Engineering 1962 Jan-Jun: Index

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A-60 aircraft design study, 484
A-line vacation house, Findlay, 384
Abbey Chemicals Ltd., position and prospects, 561
Abel flash point, BS3442-1961, 280
Abercrombie, R. G., and Co., use of nylon conveyor star wheels, 242
Abraham, L. H., on Structural Design of Missiles and Spacecraft (book), 344
Abrasive diamond, by J. Cantrell, 797
Absorptiometer, Flowthrough Spectra (Evans Electroselenium Ltd.), 687
Absorption, distillation and cooling towers, by W. S. Norman (book), 112
Abstrene M moulding plastic, 371
Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd., off-shore oil wells at Das Island, 330
ACC-Vickers-Babcock Ltd., Durgapur engineering works, 241; members of the consortium, 241
Accelerator, electron linear, for Deutches Elektronen Synchrotron (AEI Ltd.), 221
— Tubes (J. Langham Thompson Ltd.), 191
— Van de Graff, for Rutgers University, 448
Access Equipment Ltd., powered platform, 11 Accidents, 392
— Electrical, and their causes, report, 173, 232
Accidents—How They Happen, 232, 791
— Industrial, incidence of in UK, 172
— Preventing, in the furniture industry, 697
— Railway, Singleton Bank, report on, 289
— Rate, how far can it be cut? 172-173
— Statistics on, 232
Accopac asbestos/rubber gasket material (Armstrong Cork Co. Ltd.), 819
Accumulator, steam, plant (Daniels (BBA) Ltd.), 227
— See also Battery
Acetal plastic. See Plastic
Achilles marine diesel engine (Ajax Marine Engines Ltd.), 90
Ackoff, R. L., on Progress in Operations Research (review), 789
Acoustic material, yttrium iron garnet as, 317
— Tests for Coventry Cathedral (National Physical Laboratory), 685
Acoustics, auditorium, computer simulation of (Bell), 78
Acrow (Engineers) Ltd., Atlas pit prop, 371; pallet racking (trade publication), 760; Stabits for Benghasi Harbour mole, 779
Acrylic sheet, Tuffak (Charles Lennig and Co. (Great Britain) Ltd.), 307
Acton Society Trust, Future of the Unions, 202; Arts Graduate in Industry, 697
Actuators, rotary (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 522
Adams, Cyril, and Co., development of copy belt grinding machine, 500; Cadamco copy belt grinding machine, 500
Adamson, Joseph, and Co. Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 483
Adaptable house, 384
Adcock and Shipley Ltd., chromium plated slideways, 851
Adcora neoprene based paint (E. and F. Richardson Ltd.), 211
Addison, H., review of Irrigation and Climate, 374; biographical note, 376
Addison Tool Co. Ltd., Jonescheit press brakes, 302; horizontal bandsaw (trade publication), 600; lathes (trade publication), 696
Additives, oil, by Dr. E. P. Wright, 551
— for prestressed concrete, 811
Adelphi Theatre, stage settings for musical show Blitz, 714-715
Aden Airways, orders placed for Avro 748 aircraft, 409
Adhesive, Araldite, for glass nose cones of missiles (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 563
— Evo Stik 873, for floor coverings (Evode Ltd.), 526
— Film, Scotchweld (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 531
Adhesive Tapes Ltd., agreement with Gordon and Gotch Ltd. on sale organization for Sellotape, 209
— Trufix (Evode Ltd.), 432
Adler shearing machine (Lester-Brown Machine Tools Ltd.), 782
Admiral crane (Brown and Tawse Plant Ltd.), 267
Admiralty Experiment Works, Haslar, opening of ship test tank by Duke of Edinburgh, 38
Adrema Ltd., data writing systems, 33; mobile demonstration vehicle, 33
Advance Components Ltd., Sound Spectrometer, 570-572
Advanced School of Automobile Engineering, symposium on vehicle ride, 615
Advanced Technology Laboratories, atomic reactor for consortium of Universities, 605
Advertising for staff, cost of, 8
Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, cost of capital equipment for research, 41
AEC Ltd., export orders, 441; Mammoth Major truck chassis, 441; Mandator prime mover, 441; Ranger passenger vehicle chassis, 441
AEI-Birlec Ltd., annealing furnace for Firth- Vickers, 73
AEI-Birlec Ltd., use of Thermoplate plate in furnaces, 370
Aeorlineas Argentinas, orders for Avro 748 aircraft placed, 409
Aerated concrete. See Concrete
Aerials, paraboloid, for GEC Ltd. (John I. Thornycroft and Co. Ltd.), 817
— Plastic, for missile tracking, 402
— Segments of Cor-Ten steel (Husband and Co.), 403
— Tuning unit for Vickers VCIO aircraft (Marconi), 543
Aero-engine. See Aircraft engine Aero-Hydraulics Ltd., aero-hydraulic gun (trade publication), 344
Aerodynamics, supersonic, by E. R. C. Miles (book), 440
Aerograph-De Vilbiss Co. Ltd., portable spray painter, 302
Aeromaritime Ltd., Unidap multiplexing data acquisition system, 575
Aeronautics, Cranfield College of. See Cranfield
Aeroplane. See Aircraft
Aeroplane engines. See Aircraft engine; Turbine
Aeropreen Ltd., polyether foam sheets, 331 Aerosol for lubrication, 43
Affluent Society, by Prof. J. K. Galbraith, 688 AFL-CIO convention, 168
Africa, standardization of railway equipment in, 737
African Development Bank, plans to form, 385 African Metals Corp. Ltd., new furnaces for (Davy-Ashmore Group), 369
Aga CB de Luxe cooker (Allied Ironfounders Ltd.), 154-156
Agecroft power station, 737
Agenda for a Free Society (Institute of Economic Affairs) (review), 503
Agricultural Engineers Association, overseas sales statistics, 249; value of agricultural machinery exports, 409; statistics on tractor sales, 505; statistics for 1959 and 1961 on agricultural machinery sales, 505; export and import statistics on farm tractors, 808
— Engineering, education for. See LETTER, 86 International Institute of. See International
National College of. College
— Equipment, external factors Future events in, 134
— ?— Industry, investment and
136
Industry, management and labour in, 136 Industry, production in, 136
Market trends in, 135
Outlook for 1962, 133-136
— — Technical developments in, 133
— Machinery exports, statistics and values, 409 Table of deliveries of, 133
Agriculture, British, keeping it to the fore, 770
— Ministry of, closure of Aberdeen research
establishment, 153
— See also Farm; Irrigation; Tractors
Ahcol rotary milling machine (Dowding and Doll Ltd.), 495
Ahern, Dr. S. A., review of Magnetic Materials in the Electrical Industry, 32; biographical note, 32; review of High Frequency Magnetic Materials: Their Characteristics and Principal Applications, 375; biographical note, 376
Ailleret, M. P., on extra high voltage electricity, 655
Aims of Industry Ltd., paper on power stations, 513
Air Automation, BSP air control valves, 235 Air bubbles to dampen underwater shock waves (Atlas Copco Ltd.), 298
— Clean, proceedings of the international
conference on (National Society for Clean Air) (review), 727
— Compressed. See Compressed air; Pneu
matic
— Compressors. See Compressors
— Conditioners, 704
(Hygro-Robot Ltd.), 704
Islander (Temperature Ltd.), 523
Volovent (Svenska Flaktfabriken), 590 Westair 300 (Westool Ltd.), 704
Wright Bell-Air (Sales Organisers Ltd.), 704
— Conditioning contracting (W. G. Cannon &
Sons), 547
for motor cars, 261
Plant, screens for (A. Arden and Co. Ltd.), 620
— cooled engines. See Engines
— Force, Royal. See Royal Air Force
— Heating with low grade fuel oils, 254
— Humidifier. See Humidifier
— Pump. See Pump
— Screws. See Propellers
— Traffic control system, Eurocontrol, 545
Air Trail suspension system (Cranes (Dere- ham) l td.), 418
— See also Atmosphere
Airadio equipment (Marconi), 644
Airborne dust, control of, by W. D. Bamford (book), 312
Aircraft, A-60, design study of, 484
— Aerosol lubrication for, 43
— Automatic landing system for, 83
— Avro Vulcan, 193
— Avro 748, for RAF, 291
— Avro 748, sales of, 409
— Belfast freighter, 801, 835
— Brakes. See Brakes
— Bristol 188 research, 545, 549
— Buccaneer (Blackburn), 153
— Caravelle (Sud-Aviation), 41
Aircraft, Comet 4C, Middle East Airlines negotiating for, 409
— Controls, electric signalling for (RAE), 420
— de Havilland Trident, 673
— de Havilland Trident, flight trials continue,
707
— Design and development in, 101
— Design trends, by A. F. Newell and D.
Howe, 484
— Engine, Hercules, for Nord-Aviation
(Bristol Siddeley), 409
Lift-jet, Rolls-Royce, 772 Olympus (Bristol Siddeley), 193 Olympus, for TSR2 aircraft, 625 Spey by-pass turbine, 153 Turbine, blade vibration in, 221
— — Turbomecca Turmo III, 291
Viper turbojet (Bristol Siddeley), 259, 377 See also Turbine
— Export sales of, 353
— External factors affecting, 102
— Future events in, 102
— Glide path indicator, visual, RAE-Thorn
(Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.), 698-700
— Hawker Hurricane, by F. K, Mson (book),
696
— Hawker P.l 127 VTOL/STOL, loss of proto
type, 14
— Helicopter, lifts spire on to Coventry
Cathedral, 685
Nylon load strops for (British Nylon
Spinners Ltd.), 67
— Hovercraft. See Hovercraft
— Hustler, emergency warning system, 168
— Importance of electricity in control of,
conference on, 289, 292
— Industry, exports of, 113
of France, export growth of, 41
— — Investment and expansion in, 104
— ?— Management and labour in, 104 Plant and materials in, 104 Production in, 104
— Jane’s all the World’s, by J. W. R. Taylor
(book), 280
— Larger, hangars to take, 526
— Long range, design study for (BAC), 193
— Market trends in, 102
— Navigational systems, 545
System VOR-DME (American Inter
national Telegraph and Telephone Co.), 545
— Noise, assessing, 570, 572
— One-Eleven (BAC), 673
— One-Eleven, design details of (BAC), 676
— One-Eleven, progress report on (BAC), 324
— Outlook for 1962, 101-104
— Pilots, training of, 545
— Production, problems of, conference on, 484
— Rotadyne, development costs of, 289
— Short haul jet, BEA specification for, 81
— Stability and control, by A. W. Babister
(book), 312
— Super Caravelle (Sud Aviation), 3, 193
— Supersonic airliner, discussions with France
on, 289
Anglo-French, 625 Design study for (Cranfield College of
Aeronautics), 484
Disposal of heat in, by J. C. Rivett, W. Hart and S. G. Stubbs, 292
Flight control and navigational problems of, by H. Hill, 289
— T188 Lightning (English Electric), 545
— Trident (de Havilland), 81, 82-83, 103
? Gold film windows for (Triplex), 179
— TSR2, to fly next year, 625
— Use of Centrispinnings centrifugal castings
on, 434
— Vespa-Jet (Piaggio), 377
?—-Vickers VCIO, 104, 545, 801; progress on, 227; panels machined from solid, 403; use of Hi-Way aluminium staging, 405; aerial tuning unit (Marconi), 543; preflight tests, 644
— Vulcan, as flying test bed for Olympus
engines, 625
— See also Aeronautics; Aviation Airhouse, fans for (Woods of Colchester Ltd.),
465
— (RFD Co. Ltd.), 465
Airide air-suspension semi-trailers (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd. and Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd.), 418
Airlines, UK, freight carried by, 141
Airliner. See Aircraft
Airmec Ltd., millivoitmeter, 49
Airport(s), international. Government management of, 705
— London, access to from M4 Motorway, 776 criticism of, 705
— monorail systems for, 228
— Prestwick, new control tower completed, 527 —? Shannon, historical note, 161
Aitken, Sir Robert, on education trust of Institution of Production Engineers, 265
Alton and Co. Ltd., use of knitted wire products, 850
Ajax Equipment Ltd., screw elevator, 652 Ajax Marine Engines Ltd., Achilles marine diesel engine, 90
Akopyan, A. A., on switching over-voltages, 655 Akroyd, T. N. W., on Concrete: Properties and Manufacture (book), 568; review of Rock Mechanics, 628-629; biographical note, 630
Alaka, Dr. M., study of satellite research, atmospheric science and weather forecasting, 385
Alamuddin, Sheikh Najib, on small airline operators, 409
Alarm, burglar (Burgot
Ltd.), 465
(Julius Sax and Co. Ltd.), 120
Monoptic (Burgot Rentals Ltd.), 120
— Firedamp (Mine Safety Appliances Ltd.), 399
— Gamma radiation (Ferranti Meters Ltd.),
175
— Intruder and burglar (Ideal Burglary and
Fire Insurance Corp. Ltd.), 120
— Intruder, Perram (Tyer and Co. Ltd.), 120 Albeck, P., awarded Cotton Board travel
scholarship, 232
Albemarle report, 168
Albery, 1. B., musical show Blitz, 714-715 Albright and Wilson Group, position and prospects, 561; capital expenditure of, 561 Albright and Wilson (Manufacturing) Ltd., activities of, 561; position and prospects, 561
AIbu, A., review of Meaning of Engineering, 342. See LETTER, 390; biographical note, 344; on attack on craft apprenticeships, 358; appointed chairman of Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 449; review of Scotland’s Scientific Heritage, 662; biographical note, 664
Alcan Industries Ltd., aluminium railings for bridges and highways (trade publication), 112; aluminium bulk cement railway wagons, 211; lightweight aluminium pipe, 371; aluminium pipeline for liquid ethylene, 403; movable aluminium shelters, 563; Noralcolour aluminium sheet, 563; aluminium for Laira Bridge railings, 619; aluminium conveyor buckets, 787; aluminium chocks, 819; ban on coloured workers, 825
Alcoa, aluminium clad with stainless steel, 819 Alert, cable laying ship, 145
Alexander, George, Machinery Ltd., Waterbury Farrel thread rolling machines, 751 Alfa-Laval Co. Ltd., acid sludge separator, 845 Alfa-Romeo, new factory for, 289
Algebraic and transcendental equations, handbook of numerical methods for the solution of, by V, L. Vaguskin (review), 310
Alkathene plastic bulk container (ICI Ltd. and Rosedale Associated Manufacturers Ltd.), 815
All-Square pneumatic cylinders (Maxam Power Ltd.), 11
Allen, D. H. O., review of Theory of Microwave Valves, 311; biographical note, 312 Allen, Edgar, and Co. Ltd., formation of Industrial Heat Exchangers Ltd., 785
Allen, G. C., on Structure of Industry in Britain (book), 376
Allen, P. W., and Co., light box and magnifier, 304
Allen, T. A. W., on Walker Brothers Ltd., 657
Allen, W. H., and Co. Ltd., turbo-alternator for ICI Ltd., 505
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co. Ltd., description of a rotor whirl mechanism, 701-703; new machine shop and laboratories, 735; test facilities for pumps and engines, 735
Allgood, G. and S., Ltd., new premises opened by Sir Charles Hambro, 177
Allied Ironfounders Ltd., Aga CB de Luxe cooker, 154-156; historical note, 156; companies in group, 156; Metrex pvc soil tubes, 409; Ganymede system of heat storage, 632-634
Allied Structural Plastics Ltd., formation of, 369; Aspect pvc pressure pipes, 465 Allis-Chalmers, crawler tractor shovel (Mackay Industrial Equipment Ltd.), 524; spherical valves for Taum Sauk project, 644
Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, converter valves for DC transmission link between Italy and Sardinia, 249
Alloy, hard facing, Colmonoy No, 8 (Wall Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd.), 723
— Superconducting (Bell), 253
— from vacuum induction furnace, 498 —? See also under specific alloy types Alternating current machines, by M. Liw-
schitz-Garik and C, C. Whipple (review), 279-280
Alternators (trade publication), 824
— Automotive (Simms Motor Units Ltd.), 89
— for Hams Hall power station (Brush
Electrical), 657
— for Sudan (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 95
— Stator, winding for, 95
— See also Generator; Turbo
Aludip aluminized steel sheets (Coated Metals Ltd.), 595
Alumina ceramic, Sintox, uses of (Lodge Plugs Ltd.), 594
users’ comments on, 594
Aluminium (trade publication), 152
— Beam for crane (Stothert and Pitt Ltd.), 578
— Bronze heat exchanger, 178
Propeller for tanker Oriental Giant (Manganese Bronze and Brass Co.), 26 Water cooler box, 178
Water and return boxes, 178
Welded fabrications in (W. P. Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd.), 178
— Building sheets (trade publication), 248 Sheet, troughed, BS3428-1961, 280
— Chocks (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 819
— Clad with stainless steel (Alcoa), 819
— Coating, improved, for steel (BISRA), 381
— Concrete mixer (Reynolds Metals Co.), 331
— Containers for industry (British Aluminium
Co. Ltd.), 377
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Aluminium conveyor buckets (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 787
— Development Association, aluminium (trade
publication), 152; symposium on aluminium in road vehicles, 338; replaced by Aluminium Federation, 689; aluminium sheeting (trade publication), 790
— Die casting, integration of, 635
—- in engines, by D. Downes, 339
— Extrusion, triangular (James Booth Alu
minium Ltd.), 620
—? Federation, formation of, 689; take over of assets and goodwill of Aluminium Development Association and Aluminium Industry Council, 689; Sir Geoffrey Bourne appointed director-general, 689; J. K. Baily appointed secretary, 689
?—• Fish traps, 595
— Greenhouse (V. and N. Hartley Ltd.), 192
— Impregnated steel, Penetral process, uses
for, 722
— Industry Council, replaced by Aluminium
Federation, 689
Aluminium Laboratories Ltd., slug sorting machine, 266; extension transducer, 415
— Motor cars, 338-339
— Moulds for sponge rubber (James Booth
Aluminium Ltd.), 307
— Netting (Non-Corrosive Metal Products
Ltd.), 595
— Pipe, lightweight (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 371
— Pipeline for liquid ethylene (Alcan Indus
tries Ltd.), 403
— Price reductions, 121
— Railings for bridges and highways (trade
publication), 112
for Laira Bridge (Woodrow Metals Ltd.), 619
— Railway wagons for bulk cement (Alcan
Industries Ltd.), 211
— in road vehicles, by R. Gadeau, 338; by
L. E. Pomeroy, 338; by L. F. Swoboda, 338
— in road vehicles, symposium on, 338
— Roof for Seattle Coliseum (Reynolds
Metals Co.), 431
— Sheet, Checkmate (Imperial Aluminium
Co. Ltd.), 627
Cladding, 563
Noralcolour (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 563 Profiles (British Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 531
— Sheeting (trade publication), 790
— Soldalum 121 hard solder for (Industrial
(Metallurgical) Services), 531
— Staging, Hi-Way (Martin Thomas Ltd.), 405
— Structural use of, 171
— Trim, decorative, for motor cars, by R. E.
Flynn, 339
— Tube, welded (British Aluminium Co. Ltd.),
243
— Windings for magnets, 659
Aluminized steel sheets, Aludip (Coated Metals Ltd.), 595
Alvis Ltd., Stalwart amphibious load carrying vehicle, 441
Alweg monorail railway, 56
A. M. Gear and Associates, use of cross-pointer instruments, 708
Amalgamated Engineering Union, ICT555 computer installed, 857
Amber Oils Ltd., tests for lubrication with an aerosol, 43
Ambrose, J. G., formation of Concrete Ltd., 34 Amer, on switchgear design, 713
America and Europe, conference on trade between, 743
— See also United States
American Air Line Pilots Association, recommendation of Harco navigation system, 545
American approach to technical writing, by J. Mitchell, 649-650
American Association of State Highway Officials, experimental road tested to destruction, 746-747
American Braun washer-extractors, 42
— Businessmen, education of, Pierson report
on, 236
— Companies, creation of UK subsidiaries
by, 585
American Motors Corp., use of vitreous enamelled motor car silencers, 659
— Nuclear weapons, 321
American Petroleum Institute, designation of quality of oils, 551
— Society of Mechanical Engineers, case
ruling on nickel-steel, 755
for Testing Materials, Twenty Year Atmospheric Corrosion Investigation of Zinc- and Uncoated Wire and Wire Products, 147; correlating skid resistance tests, 527; standards for organic roof coverings, 619
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Ltd., study of satellites, 400
Aminco-Tuckerman optical strain gauge (V. A. Howe and Co. Ltd.), 234
Ampex Great Britain Ltd., order for tape decks from Ferranti Ltd., 153
Amplifier, AC, transistor (Levell Electronics Ltd., 686
— DC (Avo Ltd.), 176
— DC, DC/AC converters for, by E. Komo-
libus, 182
— Magnetic, analysis, by D. L. Lafuze (book),
728
— for satellite communications (Bell), 543 Amsler Vibrophore fatigue
765-766
Analogue computation, by (book), 112
— Hydraulic, for condenser _ , .
Lorett and W. Drummond, 733-734
— Machine, Montan-Forschung (Montan-
Forschung GmbH), 716
Analyser, Auto, Technicon (Technicon Instruments Ltd.), 314-316
Analysis, uranium (UKAEA), 543
Anchors, earth, Molex (W. E. Waites Ltd.), 654 Andec Ltd., continuity tester, 132; battery charger, 320
Anderson Clayton, use of slow conveyor line, 149
Anderson, N., on Work and Leisure (book), 184 Anderson report, 168
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corp., order placed for Comet passenger chassis, 441
Andrews, Prof., investigation of education of American businessmen, 236
Andrews, A. I., on Porcelain Enamels (review), 71
Anechoic chamber, 78
Angle, steel, lightweight (Dexion Ltd.), 270 Anglo-American Hangar Co. of London,
Erwin-Newman hangars, 745
Anglo-Beige des Petroles SA., plastic containers for motor oil, 744
Anglo-French supersonic aircraft, 625
Anita calculator, Cycolac T plastic casing for (GEC), 435
— Electronic desk calculator (Sumlock-Comp
tometer Ltd.), 435
Annealing, faster, cheaper, continuous, 372
— Lead-bismuth alloy bath method, 372
— Metallurgical aspects of, research into
(BISRA), 372
Anode, zinc, for ballast tanks (Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd.), 371
Anon, J., on order for buses from Leyland Motors Ltd., 808
Anti-chatter material, No-Chat Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 754
Anti-Dust Services Ltd., Takdust collecting tacky coating, 499
Antiparticle, xi-minus, discovery of,
Apparatebau Rothemuhle, agreement
Davidson and Co. Ltd., 73 Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., rolled sections, 9; position and prospects, 65; diversification of products, 65
Applevage of Paris, rotary bucket stockpile reclaiming machines, 591
Appliances, electrical, for the handicapped (Electrical Development Association), 256 Apprentice competition at Gijon University, 456
— Graduate engineering, an attempt to help to
design, by A. Cowman, 428-429
— and technical studies, 520
— Training, 648 Conditions, 488 Course on, 232
Graduate, an experimental tutorial scheme, by E. D. Simmons, 428-429
Apprenticeships, 168. See LETTERS, 326, 358
— Plain Words on, 580
•—? Time, proposal to reduce, 520
ApSimon, Dr. H., appointed in charge of IBM university programmes, 729
APT Electronic Industries Ltd., circuitry for coin counting machine, 420
APT timer (Londex Ltd.), 368
APV Co. Ltd., APV-Rosenblad head exchangers, 562; APV Paraflow heat exchanger, 562
Apwar Ltd., Easycheck universal holder, 751 Arabian American Oil Co., use of Ruston “ TA ” Gas turbines, 250
Araldite adhesive for missile nose cones (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 563
— epoxy resin (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 371, 821 Arc furnace. See Furnace, electric
— Welding. See Welding^
Arches: Tables for Statical Analysis by J. Szymezyk (book), 664
Archimedes Construction Co. Ltd., formation of Archirodon, 779
Archirodon, formation of, 779; outer mole for Benghasi Harbour, 779
Architect and His Office, 488
Architectural problems in Nigeria, 583
Architecture and decoration, glass in, by R. McGrath and A. C. Frost (book), 696 Arden, A., and Co. Ltd., screen for air conditioning plant, 620
Arden, L. L., on aids to production, 244
Arden, Dr. T. V., review of Water Treatment for Industrial and Other Uses, 215-216; biographical note, 216
Ardleigh Engineering Ltd., control systems for prime movers, 836
Arenco-Alite Ltd., VEK portioning machine, 341
Argali Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Flow Stop pipe squeezers, 233; magnetic shaft seals, 260
Argentina, diesel electric locomotives ordered from Canada, 33
?—? El Cadillal hydroelectric scheme, 208
— Warships for, 113
Argo-braze alloys (Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 243
Argon gas shrouds of Sintox alumina ceramic, 594
Argonarc welding equipment (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 594
Argonne National Laboratory, Juggernaut research atomic reactor, 189
Argyle, B., development of pyromegneto- meter, 605
Arkless, G. F., on large capacity boiler feed pumps, 710
Arlidge, C. J., on Common Market, 441
Arlington Body Builders Ltd., mobile transformer laboratory for Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Ltd., 351
Armaments, external factors affecting, 14 —’ Future events in, 14
— Investment and expansion in, 16
?— Labour and management in, 15
— Market trends in, 15
— Modern, 321
— Outlook for 1962, 13-16
— Production, 16
— Technical developments in, 13
Armatic diaphragm valves (British Area Regulators Ltd.), 175
Armitage Units Ltd., site cabins, 266
Armstrong, C. F., on Soil Mechanics in Road Construction (review), 439
Armstrong Cork Co. Ltd., Accopac asbestos/ rubber gasket material, 819
Armstrong Whitworth Equipment Ltd., development of automatic liquid blending system, 853
Armstrong Whitworth (Metal Industries) Ltd., variable speed hydraulic transmission, 483 Army, Canadian, teleprinters for (Creed and Co. Ltd.), 313
Arnold, on gryodynamics and its engineering applications, 70
Arpic Engineering SA, acquired by Atlas Copco Ltd., 826
Arrol, Sir William, and Co. Ltd., formation of Associated Bridge Builders Ltd., 712
Artek Ltd., new tractor plant for Ford Motor Co. Ltd., 665
Artificial respiration (trade publication), 728 Arts Graduate in Industry (Acton Society Trust publication), 697
Arup, Ove, and Partners, Sussex University buildings, 297; Coventry Cathedral, 682, 685
Asbestos Cement Pipes Ltd., formation of, 241 Asbestos-cement sheets (trade publication), 184 Asbestos/rubber gasket material, Accopac (Armstrong Cork Co. Ltd.), 819
Asbestos tape. See Tape
Ash, pulverized (trade publication), 600 , Ashmore, Benson Pease and Co. Ltd., furnace work in South Africa, 369; engineering progress (trade publication), 568
Ashok Leyland Ltd., orders for Leyland Comet bus chassis, 153; order for Comet passenger chassis, 441
Aspect pvc pressure pipes (Allied Structural Plastics Ltd.), 465
Aspell, G. H., debate on Planning Acts, 88 Asphalt durability, assessment of (US National Bureau of Standards), 460
— Mixers heated with LPG, 308
— Mixtures, use of ultrasonic test in design of,
and its relation to immersion/compression tests, by H, M. Ismail, 393
— Roads Association, cinema film “ The
Queen’s Highway,” 362
— — Cinema film on, 362
— Roofs, Canadian research on, 777 Assel tube mill (Tubes Ltd.), 796 Assembly machine, automatic, TransfeRobot
200 (US Industries Inc.), 585
— Work, mechanization of, 28
Assmann Dictating Systems Ltd., PABX telephone dictating system for LCC, 177 Associated Bridge Builders Ltd., tender for Severn Road Bridge accepted, 712; formation of, 712
Associated Cement Cos. of India, membership of ACC-Vickers-Babcock sortium, 241; Durgapur works, 241
Associated Electrical Industries generators for Eggborough power station 3; PABX telephone dictating system for LCC, 177; process study group, 180-181; Process Study Group, evolution of process study consultancy, 180-181; switchgear for Ferrybridge C power station, 217; electron linear accelerator for Deutches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), 221; electric locomotives for South Africa, 313; uniselector, 399; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400; power cables for Richard Thomas and Baldwins new strip mill, 405; diesel electric locomotives for Nyasaland and Trans-Zambesi Railways, 409; water cooled high voltage power cables for Bankside power station, 419; development of two speed electric motor, 420; outdoor cabinet, 426; Stacreep motor control equipment, 468; Solon soldering iron, 496; cinema film World of Semiconductors, 537; cinema film “Electron Microscopy,” 537; equipment for Tufts Cove power station, 601; electric locomotives for Polish State Railways, 612; cables for Indonesia, 631; interest in Telephone Cables Ltd., 631; Coventry Cathedral intercom system, 685; Silent Call Centenary Neophone telephone instruments, 685; image intensifiers, 687; automatically controlled turbine run-up system, 708; overhead projector, 718; trials of Lion locomotive, 738; vacuum cleaner, 815
Associated Engineering Ltd., position and prospects, 177
Associated Fire Alarms Ltd., staff conference 305; position and prospects, 305; acquisition of Clarion Equipment Ltd., 305; acquisition of Security Guards Ltd., 305; acquisition of W. Oliver and Co. (Locksmiths) Ltd., 305
Associated Industrial Consultants, play “ The Rainbow Story,” 232
Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd., proposals to increase productive capacity, 817; position and prospects, 817 Associated Television, formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400
Association of Bronze and Brass Founders, conference of, 26-27
— for International Technical Cooperation,
executive officials of, 271; cinema film “ Power Development to Prosperity,” 271; cinema film “ Transportation in Japan,” 271; formation of, 271; aims of, 271; International Technical Cooperation, 271; Overseas Investment News, 271
— of Principals of Technical Colleges, annual
dinner, 296
— of Scientific Workers, Science in Government
and Industry, 353; Cost of Research, 353
— of Supervising Electrical Engineers, dis
cussions with British Electrical Manufacturers Association, 353
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., position and prospects, 401
Aston Martin motor car, return to Le Mans racing, 810
motor car. Vantage, details of, 421 Astra grinding machines (Dorspa Ltd.), 783 Astronavigational equipment, development of (Kollsman Instrument Ltd.), 631
Asynchronous rurming of large generators, 272 Athlone Fellowship Scheme, 48
Atkins, C. J., review of Engineering Drawing and Geometry (review), 694; biographical note, 696
Atkins, W. S., and Partners, activities of, 289; consultancy service, 548
Atlantic. See Transatlantic
Atlantic Era, by M. Evans (review), 503
Atlantic Research Corp., Metroc sounding rocket, 77
Atlas computers, growing demand for (Ferranti Ltd.), 153
Atlas Copco Ltd., air bubbles to dampen underwater shock waves, 298; Cobra drilling machine, 560; VT4 portable compressor, 826-828; purchase of Arpic Engineering SA, 826; historical note, 828 Atlas Lighting Ltd., Coventry Cathedral, 684 Atlas pit prop (Acrow (Engineers) Ltd.), 371 Atlas Preservative Co. Ltd., Atlas H400 descaling powder, 626
Atmospheres, flammable, electrical equipment for use in—the effect of explosions on gasketed joints, by H. G. Riddlestone, 157
— Inert, in the chemical, metallurgical and
atomic energy industries, by P. A. F. White and F. E. Smith (book), 248
Atmospheric corrosion. See Corrosion Atoms at Work exhibition, 377
Atomic detonation with an engineering purpose, Project Gnome (USAEC), 767
— Energy, chemical and metallurgical indus
tries, inert atmospheres in, by P. A. F. White and F. E. Smith (book), 248
Commission, United States. See United States Atomic
Research Establishment (Harwell), Daphne atomic reactor, 351
— Explosion to test seismographs, 52
— Fuel, endurance tests, 255
— Generation of electricity, economic, 161
— Generator, SNAP-7E, deep sea, for USAEC
(Martin Co.), 768
— Physics, low energy, conference on, 647
Atomic Power Constructions Ltd., Traws- fynydd power station, 113
Atomic power course, 552
Plant, portable, criticality achieved (USAEC), 479
Programme, 225. See LETTER, 358 Station, Berkeley, to be productive soon, 225
Station, Bradwell, to be productive soon, 225
Stations, comparative costs of running, 225
Station for desalting sea water, 417
Station, Dungeness, Far-Air Roll Kleen filters for (Intermit Ltd.), 419
Station, Hinckley Point, reactor buildings, 93
Station, Hinckley Point, consent sought for second station, 569
Station, Marcoule, use of concrete pressure vessels, 240
Station, Oldbury: use of concrete pressure vessels, 240; contract placed with Nuclear Power Group, 313; contracts for, 345
— — Station, Sizewell, progress ahead of
schedule, 489
Station, Trawsfynydd: spun heat exchanger heads for, 113; COj ducts for (Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd.), 386; welding manipulator for (Fairey Engineering Ltd.), 725
Stations, use of for desalting sea water, 417
— Propulsion of ships, study projects of
Euratom, 605
— Reactors, advanced COj cooled, 276
Automatic selector valves for (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 674
Berkeley, 276
Bradwell, 276
for consortium of universities, 605
Coolant circulation, 276. See LETTERS, 326, 678
Daphne, for Harwell, 351
Demand critical selector valves, 674 Design study, 277
Dragon, 671
Experiments (Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp.), 703
High temperature, helium cooled, 276 Instrumentation course, 8
Juggernaut, 189
Oldbury, 276
Power raised by simpler cooling, by
B. C. Lindley, 216-211
Pressure circuits, steels for (Iron and Steel Institute) (review), 695
Pressure vessels of concrete, 240
— — Research for private industry, 351
Simulator for (Miles Electronics Ltd, and CEGB), 544
Spert III, to be shut down, 77
Test, heavy water, for Savannah River plant of USAEC, 832
Unshielded, first operation of, 544
Vulcain, for ship propulsion, 800
Zero-energy, HERO, in operation (UKAEA), 255
— Science, glossary of terms used in, 534
— Tests, high altitude, US delay in, 864 Atomizer plant, Niro, 124
Atomizing process for powder metal production, 290
Attewell, P. B., on composite model to simulate porous rock, 574-575
Aubert, Marcel, and Sons, jig boring machine, 783
Audco Ltd., Penton coated valve, 595
Audio frequency engineering, by E. H. Jones (review), 182
Auditorium acoustics, computer simulation of (Bell), 78
Augmented Roman News, 150
Augur mobile steps (Birmingham Power Transmissions Ltd,), 782
Austin effect, 351
Australia, doubling road expenditure in, 52
— Glass reinforced plastics in, 530
— Hazelwood power station, 473
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Austalia, Turbo-generator sets for (C. A, Parsons and Co. Ltd.), 473
— Western, tenders for Kalgoorlie-Fremantle
railway, 505
University of. See University
Auto Transmissions Ltd., de Normanville overdrive system for motor cars, 185; agreements with Fames y Canudas, Laycock Engineering Ltd. and Edoardo Bianchi, 185
AutoAnalyser, Technicon (Technicon Instruments Ltd,), 314-316
Automatic control, dictionary of, by R. J. Bibbero (review), 759
Automatic Equipment Ltd., rubber-to-metal bonding machine, 90
Automatic lift trucks (Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co.), 592
— Machine, Unimat (Robert Taylor Machine
Tools Ltd.), 783
— and remote control, by J. F. Coales, J. R.
Ragazzini and A. T. Fuller (review), 342
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co. (Bridgnorth) Ltd., remote control of lighthouses, 451
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd., merger with Plessey Co. Ltd., 105; Bankside control room of CEGB, 457 Automatic transfer, 28
Automation (trade publication), 568 \utomation and Computation, British Conference on. See British
— Computation and control, handbook cn, by
E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo and D. E. Wooldridge (book), 408
— Conference on, 857
— and Employment Trust, formation of, 585
— Equating to staff relations, by A. Penny, 805
— Hardship caused by, 257
— Instruments and electronics exhibition, 686
— and labour requirements, 781
— and layout for factories, by A. Goss, 780-781
— Low cost, course on, 232
— and manufacture, 780
— and Men: Human and Mechanical In
telligence, by K. Stienbuch (review), 566
— and the older worker, by Dr. A. Heron, 805
— by Dr. W. H. Scott, 805
— Soft drinks production (Schweppes), 501 Automation and the Worker, 805
Automative machinery, by A. B. Cherns, 805 Automobile Engineering, Advanced School of. See Advanced
Automobiles, Outlook for 1962, 53-56
— See also Motor cars
Autoplumb optical plumb (Hilger and Watts Ltd.), 49
Autoset (Production) Ltd., swivelling unit for inching big loads, 515; Omni-track conveyor ball transfer units, 578
Autotimer time switch (Horstmann of Bath), 800
AutoTutor teaching machine (US Industries Inc.), 585
Autovent ventilating system (Findlay, Irvine Ltd.), 864
Avanti motor car (Studebaker Corp.), 601
Aveley Electric Ltd., toroidal winding machine, 494
Avery Ltd., torsion testing machine, 496
Aviation, Minister of, on developments costs of Rotadyne aircraft, 289; discussions with M. Buron on supersonic airliner, 289
Aviation, Ministry of, purchase of prototype cushioncraft, 145; development contract for astronavigational equipment to Kolls- man Instrument Ltd., 631
Aviation Safety (White Paper), 545
Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd., enlargement of hangars for larger aircraft, 526
Avica Equipment Ltd., v-flange couplings, 555; knitted wire products, 850
Avo Ltd., DC amplifier, 176; Universal Avo- meter, 666-668; historical note, 666; acquisition of Taylor Electrical Instruments 668; as member of Metal Industries Group, 668
Avometer, Universal (Avo Ltd.), 666-668 Avro 748 aircraft, for RAF, 291; sales of, 409 Avro Vulcan aircraft, 193
Axbridge Rural District Council, use of closed circuit television to inspect sewers, 171
Axle tube, steel forging, for truck (Tubes Ltd.), 106
Axleboxes, roller bearing, BS3438-1961, 280 Azeta universal milling machine (Gate Machinery Ltd.), 204
Azoflex Business Systems Week, 743
BABBAGE, E., and Co. Ltd., stage settings for musical show “ Blitz ”, 714-715
Babcock cargo crane, 323
Babcock-Marion excavator and crane (Babcock and Wilcox Ltd.), 625
Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., boiler plant for Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission, 113; membership of ACC- Vickers-Babcock Ltd. consortium, 241; Durgapur engineering works, 241; contract for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 281; construction work at Carolina Port power station, 345; Sizewell atomic power station, 489; position and prospects, 625; order position, 625; new products, 625; Babcock-Marion excavator and crane, 625; consortium with English Electric and Taylor Woodrow, 625; use of electro-slag welding process, 693; contracts for Tilbury and Ferrybridge “C” power stations, 712; new approach to crane design, 802-803; level luffing jib crane, 802; cargo handling crane, 803
Babikov, O. I., on Ultrasonics and Its Industrial Applications (review), 374
Babister, A. W., on Aircraft Stability and Control (book), 312
Back-Pack oxy-propane cutting outfit (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 597
Backlash, gear: meaning and measurement, by A. M. Gunner, 706
Baddeley Engineering Co. Ltd., Tri-Sure flash back arrestor, 425
Bader, E., formation of Scott Bader and Co. Ltd., 556-557
Bader, G., appointed managing director of
Scott Bader and Co. Ltd., 556
Bader, Scott, and Co. Ltd., experiment in industrial cooperation, 556-557; formation of Scott Bader Commonwealth, 556-557 Bader, Scott, Commonwealth, 556-557 Badzioch, S., on Measurement of Solids in Flue Gases (book), 824
Baggett, F. W,, and transmisison for car, 613
Baghdad Electricity placed with A. Reyrolle and Co. Ltd., 217
Baglan Bay oil refinery, ethylene splitter column installed, 849
Bagley, D. E., on adaptable system of personal filing, 493
Bagnall, W. G., Ltd., operations to be handled by English Electric Traction Ltd., 625 Bagritt, Sir Leon, on Elliott-Automation Ltd., 661
Bagshawe and Co. Ltd., unit construction belt conveyor (trade publication), 344
Bailey, H. W., on Motor Gear and Engineering Industries Ltd., 529
Bailey (Malta) Ltd., reconstruction work in Malta Harbour, 777
Bailey, W. H., and Co., Ltd. flow indicator, 204 Baily, J. K., appointed secretary of Aluminium Federation, 689
Baird and Tatlock Ltd., instrument for analysis of uranium, 543
Bakelite Ltd., laminated plastic gears (trade publication), 312; polyester resins, 563; machining Bakelite (trade publication), 696; resins, 723
— Machining (trade publication), 696
Baker, A. L. L. et al, on Design, Construction and Testing of a Prestressed Concrete Reactor Pressure Vessel Model, 240
Baker, Prof. Sir John, opening of Scientific Instrument Centre, 533
Baker Perkins Group, food handling equipment, 149
Baker Perkins Ltd., mixing machinery (trade publication), 216; use of Troester cold extruding machine, 468
Bakke, Prof, E. W., evaluation of management courses, 237
Balance, chronometer, of silver steel (Thomas Mercer Ltd.), 66
— Sedimentation (Royal Dutch/Shell Explora
tion and Production Laboratories), 416
— Shaft, of silver steel (Thomas Mercer Ltd.),
66
Baldwin Instrument Co. Ltd., industrial controls (trade publication), 440
Balfour, D., and Sons, Woodburn Valley
sewerage scheme, 745
Ball bearing. See Bearing Ball Bearing Journal, 374 Balls, tooling (Insley Industrial Ltd.), 12
— Valve. See Valve
Balloon, radio-sonde, 300 Baltic-Black Sea waterway, 362
Bamford, J. C. (Excavators) Ltd., JCB4 excavator, 337
Bamford, W. D., on Control of Airborne Dust (book), 312
Bamfords Ltd., use of rectangular section tubes, 690; WufFler hay conditioner, 690
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, on aid to underdeveloped nations, 225
Band conveyors. See Conveyors
— Saws. See Saws
Banister, A., to resign as deputy secretary of Institution of Civil Engineers, 128; appointed secretary of Institution of Municipal Engineers, 128; biographical note, 128
Bank, African Development, plans to form, 385
— of England, backing for Technical Develop
ment Capital Ltd., 81
Banker’s Magazine, 336 Bankfield Engineering Co. Ltd., Sleepakabs, 441
Banks, Air Cmdr. F. R., on space research, 839 Bankside control room of CEGB, 457
— Power station, water cooled high voltage
power cables for (AEI Ltd.), 419
Banrust vapour phase inhibitor paper (Leonard Stace Ltd.), 67
Bantam II chain block (Geo. W. King Ltd.), 256 Bars, bolts and locks, the story of, safe bind: safe find, by G. Hogg (review), 279
— Cropping machine (Scottish Machine Tool
Corp. Ltd.), 335
— Flexible, by R. Frisch-Fay (book), 728
— Macalloy, 847
— Reinforcing (trade publication), 216 Unisteel 60 (United Steel Co. and McCall
and Co. (Sheffield)), 584
— Ribbed, for concrete reinforcement (Guest,
Keen and Nettlefolds (South Wales) Ltd.), 179
Barbee, J. F., on Effect of Mixing Time and Overload on Concrete Produced in Stationary Mixers, 362
Barber, N. F., on Experimental Correlograms and Fourier Transforms (book), 248
Bardahi Products Ltd,, EP lubricating oil, 275 Bardell, P. R., on Magnetic Materials in the Electrical Industry (review), 32
Bardsley, J. P,, on relics at Euston, 358
Bare Atomic Reactor Experiment Nevada. See Operation BREN
Barge, spudded, Hubinsel, DeLong, 330 Barimar Ltd., unusual heavy duty welding repairs, 533
Barker, H. P., to join board of Wild Barfield Ltd., 273
Barker, T. C., on passenger transport in London, 742
Barking Brassware Co. Ltd., Biflo mixer tap, 224; brass fittings, 756; expansion programme, 756
Barlow, H. M., on Radio Surface Waves (book), 696
Barnes, C. C., on Channel cable, 656
Barr and Stroud Ltd., radiation pattern recorder, 90
Barrett, Sir Sydney, on Albright and Wilson Group, 561
Barrie, A. O., review of Soil Mechanics in Road Construction, 439, biographical note, 440
Barry, Sir Charles, building of Victoria Tower, 268
Barry Controls Inc., agreement with Cementation (Muffelite) Ltd., 355
Bart, L., musical show “ Blitz,” 714-715
Bartlett, C., as UK trade union observer at AFL-CIO convention, 168
Bartlett, M. S., on Essays on Probability and Statistics (book), 824
Barton Conduits Ltd., position and prospects, 817
Barton, H., on Control of Operational Variables in Die Casting, 635
Barton, H. H. C., on Monorails, 228
Barton, H. K., on controlling operational variables in die casting, 820
Barton and Sons Ltd., position and prospects, 817 Barwell, Dr. F, T., on Railways: The Technical Prospects, 193; review of Handbook of Mechanical Wear, 599; biographical note, 600
Bass, John, Ltd., prefabricated standard clean rooms, 451
Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton Ltd., use of Penetral aluminium-impregnated steel, 722
Bassin d’Essai Maritime Nationale, ship model-cutting machine installed, 33
Bast Glazing Clips Ltd., Minibrite packaged greenhouse, 864
Batching plant, concrete (trade publication), 536
Bates, J., on a place for hire purchase in industry, 336; on what fringe benefits add to wage bills, 617
Bath, Dr. M., seismic study of earth’s crust, 511 Battelle Memorial Institute, oil exploration methods, 51; forging space metals, 255; research on systems analysis, 396
Battery, ceramic, high temperature (Westinghouse), 351
— Chargers. See Chargers
— High capacity (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.),
750
— International symposium on, 646
— Plutonium 238 fuelled, for satellites (Martin
Marietta Corp.), T17
— See also Cell
Bauelemente der Regelungstechnik, by W. E. Frede (review), 150
Baumeister, C., on methane gas locomotives, 518
BB Chemical Co. Ltd., Bostik compounds for Coventry Cathedral, 683
Beaches, pollution of, 417
— Research on cleaning oil from (DSIR), 460 Beakbane, Henry (Fortox) Ltd., machine
protection (trade publication), 440
Beam, aluminium, for cranes (Stothert and Pitt Ltd.), 578
— Concrete, prestressed and ordinary, effect of
impact loading on (Building Research Station), 169
— Electronically scanned, in solids, 119
— Universal, in high-tensile steel. See LETTER,
86
— Vaulted, precast, building with, 297
Bearing, ball, journal (Skefco publication), 374
— Bronze, self-lubricating (Bound Brook
Bearings Ltd.), 290
“ Bearing-Failure,” Mr. See LETTER, 46 Bearings, gas, for cold and fast turbine, 2
— for high machine performance, 564
— Main, nylon, for dewatering press, 242
— Precision rolling, dimensions of for instru
ments, BS 3469-1962 (book), 536
— Roller, spherical, SKF C type (Skefco Ball
Bearing Co. Ltd.), 282-284
— Rolling mill, oil mist lubrication for, 757
— (Rotolin Bearings Ltd.), 751
— Taper roller (Garnet Products Ltd.), 564
— Wire race (Roballo Engineering Co. Ltd.),
786
Race, users’ comments on, 786
— ZSV (Bonded Bearings Ltd.), 242 Beaulieu, Lord Montagu of, on Jaguar;
Biography (review), 248
Beaver automatic tipping hoist (Machinery (Continental) Ltd.), 334
Beaver, Sir Hugh, on industrial and economic planning, 449
Beaver Precision Products Inc., UK production transferred from Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. to Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd., 209
Beck and Co. (Meters) Ltd., three-hose dispenser system for service stations, 185
Bed, fluidized, for paper drying, 415 Bedford, L. H., on space research, 839 Bedford TK motor truck, 54
Beeching, Dr. R., to join National Economic Development Council, 232; address to Institution of Locomotive Engineers, 321; reduction of excess capacity of railways, 385; application of systems concept to British Railways, 396; on centralization of British Railway workshops management, 545
Beer, S., review of Progress in Operations Research, 789; biographical note, 790
Behaviour, mechanical, of materials at elevated temperatures, by J. E. Dorn (review), 111
Beishon, R. J., on quality control in paper making, 805
Belfast freighter aircraft (Short and Harland, Ltd.), 801; boundary layer control system for, 835
Belgo-nucleaire, agreement with UKAEA on Vulcain atomic reactor for ship propulsion, 800
Bell-Air air conditioner, Wright (Sales Organisers Ltd.), 704
Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd., position and prospects, 241
Bell Telephone Laboratories, computer simulation of auditorium acoustics, 78; optical maser nears practical stage, 190-191; superconducting magnets, 253; superconducting alloys, 253; use of yttrium iron garnet as acoustic material, 317; Van de Graff accelerator for Rutgers University, 448; amplifier for satellite communications, 543; environmental- simulation chamber installed, 767; Telstar I communication satellite, 767; solar cells as radiation detectors, 767
Bellamy, N. W., on Elastic Analysis of Shells by Electronic Analogy (book), 696
Bellaschi, on transmission voltages, 713 Bellows, metal, give flexibility and strength, 386 (Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd.), 386 Bell’s Asbestos and Engineering Ltd., Raplag pipe insulation, 814; use of knitted wire products, 850
Belmos Co., Ltd., fuse-switchgear and contactor starters (trade publication), 312; merger with Bruce Peebles and Co. Ltd., 593 Belt conveyor. See Conveyor
— Drive, wedge, SpacesaVer, for Glaisdale H
tanker (J. H. Fenner and Co. Ltd.), 739
—? Safety, motor car, test house for, 85
Belting (trade publication), 664
— Conveyor, nylon strengthened (F. Reddaway and Co. Ltd.), 211
— ?—. UK to supply Russia, 409
Bemessung und Berechnung elektrischer
Maschinen, by J. Klamt (review), 822 Bending machine, pipe, Staffa (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 303
— Machinery (trade publication), 376
— Rolls. See Rolls
Bendix Corp., licence agreement with Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., 601; disk brakes for cars, 601
Bendix washing machine, 139
Benefits, fringe, what they add to wage bills, by J. Bates and G. L. Reid, 617. See LETTER, 646
Benghasi Harbour, use of Stabits for outer mole, 779
Benmore hydroelectric scheme. New Zealand, progress on, 298
Benn, Ernest, Ltd., artificial respiration (trade publication), 728
Benn, Sir John, appointed chairman of Technical Development Capital Ltd., 81
Bennett, R., on History of Corn Milling, 44 Benson, R, S., on exhaust belt design in two- stroke diesels, 194-195
Benton and Stone Ltd., air cylinders, 205; pneumatic controls (trade publication), 216; lubrication systems (trade publication), 504
Berechnung und Bemessung elektrischer Maschinen, by J. Klamt (review), 822 Beresford, James, and Son Ltd., plastic general purpose pump, 163
Bergen-Tempered Ltd., pipe supports (trade publication), 664
Berger, Lewis, (GB) Ltd., Magicote thixotropic paints, 499
Bergeron, L., on Water Hammer in Hydraulics and Wave Surges in Electricity (book), 152; (review), 854
Berk, F. W., and Co., Ltd., plastic coatings, 497; formation of technical service department 497; products, 561; position and prospects, 561; Berkatekt coatings, 691
Berkatekt coatings (F. W. Berk and Co. Ltd.), 691 Berkeley atomic power station to be productive soon, 225
Reactor, 276
Berman, L. D., on Evaporative Cooling of Circulating Water (review), 534
Berridge, C., on course for shop stewards, 265 Berry, Joseph, Ltd., as member of Massey Group, 65
Beryllium (trade publication), 112
— Copper, investment material for (Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 107
Moulds in the plastics industry, the application of, by M. A, Nichols, 166 Bessemer, Sir Henry, idea of oxygen steelmaking, 296
Best, Hon. P. M. G., on Viewpoint of Management, 456
Betoblock concrete blocks (Pointer Group), 745 Betocel emulsion for aerated non-porous concrete (pointer Group), 130
?— Insulating concrete (Pointer Group), 745 Bevel gears. See Gears
Bevins, R., on satellite ground station at Goonhilly Downs, 257; on satellites and international communications, 449
Beyer of Germany, Vulkollan polyurethane rubber, 658
Beyer Peacock (Hymek) Ltd., diesel hydraulic locomotives (trade publication), 184
Bianchi, Edoardo, agreement with Auto Transmissions Ltd., 185
Bibbero, R. J., on Dictionary of Automatic Control (review), 759
Bibby, J., invention of Bibby resilient coupling, 858; partnership with Wellman Smith Owen Organization, 858; historical and biographical note, 858
Bibby, J. D., on tall buildings, 129
Bibby resilient coupling (Wellman Bibby Co.), 858-860
BICC. See British Insulated Callenders Cables Ltd.
Biclor capacitor bank equipment for CEGB (BICC), 515
Bicycle: Its Care and Maintenance (Iliffe publication), 110
Biflo mixer tap (Barking Brassware Co. Ltd.), 224
Bilge block. See Block
Bills, working-up on a Pegasus computer, 361 Bilston Glen Colliery, tunnelling in, 528 Bilton, Percy, Ltd., super-luxury flats in Great Cumberland Place, 299
Bin, plastic, for powders. Bulkbin (Microcell Ltd.), 402
Binnie, Deacon and Gourley, pipeline from Sharpness Canal to Severnside, 329
Birkett, Samuel, Ltd., pressure reducing valve, 90
Birks, J. B., on Modern Dielectric Materials (review), 311
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, course on X-ray diffraction techniques, 616; course on non-destructive testing, 616
— Engineering and Building Centre, 665 Birmingham Power Transmissions Ltd., Augur
mobile steps, 782
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd., construction and design of Lion locomotive, 738
Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co. Ltd., MicroIler burnishing tool, 12
— University, studies in ultrasonic testing, 118;
Lucas Chair, 265; Prof. Dudley to take Lucas Chair, 265; UK 1 satellite, 541; research on concrete, 606-607; conference on sonar systems, 678
Birth of Broadcasting, by A. Briggs (review), 439
Birtles, H., on Common Market, 441
Bishop, Prof. R. E. D., on Mechanics of Vibration (review), 375; review of Shock and Vibration in Linear Systems, 822; review of Transverse Vibration Theory, 822; review of Shock and Vibration Handbook, 822; biographical note, 824
Bismuth, new phenomenon magneto-resistance in at low temperatures, by Dr. L. Esaki, 255
Bison Prestressed Concrete Floor Slabs (Concrete Ltd.), 34-36
Bitumen mixers heated with LPG, 308
— Mixes, ultrasonic testing for voids in, 393 Bjorklund, H., on use of Montan-Forschung
analogue machine, 716
BKL Alloys Ltd., pipe couplings, 371
Black and Decker Ltd., sanding machine, 496; suggestions scheme results, 552, 585; de Walt radial arm saw, 719
Black-Moly dry bonded lubrication service (John W. Miller and Son Ltd.), 403
Black, P. H., on Theory of Metal Cutting (review), 471
Black, Prof. R. A. L., on Recent Advances in Mining Science in South Africa, 168
Black Sea-Bait ic waterway, 362
Blackburn Aircraft Co. Ltd., Buccaneer aircraft, 153
Blackburn Engines Ltd., acquired by Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., 849
Blackett, J. H., on Measurement of Solids in Flue Gases (book), 824
Blackett, Prof. P. M. S., on American nuclear weapons, 321
Blackfriars Improvement Scheme, contract awarded to Demolition and Construction Co. Ltd., 712
Blackman, R. V. B., on Jane’s Fighting Ships (book), 280
Blackmore, J., on Semiconductor Statistics (book), 664
Blades, motor grader (Uddeholm Ltd.), 147
— Shear, 20 ft grinding (Snow and Co. Ltd.), 285
— Standard, Surform (Firth Cleveland Tools
Ltd.), 506-508
— Turbine, research on vibration (GEC
(Engineering) Ltd.), 708
— Vibration of aircraft turbines (Bristol
Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 221
in gas turbines, measuring, by E. S. Eccles and D. G. Seymour, 318-319
Blagoveshchensky, S. N., on Theory of Ship Motions (book), 790
Blair, Dr. J. S., on oil flow in pipelines. See LETTER, 46
Blakeborough, J., and Sons Ltd., revolving screens for circulating water, 324
Blanking, finish, applications of (Production Engineering Research Association publication), 469
Blast furnace. See Furnace
— Room (Vacu-Blast Ltd.), 175
Blasting, investigation into dust after (NCB), 460
Blaw Knox Ltd., radio telescope for Cambridge University, 281
Bleisteiner, G., on Handbuch der Regelungs- technik (review), 150
Blending system, automatic, for liquids, development of (Armstrong Whitworth Equipment Ltd. and Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.), 853
Bletchley Flyover, prestressed concrete for, 52 “ Blitz ” musical show, stage settings for, 714-715
Block, bilge, adjustable while submerged, 847
— Chain, Bantam 11 (Geo. W. King Ltd.), 256
— Concrete, Betoblock (Pointer Group), 745
— Pillow, Self-Lube (Pollard Bearings Ltd.),
260
?— Storage heater. See Heater
Blood, human, cooler for (Delaney Gallay Ltd.), 772
Bloodhound missiles for Switzerland (Bristol- Ferranti), 113
Bloomfield, G. V., on British pioneer work on cryogenics, 198
Bloor-Danforth railway subway, Toronto, 569 Blower, core (Foundry and Metallurgical Equipment Co. Ltd.), 205
Blue Rivers Constructors, tunnel through Continental Divide, Colorado, 331
Bluebell Line railway, 769
Bluebird Caravans Ltd., Highwayman motor caravan, 544; sales handled by Crofton Garages Ltd., 544
Blythe Harbour Commissioners, suction dredger for, 249
Board, asbestos cement, BS 737 (book), 536
?— Distribution, Fluvent-Saphyre, 367
— and paper, fluidized bed drying of, by J.
Luckins and C. A. O. Sutherland, 843
Machines, conference on, 456
— Polyester, Tila Super (Nevill Long and Co.
(Boards) Ltd.), 851
Board of Trade Journal, 271
Board of Trade, President of, to be on National Economic Development Council, 232; See also Export Credits Guarantee Department
Boardroom practice, standard, by Sir Edwin Herbert (review), 70
Boat, Dowty Turbocraft, 160
— of fibre glass, 160
— Locks and bars, the story of: safe bind:
safe find, by G. Hogg (review), 279
— Newallastic (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 238
— by Prof. K. Sattler, 239
?— for structural steelwork, 238-239
— Torshear (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 238 Bolton Gate Co. Ltd., folding doors for Ruston
Bucyrus Ltd. erection shop, 460
Bond, R. C., on Some Aspects of British Railways Modernization Plan, 48
Bond water skis, 160 Bonded Bearings Ltd., anti-friction surfaces, 242; ZSV bearings, 242
Bonderlube 350 dry-film lubricant (Pyrene Co. Ltd.), 531
Bonding machine, rubber-to-metal (Automatic Equipment Ltd.), 90
Bonner, J. T., on Growth and Form (review), 278
Book of Curves, by E. H. Lockwood (book), 112
— Series, Perigrine, 150
— Text, low priced (Pergamon Press), 825 Booms, Simplex and Duplex, for fuelling at
tanker berths (Woodfield Rochester Ltd.), 356
Boot, Dr. H. A. H., research on optical masers, 576
Booth, E. S., on thermal efficiency of electrical generation, 737
Booth, James, Aluminium Ltd., aluminium building sheets (trade publication), 248; aluminium moulds for sponge rubber, 307; sheet aluminium for truck body building, 351; aluminium for Vickers VCIO aircraft, 403; cladding aluminium sheet, 563; plans for coated aluminium strip, 563; aluminium for fish traps, 595; triangular aluminium extrusion, lubrication for installed, 757
Borax Consolidated Rauma Repola impregnation of timber, 60; borax in wire drawing (trade publication), 152
Borax in wire drawing (trade publication), 152 Bord, G. L. H., deputy chairman of conference on graduate training, 428
Border Chieftain, tanker, use of closed circuit television as docking aid, 226
Border Falcon, tanker, use of closed circuit television as docking aid, 226
Boring and cut-off machine (Rye Machinery Sales (High Wycombe) Ltd.), 589
— and facing heads (Garnet Products Ltd.),750
— Machine, fine (Stuart Davis Ltd.), 720 Horizontal, Juaristi (Frye Machine Tool
Co. Ltd.), 783
Horizontal, Pfeifer (Stuart Davis Ltd.), 463
Jig Aubert (Industrial Sales Ltd.), 783 Jig (Marcel Aubert and Sons), 783 Jig, optical, Manex (P.M.T. (Machine Tools), Ltd., 782
Borough Polytechnic, course on application of computers to engineering problems, 8; courses on technical writing and social psychology of industry, 585
Bostik compounds for Coventry Cathedral (BB Chemical Co. Ltd.), 683
Bottcher, Felix, of Cologne, agreement with Winstones Ltd., 529
Bouche, Ch., on Dubbels Taschenbuch fiir den Maschinenbau (book), 376
Boughton, T. T., and Sons Ltd., Loggamatic tractor logging unit, 267
Boulder clay. See Clay
Boulton, A. H., on Business Consortia view), 663
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd., extension transducer, 415
Boulton and Paul Ltd., cinema film Structural Steel at our Fingertips, 270; new factory, 561
Bound Brook Bearings Ltd., self-lubricating bronze bearings, 290
Boundary and Eigenvalue Problems in Mathematical Physics, by H. Sagan (book), 216
— Layers, backward unretarded, by Prof, S.
Goldstein, 168
Control system for Belfast freighter aircraft (Short Brothers and Harland Ltd.), 835 Effects, investigation of, 767
Laminar, extensions of the theory of, by Prof. S. Goldstein, 168
Bourne, Sir Geoffrey, appointed director- general of Aluminium Federation, 689
Bourner, F. H. (Engineers), Ltd., Bourner Spa-Dec combination sink tap, 224
Bowater Paper Corp., special research group, 296
Bower, C. T., on Aids to Machine Shop Practice (review), 110
Bowmaker (Plant), Ltd., large dump trucks, 305 Bowthorpe Engineering Co. Ltd., Bowthorpe Conductor trolley for inspecting overhead cables, 4
Box, water cooler, in aluminium bronze, 178 and return, in aluminium bronze, 178 Boyd, L. G., on Writing a Technical Paper (review), 246
Boydell, E., and Co. Ltd., loading technique (trade publication), 376
BP Exploration Co., geological explorations, 332
BP Isle of Grain oil refinery, 654
BP Refinery (Kent) Ltd., proffered gift for proposed Kent University, 791
BP Tanker Co., order placed for two tanker ships, 33
BPC. See British Productivity Council
B.P.S. Machinery Ltd., screwing attachments, 589
B. and R. Relays Ltd., heavy duty relays, 462; relays, 752
Braby, Frederick, and Co. (Ltd.), galvanized steel clad tanker vehicles, 179; Coventry Cathedral, 683
Bradford Institute, Conference on Diploma in Technology, 360
Bradley, G. and E., Ltd., electronic memory for UK 1 satellite, 541; DC signal generator, 814
Bradma Ltd., data writing systems, 33; mobile demonstration vehicle, 33
Bradwell atomic power station to be productive soon, 225
Reactor, 276
Bragg, S. L., on Rocket Engines (book), 696 Brain as a Computer, by F. H. George (book), 856
Brakes, aircraft, reducing heat build-up in, 804
— Disc, for cars, 601
— Electromagnetic (Dewhurst and Partner
Ltd.), 89
— Lining, Ferodo AM family of (Ferodo
Ltd.), 442-444
— Press for Italy (Rushworth and Co.), 565
—. See also Dynamometer
Bran finisher (trade publication), 216 Branger, J., on space research, 839 Brasher, W. K., to relinquish secretaryship of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 265
Brass fittings (Barking Brassware Co. Ltd.), 756
— Founders, designers meet, 26-27
Brassert Oxygen Technic, LD/AC steelmaking process, 616
Brassware manufacture, expansion of, 756 Braun, American, washer extractors, 42 Brave class patrol boats for Royal Danish Navy, 473
Bray, George, and Co. Ltd., air and oil heaters (trade publication), 760
Bray, K. F., review of Combustion Engineers’ Handbook, 31-32; biographical note, 32
Brazilian Ministry of Aeronautics, orders for Avro 748 aircraft placed, 409
Brazing, silver, of stainless steel, 243 B.R.D. Co. Ltd., pit props (trade publication), 568
Breakdowns. See Accidents Breakers (trade publication), 856 Breakwaters, fabric and plastic, to reduce wave damage, 526
Breathing apparatus, Chemox (Mine Safety Appliances Co., Ltd.), 335
BREN operation (USAEC), 544
Brentford Transformers Ltd., use of Magicote thixotropic paints, 499
Brewery for Harp lager to be built at Alton, 492
— for Nigeria (Guinness), 249
— Vessels. See Vessels
Bricks, fire. See Refractory materials Bridges, aluminium railings for (trade publication), 112
— Bonded rubber expansion joint for
(Metalastik Ltd.), 620
— Champlain, construction to begin, 270
— Chepstow, Brunei’s, reconstruction of, 270
— Crane, Expanded Railmaster (British
MonoRail Ltd.), 623
Bridge, David, and Co., use of nylon for main bearing of dewatering press, 242
Bridge expansion joint. See Joint
— 15th Century, at Wadebridge to be widened
432
— Haddiscoe, use of bonded rubber expansion
joints, 620
— Laira, aluminium railings for (Woodrow
Metals Ltd.), 619
— Lake Maracaibo, 813
— Medway, details of, 394-395; erection of
superstructure, 395; structural form of, 395
— Newport, repairs to (British Railways), 847
— River Usk, 654
— Road, behaviour of under frequent loading,
778
— Severn Road, tender of Associated Bridge
Builders Ltd. accepted, 712
Bridge span, concrete, 500 ft., without centring, 394-395
— Steel girder BS 153, 619
— Truss, of prestressed concrete, 91
— Tube or tunnel for Channel Link, 653 Bridgeport Machines Inc., chromium plated
slideways, 851
Bridges, F. W., and Sons Ltd., organizing of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition, 844
Bridges, G. N., on Stanley-Bridges Ltd., 401 Bridges, S. N., and Co. Ltd., renamed Stanley- Bridges Ltd., 401
Bridgework, big, bolts in, 239
Bridging costs reduced with stud welding, 527 Briggs, A., on Birth of Broadcasting (review), 439
Bright, A. W., on blinding the exchequer with science, 126
Bright, L. W., on Mechanical Workshop and Drawing Office Training for Graduates, 428
Brighton Technical College, electrical sandwich courses, 328
— Waterworks Department, remote control of
pumping station, 10
Brims and Co. Ltd., Lord Howick to join board, 25; S. C. Swan to join board, 25; share capital acquired by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., 25; D. V. Brims appointed managing director, 25; E. J. Hunter appointed chairman, 25
Brims, D. V., appointed managing director of Brims and Co. Ltd., 25
Bristol, A., on technertia, 296
Bristol Aircraft Co. Ltd., tests for lubrication with an aerosol, 43; T 188 research aircraft, 545, 549
Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd., use of strain gauges, 414
Bristol-Ferranti Bloodhound missiles for Switzerland, 113
Bristol 188 research aircraft, 545, 549
— Port Authority, dock supervisor training
scheme, 88
Bristol Siddeley Aircraft Ltd., equipment for UK 1 satellite, 542
Bristol Siddeley Co. Ltd., turbo-generator commissioned by English Clays Lovering Pochin and Co. Ltd., 37
Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., blade vibration measuring device, 50; Olympus engine, 193; to transfer manufacture of Beaver products to Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd., 209; blade vibration of aircraft turbines, 221; PR 37 booster rocket, 259; Jindivik target drone, 259; Viper turbojet engine, 259; Gamma engine, 259; Stentor engine, 259; measuring gas-turbine blade vibration, 318-319; Viper turbojet engines for Piaggio and
C. , 377; export orders, 409; Hercules engines for Nord-Aviation, 409; Olympus gas turbine for Hams Hall power station, 452; development of copy belt grinding machine, 500; high temperature test rig, 511; Olympus gas turbine engine, 587; Olympus engines for TSR 2 aircraft, 625; testing of Olympus engines, 625; reports on rocket boosters and higher payloads for space vehicles, 740; collaboration with Brown-Boveri Co., 776; marine gas turbine, 776; acquisition of Blackburn Engines Ltd., 849; acquisition of de Havilland Engine Co. Ltd., 849; reorganization scheme, 849; activities of, 849
— University, development of two speed
electric motor, 420
Britain and the Common Market, by J. H. Pinder, 801
— Gateway to, exhibition, 806 to, exhibition at Stavenger, 744
— Today, Plain Words on, 486
Britain’s New Towns, by A. C. Duff (review), 150
Britannia Trident tubular cells (Nife Batteries Ltd.), 427
British Aircraft Corp., cooperation with Sud Aviation, 3; design study for long range aircraft, 193; progress report on One- Eleven aircraft, 324; investment in by English Electric Group, 369; T 188 research aircraft, 549; TSR 2 aircraft to fly next year, 625; One-Eleven aircraft, 673; One-Eleven aircraft, details of, 676
British Aluminium Co., price reductions, 121; welded aluminium tube, 243; association with Mercantile Leasing Co. Ltd., 377; container leasing plan, 377; aluminium containers for industry, 377; profiled aluminium sheet, 531
British Area Regulators Ltd., Armatic diaphragm valves, 175
— Association for the Advancement of Science,
expansion of activities and financial needs 328; annual meeting, 838
British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education, residential training courses, 232; course on techniques of instruction, 232; course on apprentice training, 232; course on creating technologists, 232; annual conference, 232; conference, 648
British Bombardier tanker due to be launched, 419
British Ceramic Research Association, symposium on special ceramics, by P. Popper (review), 470; dust research reduces health hazard, 821
British Cherry Tree Machine Co. Ltd., Cherry Tree-Braun washing machine, 42
— Commonwealth. See Commonwealth
British and Commonwealth Shipping Co., maiden voyage of liner Transvaal Castle, 84
— Conference on Automation and Computa
tion, discussion on machine tools and automatic control, 518
— Constructional Steelwork Association, Com
posite Construction for Steel Framed Buildings, 92; Steel Frames for Multi- Storey Buildings, 92
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
British Deutz Ltd., air cooled diesel engines, 554
— Diesel Engine Catalogue (British Internal
Combustion Engine Manufacturers Association) (book), 600
—- Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Association, annual report, 321; discussions with Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers, 353; export statistics, 801
British Electrical Repairs Ltd., paper reel handling device, 661
— Electrical Research Association, programme
of, 573; aims and activities of, 573
British European Airways, specification for short haul jet aircraft, 81
— Exhibition, Stockholm, 681
— Federation of Master Printers’, work study
applications in printing, 692
— Flame Research Committee, symposium on
Flames and Industry, 647
British Geon Ltd., impact pvc coating for Atlas pit props, 371
British Glues and Chemicals Ltd., impulse protein process, 553; formation of International Protein Products Ltd., 553
British Hoist and Crane Co. Ltd., Iron Fairy mobile crane, 784
British Hussar tanker due for trials, 419
British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Ltd., cracked gas separator installed, 721; ethylene splitter column installed, 849
British Industrial Plastics Ltd., position and prospects, 241; acquired by Turner and Newall Ltd., 241
— Institute of Management, The Shorter
Working Week, 128; Conspectus of Management Courses, 237; Efficiency Comparisons Within Large Organizations, 296; New Concepts in Management, 296; syllabus for management course, 328; quality control, 373; conference on positive approach to industrial relations, 392; analysis of shorter working week, 424; Council for Scotland, conference on management and a changing world, 488; conference on management in the Common Market, 580; Management Training Techniques, 648; conference of, 648
— Institution of Radio Engineers, symposium
on new electronic techniques in nondestructive testing, 119; Mountbatten Research Studentships, 648; conference on sonar systems, 678 ; report of joint committee with Institution of Electrical Engineers, 857
British Insulated Calenders’ Cables Group, injection welded polyethylene cables, 627 British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., order position, 217; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400; MS4 silicone insulating agent, 499; Biclor capacitor bank equipment for CEGB, 515 British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co. Ltd., use of rubber lined grooved pulleys for cable installation, 467; super-grid crossing of the River Forth, 528; coaxial cables from Brighton to Chichester, 627; audio cable from Sevenoaks to Tonbridge, 627; million volt test set for cables, 708
— Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers
Association, British Diesel Engine Catalogue (book), 600
— Internal Combustion Engines
Association, system, 415
— Interplanetary
research, 81
— Iron and Steel
presidential address by Sir Julian Pode, 417; Steel Review, 577; energy costs in UK, 577
British Iron vacuum research annealing, coatings for steel, 381; licences to Electro- Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd. and Head Wrightson Machine Co. Ltd., 381; conference on high-strength steel, 391; Dr. R. V. Williams appointed head of process physics section, 768; work regrouping, 768; Dr. J. R. Pattison appointed head of new laboratories, 768; Dr. Finlayson appointed head of energy section, 768; support from Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., 785
British Lift Slab Ltd., epoxy filler for concrete column joints, 723
British Light Steel Pressings Ltd., use of epoxy resin dies, 851
— Lighting Council, booklets on lighting
planning, 736
— Meteorological Office, development of
observation techniques, 300
— Meteorological Society, formation of, 300 British MonoRail Ltd., Expanded Railmaster
crane bridge, 623
British Motor Corp., collaboration with Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 1: Mini motor car, 45; production to continue with Morris Minor motor car, 153; variations on Mini motor car, 293; safety harness anchorage points in cars, 537; sales, 537; workshop-cum- demonstration vehicles, 712
— National Committee on Large Dams, record
of all dams in U.K., 270
— Nuclear Energy Society, formation of, 737;
lecture by Sir Roger Makins, 737
British Nylon Spinners Ltd., nylon load strops for helicopter use, 67; nylon yarn type 600, 531; nylon yarn type 900, 531
British Overseas Airways Corp., tests for lubrication with an aerosol, 43; Vickers VC 10 aircraft, 801; reducing heat build-up in aircraft brakes, 804; Travellers Digest, 822
British Overseas Fairs Ltd., organization of British Exhibition in Stockholm, 681
British Oxygen Co. Ltd., requirements of the liquefied gases industry, 27; exhibit at Leipzig Spring Fair, 281; Unionarc welding process, 341; tonnage oxygen plant, 565; Argonarc welding equipment,
594; use of Sintox argon gas shrouds, propane cutting outfit, regulator, 750
— Paper and Board Industry Research Asso
ciation, development of fluidized bed for paper drying, 415; conference on paper and board machines, 456
British Petroleum Co., order placed for two tanker ships, 33; car reliability test programme, 353; performance of lubricating oil, 353; plastic containers for motor oil, 744
British Picker Co. Ltd., use of polyurethane rubber, 659
Bristol Piping Co. Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 483
— Plan for Global Satellites, 400
— Productivity Council, production statistics,
161; graphs of national product, 161; National Productivity Year, 161; H. Douglass elected chairman, 161; National Productivity Year, 203, 424, 648
— Psychological Society, Automation and the
Worker, 805
British Railways modernization plan, some aspects of, by R. C. Bond, 48; use of Tilley storm lanterns, 74-76; combating freezing of points, 121; reconstruction of Brunei’s Chepstow Bridge, 270; position and prospects, 321; Southern Region trials of electro-diesel locomotive, 324; reduction of excess capacity, 385; application of systems concept to, 396; Sulzer diesel engines for (Vickers Armstrongs), 441; workshop management to be centralized, 545; electrification of Euston-Liverpool- Manchester line, 577; final report on dual voltage traction, 677; investigation of commutator temperature of traction motors, 705; trials of Lion locomotive, 738; Terrier locomotive presented to Canadian Railroad Transport Museum, 769; pruning or killing?, 833; proposed closing of some main lines, 833; repairs to bridge at Newport, 847; see also Railway and British Transport Commission
— Rayon Research Association, research on
fluidized bed drying, 415
British Resin Products Ltd., Abstrene M moulding plastic, 371; polyester resins, 819
— Road Federation, symposium on landscape
engineering of roads, 673
Services, use of Air Trail suspension systems, 418
British Ropes Ltd., CANTAT transatlantic cable, 4; Dyform high tensile steel cable strand, 4; exhibit at Leipzig Spring Fair, 281; steel ropes, 798; research work of, 798 British Rototherm Co. Ltd., dual scale thermometers, 335; temperature conversion table (trade publication), 376
— School of Motoring, advanced driving
course, 453; High Performance course, 809-810
— Scientific Instrument Research Association,
joint committee on courses, 328; development of radiation pyrometer, 705
— Shipbuilding Research Association, sponsor
ing of diesel engine research at Liverpool University, 194-195; swedged plate to cut shipbuilding costs, 196; ship model for test comparisons with real ship, 259
— Sociological Association, Automation and
the Worker, 805
British South Africa Co., position and prospects, 401; decrease in mining activity, 401 British Space Development Co. Ltd., design studies, 257; commrecial use of space, 385; aims of, 385; satellite communications system, 385; cooperation with European Launching Development Organisation, 385; consortium of companies forming, 400; aims of, 400; global satellites and communications, 400; communications systems planned, 400
British Standards Institution, lubricating nipples, 1; structural sections, 9; copper for electrical purposes (trade publication), 32; cast iron pipes (trade publication), 72; pipes, 72 ; test house for motor car safety belts, 85; specifications (trade publications), 280; cast iron gate valves, 536; dimensions of instrument precision rolling bearings, 536; asbestos cement board, 536; welded storage tanks, 536; milk tankers, 536; V-belt drives, 536; drawing office equipment, 536; high yield stress (welding quality) structural steel, 619; steel girder bridges, 619; use of structural steel in buildings, 619; for methods of testing concrete, 606; metric system, 641; Change to the Metric System, 641; steel tubes for mechanical, structural and general enginering purposes, 690; world standards for cast iron, 723; change to the metric system, 788
British Steam Specialties Ltd., Claudo valve, 463
— Steel Founders’ Association, Steel Foundry
Year, 744, 757
Industry, history of, by J. C. Carr, W. Taplin and A. E. C. Wright (book), 760
British Steel Piling Co, Ltd., helical weld pipes, 304
— Technology Index (Library Association
publication), 310
—- Trade Unionism (PEP report), 202
— Transport Commission, model of British
terminal to Channel Tunnel, 143; studies of position of railways, 321; research on prestressed concrete, 811; new sheds at Speke, 813; proposed closure of some main lines, 833; see also British Railways
British Transport Review, 193
British United Airways, VA-3 Hovercraft service between Hoylake and Rhyl, 529; purchase of Vickers VA 3 Hovercraft, 833
British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co. Ltd., central vacuum cleaning system, 256 British Welding Research Association, high temperature testing of pressure vessels, 707; high temperature steam boiler design, 707
— Wood Preserving Association, preservative
treatment of timber, 240
Britten-Norman Ltd,, arrangements with J. Samuel White and Co, Ltd., 145; formation of Cushion-craft Ltd., 145
Brix, V. H., on Mr. “ Bearing Failure,” 46 BRM engine, 125
BRM motor car, 521
Broaching machine, Anglo-USA, first-off, 148 BSA-Detroit, for Ford-Werke AG (BSA Tools Ltd.), 148
Continuous horizontal, table of specifications for, 148
(Lapointe Machine Tool Co, Ltd.), 724 Broadcasting, birth of, by A. Briggs (review), 439
— Outside practice, sound studio and: sound
production and reproduction, by H. B. Hadden (book), 760
Brock, G., on concrete: complete stress/strain curves, 606-607
Brockhouse Engineering Ltd., ITT 3-speed heavy duty fluid transmission, 354
Brockhouse, J., and Co. Ltd., use of polyurethane rubber, 658; use of Penetral aluminium- impregnated steel, 722
Brockway, F., on courses for shop stewards, 265 Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd., expansion programme, 505
Bromilow and Edwards Ltd., to merge with Pilot Works Ltd., 433; subsidiaries of, 433; annual meeting, 433
Bromley, J., design of gas furnaces, 821 Bronze, aluminium. See Aluminium
— Founders, designers meet, 26-27
Brook, C., on variations in car tests, 518
Brook Motors Ltd., Gryphon electric motor, 427j
Brookhaven National Laboratory, to operate USAEC radiation development centre, 255 Brookhirst Igranic Ltd., order position, 73; steelworks control gear for Dorman Long, 73; panels for Wellman Smith Owen, 73; switchboard for Cilvilles Ltd., 73; switchboard for English Electric, 73; limit switch, 368;
Broom, H. S., on Broom and Wade Ltd., 25; formation of Broom and Wade Ltd., 114
Broom and Wade Ltd., position and prospects, 25; Broomwade V 500 heavy duty air compressor, 114-116; historical note 114; formation of the company, 114; Broom- yvade Bulletin, 662; pneumatic equipment (trade publication), 696; rotary air compressor, 720
Broomwade Bulletin, 662
Brown, A. K., on environmental aspects of production, 265
Brown, B. M., on Mathematical Theory of Linear Systems (review), 310
Brown-Boveri Co., electric pressure drier (Foundry and Metallurgical Equipment Co. Ltd.), 164; collaboration with Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., 776; marine gas turbine, 776
Brown Bros, Ltd., Giant Firestone tyres for dump trucks, 305
Brown, D., on David Brown Corp. Ltd., 401
Brown, David, Corp. Ltd., position prospects, 401; products of, 401; sidiaries of, 401; profit, 401
Brown, David, Industries Ltd., Radicon unit, 762-764; historical note, associate companies, 764
Brown, David, and Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd., position and prospects, 401
Brown, David, Tractors Ltd., position and prospects, 401
Brown, D. C., on standardization of railway equipment, 737
Brown, J., on Radio Surface Waves (book), 696 Brown, J. B., on craft apprenticeship standards, 360
Brown, John, and Co. Ltd., Transvaal Castle, 84; scrip issue to shareholders, 241
Brown, John, Land Boilers Ltd., radio aerial for GPO, 403
Brown, Lennox and Co. Ltd., steel castings (trade publication), 152
Brown, Prof. P., to join National Economic Development Council, 232
Brown, Dr. R. H,, study of muscular action, 641 Brown &. Tawse Plant Ltd., Admiral crane, 267 Brown, W. B. D., on Glacier Metal Co. Ltd., 817
Browne, E. H., on National Coal Board and productivity, 737
Browning’s Electric Co. Ltd., bearing heater, 427
Brownroyd Engineer Co., cooler rolls from Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd., 306
Bruce-Gardner, Sir Douglas, appointed deputy chairman of GKN Steel Co. Ltd., 305
Brunel College of Technology, post-graduate courses, 128; course on industrial radiology, 128; course on ultrasonic applications, 128; course on welded joints, 585
Brunei’s Chepstow Bridge, reconstruction of, 270
Brush Electrical Engineering Co, Ltd., trials of Falcon diesel-electric locomotive, 578; alternator for Hams Hall power station, 657
Brutton, Mitchell and Toms Brewery Ltd., use of Meuralglas lined brewery vessels, 403
Bryant and May Ltd., use of Sintox alumina ceramic for conveyor bands, 594
BSA Tools Ltd., BSA-Detroit broaching machines for Ford-Werke AG, 148; licence agreement with Detroit Corp., 148
BSDC. See British Space Development Co, Ltd.
BSP air control valves (Air Automation), 235 BTR Industries Ltd., position and prospects, 305; trading profits, 305; activities of, 305; subsidiaries of, 305; loss by Microcell Ltd. subsidiary, 305; flame resistant hose, 307; conveyor belting for Russia, 409 (see Correction, 473); association with M. Golodetz, 409; rollers of silicone rubber, 563; polyethylene lined rubber hose, 755; aircraft filters, 785; subsidiaries of, 785
Bubbles, air, to dampen underwater shock waves (Atlas Copco Ltd.), 298
Buccaneer aircraft (Blackburn), 153
Buchner vacuum filter (Metaducts Ltd.), 303 Buckets, conveyor, of aluminium (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 787
Buckle, Lyfe-Lock, 537
Buckminster, P. N., on use of Perkins diesel engines for Dodge trucks, 249
Budapest Institute of Building Sciences, electric cable to run directly in plaster, 171
Budget, comments on, 481
Buffa, E. S., on Modern Production Management (book), 184; (review), 726
Bugaev, Prof. V. A., study of satellite research, atmospheric science and weather forecasting, 385
Buildings, American, use of high tensile steel in, 92
— Centre, new style kitchen, 576
— and construction, 546
— Contracts and practice, Emden andWatson’s,
by W. H. Gill (book), 728
— Coordination by modules, 130
— Costs of power stations, 513
— Emmerson report on, 609
— Exhibition, exhibit of Galvatite galvanized
sheets, 527
— External factors affecting, 62
— Factory, thermal insulation of, by G. D.
Nash, 299
— Finish, Sandtex (Cement Marketing Co.),
67
— Future events in, 61
— High tensile steel for, 193. See LETTER, 86
— Hospital, programme for, 161 Technical requirements of, 161
— House, quicker, 609
— Importance of in Nigeria, 582
— Industrial, packaged, Cranley (Hewitts of
Cranleigh), 808
— Industry, difficulties in estimating for work,
225
investment in, 64
Management and labour in, 63
Plant and materials in, 64
Proposal to reduce apprenticeship time, 520
Report on, 577
Wage increases, 225
— Market trends in, 62
— Materials, cutting machine for (Corus
Engineers Ltd.), 235
— Multi-storey, Jackblock process for (Richard
Costain Ltd.), 170
— Multi-storey, new methods for, 170
— Multi-storey, steel frames for, 92
— Outlook for 1962, 61-64
— Plastic dome for (Integral Plastics Ltd.), 402
— Plywood portal frame, to overcome sub
sidence risks, 779
— with precast vaulted beams, 297
— Prefabricated (trade publication), 600
— Research Station, Aerated Concrete—2:
Uses, 9; Design of Timber Floors to Prevent Dry Rot, 169; Effect of Impact Loading on Prestressed and Ordinary Reinforced Concrete Beams, 169; new types of paint, 528
— Sectional (Massey-Ferguson-Butler Ltd.),
169
— Sheets, aluminium (trade publication), 248
— — Troughed, aluminium BS3428-196I, 280
— Sites and works of engineering construction,
lighting of, 329
— Standard (Dexion Ltd.), 235
— Steel framed, composite construction for, 92
— Steelworks, cladding for (Robertson Thain
Ltd.), 275
— Tall, simplifying the erection of, 129
— Technical developments in, 61
Building Trades Exhibition Ltd., exhibit at Utrecht Trade Fair, 505
— Uses of aerated concrete in, 9 of structural steel in, BS449, 619
— Work, plastic panels to protect (Firth
Cleveland Reinforcements Ltd.), 298
Bulkbin plastic bin for powders (Microcell Ltd.), 402
Bull, John, Rubber Co. Ltd., connection with Metalastik Ltd., 593; Prescollan rubber, 658
Bulletin of Stastiticson Incomes, Prices, Employment and Production, 488
Bundy Marine, outboard engines, 160 Bungalow, Sussex, 384
Bunyan, T. W., on liner Canberra, 643
Burch, Dr., public demonstration of optical maser, 191
Burco Ltd., metal folding machine semiautomated, 405
Bureau of Standards. See United States National
Burgess, Dr. S. G., investigation of dewatering sludges and mesophilic anaerobic digestion, 10
Burglar alarms. See Alarms
Burgot Automatic Alarms Ltd., burglar alarm systems, 465; formation of Burgot Automatic Alarms (PVT) Ltd., 465
Burgot Automatic Alarms (PVT) Ltd., formation of, 465
Burgot Rentals Ltd., Monoptic burglar alarm, 120
Burgsmuller and Son, screwing attachments, 589 Burke, N., on formation of an education trust by Institution of Production Engineers, 265
Burmeister and Wain, 50th anniversary of building first motorship Selandia, 273
Burn and Slack Ltd., use of vans with plastic coachwork, 402
Burner, oil. Hydra, 772
Reducing noise in, 511
— Unit, oil, developments (Wanson Co. Ltd.), 254
Burnet, Frank, Bell and Partners, Blantyre installation for Castrol, Ltd., 593
Burnishing tool, Microller (Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co. Ltd.), 12
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Burtonwood Engineering Co. Ltd., air compressor division taken over by Whittaker, Hall and Co. Ltd., 401; electro-hydraulic loading bank, 469; to be renamed US Industries Inc., Engineering Ltd., 753
Bus chassis. Comet, orders for (Leyland), 153
— Motorway, design of, 389
— Routemaster, with unpainted aluminium
bodies, 57
Bushes, jig, for drills and reamers, of silver steel (Talbot Tool Co. Ltd.), 66
Bushuev, M. N., on Russian Engineering Developments at the Leningrad Metal Plant Imeni Stalin, 150
Business Consortia, by A. H. Boulton (review), 663
— Equipment, external factor affecting, 98 Future events in, 98
Industry, management and labour in, 99 Industry, investment and expansion in, 100
Industry, plant and materials in, 100 Industry, production in, 100
? Market trends in, 99
Outlook for 1962, 97-100
Technical developments in, 97
— Game, by B. Eldon, 648
Business Press Bureau Ltd., What is PR?, 537
— Studies, Higher National Diploma in, 392
— Systems week. Azoflex, 743
— in the USA, higher education for, by
Gordon and Howell, 236
Businessmen, American, education of, Pierson report on, 236
Bussell, K. R., on Performance of Clear Finishes on Exterior Timber, 330
Butane, 308-309
— and propane, industry’s need of, by C. N.
Jenkins, 308-309
Butten, E., to retire as chairman of Management Consultants Association, 424
Butterfield, W. P. (Engineers) Ltd., welded fabrications in aluminium bronze, 178
Butterley Co., finish machining of centrifugal castings, 434
Butters Brothers and Co. Ltd., cranes for floating dock, 473
BX Plastics Ltd., Abstrene M plastic moulding material, 371
CABINET, assembly, controlled atmosphere, Primaire (Dexon Inc.), 69
— Outdoor (AEI Ltd.), 426
— Safe handling (Pandect Instrument Labora
tories Ltd.), 718
— Storage (Raaco Ltd.), 782
— Supply and control, for spark erosion
process (Sparcatron (Manufacturing) Ltd.), 463
Cabins, site (Armitage Units Ltd.), 266
Cable, armoured, glands for (Hawke Cable Glands Ltd.), 579
— Audio, Sevenoaks to Tonbridge (BIC
Construction Co. Ltd.), 627
— CANT AT, 4, 21
— CANTAT, submerged repeater for, 22
— Channel, by C. C. Barnes, M. J. Rollin,
J. C. E. Coomber and M. L. Calvreul, 656
— Coaxial, Brighton to Chichester (BIC
Construction Co. Ltd.), 627
— Coaxial (Telephone Cables Ltd.), 245
— Cross-Channel, 457, 656
— Electric, to run directly in plaster, 171 Cable and General Instruments Ltd., graphite
dies, 524
— Hangers. See Hangers
— High quality, for busy lines, 245
— High voltage power, water cooled, for
Bankside power station (AEI Ltd.), 419
— Injection welded polyethylene (BICC
Group), 627
— Jointing machine (Vinatex Ltd.), 11
— Laying ship. Alert, 145 Ship, John W. Mackay, 145
— Link, Commonwealth, 21
— Million volt test set for (British Insulated
Callender’s Construction Co. Ltd.), 708
— Oil filled, for CEGB (Pirelli), 441
— Overhead, trolley for inspecting, Bow-
thorpe Conductor (Bowthorpe Engineering Co. Ltd. and J. L. Eve Construction Co. Ltd.), 4
— Ship equipment (trade publication), 760
— Strand, high tensile steel, Dyform (British
Ropes Ltd.), 4
— Telephone, SCOT-ICE, 145
—• — (Telephone Cables Ltd.), 245
— Termination equipment (trade publication),
472
— Transatlantic, CANTAT, 4, 21, 22
— Transatlantic, resistant to twist (British
Ropes Ltd.), 4
— See also Power transmission; Wire rope Cabot Carbon Ltd., use of Bulkbin plastic
bins for powders, 402
Cadamco copy belt grinding machine (Cyril Adams and Co.), 500
Cage rising methods (Holman Brothers Ltd.), 10
Cahen, M., on extra high voltage electricity, 655; on transmission voltages, 713
Caisson gate for Princess Dock (Sir William Arrol and Co.), 559
Calabro, S. R., on Reliability Principles and Practices (book), 600
Calcium tungstate, neodymium in, as maser material, 190
Calculator, Anita, Cycolac T plastic casing for (GEC), 435
Electronic desk (Sumlock-Comptometer Ltd.), 435
Calibrator, capacitance (National Bureau of Standards), 605
California University, International Conference on Sector-Focussed Cvclotrons, 704
Calladine, C. R., on Mechanics of the Game of Croquet, 861-863
Calor Gas (Distributing) Co. Ltd., cooperation with GM Power Plant Co. Ltd.), 595
Caloric incinerator (Radiant-Heating Ltd.) 832
Calorimeter (J, and E. Hall Ltd.), 523
Cams, investment casting of (P.I. Castings
Ltd.), 771
— Slurcock, 771
Cambox, heavy duty (IGE (Control Equipment) Ltd.), 814
Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd., temperature and CO3 indicator, 523
Cambridge University, Managers in Industry courses, 48, 488
Radio telescope for, 281, 576
Camera hoods in Duraglas glass fibre, 530
— Industrial, Polaroid MP3 (Johnsons of
Hendon Ltd.), 751
— Television, colour (Marconi’s Wireless
Telegraph Co. Ltd.), 555
(EMI Electronics Ltd.), 752
Miniature (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 175 Sewer inspection by, 171
Cameron, Dr. H. K., appointed director of
GEC (Research) Ltd., 337
Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., Princess Dock for super tankers, 558-559, 631, 847; Triton maritime platform, 848
Camplex propagation tray (Simplex Dairy Equipment Co. Ltd.), 192
Canadian Army, teleprinters for (Creed and Co, Ltd.), 313
Canadian General Electric Co., affiliation with Dominion Engineering Works, 433
— National Research Council, research on
asphalt roofs, 777; Roof Design and Roofing Terminology, 777
— Railroad Transport Museum, presentation
of Terrier locomotive to, 769
Canberra liner, 101; Carron cargo transporters for, 322; operating experiences with, 643 Cannon Power Maid food mixing machine, 576 Cannon, W. G., and Sons, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, 547
CANTAT transatlantic cable, 4, 21, 22 Cantrell, J., on diamond abrasive, 797 Capacitance calibrator (National Bureau of Standards), 605
Capacitor bank equipment for CEGB (BICC), 515
— Paper (Plessey Co. Ltd.), 579 Cape Town-Nairobi road, 331
Capital Airlines, merger with United Airlines, 721
Capper Chemidus Ltd., formation of, 337; plastic pipes, 337; G. B. Stuart appointed general manager, 337
Capper Pipe Service Co. Ltd., formation of Capper Chemidus Ltd., 337
Capper, William H., and Co. Ltd., pipe work and plant erection, 337
Cars, mine, automatic speed control for. Hydrabrake (Strachan and Henshaw Ltd.), 124
— Motor. See Motor car
— Parks. See Parks
— Tunnel kiln, speed controller for (Metering
Pumps Ltd.), 260
Caravan, Delta (Gailey Caravan Group), 544
— Motor, Highwayman (Bluebird Caravans
Ltd.), 544
Caravec heater, 544
(Zaravelle aircraft (Sud-Aviation), 41
Carbide rolls. See Rolls
— Tungsten, Flame Plating of (Union Carbide
Ltd.), 499
— Welding rods and electrodes DCR (Deloro
Stellite Ltd,), 307
Carbioscillante sharpening machine (Ets. H. Chuet), 587
Carbon aioxide and temperature indicator (Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd.), 523 Carbonyl method of powder metal production, 290
Careers, choice of (Ministry of Labour booklet), 168
— Choice of (National Institute of Psychology
publication), 406
— Electronics as, by H. F. Trewman (book),
440
— and industry: study of British industries
and the opportumties they offer, by D. E. Wheatley (book), 248; (review), 726
Cargo handling: industry’s Achilles heel, 852
— Ship. See Ship
— Transporters for liner Canberra, Carron, 322 Carlson, R. F., on Metal Stamping Design:
Practical and Economical Design of Stamped Metal Parts (book), 696
Carlson, W. B., on rupture data and pipe design formulae, 829
Carnelloe tin mine, permission to reopen disallowed, 545
Carnt, P. S., on Colour Television. NFSC System: Principles and Practice (review), 471
Carolina Port power station, 345
Carr, J. C., on History of the British Steel Industry (book), 760
Carr, R., on Government management of international airports, 705
Carrier, Gerlinger (Towmotor Corp.), 681 Carrier, Towmotor (Towmotor Corp.), 681 Carron cargo transporters for liner Canberra, 322
Carron, W. J., on automation, 857
Carter Gears Ltd., speed matching device, 554 Carter Stevens (Automation) Ltd., position and prospects, 497
Carton manufacture, keeping flowing, 636-637 Cartwright, H. A., on Industrial Injuries (review), 758
Cascamite resin glue (Leicester, Lovell and Co. Ltd.), 243
Cascophen resin glue (Leicester, Lovell and Co. Ltd.), 243
Case studies and projects, by Dr. W. D. Hargreaves, 648
Cashin, B. D., on mechanical ingenuity in stage settings, 714-715
Casing, plastic, for Anita calculator Cycolac T (GEC), 435
Cassa per Mezzogiorno, development assistance for southern Italy, 73
Casson, W., on lightning performance of EHV lines, 656
Casting, centrifugal, Centrispinnings, 434
— Die, aluminium, integration of, 635
Casting, die, control of operational variables in, by H. Barton, 635
Controlling operational variables in, by H. K. Barton, 820
Feedback control in, 820
— Investment, of cams (P.I. Castings Ltd.), 771
— Iron (trade publication), 112
— Large centrifugal, advances in, 434
?— Machine, centrifugal (Maschinenfabrik
Stahlkontor Weser), 588
Centrifugal (N. Saunders Metal Products Ltd.), 752
Continuous, Concast (Distington Engineering), 405
Die (Vincent Engineering Co. Ltd.), 657 Die Metal injection in, 820
?—? Monomer, 242
— Steel (trade publication), 152, 248, 790 Non-destructive testing of, 501
— Zinc alloys in rubber (N. Saunders Metal
Products Ltd.), 563
Castors, scaffolding (Flexello Castors and Wheels Ltd.), 494
Castrol Industrial Ltd., Steelworks Lubrication, 310; steelworks lubrication (trade publication), 440
Castrol Ltd., complex processing of oils and greases, 286-287; Blantyre Installation opened, 593; H. Macarthur appointed in charge of Blantyre installation, 593
Catamaran (Bill O’Brien Ltd.), 160
Catford, M. B., on what does a hovercraft do? 614
Cathedral, Coventry, details and design, 682-685; contractors working on, 682-685 Catton and Co., operation of steel foundry in cooperation with Weir Group, 744
Causeway Reinforcement Ltd., split studs for reinforcing, 196
CAV-Filter-Agglomerator-Sediment unit (CAV Ltd.), 43
CAV Ltd., CAV-Filter-Agglomerator-Sediment unit, 43; research into diesel engines, 222-223; formation of company, 222; historical note, 222; new test laboratories for, 222; winch motor, 816
Cells, battery, Tudor (DP Battery Co. Ltd.), 463
— Fuel, 641
— Solar, silicon, as radiation detectors (Bell),
767
— “ Squeezer ” (National Bureau of Stan
dards), 863
— Transmit and receive (Ferranti Ltd.), 304
— Tubular, Britannia Trident (Nife Batteries
Ltd.), 427
Cemach,! H. P., on Work Study in the Office, 729
Cement, bulk, aluminium railway wagons for (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 211
— and Concrete Association, courses in
concrete practice, 130; Sirius computer installed, 432
Cement Ltd., cooperation with Turner and Newall Ltd., 241
Cement Marketing Co., Sandtex building finish, 67
— Portland, steam curing of at atmospheric
pressure, by R. R. Merritt and J. W, Johnson, 362
Cement Special, 52
Cement, See also Concrete
Cementation Co. Ltd., TDM process, 299; base for radio telescope for Cambridge University, 576; Coventry Cathedral, 682 Cementation (Muffelite) Ltd., integrated mountings for sensitive equipment, 355; agreement with Barry Controls Inc,, 355 Census, machine tool, revelations of, 29 Census Office, LEO III computer for, 776, 840 Centenaries: 13. and S. Massey Ltd., 65
— in engineering, 44
— Societe Genevoise d’Instruments de Phy
sique, 721
Central Advisory Water Committee, report to Minister of Housing and Local Government, 193
— Electricity Generating Board, turbo gener
ators and boilers for Eggborough power station, 3; Eggborough power station equipment contracts, 73; generating capacity statistics, 81; 1949 generating output compared with 1961, 94; contracts to Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., 153; atomic power programme, 225; comparative costs of conventional power and atomic power, 225; use of concrete pressure vessels for atomic reactors, 240; asynchronous running tests of large generators, 272; types of atomic reactors, 276; contract for Oldbury atomic power station placed with Nuclear Power Group, 313; oil filled cable from Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd,, 441; use of Olympus gas turbine at Hams Hall power station, 452; Bankside control room, 457; national control room of, 457; use of fire detectors, 479; progress at Sizewell atomic power station, 489; reactive load compensation for, 515; capacitor bank equipment installed at West Weybridge, 515; simulator for atomic reactor, 544; consent sought for second atomic power station at Hinkley Point, 569; electrical research laboratories at Leatherhead opened, 669; research work at Leatherhead laboratories, 669; contracts to Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. for Tilbury and Ferrybridge “C” power stations, 712; exhibitions, 743; contract to C. A. Parsons and Co. Ltd,, 840; see also under specific power stations and atomic power stations
— London Productivity Association, course on
work study appreciation, 232; conference on the London office, 232; courses and conferences, 232; course on human implications of plans to increase productivity, 232; course on five day week in retailing, 232
— Office of Information, Choice of Careers
booklets, 8; Opportunities in the Coalmining Industry, 8; Legal Systems in the Commonwealth, 470; Worldwide Export Publicity Service, 537
Centre for Interfirm Comparison, Efficiency
Comparisons Within Large Organizations, 296; study of engineering firms, 761 Centrifloc water clarifier (Paterson Engineering Co. Ltd.), 164
Centrifugal casting. See Casting Centrifugal pump. See Pump Centrifuge, Sharpies (Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd.), 43
Centrispinning centrifugal castings, 434 Ceramic, alumina, Sintox, uses of (Lodge Plugs Ltd.), 594
Users’ comments on, 594
Ceramic battery. See Battery
— Slip, pumps for (Goodyear Pumps Ltd.), 124 Ceramics industry, use of LPG in, 309
— Special: proceedings of symposium at
British Ceramic Research Association, by P. Popper (review), 470
Cermets, by J. R. Tinklepaugh and W. B. Crandall (review), 470
Cervinia vertical milling machine (Herbert Widdowson and Sons Ltd.), 783
Chaffey. R., on Marconi’s mobile demonstration tour of Europe, 249
Chain block. Bantam II (Geo. W. King Ltd.), 256
— Roller (trade publication), 600
— Slings, BS 3458-1962, 280
Chamberlain Group, new plant for Thorn Electrical Industries, 546
Chamberlain Industries Ltd., Staffa pipe bending machine, 303
Chamberlain Plant Ltd., hire of contractors plant, 547
Chambers, P., on possible merger of ICI Ltd. with Courtaulds Ltd., 145
Champion, S., on Failure and Repair of Concrete Structures (review), 438
Champlain Bridge, construction to begin, 270 Chance Bros., Honeywell automatic temperature control equipment installed, 149
Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be on National Economic Development Council, 232
Chandos, Lord, opening of non-destructive testing laboratory of K and L Steelfounders and Engineers, 501; on industrial development facilities in Northern Ireland, 525 Channel cable, 457, 656
Channel electric, power link, 81
— Electric, power link, 81
Power link, epoxy tubes for (Permali Ltd.), 691
— Link, 801
Bridge, tube or tunnel? 653
— and pipes, charts for the hydraulic design of,
432
—Tunnel, model of British terminal to, 143 Report of study group, 654 Chantier de I’Atlantique, liner France, 122 Chapman, H. W., Ltd., Nox-Rust rust inhibiting paper, 851
Chapple, J. N., on dirty hands can be fun, 742 Chard, F. de la C., on Power System Engineering (book), 760
Chargers, battery (trade publication), 790 Charger, battery (Andec Ltd.), 320
Chargers and rectifiers (trade publication), 408 Charrold Ltd., solid fuel handling equipment, 609
Charsley, G. H., on liaison with the foundryman, 27
Charterhouse Industrial Development Co., hire purchase for industry, 336
Chassis, passenger. Comet (Leyland), 441 Chassis, passenger vehicle. Ranger (AEC Ltd.), 441
Chassis system, modular (Alfred Imhof Ltd.), 427
Chassis, truck. Comet (Leyland), 249
Chassis, truck. Mammoth Major (AEC Ltd.), 441
Chatterton, G., on graduate workshop technology course at North-East Essex technical college, 428
Chayen, I. H., impulse protein process, 553; Chayen Impulse Process, 553
Chayen Impulse Process of protein production, 553
Checkmate aluminium sheet (Imperial Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 627
Chelsea Flower Show, exhibits at, 864 Chemical additives for oils, 286 Chemical analysis. See Analysis
Chemical Corp, of America, interest in Shorko Ltd., 305
Chemical Engineering, European Federation of. See European
Chemical engineering, evolution of, by C. E. Spearing, 577
— Industry, Stelvetite plastic coated steel for
(John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 754
— Machinery, Engineering and Automation,
Congress on, 455
— Metallurgical and atomic energy industries,
inert atmospheres in, by P. A. F. White and F. E, Smith (book), 248
— and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition, 321,
562, 721; welcome extended to schoolboys, 833; topics at, 843; report on, 844 Chemicals, Turbro-Cyclone plastic tanks for (Turner and Brown Ltd.), 819
Chemidus Plastics Ltd., formation of Capper Chemidus Ltd., 337
Chemox breathing apparatus (Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd.), 335
Chempack packing material (Johns-Manville ,Co. Ltd.), 563
Chemstrand Ltd., storage tank of Thermoplate heat transfer plate, 370
Chepstow Bridge, Brunel’s, reconstruction of, 270
Cherns, A. B., on automative machinery, 805 Cherry Tree-Braun washing machine (British Cherry Tree Machine Co. Ltd.),42
Chester, Prof. T. E., chairman of seminar on management/shop floor communications, 296; on communication and consultation, 328
Chicken, broiler, production, LPG for, 309 Chieftain boiler (Cochrane and Co., Annan, Ltd.), 751
Chilcomb, geological cross section of, 333
Childs, J. C., review of Modern Production Management, 726; biographical note, 728
Chilton Electric Products Ltd., rotary switches (trade publication), 472; switches, breakers and earthing rods (trade publication), 856 Chimney lining. See Lining
— Plastic (Graydons Industrial and Marine
Plastics Ltd.), 274
—? Stacks of reinforced plastic, 274
China National Machinery Import and Export, orders placed with Rootes Group, 153
Chip removing machine tools. See Machine Tools
Chipcrete Ltd., Chipcrete tiles, 777
Chironis, P., on Spring Design and Application (book), 72
Chocks, aluminium (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 819 Christen drill grinding machine (G. Zwicky (London) Ltd.), 782
Christian Manufacturing Engineers, conveyor belt driving unit, 496
Christian! and Nielson Ltd., Medway Bridge, 394-395; Deas Island tunnel, 847
Chromatograph, gas (trade publication), 72 Chronometer balance of silver steel (Thomas Mercer Ltd.), 66
Chrysler Australia Ltd., products of Duraglas glass fibre, 530
Chrysler Corp., use of Perkins diesel engines, 249
Chubb and Son’s Lock and Safe Co. Ltd., associate companies of, 465
Chuck, cutter, Dedlock (Clarkson (Engineers) Ltd.), 233
Chuet, Ets. H., Carbioscillante sharpening machine, 587
Churchill College, course on management, 328 Chute, coal, of cast iron (Quaker, Hall and Co. Ltd.), 595
— Sack (trade publication), 216
CIBA (ARL) Ltd., Araldite epoxy resin, 371; use of Araldite adhesive for glass nose cones for missiles, 563; handling synthetic resins, 821; Araldite epoxy resin, 821
Ciment Fondu, bulk use of at Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 52
Cimex Co., vacuum cleaner, 815
Cinema film. See Film, cinema
Cintura tyres, test by torture (Pirelli), 842 Circlips (Geo. Salter and Co. Ltd.), 258
Circuit analysis, by E. M. Sabbagh (review), 216
— Linear, by R. E. Scott (review), 246 Circuitry, ferrite, square-loop; storage and
logic techniques, by C. J. Quartly (book), 760
— Pneumatic (trade publication), 536 Cisterns, galvanized, life of, 422
— Pressure-moulded asbestos-cement (Univer
sal Asbestos Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 723 Citroen motor car, DS19, 41
Car, test of time on, 197
City and Guilds College, now part of Imperial College, 360; expansion of, 360; Major General C. Lloyd appointed director- general, 360
Civil aviation. SQQ Aircraft; Aeronautics
— Defence, 641
— Engineer, university mathematics, 710
— Engineering, external factors affecting, 62 Future events in, 61
• Industry, investment in, 64
Industry, management and labour in, 63 Industry, plant and materials in, 64 Industry, representations to National Economic Development Council, 801
Market trends in, 62
Outlook for 1962, 61-64 Practice, modern,
(book), 72
— — Research Council,
appointed director, 296
Scholarship Trust,
Technical developments in, 61
— Service Commission, Engineers in the
Government Service, 342
— — Commissioners, annual report, 456;
recruitment, 456
Cladding for steelworks buildings (Robertson Thain Ltd.), 275
Clamps, toggle, Destaco (Insley Industrial Ltd.), 267
Clare, C. P. Ltd., latching relay, 366
Clarifier, water, Centrifloc (Paterson Engineering Co. Ltd.), 164
Clarion Equipment Ltd., acquired by Associated Fire Alarms Ltd., 305
Clark, Sir Allen, on Plessey Co. Ltd., 105
Clark, Col. C. W., on Alfred Herbert Ltd., 497 Clark, D., on planning problems of CEGB, 748 Clark, George (Sunderland) Ltd., expiration of lease, 689; operations to cease at South Dock Works, 689; Clark-Sulzer diesel engines, 689
Clark, J., Jr., on Plasmas and Controlled Fusion (review), 662
Clark-Sulzer diesel engines (George Clark (Sunderland) Ltd.), 689
Clarke Chapman and Co. Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 483
Clarke, G. D., on landscape engineering of roads, 673
Clarkson (Engineers) Ltd., Dedlock cutter chuck, 233
Clarkson, H., and Son, models (trade publication), 760
Claudo valve (British Steam Specialties Ltd.), 463
Clausen, H., review of World of Leonardo da Vinci, 789; biographical note, 790
Clavreul, M. L., on Channel cable, 656
Clay, boulder, methods of obtaining the shear strength parameters of, by G. H. Watson and R. W. Kirwan, 393
— Fire. See Refractory materials
Clayton, R. J., appointed director of GEC (Research) Ltd., 337
Cleaners, metal (trade publication), 248
— Ultrasonic (trade publication), 696
— Vacuum (AEI Ltd.), 815 (Cimex Co.), 815 (trade publication), 568
Cleaning, vacuum, central system (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co. Ltd.), 256
Cleansing, public, by A. G. Davies (review), 502
Clearing Division of US Industries Inc., hydraulic press, 235
Clearing hydraulic press (Rockwell Machine
Tool Co. Ltd.), 235
Cleco Electric Industries Ltd., fork lift truck, 425
Clegg, H., on Implications of the Shorter Working Week for Management, 424
Clement, A. G., on Scotland’s Scientific Heritage (review), 662
Clemow, J., on Short Range Guided Weapons (book), 440
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd. formation of Associated Bridge Builders Ltd., 712
Climate and irrigation, by H. Olivier (book),
72; (review), 374
— See also Meteorology Climax engine, Coventry, 125 Clock pinions. See Pinions Cloth, micronic (Pall Corp.), 217
Clothing, protective, and devices, by N. T..
Freeman (book), 664
Clouds, use of radar for detection of, by C. E. Goodison, 301
Clutches, by K. Stubner and W. Ruggen (book),
376
— See also Coupling
Clyde Iron Works, new sinter plant operating, 177
Clydebridge Steelworks, erection of four high plate mill, 177
COjj. See Carbon dioxide Coaches, British transport regulations on, 53 Coachwork, motor car, Superleggera, 421
— Plastic (Scott Bader and Co. Ltd.), 402
Coal Board, National. See National Coal Board
— Chute of cast iron (Quaker, Hall and Co,
Ltd.), 594
— Fuel oil versus, 609
— Industry, new spirit in, 417 Opportunities in (booklet), 8
Society, speech by Lord Robens, 577
— Preparation Congress, International, 737
— Salt, use developed for, 221 See also Lignite
— Sludge disposal system (Dallow Lambert
Ltd.), 644
— Small, road tankers for (NCB), 285
— Thin seam, by remote control, 404
— Winning machine, Collins Miner, 404 Coalbrookdale Co., historical note, 156 Coales, J. F., on Automatic and Remote Control (review), 342
Coalite and Chemical Products Ltd., Coalite smokeless fuel, 433; expansion scheme, 433; new railway marshalling yard for, 433
Coalite smokeless fuels (Coalite and Chemical Products Ltd.), 433
Coalmining industry. See Coal industry
— Modern, 8
Coated Metals Ltd., Aludip aluminized steel sheets, 595
Coating, aluminium, improved, for steel (BISRA),38l
— Berkatekt (F. W. Berk and Co. Ltd.), 691
— Plastic (trade publication), 312 (F. w. Berk and Co. Ltd.), 497
— Polyurethane, containing iron oxide (Grif
fiths Brothers and Co. Ltd.), 107
— Protective, Galvalloy (Slewart Wales Somer
ville Ltd.), 403
— Tacky, for dust collection, Takdust Gel
(Anti-Dust Services Ltd.), 499
Coaxial cables. See Cables
Cobham, Alan, Engineering, Ltd., cargo couplings, 611
Cobra drilling machine, Atlas Copco. 560
Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd., Chieftain boiler, 751
Cochrane and Sons Ltd,, use of aluminium moveable shelters, 563
Cockerell, C., air cushion principle, 833 Cockroft, Sir John, on British Association for the Advancement of Science, 328
Cohen, George, Sons and Co. Ltd., Jones mobile crane, 132; HIAB loader motor vehicle, 209; Pingon cranes, 813
Coils, heating, in titanium (trade publication), 248
Coin counting machine, electronic circuitry for (APT Electronic Industries Ltd.), 420 Machine, electronic (International Coin Counting Machine Co. Ltd.), 420
Coinage, decimal, Plain Words on, 6 Coke oven gas. See Gas
Colchester Tillage Ltd., mobile crane, 621 Cole, G., on Unilever Ltd., 625
Cole, H., review of Technical Glasses, 598; biographical note, 600
Cole, K. D. O., on Role Playing, 648
Cole, R. H. (Overseas) Ltd., Weber screw driving machine, 784 '
Coleraine, Lord, on Bromilow and Edwards Ltd., 433
Coles mobile crane, 323
Coliseum, Seattle, aluminium roof for (Reynolds Metals Co.), 431
Collectron Ltd., dust collector, 816 Colleges of Advanced Technology, handed over to independent governing bodies, 456 —? of Aeronautics, Cranfield. See Cranfield
— of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineer
ing, speech by Sir George Edwards, 577
— Technical, apprentices and, 520 , Colliery, Bilston Glen, tunnelling in, 528
— Hucknall No. 2, use of vermiculite concrete
to fill cavity, 171
— Monk Bretton, pneumatic stowage of dirt,
270
— New Lount, Collins Miner coal winning
machine to be installed, 404
— Newstead, cast iron coal chute installed, 595
— Prince of Wales, use of methane gas
powered shunting locomotive, 162
— See also Mines; Coal; Coalmining
Collins, H. E., design of Collins Miner coal winning machine, 404
Collins Miner coal winning machine, 404 Collisions. See Accidents
Colmonoy No. 8 hard facing alloy (Wall
Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd.), 723
Colmonoy Spraywelder welding spray (Wall Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd.),4 25
Colorada, tunnel through Continental Divide, Colorado (Blue Rivers Constructors), 331
Colt Ventilation Ltd., Two-Way fan, 768 Coltrate Ltd., coatings of Araldite epoxy resin, 371
Columbus-Dixon Group, new premises for, 433; floor maintenance equipment, 433
Column, ethylene splitter, for Baglan Bay oil refinery, 849
Colvilles Ltd., switchboards ordered from Brookhirst Igranic, 73; modernisation of steel mills, 108-109; position and prospects, 177; subsidiaries of, 177; construction of strip mill, 177; ground and plant of Smith and McLean Ltd. transferred, 177; income, 177; profits, 177; position and prospects, 241; pickle tanks lined with butyl rubber, 851
Colwell, L. V., on Handbook on Mechanical Wear (review), 599
Combination lock. See Lock
Combined Development Agency, sales figures for uranium oxide, 153
Combustion Chemicals Ltd., Perforac honeycomb refractory, 435
Combustion Engineers’ Handbook, by L. J. Fischer (review), 31
— Thermal regimes of, by L. A. Vulis (book),
216
in semiconductors, by J. R. Drabble and H. J. Goldsmid (book), 184
“Come In” room to front door speech system and latch lifter (Den Norske Hoyttalerfabrikk A/S), 480
Comet bus chassis, orders for (Leyland), 153 Comet 4C aircraft. Middle East Airlines negotiating for, 409
Comet passenger chassis (Leyland), 441 Comet truck chassis (Leyland), 249 Commerce and industry, cooperation in, conference on, 424
Commercial Cable Co., cable laying ship John W. Mackay, 145; laying of SCOTICE cable, 145
Commercial Development and Inventions Exhibition, International, 166
Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique, use of concrete atomic reactor pressure vessels, 240
Committee on Selection and Training of Supervisors, report of, 761
Common Brothers Ltd., tests with closed circuit television as aid for docking tankers, 226 Common Market, challenge of the, by U. W. Kitzinger (review), 111-112
Conference on, 441
— — Management in, conference on, 580 Metric system, and conference on, 424 Trade Unions and (Political and Economic Planning), 585
UK and, course on, 377
See also European Common Market Commonwealth cable link, 21
— Institute, lightweight concrete paraboloid
roof for, 270; paraboloid roof for, 654
— Legal systems in (Central Office of Informa
tion publication), 470
— Relations Office, statistics on emigration, 88
— Study Conference, opening of, 673
— See also Australia; etc.
Communication(s), international, and satellites, 449
— in management, course on, 791
— Management/shop floor, seminar on, 296
— Problem of (DSIR report), 609
— Satellite, amplifier for (Bell), 543 Conference on, 449 Como pool (Harold Sellers), 416 Compactom Ltd., Shell Centre, 491 Compagnie Electro Mecanique, design
turbines for liner France, 123
Compagnie Generale du Duralumin et
Cuivre, installation of plate stretching machine, 707
Companies, large, survey of(Institute of Economic Affairs), 617
Companies Registration Office, new offices for, 825
Comparator, Magnoptic (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co. Ltd.), 555
— Micro (Ferranti Ltd.), 292
— Pulse amplitude (National Bureau of
Standards), 117
Competition, apprentice, at Gijon University, 456
— National Essay, 585
Composting, municipal, by A. G. Davies (review), 502
Compressed air, and hydraulics exhibition, 554 See also Pneumatic
Compression machinery, gas and air, by L. F. Sheel (review), 151-152
Compression members, metal, guide to design criteria for (Crosby Lockwood) (review), 407
Compressor, Atlas Copco VT4 portable (Atlas Copco Ltd.), 826-828
— Broomwade V500 heavy duty (Broom &
Wade Ltd.), 114-116
— Demag (Mining and Compressor Engineering
Co. Ltd.), 334
— Freon (Lightfoot Refrigeration Co. Ltd.),
523
— Hydrovane (PECO Organization), 401
— (Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd.), 399
— (Joy-Sullivan Ltd.), 132
— Mobile, Rotair (Holman Brothers Ltd.), 494
— Rotary (Broom and Wade Ltd.), 720
— Rod coil (Tangys Ltd.), 204
— Rotary screw (Holman Bros.), 377 Computaquants Ltd., demonstration of work
at Ferranti Computer Centre, 299; use of Pegasus computer for quantity surveying calculations, 299; formation of, 361; computer programming, 361
Computation, analogue, by R. W. Williams (book), 112
— and Automation, British Conference on.
See British
— Automation and control, handbook on, by
E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo and D. E. Wooldridge (book), 408
Computational methods, introduction to, by
K. A. Redish (book), 184; (review), 628 Computers, application to engineering problems, course on, 8
— Atlas, growing demand for (Ferranti Ltd.),
153
— Brain as a, by F. H. George (book), 856
— Control Systems Technology, by C. T.
Leondes (book), 280
— Copes with railway freight, 396-397
— Digital, their history operation and use, by
E. M. McCormick, 150
— Do-it-yourself (Elliott-Automation Ltd. )
661
— EMIac II, installed at Oxford University,
761
— Emidic 1100, for Royal Navy (EMI Elec
tronics Ltd.), 853
— IBM 704, in use at Harvard University, 363
— ICT 555, for Amalgamated Engineering
Union, 857
— LEO III, for Census Office, 776, 840
— LEO III (Leo Computers Ltd.), 313
— Memory, high speed (IBM United Kingdom
Ltd.), 352
— MOUSER to teach principles of, 387
— (National Cash Register Co. Ltd.), 98
— On-line, process control by (International
Systems Control), 373
— Orion, growing demand for (Ferranti Ltd.),
153
— Pegasus, for quantity surveying calculations,
299
Working-up bills on, 361
— Plain Words on, 390
— for radioactive environment (IBM), 479
— Representation of road traffic, 364-365
— River exploitation studies, 363
— Road traffic problems, 431
— Simulation of auditorium acoustics (Bell),
78
— Sirius, for Cement and Concrete Associa
tion, 432
Computer Survey, 854
Computer (Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.), 431
— Tyre design (Dunlop), 675
— (Wayne Kerr Laboratories Ltd.), 49 Computing centre, 605
Comtex Ltd., waterproof electric motor, 426
Concast AG Zurich, Concast continuous casting machine, 405
Concertina pump. See Pump
Conch Methane Tankers Ltd., keel laid for new methane carrier ship, 644
Concrete, aerated non-porous, Betocel emulsion for (Pointer Group), 130
— — Uses of, 9
— Atomic reactor pressure vessels, 240
Reactor pressure vessel, model, design construction and testing of, by A. L. L. Baker et al, 240
— Axial load test for, 606
— Batching plant (trade publication), 536
— Beams. See Beams
— Blocks, Betoblock (Pointer Group), 745
•— Boat, Seacrete, 160
— Bridge span, 500 ft., without centring, 394-
395
— Complete stress/strain curves, by G. Brock,
606-607
— Disintegrated, studies of, by G. M. Idorn, 92
— Disintegration by sulphate attack, 92
— Floor slabs, prestressed. Bison (Concrete
Ltd.), 34-36
— Insulating, Betocel (Pointer Group), 745
— Lightweight, 812
Concrete Ltd., Bison Prestressed Concrete Floor Slabs, 34-36; historic note, 34; multi-storey car parks (trade publication), 376
Concrete, methods of testing, BS 1881, 1952, 606
— Mixing machine. See Mixing machine
— Non-destructive testing of, by R. Jones
(book), 760
— Practice, courses in, 130
— Prestressed, additives for, 811
— Prestressed, for Bletchley Flyover, 52
Current work on, 811-812
for the future, 91
Grouting difficulties in, 811
? Grouting ducts into, 51
International Congress on, 811-812
by J. R. Libby (review), 534
Properties of, 91
Research on, 811
Stress relaxation in, by A. S. Hall, 811
Triaxial compression in, 91
— — Truss bridges of, 91
— Produced in stationary mixers, effect of
mixing time and overload on, by J. F, Barbee, 362
— Properties and Manufacture, by T. N. W.
Akroyd (book), 568
— Reinforced, designers' handbook, by C. E.
Reynolds (book), 32
Elementary principles of design, by W. H. Elgar (review), 312
Movements and permanent joints in structures of, by J. W. de Courcy, 9
— Reinforcement (trade publication), 376
— Ribbed bars for reinforcing (Guest, Keen &
Nettlefolds (South Wales) Ltd.), 179
— Roof, lightweight, paraboloid (Mandoval
Ltd.), 270
— Saving steel in, 812
— Specifications, study of, 362
— Steam curing of, 362
— Steel stresses in, 812
— Structural lightweight, symposium on, 774 (Reinforced Concrete Association publication), 438
— Structures, failure and repair of, by S.
Champion (review), 438
— Testing apparatus for, 606
—? Vermiculite, to fill mine cavity, 171
Condenser, column top (James Howden-GEA Ltd.),844
— Design, hydraulic analogue for, by J. A.
Lorett and W. Drummond, 733-734
Conduit systems (trade publication), 312 Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering
Unions, study ofshipbuilding industry, 761
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Conference on accuracy of industrial measurement of length and diameter, 46-47
— Advances in polymer science and technology,
807
— Association of Bronze and Brass Founders,
26-27
— Automatic control of machine tools, 359
— Automation, 857
— British Association for Commercial and
Industrial Education, 232, 648
— British, on Automation and Computation.
See British
— British Institute of Management, 648
— Central London Productivity Association,
232
— Common Market, 441
•— Common [Market and the Metric System, 424
— Commonwealth Study, opening of, 673
— Cooperation in commerce and industry, 424
— Diploma in Technology, 360
— Disarmament, Geneva, 321
— Electricity and cotton and fibre industries,
244
— Federation Internationale des Societes
d’Ingenieurs et Techniciens de I’Auto- mobile, 85
— Five day week in retailing, 232
— Formica Industrial Sales, 569
— General Refractories Ltd., 648
— Graduate training, 428
— High strength steel, 391
— Importance of electricity in the control of
aircraft, 289, 292
— Industrial relations; shop stewards and
supervisors, 688
?— Institute of British Foundrymen, 646
— Institute of Marine Engineers, 550
— International Association for the Exchange
of Students for Technical Experience, 203
— International, on clean air, proceedings of
(National Society for Clean Air) (review), 727
on Large Electric Systems, 655
on Precision Electro-Magnetic Measurements, 774
on the prevention of pollution of the sea by oil. See International
Research Group on Refuse Disposal, 832 on Sectro-Focused Cyclotrons, 704 Television, 580, 737
— Internationale des Grandes Reseaux Elec-
triques (CIGRE), report on high voltage decisions, 713
— London office, 232
— Low energy nuclear physics, 647
— Management and a changing world, 488
— Management in the Common Market, 580
— National Industrial Safety, 585
? Inspection, 710
Power Farming, 807
— Paper and board machines, 456
?— Pollution of the sea by oil, 445
— Positive approach to industrial relations, 392
— Problems in Aircraft production, 484
— Railway Mechanical Equipment, 737
— Safety, 697
— Satellite communications, 449
— Shipbuilding, 185, 689
— Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions,
meeting with J. Hare, 168
— Shop equipment, 454
— Sonar systems, 678
?— Staff, of Associated Fire Alarms Ltd,, 305
— Trade between Europe and America, 743 Congress on Chemical Machinery, Engineering
and Automation, 455
— European Federation of Chemical Engineer
ing, 321, 833
— International Coal Preparation, 737 on Diamonds in Industry, 797 on Electro-Heat, 711
Fishing Gear, 775
Foundry, 820
on Prestressed Concrete, 811-812 Coniophora cerebella. See Rot, wet
Conroy Consultants Ltd., Photo Copying Machine Centre, 545
Consolidated Beryllium Ltd., beryllium (trade publication), 112
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd., crawler mounted drill, 132
Conspectus of Management Courses, 237
Constantine Technical College, Middlesbrough, extensions to, 193
Construction activity, 64
— and building, 546
— Coventry Cathedral, 682-685
— Engineering, works of, and building sites,
lighting of, 329
— Equipment Exposition and Road Show, 774 Construction (General Provisions) Regulations and the Construction (Lifting Operation) Regulations, 329
•— Industries, no basic ills, 618
Report on, 577
Survey of the problems before (Emmerson Report), 618
—? — Survey of problems before, report by Sir Harold Emmerson, 577
— Regulations, 1961, guide to, 329
Constructors John Brown Ltd., tonnage oxygen and nitrogen plants for Poland, 281; collaboration with Hydrocarbon Research Inc., 281; sugar beet factory for Iran, 362; design service, 547
Consultancy, process study, evolution of, 180- 181
Consultant or contractor; a new concept, 546-548
Consulting engineer, by C. M. Stanley (review), 855
Work in hand at home and abroad, 289 Consumer Advisory Council, fifth anniversary of Shopper’s Guide, 712
— Law for (Consumers’ Association Ltd.
publication), 758
Consumers’ Association, supplement ll’liich?, 81; Law for Consumers, 758
Containers, aluminium, for industry (British Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 377
— Bulk, in Alkathene plastic (ICI Ltd. and
Rosedale Associated Manufacturers Ltd.), 815
Containers, plastic, for liquids (Reinforced Plastic Structures Ltd.), 402
for motor oil (British Petroleum Co.), 744
Contimitor level monitor (Electronic Machine Control Ltd.), 804
Continental engines (Continental Motors Corp.), 320
(Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 320
Continental Motors Corp., licence to Rolls- Royce Ltd. for manufacture of engines, 320; Continental engines, 320
Continuity tester (Andec Ltd.), 132
Contractor or consultant; a new concept, 546- 548
Contractor, N. J., captain of India’s test cricket team, 88
Control, automatic, dictionary of, by R. J. Bibbero (review), 759
— Automation and computation, handbook
on, by E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo and D. E, Wooldridge (book), 408
— Electronic, exhibition, 580
— Engineering, automatic, by F. H. Raven
(book), 112; (review), 823
— Feedback, principles of, by C. H. Wilts
(review), 759
— Industrial (trade publication), 440
— Photo-electric (trade publication), 568
— Process, automatic; an introduction, by
W. F. Coxon (book), 568
— Strain gauging for, 41T See LETTERS, 580,
614
— Systems, hydraulic, design of, by E. E.
Lewis and H. Stern (book), 376
Nonlinear, analysis of, by D. Graham and D. McRuer (book), 216; (review), 823 for prime movers (Ardleigh Engineering Ltd.), 836
Controllers, positional (Martonair Ltd.), 621
— Tracker-ball (Marconi), 739
Controls Co. of America (UK) Ltd., Redmond condenser fan motor, 174
Convention, AFL-CIO, 168
Conversion table for temperature (trade publication), 376
Converter, dc/ac, for de amplifiers, by E. Komolibus, 182
— Thermionic, for space laboratories (Martin
Co.), 189
Conveyancer-Raymond Ltd., fork lift trucks (trade publication), 630
Conveyors (trade publication), 728
— Ball transfer units, Omni-track (Autoset
(Production), Ltd.), 578
— Band, use of Sintox alumina ceramic for, 594
— Belt (C. J. R. Fyson and Son Ltd.), 622
— ?— Driving unit (Rowland Priest Ltd.), 496 for Russia, 409 (see Correction, 473) Silcoset 101 silicone rubber (North
British Rubber Co.), 307
Terylene (Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd.), 243
Unit construction (trade publication), 344
— Buckets of aluminium (Alcan Industries
Ltd.), 787
—? Chain, Moovon (Herbert Morris Ltd.), 425
— Dinosaur (Maxim Conveyors (England)
Ltd.), 719
?— Drive (Richard Sutcliffe Ltd.), 621
— Feeding for rail welding, 436-437
— Hinged boom (Fourways (Engineers) Ltd.),
622
— Line, slow, uses of, 149
— Rolomat (Lloyd’s Mechanical Industries
Ltd.), 651
— Steel roller, BS 2567-1962, 280
?— Systems (Mining Engineering Co. Ltd.), 258 Cooker, Aga CB de Luxe (Allied Ironfounders Ltd.), 154-156
— Gas, special (Gas Council), 256
— Romany, 544
Coolant distributor (Mek-Elek Engineering Ltd.), 303
Cooler for human blood (Delaney Gallay Ltd.), Ill
Cooling, distillation and absorption towers, by W. S. Norman (book), 112
— Industrial, new ideas in (DSIR), 605
— System, Spraypack (Midland Heating &
Ventilating Co. Ltd.), 515
— Tower, See Tower
Coombe-Tennant, M., on Trading in Stocks and Shares, 697
Coomber, J. C. E., on Channel cable, 656 Cooper, C. E. 13., appointed director of Industrial Heat Exchangers Ltd., 785
Cooper Electroheat Ltd., stress relieving furnaces, 482-483; use of Sintox alumina ceramic for insulators, 594
Cooper, S., review of Theory of Hydrodynamic Lubrication, 535
Cooper, S. M., on Common Market, 565 Cooperation, technical, report on, 513
Copier for machine tools, hydraulic, Vero (Vero Precision Engineering Ltd.), 29
Copley, D. W., on air conditioning for motor cars, 261
Copper and Alloys Ltd., aluminium division of, 635 (see Correction, 725)
Copper alloy, Mallory 328, for electrodes (Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 147
See also Brass; Bronze; Gunmetal Copper-beryllium, investment material for (Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 107
Moulds in the plastics industry, the application of, by M. A. Nichols, 166
— for electrical purposes (trade publication), 32 Copthall Holdings (Scotland), new town at
Dalgety Bay, 449
Copy equipment for milling machines (Hep- worth Iron Co. (Engineering) Ltd.), 235
Copying equipment (trade publication), 856 Omnimil (B, Elliott (Machinery) Ltd.), 750
— Unit, lathe (Hepworth Iron Co. (Engineer
ing) Ltd.), 816
Cor-Ten steel aerial segments (Husband and Co.), 403
Steel, properties of thick sections, 467 Cord, igniter, plastic (trade publication), 112 Core blower (Foundry and Metallurgical Equipment Co. Ltd.), 205
Core making machine (Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd.), 399
Machine (Industrial Foundry Materials Ltd.), 399
Corn milling, history of, by R. Bennett and
J. Elton, 44
Cornelius, R. V., on Fawley Refinery, 805 Cornish boiler, Trevithick, 410
Cornish Mining Development Association, annual meeting, 545
Corona losses, by V. D. Kravchenko, V. I. Levitov and V. I. Popkov, 655
Corporation of London, Blackfriars Improvement Scheme, 712
Corporation of Trinity House, remote control of lighthouses, 451
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers—Its Responsibilities and Problems, by Maj. Gen. D. A. K. Redman, 481 Correlograms, experimental, and Fourier transforms, by N. F. Barber (book), 248 Corrosion, atmospheric, twenty year investigation of zinc-coated and uncoated wire and wire products (ASTM), 147
— Rates of metals underground, study of, 79
— Ships’ rudder, filling to prevent, 4
— Steel ropes, 798
Corus Engineers Ltd., building material cutting machine, 235
Cosmic ray measuring equipment for UK 1 satellite (McMichael Radio Ltd.), 541
Cosslett, Dr. V. E., review of Electron Optics in Television, 278-279; biographical note, 280
Cossor Instruments Ltd., Cossorscope oscilloscope, 335
Cossor Radar and Electronics Ltd., plastic aerials for missile tracking, 402
Cossorscope oscilloscope (Cossor Instruments Ltd.), 335
Cost of Research, 353
Costa Hill research station, research on wind loading, 584
Costain Concrete Co. Ltd., Siporex roof slabs, 299
Costain, Richard, Ltd., Jackblock process for multi-storey building, 170; hydro-electric power scheme in Argentina, 208
Cotterell and Pither Ltd., Power-Lifts scissor lifts, 784
Cotton, A., on electrical maintenance procedures—preventive maintenance, 244
Cotton Board Productivity Centre, need for collaboration with electricity supply industry, 244; conference on electricity and cotton and fibre industries, travel scholarships awarded, 232; Design and Style Centre, 232
— and fibre industries, electricity and,
ence on, 244
— Machinery for Syria (Platt Bros.
Ltd.), 409
— Mills to be established in Nigeria, 33
— Milling machinery for Malta (Platt Bros.
(Sales) Ltd.), 409
Cottrell, Prof. A. H., review of Engineering Materials Science, 535; biographical note, 536
Coughtrie, T., on merger between Bruce Peebles and Co. Ltd. and Belmos Co. Ltd., 593
Council of Industrial Design, design appreciation course, 128
— of Ironfoundry Associations training com
mittee of, 791
— for Technical Education and Training for
Overseas Countries, setting up, 392
Counters, hour (trade publication), 824
— Hours (Measuring Instruments (Pullin)
Ltd.), 302
?— Industrial (Research Electronics Ltd.), 524
— Time and frequency (Claude Lyons Ltd.), 12
— Timer (Racal Instruments Ltd.), 234 Countries, new, first requirements in, by I. O.
Oladapo, 582-583
— Underdeveloped, aid to, 225
County Surveyors’ Society, demand for more roads, 385
Couplers, automatic, for industrial trucks, 771 Coupling, automatic, Willison, for trucks (English Steel Castings Corp. Ltd.), 771
— Cargo (Alan Cobham Engineering Ltd.), 611
— Flexible, for plain tubes, Nyvac (NCN
Electrical Ltd.), 579
— Fluid, Visco-Torq (Link-Belt Co.), 771
— MES (Metaducts Ltd.), 687
— Pipe (BKL Alloys Ltd.), 371 (Victaulic Co. Ltd.), 371
— Resilient, Bibby (Wellman Bibby Co.),
858-860
— Steelflex (Falk Corp.), 860
— V-flange (Avica Equipment Ltd.), 555
— See also Clutch
Course, advanced driving (British School of Motoring), 453
— Application of computers to engineering
problems, 8
— Apprentice training, 232
— Atomic power, 552
— Changing Industrial Relations, 791
— Cinema film making, 729
— Communication in Management, 791
— Concrete practice, 130
— Creating technologists, 232
— Design appreciation, 128
— Direction and Leadership of Scientific and
Engineering Personnel, 791
— Driving high performance motor cars,
809-810
— Effective speaking, 791
— Efficient reading, 791
— Electrical, sandwich, 329
— Graduate workshop technology at
East Essex Technical College, Chatterton, D. G. Fetch and Potter, 428
— Heavy electrical equipment, 552
— Human implications of plans to increase
productivity, 232
— Industrial radiology, 128
— Information work for special librarians, 150
— Instrumentation of reactors, 8
Course, introduction to industry, 48
— Leadership in instrument design, 328
— Low cost automation, 232
— Management, 488
Conspectus of (British Institute of Management publication), 237
— Management, evaluation of, 237 of Men and Resources, 791 Sandwich, 328
Training, relative merits of, 236
— Managers in Industry, 48, 488
— Marketing management, 791
— Master of science, 857
— Measuring management efficiency, 791
— Non-destructive testing, 616
— Patent Law, 791
— Post-graduate, 48, 128
— Post-graduate, at Liverpool University, 88 Courses of Postgraduate Study, 392
— Production control, 791
— Shop stewards, 265
— Social psychology of industry, 585
— Solid fuel firing, 616
— Technical writing, 585
— Techniques of instruction, 232
— Ultrasonic applications, 128
— United Kingdom and the Common Market,
377
— Welded joints, 585
— Work study applications in printing, 692
— Work study appreciation, 232
—? Works managers, 456
— X-ray diffraction, 616
Courtaulds Ltd., merger battle with ICl Ltd., 121, 145; special research group, 296
Courtaulds Technical Services Ltd., factory for Taylor Controls Ltd., 299
Coventry Cathedral, details and design, 682- 685; contractors working on, 682-685
Coventry Climax engine, 125
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co. Ltd., Magnoptic comparator, 555
Coventry Timber Bending Co., laminated wood steering wheels, 243
Cowlin, William, and Son Ltd., new building for Norwich Union Insurance Societies, 329 Cowman, A., on an attempt to help graduate engineering apprentices to design, 428-429 Cox, Sir Harold R., address to Woolwich Polytechnic, 296; appointed Governor of College of Aeronautics, 729
Coxon, W. F., on Automatic Process Control; An Introduction (book), 568
Crabtree, C. H., on R. W. Crabtree and Sons Ltd., 657
Crabtree, R. W., and Sons Ltd., position and prospects, 657; profit, 657; policy of diversification, 657; operation of International Tools Ltd. and Howson Co., 657 Crabtree sheet metal feeder, 757
Cracking in roads, 747
Craddock, J. M., review of Numerical Weather Analysis and Prediction, 854; biographical note, 856
Crafton, P. A., on Shock and Vibration Ln Linear Systems (review), 822
Craig, A. F., and Co. Ltd., sugar beet factory for Iran, 362
Craig, John S., Co. Ltd., Ferrogel primer paints, 499
Craig, T. R., conference on management and a changing world, 488
Crandall, W. B., on Cermets (review), 470 Crane, Admiral (Brown and Tawse Plant Ltd.), 267
— Aluminium beam for (Stothert and Pitt Ltd.),
578
— Bridge. See Bridge
— Cargo, Babcock, 323
Handling (Babcock «fe Wilcox Ltd.), 803
— DD2 (Stothert and Pitt), 322
— Design, Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., new
approach to, 802-803
— and excavator, Babcock-Marion (Babcock
and Wilcox Ltd.), 625
— for floating dock (Butters Brothers and Co. Ltd.),
473 'I
Crane Freuhauf semi-trailers (Cranes (Dere- ham) Ltd.), 757
— Kangaroo (Kampnagel), 852
— Level luffing jib (Babcock and Wilcox Ltd.),
802
Crane Ltd., to acquire D.E.V. Engineering Co. Ltd., 625; J. R. Dewidels to be manager of new division, 625
Cranes, Metro-BPG-Cammell (Metropolitan- Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 657
— Mobile (Colchester Tillage Ltd.), 621
Coles, 323
Iron Fairy (British Hoist and Crane Co. Ltd.), 784
? Jones (George Cohen Sons and Co. Ltd.), 132
(Karl Kassbohrer Fahrzeugwerke GmbH), 588
(Thomas Smith and Sons (Rodley) Ltd.), 622
— — Whippet (Metropolitan-Cammell Car
riage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 623
— Overhead lightweight, German, by Dr. Ing.
H. Ernst, 642-643
Crane Packing Ltd., ptfe, glass reinforced (trade publication), 248; shaft seals for abrasive materials, 435; use of Sintox alumina ceramic for seals, 594
— Pingon (George Cohen Sons and Co. Ltd.),
813
?—? ?— in use at Lake Maracaibo, 813
— Quay, are they best for ships’ cargo, by
Col. R. B. Oram, 322-323
Full utilization of, 322
— Transporter vehicle, 665
— See also Hoist; Transporter; Derrick
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., Airide air-suspension semi-trailers, 418; Air Trail suspension system, 418; merger with Fruehauf International Ltd., 757; Crane Fruehauf semi-trailers, 757; Loadleader trailer, 757; Fleetleader trailer, 757; historical note, 757
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ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Cranfield College of Aeronautics, design study for supersonic airliner, 484; conference on problems in aircraft production, 484; design study of A-60 aircraft, 484; Sir Harold Roxbee Cox appointed Governor, 729; courses, 729; courses at, 857
Crank, J., on Mathematics and Industry (book), 790
Cranley packaged industrial building (Hewitts of Cranleigh), 808
Craven Bros., DSIR support for development of gear grinding machine, I
Crawford Committee on the Preservation of Downing Street, 512
Crawford, J., Ltd., erection of atomic reactor for consortium of Universities, 605
Crawler excavator (trade publication), 630 Crawley Industrial Products Ltd., Collins Miner coal winning machine, 404
Crawley New Town, 761
Crede, C. E., on Shock and Vibration Handbook (book), 112
Credit restrictions, 808
— Squeeze conditions, 808
— Trade, 808
Creed and Co. Ltd., communications equipment, 313 ; teleprinters for Canadian Army, 313
Creep research, 610
— Structural processes in: report on sympos
ium (Iron and Steel Institute) (book), 280
— Testing machine (Electronic and Mechanical
Engineering Ltd.), 304
Crescent, frigate, variable depth sonar equipment on, 703
Crick, W. F., on Higher National Diploma in Business Studies, 392
Cricket, test series, India’s first win, 88 Crickley Hill Quarry, stone extraction without explosives, 130
Crittall Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Storm-sash window, 640; Coventry Cathedral, 683, 684
Crittall, Richard, and Co. Ltd., use of plastic reinforced tanks (Microcell Ltd.), 307
Croft, F. L., formation of Crofts (Engineers) Ltd., 593; biographical note, 593
Croft, J. A., on Crofts Engineers (Holdings) Ltd., 529
Crofton Garages Ltd., sales for Bluebird Caravans Ltd., 544
Crofts Engineers (Holdings) Ltd., position and prospects, 529; annual report, 529
Crofts (Engineers) Ltd., 75th anniversary, 593; historical note, 593; power transmission equipment, 593
Crompton Parkinson Ltd., Fiesta range of instruments, 368; lighting and power trunking (trade publication), 408; instruments catalogue (trade publication), 728; high capacity battery, 750; induction motors, 752
Cropping machine, bar (Scottish Machine Tool Corp. Ltd.), 335
Croquet, mechanics of the game of,n>y C. R. Calladine and J. Heyman, 861-863
Crosfield, Joseph, and Sons Ltd., Silicate News, 299; silicates in soil conservation, 299; soap manufacture, 660; new plant for 660 Cross-Channel. See Channel
Crossley Brothers Ltd., Crossley-Pielstick diesel engines, 196; diesel engines (trade publication). 696; diesel engine, 752
Crossley, Henry (Packings), Ltd., flexible pipe assemblies (trade publication), 344
Crowther report, 168
Croxton, Dr. F. C., on oil exploration methods, 51
Cruachan Dam, 776
Cruachan power station, 776
Cruddace, R. G., on Application of Advanced Propulsion Systems to Deep-Space Vehicles, 839
Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory, helium expansion turbine, 2
— Processes, heat exchangers for (Marston Excelsior Ltd.), 281
— Tankage. Cryogenics.
LETTER, Cryophysics,
L. C. Jackson and N. Kurti (book), 312 Crypton Equipment Ltd., Motorscope, 378- 380; historical note, 378; formation of, 378; early products, 378
Crystal structures, 616
Crystal Structures Ltd., Wooster X-ray diffractometer, 687
Crystalline solids, wave mechanics of, by R. A. Smith (book), 600
Crystallizer for Tate and Lyle Ltd, (Darchem Engineering Ltd.), 466
Cumulus transformers (Westool Ltd.), 398 Cunard Commercial Body Building Co. Ltd., use of Permatred densified wood floors, 818 Cunard Eagle Airways, enlargement of hangars for larger aircraft, 526
Cunliffe, D., awarded Cotton Board travel scholarship, 232
Cupola Mining and Milling Co. Ltd., to amalgamate with Glebe Mines Ltd. 433 Currie, R., on work study, 729; presidential address to European Work Study Federation, 729
Curves, book of, by E. H. Lockwood (book), 112
Cushioncraft, 160
Cushioncraft Ltd., formation of, 145; Sir James Milne appointed chairman, 145 Cushioncraft prototype purchased by Ministry of Aviation, 145
Cushyfoot anti-vibration mounting (Metalastik Ltd.), 593
Customs and Excise, H.M., Leo III computer, 313
Cut-a-Mark marking gauge (Firth Cleveland Tools Ltd.), 461
Cut-off attachment (Wolf Electric Tools Ltd.), 267
Cut-off and boring machine (Rye Machinery Sales (High Wycombe) Ltd.), 589
Cutcliffe, F. G. C., on measures in the making of managers, 294
CUTCSA, order placed with Leyland Motors Ltd. for buses, 808
Cutter grinding machine. See Grinding Cutters (Sassex-Werkzeug-Gesellschaft), 589
— (Teroy Concessionaries Ltd.), 589 Cutting, flame, of rock (Union Carbide), 584
— Fluids. See Fluids and Oils
— Machine for building materials (Corus
Engineers Ltd.), 235
Oxygen, Hancoline De Luxe (Hancock and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.), 719
Pipe (E. Pass and Co. Ltd.), 522
— — for ship models, 33
— of metal, theory of, by P. H. Black (review),
471
— Oils. See Oils and Fluids
Cutting outfit, oxy-propane, Back-Pack (British
Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 597
Cyclotron, isochronous, first operation of at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 704
— Sector-focussed, International conference
on, 704
Cycolac T plastics casing for Anita calculator (GEC), 435
Cylinders, air (Benton and Stone Ltd.), 205
— gas. See Gas
— Light alloy, for air cooled engines, 165
— Pneumatic, All-Square (Maxam Power
Ltd.), 11
— Steel, for off shore oil wells (Mannesmann),
330
Czechoslovakia, agreement with Board of Trade on goods exchange, 33
— Exports and imports, 33
— National Industrial Exhibition, 631, 807 Czochralski technique for making neodymium
in calcium tungstate maser material, 190
DAILY Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, 321, 384 Daimler marine engine, 73
— SP 250 sports motor car, 586
Dairy Engineering Exhibition, 710
Dalamatic dust filter (Dallow Lambert Ltd.), 720
d’Albe, Fournier, Optophone reading machine, 672
Dalen, Dr. G., design of Aga cooker, 154 Dalgety Bay new town development, 449 Dallow Lambert Ltd., extracting dust from a moving source, 259; coal sludge disposal system, 644; Dalamatic dust filter, 720
Daltolac 41/Suprasec D/Arcton 11 to fill ships’ rudder to prevent corrosion (ICl Ltd.), 4
Dalzell Steelworks, construction of slab reheating furnace, 177
Dam, Cruachan, 776
— Geology, by R. C. S. Walters (book), 696
— Ladzhanur, 458
— Large, British National Committee on.
See British
International Commission on. See Zn- ternational
— Mingechaur, 458
Damp-proof courses, liquid, siliconate-latex compositions for the injection of, by Dr. H. Hurst, 330
Damp-proofing techniques based on insect studies, 330
Daniels (BBA) Ltd., steam accumulator plant for Gainsborough Cornard Ltd., 227
Danish National Institute of Building Research, report on concrete, 92; Studies of Disintegrated Concrete, 92
Daphne atomic reactor for Harwell, 351
Darchem Engineering Ltd., Rostenit process for lining vessels with stainless metals, 466- 467; crystallizers for Tate and Lyle Ltd., 466; parts of dust precipitator for Simon- Carves Ltd., 466
Darley Dale sandstone, stress/strain curves for, 575
Darne mine roof stilt (Hayden-Nilos Ltd.), 130 Das Island, off* shore oil wells at, 330
Data acquisition system, multiplexing. Unidap (Aeromaiitime Ltd., and Data Control Systems Inc.), 575
Data Control Systems Inc., Unidap multiplexing data acquisition system, 575
— Logging service, mobile (Ferranti Ltd.), 511
— Processing system, EMIDEC 1101, for
National Coal Board (EMI Electronic Ltd.), 840
System (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 99
? 803, for
Technicians Dawe Instruments Ltd., vibration calibrator, 77; flaw detector (trade publication), 664 Dawson, C. R., on requirements of the papermaking industry, 26
Day, A., on Current UK Economic Policy, 697 Day, J. R., review of Introduction to Transport
Engineering, 214-215; biographical note 216
Daylight, science of, by J. W. T. Walsh (book), 184; (review), 566
Daylighting design, role of models and artificial skies in, by J. Longmore, 363
DCR carbide welding rods and electrodes (Deloro Stellite Ltd.), 307
Deajac Products Ltd., film processing machine, 302
Deas Island submerged tunnel, 847
Death, S., review of Aids to Machine Shop Practice, 110; biographical note, 112 Debate on Planning Acts, 88
De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., International Congress on Diamonds in Industry, 797
Debts due to firms, 808
Deburrer, ultrasonic (Powetron ^Ultrasonics Corp.), 853
Decca Navigator system, 545
Decca radar for liner France, 123
Decca Radar Ltd., formation of computer equipment division, 377; E. Tyler appointed head of new computer equipment division, 337; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400; orders received, 601
Decimal coinage. Plain Words on, 6 Decimal-metric change. See LETTER, 198 Decks, neoprene, for France liner (Du Pont Co (UK) Ltd.), 403
Decoding, sequential, by J. M. Wozencraft and B. Reiffen (review), 758
Decoration and architecture, glass in, by R. McGrath and A. C. Frost (book), 696
— by lights, 736
de Courcy, J. W., on Movements and Permanent Joints in Reinforced Concrete Structures, 9
Dedlock cutter chuck (Clarkson (Engineers) Ltd.), 233
Dee River, aluminium fish traps for, 595 Deedes, W., debate on Planning Acts, 88 Deep Sanderson motor car, 5, 810 Defence, civil, 641
— Expenditure, 15, 577 on research, 289
— White Paper on, 289; 291 Defensor Co. Ltd., air humidifier, 588
de Ferranti, Dr. S. Z., documents concerning, 742
Degenhardt and Co., Hensoldt autocollimating telescope, 425
de Grazia, Dr. S., work statistics, 806
Degree, American, a comparative study for British Students, by B. Mellor, 310
de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Trident aircraft details, 82-83; Trident aircraft, 103, 673, 707; evaluation of ZSV bearings, 242; on-stream-positive displacement prover loops, 324; Firestreak missile, 563
de Havilland Engine Co. Ltd., acquired by Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., 849
de Havilland, Sir Geoffrey, autobiography of: sky fever (review), 598
Delaney Gallay Ltd., cooler for human blood, 772
DeLong spudded barge Hubinsel, 330 De Long walking platform, 653 Deloro Stellite Ltd., DCR carbide welding rods and electrodes, 307
Delrin acetal plastic (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 787
Delta caravan (Gailey Caravan Group), 544
Delta Castings Ltd., integration of aluminium die casting, 635; re-planning and expansion of production, 635 (see Correction 725) Delta Diecastings Ltd. (see Correction, 725) Delta Metal Co. Ltd., Coventry Cathedral, 684 Delta Technical Services Ltd., pressure transducers, 368
Demag air compressor (Mining and Compressor Engineering (Zo, Ltd.), 334
Demolition and Construction Co. Ltd., Bletchley Flyover, 52; Blackfriars Improvement Scheme, 712
Dempster, J., formation of R. and J. Dempster Ltd., 689
Dempster, R., formation of R. and J. Dempster Ltd., 689
Dempster, R. and J., Ltd., share capital acquired by R. T. Newsham, 689; historical note, 689
Dempster system of waste disposal, 623
Den Norske Hoyttalerfabrikk A/S., “ Come In ” room to front door speech system and latch lifter, 480
Denco/Norgren oil mist lubrication for bearings, 757
Denny Hovercraft, 102
Denny sidewall hovercraft, 833
de Normanville overdrive system for motor cars (Auto Transmissions Ltd.), 185
Density and moisture meter (Nuclear Enterprises (GB) Ltd.), 174
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, grants towards radio telescopes and atomic reactors, 1; plans for supporting projects of industrial firms, 1; cooperation with National Research Development Corp., 1; support for Craven Bros, on development of gear grinding machines, I; expenditure of, I. See LETTER, 126; ultrasonics in library (trade publication), 184; awards for overseas study, 360; Studentships and Fellowships, 360; research on cleaning oil from beaches, 460; Register of Research in the Human Sciences, 488, 502; Minitrack station, Winkfield, 542; finance for atomic reactor for consortium of Universities, 605; new ideas in industrial cooling, 605; report on problem of communication, 609; Research for Industry, 769
Department of Technical Cooperation, overseas tours of staff*, 128; recruitment for overseas service, 761
Depth measurement, fine, technique for,
349-350
Derrick, oil, 59 Desalting installation for sea water at Point
Loma (Westinghouse), 417
Descaling powder. Atlas 400 (Atlas Preservative Co. Ltd.), 626
Desert conditions, shallow drilling in, by Maj. E. Fursdon. 560
Design appreciation course, 128
— Plain Words on, 358, See LETTERS, 442, 486
— Problems in Nigeria, 583
— Strain gauging for, 413. See LETTERS, 580,
614
Designer, Government research for, 610
— Meet bronze and brass founders, 26-27
— Structural, theoretical problems for, by
K. P. S. Nayagam (book), 536
Desoutter Brothers (Holdings) Ltd., position and prospects, 497
Desoutter Group, sales records exceeded, 497; profits, 497; position and prospects, 497; indexing table, 554
Destaco toggle clamps (Insley Industrial Ltd.), 267
Destructors (Incinerator Co. Ltd.), 462 Detector, current loss (Metrix Instruments
Ltd.), 686
— Fire, for power stations (Sound Diffusion
(Auto-thennatic) Ltd.), 479
Detroit Corp., broaching machines, 148;
licence agreement with BS A Tools Ltd., 148 Deutches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), electron linear accelerator from AEI Ltd., 221
D.E.V. Engineering Co. Ltd., to be acquired by Crane Ltd., 625
Developer and printer, plan. Mercury Major (E. N. Mason and Sons Ltd.), 234
de Walt radial arm saw (Black and Decker Ltd.), 719
De-Waxing plant for imported motorcars, (E. G. Irwin and Partners), 501
Dewhurst and Partner Ltd., electro-magnetic brakes, 89; switches, 651
Dewidels, J. R., appointed manager of new division of Crane Ltd., 625
Dewrance and Co. Ltd., reducing valve, 522 Dexion Group, Dexion Pallet Glide-stock system 217
Dexion Ltd., standard buildings, 235; new lightweight angle, 270; cinema film “ Dexion on Great Occasions,” 441
Dexon Inc., Primaire controlled atmosphere assembly cabinet, 69
Diakon plastic faced television tubes (Mullard Ltd.), 351
Dial assemblies (Theta Instrument Corp.), 131 Diamond abrasive, by J. Cantrell, 797
— Economics and industrial applications of,
797
— Grit, by C. W. Highberg, 797
Natural, by Dr. A. A. L. Linholm and
Dr. A. R. Roy, 797
— Industry’s applications for, 797
?—? in Industry, International Congress on, 797 Diamond, J., Private Members Bill on Redundancy, 616
Diamond Research Laboratory, International Congress on Diamonds in Industry, 797
— and Sahara drilling, by J. Gallon, 797
— Wheels, grinding tool steels with, by Dr.
L. P. Tarasov, 797
Dickenson, John, and Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 689
Dickson, A., on Technology of Sheet Metal Work for Students and Craftsmen (book), 472
Dictating system, PABX telephone, installed at LCC, 177
Dictionary of Automatic Control, by R. J. Bibbero (review), 759
Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering, by A. D.
Vecchio (book), 32 Die casting. See Casting
— Engineering, 820
— of epoxy resin for British Light Steel
Pressings Ltd. (Leicester Lovell and Co. Ltd.), 851
— Ferrochrome (Richard Sizer), 434
— Graphite (Cable and General Instruments
Ltd.), 524
— Grinding fixtures. See Fixtures Dielectric materials, modern, by J. B. Birks
(review), 311
Dielectromagnetic engineering, essentials of, by H. M. Schlicke (review), 406
Diesel engine. See Engine, diesel Diesel, R., historical note on, 273; development of diesel engine, 273
Diffractometer, X-ray, Wooster (Crystal Structures Ltd.), 687
Digestion, mesophilic anaerobic, investigation of, 10
Digging machine, foundation, Williams, Digital computers. See Computers Digital Engineering Co., acquired by
West and Co. Ltd., 794
Digitizer, incremental (Microcell Ltd.), Dilastic bridge expansion joint (Societe silice), 717
12
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Directory of British Photo-Reproduction Services, 406 .
Directory, mechanical handling (book), 664
— of Metal Cutting Machine Tool Industry of
Western Europe, 673
— of Opportunities for Graduates (book), 504 Directory of Opportunities for Qualified Men,
825
Dirt, pneumatic stowage of at Monk Bretton Colliery, 270
Disabled drivers, 358 Disarmament conference, Geneva, 321 ?— Report of Secretariat of United Nations, 385 Disboards (Lexor Electronics Ltd.), 258 Discus fan (Utilities (London) Ltd), 768 Dispenser (P. P. Payne and Son Ltd.), 89 Disposal unit, garbage, Prestcold, 140 Disputes, industrial, avoidance of and management responsibilities (Institute of Industrial Supervisors publication), 456
Distillation, absorption and cooling towers, by W. S. Norman (book), 112
— Proceedings of International Symposium on
(Institution of Chemical Engineers) (review), 534
Distillers Co., special research group, 296;
Abstrene M plastic moulding material, 371 Distington Engineering Co. Ltd., iron castings
(trade publication), 112; Concast continuous casting machine, 405 Distribution boards, Fluvent-Saphyre, 367
— of Industry Act, 1945, 464
Dixson, R. J., on European Common Market 488
Dobson, Sir Roy, on Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd., 25
Dobson, William, (Edinburgh) Ltd., use of plastic truck bodies, 211
Dock, dry, at Palmers Hebburn (Vickers
Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd.), 631 Princess (Cammell Laird), 558-559, 631, 847
— Floating, for Poland (Furness Shipbuilding
Co. Ltd.), 473
— Strike, averted, 648
Docking a tanker with television aid, 226 Documents, adaptable filing system for, 493 Dodd, A. R. F., on life after a nuclear war, 199, 263
Dodge Truck Division of Chrysler Corp., 249 Dome, plastic, for building (Integral Plastics Ltd.), 402
Domestic appliances, UK changes in deliveries of, 139
— — See also Home equipment
Dominion Engineering Works, affiliation with
Canadian General Electric Co., 433 Doncaster Coalite Ltd., Coalite smokeless fuels, 433
Donex extrusion press (Loewv Engineering Co.), 505
Donmar Productions Ltd., musical show “ Blitz,” 714-715
Door closures, magnetic, 210
— Control (trade publication), 664
?— Folding (Bolton Gate Co. Ltd.), 460
?— Front, opening the, 480
— Lead, for radiotherapy department at Guy’s
Hospital (Geo. W. King Ltd.), 130
— Oven, of Duraglass glass fibre, 530
— Space-Saver (Wallington, Weston and Co.
Ltd.), 258
Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering) Ltd., formation of Associated Bridge Builders Ltd., 712
Dorman Long and Co. Ltd., steelworks control gear ordered from Brookhirst Igranic, 73 Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd., rolled steel sections, 9; trails of Rawcliffe two speed electric motor, 420
Dorn, J. E., on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials at Elevated Temperatures (review), 111
Dorr Oliver and Co. Ltd., sewage digestion plant for Manchester Corp., 562
Dorsett Marine, Sea Hawk, jet propelled boat, 160
Dosemeters, direct reading (Isotope Developments Ltd.), 49
Dorspa Ltd., Astra grinding machines, 783
Doughty, G. H., on shorter working week, 128; on union and the working week, 198
Douglas Aircraft Co., cooperation with Piaggio and C., 377
Douglas, F. W. R., on Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 369
Douglas, J. F., on Solutions in Fluid Mechanics (book), 440
Douglas, Lord, on monorail system, 705
Douglas, R. M. (Contractors) Ltd., tube mill for Tfube Investments Group, 796
Douglas, William, and Sons, Ltd. ,food handling equipment, 149; refrigeration (trade publication), 376
Douglass, H., elected chairman of British Productivity Council, 161
Douglass, H., may join National Economic Development Council, 232
Dowding and Doll Ltd., Ahcol rotary milling machine, 495
Downes, D., on aluminium in engines, 339 Downes, K. J., on Copy Turning (book), 440 Downing, Sir George, historical and biographical note on, 512
Downing Street, Crawford Committee on the preservation of, 512
Reconstruction of, 512
Dowty Turbocraft boat, 160
DP Battery Co. Ltd., Tudor cells, 463
Drabble, J. R., on Thermal Conduction in Semiconductors (book), 184
Dragon atomic reactor project, by G. E. Lockett, L R. Shepherd and P. J. Marien, 671
Reactor project, progress on, 671 Drain, sand, for tunnel, lining, 52
Drake, J., Preston-Lancaster M 6 Motorway link, 681
Drakelow C power station, pipework for (Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd.), 153
Draughtsmen’s and Allied Technicians’ Association, Journal of, 128; National-Elliott 803 data processing system installed, 857
Drawing compound for bright steel. Drawsol, KM (D. A. Stuart Oil Co. (GB) Ltd.), 275
— Engineering and Geometry, by R. P.
Hoelscher and C. H. Springer (review), 694 Workshop, by A. C. Parkinson (book), 536
— Filing of, BS3437-1961, 280
— and geometry, engineering, by R.
Hoelscher and C. H. Springer (book),
— Lubricants. See Lubricants
— Office equipment, BS3459-1962 (book), and mechanical workshop training
graduates, by L. W. Bright, 428
P.
184
536
for
Drawsol KM drawing compound for bright steel (D. A. Stuart Oil Co. (GB) Ltd.), 275 Drayton Controls Ltd,, valves, 844 Dreadnought magnets, aluminium windings for (Rapid Magnetic Ltd.), 659
Dredgers (trade publication), 536
— Hydraulic spuds on (IHC Holland), 362
— Suction, for Blyth Harbour Commissioners,
249
Dri-clone filter units (Locker Industries Ltd.), 579
Dri-Heat Inc., heat holding pellets, 632; Dri-Heat hotplate, 632
Drier, electric pressure, Brown-Boveri (Foundry and Metallurgical Equipment Co. Ltd.), 164
Drill, road, checking noise level of, 570
— Stone, new type, by H. B. Dyer and R. G.
Weavind, 797
Drilling machine. Cobra, Atlas Copco, 560 Crawler mounted (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. Ltd.), 132
Metalexport (Elgar Machinery Co. Ltd.), 398
Pillar, Imperator (Villiers (Tool Developments) Ltd.), 750
. ? Rotary and percussion (Perles Electric
Tools and Motors Ltd.), 461
Rotary and percussion, Perles (Firthbourn Ltd.), 461
T-Eight (F. O’Brian and Co. Ltd.), 784 Tape-O-Matic (Fairbanks Whitney Corp.), 29
Turret, Heller (Wickman Ltd.), 816
— Material, Keneze U^en Corp.), 432
— for piles at high speed, 130
— Sahara, diamond and, by J. Gallon, 797
— Shallow, in desert conditions, by Major
E. Fursdon, 560
Drinks, soft, automation of production (Schweppes), 501
Drive, conveyor (Richard Sutcliffe Ltd.), 621
— Servo, Pegasus (Telehoist Ltd.), 590
— Variable speed, electric motors and controls,
by J. E. Eastham, 244
— V-belt, BS1440-1962 (book), 536
— Wedge belt, SpacesaVer, for Glaisdale H
tanker (J. H. Fenner and Co. Ltd.), 739 Drivers, disabled, 358
Driving course, advanced (British School of Motoring), 453
— Unit, conveyor belt (Rowland Priest Ltd.),
496
Drone, target, Jindivik (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259
Drop-forging hammers. See Hammers Drummond, W., on hydraulic analogue for condenser design, 733-734
Dry-dock. See Dock Dry rot. See Rot Dryer. See Drier
Drying, fluidized bed, of paper and board, by J. Luckins and C, A. O. Sutherland, 843
— Thermal, of granular solids (Head Wright-
son and Co. Ltd.), 291
Drynamels Ltd., heat resisting paints, 211 Dubbels Taschenbuch fiir den Maschinenbau, by F. Sass, Ch. Bouche and A. Leitner (book), 376
Dubesco Laboratories Ltd., push button switches, 816
Duckworth, W. E., on Guide to Operational Research (book), 696
Ducts, CO2, for Trawsfynydd atomic power station (Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd.), 386
— Grouting in prestressed concrete, 51 Ducting and pipe hanger (Yokes Genspring
Ltd.), 461
— Underfloor, Key, 432 Dudin, J. P,, will of, 580
Dudley, Prof., to take Lucas Chair at Birmingham University, 265
Dudley, D. W., on Gear Handbook: Design, Manufacture and Application of Gears (book), 568
Duff, A. C., on Britain’s New Towns (review), 150
Dummer, G. W. A., on British Miniature Electronic Components and Assemblies Data Atmual, 1961-62 (book), 32; on Miniature and Microminiature Electronics (book), 344
Dumpmaster truck (Powell Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd.), 623
Dumpster truck (Powell Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd.), 623
Dungeness atomic power station, Far-Air Roll Kleen filters for (Intermit Ltd.), 419
Dunlop Advisory Service Ltd., tyre factories for Rumania, 217
Dunlop Aviation Division, reducing heat build-up in aircraft brakes, 804
Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., pillow tanks, 58, 144; Fortiflex rubber-resin material, 179; rubber ships’ ladder steps, 179; rubber lined grooved pulleys, , agreement with Bendix Corp., Duraline ebonite tank linings, Fortiflex rubber toolbox, 755; lining of pickle tanks for Colvilles’ Ltd., 851; tyre design computer, 675
Dunsheath, P., on History of Electrical Engineering (book), 376; (review), 855
Duomatic Heating Installations Ltd., Duomatic block storage heater, 80, 140
Duplex fuelling boom (Woodfield Rochester Ltd.), 356
Duplicators, Speedrite (Ellams Duplicator Co. Ltd.), 258
Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom) Ltd., neoprene for paintmaking, 211; neoprene decks for liner France, 403; neoprene rubber, 627 Duraglas glass fibre materials (Turner Bros.), 530
Duraline ebonite tank linings (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 626
Uses of (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 626 Durgapur engineering works, inauguration of, 241
Durgapur Industrial Area, 241
Durham Raw Materials Ltd., Mylar polyester film, 179
Durham University, course on heavy electrical equipment, 552
Symposium on magnetoplasmadynamic electrical power generation, 711
Dushman, S., on Scientific Foundations of Vacuum Technique (book), 856
Dust after blasting, investigations into (NCB), 460
— Airborne, control of, by W. D. Bamford
(book), 312
— Collecting tacky coating, Takdust Gel
(Anti-Dust Services Ltd,), 499
— Collector (Collectron Ltd.), 816
— Extracting from a moving source (Dallow
Lambert Ltd.), 259
— Precipitator parts (Darchem Engineering
Ltd.), 466
— Research reduces health hazard, 821
Duval, D., on rupture data and pipe design formulae, 829
Dyer, H. B., on new type of drill stone, 797; on Theory of Grinding, 797
Dyform cable strand of high tensile steel (British Ropes Ltd.), 4
Dynamics, fluid, handbook on, by V. L. Streeter (review), 31
Dynamo. See Turbo-generator
Dynamometers for Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries (Heenan and Froude Ltd.), 113
— for Sulzer Brothers (Heenan and Froude Ltd.),
409
— See also Brake
EAGLE, F., on the new worker, 360
Ealing technical College, course on information work for special librarians, 150
Earth, crust of, ssismic study of, 511
— Moving equipment (Fiat Tractors Ltd.), 718 Earthing rods. See Rods
— System (trade publication), 440
East Asiatic Co., 50th anniversary of delivery of motorship Selandia, 273
East Lancashire Paper Mill Co., plastic extensions to metal chimneys, 274
East Pakistan, orders placed with Painter Bros., 217
Eastham, J. E., on electric motors, controls and variable speed drives, 244; development of two-speed induction motor, 387 Easton and Robertson, Cusdin, Preston and Snith, Shell Centre, 490-491
Easycheck universal holder (Apwar Ltd.), 751 Eaton Axles Ltd., two-speed axles (trade publication), 600
E. B. Staffs Ltd., plastic tanks for H. and R. Johnson Ltd., 819
Ebonite, Duraline, uses of (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 626
— Tank linings, Duraline (Dunlop Rubber
Co. Ltd.), 625
Eccles, Sir David, on educational building, 392; on Higher National Diploma in business studies, 392; on Colleges of Advanced Technology, 456; on Nuffield Foundation contribution to education, 552
Eccles Engineering Ltd., Workmaster electric vehicle, 131
Eccles, E. S., on measuring gas-turbine blade vibration, 318-319
Echometer, Seagraph III (Marconi), 186 Eclipse plastic based magnetic strip (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield) Ltd.), 210
Economic Commission for Asia, economic cooperation between Asian states, 385
— Policy, current UK, by A. Day, 697 Edibrac Ltd., new heat treatment department
for, 821
Edinburgh, HRH Duke of, opening of Haslar ship test tank, 38; patron of National Productivity Year, 161; opening of Commonwealth Study Conference, 673 Editing, industrial: handbook on journals, by B. Smith (review), 71 Education, agricultural engineering.
LETTER, 86
— of American Businessmen, Pierson
on, 236
house
See
report
467; licence
601;
626;
— Higher, for business in the USA, by
Gordon and Howell, 236
— Management, Ministry of Education scheme
for, 456
See also Management
— Ministry of, scheme of management educa
tion, 456
— National Advisory Council on. See National
— Technical, better opportunities in. White
Paper on, 296, 360
Robbins Committee on, 296, 456 and the smaller firm, by P. R. R. Venables and W. J. Williams (book), 408
Trends in, by Dr. H. L. Haslegrave, 520 Educational development in UK, 168 Edwards Brothers Ltd., as subsidiary of Bromilow and Edwards Ltd., 433
Edwards, Dr. E., on safe design of machines, 697
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Trumpf nibbling machine, 176
Edwards, Sir George, on value of weapons, 577 Edwards, R. S., on planning problems of CEGB, 748
Efco Ltd., furnace interests merged with GEC, 337
Effluents, tests with on pitch fibre pipes, 275 Eggborough power station, boilers for (Foster Wheeler-John Brown Land Boilers Consortium), 3
Eggborough power station, turbo-generators for (AEI Ltd.), 3
Station, air pre-heaters for (Davidson and Co. Ltd.), 73
Station, boiler units for (Foster Wheeler- John Brown Land Boilers Consortium), 73
EHV lines, lightning performance of, by W. Casson, 656
EHV transmission voltages, international standardization of, by G. Jancke, 655
Eigenvalue and boundary problems in mathematical physics, by H. Sagan (book), 216 Eimco (Great Britain) Ltd., tugger hoists, 463; side dump loader truck, 815
Eisenhower, President, on armaments, 321 Eitel KG straightening press (Selson Machine Tool Co.), 461
Ekameter flow meter, Ljungmans (J. S. Webber Ltd.), 844
Ekco Heating and Electrical Ltd., Thermostor block storage heaters, 80
El Cadillal hydroelectric scheme in Argentina, 208
Elaflor lightweight flooring system (Archibald Low and Sons Ltd.), 51
Eldon, B., on Business Game, 648 Elections for foremen? by G. Thomas, 688 Electralift hoists (Fellows-Stringer Ltd.), 652 Electric driving of textile mills, by W. B.
Woodhouse, 244
Electric furnaces. See Furnace, electric
— Generator. See Alternator; Generator and
Turbo
— Locomotive. See L.ocomotive, electric
— Machine. See Alternator; Generator;
Motor; Turbo
— Mains. See Cable
— Motor. See Motor, electric
— Motor car. See Motor car
— Power. See Power and Electricity
— Railways. See Railways
— Starters. See Starters
— Systems, large, international conference on,
655
Electrical (trade publications), 408, 728. 824
— Accidents and their causes, report, 173, 232
— Apparatus, oil immersed, study of, H
— Appliances for the handicapped (Electrical
Development Association;, 256
— Breakdown of insulating liquids, by J. A.
Kok (book), 790
Electrical Contractors (Coalville), Ltd., tube mill for Tube Investments Group, 796
—? Control gear (George Ellison Ltd.), 204 —• Development Association, electrical appliances for the handicapped, 256
— Effect, new, discovery of, 255
— Engineers Exhibition, 353, 367, 426
— Engineering, history of, by P. Dunsheath
(book), 376; (review), 855
— Equipment, heavy, course on, 552
for use in flammable atmospheres— effect of explosions on gasketed joints, by H. G. Riddlestone, 157
— Industry, magnetic materials in, by P. R.
Bardell (review), 32
— —? Value of exports of, 321
— Load, domestic, snowballing increase of, 1
— Maintenance procedures, preventative main
tenance, by A. Cotton, 244
— Power. See Power and Electricity
— Purposes, copper for (trade publication), 32
— Research Association, study of oil immersed
electrical apparatus, 77; Costa Hill research station, 584; research on wind loading, 584; annual lunch, 609; research on pipe design and rupture data steampipes, 829
Changes emphasis, 573
Laboratories for CEGB opened Leatherhead, 669
—? Sandwich courses, 328
Electricity Authorities, problems facing, 1 ?— Boards, financial targets for, 449
— Challenge of, 137
— Council, tests on block storage heaters,
— Current links of the Western World, 713 —- Discovering the potential of, 244
— Distribution difficulties, 749
— Economic generation of by atomic means,
161
—? Extra high voltage, by M. Cahen, 655
— Extra high voltage, by M. P, Alileret, 655
— in garden, 192
?—? Generation, thermal efficiency of, 737
— High voltage, CIGRE report on, by J. H. M
Sykes, 713
— High voltage, distribution practice, by
J. H. Gridley (review), 438
— Importance of, in control of aircraft, con
ference on, 289, 292
— Link, Channel, epoxy tubes for (Permali
Ltd.), 81, 691
— Matching generation to demand and cost,
457
— and magnetism, static fields in, by D.
Travena (book), 152
?—? Peak loads, statistics on, 81
— Super-grid crossing of River Forth, 528
— Supply, basic planning behind, 748-749
— Transmission at ever higher voltages,
J. H. M. Sykes, 655-656
— Wave surges in; and water hammer
hydraulics, by L. Bergeron (book), 152; (review), 854
— See also Power
Electro-Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd., licence from BISRA for aluminium coating for steel, 381; Satylite satin finish nickel plating, 467
Electro-heat, international journal on (Vulkan- Verlag publication), 758
Methods and applications, by J. T. Sharpies, 244
Electro-Hydraulics Ltd., cinema film “ Thinking for Tomorrow,” 369
Electro-Hydraulics Ltd., door control (trade publication), 664
Electro-magnetic measurements, precision, international conference on, 774
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ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Electro-osmosis and electrochemical treatment for soil stabilization, 299
Pile driving by, by B. A. Nikolaev (book), 619
Electro-slag welding. See Welding Electro-Thermal flexible furnaces, 847 Electrochemical and electro-osmosis treatment for soil stabilization, 299
Electrocunsuit, Peru power development, 217 Electrode, welding. See Welding electrodes Electrodynamics of moving and deforming media, by Prof. S. Goldstein, 168
Electroflo Meters Co. Ltd., instrumentation and control system for Rugeley power station, 345
Electroheat, International Congress on, 711 Electrolube lubrication indicator, 150 Electrolytic process for powder metal production, 290
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, by R. V. Langnuir (review), 408
Electron Microscopy cinema film, 537
Electron Optics in Television, 1. 1. Tsukkerman (review), 278
Electron-Physical Instruments Ltd., to join Hilger and Watts Group, 753
Electronic analogy, elastic analysis of shells by, by C. B. Wilby and N. W. Bellamy (book), 696
Electronic Associates Ltd., staffing of computing centre, 605
Electronic components and assemblies, British miniature, data annual, G. W. A, Dummer and J.
(book), 32
Exhibition, 255, 580
— Instrumentation, principles
Lynch and J. G. Truxal (book), 728
Electronic Machine Control Ltd., Contimitor level monitor, 804
Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Ltd., creep testing machine, 304
— and radio laboratory handbook, by M. G.
Scroggie (book), 440
— Recorder instruments (trade publication),
472
Electronic Units Ltd., closed circuit television, 366
Electronically scanned beams in solids, 119 Electronics, bibliographical guide, by C. K. Moore and K. J. Spencer (book), 184
— as career, by H. F. Trewman (book), 440
— External factors affecting, 22
— Future events in, 22
— Industry, investment in, 24 Management and labour in, 23 Plant and materials in, 23 Production in, 23
— Instruments and automation exhibition, 686
— Market trends in, 23
— Miniature and microminiature, by G. W. A.
Dummer and J. W. Granville (book), 344
— Molecular, 509
— Outlook for 1962, 21-24
— Smaller and more reliable, 509
— Technical developments in, 21 Electrostatic paint spray. See Spray Electrostatic spraying. See Spraying Electrostatics, industrial, 382 Electrothermal Engineering Ltd., Thermowrap
surface heater, 267
Elektriska Svetsningsaktiebolaget (ESAB), automatic welding machines, 592
Elektro-Apparate-Bau GmbH, flash butt welding machine, 590
Elevator, screw (Ajax Equipment Ltd.), 652 Elga Electro-und Gasapparatebau GmbH, soldering machines, 588
Elgar Machinery Co. Ltd., Metalexport drilling machine, 398
Elgar, W. H., on Elementary Principles of Reinforced Concrete Design (review), 312
Elgood, L. A., on Natural Resources of Scotland: Symposium held at Royal Society of Edinburgh (book), 312
Ellams Duplicator Co. Ltd., use of retaining rings on Speedrite duplicators, 258
Elliott-Automation Group, formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400 Elliott-Automation Ltd., fast-neutron generator, 37; do-it-yourself computer, 661
Elliott, B. (Machinery) Ltd., Omnimil copying equipment, 750
Elliott Bros., use of Palfrey Refusak refuse disposal system, 469
Ellis Patents Ltd., plastic pipe supports, 196 Ellison, George, Ltd., electrical control gear, 204
Elton, J., on History of Corn Milling, 44 Eltron (London) Ltd., drum heater, 495 Elvedon, Viscount, laying foundation stone for Guinness’ Nigerian brewery, 249
Ely, R. V., formation of Electron-Physical Instruments Ltd., 753
Embassy Machine and Tool Co. Ltd., Karopf cutter grinding machine, 816
Embeco expanding grout (Millars’ Machinery Co. Ltd.), 717
Embossing machine, paper, nylon feed roll for, 242
Emden and Watson’s Building Contracts and Practice, by W. H. Gill (book), 728
Emery, Dr. F. E., on research, 805 Emett, R., Post Office created by, 321 EMI-Cossor Electronics Ltd., variable depth sonar equipment, 703
EMI Electronics Ltd., closed circuit television for sewer inspection, 171; television mini-camera, 175; tape recorders for noise experiments, 511; television camera, 752; hand monitor (trade publication), 760; telemetry analogue-to-digital information converter for University College, 832; Emidic 1100 computer for Royal Navy, 853; EMIDEC 1101 data processing system for National Coal Board, 840
EM lac II computer installed at Oxford University, 761
EMIDEC 1101 data processing system for National Coal Board (EMI Electronics Ltd), 840
Emidic 1100 computer for Royal Navy (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 853
Emigrants from UK, 88
Emigration of skilled labour, 616
— Statistics on, 88
Emmerson, Sir Harold, report on construction and building industry, 577; Survey of Problems Before the Construction Industries, 577; biographical note, 618; report on construction industries, 618; chairman of Emmerson Committee on problems of the construction industry, 618
Emmerson Report, 609, 618
Employment and automation trust, formation of, 585
— Production, prices and incomes, bulletin
of statistics on (Ministry of Labour Publication), 488
— Statistics, 616
— — School leavers, 203
EMS Electrical Products Ltd., Trolleymaster power track, 367
Emulsifiers (Silversons Machines (Sales) Ltd.), 845
Emulsion, Betocel, for non-porous aerated concrete (Pointer Group), 130
Enamels, porcelain, by A. 1. Andrews (review), 71
Enamelling, vitreous, 383
Energy consumption, effect of wall treatments on, 573
— Costs in UK, 577
Enfield Cables Ltd., interest in Telephone Cables Ltd., 631
Enfield Tubular Products, precision tubing, 725 Engelhard Industries Ltd., platinum thermocouples (trade publication), 790
Engine, aero. See Aircraft engine
— Air cooled, heat transfer in, 165
?— Air cooled, light alloy cylinders for, 165
— Air cooled, merits and failings, 165
?—? Aircraft. See Aircraft engine
— Aluminium in, by D. Downes, 339
Evolution of (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 679
— Continental (Continental Motors Corp.), 320 (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 320
— by D. H. Marter (book), 312; (review), 663
— Diesel (trade publication), 600, 696 Air cooled (British Deutz Ltd.), 554 British catalogue of (British Internal
Combustion Engine Manufacturers Association) (book), 600
Clark-Sulzer (George Clark (Sunderland) Ltd.), 689
(Crossley Bros.), 752
Crossley-Pielstick (Crossley Brothers Ltd.), 196
Historical note on, 273
— — Large bore, sea trials of (Fiat), 450-451 (Lister), 235
? Locomotive (Jenbacher Werke AG), 591 (Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries Ltd.), 720
Perkins, 6.354 automotive (F. Perkins Ltd.), 474-476
Research into (C.A.V. Ltd.), 222-223
(Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques), 590
Sulzer, for Brtish Railways (Vickers- Armstrongs), 441
— ?— Two-stroke, exhaust belt design in, by
R. S. Benson, 194-195
See also Engine, marine diesel
— Gas, methane, for locomotive (Rolls-Royce),
162
— Internal combustion, fuelled with LPG, 308 —? — Combustion, for refrigerated vehicles
(GM Power Plant Co. Ltd.), 595
?—? Jet, steel forging for mainshaft (Tubes Ltd.), 106
— Mantzel, two stroke opposed piston, 325
— Marine, Daimler, 73
Diesel, Achilles (Ajax Marine Engines Ltd.), 90
Diesel, Falcon (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 131
— ?— Diesel (Rover Co. Ltd. and Ruston &
Hornsby Ltd.), 73
gas turbine (Bristol-Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 776
— Methane gas powered, for shunting loco
motive (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 162
— Motor-car. See Motor-car engines
— Oil. See Engine, diesle
— Outboard, Seahorse, 160
— and pumps, test facilities for, 735
— Rocket, by S. L. Bragg (book), 696
— Steam, experimental, Robey (Robey and Co. Ltd.), 538-540
Marine, and turbines, by W. J. Fox and
S. C. McBirnie (book), 856
— Sums, universal marble operated, from Rugby, 387
— Two-stroke, Mantzel, 325
Engineers, field theory for, by P. Moon and D. E. Spencer (review), 247-248
Engineer, F. M., wicket-keeper of India’s test cricket team, 88
Engineers in the Government Service, 342
Engineers, graduate, descriptive analysis of the principles and methods of training, by H. N. Graves, 428-429
— Great, by L. T. C. Rolt (book), 312
— Guild, Professional Engineer, 121
— Mechanical, graduate training of, by J. H. Parfect, 428-429
— Plain Words on, 262
— Welding and the, by Prof. F. Koenigsberger, 585
ENGINEERING, 5,000th issue, 225; historical note, 225; information service, 289; reader inquiry service, 289; road tests on Jaguar E-type motor car, 741
Engineering apprentices. See Apprentice: Apprenticeship
— Centenaries in, 44
Engineering Components Ltd., re-organization of factories, 561; position and prospects, 561
— Construction, works of, and building sites, lighting of, 329
— Education. See Education; Courses: Training
— Employers Federation, meeting with J. Hare, 168; report on apprentices training, 520; Recruitment and Training of Young Persons in the Engineering Inudstry, 520
— Environmental, 110
Engineering Equipment Users Association, Vacuum Producing Equipment (book), 440; (review), 788
— Exhibition, London International, 615 Engineering Index, 278
— Industries Associatoin, exhibitions, 601;
investigation into credit squeeze conditions, 808; address at annual dinner by Rt. Hon. F. Errol, 840
Output of, 801
Recruitment and training of young persons in (Engineering Employers’ Association), 520
— Institutions Joint Council, to be formed, 481
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Engineering; National Physical
— Materials Science, by C. W. Richards
(review), 535
•— Meaning of, by W. T. O’Dea (review), 342. See LETTER, 390
Engineering Productions turbocharger, 476
— Problems, application
course on, 8
— Profession in Nigeria,
— Progress (trade publication), 568
— Respectable profession. See LETTERS, 86,
230
Engineering and Scientific Equipment Ltd., PML pneumatic gauge, 31
Engineering and scientific personnel, direction and leadership of, course on, 791
— Standards. See British Standards Institution
— Systems, design of, by W. Gosling (book),
408
— Technology and safety, by C. M. Nicholls
(review), 30
— Value, by R. S. Mandelkorn (review), 759
— Workshop Drawing, by A. C. Parkinson
(book), 536
Engis Ltd., Hyprocel lapping disc, 147 England and Wales, post war major projects in, 62
English Clays Lovering Pochin and Co. Ltd., Bristol Siddeley turbogenerator commissioned, 37
English Electric Co. Ltd., generators for Priest Rapids power station. 25; electronic measurerqent of steel plare width, 37; gasturbine locomotive, 55; switchboards ordered from Brookhirst Igranic, 73; electric motor starters, 90; alternator sets for Sudan, 95; data processing system, 99; motors for Broomwade compressors, 116; constant current silicon diode rectifier units, 146; hydro-electric power scheme in Argentina, 208; formation of consortium with George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. and Siemens-Schuckert-werke AG, 217; DC transmission link between Italy and Sardinia, 249; alternators for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 281; trials of electro-diesel locomotives, 324; switchgear, 368; Sizewell atomic power station, 489; gas-turbine locomotive, 516-517; rotary actuators, 522; T188 aircraft, 545; electric locomotives for Polish State Railways, 612; to form English Electric Traction Ltd., 625; development of automatic selector valves for atomic reactors, 674; contract from Polish Foreign Trade Co. Eleektrim, 840
English Electric Group, position and prospects, 369; Eland engine to be abandoned, 369; orders for Gazelle engine, 369; losses in subsidiary companies, 369; investment in British Aircraft Corp., 369
English Electric Traction Ltd., to be formed, 625; aims and duties of, 625
English Electric Valve Co., image orthicon tube, 555
English landscape. Plain Words on, 710
English Numbering Machines Ltd., numbering devices (trade publication), 312
English Sewing Cotton Co., cotton mills to be set up in Nigeria, 33
English Steel Castings Corp. Ltd., Willison automatic coupling for trucks, 771
English Steel Corp. Ltd., cladding for steelwork buildings, 275; position and prospects, 721 Ensign Conveyor Co. Ltd., concrete batching plant (trade publication), 536; conveyors (trade publication), 728
“ Entropy ” cinema film, 505 Environmental Engineering, 110 Environmental-simulation chamber (F. J.
Stokes Corp.), 767
Epiflex expansion jointing (F. Haworth (ARC) Ltd.), 527
Epikote resin (Shell), 491 Epilux paint, 211
Epimide epoxy-polyamide paint (Solignum Ltd.), 563
Epoxy compounds (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 723
— Filler for concrete column joints (British Lift Slab Ltd.), 723
— Polyamide paint, Epimide (Solignum Ltd.), 563
— Resin, Aralsite (Ciba (ARL) Ltd.), 371
— Tubes. See Tubes Epstein, Sir Jacob, sculptures for Coventry Cathedral, 685
Equations, algebraic and transcendental, handbook of numerical methods for the solution of, by V. L. Zaguskin (review), 310
Equipment, capital, for research, 41 ERA Patents Ltd., policy of, 573
Ericssons Telephones Ltd., merger with Plessey Co. Ltd., 105
Erith, R., reconstruction of 10 Downing Street, 512
Ernst, Dr. Ing. H., on German lightweight overhead crane, 642-643
Erosion, spark, head (Wickman Ltd.), 718 Supply and control cabinet (Sparcatron (Manufacturing) Ltd.), 463
Erroll, F., opening of new plant for Fafnir Bearings Ltd., 565; on Poland, 840; address to Engineering Industries Association, 840 Erskine, Heap and Co. Ltd., isolation unit, 427 Erwin-Newman hangars (Anglo-American Hangar Co. of London), 745
Erzet spraying equipment (Marshall and
Montgomery Ltd.), 524
Equipment (Richard Zippie and Co.), 524 Esaki, Dr. L., new electrical effect discovered,
255; on New Phenomenon in Magnetoresistance of Bismuth at Low Temperature, 255
Esplen, William, Son and Swainston Ltd., use of Atlas 400 descaling powder, 626
Essay competition, national, 585
— on probability and statistics, by M. S.
Bartlett (book), 824
Esso AG, use of graphite heat exchangers, 531 Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd., use of aluminium
pipeline for liquid ethylene, 403; Cranes air suspension system on read tankers, 418 Estates, trading, British Government’s, by
S. A. S. Forster, 464
Industrial evolution by, 464
Team Valley, 464
Estimating, Plain Words on, 422 Etherington, G., on Modern Furnace Technology (review), 183-184
Etherington, H., on Modern Furnace Technology (review), 183-184
Ethylene, liquid, aluminium pipeline for (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 403
Ethylene splitter column for Baglan Bay oil refinery, 849
Euco Tools Ltd., Forza centre lathe, 398 Eurocontrol, air tralfic control system, 545 Europe and America, conference on trade between, 743
— Value of space research to, 839
— Western, Directory of metal cutting machine
tool industry, 673
European Atomic Energy Commission, activities of, 161; finance arrangements and requirements, 161; research programme of, 161; study projects for atomic propulsion of'ships, 605; research contracts, 769
European Common Market, Britain and, by
J. H. Pinder, 801
— — Market, effect of UK joining on steel makers. 417
Market, effect on US automobile industry, 473
Market, by R. J. Dixson, 488
Market, UK industry and, 801
Market. See also Common Market
?— Economic Community, effect on UK of possible entry into, 289
— Federation of Chemical Engineering, Con
gress of, 321, 833
— Institute of Business Administration, study
of UK business, 697
— Launching Development Organization,
launching of space vehicles, 385
— Organization for Nuclear Research, dis
covery of xi-minus antiparticle, 447
— Productivity Agency, study of modular
building coordination, 130; evaluation of management training methods, 236
— Space Symposium, 839
— Trade Fairs, Eastern, Rootes Group par
ticipation in, 153
— Work Study Federation, congress of, 729 Europoort, Gulf Oil Corps, oil refinery, 281 Eurospace, 839
Euston Station, relics at, 358
Euston Underground station, reconstruction of, 10
Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd., Eutectrode 24B welding electrode, 275; Xyron 244 welding electrode, 275
Eutectrode 24B welding electrode (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 275
Evans, Deakin and Co. Ltd., agreement with Mitchell Engineering Group Ltd., 840 Evans Electroselenium Ltd., Flowthrough Spectra absorptiometer, 687
Evans, M., on Atlantic Era (review), 503
Eve, J. L., Construction Co. Ltd., Bowthorpe Conductor trolley for inspecting overhead cables, 4; Wooburn Valley sewerage scheme, 745
Everest, J. .H, on working instructions, 454
Evershed and Vignoles Ltd., recorders (trade publication), 408; measurement transmitter, 687
Evo Stik 873 adhesive for floor coverings (Evode Ltd.), 526
Evode Ltd., Trufix adhesive, 432 Evo Stik 873 adhesive for floor coverings, 526
Evolution, industrial, by trading estate, 464 Ewbank and Partners Ltd., Shell Centre, 490-491 Excavator and crane, Babcock-Marion (Babcock and Wilcox Ltd.), 625
— Crawler (trade publication), 630
— Inchgreen-Wagner (Inchgreen Engineering Co. Ltd.), 718
— JCB4 (J. C. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd), 337 Exhaust belt design in two-stroke diesels, by R. S. Benson, 194-195
— Valves. See Valves
Exhibition, Atoms at Work, 377
— British equipment in Romania, 390
— British, Stockholm, 681
— Building, exhibit of Galvatite galvanized sheets, 527
— CEGB, 743
— Chelsea Flower Show, exhibits at, 864
— Chemical and petroleum engineering, 321, 562, 721; welcome extended to schoolboys, 833; topics at, 843; report on, 844
— Compressed Air and Hydraulics, 554
— Construction Equipment and Road Show, 774
— Czechoslovak Industrial, 807
— Dairy Engineering, 710
— Eastern European Trade Fairs, Rootes Group participation in, 153
— Electrical Engineers, 353, 367, 426
— Electronic Components, 255 Control, 580
— Engineering Industries Association, 601
— Gateway to Britain, 806
?— Gateway to Britain, Stavenger, 744
— Geneva Motor Show, 421
— Hanover Industries Fair, 587
— Ideal Homes, Daily Mail, 321, 384
— Importers Machine Tool, 782
?— Industrial Research and Productivity, 423
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Exhibition, Institute of Physics and Physical Society, 49
— Instruments, Electronics and Automation,
686
— International Artificial Textiles, 465
Boat Show, exhibits at, 160
Household Goods and Hardware Fair, Festival Dinner, 31 3
Inventions and Commercial Development, 166
Refrigeration Fair, 523
Ship-building, Marine Engineering and Port Equipment, 774
— Liege International Fair, UK exhibits at, 840
— Leipzig Spring Fair, preparations for, 281;
British exhibitors at, 281
— London International Engineering, 615
— Mechanical Handling, 401, 621, 661
— Melbourne Trade Fair, 807
— National Industrial, Czechoslovakia, 631
— New York Motor Show, 569
—• Physical, 641
— Pipes and pipelines, 522
— Racing Car Show, 5
— Seattle World Fair, 126, 500
— Stockholm Trade Fair, sales figures, 744
— Utrecht Trade Fair, 505
Expanded Railmaster crane bridge (British MonoRail Ltd.), 623
Expandite Ltd., waterstop and joint sealer (trade publication), 32; bolt chart (trade publication), 568
Expansion joint, bridge. See Joint
Expelair ventilation equipment (Woods of Colchester Ltd.), 593
Explosion, atomic, to test seismographs, 52
— effect of on gasketed joints—electrical
equipment for use in flammable atmospheres, by H, G. Riddlestone, 157
— in inflammable atmospheres, effect of oil
head in preventing; safety in oil immersed apparatus, by H. G. Riddlestone and G. A, Jackson, 77
— Mine gallery test for, 717
Explosives, stone extraction without, 130 Exports of agricultural machinery, statistics and values, 409
— Aircraft industry, 113, 353
— Centre, course on United Kingdom and the
Common Market, 377
— Cinema films to promote, 441
— Credit Guarantee Department,
policies for exports, 665
— to Czechoslovakia, 33
— Electrical industry, 321
— Fordson tractors increasing, 681
— French aircraft industry, 41
Export incentives, 345
— Insurance policies, 665
— Marketing, problems of, by N.
345
— Qbstacles to, 409
— and output statistics for heavy
712
insurance
H. Stacey,
industries.
— Publicity service, world-wide (Central Office
of Information booklet), 537
— Segas oil gas plants (Power-Gas Corp.
Ltd.), 73
— Statistics, 601, 801
— Tinplate, 417
— Tobacco, 454. See LETTER, 580
— Tractors, 808
Expressions, Plain Words on, 678
Extension transducer. See Transducer
Extensometer, recording (Tensometer Ltd.), 784 Extinguisher, fire (Nu-Swift International Ltd.), 302
Extractors, washer, American Braun, 42 Extruding machine, cold, Troester, 468 Extrusion, aluminium, triangular (James Booth Aluminium Ltd.), 620
— Cold, 610
— Metal, mechanics of, by W. Johnson and
H. Kudo (book), 856
F
FABER, J., on Foundation Design Simply Explained (book), 728
Fabrics, coated (trade publication), 112
— Glass, ptfe-coated, self adhesive, Tygaflor
(Fothergill and Harvey Ltd.), 275 Fabrication with electro-slag welding, 693
— Welded, in aluminium bronze (W.
Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd.), 178
Facel Vega motor car, 773
Faceilia motor car, 773
Facing and boring heads (Garnet Products Ltd.), 750
Factory(ies) accidents. See Accidents
— Acts, 172-173, 329
1961; Short Guide to, 456
Relating to safety, by T. W. McCullough, 265
Structural requirements of (Ministry of Labour booklet), 331
— Advance standard, specification of. Northern
Ireland Government-built (Northern Ireland Development Council publication), 525
— Automation and layout for, by A. Goss,
780-781
— Departures in distribution of, 525
— Floor, management on, by J. Gloag (book),
72; (review), 823
Factory Orders, 456
Factory planning, 546
— Working conditions, discussion on, 265 Faeroes, telephone cable link with Iceland, 145 Fafnir Bearings Ltd., new factory for, 565 Fair, trade. See Exhibition
Fairbanks Whitney Corp., Tape-O-Matic drilling machine, 29
Fairburn and Hetherington, patents for Lancashire boiler, 410
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp., formation of SGS-Fairchild Ltd., 105 Fairclough, Leonard, Ltd., Bletchley Flyover, 52
Fairey Engineering Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 483; welding manipulator for Trawsfynydd atomic power station, 725; reconstruction of Brunel’s Chepstow Bridge, 270
P.
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., modernization scheme, Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. crane, 802
Fairthorne, R. A., on Towards
Retrieval (book), 376 Falcon Caribbean motor car, 5 Falcon locomotive, diesel-electric, trials of (Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 578
Falcon marine diesel engine (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 131
Falcon motor car (Falcon Shells Ltd.), 357
Falcon Shells Ltd., Falcon motor car, 357; loan of E-type Jaguar motor car for road tests by ENGINEERING, 741
Falk Corp., Steelffex coupling, 860
Falkirk Iron Co. Ltd., heat storage pellets, 633 Fallout, radioactive, equipment for predicting, 799
— Shelters, improving conditions in, 158-159 Fans for airhouse (Woods of Colchester Ltd.),
465
— Centrifugal, Spa (Tanks and Linings Ltd.), 11
— Discus (Utilities (London) Ltd.), 768 —? Motor. See Motor
— Two-Way (Colt Ventilation Ltd.), 768
— Venta-a-Matic (R. W. Simon Ltd.), 768
— Window extraction, 768
— Xpelair (Woods of Colchester Ltd.), 768 Far-Air Roll Kleen filters for Dungeness
atomic power station (Intermit Ltd.), 419 Faraday Lecture, 537
Farm tractors. See Tractors
Farmer Norton, Sir James, and Co., nip rolls from Rose, Downs and Thompson Ltd., 306
Farming, power. National conference on, 807
— See also Agriculture; Irrigation; Tractors Farnell Instruments Ltd., power supply unit,
814
Fames y Canudas, agreement with Auto Transmissions Ltd., 185
Farr, C., awarded Cotton Board travel scholarship, 232
Farrow and Jackson Ltd., Skysorlift elevating trolley, 204
Farthing, V. L., and Co. Ltd., sales of Hydrovane compressors, 401
Fashions, Plain Words on, 230
Fasteners, Insulgrip (George Goodman Ltd.), 644
Fatigue data for titanium base alloys, by R. J. Parker, 765-766
— Metallic, by W. J. Harris (review), 183
— Testing machine, Amsler Vibrophore,
765-766
Small tubes (Fine Tubes Ltd.), 196 Fawley Refinery, by R. V. Cornelius, 805 Fearon, J. H., on Progress in Non-Destructive Testing (book), 216
Feaster, Dr. G. R., on optitical maser, 479 Feather, V., speaker at course for shop stewards, 424; on safety at work, 585; on industrial relations, 688
Federation of British Industries, survey of industrial research. See LETTER, 6; Export Incentives, 345; reunion dinner of Overseas Scholars, 520; A Look at Japan, 569; The Japanese Economy, 569; engineering industries output, 801
— of Civil Engineering Contractors, scholar
ships, 171; Guide to the Construction Regulations, 1961, 329; annual report, 620 Federation Internationale des Societes d’Ingenieurs et Techniciens de I’Automobile (FISTA), conference of, 85
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, economic development of, 697
Feed pumps. See Pumps
— Unit, roll (Frank Lewis and Co. Ltd.), 234 Roll (Norton Tool Co.), 234 Feedback control in die casting, 820
Principles of, by C. H. Wilts (review), 759
— Systems, introduction to, by L. D. Harris
(book), 184; (review), 823
Feeder, dry (Paterson Engineering Co. Ltd.), 652
— Sheet metal, Crabtree, 757 Felici generator, 1
Felici, Prof. N. J., electrostatic spraying research, 382
Fellowes Gear Shaper Co., gear finishing machine, 815
Fellows-Stringer Ltd., Electralift hoists, 652 Femgard protective spectacles (Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd.), 303
Fenner, J. H., and Co. Ltd., SpacesaVer wedge belt drive for Glaisdale H tanker, 739 Fernie, A. P., on air conditioners, 704
Fertis, D. G., on Transverse Vibration Theory (review), 822
Ferodo Ltd., Ferodo AM brake lining family, 442-444; formation of, 442; historical note, 442; new factory at Caernarvon, 681 Feroelektro, dynamometers ordered from Heenan and Froude Ltd., 113
Ferranti Computer Centre, demonstration of work of Computaquants Ltd., 299
Ferranti Ltd., order to Ampex Great Britain Ltd. for tape handling machinery, 153; growing demand for Qrion computers, 153; growing demand for Atlas computers, 153; Micro-Comparator, 292; transmit and receive cells, 304; transfer line to speed meter machining, 340; uses of Pegasus computers, 361; cooperation with G. A. Hanscombe Partnership, 361; mobile data logging service, 511; transformers encapsulated in plastic, 853
Ferranti Meters Ltd., gamma radiation alarm, 175
Ferranti, Dr. S. Z. de, documents concerning, 742
Ferrari motor car, 521
Ferrite circuitry, square-loop; storage and logic techniques, by C. J. Quartly (book), 760
— Introduction for Microwave Engineers, by
R. A. Waldron (book), 280
Ferrochrome dies (Richard Sizer), 434 Ferrogel primer paints (John S. Craig Co. Ltd.), 499
Ferrule, self-tapping (Wavin Pipes Ltd.), 723
802; use of level luffing
Information
Ferry, cross-Channel, Free Enterprise (Townsend Brothers Ferries Ltd.), 227
Ferrybridge C power station, switchgear for (AEI Ltd.), 217; contract to Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 712
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd., order placed with Power-Gas Corp., 537 Fertis, D. G., on Transverse Vibration Theory (book), 32
Festiniog Railway, 769
Fette, Wilhelm, Hanseaten Selecta tablet filling and tube closing machine, 591
Fezer, Albert, Maschinenfabrik GmbH, vacuum lifting equipment, 587
Fiat Tractors Ltd., earth moving equipment, 718
Fiat of Turin, sea trials of large bore diesel engine, 450-451; diesel engine for tanker Raffaele Cafiero, 450-451
Fibre and cotton industries, electricity and, conference on, 244
— Glass. See Glass fibre
— Pitch (trade publication), 824
Fibreglass Ltd., Fibreglass Superfine lightweight glass fibre insulation, 755
Fields, electromagnetic, and waves, by R. V. Langmuir (review), 408
— High-voltage, 383
— Static, in electricity and magnetism, by
D. H. Travena (book), 152
— Theory for engineers, by P. Moon and
D. E. Spencer (review), 247-248
Fielden Electronics Ltd., temperature indicator and controller (trade publication), 72
Fielden, G. B. R., on technical education, 520 Fielding and Platt Ltd., plate stretching machine for Compagnie Generale du Duralumin et du Cuivre, 707; hydraulic press, 751
Fiedler, W, J., review of Gas and Air Compression Machinery, 151-152; biographical note, 152
Fiesta range of instruments (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.), 368
Filing of drawings, BS3437-1961, 280
— Personal, adaptable system of, by D. E.
Bagley, 493
Filler, epoxy, for concrete column joints (British Lift Slab Ltd.), 723
Film, adhesive. Scotchweld (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 531
— Cinema, on asphalt roads 362
Course on making, 729
“ Dexion on Great Occasions,” 441
Electron microscopy, 537
“ Entropy,” 505
Power development to prosperity, 271
to promote exports, 441
Queen’s Highway, 362
Structural steel at our fingertips, 270
Thinking of tomorrow, 369
Transportation in Japan, 271
World of semi-conductors, 537
Film Cooling Towers (1925) Ltd., asbestos cement troughs for cooling towers, 584
Film, polyester, Melinex (ICI Ltd.), 147
Mylar (Durham Raw Materials Ltd.), 179
(Ozalid Co. Ltd.), 147
— Processing machine (Deajac Products Ltd.),
302
Filter-Agglomerator-Sediment unit, CAV (CA V Ltd.), 43
Filter, air (Nuquip Ltd.), 652
— Aircraft, clean room assembly of (Palmer
Aero Products Ltd.), 785
— Bag, Holmes-Multiflux (W. C. Holmes &
Co. Ltd.), 463
Holmes-Retroflux (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 463
— Dust, Dalamatic (Dallow Lambert Ltd.),
720
— Far-Air Roll Kleen, for Dungeness atomic
power station (Intermit Ltd.), 419
— Leaves of Duraglas glass fibre, 530
— Microdisc (Vokes Ltd.), 43
— Microwire (Vokes Ltd.), 43
— Notch, 510
— Pads of mineral wool (Stillite Products
Ltd.), 67
— Pressure (Davey, Paxman and Co. Ltd.), 845
— Units, Dri-clone (Locker Industries Ltd.),
579
Findlay A-line vacation house, 384
Findlay, Irvine Ltd., Autovent ventilation system, 864
Fine Tubes Ltd., fatigue testing small tubes, 196; high quality fine tubing, 753; stainless steel tubes (trade publication), 790
Finex Gyratory Sieve, Russell (Russell Constructions Ltd.), 218-220
Finish, building. Sandtex (Cement Marketing Co.), 67
— Clear, performance of on exterior timber,
by K. R. Bussell and P. J. Goldstraw, 330
— Surface, scales. See Scales
Finlayson, Dr., appointed head of British Iron and Steel Research Association’s energy section, 768
Finnegan, J. F., and Co., Quick-Fix plastic double glazing mounting, 640
Fire at Birmingham factory of Morris Commercial Cars, 725
— Detection (trade publication), 600
— Detectors for power stations (Sound
Diffusion (Auto-thermatic) Ltd.), 479
— Extinguisher (Nu-Swift International Ltd.),
302
— Gas, Walmer, 138
— Hazard with diesel trains and locomotives,
41
— Qffices’ Committee, formation of Fire
Protection Association, 833
— Protection Association, report on fires in
1961, 833
— Statistics on damage due to, 833 Firebricks. See Refractory materials Firedamp alarm. See Alarm
Fireproof Tanks Ltd., Hycadamp metal/rubber laminate to damp vibration, 499
Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., giant tyres for dump trucks, 305; Airide air-suspension semi-trailers, 418
Firestreak missile, de Havilland, 563
Firms, creation of British subsidiaries by American companies, 585
— Debts due to, 808
— Growth of, and development of managers,
by Dr. A. T. M. Wilson, 296
— Smaller, and technical education, by
P. R. R. Venables and W. J. Williams (book), 408
First Electric Corp, of South Africa, components for electric locomotives, 313
Firth Cleveland Extrusions Ltd., exhibit at
Liege International Fair, 840
Firth Cleveland Group, subsidiaries of, 369; to purchase share capital of Tyne Wire Rope Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 369
Firth Cleveland Reinforcement Ltd., plastic panels to protect building work, 298
Firth Cleveland Tools Ltd., Cut-a-Mark marking gauge, 461; Surform standard blade, 506-508
Firth, Thos., and John Brown Ltd., position and prospects, 145; dividends, 145; financial statistics, 145
Firth-Vickers Ltd., high quality vacuum arc-melted steel, 146
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd., annealing furnace from AEI-Birlec Ltd., 73; expenditure on modernization, 273; development of Centrispinning stainless steel centrifugal castings, 434; stainless steel for T188 research aircraft, 549
Firthbourn Ltd., Perles percussion and rotary drill, 461
Fischer, Artur, nylon wall plug, 299
Fischer, L. J., on Combustion Engineers’
Handbook (review), 31 Fish trap. See Trap Fishbacher, R. E., review of Value Engineer
ing, 759; biographical note, 760
Fisher and Ludlow Ltd., “ Flowplan Team,” 469; materials handling consultancy service, 469; Flowplan Team, 661; mechanical handling equipment, 661
Fisher, N., chairman of panel to investigate teaching machines, 488
Fishgraph, Marconi (Marconi International
Marine Communication Co. Ltd.), 186-188 Fishing Gear Congress, International, 775 Fishwick, Dr. W., review of Mechanics of
Vibration, 375; biographical note, 376 Fisons Fertilisers Ltd., use of Duraline ebonite as tank lining, 626
Fissile material, simplified measurement of (UKAEA), 253
FISTA. See Federation Internationale des Societes d’Ingenieurs et Techniciens de r Automobile
Fitch motor car stacking system (Peter J.
Garrini and Associates Ltd.), 537 Fittings (trade publication), 440
— Brass (Barking Brassware Co. Ltd.), 756
— and furnishings (Spencers Joinery Ltd.), 547
— Pipe, stainless steel, BS3439-1961, 280 Fixture design, handbook of, by F. W. Wilson
and J. M. Holt (review), 824
— Die grinding (Alfred Herbert Ltd.), 524 Flame cutting. See Cutting
— and industry, symposium on, 647
— Plating of tungsten carbide (Union Carbide
Ltd.), 499
Flammable atmospheres. See Atmospheres Flash back arrestor, Tri-Sure (Baddeley Engineering Co. Ltd.), 425
— Point, Abel, BS3442-1961, 280 Flat design, Morris Committee on, 40 Flats, living in (report), 40
— Optical (Payne Products International), 576 Flaw detector (trade publication), 664
Introview, for non-ferrous metals (Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd.), 784
Ultrasonic (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 652 Ultrasonic, Sonatest (Research and Control Instruments Ltd.), 398
Fleetleader trailer (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.), 757 Fleming Radio (Developments)
sorting machine, 266 Fletcher, T., on work study, 729 Flexello Castors and Wheels Ltd.,
castors, 494
Flexural Vibrations of Rotating
F. M. Dimentberg (review), 110
Flight, orbital, design guide to, by J. Jensen,
G. Townsend, J. Kork and D. Kraft (book), 790
— Visual, simulator for (Redifon Ltd.), 644 Floating dock. See Dock
Floor covering adhesive, Evo Stik 873 (Evode Ltd.), 526
— Densified wood, Permatred (Permali Ltd.),
818
Wood, users’ comments on, 818
— Mosaic, designs for Coventry Cathedral, 684
— Q-Floor (Robertson Thain Ltd.), 527
— Qce-Floor, with built-in ducts (Robertson
Thain Ltd.), 527
— Timber, design of to prevent dry rot, 169 Flooring, epoxy resin, RB731 (Rowan &
Boden Ltd.), 619
— System, lightweight, Elaflor (Archibald
Low and Sons Ltd.), 51
Flow indicator (W. H. Bailey and Co.), 204 (Liquid Systems Ltd.), 234 (Stainless Steel Engineers Ltd.), 204
— Measurement
(book), 184 Ljungmans
Ltd.), 844 Flow Stop pipe
Tool Co. Ltd.), 233 Flower Show, Chelsea, exhibits at, 864 “ Flowplan Team ” of Fisher and Ludlow Ltd.,
469, 661
Flowstream process control valves (Hunt and Mitton Ltd.), 686
Flowthrough Spectra absorptiometer (Evans Electroselenium Ltd.), 687
Floyd, Dr. W. F., on safety, 697 Fluid coupling. See Coupling
— Cutting, 287
Fluid-Drive shears (Joseph Rhodes and Sons Ltd.), 334
— Dynamics. See Dynamics
— Hydraulic, and engineering applications, by
R. H. Warring (book), 568
Ltd., slug
scaffolding
Shafts, by
and meters, by A. Linford
Ekameter (J. S. Webber
squeezers (Argali Machine
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Fluid, hydraulic, silicone, Silcodyne
(ICl Ltd.), 320
— Mechanics. See Mechanics
— Mixing units (Lightning Mixers Ltd.), 579
— Power equipment (trade publication), 184 Fluidized bed for paper drying, 415 Fluorescence measuring unit (W. Harrison), 50 Fluvent-Saphyre distribution boards (Parmiter,
Hope and Sugden Ltd.), 367
Flux, Tenacity No. 5 (Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 243
Flyover, Bletchley, prestressed concrete for, 52 Foam, rigid, polyurethane, to fill ships’ rudder
to prevent corrosion (ICI Ltd.), 4 Foil, coated, Telstic (Telcon Plastics Ltd.), 527
— Thin metal (Telcon Metals Ltd.), 435 Metal, uses of, 435
Folding machines for metal semi-automated
(Burco Ltd.), 405
Follsain-Wycliffe Foundries Ltd., Penetral process for aluminium-impregnated steel, 722
Fontargen El 16 cast iron welding electrode (Welding Improvements Ltd.), 307
Food equipment, external factors affecting, 134 Future events in, 134
Industry, investment and expansion in, 136
Industry, management and labour in, 136 Industry, production in, 136
Market trends in, 135 Outlook for 1962, 133-136 Technical developments in, 133
— Handling equipment (Baker Perkins Group),
149
— •—? Equipment (Pressoturn Ltd.), 135
— Mixing machine. Cannon Power Maid, 576 Machine (Jeloy Stansefabrikk), 320 Foord, Dr. S. G., review of Modern Dielectric
Materials, 311; biographical note, 312 Forbes, Sir Archibald, on Britain’s export situation, 345
Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Zodiac motor car, 485; tractor (trade publication), 536; tractor plant for Basildon, 665; polyurethane rubber mouldings for motor cars, 691 Ford-Werke AG, BSA-Detroit broaching machines for (BSA Tools Ltd.), 148
Ford Zodiac motor car tops the “ ton,” by G. Wilkins, 485
Fordson tractors, increasing exports, 681 Foreign Service, recruitment to, 456
Foreman, (Industrial Welfare Society booklet), 360
Foremen, elections for? by G. Thomas, 688
— and shop stewards together, 688
— Training, inside view of, by J. J. Henderson,
837
Forest Products Research Laboratory, Preservative Treatment of Timber by Brushing, Spraying and Immersion, 240; machine for stress grading timber, 754
Forging, drop. See Hammer
— Hammer. See Hammer
— Press. See Press
— Steel, for helicopter rotor shaft (Tubes
Ltd.), 106
for lathe spindle (Tubes Ltd.), 106 — for mainshaft of jet engine (Tubes Ltd.), 106
for printing roller (Tubes Ltd.), 106 for truck axle tube (Tubes Ltd.), 106 Tubular, recent uses of, 106
? Tubular (Tubes Ltd.), 106
Form and growth, by D. W. Thompson and J. T. Bonner (review), 278
Formapex laminate for gaskets (loco Ltd.), 627 Formica Industrial Sales Conference, 569 Forming head (Joshua Heap), 651
Formula 1 contenders prepare for 1962, by
B. Lister, 125
— Fundamental, of physics, by D. H. Menzel
(book), 630
— Pipe design, and rupture data, by W. B.
Carlson and D. Duval, 829
Forrest, James, Lecture, 257
Forseth, E., mosaic floor designs for Coventry Cathedral, 684
Forster, S. A. S., on British Government’s Trading Estates, 464; on industrial location, 525
Forth River crossing of super-grid, 528 Fortiflex rubber-resin material (Dunlop Rubber
Co. Ltd.), 179
Tool box (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 755 Forty, F. J,, Blackfriars Improvement Scheme, 712
Forza centre lathe (Euco Tools Ltd.), 398 Fospryme phosphate primer (Hellerman Ltd.), 107
Foster, K., review of Water Hammer in Hydraulics and Wave Surges in Electricity, 854; biographical note, 856
Foster Wheeler-John Brown Land Boilers Consortium, boilers for Eggborough power station, 3; boiler units for Eggborough power station, 73
Fothergill and Harvey Ltd., Tyglas reinforcing for plastics, 211; Tygaflor self-aahesive ptfe-coated glass fabric, 275
Foundation of Canada Engineering Corp. Ltd., Deas Island tunnel, 847
— Deep, introduction to, and sheet-piling,
by D. H. Lee (book), 504
— Design and construction of, by G.
Manning (review), 470
— Design simply explained, by J. Faber and
F. Mead (book), 728
— Digger, Williams, 130
Foundry Congress, International, 820 Foundry and Metallurgical Equipment Co. Ltd.,
Brown-Boveri electric pressure drier, 164; core blower, 205
Foundry, steel, for Weir Group, 744 Year, firms participating, 757
— See also Castings; Moulding Foundryman, liaison with, by G. H. Charsley,
27
Fountain, D. M., on Millbank Tower, 129 Fourier analysis, introduction to, by R. D.
Stuart (book), 184
— Transforms and experimental correlograms,
by N. F. Barber (book), 248
Fourways (Engineers) Ltd., hinged boom conveyor, 622
Fowell, G., Gitane motor car, 842
Fox, Samuel, and Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 65; to increase capacity, 65; Silver Fox 17 Mo ferritic stainless steel, 371
Fox, W. J., on Marine Steam Engines and Turbines (book), 856
Frame, garden, Humex (Roberts Electrical Co. Ltd.), 192
Framework, lightweight modular steel (Sanders and Forster), 331
— Steel, aids to designers of, 92
France, growth of exports of aircraft industry, 41
France liner, 41; Decca radar for, 123; design details of, 122-123; neoprene decks for (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 403
France, machine tool trades statistics, 673
?— See also French
Francis, J. R. D., review of Handbook on Fluid Dynamics, 31; biographical note, 32
Francis, V. J., appointed head of Hirst Research Centre, 337; biographical note, 337
Franks, Sir Oliver, to join National Economic Development Council, 232
Fraser, Andrew, and Co. Ltd., hydraulic power pack, 205
Frede, W. E., on Bauelemente der Regelungs- technik (review), 150
Free Enterprise cross-Channel ferry (Townsend Brothers Ferries Ltd.), 227
Free Society, agenda for (Institute of Economic Affairs) (review), 503
Freeman, Fox and Partners, Medway Bridge, 394-395; Severn Road Bridge, 712; Greater London traffic survey, 741
Freeman, N. T., on Protective Clothing and Devices (book), 664
Freeth, D., opening of Atoms at Work exhibition, 377; visit to National Institute of Industrial Psychology, 456
Freeze drying equipment. Thermoplate used for (Mitchell Engineering Ltd.), 370
Equipment (Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston) Ltd.), 135
Plant (Vickers-Armstrongs (South Martson) Ltd.), 153
Freight carried by UK airlines, 141
— Railway, computer copes with, 396-397
— Terminal activities, 397
— Traffic, input channels of, 396
Transport, analysis of, 396
Freighter Industries (SA) Pty. Ltd., products of Duraglas glass fibre, 530
Fremantle-Kalgoorlie railway, tenders for, 505 French Line, liner France, 41
French National Railways, use of Permatred densified wood floors, 818
— See also France
French, W. C., Ltd., new factory for Victualic Co. Ltd., and Stewarts and Lloyds Plastics Ltd., 724
Freon compressors. See Compressors Frequency, accurate measurement of, 351 Frey, F., on Procurement of Chip Removing Machine Tools (review), 343
Friend, W. A., review of Industrial Injuries, 758; biographical note, 760
Friendship Seven, space ship, 257
Frieseke and Hoepfner GmbH, coil winding machines, 588
Frigates for Argentina, 113
— Crescent, use of variable depth sonar, 703 Fringe benefits. See Benefits
Frisch-Fay, R., on Flexible Bars (book), 728 Frith, Dr. R., on British instruments in
American satellites, 300
Frood, H., formation of Ferodo Ltd., 442; biographical note, 442
Froome, Dr. K., research in field of accurate measurement, 447; award of Wolfe Award, 447; biographical note, 447; development of Mekometer, 447
Fruehauf International Ltd., merger with Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., 757; historical note, 757
Frye Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Juaristi horizontal boring machine, 783
FTO network for railroads, 397
Fuel cell, 641
— Diesel, separating water from, 43
Fuel Efficiency Co. Ltd., Defensor air humidifier, 588
Fuel injection system, hydraulic (British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association), 415
— Jet propulsion, by N. A. Ragozin (book), 600
— Liquid. See Oil fuel
— Nuclear. See Atomic fuel
— Oil. See Oil fuel
— Pump. See Pump
— Smokeless, 433
Coalite (Coalite and Chemical Products Ltd.), 433
— Solid, firing, course on, 616
Handling equipment for (Charrold Ltd.), 609
Fujitaka, Dr., on 300 MW frequency changer, 713
Fuller, A. T., on Automatic and Remote Control (review), 342
Fuller, F. M., recommended for post of chief engineer and county surveyor for LCC, 392
Fungus, cellular. See Rot, wet
Funnel design of liner France, 123
Furnaces (trade publication), 216
— Annealing for Firth-Vickers (AEI-Birlec
Ltd.), 73
— Bell-type (GEC Ltd.), 149
— Electric, portable (Weldangrind Ltd.), 292
— Flexible, Electro-Thermal, 847
— High-temperature (trade publication), 568
— High-temperature, tantalum-tube (National
Bureau of Standards), 723
— Industrial, by W. Trinks and M. H.
Mawhinney (book), 600
— Laboratory (Spembly Ltd.), 355
— Open hearth, design, by A. S. Lychagin,
(book), 760
— (Salem-Brosius Ltd.), 796
— Stress-relieving (Cooper Electroheat Ltd.)
482-483
— Stress-relieving, low cost of, 482-483
Furnace technology, modern, by H. Ethering- ton and G. Etherington (review), 183-184
— Thermoplate used for (AEI-Birlec Ltd.), 370
— Vacuum induction, alloys from, 498 Lectromelt (McGraw-Edison Co.), 146 Melting (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 37
— Vertical, for Lucas Gas Turbine Equipment
Ltd. (White and Riches Ltd.), 840
— See also Coke oven
Furnascote Ltd., Plastic Furnascote mouldable refractory containing zircon, 179
Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., floating dock for Poland, 473
Furnishings and fittings (Spencers Joinery Ltd.), 547
Furniture Development Council, preventing accidents in the furniture industry, 697
— Industry, preventing accidents in, 697 Fursdon, Maj. E., on shallow drilling in desert
conditions, 560
Furse, W. J., and Co. (Manchester) Ltd., tube mill for Tube Investments Group, 796 Fuse-switchgear and contactor starters (trade publication), 312
Fusion, controlled, and plasmas, by D. J. Rose and M. Clark Jr. (review), 662
Future Metropolis, by L. Rodwin (review), 788 Fysson, C. J. R., and Son Ltd., belt conveyor, 622
GADEAU, R., on aluminium in road vehicles, 338
Gailey Caravan Group, Delta caravan, 544
Gainsborough Cornard Ltd., steam accumulator plant (Daniels (BBA) Ltd.), 227
Gainsborough, Dr. G. F., appointed secretary of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 265; biographical note, 265
Gaitskell, H., address to Town and Country Planning Association, 525
Galbraith, Prof. J. K., on Affluent Society, b88 Gallon, J., on diamond and Sahara drilling,797 Galloway, Dr. D. F., activity with International Institution of Production Engineering Research, 769
Galvalloy protective coating (Stewart Wales Somerville Ltd.), 403
Galvanised cisterns, life of, 422
Galvanised sheet. See Sheet
Galvatite galvanised sheets, extra long for roofing (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 527
Game of croquet, mechanics of, by C. R. Calladine and J. Heyman, 861-863
Garnet, L., design of roller bearings, 564
Garnet Products Ltd., taper roller bearings, 564; facing and boring heads, 750
Gamma engine (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259
Gamma radiation alarm (Ferranti Meters), 175 Gamma ray equipment (Pantak Ltd.), 302 Gandy Ltd., belting (trade publication), 664 Gangways, mobile test rig for, 171 Ganymede System of heat storage (Allied Ironfounders Ltd.), 632-634
Garbage disposal unit, Prestcold, 140
— Municipal, incineration of, 778
Garda pool (Harold Sellers), 416
Garden, electricity in, 192
— Frame, Humex (Roberts Electrical Co.
Ltd.), 192
— Motor unit (Heli-Strand Tools Ltd.), 288
— Tools, 288
Gardner, J. Starkie, Ltd., spire for Coventry Cathedral, 685
Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., acquired by Plessey Co. Ltd., 105
Garrini, Peter J., Associates Ltd., Fitch motor car stacking system, 537
Carringtons Ltd., induction heating plant (trade publication), 856
Garston ball valve, 352
Gas, advance of, 137
— Argon, shrouds of Sintox alumina ceramic,
594
— Bearings. See Bearings
— Boards, liquid gas storage tanks for, 281
— Chromatograph (trade publication), 72
— Coke oven, cleaning of, symposium on, 518
— Compressors. See Compressors
— Council, special gas cookers, 256
— Detector (Siebe, Gorman and Co. Ltd.), 266
— Engineering, industrial, by H. P. Lupton
(review), 182
— Fire. See Fire
— Flue, measurement of solids in, by P. G. W.
Hawksley, S. Badzioch and J. H. Blackett (book), 824
— Liquefied, industry, requirements of, by
L. C. Percival, 27
Petroleum, uses, 308-309
— Mains for Russia, 467
— Meter. See Meter
— Natural storage of for peak demand, 332-333
— Petroleum, plant (trade publication), 32
— Plants, oil, Segas, exports of (Power-Gas
Corp. Ltd.), 73
— Reservoirs in British porous rock structures,
by C. Johnson, 332
— Sentinel valve for sealing from atmosphere
(Saturn Industrial Gases Ltd.), 451
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Works. See Gasworks
— See also under specific gases
Gasification plant, Lurgi, for Scottish Gas Board (Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd.), 548 Lurgi, at Westfield (Scottish Gas Board), 142
Gasket material of asbestos/rubber, Accopac (Armstrong Cork Co. Ltd.), 819
— Syropex and Formapex laminates for (loco
Ltd.), 627
Gasketed joints, effect of explosions on— electrical equipment for use in flammable atmospheres, by H. G. Riddlestone, 157 Gasoline. See Petrol
Gastronome’s delight—or nightmare? 596-597 Gasworks, Gothenburg, Segas oil gas plant for (Power-Gas Corp. Ltd.), 73
Gate, caisson, for Princess Dock (Sir William Arrol and Co.), 559
Gate Machinery Co. Ltd., Azeta universal milling machine, 204
Gateway to Britain exhibition, 744, 806 Gauges (trade publication), 440
— Control, ionization (N.G.N. Electrical
Ltd.), 334
— Level, Port Hole (Richard Klinger Ltd.), 718
— Marking, Cut-a-Mark (Firth Cleveland
Tools Ltd.), 461
— and observation glasses, BS 3463-1962, 280
— Pneumatic, PML (Engineering and Scientific
Equipment Ltd.), 131
— Pressure, comparator (I.V. Pressure Con
trollers Ltd.), 234
— Strain, for design and control, 413-414 Foil construction of, 414
Historical note on, 413
Optical, Aminco-Tuckerman (V. A. Howe and Co. Ltd.), 234
Pit monitors, 447
Resistance (Saunders-Roe Ltd.), 413-414 Simple principles of, 413
Gazette, Ministry of Labour (book), 616 G.B. Film Library (Perivale), redesignated Rank Film Library, 598
Gear, A. M., and Associates, new factory for Victaulic Co. Ltd. and Stewarts and Lloyds Plastics Ltd., 724
Gear backlash: meaning and measurement, by
A. M. Gunner, 706 (see Correction, 772)
?—? Finishing machine, Fellowes (Alfred Herbert Ltd.), 815
Machine Fellowes Gear Shaper Co.), 815
— Handbook; Design, Manufacture and
Application of Gears, by D. W. Dudley (book), 568
— Load Capacity, by W. A. Tuplin (book), 856
— Laminated plastic (trade publication), 312
— Production (trade publication), 664
— Spur, helical, bevel and worm,
Houghton (reviewj), 70
— Unit, Radicon (David Brown
Ltd.), 762-764
Gearbox (Higgs Motors Ltd.), 814
— (Ortlinghaus-Werke), 494
— (Soag Machine Tools Ltd.), 494
— Synchronizer cones (Machine
Ltd.), 290
GEC (Communications) Ltd., paraboloid aerials from John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., 817
GEC Engineering Group, development of automatic welding head, 597
GEC (Engineering) Ltd., equipment for Macao Electric Lighting Co. Ltd., 33; asynchronous running tests of large generators, 272; wagon tippler for South Durham Steel and Iron Co., 341; electric motors for steelworks, 426; Cycolac T plastics casing for Anita calculator, 435; Vibrex vibrating screen, 622; research on turbine blade vibration, 708
GEC (Research) Ltd., formation of, 337; O. W. Humphreys appointed chairman, 337
Gemini Mk. 4 motor car, 645
General Electric Co. Ltd., collaboration with International Computers and Tabulators Ltd. 105; to pool semiconductor resources with Mullard Ltd., 113; bell type furnaces for Pirelli-General, 149; formation of GEC (Research), Ltd., 337; furnace interests merged with Efco Ltd., 337; solenoids (trade publication), 408; formation of International Systems Control Ltd., 431; equipment for Bankside control room of CEGB, 457; vacuum induction furnace for Jessop-Saville Ltd., 498; to leave Magnet House, 689; new office arrangements, 689; electric motors (trade publication), 696; materials handling equipment for Halifax self-unloading ship, 835; use of Tila Super polyester boards, 851: General Electric Co. (US), economical atomic generation of electricity, 161; Tables of the Individual and Cumulative Terms of Poisson distribution (book), 664
General Engineering Co. (Radcliffe), Ltd., use of wire race bearings, 786
General Post Office, employees work-to-rule, 48; to experiment with unpainted aluminium vehicle bodies, 107; SCOT-ICE telephone cable link, 145; PABX telephone dictating system, 177; growing demand for telephones, 353; subscriber trunk dialling, 353
General Refractories Ltd., refractories (trade publication), 216; conference, 648
Generator, atomic, SNAP-7E, deep sea, for USAEC (Martin Co.), 768
— DC signal (G. and E. Bradley Ltd.), 814
— delay (Marconi), 494
— Fast-neutron (Elliott-Automation Ltd.), 37
— Felici, 1
— Large, running asynchronously, 272
— Nanosecond pulse (Marconi Instruments
Ltd.), 686
— for Priest Rapids power station (English
Electric Co. Ltd.), 25
— Steam, Vaporex (Wanson and Co. Ltd.), 651
— Thermoelectric, portable (Westinghouse),
117
— Turbo (Bristol-Siddeley), 37
for Eggborough power station (AEI Ltd.), 3
Sets for Australia (C. A. Parsons and Co. Ltd.), 473
for Thorpe Marsh power station, 611
— Van de Graff, 1
— See also Alternator: Turbo Geneva disarmaments conference, 321
— Motor Show, 421
Genevac Ltd., Measuvac McLeod gauge, 50; high vacuum equipment (trade publication), 184
Geological cross section of Chilcomb, 333
— Explorations (BP Exploration Co.), 332
— Society of America, formation of committee
on rock mechanics, 363
Geology, dam, by R. C. S. Walters (book), 696 Geometry and drawing, engineering, by R. P. Hoelscher and C. H. Springer (book), 184
— Engineering, and drawing, by R. P. Hoels
cher and C. H. Springer (review), 694
George, F. H., on Brain as a Computer (book), 856
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ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
George Washington submarine, 13
Gerdts, Gustav F., Gestra Vaposcope steam trap indicator, 366
Gerlinger carrier (Towmotor Corp.), 681
German lightweight overhead crane, by Dr. Ing. H. Ernst, 642-643
Germany, orders placed for marine gas turbine engines with Bristol-Siddeley Engines Ltd., 776
— Use of lignite for power stations, 579 Gerrard Industries Ltd., exhibit at Liege
International Fair, 840
Gessler, J., on what does a Hovercraft do? 230 Gestetner Ltd., wheels and stylus points of silver steel, 66
Gestra Vaposcope steam trap indicator (I.V. Pressure Controlllers Ltd.), 366
Gibb, Sir Alexander, and Partners, London- South Wales Motorway, 217
Gijon University, apprentice competition, 456 Gilbert Associates, architect-engineers to Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
Gill, D. A., on case for an analogue, 716
Gill, W. H., on Emden and Watson’s Building Contracts and Practice (book), 728
Gilmour-Brown, A., on method study and safety, 697
Girders. See also Beams; Bridges Girdlestone Pumps Ltd., pumps, 844
Girieve, Ing. J., responsibility for developments in Peru, 217
Gitane motor car (G. Fowell), 842
GK knife grinding machine (Thomas White and Sons Ltd.), 752
GKN Steel Co. Ltd., Sir Douglas Bruce- Gardner appointed deputy chairman, 305 Glacier Metal Co. Ltd., Glacier Project, 48; position and prospects, 817
Glacier Project of Glacier Metal Co. Ltd., 48 Glaisdale H tanker, SpacesaVer wedge belt drive for, 739
Glands for armoured cables (Hawke Cable Glands Ltd.), 579
Glare in industrial environments, 213
Glass in Architecture and Decoration, by R. McGrath and A. C. Frost (book), 696
— Fabric. See Fabric
— Fibre in boat and yacht building, 160 Duraglas (Turner Bros.), 530
Insulation, Superfine lightweight (Fibreglass Ltd.), 755
— Industry, use of LPG in, 309
— Observation and gauge, BS 3463-1962, 280
— Reinforced Plastics, by P. Morgan (book),
248
— Stained, for Coventry Cathedral, 684
— Technical, by M. B. Volf (review), 598 Glasshouses (V, and N. Hartley Ltd.), 192 Glazing, double, plastic sheet for (Norsk
Plastic Industri), 640
Quick-Fix plastic mounting for (J. F. Finnegan and Co.), 640
Vitroslab (Plyglass Ltd.), 640
Gleave, J. L., control tower for Prestwick Airport, 527
Glebe Mines Ltd., to amalgamate with Cupola Mining and Milling Co. Ltd., 433
Glenn, Col. J., three orbit space flight, 257 Glide path indicator, visual RAE-Thorn (Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.), 698-700
Glidestock Pallet storage system, Dexion (Dexion Group), 217
Gloag, J., on Management on the Factory Floor (book), 72; (review), 823
Global satellites. See Satellites
Globe Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ltd., tube expanding machine for buried pipeline valve operation, 420
Glossary of Terms used in Nuclear Science, 534 Glue applicator, Instant-Lok (National Adhesives Ltd.), 555
— Resin, Cascamite (Leicester, Lovell and Co.
Ltd.), 243
Cascophen (Leicester, Lovell and Co. Ltd.), 243
Glulam roof trusses (Rainham Timber Engineering Co. Ltd.), 813
GM Power Plant Co. Ltd., internal combustion engines for refrigerated vehicles, 595; cooperation with Calor Gas (Distributing) Co. Ltd., 595
Gnome Project atomic detonation with an engineering purpose (USAEC), 767
Godfrey, G. B., on allowable stresses in axially loaded steel struts, 486
Gold film windows. See Windows
Gol’denveizer, A. L., on Theory of Elastic Thin Shells (book), 760
Goldberg, A. J., on pay pause policy in US, 168 Goldsmid, H. J., on Thermal Conduction in Semiconductors (book), 184
Goldsmith, K., review of Leitertafeln. Ein- facher Aufljau und praktische Anwendung von Fluchtlinientafeln, 629; biographical note, 630
Goldsmith, M., on Metalastik Ltd., 593
Goldstein, A., review of Design and Construction of Foundations, 470; biographical note, 472; review of Prestressed Concrete, 534; biographical note, 536
Goldstein, Prof. S., on extensions of the theory of laminar boundary layer, 168; on backward unretarded boundary layers, 168; on electrodynamics of moving and deforming media, 168; on fundamentals of a continuum theory of magneto-hydrodynamics, 168
Goldstraw, P. J., on Performance of Clear Finishes on Exterior Timber, 330
Golodetz, M., association with BTR Industries Ltd. and US Rubber International (Great Britain) Ltd., 409; conveyor belting for Russia, 409
Goode, Prof. H. H., computer techniques in traffic engineering, 364-365
Goodison, C. E., on use of radar for cloud and precipitation detection, 301
Goodman,
644
Goodman, thorne
Goodman,
Remote Control, 342; biographical note, 344
George, Ltd., Insulgrip fasteners.
J. L., on Western Electric Hawplant, 265
L. L., review of Automatic and
Goodyear Pumps Ltd., pump for pumping ceramic slip, 124; mine face drainage pumps, 622
Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain) Ltd., gunite hose, 52
Goonhilly Downs satellite ground station, 257 Gordon, on Higher Education for Business in the USA, 236
Gordon and Gotch Ltd., agreement with Adhesive Tapes Ltd., on sale organization for Sellotape, 209
Gordon and Gotch (Sellotape) Ltd., to transfer all business to Sellotape Products Ltd., 209 Gosling, W., on Design of Engineering
Systems (book), 408
Goss, A., on modern design for trading estates, 614; on automation and layout for factories, 780-781
Gothenburg Gasworks, Segas oil gas plant for (Power-Gas Corp. Ltd.), 73
Gothic, high, by H. Jantzen (book), 728 Gough, C. F. H., opening of exhibition for
Engineering Industries Association, 601 Government and industry, science in (Associa
tion of Scientific Workers publication), 353
— Local, review of structure in, 257
— National, review of structure in, 257
— Research for the designer, 610 GPO. See General Post Office
G.Q. Parachute Co., tests on nylon load strops,
67
Grabbe, E. M., on Handbook on Automation,
Computation and Control (book), 408 Graduate, arts, in industry (Acton Society
Trust publication), 697
— Directory of opportunities for (book), 504
— Training, conference on, 428
Experiments in, symposium on, 263 Group project, by G. M. Russell, 428-429 Making it effective, 428
Graham Clark lecture by Sir Lionel Heald, 449 Graham, D., on Analysis of Nonlinear Control
Systems (book), 216; (review), 823 Graham Firth Steel Products Ltd., use of wire race bearings, 786
Grain distribution in oil sands, 416
Granby, Paul, and Co, Ltd., Hasenclever friction screw press, 304
Grannie oil absorbent (Sternol Ltd.), 243 Grant, M., on high tensile bolts for structural engineering, 238; on high strength grip bolts, 263
Granville, J. W., on Miniature and Microminiature Electronics (book), 344
Graphite dies. See Dies
Graphite lubrication. See Lubrication Grasso pneumatic hammer (B. O. Morris Ltd.), 132
Graves, H. N., on Descriptive Analysis of the Principles and Methods of Training Graduate Engineers, 428-429
Graving Dock. See Dock
Gray, C., on universal beams. See LETTER, 86 Graydons Industrial and Marine Plastics Ltd., plastic chimney stacks, 274
Graydons Industrial and Marine Plastics Ltd., plastic quenching towers for Northern Gas Board, 813
Greases, complex processing of (Castrol Ltd.), 286-287
— Liquid, Molyslip (Slip Group), 453
— Making, 287 Great Lakes ships, 835
Great Northern Telegraph Co. of Denmark, SCOT-ICE telephone cable link, 145
Greater London Authority and London County Council, 257
Greece, microwave radio network for (Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd.), 744
Green, A., on courses for shop stewards, 265; opening of conference on cooperation in commerce and industry, 424; on apprentices and technical colleges, 520; opening of new training foundry, 791
Green, Sir John, on Thos., Firth and John Brown Ltd., 145
Greenhouse, equipment for, 864
— (V. and N. Hartley Ltd.), 192
— Indoor (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 192
— Packaged, Minibrite (Bast Glazing Clips
Ltd.), 864
Greenwood Airvac Conduits Ltd., conduit systems (trade publication), 312
Greenwood’s and Airvac Ventilating Co. Ltd., daylight ventilators (trade publication), 344
Gregson, L., on Edibrac Ltd., 821
Grice, C. S. W., on publicizing the results of safety research, 585
Grice, H. B., on exports of tobacco, 580 Grid, super. River Forth crossing of, 528 for Scotland, 624
— Water. See Water
Gridley, J. H., on High Voltage Distribution Practice (review), 438
Griffin and George Ltd., new plant for, 546
Griffin and George (Sales) Ltd., gas chromatograph (trade publication), 72
Griffith, C. C., on Engineering Components Ltd., 561
Griffith, G. L., on magnetohydrodynamics, 512 Griffiths Brothers and Co. Ltd., polyurethane coating containing iron oxide, 107
Grinding fixtures. See Fixtures
— Machines (trade publication), 184 Astra (Dorspa Ltd.), 783
Belt, copy, Cadamco (Cyril Adams and Co.), 500
Centreless, Wickman-Scrivener (Arthur Scrivener Ltd.), 597
—- — Cutter, Kampf (Embassy Machine and Tool Co. Ltd.), 816
Cylindrical plunge, Newall-Keighley (Newall Engineering Co. Ltd.), 68
for drills. Christen (G. Zwicky (London) Ltd.), 782
(Fritz Studer Ltd.), 494
Knife, GK (Thomas White and Sons Ltd.), 752
— — (Matchless Machines Ltd.), 494
Micro, Ultra-Rotor (Steels Process Plants Ltd.), 205
for radii (Rockford Machine Tools), 725
Grinding machines, Sundstrand Arter (Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 524
Surface (Mortimer Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 266
Wesero (Hans Lenze and Co. KG.), 589
— Shear blades (Snow and Co. Ltd.), 285
—• Theory of, by H. B. Dyer, 797
— Tool steels with diamond wheels, by Dr,
L. P. Tarasov, 797
Grit, diamond, by C. W. Highberg, 797 Natural, by Dr. A. A. L. Linholm and Dr. A. R. Roy, 797
Gross, Dr., on Van de Graff accelerator for Rutgers University, 448
Grosvenor Steel Fabrications Ltd., as member of Massey Group, 65
Ground Engineering Ltd., Harp lager brewery, 492
Group Dynamics, by R. J. Hacon, 648
Grout, expanding, Embeco (Millars’ Machinery Co. Ltd.), 717
Grouting difficulties in prestressed concrete, 811
Growth and Form, by D. W. Thompson and J. T. Bonner (review), 278
Gryphon electric motor (Brook Motors Ltd.), 427
Guards, machine, of clear pvc (Minderguards Ltd.), 851
Guderley, K. C., on Theory of Transonic Flow (book), 664
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (South Wales) Ltd., ribbed bars for concrete reinforcement, 179; reinforcing bars (trade publication). 216
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Group, grant to Magdalene College, 296
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (Midlands) Ltd., hardened fixing pins (trade publication), 568
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., position and prospects, 785; support for British Iron and Steel Research Association, 785; profits, 785
Guide(s), impact strains in, measurement of, by G. Needham, 638-639
— Metric system, by V. V. L. Rao (book), 788 Guilliet, G., spindle moulder, 588
Guinness Brewery for Nigeria, 249
Guinness, Courage, Barclay and Simmonds and Mitchell and Butlers, brewery for Harp lager to be built at Alton, 492
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, 249
Gulf Oil Corp., new refinery at Europoort, 281; formation of Gulf Oil Raffinaderij, 281; Stigsnaes oil refinery, 281
Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Ltd., mobile transformer laboratory, 351
Gulf Oil Raffinaderij, formation of, 281
Gun, aero-hydraulic (trade publication), 344
Gunac Ltd., pva formulations, 67
Gunite hose (Goodyear), 52
Gunmetal pimp casings (J. Stone and Co. (Charlton)), 27
Gunner, A. M., on gear backlash; meaning and measurement, 706 (see Correction, 772)
Gunter, E., logarithmic scaled rule, 348; historical note, 348
Guy’s Hospital, lead doors for radiotherapy department, 130; development of cooler for human blood, 772
Gvozdover, S. D., on Theory of Microwave Valves (review), 311
Gyngell, P., appointed manager Computers Pty. Ltd., 313
Gyratory sieve. See Sieve Gyrodynamics and Its Engineering tions, by Arnold and Maunder,

Hall, Russell and Co. Ltd., launching of sterntrawler Junella, 355
Hall Stage Equipment Ltd., stage settings for musical show “ Blitz,” 714-715
Halley colour gravure printing machine, 724
Halley “ New World ” rotogravure printing press, 20
Halifax self-unloading ship, 835 Halsbury, Lord, on National
Industrial Psychology, 456
Hambro, Sir Charles, opening Allgood Ltd. new premises.
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co. Ltd., battery chargers (trade publication), 790
Hacon, R. J., on Group Dynamics, 648
Hadden, H. B., on High Quality Sound Production and Reproduction: Sound Studio and Outside Broadcasting Practice (book), 760
Hadden hover-rail system, 6
Hadden, R. N., on air-cushion travel on the railways, 6; Hadden hover-rail system, 6
Haddiscoe Cut Bridge, use of Metalastik bonded rubber expansion joints, 620
Haden, G. N., and Sons Ltd., Shell Centre, 490-491; Air conditioning for Shell Centre, 562; pipework at Shell Centre, 627
Hadfields, Ltd., high quality vacuum arc- melted steel, 146; Lectromelt vacuum furnace installed, 146; steel castings (trade publication), 248
Haefer, Dr. R. A., review of Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Vacuum Technology, 695; biographical note, 696; review of Proceedings of Symposium on Vacuum Technology, 727; biographical note, 728
Hague, Sir Kenneth, reception of overseas students at Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 48; on Babcock and Wilcox Ltd,, 625
Hailsham, Lord, on Manchester Corporation and Ullswater, 225; opening of third congress of European Federation of Chemical Engineering, 321
Halbleiter-Bauelemente in der Messtechnik (VDE-Verlag GmbH) (review), 150
Halcrow, Sir William, and Partners, Channel tunnel, 654; outer mole for Benghasi Harbour, 779
Hall, A. D., on Methodology for Systems Engineering (book), 600
Hall, A. S., on stress relaxation in prestressed concrete, 811
Hall Corp, of Canada, Halifax self-unloading ship commissioned, 835
Hall, J. and E., Ltd., calorimeter, 523
Hall, Sir John H., on Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. Ltd., 721
Hall, Matthew, and Co. Ltd., new plant for International Protein Products Ltd., 553; new soap plant for Joseph Crosfield and Sons, 660
Hambros Bank, arrangements for payment tanker for Sigval Bergenson Group, 313
Hamer, P., on Industrial Water Treatment Practice (review), 247
Hamilton, Peter, Equipment Ltd., crawler excavator (trade publication), 630
Hamilton, William, and Co. Ltd., Halifax selfunloading ship for Hall Corp, of Canada, 835
Hammer, drop, friction (B. and S. Massey Ltd.), 65
— Pneumatic, Grasso (B. O. Morris I.td.), 132
— Soft faced, Thorex (Thor Hammer Co.), 205
— Water, in hydraulics, and wave surges in electricity, by L. Bergeron (review), 854
Hammond, P., review of Field Theory for Engineers, 247-248; biographical note, 248; review of 50 Jahre Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker Bezirksverein Nord- bayern, 472; biographical note, 472; review of Berechnung und Bemessung elektrischer Maschinen, 822; biographical note, 824; review of History of Electrical Engineering, 855; biographical note, 856 Hammond, R., on Modern Civil Engineering Practice (book), 72
Hams Hall Power Station, use of Olympus gas turbine at, 452; alternator for (Brush Flectrical), 657
Hamworthy Engineering Ltd., subsidiaries of, 465; formation of Hamworthy Pumps and Compressors Ltd., 465; formation of Hamworthy Oil Burning Ltd., 465; formation of Hamworthy Hydraulics Ltd., 465
Hamworthy Hydraulics Ltd., formation of, 465 Hamworthy Oil Burning Ltd., formation of, 465 Hamworthy Pumps and Compressors Ltd., formation of, 465
Hancock and Co (Engineers) Ltd., Hancoline De Luxe oxygen cutting machine, 719
Hancoline De Luxe oxygen cutting machine (Hancock and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.), 719
Hand monitor (trade publication), 760 Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, by " Streeter (review), 31
Handi-Blast shotblasting equipment Clemco Ltd.), 398
Handicapped people, aids for, 256 Handling device for paper reels Electrical Repairs Ltd.), 661
— Equipment attachments (Oldham Ltd.), 401
Food (Pressoturn Ltd.), 135 Mechanical (trade publications), 630 —- — for solid fuel (Charrold Ltd.), 609
— Machinery, tape, for Ferranti Ltd. (Ampex
Great Britain Ltd.), 153
— Materials by remote control, 661
— Mechanical, directory (Mechanical Hand
ling) (book), 664
Equipment (trade publication), 664 Exhibition, 401, 621, 661
Hanger, cable, J (Sankey-Sheldon Ltd.), 260
— Erwin-Newman (Anglo-American Hangar
Co. of London), 745
— for larger aircraft, 526
— Pipe and ducting (Vokes Genspring Ltd.), 461
Hanika, F. de P., on management course at Churchill College, 328
Hanover Industries Fair, 587
Hanscombe, G. A., Partnership, cooperation with Ferranti Ltd.. 361; formation of Computaquants Ltd., 361
Hanseaten Selecta tablet filling and tube closing machine (Wilhelm Fette), 591 Hantergantick quarry, flame cutting of rock, 584
Harbour, Benghasi, use of Stabits for outer mole, 779
— Malta, reconstruction work in, 777 Harco navigation system, 545
Hard facing alloy, Colmonoy No. 8 (Wall Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd.), 723
Hard Metal Tools Ltd., solid carbide rolls, 147 Harding, J., on weather radars, 301
Hardware and household goods, fair, international, Festival Dinner, 313
Hare, J., on apprenticeships, 168; meeting with Engineering Employers Federation, 168; meeting with Confederation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Unions, 168; luncheon with London Master Builders Association, 168; meeting with London Master Builders Association, 168; on accidents, 172, 392; on employment of school leavers, 203; opening address to seminar on management/shop floor communications, 296; address to National Industrial Safety Conference, 585; on training of young people, 648; meeting with Merseyside (Employment Committees) Coordinating Committee, 729; setting up of Committee on Selection and Training of Supervisors, 761; on UK’s shipbuilding competitive ability, 795
Hargreaves, Dr. W. D., on Case Studies and Projects, 648
Harker, John, Ltd., operation of tanker Glaisdale H, 739
Harland Engineering Co. Ltd., motors (trade publication), 760
Harland and Wolff Ltd., tanker for Sigval Bergenson Group, 313; methane carrier ship, 644
Harp lager brewery to be built at Alton, 492 Harriman, G. W., restorative action after fire at Morris Commercial Cars, 725
Harris, A. J., on prestressed concrete, 91 Harris, A. J. and J. D., paraboloid roof for Commonwealth Institute, 654
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Harris, C. M., on Shock and Vibration Handbook (book), 112
Harris, J. M., on building, 609
Harris, John, Tools Ltd., carbide faced pump seals, 4'^9
Harris, L. D., on Introduction to Feedback Systems (book), 184; (review), 823
Harris, R., on welded fabrications in aluminium bronze, 178
Harris, W. J., on Metallic Fatigue (review), 183 Harrisberger, L., on Mechanization of Motion (book), 408
Harrison and Harrison Ltd., organ for Coventry Cathedral, 685
Harrison, W., fluorescence measuring unit, 50 Hart, I. B., on World of Leonardo da Vinci (review), 789
Hart, W., on disposal of heat in supersonic aircraft, 292
Hartley, V. and N., Ltd., greenhouses, 192 Harvard Business School, investigation of education of American businessmen, 236 Harvard University, use of IBM 704 computer, 363; Design of Water Resource Systems, 363
Harvester, combine, midget (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering), 134 Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London) Ltd., order from International Combustion Ltd. for spun heat exchanger heads, 113; use of Rotarpress for spinnings, 113; liquid gas storage tanks for Gas Boards, 281; steel aerial segments, 403; cracked separator, 721
Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment. Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Harwell Reactor School, course on instrumentation of reactors, 8
Hasenclever friction screw press (Paul Granby and Co. Ltd.), 304
Haslar ship test tank, 38-39
Haslegrave, Dr. H. L., on Trends in Technical Education, 520
Hastings-Raydist vacuum transducer (Langham Thompson Ltd.), 304
Hatfield Instruments Ltd., stabilized DC power unit, 49
Hawke Cable Glands Ltd., glands for armoured cables, 579
Hawker Hurricane, by F. K. Mason (book), 696 Hawker, P.1127 VTOL/STOL aircraft, loss of prototype, 14
Hawker Siddeley Aviation/de Havilland, formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400
Hawker Siddeley Aviation, export orders, 409 Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd., position and prospects, 25; order position, 25
Hawksley, P. G. W., on Measurement of Solids in Flue Gases (book), 824
Hawley Products Co. Inc., proposed purchase of Hawley Products Ltd., 657
Hawley Products Ltd.,proposed sale to Hawley Products Co. Inc., 657
Haworth, F. (ARC) Ltd., Epiflex expansion jointing, 527
Hay conditioner, Wuffler (Bamfords Ltd.), 690 Hay, W. W., on Introduction to Transport Engineering (review), 214
Hayden-Nilos Ltd., Darne mine roof stilt, 130 Haydon, A. W., Co., timing kits, 420
Hayes, R. S., Ltd., steel scrap processing plant, 107
Hayward, C. W., on Firth Cleveland Group, 369
Hazelwood power station, Australia, 473
Head Wrightson and Co. Ltd., thermal drying of granular solids, 291; services offered, 548
Head, Wrightson Iron and Steelworks Engineering Ltd., iron and steelworks projects, 548
Head, Wrightson Machine Co. Ltd., licence from BISRA for aluminium coating for steel, 381; tube mill for Tube Investments Group, 796
Head Wrightson Processes Ltd., reactor shield work for Oldbury atomic power station, 345
Head Wrightson Teesdale Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 483
Heading and position, inertial, mechanics of indication of, by W. R. Markey and J. Hovorka (book), 600
Headlamp, motor car, dipping device, Dipyt (Television Installation Services (Mansfield) Ltd.), 421
Headland Engineering Developments Ltd., ultrasonic cleaner (trade publication), 696 Heald, Sir Lionel, Graham Clark Lecture, 449 Healey Marine, jet propelled boat, 160 Health hazard, dust research reduces, 821 Health and hygiene on the shop floor, by Dr J. M. Macdonald, 265
Heap, Joshua, and Co. Ltd., forming head, 651 Heat, disposal of in supersonic aircraft, by J. C. Rivett, W. Hart and S. G. Stubbs, 292
— Exchanger in aluminium bronze, 178 for cryogenic processes (Marston Excelsior Ltd.), 281
Graphite (Powell Duffryn Carbon Products Ltd.), 531, 845
Heads, spun (G. A. Harvey and Co. Ltd.), 113
Paraflow (APV Co. Ltd.), 562 Rosenblad (APV Co. Ltd.), 562 Spiral, applications, of, 562
— Storage, Ganymede System of (Allied Iron-
founders Ltd.), 632-634
Pellet (Dri-Heat Inc.), 632 Pellets (Falkirk Iron Co. Ltd.), 633
— Transfer in air cooled engines, 165
Plates, Thermoplate (J. Samuel White Ltd.), 370
Heaters, air and oil (trade publication), 760
— for bearings (Browning’s Electric Co. Ltd.),
427
— Block storage, 80
Storage, Duomatic, 140
Storage, Duomatic (Duomatic Heating Installations Ltd.), 80
Storage, tests on by Electricity Council, 80
Heaters, block storage, Thermostor (Ekco Heating and Electrical Ltd.), 80
— Caravec, 544
— Drum (Ekron (London) Ltd.), 495
— Immersion, Remploy-PuUin (R. C. Pullin &
Co. Ltd.), 368
— Infra-red, Mills Arma, 121
— Oil-fired, Thermobloc (Wanson Co. Ltd.),
69
— Pre-, air, for Eggborough power station
(Davidson and Co. Ltd.), 73
— Surface, Thermowrap (Electrothermal Engi
neering Ltd.), 267
Heating, air, with low grade fuel oils, 254
— Central, Kayenco boiler for, 137
— Coils in titanium (trade publication), 248
— Contracting (W. G. Cannon and Sons), 547
— Induction, plant (trade publication), 856
— System, modern, pipelines in, by O. Schone
and E. Schwenk (review), 567
Heavy water. See Water
Heckett Group, road making materials from slag, 305
Heckett RTB Ltd., road making materials from slag, 305
Heenan and Froude Ltd., dynamometers for Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, 113; dynamometers for Feroelektro, 113; dynamometer for Sulzer Bros., 409
Heli-Strand Tools Ltd., garden motor unit, 288 Helicopter rotor shaft. See Shaft
Helium expansion turbine, 2
Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation SA, microwave radio network for Greece, 744
Heller turret drilling machine (Wickman Ltd.), 816
Hellerman Ltd., Fospryme phosphate primer, 107
Henderson Engineering Co. Ltd., manufacture of die casting machines for Vincent Engineering Co. Ltd., 657
Henderson, J., on National Essay Competition, 585
Henderson, J. J., speaker at course for shop stewards, 424; on industrial relations, 688; on foreman training, 837
Henkel, J. B., on axial and radial stresses, 393 Hennessy, J., review of Challenge of the Common Market, 111-112; biographical note, 112; review of Agenda for a Free Society, 503; biographical note, 504; review of Business Consortia, 663; biographical note, 664
Henning, H., on Handbuch der Regelungs- technik (review), 150
Henrion, F. H. K., presidential address to Society of Industrial Artists, 481
Hensoldt autocollimating telescope (Degenhardt and Co.), 425
Hepworth Iron Co. (Engineering) Ltd., copy milling equipment, 235; lathe copying unit, 816
Herald motor car. Triumph, hydrostatic transmission for (F. W. Baggett and Co. Ltd.), 613
Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., Pullmax profile welder, 399; R. Maudling opens research department, 497; annual meeting, 497; research and products of, 497; profits, 497; position and prospects, 497; die grinding fixtures, 524; Preoptive capstan lathe, 602-604; formation of, 602; historical note, 602; use of No-Chat anti-chatter material, 754; Fellowes gear finishing machine, 815
Herbert, E. le-Q., chairman of opening session of conference of International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, 203
Herbert, Sir Edwin, on Standard Boardroom Practice (review), 70
Herbert and Hubbard Ltd., formation of, 602; dissolution of, 602; historical note, 602
Hercules engines for Nord Aviation (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 409
Hercules Powder Co. Ltd., Penton plastic material, 595
HERO zero-energy atomic reactor in operation (UKAEA), 255
Heron, Dr. A., on automation and the older worker, 805
Heron, C. F. conference on industrial relations, 688
Herzbi Ltd., nylon wall plugs, 299
Hesketh, B. A., on construction of Champlain Bridge, 270
Heslop, Dr. J., review of Mechanical Behaviour of Materials at Elevated Temperatures, 111; biographical note, 112; review of Metallic Fatigue, 183; biographical note, 184; review of X-Ray Metallography, 215; biographical note, 216; review of Spectral- Isotopic Method for the Determination of Hydrogen in Metals, 279; biographical note, 280
Hetherington and Fairburn patents for Lancashire boiler, 410
Hewitt-Robins Co., uses of slow conveyor line, 149
Hewitts of Cranleigh, Cranley packaged industrial building, 808
Heyman, Dr. J., review of Principles of Structural Design, 214; biographical note, 216; on mechanics of the game of croquet, 861-863
Hi-Load nails, Screwtite, fastening plywood with, by Prof. E. G. Stern, 208
Hi-Way aluminium staging (Martin Thomas Ltd.), 405
HIAB loader motor vehicle for road transport of boats, 209
Hide Tower, by C. Weiss and W. Pitman. 129 Higginbotham, W. H., appointed chairman of Industrial Heat Exchangers Ltd., 785
Higgs Motors Ltd., gearbox, 814
High Duty Alloys Ltd., use of Massey friction drop hammer, 65
High Gothic, by H. Jantzen (book), 728 High-speed steel. See Steel
High Voltage Engineering Corp., Van de Graaff accelerator for Rutgers University, 448
Highberg, C. W., on diamond grit, 797
Highlands Water Gardens, Plastolene and Plastoglass pool liners, 416
Highways, aluminium railings for (trade publication), 112
— Growth of in India, 52
— Iowa State, maintenance study (US High
way Research Board publication), 492
— to motorways, conversion of, by K.
Summerfield, 385
— Queen’s, cinema film, 362
— See also Roads
Highwayman motor caravan (Bluebird Caravans Ltd.), 544
Hilger and Watts Group, Electron-Physical Instruments Ltd. to join group, 753
Hilger and Watts Ltd., Autoplumb optical plumb, 49
Hill, Dr. C., report received on Britain’s water resources, 193; on refuse disposal, 832
Hill, H., on flight control and navigational problems of supersonic aircraft, 289
Hillman Super Minx estate motor car (Rootes Group), 613
Hilmor Ltd., bendingmachinery (trade publication), 376
Hilsum, C., on Semiconducting IIl-V Compounds (review), 310
Himachal Pradesh Transport Department, orders for Comet bus chassis placed with Leyland, 153
Hinckley Point atomic power station reactor buildings, 93; consent sought for second station, 569
Hinton, Sir Christopher, on research, 609
Hird, G. F., on measures in the making of managers, 236-237
Hire purchase, a place for in industry, by J.
Bates, 336 Pros and cons of, 336 Hirst Electronic Ltd., welding machines, 426 Hispano-Suiza, flexible transmission system, 291
History of the British Steel Industry, by J. C. Carr, W. Taplin and A. E. C. Wright (book), 760
— Corn Milling, by R. Bennett and J. Elton, 44
— Electrical Engineering, by P. Dunsheath
(book), 376; (review), 855
— Invention, by E. Larsen (review), 502
— Lathe to 1850—A Study in the Growth of a
Technical Element of an Industrial Economy, by R. S. Woodbury, 110
— Platinum, by D. McDonald (review), 504 Hoare, F. E., on Experimental Cryophysics
(book), 312
Hobal Engineering Ltd., ice cream vats of
Thermoplate heat transfer plate, 370 Hobbs Mecha-Maiic automatic transmission
(Westinghouse Hobbs Ltd.), 337
Hobbs Transmission Ltd., half interest acquired by Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd., 337; formation of Westinghouse Hobbs Ltd., 337
Hoddinott, P. F., on economic boilers, 486 Hodge Clemco Ltd,, Handi-Blast shotblasting equipment, 398
Hodge, E. D., review of Introduction to Computational Methods, 628; biographical note, 630
Hodgkins, J. A., on Soviet Power: Energy Resources, Production and Potential (book), 344; (review), 629-630
Hoelscher, R. P., on Engineering Drawing and Geometry (book), 184; (review), 694
Hogg, G., on Safe Bind: Safe Find: The Story of Locks, Bolts and Bars (review), 279
Hoist, automatic tipping, Beaver (Machinery (Continental) Ltd.), 334
— Electralift (Fellows-Stringer Ltd.), 652
— (Submarine Cables Ltd.), 719
— Tugger (Eimco (Great Britain) Ltd.), 463
— See also Crane: Transporter: Telphers Holder, universal, Easycheck (Apwar Ltd.), 751 Holford, Sir William, on Team Valley Trading
Estate, 464
Holidays, UK compared with other countries 128
Holland, machine tool trades statistics, 673
— Shipbuilding orders, 385
Holloway, P. W. E., on civil engineering and the building industry, 577; annual report to Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, 620
Holman Brothers Ltd., cage rising methods, 10; co-operation with Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mechaniques, 377; licence from Svenska Rotor Maskiner, 377; rotary screw air compressors, 377; Rotair mobile compressor, 494
Holme, Walter, and Sons Ltd., plywood portal frame buildings to overcome subsidence risks, 779
Holmes-Multiflux bag filter (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 463
Holmes-Retroflux bag filter (W. C. Holmes and Co. Ltd.), 463
Holmes, W. C,, and Co, Ltd., petroleum gas plant (trade publication), 32; Holmes- Multiflux bag filter, 463; Holmes-Retroflux bag filter, 463
Holophane Ltd., lighting fittings (trade publication), 760
Holt, James, Ltd., semi-automation of metal folding machines, 405
Holt, J. M., on Handbook of Fixture Design (book), 824
Holyhead lighthouses, remote control of, 451 Homalloy Ltd., reinforced plastic motor truck bodies, 211
Home appliances, UK changes in deliveries of,
139
— Equipment, external factors affecting, 138 Future events in, 138
Industry, expansion and investment in,
140
Industry, management and labour in, 139 Industry, plant and materials in, 139 Industry, production in, 139 Market trends in, 138
Outlook for 1962, 137-140 Technical development in, 137
— Ideal, Daily Mail exhibition, 321, 384
• Mechanics in, 384
— See also House
Home Laundry Appliances Ltd., Whirl-O- Wash washing machine, 320
Homes for Today and Tomorrow, 40, 384
Honeywell Controls Ltd., temperature control system, 77; measuring magnetic susceptabilities, 117; automatic temperature control equipment for Chance Bros., 149; time/temperature indicator, 196; high temperature test rig for Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., 511
Honeywell Research Centre, electrical properties of fused salts, 253
Hong Kong, Segas oil gas plant for (Power- Gas Corp. Ltd.), 73
Hood, C., loan of E-type Jaguar motor car for road tests by ENGINEERING, 741
Hoods for tracking camera in Duraglas glass fibre, 530
Hook, Lionel, and Sons Ltd., latex dipping machine, 304
Hoover Ltd., additional factory space acquired,
65
Hope’s Heating and Engineering Ltd., new interior for Victoria Tower, 268-269
Hopkins, K. F., appointed sales manager of process control division of R. B. Pullin and Co. Ltd., 465
Hopkins, R. R., on personnel welfare, 265 Hopkinson, Dr. R. G., on natural and artificial lighting at work, 212-213; review of Science of Daylight, 566; biographical note, 568
Hornsby, R., historical note on, 252
Horstmann of Bath, Autotimer time switch, 800 Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd., shafts and pinions of silver steel, 66
Horstmann Simplus lamp, 366
Hose, aircraft starter (William Warne and Co.
Ltd.), 627
— Flame-resistant (BTR Industries Ltd.), 307
— Gunite (Goodyear), 52
— Joining service (Singlehurst Engineering
Ltd.), 739
— Rubber, polyethylene lined (BTR Industries
Ltd.), 755
Hosiery machinery (George Woodcock &. Sons Ltd.), 771
Hospital building programme, 161 Technical requirements of, 161
— Guy’s. See Guy's
Hotplate, Dri-Heat (Dri-Heat Inc.), 632
Houghton, P. S., on Gears: Spur, Helical, Bevel and Worm (review), 7(); on Milling Machine (book), 248
Houlden, B. T., on Some Techniques of Operational Research (book), 504
Hounsfield rubber testing machine (Tensometer Ltd.), 784
Hour counters (trade publication), 824
(Measuring Instruments (Pullin) Ltd.),
302
?— oflabour. See Working week
House, Adaptable, 384
— Building, quicker, 609
— Davis, 384
— Design, Morris Committee on, 40
— Journals. See Journals
— Vacation, Findlay A-Line, 384
— See also Home
Household goods and hardware fair, international, Festival Dinner, 313
Housing and Local Government, Ministry of. Homes for Today ""
adaptable house. Commission, 449
— Telecommunications,
fibre, 530
Housner, G. W., on Statics (book), 112 Hover-rail system, Hadden, 6 Hovercar design. See LETTER, 6 Hovercraft, Denny, 102
Hovercraft Development Ltd., Hovercar, 102. See LETTER, 6; establishment of, 833; development of Hovercraft, 833, 834
— Developments, 102
— Programme of Vickers-Armstrongs (South
Marston), Ltd., 514
— Service, VA-3, Hoylake/Rhyl, 529
— Sidewall, Denny, 833
— SRN 1, 833, 834
— SRN 2, 833-834
— VA-3, model of, 689
— VA-3, Vickers, 833
— What does it do? See LETTERS, 166, 230,
614
Hovorka, J., on Mechanics of Inertial Position and Heading Indication (book), 600
Howard, Sir John, and Co. Ltd.,Tema steelworks, 744
Howards and Sons Ltd., position and prospects, 849
Howden-GEA, James, Ltd., column top condenser, 844
Howe, D., on design trends—aircraft, 484
Howe, V. A., and Co. Ltd., Zero-Max variable speed unit, 124; Aminco-Tuckerman optical strain gauge, 234
Howell, on Higher Education for Business in the USA, 236
Howick, Lord, to join board of Brims and Co. Ltd., 25
Howson Co., operation by R. W. Crabtree and Sons Ltd., 657
Hoylake/Rhyl VA-3 Hovercraft service, 529
Hubbard, S., Ltd., acquisition of Motor Gear and Engineering Co., 529; to change name to Motor Gear and Engineering Industries Ltd., 529; position and prospects, 529; subsidiaries of, 529
Hubinsel spudded barge, DeLong, 330
Hucknall No. 2 Colliery, use of vermiculite concrete to fill cavity, 171
Hudson, D. E., on Statics (book), 112
Hudson, J. C., on preparing ships’ bottoms for paint, 390
Hughes-Hallett, Vice-Admiral J., on cargo handling methods, 769
Hughes, J. O. P., on gas-turbine locomotive, 516
Hulm, Dr, J. K., on superconducting magnet, 117; development of superconducting magnets, 253
Human factors in production, Summer School of Institution of Production Engineers, 825
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Masinimport Romania for Smelting zinc lead smelting plant, cooperation with Power-Gas Corp. 185
Huntley and Palmers Ltd., Baker Perkins handling equipment installed. 149
Hurley, A. G. (Marine) Ltd., road transportation of boats with HIAB loader, 209 Hurricane, Hawker, by F, K. Mason (book), 696
Hursant Developments Ltd., Stati-spray electrostatic paint spray, 462
Hurst, Dr, H., on Siliconate-Latex Compositions for the Injection of Liquid Damp- proof Courses, 330
Hurst, J., development of gyratory sieves, 218-220; biographical note, 218
Husband and Co., Cor-Ten Steel aerial segments, 403
Hussey, Egan and Pickmere Ltd., Wooburn Valley sewerage scheme, 745
Hustler, aircraft, emergency warning system, 168
Hutarew, G., on Regelungstechnik: Kurze Ein- fiihrung am Beispiel der Drehzahlregelung von Wasserturbinen (review), 150
Hutchinson, A. C., on working instructions, 198-199, 390
rotor whirl mechanism, 701-703 Hutton, J., engraving for Coventry Cathedral, 684
Hycadamp metal/rubber laminate to damp vibration (Fireproof Tanks Ltd.), 499 Hyde Park Corner road improvement scheme, 64
Hyde Park underground car park, 52 Hydra oil burner, 772
Hydrabrake automatic speed control for mine cars and trucks (Strachan and Henshaw Ltd.), 124
Hydraulic analogue for condenser design, by J. A. Lorett and W. Drummond, 733-734
— Control system, design of, by F. E. Lewis
and H. Stern (book), 376
— Fluid. See Fluid
— Motor. See Motor
— Power pack. See Power
— Press. See Press
— Pump. See Pump
— Turbine. See Turbine; Power plant Hydraulics and compressed air exhibition, 554 Hydraulics and Pneumatics Ltd,, pneumatic
circuitry (trade publication), 536 Hydraulics Research Station, measuring devices for use in rivers and streams, 513
— Water hammer in, and wave surges in
electricity, by L. Bergeron (book), 152; (review), 854
— See also Irrigation: Water Hydrocarbon Research Inc., collaboration with
Constructors John Brown Ltd., 281 Hydrodynamic lubrication, theory of, by O.
Pinkus and B. Sternlicht (review), 535 Hydro-electric power generation in UK, 289 Power in Russia, by Prof. T. Zolotaryov, 458-459
Reservoirs in Russia, table of, 458 Scheme, Benmore, New Zealand, progress on, 298
Scheme, El Cadillal, Argentina, 208 Scheme, Snowy Mountains, loan from
World Bank, 208
Hydro-pneumatic motor car suspension system, 197
Hydro-Stabil hydraulic transmission units (Plessey Co. Ltd.), 623
Hydrogen in metals, spectral-iso-topic method for the determination of, by A. N. Zaidel, A. A. Petrov and G. V. Veinberg (review), 279
— Solidification, 721 Hydrological Survey of the Wear
River Basins (HMSO), 52 Hydrostatic Transmissions Ltd.,
motor, 176 Hydrovane compressors (PECO
tion), 401 Hygiene and health on the shop
Dr. J. M. Macdonald, 265 Hygro-Robot Ltd., air conditioners, 704 Hygrometer for building trade use (Pastorelli &
Rapkin Ltd.), 208
Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd., stop valve, 334; core making machine, 399; air compressor, 399
Hypalon synthetic rubber, 465 Hyprocel lapping disc (Engis Ltd.), 147
IBM 704 computer in use at Harvard University, 363
IBM Federal Systems Division Space Guidance Centre, computer for radioactive environment, 479
IBM Ltd., new electrical effect discovered, 255
IBM Research Fellowship for Oxford University, 857
IBM United Kingdom Ltd., high speed computer memory, 352; co-operation with
educational establishments, 729; Dr. H. ApSimon appointed in charge of university programmes, 729; IBM Research Fellowship for Oxford University, 857 ICBM. See Missile
Ice cream production at T. Walls and Co. Ltd., 596-597
Iceland, telephone cable link with Faeroes, 145 ICT 555 computer for Amalgamated Engineering Union, 857
Ideal Burglary and Fire Insurance Corp. Ltd., intruder and burglar alarms, 120
Ideal Homes Exhibition, Daily Mail, 321, 384 Idorn, G. M., on studies on disintegrated concrete, 92
lES code, internal lighting with special reference to, by W. Robinson, 265
IGE (Control Equipment) Ltd., heavy duty cambox, 814
Igniter cord, plastic (trade publication), 112
— (KLG Sparking Plugs Ltd.), 90
IHC Holland, hydraulic spuds on dredgers, 362 Illuminating Engineering Society, Lighting of
Building Sites and Works of Engineering Construction, 329; daylighting design, 363 Image intensifiers (AEI Ltd.), 687
Imhof, Alfred, Ltd., modular chassis system,
427
Imperator pillar drill (Villiers (Tool Developments) Ltd.), 750
Imperial Aluminium Co. Ltd., Checkmate aluminium sheet, 627
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., filling of ships’ rudder with Daltolac 41/Suprasec D/Arcton II to prevent corrosion, 4; coated fabrics (trade publication), 112; plastic igniter cord (trade publication), 112; merger battle with Courtaulds Ltd., 121; possible merger with Courtaulds Ltd., 145; Melinex polyester film, 147; silicone insulation varnish (trade publication), 248; titanium heating coils (trade publication), 248; exhibit at Leipzig Spring Fair, 281; special research group, 296; latex dewatering rolls from Rose, Downs and Thompson Ltd., 306; Silcodyne H silicone hydraulic fluid, 320; pipeline from Sharpness Canal to Severnside, 329; improvement of home sales, 337; Diakon plastic for television tubes, 351; development ot rolling mill, 405; large vessel lined with nickel (Darchem Engineering Ltd.), 467; use of stress relieving furnaces, 483; closing of metals division, 497; subsidiaries of, 497; formation of Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd., 497; formation of Imperial Metal Industries Ltd., 497; turbo-alternator ordered from W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd., 505; position and prospects, 529; annual report, 529; products, of 529; modernization of plants, 529; use of graphite heat exchangers, 531; silicone rubber, 627; Welvic plastic, 717; licence to Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd., 784; design of flaw detector, 784; bulk container in Alkathene plastic, 815; historical note, 849; Under Five Flags, 849
Imperial College, UK I satellite, 541; course on atomic power, 552
Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd., formation of, 497
Imperial Metal Industries Ltd., formation of, 497
Imperial Smelting Corp., zinc lead smelting, plant (Power-Gas Corp. Ltd., and Huntingdon Herbelein and Co. Ltd.), 185 Imports from Czechoslovakia, 33
— Tractors, 808
Importers Machine Tool Exhibition, 782 Impulse Protein Process, 553
IMTEX Exhibition. See Importers Machine Tool Exhibition
Incandescent Heat Co. Ltd., non-aging steel for deep drawing, 67; furnaces (trade publication), 216
Inchgreen Engineering Co. Ltd., Inchgreen- Wagner excavator, 718
Inchgreen-Wagner excavator (Inchgreen Engineering Co. Ltd.), 718
Incineration of municipal garbage, 778 Incinerator, Caloric (Radiant-Heating Ltd.), 832
Incinerator Co. Ltd., destructors, 462; refuse incinerators, 832
Incinerator, garbage, von Roll, 778
— Refuse (Incinerator Co. Ltd.), 832
— Volund-John Thompson, 778 Incomes Policy (White Paper), 203, 488
— Prices, employment and production, bulletin
of statistics on (Ministry of Labour publication), 488
Incorporated Linguist (Institute of Linguists publication), 310
Index, British technology (Library Association publication), 310
— Textile machinery (John Worrall Ltd.)
(book), 696
Indexing table. See Tqble
— Uniterm system of, 493
India, first win in test cricket series, 88
— Growth of highways in, 52
— Orders for Leyland Comet bus chassis, 153 Indian Air Force, orders placed for Avro 748
aircraft, 409
Indicator, CO2 and temperature (Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd.), 523
Induction motor. See Motor, electric
Indus Basin project, tenders opened, 776; firms tendering, 776
Industrial activity in production plant industry, 20
Industrial and Commercial Finance Corp., hire purchase for industry, 336; position and prospects, 849; activities of, 849; formation of Technical Development Capital Ltd., 849
Industrial co-operation, experiment in, 556-557 Industrial Development Facilities in Northern Ireland, 525
Industrial Diamond Information Bureau, International Congress on Diamonds in Industry, 797
Industrial disputes, avoidance of and management responsibilities (Institute of Industrial Supervisors publication), 456
Industrial Distributors (1946) Ltd., International Congress on Diamonds in Industry, 797
— Equipment, tax life of, 417
— Evolution by trading estate, 464
— Exhibition, Czechoslovak, 807
Industrial Foundry Materials Ltd., core making machine, 399
Industrial Furnaces Ltd., high temperature test rig for Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., 511
— Gas Engineering, by H. P. Lupton (review)
182
Industrial Growth in the Jet Age^ 161
Industrial Heat Exchangers Ltd., formation of 785; W. H. Higginbotham appointed chairman, 785; W. J, McBride appointed director, 785; C. E. B. Cooper appointed director, 785
— Injuries, byH. Vester and H. A. Cartwright
(review), 758
— Locations, Toothill report on, 525 Industrial (Metallurgical) Services, Soldalum
121 hard solder for aluminium, 531
— Painting: engineered approach, by C. R.
Martinson and C. W. Sisler (book), 728
— Prime movers, control systems for, 836
— Relations, changing, course on, 791
Positive approach to, conference on, 392 Shop stewards and supervisors, conference on, 688
—• Research and Productivity Exhibition, 423 Industrial Sales Ltd., Aubert jig boring machine, 783
— Strife: a conflict of rights, by Dr. A. J. M.
Sykes, 201,257
Industrial Timer Corp., high speed relays, 78
— Welfare Society, survey of firms advertising
costs, 8; Foreman, 360; £ .v d of Welfare in Industryy 617; course on cinema film making, 729
Industry(ies) Achilles heel: cargo handling, 852
— Arts graduate in (Acton Society Trust
publication), 697
— in Britain, structure of, by G. C. Allen
(book), 376
— British, study of the opportunities they offer
for careers in industry, by D. E. Wheatley (book), 248
Workshop bargaining, wage drift and productivity in, by S. W. Lerner and J. Marquand, 360
— and careers: Study of British Industries and
the Opportunities They Offer, by D. E. Wheatley (book), 248; (review), 726
— and commerce, co-operation in, conference
on, 424
— Elimination of money-power through new
forms of ownership in, by Prof. F. Wilken 557
— Flames and, symposium on, 697
— and government, science in (Association of
Scientific Workers publication), 353
— Heavy, output and export statistics, 712
— Introduction to, course on, 48
— Nationalized. See Nationalized
— Research for (DSIR publication), 769
— Social psychology of, course on, 585
— Statistics on skilled workers for, 88
— UK, and European Common Market, 801 Inert atmospheres in the chemical, metallurgical
and atomic energy industries, by P. A. F. White and F. E. Smith (book), 248
Inertial position and heading indication, mechanics of, by W. R. Markey and J. Hovorka (book), 600
Information, adaptable filing system for, 493
— Central Office of. See Central
— Converter, analogue-to-digital, telemetry,
for University College (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 832
— Processing, external factors affecting, 98 Future events in, 98
Industry, investment and expansion in,
100
Industry, management and labour in, 99 Industry, plant and materials in, 100 Industry, production in, 100
Market trends in, 99
— — Outlook for 1962, 97-100 Technical developments in, 97
— Retrieval, towards, by R. A. Fairthorne
(book), 376
— Service, ENGINEERING, 289
Infra-red and ultra-violet engineering, by W.
Summer (book), 280
Ingersoll Locks Ltd., sheet metal testing machine, 461
Inglis, John, Co., losses in trading year, 369 Inhibitor paper. See Paper
Injuries, industrial, by H. Vester and H. A.
Cartwright (review), 758 Inquiry service, reader, of ENGINEERING, 289 Insect studies, damp-proofing techniques based on,330
Insley Industrial Ltd., tooling balls, 12;
Destaco toggle clamps, 267 Inspection Conference, National, 710 Instant-Lok glue applicator (National Adhesives Ltd.), 555
Institut Henri Poincare, Journal de Mecanique, 628
Institute of British Foundrymen, annual conference, 646
— of Economic Affairs, Agenda for a Free
Society (review), 503
— of Economic Affairs, Survey of Large Com
panies, 617
— of Fuel, address by J, Davies, 417, 473;
symposium on flames and industry, 647
— of Industrial Supervisors residential summer
school, 203; Management Responsibilities and the Avoidance of Industrial Disputes, 456; extension of membership grades, 585; distribution of report of Committee on Selection and Training of Supervisors among members, 761
— of Linguists, Incorporated Linguists, 310
— of Management Consultants, plans for the
formation of, 424
— of Marine Engineers, conference of, 550
Institute of Materials Handling, to form specialist groups, 552
— of Metals, Structural Processes in Creep:
Report on Symposium (book), 280
— of Office Management, Off'ice Staff Practices
1961, 278
— of Personnel Management, conference on
positive approach to industrial relations, 392
— of Physics, annual exhibition, 49; conference
on low energy nuclear physics, 647; conference on sonar systems, 678
— of Radio Engineers, micro-machining by
optical maser, 479
— of Sewage Purification, treatment of indus
trial sewage sludges, 10
—of Statistics, survey of firms, 336
Institution of Chemical Engineers, Proceedings of International Symposium on Distillation (review), 534; presidential address by
C. E. Spearing, 577; welcome of schoolboys to Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition, 833
— of Civil Engineers, A. Banister to resign,
128; vacancy for deputy secretary, 128; problems of tall buildings discussed, 129; presidential address by Sir George M. McNaughton, 193; James Forrest Lecture by G. K. C. Pardoe, 257; discussion of conversion of highways to motorways, 385; joint meeting with Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 449; symposium on landscape engineering of roads, 673; conversazione, 847; model of bilge block adjustable while submerged, 847; model of pre-fabricated tunnel sections, 847
—of Electrical Engineers symposium on alternating-current railway electrification, 230; Dr. G. F. Gainsborough appointed secretary, 265; W. K. Brasher to relinquish secretaryship, 265; conference on importance of electricity in the control of aircraft, 289, 292; syllabus for management course, 328; joint meeting with Civil and Mechanical Engineers, 449; International Television Conference, 737; joint committee with British Institution of Radio Engineers report, 857
— of Engineers and Shipbuilders, North
East Coast, annual dinner, 185
— of Engineering Inspection, National Inspec
tion Conference, 710
— Engineering, Joint Council to be formed, 481
— of Gas Engineers, natural storage of gas, 332
— of Locomotive Engineers, papers on mono-
rail systems, 228; gas-turbine locomotives, 516
— of Mechanical Engineers, annual
reception for overseas students, 48; paper on air conditioning for motor cars, 261; symposium on experiments in graduate training, 263; discussion on factory working conditions, 265; symposium on aluminium in road vehicles, 338; conference on automatic control of machine tools, 359; conference on Graduate Training, 428; papers presented at conference on graduate training, 428; joint meeting with Civil and Electrical Engineers, 449; symposium on some developments in techniques for temperature measuremem, 487; co-operation with Machine Tool discussion on matic control,
— of Municipal
appointed secretary, 128; H. V. Overfield to resign as secretary, 128
— of Plant Engineers, annual dinner, 257
— of Production Engineers, press conference,
265; formation of an education trust, 265; Education Trust, 296; conference on problems in aircraft production, 484; conference on management in the Common Market, 580; Summer School on Human Factors in Production, 825
— of Structural Engineers, Report on the
Structural Use of Aluminium, 171
— of Works Managers, training courses for
works managers, 456
Instruction books. See LETTERS, 198, 262, 390, 454
— Techniques of, course on, 232
Instruments (trade publication), 408, 600, 728
— Cabinets of Stelvetite coated steel (West
London Optical and Tool Co. Ltd.), 787
— Catalogue (trade publication), 728
— Cross-pointer (Measuring Instruments
(Pullin) Ltd.), 708
— Design, leadership in, course on, 328
— Electronics and Automation Exhibition, 686
— Fiesta range of (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.),
368
— Motors. See Motors
— Moving coil, 388
Coil (Nalder Brothers and Thompson Ltd.), 719
— New, in weather science, 300-301
— Tests, closed circuit television for
watching (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 157
— without pivots (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.),
388
Instrumentation, electronic, principles of, by W, A. Lynch and J. G, Truxal (book), 728
— of reactors, course on, 8 Insulating agent, silicone, MS4
Silicones Ltd.), 499
— Liquids, electrical breakdown of,
Kok (book), 790
Insulation, glass fibre, lightweight, (Fibreglass Ltd.), 755
— Oil impregnated paper, electrical properties
of, 573
— Pipe, Raplag (Bell’s Asbestos and Engineering
Ltd.), 814
— Thermal, advice on (National Industrial
Fuel Efficiency Service), 299
of factory buildings, by G. D. Nash, 299 —• Varnish, silicone (trade publication), 248 Insulators, electric, use of Sintox alumina ceramic for, 594
— Post (Steatite and Porcelain Products
Ltd.), 367
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Insulgrip fasteners (George Goodman
644
Insurance policies for exports, 664 Integral Plastics Ltd., plastic dome for ing, 402
Intelligence, human and mechanical:
mation and men, by K. Steinbuch (review), 566
Intensifier, image (AEI Ltd.), 687 Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation, conference on pollution of the sea by oil, 445
InterContinental Cars Ltd., concessionaires for Facel Vega and Faceilia motor cars, 773
Intercontinental Marine Development Ltd., Triton maritime platform, 848 Interference Objective instrument (W. Watson and Sons Ltd.), 349
Interferometer, Michelson, 349 Interferometry, basic, 349 Interfirm Comparison, Centre for. See Centre Intermit Ltd., Far-Air Roll Kleen filters for
Dungeness atomic power station, 419 Internal-combustion engine. See Engine. See also Aircraft engine; Motor-car engine; Boat; Tractor; Turbine, gas International Artificial Textiles Exhibition, 465
— Association for the Exchange of Students
for Technical Experience, annual conference, 203; scholarship schemes, 203; Sir Patrick Linstead jelected president of conference, 203;
elected chairman of conference, E. le-Q. Herbert chairman of opening session of conference, 203
— Bank of Reconstruction and Development,
loan for Snowy Mountain scheme, 208
— Boat Show, exhibits at, 160
— Cargo Handling Coordination Association,
annual dinner, 769
— Coal Preparation Congress, 737 International Coin Counting Machine Co.
Ltd., electronic coin counting machine, 420 International Combustion Ltd., order placed with G. A. Harvey and Co. Ltd. for spun heat exchanger heads, 113; use of stress relieving furnaces, 482; cinema film “ Entropy, 505
— Commission on Large Dams, World Register
of Dams, 270
— Committee for Geophysics, seismic study
of earth’s crust, 511
International Computers and Tabulators
(Engineering) Ltd., formation of, 105 International Computers and Tabulators
Ltd., formation of International Computers and Tabulators (Engineering) Ltd., 105) expenditure on research, 105; agreement with Radio Oirp. of America, 105; collaboration with General Electric Co., Ltd., 105; shares held by Vickers Ltd. 721; sales statistics, 744
— Conference on Large Electric Systems, 655 on Precision Electro-Magnetic Measurements, 774
on the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 445, 772
on Sector-Focused Cyclotrons, 704
— Congress on Diamonds in Industry, 797 on Electro-Heat, 711
on Prestressed Concrete, 811-812
— Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations,
recommendation of Harco navigation system, 545
— Fishing Gear Congress, 775
— Foundry Congress, 820
International Harvester Co., order from Tractor and Engineering Co., 505
— Institution of Production Engineering
Research, 769
— Inventions and Commercial Development
Exhibition, 166
International Journal of Production Research, 70 International Nickel Co. (Mond) Ltd., nickel- steel, 755; magnetic materials (trade publication), 112; Chromium Nickel Stainless Steels, 470
International Protein Products Ltd., protein isolate, 553; Lypro lipo-protein, 553; formation of, 553
— Research Group on Refuse Disposal,
annual congress, 778; conference of, 832
— Road Federation, plans of, 513; world
meeting of, 774
International Science and Technology, 374
— Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering and
Port Equipment Exhibition, 774
— Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, forma
tion of, 742
— Standards Organization, committee on
safety, 697
International Systems Control, process control by on-line computer, 373; formation of, 431
— Television Conference, 737
International Tools Ltd., operation by R. W.
Crabtree and Sons, Ltd., 657
— Union for Electro-Heat, International
Congress on Electro-Heat, 711
Introperiscope industrial periscope (Rank Organization), 804
Introview flaw detector for non-ferrous metals (Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd.), 784 Intruder alarms. See Alarms Intumat fire retardant paint
Ltd.), 179 Inventions and Commercial
Exhibition, International,
— History of, by E. Larsen (review), 502 —- See also Patents
Investment in armaments, 16
— in building industry, 64
— Casting. See Casting
in civil engineering industry, 64
— Material for beryllium-copper (Johnson,
Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 107
materials industry, 60 metals industry, 60 mining industry, 64 motor vehicle industry, 56 production plant industry, 20 railway industry, 56 telecommunications and electronics
industry, 24
loco Ltd., Syropex and Formapex laminates for gaskets, 627
loco Ltd., laminates (trade publication), 790 Ionization gauge control (N.G.N. Electrical Ltd.), 334
Iowa State Highway Commission, report on steam curing of concrete, 362
Iowa State Highway Maintenance Study, 492 IPH power head (H. G. Stevens Co. Ltd.), 132 Iran, meeting with Turkey on highway systems, 776
— Sugar beet factory for, 362
Iranian Oil Services, use of Ruston “TA” gas turbines, 252
Irish Government, development of Shannon as industrial area, 161
Iron, cast, Eutectrode 24B and Xyron 244 welding electrodes for (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 275
Fontargen El 16 welding electrode for (Welding Improvements Ltd.), 307
World standards for, 723
— Castings (trade publication), 112
Iron Fairy mobile crane (British Hoist and Crane Co. Ltd.), 784
Iron oxide, polyurethane coating containing (Griffiths Brothers and Co. Ltd.), 107
— Smoothing, paraffin vapour heated, Tilley
(Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd.), 74
Iron and Steel Institute, Structural Process;s in Creep: Report on Symposium (book), 280; Steels for Reactor Pressure Circuits (re- (view), 695
Iron and steelworks projects (Head, Wrightson Iron and Steelworks Engineering Ltd.), 548
— See also Steel; Pig iron; Metallurgy Ironfoundry Associations, Council of. See
Council
Ironwork, structural. See Bridge; Floor; Column; Roof; Steelwork; Structure
Irradiation plants, construction of, 737 See LETTER, 838
Irrigation and Climate, by H. Olivier (book), 72; (review), 374
— and power on the Orange River, 492
Irwin, E. G., and Partners, de-waxing plant for imported motor cars, 501; consulting services, 547; newspaper printing plant for Nigeria, 548
Islander room air conditioner (Temperature Ltd.), 523
Isle of Grain oil refinery, 654
Ismail, H. M., on Use of Ultrasonic Test in the Design of Sheet Asphalt Mixtures and its Relation to Immersion/Compression Test, 393
Isochronous cyclotron. See Cyclotron
Isolation unit (Erskine, Heap and Co. Ltd.), 427
Isotope Developments Ltd., direct reading dosemeters, 49
Isotopes, profitability from, 737. See LETTER, 838 Israel, assembly of Sabre motor car in, 293
— Machine tool trades statistics, 673 Issigonis, A., motor car design, 45 Issigonis Lightweight Special motor car, 45 Italy, de transmission link with Sardinia, 249
— Southern, development assistance for, 73 Itchenor Shipyard Ltd., use of Permatred
densified wood floors for boats, 818
ITT 3-speed heavy duty fluid transmission (Brockhouse Engineering Ltd.), 354
I.V. Pressure Controllers Ltd., pressure gauge comparator, 234
HANGER cable hangers (Sankey-Sheldon Ltd.), 260
Jabroc N densified wood as neutron shield (Permali Ltd.), 435
Jacks, building (Young’s Lifting Appliances Ltd.), 171
— Lee-McCall, 847
Jackblock process for multi-storey building (Richard Costain Ltd.), 170
Jackson, G. A., on safety in oil immersed apparatus: effect of oil head in preventing explosions in inflammable atmospheres, 77 Jackson, J., on Industrial Water Treatment Practice (review), 247
Jackson, L, C,, on Experimental Cryophysics (book), 312
Jackson, N., on designing roads to assist vision, 806
Jackson, Prof. Sir Willis, inaugural address to Imperial College, 673; biographical note, 673; on post-graduate courses, 857
Jaguar, biography, by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (review), 248
Jaguar Cars Ltd., E-type motor car, road tests byENOINEERINO, 741
James Forrest Lecture, 257
Jameson, C., investigation of teaching machines, 488
Jameson, C. B., review of Source Book of the New Plastics, 406; review of Plastics Tooling, 406; biographical note, 408
Jameson, J. L., Ltd., ship model-cutting machine, 33
Jancke, G., on International Standardization of EHV Transmission Voltages, 655
Jane’s All the World’.s Aircraft, by J. W. R. Taylor (book), 280
Jane’s Fighting Ships, by R. V. B. Blackman (book), 280
Janes, H. C., Ltd., public relations ideas, 153 Jantzen, H., on High Gothic (book), 728 Japan, bid for world technical aid, 271
— Formation of Association for International
Technical Co-operation, 271
— Look at (FBI publication), 569
— Makes bid in world technical aid, by E. N.
Simons, 271
—^Transportation in, cinema film, 271 Japanese economy (FBI publication), 569 Jaques, Dr. E., Glacier Project, 48
Jarvis, D. B., review of Introduction to Transients, 151; biographical note, 152
Jaywoth Besser Ltd., use of Duraglas glass fibre oven doors, 530
Jelfery, A. H. G., on Immersed Tube Tunnels: a Study in Achievement (book) 664
Jeloy Stansefabrikk, food mixing machine, 320
Jenbacher Werke AG., locomotive diesel engines, 591
Jensen, J., on Design Guide to Orbital Flight (book), 790
Jersey Central Power and Light Co., formation of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
Jessop-Saville Steels Ltd., high quality vacuum arc-melted steel, 146; use of vacuum induction furnaces, 498
Jig boring machine, Aubert (Industrial Sales Ltd.), 783
Machine, optical, Manex (P.M.T. (Machine Tools) Ltd.), 782
Jindivik target drone (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259
JLO Werke GmbH, petrol engine, 587
Jobson, J. E. V., letter to shareholders of Qualcast Ltd., 657; on Qualcast Ltd., 657
Jodrell Bank, Mark III telescope for, 385
John Bull Rubber Co. Ltd., connection with Metalastik Ltd., 593; Prescollan rubber, 658
John W. Mackay cable layingship, 145 Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., Chempack and Thermocore packing materials, 563 Johnson, A. O., on tariffs in relation to load factor and power factor correction, 244 Johnson, C., on Gas Reservoirs in British Porous Rock Structures, 332
Johnson, D. C., on Mechanics of Vibration (review), 375
Johnson, H. and R., Ltd., use of plastic tanks, 819 Johnson, J. W., on Steam Curing of Portland Cement at Atmospheric Pressure, 362
Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd., investment material for beryllium-copper, 107; Mallory 328 copper alloy for electrodes, 147; silver brazing of stainless steel, 243; Tenacity No. 5 fiux, 243; Argobraze alloys, 243; No-Chat anti-chatter material, 754
Johnson and Phillips Ltd., exhibit at Leipzig Spring Fair, 281; outdoor switchgear, 461
Johnson, W., on Mechanics of Metal Extrusion (book), 856
Johnsons of Hendon Ltd., Polaroid MP3 industrial camera, 751
Johnstone, A., on Marketing in the UK, 697
Johnstone, Alick, Ltd., stage settings for musical show “ Blitz,” 714-715
Joinery (trade publication), 344
Joints, concrete column, epoxy filler for (British Lift Slab Ltd.), 723
— Expansion, bridge, Dilastic (Societe Limi-
silice), 717
— Expansion, rubber bonded, for bridges
(Metalastik Ltd.), 620
— Gasketed, effect of explosion on—-electrical
equipment for use in flammable atmospheres by H. G. Riddlestone, 157
— Industrial Research Reactor Steering
Committee, formation of, 351; Prof. W. Murgatroyd appointed chairman, 351; member firms of, 351; aims of, 351
— Permanent, and movements in reinforced
concrete structures, by J. W. de Courcy, 9
— Sealer (trade publication), 32
— Swivel, Weatherflex (Weatherhead Manufac-
— turing Co. (England) Ltd.), 522
— Welded. See Welded
Jointing, expansion. Epiflex (F. Haworth (ARC) Ltd.), 527
— Machine, cable (Vinatex Ltd.), 11
— Rubber, Thiokol, 179
Jones, E. H., on Audio Frequency Engineering (review), 182
Jones, H. M., on Writing a Technical Paper (review), 246
Jones, J., on industrial disputes, 456
Jones, J. E., reconstruction of 10 Downing Street, 512
Jones mobile crane (George Cohen Sons and Co, Ltd.), 132
Jones, R., on Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete (book), 760
Jones, W. D., on Fundamental Principles of Powder Metallurgy (review), 567
Jones, Sir Walter B., on United Steel Cos. Ltd., 65
Jonescheit press brake (Addison Tool Co.),302 Journal, ball bearing (Skefco publication), 374 Journal of Board of Trade, 271
Journal of the Draughtsman’s and Allied Technicians’ Association, 128
Journals, house, handbook on: industrial editing, by B. Smith (review), 71
Journal de Mdcanique (Institut Henri Poincare), 628
Joy Manufacturing Co,, position and prospects, 273 ; quarterly progress reports, 273
Joy-Sullivan Ltd,, air compressor, 132 Juaristi horizontal boring machine (Frye Machine Tool Co, Ltd.), 783
Judge, T. E., on extensions to Middlesborough Constantine Technical College, 193
Juggernaut research atomic reactor (Argonne), 189
Junella stern-trawler launched (Hall, Russell and Co, Ltd,), 355
KALGOORLIE-FREMANTLE railway, tenders for, 505
Kampf cutter grinding machine (Embassy
Machine and Tool Co. Ltd.), 816
Kampnagel Kangaroo crane, 852
Kangaroo crane (Kampnagel), 852
Kaplan, Dr. M. F., appointed director of Civil Engineering Research Council, 296, 432; biographical note, 296
Kapp, Prof. R. O., review of Pan Book of
Letter Writing, 71-72; review of Industrial Editing: Handbook on House Journals, 71-72; review of Scientific Thinking and Scientific Writing, 71-72; biographical note, 72
Kassbohrer, Karl, Fahrzeugwerke GmbH, mobile crane, 588
Kavar sugar beet factory, Iran, 362
Kay, L., on how much truth from ultrasonic tests? 118-119
Kaydzolver impeller mixing machine (Steele and Cowlishaw), 303
Kayenco central heating boiler, 137
Kayser Ellison and Co. Ltd., production of silver steel, 66
Keeton Sons and Co. Ltd., Keetona Pyramid bending rolls, 11; bending rolls (trade publication), 760
Kelley, A. F., on association between John Thompson (Wolverhampton), Ltd., and Rolls-Royce Ltd., 25
Kellogg International Corp., oil refinery at Europoort for Gulf Oil Corp., 281; oil refinery at.Stigsnaes for Gulf Oil Corp., 281
Kelly and Lewis Pty. Ltd., acquired by Mather and Platt Ltd., 401
Kelston Engineering Co. Ltd., concertina pump, 675
Ken Corp., Keneze drilling material, 432 Keneze drilling material (Ken Corp.), 432 Kenilworth Manufacturing Co. Ltd., epoxy compounds, 723
Kennametal (Great Britain) Ltd., tooling (trade publication), 600
Kennedy, President, US Foreign Aid Programme, 385
Kenny, S., stage settings for musical show ‘Blitz’, 714-715
Kent, George, Ltd. electronic recorder instruments (trade publication), 472
Kent, George, QVF Ltd., exhibit at Leipzig Spring Fair, 281
Kent University, proposal for, 791
Key Engineering Co. Ltd., fibre pipes (trade publication), 32; pitch-fibre pipes, 107; new London offices for, 305; pitch fibre pipes (trade publication), 312
Key underfloor ducting, 432
Khrushchev, N., on Russian production, 385 Kidney, artificial, work on by Dr. L. T. Skeggs, 314
Kier, J. L., and Co. Ltd., Medway Bridge, 394- 395; new factory for Boulton and Paul Ltd., 561
Kiln, tunnel, 260
King Aircraft Corp., sealing thermocouples into pressure vessels, 4
King, Geo. W,, Ltd., lead therapy department at 130; welding screens, chain block, 256
King George’s Jubilee Trust, travel bursary, 203 Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation, contract
with Standard Telephones and (tables Ltd., for supply of automatic telephone system, 33
Kinnis and Brown Ltd., water treatment (trade publication), 184
Kipping, Sir Norman, director general of Federation of British Industries, 345; visit to Japan, 569
Kirk, N. S., on psychology of accidents, 697 Kirkland, Col. <5. W., on Millbank Tower, 129 Kirwan, R. W., on Method for Obtaining the
Shear Strength Parameters for Boulder Clay, 393
Kitchen, Miracle, Whirlpool (Whirlpool Corp.), 448
— New style, 576
— Ware, Worcester Ware (Metal Box Co. Ltd.),
689
Kitzinger, U. W., on Challenge of the Common Market (review), 111-112
K and L Steelfounders and Engineers, new nondestructive testing laboratory opened, 501 Klamt, J., on Berechnung und Bemessung elektrischer Maschinen (review), 822 KLG Sparking Plugs Ltd., igniters, 90 Klinger, Richard, Ltd., Port Hole level gauge, 718
Knife grinding machine, GK (Thomas White and Sons Ltd.), 752
Knitmesh Ltd., knitted wire products, 850 Knitted wire. See Wire
Knollys, Viscount, on Vickers, Ltd., 721 Knurling toolholder (Ratby Engineering Co.
Ltd.), 89
Koenigsberger, F., on Calculations, Design Principles and Constructional Elements of Metal Cutting Machine Tools (review), 343; on welding and the engineer, 585
Koepke, C. A., on Plant Production Control (book), 472
Kok, J. A., on Electrical Breakdown of Insulating Liquids (book), 790
Kollmann, E,, on Rudiments of Technical Theories (review), 566
Kollsman Instrument Ltd., equipment for orbiting observatory, 191; development contract for astronavigational equipment from Ministry of Aviation, 631
Komolibus, E., on DC/AC Converters for DC Amplifiers, 182
K oomanoff, F. A., research on systems analysis, 396
Korea, orders placed with Ruston and Hornsby Ltd. for diesel generating plant, 377
Kork, J., on Design Guide to Orbital Flight (book), 790
Kraft, D., on Design Guide to Orbital Flight (book), 790
Krasnoyarsk project in Russia, 458 Kravchenko, V. D., on corona losses, 655 Krick, E. V., on Methods Engineering: Design and Measurement of Work Methods (book), 824
Kudo, H., on Mechanics of Metal Extrusion (book), 856
Kummel, F., on Theory of Transductors (review), 566
KurtL^N., on Experimental Cryophysics (book), Kynoch and Co., historical note, 849 Kynoch, G., and Co. Ltd., historical note, 849 Kynoch, George, founding of Kynoch Works, 849
Kynoch Ltd., formation of, 849; historical note, 849
Kynoch Works, historical note, 849
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
LABORATORY, electrical research, for CEGB opened at Leatherhead, 669
— Hydraulics, triple purpose, by R. Silvester,
477
— Space, thermionic converters for (Martin
Co.), 189
— See also National Engineering; National
Physical
Labour in agricultural equipment industry, 136
— in aircraft industry, 104
— in armaments, 15
— in building industry, 63
— in business equipment industry, 99
— in civil engineering industry, 63
— Costs, present trends in, 617 Supplementary, 617
— in electronics industry, 23
— in food equipment industry, 136
— in home equipment industry, 139
— in information processing industry, 99
— International movement of, 616
— in materials industry, 59
— in metals industry, 59
— in mining industry, 63
— Minister of, to be on National Economic
Development Council, 232
— Ministry of. Opportunities in the Coalmining
Industry, 8; Ministry of Labour Gazette, 88; statistics on Trade Union membership, 88; Choice of Careers (booklets), 168; The Mathematician, 168; Accidents—How They Happen, 232; Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 232; accident statistics, 232; seminar on management/shop floor communication, 296; seminar on communication and consultation, 328; Structural Requirements of the Factories Act, 331; conference on positive approach to industrial relations, 392; Factories Act 1961; Short Guide to, 456; Factory Orders, 456; Incomes Policy: the Next Step, 488; Bulletin of Statistics on Incomes, Prices, Employment and Production, 488; conditions of apprentice training, 488; Gazette, 616; study of shipbuilding industry, 761; Training Within Industry scheme, 761; Accidents—How They Happen, T)\-, Report of the Committee on the Selection and Training of Supervisors, 837
?— in motor vehicle industry, 55 Labour News, 168
— in power plant industry, 96
— in prime mover industry, 96
— in production plant industry, 19
— in public service industries, 143
— in railway industry, 55
— Requirements and automation, 781
?— in shipbuilding industry, 104
— Skilled, emigration of, 616
— in telecommunications industry, 23
Ladder steps, ships’, of rubber (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 179
Ladzhanur Dam, 458
Lafarge Aluminous Cement Co, Ltd., Cement Special, 52; bulk deliveries of Ciment Fondu to Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 52
Lafuze, D. L., on Magnetic Amplifier Analysis (book), 728
Laing, John, Constructors Ltd., Harp lager brewery, 492; paraboloid roof for Commonwealth Institute, 654; Coventry Cathedral, 682
Laing, John, Group, Harp lager brewery, 492 Laira Bridge, aluminium railings for (Woodrow Metals Ltd.), 619
Laithwaite, E. R., design of two-speed induction motor, 387
Lake Maracaibo bridge, 813
Lambert Engineering Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., order for Leyland Comet Truck chassis placed, 249
Lamburn, A., on de Normanville overdrive system for motor cars, 185
Laminar boundary layer, extensions of the theory of, by Prof. S. Goldstein, 168 Laminates (trade publication), 790
— Formapex, for gaskets (loco Ltd.), 627
— Metal/rubber, Hycadamp, to damp vibra
tion (Fireproof Tanks Ltd.), 499
?—? Syropex, for gaskets (loco Ltd.), 627 Laminated plastics (Tufnol Ltd.), 683 Laminating machine, Rotobond (Morane Plastic Co. Ltd.), 720
Lamp, flashing (trade publication), 728
?— Mercury, new type (Westinghouse), 447-448
— Simplus Horstmann, 366
— See also Light; Lighting
Lamson Engineering Co., Shell Centre, 491 Lanarkshire Steel Co. Ltd., rolled steel sections, 9; universal beam mill commissioned, 177
Lancashire boiler, circa 1853, 410 Fairburn and Hetherington patents for, 410
— County Council, tenders invited for Preston-
Lancaster M6 Motorway link, 681
Lancashire Felt Co., position and prospects, 529 Lancaster-Preston M6 Motorway link, tenders invited, 681
Lancaster and Tonge Ltd., pumping or vacuum trap, 844
Lancing Machine Tools Ltd., Ronnqvist eccentric presses, 783
Land Rover motor car, air cushion principle applied to (Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston) Ltd.), 514
Landing system, aircraft, automatic, 83 Landscape engineering of roads, 673
— English, Plain Words on, 710
Lanes, H. C., Ltd., joinery (trade publication), 344
Lang, E., on rig testing, 41
Lang Pneumatic Ltd., pneumatic valves, 399; position and prospects, 497
Langham Thompson, J., Ltd., accelerator tubes, 191; Hastings-Raydist vacuum transducers, 304
Langmuir, R. V., on Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (review), 408
Languages, foreign. Plain Words on, 838 Lansing Bagnall Ltd., industrial trucks, 681; order position, 681; exhibit at Mechanical Handling Exhibition, 681; contract with Towmotor Corp., 681
Lantern, storm, Tilley (Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd.), 74-76
Lapointe Machine Tool Co., broaching machine, 724
Laporte Acids Ltd., to absorb James Wilkinson and Son Ltd. and Sheffield Chemical Co. Ltd., 433
Laporte Group, reorganization of, 433
Laporte Industries Ltd,, position and prospects, 849
Laporte Titanium Ltd., position and prospects, 849
Lapping disc, Hyprocel (Engis Ltd.), 147 Larsen, E,, on History of Invention (review), 502
Latchlifter and room to door speech system, “Come In” (Dan Norske Hoyttaler- fabrikk A/S), 480
Latex dipping machine (Lionel Hook and Sons, Ltd.), 304
— Rubber (Sto-Chem Ltd.), 531 Lathes (trade publication), 696
— Accessories (trade publication), 536
— Capstan, Preoptive (Alfred Herbert Ltd.)
602-604
— Centre, Forza (Euco Tools Ltd.), 398
— Copying, Sicmatic (Herbert Widdowson
Sons Ltd.), 782
Unit. See Copying
— History of, by R. S Woodbury, 110
— Sliding bed, Schlesinger (Stanley Machine
Tool Co. Ltd.), 334
— (Smart and Brown (Machine Tools) Ltd.), 81 5
— Spindle. See Spindle Launch, motor. See Boat
Laundry, punched card system speeds, 42
— Troughs. See Troughs Law for Consumers, 758 Law, patent, course on, 791
Lawrence, C., design of motor car suspension, 810
Lawrence Tune Engines Ltd., Deep Sanderson motor car, 5
Laybourn, Dr. K., investigation of teaching machines, 488
Laycock Engineering Ltd., agreement with Auto Transmissions Ltd., 185
Layout and automation for factories, by A. Goss, 780-781
Layton Sports Cars Ltd., GT motor car, do-it- yourself, 5
LD/AC steelmaking process, international gathering of users of, 616
— Steelmaking unit (Wellman Smith Owen
Engineering Corp. Ltd.), 468
Le Mans Race: by B. Lister, 709; Aston Martin motor car return to, 810; comments on, 833
Lead doors for radiotherapy department at Guy’s Hospital (Geo. W. King Ltd.), 130
— Paint Act, 329
— Zinc smelting plant. Imperial Smelting
(Power-Gas Corp. Ltd. and Huntingdon Herbelein and Co. Ltd.), 185
Leadership and direction of scientific and engineering personnel, course on, 791
Learning, world of, 1961-1962 (Europa Publications) (book), 790
Leathlean, S. W. B., review of Circuit Analysis, 216; biographical note, 216
Leathlean, S. W. B., review of Alternating Current Machines, 279-280; biographical note, 280
Lebedev, B. P., on transmission voltages, 713
Lectromelt vacuum furnace (McGraw-Edison Co.), 146 ‘
Lee, D. H., on Introduction to Deep Foundations and Sheet-Piling-(book), 504
Lee-McCall jacks, 847
Leech (Rochester) Ltd., Vari-head tapping attachment, 174
LeesonaHolt Ltd., textile sizing rolls from Rose. Downs and Thompson Ltd., 306
Leet, Prof., tests of seismographs, 52 Legal Systems in the Commonwealth, 470 Leicester, Lovell and Co. Ltd., Cascamite resin glue, 243; Cascophen resin glue, 243; epoxy resin dies for British Light Steel Pressings Ltd., 851
Leichtbaustoffe AG., development of Beto- block concrete blocks, 745
Leipzig Spring Fair, preparations for, 281; British exhibitors at, 281
Leisure and work, by N. Anderson (book), 184 Leitertafeln. Einfascher Aufbau und praktische Andwendung von Fluchtlinientafeln, by H. Bock (review), 629
Leitner, A., on Dubbels Taschenbuch fiir den Maschinenbau (book), 376
LEO III computers, 313; for Census Office, 776, 840
Leo Computers Ltd., export orders received, 313; LEO III computers, 313; formation of LEO Computers Pty. Ltd., 313; new premises for, 313
LEO Computers Pty Ltd., formation of, 313; aims of, 313; P. Gyngell appointed manager 313
Leonardo da Vinci. See da Vinci
Leondes, C. T., on Computer Control Systems Technology (book), 280
Lenaghan, J., on Present Trends in Shipbuilding Industry, 449
Leningrad metal plant Imeni Stalin, Russian engineering developments at, by M. N. Bushuev, 150
Lennig, Charles, and Co. (Great Britain) Ltd., Tuffak acrylic sheet, 307
Lenze, Hans, and Co. KG., Wesero grinding machine, 589
Lerner, S. W., on Workshop Bargaining Wage Drift and Productivity in the British Engineering Industry 360
Lester-Brown Machine Tools Ltd., Adler shearing machine, 782
LeTourneau, R, G., Inc., gas-turbine powered vehicle for US Army, 324
Letter writing. Pan book of, by K. G. Thompson (review), 71
Leuna Chemical Works, using coal with high salt content, 221
Level gauge, Port Hole (Richard Klinger Ltd.), 718
— Indicator (Panax Equipment Ltd.), 50
— Monitor, Contimitor (Electronic Machine
Control Ltd.), 804
Levell Electronics Ltd., transistor AC amplifier, 686
Levine, C., on new formulae for flow in pipelines, 46
Levitov, V. L, on corona losses, 655
Lewis, E. E., on Design of Hydraulic Control Systems (book), 376
Lewis, Frank, and Co. Ltd., roll feed unit, 234
Lewis, W. A., on Compaction of Soil and Road Bases, 240
Lewis, W. F., on diesel electric locomotives for Argentina, 33
Lexor Electronics Ltd., use of retaining rings on Disboards, 258
Leyland Iberica Group of Companies, agreement with Arthur Lyon and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., 73
Leyland Motors Ltd., Octopus motor truck fitted with Williams foundation digger, 130; orders for Comet bus chassis, 153; order from Lambert Engineering Co. (Glasgow) Ltd. for Comet truck chassis, 249; export orders, 441; Comet passenger vehicle chassis, 441; order for buses from Uruguay, 808
Libby, J. R., on Prestressed Concrete (review), 534
Librarians, special, course on information work for, 150
Library, American and international (Pergamon Press), 825
— Association, British Technology Index, 310;
Directory of British Photo-Reproduction Services, 406
— Commonwealth and International, of
Science and Technology, engine ring and liberal studies (Pergamon Press), 825
— Unesco bulletin for, 534
Liebman, on Liege International Fair, 840 Liege International Fair, UK exhibits at, 840 Lifts, design of, 273
— Scissor, Power-Lifts (Cotterell and Pither
Ltd.), 784
Lifting equipment, vacuum (Albert Fezer Maschinenfabrik GmbH), 587
Light box and magnifier (P. W. Allen and Co,), 304
— decoration by, 736
— See also Lamp: Lighting
Light and Power Accessories Co. Ltd., fittings (trade publication), 440
Lightfoot Refrigeration Co. Ltd., freon compressors, 523
Lighthouse, Holyhead, remote control of, 451
— Orfordness, remote control of, 451
— Remote control of (Automatic Telephone
and Electric Co. (Bridgnorth) Ltd.), 451
Lighting of Building Sites and Works of Engineering Construction, 329
Lighting, daylight and the daylight factor, 212
— Fittings (trade publication), 760
— Industrial (trade publication), 472
— Internal, with special reference to the new
lES code, by W. Robinson, 265
— Natural and artificial, at work, by R. G.
Hopkinson, 212
Aspects of, by T. A. Markus, 265
— New developments and the new lES code,
by W. Robinson, 244
— Planning, booklets on (British Lighting
Council), 736
— Supplementary, colour of, 213
— Supplemented daylight, 212
— See also Lamp: Light
Lightnin Mixers Ltd., fluid mixing units, 579; Line-Blender mixer, 845
Lightning aircraft, T 188 (English Electric), 545 Lightning performance of EHV lines, by W. Casson, 656
Lignite used at German power stations, 579
Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 721
Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd., power source for CO2 welding, 17,5
Lindemann of Dusseldorf, Lusic 61 hydraulic scrap shears, 469; Moffat and Bell Ltd. as UK agents, 469
Lindley, A. L. G., awarded Fellowship of Woolwich Polytechnic, 296
Lindley, Dr. B. C., on atomic reactor power raised by simpler cooling, 276-277, 678. See LETTER, 326
Line-Blender mixer (Lightnin Mixers Ltd.), 845 Line Electric Co., high speed relays, 78
Linear circuits, by R. E. Scott (review), 246
— Systems, mathematical theory of, by B. M,
Brown (review), 310
Shock and vibration in, by P. A. Crafton (review), 822
Liner Canberra, 101; Carron cargo transporters for, 322; operating experiences with, 643; by T. W. Bunyan, P. D. Morris and D. D. Stephen, 643
— France, 41; Decca radar for, 123; design
details of, 122-123; neoprene decks for (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 403
— Oriana, transverse propulsion units of, 249;
model of, 689
— Transvaal Castle, details of, 84
— See also Ships
Linford, A., on Flow Measurement and Meters (book), 184
Linholm, Dr, A. A. L., on natural diamond grit, 797
Lining, brake, Ferodo AM family of (Ferodo Ltd.), 442-444
— Chimney, of Duraline ebonite (Dunlop
Rubber Co. Ltd.), 626
— Tank, of Duraline ebonite (Dunlop Rubber
Co. Ltd.), 626
—? Tunnel, sand drain for, 52
Link-Belt Co., Visco-Torq fluid coupling, 771 Linstead, Sir Patrick, elected president of International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience conference, 203
Lion locomotive, trials of by British Railways, 738
Lipo-protein, peanut, Lypro (International Protein Products Ltd.), 553
Lipson, C., on Handbook on Mechanical Wear (review), 599
Lipson, Prof. H. S., on crystal structures, 616 Liquefied gas industry. See Gas
— Petroleum gas. See Gas
Liquid air. See Air
— Automatic blending system for, develop
ment of (Armstrong Whitworth Equipment Ltd. and Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.), 853
— Insulating, electrical breakdown of, by
J. A. Kok (book), 790
— Oxygen. See Oxygen
— Spraying. See Spraying
Liquid Systems Ltd., flow indicator, 234
Lisborg, N., on Principles of Structural Design (review), 214
Liskey Aluminium Inc., lightweight flooring system, 51
Lister, B., on Issigonis’s Fertile Mind in Car Design, 45; on Formula 1 contenders prepare for 1962, 125; review of Jaguar; A Biography, 248; biographical note, 248; on round and about the racing circuits, 521; on dominant cars entered for Le Mans, 709; on lessons learned in the “ Junior ” school, 841
Lister, R. A., and Co. Ltd., diesel engines, 235; diesel engines (trade publication), 600
Little Giant Products Inc., agreement with Oldham and Son Ltd., 401
Littleford, G. E., review of Ultrasonics and Its Industrial Applications, 374; biographical note, 376
Liverpool Corp. Water Works, use of fish traps, 595
Liverpool University, post-graduate courses at, 88; diesel engine research, 194-195 Livesey and Henderson, Channel tunnel, 654 Livesley, Dr, R, K., review of Mathematical Theory of Linear Systems, 310; review of Handbook of Numerical Methods for the Solution of Algebraic and Transcendental Equations, 310; biographical note, 312 Liwschitz-Garik, M., on Alternating Current Machines (review), 279-280
Ljungmans Ekameter flow meter (J. S. Webber Ltd.), 844
Llanwern Slag Ltd., formation of, 305; macadams, asphalts and lean mix concretes, 305
Lloyd, Major General C., appointed director general of City and Guilds of London Institute, 360; investigation of teaching machines, 488
Lloyd, S., on national wages policy, 8
Lloyd, W. L., on space research, 839 Lloyd-Lowels, D. G. N., on Tap and Die Corp, Ltd., 241
Lloyd’s Mechanical Industries Ltd., Retract-A- Track roller track, 651; Rolomat roller conveyors, 651
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, requirements of the marine industry, 26; annual report, 417
Load carrier, long (Packman Machinery Ltd.), 335
Loaders, shovel, puncture proof tyres for, 515 Loading bank, electro-hydraulic (Burtonwood Engineering Ltd.), 469
— Impact, effect of on prestressed and ordinary
concrete beams (Building Research Station), 169
— Technique (trade publication), 376 Loadleader trailer (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.),757 Local Authorities. See Municipal
Local Employment Act, 464, 729 Loch Awe pumped storage scheme, 776 Locks, bolts and bars, the story of; safe bind; safe find, by G. Hogg (review), 279
— Combination, electric (Aug. Stenman A-B),
480
— Printing galley, of magnetic plastic strip, 210
— Release and room to door speech system,
“Come In” (Dan Norske Hoyttaler- fabrikk A/S), 480
Locker Industries Ltd., Dri-clone filter units, 579
Lockers (James H. Randall and Son Ltd.), 495 Lockett, G, E., on Dragon atomic reactor project, 671
Lockheed Missile and Space Co., development of space-age materials, 480
Lockwood, E. H., on Book of Curves (book), 112
Locomotives, diesel-electric, Canada to supply to Argentina, 33
— Diesel-electric, Falcon, trials of (Brush
Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 578
— Diesel-electric, for Nyasaland and Trans
Zambesi Railways (AEI Ltd.), 409
— Diesel engine. See Engine Fire hazard with, 41
—? — Hydraulic (trade publication), 184
— Electric, for Polish State Railways (English
Electric and AEI), 612
for South Africa (AEI Ltd.), 313
— Electro-diesel, trials of by Southern Region
of British Railways, 324
— Gas-turbine (English Electric), 55
— Gas-turbine (English Electric Co. Ltd.),
516-517
— Gas-turbine, by J. O. P. Hughes, 516
— Lion, trials of by British Railways, 738
— Market trends in, 54
— Methane gas powered, for NCB (Sentinel
(Shrewsbury) Ltd.), 162. See LETTER, 518
— Permatred wood floors for (Vulcan Foundry
Ltd.), 818
— Preservation of, 769
— Single engined, most powerful, 738
— Terrier, presented to Canadian Railroad
Transport Museum, 769
Lodge Plugs Ltd., use of Goodyear pumps for pumpingceramicslip, 124; Sintox alumina ceramic, 594; uses of Sintox alumina ceramic, 594
Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd., Donex extrusion press, 505; rolling mill equipment for Park Gate Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., 537 Loewy, R., design of Avanti motor car, 601 Loggamatic tractor logging unit (T. T. Boughton and Sons Ltd.), 267
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Logging unit, tractor, Loggamatic (T. T.
Boughton and Sons Ltd.), 267
Londex Ltd., APT timer, 368; electro-magnetic valves (trade publication), 408; hour counters (trade publication), 824
London Airport, criticism of, 705 access to from M4 Motorway, 776 London Boroughs Joint Computer Committee, order placed for LEO HI computer, 313
London Building and Engineering Construction Accident Prevention Group, annual dinner, 392
London Chamber of Commerce, support for Czechoslovak National Industrial Exhibition, 631
London Conference on Railway Mechanical Equipment, 737
London, Corporation of. Blackfriars Improvement Scheme, 712
London County Council, PABX telephone dictation system installed, 177; use of Ruston “TA” gas turbines, 250; and Greater London Authority, 257; F. M. Fuller recommended for post of chief engineer and county surveyor, 392; Sir Joseph Rawlinson to retire, 392; South Bank Development, 490; greater London traffic survey, 741; use of Permatred densified wood floors, 818
London Flooring Centre, demonstrations of floor maintenance equipment, 433
London, Greater, Authority. See Greater London Authority
— International Engineering Exhibition, 615
— Master Builders Association, meeting with
J. Hare, 168; on apprentice training, 648
— Office, conference on, 232
— Passenger transport in, history of, 742 London-South Wales Motorway, tenders
invited, 217
London traffic noise, analysis of, 570 survey, 121, 741
— Transport Executive, use of unpainted
aluminium Routemaster buses, 57; modernization of Metropolitan Railway Line, 813
London University, series of engineering lectures, 168
Long, Nevill, and Co. (Boards) Ltd., Tila Super polyester boards, 851
Longley, James, and Co. Ltd., Sussex University buildings, 297
Longmore, J., on Role of Models and Artificial Skies in Daylighting Design, 363
Lord Nelson trawler, 187
Lorett, J. A., on hydraulic analogue for condenser design, 733-734
Lorries. See Motor vehicle
Los Angeles, computer for road traffic problems, 431
Lotus 20 formula Junior racing motor car, 5
— Motor car, 521
Loughborough College of Technology, conference on preventing accidents in furniture industry, 697
Love, P. P., chairman of conference graduate training, 428
Lovell, Sir Bernard, Mark III telescope Jodrell Bank, 385; high altitude atomic explosions, 864
Low, Archibald, and Sons Ltd., agreement with Liskey Aluminium Inc., 51; Elaflor lightweight flooring system, 51
Lowe, E. L, on Weighing and Proportioning of Materials Used in Zinc Smelting, 843 Lowland Tanker Co., tests with closed circuit television as aid for docking tankers, 226 LPG. See Gas, liquefied petroleum
£ J d of Welfare in Industry (Industrial Welfare Society), 617
Lubricant additives (Slip Group), 453
— Deep drawing, report on (Production
Engineering Research Association), 285
— Dry-film, Bonderlube 350 (Pyrene Co. Ltd.),
531
— See also Grease
Lubrication with an aerosol, 43
— Graphite, of railway points, 121
•— Hydrodynamic, theory of, by O. Pinkus and
B. Sternlicht (review), 535
— Indicator, Electrolube, 150
— Oil mist, for rolling mill bearings, 757
?— Service, dry bonded, Black-Moly (John W.
Miller and Son Ltd.). 403
— of steel ropes, 799
— Steelworks (trade publication), 440 (Castrol Industrial Ltd. publication), 310
— Systems (trade publication), 504 Lubricating nipples. See Nipples
Lucas Gas Turbine Equipment Ltd., vertical furnace installed, 840
Lucas, Joseph, Ltd., suggestion scheme awards, 585
Lucking, J., on fluidized bed drying of paper and board, 843
Lund University, installation of ultrasonic equipment, 744
Lupton, A. R. R., design of marble operated universal sums engine, 387
Lupton, H. P., on Industrial Gas Engineering (review), 182
Lurgi gasification plant for Scottish Gas Board (Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd.), 548
Plant at Westfield (Scottish Gas Board), 142
Plant for West Midlands Gas Board (Woodhall-Duckham Construction Co.), 373
Lusic 61 hydraulic scrap shears (Lindemann of Dusseldorf), 469
Lychagin, A. S., on Open Hearth Furnace Design (book), 760
Lyfe-Lock buckle, 537
Lynch, W. A., on Principles of Electronic Instrumentation (book), 728
Lyon, Arthur, and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., agreement with TIMSA of Madrid, 73; centrifugal pumps, 73; alternators (trade publication), 824
Lyon, G., review of High Voltage Distribution Practice, 438; biographical note, 440 Lyons, Claude, Ltd., time and frequency counter, 12; automatic voltage stabilizers (trade publication), 568
Lyons, J., and Co. Ltd., order placed for
LEO III computer, 313
Lypro peanut lipo-protein (International
Protein Products Ltd.), 553
Ml motorway, tenders for extensions M2 motorway, 394-395 M4 motorway, access to London from, 776
M6 motorway, Preston-Lancaster, invited, 681
Macadie, D., development of Avometer, 666; biographical note, 666
Macalloy bars, 847
MacAlpine, Sir Alfred, and Son Ltd., new sheds for British Transport Commission at Speke, 813
Macao Electric Lighting Co. Ltd., equipment ordered from GEC (Engineering) Ltd. and Ruston Hornsby Ltd., 33
Macarthur, H., appointed in charge of Blantyre installation of Castrol Ltd., 593
MacColl, J. E., debate on Planning Acts, 88 Macdonald, J. E., formation of Computa- quants Ltd., 361
Macdonald, Dr. J. M., on health and hygiene on the shop floor, 265
MacEwen, M., debate on Planning Acts, 88 Macfadzean, Sir William, address at Festival Dinner of International Household Goods and Hardware Fair, 313; on Common Market, 313
Macgougan, J., on communication and consultation, 328
MacGrip tyre, 515
Machines, alternating current, by M. Liwschitz- Garik and C. C. Whipple (review), 279-280
— General purpose, 532
— Guards. See Guards
— Performance, high, bearings for, 564
— Precision, 532
Machine Products Ltd., gearbox synchronizer cones, 290
Machine protection (trade publication), 440
— Shop practice, aids to, by C. T. Bower
(review), 110
?— Single purpose, 532
— Standard, linking (Wickman Ltd.), 285
— Tools, automatic control of, conference on,
359
Birth and evolution of, 500 Census, revelations of, 29
Chip removing, the procurement of, by F. Frey (review), 343
Delivery statistics, 569 Exhibition, Importers, 782 Export statistics, 641
Factors influencing replacement
Industry, activity in. 20 Loading automatically, 68 Metal cutting, calculations, principles and design elements F. Koenigsberger (review), 343
Metal cutting, industry. Directory for Western Europe, 673
Outdated, 417 Shape to come, 532 Tax life of, 417
for Tomorrow’s Engineering, by C. A. Sparkes, 532
Trades Association, co-operation with Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 518; discussion on machine tools and automatic control, 518; machine tool delivery statistics, 569; export orders for machine tools, 641; statistics on machine tools, 641 Trades statistics, 673
Vero hydro-copier for (Vero Precision Engineering Ltd.), 29
Vibrations, by S. A. Tobias (review), 630 Machines and Tooling, 769
Machinery (Continental) Ltd., Beaver automatic tipping hoist, 334
— Ships’, advantages of testing on land, 419 Machining, meter, transfer lines speeds, 340
— Micro, by optical maser, 479
— Spark erosion, 463, 718
Mackay Industrial Equipment Ltd., Allis- Chalmers crawler tractor shovel, 524
Mackenzie Committee on power stations, 513 Mackenzie and Tapp Ltd., Crabtree sheet metal feeder installed, 757
Mackerle, J., on Air-Cooled Motor Engines (review), 407
Macmillan Committee, 1931, 336 Macpherson, M. C., air compressor design, 116 Macpherson, N., meeting with Merseyside (Employment Committees) Co-ordinating Committee, 729
Mac. See also Me
Magco Ltd., Magco magnetic separator, 233 Magdalene College, grant to by Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Group, 296
Magicote thixotropic paints (Lewis Berger (GB) Ltd.), 499
Magnets, Dreadnought, aluminium windings for (Rapid Magnetic Ltd.), 659
— Permanent, and their application, by R. J.
Parker and R. J. Studders (book), 824
— Plastic based, for cathode ray tubes, 210
— Superconducting, now available, 253 (Westinghouse), 117
Magnetic amplifier analysis, by D. L. Lafuze (book), 728
— Door closures, 210
— Materials (trade publication), 112
— Materials in the Electrical Industry, by
P. R. Bardell (review), 32
High frequency: their characteristics and principal applications, by W. J. Polydoroff (review), 375
Oxide, by K. J. Standley (book), 600
— Printing galley locks of plastic strip, 210
— Separator (Magco Ltd.), 233
— Shaft seals (Argali Machine Tool Co. Ltd.),
260
— Strip, plastic based. Eclipse (James Neill &
Co. (Sheffield) Ltd.), 210
Plastic based, uses of, 210
— Susceptibilities, measuring (Honeywell Con
trols Ltd.), 117
Magnetism and electricity, static fields in, by D. H. Travena (book), 152
— Low temperature theory confirmed, 605 Magnetohydrodynamics, fundamentals of continuum theory of, by Prof. S. Goldstein, 168
— Practical, 511
— by E. J. Sternglass, T. C. Tsu, G. L. Griffith
and J. H. Wright, 512
— Symposium on engineering aspects of,
511-512
Magnetoplasmadynamic electrical power generation, symposium on, 711
Magnetoresistance, new phenomenon in, of bismuth at low temperatures, by Dr. L. Esaki, 255
Magnetron, X-band (M-O Valve Co. Ltd.), 12 Magnifier and light box (P. W. Allen and Co.), 304
Magnoptic comparator (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co. Ltd.), 555
Magnox sealing washer, 4
Mainshaft for jet engine, steel forging for (Tubes Ltd.), 106
Maintenance, electrical, procedures, preventive maintenance, by A. Cotton, 244
Makelt, H., on Mechanical Presses (review), 343 Makins, Sir Roger, on radioisotopes in industry, 737
Malcolm, D. G., on Management Control Systems: Proceedings of Symposium Held at Systems Development Corp, (review), 30
Mallory 328 copper alloy for electrodes (Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 147
Malta, cotton milling machinery for (Platt Brothers (Sales) Ltd.), 409
— Harbour, reconstruction work in, 777 Maly, L., on Czechoslovak National Industrial
Exhibition, 631
Mammoth Major truck chassis (AEC Ltd.), 441 Man, organization, by W. H. Whyte, 296 Management in agricultural equipment industry, 136
— in aircraft industry, 104
— in armaments, 15
— in building industry, 63
— in business equipment industry, 99
— and changing world, conference on, 488
— in civil engineering industry, 63
— in Common Market, conference on, 580
— Communication in, course on, 791
— Consultants Association, annual general
meeting, 424; A. Wilson appointed chairman, 424; plans for formation of Institute of Management Consultants, 424; activities of, 424; first annual dinner, 697
— Control systems, proceedings of symposium,
by D. G. Malcolm and A. J. Rowe (review), 30
— Courses, 488
Conspectus of (British Institute of Management publication), 237
Evaluation of, 237
Sandwich, 328
— in electronics industry, 23
— on factory floor, by J. Gloag (book), 72;
(review), 823
— in food equipment industry, 136
— in home equipment industry, 139
— Implications of the shorter working week
for, by H. Clegg, 424
— in information processing industry, 99
— Marketing, course on, 791
— in materials industry, 59
— of men and resources, course on, 791
— in metals industry, 59
— in mining industry, 63
— in motor vehicle industry, 55
— in nationalized industry, by Lord Robens,
488
— New concepts in (BIM publication), 296
— in power plant industry, 96
— in prime mover industry, 96
— Production, by R. R. Mayer (book), 630 Modern, by E. S. Buffa (review), 726
— in production plant industry, 19
— in public service industries, 143
— in railway industry, 55
Management Responsibilities and the Avoidance of Industrial Disputes, 456
Management Selection Ltd., cost of advertising for staff, 8; formation of three new companies, 257
— in shipbuilding industry, 104
— in telecommunications industry, 23
— Training courses, relative merits, of, 236 Methods, evaluation of, 236 Management Training Techniques (British
Institute of Management), 648
— Viewpoint of, by Dr. H. F. Rance and Hon.
P. M. G. Best, 456
Managers, development of, and growth of firm, by Dr. A. T. M. Wilson, 296
— in industry, course on, 48, 488
— Measures in the making of, by G. F. Hird,
236-237. See LETTER, 294
— Works, training courses for, 456
Managerial task, the changing nature of, by Prof. D. McGregor, 296
Manchester College of Science and Technology, measurement of impact strains in guides, 638-639
M.Sc course, 857
— Corporation, water from Ullswater, 225
— •— Sewage digestion plant for, 562
— Joint Research Council, Newsletter, 616 Manchester School, 360
— University, Manchester School, 360; re
search into companies, 360; design of two-speed induction motor, 387; Dr. E. H. Rhoderick appointed professor of electrical engineering, 791
Mandator prime mover (AEC Ltd.), 441
Mandelkorn, R. S., on Value Engineering (review), 759
Mandoval Ltd., Lightweight paraboloid concrete roof, 270
Manex optical jig boring machine (P.M.T. Machine Tools) Ltd., 782
Manganese Bronze and Brass Co., aluminium bronze propeller for tanker Oriental Giant, 26
Mangoldt, W. v., on Handbuch der Regelungs- technik (review), 150
Manipulator, development of by UKAEA, 804 ?— Probe (Ultrasonoscope Co. (London) Ltd.), 49
?— to UKAEA design (Savage and Parsons Ltd.), 804
— to UKAEA design (Western Detail Manu
facturers Ltd.), 804
— Welding (Fairey Engineering Ltd.), 725 Mann Egerton and Co. Ltd., refrigerated van
body, 67
Mannesmann of Dusseldorf, steel tubes for off shore oil wells, 330
Manning, G. P., on Design and Construction of Foundations (review), 470
Manowitz, B., to head USAEC radiation development centre, 255
Mantle, E. C., on extending the life of galvanized cisterns, 422
Mantzel, A. W., development of two stroke opposed piston engine, 325
Mantzel opposed piston two stroke engine, details of, 325
Manufacture and automation, 780 Maple Lodge sewage plant, details of, 206-207 Maracaibo Lake, bridge over, 813
Marble Arch road improvement scheme, 64 Marchon Products Ltd., position and prospects, 561
Marconi Co., aerial tuning unit for Vickers VCIO aircraft, 543
Marconi Instruments Ltd., mobile demonstration unit to tour Europe, 249; delay generator, 494; airadio equipment, 644; instruments (trade publication), 600; nanosecond pulse generator, 686
Marconi International Marine Communication Co. Ltd., Marconi Fishgraph, 186- 188; historical note, 186; Seagraph HI echometer, 186; closed circuit television as docking aid for tankers, 226
Marconi Italia, losses in trading year, 369 Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd., historical note, 186; closed circuit television as docking aid for tanker, 226; colour television camera, 555; trackerball controller, 739
Marcoule atomic power station, use of concrete pressure vessels, 240
Marfleet and Weight Ltd., arrangements with B. and S. Massey Ltd., 65
Margaret, HRH Princess, opening of Ferodo Ltd.’s new Caernarvon plant, 681
Marien, P. J., on Dragon atomic reactor project, 671
Marine auxiliaries (trade publication), 696 and cableship equipment (trade publication), 760
— Engineering, Shipbuilding and Port Equip
ment, International Exhibition, 774
— Industry, requirements of, byG. P. Smedley,
26
— Prime movers, control systems for, 836
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Atomic propulsion; Engine;
Turbine; Propeller
Maritime platform. See Platform
Market trends in agricultural equipment, 135 aircraft, 102 armaments, 15 building, 62 business equipment, 99 civil engineering, 62 food equipment, 135 home equipment, 138 information processing, 99 locomotives, 54 materials, 58 metals, 58 mining, 62 motor vehicles, 54 power plant, 94 prime movers, 94 production plant, 19 public service industries, 142 railways, 54 ships, 102
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(1962)
lity achieved in portable atomic power plant, 479
Martin, T., on Royal Institution, 342 Martinson, C. R., on Industrial Painting:
Engineered Approach (book), 728 Martonair Ltd., positional controller, 621 Maschinen, elektrischer Berechnung und
Bemessung, by J. Klamt (review), 822
Maschinenbau, Taschenbuch fiir den, Dub- bels, by F. Sass, Ch. Bouche and A. Leitner (book), 376
Maschinenfabrik Stahlkontor Weser, centrifugal casting machine, 588
Maser material, neodymium in calcium tungstate as, 190
— Optical. See Optical maser
Masinimport Romania, order placed for Imperial Smelting zinc lead smelting plant, 185
Maslin, J. M. F., on industrial disputes, 456
Mason, E. N., and Sons Ltd., Mercury Major plan printer and developer, 234
Mason, F. K., on Hawker Hurricane (book), 696
Massey, B. and S., Ltd., centenary of, 65; historical note, 65; friction drop hammer, 65; controlling interest in Joseph Berry Ltd., 65; arrangements with Marfleet and Weight Ltd., 65; Grosvenor Steel Fabrications Ltd. as member of group, 65; formation of B. and S. Massey and Sons Ltd.,; 65 Massey, B. and S., and Sons Ltd., formation of, 65 Massey-Ferguson-Butler Ltd., sectional building for Massey-Ferguson (United Kingdom) Ltd., 169
Massey-Ferguson Ltd., position and prospects, 840; upward trend in sales figures, 840
Massey-Ferguson 203 tractor, 134 Massey-Ferguson (United Kingdom) Ltd., rig testing, 41; sectional building for new tyre store, 169
Mastabar Mining Equipment Co. Ltd., Mastabar Pathfinder roof support, 11
Mastabar Pathfinder roof support (Mastabar Mining Equipment Co. Ltd.), 11
Master Builders Co., Embeco expanding grout, 717
Master of Science course, 857
Matchless Machines Ltd., grinding machine, 494
Materials (trade publications), 112, 152, 184, 248
— Developing for the space-age (Lockheed
Missile and Space Co.), 480
— Dry, moisture measurement in, 79
—? at elevated temperatures, mechanical behaviour of, by J. E. Dorn (review), 111
— Engineering, science, by C. W. Richards
(review), 535
— External factors affecting, 58
— Future events in, 57
-— Handling advisory service (Tubewrights Ltd.), 597
Consultancy service (Fisher and Ludlow Ltd.), 469
by remote control, 661
— Industry, investment in, 60
Management and labour in, 59
Plant and materials in, 59
— Magnetic (trade publication), 112
—? Market trends in, 58
?—? Outlook for 1962, 57-60
— Oxide magnetic, by K. J. Standley (book),
600
—? and plant in production plant industry, 19
— Technical developments in, 57 Mathematical physics, boundary and Eigenvalue problems in, by H. Sagan (book), 216
—? Principles of network computation, by Prof. S. C. Redshaw, 716
— Programming, by S. Vajda (book), 344
— Theory of Linear Systems, by B. M. Brown
(review), 310
Mathematician, 168
Mathematics, engineering, by R. Sauer (book), 376
— and industry, by J. Crank (book), 790
—? Teaching in schools, 552
— University, and civil engineer, 710
Mather and Platt Ltd., acquisition of United Development Corp. Pty. Ltd., 401; products of, 401; exports of, 401; subsidiaries of, 401; acquisition of Kelly and Lewis Pty. Ltd., 401; profits, 401; use of Stelvetite for electric motors, 531; acquisition of share capital of Vincent Engineering Co. Ltd., 657
Mather, W. L., on Mather and Platt Ltd., 401
Mathew, Robert, Johnson-Marshall and Partners, paraboloid roof for Commonwealth Institute, 654
Mathews, C. B., formation of Concrete Ltd., 34
Matrices for structural analysis, by S. J. McMirm (book), 630
Matthew, Prof. R., on London County Council and Greater London Authority, 257
Matthews and Yates Ltd., association with Turner and Brown Ltd., 817
Maudling, R., opening of research department of Alfred Herbert Ltd., 497
Maunder, on Gyrodynamics and Its Engineering Applications, 70
Maunsell, G., and Partners, Kalgoorlie-Fre- mantle railway, 505; reconstruction work in Malta Harbour, 777
Mawdsley’s Ltd., Variamm variable speed ac motor, 367
Mawhinney, M. H., on Industrial Furnaces (book), 600
Maxam Power Ltd., All-Square pneumatic cylinders, 11; fluid power equipment (trade publication), 184
Maxim Conveyors (England) Ltd., Dinosaur conveyor, 719
Mayer, R. R., on Production Management (book), 630
Mayne, D. Q., review of Linear Circuits. 246-247; biographical note, 248
McAlpine, K., on Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons Ltd., 569
McAlpine, Sir Robert, and Sons Ltd., Shell Centre, 490-491; tunnelling Bloor-Danforth railway subway in Torinto, 569; tunnelling machine, 569
McBirnie, S. C., on Marine Steam Engines and Turbines (book), 856
McBride, W. J., appointed director of research of Industrial Heat Exchangers Ltd., 785
McCall and Co. (Sheffield), Unisteel 60 reinforcing bars, 584
McCance, Sir Andrew, on Colvilles Ltd., 241 McCleery, D. K., on Introduction to Transients (review), 151
McColl Electric Works Ltd., acquired by Stone-Platt Industries Ltd., 753
McCormick, E. M., on Digital Computers: their History, Operation and Use, 150
McCullough, T. W., on Factory Acts relating to safety, 265
McDonald, D., on History of Platinum (review), 504
McEvoy Co., agreement with Newman Hender Group, 772
McGraw-Edison Co., Lectromelt vacuum furnace, 146
McGregor, Prof. D., on Changing Nature of the Managerial "Task, 296
McHattie, J. N., on “ bull ” in engineering, 422 See LETTER, 486
McKenzie, G. A., review of Audio Frequency Engineering, 182; biographical note, 184 McKinney Foundation Drilling Co. Ltd., drilling for piles at high speed, 130; use of Williams foundation digger mounted on Leyland Octopus truck, 130
McLeod gauge, Measuvac (Genevac Ltd.), 50 McMichael Radio Ltd., cosmic ray measuring equipment for UKl satellite, 541
McMinn, S. J., on Matrices for Structural Analysis (book), 630
McNaughton, Sir George M., presidential address to Institution of Civil Engineers, 193; on water supply undertakings, 193
McPhail, W. A., on Associated Fire Alarms Ltd., 305
McPherson, D., on variations in car tests, 454 McRuer, D., on Analysis of Nonlinear Control Systems (review), 823
Me. See also Mac
Mead, F., on Foundation Design Simply Explained (book), 728
Meaker Co., automation (trade publication), 568
Measurement, accurate, advances in, 447
— Electro-magnetic, precision, international
conference on, 774
— Electronic, for steel plate width, 37
— Fine, of depth, technique for, 349-350
— Industrial, of length and diameter, national
conference on accuracy of, 46-47
— Precision, Micro-Comparator for (Ferranti
Ltd.), 292
— of solids in flue gases, by P. G. W. Hawks-
ley, S. Badzioch and J. H. Blackett (book), 824
— Transmitter (Evershed and Vignoles Ltd.), 687 Measuring devices for use in rivers and streams,
513
— Instrument, Mekometer, 447
Measuring Instruments (Pullin) Ltd., hours counters, 302; cross-pointer instruments, 708
(Thomas Mercer Ltd.), 12
—? Management Efficiency, course on, 791 Measuvac McLeod gauge (Genevac Ltd.), 50 Mecha-Matic automatic transmission, Hobbs (Westinghouse Hobbs Ltd.), 337
Mechanical behaviour of materials at elevated temperatures, by J. E. Dorn (review), 111
— Engineering, dictionary of, by A. D.
Vecchio (book), 32
Diploma in technology in, conference on, 360
— Handling Directory (Mechanical Handling)
(book), 664
Equipment (trade publications), 630, 664 Exhibition, 401, 621, 661
— Handling, Mechanical Handling Directory
(book), 664
— Ingenuity in stage settings, by B. D. Cashin,
714-715
— Wear, handbook of, by C. Lipson and L. V.
Colwell (review), 599
Mechanics, fluid, solutions of problems in, by J. F, Douglas (book), 440
— of Game of Croquet, by C. R. Calladine
and J. Heyman, 861-86,3
—? in the Ideal Home, 384
— of inertial position and heading indication,
by W. R. Markey and J. Hovorka (book), 600
— of metal extrusion, by W. Johnson and H.
Kudo (book), 856
?— Rock, by H. R. Reynolds (review), 628-629
— of vibration, by R. E. D. Bishop and D. C.
Johnson (review), 375
.— Wave, of crystalline solids, by R. A. Smith (book), 600
Mechanization of assembly work, 28
— of motion, by L. Harrisberger (book), 408 Medway Bridge, details of, 394-395
Meggilt, Dr. J. E., review of Sequential Decoding, 758; biographical note, 760
Megohmmeter (W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd.), 425 Meissner, C. R., on Proceedings of 6ih International Symposium on Vacuum Technology (review), 695; on Proceedings of Symposium on Vacuum Technology (review), 727
Mek-Elek Engineering Ltd., coolant distributor, 303
Mekomeier measuring instrument, development by Dr. K. Froome, 447
— (National Physical Laboratory), 641 Melbourne Harbour Trust, testing gangways
with mobile test rig, 171
— Trade Fair, 807
Melinex polyester film (ICI Led.), 147 Mellor, B., on American Degree, a comparative study for British Students, 310
Melville, W., on gigantic waste of money, 358
Memory, computer, high speed (IBM Kingdom Ltd.), 352
— Electronic, for UKl satellite (G.
Bradley Ltd.), 541
Men and automation: human and mechanical intelligence, by K. Steinbuch (review), 566
— Qualified, directory of opportunities for
(Cornmarkei Press Ltd.), 825
Menzel, D. H., on Writing a Technical Paper (review), 246; on Fundamental Formulas of Physics (book), 630
Mercantile Leasing Co. Ltd., association
British Aluminium Co. container leasing plan, 377 Mercedes Benz, convertible motor car,
coupe motor car, 421; 1939 Grand motor car, 586; historical note. Unimog tractor, 730-732.
838
Mercer, Thomas, Ltd., measuring instrument, 12; silver steel shaft and chronometer balance, 66
Merchant ships. See Ships: Liners; Tankers, etc.
Mercury Major plan printer and developer (E. N. Mason and Sons Ltd.), 234
Mercury project, launching snags, 289 Merlot, J., on Liege International Fair, 840 Merlyn Cars, Merlyn Mk. IV sports car, 586 Merriam, Sir Laurence, opening of conference on preventing accidents in the furniture industry, 697
Merritt, A. J. V., on cargo handling, 852 Merritt, R. R., on Steam Curing of Portland
Cement at Atmospheric Pressure, 362 Merry weather and Sons Ltd., branch office opened in Manchester, 209
Merseyside (Employment Committees) Co-ordinating Committee, to see Minister of Labour, 729
— Unemployment statistics, 729 Merulius lacrymans. See Rot, dry
Mervyn Instruments, potentiometer recorder,
555
Merz and McLellan, Loch Awe pumped storage scheme, 776
MES couplings (Metaducts Ltd.), 687 Mesophilic anaerobic digestion, investigation of, 10
Messtechnik, Halbleiter-Bauelemente in der (VDE-Verlag GmbH) (review), 150 Metaducts Ltd., Buchner vacuum filter, 303;
MES couplings, 687 Metal, anti-scaling and masking media for, 691 Metal Box Co. Ltd., special research group,
296; sales of polypro pylene film for Shorko Packaging (UK) Ltd., 305; forma- tion of Shorko Packaging (UK) Ltd., 305; position and prospects, 689; products of, 689; exhibit at British Trade Fair at Stockholm, 689; Worcester Ware kitchen and gift ware, 689; use of Halley gravure colour printing machine, 724
Metal cleaners (trade publication), 248
— Compression members, guide to design
criteria for (Crosby Lockwood) (review), 407
.— Cutting machine tools. See Machine tools Theory of, by P. H. Black (review), 471
— External factors affecting, 58
— Extrusion, mechanics of, by W. Johnson
and H. Kudo (book), 856
— Foils. See Foils
— Folding machine semi-automated (Burco
Ltd.), 405
— Forging for space (Battelle Memorial
Institute), 255
— Future events in, 57
— Hydrogen in, spectralisotopic method for the
determination of, by A. N. Zaidel, A. A. Petrov and G. V. Veinberg (review), 279 Metal Industries Group, Avo Ltd. as a member of, 668
Metals industry, investment in, 60 Management and labour in, 59 Plant and materials in, 59
— Injection in die casting, 820 —? Market trends in, 58
— Outlook for 1962, 57-60
Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd., zinc anode for ballast tanks, 371
— Powder, methods of preparation, 290 Recognizing the value of, 290
— Proof stress of, 415
Metal-to-rubber bonding. See Bonding Metal to rubber welding devices (Metalastik
Ltd.), 593
Metal/rubber laminate to damp vibration, Hycadamp (Fireproof Tanks Ltd.), 499
— Sheet testing machine (Ingersoll Locks
Ltd.), 461
Testing machine (Roell and Korthaus), 461
Working machinery (trade publication), 568
— Spinning, Rotarpress machine for, 113
— Stainless, vessels lined with, 466-467 Metal Stamping Design: Practical and
Economical Design of Stamped Metal Parts, by R. F. Carlson (book), 696
— Technical developments in, 57
— Underground, study of the corrosion rates
of, 79
— Using industries, output to increase, 81
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy;
and under specific metals
Metalastik Ltd., Silver Jubilee of, 593; formation of, 593; historical note, 593; connection with John Bull Rubber Co. Ltd., 593; rubber to metal welding devices, 593; Cushyfoot anti-vibration mounting, 593; bonded rubber expansion joint for bridges, 620
Metalexport drilling machine (Elgar Machinery Co. Ltd.), 398
Metallic fatigue, by W. J. Harris (review), 183 Metallography, X-ray, by A. Taylor (review), 215
— See also Metal: Metallurgy
Metallurgical, chemical and atomic energy industries, inert atmospheres in, by P. A. F. Whiten and F. E. Smith (book), 248
Metallurgical Services, stereoscopic microscopes (trade publication), 376
Metallurgy, modern physical, by R. E. Smallman (book), 472
Metallurgy, powder, 290
— Powder, fundamental principles
W. D. Jones (review), 567
Metallwerk Plansee GmbH, sewing components, 290
Metals Research Ltd., high temperature furnace (trade publication), 568
Metalwork, sheet, for students and craftsmen, technology of, by A. Dickson (book), 472 Metalworking Production, 1
Meteorology, current developments in, by A. P. Taylor, 301
Meters and flow measurement, by A. Linford (book), 184
— Gas, industrial (Parkinson Cowan Gas
Meters Ltd.), 496
Metering Pumps Ltd., speed controller for tunnel kiln cars, 260; Metripump pumps, 260
Methane carrier, keel laid for (Vickers- Armstrongs), 644
— Locomotive running on, 162. See LETTER,
518
Methods engineering, design and measurement of work methods, by E. V. Krick (book), 824
Methodology for Systems Engineering, by A. D. Hall (book), 600
Metleplast plastic covered frames for curtain walling (Tensile Products Ltd.), 717
Metrex pvc soil tubes (Allied Ironfounders Ltd.), 409
Metric system, change to (BSI publication), 641, 788
Common Market conference on, 424 Guide to, by V. V. L. Rao (book), 788 Metripump pump (Metering Pumps Ltd.), 260 Metrix Instruments Ltd., current loss detector, 686; instruments (trade publication), 728 Metro-BPG-Cammell cranes (Metropolitan- Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 657 Metro-Hendre-Cantmell sideloader truck (Met- ropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 621, 657
Metroc sounding rocket (Atlantic Research Corp.), 77
Metrology, practical, by K. J. Hume and G. H. Sharp (book), 440
Metropolis, future, by L. Rodwin (review), 788
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd., locomotives for Nyasaland and Trans-Zambesi Railways, 409; Metro- Hendre-Cammell sideloader truck, 621; Whippet mobile crane, 623; Metro-BPG- Cammell cranes, 657; Metro-Hendre- Cammell sideioaders, 657
Metropolitan Edison Co., formation of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
Metropolitan Railway Line, modernization of, 813
Meuraglas linings for vessels (Usines Meura), 403
Michelson interferometer, 349 Micro-Comparator (Ferranti Ltd.), 292 Micro-Machining. See Machining
Microcell Ltd., Plasticell expanded pvc for refrigerator van, 67; losses by, 305; position and prospects, 305, 561; reinforced plastic tanks, 307; Bulkbin plastic bin for powders, 402; Pre-Pack automatic weighing equipment, 561; incremental digitizer, 622
Microdisc filter (Vokes Ltd.), 43
MicroIler burnishing tool (Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co. Ltd.), 12
Microminiature and miniature electronics, by G. W. A. Dummer and J. W. Granville (book), 344
Micronic cloth. See Cloth
Microscopes, stereoscopic (trade publication), 376
Microscopy, electron, cinema film, 537 Microwave engineers, introduction to ferrites, by R. A. Waldron (book), 280
— Valves, theory of, by S. D. Gvozdover (review), 311
Microwire filter (Yokes Ltd.), 43
Middle East Airlines, negotiations for Comet 4C aircraft, 409
Middlesbrough, extension to Constantine Technical College, 193
Middlesbrough Casements Ltd., use of rectangular steel tubes, 690
Middlesex Prefabricated Buildings Ltd., prefabricated buildings (trade publication), 600
Midland Heating and Ventilating Co. Ltd., Spraypack cooling tower, 515
Midland Omnibus Co. Ltd., Midland Red Motorway Service, 389; design of motorway bus, 389
Midland Red Motorway Service, 389
Midland-Ross Corp., agreement with Simon Engineering Ltd., 563
Midland Silicones Ltd., MS4 silicone insulating agent, 499; position and prospects, 561; Polysil, silicone rubbers, 563; silicone rubbers, 755; Silastomer silicone rubber, 755
Miles Electronics Ltd., simulator for atomic reactor, 544
Miles, E. R. C., on Supersonic Aerodynamics (book), 440
Milk tankers. See Tankers
Mill, rolling, development of (ICI Ltd.), 405 Oil mist lubrication for bearings, 757
— Steel, modernization of (Colvilles Ltd.), 108-109
— Textile, electric driving of, by W. B. Woodhouse, 244
— Tube, Assel (Tubes Ltd.), 796
Millars’ Machinery Co. Ltd., Embeco expanding grout, 717
Millbank Tower, by Col. G. W. Kirkland and D. M. Fountain, 129
Miller, A. G. B., on preparing ships’ bottoms for paint, 390
Miller, John W., and Son Ltd., Black-Moly dry bonded lubrication service, 403
Milling, corn, history of, by R. Bennett and J. Elton, 44
— Machine copy equipment (Hepworth Iron Co. (Engineering) Ltd.), 235
by P. S. Houghton (book), 248
Milling machine, rotary, Ahcol (Dowding and Doll Ltd)., 495
Universal, Azeta (Gate Machinery Ltd.), 204
Universal, Rigiva (Thos. Ltd.), 366
— — Universal, Viking, 17
Vertical, Cervinia (Herbert and Sons Ltd.), 783
Millington, B. W., review of W. Ward Widdowson
Air-Cooled Motor Engines, 407; biographical note, 408
Millington, G., review of Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, 408; biographical note, 408
Millivoltmeter (Airmec Ltd.), 49
Mills Arma infra-red heater, 121
Mills, Lord, opening of Birmingham Engineering and Building Centre, 665
Mills, R. E., review of Gears: Spur, Helical, Bevel and Worm, 70-71; biographical note, 72
Milne, Sir James, appointed chairman of Cushioncraft Ltd., 145; on J. Samuel White and Co. Ltd., 209
Milne and Longbottom Ltd., use of Stelvetite pvc-coated steel for switchgear, 243
Milward, G. E., on Launching and Managing O and M (review), 344
Minchin, L. T., review of Industrial Engineering, 182-183; biographical 184
Minderguards Ltd., machine guards of pvc, 851
Mine cars, automatic speed control , , Hydrabrake (Strachan and Henshaw Ltd.), 124
— Cavity, vermiculite concrete to fill, 171
— Coal. See Colliery
— Gallery, test explosion, 717
— Roof stilt, Darne (Hayden-Nilos Ltd.), 130
Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd., Mongard and Femgard protective spectacles, 303; Chemox breathing apparatus, 335; firedamp alarm, 399
Mines, safety in, research establishment of Ministry of Power. See Safety
— Tin, Carnelloe, permission to reopen disallowed, 545
—? United States Bureau of. See United States National
— Winding. See IVinding
— See also Coal: Colliery; Mining; Winding Minear Holdings Ltd., electronic stethoscope, 652
Minerals. See also Coal; Mining
Minerva Mouldings Ltd., phenolic resin mouldings, 668
Minesweepers f^or Argentina, 113
Mingechaur Dam, 458 Mini motor car, BMC, 45
— — Car, GT body for (David Ogle Ltd.), 293
— — Car, variations of, 293
Miniature and microminiature electronics, by G. W. A. Dummer and J. W. Granville (book), 344
Minibrite packaged greenhouse (Bast Glazing Clips Ltd.), 864
Mining and Compressor Engineering Co. Ltd., Demag air compressor, 334
Mining Engineering Co. Ltd., use of retaining rings in conveyor systems, 258
— External factors affecting, 62
— Future events in, 61
— Industry, investment in, 64
Management and labour in, 63
Plant and materials in, 64
— Market trends in, 62
— Outlook for 1962, 61-64
— Science in South Africa, recent advances in, by Prof. R. A. L. Black, 168
— Technical developments in, 61
Ministry of. See Education, Health, Labour, etc.
Minitrack station, Winkfield, 542
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Scotchweld adhesive film, 531
Minuteman ICBM missile, 13
Mira thermostatically controlled mixer tap (Walker, Crossweller and Co. Ltd.), 224
Mirrlees Watson Co. Ltd., contract from English Electric Co. Ltd. for condensing plant, 281
Missile, anti-tank, Vickers Vigilant, 15
— Ballistic, Polaris A-1, 13
— Bloodhound, for Switzerland (Bristol-Ferranti), 113
— Firestreak, de Havilland, 563
— ICB, Minuteman, 13
— and spacecraft, structural design of, by L, H. Abraham (book), 344
— Table of leading particulars of, 14
— Tracking, plastic aerials for, 402
— Use of Araldite adhesive for glass nosecones of (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 563
Mitchell Engineering Ltd., use of Thermoplate for freeze drying equipment, 370; contract from Southern Electricity Authority of Queensland, 840; agreement with Evans, Deakin and Co. Ltd., 840; steelwork for Swanbanj power station, 840
Mitchell, J,, on American approach to technical writing, 648
Mitchell, Sir Steuart, responsibility to British Railways for all workshops, 545; biographical note, 545
Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, dynamometers ordered from Heenan and Froude Ltd., 113; diesel engine, 720
Mixers, asphalt, heated with LPG, 308
— Bitumen, heated with LPG, 308
— Line-Blender (Lightnin Mixers Ltd.), 845
Mixing Machines (trade publication), 216 Concrete, in aluminium (Reynolds Metals Co.), 331
Food, Cannon Power Maid, 576 Food (Jeloy Stansefabrikk), 320
Kaydzolver (Steele and Cowlishaw), 303
Mizen, D. H., presentation of Associateships of Woolwich Polytechnic, 296
MK Electric Ltd., switches and switch locator (trade publication), 440
M-O Valve Co. Ltd., X-band magnetron, 12; world’s largest thyratron valve, 255;
exhibit at Electronic Components Exhibition, 255
Mobil Oil Co. Ltd., use of plastic liquid containers, 402
Models (trade publication), 760
— British terminal to Channel Tunnel, 143
— Composite, to simulate porous rock, by P. B. Attewell, 574-575
— Concrete atomic reactor pressure vessel, 240
— Liner Oriana, 689
— Role in artificial skies and daylighting design, by J. Longmore 363
— Ship, cutting machine for, 33
for test comparisons with real ship, 259
— Sugar beet factory for Iran (Sinclair Model Engineering Co.), 362
— VA-3 Hovercraft, 689
Modern dielectric materials, by J. B. Birks (review), 311
Modern production management, by E. S. Buffa (review), 726
Modular Concrete Co. Ltd., buildings for University of Sussex, 297
Modules, building co-ordination by, 130
Moffat and Bell Ltd., UK agents for Lindemann of Dusseldorf, 469
Moisture and density meter (Nuclear Enterprises (GB) Ltd.), 174
— Measurement in dry materials, 79
— Meters (trade publication), 72
— — (Shaw Ltd.), 79
Molecular electronics, 509
Molex earth anchors (W. E. Waites Ltd.), 654
Molybdenum disulphide (trade publication), 248
Molyslip liquid grease (Slip Group), 453
Momtchiloff, I. N., on filling the gap between the Universities and DSIR, 6-7
Money power, elimination of through new forms of ownership in industry, by Prof. F. Wilken, 557
— Raising of, through new issues, by G. Wald, 697
Mongard protective spectacles (Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd.), 303
Monitor, hand (trade publication), 760
— Water hardness (Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 204
Monk, A., and Co. Ltd., factory for Taylor Controls Ltd., 299; Princess Dry Dock, 558-559
Monk Bretton Colliery, pneumatic stowage of dirt, 270
Mono-rail transporter (trade publication), 376 Transporter, Power Wagon (Road Machines (Drayton) Ltd.), 515
Transporters (Road Machines (Drayton) Ltd.), 515
See also Monorail
Monomer casting, 242
Monoptic burglar alarm (Burgot Rentals Ltd.), 120
Monorail, answer to road saturation, 228
— by H. H. C. Barton, 228
— Railway, Alweg, 56
— Systems, 228
— See also Mono-rail
Mont Blanc tunnel, 513
Montagu, Lord, of Beaulieu, on Jaguar: A Biography (review), 248
Montahue, H., design of new premises for G. and S. Allgood Ltd., 177
Montan-Forschung GmbH, Montan-Fors- chung analogue machine, 716
Monte Carlo Rally, by G. Wilkins, 229
Montgomerie Reid Engineering Co. Ltd., Tunstack fork lift truck, 623
Montgomery, G. F., improved rectifier circuits, 189
Montreal Locomotive Works, diesel electric locomotives for Argentina, 33; trading loss, 465; position and prospects, 465
Moon Brothers Ltd., automatic heavy dium double ended seaming machine, 69; trimming machine, 495
Moon, P., on Field Theory for Engineers (review), 247-248
Moonman, E., on keeping workers informed, 296; review of Management on the Factory Floor, 823; biographical note, 824 Moore, C. K., on Electronics: A Bibliographical Guide (book), 184
Moore, Dr., mechanized fraction collector, 314 Moore, I. G., on sense of size and scale, 486-487 Moore, J. T., on power stations, 513
Moovon chain conveyor (Herbert Morris Ltd.), 425
Morane Plastic Co. Ltd., Rotobond laminating machine, 720
Moray Estates Development Co., new town at Dalgety Bay, 449
Morgan, P. D., on Glass Reinforced Plastics (book), 248
Morganite Research and Development Ltd., Morganite 553 self-lubricating material, 435
Morphy-Richards (Installations) Ltd., Silavent ventilating system, 608
Morris, B, O., Ltd., Grasso pneumatic hammer, 132
Morris, Sir Charles, on educational development in UK, 168
Morris Commercial Cars, fire at Birmingham factory, 725
Morris Committee on House and Flat design, 40
Morris, Herbert, Ltd,, integration with Vaughan Crane Co. Ltd., 369; products of, 369; Moovon chain conveyor, 425; rail welding equipment and development, 436-437
Morris, J., on vibrations of rotating shafts, 199 Morris Mini Cooper engine, 810
Morris Minor motor car production to continue, 153
Morris, P. D., on liner Canberra, 643
Morris, Sir Parker, chairman of committee on house and flat design, 40
Morris Singer Co. Ltd., Coventry Cathedral, 685
Mortar properties and wall strengths, 430
Mortifee. D. W., on disabled drivers, 359 Mortimer Machine Tool Co. Ltd., surface grinding machine, 266
Mosaic floor. See Floor
Moss, S., design of bedroom, 384
Motion, mechanization of, by L. Harrisberger (book), 408
Motokov, orders placed with Rooies Group, 153
Motors (trade publication), 760
Motor body, refrigerated (Mann Egerton and Co. Ltd.), 67
— Car, air conditioning for, 261
Aston Martin, return to Le Mans racing, 810
Aston Martin Vantage, details of, 421 —? — Avanti (Studebaker Corp.), 601
Battery powered (Stuart Motors Inc.), 85 BMC Mini, 45
Bodies, aluminium for, by R. Pearce, 339 BRM, 521
Citroen DS 19, 41
Citroen, test of time on, 197 Coachwork, Superleggera, 421 Daimler SP250, 586
de Normanville overdrive system for (Auto Transmissions Ltd.), 185
? Decorative aluminium trim for, by R. E.
Flynn, 339
Deep Sanderson (Lawrence Tune Engines Ltd), 5, 810
Design, Issigonis’s fertile
B. Lister, 45 Disk brakes for, 601 Dominant, entered for Le
Lister, 709 Engines, air-cooled, by
(review), 407
Engine, BRM, 125
Engine, Coventry Climax, 125 Engine, Morris Mini Cooper, 810 Engine, Rolls-Royce V8, 679 Engine. See also Petrol engines Enthusiast, sports, a show for, 5 Estate, Hillman Super Minx (Routes Group), 613
— Facel Vega, 773 Faceilia, 773 Falcon, 357
Falcon Caribbean, 5
Fall in output of, 81 Ferrari, 521
Ford Zodiac, tops the “ ton,” by G.
Wilkins, 485
Formula I, 125
Gas-turbine (Rover Co. Ltd.), 293 Gemini Mk. 4, 645
Gitane (G. Fowell), 842 GT body for (David Ogle Ltd.), 293 GT, do-it-yourself (Layton Sports Cars
Ltd.), 5
Headlamp dipping device, Dipyt (Television Installation Services (Mansfield) Ltd.), 421
High performance, learning to drive, 809-810
Imported, de-waxing plant for (E. Irwin and Partners), 501
Issigonis Lightweight Special, 45 Jaguar E-type, road tests on, 741 Jaguar, biography (review), 248 Land Rover, air cushion principle applied to (Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston) Ltd.), 514
Lotus, 521
Mercedes-Benz coupe and convertible, 421
Mercedes-Benz 1939 Grand Prix, 586 Merlyn Mk. IV sports (Merlyn Cars), 586 Mini, variations of, 293
— — Morris Minor, production to continue,
153
Park, underground, at Hyde Park, 52 Polyurethane rubber mouldings for, 691 Problems in using aluminium for, 338- 339
Production, gain by Rally difficulties, by G. Wilkins, 229
Racing, 125 Racing circuits, round and about the, by B. Lister, 521
Racing, Formula Junior, 841 Racing, formula junior Lotus-20, 5 Racing, 1939 Grand Prix, 586 Racing, purchase tax on, 41
Reliability test programme of BP Co.,
353
— — Rover T4 gas turbine, 569
Sabre (Reliant Engineering Ltd ),
293
Safety belts, test house for, 85 Safety harnesses for, 537 Show, racing, 5
Silencer, See Silencer
Simca, 741 Skoda Octavia, 645
Stacking system, Fitch (Peter J. Garrini
and Associates Ltd.), 537
Suspension. See Suspension
Test reports on, 81
Tests, variations in, 353. See LETIERS, 454, 518, 614
Triumph Herald, hydrostatic transmission for (F. W. Baggett and Co. Ltd.), 613
Triumph Vitesse: a Herald with a punch, by G. Wilkins, 680
Vogue estate (Singer), 645
Volkswagen 1500, road tests of, 842 Zodiac, details of (Ford Motor Co.), 485 Zodiac, tests at Silverstone, 613 See also Motor vehicles
— Condenser, fan, Redmond (Controls Co. of
America (UK) Ltd.), 174
— Electric (trade publication), 696
AC, variable speed, Variamm (Mawds- ley’s Ltd.), 367
Control equipment, Stacreep (AEI Ltd.), 468
Controls and variable speed drives, by J. E. Eastham, 244
Gryphon (Brook Motors Ltd.), 427 Induction (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.), 752
Induction, two-speed design of (Bruce Peebles and Co. Ltd.), 387
Starters for (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 90
mine in, by
Mans, by P.
J. Mackerle
G.
Motor, electric, for steelworks (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 426
Two speed, development of, 420 Waterproof (Comtex Ltd.), 426 Motor Gear and Engineering Co., acquired by S. Hubbard Ltd., 529
Motor Gear and Engineering Industries Ltd., new name for S. Hubbard Ltd., 529; position and prospects, 529
— Hydraulic (HydrostaticTransmissions Ltd.),
176
—? Hydrostatic, radial-piston, 610
—? Instrument (Smiths Industrial Division), 131
— Launches. See Boats
— Lorries. See Motor vehicles
— Scooter, Tina (Triumph Engineering Co.),
453
— Ship. See Ship
— Show, Geneva, 421 New York, 569
— Starter. See Starter
—? Traction, investigation of commutator temperatures, 705
— Truck. See Motor vehicle, truck
— Unit, garden (Heli-Strand Tools Ltd.), 288 —? Vehicles, aluminium in, 338
Bodies of unpainted aluminium, GPO to experiment with, 107
Electric, Workmaster (Eccles Engineering Ltd.), 131
External factors affecting, 54 Fall in output of, 81
— — Future events in, 54 ? Gas-turbine powered, 451
Gas-turbine powered for US Army, 324 HIAB loader, for road transportation of boats, 209
Industry, investment in, 56
Industry, management and labour in, 55 Industry, plant and materials in, 55 ?—? — Industry, production in, 55 Market trends in, 54 Outlook for 1962, 53-56
— — Population of the world, 473
Refrigerated, internal combustion engines for (GM Power Plant Co, Ltd.), 595
Suspension systems. See Suspension Tankers, galvanized steel clad (Frederick Braby and Co.), 179
Tanker for small coal (NCB), 285 Technical developments in, 53 —? — Truck, Bedford TK, 54
Truck, chassis. Comet (Leyland), 249 Truck, Leyland Octopus, fitted with
Williams foundation digger, 130 Truck, reinforced plastic body, 211 Truck, use of plastic for wings and cabs, 787
Workshop-cum-demonstration (British Motor Corp.), 712
— Winch (CAV Ltd.), 816 Motorist, conditioned comfort for, 261 Motorscope (Crypton Equipment Ltd.), 378-
380
Motorship Selendia, 50th anniversary, 273 Motorway bus, design of, 389
— Conversion of highways to, by K. Summer
field, 385
— London-South Wales, tenders invited, 217
— Ml, tenders for extensions to, 631
— M2, 394-395
— M4, access to London Airport from, 776
— M6, Preston-Lancaster link, tenders invited,
681
— Railing (J. Salway and Sons Ltd.), 690
— Service, Midland Red, 389
Mott, Hay and Anderson, River Usk bridge, 654;
Blackfriars Improvement Scheme, 712; Severn Road Bridge, 712 Moulds, beryllium copper, in the
industry, the application of, by Nichols, 166
— for sponge rubber in aluminium
Booth Aluminium Ltd.), 307 Mouldings, phenolic resin (Minerva ings Ltd.), 668
— Plastic, Abstrene M, 371 with uniform walls (Plastic Coatings
Ltd,), 755
— Polyurethane rubber for motor cars
(Rubber Plastics Ltd.), 691
— See also Foundry
Mountain, R. W,, on Engineering Institutions’ Joint Council, 481
Mountbatten Research Studentships (British Institution of Radio Engineers), 648
Mountford, P. St. J. R., on Rome’s decimal system, 198
Mounting, anti-vibration, Cushyfoot (Metalas- tik Ltd,), 593
— Integrated, for sensitive equipment (Cemen
tation (Muffelite) Ltd.), 355
Mountstuart Dry Docks Ltd,, tank cleaning plant, 772
MOUSER (marble operated universal sums engine from Rugby), 387
Movable Floors (Vehicles) Ltd,, as subsidiary of Bomilow and Edwards Ltd., 433
Moving coil instruments, 388
Mower control. Mowmaster (Remploy Ltd.), 288
— Power, Sprite (Ransomes, Simms &
Jefferies Ltd.), 288
Mowlem, John, Ltd,, reconstruction of 10 Downing Street, 512
Mowlem (Scotland) Ltd., tunnelling in Bilston Glen Colliery, 528
Mowmaster mower control (Remploy Ltd.), 288
MS4 silicone insulating agent (Midland Silicones Ltd.), 499
Mud Hog pumps (Pegson Ltd.), 651
Mullard Equipment Ltd., new plant at (?rawley New Town, 761; telecommunications equipment (trade publication), 856
Mullard Ltd,, to pool semiconductor resources with GEC Ltd., 113; sorption pump, 174; plastic faced television tubes, 351; rectifier stacks, 426
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, new radio telescope for, 576
Mullions, precast concrete, three-storey (Port- crete Ltd.).329
plastics
M. A.
(James
Mould-
24
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Mundy, S. G., formation of Crypton Equipment Ltd., 378
Municipal Composting, by A. G. Davies (review), 502
Murdoch, A. W., review of Porcelain Enamels, 71; biographical note, 72
Murex Ltd., use of Permatred densified wood floors for drying oven, 818
Murgatroyd, Prof. W., appointed chairman of Joint Industrial Research Reactor Steering Committee, 351
Murray, B., leader of US Trade Mission to UK, 681
Muscular action, study of, 641 Mustang boat kit, 160
Myers, Fred, Ltd., fork lift trucks (trade publication), 630
Mylar polyester film (Durham Raw Materials Ltd.), 179
NAILS, Screwtite Hi-Load, fastening plywood with, by Prof. E. G. Stern, 208
Nailing plywood effectively, 208 Nairobi-Cape Town road, 331 Nalder Brothers and Thompson Ltd., instruments (trade publication), 408; moving coil instruments, 719
Nanosecond pulse generator (Marconi Instruments Ltd.), 686
Napier Aero Engines Ltd., Eland engine to be abandoned, 369, 377; co-operation with Rolls-Royce Ltd., 369; orders for Gazelle engines, 369, 377
Napier, J., book on logarithms, 348; historical note, 348
Nash, G, D., on thermal insulation of factory buildings, 299
Nash and Thompson Ltd., closed circuit vision for watching instrument tests, water hardness monitor, 204
Nathan, Lord, on modern industry, 257 Nations, underdeveloped, aid to, 225 National Adhesives Ltd., Instant-Lok applicator, 555
tele-
157;
glue
— Advisory Council on Education, formula
tion for Higher National Diploma in Business Studies, 392
National Cash Register Co. Ltd., computer, 98 National Coal Board, modern coalmining, 8; use of methane gas powered shunting locomotive, 162; road tankers for small coal, 285; Mining Research Establishment, use of strain gauges for pit monitoring, 447; investigations of dust after blasting, 460; change of policy, 609; coal stocks, 609; exhibit at British Exhibition at Stockholm, 681; position and prospects, 737; increase in productivity, 737; exhibit at Stockholm Trade Fair, 744; display at Gateway to Britian exhibition in Stavenger, 744; EMIDEC 1101 data processing system for (EMI Electronics Ltd.), 840
— College of Agricultural Engineering. See
LETTER, 86
— Council for Reliability and Quality ControL
control of quality, 373; Quality Control Organization, 372
— Economic Development Council, planning
council for construction industry proposed, 225; people to join, 232; as stimulant to Government thinking, 648; first working meeting, 648; Sir Robert Shone as director-general, 648; representations by civil engineering industries, 801
National-Elliott 803 data processing system for Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians Association, 857
— Engineering Laboratory, gear grinding
techniques, 1; design of hydraulic transmission, 483; open days, 609, 610
— Essay Competition, 585
— Federation of Building Trade Employers,
planning council for construction industry proposed, 225; Guide to the Construction Regulations, 1961, 329
— Foundry Craft Training Centre, opening
of training foundry by A. Green, 791
— Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, advice on
thermal insulation, 299; course on solid fuel firing, 616
— — Safety Conference, 585
— Inspection Conference, 710
— Institute of Agricultural Engineering, midget
combine harvester, 134; development and design work, 770
of Economic and Social Research, increase of output of metal using industries, 81; statistics on skilled workers required for industry, 88
of Industrial Psychology, advice to Bristol Port Authority, 88; investigation of management courses, 237; Choice of a Career, 406; study of “ take overs,” 456; Occupational Psychology, 456; visit by D. Freeth, 456
of Oceanography, design of salinometer, 563
— Joint Apprenticeship Body, to discuss
apprenticeship duration, 168
— Museum of Science and Industry, Atoms at
Work exhibition, 377
— Physical Laboratory, ship model-cutting
machine, 33; accurate measurement of frequency, 351; interest in optical masers, 576; open days, 609; Mekometer, 641; acoustic tests for Coventry Cathedral, 685
— Power Farming Conference, 807
— Product, graphs on, 161
— Productivity Year, 161, 203, 424, 648
— Research Development Association, activi
ties of, 769
National Research Development Corp., establishment of Hovercraft Development Ltd., 833; Hovercraft development, 834
Development Council, design of two- speed induction motor, 387; do-it-yourself computer, 661
National Society for Clean Air, Proceedings of the International Conference on Clean Air (review), 727
— Swedish Committee for Building Research,
report on soil stabilization by means of electro-osmosis and ment, 299
— Union of Teachers,
ment, 168
Nationalized industries.
NATO Science Studentship and Fellowship scheme, 360
Naumberg, R. E., Visagraph reading machine, 672
Navalmeccanica, tanker Raffaele Cafiero, 450-451
Navigation system, Decca, 545 Harco, 545
Navigational system, aircraft, VOR-DME (American International Telegraph and Telephone Co.), 545
Navigator system, Decca, 545
Nayagam, K. P. S., on Theoretical Problems for Structural Designers (book), 536 NCK-RapieR Ltd., expansion of excavator division, 753
NCN Electrical Ltd., Nyvac flexible couplings for plain tubes, 579
Needham, G., on measurement of impact strains on guides, 638-639
Negretti and Zambra Ltd., gauges (trade publication), 440
Neidenberg, L., on high speed relays, 78
Neill, James, and Co. (Sheffield) Ltd., Eclipse plastic based magnetic strip, 210
Neill, Wm., and Sons Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 482
Neilsons Ltd,, ice cream, 370; problems of sterilizing refrigerated metal, 370; use of Thermoplate heat transfer plates, 370
Neldco Processes Ltd., valves (trade publication), 184
Nelson, Lord, on English Electric Group, 369 Nelvin Boiler Co. Ltd., use of Penetral aluminium-impregnated steel, 722
Neodymium in calcium tungstate as maser material, 190
Neoprene decks for France liner (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 403
— (Du Pont), 211
— Roof coverings, 619
— Rubber (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 627 Netting, aluminium (Non-Corrosive Metal
Products Ltd.), 595
Neutron shield, Jabroc N densified wood as (Permali Ltd.), 435
New Jersey Power and Light Co., formation of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703 New Lount Colliery, Collins Miner coal winning machine to be installed, 404
— Towns Act (1946), 449 Commission, 449 Crawley, 761
“ New World ” rotogravure printing press, Halley, 20
New York Motor Show, 569
New Zealand, progress on Benmore Hydroelectric scheme, 298
Newall, A. P., biographical note, 238
Newall, A. P., and Co. Ltd., high tensile grip bolts, 238-239; Newallastic bolts, 238; Gilbert Roberts nut, 238; Torshear bolts, 238-239
Newall Engineering Co. Ltd., automatic loading of machine tools, 68; Newall- Keighley cylindrical plunge machines, 68
Newall-Keighley cylindrical plunge machine (Newall Engineering Co.
Newallastic bolts, 238, 263
Newell, A. F., on design trends—aircraft. 484 Newell, G. F., review of Colour Television. NFSC System: Principles and Practice, 471 ; biographical note, 472
Newman Hender Group, pipeline valve, 772; agreement with McEvoy Co., 772
Newport bridge, repairs to (British Railways), 847
— County Borough Council, bridge over River
Usk, 654
Newsham, R. T., acquisition of share capital of R. and J. Dempster Ltd., 689
Newsletter (Manchester Joint Research Council), 616
Newspaper printing plant for Nigeria (E. G. Irwin and Partners Ltd.), 548
Newstead Colliery, cast iron coal chute installed, 595
Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 753; profits, 753; capital expenditure, 753; products of, 849, ethylene splitter column for British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Ltd., 849
NFSC system of colour television; principles and practice, by P. S. Carnt and G. B. Townsend (review), 471
N.G.N. Electrical Ltd., ionization gauge control, 334
Nibbling machine, Trumpf (F. J. Edwards Ltd.), 176
Nicholas, R. J., on high-tensile steel gives economy in building, 86-87
Nicholls, C. M., on Technology, Engineering and Safety (review), 30
Nichols, M. A., on the application of beryllium copper moulds in the plastics industry, 166 Nickel-steel (International Nickel Co.), 755 Nickson and Borys and Partners, building for Precincts Club, 402
Nife Batteries Ltd., Britannia Trident tubular cells, 427
NIG Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Robot photoprinter, 686
Nigeria, architectural problems in, 583
— Cotton mills to be established, 33
—• Design problems in, 583
— Development of, 582
— Engineering profession in, 583
— Features and resources, of, 582
— Guinness brewery to be built, 249
— Importance of building in, 582
— New army barracks to be built (Taylor
Woodrow (Nigeria) Ltd.), 441
electrochemical treat-
educational develop-
See Industries
grinding
grinding
Ltd.), 68
Nigeria, newspaper printing plant for (E. G. Irwin and Partners Ltd.), 548
— Site problems in, 583
— Structural materials in, 582 Nikalium cast marine propellers, 164 Nikolaev, B. A., on Pile Driving by ElectroOsmosis (book), 619
Nine Elms Stone Masonry Works Ltd,, Coventry Cathedral, 684
Nipples, lubricating, BS 1486, Part 2, 1961, 1 Niro Atomizer plant, 124
Nitrogen plant, tonnage, for Poland (Constructors John Brown Ltd.), 281
Nix, S. H., on Montan-Forschung analogue machine, 716
No-Chat anti-chatter material (Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 754
Nobel Industries Ltd., historical note, 849 Nock, O. S., on Scottish Railways (review), 503 Noise Abatement Society, 570
— Aircraft, assessing, 572
— Control, Wilson Committee on, 570
— Level, checking in aircraft, 570 of road drills, checking, 570 ?— London traffic, analysis of, 570
— Reducing in oil burners, 511
— Traffic, reducing over an open trench, 331 Non-Corrosive Metal Products Ltd., aluminium link netting for fish traps, 595
Non-destructive testing, course on, 616 Testing, new electronic techniques in, symposium on, 119
Testing, progress in, by E. G. Stanford and J. H. Fearon (book), 216
Nonlinear control systems, analysis of, by D. Graham and D. McRuer (book), 216; (review), 823
Noralcolour aluminium sheet (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 563
Norbury, R., on work study training, 692 Nord-Aviation, order placed for Hercules engines, 409
Nordell, E., on Water Treatment for Industrial and Other Uses (review), 215
Nordlys windows (Raufoss Ammunisjons- fabrikker), 640
Norgren, C. A., Ltd., pneumatic equipment (trade publication), 504
Norman, W. S., on Absorption, Distillation and Cooling Towers (book), 112; (review), 534
Norsk Plastic Industri, plastic sheet for double glazing, 640
Norstel and Templewood Hawksley Ltd., Maple Lodge sewage plant, 206-207 North British Locomotive Co., liquidation, 481
North British Rubber silicone rubber conveyor belting Correction, 473)
Nuclear war, life after. See LETTER:, 199, 263
— Weapons, American, 321
— See also Atomic
Nuffield Foundation, contribution to education, 552
Numbering devices (trade publication), 312 Nuquip Ltd., air filter, 652
Nurnberg, W., illustration work of, 776 Nut, Gibert Roberts, 238
Nuts, self-locking (trade publication), 664
— Spring (George Salter and Co. Ltd.), 495
Nuttal, Edmund, Sons and Co. Ltd., Cruachan power station, 776
Nyasaland and Rhodesia, Federation of. See Federation
— and Trans-Zambesi Railways diesel-electric
locomotives for (AEI Ltd.) ,409
Nylon, cast, large size pieces, uses of, 242 (Polypenco Ltd.), 242
— Feed roll for paper embossing machine, 242
— for main bearing of dewatering press, 242
— Star wheels for conveyor, 242
— Tyres, 242
— Wall plugs (Herzbi Ltd.), 299
— Yarn. See Yarn
Nyvac flexible couplings for plain tubes (NCN Electrical Ltd.), 579
to go into
Silcoset 101 belt, 307;
Co. Ltd., conveyor for Russia, 409 (see
and
— East Coast Institution of Engineers
Shipbuilders. See Institution
Essex Technical College, course graduate workshop technology at, by G. Chatterton, D. G. Petch and S. H. Potter, 428
— Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Donex extrusion press, 505
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, genera
tion statistics and sales, 289; order placed with Yarrow and Co. for boiler equipment, 345; Carolina Port power station, 345; Loch Awe pumped storage scheme, 776
— Thames Gas Board, order placed with
Whessoe Ltd. for cryogenic tankage, 601
— Western Electricity Board, electricity
supplied to the cotton and fibre industries, 244
Northampton College of Advanced Technology, course on leadership in instrument design, 328; courses on Direction and Leadership of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, 791; course on Management of Men and Resources,, 791; course on Communication in Management, 791; course on Effective Speaking, 791; course on Efficient Reading, 791 ; course on Changing Industrial Relations, 791; course on Marketing Management, 791; course on Production Control, 791; course on Patent Law, 791
Northern Gas Board, Onia-Gegi catalytic gas plant ordered from Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd., 185; use of plastic quenching towers, 813
— Ireland Development Council, Specification
of a Northern Ireland Government-Built Advance Standard Factory, 525; Industrial Development Facilities in Northern Ireland, 525
Norton, E., appointed deputy managing director, of Yarrow and Co. Ltd., 753
Norton Tool Co., roll feed unit, 234 Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, evaluation of management courses, 237
Norwich Union Insurance Societies, new building for, 329
Nose cones of missiles, use of Araldite adhesive for (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 563
Notch filter, 510
Nottingham and District Technical College, post-graduate courses, 48
Nova Scotia Light and Power Co. Ltd., Tufts Cove power station, 601
Nox-Rust rust inhibiting paper (H. W. Chapman Ltd.), 851
Nu-Swift International Ltd., fire extinguisher, 302
Nuclear detonation with an engineering purpose, Project Gnome (USAEC), 767
Nuclear Enterprises (GB) Ltd., moisture and density meter, 174
— Fuels. See Atomic fuels
— Marine Liaison Committee, study projects
for atomic propulsion of ships, 605
— Physics, low energy, conference on, 647 Nuclear Power Group, contract from CEGB
for Oldbury atomic power station, 313; companies comprising group, 313; Oldbury atomic power station, 345
— Reactor. See Atomic reactor
— Science, glossary of terms used in, 534
on
OAK Ridge National Laboratory, first opera tion of isochronous cyclotron, 704
Objective, interference, instrument (W. Watson and Sons Ltd.), 349
O'Brian, F., and Co. Ltd,, T-Eight drilling machine, 784
O’Brien, Bill, Ltd., catamarans, 160
O’Brien, P. D., on Laporte Industries Ltd., 849 Observation and gauge glasses, BS 3463-1962, 280
— Post in plastic for RAE (W. and J. Todd Ltd.),
179
Observatory, orbiting, equipment for (Kolls- man Instrument Ltd.), 191
Occupational Psychology, 456
Ocean Vulcan ship, model of for tests to compare with real ship, 259
Octavia motor car (Skoda), 645 Octopus motor truck, Leyland, fitted with
Williams foundation digger, 130
O’Dea, W. T., on The Meaning of Engineering (review), 342; on no mere mechanics, 390 Odon and Odostromaton Construction Co., formation of Archirodon, 779
Oetker, R., on Handbuch der Regelungs- technik (review), 150
Office, London, conference on, 232
—• Machinery, average monthly deliveries of, 97 Office Staff Practices 1961, 278
Office, work study in the, by H. P. Cemach, 729 Ogle, David, Ltd., GT body for mini motor car, 293
O’Gorman, M. E., on variations in car tests, 614
Ohio Department of Highways, study of concrete specifications, 362
Oil absorbent. Grannie (Sternol Ltd.), 243
— Additives, by Dr. E. P. Wright, 551
— on beaches, research on cleaning (DSIR),
460
— Burner. See Burner
•— Burning with water content, 772
— Chemical additives for, 286
— Complex processing of (Castrol Ltd.),
286-287
— Company purchases in UK, 417
— Consumption
— Cutting, 287
— Derrick, 59
— Designation
Petroleum Institute), 551 —' Engine. See Engine, diesel •— Exploration methods, 51
— Exploring for without drilling, 51
— Flow in pipelines, by Dr. J. S. Blair. See
LETTER, 46
— Fuel, vs. Coal, 609
Low grade, air heating with, 254
— Lubricating, 286
EP (Bardahi Ltd.) 275 Performance of (BP Co.),
— Mist lubrication for rolling
757
— Motor, plastic containers
Petroleum Co.), 744
?—? in Navigable Waters Bill, 445
—? Pollution of the sea by, conference on, 445 -of the sea, international conference on prevention of. See International
Separation technique for, 445
— Refinery, Baglan Bay, ethylene splitter
column installed, 849
at Europoort for Gulf Oil Corp., 281 Fawley, 805
Isle of Grain, 654
—- — at Stigsnaes for Gulf Oil Corp., 281 —• Sands, grain distribution in, 416
— Straight, when it is not sufficient, 551
— Wells, off shore, Das Island, 330
— See also Lubrication: Paraffin; Petroleum Oladapo, 1. O., on first requirements in a new
country, 582-583
Oldbury atomic power station, use of concrete pressure vessels, 240; contract placed with Nuclear Power Group, 313; contracts for, 345
— Atomic reactor, 276
Oldham and Son Ltd., attachments for handling equipment, 401; agreement with Little Giant Products Inc., 401
Olivier, H., on Irrigation and Climate (book), 72; (review), 374
Oliver, W., and Co. (Locksmiths) Ltd., acquired by Associated Fire Alarms Ltd., 305
Olympus gas turbine engine (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 193, 587; at Hams Hall power station, 452
O and M, launching and managing, by G. E. Milward (review), 344
Omni-track conveyor ball transfer units (Autoset (Production) Ltd.), 578
Omnimil copying equipment (B. Elliott (Machinery Ltd.), 750
in UK for 1951, 1961, 473
of qualities of (American
353
mill bearings,
for (British
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
One-Eleven aircraft (BAC), progress report on,
324, 673; design details of, 676
O’Neill, T. A., on attack on craft apprenticeships, 326. See LETTER, 358
Ontario Hydroelectric Power Commission, capacitance calibrator, 605
Open-hearth furnace. See Furnace Operation BREN (USAEC), 544
— Research, progress in, by R. L. Ackoff
(review), 789
Operational research, guide to, by W. E. Duckworth (book), 696
Some techniques of, by B. T. Houlden (book), 504
Opportunities for graduates, directory of (Cornmarket Press) (book), 504
— for qualified men, directory of (Corn
market Press Ltd.), 825
Optical flats (Payne Products International), 576
— Maser, assets of, 190
for micro-machining, 479
? Nears practical stage (Bell), 190-191
Progress in, 24
Public demonstration of, 191
Royal Society discussion on, 576
— Plumb, Autoplumb (Hilger and Watts Ltd.),
49
Optics, electron, in television, by 1. 1. Tsukker- man (review), 278
Optophone reading machine, 672 Oram, Col. R. B., on for ships’ cargo are quay cranes best? 322-323
Orange River, irrigation and power on, 492; dual-purpose schemes for, 846
Orbital flight. See Flight Orfordness lighthouses, remote control of, 451 Organ for Coventry Cathedral (Harrison &
Harrison Ltd.), 685
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, seminar on management/ shop floor communication, 296; progress on Dragon atomic reactor project, 671
— for European Economic Cooperation,
report on modular building coordination, 130; Industrial Growth in the Jet Age, 161
— Large, efficiency comparisons within (BIM
publication), 296
~ Man, by W. H. Whyte, 296
— from Within, by C. Sofer (book), 72 Oriana liner, transverse propulsion units of,
249; model of, 689
Oriental Giant tanker ship, aluminium bronze propeller for (Manganese Bronze and Brass Co.), 26
Orion computers, growing demand for (Ferranti Ltd.), 153
Orr-Ewing, C. 1., opening of Royal Navy’s computer installation, 853
Orllinghaus-Werke, gearbox, 494
Osaka Gas Co., Onia-Gegi catalytic gas plant ordered from Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd., 185
Osborne, A. L., design of new style kitchen, 576 Oscilloscope, Cossorscope (Cossor Instruments
Ltd.), 335
— Double beam (Southern Instruments Ltd.),
496
Oughtred, W., first slide rule, 348; historical note, 348
Outboard motors. See Engines Oven doors of Duraglas glass fibre, 530
— Drying, use of Permatred densified wood
floor in, 818
Overdrive system for motor cars, de Norman- ville (Auto Transmissions Ltd.), 185 Overfield, H. V., to resign as secretary of
Institution of Municipal Engineers, 128 Overseas voluntary service, 513 Owen, A. E., formation of Rubery Owen &
Co. Ltd., 369
Ownership in industry, elimination of moneypower through new forms of, by Prof. F. Wilken, 557
Oxford Business School, courses, 48; management courses, 488
— University, EMIac II computer installed,
761; IBM Research Fellowship for, 857 Oxide Magnetic Materials, by K. J. Standley (book), 600
Oxy-acetylene welding. See IVelding Oxy-propane cutting outfit, Back-Pack (British
Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 597 Oxygen cutting machine. See Cutting.
— Dissolved, analyser (Wallace and Tiernan
Ltd.), 205
— Plant, tonnage (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.),
565
Tonnage, for Poland (Constructors John Brown Ltd.), 281
— in steelmaking, historical note on, 296 Ozalid Co. Ltd., polyester film, 147 Ozone, high level, 300
— Scanner for satellite, 300
PABX telephone dictating system installed at LCC, 177
Packaging materials, investigation of (Wilmot Packaging Co.), 447
Packing material, Chempack (Johns-Manville Co. Ltd.), 563
Thermocore (Johns-Manville Co. Ltd.), 563
Packman Machinery Ltd., load carrier, long, 335
Padley, W., on course for shop stewards, 265 Paint, Epilux, 211
— Epoxy-polyamide, Epimide (Solignum Ltd.),
563
— Fire retardant, Intumat (Pearl Paints Ltd.),
179
— Heat resisting (Drynamels Ltd.), 211
— Neoprene based, Adcora (E. and F. Richard
son Ltd.), 211
— New types of (Building Research Station),
528
— Primer, Ferrogel (John S. Craig Co. Ltd.),
499
— Spray. See Spray
— Systems since the war, 528
Paint, thixotropic, Magicote (Lewis Berger
(GB) Ltd.), 499
Painter Bros., overhead transmission towers for East Pakistan, 217
Painter, spray, portable (Aerograph-De Vilbiss Co. Ltd.), 302
Painting, industrial: engineered approach, by C. R. Martinson and C. W. Sisler (book), 728
— of ships’ bottoms, preparation for. See
LETTER, 390
Palfrey, William, Ltd., Refusak refuse disposal system, 469
Pall Corp., micronic cloth, 217; sintered porous stainless steel, 217; formation of Pall-Ulster Ltd., 217
Pall, Dr. D. B., invention of sintered porous stainless steel, 217
Pall-Ulster Ltd., formation of, 217 Pallet racking (trade publication), 760
— of rectangular steel tube (E. Stephens &
Sons Ltd.), 690
— Storage system, Dexion Glidestock (Dexion
Group), 217
Palmer Aero Products Ltd., clean room for aircraft filter assembly, 785
Palmgren, Dr. A., development of roller bearings, 282
Pametrada, tests on machinery of tanker British Bombardier, 419; turbine water catchment experiments, 479
Pan Book of Letter Writing, by K. G. Thompson (review), 71
Panax Equipment Ltd., level indicator, 50 Pandect Instrument Laboratories Ltd., safe handling cabinet, 718
Panels, plastic, to protect building work (Firth Cleveland Reinforcement Ltd.), 298
— VC 10 aircraft, machined from solid
(Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd.), 403 Pantak Ltd., gamma ray equipment, 302 Paper and board, fluidized drying of, by
J. Luckins and C. A. O. Sutherland 843 Machines, conference on, 456
— Drying, fluidized bed for, 415
— Embossing machine, nylon feed roll for, 242
— Inhibitor, vapour phase, Banrust (Leonard
Stace Ltd.), 67
— Insulation. See Insulation
— Making industry, requirements of, by
C. R. Dawson, 26
Quality control in, by R. J. Beishon, 805
— Reel handling device (British Electrical
Repairs Ltd.), 661
— Rust inhibiting, Nox-Rust(H. W. Chapman
Ltd.), 851
—• Strength standard for, 799 —
— Technical, writing, by D. H. Menzel, H.M.
Jones and L. G. Boyd (review), 246 Paraffin vapour appliances, Tilley (Tilley Lamp
Co. Ltd.), 74-76
Paraflow heat exchanger (APV Co. Ltd.), 562 Pardoe, G. K. C., James Forrest Lecture, 257 Parfect, J. H. G., on Graduate Training of
Mechanical Engineers, 428-429
Parks, car, multi-storey (trade publication), 376 Park Gate Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., new steelworks, 537; rolling mill equipment ordered from Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd., 537
Park, motor car, underground, at Hyde Park, 52
Parker, R. J., on fatigue data for titanium base alloys, 765-766; on Permanent Magnets and their Application (book), 824
Parkes, G. R., on Railway Snowfighting
Equipment and Methods (review), 503
Parkinson, A. C., on Engineering Workshop
Drawing (book), 536
Parkinson, A. G., review of Flexural Vibrations of Rotating Shafts, 110-111; See LETTER, 199; biographical note, 112
Parkinson Cowan Gas Meters Ltd., industrial gas meter, 496
Parkinson Cowan Ltd., remote control of Brighton pumping station, 10; acquisition of ordinary shares of Wild Barfield Ltd., 273; products of, 273; dividend policy, 273
Parkinson Howard Ltd., Tema steelworks, 744 Parkinson, Sir Lindsay, and Co. Ltd., Tema steelworks, 744
Parkinson’s Law, 360 Parliament, Houses of, new interior for Victoria
Tower, 268-269
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. A.
AIbu appointed chairman, 449
Parmiter, Hope and Sugden Ltd., Fluvent-
Saphyre distribution boards, 367
Parrott, C. G. E., on engineering industry, 569 Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas,
Channel tunnel, 654
Parsons, C. A., and Co. Ltd., future studies section, 276; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400; turbogenerator sets for Australia, 473; turbogenerator for Thorpe March power tsation on test, 611; transformers for CEGB, 840
Parsons Marine Engine Turbine Research Development Association. See Pametrada
Part, A. A., on technical colleges, 296 Partitioning, modular, Q-Interwall (Robertson
Thain Ltd.), 52
Pass, E., and Co. Ltd., pipe cutting machine, 522 Passenger transport in London, history of, 742 Pastorelli and Rapkin Ltd., hygrometer for building trade use, 208
Patent Law, course on, 791
Paterson Engineering Co. Ltd., Centrifloc water clarifier, 164; dry feeder, 652
Pathfinder roof support, Mastabar (Mastabar
Mining Equipment Co. Ltd.), 11
Paton Institute, development of electro-slag welding process, 693
Patro tanker, 631
Pattison, Dr. J. R., appointed head of British Iron and Steel Research Association’s new laboratories, 768
Patton Committee on shipbuilding, 385
Paul, K. S. (Molybdenum Disulphide) Ltd., molybdenum disulphide (trade publication), 248
Pavements, flexible, 746
Pavements, rigid, 747
Pay pause, 203
Payloads, higher, for space vehicles, 740
Payne, P. P., and Sons Ltd., dispenser, 89
Payne Products International, optical flats, 576; reflectors, 576
Payter, E. C., and Co. Ltd., aluminium fish traps, 595
Peacock, K. S., on research and economic wellbeing, 785; on Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., 785
Peanut lipo-protein, Lypro (International Protein Products Ltd.), 553
Pearce, R., on aluminium for motor car bodies, 339
Pearl Paints Ltd., Intumat fire retardant paint, 179
Pearson, J., design of motorway bus, 389
Pearson, J. D., on aero-engine industry, 705 Peascliffe Tunnel, inspection by closed circuit television, 619
Peasmarsh Reinforced Plastics Ltd., plastic casing for salinometer, 563
PECO Organization, Hydrovane compressors, 401
Pedler, F. J., appointed chairman of Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries, 392
Peebles, Bruce, and Co. Ltd., design of two-speed induction motor, 387; pinhole detector for steel strip, 427; merger with Belmos Co. Ltd., 593
Peech, A. J., to be chairman of United Steel Cos. Ltd., 65; biographical note, 65
Peekel, C. H. R., research on noise, 570 Pegasus computer for quantity surveying calculations, 299
Working-up bills on, 361
— Servo drive (Telehoist Ltd.), 590
Pegler, J. O. M., review of Theory of Metal Cutting, 471; biographical note, 472
Pegson Ltd., Mud Hog pumps, 651
Pellet, heat storage (Dri-Heat Inc.), 632
• Storage (Falkirk Iron Co. Ltd.), 633
Pelly, Sir Kenneth, on classification societies, 417
Penetral process of aluminium-impregnated steel, uses for, 722
Pennsylvania Electric Co., formation of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
— State University, associate member of
Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
Penny, A., on equating automation to staff relations, 805
Penton plastic material (Hercules Powder Co. Ltd.), 595
People, handicapped, aids for, 256
PEP. See Political and Economic Planning Pep-Arco self-priming acid-resisting pump (Precision Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd.), 260
Pepper, William, and Co. Ltd., pulverized ash (trade publication), 600
PERA Bulletin, 769
Percival, A. E., on exports, 665
Percival, L. C., on requirements of the liquefied gases industry, 27
Peregrine book series, 150
Perforac honeycomb refractory (Combustion Chemicals Ltd.), 435
Pergamon Press, low-priced text books, 825; Commonwealth and International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Liberal Studies, 825; American and International Library, 825
Periscope, industrial, Introperiscope (Rank Organization), 804
Perivan Group, work study applications in printing, 692
Perkin-Elmer Ltd., spectro-photometer, 50
Perkins Engines Ltd., sales and service for F. Perkins Ltd., 474
Perkins, F., formation of F. Perkins Ltd., 474
Perkins, F., Ltd., diesel engines for White Motor Co., 249; diesel engines for Chrysler Corp., 249; formation of, 474; historical note, 474; 6.354 automotive diesel engine, 474-476
Perkins Gas Turbines Ltd., marketing of Solar gas turbine engines, 324
Perkins Group, training school for secretaries, 360
Perkins (Peterborough) Ltd., outboard engines, 160
Perles Electric Tools and Motors Ltd., percussion and rotary drill, 461
Permali Ltd., Jabroc N densified wood as neutron shield, 435; epoxy tubes for Channel electricity link, 691; Permatred densified wood floors, 818
Permanent magnet. See Magnets
Permatred densified wood floors (Permali Ltd.), 818
Permutit Co. Ltd., water treatment (trade publication), 536
Perram intruder alarm (Tyer and Co. Ltd.), 120 Perrot-Regnerbau GmbH and Co., jointed pipes, 587
Personalities, Plain Words on, 614
Personnel, scientific and engineering direction and leadership of, course on, 791
— Welfare, by R. R. Hopkins, 265
Perspex, modern uses of in the home, 321 Peru, power projects in, 217
Pestel, E., on Rudiments of Technical Theories (review), 566
Petch, D. G., on graduate workshop technology course at North-East Essex technical college, 428
Peterson, M. S., on Scientific Thinking and Scientific Writing (review), 71
Petrol dispenser system, three-hose, for service stations (Beck and Co. (Meters) Ltd.), 185
— Engines, air-cooled (SA Bernard-Moteurs),
589
(JLO Werke GmbH), 587
— Motor. See Aircraft engine; Engine; Motor
car; Boat; Petrol engine; Tractor
Petroleum and chemical engineering exhibition 321, 562, 721; welcome extended to schoolboys, 833; topics at, 843, report on, 844
— Gases, liquefied. See Gases
Plant (trade publication), 32
Petroleum industry, developments in, 417 Present and future developments in, by
J. Davies, 473
— See also Oil; Paraffin
Petrov, A. A., on Spectral-Isotopic Method for
the Determination of Hydrogen in Metals (review), 279
Petters Ltd., Thermo King refrigeration unit, 523
Pfeifer horizontal boring machine (Stuart Davis Ltd.), 463
Phase changes, high pressure, viewing directly (National Bureau of Standards), 863
Phillips, A. J., on evolution of an aluminium engine, 679
Philpott, J. E., on pre-war torch bulb, 359 Phoenix Textile Enterprises Ltd., cotton machinery for Malta from Platt Brothers (Sales) Ltd., 409
Phosphate primer, Fospryme (Hellerman Ltd.), 107
Phosphating process, cold (trade publication),
472
Photo Copying Machine Centre, 545 Photo-electric controls (trade publication), 568 Photo-reproduction services, British directory of (Library Association publication), 406 Photocopying machines, 545
Photometer, spectro (Perkin-Elmer Ltd.), 50 Photoprinter, Robot (NIG Manufacturing Co.
Ltd.), 686
Physical Exhibition, 641
— Metallurgy, modern, by R. E. Smallman
(book), 472
— Society, conference on low energy nuclear
physics, 647; conference on sonar systems, 678
Physics, fundamental formulas of, by D. H. Menzel (book), 630
— Mathematical, boundary and Eigenvalue
problems in, by H. Sagan (book), 216
— Nuclear, low energy, conference on, 647
P. I. Castings Ltd., investment casting of cjms, 771
Piaggio and C., Vespa-Jet aircraft, 377 cooperation with Douglas Aircraft Co., 377 Picture Press, 30
Piercy, Lord, on Industrial and Commercial Finance Corp., 849
Pierson report of Education of American Businessmen, 236
Pike, R. M., on what does a Hovercraft do ? 166 Piles, drilling for at high speed, 130
— Driving by Electro-Osmosis, by B. A.
Nikolaev (book), 619
Piling, sheet, and deep foundations, introduction to, by D. H. Lee (book), 504
Pilkington Bros., new canteen for, 620 Pilkington, Sir Harry, on Higher National
Diploma in Business Studies, 392 Pillow blocks. See Blocks
— Tanks. See Tanks Pilots, training of, 545
Pilot Works Ltd., to merge with Bromilow and Edwards Ltd., 433
Pins, hardened fixing (trade publication), 568 Pinder, J. H., on Britain and the Common Market, 801
Pingon cranes (George Cohen Sons and Co.Ld.), 813
Used at Lake Maracaibo, 813
Pinhole detector for steel strip (Bruce Peebles and Co. Ltd.), 427
Pinions, clock, of silver steel (Venner Ltd.), 66
— of silver steel (Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd.), 66
— See also Gear
Pinkus, O., on Theory of Hydrodynamic Lubrication (review), 535
Pipe, aluminium, lightweight (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 371
— Assemblies, flexible (trade publication), 344
— Cast iron (trade publication) 72
— and channels, charts for the hydraulic
design of, 432
— Couplings. See Couplings
—? Cutting machine (E. Pass and Co. Ltd.), 522
— Design formulae and rupture data, by
W. B. Carlson and D. Duval, 829
— and ducting hanger (Yokes Genspring Ltd.),
461
— Fibre (trade publication), 32
— Fittings, plastic (trade publication), 824 Stainless steel, BS 3439-1961, 280
— Helical weld (British Steel Piling Co. Ltd.),
304
— Jointed (Perrot-Regnerbau GmbH and Co.),
587
— Pitch fibre (trade publication), 312 Fibre, effluent tests with, 275
Fibre (Key Engineering Co. Ltd.), 107 Fibre (Union Fibre Pipes (Great Britain Ltd.), 465
— Plastic (Capper Chemidus Ltd.), 337 (Victaulic Co. Ltd. and Stewarts and
Lloyds Plastics Ltd.), 724
— Pvc, pressure. Aspect (Allied Structural
Plastics Ltd.), 465
— Squeezers, Flow Stop (Argali Machine Tool
Co. Ltd.), 233
— Supports (trade publication), 664
in plastic (Ellis Patents Ltd.), 196
— See also Tubes
Pipes and Pipelines Exhibition, 522
Pipeline, aluminium, for liquid ethylene (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 403
— Bill, aims of, 321
— Buried, operation of valves in, 420
— Calibration with uninterrupted flow (Shell
Oil Co. USA), 324
— Designers, charts for, 432
— Development of in the UK, 321
?— in Modern Heating Systems, by O. Schone and E. Schwenk (review), 567
— Oil flow in, by Dr. J. S. Blair. See LETTER,
46
— and pipes exhibition, 522
— Sharpness Canal to Severnside (William
Press &. Sons Ltd.), 329
Pipework for Drakelow C power station (Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd.), 153
— Fabricated (trade publication). 696 Pirelli Cintura tyres, test by torture, 842
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Pirelli-General Cable Works Ltd., use of GEC bell-type furnaces, 149; oil-filled cable for CEGB, 441; copper tube welding machine, 495
Pit prop. See Prop
Pitch fibre (trade publication), 824
Pipe Association, effluent tests on pitch fibre pipes, 275; pitch fibre (trade publication), 824
pipes (Key Engineering Co. Ltd.), 107 Pitman, W., on Hide Tower, 129
Pivots, instruments without (Crompton Parkinson Ltd.), 388
Plan printer and developer, Mercury Major (E. N. Mason and Sons Ltd.), 234
Plane surveying. See Surveying
Planing machine, plate edge (Scottish Machine Tool Corp. Ltd.), 19
for radii (Rockford Machine Tools;, 725 for rails (Scottish Machine Tool Corp. Ltd.), 533
(Scottish Machine Tool Corp. Ltd.), 12 Planning Act, 1947, 88
Debate on, 88
— Basic, behind electricity
— Town and Country,
Town
Plant and materials in industry, 19
supply, 748-749 Association. See
production plant
-in telecommunications and electronics industry, 23
— Production Control, by C. A. Koepke (book),
472
Plasmas and Controlled Fusion, by D. J. Rose and M. Clark Jr. (review), 662
Plastic, acetal. Delrin (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 787
— Aerials for missile tracking, 402
— Based magnets for cathode ray tubes, 210 Magnetic strip. Eclipse (James Neill &
Co. (Sheffield) Ltd.), 210
Magnetic strip, uses of, 210
— Bin for powders, Bulkbin (Microcell Ltd.),
402
— Chimneys (Graydons Industrial and Marine
Plastics Ltd.), 274
— Coachwork (Scott Bader and Co. Ltd.), 402
— Coated steel, Stelvetite, for chemical
industry (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 754
— Coating (trade publication), 312
— _ (F. W. Berk and Co. Ltd.), 497
Plastic Coatings Ltd., new factory for, 105; uniform wall plastic mouldings, 755
— Container, for liquids (Reinforced Plastic
Structures Ltd,), 402
— Control valves. See Valves
— Cooling towers. See Towers
— Dome for building (Integral Plastics Ltd.),
402
— Faced television tubes, Diakon (Mullard
Ltd.), 351
—? Furnascote mouldable refractory containing zircon (Furnascote Ltd.), 179
— Gears, laminated (trade publication) 312
— Igniter cord (trade publication), 112
— Laminates (Tufnol Ltd.), 683
— Lorry cabs and wings, 787
— Material, Penton (Hercules Powder Co.,
Ltd.), 595
— for mouldings, Abstrene M, 371
— Mouldings with uniform walls (Plastic
Coatings Ltd.), 755
— Panels to protect building work (Firth
Cleveland Reinforcements Ltd.), 298
?— Pipe fittings (trade publication), 824
Supports (Ellis Patents Ltd.), 196
— Pump. See Pump
— Quenching towers (Graydons Industrial
Marine Plastics Ltd.), 813
— Reinforced, chimney stacks of, 274
— Sheet for double glazing (Norsk Plastic
Industri), b40
— Strip magnetic printing galley locks, 210
— Tanks for chemicals, Turbro-Cyclone
(Turner and Brown Ltd.), 819
— Tyglas reinforcing for (Fothergill and Harvey
Ltd.), 211
— Welvic (ICI Ltd.), 717
Plasticell expanded pvc for refrigerator van (Microcell Ltd.), 67
Plasticity, engineering theory of, by E. P. Unksov (book), 280
Plastics, glass reinforced, in Australia, 530 Reinforced, by P. D. Morgan (book), 248
— Industry, the application of beryllium copper
moulds in, by M. A. Nichols, 166
— New, source book of, by H R. Simonds
(review), 406
— Reinforced, recent uses of, 402
— Tooling, by M. W. Riley (review), 406
— Use in lift-jet engine (Rolls-Royce
772
in Shell Centre, 627
Plastlene pool liners (Highlands Gardens), 416
Plastoglass pool liners (Highlands Gardens), 416
Plates, heat transfer, Thermoplate (J.) Samuel White Ltd.), 370
— Steel, electronic measurement of width, 37
— Stretching machine (Fielding and Platt Ltd.),
707
— Swedged, to cut shipbuilding costs, 196 Platform, maritime, Triton (Inter-continental
Marine Development Ltd. and Cammell Laird and Co. (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd.), 848
— Powered (Access Equipment Ltd.), 11
— Spring, constant level (WCB Containers
Ltd.), 804
— Walking, De Long, 653
Plating, nickel, satin finish, Satylite (Electro- Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 467
Platinum, history of, by D. McDonald (review), 504
Platt Brothers (Sales) Ltd., cotton milling machinery for Malta, 409; cotton milling machinery for Syria. 409
Play, “ The Rainbow Story,” 232
Player, E., on training apprentices, 791
Playfair, Sir Edward W., on International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., 150
Plessey Co., Ltd., acquisition of Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Co. Ltd.,
Ltd.),
Water
Water
105; position and prospects, 105; merger with Ericssons Telephones Ltd. and Automatic Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd., 105; acquisition of Semiconductors Ltd., 337; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400; new factory at Titchfield, 465; reorganization, 465; agreement with Rini International. 465; paper capacitors, 579; Hydro-Stabil, hydraulic transmission units, 623
Plessey Components Group, axial switch (trade publication), 760
Plessey Group, proposed sale of Hawley Products Ltd., to Hawley Products Co. Inc., 657; slider switches, 687
Plessey Nucleonics Ltd., automatic selector valves for atomic reactors, 674
Plugs, wall, nylon (Herzbi Ltd.), 299
Plumb, optical, Autoplumb (Hilger and Watts Ltd.), 49
Plumbing improved, 352
— Trades Union, proposal to retain present
apprenticeship time, 520
Plutonium 238 fuelled battery for satellites (Martin Marietta Corp.), 117
Plyglass Ltd., Vitroslab double glazing, 640 Plywood buildings. See Buildings
— Construction overcomes subsidence risk, 779
— Fastening with Screwtite Hi-Load nails, by
Prof. E. G. Stern, 208
— Nailing effectively, 208
PML pneumatic gauge (Engineering and Scientific Equipment Ltd.), 131
P.M.T. (Machine Tools) Ltd., Manex optical jig boring machine, 782
Pneumatic circuitry (trade publication), 536
— Controls (trade publication), 216
— Cylinders. See Cylinders
— Drill. See Drill
— equipment (trade publication), 504, 696
— Gauge, PML (Engineering and Scientific
Equipment Ltd.), 131
— See also Compressed air; Compressor
P. and O. Orient Lines, operating experiences with Canberra liner, 643
Pode, Sir Julian, presidential address to British Iron and Steel Federation, 417
Point Loma sea water desalting (Westinghouse), 417
— Railway, freezing of, 121
Pointer Group, Betocel emulsion concrete, 130;
745; Betocel insulating
installation
for aerated Betoblock
non-porous concrete blocks, concrete, 745
Poisson distribution, and cumulative (book), 664
Poland, floating dock for (Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.), 473
— Tonnage oxygen and nitrogen plants for, 281 Polaris A-1 ballistic missile, 13
Polaroid MP3 industrial camera (Johnsons of Hendon Ltd.), 751
Polimex, contract to Constructors John Brown Ltd. for tonnage oxygen and nitrogen plants, 281
Polish Foreign Trade Co. Eleektrim, contract to English Electric Co. Ltd., 840
— State Railways, electric locomotives for
(English Electric and AEI), 612
Political and Economic Planning, Long Range Weather Prediction, 193; report on British Trade Unionism, 202; Trade Unions and the Common Market, 585
Pollard Bearings Ltd., Self-Lube pillow blocks, 260
Pollution of beaches, 417
— Oil: separation technique for, 445
— of the sea by oil, international conference
on the prevention of. See International Polydoroff, W. J., on High Frequency Magnetic Materials: Their Characteristics and Principal Applications (review), 375 Polyester film, Melinex (ICl Ltd.), 147
Mylar (Durham Raw Materials Ltd.), 179
(Ozalid Co. Ltd.), 147
— Sheeting, glass reinforced (trade publica
tion), 184
Polyether foam sheets (Aeropreen Ltd.), 331 Polymer science and technology, advances in, conference on, 807
Polypenco Ltd., nylon, 242
Polysil silicone Ltd.), 563
Polythene tanks.
Polyurethane coating containing iron oxide (Griffiths Brothers and Co. Ltd.), 107
— Rigid foam to fill ships’ rudder to prevent
corrosion (ICI Ltd.), 4
— Rubber mouldings for motor cars (Rubber
Plastics Ltd.), 691
Users’ comments on, b58-659
Vulkollan (Beyer), 658
Polyvinyl chloride, clear, machine guards of (Minderguards Ltd.), 851
Expanded, Plasticell, for refrigerator van body (Microcell Ltd.), 67
Impact, coating for Atlas pit props (British Geon Ltd.). 3'y I
Pomeroy, L. E., on aluminium in road vehicles, 338
Ponds—indoor and out 416
Pool, Como (Harold Sellers), 416
— Garda (Harold Sellers), 416
— Liner, Plastoglass (Highlands Water
Gardens), 416
Plastolene (Highlands Water Gardens), 416
Popkov, V. 1. on corona losses, 655
Popper P. on Special Ceramics: Symposium at British Ceramic Research Association (review). 470
Porcelain Enamels, by A. I. Andrews (review), 71
Port Equipment, Marine Engineering and International Exhibition, 774
— Hole level gauge (Richard Klinger Ltd.), 718
— of Spain B power station, 217
Portaway Earthing Equipment Ltd., earthing system (trade publication), 440
Portcrete Ltd., three-storey precast concrete
tables of the individual terms of (GEC(LIS))
large sized pieces of cast
rubbers (Midland Silicones
See Tanks
mullions, 329; new building for Norwich Union Insurance Society, 329
Portioning machine, VEK (Arenco-Alite Ltd.), 341
Portland cement, steam curing of at atmospheric pressure, by R. R. Merritt and J. W. Johnson, 362
Posford Pavry and Partners, widening of 15th Century bridge at Wadebridge, 432
Position and heading, inertial, mechanics of indication of, by W. R. Markey and J. Hovorka (book), 600
Positional controllers (Marlonair Ltd.), 621 Post Office created by R. Emmett, 321
Engineering Union, telephone statistics, 705
Workers Union. See Union
Postgraduate study, courses of (Royal College of Science and Jechnology publication), 392
Postmaster-General, statement on management position in GPO, 48
Pots, melting, for use with LPG, 308 Potentiometer recorder (Mervyn Instruments), 555
Potter, S. H., on graduate workshop technology course at North-East Essex technical college, 428
Powder, descaling. Atlas 400 (Atlas Preservative Co. Ltd.), 626
— Metal. See Metal
— Metallurgy. See Metallurgy
— Spraying. See Spraying
Powell and Co., Vertostacker stacking truck, 233 Powell Duffryn Carbon Products Ltd., graphite heat exchanger, 531, 845
Powell Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd., Dumpster trucks, b23; Dumpmaster truck, 623; Dinosaur truck, 623
Powell Duffryn Ltd., rail tank wagon, b51
Powell, E., on hospital building programme, 161
Power Development to Prosperity, cinema film, 271
— Electrical in Russia, by Prof. T. Zolotaryov,
458-459
— Failures, electrical, 81
Power-Gas Corp. Ltd., export contracts for gas plants, 73; Segas oil gas plant for Hong Kong, 73; gas plant for Sweden, 73; Segas plant for Gothenburg Gasworks, 73; orders from Masinimport Romania for Imperial Smelting zinc lead smelting plant, 185; cooperation with Huntingdon Heberlein and Co. Ltd., 185; contract from India, 537
— Generation, electrical, magnetoplasma
dynamic, symposium on, 711
— Head. IPH (H. G. Stevens Co. Ltd.), 132
— Hydro-electric, in Russia, by Prof. T.
Zolotaryov, 458-459
— and irrigation on the Orange River, 492
— Lifts scissor lift (Cotterell and Pither Ltd.),
784
— Link, cross-Channel, 81
— Maid food mixing machine, Cannon, 576
— Ministry of, financial targets for electricity
boards, 449; test explosion mine gallery, 717; Safety in Mines Research Establishment, 717
— Pack, hydraulic (Andrew Fraser and Co.
Ltd.), 205
— Plant, external factors affecting, 94
Future events in, 93
Industry, investment and expansion in, 96 Industry, management and labour in, 96 Industry, plant and materials in, 96 Industry, production in, 96
Market trends in, 94
Outlook for 1962, 93-96
Technical developments in, 93
See also Power station; Power unit; Power, water: Atomic power stations
— Projects in Peru, 217
in Sweden, 10
— Regulators. See Regulator
— Station, Agecroft, 737 Atomic. See Atomic
Bankside, high voltage power water cooled cables for (AEI Ltd.), 419
Building costs, 513 Carolina Port, 345
— — Characteristics of those on Russian
rivers, 459
Cruachan, 776
Drakelow C, pipework for (Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd.'l, 153
Eggborough, boilers for (Foster Wheeler- John Brown Land Boilers Consortium), 3; turbo generators for (AEI Ltd.), 3; air preheaters for (Davidson and Co. Ltd.), 73; boiler units for (Foster-Wheeler-John Brown Land Boilers Consortium), 73
Ferrybridge C, switchgear for (AEI Ltd.), 217; contract to Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 712
Fire detectors for (Sound Diffusion (Auto-thermatic) Ltd.), 479
Generating output of 1949 compared with 19bl, 94
—- — German, use of lignite in, 579
Hams Hall, use of Olympus gas turbine at, 452; alternator for (Brush Electrical), 657
—• — Hazelwood, Australia, 473
by J. T. Moore, 513
Mackenzie Committee on, 513
Port of Spain, 217
Priest Rapids, generators for (English Electric Co, Ltd.), 25
Remote control system for, Dataphonic (Sound Diffusion (Automatic) Ltd.), 317
— — Rugeley, instrumentation and control,
systems for (Electroflo Meters Co. Ltd.), 345
in Russia, 458-459
Staythorpe B, 748 Swanbank, 840 Thorpe Marsh, turbo-generator for on test (C. A. Parsons and Co. Ltd.). 611
Tilbury, contract to Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 712
Tufts Cove, 601 West Burton, 153
Power station. See also Power plant
— Supply unit (Farnell Instruments Ltd.), 814
— System Engineering, by F. de la C. Chard
(book), 760
— Track. See Track
— Transmission equipment (Crofts (Engineers)
Ltd.), 593
See also Drives; Transmission __
— Unit, Shire-Horse (Riordan
Ltd.), 621
Stabilized DC (Hatfield
Ltd.), 49
— Wagon mono-rail transporter
chines (Drayton) Ltd.), 515
— Water, potential for certain countries,
table of, 458
See also Hydraulic: Power plant: Hydroelectric: Turbine
Powertron Ultrasonics Corp., ultrasonic deburrer, 853
Pownall, J. F,, on demands for water demand a
National Grid, 230
PR, what is it? (Business Press Bureau Ltd. booklet), 537
PR37 booster rocket (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259
Prado, Dr. D. M., on Peru and the future, 217 Pratt, S., investigation of educational development in UK, 168
Pre-Pack automatic weighing equipment (Microcell Ltd.), 561
Precincts Club, plastic dome for new building (Integral Plastics Ltd.), 402
Precipitation, use of radar for detection of, by C. E. Goodison, 301
Precision Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd., Pep-Arco self-priming acid resisting pump, 260
Precision Gear Machines and Tools Ltd., to manufacture Beaver products, 209
Precision Reinforced Mouldings Ltd., plastic aerials for missile tracking, 402
Preece, Cardew and Rider, power station project for Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission, 113
Premise Engineering Co., X-ray protective screen, 266
Preoptive capstan lathe (Alfred Herbert Ltd.), 602-604
Prescollan rubber (John Bull Rubber Co. Ltd.) 658
Preservative treatment of timber (British Wood Preserving Association), 240
Preservative Treatment of Timber by Brushing, Spraying and Immersion, 240
President of the Board of Trade, to be on National Economic Development Council, 232
Press, blanking (Scottish Machine Tool Corp.
Ltd.), 233
— Brake, for Italy (Rushworth and Co.), 565 Jonescheit (Addison Tool Co.), 302
— Compacting (F. J. Stokes Ltd.), 750
— Dewatering, nylon for main bearing, 242
— Eccentric, Ronnqvist (Lancing Machine
Tools Ltd.), 783
Press Equipment Ltd., strip shearing machine, 176
— Extrusion, Donex (Loewy Engineering Co.),
505
— Friction screw, Hasenclever (Paul Granby
and Co. Ltd.), 304
— Hydraulic (Clearing Division of US
Industries Inc.), 235
Clearing (Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 235
(Fielding and Platt Ltd.), 751
— Mechanical, by H. Makelt (review), 343
— Metal decorating. Marquess tandem, 757
— Printing, rotogravure, Halley ” New
World,” 20
Press and Shear Machinery Ltd., sheet metal working machinery (trade publication), 568
— Straightening, Eitel KG (Selson Machine
Tool Co.), 461
— Tooling. See Tooling
Press, William, and Sons Ltd., Sharpness Canal to Severnside pipeline, 329; fabricated pipework (trade publication), 696
Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., Picture Press, 30 Pressoturn Ltd., food handling equipment, 135 Pressure regulator (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 750
(Watts Regulator Co. Ltd.), 398
— Vessels, atomic reactor, of concrete, 240 High temperature testing of (British
Welding Research Association), IQl Model of concrete, for atomic reactor,
design construction and testing of, by A. L. L. Baker et al, 240
Sealing thermocouples into (King Aircraft Corp.), 4
Prestcold garbage disposal unit, 140
Preston, Sir Kenneth H., on Stone-Platt Industries Ltd., 753
Preston-Lancaster M6 Motorway link, tenders invited, 681
Prestressed concrete. See Concrete, prestressed Prestressed Concrete Development Group, grouting ducts in prestressed concrete, 51; meeting of, 91
Prestwick Airport, new control tower completed, 527
Prices, employment, production and incomes, bulletin of statistics on (Ministry of Labour publication), 488
Price, G. A., on use of atomic power stations for desalting sea water, 417
Priest Rapids power station, generators for (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 25
Priest, Rowland, Ltd., conveyor belt driving unit, 496
Primaire controlled atmosphere assembly cabinet (Dexon Inc.), 69
Prime, Dr. H. A., on space research, 839 Prime Minister’s residence, reconstruction of, 512
Prime movers, control systems for (Ardleigh Engineering Ltd.), 836
—? — External factors affecting, 94 Future events in, 93
Industry, investment and expansion in, 96
Enterprises
Instruments
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Prime mover industry, management and labour in, 96
Industry, plant and materials in, 96 Industry, production in, 96
Mandator (AEC Ltd.), 441 Market trends in, 94 Outlook for 1962, 93-96
— -— Technical developments in, 93
Primer paint. See Paint
— Phosphate, Fospryme (Hellerman Ltd.), 107 Prince of Wales Colliery, use of methane gas
powered shunting locomotive, 162
Princess Dock, dry, for super tankers (Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd.), 558-559, 631; use of bilge blocks adjustable while submerged, 847
Print recognition machines, by Dr. J. H. Davis, 672
Printer and developer, plan. Mercury Major (E. N. Mason and Sons Ltd.), 234
Printing machine, colour gravure, Halley, 724
— Plant, newspaper, for Nigeria (E. G. Irwin
and Partners Ltd.), 548
— Press. See Press
— Roller. See Roller
— Work study applications in, 692
Study in (Work Study Advisory Services), 285
Prior, P. N., review of Analysis of Non- Linear Control Systems, 823; review of Introduction to Feedback Systems, 823; review of Automatic Control Engineering, 823; biographical note, 824
Pritchards, H., on Barton and Sons Ltd., 817; on Barton Conduits Ltd., 817
Pritsker, Dr. A. A. B., research on systems analysis, 396
Probability and statistics, essays on, by M. S. Bartlett (book), 824
Problems, Plain Words on, 742
Process control, automatic: an introduction, by W. F. Coxon (book), 568
— — by on-line computer (International
Systems Control), 373
System, Unibloc (R. B. Pullin and Co. Ltd.), 465
— Study, consultancy, evolution of, 180-181
— — Integration of, 180
Organization and integrity, 181
Procedure, in, 180
Product finishing, “ static ” revolution in, 382-383
— National, graphs on, 161
Production in agricultural equipment industry, 136
— Aids to, by L. L. Arden, 244
— in aircraft industry, 104
— in business equipment industry, 100
— Control, course on, 791
Plant, by C. A. Koepke (book), 472 Production-Engineering Group, factory for Alfa-Romeo near Milan, 289
Production Engineering Ltd., consulting services, 546; plant for Griffin and George Ltd., 546
— — Research Association, report on deep
drawing lubricants, 285; Applications of Finish Blanking, 469; foreign firms to join, 769; PERA Bulletin, 769
— Environmental aspects of, by A. K. Brown,
265
— in food equipment industry, 136
— in home equipment industry, 139
— Human factors in. Summer School of
Institute of Production Engineers, 825
— Incomes, prices and production, bulletin
of statistics on (Ministry of Labour publication), 488
— in information processing industry, 100
— Management, modern, by E. S. Buffa
(book), 184; (review), 726
by R. R. Mayer (book), 630
— in motor vehicle industry, 55
— Plant, external factors affecting, 19 Future events in, 18
Industry, industrial activity in, 20
Industry, investment and expansion in 20
Industry, plant and materials in, 19
?—— Management and labour in, 19
Market trends in, 19
New look in, 17
— — Outlook for 1962, 17-20
Technical developments in, 17
— in power plant industry, 96
— in prime mover industry, 96
— in public service industries, 144
— in railway industry, 55
— Research, international journal of, 70
— in shipbuilding industry, 104
— Statistics, 161
Productivity, 193
— Human implications of plans to increase, course on, 232
— and research, industrial, exhibition, 42.3 Productivity in Shipbuilding, 385
Productivity, wage drift and bargaining in British industry, Lerner and J. Marquand, 360
— Year, National, 648 Professional Engineer, 121 Programming, mathematical, by (book), 344
Project Gnome atomic detonation with an engineering purpose (USAEC), 767
— Major post-war, in England and Wales, 62
— Mercury, launching snags, 289
— Orange River, 846
Projector, overhead (AEl Ltd.), 718
Proof stress of metals, 415
Props, pit (trade publication), 568 Atlas Acrow (Engineers) Ltd.), 371
Propagation tray, Camplex (Simplex Dairy Equipment Co. Ltd.), 192
Propane, 308-309
— and butane, industry’s need of, by C. N. Jenkins, 308-309
— Investigation of shock wave pyrolisis of, 767
Propellers, marine, of cast Nikalium, 164
— for tanker Oriental Giant in aluminium bronze (Manganese Bronze and Brass Co.), 26
Prophecy, Plain Words on, 294
Propulsion of ships. See Atomic propulsion; Turbines; Propellers
— Systems, advanced, application to deep space vehicles, by R. G. Cruddace, 839
— Units, transverse, for ships (Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd.), 249
Prosperity, power development to, cinema film, 271
Protein isolate (International Protein Products Ltd.), 553
— Process, impulse, 553
Protheroe, W. J., on safety officers, 697
Prudence Enterprises, thermostatically controlled mixer tap, 224
Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd., use of SAKI electronic machine for training punch card operators, 117
Pryce, Dr. R., on Common Market, 441
Psychology, occupational (National Institute of Industrial Psychology publication), 456
— Social, of industry, course on, 585
Ptfe-coated glass fabric, self-adhesive, Tygaflor (Fothergill and Harvey Ltd.), 275
— Glass reinforced (trade publication;, 248
— Products (trade publication), 312
Public Cleansing, by A. G. Davies (review), 502
— Relations ideas (H. C. Janes Ltd.), 153 Plain Words on, 126
— Service industries, external factors affecting 141
— — Industries, Outlook for 1962, 141-144; technical developments in, 141; market trends in, 142; management and labour in, 143; investment and expansion in, 144; production in, 144
Publicity, 193
— Service, export, world-wide (Central Office
of Information booklet), 537
Publicizing the Results of Safety Research, by C. S. W. Grice, 585
Puckey, Sir Walter, on Management Selection Ltd., 257
Pugh, E., development of pyromagnetometer, 605
Pulleys, grooved, rubber lined (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 457
Pullin, R. B., and Co. Ltd., Remploy-Pullin immersion heater, 368; formation of process control division, 465; Unibloc process control system, 465; K. F. Hopkins appointed manager of process control division, 465
Pullmax profile welding machine (Alfred Herbert Ltd ), 399
Pulse amplitude comparator (National Bureau of Standards), 117
Pumps, boiler feed, large capacity. See LETTER, 710
— Casings in gunmetal (J. Stone and Co.
(Charlton)), 27
— Centrifugal (Arthur Lyon «& Co. (Engineers) Ltd., 73
TIMSA of Madrid), 73
— Concertina (Kelston Engineering Co. Ltd.), 675
— Diaphragm (William R. Seiwood Ltd.), 176
— and engines, test facilities for, 735
— General purpose, plastic (James Beresford and Son Ltd.), 163
— (Girdlestone Pumps Ltd.), 844
— Hydraulic (Spenborough Engineering Co. Ltd.), 174 (Sutcliffe Hydraulics Ltd.), 554
— Metripump (Metering Pumps Ltd.), 260
— Mine face drainage (Goodyear Pumps Ltd.), 622
— Mud Hog (Pegson Ltd.), 651
— for pumping ceramic slip (Goodyear Pumps Ltd.), 124
— Seals. See Seals
— Self-priming acid-resisting, Pep-Arco (Precision Electrical Products (Stockport) Ltd.), 260
— Sorption (Mullard Ltd.), 174
— Stable mixed flow, 610
— Sump (Worthington-Simpson Ltd.), 719
— (Wayne Tank and Pump Co. Ltd.), 845
Pumping Manual (Trade and Technical Press) (book), 790
— Station remotely controlled at Brighton (Parkinson Cowan Ltd.), 10
Punch card operators, SAKI electronic training machine for (Solartron Electronic Group Ltd.), 117
Punched card, control system, speeds a laundry, 42 reading machine for (Servo Consultants Ltd.), 266
Puncture proof tyres. See Tyres
Purchase tax. See Tax
Pursall and Phillips, historical note, 849
Pva formulations (Gunac Ltd.), 67 (Vinyl Products Ltd.), 67 PVC. See Polyvinyl chloride
Pye Ltd., equipment for UK 1 satellite, 542; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400
Pye, W. G., and Co. Ltd., coulometric titrator, 50; megohmmeter, 425; Scientific Instruments Centre opened, 520, 533
Pyrene Co. Ltd., metal cleaners (trade publication), 248; Bonderlube 350 dry-film lubricant, 531
Pyrolisis, shock wave, of propane, investigation of, 767
Pyromagnetometer, development of, 605 Pyrometer, radiation, development of (British
Scientific Instrument Association), 705 Radiamatic, 149
Q
Q-Floor floor (Robertson Thain Ltd.), 527
Q-Interwall Modular Partitioning (Robertson Thain Ltd.), 52
Qce-Floor floor, with built-in ducts (Robertson Thain Ltd.), 527
Qualcast Ltd., position and prospects, 657; operating surplus, 657
Quality Control Organisation, 373
Quaker, Hall and Co. Ltd., cast iron coal chute for Newstead Colliery, 595
Quarry, Hantergantick, flame cutting of rock, 584
Quartly, C. J., on Square-Loop Ferrite Circuitry: Storage and Logic Techniques (book), 760
Queen’s Highway, cinema film, 362 Quenching steel (trade publication), 112 Quick-Fix double glazing plastic mounting (J. F. Finnegan and Co.), 640
RAACO Ltd., storage cabinets, 782
Racal Instruments Ltd., counter timer, 234
Racine Hydraulics and Machinery Inc., crosslicensing agreement with Vickers-Arm- strongs (Engineers) Ltd., 273; formation of Racine and Vickers-Armstrongs Inc., 273; formation of Racine und Vickers-Armstrongs AG, 273; formation of Racine und Vickers-Armstrongs GmbH, 273
Racine und Vickers-Armstrongs AG, 273 Racine und Vickers-Armstrongs GmbH, formation of, 273
Racine and Vickers-Armstrongs Inc. formation of, 273
Racing, racing car. See Motor car
Racking, pallet (trade publication), 760 (Rubery Gwen and Co. Ltd.), 462
Radar for cloud and precipitation detection, by C. E. Goodison, 301
— Detection of rain, 300
— for liner France (Decca), 123
— Weather, by J. Harding, 301
Radcliffe, N. T., development of Ganymede System of heat storage, 632
Radiamatic radiation pyrometer, 149 Radiant-Heating Ltd., Caloric incinerator, 832 Radiation detectors, silicon solar cells as (Bell), 767
— Development centre for USAEC, 255
— Gamma, alarm (Ferranti Meters Ltd.), 175 —? Lead doors for protection at Guy’s Hospital
(Geo. W. King Ltd.), 130
— Pattern recorder (Barr and Stroud Ltd.), 90
— Pyrometer. See Pyrometer
Radicon gear unit (David Brown Industries Ltd.), 762-764
Radio communication satellite, 23
Radio Corp, of America, agreement with International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., 105
Radio and Electronic Laboratory Handbook, by M. G. Scroggie (book), 440
Radio Engineers, British Institution of. See British
— Network, microwave, for Greece (Standard
Telephones and Cables Ltd.), 744
— Research, forty years of, by G. C. South
worth (book), 696
Radio-sonde balloon, 300
— surface waves, by H. M. Barlow and J.
Brown (book), 696
— Telescope. See Telescope
Radioactive fallout, equipment for predicting, 799
— Wastes, disposal of (UKAEA), 221 Radioisotope, use in industry, 737 Radiology, industrial, course on, 128 Radiovisor Parent Ltd., photoelectric controls
(trade publication), 568
RAE-Thorn visual glide path indicator (Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.), 698-700
Raf^aele Cafiero tanker (Navalmeccanica), 450-451
Ragazzini, J. R., on Automatic and Remote Control (review), 342
Ragozin, N. A., on Jet Propulsion Fuels (book), 600
Rail planing machine (Scottish Machine Tool Corp. Ltd.), 533
— Tank wagon (Powell Duffryn Engineer
ing Co. Ltd.), 651
— Welding, conveyor feeding for, 436-437 Railings, aluminium, for bridges and highways
(trade publication), 112
for Laira Bridge (Woodrow Metals Ltd.), 619
— Motorway (J. Salway and Sons Ltd.), 690 Railroad, FTQ network for, 397 Railroading, study of, 396
Railway accident. See Accident
— Bluebell Line, 769
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British. See British
— Dual-voltage, final comment on, 677
— Electrification, 577
Alternating current, symposium on, 230
— Equipment, standardization of, 737
— External factors affecting, 54
— Festiniog, 769
— Freight, computer copes with, 396-397
— Future events in, 54
— Industry, investment in, 56 Management and labour in, 55 Plant and material in, 55 Production in, 55
— Kalgoorlie-Fremantle, tenders for, 505
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Market trends in, 54
— Mechanical equipment, London conference
on, 737
— Metropolitan, modernization of, 813
— Monorail. See Monorail
— Qutlook for 1962, 53-56
— Plain Words on, 326
— Points, freezing of, 121
— Scottish, by O. S. Nock (review), 50,3
— Snowfighting equipment and methods, by
G. R. Parkes (review), 503
— Station, underground, Euston, recon
struction of, 10
— Subway, Bloor-Danforth, Toronto, 569
— Talyllyn, 769
— Technical developments in, 53
— Technical Prospects, by Dr. F. T. Barwell,
193
— Train, diesel, fire hazard, 41
— Underground. See London Transport Ex
ecutive
— Use of LPG, 309
— Wagon. See Wagon
— Workers strike, 168
Rain, radar detection of, 300
“ Rainbow Story,” play, 232
Rainham Timber Engineering Co. Ltd., Glulam roof trusses for British Transport Commission, 813
Rally difficulties, production motor cars gain by, by G. Wilkins, 229
Ralphs Engineering Co. Ltd., use of polyurethane rubber, 658
Ramo, S., on Handbook on Automation, Computation aad Control (book), 408
Rance, Dr. H. F., on Viewpoint of Management, 456
Randall, James H., and Son Ltd., lockers, 495 Randall, J. W., on John Dickenson and Co.
Ltd., 689
Randalrak storage racks (Randall and Son Ltd.), 814
Ranger passenger vehicle chassis (AEC Ltd.), 441
Rank-Bush Group, formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400
Rank Film Library, new name for G.B. Film Library (Perivale), 598
Rank Organization, Kershaw Division, Intro- periscope industrial periscope, 804
Rank Precision Industries Ltd., closed circuit television as security aid, 120
Rank-Xerox Ltd., larger premises for, 145; copying equipment (trade publication), 856 Ransomes Simms and Jefferies Ltd., Sprite power mower, 288
Rao, V. V. L., on Guide to the Metric System (book), 788
Rapid Magnetic Ltd., use of aluminium windings for Dreadnought magnet, 659 Raplag pipe insulation (Bell’s Asbestos and Engineering Ltd.), 814
Ratby Engineering Co. Ltd., knurling toolholder, 89
Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Nordlys windows, 640
Rauma Repola Oy, cooperation with Borax Consolidated, 60; sodium borate impregnation of timber, 60
Raven, F. H., on Automatic Control Engineering (book), 112; (review), 823
Rawcliffe, Prof. G. H., development of two speed electric motor, 420
Rawlinson, Sir Joseph, to retire from L.C.C., 392
Ray. See X-ray
RB731 epoxy resin flooring (Rowan and Boden Ltd.), 619
Reader Information Service of ENGINEERING, 289
— Inquiry Service of ENGINEERING, 289 Reading, efficient, course on, 791
— Machine, Optophone, 672
for punched cards (Servo Consultants Ltd.), 266
Visagraph, 672
Receive cells (Ferranti Ltd.), 304
Reclaiming machine, stockpile, rotary bucket (Applevage of Paris), 591
Recorders (trade publication), 408
— Electronic, instruments (trade publication),
472
— Potentiometer (Mervyn Instruments), 555
— for radiation patterns (Barr and Stroud Ltd.),
90
— Stage and fault (D. Robinson and Co. Ltd.),
84
Rectifiers (trade publication), 824
— and chargers (trade publication), 408
— Circuits, improved, 189
— Stacks (Mullard Ltd.), 426
?—? Units, silicon diode, constant current (English Electric), 146
Reddaway, F., and Co. Ltd., nylon strengthened conveyor belting, 211
Redifon Ltd., visual flight simulator, 644 Redish, K. A., on Introduction to Computational Methods (book), 184; (review), 628
Redman, Maj. Gen. D. A. K., on Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers—Its Responsibilities and Problems, 481
Redman Tools and Products Ltd., Universal press tooling, 176
Redmond condenser fan motor (Controls Co. of America (UK) Ltd.), 174
Redpath Brown Ltd., new tractor plant for
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 665
Redshaw, Prof. S. C., on mathemtaical principles of network computation, 716
Reduction process for powder metal production, 290
Redundancy, 128
— Private Members Bill on, 616
Reece, A. R., on a society for terrain-vehicle systems, 742
Reed Cartons Ltd., keeping carton manufacture flowing, 636-637
Reed Paper Group, lagooning of sewage sludge, 10; requirements of the papermaking industry, 26
Reel, paper, handling device for (British Electrical Repairs Ltd.), 661
Refinery, oil. See Oil refinery
Reflectors (Payne Products International), 579 Refractories (trade publication), 216
— Honeycomb, Perforac (Combustion Chemi
cals Ltd.), 435
— Material containing zircon, mouldable.
Plastic Furnascote (Furnascote Ltd.), 179 —? — See also Firebricks; Fireclays
Refrigerated motor body (Mann Egerton and Co. Ltd.), 67
Refrigeration (trade publication), 376
— Fair, International, 523
— Unit, Thermo King (Petters Ltd.), 523 Refusak refuse disposal system (William
Palfrey Ltd.), 469
Refuse, 832
— Disposal, international research group on.
See International
System, Refusak (William Palfrey Ltd.), 469
Regelungstechnik, Bauelemente der, by W. E. Frede (review), 150
Regelungstechnik, Handbuch der, by G. Bleisteiner, W. v. Mangoldt, H. Henning and R. Oetker (review), 150
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Regelungstechnik: Kurze Einfiihrung am Beispiel der Drehzahlregelung von Was- serturbinen, by G. Hutarew (review), 150
Regenerative furnace. See Furnace
Register of Research in the FJiiman Sciences, 488-502
Regulators, AC power (Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd.), 367
Reheating furnace. See Furnace
Reid, G. L., on what fringe benefits add to wage bills, 617; on fringe benefits overseas, 646
Reiffcn, B., on Sequential Decoding (review), 758
Reinforced concrete. See Concrete
Association, Structural Concrete, 438; annual dinner, 729
Reinforced Plastic Structures Ltd., plastic container for liquids, 402
Reiss, J. A. E., on Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd., 817
Relays (B. and R. Relays Ltd.), 752
— Control (Square D Ltd.), 89
— Heavy duty (B and R Relays Ltd.), 462
— High speed (Industrial Timer Corp.), Speed (Line Electric Co.), 78
— Latching (C. P. Clare Ltd.), 366 Reliability principles and practices, by S. R.
Calabro (book), 600
Reliant Engineering Ltd., Sabre motor car, 293; assembly of Sabre motor car in Israel, 293
Rellumit (London) Ltd., oily water separators, 815
Remington Rand, electric typewriter, 100 Remington Rand Corp., cooperation with
Shell International Petroleum, 488 Remploy Ltd., Mowmaster mower control, 288 Remploy-Pullin immersion heater (R. C. Pullin and Co. Ltd.), 368
Remote and automatic control, by J. F. Coates J. R. Ragazzini and A. T. Fuller (review), 342
Renault Machine Tools Ltd., transfer machines for motor components, 469
Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Princess Dry Dock, 458-559; Channel tunnel, 654; bilge block adjustable while submerged, 847
Renold Chains Ltd., roller chains (trade publication), 600
Renton, D., on civil defence, 641
Renwick, Sir Robert, on commercial use of space, 385; on plans of the British Space Development Co. Ltd., 385; on good management, 697
Repeater, submerged, for CANTAT cable, 22 Research and Control Instruments Lta., Sona- test ultrasonic flaw detector, 398
— Cost of, 353
— Cost of capital equipment for, 41
— Efficiency before expansion. See LETTER, 6 Research Electronics Ltd., industrial cjunter,
524
— by Dr. F. E. Emery, 805
— Government, for the designer, 610 Research for Industry, 769
— Operational. See Operational
— and productivity, industrial, exhibition, 423 Reservoirs, gas, in British porous rock structures, by C. Johnson, 332
— Hydro-electric, in Russia, table of, 458 Resins (Bakelite Ltd.), 723
— Bonded anti-friction layers, evaluating, 242
— Epikote (Shell), 491
— Epoxy, Araldite (Ciba (ARL) Ltd.), 371,
821
— — RB 731, flooring (Rowan and Boaen Ltd.),
619
— Glue. See Glue
— Polyester (Bakelite Ltd.), 563
(British Resin Products Ltd.), 819
?— Synthetic, handling, 821
Resistance strain gauge. See Gauge Resistance welding. See Welding Resonator, yttrium iron garnet as, 317 Resources, natural, in Scotland: symposium held at Royal Society of Edinburgh, by L. A. Elgooa (book), 312
— Scottish, exploited to the full, 624 Respiration, artificial (trade publication), 728 Respirator, Technicon-Huxley (Technicon
Instruments Corp.), 314
Retailing, five day week in, conference on, 232 Retainers simplify design and assembly, 258 Retaining rings. See Rings
Retract-A-Track roller track (Lloyd’s Mechanical Inaustries Ltd.), 651
Reynolds, C. E., on Reinforced Concrete Designer’s Handbook (book), 32
Reynolds, H. R., on Rock Mechanics (book), 280; (review), 628-629
Reynolds Metals Co., aluminium mobile concrete mixer, 331; aluminium roof for Seattle Coliseum, 431
Reyrolle, A., and Co. Ltd., switchgear for Port of Spain power station, 217; equipment for Baghdad Electricity Services Ltd., 217; equipment for Sydney County Council, 217
RFD Co. Ltd., airhouse on exhibition, 465 Rhoderick, Dr. E. H., appointed professor of electrical engineering at Manchester University, 791,857; biographical note, 791 Rhodes, Joseph, and Sons Ltd., Fluid-Drive shears, 334
Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 401
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Feneration of. See Federation
Rhyl/Hoylake VA-3 Hovercraft service, 529 Richard, Thomas and Baldwins Ltd., use of large dump trucks at Llanwern, 305
Richards, C. W., on Engineering Materials Science (review), 535
Richaras, Thomas, and Son (Engineers), Ltd. move to larger premises, 753
Richardson, E. and F., Ltd., Adcora neoprene based paint, 211
Richardson, Prof. J. F., review of Proceedings of International Symposium on Distillation, 534; review of Evaporative Cooling of Circulating Water, 534; review of Absorption Distillation and Cooling Towers, 534; biographical note, 536
Richardsons, Westgarth and Co. Ltd., subsidiary George Clark (Sunderland) Ltd., 689 hydraulic analogue for condenser design, 733-734
Ridding, A., on documents concerning Dr. S. Z. oe Ferranti, 742
Riddlestone, H. G., on safety of oil immersed apparatus; effect of oil head in preventing explosions in inflammable atmospheres, 77; on electrical equipment for use in flammable atmospheres—effect of explosions on gasketed joints, 157
Ridley, Lord, on UK and world trade, 185 Rig testing by E. Lang, 41
Rigiva universal milling machine (Thos. W Ward Ltd.), 366
Riley, M. W., on Plastics Tooling (review), 406 Rings, retaining, Truarc (Geo. Salter and Co. Ltd.), 258
— Rubber (Victualic Co. Ltd. and Stewarts &
Lloyds Plastics Ltd.), 724
— Slewing (trade publication), 630
Rini International, agreement with Plessey Co. Ltd., 465
Riordan Enterprises Ltd., Shire-Horsepower unit, 621
River Boards Act, 1948, 513
— Crossing, prefabricated tunnels for, 847
— Dee, aluminium fish traps for, 595
— Exploitation, computer study aids,
— Forth crossing of super-grid, 528
— Measuring device for, 513
— Orange, dual-purpose schemes for, irrigation and power on, 492
— Russian, characteristics of power
on, 459
—• Tees basin, hydrological survey of (HMSO), 52
— Usk Bridge, 654
— Wear basin, hydrological survey of (HMSO),
52
Rivett, J. C., on disposal of heat in supersonic aircraft, 292
Road accidents. See Accidents
— Asphalt, cinema film on, 362
— Bases, investigations into compaction of, 240 and soils, compaction of, by W. A.
Lewis, 240
— Bridges, behaviour of under frequent load
ing, 778
Severn, tender of Associated Bridge Builders Ltd., accepted, 712
— Building programme, 208
— Cape Town-Nairobi, 331
— Construction, soil mechanics in, by C. F.
Armstrong (review), 439
— Cracking in, 747
— Design to assist vision, 806
— Estimated expenditure on, 63
— Expansion in West Africa, 331
— Experimental, tested to destruction, 746-747
— Federation, International. See International
— Growing demand for, 385
— Improvement scheme, Hyde Park Corner, 64
— ?— Scheme, Marble Arch, 64
— Landscape engineering of, 673
Road Machines (Drayton) Ltd., monorail transporter (trade publication), Mono-Rail , , ,
Wagon mono-rail transporter, 515; use of MacGrip tyres for mono rail transporters, 515
Road making materials from slag (Heckett RTB Ltd.), 305
— Research Laboratory, investigations into
compaction of road bases, 240
— Rule of, change of, 289
— Safety and international road traffic,
meeting on, 513
— Saturation, monorails the answer to, 228
— Show and Construction Equipment Exhibi
tion, 774
— Tankers. See Motor vehicles
— Traffic, computer representation of, 364-365
Noise, 331, 570
— Traffic problems, computer used to analyse,
431
Road traffic situation in UK, 737 —? — Survey, London, 121, 741
— Vehicles. See Motor vehicles
— Works, statistics on, 208 Uses of LPG in, 308
— See also Highway; Motorway
Roballo Engineering Co. Ltd., slewing rings (trade publication), 630; wire race bearings, 786
Robbins Committee on technical education, 456
— Report on technical education, 296 Robbins, R. M., on passenger transport in
London,742
Robens, Lord, on modern coalmining, 8; to join National Economic Development Council, 232; on Collins Miner coal winning machine, 404; new spirit in the coal industry, 417; on Management in a Nationalized Industry, 488; industry, 577; on National Coal 737
Roberts, A. R. N., on conference of Institute of Management, 648
Roberts Electrical Co. Ltd., Humex frame, 192
Roberts, Gilbert, nut, 238
Roberts, Sir Howard, on National Industrial Safety Conference, 585
Roberts, Dr. J. P., review of Special Ceramics: Proceedings of Symposium at British Ceramic Research Association, 470; review of Cermets, 470; biographical note, 472
Roberts, Sir Peter, on Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd., 753
Robertson, Sir Howard, Shell Centre, 490-491 Robertson, J. M., on British Miniature Electronic Components and Assemblies Data Annual, 1961-1962 (book), 32
Robertson, R. H. S., on Scotland’s Scientific Heritage (review), 662
Robertson Thain, Ltd., Q-Interwall modular partitioning, 52; cladding of steelworks buildings, 275; Q-Floors, 527; Qce-Floor with built in ducts, 527
Robertson, W. S., conference on management and a changing world, 488
Robey and Co. Ltd., Robey Experimental steam engine, 538-540; historical note, 538
Robins, E. L. G., on education and training, 697
Robins, Lord, on British South Africa Co., 401 Robinson, D., and Co. Ltd., stage and fault recorder, 84
Robinson, E. S. and A. (Holdings), Ltd., subsidiaries of, 209
Robinson, Sir Robert, to head editorial board of Pergamon Press new library service, 825 Robinson, Thomas, and Son Ltd., bran finisher (trade publication), 216; sack chute (trade publication), 216; timber machining line, 592
Robinson, W., on Lighting—new developments and the new lES code, 244; on internal lighting with special reference to the new lES code, 265
Robot photoprinter (NIG Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 686
Rochester University, symposium on engineering aspects of magneto-hydrodynamics, 511-512
Rock, flame cutting of (Union Carbide), 584
— Investigations (Wimpey Central Laboratory),
171
?— Mechanics, 363
— — by H. R. Reynolds (book), 280; (review),
628-629
— Porous, composite model to simulate, by
P. B. Attewell, 574-575
— Structures, porous, British, gas reservoirs in,
by C. Johnson, 332
Rocket booster, PR37 (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259
of the US, 740
— Engines. See Engines
— Sounding, Metroc (Atlantic Research
Corp.), n
— Thor, failure of, 864
Rockford Machine Tools, radii planing and grinding machines, 725
Rockweld Ltd., Vertomatic electroslag welding machine, 693
Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd., grinding machines (trade publication), 184; Clearing hydraulic press, 235; Sundstrand Arter grinding machine, 524; agents for Rockford Machine Tools, 725; Rockford machine for planing and grinding radii, 725 Rods, earthing (trade publication), 856
— Welding, carbide, DCR (Deloro Stellite
Ltd.), 307
Rodgers, Dr., J. W., review of History of Platinum, 504; biographical note, 504 Rodwin, L., on Future Metropolis (review), 788
Roe, A. V., and Co. Ltd., sales of Avro 748 aircraft, 409
Roell and Korthaus, sheet metal testing machine, 461
Roffey Park Institute, course on Measuring Management Efficiency, 791
Rolatruc Ltd., reach truck, 623 Rolba Ltd., snow blower, 267 Role playing, by K. D. O. Cole, 648 Rolls, bending (trade publication), 760 Keetons Pyramia (Keeton Sons and Co.
Ltd.), 11
— Solid carbiae (Hard Metal Tools Ltd.), Carbide (Wickman Ltd.), 147 ?— Stainless steel clad (Rose, Downs
Thompson Ltd.), 306
Steel clad, uses of, 306
— Wimet, 147
Roller bearing. See Bearing
— Printing, steel forging for (Tubes Ltd.), (Winstones Lta.), 529
— Silicone rubber (BTR Industries Ltd.), Rollin, M. J., on Channel cable, 656 Rolling mill. See Mill
— Stoek. See Locomotive; Wagon
Rolls-Royce Lta., collaboration with British Motor Corp., 1; shellboiler from John Thompson (Wolverhampton) Ltd., 25; Falcon marine diesel engine, 131; Spey by-pass engines for Buccaneer aircraft, 153; methane gas engine for shunting locomotive, 162; licence from Continental Motors Corp, to make Continental engines, 320; testing Continental engines, 320; formation of British Space Development Co. Ltd., 400; use of Centrisoinn- ings centrifugal castings on engines, 434; engines for International Harvester Co., 505 ultrasonic flaw detector, 652; evolution of an aluminium engine, 679; development of protective coatings for metals, 691; use of plastics on lift-jet engine, 772
Rolomat conveyors (Lloyd’s Mechanical Industries Ltd.), 651
Rolt, L. T. C., on Great Engineers (book), 312 Romania, exhibition of British equipment in, 390
— Order placed for Imperial Smelting zinc
lead smelting plant, 185
— Tyre factories for, 217 Romany cooker, 544 Rome, Treaty of, 801
Ronnqvist eccentric presses (Lancing Machine Tools Ltd.), 783
Roof, aluminium, for Seattle Coliseum (Reynolds Metals Co.), 431
— Asphalt, Canadian research on. Til
— Coverings, organic, ASTM standards for,
619
Roof Design and Roofing Terminology, 111 Roof, mine, Darne stilt for (Hayden-Nilos Ltu.), 130
— Paraboloid, for Commonwealth Institute,
654
— Paraboloid, in lightweight concrete (Man-
doval Ltd.), 270
— Slabs, Siporex (Costain Concrete Co. Ltd.),
299
— Support, Mastabar Pathfinder (Mastabar
Mining Equipment Co. Ltd.), 11
— Trusses, Glulam (Rainham Timber Engineering Co. Ltd.), 813
— Water covered, 299
Roofing, built-up (trade publication), 184
Roofing sheets, extra long galvanised. Gal vatite (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 527
Roofing Terminology and Roof Design, 777 Rooms, clean, standard, prefabricated (John Bass Ltd.), 451
—? Internal, ventilating, 608
Rootes, B., on Vale Bil as Swedish importers for Rootes Group, 249
Rootes Group, exports and orders, 153; participation in Eastern European Trade Fairs, 153; order from China National Machinery Import and Export, 153; order from Motokov, 153; Vale Bil appointed Swedish importers for, 249; Hillman Super Minx estate motorcar, 613
Rope, steel. See Wire-tope
— Wire. See Wire-rope
Rose, D. J., on Plasmas anu Controlled Fusion (review), 662
Rose, Downs and Thompson Ltd., sizing rolls for Leesona Holt Ltd., 306; latex dewatering rolls for ICI Lta., 306; stainless steel clad rolls, 306; cooler rolls for Richard Simcn and Sons, 306; nip rolls for Sir James Farmer Norton and Co., 306; rolls for Brownroyd Engineer Co., 306
Rose Green Concrete Co. Ltd., new building for Norwich Union Insurance Society, 329
Rose-Innes, A. C., on Semiconducting III-V Compounds (review), 310
Rose, P. R., design of builoing for Norwich Union Insurance Societies, 329
Rose, R. W., on landscape engineering of roads, 673
Rose, William, Ltd., ptfe products (trade publication), 312
Rosedale Associated Manufacturers Ltd., bulk container of Alkathene plastic, 815
Rosenblad heat exchanger (APV Co. Ltd.), 562 Roskill, O. W., and Co. (Reports) Lta., Directory of Metal Cutting Machine Tool Industry of Western Europe, 673
Ross, L, on Common Market, 441
Rostenit process for lining vessels with stainless metals, 466-467
Rot, dry, design of timber floors to prevent, 169 Preventing in timber floors, 169 —? Wet, prevention of, 169
Rotadyne aircraft, development costs of, 289 Rotair mobile compressor (Holman Brothers Ltd.), 494
Rotarpress machine for metal spinning, 113 Rotational speed. See Speed
Rotobond laminating machine (Morane Plastics Co. Ltd.), 720
Rotogravure printing press. See Press
Rotolin Bearings Ltd., bearings, 751
Rotor shaft. See Shaft
— Whirl mechanism, a description of, by
A. C. Hutchinson, 701-703
Rotunaa Ltd., tapes (trade publication), 152 Routemaster buses, unpainted aluminium bodies of, 57
Rover Co. Ltd., collaboration with Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., 73; marine diesel engine, 73; Rover gas-turbine motorcar, 293; T4 gas turbine motor car, 569
Rowan and Boden Ltd., RB731 epoxy resin flooring, 619
Rowe, A. J., on Management Control Systems: Proceedings of Symposium held at Systems Development Corp, (review), 30
Rowe, A. W., investigation of teaching machines, 488
Rowe, R. E., on prestressea concrete, 91, 811 Rownson Conveyors Ltd., food handling equipment, 149
Roy, Dr. A. R., on natural diamonds grit, 797 Roy, Dr. B. C., inauguration of Durgapur engineering works, 241
Royal Academy, private view day, 609
— Aeronautical Society, conference on impor
tance of electricity in the control of aircraft, 289, 292; Wilbur Wright Lecture, 705
— Aircraft Establishment, plastic observation
post (W. and J. Todd Ltd.), 179; development of electric signalling for aircraft controls, 420; testing of T188 research aircraft, 549
— Air Force, use of nylon load strops, 67;
to purchase Avro 748 aircraft, 291; TSR2 aircraft to fly next year, 625; lifting of spire of Coventry Cathedral by helicopter, 685
— Automobile Club, supervision of car
reliability test programme, 353
— College of Science and Technology, post
graduate courses, 392; Courses of Postgraduate Study, 392
— Commission on structure of national and
local government, 257
— Danish Navy, Brave class patrol boats for
(Vosper Ltd.), 473
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., company organisation, 490
Royal Dutch/Shell Exploration and Production Laboratories, sedimentation balance, 416
Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Shell Centre, 490- 491
— Engineers, Territorial subalterns required
for, 742
— Fine Arts Commission, design approval for
Medway Bridge, 394; approval of widening scheme for 15th Century bridge at Wadebridge, 432; design approval for River Usk bridge, 654
— Institute of British Architects, Architect
and His Office, 488
— Institution, by T. Martin, 342
— Navy, Emidic 1100 computer installed, 853 Royal Netherlands Harbour Works Co. Ltd.,
reconstruction work in Malta Harbour, 777
— Society, discussion on optical maser, 576;
conversaziones, 641
of Edinburgh, symposium on natural resources of Scotland, by L. A. Elgood (book), 312
for the Prevention of Accidents, National Industrial Safety Conference, 585
— Swedish Navy, Alvis Stalwart load carrying
vehicles for, 441; use of tactical simulator, 611
Rubber/asbestos gasket material, Accopac (Armstrong Cork Co. Ltd.), 819
— Butyl, as lining for pickle tanks (Dunlop),
851
— Casting zinc alloys in (N. Saunders Metal
Products Ltd.), 563
— Jointing, Thiokol, 179
— Latexes (Sto-Chem Ltd.), 531 Rubber-to-metal bonding. See Bonding Rubber-to-metal welding devices (Metalastik
Ltd.), 593
Rubber, neoprene (Du Pont Co. (UK) Ltd.), 627
Rubber Plastics Ltd., polyurethane rubber mouldings for motor cars, 691
— Polyurethane, mouldings for motor cars
(Rubber Plastics Ltd.), 691
Users’ comments on, 658-659
— — Vulkollan (Beyer), 658
— Prescollan (John Bull Rubber Co. Ltd.), 658 Rubber-resin material, Fortiflex (Dunlop
Rubber Co. Ltd.), 179
Rubber, silicone (ICI Ltd.), 627
— — Polysil (Midland Silicones Ltd.), 563 Rollers of (BTR Industries Ltd.), 563 Silastomer (Midland Silicones Ltd.), 755
— Sponge, aluminium moulds for (James
Booth Aluminium Ltd.), 307
?— Synthetic, development of. See LETTER, 294 Hypalon, 465
— Testing machine, Hounsfield (Tensometer
Ltd.), 784
— Tool box, Fortiflex (Dunlop Rubber Co.
Ltd.), 755
Rubbish, 832
Ruberoid Co. Ltd., built-up roofing (trade publication), 184
Rubery, J. T., formation of Rubery Owen and Co. Ltd., 369
Rubery Owen and Co. Ltd., new interior for Victoria Tower, 268-269; organisation and size of, 369; historical note, 369; formation of, 369; pallet racking, 462
Rudder, ships, filling to prevent corrosion, 4 Ruddock and Meighan Ltd., Maple Lodge sewage plant, 206-207
Ruer, D., on Analysis of Nonlinear Control Systems (book), 216
Rugby School, design of marble operated universal sums engine, 387
Rugeley power station, instrumentation and control systems for (Electroflo Meters Co. Ltd.), 345
Riiggen, W., on Clutches (book), 376 Rule of the Road, change of, 289
— Slide. See Slide rule
Rupert and Co. Ltd., surface finish scales, 89 Rupture data and pipe design formulae, by W. B. Carlson and D. Duval, 829 Rushworth and Co., brake press for Italy, 565 Russell, Dr. A. E., on Bristol 188 research aircraft, 545
Russell Constructions Ltd., Russell Finex Gyratory Sieve, 218-220; historical note, 218
Russell, G. M., on Group Project Training for graduates, 428-429
Russia, armament developments in, 321
•—? Characteristics of power stations on rivers, 459
— Conveyor belting order placed in UK, 409.
See Correction, 473
— Gas mains for, 467
— Hydro-electric power in, by Prof. T.
Zolotaryov, 458-459
— Krasnoyarsk project, 458
— National machinery census, 373
— Power stations in, 458-459
— Table of hydro-electric reservoirs in, 458 Russian Engineering Developments at the
Leningrad Metal Plant Imeni Stalin, by
M. N. Bushuev, 150
Russian Engineering Journal, 769
Russian power, energy resources, production and potentials, by J. A. Hodgkins (book), 344; (review), 629-630
— Production, 385
Rust inhibiting paper, Nox-Rust (H. W. Chapman Ltd.), 851
— Remover, Rustrem (Stewart Wales Somer
ville Ltd.), 403
Ruston Bucyrus Ltd., new erection shop, Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., diesel engine Macao Electric Lighting Co. Ltd., collaboration with Rover Co. Ltd., marine diesel engine, 73; Ruston Gas Turbine, 250-252; uses of Ruston “ TA ” Gas Turbine, 250-252; historical note, 252; diesel generating plant for Korea, 377; Thermax boiler units, 555; gas turbine units, 803
Rustrem rust remover (Stewart Wales Somerville Ltd.), 403
Ruslyfa Ltd., tyre factories for Rumania, 217; companies forming consortium of, 217
Rutgers University, to erect Van de Graff accelerator, 448; associate member of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703 Rye Machinery Sales (High Wycombe) Ltd., cut-off and boring machine, 589
Ryland, W., on demand for telephones, 353 Ryle, Prof. M., new radio telescope for Cambridge University, 281, 576
S-51 satellite, 481, 541-542
Sabbagh, E. M,, on Circuit Analysis (review), 216
SABIEM, design of lifts, 273; agreement with Marryat and Scott Ltd., 273
Sabre motor car (Reliant Engineering Ltd.), 293
Sack chute (trade publication), 216
Safe Bind; Safe Find: Story of Locks, Bolts and Bars, by G. Hogg (review), 279
Safety, 172
Safety, aviation (White Paper), 545
— Belts, motor car, test house for, 85
— Committee of International Standards
Organization, 697
— Conference, 697
Safety, Factory Acts relating to, by T. lough, 265
— Harnesses for motor cars, 537
— Improving on working sites, 329
— Industrial, national conference on, 585
— in Mines Research Establishment
explosion gallery, 717
— in oil immersed apparatus, by '
Riddlestone and G. A. Jackson, 11
— Precautions, by H. S. Sm.th, 173
— Research, publicizing the results
C. S. W. Grice, 585
— Road, and international road
meeting on, 513
— Technology and engineering, by
Nicholls (review), 30
— at,work, by V. Feather, 585
?— See also Accidents
Sagan, H., on Boundary and Eigen-value Problems in Mathematical Physics (book), 216
Sahara drilling, diamond and, by J. Gallon, 797 Saint. See St.
SAKI electronic training machine for punch card operators (Solartron Electronic Group Ltd.), 117
Salaries of trade union officials, 8
— and wages, statistics on, 203
Salem-Brosius Ltd., furnaces for Tube Investments Group, 796
Sales Organisers Ltd., Wright Bell-Air air conditioner, 704
Salinometer (National Institute of Oceanography), 563
Salt coal. See Lignite
— Fused, electrical properties of, 253
Salter, Geo., and Co. Ltd., Truarc retaining rings, 258; circlips, 258; spring nuts, 495
Salway, J., and Sons Ltd., motorway railing of rectangular section tube, 690
SAMES. See Societe Anonyme de Machines Electrostatique
SAMES (GB) Ltd., research on electrostatic spraying, 384
San Francisco, new rapid transport system for, 193
Sand drain for tunnel lining, 52
— Oil, grain distribution in, 416
Sanders and Forster, lightweight modular steel framework, 331
Sanding machine (Black and Decker Ltd.), 496 Compressed air (trade publication), 504 Sandover, J. A. on Plane Surveying (book), 280 Sandstone, Darley Dale, stress/strain curves for, 575
— Porous, model representation of the
deformation of, 575
Sandtex building finish (Cement Marketing Co.), 67
Sangamo-Weston Ltd., time switch, 800
Sankey-Sheldon, Ltd., J hanger cable hangers, 260; Shell Centre, 461
Sard, B. A., review of Industrial Water Treatment Practice, 247; biographical note, 248 Sardinia, DC transmission link with Italy, 249 Saro Searider, 160
Sass, F., on Dubbels Taschenbuch fiir den Maschinenbau (book), 376
Sassex-Werkzeug-Gesellschaft, cutters, 589 Satellite batteries. See Battery
— Communications, amplifier for (Bell), 543 —? — Conference on, 449
Propulsion and economics, 839
Telstar I (Bell), 767
— Equipment for UKl satellite, 541-542
— Global, British plans for, 400
—? Ground station, Goonhilly Downs, 257
— and international communications, 449
— Launching project, S-51, international, 481
— Ozone scanner for, 300
— Radio communication, 23
— S51, 481, 541-542
— UKl, 541-542
Sattler, Prof. K., on Bolts, 239
Saturn gas turbine engine (Solar Aircraft Co.), 324
Saturn Industrial Gases Ltd., Sentinel valve for sealing gases from atmosphere, 451
Satylite satin finish nickel plating (Electro- Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd.), 467
Sauer, R., on Engineering Mathematics (book), 376
Saunders, N., Metal Products Ltd., casting zinc alloys in rubber, 563; centrifugal casting machine, 752
Saunders-Roe Division, SRV 2 Hovercraft, 834 Saunders-Roe Ltd., resistance strain gauge, 413-414
Saunders Valve Co. Ltd., ball plug valve, 522 Sauvageau, L., < t Cie., welding equipment, 589 Savage and Parsons Ltd., manufacture of UKAEA manipulators, 804
Saw, band, horizontal (trade publication), 600
— Frame (Gebr. Wehrhahn), 590
— Panel (Thomas White and Sons Ltd.), 233
— Radial arm, de Walt (Black and Decker Ltd.),
719
Sax, Julius, and Co. Ltd., burglar alarm, 120
Saxton Nuciear Experimental Corp., atomic reactor research, 703; companies forming, 703
Sayers, Dr. B. McA., review of Dictionary of Automatic Control, 759; review of Principles of Feedback Control, 759
Scales, surface finish (Rupert and Co. Ltd.), 89 Scammell Lorries Ltd., Sherpa Mk. Ill dump truck in kit form, 345; use of plastics for lorry wings and cabs, 787
Scammel Super Constructor tractors, 665 Scandinavia, shipbuilding orders, 385
Scanner, ozone, for satellite, 300
Schirmer, Dr. W., on using coal with a high salt content, 221 ; development of lignite for use in power stations, 579
Schlesinger sliding bed lathes (Stanley Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 334
Schlicke, rl. M., on Essentials of Dielectro- magnetic Engineering (review), 406
Schlitt, H., on Systemtheorie fiir regellose Vdrgange (review), 150
Schloeman AG., Concast continuous casting machine, 405
Schone, O., on Pipelines in Modern Heating Systems (review) 567
School, “ Junior,” lessons learned in, 841
— Leavers, employment statistics, 203
— Science and mathematics teaching in, 552
— Science Museum lectures for, 729
— Summer, residential, of Institute of Indus
trial Supervisors, 203
—? Training for secretaries (Perkins Group), 360 Schoolboys, showing them the industrial ropes, 48. See LETTER, 742
Schori process, 370
Schrader’s, A., Sons, midget spool valves, 554 Schroeder, Dr. M. R., computer simulation of sound waves and acoustics, 78
Schur, F., on Criteria for Lowering Water Levels, 393
Schwenk, E., on Pipelines in Modern Heating Systems (review), 567
Schweppes and Co, Ltd., automation of soft drink production, 501
Science, atomic, glossary of terms used in, 534
— of daylight, by J. W. T. Walsh (book), 184;
(review), 566
Science in Government and industry, 353 Sciences, human, register of research in (DSIR publication), 488, 502
— Inspiration of, by Sir George Thomson
(book), 280
— Masters Association, 552
— Museum, historic slide rules in, 346
—? — Lectures for schools, 729
— Teaching in schools, 552
— and technolgy, international (International
Science and Technology publication), 374 Scientific and engineering personnel, direction and leadership of, course on, 791
— Heritage, Scotland’s, by A. G. Clement and
R. H. S. Robertson (review), 662
— Instrument Manufacturers Association,
joint committee on courses, 328
— Policy, advisory council on. See Advisory
— Research. See Research
— Thinking and scientific writing, by M. S.
Peterson (review), 71
— Writing and scientific thinking, by M. S.
Peterson (review), 71
SCOT-ICE submarine cable, 145
Scotchweld adhesive film (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), 53!
Scotland, natural resources of: symposium held at Royal Society of Edinburgh, by
L. A. Elgood (book), 312
— Report of the committee on natural
resources in, 624
—? Scientific heritage, by A. G. Clement and R. H. S. Robertson (review), 662
— Steel modernisation comes to, 108-109
— Supergrid for, 624
Scott Bader and Co. Ltd., plastic coachwork, 402 Scott, M. D., retiring from Marryat and Scott Holdings Ltd., 753
Scott, R. E., on Linear Circuits (review), 246 Scott, Dr. W. IL, on automation, 8O5_ Scott and Wilson, Kirkpatrick &
Shell Centre, 490-491
Scottish Council (Development and report on natural resources in 624
— Gas Board, Lurgi gasification
Westfield, 142; Lurgi gasification plant installation, 548
Scottish Machine Tool Corp. Ltd., planing machine, 12; plate edge planing machine, 19; blanking press, 233; bar cropping machine, 335; rail planing machine, 533 Scottish Railways, by O. S. Nock (review), 503
— Resources exploited to the full, 624
— Universities, DSIR grant for atomic
reactor, 1
Scrap steel processing plant (R. S. Hayes Ltd.), 107
Screen for air conditioning plant (A. Arden and Co. Ltd.), 620
Screen, protective, for X-rays (Premise Engineering Co.), 266
— Revolving, for circulating water (J. Blake-
borough and Sons Ltd.), 324
— Vibrating, Vibrex (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.),
622
— Welding (Geo. W. King Ltd.), 175 Screw-cutting lathe. See Lathe
— Driving machine, Weber (R. H. Cole
(Overseas) Ltd.), 784
Screwing attachments (B.P.S. Machinery Ltd ), 589
(Burgsmuller and Son), 589
Screwtite Hi-Load nails, fastening plywood with, by Prof. E. G. Stern, 208
Scrivener, Arthur, Ltd., Wickman-Scrivener centreless grinding machine, 597
Scroggie, M. G., on Radio and Electronic Laboratory Handbook (book), 440
Sculpture for Coventry Cathedral, 685
Sea Hawk jet propelled boat (Dorsett Marine), 160
Sea, pollution of, by oil, conference on. See International Conference
Seacrete lightweight concrete boat, 160 Seagraph III echometer (Marconi), 186 Seahorse outboard engine, 160
Seals, pump, carbide faced (John Harris Tools Ltd.), 499
— Shaft, for abrasive materials (Crane
Packing Ltd.), 435
Magnetic (Argali Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 260
Use of Sintox alumina ceramic for, 594 Sealer, joint (trade publication), 32 Sealing washer. See Washer
Seaming machine, automatic, double ended, for heavy drums (Moon Brothers Ltd.), 69
Searider, Saro, 160
Seaswift boat speedometer (Smith’s Industrial Division), 160
Seattle Coliseum, aluminium roof for (Reynolds Metals Co.), 431
Seattle World’s Fair, 500; UK participation in, 126
Secretaries, training school for (Perkins Group), 360
Security aid, closed circuit television as (Rank Precision Industries Ltd.), 120
Security Guards Ltd., acquired by Associated Fire Alarms Ltd., 305
Sedimentation balance. See Balance
Seed sowing, faster, 770
Segas gas plants for export (Power-Gas Corp. Ltd.), 73
Seismic study of earth’s crust, 511
Selandia motorship, 50th anniversary of building, 273
Self-Lube pillow blocks (Pollard Bearings Ltd.), 260
Sellers, Harold, Como and Garda pools, 416 Sellotape Products Ltd., business of Gordon and Gotch (Sellotape) Ltd. transferred to, 209 Selson Machine Tool Co., Eitel KG straightening presses, 461
Seiwood, William R., Ltd,, diaphragm pump, 176
Seiwood, W. R., Ltd., flashing lamp (trade publication), 728
Semi-trailers. See Trailers
Semiconducting III-V Compounds, by C. Hilsum and A. C. Rose-Innes (review), 310
Semiconductors, 509
— Networks (Texas Instruments), 725
— Statistics, by J. S. Blackmore (book), 664
— Thermal conduction in, by J. R. Drabble
and H. J. Goldsmid (book), 184
— World of, cinema film, 537
Semiconductors Ltd., acquired by Plessey Co., Ltd., 337
Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Ltd., methane gas powered shunting locomotive for NCB, 162
Sentinel valve for sealing gases from atmos- sphere (Saturn Industrial Gases Ltd.), 451 Separator, acid sludge (Alfa-Laval Co. Ltd.), 845
— Magnetic (Magco Ltd.), 233
— Oily water (Rellumit (London) Ltd.), 815 Sequential decoding, by J. M. Wozencraft and
B. Reiffen (review), 758
Service overseas, recruitment for: future policy (White Paper), 761
Voluntary, 513
— Station three hose petrol dispenser system
(Beck and Co. (Meters) Ltd.), 185
Services Electronics Research Laboratory, fast-neutron generator, 37; development of optical masers, 576
Servo Consultants Ltd., punched card reader, 266
Servo drive, Pegasus (Telehoist Ltd.), 590 Servomechanisms, by L. A. Stockdale (book), 472
Severn Instrument Co. Ltd., plastic control valves, 163
Severn Road Bridge, tender of Associated Bridge Builders Ltd. accepted, 712
Severnside to Sharpness Canal pipeline (William Press and Sons Ltd.), 329
Sewage digestion plant for Manchester Corp. (Dorr Oliver and Co. Ltd.), 562
— Plant, Maple Lodge, details of, 206-207
— Sludge drying, principles of, 206 —? —? Industrial, treatment of, 10
Large scale drying in thin beds, 206-207
— See also Sludge
Sewer inspection with closed circuit television, 171
Sewerage scheme, Wooburn Valley, 745
Sewing machine components (Metallwerk Plansee GmbH), 290
Plain Words on, 46
Seymour, D. G., on measuring gas-turbine blade vibration, 318-319
SGS-Fairchild Ltd., formation of, 105
Shaft balance of silver steel (Thomas Mercer Ltd.), 66
—? Coupling. See Coupling
— Drive, rotational speed stability of, 79
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Helicopter rotor, steel forging for (Tubes
Ltd.), 106
— Rotating, flexural vibrations of, by F. M.
Dimentberg (review), 110. See LETTER, 199
— Silver steel (Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd.), 66 Shand Kydd Ltd., use of nylon tyres, 242 Shannon Airport, historical note, 161
—? Free Airport Development Authority, 161
— Industrial centre, 161
Shares and stocks, trading in, by M. Coombe- Tennant, 697
Sharp, G. H., on Practical Metrology (book), 440
Sharpening machine, Carbioscillante (Ets. H. Chuet), 587
Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd., Sharpies Centrifuge, 43; Sharples-Kason Vibroscreen, 43
Sharpies, J. T., on electro-heat methods and controls, 244
Sharples-Kason Vibroscreen (Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd.), 43
Sharpness Canal to Severnside pipeline (William Press and Sons Ltd.), 329
Shaw Ltd., moisture measurement in dry materials, 79; moisture meters, 79
Shaw, M. G., on working instructions, 262 Shaw Moisture Meters, moisture meters (trade publication), 72
Shear strength parameters for boulder clay, methods of obtaining, by G. H. Watson and R. W. Kirwan, 393
Shearing machine Adler (Lester-Brown Machine Tools Ltd.), 782
Strip (Press Equipment Ltd.), 176
Shears, Fluid-Drive (Joseph Rhodes and Sons Ltd.), 334
— Scrap, hydraulic, Lusic 61 (Lindemann of
Dusseldorf), 469
Sheel, L. F., on Gas and Air Compression Machinery (review), 151-152
Sheet aluminium. Checkmate (Imperial Aluminium Co. Ltd.), 627
— Galvanised, extra long for roofing, Galva-
tite (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 527
— Piling and deep foundations, introduction
to, by D. H. Lee (book), 504
— Polyether foam (Aeropreen Ltd.), 331 Sheeting, aluminium (trade publication), 790 Sheffield Chemical Co. Ltd., to be absorbed by
Laporte Acids Ltd., 433
Sheffield University, research on porous rock, 574-575
Shell-BP Development Co., use of lightweight aluminium pipe, 371
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Shell Centre, details of, 490-491, 562, 627 Shells, elastic analysis of by electronic analogy, by <3. B. Wilby and N. W. Bellamy (book), 696
Thin, theory of by A. L. Gol’denveizer (book), 760
Shell Epikote resin, 491
Shell International Petroleum Co., cooperation with Remington Rand Corp., 488; reducing noise in oil burners, 511
Shell-Mex and BP Gases Ltd., liquefied petroleum gases, 308-309
Shell-Mex and BP Ltd., tests for lubrication with an aerosol, 43; development of rail tank wagon, 651; development of automatic liquid blending system, 853
Shell and National Distillers, interest in Shorko Ltd., 305
Shell Oil Co. USA, pipeline calibration with uninterrupted flow, 324
Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., special research group, 296
Shell Transport and Trading Co. Ltd., company organisation, 490
Shelters, aluminium, movable (Alcan Industries Ltd.), 563
— Fall-out, improving conditions in. 158-159 Shelton Iron and Steel Ltd., rolled steel sections, 9 Shepherd, Dr. L., on space research, 839 Shepherd, L. R., on Dragon atomic reactor
project, 671
Sheppard, George (Construction) Ltd., Hyde Park underground car park, 52
Sherpa Mk. Ill dump truck in kit form (Scammell Lorries Ltd.), 345
Shields, C. D., on Boilers: Types, Characteristics and Functions (review), 152
Ship bottoms, preparation LETTER, 390
— Cargo, are quay cranes
R. B. Oram, 322-323
Ocean Vulcan, tests compare with real ship, 259
See also Cargo
— Cross-Channel (Alexander Stephens
Sons Ltd.), 249
— Design and development in, 101
?— External factors affecting, 102
— Faster, experimental tests for, 38-39
— Fighting, Jane’s, by R. V. B. Blackman
(book), 280
— Future events in, 102
— Hydrodynamics Laboratory, ship model
cutting machine, 33
— Machinery. See Machinery
— Market trends in, 102
— Model-cutting machine, 33
for test comparisons with real ship, 259 See also Model
— Motions, theory of, by S. N. Blagovesh
chensky (book), 790
— Motor, Selandia, 50th anniversary of build
ing, 273
— Order statistics, 808
— Outlook for 1962, 101-104
— Propulsion. See Atomic propulsion; Engine;
Turbines; Propellers
— Quicker turn-round in ports, 769
— Rudder. See Rudder
— Self-unloading, Halifax, 835
— Test comparisons with model, 259
Tank, Haslar, 38-39
Transverse propulsion units (Vickers- Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd.), 249
— See also under specific types of ship Shipbreaking Industries Ltd., use of Lusic 61
hydraulic scrap shears, 469
Shipbreaking, mechanization of, 469
Shipbuilding Conference, 185; exhibit at British Trade Fair Stockholm, 689
— Costs, swedged plate to cut, 196
— Employers Federation, study of shipbuilding
industry, 761
— Industry, investment and expansion in, 104 Management and labour in, 104
Plant and materials in, 104
Present trends in, by J. Lenaghan, 449 Production in, 104
Study of, 761
— Marine Engineering and Port Equipment,
International Exhibition, 774.
— Order statistics, 185
— Patton Committee on, 385
— Productivity in (report of Patton Com
mittee), 385
— Work study in, 795
Shipping tonnage on order, statistics, 808 Shipyards, reconstruction of, 449
Shire-Horse power unit (Riordan Enterprises Ltd.), 621
Shock Tubes, by J. K. Wright (book), 408
— Wave pyrolisis of propane, investigation of,
767
Underwater, air bubbles to dampen (Atlas Copco Ltd.), 298
— and vibration handbook, by C. M. Harris
and C. E. Crede (book), 112; (review), 822
— and vibration in linear systems by P. A.
Crafton (review), 822
Shone, Sir Robert, to join National Economic Development Council, 232; director general of National Economic Development Council, 648
Shop equipment, conference on, 454
— Stewards, courses for, 424
and foremen together, 688
— •— Neglected talents, by A. J. M. Sykes, 202
Residential course for, 265
and supervisors: industrial relations, conference on, 688
Shoppers Guide fifth anniversary, 712
Shorko Ltd., formation of Shorko Packaging (UK) Ltd., 305
Shorko Packaging (UK) Ltd., factory site purchased, 305; production of polypropylene film, 305; sales to be handled by Metal Box Co. Ltd., 305; formation of, 305
Short Brothers and Harland Ltd., Belfast freighter aircraft, 801; boundary layer control system for Belfast freighter aircraft, 835
Shot-blasting equipment, Handi-Blast (Hodge Clemco Ltd.), 398
for painting. See
best for, by Col.
on model of
to
Shot blasting plant, Wheelabrator (Tilghman’s Ltd.), 303
Shovel, loading (F. E. Weatherill Ltd.), 335 Show. See Exhibition
Shrouds, argon gas, of Sintox alumina ceramic, 594
Sicmatic copying lathe (Herbert Widdowson and Sons Ltd.), 782
Sideloader, Metro-Hendre-Cammell (Metro- poIitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 657
Siebe, Gorman and Co. Ltd., gas detector, 266 Siefert, Prof. A., on landscape engineering of roads, 673
Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain) Ltd., spot welding machines, 174
Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG., formation of consortium with English Electric Co. Ltd., and George Wimpey and Co. Ltd., 217
Sieve, gyratory, Russell Finex (Russell Constructions Ltd.), 218-220
Sigval Bergenson Group, tanker ordered from Harland and Wolff Ltd., 313
Silastomer silicone rubber (Midland Silicones Ltd.), 755
Silavent ventilating system (Morphy-Richards (Installations) Ltd.), 608
Silcock, T. M. B., on metal resistivity under strain, 580. See Letter, 614
Silcodyne H silicone hydraulic fluid (ICI Ltd.), 320
Silcoset 101 silicone rubber conveyor belt (North British Rubber Co.), 307
Sildon Young Co. Ltd., agents for Usines Meura, 403; Meuraglas lining material, 403
Silencer, motor car, vitreous enamelled, 659 Silent Call Centenary Neophone telephone instruments (AEl Ltd.), 685
Silenta diaphragm valves (Eisenwerk Heinrich Schilling), 590
Silica, fused (trade publication), 112
Silicate News, 299
Silicates in soil conservation, 299
Silicon diode rectifier units, constant current (English Electric), 146
— Solar cells. See Cells
Siliconate-Latex Compositions for the Injection of Liquid Damp-proof courses by Dr. H. Hurst, 330
Silicone hydraulic fluid. See Fluid
— Insulating agent, MS4 (Midland Silicones
Ltd.), 499
— Insulation varnish (trade publication), 248
— Rubber (ICI Ltd.), 627
(Midland Silicones Ltd.), 755
Polysil (Midland Silicones Ltd.), 563 Rollers (BTR Industries Ltd.), 563 •—? •— Silastomer (Midland Silicones Ltd.), 755
Silos, pressures in, 770
Silver brazing of stainless steel, 243
Silver Fox 17 Mo ferritic stainless steel (Samuel Fox and Co.), 371
Silver steel. See Steel
Silversons Machines (Sales) Ltd., emulsifiers, 845
Silverstone, tests of Zodiac motor car at, 613 Silvester, R., on triple purpose hydraulics laboratory, 477
Simca motor car, 741
Simmons, E. D., on Graduate Apprentice Training, an experimental tutorial scheme, 428-429
Simms Motor Units Ltd., automotive alternator, 89; use of No-Chat anti-chatter material, 754
Simon-Carves Ltd., model of concrete pressure vessel for atomic . .
cipitator parts (Darchem Engineering Ltd.), 466
Simon Engineering
reactor, 240; dust pre
_ Ltd., agreement with Midland-Ross Corp., 563
Simon, Henry, Ltd., plant for coaling aluminium strip for James Booth Aluminium Ltd., 563
Simon, Richard, and Sons, cooler rolls from Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd., 306
Simon, R. W., Ltd., Venta-»a-Matic fan, 768 Simon, Viscount, on putting general cargo into a ship, 322
Simonds, H. R., on Source Book of the New Plastics (review), 406
Simons, E. N., on Japan makes bid in World technical aid, 271
Simons-Lobnitz Ltd., suction dredger for Blyth Harbour Commissioners, 249; order placed for transverse propulsion units, 249; dredges (trade publication), 536
Simplex Dairy Equipment Co. Ltd., Camplex propagation tray, 192
Simplex Electric Co. Ltd., association with Tube Investments Group, 796
Simplex fuelling boom (Woodfield Rochester Ltd.), 356
Simplus Horstmann lamp, 366
Simpson, C. R. H., review of Railway Snowfighting Equipment and Methods, 503; review of Atlantic Era, 503; review of Scottish Railways, 503; biographical note, 504
Simulator for atomic reactor (Miles Electronics Ltd. and CEGB), 544
— Tactical, playing at war with, 611
Sinclair Model Engineering Co., model sugar beet factory for Iran, 362
Singer Vogue estate motor car, 645 Singlehurst Engineering service, 739
Singleton Bank railway
289
Sino-British, to supply Heavy Industries from Heenan and Froude Ltd., 113
Sintox alumina ceramic, uses of (Lodge Plugs Ltd.), 594
Siporex roof slabs (Costain Concrete Co. Ltd.), 299
Sirius computer for Cement and Concrete Association, 432
Sisler, C. W., on Industrial Painting: Engineered Approach (book), 728
Sites, building, and works of engineering construction, lighting of. 329
of
Ltd., hose joining
accident, report on,
Mitsubishi Nippon with dynamometers
Site problems in Nigeria, 583
— Working, improving safety on, 329
Size and scale, sense of, 486
Sizer, Richard, Ferrochrome dies, 434
Sizewell atomic power station, progress ahead of schedule, 489
Skeat, W. O., on Manual of British Water Engineering Practice (book), 248
Skefco Ball Bearing Co. Ltd., historical note, 282; SKF C Type spherical roller bearing, 282-284; Ball Bearing Journal, 374
Skeggs, Dr. L. T., artificial kidney, 314 Skeletons, battle of the two, 193. See Letter 263
SKF C type spherical roller bearing (Skefco Ball Bearing Co. Ltd.), 282-284
Ski, water. Bond, 160
Skid resistance tests, correlating, 527
Skies, artificial, and models, role of in day- lighting design, by J. Longmore, 363
Skoda, Octavia motor car, 645
Sky Fever: Autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (review), 598
Skysorlift elevating trolley (Farrow and Jackson Ltd.), 204
Skyways Ltd., orders placed for Avro 748 aircraft, 409
Slabs, floor, prestressed concrete. Bison (Concrete Ltd.), 34-36
Slag, road making materials from, (Heckett RTB Ltd.), 305
Slater, Sir William, coordination of science papers, 225
Sleepakabs (Bankfield Engineering Co. Ltd.), 441
Slewing rings (trade publication), 630
Slide rules, historic, in Science Museum, 346 Universal (Unique Slide Rule Co.), 346- 348
Slideways, machine, chromium plated, 851 Slings, chain, BS 3458-1962, 280
Slip, ceramic, pumps for (Goodyear Pumps Ltd.), 124
Slip Group of Companies, lubricant additives, 453; Molyslip liquid grease, 453
Sloan, F. M., on Westinghouse new type mercury lamp, 447
Slough College of Further Education; courses for shop stewards, 265, 424; conference on industrial relations: shop stewards and supervisors, 688; meeting on European Common Market, 801
Slough Trading Estate Ltd., historical note, 464; trading estates, 464
Sludge, coal, disposal system (Dallow Lambert Ltd.), 644
Sludge, dewatering of, investigation into, 10
— See also Sewage.
Slug Sorting machine(Fleming Radio(Dcvelop- ments) Ltd.), 266
Slurcock cam, 771
Smallman, R. E., on Modern Physical Metallurgy (book), 472
Smart and Brown (Connectors) Ltd., formation of, 105
Smart and Brown (Machine Tools), Ltd., formation of Smart and Brown (Connectors) Ltd., 105; sale of machine tool division to Tap and Die Corp., 105; lathe, 815
Smedley, G. P., on requirements of the marine industry, 26
Smelting furnace. See Furnace
— Plant, zinc lead, Imperial Smelting (Power
Gas Corp. Ltd. and Huntingdon Herbelein and Co. Ltd.), 185
— Zinc, weighing and proportioning of
materials used in, by E. 1. Lowe, 843
Smith, A. P., on Territorial Sappers seek subalterns, 742
Smith, B., on Industrial Editing: Handbook on Industrial Journals (review), 71
Smith, C, H., review of Public (Cleansing, 502; review of Municipal Composting, 502; biographical note, 504
Smith, F. E., on Inert Atmospheres in the Chemical, Metallurgical and Atomic Energy Industries (book), 248
Smith, H. J., review of Engines, 663; biographical note, 664
Smith, H. S., on safety precautions, 173
Smith, J. S., chairman of steering committee of Institute of Management Consultants, 424 Smith and McLean Ltd., ground and plant transferred to Colvilles Ltd., 177
Smith, R. A., on Wave Mechanics of Crystalline Solids (book), 600
Smith, Thomas, and Sons (Rodley) Ltd., mobile crane, 622
Smithers, P., on natural storage of gas, 332
Smith’s Dock Ltd., tests with closed circuit television as aid for docking tankers, 226
Smiths Industrial Division, instrument motors, 131; Seaswift boat speedometer, 160; ultrasonic equipment for Lund University, 744
Smokeless zones, 433
SNAP-7E deep sea atomic generator for USAEC (Martin Co.), 768
Snodgrass, B., formation of Unique Slide Rule Co., 346
Snodgrass, D. C., on Unique Slide Rule Co., 348
Snow blower (Rolba Ltd.), 267
Snow and Co. Ltd., grinding 20 ft. shear blades, 285
Snowfighting equipment and methods, railway, by G. R. Parkes (review), 503
Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme, loan from World Bank, 208
Snyder, J., on automation, 257
Snyder, J. I., Jr., on automation, 585
Soag Machine Tools Ltd., gearbox, 494
Soap making plant, modern, set-up for, 660 Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mech- iques, cooperation with Holman Bros., 377; rotary screw air compressors, 377; diesel engines, 590
— Anonyme Bernard-Moteurs, air-cooled pet
rol engines, 589
de Machine Electrostatiques, Stajet electrostatic powder spraying equipment, 382-383; Statron electrostatic liquid spraying equipment, 382-383
Socidte d’Usinage do Materiel Electrique, association with Allen West and Co. Ltd., 794
— de Filapure et Tissage de Homs, SAS,
cotton machinery for Syria from Platt Brothers (Sales) Ltd., 409
— des Hauts-Fournaux et Acieries de Differ-
dange-St. Ingbert-Rumelange, order placed with Davy and United Engineering Co. Ltd., 631
— Generale d'Exploitations
Channel tunnel, 654
— Generale Semiconduttoria,
SGS-Fairchild Ltd., 105
— Genevoise d'Instruments
Industrielles,
formation of
de Physique, centenary, 721; historical note, 721; products of, 721; solidification of hydrogen, 721; Societe Genevoise Ltd. as UK agents, 721
— Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, for
mation of Sogenique (Service) Ltd., 721
— Genevoise Ltd,, UK agents for Societe
Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, 721
— Limisilice, Dilastic bridge expansion joint,
717
Society of British Aircraft Constructors, technical sub-committee, 673
— Free, agenda for (Institute of Economic
Aflairs) (review), 503
— of Industrial Artists, presidential address by
F. H. K. Henrion, 481
Sodium borate impregnated timber, 60
Sofer, C., on Organisation from Within (book), 72
Soft drinks. See Drinks
Sogenique (Service) Ltd., formation of, 721 Soil conservation, silicates in, 299
Soil Fertility Ltd., use of Land Rover with air cushion conversion kit, 514
Soil mechanics in road construction, by C. F. Armstrong (review), 439
— and road bases, compaction of, by W. A.
Lewis, 240
— Stabilization by means of electro-osmosis
and electrochemical treatment, 299
Solar Aircraft Co., Solar Saturn gas turbine engine, 324
Solar cells. See Cells
Solartron Electronic Group Ltd., SAKI electronic training machine for punch card operators, 117; formation of Solartron (Farnborough) Ltd., 209; digital data recorder for Vickers Armstrongs, 631
Solartron (Farnborough) Ltd., formation 209; activities of, 209
Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd., sponsibilities of, 209
Solatron Group Ltd., tactical simulator Royal Swedish Navy, 611
of,
re
fer
Soldalum 121 hard solder for aluminium (Industrial (Metallurgical) Services), 531
Solder, hard, for aluminium, Soldalum 121 (Industrial (Metallurgical) Services), 531
Soldering iron, Solon, 496
— Machines (Elga Electro-und Gasapparate-
bau GmbH), 588
Solenoids (trade publication), 408
Solids, crystalline, wave mechanics of, by R. A. Smith (book), 600
— Electronically scanned beams in, 119
— in flue gases, measurement of, P. G. W.
Hawksley, S. Badzioch and J. H. Blackett (book), 824
— Granular, thermal drying of (Head Wright-
son and Co. Ltd.), 291
— Ultrasonic propagation in, 118
Solignum Ltd., Epimide epoxy-poly-amide paint, 563
Solon soldering iron (AEl Ltd.), 496
Solway Chemicals Ltd., position and prospects, 561
Sonar equipment, variable depth, for submarine detection, 703
— Systems, symposium on, 678
Sonatest ultrasonic flaw detector (Research and Control Instruments Ltd.), 398
Soothill, R. G., on Turner and Newall Ltd., 241
Sorption pump. See Pump
Sorting machine for slugs (Fleming (Developments) Ltd.), 266
Sound Diffusion (Automatic) Ltd., phonic remote control system for stations, 317
Radio
Data- power
Sound Diffusion (Auto-Thermatic) Ltd,, fire detectors for power stations, 479; fire detection (trade publication), 600
Sound production and reproduction, high quality: sound studio and outside broadcasting practice, by H. B. Hadden (book), 760
— Spectrometer (Advance Components Ltd.)
570-572
— Waves. See
South Africa, electric locomotives for, (AEl Ltd.), 313
Orange River Scheme, 846
South African Atomic Energy Board, sales figures for uranium oxide, 153
South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corp., new furnaces for (Davy-Ashmore Group), 369
South Bank Development (LCC), 490
South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Ltd., rolled steel sections, 9; wagon tipplers installed (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 341
South of Scotland Electricity Board, contracts placed for new power stations, 281; purchase of electricity, 289; revolving screens for water circulating (J. Blakeborough and Sons Ltd.), 324; River Forth crossing of super-grid, 528
South Wales-London Motorway, tenders invited, 217
South West Suburban Water Co., use of Dunlop pillow tanks, 144
Southern Electricity Authority of Queensland, Swanbank power station, 840; contracts to Mitchell Engineering Group Ltd., 840
Southern Gas Board, use of Dexion Pallet Glidestock system for gas cooker storage, 217
Southern Instruments Ltd., double beam oscilloscope, 496
Southworth, G. C., on Forty Years of Radio
Research (book), 696
Soviet Power; Energy Resources, Production and Potential, by J. A. Hodgkins (book), 344; (review), 629-630
— See Russia
Sowing seed faster, 770 Spa centrifugal fan (Tanks and Linings Ltd.), II Spa-Dec combination sink tap, Bourner (F. H.
Bourner (Engineers), Ltd,), 224
Space age, developing materials for (Lockheed
Missile and Space Co.), 480
— Commercial use of, 385
— Flight of Col. J. Glenn, 257
— Forging metals for (Battelle Memorial
Institute), 255
— Laboratories. See Laboratories
— Research, 81
in Europe, the value of, 839
— Industrial support for, 839 Programme subjects of, 81
Space-Saver doors (Wallington, Weston and Co.
Ltd,), 258
Space ship Friendship Seven, 257
— Symposium, European, 839
— Technology, applications of in other fields,
81
— Unique experiments conducted in, 541-542 —? Vehicles, 385
Deep-space, application of advanced propulsion systems to, by R. G. Cruddace, 839
Higher payloads, for, 740
Spacecraft and missiles, structural design of, by
L. H. Abraham (book), 344
SpacesaVer wedge belt drive for (Jlasidale H tanker (J. H. Fenner and Co. Ltd.), 739
Spalding, E. G., on construction of irradiation plants, 838
Span, bridge, concrete, 500 ft., without centring, 394-395
Sparcatron (Manufacturing) Ltd., spark erosion supply and control, cabinet, 463
Spark erosion head (Wickman Ltd.), 718 supply and control cabinet (Sparcatron
(Manufacturing) Ltd.), 463
Sparkes, C. A., on Machine Tools for Tomorrow’s Engineering, 532
Sparkes, Prof. S. R., on model ship tests for comparative tests with real ship, 259
Speaking, effective, course on, 791 Spear, P., on Electro-Hydraulics Ltd., 369 Spearing, C., details of third congress of
European Federation of Chemical Engineering, 321
Spearing, C. E., on Evolution of chemical engineering, 577; presidential address to Institution of Chemical Engineers, 577 Special Areas Act, 464
Specifications, standard. See British Standards Institution
Spectacles, protective, Mongard and Femgard (Mine Safety Appliances Co. Ltd.), 303
Spectators, Plain Words on, 518 Spectral-Isotopic Method for the Determination of Hydrogen in Metals, by A. N. Zaidel, A. A. Petrov and G. V. Veinberg (review), 279
Spectrometer, sound (Advance Components Ltd.), 570-572
Spectrophotometer (Perkin-Elmer), 50 Speed control, automatic, for mine cars and trucks, Hydrabrake (Strachan and Henshaw Ltd.), 124
— Controller for tunnel kiln cars (Metering
Pumps Ltd.), 260
— Matching device (Carter Gears Ltd.), 554
— Rotational, stability of a drive shaft, 79
— Variable unit, Zero-Max (V. A. Howe &
Co. Ltd.), 124
Speedometer, boat, Seaswift (Smiths Industrial Division), 160
Speedrite duplicators (Ellams Duplicator Co. Ltd.), 258
Spembly Ltd., plastic coating (trade publication), 312; laboratory furnace, 355
Spenborough Engineering Co. Ltd., hydraulic pump, 174
Spence, Sir Basil, and Partners, design of Coventry Cathedral, 682
Spencer, D. E., on Field Theory for Engineers (review), 247-248
Spencer, K. J., on Electronics: A Bibliographical Guide (book), 184
Spencer, Sir Thomas, awarded Fellowship of
Woolwich Polytechnic, 296
Spencers Joinery Ltd., fittings and furnishings, 547
Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd., Introview flaw detector for non-ferrous metals, 784 Spert III atomic reactor to be shut down, 77 Spey by-pass engines for Buccaneer aircraft (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 153
Spilhaus, Dr. A., to head editorial board of
American and International Library, 825 Spindle, lathe, steel forging for (Tubes, Ltd.), 106
— Moulder (G. Guilliet), 588
Spinning, metal, Rotarpress machine for, 113 Spray, paint, electrostatic Statispray (Hursant
Developments Ltd.), 462
— Painter, portable (Aerograph-De Vilbiss Co.
Ltd.), 302
Spraying, electrostatic, liquid, Statron equipment for (SAMES), 382-383
Powder, Stajet equipment for (SAMES), 382-383
Research on (SAMES) (GB) Ltd., 384
— Equipment, Erzet (Marshall and Mont
gomery Ltd.), 524
Erzet (Richard Zippie and Co.), 524 Spraypack cooling tower (Midland Heating and Ventilating Co. Ltd.), 515
Spraywelder welding spray, Colmonoy (Wall Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd.), 425
Spring Design and Application, by P. Chironis (book), 72
Springer. C. H., on Engineering Drawing and Geometry (book), 184; (review), 694 Sprite power mower (Ransomes Simms and Jefferies Ltd.), 288
Spuds, hydraulic, on dredgers (IHC Holland), 362
Square D Ltd., control relays, 89
Square Grip Reinforcement Co. (London) Ltd., concrete reinforcement (trade publication), 376
“ Squeezer ” cell (National Bureau of Standards), 863
St. Albans Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd., position and prospects, 561
St. Bernard tunnel, 513
St. John’s Hospital, Lincoln, Cherry Tree- Braun washing machines installed, 42
Stabits for outer mole of Benghasi Harbour, 779
Stace, Leonard, Ltd., Banrust vapour phase inhibitor paper, 67
Stacey, N. H., on Problems of Export Marketing, 345
Stacreep motor control equipment (AEI Ltd.), 468
Staff, cost of advertising for, 8
— Relations, equating automation to, by A,
Penny, 805
Staffa pipe bending machine (Chamberlain Industries Ltd.), 303
Stage settings, mechanical ingenuity in, by B. D. Cashin, 714-715
Staging, aluminium, Hi-Way (Martin Thomas Ltd.), 405
Stainless metals. See Metals
— Steel. See Steel
Stainless Steel Engineers Ltd., flow indicator, 204
Stainless Steel Tile Co. Ltd., Twentieth Century stainless steel tiles, 432
Stajet electrostatic powder spraying equipment (SAMES), 382-383
Stalwart amphibious load carrying vehicle (Alvis Ltd.), 441
Stamping design, metal; practical and economical design of stamped metal parts, by R. F. Carlson (book), 696
Standard Industrial Holdings Group, Turner and Brown Ltd. join group, 817
Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd., automatic telephone system for Kingston-upon-Hull, 33; cable for SCOT-ICE link, 145; Bankside control room of CEGB, 457; microwave radio network for Greece, 744.
Standard Vacuum Oil Co., use of graphite heat exchangers, 531
Standards, United States Bureau of. See United States National
Standley, K. J., on Oxide Magnetic Materials (book), 600
Stanford, Dr. C. P., research on thermionic conversion, 189
Stanford, E. G., on Progress in Non-Destruc- tivc Testing (book), 216
Stanger, R. H. Harry, tests with effluents on pitch fibre pipes, 275
Stanley-Bridges Ltd., new name for S. N. Bridges and Co. Ltd., 401; liaison with Stanley Works (Great Britain) Ltd., 401
Stanley, C. M., on Consulting Engineer (review), 855
Stanley, C. O., on scientific instruments, 520
Stanley Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Schlesinger sliding bed lathes, 334; lathe accessories (trade publication), 536
Stanley Works (Great Britain) Ltd., liaison with Stanley-Bridges Ltd., 401
Stanners, J. F., on preparing ships' bottoms for paint, 390
Stark, M. C., computer studies of road traffic problems, 364-365
Starters, contactor, and fuse-switchgear (trade publication), 312
— for electric motors (English Electric Co.
Ltd.), 90
— Motor, direct switching (Allen West and Co.
Ltd.), 792-794
Static fields in electricity and magnetism, by D. FI. Travena (book), 152
— Revolution in product finishing, 382-383 Statics, by G. W. Housner and D. E. Hudson
(book), 112
Statispray electrostatic paint spray (Hursant Developments Ltd.), 462
Statistics and probability, essays on, by M. S. Bartlett (book), 824
Stator winding for alternator, 95
Stavenger exhibition. Gateway to Britain, 744 Staythorpe B power station, 748
Steam accumulator plant (Daniels (BBA) Ltd.), 227
— Curing of concrete, 362
-of portland cement at atmospheric pressure, by R. R. Merritt and J. W. Johnson, 362
— Engine. See Engine
— Trap. See Trap
— Turbine. Sec Turbine Steamship. See Liner; Ship; etc.
Steatite and Porcelain Products Ltd., post insulator, 367
Steckelmacher, W., review of Vacuum Producing Equipment, 788; biographical note, 790
Steel, aluminium impregnated, Penetral process, uses for, 722
— Angle, lightweight (Dexion Ltd.), 270
— Bright, Drawsol KM drawing compound
for (D. A. Stuart Oil Co. (GB) Ltd.), 275
— Castings. See Castings
Steel Co. of Wales Ltd., accident causes, 172 use of puncture proof tyres, 515
— Cor-Ten, for aerial segments (Husband &
Co.), 403
— Cor-Ten, properties of thick sections, 467
— Forging for helicopter rotor shaft (Tubes
Ltd.), 106
for lathe spindle (Tubes Ltd.), 106
for mainshaft of jet engine (Tubes Ltd.), 106
for printing roller (Tubes Ltd.), 106 for truck axle tube (Tubes Ltd.), 106
— Foundry. See Foundry
Steel Foundry Year, 744, 757
— Framed buildings, composite construction
for, 92
Steel Frames for Multi-Storey Buildings, 92 Steel frameworks, aids to designers of, 92
— Furnace. See Furnace
— Galvanized, for cladding tanker vehicles
(John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 179
— Girder bridges, BS 153,619
— High-strength, conference on, 391
— High-tensile, for building, 193. See LETTER,
86
— High-tensile, cable strand Dyform (British
Ropes Ltd.), 4
— High-tensile, use of in American buildings,
92
— Improved aluminium coating for (BISRA),
381
— Industry, British, history of, by J. C. Carr,
W. Taplin and A. E. C. Wright (book), 760
— Microstructure of. See Metallography
— Mills, modernization of (Colvilles Ltd.),
108-109
— Modernization comes to Scotland, 108-109
— Nickel (International Nickel Co.), 755
— Non-ageing, for deep drawing (Incandescent
Heat Co., Ltd.), 67
Steel, Peech and Tozer, to increase efficiency, 65; position and prospects, 65
Steel plate, width measured electronically, 37
— Quenching (trade publication), 112
— Rail. See Rail
— for Reactor Pressure Circuits (Iron and
Steel Institute) (review), 695
— Reinforcing bars. Unisteel 60 (United
Steel Co. and McCall and Co. (Sheffield)), 584
Steel Review, 577
Steel rope. See Wire rope
— Saving in prestressed concrete, 812
— Scrap processing plant (R. S. Hayes Ltd.),
107
— Sections, rolled (Appleby-Frodingham Steel
Co. Ltd.), 9
Rolled (Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd.), 9 Rolled (Lanarkshire Steel Co. Ltd.), 9 Rolled, new and revised, 9
Rolled (Shelton Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.), 9 Rolled (South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Ltd.), 9
— Sheets, aluminized, Aludip (Coated Metals
Ltd.), 595
— Silver, clock pinions of (Venner Ltd.), 66 Drill and reamer jig bushes of (Talbot
Tool Co. Ltd.), 66
Free-machining, uses of, 66
Pinions of (Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd.), 66
Shaft and chronometer balance of (Thomsa Mercer Ltd.), 66
Shafts of (Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd.), 66 Stylus points of (Gestetner Ltd.), 66 Wheels of (Gestetner Ltd.), 66
— Stainless, chromium-nickel (International
Nickel Co. (Mond) Ltd. publication), 470 Clad rolls, uses of, 306
Cladding for aluminium (Alcao), 819 Ferritic, Silver Fox 17 Mo (Samuel Fox and Co.), 371
Pipe fittings, BS 3439-1961, 280
Silver brazing of, 243
Sintered porous, 217
Tiles, Twentieth Century (Stainless Steel Tiles Co. Ltd.), 432
— Stelvetite, 243, 531, 754, 787
— Stresses in concrete, 812
— Strip, pinhole selector for (Bruce Peebles &
Co. Ltd.), 427
— Structural, at our fingertips, cinema film, 270 High yield stress (welding quality),
BS968; 1962, 619
Use of in buildings, BS449, 619
— Struts, axially-loaded, allowable stresses in.
See LETTER, 486
— Tool, grinding with diamond wheels.
Dr. L. P. Tarasov, 797
— Tubular forgings, recent uses of, 106 Forgings (Tubes Ltd.), 106 ?— Vacuum arc-melted, high quality, 146 Steele and Cowlishaw, Kaydzolver impeller
mixing machine, 303
Steelflex coupling (Falk Corp.), 860
Steelmakers, effect of Common Market on, 417 Steelmaking, LD/AC process, international gathering of users of, 616
— LD/AC unit (Wellman Smith Owen
Engineering Corp. Ltd.), 468
— Oxygen in, historical note, 296
Steels Process Plants Ltd., Ultra-Rotor micro grinding machines, 205
Steelwork practice, bolts have advanced, 238-239
— Structural, bolts for, 238-239
Steelworks lubrication, 310
(trade publication), 440
— Projects (Head, Wrightson), 548
— Tema, artists impression of, 744
Steering wheel, laminated wood, 243
Stein, Dr., mechanized fraction collector, 314 Stein Atkinson, agents for McGraw-Edison Co., 146
Stein Atkinson Vickers Hydraulics Ltd., to be renamed Vickers-Sperry-Rand Ltd., 433
Steinbuch, K., on Automation and Men: Human and Mechanical Intelligence (review), 566
Stelvetite coated steel (John Summers and Sons Ltd.), 243, 531,754,787
Stenman, Aug., A-B., electric combination lock, 480
Stentor engine (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259
Stephen, D. D., on liner Canberra, 643
Stephens, Alexander, and Sons Ltd., crossChannel steamer, 249
Stephens, E., and Sons Ltd., use of rectangular steel tubes for pallets, 690
Stephenson, G., cottage for sale, 263
Stephenson, Robert, and Hawthorns Ltd., operations to be handled by English Electric Traction Ltd., 625
Steps, mobile. Augur (Birmingham Power Transmissions Ltd.), 782
Stereoscopic microscope. See Microscope
Stern, Prof. E. G., on fastening plywood with Screwtite Hi-Load nails, 208
Stern, H., on Design of Hydraulic Control Systems (book), 376
Sternglass, E. J., on magnetohydrodynamics, 512
Sternlicht, B., on Theory of Hydrodynamic Lubrication (review), 535
Sternol Ltd., quenching steel (trade publication), 112; Grannie oil absorbent, 243
Stethoscope, electronic (Minear Holdings Ltd.), 652
Stevens, Carter (Automation), Ltd., indexing table, 554
Stevens, G. S., on exports, 409
Stevens, H. G.,Co. Ltd., IPH power head, 132 Stevenson, J. M., on battle of two skeletons, 263 Steward, S. F., annual report of BEAMA, 321 Steward, shop. See Shop steward
Stewart Wales Somerville Ltd., Rustrem rust remover, 403; Galvalloy protective coating 403
Stewarts and Lloyds LttJ.» West Burton power station, 153; Drakelow C power station, 153; LD/AC steelmaking unit in operation, 468; rectangular section tubes, 690
Stewarts and Lloyds Plastics Ltd., new factory for, 724; rubber rings and plastic pipes, 724
Stigsnaes, Gulf Oil Corp., oil refinery, 281
Stillite Products Ltd., formation of Filtration Division, 67; filter pads of mineral wool, 67; acquired by Turner and Newall Ltd., 241 Stilt, mine roof supporting, Darne (Hayden- Nilos Ltd.), 130
Stinton, Sq/Ldr. D., review of Sky Fever: Autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havil- land, 598; biographical note, 600
Stirling, D., on Westminster Bank Ltd., 177; on Common Market, 177
Sto-Chem Ltd., rubber latexes, 531
Stocks and shares, trading in, by M. Coombe- Tennant, 697
Stockdale, L. A., on servomechanisms (book), 472
Stockholm Trade Fair, British Exhibition at, 681; sales figures, 744
Stockpile reclaiming machine, rotary bucket (Applevage of Paris), 591
Stoker, boiler (John Thompson (Triumph Stokers) Ltd.), 412
Stokes, F. J., Ltd., compacting presses, 750
Stokes, F. J., Corp., environmental-simulation chamber for Bell Telephone Laboratories, 767; association with Vacuum Industrial Applications Ltd., 851
Stone-Chance Ltd., evaluation of ZSV bearings, 242
Stone, drill, new type, by H. B. Dyer and R.G. Weavind, 797
Stone extraction without explosives, 130
Stone, J., and Co. (Charlton), gun-metal pump casings, 27
Stone Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Super- trode welding electrodes, 241
Stone-Platt Industries Group, Supertrode welding electrodes, 241
Stone-Platt Industries Ltd., position and prospects, 753; acquisition of McColl Electric Works Ltd., 753
Stone, P. T., on influence of lighting, noise and heat, 697
Stone and Webster Engineering Ltd., design of cracked gas separator, 721; ethylene splitter column design, 849
Storage, natural, of gas for peak demand, 332-333
— System, Dexion Pallet Glidestock (Dexion
Group), 217
Storm lantern. See Lantern
Storm-sash window (Crittall Ltd.), 640 Stothert and Pitt Ltd., DD2 crane, 322; use of strain gauges, 414; aluminium beam for cranes, 578
Stout, Guinness Foreign Extra, 249
Stowage of dirt, pneumatic, at Monk Bretten Colliery, 270
Strachan and Henshaw Ltd., Hydrabrake automatic speed control for mine cars and trucks, 124; fuel handling equipment for Oldbury atomic power station, 345; railway marshalling yard equipment for Coalite and Chemical Products Ltd., 433 Strain gauge. See Gauge
Strain gauging for design and control, 413-414. See LETTERS, 580, 614
Strain, impact, in guides, measurement of, by G. Needham, 638-639
—? See also Stress
Stream, measuring device for, 513
Streeter, V. L., on Handbook on Fluid Dynamics (review), 31
Strem-Line Filters . laboratory for Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Ltd., 351
Stress, allowable, struts. See LETTER, 486
— Alternating. See Fatigue
— Proof, of metals, 415
— Relaxation in prestressed concrete, by A. S.
Hall, 811
— Steel, in concrete, 812
Stretching machine for plate (Fielding and Platt Ltd.), 707
Strife, industrial: a conflict A. J. M. Sykes, 201, 257
Strike, dock, averted, 648
— Plain Words on, 198, 774
— and public sympathy, 168
— Railway workers, 168 Strops, nylon, for helicopter
Nylon Spinners Ltd.), 67
Structural analysis, matrices McMinn (book), 630
Structural Concrete, 438
Structural design of missiles and spacecraft, by L. H. Abraham (book), 344
Principles of ,by N. Lisborg (review), 214
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Structural designers, theoretical problems for,
by K. P. S. Nayagam (book), 536
— Engineering, high tensile bolts for, by
M. Grant, 238
— Materials in Nigeria, 582
— Processes in creep: report on symposium
(book), 280
Structural Requirements of the Factories Act, 331
Structural sections, BS, 9
— Steel at our fingertips, cinema film, 270
— Steelwork, bolts for, 238-239
?—? Use of aluminium, report on (Institution of Structural Engineers), 171
Structures, concrete, failure and repair of, by
S. Champion (review), 438
— Reinforced concrete. See Concrete, re
inforced
“ Tubular (trade publication), 344
Struts, steel, axially-loaded, allowable stresses
in. See LETTER, 486
— See also Beam; Column
Stuart, B. H., electric motor car, 85
Stuart, D. A., Oil Co. (GB) Ltd., Drawsol KM drawing compound for bright steel, 275
Stuart, G. B., appointed general manager of Capper Chemidus Ltd., 337
Stuart Motors Inc., battery powered motor car, 85
Stuart, R. D., on Introduction to Fourier Analysis (book), 184
Stubbs, S. G., on disposal of heat in supersonic aircraft, 292
Stiibner, K., on Clutches (book), 376
Studs, split, for reinforcing (Causeway Reinforcement Ltd.), 196
— Welding. See Welding
Studders, R. J., on Permanent Magnets and their Application (book), 824
Studebaker Corp., Avanti motor car, 601 Students, British, a comparative study on the American degree, by B. Mellor, 310
Studentships and Fello\vships, 360
Studer, Fritz, Ltd., grinding machine, 494 Sturrock, A. J., review of Modern Furnace Technology, 183-184; biographical note, 184
Sturtevant Engineering Co. Ltd., vacuum cleaners (trade publication), 568
Stylus points of silver steel (Gestetner Ltd.), 66 Submarine Cables Ltd., marine auxiliaries (trade publication), 696; hoist, 719; cableship equipment and marine auxiliaries (trade publication), 760
— Detection in deep waters, 703
— Telephone cable. See Cable
— USS George Washington, 13
Subsidence risk, plywood construction to overcome, 779
Sud Aviation, Super Caravelle aircraft, 3, 193; cooperation with British Aircraft Corp., 3; Caravelle aircraft, 41
Sudan, alternator sets for (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 95
Sugar beet factory for Iran, 362 Suggestion schemes, 585
Sulphate attack, disintegration of concrete by,
92
Sulzer Bros., dynamometer for (Heenan &. Froude Ltd.), 409
Sulzer Brothers (London) Ltd., licence to Vickers- Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., 441; engine for Lion locomotive, 738
Sumlock-Comptometer Ltd., Anita electronic desk calculator, 435
Summer, W., on Ultra-Violet and infra-red engineering (book), 280
Summerfield, K., on Conversion of Highways to Motorways, 385
Summers, John, and Sons Ltd., galvanized steel for cladding tanker vehicles, 179; advertising arrangements, 209; Stelvetite pvc-coated wteel, 243; Galvatite extra long galvanized roofing sheets, 527; Stelvetite sheet for electric motors, 531; Stelvetite plastic coated steel for chemical industry, 754; Stelvetite coated steel, 787 Summers, R. F., on advertising, 209 Sums engine. See MOUSER Sun. See Cells, solar
Sundstrand Arter grinding machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co. Ltd.), 524
Sundstrand Sanders Ltd., compressed air sanding machines (trade publication), 504 Super Caravelle aircraft (Sud Aviation), 3, 193 Super Constructor tractors (Scammell), 665 Super Grid. See Grid —? Tankers. See Tankers
Superconducting alloys (Bell), 253 Superfine lightweight glass fibre insulation (Fibreglass Ltd.), 755
Superleggera motor car coachwork, 421 Supersonic aerodynamics, by E. R. C. Miles (book), 440
Supertrode welding electrodes (Stone Marine Engineering Co. Ltd.), 241
Supervisors, committee on selection and training of. See Committee
— and shop stewards: industrial relations,
conference on, 688
— Training scheme for Bristol Port Authority, 88
— Training and selection of, report of the committee on, 837
Supports, pipe, in plastic (Ellis Patents Ltd.), 196
Surfaces, anti-friction, 242
— Finish scales. SQQ Scales
Surform standard blade (Firth Cleveland Tools Ltd.), 506-508
Surges, wave, in electricity, and water hammer in hydraulics, by L. Bergeron (review), 854 Surrey (Commercial Dock, use of Stothert and Pitt DD2 cranes, 322
Surveying, plane, by J. A. Sandover (book), 280 Suspension, motor car, design by C. Lawrence, 810
— System, air, Airide, for semi-trailers (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd. and Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd.), 418
— — Air Trail (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.), 418
Suspension system, motor car, hydro-pneumatic 197
Sussex bungalow, 384
Sussex University, two buildings nearing completion (Modular Concrete Co. Ltd.), 297
Sutclift'e Hydraulics Ltd., hydraulic pumps, 554 Sutcliffe, Richard, Ltd., tubular structure (trade publication), 344; conveyor drive, 621
Sutherland, C. A. O., on Fluidized Bed Drying of Paper and Board, 843
Sutherland, G., tapestry for Coventry Cathedral, 682
Sutherland, Sir Gordon, discussion on optical masers, 576
Svenska Flaktfabriken, Vclovent air conditioner, 590
Svenska Rotor Maskiner, licence to Holman Bros., 377
Swallow, W., on Engineering Centre for Vauxhall Motors Ltd., 785
Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., acquisition of share capital of Brims and Co. Ltd., 25; tanker ship for BP Tanker Co., 33; use of aluminium crane beam, 578 ; pre-apprentice training school, 791 ; modernization schemes, 795
Swan, S. C., to join board of Brims and Co. Ltd. 25
Swanbank power station, 840
Sweden, British Exhibition at Stockholm, 681 Sweden, power projects in, 10
— Segas oil gas plant for (Power-Gas Corp.
Ltd.), 73
— Tests and orders for Alvis Stalwart am
phibious load carrier, 441
Swedged plate to cut shipbuilding costs, 196
Swift and Co. Ltd., agents for Duraglas glass fibre, 530
Swift Levick and Sons Ltd., use of aluminium chocks, 819
Swift, P., review of Proceedings of the International Clean Air Conference, 727; biographical note, 728
Switch(es) (trade publication), 856
— Auxiliary (Dewhurst and Partner Ltd.), 651
— Axial (trade publication), 760
— Limit (Brookhirst Igranic Ltd.), 368
— Locator, and switches (trade publication),
440
— Push button (Dubesco Laboratories Ltd.),
816
— Rotary (trade publication), 472
— Slider (Plessey Group), 687
— and switch locator (trade publication), 440
— Time, Autotimer (Horstmann of Bath), 800 (Sangamo-Weston Ltd.), 800
Ven-O-Set (Venner Ltd.), 800
(Venner Ltd.), 120
Switchgear (English Electric Co. Ltd.), 368
— Outdoor (Johnson and Phillips Ltd.), 461 Switching overvoltages, by A. A. Akopyan, 655 Switzerland, machine tool trades statistics, 673
— Order for Bristol-Ferranti Bloodhound
missiles placed, 113
Swivelling unit for inching heavy loads (Autoset (Production) Ltd.), 515
Swoboda, L. F., on aluminium in road vehicles, 338
Sydney County Council, orders placed with A. Reyrolle and Co. Ltd., 217
Sykes, Dr. A. J. M., on industrial strife; a conflict of rights, 201, 257; on the shop steward's neglected talents, 202
Sykes, Henry, Ltd., six-ton winch, 468
Sykes, J. H. M., on transmission at ever higher voltages, 655-656; on CIGRE: report on high voltage decisions, 713
Sykes, W. E., Ltd., gear production (trade publication), 664
Syria, cotton machinery for (Platt Brothers (Sales) Ltd.), 409
Syropex laminate for gaskets (loco Ltd.), 627
Systems engineering, methodology for, by A. D. Hall (book), 600
Systems Development Corp., proceedings of symposium on management control systems, by D. G. Malcolm and A. J. Rowe (review), 30
Systemtheorie fur regellose Vorgange, by H. Schlitt (review), 150
Szymezyk, J., on Arches: Tables for Statistical Analysis (book), 664
T
T-eight drilling machine (F. O'Brian and Co. Ltd.), 784
T 188 Lightning aircraft (English Electric), 545 “TA” Gas turbine, Ruston (Ruston and Hornsby Ltd.), 250-252
Table, conversion, for temperature (trade publication), 376
— Indexing (Carter Stevens (Automation)
Ltd.), 554
(Desoutter Group), 554
Tablet filling and tube closing machine, Hanseaten Selecta (Wilhelm Fette), 591
Takdust Gel dust collecting tacky coating (Anti-Dust Services Ltd.), 499
Talbot Tool Co. Ltd., drill and reamer jog bushes of silver steel, 66
Talyllyn Railway, 769
Tangyes Ltd., rod coil compressor, 204
Tanks, ballast, zinc anode for (Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd.), 371
— Linings. See Linings
— Liquid gas storage (G. A. Harvey and Co.
(London) Ltd.), 281
— Pillow (Dunlop Rubber Co.), 58, 144
— Plastic, for chemicals, Turbro-Cyclone
(Turner and Brown Ltd.), 819
— — Reinforced (Microcell Ltd.), 307
— Polythene (WCB Containers Ltd.), 366
— Pressure, for hydraulics laboratory of
University of Western Australia (Tomlinson Steel Co. Ltd.), 477
— Ship test, Haslar, 38-39
— Storage, of Thermoplate heat transfer plate
(Chemstrand Ltd.), 370
Tank wagon, rail (Powell Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd.), 651
— Welded storage, British Standard, 280, 536 Tankage, cryogenic, for North Thames Gas
Board (Whessoe Ltd.), 601
Tanker Border Chieftain, use of closed circuit television as docking aid, 226
— Border Falcon, use of closed circuit tele
vision as docking aid, 226
— for BP Tanker Co., 33
— British Bombardier due to be launched, 419
— British Hussar, due for trials, 419
— Docking with television aid, 226
— Glaisdale, H., SpacesaVer wedge belt drive
for, 739
— Milk, BS (book), 536
— Oriental Giant, aluminium bronze propeller
for (Manganese Bronze and Brass Co.), 26
— Patro, 631
— Raffaele Cafiero (Naval-meccanica), 450-451
— for Sigval Bergenson Group (Harland &
WollT Ltd.), 313
— Super, Princess dry dock for (Cammell
Laird and Co. Ltd.), 558-559
— See also Motor vehicle
Tanks and Linings Ltd., Spa centrifugal fan, 11 Tanner, C. H., on F. W. Berk and Co. Ltd., 561 Tantalum-tube high temperature furnace (National Bureau of Standards), 723
Tap and Die Corp., purchase of machine tool division of Smart and Brown (Machine Tools) Ltd., 105; position and prospects, 241
— Mixer, thermostatically controlled, Mira (Walker, Crossweller and Co. Ltd.), 224
Biflo (Barking Brassware Co. Ltd.), 224 Thermostatically controlled (Prudence Enterprises), 224
— Mixing, 224
— Sink, combination, Bourner Spa-Dec (F. H.
Bourner (Engineers) Ltd.), 224
Tapes (trade publication), 152
— Asbestos, self adhesive (Turner Bros.
Asbestos Co. Ltd.), 819
— Handling machinery for Ferranti Ltd.
(Ampex Great Britain Ltd.), 153
Tape-O-Matic drilling machine (Fairbanks
Whitney Corp.), 29
Tapestry for Coventry Cathedral, 682
Taplin, W., on History of British Steel Industry (book), 760
Tapping attachment, Vari-Head (Leech (Rochester) Ltd.), 174
Tarasov, Dr. L. P., on grinding tool steels with diamond wheels, 797
Target drone. See Drone
Tariffs in relation to load factor and power factor correction, by A. O. Johnson, 244 Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd., test explosion mine gallery, 717
Tarmac Vinculum Ltd., wall-facing elements (trade publication), 312
Tate and Lyle Ltd., crystallizer for (Darchem Engineering Ltd.), 466
Taum Sauk project (Union Electric Co.), 644 Tawse, William, Ltd., Cruachan Dam, 776 Tax life of industrial equipment, 417
— Purchase, on racing cars, 41
Reductions in, 481
Tayldr, A., on X-Ray Metallography (review), 215
Taylor, A. P., on current developments in meteorology, 301
Taylor, Austin, Electrical Ltd., cable termination equipment (trade publication), 472 Taylor Controls Ltd., factory roof covered with water, 299
Taylor Electrical Instruments, acquired by
Avo Ltd., 668
Taylor, J. W. R., on Jane's All the World’s
Aircraft (book), 280
Taylor, John, &. Sons, Maple Lodge sewage plant, 206-207
Taylor, P. C., on working instructions, 262 Taylor, Robert, Machine Tools Ltd., Unimat automatic machine, 783
Taylor Tunnicliff and Co. Ltd., new tunnel kiln for, 260
Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd., enlargement of hangars for larger aircraft, 526; new factory for Ferodo Ltd., 681
Taylor Wood.vow Ltd., Sizewell atomic power station, 489
Taylor Woodrow (Nigeria) Ltd., brewery for Guinness’, 249; army barracks, 441
TCD Service Ltd,, plywood portal frame buildings to overcome subsidence risks, 779 TDM process (Cementation Ltd.), 299 1 eaching. See Education
— Machine, AutoTutor (US Industries Inc.,)
585
Panel to investigate, 488
? (US Industries Inc.), 488
Team Valley, plans for, 464 Trading Estate, 464
Techne (Cambridge) Ltd., micro-tensile testing machine, 131
Technertia, by A. Bristol, 296 Technical aid. World, Japan makes bid in, by E. N. Simons, 271
— Cooperation, report on, 513
Department of. See Department
International Association for. See Association
Technical Development Capital Ltd., formation of, 81; backing by Bank of England and Board of Trade, 81; Sir John Benn as chairman, 81; aims of, 81; formation of, 849
— Education. See Education
— Glasses, by M. B. Volf (review), 598
— Theories, rudiments of, by E. Pestel and E. Kollmann (review), 566
— Writing, American approach to, by J. Mitchell, 649-650
Course on, 585
Technicon-Huxley respirator (Technicon Instruments Corp.), 314
Technicon Instruments Corp., historical note, 314; Technicon-Huxley respirator, 314 formation of, 314
Technicon Instruments Ltd., AutoAnalyscr, 314-316; historical note, 314; formation of, 314
Techniques of instruction, course on, 232 Technologists, creating, course on, 232 Technology, Diploma in, conference on, 360
— Engineering and Safety, by C. M. Nicholls
(review), 30
— and science, international (International
Science and Technology publication). 374 Tecnic of London, building for Precincts Club, 402
Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd., metal bellows, 386; leakproof bellows sealed valves, 386; CO2 ducts for Trawsfynydd atomic power station, 386
Tee, Clifford, and Gale, new laboratories for CAV Ltd., 222
Tees river basin, hydrological survey of (HMSO), 52
Teeth, gear. See Gear
Tegen, A. F., on Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
Telcon Metals Ltd., uses of thin metal foils, 435 Telcon Plastics Ltd., Telstic coated foil, 527 Telecommunications Engineering and Manufacturing Association, annual dinner, 257; speech by R. Bevins, 257
— Equipment (trade publication), 856
— External factors affecting, 22
— Future events in, 22
— Global, 400
— Housing of Duraglas glass fibre, 530
— Industry, investment in, 24 Management and labour in, 23 Plant and materials in, 23 Production in, 23
— Market trends in, 23
— Outlook for 1962, 21-24
— Technical developments in, 21 Telehoist Ltd., Pegasus servo drive, 590 Telephone, automatic system for Kingston-
upon-Hull, 33
Telephone Cables Ltd., press visit to, 232; telephone cables, 245; coaxial cables, 245; cables for Indonesia, 631
See Cable
— Dictating system, PABX, installed at LCC,
177
— Growing demand for, 353
— Information services, 705
— Installations in UK, 705
— Instruments, Silent Call Centenary Neo
phone (AEl Ltd.), 685
— Subscriber trunk dialling, 353
— Use in UK, 705
Teleprinters for Canadian Army (Creed and Co. Ltd.), 313
Telescope, autocollimating, Hensoldt (Degenhardt and Co.), 425
— Mark III, for Jodrell Bank, 385
— Radio, for Cambridge University, 281,
576
DSIR grants for, 1
Televarsity, 737
Television, closed circuit, as aid to docking tanker, 226
Circuit (Electronic Units Ltd.), 366 Circuit, inspection of Peascliffe Tunnel by, 619
Circuit, as security aid (Rank Precision Industries Ltd.), 120
— — Circuit, for watching instrument tests
(Nash and Thompson Ltd.), 157
— Colour. NFSC system; principles and
practice, by P. S. Carnt and G. B. Townsend (review), 471
— Conference, international, 580, 737
— Electron optics in, by I. I. Tsukkerman
(review), 278
Television Installation Services (Mansfield) Ltd., Dipyt automatic motor car headlamp dipping device, 421
— Tubes, Diakon plastic faced (Mullard Ltd.),
351
Telstar I communication satellite (Bell), 767 Telstic coated foil (Telcon Plastic Ltd.), 527 Tema steelworks, artist’s impression of, 744 Temco Aircraft Corp., extensions to hangars, 745
Tempel, F. J., on Unilever NV, 625
Temperature and CO2 indicator (Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd.), 523
— Control equipment, automatic (Honeywell
Controls Ltd.), 149
System (Honeywell Controls Ltd,), 77
— Conversion table (trade publication), 376
— Indicator and controller (trade publication),
72
Temperature Ltd., Islander room air conditioner, 523; air conditioners for BMC workshop-cum-demonstration vehicles, 712
— Measurement, symposium on some develop
ments in the technique for, 487
See also Thermocouple
Temperature/time indicator (Honeywell Controls Ltd.), 196
Tenacity No. 5 flux (Johnson, Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 243
Tenby, Lord, opening of plant for International Protein Products Ltd., 553
Tensile Products Ltd., Metleplast plastic covered frames for curtain walling, 717
— Testing machine, micro (Techne (Cam
bridge) Ltd.), 131
Tensometer Ltd., recording extensometer, 784; Hounsfield rubber testing machine, 784 Teroy Concessionaires Ltd., cutters, 589 Terrain-Vehicle Systems, International Society for. See International Society
Terrier locomotive presented to Canadian Railroad Transport Museum, 769
Tcrylene conveyor belt (Turner Bros., Asbestos Co. Ltd.), 243
Test. See under specific types of test and materials and items tested
Testing apparatus for concrete, 606
— Machine for sheet metal (Ingersoll Locks Ltd.), 461
for sheet metal (Roell and Korthaus), 461
Testing machine. See also under specific types of testing machine
— Non-destructive. See Non-destructive test
ing
Tewson, G. E., review of Management Control Systems: Proceedings of Symposium held at Systems Development Corp., 30; biographical note, 32; review of Standard Boardroom Practice, 70; review of Britain’s New Towns, 150; review of Writing a Technical Paper, 246; review of Safe Bind: Safe Find: The Story of Locks, Bolts and Bars, 279; review of Launching and Managing O and M, 344; review of History of Invention, 502; review of Soviet Power: Energy Resources, Production and Potentials, 629-630; review of Industry and Careers: Study of British Industries and Opportunities They Offer, 726; review of Future Metropolis, 788
Texas Instruments Ltd., semiconductor networks, 725; diodes, rectifiers and transistors (trade publication), 824
Textiles, artificial, international exhibition, 465
— Machinery Index (John Worrall Ltd.)
(book), 696
— Mills. See Mills
Theory(ies), technical, rudiments of, by E. Pestel and E, Kollmann (review), 566
— of transductors, by F. Kummel (review), 566 Thermal Conduction in Semiconductors, by
J. R. Drabble and H. J. Goldsmid (book), 184
— Regimes of Combustion, by
(book), 216
Thermal Syndicate Ltd., fused publication), 112
Thermax boiler units (Ruston Ltd.), 555
Thermionic converter for space (Martin Co.), 189
Thermo King refrigeration unit (Petters Ltd.), 523
Thermo Plastics Ltd., formation of Allied Structural Plastics Ltd., 369
Thermobloc oil-fired heater (Wanson Co. Ltd.), 69
Thermocore packing material (Johns-Manville Co. Ltd.), 563
Thermocouples, platinum (trade publication), 790
— Sealing into pressure vessels (King Air
craft Corp.), 4
— See also Pyrometer Thermoelectric generators. See Generators Thermofor window operating device (Thermoforce Ltd.), 864
Thermoforce Ltd., Thermofor window operating device, 864
Thermometers, dual scale (British Rototherm Co. Ltd.), 335
— See also Pyrometer
Thermoplate for freeze drying equipment (Mitchell Engineering Ltd.), 370
— Heat transfer plate for ice cream vats
(Hobal Engineering Ltd.), 370
Transfer plate for storage tanks (Chem- strand Ltd.), 370
Transfer plates (J. Samuel White Ltd.), 370
— Use in furnaces (AEI-Birlec Ltd.), 370 Thermostor block storage heater (Ekco
Heating and Electrical Ltd.), 80
Thermotank Ltd., plastic cooling towers, 163 Thermowrap surface heater (Electrothermal Engineering Ltd.), 267
Theta Instrument Corp., dial assemblies, 131 Thinking, scientific, and scientific writing, by M. S. Peterson (review), 71
“ Thinking of Tomorrow,” cinema film, 369 Thiokol rubber jointing, 179
Thiry, P., aluminium roof for Seattle Coliseum, 431
Thomas, G., programme for course for shop stewards, 265; information on courses for shop stewards, 424; on elections for foremen, 688
Thomas, Martin, Ltd., Hi-Way aluminium staging, 405
Thomas, Richard, and Baldwins Ltd., bulk use of Ciment Fondu, 52; power cables for new strip mill nearing completion, 405; international gathering of users of LD/AC steelmaking process, 616
Thompson, D. W., on Growth and Form (review), 278
Thompson, Sir Edward, on association between Rolls-Royce Ltd. and John Thompson (Wolverhampton) Ltd., 25; on industrially developed nations, 520
Thompson, John, Ordnance Co. Ltd., use of wire race bearings, 786
Thompson, John (Triumph Stokers) Ltd., boiler stokers, 412
Thompson, John, Water Tube Boilers Ltd., use of Penetral aluminium-impregnated steel, 722
Thompson, John (Wolverhampton) Ltd., shell boiler for Rolls-Royce Ltd., 25; exhibit at Leipzig Spring Fair, 281; Super Economic Boiler, 410-412; exhibit at Liege International Fair, 840
Thompson, K., on production engineering, 265 Thompson, K. G,, on Pan Book of Letter Writing (review), 71
Thompson, P. D., _on Numerical Weather Analysis and - •• •
(review), 854
Thompson Ramo computer for Los Angeles, national Systems Control Ltd., 431
Thomson, Sir George, on Inspiration of Science (book), 280
Thor Hammer Co., Thorex soft faced hammer, 205
Thor rocket, failure of, 864
Thorex soft f^aced hammer (Thor Hammer Co.), 205
sweepers
and prospects, 817; paraboloid aerials for GEC Ltd., 817
Thorneycroft, P., on development costs of the Rotodyne aircraft, 289; discussions with
M. Buron on supersonic airliner, 289; on complaints from aircraft passengers, 705
Thorpe Marsh power station, turbo-generator for on test (C._A. Parsons and Co. Ltd.), 611
Thread rolling machine, Waterbury Parrel (George Alexander Machinery Ltd.), 751
— Screw. See Screw
Throttle control of Delrin plastic (Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd.), 787
Thrust bearing. See Bearing
Thunderstorms, long range detection of, 301 Thurlow, G. G., review of Boilers: Types, Characteristics and Functions, 152; biographical note, 152
Thurston, E., on Common Market, 441
Thurston, E. F., on Industrial Water Treatment Practice (review), 247
Thyratron valve, world’s largest (M-O Valve Co.), 255
Tila Super polyester boards (Nevill Long and Co. (Boards) Ltd.), 851
Tilbury power station, contract to Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 712
Tile, Chipcrete (Chipcrete Ltd.), 777
— Stainless steel. Twentieth Century (Stainless
Steel Tile Co. Ltd.), 432
Tilghman’s Ltd., Wheelabrator shot-blasting plant, 303
Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd., Tilley storm lantern, 74-76; historical note, 74; plant moved to
N. Ireland, 74-76; smoothing iron paraffin vapour heated, 74
Timber Development Association Ltd., renamed Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA), 721
?— Exterior, performance of clear finishes on, by K. R. Bussell and P. J. Goldstraw, 330
— Floors, design of to prevent dry rot, 169
— Machine for stress grading (Forest Products
Research Laboratory), 754
— Machining line (Thomas Robinson and Son
Ltd.), 592
— Preservative treatment of (British Wood
Preserving Association), 240
Treatment by brushing, spraying and immersion, 240
— Research and Development Association,
new name for Timber Development Association Ltd., 721
— Sodium borate impregnated, 60 Time switch. See Switch
Time/temperature indicator (Honeywell Controls Ltd.), 196
Time wasting. Plain Words on, 550 Timer, APT (Londex Ltd.), 368
— Counter (Racal Instruments Ltd.), 234
— Process (Venner Ltd.), 462 Timing kits (A. W, Haydon Co.), 420 TIMSA of Madrid, agreement with
Lyon and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., 73; fugal pumps, 73
Tin mine, Carnelloe, permission to disallowed, 545
— Prices, 545
— World shortage of, 545
Tina motor Scooter (Triumph Engineering Co.) , 453
Tinklepaugh, J. R., on Cermets (review), 470 Tinplate exports, 417
Tinsdale, F., on Mercedes-Benz Unimog tractors, 838
Tipplers, wagon, for South Durham Steel and Iron Co. (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 341
TIROS programme, 300
Titanium base alloys, fatigue data for, by R. J. Parker, 765-766
— Heating coils (trade publication), 248 Titrator, coulometric (W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd.),
50
Tobacco, Plain Words on, 454. See LETTER, 580
Tobias, Prof. S. A., review of Calculations, Design Principles and Constructional Elements of Metal Cutting Machine Tools, 343; review of Mechanical presses, 343; review of Procurement of Chip Removing Machine Tools, 343; on Vibrations and Machine Tools (review), 630
Todd, W. and J., Ltd., plastic observation post for RAE, 179
Tomlinson Steel Co. Ltd., pressure tank for University of Western Australia hydraulics laboratory, 478
Tomorrow, thinking of, cinema film, 369
Tool box, rubber, Fortiflex (Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.), 755
— Garden, 288
— Steel. See Steel
Toolholder, knurling (Ratby Engineering Co. Ltd.), 89
Tooling (trade publication), 600
— Balls (Insley Industrial Ltd.), 12
— Machines and (Russian journal), 769
— Plastics, by M. W. Riley (review), 406
— Press, Universal (Redman Tools and Products
Ltd.), 176
Toothill Report on industrial location, 525 Torch bulb, pre-war, 359
— for use with LPG, 308
Toronto, Bloor-Danforth railway subway, 569 Torque meter. See Dynamometer
Torshear bolt (A. P. Newall and Co. Ltd.), 238 Torsion testing machinery (Avery Ltd.), 496 Torsionmeter. See also Dynamometer
Tottle, W. H., special effects for musical show “ Blitz,” 714-715
Towers, absorption, distillation and cooling, by W. S. Norman (book), 112; (review), 534
—? Control, completed for Prestwick Airport, 527
— Cooling, asbestos cement troughs for (Film
Cooling Towers (1925) Ltd.), 584
—? — Plastic (Thermotank Ltd.), 163 Spraypack (Midland Heating and Ventilating Co. Ltd.), 515
— Hide, by C. Weiss and W. Pitman, 129
— Millbank, by Col. G. W. Kirkland and
D. M. Fountain, 129
— Quenching, of plastic (Graydons Industrial
and Marine Plastics Ltd.), 813
— Victoria, historical note, 268 —? — New interior for, 268-269
Towers, W. B., on a respectable profession, 86. See LETTER, 230
Towmotor Corp., Towmotor and Gerlinger carriers, 681
Town and Country Planning Association, debate on Planning Acts, 88; annual report, 525; address by H. Gaitskell, 525 Town, Fredk., and Sons Ltd., to combine with Woodhouse and Mitchell to form Town Woodhouse Ltd., 25
— New, Britain’s, by A. C. Duff (review), 150 Commission for. See New Towns
Commission
Development at Dalgety Bay, 449 Town Woodhouse Ltd., formation of, 25 Townsend Brothers Ferries Ltd., Free Enterprise cross-Channel Ferry, 227
Townsend, G., on Design Guide to Orbital Flight (book), 790
Townsend, G. B., on Colour Television NFSC System: Principles and Practice (review), 471
Townsend, L. A., on European Common Market, 473
Tracey, H. A. C., on industrial disputes, 456 Track, power. Trolleymaster (EMS Electrical Products Ltd.), 367
— Roller, Retract-A-Track (Lloyd’s Mech
anical Industries Ltd.), 651
Tracker-ball controller (Marconi), 739 Traction prime movers, control systems for, 836 Tractor (trade publication), 536
— Crawler shovel, Allis-Chalmers (Mackay
Industrial Equipment Ltd.), 524
Tractor and Engineering Co., order placed with International Harvester Co., 505
— Farm, export and import statistics, 808 Sales statistics, 808
— Fordson, increasing exports, 681
— Logging unit, Loggamatic (T. T. Boughton
and Sons Ltd.), 267
?—• Massey-Ferguson 203, 134
— Mercedes-Benz Unimog, 730-732. See
LETTER, 838
— Sales statistics, 505
— Super Constructor (Scammell), 665
— Two-way, 770
TRADA. See Timber Research and Development Association
Trade between Europe and America, conference on, 743
— Board of, agreement with Czechoslovakia
on goods exchange, 33; backing for Technical Development Capital Ltd., 81; President of, to be on National Economic Development Council, 232; Journal of, 271; export statistics, 601; Rotunda at British Exhibition at Stockholm, 681 ; LEO III computer for Census Office, 776, 840; new offices for Companies Registration Office, 825; output and export statistics for heavy industries, 712
— Credit, 808
?— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Union Acts, 88, 202
— Unionism, British (PEP report), 202 Trade Unions and the Common Market, 585 Trades Union Congress and white collar
workers, 552
Future of (Acton Society Trust report), 202
Officials’ salaries, 8
Registered under Trade Union Acts, 88 Statistics on memberships, 88
Views on the working week, 128. See LETTER,198
See also under names of specific unions Trading estates, 525. See LETTER, 614
British Government’s, by S. A. S. Forster, 464
Industrial evolution by, 464. See LETTER, 614
Team Valley, 464
— in stocks and shares, by M. Coombe-
Tennant, 697
Traffic, air, Eurocontrol system, 545
— Freight, input channels of, 396
— Noise. See Road traffic Traffic, road. See Road Traffic
Trafford Park Estates Lid., historical note, 464; trading estates, 464
Traherne, M., stained glass designs for Coventry Cathedral, 684
Trailer, Fleetleader (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.), 757
— Loadleader (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.), 757
— Semi-, Airide air suspension system for
(Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., and Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd.), 418
Crane Freuhauf (Cranes (Dereham) Ltd.), 757
Trains, railway. See Railway train
Training, foreman, inside view of, by J. J. Henderson, 837
— Graduate, conference on, 428
Experiments in, symposium on, 263 Making it effective, 428
— Group Project, for graduates, by G. M.
Russell, 428-429
— Scheme, supervisor, for Bristol Port
Authority, 88
— within industry scheme, 761
— See also Course; Education
Transatlantic cable. See Cable
Transcendental and algebraic equations, handbook of numerical methods for the solution of, by V. L. Zaguskin (review), 310 Transducer, extension (Aluminium Laboratories Ltd. and Boulton and Paul Aircraft Ltd.), 415
— Pressure (Delta Technical Services Ltd.), 368
— Vacuum, Hastings-Radist (Langham
Thompson Ltd.), 304
— Yttrium iron garnet as, 317 Transductors, theory of, by F. Kummel
(review), 566
Transfer, automatic, 28
— Line speeds meter machining, 340
— Machines for motor components (Renault
Machine Tools Ltd.), 469
TransfeRobot 200 automatic assembly machine (US Industries Inc.), 585
Transformers, Cumulus (Westool Ltd.), 398
— Encapsulated in plastic (Ferranti Ltd.), 853
— Laboratory, mobile (Gulf Oil (Great Britain)
Ltd.), 351
— Testing (Westinghouse), 77
Transients, introduction to, by D. K. McCleery (review), 151
Transistors (trade publication), 824
Transistors, and all that, by L. J. Davies, 537
— Cheaper manufacturing process for (West
inghouse), 317
— Development and use, 509
Transmission, automatic, Hobbs Mecha- Matic (Westinghouse Hobbs Ltd.), 377
— Fluid, heavy duty 3-speed, ITT (Brockhouse
Engineering Ltd.), 354
— Hydraulic, variable speed (Armstrong
Whitworth (Metal Industries) Ltd.), 483
— Hydrostatic, for Triumph Herald motor car
(F. W. Baggett and Co. Ltd.), 613
— System, flexible (Hispano-Suiza), 291
— Units, hydraulic, Hydro-Stabil (Plessey
Co. Ltd.), 623
Warner “ Velvet Drive,” 73
— See also Drive; Power Transmit cells (Ferranti Ltd.), 304 Transmitter, measurement (Evershed and Vig-
noles Ltd.), 687
Transonic flow, theory of, by K. C, Guderley (book), 664
Transport Commission, proposed closing of some main rail lines, 833
— Freight, analysis of, 396
— Minister of, meeting to promote inter
national road traffic and road safety, 513; tenders invited for Preston-Lanchester M6 Motorway link, 681; tender of Associated Bridge Builders Ltd. accepted for Severn Road Bridge, 712
— Ministry of, annual report of chief inspecting
officer, 41; report on Singleton Bank railway accident, 289; tenders for extensions to Ml Motorway, 631; greater London traffic survey, 741; access to London Airport from M4 Motorway, 776; statistics of shipping toimage on order, 808
— Passenger, in London, history of, 742
•— Railway. See Railway
— Sea. See Ship; Shipping
— System, rapid, 193
Transportation engineering, introduction to, by W, W, Hay (review), 214
— in Japan, cinema film, 271
Transporters, mono-rail, 515
— Mono-rail (trade publication), 376
— Mono-Rail (Road Machines (Drayton)
Ltd.), 515
— Vehicle, Crane, 665
Transvaal Castle liner, details of, 84; maiden voyage of, 84
Trantor, A. W. G., on proposed Kent University, 791
Trap, fish, of aluminium, 595
— Pumping or vacuum (Lancaster and Tonge
Ltd.), 844
— Steam, indicator for, Gestra Vaposcope
(I.V. Pressure Controllers Ltd.), 366 Traupel, W., on Turbine Machinery (review), 694
Travellers Digest, 822
Travena, D. H., on Static Fields in Electricity and Magnetism (book), 152
Trawler, Lord Nelson, 187
— Stern, Junella (Hall, Russell and Co. Ltd.), 355 Trawsfynydd atomic power station, spun heat
exchanger heads for, 113; CO.^ ducts for (Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd.), 386; welding manipulator for (Fairey Engineering Ltd.), 725
Tray, propagation, Camplex (Simplex Dairy Equipment Co. Ltd.), 192
— Storage, Randalrak (Randall and Son Ltd.),
814
Treasury buildings, restoration work, 512
— Information Division of, industrial output
of UK’s engineering industries, 801
Treaty of Rome, 801
Trench, open, reducing traffic noise over, 331 Trends in technical education, by Dr. H. L. Haslegrave, 520
Trent Foundries Ltd., liaison with the foundryman, 27
Trevithick Cornish boiler, 410
Trewman, H. F., on Electronics as a Career (book), 440
Tri-Sure flash back arrestor (Baddeley Engineering Co. Ltd.), 425
Trident aircraft, details of (de Havilland), 81, 82-83, 103, 673; gold film windows for (Triplex), 179; flight trials continue, 707 Trim, aluminium, decorative, for motor cars, by R. E. Flynn, 339
1 rimming machine (Moon Brothers Ltd.>, 495 Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission, plans to increase generating capacity, 113; Port of Spain B power station equipment ordered from A. Reyrolle and Co. Ltd., 217 Trinity House, Corporation, of. See Corporation
Trinks, W , on Industrial Furnaces (book), 600
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Triplex Safety Glass Co. Ltd., gold film windows for Trident aircraft, 179
Triton maritime platform (Intercontinental Marine Development Ltd. and Cammell Laird and Co. (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd.), 848
Tritton, J. S., on Common Market and consulting engineers, 121; review of Consulting Engineer, 855; biographical note, 856
Triumph Engineering Co., Tina motor scooter, 453
Triumph Herald motor car, hydrostatic transmission for (F. W. Baggett and Co. Ltd.), 613
Triumph Vitesse motor car, a Herald with a punch, by G. Wilkins, 680
Troester cold extruding machine, 468
Trolley, elevating, Skysorlift (Farrow and Jack- son Ltd.), 204
— for inspecting overhead cables, Bowthorpe
Conductor (Bowthorpe Engineering Co Ltd. and J. L. Eve Construction Co. Ltd.), 4
Trolleymaster power track (EMS Electrical Products Ltd.), 367
Trollope and Colls Ltd., new interior for Victoria Tower, 268-269
Troughs, asbestos cement, for cooling towers (Film Cooling Towers (1925) Ltd.), 584
?— Laundry, of Duraglas glass fibre, 530 Trounson, J. H., on tin situation, 545 Truarc retaining rings (Geo. Salter and Co.
Ltd.), 258
Trucks, automatic speed control for. Hydrabrake (Strachan and Henshaw Ltd.), 124
— Dinosaur (Powell Duffryn Engineering Co.
Ltd.), 623
— Dump, Sherpa Mk. Ill, in kit form
(Scammell Lorries Ltd.), 345
— Dumpster (Powell Duffryn Engineering
Co. Ltd.), 623
— Fork lift (trade publication), 630
Lift (Cleco Electric Industries Ltd.), 425 Lift, Tunstack (Montgomerie Reid Engineering Co. Ltd.), 623
— Industrial, automatic couplers for, 771 (Lansing Bagnall Ltd.), 681
— Lift, Automatic (Yale and Towne Manu
facturing Co.), 592
— Railway. See iVagon
— Reach (Rolatruc Ltd.), 623
— Side dump loader (Eimco (Great Britain)
Ltd.), 815
— Sideloader, Metro-Hendre-Cammell(Metro-
politan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 621
— Stacking, Vertostacker (Powell and Co.), 233
— Willison automatic coupling for (English
Steel Castings Corp. Ltd.), 771
— See also Motor vehicle
Trufix adhesive (Evode Ltd.), 432
Trumpf nibbling machine (F. J. Edwards Ltd.), 176
Trunking, lighting and power (trade publication), 408
Truscott, Dr. D. N., on computer study of road traffic problems, 431
Trusses, roof. Glulam (Rainham Timber Engineering Co. Ltd.), 813
Trust, Automation and Employment, formation of, 585
Truth and writing. Plain Words on, 86
Truxal, J. G., on Principles of Electronic Instrumentation (book), 728
TSR2 aircraft to fly next year, 625 Tsu, T. C., on magnetohydrodynamics, 512 Tsukkerman, 1. L, on Electron Optics in
Television (review), 278
Tube, accelerator (J. Langham Thompson Ltd.), 191
— Aluminium, welded (British Aluminium
Co. Ltd.), 243
— Boiler, defective, ultrasonic technique for
tracing (Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co. Ltd.), 164
— Cathode ray, plastic based magnets for, 210
— Closing and tablet filling machine, Han-
seaten Selecta (Wilhelm Fette), 591
— Epoxy, for Channel electricity link (Permali
Ltd.), 691
— Expanding machine for operation of valves
in buried pipelines (Globe Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ltd.), 420
— Image orthicon (English Electric Valve
Co.), 555
Tube Investments Group, new tube mill plant, 796; association with Simplex Electric Co., 796
lube Investments Ltd., research on micro- tensile testing machine, 131; special research group, 296
— Mill. See Mill
— Plain, Nyvac flexible couplings for (NCN
Electrical Ltd.), 579
— Railway. See London Transport Executive
— Rectangular section, comments on, 690
— Seamless, 4 tons per man-shift, 796
— Shock, by J. K. Wright (book), 408
— Small, fatigue testing (Fine Tubes Ltd.), 196
— Soil, pvc, Metrex (Allied Ironfounders
Ltd.), 409
— Stainless steel (trade publication), 790
— Steel, for mechanical, structural and general
engineering purposes, BS 1775:1951, 690 Rectangular section, pallets made from
(E. Stephens and Sons Ltd.), 690
— Tantalum, high temperature furnace of
(National Bureau of Standards), 723
— Television, Diakon plastic faced (Mullard
Ltd.), 351
— Tunnel or bridge for Channel link, 653 Immersed, a study in achievement, by
A. H. G. Jeffery (book), 664
— See also Pipe
Tubemakers of Australia Ltd., order placed for LEO III computer, 313
Tubes Ltd., steel tubular forgings, 106; forged truck axle tube, 106; lathe spindle, 106; fo.ged printing roller, lOo; forged jet engine mainshaft, 106; helicopter rotor shaft, 106; Assel tube rciil, 796 fubewrights Ltd., materials handling advisory service, 597
Tubing, fine, high quality (Fine Tubes Ltd.), 753
— Precision (Enfield Tubular Products), 725 Tubular structure (trade publication), 344 Tuckwell, F. I., on communication and
consultation, 328
Tudor battery cells (DP Battery Co. Ltd.), 463 Tuffak acrylic sheet (Charles Lennig and Co. (Great Britain) Ltd.), 307
Tufnol Ltd., laminated plastics, 683; plastic laminates for Coventry Cathedral, 683
Tufts Cove power station, 601
Tungsten carbide, flame plating of (Union Carbide Ltd.), 499
Tuning unit, aerial, for Vickers VC 10 aircraft (Marconi), 543
Tunnel, Charmel, model of British terminal to, 143
— Immersed tube, a study in achievement, by
A. H. G. Jeffery (book), 664
— Mont Blanc, 513
— Peascliffe, inspection by closed circuit
television, 619
— Prefabricated, for river crossing, 847
— Sand drain for lining, 52
— St. Bernard, 513
— Submerged, Deas Lland, 847
— Through Continental Divide, Colorado
(Blue Rivers Constructors), 331
— Tube or bridge as Channel link, b53
— Tyne, 208
Tunnelling in Bilston Glen Colliery, 528
— Machine (Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons), 569
— Mechanized, 569
Tunstack fork lift truck (Montgomerie Reid Engineering Co. Ltd.), 623
Tuplin, W. A., on Gear Load Capacity (book), 856
Turbine blade vibration research (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 708
— Cold and fast, with gas bearings, 2
— Gas, blade vibration measurement, by
E. S. Eccles and D. G. Seymour, 318-319 Hams Hall power station, 452 Marine (Bristol Siddeley), 776 Olympus (Bristol Siddeley), 587 Remote control of (Westinghouse), 4 (Ruston and Hornsby Ltd.), 250-252, 803 Saturn (Solar Aircraft Co.), 324 for US Army vehicle, 324
See also Aircraft engine
— Helium expansion, 2
— Machinery, by W. Traupel (review), 694
— Pump. See Pump, centrifugal
— Run-up system, automatically controlled
(AEI Ltd.), 708
— Steam, blading for. See Blade
Marine, and engines, by W. J. Fox and S. C. McBirnie (book), 856
See also Turbo-generator
— Water catchment experiments
Marine Engineering Turbine Association), 479
UAM Group, formation of UAM Pipe and Ducting Division, 465; W. G. Davies appointed general manager of pipe and ducting division, 465
UAM Plastics Ltd., glass reinforced polyester sheeting (trade publication), 184; formation of, 369
Uddeholm Ltd., motor grader blades, 147
UK 1 satellite, 541-542
Ullswater, Manchester denied permission to take water from, 225
Ultra-Rotor micro grinding machine (Steels Process Plants Ltd.), 205
Ultra-Violet and Infra-Red Engineering, by W. Summer (book), 280
Ultrasonic applications, course on, 128
— Equipment for Lund University (Smiths
Industrial Division), 744
— Flaw detector, Sonatest (Research &
Control Instruments Ltd.), 398
— Propagation in solids, 118
— Technique for tracing defective boiler tubes
(Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co. Ltd.), 164
— Tests, how much truth from? by L. Kay,
118-119 (See Correction, 255
— — Use in design of sheet asphalt mixtures
and its relation to immersion/compression test, by H. M. Ismail, 393
Ultrasonics and its industrial applications, by O. I. Babikov (review), 374
— Using (trade publication), 184 Ultrasonoscope Co. (London) Ltd., probe
manipulator, 49
Under Five Flags (ICI Ltd. publication), 849 Underground railway. See London Transport Executive
Unemployment statistics, 616 for Merseyside, 729
— See also Employment; Labour Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 534 Ungewitter, R., landscape engineering of
roads, 673
Unibloc process control system (R. B. Pullin and Co. Ltd.), 465
Unicam Ltd., Scientific Instruments Centre opened, 520, 533
Unidap multiplexing data acquisition system (Aeromaritime Ltd. and Data Control Systems Inc.), 575
Unilever Group, growth of, 625; position and prospects, 625
Unilever Ltd., position and prospects, 625 Unilever NV, position and prospects, 625 Unimat automatic machine (Robert Taylor Machine Tools Ltd.), 783
Unimog tractor, Mercedes-Benz, 730-732. See LETTER, 838
Union Carbide, flame plating of tungsten carbide, 499; flame cutting of rock, 584 Union Carriage and Wagon Co. (Pty) Ltd., order placed with AEI Ltd. for electric locomotives, 313
Union Electric Co., Taum Sauk project, 644 Union Fibre Pipes (Great Britain) Ltd., pitch fibre pipes, 465
— of Post Office Workers, work-to-rule in
GPO, 48, 168
— Trade. See Trade Union and under name of
specific unions
Unionarc welding process (British Oxygen Co. Ltd.), 341
Unique Slide Rule Co., Universal slide rule, 346-348; historical note, 346
Uniselector (AEI Ltd.), 399
Unisteel 60 reinforcing bars (United Steel Co. and McCall and Co. (Sheffield), 584
Unit Superheater and Pipe Co. Ltd., use of stress relieving furnaces, 482
United Africa Co., cotton mills to be established in Nigeria, 33
United Airlines, merger with Capital Airlines, 721
United Development Corp. Pty Ltd., acquired by Mather and Platt Ltd., 401
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, course on instrumentation of reactors, 8; Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston) Ltd. to run West Howe factory, 145; crack detection technique, 191; disposal of radioactive wastes, 221; simplified fissile material measurement, 253; HERO zeroenergy atomic reactor in operation,255; Atoms at Work exhibition, 377; uranium analysis, 543; progress on Dragon atomic reactor project at Winfrith Heath, 671; high temperature testing of pressure vessels, 707; radioisotopes in industry, 737; agreement with Belgo-nucleaire on Vulcain atomic reactor for ship propulsion, 800; development of manipulators, 804
Common Market and, course on, 377 Railway Advisory Service, advice on Kalgoorlie-Fremantle railway, 505
United Motion Pictures Ltd., cinema film “ The Queen’s Highway,” 362
— Nations, Secretariat of, report on dis
armament, 385
United States of America, business in, higher education for, by Gordon and Howell, 236; statistics on trade unions, 88; use of high tensile steel in buildings, 92
Army Transportation Corps., gasturbine powered vehicle, 324, 451
Atomic Energy Commission satellite battery fuelled by plutonium-238, 117; new radiation development centre, 255; portable atomic power plant goes critical, 479; Operation BREN, 544; Project Gnome atomic detonation with an engineering purpose, 767; SNAP-7E deep sea atomic generator for (Martin Co.), 768; heavy water test reactor for Savannah River plant, 832
Delay in high altitude nuclear tests, 864 Department of Commerce, Trade Mission to UK, 681
and Europe, conference on trade between, 743
Foreign Aid Programme, 385
United States Highway Research Board, Iowa Stale Highway Maintenance Study, 492
Information Service, Labour News, 168 National Bureau of Standards, study of corrosion rates of metals underground, 79; pulse amplitude comparator, 117; improving conditions in fall-out shelters, 158-159; computer study of road traffic problems, 364-365; investigation into strength of masonry walls, 430; assessment of asphalt durability, 460; capacitance calibrator, 605; high temperature tantalum-tube furnace, 723; investigation of boundary layer effects and shock wave pyrolysis of propane, 767; strength standard for paper, 799; equipment for predicting radioactive fallout, 799; viewing high pressure phase changes directly, 863; “squeezer” cell, 863
Plan for public transport aid, 737
Rocket boosters, 740
United States Rubber Co., fabric and plastic wave traps, 526; interest in Sto-Chem Ltd., 531
United States Rubber International (Great Britain) Ltd., conveyor belting for Russia, 409; association with M. Golodetz, 409
United States Steel Corp., US Steel Quarterly, 467; properties of thick sections of Cor- Ten steel, 467
Trade Mission to UK, 681 See also America; American United Steel Cos. Ltd., position and prospects, 65; subsidiaries of, 65; capital expenditure of, 65; exports, 65; Sir Walter B. Jones to retire as chairman, 65; A. J. Peech to be chairman, 65; Unisteel 60 reinforcing bars, 584
Uniterm system of indexing, 493
Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co. Ltd., asbestos-cement sheets (trade publication), 184; formation of Allied Structural Plsstics Ltd., 369; 25th anniversary, 369; historical note, 369; products of, 369; position and prospects, 369; formation of UAM Plastics Ltd., 369; pressure-moulded asbestos-cement cisterns, 723
— Avonieter (Avo Ltd.), 666-668
Universal Manufacturing Co., toroidal winding machine, 494
— Press tooling (Redman Tools and Products
Ltd.), 176
— Slide rule (Unique Slide Rule Co.), 346-348 University(ies) College, UK 1 satellite, 541;
equipment for high altitude research installed, 832; Telemetry analogue-to- digital information converter installed, 832
— Consortium of, atomic reactor for, 605
— Mathematics and civil engineer, 710
— Western Australia, new hydraulics labora
tory for, 477
— See also under names of specific universities Unksov, E. P., on Engineering Theory of
Plasticity (book), 280
Uranium analysis (UKAEA), 543
— Oxide, sales figures for, 153
US Industries Inc., automation machinery, 257; investigation of hardship caused by automation, 257; teaching machines, 488; UK subsidiary of, 585; Auto-Tutor teaching machine, 585; TransfeRobot 200 automatic assembly machine, 585; Automation and Employment Trust, 585
US Industries Inc., Engineering Ltd., new name for Burtonwood Engineering Co. Ltd., 753 Usines Meura, Meuraglas linings for vessels, 403
Usk River bridge, 654
Utilities (London) Ltd., Discus fan, 768 Utrecht Trade Fair, 505
V8 engine, aluminium, evolution of (Rolls- Royce Ltd.), 679
V-belt drives, BS 1440-1962 (book), 536 VA-3 Hovercraft, model of, 689
?— — for Rhyl/Hoylake service, 529 Vacu-Blast,Ltd., blast room, 175 Vacuum brake. See Brake
— Cleaner. See Cleaner
— Cleaning system, central (British Vacuum
Cleaner and Engineering Co. Ltd.), 256
— Filter, Buchner (Metaducts Ltd.), 303
— High, equipment (trade publication), 184 Vacuum Industrial Applications Ltd., vacuum
melting furnace, 37; vacuum induction furnace for Jessop-Saville Ltd,, 498; association with F. J. Stokes Corp,, 851
— Lifting equipment (Albert Fezer Maschinen-
fabrik GmbH), 587
— Producing Equipment (EEUA Handbook)
(book), 440; (review), 788
—? Pump. See Pump
?—Technology, proceedings of 6th and International symposia on, by C. Meissner (reviews), 695, 727
— Technique, scientific foundations of,
S. Dushman (book), 856
Vaizey, J., investigation of educational development in UK, 168
Vajda, S., by Mathematical Programming (book), 344
Valantine, A. B. N., on road traffic situation in UK, 737
Vale Bil, appointed Swedish Importers for Rootes Group, 249
Value engineering, by R. S. Mandelkorn (review), 759
Valves (trade publication), 184
— Air control, BSP (Air Automation), 235
— Automatic drain (Westinghouse Brake &
Signal Co., Ltd.), 462
Selector, for atomic reactors (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd.), 674
— Ball, Garston, 352
Plug (Saunders Valve Co., Ltd.), 522
— in buried pipelines, operation of, 420
— Cast iron gate, BS 3464-1962 (book), 536 Iron, Penton coated (Audco Ltd.), 595
— Claudo (British Steam Specialties, Ltd.), 463
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Valve, control, plastic (Severn Instrument Co., Ltd.), 163
— Converter, for DC transmission 1 ink between
Italy and Sardinia (Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Atkiebolaget), 249
— Diaphragm, Armatic (British Area Regu
lators, Ltd.), 175
Silenta (Eisenwerk Heinrich Schilling), 590
— (Drayton Controls, Ltd.), 844
— Electro-magnetic (trade publication), 408
— Leakproof bellows sealed (Teddington
Aircraft Controls, Ltd.), 386
— Microwave, theory of, by S. D. Gvozdover
(review), 311
— Midget spool (A. Schrader’s Son), 554
— Pipeline (Newman Hender Group), 772
— Pneumatic (Lang Pneumatic, Ltd.), 399
— Pressure reducing (Samuel Birkett, Ltd.), 90
— Process control Flowstream (Hunt &
Mitton, Ltd.), 686
— Reducing (Dewrance and Co., Ltd.), 522
— for sealing gases from atmosphere. Sentinel
(Saturn Industrial Gases, Ltd.), 451
— Selector, atomic reactors demand critical
ones, 674
— Solenoid (Vickers Sperry Rand, Ltd.), 720
— Spherical, for Taum Sauk project (Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Co.), 644
— Stop (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ljd.), 334
— Thyratron, world’s largest
Co.), 255
Van de Graff accelerator for versity, 448
Van de Graff generators, 1
Van den Bergh, J.P., opening plant for Joseph Crosfield and Sons, 660
Vanderbijl Engineering Corp., Ltd., furnace work in cooperation with Davy-Ashmore Group, 369
Vandervell, C. A., formation of C.A.V., Ltd., 222; biographical note, 222
Vantage Aston Martin motor car, details of, 421 Vaporex steam generator (Wanson and Co., Ltd.), 651
Vaposcope, Gestra, steam trap indicator (I.V. Pressure Controller, Ltd.), 366
Vari-head tapping attachment (Leech (Rochester), Ltd.), 174
Variam AC electric motor, variable speed (Mawdsley’s, Ltd.), 367
Varnishes, clear, experiments with, 330
— Insulation, silicone (trade publication), 248 Vats, ice cream, of Thermoplate heat transfer
material (Hobal Engineering Ltd.), 370 Vaughan Crane Co. Ltd., integration with Herbert Morris Ltd., 369; products of, 369 Vauxhall Motors Ltd., towards mechanization of assembly work, 28; trade figures, 73; difficulttradingconditions, 73; Engineering Centre to be commenced, 785
VC 10 aircraft. See dickers
VDE-Verlag GmbH, Halbleiter-Bauelemente in der Messtechnik (review), 150; 50 Jalire Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker Bezirksverein Nordbayern (review), 472
Vecchio, A. D., on Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering (book), 32
Vehicles, motor. See Motor car; Motor vehicle
— Ride, symposium on, 615
Veinberg, G. V., on Spectral-Isotopic Method for the Determination of Hydrogen in Metals (review), 279
VEK portioning machine (Arenco-Alite Ltd.), 341
Velovent air conditioner (Svenska Flakt- fabriken), 590
“ Velvet Drive ” transmission unit, Warner, 73 Ven-O-Set time switch (Venner Ltd.), 800 Venables, P. R. R., on Smaller Firm and Technical Education (book), 408
Venner Ltd., clock pinions of silver steel, 66; time switch, 120; process timer, 462; Ven-O-Set time switch, 800
Venta-a-Matic fan (R. W. Simon Ltd.), 768 Ventilating contracting (W. G. Cannon and Sons), 547
— Internal rooms, 608
— System, Autovent (Findlay, Irvine Ltd.), 864 Silavent (Morphy-Richards (Installations) Ltd.), 608
Ventilation advisory service (Woods of Colchester Ltd,), 593
— Equipment, Expelair (Woods of Colchester
Ltd.), 593
Ventilators, daylight (trade publication), 344 Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker Bezirksverein Nordbayern, 50 Jahre (review) (VDE-Verlag GmbH), 472
Vermiculite concrete. See Concrete
Vero Precision Engineering Ltd., Vero hydrocopier for machine tools, 29
Vertomatic electro-slag welding machine (Rockweld Ltd.), 693
Vertostacker stacking truck (Powell and Co.), 233 Veseley, K., appointed director of GEC (Research) Ltd., 337
Vespa-Jet aircraft (Piaggio), 377
Vessels, brewery, Meuraglas linings for (Usines Meural), 403
— Lined with stainless metals, 466-467
— Pressure. See Pressure vessels
Vetser, H., on Industrial Injuries (review), 758 Viaduct. See also Bridge
Vibration, blade, of aircraft turbines (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 221
— Calibrator (Dawe Instruments Ltd.), 77
— Flexu/al, of a rotating shaft, by F. M.
Dimentberg(review), 110. See LETTER, 199
— Gas turbine blades, measurement of, by
E. S. Eccles and D. G. Seymour, 318-319
— Hycadamp metal/rubber laminate to dam
pen (Fireproof Tanks Ltd.), 499
— and machine tools, by S. A. Tobias (review),
630
— Measuring device for blades (Bristol Siddeley
Engines Ltd.), 50
-— Mechanics of, by R. E. D. Bishop and D. C. Johnson (review), 375
— and shock handbook, by C. M. Harris and
C. E. Crede (book), 112; (review), 822
Vibration and shock in linear systems by P. A. (review), 822
— Transverse, theory, by D. G. Fertis and
E. C. Zobel (book), 32; (review), 822
— Turbine blade, research on (GEC (Engin
eering) Ltd.), 708
Vibrex vibrating screen (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 622
Vibrophore fatigue testing machine, Amsler, 765-766
Vibroscreen, Sharples-Kason (Sharpies Centrifuges Ltd.), 43
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., VA 3 Hovercraft, 833; VC 10 aircraft, 104, 227, 403, 405, 543, 545, 644, 801; use of Hi- Way aluminium staging for aircraft assembly, 405; use of Centrispinnings centrifugal castings on aircraft, 434
Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., ships transverse propulsion units, 249; crosslicencing agreement with Racine Hydraulics and Machinery Inc., 273; formation of Racine and Vickers Armstrongs Inc., 273; formation of Racine und Vickers- Armstrongs AG, 273; formation of, Racine und Vickers-Armstrongs GmbH, 273; licence from Sulzer Brothers (London) Ltd., 441; Sulzer diesel engines for British Railways, 441
Vickers Armstrongs Ltd., digital data recorder installed (Solartron Electronic Group), 631; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Stockholm, 689
Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., tanker ship for BP Tanker Co., 33; dry dock at Palmers Hebburn, 631; keel laid for methane carrier ship, 644; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Stockholm, 689; model of liner Oriana, 689
Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston) Ltd., freeze drying equipment, 135; to run UKAEA’s West Howe factory, 145; freeze-drying plant, 153; air cushion principle applied to Land Rover motor car, 514; Hovercraft programme, 514; Hovercraft VA-3 for Rhyl/Hoylake service, 529; exhibit at British Trade Fair, Stockholm, 689; model of VA-3 Hovercraft, 689
Vickers (Aviation) Ltd., position and prospects, 721
Vickers Inc., closer integration of European and American branches, 433
Vickers Ltd., membership of ACC-Vickers- Babcock Ltd. consortium, 241; Durgapur engineering works, 241; position and prospects, 721
Vickers Research Ltd., position and prospects, 721
Vickers-Sperry-Rand Ltd., new name for Stein Atkinscn Vickers Hydraulics Ltd., 433; solenoid valves, 720
Vickers VA 3 Hovercraft, 833
Vickers VC 10 aircraft, 104, 545, 801; progress of, 227; panels machined from solid (Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd.), 403; use of Hi-Way aluminium staging for assembly, 405; aerial tuning unit for, 543; pre-flight tests of, 644
— Vigilant anti-tank missile, 15
Victaulic Co. Ltd., pipe couplings, 371; new factory for, 724; rubber rings and plastic pipes, 724
Victor Products (Wallsend) Ltd., industrial lighting (trade publication), 472
Victoria Joinery Ltd., Coventry Cathedral, 683
— Tower, historical note, 268; new interior
for, 268-269
Vigilant anti-tank missile, Vickers, 15
Viking universal milling machine, 17
Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., throttle controls of Delrin plastic, 787
Villiers (Tool Developments) Ltd., Imperator pillar drills, 750
Vinatex Ltd., cable jointing machine, I I
Vincent Engineering Co. Ltd., share capital acquired by Mather and Platt Ltd., 657; licence from Schultz Die Casting Co., 657; die casting machines, 657
Vinsonneau, M., on Eurospace and space research, 839
Vinyl Products Ltd., pvc formulations, 67
Viper turbojet engine (Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.), 259, 377
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, research on effective nailing of plywood, 208
— (USA) Council of Highway Investigation
and Research, correlating skid resistance tests, 527
Visagraph reading machine, 672
Visco-Torq fluid coupling (Link-Belt Co.), 771 Vitesse, Triumph, motor car, a Herald with a punch, by G. Wilkins, 680
Vitreous Enamel Development Council, report on vitreous enamelled motor car silencers, 659
— Enamelling, 383
Vitroslab double glazing (Plyglass Ltd.), 640
Voest Co., collaboration agreement with Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp. Ltd., 468
Vogue estate motor car (Singer), 645
Vokes Genspring Ltd., pipe and ducting hanger, 461
Vokes Ltd., Microwire filter, 43; Microdisc filter, 43
Volf, M. B., on Technical Glasses (review),598 Volkswagen 1500 motor car, road test of, 842 Voltage, high, fields, 383
Volund-John Thompson inicnerator, 778 Voluntary Service Overseas, 513 von Roll garbage incinerator, 778
VOR-DME aircraft navigational system (American International Telegraph and Telephone Co.), 545
Vorgange, Systemtheorie fiir regellose, by H. Schlitt (review), 150
Vosper, D., on Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries, 392; on international exchange of training, 520 Vosper, Rt. Hon. D. F., report on technical cooperation, 513; biographical note, 513
Vosper Ltd., patrol boats for Royal Danish Navy, 473
Voucher Ltd., use of wire race bearings, 786 Vulcain atomic reactor for ship propulsion, 800 Vulcan aircraft, Avro, 193
Flying test bed for Olympus engines, 625 Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co. Ltd., ultrasonic technique for tracing defective boiler tubes, 164
Vulcan Foundry Ltd., operations to be handled by English Electric Traction Ltd., 625; use of Permat red densified wood floors for locomotives, 818
Vulis, L. A., on Thermal Regimes of Combustion (book), 216
Vulkan-Verlag, International Journal on ElectroHeat, 758
Vulkollan polyurethane rubber (Beyer), 658
WADE, J., formation of Broom and Wade Ltd., 114
Wade, J. B., review of Steels for Reactor Pressure Circuits, 695; biographical note, 696
Wadebridge, 15th century bridge to be widened, 432
Wage bills, what fringe benefits add to, by J. Bates and G. L. Reid, 617. See LETTER, 646
— Drift, workshop bargaining and produc
tivity in British engineering industry, by S. W. Lerner and J. Marquand, 360
— Increases in building industry, 225
— Pause, effects of, 8
— Policy, national, 8
— and salaries, statistics on, 203
Wagon, rail tank (Powell Duflfryn Engineering Co. Ltd.), 651
— Railway, in aluminium for bulk cement
(Alcan Industries; Ltd.), 211
— Tipplers for South Durham Steel and Iron
Co. (GEC (Engineering) Ltd.), 341
Waites, W. E., Ltd,, Molex earth anchors, 654 Wakeford, Kenneth, Jerram and Harris, new building for Norwich Union Insurance Societies, 329
Wald, G., on Raising of Money Through New Issues, 697
Waldron, R. A., on Ferrites; Introduction to Microwave Engineers (book), 280
Wales and England, post war major projects in, 62
Walker Brothers Ltd., position and prospects, 657 Walker, Crosweller and Co. Ltd., Mira thermostatically controlled mixer tap, 224
Wall Colmonoy (Canada) Ltd., Colmonoy Spraywelder welding spray, 425; Colmonoy No. 8 hard facing alloy, 723
Wall facing elements (trade publications), 312
— Masonry, investigation into strength of, 430
— Strengths and mortar properties, 430
— Treatments, effect on energy consumption,
573
Wallace and Tiernan Ltd., dissolved oxygen analyser, 205
Walling, curtain (Middlesbrough Casements Ltd.), 690
Plastic covered frames for, Metleplast (Tensile Products Ltd.), 717
Walling, Dr. J. C., review of Essentials of Dielectromagnetic Engineering, 406; biographical note, 408
Wallington, Weston and Co. Ltd., use of retaining rings in Space-Saver doors, 258
Walls, T., and Co. Ltd., historical note, 596-597; icecream production, 596-597; Gloucester factory of, 596-597
Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. Ltd., model building and apprentice training, 791; modernization plan, 795; products of, 795
Walmer gas fire, 138
Walsh, J. W. T., on Science of Daylight (book), 184; (review), 566
Walter, Dr. W. G., investigation of teaching machines, 488
Walterisation Co. Ltd., cold phosphating process (trade publication), 472
Walters, R. C. S., on Dam Geology (book), 696 Wanson Co. Ltd., Thermobloc oil-fired heater, 69; oil burner unit development, 254; Vaporex steam generator, 651
War, nuclear, life after. See LETTERS, 199, 263
— Playing at with tactical simulator, 611 Ward, Thos. W., Group, Woodhouse &
Mitchell to combine with Fredk. Town and Sons Ltd. to form Town Woodhouse Ltd., 25
Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., Rigiva universal milling machine, 366; Wards at Work, 1962, 776
Wards at Work, 1962 (Thos. W. Ward Ltd. publication), 776
Ware, Dr. A. A., review of Plasmas and Controlled Fusion, 662; biographical note, 664
Waring, Sir Bertram, on management consultants, 697
Warne, William, and Co. Ltd., aircraft starter hose, 627
Warner “ Velvet Drive” transmission unit, 73 Warning system, emergency, for Hustler aircraft, 168
Warren Springs Laboratory, experiments for cleaning beaches, 417
Warring, R. H., on Hydraulic Fluids and Engineering Applications (book), 568
Warship. See under specific type of warship Washer extractors, American Braun, 42
— Sealing, Magnox, 4 Washing machine, Bendix, 139
Cherry Tree-Braun (British Cherry Tree Machine Co. Ltd.), 42
Whirl-O-Wash (Home Laundry Appliances Ltd.), 320
Waste, disposal Dempster system of, 623 Waste, radioactive, disposal of (UKAEA), 221 Water catchment experiments, turbine (Parsons Marine Engineering Turbine Research Association), 479
— Circulating evaporative cooling of, by L. D.
Berman (review), 534
— Clarifier, Centrifloc (Paterson Engineering
Co. Ltd.), 164
— Conservation—England and Wales (White
Paper), 513
System, national, 513
— Engineering practice, British manual of, by
W. O. Skeat (book), 248
?— Gas. See Gas
— Grid, national. See LETTER, 230
— Hammer in Hydraulics and Wave Surges in
Electricity, by L. Bergeron (book), 152; (review), 854
— Hardness monitor (Nash and Thompson
Ltd.), 204
— Heavy, test atomic reactor for Savannah
River plant of USAEC, 832
— Increasing demand for in UK, 716
— Levels, criteria for lowering, by F. Schur,
393
— Main networks with and analogue, 716
— Pollution Research Laboratory, investiga
tion of dewatering sludge and mesophilic anaerobic digestion, 10; water treatment, 547
— Power potential for certain countries, table
of, 458
See also Hydraidic(s) Hydro-electric; Power plant; Power, water
— Research Association, use of Montan-
Forchung analogue machine, 716
— Resources, British, 193
Systems, design of (Harvard University publication), 363
— Sea, desalting installation at Point Loma
(Westinghouse), 417
Use of atomic power stations for desalting, 417
— Separating from diesel fuel, 43
— Ski. See Ski
— Supply undertakings, 193
See also Irrigation
— Treatment (trade publication), 184, 536 for Industrial and Other Uses, by E.
Nordell (review), 215
— —? Practice, industrial, by P. Hamer, J.
Jackson and E. F. Thurston (review), 247
— Turbine. See Hydro-electric; Turbine, hy
draulic; Power plant
Waterbury Farrel thread rolling machine (George Alexander Machinery Ltd.), 751
Waters, H., on University mathematics and the civil engineer, 710
Waterstop (trade publication), 32 Waterway, Baltic-Black Sea, 362
— See also River
Wates Ltd., working conditions of employees, 385
Watkinson, Rt. Hon. Harold, on wages policy, 729
Watson, G. H., on Method of Obtaining the Shear Strength Parameters for Boulder Clay, 393
Watson, T. J., development of pyro-magnetometer, 605
Watson, W. and J. R., Ltd., Prestwick Airport, 527
Watson, W., and Sons Ltd., depth measurement, ference Objective, 349
Watson-Watt, Sir Robert, radar detection of rain, 300
Watts, Dr. G. E., report on electrical sandwich course, 328
Watts Regulator Co. Ltd., pressure regulators, 398
Watts Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., puncture proof tyres for shovel loaders, 515
Wave damage, breakwaters of fabric and plastic to reduce, 526
— Electromagnetic, and fields, by R. V.
Langmuir (review), 408
—? Mechanics of crystalline solids, by R. A. Smith (book), 600
— Radio surface, by H. M. Barlow and
J. Brown (book), 696
— Sound, computer simulation of (Bell), 78
— Surges in electricity and water hammer in
hydraulics, by L. Bergeron (book), 152; (review), 854
•— Traps, fabric and plastic (US Rubber Co.), 526
Wavemaking, artificial, 38
Wavin Pipes Ltd., self-tapping ferrule, 723 Wayne Kerr Laboratories Ltd., computer, 49 Wayne Tank and Pump Co. Ltd., pumps, 845 WCB Containers Ltd., polythene tanks, 366; constant level spring platform, 804
Weapons, guided, short range, by J. Clemow (book), 440
— Nuclear, American, 321
Wear, mechanical, handbook of, by C. Lipson and L. V. Colwell (review), 599
— River basin, hydrological survey of
(HMSO), 52
Weather analysis, numerical, and prediction, by P. D. Thompson (book), 248; (review), 854
— Prediction, long range (PEP publication),
193
— Radar ,by J. Harding, 301
— Science, new instruments in, 300-301 Weatherflex swivel joints (Weatherhead Manufacturing Co. (England) Ltd.), 522
Weatherhead Manufacturing Co. (England), Ltd., Weatherflex swivel joints, 522
Weatherill, F. E., Ltd., loading shovel, 335; shovel loaders with puncture proof tyres, 515
Weavind, R. G., on new type of drill stone, 797 Webb, G. H., position and prospects, 497 Webber, J. S., Ltd., Ljungmans Ekameter flow meter, 844
Webber, W. J. P., as UK trade union observer at AFL-CIO convention, 168
ENGINEERING, VOL. 193 (1962)
Weber screw driving machine (R. H. Cole (Overseas) Ltd.), 784
Webster, T. H., on Stephenson’s cottage for sale, 263
Wedge belt drive, SpacesaVer, for daisdale H tanker (J. H, Fenner and Co. Ltd.), 739
Week, working, shorter, 424
Shorter, implications of for management, by H, Clegg, 424
Shorter (report of British Management), 128
— ?—? Trade Union views on, 128.
198
Wehrhahn, Gebr., frame saw, 590 Weighing equipment, Pre-Pack
Ltd.), 561
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., water plant for South of S otland Electricity Board, 281; atomic reactor for consortium of Universities, 605
Weir Group, new steel foundry for, 744
Weir,. Viscount, opening of new steel foundry for Weir Group, 744
Weiskopf, E. C., formation of Technicon Instruments Corp., 314
Weiss, C., on Hide Tower, 129
Weisskopf, Prof. V. F., on discovery of xi- minus antiparticle, 447
Welbourn, D. B., review of Handbuch der Regelungstechnik, 150-151; review of Bauelemente der Regelungstechnik, 150- 151; review of Halbleiter-Bauelemente in der Messtechnik, 150-151; review of Regelungstechnik; Kurze Einfuhrung am Beispiel der Drehzahlregelung von Wasser- turbinen, 150-151; review of Systemtheorie fiir regellose Vdrgange, 150-151; biographical note, 152, 280; review of
Growth and Form, 278; review of Automation and Men; Human and Mechanical Intelligence, 566; review of Rudiments of Technical Theories, 566; review of Theory of Transductors, 566; biographical note, 658; review of Vibrations and Machine Tools, 630; biographical note, 630; review of Turbine Machinery, 694; biographical note, 696
Weldangrind Ltd., portable electric furnace, 292
Welded fabrications in aluminium bronze (W. P. Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd.), 178 Welded joints, course on, 585
Welding, COj, power source for (Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd.), 175
— Devices, metal to rubber (Metalastik), 593
— Electro-slag, fabrication with, 693
— Electro-slag, historical note on, 693
— Electrodes, carbide, DCR (Deloro Stellite
Ltd.), 307
Cast iron, Fontargen El 16 (Welding Improvements Ltd.), 307
Eutectrode 24B (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 275
Mallory-328 copper alloy for (Johnson Matthey and Co. Ltd.), 147
— — Supertrode (Stone Marine Engineering
Co. Ltd.), 241
Xyron 244 (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 275
— and the engineer, by Prof. F. Koenigsberger,
585
— Equipment, Argonarc (British Oxygen Co,
Ltd.), 594
(L. Sauvageau et Cie.), 589
— Head, automatic, development of (GEC
Engineering Group), 597
Welding Improvements Ltd., Fontargen El 16 cast iron welding electrode, 307
— Machines,^automatic (Elektriska Svetsnings-
aktiebolaget (ESAB)), 592
for copper tube (Pirelli-General Cable Works Ltd.), 495
Electro-slag, Vertomatic (Rockweld Ltd.), 693
Flash butt (Elektro - Apparate - Bau GmbH), 590
Profile, Pullmax (Alfred Herbert Ltd.), 399
Resistance (Hirst Electronics Ltd.), 426 Spot (Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain) Ltd.), 174
— Manipulator. See Manipulator
— Power source for CO2 welding (Lincoln
Electric Co. Ltd.), 175
— Rails, conveyor feeding for, 436-437
— Repairs, heavy duty, unusual (Barimar
Ltd.), 533
— Rubber to metal, devices for (Metalastik
Ltd.), 593
Welding screens. See Screens
— Spray, Colmonoy Spraywelder (Wall Col-
monoy (Canada), Ltd.), 425
— Stud, bridging costs reduced with, 527
— Unionarc process, 341
Welfare in industry, £ s d of (Industrial Welfare Society), 617
— Personnel, by R. R. Hopkins, 265
Wellman Bibby Co., Bibby resilient coupling, 858-860; historical note, 858; licence agreements, 860
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp. Ltd., panels ordered from Brookhirst Igranic, 73; LD/AC steelmaking unit, 468; collaboration agreement with VOEST Co., 468; acquisition of interests of James Bibby, 860
Wellman Smith Owen Organization, partnership with James Bibby, 858; historical note, 858
Welvic plastic (ICl Ltd.), 717
Wesero grinding machine (Hans Lenze and Co. KG.), 589
West Africa, economic expansion in, 331 Road expansion in, 331
West, Allen, and Co. Ltd., motor control gear for ship model-cutting machine, 33 direct switching motor starter, 792-794; historical note, 793; association with Societed’Usin- age de Materiel Electrique, 794; aquisition of Digital Engineering Co., 794
West Burton power station, 153
West Hertfordshire Main Drainage Authority, construction of Maple Lodge sewage plant, 206-207
West London Optical and Tool Co. Ltd., use of Stelvetite coated steel for instrument cabinets, 787
West Midland Gas Board, Lurgi plant installation, 373; use of aluminium conveyor buckets, 787
West Norfolk Fertilisers Ltd., use of Duraline ebonite for chimney lining, 626
Westair 300 air conditioner (Westool Ltd.), 704
Western Australia, See Australia
Western Detail Manufacturers Ltd., manufacture of UKAEA manipulators, 804
Western Electric Hawthorne plant, by J. L. Goodman, 265
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd., course on Introduction to Industry, 48; half interest in Hobbs Transmission Ltd. acquired, 337; AC power regulators, 367; chargers and rectifiers (trade publication), 408; automatic drain valve, 462
Westinghouse Electric International Corp., remote control of gas turbine engine, 4; transformer testing, 77; portable thermoelectric generators, 117; superconducting magnet, 117; indoor greenhouses, 192; superconducting magnets, 253; process for cheaper transistors, 317; high temperature ceramic battery, 351; sea water desalting Installation at Point Loma, 417; new type of mercury lamp, 447-448; micro-machining by optical maser, 479; research on molecular electronics, 509; research on magnetohydrodynamics, 511; atomic reactor for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 703
Westinghouse Hobbs Ltd., formation of, 337; Hobbs Mecha-Matic automatic transmission, 337
Westland Hovercraft, SRN 2, 833, 834 Westminster Bank Ltd., position and prospects, 177
Westool Ltd., cumulus range of transformers, 398; Westair 300 air conditioner, 704 Wet Rot. See Rot
Weymouth, N. F., on synthetic rubber production, 294
What is PRl (Business Press Bureau Ltd. booklet). 537
Wheatley, D. E. on Industry and Careers: Study of British Industries and the Opportunities They Offer (book), 248; (review), 726
Wheels of silver steel (Gestetner Ltd.), 66
— Star, conveyor, of nylon, 242
— Steering, of laminated wood (Coventry
Timber Bending Co.), 243
— Truck, nylon tyres for, 242
Wheelabrator shot-blasting plant (Tilghman’s Ltd.), 303
Wheeler, F. H., and Co. Ltd., tube mill for Tube Investments Group, 796
Whessoe Ltd., cryogenic tankage for North Thames Gas Board, 601; position and prospects, 785
Which?, supplement to, 81
Whippet mobile crane (Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd.), 623 Whipple, C. C., on Alternating Current Machines (review), 279-280
Whirl-O-Wash washing machine (Home Laundry Appliances Ltd.), 320
Whirl, rotor, mechanism, a description of, by A. C. Hutchinson, 701-703
Whirlpool Corp., Whirlpool Miracle Kitchen, 448
Whitaker, T., review of Elementary Principles of Reinforced Concrete Design, 312; biographical note, 312; review of Failure and Repair of Concrete Structures, 438; biographical note, 440
White, Sir Bruce, Wolfe Barry and Partners, Bletchley Flyover, 52
White Collar workers and the TUC, 552
White, J. Samuel, and Co. Ltd., Leander class frigates for Argentina, 113; arrangements with Britten-Norman Ltd., 145; formation of Cushioncraft Ltd., 145; position and prospects, 209; modernizing shipyards, 209; dividends, 209; Thermoplate heat transfer plates, 370
White Motor Co., use of Perkins diesel engines, 249
White, P. A. F., on Inert Atmospheres in the Chemical, Metallurgical and Atomic Energy Industries (book), 248
White and Riches Ltd., vertical furnace for Lucas Gas Turbine Equipment Ltd., 840
White, Thomas, and Sons Ltd., panel saw, 233; GK knife grinding machine, 752
Whitehorn, J. R. M., visit to Japan, 569 Whitehouse, B., and Sons Ltd., Birmingham Engineering and Building Centre, 665
Whitehouse Industries Ltd., self-locking nuts (trade publication), 664
Whitney, C. S., axial load test for concrete, 606
Whittaker, Hall and Co. (1929) Ltd., compressor division of Burtonwood Engineering Co. Ltd., taken over, 401
Whittell, W. J., and Sons Ltd., installation of Key underfloor ducting, 432
Whittle, G., on power reactor cooling, 326-327 See LETTER, 678
Wickett, J. J., onsales of safety harnesses for motor cars, 537
Wickman Ltd., solid carbide rolls, 147; linking standard machines, 285; spark erosion head, 718; demonstration showroom, 808; Heller turret drilling machine, 816
Wickman-Scrivener centreless grinding machine (Arthur Scrivener Ltd.), 597
Widdowson,
417
Widdowson, copying milling 1
Widnell and Trollope, Nigerian army barracks, 441
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, 705
Wilby, C. B., on Elastic Analysis of Shells by Electronic Analogy (book), 696
Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces Ltd., trading assets taken over by Wild Barfield Ltd., 273
Wild-Barfield Ltd., ordinary shares acquired by Parkinson Cowan Ltd., 273; products of, 273; formation of, 273; aims and purpose of, 273; H. P. Barker to join board, 273
Wilken, Prof. F., on elimination of moneypower through new forms of ownership in industry, 557
Wilkins, G., on production cars gain by Rally difficulties, 229; on new “Zodiac” tops the ‘ton’, 485; on Triumph Vitesse: a Herald with a punch, 680
Wilkinson, James, and Son Ltd., to be absorbed by Laporte Acids Ltd., 433
Willesden and Hendon Productivity Association, course on low cost automation, 232
Willett, F. J., director of study at Churchill College management course, 328
Williams foundation digger, 130
Williams, J. A. C., on education for agricultural engineering, 86
Williams, Sir Owen, and Partners, Ml Motorway, 631
Willimas, Dr. R. C. C., on television, 737 Williams, Dr. R. V., appointed head of British Iron and Steel Research Associations process physics section, 768
Williams, R. W., on Analogue Computation (book), 112
Williams, W. J., on Smaller Firm and Technical Education (book), 408
Williamson, James, and Partners, Loch Awe pumped storage scheme, 776
Willison automatic coupling for trucks (English Steel Castings Corp. Ltd.), 771
Wilmot Packaging Co., investigation of packaging materials, 447
Wilson, A., appointed chairman of Management Consultants Association, 424; on good management, 697
Wilson, Dr, A. T. M., on Growth of the Firm and Development of Managers, 296
Wilson Committee on noise control, 570 Wilson, F. W., on Handbook of Fixture Design (book), 824
Wilton, J. H., on Marine Steam Boilers (book), 824
Wilts, C. H., on Principles of Feed-back Control (review), 759
Wi met rolls, 147
Wimpey Central Laboratory, rock investigations, 171; Wimpey News, 171
Wimpey, George, and Co., Ltd., formation of consortium with English Electric Co. Ltd. and Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG, 217; offshore oil wells at Das Island, 330; Blantyre installation for Castrol Ltd., 593; stacks for Isle of Grain oil refinery, 654; reconstruction work on Malta Harbour, 111
Wimpey News, 171
Winch, six-ton (Henry Sykes Ltd.), 468
Wind loading, research on, 584
Winding machines, coil (Frieseke and Hoepfner GmbH), 588
— — Toroidal (Aveley Electric Ltd.), 494 Windows, 640
Window, A. L., on metal resistivity under strain, 614
Windows, gold film, for Trident aircraft (Triplex), 179
— Nordlys (Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker),
640
— Operating device, Thermofor (Thermoforce
Ltd.), 864
— Storm-sash (Crittall Ltd.), 640
Winfrith Heath Atomic Energy Establishment, progress on Dragon atomic reactor project, 671
Wingquist, Dr. invention of ball bearing, 282 Winkfield Minitrack station, 542
Winstones Ltd., position and prospects, 529; agreement with Felix Bdttcher of Cologne, 529; printing rollers, 529
Wire drawing, borax in (trade publication), 152
— Knitted, applications of products of, 850
— Ropes, corrosion of, 798
Customers’ requirements in, 798
— — Lubrication of, 799
Physical characteristics of, 799
Treatment during production, 798
— and wire products, zinc-coated and un
coated, twenty year investigation of atmospheric corrosion on (ASTM), 147
Witco Chemical Co., interest in Sto-Chem Ltd., 531
Wolf Electric Tools Ltd., cut-off attachment, 267
Wolfe Award to Dr. K. Froome, 447 Women, Plain Words on, 166
Wooburn Valley sewerage scheme, 745
Wood, B., review of Pipelines in Modern Heating Systems, 567; biographical note, 568
Wood, densified, as neutron shield, Jabroc N (Permali Ltd.), 435
— Floors, densified, Permatred (Permali Ltd.),
818
? Densified, users’ comments on, 818
Wood Hoists Ltd., as subsidiary of Bromilow and Edwards Ltd., 433
Wood, K. M., chairman of Concrete Ltd., 36 Wood, R., on natural storage of gas, 332 Wood, R. E., to visit Nyasaland, 392
Woodbury, R. S., on History of the Lathe to 1850—A Study in the Growth of a Technical Element of an Industrial Economy, 110
Woodcock, G., may join National Economic Development Council, 232
Woodcock, George, and Sons, Ltd,, hosiery machinery, 771
Woodfield Rochester Ltd., Simplex and Duplex booms for fuelling at tanker berths, 356 Woodhall-Duckham Construction Co., Lurgi plant for West Midlands Gas Board, 373 Woodhouse and Mitchell, to combine with Fredk. Town and Sons Ltd. to form Town Woodhouse Ltd., 25
Woodhouse, W. B., on electric driving of textile mills, 244
Woodrow Metals Ltd., aluminium railings for Laira Bridge, 619
Woods of Colchester Ltd., Woods Fanfare, 214; fans for airhouse, 465; ventilation advisory service, 593; Xpelair fan, 768
Woods Fanfare. 214
Woolaway Concrete Products Ltd., Coventry Cathedral, 683
Wooldridge, D. E., on Handbook on Automation, Computation and Control (book), 408
Woolf, S., design of timber roof trusses, 813 Woolwich Polytechnic, presentation of Associateships, 296; D. H. Mizen presents Associateships, 296
Wooster X-ray diffractometer (Crystal Structures Ltd.), 687
Worboys, Sir Walter, on BTR Industries Ltd., 305
Worcester Ware kitchen and gift ware (Metal Box Co. Ltd.), 689
Work, assembly, mechanization of, 28
— and leisure, by N. Anderson (book), 184
— Methods, design and measurement of;
methods engineering, by E. V. Krick (book), 824
— Plain Words on, 806
— Safety at, by V. Feather, 585
— Study Advisory Services, work study in
printing, 285
Applications in printing, 692 Appreciation, course on, 232 Federation, European. See European in the office, by H. P. Cemach, 729 in printing (Work Study Advisory Services), 285
Shipbuilding’s taste of, 795
Worker, automation and, 805
?— Coloured, ban on at Alcan Industries Ltd., 825
— Older, automation and, by Dr. A. Heron
805
— Skilled, emigration of, 88
for industry, statistics on requirements, 88
— White Collar, and the TUC, 552
Working conditions, factory, discussion on, 265
— Instructions. See Instruction books
— Week, shorter, 424
Shorter, implications of for management, by H. Clegg, 424
Shorter (report of British Institute of Management), 128
Trade Union views on, 128. See LETTER 198
Workmaster electric vehicle (Eccles Engineering Ltd.), 131
Works managers, training courses for, 456
— Ministry of, new radio telescope for Cam
bridge University, 281; reconstruction of 10 Downing Street, 512; report received on construction and building industry, 577 Workshop bargaining, wage drift and productivity in British engineering industry, by S. W. Lerner and J. Marquand, 360
— Mechanical, and drawing office training for
graduates, by L. W. Bright, 428
— Technology, graduate course at the
North-East Essex technical college, by G. Chatterton, D. G. Petch and S. H. Potter, 428
World Bank. See International Bank
World Fair, Seattle. See Seattle
World of Learning, 1961-1962 (Europa Publications) (book), 790
World of Leonardo da Vinci, by I. B. Hart (review), 789
World of semiconductors cinema film, 537
World technical aid, Japan makes bid in, by E. N. Simons, 271
Worrall, John, Ltd., Textile Machinery Index (book), 696
Worthington-Simpson Ltd., sump pumps, 719 Wozencraft, J. M., on Sequential Decoding (review), 758
Wreck. See Accidents
Wright, A. E. C., on History of British Steel Industry (book), 760
Wright Bell-Air air conditioner (Sales Organisers Ltd.), 704
Wright, Prof. E., conference on management and a changing world, 488
Wright, Dr. E. P., on oil additives, 551
Wright, J. H., on magnetohydrodynamics, 512; design of equipment for predicting radioactive fallout, 799
Wright, J. K., on Shock Tubes (book), 408
Wright, Prof. W. D., elected chairman of International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, conference, 203
Writing, letter. Pan book of, by K. G. Thompson (review), 71
— Scientific, and scientific thinking, by M. S. Peterson (review), 71
— Technical, American approach to, by J. Mitchell, 649-650
Course on, 585
— a technical paper, by D. H. Menzel, H. M. Jones and L. G. Boyd (review), 246
— and truth. Plain Words on, 86
Wrought iron. See Iron
Wuffler hay conditioner (Bamfords Ltd.), 690
Wyatt, L. M., review of Fundamental Principles of Powder Metallurgy, 567; biographical note, 568
Wynn, Hon. R. T. B., review of Birth of Broadcasting, 439; biographical note, 440

X-band magnetron (M-O Valve Co. Ltd.), 12
X-ray diffraction, course on, 616
X-ray diffractometer, Wooster (Crystal Structures Ltd.), 687
X-ray metallography, by A. Taylor (review), 215
X-ray protective screen (Premise Engineering Co.), 266
xi-minus antiparticle, discovery of, 447
Xpelair fan (Woods of Colchester Ltd.), 768
Xylonite used for model ship for tests, 259
Xyron 244 welding electrode (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co. Ltd.), 274

Yachting World, 160
Yachts of fibre glass, 160
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., Automatic lift trucks, 592
Yarn, nylon, types 600 and 900 (British Nylon Spinners), 531
Yarrow and Co. Ltd., Leander class frigates for Argentina, 113; contracts from South of Scotland Electricity Board, 281; order from North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 345; Sir Eric G, Yarrow appointed chairman, 753; E. Norton appointed deputy managing director, 753
Yarrow, Sir Eric G., appointed chairman of Yarrow and Co. Ltd., 753
Yellowlees, J. M., review of Technology, Engineering and Safety, 30-31; biographical note, 32
YIG. See Yttrium iron garnet
Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd., use of Spraypack cooling tower systems, 515; plastic pipe fittings (trade publication), 824
Young, J. Me., review of Guide to Design Criteria for Metal Compression Members, 407; biographical note, 408

Zabel, Dr. R. M., on Westinghouse new type mercury lamp, 448
Zaguskin, V. L., on Handbook of Numerical Methods for the Solution of Algebraic and Transcendental Equations (review), 310
Zaidel, A. N., on Spectral-Isotopic Method for the Determination of Hydrogen in Metals (review), 279
Zero-Max variable speed unit (V. A. Howe and Co. Ltd.), 124
Zinc alloys, casting in rubber (N. Saunders Metal Products Ltd.), 563
— Anode for ballast tanks (Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd.), 371
Zinc coated and uncoated wire and wire products, twenty-year investigation into atmospheric corrosion of (ASTM), 147
— Lead smelting plant. Imperial Smelting (Power-Gas Corp. Ltd. and Huntingdon Herbelein and Co. Ltd.), 185
— Smelting, weighing and proportioning of materials used in, by E. I. Lowe, 843
Zippie, Richard, and Co., Erzet spraying equipment, 524
Zircon, refractory material containing. Plastic Furnascote (Furnascote Ltd.), 179
Zobel, E. C., on Transverse Vibration Theory (book), 32; (review), 822
Zodiac motor car, details of (Ford Motor Co.), 485
— Motor car, tests at Silverstone, 613
— Motor car tops the ‘ ton ’, Ford, by G. Wilkins, 485
Zolotaryov, Prof. T., on Hydro-Electric Power in Russia, 458-459
ZSV bearings (Bonded Bearings Ltd.), 242
Zwicky, G., (London) Ltd., Cristen drill grinding machine, 782

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