus for Small Parts (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 487*
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— Elections, 8, 28, 68, 88, 128, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 468, 488, 508
— Membership Designations, Misuse of, 412.
See LETTER, 434
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical Society, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Automobile Engineers, Institution of; Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers, Institute of; British Association; Chemical Engineers, Institution of ; Chemical Society, American ; Chemistry, Royal Institute of ; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Cwn- bustion Appliance Makers* Association {Solid Fuel}; Consulting Engineers, Association of; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; France, Fighting, Association of Engineers and Technicians; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Engineers, Institution 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; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of;
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Mining and Metal- • lurgical Engineers, American Institute of; Municipal and County Engineers, Institution of; Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated; Naval Architects, Institution of; Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Society of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers Shipbuilders ; Physics, Institute of; Refrigeration Association; Royal Society; Scientific Workers, Association of; Smoke Abatement Society, National; Structural Engineers, Institution of ; Super, vising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Transport, Institute of; Welding, Institute of ; Whitworth Society
Instruments, Inspecting, for Small Parts (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 487*
— See also Electric Insulation. See Electric
Insurance and Design, 325, 331. See LETTER, 375
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics; Engines; Motor Vehicles; Motor Tug; Tractors; Turbine, Oas
International Alloys, Magnesium Production by, 284
— Trade. See Trade Inventions. See Patents Ireland, Electricity Supply in, 172 ’
— Northern, Electricity Board, Work of, 312 Iron Alloyb. See Steel
— Corrosion.
— Foundry.
— Furnaces.
— Heat Treatment.
— Ore. See Ore
— Parts, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy, 244
— and Steel, British and American Specifications, Summary of, 328
Industry, Brazilian, 125, 208
— „ Industry, Research in, 214, 295

Iron and Steel Institute:

Autumn Meeting, Sheffield, 1942 :
First Cast-Iron Cannon made in England, by Dr. H. Schubert, 5
Influence of Tin on Alloy Steels, by G. R. Bolsover and S. Barraclough, 128.
Production in Rotary Furnaces of Steel for Castings, by F. A. Lemon and Dr. H. O’Neill, 257*, 279*
Annual Meeting, London, 1943 : Programme, 348
Bessemer Medal, Award to J. H. Whiteley, 415
Report of Council, 415
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 415 Election of Officers, 415
Reports of Discussions, 435, 443
Calibration of Platinum : 13 per cent. Rhodium - Platinum Thermocouple over Liquid-Steel Temperature Range, by C. R. Barber, 187*, 205. See Enatum, 256
First Report of Marine Corrosion Subcommittee, 435. See 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416
Review of Basic Open-Hearth Practice at Australian Plant, by R. L. Knight, 443
Effect of Zinc on Corrosion-Fatigue of Steels, by Drs. N. Stuart and U. R. Evans, 336
Desirability of Removing Sulphur from Gaseous Fuels for Heating Ferrous Metal, by A. Preece, 405
Applications of Spectrograph to Steelwork Analysis, by H. T. Shirley, and E. Elliott, 437*,*.456*
Recording Dilatometer for Metal Specimens, by L. R. Stanton, 518* Iron and Steel. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel; Metallurgy Irrigation, Indian, Central Board of, Annual Report, 163
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
I.S.M., Ltd., Syncrophone Method of Audio- Visual Instruction, 157*

JACKSON, T. E, A. K., on Wage Systems and Incentives, 516
Jacobi, E., on Domestic Wiring Installation, 272
Jensen, C. J., on Welded Fabrication in Merchant Shipbuilding, 293. See 233
Jet Propulsion and Gas Turbines, for Aircraft (Review), 324
Johnson, H. H., on late Capt. F. E. D. Acland, 314. See 276
Joints, Flanged, Flameproof, Tests on, 92
— Rail, on anditish Railways, 14*
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., Sigma Signal Indicator, 487*
Jones, J., on Development of Gas Engine, 254. See 263
Jones, Dr. W. D., on Powder Metallurgy, 224, 244
Journals. See Bearings
Jubilee of Three-Phase Transmission, 252
Junior Institution of Engineers, Geology in War and Peace, by Prof. H. H. Read, 93 ; Annual Luncheon, 333

KELLER, K.O., Work on Doxford Marine Oil Engines, 61*, 121*, 141*, 161*, 181*, 201*
Kelvin Lecture on Mechanical Integration and Electrical Problems, 373
Kennedy, W. B., on Tipping Cutting Tools by Brazing, 30

Labour :

Chinese Engineering-Apprentice Scheme and Federation of British Industries. 472
Engineers’ Wage Increases, 253 Government Training Schemes, 1942, 56 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents Labour in American Shipyards, 39
— in Engineering and Allied Industries
in 1942, 24, 55, 215, 222
— and National Service, Ministry of,
Women’s Technical Service Register, 193; Registration of Engineers, 233
— Notes, 18, 35, 68, 77, 97, 117, 137, 158, 177, 197, 217, 237, 257, 277. 297, 317, 337, 358, 377, 396, 416, 437, 458, 478, 497, 519. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Man-Power and Munitions Production, 73 Post-War Employment in Engineering Industry, 154
Training and Education of Engineers, Report on, 393 411, 476, 484, 504
Unemployment, Problem of, Lever Brothers <fe Unilever, Ltd., Pamphlet on, 91
Wages in 1942, 56
— Systems and Incentives, 516
Women in Industry, 1942, 66
— Technical Service Register, 193 La Mont Boiler, High-Pressure (Combustion
Engineering Co., Inc.), 386* Lamps, Electric. See Electric Laing Lecture on British Merchant Shipbuilding in North America, 1940-42, 36*, 58* Land, Admiral'E. S., on Machinery for Fast
Merchant Ships, 53
— Agricultural, Drainage of, 173,193 Drainage, Demonstration at Melton
Mowbray, 356
— Reclamation and Soil Improvement in Europe, 73
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Laurie, K. S., on Textile Finishing Machines, 218*, 237*. See 176,203
Law. See Legal; Patents
Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Economy in Cable Jointing, 213
Leeds Universltj^, Researches on Removal of Sulphur from Gaseous Fuels, 405

Legal:

Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Bill, 116; Debate on, 192
Labour Legislation. See Labour Lend-Lease Scheme and Export Trade, 67 Patent Law. See Patents See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. SQQ Legal; Patents
Leicestershire War Agricultural Executive Committee, Laud-Drainage Demonstration, 356
Le Maistre, C., on War-Time Standardisation, 76,117,135
Lenient, B. S., on Tipping Cutting Tools by Brazing, 30
Lemon, E. A., on Production of Steel for Castings in Rotary Furnaces, 257*, 279*
Lend-Lease Scheme and Export Trade, 57 Lens and Prism Making (Review), 302
Le Tourneau, R. G., Inc., 35-ton Self-Propelled Mobile Crane, 177*
Letters to the Editor, 14*, 55*, 76, 96, 116, 133, 154, 194, 216*, 234, 255, 275*, 294, 314, 336*, 356, 375, 396, 414*, 434, 454, 474,494,514
Lever Brothers and Unilever, Ltd., on Problem of Unemployment, 91
Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of. Special Library Training Scheme, 113 ; Guide to British Sources of Information: Engineering, other than Electrical, 512
Library, American, in London, Formation of, 413
— British Overseas Airways Corporation, 473 Lifting Tackle, Proof Loads of, 474
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Lighting, Factory, Maintenance Work on, 372
— Gas. See Gas
— See also Lamps under Electric Lightning. See Electric Limit Gauges. See Gauges
Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., Fleet-Fillet Welding, 66*
liner Wear in Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 122 Lining Materials for Sesci Rotary Furnace for Steel Castings, 259,279*
Lippert, T. W., on Boron as Steel-Alloying Element, 210
Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel
— Level Controller, Floatless Electrical (Londex, Ltd.), 17*
Lister and Co., Ltd., “ Resilitex ” Shock- Absorbent Material, 67, 480
Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., 6|-h.p. SingleCylinder Diesel Engine, 127*
Literature, 3. 23, 44, 64, 83, 143, 164, 183, 202, 223, 242, 262, 302, 324, 343, 362, 402, 423, 463, 483, 503. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. SeeLegaZ; Patents
Ljungstrdm Gas Turbine, Development of, 97
Local Authorities. See Municipal
Location of Industry, 132
Locomotives, Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of, 318*, 338*. See LETTER, 514
— Diesel-Electric and Gas Turbine, Compared, 15, 33, 138
— Electric, 10-ton Industrial (Besaans Engineering Works (Pty.), Ltd.), 86
— Engineers, Institution of, Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, by T. Robson, 318*, 338*. See LETTER, 514
— Gas Turbine (Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd.), 15, 33, 138*, 159*, 179* ?
— Industry in 1942, 175
— 4-6-0 Mixed Traffic, London North Eastern Railway, 47*
— 0-6-0 Saddle Tank “ Austerity,” 155*
— Steam-Electric, Heilmann, 16, 34, 138* Its Theory, Operation and Economics (Review), 242
— Stephenson’s, for Springwell Colliery, 1826, 345, 364, 384
— Work of W. Hedley, 33
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Lofquist, H., on Manufacture of Ferro-Manganese from Low Manganese Ores, 86
Londex, Ltd., Floatleas Electrical Liquid-Level Controller, 17*
London Midland and Scottish Railway, Air- Raid Damage to Signal Box, Sheffield, 48 ; Repairs to Railway Wagon Axleboxes, 166*; Annual Report, 231; Motor Vehicle Reclamation Centre, 245* ; Sesci Rotary Furnace for Steel Castings, 257*, 279*; Repair of Twist Drills by Welding, 327*
— and North Eastern Railway, 4-6-0 Mixed
Traffic Locomotive, 47* ; Annual Report, 232 ; Counter Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 318*, 338*. See LETTER, 514
— Passenger Transport Board, Tests of ” Resilitex ” Shock Absorbent Material, 67. See 480 ; Annual Report, 233
—• Underground Railways. See Underground Lorries. See Motor Vehicles.
Lubricating Oils. See Oils
Lubrication, Boundary, Study by Electron Diffraction, 444. See Erratunit 469
— Work of A. G. M. Michell, 94
Lumsden Machine Co., Ltd., Pipe-Flange Grinding Machine, 207*
Lysholm, A, J. R., on New Rotary Compressor, 97*. See 15, 33

MACFARLANE, A. P., on Ship Salvage, 297* Mac. See also Me
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools

Machine Tools :

Broaching Machine, Double-Ended (Hop- kinsons, Ltd.), 106*
Centring and Milling Machine, Shaft-End (Sunstrand Machine Tool Co.), 466*
Cutting, Flame, of Rolled Armour Plate, 316
— Tools, Ardoloy, Holders for (A. Herbert Ltd.), 347*
Tipping by Brazing, 30
Drills, Twist, Repair by Welding, 327* Drilling Machines, Electric, Hand-Held, Specification, 428
Drop Hammers, Plastic Punches for, 378
Gear-Cutting Machine, Creep Process, 216*. See LETTERS, 275*
— Finishing Machine (Fellows Gear Shaper Co.), 246*
— Helical, Hobbing Machines, 93, 113, 197*
Grinding and Lapping Machine, Bench (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 266*
— Machine, Pipe Flange (Lumsden Machine Co., Ltd.), 207*
Plain (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 426*
Hacksawing Machine, 12 in. Capacity (Broadway Engineeing Co., Ltd.), 126*. Seel?rm«a,389
Hammers, Drop, Plastic Punches for, 378 Hobs for Cutting Compressor Rotors, 100* Hobbing Machines for Helical Gears, Developments in, 93, 113, 197*
Honing Machines (Micromatic Hone Corporation), 498*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below)
Key way-Cutting and Slot-Drilling Machines (Carter and Wright (Engineers and Machine Tools), Ltd.), 7*
Lapping and Grinding Machine, Bench (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 266*
Lathe, Capstan, 3i-in. Centre Precision (C.V.A. Jigs, Moulds and Tools, Ltd.), 227*
— 8-in. Centre High-Speed, Edgwick
(Standard Engineering Co., Ltd.), 86*
— for Shell Production, Hydraulic Operation of, 374, 396*, 418*
— Work: A Practical Handbook for Lathe Operators (Review), 423
Limit Gauging. See Gauge
Machine Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tool Industry in 1942, 195. See LETTER, 255
Industry, Indian, Progress of, 488 Swarf Removal by Magnetic Skimmer, 406*
Trades Association, Election of Officers, 469
— Work, Tolerances in. See Gauge Milling and Centring Machine, Shaft-End (Sunstrand Machine Tool Co.), 466*
— Machine, Horizontal Knee-Type (T. Senior), 326*
Thread (Waltham Machine Works), 475*
Press, Hydraulic, Plastic Punches for, 378
— Tool, Hydraulic, Self-Adjusting (British
Overseas Airways Cor^ration), 6* Rlvetiifg, Hydraulic, Work of R. H. Tweddell, 433
Saw, Circular, for Wood, 148
— See also Hacksawing Machine (above) Screw-Thread Milling Machine (Waltham Machine Works), 475*
Slot-Drilling and Keyway-Cutting Machines (Carter and Wright (Engineers (fe Machine Tools), Ltd.), 7*
Standardisation, War-Time, of Machine Tools, 118
Superfinishing Machine, Centreless (Chrysler Corporation), 498
Surface Finish, Standard Reference Blocks for, 19
— Finishing Processes, 434, 454, 458*, 464, 478*
Tools, Cutting, Carbide, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy, 224
Carbide -Tipped, Development of (T. Firth and J. Brown, Ltd.), 235*
Woodworking Machinery, Circular Saws for Wood, 148
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Machine Works. See Machine Tools Macro-Structures, Method of Recording, 81* of Welded Mild Steel, 186* Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Magnesium Elektron, Ltd., Production of Magnesium by, 265
Magnesium Metal Corporation, Ltd., Production by Magnesium by, 266
— Properties and Production, 265, 284, 304 Magnet, Alnico, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy, 224
Magnetic Properties of Matter, 144
— Skimmer for Swarf Removal (Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps, Ltd.)), 406*
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Maine, Portland, British Shipbuilding at, 36*, 58*
Maintenance Engineer, Repair and Emergency Work of, 372
“ Man-Ten ” Steels for Light-Weight Construction, 167
Management of Works. See Works Management
Manchester Association of Engineers, Modern Developments in Heating, by F. Buckingham, 305, 324, 344. See LETTER, 414, See Erratum, 460; Wage Systems and Incentives, by T. E. A. K. Jackson, 516
— University, Differential Analyser, Use in Electrical Problems, 373
Manganese, Ferro, Manufacture from Manganese Ores, 86
Mangle, for Textile Drying, 203, 219*
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in Works Management
— See also Trade Marine Boilers. See Boilers
— Corrosion Sub-Committee, Report of, See 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Election of Members, 28, 188, 208, 308, 408, 488 ; Proposals for Training, Grading and Conditions of Service of Engineers for Merchant Navy, 64 ; Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 234; Fibrous Glass Electrical Insulation, by A. M. Robertson, 452
and Naval Architects, American Society of. See Naval Architects ?
Naval Architects’ and Shipbuilders’ Pocket Book (Review), 223
— Engineering Industry in 1942, 215 (Review), 262
— Propulsion, Development of Doxford Marine
Oil Engine, 61*, 121*, 141*, 161*, 181*, 201*
Gas Engines for, 254, 263
Geared Turbines for Cargo Vessel, 367* Machinery for British Cargo Vessels, 366* Machinery for British Ships built in North America, 58*
Machinery for Fast Merchant Ships, 53 Marine Engineering (Review), 262 Propelling Machinery available to Ship- ; owners, 53 !
See also Engines; Turbines ; Propellers ; ' and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam ; Marine
Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Marquette, Michigan, Rubble Breakwater, 382* Marryat, H., on Standardisation of Electric Motor Dimensions, 432
Mascliinenfabrik Augsburg-NUrnberg, Design of Wind-Driven Generators, 461*, 501*
Mass Production, Quality-Control in, 56 Mastic, Pitch, for Flooring and Damp-Proof Courses, Specification, 228
Materials, Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Mathematics, Newton’s Work in, 83, 103 Matter, Extreme Properties of, 105*, 136, 144 Maudslay’s, Men of. Annual Meeting, 373 Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., Driving Gear TQT Belt Conveyors, 87*
Mavor, S., the Late, 494* Maxwell, H. F., the Late, 429 May, K.L., on Standardised Overhead Transmission Lines, 212. See Erratum, 250
— Lecture on Electron Diffraction, 436, 444.
See Erratum, 469
Maybury, Sir H., the Late, 54*
McKechnie Brothers, Ltd., Investigation on Extrusion Brasses from Fired Cartridge Cases, 145, 165, 185*, 205
Me. See also Mac
Meehan, Sir H., the Late, 514
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Development of Standards for Army Ordnance Finishes, by M. R. Norton, 19 ; Definition of Volumetric Efficiency, by Prof. P. H. Schweitzer, 178* ; Development and Performace of Coal-Fired Unit Heater, by R. M. Rush, 277* ; 1,825-lb. Pressure Topping Unit, with Special Reference to Forced Circulation Boiler, by F. S. Clark, F. H. Rosencrants and W. H. Armacost, 385*
Election of Members, 8, 28, 88, 128, 188, 228, 248, 268, 328, 348, 368, 508
Associate Membership Examination, 57 London Meetings, Winter Session :
Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture on Some Types of Propelling Machinery available to Shipowners, by C. C. Pounder, 53
Nomination of Officers, 93 James Watt International Medal, Award to A. G. M. Michell, 94
New Rotary Compressor, by A. J. R. Lysholm, 97*, See 15, 33
The First Gas-Turbine Locomotive, by Dr. A. Meyer, 138*, 159*, 179*. See 15, 33 Election of E. B. Ball to Honorary Life Membership, 174
Presentation of Prizes, 174 Annual Report, 174 Benevolent Fund, 174, 253
Production of High-Speed Helical Gears, with Special Reference to Elimination of Transmission Noises, by S. A. Coul- ing, 197*. See 93, 113
Some Textile Finishing Machines, by K. S. Laurie, 218*, 237*. See 175, 203 Position and Development of the Gas Engine, by J. Jones, 254. See 263 Engineering Economics, by Sir F. Gill, 271. See 274, 283
Hydraulic Operation of Lathes for Production of Shells, by W. L. Philip, 396*, 418*. See 374
Surface Finish and Function of Parts, by Dr. G. Schlesinger, 458*, 478*, 498*, See 434, 454, 464
Education Group:
Development of Engineering Education and Technical Training, by Wing- Comdr. T. R. Cave-Browne-Cave, 191 Training of Engineers in Technical Colleges and Schools, by Dr. W. E. Fisher, 191 Some Suggestions for Improvement of Training of Engineers, by K. R. Evans, 191
Commentary on Education and Training, by Dr. W. H. Evans, B. W. Pendred and J. F. Sutton, 191
Mechanical Integration in Solution of Electrical Problems, 373
— Traction on Roads. See Loads; Motor
Vehicles; Tractors
Mechanics, Fluid, Introduction to (Review), 242
— Theoretical, Coriolis Theorem, 243*. See LETTERS, 294, 314
Megaw, T. M., on Surveys for Reconstruction of Tube Stations, 55*. See LETTER, 14
Melchett Medal, Award to Dr. E. S. Grumell, 509
Meldahl, A., on Sir C. Parsons and Mechanical Gearing, 216*. See LETTERS, 275*
Melling, C. T., on Factors Affecting Unification of Electricity-Supply Tariffs, 111
Melton Mowbray, Laud-Drainage Demonstration at, 356
Membership Designations of Technical Institutions, 412. See LETTER, 434
Men of Maudslay’s, Annual Meeting, 373 Merchant Navy, British, Memorandum on Policy for, 134
Proposals for Training, Grading and Conditions of Service of Engineers, 64
— Ships. Ships ; Steamers; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbxiilding Merryweather <fe Sons, Ltd., Portable Oil-Fired
Vertical Boiler, 235*
Merseyside Docks Committee,Appointment, 213 Messerschmitt 200 Al Fighter-Bomber, 153 Metals, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Crystal, Strength of, 105*, 136
— Degreasing Plant “ Fraser-Heller ” (Fraser
and Fraser, Ltd.), 146*
— Industries, Co-operative Research in, 214, 295, 315

Metals, Institute of:

May Lecture on Electron Diffraction, by Prof. G. P. Thomson, 43C 444. See Erratum, 469
Autumn Meeting, London, 1942:
Use of Fired Small Arms Cartridge Cases in Production of Alpha-Beta Extrusion Brasses, by J. Rae, Jr., 145,165, 185*, 205
Annual Meeting, London, 1943 :
Programme, 88, 127
Platinum Medal, Award to Dr. H. Moore, 89 213
Report of Council, 213
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 213 Election of Officers, 213
Report of Discussions, 214
'Damping Characteristics of Some Magnesium and Aluminium Alloys, by L. R. Stanton and Prof. F. C. Thompson, 214
Co-operative Research in Metal Industries, by Dr. H. Moore, 295, 315. See 214
Properties of Commercial Coppers containing Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth, by G. L. Bailey and A. P. C. Hallowes, 276. See 214
Effect of Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth on Deoxidised Copper for Tube Manufacture, by Drs. M. Cook and G. Parker, 338, 345. See 214
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Research Association, British, Work of, 214, 295, 315 ; Investigation on Copper containing Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth, 214, 276. See 338, 345
— Problem of Combined Stress in, 21*, 101* 222*, 281*, 303
— Production in Canada, 225
— Refractory, Application of Powder Metallurgy to, 244
— Specimens, Recording Dilatometer for, 518*
— Structure of. See Metallography; Micro photographs
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy Micro photographs
Metallography of Steel Simply Explained (Review), 164
— See also Metals ; Metallurgy ; Microphotographs
Metallurgical and Mining Engineers, American Institute of.. See Mining

Metallurgy :

Alloy, Aluminium, Damping Characteristics of, 214
for Fuzes, Specification, 28 Working Stresses in Structures of, 101*
Wrought, Heat Treatment of, Workshop Practice, 505
— Copper. See Brass
— Lead, for Pipes, Specification, 148
— Light, Testing at Elevated Temperatures, Specification, 48
— Magnesium, Damping Characteristics, 214
Properties and Uses, 285, 304 — Zinc, for Die-Casting, Specification, 28 Brass. See Brass
Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Foundry. See Foundry Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat Treatment of Powder-Metallurgy Products, 224
of Wrought Aluminium Alloys, Workshop Practice, 505
Iron Ore. See Ore Metals, Tests of. See Tests {Materials) Metallurgy, Essential, for Engineers (Review), 223
Pirotechnia (Review), 143 Powder Metallurgy, Its Products and Applications, 224, 244
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Manufacture by Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., 443
in United States, 225 Welding. See Welding See also Iron and Steel InstiMe; Metals, Institute of; Metallography; Microphotographs; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Meteorology, Wind Velocities at Various Heights, 421*
“ Metrelite ” Plastic Material, Properties of, 235 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Work of, 123
— See also London
Mexican Railways, Rehabilitation of, 164 Mexico, Engineering Notes from, 225
Meyer, Dr. A., on First Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 138*,159*, 179*. See 15, 33
Michell, A. G.M., Award of Watt International Medal to, 94
Michigan, Marquette, Rubble Breakwater, 382*
Micromatic Hone Corporation, Honing Machines, 498*
Microphotographs, Lead-Bearing Steel, 388
— Linings of Sesci Rotary Furnace, 279*
— Steel Castings, 259*
— Surface Finishes, 479*
Microstructure of Metals. See Metallography ; Microphotographs
Miller, 0. von, Work on Three-Phase Transmission, 252
Milling Machines. See Machine Tools
Milton Roy Pumps, Chemical and Proportioning Pumps, 286*
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Safety in. Research Board, Annual Report, 92
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; Ores; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mineral Oils, See Oils
— Resources of Brazil, Chile and 166
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores; GRAPH INDEX
Minikin, R. R,, on Breakwaters, 381*, 441*, 481*
Mining, Argentine Chamber of, Constitution, 207
— and Metallurgical Engineers, American
Institute of, “ Chromizing ” Process for Steel, by I. R. Kramer, 130
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Fuel and Power. See Fuel
— of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Production. See Production
— of Supply. See Supply
— of War Transport. See War Transport Minnesota University, Developments in High-
Speed Cathode-Ray Oscillography, by J. H. Bryant and M. Newman, 241*
Mises-Hencky Theory of Failure under Combined Stress, 102, 281*, 303
“ Mitia ” Brand Hard Metal, Applications, 236* Model Experiments, Ships. See Tank Experiments
— Use in Structural Engineering, 176 Mohne Dam, Destruction by Air Raid, 413 Mohr Theory of Combined Stress, 21, 101, 281* Mole Drainage Plant, Demonstration of, 356 Molloy, E., on Modern Oil Engine Practice
(Review), 154. See 83
Moments of Inertia and Section Modulus of Angles, Channels and Bulb Angles, Table of (Review), 324. See Erratu'^n, 428
Moore, Dr. H., Award of Platinum Medal of Institute of Metals to, 89, 213 ; on Cooperative Research in Metal Industries, 295, 315. See 214
Morgan, W. J., on Machine-Tool Industry, 255. See 195
“ Mosquito ” Fighting and Bombing Aeroplane, 385*
Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Parts, Reclamation by London Midland and Scottish Railway, 245*
Static Electrical Charges on, 332 See also Motor Vehicles ; Moto^^ Cycles and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Motor Cycle Industry in 1942, 74
— Electric, Economy in Use of, 351. See LETTER,395
Glass Insulation for, 452
— — Industrial, Ministry of Supply Memorandum on,213
Maintenance Work on, 372
Standardisation of Dimensions of, 432
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics ; Engines ; Motor Tug ; Tractors
— Lorries, See Motor Vehicles
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ; Motorships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol
— Plough. See Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Truck, Battery-Operated Industrial (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 446*
— Tug Fitted with Producer-Gas Plant, 424
— Vehicle for Bulk Transport of Cement, 190 Gas Producers for, 74
German, Producer-Gas Plant for, 423 Industry in 1942, 74
Reclamation Centre, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 245*
Motorships, British, War-Time, 267*
— with Doxford Oil Engines, 61*, 121*, 141*, 161*, 181*, 201*
— Oil-Tank, British, War-Time, 267*
Tank, Welded Fabrication in, 233, 293
— lli-knot and 15-knot, Operating Results with, 171, 196
— " Yngaren ” with Doxford Oil Engine, 63
— See also Marine Propxdsion
Mouldings, Rubber, Felt-Cored, 280 Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal and County Engineers, Institution of, Memorandum on Post-War Planning and Reconstruction, 32 ; 70th Anniversary of Foundation, 453
— Electrical Association, Incorporated, Annual
Report, 513
Munitions Production, 1942, 24, 55, 74
in Canada, 285, 456 and Man-Power, 73
— Plants in United States, 456
Murex, Ltd., Magnesium Production by, 284
Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., Semi-Automatic Deck Welder, 186*
Murphy, Major J. J., the Late, 195
Museum, Aeronautical, Suggested National, 333
— of Photography, Kodak, Ltd., 514
— United States National, Annual Report, 493 Muskets. Invention of Percussion Firing, 474

NAPLES Breakwater, 442*, 482*
National Expenditure, Select Committee on, 59th Report on Fuel and Power, 453 ; 65th Report on Public Relations Branches of Service Departments, 291.
— Physical Laboratory, Calibration of Thermocouples over Liquid-Steel Temperature Range, 187*, 205. See Erratum, 256; Measuring Gear for Surface Finish, 434; Tests of High-Rupturing Capacity Circuit- Breakers, 515*
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Scholarships, 8
Film of United States Shipbuilding Methods, 73
Annual Meeting, London : Programme, 193, 248 Report of Council, 333, 354 Election of Officers, 333 Reports of Discussions, 354, 363, 394, 403 Corrosion and Fouling of Ships, by Dr. G. D. Bengough and V. G. Shepheard, 358*,378*, 416. See 333,354,363,435 Steering Experiments, Part I, by R. W. L. Gawn, 394. See 333, 403.
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Society of. Presidential Address, by Admiral E. S. Land, on Machinery for Fast Merchant Ships, 53
Shipbuilders’ and Marine Engineers’ Pocket Book (Review), 223
— Architecture, Vacant Chairs of, 132 Introduction to (Review), 302 See also Warships
— Construction. See Warships
— Warfare. See Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— German. See German under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Naylor, C. H., the Late, 254
Needham, Dr. J., on Chinese National Central Institute of Technology, 472
New South Wales, Port Kembla, Open- Hearth Furnace Practice at, 443
— Year Honours List, 33
— York, George Washington Bridge, 176
— Zealand Government Railw’ays, Annual Report, 13 i
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., Plain Grinding Machine, 426*
Newcomen Society, Suffolk Windmills : Part II, Tower Mills, by R. Wailes, 34*, 78*. See LETTER, 414* ; Oil-Fuel: A World-Wide Adventure, by E. H. Peabody, 273 ; Some Pioneers of Refrigeration, by Eng.-Capt. E. C. Smith, 314 ; Stephenson’s Springwell Locomotives, 1826, by E. A. Forward, 345, 364, 384 ; Summer Meeting, 514
Newman, M., on High-Speed Cathode-Ray Oscillography, 241*
Newton, Sir Isaac, and the Engineer, 1.3; Work in Physics, 83, 103
Noise from Helical Gears, Elimination of, 93, 113, 197*
Non-Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy North America, Engineering Notes from, 164, 225, 285, 377, 456
North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Laing Lecture on British Merchant Shipbuilding in North America, 1940-42, by R. C. Thompson and H. Hunter, 36*, 58* ; War-Time Standardisation, by C. le Maistre, 76, 117, 135; East or Less Fast Ships, by J. R. Gebbie, 196. See 171; Powder Metallurgy : Its Products and their Various Applications, by Dr. W. D. Jones, 224, 244; Ship’ Salvage, by A. P. Macfarlane, 297*
— Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 188, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Northern Ireland Electricity Board, Work of. 312 See also Ireland
Norton, M. R., on Standards for Army Ordnance Finishes, 19
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests {Materials} Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland; North; South-West; South Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nuts, Bolts and Set-Screws, Specification, 48

Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
Oerlikon Co., Jubilee of Frankfurt-Lauffen Three-Phase Transmission Line, 252
Ohio, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., Sintering Plant for Fine Ores, 486*
Oil-Coal Colloidal Fuel, Tests of, 433
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Tractors
— Fuel Burners, History and Development, 273 Discovery and Uses of, 273
Position in Argentina, 207, 484 and Pulverised Coal, Colloidal Fuel, Tests of, 433
— Industry Statistics, 444
United States, Scientific Research in, 317
— Lubricating, Reclamation Plant for, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 245*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
— Production in Argentina, 207, 484
— Recovery and Swarf-Washing Plant (Industrial Utilities (Birmingham), Ltd.), 46*
— Supply in South America, 125 See Switchgear

PACKAGES, War-Time Standardisation, 117 Packaging Research in Canada, 53
Page, Sir A., Award of Paraday Medal to. 139, 373 Paint, Black, Specification, 88
— Pressure Containers for Specification, 508
— Protective, for Ships’ Hulls, 354, 358*, 303, 378*, 416, 435
— Ready-Mixed, Specification of Colours for. 508
— White Pigment for. Specification, 188 Pan American Airways, Grant of New Line, 473 Panel Heating for Rooms, 324
Paper, Drawing, Standard Sizes of, 273
— Salvage and Historical Records, 313
— Waste, Salvage of, 193
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Tractors. See Tractors
Parker, Dr. G., on Effect of Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth on Deoxidised Copper, 338, 345. See 214, 276
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Annual Luncheon, 153
Parsons, Sir C., Work on Mechanical Gearing, 216*. See LETTERS, 275
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Work of, 123
— Turbines. See Tarbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Patent Record, 20*, 40*, 60*, 80*, 100*, 120*, 140*, 160*, 180*, 200*, 220*, 240*, 260*, 280*, 300*, 320*, 340*, 360*, 380*, 400*, 420*, 440*, 460*, 480*, 500*, 520*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
— in War-Time, 356. See LETTER, 376 Paul, R. W., the Late, 275
Pavements, Concrete, in Canada, 446 Payment of Labour. See Labour Peabody, E. H., on Oil Fuel, 273 Peat as Fuel for Irish Power Stations, 172 Pencil V. Ink Tracings, 25.5
Pendred, B. W., on Engineering Education and Training, 191
Percussion Firing, Invention of, 474 Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
— Way, Post-War, on British Railways, 14* Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508 Peru, Notes from, 125, 208 Peterhead Breakwater, 343 Petrol Motors. See Engines, Petrol Petroleum. See Oil; Engines, Oil
Philip, W. L., on Hydraulic Operation of Lathes for Shell Production, 396*, 418*. See 374
Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd., Arc- Welding Electrode Holder, 357* ; Magnetic Skimmer for Swarf Removal, 406* Philosophy and Physics (Review), 23 Photography, Museum of, Kodak, Ltd., 514
— Scientific, Association for. Formation of, 393 Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Laboratory. See National Physical Physicists, Education and Training of, Report on, 493
— in Factories, 133
Physics, Electron Diffraction and its Applications, 436, 444. See Erratum, 469
— Extreme Properties of Matter, 105*, 136,144 - Growth and Form (Review), 202
— Institute of, London and Home Counties
Branch, Newton’s Work in Physics: An Historical Survey, by Dr. H. Buckley, 83, 103 : Election of Members, 488 ; Report on Education and Training of Physicists, 493
— Life of Sir J. J. Thomson (Review), 183
— Newton’s Work in, 83,103
— and Philosophy (Review), 23
— Spectrograph in Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456*
— Spectroscopy and Combustion Theory (Review), 44
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Piers, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 1*, 41*
Pinions. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Pipes, Concrete, Pre-Stressed, 156
— Conduits and Ducts, Identification of. Specification, .108
— Flanges, Lumsden Grinding Machine for, 207*
— Lead-Alloy, Specification, 148
— See also Tubes
Pirotechnia (Review), 143
Pistons for Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 63, 121*,161*
Pitch Mastic for Flooring and Damp-proof Courses, Specification, 228
Pitting. See Corrosion
Plastic Materials, Applications of (Ruucolite, Ltd.), 235 Strength of, 136
— Punches for Drop Hammers and Hydraulic Presses, 378
Plastoglaze Process for Coatings on Plastics, 236
Plates, Steel, Ships’, Corrosion and Fouling of, 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416, 435
Plating, Electro. See Electro
Platinum Medal, Institute of Metals, Aw^ard to Dr. H. Moore, 89, 213
— Resistance Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Ploughs, Mole, Demonstration of, 356
— Motor. See Tractor Ploughing, Costs of, 273
Pollard, H. V., Work on Combined Stress, 21, 102, 222, 282
Port Kembla, New South Wales, Open-Hearth Furnace Practice at, 443
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Portal-Frame Construction, Reinforced-Concrete, Glover System, 506*
Portland Cement. See Cement
— Maine, British Shipbuilding at, 36*, 58*
Post-War Agricultural Policy for Great Britain, 193. See 173
Developments on British Railway Track. 14*
Development in Canada, 513
Electrical Research, Report on Organisation of, 471
Post-War Employment in Engineering Industry, 154
Industrial Problems, 336
Industrial Kesearch Policy, 151
Industry and Private Enterprise, 311 Organisation of Industry, 57
Planning and British Shipping, 134, 173
— —Planning, Memorandum by Institution oj Municipal and County Engineers, 32
— — Keconstruction and Chemical Engineers, 316, 325, 331. See LETTER, 375
Keconstzpction ; Employers* Need of Organisation, 383. See 391. See LETTERS, 434,454
Technical Development and Statistics, 431
University Education, British Association Report, 52
Pounder, C. C., on Propelling Machinery Available to Shipowners, 53
Power and Fuel Industries, Statistics in, 404, 425, 444
? Ministry. See Fuel
— Gas. See Qas; Engines, Gas ; Producer
— Hammer. See Hammer under Machine Tools
— Heat and Steam Utilisation Conference. 475, 499
Plants, Hydro-Electric, Canadian, Annual Report, 152, 392
Hydro-Electric, Development in Scotland, Reports on, 31, 116, 192
Hydro-Electric, in Ireland, 172
See also Power Stations ; Power, Water ; Substations
— - Press. See Machine Tools
— - for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Station, Electric, American, 1,825-lb. Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
Electric, Irish, Use of Peat In, 172 Hydro-Electric, Canadian, 152, 392 See also Power Plants; Substations — Supply, Electric, in Canada, 152, 392 Electric, in Chile, 45, 125
Electric, Distribution in Large Factory, 65, 85
Electric, Domestic Multi-Part Tariff', 112 Electric, Economies in Germany, 450
Electric, and Fuel Efficiency, 476
Electric, Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Bill, 192. See 31, 116 Electric, and Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association, 513
Electric, in Ireland, 172 Electric, Jubilee of Three-Phase Transmission, 252
Electric, in Northern Ireland, 312
Electric, Progress in Circuit-Breaker Design, 184
Electric, for Room Heating, 325, 344. See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 400
Electric, Statistics on Consumption, 426, 444
Electric, Unification of Tariffs, 111 Electric, Wind-Driven Generators for. 421*, 461*, 501*
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Circuit-Breakers for, 184
Overhead Line, Three-Phase, Frankfurt- Lauffen, Jubilee of, 252
Overhead Lines, in Northern Ireland, 312
— Overhead Lines, Standardisation of, 212. See Erratum, 250
See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Water, Canadian Resources, Report, 152,392 See also Hydraulics; Power Pkints,
Hydro-Electric
— Wind, Utilisation for Electricity Supply, 421*, 461*, 501*
Powder Metallurgy, Products and Applications, 224,244
Preece, A., on Removal of Sulphur from Gaseous Fuels, 405
Presidential Address to Chamber of Shipping, by I. C. Geddes, on Future of British Shipping, 193
to Combustion Appliance Makers’ Association (Solid Fuel), by W. Rennie, on Economic Utilisation of Coal, 393
to Federation of British Industries, by Lord D. Gordon, on Post-War Problems of Industry, 336
to Institution of Chemical Engineers, by C. S. Garland, on Chemical Engineers in Reconstruction, 316, 325. See 331. See LETTER, 375
to the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, by Admiral E. S. Land, on Machinery for Fast Merchant Ships, 53 Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure, Lateral, of Sand, Tests on, 341*
— Moulding of Concrete, Increasing Strength by, 156
— Wave, on Breakwaters, 302*, 343, 441* Prism and Lens Making (Review), 302 Private Enterprise and Post-War Industry, 336 and Public Control, 311, 317
Producer, Gas, Performance of Petrol Engine with Various Fuels, 465
— Gas, for Gas Engines, 254, 263
for Motor Vehicles, 74. See 423, 465 Portable, German Practice, 423 Production, Ministry of, Establishment of, 24, 55 ; Statement on Munitions Production and Man-Power, 73; on Private Enterprise and Public Control, 311. See 317 • Regional and District Capacity Offices, 413
Projector, Contour, Venwick (A. C. Wickman Ltd.), 18 ’
Propane for Welding and Metal Cutting, 40
See LETTER, 76. See 129 Propellers, Aerial. See A.eronaulics
— Marine, Fouling of, 355, 359*, 380* Work of R. Griffiths on, 492
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion •
Engines; Turbines; Propellers
Prospect and Retrospect, 11
I’uWic Control and Private Enterprise, 311, 317 Relations Branches of Service Depart- ments. Report on, 291
Puget Sound Machinery Depot, Marine Boilers for British Ships, 59
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
Pumps, Fire, and Hydraulics (Review), 44
— Fuel, for Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 142*
— Heat, for Room Heating, 344
Theory and Application of, 221*. See LETTERS, 294, 336* .
Hydraulic, for Aeroplanes (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 225*. See Erratum, 294
u Step-Valve,” Chemical and Proportioning (Milton Roy Pumps), 286*
— Stirrup, Specification, 48
— Vacuum, and Air Compressor Combined
(Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 127*
Pumping Plant for Ship Salvage, 297 Purification of Sewage. See Sewage Pvrometer, Platinum/Rhodium-Platinum, Calibration over Liquid-Steel Temperature Range, 187*, 205. See Erratum, 256

QUALITY-CONTROL in Mass Production, 56
Quartz Schist, Crushing Tests of, 1
Quatercentenary of Copernicus, 413 — See abo Centenary ?; Eicentenary ;

centenary

RADIO Industry in 1942, 124
— See also Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless: FoZves, Thermionic
Rae J Jr., on Extrusion Brasses from Iired Cartridge Cases, 145, 165, 185*, 205
Rail Joints on British Railways, 14*
— and Road Transport, 231 Railroad. See Railway .
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— in Argentina, Position of, 125, 264
— British, Fuel Efficiency on, 476 Position in 1942,175, 231 Rail Joints on, 14*
Revenue, 293
— Carriage. See Carriage
Great Western, Report on Didcot Collision, 173
— Locomotive. See LocotiMtive *. -D
— London Midland <fe Scottish, Air-Raid
Damage to Signal-Box, Sheffield, 48, Repairs to Railway-Wagon Axleboxes, 166* ' Annual Report, 231; Motor- Vehicle Reclamation Centre, 245* ; Sesci Rotary Furnace for Steel Castings, 257*, , 279* ; Repair of Twist Drills by Welding, 327*
and North-Eastern, 4-6-0 Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 47* ; Annual Report, 232, Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of locomotives, 318*, 338*. See LETTER, 514
— Mexican, Rehabilitation of, 164
Xew Zealand Government, Annual Report, 13
— Rolling Stock Industry in 1942, 175 Stock. See also Carriages ; Tocomotwes ; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Southern, Waddon Station Collision, Report, 113 ; Annual Report, 231
— Springwell Colliery, Stephenson s Locomotives for, 1826, 345, 364, 384
— Swedish State, All-Welded Tank Wagons, 26*
— Swiss Federal, First Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 15, 33, 138*, 159*, 179*
— Trans-Saharan, Proposed, 296* Tube. See Underground
— Underground. See Underground Wagons. See Wagons
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Randall, C. E., on Voltage Surges due to Contactor Colls, 19* mi OQI
Rankine, Work on Combined Stress, 21,101,281 Raw Materials Board, Combined, Report of, 511 in Post-War Reconstruction, 316 Rays, Electric. See Cathode
Read, Prof. H. H., on Geology in War and Peace 93 ,
Receivers, Air, Fusion-Welded, Specification, 508
Reconstruction, Chemical Engineers in, 316, 325, 331. See LETTER, 375
Post-War : Employers’ Need of Organisation, 383. See 391. See LETTERS, 434, 454 War. See also Post-War
Records, Historical, Memorandum on Preservation of, 313 .
Recorder, Temperature (Sunvic Controls, Ltd.), 206*
Recording Macro-Structures, Methods of, 81* Reduction Gears. See Gears; Marine Pro- Referenc^Books. See Annuals and LITERATURE INDEX , , ,
Works and Statistical Records, Importance in Industry, 431
Refractories for Sesci Rotary I urnace for Steel Castings, 259, 279* .
Refrigeration Association, Commercial Electric, Reorganisation, 73
— Pioneers of, 314 ,
Register, Technical Service, Women s, 193 Registration of Engineers, 233
Reiner, M., on Stress due to Collapse of Vapour Bubbles in Liquid, 454. See LETTERS 474,494
Reinforced Concrete. See Co'^reU
“ Relt” Felt-Cored Rubber Mouldings, 280 Remuneration of Labour. p..,
Rennie, W., on Economic Utilisation of Co^l, 393
Renold, Dr. H., the Late, 375*
Repeated Stresses. See Endurance under 1 ests
Agricultural Improvement Councillor England and Wales, 293
Birmingham Tame and Rea DxStrict Drainage Board, 253
British Cast Iron Research Association,45 British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 156
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 411, 476, 484, 504
— Marine Corrosion Sub-Committee, 435. 354, 358*, 363, 378*, 416
— Organisation of Post-War Electrical search, 471
— Performance of Petrol Engine with Producer Gas, 465
— Public Relations Branches of Service Departments, 291
— Structural Failure of Oil Tanker “ Schenectady,” 371, 376. See LETTERS, 495, 514
— Waddon Station Collision. Southern Railway, 113
— Water-Power Resources of Canada, 392.
See 152
— Work of Combined Raw Materials Board, 511 Research Association, British Cast Iron,
Annual Report, 45 ; Work of, 214, 295; Opening of New Headquarters, 445*
British Electrical and Allied Industries, Annual Report, 156
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers, Annual Report, 333
Non-Ferrous Metals, British, Investigation on Copper containing Selenium, Tellurium and Bismuth. 214, 276. See 338, 345 ; Work of, 214, 295, 315
— Board, British Electrical, Proposed, 471 Gas, Annual Meeting, 493
Safety in Mines, Annual Report, 92
— Committee, Alloy Steels, Research on Removal of Sulphur from Gaseous Fuels, 405
Automobile, Report on Performance of Converted Petrol Engine with Different Producer Fuels, 465
— Co-operative, in Metal Industries, 214, 295, 315
— Council, Colonial Products, Objects of. 71
— Industrial, Great Britain, Future Policy, 151
— Irrigation in India, 163
— Laboratory, Forest Products, Report on
Circular Saws, 148 ; Report on Furnaces and Stoves for Burning Sawdust, 247*
— Packaging, in Canada, 53
— Post-War Electrical. Report on Organisation of, 471
— Scientific, in United States Petroleum Industry, 317
— in Ship Design, 131
— Station, Fuel, Memorandum on Storage of
Coal for Industrial Purposes, by R. A. A. Taylor, 256
— See also National Physical Laboratory
“ Resilitex ” Shock-Absorbent Material (Lister and Co., Ltd.), 67, 480
Resistance Welding. See Welding
Resources, Empire, and Colonial Products Research Council, 71
Retrospect and Prospect, 11
Reunert and Lenz, Ltd., 10-ton Industrial Electric Locomotive, 86
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Richmond, California, British Shipbuilding at, 36*, 58*
Rings and Strips, Copper, Specification, 328 River Bed, Laying Steel Water Main Across, 467*
— Brisbane, Queensland, Story Bridge over, 1*, 41*
— Tyne Breakwaters, 301*, 343
— Wear Breakwaters, 301*, 343
Rivets, Aluminium-Alloy, Working Stresses in, 101*
Riveter. See Machine Tools
Roads, Alaskan International Highway, Construction of, 321*
— Concrete, Canadian, 446
— Construction in Mexico, 164
— Development, Post-War, United States, 456
— and Rail Transport, 231
— Tar for. Specification, 188
Roadway, Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, 43
Roberts, G., on Lessons of the ” Schenectady,” 494. See 371. See LETTER, 514
Robertson, A. M., on Fibrous Glass Electrical Insulation, 452
Robinson, E. L., on lll-Yrars Creep Tests of Alloy Steel, 357
Robinson, N., the Late, 329
Robson, T., on Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 318*, 338*. See LETTER, 514
Rogers, H. M., the Late, 375
Rolling Stock Industry in 1942, 175
See also Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons Roof, Reinforced-Concrete Framed, Glover System, 506*
Roots Blower, Comparison with Lysholm Compressor, 97*
Rosencrants, F. H., on 1,825-lb. Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
Roskill, 0. W., on Development of Hydro- Electric Power in Hignlands, 116; on Statistics in Fuel and Power Industries, 404, 425, 444., See 431
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
Rotary Pump. See Pump
Rowan Wage System, 616
Roy, Sir G. P., the Late, 96
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Dockyard Schools, Centenary of, 273
— Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Formation of, 56

Royal Society :

Sir Isaac Newton Tercentenary Meeting Addresses, 13
Election of Fellows, 253
Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
Rubber Belting for Conveyors and Elevators, Specification, 148
— Guayule, Production in United States, 285
— Mouldings, Felt-Cored, 280
— Position in Argentina, 483
— Production in Brazil, 508
in Central and South America, 193
— Synthetic, Modern (Review), 483 Rubble-Mound Breakwaters, 381*, 441*, 481* Ruhr Dams, Germany, Destruction by Air
Raids, 413
Runcolite, Ltd., Applications of Plastic Materials, 235
Rundall, W. H., the Late, 414
Rural Electricity supply, Northern Ireland, 312 Supply and Hydro-Electric Development in Scotland, 31,116, 192
Rush, R. M., on Development of Coal-Fired Air Heater, 277*
Russell, Dr. A., the Late, 76*
Russell, Sir J., Award of Albert Medal to, 429
Rusting. See Corrosion

SAFETY in Mines Research Board, Annual
Report, 92
Sahara, Proposed Railway Across, 296*
Sails of Suffolk Windmills, 34* Saint. See St.
Salford Electricity Department, Tests of High-Rupturing Capacity Circuit-Breakers, 515*
Salvage, Paper, and Historical Records, 313
— Work of Waste Paper Recovery Association, 193 «
— Ship, Methods and Examples of, 297*
San Francisco-OaklaNd Bay Bridge, Model
Tests of, 176
Sand, Lateral Pressure of, Tests, 341*
Sandor, N., Syncrophone Method of Audio- Visual Instruction, 157*
Saunders, F. S., Hydraulic Self-Adjusting Press Tool, 6*
Saws. See Machine Tools
Sawdust, Furnaces and Stoves for Burning, 247* Scavenging in Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 121*, 161
“ Schenectady,” United States Oil Tank Steamer, Structural Failure of, 371, 376. See LETTERS, 495, 514
Schiller, P., on Domestic Multi-Part Tariff, 112
Schlesinger, Dr. G., on Surface Finish and Function of Parts. 458*, 478*, 498*. See 434, 454, 464
Scholarships. See Education
Schubert, Dr. H., on First Cast-Iron Cannon Made in England, 5 Schweitzer, Prof. P. H., on Definition of Volumetric Efficiency, 178* Science and the State, 513
— in War, Planning of, 112. See LETTER, 194
Scientific Management. See Works Management
— and Parliamentary Committee, Annual Luncheon, 153
— Photography, Association for, Formation of, 393
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institxdions
— Workers, Association of, Planning of Science in War, by E. D. Swann, 112. See LETTER,194
Scientists and the Community, 513
— University-Trained, Need for, 313
Scotland, Hydro-Electric Development in, Report, 31,116,192
Scott, Prof. J. A., on Farming in United States * and Canada, 73
Scrap Metal Recovery in America, 285
Screw Propellers. See Propellers; Aeronautics
— Nuts and Bolts, Specification, 48
— Thread, Metric, Specihcation, 248 Milling Machine. See Machine Tools War-Time Standardisation of, 135 Sea-Water Corrosion of Ships’ Plates, 354, 358*,363,378*, 416,435
Extraction of Magnesium from, 265, 284 Sealing Process for Porous Castings
mercial Structures, Ltd.), 495
Selenium, Effect on Copper for Tube facture, 214, 276, 338, 345
Senior, T., Horizontal Knee-Type Machine, 326*
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics Services, Technical Knowledge in, 51 Sesci Rotary Furnace for Steel Castings, 257*, 279*
Set-Screws, Nuts and Bolts, Specification, 48 Sewage Treatment by Birmingham Tame and
Rea District Drainage Board, 253
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges
— in Suffolk Windmills, 78*. See LETTER, 414*
Sheffield, Air-Raid Damage to Signal-Box, 48
Shell-Production Lathes, Hydraulic Operation
of, 374, 396*, 418*
Shepheard, R. B., on Welded Fabrication in Merchant Shipbuilding, 293. See 233; on Layout and Operation of Emergency Shipyards in United States, 496*
Shepheard, V. G., on Corrosion and Fouling of Ships, 358*, 378*, 416. See 333, 354, 363,435
Ship Canal, See Canal
Ship, Cargo-Warship, Admiralty Views on, 153
— Design, Research in, 131
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
Efficiency and Economy (Review), 64
— Electric Cables for. Specification, 268
— Fouling and Corrosion of, 354, 358*, 363,
378*, 416,435
-Merchant, British, Memorandum on Policy for, 134
British, War-Time, 267*
Fast or Less Fast, Operating Results with, 171, 196
Past, Machinery for, 53 Need for Higher Speeds, 131, 133 -- Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
- Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines; Propellers
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— Speed of, 53,131,133, 171, 196
— Steering Experiments with, 394, 403
— Welded, Structural Design of, 447*
?—See also Marine; Motorships; Shipping;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
— Marine Engineers’ and Naval Architects’
Pocket Book (Review), 223
Shipbuilding, British, in 1942, 215 Merchant, 365* Merchant, in North America, 1940-42,
36*, 53, 58*, 285, 371, 376, 456, 496* Merchant in War-Time, 267* Merchant, War-Time Standardisation,
135
Merchant, Welded Fabrication in, 233, 293
— Deck Welder for (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 186*
— Electric Welding in, 353
— Naval, See Warships
— Policy and Faster Ships, 131, 133. See 53, 171,196
— Prefabricated Construction of Tugs, 306*
— Structural Design of Welded Hulls, 447*
— in United States, 36*, 53, 58*, 285, 371,
376 456, 496* States, Instructional Film on, 73
— Yard, Practice, British Mercantile, 365* for Welded Construction, Todd California
Shipbuilding Corporation, 496*
— See also Steamers; Naval; Warships and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, British, and Civil Aviation, 313 F’uture of, 193
General Council of, Memorandum on Freedom and Efficiency ; A Policy for Britain’s Merchant Fleet, 134 ; Work of Council, 313
Memorandum on Policy for, 134
— Chamber of, on Faster Ships, 133. See 131. See 53, 171, 196; Annual Report, 173; Presidential Address, by I. C. Geddes, on Future of British Shipping, 193 ; on Post- War Position of Shipping Industry, 313
— French, in United States, 473
— South American, 264, 395
“ Shipping World,” Diamond Jubilee of, 353 Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard Shirley, H. T., on Applications of Spectrograph to Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456* Shnidman, L., on Corrosion of Metals by Flue Gases, 307
Shock-Absorbent Material, ” Resilitex ” (Lister and Co., Ltd.), 67, 480
— Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests (Materials)
Shop Management. See Works Management Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd.,
Government Control of, 253, 311, 352 Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Sieveking, H. A., on Central Control for Boilers, 14
Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., Signal Indicator for Inspection Work, 487*
Signal-Box, Sheffield, Air-Raid Damage to, 48
— Indicator for Measuring Instruments (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 487* Silica Bricks. See Refractories Silsbee, F. B., on Static Electricity, 332 Silver, Dr. R. S., on Stress due to Collapse of Vapour Bubbles in Liquid, 474. See LETTERS, 454, 494
Simpkin, A. E., on Suffolk Windmills, 414*. See 78*
Sims, J., and the Compound Engine, 294 Sinnatt, Dr. F. S., the Late, 115 Sintering Plant for Fine Ores, Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Co., 486* Skimmer, Magnetic, for Swarf Removal (Philips
Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd.), 406* Slabs, Building, Wood-Wool, Specification, 228 Slot-Drilling Machine. See Machine Tools Sludge. See Sewage
Small Firms and Private Enterprise, 311 Smelting Furnaces. See Fitrnaces Smith, C. A. M., Work on Combined Stress,
102*, 282, 304
Smith, C. H., on Economy in Use of Electrical Equipment, 395. See 351; on Insurance and Design, 375. See 325, 331
Smith, Engr.-Captain E. C., on J. Fitch, 44; on Pioneers of Refrigeration, 314
Smith, F., on Communications—The Key to Economic Order, 113
Smith, F. G., the Late, 215 Smith, G., on Domestic Wiring Installation, 272 Smoke Abatement Society, National, Annual Report, 230
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. SQQ Labour ; Laboxir Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Soil Improvement and Land Reclamation in Europe, 73
Solids, Characteristics of, 165*, 136 Sorpe Dam, Destruction by Air Raid, 413 South America, Notes from, 45,125, 207, 264, 395, 484
South America, Rubber Production Developments in, 193
— West Essex Technical College, Annual Report, 347
Rotes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149,169,189,209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409,429,449,469,489, 509. See PAEAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69,89,109, 129,149,169,189, 209,229,249,269,289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489,509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southern, J,, on Repair and Emergency Work of Maintenance Engineer, 372
— Railway, Waddon Station Collision, Report, 113; Annual Report, 231
Southwell, Prof. R. V., Work on Combined Stress, 21,101
Specifications, Standard.
Standardisation Spectrograph,
Analysis, 437*, 456* Spectroscopy and Combustion I'heory (Review), 44
Speed-t;nanging Gears. SeeGean’; (kariivj; Marine Propulsion
Spiers, J., on Performance of Petrol Engine on Producer Gas, 465
Springs, Coil, Hardened and Tempered, Steels for. Specification, 148
Springwell Colliery, Stephenson’s Locomotives for, 1826, 345, 364, 384
St. Venant. Work on Combined Stress, 21, 101,282 ' Standard Engineering Co., Ltd., Edgwlck 8-in. Centre High-Speed Lathe, 86*
Standards Association, Canadian Engineering, Annual Report, 326
— British, for Workshop Practice (Review), 483
— Institution, British, Specifications ; Alternators and Direct-Current Generators, 28, 150 ; Casein Glue for Aircraft, 28; Aluminium-Alloy Bars, 28 ; Code of Practice for Maintenance of Switchgear, 28 ; High- Purity Zinc and Zinc Alloys for Die- Casting, 28; Testing of Light Alloys at Elevated Temperatures, 48; Bolts, Nuts and Set-Screws 48 ; Stirrup Pumps, 48; Ebonite for Electrical Purposes, 88 ; Black Paint, 88 ; Notched-Bar Test-Pieces, 88 ; Aluminium Alloy for Structures, Working Stresses in, 101* ; Glossary of Electrical Engineering Terms. 108, 188, 268, 468 ; Identification of Pipes, Conduits and Ducts, 108; Rubber Conveyor and Elevator Belting, 148; Lead-Alloy Pipes, 148; Steels for Hardened and Tempered Coil Springs, 148; Tars for Road Purposes, 188; White Pigment for Paint. 188; Mastic Asphalt and Pitch Mastic for Elooring and Damp proof Courses, 228; Wood-Wool Building Slabs, 228; Insulated Cleat Wire, 248; Metric Screw Threads, 248; Electric Cables for Ships, 268; Transformers 268; Sizes of Drawing Paper and Tracing Cloth, 273 ; War-Time Finish of Machinery and Plant, 288 ; Protection of Structures against Lightning, 288; Copper Rings and Strips, 328; Varnished-Cambric Insulated Cables, 428 ; Flexible Trailing Cables, 428; Hand- Held Electric Drilling Machine, 428; Copper and Brass for Locomotive Purposes, 448; Copper Sheet and Strip for Electrical Purposes, 448 ; Welding Plant and Equipment, 448; Fine Resistance Wire for Telecommunications, 468; Fusion-Welded Steel Air Receivers, 508; Pressure Paint Containers, 508; Colours for Ready-Mixed Paints, 508
British, Location of (Complete Sets of Standard Specifications, 16; War-Time Work of, 76, 117, 135; Booklets on Factory-Office Systems, 196; Summary of British and American Specifications for Iron and Steel, 328; Memorandum on Alloy Steels, 468
— for Surface Finish, 459, 465 ?— United States Buieau of.
States Standardisation of Electric-Motor Dimensions, 432
— of Overhead Transmission Lines, 212. See
Erratum, 250
— War-Time, 76, 117, 135
Stanton, L. R., on Damping Characteristics of Magnesium and Aluminium Alloys, 214; on Recording Dilatometer for Metal Specimens, 518*
Stars, Temperature and Density of, 137 State Railways. See Railways Stations, Power. See Power Stations
— Underground, Surveys for Reconstruction of, 14. See LETTER, 55*
Statistical Methods in Industry (Review), 503 Statistics in Fuel and Power Industries, 404, 425, 444
— Technical, Need for Compilation, 431
— Trade. See Trade Steam Boats. See Steamers — Boilers. See Boilers — Consumption for Textile Drying, 203, 219 See also Goal
— Engines. See Engines
— Heat and Power tFtilisation Conference, 475, 499
— Heating, Developments in, 305, 324, 344 See LETTER, 414. See Erratum, 460
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Tugs, Prefabricated Construction, 306* •--- Turbmes. See Turbines
Steamers, British, War-Time, 267* • War-Time. See also Ships; Ship- briilding
— “ Empress of China,” Salvage of, 299
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— ” Ikalis,” Salvage of, 300*
— Oil-Tank, British War-Time, 267* Tank, Introduction of, 273 Tank, ” Schenectady,” Structural Failure of, 371, 376. See LETTERS, 495, 514 Tank, Welded Fabrication in, 233, 293 — Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Propellers
Steamers, Salvage of. See Salvage
— Work of J . Fitch on, 44
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; H’ffr- ships; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steels, Alloy, Influence of Tin on, 128 Memorandum on, 468
Research Committee, Research on Removal of Sulphur from Gaseous Fuels, 405 Spectrographic Analysis of, 437*, 456*
— for Castings, Production in Sesci Rotary Furnace, 257*, 279*
— “ Chromizing ” Process for, 130
— Combined Stress in. Problem of, 22, 102*, 281*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Effects of Boron on, 210
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— for Hardened and Tempered Coil Springs, Specification, 148
— Heated, Scaling Caused by Gaseous Fuels, , 405 ?
— High-Tensile, for Light Construction, 167 I
— Ingots, Committee on Heterogeneity of, I
Report on Spectrograph in Steelworks Analysis, 437*, 456*
— Lead-Bearing, Microstructure of, 388
— Liquid, Calibration of Thermocouple for Use
in, 187*, 205. See Erratum^ 256
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Microstructure. See Microphotographs; Atetallography
— Mild, Welded, ivlacrographs of, 186*
— Nickel'Chromium-Molybdenum, llJ-Year Creep Tests of, 357
— Parts, Manufacture by Powder Metallurgy 244
— Rails. See Rails
— Recording Dilatometer for, 518*
— Scaling Caused by Gaseous Fuels, 405
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests {Materials}
— Structure, Simply Explained (Review) 164
— Tape, Surveyor’s, Corrections for Length of, 14. See LETTER, 55*
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— War-Time Specifications for, 117, 328, 468 Steelworks Analysis, Applications of Spectrograph to, 437*, 456*
Steering Experiments with Ship Models, 394, 403
Steiiter for Textile Drying, 204, 237*
“ Step-Valve” Chemical and Proportioning Pump, 286*
Stephenson, R., and Co., Locomotives for Springwell Colliery, 1826, 345, 364, 384
Stevenson Creek Dam, Model Tests, 176 Stewart, C., the Late, 414
Stilgoe, H. E., the Late, 234
Stirrup Pump, Specification, 48
Stodola, Prof. A., the Late, 334*
Stoker and Furnacemakers’ Association, Formation of, 388
Stone Dust for Mines, Experimental Results, 92
— Grinding, in Suffolk Windmills, 78
Storage of Coal for Industrial Purposes, 256
— Thermal, for Beating Buildings, 344
Story Bridge over River Brisbane, Queensland, 1*, 41*
Stove for Burning Sawdust, Report on, 247*
Stow College, Glasgow, Electric Welding in Ship Construction, by F. C. Cocks, 353; Structural Design of Welded Hulls, by J. Turnbull, 447* ; Layout and Operation of v Emergency Shipyards in United States, by R. B. Shepheard, 496*
Stradling, Dr. R. E., Award of Ewing Medal to, 93
Strain. See Stress
Stratton, C. E., on Coriolis Theorem, 294. See 243*. See LETTER, 314
Streets. See Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Stresses in Arch Dani, Determination of, 176
— Combined, Problem of, 21*, 101*, 222* 281*, 303
— Due to Collapse of Vapour Bubbles in Liquid, 454. See LETTERS, 474, 494
— in Pre-Stressed Concrete, 155
— Working, in Aluminium-Alloy Structures, . 101*
Strikes. See Labour ; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Strips and Rings, Copper, Specification, 328 Stroboscopic Equipment, 401*
Structural Engineers, Institution of, Election of Members, 28, 168, 208, 308, 388, 508; Static Water Tanks, by J. T. Griffith, 140
— Engineering in 1942, 222 Developments in, 155,176 Structures, Aluminium-AUoy, Working Stresses in, 101*
— Continuous, Analysis of, 176
— Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete
— Protection against Lightning, Code of Practice, 288
— Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
— of Steel, Simply Explained (Review), 164
Stuart, Dr. N., on Effect of Zinc on Corrosion- Fatigue of Steels, 336
Submarine Boats. See Warships Substations for Large Factory, 66,85
Suffolk Windmills, Tower Mills, 34*, 78*. See LETTER, 414*
Sulphur Removal from Gaseous Fuels, 405
Sunstrand Machine Tool Co., Shaft-End Milling and Centring Machine, 466*
Sunvic Controls, Ltd., Ambient Temperature Recorder, 206*
Superheater for High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of. Technical and Economical Design of Electrical Distribution in Large Factory, by J. S. Blacklock, 65, 85; Annual Luncheon, 233; Repair and Emergency Work of Maintenance Engineer, bv J ' Southern, 372 and >
Supply Departments and Engineering Industry, 24, 55. See LETTER, 255 '
Supply, Ministry of, Note on Propane and Coal Gas for vVelding and Metal Cutting, 2U. bee LETTER, 76. See 129; Control of Hand Tools Order, 133; 0-6-0 Saddle-Tank “Austerity” Locomotive, 155*; Memorandum on Industrial Electric Motors and Control Gear, 213 ; Bulletin on Machine Flame Cutting of Kolled Armour Plate, 316 ; Order for Economy in Use of Electrical Equipment, 351. See LETTER, 395 ; Timber Control, 518. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Surface Finish and Function of Parts, 434, 454, 458*, 464, 478*, 498*
— Layer, Examination by Electron Diffraction, 436
Surveys, Engineering, Elementary and Applied (Review), 263
— for Keconstruction of Tube Stations, 14. See LETTER, 55*
Sussex, Casting of Guns in, 5
Sutton, J. F., on Engineering Education and Training, 191
Swann, E. D., on Planning of Science in War, 112. See LETTER, 194
Swansea, University College, Tests on Lateral Pressure of Sand, 341*
Swarf Removal, Magnetic Skimmer for (Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd.), 406*
— Washing and Oil-Recovery Plant (Industrial
Utilities (Birmingham), Ltd.), 46*
Swedish State Railways, All-Welded Tank Wagons, 26*
Swimming Hall, Zurich, Heat-Pump Equipment at, 221*. See LETTERS, 294, 336*
Swiss Federal Railways, First Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 16, 33, 138*, 169*, 179*
— See also Switzerland
Switchgear, Air-Blast Circuit-Breakers, Progress of, 292
— Circuit Breakers, High-Rupturing Capacity (Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 515*
Breaker Progress in United States, 184
— for Large Factoiy, 86
— Practice (Review), 483
— Standard Code of Practice for Maintenance of, 28
Switzerland, Heat-Pump Equipments in, 221*. See LETTERS, 294, 336*
— See also Swiss
Synchrophone Method of Audio-Visual Instruction (I.S.M., Ltd.), 157*
Systems, Shop. See Works Management

TANK, Experimental, Steering Experiments on Ship Models, 394, 403
- First Battle of (Review), 183
— Ships, Motor. See Alotorships
— Static Water, Construction of, 140
— Steamers. See Steamers
— Wagon, All-Welded, Swedish State Railways, 26*
Tape, Steel, Surveyor’s, Correcting Length of, 14. See LETTER, 55*
Tar for Road Purposes, War Emergency Specification, 188
Tariff, Electricity-Supply, Domestic, MultiPart, 112
Supply, Factors Affecting Unification of, 111
Supply, Types of (Review), 251
Taxation, Memorandum by Federation of British Industries, 93
Taylor, 11. W., on Standardised Overhead Transmission Lines, 212. Erratum, 250
Taylor, J. L., on Patents and War, 356. See LETTER,376
Taylor, J. R., on Voltage Surges due to Contactor Coils, 19*
Taylor, R. A. A., on Storage of Coal for Industrial Purposes, 256
— Wage System, 516
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Information, Sources of, Aslib War-Time, Guide to, 512
— Institutions, Membership Designations, 412. See LETTER, 434 See also Institutions
— Knowledge in Services, 51
— Service Register, Women’s, 193
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Telecommunications, Fine Resistance Wire for. Specification, 468
Telegraphy, Wireless. See Radio; Valves, Thermionic
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephony, Wireless, Short-Wave, Progress in, 17
See also Radio ; Valves, Thermionic
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Telescope, Reflecting, Newton’s Invention of, 84, 103
Tellurium, Effect on Copper for Tube Manufacture, 214, 276, 338, 345
Temperature Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermometry
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Tercentenary of Sir Isaac Newton, 13
— See also Centenary; Bicentenary; Quatercentenary
Terms, Electrical Engineering, British Standard Glossary, 108, 188, 268, 468
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Tesla, Dr. N., the Late, 54. See LETTER, 96
Tests, Coal-Fired Air Heater for Workshons. 278* _ ’
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 62*, 121*, 141, 162
— Endurance, of ” ResUitex ” Shock-Absor
bent Material, 67
— of Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 15, 33, 138* 159*, 179*
— Helical-Lobe Rotary Compressor, 15. 33, 97*
— of High - Rupturing Capacity Circuit -
Breakers, 515*
— Lateral Pressure of Sand, 341*

Tests (Materials) :

Bending Tests of “ Hyduligiiuin ” Laniin- ated-Wood Airsciew Blades. 27* Corrosion Tatigue, Steels, Effect of Zinc, 336
Creep Tests, llj years, Nickel-Chronduin- Aiolybdenuni Steel, 357
(?^rushing Tests, Quartz Schist, 1 Endurance Tests of “ Resilitex ” Shock- Absorbent Material, 67
Impact Tests, Specification for Notched- Bar Specimens, 88
Materials, Extreme Properties of, 105*, 136 — Strength of (Review), 164
Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tests, at Elevated Temperatures, of Light Alloys, Specification, 48
— Mechanical, Extrusion Brasses from Fired Cartridge Cases, 145, 165, 185*, 205
and Problem of Combined Stress, 21*, 101*, 222*, 281*, 303
of Steel Castings, 259 of Welded Steel, 186
Tests, Model, of Engineering Structures, 176 See also Model; Tank Experimental
— Oil-Coal Colloidal Fuel, 433
— Sea-Water Corrosion of Steel, 354,'358, 363, 378*, 416
— Surge, of Transformers (Ferranti, Ltd.), 167* Testing, Circuit-Breaker, in United States, 184
— of Locomotive, Counter-Pressure Brake Method, 318*, 338*. See LETTER, 514
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— of Light Alloys at Elevated Temperatures, Specification, 48
— Wall Thickness of Intricate Castings, 361*
— See also Tests {Materials) Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Textile Finishing Machines, 175,203,218*, 237* -Machinery Industry in 1942, 115
Thermal Efficiency, Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 15,33,159*
— - Storage for Heating Buildings, 344
Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
— under Metallurgy
Thermionic Tubes, High-Frequency (Review), 262
Thermocouple, Platinum/Rhodium-Platinum, Calibration over Liquid-Steel Tenjperature Range, 187*, 205. See Erratum, 256
Thermodynamics, Applications of Heat Pump, 221*. See LETTERS, 294, 336
Thermometry, Ambient Temperature Recorder (Sunvic Controls, Ltd.), 206*
— Temperature Control (Review), 64
— See also Pyrometer
Thomas, L)r. E. W., on Working Stresses in Aluminium-Alloy Structures, 101*
Thon^son, E., 4-6-0 Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 47*
Thompson, Prof. F. C., on Damping Characteristics of Magnesium and Aluminium Alloys, 214
Thompson, R. C., on British Merchant Shipbuilding in North America, 36*, 58*
Thomson, Prof. G. P., on Electron Ditfracllon, 436, 444. See Erratum, 469
Thomson, Sir J. J., Life of (Review), 183
Thornton, B. M., on Testing Wall Thickness of Intricate Castings, 361*
Thorold, W. G. P., the Late, 355
Threads, Screw. See Screio
“ Thunderbolt,” H.M. Submarine, Loss of, 353 Tidal Currents and Breakwater Construction, 301*, 381*
Timber, Control of, 518
— Crib Breakwaters, 381*
Tin, Influence on Alloy Steels, 128
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation, British Shipbuilding by, 36*, 58*
Todd-California Shipbuilding Corporation, British Shipbuilding by, 36*, 58* ; Shipbuilding Berth for Welded Ships, 496*
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gaiiges
Tools, Hand, Control of, 133
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— War-Time Standardisation of, 118
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Geari'ng; Marine Propulsion
Toronto University, Engineering Physics Course, 133
Torsional Vibration in Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 181*
Tower for Wind-Driven Generators, 423
— Windmills in Suffolk, 34*, 78*. See LETTER, 414*
Town Gas. See Gas
— Planning and Location of Industry, 132 Tracings, Ink v. Pencil, 255
Traction, Electric. See Pailways
Tractor, Agricultural, Portable Producer-Gas Plant for, 423
Use for Land Drainage, 356
— and Trailer for Transporting Aircraft Parts, Trade and British Mercantile Marine, 134
— Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes • PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Electrical Machinery, 1942,123
— Engineering, in 1942, 24, 55, 74, 115, 123, 144, 175, 195, 215, 222. See LETTER, 255
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, and Lend-Lease Scheme, 57
— Locomotive, in 1942,175
— Motor Cycle and Cycle, 74
— South American, 45, 207, 264, 483
American and United States, 395
— Textile Machinery, 115
— Unions. See Laboiir; Labour Notes PARAGRAPH INDEX
— United States with Mexico, 225
Trailer for Transporting Aircraft Parts, 147* Train. See Pailway
Training. See Education
Trans-Saharan Railway, Proposed, 296*
Transatlantic Steam Ship Co., M.S. ” Yngaren,” 63
Transformers, Specification, 268
— Windings, “ Stress-Control,” Ferranti, Ltd., 167*
Transmission Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Inland, in Great Britain, Co-ordination of, 113
— Institute of, Election of Members, 28, 128, 288, 388, 508; Communications—The Key to Economic Order, by F. Smith, 113 ; Formation of Discussion Groups, 393
— Motor. See Road; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. SeeRoarf; Motor
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trenching Plant, Demonstration of, 356 Trials. See Tests
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
Tube for High-Pressure La Mont Boiler, 385*
— Railways. See Underground Railways
— Thermionic, High-Frequency (Review), 262
— See also Pipes
Tug, Steam, Prefabricated Construction, 306*
Turbine, Gas, and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft (Review), 324
Ljungstrdm, Development of, 97
for Locomotive, 15, 33, 138*, 159*, 179*
— Hydraulic. See Power Plant
— Steam, Marine, Geared. See Marine Pro- Work of A. Stodola on, 334
See also Turbo-Generators
— Wind, for Electricity Supply, 421*, 502* Turbo-Generators, Hydraulic, Canadian, 152 Turnbull, J., on Structural Design of Welded Hulls, 447*
Tweddell, R. H., Centenary of, 433
Twist Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Tyne, River, Breakwaters, 301*, 343
“ Typhoon ” Single-Seat Fighting Aeroplane, 385*
Tyres, Railway, Coning of, 14

UNDERGROUND Reconstruction LETTER,55* Unemployment. See Labour Unions, Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
United States Aircraft Industry, Development of, 293
Aircraft Production, 75
Alaskan International Highway, 321* Bureau of Mines, Tests of Oil-Coal Colloidal Fuel, 433
Bureau of Standards, Circular on Static Electricity, by F. B. Silsbee, 332
and Canada, Farming in, 73 Circuit-Breaker Progress in, 184 Civil Aeronautics Board, Grant of New Air Line, 473
Emergency War-Time Housing in, 119* Engineer Corps, Submerged Cross
River Water Main, 467*
Engineering Notes from, 165, 225, 285, 377, 456
French Shipping in, 473
and Great Britain, Munitions Production, 24, 55, 74
Industrial Research in, 214, 295
Industrial Statistics, 404
Investigation on Corrosion and Fouling of Ships, 354, 363, 378
Magnesium Production Plants in, 265,284 Maritime Commission, Annual Report, 456
National Museum, Annual Report, 493 Oil Industry, Scientific Research in, 317 Ordnance Department and Glass Precision Gauges, 495. See 377 Shipbuilding in 1942, 53, 215 Shipbuilding, British Merchant Ships, 1940 42, 36*, 58*
Shipbuilding in. Instructional Film on, 73 Shipbuilding Practice, 371, 376. See LETTERS, 495, 514
United States Steel Corporation, High-Tensile
Steels for Light Construction, 167
United States Trade with South America, 395 Trailer for Transporting Aircraft Parts, 147*
War Department, 35-ton Self-Propelled Mobile Crane, 177* ; Standards for Army Ordnance Finishes, 19
Watertown Arsenal, Tipping Cutting Tools by Brazing, 30 See also America University College, Swansea, Tests Pressure of Sand, 341*
— Illinois, Investigations
Heating Systems, 377
— Leeds, Researches on Removal from Gaseous Fuels, 405
— Manchester, Differential Analyser at, 373
— Minnesota, Developments in High-Speed Cathode-Ray Oscillography, by J. H. Bryant and M. Newman, 241*
— Radio Teachers, Convention of, 313
— Toronto, Engineering Physics Course at, 133
— See also Edzccation Uruguay, Notes from, 207

VACUUM Tube. See Valves, Thermionic
Valves for Hydraulic System for Aeroplanes (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 225*. See Enatum, 294
— Thermionic, High-Frequency (Review), 262
Vancouver Iron Works, Marine Boilers for British Ships, 69
Vapour Bubbles in Liquid, Stress due to Collapse of, 454. See LETTERS, 474, 494
Vega Aircraft Corporation, Vega Ventura Bomber, 353 ; Use of Plastic Punches for Sheet-Metal Work, 378
Vegesack, A. von, on Etching Lead-Bearing Steels, 388
Venezuela, Mineral Resources of, 166
Ventilati n, Air Conditioning and Heating, Handbook of (Review), 203
— of Coal Stacks, 256
Venwick Contour Projector, 18
Vibration of Concrete, Increasing Strength by, 156
— in Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 142,161 * Vienna Fair, Producer-Gas Plant at, 423 Volumetric Efficiency, Definition of, 178

WADDON Station Collision, Southern Railway, Report, 113
Wages. See Labour; PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles
— Railway, High-Tensile Steel for, 168 Repairs to Axleboxes, 166*
— Tank, All-Welded, Swedish State Railways, 26*
Wades, R., on Suffolk Windmills, 34*, 78*. See LETTER, 414*
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Mechanism of Insulation Breakdown, 261* ; on Heat Pump, 221*. See LETTERS, 294, 336*; on Wind- Driven Synchronous Generators, 421*, 461*,501*
Wall Thickness of Intricate Castings, Method of Testing, 361*
Waltham Machine Works, Thread-Milling Machine, 475*
War Office, Public Relations Branch, Report on, 391
— and Patents, 356. See LETTER, 376
— and Peace, Geology in, 93
— Planning of Science in, 112. See LETTER, 194
— Production, British, 24, 55, 74 in Canada, 286, 456 and Man-Power, 73
Plants in United States, 456
— in 1942, Review of, 11
— at Sea, 211
— Time British Merchant Ships, 136,215,267*, 366*. See 36*, 58*, 285, 371, 376, 456, 496*
Concrete Pavements, Canadian, 446
War-Time Finish of Machinery and Plant, Speciflcation, 288
Housing, Emergency, United States, 119* Standaroisation, 76,117, 135
— Transport, Ministry of, Report on Waddon
Station Collision, 113 ; Report on Didcot Railway Collision, 173 ; Appointment of Merseyside Docks Committee, 213
— See also Post War

Warships :

Admiralty and Faster Merchant Ships, 131, 133
— and Proposed Cargo-Warships, 153
— Public Relations Branch, Report on, 291 Cargo Warships, Admiralty Views, 153 (lerman Submarines, Progress of Campaign Against, 211
H.M. Ships, Corrosion and Fouling of, 354,358*, 363,378*
Steering Experiments with, 394, 403
— Submarine “ Thunderbolt,” Loss of, 353 Naval Construction in 1942, 215
Navy Appropriation Account, Auditor General’s Report, 373
— Estimates, 211
— Specialisation in, 51
Warship Construction, Profits on, 373
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washing Swarf and Oil-Recovery, Plant for, (Industrial Utilities (Birmingham), Ltd.), 46*
Washington, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Model Tests of, 176
Waste Heat from Gas Engines, 254, 263
— Paper Recovery Association, Salvage Work of, 193
Salvage and Historical Records, 313 Water Main, Cross-River, Submerged, Laying of, 467*
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant; Power, Water
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Power Plant
— See also Irrigation
Waterproofing by Plastic Materials, 235 Watertown Arsenal, United States, Tipping
Cutting Tools by Brazing, 30 Waterways, Rivers; Canals Watt International Medal, Award to A. G. M.
Michell, 94
Wave Action on Breakwaters, 301*, 342, 381*,441*
Wear, Liner, in Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 122 i — River, Breakwater, 301*, 343
Wearmouth Colliery Co., Colliery Transport Cars, 107
Weather. See Meteorology Wedge Mechanism for Closing Story Bridge,
Brisbane, 42*
Welded Construction, Shipyard Layout, Todd- California Shipbuilding Corporation, 496*
— Framing for Doxford Marine Oil Engine,182*
— Steel Air Receivers, Speciflcation, 508
— Tank Steamer Schenectady,” Structural
Failure of, 371, 376. See LETTERS, 495, 514
Welder, Arc, Deck, Semi-Automatic (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 186*
Welding, Arc, Electrode Holder (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 357*
Fleet-Fillet (Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd.), 66*
Process for Repair of Twist Drills, 327*
— Electric, in American Oil Tankers, 371, 376.
See LETTERS, 495, 514
in American Shipbuilding, 36 and Oxy-Acetylene in Ship Construction, 215, 233, 293, 353 365*
— Institute of. Development in Welded Fabrication for Merchant Shipbuilding, by R. B. Shepheard, R. Boardman and C. J. Jensen, 293. See 233
— Machines, Spot, Air-Operated (Holden and
Hunt, Ltd.), 407*
— Plant and Equipment, Speciflcation, 448
— of Structures, Advantages of, 176
— Use of I^opane and Coal Gas for, 40. See LETTER, 76. See 129
Wells, Oil, Drainage (Review), 463
Western Pipe and Steel Co., Boilers for British Ships, 59
Wheels, Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Whitefriars Glass Works, Glass Making at, 514
Whiteley, J. H., Award of Bessemer Medal to, 415
Whitworth Society, Status and Work of, 491
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Venwick Contour Projector, 18 ; Universal Dial Gauge, 67* ; 3|-in. Centre Precision Capstan Lathe, 227*; Wickman-Neven Bench Grinding and Lapping Machine, 266*
Wilson, J. L., the Late, 355
Wilson, Dr. W. K., on Development of Doxford ! Marine Oil Engine, 61*, 121*, 141*, 161*, 181*, 201*
“ Wilson’s ” Forge (1929), Ltd., Colliery Trans-
' port Cars, 107
Wind-Driven Synchronous Electric Generators, 421*, 461*, 501*
Windmills, Suffolk, Tower Mills, 34*. See LETTER, 414*
Windred, G., on Stroboscopic Equipment, 401* Wire, Fine Resistance, for Telecommunications, Specification, 468
— Insulated Cleat, Specification, 248
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wiring installations, Domestic, 372 Women Workers. See Labour
Wood, Circular Saws for, 148
— as Fuel for Producer-Gas Plant, 423
— Laminated, Hydulignum Airscrews, 27*
— Wool Building Slabs, Specification, 228 Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Workmen. See Labour
Works :
Engineering Works, Employment of Women, See Labour
Fuel Efficiency in, 475, 499
Works Management, British Standards Institution Booklets on Factory Office Systems, 135,196
Costing of Government Contracts (Review), 12
Factory Office Systems, War-Time Standardisation of, 135,196
Statistical Control in Industry (Review), 503
Wage Systems and Incentives, 516
'— Ministry of. Memorandum on Post-War Planning by Institution of Municipal and County Engineers, 32; Lorry for Bulk Transport of Cement, 190
Workshop Practice, British Standards for (Review), 483
— Training. See Education
— See also IForia; Machine Tools Worm Gear. See Gear; Gearing
Wrangham, D. A,, on Theory and Practice of Heat Engines, 14
Wreck Raising. See Salvage
— See Accidents
Wrinch, E. P., the Late, 134
Wrought Light Alloys Development Association, on Heat Treatment of Wrought Aluminium Alloys, 505
Wynne, F. H., the Late, 435

YEAR BOOKS.
Yeaw, J. S., on Gases, 307
Yngaren,” M.S., with Doxford Oil Engine, 63 Young, Prof. C. R., on Physicist in Factories, 133
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Go., Sintering Plant for Fine Ores, 496*

ZINC ALLOY Die Casters Association, Formation of, 100 See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Effect on Corrosion-Fatigue of Steels, 836
— High-Puritv, for Die-Casting, Specification,

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